Print edition for April 10, 1998

Nevada Tahoe plate a winner: Benefiting from the plate's popularity are environmental projects at Lake Tahoe. Each plate generates $25 for a Lake Tahoe fund administered by Nevada's Division of State Lands, and sales have so far contributed $28,925.

Nevada Supreme Court rules three former cops can serve jail time under house arrest: The 4-1 decision District Judge Lee Gates said was wrong when he amended his sentence to prohibit house arrest for former Sgt. James Campbell and former officers Brian Nicholson and Robert Phelan.

1998 UNLV season statistics: Hitting

People in the news for April 10, 1998: Hiding out

Boxing May 30 at LV Hilton: Boxing May 30 at LV Hilton

UNLV team hosts rodeo: College teams from the West Coast will compete for scores, buckles and bragging rights. Tickets cost $5 and are available at the Thomas & Mack Center box office or at the gate.

High school junior battles back from rodeo injury: "He's strong and he's fighting," Bell said. "He's aggravated."

Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: White Lightning Racing finds success off the dirt: By Brian Hilderbrand LAS VEGAS SUN

LV's jobless rate falls: The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Thursday the Las Vegas metropolitan statistical area posted a 4.2 percent unemployment rate, down two tenths of a percentage point from January.

Tahoe Air won't be boarding passengers this summer: Tahoe Air recently contracted the services of Ally Capitol, a Bay Area investment bank which will raise the money.

Some 400 state officials late with ethics records: And the penalty gets stiffer as each day passes.

Tahoe study inspires further research: Ultraviolet radiation, more intense at Lake Tahoe because of its 6,200-foot elevation, changes the chemical nature of PAHs and, in effect, makes organisms more sensitive to sunburn, Oris said.

Editorial: Northwest gives Las Vegas a boost: Another plus is that because this involves Northwest Airlines, it could result in even higher visitor counts for Las Vegas because Tokyo is one of the hub cities for the airline. This could result in tourists from Southeast Asia flying into Narita International Airport in Tokyo with their final destination being McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

Interim library chief talks tough: His strong words even earned the praise, perhaps begrudgingly, of some of his most severe critics.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: Fairness and legality of commission plan are in doubt: This urgency act has given good reason to believe it's being driven by people wanting to create re-election problems for Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates. There's no doubt that a great disparity exists in the numbers of constituents in different election districts. Usually, the district lines are redrawn after the U.S. census is completed every 10 years, and that's what a minority of the commissioners believe should happen after the 2000 census.

Obituaries for APril 10, 1998: He is survived by two daughters, Bunny Burnam of Sacramento and Berna Ferrall of Las Vegas; two sons, Walter A. Arvizu and Ken Arvizu, both of Bakersfield; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Mild slowdown possible in LV housing market: Brian Seals; Bottfeld this week released his first quarter review of the area housing market that is based on interviews conducted in March of home shoppers at various developments.

Still 'Space'-y after all these years: Las Vegas real estate agent Vitina Graham watched the Hollywood premiere of "Lost in Space" last weekend with more than just a passing interest.

Purse, cap latest clues in hunt for rapist: Cathy Scott; An expensive purse was stolen during an attempted rape last month at the Flamingo Polo Club Apartments and detectives have released a photo of the handbag, which is valued at more than $800. The purse is dark tan, and has a Louis Vuitton "LV" in the lower right-hand corner.

Circus executive says Vegas must shed its cheap image: Brian Seals; Marz said the competition is eroding hotel-casinos' customer bases.

Investigation in convict killing to be forwarded to DA next week: Once he gets the case from the sheriff's office, District Attorney Noel Waters said he'll review it and decide whether the slaying was justifiable homicide.

Rebels lose to Pepperdine: Rebels lose to Pepperdine

Douglas redevelopment not a done deal: Officials have been exploring use of redevelopment to install sewer, water and other infrastructure to serve a commercial area near the Carson-Douglas line. They also have talked of using it to provide infrastructure to several north and west Carson Valley areas.

Editorial: Side air bags and American vehicles: Although some American cars offer air bags on a few models, none has matched Ford's vow. There seems to be a need for these side air bags. Sport utility vehicles, trucks and mini-vans constitute only a third of vehicles, but they are hitting vehicles in almost 60 percent of all fatal side impact collisions, according to the New York Times.

Gambling industry trying to sort out broadcast advertising rulings: Could the station legally run the ad in light of a Federal Communications Commission ban on advertising gambling?

Haute cuisine and hope: For the first time in years, Victory White has hope.

Kuwait trip mixes worry, pride: Karen Zekan; While the rest of the fatigue-clad 66th Rescue Squadron had loved ones to hug and kiss Thursday night before boarding the Galaxy C-5 transport bound for Kuwait, Airman 1st Class Mark Steenwyk made his way through the hangar to the tarmac alone.

Officials still looking for Sunrise landfill answers: "Moreover, it's an unlined landfill and the ground water could be contaminated," Janeway said Thursday to environmental officials gathered on a neighbor's patio to begin finding solutions to the issue of the now-defunct landfill's future.

More witnesses testify before grand jury in bookmaking probe: An FBI agent and two Metro Police detectives were among those who testified.

LV woman chosen for tax revenue panel: Diane S. Radunz, who is also the executive vice president of the business, will succeed Lois Roethel of Las Vegas who declined reappointment.

Attendant at gas station gets prison time in beating death: Bill Gang; Thomas Lee Woodward could stay behind bars for up to 20 years under the maximum sentence handed down Thursday by District Judge Michael Douglas to the reduced count of voluntary manslaughter.

Nedved will play this weekend for Thunder: Tim Graham; It appears Petr Nedved will remain in limbo through the weekend, but he will do so in his Las Vegas Thunder sweater.

Broader harassment policy approved: Benjamin Grove; "If teachers see something and they don't feel like it's harassment, then nothing happens," said Cheyenne High School freshman Aurora Montgomery, who said teachers often look the other way when she is harassed because of her sexual orientation.

Dini announces bid to retain Legislature leadership: Dini, 69, said one reason behind his bid for re-election is a need for continued leadership by rural Nevada. Elected in 1966, the senior Assembly member has been speaker a record seven times.

Man charged in slaying presses to represent self: Bill Gang; "That's always the case," Justice of the Peace Bill Jansen said. "But try to tell that to the fool."

Panel favors limit on city plan changes: Denise Cardinal; General plans are regarded in most cities as long-range designs. The idea is to avoid piecemeal development that results in projects next to each other that are incompatible. The plans also allow homebuyers and builders to see what kinds of uses will surround new developments. Real-estate agents are required by law to notify homebuyers of what the general plan has slated for the property surrounding their homes.

Police believe shooting of teen, elderly man gang-related: Cathy Scott; Ebbster "Ebb" Bass, 71, was parked just before 7 p.m. at a curb on West Street near Carey Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard talking to a friend. He was about a quarter of a mile away from home, said Perry Bass, his son.

Developer envisions golf course at old landfill: Two problems with desert landfills are subsidence (collapsing soil) and methane gas once irrigation of a golf course begins, said Ed Kavazanjian, an engineer with GeoSyntech Consultants of Huntington Beach, Calif.

Freedom Park peaceful result of long fight: The kids playing in the park, the ducks and geese swimming in the pond and families enjoying picnics together is exactly what she had hoped for back in 1970 when she wrote a letter to then Mayor Oran Gregson requesting a park.

Graduation tests now required: A high school student must pass the examinations developed over the past two years as well as a direct writing assessment to earn a diploma.

Movie Guys: Crystal's latest clearly a 'Giant,' laugh-deprived disappointment: Starring: Billy Crystal, Kathleen Quinlan, Gheorghe Muresan and Rider Strong.

Prep: Hoops event brings out stars: Spencer Patterson; This week's Nike Easter Classic has brought some of the nation's top young basketball players to Las Vegas. But one of the event's brightest stars didn't have to board an airplane or even a bus to get here.

Auto Racing standings and leaders through April 5, 1998: The 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup stock car racing schedule, winners in parenthesis, and driver point standings:

Noodlin' around: Shane Gammon; It's the "Noodle Doodle Box," being staged at the Studio Theatre of the Reed Whipple Center, starting tonight.

Columnist Joe Delaney: Duke's Christmas greeting a lovely Easter message: Joe Delaney; Ellington's narration for his ballet, "The River," written for the late Alvin Ailey, was received on Good Friday one year. Ellington explained: "I always write the text for my Christmas cards, and last Christmas, I thought and thought and thought, not realizing I had already written it when I wrote the ballet 'The River.'" It is our pleasure to share it with you on Holy Week each year.

Easter, spring break combine for strong visitor weekend: Robert Macy; The holiday weekend follows on the heels of the giant National Association of Broadcasters convention, which drew some 105,000 delegates during a four-day run that ended Thursday. The convention generated an estimated $164.6 million in non-gaming revenue, according to Rob Powers, a spokesman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

This weekend in Vegas: LANCE BURTON -- 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., dark Sunday-Monday, Monte Carlo Lance Burton Theater, 730-7000. Tickets: $34.95-$39.95.

Dial File: Steve Bornfeld - Networks vs. cable: Man your battle stations: How nervous? Well, last month marked a first as the Grand Exalted Pooh-bahs of NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox quietly met to try to, as Electronic Media magazine put it: "squelch their own infighting and form a unified front against cable," which has, collectively, "sliced off a sizable chunk of the broadcast audience."

Detroit City Council approves mayor's $1.8 billion casino plan: Don Barden, a black Detroit businessman whose proposal was rejected by Archer, emphasized that the state still must approve the casinos.

AIDS Candlelight Memorial to be held: The UNLV Campus Committee on HIV/AIDS will host the Las Vegas observance at 6:30 p.m. at the Valerie Pida Plaza on campus. A candlelight march to the site of the Las Vegas AIDS Memorial Garden, guest speakers and a reading of the names of Las Vegans who have died of AIDS are scheduled for the occasion.

Teen pleads not guilty in accident that killed two classmates: Bill Gang; Amber Carey, accompanied by attorney Bill Terry and her father, entered the plea Friday in the courtroom of Juvenile Hearing Master Sylvia Beller, who will preside over the non-jury trial.

Man killed in apartment parking lot: They found the victim dead from an apparent gunshot wound to the torso.

'Oklahoma' auditions May 1-2: "Oklahoma" will be presented June 18-July 3 at Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive. For more information, call 876-2806.

Assemblyman Hickey steps down from political limelight: "The needs of my family and our business are such that I simply must put them first," Hickey said today. "The job in the Legislature is not a part-time job if you want to do it right.

Supreme Court rules university regents violated meeting law: The court, in its 3-1 decision, said voting by telephone or fax to make a public decision, whether the decision is to act or not, violates the state's open meeting law.

Box score: Stars 1, Trappers 0: Edmonton

Gold Flake, Thursday's Results: Third Round

Residents, developers speak out on moratorium of planned community zoning: Denise Cardinal; City Councilman Larry Brown asked the commission to discuss the moratorium, which he refers to as a suspension of applications, because his ward in the northwest contains thousands of PCD-zoned acres.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Tiger's slump is really no slump at all: Dean Juipe; Actually, it's a game that has been under way for some time, given that Woods has not won a PGA Tour event since last July's Western Open. Those not familiar with the difficulties of pro golf believe he's in a drought so pronounced he can't possibly be the player he was cracked up to be the last couple of years.

Comedy in the family: Anne Hosier; And as your eyes adjust to the light inside, you realize that you are being watched -- by an elderly couple and a beautiful young dancer seated at a tea table in the Victorian-style living room, by the butler in the front hallway, by the bartender pouring drinks behind the counter in the family room, by a cook standing in the doorway, waving a huge butcher knife.

Saturday at Golden Gate: 1st race 1-1/8 mi 4YO&up Str Alw

LV on course for F1 race: Formula One czar Bernie Ecclestone is ready to bring his international racing series to Las Vegas if the Clark County Board of Supervisors grants a local group permission to build a 2 1/2-mile road course on the south end of The Strip.

IHL Standings as of April 10, 1998: Northeast Division

Man killed in parking lot: At 2:20 a.m., neighbors called police after they heard shots being fired at the complex in the 2800 block of East Charleston Boulevard, police said. Officers reported that they found a 26-year-old man lying dead in the parking lot with a gunshot in his torso.

Childhood Immunization Week begins April 18: Within the past three years in Nevada, there have been 212 cases of pertussis and eight cases of measles, all of which could have been prevented through immunization. In 1997, Nevada also experienced three of the five national cases of toxigenic diphtheria. Immunizing all children on time, every time can assists in limiting new outbreaks of disease, making our Nevada communities healthier for everyone.

Columnist Muriel Stevens: Hop on over to hotels for Easter brunches: To avoid long waits in line, consider one of the premium brunches that accept reservations.

Saturday at Aqueduct: 1st race 1 mi & 1 fur 4YO&up Turf Clm

Dennis Angel exhibit opens at Gallery: Angel, an adjunct faculty member at CCSN, has been included in more than 150 national juried art exhibitions as well as numerous solo exhibitions at galleries and museums around the country. Most recently, he was awarded the Nevada State Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, which recognizes artistic achievement for visual artists living in Nevada.

School district approves new policy: The policy applies to students, staff and administration.

Berryhill aims for return to Major Leagues: Steve Guiremand; He has hit a game-winning home run in the World Series.

Ladies goes loco over Luis: Joe Delaney; Miguel, 28, has a basic animal quality that had the females in the audience standing, dancing, waving in tempo, and screaming at the end of each selection. Those down front rushed the stage one at a time until near the end, when it took Luis' private guards and the Caesars Palace security to restore order. The low moans on the boleros (ballads) reminded us of Julio Iglesias' Caesars debut and Sinatra, circa 1942, at the New York City Paramount Theatre.

Skaters, skateboarders to compete at event: In addition to the competition, activities schedules include professional and amateur skateboard demonstrations, a bike-jumping exhibition and live music from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Food will available for purchase during the event. Plaques will be awarded for the competition and door prizes will be given out during the event.