projEcT 150 SPARKS Free teen shopping day held at Sparks business Page 3 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 TribuneSERVING SPARKS SINCE 1910 Volume 108, Number 50 Tuesday, December 13, 2016 95 cents SPORTS cOvER story Cougars push league winning streak to 56 Page 9 John Byrne/Tribune Alumni of Sparks High School, including Sparks Mayor Geno Martini, have donated new American flags to fly at the Norvell introduced school each year for several years. The tradition was started by Craig Gustavson, far right, who first noticed the wear as new Nevada and tear the flags suffered while flying above the school. football coach Page 10 Sparks High alumni INSIDE Weather...............................2 State Briefs..........................2 City Council News............4 keep flag tradition alive Food Nevada......................6 Seniors................................7 Opinion............................14 dition. However, in 2012 when the 50th an- Puzzles..............................17 Now the Sparks High School JROTC niversary of his high school reunion Advice...............................18 JROTC raising and others want to make sure every- came around, Gustavson came back Classified Ads..................19 one sees the flag flying proudly at the with a new flag to celebrate and pre- Legals................................20 money for school. sented it at a Sparks’ school assembly. “It all started when I was walking my A local media outlet snapped a photo Follow us on new flagpole dog in Paradise Park (off of Oddie Bou- of Gustavson with a caption about this Twitter: levard) and I saw a faded, torn flag at being a “new tradition at Sparks High” @SparksTribune By Kayla Anderson the Sparks High School,” says Gustav- and it has since continued on. Sparks Tribune son. “It became a tradition before I even The ex-Marine and alumnus of gave the school the flag,” he says. “Now Craig Gustavson saw a tattered Sparks High School (Class of 1962), Gu- every year each class celebrating their American flag flying at Sparks High stavson replaced the school’s tattered School and inadvertently started a tra- flag at the time. > See FLAGS, Page 5 SHOPPING LOCALLY CAN SAVE YOU Find out MORE THAN HOLIDAY CASH! more inside this edition. implement a little bit of local shopping into your routine and support your sparks community! 2 Dec. 13, 2016 yOuR SEvEN-Day fOREcast today WEDNESDAY THuRSDAY fRIDAY SaTuRDAY SuNDAY MONDAY 49/39 56/43 55/29 37/14 35/18 32/15 39/20 A touch of Cloudy, a little Cloudy and windy Colder with a Partly sunny and Partly sunny and Mostly sunny and afternoon rain rain; mild with showers snow shower chilly chilly chilly battlE bORN staTE news Ski inStructor, 35, killed nounced dead at the scene. The company said Friday that it didates,” by comparison drew about in weekend accident near tahoe All lanes of the highway were shut will be begin charging for parking 2.5 percent. down near Mercury while crews in early 2017, a change that comes af- All the discrepancies that were TRUCKEE — Placer County sher- cleaned up spilled fuel. Authorities ter 10 hotel-casinos on the Las Vegas found were on absentee ballots, in- iff’s deputies are investigating the announced hours later than the road strip announced in late November cluding one in rural Nye County that death of a 35-year-old ski instructor was reopened. they will phase out their free parking was originally rejected as defective, who was killed in a skiing accident and valet services. Cegavske said. It was added in the re- over the weekend at a mountain re- Search crew believeS Cost for self-parking will be be- count to Clinton’s column. sort north of Lake Tahoe. it found missing Skier, tween $7 and $10, depending how De La Rocque told The Associated authoritieS Say Sgt. David Hunt said Monday that long the car is parked. Time periods Press on Thursday that he sought the Dennis Baltimore of Kings Beach, RENO — Emergency workers on range from one hour to 24 hours. Spe- Nevada recount “because I want to California died Sunday after he hit Sunday found what they believe to be cial events may bring higher rates. make sure your vote counts as much several rocks and crashed into a the body of a missing skier northeast The property says guests who book as mine does.” creek at the Northstar California re- of Lake Tahoe, the Washoe County before Jan. 2 will not be charged for He had said earlier he sought the sort near Truckee. Sheriff’s Office said. parking their own cars, though valets ballot review to provide what he Nadia Guerriero, the resort’s vice The man’s body was found in about will charge posted rates. called a counterbalance to recounts president and general manager, said 10 feet of snow on Sunday afternoon sought by Green Party presidential the Northstar ski patrol responded to near Mount Rose Ski Tahoe resort, nevada ballot recount candidate Jill Stein in Wisconsin, an accident on a beginning trail and sheriff’s office spokesman Bob Har- changeS juSt 15 trump, Michigan and Pennsylvania. clinton voteS assisted the Northstar Fire Depart- mon told the Sacramento Bee. De La Fuente got at least some good ment in providing emergency treat- The search crews were able to find LAS VEGAS — A recount of ballots news: Cegavske informed him the re- ment before fire officials pronounced the body because of the jacket he was from five Nevada counties turned up count cost about $6,500. him dead. wearing, Harmon said. The Recco re- just 15 erroneous votes between Dem- That was less than half the $14,000 Hunt said the sheriff’s office is flective gear the man wore contains ocrat Hillary Clinton and Republican deposit that she collected to initiate the awaiting an autopsy report to deter- detectors that rescue teams can use Donald Trump and no change in the process. De La Fuente will be refunded mine an official cause of death. to pinpoint a body, the Bee reported. results of the Nov. 8 presidential elec- a little more than $7,600, she said. The resort is owned and operated The skier’s identity will be revealed tion, the top state election official said by the Colorado-based Vail Resorts. by the county Medical Examiner’s Thursday. maintenance worker at laS Office, Harmon said. Nevada Secretary of State Barbara vegaS hotel injured uSing a torch 1 dead in fiery craSh that Mount Rose Ski Tahoe spokesman Cegavske declared the recount fin- Shut uS 95 in 2 directionS Mike Pierce said a skier saw another ished. LAS VEGAS — A maintenance LAS VEGAS — One person is dead get caught in an avalanche Saturday Cegavske told independent presi- worker suffered minor injuries while after a fiery crash over the weekend morning in a closed area of the resort. dential candidate Roque “Rocky” De using a propane torch at the Down- that shut down highway traffic in both The man reportedly was swept La Fuente by letter that the review of town Grand Hotel and Casino in Las directions in rural southern Nevada. in an avalanche on Jackpot Chute, 93,840 ballots cast in eight precincts Vegas. The Nevada Highway Patrol says which was a closed ski area of the in four rural counties and 84 pre- According to Las Vegas Fire and the crash happened at about 3:30 p.m. mountain, authorities said. cincts in and around Las Vegas didn’t Rescue, first responders took the on Sunday on U.S. 95 in Nye County. Another man reportedly was with turn up significant errors. worker to University Medical Center Authorities say a southbound car the skier when the avalanche oc- The recount took nine votes away with hand injuries Saturday after- crossed in front of a northbound curred and called authorities for help. from Clinton, six away from Trump noon. semi-truck that was hauling wood. and none away from De La Fuente — The incident that occurred in one of Trooper Jason Buratczuk says the coSmopolitan to join vegaS far below the 1 percent error rate to the bars caused a partial evacuation truck turned over and caught fire trend toward ending free trigger a statewide recount. around 3:30 p.m. parking when the gas tank was breached. Clinton defeated Trump statewide Firefighters say the worker was us- The driver was taken to a hospital in LAS VEGAS — The Cosmopolitan by about 27,000 votes, out of 1.1 mil- ing the torch on a dishwasher when Pahrump with injuries that weren’t says it’s joining a growing number of lion votes cast. De La Fuente finished the torch caught fire and flashed. considered life-threatening. Las Vegas hotels and casinos by end- last, with a fraction of 1 percent of the The floor the fire occurred on was The driver of the car was pro- ing free parking. vote. The choice, “None of These Can- evacuated. 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