Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Vol. 123, No. 260 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday
October 29, 2014
Aviation maintenance students get their wings BY DYLANNE PETROS RECORD STAFF WRITER
After a strenuous 14 and a half months, 10 students have graduated from the Aviation Maintenance Technology program at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell. “Graduation is every fall,” said Juan Salmon, director of Aviation Maintenance Technology. “We’ve got 15 (students) already through in the next session.” The 10 students that graduated Tuesday all have chances at jobs, since the field’s employment rate is 100 percent, Salmon said. “I know some of them are going to be staying in the area, some of them
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are working in southwestern New Mexico, some are working in Texas, some are going and (some) working in Denver,” he said. Students in the AMT program get a lot of hands-on training in the 14 and a half months they are in school. Three recent graduates, Jack Pantuso, Herb Porter and Eric Evans, went above and beyond the requirements to graduate to benefit future students. The three students built a trainer that helped them learn an aircraft’s electrical system. “They’re educational trainers that we needed for the program and the cost was just prohibitive for us to get those right now so we had students who took it upon themselves to say,
‘well we can build these trainers,’” said Ken Maguire, dean of Career and Technical Education. “On their own time, outside of the program, they worked with the instructors to assemble all the different components and build the structures and put it all together and then they actually even built a curriculum module for it.” The trainer, Pantuso said, is a simulator of what actually is on the plane. “It’s a simulator for a dual generator balancing system used on small aircrafts,” he said. “Part of our requirement is to actually balance it and repair it with faults in it and this See AMT, Page A3
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The 10 graduates of ENMU-R’s Avaition Maintenance Technology program worked for 14 and a half months in order to obtain their certificates.
Eggs-cellent experience BY TIMOTHY P. HOWSARE RECORD EDITOR
Sixty elementary students in the Roswell Independent School District can now rightfully be called eggheads. On Tuesday, gifted fifth graders participated in an “egg drop” at the Yucca Recreation Center on South Richardson Avenue. When an egg smacks an asphalt parking lot, you can pretty much guess what happens. It breaks. So the students, working in teams of three or four, were tasked with cushioning and cradling raw eggs so they would not break when dropped from the bucket of an Xcel Energy lineman truck. It’s not as easy as it sounds. Each team was given an assortment of “mystery supplies.” The newspaper promised not to disclose what these “mystery supplies” were, but couldn’t resist reveal-
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Gifted fifth graders from the Roswell school district performed an “egg drop” Tuesday at the Yucca Recreation Center to learn basic engineering principles, problem solving and teamwork.
ing that one of them was duct tape. The teams were given between 20 to 25 minutes to devise their own marvels of engineering to protect the eggs from getting smashed as they proved one important scientific principle, the inevitable effect of gravity. “This teaches teamwork, problem solving, critical thinking and engineering,” said Margaret “Peggy” Bohlin, a teacher of RISD gifted students. She is hopeful the fun yet challenging exercise will inspire some of the students to become engineers when they grow up. The teacher said that 50 percent of America’s engineers are approaching retirement age. Bohlin said each team is composed of students from different schools, so the students have to quickly adapt to working as a team with kids See DROP, Page A3
Hondo Little League Earth Camp teaches children recycling and respect seeks to add new field BY RANDAL SEYLER RECORD CITY EDITOR
block of land that belongs to the city into the park for additional parking space.
BY RANDAL SEYLER RECORD CITY EDITOR
Children lear n about recycling and Keeping Roswell Beautiful with hands-on experience during the annual Earth Camp. Held each summer, the weeklong event introduces youth to various Earthfriendly topics, according to Elaine Mayfield, director of Spring River Park and Zoo. Topics include recycling, beautification and waste treatment.
Mayfield, along with volunteer Rita Kane-Doerhoefer, visited the Roswell Kiwanis Club on Tuesday to discuss the annual Earth Camp, which is sponsored in part by the Keep Roswell Beautiful program, Xcel Energy and several local businesses and civic groups. “We take the kids to trips to various sites, including the city wastewater treatment plant,” Mayfield said. “We also take them to the landfill and to Bottomless Lakes.”
Mayfield said of all the programs with which she is involved, Earth Camp is one of her favorites. “We take the kids out and have them pick up trash, and then we go to the wastewater plant,” Mayfield said. The children are often amazed that the water is recycled and used for irrigation — and sometimes they are amazed by the smells. “This last camp we took them and gave out masks,” Mayfield said. “Not that they really did
The Lions Hondo Little League association asked the Parks and Recreation Commissioners on Monday for per mission to add a fourth field and some parking at Randy Willis Park. “The Lions Hondo Little League wants to expand and add a fourth field there,” said Parks Director Tim Williams. The association also wants to annex a
“If the city can put the land to the park, the association can do the earth work and the lead-up work,” said Pam Boyd, president of the Lions Hondo Little League. Boyd said the association has members who can do the site preparation work, and
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to clothe, to comfort and to care,” said Business Administrator Carol J. Smith. “We rebuild broken homes and broken lives.” In 2013, the Roswell Corps served more than 37,103 clients, which included 437 family Christmas food boxes and 1,466 children who received Christmas gifts through the angel gift tag program. “By walking with the addicted, we can lead them to recovery,” Smith said. “In fighting hunger and poverty, we can feed and
nurture the spirit. And, in living and sharing the Christian Gospel by meeting tangible needs, we give the world a lasting display of the love behind our beliefs.” Smith said United Way funding is vital to The Salvation Army’s work. “At The Salvation Army, we rely on the generosity of our donors to provide for those with the greatest needs,” she said. “Contributions to The United Way provide our clients compassion, faith and most of all,
hope. Everyone helping in the community is what makes Roswell the caring community it is.” Smith recalled two recent examples of how The Salvation Army Roswell Corps made a difference in the lives of others. “We had a client who fell victim to alcoholism and their life spiraled out of control,” she said. “The person lost their spouse, children and job. This person came to The Salvation Army first for shelter, then food. With understanding,
they agreed to enter into The Salvation Army rehab.” Smith said the person was able to address addiction through rehabilitation and reunite with loved ones. “This person returned to Roswell and with help, picked up the pieces of their life and their spirit,” Smith said. “This person is a business manager in Roswell. This person has re-established a relationship with the spouse and
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• SHIRLEY HOOPER-GARCIA • JAMES “JIM” STEVENS HUGHES
• MARY B. BROOKS
CLASSIFIEDS ..........B8 COMICS .................B6 ENTERTAINMENT .....A8 FINANCIAL ..............B7
any good, but the kids seemed to like them.” Kane-Doerhoefer said the camp teaches children to reduce their waste, and it teaches them to reuse and recycle when possible. “For example, did you know that 65 percent of the waste in the landfill is paper?” she asked. Xcel Energy provides an $8,000 grant which helps fund the weeklong camp, and students pay $25 to
The Salvation Army has been serving area for 104 years Even before New Mexico was a state, The Salvation Army Roswell Corps was serving those in need in Roswell and Chaves County. From providing necessities to the homeless to offering free drug rehabilitation programs, the Roswell Corps has been serving Roswell and Chaves County since May 1910 with the goal of “doing the most good.” “Our mission is to feed,
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LOTTERIES .............A2
OPINION .................A4
SPORTS .................B1
WEATHER ............A10