Print edition for August 6, 2000

Q&A: Exhibiting tendencies: Kirk Baird; When Suzanne LeBlanc took over as executive director of the Lied Discovery Children's Museum in September 1991, she knew she faced a difficult challenge.

Labonte beats Wallace in Brickyard 400: Mike Harris; Labonte finally made his move 15 laps from the end of the 160-lap race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pulling alongside Wallace and bumping past to take the lead for good.

Bobby Labonte Wins the Brickyard 400 as Older Brother's Longevity Streak Ends: John Sturbin; Bobby Labonte, the NASCAR Winston Cup points leader, chased down, rubbed fenders against and passed Rusty Wallace within a few harrowing seconds on Lap 146 of 160 around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Narragansetts and governor clash over land parcel: Almond, a gambling foe, said state and local laws would no longer apply to the property and the Narragansetts could build a casino there without statewide approval.

Columnist Sandra Thompson: Special-needs children focus of study: Sandra Thompson; How can you develop effective policies governing children's lives without information or statistics about them?

State GOP leaders: Power tide shifting in Nevada: Benjamin Grove; PHILADELPHIA -- Nevada Republicans say a shift in the political winds is blowing the state's Democratic power brokers out the door.

Editorial: City must curtail cell phone abuses: In an editorial last week we criticized Mayor Oscar Goodman's aide, William Cassidy, for refusing to release some of the phone numbers he called -- although these clearly are public records. An even larger issue that the city must address, though, is clamping down on employees who have been allowing taxpayers to subsidize their personal phone calls.

Editorial: Undying animosity for Nevada: The Texas governor is a friend of the nuclear power industry, so it's not too surprising where his true feelings should lie. What is remarkable, however, is that there are Nevada Republicans who are downplaying this issue. For instance, Las Vegas City Councilwoman Lynette Boggs McDonald, who served on the GOP national convention's platform committee, noted that the committee never mentioned the need to get the waste to Nevada. "I wouldn't say that the platform is Nevada specific at all," Boggs McDonald told Sun reporter Benjamin Grove. "If this was a big priority of the GOP, it would have been ...

Where I Stand -- Cynthia Cortez-Musgrove: Improving kids' lives: The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children, the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all." -- Benjamin Spock, "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" (1946)

Columnist Susan Snyder: New bills haunted by rejection: Pass the chips, please.

Columnist Kate Maddox: Mini-Sinatra spices up nuptials: Kate Maddox; By now most of us have heard that the separated-at-birth couple (not kidding, they even highlight their hair to match), Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston tied the knot last weekend in Malibu, Calif., and that one of the spotlight-stealers at the megawattage event was Dakota Horvath, a 12-year-old Frank Sinatra impersonator from Chicago.

Colombian mom snagged in custody case nightmare: Adrienne Packer and Birusk Tugan; The marital fight one March afternoon was bad, but it would be months before Edith Douraid learned just how bad.

Street racers play cat-and-mouse with police: The need for speed brings the muscle cars out on Saturday night.

Letter: Beware of the Republicans: The examples go on and on. But clearly the GOP -- in spite of the honeyed-down rhetoric of "The Compassionate Mr. Bush" -- in the words of my sainted, Native-American grandmother, speaks with a forked tongue!

Letter: These senators do their job well: I've already gone out to buy "9 and Counting" at the bookstore. All proceeds go to the Girl Scouts.

Letter: Changes would give a boost to government: Experience won't be a problem. There are plenty of bureaucrats in D.C. to help them learn the ropes. I don't know how we can get rid of the bureaucrats -- not to mention the lobbyists. Any ideas?

Columnist Jon Ralston: Business folks take on the teachers: If the Nevada State Education Association thought the business community's response to the union's profits tax petition was a front group with an appealing name and a few mailers, I have news: This is not your father's Chamber of Commerce.

Autolite Nationals pairings: 1. Gary Scelzi, 4.634 seconds, 310.98 mph vs. 16. Jim Cavalieri, 4.887, 290.69. 2. Doug Kalitta, 4.657, 310.13 vs. 15. Craig Smith, 4.857, 296.11. 3. Bob Vandergriff, 4.666, 314.97 vs. 14. Gary Clapshaw, 4.838, 285.29. 4. Tim Gibson, 4.680, 311.63 vs. 13. David Grubnic, 4.838, 292.58. 5. Larry Dixon, 4.681, 314.97 vs. 12. Bobby Baldwin, 4.825, 299.26. 6. Doug Herbert, 4.702, 311.13 vs. 11. Kenny Bernstein, 4.765, 303.71. 7. Don Lampus, 4.744, 309.34 vs. 10. Cory McClenathan, 4.759, 312.64. 8. Joe Amato, 4.753, 311.34 vs. 9. Tony Schumacher, 4.759, 311.70.

Search for CCSN president narrowed to six: A search committee made up of regents and advisors met Saturday in Las Vegas and afterwards announced the finalists for the job.

UNR dorms filled for fall semester: UNR has seven residence halls with capacity for 14-hundred-60 students.

Regents to consider merit raises for college presidents: But some regents, including vice-chairman Howard Rosenberg of Reno, said now may not be the best time for giving out raises to top executives.

Firefighters gain ground on some fires, lose ground on others in Nevada: Sandra Chereb; The Fireball fire burning in the Truckee Range 15 miles northeast of Fernley was simmering at about 900 acres Saturday when afternoon winds came up and carried flames over a road, said Dave Murphy, fire information officer for the Bureau of Land Management in Winnemucca.

Health officials investigates illness at fire camp: Forest service medics and emergency medical teams treated the fire crews Saturday morning, and most were feeling better that afternoon, Johnson said.

Clark County school board to discuss superintendent's conduc: The request for the session was made by Trustee Shirley Barber. The intent, Barber said, is to discuss Garcia's use of a racially charged epithet during a radio interview with black teen-agers.