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Roswell Daily Record

Authorities thwart terror plot

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INSIDE NEWS

WILDFIRES BURN NEAR BOULDER

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Two wildfires burning in Colorado on Friday prompted the evacuations of the homes of 1,700 people as well as more in neighboring foothills where dozens of houses were burned in a blaze last month. Nearly 140 homes in three subdivisions in the Boulder County foothills .... - PAGE A3

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign. President Barack Obama called the coordinated attacks a “credible terrorist threat,” and U.S. officials said they were increasingly confident that al-Qaida’s

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October 30, 2010

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Yemen branch, the group responsible for the failed Detroit airliner bombing last Christmas, was responsible. One of the packages was found aboard a cargo plane in Dubai, the other in England. Preliminary tests indicated the packages contained the power ful industrial explosive PETN, the same chemical used in the Christmas attack, U.S. officials said. The tests had not been confirmed. In the U.S., cargo planes were searched up and down the Easter n Seaboard, and an Emirates

Way too spooky

Airlines passenger jet was escorted down the coast to New York by American fighter jets. No explosives were found aboard those planes, though the investigation was continuing on at least two. Obama’s sobering assessment, delivered from the White House podium, unfolded four days before national elections in which discussion of terrorism has played almost no role. The president went ahead with See TERROR, Page A6

AP Photo

Cargo from an Emirates commercial passenger jet sits next to the plane on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Friday.

NMMI hosts drill meet

TOP 5 WEB For The Past 24 Hours

• Haunts of Roswell • Roswell win forces one-game playoff • Fry gets manager nod • RHS, GHS to get science labs • Eloy Ortega wants to return to Chaves ...

JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER

INSIDE SPORTS

Mark Wilson Photo

Sarah Madrid reacts to a scary costumed character at the Roswell Boys & Girls Club Friday afternoon during a Halloween party.

PANTHERS ADVANCE TO SEMIS

LAKE ARTHUR — Most coaches will tell you that a quick start is key to any victory. Lake Arthur coach Jose Cruz Porras was no different, as he preached all week to his Panther squad the importance of putting the game away early. Message delivered. Lake Arthur, the defending 6-Man state champions, jumped out to a 30-0 lead and never looked back as they trounced the visiting Elida Tigers, 62-22. In the teams’ first meeting this season, the Tigers ... - PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES

There are no obituaries today, Oct. 30, 2010.

HIGH ...88˚ LOW ....47˚

Trujillo seeks to serve Sunset marks Red Ribbon Week larger constituency MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER

After nearly eight years of serving on the Chaves County Commission, Michael T rujillo says he hopes to serve a larger number of constituents by being elected to the state House of Representatives. The Democratic candidate says overspending and state regulations have gone too far and he wants to work with other lawmakers to put New Mexico in the right direction. “We’re in a big mess right now,” he said. “We’ve got to get things back in control.” The two-term commissioner says he plans to work hard to bring jobs to

See NMMI, Page A6

JOE D. MOORE RECORD STAFF WRITER

Michael Trujillo

southeast New Mexico, focus his attention on education and fight for veterans, if elected. “We have to support the businesses that support

High above the students, teachers, parents and community leaders, the red balloons, each adorned with a student’s personalized pledge to say “no” to drugs, swept high into the clear afternoon sky. The release of the 500 balloons and the preceding brief comments from Mark Wilson Photo various community stakeholders culminated Sun- Students from Sunset Elementary walk down South Main set Elementary’s celebra- Street, Friday afternoon, during a Say No To Drugs march tion of Red Ribbon Week. during Red Ribbon Week. In advance of the event, Ivonne Nieto, a firstMireya T rujillo, the And that all of us are school’s first-year princi- here for their develop- grade teacher at Sunset pal, said, “We want kids ment and [to support and parent of two Sunset to see that ... the commu- them] making good choicnity is here to support us. es.” See SUNSET, Page A6

A mysterious, kelp-yielding artist passes through Roswell See TRUJILLO, Page A6

TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........C1 COMICS.................B7 ENTERTAINMENT.....C8 FINANCIAL .............B6 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........C7 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ..............A8 THE WEST ............A3

New Mexico Military Institute is hosting its 24th annual Drill Meet Friday and today on NMMI’s campus. More than 25 teams will compete and represent high schools from Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. “There’s 34 schools coming and approximately 1,000 patricians [will attend]. ... [We’re] very excited to have [the teams] on campus,” Silvia Hernandez, JROTC administrative

INDEX

Emily Russo Miller Photo

Artist Richard List holds up his creation, a Happy Kelpie.

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

A museum attendant wearing a dark blue jump-

suit standing in the foyer of the Roswell Museum and Art Center pulls out a magnifying glass and a flashlight to inspect an uniden-

tifiable object. “It’s greasy and it had oils on it,” he observes, holding the hollow cylindrical artifact in his hand. “It almost looks like bone on the inside.” His colleague, Betty Ann Heck, takes a tur n. She observes the color —a dull, muted brown — and feels the texture of the interior with her fingers. “It looks like...” She pauses. “It looks like some plant that’s really been dried out. It’s really dehydrated.” They both then look to the artist, Richard List, who bequeathed the mysterious object to them, with eyes asking, “What is it?” He smiles slyly, but remains mum. “Is it from the ocean?” the attendant asks. “No, it’s from the desert!” Heck

cried. “It’s otherworldly, one might say,” he tells them. He slips out the front door unnoticed when the

publicity seeker, has been making headlines for various art-related antics and pranks. His biggest claim to fame

two are distracted by a couple signing the museum registry. “A little mystery is a good thing,” he explained later. It’s mischievous ploys such as this that make List’s blue eyes sparkle — it’s his raison d’être. For years, the 64-year -old artist and professional landscaper from Berkeley, Calif., a self-proclaimed

was the controversy surrounding his “plop art.” The Plop Art movement, a variation of public art and a play on the phrase Pop Art, became popular in the late 1960s when participating artists seemingly thoughtlessly “plopped” sculptures in public venues. List first made the front pages of his See SPOTLIGHT, Page A6


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