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LOCAL REGION A-8 THE NEW MEXICAN Saturday, September 1, 2012 US Airways begin merger talks senger flights at Santa Fe Municipal Airport, and US Airways can compete with larger rivals is by merging. US Airways would gain American's lucrative international routes while American's larger hubs would be fed passengers from US Airways' network in smaller U.S. cities. The Associated Press BARBARA HOLLAND STEIN 1932 2011 Barbara left us one year ago today. We will never stop missing her, but we rejoice that the warmth, beauty and laughter we shared with her is still a vital part of our lives.

Our love for her and her love for us, her friends and family, will remain in our hearts merger," US Airways CEO Doug Parker said in a letter to employees Friday. Such a merger would put the combined airline on par with the world's largest United Continental Holdings Inc. and the slightly smaller Delta Air Lines. Many industry experts say the only way American, which operates the only commericial pas your memories! Visit the complete list of Obituary Notices and sign an online suest book. Go to www.santafenewmexican.com and click on Obituaries 1 1 A wolf walks through the snow in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday that it is ending endangered species protection for wolves in Wyoming. Yellowstone national parkassociated press file photo Government scraps wolf protections in Wyoming LEO ROSS COWDER Age 81, a resident of Las Cruces, NM and Brazos Canyon near Chama, NM passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. He was born in Phil-lipsburg, PA on July 20, 1931. He attended school for 9 years in the Lock Haven, PA area and graduated from Clearfield High School, Clearfield, PA, class of 1949.

Served in the United States Navy for 4 years during the Korean War. Married Alice Bowers on July 11, 1953 in the West Side Methodist Church in Clearfield, PA. Attended Penn State University for one year and was selected as one of 20 (out of over 300 applicants) for a Curtis-Wright Corp. sponsored draftingdesign program ending with an associate degree and subsequent employment at their Quehanna, PA Research and Development Division. When Curtis-Wright closed the Quehanna operation he was hired by Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM where he worked for almost 30 years during which time he spent 1 year as an American Instrumentation Expert at The International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.

After retiring he lived in the Chama, NM area for ten years where he was instrumental in the creation of the Brazos Canyon Volunteer Fire Department, then divided his time between there and Las Cruces, NM. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, reading, Geocaching, and researching his family history. Leo was preceded in death by his parents, Otis Weldon and Wilma (Hendershot) Cowder; son, Gary Alan Cowder. He is survived by his wife Alice; daughters: KC (Kathy) Allen and husband Karl of Santa Fe, NM, Shelley Williamson and husband Samual of Albuquerque, NM; sons: Michael (Mickey) of Santa Fe, NM and Dale of Chama, NM; grandchildren: Jonathan Stubbs, Russell Cowder and wife Angelique, Petra Cowder, Robert Cowder and wife Tiffany, Candace Cowder and Daleen Cowder; 3 great-granddaughters; numerous other loving relatives and friends. Memorial service will be held on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 11 a.m.

in the Sangre de Cristo Chapel of DeVargas Funeral Home Crematory with private burial to take place at the Santa Fe National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Ambercare Hospice, American Cancer Society or a charity of choice in Leo's name. The family of Leo Ross Cowder has entrusted the care of their loved one to DeVargas Funeral Home Crematory of the Espahola Valley. 505-747-7477 or American Airlines, NEW YORK American Airlines and US Airways are one step closer to a potential merger. The companies said Friday they have started confidential merger talks.

But a deal is still far from reality. "It does not mean we are merging it simply means we have agreed to work together to discuss and analyze a potential Express Your Condolences Visit obituaries online to read or sign guestbooks, donate to charities or send flowers or gifts. legacy.comobituaries santafenewmexican RAINER WOLLMANN Memorial Service to be held on Saturday, September 8th at 10 a.m. Immanuel Lutheran Church 209 East Barcelona Road SHIRLEY E. HERRERA 5-15-65 to 9-1-05 SEVEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY Shirley, seven years have gone by since you left us to be with our Lord and there is not a moment that we do not think about you.

We will never forget your beautiful smile. We love and miss you dearly. Please continue to pray for us. Love, Johnny, Kayla, Kelsey and family JULIE M. CARROLL Memorial Service 22656 71512 Join family and friends in celebrating the life and achievements of Dr.

Julie Carroll. Monday September 3, 2012 (Labor Day) 9:30 -11 a.m. Desert Academy of Santa Fe 7300 Old Santa Fe Trail JONATHAN LYNWOOD WALKER Age 49, of Rio Rancho, N.M., passed away of natural causes Tuesday, Aug, 28, 2012, in his home. Walker was born March 2, 1963, in Midland, Texas, to Patsy Ruth Walker, a native of Carlsbad. He attended Carlsbad schools and graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1982.

Walker retired from the New Mexico Department of Transportation in 2008 after 25 years. He started as a highway aide and worked toward several certifications in computer programming. His adeptness in computers led him to teach college courses and work as a computer programming consultant in Albuquerque. In 1994, he and Juanda Johnson of Carlsbad married in Las Vegas, Nv. They moved to Santa Fe in 1992 and to Rio Rancho four years ago.

Memorial services will be held Sunday, Sept. 2 at 2:30 p.m. at Riverside Funeral Home, 225 San Mateo NE, Albuquerque. Cemetery in the remaining 90 percent of Wyoming as predators, subject to being killed anytime by anyone. The state will take over management of the wolves under its purview effective Sept.

30. The Wyoming Game Commission has approved wolf hunts starting Oct. 1. The state is prepared to issue unlimited hunting licenses but will call a halt after hunters kill 52 wolves. Wildlife advocates said Wyoming's management plan allows the state too much freedom to hunt wolves.

"From our perspective the Wyoming wolf management plan is just a disaster for the wolf. It drastically reduces the population and basically eliminates wolves from a large part of the state," said Noah Greenwald with the Center for Biological Diversity Earthjustice attorney Jenny Harbine said Wyoming's plan would allow aerial gunning of wolves and killing wolf pups in their den. Ashe said he understood the "emotional reaction to wolf hunting" but he said hunting would not be "detrimental to long-term conservation of wolves." "Quite the contrary, it will support long-term conservation of wolves as it has other predators like mountain lion and grizzly bear and black bear," Ashe said. Bryce Reece, executive vice president of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association, said ranchers for too long had their hands tied in trying to stop wolves attacking their livestock. "The reality is my folks aren't in any big rush to get there to try to kill a wolf.

They just want the ability to protect their livestock," Reece said. "We are hopeful, by putting some pressure on them, they'll move back into areas where it's less habited and there's less livestock." Help lines Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families hotline: 800-473-5220 St. Elizabeth Shelter for men, women and children: 982-6611 Interfaith Community Shelter: 795-7494 New Mexico suicide prevention hotline: 866-435-7166 Solace Crisis Treatment Center: 986-9111, 800-721-7273 or TTY 471-1624 Police and fire emergency: 911 Graffiti hotline: 955-CALL (2255) Environmental groups decry move, which will allow shooting on sight The Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. The federal government will end protections for wolves in Wyoming, where the effort to revive the predator from near extinction in the United States began about 20 years ago. The announcement Friday by the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service endorses a plan that allows the wolves to be shot on sight in most parts of the state. It retains protections in certain areas. "The wolf population in Wyoming is recovered, and it is appropriate that the responsibility for wolf management be returned to the state," Gov. Matt Mead declared. The move quickly sparked promises of legal challenges from environmental groups, which argue wolves still need protection to maintain their successful recovery.

"Today's removal of wolves in Wyoming from the endangered species list is a tragic ending to what has otherwise been one of America's greatest wildlife conservation success stories," Jamie Rappaport Clark, president of Defenders of Wildlife, said in a statement. "Now we are left with no choice but to pursue legal action to ensure that a healthy, sustainable wolf population remains in Wyoming and across the Northern Rockies for many generations to come." In announcing the decision, Dan Ashe, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, acknowledged the opposition it would face. "You're going to hear, I think, a fair amount of rhetoric of unregulated killing and trap The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: A man who lives on the 5900 block of Sierra Nevada reported Tuesday that someone had gained access to his Wells Fargo account and used it to buy merchandise from Wal-Mart and food from McDonald's in Texas. Officers responded to a call and found a vehicle on fire in the 100 block of Calle Ojo Feliz on Friday at about 2:30 a.m.

A man ran from the scene, but officers could not locate him despite an extensive search. Krystal Lucero, 23, 19747 N.M. 84, was arrested on a charge of criminal trespassing ping and open seasons and free-fire zones," Ashe said. North America was once home to as many as 2 million gray wolves, but by the 1930s, fur traders, bounty hunters and government agents had poisoned, trapped and shot them to near extinction in the continental United States. An effort to revive their numbers rose up and centered on starting the recovery in Yellowstone National Park in northwest Wyoming.

Overcoming protests from Wyoming farmers and ranchers who feared wolves would prey on their livestock, wildlife managers transplanted 14 wolves from Canada into Yellowstone in the mid-1990s. The effort exceeded expectations as wolf numbers quickly multiplied, and Friday's action means Wyoming can now take measures to control their population outside the Greater Yellowstone vicinity. There are about 270 wolves in Wyoming outside Yellowstone. There are about another 1,100 or so in Montana and Idaho where wolves were delisted earlier and still more in Washington and Oregon. Wyoming has been chaffing under federal wolf protections for years.

Ranchers and hunters complain that wolves kill too many cattle and other wildlife. Wyoming's management plan, which was agreed to last year by Gov. Matt Mead and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, calls for the state to maintain at least 10 breeding pairs of wolves and at least 100 individual animals. Additional wolves inside Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, the John D.

Rockefeller Jr. Memorial Parkway which is located between Yellowstone and Grand Teton and the Wind River Indian Reservation in central Wyoming will maintain protection from being hunted. The state will classify wolves at the Wal-Mart at 3251 Cer-rillos Road at about 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office is investigating the following reports: Lisa Kumar, 36, 8 Amber Lane, was charged with a count of aggravated battery after allegedly cutting a male on the wrist with a kitchen knife at about 11 p.m.

Thursday Yolanda Alvarez, 51, 6373 Calle Kryshana, was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct after deputies arrived on the scene of a dispute among neighbors at about 6:30 p.m., Thursday. Alvarez was yelling and using foul language with them, the report said. Greener RALPH J. ALFIDI MD Passed away on Aug. 31, 2012, in Santa Fe, New Mexico with family by his side.

Born in Luco Dei Marsi, Italy, on 4201932 to Angeline and Luca Alfidi. Sisters Marie(Richard) Reynolds and Jeanette (Donald) Cleveland. Grew up in Chicago Illinois, attended Ripon College and Marquette University School of Medicine Residency in Radiology at University of Virginia, Charlottesville Virginia. He served the United States Army to Captain M.C. in La Rochelle Orleans, France.

Resumed full time Medical Practice in Cleveland Ohio at the Cleveland Clinic and then University Hospitals as Department Director and Professor, specializing in Radiology with numerous discoveries, inventions papersawards covering CT and MRI Specialties. He co-founded the Steris Corporation. Achievements include discovery of renal splanchnic steal Alfidi's Syndrome and co-holder for nitinol Patents for Stents and Filters. Retired 2000. Currently Married to Mariella Boiler Alfidi MD in 1992.

Previously married to Rose Senesac Alfidi in 1956 with children Sue (John) Arcuri, Lisa (Harry) Lockemer, Christine (Charles) DiStaulo, Katie Alfidi, Mary Alfidi Owen(Scott) and John Michael Alfidi (deceased). Grandchildren Ryan, Scott, Ashley, Anna, Alex, David, MacKenzie and Cameron. Numerous nieces and nephews Notably niece Mary Beth Eibl donated a Kidney to Ralph in 2004. Favorites in Life he loved to travel "always leave something for next played golf as often as possible, enjoyed great food, wine and cooking, reading, writing poetry and gardening. He loved a good joke and was a great story teller.

Service in Santa Fe, NM at Berardinelli Family Funeral Chapel, 1399 Luisa Street, Santa Fe on Monday Sept. 3, 2012 at 10 am. A separate memorial service will be held in Cleveland, Ohio details to follow. Memorial Funds in lieu of flowers please make donations to Catholic Relief Charities. Berardinelli Family Funeral Service 1399 Luisa Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505 (505)984-8600 Please sign our guestbook for the family at: www.berardinellifuneralhome.com ManagerFuneral Director Rivera family Funerals Cremations Proud to be Santa Fe's Only Locally Owned and Operated Funeral Borne and Crematory DAILY OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SANTA FE DDE! HDD 417 East Rodeo Road, Santa Fe 505.989.7032 riverafuneralhome.com am Located at ttte Sarvta Fe Cemorial Gardens.