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New Mexico Political Report police department’s top commanders If you’re an instructor at a police you will have your license to be a training academy and question the hen New Mexico Political Re- of the interest, the tax department police officer revoked, and your career validity of the licenses of some of the Wport discovered and reported released an unsolicited email to media as a cop will be over. academy’s instructors you’ll face decer- on a botched redaction from the state outlets purporting to show that Padilla But, if you shoot a fellow officer tification proceedings. Taxation and Revenue Department made no preferential treatment of any nine times from five feet away in a But if you help a murder defendant this summer, the state responded kind. While the taxpayer’s name in the drug bust that you apparently weren’t go free because you disobeyed court with a threat. email was redacted, the name could be prepared to be part of, nothing will rules, you’ll keep your license. “You purposely manipulated the seen through the redaction on a bright happen and you’ll go on being a cop. These are just a few examples of the document in order to reveal taxpayer computer screen or simple brightening discrepancies in the discipline and return information and thwart the of the document. certification review process in New purpose of the redaction,” tax depart- The process in New Mexico Mexico that allows chiefs of police and ment spokesman Ben Cloutier wrote ‘I have been telling the has led cops who have sheriffs to decide who can — and can’t to New Mexico Political Report in Department for years that committed seemingly — be cops in this state. July. “You have published taxpayer An ABQ Free Press investigation return information despite the clear we are not redacting minor infractions of found the process is inconsistent, illogi- intent that it remain confidential. It is documents properly’ department policy to cal and rife with the potential for abuse unlawful for any person other than – tax department attorney Lewis Terr face decertification, while that isn’t tolerated in other states. the taxpayer to intentionally reveal to any other person the taxpayer’s return officers with much more A cop license While New Mexico police chiefs are The process in New Mexico has led information.” New Mexico Political Report egregious offenses have In New Mexico, as in other states, required by state regulations to report cops who have committed seemingly Yet internal emails show at least subsequently ran a story about the never been brought police officers have to be certified, instances of conduct by their officers minor infractions of department policy one current tax department attorney botched redaction, which revealed or licensed, or they can’t work. If an that could lead to decertification, there to face decertification, while officers before the licensing board officer is decertified in one state, his faulted his employer, and not New Bernalillo-based Harold’s Grading and is nothing — no penalties for failing to with much more egregious offenses or her career as a cop is basically over file, nor any incentives to do so — that Mexico Political Report, for the mishap. Trucking as the taxpayer in question. have never been brought before the While Cloutier of the tax department If you’re a female officer who anywhere. guarantees that they’ll actually report “I have been telling the Department licensing board. for years that we are not redacting faulted us for revealing the taxpayer’s complains to your supervisor that a Cops here can have their licenses misbehaving police for discipline. Critics of New Mexico’s process to documents properly,” tax department name, not all of the tax department’s lieutenant took cell phone pictures revoked for several reasons, including The decision to file or not file against revoke police officers’ licenses said the attorney Lewis Terr wrote in an email employees fell in with the company of your breasts at a training exercise, conviction of any felony, committing an officer estsr solely with the discre- the same day New Mexico Political line. management will move to revoke acts which indicate a lack of good tion of the chief or sheriff. There is no discretion afforded to police chiefs the Report published the story. On July 30 — the day the story was your license to be a cop. moral character or which constitute uniformity in the process within agen- freedom to protect friends, while allow- Terr ended his email with a word in published — New Mexico satirist But if you’re the male lieutenant dishonesty or fraud, and excessive use cies around the state, our investigation ing them to punish or retaliate against all caps: “IDIOTS.” Jim Terr emailed the story about the who took those pictures, no one will of force or brutality. found. critics. The email was released as part of botched redaction to tax department Cont. on page 14 a public records request that New attorney Lewis Terr. The subject line Mexico Political Report filed with the in Jim’s email read “a case of NM Array of Misdeeds Boggles the Mind, but Doesn’t Spur Action tax department looking for records ‘Botch’ ulism.” featuring the following phrases: “This is hilarious,” Lewis Terr wrote The photographer the fact that he had allegedly shown The whistleblower APD launched an internal affairs “Harold’s Grading and Trucking,” back. “We should use a type of tape the pictures to male members of APD’s investigation of Corvino. APD Chief If you’re a female APD officer who Reporting irregularities at the “Harold’s Grading & Trucking” and command staff. Then-APD Chief Ray Gorden Eden eventually suspended that has the word ‘redacted’ imprinted complains about a superior taking Albuquerque Police Department can Schultz filed an LEA 90 [decertification] Corvino for 80 hours without pay for “Harold’s Trucking Audit.” on it.” pictures of get you dragged before New Mexico’s complaint against Heshley with the insubordination and for bringing the A recap: In July, State Auditor Jim wrote back to Lewis that he was your breasts, police licensing New Mexico Law Enforcement Acad- department into disrepute. Tim Keller announced that his office “glad to amuse.” you’ll face board. emy Board over her excessive-use-of- But it didn’t end there. Eden also conducted a preliminary investigation Previously, the tax department cited decertifica- In October force case. filed an LEA 90 against Corvino. The implicating tax department Secretary possible disclosure of confidential tion, and your 2013, then-APD NMLEA Board refused to suspend Demesia Padilla. Padilla allegedly superior will The board ruled in Heshley’s favor, Police Academy Instruc- taxpayer information as a reason for Corvino’s certification. Corvino later be promoted. finding no use of excessive force. tor John Corvino notified the used her position as secretary of a initially blocking two employees from retired from APD and has since filed Heshley later sued APD and Roseman in NMLEA Board of training irregularities cabinet-level department to attempt to cooperating with Keller’s preliminary In March a whistleblower lawsuit against APD, federal court alleging a violation of her at the Albuquerque Police Academy. give preferential treatment to a busi- investigation of Padilla. Keller accused 2012, APD Officer Debbie Heshley accusing its officials of retaliation. civil rights and retaliation. A judge has An uncertified instructor was teaching ness she once did accounting work for. the department of trying to obstruct was ordered to the police academy ruled that the case can move forward. “intermediate force” and “ground The state Attorney General’s Office is the investigation. Both employees to undergo additional training after control” courses to two dozen police The blogger now investigating the allegations. were eventually interviewed. a complaint was sustained where she Roseman was later promoted to officers who became certified instruc- While reporters dug to find the In New Mexico Political Report’s slapped a handcuffed prisoner. deputy chief, APD’s second in com- If you’re an mand. No one at APD has moved to tors in the same courses and who later APD cop, you name of Padilla’s former client, all recent public records request, the tax While at the academy, in civilian revoke Roseman’s certification, even taught about 100 cadets. had better not sides remained mum. In a press department disclosed multiple emails clothes, Heshley discovered that though taking pictures of a female But because the original instructor criticize depart- conference that month, Keller told the — this time without redacting the then-Lieutenant William Roseman was officer’s breasts and showing them to wasn’t certified to teach the courses, ment manage- news media that Padilla’s client would taking pictures of her on his cell phone, name of Harold’s Trucking. other officers could be considered an the two dozen cops he taught couldn’t ment. APD Detective Dawne Roberto probably never be publicly disclosed apparently of her breasts. act indicative of a lack of good moral be certified to teach. was terminated by the department in because of laws preventing disclosure Joey Peters writes for the website Heshley complained about Roseman’s character. Corvino also told his APD superiors July 2013 after being accused of being of taxpayer information. NMPoliticalReport.com, where this story conduct to her superiors, especially about the training issues. Rather than associated with a blog, Eye on That same month, at the height originally appeared. act to correct the certification problem, Cont. on page 14 6 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS analysis/opinion newS ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 7 Two Railroad Deals, Luring ABQ Voters APD Limits Public Access to Substations Two Different Outcomes BY rene thompson Back to the Polls ou know all those police sub- N.E.; the South Broadway University Heights Neighborhood by bill hume stations around Albuquerque? Substation, 1501 Broadway by viki harrison Y Association, said he understands the Forget picking up police reports there S.E.; and the Triangle Sub- reality APD faces. “With less than Editor’s Note: Bill Hume was involved in Angeles route west of Vaughn, due to for the foreseeable future. station, 2901 Central Ave. uch has been and begin to believe that all politicians implementing the Union Pacific Inter- be completed in mid-2015. This could You can still file police reports at all N.E. A fourth location at have been the project that earned the written in are corrupt. modal Facility deal when he served in the M but three of the city’s 12 police sub- Cottonwood Mall was shut tax cut. But, it was going to be built — recent weeks about It was also an odd-year election when City Councilor Isaac office of Gov. Bill Richardson. stations, but on Sept. 28, Albuquerque down completely. incentive or not — as it was part of a the record low voter only even-numbered city council seats Benton said the shift his is a story of two railroads and Police Chief Gorden Eden ordered Police officers are rarely long-term multimillion-dollar initiative turnout — eight were up for election. There was no how they came to escape New heads of all APD substations to stop away from a police T to double-track BNSF’s busiest route. percent — in the mayor’s race on the ballot, no national seen at the Triangle Substa- Mexico taxes on diesel fuel. “The transcontinental mainline is recent city elections. or state contests, nothing other than allowing citizens to pick up police tion, say Nob Hill business presence at substations It is also an examination of two the heaviest trade corridor between Unfortunately, the a few bond issues and obscure ballot reports there. owners and people who live different deals, made by two different is driven by APD’s Los Angeles and the Midwest,” BNSF trend is in keeping questions. The few candidates who ran, To pick up a copy of a police report, in the neighborhood. Under governors — and it illustrates two Rene Thompson ongoing officer shortage Chairman and CEO Matt Rose said. with the dive in ran in largely non-competitive districts, people must go to the Downtown po- its agreement with the U.S. vastly different approaches to eco- Though no connection was made voting around the nation, and in many drawn earlier by a majority of incum- lice headquarters, 400 Roma Ave. N.W. Department of Justice, APD APD’s La Cueva substation, 7520 Corona St. N.E., is one of 12 nomic development. publicly at the time, the passage of the ways it’s understandable. bents to protect partisan turf in what is APD spokeswoman Celina Espin- is supposed to be increasing at which people can no longer pick up police incident reports. 900 officers serving the area, covering The railroads? But before the Chicken Littles throw supposedly a non-partisan election. Filing reports at police substations is still allowed. BNSF tax deduction came less than a oza said the department needs to re- its community presence, not three different shifts, it’s no wonder Union Pacific and Burlington North- up their hands and hide because the Although Albuquerque municipal month after Gov. Martinez succeeded train clerical staff on how to properly reducing it. ern Santa Fe. sky is falling, we have to remember one races are nominally non-partisan, the The owner of the Self-Serve Sex- that officers are only able to respond in voiding New Mexico’s purchase redact information from reports, such Jay Steinberg, owner of Birdland, The governors? Bill Richardson thing. This is fixable — on many levels. district maps are drawn in a partisan uality Resource Center in Nob Hill, to priority one calls,” he said. of the BNSF track from Lamy to the as social security numbers and dates a novelty store at 3213 Central Ave. and Susana Martinez. The cost? $400 Common Cause has been pushing for fashion, by the City Council itself. The Matie Fricker, said her business was City Councilor Isaac Benton said Colorado border. million for UP, $50 million for BNSF. solutions to this problem-in-the-making process is basically the same as that used of birth. APD Commander Donavan N.E., links the APD pullback to an In that deal, BNSF agreed to refund vandalized more than three times in the shift away from a police presence There are more differences: UP’s for years, but it will take time and a by the Legislature, which every ten years Olivera said the new policy is tempo- increase in break-ins and vandalism. the $5 million purchase price for the one week alone last year. “I would say at substations is driven by APD’s project could and probably would have multitude of statutory changes to bring re-draws district lines to accommodate rary while the retraining takes place, He’s suffered five since 2012 that cost track, which was part of the Richardson that the [police] presence has always ongoing officer shortage. “They’re gone to Texas, were it not for the deal our democracy back to full tilt. population shifts. but he did not say when it would be him $25,000. deal to get BNSF’s track for the Rail been marginal; getting a response negotiated by Richardson. BNSF’s work No one likes to talk about it, but In both bodies, the majority tries to completed. “I think with the police forces being understaffed and I’d rather have Runner from Belen to Santa Fe. was on its line deep within New Mexico there are deep-seated reasons that most protect its edge and incumbents try to Three substations are completely short of men, they could not possibly from them about these issues was them on the street instead of behind a After all the construction dust has at the only place it could be built. Americans do not register and do not choose favorable territory. The result is closed to the public and serve only staff [the Triangle Substation]; I ended difficult and the only thing that made desk,” Benton said. cleared, the UP project remains as a The UP deal closed in 2008 – but the vote. These go far beyond the location a map with few competitive districts. as local outposts for police to write up having to put up bars on the the police step up was when we got catalyst for a development surge on global economic crash mandated a of the polling places or the date of the With less competition, why bother to reports. They are: the James Dwyer windows to stop it from happening media attention,” Fricker said. Rene Thompson is a staff writer for New Mexico’s southern border — an postponement on implementing it. The election — the “inconvenience” factor vote, especially if you are a Republican Substation at 12700 Montgomery again,” he said. Joseph Gallego, president of the ABQ Free Press. fuel tax exemption UP got expired, but initiative that has been championed so often blamed for low voter turn out. deep within a Democratic district or a was renewed by the Martinez adminis- by Democratic and Republican leaders Yes, these are important, but not as Democrat in a Republican area? tration in 2011 with strong bipartisan alike. important as the feeling most people For several years, Common Cause has support in the Legislature. By contrast, the BNSF project is ef- have that elections have nothing to do been pushing for an independent redis- The UP project is the Santa Teresa fectively out in the middle of nowhere with their real day-to-day lives. tricting commission, made up of citizens, Intermodal Facility, located on UP’s in central New Mexico, facilitating not politicians, to draw a map that is strategic Sunset Line. The Sunset Line movement of freight traffic but having more squarely based on population, originates at the California Pacific no discernible lingering effect on New With less competition, why communities of interest, and fairness Coast ports and branches out at El Paso Mexico economic activity, especially job bother to vote, especially to minorities. It’s an idea that deserves to lines serving the Midwest and points creation. if you are a Republican another look. east. Interestingly, the 2013 Associated We’re also believers in an indepen- Construction of the facility took Press story on the BNSF tax legislation deep within a Democratic dent State Ethics Commission that will almost three years, requiring 1,375 declared that the railroad “has nearly district or a Democrat restore citizens’ faith in their elected construction workers. At the end, 1,400 workers in New Mexico and officials. We need a mechanism to sepa- it produced 436 permanent jobs, railyards in Albuquerque, Belen and in a Republican area? rate the few bad apples elected to office according to an Economic Development Clovis.” The 2015 Economic Develop- from the vast majority of honest public Department report released last ment Department report stated that When voters are faced with few servants and hold them accountable for month. The report also noted that the BNSF had 1,211 total employees at six real choices or strong candidates, why violations of the law. Border Industrial Association (the Santa locations in the state. bother? When voters feel their vote To ensure that voters have something Teresa-area business group) attributed So, the two major railroads travers- means little in the face of entrenched meaningful to vote on, we think that an additional 267 indirect jobs to the ing New Mexico are both exempt from incumbents and special interest money, putting elections like those for school project. Clearly, the spinoff potential of fuel taxes. is it really worth the effort of finding board, flood control district, and the vast inland port facility is already While the records of the governors out the date and the hours of polling conservancy district on the same ballot is blossoming. involved would strongly suggest there places in an off-season election where useful. The BNSF version of the diesel fuel were political considerations at work there were no competitive races in many It’s also possible to eliminate odd-year tax deduction law was passed in 2013. beyond the deals themselves, the parts of the city? city council elections altogether and It required the railroad to spend at disparity in lasting benefits to the New Albuquerque non-voters have given have councilors run every four years least $50 million to upgrade tracks, Mexico economy is glaringly obvious. their answer. at the same time as the mayor. In fact, signals or other facilities in the state. Perhaps it just reflects the difference This year’s city election was also almost anything is possible if there is According to the Economic Develop- of style between the two governors in the victim of bad timing. It came a a real will to increase – rather than ment Department report, BNSF created their dealings with corporate America. little more than a month after a major decrease – voter participation. 86 new jobs since the deduction was scandal involving charges against the enacted. Bill Hume is a former editorial page editor state’s chief election officer. Every time Viki Harrison is executive director of News reports disclose that BNSF of the Albuquerque Journal and later a case involving public corruption is Common Cause New Mexico, a announced a $68 million second-track served as a policy adviser to former unresolved, there’s a crisis in voter con- non-partisan organization dedicated to project for 9.3 miles of its Chicago-Los Gov. Bill Richardson. fidence. Voters lose faith in the system open, honest and accountable government. 8 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news columns ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 9 Documenting the LGBT Movement in N.M. When Will N.M. Join the by Dede feldman

tarting in the early 1980s, Al- grown into an ongoing project officially Sbuquerque real estate agent called The Bennett A. Hammer LGBT 21st Century Economy? Bennett Hammer began what was to Archives Project (hammerarchives. by joe Monahan become became a life-long obsession: com), which shares information and ac- The downsizing of been transitioning to a lower-income clipping, saving and storing magazine cepts donations. Once fully catalogued New Mexico con- service economy, one accessible to and newspaper articles, flyers, posters, and digitized, the collection will be tinues. The latest people without higher education (think memorabilia — almost anything, with available to the public at the UNM Li- jolt comes from of the local brewery explosion). The the words “gay” or “lesbian” in it. brary. It will be a treasure trove for all our “Harvard on trend is happening elsewhere but is “I was curious about the legal part kinds of people – medical researchers, the Rio Grande.” much more pronounced here because of it,” said Hammer, a former ACLU playwrights, and historians. The University of of the state’s longstanding poverty, board member and the 2005 Civil “The ability to write and analyze the New Mexico will especially among Native American and Libertarian of the Year, “and I wanted struggle for civil rights is only as good not fill up to Hispanic families. to understand and be able to explain, as its documents, said Barbara Korbal, 100 positions because of a crash in New Mexico needs massive investment back then, why excluding gay people who now directs the project. student enrollment and a resulting but is getting only a trickle through from the military was wrong, for exam- Rene Thompson Hammer is pleased that what began decline in tuition revenue. the efforts of today’s policymakers. Tax ple.” Bennett Hammer’s collection includes gay pride buttons, t-shirts and other paraphernalia from the as a personal obsession has become so Some of the decline is explained by a cuts, regulation reduction and business “I didn’t censor the anti-gay stuff,” LGBT movement dating back to the early 1980s. organized and he credits Korbal and higher than normal enrollment during relocation incentives continue to he said. “There are lots of materials the professionalism she brought to the recession and the ensuing reduction dominate the agenda, even as the state from the Christian Coalition and I LGBT movement during the 1980s and of a 1994 conference “Fight the Right” the project. But he knew the potential now that the job market has improved. is repeatedly rejected by out-of-state saved articles about parenting, money, 1990s, also saved everything. that he attended, even then sharing his early on when he would get calls from But then there’s this from the non- business interests that supposedly want schools, medicine, because these His papers – condensed into about articles, many of which he has since little towns in New Mexico about profit Hechinger Report. those concessions. The real problem is involve gay people as well.” He also 19 boxes – are at the Frey Angelico cleaned up and put in clear plastic hate crimes, and he would send them Only 38 percent of adults in our school problems, crime and poverty, collected letters to the editor written by Chavez library at the New Mexico sleeves. materials. Years later, the materials and Albuquerque have college degrees, and the state’s seeming lack of commit- gay people, even obituaries. History Museum in Santa Fe. Korbal holds an issue of the Nation the people would resurface. according to the U.S. Census Bu- ment to actual improvement. “I’m like flypaper,” he said. Magazine from 1993 with the cover “Cultural change comes when reau. That’s far lower than in cities While the stagnation continues, the Hammer is standing in a storage unit story “The Gay Moment.” Somewhere, people talk to one another, not at one Albuquerque considers its economic state’s giant Land Grant Permanent filled with hundreds of boxes of the ‘The ability to write and she said, there’s a copy of a 1997 or another,” he said. The materials are an competitors, such as Austin (48 percent), Fund (also known as the Perma- stuff, along with Barbara Korbal, who analyze the struggle for 1998 Time or Newsweek with Ellen invitation to do that. Seattle (49 percent), and Silicon Valley nent School Fund) is approaching the is doing the painstaking work of orga- DeGeneres on the cover, marking “I don’t think I am exaggerating (55 percent). immense sum of almost $15 billion as civil rights is only as good it gushes with oil and gas royalties and nizing about 250,000 articles from 220 another seminal moment. And there’s when I say that making this kind of The truth is, a large number of adults stock market gains. publications into a community archive, as its documents’ another, a 1956 cover from Look or Life information accessible saves lives. I living here never finished high school, The fund annually spins hundreds which will be housed at UNM’s Center – Barbara Korbal (she couldn’t remember which) with know it has — by reducing isolation, which leaves many ill-equipped to of millions of dollars that, with a few for Southwest Research this month. Rock Hudson on the cover. changing attitudes, sometimes prevent- help their own children to navigate the exceptions, go only to public schools Korbal, a cultural studies historian, The 364-box collection includes five ing people from killing and shaming complicated path to college. The Lobo is bleeding badly. Besides and universities. However, efforts joined the project in earnest in 2009 to Hammer and Korbal have gone boxes of magazine covers alone. There each other.” shrinking its workforce, UNM’s budget to dedicate a small portion of those ensure future generations can learn through the boxes many times. As he are gay publications from the early for the next year will remain flat, revenues to early childhood education about the LGBT movement during a makes his way through the shed, Ham- days, documenting the organizational Dede Feldman is a former state senator and another rarity that reveals the depth of continue to meet stern resistance. crucial time. She had just organized the mer points out some boxes donated growth of the LGBT movement. And author of the book, “Inside the New Mexico the economic stagnation and out-migra- Policymakers now frequently mention papers of gay rights activist Neil Isbin, by Jean and Jim Genasci, from the there are 40 years of clippings from Senate: Boots, Suits and Citizens.” tion that has gripped our state for well attracting an older, retired population who died of AIDS in 1996. Isbin, cred- Parents and Families of Lesbians and the New Mexican, The Albuquerque over five years. The bloat at UNM, easily to the state for whom mild weather is ited with mobilizing the New Mexico Gays (PFLAG). He holds the program Tribune and Albuquerque Journal, concealed in the boom years, is now more of a concern than jobs, and for the New York Times, the Wall Street plainly visible. whom gated, affluent enclaves can keep Journal, Time and Newsweek. Prior to the onset of the 2008 reces- them protected from the more sordid An LGBT Timeline in New Mexico Hammer used to have more stor- sion, the state budget was running side of life here. They don’t talk much 1975 Law sponsored by Sen. Tom Rutherford repeals the state’s sodomy age units but the material now has enormous annual surpluses, sometimes anymore about attracting those in their law, which defined sodomy as “a person intentionally taking into been culled, categorized and put into as much as $400 million. The money, prime working years of 25 to 54 or his or her mouth or anus the sexual organ of any other person” chronological order, reducing its bulk among other things, was rebated to keeping the Millennials who are fleeing. 1985 Executive order issued by Gov. Toney Anaya prohibits discrimination and increasing its usability. A number taxpayers and spent on more state As journalist Wally Gordon wrote in his in state employment on the basis of sexual orientation of interns have helped in the process, government employment and pork review of the book, “New Mexico 2050”: 1985 New Mexico AIDS Services Founded Korbal said, and some of the younger projects. Years of surpluses were not “This state is in a world of hurt. Its 1987 APS adopts anti-discrimination policy ones are amazed. used to address our soft underbelly of laid-back attitude of letting oil, natural 1993 Senate 91, the first statewide anti-discrimination bill introduced to “One of them told me he couldn’t an unprepared workforce, a troubled gas and the federal government carry become rallying cry for a decade believe the progress gay people made public school system and the widening it along on a rising tide is failing, as al- 1997 Mayor Jim Baca issues non-discrimination order for Albuquerque in ten years.” gap of wealth and social conditions most every expert knew it would sooner city government Hammer said that 1979-2010 wit- within the state. or later, and political and government 2000 Baca issues executive order for city to insure domestic partners nessed the premier change in cultural New Mexico was sorely unprepared leaders are making no effort to create a 2003 Hate Crimes Law enhances penalties for crimes committed vs. LGBT attitudes toward gay people. Legally, for rapid globalization and increased new economy, let alone a new state. So community he said the struggle for equality is part competition and has largely been dealt what you see now, may, alas, be what 2003 Human Rights Act becomes law protecting against discrimination of an ongoing civil rights movement. out of the new economy. Cutbacks you will get. based on sexual orientation and gender identity “in matters of “Gay people have just been at the end Rene Thompson in federal spending, a chief source of “New Mexico 2050,” published by employment, housing, credit, public accommodations and union of the line.” the state’s prosperity, were the death UNM Press, is edited by former U.S. Sen. membership” Barbara Korbal sorts through 354 boxes containing There are other gay archives in Min- knell for a 60-year period of economic Fred Harris. 2014 New Mexico Supreme Court rules that the state must provide same-sex 250,000 clippings, newspapers and magazines neapolis, Amsterdam, North Carolina expansion that began with World War II. couples with the same marriage rights as different-sex couples, documenting the LGBT movement in New Mexico. and New York. Hammer’s passion The collection is being organized by Korbal for With the state’s workforce unprepared Joe Monahan is a veteran of New Mexico making New Mexico the 17th U.S. state to recognize same-sex marriage for collecting local materials has now curation by UNM’s Center for Southwest Research. for the specialized jobs of the global politics. His daily blog can be found at Source: Bennett A. Hammer LGBT Archives Project, New Mexico statutes economy, New Mexico by default has joemonahan.com 10 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news ANALYSIS/news ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 11 Understanding the Syrian Crisis, Debunking the Myth APD, DOJ Agree to Delay Saving the Valley Way of Life by sayrah namastÉ Of a War on Police 35 Key Reforms by Dan klein by dennis domrzalski rick or along the Armijo Lateral that you can ei- “Ttreat for ther run or walk. There will be a blessing id you know we are at war? Not in Street Bankers whose corruption caused federal “Deadlines that are unrealistic will UNICEF!” Remem- and honoring of some of the people who Dthe Middle East but within the bor- the financial collapse don’t worry about A court judge lose the power to keep the Parties on ber going door to rely on the valley’s acequias immediately ders of America. It’s a war being waged consequences because our criminal has given the course,” the DOJ said in the motion. door on Halloween after the run. There will be local speakers, upon the police – or at least that’s what justice system is stacked in their favor. Albuquerque Some key deadlines that have been with a UNICEF box poets and arts and crafts for kids. police chiefs, politicians, media pundits Yet, citizens in poor neighborhoods Police Department pushed back include the revision of to collect change? Suggested donations are $25 for adults and federal law enforcement would like worry each day about jaywalking, not additional time APD’s Internal Affairs Bureau manual, The United Nations and $15 for children under 17. Participants you to believe. using their turn signals and other minor to meet 35 firearms training for officers that Association, Al- will receive a cool Día de Los Muertos But is it true? offenses because if they are cited, it’s deadlines for comports with constitutional princi- buquerque Chapter (UNA ABQ) presents t-shirt! Early registration discounts are Using statistical data, I can safely say the first step into quicksand from which changing policies, ples, and providing all field officers the UNICEF Trick or Treat Costume available online at www.picatic.com/ce- there is no war on the police. they can’t escape. procedures and with crisis intervention training. According to the Officer Down Party 3-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24 at the sossfunrun. The day is a chance to support training guidelines under its settle- Ginger is expected to issue his first Memorial Page website (odmp.org) Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, a local cause that will benefit the South ment agreement with the U.S. Justice report in early November on APD’s police officer deaths in 2015 are on Those in power would 202 Harvard Dr. S.E. Valley and its future leaders. Department. progress in meeting the settlement track to match the number of deaths in The party will raise money for UNICEF, Understanding the Syrian crisis: The rather play the victim card The changed deadlines won’t affect agreement’s initial goals. The city 2014 and 2013 when 133 police officers the United Nations Children’s Fund, to Syrian Refugee Roundtable Discussion than address the APD’s commitment to be in substan- signed the agreement after a DOJ in- help refugee children in Syria, the Middle were killed each year. among students, professors, and com- tial compliance with the settlement vestigation found that APD’s officers Officer deaths are actually down sig- unfairness of the system East and the Mediterranean. UNA ABQ munity members will be held at 2 p.m. agreement by Nov. 14, 2016, and in nificantly from 2010 when 180 officers had consistently used excessive and will provide coffee, cider and Halloween Wednesday, Oct. 28 at the UNM Student they have created sustained and effective compliance died on duty. In looking more closely, unconstitutional force on citizens. treats. Activities will include decorating Union Building, Room Lobo A. by November 2018, U.S. District Court a large number of officers die in car Here are some critical deadlines pumpkins, bobbing for apples and a Students Organizing Actions for Peace Judge Robert Brack said in his Sept. wrecks, not at the hands of assailants. Our police chiefs make sure their that were supposed to be met this costume parade. (SOAP) have organized a discussion about 24 order granting APD more time to So far in 2015, deaths by gunfire are officers fill the tax coffers by requiring year but have been delayed until Students, community members, families the current Syrian refugee crisis. UNM mandatory tickets and zero tolerance June of 2015: and kids of all ages are invited to attend in professor Jessica Goodkind will give an costume. There is no charge for admission. for certain offenses and certain com- Ginger, the monitor, • APD to provide all officers with 40 introduction to the crisis, followed by a munities. Programs such as “stop and hours of use-of-force training; However, guests are asked to contribute group discussion. The end will conclude didn’t start working on what they can to the big UNICEF jar at the frisk,” “broken windows” and vehicle • Firearms training for all officers with Professor Sarah Wilkinson’s thoughts center of the party. forfeiture disproportionately target the project until after consistent with constitutional princi- about how students can engage in global UNA ABQ will also hold separate essay the poor, mainly because they are easy ples; issues. Brack approved the contests for students in grades 3-5, 6-8, targets for a shakedown. • Forty hours of crisis intervention Silence is death: The 23rd Annual agreement, and that and 9-12 on “Human Rights Today.” The So, why are we being sold the lie of a training for all field officers; South Valley Marigold Día de Los contest is open for entries starting Oct. war on the police? created delays in meeting • Forty hours of training for Muertos Parade is a political and social 24, the anniversary of the founding of the Those in power would rather play the investigators from the Civilian Police justice community event organized by File many of the deadlines United Nations, through Dec. 10, which victim card than address the unfairness Oversight Agency in conducting New Mexico’s largest third party, La Raza of the system they have created or listen is the anniversary of the adoption of the meet the deadlines. misconduct investigations; Unida for the afternoon of Sunday, Nov. 1. down 17 percent, while deaths in car to the voices of the people the system Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “While an extension will postpone • Sixteen hours of training to all Each year, in honor of the Mexican accidents are up 12 percent. oppresses. To play the victim card by Cash prizes will be offered. Find details at certain changes, this careful invest- officers on community and prob- facebook.com/unaabq political dissident Jose Guadalupe Posada, Since deaths by the violent actions alleging a phony war is cowardly. For ment of time early on will better halt lem-oriented policing methods. Preserving the Valley way of life: The organizers of the Marigold Parade create a of others are down, I thought maybe the media to continue to perpetuate unconstitutional practices in the long Under the agreement’s original Center for Sustainable Social Systems political theme that participants incorpo- assaults against police officers are up. this falsehood is simply laziness. term,” Brack wrote. terms, APD was to have established (CESOSS), whose mission is to protect and rate into their floats and altars. Using data compiled by Daniel Bier (The Brack also said that while APD had a mental health response advisory preserve ways of life and traditions in the Past themes include “People Are Not Skeptical Libertarian) I found that there begun implementing changes re- committee by May 14. That deadline South Valley, has been key in the fight to Illegal: Our Ancestors Are Our Documen- has been a steady decline in the number There is no war on police. quired in the agreement even before has been moved back to December 2. try to stop the massive proposed Santolina tation,” and “El Agua es la Vida: Water is of police officers assaulted and injured The war being fought is the independent monitor in the case development. Life.” since 1992. about the way we police had started working, that created The group’s annual fundraiser, the This year’s theme is “Silence is death: Basically, the statistics don’t support ‘Deadlines that are problems because the department CESOSS Fun Run and Walk, will be held Tambores pasados, corazones presentes the spin. There is no war on the police. had “insufficient guidance from the unrealistic will lose the 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on Sunday Oct. — Silenced voices rumble, institutions What we have is a war on the “way” we So let me be clear. There is no war on Independent Monitor at foundational 25. Funds raised will support the CESOSS crumble: no somos los silenciados.” police. police. The war being fought is about power to keep the stages of implementation.” Spring 2016 Cultivando Nuestro Futuro The event will feature live music, art In the last couple years our fellow the way we police. There was a day Parties on course’ The City of Albuquerque, DOJ, the Leadership Institute. This year’s theme: vendors, community-created altars and citizens, usually poor and of color, have when police officers were considered — DOJ motion “El agua es sagrada,” or “Water is sacred.” food. It all happens at the West Side loudly shouted that they are not happy “peace officers.” There was a day when Albuquerque Police Officers Associ- The organization’s core purpose is to Community Center, 1250 Isleta Blvd. S.W., with how the police, and criminal justice police chiefs didn’t judge an officer by ation and the independent monitor, The city’s deal with the DOJ support development of a new genera- where the parade ends. system as a whole, treat them. the number of tickets he wrote, but by James Ginger, jointly asked for the followed the DOJ’s finding that tion of community leaders. These future Folks can line up to view the parade as It is clearly evident that to be poor in how he served and helped the commu- deadline extensions in a motion filed APD regularly violated people’s community leaders will prepare an action it makes its way along Isleta and Arenal. this country usually means you will have nity. with Brack on August 21. constitutional rights through the plan aimed at addressing and under- This is a non-corporate event and one of more interaction with the police, usually Our citizens want peace officers, not The motion said that while the set- use of excessive force. That finding standing issues that affect New Mexican the largest parades in the entire state. The for minor incidents. Minor incidents enforcers of an occupying government. tlement agreement was signed by the communities including water rights, land, parade steps off at 2 p.m. and events at snowball into a life trapped into a They want a criminal justice system that parties on Nov. 14, 2014, Brack didn’t set in motion a negotiation on how health disparities, food justice, environ- the Westside Community Center wrap up court system that feeds upon our poor treats all fairly and equally. Why is this actually approve it until June 2 of this to remedy the department’s many mental justice, and educational inequities. at 6 p.m. neighbors like a tick sucking blood. This so hard for those in power to accept? year. Ginger, the monitor, didn’t start problems. Its mission also focuses on legislation and is the war that is currently being fought, working on the project until after In addition to retraining and new local policy development. Sayrah Namasté is an organizer with the against an unjust justice system. Dan Klein is a retired Albuquerque Brack approved the agreement, and policies, the agreement is the first The CESOSS Fun Run and Walk American Friends Service Committee in Our legislators enact laws that police sergeant. Reach him at that created delays in meeting many in the U.S. that mandates the use of includes a non-competitive 1K and a 5K Albuquerque. disproportionately affect the poor. Wall Facebook/Dan Klein. of the deadlines, the motion said. on-body cameras for police officers. 12 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news news ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 13 Former Marine Waits and Waits for Disability Check from VA Prepper Expo to Showcase by PETER ST. CYR elays at the Veterans Adminis- Gaymon was forced out of his job frequent panic attacks, he decided to new medical proof, and Standridge How to Survive, Well, Anything Dtration have left a homeless man managing a local men’s clothing battle for his benefits. sent Gaymon for a medical exam. bgy jim wa ner waiting for months for a $200,000 store. Without a regular stream of Last year, after seeing a television Doctors at the Veterans Disability check. income, Gaymon eventually faced commercial for Lawyers Helping Alliance in Albuquerque determined tun guns. Bullets. First aid sup- Prepper Expo USA Craig Gaymon, 57, a former eviction. Warriors, a nonprofit law firm that that flu-like symptoms Gaymon Splies. Preparedness and Survival Expo Marine whose small Social Security His frustration with the VA actu- assists veterans through the VA claim had suffered in Korea actually were How to purify water. How to stay Saturday, Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. check doesn’t cover his monthly ally started three decades ago. process, Gaymon picked up his symptomatic of sarcoidosis, which warm. Sunday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. expenses, had been living at the He claimed he developed sarcoido- phone and asked for help. can take several years to manifest. How to communicate via short- Expo New Mexico, Creative Arts building, Albuquerque Heading Home shelter sis after he was ordered to sleep in a “The DAV and Paralyzed Veterans With medical records and a time- wave radio when the bad guys take 300 San Pedro Dr. N.E. for the past 12 months. chemical storage warehouse during hadn’t helped me,” Gaymon said. line in hand, Standridge headed to out the communications. Admission: Adults and children 12 and older, But when a VA law judge deter- his deployment to the demilitarized “But when I kept seeing the commer- the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. On Renewable energy information. $8; anyone 60 and older, $5; military and public mined in June that he would be eli- zone in Korea in the late 1970s. VA cial over and over, I thought I’d give June 4, Derek R. Brown, a veterans Nonlethal self-defense. Wilderness safety workers, $5; children younger than 12, free. gible for disability benefits, Gaymon law judge, granted Gaymon’s claim. survival. gave up his shelter space to make While he waits for his first $2,900 All of that and more will be at the room for another person. monthly check and a little more than Prepper Expo USA, Preparedness and It’s not necessarily “a doomsday, $200,000 in back pay, Gaymon is Survival Expo. It’ll be in the Creative not an apocalypse, not an atomic giving back to former soldiers. Gaymon has been Arts building at Expo New Mexico, bomb scenario” that one should be “Not everyone can afford to diagnosed with pulmonary 300 San Pedro Dr. N.E. ready for, she said. Being prepared pay for extensive medical exams,” The husband and wife team of lung disease and Gaymon said after asking for dona- for and coping with such an event or Allen Bodily and Rita Rowe, who even something of less catastrophic sarcoidosis, a rare tions to help others like himself at are based in Kansas City, are staging an Hispanic Chamber of Commerce can make a difference in survival. inflammatory disease the two-day show. It’s the first time You need to have a three-day sup- breakfast earlier this month. they’ve organized their own vendor that attacks his organs ply of food and water, and you need Standridge founded his nonprofit event, yet Rowe says they are regular law practice after seeing veterans to know how to manage yourself if the vendor showgoers and know how to Four months later, he still hasn’t struggle to get their benefits. He power goes out, she said. And that’s manage a good one. received his first check or years of created an alliance with the Veterans just a minimum level of preparation. Preparing for the unexpected is what back pay. Disability Alliance’s medical team “These things really do happen,” you’ll see and learn about at the event. This past summer, without a and is working on behalf of about 15 she said. “We don’t want people “At any time, any day, any person monthly disability check from the veterans who still need $550 to cover to think this can’t happen in Al- can have their own emergency,” Rowe VA, Gaymon once again found him- their exams. buquerque.” self scrambling to find a place to live Gaymon, who still rides the bus to There will be no until a friend allowed him to sleep on Lawyers Helping Warriors’ volunteer firearm sales at the his couch. Peter St. Cyr office on San Pedro Boulevard North- event, but ammu- Gaymon has been diagnosed with Craig Gaymon fought the Veterans Administration for years to prove he suffered a service-related east, checks his status on E-Benefits, nition will be sold. pulmonary lung disease and sarcoi- illness. Now that he’s won, he’s been waiting four months for his first check. an online portal set up by the VA. An organization dosis, a rare inflammatory disease After finding his dream car, a 2010 known as Friends that attacks his organs. The condition Porsche Panamera “with only 25,000 of the National left him struggling to keep a job since claim reviewers consistently denied it one more shot.” miles,” Gaymon says he hopes to get Rifle Association leaving the military in 1984. Debil- him earned benefits because his After hearing Gaymon’s story, Da- his first check by Veterans Day, Nov. 11. We Keep Your Roof itating symptoms often leave him ailments developed more than a year vid Standridge, an attorney accred- will be represented, bedridden and tethered to an oxygen after his military service ended. ited by the Veterans Administration Peter St. Cyr is an independent journal- Rowe said. Healthy and Watertight bottle for weeks at a time. Gaymon disagreed with the VA de- offered to help him appeal his case. ist who lives in Albuquerque. Reach him Throughout both Four years ago, after a long illness, cisions, and despite depression and The men decided they would need at [email protected] days of the event, Call there will be semi- 505-345-7663 nars. Expert advice For Your Free Estimate will be available. Although N.M. Banned Civil Forfeiture, ABQ Still Seizes Cars Everyone 18 and For All your Roofing Needs… K-Ram Roofing is There by dennis domrzalski older who attends Before and After The Storm… No Worries can sign up to win lthough New Mexico has area of the state,” and it isn’t about to months. City hearing officers often tell office, called it an “institutionalized said in an interview. a free acre of land in Torrance County, We Offer High-Quality Residential Roofing Services: Aoutlawed civil asset forfeiture, give up the $1.2 million worth of vehi- residents whose cars have been seized shakedown for money” because law Some 45-50 vendors have signed up better known as “policing for profit,” cles it seizes each year, Esquibel said. that they can go to a hearing but that Rowe said. The land would be perfect enforcement agencies get to keep the already, she said. Some of the states there is still much criminal justice The state Legislature banned the they will most certainly lose, Esquibel for someone’s “bug-out property,” • Roof Repair money they take from people who they’re coming from are New Mexico, reform work to be done, says a panel practice of seizing a suspect’s property added. she said. The land is being donated • Roof Installation haven’t been convicted of a crime. Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Texas, and of criminal justice experts. before conviction. The city gets away Two other New Mexico cities and by a land firm in the area, Rowe said, • Roof Replacement Esquibel and a diverse panel of The City of Albuquerque, for exam- with the practice by calling it “nui- three counties also have vehicle Washington. and is between Moriarty and Clines • Preventative Measures experts that included representatives ple, is ignoring the law, which took sance abatement.” seizure laws on the books. She cited the millions of gallons of Corners, not far from Interstate 40 and of the Drug Policy Alliance and The We have been proudly servicing the effect July 1, by continuing to seize It seizes 1,200 to 1,500 vehicles a Steve Allen, public policy director water that spilled from a long-aban- old U.S. 66. vehicles from DWI suspects upon year, which then are sold, Esqui- for ACLU New Mexico, called civil Institute for Justice met earlier this doned gold mine in southwestern Albuquerque area for more than 35 years. arrest, according to attorney Diego bel said. He added that it’s almost asset forfeiture “an atrocious violation month to discuss civil forfeiture. The Colorado in early August, polluting Jim Wagner is a retired newspaper Esquibel. impossible to get a vehicle back. The of due process rights,” while Brad event at Hotel Albuquerque was spon- water in three states, as an example editor and occasional contributor to 3738 Arno Street • Albuquerque, NM 87107 “The City of Albuquerque does more easiest way is to pay the city $650 and Cates, former director of the federal sored by the Charles Koch Institute of something going wrong unexpect- ABQ Free Press. He can be reached at (505) 345-ROOF civil asset forfeiture than any other agree to have the vehicle booted for six government’s civil asset forfeiture and the Rio Grande Foundation. edly. [email protected] 14 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS NEWS letters/humor ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 15

BAD COPS, Page 5 decertification process. As of Oct. 15, misdeeds, Page 5 after daily emails and phone calls to the To the Editor: student-athletes with degrees in satellite Licensing agency agency’s public information officer, the engineering, water conservation or wind Albuquerque, a website that for years Wagner was rehired by then-Chief I was surprised to hear how much people department did not provide answers to technology. The body that licenses police in has been harshly critical of the APD Eric Garcia, who has since resigned. like the restaurants in New Mexico. I did not those questions. How many ex-Lobos are around? Walt this state is the New Mexico Law command staff. As of Sept. 1, there had been no know that Albuquerque had so many good Arnold, Hunter Greene, Ron Nelson? A few Enforcement Academy Board, which A one-time leader After leaving APD, Roberto was LEA 90 filed by any Santa Fe police places to eat. Unfortunately a lot of these more, but a lot of them go home to their has only two people working full-time In 1960, New Mexico became the hired by the Bosque Farms Police chief against Wagner. A city of Santa restaurants get their food from factory farms. families in California or Illinois or wherever. on decertifications for the 130-plus Department. Eden later filed an LEA Fe spokesman did not return several Factory farms use loads of antibiotics in first state in the U.S. to allow for the So how about columns that nurture New law enforcement agencies in New 90 against Roberto’s certification, phone calls from ABQ Free Press ask- the food that they produce. This would not decertification of police officers.And Mexico sports for New Mexicans? Let’s grad- Mexico. The board’s employees have saying she lied when she denied ing about Wagner’s situation and why be a bad thing if they didn’t overuse them, while that was a groundbreaking uate student-athletes that stay and help build no investigative authority. being an administrator for the blog. no LEA 90 had been filed. It appears however, they do. This overuse creates super accomplishment, it was somewhat New Mexico. We desperately need it. The LEA board, over the strong that Wagner remains employed by bugs that are resistant to most antibiotics. hollow because the state’s process protests of the Bosque Farms Police the Santa Fe Police Department. He — Joe Craig to revoke an officer’s license has Over 70 percent of all antibiotics in the Chief Greg Jones, revoked Roberto’s has been bound over for trial, but no U.S. are used on livestock and poultry, most While New Mexico police always been weak because of statu- To the Editor: certification. She has appealed that trial date has been set. on animals that aren’t even sick. Every year, chiefs are required by tory defects and a persistent lack of decision to state District Court. 2 million Americans get sick and 23,000 of UNM must recruit from the talent pools state regulations to report manpower. The acquitter them die from antibiotic-resistant infections. outside its borders. Unfortunately, shock- instances of conduct by But New Mexico isn’t alone. Many The shooter Botch a murder trial in Grants by It’s not the antibiotics themselves that are ingly few people in the fertile talent beds of states require police chiefs to report blatantly disobeying court rules and harmful, it’s simply the overuse of them that the Southeast, West Coast, and industrial their officers that could In January, APD Lt. Greg Brachle de-certifiable conduct to their licens- you can still be a cop. is making everyone sick. Midwest know that New Mexico is a state, critically injured his own detective, lead to decertification, ing boards and lack a way to enforce Grants Police Sgt. Moses The New Mexico Public Interest Research part of a state, or a Central American dicta- Jacob Grant, by shooting him nine that requirement, said Michael Becar, Marquez screwed up Group is leading a campaign to stop the torship. there is nothing … that times inside a executive director of the International big time during overuse of antibiotics on factory farms. We Worse, the Mountain West Conference is car from less guarantees that they’ll Association of Law Enforcement an August 2014 all should jump on this campaign and lead dead in the water with the smallest TV mar- than five feet actually report misbehaving Standards and Training, a trade group murder the fight as a community in trying to protect kets in the country. away during a for police licensing agencies. trial when everyone from the overuse of antibiotics. You might think that NM’s population police for discipline $60 drug bust “Every state falls under their own he had a — Jason Lolis — about that of Nebraska — should war- that went horribly regulations and they are all over the fellow officer sit in the courtroom and rant similar success on the gridiron. Believe wrong. text him snippets of testimony. To the Editor: me, if Nebraska were in the Mountain West board,” Becar said. “Very often the Brachle, according to police reports The NMLEA can, however, send cops various [licensing] agencies will have That was against court rules Richard Stevens, [Davie’s Head on a Conference with no more exposure than local notices that it will begin license suspen- about the incident, hadn’t attended a because Marquez was a witness in the or regional cable stations, they would be some type of requirement … but there morning briefing about the upcom- Platter, Sept. 23] must be a stock column that sion proceedings against them if the often is no penalty, and that makes it case, and witnesses aren’t supposed you write. Do you have it stored on your just as obscure as New Mexico and no more ing bust and might not have been to be in the courtroom or otherwise successful. agency is made aware of misconduct or really tough.” computer as Timetoblamethecoach.doc? I prepared for the situation. hear testimony before they’re called Every coach hired at UNM learns this les- felony indictments. Roger Goldman, a professor have read this theme over and over again. As of Sept. 1, APD had not filed an to testify. son on their first recruiting trips outside the An agency source toldABQ Free emeritus at the St. Louis University Maybe it’s time to reboot? LEA 90 on Brachle for the shooting. As a result of Marquez’s behavior, state. Davie’s challenge is how to break the Press that it is often notified by local School of Law, has been studying the NMLEA rules say that officers can be In my business, I look at the constant in prosecutors that officers have been Marquez’s testimony – he was the any problem. The constant in this problem is lockstep of athletic obscurity to recruit talent police decertification process for two decertified for “committing acts of lead homicide detective in the case to compete with traditional powers. indicted. That was the case in the decades and is considered the nation’s violence or brutality which indicate New Mexico. We flat don’t have the popu- – was suppressed and the defendant lation base to sustain the type of programs — Gary Ness, former Lobo athletic director indictment of former and convicted Rio leading expert on the subject. In a 2012 that the officer has abused the was acquitted. that you endorse. Our population is 2 million Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella. paper, Goldman wrote that licensing authority granted to him or her as No one from the Grants Police plus and shrinking. To the Editor: The U.S. Attorney’s Office notified the agencies “must have a combination a commissioned law enforcement Department has filed an LEA 90 The average U.S. male height is 5 feet 9 ½ Steve Stucker of KOB-TV is the best morn- NMLEA of Rodella’s indictment on of benefits and consequences to get officer in the state of New Mexico.” against Marquez. However, in July, inches. The average Hispanic/Latino U.S. ing weather. Believe it or not, most people in felony charges, the source said. police chiefs and sheriffs to report ABQ Free Press emailed APD the family of the murder victim filed “There is definitely favoritism in spokesperson Celina Espinoza on male is 5 feet 7 ½ inches. No idea what it is the Albuquerque Area wake up with Steve de-certifiable conduct.” an LEA 90 against him. Grants Police for New Mexicans or our Native American what a chief will or will not report, Oct. 9 asking about the department’s Stucker, no pun intended. What he brings to He also wrote that “there need to be Chief Craig Vandiver did not respond population. Start doing the math for recruit- the audience is real down-to-earth reporting said attorney Tom Grover, an attorney policy regarding LEA 90 filings and penalties to address the persistent lack to at least three phone calls from ABQ ment. We don’t have the kids with the height and fun. and former APD police officer. Grover why it filed against some officers of compliance by police chiefs who fail Free Press as to why the department or the weight to compete in these programs, He’s always happy, and brings laughter represents the officer who faced and not against others. As of Oct. 15, had not filed against Marquez. to report and investigate misconduct.” Espinoza had not responded. period. to his audience early in the morning. People decertification after questioning the In a telephone interview with I like New Mexico Tech’s program. It’s a need to smile and be ready to face the real validity of licenses of instructors at ABQ Free Press, Goldman said states T asergate great engineering school with “only” intra- world. I tell you, he might not be as profes- the Albuquerque Police Department’s need mandatory reporting rules and The fibber Former APD Chief Ray Schultz murals. It’s great character development for sional as other weathermen, as you know training academy. “carrots” to encourage police chiefs to Even felony charges and members of his command staff the kids, both boys and girls. Isn’t that what when you get too professional in a job bore- “There are some [police officers] that file against officers. “The carrot works against one of its have been accused by three differ- sports is really about? Why can’t we emu- dom sets in. are more equal than others,” Grover better, and you need to figure out officers can’t move ent government investigations of late Tech statewide? Imagine a New Mexico He might not have won the contest, but said. “Some are treated with kid what the carrot would be,” Goldman the Santa Fe Police potential criminal championship rugby game with the New we all know Steve Stucker. Have you ever gloves.” said. “Some states are much more Department to go after wrongdoing Mexico Tech Pygmies vs. ENMU with kids noticed that when a new person on his team Attorney John D’Mato, who rep- aggressive than others, and they are that officer. in connection playing from Datil to Shiprock? lacks personality and laughter or a smile, Look at all the open fields around the resents the former APD officer whose all over the place on this issue.” SPD Lt. Jason with APD’s Stucker has that person smiling and laughing region. They are full of soccer teams. When in a few days. Join the rest of Albuquerque at license was revoked after APD officials In New Mexico, the record shows, Wagner was charged $2 million was the last time that you wrote about 4:30 a.m. and start the day right with a smile. learned that she was associated with a there is neither a carrot nor a stick. in February with four contract with blog that criticized department man- felony counts of fraud for allegedly TASER Interna- UNM’s soccer teams playing NMSU? By the — Paul agement, said New Mexico’s process falsifying time cards to make it tional for lapel cameras. way, the Aggie Women’s Soccer received the for decertifying officers is a “mess” and States that do it right appear he was working the beat APD Chief Eden hasn’t submitted 2014-2015 NSCAA College Team Academic Award with a 3.28 Team GPA. ABQ Free Press welcomes letters to the “in need of a high degree of mainte- According to Goldman, there are three when he was actually at home. an LEA 90 on Schultz or any of the editor and bylined opinion pieces, subject to editing We spend millions in sport facilities to nance and repair.” The alleged crimes took place in command staff officers named in by the newspaper for style and length. Letters may states — Arizona, Florida and Oregon appear in print on the newspaper’s website, www. late 2013 and Wagner resigned in these investigations. Because of APD’s emulate Alabama or Texas? Why not watch On Oct. 5, ABQ Free Press emailed — that have aggressive processes that big-time sports on your big-screen digital freeabq.com. Writers should include their full name the New Mexico Department of Public could serve as a model for other states 2014 when confronted about the spokeswoman Espinoza’s non-respon- and a daytime phone number that the newspaper’s alleged fraud by then-Santa Fe Police siveness, we haven’t been able to find TV with a heck of a lot better view. Let New editors can use to contact them. Submissions should be Safety, which oversees the NMLEA, on how to revoke a bad cop’s license. sent to [email protected] out why. Mexico actually graduate well rounded a list of 12 questions about the officer Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Chief Ray Rael. In February 2015, Cont. on page 18 16 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS travel sports ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 17 Try Tucson for Affordable Winter Golf ABQ Soccer Team Looks Understanding the Lobos’ by dan Vukelich Relationship with ABQ Media hen the snow flies town 30 minutes south of to Break into the Pros by richard stevens Win Albuquerque, Tucson on I-19, almost to by Dan mayfield diehard golfers will play the Mexican border. The he rarely take off. Finding a stadium is the ny columnist of ways. The Lobos feed them. They on the frozen brown grass resort’s website offers a Tpacked Civic bigger challenge. Aworthy of his favor certain media outlets with news of Arroyo del Oso Golf $223 hacienda room stay- Plaza was full “We’re trying to figure out how to “Strunk & White” scoops — and punish outlets if those Course, but those looking to and-play per-night rate on early this month build a facility. But, it’s expensive,” (a grammar book, outlets aren’t toeing the house line. play on green fairways typ- Thanksgiving weekend. with soccer fans Patel said. for you sports There are a few local sports guys with ically head to the handful blowing vuvuzelas The team has played its last two journalists reading guts. J.P. Murrieta of KOB-TV is willing of reliably warm-weather Randolph Park and cheering on seasons at the field at St. Pius X High this) knows the to ask the tough questions, and UNM’s winter locales: Phoe- Anyone looking to Mexico’s El Tri na- School on the West Side. importance of laughable communications department connecting with nix-Scottsdale, Southern retire to Arizona should tional soccer team. Though the school has been a (no Strunk & White in that department) his or her readers will punish J.P. if his questions are too California, Florida, the Gulf first play Randolph Park, Right alongside friendly home — and Patel is an and valuing their feedback. tough. Coast, and, in a good year, a Tucson municipal them were fans in Uncle Sam top hats alumnus — to get to the next level, it With that said, let’s crack open a few The Albuquerque Journal once had to Southern Nevada. golf complex that will cheering on the U.S. National Team. will need to find a 5,000-seat home. There’s only one field large enough (condensed) emails: flex its muscles when The Albuquerque But a destination that has change your mind about The teams were playing in one of in Albuquerque to meet the team’s EM: “Richard, I really enjoyed your Tribune, with superior news reporting, been largely missing from the wisdom of retiring the soccer world’s great national rivalry games and it was broadcast — in needs: the 6,200-seat UNM Soccer column on [Lobo Athletic Director Paul] was around to challenge the Journal. the national conversation to the pricier Phoenix/ English — on a bright big screen by the Complex. Krebs. You were right on. This guy is Since then, the Journal has gone soft. until now has been Tucson, Sun City/Peoria/Mesa Albuquerque Sol FC. Frank Mercogliano, UNM’s assistant a disaster and plays the fiddle while You diehard Lobo fans might recall when Arizona. Metroplex. The Sol is Albuquerque’s two-year- athletic director of communications, his most recent hire, Davie, moves the the Journal had a reporter with some Just an hour and 40 min- As much as I love the old semi-professional soccer team, and said that he was unsure if the team football program into deeper depths. cojones covering Lobo basketball, and utes south of Phoenix Sky Valley of the Sun, Phoenix the team owners are out working and could play at the stadium. The school The Pit is worst than a disaster. It will when Steve Alford spearheaded a suc- Harbor Airport on Interstate has only one muni – Pa- proving that Albuquerque is a soccer was checking NCAA guidelines. soon be half full. cessful campaign to have that guy, Mark 10, Tucson has a decidedly pago Golf Course – com- town, a soccer town big enough that “I could go on and on. I’m one of Smith, removed. Like the UNM athletics younger, more laid-back parable in quality to these the city can support a professional the fools who buys season football and department, the Journal needs new energy vibe than its gold-plated two affordable side-by- basketball tickets and donates to the and new leadership. Like UNM, there is no Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa Major League Soccer team. There’s only one field cousin to the north, yet it side beauties smack in the With not a lot of promotion, an an- large enough in Lobo Club to get a lousy parking pass. real concern from above. offers just as much, if not T ucson’s La Paloma Golf Club, framed by the Santa Catalina Mountains, is one of Jack Nicklaus’ earliest signature designs. middle of town. nounced crowd of 1,750 packed Civic Soon I will learn my lesson.” One inside joke at the athletic more, golf dollar for dollar. The Randolph Park golf Plaza, though it sounded like three Albuquerque to meet JR: “Why is Krebs still here?” department was whether the Journal’s Stevens: There needs to be strength Sure, you could pony at an affordable $69. the right tees on this rollercoaster, complex —the Randolph North Golf times as many when Mexico would the team’s needs: current Lobo beat man Geoff Grammer’s and concern from above in order to up big cash for the better-known Better yet, the resort offers a you won’t be disappointed by one of Course and the Randolph Dell Urich score, and the crowd would cheer and biggest man crush was on Steve Alford the 6,200-seat UNM bring the needed changes to the UNM high-end Tucson-area resorts — Dove smoking deal for a $665 three-night the Golden Bear’s earliest signature Golf Course – both served by the sing Las Mañanitas. or Craig Neal. Some of the fluff pieces Soccer Complex jock shop. There isn’t much. UNM Mountain, Starr Pass and Loews stay-and-play package that includes designs — 27 holes with elevation same earthy, vintage brick clubhouse The Sol has a plan to become flying off Grammer’s fingers appeared to two rounds per day – that’s per room, changes that would make a mountain Albuquerque’s first major league President Bob Frank is busy on the main be assigned by Neal. Ventana Canyon — but here are some – offer plenty of elevation change campus circling the wagons and trying not per person — for the upcoming goat pant from exhaustion. franchise and is trying to drum up The stadium is rarely used outside of The Journal’s Rick Wright covers recommendations for the value-con- but without the sense of a mountain to save his job. Frank needs allies, and Thanksgiving weekend. Nicklaus’ target-golf layout requires support now. the soccer season in the fall or during Davie’s foundering football program. scious golfer. looming over you. Krebs has been in New Mexico long lots of nerve and plenty of golf balls, “The challenge is to show that we’re the track and field seasons. It was last Davie, who often made fun of Al- Arizona National Golf Club Both are parkland in style. The updated in 2011 with a new pitch. enough to have a few important fat cats Casino del Sol Resort but a check of the resort’s website a soccer town. This (event) affirmed to buquerque’s sports news media, tries heavily tree-lined Randolph Park in his pocket. Frank needs Krebs to help people that this is a soccer town,” said “My sense is that APS’ Community to gain favor with Wright by allowing If website photos of this OB shows an affordable rate of $149 for Frank save his job. Casino del Sol sits on the on the North, which opened in 1925, has Sol co-owner Ron Patel. Stadium would be easier,” Mercogliano Wright to ask the first question at media Sports-managed golf course look peak weekend play in late November It will be interesting to see what kind southwest edge of Tucson on Pascua been the site of multiple PGA and Larry “Lencho” Espinoza, a former said. luncheons. A smart ploy. Wright is a good familiar, that’s because it was the site (Thanksgiving was fully booked by of pal Krebs actually is, if the fall of Yaqui Pueblo land, which makes LPGA Tour events. Randolph Dell major league soccer scout and co- Yes and no. reporter and a good writer, but he needs of some of the USGA Qualifier scenes Labor Day). Frank becomes inevitable. Krebs knows it handy to Tucson International Urich, redesigned in 1996 on the owner of the Sol, said that the team That stadium — officially the to ask the right or tough questions and in the movie “Tin Cup” where Roy how to take care of Krebs. It also will be Airport, about 15 minutes to the east. Tubac Golf Resort site of the old Randolph Park South wants to become a minor-league team, Nusenda Community Stadium — could not the first one. interesting to see if Frank dips into some The resort’s latest amenity is a Notah McAvoy’s (Kevin Costner’s) fill-in course, is more open, which means its like the Isotopes, in 2018 and then bid be rented for a few hundred dollars, Reporters often make the mistake of academic pockets to bail out an athletic Begay III signature design, Sewailo caddie stumbles through the torrid Remember the part in the movie east-facing holes offer terrific views to become an MLS team in 2024. plus several hundred in other expenses wanting to be “liked” by the coaches department that already has a financial Golf Club. heat of a summer round. when “Tin Cup” Roy McAvoy breaks of the aforementioned Santa Catalina Of course neither option is cheap. such as security fees. they cover. It’s natural. But reporters need babysitter assigned to it. Hey, maybe the The name Sewailo means “Flower- The recently renovated Robert Trent everything but his 7-iron and Romeo Mountains. Or easy. “It’s really easy, you just have to to realize that coaches rarely like reporters. UNM athletic administration will quit land” in the Yaqui language — which Jones Jr. design makes deft use of the (Cheech Marin) quits as his caddie? As it stands, the team fields up to 30 schedule it and make the payments,” Those reporters also need to realize it’s Now, here comes the best part: price. taking so many junkets. is fitting because rather than native jagged boulders and rock outcrop- That scene was shot in the shade of players during its May–August season. said APS spokesman Rigo Chavez. not their job to be liked. The Journal’s Although anything around Thanks- JO: “Why do you think the local pings of the adjacent Santa Catalina the third tee of Tubac Golf Resort’s It plays at St. Pius X High School, and But, it only seats 2,800. The rest Smith went for “like” early in his desert, the 7,400-yard course’s mar- giving was booked when I checked media is ‘cowardly,’ and why did you Mountains. A round at Arizona Rancho Nine. One look at the Tubac attracts more than 1,000 fans a game. would have to be standing-room only coverage of Alford’s Lobos. Smith later gins are lined with 30,000 flowering the website, a non-resident could ride start working for the ABQ Free Press?” National on Thanksgiving weekend Its players don’t get paid, although on the track or bleachers would have showed some journalistic teeth. Alford plants that bloom throughout the year. Resort website and you’ll see what either for $36 for 18 holes in the last Stevens: ABQ Free Press was brought can be had for just $63. they do get help with living arrange- to be brought in. APS’ other stadiums did not like that, so Smith paid for it. Begay, a New Mexico native and the I mean. weekend in October (the furthest out to my attention by several schoolteach- ments while they’re here. are too small to handle a full-size, Sports reporters need to learn that only full-blooded Native American And the scene where Roy, as caddie, the booking engine would allow when ers who praised the F.P. as a newspaper Westin La Paloma “It’s like a college all-stars team,” professional, soccer pitch. it’s better to shoot for respectability – PGA Tour winner, and his co-architect, bets David Simms (Don Johnson) he I checked). with teeth — a publication not afraid to Espinoza said. “These are guys hoping “We’ve got to find a home so we respectability both from those prima Ty Butler, moved massive amounts of Speaking of punitive. Let’s just say can “go for it” and clear the water To quote Bill Murray’s Dr. Peter tell the truth or make a few enemies in to get into the professional leagues.” can grow,” Patel said. “By the time donna coaches and from the people who soil to give elevation to what once was it right now, you don’t want to walk hazard from 230 yards? That’s the high places. That’s a good way to go! Venkman in “Ghostbusters” – “I love The challenges, though, are both 2018 comes around, we’ll have a read their stories. a glass-flat desert of creosote bush and this mountainous throwback to the 16th hole on the Rancho nine at Tubac. Newspapers, long ago, were the this town.” finding fans and finding a home. home-grown team.” Only then will they find their inner cactus. days when Jack Nicklaus set out to … For McAvoy, the movie’s low point, public’s watchdogs. The local media have The fan part, Espinoza said, is journalist. Sewailo’s golf rates have come hmmm ... punish people who hadn’t the “Who can hit it farthest with a7- Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press. Dan Mayfield is an Albuquerque freelance turned into puppy dogs, and some of coming together with events like the down from the $129 peak rate an- yet won 17 majors (18 if you count the iron” bet, happens in Tubac’s parking He previously was editor of Sun Country journalist. Most recently, he was a reporter the sports departments are leading the Richard Stevens is a former sports writer U.S.-Mexico game Downtown. The for Albuquerque Business First. Reach him nounced when the course opened 1986 Masters Jack won two years after lot. This is cool stuff. Golf, the official magazine of the Sun way. for The Albuquerque Tribune. More recently team is making a marketing push now, at [email protected] or through his in 2013. Peak season greens fees for La Paloma opened). It’s a bit out of town, but the Town Country Amateur Golf Association of The UNM athletic department at- he was an insider at the Lobo athletic and expects to see even more events website, TheDanMayfield.com weekend play in early winter come in OK. That’s harsh. But if you play of Tubac is a homey, quirky, artsy New Mexico. tempts to control the media in a variety department. Reach him at [email protected] 18 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS news humor ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 19

bad cops, Page 14 12-person agency can file against cops FOR NEW MEXICO FILMMAKERS N.M. Supreme Court Rules on its own. Training Board Executive Director Lyle In addition, citizens can file com- Gear For Every Albuquerque’s Police Helicopter Search Illegal Mann said police chiefs in his state are plaints against Oregon cops as well. Production Department Police chiefs are required to report in- New & Vintage Equipment by dan Vukelich required to report to his agency every instance of officer misconduct, as well stances of de-certifiable conduct and to Premier Facility as any time an officer is fired or leaves turn over any documents the licensing he New Mexico Supreme Court agency requests. If chiefs fail to report - for - has ruled that a person has a right a department for any reason. Failure T Read the New Mexico officers, the DPSST can fine the police to privacy from a police helicopter to do so can result in malfeasance or department. that swoops down on a house to spot Supreme Court’s opinion on misfeasance charges against a chief, Gabliks said his agency has never Mock Trials & marijuana in a greenhouse. Mann said. Field & Frame our website, freeabq.com had to fine a police department because The decision represents a significant Police chiefs are required to report most police chiefs want to get bad cops victory for privacy advocates and sets any separation of an officer from their All Purchases & Rentals Focus Groups the stage for further refinement of search was conducted at such a low department because the state wants to out of the profession. “The agencies want to make sure that Qualify For NM Film Rebate privacy rights in New Mexico in the age altitude that it caused “panic” among prevent bad cops from moving from • Trial planning and issue spotting, the people who have violated the pub- of aerial drones. some Taos residents whose property was department to department, and to pre- Camera Camera Support in-house facilitators The decision overturns the conviction overflown. lic trust aren’t certified,” Gabliks said. vent police chiefs from hiring “gypsy Canon Sachtler 18S1+Ace • Mock jury services of a Taos man who was charged with In Davis’ case, a helicopter spotter cops,” as Mann calls them. “We don’t want them to go to work in Sony Miller 25+DV • Witness preparation cultivating marijuana following a saw marijuana plants in his greenhouse Playing a role in chiefs’ reticence another state. We are not going to give • Simulated court and generalized sweep of Taos County that would not have been visible from to report misconduct is a sense of our bad apples to someone else. We Panasonic Arri Hand-Held deliberation venues by teams of police using New Mexico the ground. State police entered Davis’ fraternalism among police. Goldman realize that we have to police our own. Hedén Carat OConnor National Guard and New Mexico State property and, with the helicopter still said many chiefs don’t want to ruin the These are positions of public trust, and • Political polling Police helicopters. hovering nearby, asked his permission officers’ careers. Often they will just fire we want to make sure that people who Lighting The court found that, while spotters in to search the greenhouse, where they are wearing a gun and a badge and Grip Sound a cop and not report the misconduct, Matthews Sennheiser Call 505-263-8425 or email helicopters or planes flying at altitude found 14 marijuana plants. who come into your house during an Arri,Mole which allows a cop to find a job, he said. Avenger Lectrosonics [email protected] might observe marijuana plants on a Over the years, Davis’ attorneys have emergency are above reproach.” Kino Flo Jimmy Jib Rycote person’s property without violating sought to suppress the results of the “We try to ensure that everyone ABQ Free Press tried to inquire about Litepanels K5600 CineSlider KTec, Rode 6608 Gulton Court NE, Alb. 87109 a person’s right to privacy under the search on grounds it was unconstitu- knows why a person left a particular how many police officers have been Chimera Glidecam Sound tional and that Davis’ consent to search agency. We get informed every time decertified in New Mexico, but did not Cinemills Modern Devices his property was coerced. The Supreme somebody leaves an organization,” receive responses to our inquiries. Court, in a unanimous 31-page opinion Mann said. Spotty enforcement A child asked his mother written by retiring Justice Richard Bos- The Arizona POST, as it’s called, [email protected] In some cases of alleged police mis- if an army was invading son, agreed with Davis on both counts. also has the authority to investigate 107 TULANE DR SE conduct, the rules actually are enforced. trialmetrixnm.com The consent to search the greenhouse, allegations of police officer misconduct CALLING ALL PETS 505.265.5678 them. The court wrote According to state law, the NMLEA the court found, was not voluntary on its own. And, in Arizona, any citizen that the helicopter search director is required to file a notice of because it came within a matter of can initiate a decertification proceed- intent to suspend an officer’s license was conducted at such minutes after the illegal helicopter ing against a cop, Mann said. That’s upon being notified that a cop “has search, and in fact the helicopter could possible in New Mexico although it a low altitude that it been arrested or indicted on any felony be heard in a tape recording of Davis appears few people know about it or caused ‘panic’ among charge.” giving his consent. The “fruit of the take advantage of it. poisonous tree” doctrine in the law That has been done in two high some Taos residents Decertification holds that anything obtained through profile cases. PITTIEPITTIE illegal activity by police cannot be used Under Arizona law, there are nine The first involved former Santa Fe Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitu- against a defendant. grounds on which to revoke an officer’s County Sheriff’s Deputy Tai Chan who 7th tion, flying low enough to kick up dust One justice, Edward Chavez, went license, including the illegal use of mar- shot and killed a fellow deputy after a PARADE does violate that right. further in his opinion of the illegality of ijuana or other illegal drugs, drinking PARADE night of drinking in a Las Cruces bar in Annual PARADE The case involved an appeal by the helicopter search. on the job, commission of a felony, mal- October 2014. The NMLEA said Chan Norman Davis of Taos County of his In a 37-page specially concurring opin- feasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in has been sent a notice of the intent to Saturday, 0ctober 24, 10 am - 12:30 pm conviction for marijuana possession, a ion, Chavez wrote that because Davis office, and “any conduct or pattern of suspend his certification. A spokesman ABQ Uptown Shopping Center fourth-degree felony. had concealed his greenhouse’s contents conduct that tends to disrupt, diminish, for the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s depart- 2200 Louisiana Blvd. NE In August 2006, New Mexico State from observation on the ground, any or otherwise jeopardize public trust in ment said department officials started Police, acting on anonymous tips that search based on aerial observation – the law enforcement profession.” the decertification process against Chan marijuana was being grown at undis- regardless of altitude – would have been Arizona officers facing evocationr late last year. Chan has been charged closed locations in Taos County, orga- unconstitutional. proceedings are entitled to hearings, with first-degree murder. His trial is nized ground search teams supported Although the court recognized in the Mann said. Arizona decertifies between scheduled to begin in March 2016. by helicopters in an operation dubbed unanimous opinion that a search based 35 and 40 officers a year, Mann said. The second case involves the two “Operation Yerba Buena.” on observations by “ultra-quiet drones” The Arizona POST has 24 employees, APD officers who fatally shot homeless Arnold Trujillo sent this photo of Spirit, who is Helicopters crisscrossed Taos County might someday come before it, the 10 of whom are in the compliance/ camper James Boyd in March 2014. part Lhasa. Spirit loves sticking her head out the with observers onboard looking for justices stated no position. decertification division. window of the car during a drive. “She is a ‘Go marijuana plantations. Numerous county “Because this case only involves sur- Both officers, Keith Sandy and Domi- In Oregon, police officers can be Dog,’ meaning she wants to go, and she can residents reported helicopters flying veillance by helicopters, technology that nique Perez, have been charged with decertified for many reasons, including even spell ‘Go.’ When I say, do you want to G-O has been with us for nearly 80 years, we second-degree murder and have been low and hovering over their properties, somewhere, she’s ready to go,” Arnold said. kicking up dust and debris and personal find it unnecessary to speculate about a criminal conviction, lack of moral sent notices of contemplated license property and, in some cases, causing problems – and futuristic technology – fitness, lying, sex on duty and drinking suspension by the NMLEA, according damage. that may or may not arise in the future, on the job. to the agency’s records. One resident said his solar panel was we reserve judgment and await a proper That state’s Department of Public Send it to Dennis Domrzalski is an associate editor AnimalHumaneNM.org/Events ripped off his roof by a helicopter’s rotor case with a developed record,” the court Standards Safety and Training decerti- [email protected] fies about 100 officers a year, said Eriks at ABQ Free Press. Reach him at wash. Another said the beams of his wrote. Include your name, phone number, and your pet’s name, house were cracked. A child asked his Gabliks, director of the department’s [email protected]. Dan Klein is a mother if an army was invading them. Dan Vukelich is editor of ABQ Free Press. administrative division. The agency retired Albuquerque police sergeant and we’ll try to reserve their spot in the pet parade. The court wrote that the helicopter Reach him at [email protected] has investigative authority and the and contributor at ABQ Free Press. Contests, prizes & a celebration of National Pit Bull Awareness Day 20 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS eventS EVENTS ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 21 An Essential ABQ Guide to Scary Good Times Día de los Muertos: A Nuevomexicano Tradition By Juani hopwood BY JUANI HOPWOOD ere in New Mexico, Día de los Muertos is at ow that the balloons have gone craving, consult our Guide to a Scary Rio Grande Community Farm Maize Above & Beyond. As ever, the 23rd Hleast as culturally relevant as Halloween. In Pan de Muerto Nup and the temperature has gone Good October. Maze. Celebrate the anniversary of cult annual Día de los Muertos Celebra- part, our city owes its multifaceted heritage to down, ABQ Free Press presents a From calabazas to calaveras, Al- musical “The Rocky Horror Picture tion y Marigold Parade in the South the same synthesis of pre-Hispanic and Spanish pullout calendar with all the details for buquerque has eye candy aplenty for Show.” Teach your children the art of Valley promises a quintessentially cultures that created the holiday. Unlike Hal- celebrating fall’s hallowed eves in high every autumn aficionado. Visit with carving jack-o’-lanterns or other classic Albuquerque experience. For more loween, Día de los Muertos is not a celebration spirits. Halloween, Día de los Muertos family at the cemetery, and peruse our holiday crafts like sugar skulls or papel than two decades, the simultaneously of grotesquerie and gore, but of mysticism and and other harvest festivals honor the virtual map to our city’s end-of-Octo- picado. celebratory, reverent and mournful mestizaje. Its festivities combine Mesoamerican transformative nature of autumn. The ber ofrendas. Enjoy seasonal Hallow- Join the undying ranks of Thriller’s communal walk has evolved with the spirituality with traditional Catholic feast days season’s biggest celeb, the pumpkin, een traditions like trick-or-treating, zombie apocalypse or pull out all the times, mirroring the social justice issues that coincide with the seasonal harvest. In is available in every form imaginable. costume parties and horror movie stops at blowout block party Viva La of the day like police brutality, immi- nature – as in any cycle – expiration and renewal CC BY Larry Lamsa / Flickr Whatever harvest-time pursuit you’re screenings. Wind your way through the Dead with progressive trance legend gration policy and education standards. intermingle, and it is this ouroboran fusion that provides the ideological foundation for Día de los Intermingling spirits repay this hospitality with luck, protection, insight and spiritual goodwill. Muertos. MUSIC 23rd Annual South Valley Día In the spirit of a warm reception, celebrants de los Muertos Marigold Parade Día de los Muertos is a reunion in the truest Wikimedia Commons build colorful ofrendas aka altars in their homes. SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 and Celebration sense, a simultaneous bienvenido and despedida Ingredients 2 pm, Westside Community Center, These altars lavish incorporeal loved ones with Night of the Living Cover Bands that reawakens both living and deceased roots 1250 Isleta Blvd SE, tributes of refreshment and supply them with Launchpad, 618 Central Ave SW, of the family tree. At midnight on October 31, muertosymarigolds.org delights to aid comfortable transit. The cheerful Dough: 764-8887, launchpadrocks.com the boundary between the spiritual and physical tributes of an ofrenda represent the four 1/4 cup butter Queer Disco Costume Party FAMILY worlds blurs – like early morning fog over the Río 9 pm, Effex, 420 Central Ave SW, elements that anchor the physical world: a jug 1/4 cup milk Grande. 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Introduce 1/4 cup white sugar Every aspect of the elaborate celebration 2 eggs, beaten SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 31 Extreme Scream Halloween your own personal spin on time-honored, classic Camp In acknowledges how mortality enriches the human recipes. Create aromas that evoke the lives and 2 teaspoons orange zest The Thrilla ’80s Halloween 5:30 pm, New Mexico Natural History experience; death is the necessary completion loves of visiting ancestors, and write down secret Zombie Apocalypse Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, of our cyclical lifespans. Life-affirming joy and recipes you’ll pass down to your children. Don’t Glaze: Sister, 407 Central Ave NW, 242-4900, RSVP: 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org sisterthebar.com generosity characterize the ritual; grief and forget the vital garnish: reflective gratitude and 1/4 cup white sugar Origami Jack-O-Lanterns desolation would offend the honored guests. 1/4 cup orange juice Viva La Dead featuring 1 pm, New Mexico Natural History heartfelt toasts to your entire bloodline. Above & Beyond Museum, 1801 Mountain Rd NW, Families festoon graves with orange marigolds ¡Brindémonos a todos! 1 tablespoon orange zest 7 pm, Park-It-Place, 113 Sixth Street NW, RSVP: 841-2800, nmnaturalhistory.org for adults and white orchids for children. Close- 2 tablespoons white sugar (optional) redfishent.com Thrill the World ABQ 2015 knit communities invite departed members to Juani Hopwood is a nature lover/haver and a SUN DAY, NOVEMBER 1 Worldwide Simultaneous sing and dance alongside their extant families. polymath. You can reach her at [email protected] Make the dough: Thriller Dance Día De Los Muertos with Last 1) Heat milk and butter in a medium saucepan until the butter 2:15 pm, Roadrunner Food Bank, to Know and The Circus of Photo by City of Albuquerque via Flickr melts. Remove from heat and add the warm water. The result- 5840 Office Blvd, Tricks, Treats, Witches and Stories on Saturday: SUN DAY, OCTOBER 25 the Dead Ghosts Halloween Edition ing mixture should be around 110 degrees F (43 degrees C). RSVP: thrilltheworldabq.com 9th Annual Day of the Tread 7 pm, Taos Mesa Brewing, 5 pm, Free, New Mexico History 9:30 am, Bookworks, 6:30 am, Start at Civic Plaza, 3rd St NW 2) In a large bowl, combine 1 cup of the flour and 1/4 cup of 20 ABC Mesa Rd, El Prado, SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 31 F RIDAY, OCTOBER 23 SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 31 Museum, 113 Lincoln Ave, Santa Fe, 4022 Rio Grande NW, 344-8139, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 and Marquette Ave NW, 247-1191, the sugar with yeast, salt and anise seed. 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Musical Theatre Southwest, 2 pm, Open Space Visitor Center, Halloween Pops: A Frightfully The Rocky Horror La Llorona, The Wailing Women 900 Girard SE, 256-2065, abclibrary.org 4) Place dough in a lightly greased bowl, cover with plastic 6320-B Domingo NE, 265-9119, Anniversary Show COMMUNITY 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, Good Night SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 10 am, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central 16th Annual Fall Festival: musicaltheatresw.com Guild Cinema, 3405 Central Ave NE, cabq.gov/openspace wrap and allow the mixture to rise in a warm place until it Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, Family Scare Fair Benefiting Ave NW, tickets: 768-3554, more info: Trick or Treat SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 31 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, 255-1848, doubles in size. This takes between 1 to 2 hours. 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Bernalillo, thedesertdarlings.com Guild Cinema 4:30 pm, KiMo Theatre, 2312 Arenal Rd SW, 314-0169, at Explora Galloping Grace Youth Ranch’s bernco.gov 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848; 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, Fall Fest bernco.gov 3 pm, Explora, 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Pumpkin Patch 8) Remove from oven, allow bread to cool slightly before F RIDAY, OCTOBER 30 guildcinema.com kimotickets.com 10:31 am, Crossroads Bible Fellowship, Scare-aton Halloween 224-8300, explora.us Santa Ana Star Center, FOOD AND DRINK brushing with glaze. 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Brush over bread while it’s still warm. 4:30 pm, Free, San Jose de Armijo Cem- Show: Día Del Dulce Festival Rio Grande Community Farm, Optional: Sprinkle glazed bread with white sugar. etery, 2957 Arenal Rd SW, 836-0306, 1701 Montaño Rd NW, 345-4580, 5:30 pm, Old Town Gazebo, atriscoheritagefoundation.org Compiled by Ariane Jarocki riograndefarm.org 303 Romero St NW, 768-3556, cabq.gov Adapted by Ariane Jarocki from allrecipes.com 22 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS f00d ART/THEATER ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 23 ABQ Icons: Golden Crown, ABC Separate Wheat from Chaff Matters of the Art: On Sentimentality and Family BY lisa barrow by ariane Jarocki Tequila and truth abuse and father-son clashes through interacting with your neighbors, Zoo Remember that scene in “The Marble and La Cumbre adult beverages. apricot. ABC’s jam filling serves as a tart ABC Cake Shop & Bakery the lives of the Manzanares family. Boo stands out as one of Burque’s Golden Crown Panaderia And the New York Times took note reminder of the summer’s all-too-brief A weepy ranchera classic by Mex- Nightmare Before Christmas” when abccakeshop.com goldencrown.biz of the coffee milkshake. I savored the fresh fruit season. ican singer-songwriter José Alfredo Strumming a guitar, La Muerte — most popular trick-or-treating alter- Jack Skellington does experiments 1830 San Pedro Drive NE 1103 Mountain Road NW remnants of summer and the drink on To the right, glass display cases are Jiménez begins, “Estoy en el rincón Death — narrates the play and sings natives. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the to find the meaning of Christmas? 243-2424 255-5080 the patio. A diverse live music lineup stocked with cookies, cakes, cupcakes de una cantina / Oyendo una canción rancheras that elevate domestic drama ABQ BioPark Zoo (903 10th Street He zaps a candy cane in an uncanny Hours on weekends provides a local sound- Hours and pies. Think cream puffs, cream que yo pedí / Me están sirviendo to a universal scale. SW), kids can stockpile sugar, play solution and otherwise creeps out Tuesdays through Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. track, so bring some cash to tip these Mondays through Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. horns, eclairs, a variety of petits fours ahorita mi tequila / Ya va mi pensam- A story of love and suffering en- games, take in “Haunted Habitats” with the scientific method. I can only Sundays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. hard-working musicians. Sundays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and brownies. Another newish option iento rumbo a ti” (I’m in the corner riched by music, “Estoy en el Rincón” and look adorable in their costumes. imagine that the upcoming “candy As for the taste test, it was love at is the Angel Cat. If a Devil Dog cake of a cantina / Listening to a song I is presented by Teatro Nuevo México Across the way at the ABQ BioPark experiments” during Spooky Science! first bite with the vegetarian-green BC Bakery is the quintessential sounds sinfully chocolatey, the Angel Cat requested / They’re serving me my in conjunction with the National Aquarium (2601 Central NW), check f you’ve driven Mountain Road at Explora (1701 Mountain NW) will chile crust. The chile endows the tex- neighborhood bakery: a simple is its heavenly foil. Almond cake is sand- tequila now / Already my thoughts Hispanic Cultural Center for just two out what cabq.gov describes as a between Downtown and Old Town, A be similar. The smartypants Hal- I tural contrast of the crispy and chewy shop that proves consistent on every wiched between a cream cheese frosting head toward you). They’re words and weekends at the NHCC’s Wells Fargo “Halloween celebration for the fish.” you’ve already passed by Golden Crown loween fun unfolds from 3 to 5 p.m. crust with a subtle, smoky citrus flavor. visit. That’s a concept that doesn’t exist filling, and white ganache is gracefully Panaderia. music that are emblematic of how Auditorium (1701 Fourth Street SW), But non-fish will probably also like it. The blue corn crust combo was equally in big box-land. poured over it all. A flourish of white and includes mask-making and a Inside the traditional adobe — its Latino popular culture often toys with Oct. 22 through Nov. 1. Showtimes are During Underwater Pumpkin Carving impressive. Not overly corn based — like ABC’s baked goods are fresh, and buttercream frosting and strategically (literally) hair-raising activity. Cos- exterior emblazoned with bread and sentimentality through the ritual of 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday from 2 to 3 p.m., divers invade the several I’ve had in Santa Fe — there’s their quality ingredients make a tumes are encouraged, plus Explora’s flowers — the aroma of fresh-from-the- heavy drinking. Shots of tequila are and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets run $10 to shark tank with seasonal squash and just enough indigo maize here to boost discernible difference. Alongside fountain will be transformed into a oven biscochitos permeates the air. A keys that unlock emotions and grant $18. Visit nhccnm.org for more info, or cutting implements in tow. Watch as the crust’s sweet, nutty flavor, offsetting an array of pastry favorites, ABC server offers me a still-warm chocolate permission for their expression in a call 724-4771. sea turtles chow on pumpkin bits and supernatural brew at 3:30, 4 and 4:30 the Italian sausage and pepperoni’s also offers customized special-oc- biscochito. I raise an eyebrow, and self-fulfilling prophecy. fishies explore jack-o-lantern open- p.m. Regular admission ($4 to $8, free savory profile. The sauce was dancing casion cakes. If you find yourself the phrase “free for children” and a But when the act of drinking No trick, all treat ings. Both Zoo Boo and Underwater for Explora members) grants access to with secrets — aged parmesan? — and in need of a cake shaped like the genuine, steadfast smile answers my becomes uncontained, unregulated, With Halloween falling on a week- Pumpkin Carving are included with this hauntingly good time. Explora.us was skillfully apportioned. Eiffel Tower, the talented staff unspoken inquiry. can make it happen. Expect a bit spilling over into the day-to-day lives end this year, the pressure’s off. Enjoy the price of regular admission; New has more info, or call 224-8300. This young-at-heart foodie multi- of a wait, as ABC is almost always of families, the popular trope reveals fall crispness, sip on a pumpkin spice Mexico residents can hit one or the tasked, savoring our official state cookie at least slightly busy. I find that brokenness at its heart. Writer/direc- latte, and take advantage of a slew of other for $4 to $9 or both for $6 to Lisa Barrow is a member of the Dirt City while perusing the pizza menu. The comforting because it signifies tor Salomé Martínez-Lutz’s “Estoy family-friendly events happening on $15 (and kidlets under 3 are free). For writers collective, tweets with exceeding complimentary biscochito’s semisweet quality and gives the indecisive en el Rincón,” which saw its debut Saturday, Oct. 31. more info and suggestions for avoid- irregularity @OhLisaBarrow and most cocoa flavor is accented by a generous more time to consider the in Albuquerque in 1994, explores a If you like the idea of your children ing parking nightmares, visit cabq.gov recently served as arts & lit and web dusting of sugar and cinnamon. So how offerings. multigenerational legacy of substance begging strangers for candy but hate and search “BioPark.” editor at Weekly Alibi. does buzzworthy pizza fit in at a bakery My favorite reason for visiting that’s renowned for its cookies? Dough ABC — the danishes and coffee- Emmett with a puppyish attachment to is dough, and it’s Golden Crown’s raison cakes — is tucked away in the left Elle that’s endearing. (Two real dogs in d’être. corner. Available individually or in ‘Legally Blonde’ Turns Heads the production offer a basis for compar- Golden Crown is known for both its a tea ring, this coffeecake’s thin, BY BARRY GAINES ison.) original and specialty pizza crusts, so eggy dough is slightly sweet, and ABC Bakery As Brooke, Erin Allen performs a work- lbuquerque Little Theatre’s musical Harvard Law School and needs a more the only reasonable option was getting the sugar glaze drizzle sweetens out routine that leaves many on stage Caramel apple cupcake: spice cake, apple filling, cream “Legally Blonde” is a rollicking serious wife to support his political two pizzas. I ordered the vegetarian — the deal. My fave is the cinnamon-pe- A (and some in the audience) breathless cheese icing drizzled with caramel and garnished with feel-good production in pink. First a aspirations (“Serious”). He needs “less of featuring mushrooms, black olives, red can tea ring. A nutty crunch and spicy (“Whipped into Shape”). Courtney Awe, a marzipan apple. 2001 novel, then a popular MGM film, a Marilyn, more of a Jackie” to play foil onions, bell peppers, diced tomatoes Ariane Jarocki cinnamon accents the flaky Danish as Paulette, comes close to stealing the “Legally Blonde” smoothly transitions to to his wannabe JFK. and cheese — on a green chile crust. dough, encouraging second (and third) placed almond adorn the Angel Cat. The show with her Broadway-belting ren- With green chile and blue corn crusts, Golden the stage. Heather Hach’s script neatly Elle and her Delta Nu sisters are I also put in for a combination pie — helpings. cake and frosting filling exist in perfect dition of “Ireland.” Her character finds Crown pizza pairs nicely with a chilled glass of connects the songs – music and lyrics by crushed, but she boldly decides to apply loaded with pepperoni, Italian sausage, Bring a ring to a breakfast meeting, balance with the melt-in-your-mouth “Ireland” in Kyle, a sexy UPS delivery Santa Sidra Dry Apple Cider. Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin – to to Harvard Law School herself to pursue black olives, red onions, bell peppers and score major points with your ganache. man with short-shorts and long hair, as Too fancy for your taste? ABC also a light but loveable musical. her dream of snagging her beau. For and cheese — with a blue corn crust. My pizza duo arrived with two coworkers. If you work solo or freelance, embodied by Samuel Glinsmann. offers a smorgasbord of cookies and Naturally there are silly stereotypes her personal essay, she brings along a Golden Crown boasts an extensive traditional, anise-flavored biscochitos. If the danish comes in a variety of fruit Stafford Douglas plays the bone- pies. Vanilla refrigerator cookies and and scenes, but the writers are painfully cadre of cheerleaders who gyrate for the beer and cider list. I selected Santa you’ve strategically saved room for des- (from cherry to mango) and cheese headed Warner – a thankless task. options. I almost always go for the chocolate tea cookies are always a aware of them all, and they’re presented fellows on the admissions committee. Sidra’s amazing Dry Apple Cider from sert, try a marranito aka molasses pig. Douglas sings well but lacks the cha- good choice. Some are with an exaggerated wink. Veteran ALT They admit her when she reveals – in Randy Talley more than 37 offerings. The restaurant This fully glazed cookie has a springy risma of the play’s star Virginia Asbury. edged with nuts or director Bill Potenziani, music director song form – that she’s doing this for Elle Woods (Virginia Asbury) and Bruiser settle also stocks Bosque Brewing, Tractor, cake-like consistency and a flavor that’s As Elle, Asbury is a fair-haired dynamo, sprinkles. Icing colors Shelly Andes and choreographer Peter love (“What You Want”). I guess cultural into life at Harvard. reminiscent of olden days. Several other singing and dancing with bravado and decoration styles Bennett have selected and prepared diversity does apply, if the Valley Girl biscochito options — blue corn, cinna- and brio, as the audience roots for her vary with the season. a huge, vastly talented cast who play subculture counts. defense of comely fitness guru Brooke mon, chocolate and sugar-free — and slightly cartoonish character. Asbury bol- The iced sugar cookies “Legally Blonde” with spirit and vitality. Ensconced at Harvard, Elle learns Wyndham (or the associated songs). But chocolate chip, peanut butter, oatmeal sters the production with aplomb while are crowd pleasers. And The success of the filmic version assures Warner has hooked up with former prep rest assured that everything works out raisin and wedding cookies round out keeping her tongue firmly in cheek. ABC’s cupcake flavors familiarity with the narrative. At UCLA, school girlfriend Vivienne Kensington. for the best. I also can’t mention all 25 Golden Crown’s sweet treats. the girls (women – wink) of Delta Nu And she’s a brunette! Elle also learns cast members. The entire ensemble is and combinations are Barry Gaines is a Professor Emeritus at The stellar empanadas come in apple, endlessly inventive. sorority are pre-emptively celebrating that she’ll have to actually study to young, attractive, energetic and athletic. blueberry, cherry, lemon and raspberry. the impending engagement of chapter satisfy law professor Callahan (“Blood in Among the sorority girls, Latasha Whit- UNM and Administrator of the American Think peanut butter Theater Critics Association. And take-home bread options include and jelly, caramel apple president Elle Woods to pre-law dream- the Water”). But smitten grad student/ more, Rachel Blount and Sage Herrick baguettes, bolillos and various whole and way, way beyond. boat Warner Huntington III. All jazz teaching assistant Emmett Forrest offers deserve special mention. wheat and multigrain varieties. Wash hands fanning faces, they sing (“Omigod to tutor her. Finding passion outside the At Harvard proper, I especially enjoyed “Legally Blonde” it all down with one of Golden Crown’s Artist and writer Ariane You Guys”) of the imminent culmination confines of Cosmopolitan, Elle finally Samantha Orner and Anouvat Bon Albuquerque Little Theatre milkshakes or smoothies. Jarocki’s tireless foodie of Elle’s college experience – not her B.A. uses her brain to do more than anchor Boulom. Angelique Felice is strong as 224 San Pasqual SW Vivienne – the competitor-who-joins- adventuring in Al- but her M-R-S. the roots of those lovely blonde tresses. Runs through Nov. 1 Ariane Jarocki forces of good – and B. Chris Armijo Kyle Zimmerman buquerque informs her Wearing a chic new dress with ring I won’t detail Elle’s progress through Tickets: $14 - $24 finger poised, Elle goes to dinner with law school, her friendship with is powerful as Callahan – the profes- albuquerquelittletheatre.org Clockwise from left, ABC Bakery’s Angel Cat cake, an apricot danish and culinary reportage for Golden Crown infuses our official state cookie Warner; he tells her he’s going to beautician Paulette Bonafonté or her sor-turned-villain. Bryan Durden plays with semisweet cocoa. autumnal petits fours are ready for their close-up. ABQ Free Press. film ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 25 Boo Mexico: Spooky Films Made in New Mexico BY jeff berg

loodsucking fiends from beyond Bite” came to a theater near you, but Bthe grave are moneymakers for you probably didn’t notice them. Hollywood. Movies featuring such A couple filmmakers have tried to beings continue to rise from the cine- cash in on the legend of La Llorona, matic dead with clockwork regularity. the weeping woman, which is based Visit all-knowing, all-seeing movie on a Hispanic folk tale about a young site imdb.com and search for “vam- woman who drowns her children to pire.” More than 2,000 titles appear gain revenge on the husband who left in the search results. The earliest is a her for another woman. La Llorona three-minute short by Georges Méliès aka the father of motion pictures, can’t access the afterlife until she finds titled “The House of the Devil.” her children, so she spends eternity It first appeared onscreen in 1896, wandering arroyos and lakes search- the same year movies themselves ing for them. “La Llorona” (1992) and more or less made their debut. “The Cry” (2007) made vainglorious There’s more to the horror genre attempts to tell that story, but neither than vampires but the trope serves was very successful … or entertaining. as a handy point of reference. The Other swell sci-fi and terror titles first full-length feature film with a filmed at least partially in New horror theme shot in New Mexico Mexico have made it onto the big oozed onto celluloid in 1966. “The screen since, and these are highly Devil’s Mistress” was shot in the recommended portals to gooseflesh Organ Mountains, just east of Las and white knuckles. “Silent Tongue” Cruces. “The Devil’s Mistress” was (1993), starring Richard Harris, has written and directed by Orville an uncommon, ghostly storyline. Wanzer, an instructor at New Mexico While not strictly a horror or vampire State University. Wanzer’s budget movie, 1994’s “Natural Born Kill- was slimmer than shoestring. At a ers” does feature human monsters Las Cruces screening of the film, he in the form of Mickey and Mallory revealed most of the cast and crew Knox (Woody Harrelson and Juliette worked for free; yet “The Devil’s Lewis), who star as media darlings Mistress” proved good enough to and darkly comic serial killers. play New York as well as Cruces. The Based on a futuristic comic, “Tank plot focuses on a coy, suave female Girl” was released in 1995 and was vampire who’s Beelzebub’s partner shot in part at White Sands National in crime. She lures unsuspecting Monument. The excellent sci-fi film cowboys to their final resting place. “Contact,” released in 1997, was Lucifer himself has a cameo role. W-G-W Pictures partially shot at the Very Large Array site near Socorro. “Maniacts” from Sunday, November 1, Balloon Fiesta Park ‘The Devil’s Mistress,’ southern part of the state, it starred along after that, keeping the horror/ 2001 can sate your craving for more the first full-length feature two highly regarded character actors sci-fi genre alive in New Mexico serial killers, and “Ghosts of Mars,” film with a horror theme of the times, L.Q. Jones and Strother during the ‘70s: “The Worm Eaters,” released the same year, has quite a Martin. Unfortunately, “Brotherhood” the dreadful “Track of the Moon- few startles worked into its script. new mexico’s BIGGEST shot in New Mexico, isn’t very scary. The theme of senior beast,” the even worse “Monster from For the ultimate Boo Mexico experi- oozed onto celluloid citizen-devil worshipers attempting to the Lake” (featuring our state’s only ence, check out 2007’s “Naked Fear,” in 1966 lure young blood into their coven was filmic monster), “Nightwing” and 2008’s genuinely scary “The Bur- party for pets & people unusual but not terribly interesting. the relatively watchable “The Evil.” rowers” and 2010’s “Let Me In,” the “Gargoyles,” a 1972 made-for-TV Excellent, New Mexico-filmed Although other creepy made- U.S. remake of stellar 2008 Swedish feature, hinged on the fading star of sci-fi movie/David Bowie opus “The in-New Mexico titles appeared in vampire film “Let the Right One In.” Oscar-nominated actor Cornel Wilde. Man Who Fell to Earth” made its ensuing years – largely forgotten cult As Halloween approaches, let’s Register Today at Wilde played an anthropologist who way onto the silver screen in the ‘70s. films like “Sons of Satan,” “The Devil take a moment to be thankful New encounters a glaring of gargoyles This film was well written and shot, and Leroy Basset,” “The Man with Mexico had absolutely nothing to while exploring Carlsbad Caverns. and it availed itself of a number of do with either “Billy the Kid Versus DoggieDashAndDawdle.org Icy Eyes,” and “The Resurrection of One grotesque attempts to undress New Mexican locations from Santa Dracula” or “Jesse James Meets Zachary Wheeler” – these Grade Z his character’s scantily clad daughter Fe to Artesia. And in case you’re Frankenstein’s (Grand) Daughter.” movies will only satisfy hardcore during a fit of jealous rage, and it wondering, you do indeed get to California can hold onto their claim cult film fetishists’ yen for Hallow- actually won a Primetime Emmy see Bowie naked. After that, it was een-time movies. It wasn’t until 1971 on those two, um, “masterpieces.” ® AnimalHumaneNM.org Award for Outstanding Achieve- a long time before another spooky that “The Brotherhood of Satan,” ment in Makeup. It’s pretty goofy film with a Land of Enchantment Santa Fe-based journalist and cinephile another vaguely scary flick, was shot but it certainly has its moments. connection came about. In 1988 “The Jeff Berg is the state’s foremost au- in New Mexico. Also filmed in the A number of cheesy films came Brainsucker” and “Curse II: The thority on New Mexico film history. 26 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS TV music ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 27 Music As a Weapon: A Friendly Interrogation of Skinny Puppy’s cEvin Key Standing Room Only: ‘Scream Queens’ Kills BY m. brianna stallings BY hugh Elliott y favorite junk food is Cheez-It of “Heathers” thrown Sonic comfort is not one size fits all. crackers, those little orange in. There’s not much of M friend and fellow music geek once complained We always wanted to play that song live, so I had to squares of baked cheesy goodness. a plot and what little to me about his inability to fall asleep to the reconstruct it all. I remembered how I’d originally They meet my Top Two junk food cri- there is makes no sense. A soothing vocals of Norah Jones. He later realized made the song in the studio, so I wanted to see what teria. One, they’re salty. (Sweet is not Instead, we’re served he’d programmed himself to pass out to much would happen if I took the same procedure, used always complementary with booze.) super-doses of snark harsher sounds, such as digital hardcore group Atari the same instruments and recorded it to see how Second, they’re not nutritional or sub- and nonstop meta irony Teenage Riot. At the height of our friendship, we’d it would sound today. Remarkably, it sounds very stantial. Eating them won’t get you — much of it possibly spend our nights dancing to industrial and EBM, much the same. all muscled and swole, and despite sailing right over our and I could easily curl up for a nap in a bar booth — the label’s insistence, I question their heads. For example, one those bass-heavy oontz-oontz-oontzes wooing me Tell me about Subconscious, your line of syn- actual cheese composition. But I’m professor ends every off to dreamland. thesizers. Are they solely your design or are you happy to blindly inhale a box without class by saying “See Pioneering Canadian electro-industrial collective collaborating? thinking. In fact, thinking is pretty you next Tuesday.” It’s Skinny Puppy — acclaimed noisemakers who’ve I’m collaborating with Phillip Gallo. He’s like a much the opposite of what junk food shiny and pretty, and it enjoyed a massive cult following since the early rocket scientist engineer from the audio world. He’s is all about. gets super-salty but you ’80s — was one of the most revered bands regularly been designing stuff for the better part of two de- When watching TV, I often feel the can’t just eat one. queued up on the decks. Ominous, visceral and cades. We discussed making a module based on how same about my program choices. I In large part, “Scream aggressive, Skinny Puppy’s beats beg to be heard I work. The first was the Vampire, a dual oscillator. love a healthy meal that nourishes Queens’” success is at a near-deafening volume. Their catalog was my It works similarly to how I incorporate low-fre- me, or shows like “Fargo” that due to sharp comedic 20th Century Fox Television songbook of thunderous lullabies. For more con- quency oscillation (LFO) … in the studio. There’s are emotionally and intellectually acting. Jamie Lee Curtis From left, Chanel #5 (Abigail Breslin), Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts), Chanel #3 (Billie Lourd) and Chanel #2 (Ariana ventional listeners, the prospect of listening to the also a new module called Voice Tail VCF [voltage- challenging. But sometimes, when was brought on board Grande) attend a candlelight sorority meeting on “Scream Queens.” group’s screeching howls and intimidating samples control filter]. It’s like a super-duper, triple resonat- I’m tired of figuring things out and to pointedly reference might sound something like torture. ing filter that sounds like literally no other thing in having to relate, all I want is a good her genre chops from my studio. We didn’t know what the final product junk-food series. I want a show like the “Halloween” franchise. Here, would sound like, but once it was put together, it far FOX’s “Scream Queens.” Brought to she plays Cathy Munsch, the bitter, It’s time to make some exceeded our hopes. us by Ryan Mur- controlling dean protest music again Dan Santoni phy – who also “Scream Queens” of students who What’s next for Skinny Puppy? gave us “Glee” and airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on FOX. storms around in From bottom left, Skinny Puppy’s Nivek Ogre and cEvin Key Unfortunately for Skinny Puppy, the CIA took strike a classic band photo pose. Along the way, we’ve developed other concepts – “American Horror glamorous pant that notion literally, using bootlegged copies of its let’s try this, let’s try that – instead of just being a Story” — “Scream suits. She’s the albums as aural implements of advanced interroga- What was it like to hardcore noise band. I’m going to try to stick with Queens” is Murphy’s reframing of perfect elder stateswoman for the cast tion — to break the spirits of Guantanamo Bay de- Skinny Puppy work with Front Line that. “Weapon” was actually moving towards that, clichéd slasher films about college and her DGAF attitude to the con- tainees. When band members cEvin Key and Nivek with Youth Code Assembly founder/ but I think there’s a purer Puppy that’s coming. It’s sororities and serial killers wreaking stant murders makes it all look like 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 2 Ogre were alerted by former Gitmo guard Terry former Puppy mem- time to make some protest music again. havoc on campus. great fun. Sunshine Theater Holdbrooks to the unlawful abuse of their music, ber Bill Leeb again? Sound scary? It’s not. “Scream Murphy alum Lea Michele is also 120 Central SW And how about you? Are you planning for another they responded by invoicing the United States gov- Queens” is as much a horror show having a blast. On “Glee,” Michele Ages 13 + / $20 It was great. Bill has a album as Download? ernment for $666,000 in back-owed royalties. That way of making light of as “Glee” was a series about high played a precocious theater geek 20th Century Fox Television That’s part of the plan. I hope for more recording experience was also direct inspiration for Skinny things, joking around. school. It’s actually a broad comedy who managed to overact high school than ever in 2016 all around — even with The Tear From left, national Kappa Kappa Tau president Gigi Caldwell (SNL alum Nasim Pedrad), brazen dean/ Puppy’s latest album, fittingly titled “Weapon.” Doing the show in [our that gleefully (sorry) snatches bits drama, which is no small feat. Here, Garden, [an electro-psych group founded in 1986 by sex-bomb Cathy Munsch (OG scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis) and Detective Chisolm (IRL retired nar- Skinny Puppy appears in concert in Albuquerque hometown of] Vancouver together was special. It from great movie thrillers of the past; however, all Michele’s “Glee” sins are Key and Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots]. cotics detective turned writer/director/actor Jim Klock) have a stilted Q&A sesh about murdery stuff on Monday, Nov. 2, at Sunshine Theater (120 Central was like a full-circle thing. We ended up playing on think “Scream” with a heavy dose atoned for as she hilariously portrays with sorority sisters and pledges. Ave. SW) on their Down the SocioPath tour with stage toward the end of the show. It felt like some- Any parting thoughts? up-and-coming LA electro-industrial duo Youth thing from the old days. There were so many people new sorority rush Hester Ulrich. She then keeps on pushing. They often say We’ll have a new member on stage. deserves mad props for her will- outlandish, very un-PC things and Code. Skinny Puppy co-founder and all-around there from the beginning period of Skinny Puppy. It ingness to break out and play a true nothing anyone says or does comes industrial culture icon Key spoke with ABQ Free was quite amazing. Oh? Who? Press by phone about touring, the preponderance of psychopath — not just one who plays off very well. But make no mistake, You’ll have to come to find out. It’s a surprise guest. weapons in the hands of the American public and Skinny Puppy has always been outspoken about the lead in “Funny Girl.” Murphy is acutely aware of what his As a result, we’ll be playing some songs that we what fans can expect at the show. political and cultural issues such as animal rights Emma Roberts remains sharply on characters are doing, and he knows and chemical warfare. What are your thoughts on don’t normally play, so be prepared. point as Chanel Oberlin, the diva pres- how to digest the empty calories ABQ Free Press: Y’all’s latest album, “Weapon,” the mass shootings and everyday accidental gun M. Brianna Stallings writes so you don’t have to. ident of Kappa Kappa Tau sorority, of pop culture and use them to test is part of your response to the U.S. government’s fatalities endemic to America? and her innumerable costumes need boundaries. Furthermore he banks on illegal use of Skinny Puppy’s music to torture their own Twitter feed toot sweet. My viewers being aware that he’s aware. I come from Canada, where access to guns is far Gitmo detainees. What’s the word on that invoice harder. People just don’t carry guns there; they solve personal fave is Billie Lourd as one of He wants you in on the joke — to you sent them for $666,000? Oberlin’s ladies in waiting, numeri- snicker at the Samantha Ronson line things with clubs and knives. [Laughs] But here [in cally anointed Chanel #3. She brings because you get that throwaway cEvin Key: They’re late. [Laughs] the United States] — because you have access to the perfect amount of droll Chloe connection, that junk-food gossip. The guns all over the place — it’s just ridiculous. With so Last year, Skinny Puppy toured with Front Line many weapons around, at an even worse point, peo- Sevigny-ness while always inexplica- audience becomes enchanted. We bask Assembly, Haujobb and industrial newcomers bly wearing fur earmuffs. She blithely in the glow of how clever we all are, ple could arm themselves like mini-militias. That’s Youth Code. Now it’s just y’all and Youth Code on kinda scary to me. At the same time, the people who compliments one of the sorority’s new gorging ourselves on cheese crackers this tour. How’d you discover them? rushes, an ambiguous lesbian, telling as we sit giggling at the teevee. believe in the right to arm and protect themselves They’re another Los Angeles band. I’d heard about her that her “whole Samantha Ronson against those militia types are in an awkward situa- them before I saw them live. Then I heard their thing is dope.” tion. So there’s a huge argument there. music, and someone suggested that we do a bill Dan Santoni None of this is subtle, nor does Hugh Elliott is an artist and writer living You guys included a retooled version of “solvent” together. We bonded with them over the course of From left, cEvin Key and Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy radiate it ever try to be. Murphy molds his in California. Find him on Twitter @ from your 1984 debut EP “Remission” on your [that] tour, so we decided that we’d go out together again. dystopian chic. show’s characters into caricatures and wehogayman latest, “Weapon.” Why? 28 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS MUSIC/FILM Within Range: The Haunted Halloween Edition BY M. Brianna Stallings An Afrofuturist odyssey day, Oct. 26 through Thursday, to either screw and/or kill us Time Warp.” Families that arrive early The Halloween season wouldn’t be Oct. 29 at the Guild. Tickets are all, crash land in Albuquerque can avail themselves of face painting complete without a spate of strange, $8 general admission and $5 on Thursday, Oct. 29 at Sunshine and a photo booth and then take new, sinister cinema. But maybe for seniors 60+, kids 12 and under Theater (120 Central SW) as part kids “trunk-or-treating” thanks to the “Crimson Peak,” “The Green Inferno” and students with valid ID. Call of their 30 Years of Total World So-Low VW Club. Tickets for Halloween or “Goosebumps” aren’t really your 255-1848 or visit guildcinema.com for Domination Tour. Openers include Pops are $20, $36, $46 and $68. Stake thing. That’s where The Guild Cinema more info. Battlecross and Vale of Miscreation. your claim at unmtickets.com or by Doors for this ages 13+ show are at 7 p.m., (3405 Central N.E.) comes in. For Theater of the grotesque calling 925-5858. To learn more about less than the price of entry at one and the show’s at 8. Presale tickets are the philharmonic, visit nmphil.org. A question for the ’80s kids: Did you of the googolplexes, experience the available for $19 at sunshinetheaterlive. ever assemble all your action figures Where’s the brains? Albuquerque premiere of writer/director com. — He-Man, Voltron, Thundercats and The King of Pop is long gone, and Spaniard Miguel Llansó’s “Crumbs,” an Micronauts — in your Castle Grayskull Orchestrated horror zombies shuffle around in pop culture Afrofuturist sci-fi flick set in Ethiopia. playset, pour ketchup all over them Harken to spooktacular sounds well past their expiration date. But the The story — loose and fantastical as it and pretend they were putting on the of the season with the New Mexico Jean Naté-scented pleather spirit of may be — goes something like this: The most cartoonishly kickass stage show Philharmonic’s “Halloween Pops: A ’80s music video art is reanimated via apocalypse has come and gone, leaving the world has ever seen? If your answer Frightfully Good Night!” on Saturday, projection on Saturday, Oct. 31, when diminutive, stooped junkman Candy Oct. 31, at UNM’s Popejoy Hall. KOB “Gagano” (Daniel Tadesse) to scavenge was yes, chances are GWAR (Scream those monstrous little goth kids behind it, don’t say it!) rocks your socks. The Eyewitness News 4 reporter Caleb James KGB Klub present The “Thrilla” ’80s the north Ethiopian town of Dallol is master of ceremonies. Performances for whatever valuable crumbs were notoriously over-the-top thrash-metal Halloween Zombie Apocalypse at Sister group — whose multifarious costumes by the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus (407 Central NW), at 8 p.m. Ransack left behind by civilization. One day a and the New Mexico Women’s Chorus previously dormant, hovering spaceship and onstage gore antics make KISS, Alice your closet for a red zippered jacket, Cooper and Marilyn Manson look like conducted by Byron Herrington augur fingerless fishnet gloves or your favorite kicks on. Sick of his daydreams and a night of frighteningly good music. tepid amateurs — have been splattering leg warmers, slap on loads of bright anxiety, Gagano sets off on a journey to Halloween-slash-music fans of all ages audiences and shattering eardrums since eyeshadow, tease/spray those bangs up board the ship … and find Santa Claus can enjoy a program that includes 1984. Despite numerous roster changes high and reclaim the Running Man or (Tsegaye Abegaz). And that’s when classical works by Paul Dukas and Edvard and the death of remaining founding The Clone (Molly Ringwald’s staircase things get really weird. A haunting spin Grieg, selections from such films as “The member Oderus Urungus in 2014, GWAR dance in “The Breakfast Club”) to all on the Hero’s Journey, “Crumbs” is the Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The and their outlandish live shows remain your ’80s faves. Expect essential, familiar first feature film collaboration between Wizard of Oz” and the Harry Potter a cult favorite. Expect raunchy lyrics, and obscure tunes from DJs Church and Llansó and Tadesse; the pair previously franchise and finally, a dance-a-thon buckets of slime and onstage sacrifices Brad Cole. Admission to this 21-and-over worked together on the 2013 short to Halloween tunes like Bobby “Boris” of everyone from Hitler to Lady Gaga. Halloween costume party is $10 before “Chigger Ale.” In Amharic and Afrikaans Pickett’s “The Monster Mash” and “The The self-proclaimed all-powerful inter- 10 p.m. and $15 thereafter. Learn more with English subtitles, “Crumbs” clocks Rocky Horror Picture Show’s” “The in at 68 minutes. The film screens Mon- planetary warriors, who came to Earth at facebook.com/abqthrilla.

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WWW.MADDOXMGMT.COM www.MaddoxMgmt.com for more info!! 30 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS CALENDAr CALENDAr ABQ FREE PRESS • October 21, 2015 • 31 CLUBS & PUBS OCTOBER 22–NOVEMBER 1 Launchpad Nosotros SUN DAY, NOVEMBER 1 OCTOBER 24–25 Winter Jam 618 Central Ave SW, 764-8887, Part of Party on the Patio 7 pm, Santa Ana Star Center, Zinc Cellar Bar Albuquerque Philharmonic Chris Zaccara: The Magic launchpadrocks.com 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, 3001 Civic Center Circle NE, 891-7300, OCTOBER 21–NOVEMBER 5 3009 Central Ave NE, 254-9462, Orchestra & Mayhem Evening Show October 21, Red Fang, Whores 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, santaanastarcenter.com Marble Brewery zincabq.com 3 pm, Free, Hiland Theater, 3 pm, Max’s Magic Theatre, Anthropomorphic Acrobatics October 22, The Internet indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe 111 Marble Ave NW, 243-2739, October 22, Paul Caraldo 4800 Central Ave SE, 433-7445, 3205 Central Ave NE Ste 101, BY ARIANE JAROCKI October 25, Mala Suerte, Iceolus marblebrewery.com October 25, Dan Dowling Show-Up & Show-Out 2015: nmapo.org 255-2303, maxsmagictheatre.com SCREENS October 27, Highly Suspect ver see penguins play musical October 21, Rumple Mountain Boys October 29, Rudy Boy Experiment God’s Music October 28, Beat Battle hosted by Knuckle Puck, Seaway, OCTOBER 21–NOVEMBER 4 October 22, Santa Fe Fiddle Fest October 31, La Chat Lunatique 7 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, OCTOBER 25–NOVEMBER 1 Echairs? Wake Self Sorority Noise October 23, The Dregz November 1, Jose Salazar 1025 Broadway SE, Tickets: 399-0320, Fathom Events, at selected Imago Theatre brings anthropo- October 29, YakPak, Bootydust 6:30 pm, The Co-Op, 415 Central Ave Aida October 24, Last to Know cabq.gov/sbcc movie theaters, morphic character and drama to a October 30, Spirit Caravan, Shoggoth, NW, holdmyticket.com National Hispanic Cultural Center, October 29, Pherkad OCTOBER 22–NOVEMBER 4 Tracey Whitney Trio fathomevents.com menagerie of creatures. Performed Black Maria Solo Cello 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org October 30, Baracutanga Sister Bar 2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum October 21, Otello Encore November 2, For Today, Fit for a Part of Chatter Sunday without words, ZooZoo reaches across November 1, Bluegrass Festival 407 Central Ave SW, 242-4900, of Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, OCTOBER 25–NOVEMBER 15 October 22, Alvin Ailey American King, Gideon 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, Dance language and cultural boundaries. November 5, The Noms sisterthebar.com 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum Trotsky & Frida November 3, The Sword, All Them 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org October 22 & 24-26, Ed Sheeran: Fueled by Katie Griesar’s original October 22, Low Life Vids N Vinyl 2 pm, N4th Theater, 4904 4th St NW, OCTOBER 22–31 Witches SUN DAY, OCTOBER 25 Jumpers for Goalposts X Tour at score, these performances touch on October 24, Ground Up Tour November 4, King Magnetic w/ TUES DAY, NOVEMBER 3 (800) 838-3006, brownpapertickets.com Low Spirits October 30, Shrimp Night — Neil Rolnick: Gardening at Wembley Stadium Cirque du Soleil-esque acrobatics, DJ Express Funk Volume: Hopsin, 2823 2nd St NW, 344-9555, bi-monthly dance party Gropius House MO NDAY, OCTOBER 26 October 27, Chonda Pierce: Laughing illusion and comedy. Scenes are concise November 5, Fortunate Youth, Dizzy Wright, Jarren Benton in the Dark lowspiritslive.com November 1, The King Khan & Part of Chatter Sunday and energetic, as the audience bears Stanger, Mondo Vibrations 7 pm, Sunshine Theater, Sufjan Stevens with Gallant October 31, Tannhäuser October 22, Redemption Round BBQ Show 10:30 am, Las Puertas Event Center, 120 Central Ave SW, zanytickets.com 7:30 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main November 3, The Importance of witness to these creatures’ lives and Comedy Show November 3, Windhand OCTOBER 28–NOVEMBER 3 1512 1st St NW, chatterabq.org Campus, 203 Cornell Drive, 277-3824, problems – mirroring our own, human October 23, Night of the Living November 4, Yonatan Gat McIntyre Bluegrass Duet Being Earnest Sunshine Theater unmtickets.com Cover Bands TUES DAY, OCTOBER 27 5 pm, Free, Lomas Tramway Library, November 4, Tannhäuser Encore comedy of errors – with hilarious 120 Central Ave SW, 764-0249, October 24, Night of the Living OCTOBER 22–NOVEMBER 5 908 Eastridge NE, 232-9868, results. sunshinetheaterlive.com Floozy TUES DAY, OCTOBER 27 Creepshow Peepshow ampconcerts.org OCTOBER 21–NOVEMBER 5 A cast of five movement artists The Dirty Bourbon October 28, SoMo 6 pm, Free, Tony Hillerman Library, Mark Morris Dance Group Imago Theatre October 25, Sound of Ceres Guild Cinema 9800 Montgomery Blvd NW, 296-2726, October 29, GWAR, Born of Osiris, 8205 Apache NE, 232-9868, 7:30 pm, Lensic Theater, tackles characters that range from October 28, Denver Broncos THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 3405 Central Ave NE, 255-1848; dirtybourbon.com Battlecross ampconcerts.org 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, fireflies to giant paper bags to polar October 29, Lords of Wilmoore, October 22–24, Sim Balkey & The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra guildcinema.com October 30, Soulfly, Crowbar, Soilwork Skylar Spence (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org bears. It all happens on Sunday, Nov. Imago Theatre: ZooZoo Fire to the Rescue Honky Tony Crew 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, October 21, 200 Motels; Drunk, November 1, AWOLNATION, 8:30 pm, El Rey Theater, Stereo Bar, 1, at Lensic Theater (211 West San Sunday, Nov. 1, 6 p.m. October 31, The Shadowmen, October 29–31, Rebel Heart 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the Meg Myers 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com OCTOBER 29–NOVEMBER 14 Pawnshop Poster Boys, Shit Outta Luck November 5, Mike Chism & outpostspace.org National Lampoon Francisco, Santa Fe). For more info or Lensic Theater November 2, Skinny Puppy, Her Murder Ballad Hollowpoint Michal Menert with Pretty October 22, The Greening of Southie to procure tickets, visit ticketssantafe. 211 West San Francisco, Santa Fe Youth Code Fantastics Tricklock Performance Laboratory, October 23–25, Animal House; Drunk, November 3, Hopsin, Dizzy Wright, PERFORMANCES org or call the Lensic box office at ticketssantafe.org 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave SW, 110 Gold Ave SW, 254-8393, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the Jarren Benton (505) 988-1234. elreyabq.com THROUGH OCTOBER 25 tricklock.com National Lampoon October 26–29, Crumbs; Dark Stars MUSIC THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 F RIDAY, OCTOBER 30 Extraordinary Tales Aux Dog Theatre, 3011 Monte Vista OCTOBER 22–25 Hamlet: National Theatre Live in HD OUTDOORS Antonio Sanchez: Migration Roust the House Teen October 31–November 1, Three 7 pm, Lensic Theater, 211 W. San Tango THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Blvd NE, 254-7716, auxdog.com Timbuktu 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Performance Night “Lost” Films of Bela Lugosi Francisco, Santa Fe, (505) 988-1234, Chava & Paid my Dues ASUNM Southwest Film Center/SUB NOW OPEN 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, THROUGH NOVEMBER 1 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, November 2–5, Far Too Far; ticketssantafe.org 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, outpostspace.org 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, The Amazing Nina Simone Building, UNM Main Campus, Fiesta of Flowers Like an Argentinian 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Legally Blonde, The Musical outpostspace.org 277-5608, unmevents.unm.edu THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 9 am, All of ABQ BioPark, indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe Mija Albuquerque Little Theatre, OCTOBER 22–NOVEMBER 4 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 9 pm, Effex Albuquerque, 224 San Pasquale Ave SW, 242-4750, Terry Fator Toy Story Floozy CCA Cinematheque F RIDAY, OCTOBER 23 420 Central Ave SW, redfishent.com albuquerquelittletheatre.org Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort (Spanish w/English Subtitles) OPEN OCTOBER 30 6 pm, Free, Central & Unser Library, & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, 1050 Old Pecos Trail, Santa Fe, JC Abbey, Ghana’s Puppeteer 6 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, Wagogo 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Bugarium 8081 Central Ave NE, 232-9868, OCTOBER 22–25 Mescalero, (505) 982-1338, ccasantafe.org 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, Part of Party on the Patio 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, ABQ BioPark, ampconcerts.org (800) 545-9011, ticketmaster.com, Starts October 22, Victoria southbroadwaytickets.com 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Now/Next/Dance outpostspace.org 2601 Central Ave NW, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey innofthemountaingods.com Starts October 23, Drunk Stoned 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, UNM Carlisle Gym, UNM Main Campus, Brilliant Dead: The Story of the 764-6200, abqbiopark.com 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Reel Rock 10 Film Tour NOVEMBER 7–8 indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe 925-5858, unmtickets.com OCTOBER 30–NOVEMBER 22 National Lampoon 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, No Impact Man Starts October 30, Rosenwald OCTOBER 21–23 outpostspace.org F RIDAY, OCTOBER 30 OCTOBER 22–NOVEMBER 1 The Miss Firecracker Contest 768-3544, kimotickets.com 1 pm, The Guild Cinema, 3405 Central The Adobe Theater, 9813 4th Street November 4, 5:30 pm, Peggy Wolf Awareness Days Estoy En El Rincón Ave NE, 255-1848, guildcinema.com F RIDAY, OCTOBER 23 Albuquerque Philharmonic NW, 898-9222, adobetheater.org Guggenheim: Art Addict Sneak Preview SUN DAY, OCTOBER 25 10 am, ABQ BioPark Zoo, Orchestra Part of Siembra Latino Theatre Festival Adam’s Rib 903 10th St SW, 764-6200, FLUX PAVILION 7:30 pm, donation, St. Therese Catholic National Hispanic Cultural Center, Stage Kiss WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 FUNDRAISERS abqbiopark.com 8:30 pm, El Rey Theater, The Vortex Theatre, 2900 Carlisle NE, 2 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave Church, 3424 Fourth St NW, 433-7445, 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org Canes of Power: 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com 247-8600, vortexabq.org NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com THROUGH DECEMBER 5 nmapo.org Film Screening & Talk SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 Iron Man 3 Sounds of Santa Fe: Anthony Gaudi 5:30 pm, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Wild+Life: A benefit for Wildlife Bats — Flying with Hands SUN DAY, NOVEMBER 1 Part of Marvel Comics Heroes Leon & The Chain, St. Range, 9 pm, El Rey Theater, 622 Central Ave Cirque Zuma Zuma 2401 12th St NW, 843-7270, Rescue of New Mexico and Seeing with Echo The Adventures of Sherlock 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave Felicia Ford SW, elreyabq.com 7 pm, Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort indianpueblo.org Saturdays, Page Coleman Gallery, 6 pm, Free, 7 pm, Lensic Theater, & Casino, 287 Carrizo Canyon Rd, Holmes NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com 6320B Linn Ave NE, 238-5071, Matt Redman: Unbroken Praise Stray Dog Bachechi Open Space, 211 W. San Francisco, Santa Fe, Mescalero, 3 pm, Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, Tangled wrinm.org 7:30 pm, Calvary Albuquerque, 7 pm, Free, KiMo Theatre, 9521 Rio Grande NE, (505) 988-1234, ticketssantafe.org (800) 545-9011, ticketmaster.com, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, (Spanish w/English Subtitles) 4001 Osuna Rd NE, 423 Central Ave NW, 768-3544, RSVP: 314-0398, innofthemountaingods.com unmtickets.com 4 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, F RIDAY, OCTOBER 24 kimotickets.com bernco.gov/open SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 transparentproductions.com 25th Anniversary Miniatures Albuquerque Tango Festival The Dmitri Matheny Group 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, Chile 101 Red Earth NOVEMBER 3–6 Woman in Gold southbroadwaytickets.com & More Gala Exhibition Cali Shaw 6:30 pm, The KTAOS Solar Center, #9 11 am, Juan Tabo Library, 7:30 pm, Outpost Performance Space, Part of Party on the Patio Jack and the Giant 7 pm, JCC of Greater Albuquerque, 6 pm, Albuquerque Museum of Art BY ARIANE JAROCKI State Rd 150, El Prado, (575) 758-5826, 3407 Juan Tabo Blvd NE, 291-6260, 210 Yale Blvd SE, 268-0044, 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave NW, 5520 Wyoming Blvd NE, 348-4500, OCTOBER 29–31 & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, ktaos.com abclibrary.org nce again Albuquerque plays host to one of the largest ampconcerts.org 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, 768-3522, kimotickets.com jccabq.org New Mexico Film & Media 842-0111, cabq.gov/museum Eliminator – ZZ Top Tribute cont. on page 32 indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe Conference OArgentine tango festivals in the United States. With an average Eryn Bent 8 pm, Route 66 Casino, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 Rio Rancho Bark for Life Isleta Resort & Casino, attendance of 600 dancers, this five-day event offers diverse sights 7 pm, The Blue Grasshopper, SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 31 14500 Central Ave SW, 352-7866, 9 am, Rio Rancho Sports Complex, Crossword Puzzle appears on page 32 Arrowhead Ridge Dr SE, Rio Rancho, The Beach Boys The Avengers 11000 Broadway SE, nmfilm.com High Resort Blvd & Loma Colorado Blvd, and sounds. Live DJs will soundtrack more than 30 hours of milonga. rt66casino.com Part of Marvel Comics Heroes 896-8579, bghnm.com John Cousins Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, relayforlife.org/barkrioranchonm From Oct. 28 through Nov. 1, workshops scattered throughout the Part of Art in the Afternoon Grits and Glamour: Pam Tillis & 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave F RIDAY, OCTOBER 30 James D’Leon day’s performances can improve your own dance skills — whether it’s 2 pm, Free, Albuquerque Museum of Lorrie Morgan unmtickets.com NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Blade Runner: Final Cut SUN DAY, OCTOBER 25 7:30 pm, Old San Ysidro Church, Art & History, 2000 Mountain Rd NW, 8 pm, Isleta Resort & Casino, perfecting your posture or quickening your phrasing. If you’re a tango 966 Old Church Rd, Corrales, Straight No Chaser Latino Americans: Part of Sci-fi Fridays Light the Night to further 242-4600, cabq.gov/museum 11000 Broadway Blvd SE, 724-3800, Foreigners in Their Own Land newbie, you can learn the basics of this dance form at musicincorrales.org 7:30 pm, Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque 7 pm, KiMo Theatre, 423 Central Ave advances for Blood Cancer isleta.com 7 pm, National Hispanic Cultural Center, Memphis P. Tails Convention Center, 401 2nd Street NW, NW, 768-3544, kimotickets.com Patients Hotel Albuquerque (800 Rio Grande N.W.). For more info, visit Last Call The Most Beautiful Cello: 1701 4th St SW, 724-4771, nhccnm.org Part of Party on the Patio 768-4575, ticketmaster.com The Creeping Garden 4:30 pm, Wise Pies Arena, albuquerquetangofestival.com Part of Full Moon Concert Bailey Plays Dvorák 1111 University Blvd SE, 872-0141, 5 pm, Open Space Visitor Center, 6 pm, Pueblo Harvest Café, Up Jean Cocteau Cinema, 418 Montezuma Popejoy Hall, UNM Main Campus, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5 (Spanish w/English Subtitles) lightthenight.org/nm Albuquerque Tango Festival 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 897-8831, 2401 12th St NW, 724-3510, Ave, Santa Fe, (505) 466-5528, 203 Cornell Drive NE, 925-5858, Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt 4 pm, South Broadway Cultural Center, cabq.gov/openspace indianpueblo.com/puebloharvestcafe jeancocteaucinema.com St. Felix Pantry’s Annual Wednesday, Oct. 28 through Sunday, Nov. 1 nmphil.org 8 pm, Kiva Auditorium, Albuquerque 1025 Broadway Blvd SW, Reviva Album Release International Festival Convention Center, 401 2nd Street NW, southbroadwaytickets.com Hotel Albuquerque 8:30 pm, El Rey Theater, Noon, St Pius X High School, 768-4575, ampconcerts.org 800 Rio Grande N.W. 622 Central Ave SW, elreyabq.com 5301 St Joseph’s Dr NW, 831-8406, stfelixpantry.org 32 • October 21, 2015 • ABQ FREE PRESS calendar/CROSSWORD calendar SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 MARKETS FOOD AND The Chapel of Love Introduction to DRINK by Myles Mellor and Sally York Beekeeping: SATURDAYS Konnie Nelson Armijo Village Growers’ WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21 Across 53. Ralph and Alice 21. “The Age of Anxi- 2 pm, Cherry Hills Library, Market Housemade Caramels 59. Ambience ety” poet 6901 Barstow St NE, 8 am, 10 am, Los Poblanos Historic Inn 1. Take a powder 857-8321, abclibrary.org Isleta Blvd and Arenal Rd SW & Organic Farm, 6. Firmly secured 60. Case 22. Rail family bird ABQ Herbalism Wild Food Ends October 31 4803 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Foraging: Dara Saville Downtown Growers’ 344-9297, lospoblanos.com 10. Fungal spore sacs 61. Pie cuts, essentially 25. Propagates 1 pm, Taylor Ranch Library, 5700 Market 62. Beam 26. Kind of school Bogart St NW, 8 am, Robinson Park, 8th and THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 14. Two-door 897-8816, abclibrary.org Central, downtowngrowers.com Dinner with Daggett, a 15. Prom conveyance 63. Sheepskin leather 27. Stevedore Ends November 7 special Fred Harvey Event 64. Voice lesson topic 28. Player on the OCTOBER 24–25 Los Ranchos Growers’ 6 pm, La Fonda on the Plaza, 16. European capital 5th Annual Boxtoberfest Market 100 E San Francisco St, 17. Hurt 65. Kind of dog dealer’s left 8 am, Loma Colorado Park, 7 am, Santa Fe, (505) 992-2715 ext 1, 745 Loma Colorado Dr NE, 8528 Rio Grande Blvd NW, nmhistorymuseum.org 18. Effluvium 66. Poet Sexton 29. Cubed Rio Rancho, 310-1003, 344-1023, 67. Square dance group, 33. Mold boxtoberfest.com losranchosgrowersmarket.com F RIDAY, OCTOBER 23 19. Is positioned Ends November 14 Coffee Education and e.g. 35. Gaucho’s weapon F RIDAY, OCTOBER 30 20. Nuptials necessity Santa Fe Farmers Market Tasting Eight Eyes, Eight Legs 6:30 pm, Prosum Roasters, 23. Calendar abbr. 36. “Sit ___!” 8 am, Down and Sometimes a Bad 1607 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, 3228 Los Arboles Ave NE 37. Information unit Attitude: Arachnids in Ste 100, 379-5136, 24. Most concise santafefarmersmarket.com 1. Take for a ride the Southwestern US Ends October 31 prosumroasters.com 25. Marvelous 39. Salmon River locale 6 pm, Free, 2. Chewed stimulant Bachechi Open Space, South Valley Growers’ SATUR DAY, OCTOBER 24 30. Ed.’s request 40. Sine or cosine Market 9521 Rio Grande NE, Science of Beer 3. Essen basin 8 am, 3907 Isleta Blvd SW, 31. Nuncupative 45. Family subdivisions RSVP: 314-0400, 6:30 pm, Explora, 877-4044 4. Parrot bernco.gov/open 1701 Mountain Rd NW, 47. City near the Douro Ends October 31 32. City west of Tulsa 224-8300, explora.us SUN DAY, NOVEMBER 1 5. Toward the middle River SUNDAYS 34. Grill grub Bosque Wild Guided OCTOBER 24–25 6. Punishments, of a Corrales Growers Market 38. The main event 48. Some parties Nature Walk The Brew Turns Two 9 am, Corrales Rd south of Post kind 9 am, Open Space Visitor The Brew by Villa Myriam, 41. Racing network 49. Barbarian Office, Corrales, Center, 6500 Coors Blvd NW, 311 Gold Ave, 363-9453, corralesgrowersmarket.com 7. Lieutenant 50. High spot 897-8831, thebrewabq.com 42. Bristle Ends October 30 8. Young salmon cabq.gov/openspace 43. Settled 51. ___ Hall Mile-Hi Farmers’ Market SUN DAY, OCTOBER 25 9. Old party members WEDNESDAY, 11 am, Alvarado Park, Taste for the Troops 44. Film stars’ org. 54. Chinese dollar NOVEMBER 4 Alvarado Dr NE & Hannett Ave NE 10 am, New Mexico Veterans’ 10. Military rate, British 55. Bust maker Home Composting Basics Ends October 25 Memorial Event Center, 1100 46. Touch off 11. Paris bisector Noon, Free, Rail Yards Market Louisiana Blvd SE, RSVP: 48. Damages 56. Not leave alone CNM Montoya Campus, (Barelas) 256-2042, nmvetsmemorial.org 12. Salad green 4700 Morris Ave NE Bldg H, Rm 10 am, 777 1st St SW, 52. Stretch of turbulent 57. Rub the wrong way 126, nmcomposters.org railyardsmarket.org WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 13. Dickey water 58. Ooze Composting with Worms October 25, Argentinian Wine Pairing (Vermicomposting) Last Market Celebration: Dinner Answers on page 31 2 pm, Free, The Super Humans, Cowboys 7 pm, MAS-Tapas y Vino, CNM Montoya Campus, and Indian 125 2nd St NW, 242-9080, 4700 Morris Ave NE Bldg H, hotelandaluz.com Rm 126, Food Day at IAIA nmcomposters.org 11 am, Free, Institute of American Indian Arts, 83 Avan Nu Po Rd, Santa Fe, iaia.edu, foodday.org