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A chicken walks around in its coop on an Eldorado property in December. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO
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Memories of Coll fill Capitol Rotunda Colleagues and friends pay tribute to late Santa Fe legislator
Judge rules against backyard chickens in Eldorado
Ruling against studio that refused service to same-sex couple stays By Jeri Clausing
The Associated Press
Hens not ‘recognized household pets’; owners plan to discuss appeal By Anne Constable
The New Mexican
Chicken owners in Eldorado suffered a setback Friday when a state district judge ordered them to remove their backyard hens, saying they aren’t legal under a subdivision covenant permitting only “recognized household pets.” The case against poultry owners brought by the Eldorado Community Improvement Association was set to go to trial May 5. District Court Judge Pro Tem Mark A. Macaron granted the association’s motion for summary judgment and gave the seven chicken owners named in the case until Sept. 14 to comply. Gershon Siegel said that the chicken owners would meet Tuesday with their lawyer to discuss an appeal. “We can’t just walk away from this,” he said. Siegel said it looked to him like the judge in the case had accepted the ECIA’s arguments “hook, line and sinker.” Jan Deligans, an Eldorado lot owner and former board member who is not a party in the case, said she was “shocked” by the decision. “I feel terrible for these folks.” Dag Ryen, ECIA board president, applauded the decision and said in a statement, “We hope that we can now put this unfortunate conflict behind us and continue on to serve the broad interests of the Eldorado community.” Claudia Daigle, an resident opposed to “chickens as pets,” posted
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Second Lt. Tony Garcia of the Army National Guard presents a United States flag to Catherine Joyce Coll at the end of Monday’s memorial service for her husband, former legislator Max Coll of Santa Fe, at the state Capitol. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/ THE NEW MEXICAN
By Steve Terrell The New Mexican
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he bagpipes played “Danny Boy” in the Capitol Rotunda for Max Coll on Monday as some friends and family wept openly at the end of a memorial service for the late Santa Fe lawmaker, who died last month at the age of 82. Former legislative colleagues and other friends paid tribute to Coll, who retired in 2004 after serving more than 25 years in the state House of Representatives. They told of his knowledge of the legislative process, his expertise in fiscal matters, his sense of justice and his political transformation from Roswell conservative to Santa Fe liberal. They also spoke lovingly about the joy Coll took in the outdoors, his collection of animals, his knack for telling stories, his big smile, his unruly hair. “He made us laugh with his wicked sense of humor,” said Associated Press reporter Barry Massey, who gave one of the eulogies. Massey was a personal friend of Coll’s who went on river-rafting trips with him. “He made us pause
Coll, who retired in 2004, served more than 25 years in the state House of Representatives.
and think about the insights he offered into the politics and problems of the world. He shared with us his passion for rivers, canyons and the outdoors — but especially,
he shared his passion for life and people.” Former House Speaker Raymond Sanchez told the story of how Coll switched parties in 1983. Sanchez, an Albuquerque Democrat, said he first met Coll in 1969 at a constitutional convention, back when Coll was a Republican representing a Roswell district. Coll left the Legislature in the early ’70s to go to law school. He later moved to Santa Fe and was elected, still as a Republican, to the District 47 seat in Santa Fe. By 1983, Sanchez was embroiled in a close race for the speakership against a coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats. Coll had been hospitalized for an ailment and Sanchez went to visit him in the hospital. That visit, as Sanchez told it, sparked a conversation about the possibility of Coll supporting Sanchez. One morning over breakfast at the Tecolote Café, Sanchez said, Coll told him, “I think I can do something for you.” Later, Coll told Sanchez, “I’m going to switch parties.” And that he did.
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A Stradivari? Violinists can’t tell In blind test, seasoned soloists preferred new violins over old By Pam Belluck
The New York Times
Soloist Ilya Kaler plays a violin during a blind test of old and new instruments in September 2012. A new study reports that world-class soloists could not distinguish between old and new instruments in such tests. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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It’s a foregone conclusion in the violin world: The best violins were made 300 years ago by Italian masters like Stradivari and Guarneri del Gesù. Sure, there are excellent modern violins, but convention has it that the sound of a $50,000
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modern instrument cannot compare to the magic of a Stradivarius worth millions. Researchers looking into this belief beg to differ. In a new study, they report that internationally accomplished violinists could not distinguish between old and new in a blind playoff, and that many chose a new instrument as their favorite. “There’s this caricature that new violins are too loud, too ear-piercing,” said Claudia Fritz, a music researcher at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, who led the study.
ALBUQUERQUE — The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from a studio that refused to photograph a lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony, letting stand a New Mexico high court ruling that helped spur a national debate over gay rights and religious freedom. The justices left in place a unanimous state Supreme Court ruling last year that said Elane Photography violated New Mexico’s Human Rights Act by refusing to photograph the same-sex ceremony “in the same way as if it had refused to photograph a wedding between people of different races.” Elane Photography co-owner Elaine Huguenin said taking the photos for Vanessa Willock and her partner would violate her religious beliefs. She said she also has a right of artistic expression under the First Amendment that allows her to choose what pictures to take, or refrain from taking. She was ordered to pay more than $7,000 in attorneys’ fees, which Willock waived. The case has been cited as lawmakers in other states have proposed legislation exempting people from such lawsuits if doing business with same-sex couples violates their religious beliefs.
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Obituaries Dolorine HonnelJorgensen, 66, Placitas, April 2 Arsenio D. Lujan, 76, April 5 Virginia G.
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