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Justice Ginsburg not ready to bow out
Family, colleagues remember bus driver Anthony Hopkins, who was days shy of his 63rd birthday, dies while fueling up his bus at the Santa Fe Public Schools’ transportation yard. PAge A-6
Although 80-year-old enjoys free time in S.F., she won’t step aside By Robert Barnes
City completes move into Railyard offices
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Who dreamed up this bit of kismet? How did the stars align to make this spot of New Mexico desert the best place in the world on a late summer
evening to be Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Ginsburg is doing what she always does this time of year. On a respite from one of her passions — the law — she is indulging the others: opera and family. Ginsburg considers The Santa Fe Opera the finest summer opera company in the world. For years, first with her late husband, Marty, and now with her children and grandchildren, she spends a week in Santa Fe,
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg greets countertenor David Daniels, right, during intermission of The Santa Fe Opera’s Aug. 17 performance of Oscar. MARK HOLM/THE WASHINGTON POST
FEDERAL SHUTDOWN
TV spotlight on Frito pie sparks wider interest, triggers sales boost at Five & Dime
U.S. park closures blindslide travelers
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Grand Canyon turns down aid to stay open By Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Stop at a cafe in the remote stretches of northern Arizona and southern Utah in the fall, and you’re likely to hear a mix of languages as tourists from around the world step into the iconic western landscape, marked by breathtaking canyons and massive rock formations. Millions of visitors tour the region each year for what can be once-in-alifetime vacations. Those visitors didn’t stop with the government shutdown, which forced officials to close down roads, campgrounds and tourist centers at national parks dotting the landscape. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has offered to use state money to keep the Grand Canyon open, and several businesses made similar pledges — all of which have been politely rejected by the national park. The impact isn’t just ruining vacations. It also has brought local economies to a near standstill. Thumbs down: Outside Yellowstone’s north entrance, two men on a bus with Indian and Chinese passengers frown and give the thumbs down sign after seeing the park is shut down. A family of Japanese tour-
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InsIde u House support grows for measure to give furloughed workers back pay. u Obama gives a boost to China by canceling trip to Asia. PAge A-5
Lori Gobioff of the Queens borough of New York City enjoys a Frito pie Friday with her husband, Ben, at the Five & Dime General Store on the Plaza. The Gobioffs are in New Mexico for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta and came to Santa Fe for the day to try the Frito pie, now famous after controversy surrounding an episode of Anthony Bourdain’s show, Parts Unknown. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Served with a side of fame
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nthony Bourdain’s public dissing of the Frito pie and his subsequent apology have prompted a surge of interest in Santa Fe’s oddly iconic little dish, helping to double their sales at the Five & Dime General Store on the Santa Fe Plaza, according to the store’s owners. And as it turns out, there’s a lot more to the history of the dish than Bourdain knew. Combining meat, chile and corn tortilla chips was an early fusion of Native American and Spanish cui-
Texas retailer to set up shop in Packard’s spot Couple sign 10-year lease for space to sell luxury merchandise By Bruce Krasnow The New Mexican
Symone Dunning holds a closing-sale sign Friday in front of Packard’s on the Plaza. A Texas couple have signed a 10-year lease to continue a high-end retail shop after Packard’s closes. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
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A Texas retailer with long ties to Santa Fe will take over a highprofile piece of real estate here for at least the next decade. Scott and Karen Malouf, owners of Drest by Scott Malouf in Lubbock, have signed a 10-year lease for the space occupied by Packard’s on the Plaza, 61 Old Santa Fe Trail. The store sits on a corner where the Santa Fe Trail
Lotteries A-2
Opinions A-11
ended and across from the newly renovated La Fonda, the landmark hotel that opened in 1922. “I cannot tell you how excited we are,” Karen Malouf said in a telephone interview. “The historical significance of that location is amazing, and we want to honor that.” The lease agreement came as good news to other merchants, who said it shows the Plaza is still a viable location for luxury retailers, many of whom are still reeling from the recession. “We’re very excited they’re going to be taking over. They’ll
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sines, long before it became a popular fast food at the Woolworth’s store on the Plaza, which was succeeded by the Five & Dime. The history of the Frito pie will be one of the highlights of the FUZE.SW 2013 food conference Nov. 8-10 at the state Museum of International Folk Art, with a panel discussion at 3:15 a.m. Nov. 9 called “New Mexico’s Favorite Indulgence: Frito Pies.” Steve Cantrell, public information officer for the Folk Art Museum and two other state museums, said he has invited Bourdain, who dispar-
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The Met at the Lensic
Today
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin is the season-opening broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, 11 a.m., encore 6 p.m., the Lensic Performing Arts Center, $22-$28, 505-988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Obituaries BonifacioLeonidesAnglada, 73,Santa Fe,Sept.30 Lorraine (Lori) Joyce Ertel, 83, Santa Fe, Sept. 26
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Edward W. Hopkins, 62, Santa Fe, Oct. 2 Rhoda Sherry, 78, Santa Fe, Oct. 3 PAge A-10
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