Thursday, Sept. 9, 1999 | 11:28 a.m.
Organization gets new director
Ronni Epstein, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, has announced the appointment of Marci Gurwitch Ballin as campaign director.
A former regional director of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Ballin brings to her position over 18 years of corporate and nonprofit experience.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Ballin has held community leadership positions in a variety of national organizations including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, American Jewish committee, Jewish Community Federation Endowment Fund, National Brain Tumor Foundation, University of Michigan Alumni Association, Easter Seals, Cystic Fibrosis, and the Leukemia Society.
Fines issued to four local companies
Four companies in the construction industry violated the Clark County Health District's air pollution control regulations and paid fines of $2,000 or more during August, the health district said.
Kaufman & Broad of Nevada, Inc. was penalized $2,300 for failure to control dust emissions, and Western States Contracting, Inc. received a $2,000 fine for failing to control dust at a 52-acre development at Eastern Avenue and Maryland Parkway.
Greystone Homes was penalized $2,000 for failing to comply with conditions in its dust control permit and for failing to control dust generated by construction vehicles and private vehicles driving at its 21-acre Romano Ridge residential construction site at the southwest corner of Tropical Parkway and Thom Boulevard.
CSR West received a $2,000 penalty for generating fugitive dust from a stockpile situated at its aggregate plant. The plant is located on the Gornowich sand and gravel pit in northern Eldorado Valley near Boulder City.
Las Vegas man pleads guilty
Kevin N. Decker, 28, of Las Vegas pleaded guilty Wednesday to making a false claim for insurance benefits after abandoning his 1996 pickup in 1998.
District Judge Joseph Bonaventure set Oct. 27 to sentence Decker, who faces up to one year in jail and a $2,000 fine. He has agreed to pay $11,291 in restitution to the California Casualty Insurance Co.
Decker, his wife and another coupled traveled to Ensenada, Mexico, in February in 1998. They used two vehicles, one of which was Decker's pickup. He left the truck in Mexico and upon returning to Las Vegas, he filed a stolen vehicle report, the attorney general's office said.
Decker then contacted California Casualty, which paid $12,000 to Wells Fargo Bank, the lienholder on the truck.
Deputy Attorney General Greg Hojnowski said an investigation found Decker had tried to sell the truck in 1997 and he owed more on the vehicle than it was worth. The truck was recovered in Ensenada by Mexican police in an abandoned and stripped condition.
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