Immigrant citizenship drive boosts rights and voter prep
Marina Pisia of Somos Chaves leads a 2016 effort to naturalize about 50 legal immigrants in Roswell and south eastern New Mexico before the October 11 voter registration deadline. The campaign Viva el Voto 2016 also educates on driver licenses, insurance, and immigration reform with Colonial Development Council.
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U.S
New Mexico
Marina Pisia
Somos Chaves
Somos UN Pueblo Unido
Ico
Pifla
Roswell
Viva el Voto
Somos
Colonial Development Council
Lea, Curry and Cha
Marina Pista
Pifia
Roswell Refuge Hosts County SANE Program
Roswell Refuge runs the county SANE program in Chaves County offering a safe space for male and female sexual assault victims to report crimes seek care and receive advocacy coordinator Kim Hansen notes the program provides options for victims seeking reporting care and support.
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Roswell
Kim Hansen
Chaves
NM water systems exceed lead standard at hospital site
An Associated Press analysis of EPA and New Mexico Environment Department data shows 20 small systems in New Mexico exceeded the federal lead standard at least once in the last five years. The Albuquerque system serving a Santa Fe hospital is among those raised. Nationwide, about 1,400 systems have surpassed the standard.
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Albuquerque
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Associated Press
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
New Mexico Environment Department
Roswell Symphony honors its unsung heroine Fawn Alcorn Pierce
The Roswell Symphony Orchestra recognizes Fawn Alcorn-Pierce as an unsung heroine and current president of the RSO Board who through lifelong dedication helped sustain the orchestra and earn wide respect. Her work is celebrated as crucial to the ensemble’s survival and success.
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Roswell Symphony Orchestra
RSO
Sunday SPOTLIGHT profile of dancer Pierce and family roots
The piece profiles a dancer approaching 61 who spent 55 years on stage and credits a family background in entertainment. It traces her parents meeting in Namur during World War II, her mother as a dancer, her father in service and production, and the move to Roswell where her father taught tumbling and her mother opened the Alcorn Academy of Dance.
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Albuquerque
Scoville
Spring River Park and Zoo
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Jasmine
Silas
Rosweil
Pierce
Bobbi
Rex Alcorn
Namur
Belgium
The
Daily Record
Dennis
Dallas
David
Roswell
Alcorn Academy of Dance
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Evoy Juarez
Kevin RopmiQuez
Don Servis
Eonaro “Eooe” Valenzuera Il
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