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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 2012
Page
1
PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Ray Suarez will host a teacher town hall in Albuquerque focused on New Mexico’s high dropout rates among Latino students. The event aims to raise national attention to the growing number of students who do not graduate.
Patrol leader Napolitano declares the UFO Fest the best in the world as organizers unveil a $50,000 prize for finalists. Skandera visits Sierra’s Career Day while Xcor rolls back to Mojave for rocket power demonstrations.
The Artesia Lady Bulldogs, top ranked in 4A softball in New Mexico, swept a doubleheader at Roswell. They won Game 1 14 2 and Game 2 13 0 as Roswell coach Art Sandoval praised their hitting with two strikes, bunting, and base running.
Valley Meat Co on 3845 Cedarvale Road seeks USDA approval to slaughter horses for human consumption exporting to Mexico. Owner Rick De Los Santos says horse slaughter could save his failing facility, which has cattle experience but rising costs threaten operations.
A vanguard elm was planted in front of the Historical Center for Southeast New Mexico on Friday to honor Roswell’s Centennial Arbor Day. Parks Superintendent Ken Smith notes the hybrid elm will reach 40 to 50 feet tall with a 40-foot spread and will become long lived. A $1,000 Wells Fargo Bank and Tree New Mexico grant funded the purchase of the elm and 19 additional trees for the city.
Syrians protest across Damascus suburbs and provinces including Hama Idlib and Daraa, as security forces use live fire tear gas and clubs. Activists report at least six killed, a lower toll than prior weeks, amid a fragile ceasefire with troops and tanks remaining in population centers.
Budget strains push NASA to redraw a Mars plan with a goal of human landings in the 2030s. The agency invites ideas for a low cost mission, after pulling out of a two mission partnership with the European Space Agency, a decision seen as provoking mixed reactions.
North Korea’s high profile satellite launch ended in a near billion-dollar failure over the Yellow Sea. The United Nations Security Council condemned the launch but did not impose new penalties, as Kim Jong Un faces rare public acknowledgment of the setback amid economic hardship.
Dorothy Peterson, a local Northern New Mexico artist, is celebrated for watercolors, acrylics and oils that draw on her homeland. Her world travels inform her art, yet she remains deeply rooted in the landscapes of her native region. The exact start date of her painting career remains undetermined.
The artist Peterson born Hawkins grew up in Moriarty near the Manzano Mountains during the 1940s and 1950s. Daughter of Ethel Hawkins, a teacher and Torrance County School superintendent, and Ernest Hawkins, a rancher and politician, she showed drawing talent from 18 months old.
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