Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 20

rr 2B TUESDAY MARCH 17, 1998 METROWATCH A daily look at people, places and events making news in the Reno-Sparks area, including the most-recently filed crime reports. CALIFORNIA SOUNDING mm Testimony in death case: Galena youth describes suspicious scene Preliminary hearing: Sunnyvale, man accused of shooting ex-wife's husband. hotel and cater to people from Hawaii. The California Hotel in Las Vegas makes really big money from these people flying there with really good packages with the airlines and the hotel. It's big money.

Sparks IT LOOKS like the Reno Council is creating a public comment rule for council meetings. Now they want to reduce citizen time from five minutes to three minutes. Is there still a First Amendment freedom of speech law in Reno, Nevada? One wonders. Reno IN REGARD to the Family Resource Center, they are proposing to build at Grace Warner School, the residents have said we don't want it. The residents have signed petitions against it.

If you build it anyway, expect us at the polls. We still don't want it. Northwest Reno I THE PUBLIC is not hearing about the influence gangs are having on the level of safety in our schools. When the employees are having to resign because of gang fights and weapons on campus, the school district superintendent, school board and parents should be alarmed enough to make some changes. Reno I NOTICED that Dr.

Spock died and I think that if any book should be burned, his should be one of them because he ruined millions of kids with his way of spoiling children. It created the me-first generation. Sparks and somebody saw him," the student said. He continued walking and saw a body on the ground. "1 had not a clue what I was supposed to do.

1 had no clue what this was. I was scared," Andrew V. said. He decided to walk to school as quickly as possible. He had a trip scheduled to California that evening and first told someone about it the following day in California.

On Feb. 15 when he returned to Reno he went directly to the Washoe County Sheriffs Otfice to report what he saw. Holmgren stood up at the request of his defense lawyer, Dominic Gentile, who asked Andrew V. if he could positively identify Holmgren as the man he saw that morning. "I can't be totally sure because of the longhairandmustache," Andrew V.

said. A co-worker of Holmgren at TRW in San Jose said they had been scheduled to work on a project on Feb. 1 3 but Holmgren canceled it. It didn't appear that he worked that day. Hodges died Feb.

14 from a gunshot wound to the back of the head. A Galena High freshman identified in court only as Andrew V. was walking to school the morning of Feb. 13 on Vancouver Drive hen he saw a man behind a small import truck acting suspiciously. The man also walked over and kneeled behind a hite van.

The man wore a gray baseball cap and had long, stringy black hair and a brown mustache. "The hair looking shiny and plastic. It didn't look real," Andrew V. testified. "And the hair looked different than the mustache." After kneeling behind the van, Andrew V.

saw the man walk over to the truck and drive off. "He looked like he was startled, like he knew he was doing something he shouldn't be doing NORTH SPANISH ZONE SPRINGS Quartz 9th PANTHER 7,,. 3 SUN VALLEY LOTTERY Daily 3 Monday's picks: 8, 4, 6 Fantasy Fira Monday's picks: 1,4,6, 9,36 JACKPOTS High Rollers $2,594,229 Quarters Deluxe $434,671 Dollars Deluxe $1,020,130 Cool Millions $6,220,070 Megabucks $14,343,918 Fabulous SO's $1,122,976 Quartermania $1,920,935 Nevada Nickels $248,485 California Lottery information can be obtained in Nevada by calling (800) 723-4879; in California, (800) 225-6669. Fire victims may have tried to escape flames By Phil Barber RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Evidence indicates three people who died Sunday in a mobile home fire in Silver Springs tried to escape the flames, a Lyon County Sheriffs Department spokesman said. The body of Michael Hallgren, 51, was found about eight feet from the front door.

The bottoms of his feet were burned, possibly while trying to run out. The body of his 40-year-old wife, Beverly, was discovered under clothes in a closet where she appeared to have sought shelter, Sgt. Tom Van Dahnda said. An acquaintance of the couple, Franklin S. Blair, 65, was found dead beside a bed.

A passing truck driver noticed the blazing double-wide home and pulled out Hallgren's body at 4:46 a.m. A deputy said the trio apparently succumbed to smoke. Preliminary autopsy results in Reno on Monday tended to confirm that, although further toxicology tests were to be done. "There was soot in their throats," said Van Dalinda, indicating the victims inhaled smoke. He said fire investigators placed the origin at an electrical extension cord, which was connected to several appliances.

Whether the victims were alerted by a smoke alarm was not determined. "None was found," Van Dalinda said Monday. The fire occurred behind the Hallgren's business, Sports Spirits Minnow Trap Tavern, 1002 Highway 50-West, which the Hallgrens owned for about 10 years, the Sheriffs Department reported. The deaths prompted the U.S. Fire Administration to warn that 80 percent of fire deaths are in homes, and most could be prevented with smoke detectors.

Ex-officer gets prison, fine in steroids case A former Pyramid Lake Police Department officer was sentenced Monday to three years in prison and fined $1,000 for his part in trafficking of muscle-building steroids. W. Kent Brown will also serve three years on supervised release after he is released from prison. In addition to the 1 ,000 fine, he also has to pay a 1 ,000 administrative fee. "He's glad it's over," lawyer David Houston said, referring to his client.

"The message he would send is there's simply no benefit to be gained by utilizing steroids. It's ruined his life and if he had a chance to do it over again, he wouldn't." U.S. District Court Judge Howard McKibben allowed Brown to voluntarily surrender no later than May 1 Co-defendant David Schmall was sentenced last week to probation. AUTO GAS DIESEL SMOG CHECK Reno police dog helps get suspect 1 Police said that at 12: 19 a.m. Monday they stopped a pickup listed as stolen in Lyon County, but the driver ran.

In the 3500 block of South Virginia Street a police dog found and bit a man he found under another truck. Police took Robert Weaver, 3 1 to Washoe Medical Center for treatment of puncture wounds, then booked him into Washoe County Jail for investigation of possession of stolen property. Reno police say truck used in home burglary 2 Reno Police said whoever burglarized a Wellington Way home over the weekend must have used a truck. The resident of the house in the 1 0 block estimated Saturday that his loss included about 1 0,000 worth of furniture and tools. Today's crime reports contain the most-recently filed information selected from Reno, Sparks and Washoe County.

Addresses and times the calls were dispatched are included in the Reno report. SOUTH ZONE March 15 5:00 p.m. injury accident, Kietzke Ln. and Virginia St 5:35 p.m. grand larceny, 2000 block Longley Ln.

By Steve Timko RENO AZETTE-JOURN AL A Galena High School freshman apparently stumbled onto a murder scene while walking to school Feb. 13, according to testimony Monday. A preliminary hearing for Neil Martin Holmgren, 39, of Sunnyvale, began before Reno Justice of the Peace Ed Dannan and resumes Friday. Holmgren is accused of shooting 44-year-old Jeremy Hodges, his ex-wife's husband, outside the Hodges home on hat superstitious people consider an unlucky day and a day before Valentine's Day. Holmgren is alleged to have made threats to his ex-wife before that centered around holidays.

die in auto accidents Two University of Nevada, Reno students and a Wellington cook lost theirhvesSundayandMondayintwo area traffic accidents. Authorities on Monday identified the pair killed in a collision on the Pyramid Highway at 5 p.m. Sunday as Akiko Sagawa, 23, and Kayoko Okumoto, 24. UNR identified them as international students from Japan. A Nevada Highway Patrol report says Sagawa drove their car from a private road into the path of a truck going north at about 55 mph.

Truck driver Patrick R. Alles, 35, of Fallon escaped injury, but passenger Ricky Northrop, 37, of Yampa, was under treatment at Washoe Medical Center Monday for injuries that included a fractured leg. At 12:30 a.m. Monday, Makoto Watanuki, 38, of Wellington was killed in a single-vehicle rollover on State Route 208, 1 miles west of U.S. Highway 395.

AnNHP report says Watanuki was driving at excessive speed, was not wearingaseatbeltandwasthrownout when his car overturned Boy faces involuntary manslaughter charge Authorities on Monday charged a 15-year-old boy with involuntary manslaughter with a deadly weapon for the apparently accidental shooting Feb. 16 of his 10-year-old cousin in Reno. The older youth, whose name was withheld because he is a minor charged withacrimelessthanmurder or attempted murder, already was in Wittenberg Hall on unrelated charges. ThedeadyouthwasDamien Prospero. Reno police said the older boy is suspected of stealing the semiautomatic pistol from a Sparks residence.

While showing it off to friends, he shot Prospero in the head while the victim was watching television, police said. The 15-year-old was rebooked Monday also on charges of being a minor in possession of a gun, grand Due to an editor's error, the Reno Gazette- Journal incorrectly reported in a Sunday story that U.S. Customs Office senior criminal investigator Richard Pierce has worked in Reno since August. Pierce moved to Reno in August 1987. 324-0225, EXT.

6401 The Gazette-Journal wants to hear your opinions. Call Sounding Board, leave a short message with your views on topics important to you. We'll publish selected items. You don't have to leave your name, but please tell us where you live. ABOUT TV in the county jail; many people in there haven't been found guilty.

They're awaiting trial. What about innocent until proven guilty? You want to torture people when they may be innocent? If you don't give them something to do, then you make a lot of trouble for the guards. Sparks IF THE MAPES GOES, the Reno City Council and the mayor should be right behind it. The Reno voters should see to that. Carson City 1 1 WANT TO SIGN the petition for medical marijuana for Nevadans with serious health problems.

But where are the petitions located? Reno CONCERNING THE MAPES and all of the hotels that are closed downtown, it would be a good idea to open a LEttMON STEAD VALLEY 3 GOLDEN VALLEY VERDI owHiatswyMOGUu if5 fsv To Reno' Parr 2 miles i 4 -J 5. into slaying Barb said the preliminary hearing would last only about two hours and would have four or five witnesses. After the lawyers could not come up with a date in the near future, Barb had an investigator serve the lawyers and defendants with letters notifying them they are the targets of a grand jury investigation. The grand jury is the other way to re p.m. at the University of Nevada, Reno in the College of Education, Room 2003.

Parking is available in the Lawlor Events Center parking lot. "We had some comments that we needed to hold another scoping FINANCIAL SERVICES PUBLIC NOTICE fox ffi i. 'iruckae ihveA PUBLIC VALLEY Newport 3 10:10 p.m. grand theft auto, 600 block Robinhood Dr. March 16 3:16 a.m.

residential burglary, 3200 block Plumas St 8:00 a.m. commercial burglary, 800 block E. Patriot Blvd. 9:03 a.m. assault and battery, 2800 block Kietzke Ln.

9:15 a.m. petty larceny, 400 block Cheney St 1 1 :1 7 a.m. hit and run, 600 block Humboldt St. 11:17 a.m. grand theft auto, 1500 block Delucchi Ln.

1 1 :50 a.m. assault and battery, 1200 block California Ave. 3:57 p.m. larceny, 1000 block S. Virginia St NORTH ZONE March 15 8:1 8 p.m.

hit and run, 2200 block Patton Dr. March 16 1:13 p.m. residential burglary, 15000 block Cuprite St 1:15 p.m. grand larceny, 600 block University Terrace CENTRAL ZONE March 15 6:35 p.m. commercial burglary, 400 block Ryland St 7:28 p.m.

injury accident, Washington St and Fifth St March 16 6:22 a.m. commercial burglary, 100 block W.Liberty St 8:30 a.m. assault and battery, 200 block W. First St 12:04 p.m. hit and run, 300 block Mill St.

12:59 p.m. larceny, 40 block Kietzke Ln. conflicts among the lawyers led them to ask for a May 28 preliminary hearing date. "It's causing me some concern because it's 2k months out," Chief Deputy District Attorney Tom Barb told defense lawyers Monday during a hearing before Reno Justice of the Peace Daniel Wong. "I understand that you guys do have busy calendars." Washoe grand jury to look BLM to hold meeting tonight in Reno on transfer plan i E.Wctei SPARKS ffenoTahoe iru Pembroke huW-A SOUTH Hotamtri' ZON ZotazB Hills it Gazette-Journal of cabdriver view the evidence to determine if the case should continue.

The Washoe County District Attorney's Office will seek the death penalty against the three if it convicts them of first-degree murder. Sirex was a Whittlesea Taxi driver and dispatcher at the time of Castro's death. Harte and Babb are boyfriend and girlfriend. BOR spokesman Locke Hahne said. The Humboldt Project provides water to 104 farmers in the Lovelock area.

The bureau is accepting written comments on the transfer until March 3 1. After thattheagency willanalyzethe comments and decide whether to enter into negotiations with the farmers. PUBLIC NOTICE Community College System of Nevada, as a guarantee that the bidder, if his proposal is accepted, will promptly execute the contract, secure the required insurance, supply appropriate Hazard Communication documents, and furnish a Performance Bond in the amount of 100 percent of the total bid price, and a Payment Bond in the amount of 100 percent of the total bid price. General Contractors. Subcontractors andor others desiring to bid on this work shall be licensed for this type of work and qualified by the Nevada State Contractors Board prior to the bid opening.

Minority-owned or women-owned business participation is specifically invited. Assistance in the preparation of all required forms and documents will be provided upon request. Prevailing wages must be paid on this protect if the contract amount (including change orders) is $100,000 Campus. The or over. Contractors must provide the University of Nevada, Reno Facilities Management Department with certified copies ot payroll documents.

"rTi i i NEVADA AUTO I Vdiagnostics 2050 The the base approximately All shall be Craig L. Engineer University fieno, (702) The Board and Nevada, University Management right to any awards of Nevada. Date: By Lyle Manager Facilities Department University Reno. By Steve Timko RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL The Washoe County grand jury likely will decide March 25 if there is enough evidence to proceed with murder charges against three people accused of killing a cabdriver last October for $89. Weston Edward Sirex, 24, of Reno, and Shawn Russell Harte, 20, and Latisha Marie Babb, 19, both of Fallon, were trying to get a preliminary hearing in Reno Justice Court on charges they murdered Reno-Sparks Cab Co.

driver John Castro during a robbery. Preliminary hearings are one of two ways evidence is evaluated in the court system to determine if there is enough for the criminal case to proceed. But scheduling Help. The Bureau of Reclamation will hold an additional meeting tonight to take public comment on its plan to transfer ownership of Rye Patch Reservoir and the Humboldt Project to PershingCounty farmers. The meeting will be held at 7 Need A Home Loan? Have Credit Problems? -Id West Howlett Today! 828-3280 and Weekends 332-2345 Loans For Any Purpose 227 East Plumb Lane (Shoppers Square) Reno 786-2774 I Can PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC Call Mike Evenings Sierra Serving Northern Nevada Funding, Inc.

Nevada for over 10 years. Kietzke Lane, Reno, NV (702) 825-SMOG (702) 825-FIXIT 1-888- 825-FIXIT PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment and transportation necessary to replace the approximately 1,000 linear feet of sewer pipine located through the main Wood burn and Wedge, Attyr NOTICE TO CREDITORS PUBLIC NOTICE (5) days after service of the notice. The Justice of the Peace shall affix the dale of the hearing to the notice and order that a copy be served upon the lien claimant within five (5) days after the date of the order. The Justice of the Peace shall either dismiss the objections to the lien claim, declare the lien invalid or declare the amount ol tne lien if it is different from that described by the lien claimant. The lien claimant may recover the costs and fees ordered by a court in any action contesting the validity of a lien If you challenge the lien by court process, including the Justice Court process, and lose, the court could order that you pay for the other side's attorney tl that happens such attorney fees can be added to the lien amount that you have to pay.

PUBLIC NOTICE that the person would now have are reserved to and retained by him, except that, after a sale has been made to an innocent third party the lien claimant is solely responsible for loss or damage occasioned the owner, or any other person having an interest or equity in the property, by reason of the invalidity of the lien, or by reason of failure of the hen claimant to proceed in the manner provided in those sections. Act of July 3, 1991. Chapter 54S. Nev. Stat.

1991. Section 14, P. 1717. states as follows: A lien asserted against a mobile home or manufactured home expires one 1 year after it is filed with the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Commerce. Dated this 4th day of March.

1998, Signature: Michael E. Cirac, Attorney for Helen Goodnight Michael E. Cirac 245 East Liberty Street Suite 200 Reno. Nevada 89501 2220 No 921 Mar 10,17.24.1998 PUBLIC NOTICE or incurred subsequent to the date of this Notice, including costs ot noticing, advertising or conducting the public auction sale. The procedures for contesting this lien are set forth in NRS 108 350 and the Act of July 3, 1991.

Chapter 545, Nev. Slat 1991, Section 12. P. 117. In the event a person desires to contest the validity of a lien on a mobile home or manufactured home, such person must file a notice of opposition to the lien in the Justices Court whose jurisdiction the mobile home or manufactured home is located.

The notice of opposition must be filed within five (5) days after the person filing the notice receives a notice of sale by auction, must be made on a form provided by the Clerk of the Justice's Court, and must include the facts supporting the notice The person filing the notice must serve certified copies of it upon the lien claimant and the Manufactured Housing Division of the Department of Commerce. Upon the tiling of the notice of opposition to the lien, the Justice of the Peace shall schedule a hearing on the notice, which must be held as soon as practicable but not sooner than five NOTICE the property located at 465 East 6th Street. Sun Valley. Nevada, dated January 28. 1998, tne manufactured home, mobile home or commercial coach described below will be sold at public auction to satisfy the lien claimed: Year: 1982 Make: Redman Size: 14x61' Serial No 12610222 The lien was claimed to satisfy amounts owed for rent charges incurred by Reynaldo and Linda Paguiayan The sale will take place on the 3rd day of April, 1998 at the hour ot 10 00 am at the location of the mobile home.

466 East 6th Street, Sun Valley. Nevada, and wilt be made without covenant or warrant, express or implied regarding title, possession or encumbrances. The amount which must be paid to satisfy this lien as of the date of this Notice is the sum of TWO TH0USAN0 EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY-SIX CENTS (J2.855 46), which includes the amounts originally claimed the Notice ot Lien, together with accrued rent and other charges Helen Goodnight claims entitlement to payment of any and all additional rent, late charges, costs or expenses accrued NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS INVITATION TO BID Sealed bids will be received by the University and Community College System of Nevada in the Conference Room of Knudtsen Resource Center, 1000 Valley Road, Room 110. Reno. Nevada 89512 until 2:00 PM local time on Tuesday, March 31, 1998 tor UNR Project 97-PP 135 CAMPUS GENERAL SEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT GETCHELL LIBRARY FRONT TO NINTH STREET.

Bids submitted prior to the bid opening will be accepted until 1:30 PM on Tuesday, March 31, 1998 at either Buildings Grounds. 1303 Evans Avenue. Reno Nevada 89557 or at the Facilities Management Department on the main campus of the University ol Nevada, Reno. Such sealed bids as are received will be opened and read publicly at Ihe above hour, date and place by a representative of the University and Community College System ot Nevada Bids must be submitted on the Sid Form supplied with the plans and specifications. DESCRIPTION Of WORK: part of the University work will be completed construction method "Trenching according to plans and on tile at the University Reno.

COMPLETION OF Alt work must be after the commencement as stated on the Notice All bid documents may the office of Facilities University of Nevada, are entitled to two (2) sets of the Each proposal of shall be accompanied Cashier's Check or Bid amount of not less percent of the total bid to the Board of University and estimated construction cost for bid of this project is $80,000.00. questions concerning this project directed to: Marshall. P.E., Mechanical of Nevada, Reno Nevada 89557-0057 784-6514 of Regents of the University Community College System of acting on behalf of the of Nevada, Reno Facilities Department, reserves the reiect any or all bids, to waive informality in a bid, and to make in the best interest of the State March 12, 1998 Woodward, Architect. Project Management 182 of Nevada, Reno Nevada 89557-0057 No 1040 Mar 17.18.1998 Michiri Cirac. HHy.

NOTICE OF SALE BY AUCTION MANUFACTURED HOMEMOBILE HOMECOMMERCIAL COACH TO' Reynaldo Pagulayan 465 ft Strut Sun Valley. Nnada 89433 TO: linda K. Paulaan 465 East 6th Street Sun Valley. Nnada 89433 TO' Security Pacific National Bank P0. Boi 20960 Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania 19141 TO Nations Credit Home Equity 225 E. John Carpenter Freeway. 600 lrin. Teias 75062 TO: Nevada Department of Commerce Manufactured Housing Division Administrative Otfice State Mail Room Las Veias, Nevada 89158 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, in accordance with the Notice of Lien filed oy Helen Goodniht. tip owner of using the known as "Bursting" Technology," specifications of Nevada, WORK: completed 30 days of the project to Proceed.

be examined at Management, Reno. Contractors a maximum of bid documents. $25,000 or more by a Certified or Bond in the than five (5) price, payable Regents of the Notice is hereby given that the undersigned have been duly appointed and qualified trustee of the LEO GORDON SMITH REVOCABLE TRUST. LEO GORDON SMITH, Trustor of said trust, died on May 11, 1997. A creditor having i claim against the trust estate must file his claim with the undersigned at the address given below within 90 days after the first publication of this notice.

DATED; 3498 JOAN RITTENH0USE 6588 Springwood Or. Reno, NV 89523 Don L. Ross Woodburn and Wedge Attorneys at Law One East First Street Suite 1600 Post Office Boi 2311 Reno, Nevada 89505 Attorneys for Trustee No.939 Mar 11,17.23.1998 Nothing contained in NRS 108 270 to 108 360, inclusive, precludes the owner of any motor vehicle, aircraft, motorcycle, motor or aircraft equipment, aircraft parts, mobile home or manufactured home, or precludes any other person having an interest or equity in the property from contesting the validity of the lien, and for this purpose all legal rights and remedies.