Events SPARKS Early registration for Turkey Trot ends Nov. 16 YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 Page 3 TribuneSERVING SPARKS SINCE 1910 Volume 109, Number 45 Wednesday, November 8, 2017 $1.00 SPORTS LAXALT TOUR COMES TO SPARKS Railroaders season ends after playoff loss Page 6 Cougars fall in regional semis Courtesy photo Adam Laxalt, candidate for Governor of Nevada, addresses supporters at his campaign announcement at Peterbilt in to Galena Sparks on Nov. 1. Laxalt was joined by nearly 200 supporters in Sparks on the first day of “The Laxalt 17” tour, a week- Page 7 long statewide tour where he visited all 17 Nevada counties. INSIDE Weather...............................2 cOmmuNITy State Briefs..........................2 Opinion............................10 Puzzles..............................13 Advice...............................14 Trees and Lights Gala coming to the Nugget Classified Ads..................15 harp for the first half of the event fol- in Reno but organizers decided to move Legals................................16 By Kayla Anderson Sparks Tribune lowed by the Great Gatsby Jazz Band it over to the Nugget because it offers a as guests are treated to a 3-course meal much larger space to host the intricately As we get closer to Christmas, the of salad, steak, prawns, and a dessert decorated Christmas trees. annual Trees and Lights Gala to be trio. The Trees and Lights Gala is al- “The Nugget has been remodeling held at the Nugget Casino Resort will ways held at this time of the year so that their resort and has offered to give Safe Follow us on delight and amaze those who love em- people buying trees and wreaths have Embrace many perks to holding it at Twitter: bracing the holiday spirit. To benefit them in time for Thanksgiving. the Ballroom because they believe so @SparksTribune Safe Embrace, the charity gala will fea- Beautiful holiday-themed displays strongly in our mission,” says Safe Em- ture a gallery of decorated Christmas will be auctioned off and attendees of brace Executive Assistant Jackie Mc- trees, wreaths, and silent/live auctions this black tie event may also enjoy live Kinney. with gift baskets that can be delivered music, dancing, and a catered dinner. More than 300 guests attended the straight to your home. Last year, the first Trees and Lights Annie Grogan will be playing the Gala was held at Whitney Peak Hotel > See GALA, Page 3 SPARKS Get the digital edition. SEE MORE sparkstrib.com Tribune News | Sports | Trending Now Your Community Newspaper Since 1910 ONLINE! 2 Nov. 8, 2017 yOuR SEvEN-Day fOREcast WEDNESDAY THuRSDAY fRIDAY SaTuRDAY SuNDAY mONDAY Tuesday 61/46 59/42 56/32 57/34 59/37 58/28 54/25 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy, a Mostly cloudy Cool with clouds Sunshine and Mostly cloudy Rain and snow little rain and cool and sun some clouds NEvaDa news bRIEfS Vandals damage headstones the motel and handcuffing her to fur- melee involving men using hand- SSR Mining Inc. says Pete Kuhn was at historic reno cemetery niture. made weapons about 1:30 p.m. Tues- a safety superintendent at the Marigold RENO — Reno police are investi- Deputies say he eventually injured day at Ely State Prison. Mine in Valmy along U.S. Interstate 80 gating damage to several headstones her with a hatchet. Investigators de- She says about 40 inmates in two northwest of Battle Mountain. Omar in an apparent attack of vandalism at termined the pair had been reported groups were involved, and that Bernal was an open pit operator. an historic cemetery near the Univer- missing in New York in late August. guards contained the fighting. They were riding in a van that was sity of Nevada campus. Turner was being held Monday in Keast says two inmates were treated run over by the truck Tuesday after- Police say at least four headstones the Nye County Jail on $275,000 bail. at local hospitals, one underwent sur- noon. at Hillside Cemetery were damaged It’s not clear if he has a lawyer. gery and all four were returned to the Seven trainees in the van were late Saturday or early Sunday. The prison by Friday. treated for minor injuries and re- markers date to the 1800s and are murder-suicide suspected at She described the injuries as stab leased from an area hospital. The considered of historic value. north lake tahoe motel wounds that were not life-threatening. driver of the haul truck was hospital- Authorities estimate the damage in KINGS BEACH, Calif. — Author- No staff members were injured. ized for treatment of shock. the range of $15,000 to $20,000. ities are investigating an apparent Ely State Prison has about 1,100 in- Paul Benson, president and CEO The cemetery is the final resting murder-suicide at a motel on the mates, and houses the state’s death of the mining company based in Brit- place for a number of the area’s early north shore of Lake Tahoe. row and execution chamber. ish Columbia, said Wednesday it will pioneers, including a congressman The Placer County sheriff’s office take some time to determine what and Paiute Chief Johnson Sides, who originally said they were investigat- minor injuries as small caused the accident. The U.S. Mine worked as an interpreter and “peace- ing what appeared to be a homicide plane lands on las Vegas Safety and Health Administration is golf course maker” for the U.S. Army. after deputies responding to a report investigating. The cemetery’s owner stirred up of shots fired found two victims at LAS VEGAS — A pilot and passen- controversy last year when he an- the Northwood Pines Motel in Kings ger came away with only minor inju- stretch of neVada nounced plans to dig up 1,000 graves Beach at about 4 p.m. Saturday. ries when their small plane made an highway honors fallen Blm firefighters and relocate them to make room for But the sheriff’s office said in a emergency crash-landing into a pond development. The plans were put on statement Monday afternoon a pre- on a Las Vegas golf course. WINNEMUCCA — A stretch of hold in the face of opposition from liminary investigation indicates the Las Vegas Fire and Rescue spokes- state highway in northern Nevada is family members and local residents. manager of the long-term rental mo- man Tim Szymanski says the pi- being named after two former firefight- tel shot and killed a female tenant be- lot reported that the plane’s engine ers for the U.S. Bureau of Land Man- new york kidnapping fore turning the gun on himself. failed Thursday and moments later agement who died in the line of duty. suspect arrested in Deputies say the manager showed reported that he was in the pond at Gov. Brian Sandoval joined state southern neVada up at the woman’s room, started ar- Painted Desert Golf Club. transportation officials and others PAHRUMP — A 23-year-old man guing then pulled out a gun and shot Szymanski says the pilot made a Thursday at the dedication honoring sought in connection with the disap- her. He also fired at the woman’s boy- smart, split-second decision to take Will Hawkins and Jacob O’Malley pearance of a woman in upstate New friend but missed as the boyfriend es- the plane down in an area where no along State Route 140 north of Win- York has been arrested in southern caped through a bathroom window. buildings were and no one on the nemucca near the Oregon line. Nevada on charges of kidnapping, ground would be hurt. The two men died in a single-ve- sexual assault and battery with a official: 4 inmates hurt in The pair climbed out of the plane and hicle rollover crash on the highway deadly weapon. fight at top-security ely met paramedics on a nearby street. when a tire blew out in July 2016 prison The Nye County sheriff’s office says while on a routine patrol searching they arrested Jon Turner of Elmira, ELY — A state official says a fight in names released of 2 Victims for lightning-sparked fires. New York after the 25-year-old victim a wing of Nevada’s maximum-security of fatal accident at neVada O’Malley was from Zephyr Cove mine managed to escape Thursday from a prison in Ely left four inmates injured, and Hawkins was from Reno. motel in Beatty about 120 miles (193 including two who were taken to hos- BATTLE MOUNTAIN — The Friends and family members gath- kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas. pitals in Las Vegas, 250 miles away. owner of a northern Nevada gold mine ered at Thursday’s ceremony to un- She says Turner allegedly beat and Department of Corrections spokes- where two workers were killed in a veil signs in each direction designat- choked her then left her unconscious woman Brooke Keast didn’t imme- collision involving a large haul truck ing a 12-mile stretch of State Route on a street before taking her back to diately say Friday what sparked the has released the names of the victim. 140 in their honor. 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