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RENO Page Two 2A SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2011 Quadruple expo Four Reno consumer shows in one place. That's the drawing card at the Reno Off-Road Motorsports Expo, Reno Outdoor Sports Recreation Expo, Reno Pet Show and Spring Home Garden Show that opened Friday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Multiple activities are planned through Sunday. The Home Garden Show is for homeowners in all stages of remodeling, landscaping and decorating their homes. The Off-Road show features a performance by two-time world trials champion Tommi Ahvala.

The Outdoor Expo hall includes a display of RVs and boats. The Pet Show includes education for pet owners. The cost to attend is $3 event and age. Details: www.lockettshows.com. Staff report OBITUARIES Baird.

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When you submit please provide your name, address and a daytime phone number where you can be reached. Mail your notice to: Obituary Specialist, Reno Gazette-Journal, P.O. Box 22000, Reno, NV 89520. MARILYN NEWTONRGJ Youngsters cautiously pet Slithers, a Dumeril boa from Sierra Safari Zoo Friday at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. HOT AUGUST NIGHTS Volunteers: Squabbles eclipse good event FESTIVAL'S ECONOMIC IMPACT Hot August Nights gave Reno officials a one-page statement outlining economic impacts of the event including: $424 average spending for each of an estimated 885,105 attendees, counting local residents who attended events.

They estimated the impact at more than $254 million for the 2010 event. But Reno officials pointed out several math errors on the report and said the one-page summary needed to be backed with hard data. For example, the number of attendees multiplied by money spent per person should be more than $375 million, not $254 million. This week. Hot August Nights CEO Bruce Walter, in an e-mail Reno officials, wrote: "We are still struggling with this very frustrating issue and the person who did the study no longer works for the company and thus it has made it difficult for us get the answers we are looking for, but we are continuing to work on this project." CONTACTVS GENERAL INFO: 775-788-6200 DELIVERY: 800-970-RENO NEWSROOM: 775-788-6397 ERROR WATCH In a Friday story about Elizabeth Taylor's funeral, the Associated Press erroneously reported that Jewish customs call for the dead to be buried within 48 hours.

Jewish traditions dictate that burial should happen as quickly as possible after death. The Reno Gazette-Journal strives to maintain accuracy and fairness. If you see an error, please call the newsroom at 775-788-6397. LOCAL TEXT ALERTS Breaking news on your cellphone: Text rgjnews to 44636 Presented by metromix BRIEFLY SALEOFCONDOS MOVED TO APRIL 27 A sale of 96 Belvedere LLC condominiums in downtown Reno for delinquent assessments scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled and instead will be combined with a Washoe County sale on April 27 for nonpayment of property taxes. The assessments are for nonpayment of ReTrac special assessment district taxes, totaling $143,610.

Property taxes collected by Washoe County on behalf of the county, city, school district and others are owed for four years and total $783,000 for 92 condominium units owned by Belvedere LLC, the condominium developer. Unless those taxes are paid by Monday, County Treasurer Tammi Davis said a sale will proceed April 27 in Washoe County Commission chambers. ATTORNEYS NAMED IN SLAYING CASE ELKO Two attorneys have been named to represent a northeast Nevada teenager in an upcoming evidence hearing in the shovel slaying and burial of a high school classmate. The Elko Daily Free Press reported that defense attorneys John Ohlson of Reno and Jeff Kump of Elko are representing 1 8-year-old Kody Patten. Neither attorney immediately responded Friday to messages.

Patten's preliminary hearing in the slaying of 16-year-old Micaela "Mickey" Costanzo of West Wendover is set May 5-6. Elko County District Attorney Mark Torvinen hasn't decided whether to seek the death penalty for the West Wendover High School senior. BLM GEOTHERMAL SALE NETS $500,000 The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it netted more than $500,000 in total revenue from this year's statewide geothermal lease sale in Nevada. BLM officials said Friday that 1 7 parcels totaling 42,627 acres were sold for geothermal development during an auction Tuesday in Reno, and generated $456,353 in revenue.

Ormat Nevada Inc. of Reno placed the high bid of $253,580, or $60 an acre, for a parcel in Churchill County parcel. Officials said 12 more parcels totaling 44,842 acres received noncompetitive offers on Wednesday that generated $44,843 in revenue. In all, the sale offered 51 parcels in Nevada totaling more than 151 ,000 acres. Staff and wire reports board of directors are responsible for the negative feelings, not city officials or the media.

He said the event's leadership hasn't been straight with the city and have not provided information they promised to provide. "We need them to show they can work with us," he said. "As a community they are not working with us." Aiazzi's suggestion that a new event can work received support from promoters, including a former executive director of Hot August Nights. Randy Burke, who ran the festival from 1988 to 1994 and steered the group out of $250,000 in debt, now runs the annual Street Vibrations motorcycle event in Reno-Sparks. He said the infrastructure of all events is the same.

"Only the themechanges," he said. "It might be an air show, motorcycles, balloons or whatever, but if you've got your infrastructure in place, that's about one-third of the job." Burke said an experienced promoter can create a classic car event from scratch in about six months. Mike Hennessy, who runs Hot San Jose Nights annually in July in San Jose, said he agrees that a new event could get off the ground quickly. "If they asked me to put on (Hot August Nights), I'd say yes in a heartbeat," he said. Hennessy said classic car enthusiasts have been buzzing about the controversy in Reno, part icularly the change in dates from the first to the second week of August.

"After holding it for 25 years on the same dates, it's like a holiday for the car world," he said. "Move the dates and it's like moving Christmas." Tony Marini, Hot August Nights director, said the group has handled some things poorly, but that's old news. He said the event will move back to its original schedule in 2012 and will continue holding the Reno-Sparks event. The decision to begin a Long Beach event was to "expand our brand," he said, and the 2011 event was rescheduled to accommodate bookings at the Long Beach Convention Center this year. He said the group wants to work closely with Reno and Sparks officials and expects support in return.

Aiazzi said actions must follow good intentions. He said the event leadership has to be open and honest with the city and supply the promised data about economic impacts. Promoters say an alternative festival possible By Frank X. Mullen Jr. JmuUenrgj com As Hot August Nights officials scramble to repair the image of the area's top special event and people who would like to start alternative festivals wait on the sidelines, Hot August Nights volunteers say that the positive aspects of the 25-year-old celebration of classic cars and rock 'n' roll are lost in the roar of the rhetoric.

"I'm very disappointed in the spitting contest that has been going on," said Gary Whitfield, a retired Veterans Administration official who, with his wife, Candy, has volunteered for the event since 2003. "All this finger-pointing is a waste of time. There's so much work to do, and all the volunteers want is to put on a great event that will get as many people as possible into the area." Whitfield was reacting to the ongoing conflict USA TODAY This top-ranking iPad news App downloaded more than 1.6 million PointRoll By using webcams, viewers can put their own faces in an ad and share it. up to to between the Hot August Nights board of directors, chief executive Bruce Walter and the Reno City Council. Ever since Walter announced last year that Hot August Nights 2011 would begin in Long Beach, and then move to Reno during the second week of August, Reno officials have complained that Walter and the board have been secretive and uncooperative.

Reno City Councilman Dave Aiazzi on Wednesday suggested that another cars-and-music festival begin during August 2012 to ensure that if Hot August Nights retreats, to Long has been times. THE FACE OF DESIGN From the breakthrough iPad and phone Apps that consumers download by the millions, to the inventive PointRoll technology that helps businesses engage audiences in new dynamic ways, Gannett is a leader, by design. Through our powerful LOCAL-TO-NATIONAL NETWORK of digital, mobile, publishing and broadcasting brands, discover how we can design integrated MARKETING SOLUTIONS to help your business succeed. IT'S ALL WITHIN REACH. Beach after this year, Northern Nevada will have a festival to replace the event.

Hot August Nights officials fired back Thursday, saying they expect support from the city fathers and talk of another event undermines Hot August Nights. Volunteers said they are caught in the middle. "It makes us sad," said Candy Whitfield, who like other volunteers pays $40 in "membership fees" to work for free before and during the festival. "We love being part of the event and giving back to the community. We really enjoy it.

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