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Print edition for October 17, 2005

Pine numbers sapped
Millions of trees in Nevada and nearby states have been hit harder by this drought than previous droughts, and some researchers suspect one reason for the broader die-off may be global warming.
The sexualization of culture
By Christina Littlefield
American's acceptance of sexual images on ads and in the media has led to a new sexual revolution of sorts.
Gaming's tangled web
By Liz Benston
The Internet gambling business is a study in contradictions.
Nuclear irony finds French power company ads in Nevada
Benjamin Grove
Nevermind that the state would not likely be home to any of Areva's "cleaner, safer, more efficient" power plants of the future and all that bountiful new electricity. But Nevada could be home to the waste.
No harmony on the horizon in Metro contract dispute
J. Craig Anderson
Although Sheriff Bill Young describes Metro as "the Cadillac" of police departments, top union officials in other jurisdictions say the system Clark County uses to approve law enforcement contracts is a lemon.
Prostitute ordinance is called too vague, arbitrary
A justice of the peace declared the ordinance unconstitutional last year, but a district judge disagreed.
Background checks sought on students in health sciences
Criminal background checks are required by law for most licensed personnel, and several hospitals have internal policies that everyone, including volunteers and students, undergo the checks. But it has only been within the last year that hospitals have pushed to apply that same requirement to students, CCSN and UNLV officials said.
NLV police reach out
By Timothy Pratt
Al Davis, a North Las Vegas landlord, stepped outside to smoke a cigarette, since he couldn't understand what was being said in the meeting of about 100 of his neighbors.
Letter: Language letter strikes a chord
My father was born in The Netherlands and migrated to the USA at an early age. I went to a one-room school in a Midwest community where most settlers of German origin spoke that language at home, while my parents spoke Dutch.
Columnist Ron Kantowski: All the missed predictions and dumb moves that led to disasters on the final day of golf's Michelin Championship in Summerlin
Tiger Woods wasn't playing. At least not golf, although he has been known to frequent Las Vegas during Michelin Championship at Las Vegas week to play high-stakes blackjack with his pals.
Flashpoint for Oct. 17, 2005
At least Jack Carter didn't bogart the information. Former President Jimmy Carter's son openly disclosed last week, in a story in the Reno Gazette-Journal that followed a blog report, that he smoked marijuana. Granted, Carter The Younger isn't the first candidate ever to admit to smoking pot. But it's the rest of the story, as Paul Harvey says, that could be more problematic. Seems Carter used his drug use to get booted out of the Navy -- and said he also used LSD and THC to make sure he was eighty-sixed. Being a pothead is one thing. But being a ...
Letter: Wake up and smell the deficit, Senator
He cited that Congress has set aside $62 billion for hurricane relief and that the additional $9 billion was just "wasteful and irresponsible additional spending."
Editorial: Justice Court in chaos
As Justice Court is on the eve of moving into the new Regional Justice Center and also about to come under the management of the District Court's administrator, Clark County ordered the review. It was prepared by Policy Studies Inc. of Denver and finished last month. The Las Vegas Sun obtained the review last week and found that Justice Court is reported to be in chaotic condition, with the uncollected traffic fines just part of the overall problem.
Men of mettle
In addition to Steven Glenn and Clifton Anthony, 11 other Southern Nevadans have been awarded the Carnegie Medal for heroism since it was established in 1904. The ages and hometowns are those at the time of their acts of heroism. In all, 20 Nevadans have won the medal. Here are the other local honorees:
Editorial: A script for Keystone Cops
On Sept. 5 the first of several air shipments of packaged meals, 400,000 of them altogether, arrived in Arkansas as a donation from the British government. Tractor-trailers met the loads at Little Rock Air Force Base and began hauling the food, worth $5.3 million, to Louisiana. Today most of the food is back in Arkansas and quarantined at storage sites costing U.S. taxpayers $16,000 a month.
The Week Ahead for October 17, 2005
SATURDAY
Several come up short, all but Short
Winner: Wes Short Jr. ($720,000; 67-67-66-66--266)
Animal activists: Pet rescue efforts coming too late
Benjamin Grove
Ensign sent the request to President Bush in a Sept. 14 letter. On Sept. 28, the veterinarian-turned-lawmaker flew to Louisiana to examine the animal rescue efforts for himself. Adm. Thad Allen, who is coordinating federal relief efforts, told Ensign that he would name a point person to coordinate pet rescue in both southeast and southwest Louisiana, Ensign said.
Letter: Comparing Bush to Nero is unfair, inaccurate
As he gained power in his own right, he spent lavishly in building campaigns not for the public good but rather to glorify his own image, a trait not uncommon for Roman emperors. This eventually led to his downfall, as he alienated even those close to him through his lack of concern for Rome.
Columnist John Katsilometes: The celeb-packed charity event at the Empire Ballroom
The tabloids sprung to life late Saturday night and early Sunday morning at the 6-week-old Empire Ballroom, which sits on the spot that was once home to Club Utopia on the Strip across from the Monte Carlo (and to borrow another phrase from the '60s, if you can remember Club Utopia, you were not there).
Columnist Jeff Haney: Nick Bogdanovich, type-cast as an aggressive bookmaker, but is on the job market
Longtime bookmaker Jimmy Vaccaro calls Nick Bogdanovich "the last of the renegade guys" in Las Vegas sports betting.
Editorial: Getting ahead of the curve
Gov. Kenny Guinn, chairman of the board, said the state's gas tax, which helps pay for road construction, may have to be increased to keep up with the demand for more roads. Guinn said the tax, unchanged since 1992, might have to be linked to the rate of inflation.

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