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1999 Stories by Terry Greene Sterling

• Invisible Scourge

  published December 30, 1999

  In the past three years, the rate of gang homicides in Phoenix has skyrocketed by nearly 90 percent. In 1996, street gang members killed nine... More >>

• A Friend in Need

  published December 30, 1999

  Eighty-year-old William Armstrong sat still as a rock at the Baptist Foundation of Arizona creditors hearing in the grand ballroom of the downtown... More >>

• Phone Hex

  published December 9, 1999

  Telephone Tom migrated to Bisbee in April 1979. Of course, back then he wasn't... More >>

• The Reformation

  published November 18, 1999

  As 13,000 investors-turned-creditors of the bankrupt Baptist Foundation of Arizona try to figure out how to recover their $590 million, two state... More >>

• Forgive Us Our Debts

  published November 11, 1999

  We are very prudent in our investments and closely watch our expenditures. All this adds up to a low-cost operation which provides higher... More >>

• See Ya Later, Litigator

  published November 11, 1999

  Fifty-eight-year-old Christina Acker, also known as Frieda Sabisch, was on the lam for a week, having mysteriously escaped from a maximum-security... More >>

• Straits of Magellan

  published November 4, 1999

  Zorro fights for the underdog...Knowledge is power. -- message from "Zorro," posted on the "Magellaninfo" Web site. In 1995, Walt... More >>

• The Rupture

  published October 21, 1999

  Directors of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona did not notify BFA's 13,000 investors about an August 10 Arizona Corporation Commission meeting to... More >>

• Chain Reaction

  published September 23, 1999

  SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO HAS INVITED critics and fans and, of course, reporters, to help him commemorate this week's third anniversary of his... More >>

• Yo Quiero My Money Back

  published September 23, 1999

  While an increasing number of investors speculates that the Baptist Foundation of Arizona will soon file for bankruptcy, outraged Christians who... More >>

• A Litany of Litigation

  published September 9, 1999

  Investors claiming they were defrauded by the Baptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) have filed two lawsuits in Maricopa County Superior Court. A... More >>

• Forced Out of Retirement

  published September 9, 1999

  Many elderly BFA investors have other things besides lawsuits to occupy their time. After their life savings were frozen by BFA earlier in August,... More >>

• Wright Bothers

  published September 2, 1999

  It's football season already, and those houseguests from cold climes will start showing up on your doorstep before you know it. If you're... More >>

• Loco Motive

  published August 26, 1999

  YOUR DEATH IS WHAT THE LAW CALLS SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND IT IS AN INJUSTICE. CHILDREN INITIATED INTO GANGS ARE PRE-MEDITATING MURDER,... More >>

• "Fraudulent Practices"

  published August 12, 1999

  The Arizona Corporation Commission has ordered the Baptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) and affiliated companies Arizona Southern Baptist New... More >>

• Keep On Truckin'

  published July 8, 1999

  When Scott Bundgaard was 18, he was convicted of a felony in connection with stolen goods. The felony was expunged, and at that point Scott... More >>

• A Foot Soldier in the War on Child Abuse

  published July 1, 1999

  The state of Arizona pays veteran Child Protective Services caseworker Mark Peterson $16 an hour to investigate serious reports of child abuse or... More >>

• Fostering Sexual Abuse

  published July 1, 1999

  Editor's note: The names of child sex-abuse victims, their relatives, the state-licensed foster parents and the actual perpetrators have been... More >>

• Sun Burned

  published June 17, 1999

  Before she burned her rear while sitting on a toilet in the kindergarten rest room, before she discovered that children were being forced to stand... More >>

• A Principal Problem

  published May 27, 1999

  Christopher was 10 years old when teachers at Longview Elementary School singled him out as a troublemaker. During that long 1993-94 academic... More >>

• Subversion of Guadalupe

  published April 29, 1999

  Cruise along Avenida del Yaqui, the main drag in Guadalupe, and you'll feel like a tourist in a cute little Sonoran town. Fuchsia houses are... More >>

• Would You Like To Fly In My Beautiful Balloon?

  published April 1, 1999

  Mary and Jim Harvey looked forward to their trip to Arizona in September 1996. The Texas couple hoped to relax together at the elegant... More >>

• Hot Air, Cold Facts

  published April 1, 1999

  How safe is it to take a balloon ride over the Valley? Commercial balloon pilots interviewed for this story say floating in a balloon is... More >>

• Scott Free

  published March 11, 1999

  Walter Lorimor is the Polluter Extraordinaire of the West Valley. He's owned three illegal dumps since 1980, according to a very thick file... More >>

• A Vision Gone Bust

  published February 18, 1999

  Seven years ago, Leo and Raven Mercado grew tired of living in a converted school bus, so they settled down in ranch country near Kearny, a... More >>