12-12-2010

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Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

Vol. 119, No. 297 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

INSIDE NEWS

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards recalled her Saturday as an idealistic law student who challenged professors, a political sage who offered advice at every turn and a matriarch who comforted her family even as she was dying of breast cancer. - PAGE A3

TOP 5 WEB • • • • •

For The Last 24 Hours

Light Parade turns 20 Jeffrey Walter Wilson Christmas in jail Kim Kardashian Streaky sunset

INSIDE SPORTS

NEWTON WINS HEISMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy — as if there was any doubt. Whether he gets to keep it is still to be determined.

- PAGE B1

TODAY’S OBITUARIES

• Robert Townsley • Rose DiPaolo • Morris Butts • Jeffrey W. Wilson • Mary Jo Parham • S. Dean Brewer • Bobbie Davis • Eduwijes ‘Vickie’ Silvas - PAGE B6

HIGH ...58˚ LOW ....24˚

TODAY’S FORECAST

CLASSIFIEDS..........D1 COMICS.................C4 VISTAS ..................C1 SUNDAY BUSINESS .C3 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ......A10 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ............A10 WORLD .................B8

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HOLIDAY GLOW ON THE GO

ELIZABETH EDWARDS REMEMBERED

December 12, 2010

Mark Wilson Photo

Electric Light Parade makes 20th journey Glistening vehicles make their way down Main Street during Saturday’s Electric Light Parade.

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Not a creature was stirring Saturday night, not even a mouse — that is, until a firetruck came blaring down Main Street with sirens wailing, kicking off the 20th annual Electric Light Parade. Crowds lined up and down Roswell’s Champs-Élysées and burst into cheers, greeting Santa, Mrs. Claus, and their elf helpers — two dalmatians. Thirteen floats followed. The merchants of Main Street had all turned off their lights — even McDonald’s got permission from corporate to turn off their glowing ‘M’ — so the audience could get a better view of the twinkling lights that decorated the floats under the moonlight. “I think it’s wonderful to see all the people out,” said Peggy Seskey, the president of MainStreet, which hosted the event. “The Christmas spirit is here.” The “Light of the Future”-themed parade

Mark Wilson Photo

Santa and Mrs. Claus and their dalmatian elf helpers Purty and Freckles make their way down Main Street during the Electric Light Parade Saturday night.

went off without a hitch with one minor exception: a pregnant woman went into labor atop one of the floats and had to be

whisked away to the hospital by a MainStreet volunteer. “Now that would demonstrate the future,” joked

Boyd Barrett, one of three float contest judges. “If she had had the baby on the float, she would have won.”

The contest was broken into five categories: commercial, nonprofit, individ-

Wreaths Across America honors the fallen UFO experts decry put-down See PARADE, Page A8

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Dozens of locals braved the cold weather early Satur day mor ning to honor the nation’s fallen soldiers during a nationwide wreath-laying ceremony. Seven memorial wreaths, representing the six branches of the military — plus one for POWs/MIAs — wer e placed on the front lawn of the Chaves County Courthouse. County Commissioner and Iraq veteran Michael Trujillo presided over the cer emony, leading the bundled-up audience in a moment of silence, then giving a short speech. “The freedoms we enjoy today have not come without a price,” Trujillo said in his opening r emarks. “We thank those who gave their lives

EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Emily Russo Miller Photo

Servicemen arrange wreaths before the ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers at the Chaves County Courthouse on Saturday morning.

to keep us free, and we shall not forget you.” Meredith Crane, 25, of Roswell, whose close friend died three years ago in Iraq, next encour-

aged the crowd to visit a veterans cemetery, remember one name off of a tombstone, then later, research whatever they can about the per-

son. “They wer e and ar e more than just a statistic,” she urged from the

See WREATHS, Page A8

Sanchez discusses economy with local officials

The co-authors of a topselling UFO book are threatening legal action over a recent televised news segment by a CBS affiliate in Albuquerque regarding the famed Roswell Incident. Ufologists Thomas J. Carey and Donald R. Schmitt, who wrote the bestseller “Witness to Roswell,” are accusing defamation after news anchor Larry Barker called them “discredited UFO believers.” “I want to file suit,” said Carey, who has studied the Roswell Incident since 1991 and has written about 30 See EXPERTS, Page A8

MATTHEW ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER

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Lt. Gov.-elect John Sanchez, left, greets attendees of his Roswell town hall meeting Friday.

New Mexico’s incoming lieutenant governor met with city officials and business leaders Friday during a town hall meeting highlighting economic growth. Lt. Gov.-elect John Sanchez indicated that the incoming administration will work together with the state’s oil and gas industry, saying that incoming Gov. Susana Martinez plans to take aim at the Pit Rule and other regulations that members of the audience said hinder growth. “As your lieutenant governor, I completely get it folks,” he told attendees of the town hall at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce. “Susana and I get it,” he said. “She made a commitSee SANCHEZ, Page A8

United Way

622-4150 of Chaves County

Collected

$243,800 Goal

$460,000

53%

Of Goal Collected


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