Volunteers and workers comp rules on Ground Zero heroes
The piece notes how federal and state laws cover volunteers, including New Mexico’s 2009 change adding a cancer presumption for employed firefighters, while volunteers remain outside workers’ compensation. It stresses policy limits for volunteers and warns against post illness insurance rewrites.
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Editorial urges focus on Syria over Libya and Assad regime
The piece argues Western attention should pivot from Libya to Syria where 60 anti government demonstrators were killed in ten days. It labels Syria central to Middle East conflict, notes Assad’s regime abuses, nuclear ambitions, and ties to Iran Hamas and Hizbollah, warning against instability and despising the Assad dynasty.
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Greenpeace protest in Courtice targets Ontario nuclear plan
Greenpeace volunteers chained to a table to disrupt public hearings on Ontario Power Generation’s Darling ton Nuclear Station. The piece criticizes the stunt tactics and argues for balancing safety with energy needs in Ontario where nuclear provides about half the power. Patrick Moore is cited criticizing the group’s approach.
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Denish's long arc toward a quiet life and NM icon status
The piece traces Diane Denish from youth in the 1960s cheering Hobbs Eagles to an eventual rise as a New Mexico political figure. It highlights her hopes for family and stability and notes the decades it took to reach the “quiet life” she sought while becoming a prominent state figure.
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Doonesbury Nightly Parlay Behind New Mexico Politics Unfolds
The column riffs on Susana Martinez and Denise Denish in a nonlinear political digression. It jokes that national moves affected New Mexico’s governorship outcomes and hints at Bill Richardson’s possible Washington role.
Roswell Masonic Lodge Installs Officers for 1986
Dewell A Art Dempsey was installed as worshipful master of Roswell Masonic Lodge No 18 for 1986. John A Talbott became senior warden and Greg N Leadingham the junior warden. Stephen LaMure, Eagle Scout and Dexter High School sophomore, continues in Boy Scout work on his Order of the Arrow vigil.
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