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September 15, 2012
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CAIRO (AP) — Fury over an anti-Islam film spread across the Muslim world Friday, with deadly clashes near Western embassies in Tunisia and Sudan, an American fast-food restaurant set ablaze in Lebanon, and international peacekeepers attacked in the Sinai despite an appeal for calm from Egypt’s Islamist president.
SANGRE DE CRISTO CONSERVATION AREA
DENVER (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar established a conservation area in the San Luis Valley on Friday after billionaire Louis Bacon committed to protect more of his vast landholdings in southern Colorado. - PAGE A6
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An Islamist Jordanian protester burns the U.S. flag near the U.S. embassy in Amman, Jordan, Friday.
At least four people — all protesters — were killed and dozens were wounded in the demonstrations in See VIOLENCE, Page A3
NM GUARD UNDER ATTACK IN EGYPT
SANTA FE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez says New Mexico National Guard soldiers are serving alongside other U.S. and coalition military troops trying to quell the violence in northern Egypt. KOB-TV reports the New Mexico soldiers are from the 615th battalion based out of Springer. Martinez says her office received reports Friday that armed protesters attacked and attempted to gain entry to the headquarters of the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai. She says a few coalition troops from other countries reportedly sustained injuries, but no American soldiers were injured. The Multinational Force and Observers is an independent international organization with peacekeeping responsibilities in the Sinai.
Salazar in custody
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Picking up a win in any sport is tough enough as it is. When a team has to beat itself in addition to its opponent, the task is nearly impossible as the Roswell football team found on on Friday against Hobbs. The Coyotes turned the ball over six times in a 52-28 loss to the Eagles at the Wool Bowl. Earlier in the week Roswell coach Robert Arreola said the key to victory would be winning the turnover battle ... - PAGE B1
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Author John Erickson of Hank the Cowdog fame signs a book for Heather Donahue, 9, at the Roswell Convention Center during a Friends of the Roswell Public Library presentation, Friday evening.
Hank the Cowdog had real-life model JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
He introduced thousands of youngsters to a loveable, mystery-solving, silly dog. And Friday
evening at the Civic Center, beloved children’s book author John Erickson appeared in person, introducing himself to numerous loyal, mostly pint-size, fans. Erickson, who penned the
Hank the Cowdog series of books, audio-books and stage plays, visited Roswell as part of a Centennial event co-sponsored by the Friends of the Roswell Public
Isaac Salazar, 20, who was wanted in connection with the Arnulfo Villela homicide, tur ned himself in to the police on Wednesday. Isaac Salazar Villela, 18, was shot and killed outside a residence in the 800 block of East Hendricks Street on July 6. Court records state that one person told the lead investigator Detective Kim Northcutt that the Villela murder was the result of “wrong person, wrong place.” Eye witnesses reported to officials that a white 4-door vehicle stopped in front of the residence and a number of young men poured from the car. They said there was a short altercation between Villela and one of the subjects and they heard eight to 12 shots. One of the three chased a couple who were with Villela down the alley and fired his weapon, but neither were injured. According to the 67-page criminal complaint, someone named Salazar and his girlfriend as the people who provided a ride to Hendricks Street. During his initial interview Salazar denied he had been anywhere near the scene of the crime. In later interviews, he admitted he and his girlfriend had given the three murder suspects a ride to Hendricks Street. However, he denied having a gun, or taking any active part in the incident. The records state that evidence obtained from a search of the vehi-
53% of voters back Battleground Florida: Obama, Medicaid expansion Romney both see reasons to worry
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — More than half of New Mexico voters surveyed in a statewide poll support expansion of the state’s Medicaid rolls to cover 170,000 low-income residents, according to the survey commissioned by The Albuquerque Journal. The poll found that 53 percent of the likely voters surveyed favored boosting eligibility to allow lowincome children, seniors,
pregnant women and disabled people to sign up for the federal-state health insurance program. Thirty-three percent said they oppose the expansion, and 11 percent were undecided, the newspaper reported Friday. Republican Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration hasn’t said if it will participate in the expanded Medi-
See HANK, Page A3
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have this in common when it comes to Florida: They’re both worried about the biggest election battleground prize. The president has an edge here, but Democrats fear the advantage may be fleeting and fret about Florida’s undecided voters. They’re also nervous about legal battles over state voter laws that could cut into Obama’s support among minorities. Republicans are concerned that RomSee FLORIDA, Page A3
See SALAZAR, Page A3
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Mitt Romney comments on the killing of U.S. embassy officials in Jacksonville, Fla., Wednesday.
Al Potter, the potter, hooked on clay and the wheel since college See MEDICAID, Page A3
CHAUNTE’L POWELL RECORD STAFF WRITER
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Al Potter shapes his next creation.
Al Potter’s surname decided his career path well before he did. He decided he would live up to that name his sophomore year of college at Massachusetts College of Art. He said he took a pottery course and after the second day of class, he was hooked. “I didn’t want to do anything else,” he said. “So I’ve spent basically my whole life working in clay, either teaching or throwing.” What still makes the Potter pot after so many years? The sheer joy of it all. An example of said joy was his participation in the Souper Bowl
charity show at the Anderson Museum. He said that each artist was supposed to make 30; he made 130. “I just kept going and I couldn’t stop, and it was so much fun!” he exclaimed. The sheer joy coupled with his various travels around the globe have resulted in dynamic See SPOTLIGHT, Page A2