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

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

Nevada Republicans ready to take talking points home.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL NEW YORK -- Most of the messages from Madison Square Garden are designed for the masses watching at home, but when delegates gather for breakfast, they get an earful of talking points aimed at making the...

Cheney plans visit to Las Vegas after convention.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Just as the Republican National Convention is winding down, campaigning in battleground states by presidential candidates is moving full speed ahead. Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to visit Las Vegas on...

RNC NOTES.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL NEW YORK -- Republicans love their politics and their sports, and thus when the two vied for Nevada delegates' attention this week, some opted for the long ball and not long-winded speeches. As former...

PERCHLORATE POLLUTION: Bacteria used in cleanup.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL A single-cell organism with an appetite for perchlorate has joined the fight to clean up decades worth of contamination that has found its way into the Colorado River from a Henderson chemical plant. ...

Military families listen to pitch for Democrats.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Military families who gathered on Tuesday to hear Elizabeth Edwards, wife of vice presidential nominee John Edwards, said they were heartened by her sensitivity to their issues, but not all were...

Board of Regents ineffective, interim chief says in memo.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Interim Chancellor Jim Rogers sent a memo Tuesday calling for reformation of the state's higher education system and detailing its internal problems. Community College of Southern Nevada President...

ROAD WARRIOR Q&A: Baseballs and Bicycles.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL This week, readers want to know whether flying baseballs will spell doom for Las Vegas Beltway drivers and if bicycle travel lanes can ever become a car's turning lane. And a bicyclist gets advice...

2005 WISH LIST: Legislators seek full-day kindergarten.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: LISA KIM BACH, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Legislative Committee on Education put together a 2005 wish list Tuesday that emphasizes full-day kindergarten for needy students and increased parent participation in public schools. ...

RESTAURANT ROBBERY: Suspect faces trial in slaying.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A woman accused of plotting the robbery and slaying of an Applebee's restaurant manager in Henderson once made cryptic comments to a friend about the crime and remarked that "no one was supposed to get...

Woman arrested in toddler sex case.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL A 31-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with having sex with a 3-year-old boy, Las Vegas police said. The fugitive, Carla Harris, was captured last week and charged in connection with a June incident...

Man accused of murder kept victim's belongings.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A man accused of carrying out the robbery and murder of a Las Vegas man in 2001 kept several of the victim's belongings in his home, a detective testified Tuesday. Las Vegas police Detective James La...

CAMPAIGN FINANCE: Christensen vows clean report.(news)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Assemblyman Chad Christensen advanced himself $3,500 in campaign funds and paid his brother about $24,000 for consulting work, according to his latest campaign finance report. Christensen, who was...

TODAY AT DEL MAR.(sports)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: Richard Eng, REVIEW-JOURNAL Post Time 2 p.m. Race 1 - 6 furlongs, Purse $37,000, Claiming $32,000, 3 and up Ditch Digger - Jon Lindo horse was a distant second off a 3-month hiatus; will be tighter with a race under him....

Green Valley girls golf team's national-record streak ends.(sports)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL When Green Valley's girls golf team walked off the course Tuesday, it was the loss of a match that had the team down. Still, the big news was that the Gators' national record of 144 consecutive dual-match...

BYU schedule puts crimp in Crowton's job security.(sports)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL The assumption around the Mountain West Conference is that Brigham Young football coach Gary Crowton must win big this season to keep his job. It's hard enough working under that perception, but...

Trappers HR tops 51s in 11th.(sports)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Matt Cepicky's leadoff home run in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Edmonton Trappers a 9-8 victory over the Las Vegas 51s in the Pacific Coast League on Tuesday at Edmonton, Alberta. Cepicky's 13th homer...

APPETIZERS: Redstone Grille adds Southwestern zing to dishes.(living)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Redstone Grille, which opened recently at 4970 S. Fort Apache Road, adds a layer of Southwestern flavors to seafood and meat dishes. Co-owned by Bob Buist and Steve Meatovich, partners in the local...

DIETARY DEMON: Weighing the Difference.(living)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN PRZYBYS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Atkins. South Beach. Whatever new thing they're pushing on cable TV at 3 a.m. Diets come and go. But, for many Americans, losing weight comes down to the easy-to-understand but difficult-to-execute...

RESTAURANT REPORT.(living)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: KEN WHITE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Al's Donuts, 1220 E. Harmon Ave., received 27 demerits Aug. 16. Violations included antifreeze, WD-40 and Raid stored in kitchen; container of liquefied shortening stored uncovered; all hand sinks dirty;...

Gas bills will ask for more.(business)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Typical Southern Nevada residential customers will pay an extra $1.33 on their next gas bill and about $2.70 more each month this winter because of a rate increase granted to Southwest Gas Corp. last...

Travelocity purchases LV ticket seller.(business)
September 1, 2004... BYLINE: MATTHEW CROWLEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Travelocity, an online travel arranger, on Tuesday said it acquired Allstate Ticketing, a Las Vegas show tickets and tour seller, for $25 million in cash. Travelocity, a unit of Sabre Holdings...

14 Las Vegas delegates to head to South America to draw business travelers.
September 1, 2004

USA Capital First Trust Deed Fund official to appeal $889,000 judgment.
September 1, 2004

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

Heavy equipment supplier to dig into Nevada's booming construction sector.
September 1, 2004

Gaming stocks slip in July.
September 1, 2004

Travelocity purchases Las Vegas ticket seller.
September 1, 2004

Southern Nevada residents to see higher natural-gas bills this winter.
September 1, 2004

LV monorail shuts down in midst of trade show hubbub.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Las Vegas Monorail took a pratfall on its biggest stage to date Wednesday when a tire fell from one of its trains, leading to a systemwide shutdown during one of the valley's largest annual...

Goodmansays he isvindicatedby errors.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday that he feels vindicated by federal officials' admission that serious errors were made by prosecutors in a Detroit trial that raised questions about local vigilance...

Nevada official delivers first national speech.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL NEW YORK -- Attorney General Brian Sandoval got his first glimpse of national prime-time politics Wednesday night, speaking to the Republican National Convention as a featured public official and sharing...

RNC NOTES.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL NEW YORK -- East side, west side, all around the town, political speech is everywhere, except the place no party can truly claim as its own. The World Trade Center site might be a poignant reminder of...

Speakers note Nevada's status.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL NEW YORK -- Nevada delegates got the blueprint Wednesday to keep Nevada a red state. Four successive speakers at a breakfast meeting in the Royal Rihga hotel called the Silver State "critical" or a...

Small advantage seen for incumbents in court races.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: CARRI GEER THEVENOT, REVIEW-JOURNAL Eight men and one woman make up the field of mostly unknown candidates vying for two seats on the Clark County District Court bench. Two political consultants with experience handling judicial...

Medical school offerings expand.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL Hoping doctors who train in Nevada will stay in Nevada, University of Nevada Medical School officials are expanding their residency programs and adding the state's first residency for plastic and...

City Council compromises on residential road closure.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL On one side were residents of a mature neighborhood asking for closure of a residential street to keep out cut-through traffic and give them some peace and quiet. On the other were members of a...

LABOR DAY WEEKEND: Heavy traffic anticipated.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Southern Nevadans trying to squeeze in one last summertime road trip during Labor Day weekend can expect swarms of cops, road work zones and stubbornly-high gasoline prices on Interstate 15 and...

GHB, rape given blamein 2001 slaying.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL A 2001 slaying in Las Vegas might have been motivated by one man's sexual assault of another man while both were consuming the date-rape drug GHB, according to a defense attorney's comments Tuesday. ...

Treasures' financial transactions focus of city examination.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL City Auditor Radford Snelding revealed Wednesday that city officials are examining financial transactions at the topless club Treasures in light of allegations of money laundering the owners face in...

Yucca complaint points to unsafe toxic dust levels.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: KEITH ROGERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Workers and visitors inside Yucca Mountain inhaled unsafe levels of toxic dust in 2002, five years after a tunnel was completed to study whether the mountain can safely entomb nuclear waste, attorneys...

City OKs $94,000 for developer.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL Las Vegas gave one of Southern Nevada's most successful developers $94,000 in aid Wednesday. But not before members of the City Council did a double take at developer Irwin Molasky's claim that...

Beers, Rawson spar again.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL State Sen. Ray Rawson and Assemblyman Bob Beers continued to spar over taxes and their voting records during a televised debate Wednesday, each painting the other as a reckless spendthrift. The...

Tire king Ted Wiens, 84, dies.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL Ted Wiens, who founded one of the most successful chain of tire stores in Las Vegas, died Tuesday at his home. He was 84. Wiens was the exclusive dealer for Firestone brand tires in Southern Nevada...

FAMILY COURT RACES: Candidates tout experience.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: GLENN PUIT, REVIEW-JOURNAL The three Family Court incumbent judges facing primaries this year -- Robert Gaston, Gerald Hardcastle, and Robert Lueck -- are each running independent campaigns, but there is one common theme among them....

Hospital donates classrooms for nursing students.(news)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: K.C. HOWARD, REVIEW-JOURNAL The largest nursing program in the state started classes Wednesday at Sunrise Hospital to help deal with a lack of classroom space on Community College of Southern Nevada campuses. As the state works...

Rancho football left without home-field edge.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: DAMON SEITERS, REVIEW-JOURNAL When Rancho's football team opened its season last week at Green Valley, it was the beginning of what will amount to a two-year road trip for the Rams. With the Clark County School District...

Riggs Jr. OKfollowing indad's footsteps.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Carrying the same name as a successful former NFL running back and playing the same position might seem daunting. To many people, anyway. "I don't really view it that way at all," Gerald Riggs...

INTERNET EXTRA: Cheyenne girls tennis team downs Clark.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Lauran Bustamante and Laura Steele won their final doubles set 6-4 to lift Cheyenne's girls tennis team to a 24-21 victory over visiting Clark on Wednesday. Cheyenne's No. 1 doubles team of Franny Sliter and...

UNLV BASKETBALL: Rebel homeward bound.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: STEVE CARP, REVIEW-JOURNAL He may have been born and raised in Montreal, but ice wasn't Joel Anthony's thing. Yes, he liked hockey as much as the next kid and he watched and followed the NHL's Canadiens. But when you're 15...

INTERNET EXTRA: Green Valley wins volleyball marathon over Palo Verde.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Caitlin Applegate had 13 kills to lead Green Valley's girls volleyball team to a 22-25, 25-16, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12 victory over visiting Palo Verde on Wednesday. Tess Johnson had nine kills and Lindsey Schiess...

Favre's longevitybecoming factorin bettors' minds.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Now moving into his mid-30s, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre admits thoughts of retirement are creeping into the back of his mind. But does he have at least one big year left in his...

51s hold offlate rally, topEdmonton.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL John Barnes doubled in Luis Garcia in the ninth inning and the Las Vegas 51s held off the Edmonton Trappers 6-5 Wednesday in a Pacific Coast League game in Edmonton, Alberta. Barnes was 4-for-5 with two RBIs....

TENNIS PREVIEW: Cougars look strong again.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: ARNOLD KNIGHTLY, REVIEW-JOURNAL It hasn't taken Coronado long to build the area's premier girls tennis program. And with defending state singles champion Dominique Aubry returning, the Cougars are favored to capture their...

Return to state finals won't be easy for Centennial boys.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: CHRISTIAN WLOSZCZYNA, REVIEW-JOURNAL Centennial's boys soccer team has something to prove this year after falling short in the last two state finals. The Bulldogs must prove they still belong at the top of the Sunset Region. ...

Sun City courses get makeover.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: KEVIN IOLE, REVIEW-JOURNAL Joe Kelly faced a challenge when he took over as director of golf for the Sun City Summerlin courses. He had to find a way to make the courses profitable and attractive to local players despite...

HIGH QUALITY, LOW PROFILE: Brimmer remains modest.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL Some athletes have such star quality, they can walk into a room and even those with their backs turned know they have entered. UNLV senior strong safety Jamaal Brimmer's star quality is reserved...

Questions abound, but Rebels have talent to succeed.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MARK ANDERSON, REVIEW-JOURNAL The UNLV football team probably hasn't faced a schedule as tough as this one, particularly the first two games -- at No. 14 Tennessee and at No. 21 Wisconsin. However, this is supposed to be one of...

Player prop bets add to array of possibilities.(sports)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: MATT YOUMANS, REVIEW-JOURNAL A prototype pocket passer, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning is the NFL's model of consistency when it comes to air superiority. Green Bay's Brett Favre might throw for more touchdowns,...

PERSONALIZED PHONES: The Ring's the Thing.(living)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA, REVIEW-JOURNAL K, we're not going to mention any names, but the wireless phone of one Las Vegas resident plays the theme from "The Munsters" when her parents call. Student Megan Teemant hears the Black Eyed...

Longtime Las Vegan finds role on reality show.(living)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL "Amish in the City" puts five Amish and six city people, all in their early 20s, together in a house in the Hollywood Hills. It's a situation ripe for misunderstandings and conflict, and a different take on the...

Power-rebate program irks contractors.(business)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL Photovoltaic systems convert electrons from sunlight into electricity soundlessly, but some electrical contractors are making a lot of noise about how a rebate program meant to encourage use of the...

Another developer unveils upward designs for Strip.(business)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: HUBBLE SMITH, REVIEW-JOURNAL A group of developers filed a land-use application with Clark County for a condominium-hotel project on the Strip at Harmon Avenue and unveiled details Wednesday. Plans call for two 53-story towers...

Fund official to appeal judgment.(business)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: JOHN G. EDWARDS, REVIEW-JOURNAL A key official at USA Capital First Trust Deed Fund said he intends to appeal an $889,000 summary judgment that the Securities and Exchange Commission obtained from a federal court in New York. A...

Wynn Resorts registers 1.3 million shares.(business)
September 2, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL Wynn Resorts Ltd. registered 1.3 million shares of common stock with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday in order to buy out the minority partners in the company's Macau subsidiary. The subsidiary...

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

Another developer unveils upward condo designs for Las Vegas strip.
September 2, 2004

Power-rebate program irks Nevada contractors.
September 2, 2004

Exclusive Firestone Tire franchise owner for Las Vegas dies at 84.
September 2, 2004

Planet Hollywood group takes control of troubled Aladdin hotel in Las Vegas.
September 2, 2004

Wynn Resorts registers 1.3 million shares.
September 2, 2004

Nevadans call speech effective.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL NEW YORK -- Nevada delegates on Thursday said President Bush effectively set the stage for a final two-month showdown in Nevada. They said he successfully defended the war in Iraq and attacked Sen....

RNC NOTES.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: ERIN NEFF, REVIEW-JOURNAL It appears the Republicans liked their convention's keynote speaker better than the Democrats liked theirs. An informal survey of Nevada GOP delegates before Thursday's session gave Democratic Sen....

LAS VEGAS MONORAIL: Workers ignored alarm.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: OMAR SOFRADZIJA, REVIEW-JOURNAL The Las Vegas Monorail will approach the Labor Day weekend on the sidelines after an investigation found workers ignored an alarm that preceded a train's loss of a tire, shutting the rail line since...

Indicted commissionersees contributions decline.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: ADRIENNE PACKER, REVIEW-JOURNAL During past campaign seasons, Mary Kincaid-Chauncey's comfortable financial cushion heading into the primary election was partly due to generous contributions from the gaming industry. ...

Ward 1 group takes steps to recall Moncrief.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: MICHAEL SQUIRES, REVIEW-JOURNAL A line is forming to oust Councilwoman Janet Moncr- ief. A group of Ward 1 residents filed notice of their intent to recall Moncrief Thursday morning, raising to two the number of groups vowing to...

Flier draws ire in Assembly race.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL Saying she is bewildered by what she called "all the hubbub," Assembly District 4 candidate Francis Allen is defending the use of a campaign flier that has drawn criticism from her opponent and the...

SENATE DISTRICT 5: Candidates face off, talk taxes, education.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The proceedings were civil but not sedate as Sen. Ann O'Connell debated state Senate District 5 challenger Joe Heck. The 20-minute debate between the two Republican candidates was taped Thursday...

Candidatessound offon taxes.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL The brightest lines of distinction among Democratic candidates in Senate District 1 were drawn over taxes and tort reform during a Thursday debate. The 20-minute debate between the five...

Taxes dominate Senate District 4 debate.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: JULIET V. CASEY, REVIEW-JOURNAL Five Democratic candidates for state Senate District 4 used their individual strengths and experiences to try to stand out in the crowded race during a Thursday debate. The discussion was...

Union halts trade show cleanup.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: CHRIS JONES, REVIEW-JOURNAL An estimated 2,400 members of Teamsters & Truck Drivers Local Union 631 walked off the job Thursday night to protest their organization's unresolved labor agreement with two of the city's largest...

Traffic stop leads to arrest of L.A. fugitive.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL North Las Vegas police nabbed a fugitive charged in a Los Angeles shooting stemming from an insult about the victim's sexual orientation. Officers arrested Jaime Martinez, 21, during a Wednesday morning traffic...

Tips help officials ID remains.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: BRIAN HAYNES, REVIEW-JOURNAL They found her in the desert on Valentine's Day. They could tell she was young and had died at the hands of another. But for the detectives at the isolated scene east of Jean, the girl's...

Goodsprings evacuated while officials dispose of dynamite.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: REVIEW-JOURNAL About 40 residents from the small community of Goodsprings were evacuated Thursday after dynamite was found stored in a backyard shed. Goodsprings, an unincorporated town of about 250 people south of Las Vegas...

Cremations investigated.(news)
September 3, 2004... BYLINE: PAUL HARASIM, REVIEW-JOURNAL The wrong man was cremated. The wrong ashes were given to a California widow. Other than that, according to the Clark County coroner's office, no other problems were found with the way the Harrison Ross...