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September 13, 2011

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Republicans unhappy with pace of session SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico’s Legislature entered a second week of a special session Monday with no agreements on redistricting and Republicans fuming over what they consider an unreasonably slow pace of work. House Republicans complained that the Democratic-controlled Legislature isn’t considering other issues, as requested by GOP Gov. Susana Martinez, while redistricting

remains unresolved. “We’re here to do the people’s business. Let’s roll up our sleeves,” Rep. Larry Larranaga, R-Albuquerque, told his colleagues after Republicans briefly delayed ef forts by Democrats to recess a floor session for the day. Democratic leaders have said the Legislature will deal with redistricting first and then decide whether to take up proposals by Martinez, including a politically

charged measure to stop issuing driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. The governor also has asked legislators to consider proposals to shore up finances of the state’s unemployment program and provide financing for capital improvements across the state. “People are working hard,” House Speaker Ben Lujan, D-Santa Fe, said in an interview. See PACE, Page A6

SPECIAL SESSION: WEEK 2 JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

At a cost of $50,000 a day, the fifth legislative day of the special session ended yesterday with little progress made, continuing to fuel the fury that taxpayers’ money is being wasted. Legislators now have less than two weeks left in the session,

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INSIDE SPORTS

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Terriers vie for approval and bragging rights during the 53rd Annual Rio Pecos Kennel Club AKC All Breed Dog Show Saturday at RIAC Park.

Area dogs compete in Dog Show VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

With special primping, yummy treats and all the attention a dog could ask for, canines from near and far proved a dog’s life is the best life at the Rio Pecos Kennel

Club annual AKC all breed Dog Show at the Roswell Industrial Air Center Park, Saturday. Ashbury Bling It On, a 2year -old Shetland sheepdog, stood patiently as her owner Laurel Skalko brushed a mixture of cholesterol and powder on her paws.

“It makes her fur stand out,” Skalko said. “It makes her white (fur) a little bit whiter.” Ashbury is a tri-color sheltie. Skalko, from Peoria, Ariz., brought another sheltie, 4-yearold Grand Champion Mainland See SHOW, Page A6

AGO Roadshow makes a stop LESSONS LEARNED IN WEEK 3 Week 3 is officially in the books and I think this week, more than the last two, really helped to show just where the area’s teams stands. The Demons picked up a good win on Friday over Hagerman and that might be a sign that Frank Sandoval’s philosophy is kicking in with the Demons. - PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES • • • •

Salvador Briseno Faydean H. Butts Ethel Ruth Watters Leonard Reese - PAGE B3

HIGH ...96˚ LOW ....64˚

TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........B6 COMICS.................B4 ENTERTAINMENT.....A8 FINANCIAL .............B5 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........A8 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ..............A8

INDEX

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New social security fears

F0RT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — As the war in Afghanistan winds down, the U.S. soldiers will be spread thinner and must be ready to perform a wider array of missions., the new Army commander in charge of training and providing troops for the wars said Monday. - PAGE A3

• Roswell pays respects to the fallen • We Remember • Downtown comes Alive After Five! • ‘How doth the little busy bee … • NMMI wins thriller, 4843

which is funded for 21 days, to tackle the governor’s full agenda. Rep. Dennis Kintigh, RRoswell, said many bills introduced on the second and third legislative day have been assigned to a committee but those committees have not been scheduled to meet

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New Mexico Attorney General Gary King introduced his staff at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center. The AGO gave two presentations at the Civic Center — one on the Open Meetings Act and Inspection of Public Records Act with a second on Meth Awareness and Prevention.

JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

The New Mexico Attor ney General’s AGO Road Show came to the Roswell

Convention and Civic Center, 912 N. Main St., Monday. His presentations on “Sunshine Laws” compliance drew people from the city, the county and the school district. The audience also included representatives from the Dexter School District and members of town government and Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. City Administrator Larry Fry and City Clerk Dave Kunko attended for the city of Roswell. Others came from further afield, such as gover nment officials from Curry County. One person traveled down fr om Springer in Colfax County, a distance of 245 miles. The two topics under discussion during the 9:30 a.m. talk were the Open Meetings Act and the Inspection of Public Records Act. Attorney General Gary King gave a brief history of the acts fr om their inception in 1942 to their most recent amendments and revisions. “When I was in the legislature, I was not only

Faubus-McCarty to join Daily Record staff EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Roswell Daily Record Publisher Charles Fischer announced Monday that the departing executive director of the Roswell Chamber of Commerce will be the newspaper’s new advertising director. Dorrie Faubus-McCarty, the chamber’s director since July 2009, will begin working at the paper in the near future. She submitted a letter of resignation to the cham-

ber’s executive board earlier this month. “I believe Dorrie is a perfect fit for the future of the Roswell Daily Record,” Fischer said. “She is motivated, outgoing and liked by everyone.” Faubus-McCarty will be replacing Kim Gordon. Fischer credits Gordon for further developing niche publications produced by the paper, such as the Roswell Chamber See MCCARTY, Page A6

See AGO, Page A6

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Social Security advocates fear that President Barack Obama’s desire to cut taxes supporting the program will undermine its vaunted stature as a selffinancing pension system that provides checks to retirees based on contributions they made while working. For now, though, the administration insists — and many experts agree — that the proposal would have no impact on the program’s financial soundness or ability to pay benefits averaging $1,077 a month to 55 million recipients.. Cutting Social Security taxes is the keystone of Obama’s $447 billion plan to create jobs and leave more cash in people’s pockets, an effort by the president to bolster the ailing economy and his own 2012 re-election prospects. The payroll tax cut — an enlargement of one already in effect this year — would take a $240 billion bite out of Social Security revenues in 2012. Obama would replenish the lost FICA (Federal Insurance Contribution Act) taxes with money from the overall federal budget — keeping Social Security whole but forcing the government to borrow more and further swelling the federal debt.. The problem with Obama’s proposal, critics say, is that propping up Social Security with general funds from the T r easury erodes its See FEARS, Page A6

Remembering Poe Corn

Julia Bergman Photo

A mural at the Roswell Boys and Girls Club in memory of Poe Corn and his dedication to youths in the community.

9/11 memorial opens in New York NEW YORK (AP) — Exactly 10 years ago, ground zero was a smoking, fire-spitting tomb, a ghastly pile of rubble and human remains. On Monday it was a place of serenity — an expanse of trees and water in the middle of a bustling city — as the 9/11 memorial opened to the public. As they walked through a grove of oaks and traced their fingers over the names of the nearly 3,000 dead, visitors were deeply moved by the monument, whose centerpiece is two sunken pools ringed by bronze plaques. About 7,000 people reg-

istered online for free tickets to visit on opening day, and 400,000 are signed up for the coming months, according to the nonprofit organization that oversees the memorial. Many visitors made pencil-and-paper rubbings of the names to take back home. Others sat on benches or clustered for photos. Some people cried; others embraced. Some left flowers or stuffed messages into the letters. The site was opened on Sunday — the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks — to the 9/11

families. Monday marked the first day since the tragedy that ground zero was opened to the public. Security was airporttight, with visitors forced to empty their pockets, go through a metal detector and send their bags through an X-ray machine. The memorial takes visitors on a kind of journey. First they walk through a promenade of more than 200 white oak trees. Then, like hikers coming upon a canyon, they arrive at two 30-foot-deep pits on the exact spots

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