The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) articles from October 2003

The Albuquerque Tribune (Albuquerque, NM) archives from October 2003

. Hard life has sad death - or was it a slaying?(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 Life was hard on Harriet Moldov-Taylor. Friends marveled at her humor and wit considering the years of sadness and disappointment saddled on her deteriorating shoulders. And...

Gavel might cut tax debate short.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 SPECIAL SESSION SANTA FE Gov. Bill Richardson's special session on tax reform could end as soon as today with no agreement on tax changes. Democratic and Republican leaders...

Hook, line and teacher.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune PHOTO: Color Julia Macias, 5, gets hands-on help with casting from Bernalillo County employee Lawrence Gonzales at this year's South Valley Fishing Clinic and...

Happy birthday - here's a hose.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 Shipping off to fight California wildfires is an odd way to spend your birthday, but Joe Baca says he doesn't mind. Baca, who turned 43 on Thursday, spent a large part of his...

Donors found - but not for Kailee.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 A bone marrow donor hasn't been found to save the life of 6-year-old Kailee Wells, but the search might have saved the lives of two other girls. Kailee has aplastic anemia, a...

Tax perks tucked in factory deal.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler dshingler@abqtrib.com / 823-3670 What does it take to put a $56 million deal for a new mattress factory to bed? Industrial revenue bonds, job training subsidies, tax abatements and intergovernmental...

Police hunt suspect in speedy car theft.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: TRIBUNE STAFF "A lot can go on in 10 seconds," Adam Fortenberry says. Fortenberry learned that the hard way this morning after his car was stolen along with Addison Fortenberry, his 6-month-old son. Fortenberry's...

High court asked to clarify victims' rights.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 The state Supreme Court will be asked to weigh in on whether a crime victim is entitled to the same right to be represented by an attorney as an accused suspect in a court...

Scorps blast salary-cap sidestep.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The opponent in tonight's home opener skates six players under two-way contracts. The New Mexico Scorpions and Colorado Eagles have yet to meet on the ice. But already a cold...

Having a ball.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com / 823-3663 Former UNM soccer coach Klaus Weber finds prep play at Bosque School a welcome challenge. And a success. The smile of Klaus Weber says many things. There is joy in the...

Frosh leaps into action as crafty point guard.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Lobos women's basketball coach Don Flanagan says he expects freshman point guard Fatima Maddox to be a crowd pleaser in The Pit this season. That's because Maddox plays with the kind...

Lobo's parents safe in San Diego after being forced to flee wildfire.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 After several worrisome days, Lobos wide receiver Michael Brunker says his parents are safe in their San Diego home, which was spared from a recent encroachment of rampant wildfires in...

Hornets puncture Bulldogs as they buzz toward the postseason.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The football coach's code of conduct won't allow Highland High's Ralph "Judge" Chavez to gloat about getting to the playoffs. There are those tired bits about taking it one game...

Chad Toppert could follow in his dad's Lobo footsteps.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Thirty-two years ago this fall a slender young man named Bob Toppert left the Illinois cornfields of his youth to accept a basketball scholarship to the University of New Mexico. ...

Disqualification mars Bears' cross country win.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 One of the fastest high school runners in the nation almost became ineligible for the New Mexico cross country championships. Race officials disqualified La Cueva senior Shadrack...

'Poke heroes.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 The genre of brawls and boots celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, spurring nothing short of zeal in Western expert Boyd Magers William S. Hart wore that gun belt. Tom Mix...

GIVE THANKS.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Who among us hasn't wished we'd more profusely thanked that anonymous stranger who turned in our wallet to the police, money untouched? Or told our son's teacher what an amazing job she does every day? In 250 words or less (subject to...

Armani, dear, I can feel little Nike kicking.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: M.J. Wilde Commentary People who procreate have clearly been sucked into the vortex of consumerism and have gone completely mad. No longer are parents naming their spawn normal, human names like Molly or Joshua or Michael or...

Local stations use simple bait as they troll for viewers.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 The 28-day period of November sweeps, which started Thursday, isn't about only big networks and their fight to get people hooked on their stations. Local affiliates need...

'Wheel' watchers can become players.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS If you always thought you could win thousands of dollars and a new car on "Wheel of Fortune," this weekend could be the first step toward your dream. The popular game show's Wheelmobile will...

UNM writer, actors go back to the wonder years for series.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 The playful banter in the Rodey Theatre at the University of New Mexico gives the impression there's a crowd of preteens running the show. Some walk goofily on the stage, while...

Don't overcomplicate the holidays, Santa Claus' organizer says.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Carrie Seidman CSEIDMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3673 Before you have a chance to realize that today is Halloween, which means tomorrow is November, which means there are only eight more weekends to shop until Christmas, which means...

Six firms get VIVA awards for investment, growth in N.M.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Nancy Salem NSALEM@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3675 Each year the Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico combs the state for companies that embody vision, investment, vitality and action. The group calls the combination...

PNM's plan B: an April hike.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Dan Shingler DSHINGLER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 Public Service Company of New Mexico will wait until April to raise the rate it charges residential customers for natural gas if the increase is approved by state regulators. ...

School founder receives Milken awards.(Afternoon)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 "We love you!" senior girls in the front row yelled and shed tears of joy when their favorite teacher's name was announced. Katarina Sandoval, South Valley Academy's founder, teacher...

Democrat offers tax bill to rival Richardson's.(Afternoon)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 It's hardball time, but there's more than one ball in the air. With his tax agenda fizzling in the Senate, Gov. Bill Richardson began to pressure members of his own party. ...

Breaking through.(Special Section)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 GAMEDAY His rushing and scoring paces have Moore set to leap into Lobos lore DonTrell Moore and the University of New Mexico record books are becoming a more familiar...

Yo, media: You need Long look at Lobos.(Special Section)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens Commentary GAMEDAY The jewel of the Lobos football pack talks in an aw-shucks sort of way, dresses down, not up, and deflects praise as smoothly and as efficiently as some coaches suck it in. Which is...

Brad's breakdown.(Special Section)
October 31, 2003... GAMEDAY The Trib's Brad Moore preview's this week's matchup. OFFENSE Lobos: Are the sizzling numbers put up last week in a 47-35 upset of Utah a sign of things to come or are they a fluke? If the 633-yard eruption last week...

The Rebels ran out of steam chasing Moore.(Special Section)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 The best way to chase a Runnin' Rebel: Unleash the wolves. As it turned out, the Rebels were doing all the chasing, trying to catch Lobos running back DonTrell "Heisman" Moore...

GAMEDAY.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... GAMEDAY Who's hot Inside linebacker Adam Seward needs 22 more tackles this season to become the school's career leader. He's currently third in the MWC in tackles with 80. He has posted a team-high 15 tackles in each of the last...

As a matter of facts.(Special Section)
October 31, 2003... GAMEDAY It takes a thief: The Lobos are sitting on their first four-game win streak since the 1997 season. Part of the reason for the success is UNM forcing 15 turnovers in that span, including a school-record tying five interceptions in...

Autumn's bosque chore.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Stacia Spragg/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Downed trees, some charred by fire, lie in front of trees still showing autumn leaves. City officials say crews have cleared a quarter of the dead wood...

'Millet to Matisse' swells attendance.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS The "Millet to Matisse" art exhibit has done wonders for the Albuquerque Museum's popularity. Since the show opened Oct. 5, attendance has grown by more than 50 percent from this time last...

Albuquerque author to write NBC pilot.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS Former Tribune La Vida Editor Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has signed a deal to write the pilot for a possible sitcom for NBC. The show, which could debut in the 2004 fall season, would tell the...

Comedy team earns multiple awards.(Evening)
October 31, 2003... Byline: Staff reports LOCAL BRIEFS Mark Chavez and Shenoah Allen won nine awards during their six-month Canadian and northern U.S. tour of "Sabotage: In Fine Form," the free association comedy show they premiered in Albuquerque in...

Soft landing for jobs.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 A mattress firm has plans to bring 300 jobs to New Mexico, Gov. Bill Richardson says. Bernalillo County just got a cushy new deal. Mattress-maker Tempur-Pedic announced...

Defeat no stop sign for Paseo debate.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Election fallout Broken down but still running, the Paseo del Norte extension project isn't dead yet, its proponents say. Albuquerque voters rejected a $52 million street bond...

Observing the holiday.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Craig Fritz/Tribune PHOTO: Color In the Working Classroom, Jesus Mayorga, 18, pauses in his work on a portrait to listen to Visual Arts Program director Isaac Alarid. Students in the...

House unified on sex crimes bill.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 SANTA FE Rep. Ron Godbey walked proudly out of the House chambers, shook his fist in the air and said, "We got it." As if on cue, his cell phone began to ring, a chime set to a...

School founder receives Milken award.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 "We love you!" senior girls in the front row yelled, shedding tears of joy when their favorite teacher's name was announced. Katarina Sandoval, South Valley Academy's founder, teacher...

To the rescue.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY: Toby Jorrin/Tribune PHOTO: b/w A police cruiser speeds through an opening in a line of police officers during a demonstration of rescue tactics by the Albuquerque Police Department...

APS officers break out weaponry.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 They're allowed to wear the pistols only before and after school hours and during certain events such as athletic contests. From 4 p.m. to 6:30 a.m., police at Albuquerque Public...

State pushes for fewer drugs in germ fight.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 Doctors are overprescribing antibiotics, often at the behest of pushy patients, New Mexico's health secretary says. The New Mexico Department of Health is putting words into...

In schools, it's called a fall festival costume party.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Ollie Reed Jr. oreed@abqtrib.com / 823-3619 Last year, for the school's annual harvest festival, Collet Park Elementary School Principal Bob Woody dressed as a Crayon box, and his office staff costumed themselves as the Crayons....

Oh, you, trickster.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Craig Fritz/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Celita Lewis (left), 14, and Alicia Iturralde, 15, laugh as Marie Calvary jokingly shows them how she would hide a taboo margarita at Friday's Halloween...

New banner for business group?(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Election fallout Citizens for Greater Albuquerque made a big splash at its inaugural breakfast earlier this year, announcing it had the support of the biggest players in Albuquerque's...

Backers of smoking ban like council outcome.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Asher People who fought for a restaurant smoking ban in Albuquerque feel they dodged a bullet in the City Council election. They feared candidates backed by business advocates were leaning toward rolling back the anti-smoking...

Vintage vittles.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 A new cookbook brings food from the days of old into today's kitchens When an animal is butchered, the New Mexican cook goes out with a pail in hand to catch the blood as the neck of...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Jan Jonas Army National Guard Pvt. Jerome J. Bustamente graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C. Bustamente is the son of Mary J. Romero-Hart and grandson of Jose J. Romero, both of Albuquerque....

UNLV bets on being better.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 It's difficult to look at a three-game losing streak and see progress. But that's the way head football coach John Robinson views his rebuilding project at UNLV. Robinson's...

Ice men.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Richard Stevens rstevens@abqtrib.com SPORTS EXTRA An in-depth look at sports figures, issues and trends in the sports world Tension and tenacity are givens in the hockey world and even more so for the Scorpions, where...

The Linz can't mask his grief - or his sarcasm.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE The Lindsey Line The Linz is The Unhappy One. The Linz got a bunch of hate mail this week suggesting what The Linz should be on Halloween. Here are a few of the more rude suggestions and some...

Q&A:MATT WELK-WALTERS, Eldorado boys' soccer.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton The fourth-leading scorer in Class 5A has quick feet, flashy moves and a nose for the net. Welk-Walters, a senior, will need to put those skills to good use on Saturday, when Eldorado plays second-ranked Las Cruces...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
October 30, 2003... Where is Bush, GOP in fight against AIDS? AIDS in Africa is devastating families, turning children into orphans, decimating communities. It is an epidemic of global proportions, but while the United States had promised relief, that...

Dead end ahead?(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 ANALYSIS More rifts may be in store for pro-growth mayor, who watched as street bonds failed Now the hard work begins. Already burdened by a cantankerous City Council,...

Chavez stomachs defeat of road bonds package.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Potholes will stay empty. Roads will remain bumpy. Bike trails won't be built. And forget about new street construction maybe for the next two years. That's how Mayor Martin...

NMAA sought AG probe.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton abqtrib.com / 823-3662 The group's request to audit its finances was turned down because it is a nonprofit organization. New Mexico Activities Association officials asked the state Attorney General's...

10 things to know about the election.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... 1. City Clerk Judy Chavez aced her first race, putting results to bed before midnight. 2. Turnout: 23 percent, a typical low for a nonmayoral city election. 3. Three new faces will join the nine-member City Council, but its...

O'Malley's triumph was family affair.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Frank Zoretich fzoretich@abqtrib.com / 823-3623 District 2 "Deb-BEE! Deb-BEE! Deb-BEE!" It was 8:30 p.m. only 90 minutes after polls had closed and 100 people in the ballroom of the Sheraton Old Town had just learned...

Winter revels in victory he didn't expect.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 District 4 "Underdog" and "incumbent" rarely describe the same City Council candidate. But that was the case for Brad Winter on Tuesday. Voters re-elected Winter, the...

Successful Heinrich heads for hills.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 District 6 Martin Heinrich is packing his chain saw and heading for the Zuni Mountains. There, the city councilor-elect plans to spend the next two days alone, hiking...

Ex-cop's winning night had only one surprise.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: James Honaberger District 8 Craig Loy, the sole contestant in the District 8 City Council race, got only one jolt as the returns came in. "I was surprised the road tax did not pass," Loy said. "That's something that we...

Public safety tax Firefighters, cops hail a new era, new equipment.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Aubrey Hovey ahovey@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 In his 13 years with the Albuquerque Fire Department, John Garcia said he's never seen firefighters get a break like the one given to them by voters Tuesday: a quarter-cent public...

Massive tax bill finds few takers.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 LEGISLATURE 2003 SANTA FE House Majority Whip James G. Taylor held the still-warm document in his hands and stared at it with wonder. He flipped through the 187 pages of...

Education choices narrow to five.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 An APS assistant superintendent made the list of finalists forthe position of state secretaryof education. SANTA FE And then there were five. A committee to find an...

Lobos call to fans: Howl for a bowl.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 Earning a bowl berth this season won't be the job of only the football team. New Mexico fans also need to come through, UNM Athletics Director Rudy Davalos says. "Our fans need...

Ashcraft has spring in his step as senior.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Kyle Ringo kringo@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 Take the biggest Lobos basketball fan and give him a spot on the team. That's Ryan Ashcraft as a freshman. A local kid raised in Lobos T-shirts with Lobos posters on his walls. Just happy...

Marlins promote 'Topes skipper to pitching guru.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Jeff Carlton jcarlton@abqtrib.com / 823-3662 Dean Treanor is done in Albuquerque. Treanor, the manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes in 2003, will become the pitching coordinator for the Florida Marlins' minor league system,...

Kelly must wait to rewrite history.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 WOLFTRACKS There is a new leader atop the New Mexico charts with the most wins as a starting quarterback. However, it isn't Casey Kelly or Rocky Long. Jim Cromartie, who...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
October 29, 2003... 'Smart growth' views thunder into City Hall Tuesday's city elections made one thing perfectly clear: "Smart-growth" advocates can no longer be regarded as fringe elements if only because their favored candidates are moving Downtown. ...

Confusion reigns as ballot puzzles voters, clerk says.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Jennifer W. Sanchez jsanchez@abqtrib.com / 823-3610 City-county unification What is a single urban government charter? Where do I vote? What's a No. 2 pencil? These are questions from Bernalillo County residents...

Crime lingers at wall by school, police say.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Susie Gran SGRAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3682 Drug dealers and gang members, car thieves and murder suspects, taggers and drunken drivers, smokers and drinkers have made it to the West Side Wall. Albuquerque city police say they...

Sex law advances as lawmakers grumble.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 LEGISLATURE 2003 SANTA FE Gov. Bill Richardson today said he expects grumbling from lawmakers about the special session. Just so long as they don't derail the work of the...

Safety officials and soldiers talk security, preparedness.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Sue Vorenberg svorenberg@abqtrib.com / 823-3678 The National Anthem broke an eerie silence at the Isleta Casino ballroom as 600 police, firemen and soldiers stood at attention for the start of the second annual Homeland...

Man in bosque fire happy with plea deal.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger JGLENN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3603 Reed Nolan is no arsonist, but he was a cigarette smoker. On June 25, the result was the same either way. Nearly 200 acres of Rio Grande bosque were blackened and...

Night of the living roadbed.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTION PHOTO BY:Craig Fritz/Tribune PHOTO: b/w Joe Medrano, Jerry Stafford and Jose Morales use motorized blowers to clear dust and scraps of pavement from I-25 north of the Algodones exit. The Dismuke...

Eatery workers aid battered woman.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 It turned out to be more than just another cigarette break for Shanon Lovato and Jesus Cabral. Outside the Wendy's restaurant on Central Avenue near San Mateo Boulevard Southeast,...

Calendar flips for Duke City drag queens.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Jeff Commings JCOMMINGS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3684 Check out a stack of glossy calendars, and you'll spy the usual suspects. Gorgeous models. Burly firefighters. Superstar athletes. But how about 12 Albuquerque drag queens dolled up...

New Mexico firefighters provide relief to overwhelmed crews.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Iliana Limon ILIMON@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3632 It's always fire season for New Mexico crews poised to battle unpredictable blazes on a moment's notice. About 60 firefighters from throughout the state got the call for help...

EDITORIAL.(Evening)
October 28, 2003... It's nothing special: This agenda can wait The special session of the New Mexico Legislature convened Monday, as planned for months, but so far it looks routine. Gov. Bill Richardson talked for months about the urgency of convening a...

Sex bill is easy part; taxes are hard sell.(Afternoon)
October 28, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 LEGISLATURE 2003 To Sen. Tim Jennings, a Roswell Democrat, it was a joke. "This is 'Appreciate Santa Fe Day,'" said Jennings, as the New Mexico Senate adjourned early...

Council hopefuls frenzied, frazzled as Election Day nears.(Evening)
October 27, 2003... Byline: Ed Asher EASHER@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 In the waning hours of City Council campaigns, candidates pushed volunteers to their limits, rallying them with do-or-die pep talks. "We've got one more day," said Patrick Milligan,...

Redistricting falls off session's table.(Evening)
October 27, 2003... Byline: Shea Andersen SANDERSEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3621 LEGISLATURE 2003 SANTA FE Gov. Bill Richardson today took one big item off the Legislature's special session menu. Congressional redistricting is off Richardson's agenda,...