The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from December 2004, page 5

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from December 2004

Some in Four Hills fear delays from speed humps.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Many Four Hills residents were surprised when 16 new hills popped up in their neighborhood. At about 4 inches high, the hills are more commonly known as speed humps, and they...

Ruiz widow sues UC.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 She files over reported asbestos exposure at Los Alamos Lab Ray Ruiz always blamed his lung cancer on his years of work for Los Alamos National Laboratory. Ruiz, a state...

Superfund site gets contractor.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway has hired TRC, an environmental engineering company based in Connecticut and with offices in Albuquerque, as supervising contractor for cleaning up an Environmental...

Vanity Fair includes guv in pictorial of environmentalists.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 How many public images can one governor uphold? Within weeks of getting glorified by conservative publisher Steve Forbes, now Democrat Gov. Bill Richardson is in the glossy pages...

Sandia Labs get A for year's efforts.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Sandia National Laboratories bossC. Paul Robinson is like a proud kid waving his report card before his parents. The National Nuclear Security Administration has given Sandia a...

PRC head doesn't want drug arrest to distract.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 The arrest of a New Mexico Public Regulation Commission member on a drug possession charge has raised concerns that the situation could disrupt the agency's work. PRC Chairman...

King turned corner for Lobos.(Evening)(Obituary)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary To put Bob King into historical perspective, to understand the Lobo in the coach who first pumped life into New Mexico basketball, it helps to have known Johnson Gym. It helps to remember Ira Harge...

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKING.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 UNM held just a single-digit intermission lead overcupcake Northern Colorado before coach Ritchie McKay issued some halftime words of encouragement Here's how to bake a cupcake,...

Bowling Green expects rough night from UNM.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 New Mexico coach Don Flanagan used Texas as a measuring stick last week, sizing up how much his women's basketball team needed to grow. With the Lobos losing 73-56, it was sort of...

Doping verdict stings La Cueva coach.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Eddy Hellebuyck's future as La Cueva's cross country coach could be in jeopardy now that the 43-year-old Albuquerque runner has received a two-year suspension for blood doping. In...

'05 Lobos welcome winter's spring practice.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 EMERALD BOWL University of New Mexico linebacker Quincy Black lives for the last 45 minutes of football practice. New Mexico's 20 seniors trot into the locker room, leaving...

With pool out, they're splashing like carp.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Asher Weinberg Commentary Imagine a fish farm. Now, replace the fish with local high school swimmers. Then, replace the fish tank with Los Altos Pool. This is what swim practice resembles for four Albuquerque high schools this...

Another Hornet selects Lobos.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Lineman Phillip Harrison committed to UNM just after teammate QBIan Clark did. Highland football coach Ralph "Judge" Chavez decorates his school office desk with more Lobos and...

What a crime!(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Killer heels. Fugitive clothing. Dodgy jewelry. Extreme fashions don't just raise questions of taste - they can hurt you. One moment Regina Gonzales was enjoying a free evening...

Mississippi magic.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Michael Halstead mhalstead@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 David 'Honeyboy' Edwards has blues in his marrow - and he's feeling just fine America's genealogical tree has inspired enough genres and subgenres over the years that at...

New sculpture to be dedicated.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The North Fourth Art Center, home of VSA Arts of New Mexico, will dedicate a tiled sculpture created by apprentices from the center at an open house and communitywide celebration on Saturday. The...

Fa-la-la-la FLOP.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Tamara N. Shope TCASIAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3637 REVIEW Most of this year's yuletide recordings lack spirit or soul, but there are a few that keep Santa rockin' Boy, would Bing Crosby cringe. While there are a lot of...

Sextet Del Castillo asserts its originality.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. pmaldonado@abqtrib.com / 823-3630 When referred to as the Chicano Van Halen guitar-wise by The Tribune, Rick Del Castillo lets out a hearty laugh. "Rolling Stone once said we sounded like Eddie Van Halen...

Mom's best lessons sprinkle these holiday cookies.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 A PLACE AT THE TABLE COMMENTARY It's that time of year when I buy flour in a 25-pound sack, replenish my supply of red food coloring (why don't the other colors ever run...

Meal? OK. Wine? Ditto. The night? Delightful.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 REVIEW Dining at Baciu's Bread & Wine reminded me of the Dutch nanny my family had when I was growing up. She was a large woman with a heavy accent, an Old World air and...

Cheap Eats.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 REVIEW The Cheap Eater has never been too swift at math; that's why she became a writer, after all. But back when she was doing arithmetic regularly, she distinctly recalls...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com Sometimes God can be a little vague on the instructions handed down to "Joan of Arcadia" (7 p.m., KRQE News 13). And tonight's episode is no different. God instructs Joan (Amber Tamblyn) to do...

YOUR NEW WEB SITE.(Afternoon)
December 10, 2004... Starting next week, The Trib's Web site www.abqtrib.com goes to a whole new level. Our site will be fresher, easier to navigate and chock-full of information that will supplement what you're already seeing in The Tribune. And, oh, by the...

Sandia gets A for year.(Afternoon)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 The rating extends Lockheed Martin's operating contract Sandia National Laboratories bossC. Paul Robinson is like a proud kid waving his report card before his parents. The...

Man gets 16 1/2 years for stabbing woman 16 times.(Afternoon)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 An Albuquerque man will serve 16 1/2 years in prison the maximum allowable for the near-fatal stabbing of a Nob Hill shop owner during a robbery attempt last year. Peter...

N.M. music awards accepting entries.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The New Mexico Music Industry Awards are now accepting entries for this year's contest. Now in its 18th year, the annual song contest honors original productions recorded and mixed primarily in New...

UNM Press moving to new location.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF After the University of New Mexico's holiday break, UNM Press will be moving to a new and temporary location at 1601 Randolph Road N.E. The building the business now occupies, 1720 Lomas Blvd....

Santa Fe audition to cast film extras.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The New Mexico Film Office has announced a casting call for background extras in the TNT/Dreamworks series "Into the West," starring Beau Bridges, Graham Greene, Sean Astin, Skeet Ulrich, Josh Brolin...

Doll sale to benefit homeless health care.(Evening)
December 10, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF COMING UP . . . Handmade artdolls crafted by students and staff from Escuela del Sol Montessori and local artists will be up for bid in a silent auction Dec. 17 at the Harwood Art Center. ...

Strangers rally around hero.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 The boy who saved his sister from a dog mauling but was mauled himself is hopeful of a normal Christmas. Angel Martinez might be Albuquerque's biggest hero this week, but...

FIT CITY.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Exercised about obesity That's the aim of groups worried about kids' lack of gym time and an uninviting metro environment for outdoor activities Look behind the growing...

Eateries bring ideas to table.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 From wages to wine, the New Mexico Restaurant Association has a list of measures for the Legislature to consider. Say you like enchiladas. Lots of 'em. And you have no intention...

Man who stabbed Nob Hill woman gets 161/2 years.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 An Albuquerque man will serve 16 1/2 years in prison the maximum allowable for the near-fatal stabbing of a Nob Hill shop owner during a robbery attempt last year. Peter...

Mustang meat sales in big spending bill.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: James W. Brosnan brosnanj@shns.com / (202) 408-2701 WASHINGTON - A provision of a $388 billion spending bill could mean cheaper meat for the French from American wild horses. Key New Mexico lawmakers said they were unaware of...

AG takes on youth drinking.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Madrid sent out 40,000 pamphlets to parents to urge them to help their kids stay away from alcohol. Thousands of New Mexico parents are receiving advice from Attorney General...

Catching THE HIVES.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Matt Seemann mseemann@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Thanks to a mom, a pair of teens go on a Nob Hill shopping spree with cocky Swedish rockers It was a slow day at Sparky's Trading Co. in Nob Hill when five men in identical...

Governor wants more health units for schools.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Gov. Bill Richardson today announced a plan to put more health centers in schools in New Mexico. Although he is hoping to use about $6 million in state funding to do so, his...

Count again in prez race?(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Gov. Richardson said he is against recounting the presidential race in New Mexico. The recount of the presidential race in New Mexico is in the hands of three people, and one of...

Visit renews guv's vows on dog laws.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 A visit this morning with young Angel Martinez inspired Gov. Bill Richardson to renew his call for legislation on dangerous dogs. Richardson visited Angel, who suffered numerous...

Woo! I'm winnin' with aerobics.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez Commentary A FITTING CHANCE When it comes to sports or any other physical activity, I've never been a champ. As a chubby kid growing up, I dreaded running the mile for my physical education class each...

PRC member Baca under fire after marijuana arrest.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 New Mexico Public Regulation Commission member E. Shirley Baca is facing criticism after her arrest for marijuana possession. And that includes a call for her resignation if she's...

Domenici LNG provision in spending bill criticized.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Michael Collins Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON - Senate Energy Committee Chairman Pete Domenici put controversial language into a federal spending bill that critics say could weaken state and local control over liquefied...

LOFTY lifestyle.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Mike Tumolillo mtumolillo@abqtrib.com / 823-3636 Folks living where kids once roamed hallways are ecstatic about the way the east Downtown community is coming along In Robert Thomas' east Downtown loft, 15-foot-tall ceilings...

What's here? Nothing ---- That's good.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Erik Siemers NEWLY ENCHANTED We were heading west along the lonely desert highway on a journey to nowhere, looking for nothing. Around us was the vastness of open space, the brown sugar crumble of Earth sprinkled with...

neighborhood NEWS.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... STREET SMARTS BOLACK DRIVE Streets in the Heritage East neighborhood in the Northeast Heights are named for governors and heroes of New Mexico, including Tom Bolack, who served as governor for a grand total of 32 days. Bolack was...

Jan's Mailbox.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Albuquerque-area teenagers were selected to participate in the Nationals 2004 Miss Jr. Teen Albuquerque pageant competition Sunday. *Jackquelin Silva of Rio Rancho will compete in the Miss Jr. Teen division. *Nicole Gutierrez of...

Farley brought jazz - and soul - to city.(Evening)(Obituary)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Here's a story family members tell about Bob Farley. Once, a father who had rented musical instruments for his five children from Bob Farley Music Center brought all of them...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com She's got an alcohol problem, a major crush on her boss and more personal demons than you can shake a stick at, but CSI Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox) is a brilliant CSI technician. And on tonight's "CSI:...

Colleges could use hike in black football coaches.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... EDITORIAL College presidents are good at creating committees. Once they spot a problem boom! they can put together a blue-ribbon panel quicker than you can say "tuition . . . hike." Pardon the pun, because today's topic is...

Spreading wealth key for Lobos.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 UNM BASKETBALL For coach Ritchie McKay, one of the best parts about defeating New Mexico State on Saturday was David Chiotti's stat line. The junior forward on the University...

Navy coach has built Midshipmen into big winners.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 EMERALD BOWL Navy coach Paul Johnson doesn't play many games out west these days, but he knows all about New Mexico. He was an offensive coordinator at Hawaii from 1987-94,...

Minor tourney promises parity.(Evening)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Welcome to the Albuquerque Public Schools-Farmers Duke City Boys Basketball Tournament, where the play promises to be good but the outcome will decide .... ..

Sentencing expected in Nob Hill knife attack.(Afternoon)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 An Albuquerque man was expected to be sentenced today for the near-fatal stabbing of a Nob Hill shop owner during a robbery attempt last year. Peter Murphy, 50, on Dec....

Governor to visit dog-bite victim.(Afternoon)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen Angel Martinez will get a visit from a very big fan today. Gov. Bill Richardson planned to visit with Angel in his hospital room today, Richardson's office said. "The governor was very touched by the boy's...

McCracken ruling may take weeks.(Afternoon)
December 9, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 The preliminary hearing concerning the mysterious death of Melanie McCracken more than nine years ago ended after seven days of testimony, leaving a judge to decide whether...

Say big cheese.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Mayor Martin Chavez has as many as three photo ops a day. One rival says that's shortchanging the job. But Chavez says they put city needs in focus. Albuquerque once had a mayor who had...

Suspect in unsolved homicide is jailed.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF A fugitive captured two weeks ago in Farmington after more than four years on the run has been booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center in the homicide of a 62-year-old Albuquerque man, according...

Judge to issue McCracken ruling.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 The preliminary hearing concerning the mysterious death of Melanie McCracken more than nine years ago ended today after seven days of testimony, leaving a judge to decide...

A memento of Martineztown.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Fran Aragon takes a picture of San Ignacio Church, 1300 Walter St. N.E. Aragon was photographing the Martineztown landmark on Tuesday for her mother,...

Sketch unveiled in deaths.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department officials today released a sketch of a suspect in last month's triple homicide in the South Valley. But officials said they don't...

Kailee's transplant is postponed.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 A transplant procedure scheduled this week to save the life of a 7-year-old Albuquerque girl battling a rare blood disease has been postponed. Kailee Wells' father, Owen...

Police chief joins preschool push.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Albuquerque Police Chief Gilbert Gallegos today joined other law enforcement officials to back a proposal for statewide preschool. "I've always believed there's nothing better...

House drops limits on driver's licenses.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: James W. Brosnan brosnanj@shns.com / (202) 408-2701 WASHINGTON - New Mexico can continue to issue driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. In approving the legislation overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies, Congress...

A hero in cherry & silver.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Jeremy Fowler jfowler@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 UNM FOOTBALL Faster. More powerful. Able to leap. La Cueva star Frankie Baca says he'll use these superpowers for the good of the Lobos. Add one of New Mexico's most prolific...

Rival coach says team is in it for the money.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 UNM MEN'S BASKETBALL The Northern Colorado men's basketball team is treating its season like an ATM machine. The Bears make their next withdrawal Thursday at The Pit, where...

Two juniors from Colorado on top of McKay's recruit list.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The University of New Mexico men's basketball coaching staff is looking at a pair of standout Colorado high school players. Lobos coach Ritchie McKay confirmed his program is after...

Long disputes grad-rate study, UNM rank.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 EMERALD BOWL UNM coach Rocky Long calls it bad math. A national survey assessing graduation rates of bowl teams listed New Mexico as one of 27 bowl-bound teams that graduated...

State airs wind energy plans.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 SANTA FE - In Bill Richardson's grand vision, New Mexico will become the nation's leader in wind energy production and distribution. The governor and former U.S. energy secretary...

TRIB TAKES OUR VIEWS ON THE NEWS.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... PEACE CRANES In an effort to end long-running battles with Islamic separatists, the Thai government airdropped 100 million origami cranes, folded in a nationwide effort that enlisted everyone from schoolchildren to Prime Minister Thaksin...

FOUND IN TRANSLATION.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Eddie Chuculate Commentary The state is money-hungry, so let's just grab the cash while we can Cleaning out the fall notebook: The news: Pojoaque Pueblo, the only gaming tribe in New Mexico that has not signed a gambling...

Bouquets & brickbats.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... EDITORIAL Brickbat: smoking New Mexico, Albuquerque and the nation have spent millions trying to prevent kids from ever smoking and to get folks who are addicted to quit for very good reasons. To that end, they've also passed...

Thomson was county assessor in '80s.(Evening)(Obituary)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com /823-3619 Tim Eichenberg remembers his friend, former Bernalillo County Assessor Joe Thomson, as the quintessential New York Irishman, a man who never forgot his roots despite more than 27 years...

TV Queen for the Night.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: M.J. Wilde/tvqueen@abqtrib.com Well, he's the likable little goober who could gets his very own holiday special on the Tube of Life. That's right. "A Clay Aiken Christmas" (7 p.m., KOB-Channel 4) showcases the multiplatinum...

House drops provision on driver's license limits.(Afternoon)
December 8, 2004... Byline: James W. Brosnan brosnanj@shns.com / (202) 408-2701 WASHINGTON - New Mexico can continue to issue driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. In approving the legislation overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies, Congress...

Hearing lumbers toward end.(Afternoon)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 The bitterly fought preliminary hearing to determine whether retired State Police Lt. Mark McCracken will stand trial for his wife's death in 1995 showed no signs of cooling...

Death probe ongoing.(Afternoon)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department officials are expected to release more information today about last month's triple homicide in the South Valley. Officials were...

UNM joins with Mexico on research.(Afternoon)
December 8, 2004... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The University of New Mexico is teaming up with a Mexican research-and-development laboratory to exchange technical information in research on water treatment and solar energy. UNM on Monday signed a partnership...

Dad arrested after girl takes methadone.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF A man was arrested after he took his sick 4-year-old daughter to the hospital and medical workers found methadone and opiates in her system, according to a Metro Court criminal complaint. Anthony...

School tax campaign launched.(Evening)
December 8, 2004... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF School officials today will kick off their campaign for the Feb. 1 property-tax election. Four seats Districts 3, 5, 6 and 7 on the seven-member Albuquerque Board of Education are also on the...

Kailee to undergo transplant.(Evening)
December 7, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Kailee Wells, the 7-year-old Albuquerque girl battling a rare blood disease, is expected to undergo a transplant this week that could save her life or take it away. The...

Club sued by beaten Iraqi exiles.(Evening)
December 7, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Two Iraqi refugees say they escaped the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein but were not as lucky with a pack of angry patrons at an Albuquerque bar. This week, the men are...

School deal OKs back pay for 50.(Evening)
December 7, 2004... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 School officials announced today retroactive pay hikes for about 50 Albuquerque teachers at a total cost of approximately $200,000. Superintendent Beth Everitt and Albuquerque Teachers...

Boy who saved sister heads to 3rd surgery.(Evening)
December 7, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez JSANCHEZ@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 When University of New Mexico Hospital workers didn't let 8-year-old Christina Martinez visit her wounded brother, she wouldn't allow it. "I told them, 'He saved my life,...

Veteran lobbyists share their tips.(Evening)
December 7, 2004... Byline: Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674 There are ways to work with the specimens interchangeably known as "legislators" or "lawmakers." Become their friend. Take time to know their families, hometowns, birthdays. ...