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WEATHER C10 BRIDGE B2 BUSINESS B4 CLASSIFIEDS C5 COMICS D6 CROSSWORD B2, C5 DEAR ABBY B2 EDITORIALS A8 GO! B1 HOROSCOPE B2 LOTTERY A2 METRO N.M. C1 MOVIES C5 OBITUARIES C3 SPORTS D1 TV C10 WEATHERLINE 821-1111 ABQjournal.com INSIDE Plenty left GO! B1 Lower water level hinder recreation at Elephant Butte Lake SPORTS D4 Golf page A Santa Ana Golf Club worker and tourney director returns home to Joplin BUSINESS B4 Fear over stalling recovery fuels selloff; Dow drops 280 points 131 153 82 8 Copyright 2011, Journal Publishing Co. Daily 50 cents U. FINAL 2, 2011 NEW SIGN oWNtoWN Evidence Tossed In Teen Sex Case 54-Year-Old Man Accused Of Luring Girl to Albuquerque Copyright 2011 Albuquerque Journal By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer A federal judge has suppressed key evidence against a man charged with luring a 16-year- old California teen to New Mexico for sex and bondage photos, virtually gutting the case. Prosecutors already have asked to postpone the scheduled June 13 trial.

The court said prosecutors had not shown that Bernalillo County deputies had an immediate need to protect the girl because as a 16-year-old, she could consent to sexual contact under New Mexico law. Edward Christy, 58, has been in custody since his November 2009 arrest on state charges after deputies peeked through blinds into his home and then burst through the door without knocking to conduct a The deputies did so after one of them spotted the girl, who was nude and appeared to be restrained with a rope. The ruling means cellphones, sex toys, computers and own statements to police may not be used in the prosecution against PAT Dennis Lovato, a foreman with Zeon Signs, uses a level to check the placement of the KiMo new sign. COURTESY PHOTO A historic photo of the KiMo Theatre. See EVIDENCE on PAGE A5 Alamogordo Billboard Blames Ex-Girlfriend reg Fultz is a computer tech, a pagan and a fan of Norse mythology who lives in Alamogordo.

In recent weeks, he has been called an idiot, a coward, completely sick, a nut job and a disgusting excuse for a human being. Let me be the first I think to add the ideal to that list. The background is this: Fultz and his girlfriend broke up more than a year ago. She had been pregnant, and then she any longer. People close to the girlfriend say she miscarried; Fultz says he know how the pregnancy ended because she tell him.

Still stinging from the experience, Fultz, 35, designed a billboard and paid for a prominent space on White Sands Boulevard, main drag. Leslie Linthicum See BILLBOARD on PAGE A5 GREG University of New Mexico baseball player Cory Maltz is leaning on emotional support after his father recently died and his mother learned she has pancreatic cancer. These Lobos Know Perseverance and Pain Trials Pull Team Together for NCAAs Copyright 2011 Albuquerque Journal By Ken Sickenger Journal Staff Writer Eighty-seven is not just a number to the University of New Mexico baseball team. Lobo junior pitcher Cory Maltz wears 87 on his jersey an odd number for a baseball player that required special-order uniforms. As one might suspect, a story behind the number.

dad (Jim Maltz) played football at Texas and that was his Maltz said. wear 87 as a tribute to him, but kind of turned into a bigger thing In fact, 87 has come to symbolize pain, perserverance and, most of all, family. Maltz has been the unfortunate focal point. During the last five weeks lost his father to a heart attack and discovered his Santa Fe Sergeant Overcame Setbacks By Kiera Hay Journal Northern Bureau SANTA FE It a promising start to his high school career. Failing grades, troubled behavior.

That was at Santa Fe High School. But when Leroy A. Petry transferred to the now-defunct St. Indian School, he pulled his grades up to 3.0 and joined the community service club. Upon graduating, Petry even received a Bootstrap Award from the Santa Fe County Chamber of Commerce, given to students who finished school despite challenging circumstances.

I can be noticed for something good instead of people going, goes that kid SGT. PETRY: To receive Medal of Honor in July See MEDAL on PAGE A2 Medal of Honor Recipient Had Trouble in High School he KiMo Theatre in Downtown Albuquerque is sporting a new sign, a replica of its historic neon name tag. To mark the occasion, the city will hold a dedication ceremony at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the theater, 423 Central NW. It will be followed by a screening of Fritz 1927 silent film, which has been fully restored in high-definition with 25 minutes of lost footage.

The Alloy Orchestra will perform an original score live. The dedication is free. Tickets for the show can be purchased at the theater ticket office or at www. ticketmaster.com. Theater See LOBO on PAGE A2 note: Last week, when the UNM baseball team went to San Diego for the Mountain West Conference tournament, Lobo pitcher Cory Maltz went home to Houston to tend to his ill mother.

Only the most optimistic fans could have imagined that the Lobos, 16-39 at the time, and Maltz, still mourning his recent death, would reunite to play more baseball this season. Stocks dive nostalgia APS Board OKs Major Cutbacks Approved Operating Budget Has Schools Cutting 4.9% By Andrea Schoellkopf Journal Staff Writer The next school year is going to be an ugly one in terms of the Albuquerque Public operational budget. After months of penny pinching, number crunching and even some last-minute second- guessing, the APS Board of Education on Wednesday evening signed off on a $594 million operating budget that cut $22 million and asked schools to cut 4.9 percent of their own funding. is by far the hardest budget that ever put said Superintendent Winston Brooks, citing 20 years as superintendent of school districts. He had asked the central office departments to cut budgets by 12.8 percent.

The budget represented the straight of cuts to education, said APS chief finance officer Don Moya. The plan eliminates 394 full-time positions through attrition, while avoiding layoffs. Of those positions, 184 are teachers, nine are educational assistants and the rest are outside the classroom. The two board members who voted 5-2 in opposition of the budget, David Robbins and Katherine Korte, suggested cuts to take-home cars, cellphones, secretaries and small-school funding needed to be looked at before the district declared it had cut all it could. But 11th-hour proposal to look at funding cuts to small schools, made Tuesday to a KOAT-TV reporter, prompted an outpouring from nearly 60 parents, students and teachers at Career Enrichment Center, Early College See APS on PAGE A10 Location-Location VISTADELALUZ REMAXELITE798-1000 ASKABOUTBUILDERINCENTIVES PAYMENTSSTARTING.