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Dogs can't stop Bengals The Bulldogs struggled all night to keep up with the
Bengals and did not get their first field goal until four minutes
into the game and after they were already down by 12 points. The Bengals used their defense to set the tempo of the
game early. In the first quarter, the Bulldogs managed to take only
six shots, making two of them. However, the Bulldogs would only make seven of their
15 free throw attempts and were never able to slow down the Bengals'
scoring. She was backed up by Roberta Tahe, who had 15 points
and Ramonica Harvey, who had 11 points. Aretino had seven of her points in third, but the big
numbers were put up by Tahe, who all but ended the game with her back-to-back-to-back
three pointers and one field goal. "We had our people come off the bench and do a
great job for us tonight," Lomasney said. The Bengals next game is Friday in Manzano.
FBI sorts out kidnapping Arrested in connection with the kidnapping and assault
of Jim Rashid were Gilberto Lupercio Hurtado, 20; Mireya Davila, 19;
Armando Placoza Carrillo (aka Miguel Israel and Efrain Reyes), 32;
and Jesus Ernesto Serrano-Cerda, 33, all of Colorado. A number of questions dealing with the kidnapping and
Jim Rashid's escape have not been released, but there are still some
questions the FBI and Gallup police are trying to get answered, including
who was involved in the planning of the botched kidnapping. Gallup Police Chief Danny Ross said all four people
involved in the kidnapping have been arrested, but police are looking
at other suspects who may have been involved in additional aspects
of the caper, including the planning. One report indicated two or
three other people may have been involved. When asked about the possibility her husband was unfaithful
with the wife of one of the kidnappers, Ttaf Rashid said, "This
is stupid. This is s-. Where have you heard this? Who has told you
this?" But there's still a question of whether Placoza Carrillo
knew Jim Rashid. When the kidnappers first approached him, the Gallup
businessman said, they asked whether he was Jim Rashid and told him
he would be killed if he lied. Law authorities are also looking into statements Jim
Rashid made to a television news station that a contract had been
put out on his life and that he thought his abductors were going to
kill him. Jim Rashid said he offered the abductors $500,000 to change
their plans. Ross said the only source for the account of the contract
was Jim Rashid, and police have not been able to confirm it. More information was also released on another question
people had about the kidnapping how did Jim Rashid manage to get away
from his abductors? "He saw an opportunity to get away and fled,"
said Ross. The assailants had apparently taken Jim Rashid to a
location on the Acoma reservation, where they severely pistol whipped
him, the FBI said. Police were also able to trace telephone calls on a
cellular phone in the car back to Santa Fe, to the house of Davila's
sister, which is where Davila was picked up later in the day by FBI
and police. Davila was released Friday to the custody of her parents
who live in Denver. She must reside with them, have electronic monitoring,
not possess any firearms or associate with the defendants and submit
to drug and alcohol screening and counseling. Her travel is restricted
to the Denver area except for court and counseling dates in Albuquerque.
Hurtado, who told the FBI that he had been hired by
Placoza Carrillo to abduct Jim Rashid, is still being held without
bond. A bail hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. Placoza Carrillo is also being held without bond. Courtroom
sources indicated there could be outstanding drug warrants under one
or more of his aliases. Serrano-Cerda is being held without bond because he
has strong ties to Mexico and said he couldn't remember his address.
Contributing to this article were Gallup Independent reporters Nancy Watson, S. J. Ludescher and Bill Donovan. | Top |
Politicians tour ammunitions plant By mid-March, the plant will be processing canisters
of propellant into a blasting agent used by mining companies. The
propellant was originally used by the U.S. Army to charge mile-long
projectiles. In 1999, TPL was awarded a $35 million contract from
General Dynamics Ordnance Systems to demilitarize gun propellant,
bulk propellant and pyrotechnic munitions as part of a five-year contract
with the U.S. Army. In 1994, TPL was granted a Facilities Use Contract by
the U.S. Army for some of the assets at Fort Wingate. TPL engages in three activities at the former depot:
demilitarization, pilot plant operations and product manufacturing.
One of TPL's plants converts gun propellant into smokeless
powder for 40-caliber handguns that are used by police and the military.
Another plant recovers chemicals called HMX or RDX from explosives
and rocket propellants. The product is sold to the oil and gas industries.
TPL also recycles pyrotechnic illuminating weapons.
Although Bryan said the fireworks industry is unsafe, TPL does sell
some of the components to large companies such as Disney World. Some
of the product is also sold to an earthquake testing facility in Nevada.
There are currently 16 million pounds of propellant
at Fort Wingate. The ammunition, which TPL refers to as energetic
material, arrives by truck and rail. In December, Georgena Horting, a worker for TPL, was
severely injured when she cut into a 51-year-old shell that exploded.
"She is amazing," Bryan said. Bryan, who has been worked around ammunition most of
his life, said the accident was one of the worst he has seen. The shell she had been working on was certified by the
U.S. Army to be empty, but it had explosive material in it. Congressman Tom Udall, U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Zuni
Gov. Malcom Bowekaty and Edward T. Begaye, speaker of the Navajo Nation,
attended the ribbon cutting. | Top | CNN features Hillerman, Navajos in Sunday
show
Palestinians have colorful history Jim Rashid and the four Khalaf brothers was among the
first people to move to Gallup from El Beirh, Ramallah and Deir Debwan
in Israel (Palestine) in 1972. Today, more than 250 Palestinians call
Gallup home. Many of them are from the part of Palestine where the
Khalaf brothers and Rashid once lived, and they are frequently related
to each other. The Khalaf brothers, Bob, Nash, Ralph and Joe, came
to the Navajo Reservation and the Gallup area to trade tapestries,
bedspreads, imitation Persian rugs, tablecloths and linen goods with
the local population. They found they were trading these cloth goods
to the Zunis and Navajos for Indian arts including kachinas, rugs
and jewelry...
Local groups plan huge MLK Day celebration
Local Indian traders stunned at news GALLUP — Friends, relatives and local business
owners in downtown Gallup have reacted to this week's kidnapping and
beating of millionaire businessman Hamad "Jim" Rashid with
compassion and concern. "He doesn't deserve what happened to him,"
said Johnny Eseed, owner of Zuni Traders. "He's a good man, and
he never gets involved with anything bad. He's a businessman."
Rashid was kidnapped Tuesday night in the parking lot
of Acoma Pueblo's Sky City Casino and taken to an undisclosed location
on the pueblo, where assailants beat him. The abductors then drove
him to two of his businesses in Gallup, forcing him to hand over nearly
$170,000 and threatening to kill him. However, Rashid managed to escape
his kidnapper Wednesday morning. Four alleged assailants have since
been arrested... Ground broken for Turpen Elementary Among the shovelers was Tami Maldonado, principal of
Turpen. The school is housed temporarily in portable buildings next
to Washington Elementary... Volcano expert to speak during Plateau
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