The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from July 2002, page 5

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from July 2002

SHOP TALK.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Shana Gibson. Title: Owner. Company: ModernCowGirl.com Inc. The company sells high-fashion women's Western wear, including jackets, blazers, chaps, handbags and jewelry. In two weeks, the site will add...

Food, jazz and comedy fill Anodyne's cavity.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield Commentary RETAIL BUZZ When Downtown's Anodyne expanded two years ago and opened a restaurant below its upstairs hipster roost, it was one of the most anticipated openings of the year. The 50-foot-long...

Business park near Belen OK'd.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 A 1,700-acre business center next door to the city of Belen has received unanimous approval from the Valencia County Board of Commissioners. The Campbell Business Center is a...

ALL MESSED UP.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 The average businessperson wastes 150 hours a year looking for things because of a disorganized desk, a national expert says. But a few simple steps can turn chaos into increased...

Home buyers can access $27 million.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority has released a tax-exempt bond issue that will give first-time home buyers access to $27 million for below-market, fixed-rate loans. Interest rates are at...

Broussard says law history makes him a better coach.(Evening)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Lobos assistant coach Duane Broussard says that with parents in law enforcement, he grew up knowing that right and wrong isn't a matter of opinion. This applied everywhere, not...

Lax-loving ex-Lobo returns to golf.(Evening)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Former Lobos basketball player Pat Kelly said he likes to drink beer when he plays golf. He likes to putt out from four feet and finish 18 holes in less than five hours. ...

McKay hits trails as recruiting period begins.(Evening)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The next three weeks could go a long way toward shaping the future of the Lobos men's basketball program under coach Ritchie McKay. Today is the first day McKay and his...

Stolar Horizon tests land-mine detector.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Stolar Horizon Inc. of Raton said it successfully demonstrated its Electromagnetic Wave Detection and Imaging Transceiver at a land-mine calibration facility near Fredericksburg, Va. The hand-held...

Sun Healthcare gives Andersen the boot.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The New Mexico Manufacturing Extension Partnership will get $1.36 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Commerce for the coming year. The partnership helps smaller manufacturers statewide...

Sun Healthcare gives Andersen the boot.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Sun Healthcare Group Inc. has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as its independent accountants for the 2002 fiscal year. Embattled Arthur Andersen LLP previously was Sun's independent accountant. ...

Fed funds to expand primary care services.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Community clinics in Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe have been awarded federal funds totaling more than $1.3 million to help expand access to primary health care services. U.S. Sen. Jeff...

Minority firm wins second contract.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Sandia National Laboratories has awarded a second contract to Document Solutions Inc. of Albuquerque to provide remanufactured toner cartridges for the lab's printers and faxes. The new three-year...

Taos, Ruidoso airports get funds.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The Taos Regional Airport and the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport in Ruidoso will share $500,000 in federal funding under a new program designed to help smaller communities enhance their airline service....

Kinetics opens office in Albuquerque.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Kinetics Southwest has opened an office in Albuquerque to serve industrial and semiconductor customers throughout the state. Kinetics Southwest, headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., provides design,...

New graphics grace Creamland cartons.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Creamland Dairies has a new look for its products. The new milk packaging has text with a more modern appearance, the company said, and the Creamland logo is featured more prominently on the front...

Mission Research wins Navy contract.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Mission Research Corp. in Albuquerque will get a major share of a $9 million contract to carry out a research and development project for the Department of Navy. The Albuquerque office of Mission,...

Credit union opens seventh branch office.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF First Financial Credit Union has opened its seventh office, at 2929 Coors Blvd. N.W. First Financial, established in 1937, serves more than 35,000 members from offices in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho,...

Software company signs agreement.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF PhDx e-SYSTEMS of Albuquerque, a provider of Web-based software and application services for orthopedic and spine outcomes measurement programs, announced an agreement with Sulzer Orthopedics Inc. ...

Alamogordo gets new air carrier.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Rio Grande Air has begun service to Alamogordo, the fifth city in its network. Rio Grande's flights to Alamogordo replace those of Mesa Air Group's Air Midwest subsidiary. The commuter airline...

TEAM Specialty to advise small firms.(Albuquerque Business)
July 8, 2002... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF TEAM Specialty Products Corp. of Albuquerque has joined the Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program to provide free technical engineering assistance to small-business owners. The NASA-funded...

Putting school accountability to the test.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Soon the state will have to decide which schools need corrective action. Some worry TerraNova scores won't be an accurate measure. At least one advocate fears weak action. But...

Showers can't be monsoon enough.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 A tropical disturbance in Texas and a mild El Nino effect have raised chances of rain to more than 30 percent this weekend, but more than average is needed to quench New Mexico's...

Council votes to dry up water-use surcharges.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Customers charged an extra fee for high water use will see a credit on their August bills. A lot of people complained, and now everyone is getting a break. The...

Judge denies suspects bond in Nellos case.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The family of Nick C. Nellos spent the afternoon in a darkened courtroom viewing room, peering at two men charged in Nellos' shooting death. Nellos family members strained to...

Camouflage or camaraderie? New APS team offers both.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary Here's how the so-called superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools sees it: Being the actual superintendent is a job that no one can do or would even want to do. "It's probably an impossible job,"...

CORRECTIONS.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... A story Thursday should have said Nick C. Nellos attended Sandia Preparatory School. The name of the school was incorrect. See story "Businessman's Show Of Concern Ended in Death," 07/04/02, page A1.

Deputies shoot out truck's tires to end chase.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Deputies from Santa Fe County used shotguns and spike belts to disable a semi-truck after chasing it for more than 30 miles, authorities say. The truck was stopped Friday...

Superintendent name satisfies state.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 All it took was one phone call from one superintendent to another to clear up the latest rift over leadership of Albuquerque's school district. New Albuquerque Public Schools...

Nation grapples with the killing of kids who kill.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Thomas Hargrove Scripps Howard News Service Tears flowed freely in the Johnston County, N.C., courtroom last November when Lamorris Chapman received the death sentence for a killing he committed when he was 17. "It was pretty...

Richardson has 5-to-1 spending advantage.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Republican gubernatorial candidate John Sanchez got a fund-raising boost after his decisive win in the primary election. But Sanchez still faces an uphill battle against...

Face it: The round mound's unsound.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: John O'Rourke Commentary So I've seen the plans and the pictures this week of the work going on over at IsoDuke Stadium, with the center field wall jutting in and the hill rising up. And I'm wondering, what are we building...

The Indy winner is (finally) Castroneves.(Weekend)
July 6, 2002... Byline: Charles Googe Commentary This just in . . . Helio Castroneves has won the Indianapolis 500. That's the decision Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Tony George announced earlier this week after considering Team Green's...

THE WILD HORSES OF PLACITAS.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 They're no fire-breathers but are shrunken by droughtand taken in by concerned residents. And that has created controversy over whether - and where - they should stay. PLACITAS...

Traffic tickets can soon be resolved with one court trip.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 After several delays, Albuquerque and Bernalillo County leaders are finalizing a plan to save motorists and police officers time at the courthouse. A new traffic ticket...

Tight security doesn't fizzle festive fireworks.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Smiling security guards dressed in camouflage and black shiny boots greeted thousands of families as they entered Kirtland Air Force Base for its annual fireworks show. ...

Gun found in Nellos shooting case.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Albuquerque police today recovered a 9 mm handgun in connection with the recent shooting death of Albuquerque businessman Nick C. Nellos. The weapon, still loaded, was...

Alert city sees fire-free Fourth.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The Albuquerque Fire Department cited more people for illegal fireworks this Fourth of July than last year but skated through the holiday without any major fires in the...

These Flanagan Lobos come ready to jot NCAA on dance card.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Expect Don Flanagan to do something in 2003 that Norm Ellenberger couldn't do in 1978 use the home cooking of The Pit as a possible steppingstone to The Final Four. Ellenberger's Lobos men blew it...

Sculptor blends religious icons, modern motifs.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Tonight's opening of "Ay, Que Vida!" at Owings-Dewey Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe has double significance for sculptor Luis Tapia. "It's a birthday for my art and a birthday...

, The playful prodigy.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 At age 10, he has a contract to write a book and an upcoming gallery opening to debut his art. But for all his potential, this Albuquerque whiz kid just wants to be . . . Carter Roberson,...

Eclectic brood to bring world music, faith to Duke City.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez arodriguez@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 Sure, Albuquerque gets some decent concerts; but rarely do we get something as eclectic as the show scheduled for Saturday at Rodey Theatre. Let's start with KC...

Museum at Palace picks new director.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF SANTA FE The Museum of New Mexico's Palace of the Governors has a new director. Longtime New Mexico resident Frances Levine leaves her position as assistant dean of academic affairs for arts and sciences at...

More country stars than a fireworks finale.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 To its millions of fans, country music is as much a part of the United States as red, white and blueberry pie. OK, we know it's apple pie, but go with it. And while you're at it,...

Four city artists win high honors at Midwest market.(Evening)
July 5, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Four Albuquerque artists took prizes at the 10th Anniversary Eiteljorg Museum Indian Market in Indianapolis last month. In the jewelry division, Allison Lee (Navajo) took second place in the metal category. ...

Flanagan's Lobos can jot NCAA on dance card.(Midday)
July 5, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Expect Don Flanagan to do something in 2003 that Norm Ellenberger couldn't do in 1978 use the home cooking of The Pit as a possible steppingstone to The Final Four. Ellenberger's Lobos men blew it...

PNM ready remotely) at the switch for outages.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Most residents know the drill: When thunderstorms conk out the power, people tend to call Public Service Company of New Mexico, dig out the flashlights and wait. And wait....

Businessman's show of concern ended in death.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 'He would help anybody,' a friend said of Nick Nellos, shot after a pre-dawn crash Nick C. Nellos was driving between home and work before dawn when his pickup truck was...

On standby - forever.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Whether it's a harsh winter in Kosovo or a birthday party for his son, Col. Jack F. Jones II has lived with a simple but profound creed: Call on me, and I'll be there. When Jack Jones...

In America, 'to stifle any view is to stifle your own'.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary For her life's work, Judith Hendry examines the most radical rhetoric from the furthest fringes of the political spectrum. Even so, she can't get past the Rush Limbaugh roadblock. "I keep trying with...

Scores of complaints lead mayor to ax water surcharge.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Many city of Albuquerque water customers won't have to pay surcharges they've been billed by the city. After receiving thousands of complaints from people about their high...

Romero wants securities reform.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Democratic congressional candidate Richard Romero issued a call for reform of big business and simultaneously took a swipe at his election opponent, Republican incumbent Heather Wilson....

I'M WITH THE BAND.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Members of the 44th Army Band relish their jobs, the opportunity to perform The men and women who work in the New Mexico Army National Guard say it's the best part-time job in the...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici, an Albuquerque Republican, has announced the names of his office's summer interns in Washington, D.C. Albuquerque area students are Emily Goodwin, Jennifer Heath, Jennifer St. John, Joshua...

EDITORIAL.(Holiday)
July 4, 2002... We celebrate freedom refinement of the nation Our foremost national holiday, the Fourth of July, does not commemorate some great military victory, as is the case with the chief patriotic occasions of so many other lands. It celebrates the...

Defending champ Tim With keeps the fun in golf.(Sports Extra)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Tim With, the defending champion in the Albuquerque City Men's Amateur Golf Championships, is seeking the enjoyment factor this weekend. With wants to have fun. But that...

DROPPING the hammer.(Sports Extra)
July 4, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Photos by Matthew Dunn Mdunn@abqtrib.com / 823-3643 Sandia Motorsports Park is full of dreamers: Some seek to live out childhood fantasies; othershope to begin their race to NASCAR...

Victim chanced upon killers.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Michael Kelly and Andy Lenderman mkelly@abqtrib.com / 832-3661 alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3651 Fleeing crooks crashed into man's truck and then shot him, police say Albuquerque police have two suspects in custody in...

Nellos-run businesses are all over town.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Nick C. Nellos was a member of a prominent family that rooted the Nellos name in the Albuquerque business world with a series of mom-and-pop businesses that blossomed over the past 40...

Fireworks fanatics face tight security on base.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 With wildfires attacking the Southwest and terrorists engulfing the headlines, the safest place to be this Fourth of July might be under the glow of an old Albuquerque tradition. ...

BUILDING A BILINGUAL COMMUNITY.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Delaney Hall dhall@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 A summer program not only teaches immigrants to speak English, it also teaches and encourages Albuquerque educators to open their minds and curriculum to the benefits of being bilingual...

Former local police officer fights for life.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 An Albuquerque native known by his peers and superiors as a model police officer is fighting massive injuries from a weekend car crash, authorities say. Officer Bruce Hunt of...

Bond set in murder case.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Four Corrales-area residents, including a pregnant woman, will remain behind bars at least for now after each pleaded not guilty in the beating death of a Rio Rancho man...

Kin face woman's accused killer.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Hours after crowding a Sandoval County courtroom to get a first glimpse of the man accused in her death, friends and family of slain Rio Rancho flight attendant Stephane...

Manager in troubled APS section resigns post.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 A middle manager from Albuquerque Public Schools' embattled Maintenance and Operations Division has been fired, a spokesman said. Meanwhile, the Bernalillo County District...

Fireworks professionals promise rockets, no risk.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com/ 823-3674 Mike Sena isn't going to let this year's drought put a damper on his fireworks display. While the rest of the city has to make sure that their suburban sparklers don't emit embers...

A fake river runs through it.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 New minnow research facility will mimic Rio Grande Construction has started on a facility that could help biologists learn more about the endangered Rio Grande silvery minnow...

Rio Grande advocates criticize city's planned dam.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823 3602 Local river lovers and farmers said they find serious flaws in Albuquerque's proposal to install a dam in the Rio Grande. City officials say the dam, which would be used to divert river...

Nelson Martinez says this is his last year at news desk.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 When Nelson Martinez announced he was leaving the news desk at KOAT-Channel 7 after 18 years, the man of many words found himself a little speechless. "Here I was, Mr. King of...

New APS image-maker finds own job under fire.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 One of Tom Garrity's first public relations jobs at Albuquerque Public Schools could be to explain his own work to the public and to critics. Garrity, a public relations and marketing...

Bickering PRC members face legislative parents.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 When the legislative subcommittee charged with overseeing the Public Regulation Commission meets in Albuquerque today, it will be examining a powerful body that suffers from staffing...

Bandidos' triumph shows Lobos' way forward.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The kicking of California rears by the New Mexico Classic Bandidos isn't the reason University of New Mexico Athletics Director Rudy Davalos thinks the Lobos men's soccer program has been...

DIAMOND SURPRISE.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The plastic surgery on Albuquerque's professional baseball park is coming along, and some highly visible changes are already starting to appear. Fans should love the hill planned...

Flanagan: NCAA nod will be a motivator.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 University of New Mexico women's basketball coach Don Flanagan sees golden opportunities for the Lobos shining both near and far from a recent NCAA announcement. Flanagan says he...

UNM athletes' grades set school record.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF For the seventh straight semester, University of New Mexico combined for a school-record grade point average, the school said in a news release. Student-athletes representing UNM's 21 sports achieved a 2.95 GPA...

On budget so far, two cash issues remain unsettled.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton On-time and on-budget remains the city's mantra regarding the renovation of Albuquerque Sports Stadium. "It's still too soon to tell for sure, but so far we are in good shape," said Ed Adams, the city project...

Pit will hold Thompson Classic - if a federal judge says it's OK.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 A federal court ruling will determine whether the University of New Mexico men's basketball team plays host to the John Thompson Classic next season in The Pit, the event's...

Fireworks won't make partys pop this year, planners say.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Fourth of July partygoers are looking for more than just fireworks this year, party planners say. "People don't just like to sit and watch anymore they want to be involved,"...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
July 3, 2002... We're to trust APS and its spin doctor? Here's the latest slogan from the bewitched school district that brought you Performance Counts (Unless the Numbers Disagree): Expect Great Spin. Really, are we to believe anything the...

Duo's crime spree leaves one dead.(Midday)
July 3, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF One man was killed and two convenience stores were robbed in the University Area during a two-man crime spree early this morning, Albuquerque police said. One of the suspects was captured on the West Side at...

Fireworks fanatics face tight security on base.(Midday)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 With wildfires attacking the Southwest and terrorists engulfing the headlines, the safest place to be this Fourth of July might be under the glow of an old Albuquerque tradition. ...

APS spin doctor faces whirl of criticism.(Midday)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 One of Tom Garrity's first public relations jobs at Albuquerque Public Schools could be to explain his own work to the public and to critics. Garrity, a public relations and marketing...

Only one school oversight bidder clears first audition.(Midday)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Only one of the four school management firms that applied to take over failing schools in Albuquerque has passed the scrutiny of the Board of Education Finance Committee. The other three...

Failed firm looks to avoid being gutted.(Midday)
July 3, 2002... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Cyclopss Corp., based in Utah and which operates a research and development facility in Albuquerque, has ceased operations and is on the verge of losing all its intellectual...