Print edition for January 22, 2001

Free event planned at Summerlin Hospital: A clinical bone sonometer, designed to provide individuals with an idea of their bone strength, will be used in the screenings.

Birth announcements for January 22, 2001: Jan. 10: A girl to Anne and Jimmy Ortega; a girl to Jacqueline Johns and Sammy Toles; a girl to Julia and Juan Leon. Jan. 11: A boy to Evelia Duarte Higuera and Aurelio Valenzuela. Jan. 13: A girl to Susan Ziegler and Frances Kloss. Hugh Plumley III. A boy to Kristin and Philip Sharrer.

Outlaws reduce roster to 56 players: Outlaws reduce roster to 56 players

Columnist Dean Juipe: XFL tests its product in seclusion: Dean Juipe; It was private and extremely exclusive, as in "Keep Out."

Columnist Ralph Siraco: Future bettors still looking for Derby star: Ralph Siraco; While a few fortunate ones look to hedge juicy future bets on the Baltimore Ravens and the New York Giants in Sunday's Super Bowl XXXV, race players are still looking for a Kentucky Derby future bet they can only hope to hedge on the first Saturday in May.

UNLV looking to rebound: Steve Addy; Bounce-back week begins tonight for the Rebels. Unfortunately, their next two opponents possess similar incentive.

Top USC recruit pays Rebels a visit: Steve Guiremand; Marvin Simmons isn't the highest profile recruit to visit UNLV during John Robinson's tenure.

Come On Down: Chuck Woolery stepped onto the set of Fox television's game show "Super Greed." The audience cheered and the camera panned from contestant to contestant for brief introductions, finally landing on Phyllis Harris, who declared with unrelenting fervor, "I'm a Las Vegas homemaker and a gamblin' gal."

Pioneering Nevada attorney Miller-Gang dies at 83: Virginia Miller-Gang was a strong-willed woman who believed that even some of history's most notorious figures deserved a fair trial.

Columnist John Katsilometes: Encounter leads to Final Call: The man's silhouette slowly made its way along a line of cars at a stoplight on the corner of Rancho Drive and West Charleston Boulevard.

Obituaries for January 22, 2001: Raquel Chiles, 63, of North Las Vegas died Saturday in a local hospital. She was born July 7, 1937, in Sloan. A lifelong resident, she was a Sprint operator for 25 years and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Trends for January 22, 2001: Lisa Ferguson; Lisa Ferguson is the Sun assistant features editor. Her Trends column appears Mondays. Reach her at lisa@lasvegassun.com or 259-4060.

Big League Challenge tickets go on sale: On Saturday an Sunday, Feb. 10-11, Anaheim's Jose Canseco returns to Cashman Field to defend his crown against a group of hitters who averaged 43 homers last season.

Pro bowler beat long odds in return to tour: Victoria Sun; When PBA Tour bowler Eric Forkel gets up each day, his back aches.

Business people for January 22, 2001: Gus Moser is vice president of the western region for Extraordinary Events.

Vegas casinos vulnerable to Calif. energy shortage: David Strow; If the lights keep going out in California, will anyone come to Las Vegas?

Regents briefs for January 22, 2001: The state Board of Regents unanimously voted Thursday to add between one to three more representatives to their board, pending the outcome of the 2000 Census report.

Engelstad donates funds for Norwegian programs: Engelstad donated $261,000 to his alma matter, fulfilling a pledge he made in 1999 to help the university launch its Nordic Initiative, school officials said.

School district in for tough time with lawmakers: Terry Webster; With requests of nearly $10 million for additional state funding and a long wish list, Clark County School District officials are anticipating a difficult legislative session.

Nevada operations shown off at sporting goods show: Converse bankruptcy

Nevada Power in talks to sell electricity for pipeline: Nevada Power Co. is attempting to negotiate excess power sales to Southern California Edison to guarantee that electricity to a pipeline that supplies fuel to Southern Nevada won't be disrupted by rolling blackouts.

EPA toughens Yucca rules: On the final day of the Clinton administration, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released stringent radiation limits for a proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

Hilton dealers reject union, Luxor vote off: David Strow; An ambitious campaign to unionize Las Vegas dealers took another blow Saturday, after dealers at the Las Vegas Hilton voted against organization by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.

Letter: Jackson worthy of hero status: Jackson has aided the rescue of hostages and given them their freedom out of Kuwait and Iraq a decade ago. He believes in equality of all races. He helps out the youth of our nation. He has won honors and medals, and written books. He has achieved great strides in his pursuit of freedom and dignity for all races. He has made the world a better place.

Guinn reaches deal to keep gas, jet fuel supply pumping: Diana Sahagun; Gov. Kenny Guinn has struck a deal with California that will keep Southern Nevada's major supplier of gas and jet fuel pumping 24 hours a day, at least temporarily.

Reid lone dissenter at Abraham hearing: Nevada Sen. Harry Reid was the lone dissenting voice over the weekend to the confirmation of Spencer Abraham as energy secretary.

City Council members face elections, ethics charges: Erin Neff; Filing

Letter: Nuke waste is 'no big deal'?: It's no big deal if you don't care about property devaluation, threat of terrorism, accidents, more gridlock and a degradation of our quality of life.

Culinary wins legal decision against Adelson: U.S. District Judge Philip Pro issued the ruling last week in a high-profile lawsuit Adelson filed against the Culinary in 1997 challenging the Culinary's efforts to stall or kill the Venetian.

Governor to address state on TV tonight: CARSON CITY -- The time has come for Gov. Kenny Guinn to deliver on promises he made two years ago.

Students have a ball at Bush's inauguration: Benjamin Grove; WASHINGTON -- Not long after President Bush appeared at the Ronald Reagan building here about 8:15 p.m. Saturday for his first inaugural ball of the night, Las Vegas college student and Inaugural Committee volunteer Adam McCracken found himself caught in a spat between CBS and FOX television reporters vying to interview Marie Osmond.

Man perishes in Las Vegas blaze: Jace Radke and Ed Koch; The residents of 704 W. Monroe Ave. were well protected from the criminal element with bars welded to their windows, but fire officials today said they could not find a smoke detector in the house that was gutted Sunday by fire.

Jurors will hear of Ecstasy use: Kim Smith; When the trial gets under way next week, jurors will be privy to blood tests that showed Jessica Williams had the drug Ecstasy in her blood when her van struck and killed six teenagers on Interstate 15 last March, District Judge Mark Gibbons ruled.

Gaming people for January 22, 2001: Jerry Hodge is chief executive of the casino and resorts division of On Command Corp.

Laughlin Desert Challenge results: TROPHY-TRUCK (Unlimited Production Trucks, 96.8 miles) -- 1. Brian Collins, Las Vegas, Chevrolet Silverado, 1 hour, 49 minutes, 5 seconds, 53.244 miles per hour); 2. David Ashley/Dan Smith, San Bernardino, Calif., Ford F-150, 1:49:46; 3. Mark Post, Laguna Hills, Calif./Jerry Whelchel, Ford F-150, 1:55:27. (6 starters, 3 finishers.)

Building division getting a new, well, building: Adrienne Packer; Having outgrown its digs in the Clark County Government Center, a portion of the building division will soon move into a new $11 million facility in the southwest valley.

Study rates LV bus system best: A Harvard University study comparing seven U.S. cities has found that the Las Vegas area has the best bus system.

Desert Inn claims dismissed: The 12 Desert Inn homeowners who spurned Wynn's offer to buy out their homes for his project accused him of disrupting their water supplies after a November legal ruling that invalidated Wynn's homeowners' board of directors but allowed him to continue developing his project.

Editorial: Let's not dump on California: California-bashing has become a spectator sport over the years, but the bottom line is that if that state's economy is hurt in any measurable way by this crisis, the rest of the nation's economy will feel the pain, too. As a next door neighbor to California, Nevada's tourist-based economy could be hit as well if California's economy slumps, since residents there might be less likely to visit here if they don't have much discretionary income. And on a more immediate level, the rolling blackouts in California temporarily shut down the CalNev Pipeline, the main supplier of gas and jet fuel ...

Las Vegas' Collins pulls truck upset in Laughlin: Racing in the unlimited Class 1, Sourapas beat a field of 181 racers in the first major motor sports race of the year -- the opening round of the five-race 20001 SCORE Desert Series, American's foremost desert racing series.

Homeless helper puzzled by shooting: Jace Radke; Donations

School abruptly closes: The Computer Learning Centers, 2240 Corporate Circle, was closed this morning. Representatives of the school could not be reached for comment.

Letter: Answer to dump can only be an emphatic 'no': "No, no, no" is the answer to the question of storing the waste of the entire country in Nevada. The people of this state don't want it stored here. If we have to start a war to stop it, then so be it. The nuclear waste has been stored all this time wherever it was made, so let the states that have it keep it. What makes them think Nevada is a nuclear garbage dump?

Man found guilty in stabbing death of girlfriend: Kim Smith; After just two hours of deliberations Friday, a Clark County jury found a 22-year-old Las Vegas man guilty of first-degree murder in the February death of his girlfriend.

Tribe plans resort near casino: PHOENIX -- The Gila River Indian Community plans later this month to begin building a $125 million resort near its casino south of Phoenix.

Local news briefs for January 22, 2001: Metro Police have arrested three teenagers on charges of murder after an early morning shooting took the life of a 15-year-old girl Saturday.