northERN NEvaDa SPARKS As demand for homes increase, so do the prices YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 Page 3 TribuneSERVING SPARKS SINCE 1910 Volume 110, Number 3 Wednesday, January 17, 2018 $1.00 SPORTS Sparks on the Rise Reed falls to Reno; Cougs continue to surge Page 6 John Byrne/Tribune The Waterfront at the Marina is one of many projects that’s currently under construction in downtown Sparks. The Nevada blasts luxury apartment building is walking distance from the Outlets at Legends and many units will have spectacular views Utah State at of the water. home, 83-57 Page 7 From luxury apartments to entertainment and shopping, downtown continues to flourish INSIDE ments and retail complex. on. However, they are hoping to start Weather...............................2 By Kayla Anderson Sparks Tribune Silverwing recently completed a leasing the north side of the Bridges in State Briefs..........................2 bridge connecting the top of a mul- March-April with move-in sometime in Nevada History..................5 You may have noticed a lot of activity tistory parking garage to the north June. Opinion..............................8 with construction projects happening Bridges building, which should help “We’ll see how the South building Puzzles..............................11 in Victorian Square and other parts of even out cars as tenants will probably progresses, we started fourth level Advice...............................12 Sparks lately. Here are some of the ma- want to park close to the top floors and framing…it’s coming along,” says Sil- Classified Ads..................13 jor developments going on and when take the bridge as moviegoers will prob- verwing Development President J Legals................................14 they are expected to be completed: ably want to park closer to the theater. Carter Witt. “Those units are slightly Workers started installing sheetrock larger, more up-to-scale than Fountain- The Bridges in VicTorian for the interior and stucco siding on the house,” he adds. Follow us on square exterior of the connected building, so Twitter: In downtown Sparks, Silverwing you may have noticed scaffolding that new MoVie TheaTer To open @SparksTribune Development completed and is cur- will be up until April. This suMMer rently leasing Fountainhouse apart- The development group is not sure According to Witt, owners of the old ments. Still in the process of building when they will start occupying the movie theater just completed its last The Bridges, Silverwing Development South Bridges building as that is where demolition and the interior is wiped is waiting for the new Galaxy Luxury most of the amenities are (like the gym, out. It is rumored that they are still movie theater to open to coincide with clubhouse, atriums, and dog grooming the release of its 194-unit luxury apart- center) and construction is still going > See DOWNTOWN, Page 4 SPARKS Get the digital edition. SEE MORE sparkstrib.com Tribune News | Sports | Trending Now Your Community Newspaper Since 1910 ONLINE! 2 Jan. 17, 2018 yOuR SEvEN-Day fOREcast WEDNESDAY ThuRSDAY fRIDAY SaTuRDAY SuNDAY MONDAY Tuesday 59/40 55/31 41/23 41/23 43/26 46/25 44/20 Periods of Rain; breezy in the Cooler with snow Chilly with clouds A little afternoon Clouds and sun, Snow possible in sunshine afternoon at times and sun rain snow showers the morning NEvaDa news bRIEfS Associated Press says firefighters responded to the fire Lombardo says the news confer- died this flu season dating to Oct. 1. at the Stodick Apartments at about ence will provide additional informa- The most recent deaths were re- 2:40 p.m. Sunday. tion but not “a keystone” about why ported last week. sheriff’s depuTy shooTs Man They say the burn victim was Paddock did what he did. The department says over the past wiTh BBq skewer in norTh transported by helicopter to Renown Documents released Friday by fed- week, 71 patients were hospitalized Tahoe Medical Center in Reno. eral prosecutors under court order for influenza and 14 were sent to RENO — An officer-involved His name had not been released didn’t reveal Paddock’s motivation. the intensive care units in Washoe shooting investigation is under way and his condition was not known on County hospitals. at Lake Tahoe after a California sher- Monday. swarM of nearly 100 sMall It says 28 of those patients became iff’s deputy shot a man who allegedly The sheriff says firefighters extin- earThquakes shake souTh ill even though they had been vacci- reno tried to stab him with a large metal guished an appliance fire and deter- nated. barbecue skewer. mined the blaze originated from a bu- RENO — A swarm of nearly 100 Placer County Sheriff’s Lt. Andrew tane hash oil extraction process. small earthquakes has been shaking housing deparTMenT giVes Scott says the incident occurred at Sgt. Bernadette Smith says the pro- the ground in northern Nevada but neVada $16M for hoMeless assisTance about 4 a.m. Sunday on the lake’s cess of extracting highly potent TCH experts say they’ve been so tiny most north shore where the deputy was with butane is very volatile and likely people didn’t even notice. CARSON CITY — The Department responding to a 911 call about a man to cause an explosion. She says an in- The University of Nevada, Reno’s of Housing and Urban Development acting “bizarre” at a home in Carne- vestigation is continuing and crimi- Seismological Laboratory say more has given 49 Nevada organizations lian Bay about 5 miles (8 kilometers) nal charges are pending. than 90 events were confirmed on nearly $16 million for homeless assis- southwest of the Nevada-California the south edge of town between 10:30 tance. line. sheriff expecTs To hold p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. Friday in About $14 million went to southern The suspect was flown to Renown news conference on Vegas an area where the Mount Rose High- Nevada. shooTing Regional Medical center where his way intersects with U.S. Interstate The remaining $1.7 million went to name and condition have not been LAS VEGAS — Clark County 580. Washoe County in the northern part released. Sheriff Joe Lombardo says he an- The largest was a magnitude 2.6. of the state. The deputy wasn’t hurt. ticipates holding a news conference There have been no reports of dam- Julianna Glock with Volunteers of Scott says the suspect answered the in about a week regarding the in- age and fewer than 40 people have re- America in Northern Nevada, an or- door with the metal skewer, refused vestigation into the deadliest mass ported feeling them on the lab’s web ganization that works with the home- repeated commands to drop it, then shooting in recent U.S. history but site. less, says the money will go toward lunged at the deputy. He says the dep- that he doesn’t expect the update to Ken Smith, the lab’s associate di- helping people find housing, sup- uty “stopped the threat with his ser- include shooter Stephen Paddock’s rector, says they are monitoring the portive services and mental health vice weapon.” motive. situation closely and updating local services. The investigation is continuing. The Las Vegas Review-Journal re- emergency management officials in The money was part of federal ports that Lombardo said at a law case the sequence evolves to a larger, grants totaling $2 billion to support neVadan Man hurT in hash oil enforcement appreciation event Sat- damaging earthquake. homeless assistance programs na- fire explosion urday that his department is trans- tionwide. GARDNERVILLE — A northern parent and “not hiding anything 2 More flu deaThs Bring California received the largest Nevada man has been hospitalized from anybody” about the Oct. 1 at- ToTal To 7 in washoe counTy share of the grant money, $382.56 with third-degree burns after au- tack. RENO — Washoe County health million. thorities say a fire broke out at an Paddock killed 58 people and in- officials have confirmed two more The housing department esti- apartment in Gardnerville where jured hundreds more while firing flu-related deaths. mates that the number of people ex- he was trying to manufacture hash from the Mandalay Bay Resort’s 32nd The health district said in a report periencing long term, chronic home- oil. floor before killing himself as police released Thursday that a total of lessness, including veterans, has The Douglas County sheriff’s office stormed the suite. seven Washoe County residents have increased. 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Jan. 17, 2018 3 As demand for homes increase in Northern Nevada, so do the prices By Kayla Anderson complexes are being built Sparks Tribune over by The Legends outlets, Sparks Marina, and Victo- Reno-Sparks isn’t a well- rian Square, Moore predicts kept secret anymore, as the that home and condo prices real estate market is show- will go up 4-6 percent.