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Sven-Goran Eriksson was among the sporting luminaries who joined [Sam Hancock] in Park Lane last night to launch the prospectus to raise funds in his company, Sam Hancock plc (SH plc). Sam Hancock plc will receive 100 per cent of the income from Sam's motor racing earnings for the first five years and 50 per cent of the income for the subsequent five years while Sam earns a basic fixed salary of 35,000. Sam, who has the same agent as Eriksson and Sir Steve Redgrave, uses a rugby analogy to explain how investors could benefit from his motor racing performances.

In an effort to make their parents and other indigenous community members feel more comfortable about being a part of the school, the Aboriginal bush meeting place was created within school grounds. Displays of Aboriginal artwork are prominent throughout the school and the library has an extensive Aboriginal resource collection. East Kenwick has embraced the Aboriginal studies curriculum offered by the West Australian Government, which it runs alongside mandatory classes. Consequently, the primary school boasts exceptional attendance rates among its Aboriginal students -- 184 out of every 200 days' schooling, compared with 192 for its non- indigenous students. Humpty Doo has two or three Aboriginal pupils to each class in a school population of 600 but tries to introduce an Aboriginal perspective wherever possible. Racism at the school is negligible. \"I'm not saying it doesn't happen,\" [Ingrid Avery] says. \"But incidents are very few and far between, and they are minor.\"

After overseeing the Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta's move to a new, larger field and the largest fiesta ever, fiesta executive director Sam Hancock said it's time for him to move on. Hancock, 38, accepted the post in January, succeeding Marge Ruppenthal. He said he'd thought about his departure for about a week and that his relationship with the fiesta board was one of \"mutual respect and admiration.\" The 1996 fiesta was the first year at its new home north of Alameda and west of Interstate 25. The larger field allowed more balloons and pilots to come, and a record number did: 850 balloons, including 101 special-shape balloons, flew during the nine-day fiesta, and 1,200 pilots came from 18 countries.

If Merlin came along and lighted a giant candle under each of hundreds of enormous, brightly-colored globes, he might come close to creating the magic of balloon glow. A favorite with children, the balloon glow is equally appealing to the child in all of us. Scott Appleman, the originator of the balloon glow, explains how it all began. In 1987, as a balloon fiesta board member, he thought the time had come for a new event. He had seen small balloon glows, but had \"no idea what to expect\" in Albuquerque's first attempt at lighting tethered balloons. In honor of the state's 75th birthday that year, he arranged an aerial view of the number \"75.\" To fully enjoy the balloon glow, [Sam Hancock] recommends, arrive at the balloon park between 4 and 5 p.m. Food and shopping concessions will be open, and there will be an abundance of entertainment on the field, with performances of jazz, mariachi and country western music.

\"We feel very fortunate to have someone with [Sam Hancock]'s expertise as well as his knowledge of the New Mexico market,\" said Bruce Hale, president of the balloon fiesta board. Hancock's salary at the State Fair was $72,500 a year. He declined in a telephone interview Wednesday to reveal his balloon fiesta salary. The fiesta is run by a private, nonprofit corporation.

  [Sam Hancock] said some people stayed away when it rained. Others didn't come -- and kept their horses and livestock away -- because they didn't want to expose the animals to a virus that swept through the Southwest this summer. No occurrences of the virus at the fair were reported, he said. A third problem was that people who make their living off beef sales had a tough year financially, and couldn't afford to make the trip. Finally, Hancock said, Coca-Cola didn't offer hundreds of thousands of free passes to the fair as it did last year. No one showed up to speak at a public hearing Tuesday on proposed new state Medicaid regulations that will allow the Human Services Department to recover real estate, personal property or other assets from the estates of some Medicaid recipients after they die.

The turnstiles counted 1,804,166 people over the fair's 17-day run. That's about 87,000 fewer than last year's record-breaking 1,891,000 crowd. Weather on three Fridays -- including the opening day -- may have also contributed to the slump, [Sam Hancock] said. The first Friday brought rain and chilly temperatures. The following two Fridays were better, but not ideal. The total handle at the racetrack as of the last day of the fair was $7,576,000, [Blake Vance] said. That was down about 26 percent from last year, a decrease of $2,752,000.

[DAMIEN Faulkner] and co-driver Sam Hancock are appearing for the vastly experienced Kremer team, who can count victories at Le Mans and Daytona among their achievements, and must start among the favourites for the three-hour battle against some of Europe's top sports racers. The Faulkner/Hancock pairing could be one of the most competitive in the race. Unlike most of the FIA sports car regulars, Faulkner knows the track well, while Hancock has also raced there in Formula Palmer Audi back in 1999 .

Sandia Pueblo Gov. Alex Lujan, outraged over the unannounced closure Tuesday of a road to the pueblo's casino, is threatening to ban hot-air balloon pilots from taking off or landing on pueblo land. Lujan's letter was triggered by the closure of Tramway Road from Second Street east to Interstate 25 between 7 and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to accommodate pilots participating in a fly-in target drop at the nearby Balloon Fiesta Park. The closure came with no notification to the pueblo, wrote Lujan, who accused state officials of ignoring the tribal council's wishes and damaging pueblo businesses.

Balloon fiesta executive director Sam Hancock said Sunday night's shuttle service was scrubbed because too many pedestrians were pouring down the path the shuttles use. And the fiesta didn't want anyone to get run over. Hancock said the fiesta will use a heavy plastic fence and some portable chain-link fencing to keep pedestrians out of shuttle traffic. NEEDING A LIFT: Spectators wait in line during the weekend as another free shuttle heads off to the Kodak Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. The shuttle service was canceled Sunday night and many people were forced to walk back to their cars, but a fiesta official said Monday that the problem shouldn't happen again.; Photo: Color