Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Vol. 123, No. 246 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday
October 12, 2014
Commission candidates queried on issues STAFF REPORT
In the race for Chaves County commissioner District 1, Republican incumbent James Duffey and Democrat challenger Eloy Ortega Jr. both agreed to be interviewed by the Roswell Daily Record editorial board on Wednesday. The rematch from four years ago, when Duffey won by a single vote, is the only contested race for a county office on general election ballots. Only residents of District 1, who all reside east of Roswell’s Main Street, are eligible to vote in the battleground election.
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Both Duffey and Ortega are of Roswell. Neither candidate was challenged in the June primaries. The winner in November will earn a four-year term on the five-member county commission, with an annual salary of $26,257. Ortega, a retired building contractor who is currently a Roswell school board member, is attempting to break the Republican Party’s domination of every county office in Chaves County, including all five commission seats. The candidates were asked the following questions. The first five questions were ballot questions
the Chaves County commissioners unsuccessfully attempted to place on general election ballots. Question No. 6 is a ballot question that will be on general election ballots in Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties:
1. Are you in favor of the Chaves County Commission enacting a Right-to-Work ordinance? Mr. Ortega: “No, I don’t think so. The government is too much involved in the community and they always want to make decisions for the people, but the people need to make a lot of decisions for themselves. If people want to
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have a right to work, then let them have a right to work. But I don’t think the gover nment should be telling people what to do.”
Mr Duffey: “Yes. I don’t think that anybody ought to be held accountable to anyone else as far as the right to go to work. In other words, I don’t think you need to have to be in a union or anything like that in order to hold down a job. I think that should be your choice. I think that when you go get a job you don’t necessarily need two masters. You work for the employer, but sometimes See COMMISSION, Page A3
NMMI celebrates, welcomes alumni
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This composite photo shows Chaves County Commissioner for District 1 James Duffey, left, and his Democratic challenger Eloy Ortega Jr. during their separate interviews with the Roswell Daily Record editorial board on Wednesday.
Decorate your bra for a good cause STAFF REPORT
Shawn Naranjo Photos
Right: A drum major salutes the colors during New Mexico Military Institute’s Homecoming celebration, Saturday. Below, left: Institute cadets perform the Change of Flame Guard ceremony. Below, center: NMMI leaders and special guests watch the parade.
Imagine That! Scrapbooks & Gifts in Roswell is inviting women to decorate their bras for a cause in support of breast cancer awareness and research. The fundraiser is called “Bling a Bra for Breast Cancer.” Here’s how it works. Drop off (or mail) your decorated bra anytime between now and Friday, Oct. 24, at Imagine That! Scrapbooks & Gifts, 317 N. Main St. All bras will be on display in the store and on the store’s website and Facebook page. All bras will be auctioned off and you can place your bids in the store or online. The auction closes at noon on Thursday, Oct. 30. All proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This fun fundraiser will allow you to express your creative side by decorating a bra in your own way. Any bra will do, and everyone is invited to enter. There is no
fee to enter. Just decorate a bra in good taste and show your support for this cause. Businesses are encouraged to participate.
Staggering statistics on breast cancer
• Every three minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. • 1 in 8 women in the U.S. will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime. • Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the U.S. • Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women age 40-59. • This year, nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and about 40,000 will die from breast cancer this year. There are over two million breast cancer survivors alive today in the U.S. and the See BRA, Page A3
Jeff Tucker Photo
Roswell volunteer Peggy Seskey relaxes at home with one of her teacup poodles during a break in her busy retirement schedule.
Former D.C. official Seskey home to help BY JEFF TUCKER RECORD STAFF WRITER
What could possibly connect the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency with Roswell’s annual Fiddle and Griddle Festival? Peggy Seskey, who worked for the CIA in Langley, Virginia, before
Above: Regimental Commander Chance Cavin salutes Superintendent Maj. Gen. Jerry W. Grizzle. Left: NMMI alumni enter Stapp Field for the Homecoming parade.
retur ning home to Roswell, is credited with having the brainchild of the festival that combines a fiddling competition with a griddle competition that fills the downtown Roswell summer air with the aroma See SESKEY, Page A3
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