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OIL PRICE CLIMBS AHEAD OF ELECTION
Greece consumes a small amount of the world’s oil. But it could have a big effect on the price of crude next week. The nation holds an election Sunday, and Greeks could pick a government that wants to stop using the euro as its currency. ...
June 16, 2012
Immigration plan gets mixed reviews
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“Right to Dream” students and supporters block the street outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, to celebrate the Obama administration’s decision to stop deporting younger illegal immigrants.
ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of young illegal immigrants who have called the United States home for most of their lives are excited by the Obama administration’s decision allowing them to stay here legally, but they have a lot of questions. Most important: Is it too good to be true? How will it actually work? What are the risks or pitfalls? Still, that uncertainty didn’t stop text messages and social networks from buzzing with optimism Fri-
day. “I started shaking,” said Cindy Nava, 23, of Santa Fe, N.M., who received the news in a text while on her way to class at the University of New Mexico. She immediately called an attorney, who confirmed the news. Nava is a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, who came to the U.S. as a 7-year-old. She wants to go to law school after she graduates with a political-science degree next year, and hopes the policy shift will allow
Progress in Little Bear fire efforts
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TOP 5 WEB
• Little Bear Fire 40 percent contained • Elks, Girls Scouts celebrate Flag Day • Liquor license approved by CC • Police doing annual check on sex offenders • Invaders into first
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Clay Walker Country Rocks Pearson Country musician Clay Walker performs Friday evening at Pearson Auditorium.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant had the ball in his hands and LeBron James in his face. With 10 seconds left in Game 2, the NBA Finals were providing all the theater anyone could ask. Two superstars going head-to-head, the Miami Heat ... - PAGE B1
TODAY’S OBITUARIES
• Rev. William Hartman • Israel Estes Jr. • Wanda Grizzle - PAGE B10
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NOAH VERNAU RECORD STAFF WRITER
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her to work. Some conservatives vehemently disagree with the new policy, even while expressing compassion for illegal immigrants who were brought to the country as children. They say Obama’s unilateral action by executive order deliberately skirts the law. Young illegal immigrants acknowledge they could be at risk if Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is elected and
NOAH VERNAU RECORD STAFF WRITER
Clay Walker brought country soulfulness and hundreds of
devoted fans to New Mexico Military Institute’s Pearson Auditorium, Friday, where the artist perfor med hits from a career in music that spans nearly 20
years. With nine studio albums released since 1993, Walker has sold more than 11 million
Considerable progress made along the southern end of the Little Bear fire contributed to yet another five percent increase in its containment Friday, as firefighters continue to build containment lines and cool off the fire front. The fire, 45 percent contained, remains about 38,000 acres, and has destroyed 224 residential structures and 10 outbuildings. Total personnel continued to climb, reaching 1,449 by Friday morning, with 37 incident management crews, 85 fire engines, 12 helicopters and 16 bulldozers. The main focus for firefighters Friday was patrol and cleanup on the south, east and north sides of the fire. Indirect line construction continued on the west and northwest flanks, where the fire is most active, with support from helicopter water drops. “A lot of the progress that was made (Thursday) was along the southern end with burn outs where
Gov uses personal RPD arrests Mary Beth Lawrence emails for state biz See WALKER, Page A2
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
SANTA FE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez and members of her administration used personal email accounts to discuss state business, a practice critics call unacceptable.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports Friday that the gover nor and other of ficials used accounts associated with
SusanaPAC, her political action committee, to discuss Corrections Department business. In August, the newspaper says, Martinez emailed members of her staf f and her political adviser about a report on a prison escape, demanding answers. “I have painfully gone
According to the criminal complaint filed in District Court on Thursday, there have been three reported incidents of harassment or stalking made against Mary Beth Lawrence by the student who accused David Lawrence of touching her sexually. An incident report filed on May 28 states that Mary Beth, driving a black Cadillac, followed the student in her vehicle nearly two miles
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along Sycamore Avenue. The complainant attempted to shake the other vehicle by making several turns, but the Cadillac kept pace. The two cars achieved a reported speed of 70 mph.
The records also state that during the time when the Lawrence case was being investigated in December 2011, the victim and her mother reported that as they entered the Bath and Body Shop at the Roswell Mall, Mary Beth
Jo Hicks: Paralegal, thrift shop junkie, 4th gen Roswellite See EMAILS, Page A3
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Mary Beth Lawrence
JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Jo Hicks
Jo Hicks has been working as a paralegal most of her adult life with a job to help low-income families and the elderly. She can give legal advice and assistance, act as an advocate and negotiate for the client. As a paralegal at New Mexico Legal Aid, Jo provides her services to those who would otherwise not be able to afford them. She refers to herself as bleeding heart liberal. “As a single
mother of three, I certainly know what it is like to be poor.” Her goal is to make sure that all the people who walk through the door are treated with dignity and respect. The people who come in to the Roswell office are desperate, don’t understand the law, and by the time they are referred
to her, they are angry. “You can understand their frustation. It’s amazing what people don’t know. You can never forget that — what it’s like not to understand the legal system,” Jo said. N.M. Legal Aid has investigated discrimination See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3