Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 49

Food, furnishings, fashion think comfort in 1999. Sierra Life, 1C Reno Gazette-Jourml 50i Guinn takes oath as Nevada's 28th governor Uerm cpplsuso on chilly morning: State's other her constitutional officers also sworn in. Chambers paekadi Many attend ceremony held in Carson City. 4A What Qulnn has to sayt Text of speech. 4A Suprwn Court! Justices take oath.

1D ttashoa Countyt Commissioners sworn in. 1D provided and that I feel even today," he said. Also taking oaths were Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt, Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa, Secretary of State Dean Heller, Treasurer Brian Kro-licki and Controller Kathy Augustine.

But the day was Guinn's. "It was a fitting start to 1999 and the next century," Larry Lunz of Minden said. Gov. Kenny Guinn's chief of staff, Pete Ernaut, pointed out that the post-inauguration public reception and private luncheon were financed entirely from private donations. He estimated the costs to be about $75,000.

1 Mwtyn NnlMitn.no Gi'Jhnil about S00 people gathered in front of the Capitol. Despite the 20-degree chill, Guinn was applauded warmly several times before and after Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice Bob Rose administered the oath of office. Nevada Air Guard jet flyovers completed the salute. Guinn, a 62-year-old retired bank and utility executive from Las Vegas, wore a dark gray suit and light gray tie. "It's been a long 30 months.

I'm excited we can KTH CM AKZADi Kenny Guinn, with his wife Dema next to him, is sworn in Monday at Nevada's newest governor. I (I (0) CPJ Victim hit by flying glass yDoMrsPfto RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL As Carl Ruggiero drove from Reno to his home in the Belli Ranch area, his windshield burst and glass fragments cut bis face. A bullet whizzed by inches from bis face. Ruggiero was one of four victims ot a sniper Monday morning on Interstate 80. Three peo-plewereiniur-ed, including Ruggiero.

Another man was Ruinjero struck in the a chest but will survive. Ruggiero sustained minor cuts on his face. Ruggiero, a pediatric dentist, said he thought it was a rock that damaged his black sports utility vehicle. "You don't think about a bullet coming through your windshield," he said. "It shattered in my face and that was it really.

I didn't see anything. "I thought maybe some kids were throwing things, so I exited at Mogul and turned CLUZSl Becky Hawkins of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Crime Lab checks the trajectory of a bullet that went through the windshield of a car driven by Carl Ruggiero who was returning to his Belli Ranch home westbound on Interstate 80 when his vehicle was struck by sniper fire near Mogul. Tan Dunn Reno Gazelle-Journal Scott SadyReno Gazette-Journal begin the day-to-day work," he said in a pre-inaugural interview. Two other former governors, U.S. Sen.

Richard Bryan and Bob List, attended the swearing-in, but outgoing Gov. Bob Miller was absent, recovering from strep throat. After a tough election campaign, Guinn faces another challenge: a $137 million shortfall as he completes the proposed 1999-2001 budget for legislators Jan. 18. But Monday was a day for smiles.

With wife, Dema, and sons Jeff and Steve and their families looking on, Guinn thanked his deceased parents for the opportunity for an education despite their mea- back around to see if I could find any kids. I didn't know I was giving him a second chance. That's what I did unknowingly." Ruggiero's wife, who wasn't in the car, said that her husband came home and told her what happened. Some workmen doing repairs at the home noted the damage. "They said, That's not a rock, that's a bullet Jody Ruggiero said, comparing the incident to the Belli Ranch fire.

"It's traumatic." The family has been moving from their Belli Ranch Holy Names in Los Gatos, Calif. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 1 1 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Sparks. McCarran, 94, was born July 22, 1904, in Reno to Patrick Anthony and Martha Harriet Weeks McCarran. She spent much of her time working for the church and communities in Nevada and California where she lived.

McCarran spent many years at McCarran Ranch, off Interstate 80, 12 miles east of Sparks. Friends say her hospitality for political leaders, business Starting this week, callers to (800) 829-1 040 can obtain service from IRS customer representatives. Taped information on 140 tax subjects is available at (800) 8294477. The same number can be used to Inquire about the status of refunds after they have been fBed by credits for dependent children and those attending college. The $400-per-child tax credit By BiM O'DrlMoU RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Kenny Guinn, who rose from a poor childhood to the riches of corporate America, was sworn in Monday as Nevada's 28th governor, the first from the Republican Party in 16 years.

"If you look at all the challenges we have met, with a little kindness to each other we can go into the 21st century with success beyond our wildest imagination," Guinn told No. 1 JUSTPSnrECTi Tennessee came to play and continued its unbeaten streak downing No. 2 Florida State, 23-16, in the Fiesta Bowl. Peerless Price scored on a 79-yard run and helped the Volunteers to their first national championship since 1951. Sports, IB They're talking: 49ers and Coach Steve Mariucci back at the bargaining table.

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"1 want us to dedicate the success we share today to my mother and father, who though deceased, are here by my side in the warmth and the glow of the spirit that they home1 to an apartment in Reno. The task won't be simplified by the loss of their Chevrolet Suburban, parked behind a yellow police-tape line at the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District Station 2. Fragments of the bullet that entered the window just beneath Ruggiero's hospital parking tag were found in the vehicle amid a briefcase and cardboard boxes labeled "ste-reo. Ruggiero said he felt lucky. His wife agreed: "Everybody's OK.

Just shaken up. people and others interested civic and cultural endeavors visiting the ranch was legendary. In 1970, she headed the Half Way House on South Virginia Street, a self-help organization for alcoholics. She served as special minister at the Nevada Mental Institution and in 1984 she was named Outstanding Woman of Nevada by Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honorary society for woman educators. McCarran wrote a biography of her father a former Nevada Supreme Court Justice and U.S.

senator who calling between 7 a.m. and 1 1 p.m. on weekdays and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Taxpayers with problems that cannot be resolved through normal channels will be able to caK (877) 777-4778 toll-free for assistance from special taxpayer advocates. On the Internet www.lrs.ustrea8.gov is of particular note because the parents of an estimated 48 million children under the age of 1 7 F) 0 0 v. Shooter called 'lunatic' By DoMro Wke RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Police continued to search by land and air for a sniper whose bullets hit four vehicle windshields Monday morning on Interstate 80 near Mogul, leaving one driver with a serious chest wound and two others injured. "We're going to search until we find him and we will find him," said Washoe County Sheriff Richard Kirk-land, terming the shooter "a lunatic." "This is obviously the work of someone deranged," he said. "Someone that doesn't realize the consequences of his actions." The shooter could have been as far as one mile away from the interstate in rugged terrain with high, rocky cliffs, he said.

Interstate 80 was closed for more than five hours on a stretch that eventually extended from Keystone Avenue to West Fourth Street. The daylong search began with the first report of a shooting at 9:04 a.m. Kirkland said police have considered a connection between the sniper and the senseless killing of wild horses last week. See MOOTER on 4A Censure of President Clinton an official expression of disapproval by lawmakers could take many forms, depending on what senators decide, and could include a fine. Polls have shown most Americans favor such a rebuke over conviction and removal from office under the two articles of impeachment passed by the House.

the case goes to a full-blown trial. Advisers familiar with the developing defense strategy said lawyers are working on trial motions concerning evidence and an openingpresen-tation that would sharply attack the House conclusions and the evidence from prosecutor Kenneth Starr. The House approved two articles of impeachment on Dec. 19, accusing Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice in an attempt to conceal his sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. The requirement for a repeat vote on appointing so-called House managers, or prosecutors, in the new Congress means newly elected lawmakers will vote on the momentous issue on their first day in office.

II II I NOWKSRS TO QO: Traffic becomes snarled as all vehicles were routed off Interstate 80 and onto Keystone Avenue. Sister Margaret McCarran dies at 94 Newly sworn-in legislators face impeachment decision Dcufjhtor of Son. Pot McCcrrcn: She was very active in civic, cultural issues. Jennifer Crow RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Hours before 1999 began, Sister Margaret Patricia McCarran, the eldest daughter of the late Sen. Pat McCarran and a member of the longtime Nevada family, died at the Convent of the Sitter Margaret Patricia McCarran died in office in 19S4 and did other history research until her own failing health sent her back to the convent in 1996.

She won several awards from the Nevada Poetry Society, and in 1997 led a campaign to keep a racetrack out of Patrick, near the family ranch. She attended schools in See UcCARRAN on 4A will be eligible. The tax credit increases to $500 next year. The Saturday hours for walk-in assistance, which mark an weekends from Jan. 16 to April 10, mostly at local IRS offices in the morning.

A complete list of locationsandtimesisexpectedto be available on the Internet at www.irs.ustreas.goy by the end of next week. The same Internet site allows taxpayers to print IRS forms and read instructional pub-lica-tions. 9 WASHINGTON (AP) Within hours after the ceremonial convening of the 106th Congress on Wednesday, newly sworn-in members of the House will vote on authorizingkeylawmakersto present evidence against President Clinton in a Senate impeachment trial, officials said Monday. Rep. Dennis Hastert, the Illinois Republican on the brink of election as House speaker, who said the House will vote Wednesday, said he hopes the proposal identical to the one that cleared the House in December will pass.

GOP vote counters expressed confidence. House rules require that the new Congress vote on the managers of the trial, who were named by the lame duck House in December. Hastert made his comments as Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, struggled to line up fellow Republicans behind a bipartisan plan for a truncated triallike proceeding that could be wrapped up within days, without testimony from any of the key principals. At the White House, the president's lawyers continued to develop an elaborate defense that could take weeks or months to present if up its customer service, offers more help by the IRS on Monday. The initiatives highlight how far the agency has come since last spring, when a series of Senate hearings clisctosed how some taxpayers werelxxandedbyoverzeal-ous IRS agenteforinfractMns they never com-mitted.

Monday's announcement comes the same weekS9 million taxpayers who fill out their own returns are receiving their instruction booklets and forms in the mail. The number of Americans receiving refunds will increase this year with the implementation of two new tax.