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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
95% contained; $5.5M to fight
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For The Past 24 Hours
STORY BY EMILY RUSSO MILLER PHOTOS BY MARK WILSON
the state’s second largest fire on record, that is now 95 percent contained. Fire crews from Idaho, Minnesota, Nevada, Alaska, Michigan, and other states, will demobilize this after noon, as will the Pecos Zone Type III Intera-
teams are preparing to go home after nearly two weeks of battling Lincoln County’s Donaldson Fire,
gency Incident Management Team that has provided supplies, personnel, planning and information
Fire authorities said on Saturday that out-of-town fire crews and support
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BETTY FORD DIES AT 93
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday. Her death Friday was confirmed - PAGE B7
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since the lightningsparked wildfire began June 28. “We’ll all be gone and out of here by tomorrow,” Jennifer Myslivy, a fire spokeswoman with the Pecos Zone team, said Saturday. Local fire crews will continue to monitor and patrol the fire that remains well within the steep rugged interior about six miles south of Hondo, far from any residences or structures, until wetting rain comes. “They’ll just kind of continue patrolling, and if smokes pop up, they’ll put them out and make sure everything’s in check,” Myslivy said. The blaze, which has charred more than 101,000 acres and burned
nine structures, including one primary residence, was 95 percent contained as of Thursday night. Crews have since been battling spot fires and isolated torching, as well as working to prevent erosion from summer rains and repairing any damage from fire and suppression activities. Seed was recently planted on land damaged by dozers and excavators, and fences that were cut to allow fire equipment to pass have been mended. The total cost of the fire, as of Friday evening, was $5.5 million, Myslivy said. That cost includes the cost of labor, contracts,
JETER JOINS 3K CLUB
NEW YORK (AP) — This was so Derek Jeter. Pressure mounting, time running out, all eyes on him at Yankee Stadium. He delivered — and then some — on a defining day in his championship career. Jeter homered deep into the left-field bleachers for his 3,000th career hit, making him the first .... - PAGE B1
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Healthy choices at Roswell’s Farmers Market VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
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food and shower units, supplies and aviation and air tanker costs. The public may still see smoke plumes in the upcoming days because of large unburned islands within the fire perimeter, Myslivy said, but should not worry. Smoke will likely lessen once rain comes with the monsoon season, she said, adding that a moistening trend is predicted to hit the Southwest by the end of the weekend. “It’ll look like it’s probably right in your backyard, but it’s really not,” she said. “And people are monitoring it.”
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Ross Goetz of Graves Farm & Garden sells corn, garlic, peanuts and other assorted goodies during the MainStreet Roswell’s Farmers Market, Saturday morning, on the Chaves County Courthouse lawn.
Making healthy choices was the theme at MainStreet Roswell’s Farmers Market at the Chaves County Courthouse lawn, Saturday morning. The Far mers Market proved to be a propitious venue for a healthy cooking demonstration sponsored by Roswell Regional Hospital and the city of Roswell. Clad in a chef’s hat and white coat, chef Mariano Morones demonstrated how to make two low-calorie meals: an egg-white omelette with vegetables, and lemon rosemary chicken. Morones is currently the director of food services and the executive chef with Roswell Regional Hospital. Individuals involved with
the Park the Pounds initiative watched the cooking demonstration. Local attorney and columnist Rick Kraft said Park the Pounds involves 12 people in Roswell who are trying to lose weight and encourage others to be as healthy as possible. Kraft said Park the Pounds is meant to “raise awareness ... as to better health choices, eating healthy, weight control (and) weight loss.” Larry Torrez made the Farmers Market a family affair. With the help of his son, daughter -in-law and five grandchildren, Torrez sold vegetables grown on his farm in Hondo. “I think (the Far mers Market) is a very good thing for the small farmers,” Tor-
County’s namesake a Debt deal could affect Medicare NM founding father JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Jose Francisco Chaves, who bequeathed his name to Chaves County, was one of the founding fathers of New Mexico. He and his family were movers and shakers in Sante Fe even before New Mexico became a U.S. territory. His paternal grandfather Francisco Xavier, and his father Mariano, served as governors during the Mexican Republic era. Jose Francisco Chaves was bor n on June 27, 1833, in a region known as Rio Abajo at Los Padillas when it was still part of Mexico. As a part of the aristocracy, he was educated in the East, attending schools in St. Louis and the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. He
was not only a doctor, he was a lawyer and a rancher. After his father died, his mother married Henry Connelly who was New Mexico territorial governor from 1861 to 1866. Chaves became a major of the 1st New Mexico Infantry in the Union Army during the Civil War and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He took part in the Battle of Valverde Ford, Feb. 20, 1862. The battle was fought in the Confederate region of the then-Arizona Territory. The Texas Confederates hoped to capture Fort Craig to eliminate the Union troops and to capture the supplies. Although the Confederates were able to drive the Federals from See COUNTY’S, Page A3
WASHINGTON (AP) — A debt-busting deal on the scale that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner had talked about would have all but guaranteed that people on Medicare would feel at least some of the pain. But on Saturday evening, Boehner said he wouldn’t seek the $4 trillion deficit reduction deal, but would seek $2 trillion in reductions. The exact effects of that shift by Boehner weren’t immediately clear. Low-income people on Medicaid wouldn’t have escaped totally under a major deal, either. If a deal ultimately led to overhauling taxes, workers and their families could be on the hook also, facing potential limits on the tax-free status of job-based health insur-
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President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio meet with Congressional leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House to discuss the debt, Thursday. ance. Health care was a main ingredient on both the spending and tax sides of
the elusive agreement that Obama and Boehner, See DEBT, Page A3