The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from July 2001

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from July 2001

Study suggests hazard in City-County basement.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 The report, commissioned by a law firm suing over allegedly unsafe working conditions, found higher than normal levels of electromagnetic energy. Some city and county employees who work...

PAINTED CITY, ALTERED LIVES.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Participants in the mayor's Arts Summer Institute are finding that as their talents change the city from its walls to its music scene their lives are changing as well It's hard to miss...

Full schools have parents scrambling for transfers.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 With two weeks to go before the first bell rings in Albuquerque, some parents still are scrambling to get their kids transferred from one school to another. Charles Jaques...

Political tussle might fatten school wallets.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 New legislation prompted by a court case, a boom in oil and gas royalties and a political dust-up between the Legislature and the governor are all contributing factors in what...

Intel imparts $5 million for proposed widening of N.M. 528.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Intel, the city of Rio Rancho and the state Highway and Transportation Department today announced a $22 million partnership proposal that will widen N.M. 528 from four to six lanes...

As the crowded mayoral race begins, Baca looks like the man to beat.(Local News)
July 31, 2001... Byline: Kate Nelson Two months of brass-knuckled, gold-plated campaigning can change anything. The candidates for Albuquerque mayor who look like cream today could be sour milk by Oct. 2. That said, here's a peek at the current odds,...

Man nabbed, charged as shootout driver.(Local News)
July 31, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The suspected getaway driver from a shootout at Coronado Center has been arrested. Police arrested Julio Cesar Fernandez on Sunday afternoon on an outstanding warrant stemming...

GOP's congressional redistricting proposal would not split Albuquerque area.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 John Dendahl, chairman of the New Mexico Republican Party, today unveiled a GOP congressional redistricting plan to counter proposals now being considered by a committee of the...

Westgate and Eastdale face final showdown.(Sports)
July 31, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 By Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 The wish of Westgate Little League's Jacob Pacheco has come true. Well, at least part of it. Pacheco and his Westgate...

N.M. Fire reach the outmost limits of in-line success.(Sports)
July 31, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Hockey Town, U.S.A, Albuquerque is not. But there's a red-hot hockey team in town that's blazing new inroads for the Duke City's previously cool hockey reputation. The New Mexico...

EDITORIAL.(Insight and Opinion)(Editorial)
July 31, 2001... Navajo code talkers preserved a nation that treated them poorly They were members of the "greatest generation." For a long time, they were part of a "lost generation." The famous, but largely undecorated, Navajo code talkers finally...

Albuquerque police arrest suspect in stabbing death.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Albuquerque police have arrested a suspect in a June stabbing death that may have stemmed from a fight over a drug deal. Kevin Parmentier, 19, was arrested early Sunday morning...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)(Correction Notice)
July 31, 2001... *A story Friday should have said Sandia High School graduate Chris Jenkins declined an invitation to participate in last week's North-South All-Star basketball game. See story 07/21/2001 Pg. B1 "FIRST PIT GLORY"

[0] CORRECTIONS.(Local News)(Correction Notice)
July 31, 2001... *A story in ABQ Biz on Monday should have said BioReason is an operating company in Santa Fe with 25 employees. See story 07/27/2001 ABQ Biz, Pg. 4 "CYTOPRINT COMPARES CELL PICTURES FOR RESEARCH"

NOT A DROP TO DRINK.
July 30, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Veguita has plenty of water in its wells, but making sure it's safe posesa problem in this tiny community VEGUITA Watching Brandy Leyba and her daughters, Janelle, 5, and Ariana,...

Celluloid dreams.
July 30, 2001... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Two animators from TVI Chris Cervantes and Vicente Garcia hope to parlay their gold medals into careers creating 3-D computer effects Want to work for Walt Disney Studios as an animator?...

Promises, promises - let's start with one made by Rick Homans.(Local News)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Rewind four years to the last mayoral election. The local economy was sputtering. Growth on the city's fringes was out of control. And the public schools were sorely in need of some outside help. At...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)(Correction Notice)
July 30, 2001... A column Saturday by former Albuquerque Tribune Editor Scott Ware, who has moved to Washington state, should have said Ware had been at The Tribune for 6 1/2 years. His new e-mail address is sware@thesunlink.com. See story 07/28/01 Pg. C1...

Police arrest suspect in June stabbing death.
July 30, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Albuquerque police have arrested a suspect in a June stabbing death that may have stemmed from a fight over a drug deal. Kevin Parmentier, 19, was arrested early Sunday morning...

Though out of the race, Crosby has big ideas.
July 30, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 INTERVIEW WITH....FRANK CROSBY McKinley Middle School was the site of a neighborhood forum for mayoral candidates Saturday. Though Mayor Jim Baca and former Mayor Martin Chavez...

Swing time, at last.(Sports)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Regulation play is 6 innings. Westgate and Eastdale went 10,until Westgate slapped an intended walk for a winning hit ROSWELL Probably the only person in the ballpark who...

From Texas roots, Furrs grew into giant.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Sometimes older, bigger and established isn't enough. In the past 97 years, privately-held Furrs has grown from one mercantile store in Kirkland, Texas, to a 130-store chain of...

BRIEFS.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff First State Bancorporation reported second quarter earnings of $1.96 million, or 39 cents a share, a 21 percent increase over $1.62 million, or 33 cents a share. Assets increased 20 percent to $717 million on...

Ardesta to open regional office.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Ardesta LLC is moving forward with its plans to invest in Albuquerque. The company opens its Southwest regional office in the Lockheed Martin Building on Aug. 6. Technology...

Construction marketing text published.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The book "Construction Marketing: The Textbook" by Elizabeth Jeppesen has been published by Green Tag Publishing. The book provides an analysis of how to market a construction company and covers such issues as job...

Chamber declares tax reform a priority.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce has added tax reform to its priority list for the coming year. "We want to improve New Mexico's tax structure for business in our state," said Mike Stanford, chairman...

ALMANAC.(Business)
July 30, 2001... ACCOUNTING Amy Campbell has joined Burt & Nagel CPAs as a staff accountant. Before joining Burt & Nagel, Campbell was with another local firm. She earned her bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of New Mexico and is a...

REALESTATE ROUNDUP.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Sand-and-gravel industry veteran Steve Hooper has stepped down as president of Waycor to start a business center offering design, technology and materials services for commercial contractors, engineers and do-it-yourselfers. "Our concept...

SITESEEING.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg A critical look at New Mexico businesses on the Net Company: AlbuquerqueNM.com Owner: Metropolitan Burial & Cremation Designer: Robin G. Wall Web address: www.albuquerquenm.com Content: This...

Austin ambitions embolden young guns in New Mexico.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: PLANET BUSINESS BY Sherry Robinson We all learned a few new vocabulary words from the Austin series. In the week after the first part appeared, people used "technopolis" and "civic entrepreneur" in conversations with me. ...

Good times, bad times.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Furrs' run of trouble started in the '90s, say longtime employees who question detailsabout the company's final demise. Officials say they had a recovery plan but just ran out of...

House restores SBA funding; N.M. advocates call it crucial.
July 30, 2001... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 SMALLBUSINESS The House has restored $17 million in funding to three U.S. Small Business Administration programs, but the agency's budget battle is far from over. The Commerce,...

Cytoprint compares cell pictures for research.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: START-UPS Dan Mayfield When Fen-Phen came to light as a heart-valve destroying weight-loss drug, consumers wondered how the company didn't know. There is no way to tell what kind of damage, or benefit, drugs can cause on a...

SMALLBUSINESS BRIEFS.(Business)
July 30, 2001... AAA New Mexico has selected three new "Approved Auto Repair" facilities in New Mexico: Aguirre Auto Service in Las Cruces, Dearholt Auto Care in Albuquerque and D and D Auto Repair in Farmington. Approved Auto Repair is a program that...

SHOPTALK.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Albert Baca. Title: Owner. Company: Smoker's Depot. The store at 7600 Jefferson St. N.E. specializes in cigars, cigar accessories, pipes, pipe tobacco and cigarettes. It also operates www.Cigars4U.com,...

State must capitalize on border boom, developer says.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 New Mexico isn't participating in opportunities along the U.S.-Mexico border, but that could change, say a developer and a border expert. "The only economic opportunity of...

Hot debate surrounds wrap-up insurance proposal.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Project owners, including the state, would save money on big construction projects. Workers would be safer. Or small contractors could face an administrative nightmare....

Domenici tabs chamber chief for leadership program.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Sen Pete Domenici, a New Mexico Republican, has nominated Terri Cole to represent New Mexico in "Leadership America," a competitive national professional development program for women. Cole has served as the president and CEO of the...

Firm creates friendlier computer security.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 From the Supercomputing Challenge in high school to security software today, Michael Neuman has grown up in New Mexico's information technology scene. The Albuquerque company...

Ethics in Business nominees are sought.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The Samaritan Counseling Center's annual New Mexico Ethics in Business committee is accepting nominations for its Ethics in Business Awards. The awards are an annual recognition of businesses, not-for-profit...

Business directory seeks city's 10 most dynamic women.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff Duval Publications is seeking nominations of "Smart, Savvy and Successful" women to be recognized in the 2002 Albuquerque Women in Business Directory. Each year the directory features profiles of 10 of...

Economic dynamos.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Shopping centers strip stores, power centers and enclosed malls are the lifeblood that keep the economy humming along, even in times of a downturn A shopping center by definition is...

Shopping centers: You've come a long way, baby.(Business)
July 30, 2001... Byline: Nancy Salem Shopping centers have existed in some form for more than 1,000 years. Ancient market squares, bazaars and seaport commercial districts were early versions. The modern shopping center evolved in the 1920s,...

Candidates say they'll rely on voter profiling.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 2001 MAYOR'S RACE While it's not a fashion contest, there are cool and not-so-cool elements to this fall's mayor's race. In this year: voter profiling. Out: forums. ...

New links, ancient heritage.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Kevin A. Schneider schneiderk@shns.com / (202) 408-2726 Bridging cultures as a liaison for the National Museum of the American Indian, Duane Blue Spruce is also finding his Laguna Pueblo history WASHINGTON Duane Blue Spruce...

Customer says AOL didn't respond to Internet scam.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 When Albuquerque AOL customer Richard Holland got an e-mail telling him his credit card had expired, he had no idea he was being exposed to a scam that could have put him in the...

Good for profits is good for you, and I'm not blowing smoke.(Local News)
July 28, 2001... Byline: Kate Nelson Tobacco giant Philip Morris used some of its $8.5 billion in profits for a study that says smoking is good for the economy at least in the Czech Republic. The men from Marlboro peddled the study to Czech officials...

Police think woman's death suicide.(Local News)
July 28, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Rio Rancho officials had initially thought the 28-year-old had been struck by lightning. A Rio Rancho woman whose death was thought to have been caused by a lightning strike...

Jury to view 'graphic' photos of crime scene.(Local News)
July 28, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher SLUDESCHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3695 Next week in the trial of Mario Gomez, jurors will be subjected to viewing photographs of the two men the defendant is accused of killing. During jury selection, potential...

HOTTER DOWN SOUTH.(Sports)
July 28, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 With a year of bragging rights on the line, South team cruises to an easy win in the annual high school all-star game The Rebel, Eldorado High's Sadeke Konte, says he isn't a...

Showdown set for city all-star teams.(Sports)
July 28, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF ROSWELL Finally, the showdown between two rampaging Albuquerque Little League teams is set. The all-stars of Eastdale and Westgate will square off at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the Noon Optimist fields in Roswell. It's...

Both Duke City entrants at youth soccer championships settle for third.(Sports)
July 28, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Albuquerque's two entrants each finished play at the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships thinking of what could have been. Neither the Rio Vista Elite nor the New Mexico...

Last Michigan race was best of CART series, so far.(Sports)
July 28, 2001... Byline: Charles Googe It's time for Championship Auto Racing Teams midseason awards. Here are the highs and lows from the first half of the season: Best race: In what looks like its last race at Michigan International Speedway, CART...

Our hearts will ache as we bid adios to our New Mexico home.(Insight and Opinion)
July 28, 2001... Byline: Scott Ware Goodbye, friends. Let me say, first off, I never intended to become an itinerant newspaper editor. But after 6 1/2 years at The Trib, here I go again, to my third newspaper in the past 10 years. Puerto Rico,...

Code talkers savor honors long deferred.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Kevin A. Schneider schneiderk@shns.com / (202) 408-2726 WASHINGTON Chester Nez, one of five surviving original Navajo code talkers, basked in camera flashes before receiving a Congressional Gold Medal for his World War II...

Detox center proposed for old jail Downtown.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash and Rick A. Maese knash@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 rmaese@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3687 Some people look at the City-County Jail and see problems. Others, including one mayoral candidate, see a variety of possibilities at the...

Mayoral hopefuls face 5 p.m. deadline to get on ballot.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 2001 MAYOR'S RACE When James Lewis ran for state treasurer in 1986, he needed 9,000 signatures but got twice that number. Today, as he runs for mayor, Lewis needs 5,096 to get on...

Move shifts court's work from caseload to truckloads.(Local News)
July 27, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3695 By the close of business next week, all that will be left in the old state District Courthouse will be the ghosts. And the dust bunnies. And the memory of the clang from...

Pet fair tries for perfect match between animals and rescuers.(Local News)
July 27, 2001... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com /823-3612 Rabbits and ferrets and dogs. Oh my! Critters such as these and cats, too will have the opportunity to go home with just the right person this weekend at the city's first Caring 4...

To'hajiilee trio arraigned on numerous charges.(Local News)
July 27, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman ALENDERMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 Three suspects in the killings of two people near To'hajiilee have been arraigned in Bernalillo County Metro Court on a slew of felony charges. They were arraigned Thursday...

Bickering Metro Court judges settle their differences in private.
July 27, 2001... Byline: James Robinson jrobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 The feud between Metro Court Chief Judge Kevin Fitzwater and Judge Barbara Brown is over. The two agreed to an out of court settlement, Fitzwater said. Although neither...

Albuquerque police arrest Arkansas murder suspect.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 A murder suspect from Arkansas has been arrested by an Albuquerque Police Department officer and is being held in City-County Jail. Joseph Ricciuto-DeMarco, 30, was arrested...

First Pit glory.(Sports)
July 27, 2001... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Highland's Mark Walters leads his All-Star squad to victory, as theLobo-to-be basks in what he hopes is one of many wins at University Arena The junior guard was sitting in the...

Despite teasing, 'City Boys' relish playing for the South.(Sports)
July 27, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 You couldn't help but search the area around Mike Culp, Adam Woods and Sadeke Konte looking for some of those pods from outer space. You know the seeds we're talking about. The...

A showdown on Sunday? Eastdale, Westgate win big.(Sports)
July 27, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF ROSWELL Albuquerque's Eastdale and Westgate little leagues remain on a collision course that could determine a state championship. The two Majors Division baseball all-star teams need one victory apiece tonight...

Soccer entrants head for home after finishing in third place.(Sports)
July 27, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Albuquerque's two entrants finished play in the U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships today having fallen short of berths in Sunday's finals. A lopsided 4-0 loss this morning to Chantilly Milan of Virginia,...

Sprawling ambitions.(The Arts & Entertainment)
July 27, 2001... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 New Mexico legend Mark Medoff playwright, teacher and now film and opera director spins a life of storytelling, experimentation and perpetual motion LAS CRUCES It's the...

Hey, Dennis Miller's on the road, on a roll, loving this new Bush thing.(The Arts & Entertainment)
July 27, 2001... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 Hang on. Wait. I'm not ready. Because how could you ever really be ready when you are supposed to talk to Dennis Miller? That's the Dennis Miller, who as anchor of "Saturday...

Detox center proposed for old jail.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash and Rick A. Maese knash@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 rmaese@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3687 Some people look at the City-County Jail and see problems. Mayoral candidate Bob Schwartz sees a variety of possibilities. Like a...

Elite have shot at national final; bruised Bandidos play for pride.(Sports)
July 27, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Albuquerque's Rio Vista Elite soccer team was trying this morning for a spot in a national championship match when it played the country's top-ranked team. The team of under-14 girls needed a win or a tie...

Los Lunas man clobbers 'pretentious' literature in article that stirs international controversy.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Reader vs. writers LOS LUNAS You wouldn't peg B.R. Myers' modest, stucco house just off a state highway as a source of cultural influence or literary controversy. After all,...

Prisons warn of coming crunch.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 State legislators and Gov. Gary Johnson appear to be getting what they wanted from a new tough-on-crime law. The law, commonly known as "truth in sentencing," was meant to...

The eyes of the Big-I.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Strategic cameras and their human monitors keep watch on the Big-Iconstruction zone and its jams, and dispatch help to speed traffic along. Sometimes, the problem's cleared up...

To'hajiilee trio faces murder charges.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 State Police have changed the timeline for Monday's double killing, prompting the district attorney to charge all three suspects. State Police have revised the sequence of...

Recognition at last today for Navajo code talkers.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Kevin A. Schneider schneiderk@shns.com / (202) 408-2726 WASHINGTON Albuquerque resident Ryan Chee spent the evening pressing his clothes with care, preparing for his grandfather's big day today. Chee, 25, could meet...

Bigwig Bill tests gubernatorial waters with dip into southern N.M.(Local News)
July 26, 2001... Byline: Kate Nelson Here's something Bill Richardson wouldn't mind reading in my column: Maybe the former congressman, former U.N. ambassador and former energy secretary is serious about running for governor of the little state of New...

Judges to meet on dispute.(Local News)
July 26, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF A hearing scheduled to settle a dispute between Metro Court Judges Barbara Brown and Kevin Fitzwater was postponed after the two parties decided to try to settle the matter out of court. "We're...

2nd campaign complaint.(Local News)
July 26, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Another city employee is complaining of a campaign phone call during work hours by re-election workers for Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca. Karen Summers, a paralegal for the city, said a man from...

Brother won't implicate brother at murder trial.(Local News)
July 26, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3695 Jonathan Gomez took the witness stand to testify against his brother in a 1998 double homicide, but he didn't deliver what prosecutors were after most. After a full day of...

Golden Girl Scout.(Neighborhood Trib)
July 26, 2001... Byline: James Robinson JROBINSON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3619 Lydia Rocks-Maqueen takes her Girl Scout pledge to do her best to 'make the world a better place' seriously. She is one of eight New Mexico Girl Scouts who recently earned the...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Neighborhood Trib)
July 26, 2001... Byline: Jan Jonas Two St. Pius X High School seniors recently earned their Eagle Scout rank. Daniel Gatsch and Nicholas Williams are members of Troop 280, sponsored by Annunciation Catholic Church. Gatsch, the son of Ted and Barbara...

Raley's to close Las Cruces stores.(Business)
July 26, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Raley's is closing both its Las Cruces supermarkets, but the company says it will stay in Albuquerque and possibly expand in Northern New Mexico. Carolyn Konrad, communications...

EDITORIAL.(Insight and Opinion)(Editorial)
July 26, 2001... Bush's foreign policy is rash, risky- and wrong In the short time he has been in the Oval Office, George W. Bush has turned U.S. foreign policy on its head, negating in just six months much of the excellent work and goodwill accomplished...

505 debate heads to Supreme Court.(Business)
July 26, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 They say it's not over 'til the Supreme Court sings. The 505 Coalition filed a motion with the state Supreme Court to appeal a Public Regulation Commission decision to change...