Roswell Daily Record THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
Vol. 124, No. 140 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday
June 12, 2015
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Council rejects mayor’s ETZ appointees
By Jeff Tucker Record Staff Writer
Amid an accusation of political bullying, the Roswell City Council Thursday night rejected Mayor Dennis Kintigh’s recommendations for new appointees to a zoning board slated to hear an appeal of a proposed medical marijuana growing facility. The city council voted 8-2 Tuesday night on a motion rejecting the mayor’s recommendations for new appointees to the Roswell-Chaves County Extraterritorial Zoning Authority. City Councilors Natasha Mackey and Juan Oropesa, who
were Kintigh’s choices for new appointees to the ETZ Authority, were the only two city councilors to back the mayor in the 8-2 vote. In a subsequent “housekeeping” vote, the city council voted 9-1 in favor of City Councilor Steve Henderson’s motion to retain City Councilors Tabitha Denny and Savino Sanchez Jr. on the ETZ Authority. Oropesa was the only city councilor to back the mayor in the 9-1 vote. “Alright, fair enough,” Kintigh said after the votes.
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Roswell City Councilor Tabitha Denny chastises Mayor Dennis Kintigh Thursday for alleged political bullying. Kintigh, right, recommended replacing Denny and City Councilor Savino Sanchez Jr., left, on a zoning board slated to hear a pot farm appeal because of prior statements made by Denny and Sanchez concerning medical marijuana.
See COUNCIL, Page A3
Funeral funds stolen
Roswell welcomes new Domino’s Staff Report The Domino’s on North Main Street and Country Club Road is scheduled to reopen today as it relocates just a stone’s throw away from its old building to the building next door, which was formerly a KFC. The building is hard to miss with a statue of a green alien dressed in a Domino’s uniform standing by the main doors. A ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by The Roswell Chamber of Commerce will take place at 10 a.m. Magician and funny man Jamie O’Hara, who was featured recently in Vision magazine, will make the rounds
during the grand opening doing card tricks and other feats of magic. The new Domino’s features state-of-the-art equipment such as pizza trackers that show the progress of every customer order along with free Wi-Fi, USB power outlets, flat screen TVs and a chalkboard wall allowing customers to express their creativity or leave feedback for store team members. The open kitchen design will allow customers to see the pizzas being made and interact with employees while working, Marketing Officer Lawrence Joy said. “This is called a Domino’s
By Jared Tucker Multimedia Journalist
A family trying to raise money for their child’s funeral after a tragedy at Bottomless Lakes State Park recently suffered another loss after an armed robber stole a donation jar from a cashier’s counter when he couldn’t scare the cashiers into giving him any of the store’s money. According to Roswell Police Public Information Officer Todd Wildermuth, officers responded to the Family Dollar Store on the 900 block of East Second Street around 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, where cashiers told police a white male in his early 20’s entered the store and asked for cigarettes. Cashier Marcy Sanchez told the Daily Record it was just another average day at work. She was gathering some items she had purchased to make dinner for her family when she noticed the suspect in line with one customer ahead of him. Her co-worker refused to sell him the cigarettes because he couldn’t produce proper identification, Sanchez said, and thats when he pulled a large hunting knife and demanded money. “He demanded both of us give him money from the register,” Sanchez said. What the suspect didn’t know is that Sanchez had
See DOMINO’S, Page A3
Above: Submitted photo. A young chef learns how to make a pizza during a VIP party Tuesday while Candace Lewis, office manager at the Roswell Chamber of Commerce, snaps pictures. Left: Timothy P. Howsare photo. Seating at the new Dominos on North Main Street includes a counter, tables and booths. Customers can watch their pizzas being made.
See STOLEN, Page A3
RISD teacher eval results are released
ILEA-Roswell welcomes delegates
By Dylanne Petros Record Staff Writer Teachers in the Roswell Independent School District are getting better, according to evaluation results that were released. Superintendent Tom Burris released the results at Tuesday’s school board meeting and said the teachers in the district are better than the state’s average. Evaluations are comprised of three different sections, Burris said. Twenty-five percent of the evaluation comes from teacher observation, 25 percent comes from teacher attendance and student and parent surveys. The other 50 percent comes from student achievement, he said.
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Right: Delegates from Ghana, Malawi and South Africa are welcomed to Roswell in a reception held at the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art Tuesday. The 25 delegates are here for four-weeks to be taught by the International Law Enforcement Academy-Roswell. ILEA-Roswell exposes “participants from around the world to critical foreign policy objectives of the Department of State and the latest techniques in criminal justice practice,” according to their official website. John Chavers, from ILEA-Roswell, said that even though there are five ILEAs in the world, the ILEA in Roswell is the only one that brings delegates from around the world. Chavers said ILEA-Roswell hopes to bring the “best and brightest from around the world.” Top: The delegate leader from Malawi waves the New Mexico flag as he makes his speech.
Today’s Forecast
HIGH 94 LOW 64
• Lawrence Montoya Sr. • Shannon “Bubba” Tunnell
See RESULTS, Page A2
Index
Today’s Obituaries Page A6
• James L. Bruin • Joe Gutierrez Jr.
Last year, there were 186 teachers in the district who were rated effective. This year that number jumped to 270. “We grew quite a bit,” Burris said. RISD is even doing better than the state. This year the state has 78 percent of teachers rate as effective or better. RISD has 80 percent of teachers rated at effective or better. The state decreased 5 percent from last year’s score while RISD increased 14 percent. To get their score, teachers are evaluated using percentage points, Burris said, which is the amount of points earned over possible points multiplied by
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