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

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

Las Vegas-Based Airline to Apply for $70 Million Bailout Loan.
May 1, 2002

Nevada Gaming Officials to Consider Changes in Monopoly Rules.
May 1, 2002

Atlantic City, N.J., Sands Casino Makes Changes to Improve Profitability.
May 1, 2002

New York-Based Satellite Radio Company Begins Service in Las Vegas Area.
May 1, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
May 1, 2002

Accused priest given comfort of congregants.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: J.M. KALILREVIEW-JOURNAL A Catholic priest charged with striking and fondling boys in his Henderson parish had more than just an attorney advocating for him during his first appearance in criminal court Tuesday morning. About...

Anti-Yucca Mountain effortavoids getting caught in Web.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERSREVIEW-JOURNAL For a few days before Tuesday, Nevada officials flirted with a nuclear disaster in their effort to thwart federal plans to haul radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain. "We almost stepped off the deep...

STOLEN SCHOOL BUS:Hijack suspect may face adult charges.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACHREVIEW-JOURNAL The 15-year-old Pahrump Valley High School student who Monday hijacked a school bus at sword point and engaged in a high speed chase with police could face prosecution as an adult. Nye County...

Suspect seeksto retract plea.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A double murder suspect who authorities think faked mental illness in court for five years has a chance in the coming weeks to dump his guilty plea to murder. Because of a Nevada Supreme Court ruling...

ROAD WARRIOR Q & A: Tight Squeeze on I-15.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL This week, readers want to know of any plans to alleviate the afternoon backup on southbound Interstate 15 at the Las Vegas Beltway, how far from a no U-turn sign a legal U-turn can be made, and when...

Fire Department appointsfirst woman battalion chief.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Renee Dillingham was named battalion chief with the Clark County Fire Department on Monday. She is the first woman in the department's history to hold the position. Dillingham, a 15-year veteran of the...

LV attorney's son sentenced in bank fraud case.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOTREVIEW-JOURNAL The 23-year-old son of Las Vegas attorney Robert Vannah was sentenced Tuesday during a sealed hearing for conspiring to possess stolen mail and commit bank fraud. Assistant U.S. Attorney...

WATERING RULES: Water officialsaim to bolsterconservation.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL Southern Nevada water authorities said Tuesday residents cannot afford to be complacent about conservation. Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, said the area is...

Brown declines to run for lieutenant governor.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Citing the effect that a statewide race would have on his family life, Las Vegas City Councilman Larry Brown said Tuesday he will not be a candidate for lieutenant governor this year. Brown made his...

Tabish's legal maneuver fails.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A request Tuesday to remove District Judge Joseph Bonaventure from the high-profile case of convicted killer Rick Tabish was denied by another judge. Tabish was convicted in 2000 of murder and other...

CLARK COUNTY RECORDER: Officials say Vandever absence hurting office.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL A medical condition has prevented Clark County Recorder Judith Vandever from reporting to work for seven weeks, and county officials said Tuesday that her absence is crippling the office. The...

More Nevada doctors consider options.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULAREVIEW-JOURNAL Almost 70 Las Vegas doctors have either closed their practices, retired early, or are seriously considering moving to another state to practice medicine because they are having problems finding medical...

Pappa switches to county job.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County Manager Thom Reilly has hired Mayor Oscar Goodman's press secretary to be his director of public communications. Erik Pappa replaces veteran journalist Gwen Castaldi, who resigned in February...

Bus drivers to considercompany's final pay offer.(news)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL Citizens Area Transit bus drivers will consider over the next week a final offer from the company that operates the Las Vegas Valley's bus system. After more than six months of contract...

UNLV women get tournament.(sports)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL One of UNLV women's golf coach Kelley Hester's goals was reached Tuesday when the Las Vegas Founders Club announced it would play host to a fall tournament for the Lady Rebels. The Women's Collegiate...

Sky Sox, 51s play'typical PCL game'.(sports)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Managing Colorado Springs for four years, Brad Mills saw his share of crazy baseball games at the 6,000-foot elevation where the Sky Sox play. Mills, now the manager of the 51s, should have known he...

PREP SOFTBALL: Sauer pitches Centennial to win.(sports)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Amy Sauer threw a five-hitter, striking out 11 and allowing no earned runs, to lead Centennial's softball team to a 6-2 road victory over Palo Verde on Tuesday. The Bulldogs broke a 2-2 tie with two runs in the...

WINNERS: Breaking the Mold.(living)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELYREVIEW-JOURNAL True to its bouncy appearance, gelatin is versatile as a cooking element. So versatile, in fact, that Las Vegas home chefs have teamed it with ingredients as diverse as horseradish, salsa, chicken...

Coachella gives life to music festival.(living)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMANREVIEW-JOURNAL INDIO, Calif. -- The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas could have relaxed his glazed eyes on "Charlie's Angels" actress Cameron Diaz. She was dancing at his feet. But he was too busy cussing out a few...

National Airlines set to formally apply for U.S.-backed loan.(business)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas-based National Airlines plans to submit a formal application next week for a $70 million federally guaranteed loan that's key to the airline emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, an attorney said...

Sirius joins Las Vegas' satellite radio market.(business)
May 1, 2002... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEYREVIEW-JOURNAL Sirius Satellite Radio will join rival XM in the Las Vegas market when the New York-based company launches service today. Nevada is the 18th state in which Sirius has launched since it began...

Development Group Sells Five Parcels in Las Vegas Technology Center.
May 2, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
May 2, 2002

Cooperation Gets Former Mortgage Broker in Nevada Released from Jail.
May 2, 2002

Cutsbalanceschoolbudget.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACHREVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County School Board members on Wednesday slashed their way to a balanced budget for 2002-03, approving budget assumptions that will eliminate middle school athletics, allow fewer high school...

Videotape reveals mayhem in casino brawl.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL Numerous acts of violence could be discerned Wednesday as prosecutors played chilling security videotape showing the deadly weekend riot at Harrah's Laughlin. The footage showed a sea of burly men...

Photographing of suspect banned.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A Las Vegas justice of the peace ordered the media not to photograph or videotape Hells Angels member and slaying suspect Calvin Schaefer during a Wednesday court appearance. Justice of the Peace...

School district weighs acquisitions.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACHREVIEW-JOURNAL The Clark County School District is scrambling to acquire facilities to house instructional services formerly located on North Ninth Street. The district traded that property to the city of Las Vegas...

DOUBLE SLAYING: Weber charged anew.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOTREVIEW-JOURNAL New charges were filed Wednesday that accuse Timmy "T.J." Weber of sexually abusing a young girl for years before the April 4 slayings of her mother and one of her brothers. "The speculation is...

Two Pahrump Valley students face charges.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULAREVIEW-JOURNAL A 14-year-old Pahrump Valley High School student was arrested Wednesday morning in connection with a plan to blow up the school, hours before the appearance in a California courtroom of a 15-year-old...

Redrawn mapreturns someto voting cycle.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL An eleventh-hour redrawing of the Las Vegas City Council ward boundaries helped avert a likely legal challenge and assures that about 3,600 voters in the Charleston Heights neighborhood will not be...

Payment to settle allegations of Medicare fraud.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JOELLE BABULAREVIEW-JOURNAL University Medical Center has agreed to pay the federal government more than $1 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Center officials were...

Two arrested in double slaying of teen-agers.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: J.M. KALILREVIEW-JOURNAL Police have made arrests in the slayings of two teen-agers whose bodies were found alongside a road last month with their arms tied behind their back. Manuel Horta, 20, and Eduvijes Pena, 19, were...

Stock contest winners named.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Students from McMillan Elementary School, Greenspun Middle School and Chaparral High School are the new state champions for their divisions in the Nevada Stock Market Simulation contest. More than 16,000 students...

Deal for chuck wagon races OK'd.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman doesn't yet have an academic medical center or an arts facility to call his own. But at least the city will have chuck wagon races. The City Council on Wednesday...

Proposed land trade on hold.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL A proposed land trade between Clark County and the Algiers Hotel was put on hold this week after the neighboring Circus Circus resort last week announced its opposition to the swap. The County...

Police believe man actedin self-defense in slaying.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: J.M. KALILREVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas police believe a man was acting in self-defense early Wednesday when he shot his 43-year-old neighbor to death in the southeast valley. The Clark County coroner's office has not released the...

Serial sex offender sentenced.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A serial sex offender who attacked at least eight women told a judge Wednesday, "I've got problems with my brain and stuff," just moments before he was sent to prison for at least three decades. As a...

Cooper sentenced for robbing ex-lawmaker.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A Las Vegas man was sentenced to at least eight years in prison Wednesday for robbing a former congressman from Ohio. Michael James Cooper, 28, was accused by authorities of robbing Bob McEwen in a parking garage...

Council to hold formal city manager search.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JAN MOLLERREVIEW-JOURNAL The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday abandoned its scattershot approach to finding a replacement for outgoing City Manager Virginia Valentine and instead will conduct a formal statewide search. The...

Decision to cut off water affecting work.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERSREVIEW-JOURNAL A decision by Nevada officials to cut off water at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project three weeks ago is starting to affect the Department of Energy's work at the site, court documents say. A...

Nuke waste chief making first official LV trip.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Margaret Chu, the nation's Civilian Radioactive Waste Management chief, will meet today with representatives from local governments and special interest groups affected by federal plans to put spent nuclear fuel in...

Anti-Yucca effort wins $50,000 boost.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Nevada's public-relations campaign against the Yucca Mountain Project received a $50,000 boost Wednesday from the Las Vegas City Council, which already had authorized $100,000 to fight the project. Council...

NLV rejects proposal to build school near casino.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEYREVIEW-JOURNAL North Las Vegas City Council members on Wednesday unanimously rejected a proposal to put a new school across the street from a casino. The council last month postponed action on the proposal and on...

Federal suit over racial slur dismissed.(news)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: NATALIE PATTONREVIEW-JOURNAL A federal judge in Las Vegas has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the Community College of Southern Nevada by state Assemblyman Wendell Williams' wife, who last year overheard a racial epithet...

Rebels menwin MWCtitle in golf.(sports)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV men's golf team hauled a plane full of hardware back with it from the Mountain West Conference championship Wednesday at the Sunriver Resort's Crosswater course in Sunriver, Ore. The Rebels won the...

Bullpen shoulders brunt of three-game skid.(sports)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL 51s manager Brad Mills wanted to win Monday night. Now he is having second thoughts. In going all out in Monday's 14-inning loss, the 51s put a lot of strain on their pitching staff. And they...

SWIMMING STAR: Gator makes her own waves.(sports)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: MARC DAVIDREVIEW-JOURNAL A fire burns inside of Green Valley swimmer Beatrice Szilard. It was ignited by her father, Zoltan Szilard, a former Olympian in swimming and water polo in his native Hungary. "My dad has always been my...

Gorman,Durangoto meetfor title.(sports)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: DAMON SEITERSREVIEW-JOURNAL The baseball rivalry between Bishop Gorman and Durango is as strong as any in the area. But when the teams meet at 6 tonight at Durango, there will be more than pride on the line. Both teams have 7-2...

BEAUTY: Booster Shot.(living)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: SONYA PADGETTREVIEW-JOURNAL A couple of dozen people, mostly women, sipped wine and nibbled cheese while cocktail party conversations broke out in the crowded lobby of a local spa. All talk ceased, however, when host Dr. Paul...

REVIEW: 'Season' up and down, much like life.(living)(Review)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: CAROLYN WARDLEREVIEW-JOURNAL Twenty years ago, Tom Daley (Tristan Coal), George Sikowski (Scott Twilligear), James Daley (Andre Mignea) and Phil Romano (Michael Floyd) were heroes. Against all odds, the team from a little town...

TOURISM: Strip room rates rising.(business)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Room rates on the Strip are showing increased strength for Memorial Day weekend and the preceding weekday period, a Wall Street analyst reported Tuesday. Weekday rates for advance reservations for the...

Cooperation gets broker sprung from jail.(business)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDSREVIEW-JOURNAL State District Judge Lee Gates released David Ferradino on Wednesday after learning the convicted former mortgage broker was cooperating with prosecutors and releasing documents about his income and...

Five parcels sold for $11.7 million.(business)
May 2, 2002... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITHREVIEW-JOURNAL Thomas & Mack Development Group has sold five land parcels totaling 32.2 acres in the Las Vegas Technology Center for $11.7 million, a top executive said Wednesday. Tim Snow, president of Thomas &...

Culinary Union Warns of Possible Casino Strike Throughout Las Vegas.
May 3, 2002

Nevada Casino Industry to Study Changes.
May 3, 2002

Harrah's Entertainment Shareholders Elect New Board Member.
May 3, 2002

Subcontractors File Claims for Unpaid Work on Shopping Arcade in Las Vegas.
May 3, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
May 3, 2002

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
May 3, 2002

Police: Weapons littered site of melee.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL A remarkable arsenal of weapons large enough to equip a small army was recovered from the scene of a Laughlin biker riot that killed three, police said Thursday. Inside Harrah's Laughlin, where the...

Inquest jury clearsthree officers in death.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: J.M. KALILREVIEW-JOURNAL A man who tore apart his family's home and claimed to be Jesus Christ just before he was suffocated in a struggle with police was responsible for his own death, a jury ruled Thursday. The coroner's...

Police believe three, possibly four, involved in school plot.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL Authorities said Thursday they now believe a small band of students plotted to steal a school bus and blow up Pahrump Valley High School. "This is one conspiracy to do two acts," Nye County Sheriff...

ROAD WARRIOR: PARATRANSIT SERVICE: Officials try to ease cutback.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRESREVIEW-JOURNAL As Regional Transportation Commission officials have grappled with budgetary concerns and the demands of the Americans With Disabilities Act, Jenny Gallenbeck has worried she would lose her job. ...

Installations to close portion of Ann Road until July 1.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Ann Road between Valley Drive and Allen Lane will be closed today to July 1 as developers install flood control measures, gas and water lines. The North Las Vegas Transportation Division also will resurface the...

Madison school marks 50th, final year with party.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACHREVIEW-JOURNAL Madison Elementary School's golden anniversary celebration will be its last. The school at 1030 J St. will be torn down this summer. A new building next door, Williams Elementary School, will open...

Cory quits commission race, for the time being.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: JANE ANN MORRISONREVIEW-JOURNAL After spending more than $50,000 of his own money in his bid for a seat on the Clark County Commission, Las Vegas attorney Tim Cory said Thursday morning he's dropping out of the race. However,...

District attorney candidate, others attack outcall services.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: GLENN PUITREVIEW-JOURNAL The outcall industry in Las Vegas is an unabashed front for prostitution, a candidate for Clark County district attorney said Thursday in announcing his intention to crack down on the businesses. ...

Juvenile probation officer may receive settlement.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL A juvenile probation officer who told police in 1998 that a colleague was having sex with a 14-year-old girl may receive a $75,000 settlement after he accused his supervisors in a lawsuit of retaliating...

Chu can't assuage anti-nuclear fears.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERSREVIEW-JOURNAL Margaret Chu, the nation's new director of civilian radioactive waste management, wrapped up her first official visit to Las Vegas on Thursday but wasn't able to convince anti-nuclear activists that a...

Death investigated as slaying.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The case of a man found dead Thursday afternoon in an area of Lake Mead accessible only by watercraft was being investigated as a slaying, police said. The body of a man who appeared to be in his 60s was...

Police say 22-year-old shot, killed after shooting at officer.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: FRANK GEARYREVIEW-JOURNAL An undercover Las Vegas police officer shot to death a 22-year-old man who fired a shotgun at the officer from the bed of a passing pickup Wednesday night, authorities said. The officer was on a...

Salmonella possibly linked to cantaloupes.(news)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County Health District officials are investigating three cases of salmonella poisoning possibly linked to eating cantaloupe. Salmonellosis can cause severe infections in young children, the elderly, and...

Supercross riderStewart is all pro.(sports)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: JEFF WOLFREVIEW-JOURNAL James "Bubba" Stewart is in his 10th year of racing motorcycles for Kawasaki. The Supercross rider was featured last week in a regional edition of Sports Illustrated. Not bad for a kid who turned 16...

Cotto being groomed for greatness.(sports)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: ROYCE FEOURREVIEW-JOURNAL When Top Rank promoter Bob Arum talks about hot undefeated prospect Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico, the superlatives roll out of Arum's mouth as if Cotto has pummeled his first eight professional opponents....

Roufus fights way back to K1 semis.(sports)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLEREVIEW-JOURNAL Rick Roufus was down on the world of professional martial arts in the spring of 1999 after not getting paid a $150,000 purse for a fight against Stan "The Man" Longinidis. A few months later, Roufus...

Grambling to play football at Sam Boyd.(sports)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL Grambling, probably the nation's most famous black college football team, will play at Sam Boyd Stadium this fall. The Tigers will face Tennessee State on Sept. 21 in the first Silver Dollar Classic...

Duncan'sabsenceshifts line.(sports)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANSREVIEW-JOURNAL In the absence of 7-foot star Tim Duncan, the San Antonio Spurs looked as clueless as clowns. But Duncan's status has been no laughing matter to oddsmakers this week. After a surprising development...

51s PITCHING PROSPECT: Mota in Dodgers' plans.(sports)
May 3, 2002... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSONREVIEW-JOURNAL This hasn't been a year to remember so far for Guillermo Mota. However, there is reason to believe his fortunes will change. After all, the Los Angeles Dodgers traded fellow reliever and...