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The senior Assisteens members celebrated their accomplishments at the 51st annual Crystal Ball March 6. In the back row, left to right, are Brenna Vander Hulst, Jaci Morton, Arielle Breedyk, Camille Hess, Scarlett Johnson, Elizabeth Fresquez, Hillary Vigil; and in the front row, Coriann Aguilar, Catherine Martinez, Callie Chafin, Kelly Shubert, Alyssa Andreis, Kristen Kitchen. Not pictured is Bryttany Miller.

A celebration of volunteering for the community
Sunday, March 14, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Whether fundraising so children can buy school uniforms, making blankets for CASA children or ushering at Roswell Symphony Orchestra performances, these teens are making Roswell a better community.

They are members of the Assisteens, a teen community service organization affiliated with the Assistance League of Chaves County.

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A NMMI cadet enjoys spending time with a dog at the third annual Shamrock Wag-n-Walk in Cahoon Park in 2009.

A day of doggone good fun
Sunday, March 07, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

It won’t take the luck o’ the Irish for man and man’s best friend alike to enjoy the fourth annual Shamrock Wag-n-Walk.

The event, sponsored by the Rio Pecos Kennel Club, starts at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, March 13 at Cahoon Park, at Fourth Street and Union Avenue.

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Shelves of books are available for patrons of Books Again.

Books, books and more books
Sunday, February 28, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Bib•li•o•phile (noun): A person who collects or has a great love of books.

Gazing around at shelves full of books — for adults, for children, fiction, non-fiction and in every genre one can imagine — Marna Hunt declared herself to be a bibliophile.

In fact, Hunt, who helps run Books Again, the used bookstore run by the non-profit organization Friends of the Roswell Public Library and is chair of the group’s bookstore committee, said she isn’t the only one who feels that way.

“We’re all bibliophiles here,” she said.

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Opportunity of a lifetime
Sunday, February 21, 2010

Not many people in New Mexico are able to say they have been invited to New York City to sing at Carnegie Hall, but for some in Roswell, that day is drawing closer every day.
A group of about 60 singers from the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church, along with members of the Roswell Chorale, have been invited to sing Bradley Ellingboe’s “Requiem” at Carnegie Hall on June 14. Full Story »

Celebrating their generation
Sunday, February 14, 2010

They’ve been sons and daughters. Husbands and wives. Parents. Uncles and aunts. Grandparents. Caretakers. Friends.
They grew up on rock ‘n roll, brought about Beatlemania, protested wars and fought in wars.
They were the freedom generation and led the sexual revolution.
They’ve been all of this and more. They’ve changed the world, both in the things they’ve done and the way they’ve done so.
They are the biggest generation of Americans ever — some 75.8 million Americans who were born in the post-World War II years from 1946 to 1964 who are collectively known as the baby boomer generation. Full Story »

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