The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from May 2000

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

Pecos fire whips across 22,000 acres.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire Reports Crews concentrate on protecting watershed PECOS The voracious Viveash Fire near Pecos tripled in size overnight to more than 22,000 acres, driven by a weather system it created itself. Charlie...

Officials plan to close parts of the Cibola National Forest.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen lmcallen@abqtrib.com / 823-3625 With fires raging across New Mexico, the U.S. Forest Service is likely to close some parts of the Sandia Mountains to visitors this weekend. The more remote sections of the...

Report tells how brawl swept up two teens.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 THE DEATH OF DEMETRIUS SIMS The 500-page report compiled by Albuquerque police investigating the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Demetrius Sims offers the first comprehensive look at the...

Angry stepdad vows justice as DA defends handling.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 The anger in Jack Jackson's voice is palpable. He shakes his head and looks out the window of his sister-in-law's Southeast Albuquerque apartment. Justice, Jackson says, has...

Bush vows larger defense role for N.M. labs.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Texas Gov. George W. Bush told New Mexicans today that the state's national laboratories will continue to play a major role in the country's defense if he is elected president....

Quick action brings city bosque fire under control.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Phill Casaus pcasaus@abqtrib.com / 823-3624 The city of Albuquerque has started brush-reduction project in the fragile and fire-prone Rio Grande bosque, but the work didn't come soon enough to save 1 1/2 acres in the Country Club...

Blair leaving post with Bernalillo County.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Bernalillo County public-relations specialist Janet Blair has announced her resignation, effective Friday. Blair said she intends to work on her own as a public-relations and...

Albuquerque speller suits up for first word at bee.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 The sightseeing is over. It's time for Ronald Shaw to put away his walking shoes, leave the jacket in the hotel room and concentrate on what he came to humid and overcast Washington, D.C.,...

Remembering fallen friends.
May 31, 2000... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO: b/w PHOTO BY: Steven G. Smith/Tribune Philip Goeke stands among crosses that commemorate Luis Garcia, Matthew Hunt and Kevin Shirley at a vigil in Wilson Stadium. Tuesday's event marked the...

Fiesta challenges arborists to go climb up a tree.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 The first New Mexico Tree Climbing Championship will get off the ground Saturday at Inez Park. About a dozen arborists tree-care professionals will vie for prizes including a...

City may pay$300,000 to replace burned garbage trucks.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 It could cost the city more than $300,000 to replace a pair of city garbage trucks that were destroyed by fire, said Orlando Sedillo, the director of the city's Solid Waste Department....

Lee's attorneys blast feds' refusal to identify nation.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Richard Benke The Associated Press The government's refusal to identify the foreign nation that a fired nuclear scientist allegedly sought to aid is unfair, absurd and sounds like game-playing, Wen Ho Lee's defense attorneys said...

This is the toughest week of the year in the world of competitive soccer.(Sports)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens For kids chasing their Duke City Soccer League dreams, this is Hell Week no doubt about it. This is the week they pull on the shin guards and pull out all the stops in trying to convince some soccer coach...

Garchek says she has game as she ponders her future.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 For the past two years, Abby Garchek pondered whether she had enough game to play in the WNBA. While spending training camp with the Los Angeles Sparks this month and competing in...

Dukes return home with a win.(Sports)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE OKLAHOMA CITY The Albuquerque Dukes, coming off an 11-10 win over the Oklahoma RedHawks, begin a four-game homestand against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox on Thursday at the Sports Stadium. Game...

Santa Fe Indian Market group has a new director.(Business)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The group that sponsors the popular Indian Market in Santa Fe has hired a new executive director. Barbara Walzer came from Providence, R.I., where she was part of a team that worked on an...

Technology Ventures gets $1 million fed grant.(Business)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Today's Top Story Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 The U.S. Commerce Department has awarded $1 million to Technology Ventures Corp. to facilitate technology transfer from New Mexico's national laboratories to the...

Wilson addresses state's economy, education at luncheon.(Business)
May 31, 2000... Byline: OTHER BUSINESS NEWS By Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Education, the economy and health care were the focus for U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson during the annual State of the District luncheon at the Sheraton Uptown,...

Boll weevils don't cotton to the heat.(Business)
May 31, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press ARTESIA Eddy County cotton farmers are happy with the hot, dry weather because it's good for their crop and it's bad for boll weevils. "Cotton just loves this type of weather," said Bob Mayberry, a...

Calming fire-wary tourists keeps business owners busy.(Seeing)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Andres Ybarra The Associated Press Hotel owner Susan Vernon-Rios remembers a recent phone call from a Scottish patron who had reserved a room. He was concerned about the New Mexico wildfires. "He was worried because over in...

Walls of faith.(Seeing)
May 31, 2000... This is the first of an occasional series in Seeing exploring expressions of faith. A plaque near the entrance of San Felipe de Neri Catholic Church in Old Town informs visitors that it is the oldest church in Albuquerque. Founded in...

White Rock evacuees run from second fire.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Deborah Baker The Associated Press LAS VEGAS, N.M. When 13-year-old Grace Hargreaves and other campers left their cabin in a fire-threatened canyon, they took not much more than the shirts on their backs. In Grace's case, it...

Fire might put Los Alamos school referendum in new light.
May 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ALAMOS Los Alamos County voters will begin receiving ballots next week on a $7 million referendum that pays for improvements to the public schools. But school officials aren't sure what to expect...

Mayor wants thinning plan passed in Santa Fe.
May 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE Santa Fe Mayor Larry Delgado is pushing a plan to thin trees in the city-owned portion of the Santa Fe watershed as a way to protect against wildfire. The watershed, which is dry and overgrown,...

Forest officer beaten; 3 arrested.
May 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PECOS Three men have been charged in the beating of a U.S. Forest Service officer during the holiday weekend in the Santa Fe National Forest. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Doug Beldon said the three were...

EDITORIAL.(Insight and Opinion)
May 31, 2000... The Tribune recommends U.S. Senate U.S. House FOURTH OF FIVE The Tribune's endorsements in the June 6 primary elections continue today. We are choosing candidates only in contested races in which Albuquerque-area voters have a say....

Pecos fire whips across 22,000 acres.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire Smoke visible in Albuquerque as crews scramble The voracious Viveash Fire near Pecos tripled in size overnight to more than 22,000 acres, driven by a weather system it created itself. Charlie Jankiewicz, a...

Report tells how brawl swept up two teens.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 THE DEATH OF DEMETRIUS SIMS The 500-page report compiled by Albuquerque police investigating the stabbing death of 16-year-old Demetrius Sims offers a look at the evidence considered...

Bush would emphasize N.M. labs in military policy.
May 31, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Saying he shares a lot in common with New Mexicans, Texas Gov. George W. Bush is using Albuquerque as a backdrop today to unveil his vision for the military focusing on the role...

Mining company denied permission to extract uranium.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CROWNPOINT A mining company has been barred from using its permit to extract "yellowcake" uranium from Navajo land until it submits a financial assurance plan for a cleanup, federal officials say. ...

State university experts disputed in mining lawsuit.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS CRUCES New Mexico State University is being sued by a group of investors who claim they lost millions of dollars because of false information from university engineering experts. The lawsuit claims...

Domenici's neck surgery delayed at D.C. clinic.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Sen. Pete Domenici's neck surgery has been postponed a day. The operation to correct nerve problems in his neck had been scheduled Wednesday. But the Albuquerque Republican now says it has...

Davalos' son lands job at ENMU.(Sports)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE PORTALES Doug Davalos, son of University of New Mexico athletics director Rudy Davalos, has been appointed assistant men's basketball coach at Eastern New Mexico University. His appointment...

Colorado man named director of UNM Press.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Luther Wilson, director of the University Press of Colorado, has been named director of UNM Press, the University of New Mexico's academic book-publishing company. Wilson was director of...

Ruidoso power outage hits 11,000 customers.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF RUIDOSO A power outage in the Ruidoso area left about 11,000 customers of Texas-New Mexico Electric Co. without power, most of them for about 45 minutes. Some 5,000 customers were without...

Police seek identity of body found at dam.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF RADIUM SPRINGS Police were trying to identify the decomposed body of an man found floating at the Leasburg Dam in northern Dona Ana County late Monday afternoon by a Leasburg State Park...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
May 31, 2000... Saturday's Insight and Opinion section should have said Metro Court Judge Sharon Walton is 37 years old. Walton is running in the June 6 primary for her judgeship, and her candidate profile incorrectly said she did not provide her age. ...

AT A GLANCE.(Sports)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Davalos' son lands ENMU job: Doug Davalos, son of University of New Mexico Athletics Director Rudy Davalos, has been appointed assistant men's basketball coach at Eastern New Mexico University,...

Inventor sues Intel over anti-virus technology.(Business)
May 31, 2000... Byline: Wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL A Phoenix inventor has sued Intel Corp., alleging that the computer giant stole anti-virus technology that he developed and patented. Stephen Lentz, president of Digital Development Corp.,...

Fire near Pecos may be man-caused.
May 30, 2000... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS The out-of-control Viveash Fire has blackened 2,000 forest acres PECOS Firefighters struggled today to clear a line around a fire that burned more than 2,000 acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and...

Hispanics hope GOP gives them more than just lip service.
May 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2000 When Republican Hispanic leaders meet privately with presidential candidate George W. Bush on Wednesday, they'll have more than words of encouragement for him. ...

Tom and Jamie Tinnin open their North Valley home for a cause and a man.
May 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Hanging on the walls of Tom Tinnin's office at his North Valley home are framed reminders of why he is a prominent New Mexico Republican. Richard Nixon. Ronald Reagan. George...

VLA celebrates with 'hot bubbles'.
May 30, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 The Socorro telescope marks its 20th year with the discovery of superheated matter at the Milky Way's core. Using 20 years of observations recorded by New Mexico's Very Large...

School proudly wears its Blue Ribbon.
May 30, 2000... Byline: Mike Dano MDANO@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 A big three-ring binder sits on a table next to a bouquet of plastic flowers in the front office of Mountain View Middle School. The cover reads "Site Portfolio," and in it is page after...

Vigil to mark anniversary of unsolved killings.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Friends and family of three teens slain in a torrent of bullets in the East Mountains a year ago this week will commemorate the event with a candlelight vigil at 7:30 tonight at Wilson Stadium,...

Local kid goes to D.C. to spell his heart out.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Ronald Shaw is on hold and that's an uneasy feeling. The 11-year-old fifth-grader from Marie Hughes Elementary School in Albuquerque is waiting with obvious anxiety to hear his first...

Good Friday murder trial set for Nov. 7.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 The suspect waived his right to arraignment and pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and other charges. A November trial date has been set for the man accused...

Multiple charges set in slaying, deputy shootings.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 An arrest warrant was being filed today for a Mexican national accused of killing one man and shooting two deputies in a Southwest Albuquerque bar Sunday night. Agustin Carrasco...

Fires in Ruidoso, Carson contained.
May 30, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press Ground crews aided by air tankers, helicopters and engines hit hard against a 10-plus-acre fire that broke out during the Memorial Day holiday in the dry forest just northeast of Ruidoso, near the same area...

New Mexico spends Memorial Day remembering war dead.
May 30, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press New Mexicans marked Memorial Day with everything from a hang-gliding fly-in near Farmington and a half-marathon run at Kirtland Air Force Base to family gatherings and solemn services at military cemeteries...

Companies scramble to recruitoil workers.
May 30, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hobbs native John Fredlund is one New Mexican who didn't mind the last few months of high gas prices. Higher prices at the pump means more money for the oil companies so important to the economy back in...

Santa Fe considers restrictions on water.
May 30, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The city's two reservoirs are below 50 percent capacity SANTA FE Officials are considering imposing water restrictions after finding that the city's two reservoirs have dropped to less than 50 percent of...

Environmental groups support logging project to thin Gila Forest.
May 30, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SILVER CITY A logging project supported by two environmental groups could cut between 2 million and 7 million board feet of ponderosa pine from the Gila National Forest. The logging would take place in a...

Two Lobos named all-Americans.(Sports)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Two University of New Mexico athletes golfer Rob Kortan and baseball player Aaron Sisk were named to all-American lists today. Kortan was named academic all-America by the Golf Coaches...

Chamber supports normal trade with China.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce said it supports the extension of permanent normal trade relations with China. "The board of directors of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber...

Audit disputes reported state Medicaid savings.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: TODAY'S TOP STORY By The Associated Press SANTA FE Gov. Gary Johnson's administration is reporting far lower savings from New Mexico's managed-care Medicaid system to the federal government than it has claimed to the taxpayers,...

Mine workers' strike stops coal shipments.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Other Business News By The Associated Press GALLUP There have not been any coal train shipments from Pittsburg & Midway Mining Co.'s McKinley Mine northwest of Gallup since a strike began there nearly two weeks ago. Bob...

PNM bargaining with Jicarillas for water.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press FARMINGTON Public Service Company of New Mexico is negotiating a water contract with the Jicarilla Apache Tribe worth nearly $1 million a year. PNM, which would use the water for mine reclamation, steam...

Cumbres & Toltec locomotives get smoother ride.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press CHAMA, N.M. When the steam-powered locomotives of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad begin chuffing up the mountain toward Colorado today, passengers will find the ride a bit smoother. "The (Federal...

EDITORIAL.(Insight and Opinion)
May 30, 2000... The Tribune recommends Third of five The Tribune's endorsements in the June 6 primary elections continue today.We are recommending only in contested races in which Albuquerque-area voters have a say. Commission, District...

Hantavirus victim in serious condition.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A McKinley County man who came down with New Mexico's second hantavirus case of the year was in serious condition Monday, an upgrade from critical condition. The 36-year-old Navajo police...

Educators announce endorsement for Ruiz.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF The National Education Association of New Mexico announced its primary-election recommendation of Raymond Ruiz, a Democrat, to the New Mexico House, District 16. Under the policies of the...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Trash-truck fires: The Albuquerque Fire Department was called out early this morning to the city yard at Edith and Comanche Northeast after receiving reports that two city garbage trucks were...

New Lobos pace Games victory.(Sports)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE Led by Lobo newcomers Eric Chatfield, Malcolm Battles and Alvin Broussard, the Southwest All-Stars defeated Kenny Thomas' Can't Touch team 57-43 in the basketball finals of the New Mexico Games...

Dukes fall twice at Oklahoma.(Sports)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports UPDATE OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma swept a doubleheader from Albuquerque Monday, winning 11-4 and 4-1 in the Pacific Coast League. In the first game, the RedHawks scored five runs in the first inning...

Expanets buys Lucent's Enterprise Networks Group.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Expanets has purchased the U.S. small and midsized business sales organization from Lucent Technologies' Enterprise Networks Group. The transaction and resulting strategic alliance...

High Plains agrees to sell Portales ethanol facility.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL High Plains Corp. has agreed to sell its ethanol production facility in Portales to Natural Chem Industries LLC, a New Mexico company. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. ...

Colorado launching $3 million tourism drive.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Colorado will spend $3 million this summer on a nationwide advertising campaign designed to re-establish the state as a top summer destination. "We're hoping this (Memorial Day)...

Number of oil and gas rigs increases by 15.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports WORLD & NATION The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States rose this week by 15 to 864. Of the rigs running nationwide, 201 were exploring for oil and 662...

Divers search lake forman presumed drowned.(Business)
May 30, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES Police divers were searching Monday for a man who reportedly drowned in Elephant Butte Lake over Memorial Day weekend, State Police said. Divers began searching the...

NASA helps with Navajo medical care.(Local News)
May 30, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHIPROCK It's a virtual clinic, a way to use Internet technology to get medical treatment to Navajos who cannot get to a hospital. The Navajo Nation, the largest American Indian reservation in the United...

NATIONAL CEMETERY In need of space.
May 29, 2000... Byline: Mike Dano MDANO@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 With the Santa Fe National Cemetery filling up, New Mexico veterans seek a resting place in Albuquerque SANTA FE Thousands of shining white headstones stretch to the top of the hill,...

Groups plan rally agains jury ruling in O'Leary case.
May 29, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 A gathering is planned for Wednesdayto challenge what they call racial overtones in the case of a black student's death. Organizers of a rally planned for Civic Plaza want to break the...

Statistics alone don't tell story in DA race.
May 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 VOTE 2000 Kenneth Monk has probably never met Bernalillo County District Attorney Jeff Romero, but the 45-year-old Albuquerque man is part of Romero's re-election campaign. ...

Candlelight vigil to mark anniversary of homicides.(Local News)
May 29, 2000... Byline: Staff reports IN BRIEF Friends and family of the three teens slain in a torrent of bullets in the East Mountains a year ago today will commemorate the event with a candlelight vigil at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson Stadium,...

State commission takes over vets cemetery at Fort Stanton.(Local News)
May 29, 2000... Byline: Mike Dano MDANO@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Michael D'Arco wants the fate of 1,700 dead people to rest in his hands. D'Arco, the state director of the Veterans Service Commission, will take over operation of a veterans' cemetery...

A History of the Santa Fe National Cemetery.(Local News)
May 29, 2000... After the Civil War the federal government established national cemeteries as a final resting place for the hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed during the bloody war. In 1875, the Santa Fe National Cemetery was established for the...

Jury supervisor sees all the excuses for not wanting to serve on panels.
May 29, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 Shelley Budris has worked for 15 years as the District Court jury supervisor, time enough to look over more than 75,000 perspective jurors. Those jurors include the nearly 1,400 county...

Deputies wounded in scuffle with suspect.
May 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman lhoffman@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 A sheriff's deputy and sergeant were wounded during an overnight gun battle with a homicide suspect outside a notorious southwest Albuquerque lounge, authorities said. The...

Canoncito Band betting they'll build casino near Rio Puerco.
May 29, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANONCITO The Canoncito Band of Navajos will build a casino if they have to take the Navajo Nation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to court to do so, said band President Tony Secatero. But it may not...

Biznet figures New Mexico businesses need 30-megabits-per-second standard.(Business)
May 29, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 What broadband technologies do New Mexico businesses need to keep up with the rest of the country in the Information Age? Biznet, a division of Connect New Mexico, is trying to...

Siteseeing.(Business)
May 29, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg Company: Robb's Ribbs Owner: Robb Richmond Web address: www.robbsribbs.com Content: The site lists the restaurant's menu items, side dishes and drinks. It allows you to order barbecue sauce and a number...

REAL ESTATE BRIEFS.(Business)
May 29, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem The first phase of the Arbolera de Vida mixed-use infill development north of Old Town is nearly completed. An open house was held last week by the Sawmill Community Land Trust, a neighborhood nonprofit that's...

PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS.(Business)
May 29, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Loraca International Inc. posted first-quarter revenues of $72,400, compared with $52,300 for the period in 1999. Gain on the sale of investments was $1 million, down from $1.7 million a year earlier. Net loss for...