YOUR COMMUNITY SPARKS NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 Tribune northern nevada SPARKS Truckee River Operating Agreement celebrated TribuneYOURYOUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERNEWSPAPER SINCE SINCE 1910 1910 Page 3 Volume 108, Number 2 Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 95 cents SPORTS cover Story electIon Ballot question on tax hike for schools moves Reed scares forward Galena, handles Sparks Tribune Wooster A committee chaired by Page 11 former Sparks City Manager Shaun Carey has decided to proceed with placing a question on the November general election ballot seek- ing voter approval for a tax increase to generate at least $600 million to build new schools and renovate others John Byrne/Tribune in Washoe County. Kevin Marriott of Juggernaut Arms, a Sparks gun shop, displays a semi-automatic hand- The Public Schools Over- gun in the store’s newly expanded showroom. crowding and Repair Needs Committee, authorized by a law passed by the 2015 state Legislature, took the action Raiders breeze last week and will now have Gun sales sizzling in to create the details of the to pair of DI North ballot question. victories Under the law, the com- Page 12 mittee, which is indepen- wake of terrorism dent of the Washoe County School District, has the au- By Mike Henle gun sales has been at least partially because thority to ask voters to con- InSIde Sparks Tribune of the recent mass shooting in San Bernar- sider increases in five dif- dino, Calif. ferent taxes: sales, property, Weather..............................2 Gun shops in Nevada are doing brisk busi- “In California we had a mass shooting car registration, hotel rooms State Briefs.........................2 ness these days. At one store on a recent Sat- that was directed by a terrorist cell,” he said. and real-estate transfers. Library Schedule...............4 urday afternoon, the counters were backed “People want to be prepared in the event of The committee decided Pages of the Past................4 up with customers. domestic terrorism.” that the ballot question Food Nevada....................10 The reason for the steady stream of custom- Hattrup added that while many people would address either an Opinion............................16 ers is primarily the fear of terrorism. Ameri- were undecided about the issue of owning increase in the sales tax or Puzzles..............................18 cans are worried, and Nevada is eighth in the a gun before, the San Bernardino shooting property tax or both, Carey Advice..............................19 nation when it comes to gun ownership with persuaded many to take a stand when it said. Classified ads...................21 19.5 guns for every 1,000 residents. comes to protecting themselves. “We kept both of those Legal ads..........................22 Wyoming leads the country with 195.7 fire- “Before, you had many people who were two on the table because arms per 1,000 residents, according to fig- on the fence when it came to gun owner- they produce, in modest in- Follow us on ures calculated by CBS News. ship,” Hattrup said. creases, the kind of dollars Twitter: President Barack Obama’s actions regard- Hattrup said the majority of the business’s that would solve the prob- @SparksTribune ing gun control seem to have spiked action clientele is based on people who simply lem,” he said. in gun sales. Combined with the Second want to protect themselves within their own The ballot question de- Amendment giving people the right to bear home. He also added that some customers tails, including the amount arms, the nation is defending itself. are buying parts to build their own weapons. of the increase, still must be Greg Hattrup, part owner of Juggernaut Arms in Sparks, said the reason for higher > See GUN SALES, Page 9 > See TAX, Page 6 visit our new website at www.sparkstrib.com 2 Jan. 12, 2016 your Seven-day forecaSt today WedneSDAY thurSDAY frIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 41/28 45/25 40/33 45/31 48/32 46/34 46/33 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy, a Mostly cloudy A snow squall in Cloudy, a bit of Rather cloudy Overcast and chilly little rain the morning snow; cool and cool news froM around the battle born State Associated Press we’ve been,” said Canavero. “We’ve of oxygen to the brain during surgery Belinda Ann West, 58, of North Las got the tools to move the needle.” April 1 to remove her appendix and Vegas. State lawmakers increased pub- explore the cause of abdominal pain. Police said Dean was speeding Homeless man sentenced in lic school funding by $400 million The Nevada Supreme Court ruled when he lost control of the SUV. waitress slaying in 2015. They also made several re- in November that Washoe County LAS VEGAS — A homeless handy- forms, including a rule that students Family Court Judge Frances Doherty man fatally sHot in capital man has been sentenced to 42 years can no longer be promoted to fourth was too quick to reject the family’s CARSON CITY — A man has died to life in prison for bludgeoning a Las grade unless they can read. bid to keep Hailu on a ventilator and after a shooting in north Carson City. Vegas cocktail waitress to death with The report didn’t take into account intravenous fluids. The Carson City Sheriff’s Office a claw hammer in a murder-for-hire an increase in the state’s graduation The Supreme Court sent the case reports that the victim arrived at Car- plot arranged by the woman’s fire- rate, which passed 70 percent in 2015. back to Doherty for more hearings son Tahoe Regional Medical Center fighter husband. Instead, in used 2012’s 60 percent rate. about what justices acknowledged with a gunshot wound to the stom- Noel Scott Stevens’ defense attor- Most other figures used in the re- was an “extraordinarily broad stan- ach shortly after the sheriff’s office ney, Dan Silverstein, noted the sen- port came from 2014 or 2015. dard”: Whether Saint Mary’s met received reports of shots fired over- tence for the four-time convicted Although it fell to last place, Nevada’s state law requiring a finding that irre- night Monday. felon was less than the life-with- overall score slightly increased -- com- versible cessation of brain stem func- The victim was in critical condition out-parole that defendant George Mi- ing in at 65.2 versus last year’s 65.0. tions met “accepted medical stan- and was transported to Renown Med- guel Tiaffay received last month after dards” that are “uniformly applied ical Center in Reno by Care Flight. He a jury found him guilty of orchestrat- unr student dies wHile on among the states” that enact the Uni- was pronounced dead around 2 a.m. ing the scheme. life support form Determination of Death Act. Detectives are investigating the in- Stevens, 40, pleaded guilty in Janu- RENO — A private autopsy is cident as a homicide resulting from a ary 2013 to murder, conspiracy, bur- planned at hospital expense to deter- reno’s Historic post office drug transaction. glary and robbery in the September mine how a 20-year-old college fresh- gets new life Officials have not yet released the 2012 slaying of Shauna Tiaffay and man died while on life-support in the RENO — Downtown Reno’s historic identity of the victim. testified against George Tiaffay, who midst of a Nevada end-of-life court post office is buzzing with new life. authorities said was upset that his battle, the family’s lawyer and medi- The art deco building closed in former commissioner’s dui wife wanted a divorce and incensed cal center officials said. 2012, but it reopened last week with Hearing postponed that she might get his money. Aden Hailu, of Las Vegas, died a marketplace modeled off similar LAS VEGAS — Arraignment has Monday at Saint Mary’s Regional concepts in New York and San Fran- been postponed for a former Clark report: nevada last in Medical Center in Reno, having never cisco. “The Basement” includes 14 lo- County elected official facing a education among states awakened from anesthesia after sur- cal businesses in the gritty lower level drunken driving charge. LAS VEGAS — A new report has gery in April, said David O’Mara, the of the former U.S. Post office. Tom Collins didn’t appear in per- ranked Nevada dead last among the attorney representing Hailu’s father Reno developer Bernie Carter has son Monday in Las Vegas Justice states for education. and family. signed a letter of intent to lease the Court, while attorney Michael Pari- The state slipped behind Missis- Doctors at Saint Mary’s first pro- building’s grand ground floor to a na- ente sought an extra day to confirm sippi to take the last place in Educa- nounced Hailu dead May 28, but tional retail chain he’ll represent Collins in the case. tion Week’s Quality Counts report. her father, Fanuel Gebreyes, went to The judge reset the hearing for It shows Nevada performing signifi- court to delay removing her from life- 2 killed wHen suv falls off Tuesday. cantly worse than the national aver- support. overpass The 65-year-old former Democratic age in several areas, including student O’Mara said hospital officials told LAS VEGAS — Police said two state lawmaker and Clark County performance and school financing. Gebreyes on Monday that Hailu’s people died after a speeding SUV lost commissioner was arrested Dec. 11 The state earned an overall D grade heart stopped and two resuscitation control and fell off an overpass near after crashing his vehicle while leav- while the country as a whole earned attempts failed. Las Vegas. ing the National Finals Rodeo at the a C.