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"In layman's terms, for future generations we have to explain whift is buried at the site, why it's buried at the site and why they need to be aware of it if there's an ice age or if they decide to drill for water there," Davis said. No design has been selected, although the DOE spokesman said one sjmilar to the markers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico was being considered. Abbey said the image the government picks should be simple and powerful. "People should be inspired to question the consequences of this action and analyze their role," he said, pulling out the work chosen best-of-show, "Blue Yucca Ridge," by Ashok Sukumaran. It shows the mountain ridge cast in a cobalt blue hue.

"The goal is to educate people about the long-term ramifications of storing waste at Yucca Mountain," Abbey said. ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS Fanning through poster-sized artworks, Joshua Abbey pulled out a black-and-white imaee of a human skull with a radiation warning symbol carved through the hollow cranium. Next, a pictograph depicting a human contaminated by radiation as a drill digs up a buried image of the same universal symbol. "If you drill, you die," Abbey, director of the nonprofit Desert Space Foundation, said of the second work, by art student Ma-ho Kishi. "That's the legacy we're leaving for future generations to contend with." Abbey is the curator of "Universal Warning Sign: Yucca Mountain," a design exhibition he will take outside of Nevada for the first time next week.

It opens next Tuesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, for a free monthlong show. Setting aside his own anti-nuclear opinions, Abbey decided to host a competition, soliciting designs for would-be warning signs and markers surrounding the Nevada site selected to be the nation's nuclear waste dump. He got 300 responses, and a jury se- 'yA Ulilornu Lottery Worm nonanDeoDwneooycaih Inn DMI I nTTFBVnrRmi Eric Jwmsm Associated Press WARNING: Curator Joshua Abbey of the Desert Space Foundation on Thursday in Las Vegas discusses a universal warning sign design concept for the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump. lectcd 50 finalists. The exhibi- clear Regulatory Commission an 568-8379.

application to open the repository in 2010 and spend three pulling out another of the images stored at a Las Vegas art gallery. Abbey noted the Yucca Mountain message will have to endure as long as radioactivity and perhaps twice as long as the oldest Egyptian pyramid or the oldest known Sanskrit writings. He pointed to a four-panel artwork designed for the mid-level nuclear Waste Isolation Pilot Plant outside Carlsbad, N.M. It has a stick figure depicting Ed-vard Munch's "Scream" keeling over as radiation symbols flutter away from an excavated pit. "It's using simple imagery that doesn't rely on language," Abbey said, adding that he hoped project officials would consider some of the designs from his exhibit.

As part of its license application to the NRC, the Energy De- tion was first shown at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2002. It since has been displayed in Fallon and Eureka. The competition was inspired by federal plans to entomb the nation's most deadly radioactive waste in tunnels 1,000 feet beneath Yucca Mountain, an arid volcanic ridge 90 miles northwest of Abbey's hometown, Las Vegas. The Energy Department is preparing to submit to the Nu- decades rilling it. Project scientists say the repository, once sealed, would remain radioactive for 10,000 years or more.

While politicians debated science ana safety, Abbey began thinking about communicating with someone 10,000 years into the future. "How can we project our consciousness for twice the length of recorded history?" he asked, SchoolEducators face intense pressure DETAILS What Empire Elementary School choice information meeting. When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Where: Empire Elementary, 1260 Monte Rosa Drive.

Information: (775)283-1100. Inmate freed from death row can sue over case WASHINGTON (AP) A man freed after 14 years on death row for a murder he always claimed he did not commit can sue over the free, but allegedly shoddy, legal help he got at trial. The Supreme Court refused Monday to intervene in the suit filed by a Nevada man who claims an inexperienced public defender did next to nothing to help him avoid conviction and a death sentence in 1982. Roberto Miranda was freed in 1996, after a judge found that the trial attorney had committed glaring errors. Miranda the Las Vegas public defenders' office "threw in the towel while Miranda sped towards his execution." At issue is whether Clark eight years.

Ward, a graduate of Carson City schools, doesn't want to wcjrk anywhere else. She's in theclassroom most days by 7:30 a.m. and is rarely home before 5:30 p.m. At night she grades papers and calls parents, and on weekends she works ahead. "I think we really have a hardworking staff here," said Ward, 30.

"What we really need is participation from the home. Home is the first place of education." So far this year, Ward has called each of her 24 students parents and made three home visits. Ward said she discussed parents' transfer options at back-to-school night. "I said: 'We need your help. Everybody has strengths.

We can't do it If 10-year-old Sarah Lanuza's parents accepted the offer to transfer to another school, the fifth-grader would be separated from girls she has been friends with since kindergarten. "My mom said I am gettirfg good grades and should stay here," she said. Rosalina Munoz, 40, who has been an Empire parent since 1996, said her son, German, 9, started to cry when he heard the news. He thought he was going to be forced to go. "He wants to stay here.

His friends are here," said Munoz, as Ruben translated for her. "He's been strugglinga little bit in math, and I want him to stay here." Oscar Ayala, 10, a student at Empire since kindergarten, doesn't want to transfer. "I'm learning a lot," he said. "They did tests on me and said I am one of the smartest kids here." Carpenter spent Friday going over the NCLB 86-page improvement plan for Empire. "We need to be relentless to meet our challenge," she said.

"It's hard because the staff is really giving 110 percent all the time." If Empire continues to be designated as needing improvement, sanctions can be imposed from changing the curriculum to turning the school over to the state. "They could replace me," said Carpenter, Empire's principal for four years. Nearing age 60 and with 32 years in education, Carpenter isn't thinking about retirement. "We've got a project to complete," she said. Sheila Gardner, Carson-Douglas bureau chief for the Reno-Gazette Journal, can be reachedat 885-5561 orsgardnerrgj.com.

FromIC I ta 1 ked to a cou pie of pa rents about it at back-to-school night," Carpenter said. "The ones who have visited our school say to me, 'I don't Carpenter has questions, too, aboutexpectingchildrenwhocan't speak English to pass the tests. "I think the premise is excellent. We don't want to leave any child behind, but our kids come in a year to two years below where other kids begin," she said. "We have to show more than a year's growth in less than a year's time." Students can arrive at Empire on Carson City's east side as early as 6:45 a.m.

and stay until 6 p.m. Before- and after-school programs are run by the Boys Girls Club of Western Nevada and the Salvation Army. The school offers the Power Hour from 3 to 4 p.m., where students are tutored and helped with homework. Class instruction begins at 8:15 a.m., 1 0 to 1 5 minutes earlier than other schools in the district. "We as a staff decided we needed to get more minutes working with the kids," Carpenter said.

The day begins early at 10-year-old Ruben Olivares' house. His parents are up by 5:30 a.m. Briefly Crosses Symbols targeted 3 times FromIC Northern Nevada has seen three acts of destruction to crosses in the past two months. Last month, Gary Ridenour, a Fallon doctor who has been taking care of the graves of four pioneer children, discovered the cross had been torn apart and the horizontal portion engraved with their names had been removed. The three Le beau sisters, Jennie, 9, Loufie, 6, and Emma, 3, are buried off U.S.

50 near Fallon, along with their 3-year-old cousin, Wilson Turner. They were said to have contracted diphtheria as their families crossed the 40-mile desert in 1864. Ridenour said he planned to replace the grave marker with a "good, solid piece of metal this time." Security FBI official latids method FromIC The commission was created by the 2003 Legislature to propose plans for protecting state energy, telecommunications and water from terrorist attacks and state documents and computer systems from cyber-terrorism. The panel also will coordinate cooperation among federal, state and local emergency responders. FBI Executive Assistant Director Larry Mefford, in Reno last week to talk to law enforcement commanders about the nation's progress on terrorist dangers, said Nevada is on the right track by focusing on federal, state and local agency cooperation.

"One agency can't do it alone," Mefford said. Other board members include Southern Nevada law enforcement commanders, a retired nurse, a water official, fire commanders and to leave for their jobs at Basalite and Mission Enterprises. Ruben's older brother leaves the house by 7 a.m. for his first class. Ruben is up by 7 a.m.

and gets his 6-year-old brother, Maurillo, 6, and himself off to Empire by 7:30 a.m. so he can help serve in the school's breakfast program. The first bell rings at 8: 1 0 a.m. and Ruben embarks on a busy schedule as a fifth-grader until classes are dismissed at 2:45 p.m. He is in the school's gifted and talented program.

Ruben is aware that the school has been placed on the federal "needs improvement" list, but he doesn't know what all the fuss is about. "I saw the letter, and I really don't understand it," he said. "I don't know what I would say if my parents wanted to transfer me to another school. I don't have any friends at Fritsch or Mark Twain." Ruben's teacher, Jennifer Ward, has been at the school for County and Clark County chief public defender Morgan Harris can be sued over the way Harris rap the office. Harris retired in 2001 after nearly three decades on the job.

Miranda's lawyers claim that the office routinely gave lie detector tests to new clients, and then used the results to decide how vigorous the client's defense would be. An English-speaking examiner concluded Miranda, who speaks Spanish, failed the test. and a political science professor at the University of Nevada, Reno; the Rev. Don Butler of the First Baptist Church in Black Springs and Carson City lawyer Caren Jenkins. Ely will get to use former post office ELY (AP) The old Ely Post Office will be available to White Pine County for community use under a commitment secured by U.S.

Sen. Harry Reid. Since its closure last year, Reid, has been working with the U.S. Postal Service to make the office available to the town. The postmaster general has pledged to turn it over to the community.

County commissioners praised Reid, saying the office would help at a time when the town is struggling after a string of mine closures. "This is good news for the county's economy at a time when we need it," Commissioner Paul Johnson said. Reid pledged continued efforts to assist rural Nevada. "A lot of rural Nevada towns are feeling the effects of the slow economy and I am committed to helping them in any way I can," he said. these days," Dinger said.

A search is under way for workers, including equipment operators, dispatchers and chain control workers. Democrats set to hold church, state debate STAFF REPORT The Washoe County Democratic Party has scheduled a public debate tonight over the separation of church and state. Initially planned after the removal of the stone tablet of the Ten Commandments at a courthouse in Alabama, the debate is set for 7 p.m. at the Washoe County Party Central Committee's office at 300 S. Wells Suite 5.

The issues surrounding the debate now have local relevance: Last week, Sparks Mayor Tony Armstrong posted "God Bless America" signs at City Hall after a city employee cut theword "God" from previous signs. City Attorney Chet Adams had suggested the city could be sued over the signs. Panelists expected to attend the debate include Richard Siegel, president of the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada person to get help and referring the person for help. Kale's program is part of WNCC Douglas Presents, a free lecture series on the Minden campus on the second Friday of the month. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call: 782-2413. Caltrans gets funds for snow removal TRUCKEE (AP) Caltrans has received enough funding to hire 78 temporary workers to help remove snow this winter in the Lake Tahoe area. While the number is down sharply from past years, Caltrans officials said they think the Tahoe area won't be adversely affected. If the 78 workers aren't enough, "we're already planning on bringing up folks to help from other districts," said Caltrans spokesman Mark Dinger. Interstate 80 over Donner Summit will remain a top priority, and California 89 and 267 shouldn't suffer from fewer employees, he said.

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"It seems to me that as the hour grows later at these concerts, the amps are cranked up louder," complained resident Irma Arecniga. But board Vice Chairman Rick Jones said there were clubs and casinos in the area long before houses. The board is sending its curfew recommendation to Washoe County Planning Manager Mike Harper. Lecture on Friday to detail suicide signs STAFF REPORT Dick Kale, coordinator of student services at Western Nevada Community College, is scheduled to present a lecture on the warning signs of suicide at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Douglas campus, 1680 Bently Parkway South in Minden.

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