The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from November 2001, page 4

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

Yes, Kabul's liberated, but war's far from over.(Editorial)
November 15, 2001... EDITORIAL Generally, the war is over when the enemy capital falls, but U.S. troubles might only be starting with the capture of Kabul. Certainly, it was an impressive military victory. With the fall of the key crossroads town of...

Crossfire!
November 15, 2001... Who should be the NL's MVP? John O'rourke says Luis gonzalez Put aside the loudness of Barry Bonds' hits, and Gonzalez had the edge on him statistically. OK, just by a bit: Gonzalez batted .329; Bonds batted .328. Despite...

Sizable but unseasoned, key Lobos face big-time baptism.
November 15, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson thompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Lobos freshman basketball player Chad Bell recently reached 7 feet in height, but inches rarely overcome opponents' experience. At 21, Moustapha Diagne is an adult, but the...

Lobos net three signees, wait on two.
November 15, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF The University of New Mexico women's basketball team has three new signees, and the men's team was expecting word from two today. Also, four Albuquerque high school stars signed with out-of-town colleges...

Lobos linebacker Davis bears down with big plays and impressive stats.
November 15, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 "Clutch hitter" is a sports expression normally reserved for baseball players. But it applies just as well to University of New Mexico football player Gary Davis, who lines up ball...

Return of the Raven.
November 15, 2001... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Rio Grande basketball legend Natalie Martinez is back - this time to coach a struggling squad to victory The first time Rio Grande turned to Natalie Martinez for help, she was a...

It's playoff time, and The Solomonic One is feeling seedy.
November 15, 2001... Byline: The Lindsey Line The Linz thinks that maybe it is time for the New Mexico Activities Association to seed teams for the football playoffs. And, like, maybe get the best teams in the semis and finals. The Linz thinks the...

Board plans vote tonight on arming school police.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 When the Albuquerque Board of Education votes on the issue of arming school police tonight, it will be the end of a long journey. Though the board has never put the issue to a...

John Sanchez hires another key organizer.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 State Rep. John Sanchez is digging deep into the state Republican Party's talent pool to help him explore a run in the 2002 governor's race. The Albuquerque legislator has...

NOW STARRING DOWNTOWN.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 New 14-screen theater opens as the anchor of revitalization efforts, but it will take monthsbefore it's known whether it's a thumbs up It won't be a surprise if droves of moviegoers...

Just-in-time cranes give festival reason to whoop.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 It's beginning to look as if the birds are coming to the party after all. Jim Savery, manager of the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge south of Socorro, said sandhill cranes and...

State makes case for new gambling pact.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 The governor's top negotiator has built a point-by-point argument he hopes will persuade federal officials to approve new state-tribal gambling compacts. David McCumber, the...

New county district map.
November 14, 2001... The Bernalillo County Commission has approved a new map of the five commission districts on a 3-2 vote. Commissioners Steve Gallegos, Tim Cummins and Tom Rutherford voted for the measure. Commissioners Les Houston and Ken Sanchez voted...

Downtown turns one-ways into two-ways.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Note to drivers who are looking at the new theater, transportation center, parking garages and restaurants while steering their cars in Downtown Albuquerque: Pay attention to the roads,...

UNM dean: Dorms will stay alcohol-free.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 At 26 years old, Fabian Sifuentes, by state law, is old enough to drink alcohol. Yet, Sifuentes, a University of New Mexico pharmacy student, is barred from having a cold...

More Albuquerque postal facilities to be tested.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Precautionary anthrax testing will expand to two more U.S. Postal Service facilities in Albuquerque today, authorities say. A West Side facility and the Albuquerque...

QB Kelly shrugs off stats as he zeroes in on CSU.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 University of New Mexico quarterback Casey Kelly is heading into the biggest game of his life on the heels of his two least-impressive statistical performances. But the numbers don't...

Confusing Cibola puts rugged Bears to the playoff test.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Call it a case of split personalities, a disappearing act, or plain, old inconsistency. Cibola football coach Ben Shultz blames his Cougars' baffling uneven play on their youth. ...

Unselfish Carey must carry more of the load.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Expected to be a high-profile addition to the University of New Mexico backcourt, guard Senque Carey has instead been an invisible man lately. In any case, Carey's...

On one who gave much, one who gave up, one you'd give anything to watch.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary Musing about Paul Chavez, Alvin Broussard and a fantastic football finale . . . On Chavez: It probably would be the proper thing for boxer Johnny Tapia to show up today at Paul Chavez's funeral and...

Despite size superiority, Pit makes Stanford edgy.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Stanford junior Curtis Borchardt played his first college game before a sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden in 1999. A season ago, Borchardt played in front of the largest...

Lobos want a triple-dip of revenge.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 WOLF TRACKS The University of New Mexico football team has avenged two of its three most painful losses from last season. On Saturday, the Lobos have a chance to remedy the third...

'Let's roll' - let the words ring out as we reach out.(Editorial)
November 14, 2001... EDITORIAL "Let's roll," Todd Beamer said as he and other passengers rushed terrorists in a plane flying over Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, and that's what President Bush said to the nation a few days ago as he encouraged a different kind of...

One-way streets turn into two-ways as Downtown readies 'friendly' look.
November 14, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash Note to drivers who are looking at the new theater, transportation center, parking garages and restaurants while steering their cars in Downtown Albuquerque: Pay attention to the roads, for they are changing as...

THE WAIT FOR A TEEN'S RETURN FROM COMA.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Car crash victim moves hands and offers hope, mother says For nine days, Natalie Olson's family and friends have been waiting for a shred of happy news. It has finally...

Police union eagerly awaits naming of chief.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 There are a lot of people interested in who will be Albuquerque's next police chief. None, however, is probably more intrigued than the membership of the police union. Union...

School's strict policy on weapons questioned.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 RIO RANCHO Rio Rancho Public Schools' controversial policy on weapons found in schools is in the process of getting a closer look. The Rio Rancho Board of Education heard from...

Broussard's leaving Lobos, coach confirms.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Being anything more than a part-time role player for the Lobos was not in the immediate future for Alvin Broussard. So, his coach said Monday, Broussard has decided his future...

QB with a zest for rushing will face Lobos' 'D'.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Bradlee Van Pelt's hair flows down to his shoulders, he rides a skateboard to and from classes and he likes to pedal around Fort Collins, Colo., on his 1950s-style beach cruiser. The...

SIPI runners win national championship.
November 13, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTS Albuquerque has a national championship team: the cross country runners at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. SIPI's men's team won the National Junior College Division III meet over the...

Lobos assistant coach hopes to lasso prospects from Texas.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 When it comes to college basketball recruiting, assistant coach Rodney Belcher has seen it all. Belcher, in his third month on coach Fran Fraschilla's staff, has been involved...

N.M. has become too complacent about DWI.(Editorial)
November 13, 2001... EDITORIAL From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, New Mexico struggled credibly to get its nationally embarrassing drunken driving problem under control. But lest anyone believe the wrestling is over, consider the heartbreaking case of...

Autumn hues that flatter the landscape.
November 13, 2001... Byline: GREEN THUMB CHRONICLES KateNelson Commentary Before the garden submits to winter it offers a final salute a farewell blast of red, yellow and orange. The technicolor display in our trees is as important a balm to the...

THE WAIT FOR A TEEN'S RETURN FROM COMA.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Car crash victim moves hands and offers hope, mother says Natalie Olson, the Highland High School student severely injured last week in a Southeast Albuquerque traffic crash,...

Senate Dems juggle redistrict, leadership issues.
November 13, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Democrats in the state Senate, already facing a contentious leadership shake-up, will also take up the volatile issue of redistricting when they meet Wednesday in Santa Fe. ...

Councilor boils over judge's questioning of kegger busts.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque City Council President Brad Winter is calling for the resignation of Metro Court Judge Barbara Brown for comments she made about a city law to help Albuquerque police crack down...

'Angel' helps vets fight the demons of illness.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 VETERANS DAY The disabled veterans who know Albuquerque nurse Dianne Kooi call her their "angel of mercy." Hers is a troubled constituency but one with hope for a better day. ...

Real elections fireworks might be in race for attorney general.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos Commentary POLITICAL NOTEBOOK While all of the early speculation for the 2002 elections has focused on the governor's race, there is a potential showdown shaping up for state attorney general. Incumbent...

Greens fight for major party label while public support grows.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 INTERVIEW WITH... Xubi Wilson and Melissa McDonald As Green Party leaders try to hang on to their status as a major party in New Mexico, they continue to fight another battle...

We all have a stake in not driving ranchers off their grazing allotments.
November 12, 2001... Byline: PLANET BUSINESS Sherry Robinson Commentary If there's a more emotional and rancorous debate in the West than grazing rights, I'm not sure what that is. It has boiled over in dozens of lawsuits, reams of rhetoric and now...

Fund-raising group honors philanthropists.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The Association of Fundraising Professionals has honored "those who have made significant contributions to New Mexico through their philanthropy. Architect George Pearl is New Mexico's Outstanding Leader in...

PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff Cell Robotics International Inc. has an agreement with a Chinese state-owned distributor, CAC Continentals Inc., to supply its Lasettes to hospitals and clinics. Lasette is a laser finger perforator used to draw...

ALMANAC.
November 12, 2001... ACCOUNTING Joni Young, a member of the accounting faculty of UNM's Anderson Schools of Management is one of three organizers of the national conference of the Academy of Accounting Historians, to be held Nov. 15-17 in Santa Fe. ...

UNM alumni honor six with Zia Award.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The University of New Mexico Alumni Association has named as Zia Award winners Laura Hueter Bass, J. Howard Mock, state District Judge Angela Jewell, Michael J. Glennon, Sam J. Butler and Randolph Barnhouse. The...

AWARDS.
November 12, 2001... The Association of Energy Engineers, New Mexico chapter, named state Rep. Rob Burpo as the 2001 Energy Champion of the Year for his efforts to promote energy efficiency and energy cost savings. Burpo sponsored of House Bill 405, the...

New hires help launch a new NASA program.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The Regional Development Corp. has gotten its Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program off the ground with three hires. NASA in July chose the Santa Fe economic development group to administer the program,...

Smart Systems finds big market for home automation.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 One gutsy cold call to the nation's second-largest home builder has paid off for Albuquerque's Smart Systems Technologies Inc. And a pitch for investment led to a contract with...

Comcast to test high-speed small-business Internet service.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Comcast is about to introduce small-business high-speed Internet services to Albuquerque. And the company laid off 11 people this month as part of its restructuring to meet new...

Legacy of the American cowboy.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Consolidation and falling cattle prices are spelling the demise of the family ranch, but a handful of New Mexicans is keeping the tradition alive All of us city slickers on...

SHOP TALK.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Luis Demetrio Nolasco. Title: Owner. Company: International Metalsmith Exhibition Center. IMEC specializes in conceptual and fine jewelry by local and international jewelers. The store is also a...

Women business owners share keys to marketing.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Marketing is the subject of countless books, but some of the best tips come from the business trenches where real people sell real products. "I find that my most successful marketing...

Two new galleries join arts corridor in Downtown.
November 12, 2001... Byline: START-UPS Dan Mayfield The promise of an improved Downtown has attracted two new galleries to the area. Indications Art Gallery, owned by Peter Grahame, and OFFCenter Community Arts Project, a nonprofit run by Janis...

SMALL BUSINESS BRIEFS.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff McCall Land & Cattle Co. of Albuquerque ranked as sixth largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in New Mexico, 71 head, with the American Angus Association during fiscal 2001, which ended Sept. 30. ...

Employee buyout keeps ABBA Technologies rooted.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Employees of ABBA Technologies Inc. have a new motivation to succeed: They own the company. ABBA is a consulting firm that helps businesses, federal agencies and individuals...

Anthrax fears don't deter holiday postal applicants.
November 12, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3621 Anthrax might have closed some offices nationwide and sent Supreme Court justices packing, but U.S. Postal Service facilities in Albuquerque are having no problem filling temporary...

SBA office names regional administrator.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff Joseph O. Montes of Santa Fe has been named Region VI administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The region is headquartered in Dallas and includes Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma....

St. Joseph scores high in quality home care.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff St. Joseph Home Care scored 96 in its most recent survey by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, placing it in the top 25 percent of 5,600 home-care agencies studied. The...

Apartment occupancy hits 6-year high.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 The apartment occupancy rate in Albuquerque climbed back in the third quarter to a six-year high. The rate rose from 93.6 percent in June to 93.9 percent in September, the same rate...

UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
November 12, 2001... A look at development in New Mexico CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Dan Mayfield/Tribune PHOTO: b/w What: A glass-and-stucco, single story office-lab or flex-space building. The spec building is fiber-optic ready...

Trampled Lobos still have FRESH HOPES.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Freshman Mandi Moore displays plenty of grit,promise inWNIT loss to Buffaloes Nationally ranked opponents are still out of the Lobos' league. But at least this University of New...

Lobos stun soccer rivals to earn first NCAA berth.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The sports expression "underdogs" won't do justice to the men's soccer players at the University of New Mexico today. So, how about the "Wonderdogs"? After losing their last six...

Game against CSU gives Lobos a chance to set new direction.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary A corner awaits the University of New Mexico on Saturday when Colorado State visits University Stadium for a football game Lobo Scott Gerhardt calls "the biggest of our lives." The corner is there...

Depleted Monarchs face challenge of Mayfield.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The Manzano Monarchs face the prospect of opening the state Class 5A football playoffs against unbeaten Mayfield this weekend without two injured wideouts and the city's leading rusher....

What went right.
November 12, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore Boom Boom Borombozin: Vladimir Borombozin iced the victory by drilling a 40-yard field goal with 2:01 left to put the Lobos up 27-17. Borombozin has made 16 straight field goals, a school record. Holmon runnin'...

Lowly Lobos win first NCAA berth.
November 12, 2001... SOCCER SHOCKER The University of New Mexico men's soccer team rode into its conference tournament on the tattered heels of six straight losses and without a win against a league foe. But with an NCAA Tournament berth on the line in...

Hoping for hallowed ground.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 With Santa Fe National Cemetery reaching its limit, there's progress toward a new veterans cemetery for Albuquerque If U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson has her way, Veterans Day...

Community rallies around comatose teen.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Natalie Olson has cracked the heart of Highland High School and the Southeast Heights wide open. From classrooms to the University of New Mexico Hospital, after-school hangouts...

In a scary world, Aunt Thelma's just the gracious cup of tea.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Kate Nelson Commentary Hush those giggles, ladies. Stop fussing with your fancy hats. Aunt Thelma's School for Shy Girls has convened. Tea and scones ready? Let us get to work. Oh! And let us relax. "You...

Main post office tested for anthraxas a precaution.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com / 823-3674 [copyright] 2001, The albuquerque tribune In a moved described as purely "precautionary," a state health technician has swabbed postal equipment for anthrax at a key mail handling...

State fix to school ratings puts Mission on probation.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 It took a few clicks of a calculator to put another Albuquerque school on the state's probationary list. Because of a computer program readjustment, the State Department of...

Advocates for troubled kids get $2.7 million.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Kate Scott kscott@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 Two New Mexico researchers will use recent federal grants to further their analysis of problems affecting troubled teens in hopes of improving the community. Dr. Natasha Slesnick,...

Lobos hope they don't get burned again.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 UNLV quarterback Jason Thomas ruined UNM's bowl hopes in last year's game. UNLV quarterback Jason Thomas has been firing blanks for most of the season. But University of New Mexico...

Led by Adams, Lobos win first round of WNIT.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 For two years, Jordan Adams' abundant talent sometimes had more trouble finding its way through her own maze of nerves than opponents' double-teams. But this season, the University of...

That's entertainment.
November 10, 2001... Byline: John O'Rourke Commentary Scrappy, youthful Scorps have everything it takes to charm. Now they need to work on winning. His team's mistakes had coach Tony Martino fuming. But cheer up, Tony. To hear the president of your...

La Cueva tramples Sandia on the way to state Class 5A playoffs.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The Bears appear to be city's best hope against southern N.M. football powerhouses. La Cueva's District 2-5A championship in football was cause for celebration, but was also to...

Volleyball squadis first Rams teamto vie for state title.
November 10, 2001... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 In the euphoria after Rio Rancho's five-game marathon win against Eldorado in the Class 5A volleyball semifinals Friday night, Rams athletics director Gary Hveem sidled up to coach...

Councilors take cheap shot over Baca's guns case.(Editorial)
November 10, 2001... EDITORIAL "It's dead on arrival," Mayor Jim Baca said in promising to veto a City Council measure banning the city attorney from participating in any litigation initiated by the mayor involving the concealed weapons law enacted at this...

CORRECTIONS.
November 10, 2001... *The caption on an Associated Press file photo in Friday's Insight & Opinion section should have said that 5-year-old Daniela Valenzuela was present at a tree-lighting ceremony that was also attended by several third-graders from Carroll...

CORRECTIONS.
November 10, 2001... *A story in Friday's midday edition should have said the county issued $1.795 million in gross receipts tax bonds to pay for the Journal Pavilion. It also should have said that the debt service on the bond will be paid from a debt service and...

What price security?
November 9, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 In cash-strapped Albuquerque, the bill could top $1 million, officials say Protecting key government services in Albuquerque after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will likely cost...

County still awaits rent for concert site.
November 9, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Officials aren't sure how much is owed or when they'll be paid for the amphitheater. After two concert seasons, Bernalillo County still hasn't received any lease money from the private...

Death penalty sought for officer's killing.
November 9, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against an Albuquerque man they've charged with running down and killing New Mexico State Police Officer Lloyd Aragon. Lemuel L....

Chavez fears loss of police grants.
November 9, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Federal auditors are checking into how the Albuquerque Police Department spends more than $8 million in grants, and Mayor-elect Martin Chavez said he's concerned the department may...

Fire at Downs doesn't rein in simulcast racing.
November 9, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Downs at Albuquerque officials say the horse track on the New Mexico State Fairgrounds is open for simulcast racing today despite an overnight fire that did heavy damage to the...