Tucson Citizen from Tucson, Arizona • 29

1 Lottejy2 pbituaries14 Business15 Weather18 friday October 20 2000' Tucson Citizen CfTY EDfTOR JOSEPH GARCIA 5734561 One-word mistake leads to special session chase or conversion of a stan-d a engine from sales taxes and includes grants to help cover the cost of more expensive fuels used by the new vehicles As legislation expanding the state's alternative hid incentive program went through the state House of Representatives Gov Jane i Hiu 1 1 pushed for and got a cap on the number of vehicles covered by the pro- unCOH gram But the ceiling passed by legislators was the wrong one said Hull budget director Tom Betlach Instead of halting the program at 1 percent of new cars Betlach said yesterday the cap was to allow the program to include 1 percent of all registered vehicles a difference of about 37000 vehicles If the cap were placed as the governor intended it only about 2700 vehicles would have qualified for the tax break at a maximum cost of about $50 million to the state and behold it didn't come to my realization until after we signed the bill it bling the bill be real honest we bother to review it much After seven years of (clean-fuel promotion programs) we really didn't think there would be that substantial usage of the tax credit There have been very generous tax credits out there in the Groscost said He said he remains unconvinced of the damage to the MISTAKE contPage 14C vehicles we be here right Under the existing cap about 40000 of the about 4 million vehicles could have taken advantage of the system which under ideal circumstances allows tax incentives that can cut the cost of a car or truck in half House Speaker Jeff Groscost R-Mesa yesterday said his staff did not make the mistake He said the House used the governor's language in assem FLsiGEA PGiWTirto Gearing up for a spedai session today that will put the kibosh on the hemorrhaging effort to get drivers to use cleaner fuels lawmakers continue to point fingers and look tor people to blame tor the problem -Psgs14C says total registered vehicles in the Betlach said that total were not total but newly registered By tom corns Citizen Phoentx Bureau PHOENIX One word could have averted the $400 million budget prists brought on by the sweetheart alternative fud incentives deal Lawmakers will move ahead today with their dan to place an Immediate one-year moratorium cm offering the incentives Hie program allows income-tax credits based on vehicle prices exempts the pur- El Pueblo Center tr celebrates 25 years The open house fun starts at 8:30 am tomorrow at Irvington Road and Sixth Avenue imc better believe it was loud My ears are ringing It was scary I thought this sirafl Dot was Sanchez fate likely up to jury today Closing arguments are expected this morning in the trial of the Eloy man who stands accused in the 1999 death of Brandie Collins Lightning victims lucky medic was in test program By DMALDOOLEN Citizen Staff Writer 4 In its 25 years of existence El Pueblo Neighborhood Center has had two Constants community Recess and Richard Barker Barker started working at El Pueblo 24W years ago a part-time attendant ills boss was Raul Grijalva who later became a Tucson Unified School District board member and now is a bounty supervisor Grijalva a childhood friend of will Join several city officials at El 25th birthday celebration tomorrow Barker is now boss of the eentcr 101 Irvington Road And be haa no plana change that have asked me why I try for a regional supervisor (position) and I say Tm happy with my Job and my parker said celebration from 830 am to noon will Include a continental breakfast giveaways tours and hourly certification to use the activity weight-fraining equipment Grijalva will be Joined by City Coundlmen Steve Leal Ind Jon) Ibarra and Parks $nd Recreation director pan Felix at the 930 am birthday ceremony Hie facility has an education center neighborhood Center activity center and a swimming pooL On the ora wing board are a library a pedestrian overpass ami pool heater For more Information about the center or celebration call 791 -4629i ByMX3iAQil GRAHAM CWzen Staff Writer A paramedic who was on board a Tucson Fire Department engine as part of a pilot program is being credited with saving a lifeless teen who was struck by lightning yesterday Hie boy had stopped breathing and his heart had stopped the paramedic assessment unit (cm the engine) improved this chance of survival said Capl Joe Gulotta a Tucson Fire Department spokesman Hie boy was among three Rincon High School students struck by lightning yesterday while seeking shelter under a tree at Swan Park near South" Swan Road and East 29th All three are in hospitals and are recovering Pedro Solis 15 the mast critically injured was in cardiac arrest for nearly four minutes before the first engine arrived with a paramedic The American Heart Association says brain damage begins after a heart is stopped for six minutes If not for the paramedic on board It would have taken a few more minutes before one arrived greatly increasing the chances for brain damage Gulotta sakl Alter getting to Solis the paramedic used a defibrillator to start the teen's heart He also stuck a tube into his trachea to start oxygen flowing The engines are now equipped with advanced medical care and we can bring lifesaving treatment and equipment to the community Gulotta said was a good case in point" Of the 18 engines and seven ladder trucks seven carry had been shot by Black whom he described as drunk high and looking for money Collins' autopsy results showed no signs of sexual assault but the thin framed body did have bruising indicating she struggled before dying police said earlier stepfather Ivan Tlnkel found her body in a trash bin at the Sunpointe Gardens apartments which are about three blocks from where the victim lived with her family Williams 26 was arrested the same day after police found a trail of blood droplets leading from his apartment to the trash bin Jail inmates Elra McGee and Jeffrey Brown both said Black who is serving a 15-year sentence on unrelated drug charges indicated he as pinning the crime on the defendant because Williams lets been convicted of sexual offimses in the past A taped interview with McGee 61 was played in JURY continuedPage 14C By PATTY MACHEL0R Citizen Staff Writer Hie fate of an Eloy man accused in the rape and killing of Amphitheater High School freshman Brandie Collins will likely be placed in the hands of his jury today Alvin Williams finished testifying yesterday maintaining that while he had sexual intercourse with Collins it was Alfoaso Black who shot the girl June 18 1999 Attorneys were scheduled to begin their closing arguments this morning Two Pima County Jail inmates said during the eight -day trial that Black the uncle of girlfriend told them he killed Collins Williams testified yesterday that he did not force Collins to have sex with him but found her to be willing when she allegedly arrived at his apartment with Black and another woman" Williams maintains he then left his residence in the Sunpointe Apartment complex 2727 Oracle Road to look for a friend When he relumed he said Collins yC Williams wen Injured by Ightning at Swan Park Authorities photograph the scene a paramedic Before the program only emergency medical technicians or EMTs rode on engines EMTs can perform basic life support whereas paramedics administer drugs and read cardiac rhythms Also Injured were Alonso Navarez 15 and Rolando Lubap 18 Hie three boys were behoved to be skipping class when they were injured sdvol officials said Luban as taken to St Hospital lie was listed this morning in good condition Solis and Navarez are at Tucson Medical Center tn stable condition The three were huddled under a 100-foot-tall eucalyptus tree when lightning struck Angd Sanches 17 a friend of the teens was nearby and was knocked to the ground when the lightning struck better believe it was he said ears are ringing It was scary I thought this was it" Raising funds with quilts Auction of Tumamoc site delayed over cleanup issue waste in the said Chris Lev-era administrator the Solid Management A detailed of the dump's hasn't en performed lime is chemi- cal waste so we really know hat that Is" Lev-emz said not that specific haz-l lous materials have been found tn there it's just that records Imply there are chemical wastes from the university suspect tt could be chemicals" officials' minds both the state city responsible cleanup costs to city estimates 365000 tons corLTapt HC The State Land Department wiJ fry to end the controversy of wtiowi bear the costs By MCHAEL LAREUR Cazen Staff Writer to State Land Department jffidala are delaying an auction of state trust land on Tumamoc IlilL The auction bad been hodulod for Oct 3a Pima County would be Interested tn buying the pared If financial concerns Shout an abandoned city (lump there can be cleared No new date has been Jet but the State Land Department announced Wednesday that tt intends work toward a viable Suction for this important tn cooperation 11th the University of Ari-ma the city of Tucson And the count At issue are 123 acres of an 86acre state trust pre-lerre on Tumarve lull Bhldi Bet west of down-fc -wn and has been redas- sifted for sale as conservation area County officials want to buy the land but are hesitant to make a bid without assurances that cleanup costs for the abandoned landfill there hich could reach S3 million would not be their responsibility Tumamoc Hill Is Just -southwest of At issue are 320 acres of an 863-acre Hospital and about a mile state trust preserve west of the on Tumamoc HiU nextto tchich lies west of Moun- downtown and has 'f reclassified jar Desert Sdle OS Conservation Laboratory since 1901 From 1962-66 the city contracted with UA to use 20 acres tn the area as a landfill In addition to municipal dumpers the university used the landfifi to deposit Industrial and possibly hazardous waste Records indicate that UA personnel dumped chemical landfill landfill for Waste Department examination contents mean We hazardous In city that makes and the for dump According about AJCTTCX Ths quDt it left Wed Day Duck" ft one of the 100 that wB be tor sale tomorrow at The Couitry Club of La fifth annual Crib OuBt Shew Handmade quitk ftcft the ones ftXTDurcSng Ewfyn Sandbi (above) wt start at S3a Proceeds from the event and unsold quGts w9 go to Reachott a proyam tor new mothers The event wfl be heW at the dub 8700 La Choli BNd Irani 930 im-2J0 pjn Pns kAV 'd i.