The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from June 2003

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from June 2003

BRINGING CHURCH TO TRUMBULL.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Tracy Simmons TSIMMONS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3624 Pastor Gerald Martinez has a vision for the troubled Trumbull neighborhood: clean, safe and restored Crushed beer cans lined the walkway, and music rattled the walls. In the...

Patrols quell 2 small fires in bosque.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon and Shea Andersen ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Frustrated law enforcement officers today stamped out two new fires in the Rio Grande bosque that they say were sparked by fireworks....

Friends defend Dennehy.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Several people close to missing former University of New Mexico basketball player Patrick Dennehy tried to set the record straight regarding the player's personality as the tormenting...

Pregnancy study may offer promise.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 BRIGHT IDEA Social pressures weigh heavily on teenagers' mind, especially when they're thinking about birth control and pregnancy. Understanding that reality might be the...

Qwest boss seeks allies in deregulation battle.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 John Badal, president of Qwest New Mexico, is taking his case for deregulation on the road. Beginning with a presentation to the Alamogordo Rotary in mid-July, Badal will travel...

10 THINGS TO KNOW.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM/823-3620 1West Side Eckerd's: Eckerd drug stores gave developer John Sedberry a "firm commitment" that it will build its next store at Montano Road and Coors Boulevard. 2No more lunch at...

Weight of water.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Companies should be more active in training to shape the state's water future, says a task force of business leaders The business community isn't normally a quiet, out-of-the-loop...

SHOPTALK.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Mark and Gina Chavez. Title: Co-owners, with partner Noble Sinclair. Company: The Archery Shoppe, an archery pro shop, at 3600 Menaul Blvd. N.E. The store sells bows by Hoyt U.S.A., Martin, High...

State launches film-training programs.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Training programs have been launched by the state Economic Development and Labor departments to help teach New Mexicans to work on films. The state has seen huge growth in its film industry in...

Small biz shorted on federal dollars.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Small businesses received $608 million, or 11.5 percent, of New Mexico's federal procurement dollars in fiscal year 2002 while big companies accounted for $2.6 billion, or 49.6 percent,...

Existing homes are selling like hot cakes.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Sales of existing homes continues to be a bright spot in the Albuquerque economy. Home sales grew steadily in April and May, building on two record-setting years. In April, 848...

ALMANAC.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... BANKING Rick White is the new senior vice president and commercial real estate manager for Compass Bank-Albuquerque. White has 20 years experience in commercial real estate financing. He is a graduate of the University of New...

WHERE ARE THE KIDS?(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com/823-3614 LITTLE LEAGUE * TOURNAMENT OVERVIEW Little League participation is healthy in the Albuquerque area, but the figures are down worldwide. Officials say it's a reflection of less interest...

Honeywell gets Army contract extension.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Honeywell International Inc.'s Albuquerque operations have been awarded a $1.8 million contract extension from the Army to continue to provide electronic wiring and components for Kiowa Warrior...

Pima earns radiologic accreditation.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Pima earns radiologic accreditationThe Albuquerque campus of Pima Medical Institute has earned an eight-year accreditation for its associate radiography program by the Joint Review Committee on...

Federal funds to help start adobe project.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The Pueblo of Cochiti Housing Authority has been awarded more than $290,000 for a new adobe-brick job creation project. "For New Mexico's Native American communities, like all our state's smaller...

Bank holding company increases dividend.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Trinity Capital Corp., the holding company for Los Alamos National Bank and Title Guarantee Insurance Co., announced it will pay a dividend of 28 cents per share to shareholders of record as of today,...

State settles carbon dioxide royalty case.(Evening)
June 30, 2003... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF The state of New Mexico will collect $6.25 million from Amerada Hess Corp. of New York as part of the settlement of a dispute over carbon dioxide royalties. The agreement ends a three-year dispute over...

Teens detail fire start.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Suspects tell police they tried to stamp out blaze but fled in fright The three boys blamed for igniting a catastrophic fire in the Rio Grande bosque attempted to stomp out the...

Crews' creativity, grit led to fires' demise, chief says.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Firefighters have heard that they must have gotten lucky. They battled horrific Rio Grande bosque fires two days in a row and didn't lose a single life or a single structure, except one...

Will Democrats' debate make us talk of the town?(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Albuquerque's image may have taken a pounding when fires raged in the Rio Grande bosque, but they should be looking up by September. The city goes prime time then, when it hosts...

Indictment airs reports of abuse by officer.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 An Albuquerque police officer is accused of raping, kidnapping or beating at least 11 motorists, even washing one woman's hands with sanitizing soap to hide all traces of...

Do young ladies and gents know today's burning issue?(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary Warming her hands on a welcome cup of morning coffee, Thelma Domenici talks about etiquette in an era of rudeness and rubes. Anymore, people seem to have forgotten everything their parents taught them...

Some diners ban smoking week too soon.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Many Albuquerque restaurants jumped the gun on the city's new ban on smoking in restaurants. Village Inn Pancake Houses, Denny's, Chili's, TGI Friday's, Paul's Monterey Inn and...

Kirtland delivers discipline to its ballpark streakers.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Two military medical officers who dared to bare all during a drunken run across Albuquerque's Isotopes Park have been duly dressed down, Kirtland Air Force Base officials...

Faux river might help solve minnow puzzle, officials say.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 An artificial river that has concrete banks and runs in a circle might help save the Rio Grande silvery minnow from extinction. That's the hope expressed by city, state and...

Businesses, residents give relief in fire efforts.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Ailene Torres ATORRES@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3609 Hooters waitresses serve up their famous fare dressed in famous gear, Outback Steakhouse cooks on the grill, and Caleb Crump stalks the parking lot, all at the West Bluff shopping...

Cadigan has much to lose in bond vote.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 The Albuquerque city councilor who is pushing the hardest for the Paseo del Norte extension is also the one who stands to come out the biggest loser if voters reject the road proposal. ...

Labs report satisfies Bingaman, Domenici.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 New Mexico's U.S. senators say they are happy with the way Sandia National Laboratories officials handled allegations the labs' security was compromised and investigators were...

Enraptured recruit.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 826-3614 California hoopster Lorenzo Mata is pleasantly surprised by the hoopla that comes with Lobomania Lorenzo Mata kept saying the same thing over and over Friday night. "This is...

Lobos add Phaler to fast-filling roster.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.come / 826-3614 New Mexico basketball coach Ritchie McKay, who had been vigorously pursuing 6-foot-9 recruit Sean Phaler, finally got his man Friday. But not before suffering a scare. A day...

Ferrari is happy with Schumacher and vice versa.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Byline: Charles Googe Commentary Bad news for Formula One: Michael Schumacher recently re-upped with Ferrari through the 2006 season. This alone would be enough for rival teams to panic. But also add in Ferrari's nucleus of the past...

EDITORIAL.(Weekend)
June 28, 2003... Everybody's help needed to preserve bosque It's doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this tinder-dry, fire-prone Fourth of July we should do without the rockets' red glare. No offense to die-hards who can't conceive of...

3 teens arrested in 1st bosque fire.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Meredith Wade MWADE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3638 Police: Fireworks were used in arson Police arrested three Albuquerque youths early this morning and charged them with arson in connection with the first fire to torch the Rio...

Fires also burned city's image.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 When a big fire rages through the heart of a city, everyone gets burned a little bit. Along with the salt cedars and cottonwoods, other things go up in smoke: housing values,...

Report: Lab staffers impeded probe.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Employees at Sandia National Laboratories impeded the work of security officials investigating a case two years ago, an independent report released today found. Sandia has...

Fires didn't zap major bridges of strength.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 BOSQUE FIRES Searing fires have eaten through vegetation in much of the bosque, but they didn't even damage the paint on the I-40 and Montano bridges. The Highway and...

Incident Command Team takes lead firefighting role.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 BOSQUE FIRES Here's how you prepare for a Type I Incident Command Team to take over a fire situation: First, call a representative of the local schools at around 2 a.m. and get...

On foot, in Humvee, Guard blocks off scorched earth.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 BOSQUE FIRES The command center for the bosque fire response located in the parking lot of a hardware store on the West Side has taken on an almost ominous presence, resembling a...

Cerro Grande favor returned with foam.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Ailene Torres atorres@abqtrib.com / 823-3609 BOSQUE FIRES As fire crews from all over the state converged on Albuquerque, most residents in the path of destruction on Wednesday could move out of harm's way. But one...

The bright side of burned ground.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff BOSQUE FIRES IN BRIEF The Rio Grande Nature Center, which barely escaped incineration Wednesday night, will use burned areas of the bosque for a new educational program about the riverside ecosystem. ...

Vendors see fires' toll in slower business.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Stores in Riverside Plaza are hoping business returns to normal today. Riverside Plaza, the closest shopping center to Montano Road and Coors Boulevard where Wednesday's fire...

Police officer charged with sex crimes.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 An Albuquerque police officer is charged in a 32-count indictment filed today with sexually molesting at least 12 motorists, including a minor, he stopped on traffic...

Young people use grant money to spiff up city.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Kate Michalske KMICHALSKE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3624 Two giant canvas murals, depicting the history of New Mexico from the dinosaur age to the space age, will soon grace the interior of the Albuquerque Convention Center. New...

Fairgrounds considers garage with office space.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Stacked cars and retail space might be in Expo New Mexico's future. Expo officials and members of the New Mexico State Fair Commission met in retreat this week to brainstorm on a...

Douglas, Parmer seek other ways to NBA.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 826-3614 Ruben Douglas, a former University of New Mexico standout, has been a no-show for most media requests for nearly two months. He even was a no-show at an NBA predraft camp in Virginia. ...

When the beasties have gone bonkers, the end is nigh!(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary Monkeypox. SARS. Migrating moths. Mad cow disease. Mosquitoes that fly like Egyptians. In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby, what's going on?! Is the end near?! First let me just say, "Monkeypox, monkeypox,...

Making fun of opera.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Three fun-loving friends are happy to take the stage in the Santa Fe Opera's season opener, the opera parody 'La Belle Helene' SANTA FE Expectations are always at their highest...

Festival features Indian filmmakers.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Acquiring 60 feature films and documentaries for the Na'alkid Summer Film Festival was a major achievement for Charmaine Jackson. That number gives the event, now in its second...

Graze's inventive combinations make for posh nosh.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Joline Glenn JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 It's hard to imagine there could be any shade of flavor Jennifer James doesn't know how to craft and color and make her own. Her palate palette is endless and eclectic at the aptly...

If you're a barbecue purist, you need bricks, sweat and sauce.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 FOOD FACTS You say you're planning to do a little barbecuing in the back yard this weekend? Then get out your shovel and firebricks, chop up a few mesquite logs and start...

3 teens arrested in 1st bosque fire.(Afternoon)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Meredith Wade MWADE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3638 Police: Fireworks were used in arson Police arrested three Albuquerque youths early this morning and charged them with arson in connection with the first fire to torch the Rio...

Fairgrounds considers garage with office space.(Afternoon)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Stacked cars and retail space might be in Expo New Mexico's future. Expo officials and members of the New Mexico State Fair Commission met in retreat this week to brainstorm on a...

Rio Rancho will start charging for false alarms.(Afternoon)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Kate Michalske KMICHALSKE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 When a private alarm goes off in Rio Rancho, it could be the sound of someone getting a bill from the city. The Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety has adopted a new...

A busy night for 911 calls.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff BOSQUE FIRES IN BRIEF Albuquerque police 911 operators were inundated with callers reporting on or otherwise inquiring about Wednesday night's bosque fire thanks in part to the pervasion of mobile phones....

Retailers comply, pull fireworks.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff BOSQUE FIRES IN BRIEF Grocery and convenience stores across the state are pulling fireworks off their shelves. Walgreens, Albertsons Food & Drug, Raley's Super Stores and Sav-On Drugs all said Thursday...

Fairgrounds turns into Noah's Ark.(Evening)
June 27, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff BOSQUE FIRES IN BRIEF Expo New Mexico, formerly known as the New Mexico State Fairgrounds, is making room in its barns for animals displaced by the bosque fires. "It was like Noah's Ark over here last...

Arsonist hunt.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Meredith Wade and Joline Gutierrez Krueger MWADE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3638 JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Arrests imminent, governor says Arrests could come as early as today in the latest bosque fire, Gov. Bill Richardson...

Prized schoolyard turns perilous.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Bernalillo County Sheriff Darren White watched from Coors Boulevard early today as scores of firefighters tried to beat back the towering columns of fire teetering toward Bosque...

Keep the camera, the other stuff. But she needs the notes.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary Stuffed with gear and parked behind the Route 66 Hostel in Downtown Albuquerque, the red Jeep Cherokee must have made an irresistible target. Smash the window, jimmy the ignition, drive off. By the time...

Fire menaces Dietz Farm families.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 BIG SCARE 2 Jim Jackson fumbled with his cowboy hat so that it would sit right on his head before he hopped into his trailer-tailed pickup. "Far out!" he yelled. Minutes...

Thankful folks help quench, feed SWAT team.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey BIG SCARE 2 Wednesday night at the intersection of Rio Grande Boulevard and Griegos Road, two members of the community lent police SWAT members a helping hand. Danny Garcia, 56, a retired mechanic who used...

Forest Service dispatches elite team.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 BIG SCARE 2 Muscle, he wanted. Muscle, he got. Fearing that two straight days of near-constant battles against fires in the bosque would deplete the Albuquerque Fire...

Fireworks dealers say a ban is not the answer.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 BIG SCARE 2 Phil Edmon is used to it by now: the annual drive to get people to abandon fireworks. "Every year, it's the same old thing," Edmon said. "You hear it." ...

Bosque repair to be costly.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 BIG SCARE 2 It could take many years and at least $2 million to make Albuquerque's blackened bosque green again. An official in the city's Open Space Division said...

Governor requests Forest Service help.(Afternoon)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 BIG SCARE 2 Muscle, he wanted. Muscle, he got. Fearing that two straight days of near-constant battles against fires in the bosque would deplete the Albuquerque Fire...

CANCER NEVER SLEEPS.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 RELAY FOR LIFE And so survivors and supporters will walk the night away in a fund-raising Relay for Life For the five women sitting around the table the theme "Cancer doesn't...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas Three local high school students attended the Leadership, Excellence and Achievement Program at Smith College in Northampton, Mass. The program was coordinated with the LULAC National Educational Service Center of...

Make sure you hug your pet today.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Jen Barol and Pasha You think you couldn't love your pets any more than you already do until you almost lose them. It happened to me recently that heart-stopping punch in the stomach from the reality of my dogs' mortalities....

Providers get tax break for Tricare patients.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Health care providers who tend to 56,000 retired military personnel and military family members in New Mexico are about to be relieved of paying gross receipts taxes on those...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
June 26, 2003... Fiery bosque gives us a scary wake-up call What clearly has been a threat for many years, a sinister fear concerning Albuquerque's only true forest, became a brutal reality this week, as huge portions of the treasured Rio Grande bosque...

Homes survive a night of fury.(Afternoon)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield and Meredith Wade DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 MWADE@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3638 BIG SCARE 2 Helicopters dropping water were a welcome sight at daybreak today after flames in the Rio Grande bosque lit the skies...

Ex-Lobo Dennehy missing, police say.(Sports Extra)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kring0@abqtrib.com / 826-3614 The news Wednesday that Patrick Dennehy had disappeared from Waco, Texas, came as no surprise to friends at the University of New Mexico where he once played basketball for the Lobos. ...

UNM football players post record-high GPA.(Sports Extra)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoorE@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 For the second time in the past three semesters, Rocky Long's University New Mexico football program has posted a record-breaking grade-point average for the school. The Lobos posted...

A shot at the NBA.(Sports Extra)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 It might not come tonight for Lobos star Ruben Douglas. But others who weren't taken in the draft still found their way to rosters. Ruben Douglas, despite leading the nation in...

Mountain West Conference draft prospects.(Sports Extra)
June 26, 2003... Byline: Compiled by The Tribune's Kyle Ringo Marcus Bailey Height: 6-5 Position: Guard School: Wyoming Averages: 15.6 points, 4.3 rebounds Ringo says: Bailey is nearing a complete recovery from a torn anterior...

The big scare.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Spared city now ponders bosque In some places, the difference between disaster and good fortune could be measured with a yardstick. And by nervous sighs of relief. The...

House goes up in smoke but not his hopes.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Meredith Wade mwade@abqtrib.com / 823-3638 The big scare Michael Carlisle won't let fire chase him out of the Rio Grande bosque. In 10 minutes on Tuesday, the 5,300-square-foot house Carlisle was building on Snowgoose...

Fire creates work for crew restoring the bosque.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 THE BIG SCARE Fire rips through the dense bosque brush at a rapid and terrifying pace, outrunning the crews who battle it, uprooting people from homes in its path, stirring up...

Scorched bosque still smoldering.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 THE BIG SCARE Fire crews worked in the Rio Grande bosque this morning to mop up from a fierce blaze that authorities say might have been started by fireworks. Although the fire...

'The trees are exploding. It's like a bomb.'.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield and Shea Andersen TRIBUNE REPORTERS THE BIG SCARE As the fire swept up from the river toward the Vista Grande neighborhood, garden hoses and lawn sprinklers became the immediate weapons of choice. "It looks...

Mayor's wife and neighbors join fight.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM 823-3602 THE BIG SCARE Margaret Aragon de Chavez played many roles as a bosque fire raged along the Rio Grande. She was a protective mother. A worried homeowner. A neighborhood sentry. And...

Worry, ash drive residents from homes.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 THE BIG SCARE When ashes fell on Lin Bornhuetter and smoke billowed above her home, her husband was in the frigid Arctic circle catching fish, she says. "He's been up fishing...

Independent report spurs changes at Sandia.(Evening)
June 25, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Sandia National Laboratories have replaced or moved several key officials after a critical independent report indicated problems in the way internal investigations were handled....