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THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
March 3, 2013
Corps marches for cancer awareness
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LESSONS FROM A MASTER
Inside the ceramics studio at Roswell’s Museum and Art Center Saturday, pottery students watched as one of the country’s more revered ceramic artists stood before them and shaped a piece of clay. Master Studio Potter Kristen Kieffer dipped her hand in water ... - PAGE A2
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New Mexico Military Institute cadets marched to raise funds and awareness for cancer research Saturday during the school’s 7th annual Cancer Awareness March. About 770 cadets participated in the march, which lasted nearly 10 hours and took cadets on a series of 1.1-mile laps around campus. Funds raised from the event went to the Chaves County Cancer Fund, for which the Corps of Cadets raised about $5,000 in its 2012 march. NMMI Deputy Commandant for Support Jeff Cunningham said the school hoped to reach Saturday that same $5,000 mark, as well as to instill in cadets the importance of community service. “We look forward to any opportunity that cadets will be able to understand the
Locally produced movie opens to red-carpet crowd NMMI cadets participate in the Corps Cancer Awareness March, Saturday afternoon.
JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
The lobby at Allen Theaters Galaxy 8 premiered a special red-carpet showing of locally produced “Camp” Friday night. A few local talents walked the red carpet as movie goers poured in to watch the inspiring faithbased drama. The first 10 minutes and last shots featured scenes filmed entirely in town by a local producer. “We’re excited to share this with the Roswell crowd,” said writer and director of the movie, Jacob Roebuck of Roswell-based Roebuck Media. “We’re excited. It played in Bur-
bank (Calif.), and we had a couple of sell-out nights. Tonight it’s packed. We’re full.” Local actor Josh Berry played a key role in the movie. He arrived before the 7 p.m. showing. Berry has also had roles in “Crazy Heart,” “Carriers,” “Sunshine Cleaning” and “Friday Night Lights.” Like any other Hollywood-style premier, the red carpet had real-time actors and movie producers posing for photos, flashes of light off cameras and jewelry, and ticket holders lining up for the show. “Here we are at the premiere,” Berry said. “I’m thrilled. This started two
years ago.” Berry reconnected with an old friend who was assisting with production in Roswell just before the movie started filming. “We reconnected weeks before the movie and I ended up being an actor,” he said. “It was because of the cause and the kids.” “Camp” was inspired by true stories that highlight a struggle of abused and neglected children and their camp counselors. Roebuck and his wife, Laura, spent time volunteering at such camps as Royal Family Kids camps in the Los Angeles area, he said. The
dle of instituting a new graduate-level agenda. But the future might be less bright, according to Luis Diaz-Rodriguez, of the Criminal Justice Programs Division for the State Department. “We’re fine, at least for now,” Diaz-Rodriguez said. “It might be that the decision is made that the department won’t fund it (in the future). In that case, the doors will shut and everyone will go home. But I know we have a lot of support and the Department of State is highly
committed to this program. It has support from the highest levels.” ILEA Roswell changed directions after awarding a $9.175 million contract to BlueLaw International LLC last year. The Roswell program switched its mission in September and began providing specialized management courses in criminal justice, legal and regulatory workshop facilitation, and criminal policy program development and facilitation. “The academy has been
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Jacob Roebuck, writer and director of “Camp,” and wife Laura, attend the film’s premiere at the Galaxy 8, Friday evening.
ILEA’s grad-level courses focus on international crime
LOBOS NIP COWBOYS
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — A work of it art it wasn’t, but for New Mexico coach Steve Alford and the No. 14 Lobos, Saturday’s 53-42 victory over Wyoming was good enough. “This game was ugly from the beginning,” Alford said. The victory gives the Lobos (25-4, 12-2 Mountain West) their fifth conference championship in the last six seasons. “If you go into our ... - PAGE B1
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As federal budget cuts begin, the recently revamped Inter national Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell isn’t expected to feel any pain. ILEA Roswell’s new program manager, Myron Golden of BlueLaw International, said the program will “probably not be directly affected by the sequestration.” The campus ushered in several changes recently and is in the mid-
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in operation for a number of years, but it was more operational or tactical in nature,” Golden said Wednesday, during a weeklong visit to the campus. “It is only since our reopening that we have the graduatelevel courses that focus more on inter national crime. “The whole purpose of the ILEA graduate program is to promote international cooperation among law enforcement agencies,” Golden said. “A majority of crime today is cross-border crime. It doesn’t respect
boundaries of countries.” The academy expects to graduate 10 sessions per year, with 35 students attending each. The new graduate-level curriculum has, so far, attracted several interested students. One recent session catered to all female delegates from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, who were women in highranking law enforcement positions. “We’ve so far conducted
SANTA FE (AP) — Teachers and their unions made a strong show of opposition on Saturday against Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s educational policies, urging senators to reject her choice to lead New Mexico’s agency overseeing public schools.
meeting next week but the date hasn’t been set. It’s possible that Skandera could continue to languish without a Senate vote, and that would allow her to remain on the job. But if the Senate rejects Skandera, she will be ousted from her post and it will represent a political repudiation of the gover nor’s agenda for changing public schools. Educational unions object to the top policies advocated by the Martinez administration, including merit pay for teachers, a system for assigning grades of A-to-F for schools, a teacher evaluation system linked to student performance on standardized tests and a plan to hold back third-graders who can’t read proficiently. Many of Martinez’s school proposals mirror ini-
Obama, GOP brace for next fight Teachers, unions oppose Skandera confirmation WASHINGTON (AP) — Severe spending cuts now the law of the land, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave of f what both parties acknowledged was a foolhardy way to slash $85 billion in federal spending.
The still-fragile economy braced itself for the gradual but potentially grave impact of the across-the-board cuts, which took effect Friday night at the stroke of Obama’s pen. Hours earlier, he and congressional leaders emerged from a White House meeting no closer to an agreement.
Even as they pledged a renewed effort to retroacAP Photo tively undo the spending House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol cuts, both parties said Hill, Friday, after a meeting at the White House between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders. See BUDGET, Page A3
The Senate Rules Committee heard public testimony for a second day on whether Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera should be confirmed and allowed to remain in the Cabinet-level position she’s held since Martinez took office in 2011. It’s up to the committee to decide whether to forward Skandera’s nomination to the Democratic-controlled Senate for a confirmation vote. After a five-hour hearing, the committee didn’t vote. Committee chairwoman Linda Lopez said lawmakers likely will start questioning Skandera at a
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