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House passes GOP budget cuts Would turn Medicare into voucher system
ANOTHER OIL CRISIS PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Almost a year after a massive oil spill decimated the tourism industry along the Gulf Coast, another oil-related crisis is now threatening the recovery: Gasoline prices are creeping toward $4 a gallon, which could keep travelers from coming back to white-sand beaches that have been scrubbed of BP’s oil. - PAGE A2
April 16, 2011
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio during a press conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a prelude to a summer showdown with President Barack Obama, Republicans controlling the House pushed to passage on Friday a bold but politically dangerous budget blueprint to slash social safety net programs like food stamps and Medicaid and fundamentally restructure Medicare health care for the elderly. The nonbinding plan lays out a fiscal vision cutting $6.2 trillion from yearly federal deficits over the coming decade and calls for transfor ming Medicare from a program in which the gover nment directly
pays medical bills into a voucher -like system that subsidizes purchases of private insurance plans. The GOP budget passed 235-193 with every Democrat voting “no.” Obama said in an Associated Press interview that it would “make Medicare into a voucher program. That’s something that we strongly object to.” The vote sets up the Republicans’ next round of confrontation with Obama and Democrats over mustpass legislation to allow the government to borrow more money to finance its operations and obligations to holders of U.S. bonds. For
the first time, Obama acknowledged that raising the debt limit is “not going to happen without some spending cuts” insisted upon by Republicans and some Democrats. The vote came on the same day Obama signed a hard-fought six-month spending bill that averted a gover nment shutdown while cutting $38 billion from the gover nment. Struck last week, the compromise was the first between the White House and the emboldened Republican majority in the House. See BUDGET, Page A3
Every 15 Minutes cemetery monument
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LIONS RIP WARRIORS ON RADER NO-HITTER If one listens to spor ts long enough, they will hear of a phenonenon called “The zone.” It is nearly impossible for people to predict when an athlete will make a trip there, but once said athlete is in “The zone,” it is easy to see. In the first game of Valley Christian’s doubleheader with Gateway Christian, even a novice sports fan could tell that Lion star ting pitcher Logan Rader was in a zone. Rader fanned 11 while throwing a no-hitter in.... - PAGE B1 • Charles E. Chewning
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Alberto Gonzalez, left, and David Papworth of Maddux Monument erect the new Chaves County Every 15 Minutes Program monument at South Park Cemetery, Tuesday morning, honoring victims of drunken and impaired drivers.
Roswell man enters County under fire restrictions plea in federal court JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Roswell resident William Cadman, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of methamphetamines with the intent to distribute and one count of a felon in possession of a firear m, Wednesday, in Las Cruces Federal Court. According to the criminal complaint, agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Chaves County Metro Narcotics
Task Force executed a state search warrant at Cadman’s residence, on Dec. 10, 2010. Agents found 4.9 grams of methamphetamine in the corner pocket of pool table. They also found a Ruger Ranch rifle .223 caliber, a Superior Arms 5.556 rifle with loaded magazine, a .45 caliber Kahr Ar ms semi-automatic carbine and a 9 mm handgun. Agents also searched a See PLEA, Page A3
MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER
Ahead of new fire restrictions by the State Forestry Division taking effect today, the Roswell Fire Department’s top commander asked residents Friday to be careful, vigilant and mindful of the high risk of wildfires. Chief James Salas spoke a day after three grass fires broke out along Highway 285 south of Roswell. He is asking residents take caution
this season and report to emergency officials activities such as vehicles dragging chains or drivers flicking cigarettes out their car windows on the highway. “We had a recent rash of (fires),” Salas said. “We just want to kind of remind people to be careful ... (since) the fire danger is extremely high.” If residents or passing motorists see a possible reason why a fire may have been caused, Salas is asking that those individuals notify of ficials
immediately. The same goes for suspicious activity. “If (people) see something that’s suspicious, let us know,” he said. He explained that due to extreme dry conditions and very low humidity levels, county fire departments are on high alert. “We’re at the mercy of what nature left us,” he said, referring to the high amount of moisture this area received last spring that led to large plant
See FIRE, Page A3
Dexter native Josh Berry: Student, model, actor, waiter, helper JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Josh Berry
He stands 6-feet 2-inches of f the ground, sports a scruffy unapologetic beard and has the demeanor of an all-American man who looks ready to toss a pigskin. His days are spent custom-making bikes and cars, and commuting from Roswell to Albuquerque to act in films and television shows. Who is he? Josh Berry, 37, of Roswell. Berry comes from a family of Dexter far mers. In 1986, he moved to Roswell and attended his first public school, Berrendo Middle
School. He completed seventh and eighth grade at Berrendo. Berry recalls having a tough time with the transition, because he spent most of his childhood education at a private Christian school. After his time at Berrendo, he attended Goddard High School. Berry reflected on his high school experience. “I was a band nerd,” he said. “Goddard was high school. I had so much fun with some of my friends,
got bullied and that affected me. It was high school. It was a nor mal Roswell experience.” After graduating from GHS in 1992, Berry attended the University of New Mexico, where he started out as pre-med major and later switched to business marketing and psychology. His stay at UNM was cut short after an impromptu See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3