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AT ISSUE: COLLEGE EXPENSES
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama would make tax credits for college expenses permanent and expand Pell grants for students from lower-earning families. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would emphasize the need to curb rising tuitions and growing federal education expenditures that are burdening families ... - PAGE B6
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
September 2, 2012
Gulf Coast slowly recovers from Isaac NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As the remnants of Hurricane Isaac pushed their way up the Mississippi valley on Saturday, spinning off severe thunderstorms and at least two tornadoes, some on the Gulf Coast were impatient with the pace of restoring power days after the stor m dragged through the region. While New Orleans streets were bustling again and workers were returning to offshore oil rigs, thousands of evacuees couldn’t return home to flooded low-
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lying areas of Louisiana and more than 400,000 sweltering electricity customers in the state remained without power. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service said two tornadoes touched down in rural areas of north-central Illinois. There were no reports of damage. By midday Saturday, the storm had dumped up to 5 inches of rain in parts of Illinois. And the National Weather Service said it was bringing more rain and some drought relief to parts of the Mississippi and Ohio
River valleys.
In Louisiana, the number without power was down from more than 900,000. However, in heavily populated Jefferson Parish near New Orleans, parish president John Young said Entergy Corp. was too slow in restoring electricity.
“I don’t see boots on the ground,” said Young, who complained that he has seen repair trucks sitting idle in a staging area and fielded calls from residents See ISAAC, Page A3
Hobbs to stand trial JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Bottomless Lakes hosts Bubble Fest Noah Vernau Photo
Erma Corn shares her underwater loot with husband Charlie Corn at Bottomless Lakes State Park, Saturday.
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BUCKEYES NIP LIONS
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The new era at Penn State is off to a disappointing start. The Nittany Lions let an 11-point halftime lead slip away and Ohio quarterback Tyler Tettleton accounted for three second-half touchdowns to hand Bill O’Brien a 24-14 loss in his debut as Penn State head coach. For many fans, just having football again at Beaver Stadium was enough of a victory following a trying offseason that included the death of former beloved coach Joe Paterno, and crippling NCAA sanctions ... - PAGE B1
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OBITUARIES
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Sometimes winning in poker is all about knowing how to deceive your opponents. But at Bottomless Bubble Fest, Saturday, a
good play meant strapping on 60 pounds of scuba gear along the shores of Lea Lake, where the only bluf fs are found in the surrounding high red ridges of New Mexico’s first state park. The ninth annual dive
poker tournament at Bottomless Lakes State Park attracted scuba enthusiasts from across the Southwest to explore deep waters and assemble their best poker hands. Park staff scattered two decks of weighted cards into the
lake Saturday morning, and will reward the three best poker hands with prizes today at 1 p.m.
Artesia resident Milo Schoonmaker renewed his scuba certification last
Gregory Hobbs, 22, was bound over for trial, Friday, on charges of voluntary manslaughter in the June 15 shooting death of Ruben (Hammer) Archuleta Sr., 48. Hobbs was originally charged with one open count of murder in Archuleta’s death, during an altercation that also resulted in the death of Ruben Archuleta Jr., 19. According to the criminal complaint, Hobbs confessed to shooting both men, but eyewitnesses reported that Archuleta Junior was carrying a shotgun at the time of his death, resulting in charges for the younger man’s death being dropped. Archuleta Senior’s wife Maxine testified that the family — her husband, her youngest son and her two grandchildren — were driving around when they came across the house on Bonney Street. She told the court that several people
Green wins Impact Confections warehouse auction JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
A local buyer who began his business as a one-man shop in a corner of his brother-in-law’s warehouse is now the proud owner of the for mer Impact Confections candy manufacturing plant, once among the city’s largest employers. Duane Green, owner of The Machine Shop, 2801 SE Main St., submitted the highest bid for the plant. Now, he says, all he is waiting for are the keys. Bob Donnell, executive director of the Roswell-Chaves County Economic Development Corporation,
shared his enthusiasm in the site being owned by Green, who has a vested interest in the welfare and growth of the city. “It was a devastating blow for us to hear that Impact was going to close ... I think it’s a great situation for us to know that it was a local buyer,” he said. “Then to know that the buyer had an interest in creating additional business opportunities in that building is another positive statement.” Green did not comment on how much he paid for the property, but the minimum bid in the online acction was $899,000. Green said the building’s space
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See HOBBS, Page A3
is what interested him. “As you can see, we’re pretty crowded,” he said, peering out the window of his second-story office in the warehouse. He anticipates needing additional labor to handle the various modifications he plans to make to the Impact property. “It’s going to make us more efficient, not necessarily bigger.”
Donnell noted that Green has received multiple requests to sublet part of the building.
Green’s business mainly handles production, but it also handles repair and maintenance for various
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Duane Green stands in front of the first piece of machinery to be moved into the old Impact Confections building.
Bachicha gets home-town welcome CASA helps abused, CHAUNTE’L POWELL RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Floodwaters in Braithwaite, La., Saturday.
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Tech Sgt. Luis Bachicha is greeted by veterans, family and friends upon his arrival to Roswell from Kansas, Saturday.
Veterans, friends and family assembled at the truck stop just north of the city limits Saturday mor ning, with their motorcycles gassed up, their flags attached and their eyes fixed on the highway, anxiously awaiting a hero’s arrival. Then, from under the overpass came Air Force Tech Sgt. Luis Bachicha. He was greeted with applause and showered with gratitude by those in attendance. Bachicha’s brother Andrew, who served 10 years in the Army himself, said that See BACHICHA, Page A2
See GREEN, Page A3
neglected children
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
The Chaves County Court Appointed Special Advocates program is one of the few places in Roswell that has a golden retriever on staff. Emma is a trained service dog and is a part of one of the many programs in place to help abused and neglected children. CASA currently has 11
programs in place to help meet the physical, mental and emotional needs of children who have been so abused that they must be removed from their homes and placed in foster care. According to Carrie-Leigh Cloutier, CASA’s executive director, the program is able to serve more than 1,300 youngsters a year in Chaves County thanks in large part to the outstanding volunteers and the See CASA, Page A3