Print edition for July 28, 1998

Mental-health officials push for crisis center: "It's imperative we have this," said Carlos Brandenburg, administrator of the Mental Hygiene and Mental Retardation Division. "I'm running out of room."

City Council briefs: CLASSROOM LEASE -- The Las Vegas City Council approved Monday a proposal to continue to lease at $1-a-month classroom space at the Stupak Center to the Clark County School District to help South Meadows Village residents receive high school diplomas or GEDs. Students ranging in age from 15-19 years old are given the opportunity to make up missing credits so they can graduate from high school. Adults receive similar instruction to receive GEDs through the program which is run by Horizon School and assisted by the city's Leisure Services Department.

High Court limits liability of governments: The court said that to permit suits filed against a number of governments arising from a single incident "may have a massive and deleterious effect upon state and local treasuries."

Firefighters recall power behind strike of lightning: Capt. Scott Taggard, 35, fire engineer Ralph Clary, 38, firefighter Mark Rainey, 34, and American Medical Response paramedics Glenn Glacer, 32, and Shannon Cavey, 35, were hit as they were responding about 3:30 p.m. Friday to an accident on Interstate 15 near the Lake Mead cutoff.

Permit fee proposed for news racks: The proposed ordinance, similar to a Clark County measure that is in effect along the Strip and in other resort-zoned areas, will go before a recommending committee composed of Councilmen Michael McDonald and Larry Brown at 4 p.m. Monday at City Hall.

Forum gives voice to senior citizens: The Nevada Silver-Haired Legislative Forum was created by the 1997 Legislature and authorized by Gov. Bob Miller to appoint one member from each state Senate district on a nonpartisan basis. The purpose of the forum and its 21 members is to identify issues and concerns affecting Nevada's seniors and to report them to the governor for possible legislative action.

Pacific Coast League Statistics through July 23, 1998: Batting Leaders

City to build $14 million parking garage: Also at Monday's public meeting, in related action, the City Council agreed to fast track a bill that will allow part of the Fremont Street parking garage to be leased out for future retail development.

City Council spending: * $471,288: To Leader Industries for three medium duty rescue vehicles to be used by the Las Vegas Fire Department to respond to emergency calls throughout the city. The present fleet has experienced an excessive amount of downtime because of maintenance and repairs, city officials said.

City officials disclose owning downtown land: Each year city officials are required by state law to disclose such interests. However, councilmen and planning commissioners may still vote on redevelopment issues where they have no conflicts of interest. Also, non-voting city officials who own such property can work on projects in the redevelopment area.

Nevada near bottom of list of good places to raise kids: Mark Preston; The Washington-based Children's Rights Council (CRC) released a report ranking Nevada 44th out of 50 states and the District of Columbia as a desirable state for children to live.

Storms close Valley of Fire campgrounds: Heavy flooding washed out roads, flooded bathrooms and filled them with mud, caused electrical problems and washed out water lines, Parks Supervisor Gary Rimbey said.

New type of low-cost apartment on the way: Jace Radke; Campaige Place, a 320-unit complex, with monthly rent starting at $495, is expected to open in June 1999.

Box score: Stars 4, Dukes 3: Albuquerque

Letter: Las Vegas native has own memories of Morris: I was also was an active scholarship donor at UNLV. I traveled 12 years to some of the football games, but to all the basketball games, home and away. Bill and Vivienne enjoyed the out-of-town games also when Bill was able to go.

Nearest Powerball outlets: Powerball tickets can also be purchased north on Interstate 15 in Beaver Dam, Ariz., at the Beaver Dam Service Station. After taking a left off the Littlefield exit past Mesquite, the station is 1/2 mile from the highway, across the road from Beaver Dam Resort Golf Course.

Box score: Cubs 9, Stars 4: HBP--McCall by Dixon, Cline by Clement. T--2:46. A--7,766.

Columnist Scott Dickensheets: Debate over family size hits home: Scott Dickensheets; Of course, as a public topic it's been in the air, in a vague, backburnerish sort of way -- doesn't the Chinese government have some distasteful policies along these lines or something? And then there are those welfare mothers who keep having kids at taxpayer's expense. Beyond that, how many kids you have has rarely seemed a subject for public-policy style debating.

Pacific Coast League standings through July 27, 1998: Midwest Division

Locals offer ideas for Powerball jackpot winner: Diana Sahagun; The director of property management for Centurion Management Services, Rosenau said she has split a few hundred dollars' worth of tickets with her cousin. They are two of millions of people who are trying their luck at winning the jackpot, which is the largest ever available to one player, breaking the record set in May when a Illinois couple won a $196 million Powerball jackpot.

Casino Windsor opens with glittering gala: An estimated 6,000 invitees jammed the casino, sampling mountains of shrimp, calamari, lobster and crab. Bands played and acrobats strolled through the casino's three-story atrium, complete with a 60-foot waterfall and a garden of fake palm trees.

Change will eliminate secret audits: At least 14 city audit reports over the past three years were stamped "draft" or "confidential" and not made public, a problem critics attribute to a faulty management structure.

Wildwood officials move to give land to Indian tribe for a casino: "I've never seen anything like it," said state Sen. William L. Gormley, R-Atlantic.

Three children missing from Ohio found; fugitive arrested: Sandra Chereb; Brian Scott Mayhorn, 32, wanted on a warrant from Ohio on a charge of statutory rape, was arrested without incident Monday after a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper made a routine check of his license plate.

Box score: Buzz 5, Stars 4 (11): BK--Tollberg. HBP--Poe by Ritchie, Gubanich by Rodriguez. T--3:00. A--8,811.

Letter: China trek a reminder of Clinton's successes: He enjoys support from a great majority of women in his pro-choice policy. In foreign affairs, he has had a good rapport with world leaders. His ability to openly criticize Chinese leaders on civil rights in their own country while improving our relations was commendable. Congressional leaders such as Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott would have preferred a return to Cold War stone-silence and brinkmanship, hardly a reasonable approach.

Letter: A consumer warning about checking ingredients of certain products: By knowing this information, I must speak out to inform others. To spark your interest I will tell you about one ingredient commonly found in toothpaste or other personal care items: Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS).

Construction plans for Nevada vets home forwarded to Washington: "If our plans are approved by the VA, we will be on our way to breaking ground this coming December," Abbott said.

Box score: Stars 6, Dukes 2: WP--Kaufman. HBP--Melendez by Kaufman. T--2:27. A--11,291.

Box score: Buzz 2, Stars 1: WP--Murray. PB--Pierzynski. T--2:19. A--11,677.

Board revokes license of Elko chiropractor: In taking the action, the board determined Hansen promised patients he could cure cancer through oxygenated baths and special diets. It was further determined that some of his patients did not have the disease, the board said in a written statement.

Next Saturday is deadline to register for Sept. 1 primary: The calendar is working against a heavy turnout: It's not a presidential election year, and this is only a primary, when parties decide who their candidates will be in the November third general election.

Police seek vehicles seen in vicinity of shooting: The previous night, police responded to the park on reports of gunshots, but officers found no evidence of a shooting.

Box score: Stars 7, Dukes 0: Albuquerque

Record jackpot awaits the right $3 bet: One is circulating through northern Nevada casinos to explain why nobody has won the progressive payoff since July 13, 1997, when a Megabucks slot machine coughed up $8.3 million.

Joint Yucca study eyed: State and DOE scientists dispute how water behaves inside the mountain.

Sprint rips GTE-Bell Atlantic merger: The merger would combine Bell Atlantic's dominance of local telephone services from Maine to Virginia with GTE's unique offering of both local and long-distance services to mostly rural and suburban areas scattered across the nation.

Survey shows Las Vegas losing gamblers to other markets: Tourism officials say the drop in visits shows off the need for Las Vegas to market itself more as an entertainment resort destination than simply a place to gamble.

Police group's election fight resolved: Bill Gang; Metro Police Sgt. Monty Hall questioned whether retired officers could vote by mail for the head of the politically powerful organization that has represented hundreds of lawmen for nearly two decades.

Officer involved in fatal crash pleads guilty: Bill Gang; Officer Edward V. Jones, who was suspended by Sheriff Jerry Keller for a month over the incident, made his plea Friday before Justice of the Peace Bill Jansen and will return there Sept. 24 for formal sentencing.

D'Iberville mayor claims conspiracy to delay casino construction: Quave says Michael Davis, deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has allowed himself "to be improperly influenced by a special interest group" including his brother-in-law, the EPA's Mike Wiley.

Reno Air announces schedule changes: A seasonal, nonstop flight to Anchorage also will be discontinued, but it will continue a flight to that city with a stop in Seattle.

Guards use rubber pellets to break up inmate fight: The prisoner will face disciplinary proceedings for the fight, which occurred in a segregation area at NSP. He also may be billed for the emergency helicopter ride and medical treatment.

Regent candidate gets to stay on ballot: The attorney general's office had filed suit seeking to erase Stalk's name from the primary ballot, contending his switch from Democrat to Republican made him ineligible.

Internet gambling ban criticized: Rogers and other Internet gambling experts say such gambling generated $500 million to $600 million in revenues last year, and the concept can work if implemented carefully and correctly.

'Mayor for Day' too young for city business: However, thanks to the quick thinking of city officials, the diminutive "Mayor for a Day" was sent out of the City Hall council chambers just seconds before the council heard testimony accusing an applicant for a massage-therapist license of performing a sex act on an undercover cop.

County treasurer says money lost under predecessor: Fitzpatrick, who was appointed in March to fill the unexpired term of disgraced former Treasurer Mark Aston, said she intends to slice the amount of money in mutual funds to about $100 million, or 5 percent of the portfolio. That's the amount the county needs to have in liquid assets to cover payroll and other bills, according to both internal and external studies of the cash flow.

Boxer slated to fight in LV dies: Koch, who had lost a fight earlier this year to Mahone in Los Angeles and whose pro record was 25-2, was found lifeless at the Shooters Bar in Saginaw County. The sheriff report indicates Koch and a woman were arguing at the bar, then went outside. When the 6-2, 240-pound Koch attempted to re-enter the bar, bouncers intervened. No charges have been filed and a police captain, Robert Rae, said "he could have died of natural causes for all we know right now." Koch fought once in Las Vegas, at Arizona Charlie's on June 4, 1996, and took a four-round ...

Stus Showboat leader: Stus, who finished third in last year's LaS Vegas tournament, posted high games of 289, 279 and 257 and averaged 239 for his 1,917 pinfall total. He is seeking his 11th senior title.

Reno's entry knocks out one southern team: Spencer Patterson; The American Legion State Tournament's good fortune will be bad news for one Las Vegas-area squad, which will find itself on the outside looking in when the event starts Saturday.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Neck injury sidelines May: Dean Juipe; But his immediate concern is a sprained neck, the result of a sleeping mishap the night after collecting a check for $9,800 for shooting 70, 73, 85, 75 at Royal Birkdale.

Where I Stand -- Ruthe Deskin: Take care to avoid getting hung up on phone cramming: Now the word has a new meaning.

IHL has new president/CEO: IHL has new president/CEO

Station Casinos keeps growing with purchase of land in Henderson: John Wilen; Station is in a deal to purchase a 13.8-acre approved gaming site in Henderson from developer Gilbert Strange. Strange has long planned a casino on the site at the southeast corner of Lake Mead Drive and Eastern Avenue.

Editorial: Congress aims to reduce boxing ills: And in an age when athletes in other sports are earning astronomical sums of money, boxing is still notorious for cheating fighters out of money. Mike Tyson, in written testimony to the Senate last week, placed part of the blame for his losses of $65 million since 1995 on his promoter.

Columnist Jeff German: Poll indicates Guinn widening lead in GOP race for governor: The statewide survey of 400 registered Republicans -- conducted the first week of July by nationally known pollster Fred Steeper -- shows Guinn 35 points ahead of his nearest GOP challenger.

Obituaries for July 28, 1998: She is survived by her husband, Robert W.; one daughter, Michelle D. Brewer of Henderson; three sons, Robert S. Brewer and Keith Brewer, both of Las Vegas, and Randall B. Brewer of Henderson; two sisters, Hallie Anderson of New Boston, Texas, and Lula Panell of Fort Worth, Texas; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Columnist Steve Carp: Here's a team that's worth rooting for: Steve Carp; Show us, you say?

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Devereaux looking for home: Steve Guiremand; The Stars put outfielder Mike Devereaux on the seven-day disabled list on Monday.

Benson in eye of storm: Steve Carp; Looking at the Western Athletic Conference's exterior is sort of like driving by the Bates Motel. It's calm, somewhat serene, a picture of tranquility and harmony.

Station faces $54 million penalty if merger fails: Gary Thompson; A handful of Station Casinos Inc. preferred stockholders may use a penalty clause in the merger agreement with Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. to exact a higher price for their approval of the deal.

New chopper intensifies Strip tour industry: Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, operated by Kirkland, Wash.-based Papillon Airways Inc., offers 30-minute Strip tours with the nine-passenger Sikorsky helicopter.

LVMS chief: Some accidents unavoidable: When Richie Clyne first began designing the 1.5-mile Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the safety of drivers and fans was his top priority.

Legion Baseball Standings, through July 26: Saturday's Results

Editorial: Health care bill is too little, too late: House Republicans deserve credit for doing more than what their colleagues in the Senate have offered, but that isn't saying much considering the dismal state of the Senate Republican leadership's proposal.

Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Pak to get quality air time: The Ladies Professional Golf Association has a bona fide star in Se Ri Pak and, now, a new forum in which to showcase the 20-year-old rookie for the next five years.