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Petco and Tractor Supply will host events for National Adoption Day this weekend. Petco, 4301 N Main St., will participate with an Adoption Rally on both Saturday and Sunday, where the Roswell Humane Society will set up a display so that animal lovers can ... - PAGE A2
BOSTON (AP) — A storm that forecasters war ned could be a blizzard for the history books began clobbering the New York-toBoston corridor on Friday, grounding flights, closing workplaces and sending people rushing to get home ahead of a possible 1 to 3 feet of snow. From New Jersey to Maine, shoppers crowded into super markets and hardware stores to buy food, snow shovels, flashlights and generators, something that became a precious commodity after
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Superstorm Sandy in October. Others gassed up their cars, another lesson learned all too well after Sandy. Across much of New England, schools closed well ahead of the first snowflakes. “This is a storm of major proportions,” Boston Mayor Thomas Menino warned. “Stay off the roads. Stay home.” The wind-whipped snowstorm mercifully arrived at the start of a weekend, which meant fewer cars on the road and extra time for sanitation crews to clear
the mess before commuters in the New York-to-Boston region of roughly 25 million people have to go back to work. But it could also mean a weekend cooped up indoors.
Rainy Neves, a mother of two in Cambridge, just west of Boston, did some last-minute shopping at a grocery store, filling her cart to the brim. “Honestly, a lot of junk — a lot of quick things you can make just in case See SNOWSTORM, Page A3
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A man walks his dog past the snow covered "Boy and Bird" fountain in the Boston Public Garden in Boston, Friday.
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Trey Shafer of Steward Builders helps construct the new Allsup’s underway at 2001 S. Sunset, Friday. Allsup’s is replacing and expanding the old site.
BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. (AP) — All that was left were footprints leading away from Christopher Dorner’s burned-out pickup truck, and an enormous, snow-covered mountain where he could be hiding among the skiers, hundreds of cabins and dense woods. More than 100 officers, including SWAT teams, were driven in glassenclosed snow machines and ar mored personnel carriers to hunt for the former Los Angeles police officer suspected of going on a deadly rampage to get back at those he blamed for ending his police career. With bloodhounds in See HUNT, Page A3
Ezzell sponsors memorial, says Panel recommends chicken listing would ‘kill our jobs’ raise for NM teachers DEXTER TOPS NMMI
DEXTER — Contrary to what David Stern and Roger Goodell think, there are actually sports fans who enjoy the defensive aspect of a given sport. If you are one of those people, then Lewis Gym in Dexter was the place to be on Friday night. The Dexter boys basketball team and its ... - PAGE B1
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The House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee voted unanimously Friday to pass a memorial sponsored by Rep. Candy Spence Ezzell, R-Roswell, that opposes the listing of the lesser prairie chicken. House Memorial 21 would request that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not list the species as “threatened” under the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973. “The listing of the lesser prairie chicken would affect lands in New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas,” Ezzell said in a statement. “It would affect ranchers, farmers, sportsmen, oil and gas exploration, and utility companies, among others.” The memorial says agencies, such as the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and the Bureau of Land Management, have worked with landowners and lessees, as well as industry partners to protect and preserve the lesser prairie chicken. Ezzell said there are already candidate conservation agreements in place to pro-
tect the habitat of the chicken, “which is our main goal.” “We must work to protect the chicken by developing range-wide population and habitat goals, while still protecting our jobs and our livelihood in southern New Mexico,” she said. Listings under the Endangered Species Act, Ezzell said, “often come without consideration for sound science.” “This legislation is very important to me, as a listing would, no doubt, kill our jobs and destroy our livelihoods,” she said. “As we saw with the proposed listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard, a listing can be avoided with the cooperation of all local officials and when the collaborative voices of all New Mexicans are heard.” The Service will issue a final ruling in September and is now accepting public comments. There will be a Fish and Wildlife public hearing Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., at the Eastern New Mexico UniversityRoswell Performing Arts Center, 64 University Blvd.
SANTA FE (AP) — Teachers and other public school workers could receive 1 percent salary increases next year under an education budget proposal recommended Friday by a House committee. The measure approved by the House Education Committee calls for spending nearly $2.6 billion on public schools, the Public Education Department and other education programs in the fiscal year starting in July. That amounts to a $125 million, or 5 percent increase, in spending next year. Schools traditionally account for the largest portion of the state budget. The committee endorsed the budget proposal on a party-line vote, with Democrats supporting it and Republicans opposed. Rep. Mimi Stewart, an Albuquerque Democrat and committee chairwoman, said the panel’s budget recommendations will restore some spending cuts made in the past several years when New Mexico faced a financial squeeze. See TEACHERS, Page A3
Musician, businessman Palacios takes on ‘a little bit of everything’ JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Ismael Palacios
Recent headlines have caused many to worry about American youth. Meanwhile, those who work quietly to get an education, volunteer and become involved in their community rarely grace the front pages. Ismael Palacios is an example of a young man who applies himself and will become one of the leaders of tomorrow. Palacios graduated from Roswell High School in 2010. He received a $2,300 scholarship from SOY (Save Our Youth) Mariachi that same year. He is three classes away from receiving his associate degree in HVAC from Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. He plans to continue his education to get a degree in business administration. At the age of 21, Palacios teaches music to those younger than himself at SOY Mariachi, 1120 South Grand, where he has been working as volunteer for many years. He
first became involved with SOY Mariachi at the age of 10 when a teacher, Dr. Sara Montgomery, invited him and other young people to see what the group had to offer. A week ago, Palacios became one of the newest members of the Hispano Chamber of Commerce, where he says he hopes to help his community in such events as the Piñata Fest. While others struggle to master one language, he is bilingual. He plays four musical instruments — violin, trumpet, guitar and keyboard. He started with the violin. Then he learned trumpet when he took band at RHS. Since then, he is largely self-taught and confesses that trumpet is his favorite instrument.
Through SOY Mariachi, Palacios leads the Nuevo Amanecer, a band of nine 10- to 12-year-olds, which including himself makes a total of 10. “We have two violins, two trumpets, two rhythm, one guitaron (base guitar), and three singers,” he said. He is one of four siblings. Born in Greeley, Colo., he came to Roswell from Denver with his family when he was seven years old because his parents believed they could make a better life here. He is devoted to his family, soft-spoken and unassuming. Bobby Villegas, his mentor, explained how Pacacios took over a See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3