02-05-2011

Page 1

Roswell Daily Record

INSIDE NEWS

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

LA SCHOOLS DUMP OLIVER

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jamie Oliver won’t be cooking another course of his reality TV show in Los Angeles schools. The filming permit for the celebrity chef’s ABC series “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution” was terminated this week, said Los Angeles UniSchool District fied spokesman Robert Alaniz. - PAGE A8

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

Science classroom bill draws fire

Vol. 120, No. 31 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

Science education supporters are up in arms over a bill pending in the state Legislature, which shields New Mexico teachers from being fired for teaching the strengths and weaknesses of evolution, climate change, human cloning or other “controversial scientific topics.” House Bill 302, introduced by Rep. Thomas A. Anderson, R-Albuquerque, on Feb. 1, states that teachers cannot be disci-

February 5, 2011

SATURDAY

www.rdrnews.com

plined for “informing students about relevant scientific information regarding either the scientific strengths or scientific weaknesses pertaining to that topic.” John Rosenau of the Oakland, Calif.,-based National Center for Science Education blasted the bill as “antievolutionary legislation” that invites religion into science classrooms. Four similar bills have been introduced across the country this year, he said; 30 since 2004. Each of them, he said, is

Drip, drip, drip

an attempt to allow creationism to be taught alongside the theory of evolution, something that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled as unconstitutional in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987). “The concern with bills like this,” Rosenau, program and policy director of the NCSE, said, “... is that they single out evolution as a supposed controversial topic when it’s not scientifically controversial. There’s a broader social controver-

Reading proficiency bill passes 1st House cmte

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

A bill introduced by a local lawmaker that would stop third-graders from being promoted to the fourth grade if they are not reading proficient cleared its first House committee, Thursday. House Bill 100, introduced by Rep. Nora Espinoza, R-Roswell, and sponsored by Sen. Mary Jane M. Garcia, D-Doña Ana, states that parents would no longer

Weather struggle continues See READING, Page A2

See SCIENCE, Page A2

TOP 5 WEB

For The Past 24 Hours

• Local woman charged with 46 counts • Misspelled sign to be corrected • Kintigh introduces curfew bill • Weather affects motorists • Snowstorm does not stop good Samaritans

INSIDE SPORTS

Mark Wilson Photo

Icicles slowly thaw under clear blue skies Friday morning, several days after a winter storm brought snow and single-digit temperatures to the area. Temperatures are expected to rise through the weekend.

COYOTES OUTLAST ROCKETS

Ask Roswell boys basketball coach Britt Cooper who he thinks is the best guard in 4A and he’ll tell you that it’s his own No. 23, Deyton DeLaCerda. And No. 23 did all he could to cement his coach’s thinking on Friday in Roswell’s District 4-4A debut at the Coyote Den. DeLaCerda poured in a game-best 31 points and grabbed a team-high .... - PAGE B1

TODAY’S • • • •

OBITUARIES

Felix O. Sepulveda Sylvester Purcell Cole Randle Paul Woodruff - PAGE A3

HIGH ...52˚ LOW ....26˚

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — As temperatures warmed to near freezing levels Friday, authorities continued to monitor natural gas flows during a dangerous deep freeze that again closed schools and government agencies around New Mexico. Authorities urged residents to turn thermostats down by 10 degrees to help save energy. “If you could keep your thermostats down, if you could help conserve hot water, that’s only going to help the situation,” Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said at a news conference. The good news was that after some communities reported overnight temperatures as low as 36 below zero in Angel Fire earlier this week, the daytime temperature was expected to climb 10 to 25 degrees in most areas, reaching into the low 30s across most of New Mexico. Forecasters predicted weekend highs that might feel balmy when the temperature reaches the mid-40s.

Amid protests, views of post-Mubarak Egypt emerge

CAIRO (AP) — A new rally Friday by nearly 100,000 protesters in Cairo and behind-the-scenes diplomacy from the Obama administration piled more pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to make a swift exit and allow a temporary government to embark on an immediate path toward democracy. Two days of wild clashes between protesters and regime supporters that killed 11 people this week seemed to have pushed the United States to the conclusion that an Egypt with Mubarak at the helm is potentially more unstable than one without him. For the first time in the

11-day wave of protests, varying scenarios were being put forward by two opposing camps in Egypt and by the United States on how to usher the country into a post-Mubarak era after nearly 30 years of his authoritarian rule. President Barack Obama said that discussions have begun in Egypt on a turnover of the government and he called for “a transition period that begins now.” Under one U.S. proposal, the 82-year -old Mubarak would step down and hand power to a military-backed temporary gover nment headed by his newly appointed vice president,

Omar Suleiman, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive talks. The government would prepare for free and fair elections later this year. That would mesh in some ways with the demands of the protesters. But one significant difference was the timetable. Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, one of the leaders of the protesters, criticized the government’s plan to reform the constitution within five months and hold presidential elections in September,

See COLD, Page A2

AP Photo

Anti-government protestors react in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Friday.

Roswell native, attorney Tom Dunlap focuses on elder issues

TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........B7 COMICS.................A6 FINANCIAL .............B6 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........A8 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ..............A8

INDEX

Tom Dunlap

Matthew Arco Photo

See EGYPT, Page A3

MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER Many times, people take to community service in order to improve and better serve their particular neighborhood or city. But, in the case of Tom Dunlap, the Roswell native made a career out of it. Dunlap is an attor ney who practices out of his childhood home and specializes in elder issues. He says his focus is on giving older residents the knowledge and tools in defending themselves against individuals who may be looking to swindle them out of their savings. “The kind of practice that I have, to me, is ideal,” he said, adding that although it’s not particularly lucrative, it enables him to

devote his time to a cause he sees as needing attention. “They’re targets and they lose all their money,” said Dunlap. “What I take pleasure in is building these systems and educating the public so that (people looking to take advantage of older residents) can’t succeed in Roswell.” Dunlap describes how it’s common for scammers to move from town to town and specifically target older residents or have the particular population be subject to certain types of

phone of Internet scams. Occasionally, older residents are even subject to family members essentially stealing from them. “I enjoy working with them because they’re not trying to fight with one another,” he said. “They just want to feel safe.” Dunlap was bor n in Roswell and graduated Goddard High School in 1971. While growing up, he described how he would fly with his father to the Dunlap’s family farm in Melrose See SPOTLIGHT, Page A2


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.