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ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Monday, September 18, 1989 A3 lam Caribbean llgO CONTINUED FROM- PAGE A1 rr.frc4M fa" 4 storm, police said. In San Juan, the Port Authority said it closed the Munoz Marin International Airport to all flights at 6 p.m. It said all international carriers had removed their planes from Puerto Rico except for one American Airlines A300 left behind for emergencies. A Sunday morning weather service bulletin said: "If the eye of Hurricane Hugo moves across Puerto Rico as forecast, we expect a 50-mile wide path of extensive to extreme damage to occur." In Washington, Brian Ruberry, a spokesman for the American Red Cross, said late Sunday that based on projections, the storm could leave up to 250,000 people homeless on Puerto Rico. Civil defense officials said up to 15,000 people could be evacuated from flood-prone areas of western Puerto Rico and hundreds already had been moved into a sports stadium in Mayaguez, the island's third largest In a statement on the emergency broadcasting system, the governor said waves 15 to 20 feet high were expected.

He appealed to coastal residents not living in sturdy homes to move to shelters in hundreds of churches, schools and other public buildings. Reports indicated that the island of Guadeloupe, the most southerly of the Leeward Islands, was the hardest hit of the string of islands forming a 600-mile arc from the Leewards to the Greater Antilles. National Guard Adjutant Gen. Robert Moorehead said 1,000 people were evacuated to rescue shelters in St. Croix.

Jesse Moore, a meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Florida, said it was too early to tell if the storm "will even hit the United States. The closest we can forecast it is to be off the southeastern Bahamas by Wednesday. After that it's anybody's guess." The storm caused widespread damage early Sunday as it passed near Guadeloupe. Damage also was reported on the islands of Martinique, Antigua and Dominica. Guadeloupe state radio said five people were killed on that island.

In Paris, French officials said up to five people had been killed there. Neither report gave further details. Gabrielle Carabin, mayor of the village of Le Moule on the northwestern coast of Guadeloupe, said in an interview on the island's Radio Caraibe Internationale that two village residents were killed. She did not elaborate. Beacon Radio in Anguilla said one person was killed in Montserrat and two in Antigua, but it gave no details.

In the central Puerto Rican town of Utuado, a man was electrocuted when he touched a power line while removing a TV antenna from his roof to prepare for the Architect's rendering of remodeling plans for the Pit. Lobos, Entertainers Could Share Pit If City Council Agrees Tonight CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 4 These popular performers did not play concerts in Albuquerque in the past five years because the city lacks an adequate concert arena, said Barry Finkenberg, president of Ticketmaster. The performers, he said, all played, or are scheduled to play, in cities smaller than Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico's Pit seats New Mexico State University's Pan American Center in Las Cruces seats 13,000. Bob Dylan, performed at Las Cruces' Pan American Center.

U2, performed in Las Cruces. Prince, performed in Las Cruces. Debbie Gibson, performed in Las Cruces. Julio Iglesias, performed in Las Cruces. Barry Manilow, performed in Las Cruces.

Neil Diamond. Paul McCartney. Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli and Sammy Davis Jr. Bruce Springsteen. Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine.

Elton John. Rod Stewart. 7'" I I -s 1 0 Volunteers Build Pueblo Church Walls CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Saturday's group formed an assembly line, loading dried adobes onto flatbed trucks. In the process of loading the 35-pound adobes all 800 of them several crumbled. "Sometimes there are problems with the adobes," said Robert Martinez, of Picuris restoration league.

"If the adobes dry too fast they break." But nothing goes to waste. Broken adobe pieces get tucked into corners and places needing an odd piece or get tossed back into the adobe mixing trench. Workers haul the finished bricks a mile up the road to the church site where other volunteers mix mud mortar for the adobe walls. "It's hard work but it's a great excuse to play in the mud," said one volunteer. Baca got involved when he met Carl "Cat" Tsosie on a visit to the pueblo.

"They were making adobes and I asked if they needed any help," Baca said. "I rounded up a group of bikers and came out here to help." "The project," said restoration league chairman Richard Vermejo, "has gone from making 230 adobes a day to more than 1,600 adobes." The church is half done, but no finish date has been set, said league member Gerald Nailor. Still more adobes are needed, and construction is limited to the warmer months. Jess Mermejo, the pueblo's lieutenant governor, said the community project has been so successful that the restoration league now is helping Arroyo Hondo residents set up a similar effort to restore their church. With the volunteers' help, Mermejo predicts, the new San Lorenzo church will stand for at least 300 or 400 years.

"The first church was built by the Spaniards in the 15th century," he said. "This church was built in the 20th century by the community. The Pit, at the corner of University and Stadium SE, now is used only about 25 to 30 times a year, mostly for Lobo basketball games. The money would let UNM remodel the arena so that it could be used for rock concerts and other events throughout the year'. Remodeling would begin as soon as the Lobos finish the 1989-90 season next spring, said Roger Lujan of UNM's Office of Facilities Planning.

The remodeling would be completed before the next basketball season begins in the fall of 1990, he said. Most of the borrowed money would be spent on reinforcing the Pit's roof so it can hold heavy sound and lighting equipment. A conveyor system also would be installed to let performers easily move their equipment into the underground arena. The plan has the support of concert promoters, UNM administrators, students even UNM basketball Coach Dave Bliss. "Personally, I'm happy they think enough of the Pit to use it," Bliss said.

"The improvements can only enhance the Pit's reputation." The Lobos would continue to practice and play home games in the Pit, but Bliss said the basketball schedule leaves plenty of room for concerts. Barbara Hubbard has juggled basketball and concert schedules for 20 years as the special events director at New Mexico State University's Pan American Center in Las Cruces. The multipurpose arena has played host to the Aggie basketball teams as well as many popular musicians, singers and comics. "The trick is to get the basketball coach to believe concert promotion is just as important to recruitment as practicing and winning," she said. Hubbard said NMSU's concert schedule has helped attract students to the university.

She said renovating the Pit not only will help bring more students to UNM, but will help lure big names to Albuquerque. "By having a more attractive place, it will entice a lot of people," Hubbard said. "This will enable you all to make some revenue and get some entertainment." Concert promoter Barry Finkenberg said Albuquerque is the largest city in the country without a multipurpose arena. About 25 to 30 acts now perform in Albuquerque each year. That number is expected to grow by 15 to 20 performances a year with the renovation of the Pit, Finkenberg said.

Most of Albuquerque's popular music concerts now are played at Tingley Coliseum on the state fairgrounds. But Tingley often is too small to attract big names, Finkenberg said, and its reputation as a rodeo palace scares off the local baby-boom crowd. "The ambiance at Tingley is less desirable (than the (y .4 i Pit's)," he said. "A lot of adults refuse to go there. It's not the most comfortable place." Promoters now pay the state a $15,000 to $20,000 rental fee for each show at Tingley.

The Pit also would charge a rental fee, although the price has not been set. Ticket sales for each show generate $5,000 to $8,000 in sales tax, Fickenberg said. Each show also employs 200 local people as security guards, ushers, parking lot attendants, stagehands, lighting and sound crews, concessionaires, cleanup staff and ticket handlers. UNM's Mc Kinney said he would like to see a lot of those part-time jobs go to students. The Pit was designed solely as a basketball arena 22 years ago, said Joe Boehning, the building's architect.

"(Former President) Tom Popejoy said, 'I want a basketball arena. I don't want a multipurpose Boehning said. As a result, the roof was not designed to hold heavy loads, he said. And the narrow entrances make it difficult to bring in large concert equipment. The remodeling plans call for installing 16-foot steel trusses on the Pit's roof, from which a series of catwalks would hang to hold up to 125,000 pounds of equipment.

An embedded conveyor system, similar to that in a car wash, would run from the Pit's south entrance, through the tunnel and onto the floor to help haul equipment. UNM's students have donated $200,000 for a floor covering to put over the wooden basketball court during concerts. The student money also would pay for movable basketball goals. UNM has contributed another $900,000 to renovate the Pit. The school's money will be used to remodel the mezzanine, install concession stands in the mezzanine, add administration and coaching offices, upgrade restrooms and add seats for the disabled.

I- i JtJL. MURRAE HAYNES JOURNAL The Rev. Mike Baca, who has recruited volunteers for the adobe effort, isn't shy about getting dirty. School's Water Filtered for Lead 18-Year-Old's Slaying Lacks Motive, Suspects jJj I p. nn Students at Albuquerque's Hod-gin Elementary School, who had been drinking bottled water after traces of lead were discovered in the school's water, will switch to filtered tap water this week.

Test results from water samples taken last week showed that, iif most cases, the amount of lead was much less after school water lines were flushed, said John Dufay, the supervisor of Albuquerque Public Schools' Environmental Hazard Response Department. School water fountains have been replaced, he said, and a $2,000 water filtering system will be installed starting today. Routine water tests in late August found water lead levels three times higher that federal standard of 50 parts per billion. Lead pollution can damage the brain, kidneys, nervous system and red blood cells. Children and pregnant women face the greatest risk from lead exposure.

Last week's round of tests found that all but one sample had lead levels below the federal standard. The one high sample, taken from the school's main water line, showed a lead level of 138 parts per billion, Dufay said. Officials plan to replace that line Wednesday. They will then check the old pipe for corrosion, which they suspect may have caused the lead problem. Dufay estimated that replacing the pipe may cost $20,000.

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They are still looking for a gray Volkswagen, which they say may be connected to the shooting. Police have asked the VW's owners to come forward, in case they saw something that night that might help investigators. Investigators believe someone apparently pulled up alongside the 18-year-old's car and fired at least three gunshots through a side window. One bullet struck Kaitlyn on the left temple, and a second on the left cheek, according to an autopsy report by the Office of the Medical Investigator. The office ruled the case a HEBmEM Here are the people to contact and the telephone numbers for frequently called Journal departments: Arts Pat Reed 823-3939 City Desk Karen Moses 823-3840 Classified Ads 823-4444 Editorial Page Bill Hume 823-3861 Financial Scott Merville 823-3830 Las Cruces Bureau Bill Diven 526-4461 Photo RayCary 823-3991 Santa Fe Bureau Tim Coder 988-8881 State Bruce Daniels 823-3912 Sports Mike Hall 823-3908 Trends Steve Hallock 823-3936 Washington Bureau PaulWieck (202) 338-2240 Managing Editor Features Frankie McCarty 823-3803 Managing Editor News RodDeckert 823-3804 For other news Information, or to reach staff members: Newsroom Receptionist 823-3800 SUGGESTED HOME DELIVERY RATE Daily and Sunday $8.50 per month Sunday only $4.00 per month The publisher assumes no responsibility for payments to carriers lor more than the current month.

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