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Sparks Today FRIDAY. AUGUST 29, 2003 PAGE 5 SPARKS TODAY Moving Dirt: Work due on Pyramid traffic lights From page 1 An cnerey efficient windows. AT A GLANCE Renovation of the David and Wendy Masterson home a 2,700 square-foot residence perched on a rock outcropping above Wildcreek Golf Course. The project is the second of a three-phase renovation that will include major exterior and interior remodeling. Two additional bedrooms, a pool and outdoor waterfall also are planned.

Architect: Jeff Frame of Frame Architecture General Contractor: Hilltop Buildings, Bob Bianco, owner. Check for updates and photos marking the progress of the Masterson home remodel in future Moving Dirt features Sparks Today. Changes: These renderings show what the home will look like after a suspended spiral structure replaces an existing staircase and a bank of glass surrounding the home is replaced by larger, more energy efficient windows. ProvMei by from Arckltactara 7 I Y-1 -1 outside waterfall near the home's entry also is planned. "The wow factor is going to come in when it's all done," Mastcrson said.

"It's going to be a major change to the place it's going to draw some attention." Workers already have constructed scaffolding around the home's northern side, gutted the interior and are at work removing old siding and framing the interior. Demolition of the roof is expected to begin next week, said Bob Bianco, the project's general contractor. Bianco said the initial construction is expected to take about eight weeks. Finishing work and other details should be completed in December. The project's first phase a guesthouse and garage already is complete.

A third phase that includes the addition of two more bedrooms and a pool is planned for spring 2004. Built in 1976, the 2,700 square foot home was once owned by Reno attorney Wayne N. Capurro. Capurro and his wife, Sheilah, lived in the home after their marriage in 1 983. Wayne N.

Capurro died in 1999. Sheilah Capurro sold the home to Masterson in 2000. Bianco said the home's unique location makes construction work challenging but rewarding. "It's going to change the look of the property so much," said Bianco, owner of Hilltop Buildings, Inc. "That's what I like about remodels you can make so much of a change with something that already exists." Pyramid Way road construction Work on traffic light improvements and rehabilitation of southbound lanes on Pyramid Way between McCarran Boulevard and Street will begin Sept.

3. the request on Sept. 4. North Spanish Springs water fill station The City of Sparks is asking Washoe County to approve a special use permit to build a second water truck fill station in Spanish Springs. Part of a $9 million water, effluent and sanitary interceptor line project, construction on the single line fill station planned for the west side of Calle de Plata about mile from the Pyramid Highway is expected to begin in November.

John Gonzales, Sparks environmental engineering services manager, said the fill station would serve local developers, such as Hawco Properties, which would pay the city for treated effluent water. The city already operates a two-line fill station on La Posada Drive. "It's a good revenue source for the city," Gonzales said. "It helps to pay for the bonds we passed to pay for this pipeline." Already approved by the Spanish Springs Citizen Advisory Board, the request goes before the Washoe County Planning Commission in September. work needed for traffic light improvements, he said.

Work should be finished by Oct. 10. Spanish Springs mini-storage Developers are seeking a variance to reduce the rear-yard building set back from 15 to zero feet on a mini-storage facility planned for the corner of the Pyramid Highway and the yet-to-be-built Ingenuity Avenue in north Spanish Springs. The project, designed to cover some 1 0 acres on the west side of the highway just north of Leviton, already has received approval to reduce required landscaping from 20 percent of the project's total size to just 12 percent. Roger Pelham, Wasnoe County spokesman, said staff is recommending denial of the developer's request based on principles in the Spanish Springs Specific Plan and the Spanish Springs Business Center design guidelines.

The Washoe County Board of Adjustment will hear Larry Boge, Nevada Department of Transportation resident engineer, said installation of video detection systems at intersections designed to reduce wait times will occur at night. But starting Sept. 22, crews will turn their attention to removing existing pavement on the street's southbound lanes, rehabilitating the roadway and laying new pavement. Boge said those road improvements will require the closure of both southbound lanes for one week. Southbound traffic will be rerouted down McCarran Boulevard, he said.

"For only one week, it will affect most people," Boge said of the $800,000 project supervised by Granite Construction. "The rest is nighttime work and won't affect most people that much." The project will include a final week of a single-lane closure at night to finish utility And) lanMReno Gazette-Journal PLENTY TO 00: Janet Snyder, left, Tessa Roberts and Cortney Batts sort through posters last week as they help get Excel Christian School ready for its opening. Classes began this past Monday. New Sparks Christian school aims to 'XL' Sparks Elks Lodge to host Soccer Shoot for boys and girls creativity and critical thinking skills. Academic basics such as phonics, current events, mathematics, language skills plus reading and writing will be taught.

There will also be classes in such electives as journalism, cinema, music, sports, art and cheerleading. Tera Rose, former chairman of the Northern Nevada Homeschoolers and co-founder of the Silver State Education Association, will head up the elementary school program. Jim Krupa will be the administrator and high school principal. He has a degree in music education and a Master of Divinity degree. The school may be reached at 356-9995 (XXXL).

Their Web site, excelchristianschool.com, should be online soon. Excel Christian School, a new non-denominational Christian school, has opened its doors to students in grades kindergarten through 12th grade at the Baring West Shopping Center in Sparks. "XL" will be using the facilities of its neighbor, the Sparks YMCA, for its recreation, PE and sports programs. The school was founded by Bonnie Krupa, a state certified educator, whose path and mission is "for students to find joy in the pursuit of spiritual, moral, relational and academic excellence." She has gathered a staff of teachers with each having a minimum of 5 years teaching experience. According to Krupa, teaching will focus on wisdom, logic, forms may be obtained at the Sparks Elks Lodge, 5 1 7 S.

Rock today between 2 and 9 p.m. The contests are open to boys and girls. Proof of age is required. ages 12 and 13 (U-14) will register between 9 and 10 a.m., and the contest starts at 10 a.m. No late registration will be allowed.

Contest rules and registration Ages 8 and 9 (U-10) will register between 8 and 9 a.m., and the contest starts at 9 a.m. The second shoot will be the Grid Goal Contest. Agesl0andll(U-12) and The Sparks Elks Lodge 2397 will host a Soccer Shoot on Sunday. The first shoot will be a five-goal contest on the northwest Field at Shadow Mountain Sports Complex, corner of Sparks Boulevard and Shadow Lane. Ages 7 and under (U-8) and No sp ace vor it I I Sparks Today 4h I V.

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