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Firearms Action Committee - Tucson P.O. Box 27321 Tucson, Arizona 85726http://www.azfact.org August 5, 2002 From the desk of Ken Rineer, President IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED: THE SALE OF BEN AVERY TO DEL WEBB The Arizona Game & Fish Department is considering an offer from Del Webb to sell off the Ben Avery Range at $100K per acre, or at least portions of it. To avoid massive crowds of Phoenix-area shooters spoiling their plans, Game & Fish has scheduled the meeting in Flagstaff. The meeting will be held at the Woodlands Radisson Hotel, 1175 West Route 66, Flagstaff, AZ at 9am on...

Sheriff’s department, department of conservation partnering on firing range By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer June 16, 2002 It's important for people to have a safe place to shoot pistols and rifles. That's the main reason the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is partnering with the Etowah County Sheriff's Department to open the old Goodyear firing range to the public, said Ray Metzler, hunter education coordinator of the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division. A grant was obtained to buy the property on Owls Hollow Road where a private range already had been, Metzler said. There already are dividing...