Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from April 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from April 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal The Online Guy Column.
April 1, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal In Business Column.
April 1, 2002

Upgrade to benefit motorists.(news)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL Seven years late and millions over budget, the decade-long effort to upgrade the Las Vegas Valley's traffic signal control system is at last nearing completion, local transportation officials said. ...

Program seeks to dissuade recklessness.(news)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL Where families or schools might have lapsed, Clark County officials are optimistic a drug addict or dead burglar can help turn around reckless teen-agers before it's too late. The lessons of a "live...

UNLV DENTAL PROGRAM: Students' hopes high for school.(news)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTONREVIEW-JOURNAL It took a root canal to get Helen Bishara into UNLV's dental school. Bishara got hooked on dentistry when she volunteered two years ago at a Los Angeles dental clinic for the poor in exchange for...

Democrats urge McKinney-James to seek state Senate seat.(news)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISONREVIEW-JOURNAL Rose McKinney-James, who four years ago was a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, is being urged by her party to enter the Senate District 8 race. McKinney-James recently quit as...

Hoosierslook to givehistory lesson.(sports)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL ATLANTA -- Before Indiana played Duke in the NCAA Tournament on March 21, Hoosiers coaches showed their players videotape of some national championship games from the 1980s. The Hoosiers, who were huge...

DIVIDED LOYALTIES: Old hurts die hard at Indiana.(sports)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL ATLANTA -- Indiana's run through the NCAA Tournament might have healed a lot of the hurt that has existed in that state since Bob Knight was fired two years ago. Yet on the eve of the national...

Ever-rarer senior leadershipto abound on floor tonight.(sports)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL ATLANTA -- In an era of players fleeing to the pros as college underclassmen, or bypassing college altogether, it's refreshing to see seniors on the rosters for tonight's national championship game. ...

Handicappers have no opinion on title game.(sports)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL Two Las Vegas handicappers share an opinion regarding tonight's men's NCAA championship game between Maryland and Indiana. Both Andy Iskoe and Dave Cokin plan to pass on it. "I'm not thinking of...

LATCHKEY KIDS: Watchful eyes.(living)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYSREVIEW-JOURNAL It's 4 o'clock on a weekday afternoon, and several dozen Cartwright Elementary School students are still hanging around school. It's OK, though, because, however their school day went, the kids are...

Las Vegas instructor puts history into the hands of students.(living)
April 1, 2002... BYLINE: DEANA DI DIOREVIEW-JOURNAL History teacher Jeri Roberts loves to see the look on her students' faces when she shows them dried buffalo dung while talking about the Oregon Trail. They are all surprised, but for Roberts, 49, it's all...

Parent of Las Vegas Casino Weighs Options, Considers Reworking Debt.
April 2, 2002

Commercial Real Estate Executives More Optimistic about Business This Year.
April 2, 2002

Utility Holding Company Sierra Pacific Resources' Stock Price Sinks on Ratings.
April 2, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal In Business Column.
April 2, 2002

Effortstargethomeless.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL People living on the streets don't have a home or a phone or a car, but they still have a country and the right to vote. That's the message Linda Lera-Randle El is taking to the homeless as part of...

BEHIND SCHEDULE: Courthouse, jail building over budget.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL Construction of Clark County's new detention center and courthouse will cost $33 million more than expected, which one official said Monday makes the projects the most over-budget the county has seen in...

Cameras help identify polluters.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL A Department of Motor Vehicles program intended to clear the air by catching polluting vehicles has muddied the waters on a state law prohibiting the use of cameras for traffic enforcement. Monday,...

BASIC HIGH SCHOOL: Basic drill team struts its stuff for 12th title.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACHREVIEW-JOURNAL Members of Basic High School's championship JROTC drill team know when they have given a competition performance that pops. Part of it is about hearing just one loud snap as the entire team tosses...

HIRED IN 1998: City manager quitting May 31.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas City Manager Virginia Valentine, who is credited with improving the efficiency of city government during a period of rapid growth, said Monday she is resigning effective May 31. Valentine, 45,...

Ex-nursing home owner pleads guilty to theft.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The former owner of a nursing home management group waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday and agreed to plead guilty to one count of exploitation of the elderly. Chief Deputy District Attorney Valerie...

Shelter official quits coalition post.(news)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL MASH Village Executive Director Ruth Bruland resigned Monday from her post as vice chairwoman of the Southern Nevada Homeless Coalition, just as the group discussed strategies for maintaining services...

MARYLAND 64, INDIANA 52: Stars come out for Terrapins.(sports)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL ATLANTA -- One Shining Moment? Not Monday night in the Georgia Dome, where Maryland won its first NCAA basketball championship with a 64-52 victory over Indiana. Not unless one counts the pregame...

Tailback won't be a problem -- or will it? -- for Rebels.(sports)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Most problems aren't good, but UNLV has one that should be. Still, it's a problem. The Rebels have so many talented tailbacks, they might have difficulty giving out enough playing time and...

Tennis teamsset for playoffs.(sports)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARDREVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV men's and women's tennis teams learned last week how quickly momentum can turn at the Division I level. While both teams suffered significant setbacks, they quickly recovered and appear ready...

Bonanza scoresfour in 10th totrip Palo Verde.(sports)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Bonanza's baseball team scored four runs on one hit in the 10th inning to beat host Palo Verde 11-8 on Monday. Andrew Smith's leadoff single was the only hit of the inning. All four runs scored on wild pitches....

CHAMPIONSHIP COACHING: Terrapins' Williams finally wins title.(sports)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: STEVE CARPREVIEW-JOURNAL ATLANTA -- Gary Williams struggled to smile Monday night, but said he felt like a winner and was happy to win his first national title. The usually ultra-intense Williams managed a slight grin now and...

BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS: U.S. looks to regain edge for Olympics.(sports)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL From 1960 through 1988, the United States won 24 Olympic boxing gold medals and produced future world champions such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks and...

Ann-Margret enjoying theatrical debut in 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'.(living)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: KEN WHITEREVIEW-JOURNAL After more than 40 years of starring in films and television, recording albums and appearing in concert, Ann-Margret finally has ventured onto the theatrical stage. And the role that snagged her was Mona...

CINEMA: Making the Connection.(living)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: CAROL CLINGREVIEW-JOURNAL We love New York. From the Stage Deli to Le Cirque, from "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" to New York-New York, Las Vegas boasts plenty of Big Apple imports. The latest arrival from Gotham launches...

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: Palo Verde High School singing group included on CD.(living)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: DEANA DI DIOREVIEW-JOURNAL Most student performing groups don't get a chance to tour abroad during their high school career or appear on a CD. But members of Vocal Infinity, Palo Verde High School's a cappella singing group,...

Commercial real estate execs upbeat.(business)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Commercial real estate executives are expressing more business optimism than a year ago and expect their companies to perform better in the year ahead, a recent survey by KPMG, one of the five largest tax...

UTILITY'S WOES: Stock price plummets on ratings.(business)
April 2, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL Sierra Pacific Resources, the holding company for Nevada Power Co., lost about $650 million in stock market value Monday, the first day after state regulators cut a Nevada Power energy rate increase by...

Las Vegas Review-Journal In Business Column.
April 3, 2002

Troubled Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas Works to Lure Local Customers.
April 3, 2002

Las Vegas Hotel to Court Smaller Meetings for Its New Convention Center.
April 3, 2002

Gasoline Prices Soar in Las Vegas.
April 3, 2002

Transmission-Line Linkages Spark Struggle among Energy Companies in Nevada.
April 3, 2002

Welcome Home.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERSREVIEW-JOURNAL A group of local airmen returned to their families Tuesday, saying they are glad to be back from fighting the war against terrorism and thankful they saved lives during some of the deadliest combat...

LV police find cacheof violent sex tapes.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A man suspected of videotaping sadistic rapes of two Las Vegas prostitutes is the subject of an intense police inquiry after authorities last week found in his possession a cache of graphic sex tapes...

LAS VEGAS BELTWAY: County rejects eastern highway link.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL The Clark County Commission has ended any chance that the Las Vegas Beltway will circle the entire valley in the foreseeable future. Commissioners indicated Tuesday they will not give further...

$30 millionadded for jail,courthouse.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL Scheduling, management, construction and design problems that have snowballed since work began on Clark County's courthouse and jail will cost taxpayers an extra $33 million and delay construction of...

Godfather Of All Buildings?(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Oscar Goodman, who has tried for three years to bring high culture to Las Vegas, now wants to make downtown visitors an offer they can't refuse. The Las Vegas mayor said last week he wants to transform...

ROAD WARRIOR Q&A: Taking Different Point of View.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL This week, readers want to know why their passenger-side mirror is different from the driver-side mirror, what criteria exist for erecting a stop sign and when Pahrump-bound motorists will get another...

Three faceinquestin death.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: RYAN OLIVERREVIEW-JOURNAL Three Las Vegas police officers will face a coroner's inquest into the death of a 46-year-old man, after medical examiners ruled it a homicide by restraint asphyxiation. Craig A. Becker died shortly...

County puts off proposal to fund Yucca fight.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL After calling on state lawmakers to "put their money where their mouth is," the Clark County Commission on Tuesday put off contributing $3 million to the state's campaign against the planned Yucca Mountain...

GOP poll showsDemocrat trailing.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISONREVIEW-JOURNAL GOP congressional candidate Jon Porter, bolstered by a Republican poll that showed him 11 points ahead of Democrat Dario Herrera, entered their first scheduled joint appearance Tuesday ready to let...

Guinn to address Yucca veto.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Gov. Kenny Guinn will address Nevadans on Monday about his plans to veto President Bush's recommendation that Yucca Mountain be developed as the nation's nuclear waste repository. The public address will begin at...

Veterans medical centerin LV to undergo repairs.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County's veterans medical care center, which served more than 33,000 patients last year, will temporarily close in the fall for repairs. The closure will not effect care for veterans because a temporary...

Ex-Nye County officialpleads guilty to theft.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOTREVIEW-JOURNAL Former Nye County Public Administrator Robert "Red" Dyer pleaded guilty Tuesday in Las Vegas to three counts of theft, but his wife disappeared several weeks ago and has been declared a fugitive....

Suspect held in Arizona slaying.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection with the slaying of a 43-year-old man in the northwestern Arizona town of Desert Hills. Keith Stanley Avants, 44, was arrested in Twin Cities, Calif., after a woman...

Third man pleads guilty in wake of shooting.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A third man has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the December shooting of an 8-year-old girl. In court Tuesday morning, Eric Ogle, 29, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by an ex-felon and...

Biennial smog checks pitched.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL Local transportation and air quality officials are betting motorists will vote for higher taxes in November if it means visiting a smog-check station less often. Officials proposed abandoning the...

Motel death investigated as possible homicide.(news)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas police found a man's body inside a motel room Tuesday and are investigating the death as a homicide. Officers responded to the 900 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South, near Charleston Boulevard, about...

Chen focuses on masteringuniversal language: baseball.(sports)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL His English is coming along, but Chin-Feng Chen hopes he won't need words to make his point. After all, his vocabulary isn't the reason he is one of the top prospects in the Los Angeles Dodgers'...

Ex-Rebel says he wasn't part of window-breaking incident.(sports)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Claiming he wanted to "clear my name," former UNLV football player Andre Hilliard said Tuesday that he was not involved in a Feb. 23 incident in which windows were broken at a North Las Vegas home. ...

Dodgers pursuing local broadcast of games.(sports)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL The Los Angeles Dodgers, parent club of the 51s, aren't on Las Vegas radio, but they probably will be soon. "We've been working on this as late as yesterday, figuring out who was going to carry the...

TWO-OUT TERRORS: Clutch scoring lifts Sundevils.(sports)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Eldorado's softball team did its best work with two outs on Tuesday. The Sundevils scored all six of their runs after two were out, beating host Basic, 6-1. All six runs came with the help of Basic errors. A...

Player to leave UNLV program.(sports)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV men's golf team, already thin, will get even thinner later this week when junior Brett Foulds officially leaves the team, but not all of the news is bad. Sophomore Travis Whisman's back surgery...

U.S. AMATEUR BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Fighter has Olympic dream.(sports)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL He comes from a small town northwest of Pittsburgh, where men such as NFL Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Mike Ditka grew up and became local legends. Verquan Kimbrough harbored his own dreams of...

RESTAURANT REPORT.(living)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: KEN WHITEREVIEW-JOURNAL 7-Eleven, 2919 S. Nellis Blvd., received 27 demerits March 21. Violations included outdated burritos and ham for sale; motor oil stored in milk crates; and six coffeepots stored in hand sink. GRADE: C ...

Transmission line linkages spark struggle.(business)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL Five energy companies are locked in a struggle with Nevada Power Co. over the terms to allow their planned Las Vegas-area power plants to connect to the utility's transmission lines. Reliant...

FUEL COSTS: Las Vegas gasoline prices soar.(business)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL Driving on the cheap was nice for motorists while it lasted. But gasoline prices are soaring again after hitting a three-year low in Las Vegas in December, AAA Nevada reports. The average price...

Hotel courts smaller meetings.(business)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL John Manderfeld knows that a lot of meeting planners get shut out of big hotels on the Strip when they're only looking to bring in a small group of business people. That's why the Hampton Inn at...

California REIT buys local Sierra Health Services building.(business)
April 3, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL The administrative office building for Sierra Health Services at 2716 N. Tenaya Way has been sold for $45 million to Health Care Property Investors REIT of Newport Beach, Calif., a commercial broker said...

Las Vegas Review-Journal In Business Column.
April 4, 2002

Clark County, Nev., Panel Approves Plan for Miami Beach-Themed Casino.
April 4, 2002

Alaskan Undesirables' Profit-Sharing Issue Stumps Nevada Gaming Regulators.
April 4, 2002

New Owner of Las Vegas Casino Gets Approval for Gaming License.
April 4, 2002

Las Vegas Hotel Maids Share Workplace Abuse Stories with Union Members.
April 4, 2002

Pennsylvania-Based 84 Lumber Re-enters Las Vegas Market.
April 4, 2002

Nevada Power Asks State Regulators to Reconsider Cut to Requested Rate Boost.
April 4, 2002

Gaming Board Approves Car Dealer's Plan to Reopen Tonopah, Nev., Casino.
April 4, 2002

Massage parlor licenses halted.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Dramatic growth in the number of Las Vegas massage parlors prompted the City Council to put a four-month halt on new licenses Wednesday while staff write new rules to ensure such businesses aren't used as...

Chlamydia, gonorrhea cases increase.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULAREVIEW-JOURNAL Rates of the sexually transmitted diseases gonorrhea and chlamydia have jumped for the second year in a row in Clark County. Statistics from the Clark County Health District show rates for chlamydia...

Flight nurse's familyawarded $5 million.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOTREVIEW-JOURNAL A panel of three arbitrators has awarded $5 million to the family of flight nurse Kathy Batterman, who died in an April 1999 helicopter crash near Indian Springs. The panel awarded $3 million...

Town hall meeting focuses on ways to keep Hispanic teens enrolled in school.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACHREVIEW-JOURNAL More than one-third of the students who drop out of Clark County high schools are Hispanic. On Wednesday, a Spanish-language talk radio station brought together a panel of education leaders for a...

Man chargedin sexual assault of 14-year-old.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A man accused of committing and videotaping two rapes has been charged in connection with another incident in which a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted, authorities said. On Tuesday, Las Vegas...

PRELIMINARY HEARING: Woman: Man said he had gun.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A prostitute testified Wednesday that an Internet chat room rendezvous led to her being attacked by a man authorities once labeled a sexual predator. The woman, testifying in Justice Court during the...

County's resources strained.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: J.M. KALILREVIEW-JOURNAL The Mohave County Sheriff's office, which typically probes about six slayings annually, is investigating its second killing in three days. The deaths in the largely rural swath of Arizona that borders...

PRIVACY CONCERNS: Nichols changes position.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTONREVIEW-JOURNAL University system Chancellor Jane Nichols on Wednesday withdrew her earlier support of a policy interpretation at the University of Nevada, Reno that threatened to leave the names of privacy-seeking...

Fire destroys church, salon.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL An early morning fire at a southeast Las Vegas Valley strip mall destroyed a church and a beauty salon Wednesday and caused extensive damage to two nearby businesses. The single-alarm fire at a mall at Tropicana...

Housing authority workers notified of May 10 layoffs.(news)
April 4, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL Some 40 Las Vegas Housing Authority workers this week received layoff notices effective May 10. The workers -- carpenters, plumbers and laborers -- had been hired in 1999 to complete a long list of...