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Official defends police training Law Enforcement Academy director says use of force is necessary to combat ‘evil’ in N.M.

By Uriel J. Garcia The New Mexican

As the New Mexico State Police and the Albuquerque Police Department have come under scrutiny in recent months for a rash of officerinvolved shootings, the man who sets the tone for training police recruits in the state has instituted a curriculum that puts less restraint on officers in deciding when to use deadly force.

“Evil has come to the state of New Mexico, evil has come to the Southwest, evil has come to the United States,” said Jack Jones, director of the Law Enforcement Academy, when asked about the new approach.

The academy trains recruits for police departments across the state.

Some agencies, such as the state police and the Albuquerque department, have their own training programs, but the basic training courses

Candidate asks outside groups to ‘stand down’ as rivals question web of support

Six degrees of Javier Gonzales The Justice League PAC gave $2,000 to the Progressive Santa Fe PAC, which supports Gonzales. Sandra Wechsler is the director of the Progressive SANDRA Santa Fe WECHSLER PAC.

our outside groups are spending private dollars supporting Javier Gonzales in the Santa Fe mayoral race. Although Gonzales has disavowed their involvement, saying he does not want outside money in the March 4 municipal election, the people running the four groups are closely tied to Gonzales, giving his opponents ammunition for attacks.

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Soltari Inc. was a political consulting firm led by Eli Il Yong Lee. Lee — along with Wechsler and Neri Holguin — formed the Justice League PAC in 2010 to “re-energize progressive voters against Susana Martinez.” Before Soltari closed its doors seven years ago, it worked with a number of campaigns and candidates, including Santa Fe Mayor David Coss and Gonzales’ opponent Patti Bushee.

By Milan Simonich and Patrick Malone The New Mexican

As the New Mexico Legislature’s 2014 session heads into its final days, the $6.2 billion state budget remains stalled by a fight over how to spend a relatively small amount of money for public schools.

Democratic legislators have bottled up Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s high-profile initiatives. One would hold back third-graders en masse based on reading scores; the other would take away driver’s licenses from about 85,000 state residents who lack proof of immigration status.

Of 38 proposed amendments to the state constitution introduced in this legislative session, which ends at noon Thursday, no more than a handful have a chance to make the November ballot. The most debated among them — tapping some of the state’s $13.1 billion land-grant endowment to

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Chelsey Evans is the regional director of Working America, a nonprofit that has spent more than $5,800 so far on wages for workers, campaign literature and other expenses in support of Gonzales’ mayoral campaign.

Gonzales knows Evans through the state Democratic Party.

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Holguin owns Albuquerquebased Holguin Consulting, which worked on the successful campaign of state Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard in 2012.

Keegan King is an Albuquerque political consultant and treasurer of the Santa Fe Working Families PAC, which has spent $11,555 so far in support of Gonzales.

Before starting Atsaya Strategies, King was campaign manager at Soltari.

Nix also worked for Garcia Richard’s 2012 campaign.

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Other Garcia Richard contributors include the law firm of Santa Fe attorney David P. Garcia, who represented Nix in an ethics complaint against Bushee, and the Northern New Mexico Central Labor Council, which offered to pay its members $11 an hour to do memberto-member campaigning in support of Gonzales.

By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican

ith less than three weeks left in the Santa Fe mayor’s race, Javier Gonzales is dealing with a nettlesome problem: Some of his biggest supporters are providing ammunition for his opponents.

Gonzales is alone among the three mayoral candidates to receive support from outside groups. Several organizations, including two political action committees, have been spending private dollars to aid his candidacy. Gonzales, like his opponents — City Councilors Patti Bushee and Bill Dimas — agreed to run a publicly financed campaign, which limits can-

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In Garcia Richard’s 2012 campaign, contributors included Morton “Morty” Simon, who is married to Carol Oppenheimer, Gonzales’ campaign co-chairwoman, and Coss, who has endorsed Gonzales in the mayoral race. Oppenheimer met Nix through Garcia Richard and referred her to Working America as a possible candidate to run a campaign to increase the minimum wage in the county after Bushee fired Nix.

didates to $60,000 in spending.

The outside groups can spend as much as they want, however, their participation is fueling charges that Gonzales is flaunting the spirit of the public finance law, which is intended to reduce the influence of big money in city politics.

Gonzales says he doesn’t need or want the groups’ help and has not coordinated with them in any way.

But the people behind the outside groups are part of a tightly spun web that links back to Gonzales. One such connection involves Chelsey Evans, the regional director of Working America, a nonprofit that has spent more than $5,800 so far to support Gonzales. Evans is the girlfriend of Matt Ross, a founding partner at

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Tarin Nix is the former campaign manager for Bushee. Nix went to work for Working America after she and Bushee had a falling out and went their separate ways.

Nix filed an ethics complaint against Bushee in November.

When her contract with Working America ended, Nix went back to work for Garcia Richard and continues to work for her.

Bosque Strategies. Ross’ business partner is working for Gonzales’ campaign.

Another link involves Jon Hendry, a union official who was the president of the Progressive Santa Fe PAC, which has spent $2,700 in support of Gonzales’ candidacy. Hendry later left the PAC and joined Gonzales’ campaign committee as a volunteer.

He has since stepped down.

In all, the outside groups have spent more than $20,000 in support of Gonzales, about the same that Gonzales’ campaign has spent up to now. Some city residents reported receiving a pro-Gonzales flier Friday.

The connections speak in part to Gonzales’ long political career, including his four years as state

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The former chairman and treasurer of the Progressive Santa Fe PAC is Jon Hendry, president of the New Mexico Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO. Hendry was on Gonzales’ campaign committee for a short time.

Scott Forrester is a partner at Bosque Strategies, an Albuquerque-based strategic consulting firm that has worked on Gonzales’ mayoral campaign.

Forrester was the executive director of the state Democratic Party from December 2009 to April 2013. He currently does communications work for House Speaker Kenny Martinez, D-Grants.

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Evans is the girlfriend of Matt Ross, another partner at Bosque Strategies. Ross served as campaign manager for Gonzales when Gonzales ran for chairman of the Democratic Party of New Mexico in 2010. He also served as finance and communications director for the Democratic Party from May 2011 to March 2013.

Gonzales was chairman of the state Democratic Party from 2009 to 2013.

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Democratic Party chairman, a role that he says put him in touch with a lot of people in progressive politics.

The close ties also are indicative of the small, often incestuous community of political operatives who make up New Mexico politics.

But Gonzales’ opponents and critics have seized on those connections to attack Gonzales, saying the close ties suggest Gonzales is more involved than he acknowledges.

“I can tell you that from my law enforcement background and from my judicial background, when I hear the things that I’m hearing, it’s very hard for me to believe that he doesn’t know what these PACs are doing and that there’s no coordination,” said

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TEARS FOR JORDAN DAVIS Denise Hunt tears up Saturday after learning that the jury was deadlocked on the first-degree murder charge for Michael Dunn outside the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, Fla. Dunn was charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis, of Marietta, Ga., in 2012 after an argument over loud music coming from the SUV occupied by Davis and three friends. After more than 30 hours of jury deliberations over four days, a mistrial was declared on the murder charge that Dunn faced. He was found guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder and a count of firing into an occupied car. KELLY JORDAN/THE FLORIDA TIMES-UNION

connect between a labor-friendly German company and anti-union sentiment in the South.

The multiyear effort to organize Volkswagen’s only U.S. plant was defeated on a 712-626 vote Friday night amid heavy campaigning on both sides.

Workers voting against the union said while they remain open to the creation of a German-style “works council” at the plant, they were unwilling to risk the future of the Volkswagen factory that opened to great fanfare on the site of a former Army ammunition plant in 2011.

Wilson’s home reopening COLUMBIA, S.C. — After nearly a decade of renovations, the South Carolina home where President Woodrow Wilson lived as a teenager is reopening to the public as a museum not only about the politician but also the Reconstruction Era. On Saturday, to kick off Presidents Day weekend, visitors will once again be able to see the home where the 28th president of the United States moved at age 13 and spent his teenage years.

Wilson’s father taught at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia and was minister at First Presbyterian Church, where Wilson’s father, mother and sister are all buried.

The villa-style home built in 1871 is one of four historic sites for Wilson — along with his birthplace in Stanton, Va.; a home in Augusta, Ga., where he grew up; and the Washington, D.C., home where he lived after his time as president — and is South Carolina’s only presidential site.

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‘FantasySCOTUS’ players predict judges’ decisions

By Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press

HOUSTON — In many ways, it’s a fantasy league like any other, with players obsessing over mounds of data and minutia, teams sporting a variety of colorful names like “RISK It for the Biscuit” and projections that are bound to be way off.

But in this fantasy league, it’s not the NFL’s Calvin Johnson or Peyton Manning who are the stars but a group known for its skills not on the playing field but in the courtroom: the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In FantasySCOTUS, participants try to predict how the justices will vote in each of the cases that come before the high court during its term, which runs from October to late June or early July.

Josh Blackman, a Houston law professor who started the online game more than four years ago, said the site is a fun way of understanding an institution that for many people remains mysterious and far removed from daily life.

“People want to know what are they doing,

and this is just one way of kind of peeling back the curtain,” said Blackman, who teaches at South Texas College of Law. FantasySCOTUS started “almost like a joke,” said the 29-year-old Blackman.

The idea came in 2009 when he kidded with a friend about what the betting odds would be in Las Vegas over the then pending ruling from the Supreme Court in the Citizens United case, which lifted many restrictions on corporate spending in political elections.

Blackman and another person built the site in a month and launched it in November 2009. Within 24 hours, 1,000 people had signed up. Today, the site has more than 20,000 participants.

While most players tend to be lawyers or law students, the site also has political scientists and engineers as well as other professions.

Blackman said the site’s best players are 75 percent to 80 percent accurate.

A correct guess on a justice’s vote to either affirm or reverse a case earns 10 points. Correctly guessing how all nine justices vote

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The winner each season of FantasySCOTUS earns the title of “chief justice” and a golden gavel with their name inscribed on it.

While there are no cash prizes, there are “lots of bragging rights,” Blackman said.

Jacob Berlove, 30, of New York City has been the holder of those bragging rights for three years running.

What makes Berlove’s accomplishment more impressive is that he never went to law school. Berlove, who also has never played fantasy football, currently works in medical billing. But he has been interested in the high court since elementary school.

“I’m certainly never going to sit on the Supreme Court. The best I can do is show that I perhaps understand the way the justices are operating,” he said.

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The typical American household pays about $90 a month for cable television service, according to the NPD Group, the market research firm. But according to the research firm of You and Pretty Much Everyone You Know, when you click on your TV and browse the guide, what you often find hardly seems worth $90 a month.

This is the battle hymn of the cord cutter: You are paying too much for television, and you aren’t watching most of what you’re paying for. Over the last couple of years, millions of Americans have ditched their cable plans in favor of online streaming services like Netflix and iTunes. Perhaps intoxicated by the money they think they’re saving, cord cutters tend to be evangelical about their lifestyle, feeding a viral phenomenon that is altering the economics of the cable business.

But can cord cutters truly escape the cord? And are they, in fact, saving much money at all?

Comcast’s recent deal to acquire Time Warner Cable highlights the pickle that cord cutters may soon find themselves in. The acquisition rests on the assumption that as people cut back on their monthly TV plans, the cable lines coming into their homes won’t lose their value. Instead, the more we imbibe of all the glories available on streaming services, the more we’ll need to shell out for high-speed broadband service.

In most American households, the cable cord is the fastest conduit for broadband service. This suggests the canny strategy by which those once-inescapable cable providers might combat the rise of cord cutters: The cable giants will simply become even-more-inescapable Internet giants.

If the big providers can do that, cord cutters’ gleeful self-satisfaction may prove short-lived. Critics of the Comcast-Time Warner deal argue that it will eventually give Comcast the power to raise prices for its broadband and cable TV services and especially to hold its Internet-only subscription prices so close to its TV-and-Internet prices that few people will see much use in declaring their cable independence.

“Comcast and the new, giant Comcast are going to do as much as they can to stop you from unbundling,” said Craig Aaron, president of Free Press, a consumer advocacy group. “In order for you to get content you like, you’re going to be pushed to pay the cable bill, too.”

You can get a hint of such a future in Comcast’s current price structure. Today, its cheapest Internet service — a plan that a cord-cutting household might select — goes for $40 a month for the first year. It offers download speeds of up to 25 Mbps, which means it’s fast enough to stream two or three videos simultaneously — say, a FaceTime video chat in the teenager’s room, an episode of Scandal in the living room and Adult Swim in the man cave.

Here’s the twist: Comcast’s cheapest TV-andInternet plan goes for $50 a month for the first year, or just $10 a month more than the cord cutter’s plan.

Subscribers to the bundle get the same streaming speed as the Internet-only plan, as well as basic TV service that offers a handful of local channels. Comcast also throws in its service for watching TV shows on your mobile devices. None of the prices quoted here include taxes and fees for extra equipment.

Comcast also notes that prices may vary by location.

Considering these caveats, it’s likely that your bill for these plans will be higher than the quoted prices. Still, it’s instructive to note the very small price difference between the cord-cutting plan and the TV-and-Internet plan.

Cutting the cord, in Comcast’s universe, just doesn’t save you very much money. Comcast has carefully set up pricing to get you, whether you watch shows the old-fashioned way, on a boob-tube fed with a cable, or whether you prefer to veg out with Netflix on your iPad. Either way, you’re probably paying hundreds of dollars a year to maintain your vital hook to the outside world. And if you consider the added costs of Netflix and streaming rentals, it’s possible that the cord cutter may be paying more, overall, than someone who subscribes to cable.

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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — President Barack Obama on Saturday signed separate measures into law to lift the federal debt limit and restore benefits that had been cut for younger military retirees.

Obama signed the bills during a weekend golf vacation in Southern California.

The debt limit measure allows the government to borrow money to pay its bills, such as Social Security benefits and federal salaries. Failure to pass the measure, which the Senate passed 67-31 earlier this week and sent to Obama for his signature, most likely would have sent the stock market into a nosedive.

The Treasury Department is now free to borrow regularly through March 15, 2015, meaning lawmakers won’t have to revisit the issue until a new Congress is sworn in after the November elections.

Separate legislation passed in December would have held annual cost-of-living increases for veterans age 62 and younger to 1 percentage point below the rate of inflation, beginning in 2015.

The measure was designed to hold the line on the soaring cost of government benefit programs, which have largely escaped trillions of dollars in deficit cuts over the past three years.

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Sunday, Feb. 16 JOURNEY SANTA FE: “What Goes on in the Roundhouse, Anyway?” — A conversation with former New Mexico State Sen. Dede Feldman at 11 a.m. at Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St. RENEWABLE ENERGY DAY AT THE ROUNDHOUSE: Community groups,business associations, public institutions and others will have tables in the Rotunda area. This is a chance to network with others working to improve New Mexico’s energy future. Also included will be an ecological art table, electric cars, solar ovens and other demonstrations- some outside. The news conference starts at noon.

This is a family friendly event.

Students from several grade schools will attend. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., state Capitol.

SANTA FE SYMPHONY: IN HONOR OF LINCOLN: Presentations include Copland’s Lincoln Portrait with narration by N. Scott Momaday, and George Walker’s Pageant and Proclamation, lecture at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m., 211 W. San Francisco St. UNM PRESS BOOK EVENT: From 2 to 4 p.m. at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave., authors Catherine L. Kurland and Enrique R. Lamadrid, and

Lotteries photographer Miguel Gandert, read from and sign copies of Hotel Mariachi: Urban Space and Cultural Heritage in Los Angeles; includes a performance by the Santa Fe High School mariachi band.

WHAT’S SPANISH ABOUT NEW MEXICO ART? SOME THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN RENAISSANCE TO GOYA: An illustrated talk with museum curator of education Ellen Zieselman at 2 p.m. at the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave., 2-3 p.m.

NIGHTLIFE Sunday, Feb. 16 BISHOP’S LODGE RANCH RESORT & SPA: Flamenco guitarist Joaquin Gallegos, 6:30 p.m., 1297 Bishops Lodge Road.

BISHOP’S LODGE RANCH RESORT & SPA: Jazz ensemble Max Manzanares & The Max Pack, with Gabby Ottersberg, 5:30 p.m., 1297 Bishops Lodge Road.

COWGIRL BBQ: Country Blues Revue, noon-3 p.m.; Americana/indie-rock duo 22 Kings, 8 p.m., 319 S. Guadalupe St. EL FAROL: Pan-Latin chanteuse Nacha Mendez, 6-9 p.m., 808 Canyon Road.

LA CASA SENA CANTINA: Best of Broadway, piano and vocals, 6-10 p.m., 125 E. Palace Ave. LA POSADA DE SANTA FE

RESORT AND SPA: Wily Jim, Western swingabilly, 7-10 p.m., 330 E. Palace Ave. VANESSIE: Pianist Doug Montgomery, 6:30-9:30 p.m., 427 W. Water St.

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Syria peace talks end in deadlock U.S. accuses Russia of prolonging conflict

By Anne Gearan and Loveday Morris The Washington Post

WASHINGTON — U.N.sponsored peace talks for Syria ended at an impasse Saturday over the future of President Bashar Assad, as the Obama administration lashed out in frustration at Russia, accusing it of prolonging the conflict.

“They can’t have it both ways,” a senior Obama administration official said of Russia, which is Assad’s principal international backer but also supported the U.S. idea of inviting both sides to the negotiations. Russia can’t say it wants that peaceful approach and a “happy Olympics,” while it is also “part and parcel of supporting this regime as it kills people in the most brutal way,” the official said.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the agenda for an unusual meeting Saturday in California between President Barack Obama and Jordan’s King Abdullah II, at which the two leaders discussed the failing international efforts to broker peace and ease desperate conditions in Syria.

Abdullah requested the meeting, partly to seek additional U.S. help for coping with an overwhelming flow of refugees.

His small, Western-oriented nation is deeply uneasy about the near collapse of Syria and the spread of Islamic militancy in the vacuum.

Seizing on Russia’s role as host of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the official said that country was being disingenuous in its approach to the conflict in Syria, where three years of violence has claimed 140,000 lives.

“It’s not good for Syria that we come back for another round and fall in the same trap that we have been struggling with this week and most of the first round,” U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said in Geneva, where the acrimonious talks ended on a somber note.

Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people for the lack of progress after two sessions of face-to-face meetings between Assad’s representatives and members of the opposition in exile. Brahimi urged both sides to consider whether they were ready and willing to go on, and for the first time laid blame for the failure at the feet of the Syrian government.

The opposition, backed by the United States and numerous other nations, insists that the talks are premised on naming a power-sharing government to replace Assad.

The talks were a risk for Syria’s moderate opposition, which feared losing what little influence and credibility it carries among frontline fighters. Brahimi was unable to get the regime to agree to even a small package of humanitarian concessions, a step meant to help the opposition show that the talks could deliver tangible help for the besieged.

A humanitarian cease-fire in Homs has been presented as a bright spot, although that had been under discussion for months. Brahimi said the modest progress in the city had given the Syrian people hope that the process could bear fruit.

“I apologize to them that, on these two rounds, we haven’t helped them very much,” he said.

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Crude barrel bombs devastate Aleppo Attacks reach peak, trigger new exodus

By Liz Sly The Washington Post

KILIS, Turkey — The Syrians who reach this Turkish border town after escaping the northern city of Aleppo bring stories of horror about exploding barrels that fall from the sky.

The worst part is the terrifying anticipation as the barrel bombs are unleashed from warplanes roaring overhead, said one man who fled after three bombs demolished the street where he was living. The sight of rescuers scraping human remains from the sidewalk outside her home prompted another of the refugees to leave.

A third Syrian, a grandmother, said she left simply because life had become unsustainable in the wrecked, rubble-strewn city, where entire neighborhoods have been almost completely depopulated.

“Aleppo is empty,” she said as she sat surrounded by luggage and children after arriving in Turkey this week. “There’s no one left — no shops, no markets, no life at all.”

As peace talks in Geneva ended in deadlock Saturday, with United Nations mediator Lakhdar Brahimi setting no date for their resumption, the Syrian government’s barrel bombing campaign against the rebel-held half of Aleppo offers a glimpse of what may lie ahead for the country now that

negotiations have failed.

The campaign, which began in December, intensified as the peace talks got underway last month, underlining one of the biggest impediments to a negotiated settlement, said Salman Shaikh of the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar.

“The regime feels it can win this on the battlefield and they feel they can win this politically,” giving it little incentive to compromise in the peace talks, he said.

Over the past week, the attacks reached a new peak, triggering a fresh exodus of panicked people into the surrounding countryside and across the border into Turkey.

The barrels — crude cylinders stuffed with TNT that are being tipped out of warplanes at the rate of 20 a day — have killed hundreds and injured thousands. They are almost all being dropped over residential areas, and though they lack precision, they are systematically hitting one neighborhood after another, suggesting an intent to drive people out, residents say.

Barrel bombs also are increasingly being deployed in other rebel strongholds around Syria, bringing a new dimension to the violence of a war already renowned for its brutality. Unlike the sarin gas and ballistic missiles that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad has previously deployed to crush the rebellion, barrel bombs are cheap and easy to manufacture from readily available components, and

the government has a seemingly unlimited supply.

They also are powerful enough to demolish apartment buildings, obliterate homes and incinerate people, and their stepped-up use has been the primary cause of a sharp increase in deaths in Syria over the past three weeks. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that 3,400 people have been killed since the Geneva talks began, making the more than three weeks since “the most concentrated period of killing in the entire duration of the conflict,” according to Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

In Aleppo, Syria’s former commercial capital and a key strategic prize, the government appears to be pushing for the kind of successes that it has achieved elsewhere by making life untenable for ordinary people, said Amr Al Azm, a history professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio.

That, in turn, puts pressure on opposition fighters to submit to cease-fire deals similar to those that have pacified several suburbs of Damascus in recent months, as well as the recent agreement that brought aid to the center of Homs.

According to Syrians who have crossed into Turkey, hauling the few possessions they managed to grab, the barrels are bringing the city to its knees.

“I can’t even begin to talk about it,” said a white-faced woman who slumped onto the ground near the border gate. She

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“It’s like the end of the world,” he said. “The only people left are the poorest of the poor, and they are just waiting for death.”

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Web: Gonzales says he has honored the spirit of public financing Continued from Page A-1 Dimas, a former police officer and county magistrate. “Very, very difficult for me to believe that.”

Bushee also said she finds it “hard to believe” that Gonzales doesn’t have a hand in the outside activities.

“I think Mr. Gonzales very well knows that he could call the dogs off, get them to back off and disband if he truly wanted that. He has yet to take that step,” Bushee said.

Gonzales said Bushee and Dimas are using the PACs to distract voters from the real issues facing the city.

“We absolutely have not coordinated anything with any outside groups. Period,” Gonzales said.

“Let me be very clear through this article, because it is the best way to communicate to outside groups: They need to stand down,” he said. “And if they want to get involved in helping our campaign, they can volunteer after they shut down their PACs to help us win this race.”

Jim Harrington, state chairman of Common Cause New Mexico, a nonpartisan watchdog group, said Gonzales is in a difficult spot.

“He has spoken out,” Harrington said. “He says he doesn’t want their support and wishes they wouldn’t get involved. He has said that to the press.

People have said, ‘Well, he should go directly to the PAC people.’ I don’t know. He could get in trouble for coordinating if he spoke directly to them or his campaign spoke directly to them. It’s tricky for him, I admit it.”

The two PACs are Progressive Santa Fe and Santa Fe Working Families.

A third group, Albuquerque-based Working America, is not a PAC but a nonprofit doing an independent expenditure in the race.

Bushee’s former campaign manager, Tarin Nix, got a job with Working America after she and Bushee had a falling out. According to Bushee, Nix’s parting words to the campaign team were that she would “go to work for someone like Javier Gonzales.”

I think Mr. Gonzales very “ well knows that he could

We abso“ lutely have not

call the dogs off, get them to back off and disband if he truly wanted that. He has yet to take that step.” Patti Bushee

coordinated anything with any outside groups.

Period. … They need to stand down. And if they want to get involved in helping our campaign, they can volunteer after they shut down their PACs to help us win this race.” Javier Gonzales

… when I hear the things “ that I’m hearing, it’s very hard for me to believe that he doesn’t know what these PACs are doing and that there’s no coordination.” Bill Dimas In November, after Nix left Bushee’s campaign, Nix filed an ethics complaint against Bushee. She alleged Bushee had violated the public campaign finance code and then tried to cover her tracks by asking her to swap checks.

Nix disputed assertions that the Gonzales campaign was involved in her filing of the ethics complaint with the city’s Ethics and Campaign Review Board.

“To assert that I have done anything other than protect my professional integrity, by doing the right thing by Santa Feans who believe in a public finance system, is upsetting,” Nix said in an email. “As stated at the hearing, the Bushee campaign found a loophole that allowed them the opportunity to take advantage of privately funded money while still qualifying for public finance and ECRB is making suggestions to the City Council to

remedy this shortcoming in the law.

My hope, is that the Bushee campaign and her supporters stop attacking individuals, like me, who are not running for public office and get back to talking about how to move Santa Fe forward.”

The phrase “Santa Fe forward” is one that Gonzales has used throughout his campaign.

In addition to the two PACs and Working America, the Northern New Mexico Central Labor Council offered to pay its members $11 an hour to do member-to-member campaigning in support of Gonzales. The labor council, an umbrella organization for more than two dozen unions, hasn’t yet filed a campaign finance disclosure statement with the city and contends it doesn’t have to report campaignrelated expenditures. The City Attorney’s Office is reviewing whether or not the labor council has to report its

expenditures, said Zachary Shandler, assistant city attorney.

Spending by outside groups isn’t prohibited under the city’s public financing system, though part of the intent of public financing was to remove the influence of special interests.

Eli Il Yong Lee, a political consultant who is one of the founders of a different PAC that contributed $2,000 to the Progressive Santa Fe PAC, said Bushee and Common Cause, whom he accuses of being in league with each other, “want the First Amendment to just go away.”

“That’s the most cherished right of all Americans,” he said.

Harrington said the groups are failing to consider what’s good civic policy for the city.

“They trumpet their constitutional rights, but I’ve got a constitutional right to do all kinds of foolish and destructive things, but that doesn’t

mean I should do them,” he said.

Gonzales said he interacted with the people behind the two PACs and Working America when he served as Democratic Party chairman from 2009 to 2013.

“As chairman of the Democratic Party, as any chairman will, they will know most political operatives in this state,” he said. “They will know what campaigns they’re working on. They will know how they’re involved with those campaigns, so every person that you described are individuals that I’m familiar with.”

Gonzales said he has honored the spirit of public financing and that he’s been part of the public financing system from the day he announced his candidacy, unlike Bushee, who initially ran as a privately financed candidate.

“We’ve run a model, grass-roots campaign, which I think is the thing that probably irks my opponents more than anything else,” he said.

He points to the 64 house parties and six community conversations his campaign has held as examples of grass-roots campaigning.

“We have taken on very seriously what it means to run a publicly financed campaign in a manner that the public can be proud of,” he said.

“When you look at what we’ve done over the past several months, that has happened.”

His opponents have doubts.

“I would call on Javier to fess up and to say exactly what he knows about these organizations instead of denying that he knows anything about what’s going on,” Dimas said. “And then I would ask him to do away with these PACs.” But with the election just over two weeks away, Dimas said it may too late.

“I think they’ve already caused enough damage to both Patti’s and my campaign,” he said. “The outcome of this election could be affected by what they are doing.”

Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@sfnewmexican.com.

Bottle: Financial issues have divided lawmakers along party lines Continued from Page A-1 help pay for early childhood education — faces nearly impossible odds.

A proposal to allow voters to legalize marijuana in New Mexico was stopped in a Senate Committee. Still alive is a constitutional amendment designed to curtail more constitutional amendments. It would require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to put an amendment on the ballot, instead of a simple majority.

For all the bills promoting sweeping changes, this session may end with nothing more dramatic than a compromise on school spending to rescue the budget — passage of which is the primary reason for the 30-day gathering at the Capitol.

“Other than the budget, I think it’s a whole lot of small potatoes,” said Sen. Tim Keller, D-Albuquerque. “I don’t think people are going to feel a big difference in their everyday lives from what comes out of this session.”

Democrats have offered the most populist proposal: bills and a constitutional amendment to raise the statewide minimum wage, now $7.50 an hour.

The constitutional amendment — calling for a minimum wage of $8.30, plus built-in escalators for inflation — cleared the state Senate on a near party-line vote.

But it will have a harder fight in the House of Representatives, where the Democrats’ edge is down to 35-33 because two of their members are too sick to be in Santa Fe. The minimum-wage amendment needs at least 36 votes in the House to make the ballot. Despite Democratic arguments to the contrary, Republicans insist that raising the minimum wage would hurt a state economy that is among the most sluggish in the West.

The standoff over the minimum wage isn’t the only partisan fight regarding money.

The state budget also has divided the Legislature along near party lines.

The dispute centers on about $20 million that Martinez wants for the Public Education Department to implement merit pay for teachers and other reforms.

Democrats favor allocating the money to New Mexico’s 89 school districts, not the department’s central office in Santa Fe. The dispute has stalled a series of budget bills in the House.

Now the Senate is scrambling to get its own budget bill approved. That measure is Senate Bill 313.

Also stalled by the budget impasse is a proposed gambling compact that would allow the Navajo Nation to have three more casinos.

Education battles Lawmakers continue to fight over

how to assure solvency of the state’s Legislative Lottery Scholarship fund.

Eight bills target the scholarship program, which is financed by about $40 million in annual lottery ticket sales — not enough to keep up with demand.

House members approved a bill to cut lottery scholarship awards to 73 percent, leaving college and university students responsible for paying the balance. Typically, lottery scholarships have paid 100 percent of a qualifying student’s tuition. That reform measure, House Bill 263 by Republican Rep. Jason Harper of Rio Rancho, carried on a 65-1 vote.

Another bill, HB 254, sponsored by Rep, Jim Smith, R-Sandia Park, passed the House unanimously on Saturday.

This bill would give less money to students who have other scholarships and grants. Both likely face a harder time in the Senate.

If the Legislature does not act, the state Higher Education Department has the authority to make changes in lottery scholarships on its own. That could mean cutbacks in monetary awards, similar to Harper’s bill.

How to finance early childhood education is an even more contentious debate than the one on lottery scholarships.

Senate Joint Resolution 12 would take 7 percent annually from the $13.1 billion Land Grand Permanent Fund to help pay for K-12 public schools and early childhood programs.

A total of 5.5 percent would be set aside for public schools, continuing the existing system. The additional 1.5 percent would go toward prenatal, infancy and pre-kindergarten programs, changes that advocates say would lead to thousands more high school graduates and far fewer prison inmates.

So far, the initiative has cleared two Senate committees, overcoming opposition from Republicans who fear that tapping the land-grant endowment for more programs would drain it.

The early childhood initiative will be heard next in the Senate Finance Committee, where it died last year.

The chairman, Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, opposes the measure as fiscally irresponsible.

If the early childhood initiative clears both houses of the Legislature, voters would make the final decision in the November election.

Debate over reading As for mandatory retention of third-graders struggling to read, that bill appears doomed for the fourth consecutive year. A Senate version is stuck in committee and unlikely to move ahead.

In the House, Rep. Mary Helen Garcia, D-Las Cruces, amended her bill to

and enter federal buildings. HB 359, sponsored by House Speaker Kenny Martinez, D-Grants, would do that.

Health

Sen. Howie C. Morales, D-Silver City, addresses a group of about 300 who rallied outside the state Capitol last month in support of early childhood education. How to finance early education remains a contentious issue as the clock winds down on the session. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

remove a provision that would have made retention of those third-graders mandatory. Her proposal, HB 93, cleared the House Education Committee on Saturday.

But Garcia’s reworked bill is not what the governor wants. Martinez says the “social promotion” of students cripples them academically because they move ahead without solid reading skills.

Democratic Sen. Bill Soules, a teacher from Las Cruces, counters that summer school, reading coaches and other extra help for children are proven ways to help youngsters not reading at grade level. Holding them back en masse would hurt their academic progress, not put them on a path to success, Soules said.

Cabinet showdown Another controversy in education has to do with a person, not an issue.

She is Hanna Skandera, secretary-designate of the Public Education Department and the face of the governor’s reform initiatives.

Skandera, never a classroom teacher or principal, has waited more than three years for state senators to vote on her confirmation as New Mexico’s top education administrator. Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, has promised to restart Skandera’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Rules Committee. But so far, Lopez, a candidate for governor, has not called the hearing.

Republican senators say Skandera should be confirmed, based on a record of good work. If her confirmation goes to the Senate floor, the vote probably would be close. Democrats control the Senate 25-17.

Ryan Flynn, Martinez’s nominee for secretary of the Environment

Department, also is awaiting a hearing. He’s scheduled for Tuesday in Senate Rules. Meanwhile, a threatened “no confidence” vote in the Senate on Human Services Secretary Sidonie Squire, for her role in the shake-up of the state’s mental health system, has not taken place.

Immigration The governor’s campaign to repeal a 2003 law that allows undocumented immigrants to obtain New Mexico driver’s licenses appears headed for defeat for the fourth consecutive year.

The latest repeal measure, HB 127

by Rep. Paul Pacheco, R-Albuquerque, is stalled in the House Labor and Human Resources Committee.

Pacheco still could try an extraordinary measure to push the bill through the full House of Representatives, but that might steal time that could be spent on resolving the budget conflict.

Pacheco said his bill probably could not win Senate approval, even if he got it through the House.

Democrats generally support the current law. They say it allows immigrants to drive to their jobs and pay taxes. They also say New Mexico’s immigrant licensing law has been emulated as sound public policy by eight other states in the last year, including California.

One of the governor’s arguments for repealing the 2003 law is that it means New Mexico’s current driver’s licenses don’t meet requirements of the federal Real ID Act of 2005.

But last week, Gov. Martinez sent a special message to allow a bill that would direct the state Taxation and Revenue Department to design and issue “Real ID” cards that would comply with the federal law, allowing bearers to board commercial airline flights

Bills aimed at the health of young people and the state’s hospitals have had traction.

House Bill 15, sponsored by Rep. Paul Bandy, R-Aztec, would prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. It passed the House and is now in the Senate, where its sponsor, Keller, is optimistic it will receive approval.

A proposal to replace disappearing federal funding for indigent care to keep hospitals financially fit has gone through gyrations, but is headed to the Senate floor for a vote. Estimates that up to seven hospitals in the state could close if lawmakers don’t find $45 million has created momentum for the bill.

The most recent approach, SB 268, amended and approved Friday by the Senate Finance Committee, would grant counties authority to raise gross receipts taxes by 0.125 percent.

This would enable them to reach the threshold needed for a 3-to-1 match in federal funding.

Driver safety A bill that would outlaw texting and driving passed the Senate. SB 19, by Sen. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, also has cleared its first House committee.

Other bills that would make any level of drugs found in a driver’s bloodstream evidence of impairment are working their way through House committees.

Southwest Chief All eyes are on New Mexico as the potential obstacle in preserving Amtrak’s Southwest Chief route through Northern New Mexico, as well as parts of Colorado and Kansas.

Bills to keep the train passing through Lamy, Las Vegas and Raton have legislative support, but the governor would like to study the idea for another year.

Under SB 221, sponsored by Sen. Pete Campos, D-Las Vegas, New Mexico would contribute $4 million annually for a decade and negotiate with Colorado and Kansas to keep the train on its current route. It has cleared one committee and is awaiting a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee. Rep. Bobby Gonzales, D-Taos, sponsored other bills that seek funding for the project.

New Mexican staff writer Steve Terrell contributed to this report.

Contact Milan Simonich at 986-3080 or msimonich@sfnewmexican.com.

Contact Patrick Malone at 986-3017 or pmalone@sfnewmexican.com.

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Police: Board gave Jones total control of curriculum in September Court case titled Tennessee v.

Garner. The ruling says a police are established by Jones’ acadofficer can use deadly force emy, according to the Departto stop a fleeing suspect if the ment of Public Safety’s deputy officer has probable cause to secretary, Patrick Mooney. believe the suspect might do In September, the state’s serious physical injury or kill an eight-member Law Enforceofficer or another person. ment Academy Board, which is The model Jones is dumpappointed by the governor and ing, called the Reactive Control chaired by the attorney general, Model, has been used by police voted unanimously to change agencies around the country. But the New Mexico Administrative Jones said it is too restrictive. For Code to give complete control example, he said, the model says over the curriculum to Jones. if an unarmed suspect attempts Greg Williams, an Albuquerto attack an officer, the officer que attorney and presidentcan use a baton in self-defense. elect of the New Mexico Foun“When I went to high school, dation for Open Government, two people would have a fistJack Jones, director of the state’s Law Enforcement Academy, defends his new said before the board voted on fight, and it would be over,” curriculum that teaches cadets they have more leeway to use force when purthe change, it had a process that suing a suspect. ‘Evil has come to the state of New Mexico,’ Jones says, and he Jones said. “Today in high included public involvement. wants officers to be prepared. COURTESY PHOTO school, two people have a fist“What they did was to change fight and then somebody comes the process so that the public to the guy’s house the next day at the individual that is shooting at it, what happens to that Among them, a candidate taught properly. could not be involved,” he said. at you.” round,” he said. “They’re wear“If there’s a technique or a must be able to do 31 sit-ups and and shoots him. … You have to But Jones, arguing for more be prepared for the violence.”

New Mexico made national ing a gun and a badge protectmethod that they should fol29 push-ups in no more than a control over academy training, Aveni said most law enforceing you [the public] against the headlines when a state police low, then it sure wouldn’t hurt minute. said changing anything from ment academies have dropped violence. Don’t you think they to teach your guys that,” Vick fitness requirements to firearms officer shot at a van full of chilSpillar agreed that a good the Reactive Control Model, but should be prepared for the most said.

“As long as you make sure dren near Taos after the driver training could take nine months. officer should be physically fit in violent encounter that they can that they understand when, and order to do the job, but she said he doesn’t believe the case law fled during a traffic stop in “If there is something hapis a sufficient base for an entire when not, to do it.”

October. In November, a differ- come up against?” pening that is new technology it’s also important to have good use-of-force curriculum.

Jones said the shorter trainThe New Mexican filed a that bad guys are using, that evil ent state police officer shot and verbal communication skills in The Law Enforcement Acadrequest under the Inspection of ing period cuts redundancy. He dealing with suspects. “The guys killed a Santa Fe woman after is using, we need to be able to emy Board, however, is backing also defended the new genderPublic Records Act for a copy make that change and be able to a high-speed chase, firing into who are into all this weightliftJones. At a meeting Monday, make those changes in our acad- her vehicle 16 times as she tried the academy’s new curriculum, and age-neutral fitness exam. ing all too often resort to physiboard Vice Chairman Nate He said it is fairer than the old but Jones said he doesn’t plan to flee. The second shooting emy,” he told the board in June. cal interaction with a suspect Korn lauded his expertise and exam, which set higher stanwas one of three fatal shootings to release it because criminals Since September, Jones has before they have exhausted the what he has done to train offidards for younger males than could use the tactics taught to shortened the cadet training involving state police in the verbal interaction,” she said. cers. for older females. cadets against them. from 22 weeks to 16 weeks, course of a month.

Jones’ new curriculum “We arguably have the best Aveni, a former police trainer, “I’ll burn them before you get instituted a physical-fitness The Albuquerque Police teaches recruits they have more director in our academy’s hissaid he agreed with Jones’ physthem,” he told The New Mexican. entrance exam that is the same Department, meanwhile, is leeway to use force when purtory,” Korn said. ical fitness standards because Williams said because of for men and women and appliunder investigation by the U.S. real-life crime scenarios are not suing a suspect than previous cants of all ages, and added Department of Justice to deter- the number of officer-involved training under an older model.

Contact Uriel J. Garcia gender or age neutral. shootings, the public has the more training exercises, includ- mine if officers use unreasonJones said he is now basing at 986-3062 or ugarcia@ Katherine Spillar, executive ing live-fire vehicle stops. These able deadly force in encounters right to know how police are his training in use-of-force techsfnewmexican.com. Follow vice president of the Feminist being trained. To be lawfully changes were necessary to pre- with suspects. Albuquerque niques on a 1985 U.S. Supreme him on Twitter at @ujohnnyg.

Majority Foundation, which has a withheld, the documents have pare new police officers to work officers fatally shot 22 people program to increase the number to be related to an ongoing in a more dangerous world, he from 2010 through 2013, and of women in law enforcement, Valentine’s Day Sale 2/11-16 criminal investigation or meet said. wounded another 13. argued, however, that academies some other exception.

The latest class got underway Gallegos said more than 40%-60% off All Merchandise with gender-neutral physical Phil Sisneros, a spokesman Jan. 20.

20 years ago, when he went Jewelry/Sweaters/Shawls for Attorney General Gary King, admission requirements are subSome former police officials through the academy, cadets tly excluding woman. suggested filing an Inspection of and criminologists question the were not taught to shoot at “Whenever you’re focusPublic Records Act complaint wisdom of having one person vehicles in order to stop them.

418 Montezuma 982-3902 ing on upper-body strength, in charge of the academy’s cur- Ballistics training was about the with his office to determine if you’re usually dealing with a riculum, as well as the soundimpact of using various firearms the documents related to acadtest that has an adverse impact emy training must be released ness of some of the tactics Jones and ammunition. on women applicants,” she under the law. is teaching the cadets.

Jones, a retired Army colosaid after reading over the new The academy schedule “It would be out of the ordinel, has more than 30 years of Vintage and Heirloom jewelry - Antiques - Silver physical requirements to enter includes 640 hours of trainnary for one person to write military experience and worked the academy in Santa Fe. ing. Among them: 52 hours for [the curriculum] without other as a New Mexico State Police basic firearms training, includpeople having input,” said officer for 10 years. He joined Thomas J. Aveni, director of the the academy as deputy director ing training in live-fire vehicle Police Policy Studies Council, in January 2013. Gallegos said he stops; 12 hours in use-of-force techniques; and eight hours of a New Hampshire-based group was told at that time that Jones Inside La Fonda Hotel courses on deadly-force decithat studies use of force by law would be in charge of training.

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982-3298 The board promoted Jones to Call 983-5552 Martin Booker FGA, DGA, NJA Jeff G. Vick, a former state And Phillip Gallegos, a forSanbusco Center director in June. police officer and trainer who mer academy instructor, called Jones said he wouldn’t comretired from the force in 2005, the rule change a “dangerous ment on the allegations made said having more live-fire trainprecedent.”

by Gallegos. But he said the “Now you have one person purpose of some of the shooting ing could be a good thing, if it’s that is making the selection, and techniques taught at the acadwho is to say that person knows emy is to help cadets learn what Travel Bug what a curriculum is supposed happens when an officer shoots Australia to be like,” Gallegos said. at a vehicle — not to stop cars.

Melbourne Mungo Melbourn totoMungo Gallegos said the academy “We want them to see that if Sat Feb 22 5 pm Tory Hughes fired him in July for insubordithere’s a threat that’s inside a Spanish French Small Convesational Classes nation after he refused to teach vehicle and they need to shoot 839 Paseo de Peralta 992-0418 new cadets some of the firearms training Jones wanted to implement. The academy confirmed Gallegos was fired but declined to discuss the reasons.

According to Gallegos, “The statement that he made to us [instructors] in a [January 2013] meeting was, ‘No, I want you guys teaching these guys how to make a car stop with a bulWindow & Door Replacement From PRECIOUS METALS let.’ ” Gallegos said, “This is the thing — why are you shooting A Company You Can at a car? You should be shooting

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Since September, Jones has shortened the cadet training from 22 weeks to 16 weeks, instituted a physicalfitness entrance exam that is the same for men and women and applicants of all ages, and added more training exercises, including live-fire vehicle stops.

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Misconduct forcing more soldiers out of military officers and a massive bribery case in California that has implicated six Navy officers. Examples of troop misconduct include Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters and soldiers posing with body parts of Afghan militants.

As a result, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other leaders say ethics is a priority about which they now routinely lecture troops and offiBy Lolita C. Baldor cers. They also have undertaken initiatives aimed The Associated Press at identifying and dealing with problem service members.

WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. sol“We’re paying a lot more attention to it now. diers forced out of the Army because of crimes or We are not tolerant at all of those showing a lack misconduct has soared in the past several years as the military emerges from a decade of war that of character,” Odierno said. “We have to refocus put a greater focus on battle competence than on ourselves so we get to where we think is the right place.” character.

In 2010, 119 Army officers were forced to leave Data obtained by The Associated Press show the service because of misconduct; that number that the number of officers who left the Army was fairly consistent with the annual totals since due to misconduct more than tripled in the past 2000. Last year, the number was 387. three years. The number of enlisted soldiers For enlisted soldiers, the numbers have seeforced out for drugs, alcohol, crimes and other sawed over the past 13 years, hovering near 9,000 misconduct shot up from about 5,600 in 2007, at the start of the decade and falling to 5,706 in as the Iraq War peaked, to more than 11,000 last 2007. Since then, the number has climbed again. year.

When the country needs a lot of troops on the The data reveal stark differences between the military services and underscores the strains that front lines, more people with behavioral problems are allowed to come in and stay. When the long, repeated deployments to the front lines have had on the Army’s soldiers and their leaders. military begins to shrink, commanders can be much more selective about who is kicked out and It also reflects the Army’s rapid growth in the who is allowed to stay. middle part of the decade, and the decisions to As the Army began to reduce its ranks in relax standards a bit to bring in and retain tens recent years toward a goal of 490,000 in 2015, of thousands of soldiers to fill the ranks as the Pentagon added troops in Iraq and continued the leaders have been more willing and able to get rid of problem soldiers. That is likely to escalate fight in Afghanistan.

The Army grew to a peak of about 570,000 sol- because the latest plan would reduce the Army to 420,000 later in the decade if deep, automatic diers during the height of the wars, and soldiers budget cuts continue. represented the bulk of the troops on the battleThe Navy went through a similar process. fields compared with the other services.

When the decision was made to cut the size of “I wouldn’t say lack of character was tolerated the 370,000-strong naval force in 2004, the numin [war] theater, but the fact of the last 10 or 12 ber of sailors who left due to misconduct and years of repeated deployments, of the high optempo — we might have lost focus on this issue,” other behavior issues grew. In 2006, more than Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army’s top officer, told the 8,400 sailors left due to conduct issues.

As the size of the Navy began to stabilize — it’s AP last week. “Sometimes in the past we’ve overnow at about 323,000 — the number of problem looked character issues because of competence sailors leaving also began to decline steadily, and commitment.”

His comments mirror concerns aired by Army dropping each successive year to a new low of about 3,700 in 2013.

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint In nearly one-third of the cases each year over Chiefs of Staff, several times in recent months. that time period, the problems involved drug The ethical lapses, Dempsey said, can be attriband alcohol use. More than 1,400 cases each year uted in some ways to 10 years at war when the involved a “serious offense” or civil or criminal military failed to properly balance character and court case. competence.

The Navy has become known as the most “It is not the war that has caused this,” transparent service, often quicker to publicly fire Dempsey said. “It is the pace, and our failure to commanders for misconduct or poor leadership. understand that at that pace, we were neglectBut the number of Navy officers forced out has ing the tools that manage us as a profession over remained relatively constant, ranging from 84 to time.”

107 annually for the past eight years. The bulk of Over the past year, a series of high-profile scanthose were for what the service calls “unacceptdals — from sexual assault and damaging leaderable conduct” or unfitness for duty. ship to mistreatment of the enemy and unauthorThe Air Force, which is smaller than the Navy ized spending — has dogged the military, leading to broad ethics reviews and new personnel policies. and Army, reported far fewer cases of airmen Those scandals included the demotion of leaving for misconduct, both for officers and Army Gen. William “Kip” Ward for lavish, unau- enlisted service members. The number of offithorized spending; sexual misconduct charges cers separated from service since 2000 due to a against Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair; and episodes of court-martial ranged from a low of 20 in 2001 to a gambling and drinking by other general officers. high of 68 in 2007. For enlisted airmen, the numMore recently, there have been cheating allega- ber ranged from a high of nearly 4,500 in 2002 to tions against Air Force nuclear missile launch a low of almost 2,900 in 2013.

Officers booted from service over crimes triples since 2006; findings underscore strain of long, repeated deployments

Border security stalls immigration reform for over a quarter-century “When you hear someone say the key to immigration reform is to secure the border, it tells WASHINGTON — Thirteen me they either don’t understand years ago, President George W. the issue or they’re just using it Bush welcomed Vicente Fox of as a pretext,” Carlos Gutierrez, Mexico to Washington to lay Bush’s former commerce secthe groundwork for an overhaul retary, said in an interview last of U.S. immigration laws — week. “If we secure the border sensing that fellow Republicans and do not have reform or new a were finally ready to go along legal system, then the economy with a new legalization effort. is really going to be in trouble.”

The push included a rare It is a debate that has raged address to Congress on Sept. 6, since President Ronald Reagan 2001, when Fox declared that signed the last major overhaul immigrants “invariably enrich of immigration laws in 1986, a the cultural life of the land that bipartisan achievement hailed receives them.” as a solution to the crisis of Five days later, jetliners 5 million immigrants living in hijacked by foreign terrorists the country illegally. The Immicrashed into the World Trade gration Reform and Control Act Center and Pentagon, heighten- put 2.7 million people on the ing security fears and scuttling path toward citizenship, markBush’s immigration plans. ing the largest legalization proFor more than a quarter-cen- gram in U.S. history. tury, it has never been the right But in many ways, the law has time for immigration reform. been deemed a failure — and And the biggest stumbling block stands as one of the chief impedialways seems to be concerns, ments to a new round of reform. primarily among conservaThe bill denied legal status to tives, that border controls are more than 2 million others who not tough enough and must be had recently arrived in the counstrengthened further before try, and it failed to create a guestanything else can be done. worker program large enough On Wednesday, President to handle the surge of workers Barack Obama will travel to streaming across the border over Toluca, Mexico, for an ecothe next two decades. nomic summit at a time when The number of people livhis own immigration campaign, ing in the country illegally rose launched a year ago, has stalled again quickly, reaching more in Congress amid another back- than 11.7 million last year. lash over the border. White Former Sen. Alan Simpson, House officials said that Mexia Wyoming Republican who can President Enrique Peña helped lead the 1986 negotiaNieto has pledged to do all he tions, said a proposal to include can to help, and Obama prea national identification system dicted to Univision that immifor workers — aimed at pregration reform will still happen venting employers from hiring before he leaves office. illegal immigrants — was elimiBut the situation is largely out nated over Democratic civilof Obama’s hands, and the latest liberties concerns.

‘That took out the guts,” Simpimpasse has frustrated longtime son said last week in a telephone advocates.

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interview from his home in Cody, Wyo. Asked when he knew there were flaws in the bill, he replied: “The minute it passed.”

Since then, many Republicans have blamed the law for granting “amnesty” for millions without stemming the flow of undocumented immigrants — and they have vowed not to repeat the mistake.

This month, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, cited “widespread doubt” in his caucus over Obama’s willingness to enforce tougher border controls as the chief impediment to a deal.

“The biggest objection I heard is … the legalization will happen but the enforcement never will, and we’ll be right back here in 10 years with another 12 million people,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said.

Democrats view such talk as a canard for Boehner’s inability to control an unruly caucus, and they note that the Obama administration has deported more immigrants than his Republican predecessor.

But conservatives used similar reasoning to reject immigration deals under Bush. In early 2006, after Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., had introduced a bipartisan bill the previous year, Bush saw the momentum he needed to relaunch his push.

“The debate over immigration reform has reached a time of decision,” Bush declared in a prime-time Oval Office address in May of that year.

The backlash among conservatives was visceral. CNN’s Lou Dobbs launched a recurring feature called Broken Borders, in which he railed against the economic costs and criminal dangers of illegal immigrants entering the country.

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Report: Law firm Illegal drones buzz past federal ban struggles to snared in NSA’s FAA write new rules as spying program use of planes soars the liaison officials asked the NSA general counsel’s office for guidance about the spying.

The list of those caught up The bulletin notes only that in the global surveillance net the counsel’s office “provided cast by the National Security clear guidance” and that the Agency and its overseas partAustralian eavesdropping ners, from social media users agency “has been able to conto foreign heads of state, tinue to cover the talks, providnow includes another entry: ing highly useful intelligence U.S. lawyers. for interested US customers.”

A top-secret document, The NSA declined to answer obtained by former NSA conquestions about the reported tractor Edward J. Snowden, surveillance. shows that a U.S. law firm was Duane Layton, a Mayer monitored while representBrown lawyer involved in the ing a foreign government in trade talks, said he did not trade disputes with the United have any evidence that he or States. The disclosure offers his firm had been under scrua rare glimpse of a specific tiny by the Australian or U.S. instance in which Americans intelligence agencies. were ensnared by the eaves“I always wonder if somedroppers and is of particular one is listening, because you interest because U.S. lawyers would have to be an idiot not with clients overseas have to wonder in this day and age,” expressed growing concern he said in an interview. “But that their confidential comI’ve never really thought I was munications could be compro- being spied on.” mised by such surveillance.

Most attorney-client conThe government of Indonesia versations do not get special had retained the law firm for protections under U.S. law help in trade talks, according to from NSA eavesdropping. the February 2013 document. It Amid growing concerns about reports that the NSA’s Austrasurveillance and hacking, the lian counterpart, the Australian American Bar Association in Signals Directorate, notified the 2012 revised its ethics rules to agency that it was conducting explicitly require lawyers to surveillance of the talks, includ- “make reasonable efforts” to ing communications between protect confidential informaIndonesian officials and the U.S. tion from unauthorized disclolaw firm, and offered to share sure to outsiders. the information.

Last year, the U.S. Supreme The Australians told offiCourt, in a 5-4 decision, cials at an NSA liaison office rebuffed a legal challenge to a in Canberra, Australia, that 2008 law allowing warrantless “information covered by wiretapping that was brought attorney-client privilege may in part by lawyers with foreign be included” in the intelligence clients they believed were gathering, according to the likely targets of NSA monitordocument, a monthly bulletin ing. from the Canberra office.

The lawyers contended The law firm was not identi- that the law raised risks that fied, but Mayer Brown, a Chirequired them to take costly cago-based firm with a global measures, like traveling overpractice, was then advising the seas to meet clients, to protect Indonesian government on sensitive communications. But trade issues. the Supreme Court dismissed On behalf of the Australians, their fears as “speculative.”

James Risen and Laura Poitras The New York Times

include informal steps like phone calls. It has issued one fine, which is being contested.

The FAA, set up to enforce manned aviation, doesn’t have the resources to enforce existing rules on a new form of flyBy Alan Levin Bloomberg News ing that isn’t tied to airports and requires so little training almost WASHINGTON — It came anyone can do it, Davis said. from the sky.

“The reality is there is no way One moment, Eileen Peskoff to patrol it,” Davis said. “There’s was enjoying a hot dog after just no way.” running with the bulls at a Some businesses flying Petersburg, Va., racetrack. Then drones make little attempt to she was on her back, knocked hide what they’re doing. down when a 4-foot drone filmFreefly Cinema, an aerial phoing the event in August lost A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis in 2011 at the Naval tography company in Los Angecontrol and dove into the grand- Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Despite a ban on drones les and Seattle, has photos on flown for business purposes, drones are being used for mov- its website of helicopter drones stands where she was sitting. ies, inspections and countless other uses beyond the FAA’s “You sign up for something it says it flew to film scenes for policing ability. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO called running the bulls, you The Wolf of Wall Street and a think the only thing you’ll get commercial for Honda. hurt by is a 1,200-pound bull, not to be identified.

Tabb Firchau of Freefly calls since September 2011 a drone,” Peskoff said.

The FAA is aware the number with what they believed were declined to comment in an Drones flown for a busiof flights is increasing and tells email. Rebecca Cook at the pubsmall unmanned aircraft like ness purpose, like the one that users to stop when it learns lic relations company 42West, those favored by hobbyists, left Peskoff and two friends about them, it said in an emailed cinematographers and other which represents Scorsese, with bruises, are prohibited in response to questions. The businesses, according to NASA’s didn’t respond to emails the United States. That hasn’t agency said it’s considering new Aviation Safety Reporting Sysrequesting a comment. stopped an invasion of flights guidance on what’s permitted.

A Freefly drone shot footage tem, which logs safety issues. far beyond the policing ability For every time the FAA for a documentary about the While the government needs of the Federal Aviation Adminorders an operator to stand to do more to control the growth Civil War battle at Gettysburg, istration, which since 2007 down — as it did after a Michiin drones, it has been “swamped” Pa., that aired on most Public hasn’t permitted commercial gan florist did a test delivery Broadcasting Service stations in by political cross-currents and drones in the U.S. while it labors by drone Feb. 8, and in January budget cuts that have made it dif- November, the filmmaker, Jake to write rules to allow them. with Lakemaid Beer, which Boritt, said in an interview. ficult to craft rules, Doug Davis, Drones have nonetheless posted a video online proposing who ran the FAA’s unmanned Boritt said he got permission been used to film scenes in the 12-pack deliveries to Minnesota aircraft office in the mid-2000s, to film from the National Park Martin Scorsese-directed movie ice fishermen — untold others Service. “It’s not something that said in an interview.

The Wolf of Wall Street and fly below the radar, said Patrick As airline pilot unions call for we did a whole lot of research sporting events for Walt Disney Egan, a Sacramento, Calif.-based strict standards on the qualifica- into,” Boritt said.

Co.’s ESPN. They’ve inspected author and producer of an The park service, which contions of drone operators, indusoilfield equipment, mapped annual unmanned aircraft expo try advocates including Egan trols access to the Gettysburg agricultural land and photoin San Francisco. site and not the airspace, didn’t say the standards should be graphed homes and neighborSmall drones available on check with FAA about aviation eased. Lawmakers such as Sen. hoods for real estate marketing, the Internet or at hobby stores regulations, Katie Lawhon, a Dianne Feinstein, a California according to industry officials, for less than $1,000 — some spokeswoman, said in an email.

Democrat who said protesters company websites and videos equipped with high-definition While ESPN hasn’t used flew toy drones outside her on the Internet. cameras like those made by drones to film events, some house last year, have pressed All such flights in the U.S. San Mateo, Calif.-based GoPro the FAA to add privacy require- independent production comare outside the rules. While the Inc. — are flooding the U.S. and ments as it crafts safety rules. panies supplying video to the FAA hasn’t ruled out granting being used by tens of thousands network have, Josh Krulewitz, “The FAA is going to have commercial-use permits under of people, whether legal or not, a spokesman, said in an email. to step up the enforcement of limited circumstances, it has so Egan said.

ESPN is telling production compeople who use these things,” far only allowed operations in The FBI opened an investiga- Sean Cassidy, national safety panies it works with to comply the Arctic. tion on March 4 after pilots on with regulations, Krulewitz coordinator for the Air Line Some operators plead an Alitalia Boeing 777 nearing said. He didn’t specify events at Pilots Association, said in an ignorance of the rules. Some New York’s John F. Kennedy which drones were used. interview. ALPA is the largest say their flying is legal under International Airport spotted For Hollywood, the benefits pilots union in North America. exemptions for hobbyists. Using a multirotor copter that came of using drones are worth the The FAA conducted drones is so lucrative within about 200 feet. miniscule risk of being caught, 17 enforcement actions for illefor Hollywood that they’re At least six other pilots, said an operator who films gal drone use in the 13 months flown knowing they’re illegal, including a crew on another scenes for TV shows and comthat ended in July 2013, accordsaid one operator who declined airliner, have reported close mercials. ing to agency data that doesn’t

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Court rulings leave gay-marriage foes scrambling support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between only a man and a woman.

In Missouri, where voters approved a gay-marriage ban in 2004, eight Republican House members filed articles of

By David A. Lieb, David Crary and Rachel Zoll impeachment against Democratic Gov. Jay The Associated Press Nixon after he ordered his administration JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Opponents of to accept joint tax returns from same-sex couples who were legally married in other same-sex marriage are scrambling to find states. The Republican House leader has effective responses, in Congress and state yet to schedule the matter for public hearlegislatures, to a rash of court rulings that ings, but some GOP sponsors insist they would force some of America’s most conare serious. servative states to accept gay nuptials.

“The people put it in the constitution Some gay-marriage foes are backing that marriage is between one man and one a bill recently introduced in both chamwoman — the issue is the governor has bers of Congress that would leave states absolutely ignored the constitution and the fully in charge of their marriage policies, though the measure stands little chance of people’s will,” said Rep. Ron Schieber, a Republican from Kansas City. passage. In the states, they are endorsing The demand for religious exemptions, a multitude of bills — some intended to protect gay-marriage bans, others to assert meanwhile, is widespread. Gay marriage a right, based on religious freedom, to have opponents have fought for strong exemptions in every state where lawmakers have nothing to do with gay marriages should already decided the issue. In New York, those bans be struck down. for example, gay marriage was recognized In Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Vironly after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the ginia, federal judges have voided part or state’s top two legislators struck an 11thall of the bans on same-sex marriage that hour compromise on religious accommovoters approved between 2004 and 2006. dations.

Each of the rulings has been stayed pendHowever, the resulting exemptions have ing appeals, and a final nationwide resolugenerally been limited in scope — and tion may be a few years away in the U.S. haven’t come anywhere near to what gay Supreme Court. marriage opponents sought. In MassachuThe trend is unsettling to the activsetts and Iowa, where same-sex marriage ists who oppose gay marriage, and some won recognition through the courts, there have called for extraordinary measures in are no religious exemptions related to the response. rulings.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, In light of this track record, opponents in known for fighting to display the Ten Commandments in a judicial building, has red states have been proposing pre-emptive bills with broad accommodations for written to all 50 governors urging them to

Opponents backing bills to uphold bans, give states control over nuptial policies

A man smokes marijuana in July while senators debate a bill to legalize and regulate marijuana in Montevideo, Uruguay.

In December, Uruguay became the first country to approve nationwide pot legalization. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

Legal marijuana movement gains global traction it was” and that other nations have some political space to explore reform, said Ethan Nadelmann, head of the nonprofit Drug Policy Alliance, a

By Gene Johnson pro-legalization group based in The Associated Press New York.

In a former colonial mansion Anxiety over U.S. reprisals in Jamaica, politicians huddle has previously doused reform to discuss trying to ease mariefforts in Jamaica, including a juana laws in the land of the 2001 attempt to approve private late reggae musician and canuse of marijuana by adults. nabis evangelist Bob Marley. In Given America’s evolution, “the Morocco, one of the world’s top discussion has changed,” said producers of the concentrated Delano Seiveright, director of pot known as hashish, two lead- Ganja Law Reform Coalitioning political parties want to Jamaica. legalize its cultivation, at least Last summer, eight lawmakfor medical and industrial use. ers, evenly split between the And in Mexico City, the vast ruling People’s National Party metropolis of a country ravaged and the opposition Jamaica by horrific cartel bloodshed, Labor Party, met with Nadellawmakers have proposed a mann and local cannabis brand new plan to let stores sell crusaders at a luxury hotel in the drug.

Kingston’s financial district and From the Americas to Europe discussed next steps, including to North Africa and beyond, the a near-term effort to decrimimarijuana legalization movenalize pot possession. ment is gaining unprecedented Influential politicians are traction — a nod to successful increasingly taking up the efforts in Colorado, Washington idea of loosening pot restricstate and the small South Amer- tions. Jamaica’s health minister ican nation of Uruguay, which recently said he was “fully on in December became the first board” with medical marijuana. country to approve nationwide “The cooperation on this pot legalization. issue far outweighs what I’ve Leaders long weary of the seen before,” Seiveright said. drug war’s violence and futil“Both sides are in agreement ity have been emboldened by with the need to move forward.” changes in U.S. policy, even In Morocco, lawmakers have in the face of opposition from been inspired by the experitheir own conservative popula- ments in Washington, Colorado tions. Some are eager to try an and Uruguay to push forward approach that focuses on public their longstanding desire to health instead of prohibition, allow cannabis to be grown for and some see a potentially medical and industrial uses. lucrative industry in cannabis They say such a law would help regulation. small farmers who survive on “A number of countries are the crop but live at the mercy of saying, ‘We’ve been curious drug lords and police attempts about this, but we didn’t think to eradicate it. we could go this route,’ ” said “Security policies aren’t solvSam Kamin, a University of ing the problem because it’s Denver law professor who an economic and social issue,” helped write Colorado’s marisaid Mehdi Bensaid, a legislator juana regulations. “It’s harder with the Party of Authenticity for the U.S. to look at other and Modernity, a political party countries and say, ‘You can’t closely allied with the country’s legalize, you can’t decriminalking. “We think this crop can ize,’ because it’s going on here.” become an important economic That’s due largely to a White resource for Morocco and the House that’s more open to drug citizens of this region.” war alternatives.

In October, lawmakers from U.S. President Barack Obama Uruguay, Mexico and Canada recently told The New Yorker converged on Colorado for a magazine that he considers firsthand look at how that state’s marijuana less dangerous to law is being implemented. They consumers than alcohol, and toured a medical marijuana dissaid it’s important that the legal- pensary and sniffed bar-coded ization experiments in Washing- marijuana plants as the dispenton and Colorado go forward, sary’s owner gave them a tour. especially because blacks are “Mexico has outlets like that, arrested for the drug at a greater but guarded by armed men,” rate than whites, despite similar Mexican Congressman René levels of use.

Fujiwara Montelongo said afterHis administration also has ward. criticized drug war-driven There’s no general push to incarceration rates in the U.S. legalize marijuana in Mexico, and announced that it will let where tens of thousands have banks do business with licensed died in cartel violence in recent marijuana operations, which years. But in liberal Mexico City, have largely been cash-only legislators on Thursday introbecause federal law forbids duced a measure to let stores financial institutions from prosell up to 5 grams of pot. It’s supcessing pot-related transactions. ported by the mayor but could Such actions underscore set up a fight with the conservahow the official U.S. position tive federal government. has changed in recent years. In “Rather than continue fight2009, the U.S. Department of ing a war that makes no sense, Justice announced it wouldn’t now we are joining a cuttingtarget medical marijuana edge process,” said Jorge Caspatients. In August, the agency taneda, a former Mexican forsaid it wouldn’t interfere with eign minister. the laws in Colorado and WashOpponents to legalization ington, which regulate the worry that pot could become growth and sale of taxed pot for heavily commercialized or that recreational use. increased access will increase Government officials and youth use. They say the other activists worldwide have taken side’s political victories have note of the more open stance. reawakened their cause.

Also not lost on them was the “There’s been a real hunger Obama administration’s public from people abroad to find out silence before votes in both how we got ourselves into this states and in Uruguay. mess in the first place and how It all creates a “sense that to avoid it,” said Kevin Sabet of the U.S. is no longer quite the Project Smart Approaches to drug war-obsessed government Marijuana.

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religious objectors. Most of the bills aim to protect individuals or businesses who, for religious reasons, don’t want to serve same-sex couples.

Bills in Ohio, Mississippi, Arizona, Idaho and Oklahoma would allow a person or company to assert a religious freedom defense against a lawsuit from another private party. For example, a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple could defend his decision as a legally protected religious right.

In some states, they have suffered setbacks.

The Kansas House passed a measure last week providing a faith-based legal shield for people who refuse to provide services to gays and lesbians. It details which services would be exempted — ranging from bakeries to adoption agencies to government clerks — and allows faithbased refusal of services to gay couples in any domestic partnership.

But the top Republican in the state Senate put a quick stop to the bill’s momentum, declaring that a majority of GOP lawmakers in that chamber don’t support it.

“A strong majority of my members support laws that define traditional marriage,” said Senate President Susan Wagle. “However, my members also don’t condone discrimination.”

In South Dakota, a Republican-led Senate committee narrowly defeated a similar bill that would have barred lawsuits or criminal charges against clergy who refuse to perform same-sex weddings. Critics of the bill said it was unnecessary because the U.S. Constitution already guarantees religious freedom.

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ence in Washington, D.C., or at never sit around and watch YouTube. Hold on. Let me rephrase a meeting in New York, or at an that. I rarely watch YouTube. airport in Atlanta, inevitably when I OK, I admit when I’m have a conversation with a not real busy, sometimes black person, they will say, I watch YouTube on my “I’m part Indian.” computer. The other day I I always respond by found an entire list of Youfeigning excitement Tube videos on the suband asking, “Oh really, ject of African Americans, what tribe?” More times Native Americans, slavery than not the answer is, and DNA tests.

“My grandmother was In particular, I paid close Cherokee.” Second is, “I’m Harlan attention to a video of a part Blackfoot.” Third is, McKosato 2012 episode of the PBS “Sioux or something like Commentary program, Finding Your that.” Dead giveaway, but Roots, with Henry Louis I always wonder why they Gates Jr. It uncovered the amount said it with such pride. of Indian blood for black celebri“Why does every black person ties like Morgan Freeman and Tina I know say their grandmother Turner through DNA testing. had high cheek bones and straight So, since it’s Black History Month, black hair?” asked Gates on his PBS I thought I would touch on the show. He then interviewed actor issue of mixed-blood black IndiMorgan Freeman, who said he was ans. Through my travels over the part Choctaw. Comedian Chris years, I have been privileged to have Rock said his family had “a little bit met people from many nationaliIndian.” Actor Don Cheadle said his ties, including African Americans. grandmother had “long black hair Whether I am attending a confer— Indian hair.” Singer Tina Turner

believed two of her grandparents were full-blooded Indian.

The results were interesting.

With the exception of Turner, who had 1 percent Indian blood, the other three had no trace of Native ancestry. I’m not saying I believe DNA testing to be absolutely, positively on the spot when it comes to a person’s true ancestry, but not having a trace is hard to argue. It turns out, through DNA testing, that only 1 in 20 African Americans have Native ancestry.

Chris Rock put it in a way only he can: “I guess it’s easier [for black people] to say ‘we got a little bit of Indian in us’ then to say ‘we got raped a few times.’ So you make up the myth. It’s easier to swallow.”

However, the other side of the story is that there have been a lot of interracial babies born between Native Americans and African Americans in the last two or three generations. Just look at the profile of the modern Indian extended family and you’re likely to find Indian/ black couples and children.

The Finding Your Roots segment also partially debunked the longheld notion that African slaves, especially in the Southeastern parts of the U.S., would escape and find sanctuary with neighboring tribes.

The video points out that just as likely, the tribes would take the fugitive slaves right back to the plantation and collect a bounty, or keep them as their own slaves.

I’ll bet if we tested the DNA of African Americans under the age of 35, they would have a much higher percentage of Indian blood than older generations. It’s the American melting pot at work like never before.

As we move along in this 21st century, more and more of our children will be of mixed heritage. Let’s not fall into the trap of stereotyping other races or ostracizing our own blood relatives. Let’s embrace the multi-ethnicity that exists within our families. We all can find reason to celebrate Black History Month.

Harlan McKosato is Sauk/Ioway and director of NDN Productions.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Our unknown soldier: A touching tribute

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hose of us who’ve had the good fortune to be on Tim Tafoya’s delivery route are exceedingly grateful for The New Mexican’s touching front-page story (“Strangers plan military funeral for serviceman who died alone,” Feb. 11) about a man whose conscientious service to his customers was exemplary.

We never had the opportunity to meet Tim, but we exchanged emails with him on several occasions when we were going to be away and needed to have issues held for later delivery. He was completely reliable, not only at times such as those but on his everyday rounds. We can recall occasions when we were astonished, on early departures for out-of-town destinations, to find papers in our box as early as 3 a.m.

We’re by no means surprised, then, to learn that Tim took it upon himself to provide food and water for stray cats at DeVargas Center.

How sad that he felt neglected by those who should have done more for him. And how gracious of The New Mexican to remember him so eloquently in Tuesday’s tribute to an unsung hero.

John Andrews and Jan Denton

Santa Fe

Early education vital I was pleased to see that the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to forward a resolution to tap the Land Grant Permanent Fund for early childhood education programming. Now, I would strongly recommend that the Senate Finance Committee see that this resolution is heard.

Early childhood education is a vital part of the educational system; not only for young children but also for their parents. I was an educator for the majority of my professional life, teaching at many age levels. I determined that no other area of education was as important as early childhood.

Preschool provides children with increased opportunities to be involved in both literacy and social interaction. Having these opportunities at an early

age helps them acquire language and behavioral skills they need to succeed in later school settings.

Parents learn that their supportive relationships with educational entities help build their own confidence and self-sufficiency. The result is often a tremendous increase in parental support that has value throughout the children’s school life.

New Mexico cannot afford not to support and have an active preschool curriculum.

Janet Spring

Santa Fe

Cry for the children Yesterday and today I am reminded of a line from an old song: “O, Susana, o don’t you cry for me …”

Please, Gov. Susana Martinez, cry for our children and all young people in New Mexico. Yes, Susana, the Children, Youth and Families Department is woefully understaffed, not only in social workers who can go out on calls, but also in the CYFD (or Child Protective Services) “hotline.” I am a licensed counselor/therapist professional in Santa Fe and often make reports through the hotline on what looks or sounds like child abuse.

On Feb. 10, I called and waited on hold for more than a half-hour, only to receive a recorded message in English and Spanish that the intake personnel were “too busy” and to please “call back later.” What kind of hotline is that? On Feb. 11, I called three times and finally received a live voice asking me to leave my name and phone number.

This person did call back within a half-hour.

Basically, priorities need to be re-examined, and we must put our children first. They are waiting!

Marguerite Dimas, MS, LPCC, LADAC

Santa Fe

Gonzales listens

drives or keeps you here? Is it clean air, sunsets, moderate climate, culture, diversity, the people or all of the above? A healthy city is very important, which requires good governance, including a mayor who can work with the councilors.

I support Javier Gonzales for his experience and vision to keep what is healthy and improve what is not. I support Gonzales because he talks about “we” not “I.” I support Gonzales because you don’t hear him attacking the people he wishes to represent. For Gonzales, it’s not about casting aspersions or dividing the people for the purpose of victory. It’s about unity and quality of life for all Santa Feans. I support Javier Gonzales because I took the time to talk with him and he listened.

Dan Esquibel

Santa Fe

Truly ‘special’ interests Any city with a predominantly aging population, like Santa Fe, is in danger of entropy and irrelevance.

But we can change this trajectory by electing a young mayor with broad experience in education, the environment and the kind of progressive politics that benefit everyone.

We could have a mayor with the tact to attract and create 21st-century, clean jobs, and the wherewithal to elevate our educational opportunities so we can fill those jobs.

We need the talents of a Bill Clinton, and the compassionate courage of a Bobby Kennedy.

We need Javier Gonzales.

P.S. If you’re concerned about political action committees, just remember not all PACs are created equal. Some are funded by the 1 percent.

Others are formed by grass-roots collectives.

The PACs supporting Javier Gonzales were established independently by grass-roots organizations — i.e., the good guys.

The city is different from the days of my youth.

That being said, what is it about Santa Fe that

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The Downs: Not always controversial

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everal Democrats in the Legislature last week expressed concern and criticism over the New Mexico State Fair and its controversial 25-year lease negotiated between Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration with The Downs at Albuquerque to operate a racetrack and casino on the fairgrounds.

But not all Democratic lawmakers were always against The Downs deal. Back in early November 2011, at least two lawmakers on the D side wrote letters of support for what some opponents have since dubbed “The Dirty Downs Deal.”

No matter how you feel about the issues and charges concerning The Downs, there’s no question that the racino deal Steve Terrell has become a political Roundhouse battle. The lines have Roundup been drawn. That was obvious last week during three days of hearings by the Senate Rules Committee when various people involved with the fair and The Downs lease testified.

Some Democrats have charged Martinez was influenced by tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from The Downs and associated companies.

Martinez’s office has charged that Rules Committee Chairwoman Linda Lopez is using The Downs to help her gubernatorial campaign.

During the time the State Fair Commission was considering whether to recommend the Downs lease, Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Española, wrote a letter to the commission.

“The reality is that we need a tenant to off-set the expenses of the New Mexico State Fair and provide jobs to our fellow New Mexicans,” he wrote.

“Our state needs those jobs so that New Mexicans are working and the New Mexico State General Fund is growing so we may provide much-needed service to our community. I urge you to vote for jobs and vote for keeping our state fair alive,” the senator concluded.

Asked last week whether he still supports The Downs lease, Martinez didn’t back away from what he wrote in the letter. “I know there were some concerns raised in the Rules Committee,” Martinez said. But he said that he wasn’t at any of those meetings, so he couldn’t say what he thought about The Downs.

The other Democratic lawmaker who lobbied the State Fair Commission in favor of The Downs was House Majority Whip Antonio “Moe” Maestas, D-Albuquerque. He wrote a letter to David “Hossie” Sanchez in 2011, saying, “Given the state of our current economy, this new venture cannot wait. I urge you to grant the lease agreement today.”

Maestas’s letter describes how in his childhood, his father, former Albuquerque Journal sportswriter Frank Maestas, would take him to the races. “I learned to appreciate the sport of kings as well as a love for the horses and jockeys who race,” he wrote. He said the track has the potential to become the “premier racetrack in the southwest United States” and The Downs was the best company to make that happen. He waxed poetic, saying, “The panoramic view of the Sandia Mountains when the horses come around the 16th poll into the homestretch is second to none.”

“I am very impressed with the current leadership team of the Downs at Albuquerque,” Maestas’ letter continued. “It has the vision and the capital to make the improvements the track needs.”

But that was then, and this is now.

Maestas said in an interview last week that when he wrote the letter in 2011, “I knew they’d get the contract.”

Though he said this wasn’t the main factor in his support, Maestas confirmed that The Downs had hired Vanessa Alarid, a lobbyist who later would become his wife, to do “community outreach”; i.e., talking to fairground neighbors for the project. “They dropped her as soon as they got the lease.”

He also said he believed that the partners in The Downs — Bill Windham and John Turner of Louisiana and Paul Blanchard of Albuquerque — had deep enough pockets to make promised improvements on the fairgrounds property. But Maestas said he has been disappointed with the project, from the placement of the new casino to not coming through on all the promised improvements.

He said he now wishes he hadn’t written the letter.

Contact Steve Terrell at sterrell@ sfnewmexican.com. Read his political blog at roundhouseroundup.com.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Sunday, February 16, 2014

The West’s oldest newspaper, founded 1849 Robin M. Martin Owner Robert M. McKinney Owner, 1949-2001 Inez Russell Gomez Editorial Page Editor

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OUR VIEW

21st-century schools take time

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echnology is the cure for what ails you — at least so far as learning in the public school classroom goes. So goes the argument from Santa Fe Public Schools administrators, who want the Board of Education to approve a 1.5 mill levy tax so that the district can spend some $50 million to $55 million over five years to make Santa Fe schools technology smart.

It’s a lot of money, but it will be spread over all district public schools, district charter schools and the New Mexico School for the Arts. Superintendent Joel Boyd believes it’s the job of the district to support all of Santa Fe’s children in public schools. That’s an admirable sentiment.

The catch, at least for board members, is that this tax increase comes under the Education Technology Note provision — possible because of a 1996 constitutional amendment that allows school boards to increase property taxes without a vote. Normally, big expenditures are grouped together as general obligation bonds, which voters either approve or not. The 1.5 mill levy tax would mean that someone with a home valued at $300,000 would pay another $150 a year in taxes. That’s about $12.50 a month. Those dollars add up — especially during and after a recession.

Yet, the prospect of technology in the schools is necessary for the 21st century. The plan is to use the best of technology to improve learning. That means reading programs that help students jump ahead. Math problems that can be figured and corrected, with the teacher there to measure learning and understanding. The entire world of science, all at the tips of a student’s fingertips. Better technology capabilities will be necessary, too, for mandated testing — that’s just the reality. The technology is not the end, it’s the foundation to help support teaching.

Before any of that can happen, though, Santa Fe schools have to be made technology-ready. Much of the $50 million (about 25 percent) would be spent putting in the behind-thewalls infrastructure so that school personnel and students can actually access technology at the same time. Another 50 percent would go to upgrade schools to a common technology platform and eventually, to fund devices that students can even take home. It’s equity in action. The final 25 percent would be to fund training and teacher support.

Best of all, the plan would fund both technology updates and replacements, and technical support — probably on contract at first. Currently, the use of technology in schools is limited by lack of infrastructure. Eventually, all students in every school would have the same access to the modern world.

And yet, the cost is steep and the district already is juggling many projects. Voters approved a $130 million general obligation bond in 2013 — it is paying for new schools, high school reform planning, green initiatives, as well as refurbishing and remodeling all over the district. Unlike the technology note, the 2013 bond did not bring about a tax increase. It was simply a continuation of a $160 million bond from 2009. That’s $290 million from 2009 to 2017 — yet the district still wants another $50 million (and a tax increase) to add technology infrastructure and equipment.

We would prefer any kind of tax increase to go before voters, although it’s only fair to point out that voters did approve the constitutional amendment that allows a school board to put together these technology notes (some 19 New Mexico districts have done so). A survey, paid for by the district, showed overwhelming approval — 71 percent — of the technology spending.

On Tuesday, the board will consider how best to proceed. Here’s a modest proposal that doesn’t abandon technology needs but asks for a slightly different approach.

The next big bond proposal is just three years away, in 2017.

Fund the first years of this plan through a reduced technology note, lowering any tax increase. Roll in the rest of what might be needed in the next bond election, and don’t miss a beat in implementing the five-year plan. By slowing down — the funding, not the execution — the district doesn’t burden voters and has time to assess and improve the plan before the next bond election.

The district has ongoing plans for opening one new elementary school, relocating Agua Fría students to their new school, setting up a sustainability academy at Santa Fe High, starting an International Baccalaureate secondary school, implementing Common Core State Standards, starting a teachers’ academy and expanding early childhood education. Given all the projects, we think the smartest way to spend taxpayer money is to go smaller now, expand later. In other words, approve the plan, but phase in the funding. Taxpayers will appreciate the consideration.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Feb. 16, 1914: The Evening Herald changed owners yesterday, says the Albuquerque Journal. While it lacked confirmation by the principals, the report was quoted as having emanated from semiauthoritative sources and generally it was accepted as veracious.

The consideration, according to those who supposedly possessed “inside” information, was about $14,000. A new owner would mark that publication’s second change of ownership within a year, to say nothing of the fact that James S. Black published it as receiver for a time.

COMMENTARY: DERRICK Z. JACKSON

First tobacco; next up, soft drinks I t is great CVS is ending cigarette sales

by October, and I know exactly what other dangerous products should go behind the counter when the wall of cancer sticks comes down: Coke, Pepsi, Gatorade, Red Bull, and all other sugary beverages. I say this because I take CVS’s new public health pronouncements seriously.

In announcing the tobacco ban, CVS chief medical officer Troyen Brennan said the drugstore industry is positioning itself to offer more clinical services for chronic diseases. He wrote in the Journal of the American Medical Association that it is a “paradox” to sell cigarettes as pharmacies work with primary care clinicians to treat hypertension, diabetes, and other conditions “exacerbated by smoking.”

If CVS truly cares about all the sources of diabetes and other preventable diseases, soda should be the next target.

Two days before Brennan’s op-ed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the most dramatic findings yet linking high sugar consumption to heart disease. The WHO and the American Heart Association recommend that less than 10 percent of a person’s daily calories should come from the added sugars found in processed foods, snacks, and beverages. But 71 percent of Americans exceed that figure.

The study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that people whose added sugars comprise between 10 to 25 percent of their calories were at

30 percent higher risk of dying from heart disease. People whose sugar consumption was 25 percent or higher were nearly three times more likely to suffer fatal cardiovascular disease. The average American consumes 15 percent of their calories from added sugars, based on a 2,000-calorie diet.

“The average American eats 22 teaspoons of sugar a day,” lead author Quanhe Yang said over the telephone. “If you put 22 teaspoons in front of someone, they probably would be shocked.”

By far, sugar-sweetened beverages are the biggest culprit, comprising 37 percent of American adult added sugar intake.

Next at 14 percent were grain-based cookies, cakes, and crackers. Laura Schmidt, a professor at the University of California San Francisco medical school, who wrote an accompanying editorial to Yang’s study, told me over the telephone that she hopes that concern over sugar-sweetened beverages is reaching a tipping point.

“It’s not fun to talk about grandma’s chocolate cookies and the analogy to smoking is more complex to make,” Schmidt said. “But one 20-ounce Mountain Dew is the national average for added sugar by itself. We’re finding out that obesity leads to so many diseases we’re losing count. Sugar is not a poison, but the dose can be a poison.”

It means CVS has much more work to do. Besides soda behind the counter, candy, chips, and other trash food should

be removed from the front of the store to prevent impulse buys. Products with added sugars surpassing 10 percent of calorie intake should have big warning signs that they can contribute to heart disease.

Deborah Cohen, a RAND health researcher, said CVS deserves praise for turning its back on tobacco. But too many other products still on the shelf may give people a higher risk of diabetes and coronary artery disease than secondhand smoke for cancer, she said. The grocery section of the CVS weekly circular is dominated by soda and candy. “The food industry is just shoving food in to us,” Cohen said, “And we don’t have any quantification of the harm.”

The question now is how long the drugstore industry will turn a blind eye to the harms of sugar. If it is as long as it ignored the carnage of cigarettes, the answer is not good. The American Pharmacists Association recommended in 1971 that cigarettes should not be sold at pharmacies. Association CEO John Gans told The New York Times in 1994, “It is not right to sell a nicotine patch at one counter and then a pack of cigarettes at another.”

We cannot wait that long for drugstores to stop selling Coke as if it is a harmless product.

Derrick Z. Jackson writes for the Boston Globe. He can be reached at jackson@ globe.com.

COMMENTARY: SCOT LEHIGH

Giraffe’s death could bring change

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engt Holst, the scientific director of the Copenhagen Zoo, was on CNN on Monday, explaining in cold clinical terms why it was necessary to kill a healthy young giraffe at the zoo — and then to feed it to the lions.

His answer boiled down to this. It was inconvenient to keep the creature, and besides, his killing let the zoo give a group of children an unsentimental glimpse of the real world.

Ah, the real world, a place where tame and unsuspecting giraffes are offered rye bread and then, when they bend to eat, are shot in the head, skinned, carved up, and fed to lions in nearby cages. What a learning opportunity!

Why, perhaps Holst could host his own reality show, Law of the Copenhagen Jungle, or The Real Animals of the Copenhagen Zoo, in which various unwanted herbivores could be forced into the enclosure of hungry predators for the edification of spectators everywhere.

Still, I was glad to see Holst on CNN. Why? Because it was useful for people to hear the pseudo-scientific rationalizations he pressed into service.

And because it’s instructive for people like Holst to understand the extent of public outrage. That’s the way things start to change.

I was encouraged by the similar reaction we saw last June when the Massachusetts Environmental Police shot a young black bear that had climbed a tree in Newton, a killing that occurred for the same basic reason: It would have been

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Children watch as a giraffe is dissected at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark earlier this month. AP/POLFOT, RASMUS FLINDT PEDERSEN

inconvenient — time-consuming, even — to deal with the bear another way.

A gratifying outrage also greeted Sochi’s attempt to round up and extinguish stray dogs because they might provide a counter narrative to President Vladimir Putin’s sparkling new Russia.

Those reactions, that anger, the revulsion, are heartening.

After all, it’s been people dismayed by callousness or cruelty who have helped change society’s sensibilities.

And they have changed. In 1827, 10,000 or more bought tickets and lined the shores of Niagara Falls to watch a schooner “with a cargo of ferocious animals’’ — actually, a buffalo, two small bears, two foxes, a dog and some geese — make a promised plunge over the Horseshoe Falls.

(Several of the larger animals escaped to shore above the falls.) Back then, that was apparently considered captivating entertainment.

In the American West, bear vs. bull and bull vs. buffalo fights persisted into the early 20th century. Dogfighting, which remained a popular activity much further into the century, is now a felony across the United States.

In 2008, Louisiana became the final state to ban cockfighting. The new farm bill, meanwhile, makes it a crime to bring a child to such an event, a bipartisan federal attempt to crackdown on underground cockfights.

Vegetarianism, which once seemed like an oddball affectation, is now a respected philosophical choice, one restaurants must accommodate for fear of losing business.

Whole Foods Market now provides customers with a rating system that sets basic standards — no cages, no crowding — for all animals sold in its meat department and includes four other tiers signifying successively better levels of treatment.

Further, notes Bernie Unti, senior policy adviser at the Humane Society of the United States, “Young people are showing tremendous interest in all animal issues. We think that bodes very well for the future.”

And yet there remains an uncomfortable tension between what Americans know and think on a personal level about animals and what we allow in terms of public policy. Millions who have pets can attest that animals are affectionate, intelligent, playful, discerning, expressive beings with distinct individual personalities.

Still, relatively little headway has been made in changing the cruel, sometimes savage, practices of factory farms.

Part of the problem is an information gap. Paul McCartney is probably optimistic in thinking that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. But if more people knew what occurs on factory farms, the animal welfare movement would likely see its ranks swell.

Part of it, though, is overcoming a reluctance to speak up, for fear others will consider those issues trivial or eccentric.

And that’s one more reason why I’m encouraged by the outrage over the killing of Marius the giraffe: It’s important that people who care about animal welfare issues realize how many others share that concern.

Scot Lehigh writes for the Boston Globe. He can be reached at lehigh@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeScotLehigh.

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MY VIEW: VIRGINIA NECOCHEA

Use state’s lottery scholarships to help those in need

Reusable bags are the way of the future

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he lottery scholarship conundrum continues, but it all boils down to an ethical question. How so?

Let’s put it this way: Is it ethical for the state to be basically subsidizing the education of students with greater economic means? The numbers cannot be denied. In spring 2012, out of 3,433 students at New Mexico research institutions who received the lottery scholarship, 1,207 were from families who made more than $90,000 per year. If we take a hard look at the data available, most individuals would realize who is standing to reap the benefits of the lottery scholarship program, and surprisingly to some, it is not the students deemed to need it the most.

Over the past few weeks, I have engaged in heated discussions with others over the lottery scholarship. I have spent hours digging up research to help me better understand the situation. The numbers speak clearly and show that if GPA and course-load requirements are increased as a solvency plan, this will, inadvertently or not, widen the dreaded “achievement gap” that many of us claim to want to close. Some figures shared in a memo from the Legislative Education Study Committee in 2011 pointed to a lottery scholarship attainment failure rate of more than 60 percent for minority and lowincome students if both GPA and course loads are increased (based on 2010 New Mexico State University lottery recipient cohorts). If a person knew this was unequivocally the case, would they still agree to the raises as the best solutions?

So here’s an example to ponder: If you arrived at a picnic that was giving you a free lunch but you already had an amazing lunch at hand, would you not readily give this free lunch to a child who did not have a lunch at all? Get my point? For those families who already come equipped with the eco-

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everal people have written The New Mexican about the upcoming ban on plastic bags.

Before I present my argument, I want to point out that several cities countrywide have banned the bags, and every island in Hawaii except Oahu has or is in the process of such a ban. Many countries around the world are banning, limiting the use of, or requiring the recycling of plastic bags, including China. And somehow they are surviving with decreased use of the bags.

I encourage everyone who is in favor of more plastic bags to Google “trash islands” or “garbage islands” and find out about the five huge (some say the size of Texas, although they are unmeasurable because they are growing so fast) islands of garbage, made up of 90 percent plastic, that are in our oceans.

The effect on marine life has been acknowledged by scientists for years.

Some New Mexicans believe that we get plastic shopping bags free from stores. Stores buy the bags in bulk, and since they are part of the store’s overhead, the costs are passed onto the customer.

In other words, if you use plastic bags and I don’t, that means I’m helping pay for you to line your trash cans or clean up after your dog. Correct?

I understand there are environmental costs of paper bags as well. The city suggests that people recycle newspapers in paper bags, so occasionally I have to use a paper bag from the grocery store for that purpose. These paper bags are recycled with the old newspapers, not going into landfills.

But that does not ameliorate the necessity of trees being cut down to make paper (although many paper bags are made from recycled paper). A discussion about how to recycle our newspapers without depending on paper bags would be worth City Council attention.

Some local nonprofits, such as Food For Santa Fe and The Food Depot, may depend on plastic bags to make their food distributions. I suggest they work on solutions (such as reusable bags, reusable and recyclable cardboard boxes, etc.) that can help us “wean” our community off the plastic bags.

I’ve used cloth bags since 1989. I take them into the store (if I forget them, I go back to the car to get them), I load them up with groceries, take them home, unload them and hang the empty bags on the doorknob I use to go out to my car. Next time I go to the car, I throw the bags in. I keep plastic bags I can’t help but acquire, such as the bags bread is packaged with, in my cloth bags and use those to bag up loose veggies and fruits at the store.

It’s easy and worth it.

nomic resources to fully fund the college education of their children, is it ethical for them to dip into the already shrinking pot? Should families with hefty economic resources not leave the pot intact for economically struggling families?

Hmmm, how about that for a possible solvency plan?

The other strange piece in this puzzle is the fact that research has clearly demonstrated a direct correlation between lottery sales revenues and low-income communities. Meaning that it has been shown that poorer communities generate the bulk of lottery revenues. If this is the case, should it not stand to reason that the greatest beneficiaries of the lottery scholarships be students from low-income communities? This is a tough question for some because we all have choice, right?

I don’t know what will ultimately happen in this lottery scholarship duel, but what I do know is that as an educator of more than 15 years, I have learned that a GPA is not the best predictor of a student’s relative worth or their long-term success. And increases in course load penalizes our students who have to work because they do not have the privilege of relying on their parents’ bank accounts to pay for their finances.

I think back to my own experience. I left high school with close to a 3.8 GPA, and that first semester in college as a biology major, I fell below the proposed 2.75 GPA. I would have failed to attain the lottery scholarship.

But I stand here today proud to say that I graduated, making it to the Dean’s Honors List, and I am now close to finishing my doctorate. Bottom line: let’s move away from penalizing our students and instead provide all the support they need to be successful.

Virginia Necochea is a doctoral student at The University of New Mexico.

MY VIEW: FRANK KATZ

Too much fuss about bridge

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have been amazed at the extensive commentary on the Defouri Street Bridge.

Perhaps a clarification of what the Historic Districts Review Board actually did might help.

The city proposed rebuilding the bridge 11 feet wider than its current 30 feet to make it safe, remedying both age and narrowness.

The local residents value the smaller size of the bridge as being consistent with their historic neighborhood. A drive down Alto Street, where half a block from the bridge it narrows to 10 feet with virtually no sidewalk on either side, nicely makes their point.

How to reconcile these different agendas? First, the board concluded that the size of the

Judy Carr is a retired registered nurse and a volunteer at Gerard’s House.

bridge is of historic importance that contributes to the neighborhood.

Then the board approved replacing the deck of the bridge, which the neighbors agreed was necessary, with a new bridge structure that will be only 3 feet wider, but that will have the two 14-foot-wide lanes the city was asking for and the 5-foot-wide sidewalk the city asserted was required by the Amercians for Disability Act. The board eliminated a second sidewalk on the west side of the bridge since the west side of Defouri Street has no sidewalk.

The neighbors are reportedly pleased. The city engineers have gotten just what they needed. Why all the fuss?

Frank Katz resides in Santa Fe.

MY VIEW: MACKENZIE ALLEN

MY VIEW: SAM BREGMAN

Burglary is a crime of violence

Minimum wage remains a priority

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n the course of my career as a sheriff’s deputy (Los Angeles, Seattle), I investigated, quite literally, hundreds of burglaries, the majority of them residential.

Dariush Esfandi, the alleged burglar caught on video in a recent Santa Fe case, is, apparently, a repeat offender as so many burglars are. Years ago, when we caught one chronic burglar in the act and, ultimately, sent him to prison, the number of break-ins dropped dramatically. He was a virtual one-man crime wave.

The real problem here is the way in which the law looks at the crime of burglary, particularly residential burglary. It is, in most every state, considered a “property crime.” But ask anyone who has been victimized in this

manner, and he or she will tell you it is, in reality, a “crime of violence.”

Perhaps not a direct MacKenzie assault on Allen the victim’s person but a violent assault on one’s sense of safety, security and comfort. The psychological damage can be enormous.

In most states, a person’s home is considered the last port of refuge, one’s “castle” to use a somewhat archaic term. But the meaning is clear. Above all else, we should be able to feel secure and safe in our homes.

When that sense of security is violated, when the

walls of that “refuge” are breached, the effects can be far worse than a physical assault. Coming home to find your door or window broken and your belongings ransacked can be a horrifying experience, one from which many people never recover emotionally. This is damage that goes far beyond the loss of property.

My understanding is that New Mexico is considering rewriting some (or all) of its Criminal Code. I would strongly urge those charged with this task to consider adding residential burglary to the category of Crimes of Violence with the appropriate attendant penalties attached.

MacKenzie Allen is a resident of Santa Fe and a professional fundraising auctioneer.

n his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced that he would take action and help workers across the country earn a living wage.

President Obama’s executive action will make a real difference for New Mexicans and for thousands of others across the country who work hard every day to support their families.

Last year, Republicans shut down the government, costing the economy billions of dollars and furloughing hundreds of thousands of federal workers. On the other hand, the president just announced that he would raise wages for federally contracted workers. The difference between the Democratic and Republican visions for America and American workers has never been clearer.

Republicans don’t seem to understand the cost of their actions on ordinary Americans.

When they block progress on measures like raising the minimum wage in order to score political points, it is New Mexican families that pay the price. Raising our wages has real tangible effects that seem to get lost in the Washington rhetoric.

In New Mexico, it is not about politics, it’s about putting food on the table.

Right now there are people in New Mexico who do not know how they’re going to fill up their gas tank or pay next month’s rent. These people are looking for more than partisan politics as usual — served up daily by the Gov. Susana Martinez/Jay McCleskey administration.

New Mexicans are looking for elected leaders who will stand

up and advocate for them, but sadly that’s not the case with Gov. Martinez and U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce.

The truth is that New Mexicans cannot wait for Republicans to join Democrats in the fight for expanding economic opportunity.

President Obama made clear that if Republicans refuse to act, he will. Raising the minimum wage in New Mexico for everyone remains a key goal for Democrats this legislative session in the form of a constitutional amendment that would be placed on the ballot in November 2014. Like President Obama, New Mexicans can’t afford to wait and all voters deserve the final say on this important legislation.

Sam Bregman is chairman of the New Mexico Democratic Party.

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MY VIEW: JOE WILSON AND VALERIE PLAME WILSON

MY VIEW: LIZ RANDOL

Gonzales is best choice for mayor Campaign should focus on ideas W I hen the Santa Fe mayoral elections take place on March 4, we will have been residents of the City Different for seven years. Not nearly long enough to claim to be native New Mexicans (most of our lives having been spent overseas defending American national interests), but long enough to have realized that, in fact, all politics are local. We care passionately about our community and our adopted state and have been involved in various ways since our arrival. Valerie serves on the board of the United Way of Santa Fe County and Joe has weighed in on a number of local issues as they have arisen, including the Community Workforce agreement. We are fortunate to call outgoing Mayor David Coss and his lovely wife, Carol, our friends, and they have our admiration and gratitude for having led the city since before our arrival here.

Now we have a chance to

choose a new mayor. As anybody who knows us can confirm, we take our civic responsibilities seriously. And we will vote on March 4 for Javier Gonzales to be the next mayor of Santa Fe. The string of endorsements for Mr. Gonzales has been impressive, both in number and in breadth, across diverse communities such as the Sierra Club and leaders of the New Energy Economy and the Santa Fe Living Wage Network, to Mayor Coss and former Sen. Jeff Bingaman, to mention but a few. These are organizations and people whose values we share.

Mr. Gonzales has long been a fixture in the New Mexico educational system as chairman of the New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents and subsequently as a regent at New Mexico State University.

It should not be a surprise that three of our current school board members have endorsed his candidacy as well as the two teach-

ers’ unions. He shares our commitment to a robust approach to early childhood education.

Mr. Gonzales is also very supportive of Rep. Brian Egolf and Sen. Peter Wirth in their efforts to secure the Breaking Bad tax credits in the Compromise Tax Bill. Those credits have earned the city more than $3 million in additional taxes and created hundreds of jobs in the last six months alone. He is the only one of the three mayoral candidates to actively support our local film industry and the efforts of our state officials to save it.

While this is intended to serve as a full-throated endorsement of Javier Gonzales, whose experience, deep ties to all parts of Santa Fe’s diverse community and demeanor persuade us that he will be a great mayor, we did take a look at the other two candidates.

We find it difficult to take Mr. Dimas seriously. A candidate who is not prepared to appear at

public meetings or even answer routine questionnaires from legitimate nonpartisan groups baffles us. His opposition to the “living wage” is a reason alone to not consider him.

As for Ms. Bushee, shortly after our arrival in Santa Fe, she introduced herself to us at a social occasion as our City Council representative. Yet, when we reached out to her to inquire about her confusing positions on the Community Workforce Agreement recently, she never replied. If she treats others as she treated us, that attitude may help explain the paucity of endorsements from her colleagues. In stark contrast, Mr. Gonzales continues to earn the endorsements of present and past city councilors. Javier Gonzales is unquestionably the best candidate for the next mayor of Santa Fe. The authors are Ambassador Joseph Wilson (ret.), and former CIA officer and author, Valerie Plame Wilson.

MY VIEW: RUBEN LOVATO

Bill Dimas: For family values and tradition

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any of you know me as the former parks and recreation director for the city of Santa Fe. For many years, I oversaw park development and maintenance, and planned and built recreational facilities such as softball fields and golf courses. During those years, the greatest part of my job as recreation director was serving Santa Fe’s youth. For many years, I helped organize athletic leagues, was a coach for all ages, of all sports for all seasons. It was thrilling to watch young kids learn skills, sportsmanship and teamwork. It was inspiring to see these young kids growing into strong, confident and responsible adults.

This I believe was truly the best part of my job.

Along the way, I met a few people who were also dedicated to the youth of Santa Fe. There were a few people who honestly cared about the future of the

children of Santa Fe and wanted to make a city where the children were safe, healthy and given the opportunity to grow.

One of those special persons is Bill Dimas.

Many of you know Bill from the City Council or his 12 years as a magistrate judge or from his years as a Santa Fe police officer. I know him best as a person dedicated to the youth of Santa Fe. Bill has given nearly 30 years of his life to volunteer as a coach for youth athletics, including coaching the Santa Fe Young American Football League and the girls basketball team at De Vargas Middle School. Some of you might even remember Bill as a popular announcer for football games at Santa Fe High and Capital High.

As a city councilor, Bill has been aggressive in creating recreational opportunities for kids.

He has always been open to ideas to improve our parks and

fields. Recently there was an effort by the city to begin charging our kids a fee to use city-run athletic fields. Bill was one of the councilors whose objections helped stop such a proposition.

Bill is now running for mayor of Santa Fe. I am supporting Bill because he loves kids and sports as much as I do. Bill is a man with respect for family values and traditions. Bill is a born leader — honest and hardworking. He’s has already

proven by his lifetime of service to the community that he will do what’s best for our city, its people, and more particularly, our city’s youth.

If Santa Fe’s youth, family values and traditions are a priority to you, on Election Day join me and vote Bill Dimas for mayor of Santa Fe. Ruben Lovato is a former parks and recreation director for the city of Santa Fe. New design from Russia provides RO-filtered water with less water waste.

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find it hard to understand the charges flying toward Javier Gonzales from the opposing camps. Why not focus on a clean campaign about ideas for leadership and direction in which the mayoral candidates would take us?

Particularly puzzling is the charge that Santa Fe Studios was a “sweetheart deal” for Javier Gonzales. Since to the best of my knowledge he received no monies, public or private, from this construction of a valuable piece of film infrastructure, I am wondering why the mudslinging?

And the griping over the “hold-harmless” provision?

This is part of a compromise tax bill, on which Javier did not vote, which contains the Breaking Bad tax subsidies that encourage job growth in TV and film. So we might lose $600,000 this year, replaced by $6 million, according to Mayor David Coss’ projections. What do you think, Santa Fe? Does that work for you?

Film/TV is the one area in New Mexico in which real job growth has been taking

place, in spite of the governor’s efforts. Where else can you say there has been job growth that has been environmentally clean and does not waste our scarce water, as fracking does?

In what other industry can kids go to the community college and come out and get a real high-paying job — in a field that excites their imaginations?

And then there’s a facility like Santa Fe Studios that allows a film/TV production to stay here from pre- through post-production. It makes us more valuable as a film destination, as well as keeping that production longer in Santa Fe — equaling more money spent in our community. In what universe is this a bad thing?

Let’s think harder about how to keep our kids here and generating high-paying jobs and less about how to slam our opponents with specious charges.

Liz Randol is an activist for women’s issues and the environment, and a Shamanic healer practicing in Santa Fe and Hawaii since 1988.

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You and I rely on the city to provide basic services with little thought to the costs of those services, the 1,200 city workers who deliver them without recognition and for modest pay, the complex infrastructure of necessary roads, pipes and wires. Those are the basic requirements to perform the tasks of a city and we are right to expect that these services are delivered promptly and efficiently.

And when the city does that right, then we are free, as individuals, to engage in the pursuit of happiness – art, music, softball, political causes – whatever we want – as long as the basics are covered.

HERE IS THE BILL DIMAS PLAN FOR BASIC SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS OF SANTA FE.

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First, know how it all works. We will require regular reports from the service providers on what has happened, what is happening now and what is planned for the future. And we will make sure the information is available to the public in plain English.

Second, we will monitor our systems to identify those areas that need work and we will start now. We can’t afford to wait until the water runs out or the roads fall apart (more) before we act.

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Third, we will plan for the future now! Our basic service systems must do more than just keep up. We must prepare for a growing Santa Fe and an increasing demand on our limited resources.

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OPINIONS MY VIEW: JAMES HARRINGTON

Sunday, February 16, 2014

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MY VIEW: JIMMIE MARTINEZ

Outside groups threaten A clear choice for mayor public financing system I I n the last city charter election, 63 percent of the electorate voted to adopt a system of public campaign financing for city elections. The hope was that this would reduce or eliminate the perceived influence of large campaign donations on the official decisions of our lawmakers affecting the donors’ interests.

The system debuted in the 2012 council election and, until recently, was working well.

Three of the four winning council candidates that year were publicly financed, and this year public financing was accepted by all the principal mayoral candidates and seven of the 10 council candidates. When a PAC was formed early in the race to raise and spend private money in support of one of the mayoral candidates, the public outrage that greeted its appearance persuaded its organizers to “back off” and pledge to spend no further money “if everybody is publicly financed and it’s an even playing field.”

Within the last couple of weeks, however, the hope that these outside private spenders would exercise such selfrestraint has begun to fade. New groups have appeared, affiliated with public employees’ unions and staffed by professional campaign operatives from Albuquerque and Washington.

Despite continued criticism by editorial writers, civic groups and all the mayoral candidates

themselves, these groups have recently accelerated their spending in support of one candidate to the point where, as of the last reporting date, they had already effectively doubled that candidate’s own campaign spending from the public funds he has received from the city.

This is a threat to the survival of Santa Fe’s public financing system. If this private spending continues and actually affects the outcome of the mayor’s race, councilors and taxpayers may well begin to wonder whether the system can ever achieve its goal of eliminating the influence of private campaign spending on our officeholders, or whether, on the other hand, these outside groups will inevitably manage to overwhelm the city’s efforts and frustrate this goal.

What can be done? Unfortunately, very little beyond continuing to enforce the city’s laws forbidding candidates to coordinate with outside groups and requiring public disclosure of these groups’ activities. In Citizens United and other decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has unequivocally held that these groups have an absolute constitutional right to raise and spend as much as they please and that the city cannot curtail their activities in any way. Indeed, the court has even invalidated the kind of matching-fund provision that was included in the original ordinance, whereby publicly

funded candidates opposed by private PAC spending would have received additional matching payments from the city.

Such a matching scheme, the court held, infringed on these groups’ free speech rights by “discouraging” them from private campaign spending. The only real option for the council in the event the current system is thwarted by the PACs would be a change to a new system in which candidates still raise private funds but the city assists them with additional payments in return for their acceptance of lower contribution limits.

But before it comes to that, there are still two chances to save the current system. The first hope, though fading fast, is that these self-styled “progressive” groups will come to their senses and heed the calls of the candidates and all those who care for the survival of public financing to voluntarily desist from their destructive spending activity. Failing this, the last remaining bulwark will be the good sense of the voters, who we hope will manage to “tune out” the promotional campaigns of these outside interests and listen only to the candidates themselves and the messages they are disseminating using the untainted campaign funds they have received from the city.

Jim Harrington is the state chairman for Common Cause New Mexico.

MY VIEW: CHARLES CASSAGNOL

t is with great hope that I write this letter in support of Javier Gonzales as the next mayor of our beautiful city of Santa Fe. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Javier since he was in diapers, just as I’ve known his parents, George and Celine Gonzales, all my life. Their family truly has roots in our community and go way back to those days when all of us known as “old Santa Fe” recognized neighbors by the nicknames of families such as Los Chorisos, Los Arberjones, Los de Chinatown, Los Cepillos, Los Conejos, Los Lucianitos, Dogpatch, Los Corchos and many more.

In fact, the very first sale of the Gonzales family business, KSWV, came from a small business that I owned and the dollar still is displayed proudly on their wall. What I’ve hope to demonstrate is the longevity of the Gonzales family in our glorious community and the roots from which Javier was raised, by this loving and generous family.

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Chama needs wastewater plant

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fusion without it, and nobody wants more E. coli.

Although E. coli are quite significant, I don’t want to speculate on that part of the equation just yet. Some algae deplete oxygen from the water, respire carbon dioxide into the water column, raise the temperature and lower the pH. If you watched closely, you would notice algae are present in profusion all months of the year.

The high flows of spring (when we get high flows) can’t even properly clean off the cobbles.

Put simply, without too much chemistry: oxygen + sunlight + nitrogen + phosphorous = algae bloom. Subsequently, the decaying algae use up still more oxygen. There also are the multiplying effects that downstream plants will incur in costs from increased treatment times and chemical additives to reach potability standards.

I am writing in support of the New Mexico Environment Department’s capital outlay request to fund an $8.2 million state-of-the-art facility for Chama. I believe it is the first facility below the Chama River headwaters in Colorado. It is an excellent plan. Chama needs to grow, and We the People need it to grow clean. There is no place for partisan politics in this action. The Legislature needs to pass it.

The village has several current deficiencies at its plant: It is poorly staffed, only 50 percent of the equipment works, and this is the kicker from the Environment Department’s report: “The sludge basin has never been cleaned out.” Chama needs help and the Environment Department has made a request to give that help.

While you are calling your legislator to tell them to vote for this, check what your municipality is doing about removing enrichment and fecal matter (E. coli) from wastewater effluent.

I don’t particularly enjoy thinking about untreated fecal matter and taxes at the same time.

Instead, I think about what a cobble that is in water looks like when it is clean and the sunlight is dancing on its colors. This is about quality of life.

It is not a cliché — we are all downstream. I stand with the Environment Department on this issue. This capital outlay is as basic as it gets. It is the best of what taxes were intended to fund. Let me end more inclusively, by adding another group along with the outdoor people, water drinkers.

Charles Cassagnol is a chemist/ engineer and former Los Alamos National Laboratory employee and currently owns his own business in Santa Fe.

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Receiving public financing for a political campaign while failing to attend public forums, or continuously demonstrating an aggressive style to smokescreen political shortcomings — are these really the qualities we want for our mayor?

Mayor David Coss has been a great mayor. It would be difficult to fill his shoes. The only other mayor that has ever been close to this level of competence was Mayor George Gonzales, Javier’s father. With the endorsement of both these iconic community leaders, as well as many former City Council members, including myself, Javier is the clear choice. I ask all my family and friends to vote early, avoid the rush.

Jimmie Martinez is a former Santa Fe city councilor and member of the Santa Fe Public Schools Board of Education.

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f you are a nature lover, bird watcher, hiker, hunter or fly fisherman and you have taken the time to look into the Chama River below the town of Chama, you might have noticed a green or brown algae covering the cobbles.

Cobbles that occur in healthy waters should be clean, brimming with invertebrates in all the colors of the rainbow. That may be an ideal scenario, but it is certainly within our grasp given modern technology and what I hope for in a state that has been described as the Land of Enchantment. Let me be fair to the village of Chama.

Resources are strained during its high season, considering how many of us go there to enjoy the marvelous vistas and promise of getting away to the high country. The name itself echoes the best that New Mexico has to offer.

The village of Chama wastewater treatment plant has been cited for noncompliance by the Environmental Protection Agency under its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit every year for the past 10 years. Within the last three years, the village has been issued three administrative orders for noncompliance for effluent (nitrogen, phosphorous, E. coli). Those algae could not survive in such persistent pro-

it was with great gratification that I saw Javier become the chairman of the Association of Counties, a regent at both New Mexico Highlands and New Mexico State University and the chairman of the state Democratic Party. It was through the great leadership qualities demonstrated by Javier as he took on these roles that I say that he clearly has far superior experience than either of the other two mayoral candidates.

Of the three candidates, only Javier has shown a clear understanding of the education, business and community needs of our great city. His calm, reflective and professional style demonstrates a clear leadership style we need. Neither of his opponents can show anything of substance during their terms in city government to show they are ready to be our next mayor.

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The Institute of American Indian Arts is seeking comments from the public about the college in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency.

The Institute will host a visit March 24-26, 2014, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association. IAIA has been accredited by the Commission since 1984. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet the Commission’s Criteria for Accreditation.

The public is invited to submit comments regarding the college: Third Party Comment on Institute of American Indian Arts The Higher Learning Commission 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite 7-500 Chicago, IL 60604-1411 The public may also submit comments on the Commission’s Web site at www.ncahlc.org.

Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs.

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MY VIEW: JOANN BISHOP

The Affordable Care Act: Put a name on it

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he Affordable Care Act has been referred to as “Obamacare” in an effort to politicize and polarize a true need — health insurance. Try a different name.

Try calling the Affordable Care Act “Tyler” or “Dillon.”

Tyler was a healthy 3-year-old when his mother observed him walking funny and holding his head. Turns out he had brain cancer. Three horrific surgeries and aggressive treatment by the skilled team at Johns Hopkins Hospital saved his life. Try telling Tyler that he can’t have access to health insurance as an adult because he has a “preexisting” condition.

Dillon was a healthy 9-yearold participating in sports. His mom thought his sore neck was from rough and tumble play. Turns out he had a terrible cancer that was wrapping itself around his heart and lungs. Dillon is back in school this year

thanks to great medical teams and aggressive treatment. Try telling Dillon that he can’t have access to health insurance as an adult because he has a “preexisting” condition.

Is it a given to become bankrupt because of a terrible illness? Everyone knows the high price of medical care. Why is there a cap on insurance coverage? Would you want an insurance clerk calling you up to advise that your child cannot have any more cancer treatments because you reached your insurance limit?

Social Security was controversial when introduced, yet I venture few people reaching retirement age discard their benefits. Give the Affordable Care Act a chance, work out the bugs, but please do not deny medical care to all the little Tylers and Dillons in the U.S. JoAnn Bishop is a fitness professional in Santa Fe.

MY VIEW: STEPHEN FOX

Auction house bill misses mark

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egarding a potential bill to regulate auction houses in New Mexico (Senate Bill 78), I think the target or focus is a bit off. It is not the big boys, selling items more than $10,000, that are the problem. Of the three doing that in Santa Fe (Gerald Peters, Manitou and Altermann), there are no ethical problems.

However, there is a small house that I believe sells dubious pieces with “facsimile signatures” in Internet auctions, and there is another house in New Mexico that does commit ethical atrocities (as well as grotesque spelling errors and mistakes in attribution) that have deserved attorney general-level attention for decades.

I talked with the assistant attorney general for consumer protection several years ago about the need for oversight of these kinds of auctioneers, who have been selling with impunity for decades, as well as the need

to investigate whether any of the prehistoric pottery being sold at auctions in our state was clear in its provenance and not the result of grave digging.

He replied that he was too busy with other cases to even investigate any of these concerns.

Ostensibly, you would think that our state’s fraud statutes would have been enough to have some coverage, but when the authorities tell you they are too busy to even look into it, something is indeed wrong. A new statute might improve things, but when the inclination to investigate and prosecute auction house fraud is so lackadaisical, I doubt it.

This is a sad state of affairs indeed, but requiring that the seller’s reserve be posted is irrelevant and immaterial. Sen. Tim Keller, please revise your bill for next year, and perhaps progress will be made.

Stephen Fox is the owner of New Millennium Fine Art.

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7 to April 25, 2:00 to 4:00 P.M. This 8 week free course helps adults with disabilities or chronic illnesses to set and accomplish goals, advocate for themselves, improve their problem solving skills and abilities to adapt to change.

Working Well emphasizes creating a balanced and healthy lifestyle that supports employment and careers.

New Vistas, 1205 Parkway Drive Ste. A, Santa Fe, NM. 87507.

For more information and to register: Call: Ken Searby: 471-1001 ext.118 or Marilyn Bennett: 471-1001 ext. 120.

Email: ksearby@newvistas. org mbennett@newvistas.org.

FROM GRIEF TO LAUGHTER: Wednesdays Feb. 26 to April 19 2:00 to 4:00. A free six-week class for people with disabilities or chronic illnesses, this series covers a variety of topics including feelings of loss related to disability or chronic illness, change in family roles, attitude awareness, positive coping strategies, dealing with difficult emotions, the importance of self-care and connecting with others for resource sharing and support. Location: New Vistas 1205 Parkway Drive Suite A, Santa Fe. For more information and to register contact: Ken Searby at 4711001 x118 email: kmsearby@ newvistas.org.

SOULFUL MELODIES TO OPEN THE HEART: Contemplative Nigunim.

Thursday, February 20 at 7 PM. The hasidic nigun (pl. nigunim) is a wordless melody Jews chant to connect to the Holy One and enter a meditative or ecstatic experience. More than a tune or a melody; it is to be savored with all one's senses, with all the levels of one's being. In this class, led

by Cantor Cindy Freedman, we'll examine the role of nigunim in prayer, both personal and communal, singing and breathing together in holy rhythm.

Presented by HaMakom Continuing Education.

Suggested donation: $10.

St. Bede's, 1601 St. Francis at San Mateo. 505-992-1905 www.hamakomtheplace.org

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY FAITH will host a Lenten Quiet Day with Deborah Smith Douglas on Saturday, March 1, from 9:00-3:00 p.m. open to all women in Santa Fe. Douglas, a noted author, spiritual director, and retreat leader will offer meditations entitled: "And Also Some Women": New Testament Encounters with Jesus. The Day includes spacious time for quiet reflection, presentations, and closing Eucharist. Continental Breakfast with BYOB Sack Lunch. Bring Bible and journal. Call the Reverend Peggy Patterson at 982 4447 Ext. 119 to register. Also at Holy Faith: Lenten Children's Adventures beginning March 11 on Tuesday afternoons from 4:00-5:30. Music, Stories of Children Superstars of

the Bible, Creative Arts, and delicious Tea Parties.

Children 3 1/2-10 years old.

Call to register. 311 East Palace Avenue. 505-982-4447 Ext. 119. Space limited.

REVERSE MORTGAGE WORKSHOP: John Ruybalid (NMLS#201470), Reverse Mortgage Specialist with Mortgage Partners – Santa Fe, will present a free workshop called “Understanding Recent Changes to the Reverse Mortgage Program” on Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. in the Community Room of the Southside Branch of the Santa Fe Public Library. The address is 6599 Jaguar Dr. For more information or to reserve a seat, please call John at 690-1029.

INTRODUCING THE WE ARE THE ONE CHOIR of Song and Poetry! Join this joyful circle united through the sublime practice of vocalizing together in beauty and harmony.

Enter into a deep dialogue with sound and silence, movement and stillness, ritual and spontaneity. Learn to embody sacred songs and poems from many cultures: eastern, western, and indigenous. The We Are The ONE Choir is all-inclusive and non-auditioned. All are welcome. Spring 2014: Saturdays 10:30am-12:00pm (February 15th- June 7th) at Institute of American Indian Arts Hogan, $250 tuition (sliding scale options). To register, contact co-directors Madi Sato McLaughlin and Timothy McLaughlin at: WATOChoir@gmail.com

THE SANTA FE HISPANIC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Cordially invites its members and the public to an Election 2014 Evening Event. Meet Your Candidates Wednesday, February 19th 6-8 PM at Adelitas Restaurant, 3136 Cerrillos Road. This event is free. Learn more about the candidates and meet them in person. We invite you to learn more about our Chamber and how it can help you and your business.

For more information contact us by email at sfhispaniccc@ gmail.com or call 505-8476707.

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Judge nixes deal in hospital fraud case

Panel backs bill to change pot’s status

Lack of specific jail time stalls agreement with couple accused of embezzling millions in 2005-08

In a surprise move Saturday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to strike marijuana from the state’s list of Schedule 1 controlled substances.

This came in the form of an amendment by Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, to Senate Bill 127, sponsored by Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort, D-Sandia Park.

Wilson’s bill would designate more than 100 synthetic cannabinoids and other chemicals as Schedule I substances, which are drugs the government says have no currently accepted medical use and have a high potential for abuse. For years, druglaw reform advocates have argued that marijuana does not belong in this category.

SB 127 was aimed at synthetic drugs known as “spice” and “K2.”

McSorley’s amendment did not affect that part of Befford’s original bill.

The committee voted along party lines, with Republicans voting against the amendment. The bill goes now to the full Senate.

A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana for adults died this week in the Senate Rules Committee.

By Phaedra Haywood The New Mexican

It’s been close to 10 years since former hospital executive Richard Crabtree and his then love interest, Loretta Mares, allegedly began to embezzle some $3 million from what is now Christus St. Vincent Regional

Medical Center to buy a vehicle, a home and country club memberships.

State Attorney General Gary King’s office knew about the allegations for about three years before filing fraud and conspiracy charges against Crabtree and Mares, and the charges have been pending for two years. The

case was close to a resolution, but a spokesman for King’s office said the agency is now “back to square one.”

Phil Sisneros said last week that a judge has rejected plea agreements with Mares and Crabtree because he thought the deals weren’t punitive enough.

“It’s not our fault,” Sisneros said.

“The judge in the Mares case said he wasn’t comfortable without there being some restitution clause included, something stronger, so he

wants us to come back with something that does include that. So we are in negotiations with her attorney.

And with Crabtree, the judge seemed upset that there was not a specific jail time penalty included or restitution, so that is being renegotiated.”

Crabtree was chief financial officer at the hospital when he and his then girlfriend, Mares — who also has been romantically linked to three-

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2014 LEGISLATURE: EDUCATION

A cry for the ‘soul of students’

Parking spots open for tour operators Three curbside parking spaces used by tour operators for passenger boarding near the Santa Fe Plaza are up for grabs through the city Parking Division.

The city licenses the spaces northwest of the Lincoln Avenue intersection with Palace Avenue for $5,110 a year, division Director Sevastian Gurule said.

The three-year term for the licenses is expiring, and the city is taking applications for the spaces, he said.

In recent years, the spaces have been used by Clarice Coffey of Custom Tours by Clarice, former City Councilor Frank Montaño of Fiesta Tours and the Loretto Line Tour Co., Gurule said.

A news release said applicants have until 5 p.m. Friday to submit a letter of intent, along with a proposed tour route within a 5-mile radius of the Plaza, a description and picture of the vehicle to be used, proof of insurance, proof of a valid state certificate and proof of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Letters must be submitted to P.J. Griego at the city Parking Division, 500 Market Station, Suite 200, Santa Fe, N.M. 87501.

Gurule said the three current operators have been the only applicants in recent years, but if more than three applications are received, the selection process would include a lottery.

Sewer work to block part of Agua Fría The portion of Agua Fría Road between Calle Larrañaga and Camino del Griego will be closed for up to two weeks beginning Tuesday, due to sewer line work.

A Santa Fe County news release said the closing west of Calle Larrañaga and east of Camino del Griego is necessary, along with a traffic detour, to allow crews to safely place a sewer main and water connection tie-ins.

Sparling Construction will ensure that all properties in the immediate area of construction are accessible at all times during the project, the announcement said.

Mother accused of burning child ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque woman is in custody after her 8-month-old daughter was discovered to have burns over much of her body.

KOAT-TV reports that Carla Llanas remained in jail Friday without bond on child abuse charges.

Detectives were called to University Hospital after doctors found the girl had severe burns on her head and the left side of her stomach.

Investigators say Llanas, Llanas’ boyfriend and uncle all said the baby had fallen off a bed and onto a heater.

They say Llanas didn’t take the girl to a hospital until five days later.

Authorities also found the boyfriend’s 5-year-old son in the home.

Staff and wire reports

About 1,000 teachers and their supporters marched to the state Capitol on Saturday in protest of the state’s new teacher evaluation system and their frustration with Gov. Susana Martinez. The teachers vowed to ‘take back education.’ PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Teachers descend on Capitol, protesting governor’s initiatives

Senate OKs bill to keep grad rules consistent

By Robert Nott

By Milan Simonich

The New Mexican

The New Mexican

undreds of educators descended on the Roundhouse on Saturday in what one of their leaders called a “war on the war on education.”

“We are in a war for the very soul of the students we teach,” an impassioned Earl Wiman, a member of the executive committee of the National Education Association and former NEA president for Tennessee, told the crowd at the Roundhouse. “It must be a fight true to our moral values.”

The event — which started with an array of speeches on the Plaza before educators marched down Don Gaspar Avenue, shouting, “Hey hey, ho ho, Governor Martinez must go” — reflected growing dissatisfaction over several reforms initiated by the governor.

On their list of concerns were the usual suspects: the new teacher-evaluation system — which heavily weighs in three years of student test data — excessive testing, low pay and the feeling that politicians and the public are blaming teachers for the ills of the public-school system.

Wiman urged educators to take their fight against the initiatives to the schools, the courts and the streets, stressing that “the hottest spots in hell are reserved for legislators and politicians who are ruin-

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Educator Ron Murray of Albuquerque holds up a sign during a teacher protest Saturday at the state Capitol.

High school students may have a smoother road to getting a diploma because of a bill approved Saturday by the state Senate.

Once students start ninth grade, the Public Education Department would be prohibited from changing their high school graduation requirements.

Senators approved the measure on a 28-0 vote. Senate Bill 307 next goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.

The sponsor, Sen. Joseph Cervantes, D-Las Cruces, said he was optimistic that the bill would clear the House as well.

Cervantes said he was personally motivated to introduce the bill because of troubles that a change in graduation requirements caused his daughter, Jules.

A freshman at Las Cruces High School, Jules recently learned that a dance class would no longer count

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Proposal to cut education secretary heads to Senate

By Robert Nott The New Mexican

A plan to eliminate the position of education secretary in favor of forming a state board of education, which would then appoint a superintendent to oversee New Mexico schools, is one step closer to reality.

On Saturday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-4 along party lines for a “do pass” recommendation of Senate Joint Resolution 2, introduced by Sen. Michael Padilla, D-Albuquerque. The panel’s four

Section editor: Howard Houghton, 986-3015, hhoughton@sfnewmexican.com

Republican members voted against the measure.

The bill now goes to the Senate floor — where Democrats hold a 25-17 advantage — perhaps as soon as Sunday afternoon.

The resolution supports a constitutional amendment that would take place by year’s end and create a 13-member board of education, composed of 10 elected members and three chosen by the governor. Members of the current 10-member Public Education Commission — which approves or denies charter-school

applications — initially would step in, along with the three governor appointees, as the new board members. Voters would then elect future members during general election cycles in November.

That group would choose an interim superintendent to take over in mid-December and pick a permanent superintendent by July 1, 2015.

Padilla’s proposal also includes a provision that the superintendent be a qualified educator and licensed teacher. Current Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skan-

dera’s lack of experience in the classroom often is cited as a negative factor in the eyes of her critics.

Some Republicans have said the proposed amendment is an effort by Democrats to get rid of Skandera.

A state board and superintendent ran the educational system in New Mexico from territorial times to 2003, when lawmakers passed a joint resolution disbanding it and creating the position of secretary of education.

Sen. Michael Sanchez, D-Belen,

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CARLA RODMAN OSCHWALD

50, died Wednesday, February 05, 2014 at Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico. With the tireless and loving support of her husband and dedicated friends, she spent the last 6 years fighting for her life with the hope of receiving a transplant. Instead, she became a donor. She will be remembered for the exquisite soups and baked goods she provided for the members of the Railyard Artisan Market, for her love of life, for her optimism and bravery, and for the beauty of her smile that lit her from within and warmed everyone she knew.

She is survived by her husband, David Marc Oschwald; her mother, Carole Cleaver Rodman; her brother Van Nostrand Rodman; and by her sisters Leonora Wojciechowska and Oriana Rodman.

A private memorial will be held for family and friends in the near future. Her memory will be most honored by recognizing the shortage of organs available to those waiting on transplant lists and actively registering to be an organ donor.

IN MEMORY OF A DEAR FRIEND AND CHAMPION OF GREAT MUSIC, WILLIAM ZECKENDORF

The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival extends its most heartfelt condolences to the family of our dear friend and longtime Trustee, William Zeckendorf. Hand-in-hand with that of his wife Nancy, Bill’s service to the Festival and the entire Santa Fe community spanned decades, and has left an indelible mark on our city’s cultural environment.

We will miss his astute counsel, his big-picture thinking, and his gracious presence at Festival performances, and will continue to remember him with great fondness and deep appreciation.

Kenneth Marvel, President Marc Neikrug, Artistic Director Steven Ovitsky, Executive Director

LEE BRADLEY

It’s been one year since the passing of our beloved son and daddy. Not one day goes by that we don’t think of his silly smile, hilarious gestures, candid attitude, exquisite meals, his ability to karaoke like nobodies business and most of all his love for his sons Jareth and Charlie! His friends and family will continue to embrace the many memories Lee has left with us.

To all mothers who have lost a child, our prayers to our Lord Jesus Christ are with you always.

From Lee’s Momma Donna and his brothers, Chris and Michael

FUNERAL SERVICES & MEMORIALS

WILLIAM ZECKENDORF JR. 1929-2014 William Zeckendorf Jr., one of the nation’s foremost real estate developers in the 1970s and 80s, died February 12 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 84.

Invariably self-effacing, Zeckendorf insisted that his buildings merited the attention, not himself. Nevertheless, he was the motivating force and key player behind a broad range of outstanding real estate projects, primarily in New York City.

Among his most recognizable and celebrated are Worldwide Plaza, Zeckendorf Towers (named for his father), the Four Seasons Hotel, and the Ronald Reagan Office Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Other projects include the renovation and sale of five major New York hotels, among them the Delmonico and the Mayfair, and the construction of luxury high-rises such as The Park Belvedere, Central Park Place, The Belaire, and The Vanderbilt, which, along with the Columbia and others, brought the city more than 4,000 new condominiums and rental apartments.

Working on a smaller scale better suited to the Southwest, Zeckendorf also developed noteworthy projects for Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he later settled. Like his great-grandfather and namesake, who immigrated to Santa Fe from Germany in the 1860s to do business here, Zeckendorf was an impressive, revitalizing force.

Bill Zeckendorf was born to the trade. Early on his father, William "Big Bill" Zeckendorf Sr., was the real estate industry’s shining star, with skill, vision, and daring raising the firm of Webb & Knapp to unparalleled heights. Zeckendorf Jr., a graduate of the Lawrenceville School in Princeton, New Jersey, studied at the University of Arizona and served with commendation in the U.S Army in Korea before joining his father’s firm full time in 1950. At Webb & Knapp he was well schooled in the planning, financing, and development of large-scale properties, proving himself as canny, creative, and tenacious at brokering deals as his father.

Beginning in the mid-60s, the company underwent two restructurings—first as General Property Corporation, then as Zeckendorf Company—becoming New York City’s most active developers of luxury hotels, upscale condominium apartments, office towers, and mixed-use projects, in the process redefining the city’s face and skyline. Bill Zeckendorf Jr. was also president of the Federal Triangle Corporation, the firm responsible for developing the Ronald Reagan Office Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., the largest federal building to rise in the capital since the Pentagon.

At the height of the Zeckendorf Company’s expansion in the 1980s, Zeckendorf was joined by his two sons—William Lie and Arthur—from his first marriage to Guri Lie, daughter of Trygve Lie, the UN’s first Secretary-General. During the next decade, the company’s portfolio was the 12th largest in the country.

At the same time, Zeckendorf was busy with an entirely different portfolio, concentrated on Santa Fe and its surrounding hills.

In conjunction with his second wife, Nancy—a former prima ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and an ardent supporter of the arts—Zeckendorf became a significant presence in the area.

He developed the Eldorado Hotel, the award-winning Los Miradores condominium complex, the prestigious community of Sierra del Norte, and one of his most gratifying projects, the Lensic Performing Arts Center, transforming a quaint 1930s movie house into the cultural axis of Northern New Mexico.

While in New York, Zeckendorf was a trustee of Long Island University and served as its board chairman for 10 years. As his focus turned increasingly toward Santa Fe, he joined the boards of the Christus St. Vincent Hospital, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the College of Santa Fe, and the Lensic Performing Arts Center. From the outset, he was an energizing force behind the Lensic and the preeminent guide to closing the deal on the property and getting the project off the ground.

Zeckendorf’s passion throughout his adult life was fine wines, with an emphasis on the wines of Burgundy. For more than 50 years he was a member of the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, serving for nine of those years as New York City’s Grand Senechal. During his term as president of the Tastevin Foundation, he created a Laureate Program for American students earning a degree in wine-making from the University of California, Davis, that offered them a semester’s study at French wineries.

William Zeckendorf Jr. is survived by his wife, Nancy; his sister, Susan Zeckendorf Nicholson; his son William Lie and daughter-inlaw Laura; his son Arthur; and his two grandchildren, Arthur III and Jennifer Zeckendorf.

The family wishes to express their deepest thanks to those who helped care for Mr. Zeckendorf with such professionalism and unstinting kindness. They are Connie Ross, who has been with the family for 12 years, Sammi Hendrix, Eric Chambers, Robert Cather, Jason Wright, John Santos, and Egis Care and Support; doctors Tom Kravitz, Vivian Lee, Poseidon Varvitsiotis, and Michael Palestine; hospital nurse Tony Engelman; and the staff of Christus St. Vincent.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.

RICHARD EDWARD PRAEL Richard Edward Prael, passed away at his home in Los Alamos on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Alice Prael.

He was born in Astoria, Oregon on July 25, 1940. He is survived by his beloved wife, Phyllis A. Bailey; his daughter, Mary Alice Prael Madaris (Mike); grandsons, Elijah and Noah Madaris of Marietta, Georgia; 3 step-children, Alison Bailey (Terri Moore) of Los Alamos, Dr. Aileen Bailey (Aaron Koch) of Great Mills, MD, and Ken Bailey (Gail) of Washington, DC, as well as 7 step-grandchildren, Connor, Jordan and Isabella Bailey, Colin and Audrey Koch and Noor and Rima Bailey.

Richard graduated from Stanford University in 1962 with a B.S. in Physics and obtained a Master’s Degree at the University of Idaho while working for Phillips Petroleum at the National Reactor Test Station. He completed a Ph.D. in nuclear physics at Case Western Reserve University in 1971. He was employed at Argonne Laboratory from 1972-1978. He moved to Los Alamos in 1978 and took a position as a staff member in TD-6. Although a member of several groups over 30 years, he was throughout involved with the development of Monte Carlo methods and codes for nuclear particle transport and interactions. His 120 publications with over 1300 citations by other scientists, as well as countless excellent presentations contributed to LANL being a recognized world leader in the high-energy Monte Carlo arena. He continued this effort after retirement in 2004 as an associate and guest scientist. Prael found great satisfaction in mentoring younger physicists, especially those whose career goals were involvement in medical physics using proton accelerators. Prior to his illness Dick enjoyed hiking, fly fishing and cultivating cacti, and was a voracious reader. He was an ardent follower of the Los Alamos Big Band. He was particularly interested in the wildlife that he observed near his canyon home. He was active in the Episcopal Church, serving as Chile Line treasurer as well as Northeast Deanery treasurer for a number of years.

A service honoring his life will be held on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church with a reception following in Kelly Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the TOTH Episcopal Church Building Fund or the Wildlife Center in Española.

The family of Richard Prael has entrusted their loved one to the DeVargas Funeral Home & Crematory of the Española Valley. 505-747-7477 - www.devargasfuneral.com In Loving Memory of KATHRYN ANN OLAFSON Kathryn Ann Olafson passed from this life on January 20, 2014. We send our love and prayers for her.

"Kate" was a beautiful and vivacious person who loved the adventures of life and made special connections with so many people through sharing her heart and compassionate care. All who knew her will miss Kate.

Kathryn was born on June 21, 1963, in Rochester, MN to Richard A. Olafson and Ann M. (Hemp) Olafson. Kathryn grew up in Fargo, ND and earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Iowa State University and a Master’s Degree from Loyola University in Chicago, IL. Kathryn’s professional life included a very diverse combination of higher education teaching and administration, personal development, fitness and wellness, yoga, spiritual enrichment and love of the outdoors.

Kathryn was able to travel extensively, and had the opportunity to live and work (and sometimes just play!), in many parts of the U.S, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Central America. Kate’s love of adventure and continual thirst for new experiences enlivened her.

Kathryn was able to embrace people and to touch them deeply with love, help and care. Kate’s passions included combining personal wellness with the natural environment. Kathryn was invigorated and joyous when she was sharing the wonderful experiences of balancing inner and outer peace with those around her.

Kathryn is preceded in death by her beloved mother, Ann. She follows her wonderful grandparents and so many other loved ones who passed before her. Kate is survived by her father Richard, brothers Paul and Eric Olafson, sister in-law Shelly Moeller, beloved nephews (and trampoline pals!) Isaac and Ian, Aunt Judy Hemp, Cousins Sheryl Hemp, Jon Hemp and Heidi (Hemp) Beierle and family.

The family requests that all who wish to celebrate Kathryn’s life, please donate a gift of time or funds to the charity of their choice, in lieu of gifts or flowers. May Kathryn’s beautiful spirit continue on in all of us with grace and serenity. A gathering to celebrate Kathryn’s life will be planned at a later date. Namaste to our bright shining star!

THERESA MARIE HERRERA

Our beautiful Theresa, 62, went home to our Lord on February 2, 2014. Theresa is preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Patricia Herrera; brother, John Michael Herrera and her beloved son, Paul O. Manzanares. She is survived by her son, Kenneth Manzanares (Yvonne), daughter, Stephanie E. Manzanares (Martin), special granddaughter, Monica Loya and numerous adoring grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be held on Monday, February 24, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the Holy Family Church, Rowe, New Mexico.

Burial will follow.

Rivera Family Funerals and Cremation, 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505, Phone: (505) 9897032, Fax: (505) 820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com DOT WOOD Dorothy Lee (Haggard) Wood, 88, of Santa Fe, died peacefully on Monday, Feb. 10. Born June 24, 1925 in Topeka, Kansas, she moved with her family to Michigan, attending Wayne State University there. She was married to Earl (Pat) Wood from 1947 to 1981, and in 1948 they became the first wave of the family to migrate to Santa Fe. In Santa Fe, Dot completed her nursing degree and worked at the St. Vincent Hospital downtown, then for Dr. Bodelson until retirement.

She is survived by daughter Nancy Brinegar, grandchildren David, Sam and Hilary; great grandchildren Max, Melia, Damien and Simon; and by many other family members.

A private memorial is planned for the family. In lieu of flowers, donations to the PMS Hospice are appreciated.

MICHAEL SIEGEL The family of Michael Siegel wishes to thank all of those who offered their condolences after his passing, especially his postal route clients and friends who remembered him.

Your kindness and generosity was deeply appreciated and will always be remembered.

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DAVID EARL MAEZ 8/16/1962 - 2/8/2014 Passed away peacefully at home with family beside him. He is survived by his wife, Loretta of 26 years; son, Michael Ortiz (Sarah); son, Hilario (Sherriann); grandchildren: Ezekiel, Penelope, Julian and Soraya; parents, Hilario and Irene; brothers: Joe and kids and Brian and family; sisters: Dolores, Mabel and Christine and families; God children: Joey Maez, Jana Aragon, Latoya Maez and Taylor Montoya; in-laws: Robert and Tommie Bustamante and families; special friends: Mel Montano and John McCalmont; and many more friends and family.

He is preceded in death by his brother, Chris Maez; nephew, Christopher Maez and his grandparents.

David was extremely passionate about his grandchildren, his family and riding his Harley Davidson. He was an avid Broncos and Lakers Fan. Donations can be made in his name at the Guadalupe Credit Union.

A visitation will be held on Monday, February 17, 2014 from 6 7p.m. at Santa Maria de La Paz Catholic Church followed by a rosary at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at Santa Maria de La Paz Catholic Church. Interment will follow at 11:15 a.m. at The Santa Fe National Cemetery.

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Obama: U.S. must figure out water needs President says drought, weather-related issues likely to increase

President Barack Obama, on tour in Los Banos, Calif., on Friday, said weather-related disasters are likely to get worse and urged people to come together and address water needs.

By Darlene Superville The Associated Press

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — President Barack Obama drew a link between climate change and California’s drought, and said the U.S. must do a better job of figuring out how to make sure everyone’s water needs are satisfied.

On a tour of central California on Friday, Obama warned that weatherrelated disasters will only get worse.

“We can’t think of this simply as a zero-sum game. It can’t just be a matter of there’s going to be less and less water so I’m going to grab more and more of a shrinking share of water,” Obama said after touring part of a farm that is suffering under the state’s

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worst drought in more than 100 years.

“Instead what we have to do is all come together and figure out how we all are going to make sure that agricultural needs, urban needs, industrial needs, environmental and conservation concerns are all addressed,” he said.

Officials closely watch radiation leak at WIPP 139 workers aboveground at the site near Carlsbad were CARLSBAD — Officials told earlier Saturday to stay monitored the presence of where they were as a precauairborne radiation Saturday at tion. None of them tested posithe underground site in south- tive for contamination, and all eastern New Mexico where the non-essential personnel were federal government seals away released, Nelson said. its low-grade nuclear waste and The surface samples show where a fire earlier this month no contamination has been prompted an evacuation. detected, implying the leak was Samples were being taken at “not significant,” he said. the surface after an air moniNelson says the cause of tor detected radiation on the the leak is not known yet. The underground levels of the devices that continuously Waste Isolation Pilot Plant monitor the air underground around 11:30 p.m. Friday, the reached a threshold level that U.S. Department of Energy said automatically switches the venin a news release. tilation system into a filtered No workers were undermode. He couldn’t quantify ground at the time, and no con- the level it takes to trigger tamination, injuries or damage the monitors, but says they’re have been reported. sensitive. He says the monitors Energy Department spokeshave been triggered in the past man Roger Nelson said the by radon fluctuations.

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Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u Three vehicles parked in the 2900 block of Rufina Street were burglarized early Wednesday, with clothing and Nike shoes among the items reported stolen. Video surveillance shows a suspect of slender build wearing a white knit ski cap. u Someone stole 100 feet of copper pipe valued at $3,500 from a site in the 1900 block of San Ildefonso Road between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. u Police responded to a report of a burglary of two guitars, each valued at $600, at the Warren Inn, 3357 Cerrillos Road, on Thursday afternoon. u Police arrested Mario L. Torres, 39, of Santa Fe and charged him with battery against a household member around 2 p.m. Friday in the vicinity of Yucca Street and Calle Primavera. u Police arrested Pacheco Samuel Melaquias, 32, at the Santa Fe Place mall, 4250 Cerrillos Road, on Friday night and charged him with criminal trespass. On the way to the detention center, the report says, Melaquias slipped out of his handcuffs. When police attempted to restrain him, he resisted and threatened to spit on them, resulting in more charges against him. u A Santa Fe woman reported the theft of her 1978 Chevy pickup, worth $1,000, from the 800 block of Alto Street. The theft took place between 8 p.m. Wednesday and noon Friday. u A Santa Fe woman told police that someone used her Social Security number to list her as a dependant on their tax return. u Sometime between noon and 6 p.m. Sunday, someone entered a home in the 100 block of Navajo Drive through an unlocked back door and stole a laptop. u On Friday, a man told police that another man stole his iPhone, valued at $600, and threatened to punch him in the face. u On Feb. 9, a visitor from Finland told police that someone had stolen her Garmin GPS worth $600 from the top of her purse as she was sitting on a bench in the Railyard. u Between 5 p.m. Thursday

and 8 a.m. Friday, someone entered a business in the 500 block of Galisteo Street and stole a Dell laptop computer, a gold-framed painting, and a large framed photo of Ray Charles playing the piano.

The thieves pried open a back door to gain entry.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following reports: u Deputies arrested Anthony Martinez, 27, of Mora on Friday after responding to a report of disorderly conduct on Buffalo Thunder Trail. Martin was reportedly intoxicated and arguing with security guards as well as deputies, which led to his arrest. u A woman who lives on Tequila Sunset said someone stole jewelry from her home between Dec. 1 and Feb. 11.

There was no sign of forced entry. u A Sagebrush Road resident reported Friday that a male suspect had entered her vehicle through an open window and stole her purse with money in it.

DWI arrests u Police arrested Daniel Gonzales of Taos at a DWI checkpoint on N.M. 599 at Ridgetop Road on Friday night and charged him with driving under the influence and being in possession of marijuana and a pipe. u Deputies arrested Brent Larison, 26, of Santa Fe at a DWI checkpoint at N.M. 599 and Ridgetop Road on Friday night and charged him with driving while intoxicated. u Police arrested Michael Flores, 25, of Santa Fe and charged him with driving while intoxicated, evading law enforcement officers and battery, after he was reportedly involved in a crash and became combative with deputies.

Even if the U.S. takes immediate action to curb pollution, the planet will keep getting warmer for a long time to come because of greenhouse gases that already have built up, he said.

“We’re going to have to stop looking at these disasters as something to wait for,” Obama said, announcing more

than $160 million in federal financial aid. The sum includes $100 million in the farm bill he signed into law last week for programs that cover the loss of livestock.

The package includes smaller aid amounts for the most extreme drought areas and to help food banks serving families affected by the water shortage. Obama also called on federal facilities in California to begin conserving water immediately.

“These actions will help, but they’re just the first step,” he said. “We have to be clear. A changing climate means that weather-related disasters like droughts, wildfires, storms, floods, are potentially going to be costlier and they’re going to be harsher.”

The budget Obama will send Congress next month includes $1 billion for a “climate resilience fund” to invest in research and pay for new technologies to help communities deal with climate change. The proposal is likely

to face stiff opposition from lawmakers wary of new spending and divided on global warming.

Obama urged Congress to act swiftly on Democratic legislation backed by California’s senators, Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, that would pour $300 million into emergency aid and drought-relief projects, upgrade city water systems and water conservation, and speed up environmental reviews of water projects.

The White House has threatened to veto a Republican, House-passed bill that would roll back environmental protections and temporarily halt the restoration of a dried-up stretch of the San Joaquin River, work that is designed to restore historic salmon runs. The White House says the measure would not alleviate the drought but would undo decades of work to address California’s longstanding water shortages.

Loved or reviled, Carson’s legacy lives on yon de Chelly in January 1864.

After the Civil War, Carson returned to Taos and tried to expand his ranch into Colorado. When he died in 1868, legend has it, his last words were, “Wish I had time for one more bowl of chili.”

American West icon stirs debate 150 years after ‘The Long Walk’

By Ed Vogel Las Vegas Review-Journal

CARSON CITY, Nev. hen you live in or near Nevada’s capital city, it’s hard to miss Kit Carson’s influence.

There’s Carson City, the Carson Valley, the Carson Pass and the Carson River. He also merits not just a mountain but the entire Carson Range, west of Reno and Carson City.

A life-size bronze statue of the pathfinder atop his horse stands in the mall between the Legislative Building and the Capitol, and the local library is full of juvenile books about the man who guided John C. Fremont’s expedition when it passed through the largely unknown Great Basin from 1843 to 1844. Kit Carson is considered a hero.

Dime novels romanticizing Carson appeared as early as 1849. Author Herman Melville even mentioned him in his classic Moby Dick.

It is said that star-struck tourists would visit Carson at his home in Taos before his death. Some would walk away disappointed because the 5-foot-5 Carson was not the giant they imagined after reading of his exploits.

Nevada state archivist Jeff Kintop acknowledged the pride he felt when he first got a job in Carson City.

“There was something cool about being in Carson City,” he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “We were brought up on Kit Carson and Davy Crockett. They were the heroes of the West.”

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Opening the West Born in Kentucky in 1809 and raised on the Missouri frontier, Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson gave up any thought of an education at age 9, when his father died.

He was forced to help his mother, who had 10 children.

He would hide his inability to read throughout adulthood, but he did learn to write his name and speak five Indian languages. Signatures of Carson sell today for $14,700.

At 14, Carson became an apprentice to a saddle maker.

He hated the work and fled at 16 with merchants heading down the Santa Fe Trail. He became a trapper and a mountain man with Jim Bridger and over the years became as acquainted as anyone with lands in the unknown West.

In 1842, he met Lt. John C. Fremont by chance when the

A life-size statue of pathfinder Kit Carson, atop his horse, stands in the mall between the Legislative Building and the Capitol in Carson City, Nev. CATHLEEN ALLISON/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

two were on a steamboat going down the Missouri River. They became lifelong friends after Fremont hired him to be his scout for expeditions into the Mexican-owned West.

Besides Nevada, those expeditions included battles in 1846 in which Fremont took Los Angeles from the Mexicans. Carson also brought 200 fresh personnel through Mexican lines to rescue Gen. Stephen Kearny and his troops in San Diego. That act helped the Americans complete their conquest and contributed to Carson’s legend.

When the United States subdued the “Californios” in the Bear Flag rebellion, Carson rode east to Washington, D.C., to inform President James Polk that the nation stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

After his expeditions with Fremont, Carson decided to settle down as a rancher with wife, Josefa, in Taos.

Around this time, he came across a burned camp where Apache had killed settlers.

There he saw for the first time a book on the life of Kit Carson. “Burn the … thing,” was his response.

In 1853, he and a partner herded thousands of sheep through Nevada and across the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, Calif. He would never see “Carson City,” which received its name five years later. The sale of the sheep in gold rush California made him rich.

Carson became the Indian agent in Northern New Mexico and held that job until the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. He led the advance at Valverde, near present day Socorro, with a group of New Mexican volunteers who subdued the Confederates. But then the Army chose Carson to lead the battle against a new foe: the Navajo.

The Long Walk This year not only marks Nevada’s 150th anniversary but the 150th anniversary of “The Long Walk of 1864,” when Civil War brevet Gen. Kit Carson, on government orders, conducted a scorched-earth policy of burning cornfields, killing sheep and taking over water holes to force the Navajo to surrender to Army control.

The Army then forced 8,000 American Indians to walk more than 300 miles from northeastern Arizona to Fort Sumner or the Bosque Redondo. Three hundred died along the way.

The Navajo today contend the United States wanted them out of northeastern Arizona to open the area to mining. They also say Carson paid Ute and other American Indians who were their traditional enemies to burn their hogans, steal their livestock and capture them for slavery.

Starving and without water, the Navajo surrendered to Carson and his troops at Can-

Some historians see Carson as an American Indian killer, a victim of American expansionism and a racist. He may have been all of those things, but he also was a man who shared the views of most white people of his time.

He remains a villain to the Navajo Nation.

“We hold him responsible for the suffering the Navajo people experienced,” said Clarenda Begay, curator at the Navajo Nation Museum in Window Rock, Ariz.

“A lot of people don’t know about the Long Walk. We haven’t changed in our views of him.”

In published works, Carson contended he only killed bad tribesmen, never “a squaw or a papoose,” and despised those who did.

His apologists blame his commanding officer, Gen. James Carleton, for orders to kill all who would not surrender and yield to reservation life.

But as early as 1857, Carson had adopted Carleton’s philosophy that the only way to tame the Navajo was by confining them to a reservation, teaching them agricultural skills and stationing troops nearby to prevent them from leaving.

“As long as these mountain Indians are permitted to run at large, this country will always remain in its impoverished state, and the only remedy is to compel them to live in settlements, cultivate the soil and learn to gain their maintenance independent of the general government,” Carson said.

Sheryln Hayes-Zorn, acting director of the Nevada Historical Society in Reno, says Carson remains in the national consciousness largely because of the 19th-century dime novel and the television shows and movies that romanticized him.

Without much accuracy, they created a hero for generations of children who grew up playing cowboys and Indians.

“I think that kept his legend going,” she said.

During a recent public television documentary on Carson, author Dayton Duncan called him the “greatest living symbol of the desire Americans had to mythologize the West and take real things and turn them into something else.

He just was who he was and other people projected onto him their own beliefs, their own myths.”

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Albuquerque police officers won’t face criminal charges in 2011 shooting ALBUQUERQUE — Two Albuquerque police officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man during an arrest won’t face criminal charges.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg said Friday it did not appear that detectives CJ Brown and

Richard Hilger committed a crime during the April 2011 incident, according to KRQE-TV. Brandenburg says it’s “almost impossible” to prosecute if there’s any evidence an officer feared for his life.

Brown and Hilger say they

were serving an arrest warrant for 27-year-old Christopher Torres for a road rage incident when Torres grabbed Hilger’s gun.

Authorities say Brown shot Torres three times in the back.

According to Torres’ family, he suffered from

schizophrenia.

An autopsy report shows Torres had been smoking spice, or synthetic marijuana.

The family has civil lawsuits against the police department in state and federal court.

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Case: Civil lawsuit against two pending Continued from Page C-1 term Albuquerque mayor Martin Chavez — allegedly collaborated to steal millions of dollars.

They are accused of billing the hospital for fake or unnecessary computer system upgrades and funneling the payments through companies owned in part by Mares and her two brothers.

The crimes allegedly occurred between 2005 and 2008, according to court documents. The hospital reported them to King’s office in 2008.

But it wasn’t until February 2012 — after an insurance company that had compensated the hospital for the loss filed a civil suit against the pair — that King’s office indicted Crabtree and Mares on numerous counts of felony fraud and conspiracy.

In March, Crabtree — who faced a possible maximum sentence of 148 years in jail and fines of up to $140,000 for the 19 felony charges pending against him — pleaded guilty to four of those counts in a deal that called for him to serve five years of probation and pay an undetermined amount of restitution.

The deal was reached while District Judge Michael Martinez was sitting in for District Judge Ross Sanchez, who was out on medical leave. But when Sanchez returned from leave in August, he rejected the deal.

Mares — who also has used the name Bernadette Gallegos — pleaded guilty in March 2013, as well, admitting to three of the 11 counts pending against her in a deal that would have called for an undetermined amount of restitution. She was scheduled to be sentenced in December, then January. But, according to Sisneros, that plea also has been

rejected by Sanchez.

“It doesn’t mean they were bad agreements,” Sisneros said Friday. “It just means that a particular judge doesn’t like them, and that’s the way it is in any of the cases. The judge has the power to say, ‘I don’t like these.

Go back to the drawing board.’ ” Sisneros said they agreements might have been all that the defendants’ attorneys would agree to at the time, but, he said, “I can tell you that we are at the point now that if this doesn’t work, we are happy to go to trial.”

For now, Sisneros said, Assistant District Attorney Michael Sanchez, who is prosecuting the case for King’s office, will try again to reach a deal with Crabtree and Mares’ attorneys that the judge will accept. The time frame for negotiating new deals, Sisneros said, is indefinite.

Michael Sanchez declined to comment on the cases. And neither Crabtree’s attorney, B.J. Crow, or Mares’ attorney, Robert Gorence, returned calls seeking comment Friday.

Judge Ross Sanchez’s secretary said Friday that the judge could not comment because the case was ongoing. Sisneros said there is no written record of the judge’s reasons for denying the pleas, or of the exact terms of the proffered plea agreements.

Meanwhile, the civil suit filed in federal court by the hospital’s insurance company against Crabtree and Mares is still pending, although Mares’ brothers, Michael Gallegos and Steven R. Gallegos, have been dismissed as defendants in that case.

Contact Phaedra Haywood at 986-3068 or phaywood@ sfnewmexican.com.

Car dealer embraces tech to reach Navajo customers

By James Fenton The (Farmington) Daily Times

FARMINGTON — Members of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission drove more than two hours recently from Saint Michaels, Ariz., to the HiCountry GMC Buick dealership in Farmington — not to buy a car, but to see the new way the dealership now sells them to Navajo clients.

Using a device that looks like a giant iPad, Hi-Country Auto Group has rolled the car-buying experience into the future.

Called a docuPAD, the touchscreen tablet covers an average-sized desk and affords the customer a closer and more interactive experience when buying a car.

Hi-Country Finance Manager Dean Spencer lost most of his desk space to the surfaceswallowing docuPAD, but it has been a worthy sacrifice, he said.

“Customer satisfaction has been phenomenal,” Spencer said. “We noted the change almost instantly after we got it back in April of last year. Customers can see the contracts right up close, on a big screen, in full color, each step of the way.”

With a stylus, customers can sign digital paperwork that previously was handled with a ballpoint pen and paper.

Of interest to Leonard Gorman, executive director of the Human Rights Commission, was a recent enhancement to the car dealer’s new technological gizmo — translation of the process of buying a car into the Navajo language.

Gorman sat in the customer’s chair recently to sample a video introduction of Hi-Country’s auto purchase process, first listening in English and then in Navajo.

After the introduction, Spencer clicked through a series of order sheets and related pages on screen as Gorman inspected them, focusing on their ease of use for a Navajo-speaking car buyer. On the docuPAD, clicking on any box or data field on the digital paperwork popped up a window with a translation from the English into Navajo.

“In a single word: ‘Wow,’ ” Gorman told Spencer. “As far as a Navajo speaker, it’s really nice.

I’m impressed.”

While Gorman praised the accuracy and clarity of the translation, he recommended Hi-Country distinguish between

forms, noting complaints his office has heard from Navajo customers when negotiating the purchase of a car.

One sore spot is confusion over the difference between a “buyer order agreement” and a “final contract,” which Gorman said would need to be clarified and explained in Navajo.

“The confusion of people who comes to our office is, ‘What is this document?’ ‘What is that document?’ What we do is we start reading [the English paperwork] and say this is what it means in Navajo language.

‘This is not your contract, the way it reads,’ ” Gorman told Spencer.

“There’s a lot of gamesmanship [in car sales], a lot of information exchanged in the parking lot, and, to a certain point, in the Navajo’s perspective, promises made but not kept.

That’s the part that needs to be clarified in the contract.”

Gorman’s office also emphasized Navajo complaints over trade-ins they believe have been approved on the lot but do not materialize in print.

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“The rules should not change in the middle of the game,” he toward her physical education said. requirement to graduate. CerFor Jules, a varsity tennis vantes said this was significant player, altering her academic because she had to reconfigure schedule to meet a PE requirean academic schedule that was ment was especially frustrating, carefully mapped out to include Cervantes said.

Advanced Placement courses.

Hundreds or thousands of

other high school students across the state have faced disruptions similar to his daughter’s, he said.

Another bill, SB 122, broadens what counts toward PE requirements to include cheerleading, marching band and other activities that meet state

performance standards. That bill previously cleared the Senate 42-0.

Cervantes’ bill goes a step further. It would prevent changes in any academic requirements for graduation once a student reaches his or her freshman year.

Teachers: Education plays dominant role Continued from Page C-1 ing the lives of our children.”

The protest, organized by leaders of the state’s teachers unions, included comments from several Democratic lawmakers, who provided updates on education bills working their way through the Legislature.

The event took on a clearly partisan edge, with speakers repeatedly targeting Republicans — including Gov. Susana Martinez and her education secretary-designate, Hanna Skandera. Some marchers carried signs reading, “Fire Susana and Hanna before they fire you” and “262 Days Until We Elect a New Governor.”

“It’s time to send Skandera and Martinez to wherever the hell they don’t have kids,” said speaker Kathy Chavez, executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers-New Mexico.

Though event organizers said sign-in sheets indicated more than 2,000 people took part in the protest, the number appeared closer to 800 or 900.

As the small army of educators entered the Roundhouse,

Retired teacher Steve West of Carlsbad applauds during the education rally Saturday at the Roundhouse. The protest drew hundreds of educators. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

one observer watching them file in said, “A lot of mad teachers, eh?”

Some parents and students joined the group. Among the latter were Albuquerque middle-schoolers Sarah Peterson and Elora O’Neil and thirdgrader Katelyn O’Neil. Their main goal, they said, was to decrease the amount of tests they take.

“We test, like, every day,” Katelyn said.

Sarah said they wanted to spend more time blowing bubbles than filling bubbles in on a test sheet.

Asked if they thought Saturday’s protest could make a difference, Sarah said, “I hope so.

There’s a lot of us here.”

Discontent with lawmakers in general permeated Saturday’s affair. “They are saying we are not doing our job,” said Bernice García Baca, President of NEA-

Santa Fe. “But we are keeping our promise. The ones who are not are over in the Roundhouse.”

Whether the ensemble’s message got through to the governor Saturday is unclear. A few of the marchers walked up to her fourth-floor office in the Roundhouse, only to find it dark and closed. The governor, it turns out, was scheduled to appear in Albuquerque to talk about a proposal to better engage parents in their children’s education.

Enrique Knell, spokesperson for the governor, said via email that the rally was “another protest by unions to maintain the status quo and block commonsense reforms that send education dollars directly into the classroom — to help make sure kids have textbooks, to lift up struggling students, to support teachers and to help improve student achievement.”

Education has played a dominant role in this year’s 30-day legislative session, slated to end at noon on Thursday, and a battle over education dollars has been holding up a budget bill in the House.

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021.

Proposal: Some question lack of oversight Continued from Page C-1 and a member of the Judiciary Committee, told the assembly that back then, lawmakers obeyed Richardson’s “power grab” to consolidate control over education.

Though Padilla said his resolution will take the politics out of education, several Republicans on the committee noted that it calls for a partisan election with candidates proclaiming their party affiliation.

Sen. John Ryan, R-Albuquerque,

said, “It seems political. …

You’re always going to have politics included in the political process.” He questioned the lack of legislative oversight that the resolution suggests.

Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, said he appreciated

Ryan’s input, but said his own 17-year-old daughter, who is in the public-school system, told him, “Don’t come home if you don’t vote for this.”

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021.

Jury deadlocks in murder trial CARLSBAD — A jury could not agree on whether to convict a man of murder for his role in the 2012 shooting death of a 50-year-old Artesia man.

The Carlsbad CurrentArgus reports that the jury on Friday convicted Senovio Mendoza of other charges, including breaking and entering, aggravated burglary and evidence tampering.

Gary Mitchell, Mendoza’s attorney, says his client must now prepare for a retrial for first-degree murder.

Prosecutors say Mendoza and two other men posed as law enforcement officers and kicked open the door of Tim Wallace’s home, looking for drugs. They say Wallace was then shot in the head.

Matthew Sloan, who is believed to have pulled the trigger, was convicted of firstdegree murder in September.

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Plant’s opening signals solar expansion Jury finds Utah man Huge Mojave Desert project seen as marker for industry

By Brian Skoloff and Michael R. Blood The Associated Press

PRIMM, Nevada — A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, a milestone for a growing industry that is testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy across the American West.

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across roughly 5 square miles of federal land near the CaliforniaNevada border, formally opened Thursday after years of regulatory and legal tangles ranging from relocating protected tortoises to assessing the impact on Mojave milkweed and other plants.

“The Ivanpah project is a shining example of how America is becoming a world leader in solar energy,” U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said in a statement after attending a dedication ceremony at the site.

“This project shows that building a clean-energy economy creates jobs, curbs greenhouse gas emissions and fosters American innovation.”

The $2.2 billion complex of three generating units, owned

by NRG Energy Inc., Google Inc. and BrightSource Energy, can produce nearly 400 megawatts — enough power for 140,000 homes. It began making electricity last year.

Larger projects are on the way, but for now, Ivanpah is being described as a marker for the United States’ emerging solar industry. While solar power accounts for less than 1 percent of the nation’s power output, thousands of projects from large, utility-scale plants to small production sites are under construction or being planned, particularly across the sun-

Some of the 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors, each about 7 feet high and 10 feet wide, reflect sunlight to boilers that sit on 459-foot towers at the world’s largest solar energy plant in Primm, Nev. CHRIS CARLSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

drenched Southwest.

The opening of Ivanpah is “a dawn of a new era in power generation in the United States,” said Rhone Resch, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group.

The plant’s dedication comes as government continues to push for development of greener, cleaner power.

President Barack Obama has mounted a second-term drive to combat climate change, proposing first-ever limits on carbon pollution from new and existing power plants. His plan aims to help move the U.S. from a coaldependent past into a future fired by wind and solar power, nuclear energy and natural gas.

According to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, the cost of building and

operating a new solar thermal power plant over its lifetime is greater than generating natural gas, coal or nuclear power. It costs a conventional coal plant $100, on average, to produce a megawatt-hour of power, but that figure is $261 for solar thermal power, according to 2011 estimates. The figures do not account for incentives such as state or federal tax credits that can affect the cost.

Ken Johnson, a spokesman for the solar association, said in a statement that solar systems have seen “dramatic price declines” in the last few years.

That’s good for utilities in California, which must obtain a third of their electricity from solar and other renewable sources by 2020.

The Ivanpah site, about

45 miles southwest of Las Vegas, Nev., has virtually unbroken sunshine most of the year and is near transmission lines that carry power to consumers.

Using technology known as solar-thermal, nearly 350,000 computer-controlled mirrors roughly the size of a garage door reflect sunlight to boilers atop 459-foot towers. The sun’s power is used to heat water in the boilers’ tubes and make steam, which drives turbines to create electricity.

While many people are familiar with rooftop solar, or photovoltaic panels, “these are a little bit different. This takes the sun’s rays and reflects them onto towers,” said NRG spokesman Jeff Holland.

The plant can be a startling sight for drivers heading toward Las Vegas along busy Interstate 15. Amid miles of rock and scrub, its vast array of mirrors creates the image of an ethereal lake shimmering atop the desert floor. In fact, it’s built on a dry lakebed.

Google announced in 2011 that it would invest $168 million in the project. As part of its financing, BrightSource also lined up $1.6 billion in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Energy Department, while San Francisco-based Bechtel Corp. constructed the facility.

Ivanpah can be seen as a success story and a cautionary tale, highlighting the inevitable trade-offs between the need for cleaner power and the loss of fragile, open land. The California Energy Commission concluded that while the solar plant would impose “significant impacts on the environment … the benefits the project would provide override those impacts.”

Such disputes are likely to continue for years as more companies seek to develop solar, wind and geothermal plants on land treasured by environmentalists who also support the growth of renewable energy.

At issue is what is worth preserving and at what cost, as California pushes to generate more electricity from renewable sources.

guilty in teen’s death

By Brady McCombs The Associated Press

OGDEN, Utah — It took a Utah jury just two hours to find a man guilty of killing a teenage baby sitter and dumping her body in the woods after prosecutors say he gave her a lethal dose of drugs during a night of sex that also included the man’s wife.

Eric Millerberg, 38, faces up to life in prison after being convicted Friday of child abuse homicide, unlawful sexual contact with a minor, obstruction of justice and desecration of a dead body in the 2011 death of 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen.

Sentencing was set for March 18.

During a three-day trial, prosecutors brought detectives, medical examiners, prisoners and Millerberg’s wife, Dea Millerberg, to the stand to show that he recklessly injected Rasmussen with lethal doses of heroin and methamphetamine.

Prosecutors told jurors that Eric Millerberg and his wife then dumped Rasmussen’s body in the woods of northern Utah and lied to police as the girl’s mother desperately searched for her for more than a month.

Dea Millerberg, 40, is awaiting her own trial in April on charges of desecration of a body. She testified against her husband.

Family and friends of Rasmussen cried when the verdict was read. It was emotional for family and friends that dearly miss Rasmussen and have been waiting more than two years for this day, said Scott Rudd, the victim’s uncle.

“We are extremely thrilled about it. It helps with a little closure,” Rudd said. “But the fact of the matter is we still don’t have Lexi.”

Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said the case hit home not only with Rasmussen’s family and friends, but police officers and prosecutors who

worked the case since she went missing.

The teenager was missing for 38 days until her body was found.

The verdict Eric showed the Millerberg jury had little doubt about Eric Millerberg’s guilt, Smith said. “It’s not going to change what happened, it’s not going to bring her back,” Smith said.

“But it’s important for the family to know the person responsible is being held accountable and will spend a significant time in prison.”

Eric Millerberg’s attorney, Randall Marshall, told reporters his client was disappointed.

Smith had started his closing argument Friday by showing the jury a picture of a smiling Rasmussen holding her little sister about one year before her death.

Then, he showed a picture of her dead body covered by a muddy piece of foam in the woods of northern Utah.

Smith said the Millerbergs dumped her there, “discarded like a piece of trash,” and then lied to police for more than a month about her whereabouts.

Smith called Eric Millerberg’s actions with Rasmussen deplorable, saying he had supplied her with drugs and had sex on previous occasions as well, later bragging to fellow prisoners that he partied with teenage girls. Smith reminded the jury that laws exist to protect teens who are prone to experimenting and making mistakes when they aren’t with their parents.

“Ordinary people don’t inject little girls with heroin and methamphetamine,” Smith said, later adding: “You don’t have sex with 16-year-olds when you’re a month away from turning 36.”

Marshall argued that the case against Eric Millerberg is based on lies by Dea Millerberg meant to protect herself.

Wal-Mart greeting reconnects lost siblings printed the mother’s obituary. It mentioned a surviving daughter, Deidre Handtmann.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The Bullinger at first resisted lives of five brothers and sisters contacting Handtmann. But born in North Dakota who were weeks later, Bullinger asked the separately adopted at infancy funeral home to help her reach took the twists and turns that her sister.

50 years bring. Some moved to “Feb. 19 was the first time I different states; some married; heard her voice,” Handtmann some had children. But none told The Associated Press of them ever knew the others Wednesday. “I will never forget existed. that day.”

Then, the obituary of their They arranged to meet at biological mother presented a Handtmann’s home in Bisclue. And when they finally met, marck, N.D. one brother realized he wasn’t “It was unbelievable,” Bullinger so unfamiliar with one of his said. “We are in our 50s. I was so siblings. John Maixner had been nervous to meet her, and when I greeted a half a dozen times or opened that door, I didn’t know so by his sister at their local Wal- what to say. You don’t know what Mart in Dickinson, N.D., where to do. It was so special.” she has worked for 23 years.

Handtmann had reconnected with her mother 19 years before Buddine Bullinger, 56, knew her passing. She said her mother her biological’s mother name never mentioned having given but never attempted to contact her. Last January, a Wal-Mart co- other children up for adoption. worker — the only person she The sisters signed release had ever told the name — told agreements at the adoption Bullinger the local paper had agency that handled their cases

By Regina Garcia Cano The Associated Press

and asked to find out if they had other siblings.

“Oh, my goodness, they kept calling. ‘Oh, a boy. Oh, a girl. Oh, a boy,’ ” said Handtmann, 50.

One brother lived in Tennessee. One sister lived in California. And the other brother was Maixner, who lived in Dickinson, where he shopped at Bullinger’s Wal-Mart.

Handtmann and Maixner met at a local restaurant in June. She showed him a picture of Bullinger, and the “aha moment” happened.

“I about fell over because I’d seen her at the Wal-Mart,” said Maixner, 57. “My mouth just dropped open. I just couldn’t believe it.”

Bullinger, who now trains other employees and works in the back of the store, for years worked as a customer service manager and greeted shoppers.

Maixner said she greeted him at least six times in the last nine years since he moved to the town of 18,000 people.

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Brother Timothy Coldwell, Gene Byrnes, chairman of the Investment Committee, Clarence ‘Porky’ Lithgow, president of the St. Michael’s College/College of Santa Fe Alumni Association, Brother Brian Dybowski, and Brother Martin Swonke pose with a $50,000 check Feb. 6 given to the Christian Brothers from the St. Michael’s College/College of Santa Fe Alumni Association in appreciation of their dedication and hard work to the citizens of Northern New Mexico. COURTESY PHOTO

gardening experience growing colossal cabbages with high hopes to win “best in state” and receive a $1,000 scholarship towards education from Bonnie Plants. Each year Bonnie Plants, the largest producer of vegetable and herb plants in North America, with 72 stations across the country, trucks free O.S. Cross, or “oversized,” cabbage plants to third-grade classrooms whose teachers have signed up for the program online at www.bonnieplants. com.

Launched nationally in 2002, the program awards a $1,000 scholarship to one student in each participating state. At the end of the season, teachers from each class select the student who has grown the “best” cabbage, based on size and appearance. uuu

Cuba Elementary School student Lisette Sanchez is the state winner of the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program. COURTESY PHOTO

The National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program’s New Mexico winner, Lisette Sanchez is from Cuba and a student at Cuba Elementary School. She grew a humongous cabbage and was randomly selected by the New Mexico Agriculture Department. Lisette will receive a $1,000 saving bond toward education from Bonnie Plants.

Kids across America are growing, and some are earning, a lot of “green” participating in the National Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program. This year, more than 1.5 million third-graders in 48 states have gotten hands-on

Jenna Lewandowski of Santa Fe was selected to participate in the 2014 Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Albuquerque pageant competition that will take place on March 9.

Jenna will be competing, for her share of cash prizes and specialty gifts that will be distributed to contestants. Jenna will be competing in the Miss Jr. Pre-Teen division, one of four divisions that will have young ladies ages of 7 and 19 competing in modeling routines, which include casual wear and formal wear.

Most importantly, Jenna will display her personality and interviewing skills while interviewing with this year’s Albuquerque judging panel.

If Jenna were to win the title of Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Albuquerque, she would represent Albuquerque and the surrounding communities at the National

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Competition that will take place in Orlando, Fla. More than $30,000 in prizes and awards will be Jenna presented at Lewandowski the National Competition while each winner enjoys this expense paid trip of five nights and six days in Orlando.

Community businesses, organizations, and private individuals will assist Jenna in participating in this year’s competition by becoming an official sponsor to her.

Through sponsorship, each contestant receives all the necessary training, rehearsals, and financial support.

Any business, organization or private individual who is interested in becoming a sponsor to Jenna can call the Miss Jr. Pre-Teen Albuquerque pageant coordinator at 877-403-6678.

From left, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jason Strait, from Santa Fe, the noncomissioned officer in charge, Security Force Advise and Assist Team Blue, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, meets with his counterparts at the Afghan National Police Headquarters in Jalalabad on Feb. 3.

Advisers from 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, shadowed Team Blue during the visit to get a feel for the new area of operations and the ANP who run it.

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The St. Michael’s College/ College of Santa Fe Alumni Association met at the Christian Brothers residence on Feb. 6, at a luncheon, to present a check to the Christian Brothers for $50,000, in appreciation for the dedication and hard work to provide the citizens of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico an opportunity for a college education. A special guest at the luncheon was Brother Timothy Coldwell, the Provincial in charge of all the Brothers of the New Orleans-Santa Fe District.

The Santa Fe Chapter of the Alumni Association was chartered in 1953 by Manuel Lujan, Jr., Waldo Anton, Jr, Antonio Martinez, Alfredo Garcia, Gilbert Trujillo, Arthur Ulibarri, John Granito and John R. Sena.

The association provided scholarships and other financial assistance to St. Michael’s College. An endowment was established on Sept. 14, 1974.

Although the College of Santa Fe discontinued classes in May 2009, the association has continued the management of its endowment fund. The dividends of the fund are directed to nonprofits in the region.

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Poll: Roosevelt the best first lady, Obama 5th NEW YORK — A survey of academics has found that Eleanor Roosevelt was the nation’s best first lady. Michelle Obama ranks fifth.

The findings from the Siena College/C-SPAN poll were released Saturday.

Hillary Clinton dropped from fourth to sixth since the last survey in 2008.

Abigail Adams kept her second-place standing, and Jacqueline Kennedy retained third place. Dolley Madison was fourth.

Clinton is seen as the former first lady with the most presidential potential.

The poll is based on interviews with 242 historians, political scientists and other scholars questioned from Oct. 10 to Nov. 25 by mail and online.

The Siena College survey has been conducted five times since 1982. Roosevelt has come out on top each time.

This year’s poll is being released alongside C-SPAN’s First Ladies TV series.

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of study and how it shapes our world. He travels extensively, bringing back a wealth of personal experience and research that enhances his coursework. Wright, a renowned expert on the cultural, historical and ecological geography of New Mexico and the American West, helped establish the New Mexico Land Conservancy, dedicated to preserving the state’s land heritage.

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YOUR NEIGHBORS: PHILIP AUBREY U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Philip Aubrey, a Santa Fe native, recently received a Bronze Star Medal for valor.

The value of sacrifice

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Army medic, who recently received Bronze Star Medal for valor, recalls his mischievous youth in Santa Fe

By Robert Nott The New Mexican

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anta Fe native Philip Aubrey — now a staff sergeant of the U.S. Army — entered the National Guard in 2000 while still attending Santa Fe High School. At that time, he had but one goal: “I couldn’t wait to get out of Santa Fe. I was counting down the days,” he said during a recent phone interview.

But after serving more than 13 years in the Army, including several overseas combat tours, Aubrey realizes there really is no place like home.

“Ironically, now a lot of us who found ourselves wanting out find that once we get out, we really just want to come back. My wife and I joke that whenever the Army gives us the chance — or whenever I get out — we would love to move back to Santa Fe.” Just a few weeks ago, Aubrey received a Bronze Star Medal for valor at Fort Bragg, N.C., where he lives with his wife, Emma, two dogs and three cats.

The 32-year-old serves in Brigade Medical Operations for the Army. Initially, he wanted to be a Naval officer and later tried to join the Army’s Special Forces.

But destiny had other plans for Aubrey, and a number of factors — including a broken neck sustained during a Special Forces assessment drill — kept him working as an Army medic.

He joined the New Mexico Army National Guard as a combat medic because he wanted to earn money to go to college.

“Ultimately, I got activated for deployment, which made school almost impossible to finish on time,” he recalled. One deployment led to another, including operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn — both in Iraq — Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Beyond the Horizon in Trinidad.

This military veteran, who has racked up a chest full of service medals, recalled being a mischief-making teen in Santa Fe. “Nothing worse than truancy and staying out too late and driving around too fast,” he said. “I spent most of my time in high school with the ROTC kids. That

is probably what defined me in high school.”

Yet, he recalls with fondness two teachers who made an impact: Mrs. Gutierrez, his fifthgrade teacher at Atalaya Elementary School, and Mrs. Joan Kendrick, his English teacher at Santa Fe High.

Gutierrez, he said, “was one of the best teachers I ever had. She made learning interesting and fun. You knew you were with somebody who genuinely cared about you.”

As for Kendrick, “She is probably the person most responsible for my interest and appreciation in writing and reading. There was something about the way she taught — her style and empathy, how much she cared about all of us. She really inspired me to keep working on my writing, and writing is something I really enjoy doing.”

Speaking by phone, Kendrick said she still recalls Aubrey as a memorable student because he was “a little more serious about thinking about life than many students his age. … He was honest and straightforward and compassionate toward his fellow students.”

And the military taught him discipline, deadlines and other talents, as he related: “My wife and I were just laughing; she said, ‘You cook, you are very clean, you are very organized.

You are a strange man.’ ” The military also reinforced for him the value of volunteering for your country.

“The military has given me a great appreciation for the sacrifice of the people who have come before us,” he said. “The character it builds, the integrity it gives you — I don’t think you can get that in may other job fields.

There’s a great level of empathy and assistance and public service. You won’t see too many military people drive by a bad car accident before help is there and not offer a hand.”

Aubrey and his wife are attempting to operate a counseling center for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

“There is such a stigma against seeking that help in the military, and there are so many people who need it. In the public’s eye,

Aubrey and his wife, Emma, are attempting to operate a counseling center for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. Aubrey says he feels fortunate for his career in the military, but he and his wife would love to move back to Santa Fe.

everybody assumes that there is something wrong with you, but nobody wants to do anything about it.”

His mother, Karen Aubrey, still lives and works in Santa Fe as an attorney.

“I feel fortunate to have gotten out of Santa Fe and led the life that I have, but I would love to come back,” he said. “Santa Fe

has its own energy. There are not many places in the world where your parents will let you wander out with a gallon of water and hike into the mountains all day. That independence and an appreciation of nature is a gift Santa Fe gave me.”

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@sfnewmexican.com.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBOR Everyone has a story, and some of those stories deserve a place in print.

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There are not many places in the world where your parents will let you wander out ... and hike into the mountains all day. That independence and an appreciation of nature is a gift Santa Fe gave me.” Philip Aubrey, U.S. Army staff sergeant

El mitote Albuquerque’s own Steve-O, of MTV’s reality show Jackass, took to Reddit.com for a question-and-answer session with his fans.

The AMA, short for Ask Me Anything, shed a lot of interesting light on Steve-O besides his crazy stunts and crazier tattoos. For example, who knew Steve-O was a really good typist because he went to secretary school at 16?

Read the whole Q & A here. You may be surprised. http://sfnm.co/1eXA4Pc uuu

Just before Valentine’s Day, the website 10best.com ranked Santa Fe one the most romantic cities in the country. The site points to the City Different’s architecture and galleries as what makes it romantic.

Santa Fe beat out other cities like Honolulu and Naples, Fla., to earn its ranking of fourth.

But it fell short of the top spot, taken by St.

the helm for a new Netflix original series based on the comic book hero Daredevil. Goddard will write and uuu direct the series’ first episode, which is scheduled for release next year in The New Mexico Film Founa 13-episode series. dation, in partnership with New Drew Goddard Goddard has been making a name Mexico Post Alliance and the New for himself, with movies like CloverMexico Tourism Department, are field and Cabin in the Woods to his asking for your help for a video projcredit. He most recently wrote the screenplay ect called Life in New Mexico. for the Brad Pitt-starring adaptation of the Residents are invited to submit three-minute videos about their lives, from the mundane zombie novel World War Z, so it’s clear he knows what he’s doing when it comes to sci-fi to the exciting, starting March 15. films. Hopefully, he can bring that same kind The purpose of the project is to bring attenof intensity to Daredevil. tion to the post-production area of filmmaking; after videos are submitted, post-producuuu tion companies around the state will compile the videos in order to promote their experiThe editors at The New Mexican have put ence and expertise in the field. a moratorium on mitote involving Game of Then New Mexicans can vote on their Thrones or Santa Fe author George R.R. Marfavorite video. tin, but this bit is too good to keep to myself.

For more information and guidelines for As you may have seen recently, HBO submitting your own video, visit http://sfnm. unleashed a 15-minute mega-trailer/minico/1mewMeq. movie for the upcoming fourth season of its series Game of Thrones. The trailer, called “Ice uuu and Fire: A Foreshadowing,” features interNew Mexico’s own Drew Goddard will take views with cast members.

Paul, Minn. El Mitotero doesn’t get it, either. http://sfnm.co/1gvFajX

Section editor: Cynthia Miller, 986-3095, cmiller@sfnewmexican.com

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Strike Olympic gold with good sportsmanship

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he charm and camaraderie of the Winter Olympics is on full display in Sochi, Russia.

It must be the commemorative mittens and theme song, “Bugler’s Dream,” that makes these February games feel warm and fuzzy.

One of the many feel-good stories this past week highlighted sportsmanship of Olympic proportions.

When Russian cross-country skier Anton Gafarov tumbled and broke a ski, he attempted to continue by dragging the broken ski, looking more like a wounded animal than the sprinter he is. The Canadian coach, Justin Wadsworth (actually an American), watched from a few snowbanks away with a spare ski in the event this should happen to his own team. He ran onto the course and clipped the skier’s boot into the new ski. The event lasted a moment, but the story will be remembered for decades. The Russian did not place, but he crossed the finish line, thanks to the aid of a quick-thinking and compassionate rival.

“I just wanted him to finish the race in front of his home crowd, with dignity,” Wadsworth said.

Wadsworth personifies sportsmanship through his ability to enjoy the game for what it is and his sense of fellowship with competitors. He sets an example for all athletes and especially to the young audience watching the games.

Bizia Greene The Olympics are an ideal Etiquette Rules! opportunity to engage young and future athletes in a conversation about sportsmanship. When they see it on display, from good sports to sore losers, ask them what they think of it and why.

Particularly poignant moments were the bronze finishes of Hannah Kearney in women’s moguls and Julia Mancuso in the super combined. Their emotional reactions could not have been farther apart.

Kearney was disappointed in herself and visibly upset following her third-place finish.

Julia Mancuso, on the other hand, was elated and jumping for joy. Trying to explain their polar opposite reactions to the same medal to a young athlete requires patience and examination. Kearney is retiring and worked four years straight after her Vancouver gold for a repeat performance. Mancuso did not think she would even have a chance for the podium.

Both reactions were heartfelt displays of passion for their sport.

However, not everyone watching Kearney’s emotions were empathetic. The impulsivity and outbursts that we’ve come to see on the track, field and court are now on full display on the sidelines and social media. It’s more common than ever for spectators to have their own John McEnroe moment, especially behind the protection of a computer screen, and they did on Kearney’s Facebook page.

It’s one thing to yell at the television screen when a ref makes a bad call. It’s a whole other thing to type insults and send them to an athlete directly. Words hurt just as much on screen as they do in person, but to the one doing the talking, there is a disconnect and that is what social media offers — connectivity without accountability. Spectators in the stands or on the sofa have a responsibility, too, to set a good example for our youth.

A spectator etiquette foul occurred during college basketball last week at Texas Tech. A middleaged man rooting for the winning home team yelled obscenities and alleged racial slurs, within earshot, at teenage player Marcus Smart, who was on the losing team. Smart lost his composure, but to not draw attention to the spectator’s inappropriate behavior is to say that players are immune from taunts and that sportsmanship doesn’t apply to fans.

In Alberta, Canada, hockey coaches and parents are required to take the Respect in Sport course. The one-hour online course is aimed at promoting better behavior — not in the students but in the grown-ups at school games.

Fans and athletes alike are voicing their opinions about football player Michael Sam announcing he’s gay. Sports broadcaster Dale Hansen deserves a medal for good sportsmanship for his inspirational speech supporting Sam. When it comes to setting an example of sportsmanship, exercising the old adage, “If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all,” is always a good game plan.

Bizia Greene is an etiquette consultant and founder of the Etiquette School of Santa Fe. Send your comments and conundrums to 988-2070 or etiquette@ etiquettesantafe.

The new season closes out the action from Martin’s third book, A Storm of Swords, a fan favorite of the series. The official premiere date for the new season is April 6, but that’s where things get interesting.

Martin posted a link to the “Foreshadowing” video on his blog with a warning not to spoil anything about the fourth season in the comments section. He closed the post with this: “For more, alas, you will need to wait until season four debuts on April 6. (Unless you happen to live in Santa Fe … )” Intriguing, right?

George R.R.

Martin has been running Martin through the HBO series at his movie theater for the last few Mondays. Perhaps he’s planning to unveil the new season at the Jean Cocteau, too. Is El Mitotero grasping at straws?

Send your celebrity sightings to elmitote@ sfnewmexican.com. Follow the El Mitote blog at www.santafenewmexican.com/news/blogs/ neighbors.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Sunday, February 16, 2014

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Horoscope HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014: This year you have the spirit and energy to tackle whatever you want. A partner could be a key player in your ventures. If you are single, this partnership initially could be platonic, but it has the potential of evolving into much more. After spring, a different potential suitor could enter your life. Take your time in choosing. If you are attached, put more emphasis on your relationship, and you will witness it working and evolving to a new level. You enjoy time alone as a couple. Virgo makes a great accountant for you.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Others will witness your fiery side. No matter how direct you are, you probably will have to repeat a conversation. Somehow the message might get distorted. You will note that others appear to be off in La-La Land at points in the day. Tonight: Enjoy a home-cooked dinner.

This Week: You’ll make an impact by pursuing your goals in an efficient manner.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You speak, and others respond. Communication flourishes. Detach more often, and imagine what the other parties seem to be holding back. Otherwise, you might have difficulty understanding and accepting what these people have to say.

Tonight: Keep smiling.

This Week: Your creativity flourishes.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Take a day just for you. You might want to lounge, read the paper and/or make a special meal for yourself. Someone with an invitation could tempt you to give up your lazy day. You still will be best off steering clear of others. Tonight: Not to be found.

This Week: Stay on top of a domestic matter, but do not let it stop you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Make calls in the morning and catch up on everyone’s news.

Whether you want to incorporate your day with a friend, family member or loved one is your choice. You will be happiest going out and about with a companion. Tonight: At a favorite place.

This Week: Romance could be budding.

Last Week’s answers

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could be out of sorts as you eye a new purchase. You might decide to postpone this expenditure, as it could require more research. Treat a loved one to a late brunch and swap news. You could conjure up quite an afternoon together.

Tonight: Get errands done first.

This Week: Tame your indulgent side.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You will be full of energy.

However, getting plans off the ground could take some effort.

Use care with spending, as you have done more shopping than usual. A new friend might let you know that there might be more than a friendship that exists between you. Tonight: Keep it light.

This Week: Success ends your week.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You are always so busy that no one will think twice when you make up an excuse for not getting together with them. Use your free time to catch up on sleep. Revitalize your body and your mind. Tonight: Resist making plans.

This Week: Not until Tuesday will you feel up to snuff.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH News filters in from a distance. You might be ready to take off at the drop of a hat; be sure that a friend or partner wants that as well. You would be well-advised to hold back

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some and see where the other person is coming from. Tonight: You have reason to celebrate.

This Week: Use Monday and Thursday to the max.

SAGITTARIUS(Nov.22-Dec.21) HHH You could bring others together for a fun get-together.

Wherever you go and whatever you do, you easily can be identified as someone who takes the lead. Your fiery personality will come through. Tonight: Could be late.

This Week: You assume responsibility Monday, but you’ll question your motives Thursday.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH The thought of a trip could be fun, but hopefully it does not consume your day and force you to think of nothing else. A family member or dear friend wants you to join him or her.

You can be sure you will have a great time. Tonight: And the party goes on.

This Week: Read between the lines — slow down and detach.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Someone makes an overture that you feel you can’t say “no” to. Be honest with yourself. You likely will decide to get together with this person on a one-onone level. Friends need quality time like this. Tonight: Don’t call it a night until you are good and ready.

This Week: Working with others draws results.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You have a way about you that a loved one adores. It is clear that this person cannot get enough time with you.

Allow the inner child within you to emerge and become part of these interactions. Tonight: Say “yes” to a loved one.

This Week: Listen to what is shared, and help someone come up with a solution.

Scratch pad

very time I write a column criticizing the misuse of English by “citizen journalists” on the Internet, I get two kinds of reader response. The first are letters of applause, often from prim grammarians pushing their own pet peeves. The second type is scolding me for being a prim grammarian, such as this letter from reader J. Meyers: “I’m so tired of reading your stupid, nitpicking dribble.”

To which I responded: “Dear Mr. Meyers: I believe the word you are looking for is ‘drivel.’”

The dribble/drivel confusion is actually a common one among citizen journalists. I call it the Law of Add Homonym attacks, which authorizes Gene the flagrant confusion of words that Weingarten sound like each other. My favorite among these is “toe-headed” children, The Washington suggesting not light blond hair but a Post rather disturbing birth defect. Google identifies 46,000 of these unfortunates. (Also, tragically, more than 70,000 dogs and cats have been “spaded.”)

Before the Internet, my principal source of add-homonyms was my friend Brian, who knew a doctor who worked in the emergency room of a hospital that was not located in an upscale, sophisticated neighborhood.

More than once the physicians there treated patients who reported they suffered from “the smilin’ mighty Jesus.” That would be spinal meningitis. Also, several complained of abdominal pain caused by “fireballs of the Eucharist.” Fibroids of the uterus.

But now that we have our posse of citizen journalists, language has been even more savagely spaded. Reader Harry Lauder has been collecting such things for some time. He sent me a list. I thought he had made it up, that no one could possibly actually use these expressions. So I vetted them, one by one. Each of the following expressions appears online at least 10,000 times, and sometimes much more.

Behold: “Self of steam.”

“Pedal stool.” (As in, not putting someone on a pedal stool.)

“Hammy downs.”

“Lack toast intolerant.” (When I also tried “lack toast in tolerant,” Google produced only 185 hits, but asked me if I meant “lack toast intolerant.”)

“Mind grain headaches.”

“Blood presser.”

“80 HD,” as in the mental disorder.

And: “Minus well.” As in, we minus well just throw up our hands at all the illiterate idiots out there.

Finally, I got a tip from another reader who offered a corollary to my Law of Incorrect Corrections, in which citizen journalists are autocorrected by a machine but aren’t literate enough to realize the correction is wrong.

Sometimes, she told me, it happens not out of illiteracy but simple, spectacular inattention, and she pointed me to a great example. Some versions of spellcheck apparently don’t recognize foreign-based words such as “prosciutto.” So they flag it as wrong and substitute an alternative. And so it just so happens that the following has been printed more than once, such as this, still online, on a website of Italian recipes: “Crumble bread sticks into a mixing bowl. Cover with warm water. Let soak two to three minutes or until soft.

Drain. Stir in prostitute, provolone, pine nuts. ... ”

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Family crisis takes toll on SFHS player commonly is in areas naturally lacking in skeletal muscle, such as the neck and head.

Needless to say, Evans has had a lot on his mind during the frenzy of the district season.

“Dealing with it was harder than I thought it was going to be, both on and off the court,”

By Edmundo Carrillo Evans said. “Trying to stay focused is easy The New Mexican sometimes, but other times it’s not. It’s just a hard family situation.”

Keanyn Evans has had a rough month.

Santa Fe High head coach David RodriIn early January, the junior guard on the guez knows Evans is going through a lot Santa Fe High boys basketball team got the right now, and he understands the toll it has news that his 12-year-old brother, Jordyn, was taken on the Evanses. diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare “It’s a tough time for not only Jordyn, but cancer that is often found in children. It most the whole family,” Rodriguez said. “Keanyn

Junior guard struggles to keep focus after learning of younger brother’s cancer diagnosis

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trying to keep his studies up and trying to focus on basketball is hard when he’s worrying about his little brother.”

Jordyn, a sixth-grader at Gonzales Community School, started missing class because of stomach aches and a stuffy nose. After mother Karen Evans took him to seek medical attention, doctors noticed a lump in his right nostril. On Jan. 8, a CT scan revealed that it was cancer.

The cancer spread quickly from his nostril to his lymph nodes. It also blocked his right tear duct, which caused tears to continu-

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Keanyn Evans, right, with his younger brother, Jordyn, who is wearing a jersey signed by Santa Fe High boys basketball players. EDMUNDO CARRILLO/THE NEW MEXICAN

WINTER OLYMPICS

Smooth sailing in Sochi

Kirk, Bairstow combine for 53 points, 16 rebounds

By Will Webber The New Mexican

ALBUQUERQUE — Alex Kirk got back to the old ways, and he made it look easy.

The University of New Mexico men’s basketball center recorded his first 20-point scoring night in more than two months as the Lobos rolled to a 90-72 win over Nevada on Saturday in The Pit. Kirk finished with 29 points and a career-high five UNM 90 assists as he and power forward Nevada 72 Cameron Bairstow combined for 53 points and 16 rebounds. Both of them were 6-for-6 from the free throw line.

It was Kirk’s first game with at least 20 points since he had 21 in a win over San Diego way back on Nov. 30.

He said the secret to the success of both he and Bairstow came during film study following a loss at Boise State earlier in the week. The Broncos employed a trapping defense in the second half, a ploy that stagnated the UNM offense by forcing a lack of passing and overall motion.

“Once you start moving the ball, they can’t trap as easy,” Kirk said. “I mean, we almost made it impossible to trap us tonight with our quick finishes and moving the ball around.”

The Lobos, now 9-5 overall and 10-2 in the Mountain West Conference, shot a blistering 65 percent from the field in the first half and ended up with a season-high 27 assists on 55 percent shooting.

Their first 14 baskets came off an assist, and all but five for the entire game came off help.

“I think that’s what we got out of the second half at Boise,” said UNM head coach Craig Neal. “We didn’t get the ball into people, we didn’t move the ball. We passed out of the trap and instead of making the extra pass reversing the ball we kind of brought it back the other way. We just did some things uncharacteristic of our team and that will come back to bite you.”

New Mexico kept pace with San Diego State in the MWC standings.

The Aztecs (22-2, 11-1) won at home against Air Force on Saturday night to maintain sole possession of first place. It sets up a huge week for the Lobos, who travel to third-place UNLV (17-8, 8-4) on Wednesday night before returning home Saturday to face San Diego State.

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United States’ Sadie Bjornsen skis in a sleeveless top past a hole in the snow during the women’s 4x5K cross-country relay Saturday. As the Winter Olympics reach the halfway point, the only problem so far seems to be the snow-melting weather. MATTHIAS SCHRADER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aside from some warm weather, the Games have seen no major setbacks in the first half missing from Sochi itself. The arenas and mountains are spectacular, the games have been peaceful and protestSOCHI, Russia free, and Russians seem filled with o protests. No real problems. pride about their country’s ability to But plenty of Putin. put on a spectacle for the world to see.

Midway through the Winter Worries about terrorist attacks and Olympics, things couldn’t be fears that gay protests could overgoing much better for both Russia and its president, even if winter is actually shadow the Olympics have faded as

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the world’s best battle for medals on the ice and in the snow. Grandstands are mostly filled, television ratings are strong, and athletes haven’t said a negative word about either Russia’s laws or the food in the athlete’s village.

Yes, a heat wave turned the snow a bit slushy and drew bathers to the Black Sea just steps from the main Olympic stadium. But weather is a factor at any Winter Games, and even Vladimir Putin can’t do anything about that.

In charge of it all is the Russian presi-

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PREP WRESTLING

Hilltoppers squeak by Capital for district title

By James Barron The New Mexican

BERNALILLO — Bob Geyer had an epiphany, and it almost came to fruition.

The head wrestling coach at Los Alamos told his coaching staff two weeks ago he felt the District 2AAAA champion would come down to which team had the most pins during the district tournament.

On Saturday, that was a wash. Both Geyer’s Hilltoppers and the Capital Jaguars each had nine pins during the meet in Richard J. Kloeppel Gymnasium at Bernalillo High School. That made for a tense 15 minutes after the meet ended as both teams waited to hear who would take home the 2AAAA title.

When Capital’s name was read first with 170 points, the Hilltoppers jumped and cheered for joy as they

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SOCHI HIGHLIGHTS Women’s super-G: For the third straight Olympics, an Austrian woman has won the super-G. This time, it’s Anna Fenninger, who found a way through a tricky and uneven course.

Injured skicross racer: Russian skicross racer Maria Komissarova underwent a successful 6½-hour operation on her broken and dislocated spine following a training accident. The 23-year-old Komissarova fell on the third jump on the course as she was practicing.

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completed a district three-peat by virtue of the 176 points they accumulated. It was a huge upset on the AAAA wrestling scene, as the Jaguars have been widely considered one of the top teams in the state.

Geyer simply owned it up to a total

team effort from a team that relied upon five sophomores and three freshmen for valuable points.

“We got a fairly young team,” Geyer said. “We got every kid that we needed to to step up and got the wins that we needed to and got them to the finals. That was huge. It was a great effort by the team this year — truly a team effort.”

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SWEDEN’S FIRST GOLD Charlotte Kalla erased a massive deficit on the final leg of the women’s cross-country relay and then won a three-way sprint to give Sweden its first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics. It was Sweden’s first victory in the 4x5-kilometer relay since 1960, and came on a day when favorite Norway could only muster fifth.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Sunday, February 16, 2014

OLYMPICS OLYMPICS Medals Table At Sochi, Russia Through Saturday (51 of 98 total events) Nation G Germany 7 Switzerland 5 Russia 4 Canada 4 Netherlands 4 United States 4 Norway 4 Poland 4 China 3 Belarus 3 Austria 2 France 2 Sweden 1 Japan 1 Slovenia 1 South Korea 1 Britain 1 Slovakia 1 Italy 0 Czech Republic 0 Finland 0 Latvia 0 Australia 0 Croatia 0 Kazakhstan 0 Ukraine 0

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Tot 12 7 15 12 14 14 13 4 5 4 7 4 8 5 5 3 2 1 5 3 2 3 2 1 1 1

Saturday’s U.S. Olympians Fared ALPINE SKIING Women’s Super-G (Start position in parentheses) 8. (14) Julia Mancuso, Squaw Valley, Calif., 1:27.04.

18. (2) Leanne Smith, North Conway, N.H., 1:28.38.

NR. (7) Laurenne Ross, Bend, Ore., DNF. NR. (29) Stacey Cook, Mammoth, Calif., DNF. CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Women’s 4x5km Relay 9. United States (Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, Alaska, Sadie Bjornsen, Winthrop, Wash., Liz Stephen, East Montpelier, Vt., Jessie Diggins, Afton, Minn.), 55:33.4.

SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING Men’s 1000 Quarterfinals Heat 1 3. Chris Creveling, Kintersville, Pa., 1:24.691.

Heat 4 4. J.R. Celski, Federal Way, Wash., No Time.

Women’s 1500 Heat 3 4. Alyson Dudek, Hales Corners, Wis., 2:27.899.

Heat 5 2. Jessica Smith, Melvindale, Mich., 2:26.703 (Q).

Heat 6 1. Emily Scott, Springfield, Mo., 2:22.641 (Q).

Semifinals Heat 1 4. Jessica Smith, Melvindale, Mich., 2:20.259 (B).

Heat 3 5. Emily Scott, Springfield, Mo., 2:23.439 (ADVA).

Women’s 1500 Final B: 2. Jessica Smith, Melvindale, Mich., 2:25.787.

Final A: 5. Emily Scott, Springfield, Mo., 2:39.436.

SKELETON Men Final Ranking: 3. Matt Antoine, Prairie du Chien, Wis., 3:47.26. — BRONZE 15. John Daly, Smithtown, N.Y., 3:49.11.

SKI JUMPING Men’s K120 Did Not Qualify For Jump 2 35. Nick Fairall, Andover, N.H. (120.0, 50.1, 50.0) 108.3.

48. Nick Alexander, Lebanon, N.H. (111.5, 35.7, 44.5) 87.0.

NR. Anders Johnson, Park City, Utah, DSQ.

Prep swimming District 1 meet The District 1 swimming and diving meet, held on Saturday at Genoveva Chavez Community Center. Race distances are in yards.

Girls Team scores — 1 Los Alamos, 502; 2 St. Michael’s, 330; 3.

Piedra Vista, 257; 4. Farmington, 232; 5. Taos, 197; 6. Santa Fe High, 178; 7. Desert Academy, 127; 8. Academy for Technology and the Classics, 64; 9. Miyamura, 60; 10 Santa Fe Preparatory, 44; 11. Gallup, 40l 12. Capital, 28.

Individual results 200 medley relay — 1. Los Alamos A (Maria Venerri, Jessica Moore, Sydney Schoonover, Sarah Lott), 1 minute, 57.27 seconds (state qualifier); 2. Farmington A (Maria Madera, Mishael Isaacson, Raimi Clark, Kayla Farnsworth), 2:05.76 (SQ); 3. Piedra Vista A (Amber Robinson, Sheala Moffitt, Dominique Tso, Lexy Goodluck) 2:10.83; 4. St. Michael’s A (Ramona Park, Meghan Metzger, Andie Potter, Marisa Trujillo), 2:12.70; 5. Desert Academy A (Lexi Glinsky, Karen Girdner, Brigid Baker, Taylor Bacon) 2:13.25; 6. Taos A (Feliz Martinez, Claire Corral, Claudia Dimond, Daisy Eirich), 2:18.25; 7. ATC A (Veronica Zavala, Mint Winkelmaier, Shannon McQuillian, Ellie Campos), 2:33.39. 8. Miyamura A, 2:35.06.

200 freestyle — 1. Justine Yang, Los Alamos, 2:11.53; 2.

Dominique Tso, Piedra Vista, 2:13.27; 3. Jesse Liechty, Los Alamos, 2:13.72; 4. Eliana Bell, Santa Fe High, 2:16.67; 5.

Emma Walsh, Farmington, 2:18.86; 6. Claire Corral, Taos, 2:26.04; 7. Claudia Dimond, Taos, 2:27.69; 8. Hannah Gunther, Taos, 2:27.83.

200 individual medley — 1. Sydney Schoonover, Los Alamos, 2:30.35; 2. Raimi Clark, Farmington, 2:37.43; 3. Brigid Baker, Desert Academy, 2:38.42; 4. Andie Potter, St. Michael’s, 2:40.11. 5. Josetta Delatorre, Capital, 2:45.55; 6.

Meghan Metzger, St. Michael’s, 2:47.94; 7. Alina Castillo, Santa Fe High, 2:52.50; 8. Ramona Park, St. Michael’s, 2:54.15.

50 freestyle — 1. Maria Venneri, Los Alamos, 26.05 (SQ); 2. Maria Madera, Farmington, 26.90; 3. Niamh Short, Los Alamos, 27.09; 4. Mint Winkelmaier, ATC, 27.87; 5. Daisy Eirich, Taos, 28.14; 6. Maria Trujillo, St. Michael’s, 28.72; 7.

Carley Cook, Santa Fe High, 28.87; 8. Taylor Eoff, Santa Fe High, 29.45.

1-meter diving — 1. Crista Palermo, St. Michael’s, 341.00; 2. Liz Lockhart, Los Alamos, 327.35; 3. Raimi Clark, Farmington, 322.25; 4. Danielle Trujillo, St. Michael’s, 321.45; 5.

Annika Brookhurst, Los Alamos, 317.45; 6. Sierra Branch, St. Michael’s, 300.25; 7. Alexis Gallegos, St. Michael’s, 293.35.

100 butterfly — 1. Izzy Runde, Los Alamos, 1:06.41; 2.

Brigid Baker, Desert Academy, 1:09.21; 3. Dominique Tso, Piedra Vista, 1:13.88; 4. Claudia Dimond, Taos, 1:19.00; 5.

Christina Morrison, St. Michael’s, 1:20.06; 6. Ali Berl, Los Alamos, 1:26.45; 7. Crystal Loveland, Piedra Vista, 1:26.83; 8. Lexi Tepley, Los Alamos, 1:29.71.

100 frestyle — 1. Sarah Lott, Los Alamos, 53.72 (SQ); 2.

Jessica Moore, Los Alamos, 57.57 (SQ); 3. Ansley DeDomenico, Santa Fe High, 58.73 (SQ); 4. Niamh Short, Los Alamos, 59.87; 5. Emma Walsh, Farmington, 1:00.96; 6.

Carley Cook, Santa Fe High, 1:02.95; 7. Josetta Delatorre, Capital, 1:03.59; 8. Marisa Trujillo, St. Michael’s, 1:03.76.

500 freestyle — 1. Justine Yang, Los Alamos, 5:49.35 (SQ); 2. Tina Krkljus, Los Alamos, 6:12.72; 3. Eliana Bell, Santa fe High, 6:15.99; 4. Hannah Gunther, Taos, 6:27.41; 5. Caemlyn Tripp, Los Alamos, 6:29.66; 6. Shelby Baugh, Piedra Vista, 6:42.21; 7. Onnolee Englert-Erickson, Los Alamos, 6:46.79; 8. Katarina Romero, St. Michael’s, 7:05.48.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Los Alamos A (Short, Kerry Song, Kaitlin Bennett, Moore), 1:47.35 (SQ); 2. Farmington A (Isaacson, Clark, Farnsworth, Walsh) 1:54.03 (SQ); 3.

Santa Fe High A (Carley Cook, Elizabeth Harbour, Eoff, DeDominico) 1:56.91 (SQ); 4. St. Michael’s A (Andie Potter, Jacqueline Hay, Ariana Giblin, Trujillo), 1:58.13; 5. Taos A (Eirich, Martinez, Gunther, Varela) 2:00.61; 6. Piedra Vista A (Cheyenne West, Goodluck, Shelby Baugh, Crowell), 2:02.11; 7. Desert Academy A (Bacon, Gerber, Girdner, Baker) 2:04.40; 8. Miyamura A, 2:24.07.

100 backsroke — 1. Izzy Runde, Los Alamos, 1:03.92 (SQ); 2. Maria Madera, Farmington, 1:06.96; 3. Kayla Farnsworth, Farmington, 1:12.45; 4. Amber Robinson, Piedra Vista, 1:13.68; 5. Andie Potter, St. Michael’s, 1:15.27; 6.

Ramona Park, St. Michael’s, 1:15.49; 7. Lexi Glinsky, Desert Academy, 1:15.59; 8. Lexy Goodluck, Piedra Vista, 1:15.83.

100 breaststroke — 1. Sheala Moffitt, Piedra Vista, 1:15.47; 2. Tina Krkljus, Los Alamos, 1:16.54; 3. Jesse Liechty, Los Alamos, 1:17.24; 4. Cheyenne West, Piedra Vista, 1:19.04; 5. Meghan Metzger, St. Michael’s, 1:19.55; 6. Mischael Isaacson, St. Michael’s, 1:20.39; 7. Taylor Bacon, Desert Academy, 1:21.83; 8. Alina Castillo, Santa Fe High, 1:22.08.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Los Alamos A (Song, Short, Ben-

SPEEDSKATING Men’s 1500: 7. Brian Hansen, Glenview, Ill., 1:45.59.

11. Shani Davis, Chicago, 1:45.98.

22. Joey Mantia, Ocala, Fla., 1:48.01.

37. Jonathan Kuck, Champaign, Ill., 1:50.19.

Men’s Olympics Hockey PRELIMINARY ROUND Group A W L OW OL Pts GFGA United States 1 0 1 0 5 10 3 Russia 1 0 0 1 4 7 5 Slovenia 1 1 0 0 3 5 6 Slovakia 0 2 0 0 0 2 10 Group B W L OW OL Pts GFGA Finland 2 0 0 0 6 14 5 Canada 2 0 0 0 6 9 1 Norway 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 Austria 0 2 0 0 0 4 14 Group C W L OW OL Pts GFGA Sweden 3 0 0 0 9 10 5 Switzerland 2 1 0 0 6 2 1 C.Republic 1 2 0 0 3 6 7 Latvia 0 3 0 0 0 5 10 Saturday’s Games Group A: Slovenia 3, Slovakia 1 Group A: United States 3, Russia 2, SO Group C: Switzerland 1, Cz.Republic 0 Group C: Sweden 5, Latvia 3 Sunday’s Games Group B: Austria vs. Norway, 3 a.m.

Group A: Russia vs. Slov., 7:30 a.m.

Group A: Slovenia vs. USA, 7:30 a.m.

Group B: Finland vs. Canada, Noon

Saturday United States 3, Russia 2, SO Russia 0 1 1 0 —2 United States 0 1 1 0 —3 First Period—No scoring. Penalties— Blake Wheeler, United States (Tripping); Ilya Nikulin, Russia (holding).

Second Period—1, Russia, Pavel Datsyuk (Andrei Markov, Alexander Radulov), 9:15. 2, United States, Cam Fowler (James van Riemsdyk, Phil Kessel), 16:34 (pp). Penalties—Max Pacioretty, United States (holding); Fyodor Tyutin, Russia (cross-checking); David Backes, United States (cross-checking); Alexander Radulov, Russia (cross-checking); Patrick Kane, United States (hooking).

Third Period—3, United States, Joe Pavelski (Patrick Kane, Kevin Shattenkirk), 9:27 (pp). 4, Russia, Pavel Datsyuk (Andrei Markov), 12:44 (pp).

Penalties—Dustin Brown, United States (interference); Alexander Radulov, Russia (hooking); Dustin Brown, United States (kneeing); Yevgeni Medvedev, Russia (interference).

Overtime—No scoring.

Shootout—Russia 3 (Yevgeni Malkin NG, Pavel Datsyuk NG, Ilya Kovalchuk G, Ilya Kovalchuk NG, Pavel Datsyuk G, Ilya Kovalchuk G, Pavel Datsyuk NG, Ilya Kovalchuk NG), United States 4 (T.J. Oshie G, James van Riemsdyk NG, Joe Pavelski NG, T.J. Oshie NG, T.J. Oshie G, T.J. Oshie G, T.J. Oshie NG, T.J. Oshie G).

Shots on Goal—Russia 13-8-7-3-0—31.

United States 10-13-8-2-1—34.

Goalies—Russia, Sergei Bobrovski.

United States, Jonathan Quick.

Referee—Brad Meier, United States; Marcus Vinnerborg, Sweden.

Linesmen—Greg Devorski, Canada; Jesse Wilmot, Canada; Chris Carlson, Canada; Andre Schrader, Germany.

Saturday’s Medalists ALPINE SKIING Women Super G GOLD—Anna Fenninger, Austria SILVER—Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany BRONZE—Nicole Hosp, Austria CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Women 4x5km Relay GOLD—Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wiken, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla) SILVER—Finland (Anne Kylloenen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen, Krista Lahteenmaki)

BRONZE—Germany (Nicole Fessel, Stefanie Boehler, Claudia Nystad, Denise Herrmann) SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING Men 1000 GOLD—Victor An, Russia SILVER—Vladimir Grigorev, Russia BRONZE—Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands Women 1500 GOLD—Zhou Yang, China SILVER—Shim Suk Hee, South Korea BRONZE—Arianna Fontana, Italy SKELETON Men GOLD—Alexander Tretiakov, Russia SILVER—Martins Dukurs, Latvia BRONZE—Matt Antoine, Prairie du Chien, Wis. SKI JUMPING Men K120 GOLD—Kamil Stoch, Poland SILVER—Noriaki Kasai, Japan BRONZE—Peter Prevc, Slovenia SPEEDSKATING Men 1500 GOLD—Zbigniew Brodka, Poland SILVER—Koen Verweij, Netherlands BRONZE—Denny Morrison, Canada

HOCKEY HOCKEY NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic GP Boston 57 Tampa Bay 58 Montreal 59 Toronto 60 Detroit 58 Ottawa 59 Florida 58 Buffalo 57 Metro GP Pittsburgh 58 N.Y. Rangers 59 Philadelphia 59 Columbus 58 Washington 59 Carolina 57 New Jersey 59 N.Y. Islanders 60

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Western Conference Central GP W L OL Pts GF GA St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 135 Chicago 60 35 11 14 84 207 163 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 153 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 147 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 175 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 180 Pacific GP W L OL Pts GF GA Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 147 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 142 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 128 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 169 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 160 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 179 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 199 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Feb. 9-25 Olympic break

AHL Saturday’s Games Abbotsford 5, Charlotte 1 Albany 4, Adirondack 1 Texas 3, Hamilton 2, OT San Antonio 3, Grand Rapids 0 Bridgeport 5, Springfield 2 Manchester 4, Hartford 2 Utica 2, Rochester 1 Hershey 5, WB-Scranton 4 Binghamton 8, Worcester 0 Norfolk 2, Syracuse 1 Lake Erie 5, Oklahoma City 4, SO Milwaukee 3, Chicago 2, OT Rockford 5, Iowa 3

nett, Lott) 3:59.92 (SQ); 2. Farmington A (Isaacson, Farnsworth, Madera, Walsh) 4:12.42 (SQ); 3. Piedra Vista A ( L. Goodluck; G. Goodluck, West, Tso) 4:29.14; 4. Taos A (Gunther, Varela, Dimond, Corral), 4:38.11; 5. St. Michael’s A (Romero, Giblin, Metzger, Alvarez) 4:45.87; 6. Gallup A, 5:53.17.

Boys Team scores — 1. Los Alamos, 371; 2. St. Michael’s, 369; 3.

Taos, 217; 4. Farmington, 201; 5. Piedra Vista, 199; 6. Santa Fe High 178; 7. Miyamura, 133; 8. Desert Academy, 107; 9.

ATC, 64; 10. Santa Fe Prep, 51; 11. Gallup, 24.

200 medley relay — 1. Los Alamos A (Sam Harris, Connor Schultz, Chris Rohlev, Alex Jaegers), 1:48.45 (SQ); 2. St. Michael’s A (Justin Milner, Matt Smallwood, William Lakatos, Dillon Walsh) 1:50.34 (SQ); 3. Farmington A (Hance Clark, Nathan Isaacson, Tyler Kitseallyboy, Zeb Pinckley), 1:53.42 (SQ); 4. Taos A (Roberto Martinez, Steve Long, Issa Wilson, Kaelen Torelli), 2:02.83; 5. Piedra Vista A (Colton Howard, Richie Gibbons III, Freddy Ortiz, Taylor Winer), 2:07.28; 6. Miyamura A, 2:24.39; 7. Santa Fe High A (Michael Gonzales, Eric Walker, Y.Q. Wheaton, Asher Strauch), 2:30.93; 8. ATC A (ANthony Fano, Jaret Saums, Sean Shepard, Issiah Rivera) 2:53.94.

200 freestyle — 1. Max Reidys, Los Alamos, 1:58.99; 2. William Lakatos, St. Michael’s, 2:03.49; 3. Issa Wilson, Taos, 2:06.34; 4. Javier Malcom, St. Michael’s, 2:07.57; 5. Mateo Martinez, Santa Fe High, 2:10.18; 6. Marshall Magnuson, Farmington, 2:11.51; 7. Steve Long, Taos, 2:14.76; 8. Ryan Toma, Taos, 2:18.95.

200 IM — 1. Luke Shankin, Desert Academy, 2:21.75; 2.

Brad Moffett, St. Michael’s, 2:24.07; 3. Jake Hollis, Los Alamos, 2:28.64; 4. Colin Bulman, St. Michael’s, 2:40.70; 5.

Richie Gibbons III, Piedra Vista, 2:49.09; 6. Y.Q. Wheaton, Santa Fe High, 2:52.22; 7. Joshua Haws, Miyamura, 2:58.48; 8. Jonas Kaare-Rasmussen, Desert Academy, 2:59.85.

50 freestyle — 1. Riley Kinlaw, Santa Fe Prep, 23.55 (SQ); 2. Matt Smallwood, St. Michael’s, 24.09; 3. Dillon Walsh, St. Michael’s, 24.34; 4. Nick Greenfield, Los Alamos, 24.76; 5. Jeb Pinckley, Farmington, 24.90; 6. Alec Kerr, St. Michael’s, 25.01; 7. Alex Kellam, Desert Academy, 25.08; 8.

Freddy Ortiz, Piedra Vista, 25.42.

1-meter diving — 1. Ammon Seavey, Piedra Vista, 432.30; 2. Hewitt Farr, Santa Fe High, 403.95; 3. Tristan Gress, St. Michael’s, 380.05; 4. Taylor Winer, Piedra Vista, 379.25; 5.

Mason Hurlocker, Santa Fe Prep, 315.50; 6. Sam Kaiser, St. Michael’s, 275.20; 7. Ben Van Otteson, Piedra Vista, 262.50; 8. Nephi Seavey, Piedra Vista, 251.15.

100 butterfly — 1. Chris Rohlev, Los Alamos, 1:00.56; 2.

Justin Milner, St. Michael’s, 1:00.85; 3. Tyler Kitseallyboy, Farmington, 1:03.49; 4. Nick Torres, Los Alamos, 1:03.80; 5. Justin Lemke, Los Alamos, 1:07.44; 6. Chris Legits, St. Michael’s, 1:09.74.

100 freestyle — 1. Nick Greenfield, Los Alamos, 54.72; 2. Issa Wilson, Taos, 55.34; 3. Alex Kellam, Desert Academy, 55.56; 4.

Alec Kerr, St. Michael’s, 56.21; 5. Brad Moffett, St. Michael’s, 56.59; 6. Freddy Ortiz, Piedra Vista, 56.99; 7. Kaelen Torelli, Taos, 59.92; 8. Justin Lemke, Los Alamos, 1:00.71.

500 freestyle — 1. Hance Clark, Farmington, 5:29.85; 2.

William Lakatos, St. Michael’s, 5:35.25; 3. Luke Shankin, Desert Academy, 5:36.38; 4. Chris Rohlev, Los Alamos, 5:42.95; 5. Javier Malcom, St. Michael’s, 5:51.42; 6. Neil Wilkerson, Los Alamos, 6:20.09; 7. Y.Q. Wheaton, Santa Fe High, 6:32.94; 8. Mark Torres, Los Alamos, 6:47.09.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Los Alamos A (Nick Greenfield, Max Reidys, Nick Torres, Alex Jaegers), 1:38.20 (SQ); 2.

Farmington A (Clark, Isaacson, Kitseallyboy, Pinckley) 1:39.95 (SQ); 3. Taos A (Wilson, Toma, Long, Torelli), 1:43.61; 4. Piedra Vista A (Ortiz, Winer, Howard, Seavey), 1:46.70; 5. Santa Fe High A (Hewitt Farr, Aiden Winter, Fernando Zambrano, Martinez) 1:50.32; 6. Miyamura A (Sage Stewart, Domitri Aguayo, Matthew Ruiz, Justice Vining), 2:00.63; 7. Gallup A (D’Artaguan Steele, Ricardo Rico, Daryl Walker-Ben, Salvador Nava), 2:09.09; 8. ATC A(Issiah Rivera, Anthony Fano, Jaret Saums, Sean Shepard) 2:15.58.

100 backstroke — 1. Connor Schultz, Los Alamos, 58.40 (SQ); 2. Justin Milner, St. Michael’s, 59.74 (SQ); 3. Dillon Walsh, St. Michael’s, 1:00.55 (SQ); 4. Sam Harris, Los Alamos, 1:03.98; 5. Eric Dunn, St. Michael’s, 1:14.40; 6. Mateo Martinez, Santa Fe High, 1:15.65; 7. Francisco Martinez, Taos, 1:21.03; 8. Sam Walsh, Farmington, 1:23.46.

100 backstroke — 1. Matt Smallwood, St. Michael’s, 1:04.05 (SQ); 2. Riley Kinlaw, Santa Fe Prep, 1:06.25 (SQ); 3. Cameron Mathis, Desert Academy, 1:08.65; 4. Nathan Isaacson, Farmington, 1:10.42; 5. Jake Hollis, Los Alamos, 1:10.72; 6. Alex Jaegers, Los Alamos, 1:12.37; 7. Steve Long, Taos, 1:15.50; 8. Mateo Martinez, Santa Fe High, 1:16.30.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Los Alamos A (Greenfield, Jaegers, Reidys, Schultz), 3:35.21 (SQ); 2. Farmington A (Pinckley, Issacson, Clark, Kitseallyboy), 3:47.18; 3. Santa Fe High A (Farr, Winter, Zanbrano, Martinez), 4:12.43; 4. Taos A (Toma, R. Martinez, F. Martinez, Romero), 4:34.26; 5.

Miyamura A (Haws, Rutherford, Aguayo, Sloan), 5:00.76.

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BASKETBALL BASKETBALL NBA Eastern Conference Atlantic Toronto Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia Southeast Miami Atlanta Washington Charlotte Orlando Central Indiana Chicago Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee

W 28 24 20 19 15 W 37 25 25 23 16 W 40 27 22 20 9

L 24 27 32 35 39 L 14 26 27 30 38 L 12 25 30 33 43

Pct .538 .471 .385 .352 .278 Pct .725 .490 .481 .434 .296 Pct .769 .519 .423 .377 .173

GB — 3½ 8 10 14 GB — 12 12½ 15 22½ GB — 13 18 20½ 31

Western Conference Southwest W L Pct GB San Antonio 38 15 .717 — Houston 36 17 .679 2 Dallas 32 22 .593 6½ Memphis 29 23 .558 8½ New Orleans 23 29 .442 14½ Northwest W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 43 12 .782 — Portland 36 17 .679 6 Minnesota 25 28 .472 17 Denver 24 27 .471 17 Utah 19 33 .365 22½ Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 — Phoenix 30 21 .588 5 Golden State 31 22 .585 5 L.A. Lakers 18 35 .340 18 Sacramento 18 35 .340 18 Saturday’s Games Skills Competitions.

Friday’s Games Team Hill 142, Team Webber 136 Sunday’s Games East vs. West, 8 p.m.

Leaders Through Feb. 14 Scoring G FG FT PTS Durant, OKC 54 558 463 1699 Anthony, NYK 49 472 293 1338 James, MIA 50 484 287 1324 Love, MIN 50 418 342 1292 Curry, GOL 50 425 211 1232 Griffin, LAC 55 495 330 1329 Aldridge, POR 53 518 229 1267 Harden, HOU 45 322 339 1075 Cousins, SAC 46 369 299 1037 DeRozan, TOR 50 390 292 1121 George, IND 52 395 243 1156 Nowitzki, DAL 52 406 232 1128 Irving, CLE 50 388 207 1073 Lillard, POR 53 355 237 1096 Davis, NOR 44 343 215 902 Dragic, PHX 48 342 218 975 Thomas, SAC 53 362 249 1072 Jefferson, CHA 44 385 111 883 Gay, SAC 47 348 189 931 Wall, WAS 52 366 235 1029 Rebounds G OFF DEF TOT Jordan, LAC 55 230 539 769 Love, MIN 50 163 498 661 Drummond, DET 52 283 393 676 Howard, HOU 53 173 489 662 Cousins, SAC 46 147 393 540 Noah, CHI 50 190 385 575 Aldridge, POR 53 125 477 602 Bogut, GOL 48 141 373 514 Jefferson, CHA 44 92 370 462 Randolph, MEM 50 162 356 518 Assists G AST Curry, GOL 50 450 Lawson, DEN 45 396 Wall, WAS 52 443 Rubio, MIN 53 441 Jennings, DET 50 404 Lowry, TOR 52 395 Teague, ATL 49 354 James, MIA 50 328 Nelson, ORL 49 321 Carter-Williams, PHL 42 272

Eastern New Mexico sweeps NMHU in doubleheader Redshirt junior Matthew Chavez continued his hot start for the New Mexico Highlands University baseball team, but it wasn’t nearly enough to prevent the Cowboys (2-4) from getting swept in a Saturday doubleheader at Eastern New Mexico (6-1) in Portales.

NMHU fell by scores of 15-1 and 11-2.

The Cowboys trailed 15-0 in the opener when Chavez scored their lone run after doubling and coming home on a throwing error. ENMU outhit Highlands 20-8, chasing Cowboys starting pitcher Daniel Clark (1-1) from the game after just three innings. He allowed 12 hits and seven earned runs.

Chavez, Colby Wilmer and Cole Davis all went 2-for-3 for NMHU. The Greyhounds built an 8-0 lead in Game 2 when Chavez hit a solo home run in the top of the fourth inning. It was one of just four hits in the game for Highlands, whose starting lineup saw the 5-through-9 hitters go a combined 0-for-12.

Chavez was 3-for-6 in the doubleheader.

Eastern New Mexico starting pitcher Rusty Edwards improved to 2-0, allowing three hits and one run with five strikeouts. NMHU’s Zach Settles took his first loss of the season, allowing eight runs and 11 hits in three innings.

The Cowboys wrap up the weekend with one more game against ENMU. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Prep wrestling District 2AAAA meet The top-four placers at the District 2AAAA Tournament wrestling meet, held on Saturday at Bernalillo High School. Those wrestlers will compete at the Class AAAA State Wrestling Championships next week. Weight divisions are in pounds 106 — 1. Ivan Marquez, Santa Fe High; 2. Lucas Romero, Capital; 3. Reyes Mendez, Los Alamos; 4. Raymond Chavez, Bernalillo.

113 — 1. Jose Tapia, Capital; 2. Mario Mendiola, Santa Fe High; 3.

Dominic Medina, Española; 4. Alexander Palmer, Los Alamos.

120 — 1. Lorenzo Montoya, Española; 2. Mateo Cardiel, Los

AVG 31.5 27.3 26.5 25.8 24.6 24.2 23.9 23.9 22.5 22.4 22.2 21.7 21.5 20.7 20.5 20.3 20.2 20.1 19.8 19.8 AVG 14.0 13.2 13.0 12.5 11.7 11.5 11.4 10.7 10.5 10.4 AVG 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.6 7.2 6.6 6.6 6.5

Saturday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse 56, N.C. State 55 No. 3 Florida 69, No. 14 Kentucky 59 No. 5 San Diego State 64, Air Force 56 No. 7 Kansas 95, TCU 65 No. 8 Duke 69, Maryland 67 No. 10 Cincinnati 73, Houston 62 No. 11 Iowa State 70, Texas Tech 64 No. 12 Saint Louis 64, VCU 62 No. 16 Iowa 82, Penn State 70 No. 17 Virginia 63, Clemson 58 No. 19 Texas 88, West Virginia 71 No. 24 UConn 86, No. 20 Memphis 81, OT No. 22 Ohio State 48, Illinois 39 North Carolina 75, No. 25 Pittsburgh 71 Friday’s Results Arizona State 69, No. 2 Arizona 66, 2OT No. 13 Louisville 82, Temple 58 No. 23 SMU 77, Rutgers 65 Sunday’s Games No. 4 Wichita State at Evansville, 5 p.m.

No. 6 Villanova at No. 18 Creighton, 5:07 p.m.

No. 9 Michigan State vs. Nebraska, 3 p.m.

No. 13 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 6 p.m.

No. 15 Michigan vs. No. 21 Wisconsin, 1 p.m.

No. 23 SMU at Temple, 2 p.m.

Men’s Division I Saturday’s Games East Albany (NY) 74, Maine 63 Boston U. 87, Loyola (Md.) 72 Brown 62, Penn 55 Bucknell 73, Army 61 CCSU 74, Sacred Heart 69 Columbia 69, Dartmouth 59 Duquesne 83, Rhode Island 71 Hartford 61, New Hampshire 59 Harvard 67, Cornell 44 Holy Cross 72, Lehigh 67 Iowa 82, Penn St. 70 Lafayette 74, American U. 62 Navy 71, Colgate 61 Ohio 73, Buffalo 70 Providence 84, DePaul 61 Rider 71, Fairfield 62 Robert Morris 69, Mount St. Mary’s 61 Saint Joseph’s 75, La Salle 64 St. Francis (Pa.) 89, Fairleigh Dickinson 82 Stony Brook 78, Mass.-Lowell 68 Syracuse 56, NC State 55 UConn 86, Memphis 81, OT UMass 67, George Washington 61 Vermont 76, UMBC 52 Yale 66, Princeton 65, OT Midwest Akron 62, N. Illinois 54 Bowling Green 66, Ball St. 64 Cincinnati 73, Houston 62 Denver 73, IPFW 62 Drake 70, Loyola of Chicago 62 E. Michigan 65, Toledo 44 Green Bay 68, Cleveland St. 54 Illinois St. 70, Bradley 54 Indiana St. 60, S. Illinois 57 Iowa St. 70, Texas Tech 64 Kansas 95, TCU 65 Kent St. 83, Cent. Michigan 75 Marquette 81, Xavier 72 Missouri 75, Tennessee 70 N. Dakota St. 75, Nebraska-Omaha 59 N. Iowa 60, Missouri St. 58 North Dakota 74, Montana 69 Ohio St. 48, Illinois 39 Purdue 82, Indiana 64 S. Dakota St. 62, W. Illinois 50 Saint Louis 64, VCU 62 South Dakota 71, IUPUI 67 Valparaiso 77, Milwaukee 62 W. Michigan 68, Miami (Ohio) 57 Youngstown St. 59, Ill.-Chicago 56 South Alabama A&M 68, Alabama St. 65, OT Alcorn St. 67, MVSU 63 Ark.-Pine Bluff 64, Southern U. 58 Auburn 92, Mississippi St. 82 Charleston Southern 84, Winthrop 64 Coastal Carolina 75, Gardner-Webb 60 Davidson 88, Georgia Southern 73 Delaware St. 79, Bethune-Cookman 67 Duke 69, Maryland 67 E. Kentucky 86, Jacksonville St. 65

ETSU 93, Stetson 66 Elon 86, Samford 69 Florida 69, Kentucky 59 Florida A&M 82, Coppin St. 71 Florida St. 67, Wake Forest 60 Georgia 61, Mississippi 60 Hampton 79, Norfolk St. 73, OT High Point 72, Radford 65 James Madison 64, UNC Wilmington 62 Marshall 59, Charlotte 56 Murray St. 72, E. Illinois 60 NC Central 67, SC State 53 North Carolina 75, Pittsburgh 71 Richmond 82, Fordham 70 South Carolina 67, Alabama 66 St. Bonaventure 85, George Mason 73 Towson 85, William & Mary 70 Troy 85, Georgia St. 81 Tulane 86, UAB 80 UCF 75, South Florida 74 VMI 77, Liberty 70 Vanderbilt 57, Texas A&M 54, OT Virginia 63, Clemson 58 Virginia Tech 52, Miami 45 Southwest Arkansas 81, LSU 70 Baylor 87, Kansas St. 73, 2OT North Texas 53, East Carolina 51 Northwestern St. 87, Lamar 67 Oklahoma 77, Oklahoma St. 74 Texas 88, West Virginia 71 Tulsa 76, Old Dominion 37 UTEP 84, FIU 71 UTSA 66, FAU 56 Far West BYU 60, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 57 CS Bakersfield 83, Seattle 65 CS Northridge 80, UC Santa Barbara 78, OT California 72, Washington 59 E. Washington 84, N. Arizona 65 Fresno St. 75, Colorado St. 66 Gonzaga 86, Loyola Marymount 67 Hawaii 83, Cal St.-Fullerton 80 Idaho St. 75, S. Utah 65 Long Beach St. 74, Cal Poly 65 New Mexico 90, Nevada 72 New Mexico St. 84, Chicago St. 55 San Diego 70, Pacific 55 San Diego St. 64, Air Force 56 Stanford 69, Washington St. 56 UC Irvine 70, UC Riverside 52 UCLA 80, Utah 66 UNLV 73, Utah St. 62 Wyoming 46, San Jose St. 38

Women’s Top 25 Saturday’s Games No. 20 Gonzaga 62, BYU 52 No. 24 St. John’s 69, Villanova 56 No. 25 Michigan State 70, Ohio State 49 Friday’s Results No. 6 Stanford 61, No. 15 Arizona St. 35 No. 22 California 65, Arizona 49

Women’s Division I Saturday’s Games East Army 75, Bucknell 63 Cincinnati 55, Temple 53 Rutgers 90, UCF 50 St. John’s 69, Villanova 56 VCU 70, Rhode Island 44 South Murray St. 83, E. Illinois 74 Saint Joseph’s 89, George Mason 75 UAB 71, Louisiana Tech 62 Midwest Butler 67, Georgetown 59 Creighton 85, Providence 64 Dayton 69, Richmond 58 DePaul 89, Seton Hall 73 Iowa St. 72, Kansas 69 Kansas St. 60, Texas Tech 54 Marquette 75, Xavier 54 Michigan St. 70, Ohio St. 49 Minnesota 82, Northwestern 64 Far West BYU 62, Gonzaga 52 Hawaii 65, Cal St.-Fullerton 52 Montana 52, North Dakota 49 Nevada 75, New Mexico 73 Pacific 102, Loyola Marymount 95 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 74, Pepperdine 61 San Diego St. 77, Air Force 66 UNLV 82, Utah St. 80 Wyoming 103, San Jose St. 80

NASCAR

Hamlin wins exhibition Sprint Unlimited to start season off right decimated field to grab his second career victory in DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Given the Speedweeks what Denny Hamlin overcame last opener at Dayseason, it’s no wonder he won a race tona International of attrition to start the new year.

Speedway.

Hamlin proved Saturday night Only eight cars he’s back from the back injury that were running at Denny ruined 2013. He missed five early the end — the fewHamlin races with a fractured vertebra, then est since seven in spent the rest of the year driving 1981 — on a bizarre with discomfort in a failed desperate night that saw Ricky Stenhouse Jr. bid to save his season. end girlfriend Danica Patrick’s race He didn’t make the Chase for the and the Chevrolet pace car catch Sprint Cup championship for the fire. first time in his career, and picked “When you think you’ve seen up his only win of the year in the it all, then you see that. It’s neverseason-ending race at Homestead. ending,” second-place finisher Brad Now, he has a win in the exhibiKeselowski said about the pace car tion Sprint Unlimited to start the fire. “I thought it was race car. Someseason and he’s not looking in the one said it was the pace car, and I rearview mirror. couldn’t help but start laughing.”

“Homestead kind of came out of It was Hamlin who got the last the blue, especially how our year laugh, in Victory Lane. had went,” he said. “We started feelHamlin charged to the front right ing better. I realized after the win in before he took the white flag by Homestead, how I was feeling, that diving to the inside and sailing past we run as good as I feel. When I feel the few cars on the track. He then comfortable in the car … I can do drove away in his Joe Gibbs Racing just about anything I need to do to Toyota. be a race winner.”

“That was survival of the fittest On Saturday night, it meant for sure,” said Hamlin, also the winner as a rookie in 2006. making a late charge through a

By Jenna Fryer

The Associated Press

Alamos; 3. Alex Wisdom, Capital; 4. Manassah Endwarrior, Bernalillo.

126 — 1. James Vigil, Española; 2. Jonathan Anaya, Capital; 3.

Daniel Aguirre, Los Alamos; 4. Jackson Lucaro, Bernalillo.

132 — 1. Dominick Montoya, Los Alamos; 2. Gilbert Mancha, Capital; 3. Shawn Maes, Bernalillo, Julian Martinez, Española.

138 — 1. Sergio Villagomez, Española; 2. Damien Sundby, Los Alamos; 3. Tommy Wright, Capital.

145 — 1. Isaiah Anaya, Capital; 2. Chandler Lauritzen, Los Alamos; 3. Dominic Lovato, Bernalillo; 4. Adam Miller, Santa Fe High.

152 — 1. Ernesto Salvidrez, Capital; 2. Jose Monclova, Bernalillo; 3. Zach Jacquez, Santa Fe High; 4. Nathan Aguirre, Los Alamos.

160 — 1. Devin Van Hoose, Bernalillo; 2. Aaron Hinojos, Los Alamos; 3. Dylan Nohl, Santa Fe High; 4. Florian Castillo, Española.

170 — 1. Lane Saunders, Los Alamos; 2. Miguel Loya, Capital; 3.

Jaime Alvarado, Bernalillo; 4. Marcos Gallegos, Española.

182 — 1. Johnny Corriz, Santa Fe High; 2. Chris Romero, Los Alamos; 3. D.J. Williams, Capital; 4. Josh Fontaine, Bernalillo.

195 — 1. Brian Geyer, Los Alamos; 2. Jacob Esquibel, Capital; 3.

Josiah Candelaria, Bernalillo; 4. Freddie Abeyta, Snata Fe High.

220 — 1. Santiago Quintana, Española; 2. John Demer, Los Alamos; 3. Jared Tenorio, Bernalillo; 4. Dennis Pineda, Capital.

285 — 1. Jonathan Schueler, Los Alamos; 2. Jose Cano, Capital; 3.

Avory Tenorio, Bernalillo.

SPORTS

Sunday, February 16, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

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PREP ROUNDUP

Northern New Mexico

Santa Fe Prep boys defeat Mora SCOREBOARD The New Mexican

Behind a game-high 27 points from Ian Anderson, the Santa Fe Preparatory boys basketball team clinched at least a share of the District 2AA regular season championship with a 66-53 win at Mora on Saturday night.

The Blue Griffins (19-4, 6-0) led 30-28 at halftime but used a 19-9 run in the third quarter to take control. The Rangers (10-14, 4-2) battled back in the fourth quarter, cutting Prep’s lead to 55-50 with four minutes left.

“Eventually all their size takes over,” said Mora head coach James Branch. “That Anderson kid, he walked by the padding on the wall behind the basket before the game and I said to someone that I swear he’d grown since the last time I saw him a couple weeks ago. When we’re playing guys that big, we have to be flawless. We just don’t have the size to match up.”

D.J. Casados had 10 and Will Lenfestey seven for Prep.

Casimiro Fresquez led Mora with 20 points. Jeremiah Olivas had 12, and Travis Romero had 10.

MONTE DEL SOL 51, PECOS 37 In Pecos, the visiting Dragons (13-10, 1-5 in 2AA) picked up the first win in school history on the road against the Panthers.

Monte del Sol led 26-17 at halftime, then pulled away in the fourth quarter by using its zone defense to take over. The win snaps a six-game slide for the Dragons.

“Hopefully this gets things turned around for us because we’ve had some close games but just couldn’t break through,” said Nick Rivera, Monte del Sol head coach.

Ryan Vander Ham led all scorers with 18 points. Omar Nidaye had 15 and Antonio Tapia eight. Mario Archuleta had 14 points to lead Pecos.

DESERT ACADEMY 73, MOUNTAINAIR 38 In Mountainair, Josh Bohlman scored 29 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the Wildcats (13-10, 5-5) to a District 1A win on the road.

Sophomore point guard Tomas Rodriguez scored 11 points while dishing out four assists with four steals. He turned the ball over just three times.

SANTA FE WALDORF 84, WALATOWA 81 (OT) The Wolves were down by as much as 13 points in the third quarter, but they rallied behind excellent shooting from Augie Ciofalo and Sean Ramsey to take the game in overtime in a 5B game in Christian Life Academy.

“We hit enough shots to win the game, I’ll put it that way,” Santa Fe Waldorf head coach Rob Clifford said.

Ramsey had 34 points and 23 rebounds to lead Santa Fe Waldorf (12-10, 3-1) while Teran Villa had a game-high 36 points to lead Walatowa.

TIERRA ENCANTADA 61, CORONADO 38 The Alacranes extended a 22-21 halftime lead over the Leopards by changing from a full-court press to a zone defense in a 4A game at Coronado.

“They just had no answer for it,” Tierra Encantada head coach Mark Archuleta said.

“We adjusted, and that made a big difference.”

Mikey Trujillo had 20 points to lead Tierra Encantada (11-7, 2-2) while Sergio Chacon had 10 to lead Coronado (4-18, 0-5).

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ESPAÑOLA VALLEY 67, LOS ALAMOS 59 Los Alamos outscored the Lady Sundevils 23-20 in the fourth quarter, but Española kept the Lady Hilltoppers at bay for most of their 2AAAA game in Edward Medina Gymnasium.

“We opened things up in the third quarter and were able to keep them away,” Española head coach Ray Romero said.

Ashlyn Trujillo had 20 points to lead Española (19-5, 6-1) while McKenzie Logan had 17 point to pace the Lady Hilltoppers (10-14, 2-5).

MORA 56, SANTA FE PREPARATORY 30 After having a 27-13 halftime lead over the Blue Griffins, the Rangerettes exploded on a 18-4 run in the third quarter to to stay undefeated in 2AA. “We did a better job on the defensive end and executed better on offense,” Mora head coach Mark Cassidy said. “We’ve played well in the third quarter all season.”

The Blue Griffins (12-9, 4-2) have never beat Mora (19-3, 6-0).

“I think we beat ourselves when we play them,” Prep head coach Anika Amon said.

Gerty Herrera had 19 points to lead Mora while Bianca Gonzales scored 14 to lead Prep.

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Lobos: UNM bench contributed 24 points Continued from Page D-1 The team will leave for Las Vegas, Nev., following practice on Tuesday in The Pit. They’ll head to the Thomas & Mack Center carrying at least a little bit of momentum after taking Nevada (12-14, 7-6) out of Saturday’s game early.

The Lobos never trailed, opening a commanding 48-24 lead at halftime. After the Wolf Pack used a 10-0 run to close within 14 in the second half, the Lobos began to rely on their outside shooters — they were 7 of 16 from 3-point range, including three bombs from reserve guard Cullen Neal and

two from Cleveland Thomas — to keep Nevada at bay.

The bench players chipped in with 24 points. The backups combined for only two points in the loss at Boise State.

“We’re happy we got 24 bench points, but not happy that we allowed nine three-pointers in the second half,” Craig Neal said.

“All in all, anytime your team as 27 assists and eight turnovers you have to be happy. Anytime your team is 19-for-21 from the line you have to be happy. Anytime my team shoots 40 percent from the three, I’m pretty happy.

We need to get some rest. If we can play like we did in the first half of Boise and how we did in

the first half tonight, well that’s the team I’ve envisioned.”

Nevada’s Deonte Burton came into the game leading the MWC in scoring, just a fraction of a point ahead of Bairstow.

With Kendall Williams shadowing him most of the game, the Wolf Pack shooting guard had just one point in the first half and 12 for the game.

Williams’ defense apparently had a role in his season-low seven-point outing. It’s the fewest points he’s scored all season, although he did have five assists, three steals and didn’t commit a turnover in 32 minutes of playing time.

Neal said the superlatives were

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great, but scoring from his top guard is something the entire team needs with just six games left in the regular season. In a game like this, however, he said it wasn’t necessarily needed.

“He can’t do what he’s been doing every game,” Neal said.

“He’s unselfish and he understands it.”

Title: Capital’s top 3 wrestlers carried team Continued from Page D-1 The key might have been Los Alamos getting 10 wrestlers into the finals, compared to Capital’s nine.

Or it could have been the injury to Capital’s Gilbert Mancha, who advanced to the finals despite dealing with a back injury, but he lasted just one round in the 132-pound championship against Los Alamos’ Dominick Montoya.

Or it could have been the lackluster performance by the Jaguars themselves. While they qualified wrestlers in all but the 160 division for next week’s state tournament by finishing

in the top four places, they only had three district champions to the Hilltoppers’ four. Only Española Valley had as many.

Santa Fe High had Johnny Corriz at 195 and Ivan Marquez at 106 win district titles, while the Demons qualified seven wrestlers for the state championships.

It was Capital’s top three wrestlers — Jose Tapia at 113 pounds, Isaiah Anaya at 145 and Ernesto Salvidrez at 152 — who carried the Jaguars, and that irked head coach Marcos Gallegos. So much so, that he talked to the team for 15 minutes on the team bus before taking an interview.

“We can’t ride the coattails of Isaiah, ‘Nesto, Joser and Gilbert,” Gallegos said. “We gotta step up. We had opportunities for other guys to step up and help out. If one guy is having a bad day, we need someone to step up.”

The opportunities were most ripe at the end of the meet. Capital was on the mat for the final three matches — the 195 and 285 championships and third place at 220 — and needed a win while avoiding a pin to pull out its first district title.

But Dennis Pineda lost a 9-8 heartbreaker to Bernalillo’s Jared Tenorio in the 220 match, and Brian Geyer pinned Jacob

Esquibel for the 195 title.

Which left Jose Cano in a must-pin situation against the Hilltoppers’ Jonathan Schueler.

It almost happened in the second period, as Cano took down the junior. But Schueler reversed and got a near-fall to take a 5-2 lead. While Cano scored a point on an escape in the third period and Schueler earned a one-point penalty for stalling in the final 30 seconds, it was more than enough for Los Alamos to claim a third crown.

“Failure was not an option,” Schueler said. “I knew it it came down to that match and those points. I knew it wasn’t an option for me to lose that match.”

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Crisis: Jordyn will undergo 42 weekly chemotherapy treatments but he started using it as motivation for himself.” ously flow out of his eye.

Evans may have a positive attitude “The tears didn’t know where to about the situation, but it often takes go, so they just kept coming out of his a toll on how he plays. Sometimes he eye,” Karen said. plays hard for his little brother, but Jordyn underwent an 11-hour surgery other times the thought of what Jordyn to replace his tear duct with a flexible is going through weighs heavily on his tube. On Feb. 10, he started his first mind. chemotherapy treatment.

“Some games I use it as motivation, All of this happened in less than but other games I can’t really focus a month, and it took Keanyn a little and get it off my mind, so I don’t do as while to grasp all that was going on. well,” Evans said. “Everything has been As a result, basketball was put on the hard lately, but I know I have to stay backburner for a while. focused on school and other things like “At first, I didn’t want to believe it basketball.” because I didn’t think it could happen, Even Karen noticed a dip in her son’s especially to my brother since he’s so play when the news first broke. young,” Evans said. “I wasn’t really “When all of this started to happen, thinking about basketball at the time. you could tell that his focus wasn’t I was just thinking about what I could really there,” Karen said. “I know he’s do to help him, but I knew I couldn’t thinking about his brother all the time do anything.” when he’s out there.”

With all that the Evanses are going But despite his recent lack of focus, through right now, teammates have Keanyn made his mark in a game still noticed a positive attitude ebbing against Española Valley in Edward from Keanyn.

Medina Gymnasium on Feb. 8.

“He’s taking it really well,” said Santa With :00.3 left in overtime, Evans hit Fe High junior Vitto Coppola, who is two free throws to give the Demons a a good friend of Evans. “Most people 61-59 win. When he was at the line with probably would have totally crumbled the chance to win the game, Evans and would not have known what to do, tried to block out everything that had

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happened in the past month.

“At that moment, I was really focused on those shots because we’re playing Española and they beat us last time,” he said. “It was a really important district game.”

After making those shots and sealing the win, a usually quiet and reserved Evans was in noticeably high spirits, which made an impression on the rest of the team.

“After he hit those two free throws, he was so energetic, and it was amazing to see him like that,” Coppola said. “It was great to see him express himself with a huge smile and jumping around and high fiving everyone.”

Evans will still say that he lost some focus in recent weeks, but Rodriguez thinks differently.

“Right now, Keanyn is playing his best basketball,” Rodriguez said. “Hitting those free throws at Española really did wonders for his confidence.

He’s a very soft-spoken kid, not very vocal, but the way he is playing lately is bringing out more and more confidence, and that’s going to help his personality on the court.”

Seeing what Evans is able to do with everything on his plate made his teammates want to play harder, and

that may have something to do with its recent turnaround of winning four of their past six games after a 2-11 start.

Coppola, who isn’t eligible to play varsity after transferring from St. Michael’s but is described by Rodriguez as the “backbone of the varsity,” said the team wanted to play better because of what happened to Jordyn.

“It’s amazing really just how well we rallied around Keanyn and his little brother,” Coppola said. “I think it was a turning point for us in the season just seeing how strong he’s been. It motivated the whole team to want to play hard. You never know when you’ll get bad news, so we just wanted to play hard all the time and give it our all.

“He brought it to the team and we used it as motivation to not only play for ourselves, but to play for him and his little brother. It has definitely brought us a lot closer together and it’s made us a lot stronger.”

Jordyn and Keanyn gave some motivation to the Demons, and the team gave Jordyn something in return.

On a Jan. 16 trip to Albuquerque to play Sandia Preparatory, all three Santa Fe High boys basketball teams paid a visit to The University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital, where Jordyn was

staying at the time.

Jordyn was making his way to a community room to unwind, and he was surprised when he saw all the Demons there, donning shirts and ties like they always do on road trips.

“I was going over there to play a game, then I see all the teams sitting in the room,” Jordyn said.

The team then presented him with a signed No. 22 jersey, which is Keanyn’s number, as well as a signed basketball.

“I think he appreciated that,” Rodriguez said. “It was just something to take his mind off of everything.”

Jordyn will have a lot on his mind in the coming months. On Monday, he will begin the second of 42 weekly chemotherapy treatments. In March, he will begin radiation treament, the aggressiveness of which will cause him to lose his hair.

He will also not be able to return to school until next year, but thanks to weekly visits from his teachers, he will still be able to move on to the seventh grade.

The good news, however, is that his cancer is beatable, and that’s all that the Evanses look forward to now.

“The hardest part’s over,” Jordyn said.

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WINTER OLYMPICS

THE NEW MEXICAN Sunday, February 16, 2014

MEN’S HOCKEY

Oshie’s 4 shootout goals lead U.S. past Russia International rules allow the same player to take multiple shots after the first three rounds of a shootout, and U.S. coach Dan Bylsma leaned on Oshie’s array of slick shots and change-of-pace approaches to the net.

Oshie scored on the Americans’ first

By Greg Beacham The Associated Press shot before taking the last five in a row, going 4 for 6 against Bobrovsky SOCHI, Russia — T.J. Oshie brainand disappointing a Bolshoy Ice Dome stormed while he skated to center ice, crowd including Russian President desperately trying to come up with one Vladimir Putin. last move to end an epic shootout. He “I aged a couple of years in that had already taken five shots at Sergei shootout,” Bylsma said. “We had other Bobrovsky, and the Russians were still guys that are capable, but T.J. was the even. guy who was going well. It seemed like Yet Oshie was he was going to score every time he U.S. 3 chosen for the U.S. went.”

Russia 2 men’s hockey team Oshie’s final shot was a beauty: He with just such a sit- threaded a forehand right through uation in mind, and the shootout speBobrovsky’s pads, the puck punching cialist concocted one last clever goal to the back of the Russian net emphatisilence an arena filled with screaming cally enough to pop the water bottle on Russian fans. top into the air.

Oshie scored four times in the “At some point, you think, ‘Does shootout and put the winner between he have any more moves left?’ ” U.S. Bobrovsky’s legs in the eighth round, captain Zach Parise said. “But he did leading the United States past Russia a good job. … That’s hard to do, to get 3-2 Saturday in the thrilling revival of a in a goalie’s head and throw him off a classic Olympic hockey rivalry. little bit.”

“I was just thinking of something Oshie was among the final selecelse I could do, trying to keep him tions for the U.S. roster, and though guessing,” said Oshie, the St. Louis the 27-year-old from Warroad, Minn., Blues forward. “Had to go back to the has never had a 20-goal NHL season, he leads American-born players with same move a couple times, but I was seven shootout goals this season. glad it ended when it did. I was runThe U.S. men are only interested ning out of moves there.”

Rules allow same player to take multiple shots after the first 3 rounds

USA forward Phil Kessel reacts as Russia goaltender Sergei Bobrovski can’t stop a goal by USA defenseman Cam Fowler during the second period of a men’s ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday in Sochi, Russia. BRUCE BENNETT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

in the one that all but wrapped up an automatic berth in the quarterfinals next week.

“I think you’re going to see T.J. Oshie become a household name after that display he put on,” said David Backes, Oshie’s teammate in St. Louis. “The kids will be out on the pond probably in Minnesota right now, throwing a

5-hole on the goalie three or four times in a row.”

Cam Fowler and Joe Pavelski scored in regulation for the Americans in the marquee game of the preliminary round. Jonathan Quick made 29 saves and stopped five attempts in the shootout as the U.S. improved to 2-0.

Captain Pavel Datsyuk scored two

goals in regulation and another in the shootout for the Russians, who rallied from a third-period deficit in a fastpaced game. Russia also had an apparent goal waved off with 4:40 left because Quick’s net came off its moorings.

“The U.S. team is a good team and a good test for us,” Datsyuk said. “We played good, but the result is not good.”

The shootout finish was entertaining, but the entire game was international hockey at its most compelling — and the third period was a thriller.

Pavelski scored the tiebreaking goal for the Americans on a power play with 10:33 to play, but Datsyuk tied it with 7:16 left during a Russian power play, spurring Putin out of his seat to cheer.

After review, the officials waved off Fedor Tyutin’s apparent go-ahead goal because the net was loose, incensing the crowd. Russian coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov and Alex Ovechkin both felt Quick had intentionally dislodged his net earlier in the sequence.

“I don’t know what happened there, but definitely was a goal,” Ovechkin said. “Nobody touched the net. Their goalie touched the net and put it out.

But the referee has to see it and at least give him two minutes, you know?”

Quick claimed he didn’t even realize the net had come unmoored.

“You need to catch some breaks to win games,” he said.

SPEEDSKATING

SKI JUMPING

U.S. gambles on new high-tech suit, loses big

Kasai wins medals 20 years apart

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia — When U.S. Speedskating hooked up with Under Armour to develop a new high-tech skinsuit that would revolutionize the sport at the Winter Olympics, the vision was gold, silver and bronze.

The result was a total debacle.

Right in the middle of the Sochi Games, the American skaters hastily switched back to the suits they wore during the World Cup season and at the country’s Olympic trials in late December.

Not that it mattered.

Saturday was another bust for the U.S. at the speedskating oval. Brian Hansen finished seventh in the 1,500 meters — matching the team’s best showing through seven events in Russia — and two-time silver medalist Shani Davis faded to 11th in what

might’ve been the final individual race of an otherwise brilliant Olympic career.

“Maybe we would see different results if we could turn back the hands of time,” Davis said, “but we can’t.”

How did it come to this?

The embarrassment of Suitgate can be traced to a process filled with a quest for secrecy but marred by questionable decisions, all of which came back to bite the U.S. program on the sport’s biggest stage.

Kevin Haley, senior vice president of innovation for Under Armour, laid out a timeline for The Associated Press that began in 2011 with the development of a new suit that was supposed to give the Americans a decided technological edge. The company worked with Lockheed Martin to handle some of the test-

ing, a partnership that added a bit of intrigue to the process. The aerospace and defense giant analyzed the suits using a CGI-like procedure in which sensors are attached to the body, producing what Haley called “an unbelievable amount of data.”

From there, Under Armour began wind-testing variations of the new suit using six different-sized mannequins.

Understandably, the athletes were excited to see what would come of so many bright minds trying to make them a suit that would provide less resistance, enabling them to go faster than ever.

“These people make F-16 jets,” skater Patrick Meek said.

According to Haley, Under Armour’s deal with U.S. Speedskating called for three suits to be delivered to each Olympic skater on Jan. 1, which is

where things started to go wrong.

Sure, the skaters were involved in the development all through the process: trying on the suit, using it in training, offering suggestions and feedback. But secrecy seemed to be the primary concern, the U.S. fretting that other countries would swipe their technology if the suit came out too soon. The final version was completed about six weeks before the opening ceremony, which meant no one had a chance to compete in it before they arrived in Sochi.

That, said Davis, was a huge mistake.

“The best thing would have been to make sure that these suits were what the people said they were,” he said, “so that we can actually know going into the races instead of finding out in one of the biggest races of our lives.”

Brodka upsets big names Verweij of Netherlands lost gold by three-thousandths of a second

By Paul Newberry The Associated Press

Silver medalist Koen Verweij of the Netherlands reacts to the scores in the men’s 1,500-meter speedskating race Saturday.

MATT DUNHAM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SOCHI, Russia — One of the closest races in Olympic speedskating history came down to a final lunge of the skate — then a few more agonizing seconds to figure out who won.

Zbigniew Brodka knocked off all the favorites in the 1,500 meters Saturday, capturing Poland’s first gold medal in Olympic speedskating by a mere three-thousandths of a second over Koen Verweij of the Netherlands.

Shani Davis? He wasn’t even close.

Verweij skated in the final pair and powered toward the line, trying desperately to knock off Brodka’s time in a race that requires both endurance and a sprinter’s speed.

At first, Brodka and Verweij were shown with the same time, broken down to hundredths of a

second. But the scoring system in speedskating can take times to the thousandths if necessary, and that proved to be the difference.

Brodka finished in 1 minute, 45.006 seconds. Verweij settled for silver in 1:45.009.

It was the closest 1,500 since a dead heat in 1960, but that was when times only were broken down to tenths of a second.

“I said to myself, ‘These are the Olympics, and I have to push right up to the line,’ ” the winner said.

“Every thousands of a second will be counted.”

Brodka, who had skated in the 17th of 20 pairs, watched anxiously from the infield as the times were calculated. He thrust his arms in the air when he saw the “1” stay beside his name — the first major victory of his career.

When the “1” next to Verweij’s name switched to a “2,” he appeared to scream an expletive and shook his head in disbelief, his long blond hair flowing behind him as he glided around the track. Even during the flower ceremony, he found it hard to muster a smile, despite giving the Dutch their record-tying 13th medal of these games.

Smooth: 2014 Olympics costliest ever at $51 billion sports as part of an effort to show Russia’s resurgence as a world dent, who won the games with a perpower. sonal plea and has so far treated them Are they worth it? They just might as his personal playground. Putin be to some of the fans getting Ruspresided over the opening ceremosian flags painted on their faces nies, celebrated his country’s first gold earlier in the week as they waited to medal on ice with figure skaters and enter the figure skating arena. watched stone-faced as the Russian “It is very special for us,” said hockey team lost an epic shootout Diana Severyukhin, a Sochi-area resiSaturday to the U.S. in a tournament dent who was attending the skating that means more to the country than with her urologist father. “I’m proud 100 gold medals. of our country to be here.”

On Friday, he even paid a visit to Russian fans waved flags and the U.S. team house, where he wore a pin that read “Happy Valentine’s Day cheered wildly as the home country from Team USA” while chatting with won its first gold in team figure skating, though the opening week athletes over a glass of wine. wasn’t all fun and games. Four-time If these are Putin’s Olympics, he medalist Evegny Plushenko fell in has spared no expense to put them the short program and withdrew on. They are the costliest ever, a from his attempt to make Olympic $51 billion gamble that transcends

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history, and the Russian hockey team was so shaky in its opener that one sports writer asked the coach if it was “a death sentence” should the team let Semyon Varlamov remain in goal.

The U.S. took its lumps, too.

Prohibitive favorite Shaun White was shut out in his bid for two gold medals, speedskater Shani Davis came up short, and Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso missed medals in the downhill.

And then there was the equipment malfunction that short-circuited U.S. hopes in speed skating — or so the skaters believe. The high-tech uniforms that were supposed to make them go even faster were a drag, they claimed, and they switched back to the old ones to try and get back on

the medal podium.

Norwegians, meanwhile, kept winning, though few paid attention. The country of just 5 million people is the leading medal winner in Olympic history, but the sports of cross country and biathlon aren’t high on the glamour list and don’t translate well on TV. The first full week of the Olympics, though, was as much about what didn’t happen as what did.

Sochi wasn’t overrun by packs of marauding stray dogs, as some journalists had come to expect. Hotel rooms were finished for the most part, and there has been nothing but raves over the efficiency of an Olympic transportation system charged with moving people between the mountains and the coast.

By Dennis Passa The Associated Press

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Noriaki Kasai came close to being the oldest individual gold medal winner at any Winter Olympics on Saturday.

Don’t worry, he says, he’ll be back in four years to try again.

The 41-year-old Kasai won silver in the men’s large hill ski jumping event, just edged by Poland’s Kamil Stoch in a close final round at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center.

Kasai, whose first Olympics was in Albertville, France, in 1992, now has Olympic medals 20 years apart — he won his first, a team silver with Japan in the large hill — in 1994 at Lillehammer, Norway.

“All these years I was disappointed by the Olympic Games.

Today I just had to do it,” he said. “I wanted Noriaki Kasai gold, but you know it is what it is.”

Kasai, who still has a chance to win a team large hill gold with a strong Japanese team here — they had four jumpers finish inside the top 13 Saturday — didn’t hesitate when asked about competing at Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018.

“Of course. I want to win. I want the gold medal,” he said.

A gold here would have broken a week-old record set by Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the 40-year-old cross-country skier from Norway who finished first in the 10-kilometer sprint at Sochi.

Kasai says he’s motivated by athletes like Bjoerndalen — “it means that every person doesn’t have to give up, and you can continue doing sports and pressing for your goal.”

Still, Kasai has a number of age records all to himself.

He’s competing in a record seventh Winter Games, equal with luger Albert Demchenko of Russia, who has won two silvers at Sochi.

Kasai is the oldest Olympic medal winner in ski jumping history, overtaking Birger Ruud of Norway, who took silver in the men’s normal hill at St. Moritz in 1948 at the age of 36.

In January, he became the oldest ski jumper to win a World Cup event — in Tauplitz, Austria.

The man who began ski jumping when he was nine and enjoys golfing, fishing and collecting wine made a big impression on the man who beat him Saturday.

“Of course, I can understand him, because I think this was his big dream and he deserves this medal,” Stoch said.

“I congratulate him that he finally gets what he wanted because Kasai is a great man and a great challenger. It’s a great pleasure to be next to him right now.”

SPORTS

Sunday, February 16, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

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NFL

Agent: Player A in report is McDonald Former Miami lineman ID’d as bullying victim

By Steve Reed New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the outfield during spring training Saturday in Tampa, Fla. CHARLIE NEIBERGALL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MLB

N.Y.’s Tanaka can pitch, but he wasn’t born to run

The Associated Press

A former Miami Dolphins lineman identified as one of the targets of harassment in the racially charged bullying scandal said Saturday that he has no problem with the team in a statement released by his agent.

Andrew McDonald, Player A in an NFL-ordered report released Friday by lawyer Ted Wells, said in the statement that he is “disappointed his name has become associated” with the revelations about the reported harassment.

The report of Jonathan Martin’s allegations that he was harassed by teammate Richie Incognito states that Dolphins offensive line coach Jim Turner didn’t attempt to stop

the behavior and even took part in some of the taunting of Player A. McDonald’s agent, Brett Tessler, said in the statement to The Associated Press that McDonald has “been a member of another organization since last season and is trying to focus on his future. When Ted Wells approached Andrew at the end of the investigation, Mr. Wells already had all the information contained in the report that he had gotten elsewhere.

“While Andrew can’t speak for other players involved in the report, he personally has had no problem with the Miami Dolphins organization and has the highest opinion of Coach Turner both personally and professionally and feels terrible about the way their relationship has been portrayed in the report.”

McDonald, 25, is currently with the Carolina Panthers.

Several people interviewed

Andrew McDonald

told investigators that Turner gave Player A, a male sex doll as a gag gift around Christmas 2012.

Turner told investigators he did not remember the incident, but investigators said they did not

believe him.

When asked if McDonald felt he was bullied or harassed, Tessler said the statement speaks for itself.

The 6-foot-6, 310 pound McDonald was an undrafted rookie out of Indiana who spent two seasons on the Dolphins practice squad before being released in final cuts last August. He signed with Carolina’s practice squad in October and recently signed a futures contract with the Panthers The NFL report stated there was

a “pattern of harassment” committed by at least three players and extended to two lineman and an assistant trainer, all targets of vicious taunts and racist insults.

It stated that guard John Jerry and center Mike Pouncey followed Incognito’s lead in harassing Martin, who left the team in October.

They allegedly threatened to rape his sister, called him a long list of slurs and bullied him for not being “black enough.”

The other harassed player, the report said, was “subjected to homophobic name-calling and improper physical touching,” while the assistant trainer, who was born in Japan, was subjected to racial slurs.

“It was not difficult to conclude that the Assistant Trainer and Player A were harassed, but the questions raised in Martin’s case were more complex, nuanced and difficult,” the report says.

By Ronald Blum The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — As dozens of cameras recorded his every move and perhaps 150 media watched on a cool and breezy morning, Masahiro Tanaka slowly jogged four laps on the warning track around a back field following his first official workout with the New York Yankees.

The $155 million man looked gassed. He may pitch great, but Tanaka clearly was not born to run.

“I actually didn’t know I was going to run this much,” he said through a translator Saturday.

“And I’m a little bit of a slow runner. But that part I really can’t help.”

The 25-year-old right-hander jogged onto the field with Hiroki Kuroda and played catch with his 39-year-old countryman, who is preparing for his seventh U.S. season. When it was time to throw his bullpen session, Tanaka took a mound on field No. 3 between Kuroda and ace CC Sabathia, with Ivan Nova at the far end.

Tanaka has quickly found a senpai (respected elder) to his kohai (protege).

“I feel very fortunate and very thankful that he is here,” Tanaka said. “He is a veteran here in the majors.”

Tanaka went 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year and led the Rakuten Golden Eagles to their first Japan Series title. His reception is similar to the one Hideki Matsui received 11 years ago after leaving the Yomiuri Giants to sign with the Yankees. The Yankees built a tent behind third base for Matsui’s news conferences, and cameras lined both foul lines for the outfielder’s first batting practice, which was televised live in Japan.

Media crowded the path to field No. 3 when Tanaka emerged with Kuroda, and cameramen jostled for position in foul territory behind third base and in left field to capture his tossing in the outfield and his 32 pitches, his second bullpen since arriving in the U.S. After the bullpen and fielding practice, he made the roughly one-mile run with Nova, Francisco Rondon and Danny Burawa.

It was Tanaka’s first time wearing the pants of the famous white pinstriped uniform — he also had on a dark blue Yankees batting practice jersey with white trim.

A couple of fans shouted “Tanaka-san!”

“Honestly, when I stepped out on the field today, I was very, very surprised as to how many media there were out there,” he said. “As a player, I feel very honored to get this much attention.

Some of the fans were cheering today, and actually I was very happy to receive those cheers.

But at the same time I understand that I haven’t given out any results on the field yet, so my focus is to train and go out there and try to get those results.”

Tanaka pitched to backup Francisco Cervelli, while Sabathia threw to Brian McCann, the Yankees’ new starter. Cervelli didn’t think all the attention would become a distraction for the Tanaka.

“He’s not the only guy who makes a hundred million here,” Cervelli said. “They’ll be attention for a lot of people. Even me, I don’t make even a million, I got attention sometimes. You get used to it.”

NBA

Wall leads East to All-Star dunk triumph That was just a warm-up for the second round, when Ross, the event’s defending champion from NEW ORLEANS — John Wall Toronto, started things off by edgsoared over his mascot, and the ing Lillard with an assist on his East stomped on the West in the dunk from rapper Drake. slam dunk contest.

Lillard was the first person to Wall’s sensational slam finished compete in three All-Star Saturday off a clean sweep for the Washingevents, adding that to Friday’s Riston star, Paul George and Terrence ing Stars Challenge and Sunday’s Ross in the contest’s new battle game to give him the most ambiformat, helping the Eastern Contious itinerary ever. ference earn a 2-2 tie against the He started 2 for 2 by following West on All-Star Saturday night.

Friday’s victory by winning the Answering Sacramento rookie skills challenge for the second Ben McLemore’s dunk in which straight year, he and Burke beating he leaped over Shaquille O’Neal Michael Carter-Williams and Vicseated in a king’s throne, Wall took the ball from Wizards mascot tor Oladipo by a tenth of a second.

G-Man, who held it above his head, But Lillard’s run was stopped then brought it down between his when Belinelli made his final three legs and slammed down a twoshots to finish with 19 points, edghanded reverse dunk. ing him by one to advance to the “It was only my second time finals from the West. doing it. My first time was on “I was happy to just be invited to Thursday,” Wall said. “So I just all of them and be able to compete felt comfortable with myself and in them, and I wanted to win at I knew it was a dunk that hasn’t least one. And I won the first one, been done before.” and then I thought there would Judges Dominique Wilkins, be some momentum to continue Magic Johnson and Julius Erving to try and win all three of them,” all gave the victory to Wall in his Lillard said. “But I fell short in the matchup, after picking George 3-point contest, and as you all saw over Harrison Barnes, and defendin the dunk contest, they kind of ing champion Ross over Damian just outclassed us.”

Lillard in the first dunk contest Bradley Beal had 21 points to with three All-Stars since 1988. win the East bracket, then made San Antonio’s Marco Belinelli his final six shots in the finals to won the 3-point contest, and Lillard and Utah rookie Trey Burke tie Belinelli and force a tiebreaker.

John Wall of the Washington Capitals participates in the slam won the skills challenge for the Belinelli won it by making six West’s two victories. Miami’s Chris dunk contest during the skills competition at the NBA All-Star straight shots at one point, sweepgame Saturday in New Orleans. GERALD HERBERT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bosh, Wilkins and WNBA star ing his fourth rack.

Swin Cash won the night’s first “I was a little bit nervous at the event for the East, the shooting beginning and I think that I shot to execute as many dunks as they “The slam dunk has returned,” stars. could, before the three 1-on-1 said Erving, one of the NBA’s most like two airballs,” Belinelli said.

The league tried to jazz up All“But in the end I was focused. I matchups in the battle format. famed dunkers.

Star Saturday for its return to New The East had already clinched Before that, the new format was really cared about this trophy.”

Orleans, with a number of tweaks Bosh, Wilkins and Cash won that part by winning the first two, confusing to fans and the West to the format that weren’t all their second straight shooting stars but Wall made it a resounding players themselves, creating a positively received. Players were title, with Bosh making a pair of largely silent crowd during their given an entire rack of money balls shutout. halfcourt shots.

McLemore came out wearing a turn.

The East had it all figured worth 2 points in the 3-point con“I keep asking Coach to let me out, winning the first stage with test, which they could place at any king’s robe and trailed by O’Neal, shoot that shot in the game,” Bosh who unveiled a “Shaq-Lemore” a passing and dunking display of the five spots on the floor. jersey. He made it over O’Neal’s straight out the Harlem Globetrot- said of Miami’s Erik Spoelstra. “He The skills challenge became a won’t let me do it yet, but I think throne on his second attempt, ters, capped by a three-man dunk team relay format, but the biggest that today will give him confidence and O’Neal presented him with a where Ross threw if off the backchange was in the dunk contest, if he was watching.” crown. board to Wall, who lobbed it off which was broken into two parts.

The conferences split $500,000 But moments later, Wall was the the overhead shot clock for George The first was the freestyle portion, in winnings for charity. where the teams had 90 seconds real king. to race in and slam it down.

By Brian Mahoney The Associated Press

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

NMSU routs Chicago St.; Aggies 1 game behind Utah The Associated Press

LAS CRUCES — Renaldo Dixon pumped in 20 points off the bench as New Mexico State roared past Chicago State, 84-55 Saturday night.

The Aggies remain a game behind Utah Valley in the Western Athletic Conference standings.

New Mexico State jumped out to a 51-29 lead at intermission and led by as many as 31 points in the second half after DK Eldridge dunked with 13:01 left.

Dixon was 7 of 9 from the field and 5 of 9 from the line while pulling down nine rebounds to lead New Mexico State (20-8, 9-3 WAC). Eldridge and Daniel Mullings scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, for

the Aggies, who shot 29 of 52 from the field (55.8 percent).

Chicago State (10-14, 5-5) was led by Clark Rosenberg’s 20 points. Matt Ross added 12 points off the bench as the Cougars got just 19 total points from its starting lineup.

NO. 1 SYRACUSE 56, NORTH CAROLINA 55 In Syracuse, N.Y., Rakeem Christmas had a key steal to set up C.J. Fair’s winning layup with 6.7 seconds left, helping No. 1 Syracuse edge North Carolina.

NO. 7 KANSAS 95, TCU 65 In Lawrence, Kan., Perry Ellis scored a career-high 32 points, Andrew Wiggins added 17 and Kansas overcame a sluggish start to get the win.

NO. 5 SAN DIEGO STATE 64, AIR FORCE 56 In San Diego, Winston

Shepard scored 14 of his 16 points in the final 7 minutes, 14 seconds, and San Diego State bounced back from its first loss since mid-November.

NO. 8 DUKE 69, MARYLAND 67 In Durham, N.C., Jabari Parker scored 23 points and Duke held on for the victory.

Rodney Hood and Rasheed Sulaimon added 11 points each for the Blue Devils (20-5, 9-3 Atlantic Coast Conference).

They started a run of four games in eight nights by giving the Terrapins a hard-to-swallow loss in their last scheduled visit to Cameron Indoor Stadium.

NO. 10 CINCINNATI 73, HOUSTON 62 In Cincinnati, Sean Kilpatrick scored 28 points and Justin Jackson overcame foul problems to add 13 points and Cincinnati shook off Houston.

NO. 11 IOWA STATE 70, TEXAS TECH 64 In Ames, Iowa, DeAndre Kane had 17 points with nine assists and Iowa State won after blowing an 18-point lead in the second half.

NO. 12 SAINT LOUIS 64, VCU 62 In St. Louis, Dwayne Evans had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Saint Louis broke a late tie with seven straight points for its 17th straight victory.

NO. 16 IOWA 82, PENN STATE 70 In State College, Pa., Melsahn Basabe scored 16 points and Iowa pulled away in the second half.

NO. 17 VIRGINIA 63, CLEMSON 58 In Clemson, S.C., Joe Harris scored 16 points, including a critical 3-pointer with about

three minutes left, and No. 17 Virginia won its ninth straight Atlantic Coast Conference game for the first time in 32 years.

NO. 19 TEXAS 88, WEST VIRGINIA 71 In Austin, Texas, Javan Felix scored 18 points and Texas used another impressive offensive performance to stay within a game of the Big 12 lead.

Texas (20-5, 9-3) put five players in double figures and shot better than 60 percent for most of the game.

NO. 22 OHIO STATE 48, ILLINOIS 39 In Champaign, Ill., Aaron Craft scored 14 points and Ohio State held Illinois to 28.3 percent shooting.

Craft picked up two early fouls and spent two long stretches on the bench. But he was still the Buckeyes’ best option on a

tough offensive night for each team.

NO. 24 UCONN 86, NO. 20 MEMPHIS 81 (OT) In Hartford, Ct., Shabazz Napier scored a career-high 34 points and Connecticut beat Memphis to sweep the season series from the Tigers.

NORTH CAROLINA 75, NO. 25 PITTSBURGH 71 In Chapel Hill, N.C., James Michael McAdoo had 24 points and 12 rebounds to help North Carolina to its sixth straight victory.

NO. 3 FLORIDA 69, NO. 14 KENTUCKY 59 In Lexington, Ky., Scottie Wilbekin scored 23 points, including five critical free throws down the stretch, and No. 3 Florida rallied for a tense victory over No. 14 Kentucky.

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The weather

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7-day forecast for Santa Fe Today

Clouds and sun; breezy in the p.m.

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58/33

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Albuquerque 71/43

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Clayton 71/35

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The following water statistics of February 13 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.287 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 4.090 City Wells: 1.308 Buckman Wells: 0.000 Total water produced by water system: 6.685 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.083 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 63.3 percent of capacity; daily inflow 0.90 million gallons.

A partial list of the City of Santa Fe’s Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: • Irrigation water leaving the intended area is not permitted. Wasting water is not allowed.

• Using water to clean hard surfaces with a hose or power washer is prohibited.

• Hoses used in manual car washing MUST be equipped with a positive shut-off nozzle.

• Swimming pools and spas must be covered when not in use.

For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/waterconservation

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Ruidoso 69/50

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Alamogordo 79/44

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Sun and moon

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Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Las Vegas Lordsburg Los Alamos Los Lunas Portales Raton Red River Rio Rancho Roswell Ruidoso Santa Rosa Silver City Socorro Taos T or C Tucumcari University Park White Rock Zuni

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Sunrise today ............................... 6:50 a.m.

Sunset tonight .............................. 5:47 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 7:42 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 7:27 a.m.

Sunrise Monday ............................ 6:49 a.m.

Sunset Monday ............................. 5:48 p.m.

Moonrise Monday ......................... 8:38 p.m.

Moonset Monday .......................... 7:58 a.m.

Sunrise Tuesday ........................... 6:48 a.m.

Sunset Tuesday ............................ 5:49 p.m.

Moonrise Tuesday ........................ 9:36 p.m.

Moonset Tuesday ......................... 8:31 a.m.

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Weather for February 16

Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Billings Bismarck Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charlotte Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Fairbanks Flagstaff Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles

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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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(For the 48 contiguous states) Sat. High: 90 ........................... Elsinore, CA Sat. Low: -23 .................. Land O’Lakes, WI

Weather history

Weather trivia™

On Feb. 16, 1958, a storm brought heavy, windblown snow to the northern and mid-Atlantic states. Accumulations from Washington, D.C., through Boston exceeded 12 inches.

Q: What are ice flowers?

City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Berlin Bogota Buenos Aires Cairo Caracas Ciudad Juarez Copenhagen Dublin Geneva Guatemala City Havana Hong Kong Jerusalem Lima

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Ice crystals that form on calm, slowA: freezing water.

Newsmakers ‘Juno’ actress comes out as gay at conference LOS ANGELES — Ellen Page, who won the hearts of moviegoers as the pregnant teenager in the 2007 film Juno, has come out as gay.

The 26-year-old told a Las Vegas, Nev., audience Friday, “I’m here today because I am gay.” She was speaking to a conference of counselors who work with teenagers who idenEllen Page tify as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual or queer.

A video of her speech was posted on the Los Angeles Times website.

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Today’s UV index

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Water statistics

Clovis 78/40

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Today.........................................1, Low Monday.....................................1, Low Tuesday.....................................1, Low Wednesday...............................2, Low Thursday...................................2, Low Friday ........................................2, Low The AccuWeather Flu Index™ combines the effects of weather with a number of other known factors to provide a scale showing the overall probability of flu transmission and severity of symptoms. The AccuWeather Flu Index™ is based on a scale of 0-10.

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Albuquerque 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.18”/0.18” Las Vegas 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.04”/0.08” Los Alamos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.02”/0.02” Chama 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.74”/1.11” Taos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.09”/0.10”

Saturday’s rating ................................ Good Today’s forecast ................................. Good 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301500, Hazardous Source: EPA

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Taos 60/22

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Area rainfall

Raton 69/31

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Gallup 65/27

Cloudy to partly sunny

Humidity (Noon)

New Mexico weather

Santa Fe Airport through 6 p.m. Saturday Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low ......................................... 66°/35° Normal high/low ............................ 50°/23° Record high ............................... 66° in 2014 Record low ............................... -11° in 1895 Santa Fe Airport Precipitation 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.09”/0.09” Normal month/year to date ..... 0.25”/0.86” Santa Fe Farmers Market 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.07”/0.07”

In November, Jim and Paula Burdelski visited the Ritsurin National Garden in Takamatsu, Japan. It’s the largest garden in Japan, boasting six ponds and 13 mounds.

Saturday

Partly sunny and breezy

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Page says she suffered for years because she was afraid to come out. She told the audience, “I’m standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain.”

Page received an Oscar nomination for her performance in Juno. She also had major roles in X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006 and Inception in 2010.

Yinan’s ‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ wins in Berlin BERLIN — Director Diao Yinan’s Black Coal, Thin Ice, a detective thriller set in northern China, won the Berlin International Film Festival’s main Golden Bear prize on Saturday.

The movie also picked up the best actor award, which went to Liao Fan for his role as a former police officer turned detective investigating a mysterious series of killings in a gritty industrial region.

“It’s really hard to believe that this dream has come true — a dream that I’ve had for such a long time and that didn’t come true for such a long time,” Diao said as he accepted the Golden Bear statuette.

“It’s wonderful.”

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, a caper set in a fictional spa town in pre-World War II Europe with a strong ensemble cast, including Ralph Fiennes, Bill Murray and Edward Norton, won the jury grand prize, which comes with a runner-up Silver Bear.

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — Yosemite National Park will cap visitors at current levels in its most popular areas, but it will add campsites and maintain bike and raft rentals under a plan announced Friday to protect the river that runs through its heart.

Tourists complained last year when the National Park Service considered getting rid of bicycle and river-raft rentals as part of a court-ordered effort to protect the Merced River, which received congressional “wild and scenic” designation in 1987.

Park officials have long wrestled with preserving the river while maintaining public access to Yosemite Valley, which receives the bulk of the park’s 4 million visitors each year.

The third-most visited national park, Yosemite boasts 1,200 square miles of wilderness. Most visitors end up in the 8-square-mile Yosemite Valley, home to the towering Half Dome and El Capitan granite monoliths, stands of pines and stair-step waterfalls.

The number of visitors to Yosemite Valley will be limited to 18,710 a day and 21,000 visitors a day during peak times — similar to traffic seen in the last several years. The park planned to ease congestion by adding shuttle buses and improving traffic flow.

Once capacity is reached, cars will be turned away and directed to other sections of the park. There also will be advance warning signs posted once traffic gets too heavy.

Environmentalists said the plan does little to ease overcrowding.

The National Park Service “has chosen to nibble around

the edges instead of taking a big bite out of the congestion and crowding that degrades Yosemite Valley,” said John Buckley, executive director of the Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center.

He added: “The heart of the Yosemite Valley will continue to be diminished by too many people and too many cars.”

Bruce Hamilton, deputy executive director of the Sierra Club, said he supports the expanded use of public transportation and bike rentals.

“Those measures, however, fall short of what is needed to fix the congestion that detracts from the beautiful natural setting,” he said.

After receiving thousands of public comments, park officials decided that people can still bike and raft, but the rental facilities will be moved farther away from the floodprone river.

Under the revised plan, the park also will add 174 more campsites for a total of 640 sites, and increase parking for visitors who don’t stay overnight. Officials also tabled a proposal to develop the west end of Yosemite Valley. A 1920sera ice-skating rink will be moved back to its original location outside the river corridor.

“It strikes a balance between protecting the river and improving access,” said Kathleen Morse, the park’s chief of planning.

The National Parks Conservation Association agreed.

The proposal “ensures that Yosemite will maintain its ‘crown jewel’ status over the long-term,” said Neal Desai, a field director.

Once the plan is finalized within a month, park officials will begin work to restore nearly 200 acres of meadows by removing stones and cement in riverbeds. Native vegetation will be planted to stabilize riverbanks, and some roads and trails will be removed.

The Merced River winds through Yosemite National Park in California. The National Park Service released a final plan Friday aimed at protecting the Merced River while ensuring visitor access. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

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Pink is back, and it’s all grown up. Paired with stronger hues like navy, chocolate or gray, pink looks sophisticated and surprising.”

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Eddie Ross, East Coast editor for Better Homes & Gardens

Spring’s rosy glow

By Kim Cook The Associated Press

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his spring, pinks are popping up all over home decor — the softer versions soothing and nurturing, the bright ones bouncy and vivacious.

Warm pink light can be flattering, so designers have long employed tricks like painting lampshade interiors in those hues or switching regular bulbs for soft pink ones.

“Pink’s such a fun color to play around with. I see it two ways — dusty, light and classic, or vibrant, ‘statement’ and sharp,” says Bostonbased designer Taniya Nayak. “The former adds subtle whispers of elegance, while the latter turns up the volume in a space.”

Eddie Ross, East Coast editor for Better Homes & Gardens, is another fan.

“Pink is back, and it’s all grown up.

Paired with stronger hues like navy, chocolate or gray, pink looks sophisticated and surprising,” he says.

Ross suggests several ways to incorporate the color for different effects: “When you cover a sofa or chair in a light pink, it acts like a neutral. Swap out throw pillows for a completely different look. Light pink bedding looks great with just about any skin tone. Light pink linen mats in simple white frames with black and white photos look crisp.”

His favorite pink paint shades include Devine Color’s Devine Poodle — “great on dining room chairs in a lustrous high gloss”; Benjamin Moore’s subtle Affinity Proposal for walls; Farrow & Ball’s Blushes — “a strong pink that would be stunning on a ceiling paired with cream and gray.”

Valspar’s Rosario Ridge and Universe Quartz Pink are two others to consider. Sherwin-Williams’ Spun Sugar and Malted Milk are as tastylooking as their names, as are Peach Parfait and Fruit Shake from Benjamin Moore.

CB2’s Vapor chair is Lucite-tinged pink; acrylic’s a strong trend in furniture this season, so this piece gives extra style bang for the buck.

And the retailer’s City Slicker table resembles a big chunk of neon pink bubblegum; a fun piece like this is a great way to play with the color.

San Francisco designer Tineke Triggs adds a deep pink desk to a home office, or a crushed berry ceiling to a bedroom. She pairs them with other bold colors like crisp white and egg yolk, or soft tans and grays.

Combine pink accessories with contemporary pieces, or add a hit of surprise in a roomful of rustic, traditional or industrial elements.

Pink looks great next to reflective and textured materials such as mirrors, metallics and velvets, but also alongside linen, burlap, weathered pine, rattan.

And don’t be afraid to shop the kids’ furniture stores: Pottery Barn Kids has a pretty pink Moroccan floor pouf and a smart pink metal side table that would add punch to a den or master bedroom. Land of Nod’s got a playful rag rug, a preppy blush-and-cream striped flatweave, and a sophisticated, hand-tufted floral rug in pastel pink.

West Elm’s spring collection includes some interesting geometricprinted, crewel-stitched or handblocked throw pillows in guava and bergamot.

Lamps Plus stocks some pink lighting that includes Robert Abbey’s rectangular Schiaparelli Pink ceramic table lamp with a Lucite base, and OVO’s glass lamp in elegant fuchsia.

Crate & Barrel’s Clara chair is covered in a gentle watercolor floral that brings springy gardens to mind.

Aaron Probyn’s porcelain dinnerware collection in a dreamy blush, also at the retailer, is pretty without being precious.

Homegoods has well-priced pieces like an elegant, damask-printed accent chair with nail-head trim, and a chic, crocodile-embossed ceramic vase, as well as storage boxes and hand-carved picture frames in shades of pink.

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Many of us with investment property keep good records of the easy stuff: hard expenses we spend actual money on, such as advertising, insurance, legal, repairs and supplies. However, many other expenses are available and deductible against rental income that we either do not track as well or simply do not think of mentioning to our accountants at tax time. These expenses can often result in a rental loss for tax purposes. Here are a few.

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Depreciation. If planned correctly, this “noncash” expense can often mean the difference in paying tax on rental income or realizing the benefit of a tax loss. While most of the investment will be depreciated straight-line over 27.5 years (39 years for commercial real estate), you can increase depreciation expense in the first several years by using cost-segregation and identifying assets within the home such as appliances, cabinets and fences that can be depreciated over shorter taxable lives (five, seven and 15 years respectively in this case).

Also, Section 179 depreciation and bonus depreciation may be available and advantageous.

In the end, nothing is more important than proper planning for tax purposes when adding investment real estate to your portfolio. Do your homework, spend time talking with a tax professional and remember to keep good accounting records along the way. By taking advantage of all of the tax benefits available to investment real estate, you can build true wealth over time with an appreciating asset as well as earn income along the way. Happy investing!

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Rociada Springs Ranch - This impeccable retreat sits just outside the National Forest and the Gascon Trail, affording excellent horseback riding opportunities, yet still close to Las Vegas and Santa Fe. There is a main house, guesthouse and numerous outbuildings, and unsurpassed views. 4 br, 7 ba, 3,914 sq.ft., 4-car garage, 495.7 acres.

SantaFeProperties.com/201400601 Don DeVi 505.690.1866 Kevin B b lsk 505.470.6263 $3,800,000

Rancho Acequias - This property is a working ranch, a horse property with fertile grazing pastures, and a fly fishing retreat on the Chama River, with water rights and a stocked trout pond. There are six legal contiguous lots and two access roads from the highway frontage; other contiguous parcels are available. 2 br, 2 ba, 81 acres.

SantaFeProperties.com/201302591 Don DeVi 505.690.1866 Gabrielle Burke 505.690.4147 $2,395,000

59 Droege Road - A lush garden oasis awaits you in the midst of Arroyo Hondo horse country, sitting on acreage with incredible views. There is a 4,500 sq.ft. main house, a 1,200 sq.ft. guesthouse, a heated pool and a 4-stall Barnmaster for your horses. Additional acreage available.

7 br, 6 ba, 3-car garage, 23.15 acres.

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34 Laughing H rse Lane - This custom territorial-style home is in the historic Arroyo Hondo countryside, and offers excellent views, landscaping, a guesthouse and a green house. There is a four-stall barn with turnouts, an excellent dressage or jumping arena and hundreds of nearby trails. 4 br, 5 ba, 4,372 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 6.21 acres.

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27 C un R ad 84D - Hacienda Las Barrancas, a former bed-and-breakfast and the one-time site of the famous Babbitt Trading Post, is an oasis of serenity on 4.3 acres. Its expansive views make every day a visual treat. The floorplan offers many living options, and there is a guesthouse, too.

6 br, 5 ba, 4,900 sq.ft., 2-car garage.

SantaFeProperties.com/201305557 Paul Ge ffre 505.660.6009 $799,000

244 Camin Del Rincon - Just a few miles outside of Santa Fe, winding its way through Pojoaque Pueblo, runs a little road down to the corner of the world. The privacy at the end of the road and amazing views of the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez Mountains just can't be beat. 4 br, 4 ba, 3,819 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 12.72 acres.

SantaFeProperties.com/201101964 David Feld 505.690.5162 $795,000

9 Rabbi brush R ad - La Serena - This soft contemporary pueblo home and guesthouse offer affordable luxury and beauty. This is a rare property in an area allowing for horses, with quality finishes and a thoughtfully laid out floorplan. 3 br, 3 ba, 2,760 sq.ft., 3-car garage, 2.5 acres. Directions: La Serena Trail to Rabbitbrush Road.

SantaFeProperties.com/201302993 Ge rge e R mer 505.603.1494 $662,000

Land At Rosilla Peak - This property is private and fullyfenced with three springs that feed a cistern, shower facilities, a log pavilion and a kitchen. It was a wilderness camp for several summers, and would make a perfect compound or equestrian retreat. An additional one-acre lot on Hwy 63 is included with the purchase. 289 acres.

MLS #201305188 James C ngd n 505.490.2800 $575,000

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Residential Lot In Tesuque Ridge Ranch - Nestled in the protected rolling hills of Tesuque Ridge Ranch is this viewfilled building site. This gorgeous property awaits your Santa Fe dream home or equestrian estate. Bring a horse or two to discover the magic that this enclave offers, just minutes from town. 5.1 acres.

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110 Camino Los Abuelos - This inviting adobe and frame home sits on just over 12 acres with unobstructed mountain views. The passive solar orientation adds plenty of natural light and offers majestic views from nearly every room, with Santa Fe details throughout. 3 br, 2 ba, 2,500 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 12.05 acres.

SantaFeProperties.com/201301634 Cind Sheff 505.470.6114 Amber Haskell 505.470.0923 $469,000

1 Camino Caballos Spur - A private and lush property in the Highway 285 corridor, this home overlooks Ortiz Mountain views. The classic pueblo style home offers a detached studio/guesthouse with a bath on five acres.

Horses are allowed, and the yard is fully-fenced for dogs. 3 br, 3 ba, 2,633 sq.ft., 2-car garage.

SantaFeProperties.com/201300671 Cind Sheff 505.470.6114 Amber Haskell 505.470.0923 $459,000

CRB 28A - This rare offering in San Miguel County is an 1800's homestead in the Villanueva Valley. Offered as improved land with outbuildings, water and electric, it is an excellent opportunity to create an equestrian retreat, so bring your horses. 50 acres, and an additional 50 or 100 acres are also available.

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Colinas del Sol - Here are 15 glorious view lots to choose from, all approximately 12.5-acre parcels, starting at just $132,000. Horses are welcome, and water, electric and telephone service are to the lot line in this private subdivision. Potential attractive owner financing available, so call today and don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

SantaFeProperties.com/201400168 Sue Garfitt 505.577.2007 Fred Raznick 505.577.0143 $132,000 $255,000

8-B End of the Trail - This horse property residential lot is in a small five-home subdivision with an established community water system (water is to site). The subdivision has sensible covenants and restrictions and offers easy access to town. A driveway and building site are already in place. 20 acres.

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12 Los Llanitos Lane - This adobe cabin sits on 3.5 horsefriendly acres with no covenants, offering lush acreage and mesa views. The 2010 and 2011 upgrades include additional square feet with a full bath, new septic and front room area.

An amazing well drilled in 2005 produced 20 GPM, and there is active solar. 1 br, 1 ba, 3.5 acres SantaFeProperties.com/201204068

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Kachina R ad-L 14 - This stunning 6-plus acres off Highway 14 has softly sloping hills and spectacular views, dotted with mature trees and native grasses. A wonderful place to build your new home in a quiet and peaceful neighborhood, easy access to Hwy 14 gets you in town in a few minutes. The property needs both well and septic.

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21 Tecolote Circle - What an incredible opportunity to own a beautiful home in the heart of Las Campanas, a close distance to the Clubhouse, Golf and Spa. Furthermore, the home is in the Pueblos enclave and is adjacent to the first fairway of the Sunset Golf Course, with unobstructed Sangre views. 3 br, 3 ba, 3,175 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 0.3 acre.

SantaFeProperties.com/201400571 Linda Murphy 505.780.7711 $785,000

660 Camino don Emilio - Eco Seco - An intriguing compound with attached guest quarters, there are three distinct, fully-equipped living areas. Set high on a hill with nice views of the surrounding mountain ranges, it is bankowned, and never occupied. 5 br, 5 ba, 4,922 sq.ft., 4-car garage, 1 acre. Directions: West Alameda to Camino Don Emilio.

SantaFeProperties.com/201400465 S eve Rizika 505.577.8240 $619,000

707 East Palace, Uni 3 - Seconds from Canyon Road, this nice end unit condo in the La Vereda Compound has good separation of space between public spaces and private rooms, and a cozy passive solar sunroom. This lovely unit is a real value, and it has so much upside potential with direct access to Palace Avenue. 3 br, 3 ba, 2,500 sq.ft.

SantaFeProperties.com/201400481 Linda Murphy 505.780.7711 $599,500

18 Casa del Oro Loop - Eldorado - This newer and larger Adobeworks home has vista views of four mountain ranges.

3 br, 2 ba, 2,300 sq.ft., 2-car garage, 1.58 acres.

Directions: Avenida Vista Grande to Casa del Oro, turn left onto Casa del Oro, right on second entrance to Casa del Oro Loop. The house is second on the left.

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1000 Pase de Peral a . 216 Washing n Ave . San a Fe, NM 87501 • 505.982.4466 SantaFeProperties.com . FaceBook.com/SantaFeProperties . LuxuryPortfolio.com All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act and Equal Opportunities Act. Santa Fe Properties (“SFP”) strives to confirm as reasonably practical all advertising information herein is correct but assumes no legal responsibility for accuracy and should be verified by Purchaser. SFP is not responsible for misinformation provided by its clients, misprints, or typographical errors. Prices herein are subject to change. Square footage amounts and lot sizes are approximates.

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1024 MANSION RIDGE ROAD $3,000,000 This beautiful estate celebrates sweeping Sangre de Cristo vistas and city lights, from its expansive three acre hilltop setting. It includes lovely gardens and multiple outdoor living areas.

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2101 FOOTHILLS ROAD $1,495,000 This 4 bedroom main house plus a casita is in a coveted location and has been impeccably maintained.

Perfectly sited on 1.53 acres to capture views of the Jemez Mountains and sunsets.

Neil Lyon, CRB, CRS, GRI 505.954.5505 #201400499

3261 NM HWY 14, SPIRIT ROCK RANCH $995,000 Stunning, archaeologically significant property. Spacious and private 5,500 sq ft, Pueblo-style home on 130+ acres with handcrafted doors, expansive portales, vigas, latilla-framed windows, and Spanish tile.

Ricky Allen 505.946.2855 #201304475

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41 SUNFLOWER $895,000 2013 ASID Designer Showhouse of the Year. Thick adobe walls, high ceilings, vigas, latillas, corbels, many fireplaces, skylights, and nichos. Outdoor areas include 2 portales and a patio with outdoor kitchen.

Ashley Margetson 505.984.5186 #201303174

653 CANYON ROAD, #10 $895,000 A lovely 3BR, 3BA home in the quiet Compound Condominiums steps from Canyon Road. Spacious living room looking out to a private courtyard, and a quaint dining area that opens to a bright kitchen.

The Santa Fe Team 505.988.2533 #201103602

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1020 CANYON ROAD, B $799,500 One of the premier residences of historic Canyon Road’s Alma del Cañon, this home features the best Santa Fe’s newest community has to offer. Beautiful indoor finishes of hard-trowel plaster walls.

Stan Jones, CRS 505.954.5524 #201305472

15 CANYON VISTA COURT $899,000

By Santa Fe’s most award-winning builder, Tierra Concepts, we are pleased to present this custom home on a large 2.24 acre sunset and mountain view lot in Las Campanas. Private cul-de-sac setting.

Diane Harrison 505.412.9918 #201303006

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148 SUNFLOWER $790,000 Delightful 2,600 sq ft soft contemporary Pueblostyle home perfectly sited to capture canvas-quality views. Located in the much-desired Las Campanas gated neighborhood of Estates II. Johnnie Gillespie & Marion Skubi 505.660.8722 #201400412

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389 GLORIETA MESA ROAD $775,000 Ideal for horse lovers. Adjacent to National Forest lands, this gorgeous 3BR, 3BA home on 200 acres in Glorieta features American Clay walls, stained concrete floors, and beautiful custom woodwork.

EvelynSpiker,CRS,RSPS 505.954.5556 #201204848

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155 SOUTH MONTE REY, LOS ALAMOS $595,000 Large, spacious contemporary split level Ranchstyle home with large rooms, wine cellar, storage, and a natatorium with entertainment facilities. Three bedrooms, six baths and 7,932 sq ft, on 3.2 acres.

Webb Sherrill 505.955.7970 #201300765

6 SENDERO DE LA VIDA $739,000 Beautiful custom home on 3 acres with a lovely entry courtyard and an inviting portal. The 3BR interior includes large glass doors, a chef’s kitchen and open dining area, and a spacious living room.

David & Bonnie Sorenson 505.954.0735 #201302794

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331 SANCHEZ STREET $560,000 Quintessential Santa Fe 2BR, 2BA Eastside charmer at the end of a quiet lane. Single-level, high ceilings with latillas, skylights, open concept living and dining room, 3 interior fireplaces, and 1 exterior fireplace.

K.C. Martin 505.954.5549 #201300377

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32 HONDO TRAIL $699,000 This residence enjoys a spectacular position on a hill with a gated private driveway leading up to this lovingly and beautifully designed adobe hacienda plus guesthouse. Views, privacy and tranquility.

Susan Kline & Lynden Galloway 505.501.1111 #201301950

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23 CENTAURUS RANCH $495,000 Desirable walled courtyard home in Aldea all on 1 level. 2BR, 2BA in the main house plus a separate entrance guest casita with a kitchenette. The courtyard boasts a lovely stone fountain.

Darlene Streit 505.920.8001 #201400551

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3 TANO VIDA $675,000 Set privately in a wooded area off Tano Road is a home that envelops you with classic Santa Fe touches and plenty of rural charm. Flexible floor plan allows for attached rear area of home to be its own guest unit.

Abigail Davidson 505.954.5520 #201305900

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11 EAST CHILI LINE ROAD $459,000 Beautiful and impeccably maintained Cielo model home in Rancho Viejo is situated on one of the premier elevated homesites offering forever open space and expansive and unobstructed views.

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5 DUANE DRIVE, ABIQUIU $449,000 Contemporary studio/residence with commanding views of Cerro Pedernal, the surrounding mountain ranges and Chama River valley in the heart of Georgia O’Keeffe country. On 12 private, view acres.

David Fries 505.954.5541 #201301113

1923 OTOWI $374,900 Contemporary-style home in close-in Casa Alegre with travertine tile floors, radiant heat, an oversized, 2-car garage with storage space, insulated casement windows and a hot-water circulation pump.

Susan Shields 505.954.5510 #201302244

4733 VISTA DEL SOL $242,500 Across from a park sits this 4BR, 2BA home.The family room, spacious kitchen and dining room separate the master suite from the other bedrooms. This singlelevel property with a 2-car garage backs to a greenbelt.

Michaelene Sargent 505.954.5514 #201305947

721 PINON DRIVE $425,000 NEW PRICE. Classic Territorial-style 2BR, 2BA home.

Emily Garcia 505.955.7963 #201305332

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102 Victoria Street Historic Eastside adobe that has been lovingly restored. 3B/3B, vigas, beams, hand-troweled walls, 3 fireplaces, walled flagstone gardens with mature trees and plantings. A spacious guest suite has a private entrance and could be used as an office, studio or mother-in-law suite. Close to galleries, restaurants and Canyon Road. Quintessentially charming home on the Historic Eastside. $899,000 MLS# 201400060 CLARA L. DOUGHERTY (505) 690-0471 • claradough@gmail.com Dougherty Real Estate Co., LLC • (505) 989-7741 433 W. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501 http://dresf.com

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2 Avalon Pl., Eldorado Beautiful light-filled home conveniently located near schools, library and senior center. Attention to detail in great room, den, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 kiva fireplaces, radiant heat, cove ceilings, vigas, front and rear portals and courtyard.

Coyote fencing surrounds the gorgeous xeriscaped yard with Aspen trees, native grasses and many more plantings. $429,900 MLS# 201400575

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309 ARMIJO/RODRIGUEZ D Discover Enjoyable Santa Fe Living Here Nestled into a view-filled ridge above Palace Avenue is a beautiful Zachery-designed home. Fine detailing and superior finishes, wood cabinets, granite surfaces, and elegant fireplaces assure enjoyment and carefree living for years to come. Refrigerated air and radiant heating with forced air backup gives instant comfort in any season. Well-separated flexible bedrooms provide tranquility. A finished and heated garage with extra storage complement ‘anytime’ use. Peaceful patios overlook mountain views and the City. 3 br, 3 ba, 1,742 sq.ft., 2-car garage. Directions: East on Marcy which becomes Hillside, bear left at T on Armijo and follow signs to top of hill. MLS #201301510 Offered At $724,500 DAVID WOODARD · 505.920.2000 · DavidWoodard@mac.com SANTA FE PROPERTIES · 505.982.4466 · SantaFeProperties.com

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MaryJoy Ford 505-577-0177 Sotheby’s International Realty.

O-16 1:00PM-4:00PM - 15 Canyon Vista Court - By Santa Fe’s most award winning builder, Tierra Concepts, we are pleased to present this custom home on a large 2.24 acre sunset and mountain view lot in Las Campanas.

Private cul-de-sac setting. $899,000. MLS 201303006. (599 to Camino La Tierra, head west, follow signs to stay on Las Campanas Drive, past Clubhouse Drive, right at Sierra Rosa Loop Gate, immediate left onto Thundercloud, left on Canyon Vista Court.) Diane Harrison 505-412-9918 Sotheby’s International Realty.

P-36 12:00PM-2:00PM - 817 Calle David - Priced to sell, 4100 sq. ft, 4 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath, Incredible views, Multilevel, 5 minutes to downtown, Owner Financing Available $749,900. MLS 201205056. (599 to Ridgetop, turn left over 599 to Camino Francisca, first left on Calle David.)

Michael Estrada 505-514-7817 Barker Realty.

Q-11 1:00PM-3:00PM - 9 Camino De Colores - Enjoy a sweeping panoramic view of the Jemez Mountains and golf course from this upgraded home in Las Campanas.

Over $250,000 in builder upgrades. Bosch appliances and an audio/video/security system. $699,000.

MLS 201205013. (Hwy 599, RT @Camino La Tierra @ 1st y, LT @ 2nd y, follow the signs To Clubhouse Past Clubhouse Drive, RT @ Paseo Aragon, thru the gate. Stay on Paseo Aragon, then RT@ Camino de Colores to #9 on left.) Paula Galvin 505-795-5980 Sotheby’s International Realty.

W-34 1:00PM-3:00PM - 118 Pine Street - Casa Solana Gem, refreshments provided! Polished to perfection with newly updated bath and kitchen to make this classic a "must see" SF home. Close to downtown, restaurants, the dog park & Riverwalk. $339,000. MLS 201305932. (3 br, 1 ba, West on Alameda, North on Pine Street.) Melissa Chambers 505-660-7302 Santa Fe Properties.

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DARLING 1 bedroom. Yard, parking, central location, no pets. $750. Nancy Gilorteanu Realtor, 983-9302.

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1:00PM-3:00PM - 501 Rio Grande F-6 - Cute two-story condominium with 2BR, 2BA, and wonderful front and back gardens. Great location, close to the Plaza and all the seasonal activities downtown. All new appliances and brick floors. $299,000. MLS 201304575. (North side of Paseo De Peralta, north on Rio Grande, Condos on right side of street, drive all the way to back, condo straight ahead.) Ed Schroeder 505-690-1007 Sotheby’s International Realty.

1:00PM-4:00PM - 1 Periwinkle Place - Ready to Move In. This 3B/2B home on a corner lot next to a greenbelt is waiting for its new family. Terrific yard with pergola and landscaping. 1507 sf and 2 car garage. $269,000. MLS 201304867. (Richards Ave, Left on Flowering Wells, to Periwinkle. Hosted by Sherie Stiver Zinn) Coleen Dearing 505-930-9102 Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty, Ltd.

1:00PM-3:00PM - 102 Victoria Street - On the Historic Eastside, this 3B/3B adobe has been lovingly renovated.

Vigas & beams, hand-troweled walls, 3 fireplaces, walled flagstone gardens & more.Quintessentially charming home near Canyon Rd. $899,000. MLS 201400060.

(Acequia Madre to Cam. don Miguel to Cam. San Acacio to Victoria St.or Cam. del Monte Sol to Camino Santander. Left on Cam. San Acacio and left on Victoria St. Look for Dougherty RE Co.,LLC signs!) Clara L. Dougherty - Broker Associate 505-690-0471 Dougherty Real Estate Co., LLC.

W-42 1:00PM-3:00PM - 812 Vista Catedral - Classic adobe hacienda on the Eastside builkt with exception quality and craftsmanship. This authentic Pueblo-style home is positioned to take full advantage of the panoramic views. $2,495,000. MLS 201205600. (Palace to La Verda through the gate of El Cerro Moreno.) Judith Ivey 505577-5157 Sotheby’s International Realty.

W-48 1:00PM-4:00PM - 1567 Cerro Gordo - Heaven on Cerro Gordo! If you are looking for a peaceful and nurturing place to call home...you have found it! 1.35 acre, exquisite house, unobstructed views of Atalaya Mountain, private lane. $710,000. MLS 201305248. (Gonzales to Cerro Gordo. Quite far up Cerro Gordo on left. Look for Open House sign.) Claire Lange 505-670-1420 Claire Lange Real Estate.

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VV-27 12:30PM-2:30PM - 11 E Chili Line Road - A rare opportunity and a truly one of a kind setting in Windmill Ridge at Rancho Viejo. This beautiful and impeccably maintained Cielo model is situated one of the premier elevated homesites. $459,000. MLS 201400523. (Richards Ave, past community college, left on E Chili Line, first house on left.) Stephanie Yoder 505-412-9911 Sotheby’s International Realty.

VV-28 1:00PM-3:00PM - 36 E Chili Line - Fantastic 5 bedroom home with over 3000 sf on .25 acre lot that backs to park. Saltillo, vigas, fireplace, radiant heat and evap. cooling. Formal & informal spaces, great master suite. $479,000. MLS 201305927. (Richards Avenue to Chili Line) Roger Carson 505-699-8759 Keller Williams International Realty.

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1:00PM-4:00PM - 660 Camino Don Emilio - An intriguing compound with attached guest quarters, with 3 distinct, fully-equipped living areas. High on a hill with nice views of the surrounding mountain ranges. Bankowned, and never occupied. $619,000. MLS 201400465. (5 br, 5 ba, West Alameda to Camino Don Emilio) Steve Rizika 505-577-8240 Santa Fe Properties.

1:00PM-4:00PM - 3150 La Paz Lane - Sparkling, upgraded 2 story condo in sweet, quiet subdivision. One BR + easily converted office on main level; open floor plan on 2nd floor. Radiant heat, evap cooling, brand new flooring, VIEWS!!!! $199,900. MLS 201400450. (From Cerrillos, West on Richards. Pass Rufina. Stay on Henry Lynch to La Paz Lane. Left on La Paz Lane to #3150 on left; Visitors’ parking on right.) Lynne Einleger 505-9830332 Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty, LTD.

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1:00PM-3:00PM - 1024 Mansion Ridge Road - This beautiful estate celebrates sweeping Sangre de Cristo vistas and city lights, from its expansive three acre hilltop setting. It includes lovely gardens and multiple outdoor living areas. $3,000,000. MLS 201301903. (Bishops Lodge Road, left on Mansion Drive, right on Mansion Ridge Road.) Mary Lide Kehoe 505-310-1422 Sotheby’s International Realty.

12:30PM-3:00PM - 3176 Viale Tresana - Villas Di Toscana is now building in the last allowed gated community in Santa Fe city limits! Impeccably designed homes starting in the $300’s. For more info visit this meticulously cared for two-story $474,000. MLS 203305512.

(Cam. Carlos Rey South or Gov. Miles Rd. turn left on Gov Miles - Villas di Toscana is on the right.) Laura Kasa 505-467-9658 Keller Williams.

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1:00PM-3:00PM - 721 Pinon Drive - Classic Territorial home, walking distance to the plaza with charm and views! Home is on half an acre, offers 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, A/C, a 1 car garage and almost 1500 square feet of living space. $450,000. MLS 201305332. (Paseo de Peralta to Griffin, Right on Rio Grande, Right on Pinon, left on Vera and back to Pinon. House is to top of hill.)

Jennifer Wnuczek 505-930-2555 Sotheby’s International Realty.

12:00PM-4:30PM - 7364 Avenida El Nido - Brand-new home in Las Palomas development of Tierra Contenta.

Stop in to find out how Homewise can help you buy the perfect resale or new home for you. New home plans starting at $212,900. (From Airport Road, turn onto Paseo del Sol WEST. Turn right on Jaguar Road to the dead end, then turn right on Avenida El Nido. Model homes are on the right on Avenida El Nido.) Patrice Von Eschen 505690-1811 Homewise, Inc.

1:00PM-4:00PM - 88 Canada del Rancho - Drop Dead Gorgeous 5B/3B, 2650 sf home on great view lot. Landscaped, updated, upgraded and wonderful! Easy access to I-25. Come see this lovely home. $475,000. MLS 2013004353. (Richards Ave, Right on Rancho Viejo past Village Market to Canada del Rancho) Coleen Dearing 505-930-9102 Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty, Ltd.

UU-23 1:00PM-3:00PM - 2 Coyote Pass Rd. - Beautiful Luminaria model on corner lot. Spacious master suite with huge walk-in closet. High ceilings, light and bright.

4 bed/2 bath, 2350 sq.ft. Family room, flagstone patio, 2 car garage. $370,000. MLS 201400516. (Richards Avenue to Right on Avenida del Sur. Pass Rancho Viejo Blvd., Go Left on Canada del Rancho, Left on Arroyo Ridge to corner of Coyote Pass Rd.) Nancy Clark 505-699-0171 Keller Williams Realty.

1:00PM-3:00PM - 41 C Canada Del Rancho - Outstanding 2 bedroom 2/5 bath townhouse with all the upgrades at an amazing price! Granite, cherry cabinets, vigas, kiva fp. Across from the park. $225,000. MLS 201305754. (Richards Avenue to Avenida del Oro to Canada Del Rancho) Melissa Pippin Carson 505-699-3112 Keller Williams International Realty.

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W-37 1:00PM-4:00PM - 814 1/2 Dunlap St Unit B - Immaculate Condo in the Railyard!! Close to Farmer’s Mkt, SFe River Trail. Built in 2006, 2bed/2bath, 1,171 sq ft. Radiant heat, diamond plaster, granite counter tops, and stunning old wooden beams! $398,000. MLS 201305814. (From Agua Fria turn North onto Irvine St then first left (West) onto Dunlap. Property is on your left (south) side of Dunlap. From St. Francis turn East onto Dunlap, look for open house signs.) Will Bussey 505-699-4008 Keller Williams.

W-50 1:00PM-4:00PM - 1170 A Camino San Acacio - Location, location, location! Charming newer home walking distance to Canyon Rd. Features high end finishes, 2 Kivas, master bed room view deck, enclosed courtyard and more!! $564,900. MLS 201400117. (East Alameda to Camino Cabra to corner of Camino San Acacio) Gail Stratton 505-670-6843 Logic Real Estate.

X-39 2:00PM-4:00PM - 604-1/2 Galisteo Street - Walk to everywhere from this 2BR, 2BA, 1,465 sq ft adobe on Galisteo Street. Updated with plaster walls, wood doors, radiant heat, double pane windows, and maple floors. $352,000. MLS 201204802. (West side of Galisteo street at W. Santa Fe Avneue/Paseo de Peralta.) Katherine Blagden 505-490-2400 Sotheby’s International Realty.

Y-44 1:00PM-3:00PM - 1020 Canyon Road B - One of the premier residences of historic Canyon Road’s Alma del Canon, this home features the best Santa Fe’s newest community has to offer. Beautiful indoor finishes of hard trowel plaster walls. $799,500. MLS 201305472.

(Paseo de Peralta to Canyon Road.) Stan Jones 505-3102426 Sotheby’s International Realty.

Z-40 1:00PM-4:30PM - 447 1/2 Camino Monte Vista A Authentic (1930s?) adobe condo remodeled in 2012. Romantic pied-a-terre loaded with SF style.

Office/studio/2nd bed option. Lush communal gardens.

On a little lane off OSFT convenient to downtown. $400,000. MLS 201302821. (1 br, 2 ba, Going South (up) OSFT turn left just after the fork at OPT.) Gavin Sayers 505-690-3070 Santa Fe Properties.

CC-39 1:00PM-3:00PM - 123 W San Mateo - Right in the middle of town, this wonderful, expansive home offers a formal dining room, den, enclosed front porch & remodeled kitchen. Mature trees, circular driveway, and a huge landscaped backyard. $500,000. MLS 201202868.

(St. Francis, east on San Mateo, house on north side.)

Ann Brunson 505-690-7885 Sotheby’s International Realty.

EE-37 1:00PM-3:00PM - 604 Galisteo Street - Incredible Investment Opportunity!Charming 2 bedroom 1 bath adobe home in the heart of Santa FeWalking distance to everything fun happening from the Railyard to Canyon Road and Plaza1, 305 sq ft $319,600. (Paseo de Peralta to Don Gas[par turn South and then turn west onto W. Santa Fe Ave.Property driveway is directly across Galisteo St) Christopher Harris 505-603-2212 Barker Realty.

HH-38 12:00PM-4:00PM - 493 Calle Volver - This contemporary home has clean lines, rich wood finishes, modern details of stainless steel & natural stone. Make this your home or design your own at Plaza Bonita Subdivision plazabonitasantafe.com $416,000. MLS 201305329. (St. Francis, east on San Mateo, right on Calle De La Vuelta, left on Calle Redondo, first house on the left.) Aaron Borrego 505-577-0740 Logic Real Estate.

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J-53 1:00PM-3:00PM - 18 Casa del Oro Loop - This newer and larger Adobeworks home has vista views of four mountain ranges. The gracious floorplan adds privacy, and the master and dining open to a walled courtyard.

Library/den with fireplace. $435,000. MLS 201400474. (3 br, 2 ba, Avenida Vista Grande to Casa del Oro, turn left onto Casa del Oro, right on second entrance to Casa del Oro Loop. House is second on left.) Alex Stango 505-2314008 Santa Fe Properties.

N-62 12:30PM-2:00PM - 5 Inez Court - Charming & warmly inviting custom designed &built home in a private central location. A walled garden w/lovely sunset & northerly mountain views complete this wonderfully romantic home. A must see! $450,000. MLS 201400422. (3 br, 2 ba, West on Avenida Eldorado, right on Inez Court) Sue Garfitt 505-577-2007 Santa Fe Properties.

R-60 12:30PM-2:00PM - 132 Mejor Lado - Newly completed

by Aram Farber! Lit pilaster entry to lovely open-plan, split bedroom design, coved viga ceilings, large study.

Sweeping mountain views, paved cul-de-sac, nat. gas & community water. $565,000. MLS 201305092. (3 br, 2 ba, West on Avenida Eldorado, left on Ave de Compadres, right on paved Mejor Lado, right into the cul-de-sac.)

Fred Raznick 505-577-0143 Santa Fe Properties.

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COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS of NM (CISNM) is seeking FullTime SITE COORDINATORS for two Kindergarten through 8th grade schools in the Santa Fe Public Schools.

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Must possess or be eligible for a NM Administrative license and have a minimum of 5 years experience as an administrator in an education related position. The successful candidate will provide leadership for all building programs and activities; work collaboratively with staff to develop and implement action plans for raising student achievement; support and foster current instructional practice; coordinate hiring; supervising and evaluating staff; coordinate and monitor the budget process; and serve as a visible and articulate presence within the community to enhance support for education. Experience with successful dual credit programs and Early College in High School desired. Starting salary range $93,000 to $110,000.

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Application Deadline: February 28, 2014 Interviews for finalists scheduled for March 6 and March 7, 2014.

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Eye Associates of New Mexico is the largest ophthalmology and optometry practice in the Southwest. We currently have the above-listed positions open at our Santa Fe Surgery Center and Santa Fe Clinic. Some positions require travel between our Northern New Mexico clinics, please check the listing.

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Please send resume and cover letter stating the specific POSITION and LOCATION for which you are applying to: Eye Associates of New Mexico, 8801 Horizon Blvd. NE #360, Albuquerque, NM 87113 Attn: Human Resources; fax to (800) 548-5213 or email to employment@eyenm.com.

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We have partnered with the Santa Fe Community College Teacher Education Department, St John’s College, the Academy for the Love of Learning and a team of our most dynamic teachers to create a intensive, highly supportive one-year introduction into the profession. Because we recognize that becoming an excellent teacher takes years, we have designed our fellowship so that Fellows will gain the skills, awareness and desire to stay in our schools for years, and become valuable, long-term members of our team of professionals.

The Fellowship begins June 9, 2014 with a paid, eight-week summer “jump-start” session. Fellows who successfully complete the program will be awarded intern licensure and begin paid, full-time teaching, with the support of the program and onsite mentors, in August. All tuition, books and other fees associated with licensure are paid for by SFPS, provided Fellows teach in SFPS for at least three years.

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