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HOUSING RECOVERY?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans signed the most contracts to buy homes in July than at any other point in the past two years, further evidence of a housing recovery. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its index of sales agreements for previously occupied homes jumped 2.4 percent in July to 101.7 ... - PAGE A5
August 30, 2012
GOP speech puts Martinez in spotlight
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SANTA FE — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez used her debut on the national political stage Wednesday night to offer a message of hope and opportunity, describing how she rose from modest roots in a border community to become the nation’s first female Hispanic governor. Martinez made a primetime appearance at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., speaking minutes before Paul R yan accepted the vice presidential nomination. She offered her life story as an example of the “promise of America” and emphasized the importance of the presidential election
in preserving those opportunities for future generations. Martinez made political history with her election in 2010, becoming the first woman elected as governor of New Mexico as well as the nation’s first Latina governor. “Growing up, I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor,” Martinez said. “But this is America. My parents taught me to never give up and to always believe that my future could be whatever I dreamt it to be.” Martinez grew up the youngest of three children in El Paso, Texas, only a few miles from the border
with Mexico. A great-grandfather was a revolutionary general in Mexico a century ago. The governor’s father, an ex-Marine and boxer, served more than a decade as a deputy sherif f and later started a private security business. Her mother worked in office jobs. While Martinez was still in high school, she helped out as security guard in the family business and became certified to carry a firearm. After law school at the University of Oklahoma, Martinez became a prosecutor in the district attorney’s office in Dona Ana See SPEECH, Page A3
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Gov. Susana Martinez addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Wednesday.
RISD rolls out numbers
Balloon Fiesta this October
JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
TOP 5 WEB
• Ricardo Ivan Campos • Accident Monday kills 52-year-old man on bike • NM state police officer fatally shoots Clovis man • Remembering Sage, ‘everybody’s dog’ • Lawrence Bros. Family Day success
INSIDE SPORTS
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A hot air balloon is inflated during a customer appreciation party hosted by Dos Equis Tuesday evening at Russ DeKay Soccer Field. The balloons are traveling the region to promote the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta which will be held this year from Oct. 6 through Oct. 14.
DALLAS TOPS MIAMI
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Orie Lemon returned an interception 26 yards for a touchdown, No. 3 running back Phillip Tanner had a 1yard score and the Dallas Cowboys finished their preseason with a 30-13 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Wednesday night. A week before playing in the NFL’s kickoff ... - PAGE B1
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OBITUARIES
Juanita LaTurner Harold A. Creswell Lois Galavez-Edwards Eustacia Najar Pete W. Chaves Melvin Funk - PAGES A7-A8
HIGH ...92˚ LOW ....62˚
TODAY’S FORECAST
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INDEX
Last week Roswell Independent School District Superintendent Tom Burris rolled out the 2012-2013 district enrollment numbers, which included significant disparity between the number of students at Goddard High School versus Roswell High School. On the 10th day of school, the total enrollment for the district was recorded as 10,010. While three of the district’s four middle schools saw an increase in students, on the high school level only Roswell High’s enrollment increased. This year’s enrollment at the high school is 1,297, an increase of about 3 percent from last year’s enrollment of 1,255. At Goddard, enrollment is 962, a decrease of around 7.5 percent from last year’s See RISD, Page A3
Coke offers Core Power Washington Federal invests in Roswell
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JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF RECORD
The Coca-Cola Co. has entered into the dairy business as a distributor of a high protein recovery drink that’s made with fresh milk produced here in Chaves County. On July 9, the company began distributing Core Power, which is produced at Select Milk Producers Plants in Dexter.
Core Power is produced and marketed by Fair Oaks Farms Brands Inc., a co-op based of 87 independent family-owned dairy farms, primarily situated in West Texas and New Mexico, with a small handful located in the Midwest. “These far mers have come into this organization knowing that they’re agreeing to a high standard of quality when it comes to animal care and comfort, when it comes to taking movement towards establishing better, more sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices,” said Anders Porter, director of communications for Fair Oaks. “So people’s ears, they perk up when they hear things like that. People are not only reading See COKE, Page A3
CHAUNTE’L POWELL RECORD STAFF WRITER
Washington Federal Bank is making an investment in the Roswell community. Wednesday, Washington Federal’s community business banking development of ficer Brent Kingsley spoke to students at El Capitan Elementary about the basics of saving money. He covered topics such as the importance of saving money for future things like trips to Disney Land or college tuition and even gave tips on how kids their age can make money to save. He feels the program will give kids a lesson they don’t ordinarily receive. “It’s mainly to teach
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Cappy the Cub and the entire student body at El Capitan Elementary assemble to hear a presentation by employees from Washington Federal and to receive a Save at School account. them how to balance a register and how to save, and why that’s important,” he said. “These
days they don’t teach that.”
See BANK, Page A3
American Red Cross assists community Isaac sidesteps New Orleans
This article is one in a series of stories focusing on local agencies, which receive support from the United Way of Chaves County, which is currently conducting its annual fundraising campaign. CHAUNTE’L POWELL RECORD STAFF WRITER
According to development coordinator Gale Landrum, the American Red Cross in New Mexico’s mission is to “assist the people in our community to prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies that may occur locally, statewide,
nationally or internationally.” Lately, they’ve been doing just that — responding to emergencies from
Clovis all the way to Louisiana. On staff now are 10 volunteers, all of whom are trained in CPR, first-aid and using the automated external defibrillator. They help make up the disaster action team that responds to emergencies 24/7, 365 days of the year. Landrum said per year they assist
150 to 200 families that have been impacted by disasters. Most recently, the disaster impact team was dispatched when fires broke out at 6:30 a.m. in Clovis on Aug. 25, an experience she described as emotional. “The Roswell office Red Cross responders were the first ones up there to start setting up the shelter and responding,” she said. “I joined them the first Sunday after the fires started and I was overwhelmed just meeting the families, regisSee ASSISTS, Page A2
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Isaac sidestepped New Orleans on Wednesday, sending the worst of its howling wind and heavy rain into a cluster of rural fishing villages that had few defenses against the slow-moving storm that could bring days of unending rain. Isaac arrived exactly seven years after Hurricane Katrina and passed slightly to the west of New Orleans, where the city’s fortified levee system easily handled the assault.
The city’s biggest problems seemed to be downed power lines, scattered tree limbs and minor flooding. Just one person was reported killed, compared with 1,800 deaths from Katrina in Louisiana and Mississippi. And police reported few problems with looting. Mayor Mitch Landrieu ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew just to be sure. But in Plaquemines Parish, a sparsely popu-
See ISAAC, Page A2