The Albuquerque Tribune from Albuquerque, New Mexico • 3

THE ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE Tuesday May 6 1997' Logal News A3 Some PK1 ffresIhunnieirQ wdQD gelt ffiree semestteir IINIBRIEFJ ofthc stale lottery act Public school construction projects get foe remainder oflotteiy profits So for million is in foe tuition fund To be eligible fbrjhat money graduates must maintain 23 grade-point averages their first se- 2m it i i incsicn in ooucgG out mat means mgn scnooi students who graduate this month be eligible until spring 1998 after their first college semester is over For students who qualify for other assistance that means forking over $844 for UNM tuition Students who graduated from high school in 1996 will be eligible for the lottery scholarships this fall UNM is planning to bank on foe chance that 500 to 600 of this year's high school graduates can enter the school this meet foe grade requirement and be eligible for lottery scholarships in spring 1998 A committee has been studying ways of restructuring some existing scholar ship money to cover those first semesters said Orrilia Zufliga Forbes vice president for institutional advancement hope is that by giving them assistance in the foil semester they will be able to make a 25 grade-point average and go into the (Slew Mexico) Lottery Success Scholarship Forbes sud The amount ofscholarship money tobe shifted known yet Declining enrollment and a tight stale budget have complicated financial future UNM is committed to making what calling the program work this foil Forbes said think in most cases students will receive the full S844" she said a big-tag item but we hope to be able to make up for (foe shift) in other Administrators also will consider how much financial aide a student is expected to receive in awarding the bridge scholarships The only el igibility requirement is that students have 225 higfi school grade-point averages Recipients still have to pay for student foes books housing and meals UNM President Richard Peck said foe bridge scholarships will give some students an opportunity to go to UNM when they otherwise would have to start their post-secondary educations at two-year colleges He expects other four-year institutions to follow initiative Peck hopes foe bridge scholarships and lottery scholarships will boost share of incoming freshmen The number of UNM freshmen has dropped in recent years as more students opt to start their post-secondary educations at the more economical two-year schools and transfer lata- we see an increase of students come to us because of these (scholarship) programs then we will know it is for a different reason why tlicy chose another Peck said ocnooi auminisiraiofs say meyre offering some incoming freshmen HujJ JuIsmUmI Hu Umi Dfioge senotarsmps tot me ran term because lottery-funded scholarships cant be awarded until spring By Mactirio Juarez hr TRIBUNE REPORTER Up to 600 high school graduates who plan to attend the University ofNewMexioo will get to do so without paying tuition UNM administrators on Monday said they are shifting existing scholarship money to accommodate 1997-98 freshman who be eligible for loOny-fiindod scholarships In April Gov Gaiy Johnson signed a bill that allows profits from the state lottery to pay the in-state college tuitions of New Mexico high school graduates one of foe original intents Kids experience Driver acquitted in crash that killed 3 A jury has acquitted a Sandia Paris man of all vehicular-homicide charges stemming from a traffic crash that killed three passengers in the car he was driving Kirk Grubbs 26 was found not guilty Monday of three counts of vehicular homicide while (hiving under die influence of alcohol or drugs and of three other counts of vehicular homddc by reckless driving The state District Court jury also acquitted Grubbs of aggravated driving under the influence reckless driving possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and drug paraphernalia Killed in the Dec 3 1995 wreck were Donna Dyers 43 of Sandia Park Clarence Garcia 46 of Tijeras and brother-in-law Joseph Garcia 34 of Albuquerque Indictments rejected in bookmaking ring SANTA FE A judge has tossed out indictments against seven people who had been accused of running a multimillion-dollar nationwide bookmaking ring based in Santa Fe State District Judge Michael Vigil said Monday that a Los Angeles Police Department detective presented hearsay or irrelevant evidence during grand jury testimony The evidence by Russell Butz only have been offered by flic officer to inflame and prejudice die grand jury against the targets in this Vigil said testimony of Detective Butz amounted to malicious overreaching prohibited by the Court of the judge said Kay Bird a spokeswoman for Attorney General Tom Udall said office has the I option of appealing decision or of again seeking indictments against die seven The six men and one woman were indicted Jan 22 by a grand jury on charges of racketeering conspiracy to commit racketeering i commercial gambling and accepting wagers for profit and tax evasion folice claimed the ring handled SI million eajfo week in bets on sports events across the country before it was busted Jan 12 I NMSU students vow to save TV show (AS CRUCES New Mexico Stale University journalism students have said work for free if what it takes to save a nightly news show that features student reporting KRWG-TV a public television station an nounced last week that it would cancel the pro-1 gram after June 30 because of budget cuts Station Manger Ron Salak said the station lost $71 400 in federal state and local funding I little left to cut in our Salak said operating budget lias already been nickeled and 1 Students are fighting to save the 12-year-old Show willing to work for said junior Hillary Malkin 1 Sean McClcncghan a journalism professor said he would donate S2400 to help foe show which he described as an important asset of the journalism program means we (still) need S10 000 to keep this newscast on the McClcneghan said i i Two men hurt i in fight in alley Two men were in critical condition this morning one with stab wounds the other With a gunshot wound after a fight in an al-i ley Downtown Albuquerque police said 1 The identities of the men were not released They were being treated today at Albuquerque hospitals police said i The incident occurred about 1 am in an al ley near Sixth Street and Coal Avenue Southwest Details about the fight available Criminal charges are pending police said AT A GLANCE I Crash on Interstate: A rollover accident I on southbound Interstate 25 this morning 1 caused a brief closure of the interstate as at least one victim was airlifted to University Hospital The accident occurred about 6 am near the Tramway Boulevard exit lifeguard helicopter was summoned to take at least one vjetim authorities said Further details were not available I Staff and wire reports i CORRECTIONS Albuquerque Tribune tries to promptly correct factual errors and clarity misleading Information To report an error ol a need for clarification call 823-3653 between 8 am and 4 pm on weekdays the magic called to testify Monday their lawyers had struck an agreement to dismiss the case in exchange for a restraining order keeping the children apart Their parents can be fined $500 and fees if either child contacts the other The case went before Dean after family filed a complaint against Cody and his two teen-age brothers alleging that Cody punched Katie and made a threatening call to her and that her home was vandalized ever the past two months New Family Violence Protection Act applies to anyone with a personal relationship" court always tries to err on the side of trying to stop people from hurting each Dean said treated this case like any other case even though this case treated by other people as any other case" Both children and their parents spent the weekend in New York being taped for a Montel Williams TV talk show And about a dozen reporters from around the country crowded into foe courtroom Monday Mitch and Judy Zamba holding ton Harrison 2 watch daughter Rachel 6 play a science multimedia gam on the Magic School Bus The bus parked outside the Page On bookstore on Monday is on a national tour In connection with Magic School book aeries and animated PBS program Tho bus feature hands-on demonstrations displays books and computer games and muttknodla software Today the bus was to be at the Howard Johnson Express 7630 Pan American Freeway NE Ifom 3 pm to 6 pm playground marriage ends with restraining orders Katie wearing a short white dress covered with blue green and purple daisies left the courthouse quickly clutching her hand really don't want this to go any said James Sawyer blocking TV cameras with his free hand Cody sporting a fresh buzz cut and flanked by two older brothers younger sister parents and grandparents patiently discussed the issues with reporters before he left for school Cody Finch Has he learned anything? not to hit anybody especially he said Did he still love Katie? just because of the fight we got he said After their playground wedding at which another girl acted as minister Cody very much in love fora while his Toby JorrinTRIBUNE mother Jinx Finch said last week But later little girl who performed the marriage decided she liked Cody and wrote up divorcs d-i-v-o-r-e-s The papers said Cody and Katie Rose were and of each other Jinx Finch said Cody said Monday he think they slKMild have gotten into court parents should have contacted my mom or dad 1 think my mom could have taken care of he said mother and stepfather teachers Melinda and Marty Moon said they were glad both families had gone through the process violence goes in Melinda Moon said it starts with your first relationship it can either escalate from there or it can be But attorney Raymond Arc ham-beau said taking the case into domestic-violence court was silly and damaging to people facing "real domestic trivializes it and makes real domes- tic violence seem he said plans can begin wish you (the Public Utility sion) would get on with it and realize this is self-serving smoke screen being put up byC special PNM wants a proposal drafted that coult be passed by the 1998 Legislature to electric access for all customers by the yeac 2001 Montoya said he envisions compe- tition in the electric industry by the year 2001 but only with collaborative efforts involving state lawmakers and other utility companies believe this collaborative effort must succeed sometime in foe next 90 to 120 days if it is to succeed at Muntoya said Two Farmington fifth-graders promised to stay away from each other in adult domestic-violence court By Martha Mendoza THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FARMINGTON With their pretend marriage in shambles fifth-graders Cody Finch and Katie Rose Sawyer faced each other in domestic-violence court their legs too short to reach foe floor and swore never speak to each other again In return hearing commissioner John Dean agreed Monday to dismiss their case which landed in court after their make-believe wedding on a school playground fell apart with a real punch Did he ever really love her? hmm hmm I 10-year-old Cody said outside court Before he and 11-year-old Katie were Board throws By Macarlo Juarez Jr TRIBUNE REPORTER SANTA FE The Public Utility Commission decided today to throw out an impending electricity-rate case in order (hat foe Public Service Company of New Mexico can proceed with plans for deregulation i The rating means that PNM can start the complicated process of trying to begin drafting legislation next year that would allow competition within New Mexico's electric industry That competition could mean lower electricity rates for consumers who could then se- out PNM rate case deregulation lcct which company they wish to receive their electricity including solar-energy entities PNM had asked the commission today for a delay in a June 2 electric-ratc case in which it is tojustify what it charges for all customer groups That case PNM President Ben Montoya said would have hampered effort to deregulate the industry The commission today said that PNM had until Aug 1 to bring all foe interested parties to the table to come to agreement on how deregulation would affect New Mexico Those parties included legislators foe Attorney General's Office energy competitors and consumer and business groups The commission did stipulate that PNM will have to have its billing practices investigated at a later date Montoya had asked the commission to delay hearings on foe elcctric-rate case for up to 120 days so PNM could work on a plan to restructure the electric industry in New Mexico Some groups like foe Concerned Citizens of Albuquerque which attended the hearing today along with 75 re so other people said they just wanted tower electric rates (PNM) want true competition right after hell freezes said Jim Cooper a Concerned Citizen spokesman i WINNING NUMBERS Hew Mexico: Monday's Daily Millions 4 11 White: 6 21 Blue: 3 9 Powerful! 8 2122 29 38 Powerball 29 Wednesday estimated Jackpot: S3 7 million tWimmMlIWMIMHIrttHMHtIHWMIlMMIIMIIMlWMWWIWHHIWWIIIMWIN Arizona lotto: 13 23 26 31 32 i Colorado lotto: 16 17 18 26 26 37 Texas lotto: 10 26 29 38 41 46.