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City officials announced Friday that in an effort to jump-start a stalled International Law Enforcement Academy, the city of Roswell has taken possession of the ILEA building. City Manager Larry Fry told reporters during a City
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Hall press conference, “The city ... (changed) the locks on the building.” City officials said a dispute between New Mexico Tech, which ran the ILEA program, and the U.S. Department of State had effectively stalled the academy from moving forward. The State Department plans to open a new com-
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petitive bid process to find out who will run the academy. City officials say New Mexico Tech has stalled that process. “The State Department has notified the city of Roswell that its agreement with (New Mexico Tech) has expired,” Fry said. “The city of Roswell has notified (New Mexico Tech) that the cur-
rent lease of the building and land has been terminated, and the city has taken control of the building.” Fry added that State has indicated that it wants the city to take ownership of the building. “I’m shocked,” said Van Romero, vice president for research and economic
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Hundreds of the faithful make a spiritual pilgrimage during the Stations of the Cross at St. John’s Catholic Church, on Good Friday. The Stations of the Cross are part of Christ’s Passion.
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development at New Mexico Tech. “I did not know this was going to happen.” Romero explained that the school and its legal counsel feel that they and the State Department are “co-owners” of the building, adding that although the federal agency paid for the
1st District tops in state growth
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SANTA FE (AP) — The Legislature’s redistricting assignment is fairly clear based on population changes during the last decade: the 2nd Congressional District of southern New Mexico must expand while the 1st and 3rd districts must shrink. But the decisions won’t be easy on how to redraw district boundaries to adjust for population shifts. The outcome could alter the balance of political power and influence congressional races in New Mexico for the next 10 years. The Legislature will start work on redistricting this summer by holding hearings to solicit public comment on proposed district maps. A special legislative session is expected this fall, likely in September, for lawmakers to vote on plans, which must be signed into law by Gov. Susana Martinez. If the Legislature and the gover nor can’t agree on new district boundaries, the courts will settle the
State commander suspends local VFW post, again
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EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Veterans of Foreign Wars state commander suspended the local Roswell VFW post on Wednesday for violating state liquor laws and national VFW bylaws, VFW members say. State Commander Cathy Brock confirmed the suspension of VFW Post 2575, commonly called the Curtis-Montgomery Post, locat-
ed on Southeast Main Street, but declined to give details. “They violated state laws and they violated national VFW bylaws,” Brock said. “It was my decision to do it, and as far as I’m concerned it’s an internal VFW matter.” Brock said the suspension will last at least 30 days, whereupon she will receive a report of recommendation from three trustees of another VFW
Post. Brock added that the report could also recommend “more than a suspension,” or that Post 2575 could lose its charter. Mike Points, Post 2575 commander, did not comment on the matter, but said there was confusion about the reason for suspension. He says he was under the impression that the suspension was a
AUXILIARY POST WILL CLOSE IN MAY
EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Women’s Auxiliary Post 2575 announced Tuesday that it will close next month due to lack of participation. President Patsy Silva says the organization has 89 members in Roswell, but only a few are active. “We just have six ladies that show up to the meetings, and two of our ladies quit,” Silva said.
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Wayne Slickard
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Wayne Slickard, 75, has been a Roswell asset for 33 years. For the past 15, he has lectured on the Old West at most of the schools in Roswell, Dexter and at Ranch Rodeo. Slickard, with his chuckwagon, has cooked oldstyle meals at the dedication of the Chisum statue and at mounted-shooting demonstrations at the fairgrounds. “I did a skit at the Historical Museum and an advertisement for Allsup’s that ran on television for two years,” said Slickard. He first moved to Roswell in 1958 when he was in the military. He was trans-
ferred elsewhere, and served in Vietnam, Alaska, Guam, Arizona, California and New York. He also was in Greenland. “Four-hundred miles from the North Pole, where it’s day five months of the year and night five months of the year,” Slickard said. When he retired from the military in 1978, he was employed by Southwest Public Service, to work with high voltage lines. Slickard grew up in the Flint Hills of easter n Kansas, where he devel-
oped a love for the Old West, especially cowboys and the old cattle trails. He wanted to purchase a stagecoach, but the price of $50,000 was out of reach. In the 1990s, Slickard bought a 110-year -old chuckwagon. The wagon was built in 1892 by the Emerson Company of Illinois. “Someone just put it into a barn and never used it. A guy from Capitan bought it from an estate See SPOTLIGHT, Page A3