11-13-2011

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Roswell Daily Record

Obama visits Giffords in hospital

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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — President Barack Obama flew to Arizona Wednesday and headed straight to Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ bedside to pay his respects to the wounded lawmaker as he sought to unify a mourning nation. Obama and his wife, Michelle, were visiting privately at University Medical Center with Giffords and other victims of the weekend shootings that killed six people and wounded 13. He was then meeting with family members of those killed before speaking at a nighttime memorial service in Tucson. “The president wanted to begin this solemn trip by stopping first at the hospital where Congresswoman Giffords and others continue to recuperate,” White House

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spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters traveling with the president. Giffords was the target of the first assassination attempt on a member of Congress in decades. Searching for the right tone in the evening service, Obama aimed to console the country, not dissect its politics. In talking of those shot and killed, Obama will “reflect on how all of us might best honor their memory in our own lives,” his spokesman said. The president was expected to speak for about 15 minutes. A bipartisan delegation of lawmakers accompanied him on Air Force One in a sign of solidarity. Back on Capitol Hill, Giffords’ House colleagues praised her and the other shooting victims and insist-

ed that violence would not silence democracy. “We will have the last word,” declared new House Speaker John Boehner. He fought back tears as he described Giffords’ battle to recover from Saturday’s gunshot wound to her head. Obama was again playing the role of national consoler that comes to all presidents See OBAMA, Page A3 AP Photo

RIGHT: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, en route Tucson, Ariz., to attend a memorial service for victims of the mass shooting that targeted Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.

Law enforcement gets New Age flashlight JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER

New Mexico State Police patrolman Marcus Gonzales demonstrates the newly acquired Digital Ally Flashlight during a press conference held Wednesday at the Chaves County Administrative Center.

Marcus Gonzales, patrolman with the New Mexico State Police, led a special presentation on Digital Ally flashlights that were handed out ceremoniously to the Roswell Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s office and New Mexico State Police officers, Wednesday. Gonzales’ presentation included a video of a real driving while intoxicated stop that took place on highway 285, south of Roswell. The video, shot through Gonzales’ Digital Ally flashlight, shows an intoxicated DWI suspect going through a sobriety test and failing miserably. Gonzales said that the tape “kept him out of court,” because the video served as enough evidence to convict the suspect, when the case was handed to the district attorney’s office. “The camera was designed for the policing ... on DWI,” he said. “We uti-

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration defended itself Wednesday against allegations that it circumvented the law when it put the brakes on the publication of numerous pending and proposed rules in the state register, including new regulations aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across New Mexico. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center claims in a lawsuit filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court that the administration disregarded the law

when it moved to halt the codification and printing of the greenhouse gas regulations, which were approved in December by state regulators and filed with the state records administrator. Without publication, the rules cannot become effective. The law center petitioned the court on behalf of New Energy Economy, a nonprofit group that pushed for the greenhouse gas emissions cap. The center is asking the court to force Martinez and F. David Martin, whom she nominated to head the state Environ-

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Blackdom Memorial Inc. to hold MLK celebration on Sat. JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER

For 12 years, Roswell’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Breakfast, sponsored by Blackdom Memorial Inc., NAACP and now the Roswell Civic Center, and many others, has grown from being a small gathering of 60 people to an event that is attended by 200 or more annually. “It has moved along quite successfully,” Lanjur Abukusomo, Black-

dom Memorial Inc. President, said. ”We’ve had some notable speakers ... we’ve had all sorts of people come in for entertainment.” The 9 a.m. breakfast will take place at Roswell Civic and Convention Center, Saturday. Mayor Del Jurney will be the keynote speaker and the Michael Francis Spice of Life band will provide the musical entertainment. Tickets are $12 and can See MLK, Page A3

Stewart steps in at CCDC JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

As former administrator Alfonso Solis moves to the Roswell Police Department, the adminstration of Chaves County Detention Center has been taken over by Deputy Administrator Sandra Stewart. “I would tell the citizens that Chaves County Detention Center is in good hands,” said Solis. Solis’ philosophy of management is to make sure the next in line is trained to replace him. “I’ve been responsible for the day-to-day opera-

tions of the adult facility for the last year, and the previous year, I was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the juvenile facility and court services,” Stewart explained. Court services include DWI and misdemeanor probation, electronic monitoring and courtappointed community service. Solis described the new acting administrator as capable and well educated. Stewart has a master’s degree in criminal justice from New Mexico State

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lize these in administrating the standardized field sobriety test. It’s a great tool that we’ve been given for policing.” According to Gonzales, the new flashlights cost about $1,100-$1,300 and are extremely durable. The camera has a USB port, which enables officers to attain video and audio from the device, and includes an AV port that allows officers to watch video on a television. The camera’s internal battery can be charged for 15 hours of use. Charlotte Andrade, community developer and DWI director at the Chaves County Administrative Center, said that the flashlights will be distributed to all RPD members in Roswell after proper training. “This is purchased out of our DWI grant fund,” she said. “It is a purchase that was made by the DWI planning council. This is to help

Lawsuit targets NM Gov’s actions on new rules

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ment Department, to follow the law and have the regulations published. Bruce Frederick, a staff attorney with the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, argues in the lawsuit that the emissions rules were adopted by the state Environmental Improvement Board and should not be considered as pending because they haven’t been published in the register. The lawsuit accuses Martinez, Martin and State Records Administrator SanSee LAWSUIT, Page A3

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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez holds a press conference with Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) Secretary-designate Rick May and DFA Deputy Secretary for Budget Duffy Rodriguez to introduce the Governor's FY 2012 budget proposal at the Cabinet Room in the Governor's Office on Monday.


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