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State’s error costs SFPS $230K
Earlier, agency said school districts that were mistakenly overpaid wouldn’t have to return funds
By Robert Nott The New Mexican
The state Public Education Department is asking Santa Fe Public Schools to pay back more than $230,000 it received due to an accounting mistake.
In May, the department acknowledged funding errors affecting about 50 districts statewide, but said those that were overpaid would not have to return the money. On Wednesday, Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera sent an email to the Santa
Fe district and others saying that state law requires them to refund the money, but they can do it over a 12-month period. Santa Fe Public Schools will have to pay about $20,000 a month
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SANTA FE BANDSTAND
Pedro Leonardo and Marjorie Mascheroni, both former employees of Los Alamos National Laboratory, have pleaded guilty to passing classified nuclear weapons information to Venezuela. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO
Couple plead guilty in spy case Ex-LANL scientist, wife shared nuke secrets with Venezuela By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican
The Santa Fe Bandstand summer music series drew a crowd to the Plaza on Friday night for the series’ opening show, a performance by Ivon Ulibarri & Café Mocha and Son Como Son. The performances continue through Aug. 23. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
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FAA may ease electronic use rules on flights
ew Mexico musical artists Ivon Ulibarri & Café Mocha and Son Como Son opened up the 2013 Santa Fe Bandstand summer music series Friday on the Plaza with foot-stamping, hip-swinging, salsa dance music. Ulibarri and Son Como Son are the first of the 89 performances planned from June 21 to Aug. 23 on the Plaza Community Stage. It’s also the Santa Fe Bandstand’s first year under curator Michael Dellheim, who took over following the death of festival founder and organizer David Lescht. The Bandstand, which features a diverse group of performers appealing to a wide range of musical tastes, from Americana, country/swing, indie, jazz, Latin/salsa and world music to rock/blues/R&B and New Mexico classics, is produced by the nonprofit Outside In Productions. As in previous years, the schedule includes a mix of noontime and evening performances, and Hutton Broadcasting will create live webcasts for select performances.
By Joan Lowy and Scott Mayerowitz The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The government is moving toward easing restrictions on airline passengers using electronic devices to listen to music, play games, read books, watch movies and work during takeoffs and landings, but it could take a few months. An industry-labor advisory committee was supposed to make recommendations next month to the Federal Aviation Administration on easing the restrictions. But the agency said in a statement Friday the deadline has been extended to September because committee members asked for extra time to finish assessing whether it’s safe to lift restrictions.
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Santa Fe Pride Parade & Festival Parade begins at 11 a.m. at Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta and ends at the Railyard with entertainment, beverages, and vendor booths, santafehra.org.
Index
Calendar A-2
PAge A-12
Obituaries Caroline Trevelyan Chavez, 85, March 27, Santa Fe Jerry Wayne Taylor, 56, May 28 PAge A-10
Classifieds B-6
Comics B-12
Lotteries A-2
An Argentina-born physicist and his wife who both worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory have pleaded guilty to charges that they shared classified information about nuclear weapons with Venezuela, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque said Friday. Pedro Leonardo “Leo” Mascheroni, 77, a naturalized U.S. citizen who worked at the lab from 1979 to 1988, faces from 24 to 66 months in prisons, followed by 10 years of supervised release. His wife, U.S.-born Marjorie Roxby Mascheroni, 70, who was a technical writer and editor at the lab from 1981 to 2010, faces a prison term of 12 to 24 months, followed by nine years of supervised release.
Nicole Quintana, Dominic Archuleta and their 3-year-old son, Jeremiah Archuletta, dance to the free live music performance Friday on the Plaza.
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Fire risk, drought spur forest closures City to keep Dale Ball, La Tierra trails open The New Mexican
The Santa Fe National Forest, except for the Rio Chama scenic corridor, will close to the public at 8 a.m. Monday due to ongoing drought and fire risks. Hyde
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Police notes A-10
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Memorial State Park also will close Monday, although N.M. 475, Hyde Park Road, will remain open. The city of Santa Fe, however, plans to keep open popular urban trails, including the Dale Ball Trails in the Sangre de Cristo foothills and the La Tierra Trails northwest of the city.
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Sports B-1
Time Out B-11
Organ engineering New lab technology could help ease shortage of transplant organs. LIFe & SCIeNCe, A-9
Life & Science A-9
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