The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) back issues from October 2008:
CORRECTIONS.(Main)(Correction notice)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The future occupants of two business condominiums at Kiva Compound, dentist Peter Tafoya and the Ameriprise financial services firm, own their offices. An item in Tuesday's Business Beat ...
PREP ROUNDUP HATT'S RETURN KEEPS DEMONETTES HOT IN DISTRICT WIN.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN The New Mexican One player's return seems to have settled down the Santa Fe High volleyball team. The Demonettes are 2-0 since the return of outside hitter Shivaughn Hatt, which includes a 25-20, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15 win in a ...
IN BRIEF.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: NEW MEXICAN WIRE SERVICES In brief Three killed in missile strike in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Security officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed at least three people and wounded six in a Pakistani tribal region ...
PGA CLUB PRO TOURNEY RETURNS TO TWIN WARRIORS.(Sports)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: TOMMY TRUJILLO SANTA ANA PUEBLO -- The PGA is returning to New Mexico. The 42nd PGA Professional National Championship, the premiere event for PGA Professionals, will return to Santa Ana Golf Club and Twin Warriors Golf Club on June 25-July 1, 2009 ....
IT'S A BELLWETHER RACE.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE TERRELL A man who until early this year was considered a front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination came to Santa Fe on Tuesday to campaign at an Airport Road tire store for New Mexico's GOP Senate candidate. Mitt Romney, a former governor ...
IN BRIEF.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN In brief Dealership employee crashes new car TAOS -- Police cited a Taos car dealership employee with careless driving after he crashed a recently purchased Dodge Viper while en route to fill up the gas tank for the vehicle's new ...
SANTA FE FARMERS MARKET CHANGES HOURS; ART SHOW PLANNED.(Taste)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN Beginning Saturday, the Santa Fe Farmers Market will open at 8 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. The market continues in the Santa Fe Railyard, 1607 Paseo de Peralta (at S. Guadalupe Street) every Tuesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon through the end of October ....
OUR VIEW SENATE MAY BE EYE OF FINANCIAL STORM.(Editorials)
Oct 01, 2008 ... So, now it's the Senate's turn: The House of Representatives, all of its 435 seats up for election next month, reflected the wrath of its constituents toward the Wall Street den of thieves and its White House protectors with Monday's rejection of a $700 billion bailout by America's ...
THORNBURG MORTGAGE: LENDING FIRM CUTS 29 JOBS, HALF IN SANTA FE.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BOB QUICK Thornburg Mortgage has laid off 29 members of its sales and support staff in its home-lending division, following a year of what a statement from the firm said was "unprecedented turmoil in the mortgage banking and credit markets." Thornburg ...
PANEL GIVES DEVELOPERS GREEN LIGHT.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JULIE ANN GRIMM Developers trying to erect a new subdivision near La Cienega have narrowly earned conceptual approval from the Santa Fe County Commission. Commissioners voted 3-2 on Tuesday to give Santa Fe Canyon Ranch a green light for its master plan of 174 ...
DOWNTOWN DILEMNA.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JOHN SENA At about 1:50 p.m. on Friday, Santa Fe Police Department unit 293 rolled through a stop sign at the intersection of Palace and Washington avenues. The driver didn't stop -- he didn't even hesitate -- as he turned left onto Washington. It was a clear ...
'NEW MEXICAN' PRESS TO TAKE ON 'TIMES'.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: BOB QUICK The New York Times and The Santa Fe New Mexican have signed an agreement for The Times to be printed at the New Mexican's plant in Santa Fe. The first Times newspaper printed under the agreement will be delivered Tuesday. A Times spokesman said ...
LOCAL WOMAN SHARES RECIPE FOR THE 'BEST CORN FRITTERS'.(Taste)(Recipe)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: PATRICIA WEST-BARKER A few weeks ago, Beverly Berger sent us an e-mail. She wanted to share the recipe for "the best corn fritters in the world," she said -- a recipe she got from the mother of a childhood friend. She asked for the recipe from her neighbor on ...
PLANE CRASH NEAR AIRPORT KILLS S.F. MAN.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: JASON AUSLANDER No mayday call from pilot flying home from N.Y. in new turbo-prop By Jason Auslander The New Mexican Irene Herrera used the brightest star in the sky to pinpoint the location of a plane crash Monday night, then watched as ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2008 ... REJECTION OF BAILOUT BILL GETS MIXED REVIEWS I find it a sorry state of affairs when, with three members of Congress representing the state in Washington, only one, the outgoing Heather Wilson, had the fortitude to vote for the "bailout" bill. Of course Wilson had nothing to ...
BLOCK JR.: I'M NOT A CRIMINAL.(Main)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: DOUG MATTSON Jerome Block Jr. said Tuesday that he doesn't welcome a criminal investigation into his political campaign expenditures. And while he has admitted filing a false report with election officials, he also insisted he didn't break the law. With the ...
THE PAST 100 YEARS.(Editorials)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The past 100 years for Oct. 1, 2008 From The Santa Fe New Mexican: October 1, 1983: Los Alamos -- The Los Alamos Canyon Bridge is scheduled to reopen Monday -- well ahead of schedule. Two lanes of the bridge, which ties Los Alamos ...
POLICE NOTES.(Police Notes)
Oct 01, 2008 ... The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u A woman was found dead Monday at her home in the 2900 block of Galisteo Street. Police reported no signs of foul play. u A travel trailer valued at $8,500 was stolen Monday from a ...
SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST PLANS FALL BURNS.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN The New Mexican The Santa Fe National Forest is planning several more prescribed burns as the cooler fall temperatures create better conditions. The Mesa Camino burn began Tuesday in the Coyote Ranger District. The prescribed burn ...
LAS VEGAS HAZING INCIDENT SCHOOL BOARD UPHOLDS EXPULSIONS.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: STACI MATLOCK Charges still pending for Robertson students accused of assault By Staci Matlock The New Mexican The Las Vegas City Schools board unanimously upheld the expulsion of three Robertson High School students involved ...
COUNTY UNVEILS OIL AND GAS ORDINANCE.(Local News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: STACI MATLOCK Public-hearing process slated to begin Oct. 16 By Staci Matlock The New Mexican Santa Fe County's draft oil and gas ordinance doesn't stop drilling cold, but it proposes hefty requirements before companies ...
WHAT WOULD GOD EAT?(Taste)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: CHRISTINE BARBER If you read enough diet books, you soon realize that most follow the same recipe. For the first 100 pages, the authors tell you how you are killing yourself with bad food choices, using lots of studies and statistics. For the next ...
SPELLING CHAMP PROVES METTLE WITH 'PAHOEHOE'.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: ANNE CONSTABLE Dorothea Migliori, the administrator at Temple Beth Shalom, correctly spelled pahoehoe, a Hawaiian word for smooth lava, to win the adult spelling bee Sunday. She was awarded $200 from Qforma, a Santa Fe company that develops predictive modeling tools for ...
'EXPRESS' SO GOOD IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JAHLA SEPPANEN, GN BY JAHLA SEPPANEN GENERATION NEXT What can one say about Pineapple Express pot, pot and more pot. This action-comedy-stoner film stars everyone's favorite Seth Rogen (from the hilarious film Knocked Up) as a ...
3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE WILL TAKE PART IN TELEVISION DEBATE.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: KATE NASH Miller says supporters' pressure prompted invitation By Kate Nash The New Mexican Independent 3rd Congressional District candidate Carol Miller says she's invited to a television debate sponsored by KOAT-TV Channel 7 after ...
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER HORSEMEN CAN'T HOLD OFF BELEN.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: PANCHO MORRIS When Jeff Najjar went on a 30-yard breakaway late in the second overtime Wednesday afternoon, there was only one person at Brother Abdon Field who didn't automatically assume the St. Michael's High School midfielder was going to bring sudden death to the ...
THREE LOS ALAMOS FOOTBALL PLAYERS ISSUED CITATIONS.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JAMES BARRON Three players from the Los Alamos High School football team were issued citations for a minor in possession of alcohol and possession of drug paraphernalia Sunday morning. It is not known if seniors Zach Mang, Bradley Picard and Corey Clark are ...
NEW PROPOSAL COULD SPEED UP WATER RATE HIKE.(Main)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JULIE ANN GRIMM Five-year plan calls for 9.5 percent increase each year By Julie Ann Grimm The New Mexican There's good news and bad news about Santa Fe's plans to increase water rates. The good news is that a new ...
CORRECTIONS.(Main)(Correction notice)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Corrections Admission to the Santa Fe Antiquarian Book Show on Friday and Saturday at El Museo Cultural is $10 for both days or $6 Saturday only. A Pasatiempo calendar item last Friday said the event is free. u u u ...
POLICE PROBE ALLEGED FUNDRAISING SCHEME.(Main)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JASON AUSLANDER Los Alamos police believe an Espanola woman faked her 7-year-old daughter's cancer diagnosis and held fraudulent fundraisers last month on the girl's behalf, according to court documents. However, Tiffany Ortiz's lawyer said her client never ...
IN BRIEF.(Main)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: NEW MEXICAN WIRE SERVICES In brief Poll shows Obama surging in race WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama has surged to a seven-point lead over John McCain one month before the presidential election, lifted by voters who think the Democrat is better suited to ...
MCCAIN'S FAMILY TIES TO RACETRACK UNVEILS SORDID TALE.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE TERRELL A recent article in The New York Times alluded to a little-known John McCain tie to New Mexico. His father-in-law, Jim Hensley, whose Arizona beer distributorship helped bankroll the Republican presidential candidate's first congressional race, once owned ...
DOOM METAL'S MOSS SEARS SOUL.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: VAUGHN FORTIER-SHULTZ BY VAUGHN FORTIER-SHULTZ GENERATION NEXT Doom! Doom! Doooooooooooooooom!! If you've ever toted a sign reading "The End is Near," or you've tried to convince people to stop being so happy, and oh, yeah, early Black ...
COMPELLING TWIST GIVES AVERAGE 'LIFE' A BOOST.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: AMANDA MARTINEZ, GN BY AMANDA MARTINEZ GENERATION NEXT Falling in love is never easy, no matter if it's with an orangutan, a 60-year-old substitute teacher or just an average guy who likes you back. Who will Samara Tuttle, a character in Allison ...
HOMEWORK DISRUPTS DREAMS OF HOME.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: SAFIYYA ARCHULETTA, GN BY SAFIYYA ARCHULETTA GENERATION NEXT Today will be the first time since I've moved to Albuquerque that I'll be going home. A month or so doesn't seem like that long, but it is, considering it's the longest I've ever been ...
PUSHING YOURSELF WITHOUT LOSING IT.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: ALEX WIRTH, GN BY ALEX WIRTH GENERATION NEXT Trying to keep up with school work, tennis practice, soccer and a job at Best Buy keeps Santa Fe High School junior Georgie Quintana busy. "Most of the time I am comfortable with my schedule, ...
FROM THE SIDELINES.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: ALEX WIRTH, GN BY ALEX WIRTH GENERATION NEXT This week's schedule Today Football: St. Michael's at Albuquerque St. Pius X (Milne Stadium), 7 p.m. Boys soccer: West Las Vegas at Las Vegas Robertson, 4 p.m. ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 02, 2008 ... WHO'LL PULL THE STRINGS ATTACHED TO LOANS? No one seems to be asking or answering the question, "what is the exact source of the $700 billion of proposed bailout money?" Our national debt is already about $10 trillion. Whoever holds these loans currently controls the United ...
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FISHING REPORT.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Northeast area Charette Lakes: Trout fishing on the lower lake was fair to good using marshmallows, corn, salmon eggs, worms and Pistol Petes. A few perch were taken on worms. Cimarron River: Water flow below Eagle Nest Lake as of Monday was 37cfs. Trout fishing was ...
AROUND TOWN.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... College fair Come and join the people at Santa Fe Community College for an enriching evening with students and representatives from 80 colleges around the Southwest. This event is from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 7 Santa Fe Community College. Calling all teen journalists ...
THE PAST 100 YEARS.(Main)
Oct 02, 2008 ... The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: October 2, 1958: Students are bad enough, but what do you do with a high school full of frogs? Tom Walsh, Santa Fe high school principal, came up with the answer quick Thursday morning. He sent the frogs -- 650 live, ...
A BELATED HONOR.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: TOM SHARPE Ray Lopez was so wired during a North Korean attack 55 years ago that he did not notice until the next day that he had been injured. On Wednesday, the Pojoaque resident finally received his Purple Heart at the Santa Fe Veterans of Foreign Wars post ...
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER LADY HORSEMEN DROP 'CRUCIAL' MATCH.(Sports)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN The New Mexican Ed Velie made a list Wednesday, and almost everything on it didn't sound very good to the head girls soccer coach at St. Michael's High School. It shouldn't, not after Bosque School earned a crucial 2-0 nondistrict ...
IN BRIEF.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN In brief Rail work mishap blocks Zia traffic The busy intersection of St. Francis Drive and Zia Road was blocked for nearly a half-hour Wednesday afternoon because of a malfunction of the new Rail Runner crossing. ...
TRINITY SITE OPEN HOUSE IS OCT. 4.(Drive)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JAY BINNEWEG Trinity Site -- where the world's first nuclear device was detonated more than 63 years ago -- will be open to the public Oct. 4. The site, on the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range, is closed most of the year. But during the free open house, ...
TIMING IS EVERYTHING: CLASSIC 8C ALFAS BEING UNLOADED AT CAR TABLE.(Drive)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: DRIVE Owners of classic 8C Alfa Romeos are gathering in Santa Fe for a driving tour, but there are no public events that we know of. Luckily, two car carriers just happened to be unloading in the DeVargas Center parking lot as we arrived for Tuesday Car Table, ...
PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLEY SEAVEY WRAPS UP 2008 CAR-SHOW SEASON.(Drive)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: DRIVE The nights are definitely getting cooler, and yellow is returning to the mountains. Summer is fading quickly, with the last batch of car shows enjoying gorgeous weather over the last weekends. Click on the three shows below for Charley Seavey's photos. ...
OUR VIEW THE SMOKE CLEARS ON A SUCCESSFUL BURN.(Editorials)
Oct 02, 2008 ... It's been a good burn: Three years after the more dangerous parts of the Santa Fe Watershed underwent a thinning of the masses of small trees clumped together like so much tinder, the Forest Service recently got the go-ahead from state and federal officialdom for a controlled burn in the ...
CAMPAIGN TRAIL MIX.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN The New Mexican Here's a roundup of news from New Mexico's campaign trail. The general election is Nov. 4. Wiviott to help raise funds for Lujan: One of Don Wiviott's primary election ads against Ben Ray Lujan suggested he was ...
CITY FLOATS WATER PIPELINE PROPOSAL.(Local News)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: JULIE ANN GRIMM Councilors curious what Fort Sumner residents think of idea By Julie Ann Grimm The New Mexican This time around, Santa Fe officials say they want to be more transparent about a proposal that would bring water here from ...
POLICE NOTES.(Police Notes)
Oct 02, 2008 ... The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the fo llowing reports: u Officers arrested Rudy Enrifquez, age unavailable, 1308 Rufina Lane, on Monday and charged him with aggravated assault, battery and possession of a switchblade. An officer saw Enrifquez kick a male on the ...
HIGH FIVE.(Generation Next)
Oct 02, 2008 ... Byline: VAUGHN FORTIER-SHULTZ 1 Light colors; synthetic materials: On flights, dark colors are always better. If you spill something on your clothes, the stain will be harder to see. This is especially useful if your luggage is lost and you have to wear the same outfit for ...
FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS.(Obituaries)
Oct 02, 2008 ... 6500 Obits FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION GILBERT "COW" BACA Time has sure passed so fast the memory of you will last forever. You gave us so much love, laughter, compassion, strength that you live on within each of us every day. We invite ...
THE RACE AT HOME: DEM SUPPORTERS OUT IN FORCE AT SFCC.(Main)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE TERRELL In Santa Fe County, Democrats outnumber Republicans by a ratio of about 3.6 to 1. However, at a public viewing of the vice presidential debate Thursday at Santa Fe Community College, those rooting for the Democratic ticket outnumbered GOP fans by a margin ...
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL LADY HORSEMEN GET TOUGH TEST IN RATON.(Sports)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN The New Mexican The Lady Horsemen of St. Michael's went on the road and overcame quite the fight from the Lady Tigers of Raton in a 34-32, 25-17, 27-25 District 2AAA volleyball win Thursday. It was the first district match for both ...
SECRETARY OF STATE PUTS PRESSURE ON BLOCK.(Local News)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: KATE NASH AND DOUG MATTSON Secretary of State Mary Herrera wants Jerome Block Jr. to explain some of his recent actions to her in writing by next Friday. Herrera's office planned to send a letter today to the Democratic candidate for the Public Regulation ...
THE PAST 100 YEARS FOR OCT. 3, 2008.(Editorials)
Oct 03, 2008 ... October 3, 1983: New Mexico has missed out on millions of dollars in federal funds for special education programs during the last six years by not applying for them. Public Law 94-142, called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, was approved by Congress and signed by President ...
Q&A: ECONOMY IN CRISIS STATE OFFICIALS OFFER ANSWERS ON PENSIONS, INVESTMENTS.(Main)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: KATE NASH Don't know your 401(k) from the balance sheet at the PERA? That's OK. Even the best Wall Street experts are feeling a little rattled this week after the turmoil on Wall Street. Things at the state's Public Employees Retirement Association, ...
AN UTTER ABSENCE OF 'POSHLOST'.(Sports)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: JIM GORDON Read The Anti-Fan blog at www.theantifanblog.com Paul Newman always made me feel better about the world by the simple fact that he was in it. Not that the actor and athlete, who died Saturday at 83, was a saint. ...
PROPOSED PECOS WATER DEAL STILL NEEDS STATE'S APPROVAL.(Local News)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: STACI MATLOCK AND JULIE ANN GRIMM New Mexico's Interstate Stream Commission would have to scrutinize a proposal by five farmers to ship water 145 miles via pipeline from Fort Sumner to the city of Santa Fe. The Eastern New Mexico community of Fort Sumner is in ...
IN BRIEF.(Main)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: NEW MEXICAN WIRE SERVICES In brief NYPD officer kills himself over Taser episode NEW YORK -- The man was naked, teetering on a building ledge and jabbing at police with an 8-foot-long fluorescent light bulb as a crowd gathered below. ...
TERRELL'S TUNE-UP 10/03/08.(Pasatiempo)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE TERRELL 30 ringy dingies of love Mississippi-born Charlie Feathers -- country crooner, rockabilly yelper, and hillbilly-blues shouter -- never quite made it big during the pioneer days of rock 'n' roll -- or any time afterward, for that matter. But, ...
DANCING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS.(Pasatiempo)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: CRAIG SMITH Peter Boal is a busy man, and he was especially busy a few weeks ago. The American dancer-choreographer-artistic director was deep in rehearsals for Pacific Northwest Ballet's season-opening concerts at the end of September, with hardly time to get to the ...
DEAR PASA.(Pasatiempo)
Oct 03, 2008 ... We dig Doug! I wanted to take the opportunity to comment on the new reviewer, Douglas Fairfield, because I believe that his commentary has been thoughtful and informed. Recently his review on the Fritz Scholder show ["Art in Review," Sept. 12] persuaded me that I ...
MIXED MEDIA.(Pasatiempo)
Oct 03, 2008 ... Byline: CRAIG SMITH, ROB DEWALT, ROBERT NOTT The quad squad "Bicycle races are coming your way/So forget all your duties oh yeah," sang Queen's Freddie Mercury in the song "Bicycle Race." This weekend, there's a new race in town. The College of Santa Fe presents its ...