The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from April 1999

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from April 1999

Police: West Mesa device was a prank, not a bomb.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A device found in a bathroom at West Mesa High School proved not to be a bomb at all, but Albuquerque police are continuing an investigation into who pulled the prank. The campus at 6701...

Director works to reopen youth center.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER Doors were locked Thursday to the drop-in center on Central Avenue for homeless teens. No one was allowed to enter, not even center director Donna Rowe. Rowe said late Thursday that she had worked...

Big book sale gets under way.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Toby Jorrin/Tribune Volunteer Craig Rahn unpacks magazines for the Friends for the Public Library's 30th annual Great Big Book Sale, going on at The Pit this weekend. The...

Woman to repay $93,000 swiped from companies, agencies.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER An Albuquerque woman has agreed to pay back almost $93,000 she was accused of stealing from the state and from private companies. Christine Goode, 49, pleaded guilty Wednesday in state District...

Electronic monitoring sought for youth in paramilitary case.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Susie Gran TRIBUNE REPORTER Bradley House will remain locked up while his attorney looks into the possibility of electronic monitoring, a juvenile court hearing officer decided. House, 17, is facing gun charges connected to a...

Voucher plan targets 3 counties.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos and Tim Archuleta TRIBUNE REPORTERS Gov. Gary Johnson is moving away from his ambitious statewide vouchers program. Instead, he wants to try them first on the state's big-city schoolkids. The governor's new...

Council threatensConvention Center with privatization.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER City councilors gave a stern warning to Albuquerque Convention Center Director Ron Beserra: Improve service and get the center's financial house in order, or prepare to let a private company take...

Wherry turns fax into honors.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash TRIBUNE REPORTER KAFB school among 15 U.S. semifinalists for teaching award Education success stories An idea that started on a sheet of fax paper nearly four years ago might help teachers at Wherry Elementary...

Storm brings flooding to much of the state.
April 30, 1999... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS A storm swept across New Mexico, blocking roads with water, causing mudslides, knocking over trees and hurting at least two people. The biggest problem today appeared to be flooding. Kathie...

Police seek tips on flight attendant's homicide.
April 30, 1999... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Detectives need tips on who killed a flight attendant and where. The body of Stephane Murphey, 37, of Rio Rancho was found April 19 in her car, which was parked at the Warren Coronado Apartments on Indian School...

Training offered for convention staff.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER As the City Council scrutinizes the management of the Albuquerque Convention Center, a consultant is volunteering to go in and train center employees on the finer points of customer service. ...

Panel recommends more names be required on election petition.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich TRIBUNE REPORTER The city's Charter Review Task Force has recommended that Albuquerque's City Charter be amended to nearly double the number of signatures required on petitions submitted by would-be mayoral...

Question marks.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Compiled by Edgar Thompson Photos by Marc Piscotty of The Tribune The Lobos entered spring football practice with 10 dilemmas. As camp ends, here's a progress report alongwith head coach Rocky Long's views. 1 Who'll replace...

Lobos could lose recruit but free up a scholarship.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER Coach Fran Fraschilla soon could have an open scholarship to give to one of the three recruits visiting the University of New Mexico this week. Amarillo High School star Josh Faltesek, who...

High school ADs to protest realignment.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER Athletics directors from Albuquerque Public Schools high schools plan to protest impending district realignment at a New Mexico Activities Association board meeting on Monday. The athletics...

Golfer D.J. Brigman finishes his collegiate career in the driver's seat.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Michael J. Garcia TRIBUNE REPORTER LOBO SCENE Senior D.J. Brigman is playing the best golf of his collegiate career. Not coincidentally, the University of New Mexico men's golf team also is riding a hot streak. Brigman...

Lobos advance to WAC semifinals.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The University of New Mexico women's tennis team was to face San Diego State this afternoon for a berth in the championship of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament against top-seeded Fresno...

Even on an off day, Sandia's Jones is strong.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER Like the fallen Titanic challenging the iceberg to a rematch, minutes after losing to quite possibly the city's top tennis player, Anders Hanish proclaims: "He's beatable." Beatable? Sandia...

Sun to renegotiate agreements with lenders.(Business)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL&REGIONAL Albuquerque's Sun Healthcare has until May 28 to renegotiate agreements with its lenders. Collectively, the banks have agreed to waive the company's covenant defaults while the...

Trading barracks for skylights.(The Arts & Entertainment)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Lisa Bornstein TRIBUNE A & E EDITOR Formerly confined in Army huts, the Santa Fe Art Institute is eager to honor its students, teachers and visiting artists with a brand new $3.3 million building that houses studios and living...

New studios splash light, inspiration.(The Arts & Entertainment)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Lisa Bornstein TRIBUNE A & E EDITOR Ricardo Legorreta's bold, soaring buildings should be a landmark for Santa Fe. The twin buildings of the Santa Fe Art Institute and the College of Santa Fe's Visual Arts Center pay homage...

Famed 'Fledermaus' waltzes through a world of deceit.(The Arts & Entertainment)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Trilby Davis TRIBUNE REPORTER For decades he has been called the King of Waltz. And he's not Lawrence Welk. It's Johann Strauss Jr., and in honor of his life and death, the University of New Mexico Opera Theatre will...

Radiant 'Americanos' illuminates Hispanic life.(The Arts & Entertainment)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Rachel Smolkin Scripps Howard News Service There are photographic portraits of the famous, like actor Andy Garcia, and the anonymous, like migrant farm worker David Aguilar. There are images of fathers and sons, of teachers...

Organizer declares local poetry effort a success.(The Arts & Entertainment)
April 30, 1999... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez TRIBUNE REPORTER For a month anyway, poetry ruled. Not just in meccas like New York, Boston and San Francisco, but across the country. National Poetry Month and, in Albuquerque, "Poetry Habitat: A Convergence...

Children's fest blends a world of music with a freed spirit.(The Arts & Entertainment)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Steve Rabourn TRIBUNE REPORTER Nkazi Sinandile and her husband came to the United States from South Africa in 1981. At the time, the apartheid-era South African government was an instrument of oppression and intimidation. ...

Water users protest river protection for silvery minnow.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Pete Herrera THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FARMER VS. FISH As a child, Isleta Pueblo resident Andy Padilla and his buddies knew how to turn a dry summer into a profitable one. By July, when the Rio Grande, which runs through the...

Man turns himself in in fatal hit-and-run.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A Jemez Pueblo man who initially thought he had run over a large animal has turned himself in after learning that what his vehicle hit and killed last weekend was a man, authorities said. ...

Councilor to propose temporary City Hall hiring freeze.
April 30, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Some city councilors will try to temporarily freeze hiring at City Hall next month to give themselves a chance to comb through the city budget. The 16-day hiring freeze would affect all...

Wind rakes wide area of New Mexico; two injured in Aztec when cottonwood falls.
April 30, 1999... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Winds howled and lightning flashed over the city as a storm swept through overnight. A National Weather Service employee in Albuquerque said a 56-mph wind gust was recorded at the airport at 10:48 p.m....

Emerson's teacher honored for excellence.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports An Albuquerque teacher has received a Presidential Award for Excellence in mathematics teaching. Judith L. Taylor, a teacher at Emerson Elementary School, was named today as a winner of the Presidential...

Dendahl unopposed in bid to lead GOP again.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF John Dendahl, the chairman of the state Republican Party since 1994, is expected to lead the state GOP into the next millennium. Dendahl is unopposed in his bid for another two-year term as...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Redmond for Senate? Former Republican Rep. Bill Redmond is considering running for the Senate, challenging incumbent Democrat Jeff Bingaman. Redmond, who won a special election in the 3rd...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Hantavirus: New Mexico's fifth hantavirus case of 1999 has been confirmed in a 56-year-old Cibola County woman who is in critical condition at University Hospital.

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports Traffic death: Stephanie Lovato, 21, of Albuquerque died after a two-vehicle accident at Tramway Boulevard and Comanche Road around 2:15 this morning, police said. Timothy L. Butler, 43, of Albuquerque was...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Plague: A mountain lion found dead in a canyon just east of Albuquerque died of plague. Environmental health officials are asking homeowners in the area to contact them if the homeowners notice...

Bank robbery is city's ninth of the year.(Local News)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A bank robber implied he had a gun, got cash from a teller, then fled on foot and maybe a bike, the FBI says. No one was hurt in the robbery Tuesday at the Norwest Bank at 108 Juan Tabo...

Sanford's double keys Dukes win.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE OMAHA, Neb. The Albuquerque Dukes, coming off a 3-1 win over Omaha, conclude their four-game roadtrip against the Golden Spikes tonight. They begin a nine-day homestand on Saturday at 7 p.m....

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports Pojoaque coach fired: Ernie Rodriguez has been fired as the boys basketball coach at Pojoaque High School. He was 87-88 in seven years at the school.

AT A GLANCE.(Business)
April 30, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports Tourism Week: National Tourism Week is May 2-8. Sunday is the grand opening of the new West Side Visitor Information Center at Cottonwood Mall. Wednesday industry employees will wear red for National Tourist...

Appeals court reluctantly dismisses gambling suit.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich and Jessica Wehrman TRIBUNE REPORTERS The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., has dismissed with reluctance a gambling-related lawsuit filed a year ago by Sandia and Isleta Pueblos against U.S. Secretary of the...

Bingaman revives high-tech bill to keep schools safe.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Jessica Wehrman TRIBUNE REPORTER *LITTLETON AFTERMATH WASHINGTON -- An identification badge that changes colors after several hours may seem an amusing novelty, but a group of senators says such technology could help prevent...

DOE confirms nuclear codes were breached.
April 29, 1999... Byline: WIRE REPORTS WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Bill Richardson has confirmed that a large number of top-secret weapons computer codes were transferred from a highly secure system to an unclassified computer at the Los Alamos...

Bomb squad explodes 'curious object' at school.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Albuquerque Police Department officers found and exploded a "curious object" this morning at West Mesa High School. The part of the campus where the device was discovered was evacuated, APS...

Councilor to propose City Hall hiring freeze.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Some city councilors will try to temporarily freeze hiring at City Hall next month to give themselves a chance to comb through the city budget. The 16-day hiring freeze would affect all...

Super experiments spin heady impressions on N.M. students.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Kate Nash TRIBUNE REPORTER LOS ALAMOS In 30 years, some of this year's graduating high school seniors might remember going to the prom. Or making the game-winning basket. Or their first road trip without parents. But four...

Pool hall victim felt something bad might happen.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Gutierrez Krueger TRIBUNE REPORTER Gang friction, "mad-dog" stares and hard feelings over a previous scuffle may have led to the shooting death of an 18-year-old Albuquerque man in a Northeast Heights pool hall, authorities said....

Police rank and file to vote on new contract.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos TRIBUNE REPORTER Albuquerque police officers will decide next week whether to accept a one-year, 3 percent pay increase that union officials negotiated with the city. The police officers union has reached a...

Locally, teen-rate declines smaller.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich TRIBUNE REPORTER Teen pregnancy in Albuquerque, as measured by number of births and by birthrate or number of births per thousand teens is dropping more slowly than in the 49 other largest cities in the United...

Ray Sena gets driver's license back.
April 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Shuttlejack owner Ray Sena has paid at least $243 in fines and fees and now has a valid driver's license again. Sena, whose companies have been under fire since a March 2 fatal bus accident, had...

A few too many congressional cooks could spoil Los Alamos spy-probe stew.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Jessica Wehrman TRIBUNE REPORTER While it may not be rare to have several committees investigating the same issue, some feel it could muddy the waters in the espionage case. WASHINGTON At least nine congressional committees...

Candy Lady taking sweets to the Heights.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Leanne Potts RETAIL CORNER Holy X-rated chocolate! The Candy Lady is closing her store in Old Town. After nearly two decades of selling homemade confections in the city's tourist district, owners Debbie and Jim Ball are...

Driving is the top hazard for death at work.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Leanne Potts ASSISTANT BUSINESS EDITOR When a worker is killed on the job in New Mexico, odds are nearly 1 in 3 he died at the wheel of a vehicle. Motor-vehicle incidents were the No. 1 cause of workplace fatalities in 1998,...

Symposium matches ideas, money.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER The event, now in its sixth year, has had increasing success in bringing high-tech start-ups together with the venture capital needed to get off the ground. Silicon Mesa is a far cry from...

1998 participant takes creation to the Internet.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Digital computer-imagery guru Brad Carvey has found a test market for MyTv, a software/hardware system designed to create professional quality videos from still photographs. "We are...

Speed reads.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Tax info The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Internal Revenue Service have teamed up to help small businesses handle tax issues. The new pilot program offers tax information and forms on a CD-ROM specifically for...

People.(Business)
April 29, 1999... PROMOTIONS, POSITIONS ACCOUNTING Neff & Ricci LLP, announced Sean Murphy has joined its audit department. Murphy is an assistant staff accountant who previously worked for Norwest Bank. BANKING Glena S. Gebara joined First...

High unemployment, poverty burden Las Cruces, feds say.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports Las Cruces is among the small and medium-sized cities still having financial problems despite the robust national economy, the federal government said Wednesday. Nearby, El Paso and Pueblo, Colo. were also...

New diet pill anticipated as sweet relief for overweight diabetics.(Editorials)(Column)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Macario Juarez Jr. TRIBUNE REPORTER Doctors in Albuquerque are studying the effects of Xenical, a highly anticipated diet pill, on local diabetics. "We have 18 patients involved in the clinical trial," said Dr. Robert T....

State-formed workers comp insurer had a very good year.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Sherry Robinson TRIBUNE BUSINESS EDITOR New Mexico Mutual Casualty Co. says that when it does well, the state does well. And that's not hype. The company created by state legislators had a good year in 1998, "but we're about...

22-year-old named head of family bank.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press TAOS Rebeca Romero says she wasn't prepared for the reaction to her appointment as president and chief executive officer of the Taos-based bank her family operates. "To many, hearing the age 22, a woman...

Sandia Labs' McCampbell helped engineer Apollo lunar lander.(Obituary)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Jason Gibbs TRIBUNE REPORTER When American astronauts went to the moon, one of those on the ground who had a role in their success was Carroll Beecher McCampbell, a Sandia Labs engineer who worked on the Apollo lunar lander. ...

EDITORIALS.(Opinion)
April 29, 1999... Tolerance, smaller schools among answers to Littleton High schools can be hell for teens scorned by their classmates a fire of torments burning long before students explode in the kind of violence that consumed Columbine High in...

Suit say Sena dodging debt by hiding assets.
April 29, 1999... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE The state Labor Department is accusing Shuttlejack owner Ray Sena of using his various companies to hide assets from creditors and stymie efforts by state officials to collect taxes. "He uses the...

Presbyterian Hospital hit by power outage.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A late-morning power outage Wednesday prompted Presbyterian Hospital to divert some emergency-room cases to other area hospitals for a time. Hospital spokeswoman Carroll Gunn said a...

Farmington ex-cop may sue investigators.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Deborah Baker The Associated Press SANTA FE A former Farmington police officer acquitted of murdering his wife may sue state investigators on civil-rights allegations, the state Court of Appeals ruled. The appellate court on...

No state budget, no higher ed, Gordon warns.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Frank Zoretich TRIBUNE REPORTER University of New Mexico President William C. Gordon warned that if the state Legislature and the governor do not agree on a state budget including appropriations for higher education by the July 1...

Mayor, APS superintendent call citywide school-safety summit.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER The effects of the Littleton, Colo., school shooting continue to resonate in Albuquerque, with the mayor and school superintendent scheduling a wide-ranging school-safety summit on June 29. ...

Midschool is 2nd to be threatened on Internet.
April 29, 1999... Byline: Andy Lenderman TRIBUNE REPORTER City and Albuquerque Public Schools police were dispatched to Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School in response to a violent threat against the school over the Internet. School was not canceled...

Lobo women netters whip Cowgirls.(Sports)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The University of New Mexico women's tennis team advanced to today's quarterfinals of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament to play Tulsa. The No. 2-seeded Lobos blanked Wyoming 6-0...

Highland sprinter is among the best,and he's just learning.(Sports)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Edgar Thompson TRIBUNE REPORTER Highland sprinter Pedro Tunon wants to be the best, he just prefers not to talk about it. It turns out Tunon is as humble as he is fast. Apparently, the only time he's not shy is when he's...

Del Norte, West Mesa battle for spot at state.(Sports)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Rick A. Maese TRIBUNE REPORTER Denied in its bid for first place, the Del Norte softball team must now win a key game to hold on to second. The Knights will have to defeat West Mesa on Saturday if they are to keep the...

The 125th Kentucky Derby.(Sports)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Lisa Bornstein TRIBUNE REPORTER The party So you're going to throw a Derby party. There's a few things you need to know to do it like a local. I should know. Spending 18 years in Louisville and almost every holiday since...

The 125th Kentucky Derby.(Sports)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports The Downs Think you've got the winner for this year's Kentucky Derby? You can put your money where your racing form is Saturday at the Downs at Albuquerque. In addition to live racing, The Downs will...

Roberge beats Dukes with homer.(Sports)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF OMAHA, Neb. Former Albuquerque Dukes outfielder J.P. Roberge hit a solo home run for a measure of revenge in the bottom of the ninth inning as Omaha won 5-4 on Wednesday night. Roberge...

Man turns himself in in fatal hit-and-run.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF A Jemez Pueblo man who initially thought he had run over a large animal has turned himself in after learning that what his vehicle hit and killed last weekend was a man, authorities said. Dion...

UNM research cash rose 10 percent in '98.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The University of New Mexico received $175.8 million in new research grants and awards during the 1998 fiscal year, about 10 percent more than the $159.7 million it received in 1997, UNM President...

Big book sale opens tonight at The Pit.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Friends for the Public Library Great Big Book Sale. The annual event is held at The Pit. According to a news release, more than 150,000 books, maps,...

Rio Rancho student suspect in bomb threat.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Police have sealed the case of a Rio Rancho High School student suspected of phoning in a bomb threat to his school, police say. Mike Runnells, the district attorney for Cibola, Sandoval and...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Outage: A late-morning power outage Wednesday prompted Presbyterian Hospital to divert some emergency-room cases to other hospitals for a time. Hospital spokeswoman Carroll Gunn said a disruption in an...

AT A GLANCE.
April 29, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press REGIONAL ROUNDUP WIPP goes interstate: The first shipment of nuclear waste from a federal lab in Idaho arrived at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad at 7:24 p.m. Wednesday, a WIPP spokesman...

AT A GLANCE.
April 29, 1999... Byline: The Associated Press REGIONAL ROUNDUP Plane trouble: First, a Delta-Skywest flight bound from Salt Lake City to Albuquerque experienced a 20-minute delay on takeoff after a warning light flashed. Then, a cracked windshield...

Memo.(Business)
April 29, 1999... NEWS FROM BUSINESSES Avista Video Histories has gained several major contracts, including one to run the City of Rio Rancho's Cable Channel 10. Avista will manage the existing governmental programming and develop public access and...

Awards.(Business)
April 29, 1999... HONORING ACHIEVEMENT International Paper has awarded Albuquerque-based Roadrunner Trucking Inc. its Atlanta Region Carrier of the Year award for outstanding performance and a commitment toward excellence. Roadrunner is New Mexico's...

AT A GLANCE.(Business)
April 29, 1999... Byline: Staff and wire reports No to REI: The state Supreme Court has declined to reconsider a ruling that stopped the now-defunct Public Utilities Commission from opening the retail electricity market to competition. The court denied...