The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from March 2001

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from March 2001

A river of discord.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 The state has ordered the conservancy district to divert less water from the Rio Grande, but the district says taking more than it uses and returning the excess downstream is better...

Prevention is best against foot-and-mouth, says expert.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 If you're in the livestock business, John Wortman doesn't think it's a real good idea to be entertaining visitors from Europe just now. "There's no reason to have visitors on your...

Tow yard inspection yields 'gold mine'.(Local News)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 A "gold mine" of violations involving everything from environmental hazards to a stolen vehicle kept agents busy during the first of many inspections of Albuquerque-area...

Rookie Sanchez has a belly full of pork thanks to Johnson.(Local News)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Democrats cried foul toward the end of the legislative session when Republican Gov. Gary Johnson dished some pork in the direction of freshman Rep. John Sanchez. Johnson devoted more than $2 million in...

Hispano chamber urges governor to sign school bill.
March 31, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield dmayfield@abqtrib.com / 823-3620 Democratic legislators have a new ally in their campaign to persuade Gov. Gary Johnson to sign the Legislature's education overhaul package into law. The Hispano Chamber of...

Memphis' pearl of great price.(Sports)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A big-league facility in a minor-league town, acclaimed AutoZone Park drew on resources Albuquerque can't match, observers say MEMPHIS, Tenn. It's hard to fathom how a jewel was...

Players call Scorps coach key to keeping team together.(Sports)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Forget about being kicked out of the playoffs, forget about the alleged salary cap violations, forget about the uncertain ownership situat-ion. The New Mexico Scorpions players say...

Flanagan: Recruits add depth.(Sports)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 University of New Mexico coach Don Flanagan says he envisions a similar type of team next season to the one that reached the WNIT championship game Wednesday. With two enhancements....

Parker gets dream shot with Yanks.(Sports)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Michael J. Garcia mgarcia@abqtrib.com / 823-3660 For former Eldorado High School standout Christian Parker, pitching in the big leagues was a boyhood dream. Finally, after five seasons in the minor leagues, Parker will get...

CART teams invade IRL races, but who's the winner?(Sports)
March 31, 2001... Byline: Charles Googe INDY CAR NOTEBOOK It was appropriate that CART's Team Penske showed up at the Phoenix 200 with black cars. After all, they were the outlaws in the Indy Racing League's first race. But overall, is this good...

Editorials.(Insight and Opinion)
March 31, 2001... Can't-do city councilors would deny choice on baseball stadium After months of perfervid toil, after enlisting battalions of business and civic leaders and sports fans in support, the Mayor's Office is a scaffold away from topping off a...

Editorials.(Insight and Opinion)
March 31, 2001... Lobo women earn a long ovation While a win Wednesday night by the University of New Mexico basketball team would have been a blessing, their one-point loss to Ohio State in the Women's National Invitation Tournament final takes nothing...

Obstacles to baseball Downtown.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Rezoning process for proposed sites is point of debate Locating a baseball stadium in the city's center is either one of the easier parts of landing a Triple-A baseball team or the most...

Obstacles to baseball Downtown.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Church proximity brings beer sales at park into question Add alcohol to the cocktail of controversy over a proposed baseball stadium Downtown. In order to build a ballpark at his...

Deputies' new weapon has plenty of kick-as in chile.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department is spicing up its arsenal of less-than-lethal weaponry with a hot new item. PepperBalls, authorities say, could provide the...

Charter commission fishes for public input.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 The commission, drafting a home-rule charter to reorganize county government, puts its first three issues up for public comment Saturday. But is the public interested? After...

Cancer survivor's passion is prevention.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Shortly after Christmas 1998, Rachel Hall, then 36, decided it was time to examine her breasts for lumps. She couldn't remember the last time she'd done it she'd never been consistent...

APS police arrest teen in school thefts.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Thirty-one burglaries, many at Northeast Heights schools, are apparently the handiwork of bragging gang members, but school officials say they've nabbed the ringleader in the...

Police to sample grandson's hair.
March 30, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The man who alerted police to a 94-year-old woman brutally attacked in her Downtown home has been ordered to give hair, blood and saliva samples, according to a search warrant affidavit. Officers investigating...

Sale keeps KHFM classical, changes dial location.(Local News)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Trilby Davis tdavis@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 Classical music station KHFM-FM (96.3) has one more week in its current home before it moves down the dial to 95.5. Citadel Communications Corp. on Thursday announced the sale of the...

Baca announces steps to save water, money.(Local News)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 The city's set to kick off its summer water conservation rules, and today Mayor Jim Baca said it's also time to start conserving manpower. He announced a time-saving measure for...

Hispano Chamber asks governor to OK schools bill.(Local News)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield and Lowry McAllen dmayfield@abqtrib.com / 823-362 0lmcallen@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 The Hispano Chamber of Commerce has sent a letter to Gov. Gary Johnson asking him to sign the education overhaul package passed...

Man acquitted of beating charges; jury faults investigation.(Local News)
March 30, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 A state District Court jury acquitted Alex Benavidez of attacking a woman after finding serious problems with the police investigation. "At the conclusion of the trial, I know...

Sandia scientists balk at polygraph questions about medication use.(Local News)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Medical questions on mandated polygraph tests are raising eyebrows among some scientists at Sandia National Laboratories. Rod Geer, a spokesman at the Albuquerque lab, acknowledged...

Limited ballpark ballot gets mixed reviews.
March 30, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque lawmakers have mixed feelings about a plan that would give voters fewer options on a proposed May election for a baseball stadium. The plan, offered by Councilors Tim Kline...

Shot with Yanks brings tears of joy to Parker.(Sports)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Michael J. Garcia mgarcia@abqtrib.com / 823-3660 Eldorado High School product Christian Parker cried with happiness when he told his parents he'd earned a job with the New York Yankees, his father said today. Parker was told...

Recruiting remains the fly in the NCAA ointment for Lobo hoops teams.(Sports)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens It's time to return to reality. It's time to leave the WNIT euphoria, time to leave the NIT misconceptions, time to leave The Pit's inequities, time to leave Fantasyland. It's time to fan our way out of...

A season away doesn't lessen Utah coach's bond to team.(Sports)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 This has been a trying year for the University of Utah's Rick Majerus, one of the most recognizable and successful coaches in college basketball. Majerus took a leave of absence from...

League says Scorpions owner should sell team or shape up.(Sports)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Viable New Mexico franchise is top priority, official says,as team loses another legal skirmish. The WPHL has a choice for Scorpions owner Mike Plaman: "Accept an offer and sell...

Lobos hope ties to Dennehy's school prove twice lucky in recruiting wars.(Sports)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Two years ago, coach Fran Fraschilla made a bold move by offering Patrick Dennehy, then a hobbled senior at St. Francis High in Mountain View, Calif., a basketball scholarship to the...

Scripps cost reductions include trims at Tribune.(Business)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff A dramatic national slump in advertising spending is causing newspaper companies, including Scripps Howard, owner of The Tribune, to take steps to reduce costs. The recent economic downturn has especially...

Utah coach's loyalty to players doesn't fade during year leave of absence.(Sports)
March 30, 2001... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 catching up with . . . rick majerus This has been a trying year for the University of Utah's Rick Majerus, one of the most recognizable and successful coaches in college basketball....

Gala aims to flesh out Downtown arts vision.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 30, 2001... Byline: J.M Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 Planners hope public will contribute ideas Planning a vital arts center in the heart of Albuquerque is like throwing a piece of spaghetti against the wall to see if it is cooked. ...

Van Gogh & a few friends.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 30, 2001... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 Elegant Saint Louis Art Museum is the sole U.S. stop for an extensive and impressive exhibition of the works of the 19th-century artist and nine of his contemporaries It's...

Doobie Brothers' 30 years have all been good, founder says.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 30, 2001... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 They had separate careers then, but when Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons, John Shogren and John Hatman shared an awesome joint one day, they unofficially became the Doobie...

The tale-spinner's mother.(The Arts & Entertainment)
March 30, 2001... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 In rediscovering her mother's life, Amy Tan reshaped her best-selling novel of transformation and memory She starts, "My mother. . . ." Then, the cross between a...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
March 30, 2001... *Inductees for the Albuquerque Boxing Hall of Fame Wall of Honor were chosen by committee at the Jack Candelaria Community Center. A story Wednesday incorrectly reported that inductee Marty Garcia was a selector. See story 03/28/01 Pg....

Strains of classical music will continue to fill the airwaves.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Trilby Davis tdavis@abqtrib.com / 823-3684 Classical music will play on in Albuquerque. Citadel Communications Corp. announced this afternoon that it will sell KHFM-FM (96.3) to American General Media, which plans to continue...

Great-grandmother headed to prison again.(Local News)
March 29, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 At age 73, Maria "Vickie" Epperson, a convicted drug pusher, is headed back to prison. The great-grandmother faces six years in prison and four years on probation after...

Animal cruelty incident leads to man's indictment.(Local News)
March 29, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 A man accused of smashing a dog's head with a rock has been indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury. Orlando Chavez will face state District Judge Albert "Pat" Murdoch for...

Expert panels on NIF blasted in court ruling.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 The nation's largest science project, a huge California laser designed to simulate nuclear weapons blasts, suffered another setback when a federal court ruled government expert panels...

Glimmers of hope.(Sports)
March 29, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Despite disappointing loss in WNIT final, super sophomores Jordan Adams and Chelsea Grear offer a glimpse of things to come The chance for a national basketball championship is gone,...

All praise to women hoopsters and another curtain call, please.(Sports)
March 29, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens Oh, well, you still gotta love 'em. You still gotta praise 'em. You still gotta admire 'em. The University of New Mexico women's basketball players might not be champions today, but they are still big-time...

The Tribune'sAthlete of the WINTER.(Sports)
March 29, 2001... Byline: Compiled by Rick A. Maese girls basketball Lindsey Arndt Sandia Class: Senior. Position: Post. Born: Sept. 8, 1982, in Albuquerque. Height: 6-foot-1. Family: Peter and Annette Arndt. Philip, 20;...

Uncertainties over dues, contract add to Scorp woes.(Sports)
March 29, 2001... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The New Mexico Scorpions are a hockey team in disarray and not just because they lost a court battle. The owner owes the league money, the coach says he doesn't have a contract, and...

EDITORIAL.(Insight and Opinion)
March 29, 2001... Same freedom to worship protects art you don't like Once again, art is the lightning rod that tests the bedrock of American liberty. Producing the latest sparks: an artistic version with sexual overtones of the religious icon, Our...

IRS grants 9-month extension for 21 counties of fire 'victims'.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 A little red ink can give all taxpayers who live in Bernalillo County and 20 other New Mexico counties a penalty-free, nine-month extension of the April 16 deadline for filing...

Detectives offered counseling in brutal elderly beating case.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 The attack on a 94-year-old woman earlier this week was so vile and so vicious that Albuquerque police officers and detectives may need counseling to deal with the horror, a...

Stevens' devotion to sports in the city and beyond made difference for many.(Obituary)
March 29, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 The day after a cash-strapped University of New Mexico athletics department cut its wrestling program in 1987, the team's coach, Bill Dotson, was in his office when the telephone rang....

A legend AGAIN.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Once-questioning fans return coach Don Flanagan to pedestalafter the Lobos' ultimately losing but still impressive run in WNIT Faith in Albuquerque coaching legend Don Flanagan...

Rival bill could doom Downtown ballpark.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Two city councilors say they plan to introduce a rival proposal to Mayor Jim Baca's call for a $15 million baseball stadium election. If it succeeds, the measure could effectively kill...

Johnson keeps school reform options open.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Legislature 2001 Gov. Gary Johnson is telling legislators that he remains open-minded about a controversial public school improvement bill that is on his desk. Johnson,...

Scientists at Sandia Labs question polygraph quiz on medications.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Medical questions on mandated polygraph tests are raising eyebrows among some scientists at Sandia National Laboratories. Rod Geer, a spokesman at the Albuquerque lab, acknowledged...

'Bosom buddies' no longer.
March 29, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Tension between Payne and McEntee grows heading into mayor's race Albuquerque City Councilors Greg Payne and Mike McEntee usually sing from the same songbook. Both are Republicans....

Glorious Promise.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 A win in tonight's WNIT final could propel the Lobos to NCAA contention next year, championship coaches say The University of New Mexico women's basketball team might be making...

IRS delays tax filing for 21 N.M. counties.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The Cerro Grande Fire tax extension was given to all counties in the disaster area. A little red ink can give all taxpayers who live in Bernalillo County and 20 other New...

Wolf rescue effort shifts to trailing wild-born cubs.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 The curtain is about to open on Act II of the Mexican gray wolf rescue effort in New Mexico and Arizona. Releasing captive wolves into the wilderness will continue, but more...

Republicans abashed by kudos for governor.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Stacey Zolt zolts@shns.com / (202) 408-2726 WASHINGTON Much to the chagrin of New Mexico congressional Republicans, Gov. Gary Johnson is coming to the nation's capital to collect an award for his controversial work on drug...

Jim Stevens championed UNM sports.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 The day after a cash-strapped University of New Mexico athletics department cut its wrestling program in 1987, the team's coach, Bill Dotson, was in his office when the telephone rang....

94-year-old's wounds horrify police.(Local News)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 The attack on a 94-year-old woman earlier this week was so vile and so vicious that Albuquerque police officers and detectives may need counseling to deal with the horror, a...

Leg leads to body in Rio Rancho dump.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 A human leg sticking out from heaps of waste in a Rio Rancho landfill led to the discovery of the attached body and the city's first homicide of the year. Workers made...

Officer indicted on beating charge could lose job.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 An Albuquerque police officer indicted on charges that he beat a handcuffed suspect with a baton could soon lose his job. Tom Benard was indicted late Tuesday on an...

Casino's new eatery will offer alcohol.(Local News)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff Terry and Pat Keene, owners of Albuquerque's Artichoke Cafe and Portobello Restaurant, will operate the specialty restaurant at the new Sandia Casino. A tribal leader said the restaurant's debut will mark the...

Drug dialogue fractures GOP in New Mexico.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 While some rank-and-file Republicans welcome a debate over drug policy, they are worried that the divisive issue has polarized the party. More troubling to Republicans is the...

'Our Lady' protest has raised exhibit's profile, officials say.
March 28, 2001... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 Officials at the Museum of International Folk Art say a disputed piece of art depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe has become the show's major draw proof, perhaps, that when art speaks to...

Grit vs. grit.(Sports)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The Buckeyes survived a decimated lineup. The Lobos battled back from early, confidence-rattling losses. Unbowed, they contend for the WNIT title tonight. Don't expect the Ohio State...

Judge tosses Scorps' case for playoffs.(Sports)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The players' attorney failed to file the request for a restraining order, the judge said today. The team's owner is to go to federal court Thursday on a similar request. The New...

Here are more 'dumb' opinions - and they're not mine.(Sports)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens Stevens got mail . . . There are a few "dumb" Lobos fans Rudy Davalos should meet. They can be found on Page B5 represented by theire-mail views on whether The Pit has lost some of the energy that once...

The Tribune's Athlete of the WINTER.(Sports)
March 28, 2001... Wrestling Joey Bracamonte West Mesa Class: Senior Born: Dec. 23, 1982, in Tucson. Height: 5-foot-8 Weight: 145 pounds. Family: Susie and Eddie Bracamonte. Eddie Bracamonte. Career highlights: District,...

Coach: Offers made for Scorps, who owe league.(Sports)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The New Mexico Scorpions are a team in turmoil, and not just because they lost a court battle this morning. The team owes the WPHL money, and there are at least two offers to buy it...

Hall of fame for city boxing to honor 13.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Art Simoni asimoni@abqtrib.com / 823-3665 Thirteen persons will be inducted tonight into the Albuquerque Boxing Hall of Fame Wall of Honor. The inductions will take place at a formal, invitation-only dinner at the Jack...

EDITORIAL.(Editorials)
March 28, 2001... Poetry on parking meters would feed city's soul Albuquerque has more than its fair share of boring big-box buildings, sprawling parking lots, streets littered with fast-food wrapping paper, impassive cinder-block walls, chain-link fences...

Dialogue on drugs fractures state GOP.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Republicans try to heal their drug policy rift before the party's organizational conventions. While some rank-and-file Republicans welcome a debate over drug policy, they are...

Domenici plays nuclear budget 'godfather'.
March 28, 2001... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 The "godfather" of the nation's nuclear weapons stewardship program, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, promised nuclear weapons scientists and officials that Congress will not abandon...

Scorpions' next face-off is in courtroom.(Sports)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 A state District Court judge was expected to hear the players' plea today to be reinstated in the league playoffs. Off the ice and into the courtroom, with little time to spare. ...

Chamber honors roofing president, spa owner.(Business)
March 28, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce named John Sanchez, president of Right Way Roofing and a Republican state senator, winner of the Maxie Anderson Award during its annual Business...

Police nab national health award for catching winks.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 The Albuquerque Police Department proves that at least sometimes if you snooze, you win. The department's efforts to assure that its officers are getting their zzzzzs...

City, team near deal, but councilors remain wary.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Very few have seen what's in it. But it might be the most closely watched deal in the city. The agreement between what is expected to be Albuquerque's next minor-league baseball...

Archbishop joins artwork protest.
March 27, 2001... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 What began as a small parish's protest against a piece of art has turned into a fight spearheaded by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Archbishop Michael Sheehan has issued a statement that...

Domenici vows to protect nuke budget.(Local News)
March 27, 2001... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 The "godfather" of the nation's nuclear weapons stewardship program, New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, today promised nuclear weapons scientists and officials that Congress will not...

A dorm in progress.(Local News)
March 27, 2001... A confusion of scaffolding (left) envelopes one side of a partially finished building in the new student residential hall complex at the University of New Mexico at the corner of Central Avenue and Girard Boulevard. The new hall, which will...

Udall urges Bush to continue school, library tech hookups.(Local News)
March 27, 2001... Byline: Stacey Zolt zolts@shns.com / (202) 408-2726 WASHINGTON In the face of President Bush's pledge to consolidate educational technology grants, a bipartisan and regionally diverse group of Capitol Hill lawmakers is fiercely lobbying...

UNM eyes Knight and Tech.(Sports)
March 27, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 A top University of New Mexico athletics department official is pushing to get Texas Tech and coach Bobby Knight on the men's basketball schedule. Bill McGillis, UNM's senior...

The Tribune'sAthlete of the WINTER.(Sports)
March 27, 2001... Byline: Compiled by Rick A. Maese GIRLS SWIMMING Justine Schluntz Albuquerque Academy Class: Eighth-grader Born: May 28, 1987, in Phoenix. Height: 5-foot-8. Family: Ann Oakley and Roger Schluntz. Julianne, 10;...