Print edition for May 9, 2006

Rebels see positive omen: New UNLV men's soccer coach Mario Sanchez has received a surprise message, which reinforced the idea that he's already beginning to steer the Rebels in the proper direction.

Letter: Illegals can get documents easily: The amusing part is that if Karin was an illegal immigrant, she probably would have encountered far less difficulties.

Editorial: Choice for CIA has baggage: The Washington Post reports that it was Hayden who designed and ran the domestic spying program, which has monitored the calls and e-mails of at least 5,000 Americans. The existence of this ongoing program was revealed last December by The New York Times. Bush responded by saying the U.S. Constitution inherently grants him broad authority to protect Americans in times of war, even if it means circumventing established law.

No frustration in season finishing early: Unless the Las Vegas Wranglers are the subject.

Commemorative bricks not reaching alumni: A group of former Basic High School students, who are trying to preserve the memory of their old redbrick schoolhouse at Van Wagenen Street and Pacific Avenue, are trying to give bricks from the demolition of the school as mementos for fellow alumni.

John Katsilometes on Celine Dion's gracious nod to some of Southern Nevada's most deserving charities and fundraisers during her 500th show of 'A New Day...' at Caesars Palace on Sunday: At the end of the show marking Celine Dion's 500th performance of "A New Day ..." at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Dion and her husband, Rene Angelil, invited to the stage representatives of 10 charities to which she donates money through her charitable foundation.

Editorial: Paying their fair share: It is the job of the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service to closely watchdog the drilling. But the agency is accepting claims made by the energy companies without accurate audits, according to the State and Tribal Royalty Audit Committee, a panel that represents 11 state governments (although not Nevada) and eight tribes. The companies owe taxpayers up to $30 billion in unpaid natural gas royalties, according to an estimate by one group official. But the Minerals Management Service has not responded to states pleading for more aggressive audits, Dennis Roller, vice chairman of the royalty audit panel, told the Post.

Editorial: Not so fast, Clark County: Clark County, however, prefers an eight-year-old attorney general's opinion, which stated that commissioners can approve redistricting in between census years, using less precise population data.

Bureaucracy no friend to blue butterfly: Launce Rake; Flowers are starting to push through the melting snow at Mount Charleston. When they bloom, the butterflies will soon follow.

Letter: There are limits to amount of profit: Regarding the listing of the percent of net profit on sales for different oil companies: I think we all know that accountants can make numbers reflect what they (the companies) want to show. I mean, "Forest Gump," the movie, has yet to turn a profit.

Letter: Responsibility needs to be accepted: In America, it would require legal, documented immigrants to recognize that the illegal, undocumented immigrants are giving them a bad name and their efforts are needed to first of all keep the problem from getting worse, and second of all, to work with U.S. authorities to identify those immigrants who are illegal.

Letter: U.S. has self-righteous, delusional attitude: This country was founded by invaders who just took over everything in sight. They made no attempt to fit in to the nation that they invaded. They did not learn the language. They simply killed anyone who got in their way.

Little interest shown in workings of Civil Rights Commission: By Timothy Pratt; Twenty-one empty chairs.

Survey by teachers finds privacy: By Emily Richmond; It's the time of year when school principals have traditionally braced themselves for a potential public flogging - the release of the teachers' annual performance evaluation of their bosses.

Herrera faces higher power: Former Clark County Commissioner Dario Herrera will face more than jail time and fines when he is sentenced in August for public corruption.

The other side of the Centennial money story told: Dan Kulin; The company Michael Hyams apparently represented when he received the $20,000 is linked to the singing Osmond family.

More fodder tossed into land fight: Clark County's need to provide utilities and rail service to a proposed regional airport near the California state line may threaten Henderson's plan to gain more control over future southern development of the Las Vegas Strip.