The Santa Fe New Mexican, July 12, 2013

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Martínez Celaya at SITE Santa Fe

Capitol honors Gov. Cargo Ex-governor remembered at Rotunda. lOCal , a-6

PasaTiemPO, inside

grades are OuT SANTA FE SCHOOLS The Academy for Technology and the Classics, Wood Gormley Elementary a School, The MASTERS Program, New Mexico School for the Arts Acequia Madre Elementary School, Atalaya Elementary School, Capital High B School, Carlos Gilbert Elementary School, El Dorado Community School, Monte del Sol Charter School, Piñon Elementary School, Santa Fe High School Biehl Community School, Ramirez Thomas Elementary School, C Amy Tesuque Elementary School, Tierra Encantada Charter School Agua Fría Elementary School, Capshaw Middle School, Chaparral d Elementary School, De Vargas Middle School, E.J. Martinez Elementary School, Gonzales Community School, Nava Elementary School, Salazar

s.F. forest reopens

Recent rainfall allows authorities to lift most fire restrictions

moisture. That’s the good news. The bad news: The Southwest’s overall drought conditions are far from over, despite recent rains. In fact, severe drought conditions are spreading across Texas, Kansas and into Arkansas, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report released Thursday. On the good news side, the Santa Fe National Forest, which has been

The New Mexican

The New Mexico State Forestry Division and the Santa Fe National Forest are lifting most fire restrictions effective Friday, due to recent

Elementary School, Turquoise Trail Charter School

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ine of Arts, Enterta

Aspen Community Magnet School, César Chávez Community School, Kearny Elementary School, Sweeney Elementary School

Santa Fe High, Capital earn B’s

closed to all entry since June 24, is reopening to the public except for a few places, such as the Pecos Wilderness and the Pecos Canyon. The forest will be in Stage 1 fire restrictions. However, Monastery Lake near Pecos has been freshly stocked with trout and will reopen for fishing at

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inTernaTiOnal FOlk arT markeT

State report card shows 87 percent of high schools raised scores while elementary school grades declined By Robert Nott

The New Mexican

“ While our third-graders

made some progress in reading, our fourth-, fifthand sixthgraders did not improve on their tests this year.” Hanna Skandera Secretary of Educationdesignate

High schools in Santa Fe got some good news Thursday when the state Public Education Department released their grades for 2013. Santa Fe High School raised its grade in the state’s A-F system from a C to a B. Capital High School also improved, jumping from a D to a B. The Academy for Technology and the Classics moved up from a B to an A, while Monte del Sol Charter School kept its B grade from 2012. The Academy at Larragoite, an alternative, online learning center, improved from a D in 2012 to a C this year. Two Santa Fe-based state-chartered schools — New Mexico School for the Arts and the MASTERS Program — both got A’s for 2013. Recent improvements in performance on the state’s Standards Based Assessment tests helped 87 percent of

Please see grades, Page A-4 Ihashi Elimhlophe of South Africa performs Thursday at the Railyard before the artist procession, the kickoff event for the International Folk Art Market. PHoToS By JANE PHilliPS/THE NEW MExiCAN

N.M. had choice not to cut Medicaid funds from health providers inside

By Bryant Furlow

New Mexico In Depth

Contrary to claims by the Martinez administration, the state Human Services Department could have chosen not to abruptly suspend all Medicaid payments to 15 behavioral health providers last month. The state suspended payments to the agencies, which provide services such as drug abuse and suicide counseling to thousands of New Mexicans, while the Attorney General’s Office investigates allegations made in a state-ordered audit, including over-

u Group decries ‘witch hunt’ against behavioral health providers. Page a-10

billing and potential fraud. To date, the state has restored partial or full funding to three of the organizations. Twelve are still not receiving the state payments, which many say they need to keep operations going. One has already furloughed workers, and others are talking about furloughs or even closing their doors

Energized kickoff Hundreds take part in procession as annual market gets underway By David J. Salazar The New Mexican

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undreds of people packed the Santa Fe Railyard on Thursday night, enjoying live music, food from local vendors and the energy of the kickoff event for the International Folk Art Market, now in its 10th year. As the heat of the day subsided and the sun sank lower, excitement built in the park for the main event of the night — the procession of market artists from the Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion to the stage set up in the Railyard Park.

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Please see CHOiCe, Page A-10

Vietnamese artist on promotions denied visa to attend market

Son Volt set to take stage in Santa Fe Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar talks with Generation Next about his band’s new album, Honky Tonk, and about his writing process before hitting the stage at Santa Fe Sol Stage & Grill. generaTiOn nexT, d-1

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Mary MacKintosh, 80, July 16 Margaret, 84, Santa Fe, June 27 Melina “Merlie” Romero, 70, Santa Fe, July 8

Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 90, low 61.

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By Adele Oliveira

Obituaries

index

Participants cheer one another Thursday during the Folk Art Market artist procession.

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A smiling woman wearing a red kerchief is pictured embroidering a piece of indigo cloth with yellow thread on the front of an informational brochure for the International Folk Art Market. But the woman, who’s an artist from the mountainous northeastern region of Vietnam, will not be at this weekend’s market. Her visa application, and those of

Police notes a-8

Interim Editor: Bruce Krasnow, 986-3034, bkrasnow@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Carlos A. López, clopez@sfnewmexican.com

Sports B-1

Time Out B-9

Gen Next C-1

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u Passport Program helps little marketgoers see the world. Page a-4

two other artists from a village called Ta Phin, were denied by the U.S. Consulate in Hanoi. “The Red Dao or Yao people who live in the mountains near Sa Pa are quite poor and very traditional. Every woman wears her native costume during the day,” said Mark Rapoport,

Please see Visa, Page A-4

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