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Todays question: What andwhere wastheonly public clock that was used bypublicemployees andthe goverment in the1820s?

Check back tomorrow for the answer.

400Facts

onSantaFeCourtesy ofthe 400thAnniversary Committee

Yesterdays question: Which New Mexican governor was bornin Albuquerques Old Town?Answer: Manuel Armijo served two terms as governor during the Mexican Period(1821-1846).To learn more about this topic, read Colonial Governors, by Jose Garcia in LaHerencia, February 2008.

The Department of Cultural Affairs hopes tohave an architect in place for renovations on LosLuceros by the end of October. The project willreceive American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct funds. COURTESY BLAIR CLARK

Rapper Jesus Chuy Aguilar, 17, takes the stage at Warehouse 21 on Wednesday. Santa Fe municipal election candidates this year have unloadedleftovers from their campaign war chests. City Councilor Chris Calvert gave $3,000 to Warehouse 21. LUIS SNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN

City candidates use leftovermoney for charities, office supplies

In briefFamilies benefit fromutilityprogram

A record number of low-income families lastwinter utilized a state program to help pay theirheating bills.

The NewMexico Human ServicesDepartmenthelped 80,013 keep theheaton through theLow-Income Home Energy AssistanceProgram duringthe 2010 federal fiscal year. Eachfamilyreceivedaonce-a-year benefit averaging $194 perhousehold.

Human Services Department Secretary KatieFalls encourages families to apply early for theprogram this year. From Nov. 15 to March 15,low-income households who qualify for LIHEAPcannot have their utilities disconnected.

The moratorium requires the householdsheating bill from the previous season be current

on Nov. 15 in order to participate.Households qualifyingfor LIHEAPmust be at

or below150 percent of theFederalPovertyLevel.For example,a householdof three with monthlyincomeof $2,289couldqualify. Thebenefit can

be used to help pay gas, electric,or bulk fuels,such as propane, firewoodor wood pelletbills.

Surveying begins oninterchange roadproject

The state Department of Transportation begansurveying this week for an interchange on theSanta Fe bypass that is scheduled for completionin the fall of 2012.

The at-grade crossing of County Road 62 atN.M. 599 is on target to be replaced with grade-separated entrance and exit ramps that roadplanners say will make the interchange safer.

Santa Fe County has been building an exten-sion of South Meadows Road so that it linksAirport Road north to West Alameda, including

a new bridge over the Santa Fe River. The$4.5 million project should be open to the public

by Nov. 30, according to county road officials.The stateprojecton N.M.599 will costabout

$4.7million withcompletion set forfall 2012.

Secretaryof statecandidates todebate

Thetwo candidates forsecretary of state,incumbent Democrat Mary Herrera and Repub-licanchallenger Dianna Duran, debate each otheronReport fromSanta Fe, airingtonight andSun-day on KNME Channel 5.

Thetwo candidates talk about the race which hasbeen oneof themost contentiousin thestate this year in thejoint appearance,moderatedby show host LoreneMills.

Theprogram airs tonight at 10:30 andSundaymorning at 7:30.

Theaudioportion of the show also airs 9:30a.m. Monday, on radio station KANW-FM, 89.1.

Residents say911 failedtohelp in road incident

Two Santa Fe residents charge in a lawsuit thatthe 911 emergency system didnt help them whenthey were involved in a road-rage incident twoyears ago.

Marlys C. Navarro and Anthony J. Lulling saythey were chased from the county into the cityon Oct. 19, 2008, resulting in a violent car crashand physical attack on them.

Navarro repeatedly called 911 to get helpwithout success, says a complaint for negligenceagainst the city and county filed last month instate District Court by lawyer Daniel J. OFriel.

It charges the city and county were negligent infailing to respond to Navarro and Lullings direplight. City Attorney Geno Zamora declinedcomment. Efforts to reach Navarro and Lullingwere not successful.

TheNewMexican

$1.75million in stimulus fundswill benefit historic ranch

ByRobertNottTheNewMexican

Los Luceros, the historic Northern NewMexico ranch dating to early 1800s, is about toget a structural makeover courtesy of federaleconomic-stimulus funds.

The state Department of Cultural Affairsreceived approval of $1.75 million from theAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act tostructurally upgrade the 148-acre complex onthe Rio Grande northeast of Alcalde.

The work, which could be completed bynext spring, will focus on the facilities on theproperty and wont be used for programming orstaffing, Cultural Affairs Secretary Stuart Ash-

man said Thursday.Were talking about basics, he said. Thismoney will allow us to began Phase I of a masterplan to renovate Los Luceros. Even without fur-ther expansion the site can be maintained withmuseum-repair money.

The master plan was drawn up this summerby Santa Fe architect Beverley Spears, who over-saw a 2001 restoration project at Los Luceros.

The property includes a main hacienda (Casa

Los Luceros to be renovated

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ByJulie AnnGrimmTheNewMexican

Candidates from Santa Fes spring municipalelection unloaded the last of their campaign warchests this summer before filing final closeoutreports with the city clerk.

In addition to a host of charitable contributionsallowed by city code, incumbent councilors whowere re-elected also reported buying supplies theyplan to use during their terms in office, a practiceoutlawed for future elections.

Mayor David Coss who gathered contribu-tions six times higher than his annual salary asmayor and set an all-time record for a city election

by collecting $175,786 chose three recipients for

his leftover campaign cash. Coss donated $1,000 toa youth mural project at the Santa Fe Art Institute,$400 to Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and $417 to thegreen jobs training program at the local film work-ers union, the International Association of Theatri-cal and Stage Employees Local 480.

Second-place mayoral contender AsenathKepler gave the $2,284 balance of her campaignfunds to the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and HumaneSociety, an organization for which she formallyserved on the board of directors. Keplers finalcontributions totaled $78,323.

Miguel Chavez, who also unsuccessfully ran formayor but who still has two years remaining on hiscouncil term, used all of the $15,615 that he raised

before the March election, including purchase of

a refrigerator for his office from Walmart in lateJanuary at a cost of $86, according to his report.

Re-elected District 2 Councilor Rebecca Wurz-burger gave $250 in leftover funds to the Friends ofthe Cathedral and donated $100 to Artsmart and$300 to the International Folk Market. She alsoreported spending $688 of campaign money afterthe election on marketing for the citys creativetourism initiative, a program she has advocated inpartnership with the UNESCO Creative Cities. Sheraised $33,333.

Re-elected District 1 Councilor Chris Calvertbeat two challengers to hold onto his seat withabout $21,478 in fundraising, and donated $3,000 to

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Scientists: Dirt can helpfight climatechange

ByStaci MatlockTheNewMexican

For thousands of years, humanshave tended to treat dirt like, well,dirt.

Now theres an effort to restoredenuded soil and bring back grass-lands as one more way to fight cli-mate change.

Geologist David Montgomeryhas studied the poor soil manage-ment practices of people dating backmillennia and found denuded dirthas disrupted cultures and com-munities. Montgomery will be theopening-night speaker at the QuiviraCoalitions ninth annual conferenceNov. 10-12 on The Carbon Ranch Using Food and Stewardship to BuildSoil and Fight Climate Change.

Montgomery, professor of earth

Conferenceto addressnurturinghealthy soil

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Police investigategrandmother of infantwho died thisweek

By Geoff GrammerTheNewMexican

The state of New Mexico is inves-tigating whether the grandmother of

a Los Alamos baby who died earlierthis week was breaking the law foroperating an unlicensed day care.

Contrary to initial reports fromstate officials, Holly Vigil is not a reg-istered home-care provider, accord-ing to the state Children, Youth andFamilies Department.

Based on information we havereceived, we are investigatingwhether she has been running a daycare out of her home illegally, saidCYFD spokeswoman Romain Serna.If we find that she has been doingso and isnt registered, we have theoption of issuing a cease-and-desistorder to stop her from continuing to

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