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Needy get school help Albuquerque Public Schools is distributing school supplies today to help families in need, with UNM student-athletes handing out 2,000 sets of supplies. The distribution begins at 9 a.m. at the UNM Stadium concourse, northeast corner of Stadium, off Avenida Cesar Chavez SE. slug: Flag Mast where: news artist: Cathryn size: 1 col 20p7 date of proof: April 29, 2009 color bw More degrees weighed The University of New Mexico is looking at adding 10 more degree offerings to its campus in Rio Rancho. See page C2 Flying the colors The flag should be flown at full staff today.

Quote of the day truth is, your honor, there is no old horses home. There is no Medicare for Attorney Pat Rogers in arguments about a proposed horse-slaughtering plant. SATURdAy, AUgUST 3, 2013 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL dAILy BRIEFINg C2 CLASSIFIEdS C4 CROSSWORd C4 METRO NM MUSCULAR SUV dodge durango crossover SUV looks a bit like a muscle car and the powerful, 5.7-liter V-8 engine makes it drive like one too. Page C3 By Hailey Heinz Journal Staff Writer Teachers helping to evalute other teachers a part of the new evaluation system getting attention as the controversial system is about to be launched. The issue arose Monday at a public hearing, where Public Education Department officials were gathering input about some proposed changes to the teacher evaluation rule.

The changes center on the classroom observation portion of the new system. Observations will account for one quarter of evaluations under the new rule, and the rest will be based on measures of student learning, including test score growth where possible, and other measures to be determined at the district level. The changes specify that teachers with at least five years of experience can be classroom observers in the coming year, if they undergo training and pass a test. Starting in fall of 2014, observer-teachers must be rated at least in their own teaching. The rule previously said teachers could be observers, but was less specific.

Another change reduced the number of observations required for each teacher from four to three, or two if they are done by separate people. Charles Bowyer, executive director of the New Mexico chapter of the National Education Asso- By Aurelio Sanchez Journal Staff Writer Police continue to receive tips, but have made no arrests in the brazen rush hour robbery recently of National Jewelry Buyers on northwest Coors Boulevard, which resulted in the shooting death of clerk Richard Glass. tips keep coming Albuquerque Police spokeswoman Tasia Martinez said Thursday. nothing has panned She said that the number and the nature of tips are confidential. Martinez said police are still actively pursuing leads in the case.

are hopeful and confident in the ability of the detectives to follow every lead until the offender is located and Martinez said. The owner of the business described Glass as a longtime employee and family man, a MARLA Youths with the Art Insitute grout the tile mosaic they created on a column outside the Juan Tabo Library on Friday. The mosaic, titled Upon a features a storyteller at the base, and the tiles twist around the column like smoke and turn into stars. THE ASSOCIATEd PRESS More than 400 hot-air balloons take off in eastern France earlier this week, breaking 2-year-old world record. ABQ loses balloon world record Teacher evaluation system is questioned Faculty will observe fellow instructors Kassetas named new N.M.

police chief By Barry Massey Associated Press SANTA FE New Mexico State Police Deputy Chief Pete Kassetas was named Friday to take over as head of the statewide law enforcement agency. Kassetas is a 20-year veteran of the State Police and replaces Chief Robert Shilling, who is retiring. Republican Gov. Susana Martinez announced the appointment, saying Kassetas an exceptional understanding of law enforcement techniques, departmental objectives, and community As chief, Kassetas will be paid about $103,000 a year. Public Safety Secretary Gorden Eden said Capt.

Jimmy Glascock and Maj. David Martinez have been promoted to deputy chiefs. Maj. Martinez will oversee criminal investigations, and Glasscock will be responsible for uniform operations, which includes officers who patrol New highways. The governor said the three new appointees form a strong team to continue the State proud tradition of service and public Kassetas joined the State Police in 1993 as a patrol officer and worked his way up through the ranks.

The State Police has more than 500 officers, with district offices across New Mexico. The office made KASSETAS: Joined the State Police in 1993 By Olivier Uyttebrouck Journal Staff Writer News that a French ballooning event this week broke a 2-year-old world record held by New Mexico by sending 408 piloted balloons aloft within an hour aroused lit- tle competitive zeal Friday from Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta officials. The previous record was set here in 2011 when 345 hot-air balloons ascended in less than one hour on the opening day of the 40th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. like we did anything special when we established the record said Paul Smith, executive director of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. A typical mass ascension here launches 500 or more hot-air balloons in 1 hour and 45 minutes or less, depending on weather conditions, Smith said.

On Thursday, 408 balloons took off from a former NATO airfield in eastern France during the annual Lorraine Mondial hot-air balloon festival, established in 1989. is an excellent group and they put on an excellent event from everything Smith said. Albuquerque organizers have no plans to attempt a new record when the 42nd annual balloon fiesta is held here Oct. 5-13. Smith said he has received media inquiries and a couple of emails from balloonists about the French record, but has heard no demands that Albuquerque attempt to reclaim the record.

French event launches 408 hot-air balloons in 1 hour to beat 2011 total Plenty of tips, no arrest in robbery Police confident they will arrest killer of jewelry business clerk See PLENTY on PAGE C2 The 20-year veteran replaces Robert Shilling, who is retiring See STATE on PAGE C2 See TEACHER on PAGE C2 JOURNAL FILE U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and his wife, Julie, watched the transit of Venus across the sun on June 1, 2012, in Albuquerque with their sons, Micah, now 6, left, and Carter, now 10. Heinrich moves family to D.C. area By Michael Coleman Journal Washington Bureau WASHINGTON In a move possibly fraught with political peril but one he insists is right for his family and New Mexico, Sen.

Martin Heinrich last week moved his wife and two young sons from Albuquerque to suburban Washington, D.C. The New Mexico Democrat told the Journal he and his wife, Julie, bought a house in Silver Spring, Md. a bedroom community seven miles from Capitol Hill and moved in this week. The decision to relocate from New Mexico was a difficult one, Heinrich said. But he insisted it will better serve not only his family, but his New Mexico constituents.

love the state so much that for a long time it just even cross my mind to move the Heinrich said in his Capitol Hill office this week. when you hear your kids raising the fact that you are not spending enough time together. looking forward to being hopefully a better dad and a better senator as a result of this arrangement. I think we can make that decision comes less than a year after his 2012 Senate campaign ran an ad boasting that he in part because he slept on a camping mat in 2012 campaign boasted he See HEINRICH on PAGE C2 L.A. group at Summerfest The headliner for Summerfest is Ozomatli, a popular group from Los Angeles.

The festival is back on Civic Plaza, from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., with free activities, food vendors, an artisan market and more..