The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from January 2003, page 5

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from January 2003

Raise the roof, not the scoreboard.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Not exactly a barnstormer, smothering defense on both ends of the floor held the Sartans and Chargers in check, though St. Pius X squeaked out a 35-30 win A shadow did more than...

Struggling Arndt says she's ready to surge forward.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Lindsey Arndt says she isn't sure what caused it, but she says a lingering bout with "bad attitude" had been dragging her enthusiasm for basketball down. And it has shown in the...

Kyle Ringo's MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE REPORT.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo Patience pays off New Mexico basketball fans might want to pay close attention here. Air Force coach Joe Scott has a story to tell. First a few facts. The Falcons have produced their best nonconference...

The silent majority knows I'm doing job, Davalos says.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3660 Rudy Davalos had already reached 30 and probably was no longer very impressionable when Richard Nixon identified the silent majority during the Vietnam War. Yet the concept seems to...

Rekindled passions.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman cseidman@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 More time, money and freedom give many adults a second chance to pursue their childhood dreams, especially when Mom isn't looking over their shoulders Perry Sklarin was a senior...

If the inky deities have something to say, I listen.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary To tattoo or not to tattoo? I've always struggled with this monumental decision. My mad and sexy adventurous side says: "Why not? A little rosebud over my, um, heart. Or maybe a sleek snake slinking...

Songs, laughs and family.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney, with his wife at his side, has taken his love for performing to the stage When you're 82, some things are more important than others. Like...

Storyteller inherits family tradition and spins yarns into gold.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Joe Hayes grew up listening to the imaginative stories told by his Irish immigrant father, who never held a steady job but who could weave words that mesmerized his five children....

Chamber music icons say they aim to inspire.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 The Shanghai Quartet has played in some of the greatest concert halls in the world. Its members have performed for kings and presidents, celebrities and politicians, 8-year-olds...

Vortex's most valuable player fills any role that comes along.(Evening)
January 10, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 John Hardman is the Vito Corleone of the Vortex Theatre. Like the character immortalized by Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro in movies, Hardman didn't set out to be the most...

Guv, N. Korea in talks.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Gov. Bill Richardson and North Korean officials were meeting today in Santa Fe to talk about the standoff between the United States and North Korea. Richardson, a former U.N....

Fairgrounds flap arises over bids.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Former State Fair Commission Chairman Tom Tinnin said Gov. Bill Richardson's administration asked him to withdraw the fair's request for bidders on the contract to operate horse racing...

New guv swings a mighty ax, but it leaves a lot of kindling.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary As public service goes, this is where it gets downright servile. About 2,000 New Mexicans serve on 256 boards and commissions. They help state agencies set policies for fighting crime, delivering health...

West Side theater converts to discount.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 Movies West is going discount. Beginning Friday the eight-screen theater on the West Side will be changing its format from first-run showings to films just past their prime. The...

Albuquerque students keep 5-year tradition of high SAT, ACT scores.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Albuquerque Public Schools students shine on the college entrance exams, year after year after year. It's to be expected and not even worth a news conference to rave about it, school...

Ron Howard to bring film crew to capital.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Production won't use state's incentive money. Oscar-winning producer and director Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind") will begin filming a Western starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate...

City calls off its yellow alert for hazy-skied Albuquerque.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Michael Kelly MKELLY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3661 With the wind, you can't win. Early in the week, winds played minor havoc in the Albuquerque area, damaging structures and knocking out power. But in the 24 hours up to 11 a.m....

Ethics Board's talk with mayor to be televised.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Normally, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez doesn't mind being on television. But Friday's broadcast of a Board of Ethics hearing is one show the mayor admits he'd prefer not to be on....

Kick-start plan has familiar ring.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Something about Gov. Bill Richardson's economic growth package looks awfully familiar to Carol Radosevich. And that's a good thing, she says. Radosevich, the economic...

New prep coach was sentenced on harass charge.(Afternoon)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Rio Rancho High School's new head football coach pleaded guilty to harassing a 16-year-old female student while he was a high school teacher and coach in Colorado in 1995, court...

Windless days have Duke City officials calling a yellow alert.(Afternoon)
January 9, 2003... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF With the wind, you can't win. Early in the week, winds played minor havoc in the Albuquerque area, damaging structures and knocking out power. Now the absence of wind has resulted in a yellow alert for air...

GIVING BACK IS A JOY.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 'Nurse of the Year' values lessons learned while caring for former POWs during Vietnam War While other women in their 20s were protesting the Vietnam War, Maureen Boshier was an Army...

Lifesaving angels came with handy expertise.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas Commentary It's not every day you go shopping and get to save someone's life. And it's not every day you go shopping and need to be saved. In December, two couples made unexpected trips to Lowe's at Paseo del Norte...

Dogs in pickup beds are unsafe and illegal.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jen Barol and Pasha Dogs riding in the back of pickup trucks. I never thought I'd have to write about this topic. Common sense tells me that driving around with a dog in the bed of a truck is careless and dangerous and...

37 and counting: Hope handles St. Mike's to lengthen streak.(Sports Extra)
January 9, 2003... Byline: John Whitmore jwhitmore@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 SANTA FE A streak across Jim Murphy's face said it all. The smile that stretched nearly from ear to ear spoke volumes without a single word. The Hope Christian Huskies...

NMAA's district shuffle stretches team travel.(Sports Extra)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 St. Pius X has 15 days to petition the New Mexico Activities Association for realignment into a district different from the one it is slated to enter beginning in the 2004-05 school...

FOUR on the floor.(Sports Extra)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The homegrown players - three of them walk-ons - are racking up playing time and giving the Lobos a decidedly local accent Only a year ago this was farfetched, unthinkable even. The...

School to reopen coaching position.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 RIO RANCHO HIGH Rio Rancho High School's choice for a new football coach requested today that the district reopen the position and accept applications after it was revealed he...

Sexual assault reports climb; FBI says state is third worst.(Evening)
January 9, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Albuquerque's growing number of sexual assaults 552 in 2002 alone is a big part of why the state has the third-worst ranking in the country, according to FBI statistics. Community...

RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL MIDTERMS.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Students, teachers and parents say they already see improvements thanks to the South Valley school's recent overhaul, but time will tell whether the changes have cured ills...

Dendahl girding for fight to lead the GOP.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3624 SANTA FE A battle between prominent Republicans for control of the state party is coming. New Mexico Republican Party Chairman John Dendahl today announced he won't turn over...

De-classified information.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Oh, the curious things you can find in the classifieds. From a guy looking for his beloved 8-foot albino python to a groom left at the altar looking to sell his tux, there are stories behind the classified ads many of us can relate to....

Incidentally, is this a bar or a restaurant?(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Is Billy's Long Bar really a bar? What about Pearl's Dive? Or the Caravan East, Stone Face Tavern, O'Niell's Pub, Copper Lounge or Coach's Sports Grill? The distinction...

City Council to mull grab at Indian gaming money.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 On her way to and from work each day, City Councilor Tina Cummins passes the Sandia Casino on Tramway Boulevard. She got to thinking about the bustling casino's role in the city's...

After 18 years of life on run, cop shooter to serve jail time.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Lyle Vorina Moody Jr. will spend less time in prison than he did as a fugitive. Moody was sentenced today in state District Court by Judge James Blackmer to 16 years...

APS bosses going to town for aid.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Albuquerque Public Schools officials have enlisted the help of business and community leaders, including the University of New Mexico president, in hope of getting its $144.87 million bond...

Fire crews douse celebration after Lobos victory.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Lobos fans clad in red and black huddled in the cold, wondering why a small army of fire engines and police cars were blocking their exit. A vague announcement with about five...

Call for regents' resignations could delay UNM's search.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Gov. Bill Richardson's call for the resignation of the regents at the University of New Mexico has thrown the school's search for a new president up in the air. Three...

Menaul adjusts to new coach.(Afternoon)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Menaul girls basketball coach Oscar Medrano and both of his assistants have been fired for breaking school rules, the school's athletic director said. Albert Umphrey, Menaul's...

Knights football coach resigns.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Michael J. Garcia and Jeff Carlton mgarcia@abqtrib.com / 823-3660 jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Del Norte is searching for a football coach after the resignation of John Chambers, the school's athletic director said today. ...

FINISHING TOUCH.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 After squandering early opportunies, the Lobos rediscover teamwork and come back to knock off Northern Arizona in the final seconds Northern Arizona forward Ryan McDade stood on Bob...

Sandia's clutch shooting ekes win over Rams.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Sandia's Leda McDaniel managed just two points against Rio Rancho, but her timing couldn't have been any better. The senior guard swished a pair of free throws with 9.5 seconds...

Timely tips can light path out of MWC cellar.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Lobos coach Ritchie McKay needs some help with the Xs and Os. His seemingly endless supply of rhetoric about family, character and team evolution just won't cut it on the scoreboards of the Mountain West...

Prodigal McKay to face CSU glare.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The next five days probably won't be the most enjoyable this season for University of New Mexico basketball coach Ritchie McKay. He probably would have preferred a shortened span...

Rams' Hveem picks old pal Smelcer as coach.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The best career move Jim Smelcer made was becoming close with Gary Hveem. The two hit it off in the mid-1970s as football coaches in Iowa, and since then Hveem has hired, promoted...

Eclipse chief downplays engine weight concern.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Eclipse Aviation Corp. remains on track to meet or exceed the performance targets of its commuter jet, despite engines that are heavier, said the company's president in an updated...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
January 8, 2003... City's health ranking is a breath of fresh air Let's do it, Albuquerque: HUN! HOO! HREE! and HOOR! and HUN LIFT THOSE KNEES! HREE and . . . Men's Fitness magazine recently named the Duke City the 17th healthiest of 50 surveyed around...

Vote snuffs smoking.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Drinking coffee and puffing on a Marlboro while sitting at the counter at a Denny's restaurant early this morning, Dottie Throgmorton said she'll adjust to a new ban on smoking in...

PNM plans request for gas rate hike.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Your gas bill could take another jump within a year, if the Public Service Company of New Mexico has its way. And this time it's not related to the unit cost of gas. It has to...

Furr's diner chain files Chapter 11.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Val Sais grew up eating at Furr's Family Dining restaurants. "I remember coming here 30 years ago," he said Monday from the lobby of a Furr's cafeteria at 2001 Second St. S.W. He...

City takes tagger's cash, Thunderbird.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Noah Aime's mother sighed and grimaced while Mayor Martin Chavez argued that he was going easy on her son. "He caused extensive damage to city property and deserves to be punished,"...

After all he said, after all he did, why would she go back?(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary She kept going back. After they quarreled, she went back. After he hit her, she went back. In the span of a two-year relationship, Jane Johnston, 42, pressed charges and obtained a restraining order...

Feds given complaint.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS A group that has filed an ethics complaint against Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez now is asking the U.S. Attorney's Office to look into allegations of wrongdoing by the mayor. Andres Valdes,...

Interim Los Alamos Lab chief vows to get 'proper tools' to managers.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Los Alamos National Laboratory has learned the hard way that science isn't everything. There's another half of the lab's equation its business organization that has come up...

Fair's new bosses take over.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Carol Cloer plans to spend most of this week reading through "about half a foot" of information on the New Mexico State Fair. Cloer, a Bloomfield educator who also raises sheep...

Tax break for hotel clears hurdle.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Jeannie Romero, a resident of Martineztown, has one word for what she feels about the proposed Embassy Suites hotel in her neighborhood: "Hope," Romero said. That's because...

Vote snuffs smoking.(Afternoon)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Drinking coffee and puffing on a Marlboro while sitting at the counter at a Denny's restaurant early this morning, Dottie Throgmorton said she'll adjust to a new ban on smoking in...

Tax break for hotel clears hurdle.(Afternoon)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Jeannie Romero, a resident of Martineztown, has one word for what she feels about the proposed Embassy Suites hotel in her neighborhood: "Hope," Romero said. That's because...

Eclipse boss says engine might be faster but heavier.(Afternoon)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 In a letter sent to reassure customers of the progress of Eclipse Aviation Corp., the company's president and CEO predicted a faster, more powerful but heavier commuter jet. The...

New hire expands UNM pool of recruits.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Osia Lewis, the new defensive coordinator at the University of New Mexico, says his most immediate concern is recruiting for his new football team. Lewis, whose first name is...

Aide gets Rio Rancho top job.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com Offensive coordinator Jim Smelcer will replace the recently resigned Wilson Holland as head football coach at Rio Rancho, the school's athletic director announced today. Smelcer has been...

McKay gets point across - 3 to be exact.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Sometimes Ritchie McKay resorts to standup comedy to capture the attention of his team. In many instances the University of New Mexico basketball coach doesn't realize there is humor in...

Newest Lobo sees himself as a leader.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Troy DeVries used to wear himself out every day playing basketball in the driveway of his Mount Vernon, Wash., home against an older brother and two sisters who refused to let him win....

Ex-Lobo: Women need a shooter.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The player who led New Mexico to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history in 1998 says the current Lobos have been substantially upgraded in a couple of areas since her...

City opens 'One Stop' shopping for builders.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Mayor Martin Chavez and Planning Director Victor Chavez announced today that the long-awaited "One Stop Shop," in which developers can do business with the city under one roof, has...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Cadigan recall effort is wisely dropped For a change in local politics, reason prevailed last week, when the effort to recall Albuquerque City Councilor Michael Cadigan went from boiling to completely off the burner. At the wise...

Concert parking tight.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS Because of construction at the University of New Mexico, access to parking for the Itzhak Perlman concert Wednesday night will be problematic for concertgoers. Patrons coming to the sold-out...

PGS work delayed.(Evening)
January 7, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS The start of detailed work on putting the city's Planned Growth Strategy into effect will have to wait at least two weeks. The City Council, at odds with Mayor Martin Chavez over the process of...

Smoking ban drag.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Exasperated, both sides hope council decides tonight Weary from three months of grueling debate, those involved in the city's ongoing smoking ban dispute agree on one thing: It's...

Police detail day of terror in 3 deaths.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Triple homicide suspect Karl Knapp, bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, asked police if he was going to die. A SWAT team officer told him he might, according...

State Fair board up and running.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 A wholesale change at the New Mexico State Fair had commissioners coming and going today. By state statute, the State Fair Commission must meet on the first Monday of the year....

Flowers, tears drape site of shootings.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Friends and co-workers sobbed while returning to the scene of a grisly triple homicide in Northeast Albuquerque, quietly praying for strength. With the sun setting on the third day...

Eclipse mulls big engine.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Eclipse Aviation Corp. is closer to deciding on a new engine supplier for its commuter jet and has sent a letter to customers releasing some preliminary weight and power figures. ...

Visa delays put hurt on UNM.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Tightened regulations governing issuance of foreign student visas and more careful screening of applicants since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have caused delays for...

Foreign students under closer watch.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The University of New Mexico's 907 foreign students will face closer scrutiny when they return to campus this month. In an upward tweak for America's "homeland security," UNM...

Signs, flowers, grief drape shootings site.(Afternoon)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Friends and co-workers sobbed while returning to the scene of a grisly triple homicide in Northeast Albuquerque, quietly praying for strength. With the sun setting on the third day...

Foreign students to be under closer watch by colleges.(Afternoon)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The University of New Mexico's 907 foreign students will face closer scrutiny when they return to campus this month. In an upward tweak for America's "homeland security," UNM...

Recouping a loss.(Albuquerque Business)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Edna Lopez never set out to run her own business, but circumstance changed her goals. Now Compa Industries, which her husband founded, is thriving. Last year was a great one for...

ALMANAC.(Albuquerque Business)
January 6, 2003... ACCOUNTING Shana Veale has joined Meyners + Co. as a staff accountant in the Tax Department. Veale, who has previous accounting experience, will work on tax returns, tax research, consulting and tax planning projects. She is a...

Santa brought Lobos a new Williams.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Maybe Jamaal Williams' parents deserve some credit here. No one is harder on the University of New Mexico sophomore than James and Natasha Williams. And if there was something their...

Ex-Lobo: UNM needs to help Adams go pro.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Abby Jaramillo, whom University of New Mexico fans know as former Lobos great Abby Garchek, says Jordan Adams has the skills, athletic ability and body to play in the WNBA. But...

Shooting guard to transfer to UNM.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The Ex-Portland State player had been recruited by the Lobos' Ritchie McKay while he coached at Colorado State. Ritchie McKay can't talk about Troy DeVries, which is unfortunate...

Rio Grande, Del Norte learning how to win again.(Evening)
January 6, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 One is an unproven coach with Rio Grande High School roots, a Division I pedigree and a penchant for the wisdom of University of Kentucky coach Rick Pitino. The other is a proven...

Mostly men, mostly guns.(Weekend)
January 4, 2003... Last year's homicides had a certain violence in common, but a few were off the charts for sad, strange circumstances Story, detailed list of homicides, Pages A2-3. 2002 homicides Arthur Segura Jr., 30, 235 Merlida St. S.W. Maria...