Roswell Daily Record
RISD braces for budget cuts
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November 11, 2010
Uncertainty over what measures will be taken in the upcoming 60-day legislative session to plug up the state’s projected $260 million shortfall has cast a shadow over the Roswell Independent School District’s administration. Superintendent Michael Gottlieb says that with the end of federal stimulus dollars filtering to local schools — which bridged the
gap in state funding for a short time — administrators are preparing themselves for up to a 3 percent cut in their total budget. The slash would equate to about $1.8 million for the RISD and is the number state officials are warning they should get r eady to absorb. “(So far, we’ve) been able to balance everything and it’s been a struggle,” said Gottlieb, over the district having to absorb cuts beginning in fiscal year 2008 and
2009. “If it happens,” he said of the possible 3 percent cut, “we’re going to be in trouble. ... This 60day session is critical.” The prospect is alarming Gottlieb says, because after all other avenues of cutting the district's budget have been exhausted, furloughs may be the only remaining option. “As we move forward, we just have to look at everything,” he said.
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Panel OKs new rules on emissions
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SANTA FE (AP) — New Mexico regulators on Wednesday approved new rules for reporting and verifying greenhouse gas emissions to support the state’s recently adopted cap-andtrade system. The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board voted 5-1 in favor of the rules, which will apply to more than 130 industrial facilities around the state, including power plants, cement-producing plants, refineries and other operations in the oil and natural gas industry. The state environment department said the new reporting requirements will provide more accurate and consistent data that will allow the state to participate in a regional cap-andtrade program with other Western states and Canadian provinces, or a national program, if it is ever adopted by the federal government. The rules take effect Jan. 1. “It’s important that we have this
Task force arrests child pornography suspect JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
GARRETT ERA BEGINS IN DALLAS
If forced to absorb the cut, the district will be operating at about its fiscal year 2006 and 2007 levels, when about 800 fewer students attended its schools and there were less state mandates which required additional funding. The majority of the district’s workers sign annual contracts, which rule out the possibility of mid-year layoffs. However, about
The Chaves County Inter net Crimes Against Children Task Force made its first arrest on Oct 13. Robert Buie, 36, of Meadow Lane was charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of children, distribution, and three counts of sexual exploitation of children, possession, on Oct, 27 in District Court. The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation with ICAC. “We have arrested one, but we have eight active cases,” said Chaves
room. County Sherif f Rob Coon. The computer According to was seized and the criminal comsubmitted to plaint filed in forensic examinaMagistrate Court, tion. “We have a information was detective that’s a obtained on June forensic expert in 29 that indicated the field of comthe subject had puters. We can Robert Buie access to some now track people 983 files known in a chat room,” to be child exploitation Coon said. folders on a shared file at Buie told officials from a website. the Chaves County SherThe search warrant was if f’s Of fice that he may obtained on July 2 to iden- have accidentally downtify the subscriber. On loaded child pornography. July 14, a search warrant However the criminal was served at the resi- complaint stated that dence and a computer was examination of the comlocated in the master bed- puter revealed that it con-
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tained files of a female approximately 11 years of age. In all, the forensic search of the computer located some 28 files with “child exploitive” titles. “The Attorney General Gary King invited us into the ICAC task force,” said Coon. “Chaves County is one of two New Mexico counties invited to join.” Two deputies have been allocated to the task force and specially trained in computer forensics. He explained that with a search warrant, the task force can go to the provider and obtain a physical address.
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“We now have the equipment and the expertise to see where they hide files on the computer, and we want to thank the attorney general for getting us involved in this,” said Coon. “Distribution is a thirddegree felony. Possession is a fourth-degree felony,” he explained. A third-degree felony, which includes a sexual of fense against a child, carries a sentence of four to eight years and a $5,000 fine while a fourthdegree felony carries a sentence of one to two years and a $5,000 fine. j.palmer@roswell-record.com
JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Roswell Literacy Council, a United Way agency, has been in Roswell for more than 36 years. The program, led by Andrae England, RLC director, features Basic Literacy and English as a Second Language programs. Located at 609 W. 10th St., the organization provides literacy services to adults from domestic and foreign areas. Many students seek to improve their math, reading, writing and communications skills. The program does not seek to teach individuals how to speak English the “right way.” Instead, it aims to teach its students how to communicate comfortably and effectively. “(We teach) the importance of being able to speak your mind, not just being able to speak, but speak your mind,” Eng-
land said. “That’s power, total power.” The council also helps individuals pursue a driver’s license and vocational degrees, among many other things. On-site facilities include classrooms, a computer lab and a library. “They may come and say ‘can you help me lear n, can you help me to read, or to speak English?’ These things are the primary things,” England said. RLC is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and on Friday’s from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on RLC, or to become a volunteer tutor, call 625-1369. j.entzminger@roswellrecord.com
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Chaves County Facility Maintenance employee Adrian Arias walks past the recently assembled oversized artificial Christmas tree at the Chaves County Administrative Center Wednesday morning. Arias and co-workers Frank Gabaldon and Wayne Ruzik labored into the night Tuesday to finish the towering tree.