Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Vol. 122, No. 297 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday
December 12, 2013
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THURSDAY
High speed pursuit through city ends in arrest JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER
Pecos Valley Communications dispatched authorities, a r o u n d 1 a . m . We d n e s d a y , after receiving calls about a suspicious vehicle and an attempted burglary at a restaurant located near the intersection of Southeast Main and Poe Street. Shane C. Mann, 26, fled in a vehicle, resulting in a high
speed chase, which took deputies of the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office and officers of the Roswell Police Department, thr ough Roswell on Gar den A venue to Mescaler o Str eet and out to Union Avenue. Accor ding to the criminal complaint, the speeds exceeded 100 mph. At one point, Mann’s vehicle reached 105 mph. The chase continued for 45 minutes until Mann ran out of fuel near Goddard High
School. The document states that during that time, Mann came close to striking law enforcement vehicles, ran stop signs and stop lights in “total disregard for other motorists.” Mann’s license was suspended for failing to make child support payments. He had an open container, a 12-ounce can of Coors Original, within his vehicle. He was also carrying a baggie, containing less
than an ounce of marijuana; a digital silver scale powdered with white residue and a syringe in his pants pocket. Mann is charged with aggravated fleeing of a law enforcement officer, driving on a suspended license, possession of an open alcoholic container and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was taken to the Chaves County Detention Center with a $5,000 surety bond.
Holiday glow
Festive holiday decorations light up the night along Gaye Drive, Tuesday evening.
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Intimate performance by Santa Fe Opera evokes emotion at AMOCA AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER
The music was heard in every room of the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, sometimes merely as a distant echo. The melodies enhanced the ambience. A new depth was added to the art as paintings came alive, the colors and patterns seeming to dance off the canvas, skipping along to the harmonious lines of notes — dancing with the piano and singing with members of the Santa Fe Opera. Wednesday night brought
an eclectic mix of people together, all gathered for one purpose: to listen to three young people sing opera at the “Arias, Carols and Songs” concert. The intimate setting moved people in a way big stage opera can’t, and it was an emotional atmosphere felt by both the audience and the performers. “It was a very warm audience,” soprano Sara Heaton said after singing. “It feels sort of like a living room.” The closeness allowed the singers to engage with their audience. “When you move them, you see it immediately,”
US files a brief on state’s water fight with Texas Mann
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — The Obama administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to take a middleground approach on a water dispute between Texas and New Mexico over management of the Rio Grande. A brief filed Tuesday by the U.S. solicitor general’s office didn’t take sides in the interstate dispute but said the Supreme Court should leave the door open for a quick resolution, the Albuquerque Jour nal reported. The Supreme Court should take up the case as Texas wants but also adopt a procedural approach that gives New Mexico a chance to quickly get decisions on key issues and try to get the case dismissed, the office urged. Texas contends that
groundwater pumping in souther n New Mexico means Texas water users are being deprived of Rio Grande water, while New Mexico argues that Texas is getting what’s required under a compact between the states and that the Supreme Court should let other courts consider the dispute. The federal government has a stake in the case because the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation operates Elephant Butte Reservoir, which is used for delivery of much of the water involved in the dispute.
Texas has accused New Mexico of allowing illegal diversions of surface and underground water of the Rio Grande near the TexasNew Mexico border.
exclaimed Joshua Dennis, who also made the point that opera is not out of touch.
“The challenge for us is to take opera, which has a certain air to it, and show that everyday people can take it and feel it,” added Dennis’ twin brother, Joseph. This was the first time the brothers per formed together in concert, and Heaton, having sung with Joshua before, said, “It’s kind of blowing my mind right now that I’m singing See OPERA, Page A3
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Members of the Santa Fe Opera move the audience at the Anderson Museum Wednesday. From left to right: Kirt Pavitt (pianist), Joshua Dennis, Sara Heaton and Joseph Dennis.
to enroll in Jan. UFO Museum to get makeover, movie prop Deadline 1 NMHIX plans is Dec. 23 JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Workers will soon start remodeling the exterior of the International UFO Museum and Research Center and install a new marquee.
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Workers will soon start remodeling the exterior of the UFO Museum and Research Center, replacing the marquee and sign with its updated logo and creating a different look to the building. “We’re in the process of redoing all of the outside,” said Executive Director Mark Briscoe. “They’re going to be putting in a new storefront to make it look more like one big building.” The marquee and vertical sign will stay, but the logos will change, Briscoe
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said. The new sign will prominently feature a giant green alien head with black eyes that will stare out onto Main Street. The vertical sign will include a flying saucer cutout at the top, with “UFO International Museum” written out. “We’re not changing the shape of the sign because it goes with the building,” Briscoe said. The outside will also get a facelift with new stucco that will blend the building’s appearance. One storefront will be removed See MUSEUM, Page A3
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Patients have less than two weeks to enroll in health plans with Jan. 1 effective dates on the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange (NMHIX). The deadline was originally set at Dec. 15, but has been extended to Dec. 23 due to glitches in the exchange website. The federal government completed fixes to the site at the beginning of the month. NMHIX spokeswoman Debra Hammer cautions that those who enroll by the Dec. 23 deadline still need to confirm membership and payment details with their chosen carriers. Though the deadline
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gives members more time to enroll, it leaves only a week to make the payments necessary for plans to become effective by Jan. 1. Enrollees must also take into account holidays occurring during that week, which further shorten the time window to make payments. The exchange, which was established under the Affordable Care Act, offers subsidized health plans to patients who make between 138 and 400 percent of the federal poverty line. New Mexico runs on the federal exchange, but will
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