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PARDON FOR MORRISON?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The time to hesitate is through, no time to wallow in the mire: Florida’s outgoing governor wants to posthumously pardon rock ’n’ roll wild man Jim Morrison, the lead singer of The Doors who was famously convicted of exposing himself at an anarchic 1969 concert in Miami. Gov. Charlie Crist, ... - PAGE B8
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• Senior Olympics sponsors TREK • RPD seeks Burnell, child • State cop arrested for assault • Ramirez arrested on multiple counts • City announces settlement
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The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree. At least that’s what The University of New Mexico baseball coach Ray Birmingham believes with his signing of Goddard senior Chris Nunez. Chris Nunez, son of Rocket baseball coach Steve Nunez, signed his national letter of intent to continue his academic and baseball career at UNM on Wednesday and Birmingham has high hopes for Chris. - PAGE B1
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• Howard Kent Lumpkin • Iva Lee Kisselburg • Richard L. Newcomb • Martha Torrez Chavez • Bill Wilson - PAGE A3
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Burnell in jail; Hannah with CYFD
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A TSA agent pats down an airline passenger at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, Wednesday.
Aaron “Bubba” Burnell, 33, tur ned himself in to David Amador Bail Bonds, 3904 S.E. Main St., around 1 p.m., Wednesday, after the Roswell Police Department held a press conference seeking information regarding his whereabouts. Burnell was arrested and charged with abuse of a child after his daughter tested positive for methamphetamine. The daughter, Hannah Burnell, 3, was listed as missing on Nov. 11 after the Chaves County Sheriff’s Of fice went to serve the arrest warrant. Bur nell told of ficials where his daughter could be found. “The child is safe and in the care of CYFD. Every-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a deluge of complaints over intrusive patdowns and revealing airport scans, the government is betting Americans would rather fly safe than untouched. “I’m not going to change those policies,” the nation’s transportation security chief declared Wednesday. Responded a lawmaker, “I wouldn’t want my wife to be touched in the way that these folks are being touched.” The debate over where to strike the balance between
privacy and security, in motion since new safety measures took effect after the 2001 terrorist attacks, has intensified with the debut of pat-downs that are more thorough, and invasive, than before, and the spread of full-body image scans. A week before some of the busiest flying days of the year, some passengers are refusing the regimen, many more are complaining and the aviation industry is caught in the middle. In Florida, the Orlando Sanford Airport, which
handles 2 million passengers a year, now plans to replace “testy” Transportation Security Administration screeners with private contractors, and two veteran commercial pilots are refusing to fly out of airports using the procedures. “The outcry is huge,” Texas Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told the TSA administrator, John Pistole, at a Capitol Hill hearing. “I know that you’re aware of it. But we’ve got to see some action.” See AIRPORT, Page A2
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Church hosts Thanksgiving potluck
Seniors and area nursing home residents are served heaping plates of Thanksgiving goodies during the annual Church of Christ Potluck Dinner, Wednesday.
JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Country Club Road Church of Christ, 700 W. Country Club Road, host-
ed its 37th annual Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner for nursing home residents and seniors confined to their homes, on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
“It started off as a small little meal for one nursing home in town and it has exploded from there,” Nici Austin, coordinator, said. “Now, we try to reach
every nursing home. They bring their residents here — we’ll feed between 300 and 400 people. We also
sion. “We hold these workshops every year just to make sure people know how to fill out the paperwork,” said Quintana, adding, “everybody knows they’re going to be real low this year.” The city of Roswell will likely be submitting applications for four projects, said Michael Vickers, city planner. On the city’s wish list is funding for the Wool Bowl Softball Complex, playground equipment for city parks, light pole funding for the Historic Chihuahuita District and funds for paving additional roads in South Park Cemetery.
According to Quintana, another workshop will be held in late December or early January, where officials will present their proposals to local lawmakers in seeking their support. Also, Roswell’s mayor, city manager, support services administrator and city planner will likely meet in the near future to discuss possible projects, said Floyd Lard, Roswell’s support services administrator. “You have to stay in the game,” said Lard, adding that if the city officials didn’t apply for capital outlay, they definitely
Roswell woman dead SENMEDD holds workshop in single-car accident See JAIL, Page A2
NUNEZ INKS WITH UNM
November 18, 2010
A Roswell woman died in a single-car accident at the intersection of Monksdale Road and Christian Road, around 1:30 p.m., Tuesday. The victim was the passenger, 38-year-old Sherry De La Cruz. The New Mexico State Police investigation revealed that the green Mercury Villager van was traveling north on Christian Road when the driver of the van drove the vehicle off the west side of the road and collided head-on with a tree. Sgt. Lance Bateman said, “The driver had a sneezing fit and veered off the road.” The driver and the passenger of the van were
transported to Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. “The Fire Department had to extricate the passenger from the vehicle,” said Batemen. De La Cruz was pronounced dead at ENMMC. According to Bateman, the driver’s injuries were moderate to serious, not life-threatening. “I believe he may have had internal injuries, but he stayed conscious the whole time.” Officials say both occupants were wearing seatbelts and alcohol was not a factor in this crash. The state police issued a citation for driving without a license.
MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER
A regional economic development group hosted its annual capital outlay application workshop Wednesday, advising local of ficials to have their requests ready in the event funds come from the state Legislature. Hubert Quintana, executive director of the Southeastern New Mexico Economic Development District, told about a half dozen local officials who attended the workshop that he expects there will be “a little bit” of severance tax funding doled out by state lawmakers in the upcoming 60-day ses-
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See SENMEDD, Page A2
Murkowski wins AK Senate race Want/need a makeover? JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Wednesday became the first Senate candidate in more than 50 years to win a write-in campaign, emerging victorious over her tea party rival following a painstaking, weeklong count of hand-written votes. The last Senate candidate to win as a write-in was Strom Thurmond in 1954. The victory completes a remarkable comeback for the Republican after her humiliating loss in the AP Photo
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, is greeted by her sister Carol Sturgelewski, upon her arrival at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Wednesday.
See SENATE, Page A2
EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
One of America’s top fashion experts, Carson Kressley, will soon be striding into Roswell with hair dryers in hand and a professional styling team in tow. The blond stylist, famed as one of the “Fab 5” on Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, will be filming an episode of Carson-Nation in Roswell and is recruiting locals to a makeover in front of a national audience. “It’s an opportunity of an lifetime,” Jaclyn Lenz Munzer, senior casting producer, said.
Only a handful of Roswellians will be chosen in the end, but Munzer is encouraging anyone who wants a change or a fresh start in his or her life to apply or to nominate someone deserving. This can include someone who wants a more professional look while job searching; a divorcée who wants to delve back into the dating scene; a do-gooder who wants to host a fundraising party; anyone who wants to look good for a high school reunion; or even a boyfriend who wants to propose to his girlfriend. See MAKEOVER, Page A2