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

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

Bus drivers disgruntled over fiesta work.
September 30, 2000... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Albuquerque's traffic czars have relented somewhat on their construction schedule, but acrimony between the city and its bus drivers may offset gains in access for fans of the 2000 Kodak Albuquerque...

These Moms on a Mission against gun violence.
September 30, 2000... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 Mothers of East Mountain shooting victims now lead lives of activism, including First Monday 2000,a campaign that focuseson the national problem. The closest Mary Hunt...

Old Glory flies again.
September 30, 2000... Byline: Michael Kelly MKELLY@ABQTRIB.COM B-25 bomber, once a WWII terror, now rises, gleaming, in playful air Old Glory draws a crowd wherever it goes. "Ooooh . . . isn't that nice." "Is that ever cool. . ." Parked on...

APS board questions consulting contracts.
September 30, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 Albuquerque Board of Education members have raised questions about the way two outside consultants were hired to do work for the district. One consultant conducted a 1998...

Police offer women tips on preventing crime.
September 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Women will have the chance to learn about crime and how not to become victims in a free, six-week series of classes by the Albuquerque Police Department. "Women Against Crime" classes begin at 6...

North Valley Dems find they're on same bridge as GOP.(Local News)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos When Republican City Councilor Mike McEntee proposed widening the Montano Bridge to four lanes, there was no doubt the issue would reignite political fires at City Hall. Now Democrats in the North Valley are...

EPA: Bucks are there for arsenic modifications.(Local News)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 Albuquerque might not have full cause to complain about the cost of strengthening its standard on arsenic in the water, federal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol...

River ecology, wildfires emerge as campaign issues.(Local News)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Lowry McAllen LMCALLEN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3625 Wildfires and the Rio Grande have become election-year issues as the two top parties pull them onto the campaign trail. John Dendahl, chairman of the state Republican party,...

NMSU students seek U.N. sanction on moon.
September 30, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press IN BRIEF LAS CRUCES Call it a moonument. Two New Mexico State University graduate students want the United Nations to declare the Apollo 11 moon-landing zone a World Heritage Site. Ralph Gibson...

Marathon: Top feet come running.(Sports)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 DUKE CITY MARATHON When distance runner Brantley Lutz regards the field at Sunday's Duke City Marathon, he doesn't expect to see dollar signs. Lutz isn't planning to find...

Lobos need to win to fill seats to meet projected revenue.(Sports)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 The University of New Mexico needs to average about 25,000 fans in its final three home games to meet the football program's budget projections, UNM senior associate athletics director...

UNM still a prospect for Adeleke.(Sports)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 CHARTING THE FUTURE Basketball recruit Kenny Adeleke is not ready to dump DePaul from his list yet, even though the Blue Demons recently received an oral commitment from 6-foot-8...

Here's to those whose names I'll forget.(Sports)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee OLYMPIC COUCH POTATO I've come to the conclusion that these Olympics have a silver lining after all. Yes, the tape delay is maddening, and the network prime-time coverage has been disjointed and often sappy....

Penske's success on road and street courses should give de Ferran title.(Sports)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Charles Googe With Dario Franchitti mired in 11th place and only three CART races left, I'm going to change my prediction for the championship. I'm picking Gil de Ferran. And not just because he's leading the points chase....

Tapia, Ayala ready to go toe to toe.(Sports)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Pete Herrera THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Boxing is Johnny Tapia's salvation, the comfort zone in a life filled with tragedy, drug abuse and the latest demon depression. "I love boxing; I think boxing keeps me alive," the four-time...

If Raymond goes, so goes composure in hectic House.(Insight and Opinion)
September 30, 2000... Drive around the North Valley, and candidate John Sanchez's fuzzy economic policy becomes clear: Keep the billboard and pony-panel industries afloat. But the Republican's slogan-style campaign against the New Mexico House of Representatives'...

Editorial.(Insight and Opinion)
September 30, 2000... Montano bill confirms voters' distrust of politicians No wonder voters mistrust politicians. City Councilor Mike McEntee has confirmed a trio of reasons for that antagonism by pursuing a bigger bridge for residents of one neighborhood to...

UC president backs lab director amid discipline reports.
September 30, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 University of California President Richard Atkinson is offering unreserved support for Los Alamos National Laboratory Director John C. Browne, who might be facing disciplinary action...

Asian rights groups demand deeper probe into Lee case.
September 30, 2000... Byline: Richard Benke The Associated Press Civil rights groups are calling for an independent, bipartisan investigation into government handling of the Wen Ho Lee case and whether the scientist was a target of racial profiling. ...

Inmates enter pleas in county jail homicide.(Local News)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Three inmates charged with killing another inmate last month in the City-County Jail pleaded not guilty in state District Court. Roy Paul Martinez, 27, Samuel Silva, 25, and Francisco Villalobos,...

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Crime of the week: Lisa Guerrero, 30, was shot multiple times and left in the extended cab of a pickup truck parked near 206 Sunnyslope S.W. Her body was found about 2:45 a.m. on Aug. 26, 1999. She...

CRIME STOPPERS.(Local News)
September 30, 2000... Byline: Tribune staff IN BRIEF Fugitive of the week: Authorities are looking for a bank robber with an apparent preference for the Bank of America. Three robberies occurred between Aug. 18 and Sept. 16 at three of the bank's...

From the kitchen table to Gore's debate team.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 VOTE 2000 Shortly after hearing her husband had been selected to pitch ideas to Al Gore as he prepares for next week's presidential debate, Cherie Montoya Austin started a...

Baseball veto draws criticism from councilors.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Some city councilors are plotting a late-inning rally in their quest to bring baseball back to Albuquerque. After Mayor Jim Baca's veto of a bill that could have eased the way for a...

Millions earmarked for New Mexico projects.
September 29, 2000... Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS New Mexico's congressional delegation lauded legislation passed by the U.S. House that includes millions of dollars for water and energy programs throughout the state. The House adopted the $23.6...

Judges will clear up inmate paperwork jam.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 A three-judge panel is planning to clean up the backlog of paperwork at the City-County Jail before it contemplates releasing inmates to ease severe overcrowding. District and...

Approval of RU-486 triggers advice, dialogue, concern.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 Albuquerque abortion providers expect the new abortion pill RU-486 to become a popular method of ending a pregnancy early. They called Thursday's announcement of the pill's approval a...

Heights SWAT standoff concludes peacefully.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A two-hour police standoff in the Northeast Heights ended peacefully this morning after a 24-year-old Albuquerque man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend gave himself up. The incident...

Vernon-Brandenburg roving forum moves to key Heights area.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 VOTE 2000 The scene has become routine for district attorney candidates Skip Vernon and Kari Brandenburg and it isn't even October. The two waited in the wings, keeping a...

Sanchez and Sanchez go toe to toe at forum.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Gilbert Gallegos GGALLEGOS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3670 In a District 10 rematch, Ramsay Gorham and Janice Paster debated education, budget, representation Voters in Alameda have a chance to vote in two of the most high-profile...

Compromise bill boosts money for laser.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Lawrence Spohn lspohn@abqtrib.com / 823-3611 Congress has more than doubled funding for a controversial California fusion energy laser that is being built to simulate nuclear weapons blasts but which itself continues to be...

Three plead not guilty in killing of prisoner.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Three inmates charged with killing another inmate last month in the City-County Jail pleaded not guilty this morning in state District Court. Roy Paul Martinez, 27, Samuel...

Lobo fullback doesn't find much daylight but hopes to rise to pros.(Sports)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Brad Moore bmoore@abqtrib.com / 823-3679 In high school, they called him "Touchdown Teddy." And for good reason. During his three-year career at Hart High in Newhall, Calif., Ted Iacenda was a true football star. He scored 99...

Marathon's beneficiaries are the ones facing a real battle.(Sports)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Richard Stevens To understand the Children's Hospital of New Mexico, you walk the halls. You look into the eyes of tiny child-patients lying on great beds with huge tubes feeding into small mouths. You walk past children...

If a keg with legs can win for hugging the floor - well, hey, this spud's for you.(Sports)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee Go ahead and snuff the torch. I've seen enough. I've seen Rulon Gardner. You've probably heard of him by now. He won a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling. Rulon Gardner is the Couch Potato's new hero. ...

EMCORE lease clears way for expansion.(Business)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL EMCORE Corp. has been awarded a long-term lease on state trust land in Albuquerque. The Land Office lease clears the way for company expansion that has the potential to bring...

After 20 years in Santa Fe, Blue Sky sold to competitor.(Business)
September 29, 2000... Byline: The Associated Press SANTA FE Blue Sky Natural Beverage Co. has been sold to its main competitor, Hansen's Natural Corp. of California. The sale was finalized Sept. 20, and Blue Sky's corporate headquarters in Santa Fe will...

Me-Xicanos.(The Arts & Entertainment)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Leanne Potts lpotts@abqtrib.com / 823-3676 An exhibition of contemporary Chicano art organized by Magnifico! recalls an almost forgotten era of political and social strife for Mexican-Americans in the 1960s and 1970s. Say...

Abortion pill prompts N.M. discussions.
September 29, 2000... Byline: Susie Gran sgran@abqtrib.com / 823-3682 Albuquerque abortion providers expect the new abortion pill RU-486 to become a popular method of ending a pregnancy early. They called Thursday's announcement of the pill's approval a...

Johnson hasn't decided if he'll punish appointee.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Gov. Gary Johnson called the alleged behavior of a state racing commissioner accused of verbally abusing racing stewards while intoxicated "indefensible." However, he stopped short of saying...

Data: N.M. ranks high in uninsured residents.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Heather Clark THE ASSOCIATED PRESS New Mexico has one of the highest percentages of residents who lack health insurance, and the latest U.S. Census data shows no sign that the problem is going away. The state had the third...

Lobos on 7-footer's list, but UCLA isn't.(Sports)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The University of New Mexico is still a possibility for basketball recruit Chad Bell, who says he has dropped UCLA from his choices. Bell, a 7-foot center from Los Angeles, said by...

Power outage hits large swatch of West Side.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF A power outage on the West Side affected about 7,000 customers this morning, including much of Paradise Hills, the Cottonwood Mall, Cibola High School and St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital,...

Johnson hasn't decided if he'll punish appointee.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Gov. Gary Johnson called the alleged behavior of a state racing commissioner accused of verbally abusing racing stewards while intoxicated "indefensible." However, he stopped short of saying...

Van with 27 immigrants stopped in northern N.M.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF DULCE Jicarilla Apache police discovered 27 undocumented immigrants packed inside a van during a traffic stop. The van was stopped because it was weaving on U.S. 64, said Hugo Martinez, a...

AT A GLANCE.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Vandals damage Santa Fe High: Discharged fire extinguishers, broken glass, ransacked drawers and damaged video equipment served as less than a warm welcome to Santa Fe High School students and...

SBA seeks nominations for business awards.(Business)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for Small Business Week 2001. Nominations are being taken for Small Business Person of the Year, Small Business...

Zuni Pueblo gets funds to finish water project.(Business)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Zuni Pueblo will get $3.6 million from the Rural Utilities Service to continue construction of a multi-phased water project. The funding will pay for a new water well, five miles of...

Raley's celebrates first year in New Mexico.(Business)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports LOCAL & REGIONAL Raley's Supermarkets and Drug Centers is celebrating its first anniversary in Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Raley's of New Mexico has contributed to relief efforts in fire-stricken...

DA's top assistant announces resignation.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Chief Deputy District Attorney Pete Dinelli has resigned his post. The No. 2 man under District Attorney Jeff Romero announced his resignation Wednesday at a division head meeting, and will...

Purchase in the works for water-treatment site.(Local News)
September 29, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF City leaders want to have a contract before year's end to buy a 250-acre plot of land that would be the site for a new drinking water plant, an official said Thursday. "We would really...

Baca vetoes bill aimed at landing Western League.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Albuquerque Mayor Jim Baca this morning vetoed a measure that directs the city to contract with a professional baseball team to play at the Albuquerque Sports Stadium by next spring. ...

New Mexicans' hearts still biggest killer.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Joline Gutierrez Krueger jglenn@abqtrib.com / 823-3603 More New Mexicans met their maker at the end of a gun barrel last year, but diseases of the heart still beat the bullet for the state's No. 1 way to die. The New Mexico...

Task: Create state buzz on city-county merger (Say what?).
September 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 BELEN The chatter around the lunch tables focused on the past weekend's parade, the upcoming annual golf tournament and ways business leaders can get involved with local schools. Which...

Silver screens at San Mateo 8 go dark tonight.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 From the popcorn to the projector, Dave Kidder has done it all in the movie theater industry. He has worked for General Cinema movie theaters for 34 years, the past 11 as manager...

DUKE CITY MARATHON.
September 28, 2000... Light on her feet and young at heart CAPTION(S): PHOTO CAPTIO PHOTO: Color PHOTO BY: Michael J. Gallegos/Tribune Taking a break from weeding the garden, Harry Felipe gets a kiss from his wife, Esther, as she returns...

Homicide probe focuses on recovered flashlight.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Rick A. Maese rmaese@abqtrib.com / 823-3687 In the late-night hours that investigators believe Girly Hossencofft was killed and her body hidden, one of the suspects in the slaying might have purchased a flashlight from a local...

DA assistant Dinelli announces his resignation.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF Chief Deputy District Attorney Pete Dinelli has resigned his post. The former No. 2 man under District Attorney Jeff Romero announced his resignation Wednesday at a division head meeting,...

Rio Rancho police gather explosives from teen's bedroom.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO RANCHO A neighborhood was evacuated Wednesday after police found explosive devices in a 16-year-old boy's bedroom, authorities said. Rio Rancho police and the Albuquerque bomb squad collected the...

APS board trio to study consultant's enforcement audit.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 A school board committee today was scheduled to meet behind closed doors to discuss audits, internal investigations and other concerns within the Albuquerque Public Schools...

Police officer has to use Mace to break up fight at Valley High.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Andy Lenderman alenderman@abqtrib.com / 823-3659 An assistant principal suffered minor injuries in a fight at Valley High School, where a police officer had to use Mace on some students to restore order. The fight broke out...

Committee sends council two Montano Bridge bills.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Kate Nash KNASH@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3602 Pat Brinkley wants the Albuquerque city councilor who proposed opening the Montano Bridge to four lanes of traffic to visit his neighborhood for a few hours. "If Councilor (Mike)...

Alcohol-related highway deaths increased in New Mexico in 1999.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE New Mexico continues to have one of the nation's worst problems with drinking and driving. People in New Mexico are more than twice as likely to die in an alcohol-related traffic...

State offers two tax-deductible college savings plans.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE New Mexicans can receive tax breaks when they help finance a student's college education under two state-sponsored savings programs that opened for business Wednesday. Gov. Gary...

Gangbusters on the diamond.(Neighborhood Trib)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas JJONAS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3627 Sierra Alternative School teens turn from the dead end of gang life to the camaraderie and challenges of slow-pitch softball They are more than a men's slow-pitch softball team with a...

JAN'S MAILBOX.(Neighborhood Trib)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Jan Jonas I'm continually fascinated by the power of today's technology. I received an e-mail from Dalila Rivas, a woman living in Melbourne, Australia, since 1984. She is looking for her brother who used to live in Albuquerque....

If you agree to pet-sit, don't take responsibilities lightly.(Neighborhood Trib)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Jen Barol and Pasha So you've agreed to pet sit for a friend, and you're thinking, piece of cake. What's the big deal? You walk the dog, feed the cat and shower them with caresses until their parents get home. Simple. Most...

Ruling backs tribal right-to-work laws.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Today's top story Richard Benke The Associated Press A federal appeals court has upheld an Indian tribe's right to pass a right-to-work law barring compulsory union membership for employees of reservation businesses. "We hold...

PRC urged to delay electric deregulation.(Business)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Wire reports WORLD & NATION Utility experts, consumer advocates and others have told the state Public Regulation Commission that New Mexico should hold off on opening its electric market. "Unless open access is delayed...

Benally was decorated veteran, Navajo Code Talker during WWII.(Obituary)
September 28, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE WATER Harry Benally, a decorated World War II veteran and Navajo Code Talker, has died. He was 75. Family members said Benally was cutting firewood Tuesday when he suffered complications of a...

EDITORIALS.(Insight and Opinion)
September 28, 2000... Elected officials need to hold themselves to a higher standard Bernalillo County Commissioner Tom Rutherford thinks so highly of a caterer at the Albuquerque Convention Center that he's going to sing the company's praises to city...

County increases property-tax rates.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF Homeowners in Bernalillo County will have to pay higher property taxes under new rates calculated by the state. The Bernalillo County Commission has formally forwarded the new mill levy rates set by...

You can save now for college with these two new tax deductible (in N.M.) plans.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Barry Massey The Associated Press SANTA FE New Mexicans can receive tax breaks when they help finance a student's college education under two state-sponsored savings programs that opened for business Wednesday. Gov. Gary...

Benavides loses court challenge for Senate ballot.
September 28, 2000... Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTA FE When absentee voting for the general election begins today, New Mexico voters won't find a three-way race for the U.S. Senate. Tom Benavides of Albuquerque lost a court challenge Wednesday in...

Kelly says he owes no apology to Lee.
September 28, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 Former U.S. Attorney John Kelly says he does not owe Wen Ho Lee any apologies. "There are people who owe him an apology but not the man standing before you today," Kelly said at...

The Stealthy One sneaks into Lobo locker room at halftime.(Sports)
September 28, 2000... Byline: The Linz THE GREAT ONE The Lindsey Line The Linz once again has turned to espionage, but he does so with a kind heart and a good motive. The Linz is trying to help Lobo coach Rocky 3rd-and-Long with his halftime...

Gymnastics? I'd rather gnaw island rat.(Sports)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Sean McAfee OLYMPIC COUCH POTATO It's been 14 days now, and I'm starting to worry. I'm hungry, tired and I think Rich and the girls are conspiring to vote me off the island . . . Oops! Sorry, wrong network. One...

Lobos on 7-footer's list, but UCLA isn't.(Sports)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Daniel Libit dlibit@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 The University of New Mexico is still a possibility for basketball recruit Chad Bell, who says he has dropped UCLA from his choices. Bell, a 7-foot center from Los Angeles, said by...

Young at heart.(Sports)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Edgar Thompson ethompson@abqtrib.com / 823-3614 DUKE CITY MARATHON This 70-year-old great-grandmother got a late start in the racing world,but she has made up for it by running more than 300 races in just 14 years The...

Investigators still looking in landfill for missing boy.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF SANTA FE After a second day of searching the Santa Fe County landfill, investigators found nothing directly related to the disappearance of a 7-year-old Santa Fe boy. Officers on Wednesday...

State representative charged with battery.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. New Mexico Rep. Leo Watchman has been charged by Navajo Nation police with battery against his live-in girlfriend. The girlfriend, Marion Buck, accused Watchman, a Navajo...

Purchase in the works for water treatment plant site.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Staff and wire reports IN BRIEF City leaders want to have a contract before year's end to buy a 250-acre plot of land that could be the site for a new drinking water plant, an official said today. "We would really like...

Police officer exonerated in shooting of teen.(Local News)
September 28, 2000... Byline: Wire reports IN BRIEF A grand jury determined that a police officer who shot and killed an armed teen in 1998 was justified, the District Attorney's Office said. Tony Garley Jr., 17, died Feb. 4, 1998, after a...

Judge demands jail bring down its numbers.
September 27, 2000... Byline: Leslie Hoffman LHOFFMAN@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3610 It is currently 238 inmates over its limit. To comply with the judge's order, officials plan to transfer inmates into community custody. A federal judge has ordered the...