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1^ mmm HENDERSON KUME NEWS Henderson's Only Local Newspaper Since 1951 Tuesday, December 4, 2001 Henderson, Nevada 50C In Brief... stoked Time constraints Grease fire forces Galleria evacuation force developer A grease fire in Chevy's About restaurant at the Galleria at Sunset on Saturday night to request denial forced an evacuation of the Spokes mall. See Page 2 from commission Kids claim free By Kris Hill In memory of children bikes, helmets News Staff Writer Developer this holiday season In an unusual move, the By Sandy Thomas developer of Sunset Ridge near takes next step Parents, friends and fami- News Managing Editor the Mission Ridge condomini- lies of children v^ho died pre- um development on Horizon maturely will celebrate those A dozen years ago, to building Henderson Fire Ridge Parkway at Annet short lives at a special com- Department captain Steve Street sought a recommenda- memorative ceremony homes where Walton and a few other tion for denial from the Sunday at Community firefigliters dipped into Henderson Planning casinos might Lutheran Church, 3720 E. tlieir own poclcets to buy a Commission Thursday night. Tropicana Ave. The local bicycle for a Henderson Given the options of denial have stood chapter of Bereaved Parents child. or continuance, the developer of the USA plans the event, preferred a recommendation By Kris Hill What began then has News Staff Writer which fakes place in conjunc- rolled into the major proj- for denial be forwarded to tion vi/ith National Children's ect fitting 171 children and Henderson City Council. Time Homeowners who live Memorial Day. • ,.v .. youth with bilges and hel- constraints do not allow for a near Wagonwheel Drive See Page 2 4 i : mets Saturday in the park- continuance, company officials and Boulder Highway ing lot at Sunset Station. said. were faced with a com- The fire department now On the 20-acre site the mon proposition at developer proposed a 256:unit Kids pack lunches works with Variety — The Thursday's Henderson Children's Charity of condominium project that Planning Commission for homeless people Southern Nevada to make would cover 16 acres. On the meeting. other four acres, a restaurant, Some 50 students at Bikes for Kids happen. Something will be gas station and convenience Monow Elementary School "The need was always developed within a mile of store had been proposed as a their homes — either a helped the homeless there but our ability to deliver was not," said buffer between Horizon Ridge proposed multi-family Thursday by preparing 120 Parkway and the condos. » housing project or a casi- sack lunches. Friends of the Walton. No longer is there a Neighbors of the proposed no. Desert, an organization condos said there are already For nearby residents, it assisting Henderson's home- delivery glitch for kids in need of wheels. Also work- enough condos and apart- sounds like the housing, less people, will distnbute the ments in the surrounding which would add some lunches. ing in the spring with the Henderson Police area. 500 condos and 145 sin- See Page 3 Department, Variety dis- "I can't imagine why we'd gle-family homes, would tributes at least 100 more want to cram so many people be the lesser of two evils. bikes. into this area ... or add com- The commission, how- Saturday's event saw mercial," resident Craig ever, voted unanimously children eyeing a sea of Nichols said. "We have nice in favor of the residential homes. We'd like to keep the project, with commission- N ^jbor... area nice." er Gary Bochanis absent. There were nine other resi- Most neighbors were Alma Randolph See SPOKES dents in attendance. Most not convinced these are Pages When Alma Randolph isn't were opposed to the project. the best options. Laurie Robinson Sipan, wh(> "1 am about a half mile coaching Green Valley High Rob Weidenfeld also lives near the proposed from that project. 1 have School's girls basketball /News Staff project, said she's concerned five kids. I am also a team, she has plenty to occu- Above:Terrie about how adding 256 condos teacher at John Dooley py her time. Greenlee, 4, would affect traffic patterns. Elementary," resident "I do a lot Saturday at The neighborhood is near a Connie Stolworthy said. of reading in Sunset Station major arteriil and slated to *T^Hp>y rides her new have Green Valley Parkway my spare See HOMES bicycle, extended into it. time," Pages assembled by "The residents of my neigh- Randolph Henderson borhood have to traverse said. firefighters. Horizon Ridge Parkway every the project. "Believe it or Left: day to get to work," she said. When it became clear that not, I also Burkholder "You take on death just to do would not work for the appli- like touring." Middle School that. Putting in a gas station cant, the commissioners, who would just add chaos." were concerned about what Randolph, students Randolph Jairon Bray, Continuing the proposal would happen to the four acres the only became an option when the of proposed co^imercial in the coach in the Gators' 11-year Ashleen and Aaron Bhim developer volunteered to pull revision "^rocdss, recommend- history, says living in ed denial and forwarded the check out the the commercial portion of the project to council's Dec. 11 Southern Nevada gives her possibilities. project and take time to meet an opportunity to visit several with the neighbors and revise agenda. interesting places. She recently voyaged to the Grand Canyon. Green Valley Ranch Randolph came to Green Valley from England where she taught physical education Station set to open and coached volleyball and By Kris Hill restaurants, such as II basketball. News Staff Wnter Fornaio, a warm, Italian Glenn C. Christenson is restaurant featuring tradi- about to breathe a 450,000- tional dishes at affordable square-foot sigh of relief. prices. The heart of the casino In Sports- His Green Valley Ranch - the gaming table pit - fea- Station, an elegant casino, tures 53 table games sur- New team in town resort and entertainment cen- rounded by hundreds of slot ter, opens Dec. 18 in machines. Coronado's giris basketball Henderson, after two years On the tour, most of the slot team started the season with and millions of dollars. machines looked the way peo- two straight wins. "The first word I think of to ple rarely see them - open and See Page 9 describe how I feel about this partially disassembled. As the is pride," said Christenson, visitors meandered around who lives in the Green Valley workers placing finishing area himself. touches and firefighters com- Though he's the vice presi- pleting inspections, Index dent and chief financial officer Christenson noted every Editorials 6 of Station Casinos, aspect of the operation will be Business 7 Christenson says this project ready in a few days. During the week leading up to the Deaths 8 is unique. opening, staff will go through Sports 9 "We didn't want this to be Ron fV^artinez/News Staff Sunset Station 2," he said. Classifieds 14 NEARLY FINISHED — The main antry is ready and waiting at Green Valley Ranch Station for th« It isn't. See RANCH A tour of the venue five days first customers. The hotel-casino on Green Valley Parkway just south of Interstate 215 will open Page? its doors Dec. 18. 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