Roswell Daily Record (Newspaper) - September 12, 1996, Roswell, New Mexico Voice Pecos Valley 35f 229 New Mexico 88201 September attrition low JULIE MARIE BROWN RECORD STAFF WRITER New Mexico Military Insti tute is full to the brim this year due to a lower attrition of Commandant of Cadets Seth said there were two reasons more still numbering were sticking around this The first and most impor tant according to is the leadership of the cadre this The cadre was very pro and positive during training of new They did an outstand ing Each year gets bet ter because they learn from previous The second contributing factor to low attrition is the amount of applicants wanti ng to attend He said there are two applications for every new cadet The large amount of students applying to attend keeps the quality and standards of new cadets very he said there were only 889 cadets by 30 of last He added that did not lose as many cadets during the first week of aca photo Cadets Brian and Wyatt are being housed in the Ross Thomas Memorial Building due to an overflow of students at New Mexico Military Institute this The lack of quarters is because of a low attrition of new demies this I hope this trend contin ues for years to The overflow has cadets rooming in the Infirmary and the Ross Thomas Memori al Building which has been used to house students for as long as a He added he would have loved to room building when he was a Daring rescue AP photo Miguel Ariel Rodriguez and Jose Luis de Leon struggle to keep Cassandra Gomez from falling into rushing waters caused by Hurricane Hortense during a rescue attempt near Puerto See related Page Patriot hinges on blue hangar GARY CAMPBELL RECORD STAFF WRITER Patriot Aviation is not looking for anything Just the main hangar at the Roswell Industrial Air The airplane maintenance company is hoping to base oper ations in Roswell and be up and running by the first of next Those plans all hinge on one problem they are with out a Thats where the city comes Tonight the Roswell City Council will be considering a plan to allow Patriot to take over the lease of hangar also known as the big blue Its a plus for said Patriots local The building is currently being leased by Transit Bus International which used to be a part of Transportation Motor The hangar is not being used so wants to get out of the knowing the city did not have the current rights to the went to to work out a deal to get the hangar and provide with a way We knew if we wanted to get this off of dead center we had to go directly to Brainerd after several months of Patriot presented a plan to the city to obtain the Patriot would sublease the building from for six In that Patriot would obtain a loan from the city under the Urban Development Action Grant created when Walker Air Force Base closed in to repair the hangar The doors originally opened on but altered them and made them After the doors were Patriot would take over the valid until and make the lease pay would sublease a building for research and See Page 3 Public voices opinion Sell to a local nonprofit organization He said the biggest differ ence is the communication hookups available to the They do not have access to the See Page 3 JULIE MARIE BROWN RECORD STAFF WRITER If you have to then sell to a local profit This mes sage rang loud and clear at a special meeting of the Chaves County Commission to dis cuss the sale or lease of Eastern New Mexico Medical Close to 700 community members poured into the public hearing Wednesday night at the Roswell Conven tion and Civic County Manager Hubert who presided over the asked the audi ence to think of the criteria list as a goal The list presented to every one in attendance asked any one with suggestions for goals in the sale or lease of the hospital to list them and then prioritize the current list of The commission has been working on this issue for the past six according to Commissioner Al We have looked at all the situations possible for the but we are not try ing to bypass the needs to to the We need to be Tom Dunlap Snipes Cain a consult ing firm which specializes in hospital mergers and acqui presented the list of criteria established by a task force composed of county members of the hospital board of tors and members of the Chaves County Medical Soci Steve Henderson of Roswell said the Cain Broth ers report was not a surprise to anyone close to the Local control is Impor he Henderson asked the com missioners to look carefully at the criteria before they Robert Morgan of Roswell agreed the hospital needs local control We dont need outside Bring the Issue to a vote of the taxpayers who paid for the said Frank Relneman of Tom a Roswell attorney and chairman of the City Commission on said the issue needed clo Something needs to be done so we can look to the he We need to be He also pointed out there have been about six public meetings on the sale of the hospital most com ing to the same conclusion Sell to a local profit Clyde presi dent of the Board of circulated a written statement Transfer ring ownership of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center to the local profit organization is In the See Page 3 Poll results are official i The numbers are in and the people have i The first Daily Record Poll running in last Friday and Sundays editions is com plete and a majority of respondents said a city councilor should not hold office in a political In the 136 responses were Of those responses or 53 said they agreed a city councilor should not be an official In a political 64 or 47 per agreed councilors should be allowed to hold office in a political Some readers comments from the poll may be found bn Page IDE TO Southeastern New Mexicos largest newspaper Forecast Today and mostly cloudy with scattered showers and heavy rains Cooler today with southeast to east winds at 515 Classifieds Page 17 Opinion Page 4 Comics Page 23 People in the News Page Dear Abby Page 12 Public records Page 10 Entertainment Page 23 Sports 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Olympic Park when a pipe bomb exploded July killing one person and injuring CBS reported Wednesday that investigators are now focused on a single suspect and are Investigating others as possible None had any connection with Richard The FBI still does not know what led to the but a source told CBS the latest suspect may have trained with the military or have allegiance to a
