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

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

PROBLEM GAMBLING: Lost in the shuffle.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL For most of a decade Chris Drew searched and prayed for a way to be free of the enemy. It cost her homes and relationships, a career and, for a time, the will to live. It etched lines of sorrow...

State's coffers closed to those needing help with habit.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Despite its undisputed title as the nation's gaming capital, Nevada is more of a hinterland when it comes to providing treatment for gambling addictions. "Other states that are not recognized as...

Commissioner proposes anti-crime zone.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Jim Ferrari knows when it's lunchtime. At 1 p.m. nearly every day, he says, the same hooker shows up on the sidewalk to solicit customers leaving the Mexican restaurant next to his car wash. ...

Clark seniors in D.C. for Science Bowl competition.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: ANTONIO PLANAS, REVIEW-JOURNAL With his head resting on a table, one hand on an electronic buzzer and the other frantically fidgeting with his cell phone, Clark High School senior Greg Kraus awaited his science teacher's question....

COMMON DENOMINATORS: San Diego trial piques curiosity.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Two years have passed since FBI agents raided the Galardi family's strip clubs in Las Vegas and San Diego, bringing to light a corruption investigation that has led to criminal charges against...

Friends shocked by death.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL She was always smiling, always friendly, always willing to help someone if she could. She didn't cause trouble and was devoted to her five children. That's what makes it so hard for people who...

Frostys freeat LV Wendy's.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL All 33 Wendy's franchises in Las Vegas are offering each customer a free Jr. Frosty today. The frozen treats are available in the dining room, carry-out and pickup window. The promotion is designed to thank...

Sunset Road crash kills two 21-year-olds.(news)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Two people were killed Saturday morning when their car crashed on Sunset Road near the McCarran International Airport tunnel, Las Vegas police said. The 2003 Mitsubishi was heading west on Sunset near Paradise...

Emotions still running high as Gladiators prep for Rush.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL In their return to practice Wednesday following almost two weeks off, the edginess was still there for the Gladiators. Quarterback Clint Dolezel and two-way standout Dameon Porter, who is out...

U.S. WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Azevedo falls in final.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: TODD DEWEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Maybe by the 2008 Olympics, Sammie Henson will have finally retired from wrestling. That would be welcome news for Matt Azevedo, a former two-time state champion at Eldorado High School who was...

Anthony not sittingaround in offseason.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL It's 8:30 a.m. and Joel Anthony is shooting jump shots, layups and free throws. For an hour, he's running up and down the court at the Cox Pavilion practice facility, working up a good sweat. UNLV's...

Men's golf team rallies for second in league finals.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV men's golf team finished second Saturday in the Mountain West Conference Championships at the Crosswater Course at Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Ore. Led by MWC Player of the Year Ryan Moore, the Rebels...

CCSN captures crown.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: ARNOLD KNIGHTLY, REVIEW-JOURNAL ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The Community College of Southern Nevada is the Scenic West Athletic Conference regular-season champion. Fourth-ranked CCSN (44-12, 30-10 SWAC) held off another Dixie State...

Johnson lauded as fighter of year.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Glen Johnson was no different than millions of children dreaming of being president. He loved boxing and dreamed of winning a title, having his hand raised as a throng of fans chanted his name. The...

FROM ENEMIES TO ALLIES: Corrales, Prince in sync.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Blood flowed freely from his mouth and nose. Handlers pawed delicately at his eye with an ice park, trying to reduce the swelling. But Diego Corrales wouldn't stand still. He stomped around the ring...

Feitosa beats three favorites for K-1 title.(sports)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Brazilian karate expert Glaube Feitosa had bad memories of a previous trip to Las Vegas, when he was beaten badly five years ago. And his task of winning the K-1 USA Grand Prix on Saturday at the Bellagio...

`YOUNG LAS VEGAS, 1905-1931: BEFORE THE FUTURE FOUND US': Chapter 10.(living)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Girls, gambling and gin. The three forms of racy recreation were common in Western frontier towns of the 19th century. All were available through Las Vegas' early years, although social and legal factors...

CLEAN IS GOOD: Suiting Up for Battle.(living)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: JOAN WHITELY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Is cleanliness next to godliness? Or a fetish? A matter of public health? An excuse for affluent, advertising-influenced, maybe phobic U.S. folk to engage in conspicuous consumption of manufactured goods...

Relay Nevada helps hearing-impaired people `listen' in.(living)
May 1, 2005... BYLINE: SONYA PADGETT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Thousands of hearing-impaired Nevadans have been communicating with the hearing world by telephone for 15-plus years, thanks to a state-run service called Relay Nevada. The service, federally...

Ex-Georgetown basketball player works his way to top of Barbary Coast.
May 1, 2005

PROMOTING PAHRUMP.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Henderson resident Vicki Hafen Scott has spent six years powering a lobbying machine to get her hometown of Pahrump a community college campus. The "willful woman," as higher education officials have...

Vitamins help to slow eye disease.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: PAUL HARASIM, REVIEW-JOURNAL Fifty years ago, when 76-year-old George Gover looked into the future, he didn't see himself going blind. But he did envision a time when science would prove what he believed -- that supplemental...

Hard Rock covers bases with dual concerts.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: MIKE WEATHERFORD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Ten years and one month ago, the Hard Rock Hotel opened on a cold, rainy night. While invited guests were treated to an eclectic musical celebration inside, a few determined have-nots huddled...

Rove talks of gratitude in Nevada visit.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Karl Rove is viewed as everything from President Bush's brain to a grass-roots genius and even to Darth Vader. But on Saturday night when he spoke to about 700 partisans at the Clark County Republican...

Monorail passengers stuck after shutdown.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI, REVIEW-JOURNAL Passengers were stuck on a Las Vegas Monorail car about 40 minutes Sunday after "a loss of communication" triggered an automatic shutdown of the train as a safety precaution. That was the...

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Treasurer, controller posts target of Assembly bill.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL The race for the governor's mansion next year is already drawing the most press and public interest, but the two financial offices are beginning to draw candidates as well. Assemblyman Morse Arberry...

House boasts peak water efficiency.(news)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL They didn't know it when they bought the place, but Paul and Danielle Willinger are the proud owners of the smartest house in their North Las Vegas neighborhood. Over the weekend, the Willingers...

Aybar, Eckert spark 51s' win.(sports)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Willy Aybar went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs to lead the Las Vegas 51s to a 6-3 Pacific Coast League victory over the Fresno Grizzlies on Sunday at Fresno, Calif. The 51s also got a solid start from...

Flashy foot couture almost costs Alderman win at Bullring.(sports)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL A fancy fashion statement by driver Thane Alderman almost kept him from winning his first NASCAR Weekly Series Super Late Models crown of the season. However, he became accustomed to his new driving...

FEELING AT HOME: Desert Island.(living)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: SONYA PADGETT, REVIEW-JOURNAL When he was a visitor to Las Vegas, one of Hawaiian native Paul Natto's first stops was at Long's Drug store. There, he bought the Hawaiian foods he loved, such as manapua -- stuffed steamed buns...

Wooing the Rich.(living)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA, REVIEW-JOURNAL If the trends forecast at the Las Vegas International Hotel & Restaurant Show indeed come to pass, we're going to be enjoying a higher level of luxury when we travel and eating a whole lot better...

NEWSMAKERS: Volunteer Center of Southern Nevada hands out awards.(living)
May 2, 2005... BYLINE: MONIQUE FRIGARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Volunteer Center of Southern Nevada announced winners of its fifth annual Community Enrichment Awards during a luncheon April 22 at the MGM Grand. Five people and organizations were...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business column.
May 2, 2005

Condo project unveiled.
May 2, 2005

Las Vegas Review-Journal Real Estate column.
May 2, 2005

LV seeks high-tech footing.
May 2, 2005

Higher property taxes in the cards.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: RICHARD LAKE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Attention homeowners: You've got one month to alert the authorities and save yourself perhaps hundreds of dollars in taxes. Soon, every one of the nearly half million properties in Clark County...

COLORADO RIVER: Reservoir releases to remain.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Citing improved drought conditions, Interior Secretary Gale Norton on Monday decided not to cut releases of Colorado River water from a shrinking Lake Powell over the next five months. In a letter to...

Same glitch halts LV Monorail.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Same time. Same problem. Same broken monorail. Las Vegas Monorail service was halted for the second time in as many days Monday because of the repeat of a "loss of communications" that stopped...

Progress zips by county justice center.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL When AF Construction won the bid to build the Regional Justice Center six years ago, Steve Wynn had yet to buy the Desert Inn hotel-casino. Since 1999, when Clark County commissioners hired the...

Candidate might have to pay back $500,000.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Willia Chaney, a candidate for a newly created North Las Vegas Municipal Court seat, might have to pay back more than $500,000 in federal funds she obtained to run a food program for poor children....

Piece of glass in jury box prompts concern.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A juror found a piece of broken glass in the jury box at the Donte Johnson capital murder trial Monday, and authorities are trying to determine whether the item is drug paraphernalia. "Before the...

Clark County schools official tentatively accepts Kingman post.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: ANTONIO PLANAS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Maurice Flores, superintendent of the Clark County School District's East Region, has been selected as the next superintendent for the Kingman Unified School District in Arizona. Flores said...

16 schools adopt dress code.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: ANTONIO PLANAS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Students from 16 district schools will be required to follow a dress code after a majority of parents who responded to a survey approved a uniform policy. According to district regulation, the...

Replacing housing boss on agenda.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Clark County Housing Authority officials on Wednesday are expected to weigh their options for replacing Patricia Sherwin Lucas, the interim executive director, whose resignation is effective May 11. Her...

2-year-old who drowned identified.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A 2-year-old who drowned at his grandparents home near Sahara and Eastern avenues has been identified as Reymundo Reyes, according to the Clark County coroner's office. The child was at the home with his...

Lawmakers hear from gaming industry.(news)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Gaming Inc. came willingly to the Legislature on Monday, offering insights on the industry's consolidation to a group of senators largely powerless to control the megamergers. The "informational...

Frustrations are major for Clark grad Dallimore.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS, REVIEW-JOURNAL On the spring day he was demoted to Triple-A Fresno, Brian Dallimore knew better than to be disappointed. A life spent in the minor leagues taught him how to cushion an emotional fall. There is no...

MOTORSPORTS: Fuller in rush to succeed.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: JEFF WOLF, REVIEW-JOURNAL Rod Fuller would have laughed had anyone three months ago told him he would advance to the finals of an NHRA pro tour event in his rookie season with a new Top Fuel dragster team. He had to be reminded...

INTERNET EXTRA: Cagle, Garrard key Silverado volleyball victory.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Spencer Cagle had 11 kills and Michael Garrard added 10 to lead Silverado to a 25-18, 25-20, 23-25, 25-12 volleyball victory over visiting Foothill on Monday night. Richie Arguello added seven digs for the...

Falcons' hurlers scatter six hits, fend off Cougars.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Scott Lamborn and Kevin Kreier combined on a six-hitter as Foothill's baseball team defeated host Coronado 5-2 on Monday. Lamborn allowed four hits in four innings, Kreier gave up two hits in three innings to...

Ninth-inning uprising keys Cowboys' victory.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Chaparral pushed across four runs in the top of the ninth inning to capture an 8-4 softball victory at Valley on Monday. Michelle Ralston's two-run double snapped a 4-4 tie. The Cowboys added two more runs with...

Kurt Busch keeps Ford out of Talladega accidents, hangs on for seventh.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Lost in the 25-car melee during Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup race in Talladega, Ala., was the driving job Kurt Busch did to keep from adding his No. 97 Roush Racing Ford to the junk heap on lap 187. Busch also...

Tennis teams fall short of goals in conference meets.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: JEFF WOLLARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV men's and women's tennis teams entered last weekend's Mountain West Conference tournaments expecting to win. Both teams came close, but neither accomplished its goal. The 55th-ranked...

Gladiators file complaint about noncall.(sports)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Gladiators on Monday filed a complaint with the Arena Football League regarding a noncall on a critical 2-point conversion attempt in Sunday's 63-62 loss at Chicago. Replays appeared to show...

SOMETHING DIFFERENT: More Than Just Stores.(living)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: SONYA PADGETT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Riding her Segway through Desert Passage mall at the Aladdin, Kelly Jo Millaudon attracts a crowd, and not because she's a pretty blonde with a bright, friendly smile. While that doesn't hurt, it's...

YOUTH SPOTLIGHT: Valley students impress schools with their scholarly achievements.(living)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: MONIQUE FRIGARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Here are recent achievements of several Las Vegas Valley students: The Green Valley High School Rotary Student of the Month is senior Shilpa Modi. Modi is a member of the Science Olympiad, the...

Students express plenty of attitude.(living)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL What makes Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts' production of "Native Son" so moving is the high school actors' unusual ability to express attitudes. When we...

'Wait!' characters not interesting enough.(living)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: ANTHONY DEL VALLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Asylum's "Wait!" is a production that always seems on the verge of taking off. Julie Jensen (the former head of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas playwriting program) gives us a...

Coachella artists play for audience MTV forgot.(living)
May 3, 2005... BYLINE: DOUG ELFMAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL INDIO, Calif. -- The 50,000 people who packed the Coachella Valley Music Festival this weekend weren't pretentious music intellectuals. But it would be understandable if a lot of Americans thought they...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business column.
May 3, 2005

Wynn may consider dividend.
May 3, 2005

Developers mix it up.
May 3, 2005

Savers look with interest at changing CD rates.
May 3, 2005

Utility shareholders vote to kill poison pill.
May 3, 2005

Father battles son's school expulsion.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD , REVIEW-JOURNAL Word spread quickly through a grapevine of sophomores at Spring Valley High that there would be a fight between two students across the street after school. Curious, 16-year-old Chris Medina and...

Ex-prosecutor implicated in slot cheating.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT , REVIEW-JOURNAL A defense attorney who once worked as a state prosecutor was accused of participating in a slot machine cheating ring last year, but he might never be prosecuted after he cooperated with the Gaming...

LAB TESTS EVIDENCE: I-15 shooting wasn't random.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK CURRERI , REVIEW-JOURNAL Evidence found at the scene of last week's Interstate 15 freeway slaying suggests the shooting may have been drug-related and not a random act of violence, police said. Police found a substance in...

Foster care for children falling short.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY , REVIEW-JOURNAL Babies at the county's shelter for abused and neglected children look and sound like they're having a crisis. They cry and sob. They shake. Their voices seem to reflect how frustrated Clark...

DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS: Monorail shutdown spurs tests.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA , REVIEW-JOURNAL The Las Vegas Monorail came to a halt for the third day in a row Tuesday, but this time it was by design. Engineers planned the half-hour stop, that began around 3:30 p.m., to run diagnostic...

Teen faces felony charges in man's road rage death.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY , REVIEW-JOURNAL A teenager is facing felony charges in connection with the death last month of a man who police say was fatally struck by the teen's vehicle following an eruption of road rage. The 17-year-old boy,...

Jurors dismiss lawsuit in gang fight.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: FRANK GEARY , REVIEW-JOURNAL For the second time in two months, jurors quickly dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Harrah's Laughlin was liable for a melee between rival motorcycle gangs at the casino during the 2002 Laughlin River...

Judge suspends sentence.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A young man originally arrested in the 311 Boyz case was given a suspended jail sentence and ordered to undergo substance abuse counseling Tuesday. Dominic Harriman was one of nine young men arrested in...

Murderer chooses not to apologize.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT , REVIEW-JOURNAL Quadruple killer Donte Johnson was given an opportunity to apologize to his victims' loved ones in court Tuesday, and he declined to do so. "I don't want to have to," Johnson told District Judge Lee...

Hispanic parents rip school official.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: ANTONIO PLANAS , REVIEW-JOURNAL A Clark County School District administrator who could become the district's next superintendent should be fired, a disgruntled group of Hispanic parents said Tuesday. The parents said Agustin...

Special education official tours facility.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD , REVIEW-JOURNAL Toddlers singing "Each of Us are Flowers" encircled John Hager on Tuesday at UNLV's Early Childhood Education Center. The assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special...

Henderson targets 'massage studios'.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN , REVIEW-JOURNAL Be they legitimate businesses or dens of prostitution, stand-alone massage parlors appear to be on the way out in Henderson. City Council members on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to an ordinance...

Task force sees decline in gang members but more violence.(news)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Roughly 7,000 juveniles and young adults received specialized gang prevention or intervention training last year, an effort the Southern Nevada Community Gang Task Force hopes will curb gang membership in the valley....

Marquee fight eludes champ Marquez.(sports)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE , REVIEW-JOURNAL Juan Manuel Marquez has been the other guy for much of his boxing career. The Mexican has two of the four major featherweight championship titles, but he has been largely overshadowed by Marco...

Cain not able to live up to hype.(sports)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS , REVIEW-JOURNAL Fresno Grizzlies right-hander Matt Cain has been taking the fast lane to the major leagues, with all signs pointing him to San Francisco this season. The 20-year-old is the Giants' top prospect and...

Bulldogs clinch Northwest title.(sports)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Jake Seifman was 2-for-3 with two doubles and scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday to lift Centennial to the Northwest Division title with a 6-5 home win over Palo Verde. Palo Verde...

Big second inning propels Mustangs.(sports)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Shadow Ridge scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning Tuesday en route to a 6-2 home victory over second-ranked Cimarron-Memorial. Vanessa Simmons was 2-for-3 with a triple and a run, and Codee...

Gorman golfer Logan shoots 28 in victory.(sports)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Breaking par in high school golf is considered an achievement. What Bishop Gorman's Garrett Logan did Tuesday was incredible. Logan shot 7-under-par 28 at Angel Park to lead the Gaels to a 172-200 win over Clark....

NATIONAL TREND: Battle of the Burrito.(living)
May 4, 2005... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA , REVIEW-JOURNAL It's a scene reminiscent of an elementary school cafeteria of old (only with better food), or maybe a sub shop (with more interesting food): You stand in line until you get to the counter,...