City workers fix miniature train tracks at Spring River Park and Zoo
City crews and volunteers realign three thousand feet of miniature railway at the Spring River Park and Zoo as part of larger plans for a holiday attraction. The project, funded by zoo donations, includes digging a trench for electrical lines and aims to support a Roswell Christmas Railway opening November 25. Tickets are set from seven dollars.
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Spring River Park
Zoo
Parks and Grounds
Jim Burress
Mike Ramsey
Albert Alba
Kyle
Khory Keegan
Ironhorse Permian Basin
Rusty Spike
Burress
Roswell
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Spring River Park and Zoo
Blessing of Animals and Bikes at St. Andrew's Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church hosts its annual Blessing of the Animals and Memorial Service at 2 p.m. Sunday at 505 N. Pennsylvania Ave. On Oct. 8 it offers its first Blessing of the Bikes National Ride Day with free food and drinks from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Father Dale Plummer will bless motorcycles and riders at 2:30 p.m. Donna Addkison notes riders may span nonmembers and non Episcopalians.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Ave
KemperSports Wins Nod to Manage City Golf Course
A Roswell committee backed moving to contract negotiations with KemperSports of Illinois for city golf course management. Four to zero vote urged the City Council to proceed despite golfers' concerns about outsized national corporation control.
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KemperSports
Roswell
General Services Committee
Wings for LIFE program discusses guardianship considerations
Retired Judge Charles Currier spoke on guardianships during the Wings for LIFE program. He explained natural guardians are a child's parents, and courts appoint guardians if parents die or cannot care for a child, or for adults who become incapacitated.
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Charles Currier
Fifth Judicial District
Wings For Life
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Alba
Bsnf Railroad
Keegans
Els
Lisa Dunlap Photo
Timothy P. Hows
Krystle Smith
Roswell Humane Society
Callie
Mickey
St. Andrew's
Leon Alexander
Raymond
Ray) Leroy
Cottrell
Larry Joseph Gonzales
Lowell E.orrison
Roberta Louise Thatcher
Timothy P. Howsare
Roswet Daly
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