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20-FRIDAY JULY 31. 1998 Met rowatch A daily look at people, places and events making news in the Reno-Sparks area, including the most-recently filed crime reports. SOUNDING Ethics panel: Jones, husband should talk more TODAY'S 324-0225, EXT. 5401 Las Vegas mayor: Commissioners question whether couple discussed big land deal in detail before key City Council vote. FOUOW-DP PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT HAVE MADE HEADLINES like to meet the (people) who approved this.

Sparks ISN'T IT AMAZING Congress can vote $150 million for a visitors center to protect their back sides but they can't vote any money for metal-detectors for our schools? Sparks WOULD YOU TELL us taxpayers again that the casino industry does not control the state of Nevada politicians? Reno WHY DID THE Sparks city manager have to inform the council that the D'Andrea developers cannot be required to provide a new fire station since this is specifically prohibited in Nevada's impact-fee law? Reno RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN the Reno area should stay out of politics or be willing to pay taxes a novel idea. Incline Village THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR the poisoned cat lies with the irresponsible pet owners who allowed that cat to run free. Sparks THANKS TO THE postman for not delivering my mail for 10 days because my dog barks at you from inside my fenced yard. My mailbox is near the sidewalk. I missed the announcement for the daughter's going-away party and now she's gone for four years.

Reno with her treatment for breast cancer. "I have no interest in his (Schuctz's) financial dealings. In fact, the prenuptials very clearly state that if we choose to co-invest in a property, it has to be done by a separate contract." Later, Jones added, "I would just respectfully say that we do have conversations, but in our life, it was more about health and issues that were paramount at the time." Jones was diagnosed with breast cancer in January, and Schuetz said his father died in early May. Commissioners said they had trouble believing Jones, who listed her husband's debt on a financial disclosure statement May 28. Schuetz said he prepared the statement on May 27, the day after the restaurant vote, and that Jones signed it the morning of May 28.

"(In) most other relationships, husband(s) and wives talk about multimillion-dollar investments, and they do a little more than say, 'Gee honey, I invested some money Boetsch said. The commission will decide at an Aug. 14 hearing in Las Vegas whether Jones violated state ethics laws. 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. AFTER MIKE TYSON'S tirade at the New Jersey hearing to reinstate his boxing license, I think they ought to bar him for life. He shouldn't be in the ring, and he's proven that when he bit the ear off of that poor boxer. Reno I'M A TAXPAYER.

I read that there are compiaints of how much it costs to move the portable schools that the school district needs to move. If they had been thinking about getting rid of all of their consultants and all their top-heaviness, maybe they would've had the money they need to do this. Southwest Reno GOVERNMENT SPENDING AT its best, this is unheard of. And this is why I cannot vote for the school bond: $376,000 to move the portables. I would council members.

"You are making it sound like the two of you are a bank merger, not a marriage," commission Chairwoman Mary Boetsch told Jones, according to transcripts released Wednesday. Said Commissioner Joni Wines, "Your way of life is so far gone from mine that it's hard for me to understand. It really is." Questions arose after a unanimous vote of the Las Vegas City Council May 26 to deny a gourmet seafood restaurant in front of a BankWest building. Responding to a complaint by former City Councilman Steve Miller, the commission is investigating possible ethical violations regarding the mayor's conduct before the vote. The restaurant was opposed by BankWest representatives, who lobbied intensely against it.

They said it would obstruct the build- LAS VEGAS (AP) The state Ethics Commission is suggesting Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones and her new husband talk with each other a little more. Testifying in a closed hearing last week, Jones and gambling consultant Richard Schuetz said they rarely discuss finances, focusing instead on family issues. Jones is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. But commissioners struggled to understand the couple's dealings and whether it is possible, as the mayor contends, that they did not discuss in detail a multimillion-dollar land deal that Jones failed to disclose before a key Las Vegas City Council vote in May. Commissioners voted unanimously to further examine that transaction, as well as a questionable phone call from Jones to a project opponent and undisclosed campaign contributions to all five ing's view and hinder customer access.

But restaurant applicant Marc Gordon said the project meets the city's minimum zoning requirements. He said the council bowed to pressure from the bank's powerful board of directors. The ethics panel's inquiry extends beyond the merits of the proposed supper club, and goes into the purchase of land by Schuetz in conjunction with two Boyd Gaming executives. The mayor said she was unaware of the details of Schuctz's land purchase of 79 acres in northwest Las Vegas. The mayor said she and Schuetz, who were married in January, signed an extensive prenuptial agreement separating their finances.

She also said several times that she was preoccupied LEMMON VALLEY STEAD NORTH ZONE SPANISH Dolores 4:24 a.m. Thursday. Report of a residential burglary in the 4800 block of Kietzke Lane. CALIFORNIA LOTTERY GOLDEN VALLEY 9th July 28 Stead Facility, 6:45 a.m. theft of student's backpack.

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Report of an assault and battery in the 200 block East Fourth Street. Parr I 28,38 Super Lotto Wednesday's picks: 2, 12, 17, 19, 39, 44; 2 winning tickets purchased in Lompoc and Tustin; $25 million jackpot. B(f A Reno1 i ll -E 0 1 3 CI 2 miles 1 JO -r JACKPOTS iW SPARKS' Seven i2rlerjclai, Rivera Today's selected crime reports contain the most-recently filed information available from Reno, Sparks and Washoe County. Addresses and times the calls were dispatched are included in the Reno report. 1 'S BenoTahoe Tot High Rollers $2,691,194 Quarters Deluxe $223,095 Dollars Deluxe $1,398,132 Cool Millions $3,932,343 o- i imefnaitona) Pembroke RENO' AkP4w Megabucks $18,845,152 Fabulous 50's $907,572 Quartermania $1,170,133 Nevada Nickels $226,513 a- it Moana.

I SOUTH ZONE July 29 8 p.m. assault and battery, 200 block E. Plumb Ln. 1 0:27 p.m. assault and battery, 600 block Edison Way.

July 30 8:10 a.m. petty larceny, 2700 block S. Virginia St. 10:40 a.m. vehicle burglary, 900 block Leah Cir.

1 1 :45 a.m. grand larceny, 4900 S. Virginia St. 3:30 p.m. residential burglary, 700 block BalzarCir.

NORTH ZONE July 29 1 1 :58 p.m. assault and battery, 1200 block W. Second St. July 30 3:37 p.m. assault and battery, 1400 E.

Ninth St CENTRAL ZONE July 30 2:25 p.m. commercial burglary, 500 block Valley Rd. I 1 0Z7 TSoZ'zZ California Lottery information can be obtained in Nevada by calling (800) 723-4879; in California, (800) 225-6669. PI Huffate JV SOUTH fej ZONE 'nxkec i vt-er 1 Robert3' I 1 TH 2 miles July 29 Greenbrae Drive, 2200 block, 9:35 p.m. domestic battery.

North Rock Boulevard, 1000 block, 5:30 p.m. arrest, battery with a deadly weapon. East Sygnet Circle, 2500 block, 12:38 a.m. arrest, using drugs and possession of paraphernalia. Victorian Avenue, 2100 block, 4:20 a.m.

arrest, probation violation. HILLS Inmate population Thursday morning: 901 Design capacity: 615 Additional in house arrest, work programs, hospitals and other temporary locations: 574 Bookings previous 24 hours: 50 Bookings included: contempt, 10; drugs, DUI, domestic battery, misdemeanor battery, burglary, embezzlement, solicitation for prostitution, stalking, battery with a deadly weapon, other miscellaneous. Gazette-Journal fc- Reno police believe confession in killing Boys burned when I powder explodes Two 15-year-old boys sus- tained second-degree burns on their faces, hands, arms and legs after a plastic soda bottle they i had filled with black powder exploded, according to the Washoe County Sheriffs Department. I The boys walked into a i Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District station in Sparks about 4 p.m. with the I burns.

The pair were taken to Washoe Medical Center, where their burns were treated. The youths, whose names were not I available late Thursday, were in satisfactory condition. The Consolidated Bomb Squad investigated the case and found that the boys had used a rag soaked in gasoline to ignite the bottle. The squad will contin- ue to investigate the incident. Reno man, 31, charged with lewdness with child A 31 -year-old Reno man has been arrested on 13 counts of lewdness with a child younger i than 1 4, according to the Washoe County Sheriffs Department.

Martin Ramirez was booked into Washoe County Jail without incident Wednesday afternoon. He is being held in lieu of $145,000 bail. Ramirez was the subject of a three-month investigation by Sheriffs Department detectives, The investigation began after one of the two alleged victims told her mother about an alleged 1 encounter with Ramirez. Ramirez knew the victims but was not a coach or baby sitter, a 1 sheriffs spokesman said late Thursday. Details were not immediately available because of the sensitiv- ity of the case, he said.

Roof repairs to close Reno Municipal Court Reno Municipal Court will be i closed today while roof repairs i continue. Judge Jay Dilworth said work will be ongoing throughout the I weekend and court would reopen Monday. Last week, second and third floor offices were inundated by a sudden downpour that seeped through cracks in the roof. Court officials say they have complained the courthouse, north of police headquarters on Second Street, has been a prob-; lem for years. The courthouse roof is one of I five city-owned buildings being i Gasses start Monday at some Washoe schools Nearly 1,700 Washoe County i students will head back to school 1 Monday when four more elemen-j tary schools switch to a single- track, year-round schedule.

i Students at Rita Cannan, i Roger Corbett, Marvin Picollo and Veterans elementaries will i be affected. Single-track sched-i ules do not increase a school's capacity like multitrack, which was instituted at five elemen- taries this year to handle crowd-i ing; rather it provides the bene-I fits of year-round education. Multitrack students who are on the green track also start school I Monday, as pupils on the yellow track begin their 20-day vaca-; tion. All told, 12 elementary schools and 7,400 students are on a year-round schedule. uty Chief Jim Weston said in reference to the Jan.

13 slaying of University of Nevada, Reno police Sgt. George Sullivan. "It's pretty pathetic." Page was found By Phil Barber RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL Reno police say they believe the confession of a 20-year-old busboy because of his detailed knowledge of the killing of a homeless man July 16 in Paradise Park. Based on his knowledge of the motiveless shooting of 44-year-old Michael W. Page and other evidence, police arrested Kim Fung Ng for investigation of murder after he flagged a police officer Thursday and admitted the crime.

"He just wanted to kill somebody; it was like Sullivan," Dep stripe. Witnesses saw the two vehicles leaving the park after hearing gunshots about 1 1:20 p.m. Police have recovered a Ford Escort, but were continuing to look for a handgun and the Explorer. Weston said police want to question other people who might have been present during the slaying. He said Ng apparently is not a gang member and gave detectives no reason for killing Page.

He asked people who know Ng or have knowledge of the slaying to call detectives at 334-2188 or Secret Witness at 322-4900. Weston said. A busboy at Circus Circus Hotel Casino, Ng lives on Hiko Avenue, just one block from the park. The Foozo, China, native has lived in Washoe County 10 years, according to records at the jail, where he's held without bail. "We know this guy was involved from what he's given us," Weston said.

"It looks like he's connected with the Ford Escort." On Tuesday, police asked the public's help in finding a light-blue, mid-1980s Ford Escort and a dark-green, newer model Ford Explorer with a gray or tan bottom Ng dead on concrete near a gazebo, shot several times. Until Ng flagged Officer John Topoian outside the police station at Second and High streets about 1 a.m., police never had heard of him, Nevada's 8th hantavirus case reported ASSOCIATED PRESS Nevada's eighth case of hantavirus and the first confirmed case in more than 2li years has been reported in Elko County. The state Health Division says the Elko County case wasn't fatal, but people should realize that the the most common carrier of hantavirus deer mice causing health officials to worry about the possibility of another outbreak of the disease this year. The outbreak in the spring of 1993, which infected 48 people, also followed an episode of heavy moisture from an El Nino earlier in the decade. virus can kill as it did in two earlier Nevada cases.

The disease was identified during a 1993 outbreak in the Four Corners area where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet. Since then, 185 cases and 82 deaths have been reported in 29 states. Hantavirus, which causes respi ratory problems, generally is contracted when people breathe in dust or mist contaminated by rodent feces, urine or saliva. Hantavirus symptoms at first seem like the flu, but quickly develop into serious respiratory problems. El Nino's wet weather conditions bolstered the population of Inmate population Thursday morning: 60 Recommended maximum: 44 Bookings previous 24 hours: 8 Bookings included: drugs, hold for other agency, violation of parole, violation of probation, and traffic, 1.

Nevada escapee found in prison A Nevada prisoner who escaped 11 years ago has been found, using a phony name and locked up in a California prison. The inmate was identified by Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa as Joseph Carl Mancini, 50, serving time for auto theft in a prison in Corcoran, and going by the name of Richard Lobb. Mancini walked away from a Southern Nevada Correctional Center work detail in 1987. He was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for sexual assault and grand larceny. Mancini was found after his fingerprints were entered into an automated print identification system and compared with prints in several other Western States.

He'll be extradited back to Nevada. Incorrect digit leads leads to bounced checks ELKO An incorrect digit entered during a wire transfer caused a $1 million error in Elko County's bank account, resulting in several bounced checks. Elko County Treasurer Caesar Salicchi said a July 10 wire transfer was not completed because one digit was entered incorrectly. The error was not discovered until the next business day, which was Monday, July 13. Fugitive agrees to be returned to Ohio to face kidnap charges Lesley D.

Blades $500, 96 hours community service, DUI school, Victim Impact Panel. Joseph K. C. Thomas, $1,000, suspended; $500; five days house arrest; 50 hours community service; DUI school. Jeffery P.

Amerson, $500, 96 hours house arrest, DUI school, Victim Impact Panel. Beth E. Thompson, $200, one day jail, DUI school, Victim Impact Panel. Jaime Benitez-Rivera, $500, 96 hours house arrest, DUI school, Victim Impact Panel. Richard J.

Duncan, 30 days jail, suspended; 24 hours community service in California; $100; DUI school in California. Alberto Zepeda-Munoz, $600, four days jail, DUI school, Victim Impact Panel. Following are actions reported by courts involving people arrested on a charge of driving under the influence: Sparks Justice Court Dennis C. Coverston, $500, 96 hours community service, DU1 school, Victim Impact Panel. William J.

Fish, $500, two days jail, DUI school, Victim Impact Panel. Dave D. Popov, 90 days jail, suspended; alcohol-drug treatment; $400; five days jail; Victim Impact Panel. James D. Kiger, 90 days jail, suspended; $200; DUI school; Victim Impact Panel.

Mayhorn is accused of taking three Minerva, Ohio, siblings Tyler Brown, 14; Amanda Palmer, 1 1, and Wayne Palmer, 10 more than two weeks ago. The children and Mayhorn were discovered in his car on Monday when his car was stopped by a Nevada Highway Patrol trooper. The NHP trooper said the children were dirty, but appeared unharmed. Mayhorn has maintained the children willingly left with him July 1 3 and went across the country in the hopes of not being ASSOCIATED PRESS A man accused of taking three Ohio children has agreed to be returned to Ohio to face federal kidnapping charges. Brian Scott Mayhorn, 31, appeared before a U.S.

magistrate Wednesday in Reno. A rape charge involving a Columbiana County, Ohio, girl under 1 3 temporarily was dropped so Mayhorn could be tried first on the federal charges, authorities said. He faces up to 20 years in prison on the kidnapping charges if convicted..