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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 2011
Page
1
President Obama saluted 13 Americans for helping the poor, the illiterate, veterans, and service members. He urged that their acts inspire others to consider others and extend aid to those in need.
Deputy, kids die in crash. GHS teacher to go to trial. Texas man dies in crash. State honors officers. Farmer going green.
Josh Lynn begins his head coaching tenure with the New Mexico Military Institute Broncos posting a 6 1 record. The team is ranked 14th nationally and sits third in the Western States Football League.
The page lists Kenneth Guthrie George Leshner Merle A Moehring Dan Vestal Jacobs Herman M Hadsaill and a forecast section showing a high of 84 and a low of 50 degrees. It appears as a reader’s collage with names and a brief weather note labeled today’s forecast.
In Sirte Libyan fighters dragged Muammar Gaddafi from a drainage pipe and killed him after his capture. His son Muatassim died in the fighting and Seif al Islam was wounded and captured as crowds displayed the toppled leader’s bloodied body on a pickup truck. The event ends his 42 year rule and tests Libya’s fragile transition.
Students and cadets celebrated National Character Counts Week with art essays and a rap by a bold teen. Dominic Valles of the New Mexico Youth Challenge Academy joined peers at Roswell High School for a Character Counts Super Celebration honoring truth through creative works.
Chaves County Commission approved Resolution R-11-059 backing up to 25 million in 30 year Industrial Revenue Bonds for Anderson Wind Project LLC. Vote 3-1 with questions lingering. Public hearing set for November 17 at the next commission meeting.
The exotic animal owner Terry Thompson killed himself after turning loose dozens of big cats in Zanesville Ohio. Court records show Thompson and his wife owed at least 68 thousand dollars in unpaid taxes and he faced two federal tax liens. Neighbors note he seemed to love animals but was overwhelmed by his menagerie.
Brandon Boal, a 2010 Roswell High School graduate, won a RHS contest for a design honoring fallen Chaves County soldiers. Michael Trujillo led the project, with construction near the Chaves County Courthouse nearing completion and a November 11 grand opening planned. Boal, a UNM business student, will attend Armistice Day ceremonies in Roswell.
In Pearson Auditorium amid a hundred cadets, New Mexico Military Institute honored four alumni William C. Holt Dr. Mary Beth Larsen Sir William Theodore Wright and Jack R. Fox as Hall of Fame inductees on Thursday. Hoh Hong Kong born earned an associate degree in May 1976 and served as a China Foreign Area Officer before transitioning careers.
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