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Archive for April 5, 2001

Columnist Spencer Patterson: Tournaments abound locally during Spring Break: Spencer Patterson; High schools will be off for spring break next week, but you won't find the area's top prep athletes resting on their laurels. To the contrary, Southern Nevada will play host to a plethora of ...; 11:54 a.m.

Spoonhour hires 2 assistant coaches: Steve Addy; Born: Sept. 6, 1966; 11:44 a.m.

Venetian hit by bad luck, must rely on Adelson: In its annual report, Las Vegas Sands Inc. said it will be "challenged to meet certain covenant tests in the first quarter of 2001 due to an extremely low win percentage" in recent quarters. Those ...; 11:37 a.m.

Merger mania seen as bypassing Southwest: David Koenig; Southwest Airlines, the largest carrier at Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport, today announced it's beefing up service between Las Vegas and Tampa,Fla., and between Las Vegas and Austin, Texas. Southwest, which offers a Saturday flight ...; 11:37 a.m.

Ralph Siraco's selections for Friday's races at Santa Anita: 1st Race -- Flair And Square - Flores scales Baffert horse for owner Golden Eagle Farm, good post for short 2-furlong run, look at the connections. Pick Of The Valley - Part of Dutton-trained coupled ...; 11:36 a.m.

Catching up with: Jason Van Meetren: High School: Bishop Gorman ('98); 11:34 a.m.

In the long run, deregulation still advocated by experts: While lawmakers are debating legislation that would put the brakes on the deregulation of the electrical industry in Nevada, experts still say deregulation is the best way to reduce utility prices.; 11:33 a.m.

Hospitality executives recognize privacy concerns: Kevin Ferguson; Hospitality executives and analysts see mobile phones, the Internet and other techno-gadgets as a way to better track their customers' habits in order to better serve them. But they also agree there is a sliding ...; 11:32 a.m.

Tech firm opens LV office: The company's NiceVision, a high-definition security camera system, has been used in correctional centers, corporate office buildings and hospitals.; 11:31 a.m.

Dairy giants in merger: The deal announced today pairs the two biggest U.S. dairy processors. The new company will be called Dean Foods but will be based in Dallas, where Suiza is headquartered. Suiza stockholders will own 65 percent ...; 11:30 a.m.

Pit bulls remain in custody: By Emily Richmond; The last time was when she entered her Las Vegas home to find his bloodied body on the white tiles of her living room floor. Three growling pit bulls stood nearby.; 11:30 a.m.

UNLV notebook: Rebels' Janus honored as MWC Player of Week: UNLV notebook: Rebels' Janus honored as MWC Player of Week; 11:26 a.m.

Sun Athletes of the Week: Mat Ellis and Aja Sherman: School: Mojave; 11:25 a.m.

Wednesday's prep results: BASEBALL; 11:22 a.m.

Sun Top 10 Softball Poll: Records though Tuesday; 11:21 a.m.

McCain shifts focus to gaming: Arizona senator plans April 26 hearing on betting-ban bill: Jeff German and Benjamin Grove; Arizona Sen. John McCain, riding high from his campaign finance reform win, was gearing up today to introduce his bill on Capitol Hill that would ban betting on college sports in Nevada.; 11:20 a.m.

Columnist Larry Dixon: Early part of the season packed with drag action: Larry Dixon; While this weekend's NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway is just our fourth event of this year's 24 national event season, there has already been a lot of drag racing ...; 11:19 a.m.

News briefs for April 5, 2001: Metro Police detectives arrested an operator of senior care facilities, charging him with 22 counts of felony elder exploitation and allegedly taking more than $450,000 from one victim.; 11:18 a.m.

'New' schools travel different paths: Spencer Patterson; Ask a visiting softball coach to identify Southern Nevada's three newest programs, and he'd be awfully hard pressed to correctly identify Centennial, Foothill and Desert Pines.; 11:16 a.m.

Thomas expected to play in scrimmage: Steve Guiremand; Jason Thomas' injured right foot is feeling a lot better. And so is UNLV head football coach John Robinson.; 11:15 a.m.

Guinn pushing power plants: Erin Neff and Launce Rake; They could be years from a reality, but two applications for new power plants have joined at least another dozen proposed to ease power woes in Southern Nevada and California.; 11:14 a.m.

Increased amounts of nuke waste to travel through state: The amount of low-level nuclear waste shipped to the Nevada Test Site is expected to increase about 60 percent this year, according to the Energy Department.; 11:12 a.m.

Tiger that killed trainer will not be destroyed: Jace Radke And Ed Koch; A Bengal tiger that last month killed its trainer was given a clean bill of health today by veterinarians with Clark County Animal Control and will not be destroyed.; 11:06 a.m.

Strip lounge, casino claim vacant land hurts business: Adrienne Packer; Often new business is tough to cultivate among the world's most famous and most flashy resorts.; 11:05 a.m.

Pair of measures would ease medical licensing: Two competing bills that would ease the licensing requirements to practice acupuncture or Asian medicine in Nevada appear headed for a successful merger.; 11:03 a.m.

Three council members enjoy new status as elected officials: Diana Sahagun; Three Las Vegas City Council members on Wednesday cast their first votes as elected representatives of their respective wards.; 11:03 a.m.

Union wins right to represent LV casino mechanics: Tropicana sued the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 501 in 1999, alleging it breached agreements by filing a petition with the NLRB seeking certification of a representative among mechanics employed in Tropicana's slot repair ...; 11:01 a.m.

Relocated resident may lose NLV home: Kris Hill; A resident moved by the city from his sinking Windsor Park house to a home in Walker Park may lose the new residence.; 10:57 a.m.

Not all council pay issues settled: Jeffrey Libby; Boulder City Councilmen during Tuesday's primary lost their bid for unprecedented mid-term salary raises. The question June 5 will be whether current salaries will be cut in half.; 10:56 a.m.

Business briefs for April 5, 2001: Three Elkhorn Springs homeowners sued their builder Rhodes Homes and Rhodes Design and Development Corp., alleging they were penalized by their homeowners' association for failing to complete landscaping of their property after Rhodes' construction work ...; 10:55 a.m.

Las Vegas fights a pair of tax-diverting measures: Diana Sahagun; Las Vegas City Council members showed their opposition to two bills in the Legislature that would divert tax revenue from the city's coffers to help pay for teachers' salaries and to subsidize other jurisdictions.; 10:52 a.m.

Scissors loses to Caesars in trademark infringement dispute: Caesars World's Las Vegas Strip Caesars Palace, which operates the Venus Salon offering the same types of salon and spa services as Scissors Palace, alleged in a lawsuit that Scissors' similar name, signs and brochures ...; 10:51 a.m.

Animal advocates leery of packing pistols to protect pets: Erin Neff and Cy Ryan; CARSON CITY -- A bill designed to prevent abuse of an old law that gives Humane Society officers police power ran into some opposition Wednesday from an unlikely source.; 10:51 a.m.

Legislative briefs for April 5, 2001: Four bills -- two of them that would provide state money to special projects in Clark County -- were killed by the Assembly Ways and Means Committee Wednesday as it started to deal with a ...; 10:50 a.m.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: 51s' success could be alien concept: Isn't this new affiliation for Las Vegas' triple-A baseball team supposed to be a good thing?; 10:49 a.m.

Partners pumping extra $20 million into GV resort: David Strow; The estimated cost of Station Casinos Inc.'s third Henderson hotel-casino has escalated, the company said in its annual report.; 10:48 a.m.

Would-be Caesars owner loses Sex.com domain name: SAN FRANCISCO -- A fugitive cyberporn czar who once offered to buy Caesars Palace must pay a record $65 million and relinquish all assets of Sex.com because he stole the coveted Internet domain name, a ...; 10:47 a.m.

Moody's downgrades $620 million in Aladdin debt: Moody's lowered the rating on the Aladdin's senior secured credit facilities from B2 to B3, affecting $410 million in debt. Also downgraded were the Aladdin's senior discount notes, which were lowered from Caa2 to Caa3. ...; 10:47 a.m.

Stratosphere bondholders lose suit against Lakes: A federal judge in Las Vegas last week ruled against IBJ Schroder Bank, the indenture trustee representing holders of $203 million in Stratosphere mortgage bonds. IBJ had been seeking damages for breach of contract from ...; 10:46 a.m.

Proposal seeks lump-sum payment of tobacco deal: By Emily Richmond; State Treasurer Brian Krolicki wants Nevada to take a lump-sum payment for its share of a $206 billion tobacco settlement rather than wait for yearly allotments that could decrease if sales of tobacco products decline ...; 10:43 a.m.

Good interviews for Division II job: Steve Addy; After two years in the desert, Max Good might be returning to New England.; 10:41 a.m.

Brockovich boss urges study of contaminant: Attorney Ed Masry, the boss of legal aide Erin Brockovich, encouraged the Senate on Wednesday to launch a study to determine the maximum contaminant level of chromium 6, suspected of causing cancer.; 10:40 a.m.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Botile has Prince in his sights: Dean Juipe; Featherweights will be on display this weekend in Southern Nevada, and not just Saturday night at the MGM with Prince Naseem Hamed vs. Marco Antonio Barrera.; 10:38 a.m.

Marnell rebuilds: Through his Las Vegas-based masonry business, George Marnell has been intimately involved in building most of the mega-resorts that have sprouted along The Strip during the past two decades.; 10:37 a.m.

Sentencing date set for fraud defendant: The state attorney general's office said Duna, 43, of Chicago, conspired with Bryan C. Ballog in a scheme in which Ballog claimed he slipped on water and was injured in the men's restroom at the ...; 10:36 a.m.

Sun Top 10 Baseball Poll: Records through Tuesday; 10:36 a.m.

Defense tries to help credibility of state witness: Kim Smith; A former Israeli intelligence officer denied Wednesday having anything to do with the death of Ronald Rudin or the disposal of his body. He also denied having an affair with prosecutors' No. 1 suspect -- ...; 10:35 a.m.

Council OKs city project: The Las Vegas City Council Wednesday approved moving forward with the Lewis Street Corridor pedestrian and streetscape enhancement project.; 10:31 a.m.

Moore readies college's sales pitch for legislators: Jeffrey Libby; In 12 days founding college president Richard Moore will present legislators with preliminary site plans for the proposed Nevada State College at Henderson.; 10:30 a.m.

Prep boys golf standings: CLASS 4A; 10:29 a.m.

Prep boys volleyball standings: CLASS 4A; 10:29 a.m.

School management firm's approval is expected Friday: Terry Webster; The Clark County School Board is expected Friday to give Edison Schools final approval to take over seven schools.; 10:28 a.m.

Prep softball standings: CLASS 4A; 10:28 a.m.

Prep baseball standings: CLASS 4A; 10:27 a.m.

Experience is in Barrera's corner: Dean Juipe; Without having stepped into the ring with Prince Naseem Hamed, Marco Antonio Barrera already sees one advantage he holds over his flamboyant counterpart.; 10:25 a.m.

Obituaries for April 5, 2001: Hugh Bovingdon, 85, of Las Vegas died Tuesday in a local care center. He was born Dec. 14, 1915, in Massachusetts. A resident for two years, he was a purchasing agent in the machine tool ...; 10:08 a.m.

Longtime educator Beitz dies at 77: Services for the Las Vegas resident of 46 years will be 1 p.m. Friday in Christ Church Episcopal, 2000 Maryland Parkway. Burial will be in Palm Valley View Memorial Park.; 10:07 a.m.

Father of gaming exec Baldwin dies: By Ed Koch; 10:06 a.m.

Community briefs for April 5, 2001: The Southern Nevada Mentoring Coalition is presenting a recruitment drive at a reception 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday at University United Methodist Church, 4412 S. Maryland Parkway.; 10:04 a.m.

Eldorado High graduate trains for world hotspots in Air Force school: Dick Benoit; Lawrence Dizon Jr. didn't believe he was in Oz, but he knew he wasn't in Kansas anymore.; 10:04 a.m.

Community group benefits from Tiger Jam: The Nevada community group works with AmeriCorps members in encouraging youths to volunteer their time to disadvantaged students with literacy problems.; 10:00 a.m.

Review: 'Blow'- heavy acting, diet coke: Geoff Carter; Grade: Two and a half stars; 9:47 a.m.

Editorial: Voter turnout was a miserable showing: Sure, primaries typically don't generate the same voter interest or excitement as do general elections, but high school student council races result in better turnouts than did Tuesday's real-world elections for adults. Granted, in some ...; 9:41 a.m.

Visitor wants to say thanks: My father has a bad heart and was coming out of the Suncoast hotel-casino when he staggered out on to the road and fell to the ground. He probably looked like he was drunk that ...; 9:38 a.m.

Letter: Bush quick to forget promises: No need to enumerate -- if you are at all concerned you know what they are. Imagine what he can do in the remaining 1,388 days of his term.; 9:38 a.m.

Letter: Monied forces work against hope for reforms: Follow the news and see it happen over and over. An industry needs regulation? It won't happen, because that industry paid to elect the official with the power to regulate. Legislation is passed and taxpayer-funded ...; 9:37 a.m.

Editorial: Indigent care study is overdue: As it works now, hospitals only are eligible for county funding if 20 percent of their in-patients are either uninsured or have low incomes. The study released this week found, not unexpectedly, that the county-run ...; 9:36 a.m.

Where I stand--Mike O'Callaghan: Smoke from Carson City: THE SAD PART of Nevada's legislative history appears to repeat itself every two years. If Assemblyman Bob Price, D-North Las Vegas, finally gets the opportunity to have annual meetings, it will give a few of ...; 9:35 a.m.

Homeward bound: Workers at home need same tools as in traditional office setting: Thousands of industrious Las Vegans aren't merely taking their work home with them from the office these days they're taking their offices home from the office.; 8:50 a.m.

Columnist Ruthe Deskin: Open-palm policy may be the best: Ruthe Deskin; Teachers afraid to go to school.; 8:10 a.m.

Columnist Joe Delaney: Brokers are driving up show ticket prices: Joe Delaney; Las Vegas, which had the correct formula in the first place with entertainment seven days a week, twice a night, plus extended lounge action, sent some of our best creative people to help develop Atlantic ...; 8:08 a.m.

Ethics complaint dismissed: The panel cited insufficient evidence in its decision not to have the full commission conduct a hearing on the complaints against Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid and parks police chief Chester Broderick.; 3:20 a.m.

Auto racing schedules, winners and points standings: Feb. 18 - Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Michael Waltrip); 2:11 a.m.

Veteran driver missing in action this season: Keith Parsons; Dave Marcis, the last of the independent drivers, has a unique presence in the NASCAR garage, with his no-frills cap slightly askew and his trademark wingtip shoes adorning his feet.; 1:56 a.m.

Diminutive Brazilian heading for American stardom: Mike Harris; LONG BEACH, Calif. - Little Cristiano da Matta is quickly becoming a big man in CART.; 1:54 a.m.

Father's death thrust maturity upon Earnhardt: Mike Harris; The maturing process for Dale Earnhardt Jr. accelerated rapidly with the death of his father in the Daytona 500.; 1:53 a.m.

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