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October 12, 2013
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Accelerated efforts, no agreement on shutdown/debt
WASHINGTON (AP) — With time running short, President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner accelerated efforts Friday to prevent the U.S. Treasury from default and end a partial government shutdown that stretched into an 11th day. The latest impacts: New aircraft grounded, military chaplains silenced and a crab harvest jeopardized in the Bering Sea. “Let’s put this hysterical talk of default behind us and instead start talking
about finding solutions,” said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Republicans in the House and Senate separately made proposals to the White House for ending an impasse that polls say has inflicted damage on their party politically. Each offered to reopen the government and raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit — but only as part of broader approaches that envision deficit savings, changes to the health care
makers over two days, Obama left open the possibility he would sign legislation repealing a medical device tax enacted as part of the health care law. Yet there was no indication he was willing to do so with a default looming and the gover nment partially closed. Obama called Boehner at midafter noon, and Steel, a Michael spokesman for the leader of House Republicans, said, “They agreed that we should all keep talking.”
law known as Obamacare and an easing of acrossthe-board spending cuts that the White House and Congress both dislike. The details and timing differed. “We’re waiting to hear” from administration officials, said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Hopes remained high on Wall Street, where investors sent the Dow Jones industrial average 111 points higher following Thursday’s 323-point surge. In meetings with law-
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Sax in the City: Jazz Fest kicks off in style
Internationally acclaimed musicians jam Friday afternoon at the courthouse during the 2013 Roswell Jazz Festival, Friday.
AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER
The soothing sound of a saxophone drifted on the cool afternoon breeze Friday. A variety of jazz tunes
could be heard blocks away as the annual Roswell Jazz Festival officially kicked off with a free concert on the courthouse lawn. Rows of chairs were
filled with people and around them others gathered, standing, sitting and laying in the grass. On stage, the musicians moved in time with the music, as if every part of
them was involved in the sounds they played; they played from their souls. Chuck Redd grooved on vibraphone while Michael See JAZZ, Page A3
NM officials see no imminent fed cuts SANTA FE (AP) — There’s no looming rollback of programs administered by state government because of the continued federal shutdown, but lawmakers starting to work on next year’s budget worry that New
Mexico’s economy could be weakened by a prolonged stalemate in the nation’s capital.
State Budget Division Director Michael Marcelli said Friday there’s no See CUTS, Page A3
Success of ACA so far hard to gauge
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — After more than a week in action, is a key feature of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul a success or a bust? Judging by the dearth of data, it’s virtually impossible to say. The federal government has released no comprehensive data on how many people have enrolled for health insurance using federally run exchanges, the online marketplaces being used in 36 states for residents to compare and buy insurance. In the 14 states running their own exchanges, the situation isn’t much better. Officials with California’s exchange say it will be midNovember until they can say how many people signed up. In Oregon and Colorado, the official number of completed applications is zero. And in Minnesota, which billed itself as a leader in implementing the Affordable Care Act, officials won’t release data until next week about the number of applications started and completed. As a result, a nation
obsessed with keeping score to determine winners and losers is finding it difficult to pass immediate judgment on a law that will in large part define the president’s legacy.
“Obamacare has a lot of cynics in this country, and it needs to get off to a better start than what we see so far if it’s going to be a said Bob success,” Laszewski, a Washington, D.C.-based health care industry consultant.
Laszewski suspects the lack of data conceals an extremely slow start thanks to widely reported technical problems.
MNsure, Minnesota’s online insurance marketplace, reported more than 10,000 accounts had been initiated as of Thursday, said April Todd-Malmlov, the exchange’s director. But enrollment figures won’t be available until Wednesday. She said some users inadvertently submitted multiple applications that need to be consolidated.
Kintigh: Child abuse Third-grader raises $307 for Buddy Walk cases most frustrating for law enforcement AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Dennis Kintigh spoke about the dif ficulties of child abuse cases from a law enforcement perspective. As an FBI agent, onetime interim Roswell Police Department chief and detective for Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, he has a broad base of knowledge. It was during his tenure at the SO that he found the abuse of little children most distressing. “That’s not a strong enough word.
Words cannot describe what it is like to see these things. You think you are strong and can deal with it.”
Recently, Kintigh had been called to the two separate investigations of possible child abuse — one where a 19-month-old child was found dead and a second where a girl was found caged a room. “I’ve been in law enforcement for 30 years and abuse of child is the most shocking and disSee ABUSE, Page A3
In an ef fort to raise money for the Down Syndrome Foundation’s annual Buddy Walk, third-grader Mikayla Delgado took the initiative to involve her classmates. With a “Dress Down for Downs Day” event, kids at Missouri Avenue Elementary were given the option to pay $1 to wear jeans instead of their uniforms. On Friday, the school’s PTA presented Delgado with a check of what the kids raised: $307. On top of the money, Delgado also has nearly 80 people signed up to walk on her team, Mikayla’s
Marvels. And from the school, there are at least 15 teachers planning to walk. That’s the most involvement the school has ever had. When asked how she got people to join her team, Delgado said she simply asked nicely and smiled. And according to her teacher Rose Stewart, Delgado is always smiling. “The staf f is always involved in all the kids, no matter what they are doing, but I think we all have a special place in our hearts for Mikayla,” Stewart said. According to her, this 9-year -old touches everyone. See WALK, Page A3
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Missouri Avenue Elementary third-grader Mikayla Delgado inspired her classmates to raise $307 for the Down Syndrome Foundation’s annual Buddy Walk and was presented with the check at a school assembly Friday morning.
Cafe owner finds passion in mixing history and a perfect cuppa JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
Rich, deep waves of perfectly roasted Guatemalan la Flor coffee filled the air inside Stellar Coffee Co. Thursday. Anne Baker stood behind the counter demonstrating how a perfect “pour-over” pot of coffee was made. “It’s one of the best cups of cof fee you can get,” Baker said. She explained that she measures the water and
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Anne Baker, co-owner of Stellar Coffee Co., demonstrates how to make a pourover pot of coffee Thursday. “It’s one of the best cups of coffee you can get,” Baker said. She is renovating the old JC Penney building at 315 N. Main St., where her shop will open by January.
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beans exactly and grinds the beans specifically for each pot. The beans are selected from a single far m and roasted to specific parameters by a Dallas-based micro-roaster. The beans she ground that day had been roasted a week ago, making them prime for brewing. “All of the coffee is top notch,” Baker explained. “This is the perfect time to drink it.” Baker’s enthusiasm for
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producing the perfect cup is only matched by her passion for renovating the old JC Penney building at 315 N. Main St., where her shop will open by January. The rich history of the building, where generations of Roswell residents shopped from 1916 to 1978, has inspired Baker and her husband, Dan, to restore much of the interior to its original glory. From what Baker could discover using old photo-
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graphs, the building stood at its location in 1904, during a massive flood. The photo depicted the site as possibly a hotel. “There was a river on Main Street,” Baker said of the scene in the photo. When the Bakers purchased the building after moving to Roswell from Stevensville, Texas, two years ago, it was a former medical clinic. Since then, they have slowly uncovSee SPOTLIGHT, Page A3
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