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Wag-n-Walk howling success
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March 18, 2012
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THE GREENERY TO RE-OPEN
A lush greenhouse nursery on the corner of Atkinson Avenue and College Boulevard shelters plants ranging from hollyhocks to herbs, rose bushes to dwarf peach trees—until they are ready to decorate a Roswell landscape. The establishment ... - PAGE C3
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Every dog has his day— and for Roswell canines, that day was full of treats and St. Patrick’s Day lore, Saturday morning. This is when the Rio Pecos Kennel Club had its sixth annual Shamrock Wag-n-Walk at Cahoon Park. Nearly 60 members of the community walked their best furry friends to help raise funds for several potential RPKC projects, as well as raise awareness for animal welfare. But perhaps most important, the Wag-nWalk was meant to provide dogs with some good quality time with their human companions. “We just wanted people to come out and enjoy their dogs,” said Elaine Mayfield, RPKC member. “The dogs love it.” Dogs at the event looked similar to their persons, with the same broad smiles and at least one green accessory, such as a bandana or a
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Appleseed keeps rifleman tradition alive See WAG, Page A3
Foxy gets a lift from owner Brittant Tempero during The Rio Pecos Kennel Club’s 6th annual Shamrock Wag-n-Walk at Cahoon Park, Saturday morning.
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Shooters participate in the Roswell Gun Club Appleseed Marksmanship Clinic, Saturday, at the Roswell Gun Club range.
DEXTER OUTSCORES NMMI, 26–12
DEXTER — The sticks were working for the Dexter Demons on Saturday. The Demons pounded out 26 runs on 19 hits and cruised past NMMI, 26-12, in the third-place game of the 14th annual Hal Bogle Tournament. “I’m extremely pleased,” said Demon coach Archie Duran. “Over the past four games we’ve played, we really struggled at the plate. “Today was a whole 360. We struggled a little bit in the first couple of innings with our defense, but our offense came through for us today.” - PAGE B1
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State Dept commits to fund local ILEA JULIA BERGMAN RECORD STAFF WRITER
The U.S. Department of State has committed funding to the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell, showing its intent to continue the program in the future. “We’re working hard to put the best program that we can in place. We’ve got all the parties here working on that. Unfortunately we’re not prepared to fully implement it just yet. We will do that as soon as we possibly can,” Fred Kennedy, program officer for ILEA, said. A State Department program, ILEA-Roswell became operational in 2001, with the first class of global delegates arriving just one
week prior to 9-11. The program received two separate grants from the State Department, each one for five years, to fund its operations. In December 2010, ILEA-Roswell completed its full calendar schedule. The existing program arrangement expired in March 2011. The State Department then began working to start a new program in Roswell. The proposed program will run for six weeks per delegate class. The program will be hosted in the same facility, near the Roswell International Air Center, as it has been in the past. “The curriculum will be an advanced criminal justice program to combat
The Revolutionary War Veterans Association fired off the first day of its Appleseed Marksmanship Clinic, Saturday, at the Roswell Gun Club, where participants honed their shooting skills and learned the history of America’s rifleman heritage. The event, which runs through today, is $5 per person, and free to active duty and reserve military personnel, law enforcement and elected
officials.
Orie Adcock, the clinic’s shoot boss, said beginners learned the six steps to firing a shot: sight alignment, sight picture, respiratory pause, focus, trigger squeeze and follow through.
“The skills necessary to master a rifle take patience, persistence and control over your mind and body,” Adcock said. “Those same principles apply to your everyday life and your job, so we’ll make you successful at those also!”
Bookmobile goes hi-tech
Adcock said the clinic began the day with lessons in firearm safety, before instructors measured the skill level of each participant by having them fire 13 shots at Redcoat targets. He said organizers have tied America’s revolutionary history into the shooting practices, as the 13 shots fired were in honor of the original colonies. “This started back in 2005, under the premise that we’re losing our tradiSee APPLESEED, Page A3
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Visitors to the Digital Bookmobile parked next to the Roswell Public Library check out the high-tech community outreach vehicle promoting downloadable eBooks, audiobooks, music, and video, Saturday. The 74-foot, 18-wheel tractor-trailer, is a high-tech update of the traditional bookmobile that has served communities for decades.
Twin suicide blasts kill at least 27 in Syrian capital See ILEA, Page A3
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Two suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in near-simultaneous attacks on heavily guarded intelligence and security buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus Saturday, killing at least 27 people.
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A Syrian rebel stands next to a flaming tire while firing at a Syrian army checkpoint, in a suburb of Damascus, Saturday.
There have been a string of large-scale bombings against the regime in its stronghold of Damascus that suggest a dangerous, wild-card element in the year -old anti-government revolt. The regime blamed the opposition, which denied having a role or the
capabilities to carry out such a sophisticated attack. And after other similar attacks, U.S. officials suggested al-Qaida militants may be joining the fray. The early morning explosions struck the heavily fortified air force intelligence building and the criminal security department, several miles apart in Damascus, at approximately the same time, the Interior Ministry said. Much of the facade of the intelligence building appeared to have been ripped away. State-run news agency
SANA said a third blast went off near a military bus at the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, killing the two suicide bombers. The first explosion around 7 a.m. targeted the air force intelligence building in the residential district of al-Qassaa, a predominantly Christian area. It caused destruction in a 100-yard radius, shattering windows, blowing doors off their hinges and throwing chairs and other furniture off balconies. See SYRIA, Page A3