Print edition for August 22, 1998

Letter: Only anti-Clinton conspirator is the president himself: Antonio O. Fidelino

Where I Stand - Frank Hawkins: Support from family vital to achieve, maintain success: The fear factor that is present today just wasn't there; we didn't even lock our doors at home. If you did something wrong in the neighborhood, the neighbors could and would spank your behind. But the one thing I think families in our communities have moved away from is support. The African proverb says, "It takes a village to raise a child." I believe if every child had the love and support I had from my mother and sisters, we would be a better community. My mother has always given back to her community by supporting causes that bring equality ...

She's a champ: Diana Sahagun; At 5 feet 4 inches and 90 pounds, she's just like any other 12-year-old girl. She eats Spaghetti-O's for dinner, dreams of playing in the Women's National Basketball Association and loves the Chicago Bulls.

Columnist Sandra Thompson: A tribute to the keeper of Clark County's unsung heroes: Sandra Thompson; A petite woman who barely stood 5 feet tall, Fedora Bontempi Simpkin was a fountain of spirit and energy. Her feather-light hair was always neatly coiffed and swept up in waves. Her large, brown eyes lit up when she laughed, which was often. She had an elegant and gracious manner that endeared people to her. She could brighten any room, no matter how crowded.

As state targets underage smokers many say efforts on wrong track: Diana Sahagun; She started a year ago when her friends introduced her to cigarettes in the schoolyard.

Judge rejects death row inmate's complaint: Judge Howard McKibben dismissed the petition as having no merit, saying the "an abundance of physical evidence connected Valerio to the crime."

Letter: Let Tyson fight here again, even if he takes his lumps: On one hand I don't think he should because his behavior reflects on all of us in a very negative way. On the other hand, nobody draws like Mike. I'm thinking about the average Joe who lives and works in our city; the cabdriver, the waitress, dealers, etc. who get a nice payday when he fights. Mike generates a lot of income for an awful lot of hard working people. Attendance at other fight cards picks up, too, because he stimulates interest so.

Letter: IBEW bosses shouldn't spend union cash on personal agendas: The union bosses need to wake up to the fact that the working stiffs understand that with deregulation comes competition and lower rates. While the leaders of the unions may be socialists, the people that keep the bosses fat love enterprise, capitalism, and free trade -- along with the rest of the principles upon which this country was premised.

Doubts, dreams mix downtown: By Steve Kanigher; Andre Rochat knows the restaurant business.

Columnist Jeff German: People lining up to praise Bible: It's no wonder that, upon word of his pending retirement as the state's top gaming regulator, Bible is being praised universally as one of the state's finest-ever bureaucrats and inside game players.

Where I Stand - Mike O'Callaghan: After being broken a stronger man continues to serve: Several years ago, Cleland wrote a book entitled "Strong at the Broken Places." It's a book that gives hope to those who face physical therapy and helps others to understand the struggles and pain the injured must endure. When first reading it, I wrote in this column that Cleland's book describes everything from phantom pains to the feelings associated with dry bandages being removed from nerve endings. The title of his book came from Ernest Hemingway who wrote "life breaks us all and afterward many are strong at the broken places." Hemingway didn't say that everybody becomes strong at the ...

Formation of improvement districts viewed as route to revitalization: Those famous tourist attractions and about 400 other areas around the country have been revived through business improvement districts. Businesses within those districts pay a separate assessment that can go toward such needs as beautification and increased law enforcement, all with the intent of making themselves more attractive to the public.

Editorial: Speaking first, thinking second: "My reaction today with military force raises some very serious questions as to whether or not this was based on some attempts to cloud (Clinton's) personal problems, or if it truly involved national security," Gibbons told the Sun's Washington correspondent, Mark D. Preston, on Thursday.

Letter: Oppose atomic bombs in Japan? Article will change your mind: Look for the story "The Woman Who Wouldn't Forget." Read what Japan was doing before they jumped on the United States. Then spend a little time thinking about what would have happened if we had lost the war.

Judicial race heats up with allegations against Hardesty: Martin Griffith; Hardesty, the leading challenger to incumbent Judge Margaret Springgate, says he got a bum rap in the trust case.

Editorial: Steady hand will be sorely missed: For almost 10 years Bible was the Gaming Control Board chairman, a period when the industry experienced unprecedented growth. At the same time he remembered that he was a regulator, not a cheerleader, for the industry. Bible, who also is on the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, has been aggressive in trying to get some laggard casinos to acknowledge that problem gambling is an issue that needs to be addressed, not swept under the rug.

Petition drive seeks charges against alleged killer's friend: "With this particular crime, everyone is outraged," said the Muslim clergyman, who led the effort on behalf of Yolanda Manuel, mother of victim Sherrice Iverson.

Investigation finds no tuberculosis at state DMV: More than two dozen DMV workers were tested as standard procedure when the infected employee's physician made a diagnosis of active tuberculosis earlier this month, said Rich Gilbert, the department's safety officer.

Letter: Clinton's silence as gentleman not rewarded: And Mephistopheles slinks off to the bushes again and the kingdom stumbles on into more farce? Dearly not to be hoped for. So much for the honor of the gentleman.

Columnist Scott Dickensheets: Clinton woes may reveal new U.S. openness: Scott Dickensheets; Or is it? Isn't it possible that the opposite is also true? That President Clinton's frank sexuality, devotion to his own appetites and the between-the-lines defiance of his national address, are fomenting among us a new free-spiritedness -- a go-for-it openness, a cockeyed optimism? If a hefty percentage of us aren't bothered by the president's high jinks, isn't it possible that in feeling his oats, he's feeling ours as well?

Letter: After president's nonapology, it's time for a vacation: After those 12 days of rest, he heads for another out-of-country trip -- after a California stop to drop off the first daughter (at a cost of another few thousand!)

Letter: School district needs to look at modifying bus service rules: Because we will rely on a car pool, extracurricular activities are out of the question. The kids don't understand the camaraderie and excitement of being involved in these school activities, nor do they care. It's also a sad loss for the school.

High-Stakes Hideaways: Jace Radke; In Las Vegas lore there are few legends as big as the high-roller, the gambler who can boost a casino's quarterly earnings or drop them substantially with just a few hours of high-stakes play.

It's official: Steve Wynn sells Tahoe mansion: "I didn't lose any money on it," Wynn said during Thursday's Nevada Gaming Commission meeting.

Bauhaus: The Boys Are Black In Town: Geoff Carter; Bauhaus was a big part of my teenage years - the T-shirts, the Bowie cover, "The Hunger" - and I fully expected the pale man to materialize in the form of a bat, or elemental dust. Thankfully, he was just a bloke who had happened to spend his salad years in a cape and velvet pants, intoning the incantation "Undead - undead - undead" over a throbbing, postmodern bass guitar drone.