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Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 120, No. 272 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

INSIDE NEWS

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

November 11, 2011

Council OKs econ development plan JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

After weeks of much talk and heated discussion, the Roswell City Council voted to approve the adoption of Ordinance No. 11-05, which repeals Ordinance 02-6, creating an Economic Development Plan for the city, at its regular business meeting Thursday evening. The council voted 6 to 4

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to pass the ordinance with the wording approved at the special finance committee meeting Wednesday evening. This wording includes the controversial clause that reads Economic Development Project Committee members “should reflect a cross-section of the (racial, ethnic and cultural) diversity of the city of Roswell and Chaves County.” Mayor Del Jur ney

expressed his strong view that if the council didn’t include this specific verbiage the campaign for the proposal to add a Municipal Gross Receipts Tax to the city’s current GR T would die. “One method, one presentation of this ordinance will allow us to go forward, and the other one will be a dead end. If we go a different direction than what came out of the special

Finance Committee meeting last night, it’s a dead end and we won’t have a tax. So, therefore, we won’t be able to go forward with this. I believe that in my heart,” he said. The council also approved the Memorandum of Understanding between the city and McBride Oil and Gas Corp., and Resolution No. 11-39 concerning Gover nmental new Accounting Standards

SAVING THE LANGUAGE

MESCALERO (AP) — One word at a time, one student at a time, a group of Mescalero Apaches and their partner, a New Mexico State University anthropological linguist, are trying to stave off the demise of the tribe’s ancient tongue, the wellspring of its culture. “Like one of the elders said, every step is .... - PAGE A6

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• Committee wrangles over language • Lawrence Bros. shows off remodel • NMERB has money problem • Warriors look to even score with Mustangs • ‘At The Gate’ tells the story of Mine That Bird

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GHS honors veterans at annual event Cheerleaders greet veterans as they arrive at Goddard High School for the annual Veterans’ Ceremony, Thursday.

VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

Almost 300 veterans received first-class treat-

IRVING, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys defense is suddenly getting run over. Rob Ryan’s group was the league’s top rushing defense only two weeks ago. Then LeSean McCoy of Philadelphia ran for a career-high 185 yards against them and Seattle’s Marshawn Lynch followed with his first 100-yard game in nearly three years. “When you’re doing well and you don’t give up 100 yards, then you do, you have to pay attention to that,”... - PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES

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TODAY’S FORECAST

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LMRB finds for city

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JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

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COWBOYS’ DEFENSE SUDDENLY RUN OVER

Board Statement No. 54. In order to move forward with plans to develop the Veterans Cemetery as part of South Park Cemetery, the city needed to enter into an agreement to accept the donation of the land from McBride. Councilman Jason Perry, chairman of the Building and Lands Committee, spoke highly of

ment Thursday morning at a venue that would not exist had it not been for the valiant sacrifice of those who served, or are

serving, in the ar med forces. Goddard High School had its fifth annual Veterans Day celebration at the

school’s gym. Students, staff and administrators packed inside the gym as See GHS, Page A3

The three-member Labor Management Relations Board for the city of Roswell delivered two decisions regarding Roswell Fire Department and Roswell Police Department matters, Wednesday afternoon. The board held two separate hearings on Oct. 26 and Oct. 27. The first hearing dealt with the inclusion of Roswell Fire Department lieutenants into a collective bargaining unit. The second dealt with a prohibited practice complaint submitted by the Roswell Police Officers Association. The complaint concerned the termination of former Roswell police of ficer Michael Garcia for disciplinary reasons. Stayce Hunter, assistant city manager, estimated Garcia’s ter mination occurred around a year ago. Hunter said she could not comment further on the details

Administration urges Greece, Italy turn to experts new wilderness areas

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration is calling for 18 new wilderness and conservation area declarations in nine Western states, according to a report released Thursday by the secretary of the Interior that he hopes will result in new legislation from Congress establishing the new land protections. Most of the areas proposed for new protections are in the West, where the administration previously came under fire for a scuttled proposal to name new land protections as part of a presidential declaration. The administration says the new proposals have

“significant local support.” They include creation of San Juan Islands National Conservation Area in Washington, protections for New Mexico’s Rio Grande del Norte and 16 other sites. The areas have often been under consideration for advanced protection status for years, such as 406,000 acres of wilder ness and conservation area proposed for the Sleeping Giant study along the Missouri River’s scenic Holter Lake in Montana. Bureau of Land Management director Bob Abbey said there is room for more

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Europe’s financial crisis eased Thursday as Greece installed a respected economist to replace its prime minister and Italy appeared poised to do the same — both hoping that monetary experts can do better than the politicians who drove their nations so deeply into debt. The announcement in Athens — coupled with the prospect that volatile Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will be ushered out soon — quieted market fears, at least for now, that turmoil in Europe could threaten the global economy. But significant chal-

lenges remain in both debt-heavy Mediterranean countries. Greece’s new prime minister, Lucas Papademos, a for mer vice president of the European Central Bank, must quickly secure the crucial loan installment without which his country will go bankrupt before Christmas, and approve the EU’s $177 billion ((euro) 130 billion) bailout deal. In Italy, lawmakers have to pass new austerity measures over the next few days. However, expectations that respected economist Mario Monti

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New Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos talks to the press outside the presidential palace in Athens, Thursday.

FoodPlay cast brings food smarts to Pecos Elementary See LAND, Page A3

VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

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Keith Allen of FoodPlay teaches kids at Pecos Elementary about food nutrition during a fun-filled skit Thursday afternoon.

An Emmy Award-winning presentation gave children at Pecos Elementary School a taste of what a healthy lifestyle with good food choices and exercise is like, Thursday afternoon. FoodPlay Productions is the nutrition and health organization behind the short, touring children’s play that entertained all of the students. The brainchild of playwright and nutritionist Barbara Storper, FoodPlay features whacky characters such as Johnny Junkfood, who learns how to balance his juggling act, as well as his

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diet, from a character known as Coach. Johnny Junkfood had quite a bit to learn about the difference between “go” foods and “whoa” foods. The latter, Coach explained, are “quick pickme-ups” laden with sugar and additives. “(Whoa foods) fill you up, but slow you down,” Coach said. “It’s the kind of energy that doesn’t last.” Coach also told Johnny Junkfood some harsh truths about soft drinks. To make the message clear, the pair dressed up not unlike Dr. Frankenstein working in his lab, with Coach in a long white lab coat and Johnny Junkfood

in a dark shroud. Their monstrous concoction: Coca-Cola. Coach went through the soft drink’s ingredients as she stirred a big pot. The drink, she said, includes plenty of sugar, coloring, caffeine and phosphoric acid. The acid erodes teeth, Coach said, and may even strip away calcium from bones. Coach and Johnny Junkfood placed a huge, shiny white tooth inside the concoction and pretended it had been left to soak for a day. When they took it out, the tooth had turned into a See FOOD, Page A3


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