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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 2010
Page
1
Thousands of tourists pilgrims and clergy gathered in Bethlehem West Bank as the town prepares to mark Christmas Eve authorities noted festive preparations and religious services for the occasion.
A compact notice highlights Dale Thommarson and Geneva Jane Dennis linked to a Christmas themed event in a community jail context and a car crash incident, with brief details implied.
Hagerman High School star Ryan Gomez earns the Roswell Daily Record Gridiron King crown for leadership and standout play as his Bobcats finish as Class 1A state runner up.
Obituary notices list Grace Buffington and James Neal Carney along with Archie Langford in today’s page A7. The brief items honor their lives and provide basic biographical details. A forecast line shows today’s high and low temperatures.
A scrambled OCR fragment shows scattered section labels such as WEATHER HOROSCOPES OPINION LOTTERIES and GENERAL ads. The text mixes column headers and misread page cues, indicating a damaged classifieds or miscellaneous page segment with incomplete entries.
The new tax bill signed by President Obama includes breaks for TV production grants wind power subsidies and rum subsidies for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Homeowners who do not itemize lose a deduction for local property taxes. The package extends Bush era tax cuts across income levels.
NORAD remains tight lipped about how it tracks Santa on Christmas Eve. The 55th annual NORAD Tracks Santa event drew 74 000 calls and 3 500 emails from around the world, with insiders noting high tech gear but offering only cryptic explanations. The exercise began in 1955 after a misprinted hotline ad in a Colorado Springs newspaper, linking children to the defense command that evolved into NORAD.
City historian Elvis Fleming notes Roswell recorded Christmas as early as 1879 though celebrations likely occurred earlier. In 1590 Caspar de Soto’s expedition may have hosted Christmas near the Pecos, with 8.3 miles per day over 21 days toward Pecos Pueblo. By 1892 Christmas trees arrive in Roswell, carted by mule teams as the town grows. Georgia Redfield recalls 1890s schoolchildren gathering for the holiday.
Captain Beau Perez, 53, a Guam native, leads Roswell Salvation Army as Corps Officer for a year. He blends Guam’s family centered values with faith and community service, acting as administrator pastor and teacher to help families mend their lives.
Perez, a Salvation Army leader who hosts Life's Healing Choices, discusses caring for elders on Guam, humility in helping addicts, and his military and theological training. He notes his disaster work during Hurricane Rita and his broad service across Guam, Germany, and the U.S. While based at 612 W. College Blvd., he plans and coordinates recovery efforts.
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