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OBAMA AWARDS MEDALS WASHINGTON (AP) — Recognizing the good deeds of 13 compassionate Americans, President Barack Obama said Thursday that he hopes their work helping the poor, the illiterate, veterans, service members and others will “inspire us to put ourselves in another person’s shoes.” - PAGE A6

October 21, 2011

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SIR TE, Libya (AP) — Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Moammar Gadhafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.” Within an hour, he was dead, but not before jubilant Libyans had vented decades of hatred by pulling the eccentric dictator’s hair and parading his bloodied body on the hood of a truck. The death Thursday of Gadhafi, two months after he was driven from power and into hiding, decisively buries the nearly 42-year regime that had turned the oil-rich country into an international pariah and his own personal fiefdom. It also thrusts Libya into a new age in which its transitional leaders

must overcome deep divisions and rebuild nearly all its institutions from scratch to achieve dreams of democracy. “We have been waiting for this historic moment for a long time. Moammar Gadhafi has been killed,” Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said in the capital of Tripoli. “I would like to call on Libyans to put aside the grudges and only say one word, which is Libya, Libya, Libya.” President Barack Obama told the Libyan people: “You have won your revolution.” Although the U.S. briefly led the relentless NATO bombing campaign that sealed Gadhafi’s fate, Washington later took a secondary role

to its allies. Britain and France said they hoped that his death would lead to a more democratic Libya. Other leaders have fallen in the Arab Spring uprisings, but the 69year-old Gadhafi is the first to be killed. He was shot to death in his hometown of Sirte, where revolutionary fighters overwhelmed the last of his loyalist supporters Thursday after weeks of heavy battles. Also killed in the city was one of his feared sons, Muatassim, while another son — one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam — was wounded and captured. An AP reporter saw cigarette burns on Muatassim’s body.

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Youth ChalleNGe cadets prepare to be seated during the Character Counts! Week Super Celebration Thursday evening at Roswell High School.

Students honored for character VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

BRONCOS LOOK TO CONTINUE HOT START With the exception of one game, Josh Lynn couldn’t have asked for a better start to his head coaching career. His New Mexico Military Institute Broncos are off to a 61 start, are ranked 14th in the nation and sit third in the Western States Football League standings. PAGE B1

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Wind farm receives thumbs up JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

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Bloody images of Gadhafi’s last moments raised questions over how exactly he died after he was captured wounded, but alive. Video on Arab television stations showed a crowd of fighters shoving and pulling the goateed, balding Gadhafi, with blood splattered on his face and soaking his shirt. Gadhafi struggled against them, stumbling and shouting as the fighters pushed him onto the hood of a pickup truck. One fighter held him down, pressing on his thigh with a pair of shoes in a show of contempt. Fighters propped him on the hood as they drove for several moments, apparently to parade him around in victory.

Local students were called on to represent a timeless truth or maxim through art, an essay, or a poem in celebration of the Josephson’s Institute’s National Character Counts! Week. One teenager broke away from conventionality and shared his truth with an original rap song.

Ohio man who freed animals was deep in debt

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The exotic-animal owner who killed himself after turning loose dozens of lions, tigers and other beasts was deep in debt, and a fellow big-cat enthusiast said Thursday that he had taken in so many creatures he was “in over his head.” A day after sheriff’s deputies with high-powered rifles killed nearly 50 animals set free by Terry Thompson, the sheriff refused to speculate why he did it. Many neighbors, meanwhile, were puzzled as to why Thompson — a man who seemed to like animals more than people — would lash out in a way that would doom his pets. However, court records show that he and his wife owed at least $68,000 in unpaid taxes to the IRS and the county, and he had two federal tax liens filed against him last year. He had just gotten out of federal prison last month for possessing unregistered weapons. Kenny Hetrick, who has six tigers and other animals on his property outside Toledo, said he used to see Thompson at exotic-animal auctions a few times a year in Ohio. Many of Thompson’s tigers had been donated to him by people who bought baby animals that they no longer wanted once they started to grow, Hetrick said. “ He r ea l l y h ad m or e t h er e t h an what he could do,” Hetrick said. “I don’t know what his deal was, but he was in over his head.” See ANIMALS, Page A3

Dominic Valles, a cadet at the New Mexico Youth ChalleNGe Academy, was honored with others for representing a maxim or truth related to good character during a Character Counts! Super Celebration at Roswell High School, Thursday evening. Amidst loud cheers and applause from his fellow cadets, Valles, who won the poetry contest in the 11th through 12th grade category, approached the

After much discussion, debate and uncertainty, the Chaves County Commission approved Resolution R11-059 concerning the intent of Chaves County to issue Industrial Revenue Bonds on behalf of Anderson Wind Project LLC, in its regular business meeting Thursday morning. Although questions lingered, the commissioners voted 3-1 to pass the resolution with hopes of receiving further answers, and proof the project will have a direct economic impact on Chaves County. The proposed wind farm would be in the southeastern portion of Chaves County. Anderson is asking Chaves County to issue 30-year Industrial Revenue Bonds in an amount up to $25 million on its behalf. County Commissioner Stan Riggs emphasized that IRBs have no liability to Chaves County. Although the bonds are issued with the county’s name on it, it is not the county’s responsibility to pay for them. Since the resolution was approved it will be scheduled for a public hearing at the commission’s Nov. 17 meeting.

War memorial nears completion See CHARACTER, Page A3

VANESSA KAHIN RECORD STAFF WRITER

A new memorial monument is set to not only honor those who have paid the highest price for their country but also honor the work of a former Roswell High School student. Brandon Boal, a 2010 graduate of Roswell High School, won a competition while still at RHS for a design that will help memorialize fallen soldiers from Chaves County. “When I heard of the contest I just had an idea and I put it down,” Boal said. “It was just that simple.” Michael Trujillo, an Iraq veteran and former Chaves County commissioner, spearheaded the idea for the monument that’s been years in the making. Materials are being laid out on the

See WIND, Page A3

west side of the Chaves County Courthouse for the monument that is set to encircle the courthouse flagpole. Actual construction for the monument is almost complete. Trujillo said there will be a Nov. 11 grand opening ceremony. Currently a sophomore at the University of New Mexico majoring in business, Boal said he will r et u r n to Roswell for t h e Ar m ist ice Day/Veterans Day ceremony. “Seeing (my design) come to life is pretty amazing,” Boal said. The courthouse veterans memorial will be an expansion of sorts of the black marble and steel monument located in front of the Joe Skeen Building, 1 St. Mary’s Place.

NMMI honors distinguished alumni

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JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER

In a renovated Pearson Auditorium equipped with red plush seats, among a hundred-plus cadets in uniform, four New Mexico Military Institute alumni were inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. William C. Hoh, Dr. Mary Beth Larsen, Sir William Theodore Wright and Jack R. Fox were inducted into the Hall of Fame Thursday afternoon. Hoh, who was born in Hong Kong, received an associate of arts degree from NMMI in May 1976. First serving as an infantry officer, Hoh was selected, due to his language skills, as a China Foreign Area Officer. He later transitioned into the

See NMMI, Page A3

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New Mexico Military Institute Hall of Fame inductees, from left, William C. Hoh, Sir William Theodore Wright Jr. and Dr. Mary Beth Larsen participate in ceremonies Thursday at Pearson Auditorium. Not pictured is inductee Jack. R. Fox.


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