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Nevada Briefing A daily look at people and events making news in Nevada. TUESDAY 2B "JULY 23, 1991 "The focus will be on building self-confidence," said Susan McCue, Reid's deputy press secretary. The list of speakers has not been finalized, she added. "There is definitely a lack of training for women in these areas," said Sheila Leslie, executive director of the Children's Cabinet a private nonprofit group in Reno. Northern Nevada Women '9 1 will begin with registration at 8 a.m.

Aug. 9 at the Flamingo Hilton hotel-casino. A fee of $35, including lunch, is required. For details, call 784-5568. It is the first such conference sponsored by Reid.

Gov. Bob Miller also holds an annual conference about women. In 1 986, he was charged with choking a 6-year- old Corpus Christi child and left that city before he could be arrested, White said. In 1 987, White said, he was charged after a 2-year-old Albuquerque, N.M., boy left in his care went into a coma after apparently being beaten. Bandit robs bank A man who said he had a handgun fled the Glendale Avenue branch of Valley Bank Monday with an undisclosed amount of money, Sparks police reported.

Officers said there were no injuries in the 1 1 8 robbery. The suspect was described as a white male in his 30s, 6 feet, 140 pounds with brown eyes and blond hair and wearing dark pants and a light shirt with blue trim. Cougar dies on highway A cougar was fatally injured by a car on U.S. Highway 50 below Spooner Summit Monday night, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported. Officials said the cat weighed an estimated 250 pounds and had to be killed later.

The driver of the vehicle, a Carson City man, was uninjured in the incident, but his vehicle was badly damaged, an NHP dispatcher said. The incident was one of three involving animals on Carson-area highways Monday night. A deer and a coyote were killed in those accidents, but neither driver was injured. When they hadn't returned home by 1 1 :30 p.m. Sunday, Melissa Lewis, JefTs wife, notified authorities, Spain said.

Two search and rescue aircraft were sent up at sunrise Monday to look for the men, Spain said, then about 9:30 a.m. Melissa Lewis informed deputies her husband had just called from Boca Reservpir and said they were fine. Spain said the men, experienced mountain bikers with appropriate gear, apparently had mechanical difficulties with their bicycles and spent the night in the mountains. "What could have been a very bad situation turned out to be a good one," Spain said. Reid to sponsor workshop Social, economic, health and other issues of interest to women, families and children will be iscussed Aug.

9 in a daylong Reno workshop sponsored by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. Topics, to be discussed by local and national experts, include: Building children's self-esteem. Financial counseling. Oratorical skills.

Politics. Work options for the 90s. Reid said he was calling the conference "to focus attention on the unique role of women and their changing position in today's society." Reid, who finishes his first six-year term next year, will open the meeting. Drugs killed woman found In Caesars Tahoe stairwell The death of a woman whose body was found in a stairwell at Caesars Tahoe Hotel July 2 was due to ingestion of multiple drugs, the Douglas County Sheriffs Office said Monday. A combination of heroin, cocaine and Valium were found in the bloodstream of Deborah Ann Floren, 30, of Eureka, the sheriffs department said.

The sheriffs department is continuing to investigate the circumstances of her death. Investigators said Floren had driven to Stateline with Harry S. Panutsos, 50, of Fields Landing, Calif. Panutsos was arrested in Eureka, and charged with possession of heroin on July 3 and is free on $25,000 bail. He is to appear in Humboldt County Municipal Court Aug.

5 for an extradition hearing. Missing bikers safe Two Incline Village mountain bikers who failed to return home Sunday night were safe on Monday, the Washoe County Sheriffs Office said. Jeff Lewis and Scott Peaslee were riding their bikes in the Mount Rose area and were last seen about 2 p.m. Sunday, said sheriffs Sgt. Jim Spain.

TV show leads to arrest Reno police and the FBI arrested a man who authorities say severely beat three boys and whose case was publicized on the "Unsolved Mysteries" television show. Dale Edward Hyde, 34, was arrested Friday night at an East Fourth Street motel as a result of a lead provided by the show, authorities said. Sgt. Richard White of the Corpus Christi, Texas, Police Department said that in 1979 Hyde was arrested in the death of his own 18-month-old child and served a three-year prison term after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Pine Men's Basketball Association.

Surviving are his widow, Michelle, of Ely; brother Kevin, and parents, Louis and Kay McGinley and Ralph and Vaun Miller, all of Boise; sisters Debbie Burns of Meridian, Idaho, and Carrie Boring and Lori Rosenthal, both of Cascade, Idaho; and stepbrothers Rob and Doug White, both of Vancouver, Wash. A memorial service was Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Local arrangements were under the direction of Wilson-Bates Mortuary. Burial will be at Dry Creek Cemetery, Boise. Leon M.

Webb Visitation for Leon M. Webb, 76, of Sparks, who died Monday at Sparks Family Hospital is scheduled from 5 to 9 p.m. today at Walton's Sparks Funeral Home. A native of Lake City, he was born Feb. 2, 191 5, and had lived in the area since 1 959, coming from New York.

Webb was a retired theater manager and was an engineer in several casinos. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Surviving are his widow, Rosemary, and a stepdaughter, Lorraine Strickey, both of Sparks; stepdaughter Louise Wright of Reno; five grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren! A graveside funeral is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mountain View Cemetery. Feenstra, both of Carson City; sons James C.

of Reston, and Baron Whitley of Quincy, stepson Herbert H. Harper III of Miami; stepdaughters Suzanne Wilkinson and Julianne Grant, both of Bal Harbour, and one grandchild. Visitation is scheduled from noon until the 7 p.m. vigil service Wednesday at Walton's Chapel of the Valley, Cemetery and Mausoleum. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

Thursday at the church, with burial at Walton's Carson Gardens. Roger H. Hopkins Roger Henry Hopkins, 65, of Sparks, died July 1 2 at Washoe Medical Center. A native of Illinois, he was born July 27, 1925, and had been a Sparks resident for the past 20 years, coming from California. Hopkins owned and operated The Growing Concern plant store and was a World War II Navy veteran.

Surviving are a son, Gary Sanford, and daughters Beth Sanford and Susan Hopkins, all of Reno; daughter Carol Thoss of Palmdale, Cal if sister Jeanne M. Blair of Oak Park, 111., and five grandsons. Cremation will be at Reno Crematory, with inurnment at Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Fernley, under the direction of Northern Nevada Memorial Cremation and Burial Society. A memorial is being established with the American Cancer Society, 1 20 S. Wells Reno 89502.

Laura Hansard Huey FORT SMITH, Ark. Laura Hansard Huey, 92, formerly of Reno, died Sunday at Fort Smith Nursing Home. A native of Gentry, she was born Feb. 12, 1899, and had lived in Fort Smith for several Evelyn Frank Ball CARSON CITY Schurz native Evelyn Frank Ball, 78, died Saturday in Carson City. Born June 2 1 1 9 1 3, to John and Daisy Mason Frank, she had lived in Carson City since 1 972, coming from Chiloquin, Ore.

She also lived in Carson City from 1926 to 1934. Mrs. Ball graduated from high school in Riverside, in 1 93 1 and business college in Haskell, in 1 933. She also attended two years of business college in Spokane, Wash. She was a homemaker and a member of Corpus Christi Catholic Church and the Catholic Daughters of America.

Surviving are her husband, Joseph, brother John E. Frank and sister Larena Burns, all of Carson City; son Joseph W. of Tucson, daughter Margaret K. Ball of Toppenish, and three grandchildren. Visitation is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m.

today at Walton's Chapel of the Valley Cemetery and Mausoleum and from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at O'Hairs Funeral Home, Klamath Falls, Ore. A funeral is scheduled for 1 0 a.m. Wednesday at Walton's Chapel of the Valley Cemetery and Mausoleum. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 1 0 a.m.

Friday at Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Chiloquin, with burial at the Hill Cemetery, Chiloquin. Memorials are being established with the American Heart Association, 1135 Terminal Way, Suite 105, Reno 89502-2114, or the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 40337, Reno 89504-4337. Ann Danica Dizja Bustos ELY A Mass of Christian burial for McGill native Ann Danica Dizja Bustos, 74, who died Friday at William Bee Ririe Hospital, East Ely, will be celebrated at 10 a.m.

today at the Sacred Heart Catholic years. Mrs. Huey was a homemaker and a member of Reno First United Methodist Church, Nevada Sagebrush Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Fort Smith Chapter of D.A.R. There are no known survivors. A graveside funeral is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Wednesday at Forest Park Cemetery, under the direction of Fentress Mortuary. A memorial is being established with the church, P.O. Box 789, Reno 89504. Leroy R. Kronawetter FALLON Leroy Robert Kronawetter, 60, died Sunday at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Reno.

A native of Hagerstown, he was born July 23, 1 930, and had lived in Fallon for the past 29 years, coming from Japan. Kronawetter was a data processor for Kennametal Mining Co. Surviving are his widow, Masako, and a daughter, Ami Kronawetter, both of Fallon; son Eric of Reno; daughter Naomi Clay of San Diego; brother Richard of Westley Chapel, and sister Rose Marie Zombro of Hagerstown. No funeral is scheduled. Arrangements are under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Home.

Steven L. McGinley ELY A funeral for Steven Louis McGinley, 34, who was killed Friday in an accident at the USMX Casino-Windrock mining property northwest of Ely, is scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Alden Waggoner Funeral Home, Boise, Idaho. A native of Pleasanton, he was born Oct. 25, 1 956.

McGinley was employed at the mine in Ruby Valley, and was a member of the White Eleven store at Lakeside Drive and Moana Lane. The jury, which last week convicted Sellers of robbery and robbery with use of a firearm, will resume deliberations this morning. The robbery charge carries a sentence of 1 5 years in prison plus 1 5 consecutive years for use of a deadly weapon. Rachow told jurors during the trial on the charges that Sellers "just cold-bloodedly shot down Mike Gilweit. He just killed him.

That's all." The robbery, Rachow said, net put a lot of feeling in speech, children learn faster," he said. "Learning should be fun. If students are not learning, we may have loaded them with too much at once." Little Plume was demonstrating the Total Physical Response method of teaching at the second annual retreat for teachers at area Indian reservations. It was spon Coulter To Curtis B. and Kim L.

Coulter of Reno, a son, July 19, 1991. Denton To Carlos A. and Laura J. Denton of Reno, a daughter, July 21, 1991. Hewson To Ken S.

and Bobbie L. Hewson of Reno, a son, July 20, 1991. Hill-Tice To Brooks E. Hill and Steve Tice of Reno, a daughter, July 20, 1991. Leathers To Debra L.

and Jeff S. Leathers of Reno, a daughter, July 20, 1991. Kane To Robert A. and Michele L. Kane of Reno, a son, July 20, 1991.

i Lommori To Scott D. and Leslie L. Lommori of Yerington, a daughter, July 2 1 1991. McGhin To Jim and Diana McGhin of Reno, a son, July 21, 1991. McKee To Steven J.

and Elizabeth M. McKee of Reno, a daughter, July 20, 1991. Olson To Cary L. and Julie A. Olson of Sparks, a daughter, July 20, 1991.

Rider To Tony and Betsy A. Rider of Reno, a son, July 20, 1991. Ringheimer To Richard D. and Debra J. Ringheimer of Winnemucca, a daughter, July 21, 1991.

Sallaberry To Andy M. and Rhonda L. Sallaberry of Reno, a son, July 20, 1991. Scully-Allison To Moreen Scully and David G. Allison of Sparks, a daughter, July 1 9, 1991.

Washoe Medical Center Allery-Ortega To Kathy A. Allery and Tomas Ortega of Wadsworth, a daughter, July 22, 1991. Callaway-Chavez To Carla R. Callaway and Mark C. Chavez of Anderson, a daughter, July 21, 1991.

Rodriguez-Stafford To Yarazeth Rodriguez and Ricky A. Stafford of Reno, a son, July 22,1991. Rister To Elvin and Karen L. Rister of Sun Valley, a son, July 22, 1991. serving an Illinois State Prison sentence for robbery.

She said she was never afraid to have him in her home for a visit. "If Joey knew the difference be-; tween right and wrong," she said, "it was because he learned it on his own. Nobody taught him." During the trial, Michael Edwin Young, 26, testified that he went to the convenience store with Sellers to steal some beer and that Sellers shot Gilweit with a handgun. Young pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and is serving a life term with the possibility of parole. It was spurred, in part, by passage in Congress in 1990 of the North American Language Preservation Act.

"For the first time, we were allowed legally to use our own languages," said the Institute's Dar-rell Kipp, who teaches language and philosophy at the Blackfeet Community College in Browning. When You Need f.t rjr- Church. She was born Aug. 28,1916, to Steve and Sophie Zubovich Dizja, and had been a lifetime White Pine County resident. Mrs.

Bustos attended White Pine County schools, graduated from White Pine County High School and was a member of the Serbian Orthodox Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Stephen Si. Surviving are daughter, Adrienne Flangas, and a sister, Bessie Rivera, both of Reno; daughters Sonia Winn of Deeth, and Judy Rosenlund of Austin; son Teddy; sister Maria Glumac of Yugoslavia; sister Mildred Bustos and a brother, Steve Dizzia, both of Ely; eight grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Burial will be at the Ely City Cemetery, under the direction of Wilson-Bates Mortuary. Harold W.Cole CARSON CITY Harold Welfley Cole, 83, a former Carson City mayor candidate, died Sunday at Carson-Tahoe Hospital.

A native of Riverside, he was born April 9, 1 908, and had lived in Carson City for the past 1 8 years, coming from San Bruno, Calif. Cole was a construction consultant and engineer for Guy F. Atkinson Co. of South San Francisco. He graduated from high school in Riverside and attended Tucson University in Arizona.

He was a member of Engineers Union Local 3, the state Republican Central Committee, the Congressional Committee in Washington, D.C., Landmark Society, Nevada Stamp Study Society, Carson City chapter of Kiwanis International, National Animal Protective Association and St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Harold Edgar, in 1986. Surviving are his widow, Catherine, and a sister, Alice "We're building as fast as we can and we're hiring faculty as fast as we can, but we still can't keep up growth," he said. Maxson said students will be turned away from some classes because of a lack of space and instructors, but said officials will not know until registration how many classes will be overbooked.

During the 1 990-9 1 school year, UNLV officials estimated that 500 students who met admission requirements were not able to enroll in classes they wanted. An estimated 200 of those wanted to take courses in the College of Business. Maxson said the university has received 6,800 applications so far from new students for the upcoming year. He said the number of students who applied but didn't meet admission requirements has doubled this year because of stricter standards, including a 2.3 high school grade average. Maxson said he is optimistic that growth will return to its previous levels after this school year, with an estimated 25,000 students expected to be enrolled by mid-decade and 30,000 by decade's end.

s400 NO ADD-ONS Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center Alonso To Alfredo T. and Larissa J. Alonso of Reno, a daughter, July 21, 1991. Clippinger To Lance R. and Catherine A.

Clippinger of Reno, a daughter, July 20, 1 99 1 Jury pondering sentence for convicted murderer UNLV expects 25,000 students by mid-decade By Mike Henderson GAZETTE-JOURNAL A Washoe County jury trying to determine whether a 23-year-old man should be sentenced to death in last fall's shooting death of a convenience store clerk was sent home at 10 p.m. Monday. Prosecutor Ron Rachow asked for the death penalty for Ronald Joseph Sellers, convicted last week of first-degree murder in the Sept. 19 death of Mike Gilweit. Sellers' lawyers acknowledged during the trial that he killed Gilweit during a robbery of the 7- ted Sellers and an accomplice about $99 in cash, beer and other merchandise.

Sellers' mother, Mildred Sellers of Belleville, 111., testified Monday that she had trouble coping with her son when he was a child and he was placed in a foster home at age "As I look back," she testified, "Joey was being a normal child growing up. If he was late for school, I regarded it as a major sin. It just seemed easier not to have Joey at home." At age 1 7, she said, her son was Law helped national effort to revive Indian languages LAS VEGAS (AP) University of Nevada, Las Vegas President Robert Maxson predicts enrollment at the burgeoning university will level off some this year mainly because of space limitations. Maxson said new admission standards will also play a factor in keeping 1991-92 enrollment from reaching earlier predictions of 20,000 students. UNLV's enrollment peaked at 1 8,2 1 6 students last fall, and Maxson said the university will only be able to handle an increase this fall of less than 1,000 students.

"We will see some leveling off, mostly because of space constraints," he said. Maxson said the problem should correct itself by the 1991-92 school year as new buildings are completed and more faculty hired. UNLV's enrollment has increased by an average of more than 1,000 students a year since 1985, when 12,011 students were taking classes. Maxson said the rapid growth has strained the university's resources and made it difficult for educators to do their job. By Beverly Badhorse GANNETT NEWS SERVICE HAYS, Mont.

"As teachers, your job is to get your point across, no matter who laughs at you," says Ed Little Plume'as he crawls in the grass, play-acts with dolls and illustrates vocabulary with body language. "Our words have life. When we sored by The Piegan Institute, a non-profit agency in Browning, devoted to research, preservation and promoting native languages. The effort is part of a national thrust to revive American Indian languages. It is interlocked with salvaging of customs, values and spirituality specific to each nation and its language.

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