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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 19, 2011
Page
1
Washington report says Pakistan paid a high price for failing to know Osama bin Laden hid for more than five years in a compound near a Pakistani military facility. Pentagon leaders pressed the point on Wednesday.
Local authorities report a confrontation near a residence ended in gunfire and an arrest after the incident. Investigators continue examining witnesses and scene details for a clear sequence of events.
Character Counts of Chaves County announced the 2011 Spring Coaches of Character Awards on Wednesday naming recipients across local schools.
Betty Baker Bonham Christopher W Hamilton Olia Zaharoff Oakley Wanda Pearl Stockton appear in brief obituary notices. The page mentions a weather forecast with high and low temperatures and a generic forecast note.
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn awaits a bail decision in New York on sexual assault charges. If bail is denied or set with strict conditions, IMF directors may push him to resign and could remove him if he cannot lead from detention. A board meeting is expected Friday to discuss his fate.
Pecos Valley Bar and Grill LLC appeals a May denial by the Roswell-Chaves County Extraterritorial Zoning Commission of their request to rezone 4202 W McGaffey St from R-3 to Commercial and grant a nightclub special use permit. The decision drew near two dozen protesters. CEO Glen Garnand said opponents fear local impacts and accused officials of bowing to pressure.
Wildlife officials call the Roswell sighting a rare coincidence as a 100 pound black bear roams near Pine Lodge Road and Main Street after a long chase. Officials say dry conditions likely pushed the animal 70 miles from the Capitan Mountains, marking a second bear trapped in a week.
Roswell advocate Ginny Hatfield, motivated by seeing siblings split between foster homes, is launching Pangea Children's Home to keep siblings together. She plans four to five homes in Roswell to house up to 16 children, starting with a group foster home to serve displaced kids.
Lawmakers questioned changes to New Mexico's education funding formula after preliminary budget estimates show a 66 million drop in state aid for the coming fiscal year. Schools would receive about 2.3 billion, distributed by enrollment and other factors, as Sen. John Arthur Smith notes tough times and careful resource use.
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