Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from February 2003

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from February 2003

Super Bowl Means More Private Touchdowns at Las Vegas Airport.
February 1, 2003

Superintendent Says Las Vegas Beazer Foundations Failed Moisture Inspections.
February 1, 2003

Newspaper Partnership Will Acquire Paradise, Calif., Printing Press.
February 1, 2003

New urgency seenon drunken driving.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Jerry and Patti Vesely's daughter was killed in early 1997 by a driver whose blood-alcohol level was within the legal limit. Two months after the crash, the Henderson residents set aside their...

Remedial classes might drop out at UNLV, UNR.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada's universities could start getting out of the growing business of subsidized remedial education within two years. The Board of Regents on Friday asked university system officials to...

Feathered friends get reprieve.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL They're named after cartoon characters and nursery rhymes, but they're not headed for a storybook ending. Mother Goose and a duck named Daffy are just two of the birds that animal lover Jill Duncan...

Father files suit for body.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The father of a 3-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a Mesquite RV park last month filed for an injunction Friday that would forbid the girl's mother from cremating or burying her remains. ...

RESPONSE TO DATA: Neal plans profiling law effort.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A state senator plans to use data from a study on traffic stops to justify making it a crime for law enforcement officers in Nevada to engage in racial profiling. Sen. Joe Neal, D-North Las...

Shooting justified, jury rules.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL The fatal shooting of a serial bank robber by Las Vegas police in December was justified, a coroner's inquest jury ruled Friday after deliberating for just 15 minutes. The verdict stems from the...

DEFENDANT ON STAND: Woman testifies in her murder trial.(news)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL The life of a street prostitute was detailed in court Friday when slaying suspect Paulette Perry took the witness stand and denied murdering a Pennsylvania gambler. Perry said her boyfriend, Kenneth...

Colorful drag racer Cannon drives on with increased role.(sports)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Scotty Cannon is one Mohawk-wearing dude who loves to work. His trademark hairstyle has become a staple of the NHRA Powerade Drag Racing Series, but drag racing's premier series nearly lost one of its...

Seventeen years later, Medina much the same man.(sports)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Manuel Medina was 14 years old. He had learned to box two years earlier to protect himself from the bullies who were picking on him. Food and material goods were scarce. Prospects were dim. So he did...

Rebels can rescue seasonwith fabulous February.(sports)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL The calendar page has turned to February, the time of year when Charlie Spoonhour works his magic. The UNLV basketball coach has enjoyed amazing success in the year's shortest month, compiling a 72.2...

Lack of prize moneydoesn't slow marathon.(sports)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: ROYCE FEOUR, REVIEW-JOURNAL A lack of prize money hasn't hurt the Las Vegas international Marathon's popularity among runners. A record field of about 8,400 is expected in the three events of the 37th annual marathon weekend....

SOUTHWEST DIVISION SHOWDOWN: Warriors rally to down Gaels.(sports)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The Western High School girls basketball team took the floor Friday determined not to come out on the losing end of another close game. Thanks to a furious fourth-quarter rally, it didn't. Ra Chauna Randle had 15...

Western produces at line, holds off Gorman.(sports)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Western made 9 of 12 free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter as the unranked Warriors pulled off a 58-52 home victory over No. 2 Bishop Gorman on Friday night. Mario Hornsby made four consecutive free throws in...

WESTWOOD WOES: Electronic Arts to close studio.(business)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Electronic Arts' decision to close the Westwood Studios video game design studio will deal a powerful blow to Las Vegas' nascent technology community, local officials said Friday. Electronic...

Fry's traffic boosts project's prospects.(business)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Traffic generated from the opening of Fry's Electronics superstore on Las Vegas Boulevard at Interstate 215 is encouraging for Los Angeles developer Ted Greene. The president of Trenton Group has a...

Superintendent says Beazer pads failed moisture inspections.(business)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL A former construction superintendent for Beazer Homes testified Friday that the pads at Village at Craig Ranch in North Las Vegas failed several inspections for moisture saturation. Scott Allred,...

Partnership will acquire Paradise Post.(business)
February 1, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL California Newspapers Partnership, a division of MediaNews Group Inc., announced Friday that it has entered an agreement to purchase the Paradise Post and Paradise Post Printing Inc., based in Paradise, Calif., from...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Business Calendar Column.
February 2, 2003

Valley residents grapple with how to explain tragedy to children.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: JAN MOLLER and J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Joan Turner spent Saturday with an uncomfortable sense of deja vu. Seventeen years ago, the Las Vegas High School teacher was one of two Nevada educators who were finalists in the...

Las Vegas mother mourns son's loss.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL and NATALIE PATTON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Just hours after her son and six others perished aboard the space shuttle Columbia, a grieving Las Vegas woman urged the nation not to abandon its pioneering role in space. A...

Joy turns to sadness for shuttle watchers.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: JAN MOLLER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Jim Werle awoke before dawn Saturday and drove from his Henderson home to a lookout spot near Hoover Dam. The amateur astronomer had learned from a Web site that the space shuttle Columbia would be...

BRITTNEY BERGERON: Girl's life a tale of sorrow.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL HEMET, Calif. -- The recent attack in which a knife-wielding assailant severed her spinal cord was one of many tragedies Brittney Bergeron has endured in her young life. Hundreds of pages of police...

Schools see bad, good in budget.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Gov. Kenny Guinn's tax increase proposals are generating both enthusiasm and uncertainty among Nevada school officials. Both teacher representatives and Clark County School District administrators...

Bicyclist killed following collision.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A bicyclist was struck and killed by a pickup in Henderson Friday night, according to police. Police said the accident occurred about 10 p.m. at the intersection of Pecos Road and Grange Avenue. Police said...

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT LAWSUITS: Falling between the cracks.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL For Tony Ayres, the construction defect trial that's expected to go to deliberation this week at the Clark County Complex Litigation Center has all the importance of a murder trial. He feels like...

CONSTRUCTION DEFECT REFORM: Builders embrace California law.(news)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Developers and home builders in Southern Nevada have embraced a move by California lawmakers that could have a ripple effect on construction defect reform here. In September, California Gov. Gray...

SINKING FAST: Tumbling Rebels are no-shows.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL Because UNLV cannot or will not change the way it plays basketball, the Rebels were unable to improve their position in the Mountain West standings Saturday night. Playing lackluster and sloppy...

Gladiators out to make 'good first impression'.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Barely a month and a half ago, word broke that the Gladiators were moving their Arena Football League team from New Jersey to Las Vegas. Today, the team will begin to find out if moving West was...

Marquez hands Medina sound beating.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Manuel Medina has been a world champion on four occasions and was fighting in his 18th championship fight Saturday night. But never in those fights had the classy Mexican been battered as he was by...

Review-Journal's Iole named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Review-Journal senior reporter Kevin Iole has been named Nevada Sportswriter of the Year for 2002 by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Iole, 43, has been at the Review-Journal...

Palo Verde boys team tops Green Valley in overtime.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Jarrell Harrison hit a layup with five seconds left in overtime, lifting Palo Verde to a 75-73 road victory over Green Valley on Saturday. Palo Verde's Mitch Smith hit a 3-pointer at the end of regulation to tie...

Top Fuel racing no dragfor husband-wife team.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Rhonda Hartman-Smith, 28, grew up in Southern California and enjoys the Dixie Chicks, water and snow skiing, and Italian food. John Smith, 35, grew up in Florida and prefers Pearl Jam, golf and...

Duran lighthearted but a lightweight <i>no mas</i>.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Roberto Duran slid through the buffet at Mandalay Bay, cradling a plate overloaded with food, a Las Vegas cap pulled down low on his forehead. A couple who appeared to be in their 40s passed him and...

Hernandez captures IBF junior lightweight title.(sports)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Carlos Hernandez had difficulty believing what had happened more than an hour after he won his first world championship by defeating David Santos for the IBF junior lightweight title at Mandalay Bay. ...

'TRADING SPACES': Room to Grow.(living)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Early on a recent morning, two neighbors and a stranger walked into a house in Henderson, took knives to the family room carpet, rolled it up and carried it away. It didn't matter to the...

Assisted-living facility an 'oasis' in downtown Las Vegas.(living)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL While working for a hospice, nurse Saraah Ganti once was reprimanded for working without pay after she had clocked out. Her sin: She made herself available outside her work shift for questions from...

Group helps Las Vegas students strike up the band.(living)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL When the four local youth orchestras in the Las Vegas Valley put on a show, it takes a lot more than the talent of the 342 young musicians who perform. Rehearsal space is provided by one sponsor:...

NEVADAN AT WORK: JERRY AIROLA -- Owner and president of Silver State Helicopters.(business)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Jerry Airola wanted to fly helicopters ever since he became fascinated with the magnificent whirlybirds as a child. He started taking lessons when he moved to Las Vegas in 1995, but when the...

HOUSING MARKET: A rate to appreciate.(business)
February 2, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The median price of existing homes in Las Vegas Valley appreciated by 7.4 percent in 2002, led by a 20 percent gain in the south Summerlin ZIP code of 89135, a local housing expert said in his year-end...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
February 3, 2003

LV religious leaders left to explain tragedy.(news)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL One day after the space shuttle Columbia fell from the sky, many Americans went to church and prayed for the seven people who perished. Pastors and religious leaders were left to try and explain yet...

Landscapers criticalof new drought plan.(news)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The ongoing drought should have prompted water authorities to enforce existing conservation regulations more aggressively rather than implement increasingly stringent water limitations, landscaping...

HENDERSON: Spotlight already on council race.(news)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL Andy Hafen says it's his policy to avoid speaking in the first person and instead credit the Henderson City Council for its accomplishments during the past four years. But Rocco Tucker might...

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Guinn plan to reopen youth correctional center opposed.(news)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Sex, violence, tough teenage boys and the state budget don't always link together, except when the subject is the mothballed Summit View Youth Correctional Center in North Las Vegas. In a...

Woman's pet birds eradicated.(news)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL When the federal government wanted to kill dozens of Jill Duncan's pet birds, she put up a fight. Now she is left to ponder just how quickly she was defeated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture....

Bronfenbrenner blows by field.(sports)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: ROYCE FEOUR, REVIEW-JOURNAL David Bronfenbrenner tuned up for a planned run across the United States by winning the Las Vegas international Marathon under miserable conditions Sunday. Bronfenbrenner, of West Hazelton, Pa., and...

StunnedRebelsgo backto basics.(sports)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL Wondering why UNLV is 1-4 and sharing last place in the Mountain West Conference? That's easy. It's the defense -- more accurately a lack of defense that has the Rebels struggling and tied with New...

GLADIATORS' GLOOMY START: Weak 1 for Las Vegas.(sports)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL LOS ANGELES -- Sunday's first play from scrimmage didn't doom the Gladiators, but it set the tone. The Los Angeles Avengers scored on a 31-yard touchdown pass, and the Gladiators never made the key...

Pritchard couldn't pass up chance to call games.(sports)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL LOS ANGELES -- In putting together their radio team, the Las Vegas Gladiators landed former NFL veteran wide receiver Mike Pritchard. Pritchard, a Rancho High School graduate who played for three...

Russell starts right with speedy run.(sports)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Darrell Russell and crew chief Wayne Dupuy won't be able to sneak out of the shadows when the professional drag racing season opens next weekend in Pomona, Calif. Russell, the third-year driver of the...

COLLECTIVE COUNSELING: Talking It Out.(living)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYS, REVIEW-JOURNAL No man, poet John Donne once observed, is an island. While Donne never quite got around to developing this corollary, it's just as true: Neither is a son, daughter, sister, brother, mom, dad, aunt,...

NEWSMAKERS: Rabbi appointed to Commission on Jewish Living.(living)
February 3, 2003... BYLINE: DEANA DI DIO, REVIEW-JOURNAL At Congregation Ner Tamid, the liturgy is put to rock-and-roll music the second Friday of each month during "Shabbatone" service. "Our congregation is very open to new ideas," says senior Rabbi...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
February 4, 2003

Tragedy's Impact Unknown for Las Vegas-Based Shuttle Supplier American Pacific.
February 4, 2003

Commercial projects slated for test site still in limbo.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two commercial space ventures targeted for the Nevada Test Site should continue in memory of the shuttle astronauts who died Saturday, a local official said Monday. The two ventures, one by...

OPERATION ANACONDA: F-16, copter pilotsreceive Silver Stars.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Saying they were just doing their jobs, a pair of Nellis Air Force Base pilots who risked their lives to recover U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan received one of the nation's highest military honors for...

Crash victim'smother dies.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL The mother of one of six teens killed in the Jessica Williams crash was found dead Sunday in her Las Vegas home, and authorities are investigating the death as either a suicide or an accidental overdose....

Murder suspect had access to missing mother's savings.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL Newly released grand jury transcripts show murder suspect Bill Rundle had extensive access to his missing mother's substantial savings. Rundle, 57, was indicted Jan. 24 on a count of murder in...

County discontinues Sandstone newsletter.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL In a cost-cutting move, Clark County administrators have stopped publishing a newsletter that had been mailed to hundreds of thousands of households. The newsletter Sandstone cost $525,000 per year and had been...

Maryland residentdies in race car.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL A 58-year-old man died Sunday afternoon on the Las Vegas Motor Speedway track while participating in a race driving school program. Philip Jerome Malarkey of Maryland died of natural causes...

Woman dies in gunfight.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL Authorities are investigating a shooting that killed a 37-year-old woman and critically injured a young man early Monday, Las Vegas police said. Two groups of people confronted each other in front...

MAXIM SLAYING: Prosecutor attackssuspect's testimony.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A Clark County prosecutor portrayed slaying suspect Paulette Perry as a killer, liar and manipulator of men during cross-examination in court Monday. Perry, 35, is charged with robbery and murder in...

Group, city attorney argueballot initiative before judge.(news)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL A judge is expected to determine by Friday whether North Las Vegas must place on its upcoming ballot an initiative allowing more public participation at council meetings. A group calling itself...

Kyle Buschcuts tieswith RoushRacing team.(sports)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Kyle Busch is no longer associated with the Roush Racing team, but the 17-year-old Las Vegan believes he will be driving in one of NASCAR's premier stock-car racing series this year. Busch said Monday...

CRUSHING COLORADO STATE: Rebels win with total turnaround.(sports)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL Just 48 hours after its worst performance of the season, UNLV made a remarkable 180-degree turnaround Monday and played its best basketball. The Rebels rediscovered their defense. Marcus Banks went...

SPOTLIGHT: UNLV WOMEN'S TENNIS: Hawaiian packs punch.(sports)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Tracie Chong might be surprising her coach and her opponents, but she's not surprising herself. The UNLV sophomore tennis player always has believed that hard work produces rewards. And she's...

INTERNET EXTRA: Burton guides Gaels past Bonanza in girls soccer.(sports)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Kate Burton had a goal and an assist to lift Bishop Gorman to a 2-0 road victory over Bonanza on Monday. Jamie Kefalas added a goal for the Gaels, and Christa Avena had an assist. At Palo Verde, Tiffany...

Richo keys Bonanza victory.(sports)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL D.J. Richo scored six of his 18 points in the fourth quarter as Bonanza's boys basketball team built a 10-point lead and held on for a 69-61 victory over host Clark on Monday. Ernie Domanico had 20 points for the...

SAVVY SHOPPING: On the Lookout.(living)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA, REVIEW-JOURNAL It was the kind of thing Dee Perino sees all the time. A man, a representative of a local charity, walked into Perino's office at the Antique Sampler Shoppes with a donated lamp. He'd been...

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: High school student encourages peers to delay parenthood.(living)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: DEANA DI DIO, REVIEW-JOURNAL Brad Keating, 16, wants to become a lawyer and perhaps go into politics. He also hopes to have a family, someday. But for now, Keating is advocating abstinence. In December, the Coronado High...

REVIEW: Adapted musical 'Working'succeeds on every level.(living)(Review)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: ALLYSON HERRING, REVIEW-JOURNAL The ups and downs of working in America are captured in Jade Productions musical "Working." The play, by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, was adapted from the book by Studs Terkel. The play's...

Expert: Choice key to retailers.(business)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Community-based retailers must develop a strong brand identity and offer unique products and services to differentiate themselves from "big-box" retailers, an industry expert said Monday at the annual...

Shuttlesupplierwaitingfor word.(business)
February 4, 2003... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The aftermath of Saturday's tragedy is so far unknown for American Pacific Corp., a Las Vegas manufacturer of ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizer used in the space shuttle's solid-fuel booster engines....

Las Vegas Casino Gives Notice of Plans to Seek Alternate Power Supplier.
February 5, 2003

Hospital crowding idles ambulances.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Paramedics have recently been forced to wait in crowded area hospitals longer than ever before, making it increasingly difficult for them to respond to 911 calls, health officials said this week. ...

Doctor, administrator layoffs expected at public hospital.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Some doctors and administrators at University Medical Center are expected to be laid off in the coming weeks to cut costs at the financially troubled public hospital, according to a source who asked not...

Interior official views Red Rock as model for BLM lands.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL On a sunny day when a wild burro crossed her path and rock climbers scaled Red Rock Canyon's sandstone cliffs, Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson made her first trip to the park west of Las...

Contrite nurse admittedassaulting 5-year-old girl.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Authorities say they discovered that a University Medical Center nurse sexually assaulted a young patient only because the assailant's remorse spurred him to confess. Wracked with guilt for weeks...

Pet stores resume selling birds.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL State and federal efforts to eradicate a fatal bird disease in Southern Nevada are going so well, officials said Tuesday, that pet store owners can again sell birds, though with some restrictions. ...

ROAD WARRIOR Q&A: Behold The Bike Path.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL This week readers want to know if a beltway bicycle path is a sign of things to come, why opposing traffic doesn't always get the signal to turn left at the same time and when a traffic signal will be...

British tourists, bus company settle in rollover.(news)
February 5, 2003... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Thirty-nine British tourists severely injured in the rollover of a bus west of Tonopah about 2 1/2 years ago have settled out of court with the tour company for about $23 million, the BBC reported Monday....