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The grand jury also reviewed text messages that Villalpando had sent a day earlier to friends, indicating he wanted to commit suicide, Pacheco said.

“It’s hard for us to know what his true intention was,” Pacheco said. “We have some text messages between he and some friends where he basically said he didn’t want to live.”

One text said he wanted to die “if I can’t marry her,” referring to a possible girlfriend, Pacheco said.

He sent another text to a friend June 5, saying, “something big was going to happen, watch for me on the news.”

ALBUQUERQUE — Executives for a behavioral health company that reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the state last year over allegations of Medicaid fraud told lawmakers Wednesday that Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration exerted extreme pressure on the company to settle, even though the company believed it was innocent.

The company, Presbyterian Medical Services, was one of 15 behavioral health providers the state Human Services Department accused last year of overbilling Medicaid by $36 million as part of a shake-up that rocked the state’s mental health system.

Presbyterian spent $4 million to settle the case and remained in business. One other company also settled, but the rest were replaced by companies that the Martinez administration brought in from Arizona.

Presbyterian officials told the New Mexico Legislature’s Behavioral Health Subcommittee on Wednesday that heavy-handed tactics by the state Human Services Department backed the company against a wall, leaving it little choice but to pay millions of dollars that the company says it didn’t owe, or face being shut down.

The company reviewed and disputed an audit that found millions of dollars in overbilling of Medicaid for treatment of indigent patients with mental health and substance abuse problems. The contract auditor, Public Consulting Group, agreed to reconsider its findings, but the New Mexico Human Services Department blocked the auditors from considering Presbyterian’s explanations, according to Don Daniel, the company’s general counsel.

As a result, Presbyterian faced limited options: Pay the state $4 million in restitution to keep its doors open,

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District Attorney Angela ‘Spence’ Pacheco displays photos Wednesday of the toy gun Victor Villalpando was holding when he was shot by police. Pacheco also released for the first time video footage of the incident, above, and other new evidence.

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our months after Española police shot and killed a 16-year-old El Rito boy, who officers said had pointed a gun at them that later turned out to be a toy, a grand jury has found the shooting was legally justified.

District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco announced the findings at news conference Wednesday afternoon. For the first time, she also released surveillance video of the June 8 encounter between police and the teenager, Victor Villalpando, along with photographs of the toy cap gun

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Villalpando pulled from his rear waistband as police officers went to pat him down.

The footage shows Villalpando turn around with his arms up as three officers approach him.

Then, suddenly, he bolts away and reaches for the toy gun tucked in his rear waistband. As he pulls the gun forward, the video shows, one of the officers, Jerry Apodaca, fires a single, fatal shot into the teen’s chest.

While Villalpando was lying on the ground, he kept saying, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I can’t breathe. I’m sorry,” Pacheco said, quoting the officers’ testimony to the grand jury.

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ALBUQUERQUE — After more than half a century of intrigue and mystery, the U.S. Department of Energy has declassified documents related to a Cold War hearing for the man who directed the Manhattan Project and was later accused of having communist sympathies.

The department last week released transcripts of the 1950s hearings on the security clearance of J. Robert Oppenheimer, providing more insight into the previously secret world that surrounded development of the atomic bomb and the anti-communist hysteria that gripped the nation amid the growing power of the Soviet Union.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer at Princeton University on Dec. 15, 1957.

The Department of Energy has declassified documents related to the hearing on Oppenheimer, who directed the Manhattan Project. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

Oppenheimer led the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos National Laboratory, which developed the

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Gov. makes appearance at hearing, asks judge for maximum sentence

ALBUQUERQUE — With little trace of emotion, former Republican political operative Jamie Estrada apologized to Gov. Susana Martinez on Wednesday shortly before a federal judge sentenced him to nine months in prison for illegally intercepting emails sent to Martinez’s campaign account and lying about it to the FBI. U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson sentenced Estrada at the close of a threehour hearing in which the governor herself testified, asking the judge to give her former campaign manager the maximum sentence allowed. Estrada’s wife and other family members in the courtroom wept.

“I accept full responsibility and the consequences for my actions,” Estrada told the judge. “I have [pleaded] guilty to intercepting electronic communications and being dishonest about it. I stand here today to publicly state that my indulgent behavior and a lack of self-control … were the root causes for my involvement in this. I invaded the privacy of the parties to the emails, and I am remorseful.

“I do deeply apologize to Gov. Martinez and all of the other people whose private emails I intercepted,” he said. “I ask for their forgiveness.”

But, Estrada said during his statement, it was his inability to forgive that led to him to intercept Martinez’s emails and provide them to her political opponents.

He was upset with Martinez because she wouldn’t hire him at the outset of her administration in 2011. He said that for the

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DALLAS — For Louise Troh, word of the death of her fiancé, Thomas Eric Duncan, unfolded Wednesday as everything else has since he was found to have Ebola — at a distance.

Dallas County’s chief executive, Clay Jenkins, and the Rev. George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church drove to the home where Troh, 54, has been under quarantine with her 13-year-old son and two other

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young men, all of whom had been living with Duncan during the time he first began to show symptoms of the Ebola virus. They have been under orders by state health officials not to leave the premises until the 21-day incubation period of the virus has passed.

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NATION&WORLD In brief AT&T to pay for bogus charges WASHINGTON — AT&T wireless customers may want to take a closer look at their old phone bills because they may have money coming back to them.

The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that AT&T Mobility LLC, a subsidiary of the telecom giant, has agreed to a hefty $105 million settlement after the government accused the company of unlawfully billing customers for hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus charges — a practice known as cramming.

The multi-agency settlement includes $80 million that will be paid to the FTC for consumer refunds.

The FTC says AT&T kept at least 35 percent of the unauthorized charges it imposed on customers.

CBO: Deficit falls to $486 billion WASHINGTON — The federal government’s budget deficit has fallen to $486 billion, the smallest pool of red ink of President Barack Obama’s six-year span in office, a new report said Wednesday.

The Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimate shows better results than earlier projections by both CBO and the White House budget office.

It comes as Congress has mostly paused in its wrangling over the deficit in the run-up to the midterm elections next month.

Obama inherited a trilliondollar-plus deficit after the 2008 financial crisis but that red-ink figure has improved in recent years as the economy has recovered. Last year’s deficit registered at $680 billion.

Teen incorrectly ID’d as burglar FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Police mistook a black teenager for a burglar and peppersprayed him inside the home of his white foster parents.

It was Monday afternoon when 18-year-old DeShawn Currie came home from school and went up to his room. Unknown to him, a neighbor thought they saw something amiss. Police were called. A possible burglary in progress.

The three officers dispatched to investigate found the side door ajar and walked in, guns drawn.

Barefoot and dressed in a tank-top and shorts, Currie came downstairs and met them in the dining room.

The foster child tried to

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Eric Krex, 6, reacts as he is held by his mother, Margaret, while a nurse gives him a FluMist influenza vaccination Saturday in St. Leonard, Md. According to a study released Wednesday, members of the military who squirted vaccine up their noses were as well-protected as others who got it from health care workers. CHRIS GARDNER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — This year’s Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be one of the weakest in decades with only five named storms in the region so far this year.

That is the fewest named storms since the full Atlantic season of 1983, when there were four. The 1994 season also had only five named storms into October.

A typical June-November hurricane season has 12 named storms, nine of them hurricanes and three of those major.

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o-it-yourself flu vaccine? It could happen. Military folks who squirted vaccine up their noses were as well-protected as others who got it from health workers, a study found.

There’s no reason civilians couldn’t do the same, especially for children who might be less scared if vaccine was given by mom or dad, the study leader said.

“A parent could easily administer it.

You can’t go wrong,” and having a DIY option might improve vaccination rates, said Eugene Millar of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Rockville, Md. So far, only health professionals are allowed to give MedImmune’s FluMist, the only flu vaccine sold as a nasal spray.

The government says it’s the preferred method for healthy kids ages 2 to 8 if it’s available; it’s approved for ages 2 through 49.

In an epidemic or rapid deployment, there might not be enough health workers to give vaccine quickly enough to protect troops in crowded barracks, so Millar’s study tested DIY as a practical solution.

During the last two flu seasons, more than 1,000 service members and their families at military hospitals in San Diego and San Antonio either got FluMist from health workers or gave it to

At least 29 die in attacks in Yemen SANAA, Yemen — Suspected al-Qaida militants carried out simultaneous attacks Wednesday on a half-dozen Yemeni security and government offices in a province south of the capital Sanaa, setting off clashes that left at least 29 people dead, security officials said.

In a statement, the Interior Ministry said 14 troops and 15 assailants died in the attacks and ensuing clashes in central Baida province. Other security officials told The Associated Press that at least three civilians also were killed.

The ministry said the gunmen assaulted the province’s security headquarters. Troops fired back and thwarted the assailants’ attempt to take over the offices, it said.

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The vaccine comes in pre-filled syringes with a stopper that automatically divides the dose in half, for each nostril.

“It’s easy,” and participants preferred the DIY method, Millar said.

That doesn’t mean it’s ready for broader use, said Dr. Jonathan Temte, a University of Wisconsin family medicine specialist who heads a panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy.

“It’s a very interesting concept and I can definitely see some benefits” for overcoming vaccine hesitation, Temte said. “Before anyone could endorse this in children, one would have to have an appropriately designed study that shows equal efficacy, equal safety, and then the acceptability.”

There are other good reasons to keep health workers involved where kids are concerned, he said. A yearly flu vaccination is recommended for nearly everyone over 6 months old, but children 6 months to 8 years of age getting their very first flu vaccine need two doses at least four weeks apart. Health workers also need to ensure the vaccine gets in, and that parents would not squirt it into a nose full of discharge, he said.

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STOCKHOLM — Two Americans and a German scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for finding ways to make microscopes more powerful than previously thought possible, allowing scientists to see how diseases develop inside the tiniest cells.

Eric Working indeBetzig pendently of each other, U.S. researchers Eric Betzig and William Moerner and Stefan Hell of Germany shattered previous limits on the resolution of optical microscopes by using glowing molecules to peer William inside tiny compoMoerner nents of life.

Their breakthroughs, starting in the 1990s, have enabled scientists to study diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s at a molecular level, the Royal Swedish Stefan Hell Academy of Sciences said.

“Due to their achievements the optical microscope can now peer into the nanoworld,” the academy said, giving the $1.1 million award jointly to the three scientists for “the development of superresolved fluorescence microscopy.”

Betzig, 54, works at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Ashburn, Va. Hell, 51, is director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany, and also works at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg.

Moerner, 61, is a professor at Stanford University in California.

For a long time optical microscopes were limited by, among other things, the wavelength of light. So scientists believed they could never yield a resolution better than 0.2 micrometers.

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The advance took optical microscopy into a new dimension that made it possible to study the interplay between molecules inside cells, including the aggregation of diseaserelated proteins, the academy said.

The prizes are always handed out in ceremonies on Dec. 10, the date that prize founder Alfred Nobel died in 1896.

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Investigators found a journal left by ambush suspect Eric Frein that describes how he opened fire on two state troopers outside a rural police barracks — watching one of his victims fall “still and quiet” — and then made his escape, authorities said Wednesday.

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They told him to shut up.

One of the officers noted the faces of three small white children in the family photos on the mantel. Currie is black.

And officers raked his face with pepper spray.

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U.S., allies irked at Turkey’s inaction up a no-fly zone and a humanitarian corridor, as well as ramp up assistance to Syrian rebels battling to overthrow Assad.

On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, as well as President Barack Obama’s two envoys to the antiBy Desmond Butler Islamic State coalition, retired Gen. John The Associated Press Allen and Ambassador Brett McGurk, arrive for talks with Turkish President ISTANBUL — As U.S. generals and Recep Tayyip Erdogan to push for greater Secretary of State John Kerry warn that a Turkish action. strategic Syrian border town could fall to Adding to the pressure on Ankara, Kurds Islamic State militants, the Turkish military in Kobani and in Turkey accuse the Turkhas deployed its tanks on its side of the ish government of standing idly by while frontier but only watched the slaughter. their people are being slaughtered and Turkey’s inaction despite its supposed even impeding their own efforts to save participation in a coalition forged to crush Kobani. The anger boiled into violence the extremist group is frustrating WashTuesday, amid widespread protests that ington and its NATO allies, and reviving a threatened to derail promising talks to end rebellion by Turkish Kurds. three decades of insurgency by the PKK Amid fears the Kurdish town of Kobani militant group. Nineteen people were killed could fall any day, U.S. and NATO officials as Kurdish activists clashed with police and Militants with the Islamic State group are traveling to Turkey on Thursday to Wednesday hold positions in Kobani, members of an Islamist group in Kurdish press negotiations for more robust Turkish Syria, during intensified fighting with areas across the country. The jailed PKK involvement in the coalition.

Syrian Kurds. The town on the Turkish leader Abdullah Ocalan has warned that the But Turkey is taking a hard line, insisting border has been under attack since Sep- peace process will end if Kobani falls. tember. LEFTERIS PITARAKIS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS that it will only consider involvement in While two days of U.S.-led airstrikes military action as part of a broader stratseem to be slowing the advance of thouegy for ending the rule of Syrian President indigenous ground forces. sands of Islamic State fighters armed with Bashar Assad. The U.S. and its allies want to Turkey is ambivalent about the fight heavy weapons, Kurdish officials warn they keep the focus on the Islamic State group, across its border, because of its distrust have failed to turn the tide. which they say poses a more global threat. of the Kurdish fighters protecting Kobani, Around noon Wednesday, warplanes Emphasizing the U.S. position, Kerry also known as Ayn Arab. It views them as believed to be from the U.S.-led coalisaid Wednesday that although the Obama an extension of the Kurdish PKK, the rebel tion bombed Islamic State positions near administration is “deeply concerned about group that has waged a long and bloody Kobani. One airstrike, visible from the borthe people of Kobani,” preventing the insurgency against Ankara. In recent days, der, struck a hill and an open space near the town’s fall to Islamic State militants was not Turkish officials have emphasized that they town. The Syrian Observatory for Human a strategic objective for the U.S. view both the Islamic State group and the Rights said Wednesday’s strikes targeted “As horrific as it is to watch in real time PKK as terrorist groups.

Islamic State fighters east of Kobani. what’s happening in Kobani, it’s also imporLeft unsaid is which group they view The U.S. Central Command said in tant to remember, you have to step back as the greater threat. But, Turkey’s strict a statement that coalition forces had and understand the strategic objective,” neutrality as the lightly-armed Kurds face launched airstrikes on six locations around Kerry told a news conference in Washingannihilation speaks volumes.

Kobani since Tuesday. Kirby, the Pentagon ton.

While Turkey maintains it does not want spokesman, said there were mixed reports Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon Kobani to fall, Turkish officials say they will about how many Islamic State militants press secretary, also conceded Kobani could not enter combat until they are assured that pulled back from the town under pressure fall because “air power alone is not going to the U.S.-led coalition has a long-term strat- from the air. be enough to save that city.” egy in Syria. They see Assad as a greater Since Monday the strikes have killed “We all need to prepare ourselves for the nemesis on their border than even the 45 Islamic State fighters in and around reality that other towns and villages — and Islamic State. Taking out the militants with- Kobani, targeting 20 separate locations and perhaps Kobani — will be taken by ISIL,” out a plan to fill the inevitable vacuum, they destroying at least five of their vehicles, Kirby said, adding that the key to eventually say, will lead to further chaos that will only said the Britain-based Observatory, which defeating the militants is to train and enable strengthen Assad. They want the U.S. to set relies on a network of activists inside Syria.

Pentagon says airpower alone won’t save Syrian border town of Kobani

ISIS shoots down Iraqi military chopper; 2 die By early afternoon, rescue teams had still not been able to reach the crash site to recover the bodies, officials said.

On Friday, also using a shoulder-fired missile, militants shot

By Kirk Semple down another Iraqi military and Omar al-Jawoshy helicopter near Beiji, killing the The New York Times pilot and co-pilot.

That aircraft, a Russian-made BAGHDAD — Insurgents from the Islamic State miliMi-35 attack helicopter, crashed tant group shot down an Iraqi in Islamic State-controlled terrimilitary helicopter Wednestory on its return from a bombday near the refinery town ing mission, preventing the of Beiji, killing two onboard, authorities from recovering the Iraqi military officials said. victims’ bodies, said Moyid alIt was the second time in Sa’adi, a cousin of the pilot, less than a week that the mili- Lt. Col. Marwan Majid tants had shot down an Iraqi al-Sa’adi, 28. military helicopter, raising the “He was always flying close to stakes for the Iraqi military the ground, and we were very and the U.S.-led coalition concerned about him flying at fighting the group, which this altitude,” Moyid al-Sa’adi have dominated the sky dursaid in an interview Wednesday. ing a campaign of airstrikes.

The U.S. military command “But he said, ‘There are specific targets, and I need to be at such began deploying attack helian altitude to target them.’” copters in recent days in its Marwan Majid al-Sa’adi missions against the Islamic State, also called ISIS, putting had promised his mother that its pilots at greater risk from he would resign from the miliground fire. tary, but only after the Islamic Islamic State fighters State had been defeated. apparently used a shoulder“I have to complete my misfired missile on Wednesday sion,” he would say, according morning to bring down the to his cousin. helicopter, which was on a On Sunday, the U.S. military surveillance mission northcommand started using Apache east of Beiji, a town about helicopters to conduct airstrikes 120 miles north of Baghdad in Anbar province. and the site of the country’s The Islamic State has been largest oil refinery, officials entrenched there since the said. beginning of the year and has The Associated Press reported that the aircraft was been in near-constant clashes with Iraqi security forces as the a Bell 407, which are primargroup seeks to gain control of ily used for surveillance.

The pilot and co-pilot were strategic transportation corridors connecting the Syrian borkilled in the attack, said the der with Baghdad, and northern officials, who spoke on the Iraq with the south. condition of anonymity.

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CHILPANCINGO, Mexico — Tens of thousands of teachers, activists and residents marched and blocked a major highway in the Guerrero state capital Wednesday to protest the disappearance of 43 students at a teachers college and demand that authorities find them.

The protesters shut down the highway that links Mexico City with Acapulco, marching behind a banner asking “Who governs Guerrero?” — a reference to the fact that local police working with organized crime have been implicated in the disappearances in the city of Iguala.

“Whose hands are we in?” said Rosa Ruth Rodriguez Mendiola, a housewife from the city of Atoyac who joined in the march in Chilpancingo.

Investigators still had no word on whether the 28 bodies found in a mass grave over the weekend included any of the missing students, who disappeared after two attacks allegedly involving Iguala police in which six people were killed and at least 25 wounded.

The students from the radical rural teachers college had gone to Iguala to solicit donations from passers-by.

They were meeting up to return home about the same time the mayor’s wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, was finishing a speech to local dignitaries downtown.

Javier Monroy, an activist in Chilpancingo for the families of the disappeared, suggested the attack could have been caused by the local gang, Guerreros Unidos, which thought the students were going to disrupt the speech by Pineda, whose relatives have drug gang ties, according to prosecutors.

Federal Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam has declined to speculate on any link between the speech and the violence. “I am not going to single out any hypothesis until I have confirmed which is the correct one,” he said late Tuesday.

Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca is a fugitive, and state

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People protest Wednesday in Chilpancingo, Mexico, about the disappearance of 43 students from the Isidro Burgos rural teachers college and demand authorities find them.

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officials have arrested 22 city police officers, who have been replaced temporarily by a special federal police unit.

The whereabouts of the mayor’s wife are unknown.

In a Sept. 29 interview with Milenio Television, Abarca said he received reports from police that the students had been attacking and robbing people who had come to the speech.

Prosecutors had identified Pineda’s late brother, Alberto Pineda, as a main lieutenant in the Beltran Leyva cartel.

He and another brother,

Marco Pineda, both were on former President Felipe Calderón’s most-wanted list and were killed in 2009.

Another brother, Salomon Pineda, was released from prison last year and is believed to be the Iguala chief for Guerreros Unidos, an offshoot of the Beltran Leyva group.

The chief prosecutor for Guerrero state, Inaky Blanco, said suspects have testified that as many as 30 members of the Iguala police force were members of the Guerreros Unidos gang.

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Shake-up: Settlement wasn’t forced, state says Continued from Page A-1 accept a takeover by one of the five Arizona companies hired to replace the New Mexico providers, or walk away shamed by the specter of fraud allegations and stop providing behavioral health services — which generate nearly half the company’s 300,000 annual patient visits.

After three months of negotiations, with its funding stream frozen from late June through the start of November, Presbyterian paid the state in order to keep offering services and prevent its complete collapse.

“We had expended the vast majority of our resources at that time,” said Steven Hansen, Presbyterian’s chief executive officer. “We couldn’t have continued much longer — a few weeks, maybe a month beyond when we settled.”

Rep. Liz Thomson, D-Albuquerque, who chairs the Behavioral Health Subcommittee, bluntly summed up the Presbyterian executives’ description of the circumstances that led to their settlement with the state.

“I have visions in my head of a gun to the head: ‘Either you give us this money or we kill the patients,’ ” she said.

Human Services Department spokesman Matt Kennicott described what transpired between the department and Presbyterian in less dramatic terms.

“They did not have to agree to a settlement in paying back taxpayers for services that were overbilled,” he said. “They were informed of their options and chose to settle.”

Wednesday’s revelations by Presbyterian executives marked the first time that either of the New Mexico behavioral health providers who survived last year’s shake-up had spoken up publicly about their struggles to remain open and the ultimatums presented by the Human Services Department. Youth Development Inc. also continued providing services after reaching a settlement agreement to repay the state about $250,000.

In June 2013, the Human Services Department announced it was freezing Medicaid funding to all 15 New Mexico-based behavioral health firms. As the basis for the action, the governor’s administration cited findings in the PCG audit that accused the providers of fraud by overbilling Medicaid by millions of dollars.

Records obtained by The New Mexican showed that the state paid at least one of the replacement companies from Arizona for work it did to prepare for the takeover before the PCG audit had even begun. That discovery prompted leaders of a New Mexico provider that maintains its innocence, Easter Seals El Mirador, to conclude that the Martinez administration had made up its mind well in advance of the audit that it would yield findings of fraud and that the in-state behavioral health providers would be replaced.

The PCG audit also has come under scrutiny because the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, which is reviewing all 15 New Mexico companies for potential acts of criminal fraud, has issued reports exonerating two of them so far, although one case has been reopened. The investigation turned up questionable billing

by Easter Seals El Mirador and The Counseling Center of Alamogordo that were a fraction of the amount identified in the PCG audit, and the Attorney General’s Office found no credible evidence that either company had committed fraud.

Six or seven years could pass before the investigation is complete, according to Attorney General Gary King, who has been criticized by lawmakers and the affected behavioral health providers for the pace of the probe.

On Wednesday, Presbyterian executives told lawmakers that to date, the Attorney General’s Office has not contacted the company to ask questions or seek records that would advance the investigation.

Because of the attorney general’s

“

I have visions in my head of a gun to the head: ‘Either you give us this money or we kill the patients.’ ”

Rep. Liz Thomson, D-Albuquerque, chairwoman of Behavioral Health Subcommittee

ongoing investigation, the original PCG audits of 13 companies remain under wraps, including Presbyterian’s audit. The Human Services Department granted the company a chance to review it, but didn’t allow Presbyterian to keep a copy, according to Daniel.

But the company’s executives noted important parts of it, including PCG’s determination that there was no credible evidence of fraud and that billing discrepancies discovered in the audit likely could have been reconciled through training on proper procedures.

When Presbyterian conducted its own audit and challenged some of the overbilling identified by PCG — which calculated its estimate of the company’s excess billing by reviewing 150 cases and extrapolating them thousands of times over — the contract auditor was agreeable to considering the company’s response, but the Human Services Department wouldn’t allow it, according to Daniel.

The Human Services Department informed Presbyterian that the department, and not PCG, was the ultimate authority on whether fraud had been found.

Daniel said Presbyterian’s review resolved all but a few hundred thousand dollars in questionable receipts — about 1 percent of the more than $40 million in Medicaid billing that Presbyterian had submitted during the span of more than three years covered by the audit. He said neither PCG nor Presbyterian found evidence of safety lapses or that the company had billed Medicaid for nonexistent clients. Those mistakes had been suspected by the state’s contract managed-care overseer, OptumHealth, which triggered the audit.

When Presbyterian agreed to settle with the state to keep operating, the pact ended any chance of any monetary civil claims against the state. It also included a one-year gag order prohibiting the company from discussing the settlement. Daniel said the Human Services Department insisted on that provision, although it’s irregular.

“That is not standard operating procedure,” Daniel said, “and pretty much the whole process has not been standard from our experience and our knowledge of other states.”

Sen. Mary Kay Papen, D-Las Cruces, who serves on the Behavioral Health Subcommittee, said she is in the process of crafting legislation for consideration next year that would require the state to take the intermediate step of correcting problems such as those the audit identified with the behavioral health providers, rather than immediately terminating ties.

The Presbyterian executives said their support for legislation that would give businesses suspected of wrongdoing a chance to answer allegations before being removed had motivated them to speak up.

“How do we really have a system or a process in place that will eliminate the purgatory, if you will, between that allegation and the finality to it?” said Doug Smith, the company’s executive vice president. “If an organization is proven to be doing those kind of activities, they shouldn’t be allowed to continue. If they haven’t, they should.”

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

Follow him on Twitter @pmalonenm.

Shooting: Unclear if teen pointed gun Continued from Page A-1 Together, the video footage, gun photos and messages provide dramatic evidence — much of which had not been previously released to the public — into Villalpando’s state of mind and what police officers saw and faced that morning.

Villalpando was an aspiring dancer who had been accepted to the New Mexico School for the Arts, a state-chartered performing arts in school in Santa Fe. His death prompted Rio Arriba County officials to decry the state of mental health services in the county. Officials have since received a grant to increase crisis intervention training for teachers and police officers. They also held a health fair last month devoted to gun violence and mental health issues.

Villalpando’s family members were unhappy with the grand jury’s finding.

“We spoke with the DA this morning,” said Villalpando’s brother, Jonah Shure, 24. “I don’t know what there is to say. Grand juries are usually a farce, so we expected this.”

The June 8 silent video shows Villalpando standing in between a doughnut shop called the Lovin Oven and 420 Gear, a smoke shop from which the surveillance video was taken, talking to a 911 dispatcher on his cellphone. Officer Ritchie Trujillo approaches Villalpando, who tells the officer to “stay away, don’t get close,” according to Trujillo’s grand jury testimony, Pacheco said.

At about 9:53 a.m. that Sunday, according to the video’s time stamp, Villalpando had called 911 and reported that a suspicious person was armed with

A photograph of the knife 16-year-old Victor Villalpando was holding when he was shot June 8 in Española. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

a gun and hitting himself with a stick. In the phone call, Villalpando identified himself as “James” and described a male acting erratically near a doughnut shop called Lovin Oven at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Corlett Road.

About half a minute after Trujillo approached Villalpando, the video shows Officer Apodaca and a public safety aide, Sean Madrid, also approach the teen. The teen then turns around with his hands up in the air, but as Apodaca gets ready to pat down Villalpando, the teen bolts away and reaches for the toy gun tucked in the rear waistband of his ripped jeans. Villalpando appears to struggle to free the weapon.

But as he finally gets it loose and starts to bring it forward, Apodaca shoots him once in the chest.

Villalpando falls to the ground with his feet up in the air, the video shows.

He writhes on the ground for a few seconds and then shoves the cap gun toward the officers.

It’s unclear in the video if the teen ever pointed the gun before the officer fired.

Pacheco said that as Apodaca and Trujillo

approached the teen, Villalpando pulled out a knife tucked in the front of his belt. The knife is not visible in the video, and it is unclear from the footage whether he was pulling it out in a threatening manner. Pacheco said Trujillo snatched the knife away from the teen.

Apodaca testified that he saw a firearm behind the teen’s back, and when Villalpando pulled the toy cap gun, the officer saw the barrel of the gun and felt his body “tense up” because thought he was going to get shot, Pacheco said. The officers also testified that Villalpando looked to be a 20-year-old man, and the officers didn’t know the handgun was a toy until a forensics team tested it.

Pacheco said she met Villalpando’s adoptive parents Wednesday morning and showed them the video. The parents, Mary Shoemaker and Patty Shure, said the officer shouldn’t have shot Villalpando, Pacheco said.

“I’m a parent, and it’s very difficult to watch that,” Pacheco said. “Especially when you see your son on the ground.”

The pictures of the cap gun, released for the first

time, show how closely the toy resembled a real weapon.

“It’s a toy,” Pacheco said.

“But when you pull that on an officer, it’s not a game.”

The episode began when Villalpando called 911 and, identifying himself as “James,” told the dispatcher there was a “suspicious” person in the area who needed help. Investigators with the state police later determined the caller was Villalpando.

“I’m over here at Lovin Oven,” Villalpando is heard saying in a recording of the 911 call, “and there’s some crazy kid out here, and I don’t know what he’s doing, but it looks like he had a gun in his hands, and I don’t know if it’s real.”

He added that the man “was just screaming and like hitting himself in the head, and he said that he wanted to die. But I don’t know.”

When police arrived minutes later, they found only Villalpando on his cellphone, apparently still talking to the dispatcher.

This is the second grand jury decision Pacheco has announced in less than a week. On Oct. 3, she announced that a Santa Fe County grand jury had found another officerinvolved shooting unjustified, an apparently rare occurrence. In that case, Santa Fe police officers John DeBaca and Stephen Fonte shot at Roberto Mendez after he allegedly rammed a police car in a stolen vehicle and tried to flee the scene during an August 2013 confrontation. Mendez was wounded in the face. An independent prosecutor is reviewing that case to see if charges are warranted.

Contact Uriel J. Garcia at 986-3062 or ugarcia@ sfnewmexican.com.

Estrada: Admits political career is over Continued from Page A-1 rest of his life, he’ll have to struggle with “the consequences of not forgiving and letting go.”

Estrada, who also worked for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign in New Mexico in 2004 and later ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the state Public Regulation Commission, acknowledged his career in politics is over. “I’m not simply disliked, I’m hated,” he said. He described himself as a “pariah” in the political and business world.

“It is my hope to use my skills in other areas that better serve society,” he said. “Perhaps it’s helping to promote better health care in our state and country, increase organ donations or other things that are now close to my heart.”

Estrada’s prison sentence will be followed by three years of supervised probation. He also was fined $10,000 and will be forced to have an electronic monitor installed on his computer to prevent any illegal activity.

As for Martinez, who said she was there as a victim, not as the governor, she did not seem to be in a forgiving mood. Neither the governor nor Estrada looked at each other during the hearing. She described how Estrada “manipulated” his way to become her campaign manager by telling her that his family was friends with her husband’s family.

She said she had entrusted Estrada with her personal calendar on her computer, but he also accessed her

email. “I got the feeling he was ahead of me on every subject,” she said.

Martinez said she confronted Estrada about it, but “he lied to me” and said he hadn’t accessed her email.

Later she confronted him again, Martinez said. “On the second time, he said, ‘Well, yes, I can see your email, but I don’t have time to read it.’ ” Martinez said she then fired Estrada. Estrada has maintained for more than a year that he wasn’t fired from the campaign.

Estrada, she said, was calculating.

People who had written letters supporting Estrada “don’t know this side of him,” she said.

Martinez said that she, as well as her husband and her sister, suffered because of Estrada’s actions.

Martinez, a former prosecutor, told the judge that only by giving Estrada the maximum sentence would he “tell the next person [tempted to intercept someone else’s email] that it’s not worth it.”

Under the plea agreement between Estrada and federal prosecutors, he could have been sentenced to a year and a day of incarceration.

Estrada asked for mercy from the court because he is the main caregiver to his older brother. It was while talking about his family that Estrada showed emotion.

“I am Stephen’s most reliable caregiver,” he said. “My father, at age 81, does what he can, but his abilities are limited. … Unfortunately, he cannot provide 24/7 care for a transplant patient because he himself requires supervision. I don’t believe he could

take my place in managing roughly 20 post-transplant anti-rejection drugs that must be taken on a strict schedule as well as physically assisting an adult man after major surgery.”

Estrada has 60 days to voluntarily surrender to federal authorities. However, the judge said that time could be extended.

The intercepted emails were first revealed to the public in June 2012, when The New Mexican publicized an email that was part of the cache of emails to and from accounts at Susana2010.com. The email showed that Gov. Martinez and top aides used private email addresses to discuss government business.

The public disclosure of the emails was an embarrassment to Martinez, who had campaigned in 2010 on her commitment to government transparency. Shortly after the emails were revealed, the governor signed an executive order calling for all state workers to use their government email accounts to discuss public business.

The sentencing comes less than a month before Republican Martinez stands for re-election. She’s running against Attorney General Gary King, the Democratic nominee.

Though the email scandal initially was a headache for Martinez, her reelection campaign has tried to use the Estrada case to her advantage. She has lambasted King for releasing hundreds of the intercepted emails in response to a public records request.

Contact Steve Terrell at sterrell@ sfnewmexican.com.

Secrecy: Earlier releases had redacted info Continued from Page A-1

J. Robert Oppenheimer testifies on Oct. 17, 1945, before the Senate Military Affairs Committee in Washington. The U.S. Department of Energy has declassified documents related to the Cold War hearing on Oppenheimer. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The secretive projects involved three research and production facilities at Los Alamos and in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Hanford, Wash.

The once-celebrated physicist lost his security clearance following the four-week, closeddoor hearing. Officials also alleged that Oppenheimer’s wife and brother had both been communists and that he had contributed to communist frontorganizations.

Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists, said the release of the documents finally lifts the cloud of secrecy on the Oppenheimer case that has fascinated historians and scholars for decades.

“This was a landmark case in U.S. history and Cold War history,” Aftergood said. “It represents a high point during anti-communist anxiety and tarnished the reputation of America’s leading scientist.”

The Energy Department had

previously declassified portions of the transcripts but with redacted information.

Aftergood, who had only scanned the hundreds of pages of newly declassified material, said the documents provided more nuanced details about the development of the atomic bomb, debates over the hydrogen bomb and reflection on atomic espionage.

The documents also show how unfairly Oppenheimer was treated immediately following World War II, Aftergood said.

Most of the material would

be of more interest to scholars because of the inside debates and discussions, Aftergood said.

After the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer served as director of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study until he retired in 1966.

President Lyndon B. Johnson later tried to erase the embarrassment of Oppenheimer’s treatment by honoring him with the Atomic Energy Commission’s Enrico Fermi Award in 1963.

Oppenheimer died of throat cancer in 1967.

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Amid protests, infected nurse’s dog killed

By Raphael Minder and Pam Belluck The New York Times

MADRID, Spain — A dog named Excalibur who belonged to an Ebola-infected nurse was euthanized Wednesday, even as protesters and animal rights activists surrounded the Madrid home of the nurse and her husband. An online petition calling for the dog’s life to be spared had drawn hundreds of thousands of signatures.

The furor came amid questions about whether dogs can get and transmit the disease.

In the U.S., a spokesman for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Thomas Skinner, said Wednesday that studies had shown that dogs can have an immune response to Ebola, meaning that they can become infected. But he said there had been no reports of dogs or cats developing Ebola symptoms or passing the disease to other animals or to people.

The death of Excalibur, a 12-year-old rescue dog, was confirmed to reporters by Javier Rodríguez, an official from Madrid’s regional government.

The body is expected to be cremated.

The nurse’s husband had pleaded publicly with officials in Madrid to change their minds about euthanizing the dog. He told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that there was no indication Excalibur had been infected with Ebola. The nurse has

both English and Spanish to save Excalibur’s life.

Then, after Excalibur’s death, came tweets using the hashtag #RIPExcalibur.

Some also suggested that more attention was being focused on the dog than on Ebola’s human victims.

Nearly 4,000 people in West Africa have died during the current Ebola epidemic, and global health authorities expect to see thousands more infections there.

The Spanish nurse was the first person to become infected outside West Africa.

The only case diagnosed in the U.S. has been that of a Javier Limon, husband of Liberian man who had traveled an Ebola-infected nurse in from Liberia to Dallas and died Madrid, Spain, poses in an in a hospital there Wednesday. undated photo with the couThree infected American aid ple’s dog, Excalibur. Spanish workers were transferred from authorities had the canine Africa to American hospitals euthanized Wednesday over and treated successfully, and a concern about the chance the animal might spread the freelance cameraman for NBC disease. At least one major who became infected in Liberia study suggests dogs can is undergoing treatment at a be infected with the deadly hospital in Nebraska. virus without having sympIn a 2005 study of dogs in toms. PACMA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Gabon done after an Ebola outbreak in 2001-02, researchers been identified as María Teresa found that dogs can be infected Romero Ramos. with the virus but show no The fate of the dog ignited a symptoms. frenzy online. More than 390,000 The study, published in people signed the petition to save Emerging Infectious Diseases, his life. By comparison, about a CDC journal, tested dogs in 150,000 people have signed a two villages in the heart of the petition urging the Food and Ebola outbreak, as well as dogs Drug Administration to fast-track in a city with some human Ebola research on a potential vaccine cases, dogs in distant villages and treatment for Ebola. and a control group of dogs in Twitter erupted with pleas in France. Of 159 dogs tested from

the two villages, 40 had Ebola antigens in their blood. This rate was significantly higher than the prevalence of antigens found in dogs in the city with some human cases, three times higher than the dogs several hundred miles from the outbreak, and much higher than the dogs in France. Two out of 102 dogs tested in France had antigens for Ebola.

The researchers said the possibility that pet dogs could become infected and transmit the virus to humans could not be ruled out.

None of the dogs in the study showed symptoms, unlike wild animals. In gorillas and chimpanzees, Ebola infection is often lethal, the study said. Still, it is possible that dogs exposed to Ebola could be a potential source of human infection if people come in contact with viral particles in dog urine, feces or saliva through “licking, biting, or grooming,” the study said.

“Given the frequency of contact between humans and domestic dogs,” it said, “canine Ebola infection must be considered as a potential risk factor for human infection and virus spread.”

Still, Dr. Thomas Ksiazek, a longtime Ebola expert at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, said he was dubious that the dog in Spain needed to be euthanized. Even if Excalibur was infected, it is not known if dogs can transmit the virus to humans or other animals.

U.S. to start screening for fevers at airports

By Sabrina Tavernise The New York Times

ATLANTA — Federal health officials will require temperature checks for the first time at five major U.S. airports for people arriving from the three West African countries hardest hit by the deadly Ebola virus, but health experts said the measures were more likely to calm a worried public than to prevent many people with Ebola from entering the country.

Still, they constitute the first large-scale attempt to improve security at U.S. ports of entry since the virus arrived on American soil last month.

And they also mark a notable policy shift at a time of rising

concern about the disease. Public health officials had initially resisted the move, saying such checks would be an unnecessary use of thinly stretched resources.

But pressure for tougher action mounted. Republicans sharply criticized President Barack Obama for what they called a lax response. Many, including Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, have pushed to restrict air travel from West Africa, something the administration has rejected.

The temperature check requirements were announced hours after the first Ebola patient to have the illness diagnosed in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan, a Liberian, died in a Dallas hospital, intensifying questions about whether he

might have survived had he been admitted to a hospital when he first sought care there in late September.

The president’s Republican critics were largely silent Wednesday after Duncan died and the administration announced the airport screenings. It was unclear if the Republicans saw the temperature checks as a sufficient response to the epidemic or if they did not want to be perceived as seeking political gain from Duncan’s death.

That Duncan was able to get from Liberia to Dallas as the disease surged out of control in West Africa underscored the risk of spreading disease in a globalized world. An infected Liberian-

American, Patrick Sawyer, carried the disease to Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, on a flight for business. Duncan had come to the United States to reunite with family.

“We are a global village,” said Howard Markel, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Michigan. “Germs have always traveled. The problem now is they can travel with the speed of a jet plane.”

The measures will go into effect Saturday at Kennedy International Airport in New York. Next week, screenings will begin at Washington Dulles, and at Newark Liberty International, O’Hare International in Chicago and Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta.

Death: Questions about handling renewed Texas Health Presbyterian at first blamed a problem with its “We never sat down,” said electronic records system for Mason, who is the pastor of the Duncan’s release after his first church Troh attends. “We did visit, but it later reversed itself not touch them. We kept about a and said the system had operated three-foot distance from them at correctly. It remains unclear why, all times. This is simply a matter and how, the hospital did not of extreme caution.” view Duncan as a potential Ebola The death Wednesday morncase during his first visit to its ing of Duncan, 42, the Liberian emergency room, since both the man at the center of a widening nurses and the doctor had access public health scare and the first to the information that he had person with a case of Ebola to be recently traveled from Africa. diagnosed in the United States, After the release of the stateheightened anxiety and fear here. ment by Troh, Mason, the pastor, It also renewed questions about said that when he and Jenkins A masked worker opens a door Wednesday at a CareNow whether a delay in receiving broke the news to her, she had clinic in Frisco, Texas. A sergeant with the Dallas County treatment could have played a expressed frustration with the Sheriff’s Office has been hospitalized for possible exposure role in his death and what role hospital’s handling of the case. to the Ebola virus. LM OTERO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS it played in the possibility of his “She expressed all the What spreading the disease to others. ifs,” Mason said. “‘What if they responded to a call about a pos- had taken him right away? And Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, direcHis death came on a day sible Ebola patient at a CareNow what if they had been able to get tor of the federal Centers for when a sergeant with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office who had Disease Control and Prevention, health clinic at 12:32 p.m. the treatment to him earlier? And Piland said the patient exhibtold reporters Wednesday that been in the apartment where what if?’ All of which of course ited enough symptoms of Ebola although Ebola is fatal in a high Duncan had been staying was is, as Jenkins says, rearview mirrushed to the hospital and moni- proportion of patients, early diag- that precautionary measures ror sort of thinking at this point. were necessary, but state health nosis is important. tored for possible exposure to Again, it’s quite natural that anyofficials later stressed he did not one would go there.”

“The earlier someone is diagEbola. have a fever. Around 14 patients, nosed, the more likely they will Federal health officials said A spokeswoman with the physicians and nurses were in be to survive,” Frieden said. that they had not confirmed Texas Department of State the clinic with the patient.

He declined to speculate on whether the sergeant, Michael Health Services said the agency Piland said that everyone whether the delay contributed Monnig, had definite contact is considering investigating the else in the clinic had been interwith Ebola or definite symptoms to Duncan’s death. But agency delay in treating Duncan for of the virus, but that he was being officials have said generally about viewed, released and told to con- Ebola, but added that the “top treating Ebola patients that using tact health care officials if they assessed. Officials said it could focus right now is the contact began to exhibit symptoms. basic interventions — including take about 48 hours before they investigation and monitoring.”

Duncan died at 7:51 a.m. intravenous fluids and electrowere certain of his condition.

Wednesday at Texas Health He was not one of the 48 people lytes, and maintaining blood Presbyterian, eight days after being monitored for the disease. pressure — can significantly While there were condolences improve the chances of survival. the virus was detected in him on Sept. 30. State officials, folReferring to the sheriff’s serexpressed throughout this city lowing guidelines issued by the over Duncan’s death, there were geant being treated and moniCenters for Disease Control and tored at Texas Health Presbytealso renewed questions about Prevention on the safe handling rian, Frieden said communities the handling of Duncan’s case of the remains of Ebola patients, should be vigilant but prepared

by Texas Health Presbyterian recommended to Duncan’s relafor false reports of the virus as Hospital in Dallas, and about tives that he be cremated, and the fear of it spreads. whether Duncan would still be family agreed.

“There will be rumors and alive had he been admitted to the His body will be handled with hospital when he first went to its concerns and potential cases, and that is how it should be,” he said. extreme care and caution: No emergency room on Sept. 25. autopsy will be performed, and Monnig was transported He was instead released, and only trained personnel wearing returned three days later on Sept. from a clinic in nearby Frisco surgical scrubs, face-masks and to Texas Health Presbyterian.

28 after his condition worsened. other protective gear will touch Chief Mark Piland of the Frisco “I trust a thorough examinaFire Department, said at a news him, as they prepare to place him tion will take place regarding all in two plastic disinfected bags conference that Frisco fireaspects of his care,” Troh said in before cremation. fighters and paramedics had a statement.

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This image shows the Spanish version of the updated HealthCare.gov website, which includes a prominent misspelling. When translating ‘get ready’ to Spanish, someone came up with the wrong word. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Next edition of HealthCare.gov site unveiled error can unintentionally send a message that the site was not designed to professional standards.

HealthCare.gov is the online portal to subsidized private

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar health insurance for consumers The Associated Press who don’t have access to a jobbased plan. It served 36 states WASHINGTON — The last open enrollment season, Obama administration while the remaining states ran unveiled a new version of their own insurance exchanges.

HealthCare.gov on Wednesday, with some improvements The feds as well as some states experienced crippling technical as well as at least one early problems, and officials are vowmistake and a new challenge. ing things will be different this Officials also said that HealthCare.gov won’t display time.

“Where we are focusing in on premiums for 2015 until the is a successful consumer experisecond week of November.

Open enrollment season runs ence,” said Andy Slavitt, a tech Nov. 15 through Feb. 15. Cover- industry executive brought in age can start as early as Jan. 1. by the Health and Human SerOn the plus side, the health vices department to oversee the insurance website will feature relaunch.

Insurers say one big challenge a streamlined application for for next year will involve milmost of those signing up for lions of returning customers. It’s the first time. Seventy-six not really a technology issue, screens in the online applibut a time crunch that also coincation have been reduced cides with the Thanksgiving and to 16, officials said. The site Christmas holidays. has been also optimized for Those returning customers mobile devices. will have just one month — until The goof is a mistranslaDec. 15 — to go back into their tion in large type on the home existing accounts and update page of the Spanish-language version of the site. It’s the very their financial information. first word on the page. Trying Acting by that date will ensure to translate “get ready,” some- that they are getting the right amount of financial assistance one came up with the wrong with their premiums at the very word in Spanish. start of the new plan year.

The Spanish-language site It’s estimated that more than had lots of problems last year, 6 million of the 7.3 million peoranging from technology ple who signed up under Presiissues to clunky translations that left some native speakers dent Barack Obama’s health law are receiving subsidies, which puzzled. The administration greatly reduce their premiums. struggled to sign up HisAfter those returning custompanics, the nation’s largest ers update their financial informinority and more likely to be mation, insurers say they’ll have uninsured than other ethnic to enter a 14-character plan idengroups. tifier number on the website if This time, the website they want to keep their current designers translated “get insurance policy. ready” as prepárase. It should have been prepárese — with an “e” instead of an “a.” The same mistake appears three times on the Spanish home page, which is supposed to be a mirror-image of HealthCare.gov. Such a prominent

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, October 9, 2014

Inmate released from Texas death row

Abdón Urrutia, 23, shown with his daughter outside his home in Washington, D.C., hurt his back while doing his construction job six months ago but never reported it to the government. Latinos still make up a disproportionate number of workers in dangerous jobs and haven’t benefited as much from changes that have made the workplace safer for everyone else.

By Michael Graczyk The Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A former Rio Grande Valley construction worker walked out of prison Wednesday, nearly six years after being sent to Texas’ death row for the fatal beating of his girlfriend’s young son.

Manuel Velez was allowed to be paroled after pleading no contest to a lesser charge of injury to a child. His attorneys insist he is innocent in the 2005 death of Angel Moreno a day before the boy’s first birthday.

An appeals court threw out Velez’s death sentence two years ago because of faulty testimony at his 2008 trial in Cameron County.

“I’m very happy being free, thanks to you guys,” the 49-year-old Velez said after receiving hugs from his legal team outside the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Huntsville Unit. “In the beginning I was mad, because I knew I was going to die. But now I’m a free man — like from the beginning. Now I can be with my family.”

The child’s mother, Acela Moreno, who had been Velez’s girlfriend for a few weeks at the time of the death, was charged with capital murder like her boyfriend but agreed to a plea deal in exchange for her testimony. She served five years of a 10-year sentence for injury to a child, then was deported to Mexico.

Velez had been jailed since his 2005 arrest. He had made the 911 call to report the boy had stopped breathing at a Brownsville home.

In August, a judge gave Velez credit for his nearly nine years in prison and he became eligible for mandatory supervision, a form of parole in Texas.

On Wednesday, the former death row inmate said he was eager to talk to his mother and visit his two sons, who are 11 and 15.

“He’s 100 percent innocent of everything,” said one of Velez’s lawyers, Brian Stull of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Capital Punishment Project. “The only way we could get him released is to take the plea and time served and get out.”

Stull, who’s from Durham, N.C., and lawyers from firms in Denver and Dallas who also took on Velez’s case collected evidence they said showed Moreno was responsible for her son’s death and had a history of abusing her children.

The attorneys also said the timing of the fatal injuries could not be tied to Velez because he was working 1,000 miles away in Tennessee.

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, in reversing the death sentence, pointed to a prison expert’s faulty testimony about how Velez would be a continuing threat.

Velez said he would tell those who remain on death row to “be strong and keep their head up.”

LYDIA DEPILLI WASHINGTON POST

Death rates signal job dangers higher for Latinos Experts say accidents are hard to track because of underreporting, but fatalities are glaring evidence

By Lydia DePillis The Washington Post

WASHINGTON bdón Urrutia remembers the impact. He was 16 feet off the ground on a commercial office construction project in Tysons Corner, Va., tied in with a harness, stripping the metal molds used to pour concrete off the walls after they had set. Suddenly, one of the molds tipped over into his back, knocking him against protruding rebar and a wooden handrail. He yelled out in pain, and his brother rushed over to help him to the ground, as his legs started getting numb.

“I was laying down on the floor for two hours trying to figure out how to get up,” recalled Urrutia, 23, nearly six months after the accident.

According to Urrutia’s account of the story — which three colleagues, including his brother, corroborated in affidavits prepared by a labor union — what followed was a stark reminder of the risks, to health and life, that Latinos still make up a disproportionate number of workers in dangerous jobs like construction and haven’t benefited as much from the economywide changes that have made the workplace safer for everyone else.

The most glaring sign of the problem, experts say, is the worker fatality rate: The overall number of on-the-job deaths reached an all-time low of 3.2 fatalities per 100,000 workers in 2013, while the Latino rate inched up again to 3.8 from 3.7.

On the day of his injury, after Urrutia lifted himself up the floor, he says, the staff at the company where he worked gave him eight ibuprofen, and he was able to go back to work. And he was back at work the next day, too — on lighter duty, without carrying heavy things. “That’s how they are. They say it’s nothing big, keep working,” Urrutia said.

About a month later, his back still in pain, Urrutia went to a doctor — but he couldn’t afford the MRI she recommended. Urrutia doesn’t have health insurance, saying the company’s coverage is too expensive.

“I just take these pills every day. They work real good,” Urrutia says, holding out a bottle of Naproxen, a powerful painkiller. “It hurts, but I just deal with it, just to get the job done.”

Urrutia says he later told the company he was worried about the number of pills he was taking, not wanting to get addicted. The company gave him some papers to sign, which Urrutia says he thought at the time were an acknowledgement of the dosage. He didn’t read them closely, however — and in fact, the company says, the forms certified that he hadn’t been injured at work.

Effectively, the accident disappeared — no workers’ compensation claim was necessary — except for the pain Urrutia still feels when he picks up his 2-year-old daughter, and the $1,000 he’s paid out of pocket in doctor’s bills, which have delayed the wedding he and his fiancée had planned for this summer.

Kenneth Fender, the vice president of Baker D.C., the Washington D.C.-based company where Urrutia works, denies that there was any misunderstanding. Fender says their safety ratings are all

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significantly above the industry average and that Urrutia’s injury wast not serious. Fender adds that when Urrutia was initially hurt, Baker staff told him where he could seek treatment. And, he says, Urrutia voluntarily returned to work.

Urrutia’s accident, though, could have happened at any construction site. Injuries often go underreported, especially among Latinos. Although Urrutia speaks English, many on his job site — and others around the country — don’t. Those who are undocumented fear that filing complaints will lead to retaliation, and don’t want to risk missing a paycheck by taking time off anyway. Another challenge: Companies choose whether to report workplace injuries to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and often no race is included.

Instead, safety wonks focus on deaths, which are gathered through news reports and investigations, and are believed to be more or less comprehensive.

“Plainly put,” says Mary Vogel, executive director of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a coalition of nonprofit groups that work on worker safety, “it’s harder to hide a dead worker.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary numbers for 2013, which are usually revised upward as more reports trickle in, 797 Latinos died on the job last year, up from an all-time low of 707 in 2010. Over the same period, the overall number declined from 4,690 fatalities to 4,405 — an all-time low. In the aggregate, American workers have gotten a whole lot more safe, in large part because machines have replaced humans in dangerous industries like mining and manufacturing.

“The overall rate is as much a reflection of what’s going on in a particular industry, and what that industry contributes to the economy,” says Peg Seminario, who has tracked workplace safety issues for the AFL-CIO since the 1980s. “Even if those jobs aren’t getting any safer, the overall rate is going to go down, because there are fewer of them.”

At the same time, however, Latinos are increasingly overrepresented in the dangerous industries that remain, according to a 2013 analysis by the BLS. Take construction, which has added 636,000 jobs since the industry’s post-recession low point in January 2011. It also accounted for the largest number of fatalities in 2013, 18 percent. Latinos make up 15.6 percent of the population over 16 years old, but their representation in construction is high and growing: Nearly one in three workers in construction and natural resource extraction occupations were Latino in 2013, up from 23.7 percent in 2003.

Immigrants are especially vulnerable if they can’t read safety instructions or communicate with supervisors. OSHA has ramped up its outreach to Spanish-speakers in recent years, visiting worker centers all over the country to conduct trainings.

Sometimes, though, it’s harder to reach the smaller employers. And the number of deaths of people working for contractors has jumped just since OSHA started measuring them in 2011, from 542 in 2011 to 734 in 2013. Hispanics are overrepresented there, too, making up 28.3 percent of contractor deaths in 2013 (compared to 18 percent of total deaths).

“A lot of these smaller companies are just trying to get the job done quickly and cost-effectively, and a lot of times the worker safety is sacrificed in all of that,” says Andrew Hass, a lawyer with D.C.’s Employment Justice Center who represents many immigrant workers.

Study: Asian cave drawings as old as European ones

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study that shows our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 years ago.

And it hints at an even earlier dawn of creativity in modern humans, going back to Africa, than scientists had thought.

Archaeologists calculated that a dozen stencils of hands in mulberry red and two detailed drawings of an animal described as a “pig-deer” are between 35,000 to 40,000 years old, based on levels of decay of the element uranium. That puts the art found in Sulawesi, southeast of Borneo, in the same rough time period as drawings found in Spain and a famous cave in France.

And one of the Indonesian handprints, pegged as at least 39,900 years old, is now the oldest hand stencil known to science, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

These are more than 100 Indonesian cave drawings that have been known since 1950.

In 2011, scientists noticed some strange outcroppings — called “cave popcorn” — on the drawings. Those mineral deposits would make it possible to use the new technology of uranium decay dating to figure out how old the art is. So they tested the cave popcorn that had grown over the stencils that would give a minimum age. It was near 40,000 years.

Paleoanthropologist John Shea of Stony Brook University in New York, who wasn’t part of the study, called this an important discovery that changes what science thought about early humans and art.

Before this discovery, experts had a Europecentric view of how, when and where humans started art, Aubert said. Knowing when art started is important because “it kind of defines us as a species,” he said.

Because the European and Asian art are essentially the same age, it either means art developed separately and simultaneously in different parts of the world or “more likely that when humans left Africa 65,000 years ago

Stencils of hands in a cave in Indonesia.

Ancient cave drawings in Indonesia are as old as famous prehistoric art in Europe, according to a new study that shows our ancestors were drawing all over the world 40,000 years ago. KINEZ RIZA, NATURE MAGAZINE

they were already evolved with the capacity to make paintings,” Aubert said. Ancient art hasn’t been found much in Africa because the geology doesn’t preserve it.

“What this tells us is that when humans began moving out of Africa they were not all that different from us in terms of their abilities to use art and symbol,” Shea said in an email.

David Parry, left, and Morgan Floyd wait in line at the Marriage License Bureau in Las Vegas, Nev., on Wednesday. JOHN LOCHER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Legal confusion leaves some gay couples in limbo Flurry of conflicting court rulings stalls licenses in Nevada, Idaho

By Kimberlee Kruesi and Kimberly Pierceall The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, NEV. — County clerks in Nevada turned away gay couples eager to marry Wednesday amid a flurry of conflicting court decisions, including a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocked partners in Idaho moments before they would have picked up marriage licenses.

“I think I have whiplash,” said Mary Baranovich who was a plaintiff in a Nevada court challenge to the state’s gay marriage ban with Beverly Sevcik, her partner of 43 years.

A 9th Circuit ruling late Tuesday cleared the way for Idaho and Nevada to begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Couples gathered early Wednesday, but a ruling by Justice Anthony Kennedy brought such plans to a halt in both states.

Later, Kennedy clarified that the stay he approved applied only to Idaho, but Nevada officials said they wanted to wait for more clear direction.

A Supreme Court decision Monday effectively made gay marriage legal in about 30 states, but for several, how and when that would happen remained in doubt. In South Carolina, for example, a judge issued a license for a handful of gay couples, but no one got married as the state’s attorney general asked the Supreme Court for a stay.

In Idaho, hopeful couples crowded courthouses early to apply for marriage licenses.

But at 8:01 a.m., Ada County Clerk Chris Rich handed the Supreme Court memo to a lawyer and told a small crowd of gay couples and their supporters gathered in a Boise courthouse, “We’re not issuing same-sex marriage licenses today.”

The announcement left the room in stunned silence, except for a small child asking over and over, “Why?” In Las Vegas, wedding chapels had photographers ready to capture two brides in white dresses while ordained Elvis impersonators practiced their lines.

At several points throughout the day, couples thought marriages might begin. But as courts began to close, Diana Alba, the Clark County clerk, said no one in the state would be issuing marriage licenses Wednesday, and she didn’t know when they might begin. “I wish I knew a date,” she said.

Tara Traynor and her fiancée, Cathy Grimes, had been among those waiting at the Clark County Marriage License Bureau, checking their phones for court developments and letting straight couples cut in front of them while they waited for the legal OK to get a license themselves.

“It’s kind of disheartening,” Traynor said. “We wait and wait, and we’re hopeful.”

Conservative states defend their bans

By Roxana Hegeman The Washington Post

WICHITA, Kan. — Following Monday’s unexpected Supreme Court decision not to hear appeals over gay marriage, Julia and Regina Johnson went to the Reno County Clerk’s office to apply for a marriage license. After 16 years and six kids, it was time.

They watched as the clerk scratched out the word “man,” explaining that new forms had not yet been printed yet.

But the Johnsons live in Kansas, one of several conservative-leaning states seemingly bound by the high court’s decision where officials are taking a stand and refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Hours after they’d submitted their paperwork, they got a call from the clerk saying their application had been denied.

“It was wow — it sounds surreal,” Julia Johnson said. “It was actually surreal for us.”

Reno County Chief Judge Patricia Macke Dick later said she had no choice but to deny their license because Kansas’ same-sex marriage ban, specifically, had not been overturned.

Late Wednesday afternoon, a judge in Kansas’ most populous county ordered it to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. But Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt noted that, to date, no court has squarely decided whether the Kansas Constitution’s prohibition of same-sex marriage is invalid. Wyoming and South Carolina are taking similar stands.

“The people have spoken on this,” said Kansas’ Republican governor, Sam Brownback, who is fighting a close re-election battle in which he needs conservative support. “I don’t know how much more you can bolster it than to have a vote of the people to put in the constitution that marriage is the union of a man and a woman,” he said.

Wyoming’s Republican governor, Matt Mead, said the state will defend its constitution’s definition of marriage as permissible only between a man and woman.

In relatively liberal Colorado, which is also covered by the same 10th Circuit Court of Appeals as Kansas, gay marriage is now officially legal because of a previous federal court ruling against Colorado’s gay marriage ban which had been previously put on hold.

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LOCAL NEWS Woman gets probation in boyfriend’s death Family opposes sentence in shooting

By Uriel J. Garcia The New Mexican

A 23-year-old Santa Fe woman who shot and killed her boyfriend in March after an alcoholfueled altercation was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months of probation.

District Judge Glenn Ellington showed sympathy for Meagan Sayre, 23, and granted the probation with conditional discharge, meaning that if she successfully completes her sentence, the

involuntary manslaughter count won’t appear on her record.

“You’re an atypical defendant. … Your life history is very different than other people I see,” Ellington said before sentencing Sayre, who broke down in tears various times throughout the hearing. “This case is the anatomy of a tragedy. No matter what happens today, there is no sentence I can impose that will address all the concerns and all the questions the family has.”

After Ellington announced his sentence, the family of Oron “Rocky” Giese, 28, cried out loud and were visibly upset. Sayre

could have received up to 18 years in prison.

Rebecca Trujillo, one of Giese’s sisters, read a letter in court from another sister who lives in California, saying that if Sayre received probation, she would be getting away with murder.

“The person who is responsible for taking my brother’s life would not be brought to justice in its true form and as it should,” Trujillo read. “In essence, she’s going to be allowed to walk the streets after killing him. She still has life and her family and the option to see them if she desires.

We, Rocky’s family, don’t have

that option, we will never see him again.”

About 10 of Giese’s family members sat on one side of the courtroom, most of them wearing blue T-shirts that bore Giese’s image on the front. On the back was a long quote that read, in part, “I BELIEVE. One day we’ll be together and our tears will all be dried. One day there’ll be no memory of ever having cried.”

Sayre was arrested in March on an open count of murder, to which she pleaded not guilty.

But that charge was dismissed in Magistrate Court. She was

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Meagan Sayre, 23, who was charged in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend in March after a night of drinking at a mobile home off N.M. 14, took a plea deal Wednesday. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

2nd person in Taos convent murder, fire gets 18 years Jaramillo apologizes to family for her role in causing man’s death

By Andrew Oxford The Taos News

TAOS — Deborah Jaramillo will be released from prison in 18 years, but the brother of a man she helped beat to death in 2012 says only the truth will truly set her free.

Jaramillo, 30, was sentenced Tuesday for her role in the 2012 killing of Christian Payton, a 39-year-old man with schizophrenia.

Still, the mystery that surrounds Payton’s death haunted the hearing presided over by 8th Judicial District Court Judge Sarah Backus.

Jaramillo and Christian Payton Deborah were among a group of acquainJaramillo tances who had gathered at an abandoned convent off La Posta Road on Aug. 7, 2012, to eat pizza and drink rum. A fight broke out, during which Christian Payton was beaten and cutacross the face.

Languishing in pain, he called 911.

Dispatchers could not understand the man’s pleas, however, and his tormentors eventually returned.

William Payton was thrown down a flight of Patrick Smith stairs and set ablaze. The ensuing fire laid waste to Holy Cross Convent, and there was initially skepticism that anyone

ABOVE: People take in the sights Wednesday at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque. The event runs through Sunday.

RIGHT: A crew member from Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Ride Co. inflates a balloon.

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PHOTOS BYLUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO THE NEW MEXICAN

House District 50 rivals spar on education

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Pot rules pass council, but with dissent 3 vote no; Dimas cites concerns over rise in drug trafficking

By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican

Procedures that outline how someone can challenge a civil fine under Santa Fe’s new marijuana decriminalization law were approved by the City Council on Wednesday night.

But the vote wasn’t unanimous, and it a came with a lecture several minutes long from City Councilor Bill Dimas, whose daughter died of a drug overdose at age 32.

Dimas, who voted against the administrative procedures along with councilors Ron Trujillo and Chris Rivera, said the new ordinance will encourage drug trafficking in Santa Fe. “I think we’re just inviting more drug dealers into our com-

Bill Dimas,

whose daughter died of a drug overdose, is one of 3 to oppose decriminalization. munity,” he said.

“I mean, they’re not only going to be selling marijuana. They’re also going to be selling heroin.

They’re going to be selling crack cocaine, prescription medication, whatever it is that they sell, and we’re just inviting more problems into Santa Fe and more drug dealers into Santa Fe,” he said.

The ordinance, which started as a citizen initiative, was adopted outright by the council in a 5-4 vote in August. Mayor Javier Gonzales, who wanted the question to go before voters, was among the “no” votes.

Wednesday night, the mayor

voted in favor of the administrative procedures, siding with councilors Patti Bushee, Peter Ives, Signe Lindell and Joseph Maestas, who had previously voted to adopt the ordinance.

The ordinance had already been enacted, and the administrative procedures set the policies to implement and enforce it.

“These are designed to provide due process to someone if they elect to contest the civil fine on possession of an ounce or less of marijuana,” City Attorney Kelley Brennan told councilors.

For example, the procedures state that someone who receives a $25 fine under the new law has 15 days after it’s issued to pay the fine or submit a request for a hearing.

Trujillo questioned how the council could consider the administrative procedures when it had previously adopted a resolution stating that an item that isn’t approved by the Finance

By Milan Simonich The New Mexican

Committee is “technically” dead.

The Finance Committee, as well as the Public Safety Committee, rejected the resolution establishing the administrative procedures.

Brennan told Trujillo that the council can consider “items of necessity or time pressure” even if a committee doesn’t approve it.

“I don’t consider marijuana a necessity,” Trujillo said.

“I’m not arguing that it’s a necessity,” Brennan responded.

The ordinance established that possession of an ounce or less of marijuana and possession of marijuana paraphernalia are civil infractions punishable by a fine of no more than $25. The ordinance also makes possession of small amounts of marijuana “the lowest law enforcement priority” for police.

The ordinance does not legalize marijuana, and possession

The two candidates in District 50, one of the key battlegrounds this fall for control of the New Mexico House of Representatives, agreed on almost nothing Wednesday during a joint appearance in Santa Fe. Democrat Matthew McQueen of Galisteo said he favors using gains from the state’s $14 billion landgrant endowment to expand early childhood education.

“Absolutely we should tap into the fund,” McQueen said at the forum sponsored by the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association. He said New Mexico’s failings in education are the biggest obstacle to improving the economy.

Republican Rep. Vickie Perea, the incumbent by appointment, took a different position. She said early childhood education already is being adequately financed through the state’s general fund.

Perea, of Belen, said the Legislature in the last three years has doubled investments in early childhood programs through the normal budgeting process.

Numerous advocacy groups for early childhood programs, especially St. Joseph’s Children, for many years have said New Mexico is not doing enough to get infants and toddlers off to the right start that will produce more high school and college graduates. One national organization rated New Mexico 49th this year in child well-being, up from 2013 when it was dead last.

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LOCAL & REGION

South-side transit center move approved

Pilots aim for balloon records

Most of the project will consist of exterior improvements, though a portion will be dediThe Santa Fe City Council cated to unspecified passenger signed off on a plan Wednesday amenities. The police departto move a transit center on the ment will occupy the remainder south side from the Santa Fe of the space. “I’m looking forPlace mall to a new location ward to seeing this new transit near the Santa Fe Police Departcenter bring a level of customer ment. service and passenger comfort The transition to the new yet to be provided by our bus location at an existing facility, system, and for that investment 2521 Camino Entrada, is scheduled to occur over the next year, to occur where it is needed City Manager Brian Snyder said. and will be well utilized is very satisfying,” City Councilor A request for proposals to Carmichael Dominguez, whose design the transit center will be advertised in coming weeks. district includes the future tran-

ALBUQUERQUE— An international team led by two veteran pilots has set its sights on breaking a pair of major ballooning records when it launches its helium-filled balloon from Japan in early 2015.

Albuquerque pilot Troy Bradley and fellow pilot Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia detailed their plans during a news conference Wednesday at the Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum. Tiukhtyaev appeared via Skype.

The duo is aiming for the

By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican

Shooting: Sentence to be served in Ariz. called the police dispatch cenContinued from Page A-7 ter and said she had been in a charged with involuntary manfight with Giese, and that she slaughter in District Court in had grabbed a gun and had shot late March, and pleaded no con- him in the neck. She also told a test Wednesday. The no-contest dispatcher that she was trying plea prevented the case from to stop the bleeding by applying going to trial and allowed the pressure to the injury and that court to sentence the woman.

Garcia was performing CPR on Prosecutors pursued the Giese. involuntary manslaughter When deputies arrived, they charge instead of the murder took Sayre and Garcia into charge because they concluded custody, though only Sayre was Sayre had acted with disregard arrested on criminal charges. when she shot Giese, Assistant Accounts of the incident differ, District Attorney Natalie Lynn but Garcia told deputies that he, Perry said in court Wednesday.

Sayre and Giese had been drinkThe judge also allowed Sayre, ing that Friday night in March who will be on electronic moni- and into early Saturday. Deputoring, to serve her probation ties reported finding empty in Arizona, where she will live alcoholic beverage containers in with her father and grandthe home. mother. Sayre will work as an Garcia told investigators that accountant for her uncle’s com- at some point, when everypany. Sayre also was ordered to one was “intoxicated,” Giese perform 500 hours of commuaccused him of trying to “hit nity service and to pay restituon” or “get with” Sayre. Garcia tion to Giese’s family. said he and Giese started fightSayre, a thin woman who has ing. He told deputies that Sayre auburn hair and acne scars on tried to stop the fight, and Giese her face, had pleaded with the began to verbally and physically judge to be lenient because she abuse her. Garcia told investigahas ambitions to be a youth tors that Giese had asked him to counselor, and a felony record leave his home multiple times, would make that impossible. but Sayre wanted him to wait “I’m responsible for the loss until he was sober. Garcia also of a beautiful man,” said Sayre, said that he and Giese drank who turned to Giese’s family to more and then fought again apologize. “I’m so sorry for any after the initial incident. pain I’ve caused.”

At that point, Garcia said, he Sayre and Giese met when saw Sayre walk out of a bathshe was 16 years old and started room and then stand behind dating when she was 17, accord- Giese. He said he “observed ing to court testimony. She had Sayre lift her right arm up in a been supporting herself since position as if she were holding a she was 15 by working at an gun when he heard a loud Española Dairy Queen, and her ‘pop.’ ” Giese, according to Garparents divorced in 2008. The cia, then grabbed at his neck Trujillo family had adopted and fell to the ground. Sayre Giese as a teenager years after shouted, “I’m sorry,” the witness he had a tumultuous relationsaid. ship with his biological mother.

Garcia told deputies that he In court on Wednesday, the called 911 while Sayre applied judge was told that the couple pressure to Giese’s wounds. of six years had planned to get Sayre told deputies that Giese married and shared a love for had been fighting with Garcia, animals. “In talking about their and that Giese had grabbed a love of animals, I couldn’t help gun from the master bedroom. thinking in the back of my mind, She also told deputies that she two strays found each other,” had scuffled with Giese as she Ellington said. “I believe they took the gun out of his hand. deeply loved each other, they She told deputies that she deeply cared for each other.” then saw Garcia and Giese The Santa Fe County Sherfighting with one another again, iff’s Office has said that Sayre and that she walked toward told deputies she had shot her them while holding the gun in boyfriend in the neck following an “awkward position in her a night of drinking. Giese, she right hand … near her chest.” told police, had been arguing According to a deputy’s report, and physically fighting with a Sayre said her memory was mutual friend, Richard Garcia, blank “from the time the projecin a mobile home south of Santa tile was fired to the time [Giese] Fe off N.M. 14. collapsed on the floor,” and she During an interview with only recalled him falling to the deputies, Sayre said she had ground. In a conflicting stateshot Giese “in the back of the ment at the time of arrest, Sayre neck and she could not conscitold deputies she remembered entiously provide an explanafiring a warning shot. tion why other than the fact that she was trying to stop the verbal Contact Uriel J. Garcia at 9863062 or ugarcia@sfnewmexican. and physical altercation,” an com. Follow him on Twitter arrest statement says. @ujohnnyg.

The statement says Sayre

sit center, said in a news release issued by the city after the vote.

“Santa Fe Trails has enjoyed a very good relationship with Santa Fe Place mall over the years, and the bus system will certainly continue service to that property going forward,” Jon Bulthuis, the city’s Transportation Department director, also said in the news release.

“But as the city continues to grow toward the southwest, and Santa Fe Trails expands to make connections with other regional transit providers such as the New Mexico Park and

Ride, the NCRTD Blue Bus, and the Rail Runner, the time is now to make an investment in the future of public transportation by developing a facility that will serve the community for years to come.”

An unidentified spokesperson for the mall said it supported the city’s plan. “We are looking forward to working with the city to ensure a smooth transition, and the continued day-today transit service for Santa Fe Place employees and customers,” the spokesperson is quoted as saying in the news release.

shores of North America, an attempt that will put them on course to break a distance record of 5,208 miles that has stood for more than three decades.

They’re also looking to break the flight-duration record set in 1978 when Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson and Larry Newman made the first transAtlantic balloon flight.

That record of 137 hours in the air in a traditional gas balloon is considered the “holy grail” of ballooning achievements.

The flight is expected to launch sometime in January or February.

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House: GOP hopeful of hanging onto seat Continued from Page A-7 Miguel Gomez, an executive of St. Joseph’s Children, on Wednesday called various legislators’ claims of substantial funding increases for early childhood programs “disingenuous.”

“The overwhelming majority of that money went to kids in grades K through 3,” Gomez said in a phone interview. “To change long-term outcomes in education, you need to start early. That’s prenatal to age 4.”

House District 50, which stretches for about 100 miles and includes parts of Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia and Bernalillo counties, was long a stronghold of Democrats. But after freshman Democratic Rep. Stephen Easley died last year at age 60, Republican Gov. Susana Martinez appointed Perea to fill the vacancy.

Democrats still controlled the House of Representatives 37-33 after Perea’s appointment.

Republicans, though, are optimistic of taking the majority in the November election. The GOP has not had the advantage in the House since 1954, when it led 28-27.

Along with funding for early childhood education, Perea and McQueen differed on a handful of other issues raised by the Home Builders Association.

Perea said she would support a bill to change workers’ compensation benefits so that those intoxicated on the job

The state House District 50 forum held Wednesday in Santa Fe featured incumbent Republican Vickie Perea, right, and her challenger, Democrat Matthew McQueen. The forum was sponsored by the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN

could not collect permanent disability payments.

“I was brought up in the old school,” said Perea, 68. “Whatever happened to choice?” she said of holding accountable those workers who drink alcohol or use drugs before going to work.

McQueen, 47, said the issue was more complicated than that, and it could not be resolved by a hard-line formula.

For instance, a worker who is 30 percent negligent in a workplace injury because he drank two beers at lunch should not lose all benefits, he said.

In cases of injured workers who are breadwinners, “Do you deny a family those benefits?”

McQueen asked.

The state Court of Appeals has said New Mexico has conflicting laws on workers’ compensation for intoxicated employees injured on the job. It has encouraged the Legislature to reconcile those differences with a new law, but bills by Republican legislators have all failed. McQueen said the homebuilding industry could better cooperate with legislators to get a reform bill approved.

“How it’s been brought up has not been in a bipartisan manner,” McQueen said.

Kim Shanahan, executive officer of the Home Builders Association, had a two-word response: “You’re right,” he told McQueen.

Another split between the

candidates was on the broader issue of public education.

Perea said she favored Martinez’s push to end what the governor calls “social promotion” of students not prepared to advance to the next grade.

Perea said promoting unqualified students only hurts their chances of succeeding.

For his part, McQueen said Martinez and her secretarydesignate of public education, Hanna Skandera, were dragging down kids and schools.

He said Martinez’s emphasis on standardized testing was good only for corporations profiting from all the exams.

“She’s taken freedom and inspiration out of the classroom,” McQueen said.

Convent: 3rd person in crime still at large has been offered” before he expressed forgiveness. was beneath the rubble. It was “I truly wish you the best and about two weeks before PayI don’t harbor any ill will or bad ton’s remains were recovered. feelings against you,” he said.

Jaramillo is one of three Later, he turned to Backus. “I people implicated in the murdo not know what the proper der. Another, William Patrick punishment is,” Jeremy Payton Smith, was sentenced to the told the judge. “Our family supmaximum 15 years in prison ports whatever decision you after entering a plea of no feel is proper.” contest to the charge of secondAs part of an agreement degree murder last year. under which Jaramillo entered A third suspect, known a plea of no contest to secondonly by the name “Cherokee,” degree murder and arson in remains at large.

June, the 8th Judicial District “It is impossible for me to Attorney’s Office recombelieve you when you say you mended a sentence of 13 years don’t know who the third perin prison as well as participason was,” Jeremy Payton, Chris- tion in a substance abuse treattian Payton’s brother, told Jara- ment program. millo as he addressed the court The maximum to which she during Tuesday’s sentencing could have been sentenced for hearing. the two crimes was 26 years “Hiding and protecting your in prison. The attorney reprefellow offenders will only hinsenting Jaramillo, Marc Grano, der your recovery,” he said. called Tuesday for an eight“It is by telling the truth that year sentence. Her co-conspiryour recovery will begin and ator’s 15-year sentence, he said, it will set you free,” Jeremy was a “sweetheart deal.”

Payton added later, looking into In sending her to prison for Jaramillo’s eyes and implor18 years, Backus noted “Ms. Jaramillo is not a kid. She is ing her to take “the help that

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30 years old. She was 28 when this occurred. That is young, but she is not a child.

“I’m really sorry for the life Ms. Jaramillo has led,” she added, referring to a childhood spent grappling with autism as well as physical and sexual abuse described by Grano during the hearing Tuesday as giving way to an adolescence of drug use.

“It breaks my heart,” Backus said. “And what breaks my heart more is what happened to Christian.”

Jaramillo was issued the maximum 26-year sentence with eight years suspended. She will serve two years of parole and five years of probation.

Backus also said she would strongly recommend Jaramillo for a New Mexico Corrections Department therapeutic program.

The sentencing followed an apology from Jaramillo. The woman rose from her seat and approached the courtroom’s dais.

“There’s not really anything I can say or put into words that

would be good enough for this,” Jaramillo said, turning to face the brother and father of Christian Payton as they watched intently from the gallery.

“I just wanted to express my condolences to all of you and apologize even if there aren’t the words to say it.”

“She’s not the monster she has been made out to be,” Leroy Jaramillo told the court after his granddaughter’s remarks.

After addressing the judge, he returned to the gallery, shook the hand of Christian Payton’s father and embraced his brother.

As much as the two families — those of victim and perpetrator — have come to understand each other during this two-year legal saga, Tuesday’s hearing did not seem to bring anyone closure. “The process never allows you closure,” Jeremy Payton told The Taos News. “Her kids will have to grow up without a mom, and I don’t wish that on anyone.”

He will never get his brother back, though, Jeremy Payton added.

“... nearly 50 percent of girls grades 5 through 12 want to lose weight based on images they saw in magazines.”

Despite efforts in recent years to position the goals of health and self confidence ahead of achieving the “perfect body”, America’s teens continue to suffer sliently and needlessly with body image. Learn more about the emotionally devastating, and all to often deadly, impact of eating disorders in Friday’s Generation Next.

Teen Eating Disorders A Generation Next Special Feature by Eiza Harrison FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, IN THE

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You really do love your dog like a baby

By Rachel Feltman

Crowdfunding aids animal projects Smaller donations from many people raise big bucks

By Sue Manning The Associated Press

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LOS ANGELES large number of small online donations can turn pet projects into big lifesavers for

animals.

LoveAnimals.org, a year-old crowdfunding site, is believed to be the first devoted to aiding just pets and wildlife. It has tapped into the power of online contributions, where people can give what they can, whether $5 or $500, to help a more costly project come to fruition.

Through Love Animals, donors can help nonprofit sanctuaries, pet rescues, animal hospitals, zoos and aquariums provide care and extra amenities for dogs, elephants, otters, horses and everything in between.

Animal efforts appear on other sites using the popular crowdfunding technique, such as Indiegogo, Kickstarter and Gofundme, but they are mixed with non-animal causes and for-profit companies. In July, the ResQwalk mobile app launched through Indiegogo, allowing people to raise money for animal rescues and shelters in the U.S. and Canada every time they go walking.

“It’s easier to get many people to give small sums of money than to get just a few people to give you large amounts of money,” said Sarah Timms, a Colorado attorney who founded LoveAnimals.org.

The site gave a new chance at life to a kitten named Roger,

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Scientists have validated what you already knew: The love you feel for your pup can be downright maternal.

In a small brain-imaging study published in PLOS ONE, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers had women look at pictures of their children and their dogs — as well as unfamiliar babies and dogs.

“There was a common network of brain regions involved in emotion, reward, affiliation, visual processing and social cognition when mothers viewed images of both their child and dog,” the study states. But unfamiliar photos didn’t have the same effect.

The results suggest that these brain networks may be important in forming and maintaining strong emotional bonds, the researchers said in a statement.

But brain response to children and dogs wasn’t entirely the same: An area of the brain vital to processing faces was activated more by a dog picture than a child’s face, while parts of the midbrain were more active in response to children. It may be that facial cues are more important in human-to-dog communication, given our lack of common language. And the midbrain areas could be vital in forming human-to-human pair bonds, National Geographic reports.

A tiger named Arthur swims at the Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Fla. LoveAnimals.org, a year-old crowdfunding site, is believed to be the first devoted to aiding just pets and wildlife.

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who was thrown from a moving car in Colorado in early September and required a leg amputation.

Longmont Humane Society in Colorado, which took in the 1-pound kitten, doubled its goal of $650 in less than 24 hours of online fundraising. Twenty people donated between $5 and $375 through Love Animals to help pay for medical bills and rehab for Roger.

Timms founded the free site after reading a study from Massolution, a crowdfunding research company, which said crowdfunding raises billions of dollars globally every year. “We will make sure animals get a piece of that pie,” Timms said.

Love Animals, which will only post animal campaigns that come through a nonprofit organization, recently got a boost

from Ellen DeGeneres’ natural pet food company. Halo, Purely for Pets became the site’s first founding corporate sponsor, a five-year commitment that came with cash infusion.

Whether the cause is a companion animal like Roger, who was adopted on Oct. 3, or saving chimpanzees, farm animals or dolphins, it appears on LoveAnimals.org, Timms said.

Carole Baskin, the CEO of Big Cat Rescue, which she founded in Tampa, Fla., 22 years ago, used Love Animals to raise money for a fence extension that would foil a female tiger’s escape attempts and allow her to join her siblings in the sanctuary’s new outdoor enclosure.

The rescue is home to more than 100 lions, tigers, bobcats, cougars and other abandoned, abused or orphaned wild cats,

including Amanda and brothers Andre and Arthur.

Big Cat Rescue built a 2.5-acre open-air enclosure last year with money raised the oldfashioned way. It is surrounded by a 15-foot fence topped with a 5-foot overhang so the 150-pound cats can safely roam, run and play in an area with a swimming hole and unobstructed views of the sky.

But Amanda, who previously had tried to escape, wasn’t allowed in the area until Baskin’s father invented a short, drape-like addition for the overhang to keep her in the enclosure. The rescue’s $20,000 campaign for the addition last November garnered donations ranging from $2 to $1,000, allowing Amanda to stretch her legs, watch over her brothers and get in good roar.

behind the top fundraiser, a German shepherd rescue group in Orange County, Calif.

Viechec said she hopes the community joins in to support the shelter and its fundAn influx of kittens and cats from surraising effort. rounding shelters has prompted the Santa Funds raised during the campaign will Fe animal shelter to reduce the cat adoption be used to help shy, timid and fearful dogs, fee. some of the most overlooked dogs at the The shelter is offering kittens at a 2-for-1 shelter. These dogs need extra time and A Saturday fundraiser dubbed Boutique, resources to help them come out of their price, said Dylan Moore, the shelter’s adopEstate And Rummage Sale or BEARS, will shell, Viechec said. tions manager.

Adult cats who are 9 years benefit The Wildlife Center.

The Michelson Found Animals Saving or older are available for an adoption fee The 9 a.m. sale is in the parking lot of Pets Challenge is a social-media fundraising of $9.

The older felines also come with two St. John’s Methodist free wellness checkups at the shelter’s pub- campaign for nonprofits focused on reducChurch at Cordova Road ing shelter euthanasia. More than lic animal hospital, thanks to a donor. and Old Pecos Train in 200 organizations have applied to join in “This is a great time to fill your home Santa Fe. In addition to a the campaign and some 140 organizations with adorable kittens,” Moore said. “These wide selection of things are active in the campaign. kittens are so cute, they won’t last long.” to purchase, such as The shelter is dubbing the effort the Join The shelter is at 100 Caja del Rio Road. jewelry, books, sporting Visit the website at sfhumanesociety.org to Diego Campaign, named after a formerly goods, artwork and tools, fearful dog who eventually found a loving view adoptable animals. the center also will have home. live educational raptors “If you have ever encountered a frighton display. ened dog, you know how heartbreaking it is Pippen, a Perto see an animal who is afraid to trust,” said All proceeds will be egrine falcon, will be on Mary Martin, the shelter’s executive direcused to feed the center’s resident education display at the The Santa Fe animal shelter ranks second tor. “Please help us give these animals the chance they deserve to break free from fear animals and temporary event. in the nation for fundraising in a Crowd and find their way back to our community. wildlife, which includes Rise campaign and competition.

With your help, we can do it — and so can three bears.

The top fundraiser in the monthlong they.”

The Wildlife Center, in Arroyo Seco, is challenge is eligible for a $50,000 grant, For more information about the camNew Mexico’s only wildlife hospital servwhile the second-place finisher receives paign, visit the shelter’s website at ing all endemic species allowed by the $20,000 and third place receives $10,000. sfhumanesociety.org or visit the shelter’s state. The center takes in about 800 animals The shelter has raised more than $14,000 CrowdRise page at www.crowdrise.com/ yearly, representing about 120 species. For during its first week of fundraising, said SFAS-SavingPets. more information, call 753-9595 or visit Evelyn Viechec, the shelter’s director of The New Mexican www.thewildlifecenter.org. growth. It’s only a few thousand dollars

Shelter cuts adoption fees for cats, kittens

In brief

Rummage sale benefits Wildlife Center

Shelter ranks second in CrowdRise challenge

David Huddleston, Cleavon Little and Carol Arthur in a scene from the 1974 Western classic Blazing Saddles. The film is being shown Nov. 21 at the Lensic in a benefit for the Santa Fe animal shelter. PHOTO COURTESY WARNER BROS.

‘Blazing Saddles’ tribute aids shelter The New Mexican

A cast member of the comedy classic Blazing Saddles will host a showing of the film at the Lensic Performing Arts Center on Nov. 21 to benefit the Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society.

The event is a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the film, directed by Mel Brooks, and the 75th anniversary of the animal shelter. David Huddleston, a Santa Fe resident and shelter supporter who portrayed Mayor Olson Johnson, will reminisce with some tall tales following the film in a question-and-answer session.

Tickets for the event go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Lensic box office, 988-1234, and at www.TicketsSantafe.org.

Tickets are $50 and proceeds benefit the shelter and its work with homeless animals.

The 90-minute showing begins at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the Lensic, 211 W. San Francisco St. The comedy Western film was voted No. 6 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years … 100 Laughs. The classic stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder as a sheriff and sharpshooter defending a small town from villains Slim Pickens and Harvey Korman.

The movie will be shown Nov. 21 at the Lensic.

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It features a cast that includes Brooks, Huddleston and Oscar-nominated Madeline Kahn.

Loaded with one-liners, gags and cameos, the film continues to break stereotypes 40 years after its premiere. Film critic Roger Ebert wrote of the film that it, “Does everything to keep us laughing except hit us over the head with a rubber chicken.”

The film was added to the National Film Registry for the Library of Congress in 2006.

FOR SMALL DOGS:

Call 505-983-8671

Tracks Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Meaty, a 4-year-old female domestic shorthair, is a social feline but after a lot of interaction, prefers her quiet time. She needs to lose a little weight, so she would love to have someone who could play with her and help her lose a couple pounds. Lynn, an 18-month-old Chinese shar-pei mix, is a little shy around people but is working hard to overcome her fear. She loves other dogs and enjoys her time in shelter play groups.

These and other animals are available at the shelter, 100 Caja del Rio Road. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Meet dogs and cats in the community at this weekend’s mobile adoption events: noon to 4 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at The Feed Bin’s Fall Fiesta, 1202 W. Alameda St.; and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at PetSmart Santa Fe, 3561 Zafarano Drive. Visit www.sfhumanesociety.org or call 983-4309, ext. 610.

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Meaty

Lynn

Española Valley Humane Society: Jillian, a 3-month-old shepherd mix, loves other pups and is great with older dogs.

She’s a social dog who would be a great companion and would enjoy puppy classes. Demitri is a ball of energy at only 12 weeks old.

He gets along well with other felines and loves getting attention without hogging the spotlight.

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

Felines & Friends: Firefly is a bit shy, but when “caught,” rolls over and wants to be cuddled.

She gets along well with other cats and is a beautiful brown tabby with a short coat. Sandia

Firefly

Sandia

is somewhat aloof, but is coming along well with some TLC in her foster home. She gets along well with other cats and gentle dogs.

Cats are available for adoption

Jillian

Demitri

from Felines & Friends and can be visited at Petco during store hours. Adoption advisers are available from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Petco on Cerrillos Road.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, October 9, 2014

California grounds air tankers In brief Ballots can be previewed online

Pilot fighting wildfire killed; body found

By Don Thompson The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s fleet of air tankers was temporarily grounded Wednesday after one of the planes crashed while battling a wildfire in Yosemite National Park, killing the pilot.

The grounding left the park service with a single contract helicopter to assist firefighters tackling the blaze that had grown overnight to 210 acres and prompted the evacuation of 60 homes in Foresta on the western boundary of the park.

However, the community was not in imminent danger and was benefiting from containment lines created during a previous fire, park spokeswoman Kari Cobb said.

There was no containment on the current Yosemite fire that forced the closing of the major western entrance to the heart of the park.

It was not clear how long CalFire’s grounding of the S-2T aircraft will last as the agency checks the safety of its aircraft and pilots, CalFire spokeswoman Alyssa Smith said.

Four California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection aircraft had been fighting the fire on Tuesday, including three air tankers dropping retardant as the fire climbed a steep canyon wall north of the Merced River, department spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff said.

One of the planes hit the canyon wall and disintegrated, spilling pieces of the twinengine aircraft onto State Highway 140, which remained

Yosemite National Park Rangers on Wednesday transfer the body of a CalFire pilot who was killed in an airplane crash in Yosemite National Park, Calif. AL GOLUB/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

closed Wednesday.

The body of pilot Geoffrey “Craig” Hunt was recovered Wednesday. It was draped with a flag and accompanied by an honor guard as it was turned over to CalFire officials.

Hunt, 62, of San Jose was a 13-year veteran pilot of DynCorp International and flew the air tanker under a contract with the state.

“We know wildland firefighting is an inherently dangerous job, but Craig made the ultimate sacrifice,” CalFire Director Ken Pimlott said in a statement.

Gov. Jerry Brown added his condolences in a statement, while ordering that the Capitol flag be flown at half-staff.

Michael Sansbury, deputy chief ranger at Yosemite National Park, said several search units converged at the crash scene that was almost a quarter-mile long. The recovery was difficult because of the wildfire, he said at a news conference.

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fire retardant. The agency can also call on aircraft under contract to the U.S. Forest Service and other federal agencies, or call out specially equipped California National Guard helicopters and air tankers.

“They are available and ready if needed,” Smith said.

Cobb said the park service had its own contract for the helicopter being used to fight the Yosemite fire.

“We definitely still have enough resources to effectively fight the fire,” Cobb said.

Smith said her agency had been assisting the Forest Service on three other fires burning in Northern California.

The last time the S-2Ts were grounded was in 2001, when two of the aircraft collided while fighting a fire in Mendocino County, killing both pilots, she said.

Pilots of a different type of aircraft were grounded for the same reason in 2006, when a fire battalion chief and a pilot were killed while observing a fire in a two-seat plane in Tulare County, she said.

RAY MUNOZ JR. (COACH RAY)

A motion was denied Wednesday to dismiss charges against 19-year-old Kayla Coriz, one of three people accused of raping an 18-year-old student.

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home near Española in April.

The woman had two surgeries and spent a week in the hospital recovering from injuries.

The New Mexican

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department took the following reports: u A burglar stole a television set and some DVDs from a house in the 2100 block of Siringo Road at about 5 p.m.

Tuesday. u Victoria Lopez, 20, of Santa Fe was arrested on suspicion of burglary, fraud, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to comply with probation. Lopez was arrested at about 7 p.m. Tuesday after an employee at Wal-Mart, 3251 Cerrillos Road, accused Lopez of trying to convert unpurchased merchandise for cash.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office took the following reports: u A burglar stole jewelry from a house in the 7400 block of Old Santa Fe Trail on Tuesday. u On Tuesday, Santa Fe County jail staff intercepted a letter containing Suboxone, a

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Pot: Police could use state law instead gets tried in Municipal [Court] and who gets tried in [Magremains illegal. In addition, istrate] Court,” he said. “At Santa Fe police still have the some point, it’s going to lead discretion to charge someone to, ‘Well, you’re just picking on in Magistrate Court under my son because he’s Hispanic. state law, which carries a Or you’re picking on my son higher potential penalty. because he’s wearing baggy Rivera, who agreed pants.’ That’s a tough position “100 percent” with Dimas, said to put our officers in, and I there are still people who think continue not to support this in they can carry small amounts any way.” of marijuana and not get into trouble.

Contact Daniel J. Chacón “I still think that it puts our at 986-3089 or dchacon@ police in a tough position sfnewmexican.com. Follow him where they have to decide who on Twitter @danieljchacon.

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Funeral services and memorials

Judge denies dismissal of rape charges First Judicial District Court Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer on Wednesday denied a motion to dismiss charges against a 19-year-old woman in connection with the rape of a Pojoaque High School student.

The attorney for Kayla Coriz argued that the District Attorney’s Office didn’t present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury as required by law and failed to present instructions to the grand jury about Coriz’s defenses.

Coriz, who was indicted by a Santa Fe County grand jury in June, is charged with criminal sexual penetration causing great bodily harm or great mental anguish, kidnapping, and conspiracy to commit criminal sexual penetration and kidnapping.

She and two co-defendants are accused of sexually assaulting the 18-year-old woman after a night of drinking at a

istration and National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the crash. Officials said the weather at the time was clear and the winds were calm.

Tolmachoff said it was unclear if smoke from the fire or isolated updrafts or downdrafts created by the canyon walls may have played a part in the crash.

“That’s a huge part of the question that the investigators are going to be looking at,” she said.

DynCorp International provides pilots for all CalFire planes and maintenance for the department’s aircraft.

The precautionary standdown of the tanker fleet affects 22 S-2T air tankers, Smith said.

It came in the midst of a fire season that has been extended by drought and unseasonably hot, dry weather.

Department helicopters were available to help fight wildfires, she said, as is a DC-10 on standby and capable of dropping large amounts of chemical

Smoke rises from a plane crash Tuesday near Chinquapin, Calif. The S-2T air tanker was fighting a wildfire near Yosemite National Park.

‘Difference’ nominations are sought

painkiller, that was addressed to an unidentified inmate. u Michael Hobbs, 35, of Santa Cruz was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of battery against a household member after deputies responded to a report of an altercation at a house in La Puebla. u A burglar carried off a 50-inch TV from a house in Calle Serna in Española on Tuesday.

Ray Munoz Jr. (Coach Ray), age 57, of Santa Fe, NM passed away October 2, 2014 surrounded by family.

Wherever he was, his loving wife Dolores and two sons weren’t too far behind. He was a phenominal basketball coach who lead his teams to numerous victories. He was passionate about coaching and brought out the best in his players. He was a Coach and Asst. Coach at several Santa Fe Schools and also several Santa Fe Leagues. He touched the lives of all whom he met and will never be forgotten.

He is preceded in death by his beloved mother Elizabeth Scholder Munoz.

He is survived by his loving wife Dolores Vigil, his children, Ray Munoz III (Andrea), Nicole Serrano (Nathan) Gabriel Munoz, Robert Munoz and Bryan Medina, his two grandchildren Dezeree Munoz and Victor Serrano. He is also survived by his father Ramon Munoz, Sr., his brothers Eddie Munoz (Debbie) of Topeka, KS, Micheal Munoz (Angie) of Topeka, KS, Martin Munoz of Santa Fe and Robert Munoz of Santa Fe, special nieces April, Vanessa, Esmeralda, Kaylene and Mya, special nephews Michael, Adrian, Eddie and Izaiah and three very special friends Lynn Kirk (Krazy), Meighan Click and Michelle Alvardo.

He was a legend to all that knew him.

Donations can be made at any Credit Union Account set up In Memory of Ray Munoz #3002380200.

Memorial Services will be held Saturday October 11, 2014 at Santa Fe Vineyard, 1352 San Juan Drive, Santa Fe, NM at 2:30 p.m.

IN MEMORY OF DIANA G. SANCHEZ 5/16/54 - 4/9/14 6 month Anniversary

MARIA DOLORES WILLIAMS Maria Dolores Williams, 69, of Moriarty, New Mexico peacefully passed away at her home on Monday, October 6, 2014. Maria was born December 4, 1944 in Nambe Pueblo, NM to Federico and Sylvianita (Vigil) Martinez.

She married Don Williams October 26, 1963 in Santa Fe, NM. She was a switch board operator at St. John’s College in Santa Fe. She and her family lived in Moriarty for the past 10 years having previously lived in Santa Fe. In 20102011 she was president of the Moriarty Lions Club. Maria was preceded in death by her parents Federico and Sylvianita Vigil. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Don Williams of Moriarty; sons Anthony Martinez of Seattle, WA and Michael Williams of Moriarty; brother Fred Martinez of Rio Rancho, NM; sisters Ramona Lovato of Moriarty, Cordelia Clark of Moriarty, Marquita Avila of Albuquerque, NM and Louella Camacho of Falls Church, Virginia. Arrangements entrusted to: Harris-Hanlon Mortuary "Our Family Serving Your Family"

Help line Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families hotline: 800-473-5220

You will be forever remembered. WE LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU! We invite our family and friends to attend a mass on October 11, 2014 at San Isidro Catholic church at 5:00 pm.

Anita, Tina, Mona, your precious grand babies and all your family.

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DWI arrest u Joshua Ungefug 23, of Santa Fe was arrested on charges of DWI, not driving within traffic lanes and not having a driver’s license.

Ungefug was pulled over Wednesday on N.M. 14 at Interstate 25.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF ANTHONY P. RAEL 1ST YEAR MEMORIAL

Happy 2nd Birthday in heaven our sweet angel boy we love and miss you so very much

Mom, Daughter, Sister, Nana; Your life was a blessing…

Your memory a treasure…

You are loved beyond words And MISSED beyond measure…

Love, Rudy, Mom, Dad, Yolanda, Cathy, Charlie, Ted, Donna, Charlotte, Charlene, Mari, Stevie, Christine, Crystal, Neil, Joey, Raelyn, Andrew, Kaden, "your baby" Marcus & Godzilla too!

"I Miss You Mom! I will love you forever" --Rudy

Love, Mommy, Daddy and Sister

Elizabeth D. Lujan, Santa Fe, NM Service at Santa Fe Vineyard Christian Fellowship 6:00pm Friday 10, 2014

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OPINIONS

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

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Open borders led to virus pandemic

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he United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that the United States before this year had 79 cases and no deaths from the Enterovirus D68 in the last five years. Worldwide there are 10 million to 15 million cases of D68 annually.

South of the U.S. border, it is an epidemic. In my opinion, President Barack Obama has had an open borders policy of allowing immigrants unfettered access to the U.S., which has resulted in the start of a Enterovirus D68 pandemic — currently five children dead and thousands sick. As of last week, 45 states had Enterovirus D68 cases.

Then there are U.S. Sen. Tom Udall and U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján, who have sat by and done nothing to protect us from actions of a president that result in sickness and death.

Edward Brown

Santa Fe

Lovely medians I would just like the city of Santa Fe to know that as I drive to work every day on Zia Road, the trees and moss rock that were put in on the medians are just lovely. I have traveled this way for four years, and I smile every time I see those lovely trees. Thank you so much for beautifying the medians. People notice and we appreciate it.

Pattie Christianson

Santa Fe

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

Ray Rivera Editor

OUR VIEW

Navajo election causes excitement

T For the people Obstructing Republicans unscrupulously sow despair, apathy, cynicism, anger and pessimism in highly inequitable America. Polling a 70 percent voter disapproval, the GOP oddly seems close to securing Our Lady of Perpetually Vacationing Congress this fall. Corrupting money buys election lies and our government.

Our constitutional system of checks and balances is in shambles. Sanity has left the building when the right promotes anti-female policies and denies climate change.

We welcome your letters Letters to the editor are among the best-read items of The New Mexican. Please limit letters to 150 words.

Please give us your address and telephone numbers — home and work — for verification. We keep numbers and addresses confidential.

Email letters to: letters@sfnewmexican.com.

Government should work for us, the people. November’s election will decide the survival of Social Security, public education, minimum wages, regulations, voting rights and fair taxing. The future of progressive Supreme Court

nominees is most important.

This David-versus-Goliath November election depends upon overwhelming voter turnout and many small donations to critical political races.

Gary Reynolds

Santa Fe

COMMENTARY: BY JOE NOCERA

A moment of truth comes for emissions

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n March, the Obama administration issued a white paper as part of its Climate Action Plan titled “Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions.” A big part of the strategy was built around cutting down on the methane emissions that result from oil and gas production, particularly the hydraulic fracturing method of extracting natural gas from the ground — aka, fracking. In the white paper, the administration said that the Environmental Protection Agency would decide by the fall how best to go about it.

Fall is now here. More to the point, the word is that the EPA and the White House are in the process of deciding what tack to take in reducing methane emissions (although any announcement will probably have to wait until after the November elections). If the administration takes the right course, methane emissions could likely be reduced by 40 percent or 50 percent over the next five years — enough to make natural gas a genuinely cleaner alternative to coal and a critical component in reducing greenhouse gasses. But if it doesn’t — if the government decides to back away from regulation, or allow industry to reduce emissions voluntarily — then the promise of natural gas as a cleaner fuel could well go unrealized.

“It’s the moment of truth,” says Fred Krupp, the president of the Environmental Defense Fund and a strong proponent of regulating emissions.

Methane emissions, as I’ve written before, are fracking’s Achilles heel. Methane is the primary ingredient in natural gas, and, when it is burned, it is considerably less dirty than coal. The problem is that methane too often leaks at various points in the production and distribution process. And when methane gets into the atmosphere, it is 84 to 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a 20-year span. (After two decades, its potency is greatly reduced.) Not surpris-

ingly, anti-fracking environmentalists have put methane leakage near the top of the list of their reasons that fracking should be banned altogether.

That, to be blunt, is never going to happen. The natural gas boom that has resulted from fracking has become hugely important to the U.S. economy, providing jobs and a plentiful supply of a low-cost fuel. President Barack Obama himself is on record as being pro-natural gas.

It also turns out that lowering methane emissions does not require enormously expensive new technology. It can be done with technology that already exists and at fairly minimal cost. I’ve seen estimates that it would add a penny to the current price of natural gas. What’s more, a 50 percent reduction in methane emissions is the equivalent to closing 90 coal-fired power plants, according to the Environmental Defense Fund.

In February, Colorado became the first state to impose regulations on the natural gas industry aimed at reducing methane emissions.

The regulations included using valves that don’t allow methane to leak, regular checks and repairs of leaks and a variety of other rules.

Four of the largest natural gas developers in the state supported the regulations — in part because they saw the public relations value in it, but also because the regulations Colorado imposed made sense.

“What we were looking for were rules that wouldn’t just add paperwork or documentation but would make a quantifiable difference,” said Doug Hock, a spokesman for the Encana Corp., one of the companies that supported the regulations.

He noted that the company was already using, in Wyoming, a special infrared camera that detects methane leaks — which is now required by Colo-

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rado — and “we could see the benefit of the rules.” He added, “It really puts a very disciplined process around regular maintenance.”

The problem, however, is that while fracking is currently regulated by the states, not every state is rushing to follow Colorado’s lead. What’s more, there are an enormous number of companies in the fracking business — literally thousands. Fracking practically screams out for federal regulation.

Which brings me back to the White House. Obama has said that he wants to put in place policies that will lower greenhouse gasses by 17 percent by the year 2020.

To that end, in 2012, he set fuel mileage standards that will increase fuel economy to more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025.

More recently, the EPA announced rules that would reduce carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants by 30 percent by the year 2030.

The environmentalists I spoke with say that these moves, while significant, won’t get the president — or the nation — to that 17 percent goal. But adding methane emission regulation could well get us over the goal line.

Is industry pushing back? Of course.

But oil and gas companies should be welcoming sensible regulation.

There is so much mistrust of fracking in the country that rules that made the process demonstrably safer could well have the effect of ameliorating some of that mistrust.

Smart regulation to reduce methane emissions could help industry — and help the planet as well.

Joe Nocera is an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. In addition to his work there, he serves as a regular business commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition with Scott Simon.

he most interesting election around isn’t for governor of New Mexico or even for the U.S. Senate in Iowa or Kentucky. We’d put the neck-and-neck contest for president of the Navajo Nation up against just about any contest in the country.

In what other election do losing candidates sue — after a primary has determined two top finishers — to eliminate a candidate based on language ability? In what other election does a candidate then have to sit in a lawyer’s office, swearing out a deposition to prove language fluency? In what other election is the entire voting population waiting for a decision to see who might remain on the ballot with the election just around the corner on Nov. 4?

Folks, this is one for the ages.

Here’s what is happening in the race for Navajo Nation president. In August, a field of 17 candidates was narrowed to just two. Former President Joe Shirley Jr. won the primary with 10,000-plus votes, with newcomer Chris Deschene coming in second at 9,734. The results gave voters a clear choice between establishment and upstart, traditional and urban, old and new.

Some elements, apparently, wanted to make sure the upstart never had a chance. Deschene — a Marine, lawyer, engineer and former Arizona state representative — admits he still is learning the traditional Diné language. Under the Navajo constitution, however, the president of the nation must be fluent. (Despite, this, no one tried to disqualify Deschene until it appeared he might win the race and no other presidential candidate has had to prove language capability.).

Two losing presidential candidates filed separate grievances, which were combined and then dismissed in September for being filed too late by the Office of Hearings and Appeals. An appeal went to the Navajo Supreme Court, which reinstated the grievances and sent the case back to be heard — this time, with a definition of fluency.

Earlier this week, Deschene was deposed in a lawyer’s office (a non-Navajo lawyer who does not speak the language) to prove he can serve. The entire saga should be wrapped up by Friday, with voters finding out who their candidates are. The hearing office is scheduled to take up the case again today. The election has so excited the Navajo Nation that over in Arizona, a higher-than-usual turnout among tribal members could tip a House of Representatives election to the Democrats, according to the National Journal News Magazine.

For traditional Navajos, the preservation of culture cannot happen without language. They are two sides of a coin, and without Navajo fluency, the president cannot speak directly to the elderly. At the same time, many in the younger generation can understand the language, but don’t speak it fluently — and many of those people, like Deschene, have studied, worked hard and become accomplished just so they can be leaders for their people.

Now, they might unable able to serve, despite other stellar qualifications. No wonder this election is grabbing headlines all over the world. Balancing tradition and modernity is one of the singular challenges of this century.

We can’t wait to see how it all turns out.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Oct. 9, 1914: Portales — The broom corn crop in this county while not so large perhaps as some former years is a better color and a better grade of corn than for several years. It is estimated that from 40 to 50 cars will be shipped from Portales. The corn will be seeded in about two weeks. The growers are fortunate this year as there has been little wet weather during August or September which could have damaged the corn on the ground.

Oct. 9, 1964: Washington — Foreclosures of homes financed with FHA-insured mortgages are running at an all-time high. The same goes for house loans guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. VA and the Federal Housing Administration call the situation an adjustment toward normalcy, from shortly after World War II when real estate agents eagerly looked for houses to sell until recent years when supply more nearly met demand. FHA and VA officials agree that foreclosures go up or down with the economic pulse of a community.

Oct. 9, 1989: Albuquerque — Brisk winds and congested air space may have caused four accidents Sunday during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, a Federal Aviation Administration operations inspector said. In one incident, two people were injured when a hard landing knocked them from their balloon and a third person jumped from the craft about 20 feet off the ground.

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The weather

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N.M. fishing report

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Santa Fe Airport through 6 p.m. Wednesday Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low ......................................... 71°/47° Normal high/low ............................ 71°/41° Record high ............................... 80° in 1910 Record low ................................. 26° in 1970 Santa Fe Airport Precipitation 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ Trace Month/year to date .................. Trace/8.11” Normal month/year to date ... 0.43”/11.13” Santa Fe Farmers Market 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ Trace Month/year to date .................. Trace/8.69”

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The following water statistics of October 3 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.580 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 5.189 City Wells: 1.121 Buckman Wells: 0.000 Total water produced by water system: 7.890 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.355 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 11.1 percent of capacity; daily inflow 1.29 million gallons.

A partial list of the City of Santa Fe’s Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: • No watering between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. from May 1st to October 31st.

• 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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Albuquerque 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ Trace Month/year to date .................. Trace/6.79” Las Vegas 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ Trace Month/year to date ................ Trace/11.12” Los Alamos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ Trace Month/year to date .................. Trace/7.99” Chama 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date ................ 0.00”/11.87” Taos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.00”/5.70”

Wednesday’s rating ..................... Moderate Today’s forecast ................................. Good 0-50, Good; 51-100, Moderate; 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups; 151-200, Unhealthy; 201-300, Very Unhealthy, 301500, Hazardous Source: EPA

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Weather history

Weather trivia™

On Oct. 9, 1804, a hurricane in New England caused massive damage. Tropical moisture and cold air combined in central New England; 2-3 feet of snow fell in the Green Mountains.

Q: What is sea smoke?

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7 p.m. on FOX Bones A radio host known for inciting strong feelings ends up dead in the new episode “The Purging of the Pundit,” and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and the team get questionable help (guest star Ignacio Serricchio) from an intern in probing the case. Brennan is distracted by her concern for the recently incarcerated Booth (David Boreanaz) as Special Agent Aubrey (guest star John Boyd) seeks his approval.

7 p.m. on CW The Vampire Diaries Elena (Nina Dobrev) appeals to Alaric (Matt Davis) for help in moving forward in the new episode “Yellow Ledbetter.” Caroline (Candice Accola) is stunned to learn of Stefan’s (Paul Wesley) latest activities. Jeremy’s (Steven R. McQueen) friendship with a Mystic Falls newcomer (guest star Gabrielle Walsh) draws Matt’s (Zach Roerig) concern.

8 p.m. on ABC Scandal The disappearance of her daughter prompts a woman (guest star Sonya Walger, Lost) to seek help in high places in the

City Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Berlin Bogota Buenos Aires Cairo Caracas Ciudad Juarez Copenhagen Dublin Geneva Guatemala City Havana Hong Kong Jerusalem Lima

new episode “Inside the Bubble.”

Jake (Scott Foley) does his best to accommodate her. Mellie (Bellamy Young) finds a new obsession, while David (Joshua Malina) strives to make a new mark for himself.

Emmy winner Joe Morton returns as Olivia’s (Kerry Washington, pictured) father, Rowan.

9 p.m. on NBC Parenthood Tension is high as relatives await news on Zeek’s (Craig T. Nelson) condition in the aptly titled new episode “The Waiting Room.” Julia (Erika Christensen) decides to ask Joel (Sam Jaeger) where their relationship stands. Drew (Miles Heizer) offers Amber (Mae Whitman) the support she needs. Sarah’s (Lauren Graham) approach to Ruby (Courtney Grosbeck) backfires. Crosby (Dax Shepard) looks for a way out of his troubles.

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All Sierra Club Rio Grande chapter outings are free and open to the public. Always call leader to confirm participation and details.

Visit www. riograndesierraclub. org/outings for the most updated information.

SATURDAY, OCT 11: Strenuous hike to Pecos Baldy and lake, about 17 miles and 3,800-foot gain. Call Michael Di Rosa at 667-0095 or 231-9629.

SATURDAY, OCT. 11: Join the Southern Group and the Southwest Environmental Center for a day’s visit or an overnight on an Otero Mesa outing. Send an email to howiedash@aol.com or call Howie Dash at 575-652-7550.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 11 AND OCT. 12: Moderate car camp/dayhike from Three Rivers Campground, 6 miles round trip and 1,000 feet elevation gain. Send an email to laurenceagibson@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, OCT. 12: Moderate hike on the Rim Vista/Salazar trails near Ghost Ranch, car shuttle, 9 miles, 1,700 feet. No dogs. Call Daisy Levine at 466-8338.

SUNDAY, OCT. 12: Strenuous La Vega Loop hike through the aspens: Distance 8 miles. Elevation gain: 2,800 feet. From the Winsor Trail, take the Elevator

CHAMA RIVER: On Oct. 4, Edward Garcia of Albuquerque caught a 24-inch, 5.13-pound brown trout. He was using a night crawler.

CIMARRON RIVER: On Oct. 3, Angelico Chavez of Las Vegas caught a 25-inch, 6.75-pound cutbow trout and a 22-inch rainbow trout. He was fishing below the Gravel Pit Lakes and using a No. 1 gold Mepps spinner.

SAN JUAN RIVER: On Oct. 2, Brandon Marshall of Albuquerque caught and released a 21-inch brown trout. He was using a chocolate Johnny Flash. Oct. 3, Frank Jaramillo of Albuquerque caught and released a 20-inch rainbow trout. He was using a black crystal midge.

UTE LAKE: On Oct. 4, while fishing the Logan Open Bass Tournament, the team of White and Johnson from Colorado weighed in a 4.34-pound largemouth bass. That same day, the team of Gutierrez and Sawyer from Albuquerque weighed in a 4.98-pound largemouth bass.

NOTE: If you have a catch of the week story or want to share your latest New Mexico fishing experience, send it to fishforfun2@ hotmail.com. For catches of the week, include name, date and location, as well as type of fish, length and weight, bait, lure or fly used.

Shaft down to the Rio Nambé.

Follow the Rio up to La Vega and then return to the Winsor Trail and the Santa Fe Ski Area. Call Aku at 577-2594.

SATURDAY, OCT. 18: Moderate hike to Giant Footprint Ruins.

Beautiful hike near Jemez Springs to the top of the mesa. About 6 to 8 miles. Send an email to marciaskillman@hotmail.com or call Marcia Skillman at 699-3008.

SATURDAY, OCT. 18: Santa Fe River Cleanup. Meet at Closson Street Footbridge by 9 a.m., finish by 11 a.m. Bring work gloves; rubber boots helpful if there have been recent rains. Leader will supply trash bags. Send an email if attending to roseallenpromo@ gmail.com or call Rose Allen at 503-961-2242.

SUNDAY, OCT. 19: Fall colors at the top of the Sandias. Loop hike from the antennas to the upper tram terminal on the Crest Trail, and return by Trail 137 and the Crest Spur Trail. Easy hike. Very small elevation change. 3.5 miles.

Send an email to odile.dlb@outlook.com providing your home and cellphone numbers or call Odile de La Beaujardiere at 433-4692 to arrange meeting place.

CHARETTE LAKES: Trout fishing was very good using Power Bait and spinners.

CIMARRON RIVER: Trout fishing was good using parachute Adams, bead-head pheasant tails, copper John Barrs, small Mepps spinners, worms and salmon eggs. Fishing at the Gravel Pit Lakes was fair using salmon eggs and Power Bait.

CLAYTON LAKE: Fishing was fair to good using Colorado spoons, Power Bait and worms for trout.

CONCHAS LAKE: Fishing was fair using crank baits, spinner baits, tubes, worms and chigger craws for smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Fishing was slow to fair using crank baits and minnows for a mixed bag of walleye and white bass. Fishing for catfish was slow but a few were caught by anglers using chicken liver and homemade dough baits.

COYOTE CREEK: Trout fishing was fair to good using salmon eggs and worms.

EAGLE NEST LAKE: Kokanee snagging was good with the best area reported being just south of the main boat ramp. Bank fishing was good using roe sacs and Power Bait for rainbow trout and worms for perch. A few trout were caught by anglers trolling spinners tipped with Power Bait on light tackle. .

LAKE MALOYA: Fishing pressure was light and fishing was fair using olive and black Pistol Petes, grasshoppers and worms for rainbow trout.

LOS PINOS: Trout fishing was good using wooly buggers, slump busters, small spinners and night crawlers.

MANZANO LAKE: Fishing was fair using garlic scented Power Bait, marshmallows and salmon eggs for trout. A few were also caught by anglers using Pistol Petes under a bubble.

MONASTERY LAKE: Trout fishing was fair using Power Bait, prince nymphs, Pistol Petes and salmon eggs.

MORPHY LAKE: Fishing was fair using worms, Power Bait, Pistol Petes and salmon eggs for trout.

MOUNT VIEW PONDS: Fishing was fair using Power Bait and salmon eggs for trout.

PECOS RIVER: Trout fishing was fair to good using worms, baetis nymphs, prince nymphs and small streamers.

RIO GRANDE: Trout fishing was good using wooly worms, San Juan worms, black micro mays, spinners, small jerk baits and night crawlers. Fishing for smallmouth bass was fair using jerk baits, spinners and wooly buggers.

RIO HONDO: Fishing was fair to good using copper John Barrs and poundmeisters for trout.

UTE LAKE: Fishing was slow to fair using curly tail grubs, tubes, small salt craws and crank baits for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. Fishing was slow to fair using live minnows for walleye. Fishing for all other species was slow. Fishing for all other species was slow.

Northwest ABIQUIÚ LAKE: Fishing was fair using tubes, chigger craws and crank baits for smallmouth bass.

Fishing for walleye was slow with just a few caught by anglers trolling crank baits and bottom bouncer rigs. Night fishing was fair using liver for catfish.

ALBUQUERQUE AREA DRAINS: Fishing on the Albuquerque Drain was slow for all species.

BLUEWATER LAKE: Fishing was fair to good using crank baits, jerk baits and swim baits for tiger musky. Fishing for all other species was slow.

Note: Anglers should be aware that it is illegal to use bait fish at this lake.

CHAMA RIVER: Fishing below El Vado was good using salmon eggs, night crawlers, spinners, wooly buggers, bead-head pheas-

ant tails and copper John Barrs for a mixed bag of rainbow and brown trout.

EL VADO LAKE: Fishing was fair using Power Bait, worms and salmon eggs for trout. Kokanee snagging was slow but should pick up as the fish were just beginning to porpoise.

FENTON LAKE: Trout fishing was good using Pistol Petes, garlicscented Power Bait and worms.

Anglers fishing from boats did very well using olive Pistol Petes along the edge of weed lines.

HERON LAKE: All boat ramps have been closed due to low water conditions. Small boats, canoes and kayaks may still be used. Possession of kokanee is not permitted here or on Willow Creek during the closed season that runs through Nov. 13.

JEMEZ WATERS: Fishing on the Rio Cebolla was good using grasshoppers and worms. Fishing on the Jemez was good for anglers using salmon eggs, worms and copper John Barrs.

LAGUNA DEL CAMPO: Fishing was fair using worms, Pistol Petes and Power Bait for trout.

NAVAJO LAKE: Kokanee snagging was slow. Fishing for bass was slow but a few fish were caught by anglers using tubes, senkos, sweet beavers and crank baits. Fishing for northern pike was very good using crank baits and spinner baits in less than 10 feet of water. Fishing for perch was fair using worms.

SAN JUAN RIVER: Trout fishing through the Quality Waters was very good using olive and grey foam wing emergers, RS2s, San Juan worms, red annelids, BWOs, crystal midges and Johnny flash midges. Fishing through the bait waters was good using jerk baits, night crawlers, salmon eggs, San Juan worms, copper John Barrs and wooly buggers.

SANTA CRUZ LAKE: This water has closed to boating and will remain closed until mid-July of 2015. The only fishing access will be from the overlook, which will remain open. The Bureau of Land Management will be renovating the north lake campground, boat launch, picnic area and main access road.

SEVEN SPRINGS BROOD POND: Trout fishing was good using Power Bait and small wet flies.

TINGLEY BEACH: Fishing at the Youth and Central ponds was slow to fair using hot dogs, chicken liver and night crawlers for catfish.

Southwest CABALLO LAKE: Murky water conditions have made fishing a bit tough the past couple of weeks but anglers are still catching a few walleye and white bass.

Best baits have been minnows and crank baits fished near the dam.

ELEPHANT BUTTE LAKE: Fishing for largemouth bass and smallmouth bass was slow with just a few catches reported. Anglers did best using plastics off main lake and secondary points. Tubes, grubs and senkos worked best.

Fishing was fair using crank baits for white bass. Fishing was fair using chicken liver, beef liver and shrimp for catfish.

ESCONDIDA LAKE: Fishing was fair using chicken liver, night crawlers and hot dogs for catfish.

GLENWOOD POND: Fishing was good using Power Bait and salmon eggs for trout.

QUEMADO LAKE: Fishing was fair to good using Power Bait, Pistol Petes and worms for trout.

A few tiger musky were caught by anglers using crank baits.

RIO GRANDE: Fishing was fair to good using night crawlers and liver for catfish.

YOUNG POND: Fishing was good using liver and hot dogs for catfish.

Southeast BRANTLEY LAKE: The main entrance to the park has reopened. Anglers are to practice catch-and-release for all fish here as high levels of DDT were found in several fish.

CHAPARRAL PARK LAKE: Fishing was fair using liver and hot dogs for catfish.

GREEN MEADOW LAKE: Fishing was fair to good using liver and dough bait for catfish. Fishing was fair to good using spinner baits and chatter baits for largemouth bass.

GREENE ACRES LAKE: Fishing was fair to good using hot dogs, night crawlers, homemade dough bait and liver for catfish.

GRINDSTONE RESERVOIR: Fishing was good using garlic-scented Power Bait, worms and salmon eggs for trout.

SANTA ROSA LAKE: Fishing for smallmouth bass was slow but there were a few small fish caught by anglers using crank baits and tubes.

This fishing report, provided by Bill Dunn and the Department of Game and Fish, has been generated from the best information available from area officers, anglers, guides and local businesses. Conditions may vary as stream, lake and weather conditions alter fish and angler activities.

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PREP BASEBALL

Tentative December trial Bartlett date set in Peterson case named Dragons baseball coach

By Juan A. Lozano The Associated Press

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, center, stands with his wife, Ashley Brown Peterson, left, as they listen to Peterson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, speak after making his first court appearance Wednesday in Conroe, Texas.

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CONROE, Texas — Adrian Peterson is hoping to go to trial as soon as possible. Whether the star running back for the Minnesota Vikings returns to the playing field any time soon is another question entirely.

A Texas judge Wednesday set a tentative Dec. 1 trial date for Peterson to face a felony charge of

child abuse after using a wooden switch to discipline his 4-year-old son in suburban Houston earlier this year. Defense attorney Rusty Hardin said after the hearing that Peterson is “champing at the bit” to defend himself publicly.

But the case might not be tried before the end of the year, meaning Peterson — who is on paid leave from the team — may not be back on the field this season.

The Vikings’ final regular-sea-

son game is Dec. 28.

The trial date might change, too: Montgomery County District Attorney Brett Ligon said he intends to file a motion to recuse Judge Kelly Case after the judge called each lead attorney in the case a “media whore.” Case apologized, saying the comment was meant as a joke.

A Nov. 4 hearing was scheduled

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By Edmundo Carrillo The New Mexican

The Monte del Sol baseball team lost its only head coach in school history, but it will have a very familiar face filling his shoes.

Jesse Bartlett, 25, will replace Frank Lucero, who stepped down after starting the program in 2004.

Lucero recently left his post as Monte del Sol’s athletic director in favor of a teaching position at Desert Montessori School, Jesse Bartlett but he didn’t officially step down as the baseball coach until early September.

He said the travel from Desert Montessori to Monte del Sol was too difficult, and after months of thinking, he finally went to new Monte del Sol AD Lisa Otero to deliver the news.

“It was probably the most difficult coaching decision I ever had to make,” Lucero said. “I just felt like I wasn’t going to be able to do it the right way. It was a choice between doing what I should do and doing what I wanted to do. Ultimately, I decided on what I should do, which is concentrate on my business as an artist, so I had to let go and hand it over.”

Before he left, he highly recommended Bartlett for the job.

Bartlett played for Lucero when the Dragons went 23-3 and made it to the Class AA quarterfinals in 2007.

He was a senior when their 2008 season was canceled due to a lack of players.

PREP CROSS-COUNTRY TAYLOR BACON

Heading to the finish

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BASEBALL ALCS

Taylor Bacon of Desert Academy, shown here running with Pojoaque’s Megan Herrera in the opening moments of the UNM Invitational, is coming off a second-place finish at the John Grimley Memorial Invitational at Santo Domingo Pueblo on Saturday and is one of the favorites to win the Class AAA title in her first year at that level. JAMES BARRON/THE NEW MEXICAN

One of state’s top runners close to end of her high school career

By James Barron The New Mexican

S

eniors and sentimentality often go hand in hand, and Taylor Bacon is no different.

It’s easy to get choked up about all the “lasts” a high school senior will endure — the last first day of school, the last homecoming, the last senior prom — and Bacon is facing the reality that her time at Desert Academy has

dwindled from years to months. However, she has plenty of practice in this rite of passage — she’s watched and helped other seniors before her deal with the finality of high school.

“Hannah Lochner, when we were on the swim team, we were going through the whole process with her,” Bacon remembered of her sophomore year. “I did that with the other seniors who were graduating and now it’s my turn and I am very sentimental.”

While that might make the year a bit of an emotional roller coaster, Bacon has figured out a way to put feelings aside and do what she does best

— run a cross-country course like few can in the state. She runs first, and tears up a bit later.

“Normally, I’d start talking to coach [Liz Desmond] about how I would run the course differently,” Bacon said. “Now that I’m not coming back, I don’t get to do that again.”

Not that talking about how to run it differently mattered in the past. Bacon’s memory and sense of direction make the exercise somewhat futile. She once tried to retrace the state cross-country course at Rio Rancho High School when her younger sister Eliyah was at a swim meet. It was an exercise

Imagine a playoff that includes Arizona facing TCU in one semifinal and Mississippi State meeting Georgia Tech in the other.

Is it a long shot? Sure. But it’s not quite as far-fetched as it may have seemed before this season of surprises began.

No. 3 Mississippi State, No. 9 TCU, No. 10 Arizona and No. 22 Georgia Tech are all unbeaten after starting the season unranked. The list of undefeated teams that opened the season

The Associated Press

ARIZONA (5-0, 2-0 PAC-12) How they got here: Arizona is 5-0 for the first time since 1998 with a young offensive backfield featuring redshirt freshman quarterback Anu Solomon and true freshman running back Nick Wilson. Linebacker Scooby Wright leads a defense that has eight sacks

Mississippi State players including, from left, defensive lineman Ryan Brown, running back Josh Robinson and defensive lineman Nick James celebrate after their 48-31 win over No. 5 Texas A&M in a Saturday game in Starkville, Miss.

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List of unbeaten teams includes unlikely names The Associated Press

By Dave Skretta

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — They endured it together, Billy Butler and Alex Gordon. All those years with 90 losses, the managerial changes and youth movements and empty seats come late September.

Empty seats in July and August, too.

They were supposed to be the two players who led the Kansas City Royals back to the playoffs. Butler was the standout high school prospect who couldn’t run well and struggled with his glove, but my, how he could hit. And Gordon was the best player in college baseball when the Royals plucked him out of Nebraska, a surefire All-Star one day.

Well, that day has finally arrived.

After seven years of building and rebuilding, Butler and Gordon are reveling in the Royals’ first postseason appearance since 1985.

“For the fans, 30 years without feels like a lifetime. It’s an eternity to me,” Butler said. “Kansas City deserves everything they’re getting and we want to give it to them.”

The Royals open the best-of-seven AL Championship Series on Friday

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By Steve Megargee

Butler, Gordon relish Royals’ success

outside the Top 25 also includes Marshall, which remains unranked despite winning its first five games by an average margin of 31.8 points.

Here’s a look at these five unbeaten teams that started the season unranked.

Sports editor: James Barron, 986-3045, jbarron@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Eric J. Hedlund, ehedlund@sfnewmexican.com

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, October 9, 2014

BASEBALL BASEBALL MLB PLAYOFFS Division Series (Best-of-5)

American League Baltimore 3, Detroit 0 Previous Results Thursday, Oct. 2 Baltimore 12, Detroit 3 Friday, Oct. 3 Baltimore 7, Detroit 6 Sunday, Oct. 5 Baltimore 2, Detroit 1

Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 0 Previous Results Thursday, Oct. 2 Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2, 11 innings Friday, Oct. 3 Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 1, 11 innings Sunday, Oct. 5 Kansas City 8, Los Angeles 3

National League San Francisco 3, Washington 1 Previous Results Friday, Oct. 3 San Francisco 3, Washington 2 Saturday, Oct. 4 San Francisco 2, Washington 1, 18 innings Monday, Oct. 6 Washington 4, San Francisco 1 Tuesday, Oct. 7 San Francisco 3, Washington 2

St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Previous Results Friday, Oct. 3 St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 9 Saturday, Oct. 4 Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2 Monday, Oct. 6 St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Tuesday, Oct. 7 St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2

LEAGUE Championship Series (Best-of-7, x-if necessary)

American League All AL games televised by TBS

Kansas City vs. Baltimore Friday, Oct. 10 Kansas City (Shields 14-8) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6), 6:07 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11 Kansas City (Ventura 14-10) at Baltimore, 2:07 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 13 Baltimore at Kansas City, 6:07 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 14 Baltimore at Kansas City, 6:07 p.m. x-Wednesday, Oct. 15 Baltimore at Kansas City, 2:07 p.m. x-Friday, Oct. 17 Kansas City at Baltimore, 6:07 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 18 Kansas City at Baltimore, 6:07 p.m.

National League San Francisco vs. St. Louis Saturday, Oct. 11 San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-10) at St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9), 6:07 p.m. (Fox) Sunday, Oct. 12 San Francisco at St. Louis, 6:07 p.m.

(FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 14 St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:07 (FS1) Wednesday, Oct. 15 St. Louis at San Francisco, 6:07 p.m.

(FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 16 St. Louis at San Francisco, 6:07 p.m.

(FS1) x-Saturday, Oct. 18 San Francisco at St. Louis, 2:07 p.m. (Fox) x-Sunday, Oct. 19 San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:37 p.m.

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THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Oct. 9 1916 — Babe Ruth outpitched Sherry Smith of the Brooklyn Dodgers as the Boston Red Sox won the longest World Series game, 2-1 in 14 innings.

1928 — Babe Ruth hit three home runs in a World Series game for the second time in his career as the Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-3.

1934 — Dizzy Dean of St. Louis blanked the Detroit Tigers 11-0 in the seventh game of the World Series.

1977 — The New York Yankees rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-3 and take the American League pennant in the fifth game of the playoffs.

1988 — The Oakland Athletics completed a four-game sweep in the ALCS by beating the Boston Red Sox 4-1. Jose Canseco tied an AL playoff record with his third home run of the series and Dennis Eckersley set a major league playoff mark with his fourth save.

1996 — Bernie Williams homered in the 11th inning to give New York a 5-4 victory over Baltimore in Game 1 of the AL championship series. The Yankees got a lot of help from a fan when Jeff Maier, 12, created a game-tying homer by Derek Jeter in the eighth when he reached out and grabbed a ball that was about to be caught by Tony Tarasco.

2005 — Chris Burke hit a home run in the bottom of the 18th inning and Roger Clemens pitched three scoreless innings of relief in Houston’s 7-6, series-ending victory over Atlanta in the NLDS. The longest postseason game in history took 5 hours, 50 minutes to complete. Atlanta’s Adam LaRoche and Houston’s Lance Berkman each hit grand slams, making it the first postseason game to feature two grand slams.

Team Averages Per Game AFC

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL NFL American Conference East Buffalo New England Miami N.Y. Jets South Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville North Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland West San Diego Denver Kansas City Oakland

W 3 3 2 1 W 3 3 1 0 W 3 3 3 2 W 4 3 2 0

L 2 2 2 4 L 2 2 4 5 L 1 2 2 2 L 1 1 3 4

T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

Pct .600 .600 .500 .200 Pct .600 .600 .200 .000 Pct .750 .600 .600 .500 Pct .800 .750 .400 .000

PF PA 96 89 123 107 96 97 79 127 PF PA 156 108 104 87 88 139 67 169 PF PA 97 76 116 80 114 108 103 105 PF PA 133 63 116 87 119 101 51 103

National Conference East Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington South Carolina Atlanta New Orleans Tampa Bay North Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago West Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

W 4 4 3 1 W 3 2 2 1 W 3 3 2 2 W 3 3 3 1

L 1 1 2 4 L 2 3 3 4 L 2 2 3 3 L 1 1 2 3

T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0 T 0 0 0 0

Pct .800 .800 .600 .200 Pct .600 .400 .400 .200 Pct .600 .600 .400 .400 Pct .750 .750 .600 .250

PF PA 156 132 135 103 133 111 112 136 PF PA 104 120 151 143 132 141 103 156 PF PA 99 79 134 106 101 126 116 131 PF PA 86 86 110 83 110 106 84 119

Week 6 Thursday, Oct. 9 Indianapolis at Houston, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 12 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Denver at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

New England at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Green Bay at Miami, 11 a.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 2:25 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 2:25 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 2:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 13 San Francisco at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Kansas City, New Orleans

NFL Team Statistics Week 5

Total Team Yardage AFC Offense Indianapolis Pittsburgh Baltimore San Diego Tennessee New England Houston Kansas City Buffalo N.Y. Jets Denver Cleveland Cincinnati Miami Jacksonville Oakland Defense Miami Denver San Diego Oakland Cincinnati New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Pittsburgh Cleveland Kansas City Indianapolis Baltimore Tennessee Houston Jacksonville

Yards 2198 2020 1864 1846 1716 1699 1690 1675 1626 1616 1586 1548 1472 1417 1361 1080 Yards 1289 1387 1454 1461 1563 1581 1604 1614 1654 1687 1709 1711 1793 1871 1927 2177

Rush 589 686 628 440 627 610 635 671 538 696 318 573 444 569 335 246 Rush 429 353 480 633 560 598 415 355 509 610 637 509 447 683 661 633

Pass 1609 1334 1236 1406 1089 1089 1055 1004 1088 920 1268 975 1028 848 1026 834 Pass 860 1034 974 828 1003 983 1189 1259 1145 1077 1072 1202 1346 1188 1266 1544

Rush 665 577 800 524 493 725 512 605 418 650 374 437 448 452 669 354 Rush 249 610 372 369 307 573 609 580 495 648 610 815 560 660 738 601

Pass 1549 1596 1191 1444 1329 1035 1231 1118 1298 1026 1258 1134 1098 1025 804 868 Pass 1022 769 1040 1045 1210 1127 1128 1232 1325 1194 1239 1044 1338 1371 1298 1461

NFC Offense New Orleans Atlanta Dallas Washington Philadelphia San Francisco Chicago N.Y. Giants Detroit Minnesota Carolina St. Louis Green Bay Tampa Bay Seattle Arizona Defense Seattle St. Louis Detroit San Francisco Arizona Washington Minnesota Chicago N.Y. Giants Carolina Dallas Green Bay New Orleans Philadelphia Atlanta Tampa Bay

Yards 2214 2173 1991 1968 1822 1760 1743 1723 1716 1676 1632 1571 1546 1477 1473 1222 Yards 1271 1379 1412 1414 1517 1700 1737 1812 1820 1842 1849 1859 1898 2031 2036 2062

Offense Indianapolis Pittsburgh Denver Cleveland Baltimore San Diego Cincinnati Miami Tennessee New England Houston Kansas City Buffalo N.Y. Jets Jacksonville Oakland Defense San Diego New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo Pittsburgh Kansas City Indianapolis Denver Baltimore Oakland Tennessee Houston Cincinnati Cleveland Jacksonville

Yards 439.6 404.0 396.5 387.0 372.8 369.2 368.0 354.3 343.2 339.8 338.0 335.0 325.2 323.2 272.2 270.0 Yards 290.8 316.2 320.8 322.3 322.8 330.8 341.8 342.2 346.8 358.6 365.3 374.2 385.4 390.8 421.8 435.4

Rush 117.8 137.2 79.5 143.3 125.6 88.0 111.0 142.3 125.4 122.0 127.0 134.2 107.6 139.2 67.0 61.5 Rush 96.0 119.6 83.0 107.3 71.0 101.8 127.4 101.8 88.3 89.4 158.3 136.6 132.2 140.0 152.5 126.6

Pass 321.8 266.8 317.0 243.8 247.2 281.2 257.0 212.0 217.8 217.8 211.0 200.8 217.6 184.0 205.2 208.5 Pass 194.8 196.6 237.8 215.0 251.8 229.0 214.4 240.4 258.5 269.2 207.0 237.6 253.2 250.8 269.3 308.8

Rush 133.0 115.4 160.0 104.8 109.3 167.3 98.6 145.0 102.4 121.0 83.6 130.0 74.8 89.6 88.5 90.4 Rush 74.4 73.8 62.3 114.6 152.5 121.8 116.0 99.0 129.6 122.0 163.0 76.8 112.0 132.0 147.6 120.2

Pass 309.8 319.2 238.2 288.8 283.5 201.0 265.8 207.0 246.2 223.6 259.6 205.2 251.6 219.6 217.0 205.0 Pass 208.0 209.0 255.5 225.4 192.3 225.6 246.4 265.0 238.8 247.8 208.8 302.5 267.6 274.2 259.6 292.2

NFC Offense New Orleans Atlanta Dallas Washington St. Louis Seattle Philadelphia San Francisco Chicago N.Y. Giants Detroit Minnesota Carolina Green Bay Arizona Tampa Bay Defense Detroit San Francisco Seattle Washington St. Louis Minnesota Chicago N.Y. Giants Carolina Dallas Green Bay Arizona New Orleans Philadelphia Atlanta Tampa Bay

Yards 442.8 434.6 398.2 393.6 392.8 368.3 364.4 352.0 348.6 344.6 343.2 335.2 326.4 309.2 305.5 295.4 Yards 282.4 282.8 317.8 340.0 344.8 347.4 362.4 364.0 368.4 369.8 371.8 379.3 379.6 406.2 407.2 412.4

Tonight’s Injury Report INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at HOUSTON TEXANS COLTS: OUT: CB Darius Butler (ankle), DE Arthur Jones (ankle), T Jack Mewhort (ankle), G Hugh Thornton (back). QUESTIONABLE: LB Jerrell Freeman (hamstring). PROBABLE: LB Bjoern Werner (ankle).

TEXANS: OUT: LB Jadeveon Clowney (knee), CB Darryl Morris (ankle).

QUESTIONABLE: WR Andre Johnson (ankle). PROBABLE: RB Alfred Blue (knee), CB A.J. Bouye (groin), LB Brian Cushing (knee), LB Akeem Dent (shoulder), QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (calf), RB Arian Foster (hamstring), DE Tim Jamison (groin), WR Damaris Johnson (foot), G Ben Jones (knee), CB Johnathan Joseph (knee), P Shane Lechler (left hip), T Derek Newton (ankle), NT Ryan Pickett (knee), S Eddie Pleasant (ankle), S D.J. Swearinger (elbow), LB Jeff Tarpinian (thigh), DE J.J. Watt (thigh).

NCAA FOOTBALL The AP Top 25 Friday No. 25 Stanford vs. Washington State, 7 p.m.

Saturday No. 1 Florida State (5-0) at Syracuse, 10 a.m.

No. 2 Auburn (5-0) at No. 3 Mississippi State, 1:30 p.m.

No. 3 Mississippi (5-0) at No. 14 Texas A&M, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Baylor (5-0) vs. No. 9 TCU, 1:30 p.m.

No. 6 Notre Dame (5-0) vs. North Carolina, 1:30 p.m.

No. 7 Alabama (4-1) at Arkansas, 4 p.m.

No. 8 Michigan State (4-1) at Purdue, 1:30 p.m.

No. 10 Arizona (5-0) vs. Southern Cal, 8:30 p.m.

No. 11 Oklahoma (4-1) vs. Texas at Dallas, 10 a.m.

No. 12 Oregon (4-1) at No. 18 UCLA, 1:30 p.m.

No. 13 Georgia (4-1) at No. 23 Missouri, 10 a.m.

No. 16 Oklahoma State (4-1) at Kansas, 2 p.m.

No. 19 East Carolina (4-1) at South Florida, 5 p.m.

No. 22 Georgia Tech (5-0) vs. Duke, 10:30 a.m.

College Football Schedule Thursday, Oct. 9 South Hampton at NC A&T, 5:30 p.m.

BYU at UCF, 5:30 p.m.

Tennessee Tech at UT-Martin, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 10 Far West San Diego St. at New Mexico, 7:30 p.m.

Fresno St. at UNLV, 8 p.m.

HOCKEY HOCKEY NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic GP Boston 1 Montreal 1 Buffalo 0 Detroit 0 Florida 0 Ottawa 0 Tampa Bay 0 Toronto 1 Metro GP Carolina 0 Columbus 0 New Jersey 0 N.Y. Islanders0 N.Y. Rangers 0 Pittsburgh 0 Washington 0 Philadelphia 1

W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 W 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

OL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pts 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GFGA 2 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 GFGA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

Western Conference Central GP W L OL Pts GFGA Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific GP W L OL Pts GFGA San Jose 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 Vancouver 1 1 0 0 2 4 2 Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calgary 1 0 1 0 0 2 4 Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday’s Games Montreal 4, Toronto 3 Boston 2, Philadelphia 1 Vancouver 4, Calgary 2 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 0 Thursday’s Games Columbus at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Washington, 5 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

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

N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Colorado at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Wednesday Bruins 2, Flyers 1 Philadelphia 0 0 1—1 Boston 1 0 1—2 First Period—1, Boston, R.Smith 1 (Soderberg, Bergeron), 10:39 (pp).

Penalties—Rinaldo, Phi (roughing), 9:44.

Second Period—None.

Penalties—Seidenberg, Bos (slashing), 4:02; L.Schenn, Phi, minor-major (roughing, fighting), 10:52; Robins, Bos, minor-major (charging, fighting), 10:52; Eriksson, Bos (tripping), 12:39.

Third Period—2, Philadelphia, Couturier 1 (Voracek, Read), 4:19. 3, Boston, Kelly 1 (McQuaid, Soderberg), 18:09.

Penalties—Bergeron, Bos (holding), 7:11; Rinaldo, Phi (slashing), 13:59; Marchand, Bos (elbowing), 20:00.

Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 7-76—20. Boston 14-6-13—33.

Power-play opportunities—Philadelphia 0 of 3; Boston 1 of 2.

Goalies—Philadelphia, Mason 0-1-0 (33 shots-31 saves). Boston, Rask 1-0-0 (20-19).

A—17,565 (17,565). T—2:28.

Canadiens 4, Maple Leafs 3 Montreal 1 1 2—4 Toronto 2 0 1—3 First Period—1, Montreal, Pacioretty 1 (Parenteau, Emelin), 4:42. 2, Toronto, Kadri 1 (Kozun, Lupul), 8:04.

3, Toronto, Bozak 1 (Percy, Phaneuf), 19:22 (pp).

Penalties—Kozun, Tor (tripping), 12:21; Emelin, Mon (interference), 17:45.

Second Period—4, Montreal, Plekanec 1 (Emelin), 4:34.

Penalties—Winnik, Tor (closing hand on puck), 8:19; Gilbert, Mon, double minor (high-sticking), 17:03.

Third Period—5, Montreal, Subban 1 (Desharnais, Parenteau), 8:41. 6, Toronto, Rielly 1 (Komarov), 17:41. 7, Montreal, Plekanec 2 (Galchenyuk), 19:17.

Penalties—None.

Shots on Goal—Montreal 6-13-13—32.

Toronto 11-7-9—27.

Power-play opportunities—Montreal 0 of 2; Toronto 1 of 3.

Goalies—Montreal, Price 1-0-0 (27 shots-24 saves). Toronto, Bernier 0-1-0 (32-28).

A—19,745 (18,819). T—2:40.

Canucks 4, Flames 2 Vancouver 1 2 1—4 Calgary 0 2 0—2 First Period—1, Vancouver, Burrows 1 (Hamhuis, Tanev), 11:55 (pp).

Penalties—Bieksa, Van (interference), 3:34; Higgins, Van (delay of game), 4:31; Byron, Cal (hooking), 11:47; Raymond, Cal (tripping), 16:32; Kassian, Van (interference), 19:42.

Second Period—2, Calgary, Byron 1 (Colborne), 4:08. 3, Vancouver, Kassian 1 (Vey, Richardson), 5:16.

4, Vancouver, Vrbata 1 (H.Sedin, D.Sedin), 11:07. 5, Calgary, Hudler 1 (Monahan, Giordano), 13:19. Penalties—Richardson, Van (high-sticking), 6:57; Glencross, Cal (high-sticking), 7:25; Burrows, Van (roughing), 19:58; Bieksa, Van (roughing), 19:58; Engelland, Cal (roughing), 19:58; Backlund, Cal (roughing), 19:58.

Third Period—6, Vancouver, H.Sedin 1 (Tanev, Richardson), 18:44 (en).

Penalties—None.

Shots on Goal—Vancouver 13-137—33. Calgary 9-7-9—25.

Power-play opportunities—Vancouver 1 of 3; Calgary 0 of 4.

Goalies—Vancouver, Miller 1-0-0 (25 shots-23 saves). Calgary, Hiller 0-1-0 (32-29).

A—19,289 (19,289). T—2:41.

Sharks 4, Kings 0 San Jose 1 3 0—4 Los Angeles 0 0 0—0 First Period—1, San Jose, Wingels 1 (McGinn, Demers), 5:43. Penalties— Marleau, SJ (interference), 3:18; M.Brown, SJ, major (fighting), 11:21; Clifford, LA, major (fighting), 11:21; Stoll, LA (slashing), 12:03; Doughty, LA (boarding), 16:47.

Second Period—2, San Jose, Marleau 1 (Burns, Vlasic), 3:20 (pp). 3, San Jose, Wingels 2 (Burns), 15:50. 4, San Jose, Nieto 1 (Marleau), 16:04.

Penalties—Clifford, LA (tripping), 2:46; Richards, LA (boarding), 4:53; Couture, SJ (holding), 11:36.

Third Period—None. Penalties—Nieto, SJ (hooking), 10:15; M.Brown, SJ (boarding), 18:53; Braun, SJ (tripping), 18:53.

Shots on Goal—San Jose 15-12-3—30.

Los Angeles 11-13-10—34.

Power-play opportunities—San Jose 1 of 4; Los Angeles 0 of 5.

Goalies—San Jose, Niemi 1-0-0 (34 shots-34 saves). Los Angeles, Quick 0-1-0 (27-23), M.Jones (0:00 third, 3-3).

A—18,514 (18,118). T—2:32.

BASKETBALL BASKETBALL NBA PRESEASON Eastern Conference Boston Washington Detroit Orlando Indiana Milwaukee Atlanta Philadelphia Toronto Brooklyn Cleveland Charlotte New York Miami Chicago

W 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2

Pct 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .500 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000

GB — — ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 2

Western Conference W L Pct GB Golden State 1 0 1.000 — Houston 1 0 1.000 — Utah 1 0 1.000 — L.A. Lakers 1 0 1.000 — Denver 1 1 .500 ½ Sacramento 1 1 .500 ½ New Orleans 1 2 .333 1 Phoenix 0 0 .000 ½ San Antonio 0 0 .000 ½ Memphis 0 1 .000 1 Minnesota 0 1 .000 1 Dallas 0 1 .000 1 L.A. Clippers 0 1 .000 1 Oklahoma City 0 1 .000 1 Portland 0 1 .000 1 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 106, Charlotte 92 Washington 94, New Orleans 89 Boston 106, New York 86 Milwaukee 86, Memphis 83 Denver 114, Oklahoma City 101 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Memphis at Houston, 6 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 8 p.m.

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

TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Announced team owners unanimously approved the sale of the Buffalo Bills to Terry and Kim Pegula.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed S Shamiel Gary to a one-year contract.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed CB Mike Harris and DT Derrick Hopkins to the practice squad. Released CB Josh Victorian. Placed DT Xavier Proctor on practice squad injured reserve.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed G Jordan McCray to the practice squad.

LOS ANGELES RAIDERS — Signed LB Jamar Chaney.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released OL Caylin Hauptmann from the practice squad. Signed OL Chris Martin and DL Joe Vellano to the practice squad.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Placed LB Nick Roach on injured reserve. Signed LB Jamar Chaney.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Placed S Bernard Pollard on injured reserve.

Signed CB Brandon Ghee.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Released CB Richard Crawford and S Akeem Davis. Signed CB Greg Ducre from San Diego’s practice squad. Signed LB Jackson Jeffcoat from the practice squad.

SOCCER SOCCER NORTH AMERICA Major League Soccer East W L T Pts GF GA x-D.C. United 15 9 7 52 46 34 New England 15 13 3 48 46 43 Kansas City 13 11 7 46 45 37 New York 11 9 11 44 49 46 Columbus 11 10 10 43 44 38 Toronto 11 13 7 40 42 49 Houston 11 14 6 39 36 51 Philadelphia 9 10 12 39 46 45 Chicago 5 8 18 33 38 46 Montreal 6 18 7 25 34 54 West W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 19 9 3 60 61 47 x-Los Angeles 17 5 9 60 66 31 Salt Lake 13 8 10 49 50 39 Dallas 14 11 6 48 52 42 Portland 11 9 12 45 59 52 Vancouver 10 8 13 43 40 40 Colorado 8 15 8 32 42 58 San Jose 6 14 11 29 35 47 Chivas USA 7 18 6 27 26 58 Note: Three points for win and one for a tie. x- clinched playoff berth Wednesday, Oct. 8 Houston 1, Toronto 0 Portland 3, San Jose 0 Friday, Oct. 10 Chicago at Kansas City, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11 New England at Montreal, 2 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 5 p.m.

Columbus at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Salt Lake, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Chivas USA, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 12 D.C. United at Houston, 1 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 5 p.m.

TENNIS TENNIS ATP TOUR World Tour Shanghai Rolex Masters Wednesday At Shanghai Purse: $6.52 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles - Second Round Gilles Simon, France, def. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4.

David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, def. Wang Chuhan, China, 6-0, 6-4.

Jack Sock, United States, def. Kei Nishikori (7), Japan, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Roberto Bautista Agut (14), Spain, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4.

Andy Murray (11), Britain, def. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 7-5, 6-2.

Julien Benneteau, France, def. Grigor Dimitrov (10), Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-3.

Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, def. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-3.

Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 6-4.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 6-3, 6-1.

Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

Juan Monaco, Argentina, def. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, 5-2, retired.

John Isner (13), United States, def.

Steve Johnson, United States, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7).

Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def.

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7).

WTA TOUR Japan Open Wednesday At Osaka, Japan Purse: $250,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles - Second Round Luksika Kumkhum, Thailand, def. Eri Hozumi, Japan, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def.

Heather Watson (6), Britain, 6-4, 7-5.

Elina Svitolina (3), Ukraine, def.

Naomi Osaka, Japan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Madison Keys (2), United States, def.

Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-0, 6-4.

Tianjin Open Wednesday At Tianjin, China Purse: $250,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles - Second Round Alison Riske (6), United States, def.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Andrea Hlavackova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-0.

Ajla Tomljanovic (8), Croatia, def.

Duan Ying-Ying, China, 6-4, 6-4.

Varvara Lepchenko (4), United States, def. Liu Fangzhou, China, 7-6 (3), 7-5.

Generali Ladies Linz Wednesday At Linz, Austria Purse: $250,000 (Intl.)

Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles - First Round Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, def.

Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Karin Knapp, Italy, def. Sabine Lisicki (5), Germany, 7-5, 2-6, 7-6 (1).

Eugenie Bouchard (1), Canada, def.

Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, 6-4, 6-1.

Second Round Madison Brengle, United States, def.

Ana Ivanovic (2), Serbia, walkover.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def.

Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, 6-0, 6-2.

Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-2.

Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, def. Anna Schmiedlova, Slovakia, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

List: No. 3 Mississippi State hosts No. 2 Auburn on Saturday Continued from Page B-1 over its last two games. In its last two games, Arizona edged California 49-45 on a Hail Mary and pulled off a 31-24 stunner at No. 12 Oregon, which was ranked second at the time.

Potential roadblocks: Arizona has a tough home test with Southern California on Saturday and has three more games with ranked teams: Nov. 1 at No. 18 UCLA, Nov. 22 at No. 24 Utah and Nov. 28 at home against No. 20 Arizona State. If the Wildcats stay unbeaten through the regular season, they’d still have to survive the Pac-12 championship game.

GEORGIA TECH (5-0, 2-0 ACC) How they got here: The Yellow Jackets have found an ideal quarterback for Paul Johnson’s triple-option attack in Justin Thomas, who has

rushed for 470 yards while also throwing seven touchdown passes with only one interception. Georgia Tech beat Georgia Southern 42-38 on a touchdown with 23 seconds left and erased a 10-point deficit in a 27-24 triumph over Virginia Tech. “I’d say they’re resilient,” Johnson said. “Nothing much seems to affect them. We get behind and nothing changes. They don’t panic.”

Potential roadblocks: Georgia Tech hosts defending ACC Coastal Division champion Duke on Saturday and closes the regular season with a Nov. 15 home game against Clemson and a Nov. 29 trip to No. 13 Georgia.

The Yellow Jackets avoid No. 1 Florida State in the regular season but could face the Seminoles in the ACC championship game if both get that far.

MARSHALL (5-0, 1-0 CONF. USA) How they got here: Marshall’s the

one team on the list that isn’t really a surprise. Before the season, Marshall was touted as a team that could go unbeaten thanks to star quarterback Rakeem Cato and a tissue-soft schedule. Cato directs an offense that leads all FBS teams with 595.6 yards per game. “Cato has done a tremendous job,” Marshall coach Doc Holliday said. “He is extremely unselfish and could care less about his stats. What he cares about is winning the football game.”

Potential roadblocks: Marshall has a potentially tricky home game Saturday with Middle Tennessee, which beat the Thundering Herd 51-49 last season.

The only other remaining opponent that currently owns a winning record is UAB, which hosts the Herd on Nov. 22.

Marshall also could end up in the Conference USA championship game.

MISSISSIPPI STATE (5-0, 2-0 SEC) How they got here: Quarterback Dak Prescott has emerged as a Heisman Trophy candidate while leading Mississippi State to its highest ranking ever. The Bulldogs have gained at least 500 yards in each of their games this season, though their brutal schedule gives them little time to celebrate.

“The difference between a pat on the back and a kick in the rear end is about six inches,” Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said. “We have to make sure we keep in the high-end of those six inches right there because if not, it will turn to the second.”

Potential roadblocks: Mississippi State hosts No. 2 Auburn on Saturday.

The Bulldogs also have two upcoming road games against Top 25 teams: Nov. 15 at No. 7 Alabama and Nov. 29 at No. 3 Ole Miss. If the Bulldogs get

through that grind unscathed, they’d still need to play the SEC championship game.

TCU (4-0, 1-0 BIG 12)

How they got here: The Horned Frogs already have matched their win total from last season, when they finished 4-8. TCU’s offense is averaging 516.2 yards per game, 171.4 more than last season. That represents the best statistical improvement of any FBS offense this season. “We are good enough to win the Big 12,” TCU linebacker Paul Dawson said after a 37-33 victory over No. 11 Oklahoma, which was ranked fourth at the time.

Potential roadblocks: TCU visits No. 5 Baylor on Saturday and hosts No. 16 Oklahoma State on Oct. 18 and No. 17 Kansas State on Nov. 8.

SPORTS

Thursday, October 9, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

B-3

PREP ROUNDUP

Waldorf beats Coronado after 5 games The New Mexican

At some point, a fifth game was going to go Santa Fe Waldorf’s way.

It happened on Wednesday night, and the Lady Wolves Waldorf 3 couldn’t have picked a Coronado 2 better time to pull out a 25-22, 20-25, 21-25, 25-15, 17-15 win over Coronado in District 1A volleyball at Gallina on Wednesday night.

The win ensured a district split between the two teams, and it was the first fivegame win for Waldorf in four tries this season. Still, the Lady Wolves (7-3 overall, 3-1 1A) had to overcome a 4-0 deficit in the finale before outscoring the Lady Leopards (9-5, 5-1) 17-11 the rest of the way.

Josie Adams, the Lady Wolves head coach, said her team learned plenty from the previous three losses — the last of which came against a 12-1 Corona team on Saturday.

“They learned that, no matter what, we just have to play our game,” Adams said.

“Play smart, but don’t play scared, and that’s what we did. We have a lot of big hitters on the net and we had some good blocks [against Coronado].”

No hitter was bigger than Waldorf senior Cecelia Barnard, who had 35 kills in

61 attempts to lead the way. Beatrice Lowe added eight kills and 31 digs, while Keifer Nace had eight kills to go with 40 assists.

ESPAÑOLA VALLEY 3, LOS ALAMOS 1 The Lady Sundevils got past a big 2AAAAA road test in Griffith Gymnasium to come away with a 25-11, 22-25, 25-21, 25-22 win to improve to 2-0 in the district.

Elana Salazar again showed her strength with 25 kills, 17 digs and four saves, while Victoria Valdez had 23 digs. Valdez also served 12 straight points to finish off Game 1 as the Lady Sundevils turned an 13-11 score into a rout.

Celina Naranjo had 25 assists for Española (10-2), while Nicole Romero added 20. Kaitlyn Romero converted 17 of those assists into kills.

BOYS SOCCER DESERT ACADEMY 8, MORENO VALLEY 1 Noah Gibson scored four goals for the Wildcats (7-5) in a nondistrict match against the Timberwolves in Angel Fire.

“He was on fire,” Desert Academy head coach Rob Lochner said. “He was making a lot of things happen.”

Junior midfielder Guru Dev Khalsa scored two goals while Ian Stumbo and Dylan Moon added one each. With senior midfielder David Onstott adding four assists,

the Wildcats were playing very little defense, which prompted Lochner to pull goalkeeper Jasper Grossman from the net and put him on the field with 10 minutes remaining.

Grossman had three shots on goal in that time, which was two more than Moreno Valley had the entire match.

GIRLS SOCCER ALBUQUERQUE CIBOLA 9, SANTA FE HIGH 0 The Demonettes have not scored in four District 1AAAAAA matches, but head coach Keith Richards was impressed by what he saw in the first half against the Lady Cougars at the Albuquerque Public Schools Soccer Complex.

Santa Fe High (6-6, 0-4) held Cibola to a 3-0 lead at halftime, but that doesn’t reflect the strides the Demonettes made.

“Honestly, we played our best half of soccer,” Richards said. “The girls were talking out there, and they felt pretty good at halftime.”

Although the Demonettes have dropped five straight, Richards is taking solace in the fact that his team is getting better.

“I hate to see them struggle, but honestly, they’re improving,” he said. “It’s not going to change in one season. I just want the younger girls to remember these matches.”

Finish: Has shot at winning AAA meet Continued from Page B-1 that was quickly abandoned.

“I couldn’t figure out where I was going,” Bacon said. “It could have been dangerous. I could have gotten lost.”

Opposing runners might not mind that, considering what Bacon has done over the past three years. The 2013 Class A state champion also was a runner-up in 2012 and is one of the favorites as the season heads into its final four weeks.

The difference is that Bacon is now a contender in Class AAA after she and the rest of her teammates were moved up two classes in the New Mexico Activities Association’s classification and alignment block for the next two seasons.

What hasn’t changed are the faces of the runners she chases, since Bacon has run against most of them her entire career.

So running against Pecos’ Cassie CdeBaca or Estancia’s Aubri Wrye doesn’t faze her now that they are her competition rather than just runners to help her prepare for the state meet.

She comes off a secondplace finish at Santa Fe Indian School’s John Grimley Memorial Invitational on Oct. 4, running it in 20 minutes, 25 seconds on the 5-kilometer

Desert Academy senior Taylor Bacon, shown here during the UNM Invitational in September, is still one of the top distance runners in the state, even though she is running in Class AAA instead of A. Bacon was the A state champion last fall and will be a contender to win the AAA meet in November.

JAMES BARRON THE NEW MEXICAN

course. It came on the heels of a third at the Nick Martin Memorial Invitational on Sept.

27, as she finished just nine seconds behind Wrye (21:08.30 vs.

21:17.60).

Bacon is gathering momentum as she prepares for two big meets over the next two weekends: The Northern New Mexico Challenge and the Rio Rancho Shootout, which will see almost all the top teams in the state convene for a preview of the course they will see in November for the state meet.

While Bacon was on a lowmileage running regimen last fall, the workouts this season have been anything but that.

“We’ve definitely upped our mileage this year,” Bacon said.

“We’re focusing a lot more on endurance and doing a lot longer runs than I have in previous years. It’s kind of terrifying but it’s also exciting that we’re bringing it to the next level.”

The added mileage adds to the exhaustion, so she looks forward to all of the off days she can get. Wednesday was one of them, and Bacon had it highlighted — “in big, colorful letters,” she added — in her planner. For the first time this fall, Bacon got to sit at home and enjoy watching television.

Count that as another “last” she crossed off her list for her

senior year.

“It’s really nice,” Bacon said.

“For weeks, it’s been coming home from practice, eat food, do homework and go to bed.

This break kind of maintains your physical, mental and emotional well-being.”

As for the sentimentality of her final year in high school, Bacon said she is embracing it and enjoying every moment that she can.

“I know some of my friends have shifted focus,” Bacon said.

“They’re saying, ‘I can’t wait to be done and get ready for college.’ For me, I’ve had such a great experience academically and athletically in high school that it’s kind of exciting for the culmination of it all and I’m just trying to get the most out of it.”

Sometimes, though, the moments hit close to home.

Like when she ran across a box with old ribbons and awards from her eighth-grade year — which happens to be the exact grade Eliyah is in right now.

The older sister saw a ribbon from the first Nick Martin meet she ran, and realized Eliyah just experienced her first race there two weeks ago.

“It was just wild,” Taylor said.

That’s how fast time flies when you’re having so much fun.

CROSS-COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

Area schools have respectable showing in Arizona

By James Barron The New Mexican

If there was a smorgasbord of an crosscountry event, the Desert Twilight CrossCountry Festival in Casa Grande, Ariz., is it.

With so many schools and so many races to choose from, it can be hard to figure out who did what. With that said, let’s explore what St. Michael’s and Los Alamos did at the regional meet that ran under the lights on Friday: u The St. Michael’s boys ran a respectable sixth place in the boys championship race, tying with Deer Valley of Glendale, Ariz., for fifth but losing the tiebreaker based on the higher finish of the teams’ No. 6 runners. Austin Luttrell finished 31st, with teammate Troy Pacheco right on his heels in 32nd. u On the girls side, Jordyn Romero continued her comeback performance with an eighth-place finish in the girls champion-

ship in a time of 19 minutes, 16.03 seconds. u Los Alamos girls were fifth and the boys took sixth in the sweepstakes division, with both teams finishing behind Rio Rancho as the best New Mexico team at the meet. Rio Rancho has a Northern New Mexico connection, as former Pecos head coach Sal Gonzales guides the Class AAAAAA program. Maddie Foley had the best finish of all Los Alamos runners, taking 12th in 17:53.77. uuu

Meanwhile, back in the state, the Jon Grimley Memorial Invitational offered a glimpse into how the battle for supremacy in Classes AAA and AAAA on the boys side might be shaping up.

Taos was by far the best team at the meet, winning with a 45-point total, but the Tigers might want to keep an eye on East Mountain. Led by junior Alex Heffelfinger, the Timberwolves were fourth with 75 points as they had four runners in the

top 15, compared to four in the top 12 for Taos.

The AAA race appears to be a battle between Pecos and Laguna-Acoma, and both teams got their first looks at each other. The Panthers, led by Ryan Sandoval’s fourth and Josh DeHerrera’s sixth, outpointed the Hawks by a 64-73 count. uuu

Mesa Vista’s James Espinoza continues to impress among the A/AA runners, winning the Cuba Invitational in 19:18.34 on the 5-kilometer course. However, the John Grimley meet revealed a few more names that will challenge Espinoza come November.

Geronimo Apache of Alamo Navajo was 30th, but his time of 19:09 was better than Espinoza’s. Also, To’Hajiilee’s Antonio Larez ran a 19:18 to take 35th. Of course, there is Cimarron’s Jacob Subratie, who finished 38th in 19:22. He was just ahead of Maxwell’s Jacob Pacheco, who ran a 19:23.

Dragons: Assistant coach for five years Continued from Page B-1 He returned in 2009 to be the head coach of the middle school baseball team, and he has been Lucero’s assistant ever since.

He is young, but he believes his familiarity with the program is going to help him succeed.

“It’s going to be interesting,” Bartlett said. “I’m up for the challenge, I’m excited for it. I think I have the best opportunity where I am to do something great this year.”

Lucero doesn’t think Bartlett’s age

is going to hold him back. Bartlett has always been one to take a challenge headon, and Lucero believes he is going to approach this one the same way the team approached tough situations in the past.

“He’s young, but I honestly think he’s going to do a good job,” Lucero said. “He’s one of those guys that’s definitely a student of the game. He was always ready to accept new challenges and new ways of looking at things.”

One of his biggest challenges is keeping the team on track after the loss of key players Eduardo Rivas, Antonio Tapia and younger brother Peter Bartlett. But the

players that are returning are game-tested and have a high baseball IQ. “The whole group of kids understands the game, and that’s what we can build upon,” Bartlett said. “We’re not the most powerful team, but when it comes down to it, we know what it takes to win.”

As Bartlett fights to get the Dragons to the postseason for the fourth straight year, he might be calling on Lucero for a little help. The two are still close friends, and their relationship will continue to hold as Monte del Sol enters a new chapter.

“I’m sure I’ll still call him daily to figure out strategy,” Bartlett said.

Northern New Mexico

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AUTO RACING 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for October Charlotte Race, in Concord, N.C. 5 p.m. on ESPN2 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Bank of America 500, in Concord, N.C. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m. on ESPN — BYU at UCF 5:30 p.m. on ESPNU — Hampton at NC A&T GOLF 4:30 a.m. on TGC — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, first round, part I, in Vilamoura 8 a.m. on TGC — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, first round, part II, in Vilamoura 3 p.m. on TGC — PGA Tour, Frys.com Open, first round, in Napa, Calif.

9:30 p.m. on TGC — LPGA Malaysia, second round, in Kuala Lumpur NFL 6:25 p.m. on CBS/NFL — Indianapolis at Houston NHL 7 p.m. on NBCSN — Colorado at Minnesota SOCCER 12:30 p.m. on ESPN2 — UEFA, qualifier for European Championship, Slovakia vs. Spain, in Zilina, Slovakia 6:55 p.m. on ESPN2 — Men’s national teams, exhibition, Mexico vs. Honduras, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico

MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY RESULTS Desert Academy results for the Santo Domingo Middle School cross-country meet, held on Wednesday. Course distance is 2 miles.

Boys Eighth grade — Anish Kumar, 3rd, 12 minutes, 55 seconds; Isaac Soifer, 26th, 16:19.

Seventh grade — Dominic Alei, 14th, 16:26; Avery Phillips, 43rd, 25:30; Augie Munoz 46th, 28:23.

Girls Eighth grade — Moly LeBron, 18th, 17:27; Fina Morgan, 21st, 17:38; Jessica LeBron, 25th, 18:20 Seventh grade — Gillian Chmielarczyk, 5th, 15:19; Malia Seva, 17th, 17:48l Abigail Peltier, 30th, 20:59

PREP SCHEDULE This week’s high school varsity sports schedule. To make additions or corrections, contact us at sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Today Boys soccer — Questa at Pojoaque Valley, 4 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Taos, 4 p.m.

Girls soccer — Santa Fe Preparatory at St. Michael’s, 4 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Taos, 6 p.m.

Volleyball — Questa at Escalante, 5 p.m.

Mora at Peñasco, 5:30 p.m.

Mesa Vista at McCurdy, 5:30 p.m.

Dulce at Pecos, 6 p.m.

Santa Fe High at Abq. Volcano Vista, 6:30 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Grants, 6:30 p.m.

St. Michael’s at Santa Fe Indian School, 7 p.m.

Friday Boys soccer — St. Michael’s at Desert Academy (at Alto Park), 4:30 p.m.

Volleyball — Victory Christian at Santa Fe Waldorft (at Christian Life), 5 p.m.

Monte del Sol at Desert Academy (at NMSD), 6 p.m.

N.M. School for Deaf at Great Plains Schools for the Deaf Tournament, pairings TBD Football — Vaughn at N.M. School for Deaf, 1 p.m.

Santa Fe High at Rio Rancho, 7 p.m.

Capital at Los Alamos, 7 p.m.

St. Michael’s at Pojoaque Valley, 7 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Tucumcari, 7 p.m.

Raton at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

Escalante at Fort Sumner/House, 7 p.m.

McCurdy at El Paso Cathedral, 8 p.m.

Cross-country — Northern New Mexico Challenge hosted by Santa Fe High (at MRC), 3 p.m. (Pojoaque Valley, Academy for Technology and The Classics, Taos, St. Michael’s, Desert Academy, Mesa Vista, Pecos, Santa Fe High, Capital, Santa Fe Indian School)

Saturday Boys soccer — Gallup Miyamura at Desert Academy (at Alto Park), 11 a.m.

Las Vegas Robertson at Questa, 11 a.m.

Rio Rancho at Santa Fe High, 1 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Moreno Valley, 1 p.m.

Los Alamos at Capital, 6 p.m.

Girls soccer — Santa Fe High at Rio Rancho, 10 a.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Moreno Valley, 11 a.m.

Gallup Miyamura at Desert Academy (at Alto Park), 12:30 p.m.

Santa Fe Indian School at Santa Fe Preparatory, 3 p.m.

Los Alamos at Capital, 4 p.m.

Volleyball — Escalante at Mora, 1 p.m.

Raton at Las Vegas Robertson, 2 p.m.

Santa Fe Preparatory at Dulce, 6 p.m.

Capital at Española Valley, 7 p.m.

N.M. School for Deaf at Great Plains Schools for the Deaf Tournament, pairings TBD Football — Taos at Albuquerque Academy, 1 p.m.

Navajo Pine at Santa Fe Indian School, 1:30 p.m.

Cross-country — Los Lunas Invitational, 9 a.m. (Española Valley, West Las Vegas) Zuni Invitational, 9 a.m. (Santa Fe Preparatory)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Basketball u Fort Marcy Complex is holding a fall/winter men’s league. The league is a 10-game season with a single-elimination tournament and four divisions. Cost is $400 per team with a 10-player limit, and $30 for every player after that. Registration continues through Friday and can be done at the front desk of the sports section office. For more information, call Greg Fernandez at 955-2509 (email: gfernandez@santafenm.gov) or Philip Montano at 955-2508 (pgmontano@santafenm.gov).

Golf u The annual Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament is Friday at the Los Alamos Golf Course. A portion of the proceeds benefits the United Way of Northern New Mexico. The tournament is a four-person scramble with prizes and a silent auction. Mulligans will be available for a small fee. Tournament sign-in begins at 7:30 a.m. the day of the event, followed by a players’ breakfast and a shotgun start at 9 a.m. To sponsor or register, go to losalamoschamber.com/events.htm. For more information, contact Nancy Partridge at 661-4816 or email at nancy@ losalamos.org.

Volleyball u Fort Marcy Complex is holding a co-ed and women’s volleyball league for the fall and winter. The season comprises a 10-match season with a single-elimination tournament. Leagues will be split into four divisions. Cost is $350 per team and registration lasts until Friday at the front desk of the complex or the sports section office. For more information, call Greg Fernandez at 955-2509 (email: gfernandez@santafenm.gov) or Philip Montano at 955-2508 (pgmontano@santafenm.gov).

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BASEBALL

Bubbles and basketball Home run celebrations now more elaborate, fanciful

By Howard Fendrich The Associated Press

Used to be that a major leaguer would homer and be greeted in the dugout with high-fives and handshakes. Seems so quaint nowadays, doesn’t it?

When guys go yard in the modern MLB, taters are toasted with charisma and, in some cases, choreography.

The Dodgers set off a bubble machine in their dugout, even on the road. The Nationals shoot the dinger-deliverer’s helmet, basketball-style. Soon as a ball clears a wall, the Cardinals stand shoulder-toshoulder to form a very orderly receiving line, welcoming the slugger with low-fives and slaps on the head.

Even the Royals, a team with a baseballlow 95 round-trippers during the regular season, have been getting in on the act during the playoffs. They head into Friday’s Game 1 of the AL Championship Series against the homer-happy Orioles on a wave of wildly spontaneous celebrations filled with chest bumps and hearty hugs.

“Everybody’s got something,” Nationals manager Matt Williams said. “It’s good team camaraderie.”

As a former player — he was a five-time All-Star who hit 378 homers from 1987 to 2003 — Williams remembers a simpler time of more muted responses.

“Shake somebody’s hand,” he said.

“That was about it.”

Not lately.

Williams’ NL East champions, eliminated by the Giants on Tuesday night in Game 4 of their NL Division Series, devised a routine that borrows from another sport. One player — usually shortstop Ian Desmond, unless he’s on-deck or

Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate, with bubbles in the dugout, a two-run home run hit by Adrian Gonzalez, center, in the eighth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals during Game 1 of the NL Division Series on Oct. 3 in Los Angeles.

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the one who swatted the homer — grabs the red helmet as the batter returns to the dugout. It’ll be passed to another player, who tosses — or dunks — it through a circle formed by someone else’s arms.

“We always designate a young guy to be the ‘hoop,’ ” Nationals reserve Kevin Frandsen explained, “so they get hit.”

Desmond got the helmet-lifting from former teammate Chad Tracy and the rest evolved.

“We had room in a couple of dugouts, and we were tired of people just waiting around for each other after a homer,” Frandsen said. “We wanted to create something.”

The Dodgers’ blue-and-white machine sat on a shelf in the dugout near where bats are kept and was switched on briefly to produce soapy spheres while players jumped up and down in a small circle, a scene straight out of a 4-year-old’s birthday party. L.A. was asked to temporarily stop using it late in the season so Major League Baseball could ask other clubs whether the contraption bothered them.

Apparently not, because the Dodgers made their bubbles in the playoffs before getting knocked out by the Cardinals in Game 4 of their NLDS on Tuesday.

“We don’t have a bubble machine. If we did, we might use it,” St. Louis manager Mike Matheny said with a smile. “[With] so much time being pretty guarded and everything close to the vest, it’s fun to watch guys show some emotion,” Matheny said. “It’s great for the fans to see that these guys are people, too, instead of just machines that completely block off emotions and fun. Especially this time of year.”

If some regard it all as harmless hijinks, there are others who simply do not care for such displays.

“I felt it was counterproductive to show up a pitcher or bring extra attention to a small accomplishment like a home run,” Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, who homered 548 times for the Phillies from 1972 to ’89, wrote in an email.

“Back then, excessive celebration got a teammate a fastball in the neck. Pitchers wouldn’t put up with it. Now the dugout is a reality show,” Schmidt wrote. “Coming up with the newest celebration gimmick is more important than the game. They need to put out a fans’ guide to hand gestures and sign language so we know what it all means.”

Washington’s Frandsen knows over-thetop self-congratulations can be taken the wrong way.

But he figures it’s OK if done in the proper place.

“Ultimately, you never want to show someone up on the field. But … it’s never pointed at the pitcher or the opposing team,” Frandsen said. “Sometimes, when people do stuff on the field, maybe it goes too far. I don’t know. I’m not the ‘fun police’ out there. But in the dugout, I feel like that’s a good spot to do it.”

Royals: Journey ‘personal’ for both players Continued from Page B-1 night in Baltimore having already given thousands of fans plenty of postseason thrills.

There was the 12-inning walk-off win over Oakland in the wild-card game at Kauffman Stadium. There was the pair of 11-inning wins against the Angels in Los Angeles.

And there was the clinching game back in Kansas City, an 8-3 romp that kicked off a citywide party.

Butler and Gordon have been gleefully in the midst of it all.

“This is personal for us,” Butler said. “It started all the way back when we got drafted.

That’s what they envisioned when they drafted us. Going through some bad times, I’ve been with this team for 10 years, building toward this.”

It’s been a challenging road filled with pitfalls and potholes, and more than once it looked as though neither But-

ler nor Gordon would see the fruits of their labor.

Butler established himself as a solid hitter early in his career, but his limited ability on the base paths and in the field hampered his value. Butler finally made an All-Star game in 2012, when it was played in Kansas City, but the past couple of seasons have been a struggle.

He was hitting just .235 in late-May, a disaster by his lofty standards. And late in the season, Butler found himself sitting on the bench for critical games in a pennant chase.

Of course, he would rise to the occasion when the postseason rolled around.

Butler had a pair of hits in the victory over the A’s. And while he went 0 for 9 against the Angels, he managed three walks and even stole a base, his first in two years.

“We’ve believed in Billy all along,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

The same could be said of

Gordon, the second overall pick in the 2005 draft — one year after Butler went in the first round. He was rushed to the majors two years later as the heir to George Brett at third base and soon fizzled out, spending the next couple years vacillating between the majors and minors while trying out a variety of positions.

He finally stuck when he landed in left field, and in 2011 hit .303 and earned the first of three consecutive gold gloves.

He made his first All-Star game last year, and his second this season, when he hit .266 with 19 homers and again played a masterful left field.

Gordon atoned for a 0-for-5 performance against Oakland by beating up the Angels, going 3 for 10 with a pair of doubles and scoring twice. It was his bases-loaded double in the first inning of Game 3 on Sunday night that spurred the Royals to the series clincher.

“Gordo, hands-down leader of this ballclub,” third baseman

Mike Moustakas said. “For him to go out there in a huge situation like that, after we’re down one, drive in three runs, it just gave us so much confidence going into the rest of that game.”

Gordon has slowly evolved into the face of the franchise, yet he’s a reluctant star who speaks quietly but carries a big stick. He rarely gets too excitable, nor does he ever get too down. And when he is asked about his personal performance this postseason, he quickly defers the credit to general manager Dayton Moore for sticking with him all these years.

“Dayton has done a great job molding this team to where it is now,” Gordon said. “He really got the right pieces in through the draft and through the trade with James Shields and Wade Davis. Things are really starting to come together. Give a lot of credit to Dayton.”

NFL

Texans, Colts meet for AFC South lead

By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press

HOUSTON — Houston’s offense hasn’t exactly been running efficiently and often failed to find a rhythm in last week’s overtime loss to Dallas.

On Thursday night, the Texans look to change that when they host Indianapolis, a team coming off its best defensive outing of the season in a win over the Ravens.

Both teams enter the game at 3-2 and the winner will move into first place in the AFC South.

Perhaps most important to getting things on track offensively will be improvement

by Ryan Fitzpatrick. He didn’t throw an interception in the first two games this season, but has been picked off six times in the last three games.

“A lot of it is not necessarily the physical part of it,” Fitzpatrick said. “It’s the mental part of it. It’s the confidence. It’s the swagger, whatever it is. I just have to continue to, especially early in the game, play better, maybe play with more confidence.”

This week he’ll face a defense featuring the resurgent Cory Redding, a 33-year-old end who has a sack in each of

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the last two games.

“It’s huge, and he has found the fountain of youth,” coach Chuck Pagano said when asked what Redding’s work has meant to his defense. “He’s playing at a really high level right now … and certainly the rest of the guys are feeding off of his energy, his play, his emotion — all those things. He’s just a phenomenal leader for us out there.”

A few things to know about this matchup between division rivals: Texans’ offense: Though the Texans struggled to move the ball consistently against the Cowboys, they were encouraged by the play of Arian Foster. He ran for a season-high 157 yards after gaining just 6 yards on eight carries the previous week while dealing with a hamstring injury.

He’s played in four games yet is third in the NFL with 404 yards rushing.

He said the Texans simply need to execute better if they want the offense to run smoothly.

“We can’t start out firstand-15 or second-and-long. You

have to stay on schedule as an offense,” Foster said. “That’s part of what being a good third-down team is and part of what being a good, efficient offense is. We have to stay in manageable situations and that’s on us.”

They may have to do it without a key piece with receiver Andre Johnson missing practice Wednesday with an ankle injury and listed as questionable for Thursday night.

What Luck: Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck, who grew up in Houston, is off to the best start of his career and leads the league in yards passing (1,617) and touchdown passes (14). He’s thrown for more than 300 yards in three straight games and his performance has the Colts averaging an NFL-best 321.8 yards passing a game.

This will be his third trip to Houston with the Colts, but the excitement of playing at home hasn’t worn off.

“It’s very special,” he said.

“It’s good. My grandparents can’t travel as much as they used to, so it’s easy for them to see the game. A bunch of family, a bunch of friends, so it’s always special to come to Houston.”

Dre approaching 13K: Johnson is 19 yards shy of becoming the 15th player in NFL history to reach 13,000

yards receiving. He has 27 catches for 320 yards this season after finishing with 1,407 yards receiving in 2013.

Johnson said he doesn’t pay much attention to marks like the one he’s nearing.

“I feel like I still have a lot of football left,” he said. “Once my career is over, I’ll look back on that and see some of the things that I’ve been able to accomplish.”

Watt an impression: When asked what he thought of J.J. Watt, Luck didn’t hesitate to rave about Houston’s defensive end.

“He’s a freak,” Luck said.

“He’s big, he’s fast, he makes plays.”

Watt has 19 tackles, two sacks and has swatted down three passes this season. He also has an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown and added a second touchdown on a reception.

Wayne’s world: Indianapolis receiver Reggie Wayne is having a great season in his return from knee surgery; the 35-year-old leads the team with 384 yards receiving.

“He loves competing,” Pagano said. “That’s what drove Reggie to get back out there and obviously what’s driving him to play at the level that he’s playing at right now.”

Dodgers face decisions after abrupt playoff exit

By Beth Harris The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers were built to win a World Series, not just get into the playoffs. They struck out again.

They rallied from 9½ games back in the NL West to win the division for the second straight year and earned home-field advantage in the postseason.

But the result was similar to last year — another defeat by the Cardinals. The Dodgers lost the National League Division Series 3-1 in St. Louis on Tuesday, with probable NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw giving up another game-winning home run in the seventh inning.

Last year, the Cardinals bounced them out in the NLCS, with Kershaw pitching a rare clunker in the elimination game.

It wasn’t the ending sought by the team with baseball’s highest payroll at the end of the regular season — $256 million. The Dodgers’ World Series appearance drought now extends to 27 years.

“This one is leaving more of a sick feeling in your stomach just because you hoped you could figure out a way to turn the corner and get past these guys,” said outfielder Andre Ethier, who made a rare start in place of Yasiel Puig in Game 4. “It definitely doesn’t leave a good feeling with you, especially compared to last year.”

Now, the Dodgers face some decisions in the offseason, including a makeover of the bullpen and discussing a new contract for oft-injured shortstop Hanley Ramirez.

“We’ll look at everything and kind of where we need to improve, how do we get better,” manager Don Mattingly said. “You lose, you don’t worry about one situation or another, you just worry about the win or the loss.”

The bullpen, which included three former AllStar closers, consistently struggled to transition from starters Kershaw, Zack Greinke and Hyun-Jin Ryu to hard-throwing closer Kenley Jansen.

Mattingly had few reliable choices between Brian Wilson, Brandon League, Chris Perez, Pedro Baez, J.P. Howell, Scott Elbert, Carlos Frias and Jamey Wright in getting the ball to Jansen.

Howell, Baez and Elbert — the first relievers out of the bullpen against the Cardinals — all gave up home runs. Tuesday’s loss was the sixth straight game in which

The Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig walks off the field after the Dodgers lost to the Cardinals 3-2 during Game 4 of Tuesday’s NL Division Series in St. Louis.

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the bullpen allowed a homer, including the final three of the regular season.

“We’ve got some things to work on that we have to redo during the offseason,” Howell said. “Next year our goal is the same thing, going to the World Series.”

Kershaw had the major leagues’ lowest ERA of 1.77 for a record fourth consecutive season.

His salary is set to go from $4 million this year to $30 million next year as part of the $215 million, seven-year deal he signed last winter that made him baseball’s richest pitcher.

He will earn a $1 million bonus if he wins the NL Cy Young, as expected. He’s a strong candidate for NL MVP, too.

But the postseason continues to be a struggle for Kershaw.

The 26-year-old left-hander is 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA in 11 career playoff appearances, with the Cardinals beating him four times.

St. Louis left-handed hitters had five homers off Dodgers southpaws in the four games.

“The season ended and I was a big part of the reason why,” he said. “It doesn’t feel good regardless of how you pitched.”

The Dodgers won the NL West by six games over San Francisco. Now they head into a long winter knowing the rival Giants are headed to the NLCS while they are left to deal with another crushing loss.

“You just know you’re close, but at the same time you’re still not there,” catcher A.J. Ellis said. “It’s devastating.”

Peterson: Trial may be delayed Continued from Page B-1 on whether to assign a new judge. Case said the trial would likely begin Dec. 1 if keeps the case.

Peterson faces up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of injury to a child. He has said he never intended to harm his son and was only disciplining him in the same way he had been as a child growing up in East Texas.

Accompanied by his wife and with his mother, Peterson did not speak during his court appearance and did not enter a plea. Hardin has indicated Peterson will plead not guilty and said he wants to try the case as quickly as possible since Peterson can’t play while the charge is pending. Hardin had wanted the trial to begin a week before Thanksgiving.

“He just keeps getting hammered without the ability to respond,” Hardin told Case.

“This is the place to resolve all those allegations.”

Peterson arrived in a black Cadillac Escalade and was quickly surrounded by a throng of reporters. Nearby was a person wearing a wild-

cat costume and holding a sign that said “Free AP” in sparkling letters, prompting a chuckle from Hardin. Several women stood near the courthouse entrance shrieking and talking about how handsome Peterson looked after he entered the building.

After the hearing, Peterson stopped briefly outside to sign a miniature football for a waiting fan and he smiled as the woman thanked him profusely.

“This is a case about parenting decisions and whether something unfortunate happened when a parenting decision was made by a man who believes strongly and loves his children very much,” Hardin said after the hearing as Peterson stood behind him and managed a half smile. He will not be in contact with the boy until the case is resolved.

Corporal punishment is legal in every state. The Texas Attorney General’s Office notes that belts and brushes “are accepted by many as legitimate disciplinary ‘tools,’ ” but “electrical or phone cords, boards, yardsticks, ropes, shoes, and wires are likely to be considered instruments of abuse.”

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HAPPY TRAILS

Sail away in a powerchute One of the strangest-looking flying machines also one of the safest

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Trail building requires work from everyone Instructor Randy Long flies solo on March 12, 2009, over the Sonoran Desert in Phoenix.

By Margaret Alexander For The New Mexican

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Pilot Randy Long parachutes on a sunset flight on April 5, 2009, over the Sonoran Desert in Peoria, Ariz. Picture a dune buggy with a massive parachute attached to the back of it, sort of a cross between something the Wright Brothers might have designed and that flying machine from the Mad Max movies. A powerchute provides a flying experience unlike any other. PHOTOS COURTESY ARIZONA POWERCHUTES

By John Marshall The Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. he enormous fan-like propeller behind the passenger whirs, then begins to howl as the pilot hits the accelerator.

The wheels bump along the gravelly desert and a small jolt tugs on the safety belts as the chute billows into the sky.

A few seconds later, the strangelooking machine lifts off the ground, floating away like a dandelion spore catching the wind.

The takeoff of a powerchute is quick, exhilarating, unlike anything you’ve ever experienced.

The actual flight, even better.

“It’s the closest thing to being a bird that you can imagine,” said Randy Long of Arizona Powerchutes.

OK, we know what you’re thinking now: What’s a powerchute?

Picture a dune buggy with a massive parachute attached to the back of it, sort of a cross between something the Wright Brothers might have designed and that flying machine from the Mad Max movies.

The front end looks a little like a three-wheeled stroller, the seats set atop an angled frame behind a fat rubber wheel. The two back wheels splay out for support under the

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engine and a massive propeller that looks a little like an oversize house fan behind the passenger.

Brackets rise up and out to the sides to support the lines that attach to the chute, which is essentially a 40-foot version of what skydivers use. Turning is controlled by foot levers that pull on the tension cords attached to the chute.

Yes, it’s a little odd-looking.

And, yes, it provides a flying experience unlike any other.

“I had been on a balloon tour before and it reminds me of that in some ways with the setup and you’re out there at sunrise,” said Laura McMurchie of Scottsdale. “But once you’re in the air, it’s a little more liberating than being in the balloon with 10 other people. It’s just you and the pilot and they do everything from skimming, where you’re low to the ground and skimming the terrain basically, and then they go up quite high in that contraption.”

Powerchutes — short for powered parachutes — are similar to powergliders in that both are small-engine flying machines.

The difference is that powerchutes

allow passengers and require a sport pilot license to operate. Powergliders either have a motor that attaches as a backpack or has a small buggy that goes with it, while powerchutes are larger with more powerful engines and bigger chutes.

Powerchutes have a range of about 50 miles — Long’s engine uses a 10-gallon fuel tank — and top out at around 28 mph. The machines can fly up to 10,000 feet and, unlike most aircraft, are allowed under FAA rules to fly down to the surface in uninhabited areas.

They’re also considered one of the safest aircraft around because of their stability and, as Long puts it, the safety equipment (the chute) is already deployed before it leaves the ground.

“It seems like it’s a little bit of this makeshift device, but it works,” McMurchie said.

The range of altitude and the relatively slow speeds of powerchutes provide an exhilarating flying experience, from soaring up high for spectacular views to darting along washes and riverbeds from just above the treetops.

Powerchutes are a fantastic way to view wildlife from above — though the coyotes don’t like the engine noise too much.

Law enforcement agencies also

have used powerchutes in search and rescue efforts because the machines move slower and get to more places than regular aircraft.

And because the machines don’t need much space to get airborne, pilots can take off from backyard strips, small airports or even open fields.

“If you’re a pilot of a small plane, you fly from one small airport with your buddies, eat breakfast and fly back,” Long said. “But these give you a little more sense of adventure, getting out and enjoying nature, have a little wind in your face and maybe see some wildlife.”

Powerchutes are flown all over the country, but tend to be more popular in places with warmer climates.

Long has flown hot air balloons for about 30 years and is the only FAAcertified instructor in Arizona.

Arizona Powerchutes, which also offers hot balloon rides, has a 30-minute introductory flight for $289 per person, and has training packages available.

Stay-and-fly packages also are available with the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, where guests can add to their connect-with-the-sky experience with a Celestial Picnic under the stars the night before.

ook carefully and you’ll find faint, ghostly animal trails leading off of people trails.

Coyotes, deer and bears are trail builders. Years ago, the Santa Fe Conservation Trust decided there might be a need for human intervention, leading the way to organize the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe. Five years ago, at the invitation of the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe, the International Mountain Bike Association was asked to send a team to hold trail-building workshops. Dozens of trail enthusiasts learned the finer points of trail design and maintenance, tools, safety, user etiquette.

IMBA has sent a team every other year since.

IMBA encouraged the founding of our local mountain bike club, the Fat Tire Society of Santa Fe. Along with the Trails Alliance, the Fat Tire Society has led the way in providing leadership and volunteers to improve foothill and mountain trails.

IMBA and the U.S. Forest Service both have published important manuals on trail-building techniques. Our dry climate, punctuated by heavy downpours, requires special techniques. The Santa Fe Conservation Trust has published a guide to local conditions, Caring for Good Trails: A Field Guide for Trail Maintenance Volunteers in the Southwestern U.S.,

by Jan-Willem Jansens. It’s available for free at www.sfct.org.

The “Dale Ball Blitz” took place during the spring and summer. Tim Rogers, working in partnership with the Trust and the city of Santa Fe, has held nearly weekly forays to repair erosion damage all over the city with a small group of volunteers. The county’s trails coordinator, Carol Branch, organizes trail volunteers outside city limits. Mostly the work involves figuring out how to remove running water from the trail tread and doing it in a way that keeps the trails looking natural and attractive.

The La Tierra Trails are the focus of the next blitz and require techniques different from those used on the Dale Ball Trails.

It’s easy to type “trial” instead of “trail.” It’s apt because planning for trails involves partnerships among governments, professional trail builders, land managers, volunteers, businesses, private land owners and trail users. There’s nothing simple about trail building — except for the result.

The Trails Alliance of Santa Fe was born out of the need to coordinate all of those folks to get projects going.

The Trails Alliance is all-volunteer and relies on the Santa Fe Conservation Trust for assistance. In 2009, the city of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County and the Trust recognized the need for an organization to help coordinate trail volunteers, resulting in the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe and the leadership of Tim Rogers and Carol Branch.

Margaret Alexander is a member of the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe.

In brief Santa Fean qualifies for Ironman Triathlon Santa Fe’s own Ted Freedman has qualified for Saturday’s Ironman Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

The most prestigious triathlon race in the world, the Ironman Championships take place every October and are open to 1,800 qualifiers, 100 legacy invitees and 100 lottery picks. Freedman is one of the qualifiers based on previous performances earlier this year.

Freedman can be tracked at the organization’s website, ironman.com.

Table tennis tournament coming to Santa Fe The top table tennis players from New Mexico, Colorado and Texas will converge on the Genoveva Chavez Community Center on Oct. 25

for the Santa Fe Open Table Tennis Tournament.

More than 40 players are expected to compete for cash prizes and trophies.

Singles competition begins at 9 a.m. while doubles starts at 3 p.m. Spectators are allowed to view the event for free.

There will be 12 tables set up at the Center for all the action.

Big Tesuque Trail Run draws big crowd, 170 entrants Dustin Martin traversed the 12-mile round trip course en route to a win in last weekend’s Big Tesuque Trail Run, held Oct. 4 in the Sangre de Cristos.

The race went up Aspen Vista Trail to the radio towers and back. Martin finished in 1 hour, 20 minutes, 58 seconds.

Logan Ott was second in 1:21:46, followed by Tim Richard at 1:25:40.

The women’s champion was Heather McNiff with a time of 1:38:53, more than six minutes faster than runner-up Elizabeth Lopez (1:46:22).

There were 170 entrants in the race.

Additional Bandelier photo hike scheduled for Oct. 20 Following in the footsteps of last week’s successful photo hike into the Bandelier Wilderness, led by local artist David Halpern, another will be held Oct. 20 in the Tsankawi section of the park.

Participants are encouraged to dress for various weather elements, bring snacks and water, and be fully prepared for the high altitude. Spaces are limited, but reservations can be made by calling the Bandelier visitor’s center at 672-3861, ext. 517.

Halpern is an award-winning photographer, writer and photo consultant who lives in Santa Fe. Weather permitting, park ranger Geoff Goins will lead night sky programs Saturday at the Juniper Campground Amphitheater in Bandelier. The late lunar rise on Saturday should make for optimal viewing.

Bandelier ranger Dale Coker will lead hikers from Ponderosa Campground to Upper Crossing on Oct. 19 as part of the celebration of the anniversary of the Bandelier Wilderness.

A shuttle back to Ponderosa will be arranged.

For reservations, call 672-3861, ext. 517.

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ONLINE u trailsallianceofsantafe.org

Volunteers work during the ‘Dale Ball Blitz,’ improving and maintaining the area’s trails.

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FEMALE BLACK and white tuxedo cat lost on Griffin Street near the cemetery on 9/25. She is small, fixed, chipped and shy. She has a white stripe under her chin and green/yellow eyes. Her lower jaw is white. Reward offered. 650-388-6960.

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On quiet, private land off Agua Fria.

Gas heating, AC, all utilities paid, no pets. 505-473-0278.

Part-time Receptionist Be a part of getting the news out to the community! Sangre de Cristo Chronicle is recruiting for the ideal candidate to fill a part-time Receptionist position (30 hours a week). General duties include answering the phone, greeting customers, entering advertising information into ATEX software and other data entry, taking subscriptions, and making the deposit, among other duties.

Requirements include: high school diploma or equivalent; data entry and money-handling experience with the ability to be detail oriented and have great accuracy are musts! Good communication skills and ability to be confidential are mandatory.

Pay is DOE. Submit references and job application or resume by Friday, October 10th to: Ellen Goins, General Manager/Editor Sangre de Cristo Chronicle Centro Plaza #11 Angel Fire, NM 87710

LOST: SMALL ORANGE AND WHITE FEMALE TABBY- Balsa Drive area in Eldorado on July 19. "Gracie". 505920-3708 or 466-6244 MISSING FEMALE, small brown Chihuahua (Tiny) from Giant Station, Sawmill Road, St. Francis. Black truck, painter picked her up. 505-4264522.

Full-time position working with The Hospice Center.

Requires Master’s level Social Worker license and experience in healthcare setting.

Excellent benefits.

Apply on-line at pmsnm.org, Click on Jobs@PMS. Toll-free hotline 1-866-661-5491. EOE/ M/ F/ D/ V/ AA Follow us on Facebook.

We are growing, DEL CORAZON HOSPICE is seeking a highly motivated, compassionate, and experienced RN and CNA. 505-988-2049 for application.

with a proven track record in sales and sales growth to join our New Construction Sales Team in our Santa Fe and surrounding areas location.

The right candidate will be responsible for: * Generating prospects and leads within the builder community * Meeting individual sales goals * Demonstrate product emphasizing product features, pricing and credit terms.

The qualified candidate: * Must be a team player and exhibit a strong desire to learn and promote self-growth. * Must be pro-active and selfmotivated. Attention to detail is required. * Must present a clean and neat physical appearance. * Must be able to problem solve and think creatively and positively when faced with obstacles. * Must have strong computer skills.

This position has an excellent training program. Compensation consists of a training wage then commissions, the average sales representative earns in excess of $70,000 annually. Pella Windows provides a company vehicle, gas card, lap top and company phone. The right candidate must have a clean driving record and pass a drug screen and background check prior to employment.

Interested candidates may submit their resume via email to dundonj@pella.com or fax to 505.314.8869 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

EARN WHILE you learn. Tax Preparer for upcoming tax season. Must be bilingual in Spanish and have basic computer skills. No prior experience necessary. 505-473-4700

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LAS CAMPANAS 3 BEDROOM, 2.5 BATH

SOFT CONTEMPORARY, unfurnished with open living- dining and chef’s kitchen. TWO MASTER SUITES PLUS 2 GUEST BEDROOMS- office. Sangre Mountain views. Portal with fire pit.

2.5 acres of Sierre Azul. NW Quadrant. $2,800 monthly. WesternSage.

505-690-3067

and other positions all located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Go to the NM State Personnel Office www.spo.state.nm.us Job Opportunities Page, look for Human Services Dept, Medical Assistance Division (MAD).

Contact Patsy Martinez (505) 8273132 for specific questions regarding postings or upcoming vacancies.

Clean kennels, care for animals.

Visit sfhumanesociety.org for more information or email mgonzalez@sfhumanesociety.org

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ARTIST WORK SPACE. 870 Sq.ft. 8 foot overhead garage door, easy access to I-25. (110-120) volt outlets. $775 monthly with 1 year lease plus utilities. South Santa Fe. 505-474-9188.

Full-Time Furniture Mover, Sales Associate

wanted for Santa Fe Animal Shelter resale store.

Visit sfhumanesociety.org for more information or email eviechec@sfhumanesociety.org

PART-TIME POSITIONPODIATRY OFFICE FRONT DESK PERSON. Will also coordinate billing with outside company. Required: knowledge of medical coding, previous medical office experience. 3 days weekly, 20-24 hours. Position will change to full-time for the right person.

Email: ffcsantafe@gmail.com

4000 SQ.FT. 2 large doors. Great for cars, etc. Route 14, San Marcos area.

On private property. $650 monthly.

505-438-0722

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PECOS CANYON: Dec, Jan, Feb Rental, 2 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, washer, dryer, wood stove, gas heat, includes utilities, no dogs, no smoking, $1,250 monthly, $1,250 deposit. 505-7576311.

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COMFORT KEEPERS SEEKING COMPASSIONATE

PHYSICAL THERAPIST or PTA fulltime, all care. Degreed & Licensed only apply. Call Gary, 505-471-0818.

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EXECUTIVE HOME for lease, 2700 sq.ft. Exquisitely furnished. Available November 1. $3700 monthly. No pets, non-smoking. 214-384-7216

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Small yard. Wood heat. Washer dryer hook-up. $700 plus deposit. Nonsmoking, no cats. 505-466-3022.

2 BEDROOMS 2 BATHS, double garage, W/D hookup.

Breathtaking mountain view, trails, golfing, lake.

South of Santa Fe. $900. 505-359-4778.

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experienced in personal care willing to work in the SantaFe and Los Alamos area.

Please call 505-988-8851 to inquire.

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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.

EAST SIDE one bedroom. 2 kiva fireplaces, private patio, and skylights. 6 month lease. $1,450 monthly. 800-272-5678.

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ALL UTILITIES PAID. $1200 3 BEDROOM, open concept. Very large living room, kitchen, and dining. Ample parking. No pets. 5 minutes to new Walmart. 505-2046160

FURNISHED. $1500 includes utilities.

South Capitol. Near Trader Joe’s and Railrunner. 3-story. 1 or 2 bedroom. 1 1/2 Bath. Washer, dryer. Nonsmoker.

Off-street parking. 505-780-0428.

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UTILITIES PAID. 2 bedroom, 1 bath.

Off Airport Road. No smoking, no pets. $950 monthly, $850 deposit.

505-221-3580.

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Open Machine Attendant Position for The Santa Fe New Mexican No Prior Machine Experience Required. Job duties include loading materials into machines. Must be able to communicate well with coworkers, stand for prolonged periods and able to lift 20 pounds, up to 70 pounds. This is an entry level position with opportunities for advancement. Shift times will vary based on company need.

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HEAVY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT DRIVER

Must have 3 years experience, CDL Driver’s license and clean driving record. Must be familar with Loading & Hauling Heavy Construction Equipment.

Good pay, health insurance, 401K, Salary DOE, EOE, Drug testing. Office: 505-821-1035.

Fax: 505-821-1537.

Email: frontdesk@sparlingconstruction.net 8900 Washington NE, Albuquerque NM.

Brenda Shaffer Bshaffer@sfnewmexican.com 1 New Mexican Plaza (off I-25 frontage road) Or access an online job application at http://sfnm.co/1eUKCcD. No Phone Calls please.

Successful completion of a drug test will be required prior to employment offer.

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AAA T-CUP & TOY pups 4 SALE! 575910-1818 or txt4more pics. $300-$1800 Hypo-allergenic,non-shedding. Reg, shots, guarantee, POTTYPAD trained.

PAYMENT PLAN. MC/Visa/ Disc/Am Ex accepted. Debit/Credit/PAYPAL. YORKIES, YORKIE-POOS, CHIHUAHUAS, SHIHTZUS, MORKIES, RAT TERRIER, WHITE MALTESE, MALTYPOOS, RED MINI DACHSHUNDS and POODLES. Quality puppies. USDA licensed. cingard1@hotmail.com

SOUTHWESTERN STYLE DINING ROOM SET including 6 foot table with two leaves that open it to 9 feet. The set has 6 matching chairs including 2 Captain’s chairs. It also has a matching custom made hutch. Call 505-6031779. $2000.

ANTIQUES 20TH CENTURY D E S I G N , M I D CENTURY, BUY AND SELL, 131 West San Francisco Street, Friday & Saturday, 12 to 5, or call for appointment. 505-988-2013 or 847-567-3991.

APPLIANCES GE REFRIGERATOR, 22"Dx30"Wx32"T. Small freezer. Great for dorm or office. $55. 505-474-9020

2008 SMOOTH fitness elyptical trainer. Excellent condition, like new. ($2500 new.) Will sell for $1000. 505699-3931.

IYENGAR YOGA PROPS. Blankets, sandbags, and eye pillow. $50. 505231-9133 NORDIC TRACK GX 5.0 PRO STATIONARY BIKE. Like ne. Keep in shape this winter while exercising indoors. Deluxe model, offered at less than half price. $499. 505-982-6368.

GIBSON NEZ jewelry circa 1990.

From closing of Santa Fe gallery.

Bolos, bracelets, buckles, necklaces. Prices, pictures by email: bettyw1952@cox. net.

KIDS STUFF 2 MATCHING DISPLAY CASES. 48"Wx18"Dx38"T. Modern, light wood with glass & glass shelves. Sliding doors. $300 for both! 505-690-9235

HORSE TRAILER EQUIPMENT 3-HORSE TRAILER, BRAND NEW, $5000. 18,000 POUNDS. 505-984-3006. for activists rally Immigrants,

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to task Gas Co. taken New Mexico lack of alert system over shortage,

2 MEXICAN TIN MIRRORS, floor length. $300 each. 505-988-1715

BERNINA SEWING machine. Bernette model 730A. Excellent condition and well maintained. Low usage. $300 OBO. 505-670-2021.

CLASSICAL CASSETTE TAPES. Large collection. $25. 505-231-9133

COACH, DOONEY&BOURKE, JAMES KNIGHT. Purses and wallets. Custom, vintage and current styles. All in excellent condition. $30 - $300. 505-6702021.

COOKING DISCO, Discadas for Sale.

17" to 32" diameter. Starting at $60.

Seen at Aldona’s Restaurant. 3875 Cerrillos Road. 505-469-3355

CANON IMAGE Class MS6530 Laser Printer. Prints, copies, faxes, scans.

New condition. Starter guide, user software included. $350, 505-9869260.

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT TREADMILL PROFORM Crosswalk 325x. Lightly used, great condition. $125. 505-984-2646

5 BAR STOOLS for sale. $450 or best offer. Irene, 505-670-0955.

BED: OAK EXPRESS TWIN BOOKCASE BED. 3-drawer, excellent condition.

45"Wx72"L. $350 OBO. 505-466-6205

DUTCH OVEN- ROASTER. Large size.

Wagner Ware, Magnolite Model 4267P. $60. 505-471-3105

PIANO STEINWAY, Baby Grand, Model M Ebony. Excellent condition. $19,000. 505-881-2711 YAMAHA P22 PIANO- 30 YEARS old, excellent condition. Asking for $850 OBO. Please call 988-2614, & leave message.

FICUS TREE, artificial. Beautiful, 8’ tall. Great background for home decorating. Only $40. 505-474-9020

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QUEEN BEDROOM SET Platform bed frame with headboard and drawers.

Side table with 2 drawers and electrical hook up for 3 items. Dresser with 6 drawers and matching mirror.

Dark wood. Great shape. Only a few dings that are not very noticeable. $1,000 OBO. Call or text 540-797-5884.

SEASONED FIREWOOD: P ONDEROSA, $100 PER LOAD. J u niper, $120 per load. CALL: 508444-0087. Delivery FREE TO ALBUQUERQUE & SANTA FE !

SEIKO WESTMINISTER Wittington wall clock, quartz movement with pendulum. New in box. $200. Call 505690-5042.

2967 PLAZA Blanca (in Park Plazas).

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 , 8-2 pm.

ABSOLUTE BEST GARAGE SALE! Highend Jewelry, Antiques & Furniture, Designer Clothing, Books, Collectibles, & just about EVERYTHING ELSE! Come, Have Fun, & BUY.

90 VIA Orilla Dorado (Rancho Viejo) Saturday, October 11, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.)

(No early birds please!) Furniture (sofa, love seat, chest-of-drawers, etc).

Kitchen and housewares (dishes, cups, glasses, baker’s rack, pots, pans, cart on wheels, small appliances, pictures).

SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW MEXICAN a pair of sweethearts looking for a new home. We are very playful and love toys as well as other dogs. Our owner Jeff Braucht recently lost his battle with cancer and his final wish for them was that they find a new loving home.

We take a bit of time to warm up to new people, but we are great cuddlers once we do. We are a matched set and must be adopted together! If you are interested in adopting us, please inquire at Santa Fe Tails. We are looking forward to falling in love with you.

2109 Warner Circle, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505)820-0731

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TOOLS, TOOLS, TOOLS AND MORE TOOLS! Plus 3/4 flatbed truck. 1313 Declovina. FRIDAY EVENING, October 10. SATURDAY, ALL DAY, October 11.

505-660-9713.

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HUGE SALE: SATURDAY ONLY, 8 am. 1710 San Ysidro Crossing.

Down sizing sculptor must sell many, many things involved in making bronzes and glass sculpture, plus some tools and household goodS.

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SOMEONE TO share ownership and upkeep of a horse. Horse will live on my property. Daily care by me. Details 505-231-9940.

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is playful and enjoys the company of other cats and people. His favorite book is “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and he hopes to find the perfect lap for him to relax and read with his new owner. Who’s ready to be my reading buddy?

SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW MEXICAN CALL 986-3010

TOOLS MACHINERY CRAFTSMAN STEEL rolling tool cart.

With 3 drawers plus storage section and worktop. $70. 505-471-3105.

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GEORGE NELSON lamp. 23" tall, 14" diameter, hanging lamp. 16’ swag cord. For Herman Miller, designed in 1946. Perfect condition. $250. Call after 10. 505-982-0064.

MARCREST BROWN POTTERY STONEWARE MUGS. Daisy Dot Pattern. 6 for $25. 505-466-6205 POTTERY BARN SOFA COVER. New, in package. Reversible, sage green. $50. 505-231-9133 RICE COOKER - FOOD STEAMER. Black & Decker. Barely used. $25. 505231-9133

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125 MATEO Circle North. Huge multifamily garage sale! All sorts of things from large to small. Rare Tibetan horse blankets, infrared sauna, clothing, furniture and much more.

SATURDAY ONLY. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

No early birds please.

GARAGE SALE. Art supplies, paintings & photographs. Fishing gear & other miscellaneous goods. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 9 AM- 2 PM. AAA Self-Storage, Unit 186 located at 1519 Pacheco Street.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th 10 am. No earlies. 716 BISHOP LODGE ROAD. GALS GALA! Great stuff and a little nonsense art, folk art, jewelry, ceramics, tin, fab clothes, kitchen, sports, books, furniture, lawnmowers, etc. etc. Must park on street.

ESTATE SALES 1881 CONEJO DRIVE, 10-11:30 am, Friday, October 10th or by appointment.

505-424-8584. Antiques, collectibles, Indian pottery, baskets, kachinas, rugs, jewelry, original paintings, Mexican ceramics, ethnic items, books, tin, beads, old Spanish revival chairs, child dresser, fine WPA chest, textiles.

900 W SAN MATEO ROAD HOUSEHOLD OF DANIEL BISH. Items from a man with impeccable taste. This Friday (October 10) and Saturday(October 11) starting at 9:00 am both days. TESORO’S CONSIGNMENT GALLERIA 900 West San Mateo Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 (Located at the corner of Calle Lorca West San Mateo. Right next door to Extra Space Storage). 505-670-5364 tesorosconsignment@yahoo.com

Frank and Friends are hosting.

"Helping out an Old Friend" Salsick Sale. 831 E.Palace Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87501. Saturday, October 11th 9 am-2 pm Like us on Facebook or visit www.stephensconsignments.com for more information.

Call 986-3000 to place your ad! * FREE Signs with every ad. *Tax & enhancements not included.

CHIHUAHUAS T-CUP and TOY. Papers, shots, health guarantee, POTTY PAD trained. $500-650. 575-910-1818 cingard1@hotmail.com txt4more pics. GREAT PAYMENT PLAN. Now accepting CREDIT/DEBIT cards. PAYPAL too. USDA license/ FREE delivery.

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WOODWORKING TOOLS: Electric planer & edger. $50 each. Table saw. $100. Radial saw. $150. 505-954-1144.

Stephen’s A Consignment Gallery 1200 OLD PECOS TRAIL B.E.A.R.S. BOUTIQUE, ESTATE, AND RUMMAGE SALE TO BENEFIT THE WILDLIFE CENT E R . Saturday, October 11, 9am12pm, St. John’s Methodist Church.

Jewelry, books, furniture, tools, decor and sporting goods. Meet Live Raptors. Bake Sale. 505-753-9595.

9-YEAR-OLD QUARTER HORSE. Gentle gelding. $1800 OBO 505-577-0764.

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END OF SUMMER SALE. COMPLETE GARAGES. 24’x24’ garage $9500. 24’ x 30’ $10,500. Complete with concrete.

Call for details. 505-332-9902.

We are Thor (white) and Dharma (red),

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NAVA ADE GARAGE SALE! Saturday, October 11, 8-4 pm. Look for the blue balloons. 38 HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATING! Intersection is Governor Miles & Dancing Ground Road. Includes: furniture, appliances, baby items, kitchenware, office equipment, flat screen TV, tools, sporting goods, etc.

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MALCOLM FURLOW PAINTING, 46" X 58", $4000. LEATHER SECTIONAL, $600. COUCH, $350. 7-PIECE BEDROOM SUITE, $900. C A L I F O R N I A FULLGYM WEIGHTS, $2OO. 505-9843006

RUMMAGE SALE! Fundraiser for St. Elias the Prophet Greek Orthodox Church, SATURDAY 8am- 1pm at HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH, 231 East Cordova Road. Clothing, jewelry, furniture, office equipment, household goods, linens, books, sports gear, toys & more, from our parish families.

GARAGE SALE SOUTH

City flubs accounting of fees for speed SUV citations

CELESTRON, COMPUTER controlled telescope. Model Nexstar 114gt, 114 mm. New in original box, $275. Call 5 0 5 - 6 9 0 - 5 0 4 2 . http://www.amazon.com/CelestronNexstar-114GT-ReflectorTelescope/dp/B00004ZD38.

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FUTON, MONET cover, Cherry frame, excellent overall. $225. Call Ken, 4706462.

FALL FLEA MARKET PTTVFD STATION 1 Opposite the San Marcos Feed Store and Cafe on SR-14. S A T U R DAY, October 11, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m . Arts and crafts, building materials, tools. Furniture, knickknacks. Car and motorcycle parts.

Call 505-424-9023 for more information or to reserve space as vendor.

MOVING SALE SATURDAY, October 11, 9 a.m. - 12 noon. 1340 Avenida Rincon; #104 Zocalo. Tables, chairs; leather, seagrass, wicker. Portuguese Carpet. Queen Sleeper Sofa.

Leather chest. King-Bed, Headboard, footboard, mattress, box springs, bedding. Lamps, hutch, TV, DVR. Outdoor: Chairs, tables, Bar-B-Q, books,, kitchen ITEMS.

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DRIED FLOWER arrangement. $12. All wool colorful Egyptian runner rug, 12’ long. $200. 505-982-1010.

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2 BOONES FARM BUCKLES: Strawberry Hill, $25; Apple Wine, $20. 505-4666205

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NEW MEXICAN folk art. Frame 44" x 38". 800 rusty nails. Call after 10 a.m. $350. 505-982-0064.

CAFE DOORS with hardware, Pecan. $18. 505-986-1199.

CHILD COWBOY BOOTS SIZE 4. LIKE NEW. $20. 505-954-1144

1984 HESSTON RODEO JR. BUCKLE & BELT, size 26" waist. $95 for set.

REDMAN BELT BUCKLE, solid brass, $30. 505-466-6205

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WALK-THRU BABY GATE: Dark wood, for 30-35" opening. $30. 505-231-9133

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1977 HESSTON NFR RODEO BUCKLE with Tony Lama matching belt, size 34 waist, $125. More COLLECTIBLE BUCKLES from 1976-1984. 505-4666205

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GREEN WROUGHT IRON 4-piece patio set. Loveseat glider, 2 metal-spring chairs and 22" round mesh top table.

Tradewinds. $325. 505-471-3105.

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LUMINOUS FREMONT ELLIS Painting of Trout Lake for sale. Similar to web picture of resort of same name. 505470-6434

LEATHER COAT. Full-length, black.

Size Large Ladies. Supple leather, great shape. Only $30. 505-474-9020

METAL SIGN 66" X 15" $160. Call after 10 a.m. 505-982-0064.

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AFRICAN MAHOGANY Lumber, 3-5 inch width, different lengths. $4-7 linear foot. 505-954-1144

2012 HOTSPRING JETSETTER. Excellent condition. 3 person spaassist, cover, stairs. 115 OR 230 wiring. $4,500 by owner. Craig’s list for details. 505-954-1178.

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PANASONIC ANALOG TV. 26". Works great. $30. 505-231-9133

ACROSS 1 Kid-lit classic “__, Plain and Tall” 6 Dust Bowl refugees 11 Part of many a texting request 14 Unborn, after “in” 15 “It’s a Wonderful Life” director 16 Pitcher rim 17 *Tricky puzzle 19 Tenn. neighbor 20 Commuter’s woe 21 Astronomy : Urania :: poetry : __ 22 Basic chord 24 City between Paris and Marseille 25 “Just this time ...”

27 Mensa membership consideration, perhaps 30 Most plucky 31 Myanmar, formerly 32 SeaWorld attraction 33 Stonestreet of “Modern Family” 36 Actress Wasikowska 37 *“Let me give it a shot?”

40 __ Today 41 Essentially fatfree 43 Credit report blot 44 Film with dusty streets, typically 46 Seconds flat 48 Eight dry gallons 49 “Hiya!”

51 Genesis creator 52 Pasture measures 53 User’s shortcut 55 Meditation beginning?

58 Marine pronoun 59 *Historic route west 62 Noir hero 63 Large jazz combo 64 Tourist __ 65 Origin of an eggshaped spaceship 66 Locations 67 Praise DOWN 1 Alg. or geog.

2 Razor brand 3 20 quires

For more information contact the Espanola Valley Humane Society at 108 Hamm Pkwy, Española or call (505) 753-8662. More animals are available on the website at evalleyshelter.org.

By Robert E. Lee Morris

4 First name in shipping 5 Bee’s nectar reservoir 6 Vast expanse 7 Longtime pitcher Jim with the nickname “Kitty” 8 By its very nature, in law 9 Afore 10 “Being and Nothingness” philosopher 11 *Unvarnished facts 12 Fragrant bloom 13 Fictional falcon seeker 18 Relaxed pace 23 Left the runway 24 Apollo lander, briefly 26 General Bradley 27 AT and PS/2 computers 28 Nestlé __ 29 Calamity, and what’s literally hidden in the answers to starred clues 30 Complain 32 “Be right with you”

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42 Style 45 Cool-cucumber link 47 Poultry magnate John et al.

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2011 MINI COOPER Countryman-S. WOW- Just 24k miles! Turbocharged,, single owner, clean CarFax. Perfect!

Don’t miss it! $23,871. Call 505-2163800.

$$WANTED JUNK CAR$ & TRUCK$$ Wrecked or Not Running, with or without title or keys. We will haul away for Free! 505-699-4424

AWESOME, BEAUTIFUL TINY FEMALE POODLES. TEACUP white female. $450. Toy champagne female poodle $400. POMERANIAN puppies, $500.

Tcup, $950. 505-901-2094.

2000 CHEV ASTRO,GOTTA SEE THIS PRICED AT ONLY $4995.

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2011 Jeep Patriot Latitude edition, auto, locks, windows, low miles. 1 owner. $16,881. 505-216-3800.

WE WILL BUY YOUR USED CAR REGARDLESS IF YOU BUY A CAR FROM US! COME SEE US TODAY! 505-216-3800

Fully loaded, navigation, xenons, heated/cooled leather, pristine single owner clean CarFax, don’t miss it! $28,961 . 505-913-2900

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GET NOTICED! FREE: 3 YEAR old female Polish Lowland Sheepdog. Seeking good home, no other pets, children. Intelligent and good companion. 480-231-2661

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2008 CHRYSLER-TOWNCOUNTRY TOURING-FWD

Read the WANT TO RENT column for prospective tenants.

2013 Jeep Wrangler 4x4 rare 5-speed, single owner clean CarFax only $23,981 505-913-2900 .

Another Local Owner, Records, Double Rear Entertainments, 7Passenger, Loaded, Pristine Soooo FAMILY ORIENTED $12,250

CLASSIC CARS GERMAN SHEPHARD puppies. Dad and Mom both police-trained. Very smart dogs. Pure-bred. Great bloodlines. Offer great family protection. $450. 505-316-2432.

2011 MINI CountryMan auto, prem pkg, roof, prem sound, super fun. $23,871. Call 505-216-3800.

A LOVINGLY maintained ’94 JAGUAR XJS that’s perfect for cruising around on a lazy Sunday afternoon. A great prestige car. 505-720-5767

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GRAND CHAMPION Sired Standard Parti Poodles. Black & Whites. Ready 9/20! Parents OFA Health tested, extremely Loving and Intelligent. Litter box trained, 1st shots, Vet checked, Health Guarantee. $1,500 AKC. Delivering to New Mexico/Colorado area or ship. Jeanette, 214-392-2569, earthmomjll@gmail.com, Facebook site Rockstar Standard Parti Poodles.

PUREBRED ENGLISH bulldog puppies For sell, all registered AKC, shots, brindle markings, 8 weeks old. $550 each. Call or text 575-322-8051.

RACING PIGEONS for sale, some with pedigrees, some white or red. $5-$15 each. No dogs or hawk trainers. 505-954-4252

2012 RAM FLAT BED DUALLY, CREW CAB, 6.7 CUMMINS, RARE FIND $ 43,800. T1431 CALL 505-4731234.

1995 BMW M3 Original owner. 57,972 miles, garaged. All records, only serviced by BMW. Includes 4 extra Style 23 M3 contour wheels. Additional photos available. $15,000. Serious inquiries only. 505-690-8697.

CITROEN 2CV 6 Special 1984 Very good condition. 80,000 miles, rare Perrier edition. New upholstery, good top canvas. Extra wheels and tires.

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CITROEN 2CV 6 Special 1984, very good condition, 80,000 miles, rare Perrier edition, new upholstery, good top, extra wheels and tires, $12,000.

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Another Caring Owner, Records,Garaged,Non-Smoker, New Tires, 45,559 Miles, Loaded, Pristine, Soooo FRESH $18,950

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LEGAL # 97420 UNUSUAL CHEVY. 2009 1/2 PANEL HHR. 45,500 miles. Sirius radio, power locks & windows. Manual transmission. Very clean. $8,900. 505-982-0685

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1987 FORD 250 handicap-equipped van. 88,000 miles. Braun handicap lift. Raised roof. Runs great. $7,900.

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2012 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium only 20k miles, heated seats, AWD, great fuel economy, one owner clean CarFax $22,871 505-9132900 .

2010 TOYOTA Prius II, •ELECTRONIC THROTTLE control system w/intelligence (ETCS-i) -inc: Eco, EV & power driving modes $18,471. Call 505-216-3800.

The Department is accepting proposals (RFP #15 516 2101 00001) from qualified lawyers and law firms to provide professional legal services, specifically in the role as endangered species counsel, in matters pertaining to endangered species law.

The Department seeks a lawyer or law firm with substantial background with Endangered Species Act (ESA) issues; Commenting on Federal Rules pertaining to the ESA; and other issues related to candidate, threatened, or endangered species.

The selected Offeror/s would be expected to provide specialized nonlitigation and litigation expertise and have the requisite ability to perform assignments and act as Department counsel in connection with complex contractual and transactional matters; the ESA; and related laws and regulations pertaining to candidate, threatened or endangered species. To obtain a copy of this Request for Proposal please v i s i t http://wildlife.state.n m.us/ or contact Joseph Miano at (505) 476-8086 or joseph.miano@state. nm.us.

Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on September 15-19, 2226, 29-30, October 1-3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 2731, November 3-7, and 10-14, 2014.

1970 CHEVY C10 TRUCK. $500. 505577-6295.

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2010 TOYOTA TACOMA HEADS THE PARADE,WON’T LAST $ 28,900 T1783 CALL 505-473-1234.

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TOYOTA HORIZON 1992. 1992 Toyota V6 Horizon 22 ft. Motorhome for sale, only 34,730 miles. $10,500. OBO Bathroom, shower, stove, shower, nice wooden cabinets, pullout sofa bed, overhead bed, easy to drive. Great condition. 505-466-8627

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MOTORCYCLES 1990 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE. All original except new stereo. Too many items to list. $16,500. Call James, 505-930-0063.

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LEGALS g g and documentation for the Department.

This request for proposals will result in a multiple source award through which contracts may be awarded to one or more engineers or engineering firms in all of the practice areas listed in the Scope of Work. Each engineer or engineering firm’s proposal shall include evidence of its experience and expertise in t h e relevant/proposed practice area or areas. Submission of the proposal must be sent to the Department of Game and Fish no later than 3:00 PM October 30, 2014.

To obtain a copy of this Request for Proposal please visit http://wildlife.state.n m.us/ or contact Joseph Miano at (505) 476-8086 or joseph.miano@state. nm.us.

Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on October 1-14, 2014.

LEGAL # 97556 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

LEGALS LEGAL # 97576 ADVERTISEMENT Request for Proposals Santa Clara Pueblo Environment Department EPA Section 319 Non-Point Source Pollution Prevention Project SUMMARY- The Santa Clara Pueblo Office of Environmental Affairs is seeking contractual services for the Santa Clara Pueblo Environmental Department. Deadline is 4:00 pm October 17, 2014.

P R O J E C T D E S C R I P T I O N - The Santa Clara Pueblo Office of Environmental Affairs is seeking contractual services to conduct restoration projects along the Santa Clara Creek, Turkey Creek and tributaries in the upper watershed of the Santa Clara Canyon that have been impacted by the 2011 Las Conchas Fire and subsequent flooding.

The implementation of these projects shall lead to the improvement of water quality in the Santa Clara creek Watershed.

PROPOSAL PACKETS IN THE MATTER OF AND INSTRUCTIONS THE ESTATE OF may be obtained JULIA B. VIGIL, De- from the Santa Clara ceased.

Pueblo Environment department Offices, No. D101-PB-2014- at Santa Clara Pueblo 00123 reservation, south of Espanola, NM. Or by NOTICE TO email from Mark CREDITORS BY Thompson, Contracts PUBLICATION Manager email NOTICE IS HEREBY mthompson@santacl GIVEN that David A. arapueblo.org Vigil has been appointed Proposals may be Personal Representa- mailed or hand cartive of this ried to the following estate. All persons address: having claims against this estate are Dino Chavarria, Envirequired to present ronment Director their claims within Santa Clara Pueblo two months after P.O. Box 580 the date of the first Espanola, NM 87532 publication of this Notice or the claims Any proposals rewill be forever bar- ceived after the time red. Claims can be and date deadline presented to David A. will be returned unVigil opened. The Santa whose address is Clara Pueblo reserves 3600 E. Amanda Ct., the right to reject St. Johns, FL. 32259 bids when not comor filed with the San- plete or responsive. ta Fe District Court.

Use of the USPS is at Dated October 2, 2014 your own risk.

Respectfully submitted, FOR ADDITIONAL INDavid A. Vigil, Person- FORMATION, you may al Representative, call DIno Chavarria at 3600 E. Amanda Ct., (505) 753-7326 ext.

St. Johns, FL 32259 1239 or Mark ThompTelephone: (708) 253- son at (505) 753-7326 5002 ext. 1303

Sealed bids will be opened at the State Purchasing Division office at 2:00 PM, MST/MDT on dates in- Published in The Sandicated. Request for ta Fe New Mexican on Published in The SanProposals are due at October 2 and 9, 2014. ta Fe New Mexican on October 7, 8, 9, 20147 location and time indicated on proposal.

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The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (Department) requests proposals (RFP# 15 516 1201 00003) from qualified engineers and engineering firms to provide professional engineering services for but not limited to; Aquatic Organism (AO) barrier feasibility analysis, AO barrier preliminary design, AO barrier final design, AO barrier construction oversight, AO barrier efficacy analysis, and completion of related engineering services

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LEGAL # 97562 LEGAL NOTICE TAOS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS LEGAL # 97584 TAOS, NEW MEXICO STATE OF NEW MEXIGENERAL CO COUNTY OF Santa CONDITIONS Fe FIRST JUDICIAL Bid # 2014-M03 DISTRICT COURT Facilities Management IN THE MATTER OF A Services PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF 1. Prices are to be Michelle Jean Roos quoted FOB Taos Mu- Case No.: D101-CVnicipal Schools 2014-2170 2. The bid price must be affective from Oc- NOTICE OF CHANGE tober 2014 to October OF NAME 1, 2015.

3. All bidders must Take notice that in bid on Specification accordance with the and Bid Require- provisions of Sec. 40ments 4. Turn in bid 8-1 through Sec. 40-8documents by Octo- 3 NMSA 1978, et seq. ber 16th, 2014 no later the Petitioner Michelthan 2:00. Opened at le Roos will apply to 3:00 pm October 16th, the honorable RAY2014.

MOND A. ORTIZ, District Judge of the First Taos Municipal Judicial District at the Schools is requesting Santa Fe Judicial sealed bids. If you de- Complex, 225 Montesire to submit a pro- zuma Ave., in Santa posal, please pick up Fe , New Mexico, at bid packed from per- 8:30 am on the 24th son and address be- day of October, 2014 low and return the for an ORDER OF bid in a sealed enve- CHANGE OF NAME lope addressed to Dr. from Michelle Jean Lillian Torrez TMS Su- Roos to Mikaela Jean perintendent, Taos Roos.

Municipal Schools, 310 Camino de la STEPHEN T. PACHECO, Placitas, Taos, New District Court Clerk Mexico 87571. Your By Deputy Court Clerk sealed envelope or packet must be prop- Submitted by: erly identified of its Michelle Roos contents on the out- Petitioner, Pro Se side as follows.

Published in The SanPublished in The San- ta Fe New Mexican on ta Fe New Mexican on October 9 and 16, October 6-14, 2014.

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Thursday, October 9, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

Horoscope ACROSS 1 Sober 6 Improper way to take the SAT 11 Not a very big invention 14 Cash holders 15 Many a museum marble 16 Stir 17 Sherlock Holmes accessory 19 Hot ___ 20 Intense hunger 21 Part of a Latin 101 conjugation 22 Not to term 24 “The Raven” start 26 Mold, as clay 28 Biker gear 31 Siesta shader 34 Thumb ___ 35 Loki’s brother, in movies 36 2nd-yr. student 37 Volleyball team count 38 Appointment holder 41 Contend 42 The economist Adam Smith, for one 44 Preprinted gift tag word

45 Place for playing games 47 Orthodox trademark 49 Sinatra cover 50 Source of the headline “Study Finds Blame Now Fastest Human Reflex,” with “The” 51 Take ___ (sample some) 52 Strip locale, informally 54 “Aw, heck!”

56 Kellogg’s brand since 1970 60 Parlement assent 61 Go crazy … or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle 64 Subj. of the book “Many Unhappy Returns” 65 Small intestine section 66 Softly 67 What’s the point?

68 Recipe amts.

69 Slashed conjunction

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, Oct. 9, 2014: This year you enjoy relating to people on a oneon-one level. You will find that closeness is more rewarding.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might be concerned about your spending, yet on some level, you could feel incapable of changing the situation. Tonight: All smiles.

DOWN 1 Lower-left keyboard key 2 Stead 3 Game with horns 4 In sum 5 Org. whose annual budget is classified 6 “Who’s there?” reply 7 Dunn formerly of “S.N.L.” 8 Briefing site 9 Atlanta-toCharleston dir.

10 Partner’s refusal 11 Very distant 12 Bedroom poster subject

13 Part of a shampoo promise 18 Dash dial 23 Black-and-white alerts, briefly 25 Scholarship criterion, maybe 27 Lover of Leander, in myth 28 French cup 29 ___ Aybar, 2014 All-Star shortstop on the Angels 30 Bartender 31 “This is exciting!”

32 Offer one’s two cents 33 Harvester’s bundle 35 Oppressive regimes

39 Big do 40 Byron of “MythBusters” 43 ___ salad 46 Corrals 48 Outcast, often 49 Part of A.A.A.: Abbr.

51 Small parts 52 Like a redeemed coupon 53 Mark’s successor 55 “___ and away!”

57 Big name in trash 58 Pop singer Vannelli 59 Something found in the trash?

62 Legal deg.

63 Evil org. in “The Simpsons Movie”

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Chess quiz BLACK WINS MORE MATERIAL Hint: First, Simplify.

Solution: 1. ... Qxf3ch!

2. Rxf3 Bh3ch!

3. Rxh3 Rxe4 [Potkin-Motylev ‘14].

Hocus Focus

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: AMERICANA (e.g., Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion.

Answer: Graceland.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. Star of the 1939 film Million Dollar Legs.

Answer________ 2. For what is GOP an abbreviation?

Answer________ 3. Who famously stated, “I shall return”?

Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. The advertisement said, “I’d walk a mile for a ___.”

Answer________ 5. Complete the trio: “Kukla, Fran and ___.”

Answer________ 6. Bandleader known as the “King of Swing.”

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. Author who wrote Hondo, The Silver Canyon and Shalako.

Answer________ 8. Group noted for “Tom Dooley” and “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”

Answer________ 9. Who said, “I will fight no more forever”?

Answer________ ANSWERS: ANSWERS: 1. Betty Grable. 2. Grand Old Party. 3. Douglas MacArthur. 4. Camel. 5. Ollie. 6. Benny Goodman.

7. Louis L’Amour. 8. The Kingston Trio. 9. Chief Joseph.

Jumble

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) 2014 Ken Fisher

Today in history Today is Thursday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2014. There are 83 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Oct. 9, 1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You will want to work through a problem. Someone who is involved could be in your face, and his or her anger might be difficult to handle. Tonight: Be spontaneous.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Use your instincts, and do some thinking about the ramification of dealing with an angry person.

Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Listen to what is being shared by a friend. You could feel uncomfortable expressing exactly what is on your mind. Tonight: Only where people are.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You can’t avoid the limelight, and in truth, that doesn’t bother you at all.

Tonight: Listen to a loved one’s suggestion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Reach out to someone at a distance whom you really care about. You might be overwhelmed. Tonight: Give your mind a treat.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Couple is overly accommodating Dear Annie: An acquaintance of mine (I’ll call her “Minnie”) drops by our home once a week and stays for several hours. If we offer her a beer, she protests a little bit, but then says, “Well, OK,” and then asks what kind of wine or liquor we have. She somehow makes it seem as though she is doing us a favor by accepting what we offer and then lets us know about the better alcohol she is accustomed to.

Our neighbor told us that Minnie does the same thing at her place, always promising to bring something special to reciprocate, but she never does. The neighbor laughs it off, but we feel like suckers. Minnie talks about cutting back on alcohol to lose weight, but it’s obvious she’ll drink if it’s free.

Other than not answering the door when Minnie shows up, is there a way to confront her without making her belligerent? We see each other and don’t want hard feelings. — Tired of Sponger Dear Tired: If you don’t want Minnie drinking your booze, stop offering it to her. You can open the door and be polite and friendly but not ask whether she’d like a beer. If she says she’s thirsty, offer her a cool glass of water. You don’t have to confront her at all or create any hard feelings. You simply need to be less accommodating.

We suspect after a few such dry visits, she will spend less time knocking on your door.

Dear Annie: As the holidays approach, so does gift giving.

This is one of my favorite holiday traditions. I am not well off by any means, and my gifts usually consist of thoughtful homemade items. I love seeing the recipients open the gifts, watching their surprise and delight, and knowing they feel special because I have put so much thought into personalizing their present.

Here’s the dilemma: Many of my family members are well off, yet I rarely receive gifts from them. I get flimsy excuses instead.

I normally say “OK” and brush it off, but after years of this dismissive behavior, I am not sure I can continue to keep giving, giving, giving, especially when it is difficult for me financially.

I don’t give presents with the expectation that I will get something in return, but once in a while, I would certainly appreciate feeling the same way my recipients do when opening a gift. I’d like to know what that’s like.

Should I stop giving my homemade items to stingy family members and sell them instead?

— Torn in Pennsylvania Dear Torn: Are you certain your family members truly enjoy these presents? Not everyone appreciates a homemade item, and you may be misinterpreting their response. Even so, they should reciprocate in some way for your generosity. You certainly ought to stop giving them personalized gifts that you cannot afford.

Either bake some cookies, or use your creativity for a holiday card and stop giving gifts altogether.

The choice is yours.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Frustrated Mom,” whose daughter is overweight. In my teens, I was 15 pounds overweight, and my mother harped on my eating constantly. But I showed her!

By the time I was 67, I was 200 pounds overweight. I had high blood pressure, high cholesterol and could barely walk.

Sixteen months ago, I had gastric bypass surgery and have lost 162 pounds. My surgeon said, “You are a success story.” Never again can I enjoy the sinfully rich food I used to, but my cholesterol, blood pressure and arthritis are under control.

I think of food all day. Not because I want it so badly, but because I have to plan my day around it. My stomach is the size of an egg, but I’m healthier, happier, have a new wardrobe and love it when people say I look fabulous. I will live to see my grandkids marry. — Blessed in California Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.

Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

Sheinwold’s bridge

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Pressure builds around a personal situation involving a partner who wants what he or she wants and is unwilling to compromise. Tonight: Out late.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Defer to others, as they seem to have a different opinion of how things should be done. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You are likely to maintain a fairly even pace, which means you could accomplish more than you even thought possible. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be looking for a new idea or a better solution. Allow more creativity to flow. Tonight: Play it easy.

Cryptoquip

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to go with the moment and get to the bottom of a problem.

Tonight: Head home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Return calls and catch up on others’ news.

You’ll have a lot to share.

Tonight: Hang out with a pal.

Jacqueline Bigar

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. © 2014 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, October 9, 2014

TUNDRA

PEANUTS

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MUTTS

RETAIL

ZITS

PICKLES

LUANN

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