Library events and civic info in New Mexico
Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day prompts outdoor yelling at noon to banish winter. Weekly stories on bears and teeth plus a 7 p.m. book discussion of A River Runs Through It led by Maj. Jeffrey Palmer. FIND-IT NEW MEXICO debuts to locate public records.
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International Friendship
National Engineers
National Future Farmers of America
Norman Maclean
The
New Mexico Endowment For the Humanities
Maj
Jeffrey Palmer
Mary Beth Wright
New Mexico
Find-Itnew
Mexico
State
Roswell Tsong exhibit opens at RMAC with community portraits
Roswell Museum and Art Center hosts Edie Tsong from Feb 22 to Apr 21 with an opening reception and lecture. Her project Drawing Roswell/Roswell Drawing involves Roswell residents drawing Tsong and vice versa, exploring community identity. The show runs alongside Flora Not Fauna featuring Southwest plant art through Jun 9, with works by Wyeth, Latham, Nordfeldt, Sharp and Rush. Contact RMAC at 624-6744 ext 10 for details.
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Roswell
Edie Tsong
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Tsong
Louisiana State University
Michael Riley
Henriette Wyeth
Barbara Latham
Andrew Dasberg
B.J. O. Nordfeldt
Joseph Henry Sharp
Olive Rush
RMAC
VFW Honors Local Students in Voice of Democracy Program
VFW Post 2575 and Auxiliary recognize Roswell High School’s Samantha Barn castle and NM Military Institute’s Phillip Kyle for entering the Voice of Democracy scholarship. The national audio essay contest themes on patriotism offer state and national prizes up to 25,000 dollars with tours to Washington D.C. The three state winners are first place Albuquerque Academy, second place La Cueva High School, and third Robertson High School Las Vegas.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Samantha Barncastle
Roswell High School
Phillip Kyle
New Mexico Military Institute
Voice of Democracy
America
Roswell
Washington, D.C
VFW Post
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Academy High
la Cueva High School
VFW
Las Vegas
Robertson High School
Mesa Middle School Names January Students of the Month
Mesa Middle School selects January Students of the Month for eighth and seventh grades. Eighth graders Raul Cardenas and Tiffany Corn praised for citizenship and academics. seventh graders Jairo Sanchez and Amber Walker noted for leadership and sports. Freshman Chris Gutierrez earns honorary recognition with 4.4 GPA and top ranks.
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Mesa Middle School
Mesa
Raul Cardenas
Tiffany Corn
Cardenas
Irma
Mesa Club
Corn
Clay
Kellie Corn
Lady Panthers
Cora
Jairo Sanchez
Amber Walker
Sanchez
Alma and
Salomon
Chris Gutierrez
Goddard High School
Gutierrez
Chris
Teresa Gutierrez
Boy Scouts
University of New Mexico
Thatcher backs Bush on Iraq and warns on force
The article notes former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher urged decisive action to remove Saddam Hussein, while Bush solidifies a hard line against Iraq and other so called axis powers. It mentions Amre Moussa seeking talks with U N officials and Powell's shift to allied consensus.
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Ments
Iraq
United States
Arab League
Amre Moussa
U.N
Kofi Annan
Baghdad
Moussa
Saddam Hussein
Annan
Margaret Thatcher
Bush
New York Times
Hussein
America
Britain
Argentina
Thatcher
Belgrano
George H.W
La Familia Care Center Adjusts Hours In Roswell
La Familia Care Center at 712 W Hobbs St in Plains Park shifts hours to 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. from Feb 18. ENMMC opened the southern Roswell clinic in 2001 to fulfill a CHS promise to Chaves County, with staff offering primary care, lab work, X ray, gynecology and school physicals.
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la Familia Care Center
Eastern
New Mexico Medical Center
W. Hobbs St
Plains Park
la Familia
Roswell
Pat Johnson
ENMMC
Johnson
Community Health Systems
Chaves County
County Commission
la Familia Staff
Teresa Crosby
Crosby
Dora Callihan
Roswell Club Calendar Listings For Day
Community groups post dozens of meetings in Roswell including TOPS Alcoholics Anonymous Kiwanis Lions andOA sessions at venues like Church of Christ Dry Harbor Club and Roswell Adult Center. The schedule lists times places contacts and fees where applicable.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Church of Christ
Country Club
Alcoholics Anonymous Women In
Serenity Club
E. Bland St
Dry Harbor Club
E. van Buren St
Kiwanis Club
Kwan den
Second St
Morris Ward
Chew den West
Eric King
ACBL
Roswell
Missouri Ave
Christian Writers Group
Central Christian Church
W. Alameda Ave
Carl Jeanette Oestermyer
Today in History highlights for February 19, 2002
Key events tied to February 19 include Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the order to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans in 1942, Copernicus born in 1473, Ohio borders framed in 1803, Aaron Burr’s 1807 arrest, Texas government installation in 1846, Edison’s phonograph patent in 1878.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Aaron Burr
Alabama
Texas
Austin
Thomas Edison
Buckley and the Medal of Freedom encounter at the White House
In January 1991 at the White House, former CIA head Buckley stood in a Medal of Freedom line with his sister, delayed by Secret Service data checks. Ted Williams and the chancellor of the University of Chicago were nearby in the invited guests queue.
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White House
West Gate
Secret Service
Mata Hari
Ted Williams
University of Chicago
CIA
United States
Tent Housing for Prisoners Sparks Local Outcry
A 1942 Alamogordo Army base letter describes tents as prisoners homes and threats of dysentery for discipline. The writer urges Roswell officials and Chavez County to imitate Arizona sheriff practices housing prisoners in tents and criticizes repeated local law violations by named residents.
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Alamogordo Army Air Force Base
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jupy Armstrong
Pinela
Tax Foundation
Thomas
Kuwait
Ari Fleischer
Iran
North Korea
Tehran
Pyongyang
Colin Powell
Fourth St
Pride O’ Lions
Valley Voices Toastmaster Club
Petroleum
First St
Margaret Rodrigues
IMA
Challenger Loop
Roswell Industrial Air Center
Reserve Office
Curtis Montgomery Post
Ladies Auxiliary
S.E. Main St
Patsy Silva
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Nan Vickers
Samaritan Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellows Hall
Rebekahs
Oddfellows Welcome
Cordelia Harris
Pecos Valley Society of Model Trainmen
New Mexico State Fairgrounds
Assumption Catholic Church
Kentucky Ave
Survivors Group of Narcotics Anonymous
Ruohonen St
E. Wells St
RIAC
Vistas
Associated Press
Copernicus
Torun
Poland
Congress
Ohio
Buckley
Universal Press Synd
Eld
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