The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) back issues from February 2009:
IN BRIEF.(Local News)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN In brief State police nab alleged burglar State police have charged a man in connection with a burglary at the Bataan Memorial Building and one other unidentified state building. Two women reported they were victims late ...
POLICE NOTES.(Police Notes)
Feb 01, 2009 ... The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u A woman reported that someone forced their way into a rear window of a residence on Polaco Street on Friday evening and took several items from a bedroom. Reported stolen were a $2,000 Sony HDTV and a ...
GOING GREEN: EVENT KEEPS 'WATER-BOTTLE CARNAGE' IN CHECK.(Local News)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: STACI MATLOCK The annual Souper Bowl raises vital funds for the Food Depot and recognizes the best in local soup chefs. But when it comes to water, the event has left behind "bottle carnage," according to Stephen Wiman, geologist and owner of The Good Water ...
CITY PLANS BRIDGE OVER ST. FRANCIS.(Local News)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: TOM SHARPE Proposed $2 million overpass geared toward bicyclist, pedestrian safety, accessibility By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican The city is moving toward building a pedestrian-bicyclist overpass near its busiest and most complex ...
CELEBRATIONS.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Dustin A. Tafoya, son of Jerry and Patsy Tafoya and a 2005 graduate of St. Michael's High School, received his bachelor's degree Dec. 18 from The University of New Mexico. He graduated cum laude with double majors in anthropology and philosophy. Dustin's academic achievements ...
MAKE HOME OFFICE AS BOLD AS YOUR BUSINESS.(Real Estate)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: DEBBIE TRAVIS Starting up your own business is a bold venture, one that takes all the time and precious resources that are available to you. If you can utilize space in your home in the early stages, this will save on both counts. There is nothing new about a home ...
PREP ROUNDUP; POJOAQUE CRUISES PAST RATON TO STAY UNBEATEN IN DISTRICT.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN Elks improve to 13-7 overall, 4-0 in 2AAA The New Mexican Coming off a razor-thin overtime road victory at West Las Vegas on Wednesday, it was anything but a letdown for Pojoaque in its trip to lowly Raton on Saturday. ...
HAM RADIO STILL PIQUES SANTA FEANS' INTERESTS.(Local News)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: KATE NASH Despite all the new-fangled ways to keep in touch these days, an old standby -- ham radio -- remains popular in Santa Fe. More than a dozen people took a free class Saturday at the Medical Dental Building at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical ...
SOUPER BOWL XV; CHOCOLATE DISH SCORES BIG WITH JUDGES.(Local News)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANNE CONSTABLE Encantado's savory dessert-style and vegetarian soups melt tasters By Anne Constable The New Mexican A white chocolate soup with tropical fruit "pearls" prepared by staff at the Encantado Resort won Best Soup honors ...
EL MITOTE.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Mitote for Feb. 1, 2009 Patrick Swayze is still in the news for his battle with pancreatic cancer, and is fighting back against rumors that he had decided to halt treatment. His representative told People magazine those rumors are false. The 56-year-old actor spends much of his ...
THE PAST 100 YEARS.(Editorials)
Feb 01, 2009 ... From The Santa Fe New Mexican February 1, 1984: A woman in her 80s was thrown out of a City Housing Authority apartment Tuesday for allowing her son to live with her-- a situation not authorized by the government and one she had been apparently warned about several times before ....
CANDIDADTE QUESTIONAIRE.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... What do you think is the most important issue facing the Santa Fe Public Schools? How would you address it? Barbara Gudwin: Raising the achievement levels of our students is of primary importance. Not all students learn the same way. We need to assess the effectiveness of ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2009 ... THE BATTLE FOR CHANGE IS FAR FROM OVER Wake up America! The honeymoon is over. Obama is our president and the moneyed speculators are getting another wad of our cash, criminals are now economic advisers and there are plans to make war in Pakistan even before the Palestinians ...
400TH ANNIVERSARY; CITY'S CELEBRATION WISH LIST INCLUDES PRESIDENTS, ROYALTY.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: DOUG MATTSON Fundraising idea with king and queen of Spain draws ire By Doug Mattson The New Mexican Sixteen months of Santa Fe's 400th anniversary events will begin earlier than previously thought, and within a tighter budget than ...
SENIORS; SERVICES ON THE CUTTING BLOCK.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANA MARIA TRUJILLO Program administrators worry seniors will lose out in state budget slashing By Ana Maria Trujillo The New Mexican Kristin Slater-Huff, director for the Retired Seniors Volunteer Program, said that vital programs could ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2009 ... LETTERS: PEACE IN GAZA WILL TAKE COURAGE, SUPPORT FOR BOTH SIDES Palestine deserves the same protection that the U.S. gives to Israel. Both have the right to defend themselves and the right to exist. I am disappointed that the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a ...
LONELY DEATH IS CALL TO HELP NEIGHBORS.(Editorials)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: INEZ RUSSELL What has it come to that an elderly man can freeze to death at home, alone, in Michigan, USA? A World War II veteran, Marvin Schur owed more than $1,000 on his municipal electric bill. When a customer gets that far behind, the municipal utility ...
OFF LEASH; THE PAINFUL PACE OF AWARENESS.(Scoop)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: BEN SWAN From the moment I selected Krista, my black Labrador retriever, sight-unseen from a kennel in Sarah Palin's neck of the woods of Southcentral Alaska, I knew my life would change for the better. But like her arrival to that village above the Arctic Circle in ...
TREATMENT PLANT'S IMPROVEMENTS EARN ACCOLADES.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: GUSSIE FAUNTLEROY Recent improvements to the Canyon Road Water Treatment Plant have earned top statewide awards for the city's Sangre de Cristo Water Division and its employees. At a Wednesday conference of the New Mexico Water and Wastewater Association, the ...
QUICK AND SCRAPPY.(Sports)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: JAMES BARRON West Las Vegas High School had the boys basketball players with the football background. But the Horsemen of St. Michael's were the ones who set the tone underneath the basket. It was St. Michael's which controlled the glass Saturday, ...
CANDIDADTE QUESTIONAIRE.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... What do you think is the most important issue facing the Santa Fe Public Schools? How would you address it? Peter Brill: The core challenge for SFPS is improving student achievement and graduation rates. Our community cannot tolerate the glaring achievement gap, nor the low ...
CANDIDATE QUESTIONAIRE; DISTRICT MAP.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... DISTRICT 1 Precinct 29, 78: Pinon Elementary School, 2921 Camino de Los Caballos 37, 54, 81: Capshaw Middle School, 351 W. Zia Road 42, 43, 52, 53: Public School Administration Building, 610 Alta Vista St. 50, 51, 76, 77: Chaparral ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 01, 2009 ... STATE LEGISLATURE: 48 DAYS TO GO, MUCH REMAINS TO DO Regarding the controversy over webcasting of legislative committee meetings: Are opposing legislators afraid of a gaffe, looking bad, hiding something? Or maybe they'd just like to ignore public input to further their own ...
OUR VIEW; GUESS WHAT PART OF BAILOUT BANKERS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND.(Editorials)
Feb 01, 2009 ... In its, uh, wisdom, Congress last fall agreed to dole out $700 billion in economic stimulus $350 billion at a time. The second installment is being debated by a new set of senators and representatives -- at least a few of whom have questions about where that first bundle of taxpayers' ...
MILESTONES.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Lee-Szelazkiewicz Dustin Lee and Sara Szelazkiewicz are pleased to announce their engagement. A July 18 wedding is planned in Cloudcroft. The bridegroom-elect is the son of Melody and Brian Lee of Santa Fe. The bride-elect is the daughter of Diane and Ken ...
FACING A NEW REALITY.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: JOHN SENA There are two things you can count on come school board election time: u Most candidates run saying they want to improve student achievement. In the past few years, however, student achievement has not only failed to improve but, in some cases, has ...
MILESTONES.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Benigno and Ramona Montoya of Rio Rancho have plans to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this spring by renewing their vows at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Santa Fe, where they were married on Jan. 24, 1959, after being high-school sweethearts. They chose the spring so all their ...
SURVIVAL SKILLS.(Neighbors)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANA MARIA TRUJILLO Survial skills By Ana Maria Trujillo The New Mexican Like most people, Darya Peterson had a best friend when she was little. She'd gladly walk the few blocks to her friend's house with no fears, but her friend was not ...
CANDIDATE PROFILES, DISTRICT 5.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... District 5 PETER BRILL Age: 46 Education: Bachelor's degree from Clark University; juris doctorate, University of New Mexico Occupation: Owner, Sarcon Construction Personal: Divorced, two children There is no doubt about ...
CANDIDATE PROFILES, DISTRICT 3.(Main)
Feb 01, 2009 ... District 3 BARBARA GUDWIN Age: 61 Education: Bachelor's degree in government from George Washington University, master's degree in library science from Emory University Occupation: Retired Personal: Married to Philip Gudwin; two ...
RECENT HOME & LAND SALES.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Dec. 19-Jan. 18 NE city Homes $200,000 $215,000 $390,000 $595,000 $825,000 $961,500 $975,000 $1,265,000 $1,600,000 Land (None) ...
FROM THE DIRECTOR: SOLAR INITIATIVES ARE TOPS.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: DONNA REYNOLDS It's a new day in Washington, D.C. with the installation of President Barack Obama, and he has publicly committed to bringing a new direction in the area of renewable and alternative energy. Here in New Mexico, we know that most days we will find our sun ...
BUILDING PERMITS.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Fred Massey, 1003 Governor Dempsey Dr. $1.6 million. Greg Quinones, 140 W. Calle Ventoso. $700,000. Luke Hennigh, 7325 b Old Santa Fe. $185,000. Rancho Viejo de Santa Fe, 109 Via Orilla Dorado ....
REALTOR PROFILE: BOB BURBIC.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... This interview series focuses on Realtors in the Santa Fe area. Bob Burbic is a broker with Santa Fe Realty Partners. Where were you born? In East Rutherford, New Jersey, and I grew up on Monmouth Beach. I spent two years looking for a home in the Western states. I ...
HISTORIC AGNES SIMS HOME ON MARKET.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL WEIDEMAN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JANE PHILLIPS This pretty, single-level adobe is one of four units in the Beaufort condominiums -- a cluster of residences named after an artist's dog. The artist was Agnes Sims, a transplant from Pennsylvania who gained renown ...
TOUR OF HOMES BENEFITS ART IN SCHOOLS.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL WEIDEMAN On Feb. 21 and 22, Deborah Bodelson and Cary Spier get to hang out at one of their coolest listings - and at the same time help fund the art programs in the Santa Fe Public Schools. That Saturday and Sunday is the time for the Art of Home Tour, ...
OUR WATER QUALITY: IRON, MANGANESE AND RELATED BACTERIA.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: STEPHEN WIMAN Iron and manganese are part of the "troublesome trio" in water purification. Sulfate, as host for sulfate-reducing bacteria that create hydrogen sulfide gas, is the third member of this triumvirate. These water constituents share the following attributes: ...
MORTGAGE MATTERS: REFINANCING POSSIBLE BUT NOT NECESSARILY EASY.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL DECOFF Interest rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages are at the lowest levels in decades. Rates on conforming loans dropped to an average of 5 percent for the week ending Jan. 8. Conforming rates are at their lowest level since Freddie Mac started its rate survey ...
OUT & ABOUT: NEW PEOPLE IN NEW PLACES FOR THE NEW YEAR.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: OAKLEY TALBOTT Darlings, Tell me, could a year start out better than this one? Our new President Barack Obama is not only intelligent, articulate, glamorous, and engaging, but, Creampuffs, he can dance! I watched him and his wife, Michelle, dance at least 10 ...
ARTISAN/CRAFTSMAN/BUILDER: IMPROVISE FOR HOME BEAUTY IN SLOW TIMES.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: KURT FAUST In these days of economic uncertainty, it is time to appreciate what you do have and to focus on what has meaning in your life. It is all too easy to fall into the trap of seeing only what is lost or imagining some worst-case scenario. Opportunity exists in ...
HOME EQUITY ADVANTAGE: ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE DAWN.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: DAVID HULTIN The outlook for the U.S. economy for 2009 may be described by the proverb, "It's always the darkest before the dawn." The American economy went through some huge contractions this past year, largely driven by the continuing credit crisis. The media, ...
HEALTHY HOME CORNER: AIR -- WHAT THE NOSE KNOWS.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAULA BAKER-LAPORTE When my mother makes her yearly visit from Toronto, we take a morning walk around my rural neighborhood in Tesuque. Inevitably she takes in a deep breath and exclaims, "Ah, this air is medicine!" I believe that she is right. Air in nature is oxygen- ...
STORIES FROM BEAUTIFUL ARROYO HONDO.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL WEIDEMAN Lew Thompson moved to Santa Fe from Oklahoma a little over 50 years ago. "I wrote westerns and I wanted to get out of Oklahoma City and find a place where I could be a cowboy because it would help with the research," he said. "When I got here, this was ...
PIP'S TIPS: LET'S STOP THE HOME TAX.(Real Estate Guide)
Feb 01, 2009 ... Byline: MELISSA PIPPIN-CARSON The city of Santa Fe will hold a special election on Tuesday, March 10, to implement a new tax on houses valued at over $750,000. Better known as the "mansion tax," this excise tax is divisive and discriminatory, suggesting that if you are against ...
FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS.(Obituaries)
Feb 01, 2009 ... 6500 Obits 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MASS IN LOVING MEMORY OF FLORENCIO BEN "BENJI" LUCERO The Ascension And if I go while your still here, know that I live on, vibrating to a different measure behind a ...
FUNERAL SERVICES AND MEMORIALS.(Obituaries)
Feb 02, 2009 ... No obits for ...
IN BRIEF.(Main)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN In brief Two arrested at King Ranch Deputies arrested two men at the King Ranch, home of former Gov. Bruce King, while investigating a wood-cutting business at the Stanley estate, according to the Santa Fe County ...
EL ALMA DE UN M/SICO.(La Voz)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: SANDRA BALTAZAR MARTINEZ Por Sandra Baltazar Martinez The New Mexican Juanito Torres dijo que la vida lo habia hecho aprender varias lecciones. Estaba en la primaria cuando por primera vez agarro el guitarron y solo se instruyo, termino ...
CALENDARIO COMUNITARIO.(La Voz)
Feb 02, 2009 ... SE NECESITAN MENTORES Que: La organizacion Boys to Men esta buscando mentores para dar comienzo al programa Boys to Men en Santa Fe, el cual fue creado con la intencion de guiar a los adolescentes a madurar y llegar a ser hombres responsables. Detalles: Estadisticas ...
OUR VIEW; THERE'S TIME FOR CAREIN STIMULUS-BILL RUSH.(Editorials)
Feb 02, 2009 ... There might not be "a moment to spare" in passing his $825 billion economic stimulus package, as President Barack Obama said yesterday, but that doesn't mean members of his own party, as well as obstructionist congressional Republicans, shouldn't take at least a micro-moment to ask where ...
SFCC GREEN-BUILDING COURSES.(Main)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Many people might already have the basic skills needed to enter the coming age of green technology, skills they can build on with specialized training in renewable energy, energy-efficiency and green-building techniques. Among the potential green jobs: u Designers u ...
EN BREVE.(La Voz)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN Beneficios para parejas domesticas El Comite del Senado de Asuntos Publicos voto 5-4 el jueves, 29 de enero, para recomendar la aprobacion de la propuesta SB12, conocida como el Domestic Partners Rights and Responsibilities Act, la cual daria ...
POLICE NOTES.(Police Notes)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: u Someone broke into a residence in the 4200 block of Calle Consuela between Wednesday and Saturday by breaking a door, but it's unclear if anything was stolen. u Someone broke into a residence in ...
WELLNESS CENTER BULKS UP.(Region)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: JOHN KNOLL By John Knoll For The New Mexican What is there to do in Pojoaque Valley besides watch basketball and gamble? These days, plenty. Knowing that gambling with your health is a losing game, the Pueblo of Pojoaque ...
ELECCIONES EN LAS ESCUELAS P/BLICAS DE S.F.(La Voz)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: THE NEW MEXICAN The New Mexican Las elecciones para elegir nuevos miembros para la mesa directiva de las Escuelas Publicas de Santa Fe (SFPS por sus siglas en ingles), distritos 3 y 5, estan programadas para el martes, 3 de febrero. Tres candidatos ...
ARROYO SECO SITE GETS SPOT ON STATE REGISTER.(Region)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: THE TAOS NEWS Church added to N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties By Jerry A. Padilla The Taos News ARROYO SECO -- The original La Santisima Trinidad Church in Arroyo Seco and its campo santo has been given a place on ...
PARTICIPATION SWELLS IN DISTRICT MEAL PROGRAMS.(Region)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: DENNIS J. CARROLL By Dennis J. Carroll For The New Mexican More students in the Pojoaque Valley schools are participating in the district's free or reduced-cost breakfast and lunch programs. Cafeteria administrator Virginia Maes said the ...
ECONOMY; ; RETROFIT FOR A GREENER FUTURE.(Main)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: STACI MATLOCK The latest fashionable color in job collars? Green. New Mexico is joining other states in promoting green jobs as a way to salvage the economy and the planet. Among those potential jobs are solar- and wind-energy system designers and installers, ...
TITLE ISSUE STALLS WORK ON PARK PROJECT.(Region)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: DENNIS J. CARROLL By Dennis J. Carroll For The New Mexican Pojoaque school officials met with Nambe Tribal Council members last week in an attempt to resolve confusion over a property-title issue that has stalled Santa Fe County's proposal for a ...
THE PAST 100 YEARS.(Editorials)
Feb 02, 2009 ... The past 100 years From The Santa Fe New Mexican: February 2, 1959: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bivins issued a plea today to their missing daughter to write or call them to reassure them of her safety but they remain convinced that their 18-year-old daughter, Zeldia, did not ...
USC GRADUATE BACK IN STATE FOR PREMIER OF FIRST FILM.(Region)
Feb 02, 2009 ... Byline: ANA MARIA TRUJILLO Chris Roybal is a dreamer. But he's one of those people who is making his dreams come true. Roybal, 25, of the small community of Arroyo Seco, near Espanola, came back to his native New Mexico after graduating from the University of ...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the editor)
Feb 02, 2009 ... MIX OF INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENT IS A CHALLENGE I heard our new congressional representative, Ben Ray Lujan, during a radio interview, talk about renewable energy. He uttered the magic phrase, "the answer to renewable energy is storage." It is nice to see that one of our ...
2009 LEGISLATURE; DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP BILL STALLS IN COMMITTEE.(Main)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: STEVE TERRELL Gov. to meet with legislators who oppose bill in effort to sway votes By Steve Terrell The New Mexican A domestic-partnership bill on Monday fell short of the votes it needed to clear a state Senate committee. ...
CITY LAUNCHES SHUTTLE LINKING TRAIN TO TOP SITES.(Local News)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Byline: TOM SHARPE People getting off the Rail Runner Express at noon Monday quickly filled five shuttle buses along Montezuma Avenue while a sixth bus waited to take city officials on the inaugural run of the Santa Fe Pick-up. The shuttle service is aimed at serving ...
OUR VIEWS; TIME FOR CALM TALK ABOUT COLLEGE COSTS.(Editorials)
Feb 03, 2009 ... Down in Loboland, snarling and teeth-gnashing are louder than wolf howls -- and what with the University of New Mexico men's and women's basketball teams losing close games to conference rival Utah, a little school spirit could help. Instead, some disgruntled professors have ...