Santa Fe New Mexican, Nov. 23, 2013

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Political mag slams consultant who ‘discovered’ Gov. Martinez

Health exchange enrollments surge New numbers show more than 200,000 people nationwide have enrolled for coverage since Oct. 1. PAGe A-3

More choices on charter changes? Resolution would allow city voters to choose from 16 proposals. LOCAL newS, A-6

Climate talks end with vague deal As U.N. summit ran into overtime, Friday, some nations remained unwilling to commit to deadlines for emissions limits. PAGe A-3

In scathing profile of McCleskey, allies say governor has placed too much trust in aide By Steve Terrell

Gov. Martinez

Since taking office in 2011 as New Mexico’s first female governor and the country’s first Hispanic female

governor, Gov. Susana Martinez has received much attention in the national news media, virtually all of it glowing.

The New Mexican

Jay McCleskey

Snow blankets ski basin

Up till now. On Friday, the National Journal, a weekly political magazine based in Washington, D.C., published a lengthy profile of Martinez’s political consultant Jay McCleskey. And it was scathing. The headline of the piece: “The Man Who Discovered Susana Martinez Could Also Be Her Downfall.” In the article, writer Daniel Libit,

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Cathedral’s rector cleared in misconduct investigation Archdiocese chancellor warns Ortega to be more cautious around youth By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican

plains could see accumulations of more than 6 inches in spots. School transportation could be difficult in some areas Monday morning, the weather agency said. Ski Santa Fe managers hope this year’s autumn snowfalls will mean they can open for the season on Thanksgiving, something ski area spokeswoman Candy DeJoia said hasn’t happened in almost a decade. “In 2004, we opened six days before Thanksgiving and were 100 percent open

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has cleared the rector of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi of any wrongdoing involving youth. But the chancellor of the archdiocese, the Very Rev. John Cannon, wrote in a letter dated Nov. 12 that the Rev. Adam Lee Ortega y Ortiz should be cautious in his dealings with young people. The investigation was apparently launched Oct. 23 when the cathedral’s music director, Xavier Gonzales, sent Rev. Adam an email to 45 parishioOrtega y ners accusing Ortega of Ortiz “crude and inappropriate behavior” and an “inability to keep his hands to himself.” Cannon said in his letter, released Friday by Ortega, that “numerous” employees, volunteer ministers and clergy at the cathedral were interviewed about the allegations and the matter is now closed. Gonzales, who wrote the email after he was fired by Ortega, confirmed Friday that he was among those interviewed, but not until Nov. 13, the day after Cannon wrote the letter clearing Ortega of the charges. Gonzales also said that on Nov. 4, his mother was told by Ortega that her services on the finance council of Cristo Rey Church, where Ortega also serves as rector, were no longer were needed. “It’s been made very obvious that communicating with the Archdiocese at this point is like talking to a box of rocks,”

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Irving Apodaca, left, holds a ladder for Rodolfo Calzadilla while the two set up the ropes at the entrance to the quad lift at Ski Santa Fe on Friday. The ski area plans to open on Thanksgiving Day — for the first time in nine years. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Santa Fe slopes may open on Thanksgiving after 9-year slump By Matt Pusatory The New Mexican

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t’s been nine years since the ski basin above Santa Fe has had enough snow to open its season on Thanksgiving. But optimism that Ski Santa Fe may finally join Taos Ski Valley in opening on the holiday next week is rising in the wake of recent storms.

Though winter technically hasn’t started, New Mexico is looking more wintry after an arctic front moved into the area early Friday, leaving a dusting of snow in Santa Fe and adding to mountain snowpack. And forecasters predict a more potent storm is on its way. Widespread heavy snow is likely over Northern and Central New Mexico, especially late Saturday and early Sunday, with the biggest amounts accumulating across high terrain, the National Weather Service said Friday. Forecasters said snow bands could continue to move across the area through Monday morning, and the eastern

Obituaries

Today

Peter Dryden Alley, 62, Santa Fe, Nov. 18

A bit of rain and snow; very cold High 34, low 22.

Hal E. Fielding, 85, Santa Fe, Nov. 5 Melvin Martinez, 68, Santa Fe, Nov. 20 Victoria (Vicky) Mascarenas, Ribera, N.M., Nov. 20 Javier Jose Ortega, Santa Fe, Nov. 16

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Silver Anniversary AID & Comfort Gala Presented by Southwest CARE Center; featuring theatrical singer Prince Poppycock and a silent auction, 8 p.m., Eldorado Hotel & Spa, 309 W. San Francisco St., $50, 989-9255, southwestcare.org.

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Index

Calendar A-2

Classifieds B-7

Comics B-12

Before T. rex, S. meekerorum roamed land as ‘top predator’ Scientists discover 4-ton, 30-foot dinosaur in Utah By Steve Johnson Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — Field Museum scientists have discovered a new “top predator” dinosaur in North America, a significant precursor to Tyrannosaurus rex and an important part of an emerging fossil record for the continent, the museum planned to announce early Friday. The 4-ton, 30-foot animal was discovered in a region of 100-million-year-old rock in Utah during a museum expedition led by Peter Makovicky, curator of dinosaurs, and

Lotteries A-2

Opinions A-11

Police notes A-10

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Lindsay Zanno, then a postdoctoral fellow at the Field. Siats meekerorum — named by the scientists after a man-eating monster of legend from the region’s Ute Indian people and the Meekers, a museum donor family from Evanston, Ill. — helps flesh out what has been a skeletal picture of North American wildlife in the tens of millions of years before T. rex was the dominant predator. Although Siats is the third-largest carnivore found on the continent, this fossil is no Sue, the largely intact T. rex skeleton that presides over the Field’s central hall. Indeed, it takes imagination to turn the smattering of bones that rested earlier this week

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Sports B-1

Time Out B-11

New predator on the block

A team led by scientists from the Field Museum believes that a new predatory dinosaur discovered in Utah rivaled the T. rex. in its dominance tens of millions of years before the T. rex reigned.

Meet Siats meekerorum Siats meekerorum 30 ft. (9 m) long

Why the name? Siats refers to a Ute tribal legend of a cannibalistic monster; Meekerorum is for the Meeker family, longtime Field Museum supporters Where it was found? In 100 million-year-old rocks in the Cedar Mountain Formation How big was it? Estimated at more than 30 feet long and weighing more than 4 tons What did it eat? Other dinos When did it live? About 100 million years ago Source: Pete Makovicky, Field Museum, ESRI

Life & Science A-9

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Sue, an adult T-Rex 42 ft. (13 m) long

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Where dinosaur was found Graphic: Chicago Tribune

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