Las Vegas city briefs for March 5, 2001

Monday, March 5, 2001 | 11:44 a.m.

Teacher found at Whitney Mesa

The Clark County coroner's office this morning identified a body found in a desert area as that of missing schoolteacher Debra Adler.

Adler's body was found on Whitney Mesa in Henderson, near the intersection of Sunset Road and Arroyo Grande Boulevard, about 8 p.m. Saturday.

A Metro Police helicopter crew spotted the body from the air after friends and family of the missing 31-year-old Christensen Elementary School teacher called police when they spotted the woman's truck.

The truck was found at a Texaco station, 1680 W. Sunset, about 5 p.m. Saturday, Officer Valerie Klein, a Henderson Police spokeswoman, said.

Adler's body was found about 300 yards from the truck, Klein said.

"At this point it looks like an accidental death," Klein said.

Adler apparently parked her truck and started hiking in the desert. Police said there are no signs of foul play.

City planning Landscapes II

The city of Las Vegas Arts Commission is initiating Landscapes II, its second art-in-public places collaboration with the Fremont Street Experience.

Artists are invited to submit their qualifications to produce an art-in-public-places project that uses the technology of the Fremont Street Experience light canopy.

The selected artist will receive $20,000 to work with the Fremont Street Experience Show Operations Department to produce a 5-7 minute show. The completed project will premier in October.

For more information call the Las Vegas Arts Commission office at (702) 229-6844 or Lisa Stamanis at (702) 229-4631. Applications must be postmarked by April 16.

Elko officials like settlement

Forest Service officials have recommended approval of a proposed settlement allowing Elko County to rebuild a disputed road in Northern Nevada that was the focal point of protests by thousands of private-property activists around the West last year.

Two Elko County commissioners and Assemblyman John Carpenter, R-Elko, also tentatively agreed to the deal, which requires the county to contribute up to $200,000 toward efforts to improve other parts of the road and improve habitat for threatened fish in the Jarbidge River.

U.S. Magistrate Robert McQuaid lifted a gag order Friday on the proposal that would settle the five-year dispute over the Forest Service's refusal to rebuild the washed-out road for fear of the effect on the threatened bull trout.

The deal -- still subject to approval from several federal officials -- would allow the county to rebuild the South Canyon Road in a remote part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest near Jarbidge, just south of the Idaho border.

Nevada entrant one of the finalists

A journalism student from Texas was crowned Miss USA 2001 on Friday night in a contest in which Miss Nevada finished as a finalist.

Miss Texas Kandace Krueger, 24, attends Texas A&M University in College Station.

Liane Angus of the District of Columbia was first runner-up, followed by Tiffany Fallon of Georgia. The other two finalists were Gina Giacinto of Nevada and Larissa Meek of Missouri.