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

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

GOING OUT ON TOP.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 President Gordon's last day William Gordon turns in his keys today and leaves behind more than Pueblo Revival architecture, green chile, and the cherry and silver When...

Financial rating review could affect Lovelace sale.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 An insurance rating company said today it is questioning the financial strength of Lovelace Health Systems. The review of Lovelace's financial strength rating, which is...

Paseo extension plan chided.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque has tough choices to make about its transportation future in the next few years. Chief among them are whether to extend Paseo del Norte through the Petroglyph National Monument...

Hikers hoofing it across public lands.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Walking is easy for most people. Bend the knee and plant the foot. Step forward and repeat as necessary. Taking 5.3 million steps every one of them in the public domain isn't quite...

Youngest APS students need hepatitis B vaccine.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Children starting kindergarten in Albuquerque Public Schools this year might have to get a shot before they start classes. A new state Department of Health immunization...

Kids were treated well, neighbor says.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 A woman charged with child abuse was working to better her life before the state took custody of her four children, a friend and neighbor said. Duranna Cayatineto kept her...

KNML boss tries to tame offensive talk.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The new boss of KNML-AM (610) said he has reminded Albuquerque sports talk show host Dennis Glasgow not to purposely offend listeners. Glasgow, host of "The Morning Show with...

Marathon runs a risk, moves up the race day.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The wall is an invisible but palpable part of a marathon. It is the point where a runner should maybe cut his or her losses and tell the feet to stop. It is a point of pain and hardship the point...

If Lobos want to bowl, early games are key.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Judging from the University of New Mexico football team's disappointing forecast in the preseason Mountain West Conference media poll, two games loom especially large. Those games are Sept. 7 at Air Force and...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
July 31, 2002... We need to slow down on Homeland Security President Bush probably has the better of it in the argument over granting a new Homeland Security Department more management flexibility than is currently found in the federal bureaucracy. ...

Alfresco and BEHIND BARS.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Nob Hill restaurants are getting metal fences in an effort to make guests feel more cozy and comfortable when dining on the patio There's a new look call it the bar and grille...

APS pegs transfer costs at $537,000.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 The long and expensive ride to school has been mapped out for nearly 300 Albuquerque children who are leaving their neighborhood schools. A transportation plan for moving students...

Sandias spat gets a new bill.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 New Mexico's senators are taking another run at resolving Sandia Pueblo's claim that it owns much of the Sandia Mountains. Sens. Jeff Bingaman and Pete Domenici expressed...

Police find 4 young children locked in home.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Albuquerque police crawled through the window of a Southeast Heights duplex this morning to rescue four children who had been locked in with no food, no beds, no hot water and no...

Dem stresses know-how in bid to keep bases open.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Richardson knew he had a no-brainer of a campaign issue when he promised to fight against closing New Mexico's military bases. After...

Man's overdose being called Albuquerque's 35th homicide.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The Bernalillo County District Attorney will review a drug overdose reported as a homicide and could file criminal charges, authorities say. Marc Jack, 41, died Thursday at...

Santa Fe landmark sees signs of restoration saints at work.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary SANTA FE Perched high above the pews of his church, Father Jerome Martinez smiles at the tourists below him. They shuffle and whisper, marveling at the oldest stained-glass windows in the Southwest, admiring...

Tips offered to keep kids safe.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Detective Jay Barnes knows there isn't too much he can do to stop strangers bent on harming kids. "The Albuquerque police cannot prevent (kidnappings). We can react," said Barnes, a...

Mom jailed after crash kills her tot.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 A mother was jailed on charges of reckless driving and child abuse resulting in death after a crash killed her 5-year-old son, and she could face aggravated drunken-driving...

Stadium's grass czar loses job.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 A failed exam by a would-be stadium contractor will cost the city more than $100,000. Marina Landscaping of California was the apparent low bidder for the field package at the...

Diagne looks for a shot at Fordham.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3658 Despite his foot problem, Moustapha Diagne has not given up on playing Division I basketball. And Fordham University coach Bob Hill is trying to lend a hand. Hill said the 7-foot...

Rocky huffs over MWC's player snub.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Coach Rocky Long says he's not bothered that his football team was picked today to finish sixth in the Mountain West Conference, but he is annoyed more Lobos weren't given preseason...

ALT helps bring 'Pinocchio' (minus Jiminy Cricket) to life.(Evening)
July 30, 2002... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Pinocchio will not be the main attraction in the Albuquerque Little Theatre's play bearing his name. This time around, other playthings in Gepetto's workshop hog most of the...

Railway reverie.(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Mayor Martin Chavez wants Albuquerque aboard his vision to build train tracks to city sites From above, they are flat squares, little more than rooftops and parking lots along the...

Man charged in Country Club area attack.(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com /823-3659 Albuquerque sex crimes detectives have arrested a man in their investigation into reports of a rapist stalking the city's Country Club area. The rapist struck in the early...

N.M. labs to study carbon-snacking microbe's DNA.(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com/823-3678 BRIGHT IDEA A tiny ocean microbe could help scientists unlock secrets of global warming, and three New Mexico labs are looking at its genetic key. Sandia and Los Alamos...

State Senate ties might help four boost their war chests.(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Commentary SANTA FE Four challengers in this fall's general election have a potential advantage over their opponents when it comes to raising money. Richard Romero, Rod Adair, John Arthur Smith and Patrick...

Argument ends with shooting death.(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM/823-3632 Albuquerque police barely had time to begin looking for the person who shot Chris Romero when a suspect turned himself in at the main police station Downtown, officials said. Just...

Applications build for airport jobs.(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Delaney Hall dhall@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 Security screeners vying for the newly federalized positions at the Albuquerque International Sunport will have a few hurdles to clear before landing a government job. The...

ALMANAC.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... BUSINESS GROUPS The New Mexico Specialty Foods Association has elected its 2002-2003 officers and board members. They are Rebecca Dixon of Flaming Dix Gourmet Fiery Foods of Santa Fe, president; Carol O'Hearn of Bear's Choice Honey...

BRIEFS.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Tribune staff Thornburg Mortgage Inc. of Los Alamos has issued an additional 810,000 shares of stock, raising $15.7 million in gross proceeds for the company. The new stock, combined with a 5.4 million share offering in...

AWARDS.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Sandia National Laboratories has presented awards to several Albuquerque businesses for superior service as part of its Just-In-Time procurement systems. Technology Integration Group was named Just-In-Time Supplier of the Year, and won...

The business of thinning.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 There's an upside to the critically unhealthy state of New Mexico's forests: It has created a budding new industry. Tiny contracting companies, most of them created by former...

SHOP TALK.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Laura Randolph Title: President Company: Mama's Minerals, at 1100 San Mateo N.E. in Albuquerque, and Earthprints, at 100 East San Francisco St. in Santa Fe. The stores sell minerals, fossils, gems, beads...

With a new battle plan, Z-Coil is ready to strike.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Looking more like a broken shoe than a prototype, the original blue-and-white Z-Tech shoe still sits in the showroom. With a giant spring in the heel and a flap of foam rubber...

RETAIL BRIEFS.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Tribune staff RETAIL BRIEFS The Leather Factory Inc. is opening a new store in Albuquerque on Thursday. The new store at 8252 Menaul Blvd N.E., in Hoffmantown Center, will sell leather hides, crafts equipment, leather...

Keeping products kosher.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Story and photograph by Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 As the specialty market grows, rabbis travel the region certifying food processing businesses Three years ago, Eagle Ranch Pistachios of Alamogordo got a...

Stock options: a boon for some, and a boondoggle for others.(Albuquerque Business)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 These days, the only option people associate with stocks is the one that lets them get out of the market. As Wall Street rises and falls with each day's withering business...

On Rocky's needs, knee (and more).(Evening)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Do Rocky Long's Lobos have a perception problem? Heck, yes. Coach Long is quick to turn up his nose at prognostications that rank the University of New Mexico anywhere from third to sixth in the...

Railway reverie.(Midday)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Mayor Martin Chavez wants Albuquerque aboard his vision to build train tracks to city sites From above, they are flat squares, little more than rooftops and parking lots along the city's...

Man surrenders in shooting.(Midday)
July 29, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM/823-3632 An argument gone awry led to the shooting death of Chris Romero, police said. Albuquerque police barely had time to begin looking for the person who shot Chris Romero when a suspect...

Cat-eating gator tailed in S. Valley.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Diane Snyder has seen the drag marks in the dirt. Her problem is knowing for sure whether they are the product of a tail or a tale. The mystery has Snyder hunting for an...

Romero's wallet thin but not empty.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A proven fund raiser, the 1st District candidate might not need to outspend Wilson, but$1 million won't hurt. The former high school principal dials the telephone. "Hello, this...

Living the rodeo life.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Story by Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Photos by Stacia Spragg sspragg@abqtrib.com / 823-3648 The National High School Finals returned to New Mexico this year for the first time since 1975, attracting 1,500...

Children put in harm's way, police say.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Nine children were found in three potentially deadly situations all placed there, authorities say, by their adult caretakers. Metro Court criminal complaints Friday...

Staircase mystery may be solved, but the miracle remains.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary SANTA FE Only here, in the City of Holy Faith, could the notion of a miracle wrought by a mysterious angel thrive against evidence to the contrary. Talk of the supposed miracle didn't even start until...

Baby died awaiting organs.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com / 823-3624 Sometimes, it's hard to understand why. The Gassman family learned this from a 7-month-old. Earlier this week, Ian Gassman died at Presbyterian Hospital while awaiting a small...

Growth plan's first hurdle is rumor mill.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Interpretations of the proposed Planned Growth Strategy are multiplying like organisms in a laboratory experiment. The blueprint to control and direct growth in the city has become a...

New principal named for Highland High School.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Meghann O'Leary moleary@abqtrib.com /823-3625 With the new school year fast approaching, Highland High School won't have the worry of finding a new principal. Wilson Middle School Principal Anthony R. "Ace" Trujillo will...

City hopes 2003 stats for conventions amend for '02.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 The conventions are coming . . . they're just not here yet. In a year when the number of actual visitors to Albuquerque was dropping, the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors...

Two more Albuquerque banks robbed.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF A bank robber rebuffed by a stubborn teller in his first attempt apparently went on to successfully rob another bank, the FBI said. The man walked into the First State Bank at 2015 Eubank Blvd. N.E. just after...

If you can't cover, it'll be raining cowboys.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Living the rodeo life FARMINGTON J.B. Mauney sits on top of the rodeo chutes and stares out into the arena. The 15-year-old North Carolina cowboy has company. Standing...

Plenty of paths await your perusal.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 DUKE CITY MARATHON Training for the Duke City Marathon doesn't have to be a chore. Running is a great way to get away from the stress of work or home. And the best way to pound...

Forecast for Lobos doesn'ts way Long.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The University of New Mexico football program appears to be inching up the ladder of respectability, at least in the eyes of college football preseason prognosticators. The Lobos...

Mile High wins minors trophy.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The Mile High Little League Minors all-stars completed an unbeaten postseason with a 5-4 victory over Roadrunner in the state championship game at Roswell on Friday. Roadrunner jumped out to a 3-0 lead after...

Do-gooder ex-boxer pitches pride and kindness to N.M. kids.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3658 "Everybody listen up," said the ruddy man in the tight black T-shirt and rose-tinted glasses. At once, a hush swallows the 30 cross-legged grade-schoolers. Here comes the lecture....

Tracy does his talkingwith his steering wheel.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Byline: Charles Googe Paul Tracy is CART's equivalent of Dennis Rodman: an unpredictable but talented fella who has been known to dye his hair. And speak his mind. After being penalized for a pitlane infraction last year at Laguna...

EDITORIAL.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... Sandia Labs' grant might help world chill out For more than 50 years, it has been quietly grinding away, solving nuclear weapons engineering problems "in the national interest." Even folks who have only general insight into...

CORRECTIONS.(Weekend)
July 27, 2002... A story Wednesday about the Robert Herrera trial should have said that prosecutors were building a case against Herrera, charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 10, 2000, shooting death of Matthew Montoya. The story also should have...

Winrock to raze roof with open-air face lift.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 When Winrock Center opened in 1961, it changed how New Mexicans viewed shopping centers. Now, the owners of the center have a new plan to turn the state's third-largest mall...

A BLANKET MISSION.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com/ 823-3674 An Albuquerque group is giving a face to cancer and, with a different kind of quilt, offering the warmth of support Comfort. It can come from a friend. It can come from...

Teens' guardian charged with rape.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Avery Holton AHOLTON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 A grand jury has indicted a former juvenile corrections officer on 29 felony counts, including rape and possession of sexually explicit photographs of young boys. Thomas Dietrich,...

Richardson details lofty water plan.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2002 The key to gubernatorial candidate Bill Richardson's water plan is its price tag, which could amount to more than $200 million. Until now, the Legislature and...

Boys proving Arabian shows not just for girls.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Delaney Hall dhall@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 I M Incognito, standing at the center of the arena, has the posture of a prim debutante. She launches into a trot, arches her neck like a question mark, and almost kisses her knees...

Less golf turf means more water, mayor says.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Strolling the golf course this morning, Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez savored the lavish carpet of vegetation under his feet. But the green the mayor played on Angel Fire Golf Course...

Schools keep Big-I hours for next year.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 Bells will be ringing on the same schedule as last year when school starts Aug. 14, but that's partly because bigger changes might be in the works. Albuquerque Public Schools...

Former Rio Grande principal to leave APS for Bernalillo.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Ricardo Dow y Anaya, a former Rio Grande High School principal who recently resigned, will leave Albuquerque Public Schools to take a job in Bernalillo. Dow y Anaya said...

Government group isn't simply a cog; just ask Mr. COG.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 You might call Lawrence Rael, who was Albuquerque's chief administrative officer for more than a decade, Mr. City Government. But with the other government job he moved to late last...

Bones unearthed at home site.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 It was the kind of discovery made in a horror movie by ordinary people doing ordinary things. Human bones were found Thursday by construction workers digging in front of a...

Rocky has ballot, knows how to use it.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 University of New Mexico football coach Rocky Long has gained a little more influence in the world of college football. It comes in the form of a vote in the weekly USA Today/ESPN top...

Bandidos win butare out.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Albuquerque's Classic FC Bandidos finally scored and finally won a soccer game today, but it didn't earn them a place in the national championship. The Bandidos defeated NFC Vincere of Nebraska 3-0 in their...

Eastdale's title streak ends at five.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF It's all over for the Eastdale Major All-Stars for the summer of 2002. Eastdale's five-year domination of New Mexico Major Division Little League came to a crashing halt Thursday in Raton when Noon Optimist of...

Lobos drool over Hobbs' Ross, but the big girls want her, too.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The eyes of Texas will be upon Hobbs High's Adrianne Ross at the BCI Nationals, which begin Saturday in Dallas. The University of New Mexico's Don Flanagan will be taking a peek, too. And Ricky...

Matchup with La. Tech provides Lobos women a little Christmas in July.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 University of New Mexico women's basketball coach Don Flanagan was starting to worry how classy the Lobos' opponent for the Triple Crown Classic would be. Or if there would be a...

First State sprouts into new territory.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 First State Bancorp. has received federal approval to make its largest purchase ever. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has given First State, headquartered in Albuquerque,...

Assassin's story defeats competition at film fest.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Flicks on 66 A one-point margin in voting gave "Shibubu," a short film about an overweight assassin, the top prize at Saturday's Flicks on 66 awards ceremony. In addition...

Superdrag brings its brand of capital-R Rock to Albuquerque.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. pmaldonado@abqtrib.com / 823-3630 When quartet Superdrag formed in Knoxville, Tenn., its members wanted to be the next Beatles by capturing that band's power-pop magic. The band Singer/guitarist John...

Expect a packed plaza for Santa Fe's Spanish markets.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 OFF TO MARKET Traditional and contemporary Spanish markets. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Downtown Santa Fe. Free. (505) 982-2226. (505) 983-4780. SANTA...

Wedding is closer, and I have friends, flowers and a Realtor.(Evening)
July 26, 2002... Byline: Tamara Casias Commentary Deep breaths, kiddo. Deep breaths. Just 65 more days of this rapid-fire decision making. My mind and mouth have been so busy lately, I honestly can't remember any sort of separation of my days. ...

Bandidos find themselves in a corner.(Midday)
July 26, 2002... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Albuquerque's Classic FC Bandidos went into today's national tournament soccer game with two things in mind: win and hope. Despite going scoreless through the first two games, the Bandidos still had a shot at a...

HIDEAWAY TREASURE on Route 66.(Evening)
July 25, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 In the basement, out of view, Zuni dancers grace the walls of the De Anza Motor Lodge on East Central. The murals and the motel have been hailed as Mother Road landmarks, and...

Sanchez resigns from committees.(Evening)
July 25, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2002 Republican state Rep. John Sanchez has resigned from three interim legislative committees because of his gubernatorial campaign. His campaign manager, Jay...

Group seeks expert to assess polluted site.(Evening)
July 25, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 The Downtown Action Team is looking to hire a groundwater contamination expert to review data about a polluted site at the city's center. The private group received a $50,000 grant...

Low turnout OKs teacher pact.(Evening)
July 25, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Less than 5 percent of the Albuquerque Public Schools teaching staff has ratified a one-year collective agreement with the district that gives the 6,700 teachers a raise of slightly under 1...