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Government leaders say a deal to end violence has been reached with main opposition leaders. Page a-3

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School district aims to fill teacher vacancies through fellows program. Page a-6

Valley in southwestern Colorado offers natural terrain, steep slopes. Page B-5

Scottish center seeks to raise buyer interest by lowering sale price, closing to the public

2014 LEGISLATURE

Budget battle ends with ‘compromise’ House passes deal 58-8; plan that includes raises heading to governor

By Patrick Malone The New Mexican

The New Mexico House of Representatives held its nose, swallowed hard and overwhelmingly passed a

trade-off budget Wednesday, sidestepping the threat of a special session with less than 24 hours to spare.

Included in the spending plan are raises of at least 3 percent for state employees, including teachers.

Setting aside partisan differences over education priorities that divided the House on a 34-34 vote two weeks ago and doomed its first

attempt to pass a budget, the House voted 58-8 to adopt the $6.2 billion spending package for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

“That’s what I call a compromise,” said Rep. Sandra Jeff, D-Crownpoint, whose defection to join Republicans in voting against the first budget bill stalled its progress.

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Foundation calls decision to shut doors to art events ‘a serious blow’

Total amount in spending package passed by the 2014 Legislature for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

$2.74B

Total amount allocated to public schools — an increase of $176 million.

Early childhood education will get an additional $28 million.

Total amount allocated to Medicaid and behavioral health services.

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After a year on the market, the asking price for Santa Fe’s Scottish Rite Masonic Center is coming down — from $8.4 million to $6.9 million.

Meanwhile, the foundation that operates the massive pink, Moorish Revival-style building at the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Bishops Lodge Road is closing the facility to the public June 30, a real estate broker said Wednesday.

The more than 100-year-old building, whose facilities include a theater, has been a popular downtown venue for arts and cultural events.

ARTsmart, a nonprofit that supports arts education in the schools, is holding its Fashion Feast there Friday night.

And on March 22, it’s the site of the Bollywood Club Invasion Dance Party.

$842m

Total amount allocated to higher education — an increase of $46 million.

$440m Total amount allocated to public safety services.

Please see CenTer, Page A-5 Rep. Miguel Garcia, D-Albuquerque, sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 13, a constitutional amendment that would have increased the minimum wage statewide, works on the House floor on Wednesday. The amendment failed in the House and will not be on the November ballot. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Measure fails to get on November ballot; defeat stings Dems

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$6.19B

$907m

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The Scottish Rite Masonic Center at the corner of Paseo de Peralta and Bishops Lodge Road, currently on the market, will not be open to outside groups after June 30. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

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proposed constitutional amendment to raise New Mexico’s minimum wage failed Wednesday in the House of Representatives and therefore will not be on the November ballot.

It was a stinging defeat for Democrats in the Legislature, who lost

their signature issue after a contentious three-hour debate filled with allegations that they were pandering for political gain.

The proposal received 33 “yes” votes and 29 in opposition in the House, but that was not enough to put it on the November ballot.

At least 36 of the 70 House members must support a constitutional amendment to send it to the state’s voters. The measure had previously cleared the state Senate on a largely party-line vote.

Had the measure also received House approval, voters would have decided whether to raise the state-

wide minimum wage from $7.50 to approximately $8.30 an hour. In addition, the amendment would have provided for yearly raises in the minimum wage of up to 4 percent, based on the national Consumer Price Index.

House Democrats generally supported the proposal. Only one of their members, Rep. Dona Irwin of Deming, opposed it. “I didn’t think it needed to be in the constitution,” Irwin said afterward.

Rep. Sandra Jeff, D-Crownpoint, and five Republicans skipped the vote.

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Raise for state employees, including teachers. Judges and state police will get 8 percent raises; district attorneys will get 7.4 percent raises; public defenders will get 7.7 percent raises.

InSIde u Navajo casino deal rejected. u House passes funding bill for indigent patient care. Page a-4

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Today Partly sunny, breezy, cooler.

High 44, low 21.

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Obituaries Bill Blackwell, Santa Fe, Feb. 18 Beverly Kay Kincaid, Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 11 Telesfor Joseph Lujan, Feb. 15 Melba Brito Padilla, 79, Santa Fe, Feb. 11 Page a-10

Index

The School for Advanced Research presents a lecture

by Silvia Tomášková on humanity’s earliest expressions of art, religion, and creativity through shamanism, 6:30 p.m., New Mexico History Museum Auditorium, 113 Lincoln Ave., $10, 954-7245.

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Toxic waste threatens Navajo village in N.M. Uranium pollution is so bad that it is unsafe for people to live in Church Rock, officials say. Page a-7

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BLM spending little on horse fertility control Coalition leader fears agency moving to back slaughterhouses

By Scott Sonner

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RENO, Nev. — The government spent less than 1 percent of its wild horse management budget on contraception programs and more than 60 percent on horse holding facilities last fiscal year, despite a pledge to step up use of fertility control as an alternative to controversial roundups of overpopulated mustang herds on U.S. rangelands, agency records show.

Wild horse advocates say the fiscal year 2013 budget numbers show

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the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has reneged on a commitment to fertility control as the best way moving forward to keep herd numbers in check when necessary in 10 Western states where they roam, including New Mexico.

Instead, the leader of the largest national coalition of mustang advocates says she fears the administration is moving to align itself with a growing number of ranching interests urging an end to the ban on slaughter of horses at overflowing holding pens, where costs are skyrocketing.

“The only explanation at this point is that the BLM is creating a crisis where slaughter of America’s wild horses is the only solution,”

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lottery officials say one ticket, sold in California, has matched all the winning numbers for the $425 million Powerball jackpot.

The drawing followed several consecutive drawings that produced no top winner, boosting the jackpot to $425.3 million. That’s one of the largest in U.S. history — but it’s still far from the record.

The biggest Powerball jackpot was a $590.5 million prize won last May. Powerball is played in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Washington has held indirect talks with the Taliban over the possible transfer of five senior Taliban prisoners from Guantánamo Bay in exchange for a U.S. soldier captured nearly five years ago, a senior Taliban official told The Associated Press.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 27, of Hailey, Idaho, was last seen in a video released in December, footage seen as “proof of life” demanded by the United States. Bergdahl is believed to be held in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He is the only U.S. soldier to be captured in America’s longest war, which began with the U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for sheltering al-Qaida in 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The talks, which the Taliban official said took place sometime over the past two months in a Middle East country, would be the first significant movement toward an exchange since it was last discussed by the U.S. and the Taliban in June 2013.

A U.S. official said the Americans are considering a prisoner exchange but would not comment on whether any new talks have taken place.

Report: Drone killed dozens in Yemen WASHINGTON — A Human Rights Watch report says a U.S. military drone strike in Yemen last December may have killed up to a dozen civilians on their way to a wedding.

The report, relying on witnesses, and Yemeni officials, says four missiles hit a wedding procession on Dec. 12 in Radda, killing 12 men and wounding some 15 others. Family members say they were civilians, but Yemeni officials say most were militants.

Three U.S. officials say only members of al-Qaida were killed, but they have refused make public the details of two U.S. investigations into the incident.

New York-based Human Rights Watch released the report Thursday.

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Technologist Seth Schoen holds a cellphone as it displays information during a Federal Trade Commission mobile tracking demonstration on Wednesday in Washington. You might want to keep your cellphone home — or at least turn it off — when you go shopping. Stores are using technology to track consumers’ movements, but they say the information is anonymous. CAROLYN KASTER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stores are tracking you Shoppers may want to shut off smartphones

By Jennifer C. Kerr The Associated Press

WASHINGTON hould shoppers turn off their smartphones when they hit the mall? Or does having them on lead to better sales or shorter lines at the cash register?

Retailers are using mobile-based technology to track shoppers’ movements at some malls and stores. The companies collecting the information say it’s anonymous, can’t be traced to a specific person and no one should worry about invasion of privacy. But consumer advocates aren’t convinced. It’s spying, they say, and shoppers should be informed their phones are being observed and then be able choose whether to allow it.

The Federal Trade Commission held a workshop Wednesday on the issue, part of a series of privacy seminars looking at emerging technologies and the impact on consumers. FTC attorney Amanda Koulousias says the commission wants to better understand how companies are using phonelocation technology, how robust privacy controls are and whether shoppers are notified in advance.

Here’s how the technology works: u Your smartphone has a unique identifier code — a MAC address — for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It’s a 12-character string of letters and numbers. Think of it like a Social Security or vehicle identification number, but this address is not linked to personal information, like your name, email address or phone number. The numbers and letters link only to a specific phone. u When your smartphone is

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turned on, it sends out signals with that MAC address (for media access control) as it searches for Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Those signals can also be captured by sensors in stores that could tell a department store how often shoppers visit, how long they stay, whether they spend more time in the shoe department, children’s clothing section or sporting goods, or whether they stop for the window display, take a pass and decide to move on.

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The companies then analyze all the information those hashed numbers provide as shoppers move from store to store in a mall, or department to department in a store. Mall managers could learn which stores are popular and which ones aren’t. A retailer could learn how long the lines are at a certain cash register, how long people have to wait — or whether more people visit on “sale” days at a store.

“We’re in the business of helping brick and mortar retailers compete” with online retailers, said Jim Riesenbach, CEO of Californiabased iInside, a mobile location analytics company. “The retailers want to do the right thing because they know that if they violate the trust of consumers, there will be a backlash.”

Privacy advocates, though, argue that the scrambled or “hashed” MAC addresses aren’t completely secure. They can be cracked, says Seth Schoen, senior staff technolo-

gist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. And that could reveal data that people may not want to share.

“There might be some place that you go that you wouldn’t want people to know about,” said Schoen.

While not necessarily worried about foot traffic at a mall, Schoen raised concerns about down-theroad scenarios, like apps that could track where a person goes, whom that person is with — possibly the kind of information a divorce lawyer or law enforcement might seek.

The retail tracking is a relatively new technology. Nordstrom tried a small pilot test in 17 of its more than 250 stores in September 2012.

The company posted signs at doors telling shoppers they could opt out by turning off their Wi-Fi. Nordstrom ended the trial in May 2013 after some customers complained, saying they felt uncomfortable, spokeswoman Brooke White said.

An AP-GfK poll in January found half of Americans were extremely or very concerned about the ability of retailers to keep their personal information secure.

Older Americans were far more concerned about the safety of that information than younger ones — 59 percent of those age 50 or over said they were extremely or very concerned about it, compared with 46 percent age 30 to 49 and 32 percent of people under age 30.

Some of the major players in the field of mobile location analytics — iInside, Euclid, and Mexia Interactive — have agreed to a “code of conduct” advanced by a Washington-based think tank, Future of Privacy Forum. It calls for “hashing” MAC numbers, notification signs in stores and an opt-out website for consumers to enter their phones’ MAC addresses to prevent companies from tracking them. The website is www.smartstoreprivacy.org .

WASHINGTON — Show more patience in the delivery room: That’s the prescription being given to the nation’s obstetricians.

New guidelines say doctors should give otherwise healthy women more time to deliver their babies vaginally before assuming that labor has stalled. The recommendations are the latest in years of efforts to prevent unnecessary C-sections.

“Labor takes a little longer than we may have thought,” said Dr. Aaron Caughey, who co-authored the guidelines for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

The recommendations are being published jointly Thursday by two groups of pregnancy specialists — ACOG and the Society for MaternalFetal Medicine — amid growing concern that C-sections are overused.

Nearly 1 in 3 women in the U.S. gives birth by cesarean. Yes, C-sections can be life-saving for mother or baby. But they also can be done for convenience or fear of lawsuits, and the surgery can bring some serious health risks. And having one cesarean greatly increases the chances that a next pregnancy will end in one, too.

One of the main reasons for a firsttime C-section is labor that’s progressing too slowly, ACOG’s analysis found.

How long should labor take?

There’s no clear-cut deadline, and every woman is different, stressed Caughey, obstetrics chairman at the Oregon Health and Sciences University.

“My patients ask this every day,” he said. He tells them it can “run the gamut from six hours long, start to finish, to three and four days” at the other extreme.

Whether labor is too slow is assessed at different time points — and what doctors were taught in medical school about the different stages may not be the most up-todate. A 2012 study from the National Institutes of Health found that one particular stage takes up to 2½ hours longer now than it did in the 1960s, when many labor definitions were set. Among the recommendations for otherwise low-risk mothers and babies: u Don’t order a C-section just because the first and longest phase of labor is prolonged. u If women aren’t too tired, allow them to push at least two hours if they have delivered before, three hours if it’s their first baby. u Forceps can offer a safe alternative to certain cesareans.

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Thursday, Feb. 20 SENIOR OLYMPICS: From 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., local Santa Fe 50+ Senior Olympics Games Registration is open for adults age 50 and older through Feb. 28. Registration is available at Mary Esther Gonzales Senior Center, 1121 Alto St., Monday through Friday.

Participate in one or more of 23 sports during March, April and May for fitness, fun and friendship. Fee is $20. Call Cristina Villa at 955-4725.

CRAIG BARNES LECTURE: At 6 p.m. at Collected Works Bookstore, 202 Galisteo St., Craig Barnes will discuss the Empire Capitalism, and Inequality.

RENESAN INSTITUTE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING LECTURE: From 1 to 3 p.m., the series continues with a discussion by LANL astrophysicist Ed Fenimore at St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1200 Old Pecos Trail.

SOULFUL PRAYER AND MUSIC: At 7 p.m. at St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 1601 S. St. Francis Drive, HaMakom Continuing Education presents Cantor Cindy Freedman, who will discuss Niggunim — wordless melody chanted

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WAYARD SHAMANS: THE PREHISTORY OF AN IDEA: At 6:30 p.m., the School for Advanced Research presents a lecture by Silvia Tomásková on humanity’s earliest expressions of art, religion and creativity through shamanism at New Mexico History Museum Auditoriu, 113 Lincoln Ave.

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Thursday, Feb. 20 ¡CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Jazz pianist John Rangel, 7 p.m., 213 Washington Ave. COWGIRL BBQ: Folk ’n’ roll band The Bus Tapes, 8 p.m., 319 S. Guadalupe St. DUEL BREWING: Zydeco/ Tejano/juke-swing band Felix y Los Gatos, 7-10 p.m., 1228 Parkway Drive.

LA CASA SENA CANTINA: Best of Broadway, piano and vocals, 6-10 p.m., 125 E. Palace Ave. LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: Bill Hearne Trio, classic country tunes, 7:30 p.m., 100 E. San Francisco St. LA POSADA DE SANTA FE RESORT AND SPA: Pat Malone Trio, featuring Kanoa Kaluhiwa on saxophone, Asher Barreras on bass and Malone on guitar, 6-9 p.m., 330 E. Palace Ave. PALACE RESTAURANT &

SALOON: Thursday limelight karaoke, 10 p.m., 142 W. Palace Ave. SANTA FE CAPITOL GRILL: Guitarists Chusco and Ramón Bermudez and percussionist Mark Clark, 4-6 p.m., 3462 Zafarano Drive.

THE MATADOR: DJ Inky Inc. spinning soul/punk/ska, 8:30 p.m., 116 W. San Francisco St. TINY’S: “Sister Mary” Evans with Tiho Dimitrov, Brant Leeper, and Mo Roberts, soul/ blues/jazz, 8 p.m.-midnight, 1005 St. Francis Drive, Suite 117.

VANESSIE: Pianist/vocalist Bob Finnie, ’50s-’70s pop, 6:30 p.m., 427 W. Water St.

VOLUNTEER DOG WALKERS WANTED: The Santa Fe animal shelter needs volunteer dog walkers for all shifts, but especially the Coffee & Canines morning shift from 7 to 9 a.m. Send an email to krodriguez@sfhumanesociety.org or call Katherine at 983-4309, ext. 128.

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Ukraine puts ‘extremists’ on notice Posting on presidential website declares a truce

24 hours had shown “a growing escalation of violent confrontation and widespread use of weapons by extremist oriented groups.”

In Kiev on Wednesday, protesters

By Andrew Higgins and Andew E. Kramer stoked what they called a “ring of fire” The New York Times separating them from the riot police in a desperate effort to defend the KIEV, Ukraine — The security remnants of a stage on Independence authorities in Ukraine offered the first Square that has been a focal point of indication Wednesday that the deadly their protests. political violence afflicting Kiev had The Interior Ministry said all the spread far beyond the capital, announcpolice officers killed on Tuesday had ing a crackdown on what the Interior died from gunshot wounds, although Ministry called “extremist groups” that witnesses said it appeared that several had burned down buildings and seized officers had been trapped in a burning weapons nationwide. armored vehicle.

The Interior Ministry announcement As the scope of the violence became of an “antiterrorist operation” across Protesters hide behind barricades as a fire burns to prevent riot police from clear, Russia — Yanukovych’s most the country came a day after Kiev was entering Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on Wednesday. The Ukraiimportant ally in the crisis — issued gripped with the deadliest mayhem nian authorities announced an ‘anti-terrorist’ crackdown across the country, even as they agreed to a truce. SERGEY PONOMAREV/THE NEW YORK TIMES a blistering statement blaming the since protests erupted in November, leaving at least 25 dead, including nine “criminal activities of radical opposition police officers. The Health Ministry said forces” for causing the bloodshed. mander of the navy, suggesting possible East-West tensions over Ukraine’s that 241 people had been wounded, but A statement Wednesday from the future, with Russia denouncing the pro- loyalty issues among Yanukovych’s Ukrainian news accounts put the numRussian Foreign Ministry described the military leaders. Yanukovych gave no testers as Nazi-like coup plotters and ber at more than 1,000. violence as an attempted coup and even the European Union threatening severe explanation for the change, but it came A statement issued by President Vikused the phrase “brown revolution,” tor Yanukovych’s press office, posted on sanctions against Ukrainian government as the government has suggested it may an allusion to the Nazi rise to power in deploy the armed forces to quell the the presidential website late Wednesday, leaders.

Germany in 1933. violence.

The United States said it might join said that he had agreed to a truce with The ministry said Russia would use An announcement by the SBU, the the main opposition leaders and to start the European sanctions effort, and Pres“all our influence to restore peace and Ukraine state security service, offered ident Barack Obama pointedly warned negotiations “with the aim of ending calm.” that there would be consequences if the a new indication of turmoil extending bloodshed and stabilizing the situation A spokesman said President Vladimir beyond Kiev.

Ukrainian military was ordered to end in the state in the interests of social Putin of Russia had spoken by tele“In many regions of the country, the protests. peace.” But there was no immediate phone with Yanukovych and expressed municipal buildings, offices of the Earlier, Yanukovych described the comment from the opposition, and no support for a swift settlement, but said Interior Ministry, state security and the violence as an attempt to overthrow the sign that riot police officers or protestgovernment by his political adversaries, prosecutor general, army units and arms it was up to Ukraine’s government to ers in Kiev were pulling back. resolve it without external interference. who want to push Ukraine closer to the depots, are being seized,” Oleksandr The violence turned a protest Through the day Wednesday, many Yakimenko, the head of the SBU, said in European Union. encampment in Kiev’s central Indethousands of people turned up to help a statement.

In another indication of the gravity pendence Square into a fiery war zone “Courtrooms are being burned down, the young men defending Independence of the crisis, Yanukovych announced Tuesday and sharply escalated the Square, suggesting that Kiev remains vandals are destroying private aparton the presidential website that he had political crisis that has convulsed the solidly behind the protesters, providing ments, killing peaceful citizens,” the former Soviet republic of 46 million for replaced the head of the armed forces, statement said. Yakimenko said the past them an logistical and moral support. the past three months. The crisis raised Gen. Volodmyr Zamana, with the com-

Downside of low inflation: A weaker global economy Most people aren’t likely to work up much anxiety about low inflation. After all, the benWASHINGTON — Since efits can be great. Cellphone the Great Recession ended service has gotten cheaper.

4½ years ago, Americans have Breakfast cereal prices have struggled with high unemploy- dropped the past two years. ment, static pay and a slow So has the cost of bedroom economy. Yet they’ve had one furniture. TV prices have plumthing in their favor — low infla- meted 29 percent since 2012. tion.

And low inflation is surely Well, hold the applause. preferable to runaway inflaIt might be unfathomable tion. Back in 1980, U.S. inflation to people who still bear scars reached 13.5 percent. from the double-digit inflation Last year, overall U.S. prices of the 1970s, but what the global inched up just 1.1 percent, economy could use right now is according to the Federal a dose of higher prices.

Reserve’s preferred gauge.

Overall prices are barely Inflation has stayed below the budging because the economy Fed’s 2 percent target for two is still weak. And the reverse years. Yet Ben Bernanke, the may be true, too: Super-low just-departed Fed chairman, inflation has likely slowed has said policymakers worry as growth from the United States much when inflation is too low to Japan to Europe. It’s why the as when it’s too high. world’s central banks would What’s wrong with very low like prices to rise. inflation?

Lots. When prices barely move, many people postpone purchases. Why rush, if the same price — or lower — will be available in six months? Collectively, these delays slow consumer spending, the economy’s main fuel.

Ultra-low inflation also makes the inflation-adjusted cost of a loan more expensive.

And too-low inflation raises the prospect of something worse: deflation — a broad decline in prices, pay and the value of stocks, homes or other assets. Deflation can further restrain spending and even tip an economy into recession.

Just ask the Japanese.

Japan has been stuck in a deflationary trap for most of two decades. Its economy has barely grown. Fears have spiked that Europe might be next.

So why is inflation so low across the developed world?

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission will propose new rules to encourage an open Internet, including prohibiting companies that provide broadband service to consumers from blocking any sites or services.

The proposals, to be introduced by Tom Wheeler, the chairman of the commission, also will include measures that will seek to prohibit Internet service providers from discriminating against any providers of Internet content.

A federal appeals court ruled last month that the FCC overstepped its authority with rules that treated Internet service providers as regulated utilities or common carriers, such as telephone service.

The commission’s move comes as it will begin considering the formal request by Comcast, one of the nation’s largest cable and broadband service providers, to take over Time Warner Cable, one of its biggest competitors.

The deal has raised concerns that the increased power represented by the merged companies would allow it to strong-arm providers of Internet content, like video, into paying for the right to reach broadband customers.

The new rules would prohibit discrimination — that is, a broadband service provider would have to treat all content equally, an approach that is called Net neutrality.

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Blame a persistently subpar economy and a tough job market.

Low inflation does help when pay increases are weak.

Consumers can stretch their dollars, yen and euros. In hardhit European economies, prices have actually fallen in the past year.

In the United States, many economists have long feared that the Fed’s efforts to stimulate growth would ignite inflation. Yet to the surprise of many, all the money the Fed has pumped out hasn’t caused prices to jump.

“It’s a bit of a riddle,” says Richard Fisher, president of the

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

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Closing a day of talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Obama said the North American partners must maintain their “competitive advantage” on trade, in part by expanding into the fast-growing AsiaPacific region. While Obama acknowledged that “elements in my party” oppose the TransPacific Partnership deal, he disputed the notion that Democratic concerns would derail the agreement.

“We’ll get this passed if it’s a good agreement,” Obama declared during a joint news conference with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

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2014 Legislature

Senate rejects Navajo casino deal to expand operations

By Uriel Garcia

The New Mexican

The state Senate on Wednesday rejected a gambling compact that would have allowed the Navajo Nation to increase the number of casinos it operates in New Mexico.

“This shows disrespect to the nation,” Navajo Nation delegate LoRenzo Bates said after the 31-10 vote.

The deal, which was opposed by several pueblos, had been negotiated between Navajo leaders and the New Mexico Governor’s Office. It had passed the House the day before on a 36-30 vote. Legislators couldn’t make changes to the compact before voting on whether to approve it.

The Navajo tribe currently operates two Las Vegas-style casinos and one Class II casino — essentially, a bingo parlor — under a 2001 compact that expires next year. Under the failed agreement, which would have run through 2037, the tribe could have opened a third Las Vegas-style casino within five years of signing the deal,

then planned two more casino openings at least three years apart.

Opponents expressed concern that the Navajos would open a casino in the Albuquerque area, where other Indian-owned casinos are already in operation. They said additional casinos would saturate the gambling market in the state and threaten revenues from existing operations.

“We were pleased the majority of the senators sympathized with our point of view,” said Skip Sayre, chief of sales and marketing for the Laguna Development Corp., which operates the Route 66 and Dancing Eagle casinos along the Interstate 40 corridor west of Albuquerque. “But we’ve always respected and encourage the Navajo Nation to achieve a new gaming compact with the state, and we’ll continue to support that.”

Bates said the strong opposition from pueblos and other tribes to the now-rejected proposal will put a strain on tribal relations in the state.

Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly agreed, telling The Associated Press,

“I thought we were unified in everything we do. I don’t know what happened to them. I guess greed and business is what happened.”

Nine other New Mexico tribes have different compacts with the state, approved in 2007, and they can only operate two casinos each.

Pojoaque Pueblo Gov. George Rivera, whose administration is suing the state after it was unable to reach agreement on a new gambling compact, said of Bates, “He may be having a bad day today, but he’s going to need the tribes to get their compact passed next year, and it needs to be reasonable.”

Rivera added that the opposition to the compact arose because the Navajo Nation’s agreement would negatively affect most of the tribes in New Mexico that have gambling operations. The Navajo Nation’s proposed compact would have raised the tribe’s revenuesharing rates to the level that other tribes negotiated with the state in 2007.

Rivera, whose pueblo is still operating under a compact negotiated

in 2001, said that wouldn’t be fair for Pojoaque, which might also be expected to share more of its casino revenues when it negotiates a new compact with the state. He added that economic conditions aren’t the same now as in 2007, when revenue-sharing rates were negotiated between the state and other tribal governments.

Navajo leaders have said their proposed additional casinos would help cut what is currently a 50 percent unemployment rate on the reservation. Bates said if the compact had been approved, more casinos wouldn’t be built until the state’s economy is stronger.

Navajo Nation officials will have to wait for the next legislative session, scheduled for January 2015, in their push to renegotiate a gaming compact — and they worry about the federal government shutting down their casinos if a new compact isn’t passed on time. If that’s the case, more than 900 employees who work in Navajo-operated casinos in New Mexico might lose their jobs, Bates said.

Legislative roundup

Days remaining in session: 1/2 Moving on: Rep. Tom Taylor, R-Farmington, was honored by House members Wednesday after he announced that he will not seek re-election. It caught some lawmakers by surprise.

“I’m shocked by the news,” said Rep. Debbie Rodella, D-Española, who fought back tears.

Even those who were privy to the news in advance grappled with emotions over Taylor’s departure. “Tom told me the other day that he wasn’t running again, and I took that very hard,” said Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque. “Tom makes this place unique. He’s just a real Renaissance man.”

House members heaped praise on him. “What you left here is an atmosphere of friendliness and collegiality and smart thinking,” said House Speaker Kenny Martinez, D-Grants, who arrived at the Legislature the same year as Taylor. Their fathers also served together in the Legislature.

“It’s time to do something different, maybe actually get up and go to work and make some money,” said Taylor, who is in his 16th year in the House.

Taylor in 2011 unsuccessfully challenged the late Nambé Democrat Rep. Ben Luján for the House speakership. In 2012, House Republicans ousted Taylor as their floor leader and replaced him with Rep. Don Bratton of Hobbs.

No candidates had filed paperwork with the secretary of state for Taylor’s seat as of Wednesday.

Airplane tax: State senators on Wednesday voted 28-8 to eliminate the tax on sales of commercial airplanes.

The House of Representatives approved the bill earlier, so it goes to Gov. Susana Martinez for her consideration.

Rep. Bob Wooley, R-Roswell, says this exemption could create 125 jobs in his district because two aircraft maintenance companies will be better positioned in the marketplace. He sponsored the tax exemption in House Bill 24.

As it is, Wooley says, New Mexico never collects the sales tax on airplanes anyway. Buyers simply fly into Texas airspace, where there is no such tax, to transact the purchase. They typically save several hundred thousand dollars with that aerial maneuver, he said.

With the tax exemption on sales, airplane maintenance businesses in New Mexico will grow, Wooley said. The bill applies to commercial airplanes with more than 10,000 pounds of landing weight.

CYFD reporting: Legislation requiring expanded reporting to the Legislature by the Children, Youth and Families Department passed in the House and now awaits the governor’s signature to become law.

By a vote of 62-1, Senate Joint Memorial 3 passed in the House late Tuesday.

It requires CYFD to report statistics about foster care placement of children, adequacy of employee pay and caseloads, as well as laws, regulations and policies that pose obstacles to the agency fulfilling its mission.

“The nation played nice,” Bates said.

“We’ve cooperated, we respected the system … so to do this shows disrespect to the nation.”

Last year, a proposed Navajo Nation gambling agreement had made it out of committee, but the full Legislature failed to take a vote on the compact before the session adjourned.

Democratic Sen. Clemente Sanchez of Grants, whose district includes Acoma and Laguna pueblos, said the Navajos should be limited to their existing casinos. He said there was ample time for the state to negotiate another compact with the Navajos because the tribe’s existing agreement runs through June 2015.

He also complained that the Navajos had quickly turned down a request by a legislative committee to revise the compact in response to concerns about the number of new casinos the deal allowed.

“I think the nation was disrespecting our process up here,” he said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

House OKS funding for indigent care

By Patrick Malone The New Mexican

ROUNDHOUSE TUNES

ABOVE: Paul Magnuson, director of the Shiprock High School Jazz Ensemble, directs the band during a performance on the House floor on Wednesday.

LEFT: Cayenne Adler, 17, with the New Mexico School for the Arts, plays with the orchestra and instrumental group at the Roundhouse Rotunda on Wednesday.

PHOTOS BY LuIS SáNCHEz SATuRNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

Saluting the sergeant: House Sergeant at Arms Gilbert Lopez was recognized with a memorial in the House on Wednesday sponsored

by Speaker Kenny Martinez, D-Grants.

Lopez is retiring at the end of this legislative session after 23 years at the state Capitol. He was elected sergeant at arms in 2005.

He keeps order in the House chamber, galleries, committee rooms and associated corridors of the Roundhouse, including the House dress code (which he often exceeds in snappy attire).

Lawmakers praised Lopez’s courteous, professional, patient and helpful demeanor.

“You’re always a pillar of strength around this House,” said Rep. Jeff Steinborn, D-Las Cruces.

“If anyone doubts that, just wait until there’s a call of the House. Then, suddenly, all the friendliness turns into that former Marine guarding the door. I like the friendly Gilbert better.”

There’s the rub: Politicians are accustomed to pressing flesh, but they were among the pressed on Wednesday.

In the Capitol Rotunda, Naprapathic Medicine of New Mexico gently flexed ligaments and muscles of patients prone on therapeutic tables to release tension. Nearby, the New Mexico Association of Reflexologists practiced touch therapy on feet and lower legs.

On the second-to-last day of the 2014 legislative session, stress was in ample supply. Knotted muscles of Capitol mainstays and visitors alike

welcomed the free massage treatments.

Managing beavers: The Senate on Wednesday approved SM 4, a memorial recognizing the role beavers have in storing up water during drought and asking state agencies to work together on a management plan for the furry, four-legged engineers.

The memorial recognizes the role beaver dams have in river ecosystems and watershed health.

It asks the Department of Game and Fish, the State Land Office and State Forestry to come up with a statewide beaver management plan.

Looking ahead: At noon Thursday, Feb. 20, this session is over, and all legislation that hasn’t passed both chambers is dead.

Quote of the day: “All he’s been doing is hugging female members of the Legislature for the past 45 minutes.” — House Speaker Kenny Martinez, D-Grants, referring to Rep. Tom Taylor, whose announcement that he will not seek reelection evoked an emotional response.

ON OUR WEBSITE u Follow legislative coverage at www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature. u Read Steve Terrell’s blog, www.roundhouseroundup.com and Milan Simonich’s blog Ringside Seat at http://tinyurl.com/RingsideSeat. u Subscribe to our updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/thenewmexican.

Counties were granted new taxing authority Wednesday, and the state has pledged $9 million to help keep struggling New Mexico hospitals solvent, but some state lawmakers worry it won’t be enough.

The House passed Senate Bill 268 by a vote of 55-10 Wednesday to ensure an estimated $36 million to help cover the costs of indigent patient care. The state budget that passed Wednesday provides $9 million in state funding, and SB 268 calls for counties to provide the rest through gross receipts taxes. Counties also were granted authority to raise gross receipts taxes by one-twelfth of a cent, or 0.083 percent — what amounts to 1 cent on a $12 purchase.

The bill sponsored by Sen. Nancy Rodriguez, D-Santa Fe, had already passed in the Senate and now moves to the desk of Gov. Susana Martinez, awaiting her signature to become law.

At issue, however, is a 3-to-1 match in federal Medicaid funding for indigent care.

Hospitals anticipate they will need counties and the state to contribute $45 million to reach the threshold to receive sufficient federal funding to cover all the costs for the care they expect to provide indigent patients in New Mexico. That means the bill leaves them $9 million short of their state funding target — and $36 million short of their total goal, including the federal match.

The Senate, when it passed the bill, stripped out a directive to the Human Services Department to find $9 million in its budget to make up the shortfall.

The state has been collecting funds for indigent care through its Sole Community Provider program, in which counties voluntarily provide funding used to draw the federal match in Medicaid dollars. But that program ends in July 2015. As many as seven hospitals in New Mexico have said they are in immediate danger of closing if the state doesn’t find a new revenue stream.

During the bill’s journey through the Legislature, lawmakers criticized the Human Services Department for not including sufficient funds for hospitals in its budget request when the looming crisis was apparent.

The shortfall worries Rep. Dennis Roch, R-Logan.

“The lack of that $9 million takes about $40 million of federal dollars that we are eligible for as a state to support our rural hospitals, and leaves it on the table,” he said.

House capital outlay bill provides $15M for Santa Fe County projects

By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

The state House on Wednesday passed a capital outlay bill that includes almost $15 million for projects in Santa Fe County — about half of which would go to renovate a nearly century-old dormitory at the New Mexico School for the Deaf.

The bill now goes to the Senate for approval. Assuming the Senate passes the bill, before any of the money in the bill becomes a reality, it must be signed

by Gov. Susana Martinez. In the past, she has not been shy about applying her line-item veto power to projects in Santa Fe. Statewide, House Bill 55 would

authorize nearly $233 million in spending on bricks-and-mortar-type projects. This includes nearly $185 million from severance tax bonds and about $48 million from other state funds.

A total of 915 capital outlay projects would be funded.

The bill contains nearly $86 million for various water projects, including about $67 million for water-related projects initiated by Martinez.

The Cartwright Hall project at the New Mexico School for the Deaf would receive more than $7 million.

The dormitory at the state-owned school on Cerrillos Road at St. Francis Drive was designed by architect I.H. Rapp in 1916. It was the first of several

buildings on the 30-acre campus in the Spanish-Pueblo Revival style that became symbolic of Santa Fe. Students have not been housed there in several years.

Among other major Santa Fe County earmarks in the capital outlay bill, the State Land Office would get more than $1.3 million for three projects at its building on Old Santa Fe Trail at the Santa Fe River: $720,000 for renovating Morgan Hall; $360,000 for sprinkler and ceiling replacement and $230,000 for electrical wiring.

Other projects in Santa Fe County include: u Santa Fe Municipal Airport building expansion: $890,000

u Nambe Pueblo water system, tank and sewer: $500,000 u Edgewood wastewater system improvements: $440,000 u Santa Fe parks shade structures: $320,000 u Agua Fría Elementary School early learning center: $335,000 u Eldorado-area water system improvements (two phases): $282,000 u Santa Fe meal program building renovation and expansion: $280,000 u Santa Fe Community College classroom and lab space improvements: $240,000 u Santa Fe Municipal Recreation Complex soccer field and facilities: $225,000

u New Mexico School for the Arts property purchase: $210,000 u Santa Fe County fire station solar improvements: $182,000 u Santa Fe County Fairgrounds improvements: $160,000 u Santa Fe Indian School entrance lanes: $150,000 u Agua Fría water system improvements: $130,000 u Tesuque Pueblo police building stabilization: $130,100 u Pojoaque sports fields improvements: $128,800 u Women’s Health Services building renovations, $114,400 Contact Steve Terrell at sterrell@ sfnewmexican.com.

Thursday, February 20, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

2014 Legislature

House kills investment bill from the endowment is worth about $60 million a year to schools, said Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, who favored the rewritten bill.

What began as a straightforward bill to permit But Larrañaga said hijacking his investment bill more foreign investments by the state’s $13.1 bilto add a whole new purpose would have led to lion land-grant endowment died a noisy death legal challenges.

Wednesday night.

Had the bill received legislative approval, it Even the co-sponsor, Republican Rep. Larry would have gone on the November general elecLarrañaga of Albuquerque, ended up voting tion ballot with a misleading title, Larrañaga said. against his own bill after Democrats drastically Instead of proposing a clean change in investamended it to funnel money to public schools. ment policy, it also would have continued a fundLarrañaga said the proposal, Senate Joint Reso- ing plan for schools, he said. lution 4, started with a simple premise: A restricVoters should not be blindsided with comtion capping international stock investments at 15 pound and confusing questions, he said. percent would be removed in the hope that the Larrañaga also disagreed with a section of the state could increase its income by tens of millions rewritten bill that would have made the State of dollars annually.

Investment Council responsible for determinThat version of the bill sailed through the Sen- ing each year if a distribution of 5.5 percent was ate on 26-1 vote. But then the bill was amended in workable. the House of Representatives to add an entirely “They’re not public policymakers, and they different dimension, Larrañaga said. don’t want to be,” Larrañaga said.

House Speaker Kenny Martinez, in the Voters The Senate sponsor of the bill, Sen. Tim Keller, and Elections Committee, pushed through the said he was comfortable with either version. amendment to continue diverting 5.5 percent Keller, D-Albuquerque, said the measure now is from the Land Grant Permanent Fund for public likely dead because of its defeat in the House on a projects, mostly K-12 schools. Republicans on the 34-32 vote. There probably is not time to salvage committee objected to the amendment, but lost the original investment measure before the legison a 6-4 party-line vote. lative session ends at noon Thursday, he said.

Currently, 5.5 percent is taken from the fund each year, but that amount is set to drop to 5 per- Contact Milan Simonich at 986-3080 or cent in 2017. The extra half-point in distributions msimonich@sfnewmexican.com.

By Milan Simonich

The New Mexican

Wage: Speaker Martinez chides those who skipped the vote ballot issue in hopes of increasing turnout in the general election.

Aside from Irwin, all the other “no” votes were “Polling is the only thing driving this debate at from Republicans. They said increasing the mini- this stage,” Gentry said. mum wage would be bad for businesses because The responsible approach, according to Gentry, employers would have to cut their workforce to would have been to seek an increase in the minimeet higher expenses. mum wage to $8 an hour through statute.

“If you raise the cost of the minimum wage, Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, last year everything goes up,” said Rep. Nora Espinoza, vetoed a bill that would have raised the minimum R-Roswell. “This is not a theory. This is reality.” wage to $8.50. At the time, Gov. Martinez said she Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, called the defeat a would have accepted a 30-cent increase, to $7.80 sad one for New Mexico. A billion dollars in tax an hour. cuts and credits have been provided to compaRep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, countered nies. This time, he said, the Legislature missed its that Gentry’s argument was “disingenuous.” The chance to help the lowest-paid workers. governor offered no message or indication that House Speaker Kenny Martinez, D-Grants, she would sign an increase in the minimum wage chided members who skipped the vote rather to $8 an hour, Chasey said. than take a position. It marked the first time durRep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas, the Democrats’ ing the 30-day session that Martinez said those whip from Albuquerque, said some in his party who were in the Capitol but did not vote had wanted “a call of the House,” meaning everyone failed in their duties. who was not sick would have been locked into The proposal, Senate Joint Resolution 13, prob- the chambers for the vote. Maestas said the Demably would not have carried even if two ailing ocratic leadership rejected the idea because GenDemocrats had been able to travel to Santa Fe for try and others had claimed the push for a higher the vote. Reps. Ernest Chavez of Albuquerque minimum wage was only a political ploy. and Phillip Archuleta of Las Cruces would have About 85,000 people in the state are paid the supported raising the minimum wage, but Irwin’s minimum wage. New Mexico’s minimum has vote against it and Jeff not casting a vote still been $7.50 an hour since 2009. Santa Fe, Albuwould have doomed it. querque and Bernalillo County all have higher Republicans questioned the motives of the rival minimum wages than the state’s. party during a debate that was more personal than usual.

Contact Milan Simonich at 986-3080 or Rep. Nate Gentry, R-Albuquerque, said Demomsimonich@sfnewmexican.com. Follow his crats pushed the minimum-wage increase as a Ringside Seat blog at santafenewmexican.com.

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Committee staff told lawmakers the share of the budget left in reserves could dip to 7.7 percent if Education funding drove a wedge between up to $60 million in disputed Medicaid payments Democrats and Republicans throughout the bud- to the state are not awarded by the federal govget debate this session. ernment.

The GOP favored giving the Public Education Fiscal year 2013 concluded last June with Department $20 million to enact Republican Gov. 11 percent of the budget in reserves, and the curSusana Martinez’s education reform initiatives, rent fiscal year that concludes at the end of this such as merit pay for teachers and principals, June is projected to retain a 9.5 percent reserve. teacher evaluations and teacher recruitment.

While all state employees will see pay raises of Democrats wanted to give the money to indiat least 3 percent, judges and state police will get vidual school districts.

8 percent raises, and district attorneys 7.4 percent The Senate stepped in when the budget stalled hikes. Public defenders will get raises of 7.7 percent. in the House. The Senate’s version of the budget A 0.275 percent reduction in funding to many smoothed the snag by funding Martinez’s educa- state programs provides $17 million for the edution reform initiatives, while giving individual cation reform initiatives in the budget. But there school districts the authority to participate was still plenty to go around in a budget that in them or not, within the framework of their grows spending by 5.5 percent — $293 million — collective bargaining contracts with teachers’ over the current fiscal year. unions.

Early childhood education gets an additional “This budget represents a good compromise,” $28 million. Public school funding climbs by $171 said the governor’s spokesman, Enrique Knell. million. Higher education spending increases by “This budget properly prioritizes the importance $46 million. Medicaid spending decreased by $22 of investing in education reforms.” million, thanks to the availability of more federal All but eight House Republicans agreed. funds for those programs. An additional 175 people Between the House and the Senate, the other with developmental disabilities will get home- and 100 lawmakers voted in favor of it. But it’s not percommunity-based services at a cost of $3.3 million, fect in anyone’s eyes. but thousands remain on the waiting list.

Rep. Larry Larrañaga, R-Albuquerque, voted for The state’s lottery scholarship fund, which is the budget, but with reservations. “The good part struggling to stay solvent, will get $2.7 million to of it is, we’ve got a budget,” he said. “Our first keep its promise to in-state college students this responsibility, our most important responsibility semester and $11.5 million in the fiscal year that is to get a budget out of here.” begins July 1, contingent on companion legislaBut he said it lacks foresight by spending all of tion passing. the state’s anticipated revenues and shortchanging The governor has 20 days to exercise linethe reserves. “In this budget, for us to carry it down item veto power over the spending plan. After it the road, we’re going to need to get an overload was passed in the House, Rep. Luciano “Lucky” permit,” he said, “because it is loaded to the point Varela, D-Santa Fe, lamented the strain that where it is way past the weight limit that is allowed hyper-partisanship has put on the budgeting profor a budget.” cess in recent years.

Even though Martinez welcomed the budget’s “There’s something in this budget for everyone, support for rural health care expansion and ecoand I’m hopeful that the governor will undernomic development, she shares Larrañaga’s con- stand why we went to the extent that we did,” he cerns. “The governor remains concerned about said. “I don’t know if we’ll ever get the opportuthe overall spending growth in this budget and nity again to get away from the downward spiral its adverse impact on the state’s reserves and will we’ve been in for a number of years now.” evaluate the budget line by line,” the governor’s spokesman said.

Contact Patrick Malone at 986-3017 or pmalone@ The budget calls for leaving 8.7 percent — sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter @ $539 million — in reserves. Legislative Finance pmalonenm.

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Report: Mom charged in child’s death was abused ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque woman charged with kicking her 9-year-old son to death was a victim of abuse herself, a 2009 report said.

According to an application for an Emergency Order of Protection, Synthia Varela-Casaus was hit, choked, bitten and almost thrown off a balcony by Marnyle Barnes, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

The application signed by Albuquerque police and filed in state District Court in March 2009 also said Barnes struck Varela “with a full beer and bit her on the face” and “bit her fingers.”

Barnes later pleaded guilty to aggravated battery against a household member and other charges, online records showed. Barnes and VarelaCasaus have a child together, the document said.

He was sentenced to six months in jail and 30 months of supervised probation and was ordered into counseling for anger management. He apparently violated his probation, which was revoked, and he spent an additional 151 days in jail.

Varela-Casaus, 38, was indicted last month on various charges, including child abuse resulting in death. Her

son, Omaree Varela, was found dead in December.

Advocates have said the state’s child welfare agency and Albuquerque police failed the boy by not removing him from his home after receiving reports of abuse and previous calls to his home.

Earlier this month, two officers were placed on administrative leave after it was discovered that they went to the boy’s home in June to respond to a 911 call in which a dispatcher overheard threatening, profane and abusive comments.

The Associated Press

Center: Broker says there’s ‘very strong interest’ from buyers The temple has intrigued a number of potential investors, Last month, it was the setting but so far there’s been no deal. of the Santa Fe Concert AssoMestas said the board overseeciation’s community opera pro- ing the building fears there could duction of Rossini’s The Barber be a conflict between a schedof Seville. uled event and a buyer’s needs, Craig Smith, interim direcand wants the center to be availtor of the Historic Santa Fe able to be sold at any time.

Foundation, called the center a The 45,000-square-foot “godsend” for local groups. temple, erected in 1912 with a “The closure is a serious design inspired by the Alhamblow to local nonprofits, from bra in Granada, Spain, is listed performing arts groups to eduon both the state and national cational organizations,” he said.

“The space is unique by means registers of cultural properties.

It is considered a “significant” of its history and ambiance, structure by the city’s Historic and it has seen a wide range Districts Review Board. In of successful events includaddition to a theater with handing concerts, chamber opera, painted backdrops, the building fundraising galas and award ceremonies. It has been a won- contains an enclosed courtyard, a large commercial kitchen derful community partner for and several dormitories. Condecades.” structed of poured concrete, it Maureen Mestas, a broker features stained-glass windows, with Sotheby’s International Realty, said the lowered asking red roof tiles and horseshoe and keyhole arches. price demonstrates the desire While the public will not be of the fraternal organization to sell the property. able to use the building, the

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Masons will continue to maintain it.

Mestas said even though the property has not yet sold, there has been “very strong interest” from qualified buyers, including a representative from the hospitality industry, a developer interested in making the temple into a mixed-use facility with condominiums and retail space, and a foundation from Virginia planning an education center.

The buyer pool is “probably narrow,” Mestas conceded, but she believes now is a good time for investors. “With the right buyer and the right timing, it will sell,” she said.

And, Mestas added, “Everyone who’s looked at it [would be] a good steward of the property and an asset to the community.”

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

Horse: Agency blast critics’ claims as ‘anti-BLM propaganda’ mares in 2012, but only about for some unconditional sales. half that last year, records show, “It’s time to think outside of said Suzanne Roy, executive far short of the annual goal of the box,” said Debbie Lassiter, director of the American Wild chairwoman of the Sierra Front 2,000 that then-BLM Director Horse Preservation Campaign. Great Basin Northeast RAC. Bob Abbey announced in FebShe said the 509 mares that ruary 2011.

In 2012, the number of received fertility treatment Gorey said Wednesday that horses and burros at holding last year were far short of the the BLM asked for $2 million facilities (47,000) surpassed annual goal of 2,000 the agency the estimated number on the in new contraception research set three years ago. range (40,000) for the first time and development in fiscal 2013, Similar concerns have been since President Richard Nixon but Congress rejected that. As raised in New Mexico, where a result, the $76.1 million the signed the Free-Roaming the Valley Meat Co. plant near Horses and Burros Act of 1971. BLM spent on its wild horse Roswell has been trying to open and burro program for the fisIn a 451-page report highly a horse-slaughter facility. The cal year that ended Sept. 30 critical of the BLM last June, operation was delayed in early included $559,560 related to an independent panel of the January by a District Court National Academy of Sciences fertility control — about sevenlawsuit filed by state Attorney said the agency should invest in tenths of 1 percent.

General Gary King. Later that By far the biggest chunk widespread fertility control of month, Congress passed a budthe mustangs instead of spend- went to holding facilities — get that blocked horse slaughter $30.9 million short term and ing millions to house them. It nationwide by eliminating $15.3 million long term — for a concluded the BLM’s removal funding for slaughterhouse total of 61 percent. The agency of nearly 100,000 horses from inspections by U.S. Department spent 18 percent on support the Western range over the of Agriculture officials. and overhead, 10 percent on past decade is probably having Congress made a similar the adoption program and 6 the opposite effect of its intencut in 2007, which shut down percent — about $4.8 million tion to ease ecological damage domestic horse slaughter.

— on roundups. and reduce overpopulated But that hasn’t stopped The New Mexican contribherds. the slaughter of U.S. horses. uted to this report.

The BLM treated about 1,000 About 158,000 U.S. horses were shipped to Mexico and Canada in 2012, mostly to slaughterhouses.

BLM spokesman Tom Gorey said Wednesday that critics’ claims the agency is considering slaughter as a solution to the West’s wild horse overpopulation problem are baseless, “anti-BLM propaganda.”

“It has been and remains the policy of the BLM not to sell or send wild horses or burros to slaughter,” he said in an email to The Associated Press.

Until recently, mustang advocates felt comfortable the slaughter ban would remain intact given public opinion polls showing widespread support nationally for what they say is an icon of the American West. But that’s no longer the case in places such as northern This money was donated by CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT Nevada, where ranchers and rural politicians are pushing for Hospital, SVHsupport (the local nonprofit that owns 50% of the hospital), and CHRISTUS HEALTH. change, citing drought conditions and lack of holding space.

The Nevada Farm Bureau Federation and Nevada Association of Counties filed a federal lawsuit Dec. 30 seeking to force the BLM to use existing authority to sell older horses without the usual prohibition on resale for slaughter in cases in which animals are deemed unadoptable. Earlier this month, a BLM resource advisory committee in Nevada also voiced support

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LOCAL NEWS SFPS aims to fill vacancies through fellows program

A photo-enforcement vehicle operated by Redflex is shown on U.S. 84/285 in 2009. Santa Fe let its contract with Redflex expire last month.

NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

As city mulls speed-SUV deal, Redflex out in Cruces Santa Fe to begin evaluations for new photo-enforcement contract

By Chris Quintana The New Mexican

Santa Fe Public Schools Superintendent Joel Boyd speaks with St. John’s College students about teaching fellowships in the district on Wednesday. PHOTOS BY CLYDE MUELLER/THE NEW MEXICAN

District promotes alternative path as it recruits nontraditional teaching candidates

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By Robert Nott

I’ve seen lots of problems with literary and math skills here, and I want to help.”

The New Mexican

P

am Watts can imagine teaching math in a public high school in Santa Fe. The St. John’s College senior already has taught in private schools in Vermont and has tutored Santa Fe students the AVID college-readiness program.

“I’ve seen lots of problems with literary and math skills here, and I want to help,” she said.

This is why she is applying to Santa Fe Public Schools’ summer Teaching Fellows Program, designed to quickly impart a love of learning and teaching to people who have earned a bachelor’s degree and want to pursue an alternative route to a teaching degree.

She’s not put off by the starting salary of $30,000 per year — which could increase to $32,000 under a budget passed by the state Legislature.

“I’m used to living poor,” Watts said.

Watts was one of about 15 people who attended a presentation Wednesday about the fellows program by representatives of Santa Fe Public Schools, the Santa Fe Community College and the Academy for the Love of Learning on the St. John’s College campus. The three entities are teaming up to attract nontraditional teaching candidates to a school district that is, like many others in the state, struggling to fill vacancies.

As of this week, according to SFPS Human Resources Director Tracie Oliver, there are more than 50 vacancies in the district, and with more teachers expected to retire or resign by year’s end, she expects up to 100 openings by summer. Albuquerque Public Schools’ website indicates that district has about 90 teacher vacancies at this time, mostly in special education.

Santa Fe Superintendent Joel Boyd told the assembly the district is seeking 10 to 15 people to start the fellowship, which begins with an eight-week summer training.

Participants will receive a $4,000 stipend,

Pam Watts

candidate for SFPS’ Teaching Fellows Program

St. John’s College senior Pam Watts asks about an application for the Santa Fe Public Schools’ summer Teaching Fellows Program during Wednesday’s meeting.

he added. Those accepted into the program must commit to earning their alternative teaching certificate — which might require up to 28 credit hours — and work for the district for three years. The district will cover the cost of the certificate and all professionaldevelopment training.

The idea is to hire someone who may have a strong skill set in one area — accounting, engineering, the arts — who can be trained to be a teacher and assigned to a school that needs his or her talent. “We’re not just looking for someone who needs a job,” Boyd said.

“This is a career path, not a one-year position.”

The fellows would learn classroom man-

agement skills, how to implement a lesson plan and cultural sensitivity, among other topics, during the summer course. They would be paired up with experienced mentors and would be given the chance to observe summer-school classes being taught by veterans.

Additional emphasis will be placed on building relationships with students and exchanging ideas with peer teachers.

Boyd said it will be a “very intense first year” for participants, who will, upon starting in the classroom come August, also have to commit to working some Saturdays during the school year for reflective sessions with mentors and continue to earn their license at the rate of six credit hours per semester.

St. John’s senior Emma Diez, who works as a nanny, said she enjoys working with children and thinks she would make a good elementary school teacher. “I could see teaching for a long time,” she said. But she also has harbored thoughts of becoming a nurse, which would require two more years of schooling but probably earn her a $50,000 starting salary.

Still, she plans to apply to the fellowship program. Does the starting teacher’s salary of about $30,000 throw her? “No,” she said. “It’s a teacher’s salary.”

Additional details and application forms are available at www.sfps.info/jobs. The deadline for applying is March 15.

Contact Robert Nott at 986-3021 or rnott@ sfnewmexican.com.

Failed lieutenant gov. hopeful files complaint Julienne challenges petition signatures of Dem rival Haaland

By Steve Terrell The New Mexican

Marie Julienne, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor who did not file enough petition signatures to get on the ballot, is challenging the nominating petitions of the only other Democratic candidate for the job.

If her move successfully knocks Debra Haaland off the ballot, the courts might have to decide how Democrats would go about choosing a running mate for their gubernatorial candidate in the November general election, a spokesman for the party said.

Among the reasons for Julienne’s challenge, filed last week in state District Court in Albuquerque, is that some of Haaland’s petitions filed earlier this month didn’t include Spanish translations for words and

Debra Haaland

Marie Julienne

phrases for the name of the party (Democrata) or the name of the office (asistente del gobernador).

Thus, the complaint said, those petitions “do not convey necessary and important information in Spanish required to be known by potential Spanish language signees.”

Also, according to Julienne’s complaint, some pages abbreviated “lieutenant governor” as “Lt. Gov.” instead of spelling it out.

Such alleged errors, the complaint says, “demonstrates malfeasance and undermines our democratic electoral process.”

Julienne also said that on some of Haaland’s petitions, one person signed the names of others,

and some petitions had signatures from people who were not registered as Democrats or were not registered at the address listed.

Asked about her complaint, Julienne said, “I’m just for the integrity of the process.”

Haaland said Wednesday that she is confident in her petition signatures. “I’m not worried about this,” she said, adding that her attorney is looking at Julienne’s complaint.

To qualify for the Democrats’ pre-primary convention next month, candidates for statewide offices need 2,186 signatures of registered Democrats in New Mexico. Julienne claims Haaland, who filed a total of 3,222 signatures, actually filed only 1,043 valid signatures.

However, according to the Secretary of State’s Office website, Julienne herself filed only 1,312 signatures — not enough to qualify for the pre-primary convention.

If her legal action against Haaland is successful, it’s not clear what how Democrats will fill the ballot position for lieutenant gov-

ernor, party spokesman David Harwell said.

“I suppose it would be up to the court,” Harwell said.

Haaland is a longtime activist in the state Democratic Party who has served as chairwoman of the state party’s Native American Caucus.

She is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo.

Julienne is an “institutional researcher and Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Mexico,” according to her campaign page on Facebook.

Incumbent Lt. Gov. John Sanchez is the only Republican candidate for the position.

Haaland is not the only candidate facing a petition challenge.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lawrence Rael last week filed a court action saying one of his rivals, state Sen. Howie Morales, doesn’t have enough valid signatures.

Contact Steve Terrell at sterrell@sfnewmexican. com. Read his political blog at roundhouseroundup.com.

Section editor: Howard Houghton, 986-3015, hhoughton@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Dennis Rudner, drudner@sfnewmexican.com

Rio Rancho is the only city left in New Mexico that is contracting with Phoenix, Ariz.-based Redflex Traffic Systems to provide red-light cameras and photoenforcement SUVs. Las Cruces dumped the company this week. And Santa Fe let its contract with Redflex expire last month.

The city of Santa Fe’s purchasing director, Robert Rodarte, said Wednesday that a committee will start to evaluate bids on a new photo-enforcement contract Thursday.

Drivers in Santa Fe are therefore likely to remain free from the watchful eyes of speed-enforcement vehicles until at least April.

The deadline for bids on the new contract was last week. Rodarte said he couldn’t release the names or number of companies who submitted bids until the committee presents its recommendation to the city’s Finance Committee on March 31. It’s unclear if Redflex is one of those vying for the job.

Redflex has been under public scrutiny since 2012. That’s when the Chicago Tribune reported that employees with the company had bribed local officials to initiate the red-light program in Chicago. And those allegations hit closer to home earlier this year, when a former top official of the company alleged similar bribes had occurred in 13 other states, including New Mexico.

City officials have repeatedly asserted that the SUVs are a safety program, not a money-making operation. The New Mexican has reported that a speeding ticket issued as a result of the unmanned surveillance costs $100, but only nets the city between $12 and $18. Half of the ticket revenue goes to the state, another portion goes to Redflex and the city receives the remainder. Redflex operates the SUVs and pays for all costs.

Redflex has provided red-light cameras in Las Cruces since 2009, but City Manager Robert Garza said that city decided not to renew the contract because it is not convinced they work.

“If the object is safety, can we prove the streets are safer?” Garza asked. “The answer became, ‘no.’ ”

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Meeting focus: Property owners’ Aamodt queries Deadline approaches for hundreds to accept historic water-rights deal

By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

A deadline is fast approaching for hundreds of property owners in the Pojoaque Basin to decide if they accept the water-rights settlement in the decades-old Aamodt case.

A community meeting to answer questions is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Tesuque Elementary School gymnasium.

The settlement determines the water rights of the Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso and Tesuque pueblos. It also affects domestic well owners in the basin north of Santa Fe. People with water rights in the basin have until April 7 to accept or object to the settlement.

The Joe M. Stell Water Ombudsman Program at The University of New Mexico School of Law is hosting workshops to explain the settlement and answer questions about the legal process.

The workshops will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at various community centers and school libraries until April 3. The first one is scheduled Feb. 25 at the Nambé Community Center and the second will be held March 4 at the El Rancho Community Center. The workshops are limited to 30 people. To reserve a spot at one of the workshops or to find out the full schedule of the workshops, call 277-0551 or email Darcy Bushnell at bushnell@law.unm.edu.

Owners with water rights have been receiving packets of information in the mail. It is the only opportunity for people to object to the settlement.

Domestic well owners who accept the settlement will need to make a choice about keeping their wells

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Toxic waste threatens Navajo village fell down old shafts.

“It is shocking — it’s all over the reservation,” said Jared Blumenfeld, the EPA’s CHURCH ROCK, N.M. — In this regional administrator for the Pacific dusty corner of the Navajo reservation, Southwest. “I think everyone, even the where seven generations of families Navajos themselves, have been shocked have been raised among the arroyos about the number of mines that were and mesas, Bertha Nez is facing the both active and abandoned.” prospect of having to leave her land Between 2008 and 2012, federal agenforever. cies spent $100 million on the cleanup, The uranium pollution is so bad according to the EPA; an additional $17 that it is unsafe for people to live here million has been spent by energy comlong term, environmental officials say. panies determined to be responsible for Although the uranium mines that once some of the waste. pocked the hillsides were shut down But the scope of the problem is worse decades ago, mounds of toxic waste are than anyone had thought. The EPA has still piled atop the dirt, raising concerns said that it could take at least eight years about radioactive dust and runoff. to dispose of a pile of uranium mine And as cleanup efforts continue, Nez waste that has sat near Red Water Pond and dozens of other residents of the Road since the 1980s — waste that must Bertha Nez stands earlier this month near an area where uranium minRed Water Pond Road community, who ing has left the soil contaminated, in the Red Water Pond Road area of the be removed before the area can finally have already had to leave their homes Navajo reservation in New Mexico. Mounds of toxic waste are still piled atop be free of contamination. at least twice since 2007 because of the “The community is frustrated, I the dirt, raising concerns about radioactive dust. MARK HOLM/THE NEW YORK TIMES contamination, are now facing a more know I’m frustrated — we’d like it to permanent relocation. Although their go quickly,” Blumenfeld said. tiny and remote Navajo village and clean traditionally, culturally,” she said. village represents only a small sliver of But before the latest round of up more than 500 abandoned mine the larger Navajo Nation, home to nearly “Nobody told us it was unsafe. Nobody cleanup can begin, an application to areas that dot the reservation. warned us we would be living all this 300,000 people, they are bearing the remove the waste pile must be submitFederal officials say they have been time with this risk.” brunt of the environmental problems. ted to the Nuclear Regulatory Comamazed at the extent of the uranium These days, this sprawling reserva“It feels like we are being pushed mission, which will then conduct envicontamination on the reservation, a tion, about the size of West Virginia, is around,” said Nez, 67, a retired health ronmental and safety reviews. That vestige of a burst of mining activity here process will probably take two years, care worker, who recalled the weeks and considered one of the largest uraniumduring the Cold War. In every pocket months spent in motel rooms in nearby contaminated areas in U.S. history, and there is the possibility that public of Navajo country, tribal members have hearings on the plan could extend the Gallup as crews hauled away radioactive according to officials at the Environreported finding mines that the agency mental Protection Agency. The agency process several more years, said Drew soil from the community’s backyards did not know existed. In some cases, the Persinko, a deputy director for the has been in the throes of an expansive and roadsides. effort to remove waste from around this mines were discovered only after people commission.

“This is where we’re used to being,

By Dan Frosch

The New York Times

Speeding: Redflex dumped in Las Cruces red-light cameras in the future and that several companies Garza said New Mexico State already have pitched similar University conducted a traffic services to him. study to see if the cameras were According to Rio Rancho’s increasing public safety, and he website, Redflex provides both said the findings were inconclu- red-light cameras and photosive. Some intersections with enforcement SUVs to the city the cameras saw fewer crashes, about an hour southwest of while others did not. And in Santa Fe. some cases, it wasn’t clear if the The speed SUVS started red-light camera was responappearing in Santa Fe in 2009. sible for a crash decrease or if it In September 2012, the city was the addition of a turn lane. increased the number from two Garza said Las Cruces’ fiveSUVs to three to monitor more year contract with Redflex was traffic areas. In October 2012, to conclude at the end of March. the city began deploying the But Garza said the contract speed SUVs daily, instead of just included language that stated if Monday through Friday. the city didn’t declare its intenSpeed SUVs are only permittions to cease its partnership ted to park along city streets, with Redflex 30 days prior to not those maintained by the contract’s conclusion, the city state, which means major roadwould automatically be on the ways such as St. Francis Drive, hook for another four years of Cerrillos Road and St. Michael’s service.

Drive are off-limits.

That’s something Garza said Citations issued from the he wanted to avoid. vehicles don’t affect a motorGarza also said Redflex’s ist’s driving record or insurance. technology was outdated, and However, unpaid tickets are that Las Cruces could improve reported to a collection agency. traffic safety by tweaking the intervals between green, yellow Contact Chris Quintana at 986-3093 or cquintana@ and red lights. He added that sfnewmexican.com.

Las Cruces might still consider

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Aamodt: Water-rights case started in 1966 the oldest priority dates the first right to use water. or hooking into a county water Intermittent drought has system once it is built. All wells affected water supplies in the — both pueblo and nonpueblo basin, and determining water — will be metered to measure rights is an important part of water use. managing the supply among all The Aamodt case began in the residential, agricultural and 1966 and involves the pueblo pueblo users. and nonpueblo water rights in People with questions about the Tesuque-Nambé-Pojoaque the settlement can call the stream systems.

Water Adjudication Helpline at The pueblos, the federal 877-775-8333. More information government, the state of New is available at the Utton Center Mexico, and the city and county website, uttoncenter.unm.edu/ of Santa Fe finally inked a settle- ombudsman/npt.php, or at the ment and had it approved by Santa Fe County website, www.

Congress in 2010. But the fedsantafecountynm.gov, under eral court still has to approve Commissioner Daniel Mayfield. the settlement before it is final.

The settlement spells out the Contact Staci Matlock at amount and priority date of 986-3055 or smatlock@ the pueblo water rights. New sfnewmexican.com. Follow her Mexico law gives people with on Twitter @stacimatlock.

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In brief

Police say missing woman found, is safe A 33-year-old woman who had been reported missing since last Friday was found and is safe, the Santa Fe Police Department said Wednesday morning.

Amanda CdeBaca told police she was being held against her will by Thomas Ferguson, 38, in the 1800 block of Mann Street, north of St. Michael’s Drive. Celina Westervelt, a police department spokeswoman, said she didn’t know whether CdeBaca was found at the Mann Street home or if she was located elsewhere.

Westervelt said the department did call out its SWAT team, whose members broke down a door at the Mann Street residence.

Dogs at the residence were seized by Animal Control personnel, and Ferguson was taken to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center for a medical condition unrelated to the SWAT response.

Westervelt said he was still in the hospital as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, and possible charges against the man were pending.

Westervelt said CdeBaca also received medical attention at the hospital for minor injuries and was released Tuesday night. The relationship between CdeBaca and Ferguson was unclear to investigators, Westervelt said, though she said police have responded to domestic disturbances between the two in the past.

Local chefs nominated for culinary awards Two Santa Fe chefs are among semifinalists for the 2014 James Beard Awards,

the Oscars of the culinary world.

Martín Rios of Restaurant Martín and James Campbell Caruso of La Boca, both previous nominees, are semi-finalists in the Best Chef: Southwest category.

Also nominated again were Jennifer James of Jennifer James 101 in Albuquerque and Frederick Muller of El Meze in Taos. New to the Beard list this year are Jonathan Perno of La Merienda at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque and Rob Connoley of Silver City’s The Curious Kumquat.

In one of the toughest national categories, Izanami at Ten Thousand Waves, owned by Duke Klauck and Deborah Fleig and cheffed by Kim Muller, made the semi-finalists list for Best New Restaurant.

Ron Cooper of Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal, based in Ranchos de Taos, is again a semi-finalist for Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional for his artisanal mezcals.

The awards are presented annually by the James Beard Foundation, named for the American cookbook author and teacher. Finalists will be announced March 18.

Man arrested, charged in machete attack LAS CRUCES — Authorities say a homeless man accused of using a machete to attack two people in New Mexico is in custody.

Las Cruces police say 39-year-old Carlos J. Fisher is being held on suspicion of two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

Officers were called to a makeshift campsite last Friday night.

Police say a 45-year-old man and 35-year-old woman were looking for a friend when they came across Fisher.

The couple asked Fisher if he had seen their acquaintance, but their questioning apparently angered Fisher.

As the woman was walking away, Fisher allegedly struck her with the machete on the back of her neck and cut the man on one of his hands.

Recall forces Pit to pull green chile from games

ALBUQUERQUE — The Pit, home of The University of New Mexico’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, has announce it will no longer serve green chile this season.

The stadium announced on social media ALBUQUERQUE — Forecasters say Tuesday that a major recall is forcing offiwindy weather is making much of New cials to pull all green chile, and they do not Mexico ripe for wildfires. know when the chile will return.

A hazardous weather outlook was issued A family-owned food company in Albufor portions of Northern and Central New querque announced earlier this month a Mexico through Wednesday evening. voluntary recall of its frozen non-ready-toThe strong winds were forecast to eat green chile products. Bueno Foods said taper off Thursday morning — but not for the products have the potential to contain long. Conditions conducive to fires were low levels of the common bacteria Listeria expected to resume later Thursday in a monocytogenes in its uncooked state. more limited area of Central and Eastern Staff and wire reports New Mexico.

Forecasters: Conditions in state ripe for wildfires

No welcome mat in Albuquerque for ‘Cops’ filming ALBUQUERQUE — Albuquerque officials say “no way” to having their city depicted in upcoming episodes of the TV show Cops to be filmed in the county that includes New Mexico’s most populous city.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that a letter from city

That time frame seems unreasonably long for tribal members, who said that spending so long living away from the reservation has been difficult. So far, the EPA has spent $1 million on temporary housing for residents of Red Water Pond Road; much of that cost will be reimbursed by General Electric, which acquired the old Northeast Church Rock Mine site in 1997 and also its subsidiary, United Nuclear Corp., which operated the mine.

As in the past, the relocations will be voluntary. Some residents wondered — as they have for years now — if the land will ever really be clean.

“Our umbilical cords are buried here; our children’s umbilical cords are buried here. It’s like a homing device,” said Tony Hood, 64, who once worked in the mines and is a Navajo interpreter for the Indian Medical Center in Gallup. “This is our connection to Mother Earth. We were born here. We will come back here eventually.”

Today, the site near Red Water Pond Road holds 1 million cubic yards of waste from the Northeast Church Rock Mine, making it the largest area of contamination on the reservation.

Under a plan being developed by General Electric and the EPA, the waste would be transported to a former uranium mill just off the reservation — already considered a Superfund site — and stored in a fortified repository. The estimated cost is nearly $45 million.

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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, Feb. 20, 2014: This year you are able to detach more and see new ways of handling problems.

A foreign person could open your eyes to other cultures and philosophies. Your sixth sense works well for you — follow it, even if it is not always logical. Scorpio knows much more than he or she lets on.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You have much to consider. You might need to mellow out a bit. You will have an important discussion with a loved one.

Tonight: In the whirlwind of the moment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You seem ready to make a dream a reality. A partner might want to pitch in, especially if this idea could affect them too.

Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Take news with a grain of salt. A boss might have a lot to say, and will talk openly if you seem interested. Tonight: Get a head start on tomorrow’s work.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Events could put you more in touch with your dynamic energy. Look at the longterm implications when looking at the big picture. Tonight: Get into weekend mode.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might want to spend more time at home. Use your instincts to achieve a better sense of harmony with a loved one.

Indulge in time together. Tonight: Order in.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH You might want to examine what is happening in your immediate environment.

Make calls and clear your desk. Tonight: Spend time with a loved one.

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

Subject: AMERICANA (e.g., Haight-Ashbury is a residential section of which city?

Answer: San Francisco.)

FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. In which sport might you expect to see a Hail Mary pass?

Answer________ 2. “Idiot box” is/was a slang term for what?

Answer________ 3. Who is noted for saying, “I shall return”?

Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. For what do the letters stand in “M*A*S*H”?

Answer________

5. What is the title of Joyce Kilmer’s most famous poem?

Answer________ 6. On which TV show did you hear, “Will the real ___ please stand up”?

Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. With which architect is the name Evelyn Nesbit infamously connected?

Answer________ 8. In which state did the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion occur?

Answer________ 9. Vaquero is Spanish for ____.

Answer________

ANSWERS:

1. Football. 2. Television. 3. Douglas MacArthur. 4. Mobile army surgical hospital.

5. Trees. 6. To Tell the Truth. 7. Stanford White. 8. Pennsylvania. 9. Cowboy.

SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2014 Ken Fisher

Cryptoquip

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error. © 2014 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Grandchildren are pulling out hair

Dear Annie: One of our darling granddaughters started to pull out her eyelashes at around age 9. We expressed our concern to our son.

Shortly after, we were told that our granddaughter was seeing a counselor to address this behavior. We were so relieved when she stopped.

But about a year later, she started again. Now her 9-year-old brother is pulling hair out of his head. He has a bald spot about two inches in diameter.

Our son and his wife have education degrees. The marriage and family appear OK. The kids seem happy, and they do well in school. I recently brought up the counseling to our son, but he said, “We tried that.” He indicated that the kids will stop on their own.

Is stress causing this? How involved should we get? Right now, we feel like it’s the elephant in the room. — Blue-collar Grandparents Dear Grandparents: Trichotillomania is a disorder that results in compulsive hair pulling. It is currently considered to be a “bodyfocused repetitive behavior.” There also may be a genetic predisposition, which would explain why both of your grandchildren suffer from it.

Sometimes stress, anxiety or fatigue can trigger the hair pulling, but not always.

Doctors do not know the underlying cause but believe it may develop due to a combination of genetic, hormonal, emotional and environmental factors. Appropriate treatment involves cognitive behavioral therapy, sometimes in combination with medication, hypnosis and relaxation techniques. Your son and his wife may already be taking the necessary steps, but either way, you can get more information through the Trichotillomania Learning Center at trich.org.

Dear Annie: I recently learned that a friend’s son died from a heart attack. He was relatively young. I was both saddened and shocked.

I was more despondent that my

Sheinwold’s bridge

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Listen to what is being shared, but hold back for now on sharing what you know. A partner might do the unexpected. Tonight: Do some shopping on the way home.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You might be in the middle of all the action. Take the lead, prioritize and delegate. Tonight: Think “weekend.” Make plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You move through details quickly, yet one could slip past you and ultimately sabotage your plans. Maintain your sense of humor. Tonight: Ever playful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Call on your self-discipline. Use your sixth sense to tune in to the obvious dynamics of a particular matter. Tonight: Get together with friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You might feel as if you have an additional responsibility weighing you down.

Choose a more easygoing pace. Tonight: A must appearance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You see life differently from how many of the people around you see it. Use your instincts to proceed with an important matter. Tonight: Read between the lines.

Jacqueline Bigar

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[Uhlmann-Fauland ’91].

Today in history Today is Thursday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2014. There are 314 days left in the year.

Today’s highlight in history: On Feb. 20, 1944, during World War II, U.S. strategic bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as “Big Week.”

Hocus Focus

friend and his current (third) wife did not attend his son’s funeral. They live in another state, but still. It was his son. We’ve been friends for more than 50 years, but it makes me realize he wouldn’t bother attending my funeral, either.

Annie, should I dissolve our friendship? Should I tell him how shocked and disappointed I am? Or should I simply overlook it? — Sensitive, Caring Person Dear Sensitive: While not attending his son’s funeral seems callous, is it possible that your friend has health issues that prevented him from traveling? Might he and his son have been estranged and his presence at the funeral unwelcome? You can let him know that you were surprised he didn’t attend the funeral, but he is under no obligation to satisfy your curiosity. Limiting the friendship because you believe he no longer cares enough about you is a legitimate concern, but cutting off a 50year friendship because he might not attend your funeral is excessive. How your friend treats you while you are alive is what counts Dear Annie: This is in response to those individuals who invite family, friends and neighbors to their home for dinner and then feel slighted because the invitation is not reciprocated.

Many years ago, when invited to someone’s home, I did return the invitation. But it always made me nervous to entertain. I’d lose sleep, worry about what to serve, wonder whether I’d have enough food or whether my dinner would turn out well. I finally decided that it just was not worth the anxiety to keep having people over.

I will occasionally host an informal gathering at my home, nothing fancy.

Thank goodness I have friends who know that entertaining makes me anxious. They still invite me to their homes and ask me to bring a salad, a dessert or a bottle of wine. Some of us just aren’t meant to host parties.

— I’m Not

Jumble

Thursday, February 20, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

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Jacob Miller scans a cat for a microchip at the East Valley Animal Shelter in 2011 in Los Angeles. The search for feline friends tends to be tougher going than if a dog is lost, experts say. But you can protect against the loss and increase the chances of finding your cat by microchipping it and strapping on an ID collar. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

Don’t give up hope if cat lost Runaway felines won’t go far but might be difficult to find

By Sue Manning

The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES f a scared dog bolts from home, it’s likely to run as fast and far as it can. But if a house cat panics, it’s more likely to slink away and stop at the first good hiding place it finds.

Because the getaway is so different, the search has to be, too, said Nancy Peterson, cat programs manager for the Humane Society of the United States and a registered veterinarian technician.

Don’t run to a shelter or post signs right away, she said. Immediately after you notice your pet is missing, search your yard, contact neighbors and show a photo to mail carriers, delivery drivers and paperboys.

“Most cats that escape or leave home won’t go more than five houses away, so you should go to neighbor homes and ask if you can check their backyards,” she said. “If the cat does get further, it’s because a dog or another cat chased it. Unfortunately, the farther away it gets, the harder it is for it to get home.”

The search for your feline friend tends to be tougher going than if you had lost a dog, experts say. Good Samaritans often come to the rescue of dog owners, picking up pooches and making a call to the owner or taking them to a shelter. But there is no cavalry for cats, and domestic ones are not easily caught — you can’t just open a car door and coax it to hop in. But you can protect against the loss of your cat by microchipping it and strapping on an ID collar.

Even long-lost cats can be found, a joy that Mickey and June Wilson experienced.

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Cats can strut stuff for online photo contest You know your cat is superb — and it’s time for you to let the world know about it.

The Santa Fe animal shelter’s annual cat online photo contest — the High Desert Catwalk — offers felines a chance to strut their stuff without getting their paws dirty.

Participants in the contest, which helps support the shelter’s homeless cats, can enter their digital photo online on the shelter’s website, sfhumanesociety.org, on its Facebook page or by sending the photo to bswan@sfhumanesociety.org.

With your photo, please include your cat’s name and age, your name and a brief biography of your cat. Entry fees are $10 for one cat or $20 for multiple images of cats up to three.

Payment is available through PayPal or call 983-4309 ext. 204 for credit card information. You also can email your check to High Desert Cat Walk, SFAS, 100 Caja del Rio Road, Santa Fe, NM, 87507. The deadline is midnight March 1.

The top cat will be featured in the Santa Fe animal shelter’s newsletter, Animal Tracks.

Two runners-up will win gift baskets from Santa Fe premier pet stores, Teca Tu — A Pawsworthy Emporium & Deli in the Sanbusco Market Center and Zoe & Guido’s Pet Boutique, 607-A Cerrillos Road.

When an 8,700-acre wildfire came close to their Santa Barbara, Calif., home in May 2009, the couple grabbed their cat, Morris, and evacuated.

For one night, they stayed in a motel in Buellton, about 45 miles northwest of Santa Barbara.

When Mickey Wilson went to get luggage from the car, Morris, rambling freely in the second-story room, escaped. Wilson searched everywhere, following several tips, but came up empty-handed.

Heartbroken, Wilson and his wife returned home the next day without Morris. Relatives went up a few times after that to look but could not find the cat.

Four months later, Wilson got a call from a woman who found Morris behind a restaurant at a feral cat feeding station.

The station is run by Catalyst for Cats, Inc., a group of volunteers trying to control the feral cat population in Santa Barbara County by trapping, sterilizing and returning and then feeding wild cats in the area.

“Owned, lost cats show up at feeding stations more often than one would imagine,” said Marci Kladnik, a Catalyst for Cats volunteer and columnist for the Cat Writers’ Association.

Morris was in good shape except for the tip of his tail, which was broken.

“If he hadn’t had a name tag on his collar, we would never have seen him again,” said Wilson, a retired aircraft engineer.

Wilson had to put Morris down about six months ago because of bladder problems.

“He was a special cat,” Wilson said. “And we enjoyed him up to the very end.”

Morris’ discovery shows even a long search isn’t hopeless.

“Don’t give up! Cats can return home months after being lost,” Orange County Animal Control spokesman Ryan Drabek

Bakery-boutique offers expanded services A Santa Fe pet bakery and boutique has expanded its services to include dog washing and will kick off the new service with a pet adoption event.

Part of the proceeds from the day’s selfservice dog wash at Pooch Pantry Bakery & Boutique, 301 N. Guadalupe St., which is scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. March 9, will benefit the Santa Fe animal shelter.

The shelter will be bringing its mobile adoption van to the event.

Lecture at St. John’s looks at dogs, friendship Gary Borjesson is giving a lecture Friday at St. John’s College on what people can learn from dogs and about the nature of friendship.

Borjesson is the author of Willing Dogs & Reluctant Masters: On Dogs and Friendship.

He is a member of the faculty of St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md. The lecture is free and will be at 7:30 p.m. in The Great Hall in the Peterson Student Center.

Dogfighting ring broken up; officers honored MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The officials who busted a dogfighting ring that stretched across four states were honored

Cats are creatures “ of habit. If they disappear one night and don’t reappear by the next, something is probably wrong.”

Nancy Peterson

cat program manager for the Humane Society of the United States

said. But he says that most of the cats the facility takes in each year are feral. Only a third of them are domesticated, he said.

But there’s always hope if a cat has ID, said Dr. Karen “Doc” Halligan, author and chief veterinary officer of the Lucy Pet Foundation.

“Both my cats have breakaway collars, tags and microchips. That is something all cat owners need to do,” she said.

If a lost cat doesn’t find its own way home the first night, broaden the search.

Start checking shelters, post fliers and sign up on all the lost-pet apps available online.

“Don’t wait too long,” said Peterson of the Humane Society. “Cats are creatures of habit. If they disappear one night and don’t reappear by the next, something is probably wrong.”

If you find your cat, it will probably be skittish. “For a cat, danger comes from above, so don’t stand over a cat. … Talk to it gently. Pet it, pet it, pet it, pet it,” said Kladnik, the author. earlier this week by the Human Society of the United States.

The organization presented its 2014 Humane Law Enforcement Awards to U.S. Attorney George Beck of Montgomery, Assistant U.S. Attorney Clark Morris, former FBI agent Keith Baker, two FBI agents and an Auburn police officer for their work.

The Auburn officer, who worked undercover, and the two FBI agents did not attend the ceremony, and their names were not made public for security reasons.

The investigation began in 2010 and culminated in August 2013, with investigators serving search warrants at 11 locations in Alabama and two in Georgia. Investigators seized more than 360 pit bulls, more than $500,000 and illegal drugs. They also arrested 14 people from Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.

Frozen kitten rescued, has respiratory infection ELYRIA, Ohio — A driver who found a gray kitten frozen to the road in northeast Ohio and rescued it says she initially thought it was a chunk of ice and was shocked when it tried to move.

Dara Taylor said she found the cat Monday covered in ice, as though it had been in water, and it couldn’t open its eyes. She says she freed the cat from the road and took it to the Friendship Animal Protective League.

The male cat is being treated for a respiratory infection.

Staff and wire reports

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Pet connection Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society: Sherman, a 6-year-old Labrador retriever mix, has a strikingly beautiful brindle coat. This easygoing, happy-go-lucky dog makes him one of the most outstanding animals at the shelter. Cinnamon, a 2-year-old short-haired tortie, is a mellow lady who loves being stroked and playing with people, felines and even dogs. At her previous home, her best friend was a dog.

These and other animals are available for adoption from the shelter at 100 Caja del Rio Road. The shelter’s adoption hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Visit www.sfhumaneso ciety.org or call 983-4309, ext.

610.

The shelter’s mobile adoption unit will be at Look What the Cat Dragged In 1, 2570 Camino Entrada, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and at PetSmart Santa Fe from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Española Valley Humane Society: Mario, a 9-monthold shepherd mix, is great with people of all ages and other dogs. This friendly dog is a staff favorite and would be a great match for an active family. Sweet T, a 5-monthold tuxedo, is a handsome playboy. He’s friendly, affectionate and playful and gets along well with other cats and loves to cuddle. He’s quite the catch.

These and other animals are available for adoption at the shelter, 108 Hamm Park-

Sherman

Cinnamon

Mario

Sweet T

Cappucino

Lita

way. The shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 4:45 p.m. Sunday. Call 753-8662 or visit www.espan olashelter.org.

Felines & Friends: New Mexico: Sweet and social, Cappucino is also easygoing and adapts well to new environments. He does well around other cats and would probably be fine around gentle dogs and small children. Lita, a sweet kitty with a short blackand-white coat, longs for a loving, peaceful and quiet home.

She would probably prefer to be an only child in the home.

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 through 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.

Family files lawsuit to keep mini horse as service animal tried to work with the city and that the lawsuit filed in U.S. BLUE ASH, Ohio — An District Court in Cincinnati Ohio city is violating federal was a last resort. housing law and protections “People have the right to for people with disabilities have any service animal in by refusing to let a girl keep a their home if it is recomminiature horse as a service mended by a medical profesanimal, her mother said in a sional,” Brown said. lawsuit.

The city’s legal representaIngrid Anderson and the tive defended its stance on the advocacy group Housing ordinance that prohibits farm Opportunities Made Equal, or HOME, filed the lawsuit Tues- animals.

“Blue Ash is enforcing its day against the city of Blue ordinance and looks forward Ash. to being vindicated in court,” A medical center recomCity Solicitor Bryan Pacheco mended the horse for Anderson’s daughter, who has physi- said.

The lawsuit wants the city cal ailments, The Cincinnati prevented from enforcing the Enquirer reported. HOME ordinance against Anderson’s Executive Director Elizabeth family and all disabled people Brown said the girl uses the in similar situations. horse — which is named Ellie It also seeks punitive and and is the size of a large dog — for support to walk in her yard compensatory damages to be determined at a jury trial. and to pull herself up after The lawsuit was filed in falls. federal court Feb. 18 and both Brown said Blue Ash officials characterized the horse as sides have a meeting with the judge Feb. 21, The Enquirer livestock and said it had to be removed. She said the group reported.

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LOCAL & REGION

Colo. pot market exceeds tax hopes Sales for upcoming fiscal year expected to surpass $600 million

reported Wednesday that banks holding commercial loans on properties that lease to Colorado marijuana businesses say they don’t plan to refinance those loans when they come due. Bankers say property

By Kristen Wyatt used as collateral for those loans The Associated Press theoretically is subject to federal drug-seizure laws, which makes the DENVER — Colorado’s legal loans a risk. marijuana market is far exceeding Colorado’s two largest banks, tax expectations, according to a Wells Fargo Bank and FirstBank, say budget proposal released Wednesthey won’t offer new loans to landday by Gov. John Hickenlooper owners with pre-existing leases with that gives the first official estimate pot businesses. And Wells Fargo and of how much the state expects to Vectra Bank have told commercial make from pot taxes. loan clients they either have to evict The proposal outlines plans to marijuana businesses or seek refispend some $99 million next fiscal nancing elsewhere. year on substance abuse prevenSam Walsh informs a first-time customer about different strains of “Our policy of not banking martion, youth marijuana use prevenmarijuana at the 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. Colorado Gov. John ijuana-related businesses and not tion and other priorities. The Hickenlooper announced Thursday a plan to spend nearly $100 mil- lending on commercial properties money would come from a statelion in marijuana tax money, the first signal of how much Colorado leased by marijuana-related busiwide 12.9 percent sales tax on recis reaping from recreational pot sales. BRENNAN LINSLEY/THE ASSoCIATED PRESS nesses is based on applicable federal reational pot. Colorado’s total pot laws,” Wells Fargo spokeswoman sales next fiscal year are estimated Cristie Drumm told the Post. for public health. projected the full $40 million to be to be about $610 million.

Just last week, federal banking “We view our top priority as reached next year.

Retail sales began Jan. 1 in regulators announced a road map for creating an environment where The initial tax projections are Colorado. Sales have been strong, banks that might do business with negative impacts on children from rosier than those given to voters in though exact figures for January marijuana legalization are avoided 2012, when state fiscal projections on the marijuana industry. The rules sales won’t be made public until require banks to file reports on intercompletely,” Hickenlooper wrote in the marijuana-legalization amendearly next month. actions with marijuana businesses The governor predicted sales and a letter to legislative budget writers, ment would produce $39.5 million and identify any questionable transwhich must approve the plan. in sales taxes next fiscal year, which excise taxes next fiscal year would actions. However, the industry made The governor also proposed a begins in July. produce some $98 million, well The rosier projections come from clear that the administration’s tone above a $70 million annual estimate $5.8 million, three-year “statewide updated data about how many retail didn’t make banks feel much easier given to voters when they approved media campaign on marijuana use,” about taking pot money. presumably highlighting the drug’s stores Colorado has (163 as of the pot taxes last year. The gover“It’s just awkward because we’re nor also includes taxes from medi- health risks. The state Department of Feb. 18) and how much customers all caught in the federal-law issue,” Transportation would get are paying for pot. There’s no stancal pot, which are subject only to $1.9 million for a new “Drive High, dardized sales price, but recreational Vectra Bank CEO Bruce Alexander the statewide 2.9 percent sales tax.

Get a DUI” campaign to tout the pot generally is going for much more said. “We’re seeing that when banks Washington state budget forefind out [about a marijuana busistate’s new marijuana blood-limit than the $202 an ounce forecasters casters released a projection ness leasing a property], they are guessed last year.

Wednesday, where retail sales don’t standard for drivers.

Also, Hickenlooper has proposed Mason Tvert, a legalization activist given an element of time to cure it, begin for a few months. to get the tenant out or move on.”

Economic forecasters in Olympia spending $7 million for an additional who ran Colorado’s 2012 campaign, The bank issue might not have 105 beds in residential treatment cen- said other states are watching closely predicted that the state’s new legal filtered down yet to store owners to see what legal weed can produce recreational marijuana market will ters for substance abuse disorders. who rent space from landlords.

“This package represents a strong in tax revenue. bring nearly $190 million to state Mike Elliott, executive director yet cautious first step” for regulat“Voters and state lawmakers coffers over four years starting in of the Medical Marijuana Industry ing pot, the governor wrote. He told around the country are watching mid-2015. Washington state sets lawmakers he’d be back with a more how this system unfolds in Colorado, Group, said he hasn’t heard conbudgets biennially. cerns from his members yet about In Colorado, Hickenlooper’s pro- complete spending prediction later and the prospect of generating sigthe issue. But he said the report is posal listed six priorities for spend- this year. nificant revenue while eliminating another reason why the new indusThe Colorado pot tax plan doesn’t the underground marijuana market ing the pot sales taxes.

The spending plan included include an additional 15 percent is increasingly appealing,” said Tvert, try needs more definitive action on banking — whether through an act $45.5 million for youth use prevenpot excise tax, of which $40 milwho now works for the Marijuana tion, $40.4 million for substance of Congress or more action from lion a year already is designated for Policy Project. abuse treatment and $12.4 million school construction. The governor the White House.

Meanwhile, The Denver Post

Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u Someone broke a window at the School for Advanced Research, 600 Garcia St., between 4:41 and 5:30 p.m. Monday. u A stereo was stolen from a car parked in the 300 block of Montoya Street between 6:30 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday. u A tire inflator and an iPod were stolen from a car parked in the 200 block of Callecita Place between 8 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 a.m. Sunday. u Someone broke into Maurice’s, a clothing store at 3517 Zafarano Drive, between 10 p.m.

Feb. 11 and 7:15 a.m. Feb. 12. It’s unclear if anything was stolen. u Jonathan Stier, 24, 752 Agua Fría St., was arrested on charges of aggravated assault against a household member and criminal damage to the property of a household member at 9:28 p.m. Tuesday. Stier’s mother told police that he assaulted her with a knife, and that she locked herself in her bedroom. Stier then started to destroy personal items in the home, the report says. u A woman reported that someone broke into her home in the 600 block of Don Felix Street between 2 and 2:55 p.m. Tuesday and stole her 32-inch TV. u A Miller plasma cutter, used to cut metal, was stolen from Matheson Tri-Gas, 1600 Pacheco St., between 8:30 and 9:49 a.m. Monday. u James Harris, 53, of Española was arrested on a charge of shoplifting at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday at Wal-Mart, 3251 Cerrillos Road.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following reports: u A laptop computer, a pair of tennis shoes and four college textbooks were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 1000 block of Calle Nueva Vista between Feb. 13 and Tuesday. u Andrew Trujillo, 52, of Santa Fe was arrested on charges of battery against a peace officer and battery after a young woman reported that Trujillo, her uncle, pushed her during an argument in the 1000 block of Highland Way. Trujillo later allegedly kicked a deputy.

Speed SUVs u Mobile speed-enforcement vehicles are not in use as the city renegotiates its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems.

Help lines Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families hotline: 800-473-5220 St. Elizabeth Shelter for men, women and children: 982-6611 Interfaith Community Shelter: 795-7494 New Mexico suicide prevention hotline: 866-435-7166 Solace Crisis Treatment Center: 986-9111, 800-721-7273 or TTY 471-1624 Youth Emergency Shelter/Youth Shelters: 438-0502 Police and fire emergency: 911

Funeral services and memorials BEVERLY KAY KINCAID Beverley was born July 28, 1936. She died in Las Vegas, NM on February 11, 2014, with four friends at her side.

Her uncle Jack Coe survives her. Descended from Colorado pioneers, she called La Veda home. She received her B.A. from the College of Santa Fe and M.A. from St. John’s College. Of many jobs her work at St. Johns was her favorite. She was a writer, hiker, swimmer, and avid reader.

Courageously she declined treatment allowing bone cancer to carry her to a place of peace. Her ashes will be interred in the family plot in La Veda. Memorial donations may be sent to the M.C.S. Taskforce of N.M., Box 23079, Santa Fe, NM 87502.

BILL BLACKWELL The wonderful Bill Blackwell went to be with Jesus on February 18, 2014 in Santa Fe. He is survived by his devoted wife of 33 years, Barbara Blackwell.

Bill had a great passion for this life, and a great love of God, which went hand in hand.

Bill’s enormous curiosity never waned as he grew older, and his greatest interest in this world was for other people. Virtually no one who crossed his path escaped his attention, and he could and would talk with anyone about the stories of their lives. This interest flowed from Bill’s compassion for others, and his desire to help them whenever he could. It also flowed from his faith.

Bill’s life began in Baltimore on April 29, 1944. His father, Noah Blackwell, was a military man, and his family’s movements throughout this country and Europe fostered Bill’s lifelong love of travel. In his middle school years, his family - Noah, mother Vera Willene, and sister Linda - settled in Albuquerque.

Bill, who was passionate about the desert landscape of New Mexico, would live in this state for the rest of his life.

In high school, Bill worked some summers as a wrangler at a dude ranch in Colorado. But his most important summer was spent at the Billy Graham Pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair in Queens, New York, where he was able to spread his faith to many people from all over. In his youth, Bill was also an avid Boy Scout, swimmer, lifeguard, and - later - scuba diver.

Bill had a passion for classical music, and his resonant voice and articulate manner of speaking led to his work as a radio announcer on a classical music station. He later joined KGGM Television in Albuquerque, where he worked as a producer, on-air television reporter, and weekend anchor, jobs that he loved and spoke about fondly throughout his life. Later in life, after Bill retired from his long career with the State of New Mexico working as a systems analyst for the General Services Department, Information Systems Division, he returned to his love of journalism. Bill freelanced at Journal Santa Fe and volunteered at KSFR Radio, for which his broadcast stories received multiple awards. Bill also volunteered his extraordinary voice in the service of the blind, transforming books into audio recordings.

Bill loved formal learning as well. He attended the University of New Mexico, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Russian studies and political science, and later earned a master’s degree in public administration.

In 1980, Bill met Barbara Waidell at First Baptist Church in Santa Fe. Bill was teaching the Sunday school class Barbara attended the second day she lived in Santa Fe. Bill taught the Bible for over 33 years. Bill was devoted to Barbara, and to their dogs Barley, Willie, Duke, Daisy and Peaches.

For a number of years, Bill faced serious medical challenges, but he did not let these challenges sap his enjoyment of life, his family, his friends, and God. Bill earned his pilot’s license, but when his eyesight no longer allowed him to fly a plane himself, he still enjoyed flying to see other countries. Bill was an insatiable reader of books, including the Bible, and he devised ways to continue to absorb knowledge, understanding, and faith even when small print eluded him (and he was grateful that technology like the Ipad appeared just in time for him).

For years, Bill cared for his beloved mother, Vera Willene, who came to live in Santa Fe with Bill and Barbara and who passed away in 2009. And Bill was very close to his church family, at Calvary Chapel in Arroyo Seco, and others in the Santa Fe Christian community.

Bill is preceded in death by father Noah Blackwell and mother Vera Willene Blackwell of Albuquerque.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Barbara Waidell Blackwell; sister, Linda Liskow (Barry) of Kansas City, KS; niece, Samantha Liskow (Matt) and their daughter, Cecelia; nephew, Michael Liskow (Virginie) of Brooklyn, NY and their son, Remi; uncle, James Love (Hazel) of Trade, TN; aunt Patsy (Eddy) Cavanaugh of Greenville, SC; cousin, David Nielsen (Debby) and special son, Thomas of Mt. Airy, MD; cousin, Shirley Nielsen of West Palm, FL; cousin, Yvonne Strupp (Kenneth) of Huntington, MD; cousin, Michael Angelos (Kerry) of Monkton, MD; and Connie Angelos of Terry Hall MD. Service arrangements are pending for Saturday, February 22, 2014. Please call Rivera Family Funeral Home for information. 505-989-7032 Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505)989-7032 Fax: (505)820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com

MELBA BRITO PADILLA Age 79, of Santa Fe passed away on February 16, 2014 due to a lengthy illness.

She was born in Lamy, NM to Cruzita and Ciraco Brito who have preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death her husband, Cecilio Padilla, son, Patrick Padilla, and in laws, Cipriano and Guadalupe Padilla.

She is survived by her sons: Arnold Padilla (Chrystal), Rick Padilla (Darlene), Leonard Padilla (Zoni), Bob Padilla (Estella), Mark Padilla (Dolores), daughters: Angela Padilla (Antonio), Patricia Ibarra Padilla (Miguel), 28 grandchildren, 30 great grandchildren, 6 sisters, and 4 brothers.

A Rosary will be held on Friday, February 21, 2014 at 10 a.m. at St. Anne’s Catholic Church. A Memorial Mass will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will follow immediately at Santa Fe Memorial Gardens.

Pallbearers will be : All grandchildren and great grandchildren Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations 417 East Rodeo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Phone: (505)989-7032 Fax: (505)820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com

TELESFOR JOSEPH "TJ" LUJAN

Was welcomed into heaven by his parents, Adelina and Pedro; brother, Cervantes; daughter, Geralynn; and grandson, Corey on February 15, 2014. He was a proud and devoted husband, father, and grandfather.

He is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Barbara; son, Gene Lujan (Sylvia); daughter, Felice Cesarz (Roger); granddaughters, Victoria Kaus (Dave) and Tiffany Driggers; grandsons, Scott Cesarz and Marcos Lujan; and great-grandchildren, Geralynn, LeAnn, and Alexandra Kaus and David Cardenas. TJ served in the United States Navy and was honorably discharged in 1946. He was a pressman by trade and worked for the State Highway Department. He was also a skilled carpenter.

Friends and family are invited to visit FRENCH - Wyoming on Friday, February 21, 2014 from 5:00 until 7 p.m. A Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Mass will be celebrated Saturday, February 22, 2014, 10 a.m., at Risen Savior Catholic Community, 7701 Wyoming Blvd. NE. Interment will take place on Monday, February 24, 12:45 p.m., at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Please visit our online guestbook for TJ at www.FrenchFunerals.com FRENCH - Wyoming, 7121 Wyoming Blvd. NE. (505)823-9400

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OPINIONS

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

COMMENTARY: JOSHUA TUCKER

Ukraine burns, while world watches online

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s Ukraine tinkers on the brink of collapsing into chaos, we want to draw interested readers’ attention to a series of social media interactions that we are following here at The Monkey Cage. The full list of posts can be found at www.washington post.com/blogs/monkey-cage, but below are four highlighted points that can be learned from these posts.

First, there is far from unified consensus in support of the protesters in Kiev throughout Ukraine. Equally if not more important, nor is there anything approaching unified support for the government, President Viktor Yanukovych or the actions taken on behalf of the president. Bottom line: Ukraine is a divided country, which makes the current situation especially dangerous. Policy makers should not rule out the possibility that the country could split, enter a period of prolonged violence, or even face something approaching a civil war. This does not mean that any of these outcomes are foreordained, but for anyone looking forward it is no longer unreasonable to speculate about the causes or the consequences of such outcomes.

Second, the causes of these splits across the Ukrainian population are complicated and have long historical antecedents. While there are ongoing debates about how much the current conflict reflects these long-term economic and political patterns of division in Ukraine, the fact that they exist further suggests that the

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Third, social media is clearly being used to facilitate communication both within Ukraine and between Ukrainians and the outside world, especially as the government appears to have blocked access to pro-opposition television channels. We have previously written about this, but the pattern obviously continued Tuesday. Anyone following the hashtag #Euromaidan was bombarded with reports, images, calls for organization and cries for international recognition and involvement. My lab — the New York University Social Media and Political Participation laboratory

— has been collecting tweets related to the protests for the past months, and we saw a huge spike in the number of tweets as the day went on: The beginning of the first spike was between 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a slight drop-off and then a much more significant spike around 6 p.m. Our guess is that the first spike was related to news that troops might be massing and getting ready to attack the main Maidan protest site, while the second spike would represent the actual engagement of the police. Additional analysis will be needed to confirm whether this was indeed what was driving the traffic. That being said, if this was the case,

it suggests that Twitter can function as a kind of “early warning system” about police actions during protests. From a more personal standpoint, if you want to follow the evolution of events in Ukraine in the coming days, simply keeping open a Twitter feed on the hashtag #Euromaidan will supply you with more information than you can process.

Fourth, what happens in Kiev does not necessarily stay in Kiev. Egyptian protesters are watching YouTube videos to learn about strategy. One can only imagine what they’ve learned Tuesday.

Joshua Tucker is a New York University politics professor with a focus on Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

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s Sen. John Arthur Smith and others resist funding early childhood education and the governor hesitates to fund an extended rail line, I propose the following remedy. All legislators, county and City Council members and the governor be administered psychological tests to determine whether their frontal lobes (essential for logical thinking and planning ahead), are functioning. If these neurons are firing, the long-range solutions mentioned above would pass. Most importantly, early childhood education would result, in 10 or 20 years, in higher graduation rates, a competent workforce, tax revenues to the state, lower rates of poverty, decreases in substance abuse, domestic violence, teen pregnancy and other social ills related to lack of education. Maybe we would even move out of number 50 in educational achievement.

If they don’t pass the test, they don’t get to serve.

Ellen J. Shabshai Fox, LISW

Clarity needed The indigent care/Sole Community Provider fight in the Legislature is indeed complicated, but it doesn’t help that the arguments have not been made clear.

SCP is part of Medicaid, though New Mexico is eliminating it and replacing it with something else. Medicaid since 1965 has been a federal-state partnership, with the states running it under federal regulations, and the federal government matching the state funds at a rate determined by each state’s poverty level. At present, the New Mexico match is nearly 70 percent federal and 30 percent state.

To constantly describe this federal match as a “windfall in federal matching funds” (“Legislative roundup,” Feb. 14) does not serve our understanding — a windfall is an unexpected gift. A 49-year-old unexpected gift? Further, the only reason we are in the SCP fight is because the state doesn’t want to raise taxes, so it is telling the counties to raise theirs.

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Equal treatment Everyone I know who has a dog, loves his dog, talks to her dog, thinks his dog is really smart, forgives her dog for whatever it does and would do anything for the dog. Now, just think about it — wouldn’t it really be nice if they treated people the same way they treat their dog?

(My dog Coco, a little white 12-pound Havaton, is the best and smartest dog in the world.)

Herman I. Morris

Santa Fe

Name calling I think Jacksonville, Fla., needs a new name. How about “Bigotville”?

Richard Ohrbom

Santa Fe

Judy Williams

Santa Fe

Palin, revisited Congratulations to the Senate Rules Committee for once again refusing to confirm Hanna Skandera as secretary of public education. Like our governor, Skandera is unqualified to make major educational decisions for New Mexico. What is needed to improve the quality of education here are research-based strategies brought forward by qualified educators.

As one who spent his entire career as an educational psychologist working in public school settings, I can say with certainty that schemes such as grading schools A-F, linking teacher pay to test results, and teaching to tests rather than curriculum are silly, ineffective and politically motivated.

Similar proposals are being floated in many states where Republicans now

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have legislative control. If this is our governor’s main résumé — along with her name — for getting on the ballot as VP in 2016, the GOP will get exactly what they deserve: Sarah Palin revisited!

Kerth Lundell

Santa Fe

For the students We have spent a tremendous amount of effort reaching out to our constituents to discuss the New Mexico Legislative Lottery Scholarship.

Despite the ongoing discourse over the years, Sen. Michael Sanchez introduced Senate Bill 347, with little discussion and no input from student governments on Feb. 14. This lack of transparency undermines the hours of work by the task force. and performs a disservice to students.

SB 347 does little to fix an already failing system and prevents other bills that have more long-term solutions from being considered. Although the other bills are not perfect, we believe they address solvency more directly.

We appreciate the scholarship. It provides a great opportunity. However, a change needs to occur in the scholarship to allow students to pursue higher education for years to come. We hope that the decision legislators come to is one that keeps the students and the future of New Mexico in mind.

David Maestas, president

Associated Students of NMSU Isaac Romero, president

Associated Students of UNM

he New Mexico Constitution is a cumbersome document — but on the issue of compensating lawmakers for their work, it is clear. Legislators are paid the Internal Revenue Service per diem rate for Santa Fe “for each day’s attendance” during the session or for legislative meetings in the interim.

Attendance, according to the dictionary is this: “the action or state of going regularly to or being present at a place or event.”

Yet, two Democratic members of the House of Representatives who have been battling health problems are receiving their regular per diem paychecks despite being unable to attend even one day of the 30-day session that ends today.

Apparently, being paid for not showing up is such standard practice that the checks don’t even have to receive special approval from the speaker of the House (even members of the opposition party, usually so quick to attack, aren’t commenting). That, folks, means Democrats and Republicans both get paid when they aren’t at the Capitol.

This legislative session, Reps. Phillip Archuleta of Las Cruces and Ernest Chavez of Albuquerque are absent but excused because of serious health conditions. Reporter Patrick Malone found that the two men have received per diem and mileage payments in excess of $3,500 for the last 10 days of January alone. Each received $1,590 in per diem as of Jan. 28, the latest date for which figures are available.

That’s 10 days of “work” at $159 a day. Mileage reimbursements differed, with Archuleta receiving $315.84 and Chavez being paid $66.07. Those payments are based on the IRS rate of 56 cents per mile to cover the round-trip distance between the legislators’ homes and the Capitol.

(Legislators receive one default round trip a session.)

The scandal isn’t just that the men are collecting per diems for not showing up for work.

The scandal is that New Mexico legislators are not paid a fair wage for the essential work they do.

We don’t need or necessarily want a full-time, fat-salaried Legislature. We also know that legislators have sweetened the pot considerably with over-the-top retirement benefits (which, by the way, still need reforming). Lawmakers might suffer while serving in the Legislature, but the benefits of election continue long after the work is done.

Even so, the state needs a better way to pay legislators than a per diem rate.

Archuleta and Chavez could not show up to work. In most jobs, excused non-attendance would be covered by sick time or some other benefit. As currently setup, though, the Constitution seems clear that attendance — not simply monitoring bills from afar — is necessary to get paid. The two legislators should have forfeited their pay this session.

However, legislative pay should not be based on simply showing up. Legislators hear from constituents year-round.

They hold town hall meetings, take late-night phone calls and chat with citizens in the line at the grocery store. They lack staff and research assistance. They spend hours preparing for hearings, writing legislation and getting ready for the session itself. They don’t get paid for any of that work.

We’re sure, in their minds, that per diem payments — even on weekends when the Legislature is not in session — make up for all the work they do for free.

That’s no way to run the Legislature. Lawmakers deserve a paycheck that recognizes their contributions year-round, not one that tempts them to pile on during the session.

Until that happens, hold to this standard: A day’s pay for a day’s work.

The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Feb. 20, 1964: The 12-day search of the icy waters of the Rio Grande for the body of Manuel A. Cordova of Chamisal is over. The hunt, which was set off by discovery of Cordova’s pickup truck in the river two miles north of Velarde on Feb. 8 was described by Rio Arriba County Sheriff Emilio Naranjo as one of the most intensive he has seen.

Feb. 20, 1989: Just fishing, weeding your garden or hammering in some nails will significantly reduce your risk of death from heart disease, shows a new study that confirms the benefits of light exercise. The study shows that the biggest benefits of exercise accrue not to those who exercise most strenuously but to people who “just get out and do things” like rake their yards.

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PREP BOYS BASKETBALL BERNALILLO 77, SANTA FE HIGH 65

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Demons fall to spartans Santa Fe High loses its lead, comes apart in 2nd half

The spotlight on Saturday’s New Mexico-San Diego State men’s basketball game in The Pit just got a whole lot brighter, UNM 68 thanks to a Wednesday night UNLV 56 win in Sin City.

Behind the one-two punch of Kendall Williams and Cameron Bairstow, the Lobos made a huge second-half lead hold up in a 68-56 Mountain West Conference road win in the Thomas & Mack Center against UNLV. It sets up the first of two meetings over the final two weeks of the regular season against No. 6 SDSU. The Aztecs (23-2 overall, 12-1 MWC) and Lobos (20-5, 11-2) will tip off at 8:05 p.m. on Saturday in The Pit. UNM never trailed in Wednesday’s game.

The Lobos’ best defense in the first half was UNLV’s woeful shooting.

The Rebels (17-9, 8-5) missed their first nine shots from 3-point territory and misfired on 10 of their first 17 tries from the free throw line.

UNLV made just 1 of 18 attempts from 3-point land heading into the final four minutes of the game.

UNM led 38-29 at halftime despite the fact that center Alex Kirk play-

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he Santa Fe High boys basketball team was a spectator on Wednesday night, watching its share of the District 2AAAA lead slip away right before its eyes.

After having a seven-point lead early in the second quarter, the Demons let all the momentum swing in favor of the Bernalillo Spartans in a 77-65 loss in Richard Joseph Kloeppel Gymnasium. And all the Spartans did was set up a potentially wild final night of the regular season and the possibility of a three-way tie atop the district standings.

All that needs to happen is for Bernalillo to travel to Española and beat the Sundevils. But first, the Spartans had to take care of the Demons before any of that could be a possibility.

Santa Fe High (6-17 overall, 4-3 2AAAA) had a 23-16 lead with 6:59 left in the second quarter, then started to break down once the Spartans (11-14, 4-3) started to hit shots.

They went on a 9-0 run that helped them take a 37-31 lead at the half, and that might have had something to do with the Demons becoming passive on both ends of the floor.

“We stood around, watching the game, and we just didn’t have a good enough team effort,” Santa Fe High head coach David Rodriguez said.

“There was a lot of standing around [Wednesday].”

Santa Fe High had the same kind of lapses in its 2-15 start to the season. But after going 4-2 in 2AAAA play and finding themselves just a half-game behind the Sundevils prior to the Bernalillo game, the Demons thought they had turned a corner.

Then the old Demons started to make an appearance.

“I don’t know why we had that mentality, but some people were being lazy,” Santa Fe High junior

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BASEBALL

Showing no emotion, Jeter says ‘time is right’

By Ronald Blum

The Associated Press

TAMPA, Fla. — Derek Jeter spoke for 25 minutes, 44 seconds and answered 26 questions about his decision to retire at the end of this season.

He said “it’s time,” “the right time” and “the time is now.” Twice more he added “the time is right.”

Jeter will be leaving the major leagues the way he entered: accessible, yet opaque; approachable, but distant.

So why is Jeter retiring?

“He just said ‘it’s time,’ but he didn’t really say,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman concluded after Jeter reported to spring training Wednesday for his 20th and final major league season.

One week earlier, the Yankees captain surprised and saddened teammates with his announcement, revealed by posting a 15-paragraph,

644-word statement on his Facebook page, one relatively few people were aware he even had.

“You can’t do this forever. I’d like to, but you can’t do it forever,” he said to Derek Jeter a crowded room filled with Yankees management and players in addition to media.

Jeter, who turns 40 in June, was limited to 17 games last season, hitting .190 with one homer and seven RBIs after breaking his left ankle in the 2012 AL championship series opener.

While he returned last July, he wound up on the disabled list three more times because of leg ailments caused by a lack of strength after the ankle healed.

“It wasn’t fun because I wasn’t playing. I think it forced me to start think-

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socHi HiGHLiGHts Norway dominates, Finland surprises: Marit Bjoergen gave Norway a dominant victory in the women’s cross-country team sprint. For the men, Sami Jauhojaervi gave Finland its first Winter Olympic gold since 2002.

Canada’s women edge U.S. in bobsled: Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of Canada won their second straight women’s bobsled gold, edging Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams of the United States.

smiled, displaying not a trace of melancholy.

“Trying to get me to cry?” he said after one question. “I have feelings.

I’m not emotionally stunted. There’s feelings there, but I think I’ve just been pretty good at trying to hide my emotions throughout the years. I try to have the same demeanor each and every day.”

He’s been clear that he doesn’t reveal his deepest thoughts publicly, not in the tabloid, talk-radio and Twitter-driven tumult of the Big Apple.

“I know I haven’t really been as open with some of you guys as you would have liked me to be over the last 20 years, but that’s by design,” he said. “It doesn’t mean I don’t have those feelings. It’s just that’s the way I felt as though I’d be able to make it this long in New York.”

He enters his 20th big league season with a .312 average, 256 homers and 1,261 RBIs.

ing about, well, how long do I want to do this? And that’s how I came to my decision,” he said. “It just became a job last year.”

He sounded much like Joe DiMaggio, who left the Yankees in December 1951 saying, “when baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.”

Just two years ago, Jeter led the big leagues with 216 hits. And after an offseason of intensive workouts, Jeter is confident he will regain his productivity this year and be an everyday shortstop — only the fourth in big league history in the season they turned 40.

Wearing a navy Yankees pullover and shorts, and a New York cap, he spoke directly and dispassionately, much like during every interview since he first reached the major leagues in 1995. He kept his arms crossed in front of him for much of the time, resting them on a table. He flashed those famous white teeth and

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SOCHI, Russia — Anxiety and energy. Conviction and courage.

They all combined Wednesday — along with one stunning fall — to set up an unpredictable race for the Olympic gold medal in women’s figure skating.

Nerves almost got the best of Yuna Kim in the short program Wednesday night. Then she showed she is still the favorite to win another title.

Her lead is almost as slim as it could get, .28 points over a woman from the host country — no, not Julia Lipnitskaia. Russia’s Adelina Sotnikova, with a snappy routine that

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Southwest W L Pct GB San Antonio 40 15 .727 — Houston 37 17 .685 21/2 Dallas 32 23 .582 8 Memphis 30 23 .566 9 New Orleans 23 30 .434 16 Northwest W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 43 12 .782 — Portland 36 18 .667 61/2 Minnesota 26 28 .481 161/2 Denver 24 28 .462 171/2 Utah 19 34 .358 23 Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 37 19 .661 — Phoenix 32 21 .604 31/2 Golden State 32 22 .593 4 L.A. Lakers 18 36 .333 18 Sacramento 18 36 .333 18 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 101, Orlando 93 Charlotte 116, Detroit 98 Chicago 94, Toronto 92 Washington 114, Atlanta 97 Minnesota 104, Indiana 91 New York 98, New Orleans 91 Phoenix 100, Boston 94 Brooklyn 105, Utah 99 San Antonio 111, Portland 109 Golden State 101, Sacramento 92 Houston 134, L.A. Lakers 108 Thursday’s Games Miami at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 6 p.m.

Houston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Bulls 94, Raptors 92

CHICAGO (94) Dunleavy 1-6 0-0 2, Boozer 7-13 6-7 20, Noah 3-7 2-4 8, Hinrich 8-11 0-0 19, Butler 6-11 4-6 16, Augustin 7-15 1-1 19, Gibson 4-8 2-2 10, Snell 0-1 0-0 0, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-72 15-20 94.

TORONTO (92) Ross 4-9 1-1 9, Patterson 2-6 0-0 5, Valanciunas 1-3 0-0 2, Lowry 4-13 7-7 16, DeRozan 11-25 10-11 32, Salmons 2-6 0-0 4, Johnson 4-6 1-3 9, Hansbrough 4-7 0-1 8, Vasquez 3-8 0-0 7, Stone 0-0 0-0 0, Novak 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-83 19-23 92.

Chicago 31 17 22 24—94 Toronto 21 20 21 30—92 3-Point Goals—Chicago 7-12 (Augustin 4-5, Hinrich 3-3, Snell 0-1, Butler 0-1, Dunleavy 0-2), Toronto 3-17 (Vasquez 1-3, Patterson 1-3, Lowry 1-4, Salmons 0-1, Ross 0-2, DeRozan 0-4). Fouled Out—Gibson, Lowry.

Rebounds—Chicago 51 (Dunleavy 11), Toronto 42 (Hansbrough 7). Assists— Chicago 25 (Noah 13), Toronto 16 (Lowry 7). Total Fouls—Chicago 24, Toronto 24. Technicals—Augustin, Boozer, Mohammed, Chicago Coach Thibodeau, DeRozan, Hansbrough, Lowry. A—17,704 (19,800).

Timberwolves 104, Pacers 91

INDIANA (91) George 11-22 10-10 35, West 2-10 0-0 4, Hibbert 2-5 0-0 4, G.Hill 4-8 3-4 13, Stephenson 5-15 0-2 10, Scola 1-2 0-0 2, Watson 3-7 0-0 6, Granger 1-6 0-0 2, Mahinmi 2-4 1-2 5, Copeland 2-4 1-2 6, Butler 1-2 0-0 2, Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-87 15-20 91.

MINNESOTA (104) Brewer 5-10 2-3 12, Love 14-22 9-10 42, Turiaf 5-7 1-8 11, Rubio 2-10 2-6 6, Budinger 2-8 0-0 5, Mbah a Moute 0-2 0-0 0, Cunningham 4-9 2-2 10, Shved 2-5 2-2 6, Barea 6-10 0-0 12, Dieng 0-0 0-0 0, Hummel 0-0 0-0 0, Muhammad 0-0 0-0 0, Price 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-83 18-31 104.

Indiana 18 21 33 19—91 Minnesota 30 22 30 22—104 3-Point Goals—Indiana 6-22 (George 3-6, G.Hill 2-3, Copeland 1-2, Mahinmi 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Butler 0-1, Watson 0-2, Granger 0-2, Stephenson 0-4), Minnesota 6-20 (Love 5-10, Budinger 1-5, Brewer 0-1, Barea 0-1, Mbah a Moute 0-1, Shved 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Indiana 56 (George 11), Minnesota 57 (Love 16). Assists— Indiana 17 (Stephenson 4), Minnesota 26 (Rubio 17). Total Fouls—Indiana 27, Minnesota 20. Technicals—Stephenson. A—15,109 (19,356).

Suns 100, Celtics 94

BOSTON (94) J.Green 5-12 6-6 17, Bass 7-12 4-4 18, Sullinger 5-13 0-1 11, Rondo 7-22 4-5 18, Wallace 3-5 3-4 9, Pressey 0-2 0-0 0, Olynyk 3-10 0-0 7, Bayless 0-2 2-2 2, Humphries 2-6 1-4 5, Johnson 2-3 1-2 7. Totals 34-87 21-28 94.

PHOENIX (100) Tucker 4-11 2-4 10, Frye 4-7 3-4 15, Plumlee 2-6 0-0 4, Dragic 6-13 3-6 17, G.Green 6-14 3-4 17, Mark.Morris 7-12 4-4 18, Smith 1-6 0-0 2, Len 1-2 0-0 2, Barbosa 1-3 1-2 4, Marc.Morris 4-8 1-2 11. Totals 36-82 17-26 100.

Boston 21 29 21 23—94 Phoenix 29 23 24 24—100 3-Point Goals—Boston 5-17 (Johnson 2-2, Olynyk 1-3, Sullinger 1-3, J.Green 1-6, Wallace 0-1, Rondo 0-2), Phoenix 11-28 (Frye 4-6, G.Green 2-5, Dragic 2-5, Marc.Morris 2-5, Barbosa 1-3, Mark.Morris 0-2, Tucker 0-2). Fouled Out—Tucker. Rebounds—Boston 57 (Sullinger, Bass 8), Phoenix 58 (Tucker 11). Assists—Boston 18 (Rondo 10), Phoenix 23 (Tucker, Dragic 6).

Total Fouls—Boston 24, Phoenix 23.

A—16,135 (18,422).

Warriors 101, Kings 92

GOLDEN STATE (101) Iguodala 6-11 1-1 13, Lee 10-20 3-4 23, O’Neal 0-2 3-4 3, Curry 5-14 2-3 13, K.Thompson 6-14 5-5 18, Green 5-8 2-2 12, Barnes 2-5 2-2 7, Crawford 4-10 2-2 10, Speights 1-2 0-1 2. Totals 39-86 20-24 101.

SACRAMENTO (92) Gay 6-21 4-6 16, Landry 4-7 1-1 9, J.Thompson 2-7 2-4 6, Thomas 9-17 6-7 26, McLemore 1-4 1-2 4, Outlaw 6-11 3-4 18, Acy 2-2 0-0 4, Williams 1-4 2-2 4, Fredette 1-3 1-2 3, McCallum 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 33-79 20-28 92.

Golden State 30 29 16 26—101 Sacramento 26 24 26 16—92 3-Point Goals—Golden State 3-19 (Barnes 1-2, K.Thompson 1-3, Curry 1-4, Speights 0-1, Green 0-2, Crawford 0-3, Iguodala 0-4), Sacramento 6-17 (Outlaw 3-4, Thomas 2-6, McLemore 1-2, Williams 0-1, McCallum 0-1, Gay 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Golden State 44 (Lee 11), Sacramento 61 (Acy 12). Assists—Golden State 26 (Curry 8), Sacramento 13 (Thomas 7).

Total Fouls—Golden State 23, Sacramento 19. Technicals—O’Neal, Golden State defensive three second, Acy, J.Thompson. A—17,317 (17,317).

Spurs 111, Trail Blazers 109

SAN ANTONIO (111) Green 5-9 3-3 16, Diaw 5-14 0-0 11, Splitter 5-9 5-9 15, Joseph 0-4 0-0 0, Belinelli 7-11 2-2 20, Brown 0-2 0-0 0, Ayres 1-2 0-0 2, Mills 13-26 2-2 29, Ginobili 6-10 4-5 16, Bonner 1-1 0-0 2, De Colo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-88 16-21 111.

PORTLAND (109) Batum 2-8 3-4 8, Wright 4-8 0-0 10, Lopez 4-11 3-4 11, Lillard 13-21 4-5 31, Matthews 6-18 4-7 18, Williams 8-14 2-2 19, Robinson 4-7 2-3 10, McCollum 1-4 0-0 2, Claver 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 42-93 18-25 109.

San Antonio 18 33 28 32—111 Portland 24 28 29 28—109 3-Point Goals—San Antonio 9-24 (Belinelli 4-6, Green 3-7, Diaw 1-3, Mills 1-5, Joseph 0-1, Ginobili 0-2), Portland 7-22 (Wright 2-4, Matthews 2-5, Williams 1-2, Batum 1-3, Lillard 1-3, Robinson 0-1, Claver 0-2, McCollum 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— San Antonio 49 (Green 7), Portland 59 (Lopez 14). Assists—San Antonio 16 (Ginobili, Joseph 4), Portland 18 (Lillard 6). Total Fouls—San Antonio 20, Portland 20. Technicals—Batum, Portland defensive three second.

A—20,057 (19,980).

NCAA Men’s Top 25 Schedule

Wednesday’s Games Boston College 62, No. 1 Syracuse 59, OT No. 2 Florida 71, Auburn 66 No. 3 Wichita St. 88, Loyola of Chicago 74 No. 4 Arizona at Utah No. 7 Cincinnati 77, UCF 49 No. 10 St. Louis 89, George Mason 85, OT No. 11 Creighton 85, Marquette 70 No. 23 UCLA at California No. 24 Ohio State 76, Northwestern 60

Men’s Division I

Wednesday’s Games East Albany (NY) 57, Binghamton 48 Army 74, Colgate 66 Boston College 62, Syracuse 59, OT Boston U. 71, American U. 62 Bucknell 55, Loyola (Md.) 53 Buffalo 96, Akron 90 Delaware 81, Hofstra 77 Hartford 75, Mass.-Lowell 68 Lafayette 76, Holy Cross 64 Lehigh 72, Navy 65 Manhattan 75, Monmouth (NJ) 61 Saint Joseph’s 57, Rhode Island 54 St. Bonaventure 71, Duquesne 67 Stony Brook 72, UMBC 53 Vermont 79, New Hampshire 44 Midwest Cent. Michigan 101, Ball St. 95, 3OT Creighton 85, Marquette 70 Dayton 65, La Salle 53 Illinois 62, Minnesota 49 Indiana St. 59, Evansville 54 Kansas St. 65, TCU 53 Kent St. 75, Miami (Ohio) 63 Missouri 67, Vanderbilt 64 Ohio St. 76, Northwestern 60 W. Michigan 73, Ohio 63 Wichita St. 88, Loyola of Chicago 74 Xavier 83, DePaul 64 South Cincinnati 77, UCF 49 Coll. of Charleston 87, William & Mary 54 Elon 81, UNC Greensboro 68 Florida 71, Auburn 66 Gardner-Webb 79, Presbyterian 70 High Point 67, Liberty 60 James Madison 63, Drexel 61, OT LSU 92, Mississippi St. 81 Miami 71, Notre Dame 64 Morehead St. 90, Austin Peay 88, 2OT Morgan St. 78, Coppin St. 69 NJIT 77, Md.-Eastern Shore 76 Radford 86, Longwood 75 Saint Louis 89, George Mason 85, OT UNC Asheville 82, Charleston Southern 71 VMI 84, Campbell 81 Winthrop 75, Coastal Carolina 65 Southwest Arkansas 71, South Carolina 64 SMU 68, Houston 64 Far West Arizona 67, Utah 63, OT Oregon 78, Washington 71 UCLA 86, California 66

Women’s AP Top 25

Wednesday’s Games No. 1 UConn 83, UCF 35 No. 3 Louisville 81, Houston 62 No. 6 Baylor 89, Iowa State 51 No. 13 W. Virginia 77, No. 12 Oklahoma St. 45

TOP 25 BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Boston College stuns No. 1 Syracuse in OT The Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Olivier Hanlan and Patrick Heckmann hit 3-pointers in overtime, Lonnie Jackson made four straight free throws in the final 26.2 seconds, and lowly Boston Col. 62 Boston College stunned top-ranked Syracuse 62-59 1 Syracuse 59 Wednesday night, ending the Orange’s unbeaten season.

Boston College (7-19, 3-10 Atlantic Coast Conference), which had lost five straight, rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to pull off the upset.

NO. 2 FLORIDA 71, AUBURN 65 In Gainesville, Fla., Patric Young made a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left, and Auburn threw the ball away on the ensuing inbounds play, helping Florida secure the win.

The victory was Florida’s school-record 18th in a row and it kept the Gators (24-2, 13-0) perfect in Southeastern Conference play. It was also Florida’s 31st consecutive home victory.

NO. 3 WICHITA STATE 88, LOYOLA OF CHICAGO 74 In Chicago, Fred VanVleet scored 22 points on perfect shooting, and Wichita State beat Loyola of Chicago to become the only unbeaten team in major college basketball.

Wichita State and Syracuse began the day as the only Division I schools with perfect records.

But the Orange lost 62-59 to Boston College in overtime, and the Shockers used an 11-2 run early in the second half to help close out the Ramblers.

NO. 7 CINCINNATI 77, UCF 49 In Orlando, Fla., Sean Kilpatrick hit six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help Cincinnati dominate Central Florida.

The Bearcats (24-3, 13-1 American Athletic) have won 17 of 18 going into their conference showdown with No. 11 Louisville on Saturday.

NO. 10 SAINT LOUIS 89, GEORGE MASON 85 (OT) In Fairfax, Va., Jordair Jett scored 24 of his 25 points after halftime, Rob Loe hit two key 3-pointers in overtime, and St. Louis beat George Mason for its 18th straight win.

Boston College players celebrate after defeating Syracuse 62-59 in overtime Wednesday in Syracuse, N.Y. KEVIN RIVOLI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Billikens (24-2, 11-0 Atlantic-10), playing as a top 10 team for the first time since Dec. 29, 1964, extended their school-record winning streak and with No. 1 Syracuse and No. 3 Wichita State remained the only teams in the country without a road loss.

NO. 11 CREIGHTON 85, MARQUETTE 70 In Milwaukee, Doug McDermott scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half, and Ethan Wragge added 22 to help Creighton beat Marquette in a foul-plagued Big East game.

McDermott, who entered as the nation’s leading scorer at 25.9 points per game, scored seven points to trigger a deciding 10-2 run after Marquette had pulled within 64-59. McDermott’s jumper from the free throw line put the Bluejays (22-4, 12-2 Big East) up 74-61 with 4:39 left.

NO. 24 OHIO ST. 76, NORTHWESTERN 60 In Columbus, Ohio, LaQuinton Ross scored 16 points before being ejected because of a scuffle, leading Ohio State over Northwestern.

The fracas late in the game delayed play for several minutes while the officials deliberated penalties for the players. Northwestern’s Nikola Cerina also was ejected. The teams shot 10 free throws as a result of the shoving match.

Women’s Division I

Wednesday’s Games East Albany (NY) 86, Binghamton 35 American U. 69, Boston U. 44 Bucknell 70, Loyola (Md.) 49 Colgate 71, Army 60 Dayton 84, La Salle 69 Holy Cross 90, Lafayette 76 Navy 79, Lehigh 59 New Hampshire 71, Vermont 50 Richmond 89, UMass 76 Rider 74, Monmouth (NJ) 64 Stony Brook 72, UMBC 51 UConn 83, UCF 35 West Virginia 77, Oklahoma St. 45 Midwest Akron 89, N. Illinois 75 Bowling Green 67, Cent. Michigan 55 Buffalo 61, Kent St. 53 Michigan 70, Indiana 58 Saint Louis 57, Rhode Island 53 South Florida 62, Cincinnati 43 Toledo 80, E. Michigan 73 W. Michigan 71, Ohio 64 South Charlotte 74, FAU 63 Georgia St. 85, Louisiana-Monroe 77 Louisiana-Lafayette 62, Troy 57 Louisville 81, Houston 62 Middle Tennessee 75, Marshall 36 Morgan St. 66, Coppin St. 61 Murray St. 66, SE Missouri 55 Southern Miss. 106, FIU 96 VCU 74, St. Bonaventure 57 Southwest Arkansas St. 73, Texas-Arlington 47 Baylor 89, Iowa St. 51 Louisiana Tech 82, Tulsa 75, OT North Texas 73, UTEP 64 Oklahoma 64, Texas 63 Old Dominion 85, Rice 49 TCU 64, Kansas St. 44 Texas St. 63, South Alabama 61 Far West Colorado St. 71, Boise St. 51 Fresno St. 65, Wyoming 60 Nevada 99, San Jose St. 95 New Mexico 65, UNLV 58 San Diego 87, Loyola Marymount 74 Utah St. 79, San Diego St. 69

HOCKEY HOCKEY

NHL Eastern Conference

Atlantic GP W L OL Pts GF GA Boston 57 37 16 4 78 176 125 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 168 145 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 148 142 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 178 182 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 151 163 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 169 191 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 139 183 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 110 172 Metro GP W L OL Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 186 138 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 155 146 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 162 167 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 170 161 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 171 175 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 144 158 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 135 146 N.Y. Islanders 60 22 30 8 52 164 200

Western Conference

Central GP W L OL Pts GF GA St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 135 Chicago 60 35 11 14 84 207 163 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 153 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 147 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 175 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 180 Pacific GP W L OL Pts GF GA Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 147 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 142 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 128 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 169 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 160 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 179 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 199 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday - February 24 No games scheduled.

MEN’S HOCKEY

MEDALS TABLE

(75 of 98 events) Nation United States Russia Netherlands Norway Canada Germany France Sweden Switzerland Austria Czech Republic Slovenia Japan Italy Belarus China Poland South Korea Finland Australia Latvia Britain

G 7 6 6 9 5 8 3 2 6 2 2 2 1 0 5 3 4 2 1 0 0 1

S 5 9 7 4 9 3 2 5 3 6 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 0

B 11 7 9 7 4 4 6 4 1 1 2 4 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1

U.S. OLYMPIANS FARED

Tot 23 22 22 20 18 15 11 11 10 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 2

ALPINE SKIING Men Giant Slalom Final Ranking (First and second runs in parentheses) 1. Ted Ligety, Park City, Utah, (1, 1:21.08; 14, 1:24.21) 2:45.29. — GOLD 15. Tim Jitloff, Reno, Nev., (21, 1:23.23; 8, 1:23.90) 2:47.13.

19. Jared Goldberg, Salt Lake City, (27, 1:23.66; 6, 1:23.82) 2:47.48.

20. Bode Miller, Easton, N.H., (26, 1:23.64; 13, 1:24.18) 2:47.82.

BIATHLON Mixed Relay 9. United States (Susan Dunklee, Barton, Vt., Hannah Dreissigacker, Morrisville, Vt., Tim Burke, Paul Smiths, N.Y., Lowell Bailey, Lake Placid, N.Y.), 1:12:20.1 (1+0).

BOBSLEIGH Women Final 2. United States 1 (Elana Meyers, Douglasville, Ga., Lauryn Williams, Rochester, Pa.), 3:50.71. — SILVER 3. United States 2 (Jamie Greubel, Newtown, Pa., Aja Evans, Chicago), 3:51.61. — BRONZE 11. United States 3 (Jazmine Fenlator, Wayne, N.J., Lolo Jones, Des Moines, Iowa), 3:53.97.

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Men Team Sprint Classic 6. United States (Simi Hamilton, Aspen, Colo., Erik Bjornsen, Winthrop, Wash.), 23:49.95.

Women Team Sprint Classic 8. United States (Sophie Caldwell, Peru, Vt., Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, Alaska), 16:48.08.

FIGURE SKATING Women Short Program 4. Gracie Gold, El Segundo, Calif., 68.63 (Q).

6. Ashley Wagner, Alexandria, Va., 65.21 (Q).

7. Polina Edmunds, San Jose, Calif., 61.04 (Q).

SNOWBOARD Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifying 24. (14) Justin Reiter, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 1:41.25. - did not qualify Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifying None competed.

SPEEDSKATING Women 5000 16. Maria Lamb, River Falls, Wis., 7:29.64.

Wednesday’s Games Quarterfinals Sweden 5, Slovenia 0 Finland 3, Russia 1 Canada 2, Latvia 1 United States 5, Czech Republic 2 Friday’s Games Semifinals Sweden vs. Finland, 7 a.m.

Canada vs. United States, Noon Saturday’s Game Bronze Medal 10 a.m.

Sunday’s Game Gold Medal 7 a.m.

United States 5, C. Republic 2

Czech Republic 1 0 1 —2 United States 3 1 1 —5 First Period—1, United States, James van Riemsdyk (Ryan Kesler, Patrick Kane), 1:39. 2, Czech Republic, Ales Hemsky (unassisted), 4:31. 3, United States, Dustin Brown (David Backes, Ryan Suter), 14:38. 4, United States, David Backes (Ryan Suter, Ryan McDonagh), 19:58.

Second Period—5, United States, Zach Parise (Joe Pavelski, Ryan Suter), 9:31 (pp). Penalties—Zbynek Michalek, Czech Republic (interference); Brooks Orpik, United States (interference); Jakub Voracek, Czech Republic (Tripping).

Third Period—6, United States, Phil Kessel (Ryan Kesler, Kevin Shattenkirk), 2:01. 7, Czech Republic, Ales Hemsky (unassisted), 13:00.

Penalties—Marek Zidlicky, Czech Republic (slashing).

Shots on Goal—Czech Republic 7-610—23. United States 9-9-7—25.

Goalies—Czech Republic, Ondrej Pavelec. United States, Jonathan Quick.

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE

Curling Women Bronze Medal Britain vs. Switzerland, 1:30 a.m.

Gold Medal Canada vs. Sweden, 6:30 a.m.

Figure Skating Women’s free program, 8 a.m.

Freestyle Skiing Men’s Ski Cross Seeding, 12:45 a.m.

Men’s Ski Cross Finals, 2:30 a.m.

Women’s Halfpipe Qualification, 7:30 a.m.

Women’s Halfpipe Final, 10:30 a.m.

Ice Hockey Women Bronze Medal Sweden vs. Switzerland, 5 a.m.

Gold Medal United States vs. Canada, 10 a.m.

Nordic Combined Men’s Team Jump (large hill), 1 a.m.

Men’s Team 4x5km, 4 a.m.

THIS DATE ONON THIS DATE February 23

1938 — Joe Louis knocks out Nathan Mann in the third round to defend his world heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.

1960 — Carol Heiss captures the first gold medal for the United States in the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, Calif., winning the figure skating event.

1968 — Wilt Chamberlain becomes first player to score 25,000 points in the NBA. 1980 — Eric Heiden wins his fifth gold medal in speed skating and shatters the world record by 6 seconds in the 10,000 meters at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. His time is 14:28.13.

1983 — Mark Pavelich of the New York Rangers scores five goals in an 11-3 victory over the Hartford Whalers.

NBA ROUNDUP

Love has 42 points, 16 boards as Timberwolves beat Pacers

NBA All-Star game Sunday, paced a balanced offense that MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin extended the Cavaliers’ lonLove had 42 points and gest winning streak since they won eight in a row in March 16 rebounds, Ricky Rubio 2010. That was LeBron James’ added a T’Wolves 104 career-high final season in Cleveland.

Luol Deng scored 17 points, 17 assists, Pacers 91 while Tyler Zeller and Tristan and the Thompson each added 16 for Minnesota Timberwolves Cleveland. beat Paul George and the Indiana Pacers 104-91 on Wednes- BOBCATS 116, PISTONS 98 In Charlotte, N.C., Al Jefferday night.

J.J. Barea scored 12 points off son scored 29 points, Kemba the bench as the Wolves took Walker had 24 points and a control early against the East- career-high 16 assists, and Charlotte defeated Detroit for ern Conference leaders. the second straight night.

George led Indiana with The win gave the Bobcats 35 points, but managed just (25-30) a sweep of the threetwo in the fourth quarter as game season series and a the Pacers lost for the third 2½-game lead over the Pistime in five games, never once tons in the race for the eighth taking a lead. and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

BULLS 94, RAPTORS 92 It was Walker’s best allIn Toronto, Carlos Boozer around game since returning scored 20 points, D.J. Augusfrom a sprained ankle. tin had 19 against his former NETS 105, JAZZ 99 team, and Chicago edged Toronto to win its fourth In Salt Lake City, Joe Johnstraight game. son scored 27 points, Andray Kirk Hinrich scored Blatche had 25, and Brooklyn 19 points, Jimmy Butler had beat the Jazz for the Nets’ first 16 and Taj Gibson fouled out win in Utah since 2008. with 10 as the Bulls won for Deron Williams added the fifth time in six games 19 points and seven assists. and halted Toronto’s winning His 3-pointer with 2:11 remainstreak at three. Joakim Noah ing gave the Nets their largest had eight points and 13 assists lead of the game. for the Bulls.

Brooklyn snapped a threeDeMar DeRozan led the Rap- game road losing skid. The tors with 32 points but had a surging Nets have won five of couple key misses at the end. their last seven overall.

Kyle Lowry fouled out with WIZARDS 114, HAWKS 97 16 points and seven assists.

In Atlanta, John Wall scored CAVALIERS 101, MAGIC 93 21 points, and Washington In Cleveland, Kyrie Irving recovered to beat reeling scored 22 points, and CleveAtlanta after almost blowing a land won its sixth straight by 20-point lead. beating Orlando.

Paul Millsap had 21 points Irving, chosen MVP of the and 11 rebounds, and Elton The Associated Press

Brand, a fill-in starter at center, had 20 points and 11 boards for the Hawks, who have lost seven straight.

Trevor Ariza and Bradley Beal each scored 19 for the Wizards, who snapped a threegame losing streak.

KNICKS 98, PELICANS 91 In New Orleans, Carmelo Anthony capped a 42-point performance with three clutch baskets in the last two minutes, and New York snapped a three-game skid with a victory over New Orleans.

A night after losing at Memphis, New York blew a 13-point, fourth-quarter lead before Anthony, coming off a 30-point outing in the AllStar game in the same arena Sunday, took over by hitting a pair of pull-up jumpers from the left side of the lane. He hit the first of them over Pelicans All-Star Anthony Davis, who blocked five shots in the game, and the second over Luke Babbitt.

SUNS 100, CELTICS 94 In Phoenix, Markieff Morris scored 18 points to lead six Phoenix players in double figures against Boston.

Goran Dragic and Gerald Green added 17 points apiece for the Suns. Channing Frye scored 15, among them a crucial 3-pointer with 1:20 left.

Markieff’s twin brother, Marcus, scored 10 of his 11 points in the second half, including a 32-footer at the third-quarter buzzer. P.J. Tucker had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Suns, who took the lead for good with a 17-0 second-half run, then used free throws to hold off the Celtics at the end.

SPORTS PREP ROUNDUP

Sandia Prep boys beat St. Michael’s

The New Mexican

Pinchera-Sandoval eight for St. Michael’s St. Mike’s 38 (19-6, 2-3), which has lost two straight district games to fall behind unbeaten leader Albuquerque Hope Christian and Sandia Prep (12-12, 3-2).

The Sundevils led 19-17 at halftime and held on in the second half as Zack Tenorio had a team-high 14 points. Luciano Padilla Sandia

St. Michael’s never has it easy with its Albuquerque district brethren.

Wednesday night was another example of that, as the visiting Horsemen stumbled into third place in District 5AAA after Sandia Prep beat them 44-38 with just one game remaining in the regular season.

Justin Flores had 15 points and Marcus

44

added nine.

The Horsemen wrap up their regular season Friday night at home against Santa Fe Indian School while Prep faces Hope in its finale. The Sundevils lost to the Huskies 76-45 on Feb. 12.

If the Horsemen win and Sandia Prep loses, St. Michael’s will earn second place based on a head-to-head point differential tiebreaker (plus-3) over the Sundevils.

NFL

Prepping for combine is a crash course before spending the past two The Associated Press months in New Jersey.

Kevin Dunn, the CEO and MARTINSVILLE, N.J. — owner, and his staff put players More than 300 NFL hopefuls through a rigorous program, will be poked, prodded and working on improving their tested perhaps more than speed, strength, agility, quickany other job applicant at the ness and much more. annual scouting combine in “This is a careful, calculated, Indianapolis this week. science-based design to take an One result can make all the athlete and make them everydifference. thing they could be,” Dunn said.

A slower-than-expected time Joe Flacco, Patrick Peterin the 40-yard dash can see a son, Demario Davis and other prospect (Maurice Clarett, Tom NFL stars trained here. Boone, Brady) tumble in the draft. An Notre Dame linebacker Carlo impressive all-around perforCalabrese and Rutgers wide mance can help a player (Mike receiver-safety Jeremy Deering Mamula) rocket up the board. are among dozens of players Millions of dollars are at stake who worked out with Dunn, and even careers. Some playhoping to make it in the NFL ers won’t get a call on draft day. and get their banner on the wall Others will have to pursue their at TEST Sports Clubs. dream in the CFL or Arena “I’m learning new things, League. just trying to get my technique That’s why college players down, get better numbers in across the country spend weeks my 40 and my agility stuff,” Calpreparing for the combine at abrese said. training centers such as TEST How much emphasis do NFL Parisi Football Academy. organizations put on a player’s “The experience is something combine results? It varies, depending on a team’s draft I can’t explain,” said LSU wide philosophy and needs. rteceiver Kadron Boone, who only saw snow once in his life “We use it is as a dealBy Rob Maaddi

breaker,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said. “If you have a running back that runs a 4.9 in the 40 and our research says no fullback in history that ran a 4.9 has ever started, now you’re playing against the odds. Maybe that’s the one guy that can do it but you are really fighting the odds.

We’re not building a team of exceptions.”

Veteran players consider the combine a measuring stick; not a defining end-all.

“The combine should just be used as a tool for teams to evaluate players,” Eagles All-Pro guard Evan Mathis said. “There have been plenty of players that have performed terribly at the combine yet had great NFL careers and vice versa. Football ability and potential is best seen on game film.”

There’s more to it than running a fast 40, high reps in the 225-pound bench press or strong numbers in the vertical jump.

The mental aspect of testing plays an important role in determining whether a team wants to take a player in the

first round or lower, or even at all.

Players must impress general managers in interviews, score well in the intelligence test and attempt to prove they won’t be a troublemaker on and off the field.

Don Yaeger, owner and president of 180 Communications, started a program six years ago that helps players prepare for interviews, how to deal with the media and handle social media. Yaeger and his team have worked with athletes at EXOS (formerly Athletes Performance) for several years.

They’ve also helped the University of Michigan, Atlanta Braves and Buffalo Bills.

“You may run a fast 40 but there’s going to be another guy that runs it just as fast as you, so the guy that stands out sometimes is the one who answers questions better,” Yaeger said.

“The tangibles are often really close but it’s the intangibles that can make or break these guys.

We challenge them the same way trainers are challenging them and it’s working.”

Demons: SFHS beating Capital is critical Continued from Page B-1 Hayden Hargrove said. “I’m not going to point fingers, but as a team we were not hitting the boards and getting the hustle plays that we needed to get.”

The Demons started out well enough by jumping out to a 17-10 lead with 3:53 left in the first quarter, but the Spartans started to shut down Santa Fe High offensively.

“When we got the momentum, we finally started to buckle down defensively,” Bernalillo head coach Terry Darnell said.

“Our defense played solid tonight. The half-court trap defense we ran on them really worked, and I think that was the difference.”

The Demons went into panic mode and did not set up anything to throw off the Bernalillo defense.

“We started out strong, but we didn’t maintain it,” Rodriguez said. “When they made their run, we had to settle down and run some offense and get some stops, and we couldn’t seem to do that consistently.

We weren’t very patient and we didn’t make their defense work.”

Things got worse for the Demons in the second half as the Spartans took a double-digit lead midway through the third

Santa Fe High’s, Isaiah Taylor, left, goes up for two points while Bernalillo’s Santiago Dominguez gets pushed back while he defends during the first quarter of Wednesday’s game at the Richard J. Kleoppel Gymnasium.

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quarter and never gave it up. Fifteen of the Spartans’ third-quarter points came from Carl Herrera, who finished with 24 points.

The Demons managed to cut the lead to 62-55 at one point in the fourth quarter, but Bernalillo scored 14 of the next 19 points to seal the win.

With an opportunity wasted, the only thing on Santa Fe High’s mind is Capital.

A win over the Jaguars coupled with a Bernalillo win over Española would force a three-way tie with the Demons, Spartans and Sundevils.

In that scenario, Santa Fe High and Bernalillo would play for the No. 1 seed in the 2AAAA tournament based on better headto-head records (Bernalillo would be 3-1 against the other two teams, while Santa Fe High would be 2-2, and Española 1-3).

Rodriguez isn’t worried about potential scenarios.

The only thing he and his team control is the outcome of their final regular-season game.

“I’m just worried about Capital right now,” Rodriguez said. “We can’t control anything else. Part of the reason we’re in this situation is because we didn’t get it done against Capital the first time.”

And the Demons can’t afford to watch another opportunity pass them by.

Lobos: Williams had game-high 29 points Continued from Page B-1 ing just six minutes after picking up a pair of fouls. He started the second half and hit a turnaround jumper in the lane to open the Lobos’ biggest lead of the game at that point, 40-29, but he was whistled for his third foul on UNM’s next offensive possession when he climbed over a UNLV player’s back on a missed shot under the Lobos’ basket.

He went back to the bench at the 17:39 mark with his team up by 12. The lead grew to as many as 17 before UNM’s offense began to struggle in much the same way it did after building a double-digit lead in a recent loss at Boise State. The Lobos saw their lead shrink to seven, 54-47, with 8:40 remaining.

The Rebels had several chances to make it a twopossession game but never got over the hump.

Kirk and Bairstow each finished the game with four fouls, but it was Williams’ play that made most of the difference.

New Mexico’s Kendall Williams, left, and Cameron Bairstow, right, defend against UNLV’s Kevin Olekaibe as he tries to keep control of the ball during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Las Vegas, Nev. ISAAC BREKKEN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

He finished with a game-high 29 points on 11 of 17 shooting with seven rebounds.

He also helped hold Rebels guard Bryce Dejean-Jones to just 10 points — 13 below his total in a UNLV win in The Pit back in January.

Bairstow was the only other

Lobo in double figures with 18 points. At times he was downright dominant in the low post against UNLV big men Khem Birch and Roscoe Smith.

The Rebels pair each had a double-double with 21 combined points and 22 rebounds, but UNM’s cause in the paint

was helped by the surprising contribution of Merv Lindsay.

Playing in Kirk’s place much of the night, he logged a season-high 22 minutes. The redshirt transfer from Kansas had only three points and three rebounds, but it was his steady, mistake-free play that helped stem the tide with a smaller lineup minus Kirk.

Kirk had eight points and six rebounds in 16 minutes. No other Lobo had more than four points.

UNM had lost seven of its last eight regular season games in the Thomas & Mack Center but is currently riding a sixgame winning streak in that building during the Mountain West Conference Tournament.

Two of those wins have come against UNLV; once in the semifinals and the other in last year’s championship game.

Wednesday’s game was perhaps the most impressive as the Lobos held the Runnin’ Rebels well below their season average of 71.2 points.

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SCOREBOARD Local results and schedules ON THE AIR

Today on TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local.

AUTO RACING 8 a.m. on FS1 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for DRIVE4COPD 300, in Daytona Beach, Fla. 10 a.m. on FS1 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for DRIVE4COPD 300, in Daytona Beach, Fla. 11:30 a.m. on FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250, in Daytona Beach, Fla. 1 p.m. on FS1 — NASCAR, Nationwide Series, practice for DRIVE4COPD 300, in Daytona Beach, Fla. 2:30 p.m. on FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, practice for NextEra Energy Resources 250, in Daytona Beach, Fla. 5 p.m. on FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Duel, in Daytona Beach, Fla. GOLF 7 a.m. on TGC — LPGA Thailand, first round, in Chonburi, Thailand (same-day tape) 11 a.m. on TGC — PGA Tour-WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, second round matches, in Marana, Ariz.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 5 p.m. on ESPN — Michigan St. at Purdue 5 p.m. on ESPN2 — Alabama at Texas A&M 5 p.m. on ESPNU — Penn St. at Nebraska 7 p.m. on ESPN — Duke at North Carolina 7 p.m. on ESPN2 — UConn at Temple 7 p.m. on ESPNU — Toledo at Bowling Green 9 p.m. on ESPN2 — Gonzaga at BYU 9 p.m. on ESPNU — Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount NBA BASKETBALL 6 p.m. on TNT — Miami at Oklahoma City 8:30 p.m. on TNT — Houston at Golden State SOCCER 11 a.m. on FSN — UEFA Europa League, Valencia at Dynamo Kiev 1 p.m. on FSN — UEFA Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt at Porto WINTER OLYMPICS In Sochi, Russia All events taped unless noted as live 10 a.m. on NBC — Women’s Hockey, Gold Medal Final (LIVE IN ALL TIME ZONES) 6 p.m. on NBC — Ladies’ Figure Skating, Gold Medal Final; Women’s Freestyle Skiing, Halfpipe Gold Medal Final; Men’s Freestyle Skiing, Cross Gold Medal Final 11 p.m. on NBC — Men’s Nordic Combined, Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final 1 a.m. on NBCSN — Men’s Nordic Combined, Team K-125 Large Hill Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Women’s Curling, Bronze Medal Game, Britain vs. Switzerland (LIVE) 5 a.m. on NBCSN — Women’s Hockey, Bronze Medal Game, Sweden vs. Switzerland (LIVE) 7:30 a.m. on NBCSN — Ladies’ Figure Skating, Gold Medal Final Preview 8 a.m. on NBCSN — Ladies’ Figure Skating, Gold Medal Final (LIVE) Noon on NBCSN — Men’s Freestyle Skiing, Ski Cross Competition 1 p.m. on NBCSN — Game of the Day: Hockey 1 a.m. on NBCSN — Men’s Curling, Bronze Medal Game, SwedenBritain loser vs. Canada-China loser (LIVE); Women’s Freestyle Skiing, Cross Competition 3 p.m. on CNBC — Women’s Curling, Gold Medal Final, Canada vs. Sweden

PREP SCORES

Boys basketball

Girls basketball

Bernalillo 77, Santa Fe 65 Capital 54, Los Alamos 49, OT Eldorado 56, La Cueva 44 Hope Christian 68, Santa Fe Indian 28 McCurdy 95, Coronado 32 Sandia 71, Manzano 39 Sandia Prep 44, St. Michael’s 38 Tohatchi 79, Ramah 38

Albuquerque High 82, West Mesa 36 Atrisco Heritage 45, Highland 41 Cuba 59, Mesa Vista 38 Pojoaque 39, West Las Vegas 36 Robertson 60, Taos 47 Valley 60, Rio Grande 42

PREP SCHEDULE A list of this week’s varsity high school sporting events for all Northern New Mexico teams. For additions or changes, email us at sports@sfnewmexican.com:

Today Boys basketball – Taos at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

West Las Vegas at Pojoaque Valley, 7 p.m.

Peñasco at Mora, 7 p.m.

New Mexico School for the Deaf at Santa Fe Waldorf, 6:30 p.m. (at Christian Life) Escalante at Tierra Encantada, 5 p.m.

Girls basketball – Santa Fe Indian School at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Peñasco at Mora, 5:30 p.m.

McCurdy at Escalante, 5:30 p.m.

New Mexico School for the Deaf at Santa Fe Waldorf, 5 p.m. (at Christian Life)

Friday Boys basketball – Santa Fe Indian School at St. Michael’s, 7 p.m.

Pecos at Santa Fe Preparatory, 7 p.m.

Tierra Encantada at McCurdy, 7 p.m.

Desert Academy at Albuquerque Menaul, 5 p.m.

Girls basketball – Santa Fe High at Capital, 7 p.m.

Española Valley at Bernalillo, 7 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

Pecos at Santa Fe Preparatory, 5:30 p.m.

Taos at Raton, 5:30 p.m.

Cuba at Mesa Vista, 5 p.m.

Wrestling – State Championships, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho) Swimming – State Championships, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Albuquerque Academy Natatorium)

Saturday Boys basketball – Bernalillo at Española Valley, 7 p.m.

Capital at Santa Fe High, 7 p.m.

Pojoaque Valley at Las Vegas Robertson, 7 p.m.

Monte del Sol at Peñasco, 7 p.m.

Taos at Raton, 5:30 p.m.

Escalante at McCurdy, 5 p.m.

Questa at Springer, 4 p.m.

Dulce at Mesa Vista, 1 p.m.

Girls basketball – Artesia at Los Alamos, 2 p.m.

Dulce at Mesa Vista, 2 p.m.

Questa at Springer, 4 p.m.

Monte del Sol at Peñasco, 5:30 p.m.

Wrestling – State Championships, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Santa Ana Star Center, Rio Rancho) Swimming – State Championships, 8:15 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Albuquerque Academy Natatorium)

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2014 WINTER OLYMPICS

THE NEW MEXICAN Thursday, February 20, 2014

Ligety wins giant slalom for 2nd career gold

HOCKEY

a second, then protected that with a conservative second run that was only 14th-fastest KRASNAYA POLYANA, down the Rosa Khutor course Russia — This was the race as the sun peeked out from Ted Ligety knew he should behind a nearby peak and win. through sparse clouds. All in So did everybody else. all, much more comfortable And that, Ligety explained conditions than the fog, rain Wednesday after becoming and sleet of a day earlier. the first American man in “His first run was flawless, Olympic history with two free. He trusted himself. It Alpine skiing gold medals, was his signature skiing,” U.S. was precisely what made the men’s head coach Sasha Rearfeat so tough. ick said. “The second run was Sometimes, being a popular a strategic chess match, which pick can be overwhelming. he executed brilliantly.”

Ligety learned that four years France earned its first ago, and dealt with the matter Alpine medals of the Sochi far better on this day.

Olympics, with Steve MisScraping the snow with his silier producing the day’s gloves and hips while taking top second leg to earn silver, wide turns around gates, his 0.48 seconds behind Ligety. body swaying left and right Alexis Pinturault got the with a pendulum’s precision, bronze, another 0.16 back.

Ligety finished the two-leg Overall World Cup leader giant slalom with a combined Marcel Hirscher of Austria time of 2 minutes, 45.29 secwas fourth, while Bode Miller onds, winning by nearly a was 20th in what was his last half-second. race of the Sochi Games — His gold is the first for the and, given that he’ll be 40 in U.S. Alpine team at the Sochi 2018, probably of his Olympic Games. Yet Ligety’s overridcareer. ing emotion as he fell to the Miller, who has won a U.S.ground in the finish area was record six Alpine medals, something other than pure joy. said other racers try to copy “It was a huge relief,” said Ligety’s revolutionary style in Ligety, a 29-year-old based in the giant slalom, but “he’s so Park City, Utah. “All season much better at it than everylong, everybody talks about body else.” the Olympics, Olympics, Ligety maintains momenOlympics. At a certain point, tum by fluidly linking his I was just like, ‘Let’s do it turns, one into the next, actualready. Let’s get this thing ally taking a longer path down over with, so we can stop talk- the slope by steering so far ing about the pressure and from each gate. Opponents everything with it.’ So it’s awe- cut much closer to gates, but some to … finally do it and get then lose valuable hundredths the monkey off the back.” of a second each time they He used a perfect first run jerk their bodies in a different to open a wide lead of nearly direction.

By Howard Fendrich

The Associated Press

Russia forward Yevgeni Malkin lies on the ice in the closing minutes of the third period in a Wednesday quarterfinal against Finland at Bolshoy Arena in Sochi, Russia. DAVID J. PHILLIP/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Russia knocked out by Finns “Inside, I’m absolutely empty,” Datsyuk said through a translator.

SOCHI, Russia — The RusTeemu Selanne scored an sians dutifully shook the Finns’ early goal and Tuukka Rask hands and then skated to the made 37 saves as Finland center of a crushed the Russians’ plans Finland 3 rink built to to win hockey gold in front showcase Russia 1 of their own fans for the first their return time. Russian and Soviet teams to Olympic hockey dominance. have won eight gold medals in When they raised their sticks hockey, but none since the Uniin a mournful salute, they got fied Team’s victory in 1992. more whistles than cheers from Ovechkin, Datsyuk and their devastated fans.

Evgeni Malkin all hailed RusAlex Ovechkin, captain Pavel sia’s home Olympics as the Datsyuk and their teammates most important tournament had nursed dreams about this of their careers, and Presiweek for several years — all dent Vladimir Putin led the their lives, really. chorus of Russians hoping for They were all dashed in another golden moment in 60 frustrating minutes against Sochi. They’ll likely have only Finland. bitter memories after losses to the United States and Finland, Russia crashed out of the which left Russia out of the Olympics in the quarterfinals medals entirely for the third Wednesday with a 3-1 loss, straight games. extending a historic hockey nation’s gold-medal drought “I can only apologize to the past 22 years and putting an fans for the results,” Russia enormous damper on the final coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov days of the Sochi Games. said. “It was unfortunate for us.

By Greg Beacham

The Associated Press

Expectations were quite different. I can only say words of apology.”

Despite its roster of highpriced offensive stars, Russia couldn’t score in the final 52 minutes after Ilya Kovalchuk’s early power-play goal.

Russia pressed relentlessly and fruitlessly in the third period, but Rask stopped each of their 15 shots.

“To be honest, I’m a little bit sad, also, for them,” said Selanne, a six-time Olympian.

“Obviously, they had a big dream to win the gold medal here, and then it doesn’t work, so it’s kind of disappointing in many ways, because that would be a great story. But again, it’s proving to the hockey world that you never know.”

Ovechkin, the reigning NHL MVP and one of the Sochi Games’ most public faces, failed to score another goal for Russia after scoring on his first shot just 1:17 into Russia’s opener against Slovenia. Malkin, who dropped to one knee

after the final horn, also didn’t score a goal after the first 3:54 of the opener.

“We had a good start, score [on the] power play, feel pretty good,” Ovechkin said. “Few mistakes cost us the game. We tried to score another one, but we didn’t score. … No emotion right now.”

Selanne and Mikael Granlund each had a goal and an assist for the steady Finns, who overcame an early deficit and silenced the Bolshoy Ice Dome with two goals in the first period. Finland will face topseeded Sweden in the semifinals on Friday.

Russia didn’t play horribly in Sochi, winning three of its five games, but lost a painful eightround shootout to the U.S. team before falling behind early and failing to catch up against steady Finland. The game was Russia’s fourth in five days, thanks to a qualification-round game Tuesday, while Finland had the last two days off.

U.S. tops Czechs, will face Canada

By Larry Lage

The Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia — The United States’ hockey team is getting exactly what it wanted. Another shot at Canada.

Dustin Brown banged U.S. 5 in a go-ahead goal late in the first period and Czech Rep. 2 the Americans went on to dominate the Czech Republic 5-2 Wednesday to earn a spot in the semifinals for the third time in four Olympics.

The U.S. went on to play in the goldmedal game in 2010 and 2002 and lost each time to the Canadians.

When the Americans’ coach, Dan Bylsma, was asked to look ahead to the matchup, he took a deep breath and paused for several seconds to gather his thoughts.

“We knew we were going to have some big games prior to this point in time, but you were looking forward to the possibility of this rematch,” he said.

After a day off, the countries that share a long border in North America and generally friendly relations will meet on Friday for the chance to become hockey champions of the Sochi Games.

“It’s a great opportunity,” American

USA forward Zach Parise, right, celebrates his goal against the Czech Republic with teammates during a Wednesday quarterfinal in Shayba Arena in Sochi, Russia.

MATT SLOCUM/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

forward Max Pacioretty said. “They’re obviously the favorite coming into the tournament, and we’ve opened up a lot of eyes with our play, but we have more in the tank to give and to show.

“We keep getting better every game and hopefully we’ll keep getting better after this one.”

While the Canadians had to hold off Latvia 2-1, the U.S. might be peaking at the right time to improve its chances to win

Olympic hockey gold for the first time since the “Miracle on Ice,” in 1980.

If the U.S. wins two more games, anyone who has been watching them play won’t be surprised.

“This is a team that has put up a spectacular performance,” Czech Republic coach Alois Hadamczik said.

And it wasn’t the first time in Sochi.

The U.S. has been tested only once, in a 3-2, eight-round shootout against the host Russians in the preliminary round. The Americans crushed the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia by a combined score of 17-4.

The Americans shaped their roster with players who skate fast, hit hard, share the puck and score.

“It starts off the ice,” Pacioretty said.

“Everyone on this team realizes you have to play for the team and check your ego at the door. All of us are the top players on our team back home and you come here and you’re asked to play different roles.

“You see everyone in the room, willing to go to the dirty areas, block shots, make hits. It’s nice to see when you see a guy like Patty Kane backchecking as hard as he can across the ice. It kind of puts things in perspective.”

Kim: Gracie Gold of Chicago placed fourth said. “I get nervous all the time.

It just doesn’t show on my had the crowd on its feet before face.” she finished her final spin, was Plenty showed on Lipnitssecond, while Lipnitskaia plum- kaia’s face: sadness, disappointmeted to fifth after her fall on a ment, even disbelief — as if the triple flip.

15-year-old’s dog had just run Italy’s Carolina Kostner, away. whose “Ave Maria” program is On a day Lipnitskaia’s hockey almost a religious experience countrymen flopped out of the for her, was .80 back. Chicago’s games, she couldn’t revive RusGracie Gold was fourth, within sian hearts. After winning both striking distance after overprograms in the team event to coming a sense of stage fright. help the hosts take the gold, Kim, 23, would become the Lipnitskaia fell on a triple flip third woman to win consecuand then broke down in tears. tive Olympics, following Sonja “This does not define her Henie and Katarina Witt. But career or who she is as an athshe’ll probably need to calm lete,” coach Eteri Tutberidze down to step up to the top of said through a translator. “She the podium. simply made a mistake. That’s “I am a human being,” she all. It happens.”

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When it happened, the crowd was stunned. And Kim had the lead, but barely over Sotnikova.

“Most important is to see your goals, to try and try,” said Sotnikova, 17. “If you want it, you achieve it.”

Kostner has been trying to achieve something special in the Olympics since the Turin Games, when she was ninth.

She was far worse at Vancouver, a dismal 16th, and she began questioning her career goals.

But she kept going.

“I wanted to skate because I love it,” she said. “Hard times make you understand what you really want.”

In “Ave Maria,” she found just

the tonic, an elegant program she seems to float through.

“It’s just a prayer to everything I’ve lived and learned through skating,” Kostner said.

U.S. champion Gracie Gold, second to Lipnitskaia in the team free skate, had a clean short program to sneak in ahead of Lipnitskaia by 3.4 points.

“To be able to come up here and feel stiff and white as a ghost but stare fear in the face is what I’m all about now,” the 18-year-old Gold said.

Ashley Wagner of Alexandria, Va., and Polina Edmunds of San Jose, Calif., were sixth and seventh — a very strong showing for the United States.

Men’s giant slalom gold medalist Ted Ligety of the United States poses for photographers with the American flag on the podium Wednesday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

CHARLES KRUPA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Failed Sochi Olympians compete for best excuses

By Christopher Spillane Bloomberg News

SOCHI, Russia — Even after the events have finished and the medals have been awarded at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, athletes are still outdoing each other in one area: excuses.

Olympians are blaming the condition of courses, equipment choice and the type of wax they use as they explain why they weren’t as fast or as accurate or as good as their rivals.

“Maybe we made the wrong choice in terms of the conditions today,” said French cross-country skier Celia Aymonier, who finished sixth in the sprint classic semifinals. “Because of the wetness of the snow, a different waxing might have made a difference.”

With 74 medals awarded from Sochi’s 98 events, athletes are running out of time for success as the Winter Games are entering their last four days.

Himanshu Thakur, an Indian who finished last in the men’s giant slalom, said he would have been much faster than his 3 minutes 37.55 seconds if he was using goldmedal winner Ted Ligety’s equipment. The American’s time was 2:45.29.

“It’s very difficult to buy good equipment in India,” said the skier, who trains near the Himalayas. “It’s the first

time I’ve competed in the Olympics, I was a little bit nervous.”

Having finely tuned equipment has been a source of complaints for the U.S. speedskating team, which voted to change out of a more technical skinsuit made by Under Armour Inc. to a previous model after being shut out of medals. The Americans still haven’t mustered a podium finish. The United States won four speedskating medals in the 2010 Games.

“If you have a bad performance at a World Cup because of a suit, then it’s OK, you switch the suit,” Shani Davis, the two-time defending silver medalist, told reporters after finishing 11th in the 1500-meter speedskating race Feb. 15 while wearing the lesstechnical suit. “You can’t do that at the Olympics. There’s too much riding on it.”

Meanwhile, Canadian crosscountry skier Daria Gaiazova blamed her equipment for her performance in the women’s team sprint classic. The country failed to advance.

“I took the wrong skis in the first lap; I had no grip,” Daria Gaiazova told reporters. “There was a moment of panic because I needed so much energy, staying with everyone and laboring my way up the hill with my arms.

The time and energy I lost in the first lap made a huge difference. I made a mistake.”

Thursday, February 20, 2014 THE NEW MEXICAN

OUTDOORS Here’s to you, Winter Olympians

Inside: Fishing report and Sierra Club hikes.

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

Silverton Valley offers thrill seekers all-natural terrain, steep slopes in southwestern Colorado

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ike many skiers who see little ski racing coverage on television during a typical winter, I’ve been devouring the extensive coverage of the 22nd Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, and cheering on the American athletes.

An interesting regional angle has emerged from the Games. On Feb. 13, Gus Kenworthy of Telluride, Colo., captured the silver medal in the first-ever ski slopestyle competition, part of an U.S. sweep of the event.

The trio are already showing up on boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, but perhaps garnering even more attention for the 22-year-old has been his decision to Daniel bring back four puppies Gibson and their mother from Snow Trax Sochi. He found the pups and mother on the streets of Rosa Khutor — part of the large population of homeless dogs roaming the Olympic venue.

His humanitarian gesture even secured a praiseworthy tweet from no less than Miley Cyrus.

A former moguls skier, he also competes in halfpipe. Born in London, he moved to Telluride with is family at age 2 and began skiing shortly after learning to walk. His father, Peter Kenworthy, is the executive director of MountainFilm, which holds an annual film festival in Telluride.

Kenworthy first gained recognition for his park skiing with one of his ski movies he posted on the Internet. Shortly thereafter, he began filming with well-known ski production companies and working his way into the freeskiing elite. Kenworthy had a clean sweep of the Aspen/Snowmass Open slopestyle and halfpipe skiing events in 2010 and 2012, which he followed up by winning the 2011 and 2012 Association of Freeskiing Professionals overall titles.

In the 2012 season, he competed in more than 23 events and took dual wins in big air and slopestyle at the final event of the season, the AFP World Championships. In 2013, he took second at the Olympic venue halfpipe World Cup in Sochi and won his first X Games medal in Tignes, France — a bronze in slopestyle.

For the past several years, Kenworthy hasn’t had much of an offseason. He’s been traveling the globe chasing snow and living in a perpetual winter season. When he does have some down time, he likes to skateboard, and in the month preceding the first events of the season, he spends a lot of time jumping on trampolines and doing as much off-mountain training as he can.

His success points to the fact that with dedication, hard work and drive, any of our young regional winter athletes can compete at the world’s highest level.

Other intriguing stories have emerged from these Winter Games. Who can fail to be inspired by the performance of Bode Miller? Denied the podium in downhill by just a tiny mistake or two, he gutted it out in the Super G and walked away with a bronze medal, making him the oldest Winter Games skier to medal.

The two-time overall World Cup winner (in 2005 and 2008), and the most successful American male skier of all time, lost his 29-year-old brother in the past year. He also went into the Sochi Games with the weight of two previous Olympic flameouts — particularly the 2006 Turin Games, when he failed to medal in any event. He began his Olympic run with a gold in the super combined in 2002 at the Salt Lake City Games.

Then there is the case of Andrew Weibrech, who took the silver in the superG. Without a podium finish in any race in years and a victim of numerous major injuries and back problems, he had to put his own money into the pot to even remain on the U.S. team this year.

If nothing else, even for non-athletes, watching these skiers, bobsledders, skaters and others who risk life and limb to compete on the world stage gives one hope and a bit of courage to face obstacles in our own lives. They embody the best of humanity and serve as role models for us to emulate. So, here’s to all the Winter Olympians — of all races, nations, religious orientations, sexual leanings and belief systems. If only the rest of the world’s daunting issues and divisions were handled with equal dignity, sportsmanship and integrity.

With 400 inches of snow every year, Silverton is one of the top off-the-beaten-path ski resorts in the entire country. Located in southwestern Colorado near Durango, its terrain offers breathtaking views like this vertical drop, where acclaimed skier and writer Pep Fujas is shown attacking one of the many challenging runs. COURTESY AARON BRILL

A snowboarder carves some fluff below Mount Grayson. High elevations and challenging terrain make Silverton a destination spot for adventure seekers. COURTESY AARON BRILL

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Meanwhile, around the southern Rockies, after a flurry of storms, we’ve slipped back under the wall of the high pressure system parked off the West Coast and watched our temperatures rise to record highs. Runoff has commenced, months early. But conditions on the slopes are still surprisingly good, under spring-like weather.

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Traversing the runs at Silverton means dealing with steep slopes, deep powder and uncut lines of trees. Visitors are encouraged to hire a guide. COURTESY SVEN BRUNSO

The way Mother Nature intended

By Daniel Gibson

For The New Mexican

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ica’s most avie-prone terrain and snow conditions — and guides would be hired who also have some medical training, but that would be the extent of services.

At the base, an old Quonset hut and some port-a-potties were installed. The base “lodge” offers a few beers on tap, and you can preorder a sandwich and plunk down on old car seats and sofas huddled around a wood-burning stove. You don’t come here to be pampered, but you do get to ski some of the continent’s finest snow and most gnarly terrain.

That is what the Brills promised, and that is what they deliver.

The chair first began spinning 13 years ago. Despite the tough terrain, there has been only one death: from a woman who took a hard fall, an accident that could have occurred anywhere, Jen Brill points out.

“We have an excellent safety record as we emphasize danger over safety, which I think no other ski area does,” she says.

“We’ve always believed in this because we see a lot of people going around saying that if you use a beacon and other equipment in backcountry skiing you’ll be safe. That’s not the case.

Anytime you go out in the backcountry, you are not in charge — Mother Nature is. That’s really important!”

A typical day at Silverton begins about 8:15 a.m. as skiers arrive to secure tickets and gear.

Skiers and boarders are then put into groups of eight or so, each group with a guide. The guide provides some orientation, and then the chair is fired up, and attendees proceed to the liftserved summit at 12,300 feet.

Almost all the runs require some hiking — from as little as five minutes to runs like Tiger

n the 1860s and 1870s, the first white men in what is now the Silverton Valley of the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado found unbelievable amounts of gold and silver, but also incredible winter snowfalls that cut them off from the outside world.

Avalanches would roar off the nearby peaks, burying homes and people. Starvation occasionally stalked the frozen realm. But they were a hardy lot, and by 1883, the town boasted a population of 2,000 and included 29 saloons, a newspaper and a thriving redlight district.

A century later, however, the mining had run out, and the town’s winter population almost qualified it as a ghost town. It was then that a young couple, Aaron and Jen Brill, wandered into town in search of a place to launch a new breed of ski area. They focused on one of the old mining districts and began a long process of obtaining a ski operation permit from the federal Bureau of Land Management.

It was the first — and only — such request ever fielded by the BLM, but eventually the pair secured their permit and began to build their dream of a no-frills, low-overhead ski operation.

The idea was to simply install a chairlift (an old double, recycled from California’s Mammoth Mountain) to some high point from which skiers could descend on all-natural terrain. Not a tree would be cut, a slope contoured, a run sign tacked up or any snowmaking installed. Here you would simply ski what Mother Nature delivered.

Avalanche control work would be done regularly — amid what is considered some of North Amer- Please see SILVERTON, Page B-6

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The following water statistics of February 15 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons).

Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.314 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 4.000 City Wells: 1.306 Buckman Wells: 0.000 Total water produced by water system: 6.620 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.088 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 63.3 percent of capacity; daily inflow 1.03 million gallons.

A partial list of the City of Santa Fe’s Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: • Irrigation water leaving the intended area is not permitted. Wasting water is not allowed.

• Using water to clean hard surfaces with a hose or power washer is prohibited.

• Hoses used in manual car washing MUST be equipped with a positive shut-off nozzle.

• Swimming pools and spas must be covered when not in use.

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Weather for February 20

Sunrise today ............................... 6:46 a.m.

Sunset tonight .............................. 5:51 p.m.

Moonrise today .......................... 11:35 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 9:43 a.m.

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Sunrise Saturday .......................... 6:43 a.m.

Sunset Saturday ........................... 5:53 p.m.

Moonrise Saturday ..................... 12:36 a.m.

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(For the 48 contiguous states) Wed. High: 90 ......................... Needles, CA Wed. Low: 0 ............................ Hallock, MN

Heavy snow hit the Midwest on Feb. 20, 1898.

Racine, Wis., received 30 inches of snow.

Milwaukee had drifts as high as 15 feet.

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weather conditions are ideal for Q: What cold temperatures?

A clear, calm night with a fresh snowA: cover.

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ALBUQUERQUE AREA DRAINS: Trout fishing was very good for anglers using worms, single salmon egg setups, Power Bait, egg pattern flies and San Juan worms. Anglers reported good trout fishing on the Albuquerque, Corrales, Belen and Peralta drains.

Fishing was fair using small imitation crawdads for largemouth bass on the Albuquerque Drain.

TINGLEY BEACH: Trout fishing at the Youth and Central Ponds was very good for anglers using homemade dough baits, Power Bait, salmon eggs, bead head hares ears, copper John Barrs and Pistol Petes. Fishing at the Catch and Release Pond was fair to good using leeches, small streamers and egg patterns.

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BEAR CANYON: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs, worms, Power Bait, Pistol Petes and spinners.

BILL EVANS LAKE: Trout fishing was very good using homemade dough bait, Power Bait and salmon eggs. A few largemouth

BATAAN LAKE: Trout fishing was good for some and great for others. Best baits were salmon eggs, garlic scented Power Bait and Pistol Petes.

DEL RITO CREEK: Trout fishing was very good using salmon eggs, Power Bait, Pistol Petes, worms, small spinners, egg pattern flies and homemade dough baits.

EUNICE LAKE: Trout fishing was very good using Power Bait, salmon eggs and corn.

JAL LAKE: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs and Power Bait.

OASIS PARK LAKE: Trout fishing was very good using homemade dough bait and Pistol Petes.

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, FEB. 22: Easy hike through Diablo Canyon to the Rio Grande. Six miles round trip and total elevation gain of 400 feet. Road condition may require rescheduling. Limit two dogs. Call Lisa Bowdey at 699-2953.

SATURDAY-MONDAY, FEB. 22-24: Easy outing to Ouray,

Colo. Sierra Club portion will be local hikes and photography.

Non-Sierra Club activities will be instruction by leader in basics of ice climbing at Ouray Ice Park. Call Royal Drews at 699-8713.

SUNDAY, FEB. 23: A walk in thev bosque and related art project.

Families encouraged. Send email to saritastreng@yahoo.com or call Sarita Streng at 288-8713, SUNDAY, FEB. 23: Hike in Abiquiú area. Details depending on conditions. Send email to akusantafe@ gmail.com or call Aku at 577-2594.

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MONASTERY LAKE: Fishing was very good using Power Bait, salmon eggs and Pistol Petes for trout.

PECOS RIVER: The Mora and Jamie Koch fishing and recreation areas have reopened. The Bert Clancy and Terrero campgrounds remain closed. Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs, copper John Barrs and bead head hares ears.

bass were caught by anglers using jerk baits and crank baits. We had no reports on other species.

ESCONDIDA LAKE: Trout fishing was good using Power Bait, homemade dough bait and Pistol Petes.

GLENWOOD POND: Trout fishing was good using salmon eggs and Power Bait.

YOUNG POND: Trout fishing was very good using Power Bait, corn and salmon eggs. A few trout were also caught by anglers using Pistol Petes.

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Albuquerque 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.18”/0.18” Las Vegas 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.04”/0.08” Los Alamos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.02”/0.02” Chama 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.74”/1.11” Taos 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.09”/0.10”

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Olympians: Sipapu to hold memorial for resort’s founder Continued from Page B-5 On Saturday, Sipapu will host the first annual Lloyd Bolander Memorial Day. Bolander, Sipapu’s founder, passed away Jan. 20, and proceeds from this day’s lift ticket sales will go directly to the Bolander Family Fund, which will help local ski programs.

The resort will host a free reception open to the public from 1-3 p.m. in the lodge. And at 2 p.m. Sunday, enjoy a “surf rock” musical performance by Donavon Frankenreiter.

Taos Ski Valley, with a 41-inch base and 100 percent open, holds the second annual K2 Bumps Challenge on Saturday

— a four-hour marathon held on the infamous Al’s Run. It is open to solo or two-person teams of skiers or boarders.

Competitors must raise a minimum of $100 to participate in this benefit event. Registration is available online on the ski valley’s website. Also on tap this weekend at Taos is the Telemark Fiesta, with two days of workshops and special events.

Ski Santa Fe, with a 35-inch base and 96 percent of the mountain open, holds the Ultimate Ski & Snowboard Challenge (formerly known as the UNM Corporate Cup) on Saturday and its annual Richard Abruzzo Memorial Fun Race on Sunday, hosted by the Santa Fe Ski Team.

Silverton: Unguided skiing only for those with much experience Continued from Page B-5 Main and Waterfall, to lengthy treks to 13,000 feet and higher.

In the guided setup, you don’t get to determine where you ski, which can prove frustrating as you pass untouched swaths of white while marching up yet another ridge.

The guides also strictly enforce skiing protocol in aviezones — one skier at a time through hazard zones. So you spend a considerable amount of time standing and waiting.

A typical day at Silverton Valley means getting in three to six runs, depending on the competency of your fellow skiers and the character of the guide.

However, this is also about as much as most people can handle, as the altitude, the snow depth, hiking and other factors are exhausting. By the end of the day, many people are passing on the last run.

And the runs you do get might offer some of the best turns of your life. I found a nice

rhythm in the woods of Bowling Ball, on the west aspect of the mountain, taking a line to skier’s right as we descended into the gut. Several feet of fresh blew up around my feet and cushioned the descent into a pillowlike fall.

Later, we dropped into the wide-open bowls on the eastern face on the run named Cabin.

Our guide, Brennan Severance, asked me to ski a lead line, down past him to a small, protected stand of trees on one side of a funnel. It was turn after turn after turn of untracked powder, the snow billowing up and a small slough racing along beside me. That run alone was worth the drive.

On a ride up the chair, Severance explained to me that this was his second year guiding at Silverton, “but I’ve been preparing for this my whole life.”

He began skiing at Mad River Glen, Vt., but has skied all over North and South America — in Alaska, British Columbia, Argentina and Chile. He spent 10 years as a ski patroller but

more recently has been doing mostly skiing backcountry.

“I got kind of burnt out on the regular ski areas — a rich man’s sport — so this turned out to be perfect for me,” he says. “I wanted to get into guiding, and a good friend told me about Silverton. I love it — super people to work with, great terrain and tons of room for me to grow. I learn something every day.”

elevation is 10,400 feet. The chair tops out at 12,300 feet, providing 1,900 vertical feet of lift-accessed terrain, but one can hike more than 1,000 vertical feet above the chair to additional runs. It averages more than 400 inches of snow.

The ski area typically opens in early December and runs through mid-April.

The option to ski it without a guide is available early season and during the last two weeks If you go but should only be undertaken The town of Silverton is by very experienced skiers. about a six-hour drive from A day of guided skiing runs Santa Fe, via Bernalillo, Bloom- $140 and $49 for unguided. field and Durango (on U.S. 550).

You are required to have The highway between Durango an avalanche beacon, shovel, and Silverton crosses Coal Bank probe and a pack to carry the Pass and Molas Pass — the latgear in — all of which can be ter at 10,900 feet. During storms, rented. Reservations for guided four-wheel drive and/or chains skiing are not required but are are highly recommended. Silstrongly advised, as the area limits guided skiing to 80 peoverton Mountain is located ple a day. six miles from the town via a The area also has a heli-skiing graded county road. program. The bird is available The ski area’s boundaries on a daily basis or by the run at encompass 1,819 acres, plus $160 a pop. This year, you can 22,000 acres of helicopteralso make arrangements to have accessed terrain. Its base

the chopper drop your party at a remote location where a fully equipped tent awaits you for an overnight stay and ski touring in the backcountry. Other details on what to bring and what to expect can be found on the area’s website.

The town of Silverton offers many options for accommodations, from funky motels and cabins to posh B&B’s, as well as the charmingly musty Grand Imperial, opened in the late 1800s in the town’s heyday. Its rooms are clean but a bit chilly with bottomless beds.

There are a handful of places to eat and drink, from old watering holes once frequented by the hard-driving miners to contemporary joints like the Montanya. The latter features craft-distilled rum (from its main facility in Crested Butte) and delicious tapas, and often live music on the weekends.

When we visited, the bluegrass jam band Big’ns was playing, whipping the party-hardy crew into a dancing mosh of sweat and smiles.

The town also has a tiny ski hill, Kendall Mountain, where a lift ticket runs only $15. It just celebrated its 50th anniversary and is a great place for kids and beginners to ski. It also offers free sledding slopes and an ice skating ring.

In addition, Silverton has several companies that provide guided snowmobile tours, and cross-country ski trails ribbon the valley floor and nearby passes. There is also a nearby snowcat skiing operation on Molas Pass called Silverton Powder Cats. For details, call 970-385-7288 or visit www. snowcat-powder.com.

For details on Silverton Mountain, call 970-387-5706 or visit www.silvertonmountain. com. For details on the town, call 800-752-4494 or visit www. silvertoncolorado.com.

Daniel Gibson of Santa Fe has been covering the regional ski scene for more than 20 years. He can be reached at dbgibson@ newmexico.com.

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New, Large 3 bedroom, 3 bath, Highend contemporary home: Super Energy efficient, hilltop views, 12.5 acres, paved access. 505-660-5603 FAIRWAY VILLAGE. 3 Bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage. $1150 monthly plus utilities. Washer, Dryer, Enclosed back yard. Gated community.

Close to I-25, 599. 505-690-6707 NEWLY REMODELED 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH. $950 sunny, hardwood floors, woodstove, fenced, pet ok. Lone Butte area, LP gas, $950 plus utilities, deposit. Call Steve 505-470-3238.

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FOUND 2 SOFA PILLOWS, blown out of pickup near Salazar & Agua Fria on Wednesday 2/19 near laundrymat. Call to identify, 505-424-4236.

FOUND DOG, 2/17 at 6 pm, on W. Alameda. Female white pit bull with brown patches. Call 505-471-5569 to identify.

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ANIMALS Dog Training Obedience, Problem Solving.

30 Years Experience.

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505-713-2113 CHIMNEY SWEEPING

CASEY’S TOP HAT CHIMNEY SWEEPS is committed to protecting your home. Creosote build-up in a fireplace or lint build-up in a dryer vent reduces efficiency and can pose a fire hazard. Call 505989-5775. Get prepared!

CLEANING DEPENDABLE & RESPONSIBLE. Will clean your home and office with TLC. Excellent references. Nancy, 505-986-1338.

CLEANING

COUNSELING

HANDYMAN

LANDSCAPING

HOUSE CLEANING

BY BLANCA AND LAURA. General house cleaning. 5 years experience. Please call 505-204-0915 or 505-920-2417.

PLASTERING 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Professional Plastering Specialist: Interior & Exterior. Also Re-Stuccos. Patching a specialty. Call Felix, 505-920-3853.

ROOFING AFFORDABLE HOME REPAIR

YOUR HEALTH MATTERS. We use natural products. 20 Years Experience, Residential & Offices. Reliable.

Excellent references. Licensed & Bonded. Eva, 505-919-9230. Elena.

505-946-7655

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"Fabio has taught me the life-changing value of dreams"

Tami Englehorn, Family therapist Free introductory Session Fabio Macchioni 505-982-3214

Housecleaning, garage cleaning, hauling trash.

Cutting Trees, Flagstone Patios, Driveways, Fencing, Yard Work, Stucco, Tile..

Greg, Nina, 920-0493.

I CLEAN yards, gravel work, dig trenches. I also move furniture, haul trash. Call George, 505-316-1599.

REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE, PRO-PANEL ROOFS, PAINTING, FENCING, YARDWORK. MINOR PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL. 25 years experience.

Consulting. Licensed. References.

Free estimates. (505)470-5877

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All phases of landscapes. "I DO IT ALL!" 505-995-0318 or 505-3 1 0 0 0 4 5 . Santa Fe, Los Alamos, White Rock.

Full Landscaping Design, All types of stonework, Coyote Fencing, Irrigation, sodding. 15% discount, Free Estimates! 505-629-2871 or 505204-4510.

Free Kindling, Delivery & Stack.

140.00 pick up load.

505-983-2872, 505-470-4117

BE READY, PLAN NOW *Drought solutions *Irrigation: New installs and rennovations *Design and installations

E.R Landscaping

FIREWOOD Dry Pinon & Cedar

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ARTIFICIAL TURF. High quality, remnants at a fraction of the cost.

Ideal for large or small areas. Call, 505-471-8931 for more information.

TRINO’S AFFORDABLE Construction all phases of construction, and home repairs. Licensed. 505-9207583

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ALL TYPES . Metal, Shingles, Composite torch down, Hot Mop, Stucco, Plaster. Free Estimates! Call Ismael Lopez at 505-670-0760.

ROOFING EXPERIENCE. Shingles, Brai, Metal, TOP. 20 years experience. No job too small! Free Estimates. Licensed, bonded. 505-577-3605

YARD MAINTENANCE YARD MAINTENANCE

Seasonal planting.

Lawn care.

Weed Removal.

Dump runs.

Painting (interior, exterior).

Honest & Dependable.

Free estimates. References.

Berry Clean - 505-501-3395

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LOST GRAY & WHITE MALE PITTBULL that responds to "Smokey". Last seen E. Pecos on 2/15/2014. Please call 505-757-2638, 505-603-8058.

PUBLIC NOTICES NM SENIOR Olympics is accepting cost proposals to host the Annual Summer Games for 30 individual sports for 900 participants between 2015-2018. For an RFP contact NMSO at nmso@nmseniorolympics.org or call 1-888-623-6676.

Deadline 4/1/14

»jobs«

Seeking Office Administrative Assistant. Must possess strong skills and experience in authorizations, billing, Medicaid, Medicare, Private insurances, scheduling, computer and good friendly customer services, bilingual a plus. Salary negotiable based on experience.

Send resume to cmazon@cybermesa.com

AUTOMOTIVE Mark’s Casa Chevrolet

an Albuquerque automotive dealership, is currently seeking to hire a Certified Chevrolet Technician to join our Service Department.

Mark’s Casa Chevrolet is looking for a technician with Chevrolet automotive service experience. To apply for this position, please email a resume at mbaldwin@casanet.com today or call Mark Baldwin at 505-262-8600 for more details. EOE

Support Santa Fe Animal Shelter ACCOUNTING PART-TIME DATA ENTRY FOR QUICKBOOKS. Basic office skills and good PR skills a must. Fax resume to 505-438-4775

ADMINISTRATIVE

when you buy a

2014 Pet Calendar for $5!

100% of sales donated to SFAS.

PARALEGAL

HINKLE LAW FIRM in Santa Fe is seeking litigation paralegal Experience (2-3 years) required in general civil practice, including labor and employment, insurance defense, and professional malpractice defense. Candidates should have excellent writing and research skills, and the ability to work independently. Paralegal certificate or degree is necessary.

Those who do not meet this criteria need not apply. Competitive salary and benefits. All inquires kept confidential. E-mail resume to: gromero@hinklelawfirm.com

PELLA WINDOWS AND DOORS

is seeking a receptionist to greet Pella customers in our showroom.

* Must be presentable and a team player * Must be proficient with Microsoft applications * 30-32 hours per week * $14 per hour Email resume to: dundonj@pella.com or fax: 505-314-8869

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SFSWMA BuRRT Transfer Operator Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency is accepting applications for a full-time BuRRT Transfer Operator ($15.80 hourly), #2014-001 (HS diploma or GED; NM CDL Class A license; and a minimum of 1 year experience in operating commercial vehicles or heavy equipment.

Job announcement and application can be found at www.sfswma.org or call Rosalie at 505-424-1850 ext. 150. EEO/AA

to place your ad, call EDUCATION

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS of NM (CISNM) is seeking FullTime SITE COORDINATORS for two Kindergarten through 8th grade schools in the Santa Fe Public Schools.

CISNM Site Coordinators work to redress student dropout in public schools utilizing the nationally recognized Communities In Schools integrated student services framework. Working in partnership with a school principal, the Site Coordinator is responsible for the overall planning, integration and implementation of student and family supports and services designed to increase student attendance, improve behavior and academic performance, and provide basic needs supports. Bilingual Spanish-English required.

Experience working with children and or youth in an educational setting, strong interpersonal and organization skills are essential. Education requirements: Bachelor’s degree and demonstrated relevant equivalent experience in education, social work or related field. Please submit cover letter, resume, and three references by email to: johnsona@ cisnew m exico.org

by February 24, 2014. No Phone Calls, please.

MEDICAL DENTAL

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MISCELLANEOUS JOBS

EXPERIENCED COPY EDITOR

The Santa Fe New Mexican is seeking a multitalented editor with excellent news judgment to help anchor the presentation desk at night, including working on the front page and special projects. Our editors do it all: Write accurate, punchy headlines; spot holes in stories while editing for AP style; design clean, eye-catching pages and graphics; and keep our revamped website up-to-date and looking sharp. We’re seeking candidates proficient in the Adobe Creative Suite with at least one year of experience in editing and design, although recent college graduates with excellent clips will be considered.

At night, you’ll work in a collaborative environment with an award-winning group of writers, editors and photographers.

We offer a competitive salary, health, dental, vision and 401k benefits, and a free gym membership.

The Santa Fe New Mexican has a great position for a telemarketing professional.

We are seeking a part time Telemarketing Representative to make outbound sales calls to current and potential subscribers.

Hours are Monday-Friday from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Hourly pay rate plus commission. No benefits.

Submit references and job application or resume by Friday, February 28, 2014, to: Human Resources The Santa Fe New Mexican 202 East Marcy Street Santa Fe, NM 87501-2021 Or by email to: gbudenholzer@ sfnew m exican. com

DENTAL ASSISTANT, Full time. Competitive salary & excellent benefit package. Experience required. Fax resume to 505-884-0479 DENTAL ASSISTANT OR STERILIZATION TECH wanted for busy practice.

Full time, Monday - Thursday. Experience preferred. Salary DOE. Email resume to: admin@childs2thdr.com

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»merchandise«

SCHAFFER GRAND UPRIGHT PIANO, Approximately 100 years old, Ivory Keys, Solid Oak, Good Condition.

Make Offer. 505-501-0646

HEAD DENTAL ASSISTANT Rare Opportunity!!!

Progressive Taos Dental Office has immemdiate opening for Full-time certified head dental assistant, 575-7794532.

ANTIQUES

986-3000

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MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST - ADMIN. Experienced. Medical transcription, practice systems, client reception, patient schedule, proactive communication. Admin Assistant for Front Desk Manager. Internet and Microsoft Office. Santa Fe - Albuquerque.

Generous benefits. Email resume to: info@vetcancercare.com .

PCM IS hiring a dependable RN-Case Manager for in-home care in the Santa Fe, NM area. $32 per hour.

Apply at: www.procasemanagement.com or call 866-902-7187 Ext. 350. EOE.

ONLINE AUCTION, 100+ Hobart 60 Quart Mixers. Restaurants Nationwide, See website for locations near you. Must be Sold to Highest Bidder! Bid online thru 2/17, go to www.SoldTiger.com

APPLIANCES

PART TIME

ELECTRIC OVEN WITH four burners.

Black glass-top and front. Selfcleaning. Clean! Works well. $100.

505-986-1199

PECOS HOUSING Authority hiring Maintence worker for 33 Units. High degree of skill in one or more trades desired.

505-757-6380, pha@cybermesa.com

»animals«

ART

RETAIL RESALE STORE POSITION

Santa Fe Animal Shelter’s resale store seeks a creative full time assistant with experience, computer skills. Some heavy lifting.

Resumés: sward@sfhumanesociety.org

FEED EQUIPMENT SERVICES ALFALFA BALES & ALFAFLA ORCHARD GRASS BALES. $9.50 each bale. 100 or more, $9.00 each. Barn stored in Ribera, NM. Call 505-473-5300.

MAGNIFICENT STONE Cliff Fragua sculpture, 30" high, rare 2003. $4,950 firm. Must sell. Santa Fe 505-471-4316 Lowered from $6,000. Last chance offer, retails at $10,500.

It’s that easy!

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RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT

MERRY FOSS, Latin American ETHNOGRAPHIC & ANTIQUE DEALER moving. Selling her COLLECTION, Household FURNITURE & EVERYTHING! By appt 505-7957222.

LAMCC seeks LPN / RN

Email resume: jperkins@cybermesa.com or call Julie at: 505-662-4351

MISCELLANEOUS

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

4 days a week, excellent salary. 505988-1616.

3 DAYS a week Santa Fe, Los Alamos office. Non-smoker nonsmoking household, no weekends.

S O U T H W E S T STYLE C A B I N E T S (black with brown top). Salt cedar inlay panels. $450 each. 505-417-4499 or chavezmilo55@yahoo.com for information.

JIM BEAM DECANTER SET of four whiskey bottles, assorted colors. $100. 505-570-0213

Dental Hygienist

Healthcare Services. Full-time positions for housekeepers. Apply in person at: Casa Real Nursing and Rehab, 1650 Galisteo Street. Attention: Rosannea

BEAUTIFUL COUCH WITH LOVELY ACCENTS. FROM A SMOKE AND PET FREE HOME. $300. PLEASE CALL, 505-238-5711 TO SCHEDULE A VIEWING.

You may access an online job application at h t t p : / / s f n m . c o / 1 e U K C c D or pick up an application at above address or 1 New Mexican Plaza, off the 1-25 frontage road. EOE

To apply, email your cover letter, résumé and five best design clips to Presentation Editor Brian Barker at bbarker@sfnewmexican.com .

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FURNITURE

PART TIME TELEMARKETING PRO

COMFORT KEEPERS

Seeking compassionate caregivers experienced in personal care willing to work in the Santa Fe and Los Alamos area. Please call 505988-8851 to inquire.

Have a product or service to offer?

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SALES MARKETING

BUILDING MATERIALS THE ORIGINAL TRADING POST

2 positions available, Salesperson and Merchandiser, for friendly professional selling ladies clothing, southwestern jewelry, art, gifts.

Apply at 201 W. San Francisco St.

SALES MARKETING NM’S 2ND largest insurer seeks entrepreneurial candidates with a strong desire to be successful and respected business owners in their community. Award winning training from the University of Farmers. Subsidy packages available for building your agency. For more information, please contact 954-1612.

PETS SUPPLIES AKC REGISTERED German Shepherd Puppies (Eastern European Bloodline). 5 Females, $500 each.

4 Males, $600 each. Sable, Black, Black-Tan. Call 505-490-1748.

PLYWOOD. CABINET GRADE. 4’x8’ sheets.

Never used.

Different thicknesses. 505-983-8448

FIREWOOD-FUEL SEASONED FIREWOOD. Ponderosa $80.00 per load. Pinion or Cedar $120.00 per load. Tel# 508-4440087 Delivery free.

BLACK & TAN Australian Kelpie, lost in Nambe area Sunday afternoon.

Answers to Nala. $200 Reward for return. Call 505-577-6301 or 505-4734761.

FURNITURE WROUGHT IRON beveled glass top table with 6 newly upholstered chairs, $225. Hover-round excellent condition, $485. 505-577-4006

SHITZU Puppies for sale! 9 weeks old. please call 505-934-1357 for details!

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2010 CHEVROLET IMPALA LS. New tires, brakes, battery, and cabin filters. 76,989 miles. $10,999.

Schedule a test drive today!

2008 PONTIAC G6 Sedan. Buy with confidence. Local trade in. 87,029 miles. $8,999. Schedule a test drive today!

2001 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4. ONE OWNER, THIS IS SHARP. $8,999.

Call 505-473-1234.

2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMIT E D 4WD. Great car for snow days! $8,000. Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

MOVING SALE! SATURDAY, 8-4. SUNDAY, 9-2. 6 CERRO CIRCLE, LAMY. No Early Birds! Antiques, garden, furniture, clothes, sporting, kids, Farmall tractor, 51 Chevy Pickup. Lots more!

»cars & trucks« Check out this gorgeous girl!

D a l l a s is a year old spayed German Shepherd cross. She enjoys long walks, chasing balls and play time at the dog park with calm, large dogs. She would love to be part of an active family who will take her for long hikes or perhaps a daily jog. To learn even more about Dallas, call her good friend and sponsor, Katya, at 505-501-0790.

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Toy Box Too Full?

CAR STORAGE FACILITY

Call and talk to one of our friendly Ad-visors today!

ENGLISH BULLDOG MALE Puppies, AKC Registered. First shots. Take home 2/23/14. $1,800 each. 575-7609961, 575-762-7174, 575-356-6102 for pictures and information.

2007 CHEVY COBALT. THE WHITE ONE AT THE WHITE PRICE. $8,988.

Call 505-473-1234.

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Airport Road and 599 505-660-3039

1997 DODGE RAM 1500 4WD Club Cab 6.5 Ft Box. $6,000. Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY 4 door HSE. Luxury, style, off road capabilities. $7,000. Schedule a test drive today. 505-629-1357.

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2004 SAAB-9.3 SEDAN MANUAL FWD

DOMESTIC

Another One Owner, Local, Carfax, 75,843 Miles, Garaged, Non-Smoker, X-Keys, Manuals, Every Service Record, Loaded, Sooo Affordable. $6,950.

WE PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR VEHICLE! 2007 CHRYSLER 300-Series 4 door Sedan RWD. Gorgeous car! $10,000. Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

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2005 GMC 3500 CREW CAB DURAMAX 4WD. Awesome work truck! $22,000. Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

2009 NISSAN 370Z NISMO - Just 25k miles, rare performace package, collector condition, clean CarFax, don’t pass on this one! $27,992.

505-216-3800.

www.furrysbuickgmc.com 2006 BUICK LACROSSE 4 door Sedan CX. Squeaky clean! 100,349 miles. Lots of life left! $6,999.

Schedule a test drive today!

YORKIES, CHIHUAHUAS, POODLES, MINI DACHSHUNDS, DESIGNER MALTESE, YORKY-POOS, SHIHTZUS, DESIGNER SCHNAUZERS, MORKIES. Papers, shots, health guarantee, POTTY-PAD trained. Most hypo-allergic, nonshedding. PAYMENT PLAN. Debit, Credit cards or PAYPAL. $300 - $2,200.

Call or text for pictures 575-9101818. cingard1@hotmail.com

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WE’RE SO DOG GONE GOOD! We always get results!

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FARM EQUIPMENT L-2800 KUBOTA 4 wheel drive, 580 hours, 1 owner, comes with post hole digger, brush cutter, box blade, rear blade, $13,800. Call, 505-470-3227

4X4s

2004 GMC YUKON DENALI 4 door AWD. Beautiful SUV. $10,000.

Schedule a test drive today, 505629-1357.

2002 NISSAN Xterra SE SC. 4 wheel drive, supercharged, and lifted! $4,995. Schedule a test drive today!

986-3000 www.furrysbuickgmc.com 2005 CADILLAC CTS 4 door Sedan 3.6L. Luxury at its finest. 81,435 miles. $12,999. Schedule a test drive today!

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2005 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 4WD LT. Power everything, third row seating. $8,000 Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

GARAGE SALE WEST 2001 CHRYSLER PT C R U I S E R 4 door Wagon. WOW! Amazing deal! $3,000. Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

136 CALLE DON JOSE. Great stuff garage sale! SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 9 - 12P. No early birds, please. Furniture, custom storage unit, bookcase, sports equipment, accessories, tableware, art, etc. W. Alameda to Entre to Calle Don Jose.

Local Owner, Carfax,Garaged,NonSmoker, X-Keys, Manuals, Automatic, Every Service Record, Navigation, Heated Steering Wheel, Moonroof, Every Available Option, Pristine, Soooo Rare $20,450.

WE PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR VEHICLE!

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2012 CHEVROLET IMPALA LT. A great car at a great price! 32,689 miles. $13,999. Schedule a test drive today.

2010 FORD Fusion Hybrid, 43k miles, 40mph avg. All options, premium extended service plan, 1 owner, ex cond. $14,500. 505-983-1250

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2001 CHEVROLET TAHOE 4 door 4WD LT. Lots of features! $6,000.

Schedule a test drive today, 505629-1357.

2008 Hummer H2 SUT - REALLY! ONLY 38k miles, totally loaded with leather, NAV and chrome brush guard, clean CarFax, this one’s HOT $46,731. 505-216-3800.

Frank & Friends Park Plaza Estate Sale

Saturday. 2/22, 9 am- 2 pm. Antique Furniture, Beds and Sofas., Tables, China, Patio Furniture, more! Take Rodeo to Plaza Blanca to 2944 Plaza Azul

2012 JEEP WRANGLER 4X4. FUN! GO TOPLESS FOR THE SUMMER. $27,995. Call 505-473-1234.

2008 BMW 535-XI, WAGON AWD

ESTATE SALES

ESTATE SALE. 372 Calle Colina.

SATURDAY 2/22/14. Everything is priced to move quickly. CASH ONLY. King size bed with headboard, sectional sofa, leather chairs with ottoman and much, much more.

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White, automatic, 31,ooo miles, fully loaded. $20,000, OBO. 505-577-3473.

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2011 TOYOTA RAV4. UNBELIEVABLE! Just 5k miles. This is the way to buy pre-owned, 4x4, 1 owner clean. CarFax $19,971. Call 505216-3800.

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2004 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER-SUV 4X4

Another One Owner, Local, Carfax, 85,126 Miles, Garaged, Non-Smoker, X-Keys, Manuals, Every Service Record, 7 Passenger, Leather, New Tires, Loaded, Pristine, Soooo Family Oriented. $12,250.

WE PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR VEHICLE!

TOM: Most Fiat Spider owners would kill for heat like that in the winter, Daniel. I had to wear six pairs of Bronko Nag urski long underwear whenever I drove my Fiat in the winter.

TOM: In fact, sometime when you’re driving the car at night, wait until you feel your shoes melting to the floor. Then stop, get out and take

a look underneath. You might actually see the converter glowing. They literally get red-hot when they’re really plugged up.

RAY: It’s also possible that the primary problem is not in the converter itself. Something may be causing it to run hot. For instance, if your ignition timing is very late, you’d have gasoline getting pushed into the exhaust system without f irst being combusted. Then, what happens is that the gasoline combusts inside the catalytic converter.

And where there’s f ire, there are hot feet, Daniel.

TOM: A bad fuel injector can cause the same problem, by injecting into a cylinder more gas than can be combusted and leaving some to be burned in the converter.

RAY: If it’s none of that stuff, then it simply could be that your heat shield is missing.

TOM: Or your floor.

Does your Fiat still have a floor, Daniel? Mine didn’t for the last couple of

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2010 HYUNDAI ELANTRA. LOW MILES, BE THE ENVY OF YOUR BLOCK. $13,995. Call 505-473-1234.

2011 Lexus CT200h - Recent trade!

Factory Certified with 100k mile warranty, hybrid 42+ mpg, 1 owner clean CarFax, forget Prius for $23,841. 505-216-3800.

2004 AUDI 5 door Wagon 2.7T Quattro AWD Auto. Luxurious and functional. $7,000. Schedule a test drive today, 505-629-1357.

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RAY: Yeah,

but it’s like Death Valley on four wheels in the summertime.

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2010 BMW 335Xi - Another Lexus trade! Low miles, AWD, completely loaded with Navigation, still under warranty! clean CarFax $27,817.

Call 505-216-3800.

HIS CAR IS TRYING TO GIVE HIM A HOT FOOT

BY TOM A ND RAY M AGLIOZZI

Dear Tom and Ray:

2012 TOYOTA 4Runner SR5. 18,489 miles. This is an outstanding and very reliable vehicle. $32,800. Schedule a test drive today!

2010 BMW 535Xi AWD. Recent trade-in, factory CERTIFIED with warranty & maintenance until 3/2016, fully loaded, clean CarFax $23,897. Call 505-216-3800.

Disclaimer: Up to 5 quarts standard oil and standard oil filter included. Diesel or Synthetic has an extra charge. Only one coupon per household. Coupon expires 02/28/2014 @ 5 PM. Coupon is for one $8.88 Standard oil change service and may not be redeemed for cash.

Every time I drive my 1979 Fiat Spider, excessive heat comes from the engine compartment to the area by the pedals.

What’s causing this, and can it be corrected?

During the colder months, it’s not so bad. But during the summer months, it’s pretty unbearable.

Thanks. -- Daniel

exhaust system happens to run right behind those pedals and continues underneath where you’re sitting, Daniel. So my f irst g uess would be that something’s causing your catalytic converter to run hot.

RAY: When

catalytic converters get old, the insides can deteriorate and get in the way of the exhaust flow. When that happens, a constricted converter can get very hot -- over 1 ,000 deg rees!

years.

RAY: Heat

shields are thin pieces of metal that are f itted around the hottest parts of the exhaust system. They’re designed to absorb and dissipate heat so it doesn’t get transferred into the passenger compartment.

TOM: Or transferred onto the dry g rass or old newspapers you park on top of.

RAY: And

on a car this old, it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if your heat shields are long gone, having rusted away and fallen off years ago.

Like most of the car ’s other parts.

TOM: In either case, if you’re really producing enough heat to make driving the car uncomfortable, it could be a f ire hazard. So have it checked out. And until you do, keep some running shoes on the passenger seat just in case you need to make a very hasty escape.

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2012 Toyota Tundra Double Cab 4x4, rare TRD Rock Warrior, good miles, 1 owner, clean CarFax, HOT! $30,981. Call 505-216-3800.

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sfnm«classifieds LEGALS 4B-302 STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT SANTA FE COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DEMOSTHENES J. LEGITS, DECEASED. No. 2014-0016 NOTICE TO KNOWN CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of this estate. All persons having claims against this estate are required to present their claims within two (2) months after the date of the first publication of any published notice to creditors or the date of mailing or other delivery of this notice, whichever is later, or the claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented either to the undersigned personal representative at the address listed below, or filed with the Probate Court of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, located at the following address: 102 Grant Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87501.

Dated: Feb 13, 2014.

John Demetrius Legits Signature of personal representative John Demetrius Legits Printed name 6336 Calle Zanate Street address Santa Fe, NM 87507 City, state and zip code 505-690-0459 Telephone number Legal #96516 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on February 20, 27, 2014.

Bids can be downloaded from our w e b s i t e , www.generalservices .state.nm/statepurch asing, or purchased at our office, State Purchasing Division, Joseph Montoya Building, Room 2016, 1100 St. Francis Drive, Santa Fe, NM 87505, for $0.25 per page, check or money order only. (505) 827-0472.

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4 0 - 0 0 0 - 1 4 00035 Statewide 03/04/14 Produce, Fresh 4 0 - 7 9 0 - 1 4 01097 New Mexico Legal#96578 Department of Public Published in the SanSafety FLIR Camera ta Fe New Mexican Misc. Parts & Equip- on: February 20, 2014 ment 4 0 - 3 3 3 - 1 4 - IN THE NINTH JUDI14881 New Mexico CIAL DISTRICT COURT Taxation and Revenue COUNTY OF CURRY, Department Vehicle STATE OF NEW MEXIRental CO IN THE MATTER OF 4 1 - 8 0 5 - 1 4 - THE ADOPTION PETI11059 New Mexico TION OF KIM AND Department of Trans- HADLEY GILBERT, portation Pavement WITH RESPECT TO Resurfacing & JACOB ALEXANDER Curbline Milling S A N D O V A L , MINOR CHILD. 03/13/14 Cause No. D-09054 0 - 0 0 0 - 1 4 - SA-2013-00019 00055 Statewide Radio Parts & Repair NOTICE OF 4 0 - 8 0 5 - 1 4 PUBLICATION 10967 New Mexico Department of THE STATE OF NEW ortation P r e MEXICO TO: E m p l o y m e n t MISTY SANDOVAL Physicals You are hereby notified that an action is 03/18/14 pending against you 4 0 - 8 0 5 - 1 4 - in this Court, as titled 11008 New Mexico and numbered above, Department of Trans- the subject of which portation, District Six Termination of ParenSale of Scrap Metals tal Rights for the mi4 0 - 6 6 5 - 1 4 - nor child, Jacob 7822 New Mexico Alexander Sandoval.

Department of Health If you do not respond Laundry Service for by answering or othNM State Veterans’ erwise entering your Home appearance in the 4 0 - 0 0 0 - 0 0 - above captioned mat00056 S t a t e w i d e ter within thirty (30) Gravel and Landscap- days after the date of ing Materials the last publication of this NOTICE, a default 03/19/14 judgment for Termi4 0 - 8 0 5 - 1 4 - nation of Parental 11054 New Mexico Rights will be entered Department of Trans- against you regarding portation Cold Planer, the minor Self-Propelled New child.

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05626 New Mexico DATED: January 31, Energy, Minerals & 2014 Natural Resources ss// Department, State CLERK OF THE DISParks Division Solid TRICT COURT Waste Removal QUINN AND QUINN 03/20/14 Attorneys and Coun4 0 - 8 0 5 - 1 4 - selors at Law 11115 New Mexico 120 West 11th Street Department of Trans- P.O. Drawer 490 portation, District Clovis, NM One Sand Materi- Telephone (575)762al 4484 4 1 - 8 0 5 - 1 3 - Attorneys for 10502 New Mexico Petitioners Department of Trans- Legal #96467 portation Mainte- Published in The Sannance and Repair- ta Fe New Mexican on Pumps, Fuel Dispens- February 10, 17 2014 ing and Gas 03/21/14 NO LATER THAN 4:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME 4 0 - 3 3 3 - 1 4 14710 New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department Auctioneer Services 03/25/14 4 0 - 0 0 0 - 1 4 00034 Statewide Eggs, Fresh

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NOTICE OF SALE TO cific Aerospace ReSATISFY LIEN sources & Technologies, LLC, 18200 Phantom West, Victorville NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the underCA 92394. signed intends to sell The undersigned or the personal property his designate will sell described below to at public sale by com- satisfy a lien purto Sections petitive bidding on suant March 4, 2014, at 1993 and 3052 of the 10:15 a.m. The auc- California Civil Code. tion will take place at The lienholder is Pathe main entrance of cific Aerospace Rethe courthouse of the sources & TechnoloNew Mexico First Ju- gies, LLC, 18200 Phandicial District Court, tom West, Victorville 225 Montezuma Ave, CA 92394.

Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico The undersigned or his designate will sell 87501. at public sale by comThe property to be petitive bidding on sold is a Boeing mod- March 4, 2014, at el 707-328C aircraft, 10:00 a.m. The aucregistration no. tion will take place at N707SE, mfr. serial no. the main entrance of 19522, including all the courthouse of the engines, parts, avion- New Mexico First Juics, components, and dicial District Court, equipment installed 225 Montezuma Ave, thereon.

The lien Santa Fe, Santa Fe debtor is Star Dynam- County, New Mexico ics Aviation LLC, 4455 87501.

Reynolds Dr, Hilliard OH 43026. The prop- The property to be erty is currently lo- sold is a Boeing modcated at the Southern el 767-222 aircraft, no.

California Logistics registration Airport, Victorville, N606UA, mfr. serial no. 21867, including CA. all engines, parts, compoThe purpose of the avionics, public sale is to satis- nents, and equipment thereon. fy the lien against installed said debtor.

The The lien debtor is Fargo Bank amount of the lien is Wells N.A., $309,866.07, together Northwest, with charges and ex- trustee, 260 Charles penses of the sale as Lindbergh Dr., MAC permitted by the laws U1240-026, Salt Lake The of the State of Cali- City UT 84116. fornia.

The debtor beneficial owner of the property is behas not paid the lien. lieved to be TransAtThe property will be lantic Aviation Limitsold at public auction ed, 39 Curzon St, Lonto the highest bidder don W1J7TZ United for cash. Purchases Kingdom. The propmust be paid for in erty is currently locash at the time of cated at the Southern Logistics sale. The lienholder California Victorville, may bid at the auc- Airport, tion.

All purchased CA. items are sold as is, where is, with all The purpose of the faults.

Purchasers public sale is to satiswill adhere to the fy the lien against The standard policies of said debtor. the Southern Califor- amount of the lien is together nia Logistics Airport $84,199.25, regarding terms and with charges and exconditions for stor- penses of the sale as age, and will be liable permitted by the laws for storage and other of the State of CaliThe debtor airport charges incur- fornia. red after purchase. has not paid the lien.

Purchases shall be removed from the The property will be airport property with- sold at public auction in 60 days of the sale. to the highest bidder The sale is subject to for cash. Purchases cancellation in the must be paid for in event of settlement cash at the time of between the sale. The lienholder lienholder and the may bid at the aucAll purchased debtor or other party. tion. items are sold as is, where is, with all Robert J. Andreotti Purchasers Attorney for Pacific faults.

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Purchases shall be removed from the airport property within 60 days of the sale.

The sale is subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between the lienholder and the debtor or other party.

Robert J. Andreotti Attorney for Pacific Aerospace Resources & Technologies, LLC Legal #96504 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on February 20 and 27, 2014.

Regular Municipal Election March 4, 2014 Certified Declaration of Candidates Mayor - 4 year term Tony J. Roybal 2-Trustees - 4 year term Florencio A. Varela Jose Modesto Benavidez Election : March 4, 2014 The Village of Pecos Conference Rm 92 S. Main St. Pecos, NM 87552 Precinct Board Election Judge Marisa Vigil Election Clerks MaryJane Valencia Leticia Vigil Melissa Flores Election school: February 25, 2014 Time: 5:30 pm Place: Village of Pecos Conference Rm, 92 S. Main St. Pecos, NM 87552 Legal #96477 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on February 20, 28 2014 REQUEST POSALS PROPOSAL ’14/22/P

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p p g professional services for the following: The proponent’s attention is directed to Hepatitis B Vaccina- the fact that all applition cable Federal Laws, State Laws, Municipal The proponent’s at- Ordinances, and the tention is directed to rules and regulations the fact that all appli- of all authorities havcable Federal Laws, ing jurisdiction over State Laws, Municipal said item shall apply Ordinances, and the to the proposal rules and regulations throughout, and they of all authorities hav- will be deemed to be ing jurisdiction over included in the prosaid item shall apply posal document the to the proposal same as though herethroughout, and they in written out in full. will be deemed to be included in the pro- The City of Santa Fe is posal document the an Equal Opportunity same as though here- Employer and all in written out in full. qualified applicants will receive considerThe City of Santa Fe is ation for employment an Equal Opportunity without regard to Employer and all race, color, religion, qualified applicants sex, sexual orientawill receive consider- tion or national oriation for employment gin. The successful without regard to proponent will be rerace, color, religion, quired to conform to sex, sexual orienta- the Equal Opportunition or national ori- ty Employment regugin. The successful lations. proponent will be required to conform to Proposals may be the Equal Opportuni- held for sixty (60) ty Employment regu- days subject to aclations. tion by the City. The City reserves the Proposals may be right to reject any of held for sixty (60) all proposals in part days subject to ac- or in whole. Proposal tion by the City. The packets are available City reserves the by contacting: Shirright to reject any of ley Rodriguez, City of all proposals in part Santa Fe, Purchasing or in whole. Proposal Office, 2651 Siringo packets are available Road, Building "H" by contacting: Shir- Santa Fe, New Mexiley Rodriguez, City of co, 87505, (505) 955Santa Fe, Purchasing 5711.

Office, 2651 Siringo Road, Building "H" Robert Rodarte, PurSanta Fe, New Mexi- chasing Officer co, 87505, (505) 9555711.

Legal#96573 Published in the SanRobert Rodarte, Pur- ta Fe New Mexican chasing Officer on: February 20, 2014 Legal#96572 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on: February 20, 2014

STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATREQUEST FOR PRO- TER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF POSALS NAME OF Gabrielle PROPOSAL NUMBER Tenorio a.k.a. Gabrielle E. Santana ’14/23/P CASE NO. D-101-CVProposals will be re- 2014-00367 ceived by the City of Santa Fe and shall be NOTICE OF CHANGE delivered to the City OF NAME of Santa Fe Purchas- TAKE NOTICE that in ing Office, 2651 accordance with the Siringo Road Building provisions of Sec. 40"H" Santa Fe, New 8-1 through Sec. 40-8Mexico 87505 until 3 NMSA 1978, st seq.

2:00 P.M. local pre- the Petitioner Gabrivailing time, April 15, elle Tenorio will apply the Honorable 2014. Any proposal to received after this Francis J. Mathew, deadline will not be District Judge of the considered. This pro- First Judicial District posal is for the pur- at the Santa Fe Judipose of procuring cial Complex in Santa professional services Fe, New Mexico, at 11:15 a.m. on the 7th for the following: day of March, DRUG AND ALCOHOL 20134for an Order for Change of Name from TESTING

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Stephen T. Pacheco, District Court Clerk B y : / s / C o r i Dennison,Deputy Court Clerk S u b m i t t e d by:Gabrielle Tenorio Petitioner, Pro Se Legal#96577 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on: February 20, 27, 2014

The New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange (NMHIX) Board of Directors will hold a Board Meeting at 8:30 AM on Friday, February 28, 2014 at the CNM Workforce Training Center located 5600 Eagle Rock 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 505-314-5200 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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