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about,” said Sonora Gov. Guiller mo Padres Elias. “We always talk about how to help each other. We see obviously the risks, but we also see the great benefits we have between the states in the border region. It’s not something you should keep as a secret, it’s something you put on the table and try to work through.” Padres Elias said his state has collaborated with both New Mexico and Arizona and that the goal for all three states is the same: “To keep our people safe.” Martinez said half of the
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Mitt Romney, countered: “This is not what a real recovery looks like.” The drop brought the jobless rate back to where it was when Obama was sworn in, in January 2009, and snapped a 43-month streak in which unemployment was 8 percent or higher — a run Romney had been emphasizing. The October jobs report comes out Nov. 2, four days before the election, so Friday’s report provided one of the final snapshots of the economy as undecided voters make up their minds. The government calculates the unemployment rate by calling 60,000 households and asking whether adults have jobs, and whether those who don’t are looking for work. Those who do not have jobs and are looking are counted as unemployed. Those who aren’t looking are not considered part of the work force and aren’t counted as unemployed. A separate monthly sur-
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Devil Pups, an organization af filiated with the Marine Corps and aimed at teenagers seeking to build their character and become successful citizens. He grew up in southern California and his particular Devil Pups chapter would meet at Camp Pendleton in San Diego. During this time, Hambric was actively involved in the Southern California Jr. Rifle League. He said they competed all over California and even in national matches in Ohio, shooting small bore rifles as well as high power ones. One of his fondest memories during that time was learning how to shoot in competitions. From there he was drafted into the Army. In Europe he said they shot against all the other NATO countries and while on
cases she used to see as a prosecutor in souther n New Mexico’s Dona Ana County were related to drug trafficking that was connected with organized crime. The violence that comes with that is now affecting families, she said. “We work together because it doesn’t do us any good, on either side of that border, to have that kind of violence take place,” Martinez said. “Our economics can’t grow, and people don’t want to own businesses on either side of the border when bullets are flying and people are dying.” Arizona has become a gateway for drug cartels vey seeks information from 140,000 companies and government agencies that together employ about one in three nonfarm workers in the United States. That survey found that the economy added 114,000 jobs in September, the fewest since June. Most of the job growth came in service businesses such as health care and restaurants. The Labor Department raised its job-creation figures by a total of 86,000 jobs for July and August. The July figure was revised from 141,000 to 181,000, and the August figure from 96,000 to 142,000. Taken together, the two surveys suggest the job situation in the United States is better than was thought. Economist Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisors, called the strong employment reports “a shocker” that showed the job market was sturdier than most economists had thought. Financial markets seemed less impressed. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed as much as 86 points in early tradtour in Vietnam, he was the designated marksman for Special Ops, longrange recon and patrol. After his stint in the military, he moved back to California and eventually moved to Roswell in 1985. He said the contrast between the two areas is what convinced him to make the city his new home. “There’s low crime and good weather here,” he said. “And in California, I didn’t care for the four hour commutes and back.” Moving to Roswell signified a new phase in his life: coaching. For him it was the next logical step. “That’s the next step from shooting, is coaching,” he said. “I’m sharing my lifelong experiences with others. Teaching them how to shoot and how to compete. ... Us old guys that know how to do this, if we don’t teach it, it’s going to be a lost art. And to speak the truth, if I
because of greater enforcement in Califor nia and Texas, Brewer said. That has left her residents having to bear the criminal fallout that comes from trafficking. Brewer said ef forts to secure the U.S. border have nothing to do with challenging diversity, but rather the rule of law. States like Arizona need more help, she said. “It’s the federal government’s responsibility to secure our border and they need to do that, and then we can deal with all the other issues that have come about because our border hasn’t been secured,” she said. ing but drifted lower for most of the rest of the day. It finished up 34 points at 13,610. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a broader measure, was down a fraction of a point. Stock indexes have been trading at or near their highest levels since December 2007, the month the Great Recession began. They have gotten a lift from Federal Reserve efforts to stimulate the economy, and by a European Central Bank plan to buy the bonds of financially troubled countries to ease a debt crisis there. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed by 0.06 percentage point to 1.73 percent, a sign that investors were more willing to embrace risk and leave the relative safety of the bond market. The unemployment figures were so surprisingly strong that some pundits and at least one member of Congress, Florida Republican Allen West, accused the Obama administration of manipulating the statistics to help the president’s prospects.
didn’t know how to shoot I wouldn’t be here today.” He added that he would instead “be fertilizing some rice paddy in Vietnam.” Shooting for him was not only hobby, but also a lifesaving skill that he feels is important to teach. Hambric said he was approached years ago by NMMI to coach the rifle program. He said that ordinarily, an active duty serviceman would coach the rifle team. The issue with that is the free rifles the team uses are very specialized for target, and many of the coaches were used to shooting M-16s and had never shot target rifles before, he said. After lending his expertise and essentially aiding in getting the program off the ground, he was asked by one of the school’s colonels if he’d be interested in coaching the team. He of course agreed and they’ve had great success during his tenure. Last year they won their divi-
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this crisis in the first place.” But Romney saw little to like in the day’s new government numbers. “This is not what a real recovery looks like,” the for mer Massachusetts governor and businessman said, an analysis echoed by other Republicans throughout the day. “We created fewer jobs in September than in August, and fewer jobs in August than in July, and we’ve lost over 600,000 manufacturing jobs since President Obama took office,” Romney added. “If not for all the people who have simply dropped out of the labor force, the real unemployment rate would be closer to 11%,” he said.
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outside of these doors and making a difference in this community.”
VCA kindergartners spent the day picking up trash around town and planted flowers; first- and second-grade students cleaned at The Bee Hive retirement facility; thirdand fourth-grade students cleaned at Church on the Move; fifth- and sixth-grade students helped the Salvation Army with recycling efforts at the food bank; seventh- and eight-grade students helped out at the Humane Society; and ninth- and tenth-grade students helped out at the Pregnancy Resource Center. “This is cool. The kids are excited to go out and serve
sion and were invited to go to Fort Benning, Ga., home of the Ar my’s advanced marksmanship unit, but with only two weeks’ notice, it wasn’t possible to get funding for the trip. “That’s a long way to take a team, especially with guns,” he said. “Getting guns through airport security is not easy.” Hambric also does a lot of work with hunter education in Roswell. He said he teaches the course with a retired police officer and that having a program like that is crucial in this area. “It’s very important,” he said. “We teach gun safety and firearm safety in the home. It’s real important to teach kids the proper way and the safe way to handle guns.” He also teaches women’s handgun classes and he said the very first thing he teaches them is “there is nothing that’s worth taking another person’s life for.” The central message
war with a price tag approaching $750 million when outside group spending is included. Romney launched three new commercials during the day, one aimed at voters in Nevada, a second targeted to Ohio and a third that says Obama claims “he is creating jobs, but he’s really creating debt,” running up deficits and spending unnecessarily. “He’s not just wasting it. He’s borrowing it and then wasting it,” the narrator says. The campaign did not say where it would air. Romney’s strong showing in the campaign’s first general election debate cheered Republicans who had worried about his campaign, and forced Obama’s aides into a rare public acknowledgement that they would have to adjust their strategy for the next encounter.
the community,” Cogdill said. “And really, there is an energy; they were all just pumped up, ready to go today and serve.” Cogdill said the best part of Community Day is seeing the students look forward to service, which he said he feels places students on a path that will last a lifetime. “It makes them feel like they’re making a dif ference,” he said. “They see that there are a lot of needs in this community. and I’m sure they’re happy to get out of the classroom and get away from the books for a little while! “It’s definitely building a pattern of service. We’ve tossed around the idea of making community service a requirement for graduation, (but) we would rather it come from a heart of service rather than a requirement. That’s what of his classes is to only use your gun if your life is in danger because he said the Castle Law doesn’t apply in New Mexico. The Castle Law allows people to use whatever force necessary to protect their abodes, and he said there are consequences for shooting people regardless of the circumstances. Hambric’s emphasis isn’t on the self-defense aspect of shooting anyway. “What I teach is competitive marksmanship,” he said. “How to use the gun safely, how to compete and have fun with it.” After moving to Roswell, he was mentored by Olympic Gold Medalist and USA Shooting National coach Dan Iuga. From him he learned techniques in international-style pistol marksmanship and advanced pistol techniques, specifically discipline and mental management. After learning from Igua and growing as a coach, Hambric was able
we’re trying to instill in the kids here at VCA.” Margarita Hernandez, fifth- and sixth-grade teacher, said the most important thing for her group of students who helped the Salvation Army Food Bank was learning that there are many people in the world who are less fortunate than they are. “Don’t be selfish. They need to learn to help everybody and that’s the reason we are doing this,” Hernandez said. She said that after helping the Salvation Army, students would write essays about their experience, which she said allows students to express feelings that may only come about through service. “They notice they are not the only ones,” Hernandez said, “that there are more people around, and that they are needed.” nvernau@rdrnews.com
to expand his local 4-H program. The .22 shooting program would grow to include air rifle, air pistol and shotguns. He was able to coach two shooters up to the USA Jr. Olympic Development team, an accomplishment he’s quite proud of. Shooting has been a major part of Hambric’s entire life and he continues to stay involved in the sport today. He’s currently a member of the National Rifle Association, USA Shooting, and a life member trustee of the NM Shooting Sports Association. He’s certified as a NM Game & Fish Hunter instructor, NRA instructor in rifle, pistol, shotgun and home firearms safety and personal protection. He’s also helping to shape the next generation of shooting coaches by conducting coach certification classes for international pistol shooting around the country.
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