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Truckee River Crests in Sparks, but Flooding Not As Severe As Expected INSIDE SPARKS Winter recreation, fitness and fashion YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 Page 8 TribuneSERVING SPARKS SINCE 1910 Volume 109, Number 2 Tuesday, January 10, 2017 95 cents SPORTS wet wEEkEND Truckee River crests in Sparks, but flooding not as severe as expected By Eric Dahlberg Sparks Tribune The snow and rain came and the Truckee rose over its Spanish Springs banks, just as forecast. But it appears Sparks girls suffer first dodged a bullet, with the 4A loss river cresting below projec- tions and the ensuing flood- Page 9 ing not as bad as originally feared. Water levels on the Truc- kee were on their way down Monday night, prompting anxious residents and city officials to breathe a sigh of relief. Though parts of the city’s industrial area near the river suffered some flooding, it was not widespread and most areas escaped undam- John Byrne photos/Tribune aged. Vehicles move cautiously through flooded roads on Pyramid Highway in Spanish Springs A flood warning continues on Sunday afternoon. The area was later closed around 5 p.m. until Tuesday afternoon for Pack pulls off the Truckee at Vista, though, the morning to 18.46 feet at historic comeback where the river level was at mid-afternoon. He praised 17.3 feet late Monday after- local officials for being pre- at New Mexico noon, above the flood stage pared for the flooding and Page 12 of 15 feet. The river was ex- making arrangements to pected to fall to below flood help mitigate it. stage by Monday night. “I think they did a won- City spokesman Adam derful job,” Sandoval said. INSIDE Mayberry said water con- Two I-180 off-ramps in tinued to surround at least a east Sparks were shut down Weather...............................2 dozen buildings in an indus- and police limited access to State Briefs..........................2 trial park near the river, and the industrial area south of History................................7 official are checking to de- the freeway. A similar flood Opinion............................14 termine how much damage in the winter of 2005-06 sent Seniors..............................17 was done to property, roads about 5 feet of water into the Puzzles..............................18 and bridges in the city. area, where some 25,000 Advice...............................19 But Gov. Brian Sandoval people work. Classified Ads..................20 said there were no serious Authorities say the Truc- Legals................................21 injuries or deaths from the kee River peaked at 19.5 feet heavy rains and flooding in on Monday, more than four the Sparks and Reno area feet above flood stage. There Follow us on that authorities had feared had been projections of a Twitter: might be the worst in a de- 20.5 foot crest that would @SparksTribune cade. have caused much worse Sandoval said damage damage. doesn’t appear to be as bad Due to high flows in the as feared, as water levels on North Truckee Drain, some the water receded Monday The Schultz family helped out by volunteering to fill sand from a high of 19.5 feet in > See FLOOD, Page 3 bags in Sparks on Sunday. www.facebook.com GET THE TASTE FIND OUT MORE foodnevada FOOD NEVADA INSIDE THIS EDITION. 2 Jan. 10, 2017 yOuR SEvEN-Day fOREcast today wEDNESDAY THuRSDAY fRIDAY SaTuRDAY SuNDAY MONDAY 46/32 41/22 36/18 36/19 40/22 45/27 50/30 Cloudy with a Cloudy, snow Cloudy, a snow Partly sunny and Partly sunny and Rain in the Periods of clouds shower or two showers; breezy shower; breezy chilly chilly afternoon and sun battlE bORN staTE NEwS Associated Press he was leaving the North Las Vegas and the kidnapping and robbery of her ter education system. Justice Court. A driver heading south- father and her boyfriend in June 2015. bound on Martin Luther King Bou- Timothy Randell was sentenced by nevada lt. gov. maRk Reno police investigating levard entered the lanes of oncoming Washoe County District Court Judge hutchison Rules out Run foR goveRnoR hit-and-Run; 80-yeaR-old man traffic and struck Parque’s vehicle. Patrick Flanagan to the maximum huRt The 32-year-old detective was re- on all charges after Randell pleaded LAS VEGAS — Nevada Lt. Gov. RENO — Police are searching for membered as a 10-year veteran of the guilty in October to multiple felony Mark Hutchison says he’s not going a suspect after a pedestrian was se- force who took pride in serving his charges and weapon enhancements. to run for governor in 2018. riously injured in a hit-and-run acci- community. In addition, Parque was Washoe County District Attorney Hutchison said Monday he thinks dent in Reno. remembered as a loving husband and Chris Hicks says Randell and an ac- there are several other qualified Re- Reno police and fire department father. complice used an assault-style rifle to publicans who might vie to replace personnel responded to an intersec- force the victims into an apartment GOP Gov. Brian Sandoval, who can’t tion about 2 a.m. Sunday and found newlands heights in Reno where they bound the father and seek a third term due to term limits. an 80-year-old man with serious but makes national histoRic boyfriend with duct tape and took Hutchison says he’s focusing on the RegisteR non-life threatening injuries. turns attacking the 16-year-old girl upcoming state Legislature, and will The name of the victim hasn’t been RENO — A Reno neighborhood that and ransacking the residence. decide afterward if he’ll run again for released yet. for more than 70 years served as one The assailants fled when an attempt lieutenant governor. Police say evidence on scene indi- the city’s most prominent and desirable to set the apartment afire failed. Hutchison is the second high-pro- cated that the man was struck by a neighborhoods has been named to the Randell was later arrested by Reno file Republican to say recently he vehicle that had left the scene after National Register of Historic Places. police, but the second suspect hasn’t won’t seek Sandoval’s job. the accident and there are no appar- The Nevada State Historic Preser- been identified. Dean Heller said last month he’ll ent witnesses. vation office said Friday the New- seek re-election to the U.S. Senate, They say it’s unclear how long the lands Heights Historic District on nevada schools place last and won’t make a bid for governor. pedestrian was down in the roadway the bluffs south of the Truckee River in nation in education week Hutchison is a lawyer in Las Ve- RepoRt before being located. becomes the second in the city recog- gas who served in the Nevada state Investigators are examining evi- nized for its historical and architec- CARSON CITY — Nevada public Senate for two years before he was dence and reviewing surveillance from tural importance. schools placed last in the nation in a elected lieutenant governor in 2014. businesses near the accident scene. The University of Nevada Reno ranking comparing the 50 states and Secret Witness is offering a $500 Historic District made the register in the District of Columbia. laRge waRehouse catches reward for information leading to the 1987. Education Week gave Nevada a “D’’ fiRe in las vegas arrest and prosecution of a suspect in The Newlands neighborhood is grade, with a score of 65 out of 100 in LAS VEGAS — Firefighters say the case. noted for big homes, curving roads, its “Quality Counts 2017” report made crews are putting out hotspots after community park space, forested public Wednesday. a large warehouse was engulfed in hundReds gatheR to streetscapes, and landscaped private The average grade among states flames in Las Vegas. RemembeR fallen noRth las gardens and front yards. was 74.4, for a C average. The Clark County Fire Department vegas detective Its heyday marked Reno’s early sub- Massachusetts ranked first in the said crews responded to the blaze NORTH LAS VEGAS — Several urban development before the 1960s, nation with a B-plus grade and a early Monday morning and found hundred people gathered to remem- when streetcar and pedestrian-based score of 86.5. Mississippi and New the fire had consumed a large part of ber a North Las Vegas police detective neighborhoods spread outward to- Mexico also scored “D’’ grades, and the commercial building located on who died in a car crash. ward automobile-centered suburbs. five other states scored D-plus. Palm Street near Fremont Street and Crowds gathered Sunday night for Nevada schools chief Steve Canav- Sahara Avenue a vigil at the North Las Vegas Justice man gets life in Reno ero tells the Las Vegas Sun he doesn’t Authorities say it was extinguished Court to honor Detective Chad takeoveR Rape, attempt dispute the findings. within an hour with help from Las muRdeR case Parque, who died Saturday morning, But he’s predicting improvement Vegas Fire and Rescue. about 12 hours after the three-vehicle RENO — A 27-year-old Reno man due to funding programs approved No one was hurt. collision in which he was one of four has been sentenced to life in prison by the 2015 Legislature. Investigators are looking into what people injured. without parole for the gunpoint rape Canavero calls the rankings a stark sparked the blaze that caused an un- Police say Parque was on-duty when and attempted murder of a teenage girl reminder that Nevada deserves a bet- specified amount of damage. 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