Cielo Grande Favored for New Roswell Recreation Center
After evaluating nine local sites, Huitt Zollars recommends Cielo Grande Recreation Area for a $9 million single story replacement for the Yucca Center which closed due to age and flooding. City staff seek guidance on moving forward with design and potential aquatics facility.
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Roswell
Cielo Grande
Yucca Recreation Center
Joe Gallegos
Huitt-Zollars
Albuquerque
Virginia E. Garcia
Tom Jennings
Cielo Grande Park
Huntt-Zollars
Jennings
Yucca Center
Yucca
Roswell Boys & Girls Club
Dennis Kintigh
Gallegos
Cahoon Park
Officials discuss Zika prevention and spread
David Selvage of the New Mexico Department of Health notes uncertainty over how Zika reached the Western Hemisphere. He cites the 2014 Brazil World Cup period as a possible bridge for transmission via the Aedes aegypti mosquito and emphasizes the role of suitable vectors and wet breeding sites in spreading the virus through South America.
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Bethany Freudenthal
New Mexico
Zika River
Africa
Brazil
David Selvage
New Mexico Department of Health
Western Hemisphere
Selvage
Holocaust educators host free summer institute for teachers
Roswell educators Leslie Lawner and Susan Quintana coordinate Teaching the Holocaust for Social Justice now in its third year. The program offers a weeklong summer institute with a curriculum designed to teach middle and high school students about the Holocaust in a careful, engaging way.
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Adolf Hitler
Roswell
Leslie Lawner
Sidney Gutierrez
Pojoaque Valley High School
Susan Quintana
Lawner
Les
Animal rescue group withdraws special use permit request
The group From Forgotten to Forever led by Colorado volunteers pulled its application to run an animal rescue operation on West Gallina Road north of Roswell. Neighbors cited traffic and barking concerns after as many as 14 rescued dogs were housed on the property. The county had learned June 17 of the withdrawal and the group asked to void the permit.
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Chaves County
Roswell
Sharon Morgan
Sheriffs Office
West
Gallina Road
Robert
Janice Eusconatus
Carolyn Drakulich
FFTF
Roswell UFO Festival draws 12 000 plus visitors
The Roswell UFO Festival runs three and a half days with more than 12 000 attendees, 100 vendors, 45 musical acts, acrobatic and belly dance acts, a light parade, a 10K, costume contests, planetarium shows and live radio broadcasts. Organizers expect record crowds as Jim Hill of the UFO Museum and Tom Blake of Main Street Roswell promote the event nationwide.
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Roswell
Jim Hill
The
UFO Museum
Tom Blake
Main Street Roswell
Blake
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Jeff Tucker Photo
Marlin Johnson
From Forgotten To Forever
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By Lisa Dunlap
Roswell Daily Record
Stee
Virginia
3Rd Street
Virginia Ave
UCC Lloega
Phoenix
Galaxy
Roswellincident.com
Saran E. Barr Rosert D. “Bos” Craic Rosert
Winstel Morris, SA
Florencio Salas
Hazel Telesfada Hacinta
Fuppié” Trujillo
Janice L. Caudle Thomas
Doris
Dot” T. Wobster
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