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Tensions mount at KSFR Volunteers and fans clash with board over future of public radio station
By David Salazar
The New Mexican
The board of directors of Santa Fe’s KSFR-FM, volunteers and station supporters clashed Wednesday over the future of what one ardent supporter called the “shoe string, struggle, struggle, totally independent communitybased public radio station.” Grievances were aired during a
sometimes tense board meeting at the Santa Fe Community Foundation offices attended by about 30 people, some of whom argue that the board is increasingly out of touch with staff and the community. The meeting ended with a discussion on the possibility of creating an advisory council to allow people committed to the station to have more of a voice in KSFR affairs. The bad feelings began growing in
Lightning struck a branch of this century-old Siberian elm in the courtyard of the Palace of the Governors during a thunderstorm this week. No injuries were reported.
June, when Marilyn Mason, the current board president, announced the resignation of general manager Linda Highhill. This came just three days after the death of Diego Mulligan, popular longtime afternoon drivetime host of The Journey Home. Unrest mounted among the station’s many volunteers, with some
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Lightning zaps 2 trees in Palace courtyard Elm, cottonwood hit a month after Plaza tree was struck nearby By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican
A trio of pigs was registered for the livestock judging at the Santa Fe County Fair on Wednesday at the fairgrounds. Contestants lined up to weigh in their animals. Most events at the fair start Thursday and continue through Sunday. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
By David Salazar The New Mexican
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oats bleated and pigs grunted in their cages Wednesday as cattle were weighed at the Santa Fe County Fairgrounds, 3229 Rodeo Road, during preparations for the weekend’s fair events. Though the fair officially began with a horse show Aug. 4, most of the activities will be held Thursday through Sunday. Livestock INSIde showings begin at 1 p.m. u A list of Thursday with cattle and weekend events continue at 5 p.m. with scheduled for pigs. Friday, lamb and goat the Santa Fe shows are scheduled, and County Fair. livestock auctions begin at PAge A-4 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Among Sunday’s events is the Barnyard Olympics at noon. With about 180 large animals in the competition, according to county employee Christina Turner, owners were hoping their animals would make it to Saturday’s auction, where livestock can fetch $800 to $1,200 each. Stanley resident Jordan Spindle, 16, said raising livestock is a lot of work but something she knows how to do. She’s been at it for 10 years. “My parents own a ranch, so I just wanted
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Woman accused of stabbing lover Johanna Diaz, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2005 death of a former boyfriend, is charged in a new attack. PAge A-6 Sterling Mitchell, 8, left, his mother, Connie Mitchell, and his older brother, Trey, 11, check in their goats, Bugs and Harry, on Wednesday for the county fair.
to do it when I was little,” Spindle said, adding, “We had bottle calves.” She said she would take care of a calf if its mother had died and it needed to be nursed. Spindle hoped one each of her goats, sheep and
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steers would make it to the sale — although, only one type of animal from each participant can be chosen for auction.
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Group blasts ads claiming apps can educate babies Complaint asks FTC to investigate developers’ marketing techniques By Anne Flaherty
The Associated Press
Frankie Thevenot, 3, plays with an iPad at his home in Metairie, La. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood is urging federal investigators to examine the marketing practices of firms that offer apps for young children. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
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Calendar A-2
Classifieds B-5
State museum employees early Wednesday discovered that lightning had struck two trees in the Palace of the Governors courtyard during an after-hours storm, knocking out telephone service to the downtown museums and leaving the historic building’s courtyard strewn with branches and bark. The incident occurred less than a month after a lightning bolt hit a tree in the Santa Fe Plaza, about 100 feet away. Seth McFarland, operations manager for the Museum of New Mexico’s History Division, said museum personnel discovered Tuesday’s strike when they arrived for work Wednesday. “There was just, to use a graphic word, tree shrapnel embedded into the surrounding ground and then other debris on top of the Palace of the Governors,” he said. No one was injured, and neither the 400-plus-yearold Palace of the Governors nor the adjacent New Mexico History Museum was damaged. A century-old Siberian elm near the middle of the courtyard, the courtyard’s tallest tree, and a slightly
Comics B-12
WASHINGTON — Smartphones don’t make smart babies, an advocacy group declared Wednesday in a complaint to the government about mobile apps that claim to help babies learn.
Lotteries A-2
Opinion A-11
The Campaign for a CommercialFree Childhood, whose allegations against Baby Einstein videos eventually led to nationwide consumer refunds, is urging federal regulators to examine the marketing practices of FisherPrice’s Laugh & Learn mobile apps and Open Solutions’ games, such as Baby Hear and Read and Baby First Puzzle. The Boston-based group says developers are trying to dupe parents into thinking apps are more educational
Police notes A-10
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Sports B-1
Time Out A-8
New Mexico Treasures 2014 Panel discussion, meetand-greet and signing with contributing photographers, including Mike Butterfield, Kitty Leaken, Amadeus Leitner, Steve Northup and Don Usner, 6 p.m., Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226.
Powerball players bank on big bucks The allure of capturing the $448 million jackpot had players in a buying frenzy Wednesday, when three tickets came up lucky. PAge A-2
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Today Partly cloudy. High 82, low 55. PAge A-12
Obituaries Rubel Duran Jr., 53, Aug. 1 Nora N. Garcia, 68, Aug. 3 Elvira Espinosa Lujan, 97, Aug. 6 Virginia Marie “Ginger” Perea, 59, Aug. 3 Earlene Roberts, 77, Aug. 6 Carmen A. Velasquez, 77, Aug. 3 PAge A-10
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