Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 9

Mevada Bounce-o-rama Sparks YMCA offers high-impact aerobics to members for ages 16 and older, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Cost: $3 drop-in, $30 a month. Details: 358-9622. Monday AUGUST 13, 1990 RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL CITY EDITOR: MORGAN CART 788-6397 Section 2B OBITUARIES 2B VITALS 2B EDUCATION NOTES ROCK ON TRIAL The bottom line Judas Priest trial cost more than $600,000 month long non-jury trial, which ended Friday.

The band and its entourage stayed in rented condominiums during the entire trial. It is not clear whether the band or CBS paid for their condominiums, security, food and other expenses while they were in Reno. The band canceled several planned appearances so that it could be in court for the duration of the trial. Band spokesmen said they could not estimate the lost revenue. Lawyers on both sides have amassed several thousand pages of pretrial documents depositions and transcripts of pretrial hearings at a cost of $3 per page.

Lawyers are declining to say how much the band and CBS paid its expert witnesses. However, lawyers for the families contend one of the CBS witnesses was paid at least $35,000 for the analysis he Expense to public less than $20,000, court officials report By Mike HendersonGazette-Joumai The cost of the Judas Priest subliminal messages trial is well over the $600,000 mark, lawyers say. But by far most of the expense is being shouldered by the lawyers, the heavy metal rock band or its record distributor, CBS Inc. Court records show that tax money going into the case is probably less than $20,000. Depending on Washoe District Judge Jerry Carr Whitehead's decision, some or all of that money could be returned to county coffers.

The judge has broad discretionary authority in deciding 60-acre blaze rages on Peavine Peak About 130 firefighters battled a 60-acre brushfire on the northwest side of Peavine Peak north of Verdi Sunday night. A Nevada Division of Forestry spokesman said firefighters did not initially know what started the fire at 6:55 p.m. Twenty-five engines from NDF, the U.S. Forest Service and the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District responded to the fire in the brush and grass close to Mitchell Canyon. They were hampered by winds and steep terrain, the NDF official said.

A special team was put into place in case the fire burned closer to some structures, but firefighters blocked flames from moving that direction, the NDF spokesman said. There was no estimated containment time Sunday night. Medigap forum scheduled Nevada Sen. Richard Bryan will hold a senior forum on medigap insurance issues between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

today at the Washoe County Senior Citizen Center, 1155 E. 9th St. "These insurance policies are an extensive investment for a person on a fixed income," Bryan said. "We have seen some pretty hard sales tactics," he added. "Seniors need to know what to look out for." Private insurance companies offer seniors medigap insurance policies to supplement the federal Medicare health insurance program.

mployees may get jobless paw Photographer snaps images of change 0 erst 7T-ift $s'KffiK Yw V- 1 Jfi a rts JT MM.iV If ri. i i CITY SIGHTS: Steve Davis, photographer, documents the rapidly changing Truckee Meadows. what, if any, costs should be reimbursed to the county. CBS Records officials estimate they have spent more than $500,000 on the case. The lawyers suing the band and CBS say the trial has cost them more than $150,000.

Although expensive, David Johnson, chief counsel for CBS said the company had no choice but to defend the suit because of the possible inhibiting effect it could have for the entire entertainment industry should the plaintiffs prove subliminal messages in the rock music prompted two young Sparks men to shoot themselves. And CBS seems to have spared little expense on the case. In addition to paying lawyer fees: The company flew about 10 people in from England for at least a portion of the trial. Four band members and their two security officers were on hand throughout the nnnrm "I'm hoping to end up with collective memory of what this valley was like over the past generations," he says. "I want people to think about what was here and what we are doing to the valley." Davis' approach to the project is quite basic.

He takes his subjects to the places of their memories, tape records their reactions to the change of the landscape and photographs the area. "I tell them to start thinking about their memories of growing up," Davis says. "I tell them to think about what is etched into their memories that is associated with the landscape of the Truckee Meadows." Reed Powers, one of the project subjects, was 10 when he and friends played in the Boynton Slough in Hidden Valley. relatively trouble-free, with only minor delays through narrow lanes. 1-80 is narrowed to one lane eastbound and westbound from Vista to Patrick.

There's a 45 mph speed limit, and westbound has a 12-foot width restriction for the duration of the construction. Both Truckee River bridges on Old Highway 40 in Verdi are still under construction. Watch for stoplights and narrow temporary bridges until October. The Reno street maintenance program will cause lane closures and restrictions on Keystone Avenue, Liberty Street, Ryland Street, Wells Avenue, Mayberry Drive and several streets in the Donner Springs area and Manzanita area east of Lakeside. Street reconstruction and traffic signal work will continue at the intersection of Clearacre Lane and Scottsdale Road.

Wedekind Road will be closed from Clearacre Lane to El Rancho Drive for the continued Wedekind Road reconstruction project. From Sutro Street to Clearacre, expect lane closures and restrictions due to utility work. Cnpnelby Jill Jorden performed on tapes of the band's music and for his time in trial. Lawyers Timothy Post, Ken McKenna and Vivian Lynch, representing the families, say their court costs total more than $150,000. Among the expenses are expert witness fees, which they say range from $5,000 to $10,000 each.

In addition to the expert witness fees, it is customary for the lawyers to pay the witnesses' travel, lodging and miscellaneous expenses. Meanwhile about $20,000 in county taxpayer money is supporting the daily operations of Judge Whitehead's court during the past month. They include the judge's salary and those of his secretary law clerk, bailiff and court clerk. But Whitehead notes the money has not been used exclusively for the Judas Priest trial. He and his staff have been working See JUDAS, page 2B Western Union workers can file today in dispute By Steve TimkoGazette-Journal As many as 550 local Western Union employees could move from the picket line Sunday to the unemployment line today.

Western Union management locked out 2.000 non-management employees nationwide Saturday, after contract negotiations broke down. Today is the first day the estimated 550 employees locked out in Reno are eligible to file for unemployment. "We are definitely telling our people to report to work," said John Sampaga, assistant president of United Telegraph Workers Local 34-CWA. "If they are allowed to work, they should do that. If they turned away, they should go and file for unemployment." Management set a deadline for Sunday at 9 p.m.

Reno time for the union to agree to extend the old contract for 90 days. But union negotiators rejected that proposal, Sampaga said, and talks seemed stalled. Locked out union and non-union employees began an informational picket but not a strike in Sunday afternoon's heat in front of the Western Union's central telephone bureau at 5205 Mill St. The rank-and-file workers gathered about two dozen at a time to picket in three-hour shifts and said they will picket indefinitely. They did not know when the lockout would end.

A local Western Union spokesman referred a reporter's questions to the Western Union News Bureau in New Jersey, but no one answered the telephone Sunday. "We sincerely regret that, in the absence of a union contract, we have reluctantly had to take this defensive action," Robert J. Amman, Western Union president and chief executive officer, told the Associated Press. "We cannot operate under the ever-present threat of an employee strike while continuing to bear the cost required to ensure that the company would survive one." "It doesn't sound real good for now, from what I've been told," said operator Wendy Black. of tick in the area is known to transmit the disease.

That species is more common in the humid coastal areas and on the western slope of the Sierra, he said. "There are a lot of people up in the mountains who are more prone to get it," Kutv said. "And a lot of the Sierra are in California." California had 253 reported cases last year. Lyme disease is passed by infected ticks, most commonly the deer tick. To pass the disease from tick to host, the tick usually must be attached to the host for at least 24 hours.

Flulike symptoms and a red rash at the site of the bite may develop within days after being bitten. The infection is easily cured with antibiotics if diagnosed early. But if left untreated, it can invade the body's circulation and nervous system and cause arthritis. Chronic Lyme is difficult and sometimes impossible to cure. Experts say to avoid the disease, long pants and shirts should be worn whenever moving through tall grass or low brush were the ticks can hide.

Children should be taught to avoid these areas. Also, family pets should be protected with tick collars and inspected often. Repellents containing DEET or permethrin are also effective. No specific areas in the Truckee Meadows have been identified as Lyme areas, but precautions should be taken in areas where deer are present. A vaccine has not yet been developed for humans but there is now one available for dogs.

The vaccine was developed in Fort Dodge, Iowa, and has been conditionally approved by the United States Department of Agriculture. Marilyn Newtonbazelle Journal He remembers once walking along the slough after a springtime flood and finding a dead sheep. "We started jumping up and down on this soft thing it was like a spongy piece of carpet," Powers, now 37, said. "It stinks and we started riding it down the slough." When Davis and Powers returned to the slough, they didn't find the open horse pastures or the grassy banks. They didn't find muskrats or frogs either.

Instead. Powers' "Treasure Island" of adventure is now a golf course and a man-made pond. "It was gone like Hiroshima, the whole area just dredged gone," Powers said. "It really disturbed me. I think I See PHOTOS, page 2B Documents memories of Truckee Meadows By Rhonda McClaryGazette-Journai Steve Davis has two passions pho- tography and history.

He taught American history for six years while photography remained a hobby. Now he teaches photography at the University of Nevada, Reno and history has taken a back seat. When he's not teaching, photo documentation of the rapidly changing Truckee Meadows is his focus. This work has led him to a new project that combines the memories of people raised in the Truckee Meadows with photos of the changed landscape. Crash victim identified The Nevada Highway Patrol Sunday identified the man killed in a solo accident Friday night on State Route 28 at Lake Tahoe as William D.

Stamper, 66, of San Pablo, Calif. Troopers said Stamper was driving drunk when his car went out of control and overturned, ejecting him. The accident happened about four miles north of U.S. Highway 50 on Tahoe's northeast shore. Landmark Hotel in court LAS VEGAS Trustees for the troubled Landmark Hotel return to U.S.

Bankruptcy Court today seeking to abandon the property, just a week after a court hearing failed to produce a buyer for the resort. Trustee Richard Davis wants to abandon the property because of the cost of maintaining security at the closed resort. A bankruptcy court hearing last Monday failed to produce a buyer and Davis immediately began shutting down gaming operations. Guests were transferred to other hotels on Tuesday and the property was closed to the public. Officials say it could be at least four months before a foreclosure sale is held.

About 600 employees are seeking jobs at other casinos. Ex-director denies rumors CARSON CITY The executive director of this city's Convention and Visitors Bureau denies she resigned from her post because of a recent decision to freeze her salary. Susan Wilcox, who assumed the position in August 1988, said she merely decided to resign to accept another job offer. Board members offered no explanation for why they froze Wilcox's salary at $33,600 in July. While they denied her request for an overall 10 percent salary increase, they gave raises to all three other bureau staff members.

Wilcox said she did not "take offense" at the wage freeze at the time because she already knew she would be leaving the post. But she admitted there were some "communication problems" between her and the board. Drug ring documents open LAS VEGAS FBI officials say documents should be unsealed today detailing efforts to break a major drug ring operating in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. FBI agent Burke Smith says the agency executed a number of warrants in the two cities in conjunction with a major international probe into a cocaine and heroin distribution ring. Smith savs drugs originating in A Mexico have been distributed throughout the western United States and as far east as Chicago.

Drug charges dropped LAS VEGAS The federal government has dropped drug charges against John Patrick Laughlin, the nephew of Laughlin town founder Don Laughlin. Papers filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas say John Laughlin won't face drug charges because he successfully completed a pretrial diversion program. John Laughlin was indicted a year ago on seven drug counts, including conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He entered a 12-month program Feb.

5, but was released because of his performance. Staff and wire service reports Only 6 Lyme disease cases listed in Nevada; New York has 9,000 Road Rodent spies orange cones, knows The Maze is around bend By Cory AndersonGazette-Journal Russell Fredericks, 8, has had an experience that few in Nevada can speak of he's had Lyme disease. About a year and a half ago Russell began to show the telltale signs of the debilitating illness. He developed a rash, joint pains and was subject to persistent fatigue. According to his father, Robert Fredericks, Russell may have contracted the disease by picking up an infected tick while walking in the woods.

"We probably tend to wear long pants more often because of it," the elder Fredericks said. "And we have a different attitude towards deer." That attitude hasn't quite caught on in Nevada because the state has yet to feel the sting of a disease that has reached epidemic proportions in parts of the Northeastern United States. Nevada has had only six reported cases since 1982 three in Washoe County and three in Clark County while New York has had more than 9,000. Westchester and Suffolk counties in New York accounted for more than 30 percent of the nation's total cases in 1989. "We have very few cases here compared to 'other areas in the nation," said Debra Brus, superintendent of the Nevada communicable diseases program.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, Nevada is in the bottom seven for states that have reported cases. There are six states with no reported eases. All six cases in Nevada were reported last summer. Steve Kutv. community health nurse at Washoe County District Health Department, said the few number of cases in Nevada may be because only one species You're motoring down the freeway, obeying the speed limit and driving defensively, when you see the dreaded sign: "Road construction ahead." Following the posted directions, you merge dutifully as the road before you shrinks from three lanes to two, from two lanes to one.

You finally become just one tiny link in an endless chain of cars, slowed to a crawl to make room for a road construction project. Trouble is, you've yet to see any indication there's actually work going on. Sure, it's annoying. But it's for your jif own good, Nevada Department oi t' Transportation officials told the Koad "4 Rat this week. t-3 "We try to alert tne PuDlic beforehand so tney nave time to raiM cane Tno PrnuiHio NFlOT nmaintenance supervisor.

It tor tneir i own safety and the safety of the But how far back do those orange tones have to be? That's figured according to a formula based on the speed limit. For a 55 mph highway, you can expect to see cones about feet before you see workers working. Armed with this new knowledge, the Road Rat has vowed to become more tolerant. But he still hates fluorescent orange. Here's what to expect in The Maze this week: Expect delays on Wells Avenue north of Interstate 80 all week as motorists heading to the Nevada State Fair clog the roadways.

1-80 at Keystone will remain.