The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from March 2000, page 5

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Business almanac.(Business)
March 20, 2000... ACCOUNTING Laura J. Vivien, Patsi J. Case and Denise Dooley have been hired by Neff & Ricci LLP. Vivien, a senior tax accountant, previously worked with a CPA firm in Houston. Case, an assistant staff auditor, was previously...

UNM management schools to honor alumni at Hall of Fame gala.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Wire reports The Robert O. Anderson Schools of Management at the University of New Mexico will honor three alumni April 26 at the 11th annual Hall of Fame Dinner. John Garcia, secretary of the state Department of Economic...

The Freed Co. closes its doors after 80 years of unique imports.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield dmayfield@abqtrib.com 1/4 823-3620 The Freed Co. will be remembered for many things when it closes this summer. For 80 years the store has been packed wall to wall with eclectic imports. One of the first things...

All work and some play too.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 From original artwork to built-in aerobic classes, call centers offer a myriad of benefits and incentives for their work force Test your knowledge of call centers. Call...

TVI college trains students in phone work force.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Graduates of TVI's first Call Center College had a lot of reasons for taking the training, but they all boiled down to getting a better job. "It's like waiting tables, only...

Shoptalk.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield Tom Garcia Title: President and CEO. Company: L&M Technologies Inc. The company specializes in management of facilities at Sandia National Laboratories, Los Alamos National Laboratory, White Sands Missile...

New tax rule jeopardizes sales of small businesses, opponents say.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici is co-sponsor of a bill to rescind a new tax rule that has already stopped in their tracks numerous sales of small businesses. "There's nothing good about...

First-year ePO helps other newbies file papers with the SEC.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield It's a challenge to file correct papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. But the rewards to a company that wants to offer and sell its stock to the public can be great. Don Nash founded ePO Corp....

Presbyterian could save millions with help from auto manufacturer.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Presbyterian Healthcare Services expects to save $2.5 million a year thanks to a business model designed by the automaker DaimlerChrysler Corp. to help its suppliers contain costs. ...

How can Sandia leave deeper tracks?(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: PLANET BUSINESS By Sherry Robinson We have the labs. I wish I had a dime for every time I've heard somebody begin with that statement when they recite a list of the state's assets. Maybe having the labs isn't such a good...

Incentives come and gofor call centers.(Business)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Like other corporate recruits, call centers have responded to economic-development incentives. Many of the companies have used industrial-revenue bonds to build their centers,...

Clodhoppers who can dance.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens Upsets bring two plowboys and Zags, along with No. 4 LSU, to Duke City Cinderella has never looked so plain. Heck, let's face it: Two of the belles scheduled to dance in The Pit on Thursday in the NCAA...

Valley's stream of tears is slow in drying.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 As hard as it might be to imagine, the toughest part for the Valley Vikings might not have been Saturday's loss. And it might not have been Sunday's bus ride back to Albuquerque from Las...

Ravens stop Eagle streak, but season far from over.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 It was a turbo-boost of confidence for the Rio Grande Ravens. The trick, however, will be steering that confidence in the right direction as the most important stretch of the season...

Tapia plans to fight in Las Cruces.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE LAS CRUCES Johnny Tapia is to defend his WBO bantamweight title May 6 in the Pan American Center against an opponent who has yet to be named. Tapia (47-1-2 with 25 KOs) won the WBO title on...

Industrial fire reported in Northeast Albuquerque.(Local News)
March 20, 2000... IN BRIEF Firefighters today were battling a two-alarm fire at Edith and Comanche boulevards, authorities said. An older industrial building apparently was on fire. The fire was reported about 7:30 a.m. at 4201 Edith Blvd. N.E....

School boards to discuss East Mountain high school.(Local News)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The idea of a new East Mountain high school lives, as school boards in Albuquerque and Moriarty plan to renew relationships and talk business. "We're just trying to start a...

Boy Scout leader dies while hiking with son.(Local News)
March 20, 2000... IN BRIEF BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT A 48-year-old Boy Scout leader collapsed on a weekend hike and died of an apparent heart attack as his 12-year-old son hiked on ahead, unaware, authorities said. Dave Phillips of White Rock and...

Judge orders doctor to pay $3.8 million.(Local News)
March 20, 2000... IN BRIEF ROSWELL A judge has ordered a doctor associated with the Eastern New Mexico Medical Center to pay six former employees $3.8 million for civil-rights violations. U.S. District Judge Martha Vazquez ruled that Dr. Qudrat...

Town raises funds for 6 orphaned by wreck.(Local News)
March 20, 2000... IN BRIEF NAVAJO Townspeople have rallied behind surviving members of a family devastated by an alleged drunken-driving collision that killed a couple and their 8-month-old daughter and left their other six children behind. Ray and...

Rio Rancho students win state mock trial.(Local News)
March 20, 2000... IN BRIEF The mock-trial team for Rio Rancho High School brought home the school's first state championship. The team successfully prosecuted a fictitious death-penalty case Saturday against Belen High School's defense team, coach Ken...

Beavers meet with CSU coach.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Colorado State University basketball coach Ritchie Mackay has met with Oregon State about the school's open coaching job. But Mackay says he plans to stay in Fort Collins. The Rams were...

Scorps on ropes in title chase.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The New Mexico Scorpions' fate is out of their hands in the race for the best overall record in the WPHL. Central Texas took command of the race Saturday by defeating Alexandria 6-3 while...

Carr hits for 28 in Slam win.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE New Mexico Slam guard Cory Carr scored a game-high 28 points, including 16-of-18 from the free-throw line, to pace the team to a 114-107 victory over the host St. Louis Swarm on Sunday night. ...

Lobos sweep twin bill from Aztecs.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE The University of New Mexico improved to 4-1 in the Mountain West Conference after a doubleheader sweep of San Diego State on Sunday at Lobo Field. The Lobos (15-12 overall) outslugged the...

Lazier wins IRL race in Arizona.(Sports)
March 20, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Buddy Lazier went from last to first first time in the 4-year-old Indy Racing League to win Sunday's MCI WorldCom Indy 200 at Avondale, Ariz. Albuquerque's Al Unser Jr. was ninth. It...

Colossal model breathes life into Big-I plan.
March 18, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 It's about 20 feet wide by 20 feet long, and it wouldn't fit into anything smaller than a 747 airplane to get it here. But once it got to Albuquerque, the model of the Big-I after its...

Tribes to take one more look at gaming offer.
March 18, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 One more quick round of negotiations over Indian gaming compacts will take place next week before the issue is expected to be sent to the Legislature for a vote. Tribal...

THE STATE'S AT STAKE.
March 18, 2000... CLASS AAAA Today's games Championship Valley vs. Hobbs, 9 p.m. Consolation La Cueva vs. Alamogordo, 2 p.m. CLASS AAA Today's games Championship Aztec vs. Los Alamos, 3:30 p.m. Consolation Taos...

Domenici, Wilson seek center at Kirtland for laser research.
March 18, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Physicists think of powerful directed energy beams, like lasers, as a concentration of energy in space and time. Well, says Albuquerque's Congresswoman Heather Wilson, "the space...

Valencia County Commission refuses basalt mining request.
March 18, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS LUNAS The general contractor for the Big-I project has asked the Valencia County Commission to reconsider its refusal for a zoning change that would have allowed it to mine basalt in a petroglyph-laden...

City leaders ask drivers to pool.
March 18, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 As the public gains more information about the Big-I reconstruction, attention is shifting to how commuters will and won't traverse the Albuquerque's crossroads daily. The state Highway...

Local company to design NASA telescope.
March 18, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded a contract to an Albuquerque company to design a telescope to spot other Earth-like planets. SVS Inc. heads one of four teams selected this...

Suspect arrested in shooting death.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF An Albuquerque man was arrested Friday on homicide charges in the shooting death of Fernando Torres, 23, on Feb. 20, Capt. Sonny Leeper, an Albuquerque Police Department spokesman, said this...

Probe follows lab plutonium incident.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire REPORTS LOS ALAMOS Energy Secretary Bill Richardson is calling for an independent safety investigation of an incident in which four of eight Los Alamos National Laboratory workers were exposed to plutonium. Los...

Doing justice to St. Paddy's Day.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Steven G. Smith/Tribune St. Patrick's Day celebrations extended even into the Bernalillo County Courthouse as members of the High Desert Pipes and Drums including (right to...

Maloof removes politician hat to work in family business.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos ggallegos@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Democrat Phil Maloof said he will not seek re-election to the state Legislature so he can turn his full attention to the family business. But Maloof, who has dreamed of...

Police sting aimed at adults who buy booze for kids.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Deborah Baker The Associated Press SANTA FE Thinking about buying booze for that nice kid who just approached you in the parking lot? Many New Mexicans would apparently go ahead and do it: In a recent pilot project conducted...

Charter closing two mental-health hospitals.
March 18, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Charter-Heights is closing two of its Albuquerque mental-health hospitals, leaving 85 employees without jobs and relocating patients to other mental-health hospitals in the area. "Patients are being...

Trial delayed for man accused of killing deputy.
March 18, 2000... Byline: Chris Roberts The Associated Press The man accused of murdering a deputy sheriff who was driving him to prison will not stand trial until August because the state crime laboratory hasn't processed some of the needed evidence,...

Visitor guide offers tour of Navajoland.
March 18, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHIPROCK The Navajo Nation's new guide offers 36 points of interest on the sprawling reservation, from national monuments and tribal parks to museums and historical sites. The 30-plus page "Discover...

Happy Valley.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 The Vikings are thrilled to havea crack tonight at Hobbs, who knocked them out of last year's playoffs LAS CRUCES It's deja vu with a twist. It's different players, different...

Wisconsin'sexorcism makes way for Arizona.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 SALT LAKE CITY The University of Wisconsin was finally able to put one of the worst performances in NCAA Tournament history behind it. Now, the Badgers need to produce the program's...

Academy Chargers roll off Hilltoppers' giant Jackson.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 LAS CRUCES To the Albuquerque Academy Chargers, he was a monster who couldn't be scarier even with the help of Hollywood's best makeup artists. Seven feet tall. Arms that could...

Baseball coach takes Ravens from rags to spiffy contenders.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 In 1985, when Orlando Griego played baseball for Rio Grande High, the Ravens were forced to play their home games at the Sports Stadium. "Our field was condemned," Griego said. ...

Fran frets over NIT placement.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 University of New Mexico men's basketball coach Fran Fraschilla isn't so much concerned that low fan turnout sent his team packing for North Carolina in the second round of the National...

Aztecs beat Lobos by a 'field goal'.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE In a football-like score, the San Diego Aztecs beat the University of New Mexico Lobos baseball team 24-21 on Friday at Lobo Field. As it turns out, that was the same score the Lobos football...

Taos spark wears out as Aztec plays for title.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Pete Herrera THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS CRUCES Aztec guard Chad Vigil put Taos on its heels with his long-range shooting in the first half, then buried the Tigers' title dream from the free throw line. Vigil, a shy 5-foot-9...

Greg Ray could be IRL's first back-to-back champion.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Charles Googe The 2000 Indy Racing League season features a new series sponsor (Northern Light), a new driver (Al Unser Jr.) and a new television contract (ABC and ESPN). Here are my picks for this year's Top 10 drivers: ...

In Cesar Chavez's honor.(Insight and Opinion)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Eduardo Hernandez Chavez An Albuquerque group is pressing for a paid state holiday commemorating the late advocate for farm workers, the poor and Mexican-American civil rights. Here is their pitch. March 31 marks the 73rd...

Talking on tough issues, listening and learning.(Insight and Opinion)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Kate Nelson "I was born in 1941. I saw newsreels of the war as a child. They were awful. Piles of teeth and fillings. But then the war in Europe was over, and the war in Japan was still going on. And there was this shift. As a...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
March 18, 2000... N.M. water users, hope for the best, plan for the worst Just when seed catalogues are lading mailboxes. Just when nurseries are promising bright flowers! Green lawns! Fat tomatoes! Just as winter turns to spring comes this sobering shot...

Police raid nets burglary, armed-robbery suspects.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF More than a half-dozen burglaries may have been solved in a Friday raid that resulted in the arrest of Graciano Quezeda, who is also a suspect in several bank robberies, Albuquerque Police...

'Arrested' dignitaries help youth campaign.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Several local dignitaries were bailed out of Mountainside YMCA's "Cell Block Y" Friday to raise funds for the organization's Invest in Youth campaign. Arrested in the fund-raiser were Rob...

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Fugitive of the week: Rick Joe Lewis is wanted on a charge of felony shoplifting. Lewis, 43, is a white male with brown hair. He is 6-foot and weighs 230 pounds. PHOTO: b/w Lewis

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports Crime of the week: Two brazen bandits robbed the 7-Eleven store at 1801 San Pedro Road N.E. on Feb. 20, entering the store with a shotgun and demanding cash at gunpoint. The two suspects are described only...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Name change for group: The Petroglyph Monument Protection Coalition is changing its name to the Sacred Alliances for Grassroots Equality, using the acronym SAGE Council. A ceremony at 7:30 a.m....

Slam fall to Swarm in overtime.(Sports)
March 18, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE ST. LOUIS, Mo., The New Mexico Slam's five-game winning streak came to a halt as the St. Louis Swarm pulled out a 97-91 overtime victory on Friday. Jason Sasser had 20 points for the Slame...

BOYS STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
March 17, 2000... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: Color PHOTO BY: Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune Valley High School basketball fans Teresa Montoya and her husband, Ricardo, root for the Vikings in the closing minutes of their 78-69 victory...

An exemplary elementary.
March 17, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Bandelier, the small Nob Hill elementary school, is the city's only primary school to receive top ratings from the state Department of Education recently. Students and parents say...

Nostalgia surfaces as impending loss of Dukes sinks in.
March 17, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 The Albuquerque Sports Stadium has been home to more than the Dukes. It's been a summertime getaway for everyone from the state's top politicians to Supreme Court justices to parents...

Five laboratory workers exposed to plutonium.
March 17, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ALAMOS Five employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been exposed to plutonium. Eight workers were in a laboratory Thursday afternoon when an alarm sounded, indicating the presence of airborne...

Graffiti House to be demolished next week.(Local News)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A University Heights house that has been a persistent eyesore in the neighborhood for years will be demolished. The "graffiti house" at 202 Stanford Ave. S.E., which earned the name because...

Landlords agree to crime-prevention measures.(Local News)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 A tenants' rights vs. neighborhood peace dispute on the West Side came to a resolution of sorts when two landlords agreed to conduct criminal-record checks on tenants, and to...

Lecture series raises Celtic consciousness in Albuquerque.(Local News)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Frank O'Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 For most people, the most Celtic time of the year is St. Patrick's Day the wearin' o' the green and all that. But the ancient Celts did much more than party hardy. This...

DA Romero apologizes, pays state $75 for re-election faxes.(Local News)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Bernalillo County District Attorney Jeff Romero has apologized for a blunder his office staff made the first day on the campaign trail and has reimbursed the state $75 for the...

LaRoucheto get on N.M. ballot.
March 17, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Supporters of Lyndon LaRouche submitted signatures to the secretary of state to get his name on the ballot for the New Mexico presidential primary on June 6. LaRouche would join Vice President Al...

Laser programs could be centered at Kirtland.
March 17, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Leading scientists involved in research of lasers and other energy beams met today with members of the New Mexico Congressional delegation to explore a plan to concentrate the nation's...

It's all academic.(Sports)
March 17, 2000... Byline: John O'Rourke jorourke@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 Having dispatched Portales, Albuquerque Academy now has a tall order,facing Los Alamos in tonight's semifinals LAS CRUCES As they continue their bid for one last Class AAA...

City's top two contenders face off in rematch today.(Sports)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 LAS CRUCES The top two teams in the city for the past two seasons were to meet today to find out which one has a shot to prove itself as the best in the state. The matchup between...

Drubbing ends disappointing Lobo season.(Sports)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 At the end of each season for the last four years, the forecast for Don Flanagan's University of New Mexico women's basketball program has grown progressively warmer. It cooled off...

NIT quietly slips into next week's 2nd round.(Sports)
March 17, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It's on to the second round of the NIT. Kent, Siena, Southern Illinois and Southwest Missouri State were winners on Thursday night as first-round play of the National Invitation Tournament ended and...

St. Pius team collapses into shock, then optimism after marathon loss.(Sports)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese and John O'Rourke rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 jorourke@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK LAS CRUCES Memories of an incredible game and hope for the future are what the St. Pius X boys bring back from...

Wells Fargo, First Place merger completed.(Business)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Wells Fargo & Co. and First Place Financial Corp. will complete their merger Saturday. Ten First National Bank locations in Farmington will change their names to Wells Fargo Bank New...

Freed Co. to end 80 eclectic years Downtown.(Business)
March 17, 2000... Byline: TODAY'S TOP STORY By Dan Mayfield dmayfield@abqtrib.com / 823-3620 The Freed Co., a Downtown landmark known for a suit of armor guarding its Central Avenue display case and a colorful and eclectic mix of imported arts, crafts and...

Selling water by the river.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 17, 2000... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 In dense, cryptic artwork, Yoshimi Hayashi sends an echo of a Zenlike awareness into a world that wonders: "What does it all mean?" Yoshimi Hayashi has a message. It...

City Different turns City Difficult as SITE struggles with rent, lease.(the Arts & Entertainment)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 SITE Santa Fe, the world-class contemporary art facility in the state capital, may be forced to find a new home if it can't get a better deal from its landlord, the city of Santa Fe. ...

Ringmaster Paul Stanley whips up the circus that's Kiss.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 17, 2000... Byline: John O'Rourke jorourkeabqtrib.com / 823-3665 LAS CRUCES For Paul Stanley, all the Pan American Center was a stage. "Tonight, I wanna get down there with you!" shouted Stanley, the lead singer for Kiss, near the end of...

B and B's big, bad and bold barbecue is no-holds-barred.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 17, 2000... Byline: FOOD FOR TOT Adventures in family dining By Joline Glenn jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 I goofed the first time I ordered barbecue takeout at the new B and B Ranch I forget to grab some of the restaurant's barbecue sauce. But...

Indie-rock band may not have a recording contract, but they're not dead.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. pmaldonado@abqtrib.com / 823-3630 Seminal alt-rock band Sebadoh finds itself in a precarious situation. After eight years on one-time indie record label SubPop, the band Lou Barlow on guitar and vocals, Jason...

Dr. Baca was originally going to be a lawyer.(Obituary)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Dr. Eric Anthony Baca, born in Albuquerque on Nov. 14, 1955, and raised here, died March 1 during heart surgery at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind. Baca, 44, was director of...

Damp library pleads for patrons to take out books.(Local News)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Employees at the city's Lomas/Tramway Library want you to check out children's books . . . As soon as possible. The library needs patrons to take out some tomes after a rainstorm last week...

Sasser's 25 points pace Slam win.(Sports)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Wire reports UPDATE Jason Sasser scored 25 points to lead the New Mexico Slam to a 109-94 victory over the host Richmond Rhythm in Virginia. Thursday night's victory snapped the Rhythm's five-game home court winning...

Sanchez declares candidacy for re-election.(Local News)
March 17, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF House Speaker Raymond Sanchez, a lawmaker for three decades and one of the most powerful figures in state government, said Thursday he will seek re-election. Sanchez, a North Valley...