The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from August 2000

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from August 2000

Crime drops in Albuquerque schools, report says.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Violence and vandalism declined in almost all categories and all schools last year, according to the district police report. Fewer guns and knives found in schools, and fewer...

Domenici says he'll help city get ballpark land.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 New Mexico's senior senator will do "everything in his power" to help City Hall explore acquiring federal land near Downtown for a new baseball stadium, a congressional aide said. "Now...

Final order, other details of Friday's scheduled release remain uncertain.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB / 823-3610 FBI agents and attorneys for Wen Ho Lee gathered this morning on a quiet street in White Rock to begin arrangements the Lee family hope will culminate in the former computer scientist's...

New Mexico wildlife threatened by global warming, study says.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Global warming threatens a third of the world's wildlife and plant habitat, with 26 percent of New Mexico judged to be at risk, according to a World Wildlife Fund study. The...

Nominations being taken for Amy Biehl Spirit Award.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 It's been eight years since Amy Biehl was killed in a South African riot. But she isn't forgotten and neither is her dedication to helping disadvantaged blacks in that country. In...

Treasurer files notice he'll sue State Police.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE State Treasurer Michael Montoya has notified the Department of Public Safety he may sue the State Police because of an unannounced and, he alleges, improper search of the Treasurer's...

Officer's widow sues public safety agency.
August 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE The widow of a State Police lieutenant who committed suicide last year contends the Department of Public Safety caused his death by subjecting him to mental anguish and racial bias. Denise Hill,...

Clovis ponders whether to defy high court.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF CLOVIS School officials and student leaders will decide Friday if a prayer should be offered at this week's Clovis High School football game despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that school-sponsored...

Seizure of child grabs world's attention.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 The Straits Times is a daily, English-language newspaper published in Singapore. One of the top headlines on its website Monday read: "Mother loses custody of fat baby." The story...

Project Exile zeroes in on felons with guns.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 There was just one charge against Rigoberto Pacheco. He hadn't shot anyone. He wasn't caught with drugs. He wasn't robbing anything or anyone. But his case went down in the...

Woman asks for a break from school's dress code.
August 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS, N.M. A woman is seeking an exemption from the Las Vegas City Schools' new dress code, saying her own college education is in jeopardy because the school won't let her 10-year-old daughter attend...

Tapia, Ayala rematch won't befor title.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: John O'Rourke jorourke@abqtrib.com LAS VEGAS, Nev. No championship will be at stake in the rematch between boxers Johnny Tapia and Paulie Ayala, a spokesman for Ayala's promoter said. Tapia and Ayala will fight Oct. 7 at the...

Filling holes.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Preparing to face Boise State's mobile quarterback, the Lobos' secondary is working on mistakes that left opposing receivers wide open last weekend Luckily for the Lobos, a heated...

Pena's homer sparks Dukes win.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE NASHVILLE, Tenn. Angel Pena's three-run homer in a four-run first inning ignited an 8-2 victory for the Dukes over the host Nashville Sounds on Wednesday night. It was Pena's 17th home run...

The Great One offers undeniable proof that he is an equal-opportunity irritant Invitational.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE The Lindsey Line The Linz is disappointed that the first winner of the "Lines to the Linz" contest is a lowly Eunice Cardinals fan. The Linz never thought this would happen because The Linz figured...

Mountain West teams seek their place in football sun.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Don Mitchell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Several teams will be trying to develop an identity as the Mountain West Conference begins its second season in earnest on Saturday. "We're like everybody else. . . . We're not really sure...

Plan started to raise cash for farmers market.(Business)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici helped kick off a campaign to raise $2.2 million to provide a permanent location in Santa Fe where northern New Mexico farmers can sell their produce. The...

Rio Rancho businesses receive chamber awards.(Business)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 The Rio Rancho Chamber of Commerce has honored three companies with Outstanding Business Awards. The businesses were judged on management skill, customer service and contribution...

Photo lab to close city plant but will still offer processing.(Business)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Photo shops that use Qualex Inc. for film processing should expect continued service when the company closes its main Albuquerque lab. Qualex, a division of Eastman Kodak Co.,...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
August 31, 2000... Guard's death brought a lesson in governance The cycle of grief, experts tell us, comes full circle upon a year's anniversary. And so today, those who loved Ralph Garcia and mourn his death will close their first year of disbelief, anger,...

N.M. at risk from global warming, study says.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Global warming threatens a third of the world's wildlife and plant habitat, with 26 percent of New Mexico judged to be at risk, according to a World Wildlife Fund study. The...

State seizure of overweight child gains international media interest.
August 31, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 The Straits Times is a daily, English-language newspaper published in Singapore. One of the top headlines on its Web site Monday read: "Mother loses custody of fat baby." The story...

Two-for-one in missile test at White Sands.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE An experimental laser that someday may protect Israel's northern border blew up two rockets in simultaneous flight during a test in the New Mexico desert, the U.S. Army said....

Student asked to comply with dress code or leave.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS, N.M. A woman is seeking an exemption from the Las Vegas City Schools' new dress code, saying her own college education is in jeopardy because the school won't let her 10-year-old daughter attend...

Beep-beep! Could roadrunner adorn N.M.'s quarter?(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Beep-beep. Look out. The roadrunner may have the inside track for New Mexico's commemorative 25-cent piece. Choosing the design for the quarter doesn't actually begin until 2006, and the coin...

Prominent Santa Fean among drug arrests.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Three men, including a member of a prominent Santa Fe family, have been accused in a federal indictment of supplying heroin to the Santa Fe and Espanola areas. Robert Berardinelli, son of...

Sena fails to appeal bus permit denial.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE The former owner of the defunct Shuttlejack bus company cannot run commercial buses through New Mexico with an El Paso-based company he incorporated after a fatal crash last year. Ray Sena...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports A story Wednesday should have said that inmate Adrian Mares was stabbed multiple times, but survived, during a riot last year at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility. Mares' fate following the stabbing was...

UPDATE.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports In other NFL news: Free agent safety Omar Stoutmire signed with the New York Giants just four days after being waived by the Jets in their final roster cut-down. To make room for him, the Giants cut former...

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Pak skins the field: At Roseneath, Prince Edward Island, Se Ri Pak won 10 skins to win the Lorie Kane Island Challenge skins game with a two-day total of $117,500. Annika Sorenstam earned...

Farmers expecting a good chile harvest.(Business)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Warm weather and timely rains have given chile farmers in Luna and Dona Ana counties reason to expect their best harvest in years. Randy Bruggink, assistant plant manager at...

Yamaha and Music World helping fire victims.(Business)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Yamaha Corp. of America and Music World of Santa Fe are working together to restore musical equipment to people whose homes were destroyed in the Cerro Grande wildfire in Los Alamos....

Third party enters fight over found diamond.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE State officials took the first step toward claiming a 9.72-carat diamond for child support payments owed by a janitor who found it in his vacuum cleaner bag, but now someone else has stepped...

Retired superintendent recalled to oversee monuments.(Local News)
August 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE A former Bandelier National Monument superintendent will head the New Mexico State Monuments. Jose A. Cisneros will start work Tuesday, two days after his 62nd birthday, directing the...

ECHO OF A RIOT.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Community members and lawmakers continue to feel the reverberations of last year's prison uprising in Santa Rosa that left a correctional officer dead, while questions linger...

Favored site for ballpark isn't for sale.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 City isn't ready to buy, official says The chunk of sandy land that a subcommittee has recommended as the next home for Triple-A baseball in Albuquerque currently isn't for sale. ...

Schools need work, ratings or not, board member says.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 You can complain, but you can't hide from more public school accountability, an Albuquerque Public Schools leader says. In the wake of last week's state public school ratings,...

Judge to review Lee's claims of racial profiling.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Federal prosecutors are increasingly playing the role of defense in the hard-fought, high-stakes game that has become the Wen Ho Lee case. After telling the government Tuesday...

Hispanic vote growing, latest census data show.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Stacey Zolt zolts@shns.com / (202) 408-2726 WASHINGTON While overall voter turnout across the country dropped, the number of Hispanic voters increased sharply in 1998, according to new analysis from the U.S. Census Bureau. ...

Councilor to propose minimum flying level for news helicopters.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 That whirring noise you're about to hear won't come from any of Albuquerque's television news helicopters. It will come from an ongoing controversy about news helicopters. ...

Body identified as missing Albuquerque woman.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The body of a woman discovered in a field in North Albuquerque Acres has been identified as Antoinette Aguilar, 22, of Southwest Albuquerque, officials said. According to police records,...

1st District foes tangle over taxes in debate.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 A feisty discussion about taxes and the federal government's budget surplus dominated a debate between candidates for New Mexico's 1st District Congressional seat in front of business...

Gore asked to consider universal health care.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 The families who got a few minutes alone with Vice President Al Gore in a South Valley library didn't have anything new to tell him about their struggles with health care. ...

Lawsuit alleges negligence by El Paso Natural Gas Co.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE A Carlsbad woman whose husband was among 11 people killed when a large natural gas pipeline exploded Aug. 19 planned to file a lawsuit in federal court today. Jennifer Smith, wife of victim Bobby...

AFTER THE RIOT.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Three days after last year's riot at the Guadalupe County Correctional Facility, 109 inmates believed to have participated in the violence were shipped to a supermaximum-security prison in Wallens Ridge, Va. ...

Census shows boom in Hispanic, Asian numbers.(National/World News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Census Bureau estimates released today show that increases in the nation's two, fastest-growing minority populations Hispanics and Asians are starting to spur immigrant growth in nontraditional destinations...

Maybe our expectations for D&D were too high.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens The expectations thrown in the direction of Lobos Jeremy Denson and Dan Dodd need to be re-evaluated. These expectations need to be pulled closer to reality. They need to be fair and applicable to mere...

Lobos to play 2 low-rated opponents.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Furman and Mercer have games against the UNM men's basketball team on their schedules. Christmas looks like it will be coming a few days early for Lobo coach Fran Fraschilla...

Ex-Lobo Case awaits word whether he'll start Sunday for Detroit.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: WIRE REPORTS Ex-Lobo Stoney Case is still waiting to see whether he'll be the starting quarterback for the Detroit Lions in Sunday's season opener at New Orleans. Charlie Batch, the team's designated starter who is recovering...

Oklahoma guard commits to UNM.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Kirbi Wilson, a 5-foot-10 guard from Edmond, Okla., says she has given the University of New Mexico women's basketball program an oral commitment to accept a scholarship for the 2001-2002 season....

Long says Lobos are still looking for good-hands man.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Wolf tracks By Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Dropped passes could cost senior wide receiver Rob Caston his starting job, Lobo football coach Rocky Long said. Caston dropped Jeremy Denson's perfectly placed pass...

Proposed gravel pit raises residents' concerns.(Business)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Plans for a gravel pit in the Cerrillos Hills area are being opposed by neighbors who contend it will mar the area's beauty, create too much dust and is too close to 1,100 acres Santa...

Shaky start.(Seeing)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Photos by Steven G. Smith The day began with hope, as all season openers do, but ended with doubts for the University of New Mexico football team. Doubts about a new offense and a young quarterback. Doubts that only time will...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
August 30, 2000... Charter schools are good for district, with caveats Charter schools are good for Albuquerque Public Schools, but they also come with problems that ought to be addressed. The issue of charters' value to the district was raised Monday...

Downtown site is first choice for ballpark.
August 30, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Study: Sports Stadium fix too costly A patch of land at the northwest corner of Lomas and Broadway boulevards could be the site of the next baseball stadium in Albuquerque. Or it...

Murder trial continuesin tourist shooting death.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF A jury in the trial of two men accused of killing a 70-year-old tourist in 1999 could go into deliberations today, Assistant District Attorney Kenny Montoya said. Jurors on Tuesday heard prosecutors and...

Oscar seeks to split from Arum.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Oscar De La Hoya has sued promoter Bob Arum, trying to end their contract after eight years. De La Hoya became a superstar after winning an Olympic gold medal in 1992 as a teen-ager from...

Regents vote to keep deaf school in Santa Fe.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE The New Mexico School for the Deaf Board of Regents voted Friday to keep the school in Santa Fe, despite a recommendation by the superintendent that a decision on the matter be...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Massive donation for museum: The University of New Mexico's Harwood Museum in Taos has received an anonymous $1 million gift, the largest cash gift it ever has received, said Harwood director...

Errors doom Dukes at Nashville.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Nashville beat the visiting Albuquerque Dukes 4-1 in an error-filled game on Tuesday night. In the bottom of the second, Dukes pitcher Mike Judd (7-5) hit Craig Wilson and Chad Hermansen to...

Honeywell wins contract worth $9.1 million.(Business)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Kirtland Air Force Base has awarded Honeywell's Home and Building Control business a $9.1 million Energy Savings Performance Contract. Honeywell will design and install high...

Roswell Toyota featured in People Magazine.(Business)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Roswell Toyota a recipient of the 1999 Toyota President's Award is featured in a full-page profile in the Sept. 4 issue of People magazine. Roswell Toyota is the only Toyota dealer...

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
August 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Begay ties Sutton: Albuquerque's Notah Begay III and Hal Sutton each shot an even-par 71 Tuesday to tie their Shell's Wonderful World of Golf match at White Witch Golf Course at Rose Hall,...

Same message, second verse.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 VOTE 2000 After focusing Monday night on prescription drug coverage for senior citizens, Al Gore spoke to New Mexico families today about health care for kids Vice...

The failure is in ratings, not schools, Allison says.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools fired both barrels as he blasted a new state accountability system that judged 32 city schools on the road to failure. "I...

Plan for tech charter school irks APS boss.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Three insiders from Albuquerque Public Schools want to start a new charter school, and they've sparked an internal debate as to whether that's good for the district. On...

Admired teacher died hours after being put on leave.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Students and parents regarded him as one of the city's best teachers. Now they are mourning him and filled with questions about his death. The apparent suicide of Avi...

Prosecutors to appeal judge's order granting Lee bail.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Wen Ho Lee's release from a Santa Fe County jail cell now hinges on whether prosecutors can successfully wage an appeal to keep him behind bars. Federal prosecutors told U.S....

Greens' LaDuke: Will can save nation.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 VOTE 2000 Greedy corporations. Dying species. Poverty. Contaminated groundwater. An unbalanced political system. Reeling off the list of problems afflicting the United States comes...

Stadium renovation would cost $31.7 million.(Local News)
August 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF If the city of Albuquerque wants to renovate the Albuquerque Sports Stadium, it will have to shell out $31.7 million, according to a report to be released this afternoon to members of the...

Merry sounds of midway just around the corner.(Local News)
August 29, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 2000 STATE FAIR Midway rides and the men in charge of inspecting them are putting in an early appearance at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque. The fair's annual...

Friends, relatives wonder if they'll be able to open Christmas gifts crash victim had purchased early.(Local News)
August 29, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Kellye Camp always bought her gifts early. She finished her Christmas shopping about four weeks ago six months early. Getting ready to celebrate her ninth anniversary with her...

Opening statements begin in tourist murder trial.(Local News)
August 29, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A jury in a murder trial this morning heard prosecutors and defenders agree on the description of events that led to the shooting death of a 70-year-old Arizona tourist but disagree on...

Zuni superintendent says school test should be fairer.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Sue Major Holmes The Associated Press A test used to rate whether New Mexico schools need improvement is designed so some districts always fall below the norm, says the superintendent of the Zuni school district. David...

SAT tallies best math scores in 31 years.
August 29, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High school students' math scores on the SAT climbed this year to the highest level since 1969, while verbal scores held steady for a fifth year, the College Board announced today. The test company...

Circuit Court judge might act as mediator.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman One of Wen Ho Lee's attorneys, Mark Holscher, and lead prosecutor George Stamboulidis met in Albuquerque on Friday with a 9th U.S. Circuit Court judge who might act as a mediator in the case. U.S. District...

Foe is too tough; Romero backs out.(Sports)
August 29, 2000... Byline: John O'Rourke jorourke@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 N.M. boxing card on ESPN2 will go on, promoter says The collapse of boxer Danny Romero's planned fight with Marcos Licona came less than a day after the bout was announced, the...

Lobo kicker, tailback snag honors.(Sports)
August 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE University of New Mexico tailback Holomon Wiggins and kicker Vladimir Borombozin earned two of the Mountain West Conference weekly awards. Wiggins, a junior, carried the ball a career-high...

Rookie runners to start for Cards, Giants.(Sports)
August 29, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ravens offensive linemanis highest paid in NFL history The season opener between the Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants could feature a pair of rookie running backs as starters. Arizona coach Vince...

Loan fund receives grants totaling $75,000.(Business)
August 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL&REGIONAL The New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund has received two new grants totaling $75,000. The fund received $50,000 from the New Mexico Community Foundation and $25,000 from the...

Las Vegas at war to keep gas flowing.(Business)
August 29, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. Las Vegas and a natural gas company are going to court in a fight over keeping natural gas flowing to the community. Zia Natural Gas, which controls the flow of gas on a stretch of...

New contract ends McKinley County mine strike.
August 29, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press GALLUP Miners at Pittsburg & Midway Mining Co.'s McKinley County coal mine have ratified a six-year contract, ending an 84-day strike. The mine has returned to normal operation, said Steve Parker,...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
August 29, 2000... Rankings too shallow to improve school system The trend to hold all schools, all teachers and all students to a set of standards could produce a workable means to judge and improve the quality of public schools. Could. Someday. But...

All Gore.
August 29, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen and Frank Zoretich LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 FZORETICH@ABQTRIB.COM /823-3623 VOTE 2000 He came, he saw, he campaigned and some spectators say his speech conquered their votes It should not be...