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Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

Vol. 123, No. 255 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday

October 23, 2014

THURSDAY

Weh campaign: Data entry errors caused FEC issues www.rdrnews.com

Udall addresses his own FEC discrepancies BY JEFF TUCKER RECORD STAFF WRITER

The campaign treasurer for Allen Weh’s Senate campaign said Wednesday that campaign finance discrepancies cited by the Federal Election Commission this month were a result of data entry and clerical errors. Campaign treasurer Rebecca Sanchez responded to an Oct. 7 letter from the Federal Elections Commission, which warned the Republican challenger’s campaign of accepting excessive individual contributions, not reporting lastminute contributions and the misdesignation of

funds. In the Oct. 7 letter posted on the FEC’s website, FEC senior campaign finance and reviewing analyst Christopher Whyrick asked Weh’s campaign for a corrective action plan regarding his campaign finance reports. “We have reviewed the request letter for additional information that was posted online by the FEC,” Sanchez said in a statement released Wednesday by the Weh campaign. “The three recording discrepancies mentioned in the letter resulted from data entry errors.” Whyrick said, in the Oct. 7 letter, that Weh’s cam-

paign had apparently exceeded the $2,600 per election individual contribution limit in his campaign finance reports. According to the FEC, Weh received two contributions from Randall Goss, totaling $3,038.65, and three contributions from Kevin K. Yearout, totaling $2,928.81. Goss contributed $2,500 on March 3 and $538.65 on June 2, the FEC said. The FEC said Yearout contributed $1,500 on March 25, $328.81 on March 25 and $1,100 on June 3. The primary election date was June 3. Individuals may contribute up to

$2,600 for a primary election in a federal race, and another $2,600 for the general election, under federal election laws. Weh campaign spokesman Tom Intorcio said Wednesday that not a single contributor to Weh’s campaign has given more than the maximum allowable amount of $5,200 in an election cycle. The FEC also cautioned Weh’s campaign with desigcontributions nating received after the June 2014 primary election for the primary election. Sanchez said Weh’s cam-

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U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-Santa Fe), left, visits with retired Gen. Jerry Childress on Wednesday at the Roswell Adult Center. Udall was at the adult center visiting with veterans and discussing their concerns, including transportation and health care.

Vet cemetery rules Official: Low risk of Ebola in state approved by board SANTA FE (AP) — A top health official assured lawmakers Wednesday that New Mexico is prepared to deal with Ebola although it’s unlikely a case will happen in the state. “The risk of a case of Ebola in New Mexico is very, very low,” said state infectious disease specialist Dr. Michael Landen, an epidemiologist with the Department of Health. In testimony to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee, Landen said the department is provided information on people coming to New Mexico from the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea where Ebola has killed more than 4,500 people. Under new federal requirements, air travelers from those countries must enter the United States through one of five airports that will per for m screenings and fever checks for Ebola. Landen said the department monitors those who come to the state from one

of the countries. People who have been infected with the virus may not develop a fever and illness

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fluids such as blood of those who are infected. The disease isn’t spread through sneezing or other airborne transmission. Landen said the greatest threat to New Mexicans from an infectious disease is from pandemic influenza or a new virus that’s transmitted through the air. Gov. Susana Martinez has directed the Health Department to coordinate with state and local gover nment agencies and health care providers on a plan to ensure New Mexico is ready if a case of Ebola is diagnosed in the state. Landen said that plan would be posted online next week on the agency’s website. The department has epidemiologists on call around the clock to answer questions from health care providers and provide guidance if a patient with Ebola symptoms seeks treatment. for up to 21 days. He said the departHe stressed that Ebola is transmitted through direct contact with bodily See EBOLA, Page A2

Regulations will move on to the Buildings and Lands committee BY RANDAL SEYLER RECORD CITY EDITOR

The city of Roswell Cemetery Board approved proposed rules for burials in the Gen. Douglas L. McBride Veterans Cemetery on Tuesday. “This is fantastic,” said Board President Jake Trujillo. “I want to thank everyone for all the work you have put into this.” The board had been grappling with the proposed rules since its Aug. 19 meeting, when members were asked by Trujillo to take the proposal home and come back in September ready to discuss the rules. In September, board members went through the proposed regulations with a fine-toothed comb, and at Tuesday’s meeting the final version of the rules was approved with little discussion.

The proposed rules require all casket and cremation ground burials to be in a Poly Guard burial vault or its equivalent, or an urn vault of sufficient size to accommodate double urns. The funeral home will charge customers for the vault and the urn — those items will not be provided for free by the cemetery.

The burial cost for veterans and their spouses or eligible dependents at the cemetery is also outlined in the rules. The cost is just the expense of the cemetery, and includes the labor and setup for the burial and interment by the cemetery staff — costs do not include any other expenses, Trujillo said, such as caskets, flowers, embalming or cremation. A casketed burial with setup is $600 and without

Peppers to host United White House: Immigration plans not final yet Way fundraiser Friday STAFF REPORT

If you eat lunch or dinner this Friday at Peppers Grill & Bar, 10 percent of the sales from your food and beverage order will be donated by the restaurant to the Chaves County United Way. The fundraiser, called United Way Day, begins with lunch at 11 a.m. and ends with dinner at 10 p.m. “Peppers does this every year for us and we have good turnouts,” said Sherry Mumford, United Way exec-

utive director. In past years the United Way has raised between $750 and $1,000 at the event, she said. The United Way is in the midst of its 2014 fundraising campaign. The organization funds 16 local nonprofit organizations that of fer services such as emergency shelter, hot meals, after-school programs and advocates for abused and neglected children. For more information call 622-4150.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Wednesday cautioned against making assumptions about President Barack Obama’s changes to immigration rules based on a new federal contract proposal from the Homeland Security Department to buy enough supplies to make as many as 34 million immigrant work permits and residency cards over the next five years. The Associated Press reported earlier in the day the contract proposal suggested that the Obama administration appeared to be preparing for an

Moose, a Labradoodle that works with CASA, is on bed rest at the home of the courthouse dog handler Amanda Lueras. Moose will return to work next month.

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In this Sept. 10 file photo, detained immigrant children line up in the cafeteria at the Karnes County Residential Center, a temporary home for immigrant women and children detained at the border, in Karnes City, Texas.

CASA courthouse dog to return to work next month

BY DYLANNE PETROS RECORD STAFF WRITER

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increase in the number work permit applications form of immigrants living illegally in the country. The U.S. government produces about 3 million work permits and residency identification, known as green cards, annually. The new contract for at least 5 million cards a year would provide the administration with the flexibility to issue far more work permits or green cards even if it chose not to exercise that option.

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CASA courthouse dog Moose will not be around the CASA office for a while, but once his health is better, he will return to the CASA family. Moose, a 3-year -old Labradoodle, was recently diagnosed with Addison’s disease, which affects both humans and dogs. Addison’s disease occurs when there is a deficiency of the corticosteroid hormone. The corticosteroid hor mone is in charge of

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helping humans and animals adapt to stress. Dealing with stress is a huge part of Moose’s job, said Amanda Lueras, the courthouse dog handler. Moose works with kids who are visiting with their parents or guardians, and he also helps kids when they have to testify in court, Lueras said. “When the visits are maybe a stressed-out visit for the child or the parent, Moose goes into the room and de-escalates all that stress going on,” Lueras said. “Really just his pres-

ence and being able to pet him de-escalates all that. What he is doing is he is just soaking in all the emotions that are going on in the room.” Lueras said CASA found out about Moose’s disease last week and he stayed at the veterinarian’s office for a couple of nights before being released. The veterinarian, Nathan Wenner, has “done wonders for Moose,” Lueras said. While Moose was staying at the veterinarian’s office, Wenner was working hard to try and figure out what

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CLASSIFIEDS ..........B6 COMICS .................B5 ENTERTAINMENT .....A8 FINANCIAL ..............B4

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was wrong with Moose. “They tested him for everything (and it was) coming back pretty normal,” she said. “The last resort was to test him for Addison’s because he was showing symptoms.” Some of the symptoms of Addison’s in dogs include vomiting and low blood sugar. Once Wenner diagnosed Moose, he worked harder to find out how to help the CASA dog, Lueras said. “It’s such a rare disease.

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HOROSCOPES .........A8 LOTTERIES .............A2

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SPORTS .................B1

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