A8 Wednesday, September 21, 2011 OBITUARIES
Jesus ‘Jessie’ Avitia
Jesus ‘Jessie’ Avitia, 48, of Roswell passed away Monday, Sept. 19. Services will be held Friday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m., at Anderson
OBITUARIES/NATION/RECORDS
Bethany Funeral Home Chapel, Roswell, with The Rev. Julian Avitia officiating. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 22, at Anderson Bethany Funeral Home from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Jessie was born Sept. 8, 1963 in Roswell to Ventura Avitia and Paula Martinez Avitia. He was a graduate of Roswell High School and a member of the New Mexico National Guard. Those left to cherish Jessie’s memory are son, Jesse Avitia Jr. and his three children, of Roswell, mother, Paula Avitia of El Paso, Texas, two brothers, Julian Avitia and Sylvia of
Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories in the online register book at andersonbethany.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory.
Roswell and Felipe Avitia and Verna of Roswell, five sisters, Stella Franco and Raymond of Roswell, Ramona Padilla and Agapito of El Paso, Texas, Socorro Montez and Jesus of Roswell, Cruz Escobar of Roswell and Carmen Ortiz and Trini of El Paso, Texas, his girlfriend, Ernestine Morales of Artesia. Preceding him in death are father, Ventura Avitia, aunt, Luisa Gomez and grandmother, Antonia Gomez. Serving as pallbearers are Jessie Avitia Jr., Raymond Franco Jr., Miguel Aguilar, A.J. Montez, Pete Escobar and Samuel Escobar. Honorary pallbearer is Geneva Franco.
Vitalia ‘Vi’ Gomez went home to be with the Lord on Sept. 3. She was born in Tinnie, on Nov. 28, 1933 and resided in San Patricio, until 1942 when her family moved to Roswell. She worked at the Chaves County Assessor’s office form 1955 to 1959, then at the County Clerk’s office
stretches 35 feet long and 15 feet in diameter. The strike zone straddles all points between latitudes 57 degrees north and 57 degrees south. That’s as far north as Edmonton and Alberta, Canada, and Aberdeen, Scotland, and as far south as Cape Horn, the souther nmost tip of South America. Every continent but Antarctica is in the crosshairs. Back when UARS, the Atmosphere Upper Research Satellite, was launched to study the ozone layer in 1991, NASA didn’t always pay attention to the “what goes up must come down” rule. Nowadays, satellites must be designed either to burn up on re-entering the atmosphere or to have enough fuel to be steered into a watery grave or up into a higher, long-term orbit. The International Space Station — the largest manmade structure ever to orbit the planet — is no exception. NASA has a plan to bring it down safely sometime after 2020.
Russia’s old Mir station came down over the Pacific, in a controlled re-entry, in 2001. But one of its predecessors, Salyut 7, fell uncontrolled through the atmosphere in 1991. The most recent uncontrolled retur n of a large NASA satellite was in 2002. The most sensational case of all was Skylab, the early U.S. space station whose impending demise three decades ago alarmed people around the world and touched off a guessing game as to where it might land. It plummeted harmlessly into the Indian Ocean and onto remote parts of Australia in July 1979. The $740 million UARS was decommissioned in 2005, after NASA lowered its orbit with the little remaining fuel on board. NASA didn’t want to keep it up longer than necessary, for fear of a collision or an exploding fuel tank, either of which would have left a lot of space litter. Predicting where the satellite will strike is a little like predicting the
Vitalia Gomez
until 1966 and finally worked for Social Services in Roswell until 1970. She then transferred to Social Services in Albuquerque, from where she retired. She resided in Albuquerque until her death. Vi was preceded in death by her parents Florencio and Juaquinita Gomez, brothers Leo and Manuel, sisterin-law Thelma, and nephew Jose. She is survived by sisters Frances Saiz and family and Irene Sanchez and family both of Glencoe and brother Isidore Gomez and family of Denver, Colo. A rosary will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Capitan, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011 at 10:30
Roswell Daily Record a.m. and a memorial mass will follow. Burial services will be at the San Patricio cemetery to conclude services.
Julian Garcia
Arrangements are pending for Julian Garcia, 81, of Roswell at AndersonBethany Funeral Home & Crematory. He passed away Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 in Roswell, NM.
Benny Encinias
Arrangements are pending for Benny Encinias, 50, of Lubbock, Texas at Agape Funeral Chaperl, He passed away Monday, Sept. 19.
Earth to satellite: When will you hit — and where? CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA scientists are doing their best to tell us where a plummeting sixton satellite will fall later this week. It’s just that if they’re off a little bit, it could mean the difference between hitting Florida or landing on New York. Or, say, Iran or India. Pinpointing where and when hurtling space debris will strike is an imprecise science. For now, scientists predict the earliest it will hit is Thursday U.S. time, the latest Saturday. The strike zone covers most of Earth. Not that citizens need to take cover. The satellite will break into pieces, and NASA put the chances that somebody somewhere on Earth will get hurt at 1 in 3,200. But any one person’s odds of being struck have been estimated at 1 in 21 trillion. As far as anyone knows, falling space debris has never injured anyone. Nor has significant property damage been reported. That’s because most of the planet is covered in water
and there are vast regions of empty land. If you do come across what you suspect is a satellite piece, NASA doesn’t want you to pick it up. The space agency says there are no toxic chemicals present, but there could be sharp edges. Also, it’s government property. It’s against the law to keep it as a souvenir or sell it on eBay. NASA’s advice is to report it to the police. 20-year -old The research satellite is expected to break into more than 100 pieces as it enters the atmosphere, most of it bur ning up. Twenty-six of the heaviest metal parts are expected to reach Earth, the biggest chunk weighing about 300 pounds. The debris could be scattered over an area about 500 miles long. All told, 1,200 pounds of wreckage is expected to smack down — the heaviest pieces made of titanium, stainless steel or beryllium. That represents just one-tenth the mass of the satellite, which
AP Photo
This screen grab image provided by NASA shows UARS attached to the robotic arm of the space shuttle Discovery during mission STS-48 in 1991, when UARS was deployed.
weather several days out, says NASA orbital debris scientist Mark Matney. Experts expect to have a good idea by Thursday of when and where UARS might fall, Matney says. They won’t be able to pinpoint the exact time, but they should be able to narrow it to a few hours. It’s mostly a threat to
astronauts in space, rather than people on Earth. In June, the six residents of the International Space Station took shelter in their docked Soyuz lifeboats because of passing debris. The unidentified object came within 1,100 feet of the complex, the closest call yet.
Ex-President Clinton: Green movement needs money
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that the success of the alternative energy movement is hampered by a lack of financing. His comments came as world leaders attending his annual philanthropic conference expressed fears about rising seas. The ex-president’s threeday Clinton Global Initiative for VIPs with deep pockets began Tuesday with a frank discussion about addressing global climate challenges, co-hosted by Mexican President Felipe Calderon and South African President Jacob Zuma. There was a sense of frustration among the world leaders over the failure to create a legally binding world agreement on carbon emissions. “We have seen much less progress than we hoped for,” said Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg. Pointing to Ger many’s successful creation of solar energy jobs as a model for other nations to emulate, Clinton said the main issue with green energy is a lack
of proper funding. “This has to work economically,” he said. “You have to come up with the money on the front end.” Clinton’s talk of renewable energy financing comes as Republicans are criticizing the Obama administration for awarding billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for such projects, including a $528 million loan to a now-bankrupt California solar panel maker. Fremont, Calif.-based Solyndra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month and laid off its 1,100 employees. It was the first renewable energy company to receive a loan guarantee under a stimulus law program to encourage green energy and was frequently touted by the Obama administration as a model. Rising seas are a matter of life and death for small island nations, Zuma said. “Not theoretical, not in the future, now,” he said. “And they can’t understand why we’re failing to realize that.” Noting that the Kyoto
Protocol on climate change is set to expire next year, Calderon said progress must be made toward establishing new rules at the United Nations convention on climate change in Durban, South Africa, in November. Calderon said he is concerned that the world’s economic problems are overshadowing the need for action on climate change. “Last year we had the worst rains ever in Mexico, and this year we are living with the worst drought ever in Mexico,” he said. “I know that the world has a lot of troubles, but we are still facing the most challenging problem for human kind in the future, and that is climate change.” Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, said rising seas would submerge one-fifth of her country, displacing more than 30 million people. Clinton said the next countries most likely to be affected by climate change are places that are inland and hot — such as Mali, a landlocked nation in western Africa.
“A few years ago, after the south Asian tsunami, I spent a lot of time in the Maldives,” Clinton said. “I think it’s quite possible that the Maldives won’t be here in 30 or 40 years.” Clinton said Caribbean nations are microcosms of the problems associated with combating climate change. Every Caribbean nation should be energyindependent, he said, by generating solar, wind and geothermal energy. “But only Trinidad has natural gas,” Clinton said. “Everybody else imports heavy oil to burn old-fashioned generators at high cost.” Other leaders who participated in Tuesday’s panel included European Commission President Jose Barroso, Slovenian President Danilo Turk, Tillman Thomas, the prime minister of Grenada, and Cisse Mariam Kaidama Sidibe, the prime minister of Mali. Last year’s GCI conference generated nearly 300 new commitments valued at $6 billion to tackle major global issues from poverty and disease to climate
change. This year, the conference is happening during an especially rancorous debate in Washington over government spending. Earlier this month, President Barack Obama scrubbed a cleanair regulation that aimed to reduce health-threatening smog, yielding to bitterly protesting businesses and congressional Republicans who complained the rule would kill jobs in America’s ailing economy. “We’ve got to somehow involve the imagination of ordinary people,” Clinton said. “They have to understand that this is not a burden, it’s an opportunity.” Other panels on the first day of the conference touched on subjects ranging from women and jobs in technology fields to the challenges and opportunities facing the world’s increasingly urbanized population living in a growing number of cities. In a discussion on disaster preparedness, speakers emphasized the needs for preventative action such as improved building stan-
Marriage Licenses September 15 Joseph D. Dennis, 38, and Julieanne C. Montes, 29, both of Hope. Ignacio Villalobos-Hernandez, 34, and Cruz Tarin, 39, both of Roswell. September 16 John Richard Oosterhoff, 52, and Barbara Kay Barr, 52, both of Freeport. James A. Montgomery, 41, and Christine A. Young, 44, both of Roswell. Shannon L. Ernst, 30, and Tiffany D. Oldfield, 22, both of Roswell. Kenneth W. Allensworth, 45, and Suzanne L. Trease,
49, both of Wichita. September 19 Jaime Frias Frias, 42, and Socorro S. Sarinana, 47, both of Alamogordo. Sant B. Dustin, 22, of Hager man, and Carrie Tigner, 30, of Magdalena. Jason McClain, 30, and Vanessa Gonzales, 28, both of Dexter. Joel Omar Contreras, 17, of Las Cruces, and Sylvia D. Barela, 25, of Roswell.
Dogs & cats running at large, dog license required & dog tags — Renee Campbell, of 1718 West Juniper; fined $162; $25 suspended in lieu of providing court with proof of City tags within 45 days. Dogs & cats public nuisances, dog license required & dog tags — Renee Campbell, of 1718 West Juniper; fined $237; $25 suspended in lieu of providing court with proof of City tags within 45 days. Shoplifting under $250 — Chanay Meza, of 910 Lusk; fined $129. Municipal Court
September 14, 2011 Judge Larry Loy Trials Unsanitary premises, litter & abandoned or inoperative motor vehicle — Stephen Genevese, of 312 1/2 South Main Street; fined $687; $600 suspended in lieu of bringing property into compliance within 60 days. Failure to appear for trial — Joseph Sandoval, of 2112 West Alameda; fined $229. Unlawful use of license, stop sign & no insurance — Paul Corrie, of 2408 North Cole; fined $802 &
10 days jail concurrent. Display of registration, unlawful use of license, no insurance, speeding 11-15 mph over & evidence of registration — Paul Corrie, of 2408 North Cole; fined $905 & 10 days jail concurrent.
PUBLIC RECORDS
Municipal Court September 14, 2011 Judge Larry Loy Arraignments
Accidents September 18 3:10 p.m. — parking lot Factory 2U 2513 North Main Street; drivers — vehicle owned by Mary Martinez, of Roswell, and unknown driver. 4:50 p.m. — 2111 North Mesa Avenue; drivers —
dards to mitigate the impact of hurricanes and earthquakes. They also spoke about how to best help when a disaster does occur, in terms of the public outpouring of donations and goodwill that usually follows.
It’s important for people to realize what can really help, like cash donations, and what isn’t as useful, like medications that end up not being usable or clothes that victims of disasters don’t want or can’t use, said Valerie Amos, Under -Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator for the United Nations. When well-meaning people send things that aren’t usable, aid agencies can waste precious time and money disposing of them.
“Let’s really check what’s needed and make sure we’re helping rather than being part of the problem,” she said.
vehicle owned by Vickie Pacheco, and Lori Brady, 41, both of Roswell. September 19 7:58 a.m. — 706 West Summit Street; vehicle owned by City of Roswell, and Twaddle Sulma, 25, of Roswell. 9:35 a.m. — 600 block of West Deming Street; drivers — vehicle owned by Narcisa Rodriguez, of Roswell and unknown driver. 2:43 p.m. — 2800 South Princeton Drive; drivers — Michael Harvey, 40, of Roswell.