Roswell Outlook for 2002 Mixed but Optimistic
The Roswell economy shows both bad and good 2001 results with national trends mixed. Unemployment rose while new stores and projects open, including a Home Depot and a Super Wal-Mart, along with ENMU Roswell programs expanding. optimists expect better times in 2002 while acknowledging risks to federal funding and local retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Roswell
Furr’s Supermarkets
Novabus
1-800-Flowers.com
Alamogordo
Lawrence Bros
Farr’s
West Second Street
East 19Th Street
Main Street
North Main
Super Wal-mart
Home Depot
Krebs
International Law Enforcement Training Academy
ILEA
Eastern New Mexico University
City passes alarm registration tax hopes to fund services
A reader criticizes a new city law charging residents to register home alarms and paying again for false alarms. The letter compares the fee to gun registration and accuses local government of overreach and rising taxes.
Christmas Party Highlights 1976 Home Garden Club Roswell
Members of the Home Garden Club exchanged gifts at a Christmas party at the Roswell Country Club. Kathleen Tipp served as 1976 club president with Alys Plater 1977 historian Leona Harris 1977 secretary and Eunice Johnson treasurer. New Masonic Lodge 18 officers were installed at the Masonic Temple with Carlos Cunningham worshipful master Larry Knoedler senior warden and Jay Twilley junior warden Jerry Frazier treasurer and Donald Rose secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Garden Club
Roswell Country Club
Kathleen Tipp
Alys Plater
Leona Harris
Eunice Johnson
Masonic Lodge 18
Masonic Temple
Carlos Cunningham
Larry Knoedler
Jay Twilley
Jerry Frazier
Donald Rose
Villa attacks New Mexico and Pancho Villa raid remembered
The piece links ongoing Afghanistan action to the 1916 Pancho Villa raid on Columbus New Mexico. It notes Villa’s attack, Wilson’s response, Pershing’s chase, and early military tech, comparing wartime lessons to modern operations and referencing the 1999 Pancho Villa State Park expansion planned for 2003.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
John J
Black Jack
Pershing
Villa
Rebecca Richards
New Mexico
Pancho Villa State Park
Columbus
Armando Martinez
Las Cruces Toyota Flyers Spark Alarm Across New Mexico
In New Mexico, Las Cruces Toyota apologized for a bulk mail promotion that triggered anthrax scare fears. The Florida mailing firm sent flyers with no Las Cruces return address, prompting residents and officials in Dona Ana County to issue calm guidance.
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Santa FE
Las Cruces
Toyota
Florida
Dan Keith
Conrad Estrada
Dona Ana
Estrada
Dona Ana County
New Mexico
Hispanic Patriotism After Sept. 11 Echoes Across America
A column discusses Hispanic Americans showing strong patriotism after Sept. 11, noting unity in funerals vigils and support for the war in Afghanistan. It cites a Los Angeles Times poll showing 89 percent approval of President Bush and contrasts reactions to hyphenated American identity with shared national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
America
United States
Mexico
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Miami
Texas
California
New York
New Jersey
U.S
Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times
Bush
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England
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Pancho Villa
Deming
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Europe
Jay Miller
Smi
Sulus
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Roy
Harding County
Herman Martinez
Martinez
Rocer E
Hernandez
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