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Elements muddle effort to size fires Infrared maps show Jaroso Fire has charred 4,000 acres; flames remain unprecedented By Susan Montoya Bryan
The Associated Press
A bronze statue created by Pojoaque Pueblo Gov. George Rivera of Medal of Honor recipient Army Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry is transported south on U.S. 84/285 to City Hall on Thursday. PHOTOS BY CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN
Statue made to honor Leroy Petry moves to new home downtown, awaits unveiling By Julie Ann Grimm
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orkers on Thursday installed a statue of a local Medal of Honor recipient in front of City Hall on Marcy Street. The bronze depiction of Army Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry will remain shrouded until an unveiling ceremony planned for 10 a.m. June 24. That day, Petry is planning to parachute from an airplane onto Magers Field at Fort Marcy park, then make his way to City Hall for the event. He’s applied for a city permit for the paratrooping, but city spokeswoman Jodi McGinnis Porter said Thursday that the application remains under review. Pojoaque Pueblo Gov. George Rivera offered to do the sculpture after learning in 2011 that Petry would receive the national honor for heroism. Petry, a graduate of the Santa Fe Indian School, lost his right
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hand when he defended fellow U.S. Army Rangers by palming a grenade in Afghanistan in 2008. He’s become somewhat of a local celebrity and has appeared on the late-night talk shows and alongside high-ranking government officials. He also has a tender side, taking time to visit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Fe last Christmas and allowing kids to pass around his prosthetic hand. The 8-foot-tall sculpture features Petry with an outstretched hand and is meant to be interactive, Rivera said. The robotic hand won’t be made of bronze like the rest of the piece. It was cast in stainless steel at a foundry in Loveland, Colo. Pojoaque Pueblo paid for the more than 700 pounds of clay required for
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Workers cover the bronze likeness of Petry outside City Hall on Thursday. The official unveiling ceremony for the statue, which will be installed on the Marcy Street side of City Hall, will be June 24.
the final version of the sculpture, along with the cost of casting it in bronze at the Shidoni Foundry in Tesuque. Rivera donated his time with help
from Arizona-born artist Ryan Benally. The city of Santa Fe built the base for the statue, and a walkway leading from the sidewalk on Marcy Street.
Glorieta center sells for $1 to Texas Christian group Facilities will be used for conferences, camps By Tom Sharpe
The New Mexican
The LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center has been sold for $1 to a group of Texas businessmen who run a Christian summer camp in the
Texas Hill Country. The 2,400-acre conference center about 15 miles southeast of Santa Fe, which has room for 2,000 overnight guests, was founded as the Glorieta Baptist Assembly in 1952. In recent years, the owner, LifeWay Christian Resources of Nashville, Tenn., has cut back conference center activities, laid off staff and looked for a buyer. Last year, LifeWay offered the
property to the Baptist Convention of New Mexico for $1, but the group turned down the offer, saying it couldn’t afford the considerable maintenance needed on its buildings. Olivet University of San Francisco considered buying the property, but LifeWay rejected the school, due to theological differences. The magazine Christianity Today later reported the differences hinged on Olivet
founder David Jang’s connection with the cult-like Unification Church. On Thursday, LifeWay announced its trustees had approved the sale to a nonprofit called Glorieta 2.0, made up of “Christian businessmen,” “camping professionals” and “strong evangelicals” who run a Christian camp called Camp Eagle near Rocksprings, Texas,
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Heat pull even in Game 4 of NBA Finals
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LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh help Miami tie the series with a win over San Antonio, setting up a a best-of-three matchup. SPORTS, B-1
From Dad’s playful, fearless spirit to his reliable advice, Generation Next writers share what they love about their fathers.
Thomas L. Rising, 66, Santa Fe, June 4
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ALBUQUERQUE — Smoke, intense heat and rugged terrain were making it difficult Thursday for fire managers in Northern New Mexico to size up a blaze that was racing across thousands of acres of dead and downed trees deep in the Pecos Wilderness. Officials had estimated that the Jaroso Fire had ballooned to 12 square miles on Wednesday. However, infrared mapping done overnight put the burned area at nearly 6 square miles, or nearly 4,000 acres. Even though the lightning-sparked fire has charred fewer square miles, officials on Thursday described the behavior of the flames as unprecedented. Years of buildup within the forests have combined with dangerously dry conditions to make for extreme fire danger across New Mexico and many parts of the West. “We’ve had several years of drought conditions, and we’re seeing overcrowded forests. The conditions are the same here as they are in other
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Obituaries Vicenta Josefa Ortiz Martinez, 102, Santa Fe, June 11
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Pueblos, landowners file claims over fire By Staci Matlock The New Mexican
Two pueblos and four individuals filed federal claims Thursday against the U.S. Forest Service for alleged damages due to the 2011 Las Conchas Fire and subsequent flooding. The claims all allege losses due to burned timber, erosion and flood damage, and habitat loss caused by the fire. The pueblos of Jemez and Cochiti place the value of damages at $15 million. The Cochiti Community Development Corp., the pueblo’s private enterprise arm, also claims $15 million in damages. The four individuals who filed claims and BJD Real Estate jointly own the 200-acre ranch near where a downed power line started the Las Conchas Fire, which ultimately burned 156,000 acres and destroyed 63 houses. Gary Swearingen, Valerie Swearingen, Janice Cox Anderson and Elizabeth Ora Cox are joint owners of the ranch. They are each claiming $8 million in damages. The claims say on June 26, 2011, a 60-foot-tall “visibly diseased and dying aspen tree” on private property fell onto a power line. The electrical line, in an easement through the Santa Fe National Forest, ignited the Las Conchas Fire. The Swearingens said in earlier reports that the tree was on private property adjacent to their ranch. The claimants say the Santa Fe National Forest is at fault for only
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