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Finance director says he didn’t see anticipated bump from annexation By Daniel J. Chacón The New Mexican
The city of Santa Fe expected to collect an additional $200,000 to $300,000 in gross receipts taxes for the month of January following the
annexation of 4,100 acres on the city’s south side. Instead, collections were down 8.34 percent from the year before. City Finance Director Marcos Tapia said Monday that the city received $6.16 million in gross receipts taxes for January, about $561,000 less than in January 2013. “If annexation was supposed to hit city pockets, city funds, I didn’t see the bump,” Tapia said.
Tapia told the City Council’s Finance Committee that he’s asking the state Taxation and Revenue Department to try to break out the numbers for the newly annexed area of the city. “My thing is, ‘Hey guys, did you turn the switch on?’ That’s my question. Right now, I don’t know if it is or not. I would say no,” he said. Overall, however, gross receipts
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Lobos hope to make it past opening weekend for first time in 15 trips to Big Dance New MexICO’s NCAA TOuRNAMeNT hIsTORy Coach Steve Alford 2013: Lost to Harvard in first round, 68-62 2012: Defeated Long Beach State in first round, 75-68 Lost to Louisville in second round, 59-56 Coach Ritchie McKay 2010: Defeated Montana in first round, 62-57 Lost to Washington in second round, 82-64 2005: Lost to Villanova in first round, 55-47 Coach Dave Bliss 1999: Defeated Missouri in first round, 61-59 Lost to Connecticut in second round, 78-56 1998: Defeated Butler in first round, 79-62 Lost to Syracuse in second round, 56-46
Legislation would allow use of natural disaster funds, spare money for prevention efforts By Nicholas K. Geranios
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BOISE, Idaho — A bipartisan effort underway in Congress would change the way the country pays to fight catastrophic wildfires, tapping natural disaster funds instead of money intended for fire prevention, lawmakers from Oregon and Idaho said Monday. In the past, as fire seasons have progressed, money set aside for forest thinning and other fire prevention efforts has been syphoned to pay for battling the biggest blazes. “And then, of course, the problem gets worse,” said Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, who met with lawmakers to discuss the proposed budget reform. The legislation introduced in Congress would direct that when firefighting costs reach 70 percent of the 10-year average, firefighting agencies could dip into the government’s fund for battling natural disasters such as hurricanes. Republican Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch of Idaho, and Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon worked together on the idea of fighting the season’s biggest fires with natural disaster funds, thus sparing fire prevention and restoration money for that important work. “Wildfires are being allowed to become
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A win there likely would set up a rematch with perennial power Kansas on Sunday — the same Kansas Jayhawks whose one-time coach, James Naismith, is credited with inventing the sport. It’s also the same Jayhawks team that cruised to a double-digit win over UNM back in December. The done that part, well, that’s a whole ’nother story. Current head coach Craig Neal was the Lobos’ top assistant for six years before taking over last March when he-who-must-not-be-named — aka former head coach Steve Alford — jilted the Lobos in favor of a more lucrative post at UCLA. Neal knows all about the pound-
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Putin recognizes Crimean independence KIEV, Ukraine — Ignoring the toughest sanctions against Moscow since the end of the Cold War, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula as an “independent and sovereign country” on Monday, a bold challenge to Washington that escalates one of Europe’s worst
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ALBUQUERQUE t’s a case of been there, done that for The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team this week. The been there part, that’s the NCAA Tournament. The Lobos’ inclusion in the Big Dance is the 15th in school history. Ranked 17th in the final Top 25 polls from the media and coaches, they were given a proverbial slap in the face with a No. 7 seed in the South region and will play Stanford out of the Pac-12 Conference in the tournament’s second round Friday in St. Louis.
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The West has struggled to find leverage to force Moscow to back off in the Ukraine turmoil, of which Crimea is only a part, and analysts saw Monday’s sanctions as mostly ineffectual. Moscow showed no signs of flinching in the dispute that has roiled Ukraine since Russian troops took effective control of the strategic Black Sea peninsula last month and supported the Sunday referendum that overwhelmingly called for annexation by Russia. Recognizing Crimea as independent would be an interim step in absorbing the region.
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Crimea had been part of Russia since the 18th century, until Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred it to Ukraine in 1954 and both Russians and Crimea’s majority ethnic Russian population see annexation as correcting a historic insult. Ukraine’s turmoil — which began in November with a wave of protests against President Viktor Yanukovych and accelerated after he fled to Russia in late February — has become Europe’s most severe security crisis in years. Russia, like Yanukovych himself,
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With the Eiffel Tower in the background, police officers control vehicles on Monday along the Seine River in Paris. Paris is banning around half of the city’s cars and trucks from its streets in an attempt to reduce the toxic smog that’s covered the city for more than a week. MICHEL EULER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW YORK — A weekend of St. Patrick’s Day revelry and tensions over the exclusion of gays in some of the celebrations culminated Monday in New York, where the world’s largest parade celebrating Irish heritage stepped off without the city’s new mayor and Guinness beer amid a dispute over whether participants can carry progay signs. New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade has stepped off without Mayor Bill de Blasio marching along with the crowds of kilted Irish Americans and bagpipers amid a dispute over whether participants can carry pro-gay signs. De Blasio’s decision underscores political tensions over gay rights issues in the U.S.
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that the measure was taken. All public transport has been free for four days straight to help deal with the pollution — but that too is set to end Tuesday. Paris’ anti-pollution efforts trail behind those of some other cities. Athens has had a similar alternate driving ban in place for many years. In Brazil, Sao Paulo employs a complicated license plate-based system that assigns each car a day of the week when it cannot be driven during rush hours. Berlin has strict rules on what kind of cars can enter the city, and London makes drivers pay a “congestion charge” to drive in the center of town.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh opted out of his city’s parade Sunday after talks broke down that would have allowed a gay veterans group to march. De Blasio boycotted the parade because organizers said marchers were not allowed to carry gayfriendly signs or identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Weeks ago de Blasio said he would skip the parade over the issue, but Guinness abruptly dropped its support a day before the event. Other beer companies took part in the boycotts, with Samuel Adams withdrawing its sponsorship of Boston’s parade and Heineken also bagging New York’s parade because of the exclusion of gays. Roman Catholic Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who greeted passing
dignitaries in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral wearing a woolen Irish cap over his red cardinal’s skull cap, said he supports the participation of individual gays and hoped St. Patrick’s Day could be a day of unity and joy. “I know that there are thousands and thousands of gay people marching in this parade,” he said. “I know it. And I’m glad they are.” Police Commissioner William Bratton marched with a contingent of uniformed officers. About two dozen gay rights advocates protested the parade holding placards high enough for marchers to see. “If Danny Boy were gay, would he be welcome today?” read one. De Blasio’s decision to skip the parade underscores lingering political tensions over gay rights issues in the United States.
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Odds remote for minimum wage hike WASHINGTON — The odds that Congress will pass an increase in the minimum wage before the November elections are so low that even the nation’s lobbyists are largely ignoring it. The AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest union group, won’t gear up for a push in Congress until a vote on an increase is scheduled in the Senate, said chief lobbyist Bill Samuel. The National Retail Federation’s lobbying in Congress “has been at most a modest stab,” said David French, chief lobbyist for the Washington-based industry group that opposes the legislation The proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25 is being pushed by President Barack Obama, by U.S. Senate candidates in at least six states, and in campaign commercials in four states. Still, little pressure is being applied in Congress, nine senators said in interviews. Instead, advocacy groups see the legislation as the beginning of a broader campaign that may span years. The federal minimum wage hasn’t been increased since 2009. The perception that a federal wage increase is more of a political talking point than a real possibility saps enthusiasm from some senators who might be willing to work on the issue.
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Tuesday, March 18 CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC: At 6 p.m. at United Church of Santa Fe, 1804 Arroyo Chamiso, the McCune Charitable Foundation funds the SFCA Family Concert series featuring the Curtis Institute of Music. Cost is $10. Call SFCA office at 984-8759 or order through Tickets Santa Fe at 988-1234. DIGEST THIS! CELEBRATING FAMILY COOKING & SOME LIKE IT HOT: THE HISTORY AND HOSPITALITY OF NEW MEXICO CHILE: SITE Santa Fe’s weekly series related to the themes and concepts in the exhibit Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art continues with a presentations by Lynn Walters of Cooking With Kids and author Carmella Padilla; a green chile stew taste off provided by local restaurants follows. Event begins at 6 p.m. at 1606 Paseo de Peralta. Tuesday, March 18 ¡CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Argentine Tango Milonga, 7:30 p.m., 213 Washington Ave. COWGIRL BBQ: Gerry Carthy, traditional Irish ditties, 8 p.m., 319 S. Guadalupe St. INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCES: Weekly on Tuesdays, dance 8 p.m., lessons 7 p.m., 1125 Cerrillos Road. ZIA DINER: Weekly Santa Fe bluegrass jam, 6-8 p.m., 326 S. Guadalupe St.
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — An Army general who admitted to improper relationships with three subordinates appeared to choke up Monday as he told a judge that he’d failed the female captain who had leveled the most serious accusations against him. Hours later, she took the stand to testify about how she can’t trust people and fears her superiors are always going to take advantage of her in the aftermath of the three-year affair. As he pleaded guilty, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair’s voice halted when telling the judge why he was pleading guilty to mistreating her in a deal that included the dropping of sexual assault charges. “I failed her as a leader and as a mentor and caused harm to her emotional state,” Sinclair said. It was the first public show of regret or sadness for a 27-year veteran who had betrayed little emotion in court hearings over the past year.
TV pitchman gets 10 years in prison CHICAGO — Best-selling author Kevin Trudeau, whose name became synonymous with late-night TV pitches, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for bilking consumers through ubiquitous infomercials for his book, The Weight Loss Cure ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About. As he imposed the sentence prosecutors had requested, U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman portrayed the 50-year-old Trudeau as a habitual fraudster going back to his early adulthood. Addressing the judge earlier in a 10-minute statement, Trudeau apologized and said he’s become a changed man.
Cartel man nabbed for organ trafficking MEXICO CITY — Police in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan detained an alleged member of the Knights Templar cartel, saying he is suspected of trafficking organs. Michoacan state Public Safety Secretary Carlos Castellanos Becerra alleged that Manuel Plancarte Gaspar was part of a cartel ring that would target people with certain characteristics, especially children, for kidnapping and harvesting organs. Plancarte Gaspar, 34, was detained last week along with another suspect in a stolen car. The men were carrying cash and crystal meth, Castellanos Becerra said. He said Plancarte Gaspar is the nephew of Enrique Plancarte Solis, a top Knights Templar leader. Mexican authorities have said drug trafficking is no longer the top source of income for the Knights Templar. The officials say the cartel’s main sources of income are illegal mining, illegal logging and extortion. The Associated Press
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Security forces on Monday took control of a Caracas plaza that has been at the heart of anti-government protests that have shaken Venezuela for a month. Clusters of National Guardsmen patrolled Plaza Altamira and the principal streets extending from it while dozens of green-vested workers swept up debris that protesters used to block streets in the middle- and upper-class neighborhoods of eastern Caracas. Other troops patrolled surrounding neighborhoods on motorcycles, and officials were making the takeover public relations event. At least four Venezuelan government ministers were present giving interviews about the plaza’s “liberation.” “We’re deployed since 3 a.m. in the entire municipality,” Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said in an interview with state television from the plaza. “We’re re-establishing the right of thousands of citizens of Chacao who have been forced to stay inside their homes by violent actions.” Hours after the first tear gas canister usually flies in near daily protest clashes, the plaza was free of flying rocks and water cannons Monday evening. Protesters with signs blocked the streets only when traffic lights turned red under the watchful gaze of the National Guard. Earlier in the day, some student leaders vowed they would continue until the government meets their demands, the first of which is releasing those arrested during protests. “You’re going to have to get 60 million soldiers for us to abandon the streets of Venezuela,” said Juan Requesens, president of the Central University of Venezuela, at a news conference. Demonstrations have erupted in numerous parts of the country and the capital, though the graceful, sloping Plaza Altamira in the capital’s Chacao borough has become a focal point. Peaceful daily protests have devolved each afternoon into violent clashes with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons and Molotov cocktails. Only a small segment of the demonstrators stick around for the skirmishes, but the damage wreaked by an even smaller subgroup has been highly publicized on state television. Maduro has used the disorder for weeks to jab at opposition Mayor Ramon Muchacho for not having control of his area. In a speech Saturday, Maduro warned protesters that they had only hours to clear Plaza Altamira or security forces would enter. Maduro referred to the demonstrators as “los Chuckys,” a reference to a diabolical doll in a U.S horror film series. There were clashes on the plaza Saturday and Sunday night as usual, but early Monday morning security forces entered the plaza with the apparent intention of staying. Muchacho, who supports the peaceful protests, has maintained that public order is the responsibility of the state, not the municipality, and has blamed the National Guard and National Police for excessive force in putting down the demonstrations. He began holding community meetings asking residents to keep the protests peaceful and to not block streets. Muchacho said via his Twitter account Monday that Chacao awoke “militarized” and added, “The militarization doesn’t resolve the crisis or the discontent.” The protests have been joined by tens of thousands of Venezuelans, mostly from the middle class, who are fed up with inflation that hit 56 percent last year, soaring violent crime and shortages of basic necessities such as corn flour and cooking oil.
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ing the backgrounds of the 227 passengers and 12 crew members, as well as the ground crew, to see if links to terrorists, personal problems or psychological issues could be factors. By Ian Mader Malaysian Defense Minister HishamThe Associated Press muddin Hussein said finding the plane KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Offiwas still the main focus, and he did not cials revealed a new timeline Monday rule out that it might be discovered suggesting the final voice transmission intact. from the cockpit of the missing Malay“The fact that there was no distress sian plane may have occurred before signal, no ransom notes, no parties any of its communications systems were claiming responsibility, there is always disabled, adding more uncertainty about hope,” Hishammuddin said. who aboard might have been to blame. Malaysian Airlines CEO Ahmad JauThe search for Flight 370, which vanhari Yahya said an initial investigation ished early March 8 while flying from indicated that the last words heard from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people the plane by ground controllers — “All on board, has now been expanded deep right, good night” — were spoken by into the northern and southern hemithe co-pilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid. Had it spheres. Australian vessels scoured been a voice other than that of Fariq or the southern Indian Ocean, and China the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, it would offered 21 of its satellites to help Malayhave clearest indication yet of something sia in the unprecedented hunt. amiss in the cockpit before the flight With no wreckage found in one of the went off-course. most puzzling aviation mysteries of all Malaysian officials said earlier that time, relatives of those on the Boeing 777 those words came after one of the jethave been left in an agonizing limbo. liner’s data communications systems — Investigators say the plane was delibthe Aircraft Communications Addresserately diverted during its overnight ing and Reporting System — had been flight and flew off-course for hours. switched off, suggesting the voice from They haven’t ruled out hijacking, sabothe cockpit may have been trying to tage or pilot suicide, and they are check- deceive ground controllers.
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However, Ahmad said that while the last data transmission from ACARS — which gives plane performance and maintenance information — came before that, it was still unclear at what point the system was switched off, making any implications of the timing murkier. Authorities have pointed to the shutdown of the transponders and the ACARS as evidence that someone with a detailed knowledge of the plane was involved. But Bob Coffman, an airline captain and former 777 pilot, said that kind of
Grieving families grow frustrated as unanswered questions mount Explanations have appeared and faded as quickly as jet vapor trails in the sky. On Monday, BEIJING — The families in the Lido Hotel’s ballroom, gathered in the ballroom at the where relatives and friends of Lido Hotel wanted answers. Ten the passengers have been gathdays before, a jet carrying their ering daily since the jet disaploved ones had disappeared, peared, one woman said enough and for 10 days, the airline was enough. executives who appeared before “I don’t care where I sleep them had different, sometimes or what I eat,” she said, sitting contradictory stories. in a circle of six people with a “What you say today is differ- red down jacket enveloping her. ent from what you said yester“I just want them to find the day,” screamed one man who plane.” had waited along with hundreds Last week, people at the Lido of other relatives, desperate for Hotel lobbed plastic water botany morsel of news. “How can tles at Malaysia Airlines execuyou still not know after so many tives. Now they are clamoring days?” for the head of anyone who had As the world puzzles over a hand in what they are calling the fate of Malaysia Airlines a tragic farce, from the radar Flight 370, the families of the personnel who might have been 239 people aboard the Boeing asleep on the job up to Defense 777 jet have been stuck in a Minister Hishammuddin Husnetherworld between anger and sein, whose announcement grief, clinging to the remotest Sunday about the sequence of hope that their relatives might events in the crucial minutes still be alive as the authorities when contact with the plane have offered conflicting and was broken were contradicted confounding explanations of Monday by the airline’s chief what happened to the plane. executive. By Edward Wong The New York Times
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Detection of waves in space supports Big Bang theory By Dennis Overbye
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — One night late in 1979, an itinerant young physicist named Alan Guth, with a new son and a year’s appointment at Stanford, stayed up late with his notebook and equations, venturing far beyond the world of known physics. He was trying to understand why there was no trace of some exotic particles that should have been created in the Big Bang. Instead, he discovered what might have made the universe bang to begin with. A potential hitch in the presumed course of cosmic evolution could have infused space itself with a special energy that exerted a repulsive force, causing the universe to swell faster than the speed of light for a prodigiously violent instant. If true, the rapid engorgement would solve paradoxes like why
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the heavens look uniform from pole to pole and not like a jagged, warped mess. The enormous ballooning would iron out all the wrinkles and irregularities. Those particles were not missing, but would be diluted beyond
detection, like spit in the ocean. “SPECTACULAR REALIZATION,” Guth wrote across the top of the page and drew a double box around it. On Monday, Guth’s starship came in. Radio astronomers reported that they had seen the beginning of the Big Bang, and that his hypothesis, known undramatically as inflation, looked right. Reaching back across 13.8 billion years to the first sliver of cosmic time with telescopes at the South Pole, a team of astronomers led by John M. Kovac of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics detected ripples in the fabric of space-time — so-called gravitational waves — the signature of a universe being wrenched violently apart when it was roughly a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second old. They are the long-sought smoking-
gun evidence of inflation, proof, Kovac and his colleagues say, that Guth was correct. Inflation has been the workhorse of cosmology for 35 years, though many, including Guth, wondered whether it could ever be proved. If corroborated, Kovac’s work will stand as a landmark in science comparable to the recent discovery of dark energy pushing the universe apart, or of the Big Bang itself. It would open vast realms of time and space and energy to science and speculation. Confirming inflation would mean that the universe we see, extending 14 billion light-years in space with its hundreds of billions of galaxies, is only an infinitesimal patch in a larger cosmos whose extent, architecture and fate are unknowable. Moreover, beyond our own universe, there might be an endless number of other universes bub-
bling into frothy eternity, like a pot of pasta water boiling over. In our own universe, it would serve as a window into the forces operating at energies forever beyond the reach of particle accelerators on Earth and yield new insights into gravity itself. Kovac’s ripples would be the first direct observation of gravitational waves, which, according to Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity, should ruffle space-time. According to inflation theory, the waves are the hypothetical quantum particles, known as gravitons, that carry gravity, magnified by the expansion of the universe to extragalactic size. Marc Kamionkowski of Johns Hopkins University, an early universe expert who was not part of the team, said, “This is huge, as big as it gets.” “Although I might not fully understand it,” Kamionkowski
said, “this is a signal from the very earliest universe, sending a telegram encoded in gravitational waves.” The ripples manifested themselves as faint spiral patterns in a bath of microwave radiation that permeates space and preserves a picture of the universe when it was 380,000 years old and as hot as the surface of the sun. Kovac and his collaborators reported their results in a scientific briefing at the Center for Astrophysics on Monday and in a set of papers submitted to The Astrophysical Journal. Kovac said the chance that the results were a fluke was only one in 3.5 million — a gold standard of discovery called five-sigma. Guth said he was “bowled over” — he had not expected such a definite confirmation in his lifetime. “With nature, you have to be lucky,” he said. “Apparently we have been lucky.”
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WASHINGTON — Americans of all ages still pay heed to serious news even as they seek out the lighter stuff, choosing their own way across a media landscape that no longer relies on front pages and evening newscasts to dictate what’s worth knowing, according to a study from the Media Insight Project. The findings burst the myth of the media “bubble” — the idea that no one pays attention to anything beyond a limited sphere of interest, like celebrities or college hoops or Facebook posts. “This idea that somehow we’re all going down narrow paths of interest and that many people are just sort of amusing themselves to death and not interested in the news and the world around them? That is not the case,” said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, which teamed with The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research on the project. People today are nibbling from a news buffet spread across 24-hour television, websites, radio, newspapers and magazines, and social networks. Three-fourths of Americans see or hear news daily, including 6 of 10 adults under age 30, the study found. Nearly everyone — about 9 in 10 people — said they enjoy keeping up with the news. And more than 6 in 10 say that wherever they find the news, they prefer it to come directly from a news organization. The study found relatively few differences by age, political leanings or wealth when it comes to the topics people care about. Traffic and weather are nearly universal interests. Majorities express interest in natural disasters, local news, politics, the economy, crime and foreign coverage. With so many sources and technologies, 60 percent of Americans say it’s easier to keep up than it was just five years ago. But at the same time, Jane Hall, an associate professor of journalism at American University, said no one is setting the national news agenda the way The New York Times and network evening news once did. “I do lament those times in which something could become so important that we all watched,” Hall said. “But that doesn’t mean we aren’t all engaged now.” If you’re under 30, the future of news is in your hands, literally. Three out of 4 young adults who carry cellphones use them to check the news. Most owners of tablet computers also use them to get updates; young people are the ones most likely to have tablets. But the young think of news differently than previous generations did, said Rachel Davis Mersey, an associate professor at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Their broader definition includes anything happening right now, whether it’s sports or entertainment or politics.
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Obama says path to Mideast peace challenging By Jim Kuhnhenn and Josh Lederman The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pressed visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to help break the logjam to elusive Mideast peace talks, acknowledging with a deadline fast approaching that the task ahead is “very hard, it’s very challenging.” “We’re going to have to take some tough political decisions and risks if we’re to move it forward,” Obama said at the start of his meeting with the Palestinian leader. “My hope is that we can continue to see progress in the coming days and weeks.” The White House meeting marked a renewed foray into a diplomatic minefield that the president has mostly left up to his secretary of state, John Kerry. With just weeks left before
a U.S.-imposed April deadline for completing a framework for peace talks, Obama is hoping presidential pressure might overcome a growing sense of pessimism on both sides. Just two weeks ago, Obama held a similar meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he urged Israel to make “tough decisions.” Obama said everyone understands what the contours of a Mideast peace deal would look like — a Palestinian state based on territory captured by Israel in 1967 with “mutually agreed upon swaps” that ensure the security of Israel. He praised Abbas as a leader who “has consistently renounced violence, has consistently sought a diplomatic and peaceful solution that allows for two states, side by side in peace and security — a state that allows for the dignity
and sovereignty of the Palestinian people and a state that allows for Israelis to feel secure and at peace with their neighbors.” For his part, Abbas stressed the Palestinian position for a state based “on the 1967 borders so that the Palestinians can have their own independent state with east Jerusalem as its capital.” Israel captured the West Bank, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip 47 years ago. Netanyahu rejects a return to those borders, and dividing the territory is complicated by Jewish settlements in areas Palestinians claim. Speaking with reporters Monday afternoon, lead Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat signaled waning interest in continuing negotiations if no progress is made. Israelis have built more than 10,000 new settlement
seeking a framework to guide negotiations on a permanent solution to the conflict. The core issues in the dispute include borders, the fate of Palestinian refugees and the status of the holy city of Jerusalem. In recent days, the question of PABLO MARTINEZ Palestinian recognition of Israel MONSIVAIS as a Jewish state has emerged as THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a particular flashpoint, despite initial pledges by all sides to “The negotiations are up on keep the negotiations private. April 29,” Erakat said. “You don’t During Netanyahu’s U.S. visit, he need negotiations any more. You revved up pro-Israel advocates need decisions.” by insisting the Palestinians Abbas, speaking in Arabic that relent. “No excuses, no delays, was translated, made special it’s time,” he said. note of an agreement brokered For Abbas, formally recogby Kerry for Israel to release a nizing a Jewish state could be fourth round of prisoners. He politically explosive, as Palestinsaid the release by March 29 ians argue it would undermine would make a “solid impresthe rights of refugees who fled sion” that Israel is serious about during Israel’s formation as well peace. as the rights of Israel’s own Arab The Obama administration is minority President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting Monday in Washington, D.C.
homes since the negotiations began last July, he said, resulting in the razing of over 200 Palestinian houses. “Is this progress?” Erekat said after meeting Kerry. “We can do it, but I hope and pray that the Israeli government will make the choice: settlements or peace. They can’t have both.” He said the possibility of continuing the talks past the deadline didn’t come up in meetings with Obama and Kerry.
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Lobos: Fans hungry for UNM to reach next phase Continued from Page A-1 worth a woof-woof-woof knows it. “We all know the deal,” Neal said. “We’re excited about it.” While some teams enter the tournament with the dream of a national championship, New Mexico and its perpetually hungry fan base just wants a couple of wins and a berth in that cherished second phase. Everything else from that point on is pure gravy. Over the years, UNM has had more than its fair share of quality chances. The 1968 team actually hosted the West Regional in The Pit. The Lobos lost to Santa Clara in the opening round. The 1978 team — generally regarded as the best team in Lobos history — famously flamed out in the opening round in Tucson, Ariz., against a true Cinderella, Cal State, Fullerton. UNM was 24-3 in the regular season, 13-1 in the Western Athletic Conference and ranked fourth in the country. A win there would have secured a trip back home for the West Regional. That team had Lobos legends like Michael Cooper, Marvin Johnson, Willie Howard, Phil Abney and Russell Saunders. All five were eventually taken in the NBA draft, and Cooper became part of the Los Angeles Lakers’ memorable Showtime dynasty in the ’80s alongside Magic Johnson and James Worthy. Since the tournament expanded to 64 teams and the familiar seeding process began, New Mexico has received as high as a No. 3 seed on three different occasions. The first two brought a win and then an upset loss. Last year’s third-seeded Lobos became a national punchline when they lost to 14th-seeded Harvard in their first game. That loss gave rise to the team’s battle cry this season: “Unfinished business.” “It’s no secret that this program wants to reach the Sweet 16,” said Lobos senior Kendall Williams. “At the end of the day, we got back here, we like where we’re at and we’re going to take it one game at a time.” This is Williams’ third trip to the Dance. In 2012, the fifth-seeded Lobos did what so many others have done in the past: They won their first game and then bowed out in the next round, offering fans back home a glimpse of the Sweet 16 before having the dream snapped away by the final buzzer. More than anything, Williams
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knows that when fans talk about the good ol’ days of Lobos hoops, they’re really referring to the present. With an experienced roster playing with a chip on its collective shoulder, he said there’s a sense of finality to what the team is about to face. “And that’s something we, as seniors, try to pass along to the younger guys,” he said. Neal stops short of promising at least two more wins. What he does vow is change — a change in the team’s approach, a change in the steps the team is taking between the end of the conference tournament and the big stage of the NCAA Tournament.
It started Sunday afternoon when Neal denied fans and media access to the team at the Albuquerque International Sunport upon its return from Las Vegas and the Mountain West Conference Tournament, then again later in the day with the live airing of the NCAA Tournament selection show. Under Alford, fans joined the players in The Pit before a live CBS telecast as the team’s pairing was revealed. “I wasn’t trying to be mean or be a jerk to y’all, but I want my guys to get away from it,” Neal said. “That’s a long day when you win the Moun-
tain West tournament, fly back at 7 o’clock and you have to do the selection show. … Our whole thing is that we’re going in pretty focused and we have a purpose. Trying to make it a little more relaxed. We all know what that feeling was in the locker room last year, and my biggest goal was to get them back, and we got them back. Hopefully we can take it from there.” The players certainly understand the pressure. Senior power forward Cameron Bairstow has talked in the past about the continuous feedback he hears on campus and out in public from insatiable fans who want more. As for the Lobos’ No. 7 seed this year, Bairstow declined to use it as motivation after this season’s 27-6 record, one that placed the team’s Ratings Percentage Index inside the top 15 in the country. “It is what it is,” he said. “The bottom line is, in the NCAA Tournament you’re going to be playing a good team no matter what. As a group last year we learned seeding doesn’t mean anything, and it can, sometimes, be a disadvantage in some ways.” Neal suggested that the next step is to do as little as possible. Whereas the club practiced and worked out every day before its tournament debuts in previous years, Neal elected to give his players the day off on Sunday and Monday before resuming the normal routine with a practice in The Pit on Tuesday. The team will fly to St. Louis on Wednesday, then have at least two full practices before Friday’s game just before the noon hour. Exactly how he’ll change the preparations behind the scenes is a closely guarded secret. The only thing Neal said was that he plans to change the approach in practices, electing to go full speed with intrasquad scrimmages rather than going over situational moves with just five players on the floor. He said part of the problem in years past may have been fatigue, particularly last year. “I think our guys are fresher,” he said. “I think, physically, they’re in a lot better shape than they were a year ago.” If it translates into a pair of wins later this week in the Show-Me State, Neal will have earned his keep in Lobos lore for doing what no one has done before him: giving his fans a first-hand glimpse of the second weekend.
Fires: Heinrich, Udall try to reform wildfire policy Continued from Page A-1 disasters, and they should be funded through the disaster fund,” Risch said at a news conference at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise. “If we more effectively manage our lands, fewer fires will become disasters.” Restoration work includes thinning overgrown forests, clearing underbrush and removing trees that have been attacked by insects and are more fire-prone. Jewell noted that in 2013, the fire suppression budget was exceeded by $500 million, with that money coming from fire restoration and prevention funds. Firefighting costs have exceeded their budget in eight of the past 10 years. Republican Reps. Raul Labrador and Mike Simpson of Idaho have introduced a companion bill in the House. New Mexico’s U.S. senators, Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich, have co-sponsored legislation to reform federal wildfire policy. The two Democrats issued a statement earlier this month applauding the news that President Barack Obama incorporated into his fiscal year 2015 budget proposal a plan to fund major wildfire responses the same as those for other natural disasters and free up funding to prevent future fires. “Wildfires are as devastating in New Mexico and the rest of the West as hurricanes are on the East and Gulf coasts, and our firefighters put themselves at great risk each year to keep our communities safe. Wildfires cause tragic loss of life and over $1 billion in damage annually. They cost hundreds of millions of dollars to fight, and
Helicopters battle the 64,000-acre Beaver Creek Fire north of Hailey, Idaho, in August. A bipartisan effort is underway in Congress to change the way the country pays to battle its most catastrophic wildfires. ASHLEY SMITH/TIMES-NEWS FILE PHOTO
after years of drought, pose a greater threat each season,” Udall said. “Yet over the last several years, the federal government has underestimated the cost of wildfires, and it has had to borrow money from other programs to respond. This new plan finally puts the emphasis in the right place, providing certainty for land managers and everyone who depends on our forests.” Said Heinrich: “We can’t choose between fighting fires and preventing them — we must do both, and this budget plan makes that possible.”
Currently, agencies base wildland fire suppression budgets on the average costs of the past 10 years, the New Mexico senators’ joint statement said. That approach has underestimated the actual costs eight of the past 10 years, they said, and forced the U.S. Forest Service and Interior Department to take money from important programs, such as wildfire prevention and other Forest Service land management programs, to make up the difference. Some opponents worry the bipartisan proposal will lead to a budget increase for fighting wildfires. But the lawmakers said the government already is spending money each year to suppress disastrous wildfires, and this proposal adds no new funds for that. It simply offers a way to preserve fire prevention money, they said. Experts at the National Interagency Fire Center have predicted a busy wildfire season in Southern California, New Mexico and Arizona this year, expanding into Northern California and southern Oregon later in the year. All the moisture in the Eastern United States this winter should mitigate the fire season there, the center said. Wyden said the budget proposal arose from a meeting at the fire center in August, after agencies ran out of their budgeted funds for firefighting. “Fires are now often bigger and hotter and last longer,” Wyden said, in part because of the frequent “robbery” of fire restoration funds for firefighting efforts. “It’s time for a fresh approach.” Jewell said the biggest 1 percent of wildfires each year eat up 30 percent of firefighting funds. The New Mexican contributed to this report.
Short: New operation, maintenance costs uncertain Continued from Page A-1 taxes in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, are up more than $2 million from the previous fiscal year. City Councilor Joseph Maestas, who was elected March 4, questioned how the city is going to pay for upfront and recurring operation and maintenance costs related to annexation. “I’m not too concerned about the one-time, upfront costs. We can address those through appropriate [general obligation] bonds or what have you,” he said. “But I’m con-
cerned about the O and M costs.” A fiscal impact report had estimated the annexation would mean $9.8 million in new costs over four years — $4.2 million in operating and personnel costs and $5.6 million in one-time capital costs. The report also estimated $2 million in new tax revenues a year. City Councilor Carmichael Dominguez, chairman of the Finance Committee, said the city doesn’t know all the costs but has a general idea. “It’s not as if we have not anticipated or thought about those costs. Those were part of the discussions
that the governing board has been having,” he said. Maestas suggested asking the county government to once again provide law enforcement services in the annexed area. “I realize that the annexation was part of a greater agreement between the city and the county, and it took years to develop, but perhaps we didn’t anticipate such a drawn-out recession and a slow recovery,” Maestas said. “I think even our ability to provide at least public safety services is going to be taxed as well until we can establish some brick-and-mortar
substations and things of that sort,” Maestas continued. “Will your options include perhaps going back to the county and maybe renegotiating at least interim law enforcement public safety coverage of those areas? Or is that a done deal? Is the ink dry? You don’t know until you ask.” Tapia reiterated that the city needs to know what the numbers really are before bringing various options to the governing body. Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@ sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter at @danieljchacon.
Ukraine: Sanctions include asset freezes, bans on travel Continued from Page A-1 characterizes his ouster as a coup, and alleges the new authorities are fascistminded and likely to crack down on Ukraine’s ethnic Russian population. Pro-Russia demonstrations have broken out in several cities in eastern Ukraine near the Russian border, where the Kremlin has been massing troops. Fearing that Russia is prepared to risk violence to make a land-grab, the West has consistently spoken out against Russia’s actions but has run into a wall of resistance from Moscow. Reacting to Monday’s sanctions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov declared that they were “a reflection of a pathological unwillingness to acknowledge reality and a desire to impose on everyone one-sided and unbalanced approaches that absolutely ignore reality.” “I think the decree of the president of the United States was written by some joker,” Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, one of the individuals hit by the sanctions, said on his Twitter account. The White House imposed asset freezes on seven Russian officials, including Putin’s close ally Valentina Matvienko, who is speaker of the upper house of parliament, and Vladislav Surkov, one of Putin’s top ideological aides. The Treasury Department also targeted Yanukovych, Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov and two other top figures. The EU’s foreign ministers slapped travel bans and asset freezes against 21 officials from Russia and Ukraine. “We need to show solidarity with Ukraine, and therefore Russia leaves us no choice,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told reporters in Brussels. Despite Obama’s vow of tougher measures, stock markets in Russia and Europe rose sharply, reflecting relief that trade and business ties were spared. “I guess the market view is that Russia forced their case in Crimea, pushed through the referendum, and the Western reaction was muted, so that this opens the way for future Russian intervention in Ukraine,” said Tim Ash, an analyst who follows Ukraine at Standard Bank PLC. In the Crimean capital of Simferopol, ethnic Russians applauded Sunday’s referendum that overwhelmingly called for secession and for joining Russia. Masked men in body armor blocked access for most journalists to the parliament session that declared independence, but the city otherwise appeared to go about its business normally. “We came back home to Mother Russia. We came back home, Russia is our home,” said Nikolay Drozdenko, a resident of Sevastopol, the key Crimean port where Russia leases a naval base from Ukraine. A delegation of Crimean officials was to fly to Moscow on Monday and Putin was to address both houses of parliament Tuesday on the Crimean situation, both indications that Russia could move quickly to annex. In Kiev, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov vowed that Ukraine will not give up Crimea. “We are ready for negotiations, but we will never resign ourselves to the annexation of our land,” a somber Turchynov said in a televised address to the nation. “We will do everything in order to avoid war and the loss of human lives. We will be doing everything to solve the conflict through diplomatic means. But the military threat to our state is real.” The Crimean parliament declared that all Ukrainian state property on the peninsula will be nationalized and become the property of the Crimean Republic. It gave no further details. Lawmakers also asked the United Nations and other nations to recognize it and began work on setting up a central bank with $30 million in support from Russia. Moscow, meanwhile, called on Ukraine to become a federal state as a way of resolving the polarization between Ukraine’s western regions — which favor closer ties with the 28-nation EU — and its eastern areas, which have long ties to Russia. In a statement Monday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry urged Ukraine’s parliament to call a constitutional assembly that could draft a new constitution to make the country federal, handing more power to its regions. It also said the country should adopt a “neutral political and military status,” a demand reflecting Moscow’s concern that Ukraine might join NATO and establish closer political and economic ties with the EU. Russia is also pushing for Russian to become one of Ukraine’s state languages, in addition to Ukrainian. In Kiev, Ukraine’s new government dismissed Russia’s proposal as unacceptable, saying it “looks like an ultimatum.”
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‘50-1’ follows journey of Derby winner
By Daniel J. Chacón
The New Mexican
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ozens of firefighters from near and far paid tribute Monday to Santa Fe Fire Department Capt. Wayne Mueller, who died Feb. 24 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Mueller, 43, who joined the fire department in April 2001, was remembered as a funny, caring and honest man who never let his personal pain interfere with his smile and positive attitude. A big guy with an even bigger heart, Mueller was known to pick up patients at the locations of medical emergencies and place them gently on a gurney, firefighters said. “Wayne was a great influence on our fire department,” fire Chief Erik Litzenberg told more than 100 mourners during a memorial service at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center. “But it is how he was as a friend that will make us all miss him so much,” Litzenberg said. “He will be remembered by those of us who were lucky enough to meet him, and he’ll be a legend to those who didn’t.” Mayor Javier Gonzales, who attended the service, said Mueller served the residents of Santa Fe with dedication and selflessness for 12 years. “Today’s event was a celebration of his life, and he will forever be remembered in our hearts as a loyal and good firefighter,” Gonzales said. The memorial service was followed by a procession with several fire trucks and police cars blaring their sirens from the convention center to Fire Station No. 3 on Cerrillos Road, where a memorial stone was dedicated in his honor. There is a bronze cast of Mueller’s helmet on top of the stone, which sits on a Maltese cross carved by hand by Santa Fe firefighter Brian Kennedy. Firefighters who knew Mueller traveled from as far as California, Wyoming and Colorado to pay their respects. Jim Mathews, chief of Raton Fire and Emergency Services, where Mueller worked for about four years before leaving to join the fire department in Santa Fe,
Jockey Calvin Borel rides Mine That Bird during filming in 2012 at Churchill Downs for the movie 50-1. ALLIED-THA/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cast, filmmakers of movie about Mine That Bird begin tour, will make stops across state this week By Susan Montoya Bryan
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Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales, left, was among more than 100 mourners who attended a memorial service Monday for fire Capt. Wayne Mueller, who died Feb. 24 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. DANIEL J. CHACÓN/THE NEW MEXICAN
attended the memorial service, too. He described Mueller as a “great guy” who was the life of the party. “I hated to lose him from the department [in Raton], and now I hate to lose him this way,” Mathews said. “I’m just grateful that I have some of the memories that I have with him.” Carl Schmitt, president of the Santa Fe Fire Department International Association of Fire Fight-
ers Local 2059, said Mueller’s co-workers donated sick leave so that Mueller could continue to receive his paycheck and benefits for a year. “It was like he was never off duty,” he said. “No matter, personally, the quarrels we may have, the disagreements, when something like this happens, we all come together and fight as one.” Schmitt said Mueller’s death comes as another Santa Fe fire-
fighter battles cancer. “He’s only 34 years old. Of course we’re doing the same for him. We’re pulling together, doing exactly the same thing we did for Wayne,” Schmitt said. “We’ll stand behind him all the way until he hopefully returns to work.” Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@sfnew mexican.com. Follow him on Twitter @danieljchacon.
He will be remembered by those of us who were lucky enough to meet “ him, and he’ll be a legend to those who didn’t.” Erik Litzenberg, Santa Fe fire chief
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Immigration protests target GOP politician
The state’s lone congressional Republican is facing pressure from pro-immigrant activists who say Rep. Steve Pearce is aligning himself with the extreme anti-immigrant wing The owners of a Santa Fe-based of the GOP. company accused of defrauding about Somos Un Pueblo Unido, a Santa $1 million from Santa Fe County are Fe-based immigrant rights group, has being sued by an Illinois-based equipplanned a three-day protest against ment financing company, which claims Pearce in his district as part of a national another one of the couple’s businesses campaign to pressure Congress to pass owes the out-of-state firm about immigration reform. Activists say Con$40,000. gress needs to pass reform that includes Joe Anthony Montoya, his wife, Mara pathway to citizenship for the estilene Montoya, and their son Nicholas mated 11 million undocumented immiMontoya are named as defendants in grants, in part because of the recent the breach of contract complaint filed increase in deportations. in First Judicial District Court March Somos Un Pueblo Unido is planning 12. The complaint claims they defaulted a march that begins at noon Tueson a lease agreement made between day starting from River Park in Los the Montoyas’ company, A&M Bobcat Lunas and ending at Heritage Park. Rental, and equipment financing comOn Wednesday, a candlelight vigil will pany Financial Pacific Leasing. be held in front of Pearce’s office in Joe Anthony Montoya and Marlene Portales. A protest is planned in front Montoya and another one of their of the congressman’s district office in businesses, Advantage Asphalt and Roswell on Thursday evening. Seal Coating, are facing numerous The group said Pearce is being held felony charges including bribery and accountable because he’s the only fraud related to alleged improper member of the state’s congressional dealings with Santa Fe County. Those delegation who opposes a pathway to charges are on hold right now pending citizenship. Pearce has said he supa decision on an appeal filed by their ports a guest-workers program that attorney. would allow immigrants to work The two elder Montoyas have also legally for a period of time, but would been sued by a bank and the state not lead to U.S. citizenship. Environment Department since they The New Mexican were charged with fraud in 2012.
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ALBUQUERQUE — The improbable journey of Mine That Bird from Southern New Mexico to the Kentucky Derby winner’s circle has made it to the silver screen. The cast and filmmakers of 50-1 were embarking Monday on a cross-country tour to promote the movie. After making a few stops between Las Cruces and Roswell, they’re set to arrive in Albuquerque for Wednesday’s world premiere at the historic KiMo Theatre. They will spend the next month weaving their way across the country until they reach Kentucky, with Mine That Bird scheduled to make appearances along the way. Oscar-winning producer and director Jim Wilson describes it as a “rock star-style tour” that will cover 10,000 miles and provide him and the others with a chance to meet and talk with fans. “I thought, why not meet the audience this movie is intended for, introduce them to the stars and shake their hands,” Wilson said. “It’s the audience that matters the most. It’s why we make these stories, to share them with the world.” The story of Mine That Bird — a little horse with an unsightly gait — is an incredible one. Cowboy hat-wearing trainer Chip Woolley loaded the gelding in a trailer, hitched it to back of his pickup in 2009, and drove 1,500 miles to the Kentucky Derby, arriving largely unnoticed. During the race, an inspired ride on the rail by jockey Calvin Borel produced one of the greatest upsets in 135 years of America’s most famous horse race. With 50-1 odds, Mine That Bird pulled away in the stretch to post a 6¾-length victory on the sloppy track. Wilson, a racehorse owner himself, remembers watching it on television. It couldn’t have been more visual — or more perfect — for a filmmaker, he said. “This horse was so far back he was off the TV screen. It was bad,” he said. “So when he passes 18 horses in the last quarter mile, it was just stunning. And he didn’t just pass them, he just blew by them.” Mine That Bird went on to finish second in the Preakness Stakes and third in the Belmont Stakes. Now retired, he resides in Roswell with owners Mark Allen of Double Eagle Ranch and Leonard Blach of Buena Suerte Equine. The film, scheduled to open Friday in New Mexico and later in several other states, stars Skeet Ulrich as Woolley and Christian Kane as Allen, as well as Todd Lowe, William Devane, Madelyn Deutch and Borel as himself. With a budget of $8.5 million, there aren’t many computer-generated effects, just New Mexico’s vistas and beautiful shots of life in middle America. 50-1 was shot in more than 30 locations around New Mexico, including Sunland Park, and at locations in California and Kentucky.
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ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque officer shot and killed a man camping in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains on Sunday night after the man threatened officers with a knife, police said Monday. Albuquerque police Chief Gordon Eden told reporters the man was shot following a lengthy standoff with police and efforts to get the suspect to surrender. The man, who has not been named, died at the University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque police spokeswoman Tasia Martinez said. According to Eden, officers arrived at the foothills after receiving a call about a suspicious person. After the man threatened the officers’ lives, they requested a Crisis Intervention Team, Eden said. “He did have weapons. We know factually that he kept producing knives and threatened the officers with knives,” Eden said during a press conference following the shooting. During the standoff, Eden said the suspect requested that New Mexico State Police be called and said he was a liaison person or had a liaison relationship with state police. However, when state police
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Albuquerque Police Department investigators comb the scene Monday where a camper was shot by an officer on Sunday. ROBERTO E. ROSALES/THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
arrived to the scene, the man also was hostile with them, Eden said. Eden said “less-than-lethal force” was used to calm the man, but an officer eventually fired one shot. The name of the officer in the shooting has not been released. “We have officers that have not been interviewed, so we’re trying to provide you with factual information as quick as we can,” Eden told reporters late Sunday. The shooting comes as Albuquer-
que police face a U.S. Justice Department investigation into three dozen shootings since 2010 and allegations of excessive force. Outcry over the shootings led the department to make a number of changes, including requiring all officers to wear lapel cameras and increasing hiring standards. It’s the Albuquerque Police Department’s first police shooting under Eden, who became chief at the end of February.
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Regulators say next Colo. flood could be worse By Dan Elliott
than 48,000 gallons of oil spilled from overturned or damaged tanks. More than 43,000 galDENVER — The nearly lons of polluted water from 92,000 gallons of oil and polwells also spilled from storage luted water that spilled from tanks. No significant leaks came storage tanks during last fall’s directly from wells, commission catastrophic Colorado flood officials said. have washed away without a The commission’s staff is also trace, but future floods could be recommending new requiremore damaging, state regulators ments that protective berms said Monday. around oil and gas production A report released by the Col- facilities be made of steel, not orado Oil and Gas Conservation dirt, and that no pits for tempoCommission said the commisrary storage of waste liquids be sion will consider a series of located near waterways. new regulations designed to Laura Belanger of Western minimize the effects of floods Resource Advocates, which loband wildfires on oil and gas bies for protecting water, air and wells and tanks. other natural resources, said she The suggestions from the was pleased that the proposals commission’s staff include called for new rules and not requiring that storage tanks be recommendations to the energy anchored with cables so they’re industry. less likely to tip and spill and “We’re very wary of recomrequiring all wells within a cer- mendations,” she said. “We’re tain distance of waterways to very happy to see [the commisbe equipped with devices that sion] staff is recommending allow operators to shut them these be integrated as reguladown remotely. tions.” The staff recommendations She praised the commission didn’t say what that distance for keeping up with changes in should be. The commission is the oil and gas industry and forexpected to discuss the proposed mulating new regulations to fit rules at a meeting this spring. new technology. The report described the The Colorado Oil and Gas flood damage to storage tanks Association, an industry group, and production equipment as said it does not believe any new “substantial and expensive” but regulations are necessary. gave no dollar amount. It also Tisha Schuller, president and said oil and gas production has CEO of the association, said in a still not returned to pre-flood written statement that the new levels but again gave no figures. report shows the industry was More than 2,650 wells were well prepared for the flood and shut down in anticipation of the responded quickly. flood, and nearly 300 remain “This report also confirms shut down, the report said. that samples collected by the The September flood killed Colorado Department of Public nine people and damaged or Health and Environment and destroyed nearly 2,000 homes. U.S. Geological Survey detected Miles of roads were washed no oil and gas contaminants, out, and some sewage treatment while E. coli was identified in plants were damaged. 14 samples above state standards,” she said. The commission said more The Associated Press
A crude oil storage tank lies on its side in floodwater Sept. 17, 2013, along the South Platte River in Weld County, Colo. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
Pot packaging law clarified in Colo. sions on the effect of recreational pot, and that more study is needed. DENVER — Colorado clari“We’ve only been experiencfied its marijuana packaging ing this for a couple years,” requirements Monday, extendWang said. ing to medical pot the same Another new law signed restrictions in place for recreMonday allows local governational pot. ments that want to run criminal Gov. John Hickenlooper, who background checks on people signed the bill into law, called working in the marijuana indusit an important clarification to try to submit fingerprints to the make sure minors don’t illegally Colorado Bureau of Investigaaccess marijuana. tion. Everyone working in the “Marijuana should not be industry already completes easily accessible or attractive to state-level background checks. kids,” Hickenlooper said. Asked whether the marijuana The new law requires edible industry needs additional curbs marijuana sold to medical mari- — including a possible potency juana patients to meet the same limit or new limits on edible packaging standards as pot sold pot — Hickenlooper said it was to recreational customers. The too soon to advocate for more packaging must be opaque and sweeping changes. childproof. “This is brand new territory,” Most medical marijuana sold the governor said. commercially already complies Some lawmakers have said with existing recreational pack- they want to propose curbs on aging standards. edible pot, but no such bill has The new law also gives mari- been introduced yet. juana shops the same authorLegislators are still mulling ity that liquor stores have to pot taxes. The first $40 million confiscate fraudulent IDs from from pot excise taxes is devoted underage consumers. It passed to education, but lawmakers unanimously in both chambers will decide how to spend any of the Legislature. additional tax revenue. “Everyone came together on Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, this,” said Rep. Daniel Kagan, a wants to see a task force of lawDenver Democrat who sponmakers and industry activists sored the law. discuss the best way to spend Dr. George Sam Wang, a pedi- excess tax revenue. He met atric emergency room physician with industry representatives from Children’s Hospital ColoMonday. rado, joined the bill signing and Among the ideas from indussaid there’s anecdotal evidence try representatives were more of emergency rooms seeing money for researching the more cases of youth marijuana health effects of cannabis and trying again to create a stateoverdoses. chartered bank to serve the But Wang said there’s not industry. enough data to draw concluBy Kristen Wyatt
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ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVITIES
From left, Jill Schubart of Los Altos, Calif., shows Micah Ortega her green socks as Jim Ortega plays the trumpet Monday. Micah Ortega, owner of Second Glance Promotions, was on the corner of Guadalupe Street and Montezuma Avenue advertising for the Swiss Bistro & Bakery for St. Patrick's Day. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
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The Historic Santa Fe Foundation announced Monday that it has hired business executive and consultant Pete Warzel to replace Elaine Bergman, who resigned as executive director in July 2013. Formerly a resident of the Denver area, Warzel has experience with both Pete Warzel nonprofit and for-profit organizations. He recently served as a consultant for the Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation, the nonprofit in charge of developing and maintaining Santa Fe’s historic Railyard, and has had business and personal ties to Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico over the past 30 years. Warzel was chief strategy officer for Veriana Networks LLC; a consultant for Advanced Micro Devices; chairman of the board of the National Association of Theater Owners; and president and chief operating officer of United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc., in Denver. He is a member of the board of directors of Artists of the World, a nonprofit social venture aligning the sale of art for clean water projects worldwide. Warzel also was artistic adviser in 2007 and 2008 for the Santa Fe Film Festival and
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico’s unemployment rate remained virtually unchanged in January at 6.6 percent. The state Workforce Solutions Department said Monday that the unemployment rate in January was down from 6.9 percent a year ago. The state agency says jobs have shrunk by 0.5 percent, a loss of 3,700 over the year. State officials say seven industries lost jobs, four added employment, and two remain unchanged. The largest employment gains were reported in the mining industry, which added 1,700 jobs since January 2013. Retail trade added 1,200 jobs, while the financial activities industry added 1,100 jobs, and construction added 500 jobs. Government employment reported the largest decrease at 3,200 jobs, while manufacturing declined by 1,500 jobs. The professional and business services industry lost 1,100 jobs.
N.M. jobless rate at 6.6 percent
Nonprofit gets new director
Los Alamos group to hold nuke tour LOS ALAMOS — The Los Alamos Historical Society is sponsoring a tour of the site of the first manmade nuclear explosion. The group is selling $150 tickets for a visit to the Trinity site in Southern New Mexico scheduled for April 5.
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As part of the tour, visitors will see a restored house where the nuclear core was assembled and visit the spot where the bomb was detonated. The Manhattan Project exploded an atomic bomb around 30 miles southeast of Socorro on July 16, 1945. Research around the bomb took place under top secret conditions at Los Alamos, then an unknown town in Northern New Mexico. The bomb’s creation was part of the WWII effort and the U.S. later dropped similar bombs over Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Feds extend Sandia contract ALBUQUERQUE — The federal government says it will extend Lockheed Martin’s contract to manage Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque for two more years. The announcement Monday is a reversal of sorts from the National Nuclear Security Administration, which two years ago said it planned to open the management contract to competition. In a statement, the NNSA says it decided to wait until studies on improving management and performance across the Department of Energy are completed so the contract bidding process can include recommendations from advisory
panels. The two-year extension includes an option to renew the contract for a third year. In a statement to employees, Sandia President Paul Hommert called the extension “a positive development that offers stability for the Labs and the workforce.”
States, tribes help save trout New Mexico and Colorado have teamed up with Native American tribes and several federal agencies to conserve the Rio Grande cutthroat trout. Officials signed an updated conservation agreement earlier this month. Managers hope the 10-year agreement will prevent the need for protection of the fish under the federal Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is scheduled to make a decision in September on whether to list the species. The trout has been a candidate for listing since 2008. Biologists say threats facing the trout include competition from nonnative fish, drought, fire and climate change. The agreement calls for the partners to maintain a brood of cutthroat trout for stocking. Streams will also be surveyed and barriers will be built to keep nonnative fish out of conservation waters. Staff and wire services
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Funeral services and memorials RICHARD R. GORMAN I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful. 2 Timothy 4:7
Caltech seismologist Egill Hauksson talks about an earlymorning earthquake during a news conference Monday in Pasadena, Calif. NICK UT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Earthquake strongly felt in Los Angeles No damage reported in Monday morning’s 4.4-magnitude quake
Los Angeles since the 6.7-magnitude Northridge quake killed several dozen and caused $25 billion in damage 20 years ago, Lucy Jones, a USGS seismologist, told KABC-TV. By Christopher Weber “It’s not that large by CaliforThe Associated Press nia terms. It’s the size of earthquake we have across the state LOS ANGELES — A predawn earthquake rolled across once every couple of months,” the Los Angeles basin on Mon- Jones said. “But we haven’t had one like this in L.A. for quite a day, rattling nerves and shakwhile.” ing buildings along a 150-mile A magnitude 4.7 quake swath of Southern California but causing no major damage. struck near Inglewood in 2009, she said. The 4.4-magnitude quake “I was in bed and I heard the was centered 2 miles from rumbling. The bed was movEncino and 15 miles westing,” said Rania Jurdi, a school northwest of the downtown therapist who lives in Glencivic center, according to the dale. “I jumped out of bed and U.S. Geological Survey. ran to the kids’ room. EveryUSGS seismologist Robert body was asleep.” Graves called it a “typical” Jurdi said that’s only proof Southern California quake and that her two teenagers can said expectations were that sleep through anything. damage would be slight, if it Broadcasters live on the air occurred at all. immediately announced that Los Angeles police and fire an earthquake was occurring. officials said there were no immediate reports of damage. Anchors at KTLA-TV took cover underneath their desk Encino resident Joann Smith before quickly resuming the described the initial jolt as “a big crash” that shook her house. broadcast. The quake was somewhat “My dog got out of bed and unusual because of its locashe came looking for me,” Smith said. “She was shivering tion within the Santa Monica Mountains, a 40-mile-long terribly.” range that crosses Los Angeles The 6:25 a.m. quake and stretches west through occurred at a depth of about Malibu to Ventura County. 5 miles. There were several Seismologist Egill Hauksaftershocks, including one of 2.7 magnitude that caused very son, a veteran researcher at Caltech, said it was the only minor shaking, Graves said. magnitude-4.4 temblor within Marita Ipaktchia was in the the range since recording of kitchen at her Encino home when the quake hit, sending salt earthquakes began. “The Santa Monica Mounand pepper shakers and coltains are a very old rock formalectible glass figurines on her shelves crashing to the ground. tion, hundreds of millions of years old, and we sort of think “The whole kitchen was shaking,” she said “Everything of it as being a very rigid block. broke. Everything came down.” And the earthquakes tend to cluster either north of them or The quake was felt as far away as Orange County to the south of them but don’t seem south and Santa Barbara to the to be occurring within the north. mountains,” he told a Caltech It was one of the largest to hit press conference.
Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports u Renee Quintana, 28, 18 Reata Road, was arrested at 12:15 a.m. Monday on a charge of driving with a revoked license. She also was booked on fictitious plates and lack of registration charges. City officers reported that they encountered her in the 300 block of Hillside Avenue as they responded to a domestic disturbance.
DWI arrest u Victor Gallegos, 56, of Santa Fe was arrested early Monday morning on a charge of drunken driving near N.M. 599 and U.S. 84/285 after a deputy reported seeing a vehicle swerving. According to a report, Gallegos said he drank five beers before driving. On a breath test, Gallegos registered a breath alcohol content level of 0.13. The level at which the law
presumes impairment is 0.08.
Speed SUVs u Mobile speed-enforcement vehicles are not in use as the city renegotiates its contract with Redflex Traffic Systems.
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Cherished husband, beloved son, father, brother, uncle and friend, Richard R. Gorman passed away peacefully at home on March 16, 2014, following a courageous and valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Richard was 60 year old. He was surrounded by his loving family. Born in Santa Fe to Robert and Virginia Gorman, Richard lived his entire life in Santa Fe, a place he truly loved. Although Richard enjoyed traveling to many different places, he always said he would never leave Santa Fe. Richard had an infectious smile and hearty laugh. His love of the outdoors was evident in the activities he enjoyed including hiking, biking, fishing, backpacking, and skiing. Richard’s dream as a child was to build a true log cabin. Following a backpacking trip with his wife Shea and son Ryan, they found the perfect location for his dream cabin on the Pecos River. After designing and building his cabin, this quickly became Richard’s sanctuary. He and Shea and their families spent many wonderful weekends at the cabin. Richard attended the University of New Mexico where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture. His career began straight out of college at Kraus Engineering. He quickly learned and provided structural engineering design for various types of buildings. Two of these projects were the Indian Health Services Facility on Cerrillos Road and the Manuel Lujan State Office Building on St. Francis Drive. He later worked with Bernabe Romero as an apprentice architect. He was the chief building inspector for the City of Santa Fe and the County Land Use Administrator for Santa Fe County. After leaving the County, Richard was a wellknown private land use planner with a reputation for getting things done. He was also a licensed contractor and built many beautiful homes in Santa Fe along with his brothers. Richard served on the Santa Fe School Board for four years. In 19931994 he served as its President. Richard ended his career as the Project Manager for the New Mexico School for the Deaf. In this position Richard strived to make a difference for the NMSD community. He was recently recognized with a permanent plaque at NMSD for his contributions to the redevelopment of the campus. Richard was very involved with his parish, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. He was instrumental in the design and construction of many improvements including the exterior statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe on Guadalupe Street and the El Cerro de Tepeyac Memorial on the east end of the church parking lot. Richard is preceded in death by his father Robert D. Gorman, Sr., his paternal grandparents Richard and Magdalena Gorman, his maternal grandfather Leandro Montoya and his maternal grandmother Lillie Miera. He is also preceded in death by his special uncle and godfather, Joseph J. Gorman. He is survived by his adoring wife, Shea Gorman, loving mother, Virginia Gorman, and children Felecia, Chris and Ryan. He also leaves behind his siblings, Robert Gorman, Jr. (Cathy), Peggy Martinez (Larry), Gina Arsenault (Jon), James Gorman (Paula), and Don Gorman (Suzanne). Many other relatives, including his uncle, Ernesto Montoya (Molly), and nieces, nephews and cousins survive him, along with many friends. Shea’s family had a very special place in their hearts for Richard and cherished his being a part of their family. A rosary will be held at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 7:00 p.m. on March 19, 2014. The mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church on March 20, 2014, at 10:00 a.m., followed by internment at Rosario Cemetery. A reception for family and friends will immediately follow at St. Anne’s Parish Hall. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made in memory of Richard R. Gorman to: MD Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 0705, Post Office Box 301439, Houston, TX 77230-1439, http://gifts.mdanderson.org. Rivera Family Funerals and Cremations, 417 East Rodeo Rd., Santa Fe, NM , 7505. Phone: (505) 989-7032 Fax: (505) 820-0435 santafefuneraloption.com
WILLIAM WIESE JR. William "Bill" Wiese Jr., 74, of Santa Fe, died Wednesday due to complications following hip surgery. Bill was born in Albuquerque to the late William Wiese Sr. and Barbara Brownson. He graduated from Aztec High School, studied at New Mexico Tech and served in the Army. He worked as a surveyor and field engineer in Santa Fe and throughout New Mexico. In his career he leveled the earth and set the lines and corners for many of Santa Fe’s most beautiful homes and buildings. Bill is survived by the mother of his children, Beverly Wiese of Tucumcari, and four children: Lonnie Martin of Albuquerque, Debbie Decker of Tucumcari, Terry Martin of Sherman Oaks, CA, and William Wiese III of Anaheim, CA. He also is survived by 10 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, sisters Colleen, Patricia and Mary, and brothers Jim and Karl. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made out to DAV (Disabled American Veterans) Charitable Service Trust. A funeral service and reception will be held at Berardinelli Family Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Berardinelli Family Funeral Service, 1399 Luisa Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 984-8600, Please sign our guestbook for the family at: www.berardinellifuneralhome.com
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PASQUAL A SANCHEZ Pasqual A Sanchez 53, of Santa Fe, NM passed away on March 5, 2014, due to a lengthy illness. He was born in May 1960, to Fabiola and Amadeo Sanchez. He was preceded in death by his parents Fabiola and Amadeo Sanchez, sister, Rosemary Sanchez and brother, Eugene Chavez. He is survived by his Aunt Connie, sister, Amadea (Mark), brother, Felipe, daughter, Anita Ortiz, Victoria Sanchez (Phillip) and son Richie Ortiz, and special grandchildren, nephews, nieces and special nephews, David and Nathan. Pasqual was a very loving father, brother, grandfather, uncle, nephew and a loving friend. He was a very dedicated father, worker, and understanding person. He had a big heart and numerous friends. We will miss him dearly. The family would like to thank the Santa Fe Care Center for the excellent care that was given during Pasqual’s stay there! Special Thanks to Kal for is care and concerns. A rosary will be recited at 8:15 am with Funeral Mass to follow at 9:00 am on Friday, March 21, 2014 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Santa Fe, NM. Arrangements by Rivera Family Funeral Home (505) 753-2288. To share a memory, please visit our website at www.riverafuneralhome.com JAMES W. GARCIA It is with great sadness that the family of James W. Garcia announces his passing. James, 61, died peacefully in his sleep March 13, 2014. James will be lovingly remembered by his children Jenna, Jody and his wife Brooke, his grandchildren Adrienne and Memphis, his mother Isabel, his sister Diane and his brothers Tom, Paul, Ronnie and Donnie. James was born in Santa Fe on February 14, 1953. Except for the time he spent abroad in the US Navy, he lived in Santa Fe his whole life. James was a self-made business man, active in the Santa Fe community for many years. He got his start as the Santa Fe County Land Use Administrator and went on to the private sector. He was an expert in Project Management and Construction Administration and oversaw the building of many civil projects in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico. James particularly enjoyed using his skills to build water systems and roads to help people in rural areas. His assistance included acquiring grants and low interest loans to assist rural areas. He became a partner in Tierra Engineering and later on in Santa Fe Engineering Consultants. James was most proud of his involvement with the Santa Fe High School Building Trades Advisory Council which oversaw the building of affordable housing units for teachers while training Santa Fe youth for careers in the construction industry. James will be remembered for his teasing, his generosity, and his kindness. He was a loving and devoted father and grandfather, adored and cherished by his family. He will be deeply, dearly missed. A funeral mass will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Santa Maria de la Paz Parish, 11 College Ave, Santa Fe, NM 87508. In lieu of flowers donations may be given in James’ name to a favorite charity. Due to the Lenten season, flowers will not be accepted and cannot be displayed at the church. IRENE M. GONZALES
Irene M. Gonzales, 100, a lifelong resident of New Mexico and resident of Santa Fe for many many years passed away at home on Sunday, March 16, 2014 following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Gonzales was born in Clayton, NM on May 21, 1913 to Cecilio Martinez and Bonifacia Fresquez. At about one year old her family moved to Mora, NM then moved to Santa Fe, NM at the age of 6. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Matias, daughter, Rose, son, John, granddaughter, Pamela, grandson, Matias L., and sister, Melicia Romero. Irene is survived by one loving son, Matias (Eloisa), grandchildren, Roberta (Dennis), Debbie, Matthew (Vicky), Johnny (Kammie), and Jonette. She is also survived by 17 great grandchildren, 14 great-great grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s the Baptist Catholic Church. Interment will be held on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 10 a.m. at Rosario Cemetery.
JEFFREY THOMAS CHAVEZ FEBRUARY 18, 2014
Jeffrey Thomas Chavez passed away suddenly Tuesday, February 18, 2014. Jeffrey was a graduate of Santa Fe High School Class of 1975. Jeffrey is preceded in death by his father Tony (T.J.) Chavez. He is survived by his children Bradford Chavez and wife Geneva Chavez and Michael Chavez. His mother Molly Chavez, Brother Ronnie Chavez and wife Angela Chavez, Sisters Patricia Chavez-Rodriguez and husband David Rodriguez and Pamela Chavez. His nephews and niece include Richard Chavez, Brian Chavez, Markus Rodriguez, Erik Rodriguez, Nicholas Martinez and wife Arianna Martinez, Ashlee Martinez and his great nieces and nephew include Haylie LopezChavez, Michael Chavez and Uriah Harmony Trujillo. Mass was celebrated on Monday, March 3, 2014.
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THE NEW MEXICAN Tuesday, March 18, 2014
e-Voices Our Web readers speak out: Martinez strips $27 million from state budget bill, March 11 More broken promises and more rewards for “ friends.” J.C. Demonettes top Los Lunas, take home first title since ’88, March 14 Congratulations to all the girls on the basketball “ team. You have accomplished something that has
not been done since the ’80s. It was a pleasure to have coached some of the girls in softball at Santa Fe High. I would also like to congratulate the parents of these young ladies for all your hard work as well. The young girls will look up to all of you now that you are state champions. Help these young girls achieve their goals as all of you have.” S.R.
A huge congratulations to the Santa Fe High girls “ team. May you never forget the value of your hard work and where it can lead you if you don’t give up. Stellar!” C.V.
State champions! Congratulations to the De“ monettes, the coaching staff and Santa Fe High. No
matter what team or individual in the Santa Fe area — a state champion for our community is something to be proud of. This is great!” R.J.
I couldn’t be more proud of the entire team and “ coaching staff. Hard work and dedication will always
prevail. I as a coach have had the privilege of watching this team, and I can honestly say that no matter what obstacles come its way, the team always rallies and comes out successful. I love these girls and I will miss all the seniors, but I look forward to seeing the success of the remaining team. Way to go, Demonettes.” G.B.
New oil boom coming to San Juan Basin, March 13 I think it’s safe to say that if there is short-term “ profit to be made from exploiting every last bit of
carbon-based energy — it will be made. Meanwhile, global warming is barreling down on us like a freight train.” T.C.
Unfortunately, that ‘global warming’ has slowed “ down — there hasn’t been any such warming for [about] 17 years. This is not good for humanity, as global warming has a net positive benefit on mankind. … The drilling described will improve the lot of Americans (and New Mexicans in particular) but have little effect on global warming. Such effects, though small, are positive, not negative.” H.B. Report details state’s dependency on oil, gas revenue, March 15 Thanks for the enlightening article. Our entire “ economic system, built on the paradigm of limitless
growth, must be overhauled. Meanwhile, installing solar on all schools and government buildings will provide a heap of jobs. Tourism is good, but not as durable as food production. Everybody eats, good economy or no. So, in addition to a lot more bed and breakfasts, there should be a lot more small farming. And the transition needs to happen yesterday, while there is still affordable fossil-fuel supply (that soon will be unaffordable) to make it happen.” T.B.
This report is more than a warning shot, but the “ roar of a cannon. No country or state can survive on
extractive resources. History teaches us that. Now that there is a boom, revenues are high and profits higher. We must be putting aside investments for our future economy that will create solid-paying jobs with benefits. Let’s begin to slowly reduce tax breaks to the industry and save more. The fastest-growing economy in trade and services globally is the creative economy. The creative industries are driven by entrepreneurs and an educated workforce that knows how to collaborate, cooperate and work in teams. We must invest in our kids through college and invest in our creative entrepreneurs. The cannon boom is the sound of the starting gun of the race to compete. Thank you for the report.” T.A. Our View: For La Bajada, no more mines, March 15
‘$122,500 a year in gross receipts taxes.’ Enough to “ pay for two or three county employees. Is that enough to pay for the irreparable damage that would be done to La Bajada Mesa? Please Santa Fe County Commissioners, just say no to the zoning change.” P.T.
Thank you for a thorough and accurate account of “ the proposed mining of La Bajada Mesa. As you have so eloquently stated, the county has both the ability and the obligation to protect this vital part of New Mexico’s historic and cultural landscape from being blighted by mining.” D.S.
Most read stories on www.santafenewmexican.com 1. New oil boom coming to San Juan Basin 2. Demonettes top Los Lunas, take home first title since ’88 3. Martinez strips $27 million from state budget bill 4. New mayor takes oath in emotional ceremony 5. Testimony begins in Christmas murder trial 6. Today’s New Mexican, March 13, 2014 7. Man guilty in Christmas killings 8. Fired officer settles appeal; state mum on details 9. Church service honors those lost in NYC blast
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WIPP incident cause for concern T he Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP, near Carlsbad has been utilized since 1999 for permanent disposal of radioactive waste from the nuclear weapons program. The waste is buried 2,150 feet below the land surface in ordinary steel drums in direct contact with damp salt, the most corrosive rock known to humanity. Proponents expected the salt beds to flow like plastic under the weight of the overlying rocks, thus encapsulating the steel drums and isolating the waste from the environment for 10,000 years. It took only 15 years for the WIPP site to fail. On Feb. 14, 2014, plutonium and americium, the principal isotopes in the waste buried at WIPP, were detected by air monitors above ground. Some 17 workers were contaminated. Roof collapse in one or more of the tunnels is widely perceived as the most likely cause of the failure of the WIPP site. If so, the radionuclides released by the crushing of waste containers must have escaped through one or more of the WIPP access shafts, or through a network of fractures created by the roof collapse, or both. In either case, sealing the escape routes will present an unprecedented engineering challenge. Air quality is not the only problem. It has long been understood that radioactive contamination of groundwater might result from any failure of waste containment at WIPP. The groundwater aquifer of primary concern is the Rustler Formation,
consisting of five interconnected members, the most transmissive of which are the Magenta and Culebra dolomite. The Rustler Formation is known to be karst. Its rocks are soluble. They dissolve when they come in contact with freshwater. Groundwater flows through preferential pathways — solution enlarged fractures, open channels and underground caverns — primarily when flushed out by infiltrating rainwater after occasional major storms. The overlying Dewey Lake Redbeds, consisting of sandstone and siltstone, are also of concern, being in some locations more transmissive than the Rustler. These aquifers are a thousand feet or more above the salt tunnels where the radioactive waste is buried, and were almost certainly not the cause of any roof collapse at WIPP. It seems much more likely that one of the WIPP waste panels, which are networks of tunnels, collapsed due to the weight of the overlying rocks. Under natural conditions, when a karst cavern collapses, the overlying rocks subside as well, and this is expressed at the land surface as a sink hole. The manmade WIPP tunnels are so deep below the surface that a roof collapse within the salt beds could create a network of overlying fractures without readily discernible subsidence at the land surface. Indeed, subsidence of 2,150 vertical feet of overlying rocks need not occur all at once. It could occur in stages. And once begun, there may be no way to stop it. The WIPP
access shafts, gaping holes connecting the WIPP tunnels with the land surface, are ready-made escape routes for radionuclides, which is why they must be sealed perfectly, forever. But even if this unproven technology should succeed, ongoing subsidence above a roof collapse could create a new escape route. Proper monitoring of groundwater downgradient from WIPP is now more essential than ever before. Many years ago, at a pubic hearing in Albuquerque, WIPP proponents argued that if the WIPP site should fail, the site could be cleaned up by “overcoring” the barrels of radioactive waste, removing both the barrels and the contaminated salt, and “hauling it away.” Members of the audience responded, spontaneously, almost in unison, by asking: “Where is away?” There is no “away.” There is no other repository ready to receive the waste from WIPP. This is why so many of us had urged the DOE to leave the waste above ground, in double containers, where it could be readily monitored for any leakage and be readily retrieved if necessary. The task now before us monumental. How to retrieve the waste at WIPP without further compromising the integrity of the site is a challenge of epic proportions. Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., was an expert witness on the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and has written many professional papers on the geology and hydrology of the WIPP site. He is based in Canton, N.Y.
LOOKING IN: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Fracking isn’t right for New Mexico
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elcome to New Mexico, Land of Enfrackment” — a reputation no state wants to have. New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, is full of beauty, from the wildlife it has to the people who live in it. Despite this allurement, oil and gas companies are already “fracking” within New Mexico, and now they have their eyes set on fracking outside precious national historic parks such as Chaco Canyon. Chaco Canyon has historical and cultural meaning to many New Mexicans and has been recognized by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site. Chaco Canyon not only brings people from surrounding states, but draws people from around the world to New Mexico. While oil and gas companies aren’t going to drill within Chaco Canyon, they want to drill right outside the park’s border, which impedes the beauty, essence and culture Chaco Canyon carries. I urge our state leaders to protect our special places. New Mexico is the Land of Enchantment, not the Land of Enfrackment.
Riley Montgomery
Albuquerque
Saving snow Daniel Gibson wrote engagingly about skiing, climate change, a grim situation, a ticking clock and defiant Big Oil using its wealth to prevent us from averting disaster (“Climate change puts snow sports
in jeopardy,” March 13). I agree with Gibson but wish he ended with a smidgen of hope. A national revenueneutral carbon tax with border adjustments would reduce emissions here and in Asia (they’ll adopt carbon taxes if we tax imports from countries without such a tax). A revenue-neutral carbon tax wouldn’t hurt the public. Paid by fossil-fuel companies, it will be rebated to households, helping us with rising prices. Why bother with a carbon tax just to rebate it? Because it will make fossil-fuel investments less profitable. Investors will invest in renewable energy instead. Clean energy will expand, the economy will grow, jobs will boom and the climate will stabilize. Tick. Tock.
Perhaps your senators can co-sponsor legislation with Arizona Sen. John McCain, a neighbor who cares deeply about climate change. Judy Weiss
Brookline, Mass.
No GMO fish Recently, Kroger and Safeway both announced that they will not sell genetically engineered salmon in their stores. The fish in question have had their DNA altered so that they grow twice as fast. These announcements were preemptive, as the Food and Drug Administration has not even approved these salmon for market. Yet this action sends a strong message: Consumers are more thoughtful than ever about the food we
are putting in our bodies, and retailers are starting to respond. As retailers, scientists and even ethicists consider the ramifications of genetically engineered animals and crops, there is a very simple step that retailers can take right now to appeal to conscious consumers: by labeling foods already on store shelves that contain these ingredients. By labeling their store-brand products that contain genetically modified ingredients, Kroger and Safeway, and other chains like Albertsons, could take a great step toward empowering consumers to make fully informed choices in the grocery aisle. Sean Foran
New Mexico Public Interest Research Group Albuquerque
Pan dulce — a treat without flavor? Dear Mexican: What’s the story with Mexican pastries? Like most cultures, Mexicans seem to be cribbing from the French, but pan dulce just winds up tasting like a dinner roll with a little icing on top. So many other parts of Mexican cuisine emphasize strong flavors. Why must the best part of the meal be so bland? Un Bolillo
danced during quinceañeras, and the Porfiriato, the long reign of Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, in which he tried to modernize Mexico by trying to act French and giving away land to the evil gabachos. I personally don’t have a problem with pan dulce being a mestizo version of French yummies — this is Mexico, after all, a country borne from the mixing of foreign culDear French Roll Gabacho: tures — but I always like to point You’re being a bit harsh. Mexiout pan dulce’s roots to people Gustavo can pan dulce (sweet breads for who still insist there’s such a those who don’t habla) is as varArellano thing as “authentic” Mexican ied as Mexican skin tones, from ¡Ask a Mexican! food. Their equivocations in trythe conchas (the ones that look ing to justify this sweet, inconvelike sea shells — hence, their nient truth after having blasted a name) to empanadas (turnovers stuffed with everything from apples to pumpkin to Tex-Mex combo plate as not authentically Mexican is laughable. coconut cream and strawberries) to rosca de reyes (the pan dulce offered during the Dear Mexican: I was wondering how Feast of the Epiphany that’s essentially a the Mexican American population regards ring of sugar upon sugar) to that pan dulce Jaime Escalante and his legacy as an educawith a top layer consisting solely of candy tor. In my mind, he is a civil rights pioneer sprinkles. But you’re right to note that in that he urged his Mexican American most pan dulce appears to originate from students to break through the unofficial French pastries — because that’s true. You caste system existing in the United States, can blame two historical porquerías for wherein Mexicans would have to work this: the occupation by Emperor Maximillower-paying and lower-skilled jobs than ian that also brought Mexico the waltzes their white counterparts. Many of his
students are lawyers, doctors and educators. Is there a consensus among Mexican Americans that Escalante was nothing short of a hero because of the high standards he placed on his students? Michael from Menifee Dear Gabacho: If only. The sad verdad is that Escalante — whose story was immortalized in the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, which has been seen by every Mexican high school student in class at least twice a year ever since — is only universally admired by his former students nowadays. Chicano yaktivists dismiss him because he was a strong opponent of bilingual education and palled around with conservatives; pedagogical types find his teaching methods not radical enough. There’s an elementary school in the working-class city of Cudahy named after him, sure, but that’s about it in terms of public respect — and if that doesn’t exemplify the Chicano concept of crabs in a bucket, I’m not sure what can. Ask the Mexican at themexican@aska mexican.net, be his fan on Facebook, follow him on Twitter @gustavoarellano or follow him on Instagram @gustavo_arellano!
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Mayor shouldn’t get too carried away
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avier Gonzales speaks of bringing community together and moving Santa Fe forward, very worthy goals. But that may prove to be a bigger challenge than he expected. Only 8.9 percent of Santa Fe’s total population (now 82,000 with annexation) voted for him; so he did not get a mandate. None of our three local newspapers endorsed him due to his support and association with political action committees not funded by Santa Feans, but by Washington, D.C., groups (see campaign finance reports, city of Santa Fe clerk’s website.) That wasn’t “union bashing” but concern about campaign finance laws being abused and the appearance of influence buying or perhaps pay-to-play. Mr. Gonzales is a vice president at Rosemont Realty. Since 2003 he has also served on the board of directors of Century Bank, owned by Gerald Peters. Will he keep those positions? One has to wonder: Who will Mr. Gonzales truly serve? Jim Mafchir
Santa Fe
Ad-verse May Allah see that the person who invented wraparound newspaper ads get the fleas of a thousand camels! H.T. (Gib) Gibbons
Santa Fe
Suspect process Recently, I attended a public meeting of the Santa Fe Community College Governing Board, where the board was to select a replacement member
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S for one who had resigned. Each of the three finalists was asked the same questions posed by the board. The board acted as though no one from the community was sitting there. No agenda was available. The candidates were not introduced to us and their backs were turned to us. After the individual interviews, the board recessed for five minutes to vote. Board members appeared to scatter in and out of the room. After five minutes, the board chairman announced which candidate had been selected. The public part of the meeting was over and the board went into executive session. This meeting was questionable, ethically and legally, and an insult to the candidates and the public. We in the audi-
ence were stunned. How sad for us who support SFCC and believe in its mission. Lyndon W. Searfoss, Ph.D
Santa Fe
A kangaroo court The final three candidates for the vacancy on the Santa Fe Community College Governing Board were questioned at the March 11 meeting. Speaking order was determined by a drawing. All were to be asked the same questions. In response to a question, No. 2 stated that he preferred to work in the background and had never sought elected office. After all of his questions were answered, Board Secretary Martha Romero
asked an additional question, for clarification about elected office because the position he was applying for is an elected position. This allowed No. 2 to modify his earlier response. After the questions, Chairman Chris Abeyta said members would take a few minutes, and then reconvene and announce the new board member. The board members hardly left the room, giving little time to discuss how well the candidates had responded. The meeting reconvened, and Abeyta announced that candidate No. 2, Pablo Sedillo, had been selected. This meeting did nothing to inspire my confidence in the actions of the college Governing Board. Meredith Speers
Santa Fe
COMMENTARY: EMILY BAZELON
A balancing act: Father’s rights, mother’s needs NEW HAVEN, Conn. hould a father be allowed in the delivery room for the birth of his child, over the mother’s objections? A New Jersey judge said no last November, in a ruling that was released in writing earlier this week. “Any interest a father has before the child’s birth is subordinate to the mother’s interest,” Judge Sohail Mohammed wrote. That has to be the right call. At the same time, I can understand why fathers’ rights groups see the ruling as discrimination: It privileges motherhood over fatherhood. Rebecca DeLuccia and Steven Plotnick agree that they started a relationship in late 2012 and that DeLuccia learned she was pregnant in February 2013. Plotnick proposed and they got engaged. By September, they had broken up. Plotnick wanted to be involved with the pregnancy and with the child. Which is good, right? It’s what we want fathers to do. But in this case, for whatever reason, Plotnick lawyered up. In October, Plotnick’s lawyer wrote to DeLuccia, and then she got a lawyer, too, and over the next month letters went back and forth about who would sign the birth certificate, who would be at the hospital for the birth, and — as Mohammed delicately puts it — whether there would be “litigation to resolve the matter if it could not be resolved amicably.” In November, Plotnick sued, saying DeLuccia was refusing to let him sign the birth certificate, tell him when she went into labor or allow him to be present for the delivery. DeLuccia responded by denying the first two accusations but saying that yes, she “will request her privacy in the delivery room,” as the judge writes. She said she would put Plotnick’s name on the list of visitors for after the delivery, though. That sounds like a pretty good com-
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promise to me. Once the baby is born, it’s about the baby. Before that, though, it’s about the mother, too — there is just no way to separate her from the fetus. That’s the basic reality of nature that should allow a mother to decide the circumstances of her labor and delivery. “It is an inescapable biological fact that state regulation with respect to the child a woman is carrying will have a far greater impact on the mother’s liberty than on the father’s,” the Supreme Court said in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the case that reaffirmed Roe v. Wade and also held that states can’t require women to inform their spouses that they’re having an abortion. If a woman doesn’t want her ex in the room while she gives birth — an ex who she’s not talking to and who after all is suing her — then he can wait in the hallway. He’ll still have plenty of opportunity to bond with his newborn. The same logic of biology convinced me that a New York judge was wrong last year when she barred Sara McKenna, a former Marine and firefighter, from moving from California to New York, because she wanted to go to Columbia University, when she was seven months pregnant. The father of McKenna’s child was the Olympic skier Bode Miller, and he tried to block her from moving across the country by asserting his paternal rights before his child was born. An appeals court quickly reversed that order. Again, fathers just cannot have rights over fetuses that interfere with a woman’s freedom of choice and movement in this way. Once the child is born, the law can accord equal rights to fathers and mothers. Before birth, it just cannot. I recognize the pathos and irony here in turning fathers away. To resolve the dispute between Plotnick and DeLuccia, Mohammed turned to New Jersey’s
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parentage act, which he pointed out was designed “to help families deal with the problems posed by fathers who seek to avoid paying child support.” In other words, deadbeat dads. Steven Plotnick has been anything but that, and with any luck his child’s life — and maybe DeLuccia’s, too — will be the better for it. But the impulse to want what’s best for his child could have led Plotnick to give DeLuccia her space rather than (figuratively) pounding on her delivery room door. As Mohammed pointed out, New Jersey and federal law also protect DeLuccia’s privacy rights as a patient. And he rightly notes that dealing with Plotnick’s uninvited presence could “add to an already stressful situation” in a way that “could endanger both the mother and the fetus.” Surely Plotnick would agree that the baby’s health is paramount here. Plotnick’s lawyer now says that her client “never asked to be in the delivery room, only to be able to see the baby at the hospital as soon as possible after the birth,” according to the Newark Star-Ledger. If that’s all Plotnick had asked for in court, I’d sympathize. Though then it would be hard to see what he had to sue over, since DeLuccia said she would put him on the visitor’s list. Maybe he thought he couldn’t get that concession without the suit. Or maybe he just got carried away in a tide of paternal desires. But being a good father when your child is still in utero means thinking about his or her mother’s wellbeing, too. When men can have babies, then they can decide who comes into the delivery room. Until then, the limits of biology limit their rights. Bazelon is a Slate senior editor and the Truman Capote Fellow at Yale Law School. She is the author of Sticks and Stones.
anta Fe High School’s championship season in girls’ basketball is a milestone to celebrate. For the first time since 1988, Santa Fe High has taken state. To all the players, coaches and family members who supported the dream, a hearty congratulations. With Class AAAA Santa Fe High moving up a division next year — another championship run would have to go through big-school powerhouses such as Volcano Vista or Clovis or Las Cruces Mayfield — this win is doubly sweet. The team seized its chance. The final game against Los Lunas, too, was a model of perseverance. After falling behind (18-9 at the half), team members didn’t quit, going ahead with just three minutes left in the game. Team members didn’t go home disappointed. They held the championship trophy aloft. Hearing the cheers of “Go, Demonettes,” though, stopped us in our tracks. The boys’ teams at Santa Fe High are Demons. Somewhere along the way, the girls’ teams became Demonettes, that horrific “ette” suffix attached to show (in case you couldn’t tell) that females are on the floor. Some schools add “Lady,” to the team name, also unnecessary (and something that can make little sense, as with teams named Lady Horsemen or Lady Rams). In 2014, there is no need to identify sports teams by gender (The New Mexico Activities Association website, by the way, just calls the championship team the Santa Fe Demons). By setting girls apart, it becomes all too clear that a boy playing sports is considered the norm. Girls are an afterthought who need an adjective or suffix. (It’s the gender equivalent of the “flesh” crayon being pale, when human skin comes in so many colors.) Across New Mexico, we have Demonettes, Capital High Lady Jaguars, Mora Rangerettes, Pojoaque Valley Elkettes, even the Lady Lobos at the college level. School sports in New Mexico should move past gender names. Sports fans can hear the phrase Santa Fe Demons, look at the court or field or track, and figure out whether girls or boys are playing. Teams don’t need the “ette” or “Lady” to offer a clue. The world has moved past such sexist terms as authoress or murderess or laundress. The same thing can happen in sports. The Santa Fe High state champions aren’t one of the best girls’ teams. The 2014 Demons are one of the best teams this town has ever seen.
The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: March 18, 1914: Beaumont, Texas — A robber held up the express messenger on a Santa Fe railroad train near here today and is reported to have stolen $14,000. The robbery occurred on northbound train No. 202, at Helbig, 14 miles north of here. Deputy sheriffs and policemen from Beaumont are in pursuit of the robber. The $14,000 was being sent by a Beaumont lumber company to Brownsville, Texas, for payroll use. March 18, 1964: Los Alamos — Ten Seconds That Shook the World, a film story of the development of the atomic bomb, will be shown to the public, free of charge, March 20, at the Civic Auditorium. The 55-minute black and white movie was commercially produced for television and has been aired in many parts of the nation. The Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory provided some of the footage for the film, which depicts the history of the weapon from its inception to its use at Hiroshima. March 18, 1989: Washington Avenue may not be what historians thought it was. In fact, if Santa Fe archaeologist David Snow is right, a portion of it could have been grazing lands for royal horses and gardens for the royal houses. In that case, the Palace of the Governors could have extended farther east than historians have estimated. And if Spanish re-conqueror Don Diego de Vargas’ remains are still buried near the old Palace as some historians believe, they are probably not near the intersection of Washington and Palace Avenues, but farther east.
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LOCAL BUSINESS FINANCE NEW MEXICO
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When a business needs to buy expensive equipment and doesn’t have the operating cash to buy it outright — or doesn’t want to commit liquid assets to such a big-ticket item — the owner will often approach a bank for financing. The same is true when a business has cash-flow shortfalls because its inflows and outflows are out of sync. Most banks have commerChris cial lending Rowberry departments that can offer the business a loan to finance equipment purchases or cover short-term obligations. Two of the most common loan types are term loans and revolving lines of credit. An experienced commercial banker can help the business decide which loan is most appropriate for its situation.
Term loans With term loans, the bank advances a specific amount of money and requires the business to pay it back over a defined period. Such a loan is typically structured with the bank contributing 75 percent of the cost and the business committing 25 percent, though the percentages can vary depending on the type of equipment being purchased. The bank sets the maximum repayment schedule to be slightly less than the useful life of the equipment. For example, if the business wanted a new machine that should last for seven years, the bank may offer a five-year term to ensure the loan is paid off before the collateral has zero value. Rates and fees for a term loan can vary depending on the business’s relationship with the bank and the financial strength of the company. A company is likely to secure better interest and repayment terms with a bank where it maintains a checking and savings account or has previously borrowed money than it will from a bank it has never done business with.
Revolving lines Companies use revolving lines of credit to fund working capital needs when their revenues and expenses are on different schedules. For example, a company’s income could be operating on a 60-day cycle, but the business might have bills to pay every week or month. Banks typically secure revolving lines of credit with a lien on the business’s assets; this is called a UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) filing. A UCC filing can be taken on the business’s equipment, furniture, fixtures, equipment, inventory, accounts receivable, intangibles or other assets. Unlike a term loan, a revolving line of credit is not paid back over a specified period, but is drawn on and paid back under loan terms that accommodate the business’s cash flows. A business might draw on a line of credit to fund its accounts payable and payroll obligations while it is waiting for a receivable to be paid. Once the receivable arrives, the business uses the funds to pay off or pay down the line of credit. Lines of credit should not be used to finance long-term working capital or equipment purchases. If they were, businesses would find themselves continuing to pay for equipment that is obsolete or useless. While term loans and revolving lines of credits are among the more common types of commercial loans, most banks can tailor financing to a business’ specific needs. For more information about business loans, visit http:// lanb.com/Business-Banking.aspx. Chris Rowberry works for Los Alamos National Bank. Visit www.FinanceNewMexico.org.
Clara Boggs, director of the nonprofit Heroes Housing Alliance, stands Friday at the site of a new affordable housing project on Santa Fe’s southwest side. The nonprofit plans to build 32 homes on the 7-acre site. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
Project’s goal: Homes for wounded veterans 32-lot subdivision of affordable houses planned near Nava Adé By Bruce Krasnow
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need. When her brother-in-law returned from combat, he required assistance and had to live with friends or relatives. With a little help from an affordable home with built-in accommodations, Boggs said he would have been able to live independently. “There is no community for wounded veterans; many can be on their own as long as they have help when they need it,” said Boggs, director of Heroes Housing Alliance, a Santa Fe nonprofit formed to increase access to home ownership for vets and others who might need accessible homes. And that’s why the Heroes Housing Alliance is focusing on a 32-lot subdivision adjacent to Nava Adé for a project that will offer such housing. The area is part of the Centex subdivision off Richards Avenue and Governor Miles Road. Though her focus is on vets, the homes are open to purchase for anyone who qualifies under affordable housing guidelines, which may include young singles and the elderly. Especially appealing, Boggs said, is the project is inside the city and close to medical care and commercial services — Santa Fe Place mall and the Zafarano Road shopping district are about a mile away. Sharron Welsh of the Santa Fe Community Housing Trust said the project comes at a time when most of the lots for affordable housing in existing subdivisions have been utilized, though there is some availability outside the city in Oshara Village and La Pradera. And the number of short sales and foreclosure
New ‘New Mexican’ advertising director Las Cruces native Heidi Melendrez is the new advertising director of The Santa Fe New Mexican. Melendrez brings more than 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing. Her most important focus is generating a positive return for her customers. In 2010, she joined the Las Cruces Sun-News, where she worked on digital media initiatives, especially in the areas of tourism and recruitment. Heidi Melendrez said Melendrez she joined The New Mexican as she sees exciting opportunities with the Internet and the newspaper’s website, www.santa fenewmexican.com, which is one of the fastest growing in the state. Already, the site has almost 292,000 unique visitors per month and 1.4 million monthly page views. Her priority at the newspaper is to grow the website with more integration of print ads as well as new products. “We’re going to be really focused on digital,” she said. She and advertising
What: Heroes Housing ribbon-cutting When: 2 p.m. Saturday Where: Near Centex Homes, south on Richards Avenue to Governor Miles Road, right on Dancing Ground, right on New Moon Circle to the end of the road. For more information, email heroes housingalliance@gmail.com or call 983-7983.
sales also are dropping, she said, so the bargains are coming to an end. “We have pretty much used up the existing supply of affordable lots, so there is a need for affordable home ownership,” Welsh said. Boggs, who started the effort almost four years ago, said she is utilizing a lot of donated materials — one contractor has already given the project a supply of granite not used in his other projects. But the infrastructure construction is moving forward with help from a state grant of $50,000. All the doorways and bathrooms will meet ADA standards for wheelchairs, and Heroes Housing is hoping to line up potential owners before floor plans and counters are set in the homes so specific individual accommodations can me made based on need — such as the design of an extra room for a relative or caregiver, or ramps, Boggs said. She also is partnering with groups as Habitat for Humanity and Youthworks for construction help. Two homes are already sold, and the project will be phased, as construction initially begins on nine lots. Contact Bruce Krasnow at brucek@sfnew mexican.com.
representatives will be hosting seminars for advertisers about digital-first initiatives and how their businesses can capture opportunities from the newspaper’s website, while still taking advantage of its print penetration in the Santa Fe market.
SunPower honors New Mexico dealer Positive Energy Solar, with locations in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Taos, is being recognized as the SunPower “Residential National Dealer of the Year” for outstanding performance in 2013. “Positive Energy Solar is honored to be named a SunPower ‘Residential National Dealer of the Year’ for delivering the world’s highest efficiency solar systems and superior customer service to homeowners,” said Regina Wheeler, CEO of Positive Energy Solar. “Our team of employee owners works hard for our customers and our industry. We are proud to put New Mexico in the spotlight for renewable energy. Partnering with SunPower, a leading solar technology and global energy services provider, allows us to offer our customers the most rigorously tested, most reliable solar power systems on the market today.” The “Residential National Dealer
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ew Mexico continues to trail the United States in job growth as of Jan. 31, according to data released Monday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In fact, New Mexico tied for last with Kentucky in percent of job growth and is just one of four states where non-farm payrolls contracted or showed negative growth. The others are Kentucky, West Virgina and Virginia. The top growth continues to come from states around New Mexico — Texas, Nevada and North Dakota. The lingering recession is one reason Gov. Susana Martinez and her administration keep promoting a recent study by Ernst & Young that ranks New Mexico as the best state in the West for manufacturBruce ing. Krasnow The report is being sent around Business Matters by the New Mexico Economic Development Department, private recruiters and officials in Bernalillo County who are aiming to attract the Tesla battery manufacturing plant to New Mexico. “According to the study, New Mexico now has the lowest effective tax rate for manufacturers in the West. That means once tax breaks are factored in, we are the most competitive in the nine-state Western region,” according to the Economic Development Department. “This undoubtedly helps New Mexico’s ranking and in attracting (as well as retaining) jobs creators to our state.” New Mexico, Texas, Arizona and Nevada are in the running for the $5 billion factory, which might bring as many as 60,000 new jobs over the course of several years. But tax structure and incentives are just one piece of the puzzle, and many think that an already operating rail connection from Reno, Nev., which can be used to transport the finished batteries to the Tesla car-manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif., gives Nevada an edge. Others speculate that Tesla wants a state that might be friendly to its sales model of selling a $70,000 vehicle directly to consumers through the Internet or a showroom, instead of a dealership network. All eyes will be on Tesla, with a decision expected by mid-summer. uuu
Probably the last thing on the mind of a 25-yearold restaurant worker or other tipped employee is how much Social Security he or she will receive at age 67. Yet, that’s one of the messages to encourage employees to keep track of earned tipped income and report the money for federal income taxes, said Bill Brunson, regional media spokesman for the IRS. Besides the fact that money paid in now will help in retirement, Brunson said workers are required to pay federal taxes on what they earn — and tip income is not excluded. It is tough to correlate the two, but Brunson said the increased Social Security payments can make a huge difference for workers who spend several years in the restaurant industry or who have decided to make that a career. For those employees, Brunson suggests recording tips in a daily tip record, and a formal record can be downloaded on the IRS website, www.irs.gov. Or workers can keep track using their own spreadsheet or electronic notes app that comes standard on most smartphones and tablets. For more information on tip income, go to publication 505 of the IRS, http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/ p505.pdf, or search for “tip income” on the main irs. gov website. So far in 2014, some 85 percent of New Mexico taxpayers are filing electronically, which speeds any refund. And that’s a good thing, as the average federal tax refund so far this year is just more than $3,000 — up about 3 percent from 2012 tax reports. Contact Bruce Krasnow at brucek@sfnewmexican.com.
of the Year” award honors SunPower residential dealers that demonstrate exceptional customer service, knowledge and leadership in the United States. The SunPower dealer network includes more than 1,800 dealers worldwide, with approximately 400 located in the United States.
Santa Fe Brewing taps local firm on expansion Santa Fe Brewing Company has announced it has chosen VM Technology as the local company to design, engineer and plan the upcoming expansion for the quickly growing brewery. The three-phase expansion will be managed by VM Technology owner Alfonz Vizsolay. VM Technology, and Vizsolay, have more than 40 years of experience with similar projects, including work with Anheuser-Busch, Coors Brewing, Eclipse Aviation, pharmaceutical and environmental water projects globally. Brian Lock, president of Santa Fe Brewing, said the first of three phases of the expansion will contain a new high-speed canning line that will help in keeping up with the high demand for Santa Fe Brewing craft canned beers. “Our canned beers have been incredibly popular in all of our mar-
kets. We have been struggling to keep up with demand, so we hope to break ground on this phase before the end of the year,” Lock said. After years of research and planning, Santa Fe Brewing has made the decision to expand its brewery operation. The decision to build a new brewing facility will increase capacity significantly, with ultimate capacity being 200,000 barrels.
Networking group holds visitor day Business Networking International Phoenix Rising is holding a visitor day from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, at The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 St. Francis Drive. BNI is the world’s largest networking organization, helping members get more business through word-of-mouth referrals. Each chapter allows only one member per professional category; taking a seat in the chapter equates to locking out your competition. Attendance costs $15 and includes breakfast. To find out more about open categories or to RSVP, please call chapter president Ann Hollier at 978-270-3282. The New Mexican
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A century later, baseball’s back in Australia the Diamondbacks before they left — they’ll be without their scheduled starting pitcher for SYDNEY — Major League Game 1, Patrick Corbin, who Baseball is back in town, and it’s could be out for the season with been a while. A century, in fact. an elbow injury. The Los Angeles Dodgers and The teams left Arizona on SunArizona Diamondbacks winged day and were scheduled to land their way across the Pacific Ocean in Sydney early Tuesday morning, on Monday on separate chartered losing a day after crossing the jets for their historic two-game International Date Line during the series to open the MLB season 15-hour flight. Saturday and Sunday at the SydThat leaves them little time to ney Cricket Ground. overcome the jet lag before their There was some bad news for first training session Tuesday By Dennis Passa
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afternoon. Sydney is 18 hours ahead of the West Coast of the United States, and it can take up to a week to get over the time differences involved — just in time to turn around and jet back to the U.S. early next week. The season-opening games in Sydney mark the 100th anniversary of an exhibition game played by the Chicago White Sox and the New York Giants at the same ground on Jan. 3, 1914, won by the White Sox 5-4 before 10,000 fans.
They also mark the first regular-season games ever played in Australia. Previous MLB seasonopeners were held in Monterrey, Mexico (1999), San Juan, Puerto Rico (2001) and Tokyo (2000, ’04, ’08 and ’12). For historical context, there’s no better place than the “SCG,” as it’s known around Australia and internationally in cricket circles. The ground hosted its first international cricket match in 1882 and
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Ground staff on Monday prepare the field that has been specially built for the Major League Baseball opening series at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. The season-opening two-game series between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks in Sydney will be played this weekend. RICK RYCROFT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT
Big, bad Bhullar
NMSU’s 7-5, 355-pound center stands in SDSU’s way
Stanford returns to tourney for first time since ’08 Cardinal face Lobos Friday in St. Louis By Janie McCauley The Associated Press
STANFORD, Calif. — For nearly a year, speculation surrounded Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins and his future at the school if the Cardinal didn’t reach the NCAA Tournament. Not that Dawkins let it become pressure or affect his daily preparations — and that unfazed attitude rubbed off on the players, who are now headed to the NCAAs as they planned for all along. “Coach always tells us, never pay attention to what’s being said,” senior forward Josh Huestis said. “One thing I’ve really learned about Coach Dawkins is he can stay very focused despite the chaos around him. He doesn’t let outside things affect him.” Sure, Dawkins acknowledged his team needed to take the next step after enduring devastating injuries, inconsistent play and its share of lategame collapses that kept the Cardinal from the NCAAs during his first five seasons. Athletic director Bernard Muir made it clear he expected an NCAA Tournament berth to measure the progress of Dawkins and his program. No. 10 seed Stanford (21-12) earned
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SAN DIEGO teve Fisher cut down the final net in the NCAA Tournament 25 years ago and reached two other national championship games, so he knows about playing deep into March. He’d like to think his fourth-seeded San Diego State Aztecs can advance beyond the opening weekend this year. To have that chance, the defensive-minded Aztecs first will have to get past an intriguing matchup Thursday night in Spokane against 13th-seeded New Mexico State and its big, big man, 7-foot-5, 355-pound center Sim Bhullar. Aztecs forward Winston Shepard recalls beating Bhullar in high school. “All I can really remember is we had a triple team on him and we still got dunked on,” Shepard said Monday. Was he in on that triple team? “No, not me. I don’t get dunked
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New Mexico State’s Sim Bhullar shoots against Idaho during the second half of Saturday’s game in the championship of the Western Athletic Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. No. 13 New Mexico State faces 4-seed San Diego State on Thursday night in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane. DAVID BECKER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NFL
Colts owner Jim Irsay has double image in media just before midnight Sunday by police INDIANAPOLIS — Colts who said they owner Jim Irsay is known in found multiple NFL circles as a tough businessprescription man and eccentric billionaire drugs inside who enjoys interacting with his vehicle. He fans about his beloved team was spotted Jim Irsay and favorite songs from bands driving slowly, like the Beatles and the Grateful stopping in Dead. the roadway and failing to use He may end up adding cona turn signal, and police said victed felon to the mix. Irsay failed several roadside Irsay was pulled over near field sobriety tests before he his home in suburban Carmel was arrested. By Charles D. Wilson The Associated Press
The drugs weren’t associated with any of the pill bottles found inside, police said. Some weren’t even in bottles. The 54-year-old Irsay, who acknowledged a painkiller dependency more than a decade ago, faces preliminary charges of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance. If Irsay is charged and convicted on the felony counts, he could face six months to three
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Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins encourages his team in Wednesday’s Pac-12 Tournament game against Washington State in Las Vegas, Nev. Stanford won 74-63. JULIE JACOBSON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
COMMENTARY
NASCAR must revamp schedule NASCAR’s version of the Super Bowl under the lights, and the race pace showed the drivers felt it, too. BRISTOL, Tenn. So just go ahead and make the Daytona 500 f the many things NASCAR can’t cona night race. It may still rain on race day, but trol, the weather is at the top of the list. Fox won’t be forced to fill hours of programNASCAR can’t make it be warm and ming waiting for it to clear. sunny every race day, and NASCAR can’t stave NASCAR then headed west to Phoenix, off rain showers or cold fronts. extended the swing a week with a stop in Las What NASCAR can control is the schedule. Vegas, Nev., then headed back home. Next up After rain delayed a second Sprint Cup race in on the schedule was Sunday’s stop at Bristol this four-week-old season, it’s time to consider Motor Speedway in Tennessee, once one of some tweaks. the most coveted tickets in NASCAR. The Daytona 500 will always be the seasonThe track has been one of the hardest hit opening race, and nobody is suggesting that since the 2008 economic downturn. A streak should change. But a rain delay of nearly six of 55 consecutive sellouts was snapped in hours last month pushed the bulk of the race 2010, and attendance for the spring race has into prime time for the second time in three dwindled every year. Some fans blamed a 2007 years. There’s something electric about running Please see nascaR, Page B-3
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Southwest W L Pct GB San Antonio 50 16 .758 — Houston 45 22 .672 51/2 Dallas 41 27 .603 10 Memphis 39 27 .591 11 New Orleans 27 39 .409 23 Northwest W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 49 18 .731 — Portland 43 24 .642 6 Minnesota 33 32 .508 15 Denver 30 37 .448 19 Utah 22 46 .324 271/2 Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 48 21 .696 — Golden State 42 26 .618 51/2 Phoenix 38 29 .567 9 Sacramento 23 44 .343 24 L.A. Lakers 22 44 .333 241/2 x-clinched playoff spot Monday’s Games Indiana 99, Philadelphia 90 Atlanta 97, Charlotte 83 Brooklyn 108, Phoenix 95 Oklahoma City 97, Chicago 85 Houston 124, Utah 86 Dallas 94, Boston 89 Denver 110, L.A. Clippers 100 Sunday’s Games Charlotte 101, Milwaukee 92 Phoenix 121, Toronto 113 Miami 113, Houston 104 New Orleans 121, Boston 120, OT Minnesota 104, Sacramento 102 Dallas 109, Oklahoma City 86 San Antonio 122, Utah 104 Golden State 113, Portland 112 L.A. Clippers 102, Cleveland 80 Tuesday’s Games Miami at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Portland, 8 p.m. Washington at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Orlando at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.
Rockets 124, Jazz 86
UTAH (86) Jefferson 2-7 3-3 8, Williams 1-6 2-2 5, Favors 6-11 3-3 15, Burke 4-13 1-1 10, Hayward 5-8 1-2 11, Burks 6-9 3-4 15, Kanter 4-8 1-2 9, Clark 1-2 0-0 2, Evans 1-4 0-0 2, Garrett 1-4 0-0 3, Lucas III 1-7 0-0 2, Rush 1-2 0-1 2, Gobert 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 34-83 14-18 86. HOUSTON (124) Parsons 3-5 0-0 6, Jones 11-15 5-7 30, Asik 5-12 2-4 12, Beverley 6-9 5-5 19, Harden 5-10 3-3 15, Motiejunas 3-7 0-2 7, Lin 7-10 2-3 17, Hamilton 5-7 2-2 15, Canaan 1-4 0-0 3, Garcia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-79 19-26 124. Utah 20 21 28 17—86 Houston 28 32 32 32—124 3-Point Goals—Utah 4-18 (Burke 1-2, Garrett 1-3, Williams 1-3, Jefferson 1-5, Clark 0-1, Burks 0-1, Lucas III 0-3), Houston 13-25 (Hamilton 3-4, Jones 3-4, Beverley 2-4, Harden 2-4, Lin 1-2, Canaan 1-2, Motiejunas 1-3, Parsons 0-2). Fouled Out—Motiejunas. Rebounds—Utah 39 (Kanter 9), Houston 54 (Asik, Motiejunas 11). Assists—Utah 21 (Burke 5), Houston 31 (Lin 9). Total Fouls—Utah 25, Houston 22. A—18,156 (18,023).
PHOENIX (95) Tucker 3-6 1-2 8, Frye 3-9 0-0 7, Mi.Plumlee 1-4 1-2 3, Bledsoe 4-10 1-2 10, Dragic 6-12 1-1 13, Green 6-11 2-3 17, Smith 2-4 0-0 4, Mark.Morris 8-14 2-5 18, Marc.Morris 2-4 2-4 6, Len 0-0 0-0 0, Goodwin 2-3 2-3 6, Christmas 0-3 2-4 2, Randolph 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 37-80 15-28 95. BROOKLYN (108) Johnson 7-11 2-2 19, Pierce 4-7 0-1 10, Ma.Plumlee 5-6 4-7 14, Williams 11-13 3-5 28, Livingston 6-11 0-0 12, Blatche 3-5 1-2 7, Gutierrez 0-1 0-0 0, Kirilenko 1-2 0-2 2, Anderson 2-6 2-2 7, Thornton 2-8 4-4 8, Teague 0-0 1-2 1, Collins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-70 17-27 108. Phoenix 20 29 23 23—95 Brooklyn 30 32 28 18—108 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 6-22 (Green 3-6, Frye 1-3, Tucker 1-3, Bledsoe 1-3, Christmas 0-1, Marc.Morris 0-1, Mark. Morris 0-2, Dragic 0-3), Brooklyn 9-21 (Johnson 3-5, Williams 3-5, Pierce 2-4, Anderson 1-4, Thornton 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 53 (Frye, Mi.Plumlee 6), Brooklyn 42 (Ma.Plumlee 11). Assists—Phoenix 18 (Smith 6), Brooklyn 23 (Livingston, Johnson 5). Total Fouls—Phoenix 24, Brooklyn 24. A—17,401 (17,732).
Pacers 99, 76ers 90
PHILADELPHIA (90) Thompson 6-7 1-1 17, Young 9-19 1-3 23, Sims 3-10 3-4 9, Carter-Williams 7-20 1-5 15, Wroten 7-18 3-3 17, Williams 0-1 2-2 2, Nunnally 0-1 0-0 0, Varnado 1-2 0-0 2, Davies 0-0 0-2 0, Mullens 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 35-81 11-20 90. INDIANA (99) George 4-14 15-16 24, West 3-14 1-1 7, Hibbert 3-8 2-2 8, G.Hill 4-11 0-0 11, Stephenson 8-16 8-9 25, Turner 2-7 0-0 4, Mahinmi 4-5 2-4 10, Sloan 2-2 0-0 5, Scola 1-4 3-6 5, Copeland 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-81 31-38 99. Philadelphia 24 26 17 23—90 Indiana 21 37 17 24—99 3-Point Goals—Philadelphia 9-23 (Thompson 4-4, Young 4-8, Mullens 1-2, Williams 0-1, Nunnally 0-1, Wroten 0-3, Carter-Williams 0-4), Indiana 6-18 (G.Hill 3-7, Sloan 1-1, George 1-3, Stephenson 1-6, Turner 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Philadelphia 54 (Carter-Williams 13), Indiana 58 (West 12). Assists—Philadelphia 21 (Carter-Williams 5), Indiana 13 (West, G.Hill 3). Total Fouls—Philadelphia 33, Indiana 17. Technicals—Mullens. A—18,165 (18,165).
Thunder 97, Bulls 85
OKLAHOMA CITY (97) Durant 11-21 10-12 35, Ibaka 6-11 2-4 15, Adams 0-0 0-0 0, Westbrook 5-14 4-6 17, Roberson 1-3 0-0 2, Thabeet 0-0 0-0 0, C.Butler 3-8 3-3 12, Jackson 3-9 3-3 11, Collison 1-3 0-0 2, Fisher 1-6 0-0 3, Lamb 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-75 22-28 97. CHICAGO (85) Dunleavy 4-10 1-2 11, Boozer 5-13 2-2 12, Noah 2-8 5-7 9, Hinrich 3-12 0-0 8, J.Butler 4-12 4-6 13, Gibson 6-14 4-6 16, Augustin 3-11 4-5 10, Snell 1-1 0-0 2, Mohammed 1-3 2-3 4. Totals 29-84 22-31 85. Oklahoma City 23 24 27 23—97 Chicago 21 24 22 18—85 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 13-25 (Durant 3-4, C.Butler 3-6, Westbrook 3-7, Jackson 2-2, Ibaka 1-1, Fisher 1-4, Roberson 0-1), Chicago 5-22 (Hinrich 2-5, Dunleavy 2-5, J.Butler 1-6, Augustin 0-6). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 57 (Durant 12), Chicago 57 (Noah 12). Assists—Oklahoma City 20 (Westbrook 9), Chicago 21 (Noah 9). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 27, Chicago 15. Technicals—Oklahoma City defensive three second, Chicago defensive three second 3. A—22,261 (20,917).
NATIONAL SCOREBOARD Mavericks 94, Celtics 89
BOSTON (89) Green 2-12 0-0 5, Bass 2-5 1-2 5, Humphries 2-8 1-2 5, Bradley 5-14 0-0 11, Bayless 6-16 4-4 19, Sullinger 6-16 1-1 13, Johnson 3-5 2-2 9, Olynyk 6-11 3-3 16, Pressey 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 34-93 12-14 89. DALLAS (94) Marion 4-10 2-2 11, Nowitzki 6-17 3-3 19, Dalembert 3-4 0-0 6, Calderon 2-6 0-0 6, Ellis 4-11 8-9 17, Carter 4-13 1-1 9, Blair 2-4 0-0 4, Harris 3-8 5-6 12, Crowder 0-0 0-0 0, Wright 5-5 0-0 10, Ellington 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-78 19-21 94. Boston 22 21 18 28—89 Dallas 26 24 14 30—94 3-Point Goals—Boston 9-22 (Bayless 3-5, Pressey 2-3, Green 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Bradley 1-3, Olynyk 1-4, Sullinger 0-2), Dallas 9-27 (Nowitzki 4-8, Calderon 2-4, Ellis 1-2, Harris 1-4, Marion 1-4, Carter 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Boston 63 (Humphries 14), Dallas 45 (Dalembert, Ellis 7). Assists—Boston 20 (Bayless 6), Dallas 20 (Harris, Calderon 6). Total Fouls— Boston 19, Dallas 17. Technicals—Boston defensive three second. A—20,132 (19,200).
Hawks 97, Bobcats 83
ATLANTA (97) Carroll 4-9 0-0 9, Millsap 12-20 2-2 28, Antic 4-10 0-0 11, Teague 4-14 0-0 11, Korver 3-8 2-2 10, Brand 2-3 0-0 4, Mack 2-6 0-0 5, Scott 5-10 0-1 10, Schroder 2-3 1-1 6, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Muscala 1-2 1-1 3. Totals 39-85 6-7 97. CHARLOTTE (83) Kidd-Gilchrist 1-4 0-2 2, McRoberts 2-10 0-0 5, Jefferson 6-15 4-4 16, Walker 7-18 2-2 20, Henderson 5-12 4-4 16, Zeller 1-6 1-1 3, Neal 3-8 2-2 9, Douglas-Roberts 1-3 1-1 3, Ridnour 1-3 0-0 3, Biyombo 2-2 0-0 4, Tolliver 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 30-85 14-16 83. Atlanta 22 24 30 21—97 Charlotte 28 24 16 15—83 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 13-34 (Teague 3-5, Antic 3-7, Millsap 2-4, Korver 2-6, Schroder 1-2, Mack 1-3, Carroll 1-5, Scott 0-2), Charlotte 9-25 (Walker 4-6, Henderson 2-4, Ridnour 1-1, Neal 1-2, McRoberts 1-7, Jefferson 0-1, Tolliver 0-2, Douglas-Roberts 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 57 (Antic 10), Charlotte 47 (Jefferson 12). Assists—Atlanta 27 (Teague 9), Charlotte 22 (Walker 7). Total Fouls— Atlanta 20, Charlotte 15. A—14,419 (19,077).
NBA Leaders
Through March 16 Scoring G FG FT PTS Durant, OKC 65 675 566 2066 Anthony, NYK 64 638 371 1793 James, MIA 62 613 341 1656 Love, MIN 62 529 424 1634 Harden, HOU 58 436 429 1434 Griffin, LAC 68 621 401 1654 Curry, GOL 65 528 255 1523 Aldridge, POR 60 572 258 1405 DeRozan, TOR 63 487 388 1416 George, IND 66 496 323 1469 FG Percentage FG FGA Jordan, LAC 281 421 Drummond, DET 381 618 Howard, HOU 448 761 James, MIA 613 1078 Horford, ATL 238 420 Faried, DEN 331 588 Johnson, TOR 290 520 Diaw, SAN 255 458 Wade, MIA 377 685 Ibaka, OKC 431 794 Rebounds G OFF DEF TOT Jordan, LAC 68 273 666 939 Love, MIN 62 190 610 800 Drummond, DET66 352 491 843 Howard, HOU 66 221 596 817 Cousins, SAC 57 181 487 668 Assists G AST Paul, LAC 49 540 Lawson, DEN 53 481 Wall, WAS 66 576 Curry, GOL 65 557 Rubio, MIN 65 552
AVG 31.8 28.0 26.7 26.4 24.7 24.3 23.4 23.4 22.5 22.3 PCT .667 .617 .589 .569 .567 .563 .558 .557 .550 .543 AVG 13.8 12.9 12.8 12.4 11.7 AVG 11.0 9.1 8.7 8.6 8.5
Baseball: Officials expect 40,000 fans at each of 2 games
NCAA Men’s Tournament
First Round At UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Tuesday’s Games Albany (N.Y.) (18-14) vs. Mount St. Mary’s (16-16), 4:40 p.m. N.C. State (21-13) vs. Xavier (21-12), 30 minutes following Wednesday’s Games Cal Poly (13-19) vs. Texas Southern (19-14), 4:40 p.m. Iowa (20-12) vs. Tennessee (21-12), 30 minutes following Second Round East Regional Thursday, March 20 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. UConn (26-8) vs. Saint Joseph’s (24-9), 4:55 p.m. Villanova (28-4) vs. Milwaukee (2113), 30 minutes following At Spokane Arena Spokane, Wash. Cincinnati (27-6) vs. Harvard (26-4), 12:10 p.m. Michigan State (26-8) vs. Delaware (25-9), 30 minutes following Friday, March 21 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Memphis (23-9) vs. George Washington (24-8), 4:55 p.m. Virginia (28-6) vs. Coastal Carolina (21-12), 30 minutes following At The AT&T Center San Antonio North Carolina (23-9) vs. Providence (23-11), 5:20 p.m. Iowa State (26-7) vs. North Carolina Central (28-5), 30 minutes following South Regional Thursday, March 20 At First Niagara Center Buffalo, N.Y. Ohio State (25-9) vs. Dayton (23-10), 10:15 a.m. Syracuse (27-5) vs. Western Michigan (23-9), 30 minutes following At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Colorado (23-11) vs. Pittsburgh (25-9), 11:40 a.m. Florida (32-2) vs. Albany-Mount St. Mary’s winner, 30 minutes following Friday, March 21 At Scottrade Center St. Louis New Mexico (27-6) vs. Stanford (2112), 11:40 a.m. Kansas (24-9) vs. Eastern Kentucky (24-9), 30 minutes following At Viejas Arena San Diego VCU (26-8) vs. Stephen F. Austin (31-2), 5:27 p.m. UCLA (26-8) vs. Tulsa (21-12), 30 minutes following Midwest Regional Thursday, March 20 At The Amway Center Orlando, Fla. Saint Louis (26-6) vs. N.C. StateXavier winner, 5:20 p.m Louisville (29-5) vs. Manhattan (25-7), 30 minutes following At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Michigan (25-8) vs. Wofford (20-12), 5:10 p.m. Texas (23-10) vs. Arizona State (2111), 30 minutes following Friday, March 21 At PNC Arena Raleigh, N.C. Duke (26-8) vs. Mercer (26-8), 10:15 a.m. UMass (24-8) vs. Iowa-Tennessee winner, 30 minutes following At Scottrade Center St. Louis Wichita State (34-0) vs. Cal PolyTexas Southern winner, 5:10 p.m. Kentucky (24-10) vs. Kansas State (20-12), 30 minutes following
West Regional Thursday, March 20 At BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee Wisconsin (26-7) vs. American (2012), 10:40 a.m. Oregon (23-9) vs. BYU (23-11), 30 minutes following At Spokane Arena, Spokane, Wash. Oklahoma (23-9) vs. North Dakota State (25-6), 5:27 p.m. San Diego State (29-4) vs. New Mexico State (26-9), 30 minutes following Friday, March 21 At The AT&T Center, San Antonio Baylor (24-11) vs. Nebraska (19-12), 10:40 a.m. Creighton (26-7) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (23-11), 30 minutes following At Viejas Arena, San Diego Arizona (30-4) vs. Weber State (1911), 12:10 p.m. Gonzaga (28-6) vs. Oklahoma State (21-12), 30 minutes following
National Invitation Tournament (NIT)
First Round Tuesday, March 18 Robert Morris (21-13) at St. John’s (20-12), 5 p.m. Florida Gulf Coast (22-12) at Florida State (19-13), 5 p.m. West Virginia (17-15) at Georgetown (17-14), 5 p.m. Belmont (24-9) at Wisconsin-Green Bay (24-6), 6:15 p.m. High Point (16-14) at Minnesota (2013), 6:15 p.m. Georgia State (25-8) at Clemson (2012), 7 p.m. Indiana State (23-10) at Arkansas (21-11), 7 p.m. Davidson (20-12) at Missouri (22-11), 7 p.m. Utah (21-11) at St. Mary’s (CA) (2211), 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 19 Illinois (19-14) at Boston U. (24-10), 5 p.m. Iona (22-10) at Louisiana Tech (27-7), 5:30 p.m. Vermont (22-10) at Georgia (19-13), 6 p.m. Toledo (27-6) at Southern Miss (27-6), 6:30 p.m. UC Irvine (23-11) at SMU (23-9), 7 p.m. LSU (19-13) at San Francisco (21-11), 8 p.m. Utah Valley (20-11) at California (1913), 8:30 p.m.
BASEBALL BASEBALL
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had its first scoreboard constructed in 1895. Since then, thousands of cricket, rugby league, rugby union and Australian Rules football matches have been held there, as well as tennis exhibitions, motorcycle races and rock concerts featuring Michael Jackson, Madonna and Green Day. And now, regular-season Major League Baseball games. “I look forward to it as a cool opportunity, a cool experience,” Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said before leaving Sunday. “The people from Australia, the cricket grounds, there’s a lot of history there and we’re looking to make history in a different fashion.” Work began a few weeks ago on transforming the cricket pitch to a baseball field. The SCG field will have an 8-foothigh outfield fence and will measure 328 feet down the foul lines and 400 feet straight down center field. Barry O’Farrell, the political leader of New South Wales state, of which Sydney is capital, tweeted a photo of the baseball ground and called it the “field of dreams.” The stadium was officially unveiled Monday, with officials saying they hoped Sydney might be included in a rotation for regular MLB games, possibly as early as 2018. “Absolutely. We want this to be a success,” said Tom Nicholson, director of MLB’s Australia and Oceania office. “We want Sydney to support it and they are.”
years in prison on each count. Chief Deputy Prosecutor Andre Miksha said no decision had been made on formal charges and a hearing was set for March 26. Irsay, whose mug shot was posted on websites for millions to see, said nothing as he left the Hamilton County Jail after posting bond Monday. A short time later, he tweeted: “Deepest thx to family, friends, fans, colleagues for the messages of support, thoughts and prayers. Impossible to tell u how much this means.” An NFL spokesman said Irsay is subject to discipline but didn’t elaborate on what that might be. Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand was suspended for 30 days and fined $100,000 in 2010 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy following his guilty plea to driving while impaired. Current and former NFL players were clearly watching the case with interest. “I want to see what the NFL does about this Jim Irsay situation if a player loses a game check no matter the amount he should lose a game day,” Atlanta Falcons wide receiver White tweeted. “I’m guessing a million dollar fine will come which is nothing to a man that makes billions.” White, accused earlier this year of failing to appear in court for speeding and tinted window citations, added: “I don’t think Irsay is a bad guy I actually like him as an owner but it was a bad mistake.” Authorities would not say
Officials are expecting about 40,000 fans for each game, which is the capacity of the stadium, including corporate areas. In team news, the Diamondbacks had a 6-5 preseason win Sunday over the Milwaukee Brewers, while the Dodgers tied 3-3 with Colorado after nine innings. Hyun-Jin Ryu had the final tune-up for his season debut next Sunday for the Dodgers, pitching into the sixth inning. The Dodgers’ opening day starter, Clayton Kershaw, meanwhile, was roughed up in his last exhibition outing. Last year’s National League Cy Young Award winner allowed five runs on eight hits in 5⅔ innings in a loss to the Chicago White Sox. Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp did not travel to Aus-
tralia — he’s recovering from surgery on his left ankle — and Carl Crawford is staying behind for the birth of his child. Also out of the Dodgers lineup for Australia is No. 2 starter Zack Greinke, who has a strained right calf. But the biggest news for either team was Corbin’s injury. Designated last week as the opening-day starter for the Diamondbacks, he has a partially torn ligament in his left elbow that may require season-ending surgery. Gibson said lefthander Wade Miley will start in Corbin’s place. Miley hadn’t been scheduled to make the trip. “I was zero percent packed,” he said. “But you know what? It’s one of those things where it’s really not a decision. You just do it.”
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HOCKEY HOCKEY
NHL Eastern Conference
Atlantic GP Boston 68 Tampa Bay 68 Montreal 69 Toronto 69 Detroit 67 Ottawa 67 Florida 68 Buffalo 68 Metro GP Pittsburgh 67 Philadelphia 67 Columbus 67 N.Y. Rangers 69 Washington 69 New Jersey 68 Carolina 68 N.Y. Islanders69
W 46 37 37 36 30 28 25 19 W 44 35 35 36 32 29 29 26
L OL 17 5 24 7 25 7 25 8 24 13 26 13 35 8 41 8 L OL 19 4 25 7 26 6 29 4 27 10 26 13 30 9 34 9
Pts GF 97 219 81 198 81 174 80 203 73 175 69 190 58 169 46 132 Pts GF 92 209 77 192 76 195 76 177 74 201 71 166 67 169 61 195
Western Conference
GA 147 178 174 211 188 221 221 202 GA 167 193 184 170 207 176 194 233
Central GP W L OL Pts GF GA St. Louis 68 47 14 7 101 226 152 Colorado 68 44 19 5 93 209 181 Chicago 68 39 15 14 92 231 179 Minnesota 68 35 23 10 80 165 168 Dallas 67 32 24 11 75 193 192 Winnipeg 70 31 30 9 71 194 204 Nashville 68 29 29 10 68 164 201 Pacific GP W L OL Pts GF GA Anaheim 68 45 16 7 97 218 172 San Jose 69 45 17 7 97 214 165 Los Angeles 69 38 25 6 82 168 148 Phoenix 69 33 25 11 77 192 196 Vancouver 71 31 30 10 72 170 194 Calgary 68 27 34 7 61 165 202 Edmonton 69 24 36 9 57 171 224 Monday’s Games Boston 4, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 3 St. Louis 3, Winnipeg 1 Phoenix 4, Los Angeles 3 Tuesday’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 5 p.m. Minnesota at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Dallas at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Carolina at Columbus, 5 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 5:30 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m. Buffalo at Calgary, 7 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Florida at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Leaders
Through March 16 Scoring GP Sidney Crosby, Pit 67 Phil Kessel, Tor 69 Ryan Getzlaf, Anh 64 Tyler Seguin, Dal 65 Kyle Okposo, NYI 68
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A PTS 57 88 39 73 44 73 39 69 42 69
Irsay: Owner acknowledged painkiller dependency in 2002
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Australian baseball player Craig Anderson, left, and coaches Jon Deeble and Glenn Williams on Monday inspect the baseball field specially built for the MLB opening series at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. RICK RYCROFT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MLB Spring Training
AL Cleveland Seattle Tampa Bay Baltimore Detroit Kansas City Oakland New York Minnesota Los Angeles Chicago Boston Houston Toronto Texas NL Miami Pittsburgh San Francisco Arizona Washington Chicago Colorado New York Cincinnati Atlanta Milwaukee St. Louis Los Angeles San Diego Philadelphia
Monday’s Games Washington vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., ccd., Rain Atlanta 4, Houston 0, 5 innings Boston 10, St. Louis 5 Baltimore (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., ccd., Rain Miami 10, N.Y. Mets 7 N.Y. Yankees vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., ccd., Rain Colorado 9, San Diego 7 Oakland 6, Chicago Cubs (ss) 2 Chicago Cubs (ss) 4, L.A. Angels (ss) 2 L.A. Angels (ss) 8, San Francisco 7 Chicago White Sox 9, Milwaukee 0 Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 4 Minnesota vs. Baltimore (ss) at Sarasota, Fla., ccd., Rain Kansas City 6, Texas 0 Tuesday’s Games Houston vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m. Toronto vs. Detroit (ss), 11:05 a.m. Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m. Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m. Texas (ss) vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Chi White Sox, 2:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota, 5:05 p.m. Chi Cubs vs. Texas (ss), 8:05 p.m. San Fran vs. Cleveland, 8:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Seattle, 8:05 p.m.
Attorney James Voyles, center left, and Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, center right, leave the Hamilton County jail on Monday in Indianapolis. Irsay was released from jail Monday after being held overnight following a traffic stop in which police said he failed sobriety tests and had multiple prescription drugs inside his vehicle. ALAN PETERSIME/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
what drugs Irsay was allegedly caught with, but they were listed as Schedule IV drugs by the Drug Enforcement Administration. That type of drug, which includes Xanax, Darvocet and Ambien, has a low risk for abuse or dependency, according to the DEA. Irsay acknowledged in 2002 that he had become dependent on painkillers after several years of orthopedic operations but said he had overcome the problem after undergoing treatment. The DEA investigated the case, but local prosecutors at the time said they saw no reason to charge Irsay. In October 2013, Irsay tweeted that “I don’t drink … haven’t in over 15 years.” Irsay became the Colts owner in 1997 after the death of his father, Robert Irsay, and a lengthy legal battle with his
father’s second wife. Forbes magazine has estimated Irsay’s net worth at $1.6 billion. He helped build the Colts into a top NFL team over the past decade behind quarterback Peyton Manning, now with Denver, and was a key player in the drive to bring the Super Bowl to Indianapolis two years ago. He is working with some success to rebuild the team behind young quarterback Andrew Luck while coping with a painful divorce that follows a decade-long separation from his wife of 33 years. Irsay has cultivated a relaxed image that fans have responded to. Irsay has said the public wants owners who are “down to earth” and he’s done his best to keep his fans up to date on his team — and lots of other things.
SPORTS COLLEGE BASKETBALL COMMENTARY
Don’t take Buffett’s bracket challenge By David Sarno Slate
WASHINGTON hanks to Warren Buffett and Quicken Loans, signing up for a shot at $1 billion is as simple as filling out a form on a website. Just register online for the Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge, make your March Madness picks, and crack open a High Life. If you pick the winners of 63 NCAA Tournament games (you don’t even have to pick the winners from the play-in round!), you’ll haul in the biggest cash prize in world history. All that, and it’s free to enter. How could you lose? The contest is a master stroke of publicity: Buffett and Quicken have descended on one of the most electric weeks in U.S. sports, slapped their names all over its most addictive fan tradition, and wrapped the whole thing in a $1 billion bow. It’s enough action, cash and fun to whip you into a drooling frenzy. Which is probably fine with the sponsors, since if the lusty haze were to wear off, people could start doing silly things like running the numbers or reading the fine print. And if you did that, you’d probably notice the following important things about this contest. 1. You will not win. There is a chance, but the chance is so vanishingly small that it’s actually more rational to say there’s no chance. As Yahoo and Quicken note in the fine print of their rules page: “odds of winning the Grand Prize are 1:9,223,372,036,854,775,808.” That’s 1 in 9 quintillion and change. Another way to think about it: If all 317 million people in the U.S. filled out a bracket at random, you could run the contest for 290 million years, and there’d still be a 99 percent chance that no one had ever won. Unlike the lottery, basketball isn’t random. Better teams usually beat worse teams. And many people who fill out brackets tend to have at least some basic information in the form of the seedings, historical trends and player stats. Jeff Bergen, a math professor at DePaul University, derived a more realistic calculation that takes basketball knowledge into account. If you know the sport pretty well, he concludes, your chances of picking perfectly are more like 1 in 128 billion.
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You’d need to fill out about 90 billion brackets before you even had a 50-50 chance to win. Still not so hot. As Bergen explained, that would mean you’d need to fill out about 90 billion brackets before you even had a 50-50 chance to win. 2. No one will win. ESPN has been running a large-scale bracket contest for 13 years. Nobody has ever come close to perfection, the sports network’s John Diver told CNN in January. Only one person in the last seven years managed to pick just the first-round winners correctly. “I don’t want to say it’s impossible,” Diver said, “but it’s basically impossible.” The giant Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries are set up so that someone has to win eventually. As a given jackpot grows, more people hear about it and buy tickets, and since there’s no limit on the number of tickets sold, the probability that one of them is a winner approaches 100 percent. Not so here. Buffett and Quicken have capped the number of entries at 15 million, so the odds that there’s a winner stay very, very small. If you use Bergen’s calculation, generously assuming the contest fills up with 15 million basketball experts, then Buffett and Quicken would have to pay the billion only 0.012 percent of the time. That means there’s about a 1 in 8,500 chance that anyone wins, period. To be fair, Quicken is paying $100,000 to each of the 20 best “imperfect” bracket pickers. But the contest wouldn’t have nearly the marketing pizzazz if it were called the $100,000 to 20 People Bracket Challenge, as it probably should be. 3. In the imaginary case that you’re about to win, Buffett will buy you out. Buffett told the Los Angeles Times that if someone gets to the Final Four with 60 out of 60 correct, he would probably try to buy them out before they won it all. “I’m not sure Quicken would let me do that,” Buffett told ESPN.com’s Rick Reilly, but then proceeds as if he’s pretty sure he could. “If I offered you $100 million to call off the
bet, I bet you’d take it,” he said to Reilly. That $100 million actually sounds like too much. That Times piece notes, “Most people would have a very hard time turning down $10 million when there was a chance they could get nothing.” The point here is not that $100 million or $10 million is a bad result: It’s that the $1 billion is a mirage, a hypnotist’s spiral. All of this makes this a great deal for Buffett. In addition to all the publicity he’s getting, the Oracle of Omaha’s company Berkshire Hathaway is also insuring the payout, with Quicken paying an undisclosed sum to cover the $1 billion if the world were to turn inside out and someone did win. Buying a policy to insure you against a very unlikely outcome wouldn’t cost very much, so whatever Quicken’s paying also reflects Buffett’s lending of his name, image and credibility to the affair. (Buffett, via Berkshire Hathaway, did not respond to a request for comment on the contest or his role in it.) 4. You get squat, while Quicken gets a real jackpot. To register for the contest, you have to sign up for a Yahoo account — a boon in itself for Yahoo, on whose site the contest is run. Then you’re asked to enter your name, address, email, birthday and the answers to several questions about your home mortgage situation. All of this information goes to Quicken Loans, the fourth-largest mortgage-lender in the U.S. It’s no coincidence that this information — where do you live? Do you want to buy a home? What’s your current mortgage rate? — is exactly what you need if you want to sell someone a home loan. “That is a very rich amount of information, very rich,” says David Lykken, a managing partner at Mortgage Banking Solutions, an Austin, Texas-based consulting firm. “Brilliant — information you can get the consumer to supply for no cost.” It’s not uncommon for companies like Quicken to pay between $50 and $300 for a single high-quality mortgage lead, Lykken says. David Sarno is the founder of Lighthaus Inc, which develops interactive storytelling for news, education and health care. He was a technology and culture writer at the Los Angeles Times from 2006 to 2013.
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Today on TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 11 a.m. on ESPN — Preseason, Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees, in Tampa, Fla. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. on TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, Albany vs. Mount St. Mary’s, in Dayton, Ohio 5 p.m. on ESPN — NIT, first round, West Virginia at Georgetown 5 p.m. on ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Florida Gulf Coast at Florida State 5 p.m. on ESPNU — NIT, first round, Robert Morris at St. John’s 7 p.m. on ESPN — NIT, first round, Indiana State at Arkansas 7 p.m. on ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Davidson at Missouri 7 p.m. on ESPNU — NIT, first round, Georgia State at Clemson 7 p.m. on TRUTV — NCAA Division I tournament, first round, N.C. State vs. Xavier, in Dayton, Ohio 9 p.m. on ESPN2 — NIT, first round, Utah at Saint Mary’s NHL 5:30 p.m. on NBCSN — Chicago at Philadelphia SOCCER 1:30 p.m. on FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Galatasaray at Chelsea
PREP SCHEDULE This week’s list of varsity high school sporting events. For additions or changes, email us at sports@sfnewmexican.com:
Today Baseball — Tucumcari at West Las Vegas, 3 p.m. Capital at Pojoaque Valley, 4 p.m. Santa Fe Indian School at Portales, doubleheader, 4 p.m. Questa at Peñasco, 4 p.m. Mora at Santa Rosa, doubleheader, 4 p.m. Los Alamos at Los Lunas, 6 p.m. Softball — Walatowa at Capital, doubleheader, 3 p.m. Las Vegas Robertson at Santa Fe Indian School, 3:30 p.m. Los Alamos at Pojoaque Valley, 4 p.m.
Wednesday Softball — Pecos at West Las Vegas, 4 p.m.
Thursday Baseball — Jim Pierce Memorial Tournament, first round, at St. Michael’s, pairings TBA (Santa Fe High, Cobre, Española Valley, Las Vegas Robertson, St. Michael’s) Los Alamos at Piedra Vista Tournament, first round (vs. Fruita Monument, 2 p.m.) Taos at Aztec Invitational, first round (vs. Moriarty, 4 p.m.) Pecos at Dexter Tournament, first round (vs. N.M. Military, 1 p.m.) West Las Vegas at Socorro Tournament, first round, pairings TBA Santa Fe Indian School at McCurdy, doubleheader, 3 p.m. Softball — St. Michael’s Tournament, first round, pairings TBA (Capital, Pojoaque Valley, Española Valley, St. Michael’s)
Friday
NASCAR: Changes complicated but needed Continued from Page B-1 track reconfiguration for ruining the racing, and there were complaints about high hotel rates. Both reasons are valid and true. But overlooked is that Bristol’s first race of the season has slowly inched up the NASCAR calendar since 2005, when it went from the sixth race of the season to the fifth stop on the Sprint Cup Series schedule. That was OK in 2005, when NASCAR had an early off weekend and Bristol’s race date was April 3. But the next year, it was moved to March and by 2011 it was the fourth race of the season. It’s meant a race date of midto late March, and Sunday’s running was the earliest on the calendar Bristol has hosted a race since 2008. Only two were run earlier — in 1976 and 1982, when the race was held on March 14. Track officials were not surprised when the weather fluctuated wildly all last week, hitting the mid-70s early in the week before plummeting into the 40s when NASCAR rolled into town. The forecast for Sunday’s race called for 100 percent chance of rain — and the two delays added up to more than five hours, with the race finishing deep into the night, under the lights. Bristol general manager Jerry Caldwell believes he’s got a valid argument to get a different race date. “I think the right place for us is mid- to late April, given the weather conditions around here,” Caldwell said Monday. Caldwell readily admits the end result was one of the most stirring spring races the track has ever hosted, one that could make a compelling argument for Bristol to hold all its Cup events at night. But that wouldn’t work with Bristol’s current race date. “The thing that people want to look at is the average temperature at the time of the green flag. OK, it might be nice at the time the race starts,” Caldwell said. “I encourage people to look at the nighttime temperature. You look at our fans, more than half come from the Northeast and the Midwest
Baseball — Dragon Invitational, first round, hosted by Monte del Sol (Santa Rosa vs. Santa Fe Preparatory, 3 p.m.; Monte del Sol vs. Mesa Vista, 4 p.m.) Jim Pierce Memorial Tournament, second round, at St. Michael’s, pairings TBA (Santa Fe High, Cobre, Española Valley, Las Vegas Robertson, St. Michael’s) Los Alamos at Piedra Vista Tournament, second round (pairings TBA) Taos at Aztec Invitational, second round (pairings TBA) Pecos at Dexter Tournament, second round (pairings TBA) West Las Vegas at Socorro Tournament, second round (pairings TBA) Cimarron at Mora, doubleleader, 3:30 p.m. Softball — St. Michael’s Tournament, second round, pairings TBA (Capital, Pojoaque Valley, Española Valley, St. Michael’s) Santa Fe High at Scorpion Invitational, first round, hosted by Farmington High (vs. Farmington, 4 p.m.)
Saturday Baseball — Dragon Invitational, final round, hosted by Monte del Sol (Santa Rosa, Mesa Vista, Santa Fe Prep, Monte del Sol) Jim Pierce Memorial Tournament, final round, at St. Michael’s, pairings TBA (Santa Fe High, Cobre, Española Valley, Las Vegas Robertson, St. Michael’s) Los Alamos at Piedra Vista Tournament, final round (pairings TBA) Taos at Aztec Invitational, final round (pairings TBA) Pecos at Dexter Tournament, final round (pairings TBA) West Las Vegas at Socorro Tournament, final round (pairings TBA) Softball — St. Michael’s Tournament, final round, pairings TBA (Capital, Pojoaque Valley, Española Valley, St. Michael’s) Santa Fe High at Scorpion Invitational, final round, hosted by Farmington High (pairings TBA)
Drivers make their way around the track prior to the NASCAR Sprint Cup on Sunday at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tenn. WADE PAYNE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
and a lot of them are camping either because of the lack of hotel space or because of the camaraderie. You look at the nighttime temperatures we have in March, and we are just losing so much because it is not appealing to be here and be outside. “It’s not about rain. You can have rain anywhere. It’s about the cold at night here.” It was cold Sunday and only a few thousand die-hards stuck it out to the finish. They were treated to a tremendous race, but one that ended under strange circumstances when the caution lights mysteriously triggered right before Carl Edwards took the white flag. NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton later said the lights were erroneously triggered when someone — either one of two officials or a photographer — leaned on the switch. “As the day went on, and the different scenarios of getting up and down, and they were probably pretty cold standing up there all day long, they had bundles of clothes on, so I can only sympathize with the conditions that they were trying to deal with,” Pemberton said. NASCAR’s official process for changing race dates is through realignment, which would mean Bristol and its Speedway Motorsports Inc. ownership group would be responsible for working out a change with another venue. “There are so many different dominoes that have to play
out,” Caldwell said. “And NASCAR has at times pushed back and told us to work it out with Speedway Motorsports and see if there’s someone to trade with. They are in challenging spot trying to please everyone.” Indeed, lots of tracks want April race dates because the weather is generally nice. So NASCAR has a tough time juggling all the requests. But Bristol doesn’t have much to work with in terms of making a swap. There’s only one SMI-owned track, Texas Motor Speedway, scheduled to host a race in April. Texas faces the same weather issues as Bristol so a swap is not possible. But Caldwell would be willing to consider racing on the open Easter weekend if it got Bristol into April, and he’d be willing to consider racing at night after the success this past weekend. But those aren’t the kind of decisions and deals that the tracks should be figuring out on their own. NASCAR has thrown tradition out the window on the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship format and on qualifying. The champion will now be decided on a neverbefore-used system of the first driver across the finish line in the finale. If everything about the actual on-track product is up for review and radical change, why is the schedule itself so sacred? Why is NASCAR reluctant to revamp the schedule, change it up a little, offer some variety to
the 10 Chase tracks and reward places such as Las Vegas that draw consistently well to its one race per year? Instead, NASCAR sister company International Speedway Corp. has the season opener, the season finale, six of 10 Chase races and the cutoff race to make the Chase field. There are solutions for Bristol, but it would require NASCAR to play the heavy. Homestead could be the fourth race of the season. The southern Florida track certainly has the weather to host in March. But that would mean someone else would have to get the finale, and since ISC won’t spend the money to upgrade Phoenix and Las Vegas, an SMI-owned track, wouldn’t be seriously considered, there’s no clear host for a late November spectacular. Or, NASCAR could add a few more off weekends to the schedule and try some weeknight races. Instead of Easter weekend, maybe Bristol hosts a race on a weeknight before Easter Sunday. Or on a weeknight after the series stops at Martinsville, Va., or between Darlington and Richmond. It can be figured out by NASCAR, and politics shouldn’t be part of the scheduling decisions. It should be about what’s best for the racing, what’s best for the fans, and where the weather would be least likely to ruin the show.
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Monte del Sol baseball team falls to West Las Vegas after late rally Just a few days shy of hosting their own tournament, the Monte del Sol baseball team did a little traveling Monday afternoon. The Dragons W. L. Vegas 5 headed Monte 4 north on Interstate 25 to face West Las Vegas in the Meadow City. Up until a late-inning rally by the Dons, the trip was going just as planned. West Las Vegas scored three runs off the Monte del Sol bullpen in the bottom of the sixth to claim a 5-4 nondistrict win. The Dragons had led the entire game up to that point. “That was a tough one, but we came out of there feeling like we did a lot of good things,” said Monte del Sol head coach Frank Lucero. “We hit the ball well and had some good plays. Errors, those hurt. We gave up a few hits, but those are going to happen. It’s the defensive errors that hurt.” Leading 4-2 entering the last of the sixth, the Dragons sent reliever Peter Bartlett to the mound to help close things out. In three innings
of relief of starter Eduardo Rivas, he gave up three walks, five hits and three runs with five strikeouts. He was tagged with the loss. Rivas worked three innings, giving up just a single run on two hits and three walks. He also struck out six in what amounted to a quality no-decision. Rivas also went 1-for-2 at the plate, driving in a run in the top of the fifth. Bartlett was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the top of the first. The Dragons had eight hits as a team. Now 1-1 on the young season, they head back to Santa Fe where they will host the inaugural Dragon Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Municipal Recreation Complex. The eight-team field starts with single games for each team Friday afternoon, followed by the final two rounds beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday. The championship game is tentatively slated for 3 p.m. The field includes Santa Rosa, Capital, Wingate, Questa, McCurdy, Santa Fe Preparatory and West Las Vegas. The New Mexican
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THE NEW MEXICAN Tuesday, March 18, 2014
By Doug Feinberg
The Associated Press
All season there has been a buzz around women’s basketball about UConn and Notre Dame. Now the stage is set for the former Big East rivals to meet in an historic national championship game. The teams enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten — only the second time that’s ever happened. They are on a collision course to meet in the national championship game. If they do both get to Nashville, the Irish will be all that stands between Geno Auriemma and a record ninth NCAA championship, breaking a tie with Tennessee. “We really haven’t talked, I bet hardly at all, about this national championship or what number it is or any of that,” Auriemma said. Despite being the 13th women’s team to go unbeaten during the regular season, the Irish have felt almost unappreciated with most of the talk centered on the Huskies. Coach Muffet McGraw doesn’t seem to mind. “I like it because we can get a chip on our shoulder and head into the tournament with a bit of chip,” she said. Even though UConn and Notre Dame didn’t play this season, the two teams know plenty about each other having met 12 times over the previous three seasons. Notre Dame isn’t intimidated by Connecticut; the Irish have won seven of the past nine meetings with the Huskies. “It was very unusual to go through a whole season without playing them, we’re so used to it, three times every year,” McGraw said. “We’ve gotten pretty good at beating them the last couple of years.”
of Famer battled leukemia during the regular season. While Hatchell’s status is unknown for the tournament, Baylor will be missing coach Kim Mulkey for the first game. She is suspended for the first round game against Western Kentucky for comments she made last season after losing to Louisville in the regional semifinals. “I haven’t talked to the team in depth about me not coaching in the first game,” Mulkey said. “I’ll watch it on television at home. … I always tell the team something could happen to me on that sideline and you should be able to coach yourself.” Connecticut could have to beat host Nebraska in the regional semifinals if both teams make it that far. Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey, center, watches the NCAA selection The Huskies have made it to the Final show Monday with players, from left, Mariah Chandler, Nina Davis, Four in a record six straight seasons. Makenzie Robertson, Niya Johnson and Odyssey Sims during the NCAA They hope to make it to Nashville to selection process in Waco, Texas. ROD AYDELOTTE/WACO TRIBUNE HERALD keep that streak alive. If the Huskies do win the national Before the potential meeting of year drought of not making the Final championship it would be the fifth Four. The Lady Vols won’t have an unbeatens, the two might have to time they went undefeated in a seaeasy path. West Virginia is the second son. This would be the first time that go through SEC powers Tennessee seed. Host Louisville is the three seed they won 40 games, joining Baylor and South Carolina, who also earned and Maryland is the four. No. 1 seeds. While it’s the 22nd time as the only teams ever to accomplish that the Lady Vols have earned a top Tennessee was involved in the only that feat. spot, it’s the first for the Gamecocks. other meeting between unbeaten. The defending national champions The Huskies, Lady Vols and GameThe Lady Vols routed Liberty in the have won games by an average of cocks all could have to play on an opener of the 1998 tournament when 36 points. They open up at home opponent’s home court with a trip to both were undefeated. against Prairie View A&M on Sunday Nashville on the line. Stanford, Notre Like their SEC rivals, South Caronight. The Lady Panthers became the Dame, Louisville and Nebraska, who lina doesn’t have an easy road to the ninth team to reach the NCAA Tourare all hosting regionals, were a com- Final Four. The Gamecocks could face nament with a losing record when bined 52-3 at home this season. an inspired young North Carolina they won the Southwestern Conferteam in the regional semifinals before ence championship. The Lady Vols, who won the SEC potentially playing host Stanford. tournament championship, are the Tennessee will be making its 33rd top seed in the Louisville Regional The Tar Heels and their stellar straight appearance in the NCAA and would also like nothing more freshman class, led by Diamond tournament, getting into the field ever than to break the tie with ConnectiDeshields, beat the Gamecocks in year. Five teams will be making their cut and win their ninth NCAA title. December. The Tar Heels also could first trip — Akron, North Dakota, They open up against Northwestern have coach Sylvia Hatchell back on South Dakota, Winthrop and Wright State and will be trying to end a fivethe sidelines at that point. The Hall State.
Women’s Division I Basketball Championship Storrs, Conn.
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1 UConn (34-0)
Los Angeles
1 Notre Dame (32-0) Sat. 11:30 a.m.
16 Robert Morris (21-11)
16 Prairie View (14-17) 8 Georgia (20-11)
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9 Arizona St. (22-9) Mar. 29
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5 Okla. St. (23-8) Sat. 9 a.m.
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12 BYU (26-6)
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6 Syracuse (22-9)
Notre Dame, Ind.
Mar. 31
11 James Madison (28-5)
Sat. 11:30 a.m.
13 Akron (23-9)
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Mar. 29
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10 Oklahoma (18-14)
Sat. 2 p.m.
Mar. 24
April 8
Mar. 24
7 California (21-9)
Sat. 9 a.m.
10 Fordham (25-7) 2 Baylor (29-4) Sat. 4:30 p.m.
15 Western Ky. 24-8)
1 So. Carolina (27-4)
1 Tennessee (27-5)
16 Cal St. Northridge (18-14)
16 NW St. (21-12)
Sun. 3:30 p.m.
8 Middle Tenn. (29-4)
Sat. 2 p.m.
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Mar. 25
9 Oregon St. (23-10)
9 So. California (22-12) Mar. 30
5 Texas (21-11)
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Sun. 1 p.m.
12 Penn (22-6)
12 Hampton (28-4) Mar. 25
Mar. 25
13 UT Martin (24-7)
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11 Florida (19-12)
6 Iowa (26-8) Sun. 6 p.m.
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11 Marist (27-6) Mar. 25
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14 Wichita St. (26-6)
14 Idaho (25-8) Mar. 30
7 LSU (19-12) Sun. 10:30 a.m.
Sat. 2 p.m.
10 Florida St. (20-11) Mar. 24
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10 Georgia Tech (20-11) 2 West Virginia (29-4) Sun. 1 p.m.
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15 S. Dakota (19-13)
15 Albany (NY) (28-4)
Baton Rouge, La.
Mar. 30
7 Iowa St. (20-10)
2 Stanford (29-3)
3 Louisville (30-4)
Iowa City, Iowa
Sun. 1 p.m.
13 Army (25-7)
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Stanford, Calif.
6 Dayton (23-7)
3 Penn St. (22-7)
4 Maryland (24-6) Sun. 10:30 a.m.
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College Park, Md.
Mar. 30
5 Michigan St. (22-9) 4 N. Carolina (24-9)
8 St. John’s (NY) (22-10) Sat. 4:30 p.m.
Sun. 6 p.m.
Knoxville, Tenn.
15 Winthrop (24-8)
Waco, Texas
7 DePaul (27-6)
Seattle
11 Chattanooga (29-3)
14 Wright St. (26-8)
14 N. Dakota (22-9)
2 Duke (27-6)
4 Purdue (21-8)
Lexington, Ky.
6 Gonzaga (29-4)
3 Texas A&M (24-8)
8 Vanderbilt (18-12) Sat. 9 a.m.
9 Saint Joseph’s (22-9)
4 Nebraska (25-6)
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5 N. Carolina St (25-7)
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Toledo, Ohio
on,” Shepard said. Have the Aztecs ever played against someone that big? “No, I don’t think anybody in America has,” said Fisher, who has the Aztecs in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth straight year and seventh time overall since taking over SDSU’s previously sad-sack program starting with the 1999-2000 season. “He’s a big, big man. Everything about him is so much better than it was a year ago. I believe he’s only a sophomore. He will be someone who will make it difficult on us like he has on everybody he’s played this year.” Fisher says Bhullar “is a force. He’s a hard guy to maneuver around, and they throw it to him early and often in that low post. They are like us — they have made more free throws than their opponents have shot. I can see why after watching tape on him.” The biggest opponents the Aztecs have played against are Alex Kirk and Cameron Bairstow of New Mexico, which beat SDSU two of three times this season, including in the Mountain West Conference tournament championship game Saturday night. Bhullar is at least five inches taller than Bairstow and Kirk, and 100 pounds heavier. “It’s going to take a team effort. Everybody just being in held position,” forward Josh Davis said. “The main thing is to just try to keep it out of the post.” If Bhullar isn’t enough of a load, “they have another 6-9, 250-pounder who looks small by comparison,” Fisher said of Tshilidzi Nephawe, who is 6-foot-10 and 265 pounds. “He will present a challenge for us, no question.” That said, Shepard doesn’t think Bhullar is the Aggies’ best player. Bhullar’s average of 10.3 points is fourth behind Daniel Mullings (16.8), DK Eldridge (11.5) and Nephawe (11.1). Bhullar does lead the Aggies with 7.9 rebounds, while Nephawe averages 7.8. NMSU coach Marvin Menzies was on Fisher’s first staff at San Diego State. “We’ll be bitter enemies for 40 minutes. Then we’ll be great friends, like we are right now, when that game’s over,” Fisher said. Fisher said he spoke with Menzies on Sunday night after the pairings were announced, and again on Monday. “We talked about how we’re so happy for each other and our families that we’re in the tournament. But we just desperately wished we hadn’t been paired up against one another,” Fisher said. “That’s what the thrust of it was. When I saw our name with them, I said, ‘Boy, I’m happy we’re going to Spokane. I’m happy we’re a 4 seed, but I wish it was someone other than Marvin Menzies and New Mexico State we were playing.’ ” Fisher won the national championship with Michigan in 1989. He got the Wolverines back to the title games in 1992 and 1993, although those appearances were vacated following the Ed Martin scandal. SDSU has reached the Sweet Sixteen once, three years ago when it lost to eventual national champion UConn in the regional semifinals in Anaheim. The regional is once again in Anaheim. “I’m hoping we’re playing for three weeks. I’m hoping we’re doing something that you want to talk about next week and then the week after,” Fisher said.
Huskies, Irish, Lady Vols, Gamecocks earn 1 seeds
Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Univ. Park, Pa.
Bhullar: Bigger than UNM’s Bairstow
Ames, Iowa
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Stanford: Coach labors under high expectations different. I wanted our kids to enjoy the experience. I didn’t want the an at-large bid Sunday to face sevweight of the world or expectations enth-seeded New Mexico (27-6) on to define who we were. I’ve never let Friday in the South Regional in expectations define me.” St. Louis in the program’s return to Players, coaches and families held the tournament for the first time a private viewing party at Jimmy V’s since 2008. The berth comes two Sports Cafe in the athletic departyears after Dawkins led the Cardinal ment’s Arrillaga Family Sports Center to the NIT championship, but everyon Sunday. body knew the expectations were Dawkins and his ecstatic players far bigger than college basketball’s — who threw arms into the air at the second-tier tournament at a school announcement — received high-fives with a rich basketball tradition on the and hugs of congratulations from men’s and women’s side. those in attendance. “It’s been a long time coming for us. That 84-59 loss to conference tourI thought our kids really responded, nament champion UCLA in the Pac12 semifinals on Friday night can now especially our senior class, we talked be forgotten. about leaving our legacy and we wanted to be the team that got us And the questions about Dawkins’ future, too. At least for now. back to the tournament,” Dawkins said. “I’ve been very fortunate in this “We are indeed excited for Johnny, game, so my approach may be a little his staff and most importantly, our
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New Mexico State center Sim Bhullar dunks during a secondround game in last year’s NCAA Tournament against Saint Louis in San Jose, Calif. AP FILE PHOTO
student-athletes,” Muir said via email Sunday. “They have all worked so very hard to participate in the Madness. It should be a most memorable week ahead.” The pressure has been on the 50-year-old Dawkins from the day he arrived as a top protege of Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, who leaned on Dawkins as his top assistant for most of the Stanford coach’s 11 years on staff at his alma mater. All along, Dawkins knew he had a rebuilding project that could take a few years. It just took longer than he had hoped, and the athletic director who hired him — Bob Bowlsby — departed in May 2012 to become the Big 12 commissioner. “Definitely not vindicated. Relieved, excited to still be playing,” Dawkins said. “I’m more excited about how we got there.”
The first thing Dawkins did to reach this point was schedule a tough preseason featuring consecutive games in December at Connecticut, then Michigan three days later in New York. The Cardinal returned experience with its top scorers and all but two players from last season’s team that reached the second round of the NIT. The Cardinal understood the expectations to reach the tournament. “We definitely felt there was pressure on the future of everyone,” said senior Dwight Powell, who returned for his final college season rather than entering the NBA draft last year. “What our team did really well this year was keep the blinders on and stay focused. … Making it to the tournament and having a successful year, especially as seniors, is something very important and something you’ll remember for the rest of your lives.”
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Santa Fe Airport through 6 p.m. Monday Santa Fe Airport Temperatures High/low ......................................... 67°/25° Normal high/low ............................ 58°/28° Record high ............................... 76° in 2007 Record low ................................. 11° in 1960 Santa Fe Airport Precipitation 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.56”/0.67” Normal month/year to date ..... 0.45”/1.58” Santa Fe Farmers Market 24 hours through 6 p.m. yest. ............ 0.00” Month/year to date .................. 0.64”/0.73”
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(For the 48 contiguous states) Mon. High: 96 ....................... El Centro, CA Mon. Low: -20 ............................ Berlin, NH
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State Tornado hit Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. The deadly twister followed a mile-wide path for 219 miles, killing 695 people.
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was the worst tornado disaster Q: What of all time? The tri-state tornado. Missouri to A: Indiana. 695 killed. March 18, 1925.
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6 p.m. on FAM Pretty Little Liars In the season finale, “A Is for Answers,” Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer (Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario) finally get the answers they’ve been seeking from Ali (Sasha Pieterse) about the night she disappeared. All they have to do is put that knowledge to use in deciphering the mystery of “A.” 7 p.m. on FOX Glee Gwyneth Paltrow and Kristin Chenoweth reprise their guest roles for the series’ 100th episode, a two-parter that also includes appearances by Amber Riley, Dianna Agron, Mark Salling and other cast members rarely seen these days. Fans have chosen the songs to be featured from numbers performed on previous episodes. 7 p.m. on TNT Rizzoli & Isles The squad must work with Homeland Security to solve the murder of a senator’s daughter, which could have far-reaching national security implications. Tommy (Colin Egglesfield) begins to revert to his old habits, leading to a fight with Frankie (Jordan Bridges). Jane (Angie Harmon) reveals some lifechanging news in the season finale, “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone.”
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7 p.m. on FAM Twisted Danny (Avan Jogia) becomes more concerned as Jo and Charlie (Maddie Hasson, Jack Falahee) grow closer, and she learns more about his time with Danny in juvenile hall. Karen (Denise Richards) gives Danny some advice on turning his life around. Complications arise in Lacey and Whitney’s (Kylie Bunbury, Brianne Howey) friendship in the new episode “You’re a Good Man, Charlie McBride.” Ivan Sergei and Kimberly Quinn also star. 8 p.m. on NBC About a Boy Marcus (Benjamin Stockham) wants to be invited to neighbor girl Hannah’s (Cricket Wampler) birthday party and asks Will (David Walton) how to make that happen. When Will’s advice doesn’t work, Fiona (Minnie Driver, pictured) takes it up with Hannah’s mother (guest star Andrea Anders), queen bee of the neighborhood moms, in the new episode “About a Girl.” Leslie Bibb also guest stars.
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A-list celebrities Former model was longtime girfriend of Mick Jagger By Jocelyn Noveck and Tom Hays The Associated Press
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The following water statistics of March 13 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons). Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.334 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 4.980 City Wells: 0.000 Buckman Wells: 0.013 Total water produced by water system: 6.327 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.092 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 63.3 percent of capacity; daily inflow 2.71 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. For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/waterconservation
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NEW YORK ’Wren Scott, who left her small-town Utah home as a teenager to become a model in Paris, then a top Hollywood stylist and finally a high-end fashion designer best known as the longtime girlfriend of Mick Jagger, has died in what was being investigated as an apparent suicide. Scott was found dead in her Manhattan apartment at 10 a.m. Monday; no note was found and there was no sign of foul play, police said. The designer had texted her assistant 90 minutes earlier and asked her to come to her apartment but didn’t say why. She was found kneeling with a scarf wrapped around her neck that had been tied to the handle of a French door, police said. Her spokesperson requested privacy for her family and friends. Just last month, Scott, who was believed to be 49 but had not disclosed her precise age, canceled her London Fashion Week show, due to reported production delays. Jagger’s representative said the singer was “completely shocked and devastated by the news” of her death. Scott, whose elegant designs in lush fabrics were favored by celebrities like Madonna, Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, Penelope Cruz and first lady Michelle Obama, was a fixture on Jagger’s arm since she met the Rolling Stones frontman in 2001. On red carpets, the striking 6-foot-3 designer towered over her famous 5-foot-10 boyfriend. In 2006, five years after they became a couple, Scott founded her eponymous label, with an initial collection based on the “Little Black Dress.” She became known for designs that had a vintage feel and bared little skin, like her famous “headmistress” dress — prim, with three-quarter sleeves, but also close-fitting and stylish. Madonna was one of those who wore the dress. “This is a horrible and tragic loss,” the singer said in a statement released by her publicist. “I’m so upset. I loved L’Wren’s work and she was always so generous with me.” Anna Wintour, editor in chief of Vogue, called Scott “a total perfectionist, someone who absolutely embodied everything her marvelous clothes stood for: strength of character combined with a confident and powerful style. In person, L’Wren was always unbelievably generous, gracious, kind and so much fun. Her old world American manners and charm were from another time, but her sensibility was always fiercely modern.”
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And supermodel Naomi Campbell, a close friend, wrote on WhoSay that Scott was “the epitome of elegance and femininity yet still had a girlish quality. I will miss her honesty and I will miss her friendship. My heart goes out to Mick and all who loved her and were loved by her.” In 2009, Scott introduced a shoe collection, and in 2010, she collaborated with Lancome on a makeup line and a fragrance. In 2011 came a handbag line, in 2012 an eyewear collection, and late last year, a collaboration with Banana Republic for a line of affordable clothes. Though her studio is based in London, Scott presented her runway shows in New York until recently. They were exclusive A-list affairs like few others. Her clothes were luxurious, too, making ample use of velvet and satin. There were bolero jackets and tea-length dresses, long capes and highwaisted pencil skirts. Scott’s designs were “very [much] based on her own personal style … a very interesting style that combined the strict and the sexy,” said Valerie Steele, director of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. “Not sexiness like body exposure, but sexiness like a very strict governess. They tended to be covered up yet form-fitting and beautifully constructed, beautifully made.” Steele said Scott’s clothes were “were more sophisticated than the average red carpet gown” and added that Scott “had a very precise vision.” Scott was adopted by Mormon parents and raised in Roy, Utah, which had a population of less than 10,000 at the time. As a teenager, she developed a love of clothes and made her own on the sewing machine, according to biographical notes from London Fashion Week. She made her way to Paris after high school where, aided by her height and striking looks, she found work as a model for some prominent photographers. But she became more interested in working with clothes than modeling them and eventually made her name as a top stylist in Los Angeles and also a costume designer for films like Ocean’s 13. Scott also designed a huge wardrobe for boyfriend Jagger to wear during the Rolling Stones’ “50 and Counting” anniversary tour. The band is currently on its “14 On Fire” tour, scheduled to play six concerts in Australia beginning Wednesday in Perth, according to the RolingStones. com website. Among the stars who wore Scott’s designs was actress Olivia Wilde. “L’Wren Scott was brilliant, elegant, kind, and generous,” Wilde wrote on Twitter. “What a tragedy.” Scott is survived by a brother, Randall Bambrough of Ogden, Utah.
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3 bedroom, 2 bath home with kiva fireplace, beamed ceilings, carpet and tile flooring, washer, dryer hook-up, 2 car garage and large fenced back yard on a corner lot. $1300. Deposit $1200. Plus utilities. $950. 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, sunny, washer, dryer, woodstove, LP gas, brick floors. Pet ok. Hwy 14, Lone Butte. Steve 505-470-3238
COUNTRY LIVING Pecos, sunny remodeled, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath, deck. Responsible People. $995 plus deposit. No Pets. 505-351-0063, 505920-7326.
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Desks and private offices, complete facilities, conference room, $300 monthly. Wayne Nichols, 505-699-7280.
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Down Town Area 3 Bedroom, 2 bath plus an office, hard wood floors, 1 car garage, covered patio and fenced yard, Non-smoking. Pet may be considered. $1250 monthly plus utilities.
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HOUSES UNFURNISHED 2 BEDROOM, 1 bath adobe duplex. Washer, dryer. No pets. Clean, carport. Owner, Broker, $750 deposit, $750 plus utilities. 505-469-5063
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ELDORADO New, Large 3 bedroom, 3 bath, Highend contemporary home: Super Energy efficient, hilltop views, 12.5 acres, paved access. 505-660-5603 FABULOUS HIGH-end, views, secluded. 4 blocks to Plaza. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths (2500) yard-parking $1750 monthly + utilities. Lease. Call Connie 505-553-1975.
RECENTLY REMODELED. 2 bedroom, 1 bath. Hardwood & tile floors. Laundry hook-ups. Fenced yard. No pets. Lease. References. $975. 505-412-0197 STUDIO, LA CIENEGA. Skylights, private. 490 sq.ft. $375 monthly plus utilities. Call Dan, 505-269-7410.
ROOMMATE WANTED ROOM FOR RENT, LA CIENEGA. Separate entrance, share adobe farmhouse, bathroom, kitchen. Washer, dryer. $425 monthly plus utilities. 170 sq.ft. 505-269-7410
UNFURNISHED ROOM TO RENT 3 bedroom home. 2 adults live here- 1 female and 1 male and 2 dogs. Room has walk-in closet. Private bathroom but share the shower with one of other roommates. Common spaces including patios. Available immediately. First, last, $600 monthly. Credit check, references. Year lease. Please call Cia at 858-8298387.
STORAGE SPACE 10x30 Move-in-Special, $180 monthly. Airport Cerrillos Storage. Wide, Rollup doors. U-haul Cargo Van. Professional, Resident Manager. 505-4744450. www.airportcerrillos.com
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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 So can you with a classified ad WE GET RESULTS! CALL 986-3000
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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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TRINO’S AFFORDABLE Construction all phases of construction, and home repairs. Licensed. 505-9207583
THE YARD NINJA! PRUNING TREES OR SHRUBSDONE CORRECTLY! STONEWORK- PATIOS, PLANTERS, WALLS. HAUL. INSTALL DRIP. CREATE BEAUTY! DANNY, 505-501-1331.
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Professional with over 30 years experience. Licensed, insured, bonded Please call for more information, 505670-9867, 505-473-2119.
ALL TYPES OF ROOFING. Free estimates with 15 years experience. Call Josue Garcia, 505-490-1601.
HOMECRAFT PAINTING SMALL JOBS OK & DRYWALL REPAIRS. LICENSED. JIM, 505-350-7887.
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40 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Professional Plastering Specialist: Interior & Exterior. Also Re-Stuccos. Patching a specialty. Call Felix, 505-920-3853.
Full Landscaping Designs, Rock, Trees, Boulders, Brick, Flagstone. FREE ESTIMATES! 15% off! 505-9072600, 505-990-0955. JUAN’S LANDSCAPING Coyote fences, Yard cleaning, Pruning, Tree cutting, Painting (inside, outside), Flagstone & Gravel. References. Free Estimates. 505-231-9112.
ALL TYPES . Metal, Shingles, Composite torch down, Hot Mop, Stucco, Plaster. Free Estimates! Call Ismael Lopez at 505-670-0760.
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Cities of Gold Casino Hotel, has an immediate opening for an experienced Hotel Front Desk Clerk Reservationist. Only candidates with experience will be considered. The position requires a flexible schedule including nights, 3 p.m. - 11 p.m., and weekends. Applicant must pass pre-employment drug screen. Resumes may be emailed to: mdelao@citiesofgold.com. Applications may be picked up and dropped off at Cities of Gold Casino Hotel. EOE
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The City of Santa Fe is seeking to fill the highly responsible law enforcement position which involves directing employees, functions, and operations of the Police Department and involves responsibility for control and coordination of police activities. The City offers competitive compensation and a generous benefit package including excellent retirement program, medical, dental, life insurance, paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave. For detailed information, visit our website at www.santafenm.gov. Position closes 4/4/14.
MEDICAL DENTAL Full-Time or Part-Time RN Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service is currently interviewing for Full-time, part time or per diem Registered Nurses. Home Care experience preferred but we are willing to train the right candidate (must have NM RN license). Hospice experience a plus.If you would like to work with our team please fax your resume and/or call for an interview appointment. Los Alamos VNS 6622525 (fax 662-7390). ask for Beverly or Sarah. Don’t forget to ask about our sign-on bonus!
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An independent elementary school in Santa Fe, seeks candidates for a Full-time 3rd Grade Teacher, Parttime 3rd Grade Associate Teacher (twenty hours), and a Full-Time Early Childhood Associate position beginning August 2014. Rio Grande School serves students from three years old to sixth grade, with class sizes ranging from 15-20 students, and a total school population of 160. Please review the full position description at www.riograndeschool.org Competitive salaries offered, and all full-time employees receive a retirement plan with matching contributions, medical insurance, life insurance, and both short and long term disability insurance. Interested individuals should email a cover letter, resume, and 3-5 references to Interim Head of School, Patrick Brown, at patrick_brown@riograndeschool.o rg
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TEMPLE BETH SHALOM Preschool Director. BA, early childhood education. Knowledge of Judaism necessary. Job description at www.sftbs.org; resume to info@sftbs.org
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Must possess a current RN license In the state of New Mexico. Prior supervisory experience in Hospice Preferred. Contact: Ashli Flock at 505861-0060 or aflock@ambercare.com.
INTAKE COORDINATOR Full-time position with behavioral health program at Valley Community Health Center in Espanola. Requires 3 years experience in mental health treatment with 1 year assessment and intake. Must have independent NM behavioral health professional license.
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Our marketing team seeks a dynamic candidate with a proven record in sales and marketing. A Bachelor’s degree and some understanding of finance, contracts and senior retirement living a plus. Position requires knowledge of CRM Mgmt , daily telephone communication, prospect property tours. Hours are 8:30 5:00, M-F (F/T). Great medical and retirement benefits and working environment. Email resume t o hum anresources@ elcnm .com or fax to 505-983-3828.
Year round positions with Head Start (children 3 to 5) or Early Head Start (children birth to 3). See website for job requirements. TEACHER ASSISTANT Full-time with Head Start. TEACHER I Full-time with Head Start and Early Head Start or 20 hours per week with Early Head Start. Excellent benefits. Apply online at www.pms-inc.org Click on Jobs@PMS. Toll-free hotline 1-866-661-5491 EOEM- F- D- V- AA. Follow us on Facebook.
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Downtown Santa Fe French Restaurant & Patisserie, with liquor license looking for Prep-Cook and Executive Chef. 505-216-1845 or email chezmamousf@gmail.com
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2 Dryers, $140 each, 1 Washing Machine $150, 1 stainless steel Dishwasher $150, 1 stainless steel Gas Stove $225. 505-412-7327
AKC SHIH TZU PUPS . Will be ready late March with first shots, vet checked, and deworming in L.A. Call 505-690-3087 for prices and details.
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Mental Health Therapist (MST) Full-time position with Santa Fe Community Guidance Center working with delinquent and at-risk youth & their families in homebased and community settings in Santa Fe area. Has on-call responsibilities. Excellent benefits. Apply online at www.pms-inc.org Click on Jobs@PMS. Toll-free hotline 1-866-661-5491 EOE/ M/ F/ D/ V/ AA Follow us on Facebook.
MAGNIFICENT STONE Cliff Fragua sculpture, 30"high, rare 2003, $4,000, must sell, Santa Fe, retail $10,500. 505-471-4316, colavs19@comcast.net
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D A L L A S is a one year old spayed German Shepherd cross. She is smart and energetic! She would love to be part of an active family who will take her for long hikes or daily jogs. micro-chipped and has all her shots. Call 505-501-0790 for more information & a personal introduction.
FULL-TIME HOUSEKEEPER’S ASSISTANT 505-660-6440 WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATES NAMBÉ, A 50+ year tabletop- giftware company, is looking for warehouse associates and quality control personnel for its busy Distribution Dept. in Espanola. Successful applicants have attention to detail, are organized, and have a positive attitude. Excellent communication and numerical skills are a must. Positions are non-clerical, applicants must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Must be able to pass both a background and drug test. Salary DOE. Benefits. Send resume to ana@nambe.com.
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Full-time Furniture Mover, Sales Associate wanted for Santa Fe Animal Shelter’s south-side resale store. Visit www.sfhumanesociety.org for details. SALES ASSOCIATE. Full or parttime. Experience in high end apparel and jewelry. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY. Resume emailed karenmalouf@ maloufontheplaza.com.
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2007 PONTIAC G6 Coupe GT. One owner, no accidents! 89,331 miles. $9,999. Schedule a test drive today!
2001 FORD F150 4WD - You have to see this! $7,000. Schedule a test drive today! Please call 505-9204078.
2003 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY HSE. Check this baby out! $7,000. Schedule a test drive today! Please call 505-321-3920.
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1994 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4WD $2,000. Schedule a test drive today! Please call 505-920-4078.
2006 PONTIAC G6 4 door Sedan with 1SV Brand new tires. Great price. Checked out well. $4,999. Schedule a test drive today!
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COLLECTIBLES YORKSHIRE TERRIER PUPPIES, 2 females, 2 males. Small, teddybear faces. Non-shedding, hypoallergenic, registered, shots, $800$1000. Call, or text, 505-577-4755.
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2001 CHEVROLET 1500 4WD - Trust worthy at a great price. $6,000. Schedule a test drive today! Please call 505-321-3920.
Firewood for sale A full measured cord for $150. Split and stacked. Mostly cottonwood. 505-455-2562. SEASONED FIREWOOD . P ONDEROSA $80.00 PER LOAD. Pinion or Cedar $120.00 per load. tel# 508-444-0087 delivery free
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QUALITY, SOLID PATIO BENCHES. 38"Hx35.5"L or 39"Hx38.5"L. $200300. 505-982-4926
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1966 FORD MUSTANG Restomod. Completely restored, less than 200 miles. Can be seen at Mustang Eds on Lopez Lane. 505-310-0381
1971 MUSTANG Mach 1 6k miles. $30k invested must sell- make offer. 404861-2060
2009 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN LX Automatic Sedan New brakes and tires! One owner - it doesn’t get any better than that! Local car, we know where it comes from. $11,999. Schedule a test drive today! .
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Sweet 7 Passenger, Automatic V6, Power windows & locks, cruise, tilt, CD, alloys, immaculate, CarFax, warranty. $17,995. www.sweetmotorsales.com . 505954-1054.
DOMESTIC 1999 CADILLAC SEVILLE with 68,000 miles. Runs great. Sunroof, leather seats, fully loaded. A/C. $3,700. 505316-6409
LEATHERMAN KNIFE-TOOL. LIKE NEW. $25 ($70 NEW). MODEM FOR DIALUP. $20 ($50 NEW) 505-438-0008.
CHEVROLET CHEVELLE 1970 SS unrestored 396, 350HP, blue, white with white stripes, $9600, M-21 MUNCIE 4SPD manual, huffyk9@outlook.com, 505-609-8587.
WESTON MANDOLINE Slicer. Stainless. NEW! Never used. $50. 505-4666205
2005 CHEVY Impala, 87,000 miles, V-6, 4-door, in good condition. $6,000. 505-424-0233.
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Sell your car in a hurry! 2007 DODGE RAM 1500 TX 4WD What a truck! $17,000. Schedule a test drive today! Please call 505321-3920.
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2008 TOYOTA FJ Cruiser. Another Lexus trade-in! 60k miles, 4x4, lifted, super nice, clean CarFax, $23,951. Call 505-216-3800.
45", manufactured 1988. Exceptionally fine condition. Flawless finish. Turning pins uniformly snug. No cracks in sound board. Bench included. $5,500. Willing to negotiate. 505-982-9237.
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2011 TOYOTA Tacoma Double Cab 4WD. Good miles, local vehicle, well maintained, TRD Off-Road, clean CarFax, NICE! $29,421. Call 505-216-3800.
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1996 CHEVROLET C O R V E T T E manual, 64,117 miles, beige int. rear wheel drive. $13,999. Schedule a test drive today! CHERRY SHAKER BEDFRAME & Simmons World Class B E A U T Y R E S T boxspring & mattress, extra- extra firm. Queen size. Excellent condition. $800. 505-983-4684
2003 GMC SIERRA 4WD EXT CAB Great work truck! $8,000. Sxchedule a test drive today! 505920-4078.
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MISCELLANEOUS JOBS DISPATCHER: EARN more than Living Wage, will train! Customer service & computer skills, leadership, know Santa Fe geography required. Free drug test! Apply in person with copy of your clean driving record, Monday- Friday 8am- 2pm ONLY. 2875 Industrial Road.
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Paws Plaza has $40 haircuts, dogs under 40 pounds. Full Service with teeth brushing. Fourth Street. 505820-7529.
PLYWOOD. CABINET GRADE. 4’x8’ sheets. Never used. Different thicknesses. 505-983-8448
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ANTIQUE ANKLE LENGTH LINEN TENNIS DRESS with eyelet, from early 1900s. Size 12. $200. 505-983-0609
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2012 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED. FULL LUXURY, ALWAYS IN FASHION. $31,995. PLEASE CALL 505-473-1234.
REMINGTON RAM Set 22 caliber, Brand new condition, with case and 12 boxes of charges and nails. $150.00. John 808-346-3635
TV RADIO STEREO F150, 4X4, Ford pickup, 2004 XLT supercab, new tires, battery, pristine condition, 80k miles, $15,500. 505-470-2536
SPEAKERS FOR SALE!! ALTEC Lansing BX1120, Computer Speakers, $25; Advent Wireless Speakers, AW820, with transmitter, $40. Bill, 505-466-2976.
2006 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID 4WD Limited. Fresh Lexus trade! Leather, moonroof, needs nothing, clean CarFax, pristine car! $15,881. Call 505-216-3800.
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is hiring Service Technician. Specializing in carpet, upholstery, rug, hard surface cleaning & water, fire, smoke and mold remediation. 24 hour emergency on call service. Experience, certification is a plus. 1 week PTO after 1 year of employment. Pay DOE. Call 505-4717711 for interview.
2012 DODGE AVENGER, BLACK. LEAD THE PACK. CERTIFIED FOR $12,995. PLEASE CALL 505-4731234.
IMPORTS 2005 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE 4WD. Well maintained, veteran owned, recently serviced, super clean, great reliable modest 4WD, clean CarFax, $9,971. Call 505-216-3800.
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GRASS, ALFALFA MIX BALES. $9.50 each. 100 or more, $9 each. Barn stored in Ribera, NM. Please call 505-4735300.
ANTIQUES Merry Foss Latin American ETHNOGRAPHIC & ANTIQUE DEALER m o v i n g . Selling her COLLECTION, Household FURNITURE & EVERYTHING! By appointment, 505-7957222.
2005 MERCURY MONTEGO - Premium luxury. $6,000. Schedule a test drive today! Please call 505-9204078.
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sfnm«classifieds LEGALS ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Cuatro Villas MDWUA, Owner P.O. Box 667, Santa Cruz, New Mexico 87567, Address Separate sealed BIDS for the construction of the Cuatro Villas MDWUA Regional Water Storage Tank Phase II (D) will be received by the ENGINEER, Souder, Miller & Associates, Attention: Nicole Shaw at 2904 Rodeo Park Drive East, Bldg. 100, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 until 1:30 p.m. (Local Time), April 16, 2014, and then at said office publicly opened and read aloud. Project Description: This project consists of installation of a newly constructed 500,000 gallon reinforced concrete regional water storage tank in La Puebla, connection of the tank to an existing 12" waterline, and installation of a PRV with bypass in a vault at an existing booster pump station. Installation will include waterline and drainage pipelines, pipe fittings, valves, drainage manholes, site fencing, and site restoration. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations: Builders News and Plan Room, 3435 Princeton Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87107 (505) 8841752 Constructio n Reporter, 1609 2nd St. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102 (505) 2439793 McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge a t : www.construction.co m/projectcenter/ (800) 3936343 Souder, Miller & Associates, 2904 Rodeo Park Dr. East, Bldg. 100, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505) 4739211 Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS in electronic media format may be obtained at the website of the ENGINEER, Souder, Miller & Associates, at www.soudermiller.co m, at no cost. Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained at the office of the ENGINEER, Souder, Miller & Associates, 2904
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p the $11,000,000 Santa Fe Public School District, General Obligation Education Technology Lease Purchase Arrangement, Series 2014 (the A PRE-BID MEETING "Lease"). will be held at the La Pueblo Fire Station The Lease will be en#1, 31 Firehouse tered into for the purRoad, La Puebla, NM pose of acquiring edon March 31, ucational technology 2014 at 1:30 p.m. equipment as defined Legal #96639 in the Educational Published in The San- Technology Equipta Fe New Mexican on ment Act NMSA 1978 March 18 2014 § 6-15A-3(B). Rodeo Park Drive East, Bldg. 100, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, upon a NONREFUNDABLE payment of $25.00 for CD.
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years 2015 through 2019. The District reserves the right in the best interest of the District and to assure that adequate funds are available to pay the Lease Purchase Agreement to vary the mill levy amount.
County Land Use Administrator in writing to P.O. Box 276, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0276; or presented in person at the hearing.
ta Fe, New Mexico on the 8th day of April 2014, at 5 p.m. on a petition to the Board of County Commissioners. Please forward all comments and questions to the County Land Use Administration Office at 9866225. All interested parties will be heard at the Public Hearing prior to the Commission taking action. All comments, questions and objections to the proposal may be submitted to the County Land Use Administrator in writing to P.O. Box 276, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-0276; or presented in person at the hearing.
Legal # 96562 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on Members of the pub- March 18, 2014. lic are invited and encouraged to attend NOTICE OF PUBLIC the Board meeting at SALE OF PERSONAL 5:00 p.m., on April 1, PROPERTY 2014 to express their views on the issu- Notice is hereby givance of the Lease and en that the underthe repayment of the signed will sell, to Lease from property satisfy lien of the taxes or the District’s owner, at public sale general fund. by competitive bidding on April 9th, 2014 DATED this 11th day at 9:30am at the Extra of March, 2014. Space Storage Facility located at:
The estimated cost of the educational technology equipment required to meet the needs of the District is approximately $11,000,000 for the No. 2014-0028 first installment to faIN THE MATTER OF cilitate the District’s Master BOARD OF THE ESTATE OF Technology EDUCATION OF Martina R. Lucero, Plan. SANTA FE PUBLIC Deceased. The proposed terms SCHOOL DISTRICT of the Lease are: NOTICE TO CREDITORS $11,000,000 By:/s/ Steven J. NOTICE IS HEREBY Santa Fe Public Carrillo GIVEN that the underSchool District President signed has been appointed personal rep- Santa Fe County, New Mexico Legal #96561 resentative of this esGeneral Obligation Published in The Santate. All persons havEducational ta Fe New Mexican on ing claims against Technology March 18 and 25, this estate are reLease Purchase 2014. quired to present Arrangement their claims within Series 2014 two (2) months after BCC CASE # MIS 09the date of the first 5072 Santa Fe Opera Payment publication of this no- Date Village Master Plan 8/01/2015 tice, or the claims will Extension $9,000,000 be forever barred. 8/01/2016 NOTICE OF PUBLIC Claims must be preHEARING sented either to the 2,000,000 Total $11,000,000 undersigned personal representative at the Notice is hereby givaddress listed below, The Lease will be ne- en that a public hearor filed with the Pro- gotiated with an in- ing will be held to bate Court of Santa vestor. The rates of consider a request by Fe, County, New Mex- interest on the Lease the Santa Fe Opera ico, located at the fol- will not exceed 5%. for a two year time there extension of a previlowing address: 102 Additionally, Grant Ave, Santa Fe, will be cost of the is- ously approved Massuance of the Lease ter Plan for the Santa NM 87501. which costs of issu- Fe Opera Village. The Dated: 3/12/14 Charles D. Lucero, ance include legal property is located at 1901 Cerros and financial adviso- 301 Opera Drive, withry fees and other in Sections 25 & 26, Colorados, Santa Fe, NM 87501 costs related to and Township 18 North, necessary in connec- Range 9 East (Com505-501-3603 tion with issuance of mission District 1). Helen R. Lucero, the Lease. 2731 San Rafael SE, Albuquerque, NM A public hearing The Board hereby will be held in the 87106 identifies the source 505-255-1890 County Commission of funds for the pay- Chambers Legal #96640 of the ments required on Published in The SanSanta Fe County the Lease as prota Fe New Mexican on Courthouse, corner ceeds of property (ad March 18, 25 2014 of Grant and Palace valorem) taxes to be Avenues, Santa Fe, levied on all property New Mexico on the NOTICE OF SPECIAL included within the 8th day of April PUBLIC MEETING OF District without limi- 2014, at 5 p.m. on a SANTA FE PUBLIC tation as to rate or petition to the SCHOOL DISTRICT amount or other Board of County SANTA FE COUNTY, funds in the District’s Commissioners. NEW MEXICO general fund. PUBLIC NOTICE IS The Board hereby de- Please forward all HEREBY GIVEN that termines that the es- comments and questhe Board of Educa- timated rate of the tions to the County tion of Santa Fe Pub- property tax to be Land Use Administralic School District, levied to pay the re- tion Office at 986County of Santa Fe, quired payments of 6225. New Mexico (the principal and interest "Board"), will meet in pursuant to the lease All interested parties special session at purchase agreement, will be heard at the 5:00 p.m. on April 1, stated in mills per Public Hearing prior 2014, at the Santa Fe thousand dollars of to the Commission taking action. Schools’ Board Room assessed valuation at 610 Alta Vista, San- for property tax purta Fe, New Mexico, to poses, will be $1.50 All comments, quesconsider a resolution per $1,000 of as- tions and objectives granting final appro- sessed value in tax to the proposal may be submitted to the val and acceptance of STATE OF NEW MEXICO IN THE PROBATE COURT SANTA FE COUNTY
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Legal#96617 Published in the San- FIRST JUDICIAL DISta Fe New Mexican TRICT COURT STATE The personal goods on: March 18, 2014 OF NEW MEXICO stored therein by the COUNTY OF SANTA following may in- JAMES W. SIEBERT FE clude, but are not limIN THE MATTER OF AND ASSOCIATES, ited to general houseA PETITION FOR INC. hold, furniture, boxes, CHANGE OF NAME clothes, and applian- 915 MERCER STREET * OF Dolores A. ces. SANTA FE, NEW MEXI- Tainter CO 87505 D05 Yvette Gonzales (505) 983-5588 * FAX CASE NO. D-101-CV901 Lorenzo St. Santa (505) 989-7313 2014-541 Fe, NM 87501 jim@jwsiebert.com NOTICE OF CHANGE A012 Dawn Keen 2800 CDRC CASE # S/V OF NAME Cerrillos Rd. Apt. 25 12-5451 TAKE NOTICE that in Santa Fe, NM 87507 accordance with the provisions of Sec. 40NOTICE OF PUBLIC Go7 Lemon Kristin 208 8-1 through Sec. 40-8HEARING Sena Street Unit 1 3 NMSA 1978, st seq. Santa Fe, NM 87505 DoNotice is hereby giv- the Petitioner en that a public hear- lores A. Tainter will Purchases must be ing will be held to apply to the Honoramade with cash only consider a request by ble Lamar, District and paid at the time Cielo Colorado LLC., Judge of the First Juof sale. All goods are Applicant, James W. dicial District at the sold as is and must Siebert, Agent, for Santa Fe Judicial be removed at the Preliminary Develop- Complex in Santa Fe, time of purchase. Ex- ment Plan and Plat New Mexico, at tra Space Storage re- approval for a 24-lot 2:30p.m. on the 23rd serves the right to residential subdivi- day of April, 2014 for bid. Sale is subject to sion on Tract 15A-2 of an Order for Change adjournment. the Eldorado at Santa of Name from Dolores Fe Subdivision con- A. Tainter to Lorrie A. Legal#96609 sisting of 246.30 acres Weidner. Published in the San- more or less. The apta Fe New Mexican plication also in- Stephen T. Pacheco, on: March 18, 25, 2014 cludes a request for a District Court Clerk Variance of Ordi- By:/s/ Melody S. Gonnance No. 2008-10 zales NOTICE OF PUBLIC (Stormwater Preven- Deputy Court Clerk HEARING Notice is hereby giv- tion and Stormwater Submitted by: Ordi- /s/Lorrie A. Weidner en that a public hear- Management which re- Petitioner, Pro Se ing will be held to nance) consider a request by quires all-weather acthe Pueblo of cess. The property is Legal#96731 Pojoaque Develop- located on the east Published in the Sanment Corporation for side of US 285, off Ca- ta Fe New Mexican a two year time ex- mino Acote, within on: March 18, 25, 2014 tension, of a previ- Sections 20, 21 and Township 15 ously approved Mas- 22, NEW MEXICO ter Plan, for the North, Range 10 East DEPARTMENT OF Downs at Santa Fe. (Commission District GAME AND FISH IS The property is locat- 4) NMPM, Santa Fe ACCEPTING ed within the La County. PROPOSALS FOR: Cienega Traditional FINANCIAL AND Historic Community, A public hearing will COMPLIANCE AUDIT be held in the County at 27475 I-25 West SERVICES ChamFrontage Road, within Commission Sections 26 & 27, bers of the Santa Fe The Department of Courthouse, Game and Fish is acTownship 16 North, County Range 8 East (Com- corner of Grant and cepting proposals for Palace Avenues, San- qualified firms of cermission District 3) A public hearing will ta Fe, New Mexico on tified public accountbe held in the County the 8th day of April, ants to perform the Commission Cham- 2014, at 5 p.m. on a annual financial and bers of the Santa Fe petition to the Board single audit compliCounty Courthouse, of County Commis- ance of the Agency corner of Grant and sioners (BCC). for the fiscal year Palace Avenues, Sanending June 30, 2014.
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g The audits are to be performed in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), the standards set forth for financial audits in the U.S General Accounting Office’s (GOA) Government Auditing Standards the provisions of the Federal Single Audit Act, amendments of the 1996 and Applicable Federal OMB Circulars, Audits of State and Local Governments. Audits must comply with the New Mexico State Auditors Rule 2.2.2 NMAC, governing the audits of agencies of the State of New Mexico. Submission of the proposal must be sent to the Department of Game and Fish no Later than 3:00p.m. April 22, 2014. To obtain a copy of the Request for Proposal please contact the RFP procurement manager:
p p g DBS&A hopes to extract approximately 10,000 gallons of groundwater over 48 hours. DBS&A intends to extract water two times, once in March and once in April 2014, for a total of approximately 20,000 gallons (approximately 0.06 acre-foot). Extraction water will contain residual hydrocarbon contamination and will be hauled and disposed at a licensed facility near Farmington, NM. Water will be metered using a Hays Model MT totalizing flow meter.
Joseph Miano RFP Procurement Manager New Mexico Department of Game and Fish One Wildlife Way Santa Fe, NM 87507 Telephone #: (505) 476-8086 Fax #: 476-8137 E m a i l : joseph.miano@state. nm.us Legal#96439 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican March 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 2014 Notice is hereby given that on February 3, 2014, New Mexico Environment Department, 2905 Rodeo Park Dr. East, Bldg 1, Santa Fe, NM 87505 and Daniel B. Stephens & Associates (DBS&A), 6020 Academy Rd NE, Suite 100, Albuquerque, NM 87109, Contact: Thomas Golden, filed with the State Engineer application No. RG-91565 et al. for Temporary Pollution Control and Recovery well.
The requested start date to drill and use the temporary pollution extraction well is March 1st, 2014 and ends May 31, 2014. The Office of the State Engineer has allowed the drilling to proceed contingent upon publication of notice. This notice of publication is also posted on the Office of the State Engineer website at: http://www.ose.state .nm.us/water_info_ri ghts_notice.html Any person, firm or corporation or other entity having standing to file objections or protests shall do so in writing (legible, signed, and include the writer’s complete name and mailing address). The objection to the approval of the application: (1) if impairment, you must specifically identify your water rights; and/or (2) if public welfare or conservation of water within the State of New Mexico, you must show you will be substantially affected. The written protest must be filed, in triplicate, with the State Engineer, P. O. Box 25102, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-5102, within (10) days after the date of the last publication of this Notice. Facsimiles (fax’s) will be accepted as a valid protest as long as the hard copy is sent within 24-hours of the facsimile. Mailing postmark will be used to validate the 24-hour period. Protests can be faxed to 505-8276682. If no valid protest or objection is filed, the State Engineer will evaluate the application in accordance with Sections 72-2-16, 72-5-6 and 7212-3.
The applicant intends to drill and coordinate pumping ground water for plume control from well TWN-2 (RG-91565 POD26), depth 65 ft., located at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex, 225 Montezuma Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501, at a point where x = 1,731,539.2 and y = 1,704,975.3 (NMSP Central, NAD83, ft) on land owned by the 200 West DeVargas Condominium Association. Depending on Legal #96541 sustainable aquifer Published in The Sanpumping rates, ta Fe New Mexican on March 4, 11 and 18, 2014.
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37 Your and my 38 Make, as a meal 39 Connected with someone 42 Quantities 43 Left a military formation 44 No-goodniks 46 Electrical system 47 Goes after 49 Radius neighbor 50 Persian Gulf vessel 51 Too-often repeated 55 Chaney of the silents 56 “___-haw!” 57 Give it a go
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Super Quiz Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Subject: POETIC LINES Provide the next line. (e.g., But I have promises to keep. Answer: And miles to go before I sleep.)
Dear Annie: My husband and I are seriously concerned about my 19-year-old sister-in-law, “Veronica.” She came to stay with us a few months ago because she was having a hard time at my motherin-law’s house. We did not ask for any money. All we asked was that she clean up after herself and respect a curfew so she wouldn’t wake our infant. Everything was OK for a few weeks, and then she started spending a lot of time with “John.” Every time she walked in the house, she reeked of marijuana. She later told me that John is a drug dealer. He was kicked out of his house, and she has been letting him sleep in her car. Last weekend, we spotted the two of them smoking pot in front of our house. That was the last straw. My husband asked her to leave the next day. We told my mother-in-law in the hope that Veronica would get some help, but the entire thing has spun out of control, and my mother-in-law is no longer speaking to us. We have since learned that most of Veronica’s friends have stopped contact because of her relationship with John. We also learned that he was robbed and held at gunpoint in her car. We worry for her safety if she continues to hang around John, but my mother-in-law refuses to believe a word we say and continues to enable Veronica’s behavior. My husband is heartbroken over this. We don’t want our baby to be without a grandmother. How can we make her see that we are not the bad guys? — Sad in California Dear Sad: Mom cannot face up to dealing with Veronica, and you have dropped the girl back in her lap. She is frustrated and worried and taking it out on you. Veronica is an adult and must make her own choices, good or bad. Try to reestablish a relationship with your mother-in-law without
mentioning Veronica. Call and inquire whether she’d like to see her grandchild. We hope she will agree. Dear Annie: I don’t see happy letters very often in your column. There are some of us out here who are OK. I am 62. I have a used car and not much money, work is sporadic, and I’m the happiest person ever. I have the best girlfriend in the whole world. We have been together for two years and plan on many more. My biggest problem is trying to figure out how to repay her for being the best companion I could ever imagine and giving me a second chance in life. Life is good. — D. Dear D.: You’ve made our day. Advice columns are intended to help people who have problems and need guidance, but it’s wonderful to hear from someone who is happy and satisfied. We hope you will take this letter and give it to your girlfriend. We think it will make her day, too. Dear Annie: I understand how “That’s My Lot in Life” feels. He says his mother visits his sister often, but even though he knows she loves him, she never makes the effort to visit his home. I sympathize. I have a brother who goes all over the country but has never, in the 50 years we’ve been married, been to our home. My parents, one aunt and one cousin have visited, but no other members of my family can manage to come. When I send Christmas cards, I always remind them that they “do not need passports to get into West Virginia,” but nobody takes the hint. When my father died, I told my son I would probably never see my family again, as we simply can’t afford to travel that far, and they won’t travel here. It really hurts. The only time we talk to them is if we call. — Little Sister
Sheinwold’s bridge
FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. How do I love thee? Answer________ 2. “The time has come,” the Walrus said. 3. I think that I shall never see. Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. Theirs not to reason why. 5. I took the one less traveled by. Answer________ 6. We are the Dead. Short days ago. Answer________
7. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Answer________ 8. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan. Answer________ 9. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Answer________ ANSWERS: 1. Let me count the ways. 2. To talk of many things. 3. A poem lovely as a tree. 4. Theirs but to do and die. 5. And that has made all the difference. 6. We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. 7. Thou art more lovely and more temperate. 8. A stately pleasuredome decree. 9. Old time is still a-flying.
BLACK HAS A CRUSHER Hint: Set up a mating position. Solution: 1. … Qf4ch! 2. Kh5 Ke8! (threatening 3. … Bf7 mate). etc. [from SolomonLenderman ’14].
Cryptoquip
Today is Tuesday, March 18, the 77th day of 2014. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 18, 1974, most of the Arab oilproducing nations ended their 5-monthold embargo against the United States that had been sparked by American support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Others count on you adding an eccentric or exciting element to their day. You won’t disappoint them. Tonight: Let the good times roll. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could feel as if you are about to get very angry. Resist the urge. The universe is just sending you feedback. Tonight: Make nice. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH The unexpected will occur. How you handle this moment could prevent a fight. Additionally, you’ll gain insight into a friend. Tonight: Act as though it is the weekend. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Pressure builds, and you might not be sure what to do next. Realize your limits with a domestic matter. Tonight: Stay close to home. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You’ll want to move in a different direction, but because of a surprising happening, you might not have any choice but to stay where you are. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your ability to get past a limitation emerges. You could feel as if you have to spend too much time meeting certain demands. Tonight: Make it your treat.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might want to stay ahead of a difficult, argumentative situation. You have purpose and direction. Tonight: A must appearance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You might reach out to someone at a distance, only to discover that this person is in a determined mood. Tonight: Go for the moment.
SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2014 Ken Fisher
Today in history
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, March 18, 2014: This year your mind evolves to a new way of thinking. You might see some situations as unchangeable, but next year you could see these matters in a different way.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You might wonder what would be best to do with someone who can’t see any other perspective except the one he or she is rooted in. Tonight: Find your friends.
PH.D. LEVEL
Chess quiz
The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HH Know when to pull back and do something differently. Others might be unusually irritating to you at this moment. Tonight: Not to be found.
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You can beam in more of what you want. Understand what is happening behind the scenes of a situation. Tonight: All smiles.
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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.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Someone who is instrumental to your well-being could be in a bad mood. You might want to consider backing off a bit in order to avoid getting caught in a predicament. Tonight: Let off some steam. Jacqueline Bigar
THE NEW MEXICAN Tuesday, March 18, 2014
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TUNDRA
PEANUTS
B-12
NON SEQUITUR
DILBERT
BABY BLUES
MUTTS
RETAIL
ZITS
PICKLES
LUANN
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE
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