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

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

Police: YIT leader was taped ordering hit.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Donna Rowe wanted a co-worker killed because she feared he would implicate her in a Thanksgiving night arson that destroyed the Youth in Transition center, according to Metropolitan...

How Turkey's Kurds see the war.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Photos, caption information by Chris Schneider SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Chris Schneider, a former Albuquerque Tribune photographer now working for Scripps Howard News Service, is covering the war in Iraq from the Turkish side...

What's shakin'? Tech's gift can provide the answer.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 BRIGHT IDEA Sometimes presents are just as rewarding to the giver as they are to the receiver. Case in point: New Mexico Tech. The university just got a $3.5 million...

Dad's pride mirrors rally for U.S. troops.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Vietnam War veteran Don Duff sat and smiled at a photograph of his only son as he drank in the sounds of a nearby pro-troops rally. "I remember being spit on and people calling me a...

Suspended Rio Grande teachers return.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3624 It's back to work for two Rio Grande High School teachers opposed to the Iraq war. Spring break is over today and the teachers are returning to the South Valley school this morning...

REPEAT CHAMP.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Albuquerque Academy eighth-grader under a winning spell This was Ronald Shaw's last chance, and he was determined not to lose. Ronald won Saturday's 56th annual Albuquerque...

State targets uninsured drivers.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Ailene Torres atorres@abqtrib.com / 823-3609 Got insurance? If not, expect a warning letter to arrive in your mailbox soon. After you open the letter, you have 30 days to buy auto insurance. "After 30 days,...

10 THINGS TO KNOW.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM/823-3620 1Smile: TJ's Camera and 1 Hour Photo is open on the West Side. The store the company's third is in the Smith's center at Golf Course Road and Paseo del Norte. 2Reappearing act:...

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 City officials think they've got a cure for the Convention Center's ills It has been a long time coming. City officials for years have debated why the Albuquerque...

Hobbs paper lends a helping press.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 Sherman McCorkle tells the story of the Hobbs News Sun helping the Roswell Daily Record publish its paper when the Record had trouble with its press. "That would be like one...

Curves offers low-pressure workouts for women.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Not one Barbie, not one size 2, not even one man could be found working out at Curves, a new Albuquerque fitness program. Owners Sharon Elliott and Susan White opened the facility on...

Women's businesses to be honored.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF New Mexico Woman magazine has compiled a list of the state's top 25 female-owned and -operated businesses. The recipients will be honored at a luncheon Friday at the Hyatt Regency in Albuquerque....

SHOPTALK.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Jensi Bogard. Title: Owner. Company: Schelu, at 306 San Felipe N.W. in Old Town, and Schelu Gallery, at 107 Amherst Drive S.E. in Nob Hill. The Old Town store sells handmade pottery, dinnerware,...

Having received much, she gives more.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 As a little girl in the 1920s, Marjorie Bell Chambers was taken under the wing of her father, a man born in Africa of British missionary parents and raised in Canada, a man who spoke...

ALMANAC.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... INSURANCE Johanna Tighe was named March Agent of the Month by the Central New Mexico chapter of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers. Tighe is the chapter president. She has been with Farmers Insurance Group...

TURNING THE PAGE.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 UNM coach Don Flanagan sees a bright future for his team While the sugar's still settling on the University of New Mexico's first Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament, Lobos coach Don...

Pitcher thinking beyond Isotopes.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 JUPITER, Fla. Sean Bergman has a new mini-disc player, a healthy appreciation for another culture and an undiminished desire to return to the major leagues. Looking back, he...

Texas Tech hogtied UNM long before the game.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The Pit didn't fail Don Flanagan's Lobos in a 71-48 West Texas butt-kicking handed out by Marsha Sharp's Texas Tech Lady Raiders in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Midwest Regional. The Pit was excellent,...

WNBA scout: Adams has tools for pros.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Jordan Adams, the school's No. 2 all-time scorer and No. 1 all-time shot blocker, will now try to become the first University of New Mexico player to play in the WNBA. Adams, who has...

Scorps owner wants a new arena built.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 New Mexico Scorpions owner Doug Frank wants a new arena, and he hopes taxpayers or a private investor will pay for it. Frank said upgrading facilities is his top priority outside of...

With just days to go, 'Topes still haven't seen their new togs.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 JUPITER, Fla. Though the team's final spring training game is scheduled for tonight, the Albuquerque Isotopes have yet to break out their new uniforms. Actually, the Isotopes...

State sets sights on uninsured motorists.(Afternoon)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Ailene Torres atorres@abqtrib.com / 823-3609 Got insurance? If not, expect a warning letter to arrive in your mailbox soon. After you open the letter, you have 30 days to buy auto insurance. "After 30 days,...

Assistance League ready to open.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The Assistance League of Albuquerque opens for business April 1 at its new location at 5211 Lomas Blvd. N.E. The league bought the old Pueblo West furniture store last year from from Jeff Mauldin of...

Entries sought for PR awards.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The New Mexico chapter of the Public Relations Society of America is seeking entries for its 2003 Cumbre Awards. The competition is held in two categories: Public Relations Campaigns and Public...

PNM starts work on road to wind center.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Construction is under way on the roads that will lead to the New Mexico Wind Energy Center near Fort Sumner. Public Service Company of New Mexico and Florida's FPL Energy LLC are working together...

Deadline set for SBA disaster loans.(Evening)
March 31, 2003... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Businesses in 15 New Mexico counties have until April 17 to apply for low-interest disaster loans for financial losses suffered because of wildfires that closed the Carson and Santa Fe national forests...

Labs' foam at the ready in Iraq.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Somewhere in Iraq, large drums filled with a material developed by Sandia National Laboratories sit waiting to help troops deflate the pressure of biological and chemical warfare....

Downtown rally draws flags, cheers for troops.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The city-sponsored flag-waving "Rally to Support Our Troops" drew thousands of people to the Civic Plaza in Downtown. The noon-hour rally Friday also attracted six antiwar...

N.M. soldiers don't flinch when called.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 The sense of duty and professionalism of New Mexico's part-time soldiers is not hard to gauge, military officials say. Of the 360 or so National Guard and reserve soldiers from New...

Winning team.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 UNM women's hoops coach Don Flanagan was raised in a competitive atmosphere, but the calming influence of his wife's American Indian culture has helped him see beyond the court ...

Lobos are hot ticket in town.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Lots of luck to people searching for tickets to tonight's NCAA Tournament games at The Pit, Kim Goodson of the Lobos ticket office says. Both the 7 p.m. Duke-Georgia game and the...

Support isn't just a motto or a cliche; it is a call for action.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary Someone kept tearing down the sign in her front yard. "No War in Iraq," it said. The first time, she put it back. The second time, she didn't bother. She figures the vandal had lumped her into a group...

Graham Central Station appeals council ruling.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 An Albuquerque night club operator has filed an appeal in state District Court to overturn a City Council decision that effectively bars it from opening. Graham Brothers...

Sweet saga.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Tonight's Lobos-Lady Raiders matchup will be historical, and UNM is confident about the hurdles their rivals face: foreign soil, frenzied fans, a determined team There might be enough...

Ice Bats bounce Scorps, lead 2-1.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Hockey pucks weigh six ounces. They are rubber. Toss one 25 feet into the air and it's prone to funky bounces, like dancers in rap videos. Hockey players don't want bounce. They dig...

Can Tech's bad girls parry Pit's punch?(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary This NCAA script is so perfect, so sculptured in hoop art, that the "bad girls" angle with Texas Tech's Marsha Sharp and Cisti Greenwalt is almost superfluous. It's like tossing another battle...

As Marlins make cuts, Isotopes roster fills.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 JUPITER, Fla. The trip between the big leagues and Triple-A baseball can be a short one. Here in spring training, it takes just a few minutes about the time you need to traverse...

Midwest Regional probable starters.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Duke Blue Devils MICHELE MATYASOVSKY, F, 6-1, Senior Stats: 5.3 PPG, 3.7 RPG Comments: Eighth all-time at Duke with a .752 free-throw percentage. ICISS TILLIS F, 6-4, Junior Stats: 14.6 PPG, 7.6 RPG Comments:...

Beard is a force inside or out.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Even Superman had a weakness. If Duke superstar Alana Beard possesses one, nobody's discovered it. "There isn't anything on the floor that she can't do," said Georgia coach Andy...

Texas native Moore knows strengths, weaknesses of Tech.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 NCAA NOTEBOOK University of New Mexico point guard Mandi Moore didn't put together the scouting report on the Texas Tech Lady Raiders. But she could have. Moore, a sophomore...

EDITORIAL.(Weekend)
March 29, 2003... When in doubt, Bush keeps history secret As it likes to do, the Bush White House waited until early evening to quietly leave a controversial decision on the stump. This one concerns government secrecy this White House is notoriously in...

Dixon fought for rights, speech in N.M. and abroad.(Weekend)(Obituary)
March 29, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 In the time allotted him, Bill Dixon built a big reputation for defending the individual rights and liberties that provide the foundation for everything the United States is about. ...

Complex drug ring busted, feds say.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Ailene Torres and Iliana Limon atorres@abqtrib.com / 823-3609 ilimon@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Gabriel David Gomez first drew the attention of Albuquerque police at age 17 when he was arrested on two minor drug charges, possession...

Teacher fined for antiwar poster.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3624 Carmelita Roybal will return to her Rio Grande High School students. That is the only good news in a disciplinary letter she has received from the Albuquerque Public Schools...

Stars and Stripes back flying after puzzling flag caper.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Frost Mortgage is feeling the pain of its patriotism. Somebody shimmied up the 50-foot flagpole in front of the company's main office early this month and stole a...

Ex-assistant DA should get hearing, lawyer says.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Jennifer Albright, former Bernalillo County assistant district attorney, is entitled to a hearing regarding her recent termination, Albright's attorney, John Boyd, said. Albright...

Free-speech defender Dixon dies.(Evening)(Obituary)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 In a relatively short time, Bill Dixon built a big reputation for defending the individual rights and liberties that provide the foundation for everything the United States is about....

Credentials of presidential hopeful questioned.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 UNM FINALISTS Some University of New Mexico faculty members say that at least one of the presidential finalists doesn't meet all the qualifications for the job. ...

Arndt not just a defensive whiz in tournament.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 For the third straight game in the NCAA Tournament, the challenge of guarding the opposing team's best player will be assigned primarily to Lindsey Arndt when the Lobos and Texas Tech...

Ex-Clovis High star dishing guff to Lobos.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary There is steel in the eyes of Texas Tech's Cisti Greenwalt when she talks of Lobos fans and their Pit. There is flame on her tongue, too. She talks the talk, envisioning a Pit walk of rich revenge...

Minding the net key in playoffs, Scorps say.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The New Mexico Scorpions are acutely aware of how stellar goaltending can win playoff games. After all, it's an axiom proven time and again most recently in Game 2 of the Central...

UNM hoops teams set their sights on Dixie recruits.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Terren Harbut will visit the University of New Mexico beginning today, and men's basketball coach Ritchie McKay is hopeful the sophomore from Dixie State College in Utah will choose to...

Trib's all-metro athletes of the year.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton BOYS BASKETBALL Name: Ted Knauber School: Sandia Age: 18 Ht.: 6-3 Class: Senior Position: Guard Head coach: Tom Knauber Stats: 20.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.5...

Attack of the giant heads! It's no movie; it's a commute.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary I was in such a good mood when I got up this morning. The birds were singing. The sun was shining. I had lost another couple of pounds in the past week. The shower felt like the spray of a mountain...

THE SENSE-IBLE ROSE.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Just what is it about roses that enraptures us so? Spring training is almost over for baseball players. But for rose growers, it's just beginning. As the first full week of...

Opera, y'all.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Texas soprano Christina Major and her fellow apprentices bring arias and duets to schoolchildren and community adults. But quail not: She left her twang at home. What's the...

Plucky travelers.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 The Pacifica Quartet crisscrosses the country, bringing a string of musical stories with it Sibbi Bernhardsson says he and the other members of the Pacifica Quartet hold no...

Howard: N.M. film not typical oater.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL ART BRIEFS Director Ron Howard's latest film, "The Missing," which he is filming around New Mexico, is based on Thomas Eidson's Western novel "The Last Ride." But Howard says the sight of 10-gallon...

It's fruit, fools and folly in the kitchen.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Food facts If you're a fool for food just about any day of the year, what better time than this week to whip up a fool for your family and friends. No, we are not speaking...

Taos film fest names finalists.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL ART BRIEFS The Taos Talking Picture Festival, which honors independent filmmakers, has announced the five finalists for the Taos Land Grant Award. The winning director, who will be announced April 12,...

City museum awaits $8 million face-lift.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL ART BRIEFS Almost 24 years after opening its doors at 2000 Mountain Road N.W., the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History is expanding for the first time. The groundbreaking ceremony marking the...

Bernalillo County now owns Hiland.(Evening)
March 28, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL ART BRIEFS The Bernalillo County Commission approved a $4 million bond issue Tuesday, giving the county ownership of Albuquerque's Hiland Theatre. The theater, 4804 Central Ave. S.E., will be leased...

Troubled neighborhoods getting a second life.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Ailene Torres atorres@abqtrib.com / 823-3609 Once a ransacked haven for drug dealers and prostitutes, an apartment complex in Southeast Albuquerque shows how even the worst buildings can bounce back, city officials say. In...

N.M.'s future drivers take slow road.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 It's a long, slow road to driving independence for New Mexico teens, but advocates of graduated driver's licenses say it has become a safer one. This year, for the first time, all...

Assistant DA's job might be in jeopardy, her attorney says.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Undercover Albuquerque police officers will continue joining the crowds at antiwar protests, Deputy Police Chief Ruben Davalos said. "We will still have monitors who monitor the...

Even younger men are looking to Viagra for help.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 When Viagra the breakthrough oral drug for sexual impotence came on the market in March 1998, men had visions of becoming high-strutting stallions, women braced for an onslaught of...

WORD WIZARDS.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Thirty-three youths from 17 New Mexico counties will attempt to spell their way to Washington, D.C., for the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in May Only one can win. ...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas Joseph Hernandez, 13, placed first in the geography bee at Washington Middle School. The seventh-grader is one of scores of middle school students who will participate in the state competition at 8:30 a.m. April 4 at...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Timing on war budget reeks of subterfuge The timing of President Bush's spending request to pay the first installment on the war on Iraq was, as our allies the Brits would say, almost too clever by half. For months, Congress has been...

PNM hopes idea flies.(Afternoon)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com Company to test waterson whether customers will buy into proposed tarifffor renewable wind energy. Customers of Public Service Company of New Mexico will soon be able to let the utility...

Marchers decry police presence.(Evening)
March 27, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Lynne Carpenter basked in the sunrise and the sound of honking horns as cars passed by on Central Avenue near the I-25 southbound exit. Carpenter, decked out in pink, said her only...

Students' journey to Germany tripped up by tension overseas.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 A group of Albuquerque Academy students will have to wait until next summer to visit ancient German castles and glacier lakes. Meeting the mayor of Petershagen, Germany, will also...

Sandia creation can boost military vision.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 BRIGHT IDEA Who needs daytime satellite pictures in a war? Not Sandia National Laboratories. The labs have created a high-tech version of night vision for U.S. planes that...

Governor seeks Cabinet-level schools boss.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 With the 2003 legislative session now just a memory, Gov. Bill Richardson is turning his attention to difficult, and less flashy, issues. Those issues: the state's tax system...

Romero Jr. to return to ring in April.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Dan Mayfield dmayfield@abqtrib / 823-3620 A rematch for the World Boxing Organization's world title might be on the horizon for Albuquerque boxer Danny Romero Jr. But first he has to face Julio Coronel on April 25. ...

Young stays hot as Lobos pound Eastern.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Dusty Young got the hit he needed, and the University of New Mexico baseball team picked up its 19th victory. In a reprieve from Mountain West Conference play, the Lobos pounded out a 25-5 win over Eastern New...

Group campaigns to keep public jobs public.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 A national alliance opposing the privatization of federal jobs was kicked off in Albuquerque because the city has a large federal work force, a union official said. Bobby Harnage,...

PNM hopes customers will buy into its renewable energy idea.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com Customers of Public Service Company of New Mexico will soon be able to let the utility know whether they are willing pay more for renewable energy generated by wind power. PNM said today...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... TV in 'real time' tells us the real loss of war Unprecedented in the history of warfare, the battles in Iraq are being fought, in that strange phrase, in "real time" on our TV screens. In a surreal daily ritual, Americans and Iraqis...

U.S. is no stranger to first strike against others.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Striking first in war is nothing new for the United States, says University of New Mexico history professor Paul Hutton. "The only time we have ever been attacked (before the 2001...

All that Colorado snow won't be much help to us.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The blizzard that paralyzed the Denver area last week didn't do much to increase the snowpack that contributes water to the Rio Grande. The three-day snowfall dropped 31.8...

HOPING FOR CROWD CONTROL.(Evening)
March 26, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Texas Tech knows what home cooking is all about, having just won two tournament games in Lubbock. This weekend in The Pit, the Lady Raiders are on their own. LUBBOCK, Texas The NCAA worm turns for...

Fort Bliss families endure heartache.(Evening)
March 25, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Church bells were still ringing in El Paso when Fort Bliss casualty counselors found themselves bracing for the worst. The group gathered at the post, grappling with the news that...

Today's POWs bring back bitter memories.(Evening)
March 25, 2003... Byline: Meredith Wade mwade@abqtrib.com / 823-3609 Time and squalor are the things Louis Baca remembers most about being a prisoner of war. Waking up in captivity day after day in cramped, miserable conditions is no way to grow...