From Anchor Point to Roswell A Life Across Alaska and New Mexico
Growing up in Anchor Point Alaska the narrator recalls a close knit community a hand built cabin on North Fork Road and days of snow and oil workers. A cancer diagnosis in 2010 spurred a move toward journalism and a life in Roswell New Mexico where a campus kickoff trip inspired relocation.
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Alaska
Rhode Island
North Fork Road
Kenai Peninsula
Anchor Point
Homer
Bob
Donna Chapman
Donna
Katchemak Bay
Roswell
New Mexico
Natalia
Alicia
Las Vegas
Nevada
Albuquerque
Editorial calls for calm on street name debate in Roswell
The editorial defends reporting on the public meeting over naming portions of streets for Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez while urging compromise. It notes ethnic tensions, business impacts on South Main and Nevada streets, and suggests relocating honors to a city facility or new street to unite Anglos Hispanics African Americans and other residents.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Cesar Chavez
South Main
Nevada
King
Chavez
Roswell
Associated Press
Daily Record
South Main Street
Corn- Best
Roswell High School
Caesar Chavez
Holiday shopping safety tips from LAPD adviser
Steve Wolfe offers holiday safety guidance for shoppers in Roswell and beyond. Tips include shopping in daylight, going with someone at night, avoiding large cash, carrying cards safely, and securing valuables. He warns about shopping cart and escalator hazards for children and advises staying with carts, watching kids, and using well lit, high traffic areas.
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Steve Wolfe
Jay Leno
Los Angeles Police Department
Roswell
Cableone.net
Readers push alternatives to Chavez name changes
A letter from an attendee at a Tuesday committee meeting questions Jeff Tucker and urges considering renaming Roswell High School or other sites to honor Cesar Chavez. The writer disputes claims of an ethnic divide and praises Counselor Oropesa for the softball complex project.
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Oropesa
Chavez
Roswell
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Record
Rexel Drug Store
Mr. Myhill
Myhill
Pastor Smith
Austa
Barkers
Dee
Terry Barker
East End Road
Bethany
Freudenthal
Editorial
LAPD
Lubbock
NED
Jeff Tucker
Tucker
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