Roswell Daily Record
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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
April 26, 2015
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Calls mount for Legislature special session
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A growing number of cities are urging Gov. Susana Martinez to overcome an impasse and call a special session to consider funding more than $260 million in public improvement projects around the state. The capital outlay bill stalled on the final day of the legislative session in March and much finger-pointing has followed. Martinez initially resisted the call for a special session, saying she wanted to make sure the outcome would be different. Her
office says it has been working with leaders from both parties to find a solution. Legislative leaders also have been talking, but there’s no indication this week that any agreements have been reached. Farmington was the latest city to join the call this week, following dozens of mayors and business groups who have urged the governor to call lawmakers back into session. If a special session is called, the Legislature needs to have approved and the governor has to
sign off on a capital projects bill no later than May 15, according to the Legislative Finance Committee. That’s because the state is required to advertise the sale of bonds for 30 days and take into account time for other procedural details, all work on capital outlay must be finished by the end of this fiscal year on June 30. The capital outlay bill that started in the Senate called for nearly $300 million in spending. The House version called for nearly $265 million. Finance
Committee documents show both versions financed about $212 million of the projects using severance tax bonds. The biggest difference was in the use of general fund dollars for some public projects, with $45 million in the Senate version and less than $9 million in the House version. Should the public projects bill not get hammered out in a special session, some state-operated facilities will sustain a hit for a second straight year. Money for improvements and
equipment for the veterans’ home in Truth or Consequences, hospitals, juvenile detention centers and other state facilities was left out of a nearly $400 million capital outlay bill approved last year. Late discussions between the governor’s staff and lawmakers that year led to more than $71 million being shifted from those state facilities to various water projects, according to a post-session fiscal review.
Prepping for an American tradition
This year might be the last that Roswell welcomes German exchange students Bill Moffitt Story and Photos
Tuesday. The students, both 16, got to attend the GHS prom Saturday as part of their week-long visit to Roswell. “They don’t have anything like (prom) in the schools in Germany,” Bell explained.
Left: Goddard High School German teacher Sharon Bell, left, checks Sarah Freundel’s hair as Heidi Troeger looks on after trying on prom dresses at Bell’s home
Right: Roswell Mayor Dennis Kintigh, center, is surrounded by 20 visiting German students and their adult sponsors during the official welcome at the Roswell Museum and Arts Center Tuesday. The visit was orchestrated by Bell, shown at right. This might be the last time that Roswell hosts German exchange students; as Bell is set to retire after this school year.
Volunteers needed Moore wants Roswell to be the best it can be for Senior Olympics summer games By Christina Stock Vision Editor
Staff Report New Mexico Senior Olympics, Inc. is recruiting Game Volunteers to support the 37th Annual State Senior Olympics Summer Games to be held June 3-6 in Roswell. Volunteers are needed to support 30 different sporting tournaments and the game headquarters. Volunteers can download a volunteer form at nmseniorolympics.org or pick up a sign up form from the various locations throughout town where you see the game poster. The locations are all the Sonic restaurants, the Roswell Adult and Senior Center, the Yucca Recreation Center, Lawrence Brothers IGA, the Roswell Daily Record, NMSO Game Headquar-
ters, Chaves County-RSVP, the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell physical education building and Eastern New Mexico Medical Center. Volunteers who sign up to work a four-hour shift will receive a T-shirt, certificate and an invitation for the volunteer social kickoff event. Deadline to sign up to volunteer is May 1. Volunteers must be 16 years and older. Volunteer assignments vary according to the sport and will be established and confirmed by the sport coordinator running the event. A sample of the volunteer support duties may be scorekeeping, timer, ball retriever, line judge, athlete check See VOLUNTEERS, Page A3 Today’s Forecast
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When Kerry Moore returned in 2002 to Roswell and to her mother, multimedia was just in its infancy. It had been difficult to find good jobs with the large working force of the Baby Boomer generation holding the positions. “My generation is probably the most educated population we had in the U.S. in a long
time; we didn’t find a job, so we continued going to school,” she said. Moore transferred from the Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell to the University of New Mexico to study
marketing, which triggered her interest in graphic design. She worked for two years at Image Matters PromotionMoore
See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3
Local children chosen to study theater in Santa Fe Staff Report
Two of the KAPS students have been selected to attend New Mexico Charter School for the Arts in Santa Fe, Lauren Amos and John Snyder. Announced at the Roswell Community Little Theatre monthly meeting in April, John and Lauren received a round of applause for their accomplishment. They both have
Amos appeared on stage with the Kids Art ProgramS which has been support-
Snyder ed and encouraged in the RCLT building since 201213 Season. John Snyder
• Randall Lee Owen • Ernest F. Postlewaite
See THEATER, Page A3
Index
Today’s Obituaries Page B6
• Guadalupe “Lupe” Hernandez • Leslie A. McPherson
appeared in RCLT production of “On Golden Pond” (2013-14 season) and in “Family Secrets” (2014-15 season). KAPS expands cultural literacy among Roswell area youth. It encourages youth to be nurtured by and to be initiated into the arts; it supports the development of lifelong learners who develop integrity, persever-
Classifieds...........D1 Comics..................C4 Entertainment. ....A8 General...............A2
Horoscopes.........A7 Lotteries. ............A2 Opinion.................A4 Politics................B7
Sports. ................B1 Weather...............A8 World..................A7