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A year of slow, steady progress In 2013, Santa Fe saw an increase in home sales, new renovation and change downtown, as well as a healthy tourism industry that filled more hotel rooms and restaurants. But job and income growth are still lacking because the state economy is tied to federal government hiring and spending. LOCAL BUSINeSS, A-9
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New estimates from Census Bureau place state in bottom five
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New Mexico trails not only its Rocky Mountain neighbors, but the rest of the United States, in population growth, according to estimates released Monday by the U.S. Census Bureau. For a 12-month period ending in July, New Mexico gained just 1,747 people, an increase of .08 percent from the previous year. That puts the state in the bottom five for growth, along with Vermont, Pennsylvania, Maine and West Virginia. The top five were North Dakota, the District of Columbia, Utah, Colorado and Texas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. New Mexico’s population stands at 2,085,287. The estimates are based on migration patterns, births and deaths. “When we have a growing economy, we attract people,” said Jim Peach, an economics professor at New Mexico State University. “And when our economy is stagnant, as
Group stands behind last week’s endorsement of Gonzales, says decision based on many factors By Daniel J. Chacón
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The Sierra Club landed in the middle of a toxic feud between political rivals Patti Bushee and Javier Gonzales last week after the environmental organization announced it was endorsing Gonzales over Bushee in the Santa Fe mayor’s race. “I personally have been doing endorsements for 15 years, and I’ve never experienced such strong emotions or have seen such reactions,” Susan Martin, political chairwoman of the Sierra Club Northern New Mexico Group, said Monday. “This is a heated race already, and we’re not even in January,” she said. The endorsement, among the most coveted in a municipal race, sparked a war of words between Bushee and Gonzales. The third mayoral candidate, City Councilor Bill Dimas, did not seek the Sierra Club’s endorsement and stayed out of the fray. Bushee fired the first shot, calling the Sierra Club’s endorsement of Gonzales an “undeserved
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Lorencita Martinez, 88, Santa Fe, Dec. 29 Dolores Duke Ortiz, 88, Santa Fe, Dec. 27 Allen Stone, Santa Fe, Dec. 26
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Santa Fe Concert Association New Year’s Orchestra Family Concert/dress rehearsal Music of Poulenc and Brahms, plus selections from Camelot and Guys and Dolls, 2 p.m., Lensic Performing Arts Center, $10, 984-8759 or 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org.
Molly’s Kitchen & Lounge Psychic Jungle, music collective Meow Wolf’s New Year’s Eve DJ showcase, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., $15 online at thevibehut.blogspot. com, $20 at the door. More events in Calendar, A-2 and Fridays in Pasatiempo
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City Councilor and mayoral candidate Patti Bushee, left, said the Sierra Club’s endorsement of Javier Gonzales, right, was an ‘undeserved Christmas gift.’ Gonzales responded that Bushee has gone from ‘green to brown as she slings mud.’ NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTOS
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ON THe WeB u To read news releases from Javier Gonzales and Patti Bushee regarding the Sierra Club’s endorsement, visit Daniel J. Chacón’s blog at santafenewmexican.com/news/blogs/local_news. Jeremy McClellan with JMAC Electric of Rio Rancho cleans copper wire Monday as he repairs damage caused earlier at Water Boyz, 1700 St. Michael’s Drive. Early Monday morning, one or more thieves stole 320 feet of copper wiring, forcing the temporary closure of Water Boyz and the nearby New Mexico Gas Co. office. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
Pair of incidents result in outages at shopping center on St. Michael’s Drive and museums on Old Pecos Trail By David J. Salazar For The New Mexican
One or more thieves stole 320 feet of copper wire valued at about $3,800 from Water Boyz on St. Michael’s Drive early Monday morning. Meanwhile, about 3 miles away, someone tried to steel copper wiring from the Santa Fe Children’s Museum on Old Pecos Trail, also early Monday. The museum is located next to St. John’s United Methodist Church, where more than 200 feet of copper wire was stolen Dec. 17. Water Boyz, which sells purified bottle water, was forced to close Monday, according to owner Anthony Roybal. “We were just turning customers away,” he said. “We make anywhere from $700 to $1,200 a day … and it’s just a bad situation for a small business to go through.” He said the wiring would be repaired and the business would be open New Year’s Eve.
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Water Boyz and the nearby New Mexico Gas Co. office were closed Monday after one or more thieves stole 320 feet of copper wiring, causing the businesses to lose power.
The theft happened about 12:40 a.m. Monday, according to David Nydes, owner of Nydes Properties, which manages the shopping center where Water Boyz is located at 1700 St. Michael’s Drive, near Llano Street. Nydes said that when Water Boyz’s alarm company contacted the shopping center manager about the power outage, no one suspected anything unusual and no one immediately called police.
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U.S. electricity use plummets in spite of rise in gadgets NEW YORK — The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago, back when the smartest device in people’s pockets was a Palm pilot and anyone talking about a tablet was probably an archaeologist or a preacher. Because of more energy-efficient housing, appliances and gadgets, power usage is on track to decline in 2013 for the third year in a row, to 10,819 kilowatt-hours per household, according to the Energy Information Administration. That’s the lowest level since 2001, when households averaged 10,535 kwh. And the drop has occurred even though our lives are more electrified.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The family of a girl who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery received another reprieve Monday from a judge who ordered the 13-year-old to be kept on life support for another week. Doctors at Children’s Hospital Oakland say Jahi McMath will never recover, so they want to take her off the machines that are keeping her body functioning. Her family wants to continue life support, saying they have hope she will still pull through. Shortly before a previous ruling would have allowed doctors to end life support at 5 p.m. Monday, the hospital was ordered to keep Jahi on a ventilator until Jan. 7 to give the family time to file an appeal.
JERUSALEM — Israel released more than two dozen Palestinian prisoners convicted in deadly attacks early Tuesday as part of a U.S.-brokered deal to restart peace talks. After departing on buses from Israeli jails overnight, the prisoners received hero’s welcomes upon their return to the West Bank. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waited to meet the men in the middle of the night. “We will not sign a final peace deal with Israel before all the prisoners are released,” he said. The Associated Press
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Bobbleheads representing Supreme Court Justices are some of the rarest bobblehead dolls produced and are the work of law professor Ross Davies, who has been creating them for the past 10 years. When finished, they arrive unannounced on the real justices’ desks, secreted there by unnamed confederates. And fans will go to some lengths to get one. PHOTOS BY JACQUELYN MARTIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bobbleheads honor justices Members of high court charmed by caricatures By Jessica Gresko
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WASHINGTON — They are some of the rarest bobblehead dolls ever produced. They’re released erratically. They’re given away for free, not sold. And if you get a certificate to claim one, you have to redeem it at a Washington, D.C., law office. The limited edition bobbleheads of U.S. Supreme Court justices are the work of law professor Ross Davies, who has been creating them for the past 10 years. When finished, they arrive unannounced on the real justices’ desks, secreted there by unnamed confederates. And fans will go to some lengths to get one. “I think we take seriously trying to do them well,” said Davies, a law professor at Virginia’s George Mason University and the editor of an entertaining quarterly legal journal called The Green Bag. Subscribing to the journal is the most reliable way to get a voucher to claim a bobblehead when they are released, but there’s no guarantee. The certificates warn that the bearer “might be able” to exchange it for a bobblehead, and the journal also hands out some bobbleheads to nonsubscribers, including law school public interest groups that auction them at fundraisers. Some ultimately wobble their way onto eBay, where they reliably sell for hundreds of dollars. The justices themselves seem to have been charmed by their caricatures. Antonin Scalia once said in an interview that he understands his is the most popular. Stephen Breyer had four of the figures of his
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colleagues on display in his chambers during a 2009 C-Span interview. His own is currently in the works. And former Chief Justice William Rehnquist sent a thankyou note for his, which was the first to come out in 2003. “Thank you for the ‘bobble-head’ likeness of me which now sits on the mantle of the fireplace in my chambers,” Rehnquist wrote. “It is probably a better likeness of me as I was 15 years ago than as I am now, but obviously I won’t complain.” Davies said the idea for the bobbleheads came to him in the
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shower. In the decade since, he has immortalized 16 justices in ceramic, including four of the current court’s nine members. Included in that total are a set of miniature bobbleheads representing the first justices appointed to the court. Certificates for the newest tiny justice, John Blair, recently went out. The dolls, which are produced by Bellevue, Wash.,-based Alexander Global Promotions, are more than straight likenesses of the justices. Each has multiple references to the legal legacy of the person it honors. For example, Justice Louis Brandeis rides a train, a nod to his important opinion in a case involving the Erie Railroad in Pennsylvania. The David Souter bobblehead plays a song by Modest Mouse, a group he mentioned in a copyright case. And Ruth Bader Ginsburg stands on a replica of the parade ground at the Virginia Military Institute. In 1996 she wrote an opinion striking down the school’s all-male admissions policy. “It’s like proof of their legal geekdom,” said Gregory Jacob, a Washington law firm partner and part of a small group of Green Bag editors who help create the bobbleheads. No detail is too small. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s bobblehead replicates the shoes she wore on Sept. 25, 1981, the day she was sworn in as the court’s first female member. John Paul Stevens stands on a Betamax VCR, a nod to his opinion in a copyright case involving the device. When the VCR wasn’t turning out right in production, Davies bought one on eBay and shipped it to China for a bobblehead sculptor to study. So far, Davies has gone through four drafts of the upcoming Breyer bobblehead, which portrays Breyer engaged in a favorite activity, riding his bike.
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DETROIT — A Michigan university has issued its annual list of annoying words, and those flexible enough to take selfies of themselves twerking should take note. In addition to selfie and twerking, there was a strong sense among those who nominated words to this year’s list that the word hashtag and term Mr. Mom had both run their course. Selfie, a term that describes a selftaken photo, often from a smartphone, led the way among the more than 2,000 nominations submitted to Lake Superior State University’s 39th annual batch of words to banish due to overuse, overreliance and overall fatigue. Even President Barack Obama got into the act this month when he took a well-publicized selfie with other world leaders in South Africa for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. “It’s a lame word. It’s all about me, me, me,” wrote David Kriege of Lake Mills, Wis. “Put the smartphone away. Nobody cares about you.” Since 1975, the list has grown to more than 800 words, many from the worlds of politics, sports and popular — maybe too popular — culture. “The list is made up completely from nominations. We don’t just sit around and think of words that bug us,” said Tom Pink, a spokesman for the school in Sault Ste. Marie, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Twerk or twerking, a sexually provocative way of dancing, found a dominant place in parlance due to Miley Cyrus’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. “Time to dance this one off the stage,” said Jim Connelly of Flagstaff, Ariz. Hashtag refers to a word or phrase with no spaces preceded by the pound sign on Twitter. Others on the banned list include Twittersphere, t-bone, Obamacare, intellectually/morally bankrupt and anything on steroids. People also tired of the suffixes -pocalypse and -ageddon used to make words such as snow-pocalypse or ice-ageddon. And enough already with Mr. Mom, a reference to fathers who take care of kids. It’s also the name of a 1983 movie starring Michael Keaton, although many stay-at-home dads these days don’t like the movie stereotype of a clueless male. “There were almost as many nominations for Mr. Mom as selfie and twerk, ” Pink said. “The phrase should refer only to the film, not to men in the real world,” wrote Pat Byrnes of Chicago. “It is an insult to the millions of dads who are the primary caregivers for their children. Would we tolerate calling working women, Mrs. Dad? ”
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Second bombing raises fears of Olympics attack Putin vows to ramp up security efforts; U.S. offers to help Russians prepare for games the Winter Games. The two bomb blasts effectively blunt his recent charm offensive, seemMOSCOW — Vladimir ingly aimed at the West with Putin’s daring bid to host the the Olympics in mind, that saw Winter Olympics in the politithe release of the oil tycoon cally dicey Caucasus Mountains Mikhail Khodorkovsky, two of was his way of showing to the the Pussy Riot members and world that he had created a styl- the crew of the Greenpeace ship ish, fun-loving country, a Russia Arctic Sunrise, held on criminal that had defeated violent sepacharges since late summer. ratism once and for all. Although no groups claimed It was a gutsy gamble — and responsibility for the Volgothe remaining separatists vowed grad attacks, officials said they to do whatever they could to believe they were related — and disrupt the pageant. The potenlinked to an extremist group in tial costs of failure were driven Dagestan. home Monday when an apparRussia has been engaged in an ent suicide bomber shredded a enduring and violent struggle crowded trolley bus in the city with extremists ever since it of Volgograd. That came on the defeated a separatist moveheels of a bomb attack on the ment in Chechnya in the 1990s. city’s railroad station the day After the war ended, a growing before. The two explosions killed number of separatists turned 31 and injured dozens more. radical, evolving into Islamist The attack on the trolley extremists who have launched Monday also appears to have sporadic terrorist attacks on been the work of a suicide the country, from Moscow to bomber, officials said. The roof the hinterlands. They have also was blown off the bus, shatcarried out a low-grade battle tering windows in a building with authorities, now centered nearby. Investigators calculated in the southern region of Dagesthat the bomber, whom they tan, inflicting casualties among said was a male, was carrying Russian interior forces that are about nine pounds of explomore numerous than the U.S. sives. Fourteen people are conmilitary suffers in Afghanistan. firmed dead. Putin has staked his prestige Security at the site of the on hosting a successful winter Olympics is watertight, so Games in Sochi, and demonIslamist extremists have vowed strating in the process the safety to bring violence to the Rusof the resorts at the western end sian heartland. Volgograd, only of the Caucasus mountain range. about 400 miles from Sochi, and The security agencies have a city storied in Russian history, been clamping down hard in offers itself as a tempting target. Sochi, watching and calling Putin demanded a tightening in for questioning those who of security Monday amid fears express unwelcome opinions, that foreign guests in particular including environmental and could be frightened away from human rights activists. Russia is By Will Englund and Kathy lally The Washington Post
with the safety of our delegation and the Sochi Games are no u Athletes admit that their different in that regard,” comsafety is no sure thing. mittee spokesman Patrick SanspORTs, B-1 dusky said in a statement. “We will continue to work closely January 2011 that killed with the local organizing com37 people. The United States mittee, our State Department has offered a reward of up to and law enforcement agencies $5 million for information about to ensure that all appropriate Umarov, U.S. Ambassador measures are in place.” Michael McFaul said on Twitter Sunday’s bombing took place, on Monday. according to officials, when a In a statement of condolence railroad inspector at a station released by the White House, entrance tried to stop a man the spokeswoman for the who looked to be suspicious. Police officers detain protesters who gathered for an unsanctioned event Monday in downtown Volgograd, Russia. Earlier national security council, CaitThe man detonated his exploin the day, a suicide bomber ignited a blast that tore through lin Hayden, said, “The United sives, killing 18, including the States stands in solidarity with a trolley, killing at least 14. DENIS TYRIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS inspector. The Interfax news the Russian people against teragency quoted an anonymous rorism. The U.S. government law enforcement official as spending $2 billion on security forces met in an epic World has offered our full support saying that police believe the there. War II battle in 1942 and 1943, to the Russian government in bomber was a native of the As the Vedomosti newspaper when the city was known as security preparations for the Mari El region of Russia, farther put it in a recent editorial: “The Stalingrad. That history gives Sochi Olympic Games, and we north along the Volga, and that authorities want to clear the Volgograd a definite resonance would welcome the opportunity he was a paramedic who had area around Sochi from any in Russians’ imagination, even converted to radical Islam. disgruntled elements that could though the country has become for closer cooperation for the safety of the athletes, spectators, The bomber was tentatively compromise a positive image somewhat inured to random and other participants.” identified as Pavel Pechyonkin, of the country as the host of acts of terror. The U.S. Olympic Commitwho worked for five years at the Olympics games. Nobody On Friday, three people were an ambulance service in the seems to care that the curkilled in an explosion in Pyatig- tee also offered condolences to rent unwillingness to maintain orsk, in the foothills of the Cau- those affected by the bombings. predominantly Muslim city of Kazan. “We are always concerned a dialogue with society may casus Mountains, located south adversely affect the course of of Volgograd and east of Sochi. events after the Olympics.” A bomb had been hidden in a The protection for Sochi car parked on a busy road near appears to have drawn resources the offices of the traffic police. away from security operations Doku Umarov, a Chechen in other parts of this huge coun- rebel leader who authorities try. On Monday, Putin met with think is operating out of Dagesthe head of Russia’s Federal tan and leading a movement to Security Service and directed establish an Islamic emirate in him to prepare plans for height- southern Russia, called in July for ened security nationwide. resuming a campaign of terrorist The National Anti-Terrorist attacks against civilian targets in Committee announced Monday Russia. He denounced the Sochi that more than 4,000 security games as a defilement of the personnel will be involved in sacred ground of the area’s origia huge security sweep in Volnal inhabitants, the Circassians. gograd. Volunteers were also Umarov has taken responsiWEATHER being organized to patrol the bility for several terror attacks, sprawling city along the Volga including a bombing at a MosRiver, where Soviet and Nazi cow’s Domodedovo airport in
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CASSELTON, N.D. — Authorities urged residents to evacuate a small North Dakota community Monday night after a mile-long train carrying crude oil derailed outside of town, shaking residents with a series of explosions that sent flames and black smoke skyward. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said it was “strongly recommending” that people in the town of Casselton and anyone living five miles to the south and east evacuate. A shelter has been set up in Fargo, about 25 miles away. Casselton has about 2,400 residents. The sheriff’s office said the National Weather Service was forecasting a shift in the weather that could increase the risk of potential health hazards. “That’s going to put the plume right over the top of Casselton,” Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney said at a news briefing. Investigators couldn’t get close to the blaze about a mile outside of Casselton and official estimates of how many train cars caught fire varied. BNSF Railway Co. said it believes about 20 cars caught fire after its oil train left the tracks about 2:10 p.m. Monday. The sheriff’s office said it thinks 10 cars were on fire. No one was hurt. The cars were still burning as darkness fell, and authorities said they would be allowed to burn out. Authorities hadn’t yet been able to untangle exactly how the derailment happened, but a second train carrying grain was involved. BNSF spokeswoman Amy McBeth said the train carrying grain derailed first, then knocked several cars of the oil train off adjoining tracks. BNSF said both trains had more than 100 cars each. The National Transportation Safety Board said Monday night it has launched a “go-team” to investigate the accident. Ryan Toop, who lives about a half-mile away, said he heard explosions and drove as close as about two city blocks to the fire, which erupted on a day when temperatures were below zero. “I rolled down the window, and you could literally keep your hands warm,” Toop said. The derailment happened amid heightened concerns about the United States’ increased reliance on rail to carry crude oil. Fears of catastrophic derailments were particularly stoked after last summer’s crash in Quebec of a train carrying crude from North Dakota’s Bakken oil patch. Forty-seven people died in the ensuing fire. The tracks that the train was on Monday pass through the middle of Casselton, and Cass County Sheriff’s Sgt. Tara Morris said it was “a blessing it didn’t happen within the city.” Morris said it could take up to 12 hours before authorities could get close to the fire. About 80 of the cars were moved from the site. Jeff Zent, a spokesman for Gov. Jack Dalrymple, said the National Guard was on alert if needed.
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theft: PNM offering reward for useful info Continued from Page A-1 Nydes said Monday this is the first time copper wiring has been stolen from one of the company’s properties. At the Santa Fe Children’s Museum, facilities manager Jesse Bartlett said he also received a call from the building’s alarm company about a power outage and assumed there wasn’t cause for concern. But, “When we came in [Monday] we discovered that an electrical box had been broken into” and filed a police report, Bartlett said. The museum had partial power, but the nearby Bataan Memorial Museum was left entirely in the dark, he said. Although this was the first time these particular locations were targeted, there’s nothing new about thieves trying to turn a quick profit stealing wire. Nationally, this type of theft has been a growing problem. Four people were arrested last month in Maryland after allegedly trying to steal copper wire and causing more than 1,700 customers to lose power, according to local news station WBAL-TV. Public Service Company of
New Mexico spokeswoman Susan Sponar said copper wire theft can be expensive for the utility’s customers. “There’s the time and the cost of making that repair, and any impact it may have had on their business,” she said. “For some of our customers who’ve been vandalized, they’ve had to close for a few days. The loss of working time is a big one.” Sponar also said there were two copper wire theft attempts Sunday night in Albuquerque, and PNM is offering rewards of up to $500 to people who call Crime Stoppers with information leading to the arrest and conviction of wire thieves. Though she doesn’t have exact numbers on the success of PNM’s reward program so far, Sponar said that “the more people hear about it and the more people understand we really do need them to come forward,” the better. Water Boyz’s Roybal said he hopes that footage from his security camera will help police find the thieves. Contact David J. Salazar at davidjsalazar@gmail.com.
pick: Club says it’s ‘looking to the future’ Continued from Page A-1 Christmas gift.” She said Gonzales’ environmental record merited nothing more than “a large lump of coal from PNM’s [Public Service Company of New Mexico] Four Corners power plant.” In a news release, Bushee included a chart detailing what she called “key differences” between her and Gonzales on water security, conservation and water policy, including his decision to leave a county commission meeting minutes before a “pivotal vote” to allow more parking at the Santa Fe ski basin. “When he had the opportunity, when he had an actual voting record, to say the least, he was not that environmentally inclined,” Bushee said in an interview Friday. “For me, it’s confusing in the sense that my record is long and proud of protecting our local environment.” Gonzales fired back with a news release of his own Friday afternoon. In it, he said Bushee had gone from “green to brown as she slings mud” over losing the endorsement. Gonzales also accused Bushee of being a hypocrite because she had previously criticized “opposition research” conducted last fall by a Washington, D.C.-based firm for a political action committee supporting Gonzales, but had been digging dirt on him. “I’m disappointed that Patti Bushee has chosen mudslinging and sour grapes over the substantive discussion she previously espoused,” Gonzales said. Bushee said she wasn’t slinging mud, but was making voters aware of Gonzales’ record. “I think I saw Mr. Gonzales post something about sour grapes. I never said that I wouldn’t bring up issues, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” she said. “I’m sorry he feels this is mudslinging. He should be able to stand behind his voting record when he was an elected official.” Martin said the Northern New Mexico Group’s seven-member political committee reviewed the candidates’ responses
on a 13-question questionnaire and then interviewed each one of them in person for about an hour. The committee, which “made sure” to ask the candidates about their records, was well aware of Gonzales’ missed vote to expand parking at the ski basin, she said. “I actually went back in The New Mexican archives and got information about the ski basin expansion and provided that to my committee,” she said. “The response was, ‘That was a long time ago. He’s grown a lot.’ ” The committee also knew about the other information on Gonzales in Bushee’s chart. “If you look at the information, a lot of it is 10, 12 years old,” Martin said. “We are looking to the future, kind of, ‘What can you do for me now.’ That’s a little blunt. I should say, ‘What can you do for the environment now?’ ” In addition to reviewing their questionnaires and interviewing the candidates, committee members interviewed elected officials about Bushee and Gonzales. Martin declined to identify the elected officials without their approval and then suggested asking another committee member, Ken Hughes, for the names. Hughes, a former planning commissioner, refused, saying it was “proprietary information.” Martin said there were many factors that led the committee to endorse Gonzales. “I will not denigrate Patti or say anything negative about her. We felt very strongly that the environmental issues that face Santa Fe don’t stop at city boundaries. In order to properly address and solve environmental problems, there needs to be cooperation between city and county and, actually, on a regional basis,” she said. “We felt that Javier’s experience on the county commission gave him a depth of understanding of regional issues that will be vital.” Bushee said the Sierra Club previously
had “high praise” for her “long record of environmental accomplishments” when she ran for the Santa Fe City Council in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. The Sierra Club did not endorse Bushee when she ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2002. “The mayoral position is a different position,” Martin said. “It requires leadership. It requires building coalitions. It requires working cooperatively with 10 egos on a city council. There are certain intangibles we look for in terms of leadership ability, their ability to create coalitions and work with coalitions to accomplish environmental goals.” Martin declined to say whether the committee’s endorsement of Gonzales was unanimous, saying she was prohibited from doing so under the Sierra Club’s “compliance guidelines.” However, Martin said the endorsement required at least two-thirds approval by the political committee as well as the Rio Grande Chapter’s executive committee. Martin said the endorsement process was fair and that there was no political pressure to endorse one candidate over the other. “Santa Fe is lucky that environmental protection issues are so important to our candidates. It shows a degree of environmental awareness and responsiveness that we can be very appreciative of,” she said. “Whenever there’s an endorsement process, in general the Sierra Club only endorses one person. We don’t often do dual endorsements, so there’s always going to be people who are disappointed.” A poll conducted in October for ProgressNow New Mexico, a left-leaning Albuquerque group, found that 28 percent of voters surveyed said endorsements by environmental groups like the Sierra Club might influence their vote. Contact Daniel J. Chacón at 986-3089 or dchacon@sfnewmexican.com.
What has changed since the last time consumption was so low? u Better homes: In the early 2000s, as energy prices rose, more states adopted or toughened building codes to force builders to better seal homes to prevent loss of heated or air-conditioned air. That means newer homes waste less energy. Also, insulated windows and other building technologies have dropped in price, making retrofits of existing homes more affordable. In the wake of the financial crisis, billions of dollars in Recovery Act funding was directed toward home-efficiency programs. u Better gadgets: Big appliances such as refrigerators and air conditioners have gotten more efficient thanks to federal energy standards that get stricter every few years. A typical room air conditioner — one of the biggest power hogs in the home — uses 20 percent less electricity per hour of full operation than it did in 2001, according to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers. Central air conditioners, refrigerators, dishwashers, water heaters, washing machines and dryers also have gotten more efficient. Other devices are using less juice, too. Some 40-inch LED televisions bought today use 80 percent less power than the cathode ray tube televisions of the past. Some use just $8 worth of electricity over a year when used five hours a day — less than a 60-watt incandescent bulb would use. Those incandescent light bulbs are being replaced with compact fluorescent bulbs and LEDs that use 70 to 80 percent less power. According to the Energy Department, widespread use of LED bulbs could save out-
put equivalent to that of 44 large power plants by 2027. The move to mobile also is helping. Desktop computers with big CRT monitors are being replaced with laptops, tablet computers and smart phones, and these mobile devices are specifically designed to sip power to prolong battery life. It costs $1.36 to power an iPad for a year, compared with $28.21 for a desktop computer, according to the Electric Power Research Institute. But not all change has helped. Compared to 12 years ago, we are using more devices, and that is offsetting what would otherwise be a more dramatic reduction in power consumption. DVRs spin at all hours of the day, often under more than one television in a home. Game consoles are getting more sophisticated to process better graphics and connect with other players, and therefore use more power. More homes have central air conditioners instead of window units. They are more efficient, but people use them more often. Still, Jennifer Amman, the buildings program director at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, says she is encouraged. “It’s great to see this movement, to see the shift in the national numbers,” she says. “I expect we’ll see greater improvement over time. There is so much more that can be done.” Back in 1990, before most homes had a personal computer and multiple other gadgets, average consumption totaled 9,447 kilowatt-hours per household. That slowly climbed to a peak of 11,504 in 2010. But since then, usage has been steadily dropping. The Energy Department predicts average residential electricity use per customer will fall again in 2014, by 1 percent.
growth: Neighbors outpace New Mexico Continued from Page A-1 it has been recently, we don’t attract as many people from other states to live here.” Peach added that New Mexico had one of the smallest population increases in recent history, and the slowest in the West. “It’s very small to what we have done historically,” Peach said. “But the other factor is that New Mexico, like the rest of the country, is aging, so we can’t count on higher birth rates like we have in the past.” A state-by-state comparison shows the neighboring states of Utah, Texas, Colorado and Arizona had population growth rates averaging 1.4 percent. At the same time, these states rank in the top 11 for job growth. According to a recent report by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, the state had a 0.21 percentage increase of non-farm jobs in a 12-month period ending in November, and it ranked 48th in percentage growth. Utah had a 2.19 percent increase in jobs, and Texas had a 2.49 percentage job growth increase, while Colorado and Arizona increased by 1.96 percent and 1.89 percent in job growth, respectively, according to a list compiled by Arizona State University. “The good news is that we did not have quite as negative of an impact from the national recession as did other states,” said Christopher Erickson, an eco-
nomics professor at NMSU. “But our recovery has been excruciatingly slow.” The reason for slow growth has been a result of New Mexico’s dependence on federal spending and federal programs for job creation, Erickson said. But since the recession, the federal government has not spent at the same pace it has spent historically. “In New Mexico we have a much smaller economy … and a much less diversified economy,” he said. “Texas, on the other hand … they have a large energy sector, but they also have a large manufacturing sector.” Erickson said the solutions for positive economic growth in the state need to be long-term instead short-term fixes. In order to attract private investors into the state, New Mexico needs to have a well-educated workforce, Erickson said. In order to achieve that, he said, the state’s K-12 educational system needs to be reformed and well funded. “Anytime you’re talking about economic development, you’re talking about a generational type of process,” Erickson said. “There’s nothing we can do that would have a significant impact, I think, in the next three to fours years, which is the time frame that politicians work on.” Contact Uriel J. Garcia at 986-3062 or ugarcia@ sfnewmexican.com. Follow him on Twitter @ujohnnyg.
LArgest popuLAtion growth (for 12-month period ending in July 2013) State/district North Dakota District of Columbia Utah Colorado Texas
Population 723,393 646,449 2,900,872 5,268,367 26,448,193
Percentage growth 3.14 2.06 1.61 1.52 1.49
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Population 626,630 2,085,287 12,773,801 1,328,302 1,854,304
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Body clock may be to blame when tots fight sleep By Lauran Neergaard
sleep than older kids or adults? A first-of-its-kind study tracked 14 healthy youngsters for six WASHINGTON — “Just one days to begin finding out. more story, please?” “I need a The children, ages 2½ to 3, glass of water.” “Mom, I can’t wore activity monitors on their sleep!” wrists to detect when they slept. When youngsters continually Parents kept diaries about bedstruggle to fall asleep at night, time routines. new research suggests maybe Then on the last afternoon, their body clocks don’t match researchers visited each home, their bedtimes. dimming lights and covering That doesn’t mean tots windows. Then every 30 minshould be up at all hours. utes for six hours leading up to “Just like nutrition and exerthe child’s appointed bedtime, cise, sleep is critical for good they also coaxed each tot to health,” said sleep scientist chew on some dental cotton to Monique LeBourgeois of the University of Colorado, Boulder, provide a sample of saliva. The reason: To test for levels who is leading the research. of a hormone named melatonin The ultimate goal is to help that is key to the sleep cycle and reset a delayed sleep clock so also sensitive to light. At some that young children can settle point every evening, people’s down more easily, she said. melatonin levels surge and a Hint: It seems to have a lot to do while later, they begin to feel with light. sleepy. Among adults who sleep We all have what’s called well, that melatonin rise tends a circadian rhythm, a master to happen about two hours biological clock, that regulates before whatever is their chosen when we become sleepy, and bedtime. when we’re more alert. Those For preschoolers, the new patterns vary with age: It’s the study found that on average, reason teenagers are notorious the melatonin surge occurred for late nights and difficult-toaround 7:40 p.m. The children wake mornings. But how does that clock work tended to be tucked in around in preschoolers, who need more 8:10 p.m., and most were asleep The Associated Press
University of Colorado, Boulder, student Karlie Johansen collects a saliva sample from 3-year-old Anders Todd for a study on sleep patterns in young children. In another study, researchers found that if youngsters continually struggle to fall asleep at night, it might be because their body clocks are out of sync with their bedtimes. MIRANDA FAN/UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
30 minutes later, LeBourgeois reported in the journal Mind, Brain and Education. When melatonin rose earlier in the evening, tots who hit the sack around 8 fell asleep a bit faster. But when the melatonin surge was closer to bedtime, the youngsters were more likely to fuss or make curtain calls after lights-out.
Two children in the study actually were tucked in before their rise in melatonin ever occurred, and it took them up to an hour past bedtime to fall asleep, she said. “We don’t know what that sweet spot is yet,” LeBourgeois said, but the data suggest bedtime is easiest if the melatonin surge occurred at least
30 minutes earlier. The study reinforces what doctors have long suspected is one bedtime barrier, said Dr. Jyoti Krishna, a pediatric sleep expert at the Cleveland Clinic. Other factors can disrupt a child’s sleep, too, such as noise, stress or anxiety, or disrupted home routines, he cautioned. “But this paper reminds us that, hey, there is a time that the body is more ready to sleep than at other times,” Krishna said. The National Institutes of Health says preschoolers need 11 to 12 hours of sleep each day; some typically comes from an afternoon nap. Parents don’t have melatonin tests as a guide, so Krishna advises looking for cues when setting a bedtime — yawning, rubbing eyes — and then to adjust that bedtime as the child gets older. “The melatonin onset and our body rhythms change,” Krishna said. “You can’t stick to what worked two years ago with this child, because this child is now a different child.” About 25 percent of young
children experience some type of sleep difficulty, including trouble settling down at bedtime, LeBourgeois said. Harried parents aside, there’s concern that early-in-life bedtime frustration might lead to more persistent sleep trouble. “Listen to your child’s physiology,” she advised. Some steps that might help: u Research shows that in adults, too much light in the evening delays the melatonin surge and subsequent sleepiness. While there’s no data in young children yet, LeBourgeois says dimming the lights about an hour before bedtime makes sense. u Avoid electronics near bedtime, because they generate a specific type of light that triggers wakefulness. LeBourgeois was horrified to hear one parent offer a sleepless youngster an iPad to play with as long as the child stayed in the bedroom. u And make sure blackout shades aren’t keeping your children from getting enough morning sunlight, she said. Light in the morning also is key to keeping the biological sleep clock on schedule.
New laws run gamut, from pot to guns The Associated Press
The new year is bringing a host of new laws taking effect in January or thereabouts. A look at some state and local laws that are making news:
Alcohol and marijuana Colorado, Maine and Washington: Colorado pot stores open Jan. 1 as retailers open their doors to the nation’s first legal recreational pot industry. Sales in Washington, which also legalized recreational marijuana, are expected to start later in the year. The laws still fly in the face of federal drug rules, but the federal government has said it’s not going to fight to shut down pot shops for now. A law legalizing recreational marijuana went into effect in early December in Portland, Maine, but it’s largely symbolic because the state has said it will continue to enforce its own ban. Illinois: It becomes the 20th state to legalize medical marijuana in a pilot project with some of the strictest standards in the nation. However, it may take more than a year to actually buy marijuana as separate state agencies draft rules that must be approved by a legislative committee. Wisconsin: Towns and cities can legalize pedal pubs, multiple-person bicycles that ferry riders to and from taverns. A driver steers while multiple riders sit at a bar mounted behind him, each with his or her own pedal-and-chain assembly.
photographers who follow them daily. Those who take photos and video of a child without consent and in a harassing manner could face up to a year in county jail and a fine of up to $10,000. They also can be sued for damages and attorney’s fees under the new law, which media organizations opposed. Supporters say it also will help protect the children of police officers, judges and others who might be targets because of their parents’ occupations.
Immigration Nevada: Immigrants living in the United States without legal permission can apply for driver authorization cards starting Jan. 2. State officials anticipate tens of thousands of people will apply under the program. Maryland: In a program similar to Nevada’s, immigrants living in the U.S. illegally will be able to obtain a state driver’s license or identification card if they can provide evidence of a filed state income tax return or were claimed as a dependent for each of the preceding two years.
services and procedures, a law designed to boost transparency around medical costs. Delaware: The state will limit patient copays for “specialty tier” prescription drugs to $150 a month for up to a 30-day supply.
Working and wages Ohio: The minimum wage for untipped employees rises from $7.85 to $7.95 an hour, while tipped employees will go from $3.93 to $3.98 an hour, plus tips. California: The minimum wage is being boosted to $9 an hour starting in July, the first of two dollar-an-hour boosts that will push the base minimum wage to $10 by 2016, making it one of the nation’s highest minimums. Under another bill, domestic workers will have to be paid time and a half if they work more than nine hours in a day or more than 45 hours in a week; baby sitters are exempt.
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THE NEW MEXICAN Tuesday, December 31, 2013
LOCAL NEWS
THE YEAR IN CRIME
Masterpiece to mulch
Property crimes down; DWIs still problematic By Chris Quintana The New Mexican
From left, Anna Isenberg, 17, and her sister, Sarah Isenberg, 19, struggle to drop off their Christmas tree at Payne’s Nursery on Monday. Monday was the first day that the city of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County and Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency began accepting Christmas trees for mulching free of charge. PHOTOS BY JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
Agencies offer sites for recycling Christmas trees through Jan. 24 7501 Cerrillos Road; Payne’s Nursery, 304 Camino Alire and 715 St. Michael’s Drive; General ow that Christmas is Franklin E. Miles Park, 1027 over and the time has Camino Carlos Rey; and Frank come to un-deck the S. Ortiz Park, 160 Camino de las halls, city and county Crucitas. agencies are offering people The mulch that’s created the opportunity to recycle their from the trees is available for trees and get some new life out free at Franklin Miles and Frank of them by turning them into S. Ortiz parks, as well as at the mulch through Jan. 24. environmental services office, The city of Santa Fe Envi1142 Siler Road. Trees taken to ronmental Services departcounty facilities will be chipped ment and the county’s Solid rather than mulched. Waste Division, along with the In the past, Lucero said about Santa Fe Waste Management 2,500 trees have been dropped agency have established six off at city facilities, and that the sites for people to drop off their mulch that people don’t pick Christmas trees to be chipped. up goes to erosion control and According the city environmen- landscaping at city facilities. tal service’s operations manager, In order for Christmas trees to Eric Lucero, the effort is partially be recycled, all tinsel and lights intended to keep trees from rot- need to be removed. Accordting on the side of the road. ing to a news release, trees that “The city doesn’t collect them have been sprayed with artificial curbside anymore,” Lucero said. snow won’t be accepted due to “So it’s an opportunity to take harmful chemicals that can conthe Christmas tree for free to taminate the mulch. one of the convenience centers.” For more information, contact These sites include the the city Environmental Service Buckman Road Recycling and Division at 955-2200 or the Transfer Station, 2600 Buckcounty Solid Waste division at 992-3010. man Road; Newman’s Nursery,
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The police department and the sheriff’s office say burglary is the most pressing crime issue in the city and county. But both agencies report progress in 2013. Police Chief Ray Rael said that property crime declined 23 percent in the city in the first 11 months of the year compared to 2012. And Sheriff Robert Garcia reported that there was a 25 percent decrease in the county this year. They attribute the recent drops in property crime in part to success in arresting repeat offenders. For example, Kenneth Martinez, 26, was found last month with a car full of jewelry stolen in a number of home burglaries. He fled, but was captured earlier this month. And John Valdez, 25, tied to at least 23 property crimes going back to 2005, also was arrested in December. Rael said two-man patrols implemented about two years ago to focus specifically on burglaries have had Police Chief impact on property crime rates. Ray Rael And the community is being more observant and careful. More people have started locking their doors and reporting suspicious activity. A tip from a member of the public, for example, led to the capture Sunday of Christopher Mavis, 33, whom police believe helped rob a local video game store at gunpoint. The sheriff’s office has been assigning more patrols to areas hit hardest by thefts, such as Seton Village near Old Las Vegas Highway. Garcia and Rael say property crime is directly related to addiction to heroin and other drugs, and there’s been no change in drug use in the county. “It’s one thing I don’t think will ever go away,” Garcia said. Rael said he’s noticed an increase in prescription drug abuse, particularly oxycodone. He said people often get addicted to the prescription painkillers, and when maintaining that habit becomes too expensive they switch to heroin, which produces a similar high. Rael said at that point, some people turn to stealing to support their drug habits. People probably buy heroin from nearby towns such as Española and Chimayó, but Rael said the drug is available from dealers in the city as well. The Santa Fe Police Department doesn’t have a dedicated narcotics unit, Rael said, but about five officers do work with the state’s Region III Drug Enforcement Task Force, including two officers who work full-time in Santa Fe. Garcia said he has one county deputy who works for the task force, and that in the future he hopes to increase that number. That task force was recently involved with the bust of an oxycodone ring run by downtown merchant Ashraf Nassar, 30, according to a federal indictment.
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Ralph Lopez with the city of Santa Fe picks up the first load of Christmas trees Monday at Payne’s Nursery at 715 St. Michael’s Drive. The city of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County and Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency will be accepting Christmas trees for mulching free of charge until Jan. 24.
N.M. proposal would ban pocket vetoes by governors The Associated Press
In brief Land bureau announces dates for fee-free days The Bureau of Land Management announced that it is waiving day-use fees and site specific amenity fees on its lands for the following dates: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 20), Presidents’ Day weekend (Feb. 15Feb 17), National Public Lands Day (Sept. 27) and Veterans Day (Nov. 11). Fees for overnight camping, cabin rentals and group day use will still be charged. The BLM manages recreation across more than 245 million acres of public lands, including in New Mexico. About 58 million visits are made annually to BLM-managed lands and waters, supporting 57,000 jobs nationwide and contributing $7 billion to the nation’s economy. More details about fee-free days and activities on BLM-managed public lands are available at: www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/ Recreation/BLM_Fee_Free_Days.html.
Program offers $1 cab rides home on New Year’s The Santa Fe County DWI Program is providing the $1 Cab Ride Home from a bar on New Year’s Eve. The DWI Program subsidizes cab rides home on Friday and Saturday nights and this holiday season will also offer
$1 rides home on Tuesday until 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Revelers can call 438-0000 for a ride home from a bar or party where alcohol is served. Cab riders pay $1 each, and Santa Fe County DWI Program covers the rest of the cost up to $25. Cab riders are responsible for the difference in fares over $25. The cab ride home is provided as a public service on Friday and Saturday and certain holiday nights when crash and arrest data suggests more drunken drivers are on the road. The Santa Fe County DWI Program offers this service in cooperation with Capital City Cab Company. Starting Friday, the rider’s contribution to the fare will increase to $5 for one or two riders and $10 a cab for three or more riders. The change will continue through 2014. A reduced rate ($1) will be offered during certain holidays such as Fiesta, St Patrick’s Day and July 4.
‘Happy Neuter Year’ campaign launched The Santa Fe Animal Shelter & Humane Society is encouraging pet owners to neuter their male dogs and cats by offering 100 $20 surgeries next month at its south-side clinic. The campaign is sponsored by PetSmart Charities, the largest funder of animal welfare efforts in North America, according to a news release. Its nationwide “Happy Neuter Year” program provides more than $561,000 to spay/ neuter clinics to fund surgeries for 12,631 male dogs and cats.
Neutering pets reduces unwanted behaviors such as roaming, fighting and urine marking, according to Mary Martin, director of the Santa Fe Animal Shelter. Spaying and neutering pets is also an effective way to reduce the homeless pet population and is safe for puppies and kittens as young as 10 weeks. The $20 special is available to all residents of the city and the county. To take advantage of the offer, mention the Happy Neuter Year campaign when calling to schedule an appointment for your pet. The sterilizations will be provided at the shelter’s south-side clinic at 2570 Camino Entrada. Call 472-6422 or go to www. sfhumanesociety.org for more information.
Arizona policy change benefits Navajo students RIO RANCHO — Rio Rancho police have arrested three people in connection with the shooting death of a 23-year-old man whose body was found on a busy highway. Rio Rancho police say Andrew Anderson died Saturday as a result of injuries suffered during a roadside altercation. The discovery of his body on Highway 528 resulted in an hours-long closure of a portion of the roadway. Police say 23-year-old Amanda Jo Lucero is charged with murder, 23-year-old Emily Lucero with aggravated assault and accessory to commit murder, and 31-year-old John Serna with aiding a felon and tampering with evidence.
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ALBUQUERQUE — A state lawmaker wants to change the New Mexico Constitution to prohibit governors from killing legislation without explanation. Sen. Jacob Candelaria, D-Albuquerque, has introduced the proposal ahead of next month’s legislative session to do away with so-called pocket vetoes. Pocket vetoes occur when bills approved by lawmakers die because the governor fails to sign or veto them. “Allowing the executive to kill something by nonaction is too much power to be vested in that branch of government,” Candelaria said. “The governor should have to tell people why. Why are you vetoing a bill the majority of the people’s elected representatives thought was a good idea?” The proposed constitutional change would require the governor to either approve or veto legislation within the 20-day deadline that applies to all bills passed in the last three days of a session. If approved by lawmakers during the session that begins Jan. 21, it would then go to voters for ratification. New Mexico is one of about a dozen states that allow pocket vetoes. In the others, the bills become law unless they’re vetoed. Pocket vetoes accounted for 63 of Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s overall 98 vetoes in the 2011 regular session; none of four vetoes in the 2011 special session; two of 13 vetoes in 2012; and 34 of 70 in 2013, the newspaper reports. Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson signed most of the bills legislators sent him. But a lot of his vetoes were pocket vetoes, peaking at 79 of his total 91 vetoes for the 2007 session. His predecessor, Republican Gov. Gary Johnson, was dubbed “Governor No” for vetoing nearly onethird of the bills lawmakers sent him over eight years. But just a handful of those more than 700 vetoes were pocket vetoes.
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By Brian Skoloff, Michelle Price and Paul Foy The Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah has long been known as a bastion of red-state conservatism with deep roots in the Mormon faith. It’s the kind of place that has historically been unwelcoming to gay marriage. The state is the world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which championed California’s gay marriage ban that was eventually tossed out in court. The church looms over almost every aspect of life in Utah, where an estimated two-thirds of residents are Mormon. But, like the rest of America, how gays are received depends on where they live. Some gay couples describe feeling hostility in conservative, heavily Mormon cities such as Provo. The suburban areas that surround Salt Lake City are a mish-mash of family-friendly communities across the political spectrum. And Salt Lake City is more open to gays than many people outside the state realize. The city is home to gay bars and coffee shops and a pride parade that attracts 25,000 people. There’s a bus that takes gay men and women to Nevada to party. Salt Lake is also the city where hundreds of gay couples rushed to the county clerk’s office to obtain marriage licenses and get married in the lobby of a government building, after a judge overturned the state’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage As they wait for the courts to sort out the legal challenges to the Dec. 20 ruling, three gay couples describe differing experiences in Utah:
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Greg Jaboin, third from right, expresses his excitement upon being declared married to his partner of 10 years, Steve Kachocki, right, by officiant David Beach on Dec. 23 at the Salt Lake City County offices in Salt Lake City. FRANCISCO KJOLSETH/THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
tal sex and drinking alcoholic beverages. The county is overwhelmingly Republican; President Barack Obama received less than 10 percent of the vote there in 2012. The couple was initially turned down for a marriage license by Utah County, which only reluctantly started granting them days after a federal judge struck down the state’s ban. The couple got a license Thursday. Haws and Eyre are licensed clinical social workers with a private counseling practice in Utah County. A few patients abandoned them after their effort to get a marriage license made their relationship uuu widely known. “I’ve never been un-friended by so Cheryl Haws and Shelly Eyre have been many people on Facebook,” Eyre said. lesbian partners for eight years in Provo, Eyre said she moved from more gayabout 45 miles southeast of Salt Lake City friendly Salt Lake City to Provo eight and arguably the most conservative city years ago to live with Haws, a mother of in Utah. seven children from a previous marriage They have been the target of outright hostility and insults. Eyre left the Mormon who wanted to stay close to her family. church years ago; Haws was ex-communi- Haws was still caring for two of the children, who are now off to college. cated, they said. When Haws’ oldest son died in a car A Mormon church leader once told accident in 2006, Eyre found her name Eyre, “ ‘I would rather see you dead than disappeared from a published obituary as commit this sin,’ ” Eyre said in what she described as one of her most painful expe- the mother’s partner. But Eyre said the couple has a circle of riences of being gay in Utah. supporters, including traditional couples Provo is in Utah County and home to who have been “good, kind and generous Brigham Young University, the flagship — people who have protected us.” Some school for the Mormon faith where students are prohibited from having premari- of her neighbors help out mowing their
lawn or shoveling snow. “We’re not trying to judge others who judge us,” Eyre said. “The folks who said they’d rather see us dead — in their mind that was all the love they could muster.” The struggle in Utah is the same everywhere, Eyre said. “Just being gay or lesbian and not having support or being afraid your family is going to kick you out or will not speak to you — Catholics and Baptists can be the same way in other states,” she said. uuu
Jon Jensen has been with his partner more than six years, but it wasn’t until last week that the couple finally was able to become husband and husband. It was a huge moment in their lives, but also, Jensen thinks, a reflection on changing attitudes in the state and more specifically, a backlash against the Mormon church over decades of repression. Jensen and his husband, Jared Reesor, are more fortunate than others around Utah given they live in Salt Lake City, the state’s liberal hub, despite the presence of the church’s gleaming headquarters in the middle of downtown. In fact, Jensen said, the church has had such a polarizing effect on Salt Lake City’s younger population that he thinks people in the capital are more open to gay people. “It makes people stand up more for what they believe in,” he said.
PHOENIX — An Arizona woman tried to fatally stab her ex-husband and poison her four children with prescription narcotic drugs, including a teenage daughter who was found dead in her home on Christmas Day, police said Monday. She lured the man to her apartment and stabbed him repeatedly before he was able to flee and drive himself to a hospital while calling 911. Connie Villa, 35, was arrested Sunday after being released from a hospital on suspicion of one count of first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder in the Christmas Day attack in Casa Grande, about 50 miles south of Phoenix. It was not immediately known whether she had an attorney. A possible motive hasn’t been disclosed, but investigators have found no history of mental illness or previous calls to the home during their initial probe. The investigation was ongoing. According to authorities, the ex-husband, Adam Villa, called 911 after fleeing the apartment with multiple stab wounds. He remained hospitalized Monday in stable condition. Responding officers found the body of Aniarael Macias, 13, lying on a bathroom floor, said Casa Grande police Officer Thomas Anderson. The body had no visible signs of injury or trauma, and an autopsy report was inconclusive on the cause of death, Anderson said. Authorities are awaiting toxicology results, which could take up to a month, but they believe she was likely poisoned. The three other children, ages 3, 5 and 8, were in good condition. Anderson said initial tests show each child had trace amounts of opiates in their systems. Authorities would only say the
drugs found in the apartment were “prescription narcotics.” “Our investigation indicates Connie Villa forced her children to take Connie Villa prescription narcotic drugs in an attempt to kill them,” police said in a statement. Upon arriving at the home Wednesday, police were forced to break in and found Connie Villa standing in the apartment with what appeared to be selfinflicted stab wounds to her torso, a knife in her hand and the three young children at her side. The 13-year-old was found dead during a search of the home. Connie Villa had apparently enticed her ex-husband to come by, intending to kill him, too, Anderson said. “He was lured to the apartment, under what pretense we don’t know yet, but we don’t have any indication he had any fear of going over there,” Anderson added. The three surviving children have been placed by Child Protective Service’s with Adam Villa’s family. He was not the father of the 13-year-old, police said. “She was a gentle, kind and beautiful spirit who was taken from us too soon,” family members of Aniarael Macias said in a statement. In 2006, happier times seemed apparent in the Villa household as Adam Villa returned from a one-year deployment to Iraq with the Arizona Army National Guard. When he stepped off the plane upon his return, Connie Villa broke into tears. “Just to know he’s safe and in one piece, just to smell him,” she told The Arizona Republic at the time. “I just want to be normal again and have a family.”
Crimes: Homicide numbers fall Continued from Page A-6 The Drug Enforcement Administration raided the shop in September, and also arrested four other individuals in connection to the oxycodone trafficking charges. City Councilor and mayoral candidate Bill Dimas has called for a narcotics unit at the Santa Fe Police Department, but Rael said he doesn’t have the resources and, “The [task force] gives us the best bang for the buck.” Law enforcement officials are hoping that a new program, set to begin in 2014 will further cut burglary rates in Santa Fe. LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) is a prebooking diversion program that was designed to address low-level drug and prostitution crimes in Seattle. In Santa Fe, the program will target nonviolent opiate addicts who could benefit from drug treatment services rather than incarceration. Police believe it will offer long term savings for law enforcement because they could avoid dealing with repeat offenders. The Santa Fe City Council approved the program in July and committed an initial $300,000 to it. Another major concern is drunken driving, and both agencies reported that driving while intoxicated remains a problem. “It doesn’t seem to get through people’s head to not
drink and drive,” Garcia said. He also said he noticed that saturation patrols catch more drunken drivers than DWI checkpoints, and he said that’s likely because people warn each other about DWI checkpoints via text messages or social networks.
Orlando “Red Eyes” Yazzie, 37, faces a charge of second degree homicide in the death of Mark Ginnel, 55, on Sept. 9 near an arroyo next to Rosario Cemetery, north of downtown. Ginnel was not homeless, but he had been drinking with male transients before falling asleep in an arroyo, according to a Violent deaths statement by police, and was allegedly kicked to death. The city of Santa Fe and Santa In late October, the body of Fe County also reported a numThomas Tucker, 57, was found ber of violent deaths in 2013, near a known transient camp in although the number of homicides seems to have fallen from the 2700 block of Sawmill Road. Police said that they’re awaiting the previous year. some test results and that the James Rochford, 42, died following a bar fight at Tiny’s case remains under investigaRestaurant & Lounge in late tion. No charges have been filed January. The state Office of the so far. Medical Investigator released And Jennifer Martinez, 24, an autopsy report five months died in November after she later stating that the cause of fell out of a truck driven by her death was “traumatic asphyxia,” boyfriend, Moses Trujillo, also or suffocation due to pressure 24. Trujillo initially was charged on his chest cavity, but no one with vehicular homicide, but has been charged. the charges were dismissed On March 1, Frank Salazar, without prejudice on Dec. 4. 44, died on Comanche Drive Moses had a breath-alcohol off the East Frontage Road. Jose of 0.06 breath alcohol level, just Gutierrez, 54, was arrested on an open charge of murder in the below the 0.08 level at which a driver legally is presumed to case, but a sheriff’s spokesman be too drunk to drive. He told said a grand jury indicted him police he had a beer a couple of on a charge of voluntary manslaughter and child abuse with a hours earlier, and said Martinez firearm enhancement for firing had fallen out of the truck when a bullet that struck a wall near he went around a turn. Salazar’s 3-year-old daughter. Contact Chris Quintana at For reasons that are unclear, 986-3093 or cquintana@ those charges were dismissed sfnewmexican.com. without prejudice on Aug. 22.
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Police notes Funeral services and memorials The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u Someone broke into a Jeep parked in the 100 block of Rio Seco and stole $45 in cash between Tuesday and Saturday. u A man reported that between Dec. 23 and 11 p.m. Friday, someone stole three firearms and a Rolex watch worth a combined $7,050 from his property in the 1600 block of Via Bosque. u Police arrested a female juvenile at 4:25 a.m. Sunday on charges of being a minor under the influence, concealing identity and resisting arrest at a home on Firerock Place. u County deputies responded to reports of screaming in the 2200 block of Miguel Chavez Road at 12:54 p.m. on Sunday, and found a woman who claimed that a male had stabbed her left hand with a knife. u Christopher Mavis, 33, was arrested at 6:19 p.m. Sunday near Rosina and Maclovia streets on two active warrants in connection to two counts of robbery and conspiracy. u A woman in the 4200 block of Twin Yuccas Lane reported Monday that someone used her personal information to set up a PayPal account and then made an eBay purchase. u A man in the 2200 block of West Alameda Street reported at 3:45 p.m. Sunday that his nephew threw him to the ground and kicked him because he wouldn’t lend him money. The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the following report: u Cylde Vigil, 23, of Española, was arrested Sunday on charges of driving with a revoked license following a traffic stop on County Road 76.
Katherine Lawrence Lopez lost her courageous battle of three years with cancer and passed away quietly on December 26, 2013. Born in Miami, Florida on June 17, 1933, she came to New Mexico when her husband Fredrick J. Lopez of Santa Cruz, New Mexico retired from the U.S. Air Force. She very quickly adapted to New Mexico, and became friends with people from all the diverse cultures that inhabit this area. Her interests ranged from scouting to hobbies of all types. She was especially helpful to elderly people and it did not take her long to become a highly respected member of the community. To know her was to like her. Katherine was preceded in death by her parents, Harold Francis Lawrence and Toy Mae Crofoot and by brothers Harold F Lawrence, Morris Lawrence and Ordell Crofoot as well as sisters Bertha Jean Qwaly and Anne Crofoot. She is survived by Fred, her husband of forty four years and daughter Rebecca (Dennis Archuleta) and grandson Jacob Archuleta. Other survivors include sons from a former marriage Louis Frisco and John I Frisco and grandsons Randy, Joshua, and Zachary. She is also survived by brothers Edwin Dennis Lawrence and Sally of Homosassa, Florida, Lee Lawrence and Mary Anne of Sacramento, California, George Crofoot, and Louis Crofoot of Florida. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews from the Lawrence side of the family. Surviving her also are six Lopez brothers in law and four Lopez sisters in law. They are Charles and Rose Mary, Julian and Emma, Felix and Louise, Manuel and Teresa. Joe and Charlene, and Alejandro. Sisters in law are Lillian Tafoya and husband Tom, Lydia Maestas and husband Eli, Mary Sherman and husband Bob, and Martina Ellington and husband Mike. Katherine is also survived by her step daughter Molly Delgado, and by six step grandchildren from her husband"s first marraige. The family of Katherine Lopez would like to thank the personnel of the Hospice Center, PMS who assisted in caring for her, particularly Rachel Whitney, RN, Debrot Receconi, LISW, and Rose Lozano who provided personal care. A rosary will be recited on January 1st, 2014 at 7:00PM at Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque Church. A Mass of Christian burial will take place at Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque Church on January 2nd, 2014 at 10:30AM. The Burial will take place the same day at 2:15PM at Santa Fe National Cemetery. A reception will be held at Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque Parish Hall following the Mass in celebration of Katherine’s 80 years of life. Relatives and friends are invited by the family to attend.
Speed SUVs u The Santa Fe Police Department listed the following locations for mobile speed-enforcement vehicles: SUV No. 1 at Zia Road at Vo Tech Road; SUV No. 2 at Rodeo Road between Richards Avenue and Paseo de los Pueblos ; SUV No. 3 at Airport Road at Fields Lane.
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Frank Moulton Bond, 70, A fourth generation New Mexican, attorney by profession, falconer by passion, died at his home in Santa Fe on December 25 of cancer. Mr. Bond is survived by his daughter Sara EastersonBond and husband Tom of Santa Fe, son, Franklin H. Bond and wife Amy of Santa Fe; sisters: Amy Lynge of San Francisco, CA and MaryAnn Bunten and husband Dan of Albuquerque. Memorials in Frank Bond’s honor may be made online to the Peregrine Fund at TPF@Peregrinefund.org, or by contacting them at (800) 377-3716 or 5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane, Boise, Idaho, 83709.His family is planning a memorial service which will be announced and held at a later date.
Beloved husband and father, Jerry Dalton, 51, passed away early Sunday morning, December 29, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Marsha; daughter, Melissa; and a wonderfully large extended family of siblings, nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors. Jerry loved to go fishing and to go for wood in the wilderness surrounding his home in Glorieta. He loved Spanish music and going for drives in his Chevy Truck with his two dogs. He was incredibly funny and could mimic any accent or character. Jerry was a hardworking man and spent most of his free time working on the house he built with his family.
Help lines Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families hotline: 800-473-5220 St. Elizabeth Shelter for men, women and children: 982-6611 Interfaith Community Shelter: 795-7494 New Mexico suicide prevention hotline: 866435-7166 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)
Dolores Duke Ortiz, aged 88 of Santa Fe, passed away at her home on Dec. 27, 2013. Dolores was the spouse of Ambassador Frank V. Ortiz of Santa Fe. Dolores was born on August 8, 1925 at Fort Riley, Kansas and the daughter of General James T. Duke and Guadalupe O’Neill Duke. She referred to her upbringing as that of an "Army brat" with her father being posted in Europe after World War II where she lived and studied in France and Germany. Dolores married Frank V. Ortiz on May 2, 1953 at the Post Chapel, Fort Myer, Virginia and celebrated 52 years of marriage before his passing in 2005. As the wife of a career diplomat they were posted in Ethiopia, Mexico, Washington D.C., Peru, Uruguay, Barbados, Guatemala, Panama and Argentina before finally returning to Santa Fe in 1990. She was a faithful member of the congregation of the Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi of Santa Fe, New Mexico and was active in many organizations in Santa Fe including the National Dance Institute (NDI), Friends of the Palace of the Governors amongst others. Dolores is survived by her brother Leonard Duke and his wife Rosetta of Louisville, Kentucky and her four children; Tina of Santa Fe, NM; Frank, Jr. and his spouse Susan and their children Corinna and Andrew of Potomac, Maryland; Stephen and his spouse Mary and their children Victoria Marie and Alexander of Taos, New Mexico and James and his spouse Nicola and their children Cassian and Lucas of Tampa, Florida. Dolores will lie for viewing at the Berardinelli Funeral Home, 1399 Luisa Street, Santa Fe from 1 -3 pm on Tuesday, December 31st and a mass celebrating Dolores’ life will be performed at the Cathedral Basilica of St Francis of Assisi on Thursday, January 2nd at 10 am. Dolores will be laid to rest with her husband Frank at the Rosario Cemetery in Santa Fe on Friday, January 3rd at 10 am. In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate contributions to the Ambassador and Mrs. Frank V. Ortiz Palace of the Governors Endowment Fund, c/o Museum of New Mexico Foundation, P.O. Box 2065, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 www.museumfoundation.org
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DWI arrests u Silvia Galdamezdemagana, 39, of Santa Fe was arrested Sunday on charges of drunken driving at Zia Road and Yucca Street after county deputies saw her swerving between lanes. u County deputies responded to a motor vehicle crash near West Alameda Street and Siler Road and arrested Angel Carillo, 23, of Santa Fe on charges of aggravated DWI and careless driving. County deputies wrote in a report that she had “bloodshot watery eyes,” and that she blew a .22 in a breath-alcohol test. u Alexandra Augustine, 30, of Ribera was arrested at 12:48 a.m. Monday on charges of drunken driving and lack of insurance after officers stopped her for running a stop sign in the 700 block of Dunlap Street. u Tasha Ortega, 34, 2110 Rancho Siringo Road, Apt. 20, was arrested on charges of drunken driving and driving with a revoked license at Siringo Road and Alamosa Drive at 9:42 p.m. Saturday.
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Vaya Con Dios Services and a celebration of Jerry’s life will be held at Jerry’s favorite place, his home in Glorieta on Friday, January 3, 2014 at 1 p.m. Following the services there will be a potluck meal. Please bring your favorite dish to share, along with your memories of Jerry. 13 Dalton Road, Glorieta, NM 87535.
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ALLEN STONE Resident of Santa Fe passed away suddenly on December 26, 2013. He was born in Carlsbad, NM to Beatrice and Walter Lee Stone who have preceded him. Allen is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Sue; his sons: Greg (Cristina), Michael and Russell; grandchildren: Zackary, Taylor, Riley and Maxwell; and mother-in-law, Jeane Nelson. Allen retired from 39 years of Santa Fe Banking. He was an avid outdoorsman, and loved fishing and hunting. He spent much of his time contributing to the community through coaching sports, scouts, etc. He was a past president of Kiwanis’s, but also served on many boards and served the community. He was a beloved husband and father and will deeply be missed. A Memorial Service will be held at the Elks Lodge on Thursday, January 2, 2014 at 6 p.m. A private military interment has been conducted. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in the name of Allen Stone to Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary.
Age 88 and a lifelong resident of Santa Fe died Sunday, December 29, 2013. She was a devoted, loving mother and grandmother. Lorencita was retired from the New Mexico State Treasurers Office and was a dedicated member of the Cristo Rey Church Altar Society. She enjoyed creating New Mexico tin work and religious icon paintings. She was a proud proponent of her beloved Santa Fe, loved to sing and dance. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ascension and Dolores (Lola) Vigil; her brothers Bobby, Tony and Johnny; children; daughter and son, Kenneth. She is survived by her daughter, Dolores Leyba and husband Larry; sons Jose, Adrian and wife Kathy and Robert. She has ten grandchildren; Leonard and Michael Leyba, Vincent and Diego Martinez, Brian, Erica, A.J., Sara, Loren and Christopher Martinez; fourteen great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Her godson, David Griego gave much of his time in comforting and playing music to his beloved grandmother. Lorencita will be greatly missed by her family and friends. A visitation will be held on Sunday, January 5 at 5:00pm followed by a Rosary to be recited at 6:00pm at Cristo Rey Catholic Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, January 6 at 10:00am at Cristo Rey Church followed by a burial at Santa Fe National Cemetery.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF FRIEND, OLIVER GAY, 2/4/11 HUSBAND, MICHAEL DYKE, 12/30/11 BROTHER, WILLIAM SCHROEDER, 2/15/12 MOTHER, LORRAINE ERTEL, 9/26/13 "The Broken Chain"
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We little knew that day, God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, In death, we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you. You did not go alone. For part of us went with you, The day God called you home. You left us beautiful memories, Your love is still our guide. And although we cannot see you, You are always at our side. Our family chain is broken, And nothing seems the same, But as God calls us one by one, The chain will link again. We miss you, Susan, Karen, Nancy, Tina, Brian, and Family
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LOCAL BUSINESS
A year of slow, steady progress Santa Fe business community experiences limited growth in 2013, but rise of tourism and gross receipts tax collections spurs optimism
The year in business, by the numbers
Santa Fe County hotel occupancy, January-November 2012 — 59.8 percent 2013 — 64.8 percent SOURCE: NEW MEXICO LODGING ASSOCIATION
Gross receipts tax collection, city of Santa Fe, July to December Current fiscal year-to-date vs. prior year-to-date: +6.72 percent, or $2.9 million Current fiscal year-to-date vs. fiscal year 2007-08, year-to-date: +0.37 percent, or $171,289 SOURCE: CITY OF SANTA FE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Workers install a rooftop swimming pool in September at the Drury Hotel project downtown, at the site of the former St. Vincent Hospital on Paseo de Peralta between Alameda Street and Palace Avenue. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTOS
By Bruce Krasnow The New Mexican
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xcept for the stock market, nothing else bounced in the Santa Fe business community this past year. But for most entrepreneurs, job seekers and homebuyers, 2013 was a year of slow and steady progress. There were more home sales, new renovation and change downtown, and a healthy tourism industry that filled more hotel rooms and restaurants. Job and income growth, however, are still lacking in New Mexico as the state economy is still tethered to federal government hiring and spending — and that is not likely to change in the coming year. Here are the ups and downs of the 2013 business year in Santa Fe:
Residential real estate With December numbers still to be counted, it is almost certain that 2013 will bring the most residential home sales in Santa Fe County since 2007. The lower end of the market was especially strong, with more than 100 sales per month for homes under $500,000 — a seven-year high. In the higherend market, sales picked up in October, and the year saw the most $1 million-plus sales since 2008, according to data provided by Alan Ball of Keller Williams Santa Fe. At the end of the third quarter, the Santa Fe Association of Realtors reported that year-todate home sales were up 8 percent, while the total dollar volume of sold real estate in the third quarter rose 18 percent to $187 million from $158 million. “Do you hear that hum,” the association wrote in October. “That’s the delightful sound of normalcy: Buyers are buying, sellers are selling. Sure this varies from region to region, even city to city, but by and large things are returning to normal.” Though more homes are selling, it isn’t necessarily the case that prices have climbed. In the 12-month period ending in October, for instance, New Mexico was the only state to see a price decline, although it was a slight 0.5 percent, according to CoreLogic, a firm that tracks real estate trends. “The consensus is growing that prices bottomed in February of last year. The rebound has been strongest in the Western states — primarily California, Nevada and Arizona. That said, of the 100 distinct markets that CoreLogic measures, 99 showed year-overyear gains. Only New Mexico reported a drop,” wrote the website marketrealist.com on Dec. 4.
Construction Most of the construction activity in 2013 was in the non-residential sector, which is seeing a 40 percent growth in permitting activity from a year ago, according to McGraw Hill Construction. A good chunk of that is probably the result of two large downtown hotel projects — La Fonda’s renovation and the Drury Hotel project on Paseo de Peralta between Alameda Street and Palace Avenue. Smaller developments on Cerrillos Road brought a new CVS pharmacy and Ashley Furniture store as well as the continued development of Las Soleras, where a McDonald’s and Starbucks took shape across from the Wal-mart Supercenter. On the horizon for 2014 will be a string of health care-related projects: an outpatient clinic by Presbyterian Healthcare Services on St. Michael’s Drive; a new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic at Las Soleras and a southside primary care center by Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. The main Christus hospital on St. Michael’s Drive also is committed to more renovation as it converts patient rooms to single occupancy and is planning an expansion of its intensive care and cardio care units. All eyes will also be on the main U.S. Post Office in downtown Santa Fe to see what happens to the 30,000-square-foot space. Postal Service administrators said they were negotiating with a new landlord — one possible location is the old Borders space in Sanbusco Market Center — but were not prepared to release further details, a spokesman said in early December. If the post office relocated, that would leave a large vacant space in the federal building, just a block from the now-empty state District Court building on Catron Street, which is owned by Santa Fe County. The downtown retail landscape also saw a big change this fall with the closing of the longtime Packard’s on the Plaza store. The new owners, Scott and Karen Malouf, opened a new retail business in the space during Thanksgiving week.
through November, up from 59 percent a year ago. In Santa Fe, yearly occupancy stood at 64.8 percent at the end of November, up from 59.8 percent a year ago, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. Finally, the city of Santa Fe has seen a rebound in the amount of gross receipts tax it collects from economic activity. The tax is the broadest measure of local spending by both residents and tourists, and captures everything from retail purchases to contract work, private tutoring, art purchases and real estate commissions. In the first six month of the 2013-14 fiscal year, GRT collections are up almost $3 million from a year ago, a 6.7 percent boost. Better still, for the first time the revenue is tracking about where it was for the first six months of the prerecession 2007-08 fiscal year. “The fact that the increases are spread out over almost the entire range of categories is a good sign for the overall improvement of the local economy from a year ago,” city Finance Director Marcos Tapia said in an email. “We know there was concern about the possible impact of the 16-day federal furlough in October, but if it affected us, it is hard to identify in these numbers. “While the trend this fiscal year has been surprisingly strong, the February GRT report containing Christmas and Holiday spending will still be of major importance since that is consistently the largest monthly GRT amount of the year.” Contact Bruce Krasnow at brucek@ sfnewmexican.com.
Tourism and hospitality The biggest positive note on the jobs front was the resurgence of the leisure and hospitality sector — both in Santa Fe and statewide — as renewed interest in cultural tourism and the Breaking Bad cable series sparked increased interest in New Mexico. The tangible results have been tourism growth — hiring in the sector has now surpassed prerecession levels — and hotel occupancy levels are ahead of last year. Statewide, occupancy reached 61 percent
Section editor: Bruce Krasnow, 986-3034, bkrasnow@sfnewmexican.com Design and headlines: Brian Barker, bbarker@sfnewmexican.com
Value of building permits, Santa Fe County, January-October 2013 Nonresidential $107.9 million (+44 percent) Residential $28.2 million (-13 percent)
2012 $75 million $32.5 million
SOURCE: MCGRAW HILL CONSTRUCTION
Realtor Brian Tercero of Keller Williams Realty Santa Fe talks with client Pam Sisneros in November. With December numbers still to be counted, it is almost certain that 2013 will bring the most residential home sales in Santa Fe County since 2007.
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LOOKING IN: EVERETTE HILL
State must rethink education strategy
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As the reporter was writing this, the price of gaso“ line went up 20 cents. He didn’t see the horse leaving
fter making modest but unsteady gains in student achievement over the past decade, New Mexico finds itself again ranked 50th in the nation in education. We have been here before, and the uncomfortable conclusion we as New Mexicans must come to is that we are no better off today than we were a decade ago. Despite much effort, there has been little success in changing the trajectory of our state’s education system. During the past 20 years, New Mexico has seen a great deal of educational “reform” activity: charter school laws, No Child Left Behind, three-tier licensing, and most recently, A-F school grading — just to name a few. I have spent those same 20 years engaged in community, youth, organizational and policy development on the ground in New Mexico. I believe these reforms have been unsuccessful because our efforts have lacked a comprehensive, overarching purpose; there is no unified vision for education in New Mexico. The time has come for us to reflect on an important question: “What is our purpose for education and how can we better serve our children and our communities in trying to fulfill that purpose?” Throughout the ages, key thinkers such as John Locke, Thomas Dewey, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mortimer Adler acknowledged that education serves a sacred role in soci-
Low gas prices are due to fracking is like saying “ low clothes prices are due to production in Ban-
LOOKING IN: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lawmaker files proposal for amendment to ban gay marriage, Dec. 20 Sen. [Bill] Sharer, why are you so against same“ sex marriage? If you don’t like it, don’t marry a man.
The Constitution of the USA says every individual … has the same rights under the law. How will marriage equality really affect you or any of us? The times they are a changing.” C.M.
Outstanding! Sen. Bill Sharer, please continue “ the fight to press the Legislature to do its job in
ensuring the ‘will of the people’s voice’ is heard. This constitutional amendment is badly needed to offer the citizens an opportunity to vote for or against this measure without having the state Supreme Court (five people) dictate what our moral obligations are for the institution of marriage … New Mexico is not San Francisco like everything goes around here. Yes, New Mexico is tolerant and respectful in many ways; however, if the gay community continues to push its San Francisco agenda, then the picture of true harmony between the species is bleak and blurred.” F.C.
State’s drivers see fracking’s impact at pump, Dec. 25
ety. They all subscribed to the idea that education is essential to developing people to their highest potential as individuals and as societal assets. In serving that idea, education has been designed as a publicly supported system that develops children for citizenship, teaches cultural literacy, generates a competent workforce and fosters critical thinkers. These have been the important objectives and are why we believe it is essential that our children have access to a quality public education. But somewhere along the way, we forgot about this sacred purpose of education — that is, the teaching and learning part — and we became obsessed with quantifying the value related to the schooling process. At some point our focus on education shifted from teaching and learning to schooling. And because we wanted to measure the effectiveness of that schooling, we began to think the purpose of education was singularly to teach people to read or to graduate from high school or to be a pipeline to industry, and we developed tests to measure progress in these terms. Is it too much to think that the most pernicious and vexing problems that we see in education persist due to our lack of collective action around a truer purpose of education and our lack of investment in human-centered design? Maybe if we thought about school design
as a participatory process, reliant on the voices of all who benefit from the promise of education — students, teachers, parents and community along with the experts — we could triumph over the challenges we face in our state. Maybe if we invested more fully in developing systems in service to a student-teacher partnership, where students and teachers co-develop plans for their mutual success and both are held equally accountable for meeting those goals, we could make some sustained progress. Maybe if we acknowledged that community engagement is a prerequisite for designing our educational systems, we could change the trajectory of education in New Mexico. As we find ourselves 50th again in the nation in education, recommitting ourselves to a truer purpose of education and trying different design approaches like these might just make good sense. The success of an initiative almost always hinges on three things: strong leadership, capacity and passion to inspire others. Those are things that exist in people; they exist in teachers and students, not in statistics. Everette Hill is a Strategy Management Consultant in Albuquerque who has been invested in social innovation and educational development for more than 20 years. He is also a key member of the Learning Alliance of New Mexico board.
the barn.” S.S.
gladesh without looking at the worker conditions. Fracking is leaving behind environmental damage, and that cost is not included. People cannot live nor be safe in Bangladesh making inexpensive clothes for us, and we leave more and more people in poverty. Fracking produces low-cost gas but leaves behind tainted water with chemicals in the homes near the wells and spoils the earth around the wells. When will we pay for damage left behind, and when will we lift children and families out of poverty and pay the true price for clothing?” T.A.
Immigrants drive boom in Santa Fe’s ‘Little Chihuahua’, Dec. 27 More pro-illegal Mexican propaganda from the Santa Fe ‘NEW’ Mexican. Not a lick of gratitude from those quoted in this article how Santa Fe, with ‘Alcalde’ Coss’ sanctuary city policies and against its people’s will, has taken them in and given them the opportunity to live and flourish here. The animosity between true local Hispanics and those who have illegally invaded the south side will grow unless you stop rubbing this illegal population in our faces. … What an arrogance coming out of that culture.” M.O.
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The immigrants open their own businesses “ because they want a better life for themselves. Don’t see too many local losers, druggies, burglars or lifers on welfare and food stamps driving Cadillac and Lincoln SUVs, attempting that, do you? As long as they are here, more power to them.” C.G.M.
I’m hoping for more locally owned businesses like “ Las Delicias and Puerto Peñasco, not generic dollar stores selling plastic junk.” P.L.
Preserve the best of New Mexico A fter spending time living on the East Coast, I realize how fortunate I was to grow up in the desert Southwest surrounded by towering mountains. After returning to New Mexico five years ago, I spent my first days soaking in the beauty of the Sangre de Cristos. These special places must be protected for future generations. I thank Sens. Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich for introducing the Organ MountainsDesert Peaks Conservation Act, which would prevent mining and development in the Organ Mountains and surrounding area by turning them into a national monument. Unfortunately, our do-nothing Congress is unlikely to act on this priority. That is why I urge President Barack Obama to designate the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks as a national monument. One stroke of his pen would bring millions in tourist dollars and hundreds of jobs to the Las Cruces area, while preserving one of the most beautiful places in New Mexico.
Charlie Pabst
I hate what’s going on down there, totally “ unregulated urban sprawl. For some reason, that
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area is exempted from the oversight northerners are subjected to.” R.C.
A city enlightened
I’ve lived on the south side for 22 years. The crime “ rate is lower than in many more central areas of
Recently, my partner and I came to Santa Fe on a mission:
Santa Fe, and there are considerably fewer vacant storefronts. While I deplore the proliferation of auto parts stores and ‘dollar stores’ on Airport Road, I hope things will improve now that we’re about to be annexed to the city.” P.L.
Dogs maul boy, 12, in Ranchos de Taos, Dec. 27 It’s ignorant people that need to be banned. Right along with the loser owners who don’t treat their dogs right or train them to be mean. This guy probably didn’t give a [care] about his dogs.” C.G.M. Good, glad they put those things down. When are you Neanderthals going to learn that these dogs are dangerous and need constant supervision? Do we need to start screaming and yelling to ban these breeds along with the pits, bullies, dogos, mastiffs and anything that even resembles a fighting dog?” A.P.
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We wanted to get married. We’ve been a couple for almost 13 years, but because we are a same-sex couple, our home state of Georgia does not offer legal validation of our relationship. While we had heard that Santa Fe was open-minded, we were still pleasantly surprised at the warm reception we received from everyone we came in contact with, despite
the chilly weather. From the staff at the Santa Fe County Clerk’s Office, to Magistrate Judge Sandra Miera and the two young ladies who graciously served as our witnesses, everyone seemed genuinely enthusiastic about our marriage. After a lovely wedding dinner, chef Tom Kerpon at Tanti Luce 221 popped out of the kitchen to personally congratulate us.
A big thank you to the Santa Fe community for making a couple of strangers feel so welcome and making our special day so memorable. In addition to being the City Different, we feel Santa Fe is the “city enlightened.” We look forward to future visits. Joy Johnston Jenna Stregowski
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COMMENTARY: CAROLYN O’LAUGHLIN
Kids need to solve their own problems
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new moniker, snowplow parents, refers to those who not only hover like helicopter parents but also plow ahead to pre-emptively eliminate any obstacles from their child’s path. These are the folks who would like to hand-select their young child’s classmates, or who bribe coaches for more playing time, or who encourage teachers to pay extra attention to their child at the expense of other students. For those of us who work with college students, there are tales of parent calls for notes from a missed class, daily requests for lists of salad-bar ingredients and parental involvement, via Skype, regarding a dispute between roommates over a missing jar of peanut butter. As a student affairs administrator, I’ve worked with my share of snowplow parents. I hear the concern in their voices. Often such calls end with a better understanding — for me, of their kid; for parents, of our policies. Sometimes the calls are more frustrating and sound more like a scraping plow than an invested parent. But I feel for these parents. The passing agonies of the everyday are shared quickly and easily — texts about a disappointing grade, photos of a roommate’s overflowing garbage, tweets about the heat in a dorm room. The instantaneous nature of the complaints can give the impression that only an immediate solution will do. And some students relying on their phones, with their parents at the other end, are losing the opportunity to stop and think, assuming that their parents are more capable. Perpetuating this belief is a disservice to their development and may contribute to
the increasing amount of anxiety students experience about small inconveniences. Some years ago as a college student in Milwaukee, I had a run-in with a more traditional type of snowplow. I’d brought a car to campus for the weeks between Thanksgiving and winter break and had parked at the end of a neighborhood street. I studied and drank beer and danced on couches as snow fell. The college grounds crew shoveled walks across campus, creating waist-high tunnels wide enough for only one person. On the day the dorms closed, two friends and I found my car encapsulated in snow and ice, plowed in under chest-high, dirty, gray snow. Orange parking tickets were frozen in layers of ice like papier-mache. If I had access to today’s technology, I might have snapped a picture on my phone and sent it to my mom, or texted “OMG” and selected a crying emoji face. Instead, I called my mom many hours later, from a pay phone in a gas station parking lot off the highway, to announce that I’d be late. Car trouble, I told her, and she responded with the expected balance of sympathy and concern. I didn’t mention that I was completely at fault, or that it was entirely preventable, or that the number of unpaid parking tickets may have been plentiful enough to justify my arrest. I just told her, truthfully, that I’d been able to handle it. (Years later, she confessed that she’d fished parking violation notices out of the mailbox for months after and sent checks to pay them before my dad found out — a vintage snowplow parent of my very own.) The everyday obstacles of living and learning in a college community — conflict,
disappointment, discomfort — are awkward and messy, but necessary. Development of a person’s identity, confidence and competence requires the ability to deal with adversity. When well-intentioned parents plow through obstacles, they often bury their child’s ability to clear the next path. Back in Milwaukee, I had avoided the discomfort and annoyance of dealing with the accumulating snow for weeks. Busy with schoolwork, inexperienced in managing multiple responsibilities and just a little lazy, I waited, hoping that I would never have to deal with it. As a result, the tools that could have helped me — an ice scraper, snowbrush and dashboard defroster — were buried by falling and plowed snow. The inevitable task became all the more difficult, and my friends and I had to improvise — kicking at snow and batting at it with mittened hands. Someone brought a handful of kitchen utensils, and we chipped ice with wooden spoons and flipped snow with spatulas until eventually the doors opened. We looked ridiculous, and I had to buy a lot of beer and pizza the next semester to make it up to those friends, but clearing that path on our own — three college kids with tools from a kitchen junk drawer — taught me more about my capabilities than did many of my courses that term. As the children of snowplow parents head home for winter break, let’s hope they’ll be given some opportunity to shovel the walk. Carolyn O’Laughlin is director of residence life at Sarah Lawrence College and a student at the Sarah Lawrence Writing Institute. She wrote this for The Washington Post.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013 THE NEW MEXICAN
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The West’s oldest newspaper, founded 1849 Robin M. Martin Owner
COMMENTARY: DAN K. THOMASSON
Functional Congress a long shot WASHNGTON t seems fairly obvious now that the Republicans are going to have to ride into the midterm election year on an issue other than the Affordable Care Act, which more and more looks like a dead horse not worth beating as political campaigns go. That’s not to say that flaws in the “abominable Obamacare” — as the GOP has labeled it for the last five years — won’t offer some fodder for electioneering. But if one succumbs to the reality that once something is given by the government, it is difficult to take away, it becomes easier to accept that the opportunities for repeal are next to nil. Even if the Democrats should manage to lose the Senate next fall, not terribly likely at this stage, doing away entirely with the giant health reform bill would face doubtful success. A two-thirds’ vote of both houses of Congress needed to override a sure veto would be nearly impossible to achieve especially with the outcry one might expect from those already benefiting from the program. The smart money in the Republican firmament seems willing to bet on another strategy, shying away from the most radical tea party approaches of the far right and coming back toward solid conservatism that has a more general appeal. That would include concentrating on convincing voters that economic problems and immigration and tax reform can be achieved without disruptions that seem to want to turn the clock back a century or so. The question becomes now whether the GOP’s still powerful fringe groups understand that winning a primary is not the end goal — that preserving some outdated ideology at the cost of winning office is not desirable for the long- or short-range health of the party. That may be more difficult than it seems consid-
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T ering more moderate (make that more politic) candidates are facing tough primaries from the outer reaches. Rigid doctrinaire challengers obviously didn’t get the message sent by voters in the likes of Indiana and Missouri during the last election when certain Republican victories suddenly turned to ashes in the firestorm of self-destruction. There are some signs, however, that the stranglehold that a relative few hard-nosed ideologues have had on the Republican caucus, particularly in the House, has been loosened by GOP leadership apparently tired of being portrayed as puppets and cowards and obstructionists held hostage at the expense of rational government. That includes House Speaker John Boehner. Boehner has made it clear he is weary of the allegations and has served notice on the outside groups that he is the master of the House, or caucus if one prefers. It doesn’t mean, however, that he has
given up his conservative credentials or his understanding that he owes allegiance to long-standing conservative principles, merely that he is more willing to practice the art of compromise rather than being bullied into stances that are not compatible with winning. The new year, on the other hand, will see several of the Senate’s tea party heroes like Rand Paul of Kentucky and Ted Cruz of Texas preparing for a potential entry into the presidential sweepstakes of 2016. Will they effectively compete with Gov. Chris Christi of New Jersey or Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the budget man who was Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012? Perhaps in the primary states, but even that speculation is premature at this early date. Let’s just say there will be considerable movement that will escalate once next November’s balloting is finished. Meanwhile, what’s on the table for 2014? The answer is
the same panoply of issues that have occupied the past year — immigration, sequestration, the debt ceiling, Afghanistan troop withdrawal and so forth. The focus is likely to shift on reforming rather than annihilating the health reform act. Just too many Americans already are beginning to benefit from having some sort of insurance protection to do away with it despite the awkwardness and embarrassment of the roll out. Some Republicans counsel that it would be better for the party to lead the charge to try to correct the flaws. Others contend that such a move would play into the hands of Democrats who would claim overall credit for the program. But if you are betting on a functional approach to politics and government from Capitol Hill to the White House, it’s probably still a long shot. Dan K. Thomasson is a longtime Washington journalist and former vice president of Scripps Howard Newspapers.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Cathedral Park needs more city attention
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hat was an excellent editorial piece from our own Santa Fe New Mexican (“A statue, but so much more,” Dec. 29), laying out the terrible problems which unfortunately, but in all reality, do exist, in Santa Fe’s Cathedral Park. Those problems, in all probability, have led to the deplorable maltreatment and mauling of Santa Fe’s most historic figure-statue, the bronze Don Diego de Vargas statue. The horrible conditions that have been allowed to exist at this potentially “showpiece” downtown park, and which are those appropriately and correctly described by The New Mexican, are long overdue to be corrected by the City Fathers (and Mothers). To allow these conditions to continue would be equally deplorable — and to not reimburse the costs of repairs to Don Diego would also be in this same vein. You snooze, your lose, you pay. So please, do the right thing. E. E. Maestas
Santa Fe
Not so clever I’m sure reporter Daniel J. Chacón thought he was being clever with his opening paragraph: “A fearless Don Diego de Vargas reclaimed Santa Fe from the Pueblo Indians … ” but I must wonder where the editorial oversight went (“Vandals batter de Vargas,” Dec. 27). How can someone
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writing for this town’s newspaper be so completely oblivious to the feelings of the Native population? If it had to be written, it should have at least been historically complete, to wit: “Reclaimed from the Pueblo Indians from whom the Spaniards had originally stolen it, subjugating the indigenous people in the process.” While I don’t condone vandalism or any crime, it isn’t difficult to understand why that statue would be a target. MacKenzie Allen
Santa Fe
A favorite tradition The annual Santa Fe Skating Club Show each December has become a favorite family tradition, featuring ath-
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letic grace and agility. From the awardwinning individual and pair skaters to the children just learning to skate, it’s the best deal in town. While the splendid figure skaters — especially the nationally ranked pair, Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, and Santa Fe’s own winning individuals, Ayaha and Jun-Hong Chen — were wonderful recently, perhaps the best, and certainly the most endearing, presentation came from the toddlers in the Chavez Center Learn-to-Skate Program. With skaters like these youngsters coming up, Santa Fe will long enjoy the annual ice-skating show at the Genoveva Chavez Community Center. Kay Lockridge
Santa Fe
he end of 2013 will be a tough period for the 5,000 or so New Mexicans who are losing their jobless benefits this month. Congress did not extend an emergency program to help the long-term unemployed. Instead, lawmakers left Washington, D.C., to take a holiday rather than find a way to maintain benefits for people. The first item of business when Congress reconvenes in January should be a reinstatement of these necessary benefits. After all, the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures still show three applicants for every job, meaning that even qualified workers aren’t able to find work. The loss of benefits hits New Mexico particularly hard, as our job recovery has been anemic, to be generous. We rank at 47th in job growth nationally. With the average weekly payment under the extended benefits program now at $302 for 28 weeks, the National Employment Law Project estimates the money created 989 jobs with the $106 million paid over the past fiscal year. The impact isn’t limited just to the some 5,400 people losing benefits this month. Another 9,700 people who recently lost work will need benefits and support — especially because the job hunt now takes an average of eight months, up from five months before the recession hit. Extending job benefits is not without controversy. Opponents believe that the laid-off workers should be able to find a job and that emergency help should not become an entitlement. For the most part, people without a job want nothing so much as to return to productive work. The jobs aren’t there. Until more jobs are available, we can’t afford to cut citizens off to go hungry or become homeless. The Obama administration estimates unemployment benefits have kept 11.4 million people out of poverty and benefited almost 17 million children. That’s a worthy investment in our nation’s people. If the plight of hungry children isn’t moving enough, this reality should be. Money being spent by the unemployed through their benefits is helping local businesses and shops. Drying up $100 million that otherwise would be spent in New Mexico will cost more jobs and worsen the state’s lagging economy. A Wall Street Journal article on Dec. 27 detailed just how bad the state economy remains — New Mexico has shed some 40,000 nonfarm jobs since 2007. States around us — Colorado, Texas and Arizona — are growing at much faster rate. The message is that New Mexico needs to diversify its economy away from the federal government and diversify private industry. Those fixes will take years to accomplish, especially because most state leaders are too focused on tax cuts as the solution to attracting business. Tax policy is but one way to grow the economy; better schools, investing in infrastructure (Amtrak line, anyone?) and support for entrepreneurs will take years to bear fruit. The long-term unemployed don’t have time. They will go hungry starting next month. In the meantime, by extending benefits for people who can’t find work, we will be helping the economy in the short term, with the added benefit of keeping children fed and families stable.
The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: Dec. 31, 1913: New York — A plague of rabbits, which according to those who have suffered, is of magnitude equal to the various plagues of the days of the children of Israel in the land of Egypt, is today preventing residents of certain sections of Brooklyn, Flushing, Long Island and other waterfront districts from worrying about their own troubles. In Flushing, the animals ran through the streets in herds, and men and boys were busy for hours clubbing them to death. Several persons were injured during the battle. Dec. 31, 1963: The General Services Administration has announced that it will transfer ownership of National Fish Hatchery at Eagle Nest to the State of New Mexico. But, the State Game and Fish Department people aren’t exactly jumping with joy over the acquisition. The facility with the big name consists of one frame building. The federal government just had an easement on the land, which already belonged to the state. The Game Department can probably use the building — either for crews to live in when they are working in that area or as a storage building. But the hatchery is among the long list of items the game boys have no use for.
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The following water statistics of December 26 are the most recent supplied by the City Water Division (in millions of gallons). Total water produced from: Canyon Water Treatment Plant: 1.265 Buckman Water Treatment Plant: 5.010 City Wells: 0.000 Buckman Wells: 1.630 Total water produced by water system: 7.905 Amount delivered to Las Campanas: Golf course: 0.000, domestic: 0.091 Santa Fe Canyon reservoir storage: 64.3 percent of capacity; daily inflow 2.33 million gallons. A partial list of the City of Santa Fe’s Comprehensive Water Conservation Requirements currently in effect: • Irrigation water leaving the intended area is not permitted. Wasting water is not allowed. • Using water to clean hard surfaces with a hose or power washer is prohibited. • Hoses used in manual car washing MUST be equipped with a positive shut-off nozzle. • Swimming pools and spas must be covered when not in use. For a complete list of requirements call: 955-4225 http://www.santafenm.gov/waterconservation
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Newsmakers NEW YORK — Bon Jovi not only has the year’s top tour, but the rock band has achieved a career high. The New Jersey-based act’s worldwide tour grossed $259.5 million this year, topping Pollstar’s annual top 20 list and setting a record for the band itself. Beyoncé is second with $188.6 million. She ended her tour last week in Brooklyn, N.Y. Pink, Justin Bieber and Bruce Springsteen round out the top five.
‘Good Morning America’ host Roberts comes out
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Bon Jovi has top-grossing global tour of the year
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LOS ANGELES — Robin Roberts thanked her longtime girlfriend, Amber Laign, in a yearend post published on the ABC News anchor’s Facebook page on Sunday, confirmed Heather Riley of ABC. The message comes after Roberts’ battle with a life-threatening illness. This is the first time the Good Morning America anchor has publicly acknowledged her 10-year, same-sex relationship with Laign, a massage therapist from the San Francisco Bay Area. The Associated Press
3:00 p.m. KOAT The Ellen DeGeneres Show Rob Lowe; Sophia Grace and Rosie; Paris Hilton. KTFQ Laura Escenario para la discusión de todo tipo de asuntos que afectan a la comunidad en la actualidad. Conducido por: Laura Bozzo. KWBQ The Bill Cunningham Show Relationships plagued by suspicions of infidelity. FNC The Five 4:00 p.m. KOAT The Dr. Oz Show Marilyn Milian; bunion surgery; home remedies; parasites. KTEL Al Rojo Vivo con María Celeste María Celeste conduce este espacio donde informa al televidente sobre el acontecer diario, presenta videos dramáticos e insólitos, además ofrece segmentos de interés.
KASY The Steve Wilkos Show Accused of molesting his own son, Ronnie takes a liedetector test and demands a DNA test too. FNC Special Report With Bret Baier 5:00 p.m. KASA Steve Harvey Eric Martsolf and Shawn Christian; questions about parenting; choosing a pet. KCHF The 700 Club KASY Maury 6:00 p.m. FNC The Five 9:00 p.m. TBS Conan Aziz Ansari; Deepak Chopra; Adam Yenser. 9:30 p.m. KCHF Life Today With James Robison James and Betty Robison. 10:00 p.m.KASA The Arsenio Hall Show Anthony Anderson; Loni Love; Doug E. Fresh performs. KTEL Al Rojo Vivo María Celeste conduce este espacio
stumbled in the summer boxoffice season that runs from May to early September. BigLOS ANGELES — Tony budget tentpoles After Earth Stark did more than save the with Will Smith and White world in Iron Man 3. He helped House Down with Channing deliver a record summer in Tatum and Jamie Foxx failed to theaters and carry Hollywood connect with audiences. to a new high for all of 2013. Studios avoided bloody boxWith two days left, U.S. and office battles by putting some Canadian cinemas are certime between their biggest pictain to pass last year’s record tures, Pyykkonen said. $10.8 billion in ticket sales by Iron Man 3, released May about 1 percent, researcher 3, racked up 85 percent of its Rentrak Corp. said Sunday in total domestic sales in three a statement. Studios spaced weeks. The latest installment out their biggest films to avoid in the story of billionaire head-to-head competition and inventor Stark faced serious produced more releases with competition only by its third domestic revenue of $200 weekend, when Viacom Inc.’s million-plus, often with exhibi- Paramount Pictures opened tors charging extra for larger Star Trek Into Darkness. screens, plush seats and better With fewer releases sound. bunched together, at least “To get people to come out 12 films exceeded $200 million and spend the extra money, the in U.S. ticket sales this year, movie has to be over the top,” compared with 11 in 2012 and said Martin Pyykkonen, an seven in 2011, according to Box analyst with Wedge Partners Office Mojo. That helped the in Greenwood Village, Colo. industry beat last year’s total “That’s one reason studios even though only Iron Man 3 have become so good, and so topped $400 domestically this focused, at producing bigger year, compared with three in blockbuster movies.” the previous 12 months. Walt Disney Co.’s Iron Man The less competitive calen3, topping the U.S. box office dar also allowed some sleeper with $409 million in sales, hits to emerge. Gravity, the 3-D underscored Hollywood’s success revisiting hits, leading the space adventure featuring Sandra Bullock and George Clooindustry to a second-straight ney, opened in early October annual record after drops the and generated $254.6 million in prior two years. Eight of the domestic revenue for Warner top 10 films were sequels or Bros. revivals of action, fantasy, aniGravity was the No. 2 film of mation or sci-fi hits, according the year for the studio, behind to Box Office Mojo. Two of Man of Steel, and helped those, The Hunger Games and cement Warner Bros.’ industry The Hobbit, return with new leading $1.81 billion in domesepisodes in 2014. The Hobbit: The Desolation of tic sales as of Dec. 26, accordSmaug, the second of three new ing to Box Office Mojo. “The product this year was films from the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, led U.S. sales for a third appealing to a wide range of audiences, and there wasn’t a straight weekend, even with concentration that we somefresh competition from Martin times see where the movies Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall cannibalize each other,” said Street. The Hobbit has taken Bud Mayo, chairman and chief in $190.3 million domestically executive officer of Digital since its Dec. 13 debut and Cinema Destinations Corp., $614.1 million worldwide for the Westfield, New JerseyTime Warner Inc.’s Warner Bros., the 2013 box-office leader, based operator of about 200 Digiplex screens. according to Box Office Mojo. That trend continues The year’s winners were Jan. 17 when Paramount accompanied by a few duds. releases Jack Ryan: Shadow The Lone Ranger from Disney Recruit, a reboot of author lost $160 million to $190 milTom Clancy’s spy-thriller lion according to an August series, with Chris Pine taking conference call transcript. the title role. Sony Corp.’s film studio Bloomberg News
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Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts in a scene from Iron Man 3.
donde informa al televidente sobre el acontecer diario, presenta videos dramáticos e insólitos, además ofrece segmentos de interés. 10:30 p.m. FNC Red Eye TBS Conan Aziz Ansari; Deepak Chopra; Adam Yenser. 10:35 p.m. KRQE Late Show With David Letterman Actress Connie Britton; Lady Antebellum performs. 11:00 p.m. FNC The Five 11:37 p.m. KRQE The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson 12:00 a.m. E! Chelsea Lately Chef Curtis Stone. 12:30 a.m. KOB The Tonight Show With Jay Leno Andy Samberg; Bailee Madison; Goo Goo Dolls perform. 1:00 a.m. KASY The Trisha Goddard Show
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7 p.m. on CBS NCIS The team investigates a car accident involving a Marine, which causes Abby (Pauley Perrette) to relive some painful memories of working her first “case” in “Hit and Run.” Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Sean Murray and Cote de Pablo also star.
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9 p.m. on NBC NBC’s New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly This two-hour special begins in prime time, then continues later with the countdown to 2014 and the first performances of the new year. Last Call and The Voice host Daly (pictured) emcees from the middle of the world’s most famous New Year’s Eve destination: Times Square in New York.
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9 p.m. on ABC Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2014 The man who founded it passed on last year, but the party goes on as he would have wanted it to. Starting in prime time and continuing after the late local news, the telecast serves up musical performances from the East and West coasts before and after the Times Square ball drop. 9 p.m. on FX Movie: Avatar Writer-director James Cameron’s Oscar-winning, visually dazzling and ecologically responsible saga uses extensive “motion-capture” animation as a paraplegic Marine (Sam Worthington) is brought to a planet called Pandora. His scientifically engineered alter ego, or “avatar,” is enlisted to help mine the planet for resources needed on Earth, but his goal changes as he empathizes ever more deeply with the land’s native people, the Na’vi. 9:00 p.m. on CBS Person of Interest Carter (Taraji P. Henson) engages in mental warfare with the FBI in an attempt to distract Special Agent Donnelly (Brennan Brown) from Reese (Jim Caviezel) — who’s encountering old and new enemies. Fusco (Kevin Chapman) works alone to help the team’s latest person of interest.
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Things the same at top of AP poll UNM shows no signs of movement in voting By Jim O’Connell
The Associated Press
The University of New Mexico men’s basketball team was busy doing something other than cracking the latest Top 25 rankings on Monday. The Lobos, sitting at 9-3 heading into Saturday’s Mountain West Conference opener at home against Colorado State, barely made a ripple in voting for both The Associated Press media poll and USA Today Coaches Poll. They received just one vote in the coaches’ poll and didn’t get a single nod from the media. It’s the fewest votes they’ve received all season after starting the year ranked in both tabulations. Instead, UNM’s coaches and players were at Albuquerque’s Rio Grande Zoo on Monday morning to help the official grand opening of the new Tasmanian devil exhibit. While a re-introduction to the Top 25 would have been nice, fans will have to settle for a brief public service appearance by a team that is about to open defense of its conference championship. Same old stuff: The top of The Associated Press poll has stayed the same for a month. For the fourth straight week, Arizona, Syracuse, Ohio State, Wisconsin and Michigan State have been ranked 1 through 5 in the Top 25. The only change in that span was this week’s first-place votes. For the first three polls in this run Arizona had 63 No. 1 votes from the 65-mem-
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By Eddie Pells
The Associated Press
A soldier guards the Volgograd main railway station early Monday in Volgograd, Russia. A bomb blast tore through a trolleybus in the city of Volgograd on Monday morning, killing at least 14 people one day after a suicide bombing that killed at least 17 at the city’s main railway station. Volgograd is about 400 miles northeast of Sochi, where the Olympics are to take place. DENIS TYRIN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The suicide bombings in Russia serve as a chilling reminder of what the Winter Olympics represent to terrorists: A high-profile target with more than 2,500 athletes, some of them world-famous, waving the flags of nearly 90 nations. So, while many Olympic leaders offered reassurance on the day after two bombings 400 miles from Sochi killed at least 31 people, some of those getting ready to compete in the Games spoke of a different reality. They know their security is never sure thing. “I am concerned,” said U.S. speedskater Jilleanne Rookard. “I’m scared their security may be involved. I don’t know if I necessarily trust their security forces. But they don’t want a national embarrassment, either. I use that thought to relieve some of my worry. I’m sure they want to save their image and their pride.”
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Indeed, the Russians vow the athletes will be safe, even though they will be competing in a city 300 miles away from the roots of an Islamist insurgency that has triggered security concerns for the Games, which start Feb. 7. The country has spent a record $51 billion preparing for its first Winter Games and has promised to make the Games “the safest in Olympic history.” Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov said the bombings didn’t spark a need for additional security measures because “everything necessary already has been done.” Swedish hockey player Johan Franzen of
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NFL
Black monday
5 head coaches already fired Jim Schwartz Former Detroit Lions head coach
Leslie Frazier
Former Minnesota Vikings head coach
Greg Schiano
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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach
BOWL GAMES
No. 10 Oregon crushes Texas in Brown’s final game
Rob Chudzinski
Former Cleveland Browns head coach
Former Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan delivers a statement at a Monday news conference after being fired in Ashburn, Va.
By Paul J. Weber
EVAN VUCCI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Quarterback Marcus Mariota had 386 total yards, and No. 10 Oregon returned two interceptions for touchdowns, spoiling Texas coach Mack Brown’s farewell with a runaway 30-7 victory in the Alamo Bowl on Monday night. The BCS-snubbed Ducks (11-2) dominated throughout even though their famously high-powered offense scored just one touchdown, when Josh Huff turned a short pass from Mariota into a spectacular 16-yard sprint to the end zone. Brown received warm goodbyes from a sellout crowd in what was practically a home game for Texas (8-5). Even the school marching band spelled his name at halftime. But the blowout was a final reminder of why Brown is resigning after 16 seasons at Texas, which he led to a national championship in 2005 but couldn’t reverse a sharp decline in recent years. Walking off the field for the last time, Brown flashed the “Hook ‘em
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Oregon’s Thomas Tyner, left, rushes as Texas’ Dalton Santos pursues during the Valero Alamo Bowl on Monday in San Antonio, Texas. ERIC GAY/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By Barry Wilner
The Associated Press
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t didn’t take long. Barely 12 hours after the NFL’s regular season ended, five head coaches were unemployed. Fired on Monday were Washington’s Mike Shanahan, Detroit’s Jim Schwartz, Minnesota’s Leslie Frazier and Tampa Bay’s Greg Schiano. The Cleveland Browns didn’t even
wait that long, dismissing Rob Chudzinski on Sunday night after just one season on the job. Shanahan, who won two Super Bowls in Denver in the 1990s, spent four seasons with the Redskins and was 24-40. Frazier had a little more than three seasons with the Vikings to compile an 18-33-1 mark, and Schwartz coached the Lions for five seasons, finishing 29-52. Schiano only got two years with
the Buccaneers, going 11-21. He had three years and $9 million left on his contract. Tampa Bay also fired general manager Mark Dominik. “It’s tough for the players to see your coaches go. You never want to see anybody get fired,” Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. “Me personally, I haven’t had any, consistently, in my career. Third head coach, going on my fifth year and
three head coaches. Add up everybody, it’ll be six D-line coaches.” The Buccaneers, who also have fired the likes of Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden, hired Schiano out of Rutgers in 2012 and went 6-4 before losing five of their last six games. They dropped their first eight games this season and finished 4-12. One coach allegedly on the hot seat
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COMMENTARY
More officiating gaffes hurt NFL, anger fans By Barry Wilner
The Associated Press
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hen fans and media are talking more about the officiating than what Aaron Rodgers, Randall Cobb, LeSean McCoy and Brandon Boykin do to get their teams in the playoffs, there’s a problem the NFL would rather not be confronted with. The regular season closed with some wild playoff chases, and even more uproar over officiating. It has not been a great year for the zebras, with fans in Pittsburgh now screaming about being robbed of a playoff berth because of a rules gaffe. As the playoffs begin, the highestrated officials at each position will earn assignments. The very best, according to the evaluations of league officiating chief Dean Blandino and his staff, will wind up in the Super Bowl.
But when highlight shows concentrate as much on the men with whistles as the heroics by the Packers and Eagles to win their divisions, it’s no wonder viewers wonder whether there are enough efficient officials to go around. On Monday, the NFL acknowledged that referees should have penalized the Chargers for an illegal formation on a missed 41-yard field goal by Kansas City’s Ryan Succop with 4 seconds left Sunday. Had the proper call been made, Succop would have had another chance. If he hit the next kick — well within his range — San Diego would have been eliminated and the Steelers would own the final wild-card spot. “I think the one thing you need to do when there are critical mistakes is be transparent and admit it,” former
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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, left, gets past Philadelphia Eagles free safety Patrick Chung to score a touchdown during Sunday’s game in Arlington, Texas. TIM SHARP/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BASKETBALL basketball
Nba eastern Conference
atlantic Toronto Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia New York southeast Miami Atlanta Washington Charlotte Orlando Central Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland Milwaukee
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Western Conference
Gb — 1 4 5 5 Gb — 7 81/2 101/2 131/2 Gb — 12 12 141/2 181/2
southwest W l Pct Gb San Antonio 24 7 .774 — Houston 21 12 .636 4 Dallas 18 13 .581 6 New Orleans 14 15 .483 9 Memphis 13 17 .433 101/2 Northwest W l Pct Gb Oklahoma City 25 5 .833 — Portland 24 7 .774 11/2 Minnesota 15 16 .484 101/2 Denver 14 16 .467 11 Utah 10 24 .294 17 Pacific W l Pct Gb L.A. Clippers 21 12 .636 — Phoenix 19 11 .633 1/2 Golden State 19 13 .594 11/2 L.A. Lakers 13 18 .419 7 Sacramento 9 20 .310 10 Monday’s Games Washington 106, Detroit 99 Dallas 100, Minnesota 98 Chicago 95, Memphis 91 New Orleans 110, Portland 108 Miami 97, Denver 94 Utah 83, Charlotte 80 Phoenix 107, L.A. Clippers 88 sunday’s Games Orlando 109, Atlanta 102 Golden State 108, Cleveland 104, OT Oklahoma City 117, Houston 86 San Antonio 112, Sacramento 104 Philadelphia 111, L.A. Lakers 104 tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Boston, 11 a.m. Cleveland at Indiana, 1 p.m. Golden State at Orlando, 3 p.m. Sacramento at Houston, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 6 p.m. Portland at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Dallas at Washington, 4 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 7 p.m. Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Nba CaleNdar
Jan. 6 — 10-day contracts can be signed. Jan. 10 — Contracts guaranteed for rest of season.
Nba boxsCores Monday Wizards 106, Pistons 99
WasHINGtoN (106) Ariza 5-11 2-2 15, Booker 2-6 2-3 6, Gortat 4-8 0-0 8, Wall 7-15 14-15 29, Beal 6-13 0-0 13, Webster 4-7 0-0 10, Nene 5-9 1-2 11, Vesely 0-0 0-0 0, Temple 0-1 1-2 1, Porter Jr. 3-4 1-3 7, Seraphin 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 39-78 21-27 106. detroIt (99) Smith 6-19 4-6 16, Monroe 7-17 8-12 22, Drummond 7-10 2-4 16, Jennings 5-16 3-4 15, Caldwell-Pope 7-11 0-1 17, Singler 4-5 2-4 11, Billups 0-2 0-0 0, Harrellson 0-1 0-0 0, Bynum 0-0 2-2 2, Datome 0-1 0-2 0. Totals 36-82 21-35 99. Washington 33 20 25 28 —106 detroit 32 31 24 12 —99 3-Point Goals—Washington 7-19 (Ariza 3-7, Webster 2-4, Wall 1-4, Beal 1-4), Detroit 6-20 (Caldwell-Pope 3-6, Jennings 2-8, Singler 1-2, Billups 0-2, Smith 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Washington 50 (Ariza 11), Detroit 55 (Drummond 16). Assists— Washington 25 (Wall 7), Detroit 26 (Jennings 14). Total Fouls—Washington 27, Detroit 24. Technicals—Gortat, Washington defensive three second, Detroit defensive three second. A—15,050.
Pelicans 110, trail blazers 108
PortlaNd (108) Batum 3-9 1-2 8, Aldridge 13-25 2-3 28, Lopez 1-3 5-6 7, Lillard 10-18 4-5 29, Matthews 6-13 3-4 18, Williams 3-9 0-0 8, Freeland 2-5 0-0 4, Wright 1-5 3-4 6, Leonard 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 39-88 18-24 108. NeW orleaNs (110) Aminu 4-8 1-1 9, Anderson 5-11 2-2 13, Davis 13-19 1-4 27, Holiday 14-28 2-2 31, Morrow 1-3 0-0 2, Evans 9-15 2-2 20, Roberts 1-4 2-2 4, Ajinca 0-0 0-0 0, Rivers 1-1 2-2 4, Stiemsma 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 48-89 12-15 110. Portland 21 28 33 26—108 New orleans 26 30 33 21—110 3-Point Goals—Portland 12-32 (Lillard 5-8, Matthews 3-8, Williams 2-5, Wright 1-4, Batum 1-7), New Orleans 2-11 (Holiday 1-2, Anderson 1-5, Evans 0-1, Roberts 0-1, Aminu 0-1, Morrow 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 47 (Aldridge 8), New Orleans 52 (Aminu 15). Assists— Portland 25 (Batum 6), New Orleans 19 (Holiday 13). Total Fouls—Portland 13, New Orleans 19. Technicals—New Orleans defensive three second. A—17,035.
bulls 95, Grizzlies 91
CHICaGo (95) Dunleavy 2-5 3-3 7, Boozer 9-16 3-4 21, Noah 2-9 4-5 8, Hinrich 1-3 3-6 6, Butler 6-10 12-14 26, Gibson 3-7 3-4 9, Snell 3-5 1-2 8, Augustin 2-8 4-4 10, Mohammed 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-65 33-42 95. MeMPHIs (91) Prince 1-2 1-2 3, Randolph 4-15 2-2 10, Koufos 6-8 0-0 12, Conley 9-19 8-10 26, Allen 5-7 3-4 13, Davis 3-4 2-4 8, Johnson 4-13 5-6 13, Bayless 2-5 0-0 4, Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Leuer 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 35-78 21-28 91. Chicago 17 29 25 24—95 Memphis 22 22 20 27—91 3-Point Goals—Chicago 6-15 (Butler 2-3, Augustin 2-7, Hinrich 1-1, Snell 1-2, Dunleavy 0-2), Memphis 0-5 (Miller 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Conley 0-2). Fouled Out—Johnson. Rebounds—Chicago 49 (Noah, Boozer 10), Memphis 47 (Randolph, Johnson 10). Assists— Chicago 16 (Augustin 9), Memphis 19 (Conley 9). Total Fouls—Chicago 21, Memphis 27. Technicals—Chicago Coach Thibodeau. A—17,688.
Mavericks 100, timberwolves 98
dallas (100) Marion 14-19 0-0 32, Nowitzki 7-17 2-3 16, Dalembert 3-3 3-4 9, Calderon 3-7 0-0 8, Ellis 3-14 3-3 9, Carter 2-9 2-2 6, Wright 6-8 2-2 14, Crowder 0-4 0-0 0, Blair 3-3 0-0 6, Larkin 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 41-86 12-14 100.
MINNesota (98) Brewer 7-12 0-0 16, Love 14-24 6-8 36, Pekovic 6-13 6-6 18, Rubio 1-3 2-2 4, Martin 6-15 6-7 19, Shved 0-3 0-0 0, Mbah a Moute 0-1 0-0 0, Cunningham 0-2 0-0 0, Barea 2-4 0-0 5, Hummel 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 36-79 20-23 98. dallas 29 33 19 19 —100 Minnesota 23 20 38 17 —98 3-Point Goals—Dallas 6-24 (Marion 4-6, Calderon 2-4, Larkin 0-1, Crowder 0-2, Ellis 0-3, Carter 0-4, Nowitzki 0-4), Minnesota 6-23 (Brewer 2-5, Love 2-7, Barea 1-3, Martin 1-3, Shved 0-1, Mbah a Moute 0-1, Rubio 0-1, Hummel 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds— Dallas 42 (Dalembert 7), Minnesota 51 (Love 11). Assists—Dallas 33 (Ellis 10), Minnesota 22 (Rubio 13). Total Fouls— Dallas 20, Minnesota 15. Technicals— Ellis, Minnesota defensive three second. A—16,111.
Jazz 83, bobcats 80
CHarlotte (80) Tolliver 1-6 0-0 3, McRoberts 2-6 0-0 5, A.Jefferson 8-23 1-2 18, Walker 6-17 5-5 18, Henderson 6-13 5-8 19, Zeller 1-1 0-0 2, Douglas-Roberts 2-4 0-0 5, Sessions 4-13 0-0 8, Biyombo 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-84 11-15 80. UtaH (83) R.Jefferson 3-10 1-2 9, Williams 6-8 0-0 13, Favors 6-10 1-2 13, Burke 8-17 2-2 21, Hayward 3-10 2-2 9, Burks 6-12 1-1 14, Evans 0-3 0-0 0, Kanter 2-8 0-0 4, Garrett 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 34-80 7-9 83. Charlotte 21 13 19 27—80 Utah 21 21 21 20—83 3-Point Goals—Charlotte 7-14 (Henderson 2-2, Walker 1-1, Tolliver 1-2, A.Jefferson 1-2, McRoberts 1-3, Douglas-Roberts 1-3, Sessions 0-1), Utah 8-21 (Burke 3-6, R.Jefferson 2-6, Williams 1-1, Hayward 1-3, Burks 1-3, Garrett 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Charlotte 53 (A.Jefferson 10), Utah 52 (Williams 10). Assists— Charlotte 13 (Walker 4), Utah 17 (Hayward, Burke 5). Total Fouls—Charlotte 12, Utah 17. Technicals—Utah defensive three second. A—19,125.
Heat 97, Nuggets 94
MIaMI (97) James 8-15 5-8 26, Battier 2-3 0-0 6, Bosh 8-12 1-4 17, Chalmers 1-5 7-10 10, Wade 6-9 0-0 12, Allen 4-7 3-4 13, Haslem 0-4 0-0 0, Cole 0-3 0-0 0, Lewis 1-2 0-0 2, Beasley 4-6 0-0 9, Anthony 0-0 2-2 2, Mason Jr. 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-67 18-28 97. deNVer (94) Chandler 6-17 0-0 13, Faried 4-8 0-0 8, Hickson 5-11 2-2 12, Lawson 8-15 5-6 26, Hamilton 1-3 0-0 3, Foye 4-6 3-3 11, Arthur 6-14 0-0 13, Mozgov 3-4 0-0 6, A.Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Robinson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-81 10-11 94. Miami 29 17 26 25—97 denver 30 25 22 17—94 3-Point Goals—Miami 11-23 (James 5-9, Battier 2-3, Allen 2-4, Beasley 1-1, Chalmers 1-3, Mason Jr. 0-1, Lewis 0-1, Wade 0-1), Denver 8-20 (Lawson 5-8, Arthur 1-1, Hamilton 1-2, Chandler 1-6, Robinson 0-1, Hickson 0-1, Foye 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Miami 41 (Allen 7), Denver 46 (Hickson 11). Assists—Miami 23 (James 10), Denver 23 (Foye, Lawson 7). Total Fouls—Miami 13, Denver 21. Technicals—Miami defensive three second. A—19,155.
suns 107, Clippers 88
PHoeNIx (107) Tucker 3-6 5-6 12, Frye 4-10 0-0 12, Plumlee 3-5 0-2 6, Bledsoe 3-10 1-4 7, Dragic 10-15 5-6 26, Mark.Morris 5-10 1-3 11, G.Green 8-14 0-0 21, Goodwin 0-2 0-0 0, Marc.Morris 0-6 1-1 1, Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Christmas 3-4 0-0 7, Kravtsov 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 41-85 13-22 107. l.a. ClIPPers (88) Dudley 3-5 3-3 9, Griffin 5-15 5-7 15, Jordan 1-2 0-2 2, Paul 5-14 1-2 11, Crawford 4-13 5-7 15, Barnes 5-10 0-0 13, Collison 3-10 5-5 11, W.Green 3-7 0-0 7, Jackson 2-8 0-0 5, Mullens 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 31-85 19-26 88. Phoenix 30 31 27 19—107 l.a. Clippers 24 16 19 29—88 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 12-31 (G.Green 5-10, Frye 4-7, Tucker 1-1, Christmas 1-2, Dragic 1-3, Mark. Morris 0-1, Bledsoe 0-1, Goodwin 0-1, Marc.Morris 0-5), L.A. Clippers 7-20 (Barnes 3-7, Crawford 2-5, W.Green 1-3, Jackson 1-4, Collison 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Phoenix 56 (Mark.Morris 12), L.A. Clippers 58 (Jordan 19). Assists—Phoenix 26 (Dragic 8), L.A. Clippers 17 (Paul 7). Total Fouls—Phoenix 20, L.A. Clippers 23. Technicals—Bledsoe, Mark.Morris, Tucker, L.A. Clippers Coach Rivers. A—19,278 (19,060).
NCaa basketball Men’s top 25
Monday’s Games No. 6 Oklahoma St. 92, Robert Morris 66 No. 9 Baylor 81, Oral Roberts 55 No. 16 Kansas 93, Toledo 83 No. 24 Gonzaga 69, San Francisco 41 tuesday’s Games No. 2 Syracuse vs. Eastern Michigan, 1 p.m. No. 3 Ohio State at Purdue, 11 a.m. No. 5 Michigan State at Penn State, 3 p.m. No. 7 Duke at Elon, 11 a.m. No. 11 Villanova at Butler, 5:30 p.m. No. 13 Iowa State vs. Northern Illinois, 5 p.m. No. 14 Louisville at UCF, 3 p.m. No. 17 UConn at Houston, 7 p.m. No. 18 Memphis at South Florida, 5 p.m. No. 19 North Carolina vs. UNC Wilmington, 3 p.m. No. 22 Iowa vs. Nebraska, 5 p.m. Wednesday’s Game No. 21 San Diego State at Colorado State, 7 p.m.
Men’s division I
Monday’s Games east Army 68, Coast Guard 48 Bryant 70, Lehigh 68 Columbia 76, Colgate 70, 2OT Hofstra 75, NJIT 64 Siena 79, Fordham 69 St. Bonaventure 80, Delaware 73 Towson 72, New Hampshire 64 UMBC 63, Navy 48 Vermont 88, Lyndon St. 48 Wagner 59, Monmouth (NJ) 52 southwest Arkansas St. 91, S. Arkansas 66 Baylor 81, Oral Roberts 55 Cent. Arkansas 121, Ecclesia 77 Incarnate Word 102, Huston-Tillotson 73 LIU Brooklyn 73, Texas St. 64 Louisiana Tech 102, Oklahoma 98, OT Oklahoma St. 92, Robert Morris 66 Step F. Austin 74, CS Northridge 67 Texas 66, Rice 44 Texas Tech 100, Mount St. Mary’s 69 UALR 88, Grambling St. 68 Midwest Detroit 73, Bethune-Cookman 53 Kansas 93, Toledo 83 Ohio 78, Longwood 43 south Appalachian St. 97, Bluefield 70 Auburn 91, Ark.-Pine Bluff 59 Austin Peay 93, Dalton 57
NATIONAL SCOREBOARD Campbell 69, Georgia Southern 63 Clemson 80, VMI 50 Florida Gulf Coast 60, N. Kentucky 56 Florida St. 67, Charleston Southern 59 Jacksonville St. 70, UT-Martin 65 James Madison 73, Ball St. 68 Louisiana-Lafayette 90, Central Methodist 58 Mercer 86, Jacksonville 49 Miami 71, Loyola (Md.) 48 Mississippi 79, W. Kentucky 74 Morehead St. 102, Asbury 68 NC State 68, UNC Greensboro 64 North Florida 85, Kennesaw St. 60 Radford 80, Houghton 51 SC State 68, Coastal Carolina 58 SE Louisiana 75, Spring Hill 65 Saint Louis 57, Vanderbilt 49 Samford 71, Presbyterian 59 South Carolina 92, Marshall 65 Southern U. 116, Champion Baptist 12 St. Francis (NY) 60, Delaware St. 57 Stetson 65, Lipscomb 63 Tennessee 87, Virginia 52 W. Carolina 106, Milligan 72 Wofford 81, High Point 53 Far West Gonzaga 69, San Francisco 41 Loyola Marymount 65, San Diego 62 Santa Clara 76, Portland 68 tournament dr Pepper Classic Championship Chattanooga 86, Maine 80 third Place Middle Tenn. 79, Grand Canyon 56
Men’s aP top 25 Poll
rec Pts Pvs 1. Arizona (60) 13-0 1,620 1 2. Syracuse (5) 12-0 1,550 2 3. Ohio St. 13-0 1,462 3 4. Wisconsin 13-0 1,408 4 5. Michigan St. 11-1 1,364 5 6. Oklahoma St. 11-1 1,278 7 7. Duke 10-2 1,144 9 8. Wichita St. 13-0 1,067 10 9. Baylor 10-1 1,013 11 10. Oregon 12-0 987 12 11. Villanova 11-1 943 8 12. Florida 10-2 915 13 13. Iowa St. 11-0 869 14 14. Louisville 11-2 812 6 15. Kentucky 10-3 753 18 16. Kansas 8-3 666 16 17. UConn 11-1 647 15 18. Memphis 9-2 625 17 19. North Carolina 9-3 413 19 20. Colorado 11-2 373 21 21. San Diego St. 10-1 371 20 22. Iowa 11-2 258 22 23. UMass 11-1 160 23 24. Gonzaga 11-2 78 24 25. Missouri 11-1 76 25 Others receiving votes: Illinois 57, Texas 40, George Washington 37, Oklahoma 36, Toledo 32, Florida St. 24, UCLA 19, Harvard 10, Michigan 7, Creighton 5, Kansas St. 3, Pittsburgh 2, LSU 1.
Usa today top 25 Poll
rec Pts Pvs 1. Arizona (30) 13-0 798 1 2. Syracuse (1) 12-0 762 2 3. Ohio State (1) 13-0 741 3 4. Michigan State 11-1 682 5 5. Wisconsin 13-0 677 6 6. Oklahoma State 11-1 605 7 7. Wichita State 13-0 588 8 8. Duke 10-2 568 9 9. Oregon 12-0 530 10 10. Louisville 11-2 515 4 11. Baylor 10-1 429 12 12. Iowa State 11-0 420 13 13. Florida 10-2 413 14 14. Villanova 11-1 392 11 15. UConn 11-1 340 15 16. Kentucky 10-3 319 18 17. Kansas 8-3 314 16 18. Memphis 9-2 268 17 19. North Carolina 9-3 184 19 19. San Diego State 10-1 184 20 21. Gonzaga 11-2 145 21 22. UMass 11-1 137 22 23. Iowa 11-2 113 23 24. Colorado 11-2 92 24 25. Missouri 11-1 51 25 Others receiving votes: Creighton 29, Pittsburgh 22, UCLA 20, George Washington 17, Oklahoma 16, Texas 9, Toledo 8, Florida State 4, Michigan 4, Illinois 2, New Mexico 1, Saint Louis 1.
Women’s top 25
Monday’s Games No. 16 LSU 72, Jackson State 45 No. 24 Arizona St., 63, No. 20 Syracuse 60 tuesday’s Games No games scheduled. Wednesday’s Games No. 1 UConn at UCF, 2 p.m. No. 7 Louisville at Temple, 2 p.m.
Women’s division I
Monday’s Games east Binghamton 57, La Salle 56 Bryant 68, Columbia 47 CCSU 64, Hofstra 62 Dartmouth 76, UMass 72 Drexel 69, Cornell 44 NJIT 58, Wagner 52 St. John’s 61, Delaware 58 Midwest Dayton 102, Cent. Michigan 89 Denver 67, Illinois St. 60 Evansville 90, Toledo 80 IUPUI 92, Indiana-Southeast 63 Madonna 86, Detroit 76 Morehead St. 59, S. Illinois 50 Wisconsin 65, Green Bay 61, OT south Campbell 74, Longwood 55 Coastal Carolina 67, Radford 66 E. Kentucky 86, Murray St. 72 George Mason 85, Georgia Southern 64 High Point 75, Liberty 70 LSU 72, Jackson St. 45 Mississippi 99, Austin Peay 69 Mississippi St. 98, MVSU 58 SC State 63, Md.-Eastern Shore 50 UNC Asheville 54, Presbyterian 47 UT-Martin 88, Jacksonville St. 75 VCU 81, Old Dominion 68 Vanderbilt 87, UAB 76 Winthrop 69, Charleston Southern 49 southwest Cent. Arkansas 85, Philander Smith 57 Texas A&M 80, Arkansas St. 62 Texas A&M-CC 84, Huston-Tillotson 64 Far West Arizona St. 63, Syracuse 60 BYU 65, Pepperdine 50 CS Bakersfield 81, Fresno Pacific 49 Gonzaga 83, Pacific 68 LIU Brooklyn 78, N. Arizona 72 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 80, Portland 65 San Diego 86, Loyola Marymount 63 Utah 66, UC Santa Barbara 57 Washington 72, UC Irvine 69 tournament Fordham Holiday Classic Championship Fordham 64, Harvard 44 third Place Tulsa 76, UNC-Greensboro 71 Georgia Tech Holiday Tournament Championship Georgia Tech 89, Hampton 70 third Place Alabama St. 82, Brown 81, OT JMU Invitational Championship James Madison 94, Norfolk St. 50 third Place Ohio 84, UMBC 36 san diego surf ’N slam Championship NC State 84, San Diego St. 67 third Place Kansas St. 74, UC Riverside 42
Women’s aP top 25 Poll
rec Pts Pv 1. UConn (36) 13-0 900 1 2. Notre Dame 11-0 841 2 3. Duke 12-1 822 3 4. Stanford 11-1 808 4 5. Tennessee 11-1 736 5 6. Kentucky 12-1 717 6 7. Louisville 13-1 695 7 8. Maryland 12-1 648 8 9. Baylor 10-1 626 9 10. North Carolina 11-2 515 10 11. Oklahoma St. 11-0 511 11 12. Colorado 10-1 472 12 13. South Carolina 12-1 462 13 14. Iowa St. 11-0 447 14 15. Penn St. 9-3 341 15 16. LSU 9-2 308 16 17. Purdue 9-2 299 17 18. Nebraska 10-2 278 18 19. Georgia 12-1 228 19 20. Syracuse 11-1 213 20 21. Florida St. 12-1 187 22 22. Iowa 12-2 180 21 23. California 8-3 116 23 24. Arizona St. 10-1 91 25 25. Oklahoma 9-4 65 25 others receiving votes: Arkansas 49, San Diego 33, NC State 27, Indiana 23, Georgia Tech 8, Rutgers 8, West Virginia 8, Gonzaga 7, Saint Joseph’s 7, Texas 7, Middle Tennessee 6, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 5, UTEP 4, DePaul 2.
FOOTBALL Football
NCaa Football Fbs bowls
Monday’s Games armed Forces bowl at Fort Worth, texas Navy 24, Middle Tennessee 6 Music City bowl at Nashville, tenn. Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17 alamo bowl at san antonio Oregon 30, Texas 7 Holiday bowl Arizona State vs. Texas Tech tuesday’s Games advoCare V100 bowl 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 Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 2 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-a bowl Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday’s Games Heart of dallas bowl UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPNU) Gator bowl Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPN2) Capital one bowl Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 11 a.m. (ABC) outback bowl 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’s Game sugar bowl Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday’s Games orange bowl Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton bowl Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 5:30 p.m. (FOX) saturday’s Games bbVa Compass bowl Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN) sunday’s Game Godaddy.com bowl Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday’s Game bCs National Championship Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) saturday, Jan. 18 east-West shrine Classic East vs. West, 2 p.m. (NFLN) saturday, Jan. 25 senior bowl South vs. North, 2 p.m. (NFLN)
Monday Navy 24, Middle tennessee 6
Middle tennessee 3 3 0 0—6 Navy 7 3 0 14—24 First Quarter Navy—Reynolds 3 run (Sloan kick), 10:01. MTSU—FG Clark 43, 4:08. second Quarter Navy—FG Sloan 32, 14:16. MTSU—FG Clark 24, 6:38. Fourth Quarter Navy—Reynolds 1 run (Sloan kick), 10:48. Navy—Sanders 41 run (Sloan kick), 9:16. a—39,246. MtsU Navy First downs 21 26 Rushes-yards 27-91 67-366 Passing 218 19 Comp-Att-Int 19-33-2 3-7-0 Return Yards 0 41 Punts-Avg. 3-40.3 2-30.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2 Penalties-Yards 6-74 2-18 Time of Possession 23:04 36:56 INdIVIdUal statIstICs RUSHING—Middle Tennessee, Bryson 9-43, Whatley 8-26, Tucker 4-15, Carmichael 3-9, Parker 1-4, Kilgore 2-(minus 6). Navy, Reynolds 20-86, N.Copeland 11-59, Sanders 5-53, Whiteside 8-44, Staten 6-37, Singleton 7-27, D.Brown 3-26, C.Swain 5-22, Smith 2-12. PASSING—Middle Tennessee, Kilgore 19-33-2-218. Navy, Reynolds 3-7-0-19. RECEIVING—Middle Tennessee, Griswould 9-106, Jefferson 5-79, M.Henry 2-21, Perkins 1-6, Bryson 1-3, Frazier 1-3. Navy, Whiteside 1-10, Sanders 1-6, Staten 1-3.
Mississippi 25, Georgia tech 17
Mississippi 7 6 10 2—25 Georgia tech 7 0 0 10—17 First Quarter Miss—Wallace 17 run (Ritter kick), 10:15. GaT—Godhigh 8 run (Butker kick), 4:27. second Quarter Miss—Moncrief 28 pass from Wallace (kick blocked), 7:59. third Quarter Miss—Wallace 10 run (Ritter kick), 8:13. Miss—FG Ritter 29, 3:00. Fourth Quarter GaT—FG Butker 38, 14:43. GaT—Waller 72 pass from Lee (Butker kick), 13:25. Miss—Safety, 4:22. a—52,125.
Miss Gat First downs 28 18 Rushes-yards 48-221 49-151 Passing 256 147 Comp-Att-Int 23-36-1 5-17-1 Return Yards 15 4 Punts-Avg. 5-42.4 6-38.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 3-15 5-40 Time of Possession 32:50 27:10 INdIVIdUal statIstICs RUSHING—Mississippi, Wallace 13-86, Mathers 13-58, Walton 16-53, Brunetti 4-31, Team 1-(minus 1), Treadwell 1-(minus 6). Georgia Tech, Godhigh 10-50, Sims 10-38, Laskey 5-27, Days 4-24, Lee 16-24, Hill 1-4, Ju.Thomas 1-1, Poole 1-(minus 2), Dennis 1-(minus 15). PASSING—Mississippi, Wallace 22-321-256, Brunetti 1-3-0-0, Team 0-1-0-0. Georgia Tech, Lee 5-17-1-147. RECEIVING—Mississippi, Moncrief 6-113, Treadwell 5-51, Mathers 5-49, Holder 2-16, Walton 2-3, Adeboyejo 1-16, Core 1-5, Engram 1-3. Georgia Tech, Waller 2-79, Godhigh 2-51, Days 1-17.
oregon 30, texas 7
oregon 10 10 3 7—30 texas 7 0 0 0—7 First Quarter Ore—Patterson 37 interception return (Wogan kick), 13:52. Ore—FG Wogan 25, 8:36. Tex—McCoy 1 run (Fera kick), 1:24. second Quarter Ore—FG Wogan 32, 12:30. Ore—Huff 16 pass from Mariota (Wogan kick), :44. third Quarter Ore—FG Wogan 39, 13:06. Fourth Quarter Ore—Malone 38 interception return (Wogan kick), 8:55. a—65,918. ore tex First downs 24 13 Rushes-yards 42-216 44-180 Passing 253 56 Comp-Att-Int 18-26-0 9-23-2 Return Yards 71 0 Punts-Avg. 4-38.3 7-42.1 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-87 4-35 Time of Possession 28:16 31:44 INdIVIdUal statIstICs RUSHING—Oregon, Mariota 15-133, Marshall 13-43, Tyner 6-22, D.Thomas 3-13, Forde 3-10, Huff 1-1, Lockie 1-(minus 6). Texas, Malcol.Brown 26-130, Swoopes 8-38, Bergeron 8-21, McCoy 2-(minus 9). PASSING—Oregon, Mariota 1826-0-253. Texas, McCoy 8-17-2-48, Swoopes 1-6-0-8. RECEIVING—Oregon, Huff 5-104, Addison 5-48, Tyner 2-25, D.Thomas 2-24, Marshall 2-5, Baylis 1-27, Mundt 1-20. Texas, Bergeron 2-16, M.Davis 2-12, Sanders 2-10, Daniels 1-8, Shipley 1-8, Swaim 1-2.
HOCKEY HoCkey
NHl eastern Conference
atlantic GP Boston 39 Tampa Bay 39 Montreal 40 Detroit 41 Toronto 41 Ottawa 42 Florida 40 Buffalo 39 Metro GP Pittsburgh 41 Washington 40 Philadelphia 38 N.Y. Rangers 40 New Jersey 40 Columbus 39 Carolina 39 N.Y. Islanders40
W 26 23 23 18 20 17 15 11 W 29 20 18 19 16 17 14 12
l olPts GF 11 2 54 114 12 4 50 110 14 3 49 99 14 9 45 107 16 5 45 115 18 7 41 118 20 5 35 95 24 4 26 71 l olPts GF 11 1 59 130 15 5 45 122 16 4 40 97 19 2 40 94 16 8 40 95 18 4 38 106 16 9 37 91 21 7 31 102
Western Conference
Ga 81 93 89 117 118 135 128 110 Ga 94 119 107 108 102 112 114 135
Central GP W l olPts GF Ga Chicago 42 28 7 7 63 158 115 St. Louis 38 26 7 5 57 137 92 Colorado 38 23 11 4 50 109 97 Dallas 38 19 12 7 45 112 111 Minnesota 41 20 16 5 45 96 107 Winnipeg 41 18 18 5 41 111 121 Nashville 40 18 18 4 40 95 119 Pacific GP W l olPts GF Ga Anaheim 41 28 8 5 61 131 103 San Jose 39 25 8 6 56 128 98 Los Angeles 40 25 11 4 54 108 80 Vancouver 40 23 11 6 52 108 93 Phoenix 38 19 10 9 47 116 117 Calgary 39 14 19 6 34 95 122 Edmonton 41 13 24 4 30 106 139 Note: Two points are awarded for a win; one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Monday’s Games Ottawa 3, Washington 1 Chicago 1, Los Angeles 0 Nashville 6, Detroit 4 Philadelphia at Vancouver tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 11 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 3 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 5 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 6 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Calgary, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Toronto vs. Detroit at Ann Arbor, MI, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 8 p.m.
NHl sUMMarIes Monday senators 3, Capitals 1
Washington 1 0 0—1 ottawa 1 1 1—3 First Period—1, Washington, Ward 12 (Erat, Chimera), 2:11. 2, Ottawa, Zibanejad 9 (Conacher, Michalek), 13:49. Penalties—Volpatti, Was (interference), 6:38; Ovechkin, Was (slashing), 15:16; Ceci, Ott (hooking), 19:00. second Period—3, Ottawa, Turris 10 (Ryan), 3:14. Penalties—None. third Period—4, Ottawa, MacArthur 12 (E.Karlsson, Cowen), 19:25 (en). Penalties—Oleksy, Was (high-sticking), 4:45; Wiercioch, Ott (holding), 7:39; Alzner, Was (tripping), 10:58. shots on Goal—Washington 10-1411—35. Ottawa 11-14-13—38. Power-play opportunities—Washington 0 of 2; Ottawa 0 of 4. Goalies—Washington, Grubauer 5-2-2 (37 shots-35 saves). Ottawa, C.Anderson 12-9-4 (35-34). referees—Brad Meier, Jean Hebert. linesmen—Mark Wheler, Pierre Racicot. a—20,193. t—2:27.
blackhawks 1, kings 0
los angeles 0 0 0—0 Chicago 1 0 0—1 First Period—1, Chicago, Saad 14 (Bickell, Keith), 7:05. Penalties—Versteeg, Chi (hooking), 17:21.
second Period—None. Penalties—Doughty, LA (tripping), 1:49; Voynov, LA (delay of game), 3:35; Chicago bench, served by Bollig (too many men), 8:27. third Period—None. Penalties—Carter, LA (holding), 9:24. Missed Penalty shot—Brown, LA, 13:22 second. shots on Goal—Los Angeles 6-155—26. Chicago 6-11-13—30. Power-play opportunities—Los Angeles 0 of 2; Chicago 0 of 3. Goalies—Los Angeles, Jones 8-2-0 (30 shots-29 saves). Chicago, Raanta 10-1-3 (26-26). a—22,161. t—2:29.
Predators 6, red Wings 4
detroit 1 0 3—4 Nashville 2 1 3—6 First Period—1, Nashville, Wilson 6 (Jones, Fisher), 1:54. 2, Detroit, Abdelkader 4 (Miller), 3:00. 3, Nashville, C.Smith 11 (Gaustad), 9:50. Penalties—Miller, Det, double minor (high-sticking), 12:20. second Period—4, Nashville, Spaling 7 (C.Smith), 4:24. Penalties—Quincey, Det (tripping), 4:52; Cullen, Nas (tripping), 11:48; Abdelkader, Det, major (fighting), 17:39; Fisher, Nas, major (fighting), 17:39. third Period—5, Detroit, Datsyuk 15 (Kronwall), :35. 6, Nashville, Fisher 10 (Wilson, Hornqvist), 5:50. 7, Detroit, Quincey 2 (Helm, Zetterberg), 11:30. 8, Nashville, Wilson 7 (Jones, Fisher), 12:07. 9, Detroit, Eaves 1 (Zetterberg, Kronwall), 14:52 (pp). 10, Nashville, Josi 3 (Cullen), 19:41 (en-pp). Penalties—Nyquist, Det (tripping), 12:29; Fisher, Nas (hooking), 14:25; Bertuzzi, Det (tripping), 17:54. shots on Goal—Detroit 5-11-9—25. Nashville 9-11-9—29. Power-play opportunities—Detroit 1 of 2; Nashville 1 of 5. Goalies—Detroit, Howard 6-9-7 (28 shots-23 saves). Nashville, Mazanec 7-8-1 (25-21). a—17,212. t—2:33.
Flyers 4, Canucks 3, so
Philadelphia 1 1 1 0—4 Vancouver 0 2 1 0—3 Philadelphia won shootout 1-0 First Period—1, Philadelphia, Streit 4 (Raffl, Giroux), 15:24. Penalties— Kesler, Van (tripping), :43; Streit, Phi (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2:53; D.Sedin, Van (hooking), 2:53; Coburn, Phi (elbowing), 16:55. second Period—2, Vancouver, Sestito 3 (Hamhuis, Dalpe), 4:24. 3, Vancouver, Hansen 8 (D.Sedin, H.Sedin), 16:51. 4, Philadelphia, Giroux 11 (Raffl), 18:52. Penalties—Timonen, Phi (cross-checking), :49; Bieksa, Van (delay of game), 5:15; B.Schenn, Phi (tripping), 9:10. third Period—5, Vancouver, D.Sedin 13 (Hamhuis), 17:12. 6, Philadelphia, B.Schenn 8 (Hartnell, Read), 19:13. Penalties—Downie, Phi (tripping), 10:30. overtime—None. Penalties—None. shootout—Philadelphia 1 (Lecavalier G, Giroux NG), Vancouver 0 (Santorelli NG, Kesler NG, D.Sedin NG). shots on Goal—Philadelphia 8-8-101—27. Vancouver 13-15-14-2—44. Power-play opportunities—Philadelphia 0 of 2; Vancouver 0 of 4. Goalies—Philadelphia, Mason 16-9-4 (44 shots-41 saves). Vancouver, Lack 7-2-1 (27-24). a—18,910 (18,910). t—2:50.
TRANSACTIONS traNsaCtIoNs
Football National Football league
BUFFALO BILLS — Fired receivers coach Ike Hilliard. Signed to DB Mario Butler, OT Edawn Coughman, QB Dennis Dixon, DE Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, OT Jamaal Johnson-Webb, WR Brandon Kaufman and LB Jacquies Smith to reserve/future contracts. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LS Brandon Hartson, CB C.J. Wilson, CB Demontre Hurst, TE Fendi Onobun, QB Jerrod Johnson, LB Lawrence Wilson, OT Rogers Gaines, S Sean Cattouse, WR Terrence Toliver, DT Tracy Robertson and TE Zach Miller to reserve/ future contracts. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed TE Alex Smith and DT Devon Still on injured reserve. Signed DT Ogemdi Nwagbuo. Signed CB Brandon Burton and DT Zach Minter on injured reserve. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DBs Jamoris Slaughter and T.J. Heath, DE Cam Henderson, LB Justin Staples, WRs Conner Vernon and Tori Gurley and OL Jeremiah Warren to reserve/ future contracts. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed WR Tim Benford, G Ray Dominguez, WR Lance Lewis, DE Caesar Rayford, LB Jonathan Stewart and OT John Wetzel to reserve/future contracts. DETROIT LIONS — Fired coach Jim Schwartz. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Fired coach Leslie Frazier. Signed S Brandan Bishop, CB Kip Edwards, OT Kevin Murphy, DE Spencer Nealy, RB Bradley Randle and WR Adam Thielen. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL R.J. Mattes and LB Taylor Reed to the practice squad. Released OL R.J. Dill from the practice squad. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed DE Kendrick Adams, T Steven Baker, RB Kendall Gaskins, WR Marcus Harris and DBs Travis Howard, Junior Mertile, Chaz Powell and Ross Weaver to reserve/future contracts. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed CB Johnny Adams, OL Jack Cornell, WR Jared Green, LB Eric Harper, TE Brian Leonhardt and DE Chris McCoy to reserve/future contracts. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB Perrish Cox to a one-year contract. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Fired coach Greg Schiano and general manager Mark Dominik. TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed T Jeff Adams, DT Chigbo Anunoby, CB George Baker, LBs Brandon Copeland and Jonathan Willard, C Tyler Horn, DE Adewale Ojomo and TE Adam Schiltz to reserve/future contracts. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Fired coach Mike Shanahan, special teams coordinator Keith Burns, advance scout Larry Coyer, coaching assistant Richmond Flowers, quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur, receivers coach Mike McDaniel, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, linebackers coach Bob Slowik and defensive assistant Bobby Slowik.
HoCkey National Hockey league
CAROLINA HURRICANES — Acquired F Greg Nemisz from Calgary for F Kevin Westgarth and assigned Nemisz to Charlotte (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled F Chris Brown from Portland (AHL). WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with F Nic Petan on a three-year entry level contract. Reassigned D Julian Melchiori to St. John’s (AHL).
SPORTS NBA
James returns to lead Heat past Nuggets 14 assists for Detroit, which has lost five of six. Trevor Ariza scored 15 points for the Wizards, who also beat Detroit 106-82 on Saturday in Washington. Bradley Beal scored 11 of his 13 points in the second half for Washington. The Wizards (14-14) are at .500 after 28 games for the first time since finishing the 2007-08 season 43-39, according to STATS.
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DENVER — LeBron James returned from a groin injury to score 26 points on his birthday, and the Miami Heat beat the skidding Denver Nuggets 97-94 Monday night despite losing DwyHeat 97 ane Wade and Norris Cole during the game. Nuggets 94 James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heat’s overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive defeat. Chris Bosh had 17 points and Ray Allen 13, including six in the final 5:08, as Miami won for the ninth time in 11 games. Ty Lawson had 26 points to lead the Nuggets, who lost their second straight to Miami at the Pepsi Center after winning the previous 10 in a row.
BULLS 95, GRIZZLIES 91 In Memphis, Tenn., Jimmy Butler scored 14 of his 26 points in the third quarter, and Carlos Boozer added 21 points and 10 rebounds in Chicago’s victory over Memphis. Butler shot 6 for 10 from the field and Heat forward LeBron James, left, works 12 of 14 at the foul line in a team-high the ball inside as Nuggets forward Wil41 minutes. D.J. Augustin had 10 points off son Chandler defends in the first quarthe bench for the Bulls, including eight in ter of Monday’s game in Denver. the fourth period as Memphis tried to make DAVID ZALUBOWSKI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a late run. Mike Conley finished with 26 points, nine assists, six rebounds and six steals to lead Dirk Nowitzki had 16 points for the Mavthe Grizzlies. ericks, who led by 19 late in the first half PELICANS 110, TRAIL BLAZERS 108 The Bulls won despite playing again withbefore the Wolves came back. In New Orleans, Tyreke Evans hit a pull-up Kevin Love had 36 points, 11 rebounds and out leading scorer Luol Deng, who missed jumper from 17 feet with 1.2 seconds left to four assists, and his 3-pointer 90 seconds his fifth straight game with a sore left Achillift New Orleans over Portland. les. into the fourth quarter gave the Wolves an Evans’ big basket came right after Port86-85 lead. They led 90-87 midway through JAZZ 83, BOBCATS 80 land’s Damian Lillard, who has hit several the period, but Marion hit two 3-pointers In Salt Lake City, Trey Burke beat the shot game-winners this season, made a conduring a 10-0 run to put the Mavericks back clock on a driving layup with 19 seconds left tested 3-pointer to tie the score at 108. in front. and scored 21 points to power Utah past Jrue Holiday scored 15 of his season-high Love had a shot to win it on the last pos31 points in the fourth quarter and tied a session, but Marion knocked his shot out of Charlotte. Alec Burks added 14 points, and Derrick season high with 13 assists for the Pelicans, bounds. Love thought he was fouled, and Favors and Marvin Williams added 13 apiece who won their fourth in a row at home. replays appeared to support him. But no to carry the Jazz to their 10th straight win Anthony Davis added 27 points, 12 rebounds whistle was blown. over the Bobcats. and five blocks. Evans had 20 points. WIZARdS 106, PISTONS 99 Gerald Henderson had 19 points, none Davis forced LaMarcus Aldridge into a In Auburn Hills, Mich., John Wall scored in the fourth quarter, and Al Jefferson and tough shot from the baseline that bounced off the top of the backboard as time ran out. 29 points, and Washington became the lat- Kemba Walker both scored 18 in the Bobest team to rally past Detroit in the fourth cats’ first stop on a four-game Western MAVERICKS 100, TIMBERWOLVES 98 quarter. Conference swing. Washington trailed 87-78 before starting In Minneapolis, Shawn Marion scored The Jazz held Charlotte to 37 percent 32 points and hit two huge 3-pointers in the the final period with a 17-4 run. The Pistons shooting and spoiled Jefferson’s return to never went back ahead. fourth quarter to help Dallas withstand a Utah, where he spent the last three seaBrandon Jennings had 15 points and furious second-half charge from Minnesota. sons.
At 29, James’ numbers are off the charts realms of possibility that James could MIAMI — If the number be one of the of an NBA player’s birthday game’s top 10 candles were proportionate to career scorhis point total, then Miami Heat ers by the end star LeBron James would need of the 2015-16 help putting out the fire atop his season. LeBron red velvet cake. By then, he’ll James The four-time MVP turned only be 32. 29 on Monday, with 21,819 And all the points have come points. with him often passing up shots No other NBA player has ever for assists. He’s currently nine scored more points by that age. shy of 5,500 of those for his Granted, the youngest-tocareer. Among players who score comparisons are a terwere listed at 6-foot-8 or taller, rible measure because not only Magic Johnson, Scottie everyone enters the NBA at 18 Pippen, Bird and Abdul-Jabbar like James. It took James 726 have more. games to score 20,000 points; James often speaks of how it took Wilt Chamberlain a he wants to be considered the mere 499. Michael Jordan had greatest to ever play the game. nearly 4,000 fewer points on his The numbers suggest he’s got 29th birthday, neither Kareem a shot. Abdul-Jabbar nor Oscar RobParker apologizes: San ertson were even to the 17,000Antonio Spurs guard Tony point mark yet and Karl Malone Parker is apologizing for a phowas still a few games shy of tograph that shows him making scoring his 15,000th point. the same gesture with antiStill, where James is now begs Semitic connotations also made the question: Exactly how high by French soccer star Nicolas on the scoring list will he be Anelka this weekend. before taking a jersey off for the The photograph shows last time? Parker and a French comedian making a gesture known in He passed No. 30 Gary PayFrance as a “quenelle,” which ton and No. 31 Larry Bird on the career scoring list last week critics describe as inverted Nazi salute. Parker said Monday in a — in the same game, no less. He’ll likely catch Clyde Drexler statement released by the Spurs that the photograph was taken to become No. 28 sometime in January. It’s not beyond realistic three years ago. By Tim Reynolds
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Parker, who is French, said he didn’t know at the time that “it could be in any way offensive or harmful.” He said he thought it was part of a comedy act. The photo surfaced after Anelka made the same gesture celebrating a goal in an English Premier League game Saturday, causing an outcry in France. Former NBA big man dies: Connie Dierking, a longtime NBA player who was part of the trade that brought Wilt Chamberlain to Philadelphia, has died. He was 77. His death was announced Monday by Cincinnati’s WKRCTV, where daughter Cammy Dierking is a news anchor. It was confirmed by the University of Cincinnati, where he starred in the 1950s. WKRC reported that Dierking fell in November. No other details were released. The Brooklyn-born Dierking played with Oscar Robertson for the Bearcats in 1957-58. Dierking averaged 10.0 points and 6.7 rebounds in his NBA career. He averaged a careerhigh 16.7 points in 1969-70 for the Cincinnati Royals. The 6-foot-10 center was a 1958 first-round pick of the Syracuse Nationals, who became the 76ers. In 1965, he was among three players traded to San Francisco to bring Chamberlain to Phila-
delphia, a move that helped the 76ers build an NBA champion. Five things to watch this week: West powers: Portland at Oklahoma City on Tuesday night is the last West vs. West matchup of 2013. Maybe that’s fitting, since it would seem like there’s a real chance of these two being the last teams standing out West when the season ends. Hawks reeling: Atlanta was looking like the clear No. 3 team in the East behind Indiana and Miami, before Al Horford went down with another torn pectoral muscle. Facing Boston, Golden State and Chicago this week should offer some clues on how the Hawks plan to regroup. Love rolling: Kevin Love has been MVP-worthy over his last 10 games for Minnesota. He’s averaging 30.8 points and 14.1 rebounds over that stretch. This week, he and the Timberwolves stay home to see Dallas, New Orleans and Oklahoma City. Steph sizzling: He’s still feared as a shooter, and now Stephen Curry is in another world as a passer. The Golden State star enters the week averaging 23.4 points and 9.6 assists. How many players have averaged that for a full season? Six, none since Tim Hardaway in 1991-92. Grizzlies’ chance?: Memphis has four games this week, all against non-divisional opponents. Good thing: The Grizzlies are 0-8 against the Southwest, 13-8 vs. everyone else.
Oregon: Brown 30-21 in final four seasons Continued from Page B-1 Horns” hand signal to the scattered remaining Texas fans who stuck around to the end of another humbling loss this season. Far from the uplifting send-off Texas wanted for Brown, the school now shifts its focus to finding a replacement. New Texas athletic director Steve Patterson said before kickoff that he wants a successor by Jan. 15. Patterson said coaches interested in the job have come forward but wouldn’t discuss potential candidates. “There’s interest that’s sincere, and there’s interest that’s ‘Help me find a better contract,’” Patterson said. Whoever Texas hires shouldn’t expect patience from a fanbase that grew accustomed to winning under Brown, and then became restless as the Longhorns slid from perennial BCS contention. Brown arrived in 1998 and went 128-27 by the end of 2009, when the Longhorns lost to Alabama in its second BCS title game in five years. He goes out, however, 30-21 in his final four seasons. Texas could do a lot worse than look to Oregon for how to pull off a coaching transition. Although first-year coach Mark Helfrich couldn’t get the Ducks to a BCS bowl as Chip Kelly did in each of his four seasons,
Oregon still finished with a fourth consecutive year of 11 or more victories. This was the Ducks’ third consecutive bowl win. Playing before New Year’s Day was a disappointing consolation for the Ducks after entering November unbeaten and ranked No. 2. Losing to Stanford dashed their national title hopes, but they’ll be favorites to contend again in 2014 with Mariota back. Seldom has the Alamo Bowl hosted blowouts like this in recent years. Seven of the previous eight games had been decided by a touchdown or less before heavily favored Oregon ended that run of drama before the second-largest crowd in the bowl’s 20-year history. ARMED FORCES BOWL NAVy 24, MIddLE TENNESSEE ST. 6 In Fort Worth, Texas, Keenan Reynolds ran for two touchdowns, and Navy won for only the second time its past seven bowl games, beating Middle Tennessee State. Reynolds had a 3-yard score to cap the opening drive for Navy (9-4), and added a 1-yarder in the fourth quarter. Already with the NCAA record for touchdowns rushing by a quarterback, Reynolds upped his total to 31 to match Colorado State running back Kapri Bibbs, also a sophomore, for the national lead this season. Middle Tennessee (8-5) was held to a
season-low for points. The Blue Raiders finished the regular season with a five-game winning streak, averaging nearly 43 points a game in that stretch. The Midshipmen overcame two fumbles inside the 20 by Reynolds, their first turnovers in six games, and won their fifth straight game. MUSIC CITY BOWL MISSISSIPPI 25, GEORGIA TECh 17 In Nashville, Tenn., Bo Wallace ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score as Mississippi beat Georgia Tech for the Rebels’ second straight bowl victory under coach Hugh Freeze. The junior quarterback and Tennessee native made up for his three turnovers in the Egg Bowl overtime loss by throwing for 256 yards and running for 86 more, giving him the school record for total yards in a season and most completions in a season, topping Eli Manning for both. Ole Miss (8-5) now has won six straight bowls and 10 of the last 11 in making up for the lone loss in that stretch in the 2000 Music City Bowl. Georgia Tech (7-6) has lost eight of nine bowls. The Yellow Jackets scored 10 points in the fourth quarter as they tried to rally before a safety with 4:22 left ended their last chance.
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Poll: SDSU only ranked MWC team Continued from Page B-1 ber national media panel with Syracuse getting the others. This week, following Syracuse’s 78-62 victory over previously unbeaten Villanova, the Orange got five first-place votes. This was also the fourth straight week with the same 25 teams in the poll although in a different order each time. That should start to change next week with the onset of conference play. It is the first time this season in the top 10 for No. 9 Baylor and No. 10 Oregon. Cats on the move: Arizona’s fourth straight week at No. 1 has the Wildcats moving up the all-time list. Arizona has now been on top of the AP poll 33 times, breaking a tie with UNLV for ninth place on the alltime list. The Runnin’ Rebels were last ranked No. 1 in the 1990-91 season. Next up on the list for the Wildcats is Ohio State which has been No. 1 37 times, the last in 2010-11. UCLA is the all-time leader with 134 weeks at No. 1. Then comes Duke (127), North Carolina (111), Kentucky (93), Kansas (57), Indiana (54) and Cincinnati (45). Still going strong: Syracuse’s 78-62 win over Villanova on Saturday knocked the Wildcats from the ranks of the unbeaten, leaving eight Division I teams without a loss this season. Seven of those eight are ranked in the top 13 of this week’s poll leaving Toledo (12-0) as the only unranked unbeaten. That could change since the Rockets visit No. 16 Kansas. The Jayhawks have
won 67 consecutive home games against nonconference opponents. There are still two Division I teams yet to get a win this season: Cornell (0-12) and Grambling State (0-7). Ranked vs. ranked: You will have to wait until Sunday to see a game between two ranked teams and then there will be three, and two of those will be conference matchups. No. 21 San Diego State is at No. 16 Kansas in the nonconference game Sunday. No. 22 Iowa is at No. 4 Wisconsin in a Big Ten tilt and No. 10 Oregon visits No. 20 Colorado in a Pac-12 game. And for a rough start to conference play, how about Nebraska? The Cornhuskers open their Big Ten season on Tuesday at No. 22 Iowa and then play at No. 3 Ohio State on Saturday. The one and only: San Diego State remains the only team from the MWC in either poll. The Aztecs (10-1) are No. 21 in the AP and No. 19 in the coaches’ poll. New Mexico and SDSU will meet twice during the regular season, with both games coming in the final two weeks of MWC play. The Aztecs visit The Pit on Feb. 22 and the Lobos return the favor March 8 in San Diego. Speaking of the Mountain West, nine of the 11 teams are above .500 entering this week. Only San Jose State (6-6) and Nevada (5-8) have failed to build a winning record in nonconference play. Three teams — San Diego State, Utah State (10-2) and Bosie State (10-3) — have already reached doublefigure wins.
Olympic speedskating hopeful Cliff-Ryan injured at practice KEARNS, Utah — Olympic hopeful Theresa Cliff-Ryan was injured Monday when she landed on her head after being struck on the sidelines by a crashing speedskater, likely ending her quest to make the team for Sochi. Cliff-Ryan sustained a concussion and had several teeth knocked out, according to her coach, Matt Kooreman, who added that she was lucky the injuries weren’t more serious. “No long term debilitating brain or neck injuries — which was initially feared,” he wrote in a text message to The Associated Press. The 35-year-old Cliff-Ryan had her back to the ice during an off-day practice ses-
sion at the Utah Olympic Oval, having completed her workout. Suddenly, Kevin Geminder lost his balance on the front straightaway while going full speed. He slid off the track and right into CliffRyan, flipping her into the air. She landed face-first on the concrete surface, sending a collective gasp through the arena before horrified coaches and athletes raced to her side. Trainers rushed to the track within seconds and put her in a neck brace. “It’s really sad,” Kooreman said. “Thought she had a great shot at winning the 5,000.” The Associated Press
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THE NEW MEXICAN Tuesday, December 31, 2013
PlayoffS Wild-card Playoffs
FOOTBALL football
Nfl american Conference
East W y-New England 12 N.Y. Jets 8 Miami 8 Buffalo 6 South W y-Indianapolis 11 Tennessee 7 Jacksonville 4 Houston 2 North W y-Cincinnati 11 Pittsburgh 8 Baltimore 8 Cleveland 4 West W y-Denver 13 x-Kansas City 11 x-San Diego 9 Oakland 4
l 4 8 8 10 l 5 9 12 14 l 5 8 8 12 l 3 5 7 12
t 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0 t 0 0 0 0
Pct .750 .500 .500 .375 Pct .688 .438 .250 .125 Pct .688 .500 .500 .250 Pct .813 .688 .563 .250
Pf 444 290 317 339 Pf 391 362 247 276 Pf 430 379 320 308 Pf 606 430 396 322
National Conference
East W l t Pct Pf y-Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 442 Dallas 8 8 0 .500 439 N.Y. Giants 7 9 0 .438 294 Washington 3 13 0 .188 334 South W l t Pct Pf y-Carolina 12 4 0 .750 366 x-New Orleans 11 5 0 .688 414 Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 353 Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 288 North W l t Pct Pf y-Green Bay 8 7 1 .531 417 Chicago 8 8 0 .500 445 Detroit 7 9 0 .438 395 Minnesota 5 10 1 .344 391 West W l t Pct Pf y-Seattle 13 3 0 .813 417 x-San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 406 Arizona 10 6 0 .625 379 St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 348 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Tennessee 16, Houston 10 Minnesota 14, Detroit 13 Carolina 21, Atlanta 20 Pittsburgh 20, Cleveland 7 N.Y. Giants 20, Washington 6 Cincinnati 34, Baltimore 17 Indianapolis 30, Jacksonville 10 N.Y. Jets 20, Miami 7 Denver 34, Oakland 14 San Diego 27, Kansas City 24, OT Seattle 27, St. Louis 9 San Francisco 23, Arizona 20 Green Bay 33, Chicago 28 New Orleans 42, Tampa Bay 17 New England 34, Buffalo 20 Philadelphia 24, Dallas 22
Pa 338 387 335 388 Pa 336 381 449 428 Pa 305 370 352 406 Pa 399 305 348 453 Pa 382 432 383 478 Pa 241 304 443 389 Pa 428 478 376 480 Pa 231 272 324 364
aP Pro32 Power Rankings
W 1. Seattle (8) 13 2. Denver (4) 13 3. San Francisco 12 4. Carolina 12 5. New England 12 6. Cincinnati 11 7. New Orleans 11 8. Indianapolis 11 9. Kansas City 11 10. Philadelphia 10 11. Green Bay 8 12. Arizona 10 13. San Diego 9 14. Pittsburgh 8 15. Chicago 8 16. Baltimore 8 17. Dallas 8 18. N.Y. Jets 8 19. Miami 8 20. St. Louis 7 21. N.Y. Giants 7 22. Detroit 7 23. Tennessee 7 24. Buffalo 6 25. Minnesota 5 26. Atlanta 4 27. Tampa Bay 4 28. Cleveland 4 29. Jacksonville 4 30. Oakland 4 31. Washington 3 32. Houston 2
l 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 13 14
t 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pts 380 372 356 346 344 310 305 299 294 281 259 258 249 218 205 202 192 183 171 155 142 138 122 114 93 80 69 65 60 32 29 13
Pr 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 8 7 11 17 10 12 18 14 13 16 21 15 19 24 20 23 22 27 25 26 29 28 30 31 32
Saturday’s Games Kansas City at Indianapolis, 2:35 p.m. (NBC) New Orleans at Philadelphia, 6:10 p.m. (NBC) Sunday’s Games San Diego at Cincinnati, 11:05 a.m. (CBS) San Francisco at Green Bay, 2:40 p.m. (FOX)
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 11 Green Bay, San Francisco or New Orleans at Seattle, 2:35 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati, Indianpolis or Kansas City at New England, 6:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 Philadelphia, Green Bay or San Francisco at Carolina, 11:05 a.m. (FOX) Indianapolis, Kansas City or San Diego at Denver, 2:40 p.m. (CBS)
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 1 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
Pro bowl
Sunday, Jan. 26 at Honolulu TBD, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)
Super bowl
Sunday, feb. 2 at East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)
DRaft oRDER
May 8-10 at New york
opp first Round W l t Pct Pct 1. Houston 2 14 0 .125 .559 2. w-Washington 3 13 0 .188 .516 3. Jacksonville 4 12 0 .250 .504 4. Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 .516 5. Oakland 4 12 0 .250 .523 6. Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 .553 7. Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 .574 8. Minnesota 5 10 1 .344 .512 9. Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 .520 10. Detroit 7 9 0 .438 .457 11. Tennessee 7 9 0 .438 .504 12. N.Y. Giants 7 9 0 .438 .520 13. St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 .551 14. Chicago 8 8 0 .500 .465 15. Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 .469 16. x-Baltimore 8 8 0 .500 .484 16. x-Dallas 8 8 0 .500 .484 18. N.Y. Jets 8 8 0 .500 .488 19. Miami 8 8 0 .500 .523 20. Arizona 10 6 0 .625 .531 21. y-Green Bay 8 7 1 .531 .453 22. y-San Diego 9 7 0 .563 .496 23. y-Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 .453 24. y-Kansas City 11 5 0 .688 .445 25. y-Cincinnati 11 5 0 .688 .480 26. yz-Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 .484 27. y-New Orleans 11 5 0 .688 .516 28. y-New England 12 4 0 .750 .473 29. y-San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 .494 30. y-Carolina 12 4 0 .750 .494 31. y-Denver 13 3 0 .813 .469 32. y-Seattle 13 3 0 .813 .490 w-traded pick to St. Louis x-subject to coin flip y-subject to playoffs z-traded pick to Cleveland Order for playoff teams A — The winner of the Super Bowl will select last and the other Super Bowl participant next-to-last, regardless of their regular-season record. B — The Championship Game participants not advancing to the Super Bowl will select 29th and 30th, according to the reverse order of their standing. C — The Divisional Playoff participants not advancing to the Championship Games will select 25th through 28th, according to the reverse order of their standing. D — The Wild Card participants not advancing to the Divisional Playoffs will select 21st through 24th, according to the reverse order of their standing.
Nfl afC leaders
Week 17 Quarterbacks P. Manning, DEN P. Rivers, SND Rothlisbrgr, PIT Ale. Smith, KAN Dalton, CIN Brady, NWE Luck, IND Fitzpatrick, TEN Tannehill, MIA Keenum, HOU
NfC leaders
att Com yds 659 450 5477 544 378 4478 584 375 4261 508 308 3313 586 363 4296 628 380 4343 570 343 3822 350 217 2454 588 355 3913 253 137 1760
tD 55 32 28 23 33 25 23 14 24 9
Int 10 11 14 7 20 11 9 12 17 6
Rushers att yds avg J. Charles, KAN 259 1287 4.97 Ry.Mathws, SND 285 1255 4.40 C. Johnson, TEN 279 1077 3.86 Moreno, DEN 241 1038 4.31 Spiller, BUF 201 927 4.61 F. Jackson, BUF 207 896 4.33 L. Bell, PIT 244 860 3.52 Ivory, NYJ 182 833 4.58 Jones-Drew, JAX 234 803 3.43 Ridley, NWE 178 773 4.34
lG tD 46 12 51 6 30t 6 31 10 77 2 59 9 43 8 69 3 48 5 29 7
Receivers No yds avg Ant. Brown, PIT 110 1499 13.6 A. Johnson, HOU 109 1407 12.9 Edelman, NWE 105 1056 10.1 A.. Green, CIN 98 1426 14.6 Ke. Wright, TEN 94 1079 11.5 De.Thomas, DEN 92 1430 15.5 J. Gordon, CLE 87 1646 18.9 Decker, DEN 87 1288 14.8 Hilton, IND 82 1083 13.2 Cameron, CLE 80 917 11.5
lG 56 62t 44 82t 45 78t 95t 61 73t 53
yds 4107 4150 4189 4005 4138 3499 3491 4338 3278 2982
lG 66 74 65 65 69 65 65 61 67 75
tD 8 5 6 11 2 14 9 11 5 7
Punters M. King, OAK Fields, MIA Lechler, HOU D. Colquitt, KAN Koch, BAL McAfee, IND Ry. Allen, NWE Anger, JAX Quigley, NYJ Huber, CIN
No 84 85 88 87 90 76 76 95 72 66
avg 48.9 48.8 47.6 46.0 46.0 46.0 45.9 45.7 45.5 45.2
Punt Returners Doss, BAL Ant. Brown, PIT McCluster, KAN Benjamin, CLE Edelman, NWE Br. Tate, CIN K. Martin, HOU Holliday, DEN Thigpen, MIA McKelvin, BUF
No 23 32 58 22 35 36 39 32 34 32
yds 359 409 686 257 374 336 345 271 264 180
avg 15.6 12.8 11.8 11.7 10.7 9.3 8.8 8.5 7.8 5.6
lG tD 82t 1 67t 1 89t 2 79t 1 43 0 43 0 87t 1 81t 1 34 0 21 0
Kickoff Returners No Q. Demps, KAN 33 Jac. Jones, BAL 31 Holliday, DEN 28 Todman, JAX 26 K. Martin, HOU 36 Br. Tate, CIN 35 D. Reed, IND 24 Cribbs, NYJ 20 Ta. Jones, OAK 26 Thigpen, MIA 39
yds 992 892 775 712 947 914 590 490 623 878
avg 30.1 28.8 27.7 27.4 26.3 26.1 24.6 24.5 24.0 22.5
lG tD 95t 1 77t 1 105t 1 59 0 50 0 71 0 39 0 42 0 41 0 50 0
when he takes The Associated Press another snap for the CowIRVING, Texas — Jerry Jones boys. Notice has another long offseason to the “when” ponder what the Dallas owner instead of the called “unthinkable” — three “if.” That’s straight season-ending losses Jones talking. that left the Cowboys at 8-8 and “The nature Jason Garrett out of the playoffs. of his injury Here are his quick takes: head was not alarming,” Jones said. coach Jason Garrett will return, “It was not complicated.” Tony Romo’s back is going to Jones figures Romo will be be fine and another shuffling ready for offseason workouts of the defensive coaching staff this spring. Tight end Jason could be coming. Witten doesn’t have any doubt, Jones has been saying and will welcome him back emphatically for more than a even though he had season month that Garrett will be back highs of 12 catches for 135 yards for a fourth full season. The with Orton throwing to him on latest declaration came after Sunday. Sunday night’s 24-22 loss to “Obviously it’s been a tough Philadelphia that sewed up the eight months for him physicoach’s third break-even record cally,” Witten said of Romo, in three full seasons, and his 0-3 who walked gingerly while record in finales with the NFC attending exit meetings at team East title on the line. headquarters Monday. “I know “We’ve put a lot of effort how he works. I know how in training as a franchise into he competes. I know how he Jason Garrett, and I want to trains, that he’ll bounce back take advantage of that,” Jones and be even better next year.” told reporters after the game. There might not be a next “If we don’t have him, we don’t year for defensive coordinaget payback for all the miscues tor Monte Kiffin, whose first and losses and criticism of season in charge of the Dallas sideline management. We don’t defense ended with the most get a chance to benefit from the yards allowed in franchise hisone way you learn, and that is tory — by almost 1,000. the mistakes you make.” The Cowboys were competiRomo, the loser in the first tive defensively in the last games two win-or-go-home games, against the Redskins and Eagles. had back surgery Friday after But there were many unsightly getting hurt in a season-saving moments in the first year of a victory at Washington. He four-man defensive front after missed the loss to the Eagles, nearly a decade with three linewith Kyle Orton throwing the men and four linebackers. game-clinching interception Dallas gave up the first two this time. 600-yard games in franchise history, the first 40-first down After two back surgeries in game in league history and eight months, Romo will be 34
tD 27 13 17 39 26 31 21 14 26 19
Int 2 1 6 12 9 10 8 4 17 12
Rushers att yds avg L. McCoy, PHL 314 1607 5.12 Forte, CHI 289 1339 4.63 A. Morris, WAS 276 1275 4.62 A. Peterson, MIN 279 1266 4.54 M. Lynch, SEA 301 1257 4.18 Lacy, GBY 284 1178 4.15 Gore, SNF 276 1128 4.09 D. Murray, DAL 217 1124 5.18 Re. Bush, DET 223 1006 4.51 Stacy, STL 250 973 3.89
lG 57t 55 45t 78t 43 60 51 43 39 40t
tD 9 9 7 10 12 11 9 9 4 7
Receivers No yds avg Garcon, WAS 113 1346 11.9 B. Marshall, CHI 100 1295 13.0 De. Bryant, DAL 93 1233 13.3 Jeffery, CHI 89 1421 16.0 J. Graham, NOR 86 1215 14.1 J. Nelson, GBY 85 1314 15.5 Boldin, SNF 85 1179 13.9 Douglas, ATL 85 1067 12.6 Cal. Johnson, DET 84 1492 17.8 Gonzalez, ATL 83 859 10.3
lG 53t 44 79 80t 56t 76t 63 80t 87 25
tD 5 12 13 7 16 8 7 2 12 8
Punters No A. Lee, SNF 79 Nortman, CAR 70 S. Martin, DET 72 Morstead, NOR 61 Weatherford, NYG 91 Bosher, ATL 68 Hekker, STL 78 Zastudil, ARI 78 Chr. Jones, DAL 77 Donn. Jones, PHL 82
yds 3804 3344 3399 2859 4271 3166 3609 3566 3467 3681
lG 62 72 72 61 68 63 64 60 62 70
avg 48.2 47.8 47.2 46.9 46.9 46.6 46.3 45.7 45.0 44.9
Punt Returners Sherels, MIN Dw. Harris, DAL Hyde, GBY Ginn Jr., CAR G. Tate, SEA L. James, SNF Page, TAM T. Austin, STL R. Randle, NYG Sproles, NOR
No 22 20 24 26 51 23 23 33 29 29
yds 335 256 296 316 585 251 251 280 237 194
avg 15.2 12.8 12.3 12.2 11.5 10.9 10.9 8.5 8.2 6.7
lG tD 86t 1 86t 1 93t 1 41 0 71 0 40 0 52 0 98t 1 32 0 28 0
Kickoff Returners C.Pattersn, MIN Dw. Harris, DAL Hester, CHI Page, TAM Hyde, GBY Ginn Jr., CAR J. Rodgers, ATL Mi. Cox, NYG Arenas, ARI Paul, WAS
No 43 28 52 22 22 25 25 20 23 20
yds avg 1393 32.4 857 30.6 1442 27.7 548 24.9 531 24.1 595 23.8 575 23.0 436 21.8 493 21.4 411 20.6
lG tD 109t 2 90 0 80 0 44 0 70 0 38 0 34 0 56 0 46 0 39 0
Scoring touchdowns tD Rush Rec Ret Pts J. Charles, KAN 19 12 7 0 114 De. Thomas, DEN 14 0 14 0 84 Moreno, DEN 13 10 3 0 78 Ju. Thomas, DEN 12 0 12 0 72 Decker, DEN 11 0 11 0 66 A.. Green, CIN 11 0 11 0 66 Cotchery, PIT 10 0 10 0 60 F. Jackson, BUF 10 9 1 0 60 Chr. Johnson, TEN 10 6 4 0 60 M. Jones, CIN 10 0 10 0 60
Scoring touchdowns tD Rush Rec Ret Pts J. Graham, NOR 16 0 16 0 96 M. Lynch, SEA 14 12 2 0 84 De. Bryant, DAL 13 0 13 0 78 Ve. Davis, SNF 13 0 13 0 78 B. Marshall, CHI 12 0 12 0 76 Forte, CHI 12 9 3 0 74 Cal. Johnson, DET 12 0 12 0 72 0 66 Lacy, GBY 11 11 0 L. McCoy, PHL 11 9 2 0 66 A. Peterson, MIN 11 10 1 0 66
Kicking Gstkwski, NWE M. Prater, DEN Novak, SND J. Tucker, BAL Vinatieri, IND D.Carpenter, BUF Suisham, PIT Folk, NYJ Succop, KAN Bironas, TEN
Kicking Hauschka, SEA Crosby, GBY P. Dawson, SNF D. Bailey, DAL Feely, ARI Gould, CHI Walsh, MIN Gano, CAR Henery, PHL Zuerlein, STL
Pat 44-44 75-75 42-42 26-26 34-34 32-32 39-39 27-27 52-52 41-41
fG 38-41 25-26 34-37 38-41 35-40 33-36 30-32 33-36 22-28 25-29
lG 54 64 50 61 52 55 48 54 51 55
Pts 158 150 144 140 139 131 129 126 118 116
Jerry Jones: Garrett will return, Romo’s back OK By Schuyler Dixon
Quarterbacks att Com yds Foles, PHL 317 203 2891 J. McCown, CHI 224 149 1829 A. Rodgers, GBY 290 193 2536 Brees, NOR 650 446 5162 R. Wilson, SEA 407 257 3357 Romo, DAL 535 342 3828 Kaepernick, SNF 416 243 3197 S. Bradford, STL 262 159 1687 M. Ryan, ATL 651 439 4515 Cutler, CHI 355 224 2621
couldn’t stop a pair of backup quarterbacks when it mattered most late in the season. The Cowboys were last in total defense in Kiffin’s 27th NFL season, a career marked by a Super Bowl-winning defense in Tampa Bay that led the league in yards allowed, points allowed and interceptions. Dallas did finish the season without defensive leader Sean Lee, who missed five of the last six games with hamstring and neck injuries. The defensive line was a mad scramble all season because of injuries. “I wouldn’t evaluate Monte Kiffin without taking in consideration our circumstances this year with injuries, his ability to put in place guys coming in and out on a weekly basis,” Jones said. “One thing about having the career that he’s had is you get to look at the whole career when you’re looking at it.” The most troubling development with the new scheme was how much DeMarcus Ware struggled in it. The franchise sacks leader had a career-low six and missed games for the first time in his nine seasons because of a thigh injury. He’s also been dealing with back and elbow issues. The Cowboys might even end up releasing Ware to save salary cap space if he doesn’t agree to a pay cut. He says he’s willing to restructure his contract, but not reduce his salary. “I’ve got to think about how I started training camp,” Ware said. “I wasn’t hurt then and I felt like I couldn’t be stopped. I’ve got to figure now how to get through the whole season without being hurt.”
Pat 44-44 42-42 44-44 47-47 37-37 45-46 43-44 42-42 45-45 34-34
fG 33-35 33-37 32-36 28-30 30-36 26-29 26-30 24-27 23-28 26-28
lG 53 57 56 53 52 58 54 55 51 54
Pts 143 141 140 131 127 123 121 114 114 112
total team yardage afC
offense Denver San Diego New England Cincinnati Houston Indianapolis Cleveland Buffalo Pittsburgh Kansas City Tennessee Oakland N.Y. Jets Miami Baltimore Jacksonville
yards 7317 6293 6152 5894 5556 5468 5423 5410 5400 5396 5390 5340 5090 5007 4918 4701
Rush 1873 1965 2065 1755 1743 1743 1383 2307 1383 2056 1894 2000 2158 1440 1328 1260
Pass 5444 4328 4087 4139 3813 3725 4040 3103 4017 3340 3496 3340 2932 3567 3590 3441
Defense Cincinnati Houston Cleveland Buffalo N.Y. Jets Baltimore Pittsburgh Tennessee Denver Indianapolis Miami Oakland San Diego Kansas City New England Jacksonville
yards 4888 5081 5319 5334 5359 5368 5395 5407 5696 5713 5750 5819 5864 5885 5969 6070
Rush 1544 1958 1781 2063 1412 1687 1849 1795 1626 2002 1998 1727 1725 1923 2145 2108
Pass 3344 3123 3538 3271 3947 3681 3546 3612 4070 3711 3752 4092 4139 3962 3824 3962
yards 6676 6404 6391 6274 6109 5915 5542 5508 5490 5461 5424 5180 5069 4920 4877 4432
Rush 2566 2136 1473 1792 1828 2164 1540 2081 1247 1507 2188 2201 2026 1332 1752 1612
Pass 4110 4268 4918 4482 4281 3751 4002 3427 4243 3954 3236 2979 3043 3588 3125 2820
yards 4378 4820 4891 5071 5079 5316 5520 5546 5568 5665 5956 6070 6307 6313 6365 6645
Rush 1626 1391 1786 1535 1351 1743 1646 1596 1762 1769 2000 2173 1671 2583 1767 2056
Pass 2752 3429 3105 3536 3728 3573 3874 3950 3806 3896 3956 3897 4636 3730 4598 4589
offense Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans Detroit Chicago Washington Arizona Minnesota Atlanta Dallas Seattle San Francisco Carolina N.Y. Giants St. Louis Tampa Bay Defense Seattle Carolina New Orleans San Francisco Arizona N.Y. Giants St. Louis Detroit Tampa Bay Washington Green Bay Atlanta Philadelphia Chicago Minnesota Dallas
NfC
team averages Per Game afC
offense Denver San Diego New England Cincinnati Houston Indianapolis Cleveland Buffalo Pittsburgh Kansas City Tennessee Oakland N.Y. Jets Miami Baltimore Jacksonville
yards 457.3 393.3 384.5 368.4 347.3 341.8 338.9 338.1 337.5 337.3 336.9 333.8 318.1 312.9 307.4 293.8
Rush 117.1 122.8 129.1 109.7 108.9 108.9 86.4 144.2 86.4 128.5 118.4 125.0 134.9 90.0 83.0 78.8
Pass 340.3 270.5 255.4 258.7 238.3 232.8 252.5 193.9 251.1 208.8 218.5 208.8 183.3 222.9 224.4 215.1
Defense Cincinnati Houston Cleveland Buffalo N.Y. Jets Baltimore Pittsburgh Tennessee Denver Indianapolis Miami Oakland San Diego Kansas City New England Jacksonville offense Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans Detroit Chicago Washington Arizona Minnesota Atlanta Dallas Seattle San Francisco Carolina N.Y. Giants St. Louis Tampa Bay Defense Seattle Carolina New Orleans San Francisco Arizona N.Y. Giants St. Louis Detroit Tampa Bay Washington Green Bay Atlanta Philadelphia Chicago Minnesota Dallas
yards 305.5 317.6 332.4 333.4 334.9 335.5 337.2 337.9 356.0 357.1 359.4 363.7 366.5 367.8 373.1 379.4
Rush 96.5 122.4 111.3 128.9 88.3 105.4 115.6 112.2 101.6 125.1 124.9 107.9 107.8 120.2 134.1 131.8
Pass 209.0 195.2 221.1 204.4 246.7 230.1 221.6 225.8 254.4 231.9 234.5 255.8 258.7 247.6 239.0 247.6
yards 417.3 400.3 399.4 392.1 381.8 369.7 346.4 344.3 343.1 341.3 339.0 323.8 316.8 307.5 304.8 277.0 yards 273.6 301.3 305.7 316.9 317.4 332.3 345.0 346.6 348.0 354.1 372.3 379.4 394.2 394.6 397.8 415.3
Rush 160.4 133.5 92.1 112.0 114.3 135.3 96.3 130.1 77.9 94.2 136.8 137.6 126.6 83.3 109.5 100.8 Rush 101.6 86.9 111.6 95.9 84.4 108.9 102.9 99.8 110.1 110.6 125.0 135.8 104.4 161.4 110.4 128.5
Pass 256.9 266.8 307.4 280.1 267.6 234.4 250.1 214.2 265.2 247.1 202.3 186.2 190.2 224.3 195.3 176.3 Pass 172.0 214.3 194.1 221.0 233.0 223.3 242.1 246.9 237.9 243.5 247.3 243.6 289.8 233.1 287.4 286.8
NfC
Single-Season Records
Passing yardage Payton Manning, DEN Drew Brees, NO Drew Brees, NO Tom Brady, NE Drew Brees, NO Dan Marino, MIA Drew Brees, NO Matthew Stafford, DET Matthew Stafford, DET Eli Manning, NYG touchdown Passes Peyton Manning, DEN Tom Brady, NE Peyton Manning, IND Dan Marino, MIA Drew Brees, NO Aaron Rodgers, GB Dan Marino, MIA Drew Brees, NO Kurt Warner, STL Matthew Stafford, DET Pass Completions Drew Brees, NO Peyton Manning, IND Peyton Manning, IND Drew Brees, NO Drew Brees, NO Drew Brees, NO Matt Ryan, ATL Tony Romo, DAL Matt Ryan, ATL Drew Brees, NO Receiving yards Calvin Johnson, DET Jerry Rice, SF Isaac Bruce, STL Charlie Hennigan, HOU Marvin Harrison, IND Torry Holt, STL Herman Moore, DET Calvin Johnson, DET Marvin Harrison, IND Josh Gordon, CLE
year yards 2013 5,477 2011 5,476 2013 5,262 2011 5,235 2012 5,177 1984 5,084 2008 5,069 2011 5,038 2012 4,967 2011 4,933 year tDs 2013 55 2007 50 2004 49 1984 48 2011 46 2011 45 1986 44 2012 43 2000 41 2011 41 year No. 2011 468 2010 450 2013 450 2010 448 2013 446 2007 440 2013 439 2012 425 2012 422 2012 422 year yards 2012 1,964 1995 1,848 1995 1,781 1961 1,746 2002 1,722 2003 1,696 1995 1,686 2011 1,681 1999 1,663 2013 1,646
Black: Six teams seeking new head coaches went 24-71-1 Continued from Page B-1 was retained: Rex Ryan, who has one more year on his contract, is staying with the New York Jets after a surprising 8-8 record in his fifth season at the helm. While some of the fired coaches might have seen it coming, Chudzinski certainly didn’t despite going 4-12 and losing his final seven games and 10 of 11. “I was shocked and disappointed to hear the news that I was fired,” said Chudzinski, who grew up a Browns fan. “I am a Cleveland Brown to the core, and always will be. It was an honor to lead our players and coaches, and I appreciate their dedication and sacrifice. I was more excited than ever for this team, as I know we were building a great foundation for future success.” As the coaching searches begin, agents will float the names of their clients — Penn State’s Bill O’Brien seems to be the hottest candidate and has interviewed for Houston’s vacancy. The Texans (2-14), who own the top choice in May’s draft after losing their final 14 games, released coach Gary Kubiak late in the season. Whoever gets hired in each place will face mammoth rebuilding projects. Overall, the six teams seeking new coaches went 24-71-1. Shanahan had one season remaining on a five-year contract worth about $7 million a season. He blamed salary cap restraints for part of the Redskins’ collapse from NFC East champion in 2012 to 3-13 and eight consecutive losses. Washington was hit with a $36 million salary cap penalty over two seasons for dumping salaries into the 2010 uncapped season, and Shanahan said it prevented the team from pursuing free agents it had targeted. But his real undoing, along with the poor records in three of his four seasons, was a contentious relationship with star quarterback Robert Griffin III. RG3 did not speak with the media on Monday. Frazier took over for Brad Childress in Minnesota for the final six games of 2010. He got the Vikings to the playoffs as a wild card last season, riding an MVP year from running back Adrian Peterson. But he never solved the Vikings’ quarterback situation — three QBs
New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan is staying in his position, after a surprising 8-8 record in his fifth season. ALAN DIAZ/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
started in 2013 — and the defense, Frazier’s specialty, ranked 31st overall and against the pass. “It’s a harsh business,” safety Harrison Smith said. “As a player, we all love coach Frazier, as a coach, as a man. You can’t meet a better guy. And also as a player, we didn’t make enough plays on the field. So you just feel like you let him down a little bit.” The Lions were considered an underachieving team the last two years under Schwartz. After a 6-3 start this year in a division where the Packers and Bears lost their starting quarterbacks for lengthy periods, Detroit fell apart down the stretch. It lost six of its last seven. He had two years and almost $12 million remaining on his deal, signed after the Lions hired him to fix a team that went 0-16 in 2008. “From where we were in 2008 to where we are now it’s a big difference,” quarterback Matthew Stafford said. “We owe a lot of that to him. He’s a really smart guy and helped us get to where we are. Obviously, we didn’t win as many games as we needed to or as we should have this year.”
SPORTS
Schumacher’s doctors cautious Formula One racer in induced coma
Albertville has opened an investigation into the accident, according to the Mountain Gendarmerie in Bourg-Saint-MauBy Graham Dunbar rice. The goal is to determine and Sarah DiLorenzo the circumstances and cause of The Associated Press the accident. Formula One drivers and fans GRENOBLE, France — Docrushed to wish Schumacher a tors offered a grim assessment quick recovery. of Michael Schumacher’s head “Like millions of Germans, injuries Monday, providing no the chancellor and members of prognosis for the Formula One the government were extremely driving great after his skiing dismayed when they heard accident in the French Alps. about Michael Schumacher’s Schumacher has been placed serious skiing accident,” Gerin a medically induced coma to man Chancellor Angela Merkel’s relieve pressure on his brain, spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said which suffered bruising and in Berlin. bleeding when the retired sevenSebastian Vettel, the Formula time world champion fell and One racer for whom Schumacher struck a rock Sunday while skiwas a boyhood idol, told German ing during a family vacation. news agency DPA: “I am shocked “We cannot predict the future and hope that he will get better for Michael Schumacher,” Dr. as soon as possible.” Jean-Francois Payen, the doctor Ferrari, which Schumacher in charge of Grenoble University raced for, also expressed its conHospital’s intensive care unit, cern. Company President Luca said at a news conference. di Montezemolo and race team “He is in a critical state in leader Stefano Domenicali were terms of cerebral resuscitation,” in contact with the family, the said Payen, the chief anesthesicompany said in a statement. ologist treating the 44-year-old Former Ferrari teammate German driver. “We are working Felipe Massa, who himself hour by hour.” recovered from life-threatening Schumacher’s wife, Corinna, head injuries at the Hungarian daughter Gina Maria and son Grand Prix in 2009, wrote on Mick were at his bedside. Instagram: “I am praying for you “The family is not doing my brother!! I hope you have a very well, obviously. They are quick recovery!! God bless you, Former Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Mercedes shocked,” his manager, Sabine GP speaks during a March 2010 event in Kuala Lumpur, Malay- Michael.” Kehm, told reporters. British former F1 champion sia. Schumacher is being treated at a hospital in Grenoble Schumacher earned universal after sustaining a head injury during a ski accident in Meribel, Jenson Button posted that “Michael more than anyone admiration for his uncommon France. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO has the strength to pull through driving talent, which led to a this.” record 91 race wins. His singleSchumacher, who turns 45 on Although challenging, the minded dedication to victory Some fans gathered outside Friday, retired from the track for snowfield is not extreme skiing. sometimes meant he was denied the second time only last year, the hospital Monday. The runs are broad and neatly the same affection during his Nuravil Raimbekov, a student tended, and the ungroomed area after a three-season comeback. career that he received Monday. from Kyrgyzstan who is studying in between — where the resort Still, the hospital’s neurology in Grenoble, said Schumacher Schumacher “gave the image said Schumacher was found — team, which is recognized as has been an inspiration to him. of someone indestructible, pow- among the best in France, was is free of trees. erful,” France’s four-time “I’m worried, of course. … But “He was in the deep snow. cautious about Schumacher’s F1 champion Alain Prost said on prospects. I still hope, and I will pray for But it was not an off-piste track,” iTele TV channel. “It’s a banal him,” he said. Kehm said, suggesting SchumDoctors lowered his body accident compared to what he’s During his career, Schumacher had not taken undue risks. temperature to between 93.2 to done in the past. It’s just a dumb acher set an array of Formula 95 degrees Fahrenheit as part of “They were skiing on pistes, but thing that ended badly.” One records. After initial sucin the moment that [the accithe coma, which essentially rests Schumacher and his 14-yearcess with the Benetton team, dent] happened, it was not on the brain, slowing its metaboold son were skiing Sunday winning his first two championthe piste.” lism to help reduce inflammamorning in the French Alpine ships in 1994 and 1995, SchumMeribel resort officials said tion after an injury. resort of Meribel, where the acher moved to Ferrari. Schumacher was conscious The hospital, in a city that is family has a chalet. He fell and There, he helped turn the stowhen first responders arrived, the gateway to the French Alps, hit the right side of his head on ried Italian team into the sport’s although agitated and in shock. sees a large number of skiing a rock. dominant force. After initially After the fall, Payen said Mon- retiring in 2006, he made a accidents every year. By wearing a helmet, Schumday, Schumacher was not in a Schumacher has been sericomeback in 2010 and raced for acher had given himself a ously hurt before. In addition to “normal state of consciousness.” three years with Mercedes. chance of survival, Payen said, He did not respond to questions, the broken leg in a crash at the though the protection was not DiLorenzo reported from Paris. and his limbs appeared to move enough to prevent serious injury. 1999 British Grand Prix, he also Associated Press writers Lori Hinnant in Paris, Geir Moulson Gerard Saillant, a trauma sur- suffered neck and spine injuries involuntarily, the doctor said. He was airlifted to a local after a motorcycle accident in in Berlin, John Leicester in Supergeon who operated on Schumhospital and then later brought Besse, France, Lauren Neergaard acher when he broke his leg in a 2009 in Spain. to Grenoble. Doctors said that An expert skier, Schumacher in Washington and Deborah 1999 race crash, was at the hosstopover was typical and did not Gouffran and Milos Krivokapic pital as a visitor. He told report- fell in a section of trails that affect his condition. slice down through a vast and, in Grenoble contributed to this ers that Schumacher’s age and The French prosecutor in report. fitness should work in his favor. in parts, very steep snowfield.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Sharapova returns with convincing win
By John Pye
The Associated Press
BRISBANE, Australia — Every point mattered for Maria Sharapova in her competitive comeback from injury, even in a first-round match in the seasonopening tournament. Sharapova beat 74th-ranked Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-0 Monday, ripping forehand winners and nullifying her rival’s biggest weapon with consistently aggressive service returns. She chased down balls to turn the tempo when she was behind in two games in the second set, and celebrated break points with triple fist pumps even when the result was well beyond doubt. The four-time major winner played only one match following an early exit at Wimbledon last season due to a right shoulder injury. She showed no signs of soreness in advancing to the second round at the Brisbane International, her only warm-up event for the Australian Open. “It’s been four months … [so] it was a big step for me. It was a big step to come and a big step to play out there tonight,” Sharapova said, adding that she was pain-free and feeling good. “These matches are what I came here for. No matter the opponent or the situation, you know, they’re really priceless for me at this point, and extremely important.” The third-seeded Sharapova hit 26 winners and kept the unforced errors to 10, hitting six aces and only one double-fault — immediately after a backhand
greats and legends excited to be doing such a job and wanting to help the next generations. To bring them back into the game, it’s a good thing.” In men’s first-round matches, Sam Querrey upset seventhseeded Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-4, Marin Cilic had a 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Denis Istomin and Jarkko Nieminen beat local hope James Duckworth 6-2, 6-3. At the Hopman Cup in Perth, Sloane Stephens and John Isner gave the United States a 3-0 win over Spain. Stephens, who beat Serena Williams en route to the 2013 Australian Open semifinals, won nine of the last 10 games in a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Anabel Medina Maria Sharapova of Russia plays a shot in her Monday match against Caroline Garcia of France during the Brisbane Interna- Garrigues in the singles before Isner beat Daniel Munoz-de La tional tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia. TERTIUS PICKARD/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nava 6-3, 6-4. Stephens and Isner then combined to win the mixed doubles winner down the line had given working with Stefan Edberg in as Spain slumped to back-toher triple match point. preparation for the Australian back 3-0 defeats. Open. She will next play 17-year-old France also won, beating the Australian qualifier Ashleigh After failing to win a Grand Czech Republic 2-1. Barty, who had 6-3, 7-5 win over Slam title in 2013, the 17-time Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeated 2012 Brisbane finalist Daniela major winner is the latest in a Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-4, but Hantuchova. line of highly-ranked players Petra Kvitova evened the score who have hired past greats as Also advancing were fourthby beating Alize Cornet 6-1, 3-6, coaches in the wake of Andy seeded Jelena Jankovic, who 7-5. Murray’s success with Ivan beat 2010 French Open chamCornet and Tsonga then beat Lendl. Novak Djokovic recently Kvitova and Stepanek 6-1, 6-3. pion Francesca Schiavone 6-2, announced a partnership with 7-6 (6), No. 5 Angelique Kerber, At the ASB Classic tournaBoris Becker — a move that sur- ment in Auckland, New Zealand, No. 8 Carla Suarez and No. 9 prised Federer. Dominika Cibulkova. Venus Williams beat Andrea “Not necessarily that he hired Hlavackova 6-3, 7-6 (1) in her Sharapova’s boyfriend, fifthsomebody … But Becker, I was seeded Grigor Dimitrov, beat opening match. Robin Haase of the Netherlands surprised,” Federer said. “I didn’t Other first-round winners 6-2, 6-3 in the day’s last match on think he wanted to become a included Yvonne Meusburger, coach. I didn’t expect to see him who beat seventh-seeded Mona center court. back on tour. The star on the men’s side is Barthel 6-4, 6-3, and fifth-seeded Roger Federer, who has been “I’m happy seeing former Jamie Hampton.
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Safety: Olympic terrorism not new Continued from Page B-1 the Red Wings sees things a little differently. “I’m sure after this, the security will be higher than they intended from the start,” he said. The threat of terrorism at the Olympics has been in the forefront since 1972, when members of a Palestinian terrorist group invaded the Olympic village and killed 11 Israeli athletes. Security rose to a new level at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games, which came only five months after the Sept. 11 attacks. Improvements in technology, along with ever-present threats of terrorism, have turned security into a top priority for any country hoping to host the Olympics. Among the security measures Russia has put in place for this year’s games is a requirement that all ticketholders obtain and wear “spectator passes” while attending events. To get a spectator pass, fans have to provide passport and contact information to authorities. On Monday, IOC president Thomas Bach wrote a condolence letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin in which he expressed “our confidence in the Russian authorities to deliver safe and secure games in Sochi.” Meanwhile, a number of Olympic leaders and federations signaled their confidence in the host country. “When we come to Sochi, it will be impossible for the terrorists to do anything,” Norwegian IOC member Gerhard Heiberg said. “The village will be sealed off from the outside world. Security has been our priority No. 1 ever since Sochi got the games.” The U.S. Olympic Committee works closely with the State Department on its security arrangements. A White House spokeswoman said the United States would welcome “closer cooperation” with Russia on security preparations for the Games. U.S. figure skater Ross
Miner, who won silver in Vancouver, is well aware of the vulnerability of major sporting events. The theme of the New England native’s long program is “Boston Strong,” about the city’s resilience after the marathon bombings last spring. Miner recalled the 2011 world championships in Moscow as “by far the most intense security I’ve ever had at a competition,” with skaters going through metal detectors to enter the venue. U.S. speedskaters, however, have different memories of Moscow. They arrived for a 2011 World Cup event the same day a suicide bomber killed 35 people in an attack on the city’s Domodedovo Airport. “It’s terrible we have to live in fear, but that’s just kind of how it is,” two-time gold and silver medalist Shani Davis said. Since the widespread use of metal detectors was introduced to the Olympics in 2002, every subsequent Olympics has brought its own set of challenges and responses. At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Chinese authorities introduced identity checks for opening and closing ceremonies. In London last year, there were no identity checks, but combat jets patrolled the city, and surface-to-air missiles were set up on rooftops. Russia’s security effort is greater than those of either of those countries, said Matthew Clements, an analyst at Jane’s, in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Three-time Olympic ski jumping champion Thomas Morgenstern of Austria said he remembers seeing sharp shooters roaming the woods in Sochi during a World Cup event last year. “Of course you’re having thoughts about it. But when we are at the Olympic Games, that will be one of the safest places for sure,” Morgenstern said. “I think they are in control.”
Gaffes: Refs for postseason top league’s ratings With the airwaves scorched by Steelers fans NFL officiating director shouting “no fair” about Mike Pereira told The Asso- the noncall in San Diego, at ciated Press. “You can’t hide least the players and Tomlin behind the shield. were more level-headed. “In Dean Blandino, the If they were angry or league has a guy capable of appalled, they hid it well. explaining it, and he under“Shoulda, woulda, stands the need to do so, coulda, but that’s not going and he is media savvy and to change the outcome,” explains it clearly.” defensive end Cam HeyThe problem is Blandino ward said. “We’ve got to has had to explain far too learn from this as a team. much this season. Such as: And like I’ve said before, we u Steelers coach Mike can’t rely on other teams Tomlin doesn’t get penalto do it for us. We’ve got to ized for impeding an oppo- win our games.” nent’s kick return. The next Added Tomlin: week, the NFL fines him “What transpired yes$100,000 and admits a flag terday was unfortunate for should have been thrown. our hopes moving forward. u The down markers We’ll have to find a way to and chains are moved accept that and move forwhen they shouldn’t be ward. I’m not going to lose in the final moments of any sleep over something Washington’s home game that happened in a stadium against the Giants. The NFL that we weren’t even in.” says the next day that play There will be top officials should have been stopped in the stadiums during the to correct the error, which playoffs — at least the ones was confusing and somewho top the league’s tiered what costly to the Redskins. ratings. Pereira calls NFL officials “the very best in u Late in Sunday night’s the business” and has faith play-in game between the Eagles and Cowboys, Dallas in their abilities. loses 15 seconds on the play But he’s also troubled clock because of an inaccu- when they mess up on such rate reset. Instead of giving things as dead-ball fouls, the Cowboys 40 seconds offsetting penalties and relatively simple rulings. to get off a play, they are given 25. No on-field offiHis solution — one the cial notices, and Dallas is NFL has considered on a handed a 5-yard penalty. very limited basis — is to have many more full-time Although the Cowboys officials. wind up scoring a touchdown on the drive, it’s yet For this postseason, scruanother example of ineffitiny will be very heavy on cient officiating. the men in stripes.
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Wanted materials Garden supplies
Railroad ties for landscaping — call Preston at 988-1153. Medium to large barrel-style composter — call Barb at 982-0928. Containers or barrels for catching rainfall‚ call Joana at 690-2671 for St. Elizabeth Senior Shelter. Poultry manure — call Anna at 660-0756. Large ceramic saucer/dish for potted tree‚ call 603-9125. Gravel, any size — call Yolanda, 982-9273. Garden tools, especially sized for use by children — call George, 466-4988. Containers or barrels for water catchments — call Nancy, 316-1673. JuJuBe cuttings and information — call Nancy, 316-1673.
Appliances
Small appliances — toasters, can openers, baking utensils, pots, pans, dishes, cookie sheets, hand mixers — for use by aster Seals El Mirador — call 429-2033. A/C unit — call 316-0602. Electric heaters — call 913-9610. Microwave and toaster oven in excellent condition — call Monte del Sol charter School at 982-5225. Working refrigerator — call Allegra at 490-2789. Microwave; heating pad for back — call Diana at 490-1027. Working sewing machine — call Patty at 424-0352. Portable washer/dryer — call Dominga, 204-5830. Large freezer — call Joe, 930-2027. Used gas stove — call Virginia, 310-0699. Working washer and dryer — call Annie, 424-9507.
Office equipment
Printer — call 316-0602. Working laptop computer — call Elizabeth at 467-9292. Late model Apple-IMac with large monitor for “Sight” person, leather office chair for lower back and arm support — call 988-1733. Lightweight cardboard or poster board — call Caro at 670-6999. Four-drawer wooden file cabinet — call 471-3040. Working laptop — call Denise, 428-8066. Working laptop for retired school teacher — call Bonnie, 417-8556. Working Laptop computer — call 510-847-9001. Late model Apple laptop — call Pat, 920-5429. Office desk, table with four chairs, laptop computer with wireless capabilities — call Guardian Angels, 920-2871.
Furniture
Living room coaches, chairs, recliners, dining room tables and chairs for use by Easter Seals El Mirador — call 428-2033. Dining table, chairs — anything for household. Just moving in and need everything — call 471-7237. Kitchen table and chairs —call 316-6486. Bed — call 316-0602. Bed or roll-away bed — call 913-9610 or 204-2009. Dresser — 699-7970. Loveseat — call Pauline at 490-1761. Armoire — call Dan at 505-270-4673. TV and converter boxes — call Katrina at 216-2153. Sofa, recliner, chairs and converter box — call Richard at 216-4141. Roll-away bed — call Gloria at 471-0819. Small kitchen table — call 438-8418. Bed in good condition or sofa or loveseat — call Martha at 917-6615. Living room furniture, dining table and chairs — call Dominga, 204-5830. Outdoor lawn chair with high back — call Miriam, 699-3655.
Packing materials
Packing peanuts in bags; bubble wrap — 127 Romero St. or call Hillary, 992-8701. Packing peanuts — stop by 1424 Paseo de Peralta. Packing peanuts, bubble wrap and boxes — call John, 455-2835. Packing materials — stop by 903 W. Alameda St., or call Glenn at 986-0616.
Construction
Coyote fence material — call 989-1388. Coyote fencing latillas, mortar, cinder block — Gentle Souls Sanctuary, Inc. Send email to adopt@genltesoulssanctuary.org. Windows needed to replace those lost in house fire — call 316-0602. Large ceramic sewer pipes — call Adam at 989-1388. Disabled woman looking for used material to build deck on her home — call Beatrice at 310-5234. Fencing material (wire or wood) for nonprofit to benefit help people who can’t afford fencing for their pets. — call Jane at 466-1525. Coyote fence and gate for garden of retiree — call 603-9125. Wooden spools (2-foot or 3-foot) — call Joe, Cornerstone Books at 473-0306 or 438-2446. A shed to house school and community garden resources, plus lumber, untreated, to build raised garden beds for Earth Care — send email to susan@earthcare.org or call 983-6896. Solar electric hot water panels, pumps and controls. Used or new metal roofing, any thickness. Send email to sean@ic.org or call Sean, 505-660-8835. Earth Care needs a shed to store school and community garden resourses as well as untreated lumber to build raised garden
Food banks and shelters Bienvenidos Outreach: 1511 Fifth St. Call 986-0583. Food pantry is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The Food Depot: 1222 Siler Road. Website is www.thefooddepot.org or call 505-471-1633. The depot is open from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Kitchen Angels: 1222 Siler Road. The website is www.KitchenAngels.org or call 471-7780. Interfaith Community Shelter: 2801 Cerrillos Road. Email to interfaithsheltersf@gmail.com or call 795-7494. St. Elizabeth Shelter: 804 Alarid St. Website is www.steshelter.org. Call 982-6611. Youth Shelters and Family Services: 5686 Agua Fría St. Web site is www.youthshelters.org. Call 983-0586. Food for Santa Fe, Inc.: 1222 Siler Road. Website is www.foodforsantafe.org. Distribution of grocery items in bags — while supplies are available — is from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Thursdays. Send email to foodforsantafe@gmail.com. beds. Send email to susan@earthcare.org or call 983-6896. Used or new metal roofing, any thickness — send email to sean@ic.org. or call Sean at 505-660-8835. Stucco, chicken wire and fencing material in small pieces — call Nancy at 316-1673. Culvert — call George, 204-1745. Used cedar posts, used brick and stone; will work for material — call Daniel, 505-920-6537. Old cedar fencing material, good for buring or small projects, mostly broken pieces — call 310-0777. Mirrored closet or shower doors, fencing — call Lee, 231-7851. Nonprofit restoring a 1870s cemetery and needs electric generator, cement mixer, small tractor and trailer — call Ted, 505-718-5060. Used solar panels‚ send email to Virginia_Garcia @yahoo.com or call Virginia at 316-0699.
School needs
Pedometers for PE classes at elementary school — call Christina at 467-1238. Neon light tubes for nonprofit school — call Bill at 466-7708. Therapy program needs arts supplies — markers, watercolors, paints, drawing paper, beeds — call Alicia at 901-7541.
Animal needs
Cat items, cat food and cat litter — call 316-0602. Chain-link panels or complete chain-link for use in dog and cat enclosures. Donation may be tax-deductible. Send email to felinesandfriendsnm.@yahoo.com or call 316-2281. Galvanized aluminum stock feeders — used is fine — call 774-400-4646. Small fish tank with bubbler — call Pauline at 4901-1761. Plastic pet carriers in usable condition needed for rescue organization. Send email to askfelinesandfriends@yahoo.com or call Felines & Friends at 505-316-3381. Bird bath — call Gloria at 471-0819. Hamster cage — call Diana at 231-9921. Washable dog beds for medium-sized dogs and large cat condo/climbing tree — call Merlyne, 204-4148. Dog crate — call Cari at 983-0708. Crates, fencing, grooming tables and supplies — call Joan-ann at Dog Rescue Program, 983-3739.
Miscellaneous
Blankets — call 795-8826. TV convertor box, TV, stationery bike — 204-2479. Children’s clothing for girl size 5t and boy size 12-months to year — call Jennifer at 795-9818. Scraps or skeins of yarn, wool, mohair, alpaca or novelty yarns and knitting needles — call Peggy at 424-8215. Men’s clothes, medium-sized shirts, 30 x 30 pants; women’s clothes, size 13 — call 216-4141. Blankets; women’s clothes, size 9 — call 470-8853. Stationary bike — call 316-6486. Swamp cooler — call 913-9610 or 204-2009. Mother needs a massage table, sheets, face cradle sheets, to earn income for her family — call 505-510-2204. Reading books — call 699-7970. Treadmill and other exercise equipment for 58-year-old patient with heart condition — call David at 707-337-7642. Mobility scooter — call Elizabeth at 467-9292. Chimney flue, new or used — call 989-1388. Nonprofit needs small, economical 4-door automobile with 4-wheel drive — call YRAYA at 986-8518. Twin sized bedding and sheets — call Katrina at 216-2153. Clothes for family: Mother wears womens size 8-11; 4-year-old girl wears size 4; newborn infant boy wears size 3-6 months — call Jennifer at 310-1420. Blankets — call Diane at 231-9921. Masks from anywhere — call Katrina at 216-2153 or 699-4097. Mens ties, clean, for retiree nonprofit art project — call 438-7761. Cookware, dishes, small kitchen appliances, bathroom items and other basics — call Richard, 216-4141. Third backseat for a 2002 Yukon XL — call Cecilia, 505-438-8414. Pair of white triple-strapped genuine leather Coaster sandals, Size 7 or larger — call Mather, 505-204-2836. Floor buffer for The Salvation Army — call Viola or Lt. Cisneros at 988-8054. Blue sapphire Bombay gin bottles for yard project — call Jean, 795-2589. Exercise bike — call Diana at 930-4536 or 501-1980.
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Old license plates for crafts — call Karen at 466-6664. RV needed for nonprofit — send email to Happiiness360.org or call 505-819-3913. Materials to make blankets for shelters — call Irene, 983-4039. Nonprofit looking for scrap paper, standard 8.5 x 11 inch sized. It can be printed on one side or hold-punched, but not crumpled or stapled — call Allayne at 989-5362, ext. 103. Yarn for crochet and knitting needed for Santa Fe nonprofit — call Fab, 471-0546. Nonprofit in need of a travel trailer or motor home in good condition — call Dee at 505-720-3521.
Available materials Garden supplies
Horse manure; free tractor loading — call Arrowhead Ranch, 424-8888. Organic horse manure — call Barbara, 471-3870. Horse manure (you haul) — call Barbara, 466-2552.
Animal needs
Cat litter and cat food — call 505-577-8826.
Appliances
GE Profile double oven, 1 convection; GE Spacemaker Microwave XL 1400; Raypak boiler; and 50-gallon water heater from American Water Heater Company —call Nina at 577-3751.
Furniture
Queen-sized bed and full-sized beds in good condition — call Richard at 216-4141. Sofa/couch, SW quality construction, peach linen — call 474-7005.
Packing materials
Moving boxes — call 670-7079. Boxes and packing paper — call 424-3201.
Construction
Stucco and windows — leave message at 505-316-0602. Lava rock in medium and large sizes — call Tom or Judy at 4745210. Large pile of gravel, used on roofs — Send email to ctashel@q. com. Fluorescent light fixture, 4-feet long, white — send email to ctashel@q.com. Six wooden pallets — call 690-9853. Two gallons of flat latex paint in blue and mauve — call 982-1174.
Office equipment
Wooden desk — call 438-8418. Brother fax, phone and copier model 775 — call 690-6119. HP Photo Smart Model D7560 — call 983-3838. Office desks in good condition —466-1525. Three business phones in good condition — Gabe, 466-0999.
Miscellaneous
Sony color TV, 31-inch analog CRT. Needs conversion box for HD digital channels — call 505-983-2687, ext. 106. VCR — call 490-5454. Vintage skis with bamboo poles, one adult and one child, great for decorating — call Rick at 505-919-8890. VHS tapes of Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt — call 988-7107. Wood shipping pallets, empty cable spool — some metal and some wood — call Firebird at 983-5264. Encyclopedias — call 983-1380. Nylon 50-lb. sacks — call Dan at 455-2288, ext. 101. Used baling twine — call Arrowhead Ranch at 424-8888.
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City flubs accounting of fees for speed SUV citations paid people who Dozens of default notices were sent By Julie Ann
Grimm
Mexican Fe by the Santa got nailed SUV” doing about Joseph Sovcik “speed Street Galisteo on stretch of Police Department’s School early a 25 mph 38 mph on Elementary last year. near E.J. Martinez the city morning check, and got a a Saturday he the fine by Sovcik paid in early December, fee because Then fora penalty cashed it. would be he owed letter saying late, and his case was his check a collections agency. who were of people later warded to of dozens SUV, paid up and He’s one by the speednotices of default. ticketed erroneous Robbin acknowledged Trafreceived Anthony Santa Fe Police Capt. problems in the he’s corsaid the accounting Program and exact number fic OperationsHe’s not sure the STOP not, but rected them. paid their automated they had who the of people got letters stating calls about tickets and he got many phone he admittedthis year. includfrom issue early of the default notices, resulted A number by Sovcik, mailed to the received or ing the onemade at City Hall the bank but not into Robpayments keeping, were deposited early city that to police for record during the forwarded Others originated Page A-9 bin said. CITATIONS, Please see
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living from the neighborshortage their through natural-gas about the Co. crews came report MondayMexico Gas a TV news by when New MEXICAN NEW listen to passed in They were BY NATALIE GUILLÉN/THE Residents Ellen Cavanaugh, VilPueblo. PHOTOS Pajarito housemate, San Ildefonso relight pilots. and his lage, outside home near gas lines and John Hubbard to clear their frigid San Ildefonso room of the weekend post Pueblo, hopes hood over signs in their of having gas service Matlock back By Staci turned Mexican have The New on. Despite Gas Co. may calls repeated ew Mexico in its power Mexico left more to New some done everything crisis that Gas Co., are to avert the homes and busifew residents than 25,000 gas for the last still depending natural the emerwoodon their stoves, nesses without or ask it didn’t communicate burning and days, but enough to its customers have, fireplaces gency fast help when it should Energy for space heaters the state on the House said for warmth. legislators
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Obituaries Victor Manuel 87, Feb. 4 Baker, Martinez, Lloyd “Russ” Ortiz, 92, Friday, Ursulo V. Feb. 5 Jan. 25 offiup for work Santa Fe, not showingfrom top department Sarah Martinez leave for Erlinda Ursula was to e-mails New Mexican. Esquibel Feb. 2 just who according said “Ollie” by The Lucero, 85, Mahesh agency about to return to Oliver Phillip cials obtained spokesman S.U. many workleast one 4 sion in at and who was expected Gay, Feb. PAGE A-11 Departmenthe didn’t know howFriday. were “Trudy” on “essential” that afternoon Gertrude Santa Fe, next day. Monday their jobs when state a work the return to who on Thursday Lawler, 90, ers didn’t by late Thursday began Thursday because of Employees Feb. 3 “nonessential” by Gov. Susana The situation told to go home considered “essential” were Page A-9 deemed employees had been administration. means CONFUSION, 28 pages Two sections, Please see apparently Martinez’s confusion Department Terrell No. 38 By Steve The resulting and Revenue 162nd year, No. 596-440 Mexican a day of personal Taxation The New Publication B-7 state employsome state will be docked for Local business for natural employees after “nonessential” B-8 Time Out confuLast week, home to ease demand 986-3010 was some Late paper: sent Sports B-1 983-3303 ees were utility crisis, there A-11 Main office: a Police notes gas amid A-12
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for rs waiting 16,000 customeservice, heat crews to restore
to task Gas Co. taken New Mexico lack of alert system over shortage,
l makers gril State law r gas crisis utility ove
out 300 has sent by the city’s Traffic systems fines. people ticketed Redflex paid their alerting haven’t notices notices that they of those speed SUV say 20 percent FILE PHOTO MEXICAN Officials error. NEW were in
City flubs accounting of fees for speed SUV citations paid people who Dozens of default notices were sent By Julie Ann
Grimm
Mexican Fe by the Santa got nailed SUV” doing about Joseph Sovcik “speed Street Galisteo on stretch of Police Department’s School early a 25 mph 38 mph on Elementary last year. near E.J. Martinez the city morning check, and got a a Saturday he the fine by Sovcik paid in early December, fee because Then fora penalty cashed it. would be he owed letter saying late, and his case was his check a collections agency. who were of people later warded to of dozens SUV, paid up and He’s one by the speednotices of default. ticketed erroneous Robbin acknowledged Trafreceived Anthony Santa Fe Police Capt. problems in the he’s corsaid the accounting Program and exact number fic OperationsHe’s not sure the STOP not, but rected them. paid their automated they had who the of people got letters stating calls about tickets and he got many phone he admittedthis year. includfrom issue early of the default notices, resulted A number by Sovcik, mailed to the received or ing the onemade at City Hall the bank but not into Robpayments keeping, were deposited early city that to police for record during the forwarded Others originated Page A-9 bin said. CITATIONS, Please see
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living from the neighborshortage their through natural-gas about the Co. crews came report MondayMexico Gas a TV news by when New MEXICAN NEW listen to passed in They were BY NATALIE GUILLÉN/THE Residents Ellen Cavanaugh, VilPueblo. PHOTOS Pajarito housemate, San Ildefonso relight pilots. and his lage, outside home near gas lines and John Hubbard to clear their frigid San Ildefonso room of the weekend post Pueblo, hopes hood over signs in their of having gas service Matlock back By Staci turned Mexican have The New on. Despite Gas Co. may calls repeated ew Mexico in its power Mexico left more to New some done everything crisis that Gas Co., are to avert the homes and busifew residents than 25,000 gas for the last still depending natural the emerwoodon their stoves, nesses without or ask it didn’t communicate burning and days, but enough to its customers have, fireplaces gency fast help when it should Energy for space heaters the state on the House said for warmth. legislators
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Committee some Resources and Natural the comMonday. also asked in towns The committeeclaims offices help resito better pany to establish the crisis affected by will be seeking compensation natural-gas during the dents who suffered Gas Co. officials for losses Mexico link on the outage. New phone line and running. said a claimswebsite is up and New Mexico company’s than two hours, legislators’ For more answered week’s caused last Gas representatives about whatduring bitterly cold questions Natural from El Pasothe huge service interruption An official weather. that manages gas across company Gas, the pipeline delivering interstate also spoke. a lot more the Southwest, Gas purchased New Mexico Page A-10 CRISIS, Please see State 2011 LEGISLATURE cut for the
OKs budget ◆ Panel Office. measures sponsor Auditor’s A-7 ◆ GOP newcomers reform. PAGE for ethics
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Obituaries Victor Manuel 87, Feb. 4 Baker, Martinez, Lloyd “Russ” Ortiz, 92, Friday, Ursulo V. Feb. 5 Jan. 25 offiup for work Santa Fe, not showingfrom top department Sarah Martinez leave for Erlinda Ursula was to e-mails New Mexican. Esquibel Feb. 2 just who according said “Ollie” by The Lucero, 85, Mahesh agency about to return to Oliver Phillip cials obtained spokesman S.U. many workleast one 4 sion in at and who was expected Gay, Feb. PAGE A-11 Departmenthe didn’t know howFriday. were “Trudy” on “essential” that afternoon Gertrude Santa Fe, next day. Monday their jobs when state a work the return to who on Thursday Lawler, 90, ers didn’t by late Thursday began Thursday because of Employees Feb. 3 “nonessential” by Gov. Susana The situation told to go home considered “essential” were Page A-9 deemed employees had been administration. means CONFUSION, 28 pages Two sections, Please see apparently Martinez’s confusion Department Terrell No. 38 By Steve The resulting and Revenue 162nd year, No. 596-440 Mexican a day of personal Taxation The New Publication B-7 state employsome state will be docked for Local business for natural employees after “nonessential” B-8 Time Out confuLast week, home to ease demand 986-3010 was some Late paper: sent Sports B-1 983-3303 ees were utility crisis, there A-11 Main office: a Police notes gas amid A-12
sion sparks confu Shutdown workers may up Some ‘essential’ for not showing get docked
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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.
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EDUCATION Carinos Charter School Two full-time Middle School Teachers for Dual Language Program needed. Licensed and endorsed in bilingual education by NMPED. Email letter of interest, resume, references to vernon_jaramillo@hotmail.com or mail to: Mr. Vernon Jaramillo, Chancellor, P.O. Box 130, Espanola, NM, 87532. 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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sfnm«classifieds LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Democratic Party of Santa Fe County will hold combined Ward elections of preprimary delegates and it’s Pre Primary Convention of Saturday January 25, 2014 at the Center for Progress and Justice, 1420 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe. State Central Committee members and Pre Primary Delegates will attend the State Pre Primary Convention on Saturday March 8, 2014. Santa Fe County is allocated 165 Pre-primary delegates of which 2 are allocated to Congressional District 1 and 163 to Congressional District 3. Registration will begin at 8:30AM and will close at the commencement of the Ward Meetings to elect pre-primary delegates. Wards 1D, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 4B, 4C, 4D, 5C, 5D will meet at 9:30 AM and Wards 1A, 1B, 1C, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 4A, 5A, 5B will meet at 10:45AM. The Credentials Committee will meet at 12:30 PM to address any challenges which must be filed in writing prior to that time. The County Convention will commence at 1PM. Democratic Party of Santa Fe County www.santafedemocrats. org info@santafedemocrts. org, 505 467 8514
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p sions of Sec. 40-8-1 through Sec. 40-8-3 NMSA 1978, et. seq. the Petitioner, Wilfredo E. Carmona will apply to the Honorable Singleton, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex in Santa Fe, new Mexico at 1:00 p.m. J154 Marian Padilla on the 30th day of JanuPO Box 9954, Santa ary, 2014 for an ORDER Fe, NM Art Sup- FOR CHANGE OF NAME plies of the child from Esdras Julian Santos to Esdros Julian Carmona Santos. C3 Marian Padilla
The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, clothes, and appliances.
PO Box 9954, Fe, NM
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STEPHEN T. PACHECO, District Court Clerk, By: Jill Nohl, Deputy Court E11 Gary Tenorio Pojoaque St #5, Santo Clerk.
Domingo, NM
Submitted by: Wilfredo E. Carmona, Petioner, Pro Se Legal #96204 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on December 24, 31 2013
Purchases must be made with cash only and paid at the time of sale. All goods are sold as is and must be removed at the time of purchase. ExSTATE OF NEW tra Space Storage re- MEXICO COUNTY OF serves the right to SANTA FE FIRST JUbid. Sale is subject to DICIAL DISTRICT adjournment. COURT Legal#96163 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican December 24, 31, 2013
IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME OF LARRY DEAN ANDERSON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL CASE NO.: D-101-CV2013-03188 PROPERTY
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will sell, to satisfy lien of the Legal#96261 Published in the Santa owner, at public sale Fe New Mexican on: De- by competitive bidcember 31, 2013 and ding on January 15th 2014 at 9:30am at the January 16, 2014 Extra Space Storage facility located at: NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL 875 W. San Mateo Rd. PROPERTY Santa Fe NM 87505 505-986-1546 Notice is hereby given that the under- The personal goods signed will sell, to stored therein by the satisfy lien of the following may inowner, at public sale clude, but are not limby competitive bid- ited to general houseding on Jan. 15th at hold, furniture, boxes, 9:45am at the Extra clothes, and applianSpace Storage facility ces. located at: I03 ADAM STEINBERG 900 W. San Mateo 1851 Paseo de la ConSanta Fe NM 87505 quistador Santa Fe, 505-986-9068 NM 87501
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME TAKE NOTICE that in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 408-1 through Sec. 40-83 NMSA 1978, et seq. the Petitioner Larry Dean Anderson will apply to the Honorable Sarah M. Singleton, District Judge of the First Judicial District at the Santa Fe Judicial Complex in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 1:15 p.m. on the 30th day of January, 2014 for an ORDER FOR CHANGE OF NAME from Larry Dean Anderson to Lars D. Anderson.
STEPHEN T. PACHECO, District Court Clerk Submitted by: Larry Anderson, Petitioner, Pro Se G30 ADAM STEINBERG Legal #96206 1851 Paseo de la Con- Published in The Sanquistador Santa Fe, ta Fe New Mexican on December 24,31 2013 NM 87501
The personal goods stored therein by the following may include, but are not limited to general household, furniture, boxes, E17 Mothering 106 clothes, and applian- Overlook Rd. Santa ces. Fe, NM 87504 3120 Erik Young 3357 Cerrillos Rd #185 Santa Fe, NM 2091 Caitlin Olsen 222 1/2 N. Guadalupe St. Santa Fe, NM
K25 Tim Becker 551 W Cordova Rd #62 Santa Fe, NM 87505
STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
EQUITY TRUST AO21 Richard Arreola COMPANY 804 Alarid Santa Fe, CUSTODIAN FBO IRA NM 87505 #Z123423, Purchases must be made with cash only Purchases must be and paid at the time made with cash only Plaintiff, of sale. All goods are and paid at the time sold as is and must of sale. All goods are No. be removed at the sold as is and must v. time of purchase. Ex- be removed at the D-101-CV-2013-01867 tra Space Storage re- time of purchase. Exserves the right to tra Space Storage re- H. HAL McKINNEY and N. bid. Sale is subject to serves the right to ROBERT McFARLAND, adjournment. bid. Sale is subject to Legal #96129 adjournment. Def Published in The Sanendants. ta Fe New Mexican on Legal#96157 December 24, 31 2013 Published in the SanNOTICE OF SALE ON ta Fe New Mexican FORECLOSURE December 24, 31, 2013 NOTICE OF PUBLIC PLEASE TAKE NOTICE SALE OF PERSONAL STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the abovePROPERTY COUNTY OF SANTA FE entitled court, having FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT appointed me as SpeNotice is hereby giv- COURT cial Master in this en that the undermatter with the powsigned will sell, to IN THE MATTER OF A PE- er to sell, has ordered satisfy lien of the TITION FOR A CHANGE me to sell the real owner, at public sale OF NAME OF ESDRAS JU- property ("Property") by competitive bid- LIAN SANTOS, A CHILD situated in Santa Fe ding on Jan. 15th at County, New Mexico, Case No.: D-101-CV-201310:00am at the Extra commonly known Space Storage facility 3184 1437 Tesuque Creek located at: Road a/k/a 1437 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF NAME Tesque Creek Road, 1522 Pacheco St. Santa Fe, NM 87501, Santa Fe NM 87501 TAKE NOTICE that in ac- and more particularly 505-988-3692 cordance with the provi-
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LEGALS p y described as follows: ALL OF LOT 77 AS SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY ENTITLED "SUBDIVISION PLAT PHASES 4, 5 AND 6, SANTA FE SUMMIT," FILED FOR RECORD AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 944040, APPEARING IN PLAT BOOK 333 AT PAGE 029-034 RECORDS OF SANTA FE COUNTY, NEW MEXICO. The sale is to begin at 10:00 a.m. on January 30, 2014 outside the front entrance of the Santa Fe County Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501, at which time I will sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawful currency of the United States of America the Property to pay any expenses of sale, and to satisfy the Judgment granted Plaintiff on December 16, 2013 against Defendant H. Hal McKinney in the principal sum $151,356.68, plus interest in the amount of $61,810.00 as of April 30, 2013, plus interest accruing thereafter at the rate of 10.5000% per annum, plus late charges of $736.00, plus title report fees of $240.75, plus attorney’s fees and costs of $2,500.00, plus special master fees and all other costs of foreclosure sale, plus post-judgment interest at the rate of 10.050% per annum from the date of judgment until paid. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the real property and improvements concerned with herein will be sold subject to any and all patent reservations, easements, all recorded and unrecorded liens not foreclosed herein, and all recorded and unrecorded special assessments and taxes that may be due. Plaintiff and its attorneys disclaim all responsibility for, and the purchaser at the sale takes the property subject to, the valuation of the property by the County Assessor as real or personal property, affixture of any mobile or manufactured home to the land, deactivation of title to a mobile or manufactured home on the property, if any, environmental contamination on the property, if any, and zoning violations concerning the property, if any. s/Wayne G. Chew, Special Master P. O. Box X Albuquerque, NM 87103-1536 (505) 842-6363 Legal #96205 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 4 2014 STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT No. 01972
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Ohlsen Family Trust u/d/1/1/91, Ohlsen Family Trust II u/d/1/1/93 And Ohlsen Family Trust III u/d/11/1/94, Plaintiffs,
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NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF New Mexico to the above-named Defendant Vic R. Adams. GREETINGS: You are hereby notified that the abovenamed Plaintiff has filed a civil action against you in the above-entitled Court and cause, the general object thereof being to foreclose a mortgage on property located at 39 B Paseo C’De Baca, Santa Fe, NM 87507, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, said property being more particularly described as: Tract 1, as shown on plat entitled "Plat of Survey for Alex Vargas Section 6, T15-N, R-8-E La Cienega..." filed in the office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico November 25, 1981, in Plat Book 108, Page 019, as Document No. 488,485.
Robert G. Morper and Sharron P. Morper n.k.a Sharron P. Buckland,
By: /s/ __Steven J. Lucero__ Electronically Filed Steven J. Lucero 20 First Plaza NW, Suite 602 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Telephone: (505) 8489500 Fax: (505) 848-9516 Attorney for Plaintiff NM13-00667_FC01 Legal#96231 Published in the Santa Fe New Mexican December 24, 31, 2013 January 7, 2014 THE POJOAQUE VALLEY SCHOOLS Student Services Office has initiated the process for destruction of records. Students who were in attendance from 2004-2008 who received Special Education services may pick up their Special Education records at: Student Services, at Pablo Roybal Elementary, Room A1, 1574 State Road 502, Santa Fe, NM 87506, M-F, 8-4. Please call 455-0801 with any questions. Final destruction of records will occur on January 17, 2014. Legal #96126 Published in The Santa Fe New Mexican on December 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31 2013
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FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF SANTA FE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
VIC R. ADAMS AND MITRA K. LUJAN,
Unless you serve a pleading or motion in response to the complaint in said cause on or before 30 days after the last publication date, judgment by default will be entered against you. Respectfully Submitted, THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC
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No. D-101-CV-2011-02864
Defendants. NOTICE OF SPECIAL MASTER’S SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Special Master will, on Monday, the 4th day of February, 2014, at 10:00 a.m, Mountain Standard Time, at the front entrance to the First Judicial District Courthouse, 225 Montezuma Avenue, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, sell and convey all the right, title and interest of the parties in the above entitled action in and to the described real estate and all improvements thereon (the “Property”), which is the subject of this case, located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The Special Master may postpone or continue the sale at his sole option. The Special Master’s Sale (the “Sale”) is being made pursuant to the Judgment by Default against Sharon P. Morper n.k.a. Sharon P. Buckland, entered in the above-entitled cause on July 11, 2013 (the “Judgment”). The Judgment may be obtained from either the court clerk or the undersigned Special Master prior to the sale date. If the proceeds of the Special Master’s Sale exceed the amount of the Plaintiffs’ judgment, the excess proceeds may be paid to Defendant, Sharon P. Morper n.k.a. Sharon P. Buckland. The judgment amount will continue to accrue interest at the rate of $227.40 per day from September 8, 2011, less any partial satisfaction of judgment received or paid pursuant to further order of the Court. The Property is more completely described as: All right, title and interest held by Sharron P. Morper (a nominal 12.5% or 25% undivided interest, as the case may be) in each of the properties described below, which properties constitute the portion of the originally mortgaged properties which have not been duly sold and released to third parties, all located in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, to wit: Tract 2, as shown on plat entitled “Lot Line Adjustment of the Lands of Morper being Tract E-K, Lands of Garcia, Alejandro, Godfrey and Kulosa Trust, Tract A, Lands of Smith and Oden and Tracts P-R and C-R-1-R, Lands of Osco, LLC, all being located in the NW 1/4 and S 1/2 of Section 20, T 10 N, R 7 E, N.M.P.M., Town of Edgewood, Santa Fe County” filed in the office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on August 18, 2000, recorded in Plat Book 452, Page 12, as Document No. 1126,651, and Tract lettered “A” of the Boundary Survey Plat of LANDS OF THE BOST JOINT REVOCABLE TRUST, located in the NW 1/4 OF SECTION 20, T.10N, R.7E., N.M.P.M., as the same is shown and designated on the plat thereof, filed in the Office of the County Clerk OF Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on February 15, 2007, in Map Book 647, Folio 1415, as Document No. 1471115, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest Corner of the Tract Herein Described, from Which the Northwest Corner of Said Section 20 Bears N 44 53’47” W, a Distance of 1859.74 Feet; Thence, N 89 Deg 51’25” E, a Distance of 327.93 Feet; Thence, S 00 Deg 01’54” E, a Distance of 398.14 Feet; Thence, S 00 Deg 04’33” E, a Distance of 485.16 Feet; Thence, S 00 Deg 01’44” E, a Distance of 437.85 Feet; Thence, S 89 Deg 52’24” W, a Distance of 328.26 Feet; Thence, N 00 Deg 01’57” W, a Distance of 1321.06 Feet to the Point of Beginning, and Tract 3-A-1 and 3-A-2, all as shown on plat of survey entitled “Repeat of Subdivision of Lands of Rob Morper, being tract 3, lands of Morper, located in Section 20, Township 10 North, Range 7 East, N.M.P.M., Town of Edgewood, Santa Fe County, New Mexico,” recorded in Plat Book 576, page 011, as Document No. 1358885, records of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, and Tract 4-A of Lands of Morper, as shown on plat entitled “Lot Line Adjustment of the Lands of Morper, being Tracts 1 & 4 Lands of Morper located in the NW 1/4 and S 1/2 of Section 20, T 10 N, R 7 E, N.M.P.M…” filed in the office of the County Clerk, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, on January 12, 2001, recorded in Plat Book 464, Page 032, as Document No. 1141,892, and Tracts 4-B-1, 4-B-2, and 4-B-5 as shown on plat of survey entitled “Minor Subdivision of Lands of Rob Morper, being Tract 4-B of Lands of Morper, located within Section 20, Township 10 North, Range 7 East, N.M.P.M., Town of Edgewood, Santa Fe County, New Mexico,” recorded in Plat Book 576, page 013 as Instrument No. 1358887, records of Santa Fe County, New Mexico. The owner of record is Sharon P. Morper n.k.a. Sharon P. Buckland. All equipment, fixtures, and other articles of personal property attached or affixed to the Property, are included within the definition of the word Property, as used in this Notice. The Property will be sold “as is” “where is” without any warranties, express or implied. By way of example, and not limitation, there are no warranties relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or the like in this disposition. The Property will be sold free and clear of all liens, interest and encumbrances, except claims for unpaid ad valorem taxes, redemption rights, and other claims properly noticed to all parties including any real estate contracts of record. The redemption period is one (1) month. After the Sale has taken place and the Special Master’s Report of Sale has been approved by the Court, possession of the Property will be surrendered to the purchaser at the Sale, or its assigns. The Property will be sold to the highest bidder at the sale and will be for cash only, however the Plaintiffs and/or their nominees, may credit bid any part of the Judgment amount. The Special Master will accept only cash, certified funds, or a bank cashier’s check issued by a federally chartered and insured bank doing business in New Mexico, or by a New Mexico State chartered and federally insured bank or savings and loan association. The bid must be paid with immediately available and collectible federal funds, subject to verification by the Special Master. Payment in full from the successful bidder must be tendered to the Special Master no later than 1:00 pm on the date of the Sale. Upon entry of the Order approving the Special Master’s Report and execution of a Special Master’s Deed, the purchaser of the Property at the Sale will immediately be let into possession upon payment of the purchase price in cash or certified funds. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS AT SALE ARE ADVISED TO MAKE THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE TITLE AND THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY AND TO CONSULT THEIR OWN ATTORNEY BEFORE BIDDING. Mark Ish, Special Master, 911 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505, 505/9884483. Submitted by, LAW OFFICE OF BARRY GREEN By: /s/ Barry Green Barry Green Attorneys for Plaintiffs Suite 7 200 West DeVargas Street Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 505/989-1834 (Phone) 505/982-8141 (Fax) LawOfficeOfBarryGreen@msn.com (E-Mail)
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The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013: This year you demand depth in your self-expression and values. A fellow Capricorn might be overly intense. ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might not want your priorities to change, but a situation will force you to adjust them. Tonight: Others depend on you leading the celebrations. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You’ll relax as you take a look at the big picture. You could be overserious and not realize it. Tonight: Surround the New Year with great music. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You could be very social, but a loved one will manage to rein you in. Trust that you are communicating your feelings nonverbally. Tonight: A problem could ensue around plans. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You finally will relax enough to enjoy others, especially a close friend or loved one. Remember to think before you speak. Tonight: Unexpected developments. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might want to understand where someone is coming from. Your ability to look past the obvious will emerge. Tonight: Live for the moment. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your creativity emerges with someone’s sarcasm. You might decide to play dumb in order to defuse the moment. Be careful, as you put this person on a pedestal. Tonight: In the moment.
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: LAST WORDS Whose purported last words? Initials and vocation are provided. (e.g., “It is Finished”; J.C.; Redeemer. Answer: Jesus Christ.) FRESHMAN LEVEL 1. “France, armee, tete d’armee, Josephine”; N.B.; emperor. Answer________ 2. “I’ll finally get to see Marilyn”; J.D.; baseball star. Answer________ 3. “That was a great game of golf, fellers”; B.C.; singer/actor. Answer________ GRADUATE LEVEL 4. “That guy’s got to stop. He’ll see us”; J.D.; actor. Answer________
5. “For God’s sake, look after our people”; R.F.S.; explorer. Answer________ 6. “We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low”; A.E.; aviator. Answer________ PH.D. LEVEL 7. “I’ve had a hell of a lot of fun, and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it”; E.F.; actor. Answer________ 8. “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow”; S.J.; entrepreneur. Answer________ 9. “Where is my clock?” S.D.; artist Answer________
ANSWERS:
1. Napoleon Bonaparte. 2. Joe DiMaggio. 3. Bing Crosby. 4. James Dean. 5. Robert Falcon Scott. 6. Amelia Earhart. 7. Errol Flynn. 8. Steve Jobs. 9. Salvador Dali.
SCORING: 18 points — congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points — honors graduate; 10 to 14 points — you’re plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points — you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points — enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points — who reads the questions to you? (c) 2013 Ken Fisher
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Be more anchored than usual, if possible. You could fly off the handle out of the blue and cause quite a scene with someone. Tonight: At home.
Reader upset over comment at funeral Dear Annie: Three months ago, I attended the funeral of a friend and former co-worker, “Renee.” I went in, signed the book, gave my condolences to her husband and was speaking to some friends. At that point, another co-worker came up to me and said I should sit in the back of the mortuary because Renee wouldn’t want me there. I was stunned. Shortly after, Renee’s daughter-inlaw approached me and said, “Thank you for coming and being a friend to Renee.” Of course, by then I was crying and decided to leave. When I spoke with another friend later, she told me she thought Renee was jealous of me. I cannot understand why. Renee had a lovely family, a wonderful husband and a new home. I know that many times when I enter a room, most people don’t really welcome me. I am tolerated by those with whom I have worked, and even my friends are like this. I have learned to accept it. But this funeral still upsets me. Should they have called me the day before and told me not to come? By the way, I still have not received a thank you for the memorial I gave to the family. — Stunned in Nebraska Dear Stunned: We’re not sure what happened at the funeral. One person made you feel unwelcome, but the daughter-in-law thanked you for coming. While we can understand your discomfort, you seem to value one person’s opinion over the rest. However, there is another issue here. You claim that most people merely tolerate your presence. Why would you think that? Are you behaving in a way that attracts negative attention? Is it possible you are oversensitive and misread others’ reactions? Please talk to those friends you trust and ask for their honest opinion about you. No one should go through life believing they are not worth liking. Figure it out and then
Sheinwold’s bridge
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH If you have been suppressing hurt, which has evolved to anger, you might be more surprised than others at the rage in your voice. Tonight: Make peace, not war. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You might want to treat a friend or loved one to lunch, only to get attitude from out of the blue. Give others the space to be moody. Meanwhile, go on your merry way. Tonight: Where the action is. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Deep thinking might be appropriate for the new year. Avoid getting into a tit-fortat situation at all costs. Tonight: Christen the new year in style. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Take your time thinking through a decision. You might not appreciate some of the opinions that are being offered. Tonight: Make it a private celebration. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Focus on the long term and on your desires. Making appropriate resolutions fits the moment. Tonight: Wherever you are, there is a great party going on. Jacqueline Bigar
Cryptoquip
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The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another. If you think that X equals O, it will equal O throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words and words using an apostrophe give you clues to locating vowels. Solution is by trial and error. © 2013 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
BLACK WINS A PAWN Hint: Divert its defender. Solution: 1. … Ng6ch! 2. Kf3 Rxg5. If 2. … Kf5, 3. Ne7ch! (picking up the bishop) [from Istratescu-Adams ’13].
Today in history Today is Tuesday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2013. Today’s highlight in history: On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J.
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work on changing it. If you need to seek therapy to accomplish this, please do so. Dear Annie: I am a breast cancer survivor and want to donate my hair. My hairdresser told me that while dyed hair is OK, totally bleached-out hair is not. Also, my hair is more than 5 percent gray, so Locks of Love won’t use it. Do you know of any organization that will? — Anita Dear Anita: We have good news. According to Pantene Beautiful Lengths (pantene.com/beautifullengths), it takes at least eight to 15 ponytails to make a wig. For a realistic-looking wig with consistent color, all of these ponytails must be dyed the same shade, but gray hair, as well as some chemically treated or permanently colored hair, does not absorb dye at the same rate as other types. However, some gray hair is usable. Try the World of Wigs Corinne Fund at worldofwigs.com. Also, Locks of Love (locksoflove.org) now accepts gray hair donations, as does Wigs for Kids (wigsforkids.org), both of which use the hair to offset costs. Dear Annie: I hope it’s not too late to reply to “Uncomfortable Daughter-in-Law,” whose mother-in-law wants to be called “Mom.” The writer should explain that she has a very special relationship with her own mother and wouldn’t want to call her mother-in-law by the same name. However, it is important that she have a name just for her, to recognize how special she is. Perhaps it could be “Mama Smith” or “Mama S.” or some other term of endearment that means something to the two of them. Because of numerous grandparents, my daughter-in-law devised the name “Cookie Grandma” to distinguish me from the other grandmas in her children’s lives. (A cookie is one of my favorite desserts.) It works, and it is a sweet and respectful way of dealing with this. — Arcadia, Calif.
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