Local news in brief, November 4, 2009
By | The New MexicanPosted: 11/3/2009, 9:00 PM Mountain time
Police arrest murder suspect
State police on Tuesday arrested a 31-year-old Española man in connection with Friday's fatal shooting of another Española man.
Police issued a statement that agents identified Jose Rizo as the shooter in an incident at the Santa Fe County housing complex on North McCurdy Road in Española, which left 56-year-old Anthony Garcia dead.
Agents learned that Rizo was hiding out in the Santa Fe area and took him into custody without incident about 5:30 p.m., Lt. Eric Garcia said in the statement.
Rizo was being held on an open count of murder, plus charges of shooting at or from a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Railyard work to restrict traffic
A section of Manhattan Avenue at the Santa Fe Railyard will be closed during the day for sidewalk and drainage repair, the city announced Tuesday.
Closures are planned between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. through Friday.
Only the portion of Manhattan between Market Street and Camino de la Familia will be affected, the news release said. The remainder of Manhattan Avenue will remain open.
The city's parking garage beneath the REI store still can be accessed via Camino de la Familia, but not Manhattan, according to the announcement.
Hightower here for KSFR benefit
National radio commentator, political activist and author Jim Hightower is scheduled to make an appearance Saturday at the Collected Works Bookstore in downtown Santa Fe.
Twice elected Texas agriculture commissioner, Hightower also is publisher of the populist newsletter The Hightower Lowdown.
He is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. as a fundraiser for KSFR, which airs his commentaries weekdays at 5:30 p.m. as part of The Journey Home, hosted by Diego Mulligan.
Tickets are $15, $10 for students, available through the Lensic box office, 988-1234, and ticketssantafe.org.
Hightower also is scheduled to appear at a benefit reception afterward with food, beverages and live music by The Hot Club of Santa Fe. Tickets for the reception are $35 and are available by calling the station at 428-1379.
Local lawyer runs NYC marathon
James Burke, a Santa Fe lawyer and administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration, finished his third New York City marathon on Sunday with a time of 5 hours, 49 minutes and 39 seconds.
The Manhattan-born Burke, 66, was one of 43,741 runners — the largest field in the race's history — departing from Staten Island.
The 26.2-mile course goes through all of the city's five boroughs.
Burke practiced law in Santa Fe or 31 years before becoming a judge.
Play tells stories of conversos
A play created from the words and life stories of New Mexican conversos, or crypto-Jews, will be presented this weekend in Santa Fe.
A Light In My Soul, Una Luz En Mi Alma, is a partnership between the New York-based Techtonic Theater Project, choreographer and director Krista DeNio and the Working Classroom ensemble, a theater company based in Albuquerque and a part of the city's 400th anniversary commemoration.
The drama concerns the stories of those who have discovered their Jewish roots but remain devoutly Catholic, those who embraced their newly re-discovered faith and those who come from families who practiced Judaism in secret for hundreds of years, according to a news release.
The show premiered at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in 2008 and has been performed in Española and Las Vegas. Performances in Santa Fe are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, all at the James A. Little Theater. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors.
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