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New lawsuit targets teacher evals Educators sue state in effort to stop new system; governor’s camp says action is politically motivated

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Request seeks max sentence for Estrada Prosecutors ask a judge to incarcerate the governor’s former campaign manager for intercepting emails and lying about it. PAGE A-6

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ALBUQUERQUE — A union representing New Mexico school employees filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop a new teacher evaluation system

that heavily emphasizes student scores on standardized tests in rating the effectiveness of educators.

The lawsuit, filed by the National Education Association New Mexico, comes just five weeks before the Nov. 4 gubernatorial election and

targets one of Gov. Susana Martinez’s signature education reforms. Education and the economy have emerged as the most contentious issues influencing the election between Martinez and her Democratic challenger, Gary King. Martinez’s camp quickly seized on the timing of the lawsuit in calling it a political ploy aimed at helping King, whose campaign has struggled to gain ground on Martinez.

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Local 3999 membership to elect new leaders after ‘cooling off period’

Talk of a split from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has prompted the labor organization to take control of Local 3999, the union that represents the bulk of Santa Fe city employees.

In recent weeks, AFSCME suspended the union’s executive board, changed the locks at the union hall and removed the board members’ names from bank accounts.

“When we hear about talk of decertifying a local or anything like that, it gets taken very seriously,” Miles Conway, a spokesman for AFSCME in New Mexico, said Monday. “Of course, initially, we want to say, ‘Well, what can we change or fix?’ ” AFSCME took over after one of Local 3999’s board members talked about forming a union separate from AFSCME. “It was very convoluted and confusing as far as what their concerns were,” he said. “They were never able to very clearly articulate what it is they wanted to change with the structure of the union.”

Conway declined to identify the board member, but Maryanne Seiderer, vice president of Local 3999, said it’s she who wants to put the question before the membership.

“I just want what’s fair for the employees,” she said. “That’s all. It’s not personal.”

Seiderer, who works in the city’s Code Enforcement Division, said Local 3999 isn’t getting the representa-

But teachers supporting the lawsuit said it is about the students, not politics.

At a news conference in Albuquerque announcing the lawsuit on Monday, Los Lunas teacher Manessa Padilla strayed from the script when, with tears in her eyes, she recalled being told she is a “minimally effective teacher.”

The owners of La Fonda, a historic hotel on the southeast corner of the Plaza, on Monday announced the property’s pending sale. The Ballen family, which has owned the hotel since 1968, is handing the baton to longtime family friends. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Families announce pending sale of historic Plaza property

By Anne Constable The New Mexican

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he Ballen family, which has owned historic La Fonda on the Plaza for more than four decades, is passing the baton to longtime family friends.

Jennifer Kimball, the chairwoman of the board, and her brother, Philip Wise, managing partner in Cienda Partners, a Dallas-based real estate investment company, are buying all the assets of the landmark hotel from the heirs of Sam and Ethel Ballen and other shareholders.

The Wise family and the Ballens have ties that date back many years.

After the 2007 death of Sam Ballen (whose boots are encased in a hotel hallway), the couple’s five daughters inherited a majority of shares in La Fonda, and Kimball became chairwoman of the board.

On Monday, the two families celebrated the transaction over lunch in the hotel’s restaurant, La Plazuela.

Earlier, the sale was announced to La Fonda employees at a breakfast in the ballroom at which everybody

After weeks in the public spotlight as the road-rage victim whose complaint led to Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella’s conviction on two federal felony counts, Michael Tafoya said Monday he has forgiven Rodella and wants to move on with his life.

Tafoya also said he feels sympathy for the family of the dis- Michael Tafoya graced sheriff, who is in federal custody while he awaits sentencing Dec. 26.

Rodella could receive up to 17 years in prison.

“Because who wants to lose a family member like that?” said the 26-yearold Española man, who lived with friends and family while waiting to testify at Rodella’s trial last week in Albuquerque.

On Friday, the trial culminated with a jury finding the lawman guilty of violating Tafoya’s civil rights during a March 11 incident in which, Tafoya said, the sheriff pulled a gun on him and struck him in the face with his badge.

As for his decision to complain to federal authorities about the sheriff’s actions — which led other witnesses to come forward with other accounts of roadside aggression by Rodella — Tafoya said, “Nothing was done with vengeance. It had everything to do with justice. I’m not out for blood.”

Tafoya, who was in the courtroom during closing arguments Friday, said

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From left, Corporación de la Fonda board member Lenore Ballen; Phillip Wise, managing partner in Cienda Partners; Jennifer Wise Kimball, Corporación de la Fonda board chairwoman; and Rob Kimball celebrate the sale of the hotel over lunch with other members of both families Monday at at La Plazuela.

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received a La Fonda T-shirt.

Kimball will continue as board chairwoman of the new company, La Fonda Holdings LLC. The change in ownership is not expected to

have any impact on the hotel’s 225 employees. The sale is expected to close in the next few weeks.

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Obituaries Tito E. Rodela Sr., 77, Rio Rancho, Sept. 26 Margaret A. Lucero, 86, Santa Fe, Sept. 24 PAGE A-8

U.S. schools scramble to help teens who crossed border alone

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A student at the G.W. Career Educational Center in Frankford, Del., studies a worksheet on basic introductions in English. EMILY VARISCO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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A displaced Syrian boy stands on a small hill on Sept. 16 watching the arrival of United Nations officials to a temporary Syrian refugee camp in Deir al-Ahmar village, eastern Lebanon. HUSSEIN MALLA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New crisis of Syrian war: Traumatized children

By Kareem Shaheen Special to The Washington Post

BEIRUT fter Amira’s two uncles were killed in the siege of the Syrian city of Qusayr, she lost the ability to walk.

The 5-year-old had watched an uncle bleed to death, seen her home shattered by shells, had her arm struck by burning shrapnel. The psychological toll was too much and she stopped eating, her muscles atrophying and her legs no longer able to bear her meager weight.

“She saw a lot,” said Amira’s mother, who asked that her name and that of their family be withheld to freely discuss her daughter’s psychological condition.

After they fled to Lebanon, Amira’s mother would carry her daughter to schools where she met the staff members of a local nongovernmental organization, Beyond Association, who arranged for Amira to get psychological care and treatment for her malnourishment. A month and a half after receiving medication and starting school, she began to walk again.

Amira’s case offers a glimpse into a devastating mental-health crisis that is taking hold among Syria’s refugee children.

The stress has left many with mental illnesses including anxiety disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and developmental problems. Over half a million children have fled to Lebanon and four out of five of them are out of school.

The crisis is exacerbated by a lack of funding, awareness and infrastructure for mental-health care in Lebanon and growing tensions with local communities as the Syrian war continues to bleed across the border, aid workers say.

“You are destroying a people beyond the destruction caused by chemical weapons,” said Bassem al-Faris, a Syrian doctor who fled to Lebanon late last year and now lives and works in Arsal, a border town that has endured a massive refugee influx and briefly was taken over in August by militants loyal to the Islamic State and the al-Qaida affiliate in Syria, Jabhat al-Nusra.

There are more than 1.1 million registered Syrian refugees — children and adults — in Lebanon, a country of 4 mil-

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“You can safely assume that the majority of the population coming from Syria have some form of distress,” said Anthony MacDonald, the chief of child protection at UNICEF in Lebanon.

MacDonald said that children and adolescents experience a “re-trauma” when they arrive in Lebanon as a result of poverty, living conditions, bouts of violence and a lack of schooling that adds to tensions at home.

A survey of 1,100 Syrian youth conducted by Save the Children and published earlier this year found that 41 percent of Syrians in Lebanon between the ages of 15 and 24 have contemplated suicide. The figure is more than 50 percent for women in the same age group.

Psychologists and doctors who work with Syrian children here report symptoms of phobia, hysteria, night terrors and regression in development through bedwetting.

Some are still in a “survivalist” mode and are likely to exhibit symptoms later on in life, when the crisis subsides, medical professionals say.

“The sad thing is the legacy of early childhood trauma is really lasting,” said Alaa Hijazi, a psychologist at the American University of Beirut who worked with American war veterans and Iraqi refugees who survived torture. “The framework through which people view the world shatters for a lot of people after trauma.”

Refugees and aid workers say donors focus on providing immediate shelter and food assistance while neglecting mental support.

“It’s just a very heartbreaking situation because it’s almost a lost generation, the children not in school and children with trauma,” said Nathaly Gattas, an area manager with International Medical Corps who has worked with trauma victims in Lebanon. “Everything should be a safe space for children, but unfortunately nothing is.”

WASHINGTON — The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, a Republican congressman said Monday. The disclosures came on the eve of a congressional oversight hearing with the director of the embattled agency assigned to protect the president’s life.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said Monday night that whistleblowers told his committee that the intruder ran through the White House, into the East Room and near the doors to the Green Room before being apprehended. They also told the committee that the intruder made it past a female guard stationed inside the White House, Chaffetz said.

In the hours after the Sept. 19 fence-jumper incident, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan told The Associated Press that the suspect had been apprehended just inside the North Portico doors of the White House. The Secret Service also said that night that the suspect had been unarmed — an assertion that was revealed to be false the next day when officials acknowledged Gonzalez had a knife with him when he was apprehended.

“I’m worried that over the last several years, security has gotten worse — not better,” Chaffetz said.

He said his committee’s request for a briefing from the Secret Service on the incident was denied.

Police: Arrest in missing student probe provides link to ’09 case RICHMOND, Va. — A forensic clue uncovered in the investigation of a missing University of Virginia student has led investigators to believe they have “a significant break” in the unsolved death of another young woman who had vanished from the campus five years ago, police said Monday, and perhaps an unsolved rape from years before.

Jesse L. Matthew Jr., 32, was charged last week with abduction with intent to defile in the case of 18-year-old Hannah Graham, who was last seen on Sept. 13 after she attended a party.

Leading up to Matthew’s arrest, police had searched his car and home and removed items, including clothing, that they consider evidence, though they have not been specific.

On Monday, Virginia State Police said in a statement that the arrest “provided a significant break in this case with a new forensic link for state police investigators to pursue” in the death of 20-year-old Morgan Harrington, who, like Graham, vanished from the Charlottesville campus.

The Virginia Tech student from Roanoke had gone to John Paul Jones Arena for a Metallica concert on Oct. 17, 2009. A farmer found her remains three months later in an Albemarle County hayfield, which was among the places searched shortly after Graham disappeared, police have said.

The state police statement provided no specifics about what sort of forensic evidence led to the connection in the cases.

Study says recession can mean forgoing children for life NEW YORK — When the economy tanks, women have fewer babies. But what happens in the following years, when conditions improve?

A massive new study suggests that for some U.S. women, living through a recession can mean they will never have children.

In fact, the authors project that among women who were in their early 20s in 2008 — early in the so-called Great Recession — about 151,000 will forgo having any children as a result, at least by age 40.

Overall, the lingering impact of that recession may ultimately mean some 427,000 fewer children being born over the course of a couple decades, the authors say.

On a societal level these effects are small. The projected number of childless women is a tiny fraction of the 9 million women in that age group, 20-24. The drop-off in births isn’t much for a nation that produces around 4 million babies a year.

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“It seems like the last couple of weeks we’ve seen such a lack of direction,” said John Canally, chief economic strategist at LPL Financial.

“We’re also way overdue for a pullback. I can’t tell you how many calls we’re getting now asking, ‘Is this it? Is this the big one?’ ” DreamWorks Animation, the studio behind Shrek and Madagascar, soared 18 percent following reports that Japan’s SoftBank Corp. is in talks to buy the company. DreamWorks gained $3.82 to $26.22.

Pro-democracy protests escalated Monday, raising concerns that business in Hong Kong might be disrupted. “Sentiment is downbeat for a variety of reasons, not least due to the growing unrest in Hong Kong,” said Fawad Razaqzada, technical analyst at Forex.com.

Prices for U.S. government bonds rose, sending yields lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.48 percent from 2.53 percent late Friday. Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell three cents to $93.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 A DASH OF CELTIC, A HINT OF THE BLUES: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe, 107 W. Barcelona St. Chamber music of Susan Conant, 7:30 p.m., $10 at the door.

KIM HARRISON: Jean Cocteau Cinema, the author reads from The Witch With No Name at 7 p.m., $10, $5 with paperback purchase, no charge with hardcover purchase.

SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS: Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Road. Beginners and families welcome; line dances of the Balkans, Greece, and the Middle East; lessons 7 to 8 p.m., dancing 8 to 10 p.m., $5 donation, 501-5081 or 466-2920.

Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 ¡CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Argentine Tango Milonga, 7:30 to 11 p.m., call for cover. 213 Washington Ave., 983-6756.

COWGIRL BBQ: Folk singer/songwriter Tia McGraff, 8 p.m., no cover. 319 S. Guadalupe St., 982-2565.

EL FAROL: Canyon Road Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m., call for cover. 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912.

LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: Bill Hearne, 8 p.m. to close, no cover. 100 E. San Francisco St., 982-5511.

SECOND STREET BREWERY AT THE RAILYARD: Open-song night with Ben Wright, 7 p.m., no cover. Santa Fe Farmers Market Pavilion, 1607 Paseo de Peralta, 989-3278.

SKYLIGHT: The World Beat Party, 9 p.m., call for cover. 139 W. San Francisco St., 982-0775.

TINY’S: Singer/songwriter open mic, 7 to 11 p.m., no cover. 1015 Pen Road, 983-9817.

VANESSIE: Doug Montgomery, 6 to 8 p.m.; Ester Hana, 8to 10 p.m.; call for cover. 434 W. San Francisco St., 982-9966.

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Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 IN CONCERT: Metalachi at Skylight, Heavy-metal mariachi quintet, 8 p.m., $15 in advance at holdmyticket.com, 21+.

139 W. San Francisco St., 982-0775.

NATIONAL ACROBATS OF CHINA: At the Lensic, acrobatic troupe, 7 p.m., $15-$45, 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.

WILLIAM CATHER HOOK: Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., 988-4226. The artist discusses his work and the book William Cather Hook: A Retrospective, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014 RENESAN INSTITUTE LECTURE: St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail; a talk titled “Through the Looking Glass: A Life in Photography” by Lynne Bundesen, 1 to 3 p.m., $10, 982-9274, renesan.org.

Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 ¡CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Flamenco guitarist Chuscales, 7 to 9 p.m., no cover.

213 Washington Ave., 983-6756.

COWGIRL BBQ: Folk singer/songwriter Eryn Bent, 9 p.m., no cover. 319 S. Guadalupe St., 982-2565.

EL FAROL: idweek rock with the John Kurzweg Band, 8 p.m., no cover. 808 Canyon Road, 983-9912.

JUNCTION: Karaoke Wednesdays with Michelle, 10 p.m., no cover. 530 S. Guadalupe St., 988-7222.

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LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: Railyard Reunion Band,, 8 p.m.-close, no cover.

100 E. San Francisco St., 982-5511.

LA POSADA DE SANTA FE RESORT AND SPA: Country singer Wiley Jim, 7 p.m., call for cover. 330 E. Palace Ave., 954-9668.

TINY’S: Electric jam session, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m., no cover. 1015 Pen Road, 9839817.

VANESSIE: Jess Godwin, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., call for cover. 434 W. San Francisco St., 982-9966.

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, left, is sworn in Monday by Chief Justice Abdul Salam Azimi, during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. RAHMAT GUL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Afghan president takes oath of office worked at the World Bank.

Karzai, the country’s only leader since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, frequently criticized the U.S. government and irritated American leaders with

By Rahim Faiez and Amir Shah his mercurial behavior; Karzai The Associated Press was criticized in turn for his inability or unwillingness to KABUL, Afghanistan — tackle corruption in his own Afghanistan swore in Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai as its second government.

Ghani Ahmadzai’s first elected president on Monday, act in office was to swear in embarking on a new era with Abdullah as chief executive, a national unity government a role that U.S. Secretary of poised to confront a resilient Taliban insurgency by signing State John Kerry helped create an agreement with the United to give voice to both Afghanistan’s northern and southern States that would guarantee a continuing American military flanks of power.

“Afghans have taken a presence. moment of challenge and As Hamid Karzai left the turned it into a moment of real political stage, the new president was locked into an uneasy opportunity,” Kerry said Monday in a statement congratulatpartnership with his defeated rival, Abdullah Abdullah, who ing both men.

The deal settled months became the country’s first of political tensions that chief executive. With a hug threatened to push the fragile for the cameras, both sides appeared determined to reach country into civil war. But it remains to be seen how well across factions and avoid a the two Afghan leaders will descent into an abyss similar work together, and whether to what has happened in Iraq, where the government’s failure the agreement will last. They still must agree on Cabinet to mend lingering sectarian appointments. divisions following a full U.S. The nearly six-month-long withdrawal helped give rise to the brutal Islamic State group. election was marred by allegations of massive vote fraud, a The new Afghan governstaple of Afghanistan’s last two ment was expected Tuesday presidential votes. to sign a security agreement Bloodshed may be in that provides a legal frameAfghanistan’s future anyway. work for the United States to Taliban militants this sumkeep about 9,800 troops in the mer — for the first time since country to train, advise and assist Afghan national security attacks truly picked up in 2005 — fought Afghan Army troops forces after the current international combat mission ends instead of the powerful U.S. Dec. 31. That number of troops and NATO military machine. is expected to be cut in half by The Afghan army saw its fatality rate skyrocket and the Talithe end of 2015, and the U.S. ban make gains. would leave only about 1,000 Ghani Ahmadzai has said he in a security office after the would also welcome talks with end of 2016. the Taliban, who control vast Karzai, the outgoing presirural sections of southern and dent, had refused to approve eastern Afghanistan. the deal, which is intended to “We are tired of war,” he said help Afghan security forces in his inauguration speech. combat the resilient Taliban “Our message is peace, [but] insurgency. this doesn’t mean we are The Afghan government weak.” also is expected to sign an Peace did not prevail on agreement this week with Monday, according to police NATO that would outline the reports.

A suicide bomber parameters of 4,000 to detonated explosives at an 5,000 additional international troops — mostly from Britain, intersection that leads to Kabul’s airport, killing a half Germany, Italy and Turkey dozen people. A bigger attack — to stay in Afghanistan in a took place in eastern Paktia noncombat role after the end province, where a car bomb of this year.

Without a post-2014 residual and gunfire attack by militants force, U.S. military officials say sparked a battle that killed seven Taliban fighters, four there is a risk that the Afghan security force will deteriorate, police officers and two civilians. units would run out of fuel, The dual attacks served as pay systems would fail and a reminder that Taliban viothere would be a reduction lence remains a part of daily in the overall readiness of the Afghan police and army. They life despite the deaths of more than 2,000 U.S. service memsay al-Qaida is in “survival bers in Afghanistan since the mode” in Afghanistan.

2001 invasion that toppled the But there are serious quesTaliban regime for harboring tions about the ability of the Afghan security forces to take al-Qaida militants responsible for 9/11. on the militants.

“Afghanistan doesn’t have the full military necessary to defend the country,” said Mohammad Doud Kalakani, a member of the Afghan parliament. “No air force, no tanks, limited artillery.”

U.S. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon, R-Calif., said Monday that he hoped President Barack Obama will view the signing of the security agreement as a “roadmap for a robust continued engagement.”

McKeon also wants the administration to rethink its plans to draw down U.S. forces. “We are witnessing now in Iraq what happens when the U.S. falters on that commitment” McKeon said.

U.S.-Afghan relations will likely improve under Ghani Ahmadzai, a 65-year-old numbers-based technocrat who

Unity government could secure U.S. mission after 2014

HONG KONG — Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong set a Wednesday deadline for a response from the government to meet their demands for reforms after spending another night blocking streets in an unprecedented show of civil disobedience.

A brief statement from the Occupy Central civil disobedience movement said it had set an Oct. 1 deadline for the city’s unpopular Chief Executive Leung Chunying to meet their demands for genuine democracy and for him to step down as leader of Hong Kong.

It said they would “announce new civil disobedience plans same day.”

Wednesday is a holiday for China’s National Day, and even larger crowds are expected to flood the streets. The government said it was canceling a fireworks display planned to celebrate the National Day. One day after police shocked the city by firing tear gas at the crowds, the protesters passed a peaceful night Monday singing as the blocked streets in several parts of Hong Kong. They also staged a brief “mobile light” vigil, waving their glowing cellphones as the protests stretched into their fourth day. Crowds chanted calls for Leung to resign, and sang anthems calling for freedom.

“The students are protecting the right to vote, for Hong Kong’s future. We are not scared, we are not frightened, we just fight for it,” said Carol Chan, a 55-year-old civil service worker who took two days off to join the protests after becoming angered over police use of tear gas Sunday.

Students and activists have been camped out since late Friday, demanding that Beijing grant democratic reforms to the former British colony.

Police said they used 87 rounds of tear gas Sunday in what they called a necessary

A student pro-democracy protester covers his face Monday in plastic wrap to protect against pepper spray in the event that it is used as they stand-off with local police in Hong Kong.

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but restrained response to protesters pushing through cordons and barricades. They said 41 people were injured, including 12 police officers.

“Police cordon lines were heavily charged, by some violent protesters. So police had to use the minimum force in order to separate the distance at that moment between the protesters and also the police,” said Cheung Tak-keung, the assistant police commissioner for operations.

The atmosphere was more festive Monday as constantly shifting crowds blocked major roads. People moved in and out of the sit-ins, some bringing in food and drink while others fetched their own. Some high school students, still in their school uniforms, sat on the pavement doing their homework.

“It’s already the fourth day, so it’s really tiring,” said Ching-ching Tse, a 24-year-old student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who was on her second day of collecting trash in the protest area with her friends. “So we are forming some groups and hope we can do some shifts and take turns.”

Officials announced that schools in some districts of Hong Kong would remain closed Tuesday because of safety concerns, while dozens of bus routes were canceled

Japanese volcano still is erupting; efforts to recover victims delayed TOKYO — Five more bodies were discovered near the peak of Mount Ontake in central Japan on Monday, bringing the number of those confirmed or feared dead after Saturday’s volcanic eruption to 36, authorities said.

But the effort to recover bodies from the volcano’s ashcoated slopes has been hampered as the 10,000-foot-high mountain, about 125 miles west of Tokyo, continues to erupt.

Plumes of gray smoke were seen billowing from the volcano Monday, with ash and toxic gas forcing rescuers to suspend their efforts to bring down bodies from the peak. Japan’s Meteorological Agency warned that the mountain could erupt again in the next few days.

But before the suspension, eight bodies were lifted off the mountain Monday morning, bringing the total number of victims recovered to 12; four were brought down Sunday.

With the discovery of five more bodies atop the mountain, authorities said at least 36 people are thought to have been killed when the volcano erupted without warning shortly before lunchtime Saturday.

Many of the bodies were found on a trail connecting a shrine near the peak and a lodge about 550 yards below, according to Japan’s Kyodo news agency, while others had

been buried in ash as much as 200inches deep.

About 550 police officers, firefighters and military personnel are involved in the rescue effort, and Japanese media showed scenes of soldiers carrying body bags to a military helicopter that had landed on the ash.

The bodies were being examined at an elementary school in the town of Kiso, while the families of the missing waited at a nearby municipal hall.

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and some subway stops near protest areas were closed.

The protests have been dubbed the “Umbrella Revolution” by some, because the crowds have used umbrellas to not only block the sun, but also to stop the police from hitting them with pepper spray. Political slogans calling for freedom have also been written on the umbrellas.

Many younger Hong Kong residents raised in an era of plenty and with no experience of past political turmoil in mainland China have higher expectations. Under an agreement set in 1984, Beijing promised to allow Hong Kong residents civil liberties — unseen in the rest of China — after it took control of the city of 7.1 million in 1997.

The protesters are dismayed by China’s decision last month that candidates in the city’s first-ever election for its top leader must be hand-picked by a committee of mostly pro-Beijing tycoons. That move is viewed by many residents as reneging on promises to allow greater democracy in the semi-autonomous territory, since Beijing had promised that the chief executive would eventually be chosen through “universal suffrage.”

China’s communist leaders take a hard line against any threat to their monopoly on power, including clamping down on dissidents and Muslim Uighur separatists in the country’s far west, but it cannot crack down too harshly on the semi-autonomous territory where a freewheeling media ensures global visibility.

Across the border, Chinese state media have provided scant coverage of the protests beyond noting that an illegal gathering spun out of control and was being curtailed by police.

The protests began a week ago with a class boycott by university and college students demanding reforms of the local legislature and a withdrawal of Beijing’s requirement that election candidates be screened.

Leaders of the broader Occupy Central civil disobedience movement joined the protesters early Sunday, saying they wanted to kick-start a long-threatened mass sit-in demanding Hong Kong’s top leader be elected without Beijing’s interference.

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Rodella: County to hold special meeting the commissioners can do “so we can move forward” with new leadership at he left the courthouse before the verdict the sheriff’s office. Trujillo said the county was read “because it was too emotional. I is not responsible for Rodella’s attorney wasn’t quiet sure how the verdict would fees in the federal case “because we aren’t pan out, and I was trying to prepare obligated to provide a legal defense for myself emotionally.” criminal charges where there’s no claim After the verdict was read, an FBI agent for damages.” quickly called Tafoya at his hotel room However, Rio Arriba County commisto notify him that Rodella had been consioners can appoint a replacement to victed. Tafoya said he broke down in tears. serve the remainder of Rodella’s term, It was a “bittersweet moment,” he said. which runs through the end of the year.

To prepare for and take part in the trial, Trujillo said the county manager will Tafoya took a few weeks of unpaid leave schedule a special commission meeting from his job as a care provider for adults sometime this week. with mental disabilities. He said he is Capt. Quintin McShan, a spokesman eager to get back to work because he has for the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office, bills to catch up on, such as car payments. said Undersheriff Vince Crespin is actThe case came to the attention of feding as sheriff. Meanwhile, Maj. Matt Vigil eral authorities when Tafoya submitted a is handling the undersheriff’s duties, two-page statement, which he prepared McShan said. But McShan noted that the with the help of a friend, that contained Rio Arriba County Commission will have details of his encounter with the sheriff. the final say on who will run the office.

U.S. District Judge James Browning can Generally, a New Mexico elected offisentence Rodella to up to 10 years for his cial who has been convicted of a felony conviction on violating Tafoya’s rights can no longer hold public office. A 2010 by subjecting him to an unreasonable New Mexico Supreme Court ruling in a seizure while acting under color of law. case involving former state Public RegulaOn the second count, brandishing a firetion Commission member Carol Sloan arm during a crime of violence, Rodella found that an elected official automatifaces a mandatory seven years in prison cally forfeits his or her office upon convicto be served consecutive to any sentence tion for a felony. imposed on the other charge.

James Lujan, who defeated Rodella in Shortly after the jury’s verdict was read, the June Democratic primary for the nomBrowning ordered U.S. marshals to take ination as sheriff, doesn’t face opposition custody of Rodella. A spokesman for the in the November general election. Lujan, marshals declined to say where Rodella a former deputy who had been fired by is being held, per agency policy. But he Rodella, said that if commissioners tap noted that the U.S. Marshals Service in him to start his job earlier than expected, New Mexico has contracts to hold federal he “will be prepared.” inmates in Santa Fe, Sandoval, Torrance “They haven’t asked me yet, but that’s and Cibola county jails. Officials with pretty much what I’m hearing,” Lujan said.

Santa Fe, Sandoval and Cibola coun“It all falls on the commissioners’ shoulties said there is record of Rodella being ders. Whatever they decide to do, I’m more booked into their jails. A Torrance County than willing to do whatever they ask.” jail employee directed The New Mexican Robert Gorence, Rodella’s lawyer, said to contact the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Monday he had “no comment on the verwhere an employee said Rodella won’t be dict other than I was surprised.” He said processed into the bureau’s system until he plans to file an appeal after Rodella has he has been sentenced. been sentenced. He didn’t go into details Carlos Trujillo, a spokesman for Rio on the basis for the planned appeal. However, Gorence said earlier that he plans to Arriba County Manager Tomas Campos, said county lawyers are looking into what appeal on the grounds that U.S. Attorney

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Los Lunas teacher Manessa Padilla, a plaintiff in a new lawsuit that seeks to stop the state’s teacher evaluation system, speaks at a news conference Monday at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque. ROBERT NOTT/THE NEW MEXICAN

Suit: Claims system violates constitution Continued from Page A-1 The case of Padilla — who said she gave up a career as an accountant earning $10,000 more per year to become a teacher — spotlights the emotions inherent in educators dealing with the new evaluation system, which attaches a weight of 50 percent to student test score results.

Speaking about a student who learned her cousin had been killed in a gang-related shooting the night before she was to take a test, Padilla said the new system doesn’t take into account how outside factors can impact a student’s test results. “The system wants to know the numbers, not the students,” she said.

Padilla and teacher Deborah Romero of Las Cruces and Rep. Mimi Stewart, D-Albuquerque, joined the union as plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

The state’s Public Education Department implemented the evaluation system as a departmental rule last year after it failed to win legislative approval.

The lawsuit contends the new evaluation system violates the state constitution by usurping statutory provisions that “provide to local school districts the authority to establish the policies, guidelines and procedures for teacher evaluation.”

“It’s unfair, it’s not right and it’s illegal,” Charles Bowyer, NEA New Mexico’s executive director, said of the state’s plan.

Larry Behrens, spokesman for the state’s Public Education Department, said in an email response that the NEA initially agreed the state “needed an evaluation system that put students first. Now, perhaps because of an upcoming election, they feel the need to frivolously challenge a system that has already won in the courts.” He said the department will “work to defend yet another attempt to uphold the old, broken system because our students deserve better.”

The latest litigation comes on the heels of another NEA lawsuit asking a judge to direct the Public Education Department to respond to a records request regarding documents about the teacher evaluation system.

And last week, Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent Joel Boyd asked the state to halt the use of test scores until the department and districts can perfect measuring that data. Several other superintendents and school board members have since joined Boyd in that request.

In working with districts to disseminate the results from the first year of the new system, the state revised its evaluation figures several times over the summer, claiming that districts have provided inaccurate or late information. For instance, the state said just under 50 percent of Santa Fe’s teachers had an “effective”

or better rating. By the district’s account, that number is closer to 67 percent.

Stewart, a retired educator who is chairwoman of the House Education Committee, said superintendents from around the state have been citing problems, mistakes and concerns with the new evaluation system during recent legislative hearings on the issue.

“It really creates havoc,” she said Monday, adding that the only way to get the Public Education Department’s ear is “to file suit.”

Plaintiff Romero, who has taught for 18 years, said she had never received an evaluation below “outstanding” before this year. She also said she was penalized for asking direct questions of the students, rather than engaging them in a group discussion, and for moving the lesson plan along slower than expected because she took time out to let some students express themselves about rocks they found in a geography lesson.

A similar lawsuit was filed last fall by a trio of Democratic lawmakers who joined with the American Federation of Teachers’ Albuquerque union to stop the education department from starting the new evaluations, arguing that Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera violated the School Personnel Act by changing some aspect of the plan without receiving legislative approval.

In November, the court dismissed that complaint, saying Skandera could use her executive powers to make such changes. In December, the plaintiffs asked the state’s Court of Appeals to overturn that decision. That action is still pending.

The teacher evaluation plan, one of Gov. Martinez’s education reforms, was implemented in 2012 by a department rule after lawmakers failed to pass legislation to enact it. The state began testing the program in pilot schools in the fall of 2012.

As a result, more than 21,000 teachers in the state are now rated as “ineffective,” “minimally effective,” “effective,” “highly effective” or “exemplary.”

Based on the new system, nearly 73 percent of the state’s teachers were ranked “effective” or better, 23 percent are “minimally effective” and 4.2 percent are “ineffective.”

In addition to student test scores and classroom observations, factors such as teacher attendance, the school’s A-F grade from the state and student surveys can be considered in the equation. Districts have some leeway in establishing these other measures, but 50 percent of the overall rating must be based on student test scores.

The case was filed in the First Judicial District Court, which is based in Santa Fe. Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@sfnewmexican.com.

Damon Martinez had a personal vendetta against Rodella.

Gorence has said Martinez threatened Rodella with arrest and prosecution during a May 7 law enforcement meeting.

The meeting concerned a long-standing dispute over whether U.S. Forest Service agents have the authority to stop motorists outside national forests to conduct investigations. The agency asked Rodella to deputize the agents, but Rodella refused.

Martinez has responded that he doesn’t have a personal vendetta against the sheriff and that his office’s prosecution of the lawman has nothing to do with the May meeting.

The jury of 11 women and one man listened to five days of conflicting testimony and arguments concerning the March 11 encounter. Tafoya said the incident began when he turned onto a street in front of Rodella and his son, Tommy Rodella Jr., who were in a personal SUV. He said the Rodellas began tailgating him, and when he pulled over to let them pass, they stopped in front of him and called him out to fight. Tafoya said he didn’t know Rodella was the sheriff and sped away.

The Rodellas chased him for three miles at high speeds, he said, finally blocking his car at the dead end of a private lane.

That’s when the sheriff, who was dressed in plain clothes, jumped into Tafoya’s car brandishing a gun. The two struggled, Tafoya said.

Rodella Jr. then dragged Tafoya out of the car and threw him to the ground, Tafoya testified. Tafoya said that when he asked to see the sheriff’s badge, Rodella pulled Tafoya’s head up by his hair and slammed a badge into Tafoya’s right cheek, giving him a black eye.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested Tafoya on charges of assault on a peace officer, aggravated assault and resisting or obstructing an officer as a result of his encounter with Rodella. A magistrate judge dismissed the charges in late March.

Contact Uriel J. Garcia at 986-3062 or ugarcia@sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ujohnnyg.

Fonda: Sale not expected to impact staff Continued from Page A-1 “The Ballen family decided this was the right time to sell because [La Fonda] will still be family owned,” Kimball said.

The Ballens’ daughters have gone on to careers in education and health. “Our lives took us to different locations,” said Penina Ballen, one of the three sisters who are members of the board (the others are Lois and Lenore). “We had been concerned about the succession.”

Penina Ballen, who recalls watching Fiesta parades from the hotel roof (packed in like sardines) and meeting actor Peter Lorre there, said her father was “adamant that he didn’t want La Fonda to become another Ritz-Carlton or chain hotel.”

Monday’s announcement, Kimball said, “ensured that is not going to happen. …

Nothing [about La Fonda] is changing other than who owns it.”

She said the announcement probably relieved fears of employees that a “big hotel company would come in and put in a new management team.”

Kimball declined to give the purchase price. But she did say that the 55 shareholders — who, in addition to Kimball, include the comptroller, the hotel’s head of human resources, the head housekeeper and chief engineer — would receive a nice check.

Kimball, past president of ECMC, an education foundation, was a lawyer for La Fonda before becoming chairwoman of the board.

Cienda Partners, her brother’s company, has other interests in Santa Fe. In 2012, it purchased all remaining assets of Las Campanas, the upscale residential resort development northwest of the city, from a bank after the Arizona developer went bankrupt. The acquisition included building sites, undeveloped residential acreage for up to 319 homes, a commercial tract, several homes and 174 golf memberships. Kimball was one of the other investors.

Cienda Partners also owns some land off Hyde Park Road, said Kimball, whose mother also has a home here.

La Fonda was built in 1922. Formerly a Harvey House hotel, it was bought by the Ballens in 1968. Sam Ballen was new to the hotel business, and there were no other large hotels near the Plaza at the time. The cheapest rooms were $10, Penina Ballen said, and once a year, on Beethoven’s birthday, one of the permanent residents dressed as the composer and played the piano.

During the Ballens’ ownership, the hotel put a roof over the interior patio, built a new parking garage, and added the Lumpkins Ballroom and La Terraza, a banquet room, among other changes.

In 2007, the parent company, Corporación de la Fonda, reached an agreement to purchase stock then owned by Gerald and Kathleen Peters and Peters Corp.

The Peters group had owned stock in the hotel since 1985. At one time, Peters, a well-known local businessman, sued Ballen for damages resulting from what he said was a breach of contract over the ownership of the property.

In 2008, La Plazuela restaurant, which occupies the former open-air courtyard, was renovated. In 2013, the hotel completed its biggest renovation since the 1920s, which included new room furnishings and improvements to the pool and Bell Tower areas.

La Fonda has 180 guest rooms and suites, including 15 luxury rooms built around a rooftop terrace. With more than 20,000 square feet, the hotel is popular for conferences and weddings. The hotel is a member of Historic Hotels of America and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Last August was its best month in history, Kimball said.

In 2013, the hotel received the American Automobile Association’s Four Diamond Lodging rating for the first time.

La Fonda is one of four prominent

hotels to change hands in Santa Fe in the past year. In August, Bishop’s Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa was sold to a hotel partnership based in Atlanta. HRV Hotel Partners bought the 1920s resort, which sits on 317 acres between Santa Fe and Tesuque, from Lend Lease Corp. of New York.

In May, Eldorado Hotel & Spa was purchased by Heritage Hotels & Resorts, a New Mexico-based company that also owns Hotel St. Francis, Hotel Chimayó de Santa Fe and The Lodge at Santa Fe. Late last year, La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa was sold to Joseph C. Smith of 1754 Properties, a Florida-based company.

In August of this year, the Drury Plaza Hotel opened at the corner of Palace Avenue and Paseo de Peralta in the former St. Vincent Hospital. Drury is a familyowned, Missouri-based corporation.

David Loeb, a senior equity analyst covering real estate for Robert W. Baird & Co., pointed out the difference between those deals and the transaction involving La Fonda, where “the family is passing [the property] along to someone they know and trust and have worked with. This is very different from the market-driven investments made with institutional funds from other parts of the world,” he said.

There would have been a lot of investor interest in La Fonda, given its location, Loeb said. But instead of putting the hotel on the market and seeing what kind of capital they could attract, Loeb said, the family wanted the new owner to be “someone who is going to love and cherish this property.”

Not only that, he added, but there’s a lot of competition in this relatively small market. At some point, he said, there will be winners and losers, and “Jenny [Kimball] is making a bold statement that La Fonda can continue to be a winner.”

Contact Anne Constable at 986-3022 or aconstable@sfnewmexican.com.

Union: Leader says some feel they’re not getting money’s worth Continued from Page A-1 tion it deserves from AFSCME Council 18, a statewide umbrella labor organization. About 730 city employees belong to the union and pay an estimated $300,000 annually in dues, she said.

“Most of our dues go to Council 18 for representation,” Seiderer said.

“Well, we don’t feel like we’re getting the representation for the amount of money that we’re paying. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have lost $1.5 million worth of benefits [during negotiations in 2013 and 2014] that we’re now trying to get back. We’re trying to get back benefits.

We’re trying to get back the respect.”

Since Council 18 wasn’t fighting on

behalf of Santa Fe city employees, she said, Local 3999 hired its own attorney, Adrian Terry, who has represented the union on grievances and prohibited practice complaints.

“We’re not talking about breaking away from AFSCME. We’re talking about breaking away from the council,” she said.

“For some reason, they think we want to break away from everybody. That’s not what we’re talking about. And we did not hire Adrian to break away from the council. We did not. We hired Adrian so we could win grievances, prohibited practice complaints and get the respect back that we deserve.”

Conway said there are 46 local AFSCME unions in New Mexico, and all of them are part of Council 18. “If you’re not in the council, you’re not in AFSCME,” he said.

AFSCME took “administratorship” of Local 3999 as a way for it to reorganize and relaunch, he said. There will be an initial “cooling off period,” but eventually the membership will elect a new board, he said.

“The international has no interest or desire in micromanaging all the thousands of locals across the country,” he said. “Locals are meant to be run by their own executive boards.”

An “administratorship” is rare, said Conway, who wasn’t aware of it hap-

pening in Santa Fe before.

“Our executive director has been in New Mexico a long time, and she was unaware of the last time a local was brought into administratorship,” Conway said. “The national union doesn’t take this action lightly. It has to be a very serious issue as it was in this case.”

Conway said changing the locks at the union hall, 4001 Office Court Drive, south of Santa Fe Place mall, was done to “protect the integrity of the treasury and membership lists.”

“When something like this happens, when one individual has the potential to go in and — what’s the word for it? — exhaust the treasury of the local, then yeah, that happens. Those locks

are changed right away. The names are taken off the bank,” he said.

“It’s not something that happens a lot these days, but of course in our history, the potential is there,” he said.

Conway said the shakeup has been difficult.

“Some of these board members are people I’ve grown to really trust and respect over years and years being in the labor movement, and I fully expect them to be back,” he said. “Something like this, it’s heartbreaking when there’s a fight in the family.”

Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter at @danieljchacon.

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By Karin Laub and Adam Schreck The Associated Press

AMMAN, Jordan — On a recent evening, two of Jordan’s top pro-al-Qaida ideologues held court on the rooftop of a villa decorated with strings of lights. Sporting shaggy beards and robes, the Muslim preachers whispered to each other and rose occasionally from plastic chairs to greet supporters.

It would have been hard to picture such a scene just a few months ago, with Abu Qatada and Abu Mohammed al-Maqdisi then being held in Jordanian prisons on security charges. But Jordan’s priorities appear to have shifted because of the mounting threat posed by the Islamic State group, an alQaida offshoot that has seized large areas of neighboring Syria and Iraq, sending shivers through the kingdom.

Abu Qatada and al-Maqdisi have denounced some of the group’s practices as un-Islamic — comments some analysts say have turned the preachers into assets in Jordan’s campaign to contain the Islamic State, which is believed to have attracted thousands of followers in the country. Authorities say their release from prison — alMaqdisi in June and Abu Qatada after an acquittal last week — had nothing to do with politics.

But the clerics’ outspokenness points to one of many ways in which the rise of the Islamic State group is upending old assumptions in the Middle East.

At the core of the issue: the group is viewed by some regional players as an existential threat and the fight against it has created an unlikely mix of allies and reshaped regional priorities.

Longtime foes such as the United States and Iran now find themselves fighting a common enemy, as do Iraq’s Arabs and Kurds — who rarely agree on much. Squabbling Arab states, such as Qatar and its Gulf neighbors, have at least temporarily put aside their differences in the fight against the militants.

One-time rivals “view the Islamic State through a similar lens, that it represents a threat to their national security interests,” said Fawaz Gerges, a London-based expert on Islamic movements.

“This tells you the extent to which the Islamic State has really reconfigured regional security and global security,” he added.

The coalition has quickly grown since the U.S. launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq on Aug. 8, followed by bombardments in Syria that began Sept. 21.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Jordan have participated in attacks in Syria, while Qatar hosts an air base used by the coalition.

France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Britain are among European countries contributing to U.S. efforts to hit the Islamic State group in Iraq.

President Barack Obama acknowledged that U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated the threat from Islamic State militants in the Middle East and overestimated the ability and will of Iraq’s army to fight such extremists.

Obama described the U.S. intelligence assessments in response to a question during a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast Sunday. Obama also conceded that the U.S.-led military campaign in Syria was helping Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, a man the U.N. has accused of war crimes.

But Obama said he had no choice but to order U.S. airstrikes on Assad’s enemies, including the Islamic State, because “those folks could kill Americans.”

Just a year ago, the Obama administration appeared on the verge of striking government targets in Syria after blaming Assad for a deadly chemical weapons attack on rebel-held areas outside Damascus.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Monday his government is satisfied with the U.S.-led bombing campaign, but that airstrikes should be expanded to include all other militant groups in Syria.

In an interview with The Associated Press, al-Moallem said the fight has aligned Damascus with its Western and Arab opponents in confronting the same enemy.

“We are fighting ISIS, they are fighting ISIS,” he said, referring to the group by one of its acronyms.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar, among the most active supporters of the armed opposition seeking to topple Assad, are now part of the coalition that appears to be helping him militarily, even if unintentionally.

How long they are willing to do so is unclear.

Qatar’s participation in the coalition is significant. It has been under mounting political pressure over its backing of Islamist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, its ties with Hamas, which fought a 50-day war with Israel this summer, and for not doing more to stamp out private funding for extremist groups.

It now finds itself allied with three Gulf neighbors who pulled their ambassadors from the country earlier this year to protest Qatar’s perceived regional meddling and support for Islamists. While the diplomats haven’t been formally reinstated, it appears the Islamic State threat is now a more pressing concern.

“This is helping to push the GCC [alliance of six Gulf states] together against the Sunni extremists in Syria,” said Theodore Karasik, an analyst at the Dubai-based Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis.

Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani predicted a long fight against the Islamic State militants.

“They have been trying to infiltrate into our borders, and therefore the threat is there,” he said. “We will continue until we achieve our objective of degrading and finishing the terrorist organization.”

The new counterterrorism fight isn’t prompting the Obama administration to ease efforts against other long-term threats to the U.S. Washington is still pushing for a nuclear deal with Iran and targeting the financing of Hezbollah and Hamas.

But shifting the priority to destroying the Islamic State group is creating new opportunities for indirect collaboration, even with sworn enemies.

U.S. and Iranian officials have held discussions on counteracting the Sunni extremists, although they deny direct cooperation.

In a sign of the overlap of Iranian and U.S. interests, Iran last week said one of the Islamic Republic’s most senior generals and 70 Iranian soldiers helped Kurdish fighters defend Irbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq that has been a focus of the American military. The city is home to a U.S. consulate and offices of numerous Western companies, and the approach of Islamic State militants to its outskirts prompted American airstrikes in August.

Lebanon’s powerful, Iranianbacked Shiite Hezbollah militia has used the threat posed by the Islamic State to justify fighting in Syria, alongside Assad’s forces. After sending fighters to Syria last year, Hezbollah had faced mounting criticism at home that it was dragging the country into the civil war there.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah now argues that Hezbollah’s actions have prevented Islamic State militants from overrunning Lebanon.

The new regional climate also helped refocus Egypt’s relations with the West on the issue of terrorism, a conversation President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi appears more comfortable with than Washington’s concerns about human rights violations resulting from his domestic crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

El-Sissi deposed an elected president from the Brotherhood last year and has tried to portray his move against the group as a model for fighting terrorism.

Washington remains critical of Cairo, but observers believe the ties between the two are improving.

Some in the Arab coalition say they are engaged in an existential battle.

“What we are fighting is not just a terrorist organization, but the embodiment of a malicious ideology that must be defeated intellectually,” the vice president and prime minister of the Emirates, Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, wrote in an opinion piece Sunday.

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By Sadie Gurman The Associated Press

DENVER — While her 5-year-old son slept in her arms, a woman from El Salvador spoke of fleeing the sexual harassment of violent gang members, as immigration judges in Denver began video proceedings Monday in asylum cases of mothers and children being held at a remote New Mexico deportation center.

The 27-year-old woman, who appeared over a video screen and spoke through a translator, promised a judge she would not flee if she were released to family in Los Angeles and vowed to seek U.S. citizenship.

Hers was among the first of scores of cases that have been moved from Arlington, Va., to judges in Denver. Officials say it makes more sense to hold the proceedings in the same time zone as the detention center in Artesia.

The change in venue came after immigration lawyers filed a lawsuit seeking to block deportations from Artesia, saying immigrants don’t have proper access to lawyers and were being forced to clean restrooms and retell stories of violence and rape in front of children.

A surge of cases involving immigrants from Central America has backed up federal courts and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Immigration judges Eileen Trujillo and Donn Livingston were scheduled to hear 36 cases Monday, most involving women from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Colorado Springs immigration attorney Stephanie Izaguirre, who has traveled to Artesia to represent immigrants, welcomed the change in courts. She said some of the children were getting sick and refused to eat the food in the detention center.

Most of the women are seeking asylum

An unidentified immigrant from Guatemala who declined to give her name, is interviewed Sept. 10, while her son paints on a whiteboard at the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children in Artesia. The cases have been moved to Denver by judges in Arlington, Va. JUAN CARLOS LLORCA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

from abusive relatives and violent street gangs. Accompanied by an 11-year-old daughter, Izaguirre’s client said she was fleeing a violent husband in El Salvador who was recently released from prison in a murder case.

Izaguirre testified that the woman’s husband is looking for her now that he is free, so she fled to the U.S. with the help of smugglers. She did not get far before she was stopped by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Trujillo postponed a bond hearing for that woman. Later, she set a $5,000 bond for the woman and her 5-year-old son seeking to live with her parents in Los Angeles.

The judge’s order came over the objections of Homeland Security attorney Nathan Herbert, who cited, among other concerns, national security risks posed by the recent influx of immigrants.

“I understand the general problem with people being allowed to enter the country unimpeded,” Judge Livingston said before setting a $12,000 bond for yet another woman who said she was beaten and raped in El Salvador when she refused to date a gang member.

Livingston said the woman’s U.S. connections, including family in Kansas City, Kan., took precedence over U.S. security concerns.

Teens: School is safe haven for many youth Continued from Page A-1 people mostly from central America living in limbo.

Delaware’s rural Sussex County has long attracted immigrants, partly because of work in chicken factories, and soybean and corn fields. The district’s population is more than onequarter Hispanic, and for years has offered an early learning program for non-English speakers.

Still, officials were caught off guard by about 70 new students mostly from Guatemala — part of the wave crossing the border — enrolling last year, mostly at Sussex Central High School.

The Indian River School District over the summer break quickly put together special classes for those needing extra English help.

On a recent school day, a group of these mostly Spanishspeaking teenage boys with styled spiky hair and hightop sneakers enthusiastically pecked away on hand-held tablets at the G.W. Carver Education Center, pausing to alert the teacher when stumped.

“If you don’t know what you’re supposed to write on the line, look at my examples, OK?” Lori Ott, their English language teacher, told one.

The students are eager but face barriers. Some can barely read or write in their native language.

The district’s goal is to get them assimilated — and eventually into a regular high school.

There, they can earn a diploma, even if that means participating in adult education programs and going to school until they are 21.

“They just crave it, and they will come and ask questions,” Ott said. “How do you say this?

And, how do you say that? They just participate and you can’t say enough about them.”

Donald Hattier, a school board member, said advance warning would have helped with planning. The federal government, he said, “just dropped this on us.” He wonders what’s next.

“The kids are still coming across the border. This problem has not been solved,” Hattier said.

Educators in Delaware and elsewhere say many of these students, who fled poverty and violence, have years-long gaps in schooling. For teenagers, learning in English can prove more difficult than for younger students. They also may be living with relatives or others they didn’t know, and the workings of an American school can be confusing.

Others experienced trauma,

either in their home country or while crossing the border, and may need mental health help.

“It’s a new culture and they already feel that they are alone. … Some of them don’t have their parents here,” said English language instructor Alina Miron at Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge, La. The school has about a dozen of these students enrolled.

In districts like hers, the influx means hiring new English language instructors.

Two foundations donated money to the Oakland Unified School District in California to help fund a person to connect about 150 unaccompanied students with legal and social services; many didn’t have legal representation at immigration hearings.

“We feel that we have moral

obligation to serve these students as long as they are in the United States,” said Troy Flint, a district spokesman. “Until their fate is decided, we’re responsible for ensuring they get an education and we embrace that opportunity.”

In Louisiana, the Broadmoor principal, Shalonda Simoneaux, said attending high school and learning English is a motivating factor for teenagers who “want to blend in.”

“Whatever is being said, whatever is going on, they are really learning more from listening from other teenagers, even more so than from the teachers because it’s high school,” Simoneaux said.

For cash-strapped districts, providing for these students’ needs can be arduous, particularly if they arrive after student

headcounts are taken to determine school funding.

In Miami, the school board voted to seek federal help after 300 foreign-born students, many from Honduras and traveling alone, enrolled toward the end of the last school year.

Margie McHugh, director of the nonprofit Migration Policy Institute’s National Center on Immigrant Integration, says it’s critical that children allowed to stay are integrated into American life and educated.

Indian River School District officials say that’s their plan.

“We do have a very open heart and an open mind and any student who comes in our system, we’re going to give the most appropriate services that we can,” said the Delaware district’s superintendent, Susan Bunting.

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LOCAL NEWS Max sentence sought for Estrada Prosecutors cite ‘devious’ actions of Martinez’s ex-campaign manager

By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Jamie Estrada

Pleaded guilty to intercepting Gov. Martinez’s email.

Jamie Estrada, the former campaign manager for Gov. Susana Martinez who has pleaded guilty to illegally intercepting Martinez’s email and lying to the FBI about it, was “dishonest, devious, spiteful and conniving,” according to a

document filed by prosecutors, and he showed an “undeniable undercurrent of fury” directed at the governor after he didn’t get hired by the Martinez administration.

Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to incarcerate Estrada for the maximum time allowed in his plea agreement — a year and a day in prison.

“The higher end of that range would best reflect the seriousness of his crimes, promote respect for the law, and be a fair and just punishment in this case,” the sentencing memorandum by

U.S. Attorney Damon Martinez, said. “… Not even in the dog-eat-dog world of politics do the ends always justify the means — and those who do choose to resort to illegal means must be prepared to suffer the consequences.”

Estrada has requested that he be sentenced to probation with no prison time. His request included letters from his friends and family members, who describe Estrada as a decent, trustworthy family man. His lawyer said Estrada

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Tourist train suspends operations

The outside of the Santa Fe Southern Railway on Monday. According to the company’s website, the Santa Fe Southern Railway has suspended its services. The train used to run twice weekly Wednesday through Sunday. PHOTOS BY LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Santa Fe Southern Railway halts service just months after resuming Lamy excursions

By Chris Quintana The New Mexican

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fter an apparently successful revival during the summer, the Santa Fe Southern Railway, which takes tourists from the downtown rail depot to the rural village of Lamy, has once again suspended operations.

Customers who have booked upcoming trips have received calls and messages in the last week informing them that operations have been canceled for the foreseeable future.

A message on the railway’s website says in large red letters: “Service has been Temporarily Suspended.”

Calls to Santa Fe Southern Railway and to X Train Holdings Corporation, which had been providing its luxury Club X services on the Santa Fe Southern Railway since July, were not returned by Monday evening.

In an email to a ticket holder, a customer service representative said that “all operations on the Santa Fe Southern Railway have been suspended.” The representative wrote that the company is unsure when the train will start running again. The email also stated

that the company is processing refunds.

Sandra Lujan said that in mid-September she reserved seats for her children and grandchildren on Christmas Eve. But on Friday, she received a call stating that there would be no train that day and that she would receive a refund within five days.

Lujan said that when the Santa Fe Southern Railroad temporarily stopped offering rides in 2013, she was disappointed.

“When it came back I was so excited,” she said. “It was going to be a very special Christmas.” It will be good to see her family, she added, but the visit won’t be the same without the train ride.

In 2013, the Santa Fe Southern Railway suspended service after two decades. But earlier this year, it signed a deal with X Train Holdings, which is part of Las Vegas Railway Express Inc., to bring new luxury train service to Santa Fe. X Train announced that it would provide “the capital necessary to bring the track and equipment operational.”

X Train made national headlines when it announced plans for high-speed rail service between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nev.,

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A 26-year-old Española man was sentenced to six years in prison Monday in connection with the 2013 death of his mother after she fell off the back bumper of his truck while he fled from police.

District Judge Glenn Ellington ruled Monday that Rocky Dixon’s actions — running two stop signs and speeding across a busy intersection while his mother clung to his tailgate, then failing

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ALBUQUERQUE — The state Attorney General’s Office is investigating the alleged destruction of politically sensitive emails in the Las Cruces district attorney’s office as a possible criminal matter, a top official of the office announced Monday.

Attorney General Gary King appeared only briefly at a news conference at his agency’s Albuquerque office. He said “preliminary information” appears to show “the planned intentional destruction of vital government records” rather than an “inadvertent clerical error” or the result of a policy related to email retention in the Third Judicial District Attorney’s office in Las Cruces.

The emails in question included those from former Las Cruces district attorney Amy Orlando and her predecessor, Gov. Susana Martinez, who in 2011 appointed Orlando to serve as district attorney after Martinez won the governorship. Orlando lost her election bid in 2012 to current District Attorney Mark D’Antonio.

General Counsel David Pederson, who took questions from reporters after King’ departure, said “this appears to have been a concerted, directed effort at permanently doing away with records and information that belonged to a state government agency.”

He said it would be incorrect to describe Orlando, who now works for the state Department of Public Safety, as a “target” of the investigation.

Pederson said D’Antonio asked the Attorney General’s Office to take over the investigation because of possible conflict of interest with his office because it might involve past or present employees of his office.

And on the subject of conflict of interest, Pederson insisted that despite the fact that King is the Democratic Party’s nominee running against Republican Martinez in the governor’s race, there is no conflict of interest in his office conducting the investigation “at this time.”

He said there was no discussion of turning the case over to a special prosecutor.

“Just because six weeks from tomorrow there’s a general election doesn’t mean our office stops doing its regular work,” he said. “We don’t have a whole lot of control over when cases arise and when matters are brought to our attention. But when they’re brought to our attention, we’re going to field them and handle them whether it’s the day before an election or some other time. … We often have to take on tough cases in which some people may think we have some other motive and there isn’t anything I can do to completely eliminate that.”

Orlando disagreed. In an email to The New Mexican following the news conference, she said, “This is a breathtaking abuse of power by Gary King for purely political purposes and the allegations are completely and utterly false. If Gary King was concerned about investigating the deletion of emails, he would start by investigating himself and Bill Richardson, as they both have already confessed to doing exactly what it is King now feigns outrage about.”

By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican

The inside of the Santa Fe Southern Railway on Monday.

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to stop after she fell — constituted a serious violent offense.

That means Dixon will have to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence and won’t be eligible to earn day-for-day credit for good behavior in prison.

By Steve Terrell

Pot ordinance resolution fails to clear City Council

Rocky Dixon, who pleaded guilty last month to homicide by vehicle in connection with the 2013 death of his mother, sits in court during his sentencing on Monday.

By Phaedra Haywood

King: Preliminary information points to a purposeful deletion of vital government records

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sion of cocaine as part of a plea agreement with the district attorney’s office last month.

According to testimony presented Monday, his mother’s death occurred as Dixon was fleeing the home of his child’s mother after a domestic dispute because he didn’t want to be caught driving on a revoked license.

Ellington said in court that he had heard during the course of the case that Dixon’s mother, 56-year-old Patsy Dixon, may have been trying to help her son by shielding his license plate from view as he sped away.

She fell off the truck on Popay Road near N.M. 68 and spent

A resolution establishing procedures for administering a new ordinance that decriminalizes possession of an ounce or less of marijuana in the city of Santa Fe failed to clear the City Council Finance Committee on a tie vote Monday.

But the resolution is not dead.

City Attorney Kelly Brennan will recommend that City Manager Brian Snyder place the resolution on the council agenda Oct. 8. The city manager can place “matters of necessity” on a council agenda even if a committee doesn’t approve it, she said.

The resolution spells out rules such as how to appeal a citation issued under the ordinance, the time frame for dealing an appeal and what role various city agencies play in carrying out the ordinance.

“I would be concerned about not having rules, general rules that need to be followed for the administration of this ordinance,” Brennan told city councilors.

“In any circumstance where you don’t have at least an outline of the basic rules that you can build on in terms of your everyday practice, there’s confusion on everyone’s part and sometimes unequal application,” she told the committee.

The administrative procedures are important not only for clarity but “because of the due process requirements associated with this,” she said.

It’s not the first time the resolution hasn’t passed out of a committee. The Public Safety Committee unanimously rejected it on Sept. 16.

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Man gets six years in mother’s death Woman died after falling from bumper of son’s truck

AG probes destruction of emails as a possible crime

He will get credit for the approximately 17 months he spent in jail while awaiting the disposition of his case.

Dixon pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle, assault on a household member and posses-

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Max: Estrada also targeted Orlando The U.S. attorney pointed out that in 2009, Estrada applied is responsible for caring for his for but didn’t get a job in the ailing father and his brother, administration of Albuquerque who is suffering from a liver Mayor Richard Berry, a Republidisease. He is scheduled for sen- can. After Martinez was elected tencing on Oct. 8. in 2010, he applied for a position In the sentencing memowith Martinez’s administration. randum, filed Friday in federal Besides using the intercepted court, U.S. Attorney Martinez, emails to embarrass the governo relation to the governor, con- nor, documents released by the tradicts the letters from Estraprosecution show Estrada also da’s friends, saying Estrada has wanted to hurt the campaign of created “a narrative in which an Amy Orlando, who Martinez otherwise upstanding individual appointed to take her place as just happened to have a bad day, district attorney in Las Cruces. experience a momentary lapse Orlando, who was defeated in judgment, or make a single when she tried to win election mistake in the heat of moment.” in 2012, recently has been at Instead, he wrote, Estrada the center of controversy for “carefully orchestrated actions potentially destroying politiin covertly diverting or stealing cally sensitive documents from other people’s emails for nearly her office. a year, arranging for the release Mark D’Antonio, the Demoof the stolen emails to Gov. crat who defeated Orlando in Martinez’s political opponents 2012, was among those writing so that they could maximize any letters in support of Estrada perceived damage to individuals he viewed as his adversaries, for sentencing purposes. In the letter, he wrote that Estrada and then lying to the FBI about was “a good and honest man his involvement in stealing the who made a very serious emails, are not the actions of a error,” and said, “Given Jamie’s man of loyalty, honor, integrity background, with absolutely or trustworthiness.” no previous contact with law The memorandum also says, enforcement, he was frightened “Certainly those individuals and intimidated. … He wanted whose stolen emails were the to face what he had done with subject of uninvited media remorseful courage.” attention over the course of A spokesman for Martinez many months would not likely view the very deliberate choices said in a statement Monday, “The filing by federal prosthat Defendant Estrada made ecutors sheds shocking new as having only a momentary or light on the depravity of those fleeting effect.” involved in this crime and how Estrada’s steps to receive Marmultiple operatives conspired to tinez’s email are outlined. After break federal laws in an attempt he left the campaign, he kept the to personally destroy innocent password to the susana2010.com account, refused to turn it over to private citizens and corrupt the political process, beginning Martinez aides, who apparently had forgotten it, and later re-regis- with the DA’s race in Doña Ana County and continuing with the tered the account to a fake name governor’s race.” with a fake address in Colorado.

The U.S. attorney argued The document refers to an in his sentencing memo that email Estrada sent Martinez’s political adviser, Jay McCleskey, Estrada serving the full sentence allowed in the plea agreeon Dec. 23, 2009, after Estrada ment would be in line with the left Martinez’s campaign. sentence of a former University (Estrada maintains he left the of Tennessee student who campaign on his own, while hacked into former Alaska Gov. Martinez has insisted he was fired.) The email to McCleskey Sarah Palin’s email account during the 2008 presidential said “I can’t understand how [Martinez] wouldn’t think there campaign. David Kernell was sentenced to one year and a day are political consequences for in custody in the Palin case. treating me poorly or unfairly.”

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Mom: Dixon, mom were close, sister says Continued from Page A-6 about 10 days in the hospital before she died from her injuries, according to previous reports.

Dixon’s sister, Pamela Dixon, testified Monday that her mother and brother were close.

Rocky Dixon, who prosecutor Peter Valencia said Monday had never given an official statement in the case, spoke publicly about the incident for the first time at his sentencing hearing.

“I didn’t realize my mom was in the back when I was leaving the scene,” he said.

Ellington seemed unmoved by Dixon’s 11-hour statement.

“Vehicular homicide is a

fancy way of saying you killed your mom,” the judge said when announcing Dixon’s sentence.

“It wasn’t an accident. … You were mommy’s little boy and your actions led to her death.

That burden is more than I can impose on you. You will carry that for the rest of your life.”

Ellington added that Dixon seemed to have learned very little from the tragic events, noting that he had been charged with two other offenses, domestic violence and a drug-related crime, while out on bond awaiting trial in the case.

Contact Phaedra Haywood at 986-3068.

Rail: 1K tickets sold, according to report Continued from Page A-6 but it never materialized.

Since July, the scenic train has been running from Santa Fe to Lamy twice daily, Wednesday through Sunday. Tickets on the brunch trains were $89, while dinner trips were $159. Santa Fe Southern also began offering murder mystery-themed rides.

In a late August interview with the Las Vegas ReviewJournal, Penny White, president and chief operations officer of X Train Holdings, said the New Mexico train had been “wildly popular in the company’s first month of operations.” She also told the publication that the train had plans to operate once a day during the winter months.

A report on CNN Money’s website dated Sept. 2 said that X

Train had sold more than 1,000 tickets and surpassed its projected revenue since July 2014.

The report said the company had booked many company Christmas parties and holiday train rides catering to families.

It said it planned to have carol singing and opportunities for children to have their pictures taken with Santa. That release also stated that the train would be running in December.

The Santa Fe Southern Railway’s trains are still parked in the Santa Fe Railyard. On Monday, some electrical equipment hummed on one of the cabs, but the cars were deserted.

Contact Chris Quintana at 986-3093 or cquintana@ sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter at @CQuintanaSF.

On Monday, some electrical equipment hummed on one of the cabs, but the cars were deserted.

Pot: Ordinance doesn’t legalize Continued from Page A-6 Brennan said members of that committee didn’t approve of the new ordinance reducing marijuana penalties, even though the City Council already had enacted it. The only city councilor on that committee is Bill Dimas, the committee chairman.

City Councilor Chris Rivera, who sits on the Finance Committee, predicted that the council’s vote on the resolution will mirror the 5-4 vote on the ordinance. Rivera and City Councilor Ron Trujillo, who voted against the ordinance, voted against the resolution Monday. City councilors Signe Lindell and Joseph Maestas,

avoid the costs of an election and uncertainty over whether it would make it onto the November ballot.

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 the possession of an ounce or less remains prohibited. Officers have the discretion to charge an offender under state law, which carries a higher potential penalty.

who voted in favor of the ordinance, voted in support of the resolution Monday. City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, who chairs the Finance Committee, was absent, setting up a tie vote.

The effort to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana began as a citizen initiative by Drug Policy Action, the advocacy and political arm of Drug Policy Alliance, and liberal-leaning ProgressNow New Mexico.

The groups wanted to see the question on the November general election ballot.

But in a surprise move, the proposed change in law was adopted as an ordinance by councilors who wanted to

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Cops crack down on thieves Police are cracking down on offenders wanted for property crimes before the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta starts.

KOAT-TV reports that authorities arrested 21 people Friday in one of several planned operations.

Lt. Paul Szych says police are going after people with outstanding warrants and who are likely to prey on out-of-town visitors while they attend the Fiesta. Among those arrested were Julian Chavez and David Reichbach.

The Balloon Fiesta begins Saturday and runs through Oct. 12.

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Records: Office failed to use email backup Continued from Page A-6 The Martinez campaign said in a statement, “Gary King sat on his hands while Bill Richardson and his cronies fleeced the state for tens of millions of dollars and left office without a trace of Richardson’s emails, but now that his campaign has hit the desperation stage, he is feigning outrage that a DA’s office has a similar email retention policy as his own office.”

King’s office has said it has a policy of keeping most email for only a year. “Every public office in New Mexico I know of that uses electronic communications has a … long-term backup

system to retain those [emails],” Pederson said Monday. “So even if, like in our office, where after a year, I think we routinely remove routine emails from active status, they’re always retrievable. We answer [public records] requests that go back many many years. This is very, very different than quibbling over someone’s email retention policy.”

Pederson, referring to a report released last week by D’Antonio, said that report found “almost all the backup of all electronic information for the last two years of [Orlando’s] regime were missing … certain items of electronic hardware were likewise

missing, that the backup information system, which quite honestly was technologically pretty old because they consisted of magnetic tapes, had been intentionally erased.”

When asked whether the backup of the Las Cruces office’s emails was handled by the state Administrative Office of the District Attorneys, Pederson said, “Apparently the only district attorney’s office that did not completely avail itself to using backup for their electronic communications [from the Administrative Office of the District Attorneys] was the Third Judicial District.

Don’t know why. I suppose

we’ll explore that and look into it.” He said it’s possible that the administrative office “got some of the backup” from the Las Cruces office, but he didn’t know for certain.

Asked whether the fact that Orlando currently works for the state Department of Public Safety will prevent the state police from assisting in the investigation, Pederson said, “we have our own investigative people who can do that.”

Contact Steve Terrell at sterrell@sfnewmexican.com.

Read his political blog at www. santafenewmexican.com/news/ blogs/politics.

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Featured events in and around Santa Fe

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PECANS EVERY OCTOBER IS FLEA MARKET! The Santa Fe Woman’s HERE! Pass education on to women with Club, a non-profit charitable organization, anChapter BS’s Fifth Annual Pecan Sale. Mammoth shelled pecans at $12.50 per pound.

Call Mary at 983-2738 or Nan at 988-2195.

Prepaid orders only. Free delivery in Santa Fe proper. Pecans are also available at Pandoras in Sanbusco (500 Montezuma Ave) after October 3rd. Great for cooking and gifts. PEO funds scholarships for women of all ages.

TIBETAN

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TION MASTER TALKS Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Master Anyen Rinpoche, renowned for his warmth & directness, will visit Santa Fe October 3-5. Friday October 3 at 7:00 pm - a talk: “Living (and Aging) with Spiritual Strength” at the Center for Spiritual Living, 505 Camino de los Marquez - donation $10-15. Saturday October 4 from 10amnoon & 2-4pm - teachings on Lojong (Tibetan Mind Training) - donation $45-50. Sunday October 5 at 10am-noon - Phowa (Transference of Consciousness at Time of Death).

Instruction & Practice. Donation $20. Saturday & Sunday programs at the Jemez Room Main Entrance, Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave. WHEELWRIGHT

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SEEKS DOCENTS Enthusiastic, positive, and inquisitive individuals are needed for a new docent training program at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. Training will occur during the next ten months, requiring extensive reading, field trips and tour development strategies. Docents must commit to working 70 hours in the following year. All applicants will participate in an initial interview prior to the beginning of the training.

To apply, please submit a letter of interest by October 3rd to: Leatrice Armstrong, Assistant to the Director, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian P.O. Box 5153 Santa Fe, NM 87502.

nounces their annual Flea Market Oct. 4 & 5.

Please help make this a success with your generous donations of furniture, antiques, crafts, household items, like-new clothes,etc.

No computers/electronics please. Drop off days will be Monday 9/29 thru Friday 10/3 from 10am - 4pm at the Club, 1616 Old Pecos Trail. For assistance with large items, early drop off or questions, please call 473-2163.

All donations are tax deductible.

ONGOING & UPCOMING HAVE A NAGGING CONDITION? EXHAUSTED? Receive an individual

non-touch Seimei session at our community clinic Thursdays (pronounced Say-May.) Sessions are about 35 minutes and cost $20 or $25.00. First come, first served at our 1360 Vegas Verde location near Sprint, in the Santa Fe Budokan building. We work on acute or chronic conditions with exquisitely dependable results using the power of this Japanese technique that reflects the healing power of OCTOBER contemporary Buddhism. Bring us your most stubborn conditions; all practitioners were trained in Japan. Call Dr. Alexandra Bakos at UNDERSTANDING YOUR MEDI- 577-7511 for more information. Arrive 6:30CARE OPTIONS presented by Peter 6:45.

Murphy, Retirement & Estate Planning Specialist. This informative two-hour seminar PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT covers Medicare Part A through Part D, in- GROUP National Alliance on Mental Illness cluding Medicare supplemental plan options. (NAMI) Santa Fe’s Connection Peer RecovThis FREE Educational Workshop is offered ery Support Group - A FREE weekly support to the public on Wednesday, October 8th, group for people living with mental illness in 6pm at Garrett’s Desert Inn, 311 Old Santa which people learn from each other’s expeFe Trail, Santa Fe. RSVP is required. Call 505- riences, share coping strategies, and offer 216-0838 or email register.SantaFe@1APG. each other encouragement and understanding. Every Tuesday evening from 6:45 to 8:15 com to register. pm, at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, Atrium Conference Room #1911, First OCTOBER Floor, 455 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe. For more information call 505-466-1668 or email info@namisantafe.com. Please join us.

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UNDERSTANDING LONG-TERM CARE presented by Peter Murphy, Retire- HELP SOMEONE LEARN TO ment & Estate Planning Specialist. This FREE SPEAK ENGLISH. Literacy Volunteers two-hour seminar is offered at Garrett’s Desert Inn, 311 Old Santa Fe Trail, on Thursday, October 9th at 6pm. We will define LongTerm Care, and study the facts and statistics affecting our aging population. You will learn what Long-Term Care needs Medicare will and will not cover, and what alternatives exist to fund these expenses. This seminar will help you determine if you need a Long-Term Care policy and the differences between them. Call 505-216-0838 or email Register.

SantaFe@1APG.com to RSVP.

of Santa Fe provides free tutoring to adults who need to learn English. Here in Santa Fe there is a huge need for this service. You can help by becoming a volunteer tutor. Your knowledge of basic literacy skills, our training, and a commitment to tutor two to three hours each week for a period of nine to twelve months are all that are required to get started.

A 20-hour workshop will be held October 9 through October 11. For more information about this rewarding experience, visit our website, www.lvsf.org. or call 428-1353.

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‘Bachelor’ contract with S.F. lists caveats Tourism Santa Fe to receive an end credit for episode that features the city

By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican

Santa Fe will reap a lot of television exposure for providing $50,000 for The Bachelor to film an episode in the city this fall.

But some of that exposure will come with caveats.

According to the contract between the convention and visitors bureau and the production company, NZK Productions, the city of Santa Fe will

receive the following: u One end credit on the broadcast in the form of “Promotional Consideration Chris Furnished By Soules Tourism Santa Fe” for the episode that features Santa Fe. u A listing — but not an actual link — on the “As Featured on” section of the official network website. The listing will read “Tourism Santa Fe, www.santafe.org”. u Permission to issue one news release no earlier than one week before the initial broadcast of the episode featur-

ing Santa Fe. The press release, which “shall not contain the likeness of any participant” in the show, must be submitted to the producer for prior approval. u Permission to use social media to help promote The Bachelor no earlier than one week before the initial broadcast of the Santa Fe episode.

The producer must give prior approval and the social media can’t include the likeness of any participant. u A video copy of the episode after it airs, which can be used only for internal purposes. u The convention and visitors bureau, now known as TOURISM Santa Fe, will receive copies of B-roll footage shot by the producer, except

footage that includes bachelor Chris Soules and the women vying for his affection.

The producer cannot guarantee that the Santa Fe episode will air, the contract states.

Some episodes “may be preempted or cancelled by broadcasters” because of newsworthy events or technical difficulties, the contract states.

The contract also takes possible catastrophes into account, saying either party “shall have the right to suspend its performance” because of a riot, epidemic, fire, earthquake and other circumstances.

Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@ sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter at @danieljchacon.

Report: Cop vowed to use Taser on man

By Russell Contreras The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque police officer who fatally shot a homeless camper vowed before the deadly encounter he would shoot the suspect with a stun gun, according to a New Mexico State police sergeant’s interview released by city officials Monday.

The interview contradicts allegations and previous reports that Albuquerque police officer Keith Sandy told New Mexico State Police Sgt. Chris Ware he was going to shoot the camper in a private part.

Ware told investigators Sandy said, “I’m going to shoot him with a Taser shotgun in a second.” Hours later Sandy was one of two officers who shot and killed James Boyd, 38, following an hourslong standoff in March.

Video of the shooting, and more than three dozen police shootings since 2010, later generated violent protests in Albuquerque and FBI then launched an inves-

tigation into the Boyd case. In the video, Boyd, who authorities said suffered from mental illness, appeared to be surrendering from his Sandia foothills campsite when officers opened fire.

An autopsy report released in May said Boyd was shot in the back, had multiple emergency surgeries and had his arm amputated before he died.

According to the audio of the conversation between Ware and Sandy, the Albuquerque officer calls Boyd a “lunatic” and is heard saying he’s going to shoot him. But it’s unclear if he said “Taser” or referred to a private part.

However, Shannon Kennedy, a lawyer representing the family of Boyd in a lawsuit against the city, said it was “crystal clear” to her that Sandy said in the audio he was going to shoot Boyd in a private part. “What’s important is that two hours before he shoots James Boyd he says he’s going to shoot him,” Kennedy said.

In addition, Kennedy said an internal affair report obtained by her law firm in

the lawsuit showed that Sandy admitting saying he was going to shoot Boyd in a male organ.

“And jokingly, just kind of locker room banter, just told [Ware], you know, ‘Don’t worry. I’ll shoot him in the [expletive] with this and call it good’,” Sandy told investigators, according to the internal affairs report.

Sandy then later recanted in the interview and said he didn’t remember saying he’d shoot Boyd in a private part.

Albuquerque Police Chief Gordon Eden declined to address the recording in a statement but said the department was fully cooperating with the FBI with its criminal investigation into the shooting.

“Myself as chief or any official from the city cannot provide any comment or interpretation of this evidence that is currently under federal investigation,” Eden said.

The audio comes as the city of Albuquerque and Justice Department are finalizing a plan for police reforms following a harsh report over excess force.

Colo. high court considers pot firing case people like me to find employment without being looked down upon.”

DENVER — Pot may be legal Coats, 35, was paralyzed in in Colorado, but you can still be a car crash as a teenager and fired for using it. has been a medical-marijuana Brandon Coats, a quadriplepatient since 2009, when, after gic medical marijuana patient a doctor’s urging, he discovered who was fired by the Dish Net- that pot helped calm violent work after failing a drug test muscle spasms that were makmore than four years ago, says ing it difficult to work. he still can’t find steady work Coats, who worked for three because employers are wary of years as a telephone operator his off-duty smoking. with Dish, was fired in 2010 for In a case being closely failing a random company drug watched around the country, test. He said he told his superColorado’s Supreme Court on visors in advance that he probTuesday will hear arguments ably would fail the test. in Coats’ case, which could Coats said he was never have big implications for pot high at work, and Dish did not smokers in the first state to allege he was ever impaired on legalize recreational sales of the the job. But pot’s intoxicating drug. The case highlights the chemical, THC, can stay in the clash between state laws that system for weeks. Coats is makare increasingly accepting of ing his argument under a state marijuana use and employers’ law that’s intended to protect drug-free policies that won’t cigarette smokers from being tolerate it. fired for legal behavior off the “Attitudes are changing clock. toward marijuana. Laws are But the company argues that going to have to change, too,” because pot remains federally Coats told The Associated illegal, medical marijuana isn’t Press. “I’d like for this to enable covered by the state law, and a

By Sadie Gurman

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Woman wants solar panel rules enforced An Eldorado woman is asking the state District Court to force the Eldorado Community Improvement Association to enforce covenants regarding solar energy installations, which she claims would mean forcing some neighbors in the subdivision southeast of Santa Fe to remove or move existing equipment.

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department took the following reports: u A Kindle Fire tablet was stolen from a house in the 2600 block of Agua Fría Road at 4:40 p.m. Sunday. u A woman attempted to steal $600 from a cash register at Wal-Mart, 3257 Cerrillos

trial court judge and Colorado’s appeals court agreed.

A patchwork of laws across the country and the conflict between state and federal laws has left the issue unclear.

Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C., allow medical marijuana, but courts have ruled against employees who say their pot use is protected.

Colorado and Washington state also now allow recreational sales, though court cases so far have involved medical patients.

Colorado’s state constitution specifically says that employers don’t have to change their policies to accommodate employees’ marijuana use. But Arizona law, for example, says workers can’t be punished for lawfully using medical marijuana unless it would jeopardize an employer’s federal contract.

State Supreme Courts in California, Montana and Washington state have all ruled against fired patients. A lawsuit filed by a physician assistant in New Mexico who said she was fired for using medical marijuana, which helps with her post-

Claudia Daigle states in a lawsuit filed Sept. 26 that the association’s covenants allow homeowners to have five to seven solar panels on rooftops, but say nothing about “ground-based solar installations, solar trackers and wind turbines.”

Daigle’s complaint says the association’s Architectural Committee adopted guidelines in 2011 broadening the types of solar and wind energy equipment residents could install, but Daigle asserts that those new guidelines exceeded the committee’s

Road, at 9 p.m. Sunday before an employee took the money back. The unknown woman left the store before police arrived. u About $600 was stolen from a house in the 6600 block of Jaguar Drive between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office took the following report: u Marcus Taylor, 23, of Moriarty was arrested Monday on

traumatic stress disorder, is still pending.

The outcome of Coats’ case could affect future lawsuits by employees fired for smoking recreationally, said Denver labor and employment attorney Vance Knapp. If Dish prevails, other employers will likely cite the case in defending themselves, he said.

A Coats victory, he added, “would turn employment policies into chaos.” Other states with lawful activity laws could see them challenged as a result.

Dish said in court filings that Colorado companies would be forced to retain employees in spite of “marijuana-induced performance problems,” and the company would risk losing federal contracts if the Supreme Court sides with Coats.

But Coats, who has been living off disability benefits, said the costs are greater if he loses because he needs marijuana to function.

“I need this to live my life,” he said. “That shouldn’t disable me to work.”

authority and contravene the subdivision’s existing covenants.

Furthermore, the complaint says, 36 ground-based and solar tracking installations were approved and recorded in 2010, a year before the committee’s adoption of the revised guidelines.

She’s asking the court to force those homeowners to remove the equipment or relocate it to their roofs.

suspicion of receiving or transporting a stolen vehicle after deputies responded to a call about a stolen vehicle.

DWI arrest u Jose Rodriguez, 56, of Santa Fe was arrested on suspicion of his 5th DWI, careless driving and having an open container at about 1:30 a.m.

Sunday on Airport Road.

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Help lines Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families hotline: 800-473-5220 Interfaith Community Shelter: 795-7494 St. Elizabeth Shelter for men, women and children: 982-6611 Youth Emergency Shelter/ Youth Shelters: 438-0502 New Mexico suicide prevention hotline: 866-435-7166

In brief Ex-police’s trial coming to an end ALBUQUERQUE — The trial of a former Albuquerque police sergeant facing charges stemming from an off-duty accident that killed a 21-year-old woman is coming to a close.

Lawyers gave closing arguments Monday in the trial of former Albuquerque police Sgt. Adam Casaus.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office says Casaus ran through a red light with his emergency lights on but without his siren activated when he struck a vehicle killing Ashley Browder in 2013. The vehicle was driver by Browder’s 19-year-old sister.

Casaus is facing homicide by vehicle and reckless driving charges. He has pleaded not guilty. The sergeant’s shift was over but he told investigators that he was looking for a possible drunken driver.

Dead body found lying in street Bernalillo County authorities are investigating a death that investigators call suspicious.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Aaron Williamson says a man’s body was found lying in the middle of a road in the southwest Albuquerque area late Sunday.

Williamson says an autopsy will be conducted to determine cause of death.

The dead man’s identify has not been released.

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Funeral services and memorials TITO E. RODELA Tito E. Rodela, Sr., age 77, of Rio Rancho, NM and formally of Santa Fe, NM went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 26, 2014, he was surrounded by his children.

Tito will be greatly missed by so many, but will be forever in our hearts.

He was preceded in death by his parents Pedro Rodela and Margret E. Martinez; his beloved wife of 37 years Clory Rodela, brother-in-law Jack Slape and second wife Angie Acuna-Rodela.

Mr. Rodela was born May 28, 1937 in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. Worked in retail for 32 years and then retired.

He is survived by his children, Tito E. Rodela, Jr., wife Vicki, Bernadette Rodriguez, husband Mark, Pamela Rodela-Tapia, husband George, Vivian Rodela-Slagoske, husband Steve, Ron Rodela, wife Debbie, Monica Brewer and husband Mike. Sister, Helen Slape of Martinez California. Eleven grandchildren and ten greatgrandchildren, also many nieces, nephews and Godchildren.

A rosary will be recited at 8:30 a.m. on October 2nd, 2014 with a mass of Christian burial to follow at 9 :00 a.m. at Santa Maria De La Paz. Interment will follow at Memorial Gardens.

Special thanks to Mark & Bernadette Rodriguez, Saul Rosales and Eddie Leyba for caring for Tito during his illness. Also, PMS Hospice, nurse P.J. and Bea and their staff. Dr. David Gonzales and Dr. Douglas Egli and Father Daniel for their dedicated service.

Pallbearers: Ian Rodela and Joshua Garcia.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to PMS Hospice, 1400 Chama Street Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505.

Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505) 989-7032 Fax: (505) 820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com MARGARET A. LUCERO Margaret A. Lucero, 86, resident of Santa Fe, passed away September 24, 2014, surrounded by her family.

Margaret was born on August 12, 1928, to Guadalupita Martinez and father Aniseto Rodriguez.

She was proceeded in death by her husband Jose Lucero, son Kenneth Lucero, and her parents.

Margaret is survived by her daughters, Yvonne Pacheco (Michael) and Elizabeth Lucero, and son Steve Lucero (Lisa), numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, sisters, and brothers who cared for her deeply. She will be greatly missed.

Special thanks to PMS Hospice Center.

A rosary will be recited on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi with the Mass of Christian burial to be celebrated immediately after at 11:30 a.m.

Burial to follow at the National Cemetery at 1:30 and reception to follow at Crispin Hall, St. Francis Cathedral.

Serving the family as pallbearers are Micheal Lucero, Marcos Pacheco, Nick Guillen, Aaron Pacheco, Reyes Pacheco, and Ray John Gonzalez.

Honorary pallbearers are Anita Lopez and Leo Gonzales.

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Christus St. Vincent doles out $600K in grants

By Patrick Malone The New Mexican

A cloud of condensation rises as Nicole Gonzales uses liquid nitrogen to prepare ice cream. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN

Scientifically delicious Cloud 9 Creamery uses fresh ingredients and liquid nitrogen to set its ice cream apart

By Dennis J. Carroll

CLOUD 9 CREAMERY

For The New Mexican

Where: 3482 Zafarano Drive Suite 8 When: Open from noon until 7 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The shop is closed on Monday.

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aime Varela, 14, sat on a bench outside Cloud 9 Creamery, grinning with delight through his braces as he dove into his cotton-candy flavored ice cream cone.

“They use nitrogen, water and gas,” Jaime said, offering his description of the unique process Nicole Gonzales and Michael Barela use to make ice cream treats in the shop they share with CoCopelli Chocolatier at 3482 Zafarano Drive Suite 8, across from Lowe’s.

“It has more flavor.”

Drawn by the multiplex theater, the shop is the latest restaurant to locate in the Zafarano Road area near the Regal Stadium 14. It joins Plaza Cafe Southside, Santa Fe Capitol Grill, Tribes Coffeehouse, El Milagro, Cleopatra’s Cafe, Yoberri Frozen Yogurt, Pizza Centro, San Q Sushi, and Thai Cafe and Noodle Treats in a one-stop food court.

Jaime was one of six students in Diane Petrocella’s life-skills class from Ortiz Middle School who stopped by the newly opened Cloud 9 recently, ending a day of field tripping through the Santa Fe Botanical Garden.

It wasn’t completely clear what the kids’ impressions were of the garden, but there was little doubt about the delights of the ice cream shop, which turned out to be somewhat of an unplanned science field trip in itself.

At Cloud 9, churning up the frozen, customized concoctions is a case of Willy Wonka meets Robert Oppenheimer.

Jaime’s description of the process wasn’t far off. Instead of scooping various flavors of ice cream from tubs behind Plexiglas, Barela and Gonzales, with the occasional help of Gonzales’ son, Issiah, make each serving according to the customer’s wishes, only with a science-lab twist.

After organic milk, eggs, sugar and heavy cream are combined into a standard food mixer (nothing unusual there), candies, fruit, spices and flavorings are added based on the

In brief New book on women and social media Santa Fe author and entrepreneur Karen Bomm is one of 44 writers involved in the launch of an Amazon book, Empowered Women of Social Media. Bomm is CEO and founder of aBeansTalkSocial.com.

The book launches online at Amazon.com on Sunday for a special download price of 99 cents, which can be downloaded to be read on a Kindle as well as a computer or smartphone.

A Santa Fe event with Bomm is from 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 15 at Santa Fe Soul, 2905 Rodeo Park Drive East. RSVP is required to determine the amount of light food to serve.

The event will celebrate the book’s launch and bring local business owners together to share the power of Santa Fe’s social business community

Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and SVH Support, the local board that owns half of the hospital, awarded $600,000 in grants Monday to area nonprofits in the public health arena at its annual Community Health Provider Funding Awards.

“Improving the health of Northern New Mexico requires everyone’s collaboration, and it’s an honor to be able to support organizations whose missions align so closely with our own,” said Kathy Armijo-Etre, vice president of mission at the hospital.

The grants ranged from $3,000 to $52,000. The hospital awarded them to organizations that fill gaps in the public health needs of vulnerable populations.

The hospital credits these agencies for providing services that help St. Vincent carry out its health care mission, according to a statement released by the hospital.

“Community organizations play a critical role in taking care of people’s health needs early, which can help prevent a hospital visit or assure that people have the supports they need following a hospitalization to prevent further readmissions,” the hospital said in a statement.

The agencies that received grants serve pregnant women, young children, adults with addiction or mental illness, adolescents at risk of suicide, victims of domestic violence or sexual assault, and isolated senior citizens.

Contact Patrick Malone at 986-3017 or pmalone@ sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter @pmalonenm.

Grant recipients The following organizations received Community Health Fund grants from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and SVH Support: EARLY CHILDHOOD — $46,500

Co-owner Nicole Gonzales of Cloud 9 Creamery serves Austin Steinbeisser, 2, his cotton candy ice cream cone last week. CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN

customer’s sugary desires. Then, there is a whole lot of shakin’ goin’ on, and the mixture is frozen with the addition of uber-cold liquid nitrogen, resulting in the ice cream and a white billowing cloud of condensation.

“Everything is made fresh to order, there is no scooping out of [ice cream tubs],” Gonzales said. The nitrogen is stored in a special 50-liter cryogenic tank as a gas and converts to a liquid of minus-321 degrees when it is injected into a vacuum flask. The liquid in the flask is then poured onto the sugary mixture.

Gonzales said the idea for the business was born in a trifecta of a love of ice cream, Barela’s experience with liquid nitrogen in his work at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the couple’s desire to create their own business.

and expand participants’ local networks.

For more information on Empowered Women of Social Media or how to get a 99-cent digital version or a signed book, contact Bomm at Karen@aBeansTalkSocial.com.

Positive signs in state lodging data Another indication that the summer tourism season was pretty decent comes from the August data in the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report.

The statewide vacancy for August was 68.4 percent, up from 67.3 percent in 2013, while the average daily room rate statewide was more than $109 in August, the peak season for many communities.

While Santa Fe led the state in total occupancy through the first eight months of 2014 with a level of 66 percent, it was Las Cruces that saw the biggest increase. The occupancy rate for Las Cruces hotels in 2014 is 64.5 per-

“We used to make ice cream at home … with our little ice cream maker,” Gonzales said. “We wanted to open up an ice cream shop where we had fresh ingredients, organic ingredients.”

Cloud 9 uses no preservatives or stabilizers, the couple said, so the ice cream is best eaten immediately or certainly in a couple of days for customers who take it home by the pint.

Gonzales said Cloud 9 uses as many locally grown ingredients as possible, including chile from Chimayó, locally grown lavender and piñon nuts from the nearby mountains.

“We made sure that when we were creating flavors, we incorporated ingredients that we love.”

Among the most popular of Cloud 9’s 39 flavors are cotton candy, coffee, maple bacon (maple syrup and candied bacon bits), Mayan cocoa (a blend of cocoas, cinnamon and red Chimayó chile) and the newly added blueberry basil. Prices generally range from $3.75 to $4.75.

Patrons this winter can also look forward to a “hot flowering tea” and European sipping chocolate.

As for the benefits of nitrogen-frozen ice cream over the freezer-frozen varieties, customers Helen and Ken Potucek, who were visiting from Tucson, Ariz., concurred with the middle-schoolers that Cloud 9’s concoctions were smoother and packed a more powerful flavor punch.

“I’ve never tasted anything like it,” said Helen Potucek. “It’s more creamy, and the flavors just jump out.”

Barela said the intense cold of the liquid nitrogen produces smaller ice crystals, resulting in a creamier texture.

cent, which is up from 56.2 percent for the first seven months of 2013.

Occupancy in Taos also posted a healthy gain — up to 54.2 percent for the year so far in 2014 from 50.2 percent through the first seven month of 2013.

The numbers show occupancy is up everywhere in New Mexico except for Farmington, which has seen a decline in oil and gas activity.

August usually sees a spike in room rates for Santa Fe, especially downtown, and the average cost of a hotel room in August for a downtown hotel was $165 in 2014, up almost $10 from a year ago.

Cheaper to insure teen drivers in New Mexico Those who have had the shock of insuring a teen driver will not be placated by an analysis that shows New Mexico is one of the cheapest states for adding a teen to the household insurance policy.

Section editor: Bruce Krasnow, 986-3034, bkrasnow@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Brian Barker, bbarker@sfnewmexican.com

New Vistas, $23,000 Las Cumbres, $23,500 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH — $143,500

Villa Therese, $24,000 PMS School Clinics, $25,000 PMS Children and Adolescents, $15,000 New Mexico Teen Suicide Prevention, $15,000 Gerard’s House, $13,000 Impact Personal Safety, $3,000 Pastoral Counseling, $15,000 Youth Shelters, $25,000 Youthworks, $8,000 ADULT HEALTH — $114,000

New Mexico Immigrant Law Center, $20,000 La Familia Medical Center, $52,000 St. Elizabeth’s Medical Respite, $42,000 ADULT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH — $155,000

PMS PACT, $25,000 Solace, $44,000 Life Link, $40,000 Santa Fe Recovery, $26,000 Friendship Club, $15,000 NAMI of Santa Fe, $5,000 WOMEN’S HEALTH — $112,000

Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families, $45,000 Esperanza — DV Intensive CM, $45,000 Southwest Cares, $22,000 SENIOR CARE — $29,000

Kitchen Angels, $13,500 Coming Home Connection, $15,500

The costliest state for adding a teen driver is New Hampshire, where the average premium increase runs 111 percent, according to an article on Forbes.com. It is followed by Rhode Island, Maine, Wyoming and Connecticut.

But the least expensive state for insuring a teen is Hawaii, where premiums increase by about 17 percent.

That is followed by New York, Michigan, Montana and New Mexico, where the increase is 62 percent — a bargain compared with the cost of college tuition.

State home sales, median price down Housing trends reported to the Realtors Association of New Mexico for August show both a decrease in number of sales from July and August 2013 and a reduction in median sales price, according to a report in The Taos News.

“Colfax, Lincoln, Luna, Roosevelt,

and Taos counties were bright spots, each showing an increase in number of August 2014 sales compared to August 2013. Sixteen counties reported a decrease in sales for the same period,” Sandylee Pasquale, association president, said in a news release.

“While 2014 year-to-date sales are only 6 less than 2013 January through August (11,214 compared to 11,221), the majority of New Mexico counties are seeing a slight slowdown in real estate activity compared to 2013.”

“Fall nearly always tends to be a slower season for real estate sales,” said M. Steven Anaya, association CEO. “Additionally, every day there are reports that buyers are having difficulties meeting the mortgage requirements currently being used; many first-time buyers are saddled with debt (especially student loans); and the general economy just doesn’t offer the confidence needed to enter into a real estate transaction.”

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e-Voices Our Web readers speak out: Reader View: Quality of care has changed with Christus, Sept. 27

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Except for emergency care, the use of Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center or any other hospital is a choice. If I don’t like the deal I get from the car guy in the auto park, I can go to Albuquerque.

If I don’t like the advice my lawyer gives me, I can go get another one. … I have not heard or read about emergency room care being compromised due to this staffing issue. You can be a reluctant user if you choose, but it is a choice.” D.S.

I spent five days in the hospital in early 2013. It “ was horrible. The nurses were so overworked they could not answer for an hour. Getting unhooked to go to the bathroom was nearly impossible. I will do everything I can to never go there again. Two months later, I spent two days at the Los Alamos hospital; it was wonderful, night and day.” F.S. Federal jury finds Sheriff Rodella guilty on 2 charges, Sept. 26 New Mexico law should be changed to bar any “ judge removed from the bench from working in law enforcement for life. This guy proves the need to change the law.” M.O. The worst kind of thug is the one in uniform. Ab“ solute power corrupts absolutely, and this one took it to the limit. Law enforcement — the monsters your mother warned you about when you were kids.” A.P.

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How is it that Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella faces up to 17 years in prison for making an unconstitutional arrest of a motorist and a firearms charge for brandishing a gun during the crime, but not one of the cops who has killed people n Albuquerque or statewide has faced any form of justice, let alone prison time? I’m not defending the actions of Tommy Rodella, but for him to be publicly scapegoated in the media and court while killer cops walk free is a miscarriage of justice.” J.G.

LOOKING IN: RAYMOND G. HUNT JR.

Pollution, poison and PNM cover-up

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love the land I call home. Waterflow, N.M., is a farming community downstream from Public Service Company of New Mexico’s San Juan Generating Station. When the coal plant arrived in the 1970s, people started getting sick, and I’ve been battling the pollution of our air and water ever since.

Three members of my family and two of our neighbors have died from contamination, I believe. This land — where for generations, people drank and irrigated with well water — is now a cancer cluster.

Those who survive struggle with infertility, miscarriages, learning disabilities, autism, vision loss, hormonal disturbances and other ramifications of heavy metal poisoning.

I’m living proof that there’s nothing cheap about coal. My 1,400 sheep are dead proof. Coal combustion waste has lead, mercury, arsenic, sulfates and other heavy metals — and though PNM operates under a Zero Discharge Permit, the billions of gallons of water used by the plant each year leaked. Soon after the company arrived, the Shumway Arroyo, long dry, began to flow. PNM discharged wastewater and buried coal ash in the dry streambeds starting in 1975. The waste leached into our underground aquifers, and it didn’t take long for us to get sick.

I’d like to ask members of our Public

“ They will take the money and build casinos.” S.S.

Midland, Texas

U.S. to pay Navajo Nation $554M in tribal settlement, Sept. 25 Very good, very good. Now they can be able to “ help the Navajo people to upgrade their homes, lives, etc. No more casinos.” A.E. It’s about time these old lawsuits were brought to “ a close. I’m happy for the Navajo Nation, that they’ve

Council shifts $2M from St. Francis underpass to other bike, pedestrian projects. Sept. 23 This is definitely not a bicycle/pedestrian-friendly “ city. I gave up cycling on Zia long ago as motorists roar over the blind curve at Yucca on a green light, 50 mph driving in the bike lane … Woo-hoo!” T.C. My wife wants to retire to Santa Fe. I tease her “ that she better get used to the idea of being a widow.

In its defense, Santa Fe isn’t even a distant second to Albuquerque in the Ghost Bike competition.” K.S.

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I hope those orange barriers on the trail, behind La Choza, come down soon. Having to cut into the road, cross the tracks and then duck back onto the trail is a very dangerous situation with little ones in tow. Before, it was a straight crossing. Worse yet, someone is going to hit that orange barrier at speed, in low light, and the city money will flow. Once dusk comes, unless you know it’s there, you don’t see it until you’re right on top of it.” L.M.

Raymond G. Hunt Jr., or Squeek, has operated his family’s agricultural business in Waterflow, N.M., since he was a teenager.

He issued a statement for the EPA’s Coal Combustion Session in 2004 and testified before the Congressional Subcommittee on Energy and Environment in 2009. He is a sheep rancher who also runs a slaughterhouse and retail store.

Use common sense on vertical IDs I

received closure, and I’m pleased that the government has put this chapter behind them. Time for the Navajos to build some schools, hospitals and youth centers.” R.D.

crime when you make such a foolish statement. No jail for Rodella till Albuquerque and [other] cops are found guilty also? Ridiculous.” R.R.

Regulation Commission — who will review a replacement power plan in an upcoming hearing — this question. Will you continue to allow PNM to get away with polluting air and water and externalizing health and environmental costs to ratepayers?

By 1982, I was having persistent muscle spasms. I lost 80 pounds in a year and was hospitalized and diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning. I remember — excuse the image — that what came out of me was pure boiling acid. I just prayed I could raise my kids. My wife at the time was sick, too.

We noticed a lack of clarity and focus, and our children’s and our hair thickened and fell out, like the fur of animals left in the

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wanted to bring your attention to an event that has happened at a downtown hotel regarding alcohol sales.

On Sept. 18, my wife and daughter left their suite to have a glass of wine in the hotel bar.

My daughter, who is 21 and is about to be 22, was appropriately carded. She is working an internship at a resort in Northern New Mexico and was aware that she might be carded, so she brought not only her valid Texas driver’s license but also her birth certificate, her Social Security card and her current university identification with photograph.

She was still denied service.

The next morning, when my wife went to the general manager to complain, she was told that the hotel had been fined so much for serving underage minors that their new policy was to deny all “vertical” drivers licenses. I am wondering where common sense went in Santa Fe?

Horrible comparison. This is not ‘a miscarriage of “ justice.’ This is justice. You are defending a criminal’s

R.G. Hunt Jr. talks about pollution from coal ash at his shop last year in Waterflow, N.M. AUGUSTA LIDDIC/FARMINGTON DAILY TIMES

desert to die. Two days before Christmas that year, PNM offered a Good Neighbor’s Agreement and $2,500 to families in the area. They never admitted to contamination, and I never took that check.

Today more than 40 million tons of coal combustion waste have been dumped in the San Juan Mine, and I keep fighting. My life is tied to my farm. A few times a year I visit the Bisti Badlands, where I own a small parcel of land. I go to acknowledge Mother Earth and Father Sky, count my blessings and fortify myself for another day. Once my son asked: Why do you always stand there and look toward Shiprock? And I tell him — because it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve seen, and this land gives me meaning.

The PRC has the power to end this crash course. Let us close the coal plant and invest in cheaper, cleaner renewables.

Kelly Cook

Weh’s message There you go again, Allen Weh, with your nonsense message in a new TV spot about the Affordable Care Act. Yours is actually a would-be policy of exclusion, not inclusion for New Mexicans like myself.

You try to spread untruths and stupid fear about what it means to us collectively as affordable health insurance is finally made available step by step to all as the law of the land. Your false reference to “falling through the cracks” is sickening as proponents like Sen. Tom Udall work for a better way, despite elitist and passé politicians like yourself who try to dismantle it. You have nothing positive to say about this issue, and as a would-

be legislator, your goal would be to try to roll it back in favor of your misguided ideology.

Kim Switzer

Rio Rancho

Climate march National media, including the Albuquerque Journal, had dismal coverage of the recent international People’s Climate March. It brought around 400 people to the streets in Albuquerque and some 400,000 in New York City. Instead, another war, funded by our tax dollars, seems to be more interesting than a visionary people’s movement. Perhaps the Climate march was ignored because it was not well-funded by corporate fossil fuel profits. Instead, ordinary people came from all walks of life to speak out — Indigenous people, youth, women and working people —

Main Street not Wall Street.

Without a new direction, climate change and disruption from human carbon emissions will continue. Wars in the Middle East are intricately linked. Our enemies yesterday will soon be our friends whom we will arm tomorrow for the next war to secure our oil interests there while the urgency of climate havoc will remain invisible.

Anita Amstutz

Interfaith Power and Light member Albuquerque

Poor? Not really America’s 45.3 million socalled “poor” live better than the kings of old. Has America’s sloth-encouraging, hand-out society failed?

The typical American family, which the census identifies as “poor,” has air-conditioning,

cable TV, a computer and most modern conveniences. In fact, 40 percent of poor people have HD-TV and Internet access. In many ways, the “poor” in the U.S., which number 45.3 million, live better than the kings of old. Are they really “poor?”

Since President Lyndon Johnson initiated the War on Poverty in the 1960s, U.S. taxpayers have spent more than $22 trillion on this effort. Yet the percentage of the population identified as “poor” has actually increased since Johnson launched this effort. The American economy also suffers as a result of our sloth-encouraging, hand-out society. Taxing people who work, produce and invest — while paying people for not working, producing and investing — only gives us more nonworkers, non-producers and non-investors.

William A. Pauwels Sr.

Franklin Lakes, N.J.

“ Bait and switch.” P.K. Most read stories on www.santafenewmexican.com 1. U.S. to pay Navajo Nation $554M in tribal settlement 2. Deluge causes flooding, may have claimed man’s life 3. Federal jury finds Sheriff Rodella guilty on 2 charges 4. Newly ‘authenticated’ photo rekindles hype over the Kid; historians skeptical 5. Mayor vows to restore parking for gift shop owner 6. Cousin: Vet swept to death by storm surge was likely sleeping in riverbed 7. Missing emails heating up governor’s race 8. Deputies: DWI suspect ran over paraplegic woman’s foot during fight 9. Rodella lawyers try to cast doubt on accuser’s account

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Legal immigration not so simple or swift Dear Mexican: Why don’t Dear Gabacho: Who says Mexicans get green cards and Mexicans don’t come here come into the United States legally? The Pew Hispanic Cenlegally? After talking ter shows that nearly to people who have, half of the 11.4 million the process is not Mexican immigrants hard and only takes in el Norte are legal, a maximum of three with about un terced years to do. By comof that half, permaing in illegally, they nent residents and are taking the jobs the remainder 16 perfrom legal Mexican cent — that’s a lot of citizens and taking Mexicans with green Gustavo advantage of the cards! But factor in Arellano U.S. social welfare all the other immi¡Ask a Mexican! systems. This causes grants wanting to increased taxes, get their micas, and not to mention the the pie-en-el-cielo sceincreased costs of all types nario you paint of folks going of insurance. These costs are through the process within forced onto all legal citizens, three years is as laughable as including Mexicans. Do the Mitt Romney reconsidering a Mexicans who cross the border presidential run. I know people illegally have any respect for whose green-card applicapeople or their own culture? tions have been held up for Shane the Shooter more than a decade because

of the backlog of cases. And like I’ve said many times in this columna and elsewhere, no one’s going to wait for a superfluous piece of paper when you’re starving and salvation is just a couple of thousand miles, a bus ride and some evil human smugglers away.

Dear Mexican: What’s up with the scorpion symbol? I’ve seen it on the rear window of many a lowrider truck and I’m baffled by what it means. One of my pocho friends says it has something to do with drug smuggling. Is that true?

Gabacho de Albuquerque Dear Gabacho: I seriously doubt the truck where you saw a scorpion on was of the lowrider genre — those are driven by Chicanos who usually leave their windows clean so that everyone can see the

car club trophy on the back of their seat. What you saw was a truck or a giant SUV driven by a paisa — a Mexican term for a hillbilly. And more likely than not, that paisa is from the state of Durango, where the alacrán is a symbol of pride given its desert, mountainous landscape.

That said, they have appropriated the scorpion for the obvious, menacing reason, just like they’ve done the same to Tweety Bird and Santa Muerte — but to say everyone who puts those stickers on the back of their trucks is a drug dealer is like saying everyone who wears pointy boots is …

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OPINIONS

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

World failed at responding to Ebola

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he Ebola epidemic in West Africa is a tragedy. But, more than that, the response to it has been a gross failure.

It’s a classic case where early action could have saved lives and money. Yet the world dithered, and with Ebola cases in Liberia now doubling every two to three weeks, the latest worst-case estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is that there could be 1.4 million cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone by late January.

We would never tolerate such shortsightedness in private behavior. If a roof leaks, we fix it before Nicholas a home is ruined. If we Kristof buy a car, we add oil to The New York keep the engine going.

Times Yet in public policy — from education to global health — we routinely refuse to invest at the front end and have to pay far more at the back end.

We know how to confront the Ebola virus. In Uganda, an excellent U.S.backed prevention initiative trained local health workers to recognize the virus and stop it from spreading, so, in 2011, an Ebola outbreak there stopped after just a single case.

We also know from our catastrophic mishandling of AIDS a generation ago — or the mishandling of cholera in Haiti more recently — that it’s imperative to stop infectious diseases early. Yet the reaction to the Ebola outbreak after it began in December in Guinea was a global shrug: It was mishandled by local countries and by the rest of the world, so, instead of a tiny cost in money and lives, we will now all pay hugely.

If the worst-case scenario comes to pass in West Africa, it may become endemic in the region and reach the West. Ebola is quite lethal but not particularly contagious, so it presumably wouldn’t cause an epidemic in countries with modern health systems. This entire tragedy is a failure of humanity.

As donor countries scramble to respond (which may cost $1 billion in the next six months, according to the United Nations, although nobody really knows), the risk is that they will raid pots of money intended for other vital purposes to assist the world’s needy. Jamie Drummond of the One campaign says he worries that governments may try to finance

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Ebola countermeasures with money that otherwise would buy childhood vaccines or ease emerging famines in Somalia and South Sudan.

Vaccines are a bargain. Since 1990, vaccines and other simple interventions (such as treatments for diarrhea) have saved nearly 100 million children’s lives, according to UNICEF. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is now in the middle of trying to raise an additional $7.5 billion to subsidize vaccinations of 300 million additional children around the world. On top of the $2 billion it has, Gavi says this would save 5 million to 6 million lives and produce economic benefits of $80 billion to $100 billion.

Such an investment should be a nobrainer. In the 21st century, we have the resources to fight more than one fire at a time.

“I am worried,” said Seth Berkley, the chief executive of Gavi. “You wouldn’t want to reduce immunizing children around the world to deal with an emergency even as severe as Ebola.”

We invest vast sums to address national security risks that have a military dimension, hence President Barack Obama’s decision to renovate the U.S. nuclear arsenal at a cost that could reach $1 trillion over three decades. So let’s remember that infectious diseases can

also constitute a national security threat.

Our shortsightedness afflicts so many areas of public policy. We spend billions of dollars fighting extremists today but don’t invest tiny sums educating children or empowering women, even though that’s the strategy with a solid record of success at reducing extremism in the medium term — and even though we can finance at least 20 schools for the cost of deploying one soldier abroad for one year.

At home, we don’t invest adequately in family-planning programs even though pregnancy prevention initiatives for atrisk teenagers pay for themselves many times over. We don’t invest in early education programs that have a robust record in reducing later criminal behavior, preferring instead to pay for prisons.

Indeed, this is such a market failure that new financial instruments — social impact bonds — address it. The bonds pay for job training or early education programs and then earn a financial return for investors when the government saves money.

Yet the worst consequence of our myopia isn’t financial waste. It’s that people are dying unnecessarily of Ebola. It’s that some children in the United States grow up semiliterate. And it’s the risk that the cost of leaders’ mismanagement of Ebola will be borne by children going without vaccines.

ith what has been an uninspiring election season so far, it might be difficult for voters and potential voters to get too excited about going to the polls this year. However, from important Constitutional amendments to a U.S. Senate seat to the governor’s race down to local legislative districts and county offices, citizens have important decisions ahead on the November ballot. But they can only participate if they register to vote.

The deadline to register (or reregister) for the November election is Oct. 7 — and that’s just around the corner.

Voters can go to the county clerk’s office in their county and register in person. In Santa Fe, that’s 102 Grant Ave., downtown. There generally are voter registration drives going on just before registration closes, so watch for them.

People should register if they are new voters, or if they have moved, changed their address, name or party affiliation. To be able to vote here, people must be U.S. citizens, live in New Mexico and be at least 18 years of age on or before Election Day. It’s also possible to pick up voter registration forms at public libraries, Motor Vehicle Division offices or public assistance offices.

Sometimes, people can’t remember their voter registration status. To find out whether you actually are registered, just call the County Clerk’s Office or check online at the Secretary of State’s Voter View Web page.

Registration is just the first step to participation in our electoral system. Voting needs to follow. Absentee voting begins Oct. 7 — voters can request a ballot from the county clerk’s office or stop by and vote in person. Early voting will begin on Oct. 18, and in most counties, there will be several sites from which to choose until Nov. 1, when early voting ends. (In Santa Fe County, early voting sites are Old Edgewood Fire Station, Eldorado senior center, Santa Fe County Fair Building and Pojoaque County Satellite Office.) Actual election day is Nov. 4, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Time is running out. Make sure to register to vote so that, come Election Day, your voice will be heard and counted.

The past 100 years LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Spending millions doesn’t guarantee win

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just watched the first gubernatorial debate between Gov. Susana Martinez and Attorney General Gary King (“Candidates go on offense, but interact little, at forum,” Sept. 23). At the end of the debate, the governor stressed that what our state needs is “a leader, not a politician.” She then elaborated in detail on how she is a leader and not a politician.

She must think that New Mexicans are fools, because Martinez has spent the last year and a half going to out-of-state political fundraisers in order to raise millions for her political campaign in order to extend her political career.

I strongly believe Gary King can still win. Former U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor also spent millions running a negative campaign against his opponent and still lost when everyone thought he couldn’t be beat. I only hope people of our state vote more with their hearts rather than for someone who can afford to run hundreds of dirty political ads a day.

Rick Anaya

Santa Fe

Israelis suffer, too Before the Gazans began to suffer (“Gazans Suffer,” Letters to the editor, Sept. 23) from Israeli airstrikes, the Israelis had been suffering for weeks from hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza by Hamas.

These rockets sent them running to shelters many times a day, terrifying people, disrupting daily life and doing plenty of damage.

Low casualties among Israelis were not due to any compassion from Hamas, whose stated purpose is to kill as many Israelis as possible.

Israel took great precautions to protect her citizens. If Hamas had done the same for their people, instead of placing them in harm’s way, there would have been much less suffering in Gaza.

Judy Moore-Kraichnan

Santa Fe

Climate March It was very disappointing to see no mention at all in The New Mexican on Sunday, Sept. 21, of Santa Fe’s own People’s Climate March that drew an estimated 400 to 700 participants to the Plaza on Sept. 20 and then on a walking route that included stops at St. Francis Cathedral, the PERA Building and the Railyard Park.

Hopefully, this was the result of an oversight and not reflective of the paper’s position on the urgency of addressing the causes of climate change, which poses a particular threat to our continued existence here in the Southwest.

Richard Khanlian

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Section editor: Inez Russell Gomez, 986-3053, igomez@sfnewmexican.com, Twitter @inezrussell

Santa Fe

Vote for athlete New Mexico residents have the opportunity to vote for an outstanding athlete to the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame.

The deadline is Sept. 30. All you have to do is go to the website at www.nmshof. com to cast your vote.

You can make or write in your own candidate. New Mexico is one of the few states that allows a public vote for the nominees. My vote went to Nick Pino, basketball athlete and legend of St. Michael’s High School in Santa Fe. He was quite the hero in his times on the basketball court, standing at 7 feet and 1 ¾ inches tall. I urge you to vote for your favorite athlete.

Mark Valdes

From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Sept. 30, 1914: That the people of Roswell and vicinity are eating less meat each year is a fact that is easily established, says the Roswell News. Where the butchers of the city six or seven years ago butchered 250 and 300 head of cattle for the block they will not average 100 head today. This means just one thing, that the price of beef has soared to such a height that the meat-eaters are cultivating their appetites and are becoming vegetarians.

Sept. 30, 1964: In probably the first, and at this time the only, Spanish class for adults in Santa Fe, Señor Joaquín Fernándes concentrates more on correct pronunciation than anything else. His students meet two nights a week in his living room. All are studying Spanish for the fun of it and many in preparation for a trip to Mexico.

State Treasurer Joseph Grant said today that New Mexico’s Abandoned Property Act does not encompass babies. A letter from a California man asked if New Mexico had an abandoned property act and if his name was on the list. He said he was abandoned when he was six months old, by his father. The law gives the state authority over long abandoned or unclaimed property such as bank accounts or safety deposit box contents, not babies.

Sept. 30, 1989: After about eight months of dispute over who is responsible for repairing the fire hydrant in front of Tesuque Elementary School, the hydrant will be fixed — at a cost to the school district of about $145. The cost is $1,855 less that the estimate for repairs made by the president of the water association that owns the hydrant.

Santa Fe

Wounded warriors Santa Fe American Legion Riders chapter wants to thank everyone who contributed to supporting Operation Wounded Warriors. We delivered money and goods collected to Brooke Army Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston near San Antonio, Texas. This is a statewide effort for the Riders, and we deliver 100 percent of all donations to Wounded Warriors.

Dave James

ALR Chapter 26 president Santa Fe

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The weather

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7-day forecast for Santa Fe Today

Pleasant with abundant sunshine

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Santa Fe Airport through 6 p.m. Monday Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low ......................................... 73°/52° Normal high/low ............................ 75°/44° Record high ............................... 90° in 2010 Record low ................................. 31° in 1936 Santa Fe Airport Precipitation 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.02” Month/year to date .................. 0.06”/8.11” Normal month/year to date ... 1.56”/10.63” Santa Fe Farmers Market 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.13” Month/year to date .................. 1.14”/8.69”

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The following water statistics of September 26 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.598 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 4.495 City Wells: 2.480 Buckman Wells: 0.711 Total water produced by water system: 9.284 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.315 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 11.4 percent of capacity; daily inflow 1.87 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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They did. They do. Clooney and Alamuddin complete wedding No. 2 VENICE, Italy — George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin had a second opportunity to say “I do” when they celebrated a civil ceremony in a historic palace along Venice’s Grand Canal.

The couple tied the knot two days earlier in a private ceremony attended by Hollywood celebrity friends and family.

On Monday, they followed up with a required civil procedure before Italian authorities.

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water taxi. Clooney looked dapper in gray suit and matching tie, while the bride wore a cream-colored, short-sleeved jacket with palazzo pants and a matching wide-brimmed hat.

They turned to wave at hundreds of people waiting hours for their arrival.

Clooney ushered his wife inside. They emerged 20 minutes later with former Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni, who performed both ceremonies.

7 p.m. on PBS Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Several sports figures take turns at tracing their respective family histories in the new episode “Born Champions.”

Tennis legend Billie Jean King discovers that her grandmother was an orphan; Derek Jeter, who is leaving the New York Yankees, learns he had ancestors on both sides of the slavery issue; and WNBA alum Rebecca Lobo-Rushin finds an ancestor fled Spain, due to his thoughts and words that ran counter to the country’s leadership at the time.

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7 p.m. on ABC Selfie Pygmalion and My Fair Lady comes into the modern age in a big way with this new sitcom from Suburgatory creatorproducer Emily Kapnek. The “Pilot” presents Doctor Who alum Karen Gillan as an avid tweeter — named Eliza, no less — who realizes having lots of “friends” in cyberspace isn’t the same as having actual flesh-and-blood pals. John Cho, pictured, also stars as this version’s Henry, a marketer who tries to help her readjust to the real world.

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WASHINGTON cientists looking at 16 cases of wild weather around the world last year see the fingerprints of man-made global warming on more than half of them.

Researchers found that climate change increased the odds of nine extremes: Heat waves in Australia, Europe, China, Japan and Korea; intense rain in parts of the United States and India; and severe droughts in California and New Zealand. The California drought, though, comes with an asterisk.

Scientists couldn’t find a global warming link to an early South Dakota blizzard, freak storms in Germany and the Pyrenees, heavy rain in Colorado, southern and central Europe, and a cold British spring.

Organized by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, researchers on Monday published 22 studies on 2013 climate extremes in a special edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

“It’s not ever a single factor that is responsible for the extremes that we see,” said NOAA National Climatic Data Center director Tom Karl said.

“Natural variability is always part of any extreme climate event.”

For years, scientists said they could not attribute single weather events — like a drought, heat wave or storm — to man-made global warming. But with better computer models and new research, in some cases scientists can see how the odds of events increase — or not — because of climate change. Other researchers question the usefulness and accuracy of focusing on single extreme events.

The editors of the 108-page compilation of studies wrote that people and animals tend to be more affected by extreme weather than changes in averages, so they pay attention to it. The public often connects extreme events to climate change, sometimes wrongly, so scientific analysis like this “can help inform the public’s understanding of our changing environment.”

The report seeks to find how much and how manmade warming has influenced the weather, said NOAA research meteorologist Martin Hoerling, an editor of the report.

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A rickshaw puller sits in the passenger seat to protect himself during a downpour on Sept. 29, 2013, in Allahabad, India. A report from scientists looking at 16 cases of wild weather around the world last year see the fingerprints of man-made global warming on more than half of them.

7:30 p.m. on ABC Manhattan Love Story Remember the Annie Hall scene of Woody Allen and Diane Keaton’s actual thoughts appearing as on-screen subtitles, while other phrases came out of their mouths? If so, you’ve got the concept of this new comedy series, casting Jake McDorman (Shameless) and the disarming Analeigh Tipton as a couple whose New York romance is just getting off the ground. Kurt Fuller also stars.

8 p.m. on CBS NCIS: New Orleans Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and Rocky Carroll cross over in their NCIS roles in the new episode “Carrier.” After bubonic plague claims the life of a Navy lieutenant in the Big Easy, Pride (Scott Bakula) and his team get help from Tony DiNozzo (Weatherly) in trying to determine the source and locate other potential victims in time. James Eckhouse, alias Brandon and Brenda’s dad on Beverly Hills, 90210, also guest stars.

century is glaring, the report’s editors said.

“It’s almost impossible” to explain Australia’s hot 2013 without climate change, said Peter Stott of the United Kingdom’s meteorology office, another report editor.

The most complicated issue is the California drought, the only extreme that has continued into this year.

Three teams studied that state’s record drought in different ways. Two teams couldn’t find a link to global warming and water and air temperatures, but the third from Stanford University looked at high pressure patterns in the air and found a connection.

A high pressure system parks over the northern Pacific during California’s winters, which is normally when it gets rain. Higher atmospheric pressure usually means less storms and rain.

The pressure was so strong last year that study lead author Daniel Swain called it “a ridiculously resilient ridge.”

The Stanford team ran computer models with and without man-made warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas. The warming from greenhouse gases showed that the rain-blocking ridge of high pressure was more than three times more likely with manmade factors than without, Swain said.

“There’s definitely a climate change signal,” Swain said.

Earlier peer-reviewed studies looking at atmospheric patterns have also connected California’s drought to climate change. However, the editors of the journal’s special edition said that with the studies in Monday’s report that couldn’t find a man-made signal in California and the indirect nature of the Swain report, it is unclear whether a global warming connection can be pinned on California’s drought.

Hoerling said there were still questions about the Swain study. Other scientists said Swain’s study was convincing.

“The report as a whole is a reflection that more and more future climate extremes around the globe will be attributed to human-caused climate change,” said University of Arizona climate scientist Jonathan Overpeck, who wasn’t part of the research.

In two extreme events — the British cold spring and the September northern Colorado rains — the report found global warming actually decreased their likelihoods and yet they happened.

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A woman takes a walk on Aug. 20, under the scorching sun in Tokyo. Researchers found that climate change increased the odds of nine extremes — heat waves in Australia, Europe, China, Japan and Korea; intense rain in parts of the United States and India; and severe droughts in California and New Zealand.

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From left, Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin, Deshazor Everett and David Darley celebrate with the Southwest Classic trophy following their 35-28 overtime win against Arkansas in a Saturday game in Arlington, Texas.

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Three teams from the Southeastern Conference’s powerful Western Division are finally going down.

That much is assured on Saturday, when six teams ranked in the top 15 clash in an unprecedented day for any division in major college football.

First, No. 6 Texas A&M visits No. 12 Mississippi State in what will be a sea of maroon and cowbells.

Then the action heads 100 miles

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north to Oxford for an even bigger showdown: No. 3 Alabama at No. 11 Mississippi.

Later that night, No. 15 LSU visits No. 5 Auburn. It’s only the fifth time any division has had two games featuring Top 25 matchups on the same day, and the past two times it has featured SEC West teams, according to STATS. No division has ever had a trifecta of Top 25 matchups.

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Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Jon Lester throws to the Los Angeles Angels during a Sept. 24 game in Oakland, Calif.

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RB Charles shines, QB Brady struggles in lopsided showdown

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. t made sense that Andy Reid spoke in baseball metaphors after Kansas City whipped the New England Patriots on Monday night, with the Royals poised to end a long playoff drought just across the parking lot from Arrowhead Stadium.

He may have stretched things a bit when it came to Jamaal Charles, though.

“It’s a heck of a thing to bring 25 off the bench as a relief pitcher,” Reid said. “That’s a pretty good player. To add him back to the mix is something.”

Relief pitcher? How about staff ace.

Charles returned from an ankle injury to score

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three touchdowns, Tom Brady was picked off twice by the opportunistic Chiefs, and Kansas City routed New England 41-14 to hand Bill Belichick one of his worst losses as coach of the Patriots.

Charles, who missed last week’s win in Miami with a sprained ankle, ran for 92 yards and a score.

The Pro Bowl running back also caught two short touchdown passes from Alex Smith, who had 248 yards passing and three touchdowns in a sharp performance before a raucous crowd.

“Coach said he was going to look for me, and see how it feels during the game,” Charles said, “and I guess I started feeling like myself. He didn’t want to take me out.”

The Chiefs (2-2) ended a four-game skid at Arrowhead Stadium dating to last season by making things miserable on Brady, who had one of his two picks returned for a touchdown.

Brady also was strip-sacked and finished 14 of 23 for 159 yards and a touchdown.

“It was just a bad performance by everybody,” Brady said. “We need to make sure we never have this feeling again. We’ve got to figure out what we have to do better.”

With the game out of hand, the Patriots gave rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo a chance to play. He threw a late touchdown pass to Rob Gronkowski to complete the scoring.

“Just wanted to play everybody,” Belichick said.

The Chiefs forced the Patriots to air it out by stuffing Shane Vereen and Stevan Ridley. And when Brady dropped back, their front seven ran roughshod over New England’s suspect offensive line.

It hardly helped the Patriots’ offense that it was trying to operate on the same night Chiefs fans were trying to reclaim the record for loudest outdoor sports venue. The record was set in the

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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. lowly and somberly, Tony Stewart is trying his best to find his new normal.

He may never again be the “Smoke” the racing world knew before Aug. 9, the night a sprint car he was driving struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. at an upstate New York dirt track. The three-time NASCAR champion was fiery on the track, so quick-witted he never lost a verbal spat, and a larger-than-life personality throughout the garage.

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Ward’s death, the driver affectionaly referred to as “The People’s Champion” is struggling to find his footing. Stewart spent three weeks in seclusion at his Indiana home, and Tony Stewart though he returned to racing Aug. 31, he’s been a shell of his former self.

He’s incapable of hiding when he’s having a tough day, he wears his emotions all over his body, and he’s not yet comfortable sliding back into his old, familiar routines. Stewart loved racing and women and a good practical joke, and now struggles to relax enough to even smile in public.

It made Monday a huge step for Smoke, who held his first news conference since a grand jury decided last week not to charge him in Ward’s death. Aside from a statement he read when he returned to the track at Atlanta and an interview last week with The Associated Press, Stewart had remained silent since Ward’s death.

But he knew avoiding the questions was one of the many things preventing him from getting on with his life.

So he sat down in front of a sterile gray backdrop at Stewart-Haas Racing wearing jeans, sneakers and a shirt void of any sponsor logos. He took 29 questions over 36 minutes about his grief, his change in priori-

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ties and his future in racing.

He tried twice at small jokes — the room laughed — but Stewart didn’t smile. He can’t grasp what’s appropriate right now, has no idea if anything will ever be the same.

“I honestly think every day, things will get better, and things will get easier. And I think it will for Kevin’s family as well. Time heals,” he said.

“I don’t know that it will ever be normal again, but [I’ll] find a place to settle into and [I’ll] do the best [I] can.

“Whether I ever get back to [normal] or not, hopefully through this I will somehow be a better person.

That’s all I can hope for.”

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WASHINGTON — Three years ago, Drew Storen was the confident, young closer for the Washington Nationals, a first-round draft pick who saved 43 games.

Two years ago, he needed elbow surgery in April, worked his way back into the last-guy-on-the-mound job by the time the playoffs rolled around, then allowed a ninth-inning lead to become a 9-7 loss in Game 5 of the NL division series against St. Louis, ending Washington’s exhilarating season in excruciating fashion.

Last year, he lost his closer status to surprise free-agent signing Rafael Soriano, then was briefly demoted to the minors.

And this year? Storen was NL East champion Washington’s primary seventh-inning reliever until early September, when he replaced the struggling Soriano as the closer and thrived. This year, then, is Storen’s second chance: He and other major leaguers — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers, Adam Jones of the Orioles, among them — are hoping to fare better than in past postseasons.

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals made one of the boldest trades in franchise history two years ago. The Oakland Athletics made a similarly aggressive move just a couple of months ago.

The results of both will be in the starting spotlight Tuesday night.

For the Royals, it’s “Big Game James” — James Shields, the centerpiece of a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays that finally pushed the longdowntrodden franchise into the postseason for the first time in 29 years.

For the A’s, it’s Jon Lester — the postseason star of the Red Sox last season who was acquired by Oakland at the trading deadline just for this moment.

The one-game AL wild-card playoff. The winner advances to face the Los Angeles Angels in the best-offive division series Thursday. The loser trudges away into the offseason.

“I’ve only been here for two years,” Shields said Monday, “but when I got traded over here, I knew the magnitude of what this organization was headed for. And when I got here, walking around the city and talking to the fans and really relishing the 29 years, it’s a special moment.”

The teams share plenty of similarities: pop-gun offenses backed by strong starting pitching and two of the dominant bullpens in baseball.

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Chiefs 41, Patriots 14 New England 0 0 7 7—14 Kansas City 7 10 10 14—41 First Quarter KC—Charles 2 run (Santos kick), 2:15.

Second Quarter KC—Charles 5 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 10:58.

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Third Quarter KC—Charles 8 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 7:53.

KC—FG Santos 31, 5:29.

NE—LaFell 44 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 3:26.

Fourth Quarter KC—Kelce 2 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 11:52.

KC—Abdullah 39 interception return (Santos kick), 10:34.

NE—Gronkowski 13 pass from Garoppolo (Gostkowski kick), 7:25.

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NE KC First downs 13 26 Total Net Yards 290 443 Rushes-yards 16-75 38-207 Passing 215 236 Punt Returns 2-10 2-3 Kickoff Returns 2-45 2-36 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-73 Comp-Att-Int 20-30-2 20-26-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 2-12 Punts 6-48.8 4-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-30 4-35 Time of Possession 23:33 36:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New England, Ridley 5-28, Vereen 8-26, J.White 3-21. Kansas City, Davis 16-107, Charles 18-92, A.Smith 4-8.

PASSING—New England, Brady 1423-2-159, Garoppolo 6-7-0-70. Kansas City, A.Smith 20-26-0-248.

RECEIVING—New England, LaFell 6-119, Vereen 5-41, Edelman 4-23, J.White 3-15, Gronkowski 2-31. Kansas City, Kelce 8-93, Bowe 5-81, Charles 3-16, Avery 2-46, Davis 1-12, Jenkins 1-0.

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NFC Leaders Week 4 Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int A. Rodgers, GBY130 86 999 9 1 R. Wilson, SEA 87 60 651 6 1 M. Ryan, ATL 152 101 1263 10 5 Brees, NOR 161 115 1203 7 3 Romo, DAL 118 82 936 7 4 C. Newton, CAR 94 60 728 3 0 Cutler, CHI 155 102 1006 10 4 E. Manning, NYG139 93 974 9 5 Au. Davis, STL 94 68 754 3 3 3 M. Stafford, DET148 95 1176 5 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD D. Murray, DAL 99 534 5.39 44 5 R. Jennings, NYG81 341 4.21 18 2 A. Morris, WAS 71 316 4.45 23 3 Forte, CHI 65 258 3.97 19 0 Gore, SNF 59 258 4.37 28 1 M. Lynch, SEA 52 234 4.50 21 3 Kh. Robinson, NOR 40 215 5.38 62 1 A. Ellington, ARI 46 206 4.48 22 0 S. Jackson, ATL 50 201 4.02 17 1 Rainey, TAM 41 199 4.85 31 0 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD J. Nelson, GBY 33 459 13.9 80t 3 J. Graham, NOR 32 340 10.6 23 3 Ju. Jones, ATL 29 447 15.4 40t 3 Ma. Bennett, CHI29 295 10.2 27 4 Donnell, NYG 25 236 9.4 23 4 G. Tate, DET 24 317 13.2 44 0 Garcon, WAS 24 255 10.6 43 1 Crabtree, SNF 24 230 9.6 25 2 Forte, CHI 24 194 8.1 25 0 D. Bryant, DAL 23 291 12.7 68t 3 Punters No Yds LG Avg Way, WAS 16 848 77 53.0 Sa. Martin, DET 15 752 64 50.1 J. Ryan, SEA 12 580 66 48.3 Dr. Butler, ARI 9 431 61 47.9 Nortman, CAR 20 955 65 47.8 C. Jones, DAL 12 571 62 47.6

Bosher, ATL 16 757 66 47.3 A. Lee, SNF 14 646 56 46.1 Locke, MIN 16 732 62 45.8 Hekker, STL 9 401 57 44.6 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Sproles, PHL 13 200 15.4 82t 1 Hester, ATL 6 92 15.3 62t 1 S. Patton, TAM 8 94 11.8 33 0 J. Ross, DET 9 93 10.3 26 0 Roberts, WAS 10 101 10.1 37 0 B. Ellington, SNF 9 76 8.4 21 0 Sherels, MIN 8 67 8.4 24 0 Walters, SEA 5 36 7.2 11 0 P. Parker, NYG 8 53 6.6 18 0 Ph. Brown, CAR 6 34 5.7 23 0 Kickoff ReturnersNoYds Avg LG TD Polk, PHL 5 202 40.4 102t 1 C. Patterson, MIN9 277 30.8 49 0 Dw. Harris, DAL 6 162 27.0 30 0 Hester, ATL 9 230 25.6 36 0 J. Ross, DET 5 124 24.8 34 0 Du. Harris, GBY 7 169 24.1 41 0 B. Ellington, SNF 5 117 23.4 28 0 S. Patton, TAM 11 246 22.4 27 0 Demps, NYG 8 174 21.8 29 0 R. Ross, CHI 5 106 21.2 24 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD RushRec Ret Pts Cobb, GBY 5 0 5 0 32 M. Lynch, SEA 5 3 2 0 30 B. Marshall, CHI 5 0 5 0 30 D. Murray, DAL 5 5 0 0 30 Asiata, MIN 4 3 1 0 24 Ma. Bennett, CHI4 0 4 0 24 Donnell, NYG 4 0 4 0 24 Te. Williams, DAL4 0 4 0 24 K. Benjamin, CAR3 0 3 0 18 Joh. Brown, ARI 3 0 3 0 18 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Parkey, PHL 14-14 8-9 51 38 D. Bailey, DAL 13-13 8-8 51 37 Walsh, MIN 8-8 9-11 55 35 Catanzaro, ARI 3-3 9-9 51 30 Mat. Bryant, ATL17-17 4-5 52 29 Gano, CAR 5-5 8-9 53 29 Dawson, SNF 10-10 6-8 51 28 Gould, CHI 11-11 5-5 45 26 Zuerlein, STL 5-5 7-8 56 26 Jos. Brown, NYG13-13 4-4 39 25

NFL AFC Leaders Week 4 (Monday’s game not included) Quarterbacks Att Com Yds TD Int P. Rivers, SND 137 96 1155 9 1 P. Manning, DEN111 74 814 8 1 Luck, IND 167 115 1305 13 4 Rothlisbrger, PIT141 96 1092 6 2 Hoyer, CLE 95 61 716 3 0 Dalton, CIN 84 55 722 2 1 Flacco, BAL 153 97 1055 7 2 Fitzpatrick, HOU112 73 902 5 5 Brady, NWE 114 67 632 3 0 Bortles, JAX 61 43 476 3 4 Rushers Att Yds Avg LG TD L. Bell, PIT 72 378 5.25 81 1 L. Miller, MIA 49 277 5.65 24 2 Ivory, NYJ 50 274 5.48 71t 2 Forsett, BAL 44 255 5.80 41 2 A. Foster, HOU 63 247 3.92 40 1 K. Davis, KAN 55 214 3.89 25 3 Spiller, BUF 52 207 3.98 47 0 West, CLE 47 204 4.34 29 2 T. Richrdsn, IND 61 203 3.33 27 1 Bernard, CIN 55 185 3.36 16 3 Receivers No Yds Avg LG TD An. Brown, PIT 29 427 14.7 41 5 Smith Sr., BAL 25 429 17.2 80t 3 Sanders, DEN 25 334 13.4 48 0 Wayne, IND 23 307 13.3 28t 1 3 D. Walker, TEN 22 317 14.4 61t Hilton, IND 22 291 13.2 39 0 A. Johnson, HOU22 262 11.9 25 0 Edelman, NWE 22 260 11.8 44 1 K. Allen, SND 22 244 11.1 24 0 Jam. Jones, OAK 21 272 13.0 42 2 Punters No Yds LG Avg McAfee, IND 14 695 61 49.6 Anger, JAX 23 1099 64 47.8 Lechler, HOU 18 861 65 47.8 Quigley, NYJ 19 909 61 47.8 Koch, BAL 10 470 58 47.0 B. Colquitt, DEN 16 744 58 46.5 R. Allen, NWE 15 692 63 46.1 D. Colquitt, KAN 12 548 64 45.7 M. King, OAK 23 1029 61 44.7 Kern, TEN 21 935 63 44.5 Punt Returners No Yds Avg LG TD Ad. Jones, CIN 4 71 17.8 45 0 Hmmnd Jr., KAN 11 149 13.5 47 0 Jac. Jones, BAL 5 67 13.4 33 0 Edelman, NWE 7 88 12.6 34 0 An. Brown, PIT 7 76 10.9 36 0 Carrie, OAK 7 63 9.0 21 0 McKelvin, BUF 5 41 8.2 14 0 Mi. Brown, JAX 5 37 7.4 13 0 Whalen, IND 13 82 6.3 22 0 D. Johnson, HOU 9 54 6.0 12 0 Kickoff ReturnersNoYds Avg LG TD Spiller, BUF 7 251 35.9 102t 1 J. Landry, MIA 10 287 28.7 74 0 Todman, JAX 14 373 26.6 40 0 L. Murray, OAK 12 282 23.5 38 0 Hakim, NYJ 8 175 21.9 44 0 T. Benjamin, CLE 4 85 21.3 28 0 L. Wshingtn, TEN 7 125 17.9 29 0 Scoring Touchdowns TD RushRec Ret Pts An. Brown, PIT 5 0 5 0 30 5 0 30 Ju. Thomas, DEN 5 0 Bradshaw, IND 4 0 4 0 24 Royal, SND 4 0 4 0 24 D. Allen, IND 3 0 3 0 18 Bernard, CIN 3 3 0 0 18 Crowell, CLE 3 3 0 0 18 K. Davis, KAN 3 3 0 0 18 Gates, SND 3 0 3 0 18 D. Hopkins, HOU 3 0 3 0 18 Kicking PAT FG LG Pts Novak, SND 10-10 10-10 50 40 Vinatieri, IND 16-16 8-8 48 40 D. Carpenter, BUF7-7 10-11 50 37 Suisham, PIT 10-10 9-10 45 37 Tucker, BAL 10-10 9-11 38 37 Sturgis, MIA 10-10 8-9 51 34 Bullock, HOU 9-9 8-9 55 33 Folk, NYJ 7-7 8-8 52 31 Gostkowski, NWE6-6 8-8 48 30 Nugent, CIN 7-7 7-11 49 28

NCAA The AP Top 25 Poll The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Sept. 27: Rec Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (27) 4-0 1,416 1 2. Oregon (13) 4-0 1,405 2 3. Alabama (13) 4-0 1,387 3 4. Oklahoma (7) 4-0 1,357 4 5. Auburn 4-0 1,272 5 6. Texas A&M 5-0 1,206 6 7. Baylor 4-0 1,149 7 8. UCLA 4-0 975 11 9. Notre Dame 4-0 972 8 10. Michigan St. 3-1 944 9 11. Mississippi 4-0 906 10 12. Mississippi St. 4-0 848 14 13. Georgia 3-1 788 12 14. Stanford 3-1 643 16 15. LSU 4-1 636 17 16. Southern Cal 3-1 560 18 17. Wisconsin 3-1 502 19 18. BYU 4-0 450 20 19. Nebraska 5-0 445 21 20. Ohio St. 3-1 298 22 21. Oklahoma St. 3-1 246 24 22. East Carolina 3-1 237 23 23. Kansas St. 3-1 216 25 24. Missouri 4-1 145 NR 25. TCU 3-0 109 NR Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 97, South Carolina 61, Clemson 52, Arizona 43, Marshall 40, Georgia Tech 37, West Virginia 24, Arkansas 18, Maryland 5, Louisville 4, N. Dakota St. 3, Washington 2, NC State 1, Virginia 1.

NATIONAL SCOREBOARD Top 25 Schedule Thursday No. 2 Oregon vs. Arizona, 6:30 p.m.

Friday No. 18 BYU vs. Utah State, 6:15 p.m.

Saturday No. 1 Florida State vs. Wake Forest, 11:30 a.m.

No. 3 Alabama at No. 10 Mississippi, 11:30 a.m.

No. 4 Oklahoma at No. 25 TCU, 11:30 a.m.

No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 15 LSU, 3 p.m.

No. 6 Texas A&M at No. 12 Mississippi State, 8 a.m.

No. 7 Baylor at Texas, 9:30 a.m.

No. 8 UCLA vs. Utah, 6:30 p.m.

No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Stanford, 9:30 a.m.

No. 10 Michigan State vs. No. 19 Nebraska, 5 p.m.

No. 13 Georgia vs. Vanderbilt, 12 p.m.

No. 16 Southern Cal vs. Arizona State, 3:30 p.m.

No. 17 Wisconsin at Northwestern, 9:30 a.m.

No. 20 Ohio State at Maryland, 8 a.m.

No. 21 Oklahoma State vs. Iowa State, 8 a.m.

No. 22 East Carolina vs. SMU, 8 a.m.

No. 23 Kansas State vs. Texas Tech, 3 p.m.

College Football Schedule (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 2 South FAU (2-3) at FIU (2-3), 5 p.m.

Alabama St. (4-1) at Alcorn St. (4-1), 5:30 p.m.

Southwest UCF (1-2) at Houston (2-2), 5 p.m.

Far West Arizona (4-0) at Oregon (4-0), 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3 East Lafayette (2-2) at Fordham (4-1), 4:30 p.m.

Louisville (4-1) at Syracuse (2-2), 5 p.m.

Far West San Diego St. (2-2) at Fresno St. (2-3), 8 p.m.

Utah St. (2-2) at BYU (4-0), 8:15 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4 Southwest Iowa St. (1-3) at Oklahoma St. (3-1), 10 a.m.

Oklahoma (4-0) at TCU (3-0), 1:30 p.m.

Baylor (4-0) at Texas (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

New Mexico (1-3) at UTSA (1-3), 1:30 p.m.

Lamar (3-2) at Abilene Christian (3-2), 5 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe (3-1) at Arkansas St. (2-2), 5 p.m.

Hawaii (1-3) at Rice (1-3), 5 p.m.

Cent. Arkansas (2-3) at Stephen F. Austin (3-1), 5 p.m.

Idaho (0-4) at Texas St. (2-2), 5 p.m.

MVSU (0-4) at Texas Southern (4-1), 6 p.m.

Far West Tulsa (1-3) at Colorado St. (3-1), 1 p.m.

Navy (2-3) at Air Force (3-1), 1:30 p.m.

N. Arizona (3-2) at N. Colorado (1-3), 1:30 p.m.

Oregon St. (3-1) at Colorado (2-3), 2 p.m.

Idaho St. (2-2) at E. Washington (4-1), 2:35 p.m.

Arizona St. (3-1) at Southern Cal (3-1), 5:30 p.m.

UC Davis (1-3) at Portland St. (1-3), 5:35 p.m.

Georgia Southern (3-2) at New Mexico St. (2-3), 6 p.m.

UNLV (1-4) at San Jose St. (1-3), 6 p.m.

Montana St. (3-2) at Sacramento St. (3-2), 7 p.m.

S. Utah (1-4) at Cal Poly (1-3), 7:05 p.m.

Boise St. (3-2) at Nevada (3-1), 8:30 p.m.

Utah (3-1) at UCLA (4-0), 8:30 p.m.

California (3-1) at Washington St. (2-3), 8:30 p.m.

South SMU (0-4) at East Carolina (3-1)), 10 a.m.

Marshall (4-0) at Old Dominion (3-2)), 10 a.m.

Ohio St. (3-1) at Maryland (4-1), 10 a.m.

Southern Miss. (2-3) at Middle Tennessee (3-2), 10 a.m.

Texas A&M (5-0) at Mississippi St. (4-0), 10 a.m.

Florida (2-1) at Tennessee (2-2), 10 a.m.

Virginia Tech (3-2) at North Carolina (2-2), 10:30 a.m.

Dayton (2-1) at Davidson (1-4), 11 a.m.

Drake (2-2) at Jacksonville (3-1), 11 a.m.

Campbell (1-3) at Morehead St. (2-2), 11 a.m.

New Hampshire (3-1) at Elon (1-3), 9:30 a.m.

Charlotte (3-2) at Gardner-Webb (2-3), 9:30 a.m.

The Citadel (1-3) at Wofford (2-2), 9:30 a.m.

Howard (1-4) at NC Central (1-3), 12 p.m.

W. Carolina (3-1) at Presbyterian (2-2), 12 p.m.

Norfolk St. (1-4) at Savannah St. (0-4), 12 p.m.

Grambling St. (2-3) at Alabama A&M (1-4), 1 p.m.

Mercer (4-1) at Samford (2-2), 1 p.m.

NC State (4-1) at Clemson (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

Wake Forest (2-3) at Florida St. (4-0), 1:30 p.m.

Alabama (4-0) at Mississippi (4-0), 1:30 p.m.

NC A&T (4-1) vs. SC State (3-2) at Atlanta, 1:30 p.m.

Delaware St. (1-4) at Bethune-Cookman (3-1), 2 p.m.

VMI (1-4) at Chattanooga (2-2), 2 p.m.

Vanderbilt (1-4) at Georgia (3-1), 2 p.m.

UT-Martin (1-4) at Jacksonville St. (3-1), 2 p.m.

Northwestern St. (2-2) at SE Louisiana (3-2), 2 p.m.

Morgan St. (2-3) at Florida A&M (0-4), 3 p.m.

South Alabama (2-2) at Appalachian St. (1-3), 4 p.m.

Butler (2-2) at Stetson (2-2), 4 p.m.

Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-3) at Southern U. (2-3), 4:30 p.m.

LSU (4-1) at Auburn (4-0), 5 p.m.

E. Kentucky (4-0) at Austin Peay (0-4), 5 p.m.

Coastal Carolina (5-0) at Furman (2-3), 5 p.m.

Prairie View (0-4) at Jackson St. (3-2), 5 p.m.

Richmond (2-2) at Liberty (3-2), 5 p.m.

UTEP (2-2) at Louisiana Tech (2-3), 5 p.m.

Georgia St. (1-3) at Louisiana-Lafayette (1-3), 5 p.m.

Nicholls St. (0-5) at McNeese St. (2-1), 5 p.m.

UAB (2-2) at W. Kentucky (2-2), 5 p.m.

Miami (3-2) at Georgia Tech (4-0), 5:30 p.m.

South Carolina (3-2) at Kentucky (3-1), 5:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh (3-2) at Virginia (3-2), 5:30 p.m.

Murray St. (1-3) at Tennessee Tech (1-3), 6 p.m.

Midwest Purdue (2-3) at Illinois (3-2), 10 a.m.

Marist (0-5) at Valparaiso (1-3), 11 a.m.

E. Michigan (1-3) at Akron (2-2), 12 p.m.

Tennessee St. (4-1) at SE Missouri (3-2), 12 p.m.

North Texas (2-2) at Indiana (2-2), 12:30 p.m.

UMass (0-5) at Miami (Ohio) (0-5), 12:30 p.m.

Montana (3-2) at North Dakota (2-3), 12:30 p.m.

S. Dakota St. (3-1) at Illinois St. (3-0), 1 p.m.

N. Iowa (2-2) at Indiana St. (3-1), 1 p.m.

Youngstown St. (3-1) at Missouri St. (3-1), 1 p.m.

Buffalo (3-2) at Bowling Green (3-2), 1:30 p.m.

Ohio (3-2) at Cent. Michigan (2-3), 1:30 p.m.

Wisconsin (3-1) at Northwestern (2-2), 1:30 p.m.

Stanford (3-1) at Notre Dame (4-0), 1:30 p.m.

N. Dakota St. (4-0) at W. Illinois (2-3), 2 p.m.

Kent St. (0-4) at N. Illinois (3-1), 3 p.m.

Memphis (2-2) at Cincinnati (2-1), 5 p.m.

Houston Baptist (1-3) at Incarnate Word (0-5), 5 p.m.

Texas Tech (2-2) at Kansas St. (3-1), 5 p.m.

South Dakota (2-2) at S. Illinois (4-1), 5 p.m.

Toledo (3-2) at W. Michigan (2-2), 5 p.m.

Nebraska (5-0) at Michigan St. (3-1), 6 p.m.

East Ball St. (1-3) at Army (1-3), 10 a.m.

Harvard (2-0) at Georgetown (2-3), 10 a.m.

Princeton (1-1) at Columbia (0-2), 10:30 a.m.

Yale (2-0) at Cornell (0-2), 10:30 a.m.

Villanova (3-1) at Maine (2-2), 10:30 a.m.

Bucknell (4-0) at Bryant (3-1), 11 a.m.

Holy Cross (2-3) at Colgate (2-2), 11 a.m.

West Liberty (2-2) at Duquesne (2-2), 11 a.m.

Brown (0-2) at Rhode Island (0-4), 11 a.m.

Penn (0-2) at Dartmouth (1-1), 9:30 a.m.

Monmouth (NJ) (3-1) at Robert Morris (0-4), 1 p.m.

Stony Brook (1-4) at Towson (2-3), 1 p.m.

Sacred Heart (3-1) at Delaware (3-1), 1:30 p.m.

Kansas (2-2) at West Virginia (2-2), 2 p.m.

James Madison (2-3) at Albany (NY) (4-0), 4 p.m.

Alderson-Broaddus (3-1) at Wagner (1-3), 4 p.m.

Michigan (2-3) at Rutgers (4-1), 5 p.m.

GOLF GOLF PGA TOUR Final Statistics FedExCup Playoffs Points 1, Billy Horschel, 4,750.000. 2, Chris Kirk, 3,100.000. 3, Rory McIlroy, 3,050.000. 4, Jim Furyk, 2,450.000. 5, Bubba Watson, 2,285.000. 6, Hunter Mahan, 1,835.000. 7, Jimmy Walker, 1,667.500. 8, Matt Kuchar, 1,300.000.

9, Rickie Fowler, 1,225.000. 10, Jason Day, 1,200.000.

Scoring Average 1, Rory McIlroy, 68.827. 2, Sergio Garcia, 68.950. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.200. 4, Adam Scott, 69.205. 5, Matt Kuchar, 69.416. 6, Dustin Johnson, 69.546.

7, Justin Rose, 69.624. 8, Jason Day, 69.626. 9, Graeme McDowell, 69.642.

10, Charl Schwartzel, 69.671.

Driving Distance 1, Bubba Watson, 314.3. 2, Dustin Johnson, 311.0. 3, Rory McIlroy, 310.5.

4 (tie), J.B. Holmes and Andrew Loupe, 308.0. 6, Brooks Koepka, 307.0.

7, Robert Garrigus, 306.1. 8, Jhonattan Vegas, 304.8. 9 (tie), Charles Howell III and Gary Woodland, 304.1.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, David Toms, 75.49%. 2, Tim Clark, 74.02%. 3, Justin Hicks, 73.46%. 4, Jim Furyk, 73.18%. 5, Heath Slocum, 72.41%. 6, Zach Johnson, 70.51%. 7, Billy Hurley III, 70.44%. 8, Ken Duke, 70.18%. 9, Ryan Moore, 69.92%. 10, Boo Weekley, 69.57%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Chad Campbell, 72.43%. 2, Justin Hicks, 71.44%. 3, Graham DeLaet, 70.68%. 4, Billy Horschel, 70.43%. 5, J.J. Henry, 69.60%. 6, Rory McIlroy, 69.44%. 7, Jhonattan Vegas, 69.11%.

8, Henrik Stenson, 69.03%. 9, Kevin Stadler, 68.91%. 10, Adam Scott, 68.79%.

Total Driving 1, Lucas Glover, 74. 2, Henrik Stenson, 78. 3, Hunter Mahan, 81. 4, Hudson Swafford, 82. 5, Derek Ernst, 83. 6 (tie), Kevin Chappell and Shawn Stefani, 84. 8, Keegan Bradley, 86. 9, Graham DeLaet, 89. 10, Adam Scott, 93.

Strokes Gained-Putting 1, Graeme McDowell, .886. 2, Aaron Baddeley, .873. 3, Greg Chalmers, .855. 4, Matt Every, .735. 5, Freddie Jacobson, .705. 6, Brendon Todd, .663. 7, Luke Donald, .520. 8, Justin Leonard, .497. 9, Daniel Summerhays, .494. 10, Morgan Hoffmann, .487.

Birdie Average 1, Rory McIlroy, 4.58. 2, Adam Scott, 4.24. 3, Jimmy Walker, 4.18. 4, Dustin Johnson, 4.05. 5, Charl Schwartzel, 4.02. 6, Jordan Spieth, 3.97. 7 (tie), Henrik Stenson and Bubba Watson, 3.96. 9, Ryan Palmer, 3.93. 10, 4 tied with 3.89.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Matt Jones, 93.4. 2, Justin Rose, 102.0. 3, Steven Bowditch, 104.6. 4, Will MacKenzie, 105.4. 5, Dustin Johnson, 114.0. 6 (tie), Billy Horschel and Patrick Reed, 115.7. 8, Ryan Palmer, 117.7. 9, Bubba Watson, 119.5. 10, Marc Leishman, 120.0.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Bill Haas, 62.15%. 2, Mike Weir, 61.95%. 3, Vijay Singh, 61.36%. 4, Phil Mickelson, 61.27%. 5, Charlie Wi, 61.02%. 6, Tim Clark, 60.98%. 7, Justin Leonard, 60.58%. 8, Seung-Yul Noh, 60.28%. 9, Jonas Blixt, 59.29%. 10, 2 tied with 59.18%.

All-Around Ranking 1, Adam Scott, 189. 2 (tie), Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson, 256. 4, Sergio Garcia, 281. 5, Ryan Palmer, 289. 6, Justin Rose, 295. 7, Bubba Watson, 323. 8, Kevin Chappell, 366. 9, Matt Kuchar, 374. 10, Graham DeLaet, 382.

CHAMPIONS TOUR Statistics Through Sept. 28 Charles Schwab Cup 1, Bernhard Langer, 3,624 Points.

2, Colin Montgomerie, 2,991. 3, Jay

Haas, 1,639. 4, Kenny Perry, 1,495. 5, Jeff Sluman, 1,344. 6, Fred Couples, 1,119. 7, Gene Sauers, 1,004. 8, Scott Dunlap, 971. 9, Kirk Triplett, 958. 10, Tom Pernice Jr., 908.

Scoring Average (Actual) 1, Bernhard Langer, 67.98. 2, Jay Haas, 68.63. 3, Colin Montgomerie, 69.11. 4, Kenny Perry, 69.44. 5, Joe Durant, 69.50. 6, Kirk Triplett, 69.58. 7, Bart Bryant, 69.70. 8, Mark O’Meara, 69.84. 9, Jeff Sluman, 69.85. 10, David Frost, 69.89.

Driving Distance 1, John Riegger, 296.4. 2, Doug Garwood, 289.7. 3, Kenny Perry, 288.3.

4, Wes Short, Jr., 285.1. 5, Marco Dawson, 284.3. 6, Duffy Waldorf, 283.9. 7, Sandy Lyle, 282.2. 8, Billy Andrade, 282.0. 9, Tom Pernice Jr., 281.9. 10, Bernhard Langer, 281.8.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Joe Durant, 85.10%. 2, Jeff Hart, 81.97%. 3, Fred Funk, 81.29%. 4, Mark McNulty, 78.88%. 5, Bart Bryant, 78.80%. 6, Bob Gilder, 78.64%. 7, Olin Browne, 78.27%. 8, Hale Irwin, 78.18%. 9, Wayne Levi, 78.10%. 10, Corey Pavin, 77.56%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Bernhard Langer, 79.40%. 2, Tom Lehman, 77.66%. 3, Kenny Perry, 76.35%. 4, Jay Haas, 76.22%. 5, Jeff Maggert, 75.85%. 6, Fred Funk, 75.73%. 7, Scott Dunlap, 75.21%. 8, Steve Pate, 75.16%. 9, Marco Dawson, 74.64%. 10, Jeff Sluman, 74.26%.

Total Driving 1, Joe Durant, 14. 2, Bernhard Langer, 27. 3, Tom Lehman, 31. 4, Russ Cochran, 42. 5, Scott Dunlap, 43. 6 (tie), Bart Bryant and Jeff Maggert, 44. 8, John Riegger, 51. 9, Roger Chapman, 53. 10, 2 tied with 58.

Putting Average 1, David Frost, 1.707. 2, Scott Hoch, 1.710. 3, Bernhard Langer, 1.713. 4, Jay Haas, 1.730. 5, Doug Garwood, 1.733. 6 (tie), Mark McNulty and Mark O’Meara , 1.735. 8, Mark Mouland, 1.736. 9, Michael Allen, 1.737. 10, Rocco Mediate, 1.740.

LPGA TOUR Money Leaders Through Sept. 21 1. Stacy Lewis 2. Michelle Wie 3. Inbee Park 4. Lydia Ko 5. So Yeon Ryu 6. Anna Nordqvist 7. Karrie Webb 8. Lexi Thompson 9. Suzann Pettersen 10. Azahara Munoz 11. Cristie Kerr 12. Shanshan Feng 13. Na Yeon Choi 14. Chella Choi 15. Paula Creamer 16. Angela Stanford 17. Mo Martin 18. Jessica Korda 19. Lizette Salas 20. Jenny Shin

Trn 22 16 18 20 19 20 16 20 18 21 20 17 20 24 19 22 20 18 18 21

Money $2,214,143 $1,627,653 $1,620,435 $1,318,784 $1,155,765 $1,064,271 $1,010,902 $897,029 $877,903 $853,961 $834,395 $830,111 $792,039 $724,400 $660,930 $652,438 $643,064 $623,428 $582,809 $575,522

AUTO RACING AUTO RACING NASCAR SPRINT CUP Leaders Through Sept. 28 Points 1, Brad Keselowski, 3,000. 2, Jeff Gordon, 3,000. 3, Joey Logano, 3,000.

4, Jimmie Johnson, 3,000. 5, Kevin Harvick, 3,000. 6, Matt Kenseth, 3,000.

7, Denny Hamlin, 3,000. 8, Kyle Busch, 3,000. 9, Ryan Newman, 3,000. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,000.

Money 1, Brad Keselowski, $6,412,706. 2, Jeff Gordon, $6,029,628. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $5,696,528. 4, Joey Logano, $5,587,043. 5, Kevin Harvick, $5,385,031. 6, Matt Kenseth, $5,377,787. 7, Jamie McMurray, $5,308,170. 8, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,290,619. 9, Kyle Busch, $5,138,435.

10, Denny Hamlin, $4,762,553.

SOCCER SOCCER NORTH AMERICA Major League Soccer East W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 15 9 6 51 46 34 New England 14 13 3 45 44 42 Kansas City 13 11 6 45 45 37 Columbus 11 9 10 43 43 36 New York 10 9 11 41 48 46 Toronto 11 11 7 40 42 45 Philadelphia 9 10 11 38 45 44 Houston 10 13 6 36 35 50 Chicago 5 8 16 31 37 45 Montreal 6 18 6 24 34 54 West W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 18 9 3 57 57 46 x-Los Angeles 16 5 9 57 63 31 Salt Lake 13 7 10 49 50 38 Dallas 14 10 6 48 52 40 Vancouver 9 8 13 40 38 40 Portland 9 9 12 39 54 51 Colorado 8 14 8 32 41 54 San Jose 6 12 11 29 34 42 Chivas USA 6 18 6 24 25 58 Note: Three points for win and one for a tie.; x- clinched playoff berth Sunday’s Games Houston 2, Chicago 0 Los Angeles 4, New York 0 Thursday, Oct. 2 Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3 Kansas City at D.C. United, 6 p.m.

BASEBALL BASEBALL MLB American League East x-Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston Central x-Detroit y-Kansas City Cleveland Chicago Minnesota West x-Los Angeles y-Oakland Seattle Houston Texas

W 96 84 83 77 71 W 90 89 85 73 70 W 98 88 87 70 67

L 66 78 79 85 91 L 72 73 77 89 92 L 64 74 75 92 95

Pct .593 .519 .512 .475 .438 Pct .556 .549 .525 .451 .432 Pct .605 .543 .537 .432 .414

GB — 12 13 19 25 GB — 1 5 17 20 GB — 10 11 28 31

National League East W x-Washington 96 Atlanta 79 New York 79 Miami 77 Philadelphia 73 Central W x-St. Louis 90 y-Pittsburgh 88 Milwaukee 82 Cincinnati 76 Chicago 73 West W x-Los Angeles 94 y-San Francisco 88 San Diego 77 Colorado 66 Arizona 64 x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

L 66 83 83 85 89 L 72 74 80 86 89 L 68 74 85 96 98

Pct .593 .488 .488 .475 .451 Pct .556 .543 .506 .469 .451 Pct .580 .543 .475 .407 .395

GB — 17 17 19 23 GB — 2 8 14 17 GB — 6 17 28 30

MLB PLAYOFFS X-IF NECESSARY Wild Card Tuesday, Sept. 30 Oakland (Lester 16-11) at Kansas City (Shields 14-8), 6:07 p.m. (TBS) Wednesday, Oct. 1 San Francisco (Bumgarner 18-10) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 13-7), 6:07 p.m.

(ESPN)

Division Series (Best-of-5) American League All AL games televised by TBS Los Angeles vs. Oakland-Kansas City winner Thursday, Oct. 2 Oakland-Kansas City winner at Los Angeles Friday, Oct. 3 Oakland-Kansas City winner at Los Angeles Sunday, Oct. 5 Los Angeles at Oakland-Kansas City winner x-Monday, Oct. 6 Los Angeles at Oakland-Kansas City winner x-Wednesday, Oct. 8 Oakland-Kansas City winner at Los Angeles Baltimore vs. Detroit Thursday, Oct. 2 Detroit (Scherzer 18-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 13-6) Friday, Oct. 3 Detroit at Baltimore Sunday, Oct. 5 Baltimore at Detroit x-Monday, Oct. 6 Baltimore at Detroit x-Wednesday, Oct. 8 Detroit at Baltimore National League Washington vs. San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner Friday, Oct. 3 San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington (FS1) Saturday, Oct. 4 San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington (FS1 or MLBN) Monday, Oct. 6 Washington at San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner (FS1 or MLBN) x-Tuesday, Oct. 7 Washington at San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner (FS1) x-Thursday, Oct. 9 San Francisco-Pittsburgh winner at Washington (FS1) Los Angeles vs. St. Louis Friday, Oct. 3 St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at Los Angeles (Kershaw 21-3) (FS1) Saturday, Oct. 4 St. Louis at Los Angeles (FS1 or MLBN) Monday, Oct. 6 Los Angeles at St. Louis (FS1 or MLBN) x-Tuesday, Oct. 7 Los Angeles at St. Louis (FS1) x-Thursday Oct. 9 St. Louis at Los Angeles (FS1)

League Championship Series (Best-of-7) All AL games televised by TBS Friday, Oct. 10 - Sunday Oct. 19 Schedule TBD.

World Series (Best-of-7) All games televised by Fox Tuesday, Oct. 21 at American League Wednesday, Oct. 22 at AL Friday, Oct. 24 at National League Saturday, Oct. 25 at NL x-Sunday, Oct. 26 at NL x-Tuesday, Oct. 28 at AL x-Wednesday, Oct. 29 at AL

MLB AL Leaders BATTING — Altuve, Houston, .341; VMartinez, Detroit, .335; Brantley, Cleveland, .327; Beltre, Texas, .324; JAbreu, Chicago, .317.

RBI — Trout, Los Angeles, 111; MiCabrera, Detroit, 109; NCruz, Baltimore, 108; JAbreu, Chicago, 107; Pujols, Los Angeles, 105.

HOME RUNS — NCruz, Baltimore, 40; Carter, Houston, 37; JAbreu, Chicago, 36; Trout, Los Angeles, 36; Bautista, Toronto, 35.

PITCHING — Scherzer, Detroit, 18-5; Weaver, Los Angeles, 18-9; Kluber, Cleveland, 18-9; Shoemaker, Los Angeles, 16-4.

ERA — FHernandez, Seattle, 2.14; Sale, Chicago, 2.17; Kluber, Cleveland, 2.44; Lester, Oakland, 2.46; Lester, Oakland, 2.46; Richards, Los Angeles, 2.61; Cobb, Tampa Bay, 2.87.

NL Leaders

BASKETBALL BASKETBALL NBA Calendar Sept. 30 — Training camps open for all teams.

Oct. 27 — Rosters set for opening day.

Oct. 28 — 2014-15 season begins.

Jan. 5 — 10-day contracts can be signed.

Jan. 10 — Contracts guaranteed for rest of season.

Feb. 13-15 — All-Star weekend, New York.

Feb. 19 — Trade deadline (3 p.m. EST).

April 15 — Last day of regular season.

April 18 — Playoffs begin.

BATTING — Morneau, Colorado, .319; JHarrison, Pittsburgh, .315; AMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .314; Posey, San Francisco, .311; Revere, Philadelphia, .306.

RBI — AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 116; Stanton, Miami, 105; JUpton, Atlanta, 102; Howard, Philadelphia, 95.

HOME RUNS — Stanton, Miami, 37; Rizzo, Chicago, 32; Duda, New York, 30; Frazier, Cincinnati, 29; JUpton, Atlanta, 29.

PITCHING — Kershaw, Los Angeles, 21-3; Cueto, Cincinnati, 20-9; Wainwright, St. Louis, 20-9; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 18-10.

ERA — Kershaw, Los Angeles, 1.77; Cueto, Cincinnati, 2.25; Wainwright, St. Louis, 2.38; Fister, Washington, 2.41; Hamels, Philadelphia, 2.46.

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PREP ROUNDUP

Prep beats St. Mike’s on soggy pitch The New Mexican

A pregame downpour was no match for the first few moments of Monday afternoon’s girls soccer match between Santa Fe Preparatory and visS.F. Prep 3 iting St. Michael’s.

Out there on the St. Mike’s 0 field for the opening kick was Prep senior Grace Barliant, a player who recently had to give up her prep career due to a medical condition.

Before the game, which the Lady Horsemen went on to win 3-0 in soggy, wet conditions, both head coaches agreed to let Barliant take the opening kick and dribble untouched into the St. Michael’s end.

She was substituted for within moments, but it gave her a chance to be on the pitch for what may have been the final time this season.

“Just a great example of sportsmanship,” said Prep coach Steph Coppola. “A very cool moment for her because both teams have so much respect for one another, and Grace plays club ball with a lot of those girls from St. Mike’s. A very nice moment.”

The Lady Horsemen (10-2, 4-0 in District

2A-AAAA) got goals from Nique Enloe, Cris Gabaldon and Bethany Gallegos while goalkeeper Alyssa Evans made one save for the shutout win. It was the team’s fourth straight victory and seventh in the last eight outings.

Prep keeper Kate Martin faced 24 shots, making saves on several of them.

Enloe’s goal was the only score in the first half. It was assisted by Isabel Chavez.

The other goals came after halftime, the first on a penalty kick by Gabaldon.

Gallegos’s goal was assisted by Monse Camarena when she played the ball back to the PK line where Gallegos one-touched it home.

MONTE DEL SOL 3, DESERT ACADEMY 1 At Alto Park, the Lady Dragons (3-6-1, 2-1 in 2A-AAAA) got three goals from Jacquelin Galaviz in a district win over the host Lady Wildcats.

It was the second straight hat trick for Galaviz, coming on the heels of a three-goal game over the weekend against Santa Fe Prep.

She had two goals in the first half of Monday’s game, which was played on the artificial surface in slick and soggy condi-

tions. The Lady Dragons led 2-1 at halftime and got an insurance goal from Galaviz in the second half to close things out.

Alejandra Castillo got the win between the posts, making a handful of saves as the starting goalkeeper.

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MONTE DEL SOL 4, DESERT ACADEMY 0 At Alto Park, the Dragons (7-5-2, 1-1-1 in 2A-AAAA) got three goals from senior Shalto Dascher and another from his twin brother, Skye, in a district win against the host Wildcats.

The brothers scored three of those goals in the second half, but it was Shalto’s first goal midway through the opening half that ended the scoreless tie.

“We are starting to re-shape into a healthy team,” said Monte del Sol head coach Mazatl Galindo. “We have had many players out recently and they are now back with us. But the good thing is we had the younger kids stepping into those big shoes and getting big experience.”

Now almost back to full strength, the Dragons are unbeaten in their last three games after suffering through a threegame skid earlier this month.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m. on TBS — Playoffs, American League wild-card game, Oakland at Kansas City SOCCER 12:30 p.m. on FSN — UEFA Champions League, Barcelona at Paris 12:30 p.m. on FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Roma at Manchester City 1 a.m. on FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Chelsea at Sporting Lisbon (delayed tape)

LOCAL TV CHANNELS FOX — Ch. 2 (KASA) NBC — Ch. 4 (KOB) ABC — Ch. 7 (KOAT) CBS — Ch. 13 (KRQE) Univision — Ch. 41 (KLUZ) ESPN — Comcast: Ch. 9 (Digital, Ch. 252); DirecTV: Ch. 206; Dish Network: Ch. 140 ESPN2 — Comcast: Ch. 8 (Digital, Ch. 253); DirecTV: Ch. 209; Dish Network: Ch. 144

ESPNU — Comcast: Ch. 261 (Digital, Ch. 815); DirecTV: Ch. 208; Dish Network: Ch. 141 FOX Sports 1 — Comcast: Ch. 38 (Digital, Ch. 255); DirecTV: Ch. 219; Dish Network: Ch. 150 NBC Sports — Comcast: Ch. 27 (Digital, Ch. 837): DirecTV: Ch. 220; Dish Network: Ch. 159 CBS Sports — Comcast: Ch. 274; (Digital, Ch. 838); DirecTV: Ch. 221; Dish Network: Ch. 158 ROOT Sports — Comcast: Ch. 276 (Digital, 814); DirecTV: Ch. 683; Dish Network: Ch. 414

PREP SCHEDULE This week’s high school varsity sports schedule. To make additions or corrections, contact us at sports@sfnewmexican.com.

Chance: Many stars struggle in postseason Continued from Page B-1 “I don’t look at it as this big, emotional scar or anything.

It’s baseball, you know? You’re going to have bad outings. … It’s a matter of moving on,” Storen said, standing in front of his Nationals Park locker, where he sat silently and despondently on that unforgettable night in October 2012.

“I’m a different person,” Storen said. “And I’m a different pitcher.”

That last part is obvious. He went back to his leg kick. He’s quicker to the plate. He added a changeup that tricks lefties. His fastball goes where he wants.

“Just a testament to his fortitude,” reliever Craig Stammen said. “Sometimes a little humble pie doesn’t hurt any of us. He took his piece, and he worked his tail off to get back.”

Storen has converted 10 of 10 save chances since Sept. 7, throwing 9⅓ innings, with zero runs, six singles, 10 strikeouts, zero walks. At home, where Washington will be for Friday’s Game 1 of an NLDS against

Pittsburgh or San Francisco, fans sing “Droooooo!” when the 27-year-old righty takes the mound. When he signs autographs, they tell him how happy they are to see him succeeding.

Others eyeing a playoff turnaround include Kershaw, who just won his fourth consecutive ERA title but is 0-3 with a 7.23 ERA in three trips to the NLCS; Jones, 2 for 26 in his one postseason so far, 2012; and Storen’s teammate Bryce Harper, 3 for 23 against St. Louis two years ago.

Even two-time AL MVP Miguel Cabrera hasn’t quite lived up to his own lofty standards.

They have company: Several of baseball’s greatest players took their lumps on the sport’s biggest stages. Ted Williams hit only singles while batting .200 in Boston’s 1946 World Series loss to the Cardinals — his lone postseason. Barry Bonds was known for October slumps until his remarkable 2002 for the Giants, which ended with a World Series loss to the Angels.

Postseasons provide small sample sizes against tough competition; hardly seems fair to judge by those performances.

For now, much of how Storen is perceived as a player is defined by that Game 5 ninth inning.

But as general manager Mike Rizzo put it: “He was shaken much less than everybody else.”

A day earlier, Washington won Game 4 on Jayson Werth’s walk-off homer. In the decider, Washington led 6-0 in the third, then 7-5 with two outs and one on in the ninth. For five pitches, Storen was one strike away from the save. On all five, the batters — Yadier Molina and David Freese — took a ball.

Both walked, setting up tworun singles by Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma.

“Devastating,” Nationals owner Mark Lerner said.

“There were a couple of cheap little hits there. And Drew had, we thought, some strikes that were called balls. But, hey, it’s water under the bridge. … And

he’s back where he should be.

I’m delighted for Drew’s success. He’s a fine young man.”

While the rest of the 2012 postseason carried on without Washington, Storen and Nationals setup man Tyler Clippard took a 10-day vacation in London.

“We didn’t talk about baseball. If it came up, the conversation lasted 30 seconds and that was it,” Clippard said. “We didn’t even know who won the World Series until we got back to the States.”

In July 2013, Clippard, whose locker is next to Storen’s, publicly came to his buddy’s defense and questioned management’s moves when Storen was sent to Triple-A Syracuse with a 5.95 ERA. “I kind of felt his pain and knew the internal struggles,” Clippard recalled. “It’s been a lot of fun to see him on the other end now.”

AP baseball writer Ben Walker in New York contributed to this report.

Focus: 1985 last time Royals hit postseason Continued from Page B-1 ference: Oakland has plenty of postseason experience, making it three straight years, while Kansas City has languished near the cellar for decades.

That’s the biggest reason why Royals general manager Dayton Moore got Shields and shut-down reliever Wade Davis prior to last season, trading soon-tobe AL Rookie of the Year Wil Myers and pitching prospect Jake Odorizzi to Tampa Bay. Moore wanted a legitimate ace for the starting rotation, a pitcher who had tasted postseason success, and who could mold a young but rapidly learning Kansas City clubhouse what it takes to win on the game’s biggest stage.

Shields has delivered. He’s pitching to a 2.31 ERA this September, and the Royals have won four of his starts in some highpressure games.

“If you sit back and look at it, it means everything. It was the trade that got us over the hump,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

“Would we be in this situation without James Shields and Wade Davis? No. In my mind, the trade did exactly what we hoped it would do.”

While the Royals were comfortable in their staff ace, the A’s were still searching for their own. They already had several front-line starters, but general manager Billy Beane had been stung by postseason disappointments, and he coveted a horse for such high-leverage games.

Turns out that the Red Sox were willing to trade away just that kind of guy.

The move Beane made for Lester on July 31, shipping slugger Yoenis Cespedes to Boston, raised eyebrows around the league. And while the Oakland offense took a hit, Lester has done his part. He is 6-4 with a 2.35 ERA in 11 starts since he arrived in the Bay Area.

Now, he gets another opportunity to pitch in the postseason.

“We have a great opportunity ahead of us,” said Lester, who some thought should have been the MVP of last year’s World Series, when he went 2-0 with an 0.59 ERA against St. Louis.

Tuesday night will mark Lester’s 12th start and 14th postseason appearance.

“We’re going to give it the best shot we can and hopefully at the end of the day we’re doing this again,” he said. “You never know what’s going to happen. This could

be my last chance.”

It bodes well for him that he’s facing the Royals, a team that likens the left-hander to kryptonite. He went 3-0 with a 2.61 ERA against them this season, winning twice in a span of a couple weeks with Oakland. He also no-hit Kansas City in 2008.

“He has a lot of traits like Shields does.

He’s a competitor,” Royals outfielder Alex Gordon said. “He battles out there. You can tell the way he carries himself … Obviously his stuff is great, and that’s why he’s so great in the postseason. He’s a bulldog.”

The Royals were in a pennant race until the final weekend of the regular season, when Detroit sewed up the AL Central, but they were reasonably secure in their wild card. That wasn’t the case for the A’s, who nearly had to play Seattle in a one-off just for the right to play Tuesday.

All that matters now is what happens at Kauffman Stadium, between two starting pitchers who were brought to their respective teams just for this moment.

“All we can think about is this one game against Oakland,” Shields said. “We get past this we have a little breathing room.

We just have to really focus on this one game and go from there.”

Today Boys soccer — Capital at Abq. Del Norte, 3 p.m.

St. Michael’s at Abq. Hope Christian, 3:30 p.m.

Girls soccer — Los Alamos at Las Vegas Robertson, 3 p.m.

Taos at Bernalillo, 3 p.m.

Capital at Abq. Del Norte, 5 p.m.

Volleyball — Walatowa Charter at N.M. School for Deaf, 5 p.m.

Santa Fe Indian School at Abq. Sandia Preparatory, 6:30 p.m.

Mora at Santa Rosa, 6:30 p.m.

Española Valley at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Santa Fe High at Rio Rancho, 7 p.m.

St. Michael’s at Abq. St. Pius X, 7 p.m.

East Mountain at Pecos, 7 p.m.

Wednesday Boys soccer — Santa Fe High at Los Alamos, 4 p.m.

Girls soccer — Academy for Technology and The Classics at Santa Fe Preparatory, 4:30 p.m.

Volleyball — Santa Fe Waldorf at N.M. School for Deaf, 5 p.m.

Cuba at Monte del Sol (at GCCC), 6 p.m.

Los Alamos at Capital, 7 p.m.

Mora at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Thursday Boys soccer — Moreno Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 3 p.m.

Questa at Taos, 4 p.m.

St. Michael’s at Santa Fe Preparatory, 4:30 p.m.

Farmington at Capital, 5 p.m.

Girls soccer — Capital at Pojoaque Valley, 4 p.m.

Abq. Bosque at Taos, 4 p.m.

St. Michael’s at Santa Fe Indian School, 4:30 p.m.

Moreno Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 5 p.m.

N.M. School for Deaf at Graceway Christian, 5 p.m.

Santa Rosa at West Las Vegas, 7 p.m.

Football — Hondo at N.M. School for Deaf, 3 p.m.

Volleyball — Escalante at Peñasco, 5 p.m.

Los Alamos at Abq. Academy, 6 p.m.

Abq. Hope Christian at Santa Fe Indian School, 6:30 p.m.

Abq. Bosque at Las Vegas Robertson, 6:30 p.m.

Rio Rancho Cleveland at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.

Friday Boys soccer — Hatch Valley at Desert Academy (at Alto Park), 5 p.m.

Girls soccer — Santa Fe Preparatory at Monte del Sol (at MRC), 11 a.m.

Los Alamos at Abq. Highland, 3 p.m.

Desert Academy at Hatch Valley, 3 p.m.

Football — Santa Fe High at Los Alamos, 7 p.m.

Lovington at Capital, 7 p.m.

Española Valley at Taos, 7 p.m.

Escalante at Jal, 7 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Raton, 7 p.m.

Ruidoso at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

Portales at Pojoaque Valley, 7 p.m.

Volleyball — Santa Fe Waldorf at Abq. Evangel Christian, 5 p.m.

Cimarron at Monte del Sol (at GCCC), 6 p.m.

Lady Braves Invitational, 4 p.m. (Santa Fe Indian School, Taos, Desert Academy, Mora, Santa Fe Preparatory) Lady Rams Invitational hosted by Portales, times TBA (Pojoaque Valley) Cross-country — Desert Twilight Meet in Phoenix, 6 p.m. (St. Michael’s, Los Alamos)

Saturday Boys soccer — Santa Fe High at Abq. Volcano Vista (at APS), 11 a.m.

Los Alamos at Bernalillo, 11 a.m.

Taos at Moreno Valley, 11 a.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 11 a.m.

Silver at St. Michael’s, 1 p.m.

Santa Fe Preparatory at Monte del Sol (at MRC), 1 p.m.

Girls soccer — Abq. Volcano Vista at Santa Fe High, 11 a.m.

Santa Fe Preparatory at Monte del Sol, 11 a.m.

Los Alamos at Bernalillo, 1 p.m.

Taos at Moreno Valley, 1 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 1 p.m.

Football — Santa Fe Indian School at McCurdy, 1 p.m.

Volleyball — Mesa Vista at Mora, 1 p.m.

Corona at Santa Fe Waldorf (at Christian Life), 2 p.m.

Lady Braves Invitational, 4 p.m. (Santa Fe Indian School, Taos, Desert Academy, Mora, Santa Fe Preparatory) Farmington at Los Alamos, 5 p.m.

Capital at Bernalillo, 6:30 p.m.

Abq. Academy at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.

Lady Rams Invitational hosted by Portales, times TBA (Pojoaque Valley) Cross-country — John Grimley Memorial hosted by Santa Fe Indian School, 9 a.m. (Santa Fe High, Santa Fe Preparatory, Española Valley, Mora, Academy for Technology and The Classics, Taos, Desert Academy, Pecos, SFIS) Albuquerque La Cueva Invitational, 9 a.m. (Pojoaque Valley, West Las Vegas, Las Vegas Robertson) Mesa Vista at Cuba Invitational, 9 a.m.

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In brief

MLB batting average lowest since 1972

Nolan Ryan and Goose Gossage stood out.

“Now a lot of guys throw 95 or higher,” Brett said. “Every team has them.”

Twins fire manager after 13 seasons

NEW YORK — The final numbers are in, and Major League Baseball’s batting average hasn’t been this low since Richard Nixon was in the White House, a gallon of gasoline cost 55 cents and the designated hitter was a radical proposal limited to spring training experiments.

Big league hitters batted .251 this year, down two points from last season and 20 points lower than the Steroids Era peak in 1999. Lots of big names didn’t even reach the average, a group that includes Ryan Howard, Adam Dunn, B.J. Upton, Brian McCann and Curtis Granderson.

The last time the average dripped this low was at .244 in 1972 — an offensive death that prompted owners to let American League teams start using DHs the following year.

Hall of Famer George Brett says times have changed from the days fastballers like

Source: Raiders fire coach Dennis Allen

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have fired manager Ron Gardenhire after 13 seasons that included at least 92 losses in each of the last four years.

The move was made Monday, ending the second-longest active tenure in the major leagues behind Mike Scioscia of the Angels.

Gardenhire played an integral role in the franchise’s renaissance, guiding the Twins to their first of six American League Central division titles in 2002 in his first season on the job.

But Gardenhire’s teams only got out of the first round once in those six trips.

Gardenhire had one year left on his contract.

The Oakland Raiders have fired coach Dennis Allen four games into his third season.

The decision was announced Monday night, soon after the Raiders (0-4) returned from London where they lost their 10th straight game dating to last season, 34-14 to the Miami Dolphins. The firing was first reported by Fox Sports.

Allen was the first head coach hired by Oakland after the death of longtime owner Al Davis. His 8-28 record is the worst for the franchise since before Davis arrived in 1963.

An announcement on the interim coach will come today.

The Associated Press

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Vikings hope for healthy Bridgewater Game with Packers set for Thursday

Continued from Page B-1

By Dave Campbell The Associated Press

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The sprained left ankle for quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is not considered serious, and the Minnesota Vikings are optimistic the rookie will play against Green Bay despite only three days to rest for Thursday night’s game.

Coach Mike Zimmer said Bridgewater was feeling “a lot better” the day after the injury. He had an MRI test that showed no major damage.

“Hopeful,” was Zimmer’s answer Monday when asked if he believes Bridgewater will be able to face the rival Packers.

Bridgewater was not present for the portion of practice that was open to reporters.

Bridgewater passed for 317 yards and a key 2-point conversion and rushed for 27 yards and a touchdown in his first NFL start, a 41-28 victory over Atlanta that could hardly have been better for the first-round draft pick from Louisville until his left foot rolled underneath him during a short run early in the fourth quarter.

He had X-rays, which were negative, and returned to the sideline without crutches by the end of the game. The perpetually upbeat Bridgewater acknowledged Sunday the decision on whether he’ll play this week will be up to the coaching staff and athletic trainers, but he said he wasn’t worried about his ankle as he rode off on the cart. Bridgewater said he probably could have come back in the game if it were necessary.

Christian Ponder, the starter for the majority of the previous three seasons, took over but did not attempt a pass.

Bridgewater has experience recovering from injury in a shortened week. He broke his left (non-throwing) wrist and

West: Division combines for 28-4

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater gets kicked in the ankle as he runs from Atlanta Falcons defensive end Jonathan Babineaux during the second half of Sunday’s game in Minneapolis. Bridgewater was injured on the play. The Vikings won 41-28.

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sprained his right ankle during a game in 2012 against Connecticut, and the Cardinals had to play at Rutgers five days later. Bridgewater didn’t start the game, but he came off the bench to throw two secondhalf touchdown passes to lead a Louisville rally for the win and the Big East Conference’s bid in the Bowl Championship Series.

“He’s the toughest quarterback in the nation,” one of his teammate, Preston Brown, said after that game.

The Vikings, after raving over the last several months about Bridgewater’s poise, athleticism and grasp of the game, will now have their first true assessment of that toughness.

With Matt Cassel out for the season with a broken left foot, Ponder started the week as the only healthy quarterback on the active roster. McLeod Bethel-Thompson was signed to the practice squad last week, and Chandler Harnish was signed to the practice squad Monday.

Harnish played at Northern

Illinois under coach Jerry Kill, now the coach at Minnesota.

The Falcons talked all week about needing to heed Bridgewater’s ability to run with the ball, how that changes the entire dynamic of an offense, and he showed that on a few of his five carries.

“He’s a special player,” running back Jerick McKinnon said.

The Packers have struggled to stop the run, allowing a league-high average of 176 yards per game, and mobile quarterbacks like Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson have especially given them trouble in recent years. So the Vikings probably can’t afford to be without one of their best assets against a Packers team that revived its offense Sunday in a 38-17 win at Chicago over the Bears.

The Vikings forced back-toback punts in the fourth quarter Sunday while trailing 28-27, but for the game the Falcons converted 10 of 15 third downs.

Over the last two weeks, the Vikings have allowed 19 of

28 third-down conversions.

They’re tied for the second worst in the NFL in that category.

“It’s terrible. We’ve got a lot of work to do. I’m extremely disappointed in that. We’ll put a lot more time and effort into it than what we have,” Zimmer said.

NOTES u TE Kyle Rudolph’s recovery from sports hernia surgery remains on track for less than two months, reinforcing the team’s decision to avoid designating him as the one player who can be put on injured reserve with intent to return each season. Rudolph said he was dealing with the injury since the beginning of training camp and had the muscle tear fixed on both sides of his abdomen. “Just get it fixed now so in November, December, January, I’m playing at a high level,” Rudolph said. u LB Chad Greenway was not at practice after missing the game Sunday with a broken hand and a broken rib. Zimmer said he wasn’t sure if he’d be ready in time to play Thursday.

Chiefs: Stadium noise level is broken Continued from Page B-1 first half, when Guinness World Records noted a noise level of 142.2 decibels — breaking the mark of 137.6 that the Seattle Seahawks’ fans had set last season.

“My ears are still ringing,” Reid said with a smile.

The crowd included several members of the Royals, who made the walk across the parking lot from Kauffman Stadium to watch the start of the game on the sidelines.

The Royals will play their first postseason game since 1985 against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

Knile Davis added 107 yards rushing for Kansas City, forming a potent one-two punch with Charles in the backfield. Tight end Travis Kelce had eight catches for 93 yards and a score.

“Some nights things come together,”

Smith said. “Guys execute and you take advantage.”

Charles was executing right from the start, giving the Chiefs a lead with his first-quarter touchdown plunge. He then extended the lead with a 5-yard TD catch in the second quarter.

Cairo Santos added a 22-yard field goal just before halftime for a 17-0 lead.

The field goal came after the Chiefs were bailed out by a defensive penalty.

They had been stopped short on a pass play with 8 seconds left, but the penalty gave them a second chance.

Kansas City had 303 yards of first-half offense, the most against any Belichickcoached team.

Charles added his third touchdown of the game early in the second half, taking a short pass in the flat and stumbling into the end zone. He appeared to grab his

hamstring on the way down and was met by trainers as he exited the field. After a brief trip to the locker room, Charles logged a few more carries before his night was done.

By that point, the game was pretty much done, too.

Brady threw a 44-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to Brandon LaFell, who slipped the grasp of cornerback Marcus Cooper to reach the end zone. But he was picked off by Husain Abdullah later in the half, and Abdullah returned the interception 39 yards for a touchdown.

Abdullah was flagged afterward for unsportsmanlike conduct, but the devout Muslim said it had nothing to do with dropping to his knees in prayer. He said the penalty came because he slid to his knees. The lesson learned? “Stop before you drop,” Abdullah said.

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By Steve Veed The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets are moving forward for now without Jeff Taylor, the latest in a growing list of professional athletes arrested on domestic violence charges.

Taylor, the former Hobbs star who led the Eagles to the 2008 Class AAAAA state title, was selected in the second round of the 2012 NBA draft after playing at Vanderbilt.

General manager Rich Cho said the Hornets will await the outcome of an NBA-led investigation before deciding whether to reinstate Taylor. He offered no timetable for Taylor’s return to the team.

Speaking at a media day news conference Monday, Cho said it was “appropriate” for the organization to act “decisively and swiftly” in banning Taylor from all team-related activities on Friday.

“We take domestic violence as a very serious matter,” Cho said.

Taylor ran into problems with the law when he was arrested by East Lansing Police in Michigan on Thursday and charged him with one count of domestic assault, one count of assault and one count of malicious destruction of property following an altercation the East Lansing

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Cho said he’s spoken with Taylor, who was released Thursday on $5,000 bond, but declined to discuss details of that conversation or any specific information related Jeff Taylor to the case.

The GM did say he has no knowledge of a video tape from the hotel that might shed light on the altercation.

“We will assist the NBA and law enforcement in any way we can until this comes to an acceptable resolution,” Cho said.

Cho wouldn’t say what it would take for Taylor to be reinstated.

“I don’t want to get into hypotheticals,” Cho said.

Cho called the arrest “disappointing,” but doesn’t believe it should take away from the optimism heading into the season.

The Hornets are coming off a 43-39 last season and have added free agents Lance Stephenson and Marvin Williams to the roster.

Coach Steve Clifford said Monday that Taylor was fighting for a spot in the rota-

tion, but said he feels comfortable with the depth the team has there. Clifford likes how Taylor has progressed since coming into the league as a second-round pick in 2012, but there’s no guarantee how much the Vanderbilt product would have played this season.

Clifford said Monday Stephenson will start at one of the wing spots and either Gerald Henderson or Michael Kidd-Gilchrist will start at the other. The Hornets also have veteran 3-pointer shooting guard Gary Neal coming off the bench.

“We just have to do what other teams do — when one guy goes down, just pull together and continue to fight,” center Al Jefferson said of Taylor’s absence.

Clifford said Kemba Walker, Jefferson and Williams will be the team’s other three starters.

In Clifford’s opinion, this year’s starting lineup is stronger than last year and the overall depth is better too, leading to plenty of optimism.

“From a talent standpoint, the possibilities are exciting,” Clifford said.

The Hornets open training camp Tuesday in Asheville, North Carolina and much of this year’s optimisms surrounds Stephenson, a player who brings proven scoring ability and playoff experience to the roster.

last week called it “the Golden Age of our division in the West.” SEC West teams have won five of the last seven national titles.

The last time a conference had three ranked matchups was in the Big Ten on Oct. 18, 2003. It hasn’t happened in the SEC since STATS began tracking rankings in 1993.

Alabama safety Landon Collins watched Arkansas flirt with an upset of Texas A&M on Saturday and pretty much summed up what’s ahead for the six legitimate contenders for the SEC West title.

“When I was watching the game, I just said, ‘This is crazy. This is going to be a crazy season,’ ” Collins said.

The historic day comes in a division that has a combined 28-4 record with three of those defeats coming in head-to-head matchups. Only Arkansas (3-2, 0-2) appears unlikely to contend, but it would be a feat for any SEC West team to emerge from the fray with a clean sweep of its division brethren.

Here’s a rundown of the three big matchups: NO. 3 ALABAMA AT NO. 11 OLE MISS Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace acknowledges it is tough be a student these days. “You’re sitting in class and you’re trying to pay attention, but you know where your mind is at,” Wallace said. Ole Miss (4-0, 1-0 SEC) is undefeated through four games for the first time since 1970 and now has a chance to end a decade of futility against the Tide. The Rebels have lost 10 straight in the series and were shutout 25-0 last season in Tuscaloosa.

There are a myriad of intriguing matchups, including one that features family ties. Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin — who has injected some style into the Tide’s usually straightforward offense — will be trying to score points on his brother Chris, who is the defensive line coach for the Rebels.

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze didn’t know if the relationship would help or hurt his team

on Saturday. He just knows Alabama (4-0, 1-0) is really good once again.

“Hopefully our team plays its best game of the year,” Freeze said. “It’s going to take that against a really superb Alabama team.”

NO. 6 TEXAS A&M AT NO. 12 MISSISSIPPI STATE The Bulldogs have already had one big victory this season, ending a 14-game losing streak against LSU thanks to a 34-29 win on Sept. 20.

Now Mississippi State (4-0, 1-0) could really make things interesting in the West by beating the Aggies.

To do that, the Bulldogs will have to slow down Texas A&M’s prolific offense that’s led by first-year starting quarterback Kenny Hill. He led the Aggies (4-0, 2-0) to a stunning comeback over Arkansas on Saturday.

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen said Hill — who is only a sophomore — is playing like a veteran.

“He’s letting the ball go before receivers get in and out of breaks,” Mullen said.

“There’s a lot of confidence that goes with that.”

Mississippi State has a pretty good quarterback, too. Junior Dak Prescott has thrown for 964 yards and 11 touchdowns through four games.

NO. 15 LSU AT NO. 5 AUBURN LSU (4-1, 0-1) could have no margin for error after its loss to Mississippi State.

“I don’t think there is a person in our building that’s not excited about the opportunity to go down and play very well at Auburn,” LSU coach Les Miles said.

LSU handed Auburn (4-0, 1-0) its only regular-season loss last season on the way to the national championship game.

Auburn did rebound in the second half of that game after falling behind 21-0.

“Last year, that game really turned out heads,” Auburn tailback Corey Grant said. “It made us realize what we were capable of.”

Miles said LSU will start freshman quarterback Brandon Harris for the first time.

AP sports writer John Zenor reported from Tuscaloosa, Ala., and David Brandt reported from Oxford, Miss.

Stewart: Needs to focus on racing Continued from Page B-1 When he was done, Stewart exited out the back and headed to nearby Charlotte Motor Speedway for a twoday test with his three SHR teammates.

That’s the normal he needs.

Stewart needs to be with his team, needs to be in a race car, needs to return to a routine. After four below-average races in his return, he finally turned a corner Sunday at Dover — his 14th-place finish was his best since the middle of July.

“We’ve still got some work to do,” crew chief Chad Johnston radioed Stewart on the final lap, “[but] P-14 is a far cry from what we’ve had the last couple weeks. So we’ll build on that and go to next week.”

Did a more focused effort have anything to do with the weight of a possible criminal charges being lifted four days earlier? Stewart doesn’t know.

He doesn’t think so, but he likely doesn’t realize how miserable he’s looked outside of his race car.

He says both his heart and his head are into his job, but Sunday was the first race in which it showed. He doesn’t think a 14th-place finish is “anything to brag about,” but realizes his wins will come in curious shapes and sizes going forward.

“I think at this point in my career as a driver, when you make that decision to put the helmet on, you have to know in your heart that you’re ready to go, you’re ready to do it,” he said.

Now he must navigate his way back into society, something he’s avoided for seven

weeks. He admitted he’s “let my team down” in not being engaged with teammates Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Danica Patrick as he’s grieved, and a schedule once so packed with appearances and autograph sessions has been wiped clean.

It’s made time stand still on too many days, and after facing a room full of reporters on Monday, he believed he was ready to resume the off-track commitments that come with his job.

“I think that’s another step of making forward progress, getting back to trying to resume what was the best of a normal life before this,” he said.

Nobody knows if he’ll ever be his old self again. Everyone hopes a version of the old Smoke will come back, but it’s also possible any changes will be for the better.

Although his charity, compassion and generosity rank at the top of NASCAR, Stewart could be prickly, moody and mean. He kept people at arm’s length, made poor personal choices and never seemed capable of finding the happiness he craves.

Perhaps the new Smoke will indeed be different, but in a good way.

“I want to be happy again and find peace,” he said last week in his AP interview. “It’s easy to get so focused on certain goals in life that you just forget about other things in life that are important — your friends, your family, your relationships. This has put a lot bigger emphasis on things that you’ve not necessarily put a lot of emphasis on in the past.”

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2 BEDROOM HOME ON nearly 2 Acres. 180 degree views, 1 mile from Museum Hill. Available 3-6 months beginning in November. $2,595 monthly includes utilities, cable, internet. 505-310-0309.

2 MASTER Bedrooms, 2 1/2 Baths.

Fireplace, vigas. Private patio, Washer, dryer. Garage, blocks to Plaza; Year lease. 505 250 2501.

HOUSES UNFURNISHED $1200 PLUS utilities and deposit. 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH home near Golf Course; washer, dryer; non-smoking, no pets. Call 505-395-8589 or 210-8506540.

PARTIALLY FURNISHED studio. GREAT LOCATION. WALK TO Trader Joes.

Fireplace. Kitchen, laundry, off-street parking. $775 utilities included. 602481-2979

MANUFACTURED HOMES $625, 2 BEDROOM mobile home. On quiet, private land off Agua Fria. Gas heating, AC, all utilities paid, no pets.

505-473-0278.

FURNISHED: 2 BEDROOM. Quiet, private lot, views. $775, $600 deposit.

References required. No pets, nonsmoking. 12 miles Santa Fe. 505-6709433

MOBILE HOME for rent in La Cienega, private property. Very Clean. $800 monthly. Call 505-6705858.

2500 SQUARE FEET 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath. Fireplace. Big yard. No smoking, no pets. $1500 monthly. $1200 deposit. 505-577-2910

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH. $900 plus utilities, $600 deposit. 2259 Rumbo al Sur, Agua Fria Village. 505-473-2988, 505221-9395.

2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH. Fenced yard.

Pets welcome. Spectacular views of Black Mesa. 3-6 month rental option. $975 monthly. $975 deposit. 505-2526368

2 BEDROOM, LAMY, Rustic Small yard. Wood heat. Washer dryer hook-up. $700 plus deposit. Nonsmoking, no cats. 505-466-3022

2 BEDROOM MID-CENTURY SANTA FE CLASSIC 1 acre, Museum Hill. 2.5 bath, A/C, fireplace, hardwood floors, laundry. 2 car garage, portal to private courtyard. $2300 monthly. Pets negotiable. 505-629-7619

3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH HOME on 1 acre. in Pojoaque Valley. Lots of extras. 1 pet negotiable. Non-smoker. $1200 monthly plus deposit.

Available now. 505-690-4428 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH very nice home on edge of Canyon overlook in southwest Santa Fe. 15 minutes to Plaza.

Portal with view of mountains and backing, walking, bike trails. A/C, radiant heat, skylights, kiva fireplace, 2-car garage. $1450 monthly. 505-6034262 ALL UTILITIES PAID. $1400 3 BEDROOM, open concept. Very large living room, kitchen, and dining. Ample parking. No dogs. 5 minutes to new Walmart. 505-2046160

OFFICES COLAB AT 2ND STREET A CO-WORK OFFICE

Desks and private offices, complete facilities, conference room, $275 monthly. Wayne Nichols, 505-699-7280.

GREAT LOCATION! OFFICE SPACE

PRIVATE BATH, SHARED KITCHEN. Washer, dryer. $525. Clean, safe, quiet. No Pets. Month-to-month. Deposit. 2 miles north of Plaza. 505-4705877

STORAGE SPACE 10x30 Move-in-Special, $180 monthly.

Airport Cerrillos Storage. Wide, Rollup doors. U-haul Cargo Van. Professional, Resident Manager. 505-4744330. www.airportcerrillos.com

WAREHOUSES WAREHOUSE- OFFICE ST. MICHAEL’S AREA.

ARTIST STUDIO with separate office space. 600 Sq.Ft. 8 foot overhead door, easy access to I-25. $550 monthly with year lease plus utilities. South Santa Fe. 505-474-9188.

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CUTE ADOBE near De Vargas Mall & Plaza. 750 sq. ft. 2 bedroom, 1 bath.

Courtyard. Garage. Washer, dryer.

Dishwasher. $1100 monthly plus $1400 deposit. Tenant pays utilities.

One-year lease. No smoking or pets.

Call Liz at 505-670-3312.

EASTSIDE NEW CASITAS 3 BEDROOMS, 2 baths. 1200 sq.ft. East Alameda, pueblo style.

Vigas.

Refrigerator, washer, dryer. Radiant heating.

No pets, non-smoking. $1700 monthly. 505-982-3907

Furnished. AC. No pets, nonsmoking. 6 month lease minimum. $6500 monthly plus utilities. $14500 deposit. 203-481-5271

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CALL 986-3000 LOST 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.

LOST: SMALL ORANGE AND WHITE FEMALE TABBY- Balsa Drive area in Eldorado on July 19. "Gracie". 505920-3708 or 466-6244 REWARD $1000 NO QUESTIONS ASKED

ROOMMATE WANTED

WORK STUDIOS

LAS CAMPANAS 3 BEDROOM, 2.5 BATH

GET NOTICED!

Ideal for Holistic Practicioners. 765 square feet, 3 offices, reception area.

Quiet, lots of parking. 505-989-7266

Office front, large space, high ceilings in back. Ideal for dance groups, art studio. 505-989-7266

BEAUTIFUL 3,000 s q . f t CUSTOM HOME, unfurnished. Open living- dining with chef’s kitchen. TWO MASTER SUITES PLUS 2 GUEST BEDROOMS- office. Sangre Mountain views, Portal with fire pit. 2.5 acres. NW quadrant. $3,200 monthly. WesternSage, 505-690-3067.

LOST IN ELDORADO AUGUST 12.

Late wife’s Sheltie, "Kenzie."

Looks like Lassie.

FOUND SET OF keys found at intersection of US 285 and Ave Vista Grande (Eldorado). Call 505-690-7604 to identify.

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ACROSS 1 Cross in some hieroglyphics 5 Guinness of “Star Wars” 9 Most of its panhandle is in the Pacific Time Zone 14 “Star Wars” princess 15 “Hawaii Five-O” nickname 16 At lunch, say 17 Reminder to be polite 20 Pond growth 21 Churn up 22 “__-haw!”

23 Assets-andliabilities statement 27 Judge at a base 30 Flower pot filler 31 Something to brag about 32 Perform perfectly 36 Dance movements 39 Rower’s blade 40 “Congratulations!”

42 Be a contender 43 Word with whisper or fright 45 It’s a gas in Canada 46 Copper-plated coin 47 Without ice 49 Millionaire’s accumulation 51 1993 film about a novice Olympic bobsled team 56 Incoming flight info: Abbr.

57 Any minute now 58 Hop out of bed 62 What risktakers have ... and what the starts of 17-, 23-, 40- and 51Across can be?

66 Nursery rhyme tart taker 67 Large cross 68 Blessing ender 69 Repaired, as a shoe 70 Approximate figs.

71 Ties the knot DOWN 1 __ mater

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2 Astronaut Armstrong 3 Checkmate victim 4 Tasted, with “of” 5 “And now, without further __ ...”

6 2000s first lady Bush 7 2001 bankruptcy filer 8 Stand-up individual?

9 Road trip stopover 10 Crime family boss 11 Right in front of one’s face 12 New recruit 13 Beginning 18 Magazine subscription period 19 Many microbrews 24 “Stormy Weather” singer Horne 25 “Nothing special” 26 Bit of Google success 27 Sci-fi transports 28 Veggie platter’s lack 29 Like “The X-Files” cases 33 Thumbs-up vote 34 For what __ worth

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35 Part of LAPD 37 Ice cream buy 38 “Family Guy” creator MacFarlane 40 Wash-and-__ 41 Prom attire 44 Hair goo 46 Source of legal precedents 48 Rear end 50 “Thick & Fluffy” breakfast brand

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51 Big barrels 52 Maine campus town 53 Bete __ 54 Verboten things 55 Weighty gold bar 59 Weighty work 60 Pre-owned 61 Rollerballs, e.g.

63 First lady?

64 Actor Danson 65 QB’s scores

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Please help bring Teo home. Long hair Chihuahua. Black with white.

Seen Saturday, August 30, in beatup maroon van. CA license starting: 7CT. Call 505-699-9222.

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IN HOME CARE PCM’S HIRING home health RN-Case Managers & Nurses at $25-$34.50 per hour, & PCAs at $11 hourly. Apply at www.procasemangement.com/care ers. EOE.

MANAGEMENT

ACCOUNTING

Come work for the stimulating and exciting New Mexico Medicaid program and join our hard-working, dedicated team.

There are currently openings for:

Administrative Operations Manager, Medicaid Bureau Chief for the Financial Management Bureau 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.

BLAKE’S LOTABURGER IS HIRING MANAGERS for its Santa Fe locations.

Pay DOE, vacation, health available.

1+ years experience in restaurant management required. Send resume to Ernest at egriego@lotaburger.com or call (505)238-4738.

EMERGENCY SERVICES Manager - Los Alamos County. Range is $75,746 to $117,237 annually. Full application and required application are available at www.losalamosnm.us or by calling 505-662-8040. Deadline to apply is October 10, 2014 at 5 p.m. MDT. EOE. NATIVE AMERICAN non-profit organization in search of a H e a d Start Administrator to plan, organize and maintain program activities and services in accordance with Federal Early Childhood Head Start Standards. Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education, Administration, Human Services, or related field, plus 3 years experience in Head Start program or related field. Two years of supervisory experience preferred or equivalent combination of education and exp. Salary negotiable (DOE). Position located at Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc. Mail resume with cover letter to: Five Sandoval Indian Pueblos, Inc., Human Resources Office, 1043 Highway 313, Bernalillo, NM 87004.

Open until filled. For more information go to: www.fsipinc.org or call 505867-3351.

to place your ad, call MISCELLANEOUS JOBS

PART TIME Parking Lot Attendant, Monday thru Friday, 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Call Brian, 505-660-0578.

»merchandise«

The Santa Fe Magistrate Court

in Santa Fe, New Mexico is recruiting for 2 full-time permanent

Court Clerk Positions

For more information please go to the Judicial Branch web page at www.nmcourts.gov under Job Opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

AUTOMOTIVE Firestone Complete Auto in Santa Fe is now accepting applications for

Automotive Technicians

PLEASE APPLY AT www.onwardcareer.com or call Todd Moore at 505-438-0605 or Robert Sandoval at 505-9840124. Join the largest tire and automotive service company in the US today!

CHILDCARE CAREGIVER WANTED for my 2 kids, Free Estimate, Professional and hardworking to take care of them, $720 weeks.

Contact me at d.alvarez39@aol.com, or 205-9283575 for more details.

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

FINAL CHANCE FOR CHILE! BERRIDGE FARMS HATCH GREEN CHILE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Green chile and limited red . Folks are lovin’ our chile. Come early to get the last!

(Located behind Taco Bell on Cerrillos Road.)

is recruiting for a full-time

Coordinator for the Santa Fe Magistrate DWI Drug Court.

APPLIANCES

12-PIECE LIVING ROOM SET. Couches, end tables, ottomans, coffee table.

Excellent condition, (retails $7000). $2000. ANTIQUE DINING ROOM SET & BUFFET, walnut. 505-927-2935

BASIN WITH Faucets, $75. Call 7:308:30 a.m. Daily. 505-983-1016.

BED: OAK EXPRESS TWIN BOOKCASE BED. 3-drawer, excellent condition.

45"Wx72"L. $350 OBO. 505-466-6205

FLORESTONE LAUNDRY UTILITY SINK. Good condition. $20. 505-989-4845 KENMORE DISHWASHER, oven, microwave and Jen Air Grill top $225.00 Please call Max 505-699-2311

BRAND NEW Tempur-Pedic bed still in box. King. Model: Rhapsody Breeze. Includes Tempur-Pedic foundation and frame. Paid $4,600. Asking $4000. 505-919-9907.

TUBS: REMOVABLE Rust Stains. A: $100, has all 4 Paw feet (chipped end) B: $90. Call 7:30-8:30 a.m. Daily.

505-983-1016.

ART

Administrative Assistant

A private middle school for girls in grades 6, 7 and 8, has an immediate part-time, 20-hour per week position for an experienced Administrative Assistant. Must be a team player; will work closely with Administrative Director and Development Director.

Strong skills in: Communications (fluency in social media, mailing coordination, oral and written); Office management (systems creation, maintenance, scheduling, public interfacing, phone etiquette); Data management (data collection, entry & maintenance); Event Coordination (in-office contact person, assist with event planning & volunteer coordination).

Required: 3-5 years experience, Associate’s degree. Preferred: Bachelor’s degree. Send cover letter and resume to: Santa Fe Girls’ School, 310 W. Zia Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505 or email: sfgirlsschool@ outlook.com No calls, please.

HOSPITALITY TORTILLA FLATS FULL-TIME SERVERS PART-TIME BARTENDER BREAKFAST LINE COOKS APPLY IN PERSON

IN HOME CARE IN-HOME CARE NEEDED. Parttime caregiver. 2 days a week.

Must be able to lift, transfer. Light cooking. Mature woman. Must speak english. Pltuease call 505629-7978.

Part-time position 20 hours per week with Community Home Health Care and The Hospice Center. Must be graduate of Nurse Aide program or have exper in direct patient care in institutional setting or with home health or hospice agency.

Benefits eligible. Apply online at www.pms-inc.org Click on Jobs@PMS. Tollfree hotline 1-866-661-5491.

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COLLECTIBLES 1977 HESSTON NFR RODEO BUCKLE with Tony Lama matching belt, size 34 waist, $125. More COLLECTIBLE BUCKLES from 1976-1984. 505-4666205

COMPUTER DESK. Dimensions are 34" H x 20" D & 47" H. $40. Please call Max, 505-699-2311.

DRESSER. MAPLE veneer. Well constructed with dove-tail joints.

Blonde. 48"Hx18"Wx17.5"D. $300. 505316-1829

Medical Assistant

Patient care, technical and support activities to physician.

High school diploma, good computer skills and appropriate technical school training required.

Both positions require CPR/BLS, bilingual Spanish-English, good computer skills and great customer service.

Send resume to La Familia Medical Center by fax to 505-982-8440, or email to mpopp@lfmctr.org

NAUTALUS NX300X home gym. In very good condition. With user manual and dvd. $150. Call Margie 505986-9260.

FOOD FRUIT UL Bread making Machine, Model FAB-100-3 with cookbook, $75. Used only 3 times. Daily. 505-983-1016.

FREE SPAYING & NEUTERING FOR DOGS First-come, first-serve,

Sunday, Sept. 28 & Sunday, Oct. 5, 8 a.m.

New Mexican Printing Press parking lot, 1 New Mexican Plaza.

Santa Fe Animal Shelter Mobile Clinic.

Vaccinations, microchipping included.

983-2755 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.

TOOLS MACHINERY DEWALT 13" heavy duty portable thickness planer. DW735. Very good condition. $350 OBO. 505-466-6225.

RIGID 6 1/8 inch jointer, planer.

JP06101. Very good condition. $350 OBO. 505-466-6225

TV RADIO STEREO DENON TURNTABLE QUARTZ DP-33F with Audio Technica cartridge. $150.

505-310-1829

SMALL DOG RESCUE OF SANTA FE has many small dogs ready for adoption, pure breeds and mixes. For information call 505-438-3749.

SHIHTZUS - RARE WHITE, CREAM. Black, white. Gray, white. Show Coat.

Papers, shots.Health Guarantee, POTTYPAD trained. Great PAYMENT plan. PAYPAL, DEBIT, CREDIT card..

Non-Shedding Hypo-Allergenic. $650. $100 will hold 575-910-1818 cingard1@hotmail.com TXT4PICS

FUTON, MONET cover, Cherry frame, excellent overall. $225. Call Ken, 4706462.

KING SIZE MATTRESS & box spring.

Almost new. $95. 505-986-1191

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.

2008 SMOOTH fitness elyptical trainer. Excellent condition, like new. ($2500 new.) Will sell for $1000. 505699-3931.

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.

THULE BIKE RACK for a 2" hitch.

Holds four bikes. $110. 505-986-8552

2 BOONES FARM BUCKLES: Strawberry Hill, $25; Apple Wine, $20. 505-4666205

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Paws Plaza has $40 haircuts, dogs under 30 pounds. Full Service with teeth brushing. Fourth Street. 505820-7529.

LUGGAGE MOUNTED auto ski rack.

Cross country Karhu skis. 198 cm. Alpine ski boots. Mens, size 10-10 1/2.

Excellent condition. $100 for all. 505982-6483.

OAK CORNER COMPUTER desk. $50.

505-471-1086.

Direct patient care in fast-paced clinic. Alto location. NM license.

SCREEN PARTITION. 69"Hx17.625"W. Hobby Lobby with tags. $145 OBO. 505-316-1829

SPORTS EQUIPMENT

1984 HESSTON RODEO JR. BUCKLE & BELT, size 26" waist. $95 for set.

REDMAN BELT BUCKLE, solid brass, $30. 505-466-6205

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT

ATTENTION DOG OWNERS!

FREE 1 year old chihuaha mix. Very healthy and very playful. Male, not neutered. Outside dog. 505-986-9260.

YAMAHA ACCOUSTIC STEEL STRING GUITAR. Barely used. $200. 505-3161829

CLOTHING

Home Health Aide

AKC STANDARD POODLE PUPPIES. Black and Apricot. All shots - health guarantee. Home raised, doggie door trained. 11 weeks. $800. Call 505-5730918

MARCREST BROWN POTTERY STONEWARE MUGS. Daisy Dot Pattern. 6 for $25. 505-466-6205

PIANO STEINWAY, Baby Grand, Model M Ebony. Excellent condition. $19,000. 505-881-2711

TILE ARTWORK by Pedro Romero Sedeno of Santa Fe. Created to show City of Santa Fe the design for what is now artwork at Torreon Park. 38 inches high by 42 inches wide. Call 505-577-6893.

AKC STANDARD Poodle Puppies.

Black and Apricot. All shots - health guarantee. Home raised, doggie door trained. 11 weeks. $800. Call 505-5730918.

FLORESTONE UTILITY, Laundry Tub in good condition. $20.00 505-989-4845.

Chairs & Sofas Galore!!! 20% Off!!

Friday, September 26 through Friday, October 3. All Donations and Purchases Support Santa Fe Habitat! Open Monday - Saturday 9 to 5.

Front Desk Position

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

ENGLISH BULLDOG Puppies. AKC, 15 weeks. 3 males. $2000. 505-918-0641. www.honeymoonbulldogs.com VS/MC accepted. Serious inquiries only please.

BABY GRAND piano, circa 1940’s. Refinished, all ivories, excellent condition, just checked and tuned. Arthritis forces the sale. Call 575-756-1845.

NEW LARGE BLACK LEATHER JACKET. 3X, $100. 505-310-4179

EDUCATION

END OF SUMMER SALE. COMPLETE GARAGES. 24’x24’ garage $9500. 24’ x 30’ $10,500. Complete with concrete.

Call for details. 505-332-9902.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Community Health Worker

This is a preschool aftercare position. The hours are from 12:30-5:30.

Please call 474-8080 or email Bernadette at bernadettes@sfchristianacademy if you are interested. A background check will be required upon hire.

100 YEAR OLD RELIGIOUS CHURCH STATUE COLLECTION!!!

Victorian religious prints, ICONS!!!

2 SANTO NINO’S, 25" & 31". "Our Lady of Grace," 31". 3 Virgin Mary Statues. MORE!!

Very Beautiful and Rare - MOVING. MUST SELL!! $65 to $650. OBO. 505-508-2626

WHEEL CHAIR CARRIER. Serial #066455. US 208P Power Chair Carrier or 210 lift & go. WCC scooter carrier. $600. 505-913-9936.

to provide care and management of patients with diabetes. This position includes working within a clinical setting. Spanish speaking preferred. Requires a high school diploma or GED. $14 hourly. Go to http://www.ecfh.org/ECFHC a r e e r s . h t m to apply online.

Please no phone calls.

Needed for busy dental practice.

Dental Experience A Must!

Some Saturday’s and later hours.

Excellent pay. Fax resume to 505424-8535.

MISCELLANEOUS

ANTIQUE HALL TREE for sale. Very old best offer. Call 505-4730329 or 505-603-2122.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC PART-TIME POSITION!

El Centro Family Health

PETS SUPPLIES

2 CEMETERY PLOTS FOR SALE at Memorial Gardens in Santa Fe. Near tree, side-by-side. Priced to sell! 505690-4589

MEDICAL DENTAL

in Las Vegas, NM is seeking a full-time experienced:

HORSE TRAILER EQUIPMENT

2006 2-horse, bumper pull trailer. Excellent condition. Recently serviced.

New tires. $2,950. 505-986-1570.

FURNITURE

For more information please go to the Judicial Branch web page at www.nmcourts.gov under Job Opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Established busy office non-smoking environment. CERTIFIED DENTAL A S S I S T A N T . Two days per week, Monday & Thursday. Fax resume: 505995-0388.

WE’RE SO DOG GONE GOOD!

986-3000

Part-Time Environmental Maintenance Coordinator

The Administrative Office of the Courts

HARMAR MOBILITY scooter car lift with installation wiring. Can carry a 4 wheel scooter. $200. 505-603-4116.

We always get results!

BASINS: DOUBLE $75. Single with chipped corner $50. Call 7:30-8:30 a.m. Daily. 505-983-1016.

Conduct field work as required at the Cunningham Hill closed mine site near Santa Fe, NM. Duties include: sampling, monitoring, operating and maintaining monitor wells and water treatment systems.

Maintain buildings, equipment, tools and supplies.

Apply now online at www.barrick.com/careers

»animals« 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.

5 BAR STOOLS for sale. $450 or best offer. Irene, 505-670-0955.

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FOOD FRUIT

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN for a busy community complex needed. We offer competitive pay and benefits after 90 days. Must pass a drug and background screening.

Please apply in person at 1801 Espinacitas, Santa Fe, NM 87505 or fax resume to 505-983-1816.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

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

PRODUCTION/DESIGN ASSISTANT La Puerta Originals, a high-end custom design & manufacturing company in Santa Fe seeks motivated selfstarter in our Production/Design department. Must be a team player; strong office/clerical & communication skills; data entry & management; assist with sales & showroom display. Required: Associates Degree or higher, 3-5 years experience in clerical/ofice administration; Excellent computer skills, including Outlook, MS Office. Some sales & marketing experience. Interior Design or AutoCAD experience a plus. Email cover letter and resume to: info@lapuertaoriginals.com No calls, please.

986-3000

SEASONED FIREWOOD: P ONDEROSA, $100 PER LOAD. J u niper, $120 per load. CALL: 508444-0087. Delivery FREE TO ALBUQUERQUE & SANTA FE !

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.

SPANISH-STYLE ARMOIRE. Green with gold metal trim, delicate flower trim. 3 shelves, top rolls out.

45"Hx23.5"Dx35"W. $200. 505-3161829

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Part-time to Full-time Machine Attendant No Prior Machine Experience Required Attendant duties include; gathering, stacking down and palletizing of press, bindery, and inserted papers. Responsible for keeping all production equipment stacked with the correct materials to keep machine running at maximum efficiency. Perform cleaning of production equipment and basic maintenance. Must be able to communicate well with coworkers and stand for prolonged periods with repetitive bending and lifting of 20 pounds and the ability to occasionally lift up to 75 pounds.

This is an entry level position with opportunities to advance to full time employment with benefits, as well as advancing to other positions in the production department. Shift times will vary based on availability, but open shifts include evening or night positions. Other full-time positions include a Machine Operator and Supervisor position available in the department for qualified candidates with a supervisory, mechanical or manufacturing background.

Submit application or email resume to: Brenda Shaffer Bshaffer@sfnewmexican.com 1 New Mexican Plaza, off the 1-25 frontage road.

Or you may apply online at http://sfnm.co/1eUKCcD. No Phone Calls please.

Successful completion of a drug test will be required prior to employment offer. EOE

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sfnm«classifieds PETS SUPPLIES Santa Fe Animal Shelter PET ADOPTION EVENTS

CLASSIC CARS

1807 Second St., No. 1 Pitchers, Pies and Pits, 4-7 pm

Friday, Oct. 3 PetSmart Santa Fe 3561 Zafarano Drive Noon to 4 p.m.

SATURDAY, Oct. 4 Santa Fe Animal Shelter

4X4s

986-3000 IMPORTS

IMPORTS

IMPORTS

2007 DODGE NITRO 4X4, WON’T GET STUCK THIS WINTER, MTN READY, $11,300. CALL 505-4731234.

2010 Lexus RX350 AWD

2011 MINI CountryMan auto, prem pkg, roof, prem sound, super fun. $23,871. Call 505-216-3800.

2013 TOYOTA Avalon XLE Touring WOW just 3k miles, orig MSRP over $36k, loaded w/ navigation, clean CarFax $29,831. CALL 505-216-3800.

Add a pic and sell it quick!

Fully loaded, navigation, xenons, heated/cooled leather, pristine single owner clean CarFax, don’t miss it! $28,961 . 505-913-2900

IMPORTS

Pet Blessing, Raphael Memorial 1-3 p.m.

2012 Nissan Juke SL AWD only 14k miles, fully loaded navigation & leather, single owner clean CarFax $21,831. Call 505-216-3800.

SUNDAY, Oct. 5 PetSmart Santa Fe 3561 Zafarano Drive 1-4 p.m. sfhumanesociety.org T-CUP AND TOY Yorkie pups. Papers, Shots and Health Guarantee. POTTY PAD trained & GREAT PAYMENT Plan.

PAYPAL, DEBIT, CREDIT cards. Nonshedding. Hypo-allergenic. $100. Deposit will hold. $1000-$1800. 575-9101818.

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NOTICE is hereby given that on February 25, 2013 and amended on April 23, 2014 and on May 9, 2014, the City of Santa Fe, contact Nick Schiavo, Acting Director, Water Division PO Box 909 Santa Fe, NM, 87504-0909 and Guadalupe Sanchez and Charles Sanchez, Attorney in Fact, contact Law Office of B. Kay Shafer, 3240-D Juan Tabo NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111 filed Application No. RG-20516 et al. into SD-07823 with the STATE ENGINEER for Permit to Change Point of Diversion and Place and Purpose of Use of Groundwater to Surface Water within the Rio Grande Underground Water Basin, State of New Mexico.

The applicants propose to discontinue the diversion of 12.10 acre feet of groundwater per annum, inclusive of a consumptive use of 8.47 acre-feet per annum from the City of Santa Fe’s permitted Buckman well field, owned by the United States and/or easement owned by the City of Santa Fe, for domestic, municipal, industrial, commercial and housing subdivision and related purposes within the service area of the City of Santa Fe municipal water system, coordinates are in NMCS, Central Zone, NAD 83, feet, and are numbered and located as follows: Well No. 1, RG-20516S-5, located at a point where X=1,667,390 and Y=1,759,277, Well No. 2, RG-20516S-6, located at a point where X=1,668,098 and Y=1,757,125, Well No. 3A, RG-20516S, located at a point where X=1,670,213 and Y=1,756,349, Well No. 4, RG-20516S-2, located at a point where X=1,670,232 and Y=1,753,965, Well No. 5, RG-20516S-3, located at a point where X=1,670,350 and Y=1,751,784, Well No. 6, RG-20516S-4, located at a point where X=1,672,118 and Y=1,753,368, Well No. 7, RG-20516S-7, located at a point where X=1,669,537 and Y=1,758,824, Well No. 8, RG-20516S-8, located at a point where X=1,665,597 and Y=1,758,418, Well No. 9, RG-20516S-9, located at a point where X=1,672,384 and Y=1,757,347, Well No. 10, RG-20516S-10, located at a point where X1,680,739 and Y=1,737,862, Well No. 11, RG-20516S-11, located at a point where X=1,683,436 and Y=1,730,433, Well No. 12, RG-20516S-12, located at a point where X=1,687,236 and Y=1,726,643, Well No. 13, RG-20516S-13, located at a point where X=1,692,904 and Y=1,723,787.

Said wells are located generally from 7-16 miles Northwest of the intersection of State Road 599 and County Road 85 and from 7-16 miles Northwest of the City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

LEGALS sion of 12.10 acre feet of groundwater per annum, inclusive of a consumptive use of 8.47 acre-feet per annum from the New Belen Acequia with a point of diversion on the Rio Grande at the Isleta Diversion Works of the MRGCD, located in the NE1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4 of Section 24, Township 8 North, Range 2 East, NMPM, for the irrigation of 4.03 acres of land owned by Guadalupe Sanchez, described as within the West pt. of Tract A (5.43 acres), located within Section 19, Township 6 North, Range 2 East, NMPM, on MRGCD Map 87.

The move-to land is generally located 0.5 mile West of the intersection of Seabell Road and Cut Tree Lane, and approximately 2.76 miles West of Tome, Valencia County, New Mexico.

The subject water right of this application was originally transferred under Permit No. SD-07823 into RG-20516 et al., approved by the State Engineer on December 15, 2009, the applicants seek to transfer said water right back to the move-to land.

Any person, firm or corporation or other entity having standing to file objections or protests shall do so in writing (objection must be legible, signed, and include the writer’s complete name, phone number and mailing address).

The objection to the approval of the application must be based on: (1) Detriment; if detriment, you must specifically identify your water rights; and/or (2) Public Welfare/Conservatio n of Water; if public welfare or conservation of water within the state of New Mexico, you must show how you will be substantially and specifically affected.

The written protest must be filed, in triplicate, with the State Engineer, 5550 San Antonio Drive NE, Albuquerque, NM 871094127, within ten (10) days after the date of the last publication of this Notice.

Facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted as a valid protest as long as the hard copy is hand-delivered or mailed and postmarked within 24-hours of the facsimile. Mailing postmark will be used to validate the 24-hour period. Protests can be faxed to the Office of the State Engineer, (505) 383-4030. If no valid protest or objection is filed, the State Engineer will evaluate the application in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 72 NMSA 1978.

NOTE TO PUBLISHER: Immediately after last publication, publisher is requested to file affidavit of such publication with the Office of the State Engineer, 5550 San Antonio Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 871094127.

Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on September 16, 23, and 30, 2014.

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made with cash only and paid at the time The New Mexico of sale. All goods are Department of sold as is and must Game and Fish is be removed at the accepting proposal time of purchase. Exfor Endangered tra Space Storage reSpecies Legal Serv- serves the right to bid. Sale is subject to ices adjournment.

The Department is accepting proposals Published in The San(RFP #15 516 2101 ta Fe New Mexican on 00001) from qualified September 23 and 30, lawyers and law 2014. firms to provide professional legal services, specifically in LEGAL # 97484 the role as endangered species counNOTICE OF PUBLIC sel, in matters perSALE OF PERSONAL taining to endanPROPERTY gered species law.

The Department Notice is hereby givseeks a lawyer or law en that the underfirm with substantial signed will sell, to background with En- satisfy lien of the dangered Species Act owner, at public sale (ESA) issues; Com- by competitive bidmenting on Federal ding on October 15th, Rules pertaining to 2014 at 10:00a.m. at the ESA; and other is- the Extra Space Storsues related to candi- age facility located date, threatened, or at: endangered species. 1522 Pacheco St The selected Santa Fe, NM 87505 Offeror/s would be 505-988-3692 expected to provide specialized non- The personal goods litigation and litiga- stored therein by the tion expertise and following may inhave the requisite clude, but are not limability to perform as- ited to general housesignments and act as hold, furniture, boxes, Department counsel clothes, and applianin connection with ces. complex contractual and transactional J242 Francesco matters; the ESA; and Amedeo 804 Alarid Fe related laws and reg- Santa Fe, NM 87505 ulations pertaining to candidate, threat- C17 Janelle Armijo ened or endangered 4309 Calle Andrew, species. To obtain a Apt # 3 Santa Fe, NM copy of this Request 87505 for Proposal please v i s i t J144 Cisco Strahl 1260 http://wildlife.state.n Cerro Gordo Santa Fe, m.us/ or contact Jo- NM 87501 seph Miano at (505) 476-8086 or F33 Bernadette Tenjoseph.miano@state. nyson 300 Don Gaspar nm.us.

Ave Santa Fe, NM 87501 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on Purchases must be September 15-19, 22- made with cash only 26, 29-30, October 1-3, and paid at the time 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27- of sale. All goods are 31, November 3-7, and sold as is and must 10-14, 2014. be removed at the time of purchase. Extra Space reserves LEGAL # 97475 the right to bid. Sales subject to adjournNOTICE OF PUBLIC ment.

SALE LEGAL # 97420

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien if the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on October 15th 2014 at 9:30 am at the Extra Space Storage facility located at: 875 W. San Mateo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 505-986-1546 The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliance.

Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on September 23 and 30, 2014.

LEGAL # 97485 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the owner, at public sale by competitive bidding on October 15 at 9:45 a.m. at the Extra Space Storage facility located:

900 W. San Mateo L28-Greg Trujillo PO Santa Fe, NM 87505 Box 32703 Santa Fe, 505-986-9068 NM 87594 The personal goods N24APrudence stored therein by the Grissom 5541 Pasteur following may inBlvd. New Orleans, LA clude, but are not lim70122 ited to general household, furniture, boxes, J08-Robert Zimmer clothes, and applian912 Don Gaspar Ave ces.

Santa Fe, NM 87501 1074 Mary Meredith AU58- John Neville PO 10 Town Plaza # 310 Box 1391 Santa Fe, Durango, CO 81301 NM 87504 1080 Mary Meredith E21Edward 10 Town Plaza # 310 Landeros 1801 Durango, CO 81301 Espinacitas #158 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Purchases must be made with cash only K 0 7 - D e s i r e e and paid at the time Christlieb 4000 Las of sale. All goods are Cerrera Apt 1316 San- sold as is and must ta Fe, NM 87507 be removed at the time of purchase. ExB05- Greg Lujan 2101 tra Space Storage reYucca St Santa Fe, NM serves the right to 87505 bid. Sale is subject to adjournment.

Purchases must be Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on 23 and 30, Continued... September 2014.

LEGALS LEGAL # 97511 Invitation to Bid. The Acequia de Arriba del Llano de San Miguel Association of El Valle, NM, will be accepting sealed bids for construction of a diversion dam located on the Las Trampas River. The project includes excavation, gabions, rock work, concrete and related work.

Copies of the bid specifications may be obtained by calling 505-917-9610, for further information.

A pre-bid job review will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 2:00 pm at the El Valle School House Bids shall be delivered to the El Valle School House and will be accepted on Friday, October 3, 2014 before 2:00 pm local time at which time all sealed bids will be opened and read by the Ditch Commissioners at El Valle School House in El Valle, NM. The public is welcome to attend.

Bids shall include all applicable taxes and fees and shall be marked "Sealed Bid," Acequia de San Miguel, Diversion Dam" on the envelope.

Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on September 23 and 30, 2014.

LEGAL # 97513

LEGALS LEGAL# 97548 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROPOSAL NUMBER ’15/11/P Proposals will be received by the City of Santa Fe and shall be delivered to the City of Santa Fe Purchasing Office, 2651 Siringo Road Building "H" Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 until 2:00 P.M. local prevailing time, October 30, 2014. Any proposal received after this deadline will not be considered. This proposal is for the purpose of procuring professional services for the following: PERSONNEL INVESTIGATIONS The proponent’s attention is directed to the fact that all applicable Federal Laws, State Laws, Municipal Ordinances, and the rules and regulations of all authorities having jurisdiction over said item shall apply to the proposal throughout, and they will be deemed to be included in the proposal document the same as though herein written out in full.

The City of Santa Fe is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or national origin. The successful proponent will be required to conform to the Equal Opportunity Employment regulations.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO may be IN THE PROBATE Proposals held for sixty (60) COURT days subject to acSANTA FE COUNTY tion by the City. The City reserves the No. 2014-0102 right to reject any of IN THE MATTER OF all proposals in part or in whole. Proposal THE ESTATE OF MARJORIE RODD packets are available by contacting: ShirROACH, DECEASED. ley Rodriguez, City of Santa Fe, Purchasing NOTICE TO Office, 2651 Siringo CREDITORS Road, Building "H" NOTICE IS HEREBY Santa Fe, New MexiGIVEN that the under- co, 87505, (505) 955signed has been ap- 5711. pointed personal representative of this es- Robert Rodarte, tate. All persons hav- Purchasing Officer ing claims against this estate are re- Published in The Sanquired to present ta Fe New Mexican on their claims within September 30, 2014 two (2) months after the date of the first Legal # 97555 publication of this notice, or the claims will CITY OF SANTA FE be forever barred.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC Claims must be preHEARING sented either to the undersigned personal Notice is hereby givrepresentative at the en that the Governing address listed below, Body of the City of or filed with the Pro- Santa Fe will hold a bate Court of Santa public hearing on Fe County, New Mexi- Wednesday, October co, located at the fol- 8, 2014 at its regular lowing address: San- City Council Meeting, ta Fe County Clerk’s 7:00 p.m. session, at Office, 102 Grant Ave- City Hall Council nue, Santa Fe, New Chambers, 200 LinMexico. coln Avenue.

Date: 2014

September 16, The Purpose of the Hearing is to discuss a request from D & G /s/ Thomas M. Restaurants, Inc. for a Hnasko_ transfer of Location 218 Montezuma of Inter-Local DisSanta Fe, NM 87501 penser License # (505) 982-4554 2723 (With on premise consumption onPublished in The San- ly) from D & G Resta Fe New Mexican on taurants, Inc. 4200 September 23 and 30, Central Avenue SE, Al2014. buquerque to Blue Rooster, 101 West Marcy Street, Suite 5.

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All interested Citizens are invited to attend this public hearing Yolanda Y. Vigil City Clerk Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on September 30 and October 6, 2014.

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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.

“sat.” (e.g., A day of the week. Answer: Saturday.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. The devil.

Answer________ 2. A planet.

Answer________ 3. A smooth, shiny fabric.

Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. To make completely wet.

Answer________ 5. The moon is Earth’s ______.

Answer________ 6. Acceptable.

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. A creature represented as part man and part goat.

Answer________ 8. A small, strong bag for carrying books or clothing.

Answer________ 9. The use of humor to criticize something and make it seem silly.

Answer________ ANSWERS:

ANSWERS: 1. Satan. 2. Saturn. 3. Satin (sateen). 4. Saturate.

5. Satellite. 6. Satisfactory. 7. Satyr. 8. Satchel.

9. Satire.

Jumble

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Go along with others as much as you can. Trying to blaze a new path could be close to impossible today.

Tonight: Don’t make any waves.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Emphasize getting the job done, rather than getting distracted. Your clarity, as well as your honesty, will be appreciated. Tonight: Nap, then decide.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You appear to have workable ideas, whereas others’ seem to fall flat. If you are looking for a brainstorming situation, try another day. Tonight: Ride the wave of reason.

Subject: SAT Each answer is a word that starts with

Hocus Focus

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Your intentions might be excellent, but others’ ability to internalize messages seems to be lacking.

Tonight: Ask and you shall receive.

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 Tuesday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2014. There are 92 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On September 30, 1954, the first nuclearpowered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Tension seems to surround your personal life.

You could have a problem making a decision.

Tonight: Reach out to a friend at a distance.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Dad tells teen his marital problems Dear Annie: I have been married to “Phil” for 15 years.

Between the two of us, we have eight children. Our youngest is still in school. The problem is, I’m not happy anymore. I’ve made mistakes, stupid ones, including flirting with other men. Phil isn’t completely innocent, either, but he claims if I weren’t talking to these other men, he wouldn’t have approached other women.

My oldest daughter takes Phil’s side and says I ruined the family.

I don’t think he should have been running to her to complain when she was only 16. She’s since moved out, and he’s now telling our next oldest daughter, who is 14, about our problems. I think this is sick and immature.

Phil recently told me he was giving me the “opportunity” to leave, although I don’t need his permission. I’m staying because I refuse to abandon my children.

I’ve admitted my wrongdoings.

I’ve also made it clear that I’m staying only for the kids and don’t love Phil anymore. I suspect neither one of us could survive on our own.

I’m tired of playing “happy family,” living with an obsessive man who refuses to understand that I’m not the sole cause of our problems. It’s both of us. I’m not looking for another relationship. I’m looking for some peace. Any suggestions? — Miserable and Stuck Dear Miserable: Yes. Get counseling with or without Phil and find out how to cope with the situation. Married couples who are obviously miserable and sniping at each other but insist on staying together for the sake of the children are not providing the loving, stable environment that children need. And Phil should absolutely not be confiding in your teenage daughters about your marital difficulties. It’s manipulative and inappropriate.

Shame on him.

Dear Annie: This is for my inlaws, who wonder why we don’t have joint parties with both sides of the family: When your son and I married, I had the crazy notion that our

families could get together with the expectation that everyone would get along and behave civilly. Apparently, you didn’t share that idea. I remember the snide comments, the ridicule about my family and the hurtful jokes made regarding our nationality. You couldn’t even be in the same room without saying something disrespectful.

I tried for 10 years, and then I said never again. For the past 20 years, we’ve alternated holidays, and we’ve seen your family dwindle. This Thanksgiving, it’s my family’s turn and your kids won’t be around. Enjoy spending the holidays by yourself. — Had It Dear Had It: Have you or your husband told your in-laws that the reason you no longer include them with your family is because they behave so disrespectfully?

We can’t guarantee that it would make any difference, but sometimes, given the opportunity and the understanding, people can learn to change their behavior — especially if the alternative is so lonely.

Dear Annie: I have a suggestion for “Mom,” whose daughter’s new college roommate wants her boyfriend to spend the night. The daughter should invite everyone on the floor to her dorm room for a popcorn party and make sure the roommate also helps make the popcorn. She can do this any night the boyfriend plans to sleep over.

She also could take photos all over campus and invite people to come by to see them. Or ask other students about the best places to hang out or which classes to take.

These things will help her make friends and also keep the dorm room too crowded for canoodling.

— Did It Myself 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 You might consider having a talk, but make sure the other party is ready to have this same conversation. Tonight: Hang out with a friend.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Choose to take a back seat and not get involved in any turmoil. If you don’t, your attention simply will feed the chaos. Tonight: Take a hard look at your budget.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You could be, and probably are, on top of your game. Listen to news more openly, and be more forthright. Tonight: Be spontaneous.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Observe more. You will learn a lot about those around you in a situation that you feel could boil over. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. You are going to need it.

Cryptoquip

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Your objectives are clear, and you will gain the support you need today.

Relax, and move a personal matter to another day. Tonight: Make sure you are where you want to be.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You could feel out of sorts and strange about some demands that are being made. Tonight: A force to be dealt with.

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 Tuesday, September 30, 2014

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