The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from January 2004

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

Ex-pat fans have lingo down pat.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com/823-3678 Stick a faak in the Panthaas. Chowds in Albuquerque say they're already done. Chowds an abbreviation of chowder-head, often used to describe people from New England plan to be...

PASSION FOR POLITICS.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Door-to-door democracy Volunteers for six major candidates on Tuesday's ballot brave dogs, dissent and long days,and love doing it Pit bulls, Rottweilers and the fiercest...

Dean targets soured voters.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 The best part of Carl Friedrich's day is listening to his patients. The moment he steps outside the examining room, Friedrich braces for a world of wrangling with insurance...

Man, 21, arrested after women claim assault.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 A man accused of pulling a knife on a woman he offered a ride to, attempting to force another woman into his car by gun and sexually assaulting a third woman is now in jail. Police...

What voters are saying.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Sue Vorenberg "I have to say I'm undecided at this point on who I'll vote for. Right now, my key issue is the economy. I used to be a manager at a pharmaceutical company I got laid off and it took me eight months to get a new...

Seven states cut profile of diversity.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Thomas Hargrove SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE The Democratic presidential contenders Tuesday will face a complex racial and ethnic mix of millions of voters in seven primary and caucus states, ending months of intensive campaigning...

Who wins? Here's how it works.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen You vote, they name a winner, and that's it, right? Nope. In the thorny thicket of caucus politics, Tuesday's election is more than a vote and a winner. Much more. At stake are delegates to the...

Local political sages give caucus projections.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 With New Mexico's first Democratic caucus less than four days away, local political pundits are peering into a still-murky crystal ball. Considering how quickly the race for the...

Lawyer asks judge to drop murder case.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 The attorney for one of four men accused of murder wants the case dismissed, citing what he says are unreasonable delays by the prosecution. The four men are accused in the shooting...

Sex offender law goes into effect today after ruling.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque police today will begin enforcing the city's sex offender registration law after a judge ruled most of its provisions constitutional, Mayor Martin Chavez said. State...

A head for business.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Marcos Enriquez waits for customers while offering longhorn cattle skulls for sale at the Tierra del Sol Mercado at Isleta Boulevard and Santa Anita...

Per Diem.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen The Roundhouse report The fourth floor SECESSION STOPPERS? Gov. Bill Richardson named 10 people to the East-West Conciliation Committee he hopes can avert the secession of Albuquerque's West Side. ...

City councilor wants to block art cones.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 City Councilor Sally Mayer wants the city's public arts board to cease and desist from plans to erect two huge green cones in Uptown. She will introduce a bill at Monday's City Council...

Ex-Cowboys rewind Super Bowl years.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Bob Christ rchrist@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 When ex-Dallas Cowboys icons Bob Lilly, Walt Garrison and Lee Roy Jordan get together this time of year it's usually to reminisce about the glory days of America's Team. Super Bowl...

UNLV's talent adds pressure to packed Pit.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Packing 18,000-plus into The Pit is a simply a bonus. No need to hype this game, with two of the Mountain West's top women's basketball teams getting together. UNLV visits New Mexico...

Lobos target road 'monkey'.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens abqtrib.com / 823-3663 University of New Mexico coach Ritchie McKay sees it as "a pink elephant." For Troy DeVries, it's "a monkey on our back." Teammate Danny Granger calls it "something that bugs."...

EDITORIAL.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... A step in right direction on pedestrian safety New Mexico look out for that pickup! has the worst stats in the nation for killing pedestrians. In Albuquerque, at least, officials insist that's about to change. Let's hope their gambit...

CORRECTIONS.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Corrections: See story: "Party is guiding voters to polls," 01/30/04, page A1 CLARIFICATION A story Friday should have said official results of Tuesday's Democratic caucus will be announced Feb. 13; unofficial results could be...

Eldorado should relish win over Hobbs' mystique.(Weekend)
January 31, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The Hobbs Eagles' mystique took a hit Friday night at Eldorado High. It lost a bit of its luster. It looked a bit worn. Credit the Albuquerque version of the Eagles. Coach Roy Sanchez's...

Bill of hope.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Lawmaker asking state to grant long-term Medicaid benefits to brain-injury victims The injury never heals, and the pain may never go away. It can affect its victims' ability...

Judge retires amid praise for firm hand, sharp mind.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 FRANK ALLEN JR. Little missed the withering scrutiny of state District Judge Frank Allen Jr., not even the woman in the back row of a crowded courtroom sucking on a...

Party is guiding voters to polls.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Eligible Democrats, listen up. If you don't know where to go to cast your vote, head to the nearest polling place Tuesday, a New Mexico Democratic Party spokeswoman said....

Group's costumes spark Sunport jam.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 A Russian theater group learned another travel tip at the Albuquerque International Sunport: Clean your costumes and performance equipment thoroughly. They might have residue from past...

Audit: Trash crew policy is a wreck.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 A city labor policy that rewards garbage truck crews for hurrying on their Albuquerque rounds is a long-standing incentive that will be hard to reverse, city and union officials said today....

City police roster climbs to 937.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Shattered glass on a street in the Southeast Heights usually wasn't enough. A missing car stereo on the West Side wasn't either. At peak hours, squad cars were in high demand...

Rally seeks groundswell for N.M. grasslands.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Steve Capra says it's time New Mexicans had a say in whether expanded drilling for oil and gas is permitted on Otero Mesa, a wild grasslands area in the southern part of the state. ...

Liquor lobbying rapped.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 The industry targets the Legislature's leadership to help fend off increased taxes, a Common Cause report says. SANTA FE Money from the liquor lobby flows annually into the New...

'West Mesa, N.M.' has nice ring to it, some say.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Craig Weakland has watched patiently through more than a decade of bickering over West Side roads. Now he's fed up. Weakland was heartened by a movement this year for the West Side...

Feeney, Rebel anticipated their matchup.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 One life ago the day had special meaning. It was a date on the calender that UNLV's Louis Amundson had circled as a day of reunion. His best friend from high school at Monarch...

D, as in 'devour'.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The Lobos' ravenous defense devastated San Diego State and ranks No. 1 in the nation One of Don Flanagan's favorite defensive mottoes is "Five moving as one." The five have been...

Valley uses hated zone to zap No. 1.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Prep basketball Joe Coleman likes tough man-to-man defense. But the Valley High boys basketball coach loves winning even more. That's why his Vikings did the unthinkable at...

Banquet to honor 3 legends.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The Albuquerque Sports Hall of Fame awards banquet is scheduled for Feb. 24 at the Marriott Hotel on I-40 and Louisiana Boulevard. Tickets cost $35 and will be sold through the University of New Mexico ticket...

Commissioner switches vote, and PRC reverts to single leader.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 SANTA FE The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission has elected its fourth leader in a month. Albuquerque Republican Herb Hughes was named chairman at a special meeting Thursday...

Price rite.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman By Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Estate sales once followed someone's death. These days, they can occur with a move or a change in fortunes. Regardless, they're still a life passage, as the...

These gizmos slice, dice and froth my willpower.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary It's been said that my apartment looks like it's been decorated by Bed, Bath & Beelzebub. I admit, there are things that I look at and/or walk over every single day that defy description. Things that...

Sanchez goes from sardines to a splash on stage.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Monica Sanchez remembers watching the blue ocean waves from her large dining room window and eating yet another bowl of fish soup while day dreaming about breaking into the...

SHOPPING TIPS.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Get on a mailing list. Sales are usually advertised in the classifieds, but earlier notice and previews often go to those on each estate sale company's mailing list. Sign up during sales or contact companies by phone requesting to be put on...

These fresh-made chicken wings soar far beyond Buffalo.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Joline Glenn JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 review I admit I've had little use for chicken wings, finding their skins tough, their meat meager and sinewy, and not worth the trouble of picking through the bones. But...

No carbs for kickoff, but super feast's not short on good nosh.(Evening)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Sunday afternoon, in thousands of homes across the nation, the sound of chip bags being opened and the arrival of the pizza delivery truck will herald yet another Super Bowl...

Nitrate causes stall at Sunport.(Afternoon)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 Theater troupe learned its costumes with pyrotechnics residue sparked the evacuation. Don't check unclean golf clubs as luggage into ticket counters at the airport. Don't check...

New sensors can spot city water-system leaks.(Afternoon)
January 30, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Acoustic sensors to be installed in valves in the city's water system will allow the city to repair water leaks before they become emergencies, Mayor Martin Chavez said, and save the city a...

TIMES OF THE SIGN.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 Years of boom, bustle and blah passed beneath the lights of the El Rey Theater marquee. But let the Downtown beacon speak for itself. If these walls could talk? Hah! If I...

What'safter strike three?(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 FAILING SCHOOLS In baseball, three strikes mean you're out. In New Mexico's school accountability system, three strikes mean . . . well, no one really knows. State...

New project targets safety in crosswalks.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 With cars whizzing past and the occasional jaywalker darting across the street, officials from city, state and grass-roots agencies gathered at a busy Central Avenue intersection to...

Clark courts veterans, Hispanics.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Campaign trail Alyan Hill has heard it all before. He can count dozens of candidates who shook his hand and promised they would help veterans. From the seat of a motorized...

Where should $6.7 million go?(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Standing-room-only crowd hears ideas on spending crime prevention revenue fter-school care, teen mother training and shelters for the homeless and victims of domestic violence are a...

Time for tutoring.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Keymon Heckard, 7, stops to think before correctly answering a question from volunteer tutor Jessica Thomas, 14, a Wilson Middle School student,...

Sensors scout water leaks.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Acoustic sensors to be installed in valves in the city's water system will allow the city to repair water leaks before they become emergencies, Mayor Martin Chavez said today. The...

Sunport partially evacuated.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Part of the ticketing area at the Albuquerque International Sunport was evacuated this morning, delaying flights and backing up traffic. Airport spokeswoman Jonnie Banks said a sniffer dog alerted agents from...

Chavez calls for 'urban forests'.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 The mayor hopes to have the help of businesses and children to upgrade quality of life in the Duke City. Mayor Martin Chavez wants to create what he calls "mini urban forests" by...

City police captain promoted to deputy chief.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Ed Sauer, captain of Albuquerque Police Department's Southeast Heights area command, is being promoted to deputy chief. Sauer will supervise operations, including the city's 911...

Senator recalls loss of base, joins effort to save others.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 SANTA FE In 1967, the federal government closed Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, and a teenaged Tim Jennings watched friends leave, businesses close and a town cut in half. ...

Per Diem.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... The Roundhouse report The fourth floor TRY, TRY, FAIL AGAIN Republicans have made their annual effort to pass a voter identification law, but Gov. Bill Richardson has already stopped it. Senate Minority Caucus Chairwoman...

A healing soul soul.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Chaplains train at UNM Hospital to help patients, families and staff members cope with trauma and crisis We don't think about them: the people who clean up the emergency room after...

Jan's mailbox.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Jan Jonas Several local men and women completed basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. *Air Force Airman Nadeem R. Haji is the son of Ramzan Haji of Albuquerque and a 2003 graduate of Del...

Lobos still searching for solid starting 5.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The latest rendition of musical chairs will commence tonight in The Pit, when the Lobos will play their numbers game against the San Diego State Aztecs. New Mexico coach Don Flanagan...

Fess up, MWC, to bad whistle and spare a kid from catcalls.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens It's not too late for a Mountain West Conference basketball official to show some integrity. It's not too late for someone, anyone, from the MWC to apologize to Brigham Young's Mark Bigelow for making the...

CORRECTION.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Correction:See story,"Been there, DUNKED THAT", 01/28/04 page B8. The name of a Sandia boys basketball player in a photo caption in Wednesday's Tribune should have been Nehemiah Thomas.

Q&A.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton Derek McDonald, Eldorado Eagles basketball McDonald averages six points and 3.8 assists per game for the 11-5 Eagles, who beat Clovis on Saturday and have a shot at making a statement in their game Friday against...

Union motion leads to co-op rift.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 A business based on cooperation, concern for the community and democratic member control is an unlikely setting for a fight over unionization. But at La Montanita Co-op a...

PRC to get new chairman in vote switch.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 SANTA FE The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission could have yet another new leader by this afternoon. Commissioner David King, who was elected co-chairman of the five-member...

EDITORIALS.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Candidates, reporters ignore us at own peril South Carolina. South Carolina. The national media are obsessed with the South Carolina Democratic primary, which takes place Tuesday. As evidenced by the quote on the Insight & Opinion...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
January 29, 2004... Waiting two months isn't asking too much The federal commission investigating 9-11 did not get the cooperation one might expect from the White House, federal agencies, New York City given the importance of its task. There were...

Arrest made after chase.(Afternoon)
January 29, 2004... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 The man who police said fled from officers and tried to carjack a vehicle on I-40 had reason to run, according to court records. Joseph Chavez, 26, who was eventually subdued...

She was stabbed.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Apartment fire didn't take life of young mom Before plumes of smoke began filling Latauqua Tashi Glenn's apartment, the 22-year-old mother already was dead, authorities said. A...

Guv boots bill to secede.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 WEST SIDE SANTA FE Gov. Bill Richardson today torpedoed the prospect for legislative efforts to allow Albuquerque's West Side to secede. "The damage that would result from...

WWII vet still at war with VA.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 If infantrymen learn nothing else, they learn how to dig in. For more than 50 years, Albuquerque's Arthur Winters, a combat infantryman during World War II, has been dug in and...

The Sun Belt is first big test for the Democratic contenders.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Dave Montgomery FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM SUPER SEVEN PHOENIX As the 2004 presidential race turns south from New Hampshire, states in the Southwest are poised to play an unaccustomed early and influential role in choosing the...

N.M. showered with lots of attention.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Hispanic voters to fore Jockeying with six other states for attention during Tuesday's bumper crop of presidential caucuses and primaries, the Land of Enchantment has one advantage...

Firm to craft new biz plane in N.M.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 The Javelin looks good, it's fast, and it could bring 200 high-tech jobs to Albuquerque. On Tuesday, the New Mexico State Investment Council voted to invest $6.25 million in the...

Firefighters squelch dangerous blaze.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... In Brief A fire that held a big threat of danger was knocked down quickly this morning in a large combination furniture retail and warehouse complex in the 4900 block of Pan American Freeway Northeast, an Albuquerque Fire Department...

Skeen's name urged for federal building.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... In Brief New Mexico's congressional delegation wants to name the federal building in Roswell after Joe Skeen, the former Republican congressman who died in December. Legislation to call the building the Joe Skeen Federal Building was...

Lawyer pleads guilty to tax crimes.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... In Brief Albuquerque lawyer and accountant Matthew E. Cohen pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Albuquerque to helping prepare false tax returns for another lawyer and a dentist. Cohen admitted he prepared false claims filed...

Guv: Use cash for teacher raises.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 SANTA FE Extra money headed to New Mexico will surely mean more money for teachers, Gov. Bill Richardson says. But it probably won't sweeten his one-time bonus plan for...

Nursing home staff face charges.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Aubrey Hovey AHOVEY@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid's office filed criminal charges against the management of an Albuquerque nursing home and four of its employees, saying neglect resulted in a...

Water plan observers want to see action.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Now that a regional water plan has been drafted, the skeptics want to know one thing. Can it be implemented? "I greatly appreciate the hard work and long hours they've put into the...

Wilson part of congressional group seeking to enlarge military.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Lisa Hoffman SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON It might be expected the Pentagon chief would be lobbying Congress to give him more troops, what with the Army being stretched as it is in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. ...

Majerus to step down.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Utah coach, 55, is hospitalized with chest pains; will leave coaching after season Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus was hospitalized with heart problems and will resign after...

Future Lobos TV deal in limbo.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 University of New Mexico sports fans are spoiled these days by the number of Lobos games they are able to see on television. A change for the worse might be on the horizon. The...

Been there, DUNKED THAT.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 La Cueva standout Jordan Pacheco shrugs off OT win against Sandia. Heart-stoppers aren't anything new for these two rivals. The old man of La Cueva basketball was not impressed....

TRIB TAKES.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... OUR VIEWS ON THE NEWS FIRST TO VOTE The first person to vote in New Hampshire's Demo-cratic primary election was Tom Tillotson. He continued a tradition established by his dad, the late Neil Tillotson, first to vote in every N.H....

THE NEW MEXICO CAUCUS SERIES.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Insight & Opinion today continues a series on the seven major candidates on the ballot in the Feb. 3 New Mexico Democratic presidential caucus. The articles run in the order in which candidates appear on the ballot: Tuesday, Jan. 20: Joe...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Bouquets & brickbats Bouquet: White Sands New Mexico is on its way up again literally. White Sands Missile Range was named a finalist in an X Prize Foundation competition that will award $10 million to the private team that develops...

These two states can teach each other.(Evening)
January 28, 2004... Byline: Eddie Chuculate Commentary NORMAN, Okla. I landed at the Oklahoma City airport this past weekend. After a few minutes rapping with former University of Oklahoma quarterback J.C. Watts also an Oklahoma Republican ex-congressman,...