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Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

Vol. 123, No. 245 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday

October 11, 2014

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Council bids farewell to fire chief, city manager Councilors also approve liquor license for Buffalo Wild Wings

BY RANDAL SEYLER RECORD CITY EDITOR

City Councilors got the opportunity to say goodbye to two longtime city officials on Thursday. Fire Chief Chad Hamill is retiring from the Roswell Fire Department in November, and City Manager Larry Fry will also be leaving his position next month. “I plan on fishing and playing a lot of golf,” Hamill told the council, “and I need a lot of practice at golf.”

“I appreciate your service, and your professionalism,” Councilor Steve Henderson said. “It’s been a wonderful experience, and I am retiring soon at the age of 42. Not many people can do that.” Hamill said during an interview in July, describing his time as a firefighter. Mayor Dennis Kintigh said Hamill’s tenure as fire chief has been outstanding. Besides serving as fire chief, Hamill is a Hagerman school board veteran and he serves on the ENMU-

Dueling vibes

Roswell Community College Board. Councilor Art Sandoval said the Fire Committee was his favorite committee to serve on, and he also thanked Hamill for his service to the city. “Thank you for everything you have done, not only for me, but for our community,” Sandoval said. Fry noted that during Hamill’s time as fire chief the city’s ISO Rating dropped from a 3 rating to See COUNCIL, Page A3

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Trial date set for former PR boss

Fire Chief Chad Hamill, who retires from the Roswell Fire Department in November, is congratulated by the City Council on Thursday.

BY JEFF TUCKER RECORD STAFF WRITER

A 2015 trial date for a drunken driving charge has been set for Roswell’s former public relations and marketing director. Renee L. Roach is scheduled for a jury trial Feb. 19 before Chaves County Magistrate Judge John Halvorson. Magistrate Judge K.C. Rogers was recused from the case. Roach, who recently resigned after serving as the city’s PR boss for nine

years, was arrested by state police Sept. 2, after a traffic stop at about 10:40 p.m. on U.S. Highway 285 on Roswell’s south side. She was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs and failure to maintain traffic lane. State police said Roach, 41, of 2700 Gaye Drive, had blood-alcohol concentrations of 0.19 and 0.18 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08, making the DUI charge an

Temperature of Ebola patient reached 103

DALLAS (AP) — Thomas Eric Duncan’s temperature spiked to 103 degrees during the hours of his initial visit to an emergency room — a fever that was flagged with an exclamation point in the hospital’s recordkeeping system, his medical records show.

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Above: Their intense facial expressions may make them appear to be dueling but vibraphonists John Cocuzzi, left, and Chuck Redd were in perfect harmony Friday in front of the Chaves County Courthouse as they performed with other jazz musicians in a free concert as part of the ninth annual Roswell Jazz Festival. Redd, who was the featured vibraphonist with the Mel Torme Jazz Quintet from 1991 to 1995, is the guest of honor for this year’s festival. Cocuzzi is a familiar figure in the Washington D.C. area, where he performs with a number of groups. The festival continues today with free music workshops from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Ginsburg Music, 201 N. Main St. Festival events today also include a performance from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Right: Vocalist Barbara Morrison performs the jazz standard “My Romance” Friday in front of the courthouse.

Despite telling a nurse that he had recently been in Africa and displaying other symptoms that could indicate Ebola — fever, sharp headache and abdominal pain — the Liberian man who would become the only person to die from the disease in the

See ROACH, Page A3

U.S. underwent a battery of tests and was eventually sent home. Duncan’s family provided his medical records to The Associated Press — more than 1,400 pages in all. They chronicle his time in the ER, his urgent return to the hospital two days later and his steep decline as his organs began to fail. In a statement issued Friday, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital said it had made procedural changes and continues to “review and evaluate” the

Review: RSO presents Roswell Refuge to start new programs ‘Autumn’s Array’ of lovely music at NMMI

See EBOLA, Page A3

BY DYLANNE PETROS RECORD STAFF WRITER

BY VONNIE GOSS SPECIAL TO THE DAILY RECORD

A picture perfect autumn evening brought an enthusiastic audience of classical music lovers to New Mexico Military Institute’s Pearson Auditorium on Oct. 4. The blast of trumpets got the crowd’s attention as they marked the opening of RSO’s 55th season. The stirring sounds of the national anthem followed, as directed by Maestro John Farrer. Fawn Alcorn Pierce, president of RSO, welcomed the crowd and introduced Michael Stoune, co-principal of the orchestra’s flute section. Stoune was completing 40 years with the

orchestra, and entered retirement following the evening performance. He humbly accepted the words of praise, an engraved gift, and the extended applause, expressing his delight with the high quality of music maintained by the musicians. He also requested the community’s continued full support of this musical jewel.

The Prelude to the opera, “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg,” composed by Richard Wagner, opened the program. Written in a moment of inspiration, it was originally almost entirely composed as it appears in scores today, See RSO, Page A2

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TODAY’S FORECAST

With the help of the United Way, Roswell Refuge is able to start new programs for the 600 clients it serves. The mission of Roswell Refuge is to provide a safe place for victims of domestic abuse and educate the community about the effects of domestic abuse. Roswell Refuge has been operating since 1981, and has recently opened a new program that will also be funded by the United Way. The new program is Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners, or SANE, and has been operating with Roswell Refuge since Sept. 1. “(Roswell Refuge) … began because of the death of one woman,” said Cindy Wilson, executive director of Roswell Refuge.

• MARGARET LORENE WALDO

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The Roswell Refuge is located at 1215 N. Garden Ave. The hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.

Roswell Refuge of fers support programs for victims and offenders. The offender program, Wilson said, is a 52-week program where offenders meet and talk about their experiences. “I’ve watched our offenders who start of f in our program and it’s a 52week program so for about the first 12-15 weeks

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there’s hostility and they’re angry and they don’t think they need to be there,” Wilson said. “We don’t have a term for a refor med of fender and we need one because we have seen lives changed as a result.” One of the groups that meets for victims is a class to help empower women to take their life back. It is at

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the empowerment group where women learn about financial responsibility and lear n how to be on their own.

“I met (a victim) who was in our shelter 20 years ago and she came to donate here in our thrift store. And she told me that she See REFUGE, Page A3

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