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Board to mull bridge update Decrepit Defouri span could be rebuilt in 2014 By Tom Sharpe
The New Mexican
Santa Fe’s most decrepit bridge, which spans the Santa Fe River behind the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on narrow Defouri Street, could be replaced next year. The Historic District Review Board is scheduled to take up a preliminary design for the new Defouri Street bridge at its meeting in the Lamy Room of the Santa Fe Community Convention Center at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 27. Proposed renovations include removal of the stone and masonry support wall in the middle of the old bridge, but similar support walls on either side would be left in place to maintain a historic appearance, even though they would not support the new bridge. Last year, the Defouri Street bridge ranked last in a survey of structural integrity of Santa Fe bridges — with a score of 33.7 out of a possible 100 — due to the deteriorating concrete beams beneath the bridge deck. The deck was last replaced in 1959, but the stone and masonry support walls are believed to be older. The city’s design contractor, the Louis Berger Group, has proposed replacing the old bridge with a new single-span concrete bridge, 60 feet long and 41 feet wide. The 28-footwide roadway would include two 10-foot driving lanes and two 4-foot shoulders. The rest of the width would be taken up with sidewalks, curbs and gutters. Desirae Lujan, project engineer for the city Public Works Department, said the wider driving lanes not only will make it easier for two cars to pass in opposite directions, but they also will make it easier for drivers turning onto the new bridge. “The issue now is that the [turning] radius is very tight,” she said. “When you’re coming off of West Alameda
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Cash Nelson accepts his first-place ribbon in the traditional children’s category Sunday.
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ith a feather headdress, spear and face paint, Malachi Tsoodle-Nelson (Navajo and Kiowa) drew attention from many camera-touting tourists Sunday at the 92nd annual Santa Fe Indian Market. One even asked Tsoodle-Neslon, “Can I get a warrior’s stance?” And the 23-yearold obliged by lifting his prop and contorting his face into a snarl. Tsoodle-Nelson and his mother teamed up to create his multipiece outfit for the annual Native American Clothing Contest, a Santa Fe Plaza event that showcased the work of more than 50 Native artists. The young man won an award for his outfit — a combination of black, red and white face paint, a foot-tall feather headdress, black garb with a breastplate and his decorated spear. Since the age of 2, Tsoodle-Nelson has modeled outfits with the goal of educating the masses. Specifically, he said, many people expect to find Native Americans wearing loincloths or living in teepees like in Dances with Wolves. “It’s surprising to them to see there are many different types [of American Indians],” he said. “I get to put aside a lot of the misconceptions.” Sunday’s fashion show started at about 9 a.m., and an emcee introduced each entrant and then shared a little informa-
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Malachi Tsoodle-Nelson, a senior at The University of New Mexico, laughs while waiting backstage Sunday during the Native American Clothing Contest on the Plaza. His headdress was designed in the traditional Southern Plains style. PHOTOS BY KATHARINE EGLI/FOR THE NEW MEXICAN
WASHINGTON — The charge was stealing a tow truck. The defendant was a baby-faced 27-year-old in shorts and a Chicago Bulls jersey. His hair was slightly matted, wrists cuffed in front, hands clutching a brown paper bag, demeanor slackened by antipsychotic medications. “Why don’t we take testimony?”
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began Judge Patrice Lewis, inviting a psychologist to the witness chair. The man was still hearing voices, but they were not telling him what to do, she testified. He denied having delusional thoughts. He knew what day it was and that he was standing in a courtroom. Now Lewis had a decision to make, the kind that made her pray she was right and worry she was wrong and which she made a dozen
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times each day: not whether the man was guilty or innocent, but whether he was stable enough to be released from the psychiatric hospital in suburban Maryland where he had been confined since his arrest. With the support of medication, counselors, a case worker and a judge’s monitoring, could he be trusted to deal with his mental
tion about the person’s culture or outfit. Judges this year included Tatanka Means, an actor most recently in Tiger Eyes; Pilar Agoyo, a fashion designer and film costumer; Angel Mills, a filmmaker; and Juanita Turley, a Native American elder. Awards were given in categories defined both by age, tribal affiliation and style. Categories with the most participants included the Southwestern category for men and women over 18; the Northern, Southern Plains and all other tribes category for adults; and the all-ages contemporary category. This year’s fashion show kicked off with the children’s categories. Although often shy and sometimes clumsy in ceremonial garb, the youngsters elicited the biggest reactions from the audience. But 3-year-old Persephone Bebo-Maybee, clad in a multicolored T-shaped dress, a green feathered cap and beaded boots, seemed uninterested in the show. Instead, she munched on pretzels and talked about the scrape on her knee. Bebo-Maybee is the daughter of Naomi Bebo (Menominee and Ho-Chunk) and Dallin Maybee (Northern Arapaho and Seneca). Bebo said she entered her daughter in the fashion show because Persephone isn’t old enough to engage in a craft by herself and she wanted to introduce Bebo-Maybee to Native American culture at a young age. With help from the
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Santa Fe Desert Chorale 2013 Summer Festival The Triumphs of Oriana: The Birth of the English Madrigal, 8 p.m., Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail, $15-$50, 9882282, desertchorale.org. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
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