El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 15

Photo at far left Michael Fetes from Weather Central Inc trains Kristi Canon Mary McCahon and Yvette Villareal In wMlher presentation Photo center The KFOX news teem is clockwise from bottom left Noreen JaramRIo Joe Mazur Kristi Canon and lyier Seewenta is uaraonandiyterSieewerda i I ViuvE 'v1--: I WOCiffi 1 i -jA initiates local 9 pm newscast on Monday Uuiy Pepin began workings! what now is El KFOX affiliate it was a small religious station A dozen years later the its tion manager preparing far the launch of a 'news hour It waa a little Catholic-owned station with a dirt lot Then it became a fall-fledged Fox affiHnta ana1 when other networks offer comedies far in- stance air a sitcom against lvnl news and now local news against Pepin 7 aid k- Coming a i CBS and NBC face that earns jug- gemaut every fall I think weVe raised interest in enough markets that the regular viewer knows well be doing the veteran FI Pasoan said Noreen has a lot of fans in El Paso And Yvette Villarreal who came from KDBC plus the out-of-town talent will show people opce they a chance to watch that we've got a fine Neither Pepin nor General Manager Tbre-aa Burgeaa will quantify the amount that Cox Broadcasting spent on upgrading KFOX The sales price reported a year ago waa $26 mil lion which ended up being a coup far former owners Jack Muldarrig snd Don Caparis They had bought the station in the for $5 million They had moved from this om the property they bow a Cox Pepin said nwgiai anti careers go kind of a dream come true to After a year of planning and prnpn rating tm atutaVw on Monday will launch a nightly news program that will fcir from 9 to 10 weekdays and 9 to 9:30 on weekends Billboards touting the new programming piwlaim( TMbre Stories Mara Coverage More Real 1 News Director David Bennallack explained that in his 10 weeks in El Paso people in the community have told fam that they want news not fluff! "My philosophy of news to do woody streets and body bags but to tell the story of those who five on (hose streets and how said Bennallack who came from WSB-TV the dominant station fa Manta: The KFOX staff nearly doubled as UTEP on Stanton bennallack hired the 19 people who make up his news team Chief fist is Noreen Jaramillo who sought a Farley Villalobos the The Paso TWIn Plant Women Association Is to r-hold a demonstrator fair fund-raiser at 11:30 am to 7 350 pm Wednesday at the Vlata Hills Country Club 2210 Thawood Drive -v Demonstrators include 1 many brand-name companies such as AvonTUpperware Longaberger Mary Kay and other new companies A par- centage of the profits will go to charities sponsored by the association Evelyn Larson Chairman of the Greater Paso Chamber of Commerce will give a brief talk during the luncheon Ad- mission is $10 for the lun-v cheon and fair and $2 for the i demonstrator fair only For more information cad 598- 8766 i Names In the news 1 The Discover ElTteso As- sociation will honor four indi- viduals at its 13th Annual Awards Luncheon of the Star Frank Fsuille III Skip Bkkner Anita Mans- flskf and Tom Lea are to be recognized at the event The awards luncheon will be noon Sept 20 at the Holiday Inn Airport The cost Is $20 and entertainment is to be provkl-s ed by Ray Menchaca Reservations must be made by -Monday For more Information call 584-4857 Alejan- dro Gon-zalez an Paso lawyer has been ap- pointed con- 1 sultant lawyer to the Moo-can govern- ment In the position Gonzalez will advise the consulate office in Paso on legal issues and practioes earning the Mexican government and its citizens in Paso He is one of seven consultant lawyers collaborating with the consulate Woriuhop The Contract Opportunities Center of Paso Community College will hold a free workshop on the federal prod- uct and service coding system used In the contracting process by the federal government The federal government requires that businesses wanting to be included on government bidders listings indud--ing the Central Contractors Registration correctly identify their products and services by established product and service codes Participants will learn the use of the system The workshop Is from 150 pm to 350 pm Tuesday In Suite 109 on the college Rio Grande campus 103 Montana Ave For more Information call Robert Elliott at 534-3405 Vhsquez left in photo above assignment! desk new KFOX newsroom! slowly i Street to the building on 6004 Mesa St! which far yean was Coronado Bank Now the turauoise set with the newsroom viewed in the background and the banks of desks editing booths and the latest in high-tech equip- ment are a testament to their vision Pepin credits Cox aa well far keeping on board the employees the farmer owners had hired more thanhalfof the staff local That includes John and Mike Muldarrig sons of the famw owner gone from a family-run business to a major news operation and it saya a lot that Cox kept the key personnel and come make wholesale changes It Mao says a lot about the people who were here and their Pepin pointed out that the news hour isn't the only new programming The Fbx network has picked up Under Fire" and which it expects will build on the success of About and Prince Madia experts long have noted that El Paao has many broadcast outlets far a city of its size and some wonder whether the advertising budget can support a news program Buigess said experience indicates that there will be advertisers markets Him size have more products to compete with Other Fox markets have at least three networks in place to compete with and have fiwmd that as the product increased so did the Meanwhile the general managers at other TV stations from their staffs But a company such aa Diane art er at the from her contract with KVIA-TV Channel 7Cable 6 to accept news-anchor position The Albuquerque native waa working at the Roswell bureau of New KQAT-TV when KVIA recruited her In three years she rose from reporter to weekend anchorwoman Her good wishes are evident in the small nameplate they gave her as a parting gift It reads: Jaramiflb The Fox on Pox" did erjoy my work at 7 but there was no room for 1 growth because tiie people there are going to be there fix-a long time to come she said the people at Fox tailed me up one day and asked if be intowted I knew it waa a good career move because it was for a Mon-aay-through-Friday anchm' instul of just two days a Joining her in lead positions are newcomers to El Paso: IMer Sieswerda as co-anchorman Chief Meteorologist Kristi Carson and Sports Director Joe Mazur The Fox crew baa been out covering news far the past Week rehearsing for the real thing that will run MHinst network powerhouses such as "CUcago on CBS on NBC and on ABC As team members launch their newscast Monday they face another formidable opponent in Night But Pepin said that craning up against the brunt of network drama at 9 pm is just the Fox style "Pox has made its niche in the market by offering counterprogramming A drama is programmed on Fox Cox will be good for the whole city Art Olivas of KVIA wishes them welL have been very bullish on news Thafs why we do the most amount in town" said the veteran El Phso broadcaster the last bock showed the viewer- ship was down so be watching that trend and though I think itfr admirable that they're taking a risk and putting the news in a nontraditional tima period a roll of the dice because difficult to know if enough people in the evening want to see straight antortainmanf or news" Robbie FarUy-Villaloboe' column is published on Friday Groups want to put El Paso on legislative map economic lawmakers to be used as a priority agenda government relations at the flhumhwr of Commence for the needs said attention was given to each More than 70 organizations are already juvenile crime peo-ple ByLaurto 9 Pa5 Herald-Poet Developers of and potential contributors to the El Paao Community Legislative Agenda met Thursday to rally behind increased efforts to improve El Paao That is the basic idea behind the legislative agenda according to its many par- than 40 representatives of com I area governments at-luradayk meeting at the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce in an effort to recruit new members The group will define and examine the needs in oeder to begin the process of drawing up a the next session of the lisocm- legislative agenda Legislature in 1999 Once an agenda i- issue and to the fact that El Pasoans orga- a part of this prqject originally started four nized as a collective voice for a city that fait years ago by then-El Paso state Sen Peggy neglected by its state government Roason to vrice local concerns and issues at fa no other community in the a state level state who does Escobar said "We want his is a report that started aa an idea to continue that effort More than 250 a concept to show it is possible to work to- people put the agenda together (for the last gether said Justin Ormsby of the Rio Legislature) Community involvement is Grande Council of Governments a partid- important pating organization hundreds of Robert Almanzan Equal Op-people last year gathered to represent the porbinityAffirmntivw Action offiror aniil tha rfaIW processor adjecting local interests is long ipating are able to see and experience in Not every highlighted legislative agenda often difficult task but able to be achieved Austin how this thing goes It eives people ueuewas passed into law as ia indicated in with increased participation insight into how complex and difficultit re- tne repot issued by members of the Com- Organization members form several ally is" muruty legislative Agenda an the 75th Ig- committees to develop the legislative report For more information about partiduat- that addressM issues affecting El Paso such ingin the Community LegisktiAgS But Bonnie Escobar vice president of aa affordable hnusing water conservation Mil 534-0558 development arid Almanzan said the Community Legislative Agenda ia an educational experience a reminder of how tough it is fix' all the needs to be met He said most are i expecting a change overnight when in reality it ia hard time-consuming work are becoming more sophisticated in the process of governing" he said CLA is a good tool to teach the community about the governing process It ia very important that the individuals partic- jdrte it will be presented to El state Jn Brief The Small Business Administration and the Service Corps of Retired Executives are to present an SBA loan Information meeting Topics are to include how to apply for an SBA loan the loan application process and SBA resources The meeting is to be from 9 am to 10:30 am Wednesday in Suite 320 of the SBA office 10737 Gateway Blvd West The meeting is free For more information call 540-5155 The Paso Foreign Trade Association will hold its monthly breakfast meeting at 750 am Sept 19 In the Old Paso Room of Norwest Banks downtown 221 Kansas St The meeting is free to members and $10 for non-1 members Reservations must be made by Wednesday For more information can 541-7051 Compiled by Cfaudfo A Pmvendo Send your business' items to the HeraJd-Post Business Desk PO Box 20 Paso TX 79999 or fax them to 548-6349 Please label aK photos submitted cause of violations found after a string of crashes during the summer that killed seven people The move came after a 16-day Federal Railroad Administration inspection by about 90 Investigators that found fatigued UP crews working long overtime defective equipment and harassment and intimidation of employees reporting safety problems In Thursday incident the engines went off the tracks about 8:30 i I am while switching rail visit to Mexico on Thursday vowing to strengthen a decades-old trade relationship with this Latin American power country would like to work together with yours to become gateways to each other Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo during a National Palace welcoming ceremony In the first visit by a Singapore head of government Goh arrived accompanied by a 45-person business delegation and several legislators for his five-day stay In Mexico In November Zedillo toured Singapore to open doors for Mexico in the Southeast Asian market strive to be considered by Singapore as a full partner in the huge market of North America and also serve as a bridge for Latin America and the Zedillo said Trade between the two countries has increased three-fold in the past two years rt Judge says American to blams for Can crash A federal judge Thursday found American Airlines guilty of willful misconduct In a 1995 crash in Colombia that killed 159 people The airline Immediately said It would appeal US District Judge Stanley Marcus said he struggled with the decision but concluded there nothing for a Jury to decide He issued what is called a summary judgment ruling and canceled the trial put no reasonable Jury could find that acts of the pilots of Flight 965 and in partio-uiar the decision to continue their descent at night from a grievously off-course position in mountainous terrain amounted to anything less than willful mis-7 the judge wrote Maurido Reyes one of four survivors said he was relieved think the truth won In the said Reyes now a 21 -year-old University of Miami junior been able to go on with our lives because of this American disputed the ruling and said It would appeal at the company rail yard in this city 2 UP locomotives derail spill die DENISON Texas Two Union Pacific locomotives derailed Thursday morning spilling about 1000 gallons of diesei fuel after a tank waa punctured officials said I The derailment comes one day rtfter federal regulators said they will set up shop at Union Pacific headquarters to monitor safety at the largest railroad be leader visits -Mexico to bolster trade MEXICO CTTY Singapore prime minister opened a state.