European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Modern Day Bounty Hunter ready to do dirty work a Dave Shults will Chase bail jumpers to the end of the Earth a for a Price. Bystra Douthat the associated press ave Shulls is an old fashioned Bounty Hunter who will Chase you to the ends of the Earth a if the Price is right. Quot i be brought people Back from Egypt Santo Domingo Jamaica you  it Quot says Shults a towering 280-Pound Man with dyed Blond hair and a Diamond stud in his left earlobe. Quot and i can t even keep track of All the people i be hauled Back from  a former professional wrestler who performed As Quot or. A Quot Shults became a Bounty Hunter after retiring from the ring. A but Don t Call him a Bounty Hunter. He thinks the term evokes Hollywood style images of heartless gunslingers in 10-gallon hats. A Quot i prefer to be called a bail enforcement officer. It sounds More professional and Bounty Hunters Are not always viewed positively these Days Quot says the 43-year-old native of Tennessee. Quot but in fact i am a Bounty Hunter and i m one of the Best in the country. Ask any of the bail Bondsmen i work for and they la Tell you the same  Mary Casey a bail Bondsman in Hartford conn., promptly Calls Shults whenever one of her clients fails to show up for a court Date. Quot i can t say enough Good about a Dave Quot says Casey who pays Shults 10 percent of the Bond plus expenses to find Quot skips Quot As they re known in the Trade. Casey says Bounty Hunters Are an obscure but integral part of the criminal Justice system. Quot they re crucial for a bail Bondsman and they save the state a lot of Money too Quot she says. Quot under the Law we have authority to bring Back somebody who skips out while the police must get a governor s warrant and go through the Long expensive extradition  she says Shults is extremely reliable and willing to accept a Job Quot at the drop of a  Quot although i was a Little leery about doing it i called Dave the night before the Rodney King verdict was expected and asked him to go get a Guy in los Angeles Quot she says. Quot Dave did t even hesitate and he found the Guy  Shults says he got into the business six years ago when a private investigator asked him to give it a try. Since then he says he has joined the National bail enforcers association and has caught More than 500 bail jumpers some of whom tried to put up a fight before he returned them to Connecticut to stand trial. Quot i be been shot at a few times Quot says Shults who has a License to carry a gun and packs a hammerless.38-caliber revolver Quot i be also had a few Guys try to fight me but that did t last too  Shults says he enters a Case after the police have failed to do their Job and the bail Bondsman has nowhere else to turn. Quot i usually get a photograph and a last known address from the Bondsman Quot. He says. Quot then armed with a failure to appear warrant i go out and Start beating the Bushes. Sometimes if i m not getting anywhere i la put out a Reward poster. I be found that Money talks on the  it he said his Job while demanding and dangerous can also be lucrative. Quot i picked up a couple of Guys who had skipped out on $250,000 Bonds and made Between $20,000 and $30,000 on each Deal Quot he says. I got $10,000 for bringing that Guy Back from . Though he insists he always tries to cooperate with local authorities Shults was arrested in 1090 for kicking Down the door at the Home of a woman wanted on drug charges. He later filed a lawsuit still pending alleging false arrest. Quot under the Law Quot he says Quot i m authorized to kick Down your door if you be skipped your Bond and i know you re hiding behind that door. Besides i notified the Hartford police of what i intended to do. They stood by and let me do it then arrested  All in All Shults says he loves the Chase a As Well As the Freedom and adventure of his life As a Bounty Hunter. Quot it s a dirty Job one that nobody wants to do Quot he says. Quot but i found out i was Good at it. And on top of that it pays the  i prefer to be called a bail enforcement officer. But in fact i am a Bounty Hunter and i m one of the Best in the country Dave Shults Short subject town life goes on after the base is gone by Caroline Langie the associated press Frank Kaufman remembers a time when the most successful businesses in Roswell n.m., were moving companies. After nearby Walker fab closed in 1967, its b-52 bombers flying Low in a Farewell Salute Roswell went into a tailspin losing a third of its population. Quot Wei were panic stricken Quot says Kaufman a former Roswell chamber of Commerce vice president who had been stationed at Walker. Quot we had mixed emotions. We thought the town would  but 25 years later this Southeastern new Mexico City once again is brimming with neighbors chatting Over backyard fences and meeting at their favorite family restaurant on main Street. The former military base is Home to a bustling Industrial Park with 14 manufacturing companies an airline Pilot training program a municipal Airport Eastern new Mexico University a Roswell Branch and a medical rehabilitation facility. The Bottom line message from Roswell a leaders to the communities currently affected by the proposed closure or consolidation of 165 bases it does no to have to mean economic  Walker closed Roswell lost $1 million a month in military payroll Money alone and Many people left to search for work. Quot people were moving right and left Quot chamber of Commerce executive director j. J. Johnston said. Quot there were a lot of tears shed. The emotional loss was devastating.�?�. But there was an up Side to the closing Roswell mayor William Bra nerd says the town lost its doomsayers and crybabies. What was left he said was a group of people with Pride in their town and a willingness to work for it. Quot the people who stayed invested time and Money to bring Rossett Back when it was t obvious it was coming Back Quot Brainerd said. Quot it took people who were pretty self reliant who had Faith in Roswell. They took it As their responsibility to keep the town from  Gail Harris who was mayor in 1967, put together a team of about 20 people called the Roswell Industrial development corp. The team studied the base for six months and produced a plan and $300,000 from private investors to keep Roswell from becoming another southwestern ghost town. Instead of considering walkers 5,029 acres and empty hangars White elephants the town put them to work. The air base four Miles South of the City became the Roswell Industrial air Center. It gradually grew Quot attracting manufacturers and with them jobs. The Center now employs about 3,000 people. And it has helped save the town. Roswell s population has climbed from about 34,000 in 1970 to about 45,000 today. New Mexico Santa Fao Roswell a