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Obama: Our challenges can be met
NEW YORK (AP) — The last time the stock market was this high, the Great Recession had just started, and stocks were pointed toward a headlong descent. But on Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its highest mark since December 2007, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 index soared to its highest level since January 2008 ... - PAGE A6
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation’s stubborn economic woes, but vowed in a Democratic National Convention finale, “Our problems can be solved, our challenges can be met.”
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“Yes, our path is harder — but it leads to a better place,” he declared in a prime-time speech to convention delegates and the nation that blended resolve about the challenges ahead
with stinging criticism of Republican rival Mitt Romney’s proposals to repair the economy. He acknowledged “my own failings” as he asked for a second term. The president’s speech was the final act of a pair of highly scripted national political conventions in as many weeks, and the opening salvo of a two-month drive toward Election Day. The contest is ever tighter for the White House in a dreary season of economic struggle for millions. Vice President Joe Biden
preceded Obama at the convention podium and proclaimed, “America has tur ned the cor ner” after experiencing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Obama didn’t go that far in his own remarks, but he said fir mly, “We are not going back, we are moving forward, America.” With unemployment at 8.3 percent, the president said the task of recovering from the economic disaster of 2008 is exceeded in
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President Barack Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention, Thursday.
It’s the capsaicin in those yummy chiles! See DEMS, Page A3
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Felix Romero picks chile peppers at Graves Farm and Garden, Thursday morning.
PRC hold clean energy workshops to help curb carbon dioxide emissions
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico regulators on Thursday set the stage for a discussion that could result in a novel program aimed at curbing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. The Public Regulation Commission agreed to schedule workshops to consider a proposal that would allow electric utilities to voluntarily opt to reduce carbon emissions from their generating stations by 3 percent a year starting as soon as 2014. Western Resource Advocates filed the proposal on behalf of 33 environmental groups. Under the plan,
utilities would be able to recover costs associated with compliance. “We just wanted to get the discussion going,” said Steve Michel, chief counsel for Western Resource Advocates. The idea, Michel said, was to come up with a program that offers a moderate path to emissions reductions but is still aggressive enough to address climate change. He acknowledged that utilities felt threatened by the mandates approved during former Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson’s administration to control greenhouse gas emissions
in New Mexico. Earlier this year, state regulators overturned those previous efforts after being petitioned by utilities and industry groups that were concerned about the economic implications of the regulations. Also, the federal government has yet to impose any kind of carbon cap. Supporters say New Mexico could be a leader since no other state has such a voluntary clean energy standard centered on reducing carbon emissions. The question is whether
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Jaynan McKelvey, unit director, said the club provides multiple sports and educational programs for children who might not otherwise have such opportunities, and through a family environment where everyone is treated the same, helps them become “productive, caring and responsible” citizens.
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As a piquant aroma, faintly stinging the nose, wafted in the air, around 10 workers, clad in long sleeves and hats, bent over some of the greenest acreage in Chaves County, picking the heart of flavor in many New Mexican dishes: green chile. The annual green chile harvest has begun at Graves Farm and Garden, 6265 S. Graves Road, and other parts of southern New Mexico, home to arugably some of the most flavorful chiles worldwide. Harvest season usually runs from August until the first frost. Graves has harvested chile for 25 years, starting when Buz Graves, third generation owner, took over the business. His grandfather and father raised mainly cotton and alfalfa. But Graves, who took an interest in gardening at a young age, started the farm’s own garden and began planting chiles. Chile seeds are planted at the farm twice a year, in March and May. Much fertilizer and water is used during this process. Graves said chile plants must be examined frequently for viruses. The plants are treated with herbcidies, pesticides and fungicides. Forty days after the plants bloom the chiles are ready to be picked. Graves said it is common to start picking from the bottom of the plant. New Mexico chiles are usually around seven inches long, relatively thick, change in color from vibrant green to deep red as they mature and range in heat levels. The Scoville scale measures the
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Cat Parker screams with delight while riding a zipline during a student resource fair held at ENMU-R, Wednesday.
At Boys & Girls Club, ‘it’s not only for now, it’s for the future, too’
This article is one in a series of stories focusing on local agencies that receive support from the United Way of Chaves County, which is currently conducting its annual fundraising campaign.
Demonstrating its longstanding commitment to the welfare of children in Chaves County, the Boys & Girls Club of Roswell carries out a mission to help those who need it most, instilling values that have helped children reach their full potential since 1965.
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“Our number one goal is
to bring in our kids and let them know that they can be more than what they see,” she said. “Sometimes they think they can’t, or they don’t know that the opportunity is out there for them, too. They think it’s for just a specific type of child. We try to show them that they can do better than that. “They’re all the same
here. The kids will tell you we’re like a family. ... There’s nobody rich, poor, there’s no color. We’re all the same.”
In education, children at the Boys & Girls Club receive 60 minutes of mentorship during Power Hour, which McKelvey said helps individual children with See UNITED, Page A3