Roswell Daily Record
Dead from gunshots, blunt trauma
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WILDFIRES GROWING IN CALIFORNIA CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — It seemed that each time wind-driven embers sparked new blazes or a wall of fire leaped a Southern California hillside and came charging toward hundreds of homes, an army of ... - PAGE A5
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BOSTON (AP) — A suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings died from gunshot wounds and blunt trauma to his head and torso, his death certificate says. Worcester funeral home owner Peter Stefan has 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body and read details from his death certificate on Friday. The certificate cites Tsarnaev’s “gunshot wounds of torso and extremities,” Stefan said. Tsarnaev died last month after a gunfight with authorities a few days after the deadly marathon bombing. Police have said he ran out of ammunition before his younger brother dragged his body under a vehicle while fleeing the scene. Tsarnaev’s family was making arrangements for his funeral as investigators searched the woods near a college attended by his younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, on Friday. The funeral parlor in Worcester is
familiar with Muslim services and said it will handle arrangements for Tamerlan Tsarnaev, whose body was released by the state medical examiner Thursday night. The body was taken initially to a North Attleborough funeral home, where it was greeted by about 20 protesters. Stefan, owner of Graham Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, an hour’s drive west of Boston, said everybody deserves a dignified burial service no matter the circumstances of his or her death and he is prepared for protests. Tsarnaev died three days after the bombing in a furious getaway attempt in which authorities say he and his brother, ethnic Chechens from Russia who came to the United States about a decade ago, killed an MIT campus police officer and tossed homemade
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Peter Stefan, funeral director and owner of Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Parlors in Worcester, Mass., sits in one of the facility’s rooms, Friday. Stefan confirmed his funeral home will handle funeral arrangements for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Boyer, AirRageous all the rage at WAES FULL
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HOT AIR
AMY VOGELSANG RECORD STAFF WRITER
For The Past 24 Hours
The air is a crisp 37 degrees as the sun starts to illuminate the grassy field of Washington Elementary Avenue School. In preparation for the Old Timers Balloon Rally, the hot air
• Roswell’s Most Wanted caught • Police seeking info on Herrera • Taken boy is found • Ernest Ray Earick • Local briefs: Goddard takes 2 from Valencia
balloon team of AirRageous has come out to demonstrate the inflation and launch of a 60foot tall, 57-foot wide hot air balloon that, when completely inflated, holds 90,000 cubic feet of hot air.
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ABOVE: A hot air balloon takes flight from Washington Avenue Elementary School Friday morning, kicking off the Old Timers Balloon Rally weekend. RIGHT: School children at Washington Avenue Elementary School watch a hot air balloon prepare for flight.
RUN FOR THE ROSES ON TAP TODAY LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A trainer flooding the field with five horses. A black jockey trying to make history, and a woman rider, too. Louisville coach Rick Pitino seeking a double — champions in racing and basketball. ... - PAGE B1
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Struggling to unite
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday addressed a Central American region that continues to be plagued by violence, drug trafficking, corruption and poverty, despite the success of a seven-year trade agreement with the United States.
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Central America’s problems have directly impacted the U.S., as thousands from the region migrate north each year along increasingly deadly smuggling routes. In a press conference late Friday with Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, Obama said only a comprehensive approach will work to solve the region’s problems, including stronger economies, better institutions, education and
Altrusa conference taking over RCCC
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ILISSA GILMORE RECORD STAFF WRITER
Altrusa International of Roswell hosts clubs from within and out of state this weekend during the 58th annual Altrusa District 10 Conference at the Roswell Convention and Civic Cen-
ter.
The three-day conference brings together members from the district’s 15 Altrusa clubs, from cities both near and as far as Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
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In a unique mix of cultures, La Villa celebrated Cinco de Mayo Friday with a traditional Mexican dance performed by in-house talent Rhonda Sedillo and a Hawaiian performance by the Sweet Lailani Kipuka Hula group. Sweet Lailani members Marla Higginbotham, Emma Arzola, Carol Oas, Juanita Howard, Luz White and Nancy Hartwick danced and played ukulele in Hawaiian tradition. “We’re something colorful and cheerful,” Hartwick said.
Saturday Spotlight: Stewart enjoying the unexpected journey See ALTRUSA, Page A3
JILL MCLAUGHLIN RECORD STAFF WRITER
Sandra Stewart never thought she would grow up to run a jail. But for the past 12 years, the mother of three grown children has done just that. As the administrator of the Chaves County Adult Detention Center, Stewart has been so successful that she was recently tapped by Gov. Susana Martinez and the New
Mexico State Children, Youth and Families Department cabinet secretary to become the next state director of the Juvenile Justice Services division, starting May 13.
Stewart recently sat down to talk about her time at the Chaves County
Detention Center where she oversees programs for adults and juveniles. “I just liked it here,” she said. “When I first came out here, I just felt like I was supposed to be here.” Criminal justice wasn’t See SPOTLIGHT, Page A2