Roswell Daily Record
Vol. 120, No. 188 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday
INSIDE NEWS
TEA PARTY RESHAPES GOP
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tea party is here to stay. The 2-year-old phenomenon’s muscular role in the debt-ceiling crisis made that clear, despite earlier predictions it would fade away when the national furor over health care cooled down. Now the GOP establishment wonders if the grassroots movement ... - PAGE A5
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
August 6, 2011
SATURDAY
Report calms Wall Street, 117K new jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The job market beat expectations, and the stock market managed a modest gain — not great, but good enough after a turbulent week. The nation added 117,000 jobs in July, the government said Friday — far from what happens in a healthy economy, and only good for a reduction of one notch in the unemployment rate, to 9.1 percent. But the jobs num-
www.rdrnews.com
ber beat the forecast of economists, who were expecting no more than 90,000. And it was an overwhelming relief for investors, who just lived through two of the most brutal weeks in Wall Street history. “Nothing to pop Champagne corks over,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, “but a much-needed shot in the arm for confidence at a time when we
have so little.” But when they come back on Monday, investors will have to absorb another body blow: Late Friday, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded the United States’ debt for the first time, saying the gover nment’s debt-reduction plans fall short. The downgrade could lead to higher interest rates and further hamper the economic recovery. The Dow Jones
industrial average finished Friday with a gain of 60.93 points and closed at 11,444.61. It made up only a small fraction of the losses from Thursday, when the Dow dropped 512, its worst since the financial crisis of 2008. Friday was not exactly quiet for the market, either. At the start of trading, investors were thrilled with the See JOBS, Page A7
AP Photo
Job seekers Yefin Milinevsky, right, and Jeffrey Thomson speak with recruiters at a career job fair in Arlington, Va., Thursday.
EPA rejects plan for San Juan emissions
TOP 5 WEB For The Past 24 Hours
• Go hog wild! • ‘Lead porker comin’ thru! Make way! Make Way!’ • ‘All right!’ • That’s a lot of soda • War memorial work to begin this week
INSIDE SPORTS Mark Wilson Photo
2 1/2-year-old Iris Curiel is lifted onto the seat of her new tricycle by big sister Guadaulupe, 9, and brother Saul, 10, during
Program trades bikes for exercise
a toy drawing and giveaway presented by Healthy Kids Chaves County Friday afternoon at the Cahoon Park swimming pool.
PRIME TIME FOR HALL OF FAMERS
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Deion, Marshall and Shannon. Three players who could get by with only their first names, and soon to be known as Hall of Famers. Deion Sanders, Marshall Faulk and Shannon Sharpe (of course) will be inducted into the Pro Football shrine Saturday night. Sanders and Faulk were slam dunks in their first year of eligibility. Joining that trio will be Richard Dent, Chris Hanburger, Les Richter and Ed Sabol ... - PAGE B1
TODAY’S OBITUARIES
• Mark G. Vickers - PAGE A8
HIGH .102˚ LOW ....73˚
TODAY’S FORECAST
CLASSIFIEDS..........B7 COMICS.................B6 ENTERTAINMENT...A10 FINANCIAL .............A9 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........A7 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ............A10
INDEX
Who knew children could be rewarded for doing their favorite summer activities, such as swimming, playing games and visiting the park? Thanks to the Healthy Kids of Chaves County program, children won prizes for doing just that during a prize drawing at the Cahoon Park Pool, Friday. All prizes were donated by local businesses and included soccer balls, backpacks, and coloring books. But it was a shiny new tricycle and bicycle that many of the children were looking forward to winning. Jimmy Masters, a health educator for the New Mexico Department of Health, said the initiative began ear-
lier this summer when worksheets became available for area children to pick up at several participating locations around town. The worksheets included a variety of activities that focused on keeping children in motion. When a child would complete an activity, he or she would get the worksheet stamped. Worksheet activities included bowling, touring museums and swimming. Masters said a completed worksheet must have 12 stamps to be eligible to enter the drawing and that participants could complete as many worksheets as they desired. “The whole idea is to be active, be healthy, be safe,” Masters said.
The Curiel family attended the prize drawing. They all gasped in delight when 2-year-old Iris Curiel’s name was called and she was handed a new tricycle. The tot’s mother, Juana Curiel, said her children enjoy outdoor activities and going to Bottomless Lakes State Park. “I try to keep my kids active (and) lead a healthy life,” Curiel said. Josue Carranza, 10, won the bicycle, and says though he knows how to ride a bike, he did not have one of his own. One of his favorite activities is to go to the Boys & Girls Club with his older siblings. “We ... play a few games, like basketball, swimming, and we run.”
Bird sanctuary gets solar lights In an ef fort to be more energy efficient, city officials from the Parks and Recreation Department recently installed solar lighting on a walking and biking trail inside the J. Kenneth Smith Bird Sanctuary and Nature Center in west
Roswell. They say they hope this is just one small step toward a greener city. Parks Superintendent Ken Smith, whose grandfather is the sanctuary’s namesake, says the seven solar -powered LED lights were installed last month on the trail that connects North Sycamore Avenue and
West Eighth Street, near the west end of Spring River Golf Course. The solar panels draw energy from sunlight, so the lights don’t need electricity. “There’s lots of benefits to this,” Smith said. “Electrical costs are basically nada. It’s a sustainable energy source.”
Jerry Janow, clerical assistant for the Parks and Recreation Department, said the lights turn on at dusk and are dimmed from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to an ambient light. When Roswell parks open at 5 a.m., the Bird and Nature Center trail lights should
MARTHA D. URQUIDESSTAAB VISTAS EDITOR The Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge been a haven for Roswell residents and animals alike since it was established in Roswell in 1937. The success of the refuge has taken decades and hard work from dedicated employees, like Johnny White, 90, a retired
Bitter Lake employee. White is perhaps one of the oldest living former employees of Bitter Lake. At the age of 20 he joined the U.S. Army and fought in World War II. When he returned home in 1946 he sought employment with Bitter Lake. “I was working a government job, and there were five employees. I was get-
ting paid $2.70 an hour, and that was a lot back then,” said White. The first years of his employment he spent most of his time on a horseback herding cattle that wandered onto the refuge’s
North Tract, and fencing off various locations of the refuge. “The refuge would lease out land to far mers, and sometimes their cattle
VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — In what environmentalists hope is a bellwether for reducing pollution from aging coal-fired power plants around the country, federal regulators on Friday rejected an attempt by the state and New Mexico’s largest electricity provider to scale back an order for installing what they consider top-of-the-line emissioncutting technology at the San Juan Generating Station near Farmington. The Environmental Protection Agency ruled that the Public Service Company of New Mexico should proceed with its December order to install selective catalytic reduction technology to reduce haze-causing emissions, although it did give the utility five years instead of three to get the improvements in place. The utility said it would appeal the order, arguing the EPA plan bypasses an alter native technology approved by the state that would meet the same federal visibility rules for a tenth of the cost. “The EPA plan adds unnecessary costs to one of our lowest-cost sources of reliable power,” said Pat Themig, vice president of generation. “If it stands, it will lead to significantly higher future electric rates for the 2 million customers who rely on the plant for See SAN JUAN, Page A7
Vanessa Kahin Photo
Ken Smith, left, and Jerry Janow stand in front of a solar-powered light at the Bird Sanctuary and Nature Center in west Roswell, Thursday.
White, Bitter Lake and wildlife lover, pays it forward See LIGHTS, Page A7
See WHITE, Page A7
Martha D. Urquides-Staab Photo
Former Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge employee Johnny White and son, Milton Harper