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Biden Arias-Romers, 5, left, and Nathaniel Cossio-Boatwright, 6, right, eat lunch at the Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday. SUSAN WALSH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

New rules for healthier lunch Schools seek pause to solve some problems By Mary Clare Jalonick

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. ecky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to be whole-grain rich, or more than half whole grain. That includes rolls, biscuits, pizza crust, tortillas and even grits. The requirement is part of a government effort to make school lunches and breakfasts healthier. Championed by first lady Michelle Obama, the new standards have been phased in over the past two school years, with more changes coming in 2014. Some schools say the changes have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the requirements. Their main concerns: finding enough whole grain-rich foods that kids like, lowering sodium levels and keeping fruits and vegetables from ending up in the trash. School nutrition directors across the country mostly agreed that healthy changes were needed in school lunches — long famous for daily servings of greasy fries and pizza. Kids have adapted easily to many of the changes, are getting more variety in the lunch line and are eating healthier. But Domokos-Bays and other school nutrition directors say they would like to see some revisions. They say the standards were put

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in place too quickly as kids get used to new tastes and school lunch vendors rush to reformulate their foods. When kids don’t buy lunch, or throw it away, it costs the schools precious dollars. “The regulations are so prescriptive, so it’s difficult to manage not only the nutrition side of your businesses but the business side of your business,” Domokos-Bays said. Schools don’t have to follow the requirements, but most do — if they don’t, they won’t receive government subsidies reimbursing them for free and low cost lunches for low-income kids. Some of the main challenges reported by school nutrition directors: Whole grains: While many kids have adapted to whole grain rolls, breads and even pizza crusts, some schools are having problems with whole grain-rich pastas, which can cook differently. USDA’s Janey Thornton, a former school nutrition director, says the government is working with the food industry to develop better pastas. Whole grains have also proved a hard sell for some popular regional items, like biscuits and grits in the South. Lyman Graham of the Roswell, school district says tortillas are one of the most popular foods in his area, but the whole wheat flour versions are “going in the trash.” Sodium: Schools will have to lower the total sodium levels in school meals next school year and then will have to lower them even further by 2017. School lunch directors say the 2017 target — 935 milligrams total in an elementary school lunch and 1,080 milligrams in a high school lunch — isn’t feasible and say kids will reject the foods. USDA’s Thornton acknowledges the food industry isn’t there yet but encourages frustrated school lunch directors to “worry about today first

before we imagine the worst down the road.” Fruits and vegetables: The standards require every student to take a fruit or vegetable to create a balanced plate. The reaction among students has been mixed. “If the kids don’t eat the food, then all I have is healthy trash cans,” said Peggy Lawrence, director of nutrition at Georgia’s Rockdale County Public Schools. Healthier snacks: Schools will for the first time this year have to make sure that all foods, including vending machines and a la carte lines, meet healthier standards. While many schools have already moved to make snacks healthier, others depend on snack money to help operate their lunchrooms and are worried about a sales dip. The School Nutrition Association has asked Congress and USDA to only require that 50 percent of foods be whole grain-rich, to suspend the 2017 sodium requirements and to stop requiring students to take a fruit or vegetable. Margo Wootan, a nutrition lobbyist for the Center for Science in the Public Interest who has pushed for healthier meals, says relaxing those standards could gut the program. “You can’t call a meal a meal without a fruit or vegetable,” she said. Republicans who have complained of government overreach say they may intervene before then. Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt, the Republican House chairman of the spending committee overseeing USDA, has said school districts need a “pause” while problems are worked out. Aderholt’s panel is expected to release a new spending bill this month that may propose changes. Republicans also are eyeing the next five-year renewal of the school foods policy, due in 2015.

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Target CEO steps down Target’s president and chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, resigned Monday, the latest fallout from a massive data breach last year. Steinhafel, a more than 30-year veteran of the company, had repeatedly apologized to customers for the breach, which enabled the theft of millions of customers’ payment information and has cost the company millions. The retailer has struggled to win back customer trust amid a tough economy. Extreme winter weather, weak holiday sales, a sluggish labor market and low consumer confidence have hit many retailers’ profits. Target has had the added burden of the data breach that affected up to 110 million customers and sparked a nationwide debate about whether retailers are doing enough to protect customer information. Target said its chief financial officer, John Mulligan, would serve as interim president and chief executive officer. Steinhafel is the highest-ranking Target executive to resign in the breach’s aftermath. The company has shuffled several high-level positions. this week. Security experts have warned that the malware that infected Target may also have affected a “large number” of other retail information systems. Target’s stock closed at 59.87 on Monday, down 2.14, or 3.45 percent on the day.

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AMRITA MEDITATION: The Amma Center of New Mexico, the SFCC Fitness Education Center and the Office of Student Development offer a free Amrita Meditation Workshop on at 6 p.m. in the Fitness Education Center, Room 1013 at Santa Fe Community College, 6401 Richards Ave. Call Janet Berry, 428-1266 or email janet.berry@sfcc.edu. H.H. SAKYA TRIZIN: From 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., H.H. Sakya Trizin, 41st head of the Sakya Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, will offer public teachings at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy St. At 9:30 a.m., the topic will be “Buddha Dharma in Daily Life.” At 2 p.m., the topic will be “The Three Bodhisattvas.” For tickets, visit www.tsechennamdrolling. wordpress.com. MEET MICHAEL MCGARRITY: Join the best-selling author at a signing and discussion of his new novel, Backlands, 5:30-6:30 p.m., the Inn and Spa at Loretto, 211 Old Santa Fe Trail. ANXIETY AND PANIC SEMINAR: For those looking for the latest treatments for the most prevalent problems of our time, along with how to control the basic cause: worry. Presented by Richard C. Raynard, clinical psychologist; 7 p.m., 1800 Old Pecos Trail, Suite B. Call 231-8625. ROSE SOCIETY: At 6:30 p.m. at the Kingston Residence of Santa Fe, 2400 Legacy Court, the Rose Society of Santa Fe will hold its monthly meeting. The topic will be “Species Roses,” presented by Cindy Hoffman and Juanita Ortega. For more information, call 988-4614.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Investigators suspect that a snapped clip sent eight aerial acrobats plummeting 20 feet or more during a daring performance. The clip, a common type called a carabiner that’s used for everything from rock climbing to holding keyrings, was one of several pieces at the top of a chandelierlike apparatus that suspended the performers, fire officials said. After the accident, the 4- to 5-inch steel clip was found in three pieces on the ground with its spine snapped. Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare stopped short of saying the carabiner caused Sunday’s accident at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus, witnessed by about 3,900 people, many of them children. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to make a final determination. Two of the acrobats were in critical condition Monday and all eight were still hospitalized with injuries including a pierced liver and neck and back fractures, as well as head injuries.

El-Sissi pledges to end brotherhood CAIRO — Egypt’s former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, seen as certain to become the next president, says the Muslim Brotherhood will never return if he is elected, accusing it of using militant groups to destabilize the country. Asked in the first TV interview of his campaign for elections this month, whether the group will no longer exist under his presidency, elSissi replied, “Yes, just like that.” “It’s not me that finished it, the Egyptians have. The problem is not with me,” said el-Sissi, who last summer ousted Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood figure who in 2012 became Egypt’s first democratically elected president.

Convict set free in wake of clerical error CHARLESTON, Mo. — Cornealious “Mike” Anderson spent 13 years free from prison due to a clerical error, then nearly a year behind bars when the mistake was caught. On Monday, he walked out of a southeast Missouri courtroom a free man again. Mississippi County Associate Circuit Judge Terry Lynn Brown needed just a 10-minute hearing before ruling that he was giving Anderson credit for time served for all 4,794 days between his conviction and when he was arrested last year. Anderson, 37, left the courthouse with his wife and 3-year-old daughter on one arm and his mother on the other. Anderson was 23 when he was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in the robbery of a fast-food restaurant’s assistant manager. The Associated Press

Lotteries Wednesday, May 7 FARM HALL: A WWII NUCLEAR DRAMA: St. John’s College students will perform a staged reading of this fact-based, one-act play, which will be followed by an audience discussion with playwright David C. Cassidy and director Rory Gilchrist. Farm Hall tells the story of 10 captured German physicists who were recorded at the end of World War II so that the Allies could tell how close they were to creating a nuclear bomb. Admission is free. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/ farmhall, 7-9 p.m., New Mexico School for the Deaf, 1060 Cerrillos Road. LANNAN SERIES: Author Sandra Steingraber discusses the relationship between environmental factors and cancer with GRITtv host Laura Flanders, 7 p.m., Lensic Performing Arts Center, 211 W. San Francisco St. NONVIOLENT LIFE: The Rev. John Dear, a peace activist, will discuss and sign copies of The Nonviolent Life, a book on peacemaking. A suggested donation of $10 is requested. The event is open to the public and will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe, 6:30 p.m., 107 W. Barcelona Road. LECTURE: “Empowering Women Amidst Conflict and Contesting Power in Chaos: Palestinian Women, Local Councils, and Democracy on the West Bank and Gaza,” by Islah Jad of Birzeit University, Palestine, noon-1 p.m., the School for Advanced Research, 660 Garcia St.

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Corrections The New Mexican will correct factual errors in its news stories. Errors should be brought to the attention of the city editor at 986-3035. Milonga, 7:30 p.m., 213 Washington Ave. EL FAROL: Canyon Road Blues Jam, 8:30 p.m., 808 Canyon Road. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCES: Lessons 7 p.m., dance 8 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Road. LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: C.S. Rockshow, with Don Curry, Pete Springer, and Ron Crowder, 8-11 p.m., 100 E. San Francisco St. VANESSIE: Pianist David Geist, 6:30-9:30 p.m., 427 W. Water St. ZIA DINER: Weekly Santa Fe bluegrass jam, 6-8 p.m., 326 S. Guadalupe St. For more events, see Pasatiempo in Friday’s edition, or view the community calendar on our website, www. santafenewmexican.com. To submit an events listing, send an email to service@ sfnewmexican.com.