The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from May 2002

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from May 2002

Mayor says area farmers can borrow city water.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 It might not come from the sky, but farmers along the Rio Grande might get a little drought reprieve from other sources: the city and federal governments. Albuquerque Mayor Martin...

Developers ask for more input on growth plan.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 A coalition of business groups representing hundreds of Albuquerque's biggest employers will try to persuade the City Council to slow down on its proposed planned growth ordinance. ...

Price of the message.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 N.M.'s candidates for governor have spent thousands for airtime SANTA FE Gubernatorial candidates Bill Richardson and John Sanchez have spent far more on media campaigns...

Johnson cuts sentence of woman raped in jail.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Belinda Dillon received a six-year prison sentence because of a drug-related crime. While in jail, she was raped by at least three corrections officers over a period of about two...

Springtime for vermin sets bug squad squirmin'.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 Albuquerque's two cockroach fighting crews are on the run, scurrying around the city like their intended targets. Albuquerque residents have been dialing up the city's roach hot...

County blames mover for debacle.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 One day after a moving van transporting 37 voting machines crashed into an I-40 median, Bernalillo County officials moved quickly to clarify where the blame and debt lay. According...

Poor Spanish scores test district's aptitude.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Across Albuquerque, school is out. But there is still a lot of learning that needs to be done. Dismal Spanish-language test scores were released this week revealing some...

Colorado speller is best at bee.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Scripps Howard News Service WASHINGTON Pratyush Buddiga, a Colorado seventh-grader who was inspired by an earlier champion, correctly spelled "prospicience," Thursday to win the Scripps Howard National Spelling...

Growth issues arise with Eclipse waterline.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash and Dan Mayfield KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Underground pipes usually don't garner much attention. But a proposed waterline to the Double Eagle II Airport on Albuquerque's West...

Flanagan: Contract boosts program.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 A pending five-year contract extension not only shows recruits that he'll be staying but also demonstrates the University of New Mexico's support for his program, women's basketball coach...

Qwest steps closer to doling long-distance.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 Qwest Communications International Inc. intends to file in July for approval to sell long-distance services in New Mexico, according to local officials. Qwest recently...

PNM tells feds that its trading is legitimate.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 The Public Service Company of New Mexico did not engage in phony power swaps, the company told federal regulators today. The declaration was in response to the second of two...

The Truth or Consequences of Delmas Howe.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez ARODRIGUEZ@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Far from Santa Fe chic, in a southern New Mexico town sanded by grit and time, a spurned painter finds his passion in large works of male flesh Every year, they come....

Don't mix yodel and yokel: These sons do it with style.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Joe Hannah's yodel comes skipping and dipping through the phone like a savvy cow pony picking its way across a tricky river crossing. From his home in Visalia, Calif., Hannah, 70,...

Serving up the dish.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Santa Fe filmmaker Vanessa Vassar has kick-started her nascent career with the lauded documentary 'American Waitress, New Mexico' SANTA FE Esther Najarro maneuvers through the...

Author adds new details to an old Santa Fe legend.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 SANTA FE It hangs there, seemingly in mid-air, bending and curving like a double helix, something you'd see in an M.C. Escher sketch. The 22-foot-tall spiral staircase wraps around...

Going past the dance's beauty, a star charts the struggle.(Evening)
May 31, 2002... Byline: J.M. Barol jbarol@abqtrib.com / 823-3612 Donna McKechnie just wanted to dance. She didn't want to talk about the loss. The anger. The pain. That excruciating, crippling pain. Who would care? Sure, her fans love...

Waterline wrangling surfaces.(Midday)
May 31, 2002... Byline: Kate Nash and Dan Mayfield KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 HOW THE CITY GROWS Underground pipes usually don't garner much attention. But a proposed waterline to the Double Eagle II Airport...

D'OH DINGER.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Mayor scowls, but 'Simpsons' writer thinks Isotopes name is a homer Fans seem to love it. The mayor hates it. And team executives appear enthralled with the marketing...

Van crew found; voting machines are ruined.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Daniel Libit and Andy Lenderman dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 VOTE 2002 The crew of a moving van has made its contribution to Bernalillo County's history of election problems. Police...

Billy's bones - and a bonus.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. TRAILTALES Billy the Kid keeps Fort Sumner on the tourist map, but he's not the most important person buried there Trail Tales are stories rooted in the rich history and legends of New Mexico and the...

Unions suggest tax for police, fire gear.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman and Kate Nash ALENDERMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3659 KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque fire and police union leaders are headed to neighborhood meetings this summer, testing support for a new sales tax. ...

Socorro ace's bid for top honors ends.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 So many spellers were missing their words in Round 4 of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee today that Tribune-sponsored speller Michael Carilli said, "With so many going out, the...

Albuquerque sees poor scores on Spanish version TerraNova.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 The new Spanish achievement test was so tough that Albuquerque's districtwide scores plunged far below average. "This is grim," said Christina Fritz, the Albuquerque Public Schools...

Charter school budgets obtain board's approval.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Albuquerque's charter schools project they will enroll more than 1,800 students next year, enough to fill a regular city high school. The projections were included in the budgets of 11...

Sanchez attack on Bradley distorted the truth, governor says.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Republican gubernatorial candidate John Sanchez might have alienated himself from a potentially key ally Gov. Gary Johnson by using negative campaign tactics. Johnson, a...

Reliance on sales tax hurts states, study shows.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Thomas Hargrove hargrovet@shns.com / (202) 408-2703 Summer school has been canceled at Lakewood Park Elementary School in Fort Pierce, Fla. In King County, Wash., the County Council is considering using convict labor to...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
May 30, 2002... When Eclipse takes off, it will lift city and state It's superb news for Eclipse Aviation. It's great news for Albuquerque. And it's excellent news for New Mexico. On Tuesday, Eclipse Albuquerque's latest corporate coup and the Swiss...

County voting machines, ballot boxes spill on I-40.(Midday)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 Pre-election rancor has arrived in Albuquerque, but this time it has nothing to do with the candidates. Police early this morning were still hunting for the occupants of an Allied...

Socorro ace spells his way to Round 4.(Midday)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 WASHINGTON The immense ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel was filled with apprehensive spellers and their eager parents and friends. The conversations were clipped and anxiety-ridden....

Coach gave Ag baseball to proven winner: Dad.(Sports Extra)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary The New Mexico State recycling center has kicked out another winner. Yep, the Aggies have a new "old boy" a time-tested coach who stepped out of retirement to ride to the rescue of his former...

Gomez is first step in Romero's 118-pound comeback.(Sports Extra)
May 30, 2002... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Albuquerque's Danny Romero Jr. says he can last about another year fighting at 118 pounds, which is just enough time to squeeze in his plan for claiming a third world championship. ...

County OK 468,000 for changes to new jail.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 An additional $468,000 will be spent on final changes mostly for water system improvements on the new Metropolitan Detention Center. The Bernalillo County Commission...

APS charter schools face a scramble on finances.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Added insurance costs come as a surprise, and the district board is expected to rap schools on tardy financial reports. Albuquerque's charter schools don't have full insurance coverage...

Charter conversion urged as way to protect funding.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 La Cueva, Eldorado and Sandia high schools could get a big boost in funding if parents and teachers want to convert them to charter schools, an Albuquerque Board of Education member told a...

School board to vote on lawyer contract.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 The Albuquerque Board of Education tonight will be asked to approve another legal-services contract with the Modrall Sperling Law Firm. Approval will mean attorney Art Melendres of the...

County sticks with old voting machines.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Bernalillo County voters will cast ballots using the county's collection of old voting machines in the November election. The county has decided to upgrade the 400 voting...

Con gets 21 years for drive-by shooting.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 A mom didn't buy it. A friend didn't buy it. And a veteran state District Court judge didn't buy it. Mario Baca's belated apology fell on deaf ears Tuesday. And now, he's...

Local speller overcomes pessimism, 'selenium'.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 WASHINGTON - As Michael Carilli took his seat onstage today at the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, he wore the nervous scowl he sported in his school picture. His father, Chris...

Police aim for pay raise.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Police union negotiators are still working to get a pay raise for Albuquerque Police Department officers this year, even though the city says there's no money, the union president...

October trial set for men in killing of 2-year-old.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Delaney Hall dhall@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 Two men charged in the slaying of 2-year-old Jailene Cisneros in Downtown Albuquerque will go on trial in October. Prosecutors and defense attorneys decided to hold the trial in...

Lobos golf coach looks like a keeper, but that's the rub.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary It's not exactly fair or accurate to call University of New Mexico men's golf a feeder program for big-money Texas schools. After all, Dwaine Knight left UNM for UNLV in order to nail down his...

Business group grades legislators.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 The Association of Commerce and Industry's annual legislative report card gave 22 of 70 New Mexico House members and two of 42 Senate members perfect scores for their votes on key...

CORRECTIONS.(Evening)
May 29, 2002... A Monday story about flag burning should have said Gil Candelaria is a Democratic candidate for Bernalillo County sheriff in the June 4 primary. His party affiliation was misidentified. See story " Sheriff's Candidate is Victim of Flag...

Focusing on health security.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Jennifer Sergent SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE Study gives the over-50 crowd good news and bad: longer lives, inferior benefits If you are 50 or older, you've got a longer life expectancy than any generation before you. ...

Deputy had bad ammo, probe finds.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 After a 15-year-old absorbed multiple bullet wounds at the hand of a Bernallilo County Sheriff's Department deputy and survived, the department double-checked the effectiveness of...

Experts study negative effects of no wildfires.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Blame Smokey Bear for those plumes of smoke rising from our national forests. Smokey, found in a 1950s fire in New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest, was the poster bear for...

Top issues include drugs, possible merger.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 VOTE 2002 BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF Duties: Top law enforcer for the county's roughly 1,200 square miles of unincorporated land. Oversees 254 deputies, while protecting...

Sentence reconsidered in drive-by.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Nearly eight years after bullets sprayed through Rickey Comingo's car, killing the popular Manzano High School student, Mario Baca issued an apology today. A state district judge...

Many factors to blame for fires.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Man and Mother Nature share the blame for the increasing number of forest fires in our national forests. Logging and no-burn policies have done their damage, creating younger,...

Governor No played politics and New Mexico like a game.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary Here lies the political career of Gov. Gary Johnson. Might as well get the funeral service out of the way. Beat the Christmas rush. Sure, there are still six months to go in his eight-year tenure,...

Help needed for baby who survived fall.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Thomas Weiler tweiler@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 ne woman's trash is another woman's treasure. It sounds like a cliche, but not in the young life of Lauren Guadalupe Reay Call. When Lauren was born in a run-down hotel in...

Do home-schooled kids have edge in spelling bee?(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Scripps Howard News Service When Rebecca Sealfon won the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, she launched a trend. After Sealfon glued thousands to their TV sets in 1997 to watch her nervously spell her...

Zambian zooms to fore for UNM.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Freshman African golfer struggled at first but will be among the five Lobos at NCAAs When he was growing up in Zambia, Lobos freshman Madalitso Muthiya's passion for golf...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Governor gets a shot of political reality From the outset of his tenure, Republican Gov. Gary Johnson has demonstrated an inability to accommodate himself to the reality that New Mexico voters have consistently elected successive...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Captive deserves a just handling, the U.S. way It was the government's decision to bring selected al-Qaida captives to Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. jurisdiction. There it turned out that one of them, Yesar Esam Hamdi, was an American...

Hop, hop, hop, gnaw, gnaw - aw!(Evening)
May 28, 2002... Byline: GREEN THUMB CHRONICLES Kate Nelson Commentary Here are some suggestions to hold off those hungry bunnies and rats and mice. Two fat rabbits bounce into the penstemon patch. More effective than a clear-cut logging operation,...

Do some kids have edge at spelling bee?(Midday)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Scripps Howard News Service When Rebecca Sealfon won the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, she launched a trend. After Sealfon glued thousands to their TV sets in 1997 to watch her nervously spell her...

Spellers now will have to scribble.(Midday)
May 28, 2002... Byline: Jessica Wehrman Scripps Howard News Service The same year it celebrates its 75th anniversary, the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee will dramatically change its rules, requiring a written test in addition to the traditional...

Crew spruces graves on parched, hallowed ground.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 SANTA FE Ruben Flores, the foreman at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, is part groundskeeper, part therapist. When visitors come to find the grave site of a loved one, he's...

Johnson, Aragon find themselves sharing the sidelines.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Commentary POLITICAL NOTEBOOK SANTA FE After nearly eight years of bitter feuding, Gov. Gary Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Manny Aragon ended up on the same side the losing side of the biggest budget...

Sheriff's candidate is victim of flag burners.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 It was 3 a.m., and Gil Candelaria's wife smelled something burning. Checking the house, she found nothing, so she went back to bed. The next morning, however, when Gil...

Carrying a heavy load.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Jan Jonas jjonas@abqtrib.com / 823-3627 Michael Carilli, The Trib's champion speller, has been toting Webster's Third New International Dictionary as he studies for the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee WASHINGTON...

Truckers woeful, wondering after bridge disaster.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 Those that rely most on interstates grieve over the deaths of their own and worry about the burden of a broken bridge. Halfway to their final cross-country destination, Jim and...

New ball club frustrated by Web site woes.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Some get-rich-quick schemes are complicating the Albuquerque Baseball Club's efforts to secure a nickname, the team's president says. The club has filed applications for...

Zip! Texan ties year's top time for preps.(Holiday)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 In roughly the time it takes to read this sentence, high school sprinter Willie Hordge and his ilk were already about 50 meters down the track. Such was the level of competition...

Back to life, but far from back to normal.(Special Section)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The memory of the crash that changed Natalie Olsonis elusive. It's buried in her nightmares, where the streets are dark and cloudy. Natalie, the girl who cheated death,...

Sheared connections leave memory a mystery.(Special Section)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 THE PROGNOSIS Hemorrhages and bruises to Natalie Olson's brain are indisputable. They show up as white splotches in magnetic pictures of her head. It's what's hidden...

Swath of legal troubles led up to fateful night.(Special Section)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 THE OTHER DRIVER Not much has ever stopped Romulo Ortega not stop signs, not traffic lights, not the scream of a victim nor a judge's decree. Not detention, fines,...

Doubt haunts a life re-devoted to her child.(Special Section)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 THE MOTHER Juli Cobb walked into the kitchen, where the coffee was brewing. She had come home late the night before, so she picked up her telephone handset to see if...

From desperate days to hope and then home, a journal charts the ordeal.(Special Section)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman THE MOTHER Armed with coffee and medical texts, Juli Cobb arrived at her daughter's bedside each November morning to track her daughter's battle with death. She arrived about 7 a.m., to relieve her...

Sidelined by tragedy and a sister who changed.(Special Section)
May 27, 2002... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 THE BROTHER Mitchell Olson's day of glory didn't last long. The 14-year-old's soccer team had just won a weekend tournament, and he scored two goals. Juli Cobb,...

A sizable signature.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... After two years of construction and at least seven years of prior planning, the new $291 million Big-I is done. But the project is more than smooth, black asphalt and flowing flyover bridges. In the hard, cured concrete lies personal...

Lawmakers: Budget is the best possible.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 SANTA FE Republicans who helped override Gov. Gary Johnson's budget veto said they abandoned their leader because they got the best deal possible from Democrats. Likewise,...

Census shows state is educated but still poor.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Thomas Hargrove hargrovet@shns.com/(202) 408-2703 Also, we're moving from farms to desks, most of us have full plumbing, and a whole bunch of us aren't even U.S. citizens. WASHINGTON The median household income of White Rock...

Momentum takes Sanchez over speed bumps.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2002 GOVERNOR Pay: $110,000 Duties: As chief executive, the governor primarily carries out laws; nominates state officers; prepares a state budget for the Legislature...

City closes trash center.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Tribune staff LOCAL BRIEFS The city's Solid Waste Management Department has closed the Montessa Convenience Center for a few months because of safety concerns. "It has some panels that are falling off and the walls are...

Mother testifies to daughter's injuries at school.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 The APS hearing covers allegations that a teacher at Double Eagle Elementary abused four special education students. Today is Julia Barnett's ninth birthday. Nine years full of...

Chief of the pieces got started by blowing things to bits.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 THE BIG-I: A SIZABLE SIGNATURE GENERAL CONTRACTOR "No single person built the Big-I," said Van Groves, who supervised all those who did. Groves is president of Twin...

If it's OK with Moore, it's OK with New Mexico.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich PROJECT ENGINEER Bill Moore doesn't sound like King Kong. But that's what he was in the rebuilding of the Big-I. "I've been dubbed the 800-pound gorilla on this project," said Moore, project engineer...

34 cameras will ensure you're never left all alone.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich and Kate Nash The $1.5 million Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) installed for the Big-I's reconstruction included 11 cameras that allow observers in a windowless room near I-25 and Candelaria Road Northeast...

Oil painter devised faster speeds, frontage roads.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich STATE DISTRICT ENGINEER As District 3 engineer, a job he has had for the past five of his 22 years with the state Highway and Transportation Department, Steve Harris is in charge of all state highway planning,...

This success, this splendor, begs us to it again.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Kate Nelson THEBIG-I:A SIZABLE SIGNATURE Savor this moment, the measure of a gasp, on the elegant arc that alters our intentions, from the south to the east. Pull off the bullet line of I-25 and onto the blissful curve of...

Help trucks answer the call for moms, tourists and idiots.(Weekend)
May 25, 2002... Byline: Frank Zoretich For more than a year now, Gary Henson has spent his workdays going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth through the Big-I. Henson drives one of the state's "help trucks" assigned to look for motorists...