The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from June 2000, page 6

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

FBI digs up missing boy's yard; brother arrested on old warrant.
June 16, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE The mother of a missing Santa Fe boy complained that police were looking into family members as part of their investigation into her 7-year-old son's disappearance. Evelyn Romero's criticisms...

State Fair hopes to spur turnout with junior rodeo.(Local News)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 New Mexico State Fair Commissioner Ned Shepherd figures an infusion of young blood into the fair's rodeo might put some kicks back into an event that has been about bucked out in recent...

Convict resentenced to life for fatal carjacking.
June 16, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A federal judge resentenced an Albuquerque man to life in prison for the 1995 carjack slaying of a 15-year-old girl. Elvis Robert Sedillo, 23, had sought a reduction in his life sentence for killing honor...

Toxin-wary firefighters want out of N.M. lab cleanup.
June 16, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ALAMOS Nearly 100 firefighters, most from out of state, are begging off doing cleanup on a massive wildfire that swept through the Los Alamos area last month, fearing possible contamination from the Los...

Fire crews bear down as winds barrel by.
June 16, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Firefighters held their own against stiff winds and toiled today to corral fires that have scorched thousands of acres of forest and high desert in southern and northern New Mexico. "They're chugging...

Stein says so long to Lobo football team.(Sports)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Quarterback Sean Stein, unwanted as a starter by the coaching staff, has quit the University of New Mexico football team, head coach Rocky Long said. Stein, who started the Lobos'...

Urlacher signs with Bears.(Sports)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Brian Urlacher made it clear from the beginning. He wanted to be on the practice field when the Chicago Bears open training camp July 19. No holdouts, plain and simple. This...

ABC kingpin is ready for a respite from bowling.(Sports)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens No offense to Albuquerque. No offense to the Albuquerque Convention Center. No offense to the 53,440 bowlers whom Hal Kaminski will have shepherded to and from the lanes in his 10-month visit here but, to...

Lobo athletes post 2.9 GPA.(Sports)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Student-athletes at the University of New Mexico posted a 2.9 grade-point average for the spring semester, the Lobo athletics department announced. That's the highest GPA for Lobo athletes...

Dukes' Bocachica turns short stint into pinch-hitting gold.(Sports)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 When your work day lasts less than five minutes, you might as well make it count. Albuquerque Duke Hiram Bocachica did just that in Thursday night's game against the Oklahoma...

Utility-price rise fuels cost-of-living increase.(Business)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Albuquerque's cost of living heated up in May after a one-month drop. The 0.3 percent rise is the fourth increase this year, according to First Security's Albuquerque area Cost of...

Santana's Web site lists local stop.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The question that has been percolating among music fans since Carlos Santana won nine Grammys, making his comeback official, has been: "Will he do his annual stop in New Mexico now that he is at the top of the heap...

Ex-Plimsoul jilts power pop for his first love- folk.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 You probably don't know Peter Case, but you know his most famous song. Case was the leader of the Plimsouls, a New Wave band that had a moment of blinding fame in the early 1980s...

KTBL-FM disc jockey lassos honor for Sunday hour of cowboy music.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Albuquerque's Rick Huff has been named one of the top 10 Western music disc jockeys in North America, even though he's still a tenderfoot at the job. Huff garnered the honor,...

Scarpas: where adults feel like adults and kids feel full.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Joline Glenn jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Given the chance, my kids would eat pizza for every meal, their appetite for pepperoni and gooey, gloppy cheese apparently insatiable. We parents, too, enjoy a slice, despite our...

Christian singer's 'funkabilly' music captures slices of life, warts and all.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Trilby Davis tdavis@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 Funkabilly is how Nicole C. Mullen describes her music. "I live in the country with 40 acres and horses, but I work mostly in the city so I was trying to find a way to bridge a gap...

Gospel group keeps old-time religion alive through videos, performances.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Trilby Davis tdavis@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 It's not alternative, contemporary or newfangled, but like most classics, it passes the test of time. It's gospel music. Just ask Bill Gaither, founder of the Gaither Vocal Band...

Hantavirus diagnosedin two New Mexicans.(Local News)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Two more hantavirus cases have been confirmed in New Mexico, bringing the total so far this year to four, state health officials said Thursday. A 23-year-old man from McKinley County and a...

Christian workers at Sandia Labs granted status similar to gays.
June 16, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Some Christian employees at Sandia National Laboratories have won concessions from the lab granting them a group status similar to one given to homosexual workers. The American Family Association Center...

N.M. fires burn with the help of winds.
June 16, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Firefighters braced for more wind as a handful of wildfires continued to blaze across thousands of acres in southern and northern New Mexico. Strong winds grounded an air attack against a 1,000-acre fire...

Ex-counselor convicted of child rape sentenced to 13 1/2 years.
June 16, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A District Court judge sentenced the former supervisor of an Albuquerque youth home to 13 1/2 years in prison for a variety of sexual offenses involving children. Judge John...

UNM employees rally in support of unionizing.(Local News)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A lunchtime unionizing rally at the University of New Mexico drew about 70 technical and professional UNM staffers Thursday to the plaza north of the Student Union Building. The American...

Host family needed for Belarusian child.(Local News)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An 8-year-old boy from the former Soviet Republic of Belarus needs a family to live with during a summer visit to Albuquerque. Zhenya Dzehtsiarenka is one of seven Belarusian children who...

Christian employees at labs granted new status.(Local News)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Some Christian employees at Sandia National Laboratories have won concessions from the lab granting them a group status similar to one given to homosexual workers. The American Family...

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Scorps boost defense: The New Mexico Scorpions announced the signing of defenseman Tommy Cianflone to a contract for the 2000-01 season. The 5-foot-10, 185-pound Cianflone was an All-America...

WESST gets funds for women's businesses.(Business)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Women's Economic Self-Sufficiency Team, or WESST Corp., has been awarded $125,000 in federal money to continue support services for women-owned businesses in New Mexico. The...

Honeywell generators delivered to Canada.(Business)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Albuquerque-based Honeywell Power Systems Inc. has delivered more than 40 Parallon 75 turbogenerators to Mercury Electric Corp. in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The turbogenerators...

Osteoporosis center adds research annex.(Business)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center Inc. is expanding its facility at 300 Oak St. N.E. in Albuquerque. A new annex will provide more space for clinical research...

Dissection of life.(The Arts & Entertainment)
June 16, 2000... Byline: Trilby Davis tdavis@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 Enter the witty world of David Sedaris It's the small moments in life that make up the whole. Snapshots in time. In author David Sedaris' world, those Polaroids are sharply in...

Dads shake hands in courtroom encounter.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 Michael O'Leary case The two fathers clasped hands and spoke softly of their teen-age sons, whose tragedy brought the men to an Albuquerque courtroom. "He was like me protecting...

Toledo says it's time to check Allison's reform efforts so far.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The president of the Albuquerque Board of Education says it's time to see the results of Superintendent Brad Allison's ambitious plan to improve the city's public schools. ...

Tribes ready for court battle over state's cut from gaming.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 In the cavernous bingo hall of the Isleta Gaming Palace, governors of most of the casino-operating tribes of New Mexico said they are ready to take their chances against the state...

Baca vetoes Big-I landscape funding.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca has vetoed a measure to fund the landscaping of the Big-I, approved two weeks ago by the City Council. Councilor Greg Payne sponsored the measure, under which...

Police to search for woman's body.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 In an investigation that seems as if it were ripped from a Hollywood murder-mystery script, Albuquerque police are again searching for one key piece of evidence the body of Girly...

Casino boss says later hours pay off.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 New hours and live racing seem like good bets for better business at The Downs at Albuquerque Casino. And that's good news for the New Mexico State Fair, the casino's landlord,...

Downs casino wants hearing on complaint.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 A state Gaming Control Board official said the board's decision to file a complaint against The Downs at Albuquerque Casino is a matter of preventive maintenance more than anything...

Rain fails to penetrate, protect dry mountains.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen lmcallen@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 Much more rain needs to fall, experts say, before mountains such as the Sandias are safe from fire danger. Scattered afternoon showers in the Sandia Mountains over the past week...

Group-home counselor convicted of child rape sentenced to 13 1/2 years.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A District Court judge today sentenced the former supervisor of an Albuquerque youth home to 13 1/2 years in prison for a variety of sexual offenses involving children. Judge John...

Senators want $300 million for fire victims.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Lance Gay SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON New Mexico senators today introduced legislation setting up a $300 million disaster relief fund to pay more than 400 families b urned out of their homes by last month's Cerro Grande...

City workers file petitions to start union.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Barbara Martinez says she's not asking for anything more than what other city employees have the right to form a union. "When you go into a contract, like to buy a car, for example,...

Nuclear-weapons watchdog releases report assailing NIF.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Calling the $3.4 billion National Ignition Facility rife with "fraud and deception," the country's top nuclear- weapons watchdog wants Congress to immediately cease funding the...

Chamber's school plan concerns legislator.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman The chairman of the House Education Committee said he welcomes the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce's entrance into the education debate, but said he's worried about possible complications from its bold...

In Sage we trust.(Neighborhood Trib)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Family, friends donate the cash that allows 14-year-old to open his own business When 14-year-old Sage Hagan wrote a letter asking family and friends for money to help him open a...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Neighborhood Trib)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas When we printed the names of high school graduates, this column was cut for several weeks. Here's today's attempt to catch up on good news. Albuquerque's Elizabeth Tarrant received a maternal and child health...

St. Joseph named among top heart hospitals.(Business)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL St. Joseph Medical Center was named one of the 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success by HCIA-Sachs Institute Inc. The hospitals were determined to be the...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
June 15, 2000... Bush has the right ideas, but Congress has the say Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush has unveiled a package of proposals that he believes will make Washington a less discordant, rancorous, partisan capital city. His...

Agency proposes adding frog to endangered list.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF TUCSON The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed listing the Chiricahua leopard frog as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The dark-spotted green frog once was common in...

Southern, northern New Mexico fires continue to challenge firefighting crews.
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire REPORTS Firefighters on the ground continued their battle against several wildfires burning around New Mexico as helicopters and air tankers dropped thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant from the air. ...

Playing the Great 18.(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee I could have just listed the Albuquerque area's best golf holes, but, nooooooo, I had to try to play them all in one day Some ideas seem a whole lot better at conception than they do once executed. This was...

For those of us less ambitious, here is the short-course Fine Nine.(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: John O'Rourke jorourke@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 Some of us golfers can't appreciate the challenge of Sean McAfee's Great 18 holes. We rarely bring enough balls to last 18 holes what with the water hazards, ravines, living...

KDEF will split programming between sports, Disney.(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 KDEF-AM (1150) is changing its format from all sports all the time to some sports some of the time, filling the rest of the schedule with Disney programming. The change will happen...

Lobo recruit from Hobbs nets big-time exposure.(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 After bodying up against many of the best 18-and-under basketball players in the country, Melissa Forest says she knows what to expect this fall when she collides with the college crowd....

Lawrence bowls 298 to take lead at ABC.(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF Robert Lawrence, with a best game of 298, held the lead entering the third round of qualifying today at the American Bowling Congress Masters at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Lawrence, a...

Gagne aims for revival in Dukes return.(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 On April 8 the last time Eric Gagne pitched for the Dukes the righthander fired a masterful one-hitter, a performance that immediately propelled the power pitcher straight to Los Angeles....

Rampage!(Sports)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Feel like rail slides or stair bashing? How about a few hoursof fakies and grinds? The city's new skate park is a little pieceof concrete Eden for skaters, boarders and bikers of...

State universities get grants for Hispanics.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Nine New Mexico colleges and universities with a high percentage of Hispanic students will share more than $15 million in federal grants over the next five years. The funds will strengthen...

Wildfires still ripping through N.M. forests.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Firefighters were concerned today about strong wind churning up fires that have burned almost 3,000 acres in northern and southern New Mexico this week. One blaze, the Saliz Fire about 12...

Children's publication gets new owner.(Business)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL New Mexico Kids!, a quarterly publication for parents and children, has a new publisher. Nancy Plevin of Santa Fe bought the magazine, which was founded eight years ago by Alexis...

State Farm lowering auto-insurance rates.(Business)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is lowering its overall insurance rates in New Mexico by an average of 2.3 percent as of July 1. The price drop represents annual savings...

Burned Los Alamos area has been reseeded.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF LOS ALAMOS The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it has reseeded 20,000 acres of the most environmentally sensitive land burned in and around Los Alamos in the Cerro Grande Fire, which was started May...

Authorities search boy's house, neighborhood.(Local News)
June 15, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE Santa Fe police continued to canvass the neighborhood of Robert Romero in search of clues to his whereabouts as the boy's family continued to pray for his safe return. The 7-year-old boy...

Judge grills prosecution in teen slaying.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Michael O'Leary case Today's hearing centers on how DA's Office handled grand-jury decision Children's Court Judge Geraldine Rivera today peppered prosecutors about how the...

Chamber sets closed meetings on education.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 They aim to improve public schools, but their first meetings with nearly every education power that matters are being held in private. The members of the Greater Albuquerque...

TVI earns national excellence award for keeping students in tech program.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute has won a national award for its technologies department's student-retention program with a robotic name but a human touch. R2/D2 the...

With 'heavy heart,' AG sues tribes.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 New Mexico Attorney General Patricia Madrid said the lawsuit she finally filed in federal court against Indian tribes was the only choice left to resolve the gambling controversy....

Regents approve UNM budget, tuition increase.(Local News)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The University of New Mexico Board of Regents has approved a $1.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2000-01 a 3.7 percent increase from the current budget. It includes a 3.5...

New police computers would share info on kids.(Local News)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 When a child is missing and presumed abducted, the first four to six hours are critical in finding the youngster alive. A clear picture of the missing child distributed statewide often...

Firefighters prevail despite winds.(Local News)
June 14, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press Firefighters were making headway today against two fires that burned at least 1,500 acres of sagebrush, pinon juniper and ponderosa trees in northern New Mexico. A lightning-caused fire near Questa...

Despite lab assurances, everything wasn't copacetic.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Chris Roberts THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ALAMOS Even as government officials assured the nation that a raging wildfire advancing on the Los Alamos National Laboratory wouldn't compromise national security, members of a nuclear SWAT...

Volunteers make up special SWAT team that responds to nuclear terrorism.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Michael Hedges SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE When the threat of nuclear terrorism arises, volunteers in Nevada or Maryland gather to assess the threat, and, if necessary, disarm any radioactive or nuclear device. It is their...

7-year-old's disappearance shifts from search to criminal investigation.
June 14, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Santa Fe police are considering the week-old disappearance of a 7-year-old boy as a crime. The National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, a part of the FBI, was preparing a report that...

Eye, eye, sir.(Sports)
June 14, 2000... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: Color PHOTO BY: Steven G. Smith/Tribune The Albuquerque Dukes' Chris Ashby got instructions from manager Tom Gamboa at third base during Tuesday's game with Oklahoma at the Sports Stadium....

La Cueva track coach says he's no longer in running for UNM job.(Sports)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 La Cueva boys track and field coach Matt Henry said he's no longer a candidate to fill the head coaching vacancy at the University of New Mexico. Henry said he assumes the...

Pebble Beach boosts Begay's confidence.(Sports)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Familiar ground awaits Notah Begay III when the U.S. Open golf tournament begins Thursday at Pebble Beach, Calif. Begay, an Albuquerque native, played the Northern California course...

Flanagan considers Eagle grad for aide.(Sports)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 One of Don Flanagan's former basketball players at Eldorado High School is a top candidate to join Flanagan's staff at the University of New Mexico, the coach says. Flanagan calls...

All NMSU teams switch to Aggies.(Sports)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE LAS CRUCES As of July 1, you can say goodbye to the Roadrunners. After that, all of New Mexico State University's athletics teams will be known as Aggies. NMSU's women's teams have been...

Chris Donnels' run at PCL history goes largely unnoticed by Dukes' fans.(Sports)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens It was probably a good thing that Duke Chris Donnels' run at sharing a piece of 23-year-old Pacific Coast League history wasn't that big a deal to Donnels. Because it definitely wasn't a big deal to the limp...

ALLTEL officially replaces Cellular One.(Business)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL & REGIONAL ALLTEL is officially replacing Cellular One in stores and administrative offices across Arizona and parts of New Mexico. ALLTEL took ownership of the properties on April 1, completing a...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
June 14, 2000... Shutting public out of school talks looks bad They were well within their legal rights and their hearts were fixed with goodintentions. But given that their topic rose to the pinnacle of improving public schools, their form should have...

Judge to decide whether to close 17-year-old's murder case.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 There are two legal questions hanging over the Michael O'Leary case, a human tragedy and public controversy that have become a rallying point for justice in Albuquerque's black community....

Woman files lawsuit against bank, police.(Local News)
June 14, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A woman is suing a bank and at least three police officers, alleging she was arrested because of her Vietnamese name when she tried to open a checking account. Thuy Tran, a University of...

County limits fires, fireworks.
June 14, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bernalillo County commissioners have imposed a ban on fireworks, open fires and smoking in unincorporated areas of the East Mountains and the Rio Grande bosque. After presentations by county fire...

Crews make headway on two fires.
June 14, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press Despite erratic winds that fanned flames and forced residents to flee a trailer park, firefighters made progress on two wildfires in northern New Mexico. A lightning-caused fire near Questa grew to 1,000...

Wen Ho Lee's attorneys to again seek bail for client.
June 14, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Defense attorneys say they will renew a request for Wen Ho Lee to be released on bail, even though the new judge for the case said he will retain the Nov. 6 start date for the former...