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

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

The information junkie.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 John Kelly says it's his nature to seek out every detail about an issue, but friends say that makes it difficult for him to give out sound-bite answers U.S. House...

Charter schools for arts, dropouts advance to board.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The number of charter schools in Albuquerque might double by the beginning of the next school year, with the proposals including programs focusing on fine arts and capturing...

Flow of new inmates interferes with jail cuts.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 No matter how hard jail and court officials worked to whittle down the jail population, they couldn't do anything to close those pesky back doors. By 11:30 p.m. Monday half an hour...

Husband puts up billboard to seek clues in wife's death.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 The billboard of his slain wife pictured with their two young children was a project that kept Rik Simmons busy, kept him feeling that he was doing something useful to find...

Judge binds Brotherton over on manslaughter.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF A judge has decided to bind over 20-year-old Brandon Brotherton on a charge of involuntary manslaughter for the September shotgun death of another man in Northeast Albuquerque. In a letter order...

After guilty verdicts, two life terms given instantly.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Carl Bell didn't want to wait. After a judge read six guilty verdicts late Monday, Bell leaned over to his attorney, Monica Baca, and asked her to request an immediate...

Complaint says victim was shot by longtime buddy.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Gilbert Dean Zamora could feel the gun against his neck, could feel the trigger pull, the bullet slide into his flesh. But what the paraplegic man told Albuquerque police he...

Hossencofft lawyers say state 'trampled on their client's rights'.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Attorneys for murder suspects Diazien Hossencofft and Linda Henning argued during a hearing this morning that the state's tactics have trampled on their clients' rights to receive an...

Wilson, Kelly expenses dwarf other congressional races.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE In New Mexico's most hotly contested congressional race, Republican incumbent Heather Wilson and Democratic challenger John Kelly spent a combined $700,000 on their 1st District campaigns...

Heavyweights weigh in and invective heats up as campaigns enter final week.
October 31, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2000 New Mexico's top Republican is once again lending his high-profile name to help elect a candidate locked in a tight election race. Two years ago U.S. Sen. Pete...

Gore to visit Las Cruces.
October 31, 2000... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Maybe they ought to call the 2000 presidential campaign "Wings Over New Mexico." Only a few days after Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush stopped in Albuquerque, Vice President Al Gore will be in the...

Charger Toppert chooses hoops at Cornell.(Sports)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Cody Toppert, an Albuquerque Academy basketball star and the son of a former Lobo, says he has given an oral commitment to attend Cornell University. Toppert, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
October 31, 2000... The Tribune recommends Today we continue our endorsements in the Nov. 7 general election. SIXTH OF EIGHT State bonds For all the bonds The following bond issues would cost the owner of a $100,000 home an estimated...

Let your green thumbs do the walking with online gardening.(Home and Garden)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Kate Nelson GREEN THUMB CHRONICLES I knew the Internet had to be good for something other than unsolicited invitations to invest money in questionable enterprises and engage in electronic "sex" with heaven-knows-who. And...

Police declare death a homicide, seek clues.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF The death of a man whose body was found near a University Area music hall is being treated as a homicide, Albuquerque police said. Passers-by discovered the body of the unidentified man, believed to...

Bench warrant issued for teacher in sex case.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF An Albuquerque schoolteacher indicted earlier this month on charges of sexual molestation is now a wanted man. Alfred Flores, 53, failed to appear at his arraignment Monday on three counts of...

Skeen files brief against minnow designation.(Local News)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Rep. Joe Skeen, a Picacho Republican, filed an amicus brief asking the court to overturn the federal government's decision to designate part of the Rio Grande as critical habitat for the silvery...

Refining operations boost Giant Industries' earnings.(Business)
October 31, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Giant Industries Inc. reported third-quarter net earnings of $5 million, or 55 cents a share, on revenues of $301.2 million. This compares with $3.5 million, or 32 cents a share, on...

Running on her record.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2000 Supporters of Heather Wilson say the devoted mother approaches her career with moral principles and isn't the out-of-touch congresswoman her critics contend running...

Bush tells crowd here, 'It won't be long now'.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese and Kate Nash rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 knash@abqtrib.com / 823-3602 Confident GOP candidate jetted into talk education in Bosque Farms and energize supporters to vote. The George W. Bush caravan made a...

Jail reduction gets bumpy after weekend arrests.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 An 11th-hour effort to cut the jail population over the weekend actually saw an increase in the number of inmates housed at the Downtown City-County Jail. Despite the slight...

GHOSTLEY MANSION.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. TRAIL TALES Historic figures have walked the floors of the Luna Mansion in Los Lunas. And, some say, they still do. Ollie Reed Jr.'s Trail Tales are stories rooted in the rich history and legends of New...

INTERVIEW WITH....RANDY THORNHILL.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Rape-theory researcher achieved his goal of getting people to think University of New Mexico Biology Professor Randy Thornhill and a Colorado colleague created a media storm...

Telescope could end up at Sacramento Peak.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 SOCORRO New Mexico's Sacramento Peak above Alamogordo is king of the hill among sites being considered for a proposed $75 million national solar telescope. "For various reasons,...

UNM scientist researches that other time of the month.(Local News)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Men and women have different terms to describe "that time of the month." But what about the opposite time of the month? Now, a renowned University of New Mexico scientist is...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
October 30, 2000... Scripps Howard endorses George Bush for president Editor's note: The following is the presidential endorsement of Scripps Howard, owner of The Albuquerque Tribune. It represents the majority opinion determined by a vote of corporate...

Investors take interest in city medical offices.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Realestate By Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 An Albuquerque native who works in Texas heads a Nashville-based real estate investment company's effort to buy local medical office buildings. John Demiter of the El...

Under construction.(Business)
October 30, 2000... A look at development in New Mexico What: Walgreen Drug Store. Where: At Wyoming and Montgomery boulevards Northeast, on the southeast corner in the Montgomery Crossing Shopping Center. Square footage: 15,120. Architect:...

BRE Properties sells apartment complexes in N. M.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 IN BRIEF San Francisco-based BRE Properties Inc. has sold four apartment complexes in Albuquerque as part of a $280 million transaction involving 22 properties in three states. ...

Siteseeing.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg Owner: New Mexico State Legislature Designer: Xynergy Interactive Web Design Web address: www.legis.state.nm.us Content: If you want to know what's going on in the state Legislature, this is the place...

New Mexicans awarded for work in tech industry.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff The New Mexico Technology Showcase named four winners of its 2000 New Mexico Showcase Award, which recognizes people who have made a difference in New Mexico's Information Technology industry. They are state...

PUBLIC COMPANY BRIEFS.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Firestone/Bridgestone's tire problems may be a positive development for an Albuquerque company with tire recycling technology, as authorities now consider how to dispose of waste tires. Titan Technologies Inc....

Business almanac.(Business)
October 30, 2000... BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS The Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce has hired Mike McCan as director of growth and development policy, Kurt Kaufman as director of education initiatives and Rosa T. de la Vega as education initiatives staff...

Rep. Sanchez garners award.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Rep. Raymond Sanchez, a North Valley Democrat, has been named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the October issue of Hispanic Business magazine. Sanchez is president of the National Association of Latino...

UNM honors alumni contributions.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff The University of New Mexico Alumni Association has chosen the recipients of this year's Zia, Fergusson and Zimmerman awards. The Zia Awards commemorate the accomplishments of New Mexico alumni. They are Jose...

Science & Technology Corp. names new president.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Science & Technology Corp. @ UNM has named Peter J. Perna president and CEO. Perna has more than 20 years of experience in technology assessment, patenting, licensing and commercialization. Most recently he was...

N.M. needs high-tech assistance.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 In a room full of reporters, Sen. Jeff Bingaman and former Rep. Bill Redmond go toe to toe on the issues. "Can you tell me what you think is the importance of improving New...

Artistic Homes tests hottest new models of efficiency.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Seven homes don't seem like the makings of a revolution. But listen to New Mexico's biggest home builder, and his powerful allies, and those seven homes represent the tip of an...

Tax breaks urged for small business.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Tax incentives and other financial help for small businesses in rural New Mexico will pay economic rewards for the whole state, a legislator says. Sen. Sue Wilson, an Albuquerque...

Coffeehouse is dream come true - literally.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: start-ups By Dan Mayfield When Mary Gorton talks about her dream shop, she's not kidding. "I had a dream one night and it was a little coffee shop," Gorton says. "I told my husband, 'It looks so neat.'" She dreamed of a...

Khoral invited to conference.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Khoral Inc. is one of 11 companies chosen to present at the 2000 Arizona Capital Conference. The companies will vie for venture funding at the conference, which has brought in more than $162 million in...

Shoptalk.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield Celeste andDavid Medina Title: Co-owners. Company: Tin Art-New Mexico Folk Art by Celeste. Celeste makes hand-painted and hand-punched tin luminarias, retablos and custom tin work. "We call ourselves a...

Bear-themed Bank of the West is bullish on New Mexico.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 Be aware of the bear. It's the symbol of Albuquerque's banking newcomer, Bank of the West. The San Francisco-based bank has used stuffed bears to lure customers and welcome...

Cartridge company offers employment to inmates.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM 1/4 823-3620 Rudy Nunez may become the only employer in the city who doesn't suffer from a labor shortage. Nunez is president of Southwest Business Products Plus Inc., a local start-up that...

Anchor Wall licenses seller.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff Anchor Wall Systems, a retaining wall company, has licensed CSR Crego Block, a New Mexico concrete products business, to manufacture and sell its concrete retaining wall units throughout New Mexico beginning in...

How do Albuquerque lawmakers stack up on business issues?(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Grading the Candidates By Sherry Robinson How do we weigh our legislators' performances on business issues? And how, then, can we judge them as candidates? Every year different groups offer a scorecard based on the voting...

Business scorecard.(Business)
October 30, 2000... The following bills were used to determine Economic Watchdogs. Each bill would have a broad economic or business impact and was considered key by at least one business group. Special session *HB 11, Rep. John Heaton, Carlsbad...

At least 2 bills reflect disagreement.(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson The bills used for this scorecard for the most part reflect agreement between both houses of the Legislature and the governor. But not all. At least two bills point up philosophical differences. One was House...

Where, oh where can your legislator be?(Business)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Sherry Robinson When your legislators say they're here for you, it's not necessarily so. As the major business legislation in these pages came up for floor votes, some people were often absent: Joe Carraro, Cisco McSorley,...

City soccer teams step into playoffs.(Sports)
October 30, 2000... Byline: STAFF REPORTS Twenty Albuquerque-area teams will be vying for championships when the state soccer tournaments begin Thursday. Action begins at 9 a.m. at the tournament complex on the Santa Ana Pueblo. Leading the charge will...

Big-time Pee Wees.(Sports)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens This Super Bowl pre-game meal is made of cereal and cartoons "YAFL is not about Super Bowl championships. It's about kids." Danny Knee, head coach Pee Wee champion South Bears In Pee Wee Super...

Lobos' offense creed: 'Score enough to win'.(Sports)
October 30, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Dan Dodd obviously isn't an egotistical offensive coordinator worried about yards per game, rankings or outside accolades for his unit. His University of New Mexico offense ranks last...

Bush, Gore to revisit N.M. in search of pivotal voters.
October 30, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 New Mexico voters will get another look at Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President Al Gore before heading to the polls next week to help decide one of the nation's tightest presidential...

CORRECTIONS.(Local News)
October 30, 2000... A story Saturday should have said Marc Klaas' daughter's name was Polly. Megan Kanka is the child whose name is used on so-called "Megan's law" legislation. See story 10/28/00 Pg. A3 "IF GORE SCORES, N.M. POLITICS MIGHT BE A NEW BALLGAME"

The Sanchez divide.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Tim Archuleta tarchuleta@abqtrib.com VOTE 2000 The two men campaigning for the District 15 House seat share A last name, but not much else Republican challenger John Sanchez thinks it's time for renovations, while incumbent...

Feds rap APS over gun reports.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 The district and the state underreported incidents of students bringing firearms to school in 1997-98, a draft report says. Federal education officials have slapped the...

Jail bears down to meet deadline on fewer inmates.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Officials at the City-County Jail are laboring through the weekend to relieve the overcrowded lockup of another 66 inmates to comply with a federal court order. Monday is...

Qwest reaches deal with regulators.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 The telecommunications company has agreed to invest $788 million in N.M.'s infrastructure in exchange for nine of its cases being settled by the PRC. Qwest Communications has...

Bad weather has not slowed down Big-I work.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Despite Albuquerque's recent spate of rain, the Big-I reconstruction effort is on schedule and about 18 percent complete, project officials said. And bad weather at least if it doesn't...

Well water will supply new West Mesa jail.(Insight and Opinion)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque's Public Works Director Larry Blair said he wished the decision to draw water from a well at the new City-County Jail, located about 8 1/2 miles west of Downtown, would have come...

If Gore scores, N.M. politics might be a new ballgame.(Local News)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Tim Archuleta Tarchuleta@ABQTRIB.com / 823-3674 CAMPAIGN NOTEBOOK Respected New York Times columnist William Safire speculated this week that an Al Gore victory could lead to high-ranking appointments for two of New Mexico's...

Defendant denies on stand that he shot, killed either victim.(Local News)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 The double-murder case against Carl Bell has gone to the jury after a final day of testimony featuring the defendant himself. After hearing closing arguments in the case Friday,...

Early votes breaking records, GOP irked.
October 28, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 To hear some Republicans tell it, the Bernalillo County Clerk doesn't seem to care if their votes are recorded in this election. Richard Dorso, who lives in Taylor Ranch, said he...

Eldorado's win over Hobbs shakes up race for District 4-5A.(Sports)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee smcafee@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Forget everything you thought you knew about District 4-5A football. You know, like Hobbs is the best team in the state. Or that Clovis is in a down year. Or that Eldorado can't...

Reigning Monarch.(Sports)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 At age 12, Jered Metzger is so big and so fast that he dominates the YAFL junior division Seeing 12-year-old Jered Metzger play football, it's easy to forget he's just a kid....

13 ex-Lobos in draft pool for new XFL.(Sports)
October 28, 2000... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF Thirteen former University of New Mexico Lobos will be hoping to get another chance to play professional football when the new XFL league conducts its inaugural draft today. The XFL, an eight-team league...

Illinois powerhouse considers colleges but is eyeing NBA.(Sports)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 *CHARTING THE FUTURE Eddy Curry Jr., a 6-foot-11, 290-pound giant from Illinois, is considered the best high school player by many, including recruiting analysts Dave Telep and...

Cibola capitalizes on Abreu's heel and other Valley miscues.(Sports)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Valley football coach Vince Collins' strategy to get Eddie Abreu more touches didn't exactly work out as intended. The rare times Abreu had the ball in his hands during a 24-20...

Michigan was the best, Cleveland the worst.(Sports)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Charles Googe Here's my best and worst from the 2000 CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams) season: Best race: The Michigan 500 wasn't only the best race of the year, it was the best race CART has ever run. There were 63 lead...

Nader in Albuquerque.(Insight and Opinion)
October 28, 2000... Al Gore and George Bush aren't the only presidential candidates who have visited town lately. Here is the text of the campaign speech Green Party candidate Ralph Nader gave at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque on Sept. 7. It has been edited...

Bandits have stake in politics and the sign to go with it.(Insight and Opinion)
October 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nelson You could put Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, Miss Marple and Jim Chee together, and even they couldn't solve the Perpetual Problem of the Stolen Campaign Signs. Happens every election. Ask any candidate; they all...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
October 28, 2000... The Tribune's recommendations in N.M. Senate races Today we continue our endorsements in the Nov. 7 general election. We are recommending only in contested races in which Bernalillo County voters have a say. FOURTH OF EIGHT ...

Return to basics.
October 27, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 VOTE 2000 GOP Senate candidate Bill Redmond says the biblical and philosophical principles on which America was founded are what guide his policy positions On the Web: ...

Printer eyeing county business donates work to clerk hopeful.
October 27, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 A Rio Rancho printing company that is interested in landing a contract with Bernalillo County has given nearly $9,000 in election-material printing services to Mary Herrera, a candidate for...

Vernon, Brandenburg take to airwaves.
October 27, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 VOTE 2000 Both district attorney candidates planned to launch extensive TVand radio ad blitzes. With only 11 days and counting until county voters head to the polls and...

Tears, anger mark sentencing of truck-stop killer.(Local News)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 It was almost a storybook life for Robert and Isabel Tischmacher. After meeting at a high school reunion in 1979, the pair fell in love and married, merging two big families into...

Precautions ensure safe Halloween for kids.(Local News)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Emily Peterson epeterson@abqtrib.com / 823-3692 Be warned: The night when young ghosts and goblins roam the streets in search of goodies is fast approaching. But officials warn adults and children to beware Tuesday night,...

Ex-football star Barrs convicted of robbing exterminator.(Local News)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Add another line to the criminal record of Ray Barrs, a one-time high school football standout turned felon. A five-women, seven-man jury on Thursday convicted the man some have...

Defendant denies he shot, killed either victim.
October 27, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Carl Bell told a jury this morning that he was nowhere near the former Sandia Ranch residential care facility off Edith Boulevard when two men were gunned down in the driveway of the...

At rock bottom, Hobbs drills deep - and finds glory.(Sports)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens There is something strange going on in Hobbs, America. It's still football season. Now, if you don't know the history of Hobbs football and Hobbs basketball, you might not understand this statement. ...

Scottsdale prep QB says yes to Lobos.(Sports)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Kyle Kristick, a quarterback at Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Ariz., has made an oral commitment to the University of New Mexico football program. Luck, in the form of a Lobo...

Lobos' goals are modest at cross-country title meet.(Sports)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 The goal for Lobo coach Matt Henry at the Mountain West Cross Country Championships is a modest one don't be humiliated, don't finish last. "That's our goal," said Henry, the...

Spectacularly mysterious.(The Arts & Entertainment)
October 27, 2000... Byline: T.D. Mobley-Martinez tmobley@abqtrib.com / 823-3673 The Albuquerque Museum does it again, offering a rare glimpse into an unfamiliar culture in a stunning exhibit of treasures of the Ottoman Empire To those in the business,...

From Talking toTom Tom, rock duo is still on track.(The Arts & Entertainment)
October 27, 2000... Byline: Paul Maldonado Jr. pmaldonado@abqtrib.com / 823-3630 Chris Frantz, erstwhile drummer for Talking Heads and co-founder of its offshoot Tom Tom Club mulls over the prospect of a reunion of his original band. "I'd love to; I'd...