Print edition for September 5, 1999

Letter: All-out probe needed to solve riddle of Waco: Of course, she will no doubt want the panel to be bipartisan. This way they can spend another $40 million of our tax money to find out that the cause of the fire was from incendiary rounds fired at the bunker next to the compound, and will draw no clear conclusion on who bears direct responsibility for the lie and coverup of the use of incendiary rounds or the use of Delta Force troops in the final assault.

Letter: Making Koresh a hero is ridiculous: If that isn't enough I have also seen the self-proclaimed "tough on crime" GOP defending a mass killer of law enforcement personnel (David Koresh), again going against their own government.

Valley growth by the numbers: * The number of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles registered in Clark County has gone from 577,517 in 1990 to 890,298 this year.

Meteorite found in Nevada to go on display: Scientists at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona in Tuscon currently are studying the rock.

Drug problem surfaces at Burning Man festival: Martin Griffith; The 14th annual Burning Man event was scheduled to end late Saturday 120 miles north of Reno as it always does: with the torching of a 50-foot-high wooden effigy of a man.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: Don't shortchange courts: THE ADMINISTRATIVE office of the United States Courts, in a recent memo, reflects the frustration our federal courts are experiencing with the games being played by the other two branches of government. Someplace along the line more than a few members of Congress and budget builders in the executive branch have stepped up the use of withholding needed dollars to punish the judicial branch.

Columnist Sandra Thompson: Custody rulings jeopardizing children: Sandra Thompson; SEVERAL FAMILY COURT decisions to return foster children to their parents in allegedly unsafe environments are raising concerns of foster parents, child welfare workers and relatives.

Editorial: Labor Day bids hope and worry: This is good news, but even some who have jobs are still struggling to make ends meet. Younger Americans in particular are having a difficult time although the economy is soaring. A new poll released last week by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, and paid for by the AFL-CIO, found that the biggest concerns of workers between the ages of 18 and 34 are wages not keeping pace with the cost of living, not having enough time for their families and not being able to afford the costs of their children's college education.

Walk -- don't run -- to the newest fitness trend: speed-walking: Kimberley McGee; Speed-walking has jumped in popularity and respect as runners become walkers after getting the bug to high tail it down the road instead of taking a meandering walk.

Editorial: Bush education plan could harm schools: Those students at greatest risk from this proposal are in schools -- many in decaying inner cities -- that are doing poorly in part because they have inadequate funding. Refusing to give these schools more money to improve could foster a dangerous cycle, dooming these schools to failure.

Letter: Illegal immigrants strain resources: I've been a board member in a school district which was hit by an influx of illegals. More portables were added, more teachers and bilingual aides were hired, the dropout rate escalated and test scores plummeted.

Pahrump growth endangers brothels: Stacy J. Willis; PAHRUMP -- Four years ago Las Vegan Scott Hozman created two websites -- one to advertise his limousine tours to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon, the other to advertise trips to Southern Nevada's legal brothels.

LV sprawl expands ring around the valley: Launce Rake; A decade ago Tony Clayton moved to a sparsely settled area in Lone Mountain to raise a family and run a small horse ranch.

Columnist Jeff German: Del Papa is feeling the heat: ATTORNEY GENERAL Frankie Sue Del Papa seems to be feeling political heat over revelations her office conducted secret background checks on top gaming figures.

Reviving downtown could ease traffic woes: Like Petula Clark's pop hit from the 1960s, environmentalists, policy makers and private developers want people to "go downtown."

Letter: Politicians should own up to mistakes: I thought we were all taught that when we become adults, we have to act like adults. Why do politicians feel they can get a "free pass" by attributing their misconduct to "youthful indiscretions."

Columnist John Katsilometes': Las Vegas: Fake and proud of it: Let me take you down, 'cuz I'm going to ... Las Vegas fields. Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about.