Stories for October 2003 | Serving Northern Nevada

Stories for October 2003

Friday, October 31

Nevada celebrates birthday under a blue and silver sky

Virginia City reclaims 'most bearded community' title

Bloody day of competition for rock drillers

International media flock to Carson for beard contest

Many winners in the Nevada Day Parade

Calendar of events

Thursday, October 30

A tax referendum wouldn't help

Wednesday, October 29

Istvan Nagy

Realty office's haunted house delights kids

Attackers burn, loot U.S. Army supply train

Group petitions to repeal taxes

Are funds left behind for schools?

Brutal youth: Inmates hope magazine will keep youths honest

Carson City revenues on target for first quarter

Couple injured in accident with fire chief may receive $58,000

Emma L. Montevaldo

Donald Leland Cupp

California firefighters get help from weather change

The gathering

Deputies aid family devastated by fire

Tuesday, October 28

Stagecoach fire under investigation

Speed limit lowered through Dayton

Legislature could be in for big time shake-up

Good news in state tax revenues

Mills Park will get 56 new parking spots along Highway 50

Nevada prisoners more violent

High Court rules for wives in military pension cases

Bordewich-Bray learns hands-on history

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Can state workers hold elected office?

Windstorm wreaks havoc on capital city - snow coming?

Prison officials prepare programs

Airport planning for runway move

Wind could power Carson City

Monday, October 27

Fallon woman to be tried in death of toddler

Carson to get $1.3 million from BLM for open-space purchase

Obituary: James Henry Sorlien

Boston trail inspiration for Carson's

Carson River Dance

Send our prayers to Southern California

Obituary: Alice M. Alexander

First lady presents mansion documentary to middle schoolers

Carnival kicks off Nevada Day celebration

Illegal aliens result in $119,000 fine

Obituary: Robert Dixon Doyle

Driver sought in Virginia Foothills fatality

A1 Nevada Day scedule

Time to remember Nevada

Big turnout expected for Nevada Day

Essay contest winners announced

Director of state Ag Department named

Sunday, October 26

We know where he's hiding out

First 'spooks' set for annual treats

Grandmother, infant and others escape blaze

New FM station to broadcast in Carson City

Obituary: Betty Ellan Bryan Wilson

Recall effort should call it quits

State treasurer named to trade panel

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Business owner takes it all off - of furniture

Man gets life in sexual assault of girl, 6

Autumn birding prime in Lahontan wetlands

Mom to plead guilty in roving-tot case

Seeing isn't always same as believing

Douglas mall benefiting Carson retailers?

Nevada firefighters battle Southern California blazes

Hostage taker in financial straits

Obituary: Ima Jean Scivally

Harley- Davidson to build in Carson

Nevada Day closures scheduled

Sierra Pacific rates to rise

Meadowood Mall finishes makeover

Carson City vitamins receive third place

Investors buy building on Redfield Parkway

Landscape conference set for February

Ramos consults on Lamplighter Inn deal

Altmann Ott opens doors on models

Sean Gamble

Shops spooked by ghostly patrons

Surgery center added to medical campus

Redemtech to open Reno plant

Don Marrandino

Don Vetter, Rachael Ferrari

Heather Harvey

Krispy Kreme fills hole in Reno

New projects taking priority at Meridian

Swift Newspapers to buy Fallon paper

Demand for industrial space picks up steam

Hale Lane firm to move south from downtown

Volunteering good for employee morale

Sales of exotic cars portend better days

Group homes furnish alternative for seniors

Paintball business no splash in the pan

Foissotte & Associates selected by Step 2

Glamis Gold renews in US Bank building

Horus Ventures teams with RedHawk Vision

Eugene Barber moves into new space

Curves center opens in Spanish Springs

Harrah's revenues set record

Lawmakers in conflict of interest

Foissotte & Associates selected by Step 2

Saturday, October 25

Carson families primed to celebrate Halloween, Nevada Day

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El Dorado plan goes to vote

SWAT team barricades home

Troopers take oath, join highway patrol

Governor vows new site for Krystal's memorial

Carson City's

Carson Nugget founder

Gunman kills self; three victims escape unharmed

Friday, October 24

If we start bans, when do we stop?

Fight brewing over Indian Hills sewer

Hostage crisis ends

Thursday, October 23

Hair-raising company visits 143-year-old Carson City home

Sorry, Krystal, your cross annoys them

Master plan: Two new schools

Halloween not always celebrated on Nevada Day

Storey brothel owner buys Mustang

Historic Engine No. 27 going back to Virginia City

Wednesday, October 22

Candidates ready to fill Oller's shoes

State will save by changing retirement plan for its workers

Girls honored for heroism in bus bomb incident

Douglas official starts jail time

Lawsuit threatens memorial to slain girl

Singlaub sees no conflict in move to Lake Tahoe

Grenada - in, out and successful

Ongoing greening of Mills Park a community effort

Gift store owner juggles job, family

Tuesday, October 21

Obituary: Rose Marie Duncan

School pickets make it personal

Gas on the rise

Jay M. Fonzo

Holes are too wide for C Hill flag anchors

Fake Navy officer guilty in check scam

State will save by changing retirement plan for its workers

'Ice' found under floor of garage

Man sought after shed meth lab found

Restaurateur arrested in embezzlement

Union, school employees picket workplaces

Carson homeless outreach set to close

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BLM land manager to head TRPA

Railroad renaissance man aids V&T

Devil Pups Youth Development Program

Monday, October 20

Obituary: Harrison James Sturges

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Obituary: Vickie Lee McEntire

Business expo on Thursday

Hero or fool?

Library holds Teen Read Week

Positive attitude aids in youth's cancer recovery

Sex act with inmate results in arrest

Senators: Yucca caskets may leak

Two deny guilt in alcohol sting

Troops may not have to pay for hospital food

Health inspections

Wildhorse likely Mustang Ranch buyer

Firefighters hope to wrap up Truckee fire by Friday

Sunday, October 19

Obituary: Dorothy Pinkstaff

Students driven to lunch in limousine

Wilson Canyon closure to ORVs in works to help restore river

Obituary: Ruby Rita James

Obituary-Salvatore Vignone Jr.

Obituary: Ralph Keith

Work starts on V&T bike path

Obituary: Edward Bittleston Sr.

Brothel owner seeks rights to famous Mustang name

Mother to plead guilty in fingernail pulling

Statistics help deputies better protect Carson

Deputy resigns after domestic battery arrest

One size won't fit all schools

True love pledged - Nevada style

When Nevada's highways had names, not numbers

TMCC puts nursing on fast track

Parson Bros. hits business milestone

Dollar Mania signs five-year lease

Nevada Security to open third branch

Motion Potion moves distribution south

Pacific States wins business award

PC Doctor leases Park Center West space

Dawn Lewis, Meredith Tanzer

Zonta Club members

Carla Tavormina

Mike Murdock

Sun West Bank net increases

Vehicle graphics as a selling tool

Using tax law to offset property loss

Kerry D. Cates

Luring back Asian gamers

Art museum draws tourists from all over

Mining drills down on renewables

UNR center bolsters rural development

Reno market dominated by garden offices

Grill looks to succeed where others failed

Tattum's at Juniper Hill serves up unique foods

Economic developers welcome consultants

Wireless broadband heads to rural areas

Wind-turbine firm finds key partner

Center teaches banking basics

Group continues to push plan for Ice Dome

Granite meets NDOT project deadline

Quiznos Subs signs Sierra Town lease

BAWN membership expands

Cheryl D. Dailey

Stephanie Zoncki

Saturday, October 18

Archery club shooters score

32nd annual V&T rail symposium a success

Fallon paper purchased

Study: Warming to affect watersheds

USFS seeks plans for Dreyfus estate

Friday, October 17

Arnold's transition team leans to the right

Surgical center groundbreaking set for Friday

Calendar of events

Vandals plague Carson windows

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Purported bin Laden tape warns of attacks

Thursday, October 16

Indian Commission seeks legal opinions

Help Make a Difference on Saturday

Lunch ladies (and gents) get their due

Alleged pot grower busted

Indian commission hears racial profiling concerns

Carson Symphony celebrates 20th season

Screening tool keep jokes to a minimum

2004 unemployment insurance rates won't increase

Clients find Nugget hairdresser's a family place

Local report

TCAN hires, promotes

Wednesday, October 15

Mustang Ranch sells for $145,000

Nevada Supreme Court upholds fatal Lyon County DUI conviction

Fiegehen's new attorney appeals murder case

Federal court delays Carson's BLM land sale suit

Dayton High evacuated

Carson teacher awarded $25,000

Social Security up $19 a month

Carson City won't charge inmates for jail stay

Bush, Schwarzenegger stage political lovefest

Police arrest boy for bomb on bus

City affirms 2 percent business license increase

Biker dress code costs city $55,000

C-TH bond debt approved

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Obituary: Nile Parks Sr.

Champions of facial hair fashion

Tuesday, October 14

Truth camp: Students interview vets

Voter district disparity sparks future reapportionment talk

Mom in fingernail ripping goes to court

Guinn hopes updates will ease budget

Freeway history

Mayor calls for freeway completion

Guinn: 'I will talk to Arnold'

Dad pays $159,000 in child support

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Whose line is it anyway?

Inmate veterans raise money for Patriot Fund

Community items

ESL director draws on experience

High court throws out conviction for delays

Prepare your vehicle for winter

So. Lake sees harbinger temps of winter

Man drives off road edge, dies

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Mother arrested after son found in parking lot

$30,000 pledged for V&T rail project

Nevada combats childhood obesity

Obituary: Elvira Reeves Kiehlbauch

Obituary: Shirley Schwartz

Memorial fund set up for Minden pilots

So. Lake watering restrictions to be lifted

Ghostly visitors haunt annual walk

Monday, October 13

Betty June Famas

Trula L. Millard

AG: State faces $250,000 in lawyer costs

Biker jacket to cost $104,000

TerryLee Verne "Crickett" Schopp

Health inspections

Guidelines set for minority fairness committee

Main Mustang may not be an easy buy

Raymond "Jack" Geib

Program urged for 18- to 24-year-olds sans diplomas

Loretta J. Calvert

Bail reduced in case of child neglect

Supervisors to decide on controversial subdivision plan

C Hill flag back on track

Classified workers picket school board

Ukrainian doctor recounts historic disaster

Contract signed for NHP radios

Parents pause to remember lost infants

Carson High actors present 'The Importance of Being Earnest'

Basque author Laxalt to be honored

Superstitions don't worry me (knock)

Carson woman finds happiness in witchcraft

El Dorado taxes-due property auctioned

Sparks man promoted to brigadier general

Conservancy wants 80 acres of land near airport

Wreck hurts 5 near airport;

Manager of Harrah's Stateline casinos resigns

Donate a cell phone, help victims

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Forest Service hunts for Chimney Rock vandals

Colony men help fight fire

Higher business license fees eyed

Work begins to finish first half of highway project

V&T symposium next week

2-week-old infant, mom involved in car accident

Sunday, October 12

Braised elk shanks and some tips on cooking other wild game

Wal-Mart scouting Carson

Tribes work to promote land leases

WNCC series to focus on quality control

Amerco plan pays off creditors

Sticking to that diet and eating out, too

Builders lose bid for return of licenses

New retailer: Break to competitor unfair

Renewables need private capital

Tiny-parts maker finds big market in Asia

Nevada investors fuel Mexican development

JobConnect opens office

Give bad customers a pink slip

Regional firms seek funding for ventures

Selling services key to long-term survival

SBA loan agency's volume rises sharply

Helping others with addictions

RSCVA scores a strike with ABC relationship

DRI scientist's invention marketed

RSCVA moves offices to Reno Town Mall

Carella's leases space in Sparks market

Health staffing firm opens Reno office

Flu shots help keep businesses healthy

Aggressive recruiting key for Washoe Med

Gary Karsten

Dan Duerst

John Donovan

Richard A. Diamond

Make your meetings meaningful

Deputy in Indian Hills collision responding to 911 hang-up

Symphony celebrates 20th with original score

Teen represents state at national conference

What Gov. Arnold will mean to Nevada

Media credibility threatened by political slant

School bands compete in field show

Carson man grows tomatoes, places to live;

Brewery offers new fall classes

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Buckley: Proposed rules would exempt banks from state rules

Love story trancends cruel disease

Chairman backs Yucca project

Tiger attack could muzzle 'Siegfried & Roy' jokes

Evelyn Lorraine Bridges

Roberta I. Frank

Saturday, October 11

Outhouse races irreverent fun in Virginia City

Friday, October 10

Carson City teenagers arrested following fight

Today

Williams at no loss for rebuttals to allegations

Obituary: Larry Plympton

Obituary: Carolyn Welsh

American Indian artist displays work at State Museum

No MSG in this hot lunch deal

Nevada news photographer on display

Obituary: Mary Noone Clark

Obituary: Charles Kilet

C Hill flag progresses

Dogs day planned for parade

Local man indicted on sex assault charges

Baccarat loss drags down August win

People dying to see 'Cemetery Club'

Water line breaks at college

Thursday, October 9

Local pilots remembered as careful

Karen Sue Faust Kmetz

Nevada artist finalist for statue

Eternal debate of Creation versus evolution continues

Classified school employees plan pickets

Obituary: Carl Don Sam

Obituary: Lois H. Nelson

Obituary: Dorothy Wildman

Wednesday, October 8

Trout test file

Carson graduate presents senior recital

Homecoming candidates ready for election

Losing weight while eating well

Students celebrate Deaf Fun Day

Golf pro charged with embezzling

Consumer advocate refutes attack on bureau

Federal guidelines: Most Carson schools don't make adequate progress

Carson manufacturer wins top honors

Sting victims say they were set up

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Tuesday, October 7

Pumpkins, hay slide, caramel apples and cider at Emporium

Carson joins prayer effort to 'heal wounds' of abortion

Carson man arrested in attempted murder

Alarm saves sleeping teen

INDIAN GAMING AND THE CALIFORNIA RECALL

Send in the recall clowns

Shining a light on Ormsby House issues

High school mural celebrates diversity

Tax commission OKs new tax regs

State sets values for major utilities

Judicial Ethics head Bartlett has new term

Obituary: Florence B. Mercer

Obituary: Robert F. Young

Obituary: Billye M. Campbell

Owners of starving dogs sought

Obituary: Pierre "Pete" Carrica

Monday, October 6

Golf pro charged with embezzling from Eagle Valley

Parole Board action

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Some South Lake resident disgusted with state politics

New guidelines sought for businesses nabbed selling alcohol to minors

Nevada Day fireworks planned despite lack of funds

Roy Horn of 'Siegfried & Roy' still critical after tiger attack

Douglas Sheriff offers home-safety inspections

Tahoe transit service sputters in first month

Engineer retires after 25 years with Douglas County

Army Guard honors retirees

Out & About

1,000 inmates walk to fund breast cancer research

Sunday, October 5

When will weapons appear?

We're lucky to be living in a safe city

BofA to open Galena branch by year end

Washoe Med South Meadows offers tours

Adam Mayberry

Jim Foster

Jonathan Cliffe

Linda DiBello

Dialing the right phone system

CSI pitches kiosks as vehicle for drug ads

Outsourcing carries risks

Counties cooperate, compete for companies

John Donovan, Dave Jackson, Jodi Ingles

James A. Dane

Praveen Ah Sam

Shelli Fine

Dotti Gallagher

Nevada welcomes small businesses

Utilities ask PUC for fast action

Rose/Glenn wins advertising award

State works to boost trade with Singapore

Precision Valves rides out turbulent times

State seeks mortgage leader

Impressions workshop set

Chamber event offers practical education

National consultants to lead WNCC series

Reno-based insurer's quarterly income up

Taxable sales in north counties jump in July

Nevada bonds receive AA+ Fitch rating

Skagen Designs moves into new digs

Interplex approved for no-bid contracts

Syncon Homes opens Minden development

Play it Again Sports moving to Douglas County's Carson Plaza

Grocery Outlet celebrates 30 years with shopping spree

Carson Advocates for Cancer Care get donation from Clear Creek Bowmen

Name of pedestrian killed Friday released

One digit makes a difference

Library's Oktoberfest a growing success

Roy Horn of 'Siegfried & Roy' still critical after tiger attack

Schwarzenegger on offensive, denounces sex harassment claims

Mentor Center faces critical need

Obituary: Harold Lee Cornmesser

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Man hit by car on Carson Street refuses treatment

Saturday, October 4

Sundowner becomes latest downtown Reno casino to close

Gibbons backs law to make sure auto racers get tax break

Radio-controlled planes fly in today

Pedestrian dies in fatal accident

Minden-based air tanker crashes in San Bernardino National Forest

Ormsby House owners to proceed with renovation

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Friday, October 3

Nevada delegation heads for China

Storey officials irked by sale of water rights, unpaid taxes

Benefits committee adopts system for groups wanting to leave program

Auto dealers still mulling idea of auto mall in Douglas County

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NDOT fields comments, interesting suggestions for Carson Freeway

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Conference planned to discuss school choice

Artist has idea for intersection of 50 and 395: sculpture park

Take a break and think about the Cubs for awhile

A welcome blip on city's sales radar

Reno man allegedly flashed women in Carson City too

Schwarzenegger apologizes for treatment that 'offended' women

Ormsby House owners had "first class" plans

Home from Iraq -- for two short weeks

Slain girl's memorial targeted by vandals again

Obituary: Lorena Scoggin

Obituary: William Clarence (Bill) LeRoux

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Obituary: Edith Tebbe

Three Nevada rural communities receive federal funding

Obituary: Raymond Andrade

Obituary: Marilyn Henderson

Thursday, October 2

Oktoberfests offer food, fun

State's health-plan legislation won't work

Sparks fly over God Bless sign

Man arrested in flashing incidents

Enforcement of teen tobacco-sale laws working

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LInvill appointed to PUC replacing McIntyre

Bureau of Consumer Protection criticized in audit

More taxes can be collected, but it'll take more staff

Obituary: Pat Leroux

Obituary: Cherish Riley

Obituary: Edith Tebbe

Obituary: Wilhelm Wurmsdobler

Tai chi coming, piano bar here

Carson area contractors find city easy to work with

One less offender nabbed in alcohol sales-sting

Sheriff's Substation opens at Albertson's on Highway 50 East

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Breast cancer awareness month

Wednesday, October 1

Health inspections

Fall's here -- indulge in comfort foods

Breast Cancer Awareness Month kicks off today at Health Department

Calendar of Events

Obituary: Marjorie Robertson

Obituary: Harold V. Hall

Obituary: Verna Mae Reimus

Obituary: Idelle Shields

'God' cut from patriotic signs at Sparks City Hall

Telemarketers get no sympathy from locals

173 new laws take effect today

Court asked to define residency for mayoral candidates

Higher dump fees sought for trailers, tires, animals

Greatest hurdle for the disabled is prejudice

Transient could be charged in Curry Street fire