Print edition for March 28, 2002

Prep boys volleyball standings: CLASS 4A

Prep softball standings: CLASS 4A

Sun Prep Softball Top 10: Teams ranked jointly by the Sun and Sparks Tribune. Records through Tuesday's games.

Prep Boys Golf Standings: CLASS 4A

Fight schedule: Thursday

Sun Athletes of the Week: J.C. Leach and Brently Bridgeforth: School: Centennial

Utility wants PUC OK on energy-saving plan: Malcolm Hall; Nevada Power Co. is seeking approval to revive a 20-year-old energy saving program that lets it automatically shut off home air conditioners of participating customers for brief periods.

Wednesday's prep results: BASEBALL

Friday's horse racing entries: Post Time 1 p.m.

Centennial nips Silverado with gem from Sauer: Spencer Patterson; Originally scheduled to play each other last week, Centennial and Silverado opted to push their top-10 softball matchup back to late April, when it can help them prepare better for the playoffs.

Sun Prep Baseball Top 10: Teams ranked jointly by the Sun and Sparks Tribune. Records through Tuesday's games.

Locals vie for hockey title: Spencer Patterson; With 100-degree summers and no major professional team in sight, Southern Nevada hardly seems like a natural breeding ground for ice hockey talent. Just don't tell that to the Las Vegas Mustangs.

Forum Shops owner buys terror insurance: INDIANAPOLIS -- Simon Property Group Inc. said it bought $200 million in terrorism insurance for its shopping centers, half of that for the Mall of America, the United States' largest shopping mall.

Andersen may lose big Vegas clients: David Strow; In a move likely to cost Arthur Andersen two of its largest Las Vegas clients, New Jersey gaming regulators on Wednesday barred the state's casino operators from doing business with the embattled accounting firm.

Prep baseball standings: CLASS 4A

Catching up with: Stormy Hanson: High School: Silverado ('99)

Analysts optimistic despite decline in LV visitors: Lisa Snedeker; Despite a continuing six-month trend of fewer visitors on the Las Vegas Strip, Wall Street analysts are encouraged by newly released figures for January that mark the city's narrowest decline in tourism since Sept. 11.

Guinn seeks alternative to session: Erin Neff; Gov. Kenny Guinn said he is looking for an "off-budget" alternative to convening a special session to find $10 million for the state's campaign against the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.

Las Vegas area fishing report: Anglers have tough time at lake: Striped bass are gathering in schools as they prepare for their upcoming spawn. This is making for some difficult fishing conditions because boaters need to spend quite a bit of time on the water searching for the schools.

Columnist Paula Del Giudice: Big game hunt tags available online in '02: Applications and regulations brochures for the 2002 big game hunts in Nevada are in the mail. All who applied for tags last year have been mailed applications.

Editorial: Listen to what the people say: We cannot imagine a more compelling time than now to invoke the good sense of the Nevada people. A special session of the Nevada Legislature is necessary in order to appropriate enough money to carry the fight against Yucca Mountain to a national audience. Polls for the past decade have shown that Nevadans are overwhelmingly against the federal plan to bury high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. And a new poll, commissioned by the Las Vegas Sun and conducted by UNLV's Cannon Center for Survey Research, revealed that 68 percent of the respondents favored a special session.

Hunt joins campaign for AG: Erin Neff; Las Vegas attorney John Hunt formally announced his bid for attorney general today, saying his experience as a trial lawyer makes him a better candidate to protect the state in the Yucca Mountain fight.

Editorial: Zero tolerance for zero tolerance: The high court upheld the zero tolerance drug policy the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development adopted in 1991, under which a whole family in public housing can be evicted if one member, on or off the premises, is affiliated with illegal drugs. Nowhere in any of the documents of the specific case the court reviewed was it alleged that the three grandmothers and the disabled man had used illegal drugs or tolerated illegal drugs anywhere around them. But it didn't matter. Out of their sight, out of their control, there was drug activity among people who lived with ...

Letter: This Easter, give pigs a break: Americans consume a 100 million pigs annually. The cycle at a typical pig factory farm starts with breeding sows who are constantly impregnated and immobilized for three years in tiny metal "gestation stalls." Their babies are torn from them two weeks after birth and kept for six months, in filthy, crowded pens. At the slaughter house, they are frequently dismembered and skinned while still conscious. (Much of this information is available at www.bancruelfarms.org.) A dozen traditionally agricultural states have already banned or restricted these operations.

Marketplace goes to City Council: A proposed commercial development including a fast food restaurant across the street from a North Las Vegas hog farm will need approval from the North Las Vegas City Council.

Community briefs for March 28, 2002: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area offers hikes and walks free of charge, but reservations are required for all programs, which begin at the Visitors Center.

Where I Stand -- Mike O'Callaghan: The homeless are people: Running the homeless from place to place, in and out of the city, is not only wrong, it could be considered a crime. Certainly this is not appropriate treatment of fellow human beings. Las Vegans, in my neighborhood, treat their cats and dogs more kindly. Sunday, when it was raining, pets were brought into homes and not locked out or chased into the desert outside of town.

Obituaries for March 28, 2002: Elizabeth A. Barner, 77, of Las Vegas died March 20 in Las Vegas. She was born June 15, 1924, in Wisconsin. A resident for 10 years, she was a homemaker.

Volunteers earn congressional recognition: Dick Benoit; Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., honored two young Nevada women for their initiative and achievement during ceremonies at Nellis Air Force Base Wednesday.

Council to consider post office bid: Diana Sahagun; After lobbying the federal government for almost his entire term for ownership of a cultural gem downtown, Mayor Oscar Goodman may finally get his wish.

Airline may seek fed assistance: The sixth-largest U.S. carrier, which is trying to reorganize operations and stem losses, would become the second major airline to seek a guarantee along with America West Airlines. US Airways earlier had said it might seek a guarantee if needed and declined to comment beyond today's statement in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

Columnist Joe Delaney: Some recollections of traditional Easter seasons past: Joe Delaney; Cities such as Boston and Philadelphia, with large numbers of Catholics, actually closed nightclubs during the week before Easter ... We weren't allowed to go to the movies or attend parties during this period ... Whatever we had given up for the 40 days of Lent, usually sweets, continued until after the Sunday meal when the children were each given an Easter basket filled with goodies.

Letter: Dog owners are put on notice: Most dogs make good pets and companions. They can be taught to detect illegal drugs, bombs and bodies. They help the blind, the deaf, the ill and the elderly.

News briefs for March 28, 2002: The city of North Las Vegas has six locations where utility customers can pay their bills.

Nevada Power may get most of request: The chairman of the state Public Utilities Commission is expected to recommend today that Nevada Power Co. should be allowed to recoup $800 million to $840 million from ratepayers for energy used last year, sources familiar with the case said.

High court denies mother's appeal in Mosley custody case: CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme Court Wednesday tossed out an appeal by Terry Mosley, who sought a protective order against Clark County District Judge Donald Mosley, her one-time boyfriend and father of their child.

Letter: Migration may disguise an ulterior motive: Prize-winning Mexican novelist Elena Poniatowska was quoted on WorldNetDaily.com last Aug. 15 as saying: "Mexico is recovering the territories yielded to the United States by means of migratory tactics." Poniatowska has taught at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc.

Dodgers, Nomo to meet D'backs in LV: Victoria Sun; So far, the baseball gods (if you believe in such a thing) have been kind to the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowing them to get through spring training without an incident or major injury to agonize over.

Columnist Ron Kantowski: Point-shave movie lets books slide: If TV huckster Ron Popeil had a gadget with your favorite NCAA team's logo affixed to it, this certainly would be the month to promote it.

Plea for life is caught on tape: Kim Smith; Again and again Fred Huston threatened to pull the trigger. Again and again his wife pleaded with him to put his gun down. She loved him.

Giving it a shot: Botox treatments employed in war against wrinkles: Kimberley McGee; Which is why women and some men are clamoring for the paralyzing charms of Botox.

Columnist Ruthe Deskin: State song is music to our ears: Ruthe Deskin; I don't know what her reasons are, but they must be logical, as the lieutenant governor is well versed in the language of music.

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DOE, Nevada lawmakers in war of words: Benjamin Grove; Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham never met with Nevada lawmakers before he recommended a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, and now Nevada lawmakers and DOE officials are engaged in a war of words over why.

UNLV players take conference awards: Paulina Janus of the women's team was honored for the second time this season and the fourth time in her career. The junior from Warsaw, Poland, also earned the honor Feb. 5 and twice last season. Janus improved to 15-8 in singles by sweeping her three matches at the No. 1 position in the lineup.

Columnist Dean Juipe: Phillips hopes bout is worth the weight: Dean Juipe; Times and circumstances change, and so has Vince Phillips' opinion of fighting at 147 pounds.

Parks first: Open space part of planning: Jeffrey Libby; The Las Vegas Valley has earned praise for its approach to preserving open space even as the pace of development continues to soar in the area.

Ralph Siraco's Santa Anita selections: 1st Race -- California Goal - Draws good post for route opener, McCarron on Dutton trainee, unusual jockey-trainer combo points to solid effort. First Insight - Pincay aboard Hendricks trainee, draws good rail post for maiden-claimer, Insight might be First to finish. Value Play -- Black Bart

Film industry gets top billing at economy planning summit: Adrienne Packer; Nevada leaders are hoping movie industry executives repeat a popular phrase from the movie "Swingers" when pondering future filming sites: Vegas, baby, Vegas.

Idaho developer has high hopes for downtown arena: Diana Sahagun; Idaho developer Larry Leasure is moving ahead with plans for an arena that is expected to draw nearly 175,000 new visitors to downtown Las Vegas by fall 2003.

Las Vegas restaurant operator sold: Shareholders will receive $12.60 in cash for each share held, New York-based Morton's said in a statement. The offer is 9.1 percent more than Wednesday's closing price of $11.55. Morton's said it had about 4.19 million shares outstanding in a March 14 statement.

Casino plan under fire: Council members said Wednesday that Kilpatrick did not consult them on the plan, as he had promised to do, and did not disclose many details during a closed-door meeting between the council, the mayor and city lawyers.

Expanded northeast roadway proposed: Meetings The Nevada Department of Transportation will hold two informational meetings on the Northeast Corridor Study on proposed road systems in the northeast Las Vegas Valley.

Developer sues Internet sites: Wynn sued four Californian registrants of the Internet domain names "wynnresorts.com," "stevewynnresorts.com," "wynngaming.com," and "wynncasino.com" in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.

Columnist Brian Hilderbrand: Bernstein, Force, Marnell favored in LVMS races: Kenny Bernstein, John Force and Las Vegas' own George Marnell are favored to win their respective categories in next weekend's SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, according to odds posted at Station Casinos sports books.

Tycoon plans upgrades: "We are very pleased to have signed the new gambling license with the Macau SAR government, which has turned a new page from monopoly to open competition in the gaming industry," Ho said.

Slam defeated: Slam defeated

More creditors protest Aladdin sale proposal: David Strow; The Aladdin's unsecured creditors have joined a protest against plans to quickly sell the bankrupt $1.2 billion Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino.