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Arrest made in 20-year-old rape case Police: DNA evidence linked Santa Fean to 1992 incident

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Gilbert Romero

Police have arrested a Santa Fe man recently linked

by DNA evidence to the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl that occurred more than two decades ago.

A criminal complaint filed in Santa Fe County Magistrate Court says Gilbert Romero, 51, faces felony charges in connection with the 1992 rape of the teenager, including kidnapping and criminal sexual penetration of a child.

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Romero was taken into custody at his home, 2825 Vereda Oriente, which is south of the Genoveva Chavez Community Center. District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco said Romero was arraigned Wednesday.

A police document says that

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Legislation expected to be a boon for drought-stricken state’s livestock producers

The first horse race was held at the renovated Downs Racetrack & Casino in Albuquerque in August 2013. Courtesy RANDY SINER/ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESS FIRST

By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

Senate panel to re-examine Downs deal

Governor’s rival plans to heat up session with fresh review of controversial lease

Cattle ranchers in New Mexico struck by years of drought can purchase livestock insurance for the first time under a farm bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday in a rare bipartisan vote.

“They did something bipartisan? Wow,” said Edgewood rancher John C. Bassett when he heard the news.

Bassett said the two-year delay in approving a federal farm bill has been frustrating for producers who depend on it for grants and loans to improve their operations. While he said he doesn’t know if any changes to the new farm bill will help his ranch, he’s happy to see it pass.

The House approved the $1 trillion piece of legislation by a vote of 251-166, and the Senate is expected to vote on it this week. President Barack Obama has said he will sign the bill.

The public “ has the right

to know what’s going on through a full and thorough public discussion.

The Legislature has the duty to address it.”

A boost for cattle growers New Mexico producers applauded expansion of insurance programs to include livestock. Farmers growing big commodity items such as wheat, corn and soy have always been able to buy crop insurance to help out if they lost their harvest to drought, floods or other disaster. Producers purchased the insurance from a private company, but the payments were backed up by the federal government through the farm bill.

Livestock producers haven’t been able to buy similar insurance until now, said Matt Rush, executive director of the New Mexico Farm Bureau. The state has more than 17,000 farms and ranches.

Rush said the House bill provides nearly $7 billion for livestock producers, including $4 billion for disaster relief. He said that’s critical for New Mexico producers, who’ve had to reduce herd sizes the last three years due to drought. “Cattle numbers are the low-

Linda Lopez,

Senate Rules Committee chairwoman, speaking about The Downs contract

Sen. Linda Lopez speaks Tuesday on the Senate floor. Lopez, the Senate Rules Committee chairwoman and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, plans to explore the controversial 25-year lease for The Downs Racetrack & Casino in Albuquerque, which was pushed for by Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration in 2011. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

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n what promises to be one of the most politically charged hearings of the current legislative session, the Senate Rules Committee is planning to explore the controversial 25-year lease for The Downs Racetrack & Casino at the state’s Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque, pushed by Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration two years ago.

A major factor that makes the hearing interesting is that the chairwoman of the committee, Sen. Linda Lopez, D-Albuquerque, wants Marti-

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ate jobs and reform education, Sen. Lopez plans to instead waste time and taxpayer resources on yet another petty political sideshow,” spokesman Enrique Knell said.

Some Democrats as well as some Republicans formerly associated with Martinez’s administration have said there was undue pressure by the Governor’s Office in 2011 to award the lease for

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They say they do the hardest jobs, sweaty work in oilfields and dairies that Americans will not touch.

That is why Arturo Donlucas and Angel Escarcega want the state Legislature to continue granting New Mexico driver’s licenses to people who do not have proof of immigration status.

“They like the Mexican hand workers because they come in early and work late every day,” said Donlucas, 45, employed at a dairy in Lea County for 12 years.

American businesses rely on immigrant laborers, so legislators should let them keep their driver’s licenses, he said.

He and Escarcega, who makes his living as a laborer in oilfields near Lovington,

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nez’s job. She’s a declared Democratic gubernatorial candidate.

This is just one high-profile hearing with election-year overtones that Lopez has planned for the session. Others include the long-awaited vote on Martinez’s Public Education Department secretary-designate, Hanna Skandera.

“The public has the right to know what’s going on through a full and thorough public discussion,” Lopez said about The Downs contract.

“The Legislature has the duty to address it.”

But a spokesman for Martinez said Friday that Lopez was only interested in “political games.”

“At a time when we need to pass a budget, cre-

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Rare snowstorm sends Atlanta reeling NSA spying shows the perils of apps

By David Crary and Ray Henry The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Thousands of Atlanta schoolchildren stranded all night long in their classrooms were reunited with their parents Wednesday, while rescuers rushed to deliver blankets, food, gas and a ride home to countless shivering motorists stopped cold by a storm that paralyzed the South’s flagship city with less than 3 inches of snow.

As National Guardsmen and state troopers fanned out, Mayor Kasim Reed and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal found themselves on the defensive, acknowledging that the storm preparations and the response could have been better. But state officials also blamed forecasts that said conditions wouldn’t be so bad.

The icy weather wreaked similar havoc across much of the South, closing schools and highways, grounding flights and contributing to at least a dozen deaths from traffic accidents and a mobile home fire.

Yet it was Atlanta, home to major corporations and the world’s busiest airport, that was Exhibit A for how a Southern city could be sent reeling by winter weather that, in the North, might be no more than an inconvenience.

The mayor said the city could have directed schools, businesses and government offices to stagger their closings on Tuesday afternoon, as the storm began, rather than dismissing everyone at the same time.

The result was gridlock on freeways that are jammed even on normal days. Countless vehicles were stranded — and many

By Jordan Robertson Bloomberg News

Richard Uzoma returns to his car after he lost control and abandoned it overnight along with other vehicles that couldn’t traverse the ice buildup on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard on Wednesday in Norcross, Ga. Uzoma said it took him 12 hours to travel 10 miles Tuesday night, before he lost control less than a mile from his house. JOHN AMIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

of them abandoned. Officials said 239 children spent Tuesday night aboard school buses; more than 10,000 others stayed overnight in their schools.

One woman’s 12-mile commute home took 16 hours.

Another woman gave birth while stuck in traffic; police arrived just in time to help. Drivers who gave up trying to get home took shelter at fire stations, churches and grocery stores.

Across Georgia, the state patrol reported more than 1,250 traffic accidents.

Temperatures in Atlanta were forecast to dip as low as 16 Wednesday night, then gradually rise to the mid-50s by Friday.

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Elsewhere in the South: u Alabama officials said rescuers and medics in helicopters were flying over hard-hit counties on search-and-rescue missions. State troopers said five people were killed in traffic accidents that may have been weather-related. u Amid freezing temperatures in Mississippi, four people — including two small children — died in a mobile home fire blamed on a faulty space heater.

The highway patrol said several abandoned vehicles on Interstate 59 near Hattiesburg were broken into. u In South Carolina, the Highway Patrol responded to almost

the opposition regards the arrests during the protests — 328 by one lawmaker’s count — as fundamentally illegitimate.

Egypt’s army chief could become president CAIRO — Unknown only two years ago, the head of Egypt’s military, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, is riding on a wave of popular fervor that is almost certain to carry him to election as president. Many Egyptians now hail him as the nation’s savior after he ousted the Islamists from power and as the only figure strong enough to lead.

Secular critics fear a return of an autocracy similar to that led by Hosni Mubarak for nearly 30 years until his ouster in 2011’s popular uprising.

Police: Heroin sold in Pa. McDonald’s Happy Meals PITTSBURGH — An employee of a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh was charged Wednesday with selling heroin in Happy Meals. Allegheny County authorities made the arrest after an informant told them that an employee was selling the drug at a McDonald’s in the East Liberty section of the city.

Customers looking for heroin were instructed to go through the drive-thru and say, “I’d like to order a toy,” said Mike Manko, spokesman for District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. Authorities said they found 10 bags of heroin in a Happy Meal box and recovered another 50 bags from the suspect.

Ukraine lawmakers offer amnesty to protesters Syrian official hints KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s parliament election may not happen on Wednesday passed a measure offering

amnesty to those arrested in two months of protests, but only if demonstrators vacate most of the buildings they occupy. The measure was put forth by a lawmaker from the party of President Viktor Yanukovych. But

GENEVA — Syrian President Bashar Assad’s adviser on Wednesday rejected the opposition’s call for a transitional governing body and suggested for the first time that a presidential election scheduled to be held

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The comments by Bouthaina Shaaban in an interview with The Associated Press came as U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi announced that the first phase of the Syria peace talks in Geneva will end on Friday, as scheduled, and that the gap between the government and the opposition remains “quite large.”

Brahimi said both sides will decide when the second phase of the talks will take place — most likely after a one-week break.

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Thursday, Jan. 30 BEE HIVE’S BOOK CLUB FOR GROWNUPS: WHITE TRUFFLES IN WINTER: At 7:30 p.m., a discussion of N.M. Kelby’s White Truffles in Winter, a rich, sensuous imagining of the world of ground-breaking chef Auguste Escoffier (1846-1935).

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SAN FRANCISCO — Revelations that the National Security Agency is tapping smartphone applications to mine personal information highlight the risk millions take every day when they play games, schedule lunch or check the weather.

Documents released by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to The New York Times, the Guardian and ProPublica show the U.S. and Britain have infiltrated mobile software for details about users’ comings and goings and social affiliations. Among the so-called leaky apps with the greatest privacy perils are Google’s Google Plus, Pinterest’s online bulletin board and Candy Crush Saga, the most popular game on Facebook, according to an analysis by Zscaler.

“Privacy is dead in the digital world that we live in,” said Michael Sutton, vice president of security research at San Jose, California-based Zscaler. “I tell people, unless you are comfortable putting that statement on a billboard in Times Square and having everyone see it, I would not share that information digitally.”

The latest disclosures from Snowden underscore how vast a treasure trove mobile apps are, and not only for the advertisers that sweep them for consumer data. Zscaler’s analysis found that 96 percent of the top 25 social-networking apps request email access, 92 percent ask for access to users’ address books and 84 percent inquire about their physical locations. Sutton said most people give the apps what they want.

Applications for smartphones and tablets present a challenge when it comes to security because, unlike with computer software, most apps depend almost entirely on ads to make money.

While technology companies often encrypt what they collect to shield it from prying eyes, the advertising services they work with frequently don’t, said Kevin Mahaffey, co-founder and chief technology officer of Lookout Inc. in San Francisco.

Lookout studied 30,000 apps this month and found that 38 percent of those for Android systems could determine locations, that half could access the unique code assigned to a person’s device and that 15 percent could grab phone numbers. “They have a lot of valuable information and they’re everywhere,” he said.

“Everyone from the NSA to Microsoft to Google see mobile as the future.”

Google, based in Mountain View, Calif., declined to comment and referred to a statement from the Application Developers Alliance, a trade group to which it belongs.

Jodi Seth, a spokeswoman for Menlo Park, Calif.based Facebook, said the company encrypts its mobile-app data and pointed to two earlier statements defending its security technologies. King.com, the London-based company behind Candy Crush Saga, and San Francisco-based Pinterest didn’t respond to email messages sent during U.S. business hours.

The mobile-app industry, less than 10 years old, will be worth $143 billion globally by 2016, according to London-based research firm VisionMobile.

Many people aren’t aware of what their applications are scooping up, and the information is often tangential or irrelevant to an app’s central purpose.

One game that makes surprising grabs — asking for a user’s location or a device’s unique code — is Angry Birds, according to research by Jason Hong, an associate professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, that was published in November. Another is Brightest Flashlight, which turns on all of a device’s lights at once, Hong found.

Angry Birds, whose games have been downloaded more than 1 billion times, was identified in the Snowden documents as a target of NSA spying.

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Death penalty decision nears in Boston bombing Capital-punishment foe Holder expected to ‘enforce the law’

By Pete Yost

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WASHINGTON — As attorney general, Eric Holder has approved pursuing the death penalty in at least 34 criminal cases, upholding a long-ago pledge to Congress that he would vigorously enforce federal law even though he’s not a proponent of capital punishment.

With a court-ordered deadline of Friday, Holder will make the most high-profile death penalty decision of his career in law enforcement: whether to seek capital punishment in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the defendant in the Boston Marathon bombings in April that killed three and injured 260.

As the U.S. attorney in Washington in 1993, Holder recommended to Attorney General Janet Reno that she not seek

was sentenced to death and six received life sentences, either through a plea or a trial.

Even when there’s a conviction, the odds against death sentences being imposed are such that “from the Justice Department’s point of view the question about the death penalty often comes down to ‘If we seek it, how likely are we to get it?’ ” said David Schertler, who was chief of the homicide section when Holder ran the U.S. AttorAttorney General Eric Holder testifies Wednesday on Capitol Hill before the Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing ney’s Office in Washington, D.C. Holder has had “a lot of on the Justice Department. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS experience with the death penalty and he has always been the death penalty in the case of his life, we decided to accept the extremely thoughtful, deliberate plea,” Holder explained later to a slain police officer because and concerned about being conthe Senate Judiciary Committee. sistent on the subject,” Schertler of legal obstacles that made At the same hearing, Holder conviction unlikely. Reno oversaid. assured the Senate panel that ruled him, but in the end, the As recently as last week, “I will enforce the law that has government cut a deal that put Holder emphasized that his the killer away for life imprison- been passed, and any statute opposition to the death penalty that contains a death penalty ment, a frequent outcome in is due in part to practical conprovision will be looked at as capital punishment prosecucerns — what he sees as failures any other statute. I will enforce in the legal system. tions. the law as this Congress gives it “The case had problems …

“The problem is that in too to us.” and when we had the ability to many places, lawyers who are In recent death penalty cases defending poor people don’t get a plea from the defendant brought by Holder’s Justice that put him in jail without any have adequate resources to do Department, one defendant chance of parole for the rest of a good job,” Holder said in an

Fed stays course on stimulus reduction

By Ylan Q. Mui

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it will continue to scale back its support for the nation’s economy despite recent turmoil in global markets that has reverberated across U.S. indexes.

The central bank will reduce the amount of money it is pumping into the recovery from $75 billion this month to $65 billion in February. The move is a sign that the Fed remains confident that the economy is healing. It said that growth has “picked up” in an official statement announcing its unanimous decision.

“The Committee continues to see the improvement in economic activity and labor market conditions ... as consistent with growing underlying strength in the

broader economy,” the statement said.

The Fed has bought about $1 trillion in bonds over the past year in an effort to push down long-term interest rates and stoke demand among consumers and businesses.

But it began slowing the pace of purchases this month as businesses picked up hiring and unemployment declined. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said the central bank expects to wind down the program in moderate steps over the course of the year, though he emphasized that the time frame would depend on the health of the recovery.

The statement made no mention of the sell-off in emerging markets over the past week, which had led some investors to question the Fed’s strategy. Currencies in developing countries have sunk amid reports of slowing growth in China. The plunge underscored fears that the Fed’s

actions would turn the tide of capital that had flooded emerging markets in recent years as investors sought higher returns while interest rates in the United States remained depressed.

Turkey was particularly hard hit over the past few days, prompting that country’s central bank to hike its main interest rate from 7.75 percent to 12 percent in an emergency midnight meeting Tuesday. The aggressive move helped stem the lira’s free-fall, but the anxiety overseas seemed to be reflected in domestic markets on Wednesday.

All three major U.S. stock indexes started the day down and continued their slide after the Fed’s announcement, each losing about 1 percent.

Bond markets rallied as investors sought out safety, sending yields on the 10-year Treasury down 2.6 percent.

Study: Income of poorest gets boost from new health care law

By Richard Alonso-Zaldivar

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WASHINGTON — Maybe the health care law was about wealth transfer, after all.

New research shows that the Affordable Care Act will significantly raise the economic fortunes of those in the bottom one-fifth of the income ladder while slightly reducing average incomes on the rungs above.

Economists at the nonpartisan Brookings Institution, a Washington public policy center, found an average increase of about 6 percent in the incomes of the poorest 20 percent of the United States, meaning those making below approximately $20,600 a year.

The study used a broad definition of income that counts the value of health insurance, which is not normally measured by Census Bureau income statistics.

Changing the distribution of incomes was not a stated objective of the health care law, coauthors Henry Aaron and Gary Burtless wrote. “Nonetheless, the ACA may do more to change the income distribution than any other recently enacted law.”

“This is certainly a very big deal for the income distribution of the United States,” Burtless said. “If you are raising the incomes of the people in the bottom fifth by 6 percent, then we are talking about a big change.”

A leading economic adviser to Republicans said he agrees with the broad findings.

“This was always portrayed as a health reform, not a big redistribution policy, but it turns out they are the same thing,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum, a centerright public policy institute.

That could mean the health care law might one day be seen as President Barack Obama’s biggest legacy to the poor, not just the uninsured. The two groups often overlap, but not always.

Major programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid redistribute income in various ways: from workers to retirees and disabled people; from wealthier people to those of more modest means; and from

younger people to older ones.

Americans describe such programs as “social insurance,” or the “safety net.”

Burtless said the Brookings researchers used a large government survey of more than 60,000 people. They developed a measure of income that included not only categories such as wages, rents and investments, but also the value of health insurance benefits, whether provided by an employer or obtained through a government program.

The health care law expands Medicaid to serve more lowincome people, and provides taxpayer-subsidized private insurance to middle-class people who can’t get coverage on the job. It pays for those new benefits partly by raising several taxes on

upper-income earners, raising Medicare premiums for uppermiddle-class to wealthy retirees, and reducing subsidies for Medicare private insurance plans.

The combined effect of such financing measures is to push economic resources down the income ladder. People on the higher rungs get dinged an average of less than 1 percent, the study found.

Burtless emphasized the results represent averages for large chunks of the population.

A low-income Medicaid recipient in good health may not feel much better off because of new coverage. On the other end, a wealthy person with generous wage income, investment earnings and Medicare coverage may feel like being hit by a triple whammy.

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appearance at the University of Virginia last Thursday. “You end up with these miscarriages of justice.”

“It’s really one of the reasons why I am personally opposed to the death penalty,” Holder added. “As good as our system is, it’s ultimately a system that is filled with men and women who are well intentioned but who make mistakes. And as horrible as it is for somebody to be put in jail for crimes that they did not commit, it is obviously not as bad as a situation where somebody is executed for a crime that he or she did not commit.”

But Holder’s description of a flawed legal system with inadequate resources doesn’t apply to the Boston case.

One of the finest death penalty attorneys in the country, Judy Clarke, is leading the legal team defending Tsarnaev. That legal team might be able to mount a strong defense by arguing that the defendant, just 19 at the time of the bombings, was under the influence of his older brother, Tamerlan, who was

killed in a shootout with police four days after the blasts.

Another factor could complicate the government’s case if it seeks the death penalty.

Massachusetts hasn’t had a state death penalty law since 1984.

History suggests that it can be extremely difficult for federal prosecutors to win capital punishment cases in states that don’t have a capital punishment law of their own.

On the other hand, a jury of Massachusetts residents handed up a death sentence in the only federal capital case now pending in the state. A judge tossed out the jury’s death sentence against Gary Lee Sampson, a drifter who pleaded guilty in the July 2001 slayings of two men who had picked Sampson up hitchhiking.

The numbers seem to suggest an uphill battle for a death penalty prosecution.

From 1993 to 2012, the Justice Department brought 88 capital punishment cases in states that didn’t have a death penalty. Just seven of the defendants wound up on death row.

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Task force lists 32 options to keep lottery fund solvent

By Robert Nott The New Mexican

A state Higher Education Department task force has come up with 32 options for salvaging New Mexico’s Legislative Lottery Scholarship fund.

Those options — presented Wednesday to lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee — include giving priority to students from low-income families, raising the 2.5 gradepoint average for eligibility to 2.75 and cutting the total tuition

covered from eight semesters to seven.

But ultimately, the Higher Education Department can act without legislative approval to lower the lottery scholarships across the board to keep the fund solvent.

Annual revenue for the fund, which uses proceeds from lottery ticket sales, has stalled around the $40 million mark, but demands on the fund exceed $65 million. The scholarships currently cover full tuition for about 13,000 New

Mexico college students.

Gov. Susana Martinez and lawmakers from both major political parties seem determined to approve a one-time infusion of general fund dollars to keep the fund solvent this semester — at a cost estimated to be as high as $16 million.

Beyond that, legislators and educational leaders have been looking for ways to provide long-term solvency for the program.

José Garcia, secretary of the Higher Education Department,

told the committee that his department may have to choose to decrease the tuition funding across the board based on current revenue. For instance, if the fund only has about $33.5 million and needs $37 million for one semester, tuition assistance would be maintained at 90 percent for all eligible students.

Several lawmakers, including Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, have introduced bills this session addressing the problem. Smith’s Senate Bill 150 would alter the amount of

Hospital staffing bill faces challenges

Measure would give districts more spending power

By Robert Nott The New Mexican

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Sen. George Muñoz, D-Gallup, told Garcia and the assembly that 32 options is a lot to sort through within the remaining three weeks of the session.

“Couldn’t you come up with five?” he asked Garcia.

The scholarship was founded in 1996 and has served more than 75,000 students who attend New Mexico colleges with more than $433 million in lottery profits.

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@sfnewmexican.com.

School funding bill advances in House

By Patrick Malone

New Mexico hospitals would be required to develop staffing plans for their nursing units and publicly disclose their actual nurse-to-patient ratios under legislation that has been proposed, but the bill faces a difficult climb in the Legislature.

House Bill 83 would establish committees at each hospital, made up of seven direct-care nurses — not managers or administrators — and four other members chosen by hospital administration to determine appropriate staffing levels, taking into account both the number of patients and the severity of their conditions.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Christine Trujillo, D-Albuquerque, also would require the New Mexico Department of Health to maintain a website where hospitals would post their actual nurse-to-patient ratios. It calls for an appropriation of $100,000 to staff and maintain the website.

Diane Spencer, a registered nurse at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, argued for the bill. She told the House Rules and Order of Business Committee on Wednesday, “There is no regulation that says hospitals have to report what their staffing is so that consumers, all of us who go to the hospital, will know which hospitals have safe staffing and which have less safe staffing, so you can make an intelligent choice about where you want to go.”

But the effort faces opposition from the Health Department.

Department spokesman Kenny Vigil said in an email, “Not only would it place a large burden on smaller hospitals, in particular, but the bill language is out of compliance with federal regulations — which could jeopardize the ability of hospitals to bill Medicare for services provided. Ultimately, it could lead to the hospitals losing their Medicare and Medicaid certifications.”

Federal Medicare and Medicaid guidelines specify that staffing should be determined by a hospital’s director of nursing, according to the fiscal impact report on the bill prepared by the Legislative Finance Committee. Putting that responsibility in the hands of a committee could jeopardize federal funds to hospitals.

Christus St. Vincent spokesman Arturo Delgado said the hospital’s administration is monitoring the bill, but he would not say whether the hospital opposes it.

Before it can advance any further, the proposal has other snags to untangle. The House Rules and Order of Business Committee delayed action on it Tuesday to allow Trujillo a chance to rewrite it in a way that focuses on the appropriation, or to seek a message from the governor authorizing the Legislature to take it up — the standards for legislation to be heard during a 30-day budget session.

Enrique Knell, a spokesman for Gov. Susana Martinez, said the governor is still mulling what proposed legislation she will authorize for discussion. But Knell did not list Trujillo’s bill among the governor’s priorities.

“This is a short session and the governor is focused on reforming education and diversifying our economy,” Knell said in an email. “Also, this issue has been discussed in the Legislature before and not passed.”

Trujillo has until Feb. 5 to submit a revised bill or get a message from the governor in order for it to be heard.

awards based on the type of college — for instance, $2,100 for a student at a research institution or state college and up to $800 for a community college student.

Another bill, SB 141, proposed by Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, would limit tuition increases for lottery scholarship recipients to help keep the fund healthy. Several lawmakers, including Smith, said when colleges raise tuition rates on scholarship students, it decreases the fund.

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Nariah Kallestewa, 9, with the Dowa Yalanne Elementary School, and the Zuni Pueblo band perform on the Senate Floor of the Capitol on Wednesday. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Legislative roundup Days remaining in session: 21 Gazing at the sun: Inside the Roundhouse and out, eyes were trained Wednesday on the fiery orb around which life revolves. For Earth, that’s the sun; for New Mexico, it’s the zia sun symbol.

While some lawmakers inside the Capitol decried widespread commercial use of the state symbol, outside the Capitol, Peter Lipscomb, a New Mexico State Parks interpretive ranger, beckoned visitors entering the Roundhouse to stare directly at the sun.

Lipscomb manned a solar telescope that enables safe viewing of the sun. Through the filtered lens of the solar telescope, the sun appears bright red with lines — known as prominences — jutting from its edges.

The sun viewing was a foot in the door for Lipscomb to promote donations on New Mexico Personal Income Tax forms to fund transportation of children to parks for education programs.

The connection between the zia and his task for the day was not lost on Lipscomb. “Seeing our nearest star, the sun, and the connection to our state flag, it is what powers life as we know it,” he said.

The zia also powers commercial enterprises, and lawmakers expressed frustration that it is being widely used with little or no regard for its origin or significance to the Zia Pueblo, located northwest of Albuquerque. Federal law prohibits registering a trademark on flags of states, municipalities and nations, according to a legislative analysis.

But Senate Memorial 1, heard Tuesday by the Senate Rules Committee, would authorize a report by the Department of Cultural Affairs at an estimated cost of $31,000 to provide recommendations and best practices for use of the iconic state symbol.

Regents, Round 2: Rep. Jeff Steinborn is no fan of governors selecting friends or campaign donors for plum positions as university regents.

Steinborn, D-Las Cruces, tried but failed to overhaul the system last year. Now he is willing to tweak it.

He has introduced a constitutional amendment so voters could establish regent nominating committees. The committees would recommend qualified candidates to the governor, who would make the appointments.

Steinborn last year sponsored a more ambitious amendment calling for the election of nearly half the regents of The University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University.

That bill died in the Legislature.

Steinborn’s latest proposal for nominating commissions would apply to all seven state universities, the New Mexico School for the Deaf and the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

Rodeo credit: High school students might be able to get physical education credit for participating in rodeos, marching bands, cheerleading, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and other activities under a bill sponsored by Sen. Craig Brandt, R-Rio Rancho.

Senate Bill 122 would allow school districts to decide on which pursuits involving physical activity could be substituted to meet the state’s requirement for one unit of credit of physical education in order to graduate.

Brandt’s bill is in response to a recent memo from the Public Education Department that said these alternate classes don’t qualify for PE credit. “In some cases, this has meant that a student has had to drop an academic course to add a PE class,” he said. “This does not benefit our students.”

Looking ahead: Gov. Susana Martinez is scheduled to attend the 45th Governor’s Prayer Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, where legislative, business, religious and other leaders are “to recommit to faith and service.” u Feb. 7 will be Lottery Scholarship Advocacy Day at the Capitol. A coalition of various organizations will speak to lawmakers about the scholarship program, which faces insolvency because it’s spending more than it’s receiving from state lottery revenues. Legislators are considering a number of changes intended to keep the program afloat.

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Peter Lipscomb, with New Mexico State Parks, shows Tiska Blankenship, a member of the New Mexico Faith Coalition for Immigrants, how to look up at the sun safely using a filter scope Wednesday outside the Capitol.

Through the lens of the solar telescope, the sun appears bright red with lines jutting from its edges.

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School superintendents and educational leaders want lawmakers to give them more freedom in how they spend millions of dollars in public school funding.

They are asking that at least half of all new money available for education in the upcoming budget be designated as “above the line,” which allows districts complete control over it.

“Above-the-line” funds include money districts receive through the state’s school funding formula to cover costs of things such as staff salaries, insurance, fuel and employee retirement contributions. In Santa Fe, that’s currently about $90 million.

But districts also receive “below-the-line” funding for specific programs approved by the Public Education Department. One example is the Reads to Lead initiative, which provides reading coaches for school districts.

Some educators argue that if reading scores are up to par in their district, they might want to redirect money designated for Reads to Lead toward other efforts, such as hiring math coaches.

But they aren’t allowed to do that.

They also point out that not all districts benefit from the state’s “below-the-line” initiatives. Some programs, like K-3 Plus, which expands the school year for students in grades K-3 — are only offered in certain eligible districts.

The Public Education Department argues that it needs to hold districts accountable for educational reform programs, and that the department can better choose and finance specific programs to improve academic achievement than individual districts can.

The conflict over the two types of spending likely will dominate talks on education reforms during this legislative session.

The Education Appropriation Act sponsored by Rep. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, includes more than $3.2 billion in appropriations for fiscal year 2015, including funding formula distributions of $2.5 billion, the department’s operating budget and its “below-the-line” initiatives. The bill, House Bill 3, passed the House Education Committee on Wednesday.

HB 3 proposes an “abovethe-line” increase of about $148.3 million, including funds for an average 3 percent salary hike for school employees.

Gov. Susana Martinez is proposing about $100 million in new funding for public education, with about $45 million of that designated as “above the line.”

The New Mexico Coalition of Educational Leaders, which includes representatives from the New Mexico School Superintendents Association, the New Mexico School Boards

Association and teacher unions, earlier this month asked the House Education Study Committee to support their request for more control over public school funds. Many of those educators spoke in support of HB 3 during a meeting of the House Education Committee on Monday.

Paul Benoit, head of the Superintendents Association and superintendent of the Floyd school district, said that in a rare display of unity, all 89 of the state’s superintendents support this effort to get more control over education funds.

In an interview last week, Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera noted that only about 4 percent of the current $2.7 billion education budget is money controlled by the department.

Though some education leaders have said they are offended by the idea that the Public Education Department doesn’t trust them to be accountable with more funding, Skandera said that’s not the case.

“It’s not a trust issue at all,” she said. “It’s about having a plan and an expectation for our dollars. … Our programs are research-driven. There is an expectation for return on an investment that our taxpayers make.”

But advocates for the alternative approach insist they, and not state leaders, know best how to direct education dollars to impact their districts, which may have different needs.

“Who can teach a thirdgrader in Floyd and determine what that third-grader needs with each dollar? Me or someone in Santa Fe?” Benoit asked. “We need more flexibility here. There are programs that are very successful in larger communities that may not work in my district.”

Santa Fe Superintendent Joel Boyd agrees. “We think all the money should be appropriated above the line,” he said. “Local school boards and superintendents should have the power to make decisions for local communities. Our communities all have diverse and specific needs, and our elected school board leaders are elected to see to those needs.”

Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Logan, a member of the House Education Committee, said by phone last week that he is sympathetic to both sides. He said the Reads to Lead program is a good example of a state initiative that works.

“I agree local districts should have local ability to prioritize public school funding,” he said. “But if we are specifically talking about reading, we are going to have to put extra money in for that purpose, and then we have to make sure those dollars are spent for that purpose.”

He said the issue of “who’s going to tell me how I can spend my money and how I cannot” will be a dominant issue this year.

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@ sfnewmexican.com.

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License: Martinez trying again to repeal law that they should have driver’s licenses if they entered the country illegally. were among more than 100 blue-collar “I understand how they feel. I’m not the workers from 11 counties who assembled bogeyman,” Pacheco said. “But we need to Wednesday at the state Capitol. All of them become compliant with the Real ID Act.” defended the law.

Pacheco said the national identification Even immigrants in the country unlawfully system will be implemented someday, and can obtain a New Mexico driver’s license that New Mexico must obey it to avoid finanbased on two factors: They must provide cial penalties and chaos. Martinez for years proof of their identity, and they must live in has said that state driver’s licenses would the state.

The law has been on the books since 2003, not be acceptable identification to board airbut it has been steeped in controversy for the planes under the federal Real ID Act. Marcela Diaz, executive director of Somos last three years.

Un Pueblo Unido, a Santa Fe group that Republican Gov. Susana Martinez in 2010 wants the licensing law to remain intact, said campaigned on repealing it. Unsuccessful thus far, Martinez is making her fifth attempt the governor and Pacheco were using scare to strike the law in the legislative session now tactics.

“Only 21 states are in full compliance with underway.

“The Legislature should do what the over- Real ID, and some of them give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants,” Diaz whelming majority of New Mexicans are said. demanding — repeal this dangerous law,” The U.S. Department of Homeland SecuMartinez said in her speech to open the sesrity repeatedly has delayed enforcement sion.

Majority Democrats in the Legislature say of the Real ID Act. It recently issued a new schedule of deadlines, but enforcement at the law is humane and that the immigrants airports would not begin until at least 2016. who receive driver’s licenses keep the econDiaz said a rebellion against the federal omy humming.

State Rep. Paul Pacheco, R-Albuquerque, is law by two dozen states means Real ID may again sponsoring the governor’s bill to repeal never take effect.

State Rep. David Gallegos, R-Eunice, said the law. He said he was empathetic with hardworking immigrants but not persuaded he sides with the governor because the New

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Mexico licensing law encourages fraud.

Illegal immigrants from Poland traveled from Chicago to New Mexico in hopes of obtaining driver’s licenses, Gallegos said. He cited the Poles’ attempt at fraud as just one example of problems caused by the law.

But Gallegos, who works as a superintendent of a road construction company, said he agreed that immigrants were critical to New Mexico’s labor force.

“Not many people want to do asphalt work at 340 degrees,” he said.

He said his company generally hired Mexican nationals with work visas, then tried to help them maintain a lawful presence in New Mexico so they could continue working.

At the rally, Leticia Mendoza, who owns an Italian restaurant in Hagerman, said she had a question for the governor.

“How does taking licenses away from immigrants help people like me start and grow small businesses? … We need a vision for New Mexico, not fear-mongering,” she said.

Mendoza, 44, said she became a U.S. citizen in 2005. She said she and her husband employ about 15 people at their restaurant.

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Downs: Commission OK’d track lease in ’11 Continued from Page A-1 space at Expo New Mexico — home of the State Fair — to The Downs, which is owned by two Martinez campaign contributors as well as a major donor to former Gov. Bill Richardson. Lopez last year was the first Democratic candidate for governor who raised the racetrack contract as a campaign issue.

Lopez said Thursday that The Downs hearing will be in conjunction with confirmation hearings for two Martinez nominees for the State Fair Commission. She said she wants to question current and past commissioners about the lease, as well as Expo New Mexico’s general manager, Dan Mourning, and Martinez’s political consultant, Jay McCleskey.

Lopez says the hearing might be scheduled for next week.

It’s not certain how many of Martinez’s people called to testify will show up at the hearing.

One critic of the racetrack deal — Andrea Goff, a GOP fundraiser from Hobbs who at the time worked for Martinez’s political action committee — said last week she would be willing to testify if she was convinced it was “a serious investigation” and not “just something for Democrats to get soundbites for campaign ads.”

The last time the Rules Committee tackled the confirmation of New Mexico State Fair commissioners was in 2012, when the controversy over the racetrack lease was just heating up. In that session, Martinez made the rare move of withdrawing all four of her commission appointments. This was after the Rules Committee gave a do-pass to two commissioners who had voted against The Downs deal (Charlotte Rode and Kenneth “Twister” Smith) and gave a no-recommendation to a third, Kenneth “Buster” Goff, who is Andrea Goff’s father-in-law.

Despite Martinez’s move, the full Senate approved the three.

Rode and Goff have since left the commission. Martinez’s fourth nominee that year was Larry Kennedy, who didn’t clear the committee, though he’s been serving on the commission without confirmation, currently as chairman. He and Charles Brown are the two fair commissioners up for confirmation this year.

A controversial bidding process The State Fair Commission approved the racetrack lease in November 2011.

In July of that year, the fair requested lease proposals, giving companies 30 days to respond.

Only two proposals came in: one from Laguna Development Corp. and one from The Downs at Albuquerque, now called The Downs Racetrack & Casino, which has operated at the fairgrounds site since the mid-1980s.

The Downs is owned by three men — Bill Windham and John S. Turner, both of Louisiana, and Paul Blanchard of Albuquerque, a close friend and major political fundraiser for former Gov. Richardson. Windham, Turner and companies with which they

are associated contributed some $70,000 to Martinez’s election campaign and her PAC, and about $50,000 to her 2010 Democratic opponent, Diane Denish.

A contract evaluation committee looked at the two bids and recommended awarding the contract to The Downs. In sworn affidavits dated last July and submitted to the State Auditor’s Office, members of that committee said they had no contact or communication with the Governor’s Office or anyone associated with the governor before, during or after the committee’s work.

In the contract, The Downs agreed to pay $2 million in 2012 and 2013 to rent the facility at Expo New Mexico. This year, the rent increased to $2.75 million.

In addition, The Downs will pay a share of its gambling revenues to the State Fair for the first time this year. The Downs agreed to renovate the grandstand at the fairgrounds and to build a new entrance to the fairgrounds and new offices for maintenance operations. The contract also requires The Downs to pay for utilities of the leased facilities, which officials have said will save the fair at least $300,000 a year.

The Downs was represented by lawyer Pat Rogers, a member of the Republican National Committee. Intercepted emails show Rogers contacted Martinez’s chief of staff, Keith Gardner, and former deputy chief of staff, Ryan Cangiolosi, on their personal email accounts.

Rogers, in an email to Cangiolosi, referred to Commissioner Rode, who was critical of The Downs deal, as the “Dragon Lady.”

The State Fair Commission was set to vote on the contract in November 2011. However, three members of the board had concerns about The Downs contract.

The panel on Nov. 9 voted to delay the decision.

One of those votes, Commissioner Goff’s, sparked the ire of McCleskey. In a series of text messages to Andrea Goff, McCleskey expressed his outrage: “Buster screwed us. … He was supposed to pass it.”

McCleskey called the vote “foolish.”

Andrea Goff told The New Mexican last week that she felt McCleskey was trying to pressure her to get her father-in-law to change his vote. “I’m a fundraiser, not a political adviser,” she said. “He wasn’t trying to get my advice.”

McCleskey declined to comment for this article.

Instead of using time provided by the delay to study the two racetrack proposals, as some of the fair commissioners said they would do, McCleskey told Andrea Goff in a text message that the time “will be used to kick the crap of the gov” and that one of the owners, Windham, “will be a pinata for 2 weeks.” McCleskey also told Goff, “The gov is furious.”

In his texts, McCleskey told Goff that if there were any details in the contract that troubled the fair commissioners, those could be fixed by the Board of Finance, which had final approval on the contract. “The governor chairs

the board of finance and they are basically saying they don’t trust her,” he texted.

Then McCleskey added that Tom Tinnin, a former chairman of the fair commission, also sat on the Board of Finance. This is ironic, however, because within days of the texts, Tinnin would resign and become one of the leading Republican critics of The Downs deal.

“Witnessing how this transpired personally disgusted me as a New Mexican,” Tinnin wrote in an op-ed piece for the Albuquerque Journal last week. “After being scolded by Martinez that if I were to speak in an open meeting in a way that would ‘disparage her people,’ that she would ‘take it personally,’ I resigned from the State Board of Finance rather than have to vote on such a disgraceful deal.”

McCleskey, in his texts to Goff, said he was worried that the delay would mean The Downs would move its operation to Moriarty, which, he told Goff, would mean the State Fair would be left without an anchor tenant, and the state might have to sell the fairgrounds to the city of Albuquerque. “If the downs moves to Moriarty, ask buster how any racino will operate at the fair?” he texted.

Andrea Goff texted McCleskey that her father-in-law would resign. McCleskey didn’t reply, but at one point he joked, “Buster should run for governor.”

Buster Goff did change his vote in late November 2011.

By one vote, the commission approved the contract. The Board of Finance, without Tinnin, followed suit.

Was The Downs deal legit?

Although Andrea Goff and others said they have spoken to the FBI about The Downs contract, no charges have come out of the controversy. Martinez’s office has called Goff a “disgrun-

tled former employee.”

Following Goff’s news release last year that she had spoken to the FBI about the deal, Martinez said she believed the FBI talked to Goff in relation to a case against Jamie Estrada, Martinez’s onetime campaign manager who has been indicted on charges of hijacking emails from Martinez and her staff.

Martinez said the racetrack lease allegations could be raised as part of Estrada’s defense if the case goes to trial. A statement by Estrada following his indictment in the email case hinted that he might portray himself as a whistle-blower. “Individuals in whom the public has placed its trust have come after me in an attempt to divert attention from their own improper actions, including the suspected Albuquerque Downs Racino bid rigging,” he said in the statement.

Early last year, Griego Professional Services, hired by the state to audit Expo New Mexico, sent a letter to State Auditor Hector Balderas, saying the bidding process for The Downs contract appeared to be in compliance with state law. The firm found no evidence that The Downs had any input in determining the specifications required of bidders, and “it does not appear that the Downs was provided information regarding the bid that was not provided to other bidders.”

But both Griego and Balderas expressed concern about whether 30 days was enough response time between the time that the request for proposals was issued and the contract was awarded. Though the 30-day period met the minimum required by state law, Balderas, in a letter to the State Fair Commission this month, said the law allows a longer response time for “complex proposals.”

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Rape: Recent sample confirmed as match Continued from Page A-1 in October 1992, a man offered a ride to the young woman and took her to a park on Navajo Street, where he started to hug and kiss her. The man then raped her at gunpoint.

Police were able to match DNA evidence gathered during the rape investigation in 1992 with an old sample of Romero’s DNA that was in a national database. However, that wasn’t considered sufficient probable cause to arrest him. In December, investigators obtained a warrant to take a new DNA sample from Romero, and state laboratory results confirmed the match Jan. 24.

Romero’s case is one of two old cases that police believe they have solved due to advances in forensic science.

Police department spokeswoman Celina Westervelt said the state crime lab has been able to process old evidence from the department’s “cold case” files and compare DNA samples from those cases with samples in a national database.

Westervelt said investigators have been making a concentrated effort to sift through the 100 or so evidence kits in a police department freezer with the hope that they may find a new lead in the 1985 murder of Susan LaPorte, a 25-year-old woman who was visiting Santa Fe when she was raped and strangled to death.

DNA evidence from the Albuquerque rape and murder of Maria Padilla — which occurred seven months prior to LaPorte’s death — matches DNA evidence found on LaPorte. However, neither DNA sample has ever been matched with a sample in the national database.

However, police were able to arrest David Anthony Garcia, 46, in connection with a 1991 case in which a woman was kidnapped and raped. Garcia was living in Roach, Mo., when police arrested him, and he has since been extradited to New Mexico to face trial.

Westervelt said the victim in that case was “overwhelmed” when she heard that police had charged a suspect.

A man named Gilbert Romero with the same birth date as the man arrested this week was found guilty of embezzlement and fraud charges in 1997, according to online records. It’s still unclear why a sample of Romero’s DNA was in the national database. Romero was never identified previously as a per-

Although the attack occurred more than 20 years ago, the statute of limitations doesn’t begin ‘until a DNA profile is matched with a suspect.’ son of interest in the 1992 case, Westervelt said.

Romero would have been 30 years old when the 1992 attack was reported.

The age of the reported rape victim — 16 — is not uncommon in sexual assault cases, said Richard Felson, a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Penn State.

Felson said he studied 300,000 sexual assaults reported between 2003 and 2007, and his findings show that young people’s sexual attractiveness, vulnerability and active social life put them at a higher risk of sexual assault than people in their 30s or 40s. Felson also said that attackers tend to be older than their victims.

Professor Cassia Spohn of the Arizona State University School of Criminology and Criminal Justice said, “There are far too many cases where they [women] get into the car and ended up being raped.”

Although the attack occurred more than 20 years ago, Deputy District Attorney Susan Stinson said she can still press charges because, under state law, the statute of limitations in this case didn’t begin “until a DNA profile is matched with a suspect.”

Stinson said, “We’re moving forward like any other case.”

It’s unclear yet if the victim would have to testify. Stinson said that depends on the available evidence.

Romero is being held at the Santa Fe County jail in lieu of a $100,000 cash-only bond.

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NEW MEXICO PUBLIC EDUCATION DEPARTMENT School District Report Card for School Year 2011-2012

PART ONE

Continued on following page.

Pecos Independent Schools School Grading Summary

Letter Grades for Schools within the LEA

Definitions and Abbreviations

District Grade B Total Number

LEA: Local Educational Authority is a broad term that encompasses districts with multiple schools and independent state-authorized charter schools. Locally-authorized charter schools are reported with their parent district.

Percent

Schools Rated in District

3

100.0

Schools in Priority Status

1

33.3

Schools in Focus Status

0

0.0

Schools in Strategic Status

0

0.0

Schools in Reward Status

0

0.0

Asian: Asian or Pacific Islander Afr Am: African American ELL: English Language Learners ED: Economically Disadvantaged as determined by eligibility for Free or Reduced Lunch; sometimes noted as "FRL" SWD: Students with disabilities; does not include special education students who are gifted Recent Arrival: ELL students new to the US who qualified for exemption from the reading assessment High Poverty Schools: Schools with students most ED (top 25%) Low Poverty Schools: Schools with students least ED (bottom 25%)

Source: PED Assessment and Accountability Division

What are School Grades?

School Grading is part of a state and federal statute that mandates accountability for all public schools. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) enacted in 1965, which was reauthorized in 2001 as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), requires schools to show annual improvement in mathematics and reading. In 2011, New Mexico lawmakers enacted additional requirements that schools demonstrate progress through a grading system similar to that applied to students, issuing an A through F letter grade to each school [22-2-1, 22-2-2, and 22-2E-1 to 22-2E-4] [6.19.8.1 NMAC–N, 12-15-11].

SGTs: School Growth Targets, like predecessor AMOs, increase annually for monitoring subgroup performance and growth. Tables reflect whether the percent of students for the school meet the current year's target percentages.

Status refers to schools that are in some form of improvement that requires increased monitoring and educational enhancement. The three improvement statuses are Priority Status (5% of schools) Focus Status (additional 10% of schools) Strategic Status (additional 10% of schools)

Which schools are graded?

Schools and districts under the jurisdiction of the Public Education Department (PED) must participate in school grading, including:

Reward schools are recognized as the top 5% in the state. To learn more about status consult the Technical Guide at: http://webapp2.ped.state.nm.us/SchoolData/docs/1112/SchoolGrading

•School districts; New Mexico has 89 districts.

•District schools; New Mexico has more than 800 district and locally-authorized charter schools •Charter Schools, in 2012 New Mexico had 40 state-authorized charter schools

Student Demographics LEA

State

Number

Non-PED schools are exempt from school grading, including private, home, and Bureau of Indian Education schools.

What does this District Report Card tell me?

This report provides a concise summary of the district and its schools. Specifically:

Number

%

All Students

636

100

330,804

100

Female

310

48

161,546

48

Male

326

51

169,258

51

33

5

87,066

26

6

0

7,523

2

Caucasian African-American

Student Demographics District Summary Accountability Indicators by Subgroup Assessment Summaries for Grades 3-8 and 11 School Board Memeber Training Teacher Quality Parent Survey on Quality of Education NAEP Statewide Summary for Grades 4 and 8

%

591

92

197,083

59

Asian

0

0

4,431

1

American Indian

6

0

34,369

10

538

84

227,443

68

69

10

44,652

13

141

22

54,715

16

0

0

437

0

0

0

450

0

Hispanic

ED SWD ELL Migrant Recently Arrived

Source: LEA 120th day submission to the PED

Reading

5th Grade State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Caucasian Hispanic ED SWD ELL

Participation N

25,327 25,481 49 43 24 25 1 48 45 5 13

%

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%)

Participation

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

99.7 99.8 100 100 100 100

9 9 4 5 4 4

46 43 53 30 46 60

32 36 31 51 38 24

100 100

4 4

54 56

29 29

100

8

23

23

N

%

13 25,320 99.7 12 25,481 99.8 12 49 100 14 43 100 13 24 100 12 25 100 1 13 48 100 11 45 100 5 46 13 100

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

Reading

6th Grade State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Caucasian Hispanic ED SWD ELL

Participation N

24,724 25,026 41 49 19 22 1 40 40 6 8

%

99.8 99.7 100 100 100 100

100 100

<2 <2

30 30

36 36 41 41 53 32

43 43

N

%

15 24,730 99.8 16 25,019 99.7 27 41 100 27 49 100 16 19 100 36 22 100 1 28 40 100 28 40 100 6 8

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

Reading

7th Grade State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Caucasian Afr Amer Hispanic ED SWD ELL

Participation N

24,520 24,366 49 54 29 20 5 1 43 46 5 16

%

99.7 99.7 100 100 100 100

100 100 100

<2 <2 <2

30 30 13

33 33 27 21 29 24

37 39 41 37 46 36

19 19 18 30 17 20

15 16

27 27

40 42

19 16

8

15

23

N

34 36 55 43 69 35

58 57 63

N

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

%

54

Science Participation

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

<2 <2

32 32 15 12 16 14

13 13

41 41 49 35 47 50

N

Proficiency Level (%) Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

%

22 22 37 53 37 36

50 50

%

15 24,522 99.6 16 24,375 99.6 14 49 100 20 54 100 3 29 100 30 20 100 5 1 12 43 100 13 46 100 5 25 16 100

<2 <2 <2

16 17 <2

39 38 57 37 59 55

19 24 27 41 24 30

58 57

26 26

63

38

N

%

Proficiency Level (%) Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

24,666 24,362 99.3 50 54 100 29 21 5 1 44 46 5 16

9 9 4 6 3 5

5 4 <2

29 31 16 33 7 29

14 17 6

38 35 40 35 52 24

41 39 44

25 25 40 26 38 43

41 39 50

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

Graduation - 4 Year Cohort of 2011, Status of Non Graduates These figures represent students who were expected to graduate on time by August 1, 2011 but did not graduate. The cohort includes all students who were ever enrolled during the four years, including part-time students. Blanks indicate too few students to report.

Certificate Completed coursework but did not pass exit exam %

Pecos High Districtwide

Status Unknown Dropped out or whereabouts unknown %

Exit Out Exit with intent to get GED or vocational credential %

Still Enrolled Continuing high school enrollment past 4th year %

Source: PED Data Planning and Analysis Bureau

Teacher Credentials Statewide % .0

Teachers with Emergency or Provisional Credentials Core Classes Not Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers

High Poverty Schools Low Poverty Schools

1.6 1.4

NA= Not applicable; LEA did not have schools that qualified as high or low poverty Number Highest of Teachers Bachelor's

Pecos Elementary Pecos High Pecos Middle

20 13 12

75.0% 30.8% 41.7%

LEA % 8.0 NA NA

Core Classes Not Degree* Taught by Highly Advanced Qualified Teachers

25.0% 69.2% 58.3%

0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

* Does not include Below Bachelors Blank=no data available, or not applicable

Indicator

School

All SGT % Students Cauc

Source: LEA 120th day submission to PED

Afr Amer

Hisp

Asian

Amer Indian

ED

SWD

ELL

Pecos Elementary

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69.9

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Graduation Pecos Middle

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Proficiencies, Summary by Grade Students are assessed in reading and mathematics in grades 3-8 and 10-11, and in science in grades 4, 8, and 11. The assessments, the Standards Based Assessment (SBA) and the NM Alternative Performance Assessment (NMAPA, for students with significant cognitive disabilities), were developed to measure grade-level standards that NM educators and the public determined are important for our students to master. Results include all students enrolled, regardless of full academic year (FAY) status. Groups with fewer than 10 students are not reported to meet confidentiality requirements. Percentages include tests that were not scorable due to an invalidation, so totals may not sum to 100%.

Reading

3rd Grade State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Caucasian Hispanic Amer Indian ED SWD ELL

Participation N

%

25,176 99.7 25,771 99.7 41 100 36 100 21 100 20 100 2 38 100 1 37 100 9 14 100

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%) Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

5 6 2 6 <2 5

47 47 44 53 48 40

25 25 20 19 14 25

3

45

18

3

43

16

<2

21

29

Level 1

Participation N

Level 4

%

22 25,173 99.7 22 25,768 99.8 34 41 100 22 36 100 38 21 100 30 20 100 2 34 38 100 1 38 37 100 9 50 14 100

Reading

4th Grade State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Afr Amer

Hispanic Amer Indian ED SWD ELL

Participation N

%

Science

Proficiency Level (%)

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

4 4 2 8 <2 5

49 48 32 44 29 35

34 35 41 28 43 40

13 13 24 19 29 20

3

34

39

24

3

32

38

27

<2

14

50

36

Participation N

%

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

Participation N

Level 2

Level 1

Science Participation

Proficiency Level (%) Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

%

25,289 25,808 32 51 12 20 1

99.8 99.8 100 100 100 100

8 7 9 10 8 10

41 40 59 37 75 50

37 40 19 35 17 20

13 25,285 99.7 14 25,817 99.7 13 32 100 18 51 100 <2 12 100 20 20 100 1

10 9 16 2 17 15

34 36 44 33 42 45

37 37 19 39 33 10

19 19 22 25 8 30

30 1 29 2 3

100

10

63

17

10

100

17

47

20

17

100

10

62

17

10

100

17

45

21

17

30 1 29 2 3

Level 3

* Science is assessed only in grades 4, 7, and 11

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%)

Proficiency Level (%) Level 4

N

Proficiency Level (%) Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

%

25,515 25,800 99.7 33 51 100 12 21 1

31 1 30 2 3

7 5 9 <2 8 10

41 42 45 37 58 38

33 33 27 35 17 33

19 20 18 27 17 19

10

48

29

13

10

47

27

17

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Hispanic ED SWD ELL

Participation N

23,724 24,055 47 48 17 30 47 47 1 25

%

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%) Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

99.7 99.7 100 100 100 100 100 100

7 7 6 4 6 7 6 6

48 47 36 48 59 23 36 36

29 29 47 27 29 57 47 47

100

<2

16

64

Participation N

%

Participation N

22,943 20,737 47 37 19 28 3 44 43 3 8

%

Level 3

Participation

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

17 23,722 99.6 17 24,058 99.6 11 47 100 21 48 100 6 17 100 13 30 100 11 47 100 11 47 100 1 20 25 100

6 4 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2

36 36 21 15 12 27 21 21

42 43 60 56 71 53 60 60

16 16 19 29 18 20 19 19

<2

8

56

36

N

Level 2

Level 1

1

* Science is assessed only in grades 4, 7, and 11

98.6 99.1 100 100 100 100

11 10 15 5 26 7

34 38 43 49 26 54

38 38 30 35 32 29

15 14 13 11 16 11

100 100

14 16

41 44

32 28

14 12

Participation N

Proficiency Level (%) Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

%

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%) Level 4

Science

Proficiency Level (%)

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

State Current State Prior LEA Current LEA Prior Female Male Caucasian Hispanic ED SWD ELL

Science Participation

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

37 33 16 22 17 15

SGTs by Subgroup

11th Grade

38 38

B

Customized targets called School Growth Targets (SGTs) guide a school's path toward proficiency. These goals increase every year and challenge schools to identify student groups that might be struggling to keep up with their peers. Students who are not proficient but have made large enough gains to become proficient in the next 3 years are considered "on track" to proficiency and are included in the school's percentages.

Percentages are available at: http://www.ped.state.nm.us/AssessmentAccountability/AcademicGrowth/NMSBA.html.

Reading

Proficiency Level (%) 5 5 <2 <2 <2 <2

Pecos High

B C

Pecos Middle

8th Grade

Proficiency Level (%) 5 5 <2 <2 <2 <2

Pecos Elementary

Overall Grade

School

Reading

* Science is assessed only in grades 4, 7, and 11

Participation

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

44 42 31 37 28 35

11 9 14 12 8 20

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%) 6 6 <2 <2 <2 <2

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

Proficiency Level (%)

* Science is assessed only in grades 4, 7, and 11

Participation

Level Level Level Level 4 3 2 1

40 39 32 29 32 32

Participation

Mathematics

Proficiency Level (%) 8 9 <2 4 <2 <2

Science

Proficiency Level (%)

Overall Grade

School

%

Science

Proficiency Level (%) Level 4

22,931 98.5 20,733 99 47 100 37 100 19 100 28 100 3 44 100 43 100 3 8

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

7 6 2 <2 <2 4

32 32 28 27 26 29

47 49 60 57 53 64

13 12 11 16 21 4

2 2

23 26

64 60

11 12

Participation N

%

22,258 20,726 47 37 19 28 3 44 43 3 8

Proficiency Level (%) Level 4

98.4 100

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

3 4 <2 <2 <2 <2

35 35 36 32 21 46

42 42 45 49 42 46

19 17 19 19 37 7

<2 <2

34 37

45 42

20 21

Percentages account for invalid tests and may not sum to 100% Level 4=Advanced, Level 3=Proficient, Level 2=Nearing Proficient, Level 1= Beginning Step Blanks indicate too few students to report (N<10)

Budgeted Expenditures

School Board Training

Locally-authorized charter schools manage their budgets independently of their parent district. For detailed information please contact either the individual schools or the PED Budget and Finance Office for the budget analyst assigned to that school.

These figures represent the district summary for non-charter schools.

Amount Percent $ % Total Expenditures Capital Outlay Community Services Food Services Non-Instructional Support Other Student Transportation Operations & Maintenance Central Services School Administration General Administration Instruction

$6,248,623 $0 $0 $0 $0 $158,825 $24,399 $1,159,513 $198,553 $585,092 $420,229 $20,577

100 0 0 1 1 3 <1 18 3 7 7 4

Students Instructional Support Services Direct Instruction

$801,329 $3,368,517 $2,880,106

12 55 44

School board members must accumulate five points during the year by attending specific training. These figures do not reflect additional training that board members may have received.

Board Member Eddie Roy Duran

Number of Points 8.00

Eileen Griego-Vigil

28.00

Lawrence Vigil

16.00

Michael Flores

14.00

Victor Ortiz

31.00 Source: NM School Board Association

Source: The PED School Budget and Financial Analysis Bureau

Graduation - 4 Year Cohort of 2011 Graduation accountability is lagged by one year to allow seniors the summer of their final year to complete all requirements. These figures represent students who were expected to graduate on time by August 1, 2011. The cohort includes all students who were ever enrolled during the four years, including part-time students. Blanks indicate too few students to report.

All Students Female % %

Afr Male Caucasian Amer % % %

Statewide

68.7

72.9

64.8

Districtwide Pecos High

79.2 79.2

79.6 79.6

78.9 78.9

77.4

63.0

Hispanic %

Asian %

Amer Indian %

66.2

79.3

60.4

79.2 79.2

ED %

SWD %

ELL %

62.7

54.0

63.0

80.2 80.2

76.8 76.8

78.1 78.1

Source: PED Data Planning and Analysis Bureau

Graduation - 5 Year Cohort of 2010 These figures represent students who were expected to graduate on time by August 1, 2010 and either graduated on time, or required one additional year. The cohort includes all students who were ever enrolled during the four years, including part-time students. Blanks indicate too few students to report.

All Students Female % %

Afr Male Caucasian Amer % % % 74.6

59.3

Hispanic %

Asian %

Amer Indian %

ED %

SWD %

ELL %

63.4

83.4

60.8

Statewide

66.5

71.4

61.8

61.7

62.3

61.2

Districtwide

74.4

76.5

72.1

76.0

76.6

39.6

76.0

Pecos High

75.9

77.5

74.1

77.9

78.1

42.5

Pecos Middle

53.7

59.7

49.1

52.0

55.9

Source: PED Data Planning and Analysis Bureau

77.8 52.9

Thursday, January 30, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

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Five-year farm bill passes House

By Mary Clare Jalonick

stamp program, or around 1 percent. The House had sought a 5 percent cut.

WASHINGTON — After The legislation also would years of setbacks, a nearly continue to heavily subsidize $100 billion-a-year compromise major crops for the nation’s farm bill cleared the House farmers while eliminating some on Wednesday despite strong subsidies and shifting them opposition from conservatives toward more politically defenwho sought a bigger cut in food sible insurance programs. stamps.

House Agriculture Chairman The five-year bill, which preFrank Lucas, R-Okla., called the serves generous crop subsidies, compromise a “miracle” after heads to the Senate, where trying to get the bill passed for approval seems certain. The almost three years. An early White House said President version of the legislation was Barack Obama would sign it. defeated on the House floor last The measure, which the June after conservatives said the House approved 251-166, had food stamp cuts were too modbacking from the Republican est and liberal Democrats said leadership team, even though they were too deep. it makes smaller cuts to food The House later passed a stamps than they would have bill with a higher, $4 billion cut, liked. After wavering for several arguing at the time that the proyears, the GOP leaders were gram had spiraled out of control seeking to put the long-stalled after costs doubled in the last bill behind them and build on five years. But cuts that high the success of a bipartisan budwere ultimately not possible get passed earlier this month. after the Senate balked and the Leaders in both parties also White House threatened a veto. were hoping to bolster rural can- The Senate had sought a cut of didates in this year’s midterm $400 million annually. elections.

Many House conservatives House Speaker John Boehner still voted against the bill — did not cast a vote on the bill, 63 Republicans opposed it, a commonplace practice for one more than in June. a speaker, but he had issued a One of those conservative statement Monday saying it was opponents was Rep. Marlin “worthy of the House’s support.” Stutzman, R-Ind. “It spends Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, money we simply don’t have,” D-Calif., voted for the bill despite he said. concerns from some in her cauBut 89 Democrats supported cus that the bill cut too much it, bolstered by the lower cut in from the food stamp program. food stamps. The top Democrat The bill ultimately would on the agriculture panel, Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, cut about $800 million a year from the $80 billion-a-year food said he also enticed some of his The Associated Press

colleagues with more money for fruit, vegetable and organic programs.

The final savings in the food stamp program would come from cracking down on some states that seek to boost individual food stamp benefits by giving people small amounts of federal heating assistance that they don’t need. That heating assistance, sometimes as low as $1 per person, triggers higher benefits, and some critics see that practice as circumventing the law. The compromise bill would require states to give individual recipients at least $20 in heating assistance before a higher food stamp benefit could kick in.

Some Democrats said the food stamp cut still is too high.

Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, one of the states that have boosted benefits through heating assistance, said the cut will be harmful on top of automatic food stamp cuts that went into place in November.

“I don’t know where they are going to make that up,” McGovern said.

To pass the bill, Lucas and his Senate counterpart, Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, found ways to bring many potential naysayers on board. They spent more than two years crafting the bill to appeal to members from all regions of the country. They included a boost in money for crop insurance popular in the Midwest; higher rice and peanut subsidies for Southern

farmers; and renewal of federal land payments for Western states.

They also backed away from repealing a catfish program — a move that would have angered Mississippi lawmakers — and dropped House language that would have thwarted a California law requiring all eggs sold in the state to come from hens living in larger cages. Striking out that provision was a priority for California lawmakers who did not want to see the state law changed.

For those seeking reform of farm programs, the legislation would eliminate a $4.5 billion-ayear farm subsidy called direct payments, which are paid to farmers whether they farm or not. But the bill nonetheless would continue to heavily subsidize major crops — corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton — while shifting many of those subsidies toward more politically defensible insurance programs. That means farmers would have to incur losses before they could get a payout.

The almost $100 billion-ayear bill would save around $1.65 billion annually overall, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The amount was less than the $2.3 billion annual savings the agriculture committees originally projected for the bill.

An aide to Lucas said the difference was due to how the CBO calculated budget savings from recent automatic across-the-board spending cuts, known as sequestration.

Farm: Effect on SNAP recipients uncertain Continued from Page A-1 est we’ve seen in 60 years,” he said.

The farm bill also contains a provision requiring meat to be labeled with its country of origin, a measure supported by ranchers. “We know where our clothes are made,” said Caren Cowan, executive director of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association. We know where our cars come from. We know where our vegetables and fruit come from. So why not meat?”

New Mexico may escape food stamp cuts The farm bill also cuts $8 billion from food stamps, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but the cut won’t affect New Mexico, according to Rep. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M. He said the bill closes a loophole that means funding to about onethird of the states will be affected, but not New Mexico.

Staff at the state Human Services Department, which administers the food

stamp program, aren’t sure yet how the bill will affect New Mexicans. They will wait until the final bill is passed by the Senate to assess it, said spokesman Matt Kennicott.

A total of 442,013 New Mexicans, most of them children, benefit from food stamps. Santa Fe County has 19,646 food stamp recipients.

The food stamp program also helps the state’s farmers. Many of the state’s 72 farmers markets, including Santa Fe, accept food stamps, which are tracked now through debit cards.

The Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute also has doubled the value of food stamps through federal grants and donations for the last three years during the summer.

This year, it is doubling the value of food stamps all year, said Deborah Tuck, executive director of the Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute.

The Farm Bill approved Wednesday by the House also: u Provides $150 million in mandatory funding to the Farmers Market Promotion Program, which helps farmers markets like

those in New Mexico. u Provides $290 million in mandatory funding for the Specialty Crop Grant Program, which provides grants to farmers producing vegetables and fruits. Most New Mexico farmers are small-scale fruit and vegetable growers. u Restores the Payments In Lieu of Taxes program to New Mexico counties. The program gives each New Mexico county funds to offset the property taxes they forgo on federal lands such as national forests and national parks. The payments were left out of earlier versions of the bill. In 2013, New Mexico counties received $33 million total in PILT payments. Santa Fe County received $646,000.

At the same time the U.S. House was voting on the massive farm bill, New Mexico producers and food advocates were gathered at the New Mexico state Capitol on Wednesday morning to advocate for local farm and food bills before lawmakers.

Contact Staci Matlock at 986-3055 or smatlock@santafenewmexican.com.

Follow her on Twitter @stacimatlock.

Jim Warren, owner of the 101 Livestock Market, gathers cattle for an auction in Aromas, Calif., earlier this month. California’s drought is forcing many ranchers to sell their cattle and other livestock. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Calif. farms go thirsty as drought worsens Average rainfall in California was 7 inches last year, the lowBloomberg News est on record going back to 1895, said Michael Anderson, the state Near the confluence of the climatologist with the DepartMerced and San Joaquin rivers, ment of Water Resources in the heart of the California farm Sacramento. Dry weather and belt, Bob Kelley watches the drought will persist through driest year ever erode water sup- 2014, predicted Drew Lerner, the plies and prospects for the dairy president of World Weather in business his family began in 1910. Overland Park, Kan. The amount of water availFresno, the biggest city in the able for the 2,800 acres of corn fertile San Joaquin Valley, got a and alfalfa Kelley grows to feed record-low 3.01 inches last year, more than 6,500 cows may drop compared with an annual averas much as two-thirds, so fewer age of 11.5 inches, according to crops will be planted and some data from Accuweather in State animals will be sold to avoid the College, Pa. Salinas, a city known expense of buying grain, he said as “the Salad Bowl of the World” by telephone from Newman, for its production of lettuce, about 83 miles southeast of San broccoli, mushrooms and strawFrancisco. berries, recorded 3.27 inches, “It would impact us for not compared with 15.46 inches just 2014, but all of 2015,” said normally.

Los Angeles got less Kelley, 60, who runs a local water than 4 inches, compared with district that will cut output by at least half. “I’m anticipating a very 15 normally.

Farmers in the state probably difficult time, and I’m probably will leave as much as 500,000 the best off of anybody I know.”

The drought in California, the acres unplanted, or about 12 percent of last year’s principal crops, top U.S. agricultural producer because they won’t have enough at $44.7 billion, is depriving the state of water needed to produce water to produce a harvest, which will mean fewer choices everything from milk, beef and and higher prices for consumwine to some of the nation’s ers, said Mike Wade, executive largest fruit and vegetable crops, director of the California Farm including avocados, strawberWater Coalition, a group of farmries and almonds. Lost revenue ers, water district managers and in 2014 from farming and related farm-related businesses. businesses such as trucking and “Any job that’s associated with processing could reach $5 billion, agriculture is hurting,” Wade according to estimates by the California Farm Water Coalition, said. While some farmers were able to conserve water in years an industry group.

The state was the driest ever in past, they won’t get “any prefer2013, a third straight year of little ential treatment” over uses by moisture. Democratic Gov. Jerry municipalities, he said.

Extreme weather around the Brown declared a drought emerworld is wreaking havoc with gency on Jan. 17 as arid condifarmers and threatening global tions he called “unprecedented” food production. continued well into the annual U.S. retail prices for beef, rainy season that runs from bacon, lettuce and broccoli October through March. Reserposted double-digit gains last voirs on Jan. 27 were at 61 percent of average, while the moun- year, and tomatoes are the most expensive since May 2011, even tain snowpack as of Dec. 30 that supplies most of the state’s water as overall food inflation advanced just 1.4 percent, government data was at 20 percent of normal for that time of year, data show. show.

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28.0

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10.0

25.0

64.0

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14.0

43.0

42.0

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37.0

56.0

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1.0

5.0

16.0

78.0

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33.0

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11.0

30.0

59.0

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12.0

86.0

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15.0

39.0

45.0

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33.0

47.0

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26.0

45.0

25.0

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39.0

37.0

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25.0

34.0

34.0

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33.0

42.0

18.0

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39.0

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16.0

47.0

37.0

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41.0

41.0

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35.0

50.0

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1.0

15.0

36.0

48.0

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37.0

56.0

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32.0

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24.0

72.0

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5.0

23.0

72.0

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20.0

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1.0

21.0

78.0

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2.0

24.0

75.0

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11.0

87.0

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#

15.0

45.0

39.0

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14.0

41.0

44.0

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33.0

52.0

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21.0

46.0

32.0

4.0

20.0

40.0

36.0

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22.0

35.0

43.0

Nation

3.0

29.0

43.0

25.0

8.0

26.0

39.0

28.0

2.0

29.0

34.0

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Statewide Participation Reading %

Math %

Science %

4th Grade ELL

82.0

93.0

94.0 (2009)

4th Grade SWD*

72.0

84.0

86.0 (2009)

8th Grade ELL

80.0

94.0

93.0 (2011)

8th Grade SWD*

66.0

86.0

87.0 (2011)

* NAEP does not accommodate students with severe disabilities; participation in NAEP is not mandatory

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, January 30, 2014

Councilor hoping to bully-proof City Hall

LOCAL NEWS This artist’s rendering shows the $7 million health center that Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center plans to open early in 2015.

COURTESY CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

New health center plans unveiled Christus St. Vincent will break ground on south-side facility in March; 2015 opening eyed

By Bruce Krasnow The New Mexican

Santa Fe’s population is moving to the south side, and so is Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center.

The hospital said Wednesday it will break ground on its new $7 million south-side health center in March, with completion in

early 2015. The 15,234-square-foot Entrada Contenta Health Center, at Cerrillos Road and Herrera Drive, will combine several practices now scattered in the vicinity, including pediatrics, urgent care and the primary care physicians at Rodeo Family Medicine.

It also will have behavioral health and diabetes specialists, a testing laboratory and imaging.

The area has the fastestgrowing population under age 5, and the new center will be a one-stop health center for many of the growing families, said Lillian Montoya, vice president of public policy at Christus St. Vincent. “The south side needs services, and we’re going to provide them,” she said in a statement.

“This is a full health center to serve a growing population with limited access to health care in their neighborhoods,” added Bruce Tassin, the hospital’s chief

executive officer. “We are bringing health care to the people who need it.”

City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, who represents the area and is running for reelection, said he hopes Christus can be a partner for better health in promoting screenings and a healthier lifestyle. “It’s a great opportunity for residents to get that care and not have to drive so far,” he said.

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Laughs with the lawmakers

Wurzburger seeks to rid workplace of intentional behavior intended to create an abusive environment

By Daniel J. Chacón

The New Mexican

Everybody has heard about bullying in schools.

But at City Hall?

City Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger introduced an ordinance Wednesday amending Santa Fe’s code of ethics to prohibit councilors from bullying city employees, including the city manager, city attorney and city clerk.

Councilors would be subject to an ethics violation if they crossed the line.

Wurzburger said stories she’s heard over the years prompted her to introduce the ordinance.

“I’ve been on the council 12 years, and over time, I have heard complaints from staff,” she said. “I’ve heard stories from staff about them being threatened that they would lose their job if they didn’t do X, Y or Z.” Wurzburger declined to name names or go into specifics, but she said the “most recent” and “most horrific” example is what happened to former City Manager Robert Romero, who said one councilor had told him that the councilor had the power to have him terminated with a majority vote.

During the Neighborhood Law and Policy Conference in December, Romero said the unidentified councilor once told him “they were the fifth vote” on the eight-member council. The mayor can cast a vote to break a tie.

“It’s tough waking up every day and knowing five votes, you’re going home,” Romero said at the time.

Wurzburger said Romero’s experience is part of why she’s speaking out.

“It is my true belief that he was threatened by a city councilor who said they had five votes,” she said.

“The idea that he left the city because he was just looking for a better job or he used his PERA … that was very uncomfortable for me as a person to watch that when I felt that it was not true.”

Under the proposal, workplace bullying would include “threats and intimidation, including threats to discipline or terminate a public employee” and “persistent or constant criticism in front of other persons … for the purpose of humilating an employee.”

It also would include “use of disrespectful and devaluing language” and “behavior or language that frightens, humiliates, belittles or degrades, including criticism that is delivered with yelling and screaming.”

Under Wurzburger’s proposal, workplace bullying means intentional behavior intended to create an abusive work environment for one or more employees.

“Bullying behavior is behavior in the workplace that

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Kethzia Sanchez, center, portrays Gov. Susana Martinez during a skit in the fourth annual Roundhouse Comedy Revue on Wednesday at The Lodge at Santa Fe. In ‘Oh Susana, Won’t You Drive For Me?’ an ensemble of immigrants plead with the governor to take them to work and school, since she’s dead set on taking their driver’s licenses away. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Theater group pokes fun at legislators in annual comedy revue

By Robert Nott

The New Mexican

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f you want to find the intersection of comedy and politics in Santa Fe, look no farther than the state Capitol.

That junction clearly is the inspiration for the Roundhouse Comedy Revue, a roughly 50-minute song-and-skit performance presented by Working Classroom of Albuquerque that pokes fun at the personali-

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High winds, possible snowstorm on the way

Strong winds will whip into New Mexico on Thursday, possibly followed later by snow in the north-central mountains, according to National Weather Service forecasters in Albuquerque.

Meteorologists warned that a jet stream off the West Coast will push wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour around the state on Thursday and Friday, increasing wildfire risks.

The strongest winds are expected along the Interstate 25 corridor from Pecos to Las Vegas and the Interstate 40 corridor from Clines Corners to Santa Rosa. Blowing dust could impact travel.

Elevations above 7,500 feet in north-central New Mexico, especially around Rio Arriba County, could get several inches of snow beginning Thursday night.

ties and politics of New Mexico’s Legislature.

The revue played at The Lodge at Santa Fe on Wednesday night and runs again in Albuquerque on Saturday evening.

In the opener, “Oh Susana, Won’t You Drive For Me?” an ensemble of immigrants plead with the governor to take them to work and school, since she’s dead set on taking their drivers’ licenses away.

The show is the brainchild of former state senator Eric Griego, who also is a stand-up

comedian — which may explain why the two worlds intertwine so seamlessly in the revue.

Griego said he initiated the idea about six years ago in Albuquerque, fashioning the material for teen actors. Though the revue does feature two adult actors, the other seven performers range in age from 11 to about 17.

The ensemble spent considerable time watching state legislators work their magic

The high winds will continue Friday, with gusts between 50 and 60 miles per hour in the north-central and eastern portions of the state. Blowing snow in some portions of the state could reduce visibility for drivers.

adults and $10 for children 6 to 12, at The Food Depot, 1222 A Siler Road; online at www.thefooddepot.org; or by calling 471-1633, ext. 12.

On the day of the event, admission will cost $35 for adults.

Restaurants prep for Souper Bowl event A crowd of more than 1,400 is expected to sample soups from Santa Fe restaurants on Saturday, during the annual Souper Bowl charity event at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center.

The benefit for The Food Depot, Northern New Mexico’s food bank, is from noon to 2:30 p.m.

Dozens of local restaurants are scheduled to compete for votes in various categories, including Best Cream Soup, Best Savory Soup, Best Seafood Soup and Best Vegetarian Soup, as well as the overall Best Soup.

Guests also will be able to bid on silent auction items and have an opportunity to buy a cookbook featuring soup recipes from Santa Fe chefs.

Tickets are available in advance, $30 for

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Broken line leaves about 50 homes without water About 50 homes in south-central Santa Fe were left without water through the night as city crews on Wednesday began working to fix a broken waterline near Berry Avenue and Second Street.

Crews responded to a small leak at the intersection around 9 a.m. Wednesday. After further inspection, the crew discovered a leak in the main line, a city news release said.

A part needed to complete repairs — a 14-inch, concrete cylinder pipe — will have to be shipped from Arizona, the statement said.

Repairs are expected to be completed Thursday afternoon. The situation required minor traffic detours in the area.

Section editor: Howard Houghton, 986-3015, hhoughton@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Dennis Rudner, drudner@sfnewmexican.com

The New Mexican

PRC to review utility request for rate hike

By J.R. Logan The Taos News

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission plans to scrutinize a proposed rate increase from a wholesale power supplier that provides electricity to more than 160,000 Northern New Mexico homes and businesses, including customers of Kit Carson Electric Cooperative.

The PRC voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with a review of a rate increase request from Tri-State Generation and Transmission.

Hearings in the case are meant to determine if the rate increase and related rate design change are justified. The PRC has suspended the rate increase until the hearings are complete.

Wednesday’s decision followed impassioned comments from elected officials and residents in Northern New Mexico who argued the PRC needs to rein in Tri-State, which has had seven uncontested rate hikes since 2001. Those increases have nearly doubled the wholesale cost of power for 12 New Mexico co-ops that Tri-State serves.

Tri-State has argued for more than a year that it needs more revenue to deal with rising regulatory and fuel costs. Four New Mexico co-ops have protested the higher rates, saying Tri-State has not justified a need, especially in light of its rising annual margins in excess of $76 million.

David Torres, a member of the Kit Carson Electric Cooperative board, nearly choked up when he described the co-op parking lot on the first of every month, with customers arriving in beat-up cars who have to weigh paying their electric bills against buying groceries.

“I know Tri-State is pleading a hardship case,” Torres told regulators. “I’m here to plead a hardship case for the people in Taos. Those are the true hardship cases.”

Cydney Beadles, a PRC attorney, said, “This is a big case with tremendous import for New Mexico.”

Beadles told the commission that Tri-State has a monopoly and that it was the obligation of regulators to “step in when self-governance isn’t working.”

Tri-State argues it is beyond the PRC’s jurisdiction.

Tri-State contends PRC oversight would violate the Commerce Clause of the Constitution because the company is involved solely in interstate commerce.

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Missing dog, owner reunited

An Oklahoma woman was reunited last week with her dog who disappeared earlier this month while she and her husband were on vacation in Santa Fe. Amanda Lawler met up with Lucky, a pit-bull mix, Jan. 20 in Santa Fe, during an emotional reunion, KRQE reported.

Amanda and Travis Lawler said they both thought the dog was gone for good after she was either stolen or jumped over a fence Jan. 5 at their vacation home on Guadalupe Street.

The couple handed out fliers, put up posters and even hired a private investigator.

They also offered a $1,000 reward for the dog’s recovery.

The two eventually returned home, but received a call over the weekend that their dog had been found. Glenn Holmes, the private investigator hired to track down the dog, said someone who had found the dog contacted him after spotting the flyer. A microchip scan confirmed Lucky’s identity.

The dog has been a part of the Lawler family since 2009.

Amanda Lawler posted on the station’s website that it was likely the dog was stolen and the reward helped get her back.

Rescue group seeks volunteers A local animal rescue group seeks volunteers to help transport puppies from New Mexico to Colorado for adoption.

Jane Carson with Pecos People for Animal Welfare said her volunteer drivers, Ken and Jayne Johnson, have been talking pups and a few adult dogs to rescue groups weekly for the past 10 years. Last year alone, the couple transported more than 1,200 puppies.

The two use their own vehicle and pay for their own expenses for the lifesaving work. The longtime dog lovers say the transport program is their way of contributing to the improvement of animal welfare by saving more lives.

“If we can get pups to a place where they have the best chance of being adopted,” Jayne Johnson said, New Mexico will not have to euthanize so many.”

Those interested in becoming a driver or to volunteer to help this program, call Carson at 466-0091 or 466-1525.

Discounted cat spaying offered Warmer weather may still be months away, but the Santa Fe animal shelter wants you to “Beat the Heat” by spaying your cat in advance of her heat cycle and preventing unwanted litters from being born this spring.

The shelter is offering a special “Beat the Heat” campaign sponsored by PetSmart Charities. Through the campaign, the shelter will provide $20 spay and neuter surgeries for female cats in February.

“Female cats can have as many as three litters a year, and kittens can breed as young as 4 months old,” organizers of the special promotion said. “Most people don’t want to see their cat get pregnant over and over again, so hopefully our Beat the Heat campaign will serve as a gentle reminder to cat owners to sterilize their cats before they go into heat this year.”

This special $20 rate is available to all city and county residents. Those who wish to take advantage of this offer must mention the “Beat the Heat” campaign when they schedule their appointment. This campaign is based on availability.

Thanks to the PetSmart Charities grant, the shelter will provide 75 female cat Beat the Heat sterilizations for $20 in February.

Visit sfhumanesociety. org or call 474-6422 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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Pet connection Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Flore, a 10-year-young tortie-dil gray tabby, used to solicit attention of her previous owner by sitting on the arm of her chair.

She enjoys petting, purrs and adoration. This loving lady is affectionate and would do best in a single-cat home. Eamon, 5, is a darling American Staffordshire terrier mix who is still a puppy at heart. He would make a great addition to an active home.

These and other animals are available for adoption from the shelter at 100 Caja del Rio Road. The shelter’s adoption hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Visit www.sfhumanesociety. org or call 983-4309, ext. 610.

Española Valley Humane Society: Anahi, only 8 months old, loves to play with toys.

Giver her a stuffed mouse or a ball and she’ll entertain herself for hours. Saada is a sweetheart. This girl is skittish at first, but is working hard to overcome her trust issues. She walks well on leash, gets along well with other dogs and is curious about everything. She’s a great listener and just needs someone to listen to her.

These and other animals are available for adoption at the shelter, 108 Hamm Parkway. The shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from

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Flore

Eamon

Anahi

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Abbey

noon to 4:45 p.m. Sunday. Call 505-753-8662 or visit the website at www.espanolashelter. org.

Felines & Friends: Tooty, the talker of her litter, is playful and loving. She’s a beautiful girl with an elegant nose.

Sweet and playful Abbey is a beautiful girl with a short dark coat and tortoiseshell markings.

Cats of all ages are available for adoption from Felines & Friends and can be visited at Petco throughout the week during regular store hours.

Adoption advisers are available 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday at Petco on Cerrillos Road. Become a Felines & Friends volunteer.

Visit the website at www. petfinder.com/shelters/NM38. html or call 316-CAT1.

Melissa Morgan, a kennel attendant and adoption counselor, holds Josie, a terrier-poodle mix, early in December at St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, N.J. Josie was one of the last of 45 Tennessee dogs to be adopted, after the dogs were rounded up at overcrowded shelters in Tennessee. ANITA EDSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bill that funds spaying, neutering MAP relocates animals from overcrowded shelters clears committee Database helps foster adoptions, saves many from euthanasia

By Sue Manning

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The X on this animal lovers’ treasure map could be Spot or Rex or Rover.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently launched a program that maps out animal shelters with a dearth of dogs and shelters that have too many.

The first national program of its kind, MAP, which stands for Moving Animals Places, allows shelters to contact one another and work out moves that will put pets in places where they are more likely to be adopted.

Since the free online database started in July, 347 shelters in 47 states and Puerto Rico have signed on.

Early estimates show at least 362 dogs and 12 cats have been moved through MAP. However, it will be spring before exact numbers are known because not all the moves have been reported, said Sandy Monterose, senior director of ASPCA community initiatives, including the Animal Relocation and Transport team, which created and runs MAP. The MAP database is just one of the many tools the relocation team uses to help shelters ease overcrowding, enhance adoptions and save lives. Each year, the team moves tens of thousands of animals to different shelters, many of them through grants and donations.

Monterose says relocating animals from overcrowded shelters to those where adoption demand is high saves those pets from euthanasia and allows new dogs and cats in need of loving homes to be accepted at the freed-up facilities.

Any municipal shelter, nonprofit rescue or animal control department can join MAP by filling out a questionnaire about animal health, vaccinations, spay and neuter policies, transport equipment — things other shelters would need to know before creating a partnership.

Shelters work to ensure animals don’t get sick or anxious during moves with vet checks at both ends, proper crating for safety, plenty of volunteers to tend to the animals and potty, food and exercise stops along the way.

Moving animals isn’t new, but the scale of the program is.

Greyhound rescue groups did some of the earliest known relocation work, finding new homes for dogs after racetracks closed

around the country in the 1980s.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, rescue groups came together to handle all the unclaimed and displaced pets.

MAP was born as the ASPCA fielded inquiries from overcrowded shelters seeking facilities with open kennels or help connecting with a partner.

Corporate donors allow the ASPCA transport team to issue grants that help with relocation efforts. Subaru donated $100,000 from its “Share the Love” campaign last year.

Twenty animal welfare groups used that money to transport more than 1,300 animals in what were dubbed “Rescue Rides.”

In the last part of the year, some of those rides were arranged by MAP members.

The last Rescue Ride of 2013 took place in mid-December when the GoNorth Transport Collaborative in Tennessee partnered with St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in Madison, N.J. Twenty-eight puppies and 17 adult dogs were transported to St. Hubert’s after University of Tennessee veterinary students fostered and prepared them for

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the trip. Although a swap isn’t necessary, St. Hubert’s president Heather Cammisa said that in return, the New Jersey shelter would send some of the adoption proceeds to Tennessee to fund spay and neuter programs.

Nearly all the dogs were adopted, as were several already at St. Hubert’s.

St. Hubert’s placed 131 animals in the seven days after the dogs arrived. That includes nearly 90 dogs, cats, bunnies and hamsters that were already at the shelter.

One of the last Tennessee pooches to find a home was a 5-year-old female poodle-terrier mix. Mary Anne and Charles Saunders of Union, N.J., took her home and changed her name from Lisa to Josie.

All the couple knows about the 15-pound dog is that “she was picked up as a stray and taken to the shelter, where she probably wouldn’t have survived,” Mary Anne Saunders said.

“My goal is to give her a good future, to give her the best chance she’s got,” she said. “We feel lucky to have her. … She is making our home happier.”

Sam, it’s been eight years since we lost you just before Valentine’s Day.

ou were found, abandoned in Albuquerque, and came home shivering, afraid of people. For many years, you still were afraid, gradually growing more confident. You loved to run, jumping fences, bolting out the front door, but always coming home. Those last years, your legs were weak but your spirit strong. You were a dog that loved with your whole heart.

No boy ever had a dog who loved him so much. We brought our baby home from the hospital, wondering how he and the big dog would fare. You sat with the baby, sleeping by his cradle and watching strangers suspiciously.

You saw him learn to walk, and then he learned to walk you. Whether in the Pet Parade or just on the trails around town, you were friend, guard and companion.

You went outside that night and struggled to return to the house, but the stroke was too much. You looked at me, shuddered and left us. We will always remember you.

Much love to Sam. David, Inez and Joaquin

Other legislation considered would find homes for animals in abusive situations

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Legislation that would create a fund for spaying and neutering passed its first committee hearing Tuesday.

House Bill 20, sponsored by Rep. Carl Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, received a unanimous do-pass from the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. The bill aims to appropriate $250,000 to the Animal Shelter Board’s Animal Care & Facility Fund for spay/neuter services for the animals of qualifying individuals.

The bill now moves forward to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. If passed, the legislation would create a fund for low- or no-cost surgeries for dogs and cats.

The fund, which would be administered by the Animal Shelter Board, would provide access to spay/neuter surgeries for animals of people who can’t afford the surgeries or where services aren’t available.

Other animal-related legislation is being considered this session, including a bill that would appropriate $100,000 to the Children, Youth and Families Department for programs aimed at helping victims of domestic violence escape violent homes by providing secure, temporary homes for their animals.

The Senate bill is being sponsored by Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe, but does not have an assigned number yet.

Other legislation includes Senate Memorial 4, sponsored by Sen. Tim Keller, D-Albuquerque, that would direct the state Game and Fish Department, the State Land Office and other agencies to jointly create recommendations for a beaver management program; HB 121, sponsored by Rep. Elizabeth Thomson, D-Albuquerque, which would ban horse slaughter or transport of horses for slaughter for human consumption and provide $100,000 for enforcement of the law; HB 119, which would check animals rejected for human consumption and HB 120, which would add horses to animal cruelty laws, sponsored by Thomson.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, January 30, 2014

New suit alleges illegal N.M. body cavity search

By Russell Contreras The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE — Another lawsuit has been filed over a body cavity search by a New Mexico law enforcement agency along the Mexico border, the latest in a handful of similar cases.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque alleges police illegally took a New Mexico woman’s car in Lordsburg. When she tried to retrieve it four days later, officers made her strip naked and searched her body cavities, the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit comes after Hidalgo County and the city of Deming recently agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man taken to two hospitals and subjected to anal

probes over suspicion of hiding drugs.

According to the lawsuit, Lordsburg police officers stopped Lori Ford, 54, of Silver City and a friend, who was driving her car, for a speeding violation in March 2012.

After Ford refused to let police search her vehicle without a warrant, officers ordered a K-9 to sniff the car for drugs and then seized the car while getting a search warrant after a nearly two-hour wait, the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, said Ford did not hear from authorities about her vehicle’s location and only went to pick it up after being tipped off by a friend.

After she arrived to retrieve the car, Ford was arrested and taken to a secluded room with several male offi-

Laughs: Democrats attend, but no GOP Continued from Page A-8

stituents shoot them down — except for the one eliminating the gross receipts tax for oil and gas companies.

Democratic lawmakers Elizabeth “Liz” Thompson, Bill O’Neill and Christine Trujillo showed up Wednesday night to apear in cameo roles.

No Republican lawmakers attended.

Oddly enough, while many in the audience were willing to be quoted in the newspaper, they did not want to give their names, which perhaps suggests that they have ties to the Legislature. As one female patron explained, “I spent the whole day watching one type of comedy at the Legislature, so I thought I’d come here for another dose.”

The Roundhouse Comedy Revue plays again at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday at the Paul Carpenter y Salazar Theater, in Albuquerque. Tickets are $25.

The Legislature resumes Jan. 30, and runs through Feb. 20.

It’s free, and there are likely to be just as many laughs.

on the floors of the House and Senate this week, and it paid off in their imitations of such political dignitaries as Gov. Susana Martinez, Legislative Finance Committee Vice Chairman and Sen. John Arthur Smith, D-Deming, and Sen. Howie Morales, D-Silver City — a candidate in the governor’s race.

Morales sat in the audience Wednesday night and managed to keep a big grin on his face as he and his colleagues were skewered. He seemed pleased with a skit on a televised gubernatorial debate among the democratic candidates, in which some of the humor revolved around Morales’ love of the fictional Sneeze Weed.

The actor playing candidate Lawrence Rael drew a huge laugh when he said, “My father taught me about the value of a hard day’s work, but despite his advice, I went into politics.”

“The Deming Duck Dynasty” showcased Sen. Smith as he lined up a bunch of bills like sitting ducks and Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 let his bearded, gun-toting con- or rnott@sfnewmexican.com.

Bully: Wurzburger raises awareness Continued from Page A-8 a reasonable person would find hostile, offensive, and not obviously related to the city of Santa Fe’s legitimate business interests,” the proposed ordinance states.

Wurzburger said she hopes her proposal will spark a discussion among councilors and candidates in the March 4 municipal election. “We have evolutions of issues in society where we talk about things

we don’t talk about,” she said.

“Part of my intention is raising this to cause a debate, particularly among the people who are running for office and the mayoral candidates about their views of what you can do to avoid this. The power that you have when you can threaten to fire is extreme. … I’m telling you this power has been used, and it’s been used incorrectly.”

Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089.

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u City officers arrested two people who allegedly stole metal shelves from a storage area near Whole Foods, 953 Cerrillos Road, about 10:15 a.m. Tuesday. u A woman reported that someone stole her laptop computer from her home in the 3200 block of El Trebol Court between 1:30 a.m. and 9:40 p.m. Tuesday. u An antique ring and cash were stolen from a home in the 800 block of Calle de Pinos Altos between 12:20 and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. u A Santa Fe woman reported that someone stole two checks sent to California and changed the intended recipient and monetary amount between Jan. 15 and Tuesday. u A city of Santa Fe employee reported that someone tried to break into a city storage shed between Monday and 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The Santa Fe County Sher-

iff’s Office is investigating the following reports: u A resident on Kachina Loop reported Tuesday that his or her information was used to open a Dish Network account, and that the suspect accrued more than $900 worth of unpaid bills. u County deputies arrested Juan Lopez, 22, of Española after he was seen allegedly trying to break into a home in Roselias Caminito sometime Tuesday. u County deputies arrested Edward Manzanares, 25, of Santa Clara on a charge of possession of a controlled substance on Camino Justicia. u Someone stole electronics and a motor vehicle from a home on Aaron y Veronica Road between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Speed SUVs u Mobile speed-enforcement vehicles are not in use as the city renegotiates its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems.

cers, court papers say.

The officers then forced Ford into a degrading position and searched her “anal and vaginal” cavities, the lawsuit alleges.

“This was an illegal and unreasonable search,” Ford’s attorney, Shannon Kennedy said. “It’s disgusting. It’s a sexual assault.”

Ford was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia — items police said were found in the car — but those charges were later dropped after officers failed to produce the evidence.

Lordsburg Police Chief Marcus Martinez declined to comment about the lawsuit. Hidalgo County Manager Jose Salazar didn’t immediately respond to an email.

Ford seeks an unspecified amount for legal fees and damages.

Another lawsuit filed in November accuses the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office of illegally subjecting a drug suspect to invasive body cavity searches.

In that case, a man said he was stripsearched in a gas station parking lot, then taken to a hospital for an illegal cavity search.

A lawsuit in U.S. District Court in El Paso also is pending against federal agents over a similar search of a New Mexico woman crossing from Mexico through El Paso.

Kennedy said her law firm is getting a number of calls about similar cases along the New Mexico-Mexico border.

She believes law enforcement agencies are under pressure to spend federal

drug-fighting money but are overstepping their authority.

“They are detaining people for long periods of time while going on fishing expeditions,” Kennedy said. “They are subjecting people to unconstitutional searches, and for what?”

Adam Perlmutter, a New York attorney who has written about body cavity searches, said federal courts have ruled that body cavity searches are allowed in felony cases.

In suspected misdemeanor cases, officers need a “reasonable, articulated basis” to perform a body cavity search.

“They can state a clear reason for believing that a search is needed, especially if they are looking for contraband or narcotics,” he said.

Center: Main hospital renovation on track Continued from Page A-8 The construction will be managed by the hospital’s nonprofit partner, SVH Support, which will own the facility.

Christus St. Vincent will then lease the space from the affiliate organization as a way to preserve cash flow, Tassin said.

That cash will be needed, as the main hospital building also is moving forward with a $24 million renovation of its 18-bed intensive care unit starting later this year.

The plan includes converting the area to 24 single rooms.

That expansion will need additional space and construction of a new patient tower.

The current ICU space will have to be closed during the project, and that will have impacts elsewhere in the building.

Christus St. Vincent is 50 percent owned by Christus Health Systems, a nonprofit with a footprint in 60 communities in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Georgia and Mexico, and 50 percent by SVH Support, the

nonprofit that was created out of the assets from the former St. Vincent Medical Center.

It is that partnership that is making the growth possible, Tassin said, as SVH Support can move ahead on the new community clinic, and the ICU project can proceed with a loan from the Christus Health Systems parent organization.

Another building issue also might be resolved in 2014.

The Physicians Plaza Surgery Center, which closes Feb. 28, will be leased by Christus St. Vincent

with one possible use as a presurgical center, where patients preparing for an operation can go to take care of all the necessary paperwork and medical perquisites for a surgical procedure.

And some of the procedures from the surgery center are moving to the Christus-owned Physicians Medical Center, a small surgical hospital south of Rodeo Road that Christus purchased from a group of physicians.

Contact Bruce Krasnow at brucek@sfnewmexican.com.

Funeral services and memorials ANNE CHRISTY FAIRES ATWELL 12/3/36 ~ 1/28/14

Anne Christy Faires Atwell passed away peacefully in Austin, Texas on January 28, 2014 with her family at her side.

Anne had a strong and vibrant personality that left an impression wherever she went. Throughout her years in Dallas, Texas, Wimberley, Texas, Santa Fe and Tesuque, New Mexico, and Tequesta and Mt. Dora, Florida, Anne entertained countless friends and acquaintances.

Her selfless nature and sense of humor will be missed.

Anne is survived by two sons, Anthony Atwell, Jr. and Christopher D. Atwell, her daughter in law, Gretchen Seewald Atwell, three grandchildren, Alexander Atwell, Anthony Hill Atwell, and Kathryn Grace Atwell, and numerous nieces and nephews. Anne’s son Webster Atwell, II predeceased her.

Anne was an artist, designer, chef, traveler, and mother. Anne loved to laugh and play. Anne appreciated American Indian and Mexican culture and art. Anne collected antique American Indian jewelry. Anne loved excellent food and interior decoration, and, most importantly, her family. Anne served her community in many roles. Anne served on the Board of the Dallas Museum of Art and served in various roles at the Dallas Junior League.

Anne also supported the Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, Texas and many other charities in the places she lived.

Anne’s family would especially like to thank Katelyn Collins, Anne’s best friend in Austin, the devoted staff at New Century Hospice, and the skilled nursing unit professionals at Longhorn Village in Steiner Ranch.

Anne knew life was short and lived life to its fullest. Anne would want to be remembered as the life of the party, which she was.

A memorial service is scheduled for 1 p.m. on January 31, 2014 at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1500 N. Capital of Texas Highway, Austin, Texas 78746. In lieu of flowers, donations in Anne’s honor may be made to Alzheimer’s research, New Century Hospice Foundation, or a charity of your choice (with any acknowledgements to 3200 Lamantilla Cove, Austin, Texas 78746).

DOLORES CORIZ LOVATO DOLORES CORIZ LOVATO, 74 Passed away January 5, 2014. Born August 31, 1939 to Santos and Juanita Sedillos Coriz who have preceded her in death along with husband Arturo Lovato, children; Mary Ann, Diana and Andrew, siblings; Santos, Jose Ines, Ruben, Lucy and Margie Coriz and Victoria Padilla.

Survived by daughters Michelle "Mickela" Lovato, Mary Jane (Juan) Garcia, 8 Grandchildren, 7 Great Grandchildren, sisters Rose Ortega and Teresa Lovato and her beloved cat Raton. From the beginning Dolores lived a challenged life of disability, tragedy, illness and trauma which led to the loss of her children, homelessness, and lifelong battle with mental illness. In spite of this she never lost faith trusting in and adoring our Lord Jesus Christ. As a family we found it difficult to care for her as she required help in ways we were unable to provide. For this our family is grateful for the love, compassion, patience and care she received daily by her caregivers Anna Bustamante, Olivia Alvarado, Elvira Loya, Theresa Ronquillo, niece Martha Tapia, friends and staff of organizations involved in coordinating her care. To honor our mother we ask you to be kinder to the homeless and mentally ill, for they are fighting some sort of battle, and find it in yourselves to help them however you can. Cremation has taken place and funeral mass will be on Saturday February 1, 2014 at St. Anne Parish in Santa Fe, at 9:00 a.m. Reception following at Taqueria Adelita’s 3565 Cerrillos Rd.

ROSS ROYBAL 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

To our husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather In Heaven there is a garden that is so beautiful that to lay eyes on it is a miraculous event and only reserved for those that reside in our Father’s Holy Kingdom.

One day, though, God looked around his garden and found an empty place cast in shadows.

He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face.

He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest.

God’s garden became more beautiful, He always takes the best.

He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain.

He knew that you would never get well on earth again.

He saw the road was getting rough and the hills were hard to climb, So He closed your weary eyelids and whispered "Be in peace, it’s time."

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you didn’t go alone, For part of us went with you, the day God called you home.

Our family chain is broken and nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again.

We miss you and love you every single day.

Your loving family.

TILLIE J. GARCIA Tillie J. Garcia, our beloved mother concluded her life here on earth on Saturday, January 25, 2014 with her loving children by her side. She has begun her final journey into the arms of our Lord. Our Mother had a heart of Gold and a smile that will shine on for eternity. She was loving, generous, and always put others needs in front of herself. She was the heart and soul of our family and will be greatly missed by all.

Tillie was preceded in death by her loving husband Johnny J. Garcia of 51 years, parents Carmel and Juanita Romero; sister Lorraine Montoya; Brother Eloy Herrera.

Tillie is survived by her children, daughter Glenda Garcia, son Roland Garcia and wife Myrna, son Gary Garcia Wife Melissa, son, Roland II and wife Dana; grandchildren, Augusta, Aspen, Bella, Rio, Javier, Wyley, Eliseo and Andy; Special thanks to brother Mino Romero and wife Agnes for all their love and support; brothers and sisters, Sammy Romero and wife Christina, Sophie Howard and husband Harry, David Romero and wife Luggie, MaryAnn Griego, Carmen Herrera and husband Frudy, Bennie Trujillo and husband Willie, Vangie Herrera, brother-in-law Ben Montoya and many other relatives and friends.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

OPINIONS

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The West’s oldest newspaper, founded 1849 Robin M. Martin Owner

GOP: A party of many responses

Robert M. McKinney Owner, 1949-2001 Inez Russell Gomez Editorial Page Editor

Ray Rivera Editor

OUR VIEW

A taxing solution to hold-harmless

Martin Schram McClatchy-Tribune News Service

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oday we are exploring the State of the Union’s Loyal Opposition.

We are doing this because in these economically and internationally challenging times, we desperately need strong leadership at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue that is determined to prove that Washington really can work.

Tuesday night, after President Barack Obama made it clear that he would do as much as he could with executive orders if our divided Congress continues to operate in selfgridlock, our attention naturally turned to the Republicans who run the House and wield minority power in the Senate.

Will they be setting a bold counter-agenda — and will they tell us what they intend to do to improve such things as Obama’s imperfect health care program?

After all, we knew we couldn’t judge the State of the Union and hopes for improving it by the bold phrases and go-it-alone intentions of the president. To evaluate America’s ability to resolve its crises with solutions, we must evaluate the state of the leadership of the Republican Party as well.

And Tuesday night, the Republicans followed Obama’s address with multiple responses that only demonstrated that the state of their party’s leadership is uneven — and even unstately.

And that is too bad, because we need a Republican Party that is as good as it once was — led firmly and thoughtfully in Washington by conservative thinkers including Bob Dole, Howard Baker, Jack Kemp, and, going back a bit

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further, Mel Laird, Jerry Ford and dozens more.

The Republicans treated the nation to not just one response, but three of them.

(And of course, they weren’t really responses, because they were written and in some cases recorded prior to the address to which they were purportedly responding.)

The Republicans had only one official response — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a family-values conservative from Washington state, who is little known nationally even though she chairs the House Republican Conference.

Rodgers speech was touching as she led us through her life’s story and especially evocative as she discussed at length the accomplishments of one of her children who has Down syndrome. Yet, when it came to America’s problems and crises, she inexplicably offered not a single solution, eschewing substance in favor of bromides and platitudes.

“Right now, the president’s policies are making people’s lives harder. Republicans have plans to close the gap,” Rodgers said; but inexplicably, she offered no elaboration. Republican strategists should be sent to the woodshed for allowing such a tepid script to be their

party’s official word.

Meanwhile, Rodgers’ response was overshadowed by far more prominent Republicans, who insisted on delivering their own state of the union responses — an act of demirebellion in which they seemed to be telling their GOP leaders what they ought to do with the elephant they rode in on.

Sen. Mike Lee of Utah gave the so-called official tea party response; it was not carried on network television but on the Tea Party Express website.

Lee, in turn, may have been overshadowed by the reigning tea party favorite, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who gave his own response on his Senate website and on Facebook, and repeated his previously offered solutions, including creating so-called “Freedom Zones,” where companies could operate unfettered by government regulations and tax burdens.

And Paul may have also been overshadowed — for as I was watching his speech online, I looked up at my TV screen, and he was there too, being interviewed on CNN. When Wolf Blitzer asked Paul if he believed in a federal minimum wage law, the senator said only: “I’m not sure I have an answer.” Turning to Iran’s cutback on produc-

ing weapons grade uranium, amid negotiations to make sure Iran never develops a nuclear bomb, Paul blithely told CNN that unlike Obama, he wouldn’t have eased economic sanctions until Iran agreed to a comprehensive accord. And when Blitzer said Iran wouldn’t have made any of its interim changes if sanctions hadn’t been reduced, Paul looked surprised and simply said, “Maybe, I’m not sure …”

Paul, a Republican favorite in the wayyyy-too-early presidential polls, works hard these days to not talk about the reality that on national security issues, he seems way to the left of the old Vietnam-era antiwar Democrats like George McGovern and Gene McCarthy. Indeed, Paul seems to be living in a different galaxy than all the strong-on-nationalsecurity Republicans who once boldly led in Washington.

But that was back in the days when the Grand Old Party was still grand, even when it wasn’t all that good.

Martin Schram, an op-ed columnist for McClatchyTribune, is a veteran Washington journalist, author and TV documentary executive.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Stop denying gun violence — it happens here

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he most interesting comment after the latest (almost daily shooting in the U.S.) was; we never thought it could happen here.

Wake up, U.S.: It is happening anywhere: randomly, small towns, big cities, rural. Hey folks, this is what you get when you ignore one fact: Guns are readily available to everyone and anyone in the U.S. — mental problems, teenagers, etc.

If you haven’t noticed over the years, the continuing violence, denied by the NRA who only wants to sell more and add more types of guns to make money for the gun manufacturers, then you haven’t been paying attention.

Statistics from most countries where there are strict controls should shame the public into outrage, but nothing happens, and there will be another mass shooting (that gets attention). The daily carnage has become ho hum.

If we as a people don’t demand an end to this madness, our already cowardly Congress will not act. Guns are everywhere in American life, so don’t say, “I didn’t think it could happen here.”

It is happening here.

Lynne H. Moor

Santa Fe

Bagging it Penny wise and pound foolish. The campaign to discourage the use of large paper bags at grocery and similar stores seems counterproductive in protecting our environment. A quick glance at the curb on trash collection days shows that paper bags are the most prevalent method of putting out paper waste for collection. Because paper waste consists of not only uniform size newspapers but also other paper items of various sizes and composition, packaging household waste paper for recycling is significantly more arduous than placing this waste in paper grocery bags. This will discourage recycling and result in more paper in the dump. The small gain to the environment by use of fewer paper bags will be far offset by the amount of paper that is not recycled.

Rodney McWhinney

Santa Fe

Missing the point A recent comment noted that those of us who reuse plastic bags can buy them instead, since we can no longer get them

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for free from local stores. This defeats the purpose of the bag ban; however, this is the reality of what local residents will do.

Paper bags are not good for kitchen trash, diapers and dog waste. Paper doesn’t hold liquid or tie at the top. The Chico study that the City Council used to back its case for the bag ban clearly states paper bags are worse for the environment than plastic, and it did not factor in the reuse of plastic bags. Paper bag use will go up, and local residents will have to buy plastic bags.

The bag ban should only apply to grocery stores, and we should be allowed to pay true cost for plastic bags if needed, not paper.

Al Rodriguez

Santa Fe

last-minute tax deal from the 2013 session of the New Mexico Legislature is proving to be an important issue in the Santa Fe mayor’s race.

Councilor Patti Bushee believes the deal that cut corporate taxes in return for keeping a targeted tax break for the film industry (through the Breaking Bad bill) hurt cities and counties. She is right. To keep state dollars flowing, lawmakers are phasing out the hold-harmless provision. Hold harmless was a compromise from the 2004 session designed to win support for eliminating a tax on groceries and some medical services.

Because cities and counties had received a portion of the food tax, the state agreed to continue to pass on those dollars even without the tax being collected. In other words, to hold cities and counties harmless. No more. Those dollars are vanishing — being phased out over 15 years. Santa Fe stands to lose millions over the phase-out of the tax. As part of the final deal, the state authorized cities and counties to make up for the loss with a GRT increase; that’s a bad idea for Santa Fe, given how large our tax already is, 8.1875.

Bushee faults challenger Javier Gonzales for his leadership of the state Democratic Party last year. He supported the compromise as a way to improve the tax break for the film industry. That tax break, Gonzales says in response, is one reason the local film industry is booming again in Santa Fe. That’s at least a partial result of the compromise, many believe.

Gonzales also points out that the Legislature can fix this — legislators can restore hold harmless; not likely, but possible.

Already, there are three bills introduced during this session to adjust how the tax is collected. They also could — and this is where we come down — look for other sources of revenue that would help all governments do their job better. What’s more, smart fixes have the added advantage of increasing the competitive advantage for local businesses.

We refer, of course, to the need for the state to begin taxing online purchases — whether made through Amazon or Overstock or WalMart.com. Those online sales slip through the New Mexico GRT system, costing the state millions of dollars a year. The business owner down the street doesn’t stand a chance.

What’s more, the legal climate to charge such a tax is becoming more favorable. Some 19 states already have forced Amazon to collect online sales tax; the online retailer had argued that it should only pay taxes in places where it has a physical location. However, New York state successfully has passed a law requiring the tax, arguing that Amazon affiliates have brick-and-mortar structures and receive money from their links to the online giant. The Supreme Court did not take the case, leaving the New York law in place — in other words, saying it’s OK to tax online businesses. Amazon and Overstock, can either pay the taxes or end their affiliations.

Congress can bring the entire nation into conformity by passing legislation on an online sales tax — we would like to see a uniform approach. Congress should act this year on the Marketplace Fairness Act and put local businesses across the country back in competition with online retailers.

But New Mexico doesn’t have to wait for Congress — taxing online purchases would raise needed revenue and support local businesses. An online tax isn’t just fair. It’s smart.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Jan. 30, 1964: Police picked up a 17-year-old Santa Fe High School student and three 16-year-old friends for investigation of possession of a deadly weapon after one of the youths was reported to have a pistol in his locker at the school. The 17-year-old admitted to having the pistol but said he buried it at the National Cemetery shortly before officers arrived at the school to search his locker. Officers failed to find it at the cemetery but later a pistol was found in the mail box at the residence of Santa Fe Police Sgt. Alfred Lucero. The gun found was reported stolen from a car while it was parked near the high school on Jan. 20.

Jan. 30, 1989: Albuquerque — Albuquerque police officers shot and killed a man identified as a parole violator after he led them on an automobile chase and rammed police cars with his car. The man was wanted for robbery. Officers began chasing a “fleeing dangerous felon” at 7:08 a.m. after recognizing him as wanted. After the man used his car to ram police vehicles, he abandoned the vehicle near Tramway Boulevard south of Menaul.

He got out of the car on the driver’s side and displayed what officers believed to be a gun and police then shot him.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

ANNIE’S MAILBOX

TIME OUT Horoscope

Crossword

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014: This year you find that your daily life is full of excitement and change. You will embrace this trend and really get into it.

A fellow Aquarius could be challenging to deal with.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Emphasize the possibilities, especially if the obvious course is blocked. Do not accept “no” for an answer; instead, look for a different solution. Tonight: Where the action is.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Accepting your role in a situation might be difficult. The possibility of a new beginning will become a reality by seeing where you might have steered off course.

Tonight: Out late.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You suddenly might see a situation differently. The unpredictability that surrounds you could result in a new beginning, if you remain positive. Tonight: Treat a friend to munchies and drinks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could think differently about an unexpected development at work that involves a supervisor. Tonight: Have a chat with a loved one.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You don’t need to be the first one to act. You would prefer to understand the dynamics of what is going on before making a move. Tonight: So many choices, so many invitations.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Deal with a child or loved one directly.

You might have your hands full, so see if you can delegate some of your projects or errands to someone else. Tonight: Choose a favorite stressbuster.

Super Quiz Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: COLORFUL TWO-

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Blue _____ (1986)

WORD FILM TITLES

Answer________

Each answer is a two-word film title. The year is given. Provide

5. Red _____ (1984)

the second word. (e.g., Pink ____

Answer________

(1972). Answer: Pink Flamingos.)

6. Silver _____ (1976) Answer________

FRESHMAN LEVEL

PH.D. LEVEL

1. Black ____ (2010)

7. Green ____ (2011)

Answer________

Answer________

2. Yellow ____ (1968)

8. Orange ____ (2002)

Answer________

Answer________

3. Purple _____ (1984)

9. Crimson ____ (1995)

Answer________

Answer________

ANSWERS:

1. Black Swan. 2. Yellow Submarine. 3. Purple Rain. 4. Blue Velvet. 5. Red Dawn.

6. Silver Streak. 7. Green Lantern. 8. Orange County. 9. Crimson Tide.

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2013 Ken Fisher

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your imagination could be triggered by someone’s unpredictability. You might wonder why different opportunities emerge when your mind wanders.

Tonight: Be a little naughty.

Adult daughter acts as if she were a child Dear Annie: I have a 40-year-old daughter who is lazy. When she injures herself, has surgery or is sick, I wait on her like she’s a baby. But I recently needed surgery myself, and she has no interest in helping me at all.

A while back, I hired someone to clean her bedroom. It took two days.

It was absolutely disgusting. Now that I can’t pick up after her, it’s getting bad again. If I say anything to her, she throws a tantrum. I’m getting too old for this. — Can’t Take the Arguments Dear Can’t: You’re too old? Your daughter is 40 and still lives at home and expects her mother to clean her room. We do not understand parents who tacitly encourage their children to behave like babies and treat parents like servants and then complain when they do. Unless your daughter is incapable of holding a job and living independently, tell her it’s time she found a place of her own. At the very least, insist that she pay you rent. Do not clean her room. Close the door and let her deal with her own mess.

Dear Annie: My husband is an account executive for a large company. He earns a good salary and travels frequently on business. He has to pay all of his expenses out of his own pocket and then submit expense reports for reimbursement.

He is supposed to submit the forms at the end of each month for payment at the end of the following month. It’s tight for us, but tolerable.

Here’s the problem. For whatever reason, the expense checks are often not given out on time. Sometimes my husband has to wait three or four months before being reimbursed.

These are not $40 lunches. We are talking about hundreds of dollars of airline and hotel expenses, plus entertaining and feeding clients.

Over four months, that can turn into thousands of dollars.

Sheinwold’s bridge

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Pace yourself. How you deal with someone and his or her attitude could change as a result of today’s events. You might want to make that clear to the other party.

Tonight: At home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Initiate conversations and make calls.

You could be surprised by what happens once everyone starts to speak his or her mind. Tonight: Hang out with loved ones.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might discover that a partner has very different ideas about how to approach a certain topic. Tonight: Pay bills first.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Beam in more of what you desire. You are likely to change your direction and/or get a chance at a new beginning. Tonight: Visit with a friend.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HH Use this period to gain information and to question your direction. Listen to your inner voice when dealing with a child or a difficult person. Tonight: Not to be found.

Jacqueline Bigar

Cryptoquip

Chess quiz

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error. © 2013 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

WHITE WINS A PAWN Hint: Find a double threat.

Solution: 1. Bd5! [threatens 2. Rxe4, as well as 2. Bxd4 (or 2. Qxd4)] [adapted from, Saric-Meinhardt ’13].

Today in history Today is Thursday, Jan. 30, the 30th day of 2014. There are 335 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Jan. 30, 1964, the United States launched Ranger 6, an unmanned spacecraft carrying television cameras that crash-landed on the moon, but failed to send back images.

Hocus Focus

Please don’t misunderstand. I realize we’re lucky to make a good living.

But we are not super-wealthy. We have two kids in college and medical bills for my mother, and frankly, we’re not in the position to loan my husband’s company all of this money with no interest.

My husband is always quick to defend the company, saying they didn’t get the information on time or the person writing the checks was on vacation. I think he’s afraid of rocking the boat. Is there anything I can do?

— Not the Company’s Bank Dear Bank: Are you certain your husband is submitting his expenses on time? He could be telling you it’s the company’s fault to cover his own tardiness. It is also possible the company is having its own cash-flow problems and the late checks are only the tip of the iceberg. Nonetheless, it is your husband’s responsibility to handle this. Surely, he cannot be the only one who is having this particular problem. Perhaps he and other co-workers in the same situation could approach the boss together and find out what is going on.

Dear Annie: This is in response to “Not a Lawyer,” who questioned why attorneys seem unwilling to give free legal advice.

I come from a family of lawyers and doctors. I learned that none would give free professional advice.

The reason is twofold: First, the majority of questions can only be answered by “it depends on the situation.” Second is the possibility of being sued for malpractice. You have no idea how many confused people have misunderstood a professional’s opinion, especially when given in a casual setting with little or no case history.

I have yet to hear of a chef being sued for malpractice because he advised how to prepare a steak. — Been There, Won’t Do It

Jumble

THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

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NFL SUPER BOWL XLVIII

Snow or no, players prep for cold insiDe

By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — So much for all the hand-wringing about a snowed-in Super Bowl.

How would freezing spectators deal with the cold at MetLife Stadium?

What sort of havoc would a big storm wreak on transportation and other game-day logistics?

What if the NFL decided to postpone its championship game between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks for 24 hours?

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If the National Weather Service’s forecast is correct, the buzz about a blizzard at the first cold-weather, outdoor Super Bowl — the official host committee logo features a snowflake — will turn out to be just talk. As of Wednesday, no snow, or even rain, was being predicted for Sunday.

“It would have been cool in the snow,” Seattle linebacker Heath Farwell said. “That’s,

I guess, how football’s supposed to be played.”

Players on both teams have experienced chilly conditions during games, of course, although they don’t regularly brace for the sort of brrrr that’s anticipated for this Super Bowl, even if there isn’t any snow. Sunday’s high temperature is expected to be 38 degrees, which would make it the coldest of the 48 Super Bowls so far.

With the opening kickoff scheduled for about 6:30 p.m., the mercury could drop into the 20s by the time the game ends.

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Denver Broncos head coach John Fox is bundled against the cold as he supervises a practice Wednesday in Florham Park, N.J. MARK HUMPHREY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL ST. MICHAEL’S 43, ALBUQUERQUE ST. PIUS X 34

WINTER OLYMPICS

st. mike’s hungry for more Horsemen win 9th straight by overwhelming St. Pius X

By Beth Harris

The Associated Press

Apolo Anton Ohno took his soul patch, bandanas and eight Olympic medals into retirement, leaving a gaping hole in short track speedskating.

J.R. Celski is poised to step into the void as America’s best hope for a medal in the wild and wooly sport known as roller derby on ice.

The 23-year-old from Federal Way, Wash., will compete at his second Olympics looking to add to the pair of bronze medals he won at the 2010 Vancouver Games, when Ohno was ending his career as America’s most decorated Winter Olympian.

Celski qualified in all three distances for Sochi, in addition to the 5,000-meter relay. He’s ranked among the world’s top 10 in the 1,000 and 1,500, and just outside the top 10 in the 500.

This time, Celski is healthy heading to the Olympics. At the U.S. trials four years ago, his right skate sliced his left leg in a crash, spewing blood on the ice. He bruised his femoral artery and came within inches of severing it, which could have been fatal.

The accident required six hours of daily physical therapy, which robbed

By Edmundo Carrillo The New Mexican

J

ustin Flores was perfect on Wednesday night, but he still was not good enough.

The St. Michael’s senior post was 10-for-10 from the field for 20 points in a 43-34 nondistrict win over defending Class AAAA state champion Albuquerque St. Pius X in Perez-Shelley Gymnasium, but the big man still didn’t show any signs of gloating.

“It’s good,” Flores said about his performance. “But I could have made some free throws, too, at the end. I just need to keep working.”

Flores missed one free throw in the fourth quarter, and it was the only thing he missed all night.

The Horsemen (17-3) are now on a nine-game win streak after dismembering the Sartans, but as Flores likes to say: You can’t be satisfied.

“We have to come to practice tomorrow and keep working harder because the season isn’t over,” Flores said. “This isn’t the championship and we still have a long way to go.

You can’t be satisfied, because if you get satisfied then you get content with your work ethic. If you get content, you’re never going to push yourself to get better.”

While Flores may have looked like a one-man wrecking crew on the stat sheet, most of the Horsemen success on Wednesday came from distributing the ball. The team combined for 11 assists, six of which belonged to senior guard Chris Lovato.

“Tonight, I think we shared the ball very well,” St. Michael’s head coach Ron Geyer said. “We had highpercentage shots most of the night, and that’s a credit to the kids sharing the ball and doing a very good job executing against [St. Pius’] varied defenses.”

The Horsemen were doing well against the Sartan defense as they extended their 23-18 halftime lead to a 40-27 lead with just over two minutes left in the game — but it wasn’t a

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Notre Dame plans $400M expansion to stadium

By Tom Coyne

The Associated Press

St. Pius’ Ben Lange, right, covers St. Michael’s Isaiah Dominguez during Wednesday’s game at St. Michael’s High School. For more photos, go to tinyurl.com/k8p83ln. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Storm postpones Pistons-Hawks, Alabama-Auburn each game was scrapped due to travel concerns for production trucks and crews. Georgia offered free streaming ATLANTA — The winter storm of its game on www.georgiadogs.com. that swept through the Southeast Alabama’s game at Auburn planned left plans for many games in a deep for Wednesday night was moved to freeze. Even the NBA couldn’t overThursday. Other Southeastern Concome the ice and snow which covered ference games were to be played as Atlanta and the Deep South. scheduled.

The Detroit Pistons’ game against The winter storm trapped thouthe Atlanta Hawks set for Wednesday sands of motorists on Atlanta’s frozen night was postponed. The Pistons interstates, including Atlanta Braves were unable to make their scheduled first baseman Freddie Freeman, Tenflight into Atlanta on Tuesday night nessee coach Butch Jones, Ohio State from Detroit. No date was immediately offensive coordinator Tom Herman announced for the rescheduled game. and Georgia Tech sports information director Dean Buchan.

Georgia and Georgia Tech stuck with plans for home games against Freeman tweeted he was stuck Vanderbilt and North Carolina, for 11 hours before being rescued by respectively. Planned TV coverage for former teammate Chipper Jones on

By Charles Odum

The Associated Press

Celski best hope for short track U.S. medal

Jones’ 4-wheeler.

“A moment I’ll never forget!,” Freeman said on his Twitter account before adding that Jones “hugged me the whole way home!”

Butch Jones also tweeted a photo showing he was stuck in Atlanta traffic. Jones, a Michigan native, included the hashtags “SnowintheSouth” and “MichiganderProblems.”

Herman was stuck on an Atlanta interstate for 19 hours before finally abandoning his rental car on Wednesday morning. Herman said on his Twitter account he began walking with his luggage, fell at least five times, and then caught a ride to the airport.

Herman didn’t respond to an interview request on Wednesday. Ohio State spokesman Jerry Emig said

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Herman was on a recruiting trip near Atlanta. Emig said Herman called the car rental company and was instructed to park the car, turn the keys in at the airport and let the company know the location of the vehicle.

Herman tweeted that before walking he was stranded “with hundreds of my closest friends. Too much ice and accidents to move.” After getting to the airport, he tweeted, “Now boarding the plane. Please pray for those still on the roads. Probably 24 hrs til cleared.”

Another coach, Syracuse’s Scott Shafer, also was in Atlanta and mocked the city’s weather problems on his Twitter account. Shafter tweeted “2 inches of snow, city and airport shutdown ATL.” He added the hashtag “softnosed.”

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame’s iconic football stadium will be flanked by three massive buildings under a $400 million project that will also create nearly 4,000 premium seats at the “House that Rockne Built.”

The plans for the buildings were presented to the university’s board of trustees during their meeting Wednesday in Rome.

The Rev. John Jenkins, the university’s president, called it “the most ambitious building project in the 172-year history of Notre Dame,” saying more space was needed to accommodate the university’s broadening research activity.

“What’s exciting about this project is it brings together athletics, faculty

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, January 30, 2014

HOCKEY hockey

BASKETBALL bAskeTbALL

Atlantic GP Boston 52 Tampa Bay 53 Toronto 55 Montreal 53 Detroit 53 Ottawa 53 Florida 53 Buffalo 52 Metro GP Pittsburgh 53 N.Y. Rangers 55 Philadelphia 54 Carolina 53 Columbus 53 Washington 53 New Jersey 54 N.Y. Islanders 56

Atlantic Toronto Brooklyn New York Philadelphia Boston southeast Miami Atlanta Washington Charlotte Orlando central Indiana Chicago Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee

NhL eastern conference W 34 31 28 28 23 23 21 14 W 37 29 26 24 26 24 22 21

L oL Pts GF GA 15 3 71 159 115 17 5 67 157 131 21 6 62 158 170 20 5 61 131 134 19 11 57 135 149 20 10 56 150 167 25 7 49 129 164 30 8 36 101 152 L oL Pts GF GA 14 2 76 171 128 23 3 61 141 139 22 6 58 147 158 20 9 57 134 150 23 4 56 154 151 21 8 56 153 158 21 11 55 127 135 27 8 50 158 187

Western conference

central GP W L oL Pts GF GA Chicago 56 33 10 13 79 199 156 St. Louis 52 36 11 5 77 180 119 Colorado 52 33 14 5 71 153 137 Minnesota 55 29 20 6 64 133 135 Dallas 53 24 21 8 56 154 157 Nashville 55 24 23 8 56 136 166 Winnipeg 55 25 25 5 55 155 162 Pacific GP W L oL Pts GF GA Anaheim 55 39 11 5 83 184 134 San Jose 54 34 14 6 74 165 129 Los Angeles 55 30 19 6 66 133 116 Vancouver 55 27 19 9 63 139 143 Phoenix 53 25 18 10 60 154 160 Calgary 53 19 27 7 45 124 169 Edmonton 56 18 32 6 42 147 190 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Edmonton 3, San Jose 0 Chicago 5, Vancouver 2 Thursday’s Games Montreal at Boston, 5 p.m.

Florida at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Washington at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

NhL suMMAries Wednesday rangers 2, islanders 1

N.y. rangers 0 1 1—2 N.y. islanders 0 1 0—1 First Period—None. second Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Nelson 10 (Donovan, Clutterbuck), 18:33.

2, N.Y. Rangers, Pouliot 9 (Brassard, Zuccarello), 19:13.

Third Period—3, N.Y. Rangers, Carcillo 3 (D.Moore, Boyle), 4:36. shots on Goal—N.Y. Rangers 6-1414—34. N.Y. Islanders 10-15-6—31.

Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Rangers 0 of 1; N.Y. Islanders 0 of 4.

Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist 1918-3 (31 shots-30 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Nabokov 9-9-5 (34-32).

A—50,027. T—2:31.

oilers 3, sharks 0

san Jose 0 0 0—0 edmonton 1 0 2—3 First Period—1, Edmonton, J.Schultz 7 (N.Schultz, Hall), 10:51. second Period—None.

Third Period—2, Edmonton, Hall 19 (Eberle, Nugent-Hopkins), 6:10. 3, Edmonton, Eberle 19 (Nugent-Hopkins, Hall), 18:40 (pp). shots on Goal—San Jose 20-22-17— 59. Edmonton 7-9-11—27.

Power-play opportunities—San Jose 0 of 3; Edmonton 1 of 2.

Goalies—San Jose, Niemi 27-11-6 (27 shots-24 saves). Edmonton, Scrivens 9-7-4 (59-59).

A—16,839. T—2:33.

NbA eastern conference W 24 20 18 15 15 W 32 23 22 20 12 W 35 23 18 16 8

L 21 23 27 31 33 L 13 21 23 27 35 L 9 22 27 29 37

Pct .533 .465 .400 .326 .313 Pct .711 .523 .489 .426 .255 Pct .795 .511 .400 .356 .178

Western conference

raptors 98, Magic 83

Gb — 3 6 91/2 101/2 Gb — 81/2 10 13 21 Gb — 121/2 171/2 191/2 271/2

southwest W L Pct Gb San Antonio 33 13 .717 — Houston 31 17 .646 3 Dallas 26 21 .553 71/2 Memphis 24 20 .545 8 New Orleans 19 26 .422 131/2 Northwest W L Pct Gb Oklahoma City 37 10 .787 — Portland 33 13 .717 31/2 Minnesota 23 22 .511 13 Denver 22 22 .500 131/2 Utah 16 29 .356 20 Pacific W L Pct Gb L.A. Clippers 33 15 .688 — Phoenix 27 18 .600 41/2 Golden State 27 19 .587 5 L.A. Lakers 16 30 .348 16 Sacramento 15 30 .333 161/2 Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma City 112, Miami 95 Toronto 98, Orlando 83 Philadelphia 95, Boston 94 Detroit at Atlanta, ppd.

Minnesota 88, New Orleans 77 Phoenix 126, Milwaukee 117 Houston 117, Dallas 115 Charlotte 101, Denver 98 Chicago 96, San Antonio 86 Memphis 99, Sacramento 89 L.A. Clippers 110, Washington 103 Thursday’s Games Phoenix at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Cleveland at New York, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

NbA boxscores Wednesday 76ers 95, celtics 94

Philadelphia 23 30 21 21—95 boston 26 21 24 23—94 PhiLADeLPhiA (95) Turner 6-17 4-6 16, Young 7-14 0-4 16, Hawes 7-14 2-2 20, Carter-Williams 4-14 2-5 10, Anderson 6-8 0-0 13, Thompson 0-0 4-6 4, Allen 1-8 0-0 2, Wroten 3-6 2-2 8, Dedmon 2-3 0-0 4, Williams 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-86 14-25 95. bosToN (94) Green 5-13 6-8 18, Bass 4-8 3-4 11, Sullinger 9-25 6-6 24, Pressey 1-7 0-0 2, Wallace 0-1 1-2 1, Humphries 3-5 7-8 13, Bayless 4-13 0-2 10, Johnson 2-7 0-0 6, Olynyk 4-8 0-0 9. Totals 3287 23-30 94.

A—18,624.

bobcats 101, Nuggets 98

charlotte 32 21 22 26 —101 Denver 21 31 23 23 —98 chArLoTTe (101) Kidd-Gilchrist 2-4 4-10 8, McRoberts 2-3 0-0 4, Jefferson 13-24 9-12 35, Sessions 4-10 8-10 16, Henderson 6-17 3-4 16, Zeller 0-4 4-4 4, Douglas-Roberts 2-3 0-0 6, Tolliver 1-4 0-0 3, Biyombo 1-4 2-2 4, Pargo 2-5 0-0 5. Totals 33-78 30-42 101.

DeNVer (98) Chandler 3-10 1-1 9, Faried 3-11 0-0 6, Hickson 3-8 1-2 7, Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, Foye 12-21 6-7 33, Q.Miller 1-5 0-0 2, Mozgov 6-10 3-3 15, Fournier 8-21 0-0 19, Arthur 3-9 0-0 7, Hamilton 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 39-100 11-13 98.

A—16,151.

orlando 20 20 25 18—83 Toronto 33 22 25 18—98 orLANDo (83) Afflalo 4-11 2-2 10, Davis 1-4 3-5 5, Vucevic 6-12 4-4 16, Nelson 5-15 0-0 13, Oladipo 3-14 5-8 12, Moore 4-8 0-0 9, Harris 2-8 5-5 9, O’Quinn 2-5 2-2 6, Harkless 1-6 0-0 3, Nicholson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-84 21-26 83.

ToroNTo (98) Ross 4-13 2-2 12, Johnson 10-20 1-2 22, Valanciunas 6-11 2-2 14, Lowry 11-20 5-7 33, Vasquez 2-7 0-0 6, Salmons 1-6 0-0 3, Hayes 1-6 0-0 2, Novak 2-3 0-0 6, Stone 0-1 0-0 0, Hansbrough 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 37-87 10-13 98.

A—17,694.

Grizzlies 99, kings 89

Memphis 25 23 21 30—99 sacramento 24 22 17 26—89 MeMPhis (99) Prince 4-5 0-0 9, Randolph 8-16 2-2 18, Gasol 6-10 0-2 12, Conley 8-13 9-9 27, Lee 2-4 0-0 4, Johnson 1-3 2-2 4, Calathes 2-4 0-0 4, Miller 5-11 0-1 11, Davis 3-6 0-0 6, Koufos 2-3 0-0 4.

Totals 41-75 13-16 99. sAcrAMeNTo (89) Gay 10-16 2-2 23, Thompson 3-8 0-0 6, Gray 2-5 0-0 4, Thomas 10-21 0-0 24, Thornton 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 2-7 4-4 8, McLemore 2-6 2-2 6, Fredette 2-4 0-0 4, Acy 2-5 0-0 4, Landry 4-5 0-0 8.

Totals 38-79 8-8 89.

A—15,195.

Timberwolves 88, Pelicans 77

New orleans 16 19 27 15—77 Minnesota 23 24 20 21—88 NeW orLeANs (77) Aminu 8-13 2-2 18, Stiemsma 0-1 3-4 3, Ajinca 2-5 0-0 4, Roberts 3-10 3-3 9, Gordon 5-17 3-5 14, Evans 4-15 3-5 11, Miller 0-3 0-0 0, Rivers 3-9 2-2 8, Withey 1-1 1-2 3, Morrow 3-8 0-0 7.

Totals 29-82 17-23 77.

MiNNesoTA (88) Brewer 1-4 1-2 3, Love 11-26 7-9 30, Turiaf 2-5 0-0 4, Rubio 1-4 3-3 5, Martin 7-18 3-5 18, Budinger 1-5 0-0 3, Barea 4-9 1-2 10, Mbah a Moute 0-2 3-4 3, Dieng 0-2 0-0 0, Cunningham 6-7 0-0 12. Totals 33-82 18-25 88.

A—11,702.

suns 126, bucks 117

Phoenix 28 34 29 35—126 Milwaukee 19 31 34 33—117 PhoeNix (126) Tucker 0-1 3-4 3, Frye 5-8 1-1 13, Plumlee 4-7 0-0 8, Dragic 9-13 8-8 30, Green 7-13 5-5 23, Mark.Morris 4-8 5-5 13, Barbosa 2-8 3-4 7, Len 3-4 1-1 7, Marc.Morris 5-10 4-4 16, Smith 3-6 0-0 6. Totals 42-78 30-32 126.

MiLWAukee (117) Middleton 6-13 3-4 17, Ilyasova 7-15 10-10 27, Henson 4-8 1-2 9, Knight 6-15 11-11 24, Antetokounmpo 2-7 2-2 6, Sanders 7-11 0-0 14, Butler 3-9 2-2 9, Wolters 3-8 5-5 11, Ridnour 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 38-89 34-36 117.

A—11,175.

rockets 117, Mavericks 115

houston 32 31 28 26—117 Dallas 30 27 28 30—115 housToN (117) Parsons 9-17 6-9 26, Jones 7-10 2-4 16, Howard 6-10 9-11 21, Beverley 3-8 2-2 11, Lin 8-14 0-0 18, Motiejunas 4-5 4-6 12, Casspi 1-3 0-0 2, Brooks 3-7 3-4 11, Brewer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-74 26-36 117.

DALLAs (115) Marion 3-10 0-0 6, Nowitzki 13-21 1111 38, Dalembert 1-2 0-0 2, Calderon 2-12 2-3 8, Ellis 3-10 0-0 6, Blair 5-9 3-3 13, Carter 5-9 10-11 22, Crowder 0-1 0-2 0, Harris 5-8 4-6 14, Wright 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 40-86 30-36 115.

A—19,359.

bulls 96, spurs 86

chicago 21 19 28 28—96 san Antonio 15 21 25 25—86 chicAGo (96) Dunleavy 3-11 4-6 10, Boozer 6-12 4-4 16, Noah 5-12 0-0 10, Augustin 6-17 1-2 15, Butler 7-11 4-5 19, Gibson 6-10 3-4 15, Hinrich 4-8 2-2 11, Snell 0-2 0-0 0, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-83 18-23 96.

NBA

Thunder overwhelm Heat The Associated Press

MIAMI — Kevin Durant scored 33 points, Serge Ibaka added 22 and the Oklahoma City ThunThunder 112 der erased an 18-point Heat 95 early deficit on the way to overwhelming the Miami Heat 112-95 on Wednesday night.

Jeremy Lamb and Derek Fisher came off the bench to score a combined 33 more for the Thunder, who have now won nine straight. Durant scored at least 30 points for the 12th straight game, matching the league’s longest such streak since Tracy McGrady did it in 14 consecutive outings in the 2002-03 season.

76ERS 95, CELTICS 94 In Boston, Evan Turner sank a layup at the buzzer to lift Philadelphia past Boston.

The 76ers rebounded the ball after Kris Humphries missed a jumper with 12 seconds left.

They hurried upcourt and Turner released his shot just in time to give the 76ers only their third win in 13 games.

SUNS 126, BUCKS 117 In Milwaukee, Goran Dragic scored 30 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter despite sustaining an apparent injury to his left elbow, and Phoenix beat Milwaukee.

Gerald Green scored 23 and Marcus Morris had 16 points off the bench for the Suns, who have won the first three games of a four-game road trip.

TIMBERWOLVES 88, PELICANS 77 In Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 30 points and 14 rebounds to finally carry Minnesota over the .500 mark.

Thunder small forward Kevin Durant, center, shoots against Heat small forward LeBron James, left, and guard Ray Allen during the second period of Wednesday’s game in Miami.

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Kevin Martin added 18 points on 7-of-18 shooting and six boards for the Timberwolves in their first game without center Nikola Pekovic, who is expected to miss at least a week with bursitis in his right ankle. They still managed to get over .500 after failing in their previous 10 chances to do so.

RAPTORS 98, MAGIC 83 In Toronto, Kyle Lowry had a season-high 33 points and 11 assists, Amir Johnson had 22 points and 11 rebounds to lead Toronto past Orlando for the fifth straight time.

Jonas Valanciunas had 14 points and 15 rebounds and Terrence Ross scored 12 as the Raptors, who never trailed, won for the fourth time in five games.

ROCKETS 117, MAVERICKS 115 In Dallas, Chandler Parsons scored 26 points, and the Houston Rockets held on to beat the Mavericks, knocking off a Texas

rival for the second straight day without James Harden.

Seven Rockets scored in double figures on a night when they had just 10 players in uniform.

BOBCATS 101, NUGGETS 98 In Denver, Al Jefferson matched a season high with 35 points, including a key basket in the final seconds, and the Charlotte Bobcats hung on to beat the Nuggets.

Jefferson, who has scored 20 points or more in 10 straight games, also had 11 rebounds for his 14th double-double in his last 22 games.

BULLS 96, SPURS 86 In San Antonio, Texas, Jimmy Butler had 19 points and Carlos Boozer added 16 points and 12 rebounds, and the Chicago Bulls handed the injury-riddled Spurs their third straight loss.

D.J. Augustin and Taj Gibson added 15 points each and Joakim Noah had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Chicago.

sAN ANToNio (86) Jeffers 0-1 0-0 0, Duncan 7-14 3-4 17, Ayres 0-1 0-0 0, Parker 8-17 3-3 20, De Colo 3-6 1-1 8, Belinelli 4-11 2-2 11, Diaw 1-4 2-2 4, Joseph 3-4 2-2 8, Mills 5-11 0-0 12, Baynes 1-1 2-2 4, Bonner 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 33-71 15-16 86.

A—18,581.

Thunder 112, heat 95

oklahoma city21 34 36 21 —112 Miami 30 20 25 20 —95 okLAhoMA ciTy (112) Durant 12-23 5-5 33, Ibaka 10-20 2-2 22, Perkins 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 2-7 4-6 9, Sefolosha 3-7 2-4 9, Lamb 7-10 0-0 18, Fisher 5-7 0-0 15, Collison 1-2 1-2 3, P.Jones 1-4 0-0 3, Adams 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 41-80 14-19 112.

MiAMi (95) James 12-20 9-9 34, Battier 1-5 0-0 3, Bosh 7-14 3-4 18, Chalmers 2-4 0-1 4, Wade 7-12 1-2 15, Allen 1-4 3-4 5, Andersen 4-5 0-0 8, Cole 0-2 0-0 0, Beasley 2-5 2-2 6, Haslem 0-0 0-0 0, Douglas 1-1 0-0 2, Lewis 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 37-72 18-22 95.

A—19,673.

NcAA bAskeTbALL Men’s Top 25

Wednesday’s Games No. 1 Arizona 60, Stanford 57 No. 2 Syracuse 67, Wake Forest 57 No. 6 Kansas 92, No. 16 Iowa State 81 Northwestern 65, No. 14 Wisconsin 56 No. 19 Saint Louis 77, Richmond 57 St. Bonaventure 78 No. 21 UMass 65 No. 22 Memphis 69, UCF 59 Penn State 71, No. 24 Ohio State 70 (OT) Thursday’s Games No. 3 Florida at Mississippi St., 5 p.m.

No. 10 Michigan vs. Purdue, 7 p.m.

No. 12 Louisville vs. No. 13 Cincinnati, 5 p.m.

Friday’s Games No games scheduled.

Men’s Division i

Wednesday’s Games east Albany (NY) 77, Stony Brook 67 American U. 74, Navy 52 Boston College 76, Virginia Tech 52 Boston U. 86, Army 81, OT Buffalo 84, W. Michigan 63 Butler 64, Seton Hall 57 Drexel 77, Hofstra 74 Duquesne 71, NJIT 64 George Washington 69, La Salle 47 Holy Cross 60, Loyola (Md.) 51 James Madison 49, Northeastern 46 Lehigh 66, Bucknell 63 Maine 68, New Hampshire 60 St. Bonaventure 78, UMass 65 St. Francis (NY) 83, Sacred Heart 78 Temple 88, Rutgers 82 UMBC 73, Binghamton 61 Vermont 67, Hartford 60 Midwest Akron 73, Ball St. 46 Bradley 64, Illinois St. 46 Detroit 74, Ill.-Chicago 68 Drake 84, Missouri St. 74 E. Michigan 69, Bowling Green 57 Kansas 92, Iowa St. 81 N. Illinois 50, Kent St. 49 N. Iowa 95, Evansville 81 Northwestern 65, Wisconsin 56 Ohio 71, Cent. Michigan 67 Penn St. 71, Ohio St. 70, OT S. Illinois 79, Indiana St. 60 SE Missouri 91, UMKC 81 SIU-Edwardsville 77, Crowley’s Ridge 48 Saint Joseph’s 60, Dayton 57 Saint Louis 77, Richmond 57 Toledo 83, Miami (Ohio) 70 Valparaiso 75, Green Bay 60 south Belmont 76, Morehead St. 73 Campbell 65, Charleston Southern 57 Coastal Carolina 66, Liberty 64 Delaware 89, William & Mary 72 Gardner-Webb 82, Longwood 62 Maryland 74, Miami 71 Memphis 69, UCF 59 NC State 74, Florida St. 70 North Carolina 78, Georgia Tech 65 Radford 76, Winthrop 64 South Carolina 80, Texas A&M 52 Syracuse 67, Wake Forest 57 Tennessee 86, Mississippi 70 VCU 76, Fordham 60 Vanderbilt 59, Georgia 54 Far West Arizona 60, Stanford 57 Boise St. 69, Air Force 58

Women’s Top 25

Wednesday’s Games No. 9 Baylor 92, Texas Tech 43 No. 11 Oklahoma State 49, TCU 48 No. 20 West Virginia 67, No. 24 Iowa State 56 Thursday’s Games No. 2 Notre Dame vs. Virginia Tech, 5 p.m.

No. 3 Duke at Miami, 5 p.m.

No. 4 Stanford vs. No. 21 California, 9 p.m.

No. 6 North Carolina vs. Syracuse, 5 p.m.

No. 7 S. Carolina vs. Mississippi, 5 p.m.

No. 8 Maryland at No. 18 N.C. State, 5 p.m.

No. 10 Tennessee vs. Arkansas, 5 p.m.

No. 12 Penn State at No. 19 Purdue, 4 p.m.

No. 13 Kentucky at Georgia, 7 p.m.

No. 14 LSU vs. Mississippi State, 6 p.m.

No. 16 Vanderbilt at Missouri, 6 p.m.

No. 17 Texas A&M at Auburn, 5 p.m.

No. 22 Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Game No. 15 Arizona State vs. Oregon State, 6:30 p.m.

Women’s Division i

Wednesday’s Games east Army 72, Boston U. 45 Bucknell 82, Lehigh 68 Fordham 64, Rhode Island 51 George Washington 89, UMass 76 Hartford 64, Vermont 51 Holy Cross 80, Loyola (Md.) 65 Lafayette 90, Colgate 75 Marist 66, Rider 56 Navy 48, American U. 44 New Hampshire 74, Maine 73 Niagara 69, Canisius 60 Richmond 56, La Salle 39 Saint Louis 69, Saint Joseph’s 65 St. John’s 80, Xavier 48 Villanova 59, Georgetown 49 West Virginia 67, Iowa St. 56 southwest Baylor 92, Texas Tech 43 Oklahoma St. 49, TCU 48 Tulane 62, Rice 55 Tulsa 79, North Texas 63 UALR 74, Louisiana-Lafayette 60 UTEP 77, Marshall 50 Far West Boise St. 77, Air Force 63 Colorado St. 71, Nevada 64 UNLV 90, San Jose St. 76 Utah 58, Colorado 55 Utah St. 75, New Mexico 69 Wyoming 87, Fresno St. 76 Midwest Ball St. 56, W. Michigan 43 DePaul 91, Marquette 85 Ill.-Chicago 84, Milwaukee 70 Iowa 64, Minnesota 56 Kansas St. 86, Oklahoma 78 N. Illinois 65, Kent St. 43 Nebraska 84, Michigan 51 Youngstown St. 80, Detroit 71 south Arkansas St. 80, Louisiana-Monroe 68 Duquesne 64, George Mason 45 Md.-Eastern Shore 68, NJIT 61 Memphis 62, UCF 53 South Florida 71, Houston 53 W. Kentucky 59, Texas-Arlington 46

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Kirsten Flipkens (8), Belgium, def.

Mona Barthel, Germany, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def.

Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Kristina Mladenovic, France, def. Simona Halep (5), Romania, 7-6 (1), 6-4. second round Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-0, 6-1.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (7), Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

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2010 — LeBron James scores half of Cleveland’s 46 points in the first quarter and the Cavaliers tie an NBA record with 11 3-pointers in the opening period of their 114-89 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

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No. 1 Arizona survives to beat Stanford

The Associated Press

STANFORD, Calif. — Nick Johnson kept Arizona’s perfect season going for another game, 1 Arizona 60 hitting a go-ahead Stanford 57 3-pointer with 51 seconds left and two free throws with 5.8 seconds to go as the top-ranked Wildcats survived for a 60-57 victory over Stanford on Wednesday night for their school-record 21st straight win.

After Johnson hit a jumper in the middle of the key with 2:36 remaining to make it 55-53, Dwight Powell answered on a baseline drive with 1:21 to go before Johnson delivered once more.

Johnson finished with 16 points, five rebounds and four assists and T.J. McConnell added 11 points, eight rebounds and four assists for Arizona (21-0, 8-0 Pac-12), off to the program’s best start in conference play in more than a decade.

NO. 6 KANSAS 92, NO. 16 IOWA ST. 81 In Lawrence, Kan., Andrew Wiggins scored a careerhigh 29 points, including six straight late in the game, to lead Kansas to its seventh straight win.

Wiggins had 27 points in Saturday’s win at TCU, and matched that with an emphatic dunk that gave Kansas an 81-72 lead with just under 3 minutes remaining in the game.

The Jayhawks (16-4, 7-0 Big 12) put away the Cyclones (15-4, 3-4) from there, something they failed to do after building a 16-point first-half lead and a 13-point secondhalf cushion.

NORTHWESTERN 65, NO. 14 WISCONSIN 56 In Madison, Wis., Drew Crawford scored a seasonhigh 30 points and JerShon Cobb added all 10 of his in the second half for Northwestern.

It was Northwestern’s first win over the Badgers in Madison since 1996.

Crawford hit a 3 to give Northwestern (11-11, 4-5 Big Ten) a 13-point lead.

Wisconsin (17-4, 4-4) turned NO. 2 SYRACUSE 67, up the pressure late to get WAKE FOREST 57 within six with 41 seconds left.

In Winston-Salem, N.C., freshman Tyler Ennis scored 16 But Traevon Jackson lost the ball on a drive with 23 seconds of his 18 points in the second left to seal the Badgers’ fate. half, and Syracuse matched the best start in program hisNO. 19 SAINT LOUIS 77, RICHMOND 57 tory.

C.J. Fair added 16 points for In St. Louis, Jordair Jett had the Orange (20-0, 7-0 Atlan21 points and a career-best tic Coast Conference) while 10 rebounds for St. Louis, Trevor Cooney scored all eight which led by 24 points in the of his in the final 1:45. first half.

The Orange pulled away late The Billikens’ 13th straight while sidestepping a possible victory was one of their trap with a visit from No. 17 most lopsided. Richmond, Duke coming up this weekend, coming off a win over thenand joined the 2011-12 group No. 12 Massachusetts last as the only Orange teams to week, entered with a fourwin their first 20 games. game winning streak.

Dwayne Evans added 15 points and 10 rebounds for Saint Louis (19-2, 6-0 Atlantic 10). The start is second-best in school history behind the 19-1 beginning in 1993-94.

ST. BONAVENTURE 78, NO. 21 MASSACHUSETTS 65 In Olean, N.Y., Youssou Ndoye scored 11 of his 12 points in the second half for St. Bonaventure.

Matthew Wright, who had 11 points, put the finishing touches on the win with a 3-pointer with 55 seconds remaining. The Bonnies (13-8, 3-4 Atlantic 10) ended a 24-game losing streak against ranked opponents, which dates to a 57-56 home win over No. 20 Temple on Jan. 15, 2000.

NO. 22 MEMPHIS 69, UCF 59 In Orlando, Fla., Joe Jackson scored 17 points and Chris Crawford and Michael Dixon added 12 each for Memphis.

The victory extends the Tigers’ winning streak to four games. Memphis (16-4, 6-2 American) also extended its conference road winning streak to 16 games.

PENN ST. 71, NO. 24 OHIO ST. 70 (OT) In Columbus, Ohio, D.J. Newbill hit a pull-up jumper over Aaron Craft with 2 seconds left in overtime for Penn State.

Newbill, who led the Nittany Lions (11-10, 2-6 Big Ten) with 25 points, hit a 3 that forced overtime. Brandon Taylor added 19 points and Graham Woodward had 11 as Penn State ended Ohio State’s string of victories in the series at 18.

LaQuinton Ross scored 16 points, Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 15 and Amir Williams added 12 for Ohio State (16-5, 3-5), which has lost five of six after a 15-0 start that saw it rise to No. 3 in the polls.

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Santa Fe High girls get revenge over SFIS The New Mexican

The Santa Fe High girls basketball team got a measure of revenge on Wednesday night.

Exactly one year after SFHS 65 Santa Fe Indian School ended an 18-0 start for SFIS 34 the Demonettes with a 65-34 win, Santa Fe High paid the Lady Braves back with a 68-43 nondistrict win in Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium.

But little of that mattered to Santa Fe High head coach Elmer Chavez. Nor does a 17-game winning streak. In fact, Chavez doesn’t seem that concerned about much of anything except for one thing.

“Some people worry about playing back-to-back days and nondistrict games,” Chavez said. “But it’s like the coals and the heat — you have to be oblivious to it and keep on going.”

The Demonettes were strong defensively, as they took a 17-10 lead after a quarter and a 31-20 advantage into the locker

room at the half.

A 24-11 scoring spurt in the third quarter put the game away as Santa Fe High (18-1) led 55-31. The Demonettes had a quartet of double-digit scorers. The usual trio of Jackie Martinez (16 points), Kayla Herrera (13) and Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage (10) did their part, but Andrea Gonzales chipped in with 13.

Chavez praised her leadership ability in the fourth quarter, when she was in with the rest of the reserves.

“A lot of times I get on Andrea because I want her to move and do this and that,” Chavez said. “[Wednesday] I complimented her on playing a well-rounded game. That last quarter, she got the other girls going. She moved the ball around, passed the ball, made some shots and played some pretty good defense.”

SFIS (8-11) had Kayla Joe lead the way with 11.

Santa Fe High returns to District 2AAAA action on Saturday at Bernalillo.

ESPAñOLA VALLEy 57, LOS ALAMOS 48 Speaking of revenge games, the Lady Sundevils made sure they gained a measure of that over the Lady Hilltoppers in a 2AAAA matchup in Griffith Gymnasium.

Last year’s 48-42 road loss prevented Española from forcing a one-game playoff for the district regular-season crown with Santa Fe High.

This time, the Lady Sundevils (15-5 overall, 2-1 2AAAA) jumped out to a 17-5 lead and upped it to 36-17 at the half.

Los Alamos cut the margin to seven points late in the game, but did not creep any closer.

“The girls have been road warriors this year,” said Española head coach Ray Romero. “They used to being on the road or a neutral court. I think they’re focus is a little better when it’s just them and [the coaching staff].”

Alexis Lovato had 16 points to lead Española, and Ashlynn Trujillo added 11. Amber Logan led Los Alamos (9-11, 1-2) with 19 points.

More: St. Mike’s opens district season Feb. 5 Continued from Page B-1 comfortable lead.

The Sartans (11-5 overall) scored five quick points to cut the margin to 40-32. Ray Reyes scored on a putback layup with 36 seconds left to get St. Pius within 42-34. The Sartans fouled the Horsemen as much as they could to stay in the game, but they could not delay the inevitable.

After getting their biggest lead of the night with 13 points, the Horsemen let the Sartans chip away at that lead in the final two minutes.

“We were a part of that with poor decision making and missed free throws,” Geyer said.

“We have a history of doing that this year. We were able to hold on tonight, and that was big for us.”

The win was big for St. Michael’s, but it wasn’t so great for one of its alums.

St. Pius head coach Damian Segura is a 1993 graduate of St. Michael’s, but this homecoming did not have a happy ending.

“St. Mike’s dictated the pace,” Segura said.

“They did a good job defensively of taking us out of the looks we’re used to getting. We’re scoring challenged, we have been all year.

We didn’t make hustle plays that we need to make.”

The Horsemen will now travel to Segura’s new town as they face to Albuquerque Hope Christian on Feb. 5 to open up the District 5AAA season.

The Huskies are owners of four of the last five Class AAA state championships and are currently No. 1 in the class, according to MaxPreps.com.

“They’re every bit as good as they’ve been these last few years, and we know we have a tough game ahead of us,” Geyer said. “Hope has good all-around size. It’s like their whole team is big and strong.”

The Horsemen lost to the Huskies in last year’s championship, so seeing them early might prepare them for a possible rematch in the state tournament.

“It’s a good way to start off district,” St. Michael’s point guard Bradley Vaughan said. “It’s going to be a tough game, but we just have to go out there and do what we do.”

But even if the Horsemen dethrone the highest-ranked team in the state, don’t expect them to be satisfied.

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Today on TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local.

BOXING 7 p.m. on FS1 — Super welterweights, Eddie Gomez (15-0-0) vs.

Daquan Arnett (11-0-0); champion Luis Collazo (34-5-0) vs. Victor Ortiz (29-4-2), for WBA International welterweight title, in New York.

GOLF 1 p.m. on TGC — PGA Tour, Phoenix Open, first round, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

11 p.m. on TGC — European PGA Tour, Dubai Desert Classic, second round, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m. on ESPN — Cincinnati at Louisville 5 p.m. on ESPN2 — Florida at Mississippi St. 5 p.m. on FS1 — Providence at Marquette 6 p.m. on ESPNU — Bryant at Robert Morris 7 p.m. on ESPN — Purdue at Michigan 7 p.m. on ESPN2 — UCLA at Oregon 8 p.m. on ESPNU — Saint Mary’s (Cal) at San Diego NBA BASKETBALL 6 p.m. on TNT — Cleveland at New York 8:30 p.m. on TNT — L.A. Clippers at Golden State

LOCAL TV CHANNELS FOX — Ch. 2 (KASA) NBC — Ch. 4 (KOB) ABC — Ch. 7 (KOAT) CBS — Ch. 13 (KRQE) ESPN — Comcast: Ch. 9 (Digital, Ch. 252); DirecTV: Ch. 206; Dish Network: Ch. 140 ESPN2 — Comcast: Ch. 8 (Digital, Ch. 253); DirecTV: Ch. 209; Dish Network: Ch. 144 ESPNU — Comcast: Ch. 261 (Digital, Ch. 815);

DirecTV: Ch. 208; Dish Network: Ch. 141 Fox Sports 1 — Comcast: Ch. 38 (Digital, Ch. 255); DirecTV: Ch. 219; Dish Network: Ch. 150 NBC Sports — Comcast: Ch. 27 (Digital, Ch. 837): DirecTV: Ch. 220; Dish Network: Ch. 159 CBS Sports — Comcast: Ch. 274; (Digital, Ch. 838); DirecTV: Ch. 221; Dish Network: Ch. 158 ROOT Sports — Comcast: Ch. 276 (Digital, 814); DirecTV: Ch. 683; Dish Network: Ch. 414

PREP SCORES Boys basketball Atrisco Heritage 63, Albuquerque High 58 Eldorado 53, Volcano Vista 40 Highland 73, Rio Grande 58 Robertson 67, Raton 60 St. Pius X 43, St. Michael’s 34 Valley 58, West Mesa 51

West Las Vegas 63, Taos 58 Girls basketball Española Valley 57, Los Alamos 48 Mountainair 55, Desert Academy 19 Navajo Prep 72, Navajo Pine 65 Santa Fe 68, Santa Fe Indian 43

PREP SCHEDULE This week’s varsity schedule for Northern New Mexico high schools. For additions or changes, call 986-3060 or email sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Today Boys Basketball — Santa Fe Waldorf at N.M. School for Deaf, 6:30 p.m.

Jemez Valley at Desert Academy (at GCCC), 6:30 p.m.

Tse’ Yi’ Gai at Coronado, 6:30 p.m.

Escalante at Questa, 6:30 p.m.

Monte del Sol at Mora, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball — Santa Fe Waldorf at N.M. School for Deaf, 5 p.m.

Jemez Valley at Desert Academy (at GCCC), 5 p.m.

Tse’ Yi’ Gai at Coronado, 5 p.m.

Monte del Sol at Mora, 5:30 p.m.

Dulce at Escalante 5:30 p.m.

Capital at Albuquerque Academy, 7 p.m.

Taos at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Raton, 7 p.m.

Friday Boys Basketball — Dulce at Coronado, 5 p.m.

Questa at Mesa Vista, 7 p.m.

Bernalillo at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.

Capital at Los Alamos, 7 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Santa Fe Indian School at Navajo Prep, 7 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Abq. Sandia Preparatory, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball — Questa at Mesa Vista, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday St. Pius’ Nathan Petersen, center, covers St. Michael’s Bradley Vaughan, right, during the first quarter of Wednesday’s game at St. Michael’s High School.

For more photos, go to tinyurl.com/k8p83ln. LUIS SáNCHEz SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Celski: Men favored to win 5,000 relay gold Continued from Page B-1 him of practice time. But he bounced back five months later to make the podium in Vancouver.

“My goal was just to get to Vancouver. I did that and the medals were just a bonus,” he said. “This time, I’m going to Sochi healthy and I’m looking forward to doing some damage.”

Celski took a year off after Vancouver to re-establish his goals and mindset. Once he returned and started winning races, he rekindled the love he had for the sport. He welcomes assuming leadership of the U.S. men’s team from Ohno, who mentored Celski and remains one of his biggest supporters.

“I am very happy to be in the position I am now. I looked up to that guy for a long time,” said Celski who, like Ohno, is from the Seattle area. “This time is completely different for me mentally, physically. I’m healthy. I’m going to ride that momentum.”

In Vancouver, a team led by Ohno and now-retired Katherine Reutter earned a total of six medals — two silvers and four bronzes — to trail only powerhouse South Korea in the standings.

The Americans will be hard-pressed to equal that showing in Russia, but the men have the stronger team.

Unlike the U.S. women, who didn’t qualify a relay team for Sochi, the U.S. men will be a gold-medal favorite in the 5,000 relay.

Celski will be joined by Eddy Alvarez, Kyle Carr, Chris Creveling and Jordan Malone in making up the team. The Americans were

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J.R. Celski celebrates Jan. 3 after the men’s 1,500-meter race at the U.S. Olympic short track speedskating trials in Kearns, Utah. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

top-ranked during the World Cup season.

“We all practice together every day and that’s going to make a huge difference,” Celski said.

Their togetherness is in stark contrast to the turmoil that roiled the U.S. short track program beginning in 2012.

Coach Jae Su Chun was accused by a dozen national team members of physical, emotional and verbal abuse. He also was alleged to have ordered speedskater Simon

Cho to sabotage the skates of a Canadian rival.

Chun denied all allegations, and other members of the team came to his defense.

He’s serving a two-year suspension through October, and Jessica Smith is the only skater he coaches to have made the Olympic team. He plans to be in the stands in Sochi, although he won’t be allowed inside the racing area.

Celski was among Chun’s accusers.

“Everybody had their choice,” Celski said.

Canadian Stephen Gough was brought in to oversee the fractured national program, and tread lightly in trying to bring cohesion in the months leading up to Sochi.

“He made sure that the right people were in place,” Celski said of Gough’s staffing choices. “They’re a lot of the reason why we are the team we are today. Everybody is meshing really well together. That’s what the biggest change has been in the past 1½ years is really figuring out who are the key people that are going to raise this team’s spirits.”

Like Ohno, who had varied interests off the ice, Celski is into music and filmmaking. Last year, he produced The Other Side, a documentary featuring Grammy-winning duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and other hip hop acts in the Pacific Northwest.

Having endured the turmoil to make a second Olympics, Celski is now optimistic enough to consider the future.

“I love to speed skate,” he said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if I convince myself to keep going.”

Boys Basketball — Capital at Abq. St. Pius X, 2 p.m.

Albuquerque Menaul at Desert Academy (at GCCC), 2 p.m.

Santa Fe Indian School at Dulce, 2:30 p.m.

Mesa Vista at Escalante, 5:30 p.m.

Santa Fe Waldorf at Tse’ Yi’ Gai, 5:30 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Taos, 7 p.m.

Pecos at Monte del Sol (at Christian Life), 7 p.m.

Santa Fe Preparatory at Peñasco, 4 p.m.

Estancia at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball — Mesa Vista at Escalante, 4 p.m.

Santa Fe Waldorf at Tse’ Yi’ Gai, 4 p.m.

Santa Fe Preparatory at Peñasco, 2:30 p.m.

Pecos at Monte del Sol (at Christian Life), 5:30 p.m.

Questa at McCurdy, 6 p.m.

Santa Fe High at Bernalillo, 7 p.m.

Los Alamos at Capital, 7 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

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NFL SUPER BOWL XLVIII

Seattle once tried landing Manning Seahawks tried for March 2012 meeting

By Tim Booth

The Associated Press

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — They sat on the tarmac just hoping for the chance at a meeting.

Pete Carroll and John Schneider waited in the private plane in Denver, wondering if Peyton Manning would accept a request to meet with the brain trust of the Seattle Seahawks to see if that could be a potential landing spot for the free agent quarterback.

This was March of 2012, before Manning decided Denver would become his permanent address and before Russell Wilson took up residency in Seattle.

And as Carroll recalled on Wednesday, the entire process was “brief.”

“We tried to get involved with that to see if there was a next stage to the process, and there wasn’t,” Carroll said.

The fact the paths of Manning and the Seahawks intersect in Sunday’s Super Bowl is no coincidence. The decision to bring Manning to Denver was the catalyst for the Broncos becoming an offensive marvel that set records on its way to an AFC championship. And his decision not to seriously consider Seattle as a landing point also was hugely important in the Seahawks finding the pieces both in free agency and the draft to build a team that was the class of the NFC.

ning went on to have conversations with the 49ers, Cardinals, Dolphins and Titans before making the choice to join the Broncos.

Seattle went on to sign Matt Flynn as a free agent from Green Bay two days before Manning’s deal was finalized with the Broncos. The Seahawks drafted Wilson in the third round a month later and kept around Jackson, the starter for most of 2011, to create a three-way QB competition Wilson eventually won during training camp.

How the Seahawks are currently constructed would have drastically changed, had the talks with Manning progressed beyond just those initial conversations. A number of roster moves the Seahawks have made — signing Cliff Avril and Michael Bennett as free agents, trading for Percy Harvin as examples — might not have happened if Manning Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning arrives for a news conference Wednesday in Jersey had opted for Seattle. Seattle City, N.J. The Broncos are scheduled to play the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on would have been limited with Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. MARK HUMPHREY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS its salary cap space because of the money Manning would the Seahawks to try and get Manning recalled Wedneswas interested and thus the have commanded. day how he wanted privacy in process started. involved.

Some of those moves are the process of figuring out his “We talked about the basics at the root of why Seattle is Seattle was in the market next team after being released for quarterbacks at that point. of what it might mean for him in the Super Bowl and are the

by Indianapolis. coming to us and the process They had gone through the ones Schneider said he thinks “I remember it wasn’t very trio of Matt Hasselbeck, Char- was underway,” Carroll said. about when recollecting about private. It was quite a public “It was very early and he had lie Whitehurst and Tarvaris their efforts with Manning. spectacle,” Manning said. “I said he didn’t know what he Jackson without satisfaction “I just think that we would could have done without that.” during Carroll’s first two was going to do, where he have continued to do things was going to visit and what seasons and now stood the Manning eventually signed the way we do it all the time,” was going to come up and he chance to possibly make a with Denver in late March.

Schneider said last week. “I wanted to gage what our inter- know that we wouldn’t have pitch to Manning.

The process leading to his est was.” decision included a number of They had yet to draft Wilbeen able to afford several other franchises, including an son — who Carroll said he Seattle’s limited pursuit players but we would have early morning phone call that ended in Denver. Manning now would have selected competed in other areas to awoke Carroll. never took the meeting with much higher than the third compensate for it in where we Schneider and Carroll. Manround — so it made sense for Manning had heard Seattle were deficient in our roster.”

NFL players driven by chips on their shoulders

Cold: Players are prepared for a chill

By Rachel Cohen

The only time the temperature dropped below 40 degrees for a Super Bowl came when it was 39 in New Orleans in January 1972. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 in that game, and Miami’s scoring output remains the lowest for one team in a Super Bowl.

“I was expecting unbearable cold,” Broncos safety Duke Ihenacho said, looking ahead to Sunday. “It’ll be cold, but it’s nothing we haven’t seen in Denver.”

Similar to the setup for cold-site games during the regular season, there will be 70 feet worth of heated benches on each sideline, half for the offense, half for the defense, according to the NFL. (Attention, kickers: The league did not mention special teams.)

The benches can reach a temperature that is 90 degrees warmer than the air; each club gets to decide how hot it wants to make them, the league said. The seats generate heat in the area surrounding the benches, so even standing nearby can help fight the freeze.

There also will be “heated torpedo fans” on each sideline.

Football uniforms have short sleeves, and only one of the 15 players interviewed for this story, Seattle defensive end Cliff Avril, said he would even consider wearing long sleeves underneath to provide some protection Sunday.

“I’m a 315-pound man. The weather doesn’t bother me,” Broncos defensive tackle Sylvester Williams said, by way of explaining why he’d never go for the long-sleeved look.

Instead, players did offer up various other options for finding warmth.

The remedies range from commonsense solutions for when the temperature plunges, such as wearing extra-thick jackets or gloves on the sideline, to more farflung options such as spraying anti-perspirant on feet to keep them dry and prevent sweat from freezing. Even more farflung: Seattle’s Harwell said he’s heard of players putting cayenne pepper and baby

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NEWARK, N.J. — Danny Trevathan won’t forget the doubters, no matter how many plays he makes or games he wins.

The linebacker will start in the Super Bowl at age 23, the Denver Broncos’ leading tackler in just his second season in the league. Yet he can still recite the knocks on his pro potential from before the draft, saying he wants to “show them up.”

This is the seemingly contradictory mentality of a successful NFL player — a simultaneous superiority and inferiority complex. To Richard Sherman’s peers, his televised rant moments after the NFC championship game makes perfect sense.

These guys require supreme self-assurance to do their job, but they also need motivation to push themselves through the grind of workouts and the strain of games.

“When you’re playing against athletes like this who could really take your head off or really outrun you, if you’re not confident, you ain’t going to last long in this league,” said Sherman’s counterpart on the Seahawks’ defense, linebacker Bobby Wagner.

“At the same time, a lot of players, they’ve got a story.

Somebody has told them they couldn’t do something, so that’s the chip on their shoulder.”

Sherman, a 2011 fifthround draft pick, lugs around one of the biggest chips on a unit loaded with them. The cornerback’s outburst after making the win-clinching play against the 49ers was partly sparked by something the receiver he was defending, Michael Crabtree, said to him during the offseason, though Sherman wouldn’t reveal exactly what infuriated him.

Real or perceived, past slights can fuel the kind of passionate play it takes to win in a hard-hitting game.

“You need that edge,” Seattle offensive tackle Russell Okung said. “That’s what makes us so good. Guys are

The Seahawks’ Richard Sherman answers a question during media day Tuesday for the Super Bowl in Newark, N.J. CHARLIE RIEDEL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

very resilient. They’ve come through a lot.”

Trevathan, a sixth-round pick, remembers that scouts deemed him too small.

Wagner, a second-rounder, supposedly wasn’t tough enough.

Dominique RodgersCromartie recalls the skepticism he had to overcome as a player from a Football Championship Subdivision school.

“That’s always going to stick with me,” the Broncos cornerback said.

And he was a first-round selection.

Big contracts, postseason honors, championships — for many players, none of that wipes out their conviction that they have something to prove.

“A lot of people say we’re supposed to be all this and that,” Trevathan said. “But you’ve got to play with a burden that this could be taken away from you at any time.”

It’s true in all sports, but especially so in the NFL. There are the non-guaranteed contracts, the physical demands of every snap.

“Basketball, you can play a game and walk away with nothing,” Wagner said.

“Football, I don’t know a player — unless you’re the quarterback — that walks away not hurting, not bruised. … People think we’re one of the (physically) strongest people in the world. But we have to be mentally strong to take the hits that we take, to give the hits that we take and still

come back the next day, do the same thing all over again.

“That takes a lot of you.”

It helps explain the two sides to Sherman. He makes a choke sign toward the San Francisco bench and bellows into the camera about his own dominance. But in Super Bowl week interviews, he is laid-back, friendly, philosophical.

For his fellow players, the contrast between their onfield and off-field personas is natural.

“Especially at linebacker, you can’t take crap from nobody,” Trevathan said.

“You’ve got to be an animal out there. But you’ve got to be a leader and be smart as well.”

Before games, Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor “goes to a dark place,” Sherman said.

“I don’t know if I want to go to that place,” he added.

“But I do go to a place with a lot of animosity.”

Cornerback demands a special sort of personality, which may seem bewildering to those folks watching at home who have never covered a receiver one on one in the final seconds of a one-score affair.

“As a corner in this game, you’ve got to have that mentality. When that ball goes on top of your head, everybody sees that,” RodgersCromartie said. “When you make a play like that at the end of the game, your emotions are high. Ain’t no telling what comes out of your mouth.”

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powder on their feet.

Many players said they will use some combination of Vaseline and a product called Warm Skin, described on the company’s website as “a unique barrier cream that soothes and protects your skin,” to seal up pores and act as insulation.

“At first, I didn’t think it would work, but I was surprised that it really protected me from the elements, especially from the wind and everything. I felt good. I felt warm,” said Denver defensive tackle Sione Fua, who sported a thick gray hoodie under his orange jersey at his team’s interview session Wednesday, when the high was 25. “It rubs in pretty good, so it’s not like your skin’s slick. The referees check for that, anyway, so if you’re too slick, they tell you to wipe down.”

Broncos safety David Bruton said he started using creams on his arms before playing in the cold during high school in Miamisburg, Ohio.

“My Dad suggested it. He was a truck driver, and sometimes he’d have to hook the trailer up when it was blistering cold, like when he would go to New York in the winter,” Bruton recalled. “He would have thick gloves and Vaseline on.”

No matter how they try to weather Sunday’s weather, players doubt the conditions — whatever they turn out to be — will influence the game’s outcome.

“Both teams are going to be prepared, and they won’t really care about it,” Bruton said. “Hey, it’s the Super Bowl.

Who’s going to care about the weather? And no one is ever going to say, ‘Such-and-such won, and it was negative-2 degrees at the end of the game.’ ” Maybe so.

But at least one player is holding out hope for a few flakes.

“I really got excited about the Super Bowl,” Broncos kick returner Trindon Holliday said, “thinking it was going to have some snow.”

AP sports writer Tom Canavan in New York contributed to this report.

Stadium: Interior unlikely to change Continued from Page B-1 and academics, research and a student center, so it’s an integrated model,” Jenkins said.

The new buildings will add about 750,000 square feet and will house a student center, the anthropology and psychology departments, and a digital media center and music and sacred music departments. The side facing Touchdown Jesus won’t be changed.

The buildings on the east and west sides of the stadium will rise nine stories and include premium seating, increasing the capacity of Notre Dame Stadium from 80,795 to more than 84,000, although widening seats on the benches could cut down the number of seats. The press box will also move from the west to the east side.

The south building will be six stories high and include a hospitality area. The student center will include a recreation center and allow the university to turn the existing Rolfs Sports Recreation Center into the practice home for the men’s and women’s basketball teams.

Jenkins said the university will seek donations to fund the project. He said construction would begin next year at the earliest and would take nearly three years.

Jenkins said adding the research buildings to the stadium will avoid campus sprawl, and he and athletic director Jack Swarbrick said it sends a message about the importance of academics and athletics.

“It’s such a powerful symbol given what’s going on in college athletics right now, that you can take the stadium and say we believe in the integration of athletics into academics, and here’s the living proof,” Swarbrick said.

The work isn’t expected to make any significant changes to the inside of the 84-year-old stadium, though Jenkins said there’s still no decision on whether to add video boards for instant replay or switch to an artificial playing surface. Swarbrick said a decision on the playing surface will be made soon. New grass had to be installed three times last year.

The stadium opened in 1930, when Knute Rockne was coach, and had a capacity of 59,075 until it was expanded in 1997. Jenkins said aside from the premium seating rising above the stadium, the fans won’t see much change.

The university said the club seating areas could also be used for academic events, classes, conferences and career fairs.

The new buildings will support Notre Dame’s push in recent years to expand its research efforts, which include adding 11 graduate programs and plans to hire 80 new faculty.

The $400 million project follows an announcement last fall that Notre Dame would build Jenkins Hall, named after the university president, to house its Irish and Asian studies programs.

Rutgers near deal to hire Friedgen Rutgers is close to hiring former Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen as its offensive coordinator, said a person familiar with the negotiations.

The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because contract details were being worked out.

Friedgen, 66, coached the Terrapins from 2001-10 and went 75-50, including 9-4 in his last season. He was 5-2 in bowl games and won AP national coach of the year honors in 2001.

He has been out of coaching the past three seasons.

He would replace Ron Prince, who left Rutgers to take a job as an NFL assistant with the Detroit Lions.

The Scarlet Knights and coach Kyle Flood are coming off a disappointing 6-7 season, during which quarterback Gary Nova and the offense took a big step backward.

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Thursday, January 30, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

OUTDOORS

Inside: Ski report and Sierra Club hikes.

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In brief

Deadline approaching for turkey and bear permits The deadline for applications for turkey draw permits and Wildlife Management Area and Valle Vidal/Greenwood bear permits is fast approaching.

The deadline is Feb. 12, and applications can be completed online.

As always, there are a number of restrictions associated with hunting areas. An extensive list of what requirements are in place can be found at the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish’s website, www.wildlife.state.nm.us.

Game and Fish Department seeks public input on rules The general public is encouraged to weigh in on several big-game hunting rules like Barbary sheep, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, ibex, javelina, pronghorn and oryx. Input also is sought on hunting rules for turkey, small-game and migratory birds.

The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish reviews and revises its rules every four years. The department says involvement of hunters and other wildlife enthusiasts is invaluable during the review process to ensure that their perspectives help influence hunting seasons and licenses numbers for the next four years.

As the process develops, proposed adjustments to the various rules will be available for public review on the department’s website, www.wildlife.state. nm.us, by clicking on the public comments tab.

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Online: Your guide to skiing in New Mexico. www.santafenew mexican.com/outdoors

Los Alamos resident and LANL researcher Garrett Altmann rides new path of success as one of the world’s top freestyle racers

Altmann stands on the podium after finishing second at the Freeride World Tour race on Jan. 25 in Chamonix Mont Blanc, France.

COURTESY EDDIE STEVENSON

From scientist to

skiing star

29th annual Corrida de los Locos set for Saturday The annual running of the Corrida de los Locos will be held Saturday morning — and there’s still plenty of time to register.

The 5-mile (not 5 kilometers) race starts at 9 a.m. at the Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe golf course.

Race day registration begins at 8:15 a.m., but those who want to avoid the rush can sign up online at www.newmexicosportsonline.com, or they can visit The Running Hub in Santa Fe to sign up in person.

Several age groups are available, and everyone who runs will get a long-sleeved T-shirt. Awards will be given to the top three racers in each age category, ranging from 13 and younger to 80 and older.

This is the 29th year of the race. As always, it will follow a moderate course near the Municipal Recreation Complex. The cost is $5 for runners 19 and younger and $25 for adults who are not already members of the Santa Fe Striders. Members pay $20.

Registration for youth golf memberships now open Registration for the Sun Country Junior Golf Tour is now open, giving young golfers of all skill levels a chance to hone their skills and compete against players in New Mexico and the El Paso area.

Approximately 50 tournaments will be held, culminating with the Sun Country Junior Match Play Championship, the Junior PGA National Championship Qualifier and the season-ending Junior Tour Championship. Membership costs $40 per child and individual tournament fees will be $25. Visit www. suncountryjuniortour.com or call 897-0864.

Authorities launch probe to find potential hunting mole State authorities are investigating whether the New Mexico State Police has a mole leaking word on illegal hunting investigations to game poachers in Northern New Mexico.

A Game and Fish Department officer’s search warrant affidavit says the officer was able to corroborate most of the information in an anonymous posting on the department’s “Operation Game Thief” website.

That posting included a claim that elk and deer poachers were tipped off by a friend in the state police.

However, the department says an investigation hasn’t yet shown that a state police employee was involved. The two people named in the affidavit haven’t been charged.

Mule deer to be relocated away from Silver City area State wildlife managers are planning to capture and relocate mule deer from the Silver City area in southwest New Mexico.

Officials with the state Game and Fish Department say some residents are concerned the high deer population is damaging the landscape.

With more animals, there’s also an increased chance of vehicles colliding with the deer in and around the mountain community.

Managers are aiming to capture 100 deer.

Starting Tuesday, Feb. 4, they’ll use large drop nets at locations throughout the city to capture the animals.

Each deer will be tagged, and some will be outfitted with radio collars. Half of the deer will be released in the San Francisco River Valley. The remainder will be moved to the Peloncillo Mountains.

Wood Gormley Panther Run scheduled for April 26 The 10th annual Wood Gormley Panther Run will be held April 26 in Santa Fe. It features a 5-kilometer run, a 2-mile walk and 1-kilometer kids fun run for children in kindergarten through sixth grade.

All events start and finish at the Wood Gormley Elementary School campus. All proceeds benefit the students of the school. To register online, visit www. newmexicosportsonline.com.

The New Mexican

Garrett Altmann is a Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist by trade and an avid semi-pro skier on the Freeride World Tour in his spare time. This month, he took an eight-week hiatus from LANL to tour Europe for the FWT. COURTESY SARAH STEVENSON

By Will Webber The New Mexican

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y day, he’s a scientist studying climate change for a nearby top-secret (sort of) government laboratory.

On the weekend, he’s leading the kind of hair-on-fire lifestyle that Hollywood movies are made of, the kind of run-all-day/ party-all-night life that grown men with burly chest hair raise a toast to while feeling unworthy by comparative masculinity.

He’s Garrett Altmann, a budding star on the Freeride World Tour.

Well, “budding” isn’t entirely accurate. He’s been competing on skis since he was 6 years

old, having raced in everything from moguls to downhill. Now at the ripe old age of 35 — downright geriatric by the standards generally set forth on worldwide racing circuits — he’s using his experience and undeniable intellect to carve out a new path of success Frequently known by the acronym FWT, the tour is the kind adrenaline rush circuit that made ski films and documentaries like Steep and Deep, The Blizzard of Aahhh’s and The Edge of Never the unofficial recruiting boards for people like Altmann.

In fact, his Twitter handle — @blizzardo fahhs — pays homage to the 1988 film that starred, among others, freestyle-skiing legend Glen Plake.

In a recent entry on his Twitter feed, Altmann posted: “I can’t decide which is better; being ranked top 3 in the world, or having Glen Plake ask me for an autograph.”

“Garrett’s so cool,” says Sarah Stevenson, Altmann’s girlfriend and perhaps his biggest fan — Plake included. “I look at him and just have to say that’s he’s a cool person.”

So cool, in fact, that he’s currently taking an eight-week break from his job at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a researcher who provides geospatial support for a project studying climate change in the Arctic. So cool that he’s using that hiatus to tour Europe so

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Reduce dangers of skiing by wearing a helmet

A

Daniel Gibson

Snow Trax

23-year-old woman from El Paso died Jan. 25 at Ski Apache when she fell on an intermediate run and struck her head on a tree. A paramedic was on site but was unable to revive her.

According to a sheriff’s statement, she was not wearing a helmet. On Jan. 12, 2012, another skier at Ski Apache fell on an intermediate run, hit a tree and died. He, too, was not wearing a helmet.

These two incidents — and the severe head injury sustained by seventime world champion Formula One racecar driver Michael Schumacher on Dec. 29 in Meribel, France, who remains in a coma — prompt a look at the topic of wearing head protection when skiing or snowboarding.

In an excellent article in the December issue of Outside magazine, writer Marc Peruzzi notes that at a speed of 35 miles per hour, a skier weighing 150

pounds strikes a tree with an impact up to 266 times the force of gravity.

Even if the strike does not immediately kill you, the results can be devastating, with lifelong mental and physical disabilities. Some studies indicate even three concussions can lead to mental impairment.

A decade ago, helmets on ski slopes were uncommon, but their use has grown significantly in recent years.

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The weather

For current, detailed weather conditions in downtown Santa Fe, visit our online weather stations at www.santafenewmexican.com/weather/

7-day forecast for Santa Fe Today

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Star: Altmann ranks third in FWT Continued from Page B-5

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Santa Fe Airport through 6 p.m. Wednesday Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low ......................................... 51°/16° Normal high/low ............................ 47°/21° Record high ............................... 60° in 1986 Record low ................................. -4° in 1949 Santa Fe Airport Precipitation 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.00”/0.00” Normal month/year to date ..... 0.56”/0.56” Santa Fe Farmers Market 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.00”/0.00”

The following water statistics of January 25 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.218 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 2.750 City Wells: 1.336 Buckman Wells: 0.000 Total water produced by water system: 5.304 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.085 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 63.9 percent of capacity; daily inflow 1.16 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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Wed. High: 61 ............................. Lordsburg Wed. Low 2 ....................................... Gallup

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Albuquerque 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.00”/0.00” Las Vegas 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.04”/0.04” Los Alamos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date ................. Trace/Trace Chama 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.08”/0.08” Taos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.00”/0.00”

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Sierra Club hikes All Sierra Club Rio Grande chapter outings are free and open to the public. Always call leader to confirm participation and details. Visit nmsierraclub.org/outings for the most updated information.

SATURDAY-TUESDAY, FEB. 1-4: Big Bend National Park carcamp with day hikes. Leave El Paso midday Saturday, overnight at a Chinati hot springs near Ruidosa, drive scenic River Road to Big Bend to camp Sunday and Monday, and choose from many easy hikes accessible from Chisos Basin. Send an email to laurenceagibson@gmail.com or call Laurence Gibson at 915-309-5419.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1: Moderate Bar Canyon loop hike, viewing the Central Organ Mountains, a seasonal waterfall, old rock house and towering cliffs; 4 miles, well maintained trail, 650 feet elevation gain. Send email to newtsonk@comcast.net or call Kennan Newtson at 575-644-8793.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1: Moderate/ strenuous snowshoe. Call Les Dapela at 438-3306.

SUNDAY-MONDAY, FEB. 2-3: Moderate/strenuous snowshoe outing to Taos yurt at 10,800 feet.

Elevation from Ski Area parking lot 1,500 feet. If interested, call Royal Drews at 699-8713.

SATURDAY, FEB. 8: Intermediate cross-country ski outing, joint trip with the New Mexico Cross Country Ski Club. The destination is dependent on snow conditions.

These will generally be full-day trips because of the driving times.

We will be on the snow up to five hours and ski up to eight miles.

Send email to Alan Shapiro at nm5s@yahoo.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 8: Hike along the Sandia Foothills from Elena Gallegos to La Luz Trail, 6 miles, 1,000-foot elevation gain, easy to strenuous depending on conditions. Send email to odile@pitot. org or call Odile de La Beaujardiere at 433-4692.

SUNDAY, FEB. 9: Moderate Chamisa-Winsor-Bear Wallow loop hike/snowshoe. It will start with a steep climb up a ridge that overlooks Hyde Park. Then to an abandoned route down a ridge to the Chamisa Trail, follow the Chamisa to the Winsor Trail, take the Winsor along Big Tesuque Creek to Bear Wallow Trail, then hike up Bear Wallow Trail back to the Borrego/Bear Wallow trailhead. Depending on conditions, this hike may require snowshoes and traction devices. Six miles.

1,800-foot elevation gain. Send email to akusantafe@gmail.com or call Aku at 577-2594.

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Ski report Skiareas Angel Fire Resort u Base depth: 20 inches u Runs open: 54 of 78 u Lifts open: 6 of 7 u New snow (last 48 ours): none u Area info: www. angelfireresort.com or 800-633-7463 Pajarito Mountain u Base depth: 18 inches u Runs open: none u Lifts open: none u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Note: Pajarito has suspended operations Red River u Base depth: 24 inches u Runs open: 52 of 57 u Lifts open: 7 of 7 u New snow (last 48 hrs): none u Area info: www. redriverskiarea.com or call 575-754-2223 Sandia Peak u Base depth: 15 inches u Runs open: none u Lifts open: none u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www.sandiapeak.com or 856-7325 u Note: Sandia Peak

is operating under a modified schedule in the beginners area only until snow conditions improve.

Ski Santa Fe u Base depth: 32 inches u Runs open: 70 of 77 u Lifts open: 6 of 7 u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www. skisantafe.com or call 983-9155 (snow report) or 982-4429 for general information.

Sipapu u Base depth: 25 inches u Runs open: 30 of 41 u Lifts open: 5 of 5 u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www.sipapunm.com or call 800587-2240 Ski Apache u Base depth: 11 inches u Runs open: 47 of 52 u Lifts open: 8 of 9 u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www.skiapache.com or call 800545-9011 Taos Ski Valley u Base depth: 35 inches u Runs open: 91 of 113

u Lifts open: 14 of 14 u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www. skitaos.org or call 575776-2291

Cross-country areas Angel Fire Nordic u Base depth: 11 inches u Runs open: 5 of 5 u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www. angelfireresort.com/ winter/country-club/ nordic-center or call 800-633-7463 Chama u Base depth: 38 inches u Runs open: not available u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www. chamaski.com or call 575-756-2746 Enchanted Forest u Base depth: 10 inches u Runs open: 30 of 33 u New snow (last 48 hours): none u Area info: www. enchantedforestxc.com or call 575-754-6112

he can take part on the FWT, shredding mountainsides with some of the top freestyle skiers in the entire world.

For the uneducated, the FWT isn’t the kind of downhill skiing you’ll see at the upcoming Sochi Winter Olympics. Whereas those racers scream down the mountain in skin-tight aerodynamic suits on slopes groomed to the consistency of icy sandpaper, the FWT is basically the kind of circuit in which big air and deep powder in the undiscovered back country are the name of the game.

Basically, it employs the kind of slopes that require extensive hikes or helicopter rides, then a healthy dose of hypersensitive awareness and ice-cold nerve endings.

Racers are awarded on time and style.

“Basically, there’s a starting point at the top and the finish at the bottom,” Stevenson says.

“The winner chooses his own way down.”

Stevenson is doing her cheering from afar this week since Altmann is competing in an event on Saturday in Austria. Most of the contact he has with friends and family here in New Mexico is through email or through social media.

Stevenson was in France last weekend, however, when Altmann began to put his name on the proverbial FWT map.

While most of Altmann’s competition rides under the support of worldwide spon-

sors that pay for just about everything, the Los Alamos resident, who trains largely at Taos Ski Valley when here in New Mexico, relies on a handful of lesser-known national and regional sponsors to help pay the bills.

If he keeps things up, the support will start rolling in sooner rather than later. He currently ranks third on the planet in the FWT men’s skiing standings, less than a week removed from his secondplace finish at the ChamonixMont-Blanc in Chamonix, France.

“I think that he enjoys challenging himself and his limits,” Stevenson says. “But for him, it’s mostly just about having fun.”

He’ll return to the U.S. after his stay in Austria as the FWT’s next big stop is in February in California.

For now, you can follow his progress at any of the following sites: Personal blog: http:// ngee-arctic.blogspot.com/ Feature story in Powder Magazine: www.powdermag. com/stories/paaso-collombpatton-win-chamonix-fwt/ Blister Gear Review profile: http://blistergearreview. com/contributor-bios/garrettaltmann LinkedIn profile: www. linkedin.com/in/garrettalt mann Twitter: @blizzardofahhs Freeride World Tour page: www.freerideworldtour.com/ garrett-altmann.html

Dangers: Head injuries on the rise Continued from Page B-5 Roughly 70 percent of skiers are wearing helmets today. But oddly, head injuries continue to rise.

In 2004, there were 9,308 injuries reported at U.S. ski areas; in 2010, there were 14,947 reports. A New York Times article by Kelley McMillan published on Dec. 31 notes that a study by the University of Washington found head injuries have increased 250 percent between 1996 and 2010.

Part of this is due to increased awareness of head injuries, and thus more people are reporting them — however mild. But others suggest helmets may provide a false sense of security, resulting in increased risky behavior.

Schumacher, for instance, was skiing at a high rate of speed, with a helmet, when his accident occurred.

As the director of the Santa Fe Ski Patrol, Cody Sheppard, told me recently, “Helmets cannot protect you from all harm.

They help tremendously, but they are not foolproof.”

The increase in head injuries also is likely attributed to improvements in equipment, the development of “extreme skiing,” and competitive events and films that feature such skiing. People are launching higher, skiing faster and tackling steeper slopes.

As sports psychiatrist Robb Gaffney says in The New York Times article, we’re faced with “a high-level, high-risk culture that’s being marketed and impacting the way people ski.”

So what’s to be done?

Sam Moulton, Outside magazine’s executive editor, appeared on the television program Fox & Friends on Jan. 1 to discuss the topic and provide suggestions on good helmets.

He noted three models in particular: the Giro Combyn, which is especially good for kids in the terrain parks, as it takes multiple, minor impacts; the POC Receptor Bug, which addresses rotational forces on the brain within a helmet design; and the Smith Vantage, which has a compressible honeycomb structure.

I went out to a ski shop last week with my daughter, Isabel, to buy her a lid. We found prices ranging from $70 to $150, as well as a great variety of styles, shapes and colors.

We came out with a shiny black model and a sense of relief. In a sport with inherent risks, at least we’ve done what we can to reduce the danger.

And here’s another tip: If you find yourself heading toward a rock or tree with your head, do anything to avoid striking such as an object head on. Rotate your body, roll or even throw an arm out to protect your head.

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If you missed the article in The New Mexican on Tuesday by Anne Constable, the board of directors for Pajarito Mountain is considering turning over ownership of the Los Alamos ski area to Los Alamos County. Plagued by several years of little or no snow, the ski area is facing a cash crunch. It costs roughly $1 million a year to operate the area, with income derived from season passes sold to the nonprofit’s 2,000 members and day-lift ticket sales.

Ski area manager Tom Long noted, “While this is not a done deal by any stretch of the imagination, it seems to have support from local government.”

And, county administrator Harry Burgess said, “The last thing we want is to lose a ski area here.”

A meeting of the ski club will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Crossroads Bible Church on East Road to discuss the issue. uuu

And, another local skirelated business bites the dust.

Santa Fe Mountain Sports, owned and directed by Dan McCarthy, is closing shop at the end of this season.

McCarthy — who was captain of his Colorado College Ski Team, the 1983 Masters national downhill champion, a former Santa Fe Ski Team member, head coach and board member and general booster of the local ski scene — says lack of snow has led to decline in his winter business over the past few years.

“The ski industry is getting tougher and tougher,” he said.

“It’s a bitter pill to swallow.”

“We leave a good legacy,” he notes, such as their support for the former school ski program, their ski-leasing program for families and donations to numerous benefit events over the years.

Personally, he is consoled by the fact he will return to downhill racing later this season at an event in Colorado after being cleared for action by his “coach.” We wish him well in his future endeavors.

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EASTSIDE, WALK TO CANYON ROAD! Furnished, short-term vacation home. Walled .5 acre, mountain views, fireplace, 2 bedroom, washer, dryer. Private. Pets okay. Large yard. 970-626-5936.

CANYON ROAD- 700 BLOCK. HOME, OFFICE OR STUDIO. 2000 square feet: 2 bedrooms, 3 baths. Fireplaces, radiant heat, tile floors, parking.

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RAILYARD, DOWNTOWN, CHARMING SOUTHWESTERN CASITA. 1 bedroom, office, laundry. Spacious flagstone great room, chateau fireplace. Walled courtyard. $995 Lease. 505-8984168.

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FOUND BLACK and white cat at St. Francis and Llano St. Contact, Santa Fe Animal Shelter.

WORKOUT, RUNNING BRACELET found Tuesday afternoon 1/28, near Yucca & Rodeo. Call to describe 505577-8727.

LOST LOST: UNIQUE WALKING STICK with mermaid brass head.

Smith’s Supermarket (Pacheco location), Tuesday, 1/28. G E N E R OUS REWARD! CALL: 505-795-7630.

OFFICES 227 EAST PALACE

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Accounting Associate Needed for a fast paced, dynamic Santa Fe company. The Accounting Associate’s primary role is to contribute to the productivity, efficiency and effectiveness of the Accounting Department. Specific duties include processing AP, AR using fund accounting; and servicing loans.

Homewise is looking for an energetic, selfstarter, who is solution oriented and able to work independently with little or no supervision. This person must have strong customer service skills; demonstrated strong computer skills; and be highly organized with strict attention to detail.

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PLEASE HELP US FIND BAKER. White, 100 pounds, curly tail, golden eyes, pink nose. Very Friendly. microchipped. REWARD!!! 830-560-6212 or 505-699-3400.

REWARD FOR THE RETURN OR INFORMATION pertaining to 1 black plastic garbage bag that contained literary writings, some clothing, left off the Dale Ball Trail between 1/2013 5/2013. Bruce Becker, 505-670-1682.

Jeremiah Camp.

MEDICAL DENTAL UNIT MANAGER

CSR - Part Time XRANM has an opening in patient scheduling, reception, 1-5pm, M-F in Santa Fe. HS-GED, prefer medical office, customer service experience.

Excellent salary. Send resume to resumes@xraynm.com, fax: 505-9983100. EOE

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VILLAGE OF CERRILLOS. 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath. $900 monthly. Newly remodeled. Washer, dryer. First, last, plus deposit. Cat okay. 505-473-4186

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DENTAL ASSISTANT OR STERILIZATION TECH wanted for busy practice.

Full time, Monday - Thursday. Experience preferred. Salary DOE. Email resume to: admin@childs2thdr.com

TEMPORARY DELIVERY Drivers, Flower Designers needed for Valentine’s Day. Apply at Rodeo Plaza Flowers, 2801 Rodeo Road, Suite A2. No phone calls.

HEAD DENTAL ASSISTANT Rare Opportunity!!!

Progressive Taos Dental Office has immemdiate opening for Full-time certified head dental assistant, 575-7794532.

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HYGEINIST, FULL-TIME for busy progressive office. Please send cover letter and resume to drparker@richardparkerdds.com

DESERT ACADEMY OF SANTA FE

a college preparatory independent IB World School grades 7-12, is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions for the 2014 season:

* Part Time Head Varsity Girls’ Soccer Coach * Part Time Assistant Girls’ Soccer Coach

INTENSIVE CASE MANAGER Provide in-depth case management services to homeless patients, with special attention and understanding of the needs and circumstances related to homelessness. Require Bachelor’s degree in Human Services and prefer bilingual in Spanish-English.

Send resume by email to mpopp@lfmctr.org

Please submit cover letter & resume to: lgildes@desertacademy.org Holy Cross Catholic School is now accepting applications for a Kindergarten teacher, immediate hire, for the last semester of the 2013-2014 school year who has a NM Certification K-8 or Early Childhood/ BA Degree. If interested please contact school office at 505-753-4644.

ATTENTION PARALEGALS: If you are a top-notch litigation paralegal with solid experience, a great job with good benefits awaits. Send résumé, cover letter and references to Comeau, Maldegen, Templeman & Indall, P.O. Box 669, Santa Fe, NM 87504 or to Paula Cook at pcook@cmtisantafe.com

DIRECTOR OF NURSES

Responsible for effective overall management of the Nursing Department and coordination with other disciplines to provide quality care to all patients & residents. This position is significant in facility leadership.

Assures action plans are in place to generate sufficient applicant flow and to select qualified individuals to fill position vacancies. Performs other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate or as directed by the administrator or his/her designee. All other duties to be discussed. This position is significant in facility leadership. Anyone interested please call CRAIG SHAFFER Admin, 505-982-2574.

MISCELLANEOUS JOBS Avaria Apartments seeks Full time Experienced Groundskeeper Positive, fast paced environment.

Drug screen. Apply: 1896 Lorca Dr, 87505, fax: 505-473-7131. EOE Avaria Apartments seeks Full time Assistant Manager. Computer proficient, sharp dresser, Personable and positive! Enjoy Bonuses and benefits! cover letter and resume: avariamgr@gmail.com

FULL-TIME MAID Needed for Santa Fe Estate To live on property Excellent salary and paid vacations 505-660-6440

LAMCC seeks LPN / RN

3 DAYS a week Santa Fe, Los Alamos office. Non-smoker nonsmoking household, no weekends.

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SANTA FE INDIAN SCHOOLS IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR A HEALTH TEACHER. IF INTERESTED, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, A LETTER OF INTEREST, RESUME, AND TWO REFERENCES TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICE, PO BOX 5340, SANTA FE, NM 87505. APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL POSITION IS FILLED. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 505989-6330 OR FORWARD AN EMAIL TO: Felisa@sfis.k12.nm.us. Website for application: www.sfis.k12.nm.us

RETAIL Women’s Clothing store is seeking experienced high energy sales asscociates. Must be hi end fashion savvy. Bring resume to Pinkoyote.

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Children’s Behavioral Health program seeks full time Therapist with clinical experience working with children 0-6. LISW/LPCC, NM Licensure. Must have dependable transportation for home visitation.

Bilingual strongly preferred.

Administrative Assistant

T h e New Mexico Suicide Intervention Project, a private non-profit organization, is looking for an experienced Administrative Assistant who enjoys working in a multi-person, multi-task office environment.

This position requires a highly organized self-starter with excellent communication skills and advanced computer skills.

This is a 10-month, part-time position, from August 15 through June 15 each year; 25-30 hours weekly. Send resume and cover letter to NMSIP, P.O. Box 6004, Santa Fe, NM 87502 or theskyctr@gmail.com attention Ex.Director.

WE HAVE OPENING FOR 1 Full-time Unit Manager. The position requires that you must be a R E G I S T E R E D NURSE. The duties will be to help the DON Oversight & Systems Management. This is a salary position. Anyone interested please call Raye Highland, RN/DON, 505-982-2574.

IN HOME CARE PERSONAL ASSISTANT: Bathe, dress, feed, medical care, house clean for disabled 155lb man. Communication skills, responsible, PC skills. $18 hourly. jobapppa@gmail.com.

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MANAGEMENT Santa Fe Railyard Stewards invites applications for the position of Executive Director.

Visit www.railyardpark.org for more information and minimum qualifications.

SALES MARKETING NM’S 2ND largest insurer seeks entrepreneurial candidates with a strong desire to be successful and respected business owners in their community. Award winning training from the University of Farmers. Subsidy packages available for building your agency. For more information, please contact 954-1612.

TRADES Therapist, Clinician: Santa Fe Community Infant Program. Infant, parent mental health program seeks Full-Time therapist.

Clinical experience working with children.

Bilingual preferred.

LISW/LPCC, NM Licensure. Dependable transportation for home visitation.

MEDICAL DENTAL FRONT OFFICE POSITION OPEN at DENTAL PRACTICE. At least one year of experience using Dentrix required.

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I have a 19 99 GMC Suburban with a 5.7 V- 8 engine and 14 0,000 miles.

Late ly, the truck has had problems ge tting moving from 0 to 3 0 m p h . W h e n I p re ss o n t h e gas, the truck acts as if it is being suffocate d. The exhaust sputters and pops. When I floor the gas, the truck ta ke s a co uple of seconds to re act, usually with DOMESTIC

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patte rn, and that’s causing imperfe ct combustion and momentary flooding, and making the car bog down at low speeds.

RAY: Once you ge t past 30 mph, there’s a lot more fuel and more pressure go ing through the injectors, and that’s wh at makes the spray patte r n correct itself. Plus, the car is already m ov i n g , which reduces the demand on the engine and makes everything more forg iving.

TOM: Your injectors could just be dirty. We rare ly see that anymore, because late -model cars have all been running on the newe r, cleaner, Tie r 3 ga solines that we have these days. But yo u r c a r i s o l d e r, a n d s p e n t m a ny ye ars running on older, dirtier fuel.

RAY: So start by trying a home remedy: Get a couple of cans of BG 44K , if you c a n f in d i t .

O r t r y C h ev ro n Te c h ro n .

Th ey’re both fuel-syste m cleaners. Run a b o tt l e of one of those through the syste m with a tan k of gas and see if you ge t any improve ment. If you d o, try another bottle or two and see if you can bring it back to where you wa n t i t .

TOM: If that doesn’t clear it up (it probably won’t),

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a ja rring burst for wa rd fo llowed by m o re s e l fs u ffo cation. The t r u c k , o n ce m ov i n g past 30 mph, wo rks f in e . I h ad a relative inform me that my catalytic conve r te r i s “clogged” and that I need a new one. Do you a g ree ?

-- Al TOM: We ll, I’ve learned from painful experience that yo u should never trust a relative who give s out advice on car repair.

RAY: Yeah. Especially if he happens to b e you r b ro t h e r.

TOM: Th is g uy’s wrong, Al. If yo u r c atalytic co nverter were plu g ge d , you’d have the opposite problem: The car wou l d h ave no trouble going 0-30 but wo uld bog down at higher speeds. So that’s not it.

RAY: What’s more likely is that yo u’ re having fuel-delivery issues. I’d start by repl acing the fuel f ilter, especially if you rs has been in there since Bill Clinton wa s downing Big Macs in the Situation Ro om.

TOM: If that doesn’t f ix it, my g u e ss i s t h at yo ur fuel injectors are not working well. The injectors might not be spray ing fuel into the cylinders in the proper

ANTIQUES MERRY FOSS, Latin American ETHNOGRAPHIC & ANTIQUE DEALER moving. Selling her COLLECTION, Household FURNITURE & EVERYTHING! By appt 505-7957222.

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RAY: Its re al name is the Moto r Vac, and it’s a machine that force s a solve nt through the fuel syste m at high pressure to clean out g u ms and varnishes. It wo rks pretty we ll, but the service will cost you a go od $100.

TOM: And if that doesn’t wo rk , then yo u n e e d a mechanic to help you f ig ure out wh e t h e r i t re ally is the injectors, or something else. He’d start that process with a complete engine scan.

RAY: You don’t wa n t to just go re placing fuel injectors without being pretty certain that they’re the problem.

TOM: They ’re not as expensive as the catalytic converter you r re lative wa s egging you to buy, but you’d be annoyed if you spent hundreds of bucks re placing you r f u e l i n j e c to rs based on nothing but a news pa per column, and then still had you r l ow- speed stumble.

RAY: And we’d be annoyed , b e c a u s e t h e n you’d be ad ding to our already-tall hate - m a i l p i l e .

S o ge t it checked out in person, Al. Good luck.

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MIGUEL MARTINEZ "Girl From Galisteo (1991)" Original oil pastel; Not a lithograph. Beautifully framed. $12,500, Offer. Serious inquires only.

Approx. 40"x34". (505) 690-1190.

BUILDING MATERIALS PLYWOOD. CABINET GRADE. 4’x8’ sheets.

Never used.

Different thicknesses. 505-983-8448

VALENTINE POMERANIAN PUPPIES, gorgeous, registered, first shots, $500-$900. Ready by Valentine’s Day. Gorgeous rare grey Poodle, female, $450. 505-901-2094, 505-753-0000.

STEEL BUILDING Allocated Bargains.

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2006 FORD-F150 CREW CABXLT 4X4. Two Owner, Local, Carfax, Vehicle Brought up To Date With Services, Drive Ready, Most Options, Working, Transport Crew Truck, Affordable $13,750, WE PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR VEHICLE! VIEW VEHICLE www.santafeautoshowcase.com PAUL 505-983-4945

2011 Subaru Outback

Sweet one owner Subie. Power seat, windows, locks. 62k miles.

CarFax. 3 month, 3,000 mile warranty included, compare prices! $16,995. Call 877-232-2815.

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2010 Audi Q7 3.6L quattro - Another pristine Lexus trade-in! Only 39k miles, AWD, well-equipped with panoramic roof, new tires, clean CarFax, significantly undervalued at $33,212. Call 505-2163800.

WANTED: WARHOL-HARING Lichtenstein, Hockney, S. Fairey, etc. Buying signed works.

310-259-9188 or zyart@pacbell.net 2013 CHEVROLET Spark Hatch 1LT. 13,600 miles. Oil changes for two years! No accidents! $12,999.

Schedule a test drive today.

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FIREWOOD, MISCELLANEOUS Cedar, pinion ponderosa. 1/2 cord delivered $120. 508-444-0087 or 505-2179198.

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BACK ON THE RACK’S SANTA FE STORE IS CLOSING. FINAL WEEK INVENTORY LIQUIDATION SALE! 75% off - Today thru Sunday 2/2/14.

10am to 5pm. Furniture, collectibles, jewelry, art, housewares, books, dvds/cds, vinyl, tools, Fixtures, Displays, Shelving, Bookcases, etc. EVERYTHING must go!! 1248 Siler Road.

2001 ISUZU VEHICROSS. Unique Specilaty Car. Great condition.

Ricarro leather seats. Loaded. Only 60,200 miles. $10,500. 505-670-6662

2010 TOYOTA Tacoma Crew Cab SR5 4x4. Another 1 owner Lexus trade! Only 25k miles, NEW tires & NEW battery, clean CarFax $26,891. Call 505-216-3800.

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BEAUTIFUL COUCH WITH LOVELY ACCENTS. FROM A SMOKE AND PET FREE HOME. $350. PLEASE CALL, 505-238-5711 TO SCHEDULE A VIEWING.

BMW 320I x Drive Sedan 2014 $36,000.

6,700 miles. All Wheel Drive. Heated, power front seats, Hands-free Bluetooth, USB and more! Transferable 4 year, 50,000 mile warranty. 505920-6634

AUTO PARTS ACCESSORIES CLARK CUSTOM Flatbed, 6 1/2 x 7 ft.

Good condition, $500 OBO. 505-9131559.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT FORD TEMPO 1994. One owner. Records of maintenance. 129,000 miles.

6 cylinder, 5 speed. AM, FM cassette.

Great condition. $2000 OBO. 505-3101812

2010 BMW 335Xi - Another Lexus trade! Low miles, AWD, completely loaded with Navigation, still under warranty! clean CarFax $27,932 Call 505-216-3800.

2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon. 44,325 miles, 6spd Manual, 3 Piece Hardtop, 6 Disc CD, Sirius Radio. Excellent Condition! $23,995.

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2006 BOBCAT S220. Excellent condition! Includes bucket & brand new set of 48" forks. $19,999 OBO. John, 808-346-3635

2004 PACIFICA. Meticulously maintained, all records, always garaged.

AWD, loaded, everything works.

127,000 miles. Clean CarFax. Reliable commuter. $6,900. 505-603-8079

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2010 BMW 535Xi AWD. Recent trade-in, factory CERTIFIED with warranty & maintenance until 3/2016, fully loaded, clean CarFax $24,432. Call 505-216-3800.

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1995 MITSUBISHI Montero. 2nd owner, great SUV with new computer and fuel pump. 264,000 miles. $2,300 OBO. Please call 505-231-4481.

MONTANA HAND-CRAFTED CUSTOM BLUE PINE LOG BED Excellent condition, includes head board, foot board and side boards with heavy metal support frame and bolts. Fits double mattress.

It’s gorgeous! One owner. $450 OBO. 520-906-9399.

Airport Road and 599 505-660-3039

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SIMMONS BEAUTYREST, CALIFORNIA KING. Box Springs & Frame. Good condition. $150. 505-983-3948

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2007 Acura MDX AWD

2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. 3 piece Hardtop, Automatic Transmission. 15,077 miles. Excellent Condition! One Owner! $29,995.

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Sweet CarFax certified one owner, 75k miles. Gorgeous Nimbus grey metallic with ebony black leather, accident free, smoke free, all wheel drive. 3 month/3000 mile warranty included!! $19,995. Call 877-2322815.

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2007 BMW 328xi sedan. 70,701 miles. A very good looking luxury car. No accidents. $21,999. Schedule a test drive today.

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2004 BMW X3 AWD

Sweet Beemer at an affordable price!! 91k miles. Luxury all wheel drive, leather, power seats with memory, moonroof, CD and more.

No accidents, clean CarFax. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile warranty. $11,950. Call 877-232-2815.

2011 Land Rover LR2. Climate Comfort Package, Bluetooth, and Sirius Radio. 37,626 miles. New Brake Pads, and New Wipers. One Owner! $26,995. 505-474-0888.

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Bids can be downloaded from our w e b s i t e , www.generalservices .state.nm/statepurch asing, or purchased at our office, State Purchasing Division, Joseph Montoya Building, Room 2016, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505, for $0.25 per page, check or money order only. (505) 827-0472.

New Mexico Environment Department Ground Water Quality Bureau

NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #962

Notice is hereby given pursuant to 20.6.2.3108.G NMAC, the following Ground Water Discharge Permit applications have been proposed for approval. To request additional information or to obtain a copy of a draft permit, contact the Ground Water Quality Bureau in Santa Fe at (505) 827-2900. Draft permits may also be viewed on-line at http://www.nmenv.st te.nm.us/gwb/NMEDG W Q B PublicNotice.htm

New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) will accept proposals for the GOLF COURSE RESTAURANT Request for Proposal number 962 (RFP).

DP-1493, Gabriel’s Restaurant, Sydney Gabriel, Owner, 4 Banana Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87506, proposes to modify its Discharge Permit with a permitted discharge of up to 3,277 gallons per day (gpd) of domestic wastewater to a septic tank leachfield system.

The modification consists of the addition of an on-site wastewater treatment package plant prior to discharge to the leachfields, and an increase in the maximum allowable daily discharge volume from 3,277 gpd to 5,000 gpd.

Potential contaminants associated with this type of discharge include nitrogen compounds.

The facility is located at 4 Banana Lane, approximately 6.6 miles northwest of Tesuque, on East Frontage Road, Santa Fe, in Section 28, T19N, R09E in Santa Fe County.

Ground water beneath the site is at a depth of approximately 85 feet and has a total dissolved solids concentration of approximately 273 milligrams per liter.

NMED permit contact Rebecca Cook at (505) 827-2778 or rebecca.cook@state. nm.us

A mandatory site visit will be held on Thursday, February 6, 2014. The site visit will begin at 1:00 pm and will be held at the restaurant located at 200 Mills Avenue, Las Vegas, NM. At that time prospective proposers will be given a tour of the facilities.

Prospective proposers will be allowed to ask questions of the NMHU staff.

Sealed bids will be opened at the State Purchasing Division office at 2:00 PM, MST/MDT on dates indicated. Request for Proposals are due at location and time indicated on proposal.

02/26/14 40-805-14-11030 New Mexico Department of Transportation Statewide Bridge Repair 02/27/14 40-000-13-00033 Statewide Staple Food 04/30/14 No Later Than 2:00 pm Mountain Standard Time 40-770-13-04551 New Mexico Corrections Department Multi-Level Correctional Facility - A Mandatory PreProposal Conference will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at 10:00 am MST. Legal #96498 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on January 30, 2014.

To Place a Legal ad 986-3000 LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR POSALS

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RFP NO# 2014LVCSDSO1 The Board of Education, Las Vegas City Schools’ District, is requesting competitive sealed qualifications based proposals for Design Services - On Call.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) may be reviewed at www.cybercardinal.c om, or by contacting the District.

Proposals will be received no later than Thursday, February 27, 2014 3:00 p.m.

Sealed proposals must be delivered to: Las Vegas City Schools ATTENTION: Mari Hillis, Finance Director 901 Douglas Avenue Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701 (505) 454-5747 The Las Vegas City Schools’ Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and/or cancel this RFP in its entirety.

Legal#96383 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on: January 30 and February 4, 5, 2014

Prior to ruling on any proposed Discharge Permit or its modification, the New Mexico Environment Department, (NMED) will allow thirty days after the date of publication of this notice to receive written comments and during which a public hearing may be requested by any interested person, including the applicant. Requests for public hearing shall be in writing and shall set forth the reasons why the hearing should be held. A hearing will be held If NMED determines that there is substantial public interest.

Comments for requests for hearing should be submitted to the Ground Water Quality Bureau at PO Box 5469, Santa Fe, NM 87502-5469.

Legal #96339 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on January 30, 2014.

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This RFP is for the lease of the 5th Quarter Grill located at NMHU’s golf course.

Included in the lease are the restaurant e q u i p m e n t , smallwares and other restaurant supplies.

Additional information is included in the RFP.

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g Connie Marquez- will be conducted at Valencia at (505) 984- the SFCHA Administration Building in 1454.

Santa Fe, 664 Alta VisPublic documents, in- ta Street. The Public cluding the agenda Hearing will be held and minutes, can be during the meeting of provided in various the Board of Commisaccessible formats. sioners which starts If you are an individu- at 6:00 PM. You may Rudy al with a disability contact who is in need of a Gallegos, Deputy Direader, amplifier, rector for additional includqualified sign lan- information, guage interpreter, or ing accessibility for any other form of persons with disabili505-988-2859 auxiliary aid or serv- ties, ice to attend or par- X128. ticipate in the hearing or meeting, or if a Legal #96332 summary or other Published in The Santype of accessible ta Fe New Mexican on format is needed, January 30 and 31, please contact the 2014.

NMFA at 505-984-1454 at least one week pri- STATE OF NEW or to the meeting or MEXICO as soon as possible.

COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL Legal#96385 DISTRICT Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican No. D-101-CVon: January 30, 2014 201302785 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP NO# 2014LVCSDSO1

The Board of Education, Las Vegas City Schools’ District, is requesting competitive sealed qualificaAll proposals must be tions based proposin NMHU’s Purchas- als for Design Serving Department prior ices - On Call. to 3:00 pm local time on Thursday, Febru- The Request for Proary 20, 2014. Propos- posal (RFP) may be at als received after reviewed that time will not be www.cybercardinal.c accepted. Proposals om, or by contacting will not be opened the District. publicly.

Proposals will be reAll proposals shall ceived no later than February comply with the New Thursday, Mexico Procurement 27, 2014 3:00 p.m. proposals Code, and applicable Sealed federal, State and lo- must be delivered to: cal laws. NMHU reVegas City serves the right to ac- Las cept, reject, and issue Schools Mari awards in part or in ATTENTION: full if it is in its best Hillis, Finance Director interest.

901 Douglas Avenue RFP documents can Las Vegas, New Mexibe obtained by con- co 87701 tacting Michael (505) 454-5700 Saavedra at mjsaavedra@nmhu.e The Las Vegas City du or 505-454-3053; or Schools’ Board of EdMario Romero at ucation reserves the mrromero@nmhu.ed right to reject any all proposals u or 505-454-3195 or and Jennifer Madrid at and/or cancel this jrmadrid@nmhu.edu RFP in its entirety. or 505-454-3249.

Legal#96395 Published in the SanLegal#96392 Published in the San- ta Fe New Mexican ta Fe New Mexican January 28, 30, FebruJanuary 29, 30, 31, ary 4, 5, 2014 2014 Santa Fe Civic NOTICE OF REGULAR Housing (SFCHA) will convene a pubMEETING lic hearing to disthe Annual Notice is hereby giv- cuss en that the meeting Plan on March 19, of the Board of Direc- 2014. The SFCHA Plan tors of the New Mexi- is a comprehensive co Finance Authority guide to public hous(NMFA) will convene ing agency policies, at 9:00 a.m. on Thurs- programs, operations day, February 27, and strategies for 2014. The meeting will meeting local housbe held at the old ing needs and goals.

PERA Building, It is through the Five Apodaca Hall, 1120 Year and Annual Plan Paseo de Peralta (at that the SFCHA recorner of Old Santa ceives capital fundFe Trail), Santa Fe, ing and the SFCHA, in addition to Santa Fe, New Mexico. manages housing in and The agenda will be Espanola available at the NMFA Bernalillo. The Annual office at 207 Shelby plan is available for Street, Santa Fe, New review on weekdays Mexico and the web from 8:30 to 4:30 and site (www.nmfa.net) is available at three at least 72 hours prior locations, 664 Alta to the meeting. Any- Vista Street in Santa De one who has ques- Fe, 136 Calle tions regarding the Pajarito in Espanola meeting or needs and 857 Calle Los special accommoda- Mayores in Bernalillo. tions should contact The Public Hearing

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986-3000

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, v.

BOBBY L. STURGEON, IF LIVING, IF DECEASED, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR LEGATEES OF BOBBY L. STURGEON, DECEASED, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A. AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BOBBY L. STURGEON, IF ANY, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF New Mexico to the above-named Defendants Bobby L. Sturgeon, if living, if deceased, the Unknown Heirs, Devisees, or Legatees of Bobby L. Sturgeon, deceased and The Unknown Spouse of Bobby L. Sturgeon, if any.

GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that the abovenamed Plaintiff has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof being to foreclose a mortgage on property located at 24 Evening Star Loop, Edgewood, NM 87015, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, said property being more particularly described as: Lot 29, as shown and delineated on plat of survey entitled, "Venus Ridge Subdivision being a portion of the SW 1/4 of Section 11, T. 10 N., R 7 E., N.M.P.M., Santa Fe County, New Mexico," prepared by Timothy Ray Oden NMPLS No 8667, filed March 16, 2001, as Document No. 1148-746 and recorded in Plat Book 469, Pages 20 and 21, Records of Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the complaint in said cause on or before 30 days after the last publication date, judgment by default will be entered against you.

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20 First Plaza NW, AUTHORITY Suite 602 Categorical Exclusion Project Costs: The City is requestAlbuquerque, NM Determination ing $173,000 from the DWRLF for 87102 Statement of Finding maintenance and improvement of Telephone: (505) 848water treatment facilities in Las Ve9500 Date: January 24, 2014 gas.

Fax: (505) 848-9516 Attorney for Plaintiff City of Las Vegas Water Treatment Categorical Exclusion DetermiNM13-03345_FC01 Plant Facilities Maintenance Project nation: Categorical Exclusions are Las Vegas, San Miguel County, identified categories of actions that Legal #96334 New Mexico do not individually, cumulatively over Published in The SanProject Number: 3046-DW time, or in conjunction with other ta Fe New Mexican on federal, state, local, or private acJanuary 23, 30 and The New Mexico Finance Authority tions, have a significant effect on the February 6, 2014. quality of the human environment.

(NMFA) has conducted a review of For a project to be eligible for Catethe proposed City of Las Vegas (City) STATE OF gorical Exclusion under the DWRLF, Water Treatment Plant Facilities NEW MEXICO it must meet the criteria described in Maintenance project in accordance IN THE 40 CFR Part 6.107and 6.505. with the National Environmental PolPROBATE COURT icy Act (NEPA) and the New Mexico COLFAX COUNTY NMFA has performed a review of State Environmental Review Process the application materials and has (SERP) for the State Drinking Water IN THE MATTER OF determined that the proposed acRevolving Loan Fund (DWRLF). The THE ESTATE OF tion fits within the category of acprocedure is based on the impleCarter Beck Carlan, tions described by the CE and that menting regulations for NEPA (40 DECEASED no extraordinary circumstances are Code of Federal Regulations [CFR] involved. The proposed action fits Parts 6, 25, 35, and 1500) as folNo. 2013-5275 within a category of actions which lowed by the Environmental ProtecNOTICE TO are related to existing drinking water tion Agency, USDA Rural Utility SerCREDITORS infrastructure systems that involve vice Bulletin 1794A-602 and State minor upgrading. regulations 20.7.7 NMAC. ParameNOTICE IS HEREBY trix has determined that this project GIVE that the underSpecifically, the proposed action inis eligible for a Categorical Exclusigned has been apcludes repairing the walls and roof of sion (CE). Accordingly, the project is pointed personal repthe filter building, increasing the efexempted from further substantive resentative of this esficiency of sludge removal from the environmental review requirements tate. All persons havsludge lagoon, and adding a sunroof under 40 CFR Part 6.107(d)(1) and ing claims against over the liquid alum tank.

6.505(b)(1). this estate. All persons having claims Approval: The conclusions preFollowing is a description of the against this estate sented here are based on the findproposed action and a statement of are required to present their claims withings of an independent review of the how the action meets the criteria for in two (2) months afapplication materials, including a a CE. ter the date of the CE checklist and supporting docufirst publication of mentation for the proposed action.

Project Description and Backthis notice, or the Based on the independent review, ground: The City has applied for a claims will be forever the proposed action qualifies as a Drinking Water Loan for the maintebarred. Claims must CE and no extraordinary circumnance and improvement of the water be presented either stances exist that would prevent treatment plant facilities. The followto the undersigned the issuance of this CE Determinaing tasks are included in the applicapersonal representation. Therefore, this documentation tion: stabilizing the foundation and tive at the addres listwill serve as a record stating that the repairing cracked masonry walls in ed below, or filed proposed action may be categoricalthe filter building; replacing the leakwith the Probate ly excluded from the environmental ing roof on the filter building; improvCourt of Colfax County, New Mexico, locatreview process because the action ing sludge withdrawal from the west ed at the following fits within an eligible category. sludge lagoon; and adding a sunroof address: PO Box 1498, over the outdoor liquid alum tank.

Raton, NM 87740.

The responsible official shall revoke Dated: December 3, a categorical exclusion and shall reDue to inadequate roof runoff drain2013 quire a full environmental review if, age, soil under the north and west Graciano Sena, Jr. subsequent to the granting of an exwall foundations of the filter building 320 Beery clusion, the responsible official dehas become saturated and the founRaton, NM 87740 termines that (1) the proposed action dation on the north side of the build575-445-3718 no longer meets the requirements ing has settled, creating ½-inch wide Legal #96326 for a categorical exclusion due to diagonal cracks in the building maPublished in The Sanchanges in the proposed action; or sonry wall at the junction of the north ta Fe New Mexican on (2) determines from new evidence and west foundations. The soil under January 23, 30 2014 that serious local or environmental the foundation would be stabilized, issues exist; or (3) that federal, state, and the wall cracks would be sealed The New Mexico local, or tribal laws are being or may with cementitious grout. Two incorHealth Insurance Exbe violated. rectly placed downspout splash change (NMHIX) is The documentation to support this blocks would also be replaced with soliciting responses decision will be on file at the NMFA, concrete channels. from qualified offerors that are able and is available for public review to provide Independupon request. Comments concernThe roof of the filter building leaks ent Verification and ing this decision may be addressed and would be replaced in order to Validation (IV&V) to: New Mexico Finance Authority, protect the four 14x16 foot rapid services during the Attn: Ryan Helton, Sr. Program Adrate gravity mixed media filters. The Design, Development ministrator, 207 Shelby Street, Santa new roof would consist of single-ply and Implementation Fe, New Mexico, 87501. thermoplastic-polyolefin (TPO) and (DDI) of the NMHIX would be completely adhered to the system. The ContracThis documentation does not exbuilding. tor should be able to empt the applicant from applicable assess whether local, state, or federal permitting reThe west sludge lagoon receives NMHIX and its partquirements that may result from the backwash water from the treatment ners are on track to proposed action. plant water filter beds and a clarifier implement the requibasin. The single drain pipe in the site technology for the NMHIX in time for Approved: southeast corner of the lagoon does enrolling consumers not create enough suction to pick up into qualified health Robert Coalter all of the sludge that accumulates plans (QHPs) by OcChief Executive Officer on the concrete apron side slopes tober 1 2014, as well New Mexico Finance Authority of the sludge lagoon. Sludge settles as meeting all the out and clings to the apron before it other specified reCopies Available: The Documents can reach the drain pipe. The mainquirements for Exthat support this Categorical Exclutenance project would remedy this changes under the sion are available for public review at situation by cutting trenches in the Affordable Care Act. the following locations: lagoon floor to extend the iron drain More information can pipe to the remaining three corners be found at: 1. New Mexico Finance Authority, http://www.nmhix.co of the floor. This would increase the m / v e n d o r Attn: Ryan Helton, Sr. Program Adefficiency of silt withdrawal from the e m p l o y m e n t ministrator, 207 Shelby Street, Santa lagoon. pportunities/vendorFe, New Mexico, 87501. opportunities/.

2. City of Las Vegas, Attn: Kenneth An 18-foot square pitched metal roof Garcia, Utilities Director, 905 12th would be installed over the existing Legal#96255 St., Las Vegas, NM 87701 liquid alum tank located adjacent to Legal#96384 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on January 30, 2014 Continued...

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