ARCHERY CLUB TAKES HIT BUT VOWS TO GO ON.Byline: Keith Lair Staff Writer These have been trying times for the Pasadena Roving Archers. Five months after the 67-year-old organization lost its indoor-practice facility, the club lost its 67-year-old 900-square-foot clubhouse to suspected arson arson, at common law, the malicious and willful burning of the house of another. Originally, it was an offense against the security of habitation rather than against property rights. , Pasadena Fire Department investigators said. ``Things have certainly been interesting,'' club president and National Olympic coach Mike Jenkins said. ``It's one thing after another.'' The fire happened Saturday morning. The 90-member club, which was founded by former national champion Babe Babe Paul Bunyan’s blue ox; straightens roads by pulling them. [Am. Lit.: Fisher, 270] See : Strength Bitzenberger and her husband, famed archery-equipment designer Henry, lost its equipment. Jenkins valued losses at about $25,000, and fire-department officials estimate the building loss at $25,000. The incendiary INCENDIARY, crim. law. One who maliciously and willfully sets another person's house on fire; one guilty of the crime of arson. 2. This offence is punished by the statute laws of the different states according to their several provisions. sparked fire in Lower Arroyo Park destroyed 80 bows and accompanying strings and arrows, wrist and finger protectors, targets, repair equipment, a television, VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , microwave oven, candy and soda machines, past trophies and National Archery archery, sport of shooting with bow and arrow, an important military and hunting skill before the introduction of gunpowder. England's Charles II fostered archery as sport, establishing in 1673 the world's oldest continuous archery tournament, the Ancient Scorton Association and club records. Jenkins estimated it will cost the club at least $200 to replace each bow-and-arrow set. The city owns the building and there are plans to rebuild, but Jenkins was fairly confident none of the equipment would be covered by existing insurance policies. But the losses won't deter the club, which has had such celebrity members such as Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Iron Eyes Cody Iron Eyes Cody (April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an actor born in Gueydan, Louisiana. He was born Espera De Corti, the son of Sicilian immigrants Francesca Salpietra and Antonio De Corti. and Sugar Ray Robinson Noun 1. Sugar Ray Robinson - United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989) Ray Robinson, Walker Smith, Robinson . Jenkins said the free Saturday morning instructional and training sessions will continue. From 9 to 11 a.m., would-be archers can learn about the sport and participate in target shooting. All equipment is provided. ``We have vowed not to let this defeat us,'' Jenkins said. Club members will lend out their gear for the next two or three weeks, after which time Jenkins said he hopes replacement equipment can be secured. The club's 3-D tournament, scheduled for May 16, will be converted into a fund-raiser, with all proceeds going to replace the lost gear. |
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