Santa Fe New Mexican, May 15, 2014

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Fuego defeat Blizzard in season opener at Fort Marcy Ballpark Sports, B-1

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Mine disaster toll swells

Men allege priest abuse

Teacher recognized

Amid wails of grief and anger, rescue workers in Turkey retrieve 274 bodies as hope fades for 150 trapped underground. PAge A-3

In separate suits against the archdiocese, two say they were sexually abused in the 1960s and ’80s. LOCAL NeWS, A-6

Partners in Education names Robert Stark one of six Teachers Who Inspire. LOCAL NeWS, A-6

3 ELECTIONS 2014

Two challenge District 1 commissioner Dems face no GOP candidate; winner will get seat

By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican

Santa Fe County Commission District 1 race

The contest for the District 1 seat on the Santa Fe County Commission pits incumbent Daniel “Danny” Mayfield against two challengers. The other Democrats on the June 3 primary ballot are Henry P. Roybal, who works for Los Alamos National

Laboratory and has extensive involvement with Pojoaque Valley athletic programs, and Kenneth T. Borrego, a general contractor who owns a small automobile dealership in Española. No Republican is running for the position, which means the outcome of

State can’t slash funds for special education, judge says

the primary election will determine who holds the seat on the county’s fivemember governing body for the next four years. District 3 incumbent Robert Anaya of Stanley is running unopposed for a second term.

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WITH FINAL PIECE IN PLACE, RESERVOIR WILL BE REFILLED

By Robert Nott The New Mexican

The state Public Education Department has lost another round in its effort to avoid a loss of $34 million in special-education money from the federal government. The issue involves at least two violations of federal requirements that prohibit states from reducing the amount they spend on programs that receive federal dollars. The federal government can withhold future funding for programs like special education if it determines a state has violated its mandates. In a move that some critics consider an end run, the New Mexico department asked the U.S. Department of Education to give it flexibility, allowing it to reduce its base level of required financial support for special education. But in a May 8 letter to the state Public Education Department, Office of Hearing and Appeals Judge Richard O’Hair said he is “unpersuaded” by the state’s argument that it has the right to reduce its own expenditures for special education programs. Federal money helps pay for counseling, aides, diagnostics, and speech

Sunny and warmer. High 71, low 41.

ABOVE: From left, Efrain Medrano, James Keller, Paul Velasquez and Bob Cook wait for a new plug to be lowered into the drain below the new water intake structure at Nichols Reservoir on Wednesday. After emptying the 122 million-gallon reservoir to build the intake structure, crews will start refilling it slowly to make sure all the valves are working properly. With the plug in place, the reservoir could be filled to capacity in 24 days. RIGHT: Robert Wood, with the city’s Water Conservation Department, checks out the interior of the new water intake structure at Nichols Reservoir on Wednesday. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Obituaries Susie Romero Gurule, 74, Truchas, May 11 Jeannette A. Larragoite, 67, Santa Fe, May 12 PAge A-10

Index

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NIH tells researchers they must end gender bias in early studies By Roni Caryn Rabin

The New York Times

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Email to fellow Dems blasted House hopefuls By Steve Terrell

The New Mexican

Rep. Miguel Garcia, D-Albuquerque, on Wednesday apologized to two legislative candidates he had disparaged earlier this week in an email to some legislative colleagues. Garcia’s email to other state Democratic leaders about legislative primary races in Valencia County said, “A minority of unsuspecting Democratic Miguel Garcia leaders are supporting the Democratic Anglo newcomer opponents in [Andrew Barreras’] and [Frank Otero’s] primary races. Anglo Democrats with egos as big as Texas, mouths as big as the Grand Canyon, and much ‘green’ [moolah] from the east and the west coast.” Garcia’s email, first reported by KRQE TV on Tuesday, also said, “Treachery in our ranks undermine Barreras & Otero.” One of those races — in House District 7, currently represented by freshman Rep. Kelly Fajardo, R-Los Lunas — is a swing district that Democrats hope to pick up in the general election. Both Democrats and Republicans have said it’s one of the 10 races that could determine the control of the New Mexico Legislature.

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Today

State rep apologizes for ‘Anglo newcomer’ remarks

Amid growing evidence that many drugs are not as effective in women as in men, the U.S. National Institutes of Health on Wednesday warned scientists that they must take steps to alter long-standing basic research methods. The NIH has already taken

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researchers to task for their failure to include adequate numbers of women in clinical trials. The new announcement is an acknowledgment that gender disparity begins much earlier in the research process. Even in the most preliminary stages of investigation, many scientists for decades have tested their theories only in male lab rats or only in male tissues and cells. Now

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the NIH wants scientists that it funds to include female lab animals and female cell lines. “Most scientists want to do the most powerful experiment to get the most durable, powerful answers,” said Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the NIH. “For most, this has not been on the radar screen as an important issue.

COMINg FRIDAY

Dog days Rin Tin Tin, the venerable German shepherd who saved many a damsel, child and hero in distress on screen, is coming to Santa Fe this weekend — sort of. Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend, will host screenings of the 1925 silent Rin Tin Tin film Clash of the Wolves at the Jean Cocteau Cinema on Saturday. There’s even a Rin Tin Tin lookalike contest. Read about it in Friday’s Pasatiempo.

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NMSA Jazz ensemble Directed by Bert Dalton and John Trentacosta, 6 p.m., New Mexico School for the Arts, 275 E. Alameda St., no charge.

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