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Roswell Daily Record

Europe forges fiscal union

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RUMORS ARE TRUE!

FARMINGTON (AP) — New Mexico may soon be ringing with the cry “Hi-yo Silver, away!” That’s right, The Lone Ranger is coming back to the Southwest with his mask, silver bullets and penchant for fighting crime. A recent casting call in Shiprock for a movie titled “Silver Bullet” sparked ... - PAGE A8

BRUSSELS (AP) — Working almost to exhaustion and persuading countries one by one, European leaders agreed Friday to redefine their continent — hoping that by joining their fiscal fortunes they might stop a crippling debt crisis, save the euro currency and prevent worldwide economic chaos. Only one country said no: Britain. It will risk isolation while the rest of the continent plots its future. The coalition came together in a marathon

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

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negotiating session among the 27 European Union heads of gover nment — hard bargaining that began with dinner Thursday evening and ended after 4 a.m., when red-eyed officials appeared before weary journalists to explain their proposed treaty. It was a major step forward in the long, postwar march toward European integration. It was two decades ago, on Dec. 9 and 10, 1991, that European negotiators drafted a treaty in Maastricht, Netherlands,

to unite their politics, create a central bank and, one day, invent a common currency. Friday’s agreement — 23 countries are in favor and three more say they are open to the idea — would force countries to submit their budgets for central review and limit the deficits they can run. The hope is that it will stem a crisis over sovereign debt that consumed Greece, spread to Ireland, See EUROPE, Page A3

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Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt speaks with the media in Brussels, Thursday.

‘I’m a bundle of love and available’

TOP 5 WEB

For The Past 24 Hours

• Winter weather causes injuries and fatalities • Roswell’s Most Wanted • ENMU-R graduates 300+ students • Adopt-a-thon in progress • Goddard improves to 5-0 with 77-68 win

INSIDE SPORTS

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Don’t forget Adopt-a-thon, from 8 a.m. to noon today. Roswell Animal Services, 703 E. McGaffey St., is filled to capacity. They have cut their adoption fees in half to $20 for dogs, $15 for cats. Animal Welfare Alliance, 927 E. McGaffey St., will provide spay-and-neuter services for $5 to people who have adopted dogs, and if they don’t have enough time for adoptees today, they will give vouchers for a later date to reserve this special rate.

TEAM EFFORT PAYS OFF

During the 30-some-odd games a high school basketball team plays each year, different players will step up to lead their team to victory. For the Goddard boys basketball team, its Friday night contest with Mesilla Valley Christian was one of those nights where everyone who saw the floor contributed. Whether it was Austin Rader hitting two buckets late or David Sweet providing a spark ... - PAGE B1

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OBITUARIES

Ercilia “Tillie” Ramos Wynon Miller Diana Johnson Clovis Archuleta - PAGE A8

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TODAY’S FORECAST

Drilling for oil and gas complicated JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER Part 3 of 3

The act of drilling a well is a delicate process. Once a well is identified as having the potential to produce oil and gas, geologists and reservoir engineers study the potential amount of recoverable oil and gas. Per mitting, drilling and completion costs are also weighed. If the well seems lucrative, the process of obtaining a permit begins. First, operators must gain access to the minerals,

either by purchasing or leasing them, in the area they wish to drill. They must then obtain surface agreements and permits. In New Mexico, the Surface Owners Protection Act dictates the arrangements operators must make with surface owners, according to the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico. An Application Permit to Drill from the agency that oversees the minerals and, or, the surface is also required. Cultural issues assessed by an archeologist and field inspections by wildlife biologists to assure the safety

of endangered species are also completed before a well is drilled. Currently, horizontal drilling is a prevalent technique utilized by the industry. “Some of the formations that they didn’t think had enough porosity and permeability, that they did not think would be able to give up oil and gas, they found they could if they drill horizontally through them and treat the formations,” Edward David, executive vice president and petroleum landman at David Petroleum Corp.,

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration proposed a new rule Friday that would end a practice in which some endangered species were classified differently in neighboring states. The new policy would clarify that a plant or animal could be listed as threatened or endangered if threats occur in a “significant portion of its range,” even if the threat crosses state lines and does not apply in the species’ entire range. The draft rule would replace a Bush-era policy that allowed animals such as the gray wolf and Preble’s meadow jumping mouse to be classified differently in neighboring states. The 2007 policy was withdrawn last spring after two federal courts rejected it. In the case of gray wolves, the government in 2009 sought to lift protections for the predators in Idaho and Montana but leave them in place in Wyoming, where a state law allowed the predators to be shot on sight in most of the state. That policy was considered too harsh to See RULES, Page A3

Neighborhood Watch

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Neighborhood Watch rings in the holiday season with its annual Christmas Open House held at the Roswell Safe Coalition building on Friday.

Pittman: History gives people a sense of tradition, belonging See DRILLING, Page A3

JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

CLASSIFIEDS..........B6 COMICS.................B4 ENTERTAINMENT.....B6 FINANCIAL .............B5 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ......A10 LOTTERIES ............A2 NATION .................A8 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ............A10

INDEX

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Historian Earl Pittman in his office at home.

One could assume that Earl Pittman’s office, lined with bookshelves featuring novels that profile the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Gen. Robert E. Lee, and filled with memorabilia such as a World War II helmet pierced by a bullet, looks much like the inside of his brain. This Roswell resident has reveled in studying history, chiefly the history of wars, since he was a young boy. Bor n in Mississippi in 1934, Pittman is a product of a career naval officer and a high school English teacher. Due to his father’s career in the Navy, Pittman moved around frequently,

living mostly on the East Coast. His own clan includes his wife Kathleen, their five grown children and six grandchildren.

the author of “New Mexico and the Civil War,” published in May. The first 1,000 copies of the book have already sold out, and

A man of many academic degrees, Pittman has a Bachelor of Arts in history, a Bachelor of Science in geology and in chemistry/physics. He also holds a Master of Arts in history, a Master of Science in geochemistry and a Ph.D. in history. Most recently, Pittman is

Pittman’s publisher, The History Press, recently printed another 1,000 copies. The book surfaced from a long-term study, on which Pittman worked intermittently for 10 years. The study, which he plans to See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3


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