Roswell Daily Record
Economy off to tepid start
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ENTERPRISE ARRIVES IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK (AP) — In a city understandably wary of low-flying aircraft, New Yorkers and tourists alike watched with joy and excitement Friday as space shuttle Enterprise sailed over the skyline on its final flight before it becomes a museum piece. Ten years after 9/11, people gathered on rooftops and the banks of the Hudson ... - PAGE A3
WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t panic yet. The government reported Friday that the economy got off to a tepid start this year, but that doesn’t foreshadow a repeat of the near -standstill that happened in 2011. Economists had expected gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of economic output — to expand at a 2.5 percent annual rate for the first three months of the year. Instead, the Commerce Department said it was 2.2
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percent, mainly because of government budget-cutting and a slowdown in business investment. And some of the January-March growth, meager as it was, probably came at the expense of the current quarter. An unseasonably war m winter pulled car buyers into showrooms earlier than usual. The same was true for housing construction. That’s one reason it jumped at a 19 percent pace from January through March.
Economists doubt consumers can keep spending as freely as they did in the first three months of this year: an annual pace that was 2.9 percent faster than in the previous quarter and the fastest in more than a year. They probably can’t afford to. Americans’ aftertax income rose just 0.6 percent in the first three months compared with a year earlier. That was the puniest pay increase in two See ECONOMY, Page A2
Secret Service tightens rules AP Photo
On the Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, Calif., April 24.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to shake the disgrace of a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service late Friday tightened conduct rules for its agents to prohibit them from drinking excessively, visiting disreputable establishments while traveling or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.
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CASA event Makes Time for Kids
CASA Executive Director Carrie-Leigh Cloutier looks at items available for auction prior to the Make Time for Kids event at the Civic Center, Friday.
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COLTS REUNITE FLEENER, LUCK
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck and Coby Fleener will be playing together again in the NFL. Less than 24 hours after selecting the Stanford quarterback with the No. 1 overall choice, the Indianapolis Colts jumped at the chance to take Luck’s college teammate, tight end Coby Fleener. While the Luck pick was no surprise, Fleener’s availability Friday night at No. 34 overall was. “I can’t tell you how ... - PAGE B1
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Chaves County CASA celebrated its annual Make Time for Kids event on Friday at the Civic Center, welcoming people from all over the community to take part in an evening of games, auctions and raf fles that
helped the program raise funds for its ef forts in child abuse prevention. CASA received hundreds of clocks for its silent auction, a unique tradition that for 10 years has inspired residents to contribute to the program in creative ways. Friday’s attendees admired clocks in the shape of Mr. Potato
Head, a tic-tac-toe board, a veggie tray and a Rubik’s Cube, as well as clocks made out of beer bottle caps, a dictionary and a vinyl record. A variety of items were later sold during a live auction, including artwork, vacation packages, grills, bicycles, furniture and a handmade acoustic
guitar.
CASA Executive Director Carrie-Leigh Cloutier said that in a struggling economy, CASA has seen hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding cuts, and that the donations help the program reach important goals.
The new behavior policies apply to Secret Service agents even when they are of f duty while traveling, barring them from drinking alcohol within 10 hours of working, according to a memorandum describing the changes obtained by The Associated Press. In some cases under the new rules, chaperones will accompany agents on trips. The embattled Secret Service director, Mark Sullivan, urged agents and other employees to “consider your conduct through the lens of the past several weeks.” The Secret Service said it
Gov.’s grandfather NMCOA hears case at RHS naturalized citizen SANTA FE (AP) — Ever since taking office last year as the nation’s first Hispanic female governor, New Mexico’s Susana Martinez found her family tree scrutinized over whether her Mexican-bor n pater nal grandfather was an illegal immigrant. Documents obtained by The Associated Press, however, show that he was lawfully admitted to the U.S. as a permanent resident in 1918 and became a U.S. citizen in 1942, something not even Martinez knew and a discovery that removes a potential trouble
spot for someone mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for Mitt Romney.
Martinez was surprised at the news, but maintained that his status, citizen or not, didn’t affect her political views. “I embrace lawful immigration,” she said. “I think it’s what makes America wonderful.”
The first-term governor insists she’s not interested in and wouldn’t accept a spot on the GOP ticket. But resolving the questions lifts See CITIZEN, Page A3
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Julia Bergman Record Staff Writer
If she served as a justice on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, Roswell High senior Cara McCasland would have sided with the family of Alfredo Castillo, who died at the age of 29 from psittacosis, better known as parrot’s disease, due to his alleged exposure to pigeon feces at his workplace. Alberto mainly handled piping at an oilfield supply business, an Mark Wilson Photo open warehouse where New Mexico Court of Appeals Chief Judge Celia Foy pigeons were roosting. Castillo, foreground, poses with, from left, Judges Timothy Garcia, J. Miles Hanisee and Roderick Kennedy during See NMCOA, Page A2 Law Day at Roswell High School, Friday.
Dan Girand combats misinformation about oil, gas industry
defensive and stick with pretty much factual stuff, the effect and what is good or bad about it,” Girand said.
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Dan Girand
Dan Girand has encountered the chicken, the lizard and the emissions of greenhouse gases. As director of regulatory and legislative affairs for Mack Energy Corp., Girand has made a career of combatting the misinformation surrounding the oil and gas industry. He stays in tune with new federal and state regulations. Oftentimes he works with the Bureau of Land Management, the state Legislature and other
governmental entities, to get a handle on the various standards and regulations, and educate them on the industry’s issues. He laughs when describing how his work keeps him busy, “I don’t think I’m going to work myself out of job.” Most recently, Girand traveled to Washington to
discuss the potential listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard and lesser prairie chicken as endangered species with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe, and congressional leaders. “We are issue driven, not political. ... Our industry doesn’t normally go ask for anything. We mostly are
Yet his work with Mack Energy is only a small portrayal of Girand’s extensive resume outlining the sphere of his life’s work. He has served on the board of directors of the N.M. State Lottery Board, was appointed to the state Crimestoppers Commission by thenGov. Gary Johnson, and is See SPOTLIGHT, Page A2