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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mom might get a quick note in the mail. Sister might get a birthday card. But that’s about it. For the typical American household these days, nearly two months will pass before a personal letter shows up. The avalanche of... - PAGE B4
October 4, 2011
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Parade kicks off Eastern NM State Fair JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Sounds of cheers, claps and noisemakers were heard Monday morning as tractor pulls, unicycles and ATVs accompanied by people, of all ages, dancing, cheering and marching made their way from College Boulevard down Main Street to kick-off the 89th annual Eastern New Mexico State Fair. Some 30,000 people attended this year’s parade which featured 93 different
entries including the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, Kymera Independent Physicians, Roswell Jobs Corps Center, Roswell Reads, Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest, the Roswell Boys & Girls Club, Comfort Keepers, the Cinderella Scholarship Pageant and Adventure Christian Church. Prior to the start, droves of people lined both sides of Main Street equipped with cameras, balloons and smiles on their faces in anticipation of the floats and perform-
ances the parade provided. Serving as the start of the ENMSF, the parade attracted young kids, their parents and grandparents as well as teenagers who had the day off from school. The parade sounded off with sirens coming from police cars and fire trucks as members of the Dexter, Hager man and Roswell police departments flashed their lights and honked their horns while members of the Berrendo, East See PARADE, Page A8
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Thousands attending the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Parade line both sides of Main Street Monday morning.
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INSIDE SPORTS
Police still busy Scientist wins Nobel 3 after sting raid days after cancer death Sparky, the fire department mascot, high fives those attending the Eastern New Mexico State Fair Parade Monday.
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
FOOTBALL: PLAYOFF CHANCES
We’re another week closer to the playoffs in high school football, so I’ll continue what I started last week with the playoff chances for the area’s teams. With a loss to Santa Rosa on Friday, I think the Demons are at a point in their season where every week needs to ... - PAGE B1
TODAY’S OBITUARIES • Fred H. English • Anna Marie Valderaz - PAGE B4
HIGH ...80˚ LOW ....57˚
TODAY’S FORECAST
CLASSIFIEDS..........B7 COMICS.................B5 ENTERTAINMENT.....B8 FINANCIAL .............B6 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........B8 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ............A10
Law enforcement continues the mop-up after a massive sting operation that occurred on Sept. 22. The original raids resulted in 67 people being arrested on charges of drug trafficking. A total of 84 warrants were issued before the Sept. 22 sting, 57 warrants for federal charges of drug traf ficking and another 27 under state charges. By the end the day, 17 people remained at large. The operation was a combined county, state and federal effort, including Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force and Mobile Enforcement Team from the DEA’s El Paso Division Of fice. Of ficers from the New Mexico State
Police, Roswell Police Department’s SWAT team and sheriff’s deputies from Chaves County, along with deputies from Eddie, Lea and Otero counties also participated. Since that time, nearly half have been apprehended. On Sept. 23, the New Mexico State Police arrested Samantha McCoy on a state warrant. David Sorenson turned himself in to the RPD on Sept. 25. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, RPD arrested two others. Jerry Martinez, who was wanted under a federal warrant, was apprehended on the 300 block of East Forest Street. Gabriel Gonzales was picked up at the intersection of Third Street and Union Avenue. Also arrested by the Chaves County Sheriff’s See STING, Page A8
NEW YORK (AP) — Ralph Steinman, a pioneer in understanding how cells fight disease, tried to help his own immune system thwart his pancreatic cancer. Steinman survived until Friday. Three days later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine. The Nobel committee, unaware of his death, announced the award Monday in Stockholm. Steinman’s employer, Rockefeller University in New York, learned of his death after the Nobel announcement. Steinman’s wife, Claudia, said the family had planned to disclose his death Monday — only to discover an email to his cellphone from the Nobel committee. Friends and colleagues were stunned by his
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Family members of Nobel prize winner Ralph Steinman walk in front of a picture of Steinman during a ceremony honoring him at Rockefeller University in New York, Monday. death. “For the last five years, I’ve gotten up in the
mor ning of the Nobel
Others pitched tents or waved protest signs at passing cars in Boston, St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo. The arrest of 700 protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend galvanized a slice of discontented America, from college students worried about their job prospects to middle-age workers who have been recently laid off. Some protesters likened themselves to the tea party movement — but with a liberal bent — or to the Arab Spring demonstrators who brought down their rulers in the Middle East.
“I’ve felt this way for a long time. I’ve really just kind of been waiting for a movement to come along that I thought would last and have some resonation within the community,” said Steven Harris, a laidoff truck driver in Kansas City.
See NOBEL, Page A8
Anti-Wall Street protests spread nationwide NEW YORK (AP) — Protests against Wall Street spread across the country Monday as demonstrators marched on Federal Reserve banks and camped out in parks from Los Angeles to Portland, Maine, in a show of anger over the wobbly economy and what they see as corporate greed.
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Protesters from Occupy Wall Street march through the financial district dressed as corporate zombies Monday, in New York.
In Manhattan, hundreds of protesters dressed as “corporate zombies” in white facepaint lurched past the New York Stock Exchange clutching fistfuls of fake money. In Chicago, demonstrators pounded drums in the city’s financial district.
Harris and about 20 other people were camped out in a park across the street from the Kansas City Federal Reserve building, their site strewn with sleeping bags, clothes and handmade signs. Some passing drivers honked in support.
See PROTESTS, Page A8