Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from December 2004

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from December 2004

Mack to give up seat on council.(news)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas City Councilman Michael Mack will not seek re-election, avoiding what political observers widely expected would be a bruising bid to keep his Ward 6 seat. Mack, 41, will make the...

'SOMETHING IS WRONG': Elderly shiver, wait for scarce flu shots.(news)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: PAUL HARASIM, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two weeks ago, 74-year-old Alice Stockdale was in the hospital with pneumonia. Tuesday, in 30-degree weather, she shivered in her wheelchair outside the Ravenholt Public Health Center as she waited...

PRESIDENTIAL RACE: Two seek statewide recount.(news)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two minor party presidential candidates, who combined for less than one-half of 1 percent of the vote in Nevada, are asking the state to recount its presidential ballots to determine if errors or fraud may...

New Year's plans are 'dynamite'.(news)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Hyperbole floated in the air Tuesday like New Year's Eve confetti. "We're going to be watching the greatest fireworks in the history of the world," said Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, no stranger...

Youngsters' deaths spur city to try program.(news)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Since August 2003, one Boulder City High School student has died from a cocaine overdose and another from what police suspected but could not prove to be an overdose of drugs or alcohol. The...

Harvard professor to lecture.(news)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Harvard law professor Charles Ogletree Jr. will present a free lecture at 4 p.m. Monday at the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse in downtown Las Vegas. Ogletree will present another lecture at noon Tuesday at the...

Lobos a no-go: Las Vegas Bowl picks Wyoming from MWC.(sports)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Despite being the hotter team with a better record and beating the team the Las Vegas Bowl selected Tuesday, New Mexico's two previous visits were enough. That was a major reason the bowl selected...

KrugerjugglesRebels'lineup.(sports)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL BERKELEY, Calif. -- Romel Beck's early-season patience has paid off with a speedy return to a familiar role. Feeling the senior shooting guard has made sufficient progress in overcoming a preseason...

INTERNET EXTRA: Owens' tiebreaker decisive for Centennial girls soccer team.(sports)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Becki Owens scored in the 67th minute to lift Centennial's girls soccer team to a 2-1 victory over visiting Bishop Gorman on Tuesday. Audrey Falconi scored early in the second half for the Bulldogs, but the...

Bonanza foils Chaparral with free throws.(sports)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Bonanza made 11 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to come from behind and defeat host Chaparral 53-51 on Tuesday night. Daniel Pechal scored 15 points and Kyle Davis 14 to lead the Bengals, who trailed...

Big third quarter puts Valley on top.(sports)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Janee Webb scored 12 of her 19 points in the third quarter Tuesday to help Valley defeat Mojave, 75-46. Valley led 33-26 at halftime, then outscored Mojave 28-7 in the third quarter to break the game open. ...

IMAGE PROBLEM: FRUITCAKE CONFESSIONS.(living)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Pity the poor fruitcake, victim of the worst publicity imaginable. It gets plenty of buzz, but nearly all of it's negative. "I don't think that's a PR job I'd want to take on -- to change...

RESTAURANT REPORT.(living)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL 7-Eleven, 6515 S. Eastern Ave., received 12 demerits Nov. 17. Violations included blocked access to hand sink, and no sanitizer solution available. GRADE: B Auntee M's Deli, 4275 Arville St., received...

Census data back Nevada's business-friendly reputation.(business)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: EMILY KUMLER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada's reputation as a business-friendly state got another boost Tuesday with the release of new Census Bureau data showing it had the highest growth rate for small "nonemployer" businesses in 2002....

REGIONAL ECONOMIES: Shop open for Ely big show.(business)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: EMILY KUMLER, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Garnet Mercantile Exchange in Ely is expecting hundreds of parade spectators and Polar Express riders to stream through its doors Saturday when the community-owned store celebrates its grand opening....

Washoe Tribe gets solar rebate.(business)
December 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Sierra Pacific Power Co. on Tuesday issued its first rebate under the state's solar power program but it held the presentation ceremony inside because of bitter winter weather and snowfall on the ground at its...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business column.
December 1, 2004

Gaming stocks show strength through November, but December less certain.
December 1, 2004

Census data on growth back Nevada's business-friendly reputation.
December 1, 2004

Ely, Nev., community-backed store prepares to open to public.
December 1, 2004

Washoe Tribe gets solar rebate from Las Vegas-area utility.
December 1, 2004

Former host at Las Vegas casino dies at 88.
December 1, 2004

Video games, dolls expected to top children's holiday wish lists.
December 1, 2004

POLITICAL CORRUPTION PROBE: Galardi details police parties.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Michael Galardi has told the FBI that dozens of police officers and prosecutors frequented his topless clubs and received free drinks, lap dances and sexual favors from strippers. Officials in the...

Impeachment proceeding energizes efforts to eliminate controller's office.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Kathy Augustine may live through her ongoing impeachment trial, but her office itself may not survive the historic proceedings. Lawmakers say the spotlight on the controller's office has renewed...

Waiting time for flu shotsshort on clinic's second day.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: PAUL HARASIM, REVIEW-JOURNAL What a difference a day made at the Clark County Health District's flu shot clinic for high-risk adults. Instead of the long lines and waits of two hours or more that were common on Tuesday at the...

Stabbing victim outof hospital, 'happy'.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL A 12-year-old boy stabbed in the chest three weeks ago during a fatal attack on his mother said Wednesday that alcohol was partially to blame for the horrific assault that left him an orphan. "Never...

Agassi: School changes futures.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL When he started his foundation a decade ago, tennis star Andre Agassi had the simple goal of helping children in need. Since then the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation has grown far beyond his...

CAPITAL MURDER CASE: Trial starts in women's slayings.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A man accused of bludgeoning two elderly women to death in a downtown Las Vegas jewelry store went on trial Wednesday on charges that could yield him a death sentence. During opening statements in the...

MOVE TO CCSN: College plan downplayed.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL The university system balked at Assemblywoman Chris Giunchigliani's request for a cost analysis of locating Nevada State College on the Community College of Southern Nevada campus in Henderson to save...

Regents consider granting new power.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Board of Regents will deliberate today whether to give the chancellor power to fire presidents. At issue is what kind of a leader regents will make the future chancellor, who will replace interim...

School Board to look at tax cap proposal.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Potential consequences of a proposed property tax cap will be discussed today by the Clark County School Board. Homeowners are seeing 30 percent to 50 percent-plus increases in the taxable value of...

Policy revised for jailing of minors.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL To ensure that juvenile murder suspects are treated equally, Southern Nevada police agencies this week decided to start treating juvenile cases uniformly. That includes booking them into the county's...

LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL WARD 1: Tarkanian aims to replace Moncrief.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Former school board member Lois Tarkanian said Wednesday she will be a candidate to replace Las Vegas City Councilwoman Janet Moncrief if there is a recall election next year. "She doesn't have as...

Home invasion suspects go on trial.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two men accused of carrying out a pair of home invasions that ended with a deadly police shooting went on trial Wednesday in District Court. Authorities allege Dewan Blackburn, Bruce Joe Bolden and...

County, physicians on verge of striking agreement.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County administrators and University Medical Center Quick Care physicians are on the verge of striking an incentive-based agreement that would keep the county's urgent care clinics staffed with...

Police investigate deaths of pair.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas police were investigating the deaths of a man and woman who were found in an apartment Wednesday afternoon. Officers discovered the pair about 2:45 p.m. after the woman's parents called police. The...

'FUTURE TOTAL FORCE': Air Force brings Reserves, Guard closer.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Air Force leaders said Wednesday they will launch six experiments to meld the regular service with its Reserve components, including an expanded role for remotely piloted Predator spy planes at Nellis Air Force...

Raley announces resignation from position with Interior Department.(news)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Assistant Interior Secretary Bennett Raley, who helped broker several historic agreements among the states that share Colorado River water, announced his resignation Wednesday. Raley joined the...

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: RICHARD ENG, REVIEW-JOURNAL Post Time 12:30 p.m. Race 1 - 7 1/2 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, Fillies and mares, 3 and up Sunny Street - Returns to face her own kind today; second start off a 3-month...

WILD FINISH: Buzzer beater lifts Rebels.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL BERKELEY, Calif. -- Andy Hannan, among the unlikeliest of heroes for UNLV, was just that Wednesday night. The 6-foot-6-inch senior from Minneapolis launched a 19-foot jump shot from the right wing as...

WBC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT: Boxer bringing pain.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Diego Corrales spent 18 often brutal rounds in the ring over two fights with Joel Casamayor. He was knocked down three times, suffered four cuts and numerous welts, and had bruises on nearly every part of...

INTERNET EXTRA: Palo Verde blanks Gorman in girls soccer.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Kayla Lambert and Ashleigh Green each scored twice to carry Palo Verde's girls soccer team to a 4-0 victory over Bishop Gorman at Bettye Wilson Soccer Complex on Wednesday. Goalkeeper Ashley Johannes recorded the...

Purdue assistant interested in UNLV job.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Purdue offensive coordinator Jim Chaney spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time about his interest in UNLV's head football coaching vacancy, saying he thinks the program has significant potential....

Barrerafight sets viewing records.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Saturday's fight between Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales at the MGM Grand generated 325,000 pay-per-view purchases and more than $14.6 million in revenue, making it the top-performing fight of all time in the...

Ex-UNLV star Anderson has satisfactory start in qualifying.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Jeremy Anderson didn't play what he calls "lights-out golf," but the Las Vegan wasn't complaining after opening the finals of the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament with a 1-under-par 71 Wednesday at the PGA...

'EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH': Spartans aim to stay on top.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: SAM LEEPER, REVIEW-JOURNAL To borrow from a cliche: If it's not broken, don't fix it. That's the best way to describe the wrestling program at Cimarron-Memorial. The Spartans' philosophy is simple: Every point counts and each...

Orleansto hostbasketballtourney.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: DAMON SEITERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL The state high school basketball tournament has a new home -- at least for one season. The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association announced Wednesday that the 2005 boys and girls state...

Centennial to play Reno ingirls basketball.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Centennial's girls basketball team hasn't been challenged in its first three games, outscoring opponents 272-111. But the three-time defending state champion Bulldogs could face a much stiffer test in a 7 p.m....

Riley rallies Rancho past Shadow Ridge.(sports)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Kaylone Riley had eight points in the fourth quarter, including a dunk with 24 seconds to play, to help Rancho come from behind to defeat visiting Shadow Ridge 57-52 in boys basketball Wednesday. With Rancho...

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Who's That Girl?(living)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The blond woman is arguably the most famous pop-culture image from the period when the Nevada Test Site tested nuclear devices in above-ground blasts that each created a gigantic column of smoke. ...

Agency hopes release of land will help silence some critics.(business)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Bureau of Land Management is trying to answer critics who've complained the agency isn't releasing enough federal land each year to supply Las Vegas' booming real estate market. The BLM was set...

Taking a walk on the wet side.(business)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Egads. There's somebody in there. With the calendar freshly turned to December and the outside temperature chilly enough to have people thinking jacket, or at least sweater, swimming seemed an...

Savings bank has new owners, plans to expand.(business)
December 2, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Security State Savings Bank, which pays some of the highest interest rates on deposits in Las Vegas, has new owners and plans to expand. Kelly Jones, former chief financial officer of $7...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business column.
December 2, 2004

Las Vegas grocery store to close.
December 2, 2004

Agency hopes release of Las Vegas land will help silence some critics.
December 2, 2004

Security State Savings Bank has new owners, plans to expand.
December 2, 2004

Las Vegas hotel officials express certainty over New Year's sellouts.
December 2, 2004

Winter presents opportune time for Las Vegas pool, spa convention.
December 2, 2004

Woman dies crossing street.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A 51-year-old Las Vegas woman was killed Wednesday night when she stepped into traffic near the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, police said. The woman, whose name was not released, tried to cross Harmon Avenue...

BEDROOM COMMUNITIES: Dam bypass opens doors.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Developer Leonard Mardian has several small projects in Las Vegas, but his company can't match the resources of those developers who successfully bid for mass quantities of vacant land in the Las...

Young stabbing victim ready to restart life.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Twelve-year-old Shiloh Edsitty said Thursday he was stabbed six times in the neck, shoulder and chest before he escaped from his apartment during a fatal attack on his mother three weeks ago. In a...

Speeding spurs rally, but issues run deeper.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL A small but noisy band of protesters chanted for speed humps Thursday in West Las Vegas, but more than anything they wanted a voice for their often-neglected neighborhood. Standing in an dusty...

NATIONAL SAFETY STUDY: Pedestrian perils affirmed.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL A national study this week confirmed what some Las Vegans might long have suspected: It's safer to walk almost anywhere else than here. The study, released Thursday by a "smart growth" advocacy...

Teen avoids possible murder conviction.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A teenager avoided the possibility of a murder conviction Thursday by pleading guilty to lesser charges for causing a traffic collision that killed a Las Vegas woman. Authorities claimed...

Monorail officialsshrug off layoffs.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL A new wave of layoffs at Bombardier Inc. is not expected to harm its work on the problem-plagued Las Vegas Monorail, company officials said Thursday. The Montreal-based train and jet maker, which...

Residents oppose heliport on valley's east side.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL A proposal to build a multimillion-dollar heliport near the Sunrise Landfill on the valley's east side hit heavy turbulence Thursday when it was pitched to nearby homeowners. Clark County...

MURDER IN SCHOOLS: Violence in media a culprit, expert says.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Mass murder in public schools is a phenomenon of the past 25 years, said an expert on violence who spoke to Las Vegas law enforcement and school officials Thursday. Dave Grossman, a West Point...

Doses remain of flu vaccine.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: PAUL HARASIM, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Clark County Health District estimates it has enough doses of flu vaccine to cover the demand today at its flu shot clinic at Ravenholt Public Health Center. Jennifer Sizemore, a spokeswoman for...

Board stays neutralin property tax debate.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County School Board members think that supporting or opposing a legislative movement toward capping property tax increases would be premature. They unanimously voted Thursday to support a...

Quest for recount in presidential race ends.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Apparently principle has a price tag. The Green Party and Libertarian Party presidential candidates on Thursday dropped a requested recount of Nevada's presidential vote after the state asked for a...

Two preparing for departure from state's Board of Regents.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Regent Tom Kirkpatrick wasn't nostalgic over his past six years on the Board of Regents. "One damn thing I won't miss is this board," he said. "I'm going back to what I was doing before, which is...

STATE OF THE SYSTEM: Rogers details agenda in address.(news)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Interim Chancellor Jim Rogers announced plans on Thursday to raise the admissions bar at the state's two universities, while easing low-income students' path to a college education with need-based...

20 YEARS IN LAS VEGAS: NFR making itself at home.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Joe Beaver's roping skills are more refined and his hair is smattered with gray, but competing in the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas makes him feel like a kid again. He still recalls competing in 1985...

ALL-AROUND CHAMPION: Murray finds place in history.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL The National Finals Rodeo is an all-around winner. The contestants make money, city businesses make money and for at least 10 days each year Las Vegans can enjoy a crowd where polite manners are...

Defending champion Brazilebrings sizable lead into NFR.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Trevor Brazile's lead of more than $59,000 in the all-around standings heading into tonight's opening round of the 46th annual National Finals Rodeo is half of what it was a year ago, but the Texas roper...

Contestants taking shotat rodeo's ultimate prize.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL World championships are the most coveted titles in professional rodeo, and over the next 10 days $5.1 million in prize money will be divvied up, but contestants also vie for a piece of history. Nine...

Programs provide optionsfor fans looking for tickets.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL All reserved seats for the 46th annual National Finals Rodeo have been sold, but that doesn't mean people who are interested in attending the event can't buy a ticket. And you don't need to pay inflated prices...

Allen captures 18th worldchampionship in steer roping.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Guy Allen lived up to his nickname of "The Legend" again this year when he won his 18th world championship in the 46th annual National Finals Steer Roping in Amarillo, Texas. The cowboy from Santa Anna, Texas,...

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: RICHARD ENG, REVIEW-JOURNAL Post Time 12:30 p.m. Race 1 - 6 furlongs, Purse $14,000, Claiming $12,500, Fillies and mares, 3 and up It Was Meant To Be - Good tune-up in last off a 3-month hiatus; speedball will go as fast...

NFR's favorites to be honored.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL It took Will Lowe only two tries to accomplish what veteran Rod Lyman had been working toward for 20 years. Lowe, 21, won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world championship in bareback...

Meyer prepares to leave Utes.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Urban Meyer's successful stay as Utah's football coach is drawing to an end, and Utes offensive coordinator Mike Sanford is the top candidate to replace him, The Salt Lake Tribune reported in today's...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Continuity drives UNR.(sports)
December 3, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL When Trent Johnson left UNR to return to Stanford last spring, finding his replacement as Wolf Pack basketball coach was easy. Keeping it in the family was the mandate at Legacy Hall. While Mark...