Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 10

Nevada Briefing A daily look at people and events making news in Nevada. MONDAY 2B JANUARY 25, 1993 Principals blame the problem on a general increase in crime, both locally and nationally. Officials said the number of weapons incidents reached a record high of 342 during the past school year, but the problem now appears to be leveling. They attributed the improvement to more police stationed at schools and greater awareness on the part of school staff and administrators. Knives and guns top the list of confiscated weapons, followed by lead pipes, brass knuckles, spiked bands, razors and Mace.

RENO first holdup, when two men, one brandishing a rifle, marched into the Swiss Chalet at 501 Mill Street. The robbers demanded money from the bartender who was alone at the time. The robbers fled with 1 ,000. Police say it is unknown whether the two incidents are related. Mounted wild animal stolen A mounted wild animal valued at more than $250,000 was stolen from a booth at a Reno hunters' convention over the weekend, officers said.

Police said the mount of the African mouse deer, or water chevrotain, was on display at a Safari Club International gathering at the Reno Hilton. The mount, owned by the World Wildlife Museum, was last seen in the booth Saturday evening. But it was missing when officials returned to the booth Sunday morning. "The reporting person stated that this animal is very rare and that there are only two mounted specimens in the United States," said Lt. Jim Ballard.

The animal resembles a small deer and is about 30 inches long and 1 5 inches tall. It's reddish orange with white spots and has front canine teeth showing. The animal is mounted in a grassy, sandy setting with water. Police said they have no suspects and the case is under investigation. The water chevrotain is found only in African tropical rain forests and is unique because it's virtually unchanged in 30 million years of evolution.

Dunes when the neon lights are dimmed at midnight. Denise Watson, a casino cashier for 1 4 years, said there will be plenty of tears when the 38-year-old resort closes. "It won't be a party, I'll tell you that," she said. "When they shut off the lights it's going to be like unplugging the machines on somebody's death bed." The Dunes was billed as the world's most luxurious hotel after it opened in May 1955. But industry analysts believe it has been on its death bed for decades and its demise was inevitable.

They contend the Dunes was nothing more than a cash cow for a succession of greedy and incompetent casino owners who pocketed profits without plowing money back into it. The resort also served as a hangout for mob figures, including Joseph Colombo's organized crime family out of New York City and mob boss Nick Civella of Kansas City. Mirage Resorts which purchased the property in November for $75 million, plans to level the buildings. Mirage Chairman Steve Wynn has said he plans to transform the property into a resort centered around a 14-acre lake where guests can wind surf and water ski. Industry analysts say the Dunes' closure illustrates the problem many older, venerable Strip casinos face trying to compete with new megaresort as The Mirage and Excalibur.

Students still carrying weapons LAS VEGAS Pupils still are packing pistols and other weapons to local schools in high numbers, school officials said. During the first three months of this school year, officials reported 1 9 gun and 32 knife incidents at Clark County schools. "It used to be students fought after school with fists," said one junior high school principal who asked not to be identified. "Now you see all kinds of weapons." Woman in serious condition A blind South Lake Tahoe woman remained in serious condition Sunday, a day after she was struck by a car while walking on the street. South Lake Tahoe Police say Beverly Podobnikar, 55, was hit about 8:30 a.m.

Saturday, when the motorist, Stanley Lee Gabbert, failed to see the woman. Police say Gabbert was driving with an ice-glazed windshield when he crashed into the woman near Eighth Street and Highway 89. She was in the intensive care unit in Washoe Medical Center Sunday evening. Police pursue robbery suspect Sparks police are trying to find thief who robbed a Winner's Circle attendant of $400. robbery occurred Saturday at the 2 1 69 Prater Way convenience store about 5:30 p.m.

An armed bandit walked into the store, asked for a pack of cigarettes and then demanded money from the cashier. The clerk handed over the money before he was ordered face down on the floor. The suspect, described in this mid-40s, has gray-black hair and a mustache. He also was last seen wearing a white baseball cap and blue jeans. Police seek armed suspects Reno police continue to look for suspects in two armed robberies.

Police say two businesses, 7-Eleven on Lakeside Drive and the Swiss Chalet on Mill Street, were robbed early Saturday. The first robbery happened at the 7-Eleven about 5:30 a.m. A lone gunman walked into the store at 349 1 Lakeside Drive and demanded money from the cashier. The clerk handed over 1 6 in cash. The suspect was last seen walking down Lakeside Drive.

The second robbery came 20 minutes after the Jan. 23 Aircenter Circle, 4000 block vehicle burglary Aircenter Circle, 4600 block vehicle burglary East Fourth Street, 80 block commercial burglary East Second Street, 2500 block grand larceny Kietzke Lane, 2600 block burglary Lakeside Driver, 3400 block robbery Mill Street, 500 block armed robbery Neil Road, 4600 block vehicle burglary North Sierra Street, 600 block vehicle burglary North Virginia Street, 200 block grand larceny Plumas Street, 2000 block vehicle burglary Putnum Drive, 2000 block attempted assault South Virginia Street, 700 block attempted SCX til 3SS3U.lt South Wells Street, 1000 block vehicle burglary Thoma Lane, 200 block attempted burglary West Fourth Street, 500 block robbery The Dunes to close doors today LAS VEGAS Hundreds of employees will lose their jobs when a landmark Strip hotel-casino shuts its doors today. The employees are expected to gather outside the I Inmate population on Sunday: 666; capacity, 559. 7 COLD SPRINGS N.W. RENO i I Greg 77 Pembroke HIDDEN TT VALLEY McCajran3 395c-A3jjyer, Lake BLACK "9 SPRINGS strike.

The cost is $6 per person. For information and registration, call 747-3522. CENTRAL Support group meets Tuesday The January meeting of the Muscular Dystrophy Association support group will be Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, 235 West Sixth in the Women's Center.

Details: Mary Anne Estes, 789-3057. Cancer screenings to begin St. Mary's Regional Medical Center will be holding low-cost prostate cancer screenings beginning Tuesday at its Health Promotion Center, 11 55 E. Fourth St. The American Cancer Society recommends yearly screenings for men older than 40 with a history of prostate cancer, black men over age 45 and all other men over age 50.

The screenings will be held by appointment between 7 to 9 a.m. through Friday. The cost is $45, which includes a blood test and an exam by a physician. To make an appointment, call 688-6 1 07 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

on weekdays. NEIGHBORHOOD EWS WATCH A quick look at what's happening around the area and down the block. To provide information, call 788-6397 weekdays and speak to City Editor Pat Harrison or Assistant City Editor Francis X. Mullen Jr. Or, send us your fax.

Just dial 788-6458. HIDDEN VALLEY Floor hockey program begins Boys and girls in grades one through six can have some after-school fun indoors at "Fun with Floor Hockey," beginning today at Hidden Valley Elementary School, 2115 Alphabet Drive. The program runs from 3: 1 5 to 4:45 p.m. on Mondays through March 1 All kids need to bring is their sneakers. i The cost is $27 and advance registration is required.

Register your child in advance at the to the school's science fair, begins at 7 p.m. Seiichi Abe, a Japanese intern, will also give a presentation. Details: 677-5400. NORTHWEST Senior bowling social Tuesday Seniors can have fun and compete for cash prizes at a senior bowling social at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Starlite Bowl, 1201 Stardust St.

The three-game session is a "no-tap" tournament; 9 pins down automatically counts as a Washoe County School District's Community Education Office, located at Dilworth Middle School, 255 Prater Way, or call 353-5780 for more information. STEAD Parents invited to dessert night Parents of Silver Lake Elementary School, 8719 Red Baron are invited to the rescheduled International Dessert Night on Tuesday. The evening, which will include an introduction 1 1 vf. Jan. 7 to Jan.

14 WCJ is Washoe County Jail NSP is Nevada State Prison Marilyn Jane Addison: Up to five years probation and $24,000 restitution for embezzlement; five years NSP suspended. Judge Jerry Carr Whitehead. Steven Wade Levesque: Counseling ordered for possession of controlled substance. Whitehead. Daniel Edward Richardson Counseling ordered for possession of a controlled substance.

Whitehead. Villanueva Winston-Regaldo: Eighteen months NSP and $2,000 fine for felony drunken driving. Judge Deborah Agosti. Juan De Dios Medina-Hernandez: Up to five years probation for unlawful sale of a controlled substance; five years NSP suspended. Agosti.

Charles Odell Akins: Up to five years probation for assault with a deadly weapon; three years NSP suspended. Agosti. Billy Wayne Rivers: Up to five years probation and $47,000 restitution ordered for obtaining money by false pretenses; five years NSP suspended. Agosti. Heidi Lynne Spillum: Up to two years probation for aiming a firearm at another; six months WCJ suspended.

Steinheimer. Larry Sykes: Three years NSP for larceny from a person not amounting to robbery. Steinheimer. Su.y Evelyn Jenkins Woods: Up to two years probation and $530 restitution for conspiracy to commit burglary; six months WCJ suspended. Judge Mark Handelsman.

Donna Marie Teton: Up to three years probation and $702.90 restitution for battery causing substantial bodily harm: one year WCJ suspended. Handelsman. John Patrick Madan: Up to three years probation and $2.9 1 1 .32 restitution for conspiracy to uttera forged instrument; one year WCJ suspended. Handelsman. Oliver Lee Harness: Four years NSP for two counts of being an ex-fclon in possession of a firearm.

Handelsman. Lucio Martin Hernandez: Up to three years probation and $7,283 restitution for destruction or injury to property: one year WCJ suspended. Handelsman. Steven Glen Daniel: Eighteen months NSP and $2,000 fine for Billy Wayne Rivers: Up to five years probation for possession of a controlled substance; five years NSP suspended. Agosti.

Marquis Jeanette Cook: Eighteen months NSP and $2,000 fine for felony drunken driving. Agosti. Cynthia Ann Johnson: Up to three years probation for burglary and 1 ,2 1 1 restitution ordered; three years NSP suspended. Agosti. Sheila A.

Herron: Up to two years probation and 40 hours community service work for conspiracy to commit grand larceny; four months WCJ suspended. Agosti. Joe Aguirre: Up to three years probation for possession of a controlled substance; three years NSP suspended. Judge Connie Steinheimer. Debra Kay Hutton: Two years NSP and $2,103 restitution for possession of a credit card without consent.

Steinheimer. Jerry O'Riley: Up to five years probation and $807.50 restitution for embezzlement: five years NSP suspended. Steinheimer. Ameil Demetrius Williams: Up to three years probation for conspiracy to possess a controlled substance; one year WCJ suspended. Steinheimer.

Francisco Ancho Rodillas Up to three years probation for possession of a controlled substance; three years NSP suspended. Lane. Paul Washington: Five years NSP for fraudulent use of a credit card. udge James Stone. Allen W.

Bell: Three years NSP and $2,000 fine for grand larceny. Stone. Rick Tyner Beeson: Up to two years probation and $701.86 restitution for conspiracy to commit embezzlement. Stone. Douglas Moyer One year WCJ for open or gross lewdness.

Stone. Nancy Lou Whitney: Four years NSP and 1 ,201 .77 restitution for possession of credit cards without consent. Stone. Eric Richard Wise: Up to three years probation for possession of credit cards without consent; two years NSP suspended. Stone.

Douglas Moyer One year WCJ for open or gross lewdness. Stone. Oscar A. Martinez: Three years NSP for robbery with the use of a firearm. Stone.

Tracy Dewayne Rolfe: Up to three years probation for conspiracy to commit burglary; one year WCJ suspended. Stone. five years probation and 1 ,785.83 restitution for embezzlement; three years NSP suspended. Breen. Steven Mark Holloway: Up to five years probation and $28,658.27 restitution for battery causing substantial bodily harm; five years NSP suspended.

Judge Steven Kosach. Alex Melendez Ortiz: Up to two years probation for conspiracy to possess stolen property; nine months WCJ suspended. Kosach. Eldred Thomas Lockett: 1 50 day regimental discipline for possession of stolen property. Kosach.

John Joseph Rivet: Eighteen months NSP and $2,000 fine for felony drunken driving. Kosach. Freddie Alvarez: Fined $500 for carrying a concealed weapon. Judge Mills Lane. Phyllis Miller: Four years NSP and fine for felony drunken driving.

Lane. Nery Rolando Macal Cruz: Up to five years probation and one year house arrest for making false insurance claims for benefits; five years NSP suspended. Lane. John Wallace Kent: Up to five years probation, 1 ,000 fine for grand larceny; four years NSP suspended. Lane.

felony drunken driving. Judge Brent Adams. Jared Thomas Rutledge: One years NSP, $500 fine and $2,036.36 restitution for grand larceny. Adams. Robert Earl Williams: Up to three years probation for attempted statutory sexual seduction; two years NSP suspended.

Adams. ichelle Spoon: Up to 1 8 months probation and $339.73 restitution for conspiracy to commit embezzlement; six months WCJ suspended. Adams. Enrique Martinez Up to three years probation for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of sale; three years NSP suspended. Adams.

Richard P. Carl Fined $525 for making false statements or misrepresentations to receive compensation. Adams. Burton Lawhorn: Two years NSP for possession of stolen property. Judge Peter Breen.

Brian Keith Lawhorn: Six months WCJ for conspiracy to possess stolen property. Breen. Deborah L. Payne: three years probation for possession of a controlled substance. Breen.

Tina Michelle Reynolds: Up to Minden, 89423. Sparks Family Hospital TURNER To Kent and Tracy of Reno, a daughter, Jan. 23, 1 993. MEMORIES How to send us Memories Tell us about someone who lived In northern Nevada and was special to you, and who died within the last 30 days. Letters should be no longer than 1 50 words.

Write to Memories. Reno Gazette-Journal. P.O. Box 22000. Reno.

Nev. 89520-2000. List the funeral home and writer's daytime phone number, and the deceased name, age and date of death. Editors will decide if the quality of a submission merits publication. Questions? Call: 788-631 0.

or fax Washoe Medical Center BAKER, JR. To John D. and Vicky M. of Reno, a son, Jan. 24, 1993.

BASS To Christine M. of Carson City, a son. Jan. 23, 1 993. PINTO To Alcides and Doris M.

of Reno, a son, Jan. 23, 1 993. PLATZ KAUTZ To Sarah L. Platz and Timothy W. Kautz of Reno, a son, Jan.

23, 1 993. coming from Los Angeles, where she had lived for 1 4 years. Prior to that she had lived in Blue Island most of her life. Mrs. Valach was a homemaker; a member of the Douglas County Senior Citizens (Young At Heart) and the Trinity Lutheran Church in Gardnerville.

Her first husband, Harry A. Miller, died in November 1979 and her second husband, Martin, died in January 1987, both in Gardnerville. Surviving are daughter Arlene Lombardo of Gardnerville; son Harry B. Miller of Canoga Park, daughter Joan Dykstra of Placerville, sister Viola Mavity of Blue Island; eight grandchildren; 1 3 greatgrandchildren; four nieces and one nephew. Visitation is scheduled from noon until 7 p.m.

Tuesday at Walton's Chapel of the Valley, Cemetery and Mausoleum, Carson City. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church with burial to follow at Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City. A memorial has been established with the Douglas County Senior Citizens (Young At Heart), P.O. Box 1041, three years and was a graduate of Los Gatos High School in 1957.

Surviving are her husband, Jerry, and daughter Cindy Maccagno, and son Joshua, all of Graeagle; son Justin and sister Kathy Cerrito, both of Portola; daughter Kimberly DaGroot of San Jose, parents Jack and Marie Wilson of Reno; and four grandchildren. Funeral serv ices are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at The Graeagle Community Church. Burial at the Mohawk Cemetery in Mohawk. under the direction of Manni Funeral Home, Portola.

Scott Gordon Douglass UNR teaching fellow Scott Gordon Douglass, 32, died Jan. 23, 1993. at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center of cancer. A native of Los Angeles, he as born May 2 1 1 960. and had been a Reno resident for 30 years, coming from Los Angeles.

Douglass was a radio announcer for KUNR and a teaching fellow at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his Masters of Arts Degree in English Literature from UNR and was working on his Ph.D. achieving the title of "Teaching Fellow." Surviving are his father Gordon G. and mother Diane Wells Douglass and grandfather Walter W. Wells, all of Reno; sister Julie Douglass of Los Angeles; two aunts; one uncle and numerous cousins.

No services are scheduled. Cremation and inurnment will be at Sierra Crematory, under the direction of Walton Funeral Home, Reno. A memorial has been established with the Scott Douglass Memorial Scholarship Fund, co Hill McDonald, C.P.A.'s, 345 Thoma Reno 89502. Hazel M. Peters Valach Homemaker GARDNERVILLE Hazel Maria Peters Valach, 91; died Jan.

22, 1 993, at Carson-Tahoe Hospital, Carson City. A native of Blue Island. 111., she was born Dec. 1 3. 1 90 1 and had been a Gardnerville resident for the past 1 1 years.

Surviving are his widow, Dorothy, of Sparks; sons Ted, Dick, David, Alan and brother Floyd, all of Reno; brother Jack and sister Ruth Ramey, both of Red Bluff, brother Joe of Texas; six grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation is scheduled from 3 until 9 p.m. Wednesday at Walton Funeral Home, Reno. Private burial will be at Sierra Mountains Cemetery in Truckee, at a later date. A memorial has been established with the American Heart 1135 Terminal Way, Suite 1 05, Reno, 89502-2114.

Jacqueline G. Wilson Dollard Co-owner Dollards Sierra Market PORTOLA, Calif. Jacqueline Gavle Wilson Dollard, 53, died Jan. 22, 1 993, at her residence. A native of Flagstaff.

she was born Dec. 31,1 939. and had been a resident of Graeagle for three years, coming from Los Gatos, Calif. Mrs. Dollard was the co-owner of Dollards Sierra Market in Portola for the past Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center BREIDENBACH To Richard J.

and Kimberly J. of Reno, a daughter. Jan. 23. 1993.

EPKER To William and Magda of Reno, a son, Jan. 23, 1993. LENARES SARABIA To Nancy Yvonne Lenares and Jerry Sarabia of Reno, a son, Jan. 23, 1993. REMBAS To Eric M.

and Kimberlv J. of Reno, a daughter, Jan. 23. 1993. SNOW MARSHALL To Caryn S.

Snow and Roger D. Marshall of Fallon, a son, Jan. 23, 1993. Ralph Daniels Excavating contractor Ralph Daniels, 63, died Jan. 23, 1993, at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center.

A native of Fresno. he was born June 27, 1 929, and had been a Sparks resident for 45 years, coming from Susan ville, Calif. Daniels was an excavating contractor and a member of the Storey County Volunteer Fire Dept. I..