Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Vol. 123, No. 174 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday
July 20, 2014
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Martinez visits FLETC; says it is no place for young mothers, babies BY JERRY HECK RECORD STAFF WRITER
After touring the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia Saturday, Gov. Susana Martinez said the government has to address “the humanitarian consequence” caused by the false belief that once immigrants have made it to the U.S. that they can stay. “In his first year of office Obama had control of the House and Senate he broke his promise to fix immigration,” Martinez said. Along with state and federal officials, Martinez visited the facility, which is temporarily housing hundreds of women and children who entered the U.S. illegally. “Washington is dysfunctional,” Martinez said. “This [FLETC] is no place for young mothers and babies. One is just 11
months old!” Many of the immigrants now housed at FLETC were severely dehydrated when they first arrived after a jour ney that for most took 18 days. Martinez stressed that what is needed is a comprehensive immigration plan, not “piece-meal efforts,” such as partial deportations or the Dream Act. “This is a 100 percent federal issue,” she said. The governor was asked if she had considered activating the state’s National Guard to active duty — not in an enforcement role but as a presence to deter border crossing. Governors have the authority to mobilize the National Guard for state emergencies such as fires, floods, civil unrest and other threats to the citizens. Gregory Fouratt, cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, explained that the
expanded number of illegal entries occurs near McAllen, Texas, not in New Mexico. Therefore, it remains a federal issue and not a state emergency. Martinez interjected, “We used to have the National Guard on the border, but Sen. (Martin) Heinrich cut the budget saying the border is secure.” Likewise, U.S. Senate majority leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made headlines and raised eyebrows Tuesday when he declared the border is secure. In addition to Secretary Fouratt, Gregory Meyers, the cabinet secretary of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management also was in the governor’s party. When asked about broadcasting correct information directly to the citizens of the home nations of the illegal aliens, Meyers and Fouratt replied that
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yes the “feds” are doing that. Moreover, when each person calls back to report that they are being sent home, that is the message that is most effective in
All the pretty horses
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Kaden Ramage, back, and Tara Jones trot their horses, Mouse and Freckles, respectively, to line up and be judged for hunter under saddle (novice) at the Chaves County 4-H and FFA Horse Show, Saturday.
deterring others from attempting the adventure. The cabinet chiefs also responded that measures are being taken to identify and prevent diseases and epidemics.
In these photos provided by the Governor’s Office, Gov. Susana Martinez talks to youths Saturday, during her tour of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia. Martinez said the situation at the facility is “a 100 percent federal issue.”
Martinez acknowledged that instruction will be provided by the U.S. gover nment and portable classrooms will be arriving at FLETC.
High winds push growing wildfire
WINTHROP, Wash. (AP) — Pushed by howling, erratic winds, a massive wildfire in north-central Washington was growing rapidly and burning in new directions Saturday. Road closures and evacuations were changing regularly, as hot weather and winds with gusts up to 30 mph were pushing the fire over ridge tops and toward a cluster of small towns northeast of Seattle. “This is a very active and fluid situation,” fire spokesman Chuck Turey said. As of Saturday morning, the lightning-caused fire had scorched nearly 340 square miles in the scenic Methow Valley. The fire was measured at 260 square miles Friday. People living between Carlton and Pateros have been told to leave their
homes. The fire has blackened hillsides, destroyed homes and downed power lines. Many towns were without electrical power or phone service Saturday. Officials said there are no reports of serious injuries and only one more strucwas destroyed ture overnight by the lightningcaused wildfire. Minor burns and bruises had been reported, but Turey called that “a pretty amazing safety record.” Airplanes and helicopters were dropping water and fire retardant on all parts of the fire, with no one area more of a concer n than another, Turey said. “We’re seeing some wind shifts so that the fire is going to be pushed in some directions it hasn’t been pushed to date,” he said,
Cowboy Crusade to Carter reviving cemetery’s faded beauty bring music, ministry BY JEFF TUCKER RECORD STAFF WRITER
BY RANDAL SEYLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Rev. Ron Moon believes in second chances. The founder and CEO of Second Chance Prison Ministry, Moon will be in Roswell this week with the first Cowboy Crusade he has staged in Roswell. The Crusade will start Monday and conclude on Saturday, with the event starting at 6 p.m. each evening with a cowboy supper. Music will begin at 7 p.m. provided by Pecos Valley Blue Grass Association, and the message will begin at 7:30 p.m. Speakers will include Moon, of Brownfield, Texas; Danny Sons of Midway Assembly of God in Dexter; Mark Green of Harvest Ministry in Roswell; David Buckingham, who repre-
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sents the biker ministry at Grace Community Church in Roswell; Jackie Thomas, pastor of the Dexter Cowboy Church; and Caleb Edwards, who runs the Jesus Wins Ministry in San Angelo, Texas. The event is sponsored
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The roots of the Bermuda grass grow deep at Memory Lawn Memorial Park. All it takes is a little rain or watering and the earth blossoms, says Richard Carter. Carter’s roots to the cemetery also run deep, with five family members buried at the cemetery located a couple miles east of Roswell at 2605 E. 19th St. “I think any of us who have lived in Roswell long enough to be able to remember in our mind’s eye memories of how beautiful this place once was, it hurts to see it even in its present condition,” Carter said recently while working at the cemetery. “It doesn’t look too bad because of the recent
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rainstor ms. Of course, Bermuda roots, they lay deep. All you’ve got to do is put some water on them and they’ll come back to life, and that’s indeed what’s happened.” Those driving by the cemetery on a hot summer day may well see Carter and his white pickup truck at the cemetery, often alone among the 600 or so dearly departed, and nurturing those Ber muda and family roots. “I come out here at least once a week, sometimes twice a week,” Carter said. “My next project is to go around each headstone and manicure them neatly.” Bor n and raised in Roswell and currently of Dexter, Carter said his heart sank at the sight of See CARTER, Page A9
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Richard Carter of Dexter looks at the headstone of his father and brother, Vinson and Vinson Carter Jr., who are interred at Memory Lawn Memorial Park. Richard said the cemetery was once a green jewel of Roswell.
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