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2C Reno Gazette-Journal Friday, March 27, 1987 IVIdlUII .1 IHOf Resorts push for more control over reckless skiers By Brendan RileyAP CARSON CITY Ski industry representatives concerned about big lawsuits pressed Thursday for more controls over unsafe skiers, but backed away from their initial plan for possible jail time for out-of-bounds "tree skiers." Questioned by Assembly Judiciary members, industry spokesmen agreed to an amendment to AB344 that would delete misdemeanor penalties which can include up to six months in jail for people caught skiing in areas other than posted runs and trials. Mike Pennacchio, head of the ski patrol at Ski Incline who drafted AB344, said the penalty clause was intended for drunken or hit-run skiers or for skiers who endanger others by going into posted out-of-bounds avalanche areas. But when the bill was introduced earlier this month, it provided for jail time for skiers caught in any area posted as closed, not just high-danger areas. Under suggested amendments, the stiff penalties would still apply if someone skis while drunk or under the influence of drugs, or causes an accident and flees the scene. Mike Roeser, a Tahoe lawyer, said the state has no business imposing such penalties on "tree skiers" such as himself.

He said the resorts can pull the ticket of someone who skis outside posted areas but causes no other problems, and that's enough of a penalty in such cases. necessary, but there is no legal mandate to do so. Hansen also said resorts will close areas if too many hazards exist, and use paid and volunteer patrolers to constantly check for problems. Bob Roberts, a former resort operator representing the Sierra Ski Race Association, said the number of lawsuits has doubled as a result of ski accidents at resorts between Lake Tahoe and Bishop, Calif. Roberts also said some elements of the proposed Nevada law have been enacted into California law, including misdemeanor penalties for out-of-bounds skiing or hit-run skiing.

Action is expected later on the bill pending subcommittee review. Attorney Bob Lyle, representing the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, said he too skis and felt the bill provided too many lawsuit protections for the resorts. For example, Lyle said the industry-drafted bill protects a resort from lawsuit as a result of "integral" skiing conditions such as bare spots, stumps, lift towers or snow-making gear. Judiciary Chairman Bob Sader, D-Reno, asked industry representatives whether overcrowding because of heavy lift ticket sales creates a potential for lawsuits. There's no provision in the bill requiring controls on tickets.

Heavenly Valley vice president Stan Hansen said his resort and other ski areas will limit the number of ticket sales when Race on for Cashell's GOP chairmanship By Jane Ann MorrisonGazette-Journal CARSON CITY Former state Treasurer Patty Cafferata and Las Vegas home builder Jack Kenney both said Thursday they are candidates for the state GOP chairmanship to be surrendered May 15 by Bob Cashell. Reno accountant Robert Seale, treasurer for the Nevada Republican Party, is also thinking about it, according to Marilyn Gubler, who held the job before Cashell. Seale was not available for comment, but party regulars who asked not to be identified said if he runs, he could be a strong contender for the post, if he can overcome Cafferata's name recognition. Cafferata made an unsuccessful challenge to Gov. Richard Bryan last fall.

She said that Cashell's resignation announcement Tuesday caught everyone by sur not held elective office. He came in second to Tom Wiesner when elections were held for the Republican National Committee last year. Kenney, active in the 1981 tax roll-back effort, also ran in the Republican primary against Chic Hecht in 1982. Hecht went on to defeat incumbent Sen. Howard Cannon.

Asked whether the Republicans might favor a southern or northern Nevadan this time, Kenney said, "They just want someone with the guts to attack Dick Bryan." Las Vegas businessman Milton Schwartz said, "It's a possibility, but not a probability" that he might become a candidate. Former Assemblyman Jim Stone of Sparks was also mentioned as a possibility, but he was unavailable for comment. prise, but that she had already submitted her resume to the nominating committee chairman. If she is elected to the unpaid job in May, Cafferata said she would be willing to stay on through the 1988 elections and would not run for office herself. Cafferata said she expects her mother, Rep.

Barbara Vucanovich, will run again in 1988 and Cafferata said she has no intention to run for U.S. Senate. As a former office holder and candidate for statewide office, if elected to the GOP state chairmanship, Cafferata said she would have "a more hands on, nuts and bolts" type of operation. Cashell said he was resigning because of the press of business at his Verdi casino, Boomtown, and other properties. Kenney, the husband of University of Nevada System Regent Joan Kenney, has Legislative summary Governor Measures signed INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE AB175.

Allows appeals officer to refer claimant for industrial insurance to doctor or chiropractor for examination. Senate Measure passed MILITARY AIRSPACE SJR6. Asks Congress for formal proceedures dealing with withdrawl of airspace for military purposes. To Assembly. Measures introduced GAMING BILLS SB294.295, Judiciary.

Authorizes hearings for gambling chip arid token manufacturers; requires employees of race book disseminators to obtain work cards. To Judiciary. PUNITIVE DAMAGES SB299, Human Resources. Takes a percentage of court-awarded punitive and exemplary damages and places money into the medical care fund for indigents. To Human Resources.

TRPA PULLOUT SB301, Natural Resources. Pulls Nevada out of the bi-state Tahoe Regional Planning Compact. To Natural Resources. Assembly Measures passed FOREIGN GAMING AB178. Allows the state Gaming Control Board to let a Nevada licensee to participate in foreign gaming temporarily.

To Senate. LIFE INSURANCE SB70. Broadens the circumstances which a group life insurance policy may be issued. To governor. Measures introduced DUI LAWS AB461, AB459, Judiciary.

Requires substance abuse evaluation for first-time offenders and allows out-of-state DUI offenders to attend educational course where they live. To Judicary. GAMING FEES AB462-464, Judiciary. Lets the Gaming Control Board estimate the amount of taxes due for credit instruments; updating licensing requirements for gambling device manufacturers and distributors; requires the board to disclose information about late fees. To Judiciary.

MARRIAGE PROPERTY AB456, Kis-sam. Lets courts divide property of spouses if one goes into a nursing home. To Judiciary. SECURITIES AB457, Judiciary. Adopts the uniform securities act.

To Commerce. ACCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHS AB460, Judiciary. Lets law enforcement agencies release photographs and records of accidents. To Judiciary. BAIL AB465-466, Judiciary.

Revises laws governing bail forfeiture; requires identity of arrested person be established before admission to bail. To Judiciary. PAROLE VIOLATIONS AB458, Judiciary. Restricts release from custody of person arrested for parole violations. To Judiciary.

Today's hearings 7:30 p.m. Assembly Ways and Means Committee on Gaming Control Board, Public Service Commission Regulatory Fund, Legislative Counsel Bureau and Legislature interim budgets. 8 a.m. Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committees, presentation by Old College Law School on sentencing, probation and parole in room 131. 8 a.m.

Assembly Government Affairs Committee on SB141, citations to state parks visitors. 8 a.m. Senate Commerce and Labor Committee on SB214, licensing of audiolo-gists and speech pathologists. 8 a.m. Senate Finance Committee in Old Assembly Chambers on AJR25, withdrawing request for constitutional convention to balance the federal budget.

11 a.m. Senate and Assembly floor sessions. 1:30 p.m. Senate Government Affairs Committee: SB244, areawide waste management plans. Justice pleads for increased staff salaries CARSON CITY (AP) Chief Justice Al Gunderson said Thursday he feels a "desperate urgency" to raise salaries for Supreme Court staff because it's hard to attract and keep quality clerks, attorneys and administrators.

Testifying on the high court budgets before the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, Gunderson said, "The position we are in is an untenable position" as a result of increasing case loads and other demands. He said Nevada underpays law clerks, the law librarian, court administrator and chief financial officer. Gunderson wants hefty increases for each so he can compete with federal and county agencies in recruiting. It's especially important to boost the salary for the court administrator, now vacant, to attract a qualified person, according to Gunderson. Nevada offers the second lowest salary in the nation, $42,000, compared with $80,000 in California and $61,000 in Colorado, he said, adding the Nevada figure should be boosted to $53,000.

Ways and Means Chairman Marvin Sedway, D-Las Vegas, replied, "We're the second lowest state in the union in lots of things. I think you're going to have to be a little more reasonable. We can't afford these increases under the money we have." Sedway repeatedly asked acting Court Administrator Donald J. Mello for detailed explanations of the court's budget, recommended by Gov. Dick Bryan for a 35 percent increase in the next biennium.

Mello attributed most of the higher figures to inaccurate accounting procedures for the present biennium. He said that the court isn't really asking fori much more money, even though it looks like it. He added that the accounting problems have been corrected. Hazardous waste dump bill offered THE STATE WOULD be mandated to set up dumps for disposal of hazardous waste and allow Nevada businesses to use the dumps for free, under a Senate bill introduced Thursday. SB306 by Sen.

Ray Rawson, R-Las Vegas, also would establish a toll-free hazardous waste information phone line where residents and businesses can find out how and where to dispose of toxic substances. A BILL ALLOWING ORAL surgeons to perform physicals on their patients surfaced in the Senate Thursday. SB296 would eliminate a requirement that patients seeking oral surgery undergo a separate physical exam, said Sen. Ray Rawson, R-Las Vegas. The bill, introduced by Human Resources, was sent to Commerce and Labor for further action.

IN AN EFFORT to control insurance costs, a new Senate proposal would require a percentage of all court-awarded punitive and exemplary damages be fun-neled into the state indigent medical care fund. "This is a way to discourage big punitive awards and decrease malpractice insurance premiums," Sen. Ray Rawson said Thursday. A plaintiff could with collective bargaining introduced by and referred to the Senate Government Affairs Committee. Government Affairs Chairwoman Ann O'Connell said both measures were submitted by the state School Districts Association in response to other bills proposed by a state teachers group currently pending in the Assembly.

A MEASURE TO EXPAND THE POWERS of the Las Vegas Water District was introduced Thursday in the Senate. SB289 was submitted by the Government Affairs Committee at the request of the district's board of directors. The measure was sent back to Government Affairs for further review. Under the bill, the board would be authorized to slap liens against those who are more than 60 days delinquent on paying their water bills. It also allows the district to go to court to seek payment on delinquent accounts.

A BILL TO REPEAL a law limiting picketing during labor disputes was introduced Thursday in the Senate by Joe Neal, who said he agreed to introduce the measure only after several committee chairmen refused to do so. Neal, D-North Las Vegas, also introduced SB305, which would authorize labor unions to propose arbitration as a means of settling strikes. The bill also would penalize casinos who don't agree to arbitration or don't abide by an arbitrator's decision. Legislative digest still recover the full amount of actual damages and pain and suffering awards, said Rawson, R-Las Vegas. WARNING SIGNS REGARDING hazards at unpatented mining claims would have to be posted under a Senate bill introduced Thursday.

SB302, introduced by Sen. Lawrence Jacobsen, R-Minden, would impose a misdemeanor penalty for failing to post and maintain the warning signs. The Natural Resources Committee will consider the measure. STATE GAMING REGULATORS could authorize suitability or licensing hearings for manufacturers of gambling chips or tokens under one of two gaming bills introduced Thursday in the Senate. SB294 and SB295 were introduced by and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee for study.

Judiciary Chairwoman Sue Wagner, R-Reno, said both bills were submitted by the Gaming Control Board for review. LOCAL GOV ERNMENT EMPLOYERS wouldn't have to agree to mandatory bargaining on a wide variety of issues, including the right to hire and fire under a measure introduced Thursday in the Senate. SB291 was one of two bills dealing Nevada digest two great-grandchildren. A graveside funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Masonic Cemetery, Bishop.

Local arrangements are under the direction of Walton's Chapel of the Valley. Ruth A.B. Wallace Foley, and had been a lifetime Nevada resident, living most of her life on the George Hennen ranch in Pleasant Valley. Mrs. Foley was a homemaker, a pianist and vocalist.

She was a member of St. Joseph's Altar Society in Elko, the Elko Home-makers, the Northeastern Nevada Museum Society, A.A.R.P., and was an honorary Gold Star Mother with the Reed-Gregory Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 7. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Herman, to Obituaries Isabelle F. Hennen FALLON A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 11 at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Fallon, for Carson City native Isabelle Foley Hennen, 94, who died March 7 in Fallon.

She was born Nov. 12, 1892, to Richard and Hanora Murrin Church. Her husband, Harry Ormond, died in 1948. Surviving are a son, Richard Alan of Hemet, and a sister, Florence Billinghurst Flagg of Reno. Ernest Young Ernest Young, 68, died Saturday at his residence.

A native of Pittsburg, he was born Oct. 29, 1918, and had been a Reno resident for the past 37 years, coming from Seattle and Portland, Ore. Young was a researcher for Harrah's Auto Collection for seven years, and worked for Western Union for 11 years. Surviving are his widow, Lucille of Reno; sons, Ernest, Courtney and Graham, and a daughter, Sandra Young, all of Tacoma, 11 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. No funeral is scheduled.

Inurnment will be at the Mountain View Cemetery under the direction of the Walton Funeral Home, Reno. LONG BEACH, Calif. -A memorial service is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today at the Sunnyside Mausoleum Chapel, Long Beach, for Ruth A. Billing-hurst Wallace, 86, who died Monday in a Births Wallace whom she had been married for 70 years, and sons, Joseph and Donald.

Surviving are a daughter, Marian La Voy of Fallon; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two nieces; and a nephew. Burial was at the Burns Memorial Garden Cemetery, EIko, under the direction of the Austin, Matson and Smith Funeral Home. A memorial has been established with the American Legion Auxiliary, Reed-Gregory Unit 7, 1219 Highland Drive, Elko 89801 or the Northeastern Nevada Museum, P.O. Box 2550, Elko 89801. Raymond K.

Hill Raymond Kenneth Hill, 70, died Thursday at his residence. A native of East Palestine, Ohio, he was born April 20, 1916, and had been a Reno resident for the past six years, coming from Anaheim, Calif. Hill worked for Harrah's Auto Collection inthe public relations department, and as a double-decker bus driver. He was a member of the Reno Christian Fellowship, and a was Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving in the South Pacific. Surviving are his widow, Margaret "Peg" of Reno; son, Robert of Laguna Niguel, Calif.

daughter, Carol Hawkins of Sun Valley, sister, June Spence of Phoenix, and two grandchildren. A funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Walton Funeral Home, Reno, with inurnment at the Masonic Memorial Gardens. A memorial is being established with the American Cancer Society, 605 Washington Reno 89503. DUNLAP To Mr.

and Mrs. Tim Dunlap of Reno, a daughter, March 25, 1987. La DOUCEUR To Mr. and Mrs. Marc La Douceur of Reno, a daughter, March 25, 1987.

WALTER To Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walter of Truckee, a son, March 25, 1987. Washoe Medical Center DERY To Mr. and Mrs.

Victor Dery of Reno, a son, March 24, 1987. FIGUEROA To Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Figueroa of Reno, a daughter, March 26, 1987. FLETCHER To Mr.

and Mrs. Gary Fletcher of Sun Valley, a son, March 25, 1987. PAUL To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paul of Reno, a daughter, March 26, 1987.

ROBARDS To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robards of Sparks, a daughter, March 26, 1987. ROBINSON To Mr. and Mrs.

Ross of Sun Valley, Nev. March 25, 1987. ZIEROLF To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zierolf of Reno, a son, March 26, 1987.

lon; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Arrangements were under the direction of the Austin, Martson and Smith Funeral Home. Nora Pincolini Visitation is scheduled from 2 to 9 p.m. today at the Walton Funeral Home, Reno, for Wads-worth native Nora Pincolini, 81, who died Thursday in a Reno hospital. She was born Jan.

4, 1906, to Charles and Rose Capurro Don-dero, and had been a lifetime Nevada resident. Mrs. Pincolini was a home-maker. Surviving are daughters, Gloria Quilici and Jean Smeath, and a sister, Emma Bart, all of Reno; brother, Eddy Dondero of Cool, sister, Blanche Sanna of Chula Vista, and five grandchildren. Recitation of the rosary and a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Saturday at St. Therese of the Little Flower Catholic Church. Entombment will be at the Mountain View Mausoleum, under the direction of the Walton Funeral Home, Reno. A memorial is being established with the American Cancer Society, 605 Washington Reno 89503. Susan J.

Scott CARSON CITY Susan J. Scott, 77, died Tuesday at a Carson City hospital. A native of Fort Leavenworth, she was born Sept. 29, 1909, and was a Carson City resident for the past 15 years, coming from Bishop, Calif. Mrs.

Scott was a homemaker. Her husband, Harry, died in 1965. Surviving are a grandson, Tom Duffy of Marysville, and Carson-Tahoe Hospital BOTTOMS To Mr. and Mrs. Duane Bottoms of Carson City, a daughter, March 24, 1987.

HANSON To Connie Behnken of Carson City, a son, March 20, 1987. MORROW To Angelia Morrow of Carson City, a daughter, March 20, 1987. PEARL To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pearl of Gardnerville, a daughter, March 20.

1987. SMITH To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Smith of Wellington, a son. March 21, 1987.

WOLDRIDGE To Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Woldridge of Carson City, a daughter, March 24, 1987. Saint Mary's Hospital BARKLEY To Mr. and Mrs Thierry V.

Barkley of Sparks, a son, March 25. 1987. BESSETTE To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D.

Bessette Jr of Reno, a son, March 25, 1987. DAVIS-WYNNE To Betty Davis and Adam Wynne of Reno, a son, March 24, 1987. Now, COMPLETE CREMATION lor rotoJ prtc of Long Beach hospital. The daughter of a former superintendent of schools in Reno, Dr. Benson Dillon Billinghurst, she was born in Prescott, on Dec.

3, 1900, and had been a Long Beach resident for the past 61 years, coming from Reno. Mrs. Wallace had been a teacher for 36 years, beginning her career as an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Nevada. She taught at Long Beach Polytechinic High School for 13 years, eventually going to work for the Enterprise Elementary School District as a specialist in sight conservation until her retirement in 1966. A 1917 graduate of Reno High School, she received a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Nevada for her thesis on the possibility of extracting natural oils from sagebrush, and graduated magna cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio.

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