The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from October 2001, page 6

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

Hey, anything can happen. But Lobos still have a lot on the line in Laramie.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Richard Stevens At Laramie, Wyo., . . . or at a crossroads? It's not possible to believe in math or the wonder of possibilities and say a University of New Mexico loss to Wyoming on Saturday would turn the Lobos season of...

Write The Linz The Crushed One lost in mayor's race and in the path of Eldorado team bus.
October 4, 2001... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE THE LINDSEY LINE The Linz is not happy with Mayor-elect Martin Chavez. The Linz is not happy with Eldorado football coach Dave Williams. The Linz does not like the expression: "We all get hit by...

Fiesta set to launch, weather permitting.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Kate Scott kscott@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 Weather has been a controlling factor in the success of the balloon fiesta, and if you'll be attending the 30th anniversary of the balloon fiesta this weekend, you will be able to admire...

Bouncing back.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 2001 ELECTION Stung in governor's race, Chavez rebounds with 2nd mayor win It was quiet in the tiny room located two restrooms and a water fountain away from the ballroom gala...

Baca: City budget faces up to $15 million shortfall.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Jim Baca says his last months as Albuquerque's mayor will be spent on the city's increasingly bleak budget picture one that may force between $10 million and $15 million in cuts from its...

City Council gets a face-lift as five City Hall newcomers elected.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 A dramatic shift in local politics has produced a you-can't-tell-the-councilors-without-a-placard change in city government. Gone from the Albuquerque City Council: Alan...

Activists claim victory after judge unseals Lee case papers.
October 3, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3621 Asian American civil rights attorneys called the federal judicial order unsealing 19 documents in the case against former Los Alamos Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lee a major...

Fans stake best spots early in balloon fiesta RV park.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Kate Scott kscott@abqtrib.com / 823-3642 Al and Pat Waters weren't going to miss a moment even before there was a moment to miss. The New York couple has been in Albuquerque since Sept. 11, patiently waiting in the RV...

Perplexed police chief unholsters resume.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 2001 ELECTION Albuquerque Police Chief Gerald Galvin knows numbers. He knew the city's crime rate statistics dropped by about 25 percent under his 3 1/2-year watch. ...

Voters give thumbs up to every bond project.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 2001 ELECTION Albuquerque voters gave a resounding yes to 11 bond projects that will provide money to everything from fire and police protection to libraries and roads. ...

Official says 42 percent voter turnout is terrific.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 2001 ELECTION Of the 235,152 registered voters in Albuquerque, 91,699 or 39 percent showed up to vote Tuesday in the city's municipal election. "We had lines at the voting...

'Marty II' won't be, can't be 'Camelot.
October 3, 2001... Byline: 'Kate Nelson 2001 ELECTION Since we're heading into a Martin Chavez mayoral administration, can we let the good times roll already? Can we say goodbye to the grumpiness, the stubbornness and the partisan swordplay of the...

ELECTION RESULTS.
October 3, 2001... 2001 ELECTION MAYOR Candidates Votes Percent Martin Chavez 30,384 30.6 Bob Schwartz 27,601 27.8 Mike McEntee 11,176 11.3 Jim Baca 10,998 11.1 Rick Homans 9,737 9.8 James Lewis 6,745 6.8 Alan Armijo...

Baca absorbs loss, points to his legacy in Downtown.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 2001 ELECTION As he rode down Central Avenue in his city-issued black Crown Victoria, Jim Baca saw two versions and visions of Albuquerque. On one side of the street, he viewed his...

5th-place Homans says he's all the richer.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 2001 ELECTION It's back to business for Rick Homans, who said he learned an expensive political lesson in his failed bid to be mayor. Homans, a publisher, was the first...

Schwartz says he has no regrets.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 They were stacking the chairs in the Alvarado Ballroom and setting up the breakfast buffet tables nearby before Bob Schwartz made the call from his Election-Night headquarters at the...

WHAT THEY SAID.
October 3, 2001... 2001 ELECTION "If Marty wins, he has a lot of hard work ahead of him between him and the council. A lot of communication needs to be done. Money is going to be very tight, and he will have to work hard with the council to cover the...

Mayor-elect says 'restoring the vision' will take hard work.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 2001 ELECTION Threads Political style Police First lady Hangouts First assistant First pet Albuquerque Mayor-elect Martin Chavez now has the chance to revive his dream for his...

Cummins is in as Brasher fails to overcome mistake.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 2001 ELECTION Champagne corks popped in the Four Hills Cafe as Tina Cummins and two dozen campaign workers and other supporters learned she had won the District 9 seat on the...

Faculty calls for 'fair hearing' for embattled UNM professor.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 Members of the University of New Mexico Faculty Senate say one of their peers is entitled to due process before comments he made Sept. 11 are investigated by the university. ...

Renewed focus on hoops, Chiotti to head for UNM.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Big man David Chiotti's decision to concentrate on basketball came a little late, but he made his choice in enough time to earn a scholarship to the University of New Mexico. ...

Ballantyne deluge ends Sandia High's clutch goal drought.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson mpson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Year after year, having enough scorers has never been the issue for Sandia High School's boys soccer team. The problem has been finding a finisher in big games. Coach Ron Allen...

Receiver Kirk Robbins could prove to be Lobos' go-to guy - again.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3672 A rash of dropped passes by other wide receivers could lead to more playing time for a reliable Lobos veteran: Artesia High's Kirk Robbins. Robbins was getting more time with the...

Long defends Lobos as 'great kids' despite 3 games of on-field futility.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Head coach Rocky Long has come to the defense of his Lobos football team against people he feels are criticizing the players over their three-game losing streak. "I get the feeling...

EDITORIAL.
October 3, 2001... Things changed Tuesday, but stayed the same, too It was a revolution at City Hall on Tuesday, albeit a democratic one. Every incumbent running was trounced. Albuquerque will have a new mayor. And a majority of the City Council's nine...

Official says 42 percent voter turnout is terrific.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Of the 235,152 registered voters in Albuquerque, 91,699 or 39 percent showed up to vote Tuesday in the city's municipal election. "That's a really great turnout, and it doesn't...

Man gets life for killing girlfriend.
October 3, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3621 Leroy Armijo Jr., convicted for the March 2000 shooting death of his girlfriend, has been sentenced to life plus nine years in prison. At the sentencing hearing Tuesday,...

The eyes have it.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 2001 ELECTION Judge OKs poll checkers to monitor today's turnout -and maybe nudge voters A state District Court order allowing representatives from mayoral and City Council...

Allison seeks absolute rule in regard to school safety.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 Members of the Albuquerque Board of Education Policy Committee were thrown for a loop when they sat down at a special meeting. Instead of discussing the issue they expected...

These days, the stump has log-ons.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Albuquerque's mayoral election is also mayor URL. Six of the seven candidates whose names will appear on the ballot today have established Internet campaign sites with URLs or...

Fiber-optic ring offers light-speed Internet linkage.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Downtown Albuquerque gets a new high-tech toy this week that, according to Mayor Jim Baca, is making other cities jealous. CityNet completes its fiber-optic miniring Friday,...

Area police officers get called to duty by their Reserve units.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Several Albuquerque Police Department officers are trading their blue uniforms for military camouflage, which means a slightly smaller department to cover city streets. About...

RATING THE WEB SITES.
October 2, 2001... The following critiques of mayoral candidates' Web sites were made by Sue Vorenberg, a Tribune business reporter who heads The Trib's online efforts. JIM BACA Address: www.jimbaca.com Good, bad and ugly: For some reason, the...

Restored Albuquerque knows about buildings that define spirit, soul.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Kate Nelson They held a gala opening last week for a building that won't be finished for another month. But an opening that isn't exactly an opening seemed oddly appropriate for a building that's more than a building. It's a...

Lawyer: Ruling affirms intent to give minors more protection.
October 2, 2001... Byline: S.J. Ludescher sludescher@abqtrib.com / 823-3621 An opinion issued by the state Supreme Court has reaffirmed the Legislature's intent to give juveniles more protection than adults when questioned by police. Albuquerque...

Chiotti commits to Lobos; Preston tells them no.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 One recruit is in the fold but another has flown the coop as the University of New Mexico basketball teams learned the decisions of prospective post players. David Chiotti, a...

EDITORIAL.
October 2, 2001... Our nation must tolerate even the reprehensible Albuquerque has got to maintain a proper sense of proportion during this conflict with terrorism, lest all hell break loose. This goes for the people who want University of New Mexico...

Lobos waiting on Chiotti; OU gets Bears' Preston.
October 2, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 An Internet report that power forward David Chiotti has committed to play basketball at the University of New Mexico is premature, Chiotti's coach said this morning. Also...

Write-in votes might make night a long one.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 2001 ELECTION Three write-in candidates, one of them a City Council incumbent, could generate thousands of signatures to tally Tuesday, city clerk says. The last time...

Two City Charter amendments focus on the money trail.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Two proposed changes to the Albuquerque City Charter could give the public more information about who pays for candidates' campaigns. A third proposal on the ballot Tuesday would require...

The one mayor who served twice shakes head over today's partisanship.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 It was just a quarter-century ago, but it seems like much longer. Harry Kinney, crowned Albuquerque's first mayor in 1974, was a leader from a different time. One newspaper account...

Peeved by political pablum? Here are some better places to look.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos New Mexico author Tony Hillerman is warning Albuquerque voters about the perils of not re-electing Jim Baca as mayor. He also cautions listeners about the possibility of a a six-lane highway through the...

City Council to have a short agenda on eve of election.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 With an election that could change the entire makeup of city government looming, don't expect a long-winded and long-lasting Albuquerque City Council meeting tonight. The council,...

School to Net, Elisar founders clicked.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Greg Heileman and Carlos Pizano have taken the student-teacher relationship to a new level: They've formed a company. Heileman, a professor of computer engineering in the...

ALMANAC.
October 1, 2001... EDUCATION Annette Chavez y DeLaCruz has been named president-elect of the New Mexico Placement Council. Chavez y DeLaCruz joined the Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute in 1994 and is the director of Student Job Placement...

AWARDS.
October 1, 2001... Technology Ventures Corp. has won the prestigious Tibbetts Award, which recognizes its work on behalf of New Mexico small businesses. TVC was nominated by Sen. Pete Domenici, a New Mexico Republican, for its work in creating 46 new...

SITESEEING.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Sue Vorenberg A critical look at New Mexico businesses on the Net Company: Happy New Mexico LLC Designer: In-house Web address: www.happynewmexico.com Content: Because we could all use some cheering up, this...

Want to do something to help? Put money where your heart is.
October 1, 2001... Byline: PLANET BUSINESS Sherry Robinson Here's something to hold to your hearts. At the grocery store the other day, a city fire engine parked at the curb probably on official business. A couple took the opportunity to photograph their...

Postponed Small Tech 2001 moves online.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Tribune staff The Small Times Media trade show originally scheduled for Washington, D.C., the week of Sept. 10 will be presented online at www.smalltimes.com beginning Oct. 9. A New Mexico contingent of economic developers,...

INVESTING in infrastructure.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 Albuquerque has a huge backlog in street and sewer maintenance. A bond package on Tuesday's ballot could help, but developers say more is needed for growth. Even if that means higher...

Udall sees help for small businesses hurt by attack.
October 1, 2001... Byline: SMAL BUSINESS By Nancy Salem nsalem@abqtrib.com / 823-3675 U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, a member of the House Committee on Small Business, says there is help available to small-business owners affected by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks....

New company can keep track of just about anything.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield One of the most useful, but completely impossible, gadgets in the 1964 movie "Goldfinger" was a homing device. James Bond used one to track suspected gold smuggler Auric Goldfinger's Rolls Royce to Switzerland....

SHOPTALK.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield Name: Gayle Ross. Title: I consider myself more of a technician rather than just the owner. Company: Albuquerque Classic Piano and its sister business, In Tune Piano Services. Albuquerque Classic Piano, at...

Minority purchasing group works to regain visibility.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 The Rio Grande Minority Purchasing Council survives. After losing its executive director in January, the group lost visibility and momentum; Its Web site shut down, the offices...

Domenici sees key N.M. role in foiling cyber-crooks.
October 1, 2001... This is the second in an occasional series of interviews with New Mexico's senators. We solicited questions for this interview with Republican Sen. Pete Domenici from the New Mexico Internet Professionals Association and the New Mexico...

Candidates show business-friendly ambition.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Sherry Robinson srobinson@abqtrib.com / 823-3632 During mayoral forums before business groups, candidates have been long on platitudes and short on specifics. But they've provided enough light to show they're all friendly to...

Hot stuff.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Story and photographs by Dan Mayfield DMAYFIELD@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3620 Three tortilla makers in New Mexico help fill a growing hunger for the Mexican foodstuff First it was salsa, eclipsing ketchup as the country's most...

Lobos hope a new QB will revive the offense.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 To say the University of New Mexico passing game is a little off would be way, way, way off the mark. Through four football games this season, including Saturday's 37-16 loss at Utah,...

Romero camp weighs loss.
October 1, 2001... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF An unexpected loss has the camp of Albuquerque boxer Danny Romero wondering today what the next move should be. Romero, who was a 5-2 favorite, was defeated by Ratanachai Vorapin via majority decision Saturday...

2001 Duke City Marathon.
October 1, 2001... MARATHON WOMEN Kelly Dunbar 3:00:20 Erica Larson 3:05:06 Susan Brozik 3:07:14 MEN Randy Billey 2:34:18 Gilbert Salazar 2:39:11 Albert Chopito 2:43:33 HALF-MARATHON WOMEN Deeja Youngquist 1:18:52...

Big margins separate Billey, Dunbar from Marathon pack.
October 1, 2001... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Duke City Marathon champion Randy Billey cruises along more like a dependable family sedan than a Ferrari. Billey's motor never has been able to generate a lot of rpms, but it...