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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elizabeth Taylor has been hospitalized for treatment of congestive heart failure. Her spokeswoman, Sally Morrison, said Friday that the Oscar-winning actress was admitted to CedarsSinai Medical Center within the past couple of days. The 78-year-old Taylor is being treated for ... - PAGE B6
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February 12, 2011
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Greg Maxie and Nicole Vargas discuss mold issues related to Goddard High School, Friday.
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Greg Maxie, National Education Association of New Mexico UniServ Consultant, had a busy day in Roswell, Friday. At 12:30 p.m., Maxie met with Nicole Vargas, mother of for mer Goddard High School student Ralphe Noel Vargas, who is af flicted with celiac disease. According to “mold illness” testing done by Dr. Scott McMahon, based on the work of Dr. Ritchie C. Shoemaker, Vargas was susceptible to mold, which contributed to
his contracting the disease. McMahon believes that Vargas was exposed to mold at Goddard High School, based on the fact that dozens of tests conducted on other individuals who spent time at the school were nearly identical to his. “Globally, we’re not going to endorse either groups [in mold issues related to Goddard],” Maxie said. “We’re an educational association. We don’t provide endorsements to non-educational groups.” Still, Maxie didn’t back down from offering praise
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to those “exploring” the issue. “We support the group’s efforts in finding answers for these persistant health problems,” he said. “We applaud them.” A source close to the Paul Taylor III v. Roswell Independent School District GHS mold case, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, believes that Shoemaker’s tests to deter mine if an individual is susceptible to mold illness are invalid, given that his witness testi-
Ruidoso solves bathing issue
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Village of Ruidoso officials are continuing to battle water leaks in the days following a recent freeze that caused many water lines to rupture. Officials announced Friday that showers will be available at the Ruidoso High School auxiliary gym for residents who have gone without a clean wash. The need came after village personnel shut of f water in certain areas of the community in an effort to find leaks and avoid the entire village from being depleted of water. “We very much appreciate the school for giving a
Schmitt bows out Mubarak quits; ‘Egypt is free’ as energy secretary
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Former astronaut Harrison Schmitt decided Thursday to withdraw his nomination to serve as secretary of the state’s Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, after the governor said he declined to comply with certain rules involving a required background check. Gov. Susana Martinez, who had nominated Schmitt for the energy post, made the announcement just hours after the chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee had called out Schmitt for his refusal involving the background check. Martinez said Schmitt, a New Mexico native and former U.S. senator, under-
went a complete background check by the state Department of Public Safety before he was nominated. He was willing to allow a private investigator access to his personal information, but the governor said Schmitt was not willing to waive that investigator’s liability for any improper actions or use of that information. The background check was required as part of Schmitt’s confirmation by the state Senate. “While one can understand Senator Schmitt’s concerns, complying with the Legislature’s request is necessary to restore public confidence in state governSee SCHMITT, Page A7
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CAIRO (AP) — Cries of “Egypt is free” rang out and fireworks lit up the sky as hundreds of thousands danced, wept and prayed in joyful pandemonium Friday after 18 days of peaceful prodemocracy protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to surrender power to the military, ending three decades of authoritarian rule. Ecstatic protesters in Cairo’s Tahrir, or LiberaAP Photo tion, Square hoisted soldiers onto their shoulders Anti-government protesters celebrate in the street in and families posed for downtown Cairo, Friday, following the resignation of Presipictures in front of tanks dent Hosni Mubarak. in streets flooded with An astonishing day in capped by the military people streaming out to which hundreds of thou- effectively carrying out a celebrate. Strangers sands marched on coup at the pleas of prohugged each other, some Mubarak’s palaces in testers. After Mubarak’s fell to kiss the ground, and others stood stunned Cairo and Alexandria and besieged state TV was in disbelief. See EGYPT, Page A7
Sally Anderson: Art lover, community-minded citizen, treasure JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Sally Anderson stands in front of Revolving Door, an original painting by her first husband Willard Midgette.
Sally Anderson, a community-minded citizen and lover of art, describes herself as an individual born into an upper-middle class family of church-goers who were adjusted to their way of life. What she is: a linguistic anthropologist who loves languages and studying other cultures, like the Navajo, and the mother of figurative artist Willard Midgette’s children. Anderson admits that the life she took with Midgette, the Reed College professor tur ned New York artist, was not standard of most Greenwich, Conn., women.
“When I came home and said I was in love with an artist [they were shocked],” she said. “Because artists don’t make any money, and that means I would be unhappy — I definitely proved them wrong. They wanted me to do the Greenwich thing and marry someone to-do.” As it turns out, Anderson was marrying one of the greatest American treasures, and in a way — a work of art. “To know a work of art,
you look at it very carefully,” she said. “To know a person, you do more than just look. You use all of the different ways to explore them in the same way, but you [use] respect and don’t make assumptions. Describing another person is hard, because there are so many hidden parts.” The same could be said about Anderson and the hidden parts that make up her life. As the daughter of See SPOTLIGHT, Page A7