1-11-2010

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Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 120, No. 9 50¢ Daily / $1 Sunday

INSIDE NEWS

SOUTH GETS WINTER BLAST ATLANTA (AP) — Temperatures plummeted late Monday, turning slushy streets into sheets of ice across Southern states that are more accustomed to sunshine than snow. - PAGE A2

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

January 11, 2011

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Suspect in Ariz. shooting held without bail

PHOENIX (AP) — Jared Loughner, his head shaved and a cut on his right temple, stared vacantly at a packed courtroom Monday. About 100 miles away, the congresswoman he is accused of trying to assassinate lay gravely wounded, but able to give a thumbsup sign that doctors took as hope. Loughner’s arrival in the federal courthouse in downtown Phoenix was the nation’s first look at the 22year-old loner. His hands cuffed, Loughner seemed impassive, a stark contrast to the man who witnesses say shot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in

the head at close range in a rampage that left six dead, including a federal judge, and injured 14 others at the three-term Democrat’s outdoor meeting with constituents in Tucson on Saturday. At one point during his initial court hearing, Loughner stood at a lectern in his beige prison jumpsuit. A U.S. marshal stood guard nearby. The judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison — or the death penalty — for killing federal Judge John Roll. “Yes,” he said. His newly appointed lawyer, Judy Clarke, stood beside him.

She had defended “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski. The judge ordered Loughner held without bail. Throngs of reporters and television news crews lined up outside the federal courthouse, where the hearing was moved from Tucson. The entire federal bench there recused itself because Roll was the chief judge. President Barack Obama will travel to Arizona on Wednesday to attend a memorial service for the victims, a senior administration of ficial told The Associated Press. The official spoke on the condition

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Books of condolences and well wishes are signed for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and other shooting victims, Monday, in the Cannon House Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington.

of anonymity because the

president’s trip had not

Herrera pleads not guilty

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INSIDE SPORTS

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From left, Noreen Jaramillo, of the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, shows off 9-year-old Madison Lloyd’s award winning cabbage at Military Heights Elementary School on Monday.

Girl with green thumb wins big AUBURN WINS TITLE GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Aubur n running back Michael Dyer never heard any whistle, so he just kept running — past the tackler who thought he had him down and deep into Oregon territory. - PAGE B1

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CLASSIFIEDS..........B5 COMICS.................B3 ENTERTAINMENT.....B5 FINANCIAL .............E4 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........A8 LOTTERIES ............A2 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ..............A8

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See SUSPECT, Page A3

MATT ARCO RECORD STAFF WRITER A Roswell student was announced as the statewide winner of a national cabbage growing program for thirdgrade students who grow leafy-green vegetables likely too large for the dinner table. Madison Lloyd, 9, was presented an award at Military Heights Elementary School on Monday after growing a 29-pound prize-winning cabbage. Bonnie Plants, a national plant wholesaler based in Alabama that sponsors the annual event, presented Lloyd with a $1,000 savings bond.

“It was really fun,” Lloyd said, referring to the growing process. “This is the first time I’ve done something like this.”

Lloyd explained how she frequently popped her head over her grandfather’s garden fence to check her plant’s growth. She says her grandfather, Gene Parker, helped her grow the plant that she says was too heavy for her to lift on her own.

“I remember when she first brought the cabbage plant home from school it was a little twig, but she worked hard with the guidance of her grandfather ... to grow this award-winning cabbage,” said Melissa Lloyd, Madison’s mother. “We are

so proud of her.” The award was given during a presentation at the elementary school. “I think it’s an important lesson for everyone ... because it shows the importance of agriculture in our everyday lives,” said Noreen Jaramillo, spokeswoman for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. “We’re just trying to start a gardener for the future,” said Danny Edwards, a manager with Bonnie Plants. Last year’s New Mexico prize was awarded to a third-grade student in Albuquerque.

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Israel S. Herrera, 22, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and shooting at or from a motor vehicle, in 5th Judicial District Court on Monday. Herrera is accused of the Nov. 22 shooting death of Stephen Foster, 25. According to the criminal complaint filed in magistrate court on Nov. 23, Foster was shot in the head while driving a friend's van in front of the residence at 104 W. Walnut St. Foster was the son of Dana Dryden, former publisher of the Roswell Daily Record. According to the criminal complaint, Foster and his passenger went to Herrera’s house. Foster got out of the vehicle at Herrera’s house; a witness heard Foster talking, but could not tell to whom. An eyewitness testified in Magistrate court that she “heard a pop and then he (Foster) was dead." Detective Albert Aldana said he found casings in the front yard, and a firear m and a magazine located in the garbage can of a nearby home. Officials also found blood spattered on Herrera’s hands and clothes immediately after the shooting. A docket call is scheduled for Jan. 18.

RPD detective Rottman runs for school board arrested for battery EMILY RUSSO MILLER RECORD STAFF WRITER

JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Roswell Police Detective Jeannie Madsen, an 11year veteran of the Roswell Police Department, was arrested on Sunday in connection with a domestic violence incident around 9:30 p.m., on Saturday. Madsen’s husband, Sgt. Eric Madsen, arrived at the RPD around 8 a.m. Sunday to file the report. According to the criminal complained filed in magistrate court, Madsen stated that he and his wife got into a verbal argument, and “she kicked him and struck him, causing bruises and scrapes.” The official who took the report said he saw bruises and scrapes on Madsen’s legs. An arrest warrant was issued by Judge John Halvorson against Madsen for battery against a household member.

Jeannie Madsen

The case will be prosecuted by District Attorney Matt Chandler of the 9th Judicial District. “The decision was made by (Hicks) to hand it over to Matt Chandler,” said Chief Dennis Kintigh. “She has worked with him in the past.” Kintigh was unwilling to discuss the cause of the altercation. See BATTERY, Page A3

First-time campaigner G.A. Rottman is challenging sitting board member and former president of the school board, James Waldrip, for his seat representing District 2, which covers north and northwestern Roswell. A former special education substitute teacher, Rottman said he wants to improve special education programs in the district, like maximum level services program Level D. Students enrolled in Level D, also known as Level 4, programs spend more than 75 percent of the school day receiving special services including speech therapy, physical therapy and social work services. “I would like to see a revamping of the Level D programs,” Rottman said. “Some of them have been

Emily Russo Miller Photo

G.A. Rottman is running against James Waldrip for RISD’s District 2 school board seat.

redone and some of them haven’t been redone in the district.” Rottman noted that he is a father of six and that three of his children are enrolled in special education classes in the Roswell school district. He said he is for quality

teachers, better education and better schools. “I’d like to be able to better the school district for our kids,” Rottman, 56, said. Rottman, orginally from Fremont, Mich., moved See ROTTMAN, Page A3


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