Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan 17, 2014

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Governor details school shooting victim’s condition

Fatal car chase captured on officer’s dashboard camera

The 12-year-old boy is on a respirator, but doctors are optimistic. LOCAL, B-1

Smartphones as evidence?

By Chris Quintana

PAC backs strong mayor

The Supreme Court could hear appeals involving warrantless cellphone searches that led to criminal convictions. PAge A-3

The pursuit and eventual shooting death of 39-year-old Jeanette Anaya started with the Santa Fe woman turning right on a green light. It was 1:15 a.m. Nov. 7, a Thursday, and it was New Mexico State Police Officer Oliver Wilson’s second week

New group strives to get voters behind different form of government. LOCAL, B-1

The New Mexican

on the night shift, he told investigating officers. Wilson said he had seen the driver perform a “California stop” — a sudden stop followed by rapid acceleration — at the intersection of Alta Vista Street and St. Francis Drive. Wilson also said Anaya had made a “wobbly” turn. But video released Thursday shows Anaya making what appears to be

Oil plan meets resistance

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a legal turn. Even District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco said in a news conference a day earlier that

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Aamodt settlement deadline approaches Water users have until April 7 to decide whether to accept or protest deal By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

A sign near the Mission Chapel of Our Lady of Light in Lamy calls for opposition to a proposed railway loading site for crude oil. Communities south of Santa Fe are already gearing up to fight the proposal, and a public meeting is scheduled Saturday at the old Legal Tender Saloon. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN

Lamy-area residents aim to fight proposed railway loading site in community By Staci Matlock

The New Mexican

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ommunities south of Santa Fe are gearing up to fight a proposed railway loading site for crude oil in Lamy — or at least weigh in on the matter. Crude oil producers have increasingly turned to railroads for shipping as oil production has increased around the country. Shipments by rail ballooned from 10,840 in 2009 to an estimated 400,000 in 2013. Oklahoma-based Pacer Energy Marketing plans to truck crude oil from the Four Corners area to property in Lamy owned by

Santa Fe Southern Railway, where the oil would be transferred to rail cars and shipped to refineries south of Albuquerque. Organizers have set a public meeting at 4 p.m. Saturday at the old Legal Tender Saloon in Lamy, where they are inviting residents of Lamy, Eldorado and other nearby communities to hear about Pacer’s plans. Pacer is leasing a track siding from Santa Fe Southern, which also owns the short line between Lamy and Santa Fe and used to run sightseeing trains on that route. Work already has begun to improve the siding at the Lamy terminal, located off County Road 33 at the “Y.”

Residents of the area are concerned about an increase in truck traffic in the area, but Pacer’s plan also raises worries about oil spills near the community’s water supply and the potential for train derailments. Recently, a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded near Casselton, N.D. Another crude oil shipping train crashed in Canada in July, killing 47 people. Congress is pushing for stricter oversight and safety measures in light of the crashes, according to an article earlier this month in Insurance Journal. Pacer Energy gathers oil from about 600 wells

By Uriel J. Garcia

The New Mexican

Santa Fe Police Department investigators spent part of Wednesday and all of Thursday at a house in the 800 block of Don Diego Avenue, where a 74-yearold man was found dead Wednesday under what police say were suspicious circumstances. Larry Roybal, a part-time retail clerk who lived alone in a three-bedroom home that had belonged to his mother, was found dead at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday

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Classifieds C-2

by a family member, police said. His personal belongings appeared to be scattered around inside the home, police said. Celina Westervelt, a spokeswoman for the department, said authorities were awaiting autopsy results before releasing the man’s cause of death. Westervelt said officers were called to the scene after receiving reports from friends and family who said they hadn’t heard from Roybal since Monday. Dewitt Bolden, a neighbor who has lived in the area for four months, said that at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, he saw four people at Roybal’s house, entering and exiting through what he described as a garage on the property.

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Comics C-8

Lotteries A-2

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Brother says man found dead ‘had no enemies’ Investigators shut down part of Don Diego, cite suspicious circumstances

It’s finally time for thousands of water users in the Pojoaque Basin north of Santa Fe to decide how they feel about a settlement in the state’s longest-running water-rights case, which will affect all of them permanently. About 6,000 people with surface or groundwater rights can expect a letter in the mail soon from the U.S. Department of Justice, telling them it is time to decide whether or not to accept the settlement in the Aamodt case. They’ll have until April 7 to agree to the settlement and accept conditions on their water use or to protest the settlement. Those who don’t respond by the deadline automatically will be bound by whatever the federal court approves in the case. Many residents have lingering questions about how parts of the settlement will play out, such as a planned regional water system, which is a centerpiece of the deal. The system is meant to replace domestic wells and provide a more secure source of water for people in the basin, including residents in the communities of Nambé, Tesuque, Pojoaque, Cuyamungue and Rio en Medio.

Competitive Oscar race 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle have legitimate claims as favorites for best picture, while a filmmaker with Santa Fe roots is competing for best documentary feature. PAge A-6

Obituaries Emilio “E.J.” Cantou, 91, Jan. 12 Cody Dylan Paul, Jan. 10

Santa Fe police officers investigate the death of a 74-yearold man in the 800 block of Don Diego Avenue on Thursday morning. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Opinions A-7

Police notes B-2

Editor: Ray Rivera, 986-3033, rrivera@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Kristina Dunham, kdunham@sfnewmexican.com

Sports B-5

Time Out A-8

Generation Next C-1

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John A. Wagner, Santa Fe, Jan. 9

Plenty of sun. High 48, low 24.

PAge B-2

PAge A-6

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