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BLACK FRIDAY SALES UP A LITTLE
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers crowded stores on Black Friday but spent just a little more than last year on the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, according to data released Saturday by a research firm. Retail spending rose a slight 0.3 percent, to $10.69 billion, compared with $10.66 billion on the day after Thanksgiving last year, according to ShopperTrak. - PAGE B7
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State names trains
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Gov. Bill Richardson and Gov.-elect Susana Martinez meet in the Governor's Office at the State Capitol, Nov. 9.
SANTA FE (AP) — Four Rail Runner locomotives have been quietly named after current or for mer state officials, including one that honors Gov. Bill Richardson. All had a hand in getting the service between Santa Fe and Albuquerque rolling in 2006. The other three include former Gov. Toney Anaya, State Transportation Commission Chairman Johnny Cope and former New Mexico Rep. Dan Silva. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that each man has his full name painted on a metal plate on the front of the locomotives and his first name painted on
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — The past eight years in New Mexico under the administration of Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson have seen hefty fines against environmental polluters and new regulations aimed at cracking down on greenhouse gas emissions. Richardson and the state Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department also made efforts to protect Otero Mesa from oil and gas drilling, while the state Environment Department led the charge to enforce water quality standards
Waiting for Santa
from Los Alamos National Laboratory and Kirtland Air Force Base to the dairies scattered across southern New Mexico. But with a new administration poised to take control under the direction of Republican Gov.-elect Susana Martinez, environmentalists and some state officials are concerned that environmental protections will be rolled back. “I fear a scorched earth. I really do,” said John Horning, executive director of the environmental group WildEarth Guardians.
Horning and others are worried that once Richardson leaves office, state government will turn a blind eye to regulation and cripple those agencies that are responsible for managing water and air quality and natural resource development. However, for industry groups and some state lawmakers, the end of the Richardson era could mean the end of what they refer to as a stranglehold on See MARTINEZ, Page A3
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Kaitlyn McDaniel of the McDaniel’s Dancers clowns around as The Sweet Leilani’s perform behind her at the Roswell Mall Friday morning prior to Santa’s arrival.
Many water problems related to unenforced laws See TRAINS, Page A3
It was the birthplace of ground water hydrology, but southeastern New Mexico still over -exploited its naturally replenishing basin to the point of disaster. Even though eastern
New Mexico sits atop one of the world’s largest aquifers, it is still in dire need of a new water source. Benjamin Franklin quipped, “When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” Mark Twain is credited for saying, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” If relatively sparsely populated eastern and southeastern New Mexico, sitting atop vast underground
aquifers once thought inexhaustible, aren’t immune from Franklin’s and Twain’s epigrams, is any place? In the face of increasingly variable climactic activity, other places not so hydrologically well-endowed seem more and more likely to experience similar problems. To save them the hassle, what lessons, if any, could they glean from the aquatic hardships east-
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea prepared for war games today as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the bitter rivals. The North, meanwhile, worked to justify one of the worst attacks on South Korean territory since the
1950-53 Korean War. Four South Koreans, including two civilians, died after the North rained artillery on the small Yellow Sea island of Yeonpyeong, which is home to both fishing communities and military bases. North Korea said civilians were used as a “human shield” around artillery positions and lashed out at what it called a “propaganda campaign” against
Pyongyang. It claimed the United States orchestrated last Tuesday’s clash so that it could stage joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea with the South that include a U.S. nuclear powered supercarrier — enraging the North and making neighboring China uneasy. China sent a senior official, State Councilor Dai
JOE D. MOORE RECORD STAFF WRITER
BULLDOGS UPSET GODDARD
ARTESIA — The 2010 version of the Goddard Rockets did what no other team in school history did by completing an undefeated regular season. However, on Saturday, the Rockets failed in their attempt to do what no other team in New Mexico has done since 1999 and what only two teams have done in the past 20 years; beat Artesia in the playoffs at the Bulldog Bowl. - PAGE B1
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Editor’s note: This is the last of a five-part series on the region’s water.
ern and southeastern New Mexicans have endured? Em Hall, a seven-year veteran of the Office of the State Engineer and now professor emeritus of law at the University of New Mexico, wrote High and Dry, a book on the legal struggles surrounding the Pecos River. Reflecting back on the travails of the Pecos, he cites the $100 million the state has expended since
the early 1990s to address its problems and says, “It shows how, unless you get your ducks in a row early, it’s going to be extremely expensive to make corrections.” His advice for water users: “Move forward with great caution.” Asked whether the hardfought success with the Pecos River is a good exam-
US and South Korea push ahead with war games
Christmas crafts
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Mahaila Berres, 6, checks out the assortment of dolls on display during the 28th annual Christmas Fantasy Arts & Crafts Show, Saturday, at the Roswell Convention and Civic Center.
See KOREA, Page A2
See WATER, Page A3
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Former South Korean marines burn images of North Korean leaders, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday.
Preacher disrupts services
Police were dispatched to the Salon del Reino de Los Testigos de Jehovah, 1421 S. Garden Ave., when church services were interrupted by a preacher from another church on Thursday. Jeremy De Los Santos, 31, and an unidentified man entered the church and began to speak, disrupting services. After the two men were asked to leave, they were joined by other men — Joshua De Los Santos, 24; Rolando Iglesia, 29; Cesar Chavez,
20, and Jimmy Collins, 24 — on the sidewalk outside the church and began to preach to passersby. Police advised the men about the potential charges of criminal trespass. Jeremy De Los Santos, who ministers at Old Paths Baptist Church, 110 N. Richardson Ave., protested that he had a right to preach. This is at least the third incident involving De Los Santos and the police this See CHURCH, Page A2
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