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I E1-2D Wednesday, May 19, 1982 Reno Evening Gazette NEVADA State aging services boss fired out. "It was kind of a crash program," he said in detailing how he was ordered to turn in his keys, clear out his desk and remove any other personal belong-, ings from the office by quitting time. Late last year, an attorney general's opinion held that McSweeney and about 50 other state workers lacked job security they once held. At that time, Martelle wouldn't comment on whether the opinion was requested by his office as part of an effort to dump McSweeney. McSweeney and the other employees were changed from classified to unclassified status.

The new opinion states that the job protections that go with classified status didn't carry over. McSweeney said Martelle told him he was exercising his right as human resources chief to make a change in the division, and he replied that "when you have an order you have to carry it out." McSweeney said that "reading between the lines" it was apparent to him that List wanted him out of the position. "It's not that I'm disgruntled," he added. "I've lived with it day to day like a sickness. At least now it's diagnosed, the operation took place and a healing is taking place.

How well I heal remains to be seen." McSweeney said he planned to consult with an attorney about the way in which he was told abruptly to clear ing for a new candidate, picked the guy I wanted and made the appointment on my own." Martelle declined to specify why he fired McSweeney, adding, "I have nothing negative to say about John." McSweeney, first named to the job paying $35,750 yearly during the administration of former Gov. Mike O'Callaghan, said he hasn't decided yet whether to go to court over the dismissal. "What has been destined to happen for some three years finally happened," he said. "The rumors have been there for quite some time, and it reached a point where some people said they couldn't believe I was still in the position." By BRENDAN RILEY The AP CARSON CITY State Aging Services Director John McSweeney has been fired from the job he held for 10 years. McSweeney, long rumored to be a target for dismissal, said he was canned on orders from Gov.

Bob List. State Human Resources Director Ace Martelle called McSweeney into his office Tuesday afternoon and said he was replacing him. Later, Martelle announced Larry Pickard of Reno was taking over the division. Martelle flatly denied he was acting on orders from List. "That's not true," he said.

"The action I took was my action. There was no direction from the governor's office. I went out look Santini earns $15,000 in speaking fees Firm appeals Beatty waste dump ruling CARSON CITY (AP) Lawyers for U.S. Ecology Corp. have filed an appeal with the Nevada Supreme Court seeking to reverse a Carson City judge's order affecting the future of the Beatty low-level nuclear dump.

District Judge Michael Fondi had ordered the state Board of Health to reconsider an earlier decision to grant the firm a three-year license renewal. The board voted Friday not to appeal the judge's ruling, which said the license renewal was improper. Gov. Robert List, who has been waging a lengthy battle to close the Beatty dump, said he was not surprised by Monday's appeal by Louisville-based U.S. Ecology.

"Their determination is almost as strong as their waste material," List said. "But we'll continue to fight them every step of the way. I won't be satisfied until we rid the state of the facility." List wants to close the dump for low-level radioac tive wastes because of several incidents in which improperly packaged wastes were transported to and dumped at the site near Beatty, which is about midway between Las Vegas and Tonopah in southern Nevada. U.S. Ecology also asked the state high court for a stay on Fondi's order to the Board of Health.

Fondi had ordered the dump issue back to the board after ruling that board members did not give adequate reasons for re-licensing the site when the three-year extension was voted in June of 1981. Carsonite after regents job CARSON CITY JoAnn Sheerin announced today she will be a candidate for the seat on the University of Nevada Board of Regents that represents Carson City and Douglas, Lyon, and Storey counties. The current two-term incumbent is John Tom Ross, a Carson attorney. Ms. Sheerin, a 43-year-old Carson resident who is currently enrolled in a masters of public administration program at the university, says she will formally file July 1.

She said the western Nevada district needs a strong voice as the board prepares to deal with such important issues as faculty credit load, graduate program review and management of the new sports pavilions in Reno and Las Vegas. Inmate died of head wounds MINDEN (AP) An autopsy shows a 72-year-oW man who died over the weekend in the Douglas County jail had suffered a slight skull fracture in a barroom fall. Douglas County District Attorney Mike Rowe said Tuesday there's no need for any further investigation. He said Robert Dunn had been checked by a doctor who didn't detect the fracture and said there was no reason why he couldn't be jailed Saturday. I Rowe said the slight fracture that figured in Dunn's death could have gone unnoticed even by a sophisticated brain scan.

than $1,000 in rent last year. Members do not have to list the values of their homes. Unlike many House members, he listed no stock real estate interests. Santini did not detail the specific value of gifts and reimbursements he received during 1981, although he reported receiving transportation and lodging expenses for himself and a family member for many of the speaking engagements. The disclosures are required annually under the Ethics in Government Act.

Kennecott Minerals Salt Lake City; Summa Las Vegas; American Iron and Steel, Washington; The Fertilizer Institute, Washington; a mining and reclamation symposium, Washington; First Albany New York; American Recreation Coalition, Washington; Institutional Investors, Washington; Nevada First Thrift, Reno; American Mining Congress, Denver, and a sheet metal and air conditioning group, Las Vegas. In other financial interests, Santini reported holding a mortgage on a Reno condominium worth between $50,001 and $100,000, for which he received less in speech payments. Now House members can take in up to $18,198 in honoraria, 30 percent of their $60,660.50 salary. Santini, chairman of the House Interior Subcommittee on Mines and Mining, charged $1,000 for 14 of the 16 appearances he made last year. He received $500 each for appearing before the National Park Concessioners in Washington and the Ferroalloys group in Washington.

The $1,000 appearances came at Investment Seminars International, Miami; Kennecott Washington; Northwest Energy, Salt Lake City; By SHEILA CAUDLE GNS WASHINGTON The lifting of a limit on how much a congressman could receive from speaking fees helped Nevada Rep. James Santini last year, his financial disclosure form shows. Santini, a Democrat who is ending his third House term to run against Sen. Howard Cannon, reported earning $15,000 in honoraria in 1981, of which he donated $1,500 to charity. Before the ceiling was lifted by a congressional vote, members were limited to a bit more than $9,000 a year Save-the-lake campaign developing for Pyramid the lake's shoreline is still about a quarter of a mile wide and 27 feet deep, according to Alan Ruger of Pyramid Lake Indian Tribal Enterprises.

But Ruger noted that the lake's level has dropped about 80 feet since Derby Dam was built in 1905 to divert water to the Newlands Project farmlands in Fallon. He added that the lake drops an average of more than a foot a year, and that in recent low-water years, it was dropping 2 feet yearly. At the average rate, he said Anaho Island, which is an official national wildlife refuge, could be exposed before the year 2000 unless the lake receives a bigger share of Truckee River water, for which it competes with upstream municipal users. Friends of Pyramid includes individual members and represents a number of groups, including the Sierra Club, Lahontan Audubon Society and the amid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians. nation's list of rare and endangered species.

The current water rights suit involving Stampede Dam, an upstream reservoir on the Truckee River that holds water sought both for Pyramid's endangered fishes and for Reno-area municipal development. The organization's own incorporation as a not-for-profit group and a discussion of its aims and programs. At Mono Lake about 140 miles south of Reno, the issue is Negit Island, a key nesting area for the California gull. Water diversions for Los Angeles municipal use from streams that feed Mono Lake are blamed for allowing the lake to shrink so that the island is now connected by a land bridge to the shore, affording coyotes and other predators the chance to kill the young bird population. At Pyramid, the channel of water between Anaho Island, a major nesting site for white pelicans, and By PATRICK O'DRISCOLL While conservationists and water users slug it out in Congress over the fate of shrinking Mono Lake, those concerned about Pyramid Lake north of Reno are mounting their own save-the-lake campaign.

Friends of Pyramid, a recently organized coalition to preserve the huge desert body of water, already are calling it "the next Mono Lake." They point out that Pyramid, like Mono Lake, has an island bird sanctuary that is threatened by the falling water line and the predatory animals waiting to invade from the "mainland." The group will hold a news conference Thursday in Reno to discuss recent issues involving Pyramid Lake. Issues to be discussed at the 11 a.m. session in Idlewild Park are expected to include: The Greater Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce's attempts to have the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout, native to Pyramid, taken off the Congress OBITUARIES Card of Thanks Columbus ol Our Lady ol Snows WE ARE GRATEFUL lo those who Catholic Church: Priests personnel of Our Lady of Snows Catholic Church: neighbors, any other groups 6 ind'vid' uals who sent flowers, food, cards. neioeo me lamny 01 Irjmund Bte dowski following his death. May 10.

1982: Post (Mice personnel, American Postal Workers Union: St Mary's Hospital statl I Sisters, particularly those on the 3rd Floor East; Father Anlhony; VFW 9211; Knights of and who ottered to help in any way THANK YOU MOST they could. SINCERELY, Helen Bledowski Fisher was all but endorsing the Republican incumbent two months ago. He admits he's having second thoughts now. Ticking off the rest of his non-guest list, Fisher recalled that he'd gotten a cautious committment from the Tahoe-Douglas Chamber of Commerce, saying they might show up later today. Response from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce was, "they'd never done anything with a union before and didn't see any reason to start now," Fisher said.

A spokesman for the Reno-Sparks Chamber did a lot of talking that ended with, "we probably won't," he recalled. Response from the Nevada Resort Association was, "what the hell are you talking about?" And the Gaming Industry Association reaction was mockingly described by Fisher as: "We gave at the office." As for the two casino organizations that have shared the turf with PAGE since late last year, Fisher admitted they were no more enthused. The Joint Council of Casino Dealers "expressed a great deal of fear about participating," said Fisher. The Casino Dealers Defense Fund, organized to fight taxation of tips, "said their posture at this time was observational," Fisher said. From page 1D Congress to bring gaming employees and management together to discuss common problems.

And things seemed off to a good start with word that the governor would provide the greeting to kick off the event, Fisher said. But PAGE was already making news by then as the group seeking a National Labor Relations Board election at Harolds Club. I Fisher says his group has been trying from the start to give casino management an alternative to unions, but management obviously doesn't see it that way. -That may explain why Fisher was advised just a few weeks ago that the governor wouldn't be able to address the PAGE congress after all. "We have learned he will be in Las Vegas addressing a gaming industry meeting down there," Fisher said.

"The thing that upsets us about this is quite simple. Why the hell did he say yes in the beginning. I believe it's a slap in the face of the workers of the state," Fisher said. Bret A. Heidrich Bret Albert Heidrich, 29, died Sunday in Tahoe City, Calif.

A native of Reno, he was born Oct. 30, 1952. He graduated from Reno High school. Heidrich was a heavy equipment operator for Helms Construction and was a member of Operating Engineers Local No. 3.

Surviving are his father, Delbert and grandmother, Adelaide, both of Reno; mother, Phyllis and sister, Heidi, both of Verdi; and grandmother, Mabel Nelson of Caribou, Maine. A memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Glen Meadows Village Clubhouse. Cremation will be held in Fair Oaks Crematorium, Sacramento. Alexander's Pyramid Funeral Home, Sparks, is in charge of local arrangements.

A memorial is being established with the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children, in care of the Kerak Temple, P.O. Box 728, Reno, 89504. Joseph Fussy Joseph Fussy, 68, died Saturday in a Reno hospital. He was born March 2, 1914, in Morrill, and moved to Nevada in 1956. Fussy retired after 25 years as a dealer at John Ascuaga's Nugget.

He served in the Army during World War II. Surviving are his widow, Doreen of Sparks; daughter, Pamela Jo Anderson of Reno; stepdaughter, Viva Sallee and stepson, Brian Sallee, both of San Francisco; sister, Gertrude Leason of Tigard, sisters, Irene Yatckoske, Mary Spiczka and Delores Dudek and brothers, Robert, Arthur, Roman, Clarence, Alfred, Lawrence, Frank and Richard, all of Minnesota; and two grandchildren. Cremation and a private memorial service was held at Masonic Memorial Gardens. FitzHenry's Capital City Mortuary, Carson City, is in charge of arrangements. Robbie Scott Frank W.

Hempstone WINNEMUCCA Frank W. Hempstone, 83, died Sunday in a Lovelock hospital. A native of Wheeling, W. he was born July 11, 1888, and had lived in Winnemucca for two years. He came from New York.

Hempstone was a retired banker and an Army veteran of World War I. He is survived by his widow, Louise of Winnemucca. A graveside funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday in the veterans section of the Winnemucca Cemetery, under direction of Eddy's Funeral Home, Winnemucca. Fred Larsen Fred Larsen, 65, died Sunday at his residence.

A native of Idaho, he was born Feb. 6, 1917, and moved to the Reno area in 1962. Larsen was employed as a construction engineer. Surviving are son, Fred of Lewiston, Idaho; daughters, Charlene Krasselt of Moscow, Idaho, and Wilma Whitmore of Viola, Idaho; brothers, George of Oregon, Wayne of Bronsville, and Carl and Alfred, both of California; sisters, Vira Reihl of Vacaville, and Velma Stevens of Lebanon, and four grandchildren. A graveside funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Thursday at Churchill Public Cemetery. O'Brien-Rogers and Crosby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Gaming Robbie Scott, the 6-month-old son of Marsden and Diane Kaiser Scott, died Sunday in a Reno hospital. A native of Reno, he was born Nov. 26.

Surviving are his parents, brothers, Rickey and Jay and sisters, Marsa, Vickie, Peggy and Cheryl Scott, all of Nixon. A memorial service was held today at Alexander's Pyramid Funeral Home, Sparks. Cremation will be in Masonic Memorial Gardens. of Reno to recoup $21 million in loans being serviced by Nevada National Bank. The Bonanza Casino, meanwhile, became the smallest publicly owned casino nation when it began selling $1 stock this winter.

It offered up to $1.5 million in stock. Last October, when the gaming board allowed the Bonanza to offer the stock, Bunker said there was no question that speculation was involved because of the casino's historical losses. But he approved only because credibility must be placed on the owners, all long-time Reno residents. In the running battle with Atlantic City, Bunker made several points, indicating Nevada has the upper edge. After watching gaming revenues grow from zero to $1.2 billion in four years in New Jersey, Bunker said prospects for another hotel-casino on that city's Boardwalk have dwindled to about zero.

Zoning From page 1D dered after soil studies on one portion of the parcel showed the quality was not as bad as originally believed. Lemmon Valley resident Pam Wilcox told commissioners Tuesday the area's scarcity of water also was a factor in the need for decreased density on the parcel. She said there is a moratorium on subdividing property in the area, partly due to the water problem. "Everyone in the valley realizes there will be restrictions on development in the area," Wilcox said. "If you're going to give more density to somebody, why not give more density to everybody?" The zoning request will go to county commissioners for final consideration.

On another Lemmon Valley request, planning commissioners recommended approval for rezoningl20 acres from limited to active recreation to allow for a public archery range. The property is owned by the Bureau of Land Management but would be leased to the Silver Arrow Bowman Club of Reno which will operate the range. Also, the commission recommended approval of a zone change allowing developer George Peek to remove about 46 problem apartment units and replace them with a 23-unit mobile home subdivision. The apartments are located on three parcels totaling 8.9 on Limberpine Street in LemmoValley. From page 1D tions, with the power of raising money through public stock sales.

"We won't allow it to become a speculative tool," he said. Bunker was sought for elaboration on these two points. But after his speech, he would answer only a few questions and would not return phone calls from his Las Vegas office late Tuesday afternoon. The stricter rules could be of considerable interest in Northern Nevada. George Benny, owner of the River Inn being built near Verdi, has applied for a gaming license.

His River Inn has almost $6 million in mechanic's liens filed against it while foreclosure notices have been filed against his Double Diamond property south Jail From page 1D to the challenge as a means of testing the issues. Dunlap said the judge could retain his own lawyer, or could ask the district attorney's office to represent him. In either event, "we would want to be heard," Dunlap said. But overcrowding has been named only indirectly as a factor in the controversy over whether juveniles belong in the jail. Juveniles must be confined apart from adults when they are held in the county jail, confirmed Lane.

"And we have a problem, of course, with the crowding of the jail, but that really isn't the point," Galli acknowledged his jail staff had been aware of a sentencing policy that goes back at least two years and probably more. "But it didn't come to my attention until very recently," that youngsters were actually being sentenced to jail as distinct from pre-sentence confinement or certification for trial as an adult, the sheriff said. Lane described the problem as one that would require no special funding, if the district attorney were willing to resist what the sheriff believes is an unlawful demand by the courts. "I think we're in a tough spot," said Commissioner Bennie Ferrari, an attorney. "But we have a custodial obligation within the jail.

I'm comfortable with making the decision to allocate $2,000 on that basis," he saif Anne M. Preston Anne Mae Preston, 86, died Saturday in a Reno care center. A native of Yorkshire, England, she was born May 18, 1895, and moved to the Reno area 68 years ago. She is survived by a niece. Visitation is scheduled until 4:30 p.m.

today at Ross, Burke Knobel Mortuary. A private graveside funeral is scheduled at Masonic Memorial Gardens. David H. Medford TRUCKEE, Calif. David H.

Medford, 79, died Sunday in Truckee. A native of Waynsville, N.C., he was born Aug. 18, 1902, and had been a Truckee resident for 32 years. He owned and operated Big Canyon Pack Station. Surviving are his widow, Elma of Truckee; son, Sam of San Jose; sisters, Lulabelle Wilson of Candler, N.C., and Josephine Burkhart of Waynsville; and one grandchild.

A memorial service was scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Senior Citizens Center in the recreation building in Truckee. Cremation will be at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno. Truckee-Tahoe Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Tracy Emminger Tracy Emminger, 85, died Friday in a Reno care center.

A native of Sheridan, she was born Dec. 19, 1896, and moved to Nevada 75 years ago. She was preceded in death by her husband, W.G. Emminger, who was state senator from Pershing County. Surviving are daughter, Louis Schaaf of Monterey, two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A private funeral was held. Inurnment was at Masonic Memorial Gardens. The Walton Funeral Home, Reno, was in charge of arrangements. FIRE CALLS 7: 17 p.m., 2500 E. Second, vehicle fire.

TRUCKEE MEADOWS 10:59 p.m., Lemmon Valley Drive and Palace, vehicle fire. 1:07 a.m., Fisby at Derby Dam Exit, structure fire. 12:42 p.m., 4235 Ross Drive, smoke in house. CARSON CITY 3: 36 vehicle fire. A RENO 1:43 a.m., UNR, Nye Hall, false alarm.

structure fire. 12:56 p.m., 44 W. First gasoline washdown. vehicle fire. 4:22 p.m., 890 Roblnhood, activated fire alarm.

6:08 a.m., 401 Ryland, activated falqalarm..