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While juggling nosebleeds, belly aches and allergy attacks, Piñon elementary’s Shona Stack also works to keep colleagues connected
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Feds target widow, friends Officials cast wider net, seeking more suspects and broader terror plot
By Bridget Murphy and Michelle R. Smith
The Associated Press
BOSTON — Every time the widow of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev leaves her parents’ house, federal agents watching the residence follow her in unmarked vehicles. Federal authorities are placing intense pressure on what they know to be the inner circle of the two bombing suspects, arresting three college buddies of surviving brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and keeping Tamerlan’s 24-year-old widow, Katherine Russell, in the public eye with their open surveilKatherine lance and leaks to Russell, media about investi- the widow gators’ focus on her. of bombLegal experts ing suspect say it’s part of their Tamerlan quest not just to determine whether Tsarnaev in Russell and the 2007, above, friends are culpable, and April 29. but also to push for as much information as possible regarding whether the bombing suspects had ties to a terrorism network or accomplices working domestically or abroad. A primary goal is to push the widow and friends to give their full cooperation, according to the experts. David Zlotnick, a professor of law at Roger Williams University and former federal prosecutor in the District
David Abbott, 6, who suffered a recess injury at Piñon Elementary School, gets some help last week from nurse Shona Stack and health aid Kory Calabaza. Stack, who was elected School Nurse of the Year by her colleagues in the Santa Fe Public Schools, will be honored during a school board meeting Tuesday at the Educational Services Center on Alta Vista Street. Photos by jane PhilliPs/the new Mexican
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ne child came to the nurse’s office with a sprained foot. Another fell on the playground. There was a headache, a stomachache and several bloody noses. The boy who vomited at lunchtime said, “I puked, but now I’m good.” “What were you doing right before you threw up?” the nurse asked. “Eating!” he replied. She took his temperature and then gave him a clean shirt, one from a cache of extra clothes she keeps for emergencies — and for children who violate the district’s dress code. The patients were among the 35 or so children who sought help
one day last week from Piñon Elementary School nurse Shona Stack. Stack, 41, is one of 27 school nurses employed by Santa Fe Public Schools, at an average salary of about $45,000 per year. All but two schools — Acequia Madre and Tesuque elementary schools — have full-time nurses. Stack has been a registered nurse for seven years, but school has only worked in the school system — at Piñon — two years. “I love it,” she said. “It’s the best job I ever had.” This week, the school district’s nurses voted Stack the School Nurse of the Year. School counselor Elizabeth Bunker, Piñon Principal Janis Devoti, Salazar Elementary School nurse Linda Hinckley and the district’s lead nurse, Cheri Dot-
No job too big or too SMall
Never a dull moment: on a recent day at Piñon elementary, nurse shona stack bandaged a hand wound, examined a sprained foot, tackled an episode of vomiting, managed several nosebleeds and assisted with numerous aches and pains. some of the trickier issues, she said, are those that involve anxiety.
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Drought puts Dust bowl-era resilience to test Kent Walker walks through a dried-up pond in one of his pastures in Frederick, Okla. sue ogrocki/the associated Press
Parched for a third year, Oklahomans say effect reaches into heart of communities By Sharon Cohen
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REDERICK, Okla. — When Kent Walker walked through his dusty fields one morning this spring, the ominous signs were right there at his feet. His wheat
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Tennis: Power pairs reign in District 2AAAA tourney Lady Hilltoppers seniors Gillian Hsieh-Ratliff and Madeline Margevicius defeat teammates for the girls championship, while Demons Warren Fulgenzi Jr. and Brandon Mutz beat a Los Alamos duo. sPOrTs, D-1
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crop — which should have been thick, dark green and thigh-high — was thin, brown and barely covered the top of his shoes. It looked like the start of an ugly rerun. Last year, most of his cotton crop was destroyed by drought. In 2011, almost all his cotton and wheat plantings were stunted or shriveled. Walker sold about a third of his cattle then because he didn’t have water and feed. Now, more dry months — compounded by four deadly freezes this spring — threaten once again. And after
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surveying his fields, white cowboy hat shading his eyes, he sums up his frustration. “Dadgummit,” he says. “It’s very trying. It tries your patience. It tries your faith. Bottom line: Every day you just have to go out and trust in God that all will be fine … and roll on to the next day.” Walker’s resilience echoes across the southwest corner of Oklahoma as fears of a third straight year of drought ripple through this vast
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