The Santa Fe New Mexican from Santa Fe, New Mexico • 7

FCC to hold board elections Mark Oswald Capitol Chronicle a Candidates say handling steady student growth is main challenge f- 1 By AARON BACA The bit- Mexican v'- Gene FulgoruJ Larry Zamtln Gloria topaz Rebecca Bustamante which has more than 8000 stuJent enrolled in either credit or non ere Jit courses Growth as always has been one of the mam issues facing SI CC Almost every year since the late 19h0s the college has enjoyed a healthy increase in enrollment Um year the college grew by 31 percent In the first semester of the 1994 95 academic year SFCC has posted an impressive 21 percent growth rate This year is proving to be no different Fie people ore running for two of the board's positions this year Each candidate says he or Voter will head to the f41s Tuesday to determine board positions fur Santa Fe Community College election could prove crucial to the college school officials have said Since its founding 10 years ago SFCC has grown from a concept on the drawing board to a fully developed two-year community college with a national reputation for excellence The board sets policy and adopts a budget for the college she is concentrating on addressing the needs as growth trends continue All voters within the Santa Fe Public Schools district are entitled to vote for the at large position on the five member community college board Of those five candidates two are incumbents one of whom Gloria Itpez is running unopposed for the position 3 scat The other four candidates are vying for the position 5 seat including incumbent Gene Fulgenzi Rebecca Bustamante David McKinney and Larry Zcmlm Here are profiles of the candidates: REBECCA BUSTAMANTE Just because SFCC has enjoyed a successful first decade that-: mean that the next 10 years will go -so well Rebecca Please see SFCC Page 3 R- i 4 0 -i Archbishop Michael Sheehan right looks on as Father Jerome Martinez of Santa Marfa de la Paz Cath- ollc Church hugs Mark Malachi after the Jewish Christian Dialogue on Sunday Malachi Is the chazan or cantor for the Temple Beth Shalom Nick de la Torre The New Mexican Poll shows legislators have many fans A number of interesting re- suits have come out of the lat-est poll by the University of New Institute for Public ItItcy The Institute interviewed 800 New Mexicans in November and recently released its findings Here's a sampling: The public apparently still like the Legislature much but the Legislature's approval rating at least is heading in the right direction The percentage of poll respondents who said the Legislature is doing an excellent or good Job was 25 percent That's still near rock bottom but the best showing for the Legislature in UNM's quarterly surveys since February 1991 Last May the Legislature's approval rating was down at 20 percent For the first time the institute's poll asked respondents to rate the job perfor- mances of Senate President Pro Tem Manny Aragon and House Speaker Raymond Sanchez The dynamic duo get much of an endorsement from the poll respondents but many who were questioned just didn't have Anything to say about Ray and Manny Only 19 percent said Aragon and Sanchez were doing excellent or good work Meanwhile 48 percent rated performance fair or poor 45 percent rated work fair or poor Significantly about a third of those polled said they didn't know how to rate Sanchez and Aragon The institute in its commentary on the results said low statewide approval ratings for these two elected officials derive from public ignorance more than The survey shows that the results of a political poll apparently can be skewed if those questioned know who the poll sponsor is Before the November election when the institute polled on the race then-incumbent Bruce King did much better when poll participants were told that the poll was being conducted for the Democratic Party Democrat King ran ahead of now-Gov Gary Johnson when poll participants thought they were answering questions for the Democrats but King ran behind Republican Johnson when those questioned were told that the poll wasfopihe Institute for Public Policy UNM or the Green Party Johnson beat King by 9 percentage points in the election During discussion by the Senate of a serious piece of legislation concerning the psychology profession last week Sen Duncan Scott R-Albu-querque proposed an amendment It says: a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies during a competency hearing the psychologist or psychiatrist shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than 2 feet tall The surface of the hat shall be imprinted with stars and lightning bolts a psychologist or psychiatrist shall be required to don a white beard that is not less than 18 inches in length and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand Whenever a psychologist or psychiatrist provides expert testimony regarding the competency the bailiff shall contemporaneously dim the courtroom lights and administer two I By LAURA BENDIX The New Mexican aitns questions from an interfaith congregation of more than 350 at Santa Marta de la Paz not unusual to fight those who are closest to Rev John Pawl-ikowski said to the crowd which featured an array of yarmulkes and crucifixes Pawlikowski is a professor of social ethics at Catholic Theological Union at the University of Chicago Darlis Swan associate director of the Department of Ecumenical Affairs for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said interacting with people of other faiths is beneficial because the contact not only strips away and but also helps people clarify and strengthen their own beliefs Members of the congregation agreed with the sentiments which were summed up by Archbishop of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan all want the same he said "We all want to be treated with JewishChristian Dialogue brings together more than 1000 people for a lesson: What separates them can also join them Hundreds of Jews and Christians in Santa Fe gathered this weekend to focus on what they have in common their belief in God The first ever JewishChristian Dialogue of Santa Fe was held to bring together people of different religious faiths who live side-by-side but really know each other The program modeled a'fter a similar conference in Albuquerque last year was designed to ease tensions through education of us were left in tears from the insights said Ter-esita Scully president of the Ministerial Alliance of Santa Fe and a member of Santa Marfa de la Paz Catholic Church is a real She said attendees learned the simi- larities in the origins of Jewish and Catholic religions talked about reli- a few hundred people for all of the activities It has been 30 successful Scully said that the Ministerial Alliance will continue to work on interfaith projects In a panel discussion Sunday afternoon a rabbi a Catholic priest and a Lutheran speaker met to talk about their differing opinions and to answer gious persecution and discussed the of has been very receptive to new ideas and to other points of she said The organizers also said they were surprised by the large number of people who attended the activities more than 1000 people Organizers expected Big Sisters know that caring runs in the By STEVEN DELGADO The New Mexican Scoring Big: Money attention rolls in at bowling contest BigSisterhood in Santa Fe now has inspired at least three generations of friendship In 1981 Lenore Tapia became a Little Sister through the Big BrothersBig Sisters of Santa Fe program She was by Cheryl Jamison who at the time was single in her late 20s and had recently moved to Santa Fe from Dallas Jamison is now president of the Santa Fe chapter was a nice young girl but shy and Jamison said of Tapia who was 11 when they met much more outgoing now than when I first' met The time they spent together varied from simple things like cooking together to more expensive activities such as trips to New Orleans and Disney- the Special Olympics to the state penitentiary raised more than $37000 for the program said director Cheryl Jamison That amount is 25 percent more than last thanks to almost twice the participation of last year Jamison said a wonderful she said The bowl-a-thon a broad cross-section of our community Anybody can participate And they Please see BOWL Page B-3 By STEVEN DELGADO The New Mexican I Hundreds of volunteers bowled strikes and gutter-balls at Santa only bowling alley Sunday to raise money for the Big Brothers and Sisters of Santa Fe organization The 12th Annual for at Kiva Lanes on Rufina Circle featured at least five shifts of bowlers throughout the day More than 800 bowlers representing groups from Nick de la TorreThe New Mexican Chris Irving 12 bowls his last frame Sunday during the Big BrothersBig Sisters bowl-a-thon at Klva Lanes Please see OSWALD Page B-2 Please see SISTERS Page B-3 I.