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no Gaze OURNA H- QJ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2002 CARSON DOUGLAS EDITION cn PCMTC Maybehigher JU OLIM I outside metro area Rookie Reno coach is McQueen champion Dan Avansino won a state championship as a member of the McQueen Lancers football team in 1 992, and he was an assistant coach for the Lancers for three years. So don't be surprised if the rookie head coach of the Reno Huskies lines up on the wrong sideline when they face off Friday night. Page 1 Scott SadyReno Gazette-Journal Get turkey tips for Thanksgiving feast There's more than one way to prepare a Pff7 turkey. You Jyav scorn can roast it, fry it, smoke it or broil it. To find out more, visit RGJ.comfoodanddrink for recipe Web links.

Page 1G Unemployment drops in area Unemployment fell in Reno-Sparks and across Nevada in October, a report showed. In Washoe County, the rate fell to 3.5 percent. Carson City saw a drop to 4.3 percent. PagetE Carson man seeks 'restorative justice WEATHER 63 28 LOW Carson City's Jim Hukari wants to put willing victims and offenders together for "restorative justice." Page 1C Mostly sunny, staying mostly clear at night. Details, 14A Re ft Land standoff delays Carson freeway project been stalled by the failure to acquire 82 acres needed for the project, a state transportation spokesman said Tuesday.

Bid specifications for the next phase of work, which would have completed the northern half of the highway, were to go out in December, with construction to start in the spring. Now officials don't have an estimate the offer. The Nevada State Transportation Board in September filed an eminent domain lawsuit to acquire 82 acres from the family to make way for the capital city's freeway. At that time, state officials said there might be a delay, depending on the duration of the condemnation process. Although the state has filed a condemnation law- suit against the family, both of Carson City's district court judges have disqualified themselves from thecase because of longtime friendships with the Lompas.

Both sides are waiting for the Nevada Supreme Court to assign a new judge to the case, a lawyer for the Lompas said. See FREEWAY on 6A The property, part of the Lompa family's 430-acre ranch, is the biggest remaining piece of land needed along the route of the nine-mile freeway that will bypass Carson Street, the city's congested thoroughfare. NDOT in July offered the Lompa family $2.8 million to buy 62 acres and hold a permanent easement on 20 acres. The family rejected 82 acres needed: Lompa family, state at odds after offer rejected. ByAndyBourelle RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL The next stage of work on the Carson City freeway has lis Oil tanker splits near JU INSIDE TODAY Airport to meet screening deadline RenoTahoe International Airport officials said Tuesday they will meet the deadline for installing federally required baggage-screen ing equipment by the end of the year, but passengers can expect longer lines and waits.

Officials at an Air Service Task Force meeting said the terminal area will be reconfigured by the end of the year to fit seven Explosive Detection Systems and 36 Explosive Trace Detection systems. Some scanners, which work like X-ray machines, are nearly 30 feet long. Airport Authority of Washoe County officials plan to build a canopy outside the terminal to accommodate lines of passengers in the ticketing area. Details, 1C Women's groups seek halt to show Two women's groups and a media watchdog organization on Tuesday asked CBS not to air the Victoria's Secret fashion show, calling it a "softcore porn infomercial." CBS said it was moving ahead with the broadcast of supermodels in lingerie tonight. Concerned Women for America, the National Organization for Women and the Parents Television Council were among several groups protesting the televised fashion show, which was taped in New York City last week.

ABC aired it last November, prompting an investigation by the Federal Communications Commission, which ruled it did not violate decency standards. Details, 1E mm MM ON THE WEB Visit RGJ.comnewsfor archived reports on the Carson City freeway project and the Lompa family property. of when work will continue. "The project is on hold," said Scott Magruder, spokesman for the Nevada Department of Transportation. PORTUGALAMf SOURCES: Associated Press; World Wildlife Funa AP clean up after spills.

The Prestige was carrying 77,000 tons of fuel oil loaded in Latvia and bound for Singapore. If it loses its entire cargo, it would rank 14th among tanker spills. The biggest spill was that of the Atlantic Empress off Tobago in 1979, with 287,000 tons. The Exxon Valdez leaked 34,000 tons of crude oil. that was lost by the tanker Exxon Valdez off the coast ofAlaskainl989.Thatspill contaminated 700 miles of Gaiicianjf (Madrid I Bank spA)N Bp, Gross receipts: Governor seeks fairness in levy on businesses.

ByRayHagar RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL As Gov. Kenny Guinn tries to build support among Republicans and Democrats for new taxes, he said Tuesday he is concerned about the "fairness" of a proposed gross-receipts tax for Nevada's major businesses. Guinn, who has said raising additional state revenue is the top priority for the 2003 Legislature that convenes in February, would not say Tuesday if the gross-receipts tax would be included in his final recommendations. It is, however, the lynch-pin of a reform package presented to Guinn last week by the panel he appointed to study tax reform. The 0.25 percent tax on businesses with more than $350,000 in annual gross receipts is expected to generate $189 million a year.

The Governor's Task Force on Tax Policy plan ODDD im- h- 'tl Associated Press DISASTER: The Bariamas-f lagged Prestige oil tanker breaks in two on Tuesday 1 50 miles off the Spanish coast. The tanker, carrying 20 million gallons of oil, threatens to unleash an environmental disaster on Spain and Portugal. Ecological disaster feared; European leaders outraged Spain coastline, Greenpeace said. The oil spill has caused havoc on Spain's normally pristine Galician coast, with thick dark sludge washing up on beaches, thousands of birds and fish caked in oil and the region's fishing industry broughttoahalt with all fishing prohibited. The ship's loss produced a new round of finger-pointing and recrimination in European capitals, with some officials blaming the European Union for not taking tougher action against aging vessels such as the Prestige.

EU officials in Brussels and in Strasbourg, France, countered that governments could take the initiative themselves. French President Jacques Chirac fired the first salvo in the blame game, saying, "I am horrified by the inability of those in charge politically, nationally and particularly at the European level to take action which permits these ships, which are fit only for the dustbin, to carry on." trial that surprised Reno gynecologist Dr. Lester Ho. "I've seen research that said (antioxidant supplements) probably don't help, but this is the first time I've heard that they may actually cause harm," Ho said. The three-year trial is the largest study to specifically look at the effects of HRT and antioxidant vitamins and on heart disease.

Researchers included experts from other schools and institutions, such as Stanford University, George Washington University, Duke University and the Montreal Heart Institute. 4in By Keith B. Richburg WASHINGTON POST PARIS A stricken oil tanker laden with 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two and sank Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain's northwestern coast, raising fears of an ecological disaster larger than the Exxon Valdez spilliftheoil'scontainerssplit open on the ocean floor. The Prestige, a Greek-managed ship sailing under a Bahamas flag, already has lostabout2.5 million gallons of highly toxic fuel oil from a 50-foot-wide crack that its hull sustained duringa storm Nov. 13, and from rupturing and sinking Tuesday about 150 miles off the coast of Spain's Galicia region.

The crew was airlifted to safety before the ship sank. Shipping experts and environmentalists said it is only a ma tteroftime before theship's containers burst, either from damage caused by falling 11,800 feet and hitting the Guinn: Governor wants critics to offer a better plan. RGJ photo would add $333 million next fiscal year and $536 million in fiscal 2004. You ha ve to look at or-ganizations, such as car dealers, grocery stores and home builders where their gross is very high but their (profit) margin is very low," Guinn said. Sure it is a concern.

My job is to look at it and say, 'Can you make it as fair as Asked if he was against the gross-receipts tax, Guinn said: "I'm not saying that. I'm trying to educate myself now on those 1,100 pages." Other task force recommendations include increases in taxes on property, cigarettes, alcohol and business licenses. The task force also recommended a 6.5 percent tax on tickets to spectator events, plus a long-range plan for starting a state lottery. See TAXES on 6A senators voted. A "yes" vote was a vote to approve the bill.

John Ensign, yes. Harry Reid, yes. independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont voted "no" as Congress neared adjournment for the year. "It is landmark in its scope and it ends a session which has seen two years' worth of legislative work which has been very productive for the American people," Bush told Senate Republican leaders from Air Force One as he flew to NATO meetings in Europe.

The new Cabinet-level department will merge 22 agencies with combined budgets of about $40 billion and employ 170,000 workers the most See SENATE on 8A PAtU ADVHI'ScMlNT Senate approves security measure Homeland move: NEVADA VOTES i i Here is how Nevada's MORE INFO Some facts about the spill: About 1 million gallons of oil spilled instantly when the ship broke in two, spawning an oil slick of about 2,200 square miles about twice the size of Rhode Island. The aging single-hulled tanker carried more than twice the oil that the Exxon Valdez spilled in Alaska in 1989. So far, most of the oil remains in Prestige's tanks in more than 11,000 feet of water and under about 5,000 pounds of pressure per square inch. The best possible scenario is that the tanks are so full they can't buckle and their oil remains buried on the sea bottom or dribbles out slowly for years through tiny cracks. Fuel oil is heavier than crude oil and more difficult to ocean floor or from rusting.

The Prestige was carrying almost twice the 11 million gallons of Alaskan crude therapy is not good for preventing heart disease in women; in fact, it would probably be bad for women who already have heart disease," said Dr. Da vid Waters, professor of cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco and lead author of the study. "Secondly, vitamins in high doses don't prevent heart disease and should be avoided as well." The results of the study, known as the Women's Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen, or WAVE, trial, appear in today's issue of the New study highlights possible HRT risks IN YOUR RG Business Wireless worries Efforts to make wireless networking work at the Comdex trade show has been less than perfect. Details, 1D Sports RTOfate The RT Open Foundation's board of directors will make a decision this week on a detailed package they received from the PGA Details, 1B Index Hem 1-14A Briefing 2A Opinion 13A Weather 14A Sports 1-6B Fan's Planner 2B Carton 1-14C Lottery 2C Obituaries 4.5C Bairns 1-60 Life 1-6E Insider 2E Movies 2.3E TVHappenings 3E Comics 5E ClasuFindi 1-1 Crossword 2F OearAbby 2F Horoscope 2F FaoMDrink 1-6G bin THURSDAY Best Bets Balanced lives The kung fu exhibiton, "Shaolin Wheel of Live," will be at John Acuaga's Nugget next week. For convenient home delivery: or (800)648-5048 recycled 9 2002 nrifiif! aDinei-ievei department will fight terrorism.

By Alan Fram ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The Senate voted decisively Tuesday to create a Homeland Security Department, delivering a triumph to President Bush and setting the stage for the biggest government reshuffling in a half-century as a way to thwart and respond to terrorist attacks. The final vote was 90-9, belying bitter clashes that pitted Congress against the White House and the two parties against each other and prolonged work on the legislation for nearly a year. Eight Democrats and Journal of the American Medical Association. The study's results come on the heels of findings from the Women's Health Initiative study, also funded by the National Institutes of Health. The HRT arm of that study, which looked at combined estrogen and progestin, was canceled after researchers found an increased risk for breast cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke and pulmonary embolism in participants.

That study didn't look at the effects of antioxidant vitamins an aspectof the WAVE By Jason Hidalgo RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Four months after a major government study on hormone replacement therapy was halted because of increased health risks, a new study of postmenopausal women found HRT provided no cardiovascular benefits for women and might even cause harm. The new study also looked at the effect of antioxidant vitamin supplements and found similar disturbing results. "Hormone replacement 1 1 Annan.