11-19-11 PAPER

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Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 120, No. 279 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

November 19, 2011

Council holds redistricting workshop JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

While redistricting took center stage at the Roundhouse this past special legislative session, it also has a significant impact on the Roswell City Council. Councilors met with Sterling Fluharty, owner and project manager at Southwest Political Services, to examine maps and data

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pertaining to the makeup of their respective wards. Redistricting is a process of drawing United States electoral district boundaries, that occurs every 10 years in response to population changes determined by the results of the most recent Census data. The main complexity surrounding redistricting in Roswell is the population deviation that was reported

in Ward III, which is represented by councilors Judy Stubbs and Art Sandoval. “(Roswell’s) population was relatively balanced. As a group pretty much all wards grew at the same rate. It’s just that one, Ward III, didn’t keep up with the rest, and that’s why you have to do this tweaking,” Fluharty said. Ward III’s population was six percent below the ideal.

Deviation must be plus or minus five percent, depending on the population growth in the area. “We’re not saying that it shrunk in population, it’s just that it didn’t keep up with the population growth in other wards,” Fluharty said. If Ward III’s population deviation were consistent with the other wards, changes would not have to

HARVEST NEARLY FINISHED

LAS CRUCES (AP) — Las Cruces resident Linda Davenport is a fan of both red and green. But when it comes to certain dishes, the 48-year-old, lifelong resident most definitely prefers red. “Tostadas compuestas — they have to be red,” she said. “And tamales and ....” - PAGE B3

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INSIDE SPORTS

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Vietnam Vets hold annual giveaway Rachel Herrera, 2, rescues a stuffed penguin from among piles of clothes, toys and non-perishable food donated by the community and distributed by Frank Carrillo and the Vietnam Veterans of America, Friday.

VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

Thanks to the generosity of Monterrey Elementary School students, parents and staff, the Viet-

ROCKETS ROLL OVER MORIARTY

The Goddard Rockets earned the No. 1 seed in the NMAA 4A playoffs with a bruising ground game, a “works when needed” passing game and a shutdown defense. The first of those attributes was the most important on Friday. Goddard needed just 30 attempts to run for 384 yards — 12.8 yards per attempt — and ran away from Moriarty 42-21 in the state quarterfinals at the Wool Bowl. To no one’s surprise, it was David Anaya who racked up most of those yards. - PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES

• Howard Hicks • Rosemary Stephenson - PAGE B3

HIGH ...81˚ LOW ....44˚

TODAY’S FORECAST

Baldwin boasts banner year

See COUNCIL, Page A7

JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

TOP 5 • Will Monterrey make ‘Guinness’? • Commission OKs zoning changes • Incoming! MESA students build ... • Romero dismisses Montoya case • Gateway prepared for unbeaten Melrose

be made. Fluharty of fered two explanations as to why Ward III deviated more so than other wards in Roswell: growth patterns in the city; and all of the other wards saw their populations grow faster than Ward III’s did. The Census Bureau reported population growth

nam Veterans of America Post No. 968 gathered more non-perishable food than ever before for their fifth annual giveaway event. The giveaway, designed

House rejects balanced budget amendment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting the idea Congress can’t control its spending impulses, the House turned back a Republican proposal Friday to amend the Constitution to dam the rising flood of federal red ink. Democrats — and a few GOP lawmakers — said damage from the balancedbudget mandate would outweigh any benefits. The first House vote in 16 years on making federal deficits unconstitutional came as the separate bipartisan “supercommittee” appeared to be sputtering in its attempt to find at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions to head of f major automatic cuts. The lead Republican on that panel said members were “painfully, painfully aware” of its Wednesday deadline for action and would work through the weekend.

The House voted 261-165 in favor of the measure to require annual balanced budgets, but that was 23 short of the two-thirds needed to advance a constitutional amendment. Democrats overwhelmingly opposed the proposal, arguing that such a requirement would force Congress to make devastating cuts to social programs. Most Republicans favored the measure, but there were prominent exceptions. Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the party’s point man on budgetary matters, agreed with GOP colleagues that “spending is the problem.” But he added that “this version of the balanced budget amendment makes it more likely taxes

to assist those who are homeless or otherwise in need, took place in a parking lot in the 100 block of East Bland Street, Friday afternoon. In addition to clothes,

sleeping bags, blankets and toys donated by people from throughout Roswell, there were more than two trailers full of See VETS, Page A7

In one year, Dean Baldwin Painting has seen its employees, payroll and work double. The company’s newest endeavor will be servicing 10 airplanes at a time, starting in December. The company, a familyowned business with a 163,000-square-foot plant that includes six paint bays, projects yearly revenues of more $12 million for 2011. According to Jim Burress, general manager, the company will be working on 25 planes during December and January. He said the company currently has contracts with Sky West, Jet Blue, U.S. Air, Air Canada, DHL and Hanwha. It works on cargo, corporate and comSee BALDWIN, Page A7

‘I have my own tree!’

Mark Wilson Photo

Emma, the CASA assistance dog, poses next to her Christmas tree during the Winter Wonderland Christmas Auction to Benefit Chaves County CASA, at First American Bank, Friday evening.

Singer Kathy returns home to open studio with hubby Artist Ed See BUDGET, Page A7

JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

CLASSIFIEDS..........B7 COMICS.................B6 FINANCIAL .............A8 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ......A10 LOTTERIES ............A2 NATION .................B3 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ............A10

INDEX

Ed and Kathy Cook

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The marriage of two people has created the marriage of two businesses. Kathy Cook, a Roswell native, has returned to the community with her husband of two years, Ed, to open a combined photography and music studio. The studio, which will be located at Adobe Plaza Suite 4, is slated to open Nov. 25. Kathy graduated from Goddard High School in 1982. She then attended Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas, where

she got her music-education degree. She received a degree in vocal performance from Western Carolina in North Carolina. A voice teacher at various elementary, parochial and catholic schools as well as at the University of North Carolina, Kathy then became a choir director in Terre Haute, Ind., for 10 years. Ed, who is a native of Terre Haute, attended Indi-

ana State University, where he played and eventually coached football. Ed has an art degree from the university. He also had a therapeutic massage business in Terre Haute for 12 years. While Ed has been doing amateur photography since college, he has gotten really serious about it in the past See SPOTLIGHT, Page A7


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