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Billionaire to buy Taos Ski Valley

Billionaire conservationist Louis Bacon is No. 371 of the 400 richest people in America, according to Forbes.

Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera, left, and Gov. Susana Martinez greet Sweeney Elementary School fifth-grader Alann Gutierrez on Wednesday during a news conference at the school.

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By Robert Nott The New Mexican

Gov. Susana Martinez is proposing a 10 percent salary boost for starting teachers and bonuses for educators who receive the highest ratings through the state’s new evaluation system.

The governor announced her initiative — which requires legislative approval — Wednesday at Sweeney Elementary School. Martinez was accompanied by Public Education Secretary-designate Hanna Skandera, who serves as a Big Sister to Sweeney third-grader Ariana Cardenes through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico. Cardenes attended Wednesday’s event.

The cornerstone of Martinez’s proposal is a 10 percent increase in pay for starting teachers — raising the salary to $33,000 from $30,000.

In addition, the initiative would tie merit pay to the results of the state’s new teacher-evaluation system. While that system might differ slightly from district to district, it requires that at least 25 percent of the evaluation at all

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Taos Ski Valley is being sold to hedge fund CEO Louis Bacon. COURTESY PHOTO

Upgrade expenses force resort’s founding family to sell

By Robin Martin

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S From left, Peter Blake, Ernie Blake, Rhoda Blake, Mickey Blake and Wendy Blake Stagg are seen in an undated photo at Taos Ski Valley. THE TAOS NEW ARCHIVES

truggling with revenues to invest in upgrades at Taos Ski Valley, the resort’s founding family has decided to sell it to a billionaire conservationist who owns property in the valley and is a skier himself.

“Our net revenues are not sufficient to fund the improvements needed,” said CEO Mickey Blake, the son of Taos Ski Valley founders Ernie and Rhoda Blake.

Construction of a new lift up Kachina Peak, he said, would have “eaten up all our cash reserves.”

Mickey Blake said the buyer, Louis Bacon, founder and CEO of the hedge fund company Moore Capital Management and a resident of New York state, has the capital to buy new lifts, rebuild the

base area and construct a hotel — all necessary improvements.

“They’re definitely going to do higherend stuff,” Blake said.

No employees will lose their jobs at Taos Ski Valley, Blake said. “It will be seamless.” Blake will step down as CEO and will be replaced by Gordon Briner, now chief operations officer. But Bacon said Blake will retain his seat on the company’s board of directors.

During the holidays, the ski area will be at peak employment levels, with 415 fulltime workers and 200 part-timers. Blake

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Mandela memorial signer called bogus

By Alan Clendenning and Ray Faure

The sign language interpreter at Tuesday’s memorial for Nelson Mandela, has been called a fake.

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JOHANNESBURG — As one world leader after another paid homage to Nelson Mandela at a memorial service, the man standing at arm’s length from them appeared to interpret their words in sign language. But advocates for the deaf say he was a faker.

The incident, which outraged deaf people and sign-language interpreters watching the service broadcast around the globe, raised questions of how the unidentified man managed to crash a supposedly secure event attended by scores of heads of state,

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It also was another example of the problems plaguing Tuesday’s memorial, including public transportation breakdowns that hindered mourners going to the soccer stadium and a faulty audio system that made the

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Climate study predicts drop in upper Rio Grande

By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

Higher temperatures, faster snowpack melt and more drought in the Upper Rio Grande Basin are among the challenges water managers in Santa Fe and other communities in Northern New Mexico face due to climate change, according to a study released Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

The study is meant to help those who rely on the upper Rio Grande plan ahead for floods, dry times and changing precipitation patterns. The study backs up what other recent scientific studies have predicted is ahead for the region because of climate change.

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Jury acquits ex-cop in Katrina shooting NEW ORLEANS — A former New Orleans police officer whose 2010 manslaughter conviction was touted as a milestone in the city’s healing after Hurricane Katrina was acquitted Wednesday by a different jury of charges he fatally shot a man without justification during the storm’s chaotic aftermath.

David Warren spent more than three years behind bars after he was charged in the September 2005 death of 31-year-old Henry Glover, whose body was burned in a car by a different officer after a good Samaritan drove the dying man to a makeshift police compound.

Leaving the courthouse a free man, Warren, 50, was reunited with his wife and five children after jurors acquitted him of a civil rights violation and a firearm charge.

Warren told reporters that he “took the action that I had to take” when he shot Glover once with a rifle from a second-story balcony at a strip mall he was guarding. “We have spent years talking about something that lasted seconds,” he said.

India’s high court upholds gay ban NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court struck down a 2009 lower court decision to decriminalize homosexual conduct, dealing a blow Wednesday to gay activists who have fought for years for the chance to live openly in India’s deeply conservative society.

The judges said only lawmakers and not the courts could change a colonial-era law that bans homosexual acts and makes them punishable by up to a decade in prison.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community across India reacted to the surprise decision with defiance. Lawyers and supporters of vowed to continue pressing for the removal of the law, which they say encourages discrimination.

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Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday. Francis was selected by Time magazine’s editors as the person who had the greatest impact on the world, for good or bad, during 2013. ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

‘Time’ selects Francis as Person of the Year

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NEW YORK ope Francis has been picked as Time magazine’s Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church’s new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time.

The pope beat out NSA leaker Edward Snowden for the distinction, which the newsmagazine has been giving each year since 1927.

The former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected in March as the first pope from Latin America and the first Jesuit.

He has urged the Catholic Church not to be obsessed with “smallminded rules” and to emphasize compassion over condemnation in dealing with touchy topics like abortion, gays and contraception.

He has denounced the world’s “idolatry of money” and the “global scandal” that nearly 1 billion people today go hungry, and has charmed the masses with his simple style and wry sense of humor. His appearances draw tens of thousands of people and his Pontifex Twitter account recently topped 10 million followers.

“He really stood out to us as someone who has changed the tone and the perception and the focus of one of the world’s largest institutions in an extraordinary way,” said Nancy Gibbs, the magazine’s managing editor.

The Vatican said the honor wasn’t surprising given the reso-

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Catholics are happier with their church and their pope than they’ve been with either in at least a decade, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that also finds Pope Francis at least as popular with Catholics today as Pope John Paul II was even at his peak in such surveys.

Among Catholics, 92 percent have a favorable view of Francis and 95 percent say the same of the church, a poll released Wednesday finds. The jump in popularity is led by Catholics with moderate and liberal political views.

Ninety-four percent of Catholics who identify as moderate or liberal say they have favorable views of Francis compared with 73 percent who said the same of Pope Benedict after he

nance in the general public that Francis has had, but it nevertheless said the choice was a “positive” recognition of spiritual values in the international media.

It was the third time a Catholic pope had been Time’s selection.

John Paul II was selected in 1994 and John XXIII was chosen in 1962.

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announced his retirement in February. Among politically conservative Catholics, 91 percent are favorable toward Francis, compared with 84 percent who said the same of Benedict in February.

Non-Catholics also voice largely positive views of Francis — 62 percent favorable and 18 percent unfavorable; 21 percent have yet to form an opinion.

Benedict drew only 48 percent favorable views among non-Catholics immediately after announcing his resignation in February, while 31 percent saw him unfavorably.

The new poll was conducted last week and included 1,006 randomly selected adults reached on landline and cellular phones. The full survey has a margin of error of 3.5 percent; the margin among Catholics is 7.5 percentage points among the 224 Catholics surveyed.

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magazine is good news, because Pope Francis embodies one of the values of a church that’s more missionary, closer to the people, more austere, more in keeping with the gospel,” Toto said.

Besides Snowden, Time had narrowed its finalists down to gay rights activist Edith Windsor, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Syrian President Bashar Assad.

The magazine polled readers for their choice, and the winner was Egyptian General Abdel-Fattah elSissi, who didn’t even make the top 10 of Time’s final list.

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No verdict means McCluskey gets life ALBUQUERQUE — A federal jury deliberating the sentence for Arizona inmate John McCluskey failed to reach a unanimous verdict Wednesday, meaning the judge will sentence him to life in prison for murdering a retired Oklahoma couple.

It will close the final chapter on a brazen Arizona prison break and multistate Bonnie and Clyde-style crime spree.

Fingered by a fellow fugitive and accomplice fiancée as the triggerman, McCluskey was the only suspect to face the death penalty for the August 2010 slayings of Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, Okla.

Jurors deliberated for nearly four days before deciding they couldn’t agree on the sentence. A sentencing date has yet to be set.

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PARIS — A U.S. charitable foundation said Wednesday that it was the anonymous bidder that paid $530,000 for 24 Native American masks in a contested Paris auction two days ago, and will return them to the Hopi and the San Carlos Apache tribes.

“These are not trophies to have on one’s mantel,” said Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, director of the Los Angeles-based Annenberg Foundation, which revealed itself to be the secret caller that triggered a bidding war in Monday’s highly publicized auction.

He added: “They do not belong in auction houses or private collections.”

Twenty-one vividly colored masks made of leather, horsehair, wood and feathers bought at Drouot auction house will be returned by the foundation to the Hopis and three hood masks to the San Carlos Apaches.

It was a happy ending, at least in one chapter in the Hopi tribe’s battle to regain its tribal patrimony, following a series of legal setbacks in efforts to delay the sale of the masks last week, arguing that they represent ancestral spirits and shouldn’t be sold. The tribe has said it believes the masks, which date from the late 19th and early 20th century, were taken illegally from a northern Arizona reservation in the early 20th century.

The U.S. Embassy had also called for a delay so that tribal representatives could come to France to identify the artifacts and investigate whether they have a claim under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on the Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property, to which both France and the U.S. are signatories.

David Killion, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN cultural agency, who had voiced strong support for the Native American tribes in the past days, issued a statement Wednesday — cowritten by the U.S. Embassy — calling the charity’s move a “generous act.”

But Killion suggested that the battle for Native American property rights was by no means over. “The need for real dialogue in advance of such public sales, along with stronger legal protections, was once again made apparent this week,” added the statement, reiterating US officials’ position that countries laws to protect important sacred objects.

The Drouot auction house said the total sale was for $1.6 million.

In a similar dispute in April, a Paris court ruled that such sales are legal, and around 70 Hopi masks were sold for some $1.2 million, despite protests and criticism from the U.S. government and actor Robert Redford.

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there would be no extension of an expiring program of benefits for the long-term unemployed.

Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., said in a

By Andrew Taylor and David Espo Wednesday news release that the deal The Associated Press includes a provision that would reduce New Mexico’s share of mineral royalty WASHINGTON — A newly minted payments from 50 percent to budget deal to avert future government 48 percent, costing the state $95.5 milshutdowns gained important ground lion over the next 10 years.

Wednesday among House Republi“Since the 1970s, states and the cans who are more accustomed to federal government have split minbrinkmanship than compromise, even eral royalty payments 50-50,” Pearce though it would nudge federal deficits said in the statement. “These cuts are higher three years in a row. not pocket change to the West. New There was grumbling from opposite Mexico schools and infrastructure ends of the political spectrum — conprojects depend on these payments, servatives complaining about spending and losing out on nearly $100 million levels and liberal Democrats unhappy that is rightfully ours will only harm

our communities.”

The budget deal includes a 10-year extension of the reduction, “without concern for the impact that this will have on the West for the next decade,” Pearce said.

Yet other lawmakers, buffeted by criticism after October’s partial government shutdown, found plenty to like in the budget agreement, and suggested it could lead to future cooperation. The plan was announced Tuesday evening

by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and quickly endorsed by President Barack Obama.

A House vote was expected as early as Thursday as lawmakers race to wrap up their work for the year.

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said, are what make Afghanistan The Associated Press important to America and its allies despite waning interest in BAGRAM AIR FIELD, the conflict at home.

Afghanistan — America’s top “Were it to become less military officer warned the stable, it would have impact withdrawal of most U.S. and on its neighbors,” Dempsey allied forces from Afghanistan told reporters late Tuesday at by the end of next year could this military base north of the reverse gains made in the war capital. “All of us would be conagainst the Taliban and further cerned about the possibility of destabilize the region. ungoverned space producing But Gen. Martin Dempsey, safe havens for terrorism, so the chairman of the Joint Chiefs stability in the region is in our of Staff, said the U.S. has no national interest.” plans to reopen negotiations on He said it was important the hard-won text. Dempsey to leave Afghanistan with a said he hasn’t started planning functioning government and for a so-called “zero-option,” security forces that can prevent but he may have to soon if a “re-emergence of al-Qaida and Hamid Karzai doesn’t change affiliates.” his mind and sign the deal.

Much of that hinges on the Much is at stake. Afghan secu- bilateral security agreement rity forces are still struggling that Afghan President Hamid against a resilient insurgency Karzai helped forge but then refused to sign. despite billions of dollars spent on training during nearly 13 years The U.S. wants the deal to at war. Instability in Afghanistan, be signed by Dec. 31 because it the world’s largest illicit proneeds time to prepare to keep ducer of raw opium, could also thousands of U.S. troops in impact the region as far away as the country for up to a decade.

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The agreement aims to help train and develop the Afghan National Security Forces, and allow for a smaller counterterrorism force to go after stubborn remnants of al-Qaida and other groups.

The 350,000-strong Afghan forces were holding their ground, Dempsey said, but still need help.

Without a foreign presence, “the development of the security forces will be impeded, will be slowed, and in some parts of the country I suspect could be reversed,” Dempsey said.

After a year of often-turbulent negotiations, a deal was struck on the agreement last month and Karzai presented it to a national assembly known as a Loya Jirga for approval. The assembly not only endorsed the deal but demanded that Karzai sign it by the end of this month.

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even though they would rather not support this type of legislation, but we have to get the spending issue completed so that there is some consistency in the future,” said Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called the agreement “a breath of fresh air” that could lead to further progress.

Modest in scope, the deal underscores how much ambitions have shriveled since the summer of 2011, when Obama and Boehner held private but unsuccessful talks on a “grand bargain” to reduce deficits by $4 trillion over a decade.

In the current climate, though, it means a return to something approaching a routine, where spending committees will be able to write and pass indi-

vidual bills each year, removed from the threat of a shutdown.

As drafted, the bill would reverse $63 billion in across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to take effect in the current budget year and the next one, easing a crunch on programs as diverse as environmental protection and the Pentagon.

It would offset the higher spending with $85 billion in savings over a decade from higher fees and relatively modest curtailments on government benefit programs.

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Wealthy conservationist calls Taos ‘special’

By Robin Martin The New Mexican

Taos Ski Valley buyer Louis Bacon, founder and chief executive officer of the hedge fund company Moore Capital Management, is an avid conservationist. He has donated conservation easements on more than 100,000 acres in Colorado to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

His first foray into conservation projects was when he gave the development rights of an island off the coast of New York to The Nature Conservancy. At that point, he said in a recent interview, he realized how important it was for communities to “have open space for sanity.”

In 2007, Bacon purchased the Trinchera Ranch in southeastern Colorado from the Forbes

Abundant amounts of early snow has meant lots of terrain for skiers and snowboarders at Taos Ski Valley. The resort’s founding family, the Blakes, are selling Taos Ski Valley to Louis Bacon. CODY OLIVAS/THE TAOS NEWS

family for $175 million. Forbes magazine said that was the largest residential sale in the United States up to that time.

According to Forbes magazine, Bacon discovered after purchasing the Trinchera Ranch that Tri-State Generation and Transmission and Xcel Energy

planned to build a power line across the pristine land — and he forced the energy companies to back down.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service now holds a conservation easement on the ranch.

The Forbes magazine website lists Bacon as No. 371 on its list

Taos: Shareholders must OK sale Continued from Page A-1 said 120 employees at the ski valley have more than 20 years of service.

Bacon has been in the news in Colorado because he donated a conservation easement on the Trinchera Ranch to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service.

According to Forbes magazine, Bacon is No. 371 of the 400 richest people in America, with a net worth of $1.4 billion as of September 2013.

Bacon, his wife, Gabrielle, and his seven children are all skiers.

They live in Oyster Bay, on Long Island, N.Y. The decision to sell Taos Ski Valley was not sudden. “We had long discussions early in the summer that what’s needed to be invested is beyond what we can come up with,” Mickey Blake said. He approached Bacon and negotiated with the investor himself.

Speaking in his office at the ski valley, Blake said the reaction of the family has been “very

mixed emotions — most of us grew up right here.”

Included in the purchase is the Forest Service use permit for about 1,200 acres, the base area of about 100 deeded acres, some smaller land parcels, lifts, and snowmaking and grooming equipment.

Blake said the parties have signed a confidentiality agreement and will not disclose the sale price.

The majority of the corporation has been owned by the families of Mickey Blake and Wendy Blake Stagg, both children of patriarch Ernie Blake.

The sale will be completed pending shareholder approval at a January meeting.

Bacon has been a property owner at Taos Ski Valley since 1996. He owns undeveloped acreage near the U.S. Forest Service boundary and Taos Ski Valley uphill of the El Funko ski run.

He will purchase the ski valley through Rio Hondo Holdings. That entity previously bought property to the north of

the base area.

Bacon’s director of properties, Peter Talty, is at Taos Ski Valley this week to meet employees and the Forest Service supervisor. Blake said Talty’s wife, Linda Stabler, worked at the resort as a ski instructor.

The Blakes are the only remaining “founding family” of ski area owners in the state.

In other parts of New Mexico, Red River, Sipapu, Santa Fe and Sandia ski areas are owned by families, but not by the original developers. Angel Fire belongs to a corporation, Los Alamos to a ski club and Ski Apache to the Mescalero Apache tribe.

According to Blake, Taos Ski Valley is in the “small-medium” category of ski areas, with 250,000 skier days annually. It compares in size to Durango Mountain and Arapahoe basin in Colorado. Taos Ski Valley has more than 110 trails and 305 inches of annual snowfall.

It is listed as No. 19 in Ski Magazine’s best 30 resorts in the West.

Teachers: Merit-pay response cool monetary reward. The measure would allow districts to develop districts be based on educator their own plans for spending the observations and that 50 permoney, perhaps by offering a cent be based on student test “highly effective” teacher $5,000 scores over three years. and an “exemplary” teacher The test score component $7,500, the governor said. remains unpopular with many Charles Bowyer, executive teachers and union representa- director of NEA-New Mexico, tives, some of whom had joined said by phone Wednesday that in a District Court lawsuit seek- the union could support the ing to halt the evaluation plan. governor’s proposed 10 percent The effort failed. raise for beginning teachers.

Under the new evaluation But, he added, “We think all plan, a teacher is given one of teachers deserve a pretty nifty five ratings: ineffective, minisalary increase.” mally effective, effective, highly He said it is unlikely the effective or exemplary. union will support the meritThe governor said the pay pay component because the raise for new teachers will cost organization doesn’t believe the the state about $6.5 million. She new evaluation system — with also noted that if the Legislature its emphasis on test scores — approves the move, it will be effectively measures a teacher’s the first base-pay increase for impact on student learning. teachers in 10 years. She said no Santa Fe Superintendent Joel other state workers would see Boyd, who attended Wednessuch an increase. day’s event, said he thinks the Martinez’s merit-pay plan 10 percent pay increase will be calls for $12 million to encourage well received. Asked if the Santa districts to test a pilot program Fe district would take advantage in which up to 2,000 teachof the merit-pay program, he ers rated “highly effective” or said the district is developing its “exemplary” and some 250 prin- own plan to give teachers raises. cipals statewide could receive a “My hope is we could turn

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that plan over to the state for funding,” Boyd said.

The governor pushed for $11 million in educator merit pay in last year’s legislative session, but lawmakers cut that back to about $2 million in stipends for teachers who agree to teach in low-performing schools.

The state’s current education budget is about $2.5 billion and represents 43 percent of the general fund. Martinez said she will announce her proposed education budget for 2014-15 at the start of the legislative session, slated to begin Jan. 21. This week, the state learned that a better overall economy will mean $293 million in new revenue for state services or tax cuts.

According to a recent NEA study, the average salary for a teacher nationwide is about $56,380. The average pay for a New Mexico teacher is between $47,000 and $48,000. New Mexico has about 22,000 teachers, with 2,000 considered first-year educators.

of the 400 richest people in America, with a net worth of $1.4 billion as of September 2013.

He said he got his start in investing with a $25,000 inheritance from his mother, who died when he was young.

Originally from North Carolina and now a resident of Oyster Bay, N.Y., Bacon has a bachelor’s degree in science from Middlebury College in Vermont and an MBA from Columbia University.

He said he learned to ski when he was a student at Middlebury College, and he had a season pass at Mad River Glen in Vermont. Taos Ski Valley, he said, reminds him a lot of Mad River.

His wife, Gabrielle, and his seven children also are skiers.

The children learned at the La Veta ski area in southeastern Colorado.

Bacon and his family have spent a lot of time in the Taos area, which he called a “special place,” and he said he hopes to

make Taos Ski Valley an economic driver for the region.

He first bought property at Taos Ski Valley in 1996. His land is contiguous to the U.S. Forest Service boundary near the El Funko ski run, above the Bavarian Lodge & Restaurant.

He also owns property to the north of the lift ticket offices, formerly belonging to Tony Bryan and the Thunderbird Chalet.

Bacon said he began working with Taos Ski Valley’s CEO, Mickey Blake, on the village master plan. “It was he who asked us if we were interested in taking over the reins of the ski area. At first I was dismissive.” But then, Bacon said, “I realized that we could do it, that we were already invested in the base area.”

While he plans to make improvements to the area, Bacon said, the changes won’t overcommercialize the area. He said the challenge will be to safeguard “special things” at the ski area: “It

run was so narrow, and small people who rode the lift would be lifted off the ground in certain spots and would hang spinning in the air.

Taos Ski Valley was founded in 1954 by Ernie Rancher Chilton Anderson was hired in 1956 and Rhoda Blake. The couple lived in an 11-foot to work at the Ernie Blake Ski School. Chilton, camper, as there were no buildings in the area who was extremely tall, was in charge of lifting except an almost-completed Hondo Lodge (now the cable back onto the towers when it would the Inn at Snakedance). fall off, which it did regularly. He retired after Even after they moved into the lodge, the 37 years.

Blakes lived without power until 1963.

The first rental fleet at Taos Ski Valley was The first lift at the ski area was a Bridgerpurchased from the Army at Camp Hale when Boseman J-Bar, which was installed in the the base there was closed. The skis sold for $1 fall of 1956 by Ernie Blake, 16 men from Taos each and had holes in the tips through which a Pueblo and a mule named Lightening. After one rope could be strung so the skis could be used day of dragging lift and tower parts through as a sled. the snow up what is now Al’s Run, however, Rhoda Blake was in charge of mounting Lightening quit. bindings on all the skis because her husband The only run down the mountain in 1956-57 wasn’t handy with mechanical objects. was what is now Snakedance.

On March 19, 2008, Taos Ski Valley opened its In the fall of 1957, a Poma (platter) lift went up doors to snowboarding for the first time ever.

Al’s Run and ended where Tower 8 of Lift One is Prior to this date, Taos Ski Valley was a skilocated now. The lift pulled passengers along the exclusive resort. ground at twice the speed of a modern lift. PeoThe New Mexican ple would ski around the lift riders because the

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The man, who stood about The closest the man’s gesa yard from Obama and other tures came to anything in sign leaders, “was moving his hands language at that point might around, but there was no mean- possibly be the words for ing in what he used his hands “running horse,” ”friend” or for,” Bruno Druchen, national “beyond,” she said, but only by director of the Deaf Federation someone who signs terribly. of South Africa said on WednesThe man also used virtually day. no facial expressions to convey When South African Deputy the often-emotional speeches, President Cyril Rampaphosa an absolute must for sign-lantold the crowd that former guage interpreters, Parkin said.

South African President F.W. de U.S. Secret Service spokesKlerk was among the guests, the man Ed Donovan said “agreedman at his side used a strange upon security measures pushing motion unknown in between the U.S. Secret Service sign language that did not iden- and South African government tify de Klerk or say anything security officials were in place” about his presence, said Ingrid during the service.

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will be a balancing act.”

The changes will start slowly, he said, and Blake will remain a “senior member of the team.”

Bacon will lean on Blake for advice about “local sympathies,” he said.

He also hopes a new lift to the top of Kachina Peak “will make it easier for those older legs to make it.” Bacon is in his mid-50s.

He said climate change concerns him, although he is hoping that Taos Ski Valley will benefit from more cold, snowy winters similar to this one.

Bacon admitted that running a ski area will be a “burden,” and he hasn’t invested in any similar ventures. “This is kind of a first, not a business I was hankering toward,” he said.

But he described Taos Ski Valley is “an iconic ski area, both because of its expansive mountain terrain and the firstclass team of management.”

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Four experts, including Druchen and Parkin, said the man was not signing in South African or American sign languages and could not have been signing in any other known sign language because there was no structure to his arm and hand movements. South African sign language covers all of the country’s 11 official languages, according to the federation.

“This man himself knows he cannot sign and he had the guts to stand on an international stage and do that,” Parkin said.

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For Mexican town, fears linger over theft of radioactive cobalt-60 Secretariat of Energy released a three-paragraph statement saying that authorities had, at last, HUEYPOXTLA, Mexico — succeeded in using a robot to On Dec. 2, gunmen at a gas place the cobalt-60 in a shielded station commandeered a pricontainer and removing it from vate truck that was carrying a the field. heavy piece of cancer-treating In a telephone interview machinery from a hospital in Wednesday, Mexico’s nuclear Tijuana to a radioactive waste safety director, Juan Eibenstorage facility near Mexico schutz, flatly rejected comCity. The theft set off global plaints that authorities were alarm bells, including an alert slow in removing the cobalt-60, from the Vienna-based Interna- saying that they had done so tional Atomic Energy Agency, “in world record time.” He which described the highly said Mexico’s rules on transradioactive cobalt-60 that had fer of radioactive material are powered the missing equipment adequate and that any shortas “extremely dangerous.” comings that led to the robbery Then, within two days, fears were the fault of a contractor, subsided that the material could not the government. be used for a “dirty bomb” if it “We’ll have to see what meafell into the hands of terrorists. sures we take, but the regulaMexican officials announced tions are good,” he said. that the material had been But the way the cobalt-60 located and that the suspected incident was handled raises a thieves had been arrested. host of questions about MexiExcept in the town of Hueyco’s ability to manage radioacpoxtla, a village 35 miles northtive materials and underscores east of Mexico City, where how little faith Mexicans have the hospital machinery and a in their government officials. tube containing the 60 grams Even as authorities warned of cobalt-60 came to rest in a that the thieves could die within cornfield, where they remained a day if exposed directly to the for days. nuclear material, they spent a Villagers in Hueypoxtla wondered why no one came to claim the cobalt. Federal police kept a security cordon around an area that appeared to be close to a half-mile square in size. Farmers were blocked from tending their fields. No official offered an explanation.

The lack of information unsettled townspeople.

They grew antsy, even irate.

At an open-air meeting one night this week they hounded Mayor Francisco Santillan.

“If there are 60 grams of cobalt around here, why don’t they take it away?” implored Roberto Ramirez Bravo, a schoolteacher who had grabbed a microphone.

As Santillan tried to answer, shouts of “Liar! Liar!” rang out.

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week puzzling over what to do about the cobalt-60 as the material sat abandoned in the field outside of town. Who extracted the cobalt-60 from the medical machinery and left it in the field remains unknown. None of the six people detained in relation to the theft of the truck tested positive for radiation exposure.

A truck driver, Mauro Moya, dragged the heavy metal machine — without the missing cobalt-60 — from the field to his yard.

“I thought it was a water pump that was broken,” he said.

“I couldn’t read the English label.” He said he reckoned the metal was valuable. “I figure that’s worth 2,000 pesos [$155].

That’s enough for a week or two of our household expenses.”

A hospital exam later showed that he didn’t suffer radiation exposure.

The casing was still in his yard Tuesday night.

“The government will never tell us the truth,” said Maria de Lourdes Perez, a 50-year-old farmer, fretting over whether radiation would give cancer to the grandson walking at her side.

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Climate: Water supply likely to drop Continued from Page A-1 The 169-page basin study is part of an effort to project the impact climate change will have on water basins around the West.

The Upper Rio Grande Basin extends from headwaters of the Rio Grande and Rio Chama in Colorado to the Caballo Reservoir south of Albuquerque. The study was conducted by scientists from the bureau, Sandia National Laboratories and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

A total of 19 basin studies are planned or underway around the West as part of the federal 2009 Secure Water Act. Over the next few decades, water supplies in the upper Rio Grande are projected to decline by an average of one-third. The San Juan-Chama Project, which diverts about 110,000 acre-feet of water annually from the upper tributaries of the San Juan River to the Rio Grande Basin could see declines of one-fourth, according to the report. Both Santa Fe and Albuquerque now rely heavily on water from the San Juan-Chama Project.

Temperatures in the region are projected to rise 4 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century.

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managers already are looking to add the results of the upper Rio Grande study to their water planning models. Rick Carpenter, project manager for the joint city and county Buckman Direct Diversion, which relies on San Juan-Chama Project water, said the city will plug the climate change data into the city’s 40-year water planning model.

That model was designed to help the city juggle water demand with supplies from the river, reservoirs and wells.

In the upper Rio Grande study, researchers ran climate computer models more than 100 times to project the basin’s future water supply through the end of the century. The study assumes water use and water management stays the same. Scientists focused on how temperature and precipitation patterns have unfolded over the last several decades and what that says statistically about the decades ahead.

“Everything else is held constant so we can isolate the impact of climate change,” said Dagmar Llewellen, a bureau hydrologist and one of the report’s authors.

Changes in water use through conservation or restrictions, new irrigation techniques and new forms of energy production could all reduce the amount of water people and cities need in the future. “The results of the study can be used as a foundation for scenario planning,”

Llewellen said.

Based on the Upper Rio Grand Basin study and other studies, “the usable water supply is expected to decrease,” Llewellyn said. “Though we don’t expect precipitation to change in terms of the overall annual total, it will change in terms of its timing, its spatial distribution and its form.”

Snowpack is expected to decrease across all elevations and is expected to melt faster than it has in the past. And New Mexico is likely to experience more of what it had this year — drought, drought, drought and then floods.

The bureau hopes the basin studies will help communities plan their water future using the same set of facts. “The basin study program provides a common technical platform that allows communities to come together and talk about what the future will look like,” said Anne Castle, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for water and science.

“That sounds minor, but it is not.

Agreeing on the facts is not easy.”

Council urges lab to clean up nuke dump The Santa Fe City Council passed a resolution Wednesday urging Los Alamos National Laboratory to clean up a nuclear waste dump.

The resolution asks LANL to look at alternatives to a plan that allegedly leaves nuclear waste buried at the lab’s Area G, a 63-acre site that started accepting radioactive and hazardous wastes in 1957.

“We need to think in terms of 400 to 500 years,” said Mayor David Coss, who sponsored the resolution.

Coss is chairman of the Regional Coalition of Los Alamos National Laboratory Communities.

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BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM SHAKE-UP

Report blasts agency, contractor

today more than any time in the past several months. This is the greatest extent of skulduggery A Legislative Finance Commit- I’ve witnessed in decades.” tee report unveiled Wednesday State Sen. George Muñoz, contained scathing criticism of the D-Gallup, also expressed frustrastate Human Services Department tion with Human Services, saying over this year’s shake-up of New the department lacks transparMexico’s mental health system. ency. “It’s a game of cat and In addition to knocking the mouse,” he said. department’s handling of a situHuman Services Secretary ation in which Medicaid funding Sidonie Squier told the commitwas suspended for the state’s tee that her department would major behavioral health providhave a formal response to the ers in the wake of an ongoing report in the near future. fraud investigation, the report Among the items in the report, took shots at OptumHealth, the read by Pam Galbraith, a procompany that oversees the managed-care program for behavioral gram evaluator for the Legislative Finance Committee: health. u The Arizona providers who Although representatives of OptumHealth — which has been were brought in this summer to take over operations of New paid more than $135 million in Mexico providers targeted in fees by the state over the past three years — had been invited to the investigation already have the hearing, none showed, which collected the $17.8 million allotted for their emergency, no-bid angered some lawmakers.

Referring to the 13-page report, contracts. All the money was spent by Nov. 22, the report said. state Sen. Carlos Cisneros, D-Questa, said, “I’m more conFrom that time until the end of fused, baffled and bamboozled the year, the Arizona providers

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will be paid from $4.2 million in settlements with two New Mexico companies whose funding was suspended and then was reinstated. u One of the biggest complaints by the New Mexico providers whose funding was suspended is that none of them has been told of any specific allegations and had no chance to refute the allegations before the funding was cut off in June. u The Human Services Department’s inspector general “has not been involved in any fraud and abuse monitoring, a responsibility of that office,” the report said. And during the audit by an independent company, Public Consulting Group of Boston, “it does not appear as if the inspector general took any action to verify OptumHealth’s suspicious billing allegations or to validate the [PCG] audit results prior to referral to the attorney general.” u The estimate of $36 million in overpayments to the 15 provid-

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ers identified in the PCG audit was based on a small sample and “could be significantly less,” Galbraith told the committee. u The transition to new providers caused disruption and difficulties for patients. “However, disruptions in service were difficult to assess,” the report said.

“Consumer medical records were impounded by [Human Services], leaving new providers without clinical information.”

As for OptumHealth, the report said a review of the company’s anti-fraud reports from the previous two years “demonstrates a knowledge of suspicious billing activity by behavioral health providers” well before the problems were brought to the attention of the state.

“OptumHealth should have been alerted of a need for further data analysis when the number of consumers being served decreased and and costs increased,” the report said.

“There was no documentation that this data was analyzed.”

Too much of a good thing

Former officer sent to mental hospital settles for $600,000

By Chris Quintana The New Mexican

Los Alamos County has agreed to a $600,000 settlement with a former police officer who claimed in a federal lawsuit that he was involuntarily locked up in a mental institution through the December 2012 holidays.

John Schamber resigned from the force this week, according to his attorney, John Day, and has moved with his wife to another state to “rebuild his life.”

The settlement stems from claims that Schamber’s superiors wrongly subjected him to a 10-day psychological evaluation at the New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas, N.M. “They destroyed his life,” Day said in an interview Wednesday.

However, the attorney for Los Alamos County, James Sullivan, said county officials had “grave concerns” about Schamber serving as a police officer, so much so that the county paid the $600,000 with the condition that Schamber resign and give up his lawenforcement certification.

Day, however, said his client was no longer interested in working in the law-enforcement field.

The county had filed a legal complaint against Schamber, listing several concerns. The document stated that Schamber had said it would be “funny” to hit a pedestrian with a vehicle, that he had thoughts of hitting people in the head with a metal baseball bat and that he had asked a psychiatrist “why it seemed like I was evil?”

But Day said those statements were taken out of context and can be attributed to Schamber’s dark sense of humor.

Day filed a countersuit to the county’s complaint, stating that in 2012, Schamber was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder — mental illnesses that would not prevent him from working as a law-enforcement officer.

The countersuit states that an outside psychologist said Schamber was fit for duty in October 2012.

Schamber’s troubles began when the department’s police chief, Wayne Torpy, took medical leave, and Officers Randy Foster and Scott Mills became acting chief and acting deputy chief, respectively, the countersuit states.

The supervisors harassed Schamber, the countersuit claims, and forced him to register for medical attention in Los Alamos after a report from Schamber’s psychiatrist on Dec. 21, 2012. The hospital initially cleared him, the countersuit says, but reversed that evaluation after speaking with Foster and Baca.

The next day, a Los Alamos police officer stopped Schamber and his wife in their vehicle and forcibly removed and arrested Schamber. He was taken back

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City Council OKs 9 ballot questions on charter changes Joy Busch, a 25-year resident of a home on Acequia Madre, said this is the first time she has seen water in the ditch this late in the year. City officials say the gate to the ditch is frozen, causing some water to overflow onto the street. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

Acequia overflows, leading to icy roads

ditch, which runs along Acequia Madre Street and then through parts of Santa Fe, awoke Wednesday morning to see that water in the ditch had frozen overnight. A

By Uriel J. Garcia block of ice had prevented water The New Mexican from continuing to flow along the seven-mile ditch. he head gate for the Ace“I woke this morning to get the quia Madre was closed Wednesday to prevent the paper, and I said, ‘Oh my gosh,’ historic irrigation ditch because I’ve never seen it like from overflowing and causing this,” said Joy Busch, who has lived for more than 20 years on nearby streets to ice over when temperatures drop below freezing. Acequia Madre.

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compliance specialist with the Santa Fe Public Utilities Department, said some water from the ditch had spilled over onto Acequia Madre Street and Canyon Road and had turned into sheets of ice.

Normally, water isn’t flowing through the acequia at this time of the year. But a project to replace drains and valves at the Nichols Reservoir in the Santa Fe Municipal Watershed required the reservoir to be completely drained, sending some flows into

the Santa Fe River.

Additionally, the city needed to keep a section of the river dry while crews were repairing a stream gauge in an eroded section of the riverbed east of St. Francis Drive.

The city had asked the Acequia Madre’s mayordomo in November to open the head gate so that flows could be diverted from the river into the ditch.

Due to freezing conditions, however, the city hasn’t been able to complete those projects.

Spanish course aids caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients language, Spanish. In order to help people with similar struggles, the New Mexico chapter of the AlzheimMaria Leticia Enriquez’s mother er’s Association will be teaching a was already showing signs of Spanish-language class for people Alzheimer’s disease before she who are caring for loved ones with moved to the U.S. But back in MexAlzheimer’s. ico, the symptoms were blamed on The two-day free course is schedold age. uled for Friday and Saturday at the “She would put kitchen utensils San Isidro Catholic Church, 3552 inside the refrigerator or even the Agua Fría Street. The class will be trash,” said Enriquez, who works as a from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to caregiver at Sierra Vista, an assisted 2 p.m. Saturday. living residence that cares for people The local chapter has hosted the with Alzheimer’s disease. “But then course in Spanish in the past because we started doubting she was doing of a growing demand from the immithat because of her age.” grant community, said Annabelle One of the problems Enriquez had Montoya, who teaches the classes. in caring for her her mother was the Montoya said the point of the course lack of access to resources in her first is to teach caregivers to stay calm in

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a high-stress situation.

Enriquez said the course also has helped her care for Sierra Vista residents with Alzheimer’s disease.

Velma Arellano, the executive director of the facility, said she has encouraged employees to take the Spanish-language course hosted by the association because some residents whose native language is Spanish have forgotten English.

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Proposed amendments designed to improve municipal governance

By Daniel J. Chacón

The New Mexican

Santa Fe voters will consider nine charter amendments in March, including two ballot questions that would give the mayor more power.

The City Council voted 7-1 Wednesday to place the proposed charter amendments on the ballot. City Councilor Chris Rivera, who opposed one of the proposed charter changes, which was part of the resolution to put all the questions on the ballot, cast the lone dissenting vote.

Councilors said the proposed charter amendments are designed to improve governance at City Hall.

The ballot questions also include policy statements on water protection and conservation, neighborhood preservation and supporting local business and the “living wage.” They Rebecca are the result of months of work by Wurzburger the city’s Charter Review Commission, councilors and city staff.

“It’s been an amazing process that I believe will result in our having a more responsible and effective government structure that will better serve the people of Santa Fe,” City Councilor Rebecca Wurzburger said.

The council was considering 16 separate charter amendments but combined eight into one question because they’re all related to the mayor’s powers.

Those eight include making the position of mayor full-time with an annual salary of $74,000 and giving the mayor supervisory authority over the city manager, city attorney and city clerk, whom the mayor could fire without council approval.

“They make sense together,” City Councilor Peter Ives said.

Ives said the eight questions could create “inherent conflicts in the charter” if some passed but others didn’t.

A proposed charter amendment that would allow

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Trial on assisted-suicide law begins “We believe it is important that the law reflects this distinction so that doctors are ALBUQUERQUE — Two not prevented from providing doctors and a Santa Fe woman patients with more comfort with advanced uterine canand control during their dying cer want physicians in New process,” said Rob Schwartz, a Mexico to be able to prescribe University of New Mexico law — without the fear of prosecu- professor and co-author of the tion — the needed medications brief. for terminally ill patients who Schauer Ives reiterated that want to end their lives on their argument Wednesday in court, own terms. citing the differences between Standing in their way is a terminally ill patients who are decades-old state law that fighting to see another day makes it a fourth-degree felony and want the peace of mind of having a choice and those who to assist someone in suicide. commit suicide while awash in Doctors Katherine Mordespair and isolation. ris and Aroop Mangalik and Kathryn Tucker, director of patient Aja Riggs took their legal affairs for Compassion case to state District Court on & Choices, said there’s growWednesday. Their lawyers are ing support for physicians to asking the court to clarify that physicians are not breaking the help terminally ill patients who law if they write such prescrip- want to end their lives.

Five states, including Oretions for competent, terminally gon, allow patients to seek aid ill patients who want to end their lives to “avoid unbearable in dying if their conditions become unbearable, she said. suffering.”

In his opening statement, “This is a case about choice,” Laura Schauer Ives, legal direc- state attorney Scott Fuqua said tor for the American Civil Lib- the case is about legal autonomy. The testimony of patients erties Union of New Mexico, told Judge Nan Nash. “The evi- and doctors will be compelling, he said, but the result of aid in dence will show this is a safe dying is the same as suicide choice. This is a compassionate in that a person’s life is being choice.”

The lawsuit against the state ended and that’s a violation of the law crafted by state lawhas the support of the New makers.

Mexico Psychological AssociaThere’s no evidence that sugtion, the largest organization gests the Legislature took an of professional psychologists unconstitutional action, Fuqua in the state. The group filed said. a brief Tuesday, arguing that The trial was prompted by assisted suicide and “aid in a lawsuit filed in March 2012 dying” for terminally ill patients on behalf of plaintiffs by the are fundamentally different.

By Susan Montoya Bryan

The Associated Press

American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico and the Denver-based group Compassion & Choices.

Riggs, a 49-year-old Santa Fe resident who has undergone aggressive radiation and chemotherapy treatment, joined the lawsuit in May 2012. She testified Wednesday that her cancer is in remission but there have been days when getting out of bed and walking 15 feet were an uphill battle. There also have been days when simply talking required too much energy, she said.

Riggs, who has been using her “bonus time” to travel the country in a camper van, said she wants to live, but she also wants the option if her condition worsens.

“I don’t want to suffer needlessly at the end,” she said.

Morris, an oncologist at The University of New Mexico, told the judge about patients who can’t swallow, those whose skin splits from the buildup of fluid in their bodies and those who have to be sedated to the point of being unconscious to alleviate the pain.

Council: Changes include giving mayor vote on all council issues Continued from Page A-7 the mayor to vote on all matters that go before the council will be a stand-alone question.

“It’s not really dependent on any other charter amendment that we have,” City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez said.

The proposed charter change to allow the mayor to have a vote on all matters has widespread support, from former Mayor Sam Pick to the League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County.

“Having the mayor vote on all issues is a long-standing League position and one that we think can be considered by the voters independently of any other proposed amendments,” former City Councilor Karen Heldmeyer, the league’s point person on the proposed charter changes, said this week in an email.

Currently, the mayor only votes in the case of a tie on the eight-member council or when more than a simple majority of

lenge, and there is little that can be done to remove the moisture that has penetrated the roof due to UV, blistering and other sigCouncil OKs roof nificant roof damage.”

Public Works Director Isaac project at GCCC “Ike” Pino said he expects the Expect to see a new roof over project to start around March. the Genoveva Chavez Commu“We can’t work on the roofs nity Center ice arena next year. when there’s snow on them,” he The Santa Fe City Council on said. “It has to be dry.”

Wednesday approved a $83,239 The city received three bids agreement with Alpha Restora- on the project. Alpha provided tion and Construction Services the lowest.

Inc. for the roof replacement The new roofing system will project. The roof “requires be a vinyl roof membrane with emergency replacement to flame retardants and UV proaddress the numerous safety tectors that will provide “a staconcerns regarding the aging ble roofing system for the long roofing system,” city documents term,” city documents state. state.

“Despite repairs, maintaining Contact Daniel J. Chacón at the roof continues to be a chal986-3089.

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How to make holidays safe for pets

By Charly Haley

Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald

Ornaments on the Christmas tree, popcorn and cranberry strings and, of course, sweet, sugary treats.

Sounds like a festive holiday celebration — for people. But for pets?

Ornaments are treats that shouldn’t be eaten, sugar leads to being sick, and popcorn strings could be a quick way to tip over a Christmas tree.

“My dog did that one year,” said Dr. Crystal Scott, veterinarian at Kindness Animal Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. Her dog had tried to eat popcorn and cranberries off of the tree, only to end up with the whole tree falling on top of him.

But these holiday hazards don’t mean pet owners can’t celebrate — they just need to take precautions.

With the holidays comes the cold, and “the worst thing a pet can get into in the

winter is anti-freeze,” Scott said. “If you don’t catch it in the first 24 hours [after a pet drinks antifreeze] it can cause kidney failure.”

And, unfortunately, antifreeze tastes sweet to pets, Scott said. Sometimes pet owners will be working in their garage and not notice their dog drink spilled antifreeze, she said.

“Luckily, most people who own pets know about antifreeze, but we still get one from time to time,” she said.

small enough so that the pet’s body heat can warm it.

“Shorter-hair dogs are more susceptible to the cold,” Scott added.

Bad treats

Holiday festivities can also be dangerous to pets if their owners aren’t careful.

Scott suggests that pet owners watch electrical cords when hanging Christmas lights, because pets could pull or chew the cords.

Pet owners should also remember that holiday foods can make pets sick, so chocoCold temps late and other sweets shouldn’t be fed to The winter weather can also pose a chilly pets, she said. threat to pets, Scott said.

And pet owners shouldn’t give ham or turkey bones to pets, Scott said. “We always She advises anyone who keeps their pet worry about bones splintering.” outside to have a wind-proof shelter with bedding to help keep the pet warm.

She also suggested keeping Christmas tree ornaments out of the reach of pets.

“Some people have heated shelters for their pets,” she said. If that’s not the case, “We do see a lot of dogs that think the she suggests making sure the shelter is ornaments are treats,” Scott said.

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Pet connection Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Captain Morgan, a 6-year-old gray-andwhite kitty, is an all-around great boy who has tons of love to give. This social feline makes friends with ease. Sox, a 4-year-old pit-bull mix, is a lovable, good-natured girl who would love to get to know you and your family.

These and other animals are available for adoption from the shelter at 100 Caja del Rio Road. The shelter’s adoption hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Visit www.sfhumanesociety. org or call 983-4309, ext. 610.

Española Valley Humane Society: Precious Bobby, a handsome Siamese boy, is a curious kitten who would love to investigate your home.

Slingshot is a high-energy poodle boy who loves his tennis ball. If you want a dog with a lot of get-up-and-go, then this boy is for you. He is friendly and social with other canines and loves people. This lowshedding kid will need regular grooming to keep his gorgeous chocolate coat in check.

These and other animals are available for adoption at the shelter, 108 Hamm Parkway.

The shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 4:45 p.m. Sunday. Call 505-7538662 or visit the website at www.espanolashelter.org.

Capt. Morgan

Slingshot

Sox

Grayson

Bobby

Jane

Felines & Friends: Sweet, social and affectionate, Grayson is a great kitty who loves people and gets along well with other mellow cats, although he would prefer a home without dogs. Jane is a sweet and adorable kitten who loves to play and would fit in well with any family situation.

Cats of all ages are available for adoption from Felines & Friends and can be visited at Petco throughout the week during regular store hours.

Adoption advisers are available from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Petco on Cerrillos Road.

Become a Felines & Friends volunteer.

Visit the website at www. petfinder.com/shelters/NM38. html or call 316-CAT1.

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PET VET

Dog’s weight issues could be metabolic

to obesity is hypothyroidism.

This condition is caused by a lack of thyroid hormone in Allison is becoming very frus- the body. This causes a slowtrated as she has watched Rufus, ing of metabolic rate and a her 8-year-old dachshund mix, decrease in activity. It does not, turn into what she describes however, cause a reduction in as a sausage. Realizing it is not appetite. This combination can in his best interest, Allison put lead to obesity.

Rufus on a diet, but after three Without question the No. 1 months of food control, Rufus cause for obesity in our comgained 2 pounds. I can certainly panions is us! We tend to oversee why this must be frustratfeed our pals both their regular ing. food and then oftentimes (read Obesity in our companions “many times”), various types is a rising problem. But, as is of treats. When the amount the case with humans, it’s not of calories taken in by our a simple issue. Since we are dog — you cat folks should be responsible for caring for our heeding this as well — exceeds companions, the solution lies their daily needs, the extra is with us. I have not once in my stored as fat. The longer this career seen a patient of mine process of excess caloric intake willingly attempt to reduce his is allowed to continue, the fator her body weight. ter our companion becomes.

Excess body mass in our In order to combat this procompanions can have underlycess, one must first admit they ing metabolic issues that conare the likely cause. The next tribute to this problem. There step involves coming up with can be genetic components a solution. This is where we as involved or sometimes acquired veterinarians can help. hormonal problems that can Allison needs to schedule an lead to obesity. These possible appointment for Rufus to see underlying problems need to be sorted out as part of a weight his veterinarian. After ruling out any underlying metabolic loss program. This will involve or hormonal issues that might a thorough physical examination and blood workup looking be contributing to Rufus’ obesity, a weight-loss plan can be for some of these possibilities. developed specifically tailored This is precisely where Allison to Rufus. needs to start with Rufus.

One of the more common Jeff Kahler is a veterinarian in hormonal diseases that leads Modesto, Calif.

By Jeff Kahler

The Modesto (Calif.) Bee

It’s 34 degrees outside, but Smudge the cat always finds the warm spots. COURTESY LOIS SNYDERMAN

In brief

Reception honors winning doghouse

It’s not too late to vote on Santa Fe’s fanciest doghouse.

Organizers with Barkitecture Santa Fe, a unique fundraiser for the Santa Fe animal shelter, will tally the final votes and bids in Santa Fe’s biggest adoption event of the holiday season this weekend features dozen the contest on Thursday, Dec. 12.

The winning doghouse will be chosen by of dogs and cats just waiting for a loving family, a chance to win an iPad Air and free popular vote during the 5 p.m. reception for builders and their friends at the Sanbusco photos with Santa Paws.

Market Center, 500 Montezuma Ave. The The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane shelter also will have its new pet calendar Society is teaming up with the American available at the event and volunteers will Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to offer bags of homemade caramels for purAnimals and Subaru of America for its chase. Refreshments will be served. annual Subaru Share the Love Adoption The doghouse display, which runs Event/Rescue Rides and celebration Friday through Sunday at the center, 500 Montand Saturday at Premier Motorcars in the ezuma Ave., pits nine teams vying for bragSanta Fe Auto Park. The mobile adoption ging rights as builder of Santa Fe’s most event runs from noon to 6 p.m. Friday and exclusive and desirable dog house.

11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Santa Fe The public is invited to vote on their dealership, 4480 Cerrillos Road.

The event will be held in heated tents and favorite creation and even bid on the strucfeatures refreshments courtesy of Starbucks. ture for their own precious pooch during All adopters receive a goody bag filled with the center’s hours. Votes are free and those treats, Hill’s pet food and coupons with dis- who vote are eligible for a raffle that will counted pet services. Photographer Carolyn be drawn when the winning doghouse is formally announced. All proceeds from the Wright also will be offering adopters and anyone else who brings in a donation of pet winning bids benefit the shelter’s programs food, toys, bedding, litter or financial contri- for Northern New Mexico’s homeless animals. butions a free digital photo with their new Laurie Wilson, owner of Teca Tu, the animal companion and Santa Claus. Addicenter’s pet boutique, is hosting the comtional prints are available for purchase. petition. The reception will also feature the Adopters, along with those who donate pet-related items for the shelter’s homeless shelter’s 2014 Pet Calendar release party.

Those people who have preordered the calanimals, also will be able to enter a raffle endars are welcome to pick them up at the and a chance to win a brand-new iPad Air or a $50 Starbucks gift basket. The donation reception or anytime at the shelter, 100 Caja del Rio Road. drive, dubbed “Stuff the Subaru,” features two Subarus used to hold the donations for the shelter. A detailed “wish list” of items is available on the shelter’s website, www. sfhumanesociety.org.

For every new Subaru purchased or The Santa Fe animal shelter is hosting leased during the Share the Love event, a special Winter Critter Camp that offers Subaru donates $250 to the owner’s choice children ages 10-13 a fun, hands-on experiof participating charities, one of which is ence with animals in a shelter environment.

ASPCA. A majority of the ASPCA’s Share The two-day intensive camp runs from the Love donation is targeted for distribu9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 30 and 31 at the shelter, tion as grants to animal welfare organiza100 Caja del Rio Road. Similar to the Sumtions, of which the Santa Fe animal shelter is a recipient. The shelter also is only one of mer Critter Camp, teams of children will learn the care and handling of a variety of 20 shelters nationwide to receive an inauanimals, with a focus on behavior, veterigural grant from the ASPCA for its Rescue nary care and training. This special camp Ride program.

Share the love at adoption event

Shelter hosts Winter Critter Camp

offers unique interaction with shelter staff and companion animals. In addition to short talks about animal sheltering and care, there will be punctuated with fun, interactive games, worksheets and handson projects.

Participants will finish the camp with a greater appreciation of companion animals and return home with lots of memories and photos to share with family and friends.

The camp, which costs $100, is limited to 10 participants. To register or for more information, please call 983-4309 ext. 204 or email abuchanan@sfhumanesociety.org.

Artist’s showing benefits animals A Santa Fe artist is offering her a portion of her profits to animal rescue groups from a gallery showing.

Hillary Vermont’s show, Hillary Vermont/20 years, is being held at the Back Street Bistro, 513 Camino de los Marquez, through New Year’s Day. The gallery is showing her work of painted animal friends and Tic Toc Rocks.

Ten percent of the show’s profits go to local and international rescue groups, the artist said.

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Donation drive supports dogs of homeless A Santa Fe pet bakery and boutique is hosting a raffle to help animal companions of homeless people The raffle for the Street Homeless Animal Project will be held Dec. 20 at Pooch Pantry Bakery & Boutique, 301 N. Guadalupe St. Raffle tickets are $5, with the prizes that include a $250 gift certificate to Pooch Pantry, a $150 gift certificate to Pooch Pantry, and a gift certificate for an ice cream cake from Baskin-Robbins.

SHAP, founded and run by Karen Cain, offers food, supplies and veterinary care for companion animals of the street homeless community. Cain has been honored for her project and work with animals by Animal Protection New Mexico.

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THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, December 12, 2013

Los Alamos: ‘No evidence’ that ex-cop was psychotic Continued from Page A-7 to the Los Alamos Medical Center, where a doctor signed paperwork sending him to the state hospital in Las Vegas. He spent 10 days there before his release.

The countersuit states that after Schamber was freed, Foster and Mills told him he would lose his job and his home.

And on Feb. 14, psychologist Dr. Susan Cove said, “[i]t appears there were a lot of misstatements and reports to

medical staff both in Los Alamos and [the state hospital] that later did not bear out to be correct. There is no evidence that [Schamber] was psychotic in December 2012 or since.”

The countersuit says that after Torpy returned as police chief, Foster was fired and Mills was disciplined. Calls to the Los Alamos Police Department on Wednesday were not returned.

Contact Chris Quintana at 986-3093 or cquintana@ sfnewmexican.com.

Son’s funeral costs put couple behind on mortage payments The New Mexican

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obert’s 29-year-old son died a year ago, but he is still paying off his son’s hospital and funeral bills. With the additional costs, Robert and his wife, who is in a wheelchair because of a leg amputation, have fallen behind on their mortgage and utilities.

Robert is asking for help to pay back what the couple owe: $481 for their mortgage, $71 for the electric bill and $237 for propane.

Robert is one of many community members seeking help from The New Mexican’s Empty Stocking Fund during the holiday season.

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repairs or home repairs, contact Roberta at Presbyterian Medical Services, 983-8968.

If you can contribute food, clothing, toys, housewares or furniture in good condition, or other items or services, please contact The Salvation Army at 988-8054.

To apply

Complete your application for assistance online at www. santafenewmexican.com/ empty_stocking.

Applicants who do not have uuu access to a computer can The Empty Stocking Fund is complete an application online a project of The Santa Fe New at several public libraries and Mexican. The Santa Fe Combusinesses free of charge. munity Foundation, the First Santa Fe Public Library: National Bank of Santa Fe, The u Main Library, 145 WashingSalvation Army and Presbyteton Ave. rian Medical Services donate u La Farge Branch Library, services to jointly administer 1730 Llano St. the Empty Stocking Fund. u Southside Branch Library, Watch for daily stories 6599 Jaguar Drive featuring requests from local New Mexico Work Force residents in The Santa Fe New Connection: 301 W. De Vargas Mexican. The names of the St. applicants have been changed Hopewell Center: 1800 in the stories to protect their Espinacitas St. privacy. The information from Presbyterian Medical Serthe initial application will be vices: 1409 Second St. verified if the applicant is All applications must be selected for assistance. received by 5 p.m. Friday to be considered by the Empty To donate Stocking Fund Committee.

Make your tax-deductible The Empty Stocking Fund will donation online at www.santa consider every applicant who fenewmexican.com/empty_ meets the eligibility criteria, stocking or you mail a check to: without regard to race, creed, The New Mexican’s Empty place or country of origin, age, Stocking Fund c/o The Santa disability, ethnicity, color, genFe Community Foundation, der identity, marital status or P.O. Box 1827, Santa Fe, N.M., sexual orientation. Applicants 87504-1827. must provide a Social Security If you can provide a needed number or their request will service such as roofing, car not be funded.

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u City officers responding to a report of a burglary at Dion’s, 2014 Cerrillos Road, at about 8:50 p.m. Tuesday located the suspect, Samuel Romero, 23, of Glorieta, near Llano Street and St. Michael’s Drive. An officer wrote that when he turned on his emergency lights, Romero fled and later crashed at Fifth Street and Cerrillos Road.

Romero was charged with larceny, aggravated fleeing and receiving stolen property. u A Samsung camera was reported stolen from Sam’s Club, 4201 Rodeo Road, at 5:16 p.m. Tuesday.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following report: u A DVD player, an iPod, assorted jewelry, figurines and cash were stolen from a home in the 5000 block of Agua Fría Park Road sometime Tuesday.

DWI arrests u Ariana Davis, 23, 4520

Cedar Crest Circle, was arrested on charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident. A report alleged she was involved in a rollover crash on N.M. 599 sometime Monday and failed to give notice of the accident. Police wrote that she fled in a pickup, but officers later located her and returned her to the crash scene.

Speed SUVs u The Santa Fe Police Department listed the following locations for mobile speedenforcement vehicles: SUV No. 1 at Kaune Elementary School from 7:25 to 8:15 a.m. and 2:10 to 2:55 p.m., and on Agua Fría Street at Harrison Road at other times; SUV No. 2 at E.J. Martinez Elementary School from 7:25 to 8:15 a.m. and 2:10 to 2:55 p.m., and on W. San Mateo Road between Galisteo Street and St. Francis Drive at other times; SUV No. 3 at Galisteo Street at W. Alicante Road.

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Plane crash victims identified The state Office of the Medical Investigator has identified the two people who died in a Sunday morning crash of a single-engine airplane near the Los Alamos airport.

Michael D. Fjetland, 51, a

farmer and businessman from Harmony, Minn., was identified as the pilot of the aircraft.

His passenger was identified as Kevin John Burrs, 52, a design engineer from Corwith, Iowa, and Fjetland’s longtime friend and business partner.

The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the crash, which occurred about

a mile south of the airport.

According to a story on a Minnesota news website, Fjetland took off from his own runway near Harmony, picked up Burrs and spent the night in Nebraska.

They were planning to stop in Denver to conduct some business, but were forced to divert first to Pueblo, Colo., and then

Los Alamos, because of bad weather.

They landed in Los Alamos on Saturday morning and took off again the next day, shortly before 8:15 a.m., when the plane crashed in a canyon on land owned by the U.S. Department of Energy.

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Funeral services and memorials MAJOR BENJAMIN W. FRIEDMAN, (RET) SEPTEMBER 18, 1933 DECEMBER 9, 2013 On December 9, 2013, Benjamin William "Bill" Friedman transitioned from this earth into eternity. Bill had been fighting cancer for a good part of eight years and fought an honorable fight and stayed positive in spite of this merciless ongoing battle.

Bill was born on September 18, 1933 in Wadsworth, Ohio. Upon graduation from High School, Bill enlisted in the United States Air Force and in 1955 graduated Officers’ Training School as a commissioned officer and pilot.

Bill was a very active and productive member of the Montezuma Masonic Lodge #1, Eastern Star and a 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite and York Rite Freemasonry appendant bodies as well as the Santa Fez Shriners for 50 years. Bill was also a member of the Santa Fe MOWW (Military of World Wars) organization and was instrumental in coordinating ROTC youth training camps.

Bill was a participant for many years in the Santa Fe Artists Association and an accomplished artist in his own right.

Bill was preceded in death by his wife Prim Friedman. Bill is survived by his daughter Lynn Chandler, pseudo son Jim Chandler, grandchildren Leslie Litke, Ryan Litke and Michael Chandler, and five great grandchildren. This wonderful man touched the lives and hearts of so many people in the Santa Fe community and the state of New Mexico and will always be loved and truly missed.

Vaya con Dios "Wild Bill."

Donations can be made "in Memory of Bill Friedman" to: Santa Fez Shriners and Memo: Children’s Hospital Donation or Montezuma Lodge #1 Memo: Building Fund and send to: Montezuma Lodge #1, 431 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 Interment service on Friday, December 13, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the National Cemetery. Fellowship to follow at the Montezuma Masonic Lodge #1 (431 Paseo de Peralta) after the service at 10:00 a.m.

OFFICER JASON HILL

JOHNNY J. ANAYA

Goodbye, I had to say it four years ago on this cold winter day.

All I have are our memories. I try not to be sad but saying goodbye still hurts so bad. I miss you more than I can express. My love for you will never grow less. I know you are in Heaven above looking down on us with all your love. I’ll remember you each and every day, and if I need to talk to you, I’ll sit down and pray. The struggles I face each day are ones that stay. Time will heal so they say. So I wait and watch the clock as time fades away. I can’t help but feel defeated or even maybe a little cheated. But how very selfish would I be to hope and pray you could stay with me. If only we had one wish, we’d only wish for you. If only we could bring one person back, we’d only ever pick you.

Age 69, of Galisteo, NM passed away on December 10, 2013. He was born to Clarita and Manuel Anaya.

He was retired from the Santa Fe County where he was a Heavy Equipment Operator.

He had a love for the outdoors, horses, and especially his puppies.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Manuel and Clarita Anaya, and brother, Raymond Anaya.

He is survived by his fiancé, Betty Jo Tabor, daughter, JJ Jaramillo (Glenn), sons: Raymond Anaya (Susan), Joe Anaya, Manuel Gallardo (Annette), Phillip Anaya, brother, Nick Anaya (Corrine), sister, Marta Delgado (Simon), 12 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren.

A rosary will be held at Nuestra Senora de los Remedios Church in Galisteo on Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with a Funeral mass to follow at 12:00 p.m.

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SHEILA J. COX Age 63, a lifelong resident of New Mexico, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013. She is survived by her husband, David Cox; stepchildren, Melissa Cox, Christopher Cox (Misty); grandchildren, Elijah, Braydon, and Reece; sister, Loretta Lopez; brothers, Larry Lopez (Colleen) and Dennis Lopez (Anna); numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews and numerous cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe A. Lopez and Amelia Lopez; and one sister, Sharon Martinez. Sheila was a very loving person and had an affinity for helping out others. She touched many lives in her career as a Social Worker and Educational Diagnostician and will be greatly missed by many very special friends. Rosary will be recited Thursday, December 12, 2013, 7:00 p.m., at FRENCH - Wyoming with a viewing beginning at 6:00 p.m. Mass will be celebrated on Friday, December 13, 2013, 8:30 a.m., at Risen Savior Catholic Church, 7701 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Albuquerque. Interment will take place at Santa Fe National Cemetery Friday at 3:00 p.m.

Pallbearers will be Christopher Cox, Elijah Cox, Braydon Cox, Jerome Martinez, Darren Lopez, Larry Maestas, and Chris Gettler.

Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to the New Mexico Cancer Center or M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Please visit our online guestbook for Sheila at www.FrenchFunerals.com FRENCH - Wyoming 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE (505) 823-9400

LUPITA ANGELA TRUJILLO GARCIA 33, of Santa Fe, unexpectantly passed away peacefully on November 24, 2013.

She was born in Santa Fe to Mary Trujillo aka Maria Murillo and father Jaime Murillo. Preceded by Lupe Trujillo (Grandfather), Archie Garcia (Grandfather), Grandma Minnie, Cousin Annette and Monica.

Lupita is survived by her mother, Maria aka Mary; father, Jaime; her husband, Chris Garcia; Sons: Christoper and Santiago; Daughter, Maria; Friend, Jeff; Son, Nikko; Daughter, Alexei; unborn child, Angel; Sisters: Tina Murillo (Eddie Lopez), Anita Murillo (Chris Vaisa), and Anglica Murillo (Derrick Roybal); Grandmother, Bertha Garcia; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at San Isidro Church in Agua Fria with burial to follow immediately.

We love & miss you.

Your loving wife, AnneMarie Hill & family

Forever in Our Hearts Happy Birthday Dad December 12th & Happy 67th Anniversary December 14th Together Again in Heaven We Miss & Love You A Mass in Manny & Kate’s Memory Friday, December 13th 8 a.m.

St. Anne’s Parish

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OPINIONS

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The West’s oldest newspaper, founded 1849

Tea party no longer terrifies

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

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OUR VIEW

State must focus on jobs, economy

Dana Milbank

The Washington Post

WASHINGTON ep. Steve Stockman’s moment as a viable Senate candidate lasted exactly 13 hours 47 minutes.

At 7 p.m. Monday, the farright Stockman, R-Toxicity, announced via the right-wing website WND that he would challenge incumbent John Cornyn in the Texas Republican Senate primary. And for a brief period, it appeared that Stockman could pose a credible threat; his decision was immediately praised by the Tea Party Patriots and the Senate Conservatives Fund, founded by the Heritage Foundation’s Jim DeMint.

But then something unexpected happened: Sanity prevailed.

The Club for Growth, which started the trend of conservative primary challenges to incumbent Republicans, issued a statement just before 9 a.m. Tuesday saying that it was not on board with Stockman, the flamboyant lawmaker who distributed articles of impeachment against President Barack Obama this fall and who tweets messages such as “Obamacare is less popular than chlamydia.”

“While Congressman Stockman has a pro-economic growth record, so does Senator Cornyn, as witnessed by his 87 percent lifetime Club for Growth score,” the group said, adding that “we do not expect to be involved in the Texas Senate race.”

Matt Lewis, a highly regarded conservative writer with The Daily Caller, pronounced Stockman doomed.

Conservatives were “in danger of throwing some babies out with the bath water,” Lewis said, and he praised the Club for Growth’s restraint in Texas

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as “leadership by example.”

It was one of many signs that the tea-party-driven purge of the GOP has begun to subside. Conservative activists still dominate the party and its processes, but their reign of terror may be easing.

Consider: Rep. Paul Ryan, a darling of the Republican conservative base and a likely 2016 presidential candidate, just reached a budget agreement with Democrats that would allow a modest increase in spending. Even the hint of a spending increase was enough to produce howls from Heritage Action this week before the deal was announced. The group, influential among activists and GOP lawmakers, issued a statement Monday that it “cannot support a budget deal that would increase spending in the near-term for promises of woefully inadequate long-term reductions.”

The agreement is nothing for either side to celebrate: Raising revenue through fees and gimmicks, it does nothing about the problems with entitlement programs, it doesn’t reform the tax code and it doesn’t even fully replace the automatic “sequestration” spending cuts.

But what’s noteworthy is that the threats from conservatives didn’t deter Ryan.

At the same time, Senate

Republicans are stepping up their efforts to help each other beat back primary challenges.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is going to battle against the Club for Growth and other conservative groups over a primary challenge to veteran Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi.

Roll Call reported that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has a primary challenger in Kentucky backed by some of the same groups, is holding a fundraiser this week for Cochran. (Historically, the committee has saved its money for general-election battles.)

Concern is also spreading on the right that House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is planning to defy the tea party set on immigration reform. Reports in conservative media outlets say that the speaker is planning to hold off on immigration votes until after primary filing deadlines have passed. That way, lawmakers needn’t fear a challenge from somebody criticizing a vote for “amnesty.”

A Boehner spokesman called the reports rumor, but some GOP lawmakers are hoping the speaker pursues just such a strategy.

Stockman, the would-be senator, must have thought he had gamed the system just right when he entered the primary battle against Cornyn

on the last possible day. He seems to have calculated that his extreme views would automatically make him a contender, but it hasn’t turned out that way.

Nobody can out-conservative Stockman. The former street vagrant, on his second tour in Congress, has been known for inviting Ted Nugent to the State of the Union speech, for opposing Boehner’s re-election as House speaker (because of “betrayal of conservative principle”) and for his bumper sticker announcing, “If babies had guns they wouldn’t be aborted.” He launched his campaign Monday by criticizing the “liberal” Cornyn because the incumbent didn’t wholly support Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s brinkmanship over Obamacare.

But Cornyn, a former Texas attorney general, is no liberal; he notes with pride that National Journal ranked him the second-most conservative senator last year. The difference between incumbent and challenger is character: Cornyn has it, Stockman is one. That the Club for Growth can recognize the difference is reason for hope.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Take responsibility for breaking the law

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’m so tired of hearing about Oriana Farrell and her minivan. If she wasn’t breaking the law in the first place, this whole mess would not have happened. She, in my opinion, put her own children in danger. She broke the law and should have accepted the consequences like everyone else.

Liz Lucero

Santa Fe

Clear roads My hat is off to the Santa Fe Public Works Department. A native Southerner, I am not comfortable driving in ice/snow.

I had to drive to work on Dec 6. The roads were in great condition. The roads in Tierra Contenta had been plowed and dirt was on the road. I drove to Agua Fría Elementary School with no problem.

I saw the workers in plows working. I rolled down my window to give them a thumbs up. Thanks for your hard work!

Ellis Wright

Santa Fe

A pup in need Last week, I scooped up a 6-week-old puppy who was standing in the middle of the road barking at the car coming toward him. He’s currently being fostered by my neighbor, waiting to be adopted.

He has big paws, so promises to be a big dog and looks like a golden lab with Shar-Pei ears. He’s cuddly, getting housebroken and absolutely adorable. He’s been to the vet and is healthy. He’s good with other dogs, and can’t walk down the street without people cooing over him.

Know anyone who might like to adopt this precious guy? Contact newanimal family@aol.com.

Karen Meadows

Santa Fe

A gender issue?

It is a shame that Dr. Ana Guzmán is no longer the president of Santa Fe Community College. As an adjunct faculty member there, I was very impressed with Dr. Guzmán. I right away saw a change agent who is focused on student success

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and who was pleasant, intelligent and decisive. She left no stone unturned looking to reduce expenses to offer raises to the faculty and increase the number of full time faculty, with a laser focus on student success. She quickly discovered the complacency of some faculty members and offered early retirement incentives so they could exit the college in a dignified way.

Dr. Guzmán is a very competent president. I wonder if Dr. Guzmán were a man, would his management style be labeled as abrasive, or would he be admired as a decisive leader? Let us also not forget the expensive and long search process that entails finding a new president.

Lina Germann

Santa Fe

ov. Susana Martinez’s endless fascination with driver’s licenses and who gets them has no place in a short legislative session. Yet, despite failing to revoke the driving privileges of people in the United States illegally over the last three regular sessions, she plans to put the issue back on the call for the 30-day session that will begin in January.

What a waste of time and effort.

Part of a governor’s job, as we have said before, is to prioritize so that the essential work of the state happens. In a short session, the necessary work has to do with the state budget — all else is extra. While there will be other issues worth examining in 2014, a divisive dive into who gets to drive is bad for the state.

A decision to go after licenses means hours of hearings and time spent better allocated on other issues. (Especially, since nationally, some 11 states and the District of Columbia are now offering the licenses. New Mexico has been a trend-setter on this humanitarian and public safety issue.)

Even though there might be enough House votes to pass a driver’s license bill this time around (that’s why Martinez replaced the late Rep. Stephen Easley, a Democrat, with Republican Vickie Perea) there’s almost no chance of it passing in the state Senate. That means a lot of fuss over a bill that will go nowhere — except to be made into election ads as Martinez continues to try and turn the Democratic House into a Republican-majority chamber. The issue of who can drive is less policy than politics, and that’s a shame, considering the state’s real problems.

The biggest challenge facing New Mexico remains its dismal jobs and economic picture. Improving those numbers to help people find jobs should be at the center of the legislative agenda, for both the governor and legislators.

The most recent report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that New Mexico is not recovering from the recession. Preliminary statistics show that between April and October, the state lost 20,382 jobs, or 2.4 percent, and nearly 24,000 labor force participants. New Mexico is fourth-worst in the nation in the number of labor force participants, a snapshot of how many working-age residents have jobs. New Mexico’s at 57.6 percent, compared to the national labor force participation rate of 62.8 percent in October. The economy is not recovering. That, not who can drive legally, must be the focus of legislators and the governor.

Come 2014, thankfully, there should be more money in state coffers. Economists for both the state Legislature and the governor say the state will collect some $6.2 billion in the fiscal year that begins July 2014, about $293 million more than currently being spent. (Those dollars, for the most part, don’t indicate a booming economy, but rather increased oil and gas revenues and a business tax credit that cost less than expected.)

Still, there should be almost $300 million in new money that legislators and the governor can spend, whether to replenish cash reserves, pay for tax cuts, fill state jobs or restore necessary services. There will be enough hair pulling over how much to spend and how much to save without introducing nonessential items — including another battle over whether undocumented residents of the state can drive.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 12, 1913: With the dazzling splendor of an oriental court, the grand masquerade ball for the benefit of the Santa Fe Fire Department began at 9 o’clock last night at the armory and continued in full blaze until 1 o’clock this morning, affording hours of “music, mystery and merriment,” to a great throng of patrons. It was in every sense a delightful affair. Santa Feans are proud of their volunteer fire department and it was to express their appreciation of the services of the gallant fighters who respond to the call for help at all hours of the day or night they answered the invitation to dance “en masque.”

Dec. 12, 1963: Plans for a new state Capitol building show “complete disregard for the historical qualities of Santa Fe,” say the mayor and City Council. The council met informally to discuss the ultramodern circular structure which Capitol architect Willard C. Kruger has designed to house state executive offices and legislative chambers. A letter over signatures of Mayor Pat Hollis and the eight aldermen was sent to Gov. Jack M. Campbell and members of the Capitol Buildings Improvement Commission “urgently requesting that the letter and the spirit of Santa Fe’s Historical Ordinance be followed.”

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

TIME OUT Horoscope

Crossword

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013: This year you have a tendency to overindulge and be a little too carefree. Taurus demands a lot from you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Juggle different ideas and situations, and you will be successful. Somehow, there is a common thread that runs through the day. Tonight: Make it your treat.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You’ll perk up by midday and use your energy in a positive way. Touch base with a friend and/or handle a meeting in the afternoon. Tonight: Whatever makes you happy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Use the morning to the max. You might want to kick back and enjoy a friend.

Some of you might decide to put the finishing details on a project. Tonight: Not to be found.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Recognize a limitation that has been imposed upon you by someone else. Until you establish more confidence, you might not be able to break this barrier. Tonight: Making fun weekend plans.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Reach out for more information before making a decision. You might feel pushed and pulled in different directions. Tonight: Opt for something different.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH One-on-one relating helps you detach from an immediate problem. Recognize how triggered you get at times. Tonight: Allow in more romance.

Super Quiz Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

Subject: AMERICANA: THREELETTER LAST NAMES Provide the name of the person with a three-letter last name. (e.g., In law, a female whose identity is unknown. Answer: Jane Doe.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. The boy who refused to grow up.

Answer________ 2. The assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. Answer________ 3. The biggest Western film star of the 1920s.

Answer________

GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Record-setting defenseman for the Boston Bruins.

Answer________ 5. Author of The Raven.

Answer________ 6. He played Kato in the 1960s TV series The Green Hornet.

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. The first chief justice of the United States.

Answer________ 8. The “It Girl.”

Answer________ 9. Author of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Answer________

ANSWERS:

1. Peter Pan. 2. James Earl Ray. 3. Tom Mix. 4. Bobby Orr. 5. Edgar Allan Poe. 6. Bruce Lee. 7. John Jay. 8. Clara Bow. 9. Harper Lee.

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) 2013 Ken Fisher

Husband loses that ‘in love’ feeling Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married for only 18 months. Things were blissful for the first year, and then things took a drastic change. One day, he told me he has lost the “in love” feeling.

Apparently, he had felt animosity for some time, but I had no idea.

He chose to hold his emotions in, and over time, the result was that he stopped loving me. He now spends four days a week with friends and comes home past midnight. I don’t believe he is cheating. When he was single, he chose to live a sheltered life.

My husband is aware that his behavior is extreme. Could this be a midlife crisis, even though he is only 36? How can I help him through this stage? — Newlywed Blues Dear Newlywed: Every married couple has a period of adjustment, but we think there is more to your husband’s story than what he is telling you. You cannot expect his behavior to improve on its own.

Unless he is willing to be honest and address what is wrong, there is unlikely to be any change in your relationship.

Counseling could help get to the bottom of it, provided your husband is cooperative. If not, please decide whether you want to remain in this marriage, because what is going on may not get better, and even if it does, this type of sudden coldness could happen repeatedly if the two of you do not learn to communicate more clearly.

Dear Annie: You often suggest that family members try to work out their differences if there is an estrangement. But there are two sides to every story.

My husband and I were treated horrendously by a family member, and every relative allowed it to continue even though they were fully aware of the pain it caused us. The stress was constant and created physical as well as emotional issues.

Sheinwold’s bridge

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Others seek you out in the morning. You might want to screen your calls or deal with an issue later in the day. Tonight: Be a duo.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Clear out as much as you can by noon.

You will be focused, even though you could have a reason to be distracted.

Tonight: Play the night away.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Funnel your creativity into a project. A healthy balance will draw positive results.

Tonight: Play it loose and easy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Getting going might take longer than you would like. Focus on the long term and deal with an associate directly. Tonight: Consider starting the weekend early.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HH Make an important call in the morning, when others seem more receptive. You might be lucky in a work-related situation.

Tonight: Head home as soon as you can.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Though you might hold back in the morning, by midafternoon you will be an open book. Don’t worry about others’ reactions. Tonight: Be creative.

Jacqueline Bigar

Cryptoquip

Chess quiz

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. © 2013 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

WHITE HAS A CRUSHER Hint: Reposition the knight.

Solution: 1. Nf4! Kf8 2. Rxg7!

Rxg7 3, Ne6ch! (gets the rook) [Stevic-Bogdanovski ’13].

Today in history Today is Thursday, Dec. 12, the 346th day of 2013. There are 19 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush was transformed into the president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida’s contested election.

Hocus Focus

After trying to work it out, we finally made the painful decision to separate ourselves from this part of the family.

Just because you are related to someone does not mean you have to allow yourself to be abused or bullied. It is frustrating to read letters from those who “don’t know why Betty won’t speak to the family.” I’m sure many of them know perfectly well why. They simply choose not to acknowledge the part they may have played in Betty’s decision. — Tired of Being the Bad Guys Dear Tired: In many instances, this is true. People put their heads in the sand when it is too complicated to look around and shake things up.

We usually suggest people make an effort to see whether family relationships can be repaired. But we don’t expect anyone to tolerate horrible behavior that won’t change. You made the effort. It didn’t work. You then did what was necessary for your mental and physical health.

Dear Annie: I had to laugh when I read the letter from “Perplexed in Pennsylvania,” who is upset that her best friend keeps forgetting her birthday. That could be me. It could also be my best friend.

You see, in today’s world, we sometimes get too busy to stop and smell the roses and remember the birthdays of those we care about. It certainly doesn’t mean we care any less.

I sometimes forget the birthdays of my own children and siblings. I may remember several days in advance and then forget on the actual day and feel sorry afterward. But it’s not the end of the world.

Every now and then, my friends and I have a special lunch together to celebrate our friendship. We do not exchange gifts, because we all have more “things” than we need. A fun card is just that, and it’s good at any time. “Perplexed” should think of what she can do for herself on her special day. — One Who Knows in Oklahoma

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CAPITAL CITY INVITATIONAL

Popular Hobbs to compete in tourney Undefeated Eagles will take on Deming Wildcats in first round

By James Barron

The New Mexican

The Hobbs Eagles.

Three words that grab the state’s attention no matter where you go.

It evokes an image of full-court pressure, Ralph Tasker and the string of championship banners (16 in all) that define the boys basketball program’s — and maybe the school’s — legacy.

New Mexico States’ Sim Bhullar, left, looks to pass the ball against the defense of Arizona’s Brandon Ashley in Wednesday’s game.

So when you look at the boys bracket of this year’s Capital City Invitational boys and girls basketball tournament and see that name, it’s an attention getter. The Eagles will make their grand entrance at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Santa Fe High’s Toby Roybal Memorial Gymnasium.

“Hobbs is an attraction anywhere they go,” Santa Fe High head coach David Rodriguez said. “That’s a tribute to coach Tasker, coach [Russ] Gilmore and now coach [Mike Smith]. Anyone that wants to see good basketball is naturally going to gravitate toward them.”

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Hobbs is an attraction “ anywhere they go. ...

Anyone that wants to see good basketball is naturally going to gravitate toward them.”

David Rodriguez, Santa Fe High head coach

LOBOS BASKETBALL

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Extra-large talent

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

No. 1 Arizona thrashes Aggies

UNM power forward Cameron Bairstow uses size, strength to excel on the court

By John Marshall

By Will Webber

The Associated Press

The New Mexican

TUCSON, Ariz. — Brandon Ashley scored 15 points, Kaleb Tarczewski added 14, and No. 1 Arizona shook off a slow start to dominate Arizona 74 New Mexico State NMSU 48 74-48 on Wednesday night.

Arizona (10-0) labored out of the gate in its first game as the nation’s top-ranked team before pulling away from the Aggies for another impressive all-around victory.

The Wildcats shot 52 percent, dominated the glass (38-22) and held

ALBUQUERQUE hen University of Cincinnati men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin sat courtside to watch the Australian national team play a game over the summer, he knew exactly what he was witnessing when he took a look at the floppy haired, muscular man in the middle for the Boomers.

In part, he was watching one of the most dominant low post players in college basketball this season.

Cronin also was getting a glimpse of a player he knew would cause his Bearcats serious problems when they visited The Pit for a nonconference game against The University of New Mexico.

That big man was — and is — Lobos power forward Cameron Bairstow, a 6-foot-9 senior who is arguably one of the most improved college players over the past four years.

Barely recruited by American programs when he came to the U.S. from Brisbane, Australia, he has transformed from a skinny, awkward kid into a reliable, big man whose speed and strength make him a future professional. He has the power to post up on anyone and the moves to create his own shot anywhere within 15 feet of the rim.

Against Cronin’s Bearcats, he had a career-high 13 rebounds and 24 points in a 63-54 win before a sellout crowd and a national television audience.

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NCAA

Power programs seek more autonomy

By Rachel Cohen

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — The five power conferences of college sports want more flexibility in providing financial support to athletes.

A major reason they lack that freedom in the first place is other NCAA members have feared widening the wealthiest programs’ competitive advantage. Now NCAA President Mark Emmert and the leaders of those behemoth leagues must convince Mark schools with fewer Emmert resources that giving them greater autonomy is in the best interest of college athletics.

“What’s really hard in these kinds of things is for people to vote themselves less political authority,” Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Wednesday. “They don’t do that.

That’s not a natural thing to do.”

NCAA leaders are exploring ways to alter their governing structure, which would allow the colleges that can afford it to pay for certain expenses currently prohibited. That includes offering a stipend for the costs of attending school not covered by scholarships.

Emmert told reporters at the Intercollegiate Athletics Forum that members are “cautiously optimistic” an acceptable plan can be devised.

Then again, he was confident two years ago that a Division I-wide stipend proposal would be approved.

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Up next Saturday: New Mexico (7-1) vs.

No. 13 Kansas (6-3) in Kansas City, Mo., 5 p.m.

TV: ESPN2 New Mexico’s Cameron Bairstow drives to the basket over the defense of Davidson’s Tyler Kalinoski, left, and Brian Sullivan in the second half at the Charleston Classic on Nov. 24. MIC SMITH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Radio: KVSF-AM (1400) and KKOB-AM (770)

NFL

Shanahan sits RG3; Cousins to start for Redskins

By Joseph White

The Associated Press

ASHBURN, Va. — It takes quite the sales job to explain why a medically cleared Robert Griffin III won’t play for the rest of the season.

Embattled Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan realized that and gave it his best shot Wednesday, speaking passionately at times in a 28-minute news conference that included references to the team’s “circus atmosphere” and insistences that the move isn’t a ploy to get himself fired.

The upshot is that Griffin will be the inactive third quarterback for the

Redskins’ final three games, behind starter Kirk Cousins and backup Rex Grossman. Shanahan’s reasoning is that he fears Griffin, who has taken a pounding in recent weeks, will get hurt, and that would ruin the franchise player’s offseason — a reversal of Shanahan’s oft-stated position that Griffin needed as much game experience as possible and would play to the end of the season.

“You’ve got to take a look at the risk and reward,” Shanahan said.

“And with Robert, I thought that his hits were piling up on him, giving him his toll, and I was afraid that we would set him back.”

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Griffin, who publicly clashed with Shanahan at times this year, clearly wasn’t happy with the decision.

He gestured, shrugged and shook his head throughout his turn at the podium, and he declined to answer when asked if he believes Shanahan’s rationale for the benching, saying: “At this point, I just have got to leave it up to Coach.

“I expressed my desire to play,” Griffin said. “Of course, I want to be out there and finish the season with my guys, see it through. He explained to me his reasoning, and at the end of the day, Coach’s decision is what we go with.”

Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III walks on the field during a practice Wednesday in Ashburn, Va. ALEX BRANDON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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BASKETBALL NBA Eastern Conference

Atlantic Boston Toronto Brooklyn Philadelphia New York Southeast Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington Orlando Central Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee

W 10 7 7 7 6 W 16 11 10 9 7 W 19 10 8 8 5

L 14 13 14 16 15 L 6 11 12 11 15 L 3 13 12 13 17

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BASKETBALL Pct .417 .350 .333 .304 .286 Pct .727 .500 .455 .450 .318 Pct .864 .435 .400 .381 .227

Western Conference

Southwest W L Pct San Antonio 17 4 .810 Houston 15 7 .682 Dallas 13 10 .565 New Orleans 10 10 .500 Memphis 10 11 .476 Northwest W L Pct Portland 18 4 .818 Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 Denver 13 8 .619 Minnesota 11 11 .500 Utah 5 19 .208 Pacific W L Pct L.A. Clippers 15 8 .652 Phoenix 12 9 .571 Golden State 13 10 .565 L.A. Lakers 10 11 .476 Sacramento 6 14 .300 Wednesday’s Games Orlando 92, Charlotte 83 L.A. Clippers 96, Boston 88 Minnesota 106, Philadelphia 99 San Antonio 109, Milwaukee 77 Oklahoma City 116, Memphis 100 New Orleans 111, Detroit 106, OT New York 83, Chicago 78 Utah 122, Sacramento 101 Golden State 95, Dallas 93 Thursday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 8:30 p.m.

Magic 92, Bobcats 83

GB — 1 11/2 21/2 21/2 GB — 5 6 6 9 GB — 91/2 10 101/2 14 GB — 21/2 5 61/2 7 GB — 1/2 41/2 7 14 GB — 2 2 4 71/2

Knicks 83, Bulls 78

CHICAGO (78) Dunleavy 7-24 3-3 20, Boozer 6-10 0-0 12, Noah 3-5 6-8 12, Hinrich 3-11 3-4 11, Snell 1-7 1-2 4, Teague 2-7 3-4 7, Gibson 2-6 8-8 12, Mohammed 0-2 0-0 0, Murphy 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-72 24-29 78.

NEW YORK (83) Anthony 9-21 11-12 30, Martin 0-3 3-4 3, Bargnani 4-10 0-1 8, Prigioni 2-9 0-0 6, Shumpert 0-2 0-0 0, J.Smith 2-8 2-2 7, Stoudemire 7-11 0-0 14, Udrih 4-5 0-0 8, Hardaway Jr. 3-7 0-0 7. Totals 31-76 16-19 83.

Chicago 17 15 22 24—78 New York 15 31 22 15—83 3-Point Goals—Chicago 6-21 (Dunleavy 3-11, Hinrich 2-5, Snell 1-4, Teague 0-1), New York 5-19 (Prigioni 2-7, Anthony 1-3, Hardaway Jr. 1-3, J.Smith 1-5, Bargnani 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Chicago 55 (Boozer 12), New York 46 (Anthony 10). Assists—Chicago 12 (Noah 4), New York 17 (Anthony 4). Total Fouls—Chicago 19, New York 21.

Technicals—Stoudemire. A—19,812 (19,763).

Clippers 96, Celtics 88

L.A. CLIPPERS (96) Dudley 3-9 2-2 9, Griffin 7-16 4-4 18, Jordan 2-3 1-6 5, Paul 8-16 6-8 22, W.Green 3-6 0-0 8, Ja.Crawford 7-14 5-6 21, Jackson 0-3 0-0 0, Collison 3-7 4-6 10, Jamison 1-2 0-2 3, Hollins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-76 22-34 96.

BOSTON (88) J.Green 10-23 6-6 29, Bass 6-12 5-7 17, Sullinger 5-13 0-0 10, Jo.Crawford 7-17 5-6 20, Bradley 3-8 0-0 8, Faverani 0-1 0-0 0, Lee 0-2 0-0 0, Wallace 1-2 0-0 2, Pressey 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 1-1 0-0 2.

Totals 33-80 16-19 88.

L.A. Clippers 20 19 27 30—96 Boston 23 22 19 24—88 3-Point Goals—L.A. Clippers 6-17 (Ja.Crawford 2-2, W.Green 2-3, Jamison 1-2, Dudley 1-3, Griffin 0-1, Collison 0-1, Paul 0-2, Jackson 0-3), Boston 6-17 (J.Green 3-7, Bradley 2-2, Jo.Crawford 1-4, Wallace 0-1, Sullinger 0-3). Fouled Out—Lee. Rebounds—L.A. Clippers 50 (Paul, Griffin 7), Boston 54 (Bass 12). Assists—L.A. Clippers 20 (Paul 9), Boston 20 (Jo. Crawford 9). Total Fouls—L.A. Clippers 17, Boston 23. A—17,587 (18,624).

Pelicans 111, Pistons 106, OT

DETROIT (106) Jo.Smith 5-15 0-2 11, Monroe 13-22 2-7 28, Drummond 5-9 0-0 10, Jennings 10-23 1-2 25, Caldwell-Pope 1-5 0-0 2, Singler 1-5 6-8 8, Stuckey 7-16 6-6 20, Siva 0-0 0-0 0, Harrellson 0-1 2-2 2, Jerebko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-96 17-27 106.

NEW ORLEANS (111) Aminu 4-10 3-4 11, Anderson 6-18 6-6 22, Ja.Smith 8-14 6-8 22, Holiday 8-14 1-2 19, Gordon 5-9 2-2 14, Evans 4-7 6-6 14, Rivers 1-7 1-2 4, Morrow 0-2 0-0 0, Amundson 2-3 1-2 5, Withey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-84 26-32 111.

Detroit 28 23 23 22 10—106 New Orleans 29 28 26 13 15—111 3-Point Goals—Detroit 5-21 (Jennings 4-10, Jo.Smith 1-3, Harrellson 0-1, Stuckey 0-2, Caldwell-Pope 0-2, Singler 0-3), New Orleans 9-23 (Anderson 4-12, Holiday 2-3, Gordon 2-5, Rivers 1-1, Morrow 0-1, Aminu 0-1).

Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Detroit 58 (Drummond 11), New Orleans 58 (Ja.Smith 16). Assists—Detroit 17 (Jennings, Stuckey 4), New Orleans 23 (Holiday 8). Total Fouls—Detroit 19, New Orleans 22.

Technicals—New Orleans defensive three second. A—14,517 (17,188).

ORLANDO (92) Afflalo 6-18 3-3 16, Davis 8-17 0-0 17, Vucevic 4-9 4-4 12, Nelson 6-16 2-2 17, Oladipo 5-10 0-0 10, Nicholson 4-9 0-0 10, Moore 5-9 0-0 10, Maxiell 0-2 0-0 0, Harkless 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-90 9-9 92.

CHARLOTTE (83) Taylor 3-8 1-2 8, McRoberts 5-7 0-0 11, Jefferson 4-10 2-2 10, Walker 4-18 2-2 10, Henderson 3-14 5-5 12, Zeller 5-7 0-0 10, Sessions 3-11 3-3 9, Adrien 1-1 2-2 4, Gordon 3-8 2-2 9. Totals 31-84 17-18 83.

Orlando 16 27 24 25—92 Charlotte 18 24 20 21—83 3-Point Goals—Orlando 7-19 (Nelson 3-7, Nicholson 2-6, Davis 1-1, Afflalo 1-4, Moore 0-1), Charlotte 4-17 (Gordon 1-2, Taylor 1-2, McRoberts 1-3, Henderson 1-3, Sessions 0-3, Walker 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Orlando 61 (Vucevic 14), Charlotte 45 (Jefferson 11). Assists—Orlando 18 (Nelson 6), Charlotte 23 (Gordon 5).

Total Fouls—Orlando 17, Charlotte 14.

A—11,377 (19,077).

Spurs 109, Bucks 77

SAN ANTONIO (109) Leonard 3-8 7-8 13, Duncan 9-12 3-3 21, Ayres 0-0 0-0 0, Parker 7-11 1-1 15, Green 4-8 0-0 10, Ginobili 2-3 0-0 4, Diaw 4-11 1-1 9, Belinelli 5-8 1-2 11, Mills 4-7 0-1 9, Bonner 2-7 0-0 5, Joseph 5-10 0-1 10, De Colo 1-3 0-0 2.

Totals 46-88 13-17 109.

MILWAUKEE (77) Middleton 1-7 0-0 2, Udoh 1-4 0-0 2, Henson 2-6 0-0 4, Knight 2-7 4-4 8, Mayo 1-4 0-0 3, Antetokounmpo 5-8 5-8 15, Ilyasova 3-16 1-2 8, Wolters 7-15 4-5 18, Ridnour 3-10 1-2 7, Raduljica 4-7 2-2 10. Totals 29-84 17-23 77.

San Antonio 32 31 29 17—109 Milwaukee 16 24 14 23— 77 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 4-17 (Green 2-5, Bonner 1-4, Mills 1-4, De Colo 0-1, Ginobili 0-1, Belinelli 0-2), Milwaukee 2-15 (Mayo 1-3, Ilyasova 1-4, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Ridnour 0-1, Middleton 0-1, Wolters 0-2, Knight 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— San Antonio 60 (Duncan 16), Milwaukee 47 (Henson, Antetokounmpo 8). Assists—San Antonio 25 (Parker 5), Milwaukee 16 (Wolters 7). Total Fouls—San Antonio 21, Milwaukee 18.

A—11,987 (18,717).

Thunder 116, Grizzlies 100

OKLAHOMA CITY (116) Durant 6-12 5-5 18, Ibaka 6-14 0-0 12, Perkins 0-1 0-0 0, Westbrook 7-12 11-11 27, Roberson 2-3 2-2 7, Lamb 7-9 1-1 18, Adams 1-2 1-2 3, Collison 2-2 1-2 5, Jackson 6-10 4-4 17, Fisher 1-2 1-2 4, Jones 2-4 1-4 5, Thabeet 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-71 27-33 116.

MEMPHIS (100) Prince 2-6 0-2 4, Randolph 5-12 7-12 17, Koufos 3-10 6-6 12, Conley 7-13 4-4 20, Bayless 5-10 1-2 11, Franklin 2-6 2-2 6, Leuer 5-14 5-5 17, Miller 3-8 1-1 9, Calathes 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 34-81 26-34 100.

Oklahoma City 25 32 32 27—116 Memphis 22 20 31 27—100 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 9-18 (Lamb 3-4, Westbrook 2-5, Durant 1-1, Roberson 1-1, Fisher 1-2, Jackson 1-4, Ibaka 0-1), Memphis 6-15 (Leuer 2-3, Miller 2-4, Conley 2-5, Franklin 0-1, Bayless 0-2). Fouled Out—Koufos.

Rebounds—Oklahoma City 48 (Ibaka 7), Memphis 44 (Randolph 8). Assists—Oklahoma City 22 (Westbrook 9), Memphis 17 (Conley 9). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 27, Memphis 25. A—16,345 (18,119).

Timberwolves 106, 76ers 99

PHILADELPHIA (99) Turner 6-16 0-0 13, Young 7-13 2-2 16, Hawes 7-12 2-3 20, Wroten 8-13 3-4 20, Thompson 2-2 1-1 5, Anderson 5-8 4-4 16, Allen 1-3 0-0 2, Brown 2-3 0-0 4, Davies 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 1-3 0-0 3.

Totals 39-74 12-14 99.

MINNESOTA (106) Brewer 4-13 0-0 10, Love 9-21 7-8 26, Pekovic 9-15 2-2 20, Rubio 5-12 9-10 21, Martin 1-9 3-4 5, Cunningham 3-7 2-2 8, Barea 0-5 2-3 2, Shved 0-2 0-0 0, Mbah a Moute 2-6 0-0 4, Hummel 4-6 0-0 10. Totals 37-96 25-29 106.

Philadelphia 39 22 20 18—99 Minnesota 20 28 30 28—106 3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 9-20 (Hawes 4-5, Anderson 2-3, Williams 1-2, Wroten 1-3, Turner 1-4, Brown 0-1, Young 0-2), Minnesota 7-20 (Brewer 2-3, Hummel 2-3, Rubio 2-3, Love 1-6, Barea 0-2, Martin 0-3). Fouled Out— Wroten. Rebounds—Philadelphia 43 (Anderson, Turner 8), Minnesota 57 (Love 15). Assists—Philadelphia 22 (Brown 6), Minnesota 23 (Rubio 7).

Total Fouls—Philadelphia 25, Minnesota 15. Technicals—Philadelphia defensive three second. A—13,450 (19,356).

Jazz 122, Kings 101

UTAH (122) Jefferson 7-9 3-4 20, M.Williams 3-8 0-0 8, Favors 6-9 5-5 17, Burke 4-8 2-2 11, Hayward 7-15 2-2 17, Burks 7-11 0-1 17, Kanter 4-7 0-0 8, Garrett 3-5 0-0 6, Evans 4-8 1-1 9, Rush 3-4 0-0 9, Gobert 0-2 0-0 0, Lucas III 0-3 0-0 0.

Totals 48-89 13-15 122.

SACRAMENTO (101) D.Williams 6-11 1-2 13, Thompson 3-8 5-5 11, Cousins 7-14 7-11 21, Thomas 7-13 5-5 20, McLemore 1-8 1-2 4, Outlaw 2-6 2-2 6, Thornton 4-11 2-2 11, Ndiaye 1-1 0-0 2, Fredette 4-6 4-4 13, McCallum 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-78 27-33 101.

Utah 26 32 38 26—122 Sacramento 23 23 26 29—101

3-Point Goals—Utah 13-23 (Jefferson 3-4, Rush 3-4, Burks 3-4, M.Williams 2-5, Hayward 1-1, Burke 1-4, Garrett 0-1), Sacramento 4-13 (Fredette 1-1, McLemore 1-2, Thornton 1-3, Thomas 1-3, D.Williams 0-2, Outlaw 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Utah 43 (Favors 7), Sacramento 49 (Cousins 11). Assists—Utah 35 (Burke 9), Sacramento 13 (Thomas 7). Total Fouls—Utah 27, Sacramento 20.

Technicals—Cousins, Sacramento Coach Malone, Thomas. A—15,198 (17,317).

Warriors 95, Mavericks 93

DALLAS (93) Marion 5-10 1-2 12, Nowitzki 7-14 4-5 21, Blair 2-8 0-0 4, Calderon 7-15 1-1 18, Ellis 8-20 5-6 21, Crowder 3-6 0-0 6, Dalembert 0-4 0-0 0, Carter 4-9 0-0 9, Larkin 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 37-88 11-14 93.

GOLDEN STATE (95) Barnes 6-16 4-4 17, Lee 7-16 1-2 15, Bogut 3-5 0-0 6, Curry 13-25 1-1 33, Thompson 3-14 2-2 11, Speights 0-2 1-2 1, Green 4-5 0-2 9, Douglas 1-3 0-0 3, Bazemore 0-0 0-0 0, Armstrong 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 37-86 9-15 95.

Dallas 23 32 17 21—93 Golden State 16 28 22 29—95 3-Point Goals—Dallas 8-23 (Nowitzki 3-6, Calderon 3-9, Marion 1-2, Carter 1-3, Ellis 0-1, Crowder 0-2), Golden State 12-28 (Curry 6-11, Thompson 3-9, Green 1-1, Douglas 1-3, Barnes 1-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Dallas 51 (Marion, Blair 9), Golden State 58 (Bogut 18). Assists—Dallas 24 (Ellis, Calderon 5), Golden State 20 (Curry 10). Total Fouls—Dallas 15, Golden State 18. Technicals— Golden State defensive three second.

A—19,596 (19,596).

NCAA MEN’S TOP 25

Wednesday’s Results No. 1 Arizona 74, New Mexico State 48 No. 3 Ohio State 86, Bryant 48 No. 4 Wisconsin 78, Milwaukee 52

NCAA MEN’S DIVISION I SCORES

Far West Arizona 74, New Mexico St. 48 BYU 100, Prairie View 52 Denver 80, Colorado St. 70 Montana 69, Idaho 58 Utah Valley 62, Weber St. 59 South Coppin St. 91, UMBC 71 Fairfield at Belmont, ppd.

Jacksonville St. 63, Alcorn St. 52 King (Tenn.) 85, Tusculum 66 Louisiana Tech 93, Northwestern St. 71 UCF 79, Howard 64 UNC Greensboro 75, Claflin 70 Midwest Bethany Lutheran 60, St. Mary’s (Minn.) 51 Bowling Green 79, North Dakota 69 Carleton 76, Bethel (Minn.) 74 Concordia (Moor.) 68, Augsburg 57 Gustavus 71, St. John’s (Minn.) 47 Marian (Wis.) 72, Edgewood 60 N. Dakota St. 73, Notre Dame 69 Ohio St. 86, Bryant 48 Olivet 108, Illinois Tech 50 St. Thomas (Minn.) 75, Hamline 52 Wis.-La Crosse 62, Wis.-Oshkosh 54 Wis.-Platteville 71, Wis.-Eau Claire 56 Wis.-River Falls 70, Wis.-Stout 64 Wis.-Stevens Pt. 79, Wis.-Whitewater 67 Wisconsin 78, Milwaukee 52 East Canisius 69, Buffalo 55 George Washington 70, Boston U. 60 Merchant Marine 78, Coast Guard 76, 2OT Niagara 83, Davidson 72 Old Westbury 81, Brooklyn 70 Penn St. 68, Duquesne 59 Princeton 78, Rutgers 73 William Paterson 103, Rowan 63 Southwest Texas A&M Commerce 105, Northwood (Texas) 75

NCAA WOMEN’S TOP 25

Wednesday’s Result South Dakota State 83, No. 12 Penn State 79

NCAA WOMEN’S DIVISION I SCORES

Far West CS Bakersfield 85, San Francisco 70 Idaho 84, Lewis-Clark St. 53 Utah 81, Utah Valley 70 South Campbell 67, UNC Asheville 59 Limestone 82, Carson-Newman 73 Louisiana Tech 74, Northwestern St. 40 McNeese St. 78, Louisiana-Monroe 63 East Boston College 63, Boston U. 52 Brooklyn 78, Old Westbury 76 Hartford 66, Maine 56, OT Penn 67, Army 57 Princeton 75, Binghamton 49 St. Peter’s 62, Fairleigh Dickinson 56 William Paterson 95, Rowan 64 Midwest Aquinas 64, Olivet 49 Bethel (Minn.) 63, Carleton 57 Concordia (Moor.) 79, Augsburg 59 IPFW 101, Indiana Tech 45 Indiana 87, Milwaukee 68 Michigan 89, E. Michigan 75 Nebraska-Omaha 84, Air Force 56 S. Dakota St. 83, Penn St. 79 St. Benedict 76, Gustavus 73 St. Olaf 59, St. Catherine 53 St. Thomas (Minn.) 85, Hamline 58 Wis.-Oshkosh 51, Wis.-LaCrosse 42 Wis.-Platteville 72, Wis.-Eau Claire 66 Wis.-Stout 67, Wis.-River Falls 52 Wis.-Whitewater 80, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 69

Ducks 2, Wild 1

NHL Eastern Conference

Atlantic GP W Boston 31 21 Montreal 32 19 Detroit 32 15 Tampa Bay 30 17 Toronto 32 16 Ottawa 32 12 Florida 32 10 Buffalo 31 7 Metro GP W Pittsburgh 32 21 Washington 31 17 Carolina 32 13 N.Y. Rangers32 15 New Jersey 32 12 Columbus 31 13 Philadelphia31 13 N.Y. Islanders32 9

FOOTBALL FOOTBALL

HOCKEY L OL Pts GFGA 8 2 44 86 62 10 3 41 85 71 9 8 38 87 85 10 3 37 85 76 13 3 35 87 90 14 6 30 92105 17 5 25 73106 22 2 16 53 92 L OL Pts GFGA 10 1 43 98 71 12 2 36 98 90 13 6 32 75 91 16 1 31 70 84 14 6 30 73 82 15 3 29 78 86 15 3 29 70 85 18 5 23 80111

Western Conference

Central GP W L OL Pts GFGA Chicago 34 23 6 5 51 129 93 St. Louis 29 20 6 3 43 100 67 Minnesota 33 18 10 5 41 78 77 Colorado 29 20 9 0 40 83 68 Dallas 29 14 10 5 33 83 86 Winnipeg 32 14 14 4 32 83 90 Nashville 31 14 14 3 31 71 89 Pacific GP W L OL Pts GFGA Anaheim 34 22 7 5 49 108 87 Los Angeles 32 21 7 4 46 88 63 San Jose 31 19 6 6 44 103 78 Vancouver 33 18 10 5 41 88 81 Phoenix 30 17 8 5 39 97 94 Calgary 30 11 15 4 26 79100 Edmonton 32 11 18 3 25 89109 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday’s Games Los Angeles 3, Toronto 1 Chicago 7, Philadelphia 2 Anaheim 2, Minnesota 1 Thursday’s Games Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

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

Toronto at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Calgary, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Boston at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 5:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Kings 3, Maple Leafs 1

Los Angeles 1 0 2—3 Toronto 0 1 0—1 First Period—1, Los Angeles, Doughty 6 (Richards, Carter), 10:30 (pp).

Penalties—Holland, Tor (holding), 8:59.

Second Period—2, Toronto, Franson 1 (Kessel, Gardiner), 14:30 (pp).

Penalties—Stoll, LA (slashing), 7:59; Nolan, LA, major (fighting), 10:48; McLaren, Tor, major (fighting), 10:48; Mitchell, LA (interference), 13:07; Doughty, LA (slashing), 14:03; Voynov, LA (roughing, high-sticking), 16:13; Lupul, Tor (slashing, roughing), 16:13.

Third Period—3, Los Angeles, Carter 8 (Voynov, Nolan), 9:40. 4, Los Angeles, Clifford 3 (Toffoli, Richards), 18:01.

Penalties—van Riemsdyk, Tor (crosschecking), 19:47.

Shots on Goal—Los Angeles 8-8-7—23.

Toronto 11-10-18—39.

Power-play opportunities—Los Angeles 1 of 2; Toronto 1 of 3.

Goalies—Los Angeles, Jones 4-0-0 (39 shots-38 saves). Toronto, Bernier 9-9-2 (23-20).

A—19,375 (18,819). T—2:31.

Referees—Jean Hebert, Dennis LaRue. Linesmen—Derek Amell, Vaughan Rody.

Blackhawks 7, Flyers 2

Philadelphia 1 1 0—2 Chicago 0 5 2—7 First Period—1, Philadelphia, Voracek 5 (Timonen, Giroux), 12:31 (pp).

Penalties—Simmonds, Phi, major (fighting), 1:47; Brookbank, Chi, major (fighting), 1:47; Kruger, Chi (holding stick), 12:08; Bollig, Chi (high-sticking), 13:41; Timonen, Phi (holding), 19:34.

Second Period—2, Chicago, Keith 2 (Sharp, Kane), :43 (pp). 3, Chicago, Shaw 10 (Bollig, Oduya), 1:22. 4, Chicago, Handzus 3 (Kruger), 5:27 (sh).

5, Philadelphia, Downie 3 (B.Schenn, Streit), 6:11 (pp). 6, Chicago, Versteeg 5 (Saad, Hossa), 9:44. 7, Chicago, Toews 13 (Sharp, Hossa), 14:15.

Penalties—Saad, Chi (hooking), 4:27; Rinaldo, Phi (tripping), 7:18; Hartnell, Phi (roughing), 14:15.

Third Period—8, Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Handzus, Versteeg), 1:05. 9, Chicago, Sharp 15 (Kane, Hossa), 9:33 (pp).

Penalties—Morin, Chi (boarding), 2:12; Hartnell, Phi (goaltender interference), 6:32; Rosehill, Phi (roughing), 9:13; L.Schenn, Phi (elbowing), 9:13; Meszaros, Phi (cross-checking), 10:09; Rosehill, Phi, misconduct, 15:29; Bollig, Chi, misconduct, 15:29; Coburn, Phi, misconduct, 17:07; Morin, Chi, served by Sharp, minormisconduct (roughing), 17:07.

Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 10-713—30. Chicago 6-11-6—23.

Power-play opportunities—Philadelphia 2 of 5; Chicago 2 of 7.

Goalies—Philadelphia, Emery 3-6-0 (18 shots-12 saves), Mason (1:05 third, 5-4). Chicago, Raanta 5-0-1 (30-28).

A—21,144 (19,717). T—2:33.

Referees—Ghislain Hebert, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen—Steve Miller, Brian Murphy.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AWARDS

Minnesota 0 0 1—1 Anaheim 0 2 0—2 First Period—None. Penalties—Cooke, Min (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:03; Getzlaf, Ana (unsportsmanlike conduct), 8:03; Brodin, Min (holding), 19:27.

Second Period—1, Anaheim, Grant 2 (Cogliano, Winnik), 2:37. 2, Anaheim, Perry 21 (Lindholm, Getzlaf), 13:27.

Penalties—Brodin, Min (holding stick), 3:05.

Third Period—3, Minnesota, Pominville 15 (Suter, M.Koivu), 3:48 (pp).

Penalties—Lovejoy, Ana (boarding), 3:00.

Shots on Goal—Minnesota 10-7-7—24.

Anaheim 11-14-6—31.

Power-play opportunities—Minnesota 1 of 1; Anaheim 0 of 2.

Goalies—Minnesota, Harding 16-5-3 (31 shots-29 saves). Anaheim, Hiller 12-4-4 (24-23).

A—15,252 (17,174). T—2:24.

Referees—Paul Devorski, Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen—Derek Nansen, Mark Shewchyk.

TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with OF Rajai Davis on a two-year contract. Designated RHP Luis Marte for assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired RHP Kyle Haynes from Pittsburgh to complete an earlier trade.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Acquired OF Billy Burns from Washington for LHP Jerry Blevins.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Granted RHP Thad Weber his release and announced he signed with NC Dinos (Korean).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Promoted Tony Perezchica to minor league field & infield coordinator and Dan Carlson to minor league pitching coordinator.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Announced the retirement of 3B Jerry Hairston Jr. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Charlie Morton on a three-year contract and RHP Edinson Volquez on a one-year contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Acquired a player to be named or cash considerations from Houston for RHP Anthony Bass and a player to be named or cash considerations.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Angel Castro on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS — Signed F Chris Douglas-Roberts from Texas (NBADL). Waived F James Southerland.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Signed C Hilton Armstrong from Santa Cruz (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League

NFL — Fined Dallas CB Orlando Scandrick $21,000, for a helmet-tohelmet hit on Chicago WR Brandon Marshall and Dallas DE George Selvie $21,000, for a hit below the knees against Chicago QB Josh McCown in a Dec. 9 game.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Activated DE Edgar Jones off the injured reserve/ return list.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed RB Bradley Randle to the practice squad.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed S Jeron Johnson on injured reserve.

Signed S Perrish Cox. Signed LB Mike Taylor to the practice squad.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed DE Adewale Ojomo to the practice squad

HOCKEY National Hockey League

NHL — Suspended Ottawa D Jared Cowen two games for an illegal check to the head of Buffalo F Zemgus Girgensons during a Dec. 10 game and Tampa Bay F Richard Panik for two games for boarding Washington D Karl Alzner.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled G Petr Mrazek from Grand Rapids (AHL). Reassigned G Jared Coreau from Toledo (ECHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F Ryan Strome from Bridgeport (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled D Dylan McIlrath from Hartford (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS — Reassigned F Mike Hoffman to Binghamton (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer

LA GALAXY — Named Matt Reis goalkeeper coach.

NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Announced the retirement of G Matt Reis.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC — Traded MF Mauro Rosales and a No. 13 allocation ranking to Chivas USA for the rights to F Tristan Bowen and a No. 2 allocation ranking.

COLLEGE NCAA

BOISE STATE — Named Bryan Harsin football coach.

NFL American Conference

East W New England 10 Miami 7 N.Y. Jets 6 Buffalo 4 South W y-Indianapolis 8 Tennessee 5 Jacksonville 4 Houston 2 North W Cincinnati 9 Baltimore 7 Pittsburgh 5 Cleveland 4 West W x-Denver 11 Kansas City 10 San Diego 6 Oakland 4

L 3 6 7 9 L 5 8 9 11 L 4 6 8 9 L 2 3 7 9

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

Pct .769 .538 .462 .308 Pct .615 .385 .308 .154 Pct .692 .538 .385 .308 Pct .846 .769 .462 .308

PF PA 349 287 286 276 226 337 273 334 PF PA 313 316 292 318 201 372 250 350 PF PA 334 244 278 261 291 312 257 324 PF PA 515 345 343 224 316 291 264 337

National Conference

East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 8 5 0 .615 334 301 Dallas 7 6 0 .538 357 348 N.Y. Giants 5 8 0 .385 251 334 Washington 3 10 0 .231 279 407 South W L T Pct PF PA New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 343 243 Carolina 9 4 0 .692 298 188 Tampa Bay 4 9 0 .308 244 291 Atlanta 3 10 0 .231 282 362 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 7 6 0 .538 346 321 Chicago 7 6 0 .538 368 360 Green Bay 6 6 1 .500 316 326 Minnesota 3 9 1 .269 315 395 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Seattle 11 2 0 .846 357 205 San Francisco 9 4 0 .692 316 214 Arizona 8 5 0 .615 305 257 St. Louis 5 8 0 .385 289 308 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday, Dec. 12 San Diego at Denver, 6:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 15 Philadelphia at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Washington at Atlanta, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m.

Chicago at Cleveland, 11 a.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 11 a.m.

Buffalo at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

New England at Miami, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Carolina, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona at Tennessee, 2:25 p.m.

New Orleans at St. Louis, 2:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Dallas, 2:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 16 Baltimore at Detroit, 6:40 p.m.

NCAA FBS Bowls

Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Washington State (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-6), 12 p.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Fresno State (11-1) vs. Southern Cal (9-4), 1:30 p.m. (ABC) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Buffalo (8-4) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) New Orleans Bowl Tulane (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

GOLF GOLF

Nelson Mandela Championship

Wednesday At Mount Edgecombe Country Club course Durban, South Africa Purse: $1.38 million Yardage: 6,612; Par: 71 First Round Daniel Brooks, Eng 30-32—62 Francois Calmels, Fra 33-30—63 Edouard Dubois, Fra 34-30—64 Romain Wattel, Fra 32-32—64 Ryan Cairns, Zimbabwe 31-34—65 Joel Sjohlm, Swe 31-34—65 Jaco Ahlers, SAf 34-32—66 Estanislao Goya, Arg 35-31—66 Victor Riu, Fra 32-34—66 Adrien Saddier, Fra 32-34—66 Phillip Archer, Eng 36-31—67 Matthew Carvell, SAf 33-34—67 Charl Coetzee, SAf 34-33—67 Jbe Kruger, SAf 36-31—67 Dawie Van Der Walt, SAf 33-34—67 Tjaart Van Der Walt, SAf 32-35—67 Bradford Vaughan, SAf 34-33—67

SOCCER SOCCER

Champions League

(Home teams listed first) Group Stage Group E Chelsea (England) 1, Steaua Bucharest (Romania) 0 Schalke (Germany) 2, FC Basel (Switzerland) 0 Group F Marseille (France) 1, Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2 Napoli (Italy) 2, Arsenal (England) 0 Group G Atletico Madrid (Spain) 2, FC Porto (Portugal) 0 Austria Vienna (Austria) 4, Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia) 1 Group H AC Milan (Italy) 0, Ajax (Netherlands) 0 Barcelona (Spain) 6, Celtic (Scotland) 1

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Winston humbled by Heisman talk OSU rolls over Bryant

By Kyle Hightower The Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The first time Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston ever thought about winning the Heisman Trophy, he was a 12-year-old kid playing video games.

“Playing NCAA 2006 was the first time I was aware of the Heisman,” he said Wednesday. “When you could create a player and do the ‘Road to Glory’ and you could get the Heisman.”

Now that road could end with him holding the real thing, and several other big awards.

Winston is the overwhelming favorite to win the award now that a sexual assault complaint against him in Tallahassee has been closed without charges being filed.

Winston enters Thursday’s College Football Awards Show at Disney nomi-

nated for two of the night’s top awards — the Maxwell Award for the nation’s top player and the Davey O’Brien quarterback award.

He joins Texas A&M quarterback and reigning Heisman winner Jameis Johnny Manziel, as well Winston as Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron, who are both nominated for the same awards.

The now 19-year-old Winston described the week since Florida State secured its spot in the BCS national championship game as a whirlwind. But he said he goes into college football’s version of awards season humbled even as a huge Heisman favorite.

“Obviously, all the Heisman stuff, I really admire the people that have voted

for me and all that stuff,” Winston said.

“So, like I said, it’s overwhelming to me.”

Should Winston claim the Heisman, it would be the second consecutive year that the award went to a freshman.

Although that would also mean his name isn’t called, McCarron said it would be a feat that would be derided by the fifth-year senior, who just missed a shot at leading Alabama to a third consecutive national championship.

“It doesn’t make me feel any way. I’m happy for those guys,” he said. “Johnny’s one of my good friends. Jameis, I’d be happy for him, too. I don’t have any hatred against anybody, or against the Heisman committee or whoever votes on it. They’re going to vote how they’re going to vote.

“I’m happy, and like I said I go home at night and I can pull out my three national championship rings and smile pretty big and be pretty happy.”

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored 19 points, and No. 3 Ohio State pulled away early to beat Bryant 86-48 on Wednesday.

Amir Williams added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Buckeyes.

It was an early round game in the Blackrock Gotham Classic, which will conclude Dec. 21 with the Buckeyes meeting Notre Dame at Madison Square Garden.

NO. 4 WiScONSiN 78, MilWaukee 52 In Madison, Wis., Ben Brust scored 18 points, and Frank Kaminsky added 16 as No. 4 Wisconsin remained undefeated with a victory over in-state rival Milwaukee.

Sam Dekker and Traevon Jackson scored 12 points each for Wisconsin.

Kyle Kelm scored 17 points to lead Milwaukee (9-3), while Matt Tiby added 11.

WOMENS S. DakOTa ST. 83, NO. 12 PeNN ST. 79 In Brookings, S.D., Megan Waytashek and Steph Paluch scored 18 points apiece as South Dakota State defeated No. 12 Penn State despite squandering a 20-point halftime lead.

The Jackrabbits (7-4) had a 23-point lead when Paluch opened the second half with a 3 and were up 21 with 14:39 left when a Dara Tayler three-point play started a 10-0 for Penn State. The lead was still in double figures at the 5-minute mark before the Nittany Lions stormed back.

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Hobbs: Eagles just missed playing for title The Eagles are 3-0 on the young season and are coming Hobbs is no stranger to off a 72-61 win over El Paso Northern New Mexico. The (Texas) Chapin on Saturday. program made a trip to EspaTheir first-round opponents are ñola in 2009 to play the Sundevthe Deming Wildcats, who are ils and open a home-and-home making a second trip to Santa series, and Hobbs won the CapiFe after going 3-0 in Capital’s tal City title in its previous visit Al Armendariz Classic over the to Santa Fe in 1990. weekend.

That year’s edition of the The relationship between Eagles came in ranked as the Hobbs and Santa Fe is not one No. 2 team in the state in Class way. When Rodriguez coached AAAA, then the state’s highest the program from 1992-2002, the classification.

Demons routinely went to the The current group has Hobbs Holiday Tournament. It equally lofty expectations as was an enriching experience for Hobbs comes off a 2012-13 seahis teams because of the caliber son in which it was a whisker away from playing for the Class of teams in the tournament, which often included several AAAAA title before losing to out of state teams. eventual state champion Las “I’d like to get back there one Cruces in the semifinals 74-68.

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more time,” Rodriguez said.

Capital, which could be the Eagles’ semifinal opponent if it gets past Santa Fe High’s JV Thursday morning, played Hobbs in the Class AAAA quarterfinals in 2000, losing 93-92 as the Eagles went on to the second of four straight state titles.

Speaking of Capital, the girls team will begin the Bryan Mirabal Era at 2 p.m. in a firstround game against Las Cruces Centennial. The Lady Jaguars were stunned by the news on Tuesday that Tom Montoya was fired as head coach four games into the season.

Almost as stunned as Mirabal was at being hired to take over the program.

“At this point, I was just work-

ing at Capital [as a teacher] and had no interest in coaching this year,” Mirabal said. “I was going to do a little vacation in Texas for the holidays to visit my girlfriend’s family, but that will be put on hold now.”

What also can’t be put on hold for the moment is putting Mirabal’s system in place. While he plans on keeping it simple, the key element will focus on one side of the court.

“Right now, it’s all about defense,” Mirabal said. “That is one of the things the girls are missing. That, and discipline.”

The Lady Jaguars have allowed almost 66 points per game so far, and have held one team — Roswell Goddard — to fewer than 60 points.

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GOLF 4:30 a.m. on TGC — European PGA Tour, The Nelson Mandela Championship, first round, in Mount Edgecombe, South Africa 9:30 p.m. on TGC — Asian Tour, Thailand Championship, second round, in Bangkok MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. on FS1 — FAU at DePaul NBA 6 p.m. on TNT — L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn 8:30 p.m. on TNT — Houston at Portland NFL 6 p.m. on NFL — San Diego at Denver PREP BASKETBALL 5 p.m. on ESPN2 — Whitney Young (Ill.) at Apple Valley (Minn.)

SOCCER 11 a.m. on FS1 — UEFA Europa League, Swansea City at St. Gallen 1 p.m. on FS1 — UEFA Europa League, Anji at Tottenham WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m. on FS1 — Kentucky at DePaul

PREP SCORES Sandia 51, St. Pius 42

Boys basketball Questa 69, Des Moines 17

MIDDLE SCHOOL SCORES Girls basketball Eighth grade Pojoaque 41, Pecos 8. Top scorers — Pojoaque: Dallas Archibald 16; Pecos: C. Muller 4. Records — Pojoaque 7-5, Pecos not reported.

Seventh grade Pojoaque 22, Pecos 21. Top scorers — Pojoaque: Adrianna Quintana 9, Taylor Roybal 6; Pecos C. Muller 18. Records — Pojoaque 6-6, Pecos not reported.

PREP SCHEDULE This week’s varsity schedule for Northern New Mexico high schools. For additions or changes, call 986-3060 or email sports@sfnewmexican.com.

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New Mexico’s Cameron Bairstow receives a pass during the second half of the Mountain West Conference tournament championship game against UNLV on March 16. ASSoCIATED PRESS FILE PHoTo

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really strong but Drew was naturally strong and Drew learned “He’s one of the best power how to work in the weight room forwards in the country,” Cronin where he hadn’t before. I think said. “It’s not a surprise what he Cam is just a product of really did against us. He was so good working to improve himself.” this summer it was scary. He’s Bairstow said it has certainly been that way for [Australia] helped to have played alongside and he’s carried it over into [the UNM big men such as Gordon, Lobos’] season.”

A.J. Hardeman and current It’s no surprise to Bairstow’s Lobos center Alex Kirk. It was teammates, either. Aside from during Kirk’s medical redshirt his undeniable talent on the season of two years ago that court, he has cultivated somehe and Bairstow truly bonded. thing of a mythic reputation The pair would have endless inside the walls of the UNM workouts in the practice facility training complex. and tireless training sessions “Credit to Cam, he’s a strong in the weight room while the man,” said Lobos guard Hugh 7-foot Kirk recovered from back Greenwood, a junior and a felsurgery following his freshman low Australian. “He works hard, season. he lives in the gym, he lives in Bairstow can point to his the weight room.” upbringing at the AustraHe also lives with the knowl- lian Institute of Sport for his edge that his teammates and unyielding passion for getcoaches have profound respect ting better. While he may for his work ethic. have arrived in the U.S. as an “That cat is strong,” said underwhelming big man, he UNM head coach Craig Neal. has leaned on his past to turn “He’s really strong. I mean, himself into a player no one Cam’s by far — I’ve been here expected him to become. six years — he’s by far the stron“Well, we pretty much stick to gest kid that we’ve had here. a routine where we’re training I mean, Drew [Gordon] was four, five hours a day, six days a

week,” Bairstow said of his time back home. “I think after that, not much really compares to it, especially when you’ve got all the camps, which are threea-days, two hours each time. It really does prepare you for college where it’s just one practice a day and then two games a week. It really does prepare you for that kind of intensity and that kind of level, to be competing at that level at such a young age.”

Be it home or away, Bairstow can always be found in the weight room immediately after the game. He said he never skips an opportunity to push himself. So while most of his teammates are catching their breath in the locker room, he is pumping iron and working up a sweat.

“I’m just pretty amped up after the game, so it’s easy to take advantage of it,” Bairstow said.

It’s in the weight room that his teammates have learned to give him his space. While most athletes accept their limits, there is no such mindset when it comes to Bairstow.

“He’s a beast,” Greenwood said. “He goes off and does his own thing to be honest. He takes the chalk, he takes the whole thing to himself. He sets up, he’s got his own little station in the back corner. He’ll be there 10 minutes early and still there 30 minutes late. What he’s doing is just lifting weights, making noises over there. You just never really know.”

Together, Bairstow and Kirk form one of the best frontcourt combos in the country this season. The pair developed its game last season and has done nothing to suggest UNM’s big men are taking a step back in this, their final year as college teammates.

“I think a lot of teams, they understand what me and Alex can do down there,” Bairstow said. “I think you’ve seen a lot of double teams the last couple of games. I don’t think we’re taking them by surprise, but I think me and Alex are doing a pretty good job finding ways to be successful outside of what they do to us and what they can take away.”

Boys basketball — East Mountain at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Coronado at Peñasco, 7 p.m.

Española Valley hosts Española Classic, pairings TBA Los Alamos at Abq. Academy Tournament, pairings TBA Capital City Invitational at Santa Fe High: first round, Santa Fe High JV vs. Capital, 9:30 a.m.; Hobbs vs. Deming, 12:30 p.m.; Santa Fe Preparatory vs. St. Michael’s, 3:30 p.m.; Gadsden vs.

Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.

Las Vegas Robertson, Desert Academy at Albuquerque Sandia Preparatory Invitational, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at Laguna-Acoma Tournament, pairings TBA Questa at Cowbell Tournament in Springer, pairings TBA Santa Fe Waldorf at Bugg Light Invitational, at Albuquerque Menaul, pairings TBA Girls basketball — McCurdy at Mesa Vista, 5 p.m.

Coronado at Peñasco, 5:30 pm.

Santa Fe Preparatory at Escalante, 6 p.m.

Capital City Invitational at Santa Fe High: first round, Santa Fe High JV vs. St. Michael’s, 8 a.m.; Belen vs. West Las Vegas, 11 a.m.; Las Cruces Centennial vs. Capital, 2 p.m.; Las Vegas Robertson vs.

Santa Fe High, 5:30 p.m.

Los Alamos, Española Valley at Abq. Academy Tournament, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at Alice King Invitational in Moriarty, pairings TBA Questa at Cowbell Tournament in Springer, pairings TBA

Friday Boys basketball — Monte Vista, Colo., at Taos, 7 p.m.

Capital City Invitational at Santa Fe High: semifinals, Santa Fe High JV/Capital winner vs. Deming/Hobbs winner, 3:30 p.m.; St. Michael’s/Santa Fe Preparatory winner vs. Gadsden/Santa Fe High winner, 7 p.m.; consolation, Santa Fe High JV/Capital loser vs.

Deming/Hobbs loser, 9:30 a.m.; St. Michael’s/Santa Fe Preparatory loser vs. Gadsden/Santa Fe High loser, 12:30 p.m.

Española Valley hosts Española Classic, pairings TBA Los Alamos at Abq. Academy Tournament, pairings TBA Las Vegas Robertson, Desert Academy at Albuquerque Sandia Preparatory Invitational, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at Laguna-Acoma Tournament, pairings TBA Questa at Cowbell Tournament in Springer, pairings TBA Santa Fe Waldorf at Bugg Light Invitational, at Albuquerque Menaul, pairings TBA N.M. School for the Deaf hosts Roadrunner Classic, pairings TBA Girls basketball — Capital City Invitational at Santa Fe High: semifinals, Santa Fe HighJV/St. Michael’s winner vs. Belen/West Las Vegas winner, 2 p.m.; Las Cruces Centennial/Capital winner vs. Las Vegas Robertson/Santa Fe High winner, 5:30 p.m.

Los Alamos, Española Valley at Abq. Academy Tournament, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at Alice King Invitational in Moriarty, pairings TBA Questa at Cowbell Tournament in Springer, pairings TBA N.M. School for the Deaf hosts Roadrunner Classic, pairings TBA Wrestling — Las Vegas Robertson at Greeley, Colo., Invitational, time TBA

Saturday

Prep basketball: NMSD stomps Lady Dragons The Lady Roadrunners of New Mexico School for the Deaf put together a complete performance on Tuesday night, as they rolled to a 40-23 win over Monte del Sol in a nondistrict girls basketball game in Larson Gymnasium.

Kimberly Herrera continued her hot start to the season with 20 points, while freshman Janell Miller had nine points, 10 rebounds and seven steals. Junior Amberley Luna added 10 steals as NMSD’s defense wreaked havoc on the Lady Dragons.

NMSD (3-2) will prepare for its annual Roadrunner Classic, which begins Friday.

The Lady Roadrunners will face the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind at 11:30 a.m.

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Aggies: Ariz. extends streak to 10 last week, the Wildcats moved atop The Associated Press poll their fifth opponent under for the first time since 2003 60 points to open 10-0 for the and became the Pac-12’s first second straight season. top-ranked team since UCLA T.J. McConnell had nine in 2006. points and six assists while They didn’t get much time orchestrating Arizona’s to celebrate with two difficult offense, and do-it-all freshman opponents this week, includRondae Hollis-Jefferson proing Michigan in Ann Arbor on vided a big lift with 12 points Saturday. and eight rebounds.

Before Arizona hits the road, Daniel Mullings had 18 points though, it had to deal with the to lead New Mexico State (7-5), Aggies and Sim Bhullar, their which made 2 of 11 from 3-point paint-filling 7-foot-5 center. range and shot 33 percent to Bhullar wasn’t much of a lose its fourth straight. factor, but the Wildcats got Arizona reeled off an off to a ragged start, turning it impressive list of victories over three times in the first 4 during its opening nine-game minutes while missing seven winning streak, including at of their first nine shots.

San Diego State, Duke at MadiArizona shifted into gear son Square Garden to win behind its defense, forcing the the NIT Season Tip-off and a Aggies to go deep into the shot grind-it-out win over UNLV clock on nearly every poslast week. session and force up difficult With former No. 1 Michigan shots during a 13-3 run.

State’s loss to North Carolina Ashley keyed the Wildcats’

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offense early — 10 points in 10 minutes — and HollisJefferson provided an energy boost after that.

The freshman hit a pullup jumper, tracked down a rebound and threw a ball off a New Mexico State player to keep a possession alive, then found Aaron Gordon for a reverse layup.

Hollis-Jefferson followed with one of the most spectacular dunks so far this season, throwing down a left-handed tomahawk over Renaldo Dixon that drew a huge “Ohh!” from the McKale Center crowd and earned him a three-point play.

New Mexico State tried to keep it close but was hurt by rebounding again.

Opponents averaged 16 offensive rebounds against the Aggies the previous three games and Arizona had nine by halftime, leading to 10 points and a 32-24 lead.

Boys basketball — Dulce at Mora, 2:30 p.m.

Pecos at Mesa Vista, 5:30 p.m.

Capital City Invitational at Santa Fe High: championship, 7 p.m.; third place, 3:30 p.m.; fifth place, 12:30 p.m.; seventh place, 9:30 a.m.

Española Valley hosts Española Classic, pairings TBA Los Alamos at Abq. Academy Tournament, pairings TBA Las Vegas Robertson, Desert Academy at Albuquerque Sandia Preparatory Invitational, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at Laguna-Acoma Tournament, pairings TBA Questa at Cowbell Tournament in Springer, pairings TBA Santa Fe Waldorf at Bugg Light Invitational, at Albuquerque Menaul, pairings TBA N.M. School for the Deaf hosts Roadrunner Classic, pairings TBA Girls basketball — Capital City Invitational at Santa Fe High: championship, 5:30 p.m.; third place, 2 p.m.; fifth place, 11 a.m.; seventh place, 8 a.m.

Los Alamos, Española Valley at Abq. Academy Tournament, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at Alice King Invitational in Moriarty, pairings TBA Dulce at Mora, 1 p.m.

Santa Fe Prepatory at Santa Rosa, 2 p.m.

Pecos at Mesa Vista, 4 p.m.

McCurdy at Dulce, 5:30 p.m.

Monte del Sol at Tierra Encantada (at Santa Fe Boys & Girls Club), 6 p.m.

Questa at Cowbell Tournament in Springer, pairings TBA N.M. School for the Deaf hosts Roadrunner Classic, pairings TBA

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Mariners and Mets splurge; plate collisions to be banned

acceptance that these plays The Associated Press are ordinary and routine and an accepted part of the game,” LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Alderson said. “The costs assoTalk about change in baseball. ciated in terms of health and Seattle is spending, adding injury just no longer warrant two-time All-Star Corey Hart the status quo.” and Logan Morrison to go along Alderson said wording of the with Robinson Cano. rules change will be presented The New York Mets also are to owners for approval at their flashing big bucks, striking a Jan. 16 meeting in Paradise deal with pitcher Bartolo Colon Valley, Ariz. after signing Curtis Granderson.

“We’re going to do fairly And, in the biggest news at extensive review of the types of the winter meetings, Major plays that occur at home plate League Baseball said it plans to determine which we’re going to ban home plate collisions by to find acceptable and which 2015 at the latest. are going to be prohibited,” he “I just want to try to eliminate said. any injuries, severe injuries,” Away from the formal meetSan Francisco Giants manager ings, the Mariners added a pair Bruce Bochy said Wednesday. of first baseman-outfielders “Whether it’s a concussion or with pop, reaching agreement broken ankle, whatever.” on a one-year deal with Hart Mets general manager Sandy and acquiring Morrison in a Alderson, chairman of the rules trade with the Miami Marlins. committee, said the change Hart confirmed he had would go into effect for next agreed to the deal in a text to season if the players’ association The Associated Press. The deal approved and in 2015 if it didn’t. is still pending what should be Safety and concern over cona closely monitored physical. cussions were major factors — Hart missed last season followfans still cringe at the thought ing surgery on his right knee. of the season-ending hit Giants Morrison was acquired for catcher Buster Posey absorbed relief pitcher Carter Capps, in 2011. according to a person with “Ultimately what we want knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to the AP on condito do is change the culture of

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tion of anonymity because the trade was pending both teams reviewing medical records.

“Knees good as well as the rest of me. Been working hard and glad to be able to get out there with this exciting club,” Hart said in a text message.

Seattle has made adding offense a top priority this offseason, starting with a yet-to-befinalized agreement with Cano said to be worth $240 million over 10 years.

After giving outfielder Curtis Granderson a $60 million, fouryear contract, the Mets reached agreement on a $20 million, twoyear deal with the 40-year-old Colon, raising their free-agent spending to more than $87 million this offseason. The contract is pending the completion of a physical for the 18-game winner, a person familiar with the negotiations told the AP. Pittsburgh agreed to a $5 million, one-year contract with right-hander Edinson Volquez, also pending a physical. The 30-year-old Volquez went 9-12 with a 5.71 ERA this year while splitting time between San Diego and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Also at the meetings, Matt Kemp’s agent maintained the Dodgers are not trading the AllStar outfielder — for now.

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Clippers overcome Celtics cans past Detroit.

Jason Smith scored 22 points and grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds for the Pelicans, who snapped a two-game skid while handing Detroit its third straight loss.

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BOSTON — Jamal Crawford hit a pair of 3-pointers 23 seconds apart to help the Clippers pull away in the last 3 minutes and former Celtics coach Doc Rivers won his first game back in Boston when Los Angeles beat the Celtics 96-88 Wednesday night.

Crawford came off the bench to score 21 points and Chris Paul had 22 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Blake Griffin scored 18 points for the Clippers, who won for the seventh time in 10 games.

SPURS 109, BUCKS 77 In Milwaukee, Tim Duncan had 21 points and 16 rebounds while playing just 24 minutes and Tony Parker added 15 points in San Antonio’s rout of the Bucks.

San Antonio had lost three of its last six games after starting the season 13-1, but dominated from the opening tip, scoring the first nine points.

KNICKS 83, BULLS 78 In New York, Carmelo Anthony had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks pulled out the victory over Chicago after blowing a 23-point lead.

Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass dunks as Los Angeles Clippers power forward Blake Griffin, left, watches during Wednesday’s game.

TIMBERWOLVES 106, 76ERS 99 In Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 26 points, 15 rebounds and five assists, and Minnesota rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat slumping Philadelphia.

Ricky Rubio had 21 points, seven assists and five rebounds, and Nikola Pekovic added 20 points and 10 rebounds.

lead Oklahoma City over the Grizzlies.

Reserve guard Jeremy Lamb added a career-high 18 points to help the Thunder to their fourth straight win and 12th in 13 games.

THUNDER 116, GRIZZLIES 100 In Memphis, Tenn., Russell Westbrook scored 27 points, and Kevin Durant added 18 to

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PELICANS 111, PISTONS 106 (OT) In New Orleans, Ryan Anderson shook off an unusually poor shooting night from long range, hitting two clutch 3-pointers in overtime that carried the Peli-

MAGIC 92, BOBCATS 83 In Charlotte, N.C., Jameer Nelson had 12 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and Orlando snapped a six-game losing streak by beating the Bobcats.

Glen Davis added 17 points and 12 rebounds and Nikola Vucevic chipped in with 12 points and 14 rebounds.

JAZZ 122, KINGS 101 In Sacramento, Calif. Richard Jefferson scored 20 points and Utah halted a four-game skid, cruising to a victory over the Kings.

The Jazz led by 24 points heading into the fourth quarter, five points more than their previous largest lead after a quarter this season.

Autonomy: NCAA faces risk of leagues trying to break away ferent. From the botched investigation of Miami to lawsuits Instead, it stalled — partly seeking compensation for athbecause programs with less letes, “we got to a tipping point money worried it would force last year,” Delany insisted. them to choose between unafWhen critics rip universifordable costs and falling furties for spending lavishly on ther behind their richer rivals. coaching salaries and locker There are 340 schools in Divi- rooms while athletes struggle to sion I, and only 120 of them are pay for basic expenses, they’re in the Football Bowl Subdivithinking of his league and the sion. Just 65 will be in the five Atlantic Coast Conference, Big power conferences.

12, Pacific-12 and Southeastern As commissioner of the Sun Conference. The time has come Belt, Karl Benson leads an FBS for those five to address such league that lacks an automatic shortcomings, Delany said. He BCS bid. He supports greater argues that the solution benefits autonomy for those five as long all NCAA members. as there’s proper oversight and “If we’re not healthy, it believes a change will come, doesn’t help them at all,” he said though it won’t be very draafter appearing on a panel with matic. his four fellow commissioners The non-FBS conferences at the forum, which is spon“have mobilized, and rightsored by IMG and presented by fully so,” Benson said. “I think SportsBusiness Daily/Global/ everyone wants to protect their Journal. “When we’re criticized, turf and wants to protect their they’re implicitly criticized.” future.”

But the greatest leverage may Delany acknowledged that he come from what could happen and his counterparts don’t have if the power conferences don’t many concessions to offer the get their way. While their leadother members to entice them ers currently express support to approve a change that clearly for staying in NCAA Division bolsters those five leagues.

I, there’s always the risk they But the tribulations that have could try to break away unless recently roiled college sports they gain more autonomy. may mean this time really is dif“If we can do that, I think we

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can stay together,” Delany said.

“If we can’t do that, I think we have to honestly say, ‘Hey, we not only have external threats, we have internal threats.’ And the internal threats are that we can’t find a way to use the NCAA as a town hall for us to solve our problems.”

For now, Emmert said, the conversations among schools presidents have been “collegial.”

“Everybody seems to understand what the high-budget schools need, and there’s an increasing recognition of what the small-budget schools need,” he added. “I think they’re going to wind up in a pretty amicable place without anybody having to do threats or innuendos.”

Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky agreed that “I think you’re seeing more alignment than we’ve had in a long, long time.”

The challenge is converting support for broad ideas into votes for details. The NCAA hopes to present proposals to members at its convention next month. Emmert joked that reporters there would get to “watch the sausage being made.”

“It will be like all democratic processes — clumsy,” he said.

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Online: Your guide to skiing in New Mexico. www.santafenew mexican.com/outdoors

Bitterly cold, but snow is plentiful

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an you believe our good fortune with early season storms?

We’ve been averaging at least one storm a week for the past three weeks, and while it is bitterly cold, the low temps help conserve our precious snow. Here’s a roundup of the local scene.

Sandia Peak is opening Friday, a week ahead of schedule, on a 24-inch base. With carefully contoured slopes, the 2-foot base allows for skiing on 95 percent of its runs. All lifts and services will be operating. It will be open this Friday through Sunday, and then again from Dec. 18 Daniel to Jan. 5. Then it Gibson will function from Snow Trax Jan. 8 to March 17 on a Wednesdaythrough-Sunday basis, plus all holidays.

Angel Fire also opens Friday on a 27-inch base. You’ll have to wait a bit longer, until Dec. 21, to jump into the state’s only night-skiing option — 50 acres on the frontside bottom that includes Exhibition, Lower Exhibition, Ridge, Run, Valley and Dreamcatcher, as well as jumps, rails and boxes, the timed NASTAR race course and live music in the Village Haus.

Night operations will run from 4 to 8 p.m. nightly until Jan. 4, then on Fridays and Saturdays throughout the season. Night skiing is just $24, with a reduced $12 ticket available for anyone with a valid Angel Fire Resort lift ticket for the same day. For details, call 800-633-7463.

Ski Santa Fe continues to build its base and has exceptional early season conditions. Last Sunday, prior to another 12-inch storm, I was skiing lines in cliffy areas normally available only in mid-to-late season and three memorable runs on Cornice in a foot of powder. Officially, 96 percent of its terrain is open on a 40-inch base.

One notable sector yet to see the ropes drop are the Big Rock chutes, and even there, people have tested the coverage and the patrol has done some step-packing.

Ski Santa Fe has posted on its website (in the events section) the route for the Fireball Rando Race set for Feb. 8. Both of its competitive and recreation category races will begin at Aspen Vista on ski basin road, and climb to the summit of Big Tesuque Peak, eventually working their way down to the finish at Totemoff’s. It looks like a great course! Check it out at http://skisantafe.com/index. php?page=news-events-3.

Taos Ski Valley reports a 44-inch base and opens for daily service Thursday, Dec. 12, a week ahead of schedule. Chairs 1-3 and beginner lifts are in operation until Dec. 20, when all lifts should be turning. Lift tickets are $55 until Dec. 19. Its biggest early season event, the 17th annual Brewmaster’s Festival, is on tap for Dec. 21,

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Ryan Brown performs during a March rail jam at Taos Ski Valley. The inaugural Taos Rail Jam takes place Saturday. PHOTOS BY CODY OLIVAS/THE TAOS NEWS

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red McDaniel’s journey started when he was a parent who was just trying to fulfill a child’s passion for snowboarding.

He never intended to become so involved in the sport — at least, not to the point where he was running an entire series.

In the span of four years, McDaniel went from supportive parent to active participant in the United States of America Snowboarding/ Skier Association Southwest Freeride series, an organization that promotes snowboarding and skiing events for youth and adults in Northern New Mexico.

McDaniel and his wife, Kele McDaniel, who are in their second year as the series’ directors, are trying to restore the credibility and luster of the series, one that was almost extinct when they took over in 2012. That was why the McDaniels stepped in to run the Southwest Freeride series, but they didn’t know what they were getting themselves into.

“I thought there were going to be all kinds of things that would be handed over to me,” McDaniel said.

“I thought it would be like a business in a box. That was not the case.”

In fact, McDaniel said he dipped into his family’s savings — about $2,000 — to keep the series going, but that was just the start of the makeover. He had to re-establish relationships with the ski resorts in Northern New Mexico to set up events for the series, which was not an easy ordeal.

“One of the resorts didn’t want anything to do with us because of the previous director,” McDaniel said.

Competitors as young as 8 take part in the rail jams.

if you go What: Taos Rail Jam When: 10:30 a.m. Saturday Where: Taos Ski Valley Registration: Online — $15, at usasa.org/events/event-schedules/regional-event-schedules. html.

Onsite — $30, at Looking Glass Room of Tenderfoot Katie’s Cafeteria. Registration is from 8 to 9:15 a.m. All competitors must come to registration to sign the resort’s liability release form to participate. Snow-sports certified helmets are mandatory at all USASA events.

All participants must be a member of the USASA — $85 for an annual membership, $25 for a one-day membership.

“There was a lot of PR cleanup we had to do, and a lot of bookkeeping.

It was really difficult.”

The McDaniels might see a return on that perseverance as they help kick off the 2013-14 season Saturday with the inaugural Taos Rail Jam at Taos Ski Valley. The event will be

one of three for snowboarders, with boxes, rails and bus stops for competitors to use to perform tricks.

Not only is it the first time the series will perform at the resort, McDaniel believes it might be the earliest start to the season for the Southwest Freeride. His networking efforts from the previous winter helped set up a much more ambitious schedule this season.

It was Frank Manfredi, the supervisor of Taos Ski Valley’s Terrain Park, who reached out to the McDaniels in June about putting on the rail jam.

“In Fred’s short time, I can tell he sees the light and we all have the same end result,” Manfredi said. “It’s participation that keeps the sport alive, and we need participation to justify these events even more. The more participation, we get more people to show up to watch the events and spend money at the ski areas.”

Taos put on a rail jam last March, which had about 40 participants, and

Manfredi expects about the same number of competitors, whose ages range from 8 years old to adults.

The series will also have events at Red River and Angel Fire Ski Resort for skiers and snowboarders, from slaloms to slopestyle events as well as rail jams. Last winter, the series had two events on the schedule. This season’s lineup has 10 on the docket, which stretches the season into March.

McDaniel said the volume of events is important in helping raise the quality of snowboarding and skiing in New Mexico. In the past, most participants had to travel to Colorado to find quality competition. That meant the families of many youth competitors had to travel up to eight hours to these events, while bypassing the Southwest Freeride series.

Last season, 42 competitors from the series competed in the USASA Nationals, with one individual — Chris Oshwald — winning in the masters division in slopestyle.

McDaniel would like to see that number increase.

To help that goal, the ski resorts are helping in making more challenging courses, and McDaniel is trying to drum up more interest in the series. A self-described “amateur” to social media, McDaniel is using Twitter and Facebook to promote events.

“First and foremost, our goal is to raise awareness of the organization to let more people know that it exists,” McDaniel said. “That is the key to our survival. Secondly, these events cost money, the lift tickets cost money, and what we want to provide is … a quality experience.

The kids have fun, the parents say that this was well-done and put on in

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Now at your suet feeder: Yellow-rumped warblers

By Anne Schmauss

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lthough more common a bit south of us this time of year, we do see some wintertime yellow-rumped warblers in the Santa Fe area, especially at suet feeders. We’ve had a couple of area reports recently, so keep a look out for this sturdy, midsized warbler in your backyard. Although you can find yellow-rumped warblers yearround in our area, they are most often seen during spring and fall migration and summer months.

Warblers love insects, so when winter hits, much of the U.S. and

insects disappear, and warblers head south. However, yellowrumped warblers overwinter farther north than most wood warblers. This is thought to be possible because, unlike many birds and animals, they are able to digest and gain energy from waxy berries such as those from the wax myrtle and bayberry bushes. In cold weather, this makes them less dependent upon hard-to-find insects.

Yellow-rumped warblers are very versatile foragers, and you’ll often see them fluttering around dense vegetation looking for juniper berries and other fruit, insects, larvae and suet. Mostly

slate gray in color, look for the telltale yellow rump and yellow patches on this warbler’s sides. According to The Birder’s Handbook, male yellow-rumped forage higher in a tree than do females. These insect eaters will come to suet and spreadable suet called bark butter. Place your suet feeder in among the tree branches for best results.

Yellow-rumped warblers aren’t the only birds that can benefit from your feeders this time of year. Bird feeders can be an important food source during winter. When severe weather, including cold temperatures, impacts wild food supplies, some

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species of birds will turn to feeders as a critical food resource. It is during these times that feeders play their most vital role.

In especially severe weather, a feeding station might mean the difference between life and death for some birds. Birds usually eat a quantity of food necessary to satisfy their energy needs; their food intake fluctuates with environmental temperature, their activity level, and the energy concentration of the diet.

You’ll notice that birds eat ravenously at your feeder first thing in the morning and just

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

Northeast PECOS RIVER: The Mora and Jamie Koch fishing and recreation areas have reopened. The Bert Clancy and Terrero campgrounds remain closed. Trout fishing was fair to good using salmon eggs, egg pattern flies, copper John Barrs and bead-head pheasant tails for trout.

RED RIVER: Fishing below the hatchery was good using copper John Barrs, poundmeisters, beadhead pheasant tails, egg patterns and salmon eggs for a mixed bag of browns and rainbows.

Northwest ALBUQUERQUE AREA DRAINS: Fishing was good using parachute adams, small midge patterns, bead-head pheasant tails, Power Bait and salmon eggs. We received good reports from the Bernalillo, Corrales, Albuquerque and Albuquerque South drains.

TINGLEY BEACH: Trout fishing was very good using Power Bait, salmon eggs, homemade dough bait and Pistol Petes at the Central and Youth Ponds. A few trout were also caught by anglers using spinners and bead-head nymphs.

Trout fishing at the Catch and

Release Pond was fair using bunny leeches, wooly buggers, egg patterns and small streamers.

Southwest BILL EVANS LAKE: Fishing for trout was fair to good using Power Bait, salmon eggs, Z Rays and Pistol Petes under a bubble.

YOUNG POND: Trout fishing was fair to good using Power Bait, Pistol Petes and salmon eggs.

Southeast CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL LAKE: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs, Power Bait and small spinners.

EL RITO CREEK: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs.

EUNICE LAKE: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs, salmon peach Power Bait and worms.

GREEN MEADOW LAKE: Trout fishing was fair to good using Power Bait and salmon eggs.

SANTA ROSA LAKE: Fishing was slow for all species. The water was still murky but clearing. There was some ice forming in pocket water.

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

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

Please see nmsierraclub.org/ outings for the most updated information.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14: Moderate snowshoe if snow or moderate hike, location depends on snow and ice conditions. Call Les Drapela at 438-3306.

SATURDAY, DEC. 14: Strenuous hike in the Dome Wilderness or Virgin Mesa area, depending on

weather conditions and closures.

Send email to mddbbm@gmail. com or call Michael Di Rosa at 231-9629.

SUNDAY, DEC. 15: Kitchen Mesa and Box Canyon option. About 6 miles with a 600-foot gain, one fairly easy scramble. Two-dog limit. Call Royal Drews at 699-8713.

SATURDAY, DEC. 21: Moderate snowshoe up Ravens Ridge, offtrail downhill. Perhaps four miles and 1,000-foot gain. Call David Van Winkle at 820-1006.

Snow: New beginner run open at Sipapu carving festival. Two of the world’s most renowned ice kicking off at 4:30 p.m. in the carvers will cut larger-than-life Martini Tree at the base of sculptures of animals, holiday Chair 1. Admission is $25, and characters and other iconic figincludes food, a souvenir glass ures out of blocks of ice. The and unlimited beer sampling. event will feature daily iceWolf Creek was nailed by carving demonstrations and a the last round of storms, pickdazzling ice sculpture garden ing up 41 inches. With a stellar in the Courtyard at Mountainyear-to-date total of 151 inches, eer Square. it has a fat base of 77 inches.

Sipapu reports a 30-inch Its notable free Nordic trail base with three lifts running. system was groomed Sunday; It is functioning daily and skate and traditional-style cross-country skis are available just opened a top-to-bottom beginner run. Adult tickets from its rental shop. are just $25 through Dec. 19.

The Pagosa Nordic Club will Pajarito has a 21-inch base and host the Colorado Nordic Ski is awaiting another 9 inches Challenge Season Opener at or so to open. Monarch, with Wolf Creek this Sunday. Raca 44-inch base, has all but its ers are invited to test their ski steep and deep Mirkwood and target shooting skills in Basin open. Silverton is getthis biathlon. It will consist of ting buried this late fall, but competitive 12-kilometer or does not open (with unguided citizens 6-kilometer classes, or guided-optional) until with three stops to shoot at Dec. 21 (and then only on targets (Red Ryder BB guns are supplied). Details at www. weekends until January).

Telluride, with a 43-inch base, pagosanordic.com. opened Lift 9, See Forever and Purgatory, Durango MounApex Glade last weekend. tains Resort’s ski entity, has a 48-inch base and 70 percent uuu of slopes open. It will host The U.S. Freeskiing team Demofest in the Plaza this Satheaded to Sochi, Russia, will urday. Try out the latest gear be determined following three from Black Diamond, Icelanupcoming halfpipe and slopetic, G3, La Sportiva, Faction, style matches being held at Scarpa and Dynafit, Voormi Copper Mountain (Colorado) apparel and Spy & Smith goggles. Its Nordic Center and trail on Dec. 18-21, at Northstar (California) on Jan. 8-12, and at system has yet to open.

Park City (Utah) on Jan. 17-18.

Crested Butte has a The comps will be streamed 43-inch base; chairs in operation include Red Lady Express, live at www.usfreeskiing.com/ Silver Queen Express, Teocalli, grandprix and broadcast on NBC. Paradise and East River. Its Keystone Jib Park is also open.

Hoax or for-real oddity?

Enjoy the full moon on Check out the video of central Dec. 17 at a CB party at the Ice Asians drumming on ice forBar at Uley’s Cabin from 5 to mations at: www.snow 8 p.m. Rent a pair of snowaddiction.org/2013/11/theshoes or a Scarpa ski and skin coolest-music-in-the-worldsetup at the resort’s Demo listen-to-siberian-iceCenter in the Treasury Builddrummers-use-frozen-lakeing to get in and out. Tickets baikal-as-an-incredibleare $20 and include a donation musical-instrument.html. to KBUT (the local nonprofit The annual Santa Fe Skatradio station), warm bowl of ing Club holiday show will be chili, fresh bread, and cold beer held at 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 or hot beverage. Tickets can p.m. Sunday at the Genoveva be purchased in advance at Chavez Community Center. the Adventure Center or the The show it titled Destination Rental and Demo Center. Meet Sochi: To Russia With Love, a at the Guest Services Hut at nod to the pending 2014 Win5 p.m. for a group skin/snowter Olympics. Details: www. shoe tour en route to a bonfire santafeskatingclub.org at the Ice Bar! Dec. 17-21, the Rock on Ice Daniel Gibson can be reached team returns to CB for an ice at dbgibson@newmexico.com

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Birds: Average Takeoff: Jam has variety bird forages for 5 hours per day Continued from Page B-5 at dusk. Why? They are stoking their internal heater to get the day started and replenish fat reserves for another cold night. The average bird in an average environment must forage about five hours per day to meet its energy requirements. In winter, they may have to forage longer for much-needed energy. During cold weather, chickadees have been found to need 20 times more food than they do in summer. A three-year study in Wisconsin concluded that when temperatures fall below 10 degrees, chickadees have only a 37 percent survival rate without access to feeders as opposed to a 69 percent survival rate for those able to utilize feeders. Santa Fe winter weather is certainly not as harsh as in Wisconsin, but you get the idea — it really does help the birds to feed them this time of year.

Anne Schmauss is the co-owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Santa Fe and she loves to hear your bird stories. She and her sisters wrote For the Birds: A Month by Month Guide to Attracting Birds to Your Backyard. Look for Anne’s new book, Birdhouses of the World, in April.

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Manfredi said the Taos Rail Jam will take place at the ski valley’s base and will have beginner, intermediate and advanced courses that cater to a wide variety of competitors. He sees it as an opportunity to promote the resort’s terrain park, which is on the backside of the ski area, as well as a chance to give the Southwest Freeride series more exposure.

“We’re just trying to strike while the iron is hot and get the word out,” Manfredi said.

McDaniel feels much the same way, because not even he was aware of the series just seven years ago. The McDaniels’ oldest son, Kaegan, enjoyed snowboarding but wanted something to challenge himself. Fred McDaniel suggested that Kaegan look for competitions in Northern New Mexico and let him know what he could find.

It took his son three years before stumbling upon the Southwest Freeride series, then named the New Mexico Series, in 2009. Kaegan and the McDaniels’ other son, Malam, began competing. While the series opened opportunities for their sons, the McDaniels noticed how poorly organized the series was. Fred McDaniel

said he learned that many directors of the other USASA series, which extend across the country and Alaska, run it as a forprofit business.

When the director left the organization in 2012, McDaniel stepped in and took another route — he made the Southwest Freeride series a nonprofit entity. The series makes its money through memberships ($85 for an annual membership, $25 for a one-day membership), and entry fees for its events.

Most of those fees are then redistributed to competitors in the form of scholarships, especially for those who qualify for the USASA Nationals in late March and early April at Copper Mountain in Colorado. The scholarships help defray the cost of traveling and paying fees for the event. McDaniel said a small portion also goes toward supplies needed for daily operations and events.

There are other scholarships that go toward paying fees for all of the series’ events as well as paying for annual memberships.

“It’s not a cheap sport,” McDaniel said.

“We feel that, as series directors, our goal is to make a commitment to the people here, so all the funds we raise at events goes back into the circuit.”

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Mexican Fe by the Santa got nailed SUV” doing about Joseph Sovcik “speed Street Galisteo on stretch of Police Department’s School early a 25 mph 38 mph on Elementary last year. near E.J. Martinez the city morning check, and got a a Saturday he the fine by Sovcik paid in early December, fee because Then fora penalty cashed it. would be he owed letter saying late, and his case was his check a collections agency. who were of people later warded to of dozens SUV, paid up and He’s one by the speednotices of default. ticketed erroneous Robbin acknowledged Trafreceived Anthony Santa Fe Police Capt. problems in the he’s corsaid the accounting Program and exact number fic OperationsHe’s not sure the STOP not, but rected them. paid their automated they had who the of people got letters stating calls about tickets and he got many phone he admittedthis year. includfrom issue early of the default notices, resulted A number

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Dear Tom and Ray: I am Kunaal from Mumbai, India, and I am a big fan of your show and column.

I own a 2011 Skoda Fabia diesel hatchback that has covered 38,000 kilometers here, or 23,612 miles in your speak. Now, I know this car might not exist in America, but I quite love it. I am a car enthusiast and love my car and want it to last forever.

It’s a turbo diesel 3-cylinder engine that makes about 79 horsepower. Now,

that’s not a tarmac-tearing output, but in Mumbai, we have crazy, pothole- ridden roads and slow, bumper-tobumper traff ic most times, so the performance is good enough for use in the city.

Every day when I start my car, I idle it for 30-60 seconds before driving off. And even after I start driving, I drive it slowly at f irst, without starting the AC for the f irst kilometer or two. The idea behind this is to minimize any damage to the turbocharger and engine during its warmup phase. At the end of the day, I repeat the same exercise in reverse: I switch off the AC a kilometer or so before stopping, and get all the cold air out of the vents with only the fan running. I then idle the car for about 30-60 seconds before shutting down for the day. My question: Am I being overly obsessive? Will these things help increase the life of the car, or am I just wasting precious time and fuel?

-- Kunaal TOM: Are you being overly obsessive? Yes. Will any of these things increase the life of your car? Unlikely.

But on the plus side, you’re doing wonderful things for India’s diesel-fuel indus-

try, Kunaal! I’m sure it’s g rateful.

RAY: Modern cars really don’t need to be warmed up unless the temperature is well below freezing.

Then 30-60 seconds of idling is f ine. But generally speaking, if the car starts and doesn’t stall when you put it in gear, it’s ready to go. And driving it gently is the best way to warm it up.

TOM: Plus, I think the average daytime temperature in Mumbai is around 90 deg rees Fahrenheit yearround. So if you’re starting your car, and the outside temperature is well below freezing, you’ve got bigger problems to worry about -- like how your roses are going to survive the oncoming ice age.

RAY: For cars with turbos, it’s actually not a bad idea to let them idle for 30-60 seconds after driving the car hard. When there’s a lot of demand on the turbo, it heats up. And allowing the oil to circulate through it for an extra minute or so allows it to cool down, which is benef icial.

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RAY: Turning off the air conditioner is hardly worth it, either. It does reduce the load on the engine a little bit, which means you use less fuel. But it makes very little to no difference in the life of the engine.

TOM: And besides, you have to think of the unintended consequences of what you’re doing.

RAY: For instance, if you refuse to use the AC, you’ll sweat more, which could send your dry-cleaning bills through the roof, putting a big dent in your beer budget, Kunaal. So be careful!

TOM: The best thing you can do to increase the life of your car is to simply drive it gently. Based on how much you obviously love the car, I’m g uessing you already do that. And that’s g reat.

RAY: That’s what you should concentrate on, Kunaal. Avoid jackrabbit starts, sudden, hard acceleration and last-second braking when possible.

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STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

neys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

Case No. 2011-02253

D-101-CV-

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, v.

BRUCE DANIEL HUNTSINGER, SUSAN JILL KOENIGSDORF, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER AND LENDER’S SUCCESSOR AND ASSIGNS), THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF BRUCE DANIEL HUNTSINGER, IF ANY AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF SUSAN JILL KOENIGSDORF, IF ANY, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State: LOT 6, BLOCK 6, UNIT 2, ELDORADO AT SANTA FE, AS SHOWN AND DELINEATED ON THE PLAT THEREOF (KNOWN AS SHEET 8) FILED JULY 10, 1972 AS DOCUMENT NO. 344,885 AND RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 32, IN RECORDS OF SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. The address of the real property is 11 Dovela Place, Santa Fe, NM 87508. Plaintiff does not represent or warrant that the stated street address is the street address of the described property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold. Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on June 13, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $455,583.61 plus interest from December 28, 2012 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.250% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attor-

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM00-02616_FC01 Legal #96079 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 and 12, 2013.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Case No. 2011-03100

D-101-CV-

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE TRUST 2006-A4, Plaintiff, v.

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At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

ANNA W. SILVER, MARVIN C. SILVER AND LAS ESTRELLAS RESIDENTIAL ASSOCI- NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purATION, INC., chaser at such sale shall take title to the Defendant(s). above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State:

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM00-04907_FC01 Legal #96080 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 and 12, 2013.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE Lot 18, as shown and FIRST JUDICIAL delineated on plat of DISTRICT survey entitled "Final D-101-CVPlat of the Ridge Case No. Point Subdivision 2013-00323 Comprised of "Tract C" of the Lot Split THE BANK OF NEW North Remainder Part YORK MELLON F/K/A Santa Fe Estates Sub- THE BANK OF NEW division...", prepared YORK, AS TRUSTEE

by James B. Sanchez, FOR THE HOLDERS OF CERTIFICATES, NMPS No. 12655, filed THE HORIZON November 14, 2003 as FIRST MORTGAGE PASSDocument No. CERTIFI1301,278, and record- THROUGH ed in Plat Book 547, CATES SERIES FHAMS Pages 4-7; rerecorded 2004-AA6, BY FIRST HOME on July 21, 2004 as HORIZON Document No. LOANS, A DIVISION OF TENNESSEE 1338,301, and record- FIRST ed in Plat Book 564, BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MASTER Page 25, in the records of Santa Fe SERVICER, IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT County, New Mexico.

FOR THE TRUSTEE UNThe address of the re- DER THE POOLING SERVICING al property is 1742 AND Ridge Pointe Loop, AGREEMENT, Santa Fe, NM 87506.

Plaintiff does not rep- Plaintiff, resent or warrant that the stated street v. address is the street address of the descri- SHERRY BREEDLOVE, ELECbed property; if the MORTGAGE REGISTRAstreet address does TRONIC not match the legal TION SYSTEMS, INC. description, then the AND THE UNKNOWN property being sold SPOUSE OF SHERRY herein is the property BREEDLOVE, IF ANY, more particularly described above, not Defendant(s). the property located at the street address; NOTICE OF SALE any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it NOTICE IS HEREBY should verify the lo- GIVEN that the undercation and address of signed Special Masthe property being ter will on December sold. Said sale will be 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, made pursuant to the at the front entrance judgment entered on of the First Judicial October 10, 2013 in District Court, 225 Santa the above entitled Montezuma, and numbered cause, Fe, New Mexico, sell which was a suit to and convey to the foreclose a mortgage highest bidder for held by the above cash all the right, tiPlaintiff and wherein tle, and interest of Plaintiff was the above-named deadjudged to have a fendants in and to lien against the the following descriabove-described real bed real estate locatestate in the sum of ed in said County and $558,546.24 plus inter- State: est from November 30, 2012 to the date of Lot 8, Block 6, of Vista sale at the rate of Primera Subdivision, 6.625% per annum, as shown and dethe costs of sale, in- lineated on the plat cluding the Special thereof, filed NovemMaster’s fee, publica- ber 15, 1988, as Docution costs, and Plain- ment No. 664,175, and tiff’s costs expended recorded in Plat Book for taxes, insurance, 193, Page 006, in the and keeping the records of Santa Fe property in good re- County, New Mexico. pair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such The address of the resale and submit its al property is 4131 bid verbally or in Cheyenne Circle, Sanwriting. The Plaintiff ta Fe, NM 87507. may apply all or any Plaintiff does not repor warrant part of its judgment resent to the purchase price that the stated street address is the street in lieu of cash. address of the descri-

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bed property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold. Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on June 29, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $199,004.22 plus interest from May 1, 2013 to the date of sale at the rate of 3.000% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due.

Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM13-00097_FC01 Legal #96180 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 and 12, 2013.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT No. 01773

D-101-CV-2011-

CENLAR FSB, Plaintiff, v.

SUSAN M. MONIOTTE, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LESLIE C. KING III AKA LESLIE COOPER KING III, DECEASED, ELIZABETH A. KING BURNS, HEIR OF DECEDENT, GLADYS BURNS, HEIR OF DECEDENT, KATHLEEN KING, HEIR OF THE DECEDENT, DEL NORTE CREDIT UNION, LOS ALAMOS CREDIT UNION AND JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE (WHOSE TRUE NAMES ARE UNKNOWN) TENANTS, Defendant(s).

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home to the land, deactivation of title to a Legal #96078 Published in The San- mobile or manufacta Fe New Mexican on tured home on the November 21, 28, De- property, if any, environmental contamicember 5 nd 12, 2013. nation on the property, if any, and zoning STATE OF NEW violations concerning MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE the property, if any.

FIRST JUDICIAL NOTICE IS FURTHER DISTRICT GIVEN that the purNo. D-101-CV-2012- chaser at such sale shall take title to the 00203 above-described real WELLS FARGO BANK, property subject to rights of redemption.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 10:15 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to Plaintiff, the following described real estate locat- v. ed in said County and State: DIANE SPIWAK MOSS AND THE UNKNOWN Unit 3 A of the LMT SPOUSE OF DIANE Solar Condominiums, SPIWAK MOSS, IF created by Declara- ANY, tion of Condominium for L M T Solar Con- Defendant(s). dominium, recorded in Book 421, Page 659, as amended, and as NOTICE OF SALE shown on plat filed as Document No. 479, NOTICE IS HEREBY 524, recorded in the GIVEN that the underoffice of the County signed Special MasClerk, Santa Fe Coun- ter will on December ty, New Mexico.

16, 2013 at 10:00 AM, at the front entrance The address of the re- of the First Judicial al property is 1339 District Court, 225 Pacheco Ct. #3, Santa Montezuma, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Plain- Fe, New Mexico, sell tiff does not repre- and convey to the sent or warrant that highest bidder for the stated street ad- cash all the right, tidress is the street ad- tle, and interest of dress of the descri- the above-named debed property; if the fendants in and to street address does the following descrinot match the legal bed real estate locatdescription, then the ed in said County and property being sold State: herein is the property more particularly de- Lot 2, Block 46, of scribed above, not "Eldorado at Santa the property located Fe, Unit 3", as shown at the street address; on plat thereof reany prospective pur- corded on June 29, chaser at the sale is 1977 in Eldorado Plat given notice that it Book 5, at page 13 as should verify the lo- Document No. 404, cation and address of 723, records of Santa the property being Fe County, New Mexisold. Said sale will be co. made pursuant to the judgment entered on The address of the December 3, 2012 in real property is 11 the above entitled Duende Road, Santa and numbered cause, Fe, NM 87508-2246. which was a suit to Plaintiff does not repforeclose a mortgage resent or warrant held by the above that the stated street Plaintiff and wherein address is the street Plaintiff was address of the descriadjudged to have a bed property; if the lien against the street address does above-described real not match the legal estate in the sum of description, then the $175,149.77 plus inter- property being sold est from December 1, herein is the property 2012 to the date of more particularly desale at the rate of scribed above, not 7.500% per annum, the property located the costs of sale, in- at the street address; cluding the Special any prospective purMaster’s fee, publica- chaser at the sale is tion costs, and Plain- given notice that it tiff’s costs expended should verify the lofor taxes, insurance, cation and address of and keeping the the property being property in good re- sold. Said sale will be pair. Plaintiff has the made pursuant to the right to bid at such judgment entered on sale and submit its June 24, 2013 in the bid verbally or in above entitled and writing. The Plaintiff numbered cause, may apply all or any which was a suit to part of its judgment foreclose a mortgage to the purchase price held by the above in lieu of cash.

Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was At the date and time adjudged to have a stated above, the lien against the Special Master may above-described real postpone the sale to estate in the sum of such later date and $245,913.20 plus intertime as the Special est from June 10, 2013 Master may specify. to the date of sale at the rate of 6.125% per NOTICE IS FURTHER annum, the costs of GIVEN that this sale sale, including the may be subject to a Special Master’s fee, bankruptcy filing, a publication costs, pay off, a reinstate- and Plaintiff’s costs ment or any other expended for taxes, condition that would insurance, and keepcause the cancella- ing the property in tion of this sale. Fur- good repair. Plaintiff ther, if any of these has the right to bid at conditions exist, at such sale and submit the time of sale, this its bid verbally or in sale will be null and writing. The Plaintiff void, the successful may apply all or any bidder’s funds shall part of its judgment be returned, and the to the purchase price Special Master and in lieu of cash. the mortgagee giving this notice shall not At the date and time be liable to the suc- stated above, the cessful bidder for any Special Master may damages. postpone the sale to such later date and NOTICE IS FURTHER time as the Special GIVEN that the real Master may specify. property and improvements con- NOTICE IS FURTHER cerned with herein GIVEN that this sale will be sold subject to may be subject to a any and all patent bankruptcy filing, a reservations, ease- pay off, a reinstatements, all recorded ment or any other and unrecorded liens condition that would not foreclosed herein, cause the cancellaand all recorded and tion of this sale. Furunrecorded special ther, if any of these assessments and tax- conditions exist, at es that may be due. the time of sale, this Plaintiff and its attor- sale will be null and neys disclaim all re- void, the successful sponsibility for, and bidder’s funds shall the purchaser at the be returned, and the sale takes the prop- Special Master and erty subject to, the the mortgagee giving valuation of the prop- this notice shall not erty by the County be liable to the sucAssessor as real or cessful bidder for any personal property, af- damages. fixture of any mobile or manufactured NOTICE IS FURTHER home to the land, de- GIVEN that the real activation of title to a property and immobile or manufac- provements contured home on the cerned with herein property, if any, envi- will be sold subject to ronmental contami- any and all patent nation on the proper- reservations, easety, if any, and zoning ments, all recorded violations concerning and unrecorded liens the property, if any. not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and NOTICE IS FURTHER unrecorded special GIVEN that the pur- assessments and taxchaser at such sale es that may be due. shall take title to the Plaintiff and its attorabove-described real neys disclaim all reproperty subject to sponsibility for, and rights of redemption. the purchaser at the sale takes the propRobert A. Doyle erty subject to, the Special Master valuation of the propC/O Legal Process erty by the County Network Assessor as real or 9 Paige Court personal property, afTijeras, NM 87059 fixture of any mobile (505) 417-4113 or manufactured NM13-01092_FC01

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Jay G. Harris Special Master 1021 5st Street Las Vegas, NM 87701 (505)454-0438 NM11-02676_FC01 Legal #96077 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 nd 12, 2013.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT No. 201003064

D-101-CV-

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., FKA ASSOCIATES HOME EQUITY SERVICES, INC., Plaintiff, v.

PETER D. LOPEZ, AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION, VINCENT VARELA, OCCUPANTS, WHOSE TRUE NAME ARE UNKNOWN, IF ANY, THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF PETER D. LOPEZ, IF ANY AND THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND REVENUE, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State: Parcel "A" as shown on plat entitled "Plat of Survey for Peter D. & Lori J. Lopez Section 1, T 20 N, R 8 E, N.M.P.M., Santa Clara Pueblo Grant...", filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on May 13, 1988, in Plat Book 186, page 046, as Document No. 649,197.

AND Parcel "B", as shown on plat entitled "Plat of Survey for Enrique M. Miranda Section 1, T 20 N., R 8 E, N.M.P.M., Santa Clara Pueblo Grant...", filed in the Office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on May 3, 1988, in Plat Book 186, page 032, as Document No. 648,301.

The address of the real property is 137 Calle Adrian Rd, Santa Cruz, NM 87567.

Plaintiff does not represent or warrant that the stated street address is the street address of the described property; if the street address does not match the legal description, then the property being sold herein is the property more particularly described above, not the property located at the street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold. Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on September 9, 2011 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $166,265.46 plus interest from September 12, 2011 to the date of sale at the rate of 12.150% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment

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p j g to the purchase price RIS A. APODACA, in lieu of cash.

N.M.R.L.S. NO. 5300 AND BEARING SURVEY At the date and time NO. LS-78-97A, DATED stated above, the AUGUST 18, 1978.

Special Master may postpone the sale to The address of the resuch later date and al property is 85 time as the Special Goldmine Road, Master may specify.

Cerrillos, NM 87010.

Plaintiff does not repNOTICE IS FURTHER resent or warrant GIVEN that this sale that the stated street may be subject to a address is the street bankruptcy filing, a address of the descripay off, a reinstate- bed property; if the ment or any other street address does condition that would not match the legal cause the cancella- description, then the tion of this sale. Fur- property being sold ther, if any of these herein is the property conditions exist, at more particularly dethe time of sale, this scribed above, not sale will be null and the property located void, the successful at the street address; bidder’s funds shall any prospective purbe returned, and the chaser at the sale is Special Master and given notice that it the mortgagee giving should verify the lothis notice shall not cation and address of be liable to the suc- the property being cessful bidder for any sold. Said sale will be damages. made pursuant to the judgment entered on NOTICE IS FURTHER September 30, 2013 in GIVEN that the real the above entitled property and im- and numbered cause, provements con- which was a suit to cerned with herein foreclose a mortgage will be sold subject to held by the above any and all patent Plaintiff and wherein reservations, ease- Plaintiff was ments, all recorded adjudged to have a and unrecorded liens lien against the not foreclosed herein, above-described real and all recorded and estate in the sum of unrecorded special $190,096.16 plus interassessments and tax- est from August 8, es that may be due. 2013 to the date of Plaintiff and its attor- sale at the rate of neys disclaim all re- 6.325% per annum, sponsibility for, and the costs of sale, inthe purchaser at the cluding the Special sale takes the prop- Master’s fee, publicaerty subject to, the tion costs, and Plainvaluation of the prop- tiff’s costs expended erty by the County for taxes, insurance, Assessor as real or and keeping the personal property, af- property in good refixture of any mobile pair. Plaintiff has the or manufactured right to bid at such home to the land, de- sale and submit its activation of title to a bid verbally or in mobile or manufac- writing. The Plaintiff tured home on the may apply all or any property, if any, envi- part of its judgment ronmental contami- to the purchase price nation on the proper- in lieu of cash. ty, if any, and zoning violations concerning At the date and time the property, if any. stated above, the Special Master may NOTICE IS FURTHER postpone the sale to GIVEN that the pur- such later date and chaser at such sale time as the Special shall take title to the Master may specify. above-described real property subject to NOTICE IS FURTHER rights of redemption. GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a Jeffrey Lake bankruptcy filing, a Special Master pay off, a reinstateSouthwest Support ment or any other Group condition that would 5011 Indian School cause the cancellaRoad NE tion of this sale. FurAlbuquerque, NM ther, if any of these 87110 conditions exist, at 505-767-9444 the time of sale, this NM00-02090_FC01 sale will be null and void, the successful Legal #96181 bidder’s funds shall Published in The San- be returned, and the ta Fe New Mexican on Special Master and November 21, 28, De- the mortgagee giving cember 5 and 12, this notice shall not 2013. be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real FIRST JUDICIAL property and imDISTRICT provements conNo. D-101-CV-2013- cerned with herein will be sold subject to 01671 any and all patent easeLOS ALAMOS NATION- reservations, ments, all recorded AL BANK, and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, Plaintiff, and all recorded and unrecorded special v. assessments and taxDAVID GREEN AND es that may be due.

THE UNKNOWN Plaintiff and its attorSPOUSE OF DAVID neys disclaim all responsibility for, and GREEN, IF ANY, the purchaser at the sale takes the propDefendant(s). erty subject to, the valuation of the property by the County NOTICE OF SALE Assessor as real or NOTICE IS HEREBY personal property, afGIVEN that the under- fixture of any mobile manufactured signed Special Mas- or ter will on December home to the land, de18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, activation of title to a at the front entrance mobile or manufacof the First Judicial tured home on the District Court, 225 property, if any, envicontamiMontezuma, Santa ronmental Fe, New Mexico, sell nation on the properand convey to the ty, if any, and zoning highest bidder for violations concerning cash all the right, ti- the property, if any. tle, and interest of the above-named de- NOTICE IS FURTHER fendants in and to GIVEN that the purthe following descri- chaser at such sale bed real estate locat- shall take title to the ed in said County and above-described real property subject to State: rights of redemption.

A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND LYING AND BE- Jeffrey Lake ING SITUATE WITHIN Special Master Support SECTION 19, TOWN- Southwest SHIP 14 NORTH, Group RANGE 8 EAST. 5011 Indian School N.M.P.M., SANTA FE Road NE NM COUNTY, NEW MEXI- Albuquerque, CO AND BEING MORE 87110 PARTICULARLY DE- 505-767-9444 SCRIBED AS FOL- NM13-01716_FC01 LOWS: BEGINNING AT THE Legal #96182 SOUTHEAST CORNER Published in The SanBEING THE SECTION ta Fe New Mexican on CORNER COMMON November 21, 28, DeTHE SECTIONS 19, 20, cember 5 and 12, 30 AND 29. T14N, R8E, 2013.

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CHRISTINE BARELA, Claimant.

NOTICE TO BARELA:

p Board shall deterThe meeting will be- mine annually what gin at 6:00 pm in the constitutes reasonaPecos Schools Board ble notice of its pubRoom. lic meetings.

Agendas are available at the Administration Office on the day prior to the Board Meeting.

The meeting may include Budget Adjustment Requests.

An Executive Session may take place during the agenda to discuss limited personnel matters and/or pending litigation as per NM Statutes Article 15 Open Meetings 10-15-1 Subparagraph H (2 & 8). Action item as a result of executive session if necessary.

FRED TRUJILLO, PERINTENDENT

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THE PECOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, HOMELESSNESS OR DISABILITY IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

Legal#96097 Published in the SanThe above-captioned ta Fe New Mexican action has been filed on: December 11, 12, to seek forfeiture of 2013 the above-described motor vehicle. If no POJOAQUE VALLEY response is filed, deSCHOOLS OPEN fault judgment may MEETINGS be entered in favor of PROCEDURES the Petitioner.

The All meetings of a quoname, address and rum of the Pojoaque telephone number of Valley Schools Board Petitioner’s attorney of Education for the are: purpose of formulatR. Alfred Walker ing public policy, disAssistant City Attor- cussing public businey ness or for the purCity of Santa Fe pose of taking any 200 Lincoln Avenue action within the auP.O. Box 909 thority of or delegatSanta Fe, New Mexico ed authority of the 87504-0909 board are declared to Telephone: (505) 955- be public meetings 6967 open to the public at Facsimile: (505) 955- all times. Such meet6748 ings shall be held onEmail: ly after reasonable a w a l k e r @ c i . s a n t a - notice to the public fe.nm.us and, except as proLegal #96114 vided in the Open Published in The San- Meetings Act, shall ta Fe New Mexican on allow for the public to December 5, 12, 19 listen to and observe 2013 the actions of the Board.

NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Regular Board Meeting of the Board of Education for the Pecos Independent School will take No Later Than 3:00 District pm on March 10, 2014 place on Tuesday, De4 0 - 6 6 7 - 1 3 - cember 17, 2013.

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1.

Any meeting subject to the Open Meetings Act at which the discussion or adoption of any proposed resolution, rule, regulation or formal action occurs shall be held only after reasonable notice The to the public.

2.

All regularly scheduled Board meetings shall be held in the Administration Office, Sammy J. Quintana Community/Board Room at 1574 State Road 502, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506 at 5:30 p.m., unless otherwise specified. Notice of regular meetings shall be given by publishing this policy once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the Santa Fe New Mexican within thirty (30) days of adoption of this policy and on the District’s web site. Unless otherwise specified, regular meetings shall be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. On the fourth Wednesday in the months of September and May, the Board will review the district’s Strategic Plan. The agenda shall be posted at least seventy-two (72) hours before the meeting on the Public Notice board located in the lobby of the Central Office Administration Building and at each Pojoaque Valley public school building. No Regular Meetings will be scheduled on the fourth Wednesday of December or July.

3.

Specialmeetings may be called by the board president or a majority of the members upon seventy-two (72) hours notice. The notice shall include information on how members of the public may obtain a copy of the agenda. The agenda shall be available to the public at least seventy-two (72) hours before any special meeting.

4.

Emergency meetings will be called only under circumstances, which demand immediate action to protect the health, safety, and property of citizens or to protect the public body from substantial financial loss.

The Pojoaque Valley School Board will avoid emergency meetings whenever possible. Emergency meetings may be called by the Board President or a majority of the members upon twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, unless

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threat of personal injury or property damage requires less notice. The notice for all emergency meetings shall include an agenda for the meeting or information on how the public may obtain a copy of the agenda. Within 10 days of taking action on an emergency matter, the Board shall report to the Attorney General the action taken and the circumstances creating the emergency.

ble formats. Please contact the superintendent at 1574 State Road 502, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506 , if summary or other type of accessible format is needed.

5.

For the purposes of regular meetings, notice requirements are also met if notice of the date, time, place, and agenda is sent to newspapers of general circulation in the state at least four (4) days prior to the date of the regular meeting and posted in the following locations: Lobby of the District’s Administration Office and Website.

The Pojoaque Valley School Board secretary shall also mail or fax copies of the agenda to those broadcast stations licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, and newspapers of general circulation, that have made a written request for notice of public meetings.

6.

For the purposes of special meetings and emergency meetings, notice requirements shall be met by posting notice of the date, time, place, and agenda in the lobby of District Administration Office.

The Pojoaque Valley School Board may close a meeting to the public only if the subject matter of such discussion or action is exempted from the open meeting requirement of the Open Meetings act.

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y street address; any prospective purchaser at the sale is given notice that it should verify the location and address of the property being sold.

Said sale will be made pursuant to the judgment entered on October 3, 2013 in the above entitled and numbered cause, which was a suit to foreclose a mortgage held by the above Plaintiff and wherein Plaintiff was adjudged to have a lien against the above-described real estate in the sum of $379,585.55 plus interest from October 26, 2012 to the date of sale at the rate of 6.250% per annum, the costs of sale, including the Special Master’s fee, publication costs, and Plaintiff’s costs expended for taxes, insurance, and keeping the property in good repair. Plaintiff has the right to bid at such sale and submit its bid verbally or in writing. The Plaintiff may apply all or any part of its judgment to the purchase price in lieu of cash.

p p erty by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any.

GMAC LLC,

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Plaintiff, v.

RICHARD D. STOTT AKA RICHARD STOTT, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AND THE UNKNOWN SPOUSE OF RICHARD D. STOTT AKA RICHARD STOTT, IF ANY, Defendant(s).

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will on December 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, at the front entrance of the First Judicial District Court, 225 Montezuma, Santa Fe, New Mexico, sell and convey to the highest bidder for cash all the right, title, and interest of the above-named defendants in and to the following described real estate located in said County and State:

b.

If the decision to hold a closed meeting is made when the Pojoaque Valley School Board is not in an open meeting, the closed meeting shall not be held until public notice, appropriate under the circumstances, stating the specific provision of law authorizing the closed meeting and the subjects to be discussed with reasonable specificity is given to the members and to the general public.

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In addition to the information specified above, all Following notices shall include c. the following lan- completion of any closed meeting, the guage. minutes shall state whether the matters in the If you are an individu- discussed al with a disability closed meeting were who is in need of a limited only to those reader, amplifier, specified in the moqualified sign lan- tion or notice for cloguage interpreter, or sure. any other form of Except as auxiliary aid or serv- d. ice to attend or par- provided in the Open ticipate in the hear- Meetings Act, any acing or meeting, tion taken as a result please contact the of discussion in a superintendent at closed meeting shall 1574 State Road 502, be made by vote of Santa Fe, New Mexico the Pojoaque Valley 87506 , at least one School Board in an week prior to the open public meeting. meeting or as soon as possible.

Public This policy shall be documents, including reviewed for needed and rethe agenda and mi- changes nutes, can be provid- adopted annually in ed in various accessi- the month of July or

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If any meeting is closed during an open meeting, such closure shall be approved by a majority vote of a quorum of the Pojoaque Valley School Board taken during the open meeting. The authority for the closure and the subjects to be discussed shall be stated with reasonable specificity in the motion for closure, and the vote on closure of each individual member shall be recorded in the minutes.

Only those subjects specified in the motion may be discussed in a closed meeting.

At the date and time stated above, the Special Master may postpone the sale to such later date and time as the Special Master may specify.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this sale may be subject to a bankruptcy filing, a pay off, a reinstatement or any other condition that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, at the time of sale, this sale will be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Special Master and the mortgagee giving this notice shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

Lot Seven (7), Block Sixty-Four (64) ELDORADO UNIT 1, as shown on plat filed in the office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on July 15, 1993, in Plat Book 250, Page 017, as Document No. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real 821,849. property and imconThe address of the provements real property is 6 cerned with herein Isidro Road, Santa Fe, will be sold subject to NM 87508.

Plaintiff any and all patent easedoes not represent or reservations, warrant that the stat- ments, all recorded ed street address is and unrecorded liens the street address of not foreclosed herein, the described proper- and all recorded and special ty; if the street ad- unrecorded dress does not match assessments and taxthe legal description, es that may be due. then the property be- Plaintiff and its attoring sold herein is the neys disclaim all reproperty more partic- sponsibility for, and ularly described the purchaser at the above, not the prop- sale takes the property located at the erty subject to, the valuation of the prop-

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the purchaser at such sale shall take title to the above-described real property subject to rights of redemption.

Jeffrey Lake Special Master Southwest Support Group 5011 Indian School Road NE Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-767-9444 NM00-01584_FC01 Legal #96183 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on November 21, 28, December 5 and 12, 2013.

The New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange (NMHIX) Board of Directors will hold a Special Board Meeting at 8:30 AM to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid located at 5151 San Francisco Road NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. If an individual with a disability is in need of a reader, amplifier, qualified sign language interpreter, or any other form of auxiliary aid or service to attend or participate in the meeting, please contact the NMHIX office at 1505-314-5200 prior to the meeting.

The agenda for the meeting shall be available at least seventy two (72) hours before the meeting at (1) the administrative offices of the NMHIX, located at 6301 Indian School Road NE #100, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and (2) on the NMHIX website, http://www.nmhix.co m/. Interested persons may also contact the NMHIX at 1505-314-5200 or by email at lgarcia@nmhix.com for a copy of the agenda.

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