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Community rallies to help family of 4-year-old boy in need of transplant A chicken walks around in its coop on an Eldorado property. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO

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Eldorado chicken fight will go to trial

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Judge paves way for lawsuit to be heard that bans fowl in subdivision

Weather in 2013 far from the norm

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and a crowdfunding campaign. Junior’s parents first learned something was wrong with him in late October, when an emergency room X-ray revealed that his heart was enlarged. He was transported to University Hospital in Albuquerque and then airlifted to a hospital in Aurora. There, Junior’s heart stopped, and doctors implanted an artificial device. Junior’s temporary heart, known as a Berlin Heart, is designed to assist his own heart, since Junior has dilated cardiomyopathy, which means his heart muscle isn’t strong enough to effectively pump his blood.

A lawsuit filed by the Eldorado Community Improvement Association against property owners who want to keep chickens and hens in their yards can move forward after a ruling Thursday by a state judge. State District Judge Pro Tem Mark Macaron has dismissed a claim by some residents in the subdivision that the homeowners association had no right to bring the litigation. The primary lawsuit is now set for trial the week of March 24, according to attorney John Hays with Cassutt, Hays & Friedman, which represents the association. The defendants claimed the association acted in bad faith by filing the lawsuit. Specifically, the countersuit said the group violated its fiduciary obligation and breach of the covenant of good and fair dealing. In his ruling, Macaron said the defendants’ “claims for breach of fiduciary duties and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing are dismissed with prejudice.” Ronald J. Van Amberg, the attorney representing the property owners, could not be reached Friday. The civil lawsuit originally was filed in December 2012, after residents of the subdivision south of Santa Fe complained that certain families who had chickens on their properties were violating Eldorado’s pet covenants. The homeowners association is asking the court for a declaratory judgment that chickens and roosters are not recognized as pets. Before the association brought the civil lawsuit, residents of Eldorado held an election in which 55 percent of the voters cast ballots against amend-

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By Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE — It seemed there was no end in sight after three years without any meaningful snow or summer rain. In 2013, New Mexico’s drought had become what climate experts and water managers were calling unprecedented. A summer heat wave made things worse as the state’s reservoirs were reduced to mucky messes, and stretches of the Rio Grande and Pecos rivers went dry. But summing up New Mexico’s weather this year is not that simple. There was also record rainfall, flash flooding, historic wind gusts and a severe hail storm that put snowplows to work during the first week of July. “We end the year with near normal temperatures and near normal precipitation, but the fluctuations during the year were anything but near normal,” said Deirdre Kann, the science and operations officer for the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. Meteorologist Kerry Jones had his own description. “If you had to sum it up, it would just be the switch from the extreme drought to wet,” he said. “It’s always a collection of extremes, and this year

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Hospice profits The typical hospice makes about $2,000 net profit per patient, but some chains make two or three times that amount. Net profit per patient, adjusted for inflation ODYSSEY

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Josh ‘Junior’ Montoya of Santa Fe, shown in early December, has been surviving on an artificial heart in an Aurora, Colo., hospital since October, when his own heart stopped beating. The 4-year-old is waiting for a transplant, and members of the community have launched efforts to raise funds to help his family. COURTESY PHOTO

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or one Santa Fe family this holiday season, home has been where the artificial heart is. Josh and Destiny Montoya’s 4-year-old son, Josh (who usually goes by Junior, but also likes the nickname “Hulk”), is being kept alive by an artificial heart in Aurora, Colo., as he awaits a transplant. Because the Montoyas have had to relocate to Colorado for their son’s indefinite hospital stay, they’ve looked toward the community to help them cover expenses, including a benefit held Friday night at the The Locker Room on Cerrillos Road

Hospice firms lure healthier patients to maximize profits By Peter Whoriskey and Dan Keating The Washington Post

Hospice patients are expected to die: The treatment focuses on providing comfort to the terminally ill, not finding a cure. To enroll a patient, two doctors certify a life expectancy of six months or less. But over the past decade, the number of “hospice survivors” in the United States has risen dramatically, in part because

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hospice companies earn more by recruiting patients who aren’t actually dying, a Washington Post investigation has found. Healthier patients are more profitable because they require fewer visits and stay enrolled longer. The proportion of patients who were discharged alive from hospice care rose about 50 percent between 2002 and 2012, according to a Washington Post analysis of more than

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1 million hospice patients’ records over 11 years in California, a state that makes public detailed descriptions and that, by virtue of its size, offers a portrait of the industry. The average length of a stay in hospice care also jumped substantially over that time, in California and nationally, according to the analysis. Profit per patient quintupled, to $1,975, California records show.

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Obituaries Sylvia R. Gonzales, 87, Dec. 24

Santa Fe Pro Musica Orchestra Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos will be at 6 p.m. in the St. Francis Auditorium of the New Mexico Museum of Art, 107 W. Palace Ave. Tickets are $20-$65. Call 988-1234 or 988-4640, or visit ticketssantafe.org. Sunday encore. More events in Calendar, Page A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo

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NATION&WORLD Rescue fails for icebound research vessel SYDNEY Chinese icebreaker that was en route to rescue a ship trapped in Antarctic ice was forced to turn back on Saturday after being unable to push its way through the heavy sea ice. The Snow Dragon icebreaker came within 7 miles of the Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy, which has been stuck since Christmas Eve, but had to retreat after the ice became too thick, said expedition spokesman Alvin Stone. The Akademik Shokalskiy, which has been on a research expedition to Antarctica, got stuck Tuesday after a blizzard’s

The Russian ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy is trapped Friday in thick Antarctic ice 1,500 nautical miles south of Hobart, Australia. The research ship, with 74 scientists, tourists and crew on board, was on a research expedition to Antarctica when it got stuck Tuesday. AP PHOTO/AUSTRALASIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

whipping winds pushed the sea ice around the ship, freezing it in place. The ship wasn’t in danger of sinking, and there are weeks worth of supplies for the 74 scientists, tourists and crew on board, but the vessel cannot move. Three icebreakers, including the Snow Dragon, have been trying to reach the ship since Wednesday. France’s L’Astrolabe has also made it to the edge of the sea ice surrounding the ship, but will wait there with the Snow

Dragon for the arrival of Australia’s Aurora Australis, which has the best chance of breaking through the thick ice, Stone said. The Australian vessel is not expected to reach the area until Sunday. “I think we’re probably looking at another 24 hours of twiddling our fingers and waiting for something to happen,” Stone said. The scientific team on board the research ship — which left New Zealand on Nov. 28 — had

been recreating Australian explorer Douglas Mawson’s century-old voyage to Antarctica when it became trapped. They plan to continue their expedition after they are freed, expedition leader Chris Turney said. Passengers and crew initially had to contend with blizzard conditions, including winds up to 40 miles per hour, but the weather has calmed considerably since then, Turney said.

Newtown file yields chilling portrait By John Cristoffersen The Associated Press

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the rampage and Adam Lanza’s fascination with murder, while also depicting school employees’ brave and clear-headed attempts to protect the children. Among the details: More than a dozen bodies, mostly children, were seen packed “like sardines” in a bathroom. And the horrors inside school were so terrible that when police sent in paramedics, they tried to select ones capable of handling what they were about to witness. “This will be the worst day of your life,” police Sgt. William Cario warned one. The documents’ release marks the end of the investigation into the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead. Lanza, 20, went to the school after killing his mother, Nancy, inside their home. He committed suicide with a handgun as police arrived at the school. The paperwork, photos and videos were heavily blacked out to protect the names of children and to withhold some of the more grisly details. But the horror comes through at nearly every turn. Included in the file were photographs of the home Lanza shared with his mother. They show numerous rounds of ammunition, gun magazines, shot-up paper targets, gun cases, shooting earplugs and a gun safe with a rifle in it. A former teacher of Lanza’s was quoted as telling investigators that Lanza exhibited antisocial behavior, rarely interacted with other

A makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre stands outside a home in Newtown, Conn., on the one-year anniversary of the shootings. ROBERT F. BUKATY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

students and obsessed in writings “about battles, destruction and war.” “In all my years of experience, I have known [redacted] grade boys to talk about things like this, but Adam’s level of violence was disturbing,” the teacher told investigators. The teacher added: “Adam’s creative writing was so graphic that it could not be shared.” The documents also fill in more details about how the shooting unfolded and how staff members looked out for the youngsters. Teachers heard janitor Rick Thorne try to get Lanza to leave the school. One teacher, who was hiding in a closet in the math lab, heard Thorne yell, “Put the gun down!” An aide said she heard gunfire and Thorne told her to close her door. Thorne survived. Teacher Kaitlin Roig told police she heard “rapid-fire shooting” outside of the school, near her classroom. She rushed her students into the classroom’s bathroom, pulled a rolling storage unit in front of the bathroom door as a barricade and then locked the door.

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Police Lt. Christopher Vanghele said he and another officer found what appeared to be about 15 bodies, mostly children, packed in another bathroom. So many people had tried to cram inside the bathroom that the door couldn’t be closed, and the shooter gunned them all down, Vanghele surmised. In a letter accompanying the files, Reuben F. Bradford, commissioner of the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, wrote that much of the report was disturbing but that it also showed teachers trying to protect their children, law enforcement officials putting themselves in harm’s way, and dispatchers working calmly and efficiently. “In the midst of the darkness of that day, we also saw remarkable heroism and glimpses of grace,” he wrote. Peter Lanza, who was estranged from his son, told police that Adam had Asperger’s syndrome — a type of autism that is not associated with violence — and exhibited symptoms of being “slightly OCD,” meaning obsessive compulsive disorder. A former Newtown High student who was in Tech Club with Adam Lanza recalled him pulling his sleeves over his hands any time he was handed an object from someone. A nurse at the Yale Child Studies Center who met with Adam Lanza said he had several ritualistic behaviors, including frequently washing hands and changing his socks 20 times a day, to the point his mother did three loads of laundry a day. In the documents, a friend told police that Nancy Lanza reported that her son had hit his head several days before the shootings. And an ex-boyfriend told police that she canceled a trip to London on the week of the shooting because of “a couple last-minute problems on the home front.”

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WASHINGTON — More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant implications for the recovering U.S. economy. A tense political battle likely looms when Congress reconvenes in the new, midterm election year. From Hawaii, Obama pledged Friday to push Congress to move quickly next year to address the “urgent economic priority,” the White House said. For families dependent on cash assistance, the end of the federal government’s “emergency unemployment compensation” will mean some difficult belttightening as enrollees lose their average monthly stipend of $1,166.

Military sexual assault reports jump by 50 percent WASHINGTON — The number of reported sexual assaults across the military shot up by more than 50 percent this year, an increase that defense officials say may suggest that victims are becoming more willing to come forward after a tumultuous year of scandals that shined a spotlight on the crimes and put pressure on the military to take aggressive action. A string of high-profile assaults and arrests triggered outrage in Congress and set off months of debate over how to change the military justice system, while military leaders launched a series of new programs intended to beef up accountability and encourage victims to come forward. According to early data, there were more than 5,000 reports of sexual assault filed during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, compared to the 3,374 in 2012. Of those 2013 reports, about 10 percent involved incidents that occurred before the victim got into the military, up from just 4 percent only a year ago. That increase, officials said, suggests that confidence in the system is growing and that victims are more willing to come forward.

After meeting, South Sudan cease-fire thrown into doubt JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan’s government agreed Friday at a meeting of East African leaders to end hostilities against rebels accused of trying to overthrow the young country, but the cease-fire was quickly thrown into doubt because the head of the rebellion was not invited. An army spokesman suggested the fighting could go on despite the announcement by politicians in a faraway capital. At the meeting in Kenya, South Sudan agreed not to carry out a planned offensive to recapture Bentiu, the capital of oil-producing Unity state, which is controlled by troops loyal to Riek Machar, the former vice president vilified by the government as a corrupt coup plotter.

Poker player gives $10K reward to Vegas cab driver LAS VEGAS, Nev. — A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash. Yellow Checker Star Cab Company CEO Bill Shranko confirmed Friday that Gerardo Gamboa had been paid by the poker player. The cab company also honored the driver’s good deed by naming him employee of the year, awarding him $1,000 and giving him a gift certificate to a Las Vegas steakhouse. It’s unclear how Gamboa plans to spend the belated Christmas gift. The Associated Press

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Saturday, Dec. 28 FARAWAY NEAREST ONE: A READING OF THE LETTERS OF O’KEEFFE AND STIEGLITZ AT LAKE GEORGE: At 6 p.m. at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, a staged performance by Debriana Mansini and Liam Lockhart. 217 Johnson St. INTERACTIVE TRAIN EXHIBIT: From noon to 5 p.m. daily until Jan. 5 at the Santa Fe Children’s Museum, children can operate an antique O-gauge model train set and make their own scenery for the tracks. 1050 Old Pecos Trail. VOASIS: At 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Warehouse 21, the contemporary a cappella ensemble performs In the Midnight Hour, produced by Deke Sharon of NBC’s The Sing-Off, 8 p.m. 1614 Paseo de Peralta.

ANNIE: Presented by Musical Theatre Works Santa Fe. 7 p.m. 1600 St. Michael’s Drive. ANASAZI RESTAURANT & BAR: Guitarist Jesus Bas, 7-10 p.m. 113 Washington Ave. CHISPA! AT EL MESÓN: Bert Dalton Trio, jazz piano with a hard-swinging trio, 7:30 p.m. 213 Washington Ave. COWGIRL BBQ: Santa Fe

Lotteries Chiles Dixie Jazz Band, 2-5 p.m.; Sean Healen Band, rock ’n’ roll, 8:30 p.m. 319 S. Guadalupe St. HOTEL SANTA FE: Guitarist/ flutist Ronald Roybal, 7-9 p.m. 1501 Paseo de Peralta. LA FIESTA LOUNGE AT LA FONDA: Blues band Night Train, 8-11 p.m. 100 E. San Francisco St. LA POSADA DE SANTA FE RESORT AND SPA: Pat Malone Trio, 6-9 p.m. 330 E. Palace Ave. LISA CARMEN: From 7 to 10 p.m. at Duel Brewing, singer-songwriter performs. 1228 Parkway Drive. MINE SHAFT TAVERN: Mike and Bobby of the classic rock band The Jakes, 2-6 p.m.; bluesman C.W. Ayon, 7 p.m. 2846 N.M. 14. PRANZO ITALIAN GRILL: Pianist David Geist and vocalist Julie Trujillo, 6-9 p.m. 540 Montezuma Ave. ROUGE CAT: DJ Brett Johnson, 9 p.m. 101 W. Marcy St. SECOND STREET BREWERY: Broomdust Caravan, juke joint honky-tonk and biker bar rock. 6 p.m. 1814 Second St. SECOND STREET BREWERY AT THE RAILYARD: Andy Primm, pop, folk, and rock, 7 p.m. 1607 Paseo de Peralta. SWEETWATER HARVEST KITCHEN: Hawaiian slack-key guitarist John Serkin, 6 p.m. 1512 Pacheco St. Building B.

THE PALACE RESTAURANT & SALOON: Vanilla Pop, ’40s standards to ’80s disco, 10 p.m. 142 W. Palace Ave. TINY’S: Showcase karaoke with Nanci and Cyndi, 8:30 p.m. 1005 St. Francis Drive, Suite 117. UPPER CRUST PIZZA: Singer/songwriter Dana Smith, country-tinged folk, 6 p.m. 329 Old Santa Fe Trail. VANESSIE: Pianist/vocalist Doug Montgomery, pianist John Randal, 6-11 p.m. 427 W. Water St.

SKI RESORTS Be sure to check with individual ski area for conditions before you head to the slopes. SKI SANTA FE: Distance from Santa Fe: 16 miles. Call 982-4429. Visit www. skisantafe.com or call 983-9155 for snow report. PAJARITO: Distance from Santa Fe: 35 miles. Call 662-5725. Visit www. skipajarito.com or call 662-7669 for snow report SIPAPU SKI & SUMMER RESORT: Distance from Santa Fe: 75 miles. Call 575-5872240. Visit www.sipapunm. com or call 800-587-2240 for snow report. TAOS SKI VALLEY: Distance from Santa Fe: 90 miles. Snowboarding is allowed. Call 575-776-2291. Visit www.

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Judge rules NSA’s spy program is legal Supreme Court likely to resolve data collection issue By Timothy M. Phelps McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s mass collection of telephone data does not violate the Constitution, a federal judge in New York has ruled, creating a conflict within the federal courts and increasing the likelihood that the Supreme Court eventually will have to resolve the program’s fate. The decision by U.S. District Judge William H. Pauley will bolster the position of the NSA and its allies just as President Barack Obama is considering whether to impose new restrictions on the spy agency’s activities. Pauley called the NSA’s surveillance programs part of the “the government’s counterpunch” against the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, which, he said, happened in part because of a failure to “connect the dots” linking terrorists. “The government learned from its mistake and adapted to confront a new enemy, a terror network capable of orchestrating attacks across the world,” he wrote. At issue is the NSA’s collection of “metadata” — information such as which numbers are called from other numbers and how long the calls last — from virtually all telephone calls made within or from the U.S. While that data collection is vast, Pauley said, a previous Supreme Court ruling has made clear that the Fourth Amendment does not protect information that a person turns over to someone else, including a telephone company. “When a person voluntarily conveys information to a third party, he forfeits his right to privacy in the information,” Pauley wrote. Less than two weeks ago, the NSA’s critics celebrated a victory in federal court as a district judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the wholesale collection of metadata did violate the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches. Both rulings are certain to be appealed — the Washington decision to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and Pauley’s to the New York-based 2nd Circuit. Ultimately, whichever side loses in the appeals courts probably will ask the Supreme Court to rule on the issue. In the meantime, as the president ponders whether to adopt any of the 46 changes in the NSA’s programs recommended by a review panel he appointed, the two decisions will provide him and other participants in the debate two sharply contrasting judicial assessments of how to balance privacy rights with security concerns.

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The two rulings are “like night and day,” said Jonathan Hafetz, a law professor at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. Pauley, a onetime Republican official in New York who was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton, suggested in his ruling that the deaths on Sept. 11 might have been prevented had mass collection of telephone data been in place at the time. By contrast, District Court Judge Richard J. Leon, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, had questioned the utility of the NSA’s data collection program, saying that “the government does not cite a single instance in which analysis of the NSA’s bulk data collection actually stopped an imminent attack.” Leon described the NSA’s collection of telephone data as an “indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion” of the Fourth Amendment’s protection from unreasonable searches. He called the NSA’s vast database of telephone call records an almost “Orwellian technology.” Pauley, by contrast, said the NSA’s collection did not violate any constitutional rights. He relied on a 1979 Supreme Court precedent that Leon had brushed aside as outdated for his ruling that the Fourth Amendment does not protect the information at issue. The huge scale of the NSA’s activities does not change the legal analysis, he said. “The collection of breathtaking amounts of information unprotected by the Fourth Amendment does not transform that sweep into a Fourth Amendment” violation, he wrote. “No doubt,” he said, the “program vacuums up information about virtually every telephone call to, from or within the United States.” John Yoo, a University of California, Berkeley, law professor and former official in the Justice Department under Bush, said Pauley followed the Supreme Court’s previous rulings about what sorts of information the Fourth Amendment protects. By contrast, “Judge Leon tried to escape” what the high court had previously ruled, Yoo said in an email.

Car bomb kills Lebanese leader Pro-Western politician’s death raises tensions By Bassem Mroue and Ryan Lucas The Associated Press

BEIRUT — A powerful car bomb killed a prominent Lebanese politician critical of Syria and its ally Hezbollah, hitting his SUV Friday as it drove through a ritzy business district near Beirut’s waterfront, shredding trees and scattering glass and twisted scraps of metal across the pavement. Allies of the slain politician, former finance minister Mohammed Chatah, indirectly blamed the Shiite Hezbollah group for the bombing, raising tensions between Lebanon’s two main political camps at a time when the country’s factions are already deeply at odds over the civil war in neighboring Syria. The morning explosion echoed across Beirut and threw a pillar of black smoke above the city’s skyline. The force of the blast punched a nearly 2-yard wide crater in the street, set at least three cars on fire and shattered windows in office buildings and apartment towers up to a block away. The 62-year-old Chatah, who was also a former Lebanese ambassador to the United States and a senior aide to ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri, was killed along with his driver and four others, the National News Agency reported. The Health Ministry said at least 70 people were wounded. In a statement, the 15 members of the U.N. Security Council strongly condemned the attack and “reiterated their unequivocal condemnation of any attempt to destabilize Lebanon through political assassinations.” The bombing deepened the sense of malaise in Lebanon, which is struggling to cope with the fallout from the civil war in Syria, including the influx of more than 1 million Syrians who have sought refuge from the violence in their homeland. Lebanon also has had only a weak and ineffectual caretaker government since April, with the two main political blocs unable or unwilling to reach a compromise to form a new Cabinet. Hariri, a Sunni politician, heads the main, Westernbacked coalition in Lebanon,

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known as the March 14 alliance. Hezbollah, which enjoys the support of Syria and Iran and commands a militia stronger than the national military, leads those on the other side of Lebanon’s political divide. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Friday’s attack, but the bombing was reminiscent of a string of assassinations of around a dozen members of the anti-Syrian Hariri camp that shook Lebanon between 2004 and 2008. The most dramatic of those was the massive suicide bombing in 2005 in downtown Beirut — some four blocks from the site of the explosion — that killed Hariri’s father, Rafik, also a former prime minister. Hariri’s allies accused Syria of being behind the killings, a claim Damascus denied. The opening session in the Hariri assassination trial is due to be held in less than three weeks in The Hague, Netherlands, where the U.N.-backed tribunal investigating his killing is based. Five Hezbollah members have been indicted for their alleged involvement in the assassination. Hezbollah rejects the accusations, and has refused to hand the men over. Saad Hariri said in a statement that “the ones who are running away from international justice and refusing to appear before the international tribunal” were behind Chatah’s assassination. Hariri said those responsible are “the same ones who

are opening the doors of evil and chaos into Lebanon” and “brought regional fires to our country,” in a clear reference to Hezbollah’s armed intervention in support of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Hezbollah strongly denounced Chatah’s assassination, saying it serves “the enemies of Lebanon.”

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Hospice: Long stays costing Medicare billions a year Continued from Page A-1 This vast growth took place as the hospice “movement,” once led by religious and community organizations, was evolving into a $17 billion industry dominated by forprofit companies. Much of that is paid for by the U.S. government — roughly $15 billion of industry revenue came from Medicare last year. At AseraCare, for example, one of the nation’s largest forprofit chains, hospice patients kept on living. About 78 percent of patients who enrolled at the Mobile, Ala., branch left the hospice’s care alive, according to company figures. As many as 59 percent of patients left the AseraCare branch in nearby Foley, Ala., alive. And at the one in Monroeville, 48 percent were discharged from the hospice alive. “It was definitely good news,” said Bessie Blount, whose father received hospice care from the Monroeville outfit and left after about a year, she said. About three years later, her father, Chocolate Blount, 91, is still alive. “He has good days and bad days,” she said. The work that the hospice nurses, aides and counselors do, often in the most trying circumstances, is demanding, emotionally and physically. It typically allows patients to die at home or in other familiar surroundings — and for families of the dying, the comfort it offers can provide relief. Survival rates at AseraCare are emblematic of a problem facing Medicare, which has created a financial incentive for hospice companies to find patients well before death. Medicare pays a hospice about $150 a day per patient for routine care, regardless of whether the company sends a nurse or any other worker out on that day. That means healthier patients, who generally need less help and live longer, yield more profits.

Costly to Medicare The trend toward longer stays on hospice care might be costing Medicare billions of dollars a year. In 2011, nearly 60 percent of Medicare’s hospice expenditure of $13.8 billion went toward patients who stay on hospice care longer than six months, MedPAC, the Medicare watchdog group created by Congress, has reported. Some of those patients simply outlived a legitimate prognosis of six months. But much of the data suggest that the trend toward longer stays is a response to the financial incentive. Consider the difference between the nonprofit and for-profit hospices: While the average nonprofit serves a patient for 69 days, the average for-profit hospice serves a patient for an average of 102 days, according to MedPAC. Moreover, multiple allegations have arisen from former hospice workers who say the businesses took in people who weren’t in declining health. Four of the 10 largest hospice companies in the United States, including AseraCare, have been sued by whistle-blowers alleg-

part because “I wasn’t willing to sign on people who weren’t appropriate for hospice. … It wasn’t a good fit.”

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Twanda Blount helps her grandfather, Chocolate Blount, 91, with his wheelchair outside their home in Pine Hill, Ala., earlier this year. Chocolate Blount spent one year in hospice care, and three years later still is alive. He is among a growing number of hospice survivors in an industry that has moved from nonprofit to very profitable. BOB MILLER/THE WASHINGTON POST

ing patients were receiving care they didn’t need. The Justice Department has joined several of these lawsuits, including the one against AseraCare and Vitas, the nation’s largest hospice provider. Jim Barger, a Birmingham, Ala., lawyer who has filed several of the suits, said the root of the problem is that a company profits when it admits patients who aren’t dying, and it is the hospice itself that helps determine whether a patient is dying. While two doctors certify a patient for hospice care initially, the patient must periodically be reapproved for hospice care. The reapprovals typically are done by hospice physicians. For five years, Medicare’s watchdog group has been recommending payments to hospice companies be revised to eliminate the financial incentive for improper care, but Medicare has not yet done so. To ensure that patients are appropriately selected for hospice care, Medicare relies on strict medical documentation requirements, a spokesman said. The hospice industry is opposed to fundamental changes to the payment system. Jonathan Keyserling, senior vice president of health policy at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, an industry group, said the current payment system is sound and that tampering with it could have unintended consequences. He noted that two doctors certify a life expectancy of six months for hospice patients. As for the whistle-blowers, Keyserling said they, too, have financial incentives. “I don’t know what motivation might prompt a whistleblower suit, but obviously there is a monetary reward — the larger the program, the larger the reward,” he said. Keyserling and others in the industry attribute the rise in the number of hospice survivors to changing patient demographics, not fraud: A larger portion of patients today have diseases whose outcomes are harder to predict. That’s because the portion of hospice patients suffering from cancer, a disease that has a more predictable course, has shrunk, they said.

But according to The Washington Post’s analysis, the growth in the average duration of hospice care stems less from the decline in the proportion of cancer patients than from another trend. Patients suffering from a noncancer ailment began staying longer on hospice: Their average stay in hospice care grew from six weeks to almost 11 weeks on average between 2002 and 2012.

Patient recruiting Hospice “outreach specialists” and “community education representatives” seek out patients in a variety of ways: They solicit doctors and hospitals who might regularly deal with the terminally ill; they make connections at nursing homes, assisted-living developments and Meals on Wheels groups. They show up at the “health fairs” held at senior centers with, for example, machines that test blood pressure. For families struggling to take care of a loved one, they offer the promise of extra help. At AseraCare, officials gave advice to their recruiters on how to close a deal with families that are “not ready yet” for hospice, according to a company presentation for Alabama employees. At Odyssey Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest hospice companies, representatives earned bonuses if they met their goals for new patients, according to that complaint. The case led to a $25 million settlement with the company. At Vitas, a division of Chemed, a company that also owns the Roto-Rooter plumbing service, the corporate culture encouraged staff members to admit as many patients as possible, regardless of whether they were eligible for hospice care, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit said the company paid bonuses based on the number of patients enrolled. One former manager said the company philosophy was “sign everybody up,” and medical staffers felt pressured to admit patients regardless of whether they were appropriate. And at Angels of Hope hospice in LaGrange, Ga., audio recordings cited in the complaint described how some

salespeople found patients: by cruising neighborhoods, looking for elderly people with disabilities. “How do you solicit patients?” a marketer is quoted as saying. “You see somebody sitting on the front porch in a wheelchair and you hit the brakes.” AseraCare denied the allegations in the lawsuit initiated by whistle-blowers at the company. The company declined to identify the doctors who certified the patients in Alabama.

Humble beginnings Medicare began paying for hospice care in 1983, following a resurgence of interest in endof-life care, sparked in part by the publication of On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. “We can give families more help with home care and visiting nurses, giving the families and the patients the spiritual, emotional and financial help in order to facilitate the final care at home,” Kubler-Ross testified to the Senate Special Committee on Aging in 1972. The government benefit, while costly in itself, promised other compensating savings for Medicare: Patients would be choosing home care rather than expensive end-of-life medical treatment. The treatment of a hospice patient typically focuses on treating pain and symptoms, rather than grasping at a cure. The hospice patient, who is most often living in a private residence or nursing home, receives visits from nurses, aides, social workers and others. The benefit was quickly embraced by Americans and continues to grow, with Medicare paying for hospice care for more than 1.2 million people annually. In 2000, Medicare spent $2.9 billion on the hospice benefit. By 2012, that figure has risen fivefold, to $15.1 billion.

Big business As more Americans have taken up hospice care, a profound change has been underway: Big businesses have moved in. When Medicare paid its first hospice benefit, the vast major-

ity of hospice-care providers were nonprofit groups. Over the past decade, however, the for-profits have come to dominate the industry. In 2000, 70 percent of hospices were run by nonprofit organizations or government agencies. Today, nearly 60 percent are for-profit companies, and they may account for an even larger share of patients. The profits appear to be substantial. The vast majority of profits flow from the U.S. government and Medicare, which makes an estimated 85 percent to 90 percent of all payments to hospices. Those payments — and specifically the incentives that they offer — have drawn criticism repeatedly from government watchdog agencies. “Several aspects of the hospice per diem payment methodology may not reflect how hospices currently deliver services,” the Government Accountability Office reported in 2004. It noted, too, that the payment rate was about 10 percent higher than costs. Indeed, it has been an open secret in the industry that, because of the method of payment, the way to run a hospice profitably is to enroll patients who stay for a long time. The annual report in 2004 for one large hospice provider, VistaCare, noted that its fortunes depended on its ability to manage costs and “maintain a patient base with a sufficiently long length of stay.” The company also warned that “cost pressures resulting from shorter patient lengths of stay … could negatively impact our profitability.” “It is common knowledge in the industry that a longer length of stay is going to be more lucrative,” said Rachel Mason, who worked in marketing at Delta Hospice in California, where one of the company’s branches had one of the highest discharge rates of living patients in the state last year — 63 percent. “If they come in very sick and die right away, it’s difficult to run a business that way.” Mason, who had previously worked at nonprofit hospices, said she left Delta Hospice in

Medicare has responded with measures that might make it more difficult for hospices to enroll ineligible patients. In 2009, Medicare added a requirement that the physician, in recommending a patient for hospice care, must include a brief narrative explanation to support a life expectancy of six months or less. In 2010, the agency added a requirement that a physician or nurse practitioner determine a patient’s continued eligibility for hospice in a face-to-face visit. Next year, the agency will limit the use of vague categories when describing the ailments of hospice patients, specifically prohibiting the use of “debility” and “adult failure to thrive” as primary diagnoses. And all along, Medicare has capped the average amount of money a company can make on a patient — currently about $25,000 — which amounts to about 180 days of routine care. This is not a per-patient limit, but is averaged over all of a hospice’s patients. Despite these rules, however, the number of long stays has not been reduced, according to the California data. A spokesman for Medicare said the agency is considering hospice payment reform but that no such changes will happen in fiscal 2014.

Lured, dumped One of the primary lawsuits against AseraCare was initiated by Dawn Richardson, a clinical manager at the company and Marsha Brown, the former executive director at the company’s Monroeville, Mobile and Foley, Ala., outlets. There was steady pressure for AseraCare managers to find more patients, the lawsuit said. An executive who did not meet a quota was penalized, according to the suit, and the company offered a massage chair for the person who brought in the most hospice patients. “In order to make our admission goal for the month, we are down to the wire, and need today to be a huge admit day for every region,” a regional vice president wrote in an email, according to the lawsuit. “Mobilize your teams, get them into the game this morning … when we call on them, they always respond with referrals and a push to convert those referrals into admits ASAP.” Finally, according to the lawsuit, when the hospices were making too much from patients — and running into the cap on payments imposed by Medicare — AseraCare would take extraordinary measures to bring their numbers down. The company “dumped” patients from its rolls, telling them they were no longer eligible, according to the lawsuit. In some cases, hospice recruiters even specifically sought out “last-breath” patients — those who would die quickly — to bring their average down, according to the lawsuit. “AseraCare denies the allegations in the case and looks forward to the opportunity to have all of the facts presented and considered by the Court,” company spokeswoman Kelli Luneborg said in an email.

Weather: Year marked by blizzards, wind, sizzling temperatures Continued from Page A-1 was magnified.” Jones spent part of his Christmas shift crunching numbers. He found that about a dozen days of moisture in July and September accounted for nearly three-quarters of Albuquerque’s total rainfall this year. Had it not been for those rainy days, Albuquerque would be in trouble. For the first six months of the year, the city had only 0.70 inches of rain, making for the second driest start of the year since 1931. In Eastern New Mexico, Clayton and Roswell are still about 3 inches behind, and forecasters say the odds of them catching up before the end of the year are slim. The latest map shows nearly

La Union resident George Enriquez, left, and Pablo Romero of Las Cruces survey the damage in September in La Union, where flooding destroyed roads. LAS CRUCES SUN-NEWS FILE PHOTO

a third of New Mexico in the grip of severe drought or worse. At this time last year, more than 90 percent of the state was dealing with the

worst categories of drought. In addition to causing problems for farmers and ranchers, the drought combined with aging infrastructure and a lack

of maintenance to leave some small communities without drinking water. State officials started to take notice. A legislative audit released in November said New Mexico needs to establish a long-term capital improvement plan for addressing water infrastructure needs. Gov. Susana Martinez has proposed that about $112 million, or 60 percent of next year’s available capital improvement financing, be earmarked for water projects. Eastern New Mexico started out 2013 with a nasty blizzard, which forced the closure of nearly every major highway in the region. Snow drifts were 5 feet tall along the Texas-New Mexico border, and strong winds made for whiteout conditions. In late June, record-breaking

heat descended upon New Mexico. Socorro and Tucumcari topped out at 109, while Taos and Chama neared triple digits June 27. Less than a week later, snowplows were called out in Santa Rosa after a storm dumped as much as 2 feet of hail. Residents described it as Christmas in July. With some hailstones the size of golf balls, roof damage and broken skylights were widespread. At the end of July, a series of thunderstorms moved through Central New Mexico, bringing winds that topped 89 mph. Uprooted trees and broken branches resulted in power outages across Albuquerque, while a stretch of Interstate 25 was closed for nearly 12 hours and some motorists were stranded in several feet of water.

Torrential downpours followed. Parts of southeastern New Mexico saw storms in August that dumped a few inches of rain in just 24 hours. The next month, the state recorded its second wettest September as historic amounts of rain fell. Rivers swelled, some lakes were replenished, roads and bridges were damaged and homes were flooded. President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration the following month for 22 counties and a few tribes. Cleanup and repair costs are estimated at $140 million, but state emergency management officials say those estimates could go up. Friday was the last day for state agencies, local governments and tribes to file claims.

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Washington judge strikes down part of wage hike plan SEATTLE — Less than a week before a $15 minimum wage was to take effect for about 6,300 workers at SeaTac, Airport, a King County, Wash., judge has barred its enforcement at the airport but will let it stand at nearby hotels and parking lots. The upshot is that only about 1,600 hospitality and transportation workers at SeaTac now stand to receive a $15

minimum wage on Wednesday, the start date for Proposition 1. The other 4,700 people, who work at the airport for contractors, concessionaires and car-rental agencies, are not covered by the ballot measure, King County Superior Court Judge Andrea Darvis ruled Friday. Yes! for SeaTac, a laborbacked group that worked

to pass Prop 1, criticized the ruling and said it will file an expedited appeal to the state Supreme Court. Darvas’ 33-page ruling says that a decades-old state law gives the Port of Seattle exclusive jurisdiction over Sea-Tac Airport and, therefore, the municipal ordinance cannot be enforced there. The Associated Press

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Continued from Page A-1 Until doctors can find him a new heart — a wait that could end as soon as tomorrow or could last for months — the Berlin Heart (which was approved by the FDA for pediatric use only two years ago) is doing its job. But because Junior needs 24-hour care, Josh and Destiny Montoya aren’t able to do theirs — and their bills are stacking up. The couple, who also have a 2-year-old daughter, have had to move to Colorado for the duration of their son’s hospital stay. Junior’s father had to leave a job with DirecTV, while his mother quit working at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Santa Fe. They are living at a Ronald McDonald house near the hospital with their daughter. “It’s a little more rough on her than it is me and my wife,” Josh Montoya said of Junior’s sister. “They’ll see each other every couple days or once a week,” since she isn’t allowed into her brother’s section of the hospital. “The first two weeks were

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LOCAL NEWS Dogs maul boy in Ranchos de Taos Court OKs motion to euthanize Rottweilers; 12-year-old flown to Albuquerque hospital By Andrew Oxford The Taos News

TAOS — A 12-year-old Ranchos de Taos boy was flown to an Albuquerque hospital with severe injuries Thursday morning after he was mauled by two Rottweilers, according to Taos County Sheriff Miguel Romero.

The dogs attacked the boy as he walked up a driveway shared by their owner and a neighboring residence on Camino Abajo de la Loma West, court records indicate. The driveway was inside the boundaries of an “underground fence,” the sheriff said, noting that the shock collars worn by each dog had been inspected by

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Lawmaker, attorney led campaign to save falcon By Staci Matlock The New Mexican

Hawk, hawk, hawk. Be racing. One of the rites performed by the Hopis in the seclusion of their sacred kivas is the Hawk Dance, whose central figure is Hawk Man. His costume includes feathered wings and a bunch of hawk feathers tied in his hair. Much better known is the Eagle Dance of the Rio Grande pueblos. It is usually performed by a pair of athletic young men, since the movements in imitation of the birds can be quite strenuous. The dancers wear a feathered headpiece, like a helmet, that has a yellow beak and long wings of eagle feathers cover their arms. The soaring and hopping movements are very realistic. As Tesuque Pueblo north of Santa Fe, the late author Erna Ferguson was told that the Eagle Dance was part of a healing ceremony, since “eagles are always strong, so they can

A public memorial will be held in the spring for New Mexico native Frank M. Bond, an expert falconer, former state representative and longtime attorney who died of cancer on Christmas Day. He was 70. Bond’s victories in the legal world encompassed state and federal courts. But his work preserving falcons and practicing the art of falconry captured his deepest passion. Being a falconer “is so complex,” Bond once told a reporter. “It’s a lifelong commitment, something that’s constant and daily.” Bond was one of four men who helped launch The Peregrine Fund in 1970 to help save the endangered raptor. The falcon was on the verge of extinction then, said J. Peter Jenny, Frank Bond president of the nonprofit organization based in Boise, Idaho. The efforts of Bond and others with the group saved the falcon, boosting breeding pairs from fewer than 50 to more than 3,000, Jenny said. “It became arguably one of the largest, most successful endangered species recovery efforts in history,” he said. Bond became a falconer in his early 20s while he was a student at Colorado College. He served as counsel for The Peregrine Fund and the North American Falconer’s Association. As president of the International Association of Falconry and Conservation of Birds of Prey, Bond is credited with convincing the United Nations to recognize falconry in 2010 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. In a statement, the North American Falconers’ Association said it had lost not only a friend, “but a giant in the global falconry community. … He was a supremely effective advocate for our sport in arenas as diverse as local city councils, state legislatures, the U.S. federal government and international negotiations.” At The Simons Law Firm, where he was a partner, Bond focused on advising businesses and property owners in real estate, contract, natural resource and water law. Bond was born in 1943 in Albuquerque. He finished a degree in Spanish and taught for awhile before earning his law degree at The University of New Mexico. He helped people, not just falcons. In 2003, he helped St. Michael’s High School graduate Valerie Rivera land a hefty scholarship and a spot on the softball team at Colorado College, his alma mater. She graduated four years later. Bond was chairman of the New Mexico Commission on Higher Education and served on the board of the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Foundation. He also served on the New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission. Bond, a Republican, served as a state representative

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Eagles take flight at the Roundhouse in February. From left, Ohkay Owingeh residents Marvin Povijua, 18, Benny Lujan, 15, Erik Salter, 13, and Craig Calvert, 8, perform the Eagle Dance in the Rotunda during the 2013 legislative session. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

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mong the Pueblo Indians in addition, they had spiritual imporof New Mexico and Aritance, because they soared with the zona, two birds figured deities of the sky and had a special prominently in their relationship with the sun. ceremonial life and were highly We gather this through interpreting revered. They were the eagle and the bird figures that appear on the the hawk, both regarded as special celebrated Mimbres pots found in emblems of power. southwestern New Mexico and that In Indian art, the eagle became are carved or painted on boulders and Marc the stylized thunderbird, a now rock cliffs throughout the region. Simmons familiar image that is today often When modern scholars began represented on native jewelry, potTrail Dust studying Pueblo culture, they tery and weavings. noticed that the birds were closely If anyone has made a study of identified with hunting and racing. the Pueblo use of these birds, I’ve not been Since eagles and hawks are predators and are able to locate it. So, on my own, I have pulled noted for their swiftness of flight, the associasome references together on Indian eagle tion seems natural. and hawk lore and present it here as a primer The Hopis, for instance, have a special on the subject. song used during ceremonial races. One part Far back in prehistoric times, eagles and goes: hawks commanded respect among the original Be racing. inhabitants of the Southwest. Their strength With joyful works, and power of flight was part of the reason. But be racing.

In brief VA center offers free legal classes ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico veterans are being offered free classes on advance directives each month at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro Drive SE in Albuquerque. Advance directives are legal forms that state patients’ preferences about their future medical and mental health care. If patients become too ill to make decisions about their care, an advance directive can help their doctors and family members understand their wishes. The VA Advance Directive Classes will provide answers to most questions veterans may have about the advance directive form. Classes will meet from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. the first Friday of each month

starting Jan. 3 in the medical center’s Spinal Cord Injury conference room. For more information, contact Diamond Driscoll, program support assistant, at 265-1711, ext. 5328.

Eagle Nest school powers up solar array The village of Eagle Nest is now home to a 98.7 kilowatt solar array. The array, located at the Eagle Nest Elementary/Middle School, was energized Dec. 12 via the collaboration of school officials, members of the Cimarrón School Board, solar contractor Mark Johnson of Sol Luna Solar and Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, according to The Taos News. The array produces enough power to completely supply the school on a sunny day. Over the course of a year, about 70 percent of the school’s energy use will come from the sun. The array is located on the roof of the horse barn used by the school’s agricultural program.

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“The commitment on the part of school officials to tap into solar power is admirable,” Kit Carson CEO Luis Reyes said in a news release. “The working relationship we have developed with Eagle Nest School leaders and Mark Johnson of Sol Luna Solar made this a very smooth process.”

Tickets available for Fiesta Council gala A limited number of tickets for a Santa Fe Fiesta Council gala dance on Saturday, Dec. 28, will go on sale from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center box office. The $75 tickets for the El Pasado Esta Presente will be sold on a first come, first served basis, an announcement said. Entertainment begins in the Sweeney Ballroom at 8 p.m. with Darren Cordova y Calor and appearances by Dynette Marie and Darren Lee. On display during the event will be vestidos worn by past Fiesta royalty.

State regulation chief to step down

Lea County fails to see gay marriages

The head of New Mexico’s Regulation and Licensing Department will be stepping down next week. Gov. Susana Martinez made the announcement Friday, saying J. Dee Dennis will be leaving his post after nearly three years to travel, fly fish and spend more time with his grandchildren. During his tenure, Dennis helped cut red tape and improved the department’s responsiveness to smallbusiness owners. The department instituted a system to streamline the review and approval of construction documents, and it required stricter enforcement of state licensing laws, especially those involving the Liquor Control Act. Dennis will be replaced by Robert “Mike” Unthank, who serves as a deputy secretary in the state General Services Department. Unthank has more than 40 years of experience in government and the private sector.

HOBBS — The clerk of Lea County says she has yet to issue any marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Pat Chappelle told the Hobbs NewsSun that no gay or lesbian couples have come into her office for a marriage license, but she has received a few phone calls. Chappelle said she believes it’s just a matter of time before a same-sex couple asks her for a license, and she said she will follow the law. The New Mexico Supreme Court this month ruled it unconstitutional to bar same-sex couples from getting marriage licenses. New Mexico joined 16 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing gay marriage either through legislation, court rulings or voter referendums in a national trend that has dramatically shifted in just a few years. Staff and wire reports

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Deities: Eagle feathers sacred Continued from Page A-7 cure anything.” The Navajos have an Eagle Chant, rather than a dance, which is a cure for sores. Eagles, owing to their link with sky powers, also help in bringing rain. Attend any of the Pueblo summer corn dances, and you will see the line of dancers led by a man carrying a long, narrow flag on a pole. The flag is edged with loose eagle feathers that flutter in the breeze. Eagle feathers have long been used to make sacred prayer plumes for placement at shrines and burial in the fields. At Zuni Pueblo, the feathers of captive eagles were ritually plucked every May 18. Presumably, they could grow new ones before cold weather came again. In days past, eagles in cages could often be seen outside Pueblo homes. Capturing them alive was a very risky undertaking, and only skilled members of the eagle clan were likely to attempt it. The bird’s sharp talons could inflict serious wounds. One method used required digging a pit on a mesa top and covering the opening with a platform of brush. The eagle catcher hid in the pit after tying a dead rabbit as bait to the platform above him.

You’ve seen them. Ohkay Owingeh resident Craig Calvert performs the eagle dance in the Capitol Rotunda in February. The birds are sacred among Pueblo Indians. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

When an eagle or hawk swooped down on the rabbit, the catcher seized the bird’s legs and pulled it into the pit. The trick was to overpower it before you eyes were pecked out. Some years ago, I was friends with an elderly member of the Eagle Catching Society at Jemez Pueblo, located northwest of Albuquerque. Once when visiting him, he told me of an anthropologist who had come knocking at his door wanting information on the caged eagle out front. With a twinkle in his eye, he told the fellow he was fatten-

ing up that eagle so his family could eat it next Thanksgiving, instead of a turkey. “Of course, we would never eat a sacred eagle,” my friend told me. “But that professor believed what I said and even published it later in a scientific journal.” And he shook his head and chuckled. Now in semiretirement, author Marc Simmons wrote a weekly history column for more than 35 years. The New Mexican is publishing reprints from among the more than 1,800 columns he produced during his career.

Bond: Memorial date not yet set they were, regardless of their background and income,” he from Santa Fe’s District 47 from said. “His friends ranged from 1977 to 1980. He made unsucbillionaires to auto mechanics cessful runs for governor in 1986 who were in the pigeon club and in 1990. He lost the last to his with him.” friend, Democrat Bruce King. His ability to work with Bond was described as an old- people from diverse backstyle politician who knew how grounds played well in the to fight hard for his position but falconry world, too. His friends reach across the aisle to collabo- in that world stretched from rate and get things done. “He was the United States to the United successful because he refused to Arab Emirates. recognize labels, but instead saw Jenny said Bond was skilled the merits of individuals, regard- at negotiations between private less of party affiliation,” said his land owners, conservationists longtime law partner and friend and government entities over the Tom Simons. “He understood the often contentious issues around value and importance of respect, saving the peregrine and aplocompromise and friendship, and mado falcons. “Frank could deal that people with profound difvery eloquently with very diffiferences can still find common cult political issues,” Jenny said. ground.” Bond’s family roots in New His son, Franklin H. Bond, Mexico date back four genagreed. “My father was one erations. His great-grandfather, of those people who was very Frank Bond, owned mercantile and wool enterprises in good at seeing people for who

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Española in the late 1800s. The famous Bond home in Española was an architectural delight that served as city hall for a time after the city bought the home from the family. The Bonds also ranched for a time in the Valle Grande in what is now the Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains. Frank Bond spent summers there as a youth, and it had a profound impact on his life, his son said. “It caused him to want to lead an outdoor life,” Franklin Bond said. In addition to Franklin Bond and his wife, Amy, of Santa Fe, survivors include a daughter, Sara Easterson-Bond and husband Tom of Santa Fe; sisters Amy Lynge of San Francisco and Maryann Bunten (Dan) of Albuquerque. The family has not yet set a date for the planned public memorial in the spring.

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Construction underway on state’s largest solar array DEMING — New Mexico Land Commissioner Ray Powell says construction is well underway on what will be the state’s largest solar-power generating station. Ground was broken in July, and the work is expected to

be complete in May. The solar project covers about 400 acres of state trust land, and Powell says the decades-long lease could generate as much as $14 million in trust benefits for public schools,

universities and hospitals. First Solar Inc. has contracted with El Paso Electric Power to provide about 50 megawatts of solar power for 20 years.

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Keep the Faith Places of Faith & Service times in Santa Fe

ANGLICAN

St. Thomas The Apostle Anglican Church An Anglican Holy Communion service is celebrated every Sunday morning at 11 a.m. by St.Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church. Services are held in the chapel located on the 3rd ﬂoor at Christus St.Vincent Regional Medical Center, 455 St. Michaels Drive, Santa Fe. Members of all faiths and traditions are welcome to attend. For information, contact Rev. Lanum, 505-603-0369.

Everyday Center For Spiritual Living Is a spiritual community committed to empowering people to live joy-ﬁlled lives. Our Sunday service celebrations speak to living our lives to the fullest with rockin’ upbeat music to open our hearts. Come join our community as we grow together into our best lives. World Healing Meditation December 31st at 5am. Be part of a world-wide meditation for healing everywhere. Bring in the New Year as a rockstar! Open Mic January 3rd at 7pm.Visit us at www.everydaycsl.org for more information. We are located

BAPTIST

St. Bede’s Episcopal Church

Unity

Is a Christ-centered servant community rooted in Holy Scripture, tradition and reason as practiced by the Episcopal Church, located at 1601 S. St. Francis Drive. Holy Eucharist on Sunday December 29, 2013 at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. (7:00 p.m. in Spanish) This Sunday is Mother Nicolette’s last Sunday. In addition, after the 10:30 service there will be a potluck thank you and fair well lunch honoring Mother Madelyn Johnston. Visit www. stbedesantafe.org or call 982-1133 for more information.The Episcopal Church welcomes you. La Iglesia Episcopal les da la bienvenida.

Happy Solstice. Come join our inspirited (not religious) com-

1605 Old Pecos Trail. Living Nativity presented December 20 and 21, 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service, 5:00 p.m. Come join us this Sunday! 9:15 a.m. – Bible Study for all ages; 10:30 a.m. – Worship Service (interpreted for deaf).Wednesday – 6:15 p.m.– Bible Study/Prayer Meeting led by Pastor Lee H erring; Adult Choir Rehearsal; 6:30 p.m. – “Ignite” for Youth. Childcare available for all services. For more information, please call the church ofﬁce at 983-9141, 8:30 – 4:00, Monday Friday, or visit our website www.fbcsantafe.com.

Rodeo Road Baptist Church Sunday December 29th Message: A New Year’s Resolution – Keep it Simple, Keep it Focused, Sunday mornings at 10:45am. Upcoming Events–Special Guest Speaker – Jeremy Williams on Sunday January 5th at 10:45am Introduction to Church Life: Part One – Sunday January 12th at 9:30am, Part Two – Sunday January 19th at 9:30am 3405 Vereda Baja (One block south of Rodeo Road on Richards) Visit us on the web at www.rrbcsantafe.com Call (505) 473-9467 Like us on Facebook

BUDDHIST

CHRISTIAN

The Light at Mission Viejo Sunday Service 10:30; Men’s Prayer Ministry: Monday- Thursday Morning Prayer 6 a.m.; Women’s Ministry: Monthly on 4th Saturday, 9- 11 a.m.; Missions: Palomas, Mexico, monthly, second weekend;Youth:Amped- 6 p.m. Fridays; Consumed- Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.; Singles (30+) meet monthly, 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 6 p.m.; Mid-week Spanish Service, Wednesday at 6 p.m.; Homeless Ministry, monthly 3rd Saturday; Mid-Week Prayer: Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. Information: 505-982-2080. www.thelightatmissionviejo.org

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First Church of Christ Scientist, Santa Fe

Meditation, Koan study, private interviews with two qualiﬁed Zen teachers. Retreats, classes, book study, dharma talks and more. Prajna Zendo is committed to its members and all beginners and practitioners who walk through its doors. Based on the lineage of Hakuyu Taizen Maezumi Roshi. Upcoming zazenkai, one-day retreat: January 19. Sunday service, zazen and dharma talk starting 9:00am.Tuesday evening zazen at 7pm.Tuesday through Sunday morning zazen at 6am. Call 660-3045 for more information. 5 Camino Potrillo, Lamy, 15 minutes from Santa Fe just off of Hwy 285 next door to Eldorado. www.prajnazendo.org Cyndi Brighton, contact 919-9596

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Thubten Norbu Ling Buddhist Center

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Topic: Divine Communication - Understanding How God Speaks To Us In Dreams Sunday at 8:45 a.m. in the Loretto Chapel, 207 Old Santa Fe Trail,Santa Fe, NM. Pastor, Most Rev. Daniel Dangaran, D. Min, Assoc. Pastor Rev. Mother Carol Calvert, Resident Priests Mother Jenni and Father Doug Walker invite you to come home to God, who has always loved you! (505) 983-9003 http://coasf. org We are a community of Faith in the Catholic Tradition (nonRoman) offering the Sacraments within a context of personal freedom, loving acceptance, service and mysticism.All are welcome!

Step-by-Step Bible Group You are invited to a complete course on bible study called “Understanding the Scriptures”.St.Anne’s bible study Step By Step Bible Group belongs to you as a member of the body of Jesus Christ and members of The Church. All are welcome. Come join us. May God bless you all. (Thursdays in Santa Fe) from 6:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m. at St. Anne’s Church School Building – 511 Alicia St. More information, Call Sixto Martinez: 470-0913 or Paul Martinez: 470-4971 or ﬁnd us online www.stepbystepbg.net

CENTERS FOR SPRITUAL LIVING

p.m. and 7:30 p.m (including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). Readings are on a timely topic followed by sharing healings attesting to the practical presence of God in our life. The noon meeting is informal. Bring your lunch and friends. Please join us! 323 East Cordova Road. www.christiansciencesantafe.

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

First Christian Church of Santa Fe First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Santa Fe, 645 Webber Street,Adult Study at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays and worships at 10:30 on Sunday mornings. We are an open and afﬁrming congregation with communion open to all who wish to partake. Viento de Gracia (Disciples of Christ) meets in the same building

capital building. We support global hunger relief through Week

5-6pm.The following Sunday, December 29, features a white stone ceremony and intentioning for 2014. Our New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl Service is a wonderful way to release the old and tysantafe.org Unity Santa Fe 1212 Unity Way (North side of 599 miles from Airport Road).All are honored and welcome.

ORTHODOX

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church We invite you to experience the mystery and beauty of the Eastern Orthodox Christian Church! Our Services include Great Vespers every Saturday at 5:30pm, Matins on Sunday at 8:15am, and the main Sunday service, the Divine Liturgy, at 9:30am. Our Weekly Classes: Wednesday book study-- Our Thoughts Determine our Lives, will resume on January 8th at 11 at 4pm. Classes are led by Fr. John Bethancourt and all are

Is a handicap accessible, welcoming Reform Jewish Congregation with a great religious school and preschool (www.preschool. sftbs.org). Friday services begin at 6:30pm. Saturday mornings, enjoy bagels, lox, and Torah study, at 9:15. Stay for morning services at 10:30. Pray and study with Aaron Wolf at the Monday morning minyan, 8:00-9:00 am in the Upper Sanctuary. The Temple ofﬁce will be closed until January 1 and will reopen on January 2.All Services will be held as usual. We wish you safe and warm holidays and a happy New Year. 205 E. Barcelona Road, 982-1376, www.sftbs.org.

welcome. 231 E Cordova Road 983-5826 FrJohnB@aol.com. www.holytrinitysantafe.org.

PRESBYTERIAN

Christ Church Santa Fe (PCA) Our Presbyterian church is at Don Gaspar and Cordova Road. Our focus is on the historical truths of Jesus Christ, His Love and Redemptive Grace... and our contemporary response. Sunday services are 9:00 and 10:45 am (childcare provided). Children

LUTHERAN

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELCA) All are welcome. Services 8am and 10am every Sunday. Join us for coffee and refreshments afterwards. Monday-Book club Tuesday-Prayer Shawl Knitters and Crocheters and Beaders Friday-Women/Men’s Lunch Bunch Saturday-Social Brunch. Join the choir, walk the labyrinth, Help feed the homeless on Thursdays and at the shelter in January. 1701 Arroyo Chamiso 87505 505-983-9461 Pastor Kate Schlechter

and Youth Ministry activities also available. Call us at (505)9828817 or visit our website at christchurchsantafe.org for more information.

First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) THIS SUNDAY ONLY one service at 9:30 a.m. Next Sunday, January 5, we celebrate Epiphany and return to our regular schedule of Morning Song Service at 8:30 and Second Service at 11:00 a.m. and classes for all ages from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m.TGIF Concerts every Friday at 5:30 p.m. Morning Prayer Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. More information at: www.fpcsantefe.org or 982-8544.

Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) 209 East Barcelona Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Sunday service schedule:Divine Service: 9:30AM,Art Presentation, 10:45; Subject: classical art masterpieces of the Visit of the Magi and Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt. Members of Immanuel continue to celebrate the blessed Nativity of Jesus Christ during the 12 days of Christmas. Join us for Sunday’s “Fifth Day” of Christmas festivities. Immanuel Church is just west of the New Mexico Children’s Museum which is at the corner of Old Pecos Trail and East Barcelona Road. 983-7568 www.ilc-sfnm.org

of Compassion, Christian Ministry through the Disciples of Christ,

Located downtown at 208 Grant Ave.

Westminster Presbyterian PC(USA) A Multi-cultural Faith Community St. Francis Dr. at West Manhattan 11 AM on 1st Sunday after Christmas, December 29th “A SERVICE OF GRACE, PEACE and RECONCILIATION Two Women’s Stories in Three Parts” Rev Dr Georgia Ortiz, preaching ALL ARE WELCOME! PEACE, JOY & BLESSINGS UNTOLD for singles and married; seekers and doubters; slackers and workaholics; can’t sing, black and proud; no habla ingles; tourists; bleeding hearts

and local hunger relief through Food for Santa Fe. We can be

METHODIST

found on the web at www.santafedisciples.org

… AND YOU! Contact us at 505-983-8939 (Tues-Fri, 9-1) or wpcsantafe@gmail.com

St. John’s United Methodist EPISCOPAL

Holy Family Episcopal Church 10A Bisbee Court, www.holyfamilysantafe.org A family oriented church with a special mission to ASD Spectrum Children. Sundays: 10:30 Eucharist with Choir Practice starting at 9:45,

Sunday, December 29 - The Sunday after Christmas: Worship services in the Gathering Room at 8:30 and 11am; Fellowship Time (conversation, tea, and coffee) at 9:30am; and Sunday Classes for all ages at 9:45am. Rev. Paul Dirdak speaks on “. . . to other cities also.” at both services. Children’s message and nursery at both services. St. John’s is on the web at www.sjumcsantafe.org, on Facebook, and by phone 982-5397.

Tuesdays: 10am Prayer Shawl Ministry (come to learn or come to create) Thursdays: 12:15pm Noonday Prayer or Eucharist A sensory break room is available during all services. December 22nd: Potluck and Bishop’s visit. Please contact us at (505) 424-0095 or email us at holyfamilysantafe@gmail.com.

Church of the Holy Faith Episcopal welcomes all people to an ever deepening relationship with The

We are a spiritual community,living and growing through love,creativity and service.Active in Santa Fe for 55 years. Conveniently located 505 Camino de los Marquez,nearTrader Joe’s.Sunday Services:Meditation at 9 am,Inspirational Music and Joyful Celebration at 10:00 am when Live Video Streaming starts at www.santafecsl.org.A World Peace Meditation Service onTuesday,December 31st from 4:45am to 6:00am.Every year at this exact time millions of people across the world meditate for World Peace. Join us as we participate in this world movement by meditating,enjoying music,and sharing our visions of peace.Everyone is welcome. Special Music: Michael Kott, Cellist. Message:“Spiritually ﬁt.... Mapping it out!” by CSL Practitioner Debra Bryant. Information on workshops, classes, concerts, rentals, past lectures videos available at www.santafecsl.org - www.facebook.com/SantaFeCSL - 505-983-5022

is welcome to our magical Christmas Eve Candlelighting Service,

11am, and our Inquirer’s Class will resume on Saturday, January

Bible Lesson for December 22. Wednesday meetings at 12:10

Celebrating 150 years of Episcopal Worship in Santa Fe,

Santa Fe Center For Spiritual Living

will get us in the spirit with festive music. On Tuesday, everyone

Temple Beth Shalom

“Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?” is the

7 p.m. All are welcome. Located two blocks south of the state

The Church of Antioch at Santa Fe

Located at 2230 Old Pecos Trail, our Synagogue follows Traditional Reform Judaism led by Rabbi Martin Levy and Cantor Michael Linder. Shabbat evening services are on Friday evenings at 7:30pm. Continuing this Saturday morning (today) at 9:15am, Rabbi Levy leads our Shabbat Torah study on the Book of Exodus. Kabbalah and all other Adult Education classes will continue in mid-January, 2014, check this notice or our website for details. For more information on our “2014 Israel Spring Adventure,” please contact Rabbi Levy at RabbiMWLevy@yahoo. com! For additional information, call us at 505-820-2991 or visit our website at http://www.beittikvasantafe.org/.

Eddy. Sunday service/Sunday School/Child care at 10:00 a.m.

with services in Spanish on Sundays 5 p.m. and Thursdays at

CATHOLIC

Sound Singers along with Brian Bennett and Catherine Donavon

bypass @ Camino de los Montoyas (2.4 miles from 84/285, 8.4

Congregation Beit Tikva

healing. Services consist of readings from the King James Bible

Thubten Norbu Ling provides education and practice in Tibetan Buddhism following the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and in accord with the lineage teachings of Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Classes are offered to all levels of western students seeking a path to personal clarity and well-being, and are generally held on Sunday morning and on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Practices and meditations are offered on Tuesday evenings, and on weekend mornings. Our resident teachers are Geshe Thubten Sherab and Don Handrick. 1807 Second Street, #35. For more information visit our website www.tnlsf.org or call 505-660-7056

JEWISH

Distribution Center).

Our church is designed to support the practice of Christian

Prajna Zendo

metaphysical interpretation of the Christmas story.The Joyful

ring in the new consciousness, 5-6pm. 505-989-4433 uni-

at 2544 Camino Edward Ortiz Suite B (across from the UPS

First Baptist Church of Santa Fe

munity Sunday for our 10:30am service, which will feature a

Lord Jesus Christ . Services each week: Sunday: Spoken Eucharist at. 7:30a.m.; Choral Eucharist at 8:30 and 11:00a.m.; Adult Forum at 9:50-10:30a.m.; Children ‘s Chapel at 8:30 a.m.Tuesday : Taize Contemplative Eucharist with Healing 6:00p.m. Wednesday and Thursday : Holy Eucharist at 12:10p.m: Monday- Friday 4:30p.m: Evening Prayer.Youth group meets at 12:30p.m. ﬁrst and third Sundays. Children ‘s Adventures Christian Education on Tuesdays at 4:00-5:30 p.m. seasonally . Call for details: 505982-4447. 311 East Palace Avenue in Historic Santa Fe . www. Holyfaithchurchsf.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIS

UU Congregation of Santa Fe 107 West Barcelona (corner with Galisteo). If you value freedom to follow your own path to spiritual truth and meaning in an inclusive, supportive community, Unitarian Universalism may be right for you. Programs each week for children, youth and adults.

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Eckankar For people of all beliefs, a community HU chant will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Sunday, January 5, at Santa Fe Soul. The twentyminute chant includes singing HU, a universal word that opens the heart, followed by a silent contemplation period. Eckankar, Religion of the Light and Sound of God offers ways to explore one’s unique relationship with the Divine through personal inner and outer experience. For information visit meetup (Santa Fe Spiritual Experiences Group), or call 800-876-6704. For an uplifting video on the HU song, see www.miraclesinyourlife.org

We nurture hearts and minds, practice beloved community and work for justice. For up to date information go to http://www. uusantafe.org or (505) 982-9674.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

The United Church of Santa Fe Worship for The First Sunday of Christmas (11:00--one service only, designed for all ages), led by Rev. Brandon Johnson and Pianist Jacquelyn Helin. Childcare offered through the morning.

The Celebration A Sunday Service Different! Now in our 22nd year as an ongoing experience of spiritual community. Our service is truly new and different every week because we create it. Lively, creative, synchronistic, music-ﬁlled, inspirational, uplifting, that’s us! Sundays at 10:30am, NEA-NM Bldg., 2007 Botulph Rd., enter around back. The speaker for Sunday, Dec. 29 is Joan Sotkin,“Living Outside the Box.” Special music by Lisa Carman. www.thecelebration.org. 699-0023 for more info.

Next Sunday (January 5) in the 11:00 service, the children and youth of the church present “Baby Jesus Needs Your Help,” a story about a young couple Maria y Jose from Chihuahua (aka Nazareth) seeking shelter and a place to have their baby in Santa Fe (aka Bethlehem). It’s a great way to close the Christmas Season and begin a new year of hope and light.A quiet Communion Service will be offered at 8:30.All welcome! 1804 Arroyo Chamiso (at St. Michael’s Drive). unitedchurchofsantafe.org. Facebook too!

Need to add your organization? Contact Keyana at 995-3818 • kdeaguero@sfnewmexican.com

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Question: Do you have any tips for explaining global warming and other complex environmental problems to my kids? Peter Buckley, Pittsburgh

Ess practices writing during as part of her physical therapy last week. ‘These hands are blessed hands to me,’ says the 30-year-old, who lost her hands and feet to a life-threatening infection in 2007.

New regulations will make hand and face transplants subject to same oversight as lifesaving body parts By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press

WASHINGTON ure your liver or kidney could save someone’s life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor may get more complicated than just checking a box on your driver’s license. The government is preparing to regulate the new field of hand and face transplants like it does standard organ transplants, giving more Americans who are disabled or disfigured by injury, illness or combat a chance at this radical kind of reconstruction. Among the first challenges is deciding how people should consent to donate these very visible body parts that could improve someone’s quality of life — without deterring them from traditional donation of hearts, lungs and other internal organs needed to save lives. “Joe Blow is not going to know that now an organ is defined as also including a hand or a face,” said Dr. Suzanne McDiarmid, who chairs the committee of the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, that will develop the new policies over the next few months. Making that clear to potential donors and their families is critical — “otherwise we could undermine public trust,” said McDiarmid, a transplant specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The consent process for the lifesaving organs should not, must not, be derailed by a consent process for a different kind of organ, that the public might think of as being very different from donating a kidney or a heart or a liver,” she added. These so-called “reconstructive transplants” are experimental, and rare. The best estimates are that 27 hand transplants have been performed in the U.S. since 1999, and about seven partial or full face transplants since 2008, said Dr. Vijay Gorantla, medical director of the University of Pittsburgh reconstructive transplant program. But they’re gradually increasing as more U.S. hospitals offer the complex surgeries, the Defense Department funds research into the approach for wounded veterans — and as transplant recipients go public to say how the surgeries have improved their lives. “These hands are blessed hands to me,” said Lindsay Aronson Ess, 30, of Richmond, Va., who received a double hand transplant in 2011. She had lost her hands and feet to a life-threatening infection in 2007. Until now, deciding who qualifies for a hand or face transplant, and how to find a match and approach a potential donor’s family all have been done on an informal, case-by-case basis. There has been no way to tell which hospitals’ techniques work best and how patients ultimately fare. There have been reports of two deaths related to face transplants in other countries, and some transplanted hands have

Double hand transplant recipient Lindsay Aronson Ess works on her dexterity during a physical therapy session in Richmond, Va., last week. The government is preparing to regulate the new field of hand and face transplants like it does standard organ transplants. PHOTOS BY STEVE HELBER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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REDEFINED had to be amputated. Patients must take lifelong anti-rejection medications that put them at risk of infections, cancer and other ailments. In July, government regulations go into effect making hand and face transplants subject to the same strict oversight by UNOS, which manages the U.S. transplant program, as heart or kidney transplants. They’re part of a new definition of “organ” that also includes other body parts that doctors one day might transplant — from feet to voice boxes, maybe even the uterus. Unlike corneas, heart valves and other simpler tissues that are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, these are all complex mixes of blood vessels, nerves, muscles and other tissues. The rules mean potential recipients will be added to the UNOS network, for matching of donated hands and face tissue that are the right tissue type and compatible for skin color, size, gender and age. Transplants and their outcomes will be tracked. Before then, the UNOS committee will have to decide such things as who’s first on the waiting list, and what special expertise a transplant center needs. Then there’s the consent challenge. Some specialists say people should receive a list of body parts when they first sign an organ donor card — to specify exactly what they do and don’t want donated at death. “Ethically it is the right thing to do so the

potential donor has a choice,” said Pittsburgh’s Gorantla, who is closely watching how UNOS will tackle this issue. But UNOS committee bioethicist Robert Veatch of Georgetown University said until now, next-of-kin have decided on donating a loved one’s face or hands because previously registered organ donors probably had no idea that was an option. That’s even though some state laws preclude family from overriding a relative’s pre-death decision to donate organs or tissues. “Some people who would be willing to consent to a kidney might get a little squeamish about a face,” he said. The government projected fewer than two dozen people might be placed on a waiting list for hand and face transplants each year. But Susan Stewart of Association of Organ Procurement Organizations said ultimately, it will increase these transplants because finding a match will be easier. Hand recipient Ess — the patient voice on the UNOS committee — also wants to ensure potential recipients are fully informed of the rigors and risks. “It’s not just, ‘Attach some arms and let me go my merry way,’ ” said Ess, who still requires physical therapy and will always have to watch for signs of rejection. “It takes a lot of patience, it takes a lot of diligence and resilience.”

Study: Concussions may be linked to Alzheimer’s By Geoffrey Mohan Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Elderly people who have both mild cognitive impairment and a history of serious concussion showed higher amounts of the protein deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study. The results, published this week in the journal Neurology, suggest a potential link between a history of head trauma and later cognitive decline. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., enlisted 589 elderly residents of surrounding Olmsted County, beginning in 2004, and administered a battery of cognitive and memory tests, along with brain scans that reveal both structure

and metabolic function. Tests showed 448 of the subjects, aged 70 to 89, had no memory or cognitive problems, while 141 had mild cognitive impairment. A roughly equal proportion of each group reported at least one concussion that involved memory loss, unconsciousness or medical attention. The median age for that concussion event was 21 for men and 32 for women. Only the brains of those with cognitive impairment showed higher levels of amyloids, a kind of fibrous protein, according to Thursday’s study. Researchers suggested that higher amyloid levels within the cognitively impaired group could be a response to a higher level of damage to the myelin coating

of the axons of neurons — the brain’s white matter. Amyloid buildup has been associated with neurological disorders, particularly Alzheimer’s disease. But studies linking head trauma to Alzheimer’s have shown somewhat conflicting results. Although head trauma correlated with higher amyloid levels among those with mild cognitive decline, it did not correlate with a measurable difference in the volume of their hippocampus, a brain region related to memory, or with lower brain tissue metabolism, the study found. Could higher amyloid buildup have led to the mild cognitive impairment, then? If so, researchers would expect to see a difference in test scores between those

with concussion and those without a head trauma history. No such differences emerged within either the normal or impaired group. (In the cognitively normal group, in fact, those with a concussion history scored slightly higher than those without.) Results also appeared to rule out differences related to time lapsed from the reported concussion — subjects experienced their concussions around the same age. The study’s age range, 70 to 89, also could have excluded those who experienced early onset Alzheimer’s disease, including some who had serious head trauma. Some studies have associated head trauma with earlier manifestation of the disease symptoms.

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Answer: Kids today may be more eco-savvy than we were at their age, but complex topics like global warming may still mystify them. Luckily, there are many resources available to help parents teach their kids how to understand the issues and become better stewards of the planet. A great place to start is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s “A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change” website, www.epa.gov/climate students. The site is divided into sections (Learn the Basics, See the Impacts, Think like a Scientist and Be Part of the Solution) so kids can get just the right amount of detail without feeling overwhelmed. One feature of the site is a virtual trip around the world to see the effects of climate change in different regions. An emissions calculator — with questions tailored to kids’ lifestyles — helps connect everyday actions (like running the water while brushing teeth) and climate change. And a FAQ page answers some of the most common questions about climate change in easy-toread short paragraphs. Another great resource is NASA’s Climate Kids website, http://climatekids.nasa.gov, which engages kids with games, videos and craft activities that provide digestible info on what’s causing climate change. A guided tour of the “Big Questions” (What does climate change mean? What is the greenhouse effect? How do we know the climate is changing? What is happening in the oceans? and others) uses cartoon characters and brightly colored designs to help kids come to grips with the basics. Perhaps even more engaging for those 8 or older is Cool It!, a card game from the Union of Concerned Scientists. The game, designed in collaboration with science educators, requires players to collect “solution” cards in the categories of energy, transportation and forests, while slowing opponents down by playing “problem” cards along the way. “The game enables teachers and parents to talk about global warming in a fun and hopeful way,” says the Union of Concerned Scientists. “Kids, meanwhile, will learn that all of us make choices that determine whether the world warms a little or a lot, and which of those choices reduce global warming emissions.” The game is available for purchase ($7.95) directly from the Union of Concerned Scientists’ website, www.ucsusa. org. Younger kids curious about climate change can consult the Professor Sneeze website, tinyurl.com/ kn2n8eq, which features online illustrated children’s stories that present global warming in a familiar context. The stories for 5- to 8-year-olds follow a cartoon bunny on various warming related adventures. A few of the story titles include “The Earth Has a Fever,” “Where Are the Igloos of Iglooville?” and “Tears on the Other Side of the World.” The site also features stories geared toward 8- to 10-year-olds and 10- to 12-year-olds. Of course, teachers can play a key role in making sure kids are well versed in the science of climate change. A recently launched initiative from the National Center for Science Education — long respected for its work in defending and supporting the teaching of evolution in the public schools — aims to help teachers do a better job of teaching climate change in the classroom. The group’s Climate Change Education website, ncse.com/climate, points teachers to a treasure trove of resources they can use to demystify the science behind global warming, combat “climate change denial” and support “climate literacy.”

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Food-service inspections For the period ending Dec. 24. To file a complaint, call the state Environment Department at 827-1820. REGAL SANTA FE STADIUM 14, 3474 Zafarano Drive. Previous violation corrected. CHRISTUS ST. VINCENT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, 455 St. Michael’s Drive. Cited for high-risk violation for difficult-to-access grease trap (corrected). Cited for low-risk violations for missing base coving tile, perforated ceiling, peeling paint on walls. ALARM CLOCK CAFE, 2100 Yucca St. Previous violations corrected. Cited for moderate-risk violation for lack of sanitizer test kit. REALBURGER, 2641½ Cerrillos Road. Previous violations corrected. Cited for low-risk violation for particle accumulation on base board.

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Box 1827, Santa Fe, NM 875041827 tephanie has no income. If you can provide a needed service such as roofing, car She is living with her repairs or home repairs, contact brothers and fears they Roberta at Presbyterian Medical may throw her out of the Services, 983-8968. house. She owes some property If you can contribute food, taxes, but without any income, clothing, toys, housewares or rian Medical Services donate she has no way to pay them. furniture in good condition, or She also is struggling to pay her services to jointly administer other items or services, please the Empty Stocking Fund. gas, electric and water bills. contact The Salvation Army, Watch for daily stories featur- 988-8054. Stephanie is asking for $202.60 ing requests for assistance from for her gas bill, $443.43 for eleclocal residents in The Santa Fe tricity and $711.40 for water. New Mexican. The names of the Donations She is just one of the many applicants have been changed u Steve and Susan Aagaard, community members asking to protect their privacy. The $500 for help from The New Mexiinformation from the initial u Paul F. Abrams, $350 application will be verified if the u Anonymous (7), $2,670 can’s Empty Stocking Fund during the holiday season. Even applicant is selected for assisu Elizabeth Boeckman, $250 though Christmas is over, there tance. u Julie Campbell, $25 is still time to donate. u Dickter-McKelvey family, To donate $150 uuu u Vincent and Elizabeth Faust, Make your tax-deductible $200 donation online at www.sanThe Empty Stocking Fund is u Anne and Bill Frej, $100 tafenewmexican.com/empty_ a project of The Santa Fe New u Scarlett Green, $25 stocking or mail a check to: Mexican. The Santa Fe Comu Cynthia and Jim Goldstone, munity Foundation, the First The New Mexican’s Empty $200 National Bank of Santa Fe, The Stocking Fund c/o The Santa Salvation Army and Presbyteu Mari Grana, $100 Fe Community Foundation, P.O.

Judge gives greenlight to Idaho wolf derby By John Miller The Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge Friday allowed a wolfand coyote-shooting derby to proceed on public land in Idaho this weekend, ruling its organizers aren’t required to get a special permit from the U.S. Forest Service. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Wagahoff Dale issued the ruling in Boise after the hearing. WildEarth Guardians and other environmental groups had sought to stop the derby, arguing the Forest Service was ignoring its own rules that require permits for competitive events. The agency, meanwhile, countered no permit was needed, concluding while hunting would take place in the forest on Saturday and Sunday, the competitive portion of the event — where judges determine the $1,000 prize winner for the biggest wolf killed — would take place on private land. Dale decided derby promoters were encouraging use of the forest for a lawful activity. “The derby hunt is not like a foot race or ski race, where organizers would require the use of a loop or track for all participants to race upon,” she wrote, of events that might require such permits. “Rather, hunters will be dispersed throughout the forest, hunting at their own pace and in their own preferred territory, and not in a prescribed location within a designated perimeter.” Steve Alder, an organizer of Idaho’s derby, said dozens of people had already arrived in Salmon to participate. He was elated following the decision. “We won,” Alder said. “You’ve got a lot of people who have driven from far distances to Salmon, today. A lot of motels have a lot of occupants; a lot of money has been expended for this event.”

u M.A. Hill, $250 u Akio and Vera Hirano, $100 u Keith Anderson and Barbara Lenssen, $250 u Lucy R. Lippard, $100 u Pat Lollar, $50 u Neil and Cindy Lyon, $200 u Ann Maes, $25 u Andrea and Dominic Martinez, $25 u David and Tally McCormack, $50 u Joan Myers, $200 u Debbie and Harvey Newman, $100 u Ruth Omlin, in memory of her parents, $100 u Ellen Pinnes, $50 u Lauren Prescott, $500 u Louise D. Quinn, $250 u Victoria Rabinowe, $50 u Maureen Robins, $100 u Mike Rosow and Joan Sickler, $100 u Steve Shaw and Jody Soper, $200 u Robert and Iris Steinhoff, $50 u The Wheless Foundation, $1,000 Cumulative total: $158,257.61

In Texas, an overdue library book might mean jail time State takes lead in cracking down on tardy bookworms By Will Weissert The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Call it throwing the book at the bookworms. A Texas man who was arrested for failing to return an overdue library book ignited an online flurry of snarky comments and headlines about the Lone Star State extending its tough-on-crime bravado to books. But such cases aren’t unheard of, and many communities faced with shrinking budgets and rising costs have ordinances calling for fines or even arrest warrants when library property isn’t returned. In Texas alone, the issue has cost libraries an estimated $18 million. Jory Enck learned that the hard way. He was arrested for not returning a GED study guide that he checked out three years ago in the Central Texas community of Copperas Cove. Enck declined comment to The Associated Press, but he told the Killeen Daily Herald that he wouldn’t set foot in a library again: “I think I will probably just purchase a book from Amazon.” A Texas state law took effect in September that defines the failure to return library books as theft. The law, which doesn’t trump stricter community ordinances, mandates up to a $100 fine per offense. Other states also call for fines or even arrest warrants in such cases, including Iowa — where an overdue-book offender was jailed for a week — Vermont and Maine. In Copperas Cove, about 70 miles northwest of Austin, a 2002 ordinance mandates a $200 fine for each library item that goes unreturned 20 days after a written notice is sent demanding its return. If

Jory Enck of Copperas Cove, Texas, shown in this undated booking photo, was arrested for failing to return a library book. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

the fine isn’t paid, the municipal court issues a warrant, city spokesman Kevin Keller said. Keller said he didn’t know how many people had been jailed on library-related offenses. “I was a police officer for 12 years, and while it wasn’t a regular daily thing, we had maybe a couple of these a year,” he said, adding that he didn’t know why Enck’s arrest in October got so much attention. In that case, police were called to the 22-year-old’s apartment on an unrelated disturbance charge, but officers arrested him after finding a past warrant for the study guide. Enck was released on a $200 bond, requested timeserved — and returned the book. He said he couldn’t do it earlier because he checked it out before beginning a threeyear prison term for robbery. Being jailed for absconding with library materials “is an uncommon occurrence, but can happen once in a while,” said Mark Gould of the Chicago-based American Library Association. But he said there was no accurate count on how many states and communities issue arrest warrants. It’s an issue that has cost libraries a lot of money. Nearly 150 libraries in Texas partici-

pated in a survey earlier this year that found 966,000 items were checked out long enough to be considered lost, with the total cost exceeding $18.2 million, said Gloria Meraz, a spokeswoman for the Texas Library Association. Among the most notable library-related arrests came in 2011, when a man from Newton, Iowa, served more than a week in jail for failing to return 11 library books and six CDs worth $770. Iowa law classifies failure to return library materials as theft, and the town has a 1993 ordinance, said Sue Padilla, director of the Newton library. Padilla said she saw a spike in returned overdue materials after the arrest. “We did notice that some things that had been out for quite a while did suddenly come back,” she said. The library hasn’t been back to court since that case, she said. She said going to court was a last resort, but that “we try to be good stewards of those things that were purchased with taxpayer funds.” Other notable cases include police visiting the home of a 5-year-old in Charlton, Mass., last year to collect overdue books. Also last year, police in Freeport, Pa., called the home of a 4-year-old whose family had racked up more than $80 in overdue fines for four books. Back in Texas, two women in Baytown were arrested following traffic stops in 2006 and 2010, after police discovered they had outstanding warrants for unreturned library books. Indiana-based Unique Management Services is a collection agency that works with more than 1,600 libraries nationwide to recover overdue materials and administer fines and fees. During sluggish economic times, libraries became more anxious than ever to recover unreturned books, said Kenes Bowling, the agency’s customer development manager.

ALBUQUERQUE — More than 20,000 Christmas trees are expected to be recycled at several sites around New Mexico when the annual recycling event begins next week. Public Service Company of New Mexico is teaming up with Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and the village of Ruidoso to offer the tree recycling. Six sites set up in the three communities will begin accepting trees Jan. 2. City officials in Farmington also are running a tree recycling

a vehicle parked at the Hotel St. Francis, 210 Don Gaspar Ave. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following reports: u Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report that a 58-year-old man was found dead in his Santa Cruz home Friday morning. An investigation concluded that no signs of foul play were discovered. u A woman reported Thursday night that she has not heard from 52-year-old Edward Johnson, a Santa Fe man, in weeks. A sheriff’s deputy report says the woman suspects John-

son is missing, and officials are searching for him.

Speed SUVs u The Santa Fe Police Department listed the following locations for mobile speedenforcement vehicles: SUV No. 1 on Bishops Lodge Road at Valley Drive; SUV No. 2 on Old Taos Highway at Murales Road; SUV No. 3 on Gonzales Road between East Alameda Street and Hyde Park Road.

Help lines Esperanza Shelter for Bat-

tered Families hotline: 800-473-5220 St. Elizabeth Shelter for men, women and children: 982-6611 Interfaith Community Shelter: 795-7494 New Mexico suicide prevention hotline: 866-435-7166 Solace Crisis Treatment Center: 986-9111, 800-7217273 or TTY 471-1624 Youth Emergency Shelter/ Youth Shelters: 438-0502 Police and fire emergency: 911 Graffiti hotline: 955-CALL (2255)

program. Officials say the recycling programs will save valuable landfill space and generate water-saving and protective landscaping mulch. Crews from PNM’s Vegetation Management, Albuquerque’s Solid Waste Management Department, Rio Rancho’s Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful Division and Ruidoso will be grinding the trees into mulch. The Associated Press

Funeral services and memorials SYLVIA R. GONZALES (1926 -2013) Rev. Sylvia R. Gonzales went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 24, 2013, in Santa Fe, NM, at the age of 87, surrounding by her loved ones. She was born in 1926, in Ft. Morgan, CO, married the love of her life, Rev. Jose (George) Gonzales September 1958, in Sacramento, CA. She is preceded in death by her parents, Tarcila and Rev. Ysidro Ramirez. She is survived by her husband Rev. Jose G. Gonzales of Santa Fe, NM; daughter Beth Gonzales of Santa Fe, NM; son Reuben, and wife Cindy Gonzales of Denver, CO; son Gilbert and wife Anne Gonzales of Santa Fe, NM; grandson, Bryan, wife Bethany, and great grandson Greyson, of Atlanta, GA; granddaughter Kristen, of Denver, CO; grandson Marcos and granddaughter Amanda of Santa Fe, NM. She was a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, who always balanced her domestic life, with her calling and service to God. She began her ministry at 18 years of age, serving as the National Youth President for the Spanish Assembly of God Church. She helped her father establish churches in Colorado, Nebraska, and California. Later, she taught music at the Latin American Bible Institute in El Paso, TX. In her marriage, she continued her ministry as a pastor’s wife, and music teacher, at the Spanish Assembly of God Church, Taos, NM, for 32 year, until retirement in 1987. Again, God’s calling led to service as the President of Assemblies of God Women’s Ministries for the surrounding 6-state district. As a wife of 55 years, mother, grandmother and aunt, she loved, nourished, led, and prayed for her family, setting an amazing example as a woman of God. She will be missed immensely by her family, who look forward to seeing her in heaven. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Rivera Family Mortuaries of Santa Fe, NM. On Monday, December 30, 2013, viewing will be between 6-7 pm, and memorial service at 7 pm, both at Christian Life, 121 Siringo, Santa Fe, NM. On Tuesday, Dec 31, 2013, a short service will be held at 9 am, at Christian Life, followed by interment at the National Cemetery, Santa Fe, NM.

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Police notes The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u Someone stole a laptop at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday from a car parked at a residence in the 2000 block of Calle Ensenada. The burglar gained entry by breaking the vehicle’s window. u Someone stole a black safebox with an undisclosed amount of cash between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 3 p.m. Thursday from a house in the 1600 block of the Ben Hur Drive. u Someone stole a revolver and MacBook laptop between midnight and 1 a.m. Friday from

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

Nation remains in a blue funk T

he political and social atmosphere at the end of 2013 is unusually grumpy. It’s hard to find anyone who’s happy about anything, unless it’s someone who’s been given an unexpected bonus. In large part, this may be because so many of our problems cannot Bill Stewart be denied and yet Understanding seem Your World beyond resolution. They are remorselessly intractable. It’s end-of-the-line time, but with no good answers. Domestically, let’s begin with the fierce partisanship that has destroyed effective government. Indeed, there are those who say it has destroyed government, period. Most of us are not quite so apocalyptic in our judgment, but we are unhappy and deeply angry. Members of both houses of Congress owe us their best judgment, not their undying allegiance to dubious political principles. In practice, this means compromise, once a hallowed means of achieving good government. No Democratic or Republican principle is worth the sacrifice of good governance, and yet this is exactly what has happened. There is nothing that can’t be solved here with a little humility and a lot of common sense. Then we have the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” Ever since President Harry S. Truman almost 70 years ago, the nation has struggled to find some way to give itself universal health care. But every time we got close to that admirable objective, the country got cold feet and turned away. This happened largely because the bulk of the middle class succumbed to right-wing scare stories about “socialized medicine” and the damage it would do to their own treasured health care plans. But the truth of the matter is that even though we spend more than any other big country on health care, independent statistics show that our health

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ANOTHER VIEW

Presidential pardons are acts of mercy The Washington Post

L The middle class has stagnated in terms of income, while the rich have become inordinately rich. ... That is a potentially dangerous development and has only added to our growing national anger. care and our health in general fall below the standards of every major country in Europe that has some form of “socialized medicine.” Obamacare is not “socialized medicine” because it is an attempt to make private insurance available to every American. It is not the nationalization of the health care system. Still, despite its flaws and pratfalls, Obamacare is a major advance in achieving health care for every American. It’s not fully operational yet, but it will be, and then we will all calm down, just as we did over Medicare. One of the newest but most potent arguments in American life is that about the growing disparity in wealth. Until recently, it has been a largely unheard argument, but one that nonetheless reveals a deepening and dangerous structural fault that threatens to tear apart the fabric of our national life. There will always be inequities in life, but these can often be overcome in a growing economy that makes

fair shares for all part of our national bedrock. Fair shares does not mean equality in income, but it does mean a perceived balance between the lowest paid and the highest paid. What has happened in the past few decades is that the middle class has stagnated in terms of income, while the rich have become inordinately rich, so much so that the imbalance is eating away at our sense of national fairness and national well-being. That is a potentially dangerous development and has only added to our growing national anger and disenchantment with the system itself. I hesitate to write about a growing crisis in the national intelligence system, because that does not seem to affect the daily lives of our fellow citizens. But, of course, it does, especially when it comes to monitoring our private lives in the name of national security. Security cameras are everywhere, especially in the U.K., where it seems that

every street corner in London is covered by one. In terms of criminal activity and preventing acts of terrorism, the cameras do a remarkably effective job. But that’s visual surveillance. Phone surveillance is a different matter, as we now know, thanks to Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower — spy or rogue contractor, take your pick. The National Security Agency not only listens into the conversations of foreign leaders, it can listen into every phone conversation made by every American citizen courtesy of phone sweeps giving the government “metadata.” That may or may not be a bad thing, but it ought to give us pause. One U.S. federal judge ruled recently that such phone sweeps are “almost certainly” unconstitutional. The causes of our national blue funk are many, though one good sign is an economy growing faster than previously thought. We remain a nation of laws, all too willing to criticize government at all levels. The fact that we are able to do so is, of course, a good thing. As an antidote to our grumpiness, I suggest that we aim high, that we try and become what we were born for. Who knows? It might just work. Bill Stewart served in the U.S. Foreign Service and was a Time magazine correspondent. He writes about current affairs from Santa Fe.

ast week, President Barack Obama granted clemency to eight people serving long sentences on crack-cocaine convictions. It was long past time the president acted — and it remains long past time for many others enduring excessive sentences in federal prison. One person on Obama’s list, Clarence Aaron, was serving three life sentences for participating in a drug deal. Another, Stephanie George, was handed a life sentence for stashing her boyfriend’s drugs. These are just a couple of the nearly 9,000 people convicted under harsh anti-crack policies that Congress established in 1986 and then revised in 2010. By that point, the old standards were widely considered unfair as well as needlessly expensive. “Because of a disparity in the law that is now recognized as unjust,” Obama said last week, “they remain in prison, separated from their families and their communities, at a cost of millions of taxpayer dollars each year.” Congress and the president agree that the old rules were unwise, yet many others sitting in prison deserve a chance to show that their sentences did not fit their crimes. The fairest and most comprehensive way to give them that chance would come from Congress, which could impose a broad solution and enlist federal judges to apply it. Lawmakers are considering various ways to ease sentences — and the strain on the prison system — by applying new sentencing standards to old convictions. A bill sponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, would require inmates seeking relaxed punishments to apply to federal judges, who would have leeway to reduce sentences — or leave them in place, if appropriate. But the president has the unrestricted authority to grant clemency to federal convicts. Thousands of people were sentenced under an unjust system the president has condemned. Why should he stop with granting clemency to only eight of them? If it makes sense for lawmakers to establish a new pathway for relief, it makes sense for the executive branch to apply the same logic with the powers and resources it already has. A couple of decades ago, when urban crime was a raging issue, letting even eight crack offenders out of prison would have been politically treacherous. It is a sign of how much attitudes have changed — for the saner — that a budding criminal justice reform effort has not been met with popular concern or even much notice. Politicians should embrace the opportunity to rebalance, in a measured way, how the country punishes criminals. Obama’s latest move is welcome. We hope it is not his last.

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Cleanup resolution is newsworthy

was surprised by your cursory reporting on the resolution, unanimously passed by the City Council, to require the nuclear weapons lab upstream of our town to clean up Area G. This dangerous dump is already leaking a nasty mix of radioactivity and chemicals toward the aquifer and the Rio Grande. We now have a regional coalition of elected officials in municipalities, counties and pueblos affected by Los Alamos. There are more potential signers for this resolution. The town of Taos already has passed it. These localities can hold the state Environment Department to a higher standard than the Martinez administration likely would. It’s a historic turning point in the fight to protect our water and land. Cleanup funds would be diverted from useless weapons design; the high-paying local jobs would create a skilled pool of workers who would be in demand for

years to come all over the country. It’s newsworthy! Sasha Pyle

Santa Fe

A heartwarming story There is a fabulous production of the musical Annie continuing at Greer Garson Theatre Center with three more performances this coming weekend. All but the character of Daddy Warbucks are played by local talents — and talented they are. Roy and Eileen Rogosin have directed this contemporary, relevant political play to bring out the very best in the young and old thespians who range in age from 5 to 92. I bet you did not know that Annie is not just a heartwarming story about orphans but a political statement as well. Why is the man who finds his heart through an orphan called War Bucks? Don’t miss this delightful theater experience. Come and watch your neighbors sing their hearts out. Come and watch President Franklin

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D. Roosevelt discover The New Deal. We need another New Deal today. Alice K. Ladas

Santa Fe

A warm environment Comments on public school education usually are not fit for Christmas cards. However, I wanted to send warm wishes to my new work family at Kearny Elementary School. The leadership of Jennifer Baca and Jonathon Brannon creates a solid foundation for the school. The welcoming staff have created a place that I enjoy coming to every day, and “my Yoda,” Dr. J, (Dr. Judith Hall) has been my shining light — not just this season but from August on. I thank Kristine Hoffman for being a wonderful “roomy.” And to everyone who brings out the best in our kids, thank you for all you do and the work you are rarely recognized for. Happy New Year! Anna Soeiro

special education, Kearny Elementary

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From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 28, 1913: In response to thousands of postcards calling attention to the fact that “your taxes are due,” hundreds of people are seen wearing long faces as they walk to the County Treasurer’s Office in the courthouse. More cards will go out tonight to add to the happiness of people in precincts 3 and 4. A feature of the payment of taxes is the refusal of many people to pay the 1 percent penalty imposed because the taxes were not paid on Dec. 1. As the books were not ready on that date, many taxpayers declare that they do not see why a penalty should be collected. Dec. 28, 1988: Albuquerque — An Albuquerque man who spent a night in jail under a tough new policy for driving-whileintoxicated arrests said the experience ruined his Christmas. He was one of more than 50 people arrested for alleged DWI who spent a night in jail in Albuquerque during the Christmas weekend. Highlands University, which owes the city of Las Vegas $220,287 in natural gas bills, could find the gas shut off at key buildings on the very day students return from Christmas vacation. Highlands continues to pay its current obligations but has refused to pay the $220,287, contesting the accuracy of meters used at some sites during part of the fiscal year that ended in June.

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Phil Robertson from the popular A&E series Duck Dynasty was suspended last week for disparaging comments he made to GQ magazine about gay people. On Friday, A&E said he’ll return to the program despite his comments. ZACH DILGARD/A&E/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch is back in boat A&E said it will launch a public service campaign supporting tolerance By Lynn Elber The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES atriarch Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty will return to work on A&E’s reality show despite his comments about gay immorality, the channel said Friday, reversing its decision to suspend him after facing a boycott backlash. In a statement Friday, A&E said it was bringing Robertson back after discussions with his Louisiana family featured in the hit reality series and “numerous advocacy groups.” Last week, the channel had put Robertson on what it called an indefinite “hiatus” because of his comments in a GQ magazine article that the Bible views gays as sinners akin to adulterers, prostitutes and swindlers. A&E said it decided to drop Robertson from the show about a wealthy family that makes duck calls because it is part of a company whose core values are “centered around creativity, inclusion and mutual respect.” While reiterating that Robertson’s views are not those of the channel, A&E noted Friday that he has publicly said he would “never incite or encourage hate.” The show itself is more than one man’s views, it added. “It resonates with a large audience because it is a show about family, a family that America has come to love. As you might have seen in many episodes, they come together to reflect and pray for unity, tolerance and forgiveness,” A&E said. The Robertson family said it had no immediate comment Friday. Robertson’s remarks in GQ were quickly slammed by groups including GLAAD, the gay rights watchdog organization. GLADD did not immediately respond Friday to requests for comment, nor did the Human Rights Campaign, another gay rights group. But A&E’s move against Robertson provoked a flood of support from those who share his views and others who defended his freedom of speech. Within a day, more than a half-million people liked an impromptu Facebook page demanding A&E be boycotted

Newsmakers Britney Spears begins long-term Las Vegas gig

Britney Spears

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Las Vegas is getting its newest pop fixture. Britney Spears begins her two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Friday, just in time to catch the town’s massive New Year’s Eve crowds. The Grammy-winning singer will perform 50 shows each in 2014 and 2015. Casino executives say the gig may be extended if it proves a success. A collection of pop stars, including Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus, are expected to attend the opening. Spears, 32, is among the youngest stars to have settled down to quasi-retirement in Las Vegas. Other successful Strip headliners include Celine Dion and Elton John. The show takes place in a relatively intimate theater with nightclub touches, including table and bottle service. Tickets range from $59 to $179. Spears has released seven platinum-plus albums since she debuted on the music scene in 1999. Her eighth album, Britney Jean, was released this month to tepid reviews. The Associated Press

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6 p.m. on TCM Movie: Gaslight You’re not paranoid, dear; he is out to get you. Director George Cukor brings a classy patina to this 1944 big-screen adaptation of the creaky stage melodrama about a woman who begins to fear her husband is trying to drive her mad. 7 p.m. on NBC WWE Tribute to the Troops The band Daughtry, with lead singer Chris Daughtry, pictured, performs in this new special, taped at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Also appearing are comedian Jeff Dunham, Michelle Beadle of Access Hollywood, and numerous stars and divas from the WWE wrestling ring. 7 p.m. on ABC Movie: Just Go With It Adam Sandler teams amusingly with Jennifer Aniston as he plays a plastic surgeon who learns how problematic a lie can become. A tall tale he tells his new love interest (model Brooklyn Decker) escalates, and he has to produce a soon-tobe-ex-wife; he enlists an office assistant (Aniston) to fill the role.

7 p.m. on CBS Mike & Molly Mike and Molly (Billy Gardell, Melissa McCarthy) urge Harry (David Higgins) to ask Victoria (Katy Mixon) out for Valentine’s Day, but they don’t expect her to say yes and are surprised when she does. Carl (Reno Wilson) talks Samuel (Nyambi Nyambi) into looking for love over laundry in “The Princess and the Troll.” 9 p.m. HBO Movie: Warm Bodies One couple could be the key to saving the world from a rampage of the undead in this satire of a genre, played unusually straight for something of its nature. The fellow is the zombie who saves the young woman, one of the few humans left, from others of his kind; their ensuing relationship could have an impact on many others.

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until he returns. A petition calling for A&E to bring him back reached 250,000 signatures and counting in about a week. While TV ratings tend to fluctuate, particularly during the holidays when viewing drops, the overall A&E audience was smaller after it landed in “duck” soup than before. For the week of Dec. 16-22, the channel averaged 1.5 million viewers, compared to 2 million for the week before, according to Nielsen figures. During the week of Dec. 17-23 last year, a roughly comparable period to the postRobertson flap period, the channel averaged 17.3 million viewers. Duck Dynasty is the channel’s highest-rated program and set a reality show record for cable with nearly 12 million viewers for its fourth-season debut this past summer. Randy Schmidt, a Duck Dynasty fan in Illinois, said he’s glad to see Robertson return to the show that Schmidt said has “Christian values.” He didn’t care for Robertson’s comments but he has a right to express his opinions, Schmidt said, adding that he’s likely not the only one pleased about Robertson’s return. “A&E’s pocketbook will be happy, too,” he predicted. Robertson’s well-known supporters included former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who complained that his freespeech rights were being trampled. Bobby Jindal, governor of the state of Louisiana, complained that Miley Cyrus got a pass for twerking on TV while Phil got shown the door. Last week, the family said in a statement on its Duck Commander website that although some of Phil Robertson’s comments were coarse, “his beliefs are grounded” in the Bible and he “is a Godly man.” They also said that “as a family, we cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm.” Duck Dynasty is on hiatus until Jan. 15, and the network has said that nine of next season’s 10 episodes have already been filmed. That means Robertson likely wasn’t needed in front of the camera before next March. A&E said it intended to launch a national public service campaign “promoting unity, tolerance and acceptance among all people.”

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Boston Marathon bombing AP sports story of year By Rachel Cohen The Associated Press

An unidentified Boston Marathon runner cries April 15, 2013, as she leaves the course near Copley Square in Boston after two explosions at the finish line.

NEW YORK — The Boston Marathon bombing was selected the sports story of the year Friday in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press. Two pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line of the April 15 race in an area packed with fans cheering the passing runners. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including at least 16 who lost limbs. Authorities say brothers Dzhokhar

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and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechens from Russia who emigrated to the United States as children, planned and carried out the bombings in retaliation for U.S. involvement in Muslim countries. Ninety-six ballots were submitted from U.S. editors and news directors. Voters were asked to rank the top 10 sports stories of the year, with the first-place story receiving 10 points, the second-place story nine points and so on. The marathon attack received 761 points and 67 first-place votes. It was also second in AP’s national/interna-

tional story of the year poll. The No. 2 sports story, Lance Armstrong’s admission of doping, had five first-place votes and 517 points. The top five stories were grim: terrorism, performance-enhancing drug use, legal settlements, murder charges. The first on-field action came in at No. 6 — the Boston Red Sox’s worstto-first World Series title, though even that was tinged by the city’s heartache less than seven months earlier. Here are 2013’s top 10 stories: 1. Boston Marathon bombings: The throngs of spectators lining the

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LADY HORSEMEN CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT ST. MICHAEL’S 56, POJOAQUE VALLEY 40

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Taking their lumps

Big East hopes to overcome struggle

St. Michael’s drubs Pojoaque, advances to championship

By Eric Olson The Associated Press

The reconstituted Big East was formed last spring with the goal of being one of the strongest conferences in men’s basketball. If the all-important Ratings Percentage Index is to be believed, the Big East is one of the best in the land. Only the Big 12 and Big Ten are better by that measure through the first two months of the season. The question is whether the Big

By Edmundo Carrillo The New Mexican

lex Groenewold emerged from the St. Michael’s locker room, clutching an ice pack to her face after her Lady Horsemen basketball team dismantled the Pojoaque Valley Elkettes 56-40 in a semifinal game of the Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament on. It was the price she paid to see the Lady Horsemen (10-3) face Española Valley in the championship game at 6 p.m. Saturday, leaving the Elkettes (7-5) to play for third place against Bernalillo at 4:30 p.m. Groenewold took an elbow to the face in the first quarter, which the referees did not see, and is one of the many lumps the St. Michael’s post took in the game. “That’s basketball,” she said. “You get your calls and sometimes you don’t.” The Lady Horsemen were no strangers to the Elkettes — this was the third time the two teams squared off this season, with the last being in the semifinals of last week’s Ben Luján Tournament. It was also St. Michael’s third straight win over Pojoaque. “Third time’s a charm, we were hoping, but it didn’t turn out that way,” Pojoaque head coach Ron Drake said. Pojoaque never led, but Martin Romero, St. Michael’s head coach, saw a difference in the Elkettes. “I thought they were more aggressive to the rim, which they had to be,” he said. This most recent beating of the Elkettes sets St. Michael’s up with a rematch of last year’s championship game, where the Lady Horsemen fell to the Lady Sundevils. In that game,

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Creighton’s Doug McDermott, right, is defended by California’s Tyrone Wallace in the first half of a Dec. 22 game in Omaha, Neb. NATI HARNIK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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An Olympic city that did it right By Paul Newberry The Associated Press

Pojoaque’s Veronica Dominguez, front, dribbles down court in the first quarter of Friday’s game against St. Michael’s during the Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at Perez-Shelley Gymnasium. For more photos, go to tinyurl.com/qhb4djq. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

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Syracuse rallies for late win over Gophers in Texas Bowl Brisly Estime set up Hunt’s touchdown with a 70-yard punt return. Estime would have scored if not for a HOUSTON — Syracuse coach tackle by punter Peter Mortell. Scott Shafer wishes his team could “Brisly is a quick as a jitterbug,” have held its big lead over Minnesota Shafer said. “We felt that he could and cruised to an give us something.” Syracuse 21 easy win in the It was the second-longest punt Minnesota 17 Texas Bowl on return in Texas Bowl history. Friday night. “We probably out-punted our coverBut he found it fitting that the age,” Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said. Orange had to eke out the victory Syracuse (7-6) led 14-3 entering considering the number of close the fourth quarter before Mitch games they played this season. Leidner threw two touchdown passes Terrel Hunt scrambled 12 yards for and a 2-point conversion to put the a touchdown with 1:14 remaining to Gophers up 17-14. lift Syracuse to a 21-17 victory over the After the Orange regained the lead, Golden Gophers. Minnesota attempted two long passes “It would have nice if we could to the end zone on the final plays. have just knocked them out and won The first slipped through Drew Wolitarsky’s arms and the second, as time by 17 or something,” Shafer said. “That’s kind of not our way this year. I expired, was knocked down near the think it was appropriate that we won end zone. in that fashion.” Minnesota (8-5) got a boost to start By Kristie Rieken

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the second half when Kill returned to the sideline for the first time since Sept. 28 before Syracuse came back to send the Gophers to their sixth consecutive bowl loss and second straight in this bowl. Kill began the game in the press box, where he has observed his team since returning from a leave of absence because of epilepsy. Kill has had five seizures on game day in twoplus seasons at Minnesota. He took the leave of absence in October and returned a couple of weeks later. “I felt I would do anything I can to help,” Kill said about joining his team on the sideline. “I’m not sure if it helped or not. Evidently, it didn’t because we didn’t win the game.” Hunt finished with 188 yards passing and 74 rushing with two scores to earn Most Valuable Player honors and a 10-gallon cowboy hat. Leidner finished with 205 yards

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passing, Maxx Williams had five receptions for 76 yards and a touchdown and Wolitarsky had 94 yards receiving and a score. Syracuse attempted a 45-yard field goal with about 3½ minutes left, but it sailed wide right. Robert Welsh sacked Leidner on third down on the next drive to force a punt and set up the winning drive. The Gophers took their first lead when Syracuse bit on a play-action fake that left Wolitarsky wide open for a 55-yard touchdown pass that made it 15-14 early in the fourth quarter. Leidner then hit Mike Henry for the 2-point conversion to push the lead to 17-14.

ALT LAKE CITY — We’ve seen the sad pictures: weedcovered Olympic venues that were quickly of no use after their 2½ weeks of glory, largely abandoned after costing billions to build. Then there’s Salt Lake City, where the legacy of the 2002 Winter Games carries on vibrantly more than a decade later. It’s a lesson all cities bidding for big-time sporting events should heed. “We view legacy not so much as memorials and museums,” said Colin Hilton, president and CEO of the Utah Olympic Legacy Foundation. “For us, it’s a living legacy.” The Olympic oval in suburban Kearns, where speedskating was held during the Salt Lake City Games, is still a valued part of the community. So is the Utah Olympic Park, home of the bobsled and luge runs as well as the towering ski-jumping hills. Both are hosting U.S. Olympic trials this weekend, continuing to provide a dynamic winter sports legacy. In fact, every venue used during the last Olympics in the United States remains fully functional, open

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NFL PLAYOFF SCENARIOS AFC Clinched Denver — AFC West and first-round bye New England — AFC East Cincinnati — AFC North Indianapolis — AFC South Kansas City — playoff spot Denver (at Oakland) Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win or tie, OR — New England loss or tie New England (vs. Buffalo) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win or tie, OR — Cincinnati loss or tie and Indianapolis loss or tie Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win and Denver loss Cincinnati (vs. Baltimore) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win and New England loss Indianapolis (vs. Jacksonville) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win and New England loss and Cincinnati loss or tie Miami (vs. N.Y. Jets) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and Baltimore loss or tie, OR — Win and San Diego win, OR — Tie and Baltimore loss and San Diego loss or tie, OR — Tie and Baltimore tie and San Diego tie Baltimore (at Cincinnati) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and San Diego loss or tie, OR — Win and Miami loss or tie, OR — Tie and Miami loss and San Diego loss or tie, OR — Tie and Miami tie and San Diego loss, OR — Miami loss and San Diego loss and Pittsburgh loss or tie San Diego (vs. Kansas City) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and Miami loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie, OR — Tie and Miami loss and Baltimore loss Pittsburgh (vs. Cleveland) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and Miami loss and Baltimore loss and San Diego loss NFC Clinched Seattle — playoff spot Carolina — playoff spot San Francisco — playoff spot Seattle (vs. St. Louis) Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: — Win or tie, OR — San Francisco loss or tie Carolina (at Atlanta) Clinches NFC South and a first-round bye with: — Win or tie, OR — New Orleans loss or tie Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: — Win and Seattle loss and San Francisco win Philadelphia (at Dallas) Clinches NFC East division with: — Win or tie Chicago (vs. Green Bay) Clinches NFC North with: — Win or tie San Francisco (at Arizona) Clinches NFC West and first-round bye with: — Win and Seattle loss Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: — Win and Seattle loss and Carolina loss or tie New Orleans (vs. Tampa Bay) Clinches NFC South and first-round bye with: — Win and Carolina loss Clinches playoff spot with: — Win, OR — Tie and Arizona tie, OR — Arizona loss Arizona (vs. San Francisco) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and New Orleans loss or tie, OR — Tie and New Orleans loss Dallas (vs. Philadelphia) Clinches NFC East with: — Win Green Bay (at Chicago) Clinches NFC North with: — Win

Friday’s Games Military Bowl - At Annapolis, Md. Marshall 31, Maryland 20 Texas Bowl - At Houston Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 Fight Hunger Bowl - At San Francisco Washington 31, BYU 16 Saturday’s Games Pinstripe Bowl - At New York Notre Dame (8-4) vs. Rutgers (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl - At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati (9-3) vs. North Carolina (6-6), 1:20 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl - At Orlando, Fla. Miami (9-3) vs. Louisville (11-1), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Kansas State (7-5) vs. Michigan (7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), 9:45 a.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl - At Nashville, Tenn. Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 1:15 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl - At San Antonio Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl - At San Diego Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl - At El Paso, Texas Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), Noon (CBS) Liberty Bowl - At Memphis, Tenn. Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-ﬁl-A Bowl - At Atlanta Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl - At Dallas UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPNU) Gator Bowl - At Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl - At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 11 a.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl - At Tampa, Fla. Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Previous Results New Mexico Bowl Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 Las Vegas Bowl Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21 Beef ’O’ Brady’s Bowl East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 Hawaii Bowl Oregon State 38, Boise State 23 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27 Poinsettia Bowl Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14

Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 Syracuse 0 7 7 7—21 Minnesota 0 3 0 14—17 Second Quarter Syr—Smith 1 run (Norton kick), 10:04. Minn—FG Hawthorne 41, :00. Third Quarter Syr—Hunt 5 run (Norton kick), 2:57. Fourth Quarter Minn—Williams 20 pass from Mi.Leidner (pass failed), 14:55. Minn—Wolitarsky 55 pass from Mi.Leidner (Henry pass from Mi.Leidner), 12:34. Syr—Hunt 12 run (Norton kick), 1:14. A—32,327. Syr Minn First downs 23 19 Rushes-yards 46-208 38-127 Passing 188 223 Comp-Att-Int 19-29-0 13-30-0 Return Yards 83 (-2) Punts-Avg. 4-43.0 6-47.7 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 9-53 8-65 Time of Possession 29:47 30:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Syracuse, Hunt 15-74, Smith 16-74, G.Morris 8-33, Gulley 4-16, Estime 1-9, Loeb 1-5, McFarlane 1-(minus 3). Minnesota, Cobb 18-91, Mi.Leidner 13-24, Nelson 2-14, Kirkwood 4-6, Fruechte 1-(minus 8). PASSING—Syracuse, Hunt 19-29-0188. Minnesota, Mi.Leidner 11-22-0205, Nelson 2-7-0-18, Team 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING—Syracuse, Estime 5-47, West 5-38, Broyld 4-41, Clark 3-36, Smith 1-18, Gulley 1-8. Minnesota, Williams 5-76, Wolitarsky 4-94, Fruechte 3-41, Cobb 1-12.

Marshall 31, Maryland 20 Marshall 14 3 0 14—31 Maryland 7 6 0 7—20 First Quarter Mar—Shuler 1 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 6:21. Md—L.Jacobs 29 pass from C.Brown (Craddock kick), 3:25. Mar—Hoskins 8 pass from Cato (Haig kick), :34. Second Quarter Md—FG Craddock 25, 11:36. Mar—FG Haig 27, 9:26. Md—FG Craddock 33, 1:20. Fourth Quarter Md—Stinebaugh 2 pass from C.Brown (Craddock kick), 14:56. Mar—Taliaferro 7 run (Haig kick), 12:05. Mar—Hoskins 8 pass from Cato (Haig kick), 3:42. A—30,163. Mar Md First downs 24 18 Rushes-yards 35-138 49-194 Passing 337 197 Comp-Att-Int 28-44-0 14-24-1 Return Yards 29 0 Punts-Avg. 7-40.6 7-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-55 5-45 Time of Possession 26:38 33:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Marshall, Taliaferro 19-81, Watson 6-42, Cato 7-15, Butler 1-3, Team 2-(minus 3). Maryland, B.Ross 20-116, C.Brown 19-38, L.Jacobs 4-26, Reid 3-8, K.Goins 1-3, Veii 2-3. PASSING—Marshall, Cato 28-44-0-337. Maryland, C.Brown 14-24-1-197. RECEIVING—Marshall, Shuler 9-68, Hoskins 6-104, D.Smith 5-54, Wilkins 3-35, E.Frohnapfel 2-32, D.Allen 1-26, Taliaferro 1-10, D.Johnson 1-8. Maryland, L.Jacobs 7-100, Etta 2-51, King 2-22, Stinebaugh 2-16, B.Ross 1-8.

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

W 12 12 10 9 8 W 22 16 14 12 9 W 23 14 11 10 6

L 15 17 19 20 20 L 7 13 16 14 20 L 5 17 16 18 23

Pct .444 .414 .345 .310 .286 Pct .759 .552 .467 .462 .310 Pct .821 .452 .407 .357 .207

GB — 1 3 4 4½ GB — 6 8½ 8½ 13 GB — 10½ 11½ 13 17½

Western Conference Southwest W L Pct GB San Antonio 23 7 .767 — Houston 20 11 .645 3½ Dallas 16 13 .552 6½ New Orleans 13 14 .481 8½ Memphis 12 16 .429 10 Northwest W L Pct GB Portland 24 5 .828 — Oklahoma City 24 5 .828 — Denver 14 14 .500 9½ Minnesota 14 15 .483 10 Utah 9 23 .281 16½ Paciﬁc W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 20 11 .645 — Phoenix 17 11 .607 1½ Golden State 18 13 .581 2 L.A. Lakers 13 17 .433 6½ Sacramento 9 19 .321 9½ Friday’s Games Orlando 109, Detroit 92 Oklahoma City 89, Charlotte 85 Toronto 95, New York 83 Brooklyn 104, Milwaukee 93 Minnesota 120, Washington 98 New Orleans 105, Denver 89 Utah 105, L.A. Lakers 103 Sacramento 108, Miami 103, OT Golden State 115, Phoenix 86 Thursday’s Games Atlanta 127, Cleveland 125,2OT Houston 100, Memphis 92 San Antonio 116, Dallas 107 Portland 116, L.A. Clippers 112, OT Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Boston, 11 a.m. Brooklyn at Indiana, 5 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 5 p.m. New York at Toronto, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 6 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 6 p.m. Denver at Memphis, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Miami at Portland, 8 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

NBA BOXSCORES Friday Nets 104, Bucks 93 MILWAUKEE (93) Middleton 3-11 7-7 15, Ilyasova 2-11 2-2 6, Henson 4-5 0-0 8, Knight 4-13 2-4 11, Antetokounmpo 5-12 5-6 16, Butler 0-7 0-0 0, Mayo 5-13 0-0 13, Sanders 4-5 2-6 10, Wolters 2-5 0-0 5, Ridnour 3-5 0-0 7, Raduljica 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 33-88 18-25 93. BROOKLYN (104) Johnson 2-12 1-2 6, Pierce 4-11 4-5 13, Garnett 3-5 4-5 10, Williams 4-9 0-0 9, Livingston 6-11 8-8 20, Teletovic 7-13 0-0 19, Terry 4-7 0-0 12, Plumlee 2-4 1-4 5, Anderson 1-5 1-2 3, Evans 1-2 3-4 5, Taylor 0-0 2-2 2, Shengelia 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-79 24-32 104. Milwaukee 18 19 23 33—93 Brooklyn 31 17 28 28—104 3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 9-32 (Mayo 3-7, Middleton 2-6, Wolters 1-2, Ridnour 1-3, Knight 1-4, Antetokounmpo 1-5, Butler 0-1, Ilyasova 0-4), Brooklyn 12-26 (Teletovic 5-9, Terry 4-5, Williams 1-3, Pierce 1-4, Johnson 1-4, Anderson 0-1). Fouled Out—Middleton, Sanders. Rebounds—Milwaukee 56 (Antetokounmpo 10), Brooklyn 59 (Evans 13). Assists—Milwaukee 20 (Knight, Ridnour 5), Brooklyn 22 (Livingston 6). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 26, Brooklyn 23. Technicals—Mayo, Milwaukee defensive three second, Brooklyn delay of game. A—17,732.

Magic 109, Pistons 92 DETROIT (92) Smith 2-13 1-2 5, Monroe 3-9 0-2 6, Drummond 5-12 0-4 10, Jennings 7-16 6-7 21, Caldwell-Pope 0-2 0-0 0, Stuckey 3-6 0-0 6, Singler 3-5 0-0 7, Harrellson 4-8 0-0 9, Bynum 8-13 1-1 18, Datome 1-6 0-0 2, Jerebko 3-5 1-2 8. Totals 39-95 9-18 92. ORLANDO (109) Harris 6-10 4-6 16, Davis 7-15 0-1 14, Vucevic 9-16 2-2 20, Nelson 3-7 0-0 6, Afﬂalo 9-11 3-4 23, Oladipo 5-12 5-8 16, Harkless 1-6 0-0 2, Lamb 0-0 0-0 0, Price 3-4 0-0 7, Maxiell 2-3 0-0 4, O’Quinn 0-0 1-2 1, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 45-85 15-23 109. Detroit 21 27 18 26—92 Orlando 26 29 30 24—109 3-Point Goals—Detroit 5-18 (Jerebko 1-1, Singler 1-2, Bynum 1-3, Harrellson 1-3, Jennings 1-4, Datome 0-1, Smith 0-2, Caldwell-Pope 0-2), Orlando 4-14 (Afﬂalo 2-2, Price 1-1, Oladipo 1-4, Harkless 0-1, Harris 0-2, Nelson 0-4). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Detroit 58 (Drummond 11), Orlando 55 (Vucevic 11). Assists—Detroit 16 (Jennings 8), Orlando 26 (Oladipo 11). Total Fouls—Detroit 22, Orlando 19. A—16,464.

Thunder 89, Bobcats 85 OKLAHOMA CITY (89) Durant 14-28 4-6 34, Ibaka 6-8 0-0 12, Perkins 0-3 0-2 0, Jackson 4-19 1-2 10, Sefolosha 3-5 3-4 12, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Lamb 4-10 1-2 10, Adams 1-1 4-6 6, Fisher 1-4 0-0 3, Collison 0-2 2-2 2. Totals 33-80 15-24 89. CHARLOTTE (85) Tolliver 2-5 0-0 6, McRoberts 5-13 0-0 13, Jefferson 7-16 2-2 16, Walker 6-17 4-6 18, Henderson 6-12 1-1 14, Zeller 0-5 3-4 3, Biyombo 1-2 0-0 2, Sessions 2-3 4-5 9, Douglas-Roberts 0-3 2-2 2, Gordon 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 30-80 16-20 85. Oklahoma City 21 21 20 27—89 Charlotte 20 16 24 25—85 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 8-25 (Sefolosha 3-5, Durant 2-6, Fisher 1-3, Lamb 1-4, Jackson 1-5, Ibaka 0-1, Collison 0-1), Charlotte 9-23 (McRoberts 3-7, Walker 2-4, Tolliver 2-5, Sessions 1-1, Henderson 1-2, Gordon 0-2, Douglas-Roberts 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 58 (Durant 12), Charlotte 52 (Jefferson 11). Assists—Oklahoma City 19 (Durant 6), Charlotte 20 (McRoberts, Walker 7). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 18, Charlotte 18. Technicals—Oklahoma City defensive three second. A—18,129.

Raptors 95, Knicks 83 TORONTO (95) Johnson 3-6 1-1 7, Ross 4-8 0-0 11, Valanciunas 7-11 2-4 16, Lowry 4-10 5-8 15, DeRozan 7-13 9-14 25, Salmons 4-10 0-0 11, Patterson 1-6 0-0 2, Hansbrough 0-2 4-4 4, Vasquez 1-7 2-2 4. Totals 31-73 23-33 95.

NEW YORK (83) Bargnani 6-17 4-5 18, J.Smith 7-15 0-2 17, Chandler 3-7 1-3 7, Udrih 6-11 2-2 15, Shumpert 0-2 0-0 0, Martin 0-4 0-0 0, Hardaway Jr. 5-13 1-1 15, Stoudemire 2-5 3-6 7, World Peace 0-1 0-0 0, Murry 1-4 2-2 4. Totals 30-79 13-21 83. Toronto 18 22 26 29—95 New York 25 24 22 12—83 3-Point Goals—Toronto 10-28 (Ross 3-6, Salmons 3-7, DeRozan 2-5, Lowry 2-5, Patterson 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Vasquez 0-2), New York 10-19 (Hardaway Jr. 4-5, J.Smith 3-7, Bargnani 2-3, Udrih 1-1, World Peace 0-1, Shumpert 0-1, Murry 0-1). Fouled Out—Udrih. Rebounds—Toronto 58 (Valanciunas 18), New York 51 (Bargnani 12). Assists—Toronto 21 (Lowry 11), New York 19 (Udrih 10). Total Fouls—Toronto 20, New York 29. A—19,812.

Pelicans 105, Nuggets 89 DENVER (89) Chandler 7-20 5-6 22, Hickson 7-9 2-6 16, Mozgov 4-8 0-0 8, Lawson 3-12 8-8 14, Hamilton 5-13 0-2 12, Robinson 0-3 0-0 0, Randolph 3-7 2-2 8, A.Miller 0-3 0-0 0, Foye 0-1 0-0 0, Q.Miller 4-6 0-0 9. Totals 33-82 17-24 89. NEW ORLEANS (105) Aminu 5-8 1-2 11, Anderson 6-19 0-0 16, Davis 7-12 3-6 17, Holiday 8-13 0-0 17, Morrow 3-8 0-0 8, Ajinca 2-3 0-0 4, Evans 7-17 4-4 19, Roberts 0-4 0-0 0, D.Miller 3-4 2-3 11, Amundson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 42-89 10-15 105. Denver 25 20 21 23—89 New Orleans 34 24 23 24—105 3-Point Goals—Denver 6-23 (Chandler 3-9, Hamilton 2-6, Q.Miller 1-1, A.Miller 0-1, Robinson 0-2, Lawson 0-4), New Orleans 11-24 (Anderson 4-11, D.Miller 3-4, Morrow 2-5, Holiday 1-1, Evans 1-2, Roberts 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 50 (Hickson 10), New Orleans 58 (Anderson 10). Assists—Denver 19 (Lawson 12), New Orleans 28 (Evans 10). Total Fouls—Denver 15, New Orleans 21. A—18,089

Timberwolves 120, Wizards 98 WASHINGTON (98) Ariza 3-9 2-2 10, Booker 5-7 0-0 10, Gortat 3-6 2-2 8, Wall 11-20 3-3 26, Beal 5-12 2-2 14, Webster 4-11 0-0 11, Nene 4-10 5-8 13, Porter Jr. 1-2 0-0 2, Vesely 1-1 0-0 2, Temple 0-1 0-0 0, Singleton 1-3 0-0 2, Maynor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-83 14-17 98. MINNESOTA (120) Brewer 4-9 2-2 10, Love 8-18 7-7 25, Pekovic 6-13 6-8 18, Rubio 2-5 7-8 11, Martin 5-12 2-5 12, Cunningham 3-7 0-0 6, Mbah a Moute 1-2 2-2 4, Shved 3-7 5-6 13, Barea 8-10 0-0 17, Muhammad 1-1 0-0 2, Price 0-0 0-0 0, Hummel 1-1 0-0 2, Dieng 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-85 31-38 120. Washington 23 24 27 24—98 Minnesota 22 39 27 32—120 3-Point Goals—Washington 8-21 (Webster 3-7, Beal 2-3, Ariza 2-5, Wall 1-4, Porter Jr. 0-1, Singleton 0-1), Minnesota 5-15 (Shved 2-2, Love 2-7, Barea 1-1, Martin 0-2, Brewer 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Washington 45 (Booker 9), Minnesota 53 (Love 11). Assists—Washington 18 (Wall 7), Minnesota 20 (Rubio 9). Total Fouls—Washington 25, Minnesota 12. Technicals—Minnesota defensive three second. A—16,473.

NCAA BASKETBALL Men’s AP Top 25

Capitals 3, Rangers 2

Friday’s Games No. 3 Ohio State 71, LouisianaMonroe 31 No. 19 North Carolina 75, Northern Kentucky 60 No. 20 San Diego State 118, Saint Katherine 35 Saturday’s Games No. 2 Syracuse vs. No. 8 Villanova, Noon No. 4 Wisconsin vs. Prairie View, Noon No. 5 Michigan State vs. New Orleans, 2:15 p.m. No. 6 Louisville at No. 18 Kentucky, 2 p.m. No. 9 Duke vs. Eastern Michigan, Noon No. 15 UConn vs. Eastern Washington at Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn., 11 a.m. No. 17 Memphis vs. Jackson St., 10 a.m. No. 21 Colorado vs. Georgia, 8 p.m. No. 23 UMass vs. Providence, 4 p.m. No. 24 Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara, 6 p.m. No. 25 Missouri at N.C. State, 6 p.m. Sunday’s Games No. 10 Wichita St. vs. Davidson, 1 p.m. No. 12 Oregon vs. Morgan St., 1 p.m. No. 13 Florida vs. Savannah St., 1 p.m.

Division I Friday’s Games East Seton Hall 90, Lafayette 58 South Mercer 98, St. Andrews 56 North Carolina 75, N. Kentucky 60 Far West San Diego St. 118, Saint Katherine 35 Midwest DePaul 57, Northwestern 56 Oakland 87, Deﬁance 66 Ohio St. 71, Louisiana-Monroe 31

Women’s AP Top 25 Friday’s Games No games scheduled. Saturday’s Games No. 4 Stanford at Fresno State, 7 p.m. No. 8 Maryland vs. Wofford, 10 a.m. No. 9 Baylor vs. McNeese St., 6 p.m. No. 13 South Carolina vs. Savannah State, 10 a.m. No. 14 Iowa St. vs. Holy Cross, 2:30 p.m. No. 17 Purdue vs. Central Michigan, Noon No. 19 Georgia vs. Illinois, 2 p.m. No. 21 Iowa vs. North Dakota, 1 p.m. No. 22 Florida State vs. UT Martin, Noon No. 24 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s (Cal), 2 p.m.

HOCKEY HOCKEY NHL Eastern Conference Atlantic GP Boston 38 Tampa Bay 37 Montreal 38 Detroit 39 Toronto 40 Ottawa 40 Florida 38 Buffalo 38 Metro GP Pittsburgh 40 Washington 38 Philadelphia 37 Columbus 38 N.Y. Rangers 39 New Jersey 39 Carolina 38 N.Y. Islanders 38

W 26 23 22 17 19 15 14 10 W 28 20 17 17 18 15 14 11

L OLPts GF 10 2 54 111 11 3 49 106 13 3 47 96 13 9 43 99 16 5 43 110 18 7 37 111 19 5 33 88 24 4 24 69 L OLPts GF 11 1 57 125 14 4 44 120 16 4 38 93 17 4 38 103 19 2 38 90 16 8 38 93 15 9 37 89 20 7 29 96

GA 77 87 84 108 116 131 123 109 GA 91 114 104 107 105 101 109 129

Jazz 105, Lakers 103

Western Conference

L.A. LAKERS (103) Johnson 0-2 0-0 0, S.Williams 2-6 0-0 4, Kaman 7-11 5-6 19, Farmar 6-13 3-4 16, Meeks 4-15 2-2 13, Henry 5-7 0-2 12, Kelly 1-1 0-0 2, Young 10-17 0-1 21, Hill 5-6 6-8 16, Sacre 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 40-80 16-23 103. UTAH (105) Jefferson 2-7 2-2 7, M.Williams 6-14 1-2 16, Favors 9-15 0-0 18, Burke 6-10 0-0 14, Hayward 9-17 4-5 24, Burks 3-9 6-7 13, Lucas III 0-6 0-0 0, Kanter 3-6 2-2 8, Evans 2-4 1-2 5, Rush 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-88 16-20 105. L.A. Lakers 23 29 29 22—103 Utah 25 30 28 22—105 3-Point Goals—L.A. Lakers 7-23 (Meeks 3-9, Henry 2-3, Farmar 1-1, Young 1-4, Johnson 0-2, S.Williams 0-4), Utah 9-23 (M.Williams 3-7, Burke 2-4, Hayward 2-5, Burks 1-1, Jefferson 1-2, Evans 0-1, Lucas III 0-3). Fouled Out—Young. Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 47 (Kaman 10), Utah 52 (Favors 14). Assists—L.A. Lakers 16 (Farmar 7), Utah 25 (Hayward 9). Total Fouls—L.A. Lakers 19, Utah 18. A—19,911.

Central GP W L OLPts GF GA Chicago 40 27 7 6 60 152 109 St. Louis 36 24 7 5 53 128 85 Colorado 37 23 11 3 49 108 95 Minnesota 40 20 15 5 45 92 102 Dallas 37 19 12 6 44 110 108 Winnipeg 40 17 18 5 39 109 120 Nashville 38 16 18 4 36 86 113 Paciﬁc GP W L OLPts GF GA Anaheim 39 27 7 5 59 127 98 Los Angeles 38 25 9 4 54 106 76 San Jose 38 24 8 6 54 125 97 Vancouver 39 22 11 6 50 106 93 Phoenix 37 19 10 8 46 114 114 Calgary 38 14 18 6 34 95 120 Edmonton 40 13 24 3 29 103 135 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Friday’s Games Columbus 2, New Jersey 1, SO Toronto 4, Buffalo 3, SO San Jose 4, Phoenix 3, SO Boston 5, Ottawa 0 Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 4, Carolina 3, OT Chicago 7, Colorado 2 Winnipeg 6, Minnesota 4 Dallas 4, Nashville 1 Edmonton 2, Calgary 0 Saturday’s Games Boston at Ottawa, 5 p.m. Montreal at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. Detroit at Florida, 5 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Kings 108, Heat 103 (OT) MIAMI (103) James 12-23 5-6 33, Battier 3-5 0-0 9, Bosh 8-15 2-2 18, Chalmers 4-11 2-4 11, Mason Jr. 1-5 1-1 4, Cole 4-6 3-4 13, Haslem 2-7 0-1 4, Beasley 3-9 3-3 9, Lewis 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 38-86 16-21 103. SACRAMENTO (108) Gay 11-19 3-3 26, Thompson 5-6 0-0 10, Cousins 10-21 7-10 27, Thomas 7-16 5-6 22, McLemore 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 1-4 0-0 2, Outlaw 2-5 0-0 4, Thornton 1-4 4-4 7, Acy 3-3 2-2 8, Fredette 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-83 21-25 108. Miami 32 23 18 16 14—103 Sacramento 19 26 29 15 19—108 3-Point Goals—Miami 11-32 (James 4-9, Battier 3-4, Cole 2-3, Mason Jr. 1-4, Chalmers 1-7, Lewis 0-1, Beasley 0-2, Bosh 0-2), Sacramento 5-20 (Thomas 3-7, Thornton 1-4, Gay 1-5, Williams 0-1, McLemore 0-1, Outlaw 0-1, Fredette 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 42 (James 8), Sacramento 57 (Cousins 17). Assists—Miami 23 (Chalmers 10), Sacramento 23 (Thomas 11). Total Fouls—Miami 23, Sacramento 21. Technicals—Cousins. Flagrant Fouls—Chalmers. A—17,317.

Warriors 115, Suns 86 PHOENIX (86) Tucker 3-6 5-6 11, Frye 3-9 2-2 9, Plumlee 4-9 1-1 9, Bledsoe 3-9 1-1 7, Dragic 3-9 2-2 8, Mark.Morris 4-13 0-0 9, G.Green 3-9 0-0 7, Marc.Morris 2-8 2-3 7, Goodwin 0-3 1-2 1, Christmas 1-4 3-4 5, Smith 4-7 0-0 8, Kravtsov 2-3 1-2 5. Totals 32-89 18-23 86. GOLDEN STATE (115) Iguodala 3-4 0-0 8, Lee 7-10 3-4 17, Bogut 4-8 0-0 8, Curry 5-17 3-5 14, Thompson 9-11 1-1 21, Barnes 4-10 2-2 11, Bazemore 2-4 0-0 4, D.Green 4-7 2-2 11, Speights 3-6 2-2 8, Douglas 2-4 2-4 6, Armstrong 1-1 2-4 4, Nedovic 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 45-85 17-24 115. Phoenix 22 18 24 22—86 Golden State 28 31 26 30—115 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 4-23 (Mark. Morris 1-3, Marc.Morris 1-5, Frye 1-5, G.Green 1-5, Tucker 0-2, Christmas 0-3), Golden State 8-20 (Iguodala 2-2, Thompson 2-3, Barnes 1-1, Nedovic 1-1, D.Green 1-3, Curry 1-6, Douglas 0-2, Bazemore 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 47 (Tucker 12), Golden State 62 (Curry 13). Assists—Phoenix 12 (Dragic 3), Golden State 32 (Curry 16). Total Fouls—Phoenix 22, Golden State 25. A—19,596.

NHL SUMMARIES Friday Penguins 4, Hurricanes 3 (OT) Pittsburgh 0 1 2 1—4 Carolina 1 1 1 0—3 First Period—1, Carolina, Sekera 7 (Jo. Staal, Gerbe), 19:58. Second Period—2, Pittsburgh, Crosby 21 (Neal, Maatta), :16. 3, Carolina, Gerbe 8 (Semin), :30. Third Period—4, Pittsburgh, Conner 4 (Jokinen, Neal), 1:58. 5, Pittsburgh, Engelland 3 (Orpik, Jokinen), 13:15. 6, Carolina, Bowman 3 (Nash, Dwyer), 17:31. Overtime—7, Pittsburgh, Neal 11 (Jokinen, Engelland), 1:03. Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 7-9-91—26. Carolina 16-10-6-2—34. Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh 0 of 1; Carolina 0 of 1. Goalies—Pittsburgh, Fleury 22-9-1 (34 shots-31 saves). Carolina, Peters 7-9-4 (26-22). A—18,124. T—2:28.

Blackhawks 7, Avalanche 2 Colorado 0 1 1—2 Chicago 3 4 0—7 First Period—1, Chicago, Sharp 19 (Keith, Seabrook), 12:27. 2, Chicago, Toews 14 (Hossa, Hjalmarsson), 18:03. 3, Chicago, Sharp 20 (Keith, Toews), 19:18 (pp). Second Period—4, Chicago, Sharp 21 (Hjalmarsson, Toews), :27. 5, Chicago, Toews 15 (Sharp), 8:21. 6, Colorado, Stastny 11 (Landeskog, Parenteau), 9:07. 7, Chicago, Handzus 4 (Kane, Versteeg), 13:30. 8, Chicago, Versteeg 8 (Keith, Handzus), 17:48. Third Period—9, Colorado, Landeskog 11 (Parenteau), 7:37. Shots on Goal—Colorado 5-7-6—18. Chicago 12-12-13—37. Power-play opportunities—Colorado 0 of 2; Chicago 1 of 2. Goalies—Colorado, Giguere 7-3-0 (24 shots-17 saves), Varlamov (0:00 third, 13-13). Chicago, Raanta 9-1-2 (18-16). A—22,201. T—2:24.

N.Y. Rangers 0 1 1—2 Washington 1 1 1—3 First Period—1, Washington, Green 3 (Erat, Orlov), 6:55 (pp). Second Period—2, N.Y. Rangers, Pouliot 6 (Richards, Brassard), 1:37 (pp). 3, Washington, Backstrom 10 (Oleksy), 18:55. Third Period—4, N.Y. Rangers, Hagelin 9 (McDonagh, Girardi), :17 (sh). 5, Washington, Fehr 6 (Backstrom), 14:51. Shots on Goal—N.Y. Rangers 14-188—40. Washington 7-13-14—34. Power-play opportunities—N.Y. Rangers 1 of 3; Washington 1 of 4. Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Talbot 8-3-0 (34 shots-31 saves). Washington, Grubauer 5-1-1 (40-38). A—18,506. T—2:34.

Bruins 5, Senators 0 Ottawa 0 0 0—0 Boston 0 1 4—5 First Period—None. Second Period—1, Boston, Iginla 11 (Lucic, Krug), 16:29 (pp). Third Period—2, Boston, Krejci 8 (Bartkowski, McQuaid), :38. 3, Boston, R.Smith 13 (Marchand, Bergeron), 10:20. 4, Boston, R.Smith 14 (Bergeron), 17:26. 5, Boston, Marchand 9 (Boychuk), 19:33 (sh). Shots on Goal—Ottawa 15-8-10—33. Boston 5-20-17—42. Power-play opportunities—Ottawa 0 of 3; Boston 1 of 2. Goalies—Ottawa, Lehner 5-9-3 (42 shots-37 saves). Boston, Rask 20-8-2 (33-33). A—17,565. T—2:27.

Blue Jackets 2, Devils 1 (SO) Columbus 1 0 0 0—2 New Jersey 0 0 1 0—1 Columbus won shootout 1-0 First Period—1, Columbus, Anisimov 11 (Dubinsky, Atkinson), 7:34. Second Period—None. Third Period—2, New Jersey, Henrique 7 (Elias, Zidlicky), 5:45. Overtime—None. Shootout—Columbus 1 (Letestu NG, Johansen NG, Atkinson G), New Jersey 0 (Jagr NG, Clowe NG, Elias NG). Shots on Goal—Columbus 8-10-93—30. New Jersey 5-4-8-0—17. Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 5; New Jersey 0 of 3. Goalies—Columbus, McElhinney 6-5-1 (17 shots-16 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 11-8-3 (30-29). A—16,592. T—2:34.

Maple Leafs 4, Sabres 3 (SO) Buffalo 2 0 1 0—3 Toronto 0 3 0 0—4 Toronto won shootout 1-0 First Period—1, Buffalo, Moulson 13 (Girgensons, McBain), 7:01. 2, Buffalo, Scott 1 (Ellis), 7:53. Second Period—3, Toronto, Gardiner 2 (Kessel, Franson), 11:38. 4, Toronto, Holland 6 (Raymond, Franson), 16:25. 5, Toronto, Kessel 18 (van Riemsdyk, Phaneuf), 19:43 (pp). Third Period—6, Buffalo, Ott 5 (Moulson, Myers), 19:35 (pp). Overtime—None. Shootout—Buffalo 0 (Moulson NG, Ennis NG, Girgensons NG), Toronto 1 (Kessel NG, Lupul G, van Riemsdyk NG). Shots on Goal—Buffalo 15-5-13-2—35. Toronto 10-17-11-4—42. Power-play opportunities—Buffalo 1 of 1; Toronto 1 of 3. Goalies—Buffalo, Miller 9-17-1 (42 shots-39 saves). Toronto, Bernier 11-11-4 (35-32). A—19,405. T—2:47.

Jets 6, Wild 4 Minnesota 3 1 0—4 Winnipeg 4 0 2—6 First Period—1, Minnesota, Heatley 8 (Pominville, Granlund), 2:13. 2, Winnipeg, Kane 11 (Frolik), 3:48 (sh). 3, Winnipeg, Jokinen 9 (Setoguchi, Thorburn), 5:57. 4, Minnesota, Fontaine 7 (Cooke, Brodziak), 6:54. 5, Minnesota, Veilleux 1 (Spurgeon, Mitchell), 7:04. 6, Winnipeg, Wheeler 13 (Trouba, Ladd), 14:50. 7, Winnipeg, Byfuglien 7 (Tangradi, Pardy), 17:50. Second Period—8, Minnesota, Koivu 8 (Coyle, Pominville), 3:40 (pp). Third Period—9, Winnipeg, Wheeler 14 (Little, Ladd), 10:40. 10, Winnipeg, Enstrom 4 (Jokinen), 19:56 (en). Shots on Goal—Minnesota 13-511—29. Winnipeg 11-10-17—38. Power-play opportunities—Minnesota 1 of 3; Winnipeg 0 of 2. Goalies—Minnesota, Backstrom 2-9-2 (37 shots-32 saves). Winnipeg, Pavelec (6-3), Montoya 6-2-1 (12:56 ﬁrst, 23-22). A—15,004. T—2:34.

Stars 4, Predators 1 Nashville 0 1 0—1 Dallas 1 2 1—4 First Period—1, Dallas, Ja.Benn 12 (Goligoski, Dillon), :42. Second Period—2, Nashville, Klein 1 (Wilson, R.Ellis), 7:14. 3, Dallas, Cole 7 (Peverley, Sceviour), 7:38. 4, Dallas, Cole 8 (Goligoski), 14:04. Third Period—5, Dallas, Garbutt 6 (Eakin, Jo.Benn), 4:09. Missed Penalty Shot—A.Roussel, Dal, 16:35 ﬁrst. Shots on Goal—Nashville 9-11-14—34. Dallas 7-16-11—34. Power-play opportunities—Nashville 0 of 3; Dallas 0 of 3. Goalies—Nashville, Hutton 7-6-2 (34 shots-30 saves). Dallas, Lehtonen 158-6 (34-33). A—17,197. T—2:47.

Oilers 2, Flames 0 Edmonton 1 0 1—2 Calgary 0 0 0—0 First Period—1, Edmonton, Smyth 5 (Hemsky, Gordon), 17:22. Second Period—None. Third Period—2, Edmonton, Smyth 6 (Gordon), 19:54 (en-pp). Shots on Goal—Edmonton 10-612—28. Calgary 12-8-7—27. Power-play opportunities—Edmonton 1 of 4; Calgary 0 of 2. Goalies—Edmonton, Dubnyk 10-15-2 (27 shots-27 saves). Calgary, Berra 5-9-2 (27-26). A—19,289. T—2:30.

Sharks 4, Coyotes 3 (SO) San Jose 0 2 1 0—4 Phoenix 1 1 1 0—3 San Jose won shootout 2-1 First Period—1, Phoenix, Moss 4, 7:43. Second Period—2, San Jose, Pavelski 16 (Thornton, Burns), 9:56. 3, Phoenix, Moss 5 (Schlemko, Ribeiro), 11:04. 4, San Jose, Marleau 17 (Wingels, Demers), 13:13 (pp). Third Period—5, San Jose, Burns 11 (Pavelski, Thornton), 10:10. 6, Phoenix, Vrbata 11 (Ribeiro, Yandle), 13:35 (pp). Overtime—None. Shootout—San Jose 2 (Couture G, Marleau G), Phoenix 1 (Boedker G, Vrbata NG, Ekman-Larsson NG). Shots on Goal—San Jose 12-7-9-3—31. Phoenix 11-12-12-2—37. Power-play opportunities—San Jose 1 of 3; Phoenix 1 of 2. Goalies—San Jose, Niemi 20-7-6 (37 shots-34 saves). Phoenix, Smith 158-8 (31-28). Referees—Mike Hasenfratz, Brad Watson. Linesmen—John Grandt, Jay Sharrers. A—17,125. T—2:38.

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Lumps: St. Michael’s never lost the lead ESPAÑOLA VALLEY 80, BERNALILLO 58 Ashlyn Trujillo had 26 points to lead the Lady Sundevils (7-2) over District 2AAAA rival Bernalillo, but it wasn’t her scoring that was the biggest factor for Española. “We knew we had to come out strong defensively, and I think our defense is what won us the game,” Española head coach Ray Romero said. The Lady Sundevil defense could not stifle Bernalillo’s Alleah Candelaria, though, as she finished the night with 18 points with four 3-pointers to lead the Lady Spartans.

Continued from Page B-1 the Lady Horsemen did not look the way they did against Pojoaque. “It was an ugly effort on our part,” Romero said. “The girls are anxious to get on the court with them.” This time around, Romero said the key to beating the Lady Sundevils is is not letting their full-court press get his team out of sync. “Española wants you to make a quick decision and a bad one,” Romero said. “If their press bugs us, then it’s going to be a long night.” Current Española coach Ray Romero was not at the helm of the program last season, but he still knows beating the Lady Horsemen is going to be a challenge. “St. Mike’s is solid,” Ray Romero said. “They have some really strong posts and some good guards. They’ll be tough to beat. We’re going to have to bring our ‘A’ game to compete.” Injuries have plagued the Lady Sundevils and caused their roster to shrink from 11 players to eight, but that didn’t stop them from beating Bernalillo 80-58 in the other semifinals game. Ray Romero admits that those injuries are noticeable, but he still thinks his small roster can compete with the Lady Horsemen. “I’ll take those eight into battle any day because they’re all tough ball players,” he said. “If we bring our defense every night, we’ll be in every game. That’s what we have to do.”

FARMINGTON 70, CAPITAL 59 The Lady Jaguars continue to struggle under their third head coach of the season as they suffered their eighth doubledigit loss. Farmington moves on to play Pecos at 3 p.m. for fifth place while the Lady Jaguars will play Taos at 1:30 p.m. for seventh. Capital (1-9) only trailed the Lady Scorpions 27-23 at halftime, but a 24-11 run in the third quarter helped Farmington to break away. Selena Gonzales led the Lady Jaguars with 20 points while Meeya Yazzie led Farmington with 23 points. St. Michael’s Jackie Lara, left, looks to pass the ball while Pojoaque’s Aaliya Casados tries to defend Friday during the Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at Perez-Shelley Gymnasium. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN

As for Groenewold — who paced the Lady Horsemen against Pojoaque with 15 points — she said she can’t let her bumps and bruises slow her down against the Lady Sundevils.

“They’re a good team,” she said. “They like to run the ball so we need to be able to slow them down because if they get in a rhythm, then we’re toast. We need to come out hard from the beginning.”

PECOS 50, TAOS 45 The Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Panthers 20-11 in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough to give them their first win of the season. Ida Valencia and Megan Armijo both had 11 points to lead Pecos (2-3) while Feliz Espinoza continued to be the go-to player for Taos (0-8) as she paced the Lady Tigers with 14 points.

Year: Heightened security at next marathon Continued from Page B-1 streets at a storied big-city marathon were once a wholesome scene of civic pride and friendly support. April’s attack came as a haunting reminder that the crowds at a high-profile event are also a vulnerable target. Bag searches and metal detectors were a common sight at games the rest of the year. As victims persevere on prosthetic limbs, the 118th edition of the world’s oldest marathon is set for the spring, with security undoubtedly heightened but runners determined to take part. 2. Lance Armstrong: The disgraced cyclist was also the No. 2 sports story last year. In 2012, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency stripped him of his record seven Tour de France titles, releasing mounds of evidence that he used PEDs to win them. In January, after years of defiant denials, Armstrong finally admitted it, telling Oprah Winfrey: “It’s this myth, this perfect story, and it wasn’t true.” 3. NFL concussion settlement: The NFL’s settlement of lawsuits brought by thousands of former players will cost the league $765 million but won’t end the turmoil over head injuries in football — or the litigation. The retirees, who had accused the NFL of concealing the long-term dangers of concussions, will be eligible for compensation for certain neurological ailments. The league did not admit to any wrongdoing after mediation resulted in a settlement in August. 4. Baseball drug bans: Alex Rodriguez’s 211-game

Medical workers aid injured people following an explosion April 15 at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston. The Boston Marathon bombing was selected as the sports story of the year in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

suspension was the longest of the 13 announced in August for players connected to a Florida anti-aging clinic accused of distributing banned PEDs. The Yankees’ slugger was the only one to contest the penalty, and the year ends with an arbitrator yet to rule. In July, Ryan Braun, the 2011 NL MVP who had previously denied using banned substances, accepted a 65-game suspension. 5. Hernandez arrest: On Jan. 20, New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had nine catches for 83 yards in an AFC championship game loss to Baltimore. Just more than five months later, he was charged with murder. Prosecutors accuse him of shooting a friend to death on a secluded gravel road for talking to the wrong people at a nightclub. Hernandez awaits trial amid revelations of a history of violence by the player.

6. Red Sox win: Boston’s 2011 season ended with a collapse and tales of fried chicken and beer in the clubhouse; 2012 ended with a last-place finish and 93 losses. New manager John Farrell and his bearded sluggers embraced “Boston Strong” and tied for the best record in the majors in a turnaround few predicted. With timely hits up and down the lineup throughout the playoffs, the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games for their third World Series title in a decade. 7. Ravens super: The power came back on, and Baltimore held on. Ravens coach John Harbaugh beat younger brother Jim’s San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the Super Bowl in an unprecedented sibling showdown. But the game will be remembered most for the 34-minute outage at the Superdome in New Orleans. Balti-

more star linebacker Ray Lewis rode into retirement with a ring. 8. Awesome Auburn: The Tigers’ turnaround from a 3-9 record to the national title game was stunning enough. Even more shocking was how they did it. A deflected 73-yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds left gave Auburn a 43-38 win over Georgia on Nov. 16. The play that ended their next game will go down as one of the most memorable in college football history: Chris Davis’ return of a missed field goal attempt more than 100 yards to beat No. 1 Alabama 34-28. 9. Te’o hoax: Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te’o struggled in Notre Dame’s lopsided loss to Alabama in the national title game Jan. 7. Nine days later, his name became forever linked to a most bizarre sports story. That tragic tale about his girlfriend’s death told over and over as the linebacker starred for an undefeated team? She didn’t exist. Te’o insisted he was duped into believing the woman he never met in person was real. 10. Heat title: One more free throw or one more defensive rebound, and the San Antonio Spurs prevent Miami from repeating as champion. Instead, Ray Allen made one of the biggest shots in NBA Finals history, knocking down a second-chance 3-pointer with 5 seconds left to send Game 6 to overtime. The Heat won in the extra period and again in Game 7 to give LeBron James another title. AP Projects Editor Brooke Lansdale contributed to this report.

Smith has 17, No. 3 Buckeyes dominate ULM COLUMBUS, Ohio — Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored 17 points and LaQuinton Ross added 15 to lead 3 Ohio St. 71 No. 3 Ohio ULM 31 State past Louisiana at Monroe 71-31 on Friday night. Amedeo Della Valle chipped in with 14 points for the Buckeyes (13-0), who have won their first 13 games in a season for the fifth time in school history (1961, ‘62, ‘91 and 2011). Jayon James led the War-

hawks (3-5), who have lost their last four, with eight points. NO. 19 NORTH CAROLINA 75, N. KENTUCKY 60 Chapel Hill, N.C., James Michael McAdoo scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half to help North Carolina. Marcus Paige and Leslie McDonald added 11 points each for the Tar Heels (9-3), who never trailed after opening the game with a 14-2 run. Northern Kentucky trailed 44-37 early in the second half before North Carolina went on a 12-3 spurt to blow open the

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Today on TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. All times local. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 10 a.m. on ESPN — Pinstripe Bowl, Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, at Bronx, N.Y. 1:20 p.m. on ESPN — Belk Bowl, Cincinnati vs. North Carolina, at Charlotte, N.C. 4:45 p.m. on ESPN — Russell Athletic Bowl, Miami vs. Louisville, at Orlando, Fla. 8:15 p.m. on ESPN — Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Michigan vs. Kansas St., at Tempe, Ariz. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10 a.m. on ESPN2 — Nebraska at Cincinnati FS1 — FIU at Georgetown Noon on CBS — National coverage, Villanova at Syracuse ESPN2 — E. Michigan at Duke FSN — Samford at Marquette 12:30 p.m. on FS1 — St. John’s vs. Columbia, at Brooklyn, N.Y. 2 p.m. on CBS — National coverage, Louisville at Kentucky 3 p.m. on FS1 — Wake Forest at Xavier 4:30 p.m. on NBCSN — Old Dominion at Richmond 6 p.m. on ESPN2 — Missouri at NC State 8 p.m. on ESPN2 — Alabama at UCLA SOCCER 5:40 a.m. on NBCSN — Premier League, West Bromwich at West Ham 7:55 a.m. on NBCSN — Premier League, Manchester United at Norwich 10:30 a.m. on NBC — Premier League, Sunderland at Cardiff City WINTER SPORTS 1 p.m. on NBC — Olympic trials, speed skating, at Kearns, Utah 2 p.m. on NBCSN — Olympic trials, women’s hockey, United States vs. Canada, at St. Paul, Minn.

PREP SCORES Boys Basketball Sandia 9, Clovis 63 Centennial 54, Abilene Cooper, Texas 53 Cleveland 73, Odessa, Texas 47 Escalante 66, Pecos 64 Hobbs 88, EP Burges, Texas 48 Moriarty 71, Del Norte 44 Portales 52, Friona, Texas 37 Texico 54, Smyer, Texas 47 Poe Corn Tournament Farmington 56, Belen 51 Roswell 83, Grants 58 Rio Rancho Tournament Canyon Randall, Texas 58, Del Norte 43 Española Valley 44, Onate 38 Hope Christian 83, Las Cruces 63 Hope Christian 70, Canyon Randall, Texas 35 Mayfield 72, Del Norte 61 Oñate 44, Santa Teresa 37 Rio Rancho 72, Santa Teresa 52 VFW (Alamagordo) Tournament Canutillo, Texas 47, Valencia 31

Carlsbad 57, Sandia Prep 47 Los Lunas 63, Eldorado 61 Girls Basketball Carlsbad 74, Eldorado 58 Clovis 63, Sandia 9 Clovis 67, Amarillo Caprock, Texas 22 EP Burges, Texas 64, Rio Grande 16 Farmington 66, Capital 59 Gadsden 49, Ruidoso 23 Hobbs 54, EP Coronado, Texas 43 Lovington 49, Sandia 29 West Las Vegas 67, Wingate 57 West Las Vegas 67, Wingate 57 Alamogordo Tournament Los Lunas 54, Santa Teresa 23 Goddard Tournament Goddard 40, Onate 38 Roswell 42, Los Alamos 31 Las Cruces Tournament Hobbs 54, EP Coronado, Texas 43 Mayfield 32, Hobbs 25

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

Saturday Boys basketball — Stu Clark Tournament at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas: championship, Phoenix (Ariz.) Central vs. Albuquerque Atrisco Heritage-Albuquerque St. Pius X winner, 8 p.m.; third place, West Las Vegas vs. Albuquerque Atrisco Heritage-Albuquerque St. Pius X loser, 6 p.m.; fifth place, Bernalillo vs. Moriarty, 1 p.m.; seventh place, Las Vegas Robertson vs. Capital, 11 a.m. Tri-Cities Invitational in Pecos, championship, Escalante vs. McCurdy, 7 p.m.; third place, Santa Rosa vs. Pecos, 5 p.m.; fifth place, Mora vs. Monte del Sol, 3 p.m.; seventh place, Tierra Encantada vs. Wagon Mound, 1 p.m. Los Alamos at Poe Corn Invitational in Roswell, final round: pairings TBA St. Michael’s at the Milk Cow Classic in Clovis, final round: pairings TBA Girls Basketball — Lady Horsemen Christmas Tournament at St. Michael’s: championship, Española Valley vs. St. Michael’s, 6 p.m.; third place, Bernalillo vs. Pojoaque Valley, 4:30 p.m.; fifth place, Farmington vs. Pecos, 3 p.m.; seventh place, Taos vs. Capital, 1:30 p.m.

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Monte del Sol rebounds, beats Tierra Encantada

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game. McAdoo scored 10 points during the decisive stretch, making three shots inside and hitting four consecutive free throws. NO. 20 SAN DIEGO ST. 118, ST. KATHERINE COLLEGE 35 In San Diego, Winston Shepard scored 21 points and Dwayne Polee had 19 points and 12 rebounds as San Diego State won its ninth straight. SDSU (10-1) finished a threegame stretch against outmanned teams. The competition gets considerably tougher when the Aztecs open Mountain West Conference play at Colorado

State on Wednesday and then visit No. 16 Kansas on Jan. 5. The 83-point win was San Diego State’s largest victory margin since moving to Division I in 1970-71. The previous largest was 60 points, 128-68 over Morgan State on Dec. 1, 1984. The Aztecs became the first Division I team since Oregon State in 2000 to hold three straight opponents under 40 points. Joshua White led the Firebirds (2-12) with nine points. In their only other games against Division I teams, the Firebirds lost 107-36 at Weber State and 88-39 to Utah Valley.

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The Monte del Sol boys basketball team learned how to shake off a difficult loss on Friday. After losing in double overtime to Escalante in the opening round of the TriCities Invitational on Thursday, the Dragons rebounded with a 66-44 win over Tierra Encantada in the consolation semifinals in Pecos’ Louis G. Sanchez Memorial Gymnasium. Monte del Sol (7-4) plays Mora for fifth place in the tournament at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Nick Rivera, the Dragons head coach, made a couple

of changes that he felt were important to his team’s chemistry by sitting a couple of players until the second half against the Alacranes. “Some guys were being a little selfish and we looked to other kids to step up,” Rivera said. “The kids [who sat] understood what they needed to do to play.” Antonio Tapia was not among that group, and he scored 23 points to lead Monte del Sol, while Ryan Vanderham added 17. In other action, Escalante beat Pecos 66-64 in the championship semifinals to advance to the Tri-Cities championship game.

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MILITARY BOWL

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Cato, Marshall overcome Maryland

Notre Dame QB will close ‘unique’ career

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland had just marched 99 yards to take a fourth-quarter lead, and it was up to Marshall to either respond or succumb. “These kids never flinched,” coach Doc Holliday said. “The one Marshall 31 thing I like about this group is that it didn’t Maryland 20 matter.” With standout quarterback Rakeem Cato leading the way, the Thundering Herd scored two touchdowns in the final 12 minutes to pull out a 31-20 victory Friday. Cato went 28 for 44 for 337 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. The most notable part about his performance was that he saved the best for last. Marshall (10-4) trailed 20-17 before Cato brought them back. After directing a 63-yard march to put Marshall up 24-20 with 12:05 left, Cato clinched it with an 8-yard touchdown throw to Gator Hoskins with 3:42 to play. Cato had a brilliant season before this game, throwing for 3,579 yards and 36 touchdowns. But this performance — on a national stage against an Atlantic Coast Conference foe — served as the perfect finish. “I tell the guys all the time, ‘Big-time players make big-time plays in a big-time game, and this was a big-time game,’ ” Cato said. He had plenty of help. Hoskins had six catches for 104 yards and two scores, Tommy Shuler caught nine passes for 68 yards and a touchdown, punter Tyler Williams pinned the Terrapins inside the 10 four times, and Marshall’s underappreciated defense played a huge role. Maryland (7-6) scored only one touchdown after halftime, and A.J. Leggett followed Cato’s final TD pass with an interception to set off a celebration among the huge gathering of Marshall fans among the crowd of 30,163.

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Maryland’s Levem Jacobs, right, catches a pass for a touchdown as Marshall’s Tiquan Lang gives chase in the first half of the Military Bowl on Friday in Annapolis, Md. GAIL BURTON/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“It’s a great way to send the seniors out,” Holliday said. Making its first bowl appearance under third-year coach Randy Edsall, Maryland closed out its association with the ACC by falling to the runner-up in Conference USA. The Terrapins will join the Big Ten next year. Despite the loss, Maryland had its first winning season since 2010 and finished with more victories than in Edsall’s first two years combined. “I think this season really helped us as we leave the ACC and enter the Big Ten,” Edsall said. Brandon Ross rushed for 116 yards for Maryland, and C.J. Brown went 14 for 24 for 197 yards. Although the Terrapins amassed 391 yards, they converted only two of

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Cowboys’ Romo has surgery, out for Eagles finale game with a sprained neck. He’ll IRVING, Texas — Tony wind up Romo’s season is over, and sidelined the Dallas Cowboys will for five of have to win without their the last six star quarterback in a third regularstraight playoffs-or-bust season Tony Romo finale. games. He Coach Jason Garrett said was out for Romo had back surgery two with a hamstring injury. Friday, and Kyle Orton will Lee was forced to watch start when Dallas faces last year’s season-ending Philadelphia on Sunday loss to the Redskins with a night with the NFC East toe injury sustained in the title and a postseason berth sixth game. on the line. “You have this picture of Garrett said Romo how the season is going to underwent treatment all go and two years in a row, week in hopes of playing it doesn’t go the right way after injuring his back in from a personal standpoint, a season-saving 24-23 vicfrom a physical standpoint,” tory against Washington. Lee said. “I’m just trying to The winning touchdown stay positive, trying to help came after the injury on out any way I can, but I hate Romo’s fourth-down pass not being on the football to DeMarco Murray in the field.” final 2 minutes. Cowboys owner Jerry Romo hurt himself when Jones said on his radio he tripped over his foot show that the team and while trying to escape presRomo hoped an injection sure earlier in the fourth would ease the pain enough quarter. to allow him to play. But his “He might have had his condition didn’t improve, finest hour against the Redand Jones said doctors skins last week, what he did advised it was better not to at the end of that ballgame wait for surgery. under the circumstances,” Jones said the hope is that Garrett said. “Pretty special.” Romo will be ready for offRomo lost the past two winner-take-all finales — to season practices in May. Romo missed all the offthe New York Giants two season workouts this year years ago and Washington after surgery to remove a last season. He also lost to the Eagles in the same situ- cyst from his back in April. Garrett and Jones said the ation in 2008 and now will latest injury is not related, miss a chance to improve his 1-6 record in elimination but wouldn’t be more specific about Friday’s procegames. “He’s devastated,” Garrett dure. News of the second back said. “Devastated. He puts a surgery comes nine months lot into this.” after Romo signed a sixPhiladelphia (9-6) is tryyear, $108 million extension ing to complete a worstwith $55 million guaranteed. to-first turnaround from a Orton, who declined to 4-12 season under first-year coach Chip Kelly. The Cow- talk to reporters Friday, will make his first start since the boys (8-7) want to end a finale in 2011, when he finthree-year playoff drought ished the season in Kansas and avoid a third 8-8 finish City after getting replaced in Garrett’s three full seaby Tim Tebow in Denver. sons as coach. He’s appeared in three Dallas will have to do it without its defensive leader, games and thrown just too. Linebacker Sean Lee 15 passes in two seasons as will miss his third straight Romo’s backup. By Schuyler Dixon The Associated Press

when it comes to your play,” NEW YORK — The last coach time Tommy Rees played at Brian Kelly Yankee Stadium, he got to said Friuse Derek Jeter’s locker and day. “He’s led Notre Dame to a victory going to against Army. Tommy Rees obviously That was 2010 and Rees be rememwas a freshman. bered as Since then he’s been somebody that has persebeaten out, benched, booed vered and overcome some and suspended. highs and some lows.” He’s also been called on Rees passed for 2,938 repeatedly to bail out the yards with 27 touchdowns Fighting Irish when they (highs) this season. He has have been in a jam, and also thrown 13 interceptions come through more often and completed 53.7 percent than not. of his passes (lows). Rees returns to Yankee “I’m not in the business Stadium on Saturday to play of rating myself,” he said. his final game for No. 25 “As long as I have the conNotre Dame (8-4) against fidence of my teammates Rutgers (6-6) in the Pinthat’s really at the end of stripe Bowl. the day what I care most “I’ve had a unique four about.” years, but I wouldn’t trade Rutgers quarterback them for anything,” Rees Chas Dodd has had a Reessaid. “The relationships like career for the Scarlet I’ve built, the memories I have and some of the things Knights. He shared the No. 1 quarI have been able to do, I’ll definitely look back at that. terback job in 2011, helping Rutgers win two games at It’s been a very humbling Yankee Stadium — against experience.” Army in the regular season Rees wasn’t supposed and the Pinstripe Bowl to be the starter for Notre against Iowa State. Dame this season, but Dodd hardly played last when Everett Golson was suspended from school for year as Gary Nova’s backup. This season Nova struggled academic issues the senior quarterback was again there mightily and Rutgers turned to Dodd late in the season. to patch the leak. He was 19 for 24 for 179 “It takes an incredible yards and two TD passes in amount of confidence in a 31-6 victory against USF in one’s own ability when the season finale. you’re under such scrutiny By Ralph D. Russo

14 third-down tries. “We kept hurting ourselves with penalties, little things that were not helping us on first and second down which were creating unmanageable third downs,” Brown said. “There wasn’t anything they did that we hadn’t seen before.” After a whirlwind first half that produced 30 points and 24 first downs, the teams settled into a defensive struggle in the third quarter. Each of the first four possessions ended in punts, but on the last one Marshall pinned the Terrapins on their own 1. In the same situation earlier in the game, Maryland ran three times for 2 yards and punted. This time, the Terrapins put together a 17-play drive that included a pair of fourth down conversions and lasted for 7 minutes, 44 seconds.

Broncos Bailey, Harris will reverse roles By Arnie Stapleton The Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Champ Bailey and Chris Harris Jr. are reversing roles down the stretch. Bailey is playing in the slot. Harris is playing outside. And the protege is giving tips to his mentor. Bailey has missed 11 games this season with a nagging sprained left foot. When he returned to action Sunday at Houston for the first time in five weeks, defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio kept Harris at left cornerback and used Bailey in the specialty packages as the nickel and dime cornerback. Although Bailey has lined up in the slot at times throughout his illustrious career when shadowing a top-flight receiver, playing it full-time is a new experience for the perennial Pro Bowl cornerback who’s in his 15th NFL season. So, Bailey found himself seeking advice from Harris, an undrafted third-year pro he’s taken under his wing. “You know, it’s funny because I find myself asking him little things about coverages, mostly. Just what is he looking at, this and that,” Bailey said. “He’s had so much time in there and he’s been so good at it, I’d be a fool not to look at him and ask him a few things.” Harris certainly isn’t shy about sharing tips. “Oh, yeah, I mean, I know the position so well and I consider myself the best at it, so I definitely can give him some of my little tips at it,” Harris said. Even to a man many consider the preeminent cornerback in the game’s history. “Yeah, that is kind of funny now that I think about it,” Harris said. “But it’s a new

Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. sacks Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick during a Dec. 8 game in Denver. CHRIS SCHNEIDER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

position. He’s always been outside. I’ve always been playing it in Jack’s system so I know it the best out of anybody. That’s the reason why he comes to me.” With Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on the right side and Harris on the left, the slot seems the perfect role to ease Bailey back into action. He played 35 of 67 snaps against the Texans, last week, enough to give him some confidence in his foot but not enough wear him down. “I didn’t play as many snaps as I have in the past, so it felt pretty good to get my feet wet a little bit,” said Bailey, who has played just 12 quarters this season. The Broncos aren’t saying whether they’ll switch Bailey and Harris for the playoffs, but this certainly is giving them the flexibility to do so based on matchups they’ll see in January. “Right now it’s what we do,” Bailey said. “Moving forward we’ll do what’s best for our team that week. The good thing is it creates some versatility across the board because now I can go in, Chris can go back

in there at any moment. It just depends on matchups and things like that, if we want to switch it up we could.” Bailey might get even fewer snaps Sunday when the Broncos (12-3) try to wrap up the top seed in the AFC playoffs with a win at Oakland (4-11) because rookie cornerback Kayvon Webster figures to play in the dime packages even though he’ll have a cast on his right thumb following surgery on Dec. 13 in which six screws, five pins and nine stitches were needed in an operation to repair two fractures. Harris has started 10 games at left cornerback for Bailey this season and another on the right side when Dominique RodgersCromartie was out with a shoulder injury, and he’s taken a liking for playing outside. “On the inside, you have a lot more responsibility. They can run 1,000 routes compared to outside, you have kind of the sideline help,” Harris said. “It’s a lot easier for me just playing outside, not having to play inside and communicate with safeties and linebackers. Outside I’m just on my own.” Except when he’s giving advice to his mentor on the inside. NOTES u Harris was named the seventh annual winner of the Darrent Williams Good Guy Award. u As expected, WR Wes Welker was ruled out for Sunday’s game. He hasn’t played since suffering his second concussion in four weeks on Dec. 8. u DE Derek Wolfe returned to practice after missing a day with the flu. He hasn’t played since a seizure-like episode last month and will also miss the Oakland game.

Chiefs, 49ers get 8 players each for Pro Bowl By Oskar Garcia The Associated Press

HONOLULU — Kansas City and San Francisco will have plenty of clout in Honolulu if they don’t make it to New Jersey for the Super Bowl. The NFL revealed Friday that the Chiefs and 49ers each had eight players voted into the Pro Bowl, including running backs Jamaal Charles of Kansas City and Frank Gore of San Francisco. Denver quarterback Peyton Manning was selected to his 13th Pro Bowl after receiving the most votes among fans, 1.43 million. New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees was second among fans with 1.2 million votes. The NFL combines votes from fans, players and coaches to determine 86 of 88 Pro Bowl

players; the other two players are long-snappers selected by Pro Bowl coaches. Voting ended Thursday. Under a new format this year, NFL greats Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders will divvy up the players in a two-day draft before the Jan. 26 game. Offensive and defensive players with the most votes who don’t make it past the divisional playoff round will serve as active player captains. Charles said Friday night on a reveal show on the NFL Network that he should be picked first. “I think I got the best skillset of anybody on the roster,” Charles said. “I think I can play wide receiver and then put the ball in my hand, also. The only thing I can’t do is throw the ball.” The schoolyard-style selec-

tions mean it’s likely teammates will be forced to play on opposite sides. San Francisco linebacker NaVorro Bowman said he thinks it would be weird to have to tackle Gore or Pro Bowl tight end Vernon Davis. “I might not tackle him,” Bowman said. “Just let him score and get his yards or whatever. Yeah, that’d be weird because that hasn’t happened since training camp.” Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman received 552,600 votes by fans, the most for any defensive player. Houston defensive end J.J. Watt had just under 410,000 fan votes. San Francisco is set to send eight players to the game for the second year in a row, though its players missed the game earlier this year because they made the

Super Bowl, losing to Baltimore. Kansas City’s eight selections are up from six last year. The Chiefs are 11-4 this year — up from 2-14 last year — and the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoffs heading into a largely meaningless game for them against San Diego on Sunday. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said Friday he has never been big on Pro Bowl selections. “I’m happy for the guys when and if they make it. I’m proud of them for it,” Reid said. “But we don’t get caught up in all of the individual accolades. [We’re] just getting ourselves ready to play.” Manning was one of five players selected from Denver, which has a shot at putting up the most points of any team in NFL history.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kevin Durant had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and the Oklahoma Thunder 89 City Thunder Bobcats 85 held on to defeat the Charlotte Bobcats 89-85 Friday night without injured guard Russell Westbrook. The Thunder announced before the game that Westbrook had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and will be out until after the All-Star break.

By Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas — ShinSoo Choo will be the leadoff hitter for the Texas Rangers in an offense they feel they have successfully remade this offseason. Choo was formally introduced Friday, nearly a week after agreeing to a $130 million, seven-year deal. “It was a perfect fit,” general manager Jon Daniels said. “His skill set, his personality, his personal goals and desires really line up perfectly with ours and what our club needed. … He’s really been one of the most productive offensive players in the game for a period of time now.” The 31-year-old South Korean outfielder has a .288 career average and .389 on-base percentage in 853 major league games for Seattle (2005-06), Cleveland (2006-12) and Cincinnati (2013). Choo has at least 20 homers and 20 stolen bases three times, including last season when he started 150 games in center field and was the primary leadoff hitter for the Reds in his only year there. With numerous teams interested during free agency, Choo said he was looking for a winning team and somewhere his wife and three young children would be comfortable. “The Texas Rangers were the best fit for me,” Choo said. “It was very easy to pick.” Agent Scott Boras called it a “tremendous baseball fit” for both sides. Texas last month acquired five-time All-Star first baseman Prince Fielder from Detroit in a trade for second baseman Ian Kinsler. Only Mike Trout (564) and Miguel Cabrera (562) have reached base more than last two

Shin-Soo Choo of South Korea walks out of the dugout at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, following a Friday news conference announcing his signing to the Texas Rangers. Choo was signed to a $130 million, seven-year contract. TIM SHARP/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

seasons than Choo (556) and Fielder (542). “We talked early on about our desire to remake our offense, both in personnel, but also equally importantly in style,” Daniels said. “We feel very good about what we’ve been able to accomplish to this point.” Texas missed the playoffs for the first time in four years and scored only 730 runs, its fewest in a non-strike season since 1992. Choo was presented jersey No. 17, which had been worn by free-agent slugger Nelson Cruz, the 2011 AL championship series MVP who hit 27 home runs with 76 RBIs in 109 games for Texas last season. Cruz was suspended 50 games after Major League Baseball’s investigation into a Florida clinic accused of distributing banned performanceenhancing drugs, but returned

to play in the AL wild-card tiebreaker game the Rangers lost. The addition of Choo, whose salary will average about $18.6 million per season, also lessens the likelihood of Texas being serious bidders for Japanese star pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Rangers co-owner Bob Simpson said the team is “comfortable where we are in terms of financial commitment” and that “Tanaka would be a tough thing.” The Texas payroll is expected to be over $130 million next season. When the ownership group took over during the 2010 season, the same year the Rangers went to the first of consecutive World Series, the payroll was less than $60 million. Choo’s deal is the third-richest this offseason, behind only Robinson Cano ($240 million, 10

years from Seattle) and Jacoby Ellsbury ($153 million, seven years from New York Yankees). Choo will make $14 million in 2014 and 2015, $20 million from 2016-18, and $21 million the last two years of the deal. There is also a limited no-trade clause and award bonuses, the largest being $250,000 for being selected AL MVP. Rangers manager Ron Washington plans to play Choo in left field and utilize him at the top of the batting order. He had a .423 OBP with Cincinnati and scored 107 runs last season. “He’ll be the kind of guy to come back to the dugout and let everyone know exactly what that pitcher is doing. … That’s old-school baseball right there,” Washington said. “He’s a young man bringing old-school values, and that’s what I like the most.”

Kuck, Rookard earn return trips to Olympics from the sport less than a year ago, taking four months off before returning to the ice. KEARNS, Utah — Jonathan “Physically, emotionally, menKuck is heading back to the tally — everything just kind of Olympics. collapsed,” she recalled. That wasn’t enough reason to Kuck was a silver medalist in take a gulp of champagne. team pursuit at the Vancouver Kuck dominated the men’s Olympics and finished eighth in 5,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic the 10,000, his only individual speedskating trials Friday night, event. He romped to victory in then popped a bottle of bubbly the 5,000 with a time of 6 minon the victory stand. While third- utes, 19.75 seconds. place finisher Patrick Meek was Lehman was next at 6:25.72, foleager to take a swig, Kuck got a lowed by Meek in 6:27.90. No one whiff of the bottle and passed. else was within 8 seconds of the “I figured that would be a bad top three. time to start drinking,” he said, “It’s different,” Kuck said. “I breaking into a big grin. guess it’s a lot more exciting to High school senior Emery make your first Olympic team Lehman finished about 6 seconds than the second one. But I’ve done it once before, so hopefully behind Kuck in the 12½-lap race, I’ll be better prepared this time.” tiring noticeably at the end of the grueling event but hanging on to While Kuck didn’t show much claim the second of three expected emotion, Meek was so giddy spots on the Olympic team. about his performance that he broke training. “Top three is all I wanted,” said Lehman, who is from sub“I haven’t had a drink in about urban Chicago and proudly 18 months,” he said. “I figure if wore a Bears scarf on the medals there was a time to take a little podium. “I still can’t believe it. It bit of champagne, it was on the probably won’t hit me for a few podium.” days.” The 30-year-old Rookard won the first event of the trials with On the women’s side, Jilleanne a time of 4:09.66 — more than 4 Rookard claimed her second straight trip to the Olympics with seconds ahead of the next-fastest skater. a commanding victory in the 3,000, coming back from couple She was 12th in the 3,000 at the of poor seasons that left her 2010 Vancouver Games, competwondering if she wanted to keep ing just a couple of months after skating. She actually walked away cancer claimed her mother’s life. By Paul Newberry The Associated Press

PELICANS 105, NUGGETS 89 In New Orleans, Tyreke Evans had 19 points and 10 assists, and New Orleans handed Denver its fifth straight loss. Jrue Holiday had 17 points and four steals, causing two turnovers that led to late fast-break points as the Pelicans slammed the door on Denver’s comeback bid. Anthony Davis added 17 points and four blocked shots despite playing sparingly in the first half because of three early fouls. RAPTORS 95, KNICKS 83 In New York, Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points and a career-high 18 rebounds, DeMar DeRozan scored 25 and Toronto rallied to

TIMBERWOLVES 120, WIZARDS 98 In Minneapolis, Kevin Love had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and J.J. Barea scored 17 points off the bench to help Minnesota top Washington. Ricky Rubio had 11 points, nine assists and eight rebounds in 26 minutes, and Nikola Pekovic added 18 points and 10 boards for the Timberwolves. Minnesota outrebounded Washington 44-35 and only turned the ball over five times. NETS 104, BUCKS 93 In New York, Shaun Livingston scored 20 points, Mirza Teletovic added 19 off the bench and Brooklyn rebounded from an embarrassing Christmas Day performance by ending its fourgame losing streak with a victory over Milwaukee. Paul Pierce added 13 points for the Nets, who lost by 17 in each of their previous two games. JAZZ 105, LAKERS 103 In Salt Lake City, Derrick Favors had 18 points and 14 rebounds and made a putback dunk with 2.1 seconds remaining to lift the Jazz to a victory over depleted Los Angeles. With the game tied at 103, Gordon Hayward drove to the basket on Utah’s final possession but missed his off-balance attempt as the Lakers converged.

City: Other sites all but abandoned

East: Only one school in Top 25

suburban West Valley City hosts a minor-league to everyone from worldhockey team and numerous class athletes to locals who concerts. Another arena in can barely stand on a pair of Provo was downsized after skates. the games and turned over What a contrast with to the BYU hockey proother cities. gram. A third rink in Ogden Take Athens, which continues to host commuhosted the Summer Games nity events on the campus two years after Salt Lake of Weber State. City. Many of those faciliBut the crown jewels are ties were largely abandoned the Olympic Oval and the after the Olympics, quickly Olympic Park, which are of no use to a country that operated by the nonprofit found itself on the verge legacy foundation. Fortuof financial collapse. The nately, the Salt Lake City images of crumbling stadiorganizers had the foresight ums should’ve provided a to include an endowment in stern warning to other cittheir budget for post-Olymies, but no one seemed to pics operations, a fund that notice. was initially targeted at Beijing spent billions $40 million but wound up for its coming-out party being $76 million because in 2008, leaving behind an of the financial success of impressive national stathose Olympics. dium, the Bird’s Nest, that goes largely unused except Nearly 12 years later, the as a tourist attraction. Sochi endowment remains at $65 is preparing to host the million even after the Great Winter Olympics in Febru- Recession. That allows its ary after doling out more two main complexes to than $50 billion — far more remain open despite a hefty than any other Olympics, operating deficit, which is winter or summer — to an unavoidable due to the essentially build every high costs of running the venue from scratch. facilities. Rest assured, there’s no They are more than just chance of Sochi getting venues for elite athletes, more than kopek on the though nearly every winter ruble for its investment. In sport holds a major compefact, it seems very likely tition in the Salt Lake City that five ice arenas and the area each year. A larger main stadium — all cluspurpose is served during tered together along the the extensive time they are Black Sea, far from the city open to the public — hostcenter — will become a complex of white elephants ing youth sports, teaching people to skate, inspiring as soon as the torch is the next generation to purextinguished. sue their Olympic dreams. Not so in Salt Lake City, It’s not surprising that which skipped the quest many of the athletes comfor gaudy architectural peting in various sports for achievements to assure its spots on the U.S. Olympic venues would remain an team (including most important part of the commembers of the women’s munity for years to come. national ski jumping team) “We’re four times busier were growing up in this now than we were ahead area during the 2002 Salt of the games,” Hilton said. Lake City Games. They “There’s not too many Olympic cities that can talk were inspired to go for the about being busier after the gold, and the lasting vestige of those games gave them a games.” conduit to make it happen. A 10,000-seat arena is

the new American Athletic Conference or the Atlantic East can maintain its posiCoast Conference. tion. Villanova (11-0), picked Eighth-ranked Villanova fourth in the conference’s is the only Big East reprepreseason poll, has been the sentative in this week’s AP pride of the Big East so far. Top 25. The 10-team conThe Wildcats knocked off ference is a combined 2-12 Kansas and Iowa in a Bahaagainst opponents currently mas tournament and will ranked, with Villanova go for another huge win owning both of those wins. Saturday at second-ranked With conference play Syracuse (11-0). beginning on New Year’s Ackerman said the Eve, the Big East still has Villanova-Syracuse game is the goal of placing four to a strong segue for what she six teams in the NCAA called “the big event” — the tournament, commissioner start of conference play Val Ackerman said Friday. Wednesday. Fox Sports 1 “You always have injuries will televise all five Big East or a game or two that don’t games back-to-back, startgo like you want,” she said. ing with St. John’s-Xavier “We’re in a great spot right at noon and ending with now.” Marquette-Creighton late The RPI, of course, is that night. only a snapshot in time If Villanova has been and doesn’t mean nearly as the most pleasant surprise, much now as it will when Marquette has been a bit the selection committee of a disappointment. The meets in March. Strength Golden Eagles (7-5), who of schedule and strength went to a regional final of opponents’ schedules after tying for first in the are key components. The Big East, have lost to Top dearth of wins over high25 opponents in Ohio State, quality foes will make it hard to stay as high as No. 3 San Diego State and Wisconsin. at the end of the season. Only Kansas has played “Everything will be fine,” more games against top-50 Georgetown coach John RPI opponents. Thompson III said. “I think Asked if Marquette’s you should wait until the non-conference schedule season is over and look at the complete body of work. was too rigorous for its own good, coach Buzz Williams The one thing this conference has always done is have said, “We can’t answer that question until the second teams go out and play very tough pre-league schedules. week of March.” Ackerman said she’s We said it at the beginning: working to set a scheduling This is and will be one of the better basketball confer- alliance with another conference that would create ences in the country.” attractive non-conference The new incarnation of matchups for television and the Big East came to fruition last March, when seven teams’ NCAA tournament resumes. She wouldn’t disbasketball-centric schools close details. broke away to find a safe The Big East has one haven from football-driven major positive so far. The conference realignment. conference features a bona Those seven invited Butler, fide national player of the Creighton and Xavier to year candidate in Creighjoin them. They secured a ton’s Doug McDermott, 12-year television contract with Fox worth $500 million. whose 24.8-point scoring average is second nationThe other former Big ally. East members went into

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Jonathan Kuck looks on after competing in the men’s 5,000meter during the U.S. Olympic speedskating trials Friday in Kearns, Utah. Kuck came in first. RICK BOWMER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MAGIC 109, PISTONS 92 In Orlando, Fla., Arron Afflalo scored 23 points to lead five teammates in double figures, and Orlando snapped a three-game skid by beating Detroit. The Magic led the Pistons by as many as 22 and cruised in the fourth quarter. Nik Vucevic added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and rookie Victor Oladipo finished with 16 points and a career-high 11 assists.

beat New York. The Raptors trailed by 12 in the third quarter, but outscored the Knicks 29-12 in the fourth to take the opener of the homeand-home series. Kyle Lowry had 15 points and 11 assists for the Atlantic Division leaders, who host the Knicks on Saturday with a chance to extend their lead to five games over last season’s division champions.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE 202 E. Marcy Street, Santa Fe

RARE 2.3 ACRE LOT. CountryConvenient to Town. Arroyo Hondo West. Spectacular Views. Hiking, Biking, and Riding Trail. $125,000. Jennifer, 505-204-6988.

SANTA FE Substantial Renovation in 2006. Zoned BCD (Business Capitol District) Approximately 29,511 square feet - East Marcy, East Palace Subdistrict.

MANUFACTURED HOMES RE (5) BRAND NEW 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH, SINGLEWIDE MOBILE HOMES. SET-UP IN PARKS AND MOVE-IN READY EXCLUSIVE OFFER. BANK FINANCING, 4.5% INTEREST, PAYOFF HOME IN 10 YEARS. CALL TIM. AT J.C. SALES 505699-2955.

Now Showing Rancho Viejo Townhome $232,500

360 degree views, Spectacular walking trails, Automated drip watering, Finished 2 car garage, 2 BDR, 2 ½ bath plus office.

575-694-5444

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Office, retail, gallery, hospitality, residential, etc. Pueblo style architecture, computer controlled HVAC, cat 6, water catchment, brick and carpet flooring, Cummins diesel back-up electricity generator, multiple conference rooms, vault, climate controlled server room, power conditioners, privacy windows, double blinds on windows, break room, outdoor break area, executive offices, corporate reception, close proximity to restaurants, parking garages and the convention center. Paved parking for 100+ spaces. Parking ratio = 1:275 which includes the offsite parking across the street.

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APARTMENTS FURNISHED

Private estate. Walled yard, kiva fireplace. Safe, quiet. Utilities paid. Sorry, No Pets. 505-471-0839

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RETAIL SPACE 1607 ST. MICHAELS DRIVE

For Sale or Lease. 4000 square feet. Open space. Ample parking. $550,000. Lease $4000 monthly. 505-699-0639.

FARMS & RANCHES 146.17 AC. 1 hour from Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Electricity, views of Sangre De Cristo Mnts and Glorieta Mesa. $675, acre, 20 year owner financing. Toll Free 8 7 7 - 7 9 7 - 2 6 2 4 newmexicoranchland.net

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FULLY FURNISHED STUDIO, $750. Utilities paid, charming, clean, fireplace, wood floors. 5 minute walk to Railyard. Sorry, No Pets. 505471-0839

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

RIVER RANCH PRIVATE RIVER FRONTAGE 1,000 Acres, High Ponderosa Pine Ridges. Well, utilities, rare opportunity to own this quality ranch. $1,599,000. Great New Mexico Properties. One hour from Santa Fe. 802-483-6060

2 BEDROOM, 1 bath in Pecos. Off the grid. 4-wheel a must. First, last, $500 monthly, $250 Deposit. 505-670-1615, 505-757-8493.

BEAUTIFUL 3, 2, 2 Walled backyard, corner lot, all appliances, Rancho Viejo. Owner Broker, Available January 1. $1590 monthly. 505-780-0129

COZY STUDIO, $750 monthly, $500 deposit, includes utilities, washer, dryer. Saltillo tile, great views. No Smoking or Pets. CALL 505-231-0010.

HOUSES UNFURNISHED

OFFICE- STUDIO NEAR RAILYARD Can also be used as u n f u r n i s h e d a p a r t m e n t . $900 monthly. All utilities included. Reserved parking. Call 505-471-1238 additional details.

2BR, 1BA newly remodeled, quaint adobe home in private compound. Available now. Washer, dryer, off street parking. Columbia St. $1050 monthly. 505-983-9722.

Ring in the New Year with extra cash in your pocket! Las Palomas Apartments offers affordable, spacious 2 Bedrooms & Studios that make your hard-earned dollars go farther. Come see the changes we’ve made! Call 888-4828216 today for a tour. Se habla español.

COMMERCIAL SPACE

COZY CONDO WITH MANY UPGRADES 2 bedroom, 1 bath, kiva fireplace, washer, dryer, granite counters $850 plus utilities

LEASE & OWN. ZERO DOWN! PAY EXACTLY WHAT OWNER PAYS: $1200 includes mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance (HOA). ZIA VISTA’S LARGEST 2 BEDROOM, 2 BATH CONDO. Save thousands. Incredible "Sangre" views. 505-204-2210

RANCHO SANTOS, 2 bedroom, 2 bath, pretty unit, 2nd story, 1 car garage. $1000. Western Equities, 505-982-4201.

GUESTHOUSES EASTSIDE, WALK TO CANYON ROAD! Furnished, short-term vacation home. Walled .5 acre, mountain views, fireplace, 2 bedroom, washer, dryer. Private. Pets okay. Large yard. 970-626-5936.

HOUSES FURNISHED

2 BEDROOM, 1 bath. Tile floors, washer, dryer. In town country setting. Off West Alameda. $795 monthly plus utilities. 575-430-1269

Deposit required, 6 month lease. Tenant pays propane. 505-983-6681.

DESIRABLE NAVA ADE COMMUNITY 3 bedroom, plus library, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, washer, dryer, enclosed backyard, 2 wood burning fireplaces, $1600 plus utilities LOCATED AT THE LOFTS ON CERRILLOS This live & work studio offers high ceilings, kitchenette, bathroom with shower, 2 separate entrances, ground, corner unit with lots of natural lighting. $1000 plus utilities CHARMING AND CENTRALLY LOCATED 3 bedroom, 1 bath, wood & tile floors, enclosed backyard, additional storage on property $1050 plus utilities EXQUISITE SANTA FE COMPOUND PROPERTY situated on 5 acres, boasts majestic mountain views, 6200 sqft of living space, 8 bedrooms, 7 baths, 2 car garage. $3500 plus utilities. Call for personal showing QUIET AND FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD 3 bedroom, 2 bath, fireplace, AC, 2 car garage, enclosed backyard, washer, dryer, $1200 plus utilities WALKING DISTANCE TO SHOPPING 2 bedroom, plus loft, 1 bath, granite counter tops, upgraded washer, dryer, 2 car garage $1200 plus utilities

FULLY FURNISHED 2 bedroom, 2 bath. Close plaza. Indoor, outdoor fireplaces. Very spacious Front and backyard. No smoking, pets. 6 month lease, $2300 monthly plus utilities. Jennie, 859-512-7369.

CLEAN, 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Garage, yard, new carpet, near Zia & Yucca $,1215 monthly, deposit $1000. Nonsmoking. 505-473-0013.

S kylights, overhead doors, 2500 square feet, $975. 4100 square feet, 3 phase electric, $1175. La Mesilla. No dogs. 505-753-5906

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TESUQUE TRAILER VILLAGE "A PLACE TO CALL HOME"

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Single & Double Wide Spaces

OFFICES $975 PLUS UTILITIES, OFFICE SUITE, GALISTEO CENTER . Two bright, private offices plus reception area, kitchenette, bathroom. Hospital proximity. 518-672-7370

GREAT LOCATIONS. SINGLE OFFICES TO INCLUSIVE SUITES. LANDLORD WILL REMODEL TO SUIT. CALL PAM 505-986-0700 X10.

GREAT RETAIL SPACE! Water Street Store Front Brokers Welcome. Call Southwest Asset Management, 505-988-5792.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE

Great location and parking! $500 monthly includes utilities, cleaning, taxes and amenities. Move in incentives!

Please call (505)983-9646.

CHARMING CONDO 2 bedroom, 2 bath, granite counters, washer, dryer, upgraded appliances, access to all amenities $975 plus utilities SPACIOUS HOME IN DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD 3 bedroom, 2 bath, fireplace, washer, dryer hook-up, large fenced in backyard, 2 car garage $1200 plus utilities

RETAIL SPACE SEASONAL PLAZA RETAIL Month-Month Call Southwest Asset Management, 505-988-5792.

5 PLEX CONVENIENTLY LOCATED ON CAMINO CAPITAN this unit is a one bedroom loft, fireplace, and fenced back yard $650 plus utilities

$580. 2 SMALL BEDROOMS. V e r y clean, quiet, safe. Off Agua Fria. Has gas heating. Pay only electric. No pets. 505-473-0278

2 STUDIO APARTMENTS near 10,000 Waves. 1,000 sq.ft. Tile floor, kiva fireplace, newly remodled, large fenced yard, covered patio, washer, dryer. $925 monthly. 750 sq.ft. Tile floors, fenced yard with covered patio. $730 monthly.

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805 EARLY Street. 2700 sq.ft. architecturally designed space, high ceilings, open floor plan along with conventional space. Property can be divided into two spaces. Good for hair salon, art or yoga studio, retail, or office. Call Phillip 984-7343 Owner NMREB.

DOS SANTOS, one bedroom, one bath, upper level, upgraded, reserve parking. $800 Western Equities, 505-982-4201

Furnished. AC. No pets, nonsmoking. 6 month lease minimum. $6500 monthly plus utilities. $14500 deposit. 203-481-5271

LIVE-IN STUDIOS

PRIME DOWNTOWN LOCATION 2 bedroom, 2 bath, wood floors, vigas, small enclosed yard, washer, dryer, 2 car garage, $1700 plus utilities

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1,900 squ.ft. Warehouse, 600 squ.ft Office Space, reception area, two offices, kitchen, security, fenced yard, On-site parking. $1,500 plus utilities. 505-982-2511.

1 BEDROOM DOW NTOW N, Freshly remodeled classic Santa Fe adobe, private yard, brand new finishes. $749 month. One Month Free Rent, No Application Fees.

Chamisa Management Corp. 988-5299

FOR SALE OR LEASE- Great opportunity! 3 building Showroom, warehouse, office space. 7,000 to 27,480 SqFt. All or part. Fantastic location1591 Pacheco Street. Qualified HubZone, Zoned I-2. Contact David Oberstein: 505-986-0700

CALLE DE ORIENTE NORTE 2 bedroom 2 bath, upsatairs unit. $775 plus utilites. Security deposit. No pets. 505-988-7658 or 505-690-3989

WALKING TRAILS, dog park, water, trash PU pd. 2 story, 2 bedroom 1 1/2 bath, kiva FP, laundry room 1340 SF +2 car gar. $1350. mo. Small pet? 505-757-2133

2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH RANCHO SIRINGO ROAD, fenced yard, fireplace, laundry facility on-site. $725 month. One Month Free Rent, No Application Fees.

(3) 2.5 Acre Lots, Senda Artemisia, Old Galisteo Road, Close to town. Easy building sites. Views, utilities, shared well. Owner financing. No Mobile homes. $119,700- $129,700 each. Greg. 505-690-8503, Equity Real Estate.

HOUSES UNFURNISHED

1 BEDROOM, 1 bath, washer, dryer hookups, spacious. Off Siringo Road. $700 monthly plus uitiltites and deposit. NO Pets. 505-690-8502.

Chamisa Management Corp. 988-5299

BUILDINGS-WAREHOUSES

HOUSES PART FURNISHED

MEDICAL DENTAL RETAIL OFFICE. 5716 sq.ft. Allegro Center, 2008 St. Michaels Drive, Unit B. George Jimenez, owner-broker. 505-470-3346

CHARMING, CLEAN 2 BEDROOM, $800

CONTACT JOHN HANCOCK 505-470-5604

APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED

813 CAMINO DE MONTE REY: Live-in Studio. Full kitchen, bath. $680, gas, water paid. 1425 PASEO DE PERALTA, 1 bedroom, full kitchen, bath. Free laundry. $735 utilities paid. 4 3 0 4 CALLE ANDREW: 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Radiant Heat, All Appliances, $900 plus utilities. No Pets! 505-471-4405

STORAGE SPACE AN EXTRA LARGE UNIT BLOWOUT SPECIAL. Airport Cerrillos Storage. UHaul. Cargo Van. 505-474-4330. airportcerrillos.com

A-Poco Self Storage 2235 Henry Lynch Rd Santa Fe, NM 87507 505-471-1122 12x24 for Only $195.00. Call to reserve yours Today!!!

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CLEANING Clean Houses in and out. Windows, carpets. Own equipment. $18 an hour. Sylvia 505-920-4138. Handyman, Landscaping, FREE estimates, BNS. 505-316-6449.

WE GET RESULTS! CALL 986-3000 CASEY’S TOP HAT CHIMNEY SWEEPS is committed to protecting your home. Creosote build-up in a fireplace or lint build-up in a dryer vent reduces efficiency and can pose a fire hazard. Call 505989-5775. Get prepared!

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TRINO’S AFFORDABLE Construction all phases of construction, and home repairs. Licensed. 505-9207583

PLASTERING 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE. Professional Plastering Specialist: Interior & Exterior. Also Re-Stuccos. Patching a specialty. Call Felix, 505-920-3853.

Dry Pinon & Cedar

Free Kindling, Delivery & Stack. 140.00 pick up load.

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Housecleaning, garage cleaning, hauling trash. Cutting Trees, Flagstone Patios, Driveways, Fencing, Yard Work, Stucco, Tile.. Greg, Nina, 920-0493. YOUR HEALTH MATTERS. We use natural products. 20 years exper ence, Residential & offices. Reliable. Excellent references. Licensed & Bonded. Eva, 505-919-9230. Elena. 505-946-7655

MOVERS

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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PERSONALS Eyewitness: vehicle VS pedestrian accident. Sunday August 25 2013; US 84 near MM 204. Looking for couple traveling north. Statementnames provided that day not in police report. Contact: hsdesertwoman@gmail.com

PUBLIC NOTICES

The Leukemia Lymphoma Society (LLS) is pleased to announce our partnership with Palliative Care Services of Santa Fe in offering a new Blood Cancer Support Group in the Santa Fe area. The group is scheduled to start January 2014 and will meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 2:003:30pm. Our first group meeting is scheduled to take place on January 14th. This group is facilitated by Eileen Joyce, Palliative Care Services Director and Caregiver, Hudson Institute Certified Coach, and Certified Grief Recovery Specialist. For location or more information about the group please contact Eileen at (505) 428-0670. LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. We offer a wide variety of programs and services in support of our mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS provides the following services at no cost to patients and families: -Patient Financial Aid Grant -Co-Pay Assistance Program -Peer-to-Peer Support -Family Support Groups -Local Education Programs -Trish Greene Back to School Program -Free Education Materials -Online Chats & Discussion Boards -Web Seminar/Teleconferences For more information about these services, please contact our Patient Access, Education Advocacy Manager, Ana Portillo, at (505) 8720141 or at Ana.Portillo@lls.org.

»jobs«

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY SENIOR

UNIT MANAGER WE have a position open for a Full-time Unit Managers. The position requires that you must be a

DRIVERS

SANTA FE RETAILER of home goods looking for a

PURCHASING, LOGISTICS COORDINATOR.

Basic functions include heavy MS Excel work, placement and maintenance of purchase orders, tracking of suppliers ship dates, and item set up. Only degreed and detailoriented candidates with strong computer and organizational skills need apply. Salary is DOE. Benefits include Medical, Dental, 401k. Fax resume to 505-819-0146.

REGISTERED NURSE. The duties will be to help the DON Oversight & Systems Management. This is a salary position. Any one interested please come by and speak to Raye Highland, RN/DON, or Craig Shaffer, Administrator 505-982-2574.

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TOW TRUCK DRIVER NEEDED for Santa Fe area. Call 505-992-3460

EDUCATION COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS of NM (CISNM) is seeking Full-Time SITE C O O R D I N A T O R S to help redress student dropout in Santa Fe Public Schools through the nationally recognized Communities In Schools integrated student services framework. Working in partnership with a school principal, the CISNM Site Coordinator is responsible for the overall planning and management of CISNM operations at their assigned CISNM school site. Bilingual SpanishEnglish required. Experience working with children and or youth in an educational setting, strong interpersonal and organization skills are essential. Education requirements: Bachelor’s degree and demonstrated relevant equivalent experience in education, social work or related field. Please submit cover letter, resume and 3 references to bergenj@cisnewmexico.org by January 1, 2014

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MEDICAL DENTAL

TEEN COURT COORDINATOR

PROFESSIONAL HOME HEALTH CARE SEEKING EXPERIENCED

Primary Purpose: Responsible for coordinating and enhancing the Teen Court Program for Santa Fe County. Salary: $16.1240 hourly - $24.1860 hourly. For a complete job description go to santafecounty.org or Contact 505-992-9880. Position closes: December 30, 2013

FOR BUSY HOME CARE OFFICE. FULLTIME, MONDAY - FRIDAY, 8AM- 5 PM WITH BENEFITS PACKAGE. SALARY DEPENDING ON EXPERIENCE. FAX RESUME: 505-989-3672 OR EMAIL TO KAREN.SCHMELING@PHHC-NM.COM QUESTIONS: Call Brian, 505-982-8581.

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BEAUTIFUL COUCH WITH LOVELY ACCENTS. FROM A SMOKE AND PET FREE HOME. $350. PLEASE CALL, 505-238-5711 TO SCHEDULE A VIEWING.

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CHRISTMAS PRESENT! BEDROOM SUITE: example pictures. King bed, armoire, night stands. Many drawers, marble tops.

Business Opportunity

Would you like to deliver newspapers as an independent contractor for the Santa Fe New Mexican? Operate your own business with potential profits of $1,600 a month. Call 505-986-3010 to make an appointment.

FURNITURE

PART TIME R.C. GORMAN - "Earth Child St. II" Lithograph. 1979, signed and numbered. excellent condition. Current apprasal value is $7,680. One owner. Asking $4,700. 505-988-4343.

Hours are 5 to 10 a.m. Friday through Sunday. Pay rate is $10.51 per hour. No benefits. Selected candidates must pass a drug screen.

Job application may be obtained at above address or 1 New Mexican Plaza, off the 1-25 frontage road. EOE

FIREWOOD FOR SALE Mostly cottonwood. Split and cut into Stove lengths. Good for fireplaces too. Load your own in Nambe. $150 for a full-measured cord. 505-455-2562.

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PART-TIME HOME DELIVERY ASSISTANT

Submit references and job application or resume by Thursday, January 2, 2014, to: Human Resources The Santa Fe New Mexican 202 East Marcy Street Santa Fe, NM 87501-2021 Or email to: gbudenholzer@sfnewmexican. com

FURNITURE

Shawn’s Chimney Sweep Accepting applications for Chimney cleaning and installers.Clean driving record, Experience a plus. 505-474-5857.

MISCELLANEOUS JOBS The Santa Fe New Mexican has the perfect position for an early bird who likes to get the day started at the crack of dawn! We are seeking a part-time Home Delivery Assistant to deliver newspaper routes and replacement newspapers to customers, and resolve customer complaints. Must have valid NM drivers’ license, impeccable driving record and be able to operate a vehicle with manual transmission. Must be able to toss newspapers, lift up to 25-50 lbs; climb in and out of vehicle, bend, climb stairs and reach above shoulder. Have hearing and vision within normal ranges.

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RECEPTIONIST FOR 2014 TAX SEASON. Must have computer skills and willing to work on Saturdays. C a ll Directax 505-473-4700.

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PRIMARY P U R P O S E : Performs a variety of secretarial duties for the Teen Court of Santa Fe County Program which requires exercising independent judgment. Relieves supervisory officials of routine administrative details. Salar $12.5962 hourly - $18.8943 hourly. For a complete job description go to santafecountynm.gov or call 505-9889880. Position closes December 31, 2013.

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CLASSIFIEDS PART TIME MACHINE ATTENDANT No Prior Machine Experience Required. Responsible for loading material, and cleaning, of production equipment. Collecting and stacking down of press, bindery, and inserted papers, Keeps all production equipment supplied with the correct materials to keep machine running at maximum efficiency. Must be able to communicate well with co workers and stand for prolonged periods with repetitive bending and lifting of 20 pounds and the ability to occasionally lift up to 75 pounds. This is an entry level position with opportunities to advance to full time employment with benefits as well as advancing to other positions in the production department. Shifts will vary based on availability, but will most likely be evening, night positions. Other full time positions also available in the department for qualified candidates with a mechanical or manufacturing background. Submit application to: Tim Cramer 1 New Mexican Plaza No Phone Calls please. Successful completion of a drug test will be required prior to employment offer.

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We always get results! AirPort Extreme 802.11n (5th Generation) sold "as is" in excellent condition. $70. Please call, 505-470-4371 after 6 p.m.

2 TONE Blue Side Table. Salt Cedar Colorful willows, 12x34x42, $300 Firm. Pine CD Cabinets, Lime-Blue 4’hx5.5’Wx6.5’D, $50 each. Hand Carving $900 obo. 505-982-4926

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CLASSIC CARS

ELABORATE WOOL PERSIAN TRIBAL RUG. Very plush. 5’3"x13’10". $999 OBO. 808-346-3635.

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2006 ACURA RSX - Low miles, recent trade-in, clean CarFax, leather & moonroof, immaculate! $12,972. Call 505-216-3800.

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2006 BMW Z4 M

One owner, accident free, M series. Only 25k well maintained miles from new. 6 speed manual, high performance model. Pristine condition throughout. Winter sale priced $24,995. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505-954-1054.

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2013 Land Rover LR2. 4,485 miles. Retired Service Loaner. Climate Comfort Package, HD and Sirius Radio. Showroom condition! $36,995. 505-474-0888.

2005 Lexus GX 470 - Only 55k miles! 1 owner clean CarFax, every option, Navigation, Levinson sound, DVD, kinetic suspension, KBB over $30,000! now $25,972. Call 505-2163800.

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2012 Audi A3 TDI. DIESEL! Fun with amazing fuel economy! Wellequipped, 1 owner clean CarFax $25,871. Call 505-216-3800.

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2010 Land Rover LR2 HSE SUV. Climate Comfort Package, Bluetooth and Sirius Radio. One owner. 10,178 miles. Showroom condition! $26,995. 505-474-0888. 2010 Honda CR-V LX - AWD, only 37k miles! 1 owner clean CarFax, new tires & freshly serviced $18,231. Call 505-216-3800.

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2011 Nissan Rogue S AWD. Fresh trade-in, good miles, service up-todate, very nice, clean CarFax $15,211. Call 505-216-3800.

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Another sweet one owner, low mileage Cherokee. Only 91k miles, accident free, smoke free, well maintained Cherokee Classic looks new. 4.0L 6 cylinder, automatic, new tires and brakes for your safety. Excellent condition inside and out. Final reduction $5,995! Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505-954-1054.

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2010 Audi Q7 Premium AWD. Pristine recent trade-in, low miles, new tires, recently serviced, clean CarFax $33,781. Call 505-216-3800.

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PETS SUPPLIES

2006 Kia Sportage AWD

P O M E R A N I A N PUPPIESTEACUP: White Male, $800; Black Female, $700; TOY: Silver- Black male, $800. Registered.

2010 BMW 535Xi AWD. Recent trade-in, factory CERTIFIED with warranty & maintenance until 3/2016, fully loaded, clean CarFax $25,741. Call 505-216-3800.

Another sweet one owner, all wheel drive Kia. Only 75k original miles, V6, automatic, CD, new tires on alloy rims. Ashtray’s never been used. Excellent condition inside and out. $8,746. Price includes 3 month, 3000 mile limited warranty. 505-954-1054.

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POODLE PUPPIES- TEACUP: Cream Female, $450; TOYS: Cream Female & Male, $400. Docked tails, 2nd shots. SHIH-TZU PUPPY, female, $450. 505901-2094 PUREBRED GERMAN Shepherd, CKC Registered. 4 pups. 8 weeks old, $300 each. First shots. Sire & Dame on site. 505-681-3244

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2010 BMW X5 30i. One owner, 74,001 miles. Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Third Row Seating. No Accidents. $27,995. Call 505-474-0888.

2008 BMW 535-XI WAGON AUTOMATiC

1962 MERCEDES Unimog 404 . 23,000 original miles. Completely rebuilt. Gas engine. $16,000 OBO. 505-982-2511 or 505-670-7862

Local Owner, Carfax, Service Records, Garaged, Non-Smoker, XKeys, Manuals, All Wheel Drive, Heated Steering, Navigation, So Many Options, Totally Pristine Soooo Beautiful $23,750.

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ASSETS FOR sale including patents, full-scale designs, molds, prototypes, national lab fluid dynamics modeling. Key staffers available. Contact info at www.atmocean.com, or call 505-310-2294.

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Crossword

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

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013: This year you might be more deliberate in your choices than others realize. Followthrough counts. Scorpio understands you very well. ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Spend your day with a loved one. It is inevitable that you will have a conversation about a touchy matter. Tonight: Be a duo. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Defer to someone else, and allow him or her to get past any fear. Your positive attitude goes far to loosen up a key person in your life. Tonight: Discuss a change on the homefront. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH It is time to get through a project. Make a point not to be too upset about what you might be missing in the meantime. Tonight: Relax at home. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Take time to play and enjoy yourself with a child. You might be determined to carry the fun spirit of Christmas through the weekend. Tonight: Make a gesture, and someone will open up. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Staying close to home will suit you perfectly. You might want to handle a personal matter or have an important oneon-one talk with a friend. Tonight: Stay anchored. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Consider getting something off your chest in order to get past a problem. The other party will listen, but only to a certain point. Tonight: Hang out.

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: PHRASES FROM SHAKESPEARE Provide the preceding or following phrase. (e.g., “______, and all the men and women merely players.” Answer: All the world’s a stage.) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. “By the pricking of my thumbs, ________.” Answer________ 2. “_________, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.” Answer________ 3. “_________, to be by him cut off nearest the merchant’s heart. Answer________ 4. “_________ wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.” Answer________ 5. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, _______.” Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 6. “Good night, good night. _____ __.” Answer________

7. “_______, for loan oft loses both itself and friend.” Answer________ 8. “Yet I do fear thy nature, it is too full o’ ______.” Answer________ 9. “But soft, _______.” Answer________ 10. “Yond Cassius has ______.” Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 11. “Shall we their fond pageant see? _______!” Answer________ 12. “The first thing we do, ______ _.” Answer________ 13. “O, beware my lord, of jealousy, it is ______.” Answer________ 14. “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale ______.” Answer________ 15. “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip _____.” Answer________

ANSWERS: 1. Something wicked this way comes. 2. The quality of mercy is not strain’d. 3. A pound of flesh. 4. The play’s the thing. 5. Lend me your ears. 6. Parting is such sweet sorrow. 7. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. 8. Th’ milk of human kindness. 9. What light through yonder window breaks. 10. A lean and hungry look. 11. Lord, what fools these mortals be! 12. Let’s kill all the lawyers. 13. The green-ey’d monster. 14. Her infinite variety. 15. The dogs of war. SCORING: 24 to 30 points — congratulations, doctor; 18 to 23 points — honors graduate; 13 to 17 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 5 to 12 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 4 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2013 Ken Fisher

Cryptoquip

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error. © 2013 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Be sensitive to a family member and his or her needs. Don’t risk having to deal with this person’s defiance. Tonight: Fun does not have to cost much.

Woman wants to protect legacy Dear Annie: I am an 84-year-old woman in love with a 92-year-old man. Since I’m rather old-fashioned, I do not believe in living with him unless we are married. However, marrying him could change our financial status. Is there any service that could be performed so that we may live together legally and not impact our children’s legacy? — In Love Dear In Love: Please discuss this with a lawyer who specializes in marital law. There are clergy who will perform religious marriage ceremonies that may not be legally binding, depending on the state you live in, whether you present yourselves as a married couple and whether your state recognizes this as a common-law marriage. (The same goes for any secular ceremony that pronounces you “married” without a valid state license. It could, in fact, be legally binding.) A lawyer also can discuss a prenup that will protect your assets for your children, allowing you to marry legally without worrying about your financial legacy. Dear Annie: You’ve printed a few letters about married couples who are not enjoying a good sex life. I think there is more advice you should give on this subject. First of all, married couples should not sleep in the same bed. Sleeping together causes people to become overly familiar with each other, leading to boredom. It should be special. Therefore, in order to preserve a good sex life, each spouse should sleep in a separate room and use a separate bathroom. As far as the physical problems, there are many possible reasons for a low libido. But for men, it’s food preservatives, which often contain saltpeter. Men who want to stay virile must avoid packaged foods. Besides over-familiarity and physical problems, there is the issue of

Sheinwold’s bridge

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You will want to make an effort to express yourself more fully. You might be tense most of the time, which holds you back. Tonight: The night is yours. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Take off and go do what you want. You can head out alone or invite a like-minded person to join you. Tonight: Use your free time well. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Calls come in and invitations will be extended. You might want to get out and forget the holidays by joining your contemporaries. Tonight: Go to a spontaneous party. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Take charge, but also listen to someone who has been in a similar position. Perhaps you can delegate part of what falls on you to this person. Tonight: Meet friends. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Understanding evolves in a discussion; you will be able to walk in someone else’s shoes as a result. Tonight: Go along with an imaginative idea. Jacqueline Bigar

Chess quiz

BLACK TO PLAY Hint: Force checkmate. Solution: 1. … Rf2ch! 2. Ke1 Nd3ch 3. Kd1 Rd2 mate!

Today in history Today is Saturday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2013. There are three days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon. Alexander Solzhenitsyn published The Gulag Archipelago, an expose of the Soviet prison system.

Hocus Focus

what to do in bed. Couples who explore the Persecutor-VictimRescuer story are usually able to develop some very exciting scripts. This makes the bedroom experience much more intellectually stimulating and fun. It’s not just a random experience, but rather a planned game that both people can look forward to. — R. Dear R.: You certainly have some interesting theories, some of which may be helpful. Of course, not all married couples can afford a spare bedroom and bathroom — in which case, that is impractical. And we have no information on saltpeter in packaged food and the impact those foods may have on a man’s libido. Even so, avoiding those foods may do nothing for a woman’s libido, and that seems to be the more common problem. But we agree that playing fantasy roles in bed can add some spark to one’s sex life, and we recommend it as long as it doesn’t become dangerous or abusive. Dear Annie: “Fed Up with Potluck” complained that one woman in her group of friends always insists that everyone bring a dish to their gatherings. Perhaps the reason is not financial, but something to do with health issues. It’s possible that this woman may have an illness or a health concern that she has not shared with everyone in the group. Perhaps she is simply unable to cook for such a large number of people. Isn’t the point of getting together more about the social interaction? — 60-Something in Illinois Dear Illinois: We don’t mind potluck dinners, whether someone feels up to cooking or not. But it is important that the other participants are aware that it is a potluck dinner at the time the invitations are issued and they volunteer to prepare something. Otherwise, it appears that they are being taken advantage of.

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