Print edition for September 16, 2000

Training, morale problems in Navy also felt at Fallon station: The report, completed April 28 but not released until last week, had not been received at the Fallon air station as of Friday and the command there could not comment on it, according to Public Affairs Officer Lt. Julie Ripley.

Publisher, activist Miguel Sepulveda dies at age 59: He started the newspaper in 1983 with a staff of one and several others who dropped in and out of the office to help, distributing it in Hispanic hangouts from Reno to Elko.

Fund donors make happy campers of about 700 youths: Every dollar donated went directly to provide camperships. The Sun picks up all administrative and related costs.

Letter: Vouchers offer families a choice: Second, not every parent is going to ask for a voucher. We have experience from countries all over the world that are decades ahead of us in choice in education. In every case the government-run public school system continues to dominate. Why? Because as soon as parents are freed from the monopolistic grip of the educrats the system shapes up, quickly changing from a self-serving bureaucracy to a true education system geared to serving parents and their children.

Letter: Gamblers are manipulated like pigeons: Las Vegas gamblers are just like Skinner's pigeons. The gamblers go to the casino, press slot machine buttons and pull handles, then the casino boss rewards the gamblers with food. The line for the food ticket forms early in the day and continues hour after hour into the night. The scene is repeated day after day. The gamblers' behavior has been modified by the casino boss.

Columnist Kate Maddox: A slice of life for celebrities: Kate Maddox; On Oct. 15 VH1's annual celebrity golf-fest, Fairway to Heaven, returns to the Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas. Always a good chance to watch the stars slice their way through the course and to snag an autograph or two, this year's tourney will mark the opportunity for one regular Joe to caddy for a couple of big-name movie stars. And who wouldn't want to spend a day carrying clubs for two people who make upwards of $20 million a year? With that kind of dough they probably need help lifting their pencils to sign autographs as well. Be ...

UNLV to plead case in hoops probe: Steve Addy; After more than two decades of battles with the NCAA, UNLV longs for the day when scrutiny of the men's basketball program will focus on what happens on the court.

'House of the Rising Sun': In an old song, the story of modern culture: One day, a man showed up from the East, a young guy in an old car trolling Kentucky's mountains with a bulky contraption to record people singing their songs. Georgia - blond, pretty, just 16 - gathered up her mother and headed over to Tillman Cadle's house. In a nasal drawl she performed her favorite, the twangy lament called "Rising Sun Blues."

Columnist Susan Snyder: Wrenching wait for family: As Joyce Thompson planned her mother's 93rd birthday dinner last week she wondered:

Q and Accent: Brush with greatness: Kirk Baird; At 18, Kaufman worked with Andy Warhol for a year and a half, running errands and cutting the film for canvas screening at Warhol's studio. Now 40, Kaufman has continued in Warhol's "pop art" vein, crafting prints of Hollywood and sports icons as well as instantly recognizable household objects and historical figures.

LV temple is bulging at renovated seams: In Temple Beth Sholom's front office, staff members answer a barrage of phone calls and arrange seating for upcoming Jewish holiday services.

Letter: Senior receives act of kindness: I took a bus to the store and planned on calling a cab to take me home with my groceries. While I was checking out, a really nice lady called a cab for me. But after waiting for the cab for an hour, Miss Leonard, this courteous clerk, called for me again.

Columnist Jon Ralston: Using cancer as a political ploy: THE AD that changed the state's top-of-the-ticket race, the one that transformed an immortal lock into a dramatic nail-biter, was about breast cancer.

Tuberculosis still thriving in Vegas: Tuberculosis, a dreaded killer in the pre-antibiotic age, is still with us.

Sierra Pacific files for rate hike: The filing follows an agreement in July between utilities and big power users that allows Sierra Pacific and Nevada Power Co., both subsidiaries of Reno-based Sierra Pacific Resources, to seek rate hikes to cover the costs of fuel and purchased power in preparation of a deregulated market.

Former casino employee gets probation for committing insurance fraud: Heubsch pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit health insurance fraud, a felony.

Some tourists hurt in bus crash headed home: Archers Direct, the British company that sponsored the tour, chartered the plane.

New high court plan to expedite business-related cases: Besides adding specialization, such as the business courts, the plan also changes the current system of separate civil and criminal courts back to a former system where judges hear both types of cases. It also sets up new duties for the chief judge, with more time devoted to administrative matters.

Washoe deputies campfire investigated in blaze: The deputies were camping near Mahogany Creek and had a campfire despite a BLM burn prohibition, Washoe County Undersheriff Dianne Nicholson told the Reno Gazette-Journal.

Key dates in the NCAA investigation: Steve Addy; July 18-23, 1996 -- UNLV booster Dr. David Chapman has brief meeting with prospective basketball recruit Lamar Odom during the adidas Big-Time Tournament. (UNLV now concedes this was an NCAA rules violation.)

Editorial: Nevadans deserve an answer, too: Trying to get his campaign back on track, Bush went to an old standby: shamelessly stealing his opponent's policies and messages. After he lost to reform-minded John McCain in the New Hampshire primary, Bush's campaign slogan overnight became the "Reformer with Results." Since it worked once before, Bush last week decided another campaign makeover was necessary.

Casino question on Nov.7 ballot: Voters on Tuesday approved casino talks in the city of Kaukauna but turned down a proposal in the Village of Plover. Both casino projects were proposed by the Lac du Flambeau band of Chippewa.

Columnist Sandra Thompson: Politicians must hear kids' voices: Sandra Thompson; FOR YEARS the Junior League of Las Vegas has been championing the causes of children to ensure that each child has a chance for success.

Yankee Doodle Dandy's 1942 Oscar on the auction block: Cagney, who lived near this hamlet 83 miles north of New York City, died in 1986 at age 86, leaving an estate worth $5.8 million.

From beans to foam to business basics: Coffee Fest caters to coffee shop owners: That was the scene Friday at this weekend's Coffee Fest trade show at the downtown convention center.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: New poison pill for us: THERE'S A NEW run being made on removing your power to elect or defeat the men and women who can decide your fate in our courts. This effort is made every few years and eventually reaches the ballot for Nevadans to defeat it. Seldom is the same sugar-coated pill offered for voters to swallow. Once voters show their distrust at the polls, a new flavor of coating is put on the next deadly pill offered for them to swallow.

Trial date set for former trooper charged with murder: Warner, who had worked for the Highway Patrol for nine years, resigned soon after he was indicted on arson and first-degree murder charges. That indictment was later thrown out for procedural reasons.