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DuWayne Ordonez believes fun can change the world. If you doubt his belief, look at Ordonez’s job title: “outdoor recreation CEO of fun” with the city. “I just made it up,” says Ordonez, who also has the more formal, but far less used, title of “outdoor recreation section head.” “If you’re happy, trying to get … Read more

With only seven lifeguards working at Albuquerque’s Heights YMCA, Tommy Tune has a few theories on where all the pool protectors have gone. “Some of it has to be due to the fact that the Beach water park closed,” says Tune, senior program director at the one-pool facility at 4901 Indian School Road N.E. “Maybe … Read more

As Brandon Gibson remembers it, the little girl was a year old when an incident in a backyard pool led to her death 12 months later from complications. He was around 10 years old, and even though he didn’t witness the tragedy that hit family friends, he saw its effect. “Everyone that knew that little … Read more

Just because two major film industry players are considering building production facilities in New Mexico, local studio co-owner Michael Jacobs isn’t worried about losing business. Even with the potential competition from Lionsgate and Pacifica Ventures, Jacobs, co-owner of Rio Grande Studios, is considering an expansion that could include 200 acres and five new sound stages … Read more

When a couple of screenplays in the Duke City Shootout called for black actors in about 15 roles, the digital film festival’s director said there was some concern about finding enough. “People went in thinking, `This is going to be tough’ – just the nature of the world we live in in Albuquerque,” Grubb Graebner … Read more

It’d take quite a bit of space to bring together 15,862 of your friends – almost every seat in The Pit and seven Kiva auditoriums. But for a local publication covering music, all it takes is MySpace. Since 2004, Hyperactive Music Magazine has used the social networking Web site (www.myspace.com) to connect with thousands – … Read more

Traveling from Albuquerque to Detroit for every meal would consume a lot of energy for little energy in return. But that kind of trip – about 1,500 miles – is how far the components of a typical American meal are shipped before making it to the plate, said Warren Karlenzig, chief strategy officer with SustainLane, … Read more

If Sean Banning had to choose a favorite collectible among his Superman shirts, figurines, DVDs, books, comic books, magazines, posters, calendars, pens, pins, cereal boxes, necklaces, mugs – deep breath – Christmas stocking, keychain, ceramic statue, tie, watch, video game, board game and holographic statue, it would be a small red patch of the Man … Read more

When Jeffrey Rodriguez pondered what to call his two-year-old company doing handiwork in Taos and Albuquerque, he wanted a name that explained his business in a breath. He wanted a name evoking two cultures. He wanted the name to last. “`Los Handy Dudes’ kind of gives me that little kick, that little head start into … Read more

If everything goes right for Euroclydon Industries, Tim Carmichael and Maran Vedamanikam – two of the company’s owners stricken by a fascination with flying – will have enough success and time to be thousands of feet in the air guiding jets through the clouds. But for now the two men are guiding the Albuquerque information … Read more