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

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

Republicans warm up party for Bush.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2000 N.M. delegates focus on unity, adhere to ongoing shift to rightThis week's Republican National Convention may be mostly about pomp and circumstance. Getting close...

Lab workers on paid leave for stress.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Some 35 nuclear weaponeers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been placed on paid leave, apparently to recover from stress associated with the recent computer hard-drive security...

Navajo council may reschedule tribal election.(Local News)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF WINDOW ROCK The Navajo Nation Council could try today to override the tribal president's veto of Tuesday's date for tribal elections. Council Speaker Edward T. Begay announced Friday the...

At-risk kids train dogs and make pals along the way.(Local News)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Kids and dogs always make a great combination. Through several youth intervention programs, the New Mexico Animal Humane Association teaches at-risk youngsters to communicate in...

City attorneys to join in proposition for merger.(Local News)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 City of Albuquerque attorneys will join the New Mexico Supreme Court case involving consolidation of City Hall and Bernalillo County government. But city attorneys are getting involved...

Former Hubble telescope director remembers the day it didn't work.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Blake Likins blikins@abqtrib.com / 823-3671 Bob Williams remembers the terrible sinking feeling that came with the unforgettable e-mail he received: The Hubble Space Telescope was broken. "It was terrible," said Williams,...

Insurers nationwide are seeing big changes in profit, experts say.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Attorney Gerry Hanrahan, who represents injured workers, never misses an opportunity to point out that "insurers are profiting, profiting, profiting and profiting." That was...

PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff First State Bancorporation posted second-quarter earnings of $1.6 million, or 33 cents a share, compared with $1.2 million, or 24 cents a share, for the quarter last year. Assets of the Albuquerque banking...

Thornburg produces solid earnings.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Thornburg Mortgage Inc. reported second-quarter net income of $6.9 million, or 25 cents a share, compared with net income of $7 million, or 25 cents a share, for the same quarter last year. "We were very, very...

Business almanac.(Business)
July 31, 2000... BUSINESS GROUPS Arnold Cordova, membership director at the Association of Commerce and Industry for two years, has been promoted to vice president of membership. Cordova has produced record-setting years of membership growth and forged...

Taos Ski Valley's VP to head board of directors at ACI.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Monday, July 31, 2000 Chris Stagg has been named chairman of the board of directors for the Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico. Stagg is vice president of marketing for Taos Ski Valley, where...

REAL ESTATE BRIEFS.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff The Enterprise Foundation, the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority and several American Indian tribes have raised about $4 million to build 110 new homes on reservations in the state. Enterprise and the state...

SWOP wants to lower boom on IRBs, but their arguments are a big bust.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson A boom economy is a wondrous thing. In 1975 I had the good fortune to be in Grants during the uranium boom and got a unique view (besides the one from my trailer perched next to the railroad tracks). To...

Tweaking workers comp.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 New Mexico's 10-year-old workers comp reform has generally worked well except for some injured workers. While all parties agree fixes are needed, they don't all agree on what...

Unreliable data compromise system.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson Much of the decision-making of the Advisory Council on Workers Compensation, not to mention lawmakers, state regulators and the insurance industry itself, depends on good information. For that they turn to the...

Music World opens Santa Fe retail outlet.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff SMALL BUSINESS BRIEFS Music World of Albuquerque, one of New Mexico's largest retailers of pianos, digital pianos, guitars and band instruments, has opened a retail outlet in Santa Fe at 3530 Zafarano Drive,...

Jose Armas readies magazine for Hispanics.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: START-UPS Dan Mayfield Tribune readers might wonder what happened to Jose Armas, who wrote a column for the newspaper's Insight and Opinion section that ran for 3 1/2 years. The column last appeared in March. On May 1, Armas...

Shoptalk.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield Jeffrey Anthony Company: House of Hammer Unten, Custom Latex Couture. The company makes custom outfits for men and women, by hand, from latex. Title: Owner. Number of employees: Just myself. I do have...

Senate committee earmarks $10 million for tech help.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a $10 million appropriation to jump-start a small-business program. U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, am Albuquerque Republican, wrote the bill creating the...

Project opens road of opportunity for Los Ranchos.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Fourth Street is many things to many people. Centuries old, the north-south route has been a farm road, a ranching road, a county road, a state highway, part of Route 66, U.S. 85 and an...

Siteseeing.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg A critical look at New Mexico businesses on the Net Company: Van Dyke Technologies Inc. Owner: Jeff P. Van Dyke Designer: In-house Web address: www.vandyke.com Content: The site has information...

Being in the right place at the right time helped fuel software company's ascent.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Being in the right place at the right timehelped fuel software company's ascent Timing is everything in the software business. Just ask Van Dyke Technologies Inc. The...

A helping hand.(Business)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Santa Fe Business Incubator was designedas a nonprofit corporation to fosterthe growth of new and expandingcompanies, and it's doing such a good jobat it, it's planning an expansion...

Experience the Dukes before it's too late.(Sports)
July 31, 2000... The twilights that dance around the Albuquerque Dukes, the sunsets that eventually slip away into nightfalls, are no longer patterns of light to go unnoticed or to be taken for granted. There are too precious few of them remaining not to...

Rio Grande water rights survey near completion.(Local News)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF LAS CRUCES Surveys for a massive water rights adjudication effort under way in the lower Rio Grande Valley should be done by the end of the year, the project manager predicts. But legal...

State Fair to showcase Black heritage, culture.(Local News)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The culture and history of black New Mexicans will be showcased in a new pavilion opening at the 2000 State Fair. The African-American Pavilion project has been in the works for more than...

Police quiet melee at state juvenile lockup.(Local News)
July 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A melee involving nine residents at the state's juvenile lockup in Albuquerque was quelled when about 15 law enforcement officers showed up, authorities said. One guard at the Youth...

Shaping A legacy.
July 29, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Often combative and criticized in return, Gov. Gary Johnson says he wants to leave office in two years with no regrets SANTA FE Gary Johnson, a drain cleaner? Probably...

Police deaf to suspect's gasps for help, witness says.
July 29, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich and Tim Archuleta fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 Police Chief Jerry Galvin said all allegations will be investigated in the man's death. A friend of Kevin Eugene Boyer who...

Only the details of Rio-saving proposal need to be finalized.
July 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman and Larry Spohn lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 After days of bickering and brokering over who gets the Rio Grande's valuable water, negotiators in the controversial silvery minnow...

Man enters no-contest plea in death of infant.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An Albuquerque man has pleaded no contest to charges in the March 1998 death of a 4-month-old infant under his care. Louie Barraza, 44, pleaded no contest this week to a count of...

Some want merger question off fall ballot.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash knash@abqtrib.com / 823-3602 The political battle to merge the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County governments has started in the halls of the state Supreme Court. The fight isn't over whether consolidation...

Downtown Action Team splits off from developer.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque city councilors will be asked to reaffirm the leadership of the Downtown revitalization efforts now that one partner has pulled out of the work. The Downtown Action Team...

Political candidates must again file notices with IRS.
July 29, 2000... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE The Internal Revenue Service wants to hear very quickly from candidates for state and local political offices and political committees in New Mexico. Many of them must file notices...

Lobo walk-on hustles to glory.(Sports)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Josh Bazinet offers preview of his skills in North win Josh Bazinet is planning to walk on to the University of New Mexico football team on Monday. If Friday night was a...

Ayala seeks October rematch with Tapia.(Sports)
July 29, 2000... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS FORT WORTH, Texas Johnny Tapia has just one blemish on his boxing record. Now, the 33-year-old Tapia may get the chance to avenge the lone loss in 51 professional bouts, a setback against southpaw Paulie...

Pair make national track finals.(Sports)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Two Albuquerque youths made the finals in their events at the USA Track and Field National Championships on Friday at the University of Buffalo in New York. Derek Poynter, a product of...

Race drivers trade teams to fuel fun.(Sports)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Charles Googe INDY CAR NOTEBOOK Once again, Formula One and CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) appear to be swapping drivers. This time, it looks like Dario Franchitti will go from CART to Formula One while Johnny...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
July 29, 2000... Put 2 and 2 together: More road means more traffic If a certain city councilor truly wants to address traffic congestion in this car-lover's paradise, there are far better ways to do so than by adding two measly lanes to Montano Bridge....

Wen Ho Lee defense might pivot on his shy, informant wife.
July 29, 2000... Byline: Richard Benke The Associated Press She worked with husband Wen Ho Lee at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and now some of her work may help defend him against charges that he breached national security. Sylvia Lee acted as an...

Sandia, Navy test weapon 'concept' over the Atlantic.
July 29, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sandia National Laboratories successfully flight-tested a prototype of a new nuclear warhead design for the first time since the end of the Cold War but insisted it's not a new weapon. It's only a...

Residents warned against phony water inspectors.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Several city water customers have been visited or called by impostor "water cops" claiming to be city employees cracking down on water wasters. The city doesn't have physical descriptions...

Rejected candidate files lawsuit against bureau.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Tom Benavides, a former Democratic state senator from Albuquerque, has filed a lawsuit seeking to get his name on the general election ballot as a Reform Party candidate for the U.S....

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Fugitive of the week: Sergio Jose Sanchez, 28, is wanted on charges of rape and kidnapping. He is a dark-skinned male with brown hair and brown eyes, 5-foot-6 and 170 pounds. PHOTO: b/w...

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Crime of the week: The theft of more than $40,000 worth of musical equipment is hitting a very sour note for one band. On the morning of July 16, three men were seen hooking up a U-Haul...

Biologist sees a larger issue behind plight of minnows.(Insight and Opinion)
July 29, 2000... Byline: Kate Nelson Holly Casman wends the maze of administrative offices at the Albuquerque Zoo, past the employee eating area, through a desolate courtyard and into a bland, two-story cinder-block building. Within it, she and a...

Dividing the water.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen lmcallen@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 A judge overseeing mediation between irrigators and environmentalists indicates new developments are near in silvery minnow water dispute The battle over water along the Middle...

City councilor launches drive to add lanes on Montano Bridge.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Paige Leslie-Baird says living near the Montano Bridge for the past few years hasn't been so bad. The traffic that flows near her home in the North Valley is noticeable, but not a...

Controversial public-private land swap OK'd.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 Southwestern Regional Forester Eleanor Towns has approved a massive land exchange between the U.S. Forest Service and the L-Bar Ranch on Mount Taylor. Towns' decision is a...

Cause of man's death in custody unknown.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 A 25-year-old Albuquerque man who died Thursday night after a struggle with police in a Southeast Heights restaurant kitchen has been identified as Kevin Eugene Boyer. The...

Baby sitter pleads no contest to child abuse.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 An Albuquerque man has pleaded no contest to charges in the March 1998 death of a 4-month-old infant under his care. Louie Barraza, 44, pleaded no contest this week to a count of...

Mediator will try moving UNM-police union talks forward after impasse.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 A federal mediator has been called in to help resolve an impasse in salary negotiations between the University of New Mexico administration and the campus police officers union. ...

New Mexico included in defense spending bill.
July 28, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press Congress has approved a $288 billion defense spending bill that includes a 3.7 percent military pay increase as well as millions of dollars for key New Mexico military projects. The Senate passed the bill...

Residents warned against phony water inspectors.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Several city water customers have been visited or called by impostor "water cops" claiming to be city employees cracking down on water wasters. The city doesn't have physical descriptions...

Trustee on board with AG lawsuit.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 One of the biggest environmental pollution lawsuits in New Mexico history is finally moving forward with the state's Natural Resources trustee on board. Attorneys and...

Glitch costs new radio station $20,000.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 It was a contest no one was supposed to win. When KBQI-FM (107.9) launched its "20,000 Songs or $20,000" promotion a week ago promising to play 20,000 songs in a row without...

Canoncito Navajos move a step closer to casino approval.
July 28, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TO'HAJIILEE If the Canoncito Band of Navajos sees its plans come to fruition, Albuquerque could find another casino-style gaming operation at its outskirts. The Navajo Nation Council has agreed to...

Councilors want Park and Ride for State Fair.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 City councilors Hess Yntema and Greg Payne say they are going to fight city plans to cut back on Park and Ride bus service to the New Mexico State Fair. "I am very concerned about...

Dispute erupts over allegations of racial profiling in Lee case.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Richard Benke THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A dispute has arisen between an FBI agent and a retired Los Alamos National Laboratory security chief over an allegation that scientist Wen Ho Lee likely aided China's nuclear program. In a...

Last dance?(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Mark Bolton mbolton@abqtrib.com / 823-3689 La Cueva product Matt King stars in North-South game, but his chances to play as a Lobo walk-on might be limited The Pit hasn't seen the last of Matt King not by any means. But...

Lobo forward ready as recruit's status remains in question.(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Recruit Dion Broom could be out and injury-plagued forward Brian Smith is back in for the University of New Mexico men's basketball team. Head coach Fran Fraschilla said this...

Cibola's Grady (sort of) begins his Lobo career tonight.(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens Jeff Grady is honest about wanting to be a University of New Mexico Lobo. It wasn't exactly a childhood dream. In fact, Grady's link to the Lobos existed mainly because the Lobos were the team that Dad...

NMSU picked 2nd in Big West poll.(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE BOISE, Idaho Defending Big West champion and Humanitarian Bowl winner Boise State was chosen as the favorite to win the league in both the coaches poll and media poll. The Broncos, who play...

Recruit expected to hone Lobos' bite.(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 It wasn't so much the skills of Lauren McLeod that swayed the University of New Mexico to offer a scholarship, but the spark she could bring to a team in need of more fire. "The kid...

Furrs buys back subordinated notes.(Business)
July 28, 2000... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Furrs Supermarkets Inc. has completed a transaction with Oklahoma City-based Fleming Companies Inc. to buy back Fleming's subordinated notes. "This is a very...

Colcha revival.(The Arts & Entertainment)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Trilby Davis tdavis@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 Kathleen Sais Lerner and other artistsin New Mexico are resurrecting the craft of making traditional colchas, or blankets, in the style of Spanish Colonial art It started as a...

The philosophy different.(The Arts & Entertainment)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 New Mexico filmmaker Jenniphr Goodman comes home to tell the story of an oh-so-Santa-Fe slacker who mixes spirituality and cretinism into an ethos of seduction Creative sorts,...

Instrumentalist LaValle just wants to write music - and do it his own way.(The Arts & Entertainment)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. pmaldonado@abqtrib.com / 823-3630 Jimmy LaValle is a bit of an iconoclast. Through various musical projects, including the Album Leaf and Tristeza, the one constant is wordless music. "I do all...

University offers Big-I live on the Net.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The UNM Health Sciences Center now has a Big-I Web Cam available for anyone who wants to see a live picture of the construction and traffic. Access to the page biblio.unm.edu/bigi is free and the...

Kidnapper sentenced to more than four decades.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A man convicted of kidnapping two former girlfriends and shooting at a police officer has been sentenced to the maximum 42 1/2 years in prison. Juan Jose Maestas Jr., 25, of Albuquerque,...

Kidnapper sentenced to more than four decades.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports Man given probation for starting Cree Fire CARRIZOZO Joseph Martin, 21, pleaded no contest Thursday to one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for his role in a wildfire that charred...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... A story in The Tribune on July 21 about Mari Griego, the 11-year-old Rio Rancho girl who is to sing the National Anthem at this year's Republican National Convention, should have said she performs locally 12 to 16 times a month. See...

Dukes to get LoDuca, Masaoka.(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The Albuquerque Dukes were expected to regain the services of catcher Paul LoDuca and relief pitcher Onan Masaoka after the parent Los Angeles Dodgers activated catcher Todd Hundley and reliever...

Scorpions add rookie center.(Sports)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The New Mexico Scorpions announced the signing of rookie center Jonathan Bishop to a one-year contract for the 2000-2001 season. He's the fifth rookie and the 13th player overall to agree to...

Million-dollar grant funds Alzheimer's care.(Business)
July 28, 2000... Byline: sTAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL New Mexico has been awarded a three-year, $1.05 million grant to fund personal care, adult day care and in-home respite services for people with Alzheimer's...

ACI taking nominations for business awards.(Business)
July 28, 2000... Byline: sTAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico is accepting statewide nominations for the 2000 Vision, Investment, Vitality and Action Awards. The...

Health association plans convention, trade show.(Business)
July 28, 2000... Byline: sTAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Staff and wire reports LCOAL & REGIONAL The New Mexico Health Care Association will hold its annual convention and trade show Aug. 16-18 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. The convention will...

Hispanic Scholarship Fund invites applications.(Local News)
July 28, 2000... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which has provided financial aid to outstanding Hispanic-American students pursuing college degrees for almost a quarter of a century, will begin accepting applications...

Farmers block water diversion for the minnow.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen lmcallen@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 About 100 farmers today forcefully stopped water managers from diverting irrigation water back into the Rio Grande near Socorro. "They made a line around the gate and wouldn't let...

DA candidates spar but landno big punches.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 VOTE 2000 Democrat Kari Brandenburg and Republican Skip Vernon sat side by side, eager for the Trumbull/La Mesa candidate forum to begin. "We can't decide who should go...

Navel alert! Britney calls the tune for younger girls.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Loreen Johnson isn't a fan, but she still can't help herself. Driving in the car, cooking dinner, cleaning the house it doesn't seem to matter anymore. Her family's daily...

Trustee told to join AG in lawsuit.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 The bitter and public dispute between Attorney General Patricia Madrid and Natural Resources Trustee William Turner appears to be all but over. Madrid, a Democrat, and Turner,...

Sims family to file wrongful-death lawsuit.(Local News)
July 27, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Well-known Albuquerque attorneys Paul Kennedy and Mary Han have been hired by the family of slain 16-year-old Demetrius Sims. Kennedy said this morning the pair expect to file the suit within a...

Killer avoids death penalty with plea.(Local News)
July 27, 2000... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS SANTA FE The murder case of a man who admitted to shooting down two high school sweethearts on a Good Friday religious pilgrimage is almost over. The stepson of an Espanola police lieutenant pleaded...