Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) articles from March 2005

Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV) archives from March 2005

Mythical minimum wage worker difficult to find.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL He is the mythical everyman slaving over a greasy skillet, the shopping cart retriever braving a dangerous parking lot to help an old lady with her groceries, the teenage mall-rat hawking goods from a...

Police budget restson sales tax hike.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Optimistic a voter-approved sales tax increase to fund more police will move forward, Sheriff Bill Young on Monday unveiled a $428 million budget proposal that includes far fewer officers than he has...

VALLEY'S THIRST: Water plan comes in at $2 billion.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL A plan to pipe water to Las Vegas from rural Nevada could cost more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate released Monday by the Southern Nevada Water Authority. The $2.04 billion...

Activation delayed to allow for ramp meter lessons.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Valley drivers won't see ramp meters activated until they've had a little more time to learn about the on-ramp stop signals. Concerns that oblivious commuters would be confused or cause...

Incidentspromptwarning.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL UNLV officials are asking students on campus to look out for two men who have groped women or spied on them in university bathrooms. UNLV police received three reports about a man who has improperly...

PROFESSOR'S REMARKS: Ex-student defends complaint.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL UNLV alumnus Michael Knight returned to campus Monday night to find closure. Almost a year after he filed a complaint against a UNLV economics professor who made a controversial statement about...

Democrats to tour,counter Bush trips.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Democrats are looking to take a page out of the president's travel plans by stumping across the country on their own Social Security tour. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will host fellow Democratic leaders...

Democrats at Strip event blast Social Security changes.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Latino advocates and Democratic leaders on Monday protested President Bush's proposal to privatize Social Security, saying it would hurt minorities disproportionately and destroy the most basic...

Dispute in land deal heard.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Attorneys Ross Goodman and Louis Palazzo won a temporary court victory Monday in a legal fight stemming from a disputed downtown land deal. The conflict centers on a real estate deal involving Palazzo...

GUARDIANSHIP HEARING: Woman gets custody of stabbing victim.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Nearly four months after 13-year-old Shiloh Edsitty was stabbed and his mother killed, a judge on Monday gave custody of the boy to his longtime guardian. Judge Gerald Hardcastle awarded guardianship...

Attorney: Cab company settles crash lawsuit for $4.9 million.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A motorcyclist who sued a cab company in connection with a 2002 vehicle crash has received a $4.9 million settlement, according to the man's attorney. Attorney Paul Powell said his client, Paul Butler, was riding...

Father, 30, faces charges in death of his infant son.(news)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A 30-year-old Henderson man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his 4-month-old son, who authorities believe died last month after being violently shaken. John Schutts, the infant's...

Rebels' winning streak vanishes.(sports)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL For UNLV's final scheduled home game of the season Monday, the Rebels staged an unannounced "Turn Back The Clock" promotion. Nobody bothered to tell Rebels coach Lon Kruger his team would play the way...

Mixed grade for UNLV; fourteams in danger of sanctions.(sports)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL UNLV is in danger of losing scholarships in baseball, men's basketball, football and women's indoor track if graduation rates in those sports do not improve by next year, according to a study released...

NASCAR NEXTEL CUP SERIES: Fontana crowd falls off.(sports)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL FONTANA, Calif. -- It didn't take long for the garage area of California Speedway to clear after each of NASCAR'S three major series completed their respective races over the weekend. It took a lot...

NEW ATTITUDE: Fresh faces having impact on UNLV.(sports)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV softball team has never received much respect in the Mountain West Conference, but that's all right with coach Lonni Alameda. Before the season started in January, the league's coaches...

All Las Vegas, All the Time.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYS, REVIEW-JOURNAL High-profile television startups are nothing new for Robin Leach. After all, the veteran newsman-entertainment reporter helped to create the long- and still-running "Entertainment Tonight," was one...

TAKE IT ALL IN: Right Under Your Nose.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Visually, the Strip has long been considered a garish spectacle, with its melange of lights, images, decorations and spectacular sights. But from a different perspective, it's something else entirely: Public art....

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: Las Vegas teen makes it to finals on NBC's `Endurance'.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: MONIQUE FRIGARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Demian Martinez has proven he really does have the endurance to stick it out when the competition gets rough. Demian, 16, made it to the two-team finals on the third season of "Endurance," which...

Nevada Ballet's `Romeo & Juliet' captivates audience.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: JULIA OSBORNE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Anyone with even a passing knowledge of William Shakespeare had no doubt as to the conclusion of "Romeo & Juliet" as performed by the Nevada Ballet Theatre. The only question was how the dancers...

Philharmonic shows its upbeat side.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: JULIA OSBORNE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The planets were in alignment for the Las Vegas Philharmonic's program Saturday as the orchestra and guest artist Daniel Gaisford offered an inspired program with the theme "the music of the spheres."...

Conservatory offers entertaining evening, if you can keep up.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Nevada Conservatory's production of Shakespeare's "Love's Labor's Lost" is a light, breezy comedy about people who talk too much. It's at heart a love story, full of earnest, bumbling young...

Some of New City show's 28 performers break out.(living)
March 1, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL New City Theatre's "Hot Hollywood" is like a dramatic version of "American Idol." It's got a painfully thin and silly story line that allows 28 performers to get a moment to sing or dance or...

McCarran passenger growth continues.
March 1, 2005

Casino groups pursue Singapore.
March 1, 2005

Aladdin, Culinary to begin contract talks.
March 1, 2005

Nevada tourism group launching TV ads.
March 1, 2005

Award winner to design local project.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: J.M. KALIL, REVIEW-JOURNAL Renowned architect Frank Gehry, the Pritzker Prize-winning creator of stunningly angular, metallic-skinned structures such as the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los...

Court allows threein Nevada to live.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Three murder defendants accused of committing heinous crimes in Southern Nevada no longer face a possible death sentence following the U.S. Supreme Court's elimination of capital punishment for juvenile...

314 students will stay at Cimarron.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: ANTONIO PLANAS, REVIEW-JOURNAL School trustees voted 5-1 Tuesday against a proposal to send 314 students from Cimarron Memorial High School to Centennial High School beginning in August. The proposal was made by the district's...

Mothers take stance against nanny.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A group of Henderson mothers have started a letter-writing campaign urging authorities to take a tough stance in the prosecution of a nanny accused of shaking a baby. "This is every mother's worst...

Dean hopes to turn Nevada blue in '08.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Newly-elected Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Tuesday that Democrats can win red states such as Nevada by focusing on grass-roots organizing and by not being afraid to visit rural...

County Commission opposes Henderson annexation plan.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL At its meeting Tuesday, the Clark County Commission voiced opposition to the city of Henderson's plans to annex 4,000 acres of federal land near Sloan south of McCarran International Airport. The commission...

Henderson policechief to step down.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL After more than 29 years with the Henderson Police Department, Michael Mayberry will step down as chief in Nevada's second-largest city. Mayberry, 52, announced his retirement Tuesday, citing health...

Two arrested in identity thefts.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Two people were arrested earlier this month in connection with dozens of identity thefts at hospitals in Nevada, California, Arizona and Utah, authorities said. The suspects, Curtis Prindle and Shannon Smock, are...

Cabdriver stabbed;teen passenger arrested.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A cabdriver was in critical condition Tuesday after being stabbed by a 17-year-old passenger who may have been trying to rob him, Las Vegas police said. The 45-year-old driver, Sunny S. Kim, was taken to the...

Agency pursues additional water.(news)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Department of Energy wants more of Nevada's water to complete scientific work at the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Meanwhile, a project official said the repository will not...

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA.(sports)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: RICHARD ENG, REVIEW-JOURNAL Post Time 1 p.m. Race 1 - 6 furlongs, Purse $14,000, Claiming $10,000, Cal-breds, 4 and up Award Winning Team - Chance to turn the tables on the chalk at square odds; the slightly shorter...

Gladiatorscarry onafter lossof Porter.(sports)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Gladiators have one saving grace after losing standout wide receiver/defensive back Dameon Porter to a broken arm last week. At least they have experienced players who have previously thrived in...

APPETIZERS: Taste of famous Carnegie Deli comes to The Mirage.(living)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Mirage gives diners the New York deli experience with its latest restaurant, Carnegie Deli, an offshoot of the famed 68-year-old midtown Manhattan restaurant. The decor, designed by Adam Tihani,...

FUN TRADITION: Enjoy the Party.(living)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The biggest secret to chef Kevin Oakes' success at throwing a NASCAR tailgate party is the timing. This fan doesn't arrive early at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to party before a race. He prefers to...

RESTAURANT REPORT.(living)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Aurelio's Pizza, 7660 W. Cheyenne Ave., received 16 demerits Feb. 14. Violations included uncovered and unlabeled can of fudge topping on premises, and mold around caulking at dishwasher. GRADE: B ...

Insomniac Project director steps into spotlight.(living)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL "Mud," is not pretty, but that's not to say this 1983 play is not good. Its offbeat subject matter and absurdist dialogue make it a perfect fit for The Insomniac Project, a late-night, bare-bones...

Short O'Neill play barely worth the effort.(living)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Community College of Southern Nevada has announced it will present a Eugene O'Neill play annually, starting with his early, brief works, and that's terrific news. Our nation's greatest...

Cockroach Theatre stages major evening with 'Cloud'.(living)
March 2, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL When you hear about Jose Rivera, you often hear the term "magic realism," and after seeing his 1997 play "Cloud Tectonics" at Cockroach Theatre, it's easy to understand why. At first, Rivera's...

Consensus elusive without details on property tax plans.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL When it comes to uniting behind a plan to control soaring property tax bills, Clark County governmental entities don't believe one proposal fits all -- at least not yet. The latest proposal, from...

Witness backs out of slaying case deal.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Just moments before she was to be sentenced to probation Wednesday, a woman recanted a statement that led police to suspect her former boyfriend in the slaying of a northwest Las Vegas homeowner. As...

Father of teen driver in fatal crash kills self.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL David Troester, haunted by a car wreck that claimed the life of his only daughter and another Las Vegas High School student nearly three years ago, killed himself Sunday, authorities said. Troester, 42, died...

ANIMAL ADOPTIONS.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL As two of her wolves were loaded into a truck in Henderson on Wednesday, Teresa Johns stood beside a cage nearby and tickled a 350-pound lion named Sabu with a peacock feather. Johns did her best not...

Researcher clears up minimum wage counts.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada has only 8,000 workers who earn the minimum wage of $5.15 per hour, according to a researcher with the Economic Policy Institute. "There has been confusion over my numbers," said Jeff Chapman with the...

REMARKS TO FOURTH-GRADERS: Mayor's talk of gin criticized.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: ANTONIO PLANAS and ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL It was martinis with the mayor Monday at Mackey Elementary School, but Oscar Goodman's comments to fourth-graders about his fondness for gin now have him on the rocks. The incident...

Geropsychiatrics comes of age.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: PAUL HARASIM, REVIEW-JOURNAL When the Valley Health Medical Center closed its 12-bed geropsychiatric center in September, the Las Vegas Valley had fewer than 20 beds to serve geriatric patients with mental health problems. Now...

City sells acre to Shade Tree for $10.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas officials on Wednesday agreed to sell one acre just north of downtown for $10 to Shade Tree, a shelter for homeless women and children. Shelter officials have been planning the...

Dental school seen as 'burden'.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Several lawmakers want to disband UNLV's dental school despite concerns that such a move would deprive low-income residents of oral health care. "I just think we need to revisit the whole issue,"...

Authorities tout success of anti-crime initiative.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL More than a year ago, then-U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft met with one of his deputies to discuss new ways to reduce violent crime in America. Statistics showed crime had been falling across...

Overheated chimney pipe blamed in LV house fire.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Fire investigators blamed an overheated metal chimney pipe for a Wednesday evening house fire in Las Vegas. The fire started about 5:20 p.m. in a two-story home on the 9700 block of Floweret Avenue, near Sahara...

Speedway officials: Traffic won't mar race weekend.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Conventional wisdom holds that Las Vegas' annual NASCAR weekend is a sure traffic-choker in the northeast valley, but race officials say that's no longer the case. "What used to be a real black...

Wage and salary initiative doesn't make ballot in NLV.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL North Las Vegas residents who pushed for a ballot initiative granting voters final say on the city's wage and salary negotiations were disappointed Wednesday when officials unanimously upheld the city clerk's...

Predator program flying high.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week Scooby's pilots send Predator spy planes into the skies over Iraq so the rest of the team, located 7,500 miles away at Nellis Air Force Base, can hunt bad guys...

Proposal for NLV site switched to residential.(news)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Plans for a 52-acre regional shopping center at the northern edge of North Las Vegas were scrapped on Wednesday in favor of more residential development. The decision came at the urging of...

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA.(sports)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: Richard Eng, REVIEW-JOURNAL Post Time 1 p.m. Race 1 - 1 mile, Purse $20,000, Maiden claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds Decorated Soldier - Stretches out for the first time in a while; tactical speed to sit a trip and grind it...

Unbeaten champ Lacy out to make name for himself in ring.(sports)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Jeff Lacy is an undefeated world champion, a former Olympian who is one of boxing's rising young stars. But he almost seemed embarrassed Wednesday talking about the subject for which he has become...

Ex-Rebel Cooper released by Rattlers.(sports)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Former UNLV star Hunkie Cooper's standout 13-year Arena Football League career with the Arizona Rattlers officially ended Wednesday when he was released. Frustrated by a 1-4 start, Cooper said he...

Rebels' Moore takes aim at major achievement.(sports)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL It has been more than 14 years since an amateur won on the PGA Tour. Not even Tiger Woods, regarded as one of the finest amateur golfers in history, could do it. Since Phil Mickelson won the Northern...

Future Rebels wrapping up seasons.(sports)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL UNLV has been fortunate to not sustain any season-ending injuries this season. The same can't be said for two future Rebels who had their seasons end earlier than planned. Forward Wendell White broke...

Palo Verde's McGuire, Centennial's Gordon honored.(sports)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: DAMON SEITERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Very little separated Palo Verde and Centennial in girls soccer this winter. Both teams ended the regular season with undefeated records, having tied twice during the Northwest Division season....

NEW TWIST: Sky's the Limit.(living)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: SONYA PADGETT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Just when it seemed that every extravagant, luxury accommodation had been built on the Strip, and that every untoppable high roller suite had been topped again and again, along comes a new twist on an...

Opening the Gates.(living)
March 3, 2005... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas artist John Pacheco has turned a verbal pun into a sculpture. The artist plays off gaited horses, which are among the 5 percent or less of horses that naturally move with extra "gears"...

Palms joins upward trend in Las Vegas.
March 3, 2005

Downtown's draw improves.
March 3, 2005

No offense, but he can't tell a lie.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman stormed out of his weekly news conference Thursday after he was asked if his recent comments to fourth-graders about drinking gin were appropriate. Goodman offered an...

Gibbons' speech plagiarism.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL As Rep. Jim Gibbons' incendiary remarks at an Elko Lincoln Day dinner last Friday began to make national news, his words drew notice for their similarity to a copyrighted speech. The speech Gibbons,...

Legislators criticize proposal for voluntary rate rollbacks.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL A proposal by North Las Vegas Mayor Michael Montandon to let local governments voluntarily cut local property tax rates by 15 percent got the cold shoulder from some lawmakers Thursday. "Mayor...

FATAL STABBING: Ex-basketball star bound over for trial.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The roller coaster life of former Philippine basketball star Rudy Distrito took another turn Thursday when a Las Vegas judge ordered him to stand trial for the murder of a man stabbed to death in...

LAPD comes recruiting in Las Vegas.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL For years, the Metropolitan Police Department has invaded California to lure away talented recruits. On Thursday, the Los Angeles Police Department turned the tables, sending a team of ambassadors...

Medical company indicted.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A medical diagnostic testing company and its top two corporate officers have been indicted on federal charges of health care fraud, money laundering and tax evasion, the U.S. attorney's office announced Thursday. ...

UNLV surpasses U.S. trend with rise in donations.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Colleges and universities nationwide saw an increase in donations last year, and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas enjoyed a bigger increase than most. Donations to institutions of higher learning...

Pioneer lawyer dead.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Emilie Wanderer, a pioneering Nevada civil rights lawyer, died Thursday. She was just a month shy of her 103rd birthday. Wanderer, who moved to Las Vegas in 1946 with her three children, passed the...

Early morning fire damages guesthouse.(news)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL An early morning fire severely damaged a 62-year-old guesthouse in a neighborhood east of downtown Las Vegas, the city Fire Department said. The fire started about 1 a.m. in the building, on the 2500 block of...

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA.(sports)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: Richard Eng, REVIEW-JOURNAL Post Time 1 p.m. Race 1 - 7 furlongs, Purse $14,000, Claiming $14,000, 4 and up Razik - 10-YO has won two in a row off the layoff; dropped back to the bottom so the key is his conditioning. ...

Rebels center feeling sluggish.(sports)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL Louis Amundson has hit the wall. UNLV's 6-foot-9-inch junior center admits he is tired, and it has shown in his recent play. Amundson's lack of energy might force coach Lon Kruger to replace him...

Gladiators aim for another victory without injured Dolezel.(sports)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL If the Gladiators win tonight, they will have more than simply survived without their starting quarterback. Going 3-1 without Clint Dolezel would be a significant boost entering the heart of the...

Seward's value on the rise.(sports)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Adam Seward's reputation at UNLV was that he got the most out of his talent by working and playing so hard. Turns out there also was plenty of talent to draw upon. Seward ran 4.56 and 4.65 on...

Cougars win ugly, 48-45.(sports)
March 4, 2005... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS, REVIEW-JOURNAL It's hard to believe, but Brigham Young senior guard Julie Sullivan said she has played in many uglier games than the one she was a part of Thursday night. Of course, Sullivan's team won, so her...