05-19-2011

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Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

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

INSIDE NEWS

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TOP 5 WEB

For The Past 24 Hours

• Holley: Altercation led to shooting • Fresquez sworn in for Ward IV • RPD: Burglar causes accident during getaway • Four still alive for Bronco men • Macias repeats in 400, 3 win silver

INSIDE SPORTS

CC! HONORS SPRING COACHES Character Counts! of Chaves County announced the recipients of its 2011 Spring Coaches of Character Awards on Wednesday.

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TODAY’S

IMF chief’s future hinges on bail hearing

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is arraigned Monday, in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York.

Nightclub group appeals rejection

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s bail hearing Friday could spell the end of his leadership of the International Monetary Fund. If a New York judge denies bail for StraussKahn or imposes highly restrictive conditions on his freedom, the IMF’s executive board would expect him to resign, two senior IMF officials said Wednesday. If he didn’t, the board could remove him on the grounds that he couldn’t lead the IMF from a jail cell or far from its Washington headquarters. The two officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the highly sensitive situation. StraussKahn is jailed in New York City on charges of sexually assaulting a hotel maid.

No action is foreseen before Friday’s court hearing. Attempts to reach Strauss-Kahn’s lawyers were unsuccessful. The Frenchman hasn’t said whether he’ll yield to rising international pressure for his resignation. One of the IMF officials said the fund had yet to speak with its managing director since his weekend arrest. The IMF has appointed an interim chief, but there are no procedures for suspending or placing its leader on extended leave. As a result, any prolonged legal troubles would mean that Strauss-Kahn would have to resign to avoid being ousted by the 24-member board. The board can meet whenever it wants to decide on Strauss-

Kahn’s future, the official said. The other IMF of ficial said the board will insist on a meeting Friday after the court hearing. The board can remove Strauss-Kahn without cause, the official noted. While Strauss-Kahn remains confined to a Rikers Island jail cell, the dividing lines are sharpening in a dispute over whether someone from a rich or an emerging economy should lead the IMF after his exit. Europe is aggressively staking its traditional claim to the top position. But fast-growing nations such as China, Brazil and South Africa are trying to break Europe’s grip on an organiSee IMF, Page A3

Bear season?

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

A zoning proposal for a new nightclub between the old and new relief routes was rejected by a joint city and county commission earlier this month. The corporation, Pecos Valley Bar and Grill LLC, is appealing the denial, much to the chagrin of dozens of protesting landowners. Glen Garnand, the CEO of the corporation, suspects the Roswell-Chaves County Extraterritorial Zoning Commission caved to the pressure of the 60 or so protestors at the planning and zoning meeting on May 3, when it denied the request to rezone the R-3 Multiple Family Residential District property at 4202 W. McGaffey St. to Commercial District and the special use per mit for a nightclub. “It doesn’t matter where we place it,” Garnand said. “Everyone seems to say, ‘Not in my backyard.’ They don’t understand we’re trying to be a responsible developer in the area.” See NIGHTCLUB, A3

Mark Wilson Photo

Black bear wanders onto Pine Lodge Road

Police and Game and Wildlife officers pursue a bear running wild near Pine Lodge and Main Street, Wednesday.

MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER

In what local wildlife officials are calling a rare coincidence, a black bear was captured outside of

Roswell, Wednesday, making it the second time in a week officials trapped a bear near the city. Officials say the lack of rain was likely the determining factor that caused

Off to the races

• Betty Baker Bonham • Christopher W. Hamilton • Olia Zaharoff Oakley • Wanda Pearl Stockton

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a second bear to wander 70 miles from the Capitan Mountains. Police and wildlife personnel were led on an hour -long pursuit of the 100-pound black bear that ventured near

Mark Wilson Photo

Monterrey Elementary 3rd-graders celebrate the end of the school year with a picnic and play-a-thon, Thursday, at Cahoon Park.

Pine Lodge Road and Main Street. “I think it’s really coincidental that we had two bears in a one week time See BEAR, Page A3

Hatfield builds foster home EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

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THURSDAY

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GATES: SOMEONE IN PAKISTAN KNEW ABOUT BIN LADEN WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan has already paid dearly for its failure to know or acknowledge that Osama bin Laden was hiding for more than five years in a compound a short distance from a Pakistani military facility, Pentagon leaders i n s i s t e d W e d n e s d a y.

May 19, 2011

When Ginny Hatfield volunteered as an advocate for kids at Chaves County Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children, time and time again, she saw families split. Siblings would be sent to separate foster care homes, or one sibling would be adopted while another would be sent to a group home in Albuquerque, Clovis or Portales. “It’s just sad,” Hatfield, of Roswell, said. “There’s just so many kids that need help.” It didn’t take long for the mother of four to realize there had to be a way to

keep siblings together. Now, inspired by the children, she is in the process of opening a group foster home in Roswell that will provide a safe, stable and nurturing environment for kids separated or displaced from their biological families. She calls it Pangea Children’s Home. “There’s such a need for it,” she said. “There’s not enough foster homes in Roswell, and there’s not very many people that would take five or six kids into their homes.” Hatfield’s mission is to have four to five homes that can house up to 16 children each. The home See HATFIELD, Page A3

Lawmakers plan review of school finances, funding formula to be used SANTA FE (AP) — Lawmakers on Wednesday questioned whether changes are needed in New Mexico’s formula for distributing taxpayer dollars for education, after learning public schools face a

2.8 percent reduction in state aid in the upcoming budget year. The Legislative Finance Committee received preliminary budget estimates showing a $66 million reduction to schools in the

fiscal year that starts July 1. Schools will get nearly $2.3 billion next year, which is allocated to districts based on a formula that relies on enrollment and other factors.

“We’re in challenging times. We’re trying to do the best we can with the resources that we have,” said Sen. John Arthur Smith, a Deming Democrat and committee chairman. Some schools have

expressed alarm recently over the prospect that their share of state aid could be lower than what they expected when the Legislature adjourned in March. See AUDIT, Page A3


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