business SPARKS Local store has what it takes to survive YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1910 TribuneSERVING SPARKS SINCE 1910 Page 3 Volume 109, Number 36 Wednesday, September 6, 2017 $1.00 SPORTS BEST IN THE WEST Nevada gives Northwestern a scare in opener Page 6 John Byrne photos/Tribune Lines were long in Victorian Square on Monday during the final day of the Nugget Best in the West Rib Cook-Off. Cougs open league play with win at Wooster Large crowds fill Page 8 Victorian Square for INSIDE annual rib cook-off Weather...............................2 By Kayla Anderson State Briefs..........................2 Sparks Tribune Opinion............................12 After six days of cruising the streets of Victorian Square Puzzles..............................15 taste testing the Best in the West of barbecued ribs, the panel Advice...............................16 of judges reached a conclusion on who should win the first Classified Ads..................17 place $10,000 cash prize for best ribs. The 13-person panel Legals................................18 which included local food critics, Sparks city officials, and people in the media who chose their favorite ribs in a dou- ble-blind judging process where no one knew which ribs be- longed to which cooker (not even the Rib Cook-Off staff). Judges were not allowed to sample the ribs before Sunday Follow us on to keep their palates fair and unbiased by relying solely on Twitter: taste, appearance and texture. Judges awarded a number of @SparksTribune points per rack of ribs and then the points were aggregated and averaged out to determine the highest scores. “The judges have no idea what ribs they are tasting,” says A rib cook-off attendee enjoys his share of ribs on Mon- Nugget Casino Resort Director of Marketing and Communi- day afternoon. Chicago BBQ Company took home the top prize of $10,000. > See RIBS, Page 4 HAPPY HOUR 15 Rotating Taps of Beer. Whiskey & Bites. DAILY 840 Victorian Avenue, Sparks from 3 to 6 p.m. 2 Sept. 6, 2017 yOuR SEvEN-Day fOREcast WEDNESDAY THuRSDAY fRIDAY SaTuRDAY SuNDAY MONDAY Tuesday 89/59 84/58 80/56 83/59 88/61 86/51 90/44 A p.m. t-storm in Mostly sunny Partly sunny Sunshine and Some sun Sun and some Partly sunny and spots patchy clouds clouds warm NEvaDa news bRIEfS Associated Press to $8.25 an hour or a dollar less if the rated one or two stars, Canavero said. sion imposed in December on Good- company offers health insurance. While the goal of the new system is springs Township Justice of the Peace Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval ve- to grade schools on a more rigorous Dawn Haviland from paid to unpaid, UNR stUdeNts stay at casiNo toed a proposal to raise the minimum scale, districts maintained that the and extended it for another year. dUe to coNstructioN delay wage this year, saying it would have preliminary ratings did not reflect The panel said Tuesday that Havi- RENO — Hundreds of University threatened to undermine the state’s school quality. land has to complete judicial educa- of Nevada, Reno students are living economic recovery. tion courses, and will have a judicial at a casino or elsewhere while crews toxic algae discoveRed iN monitor overseeing her actions for a finish construction on the apartment Nevada edUcatioN wateRways off lake tahoe year after she returns to the bench. complex they are supposed to have depaRtMeNt postpoNes SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Water Haviland’s current six-year term school RatiNgs Release already moved into. officials are continuing to monitor expires in 2018. The complex called Identity Reno RENO — The Nevada Department toxic blue-green algae that developed Her defense attorney, Al Marquis, gave the students two alternative liv- of Education is postponing the re- in several waterways in a residential didn’t respond Thursday to messages ing options: Finding their own place lease of its new school rating system community in South Lake Tahoe. seeking comment. He pointed in- plus a $200 per day gift card or stay- after districts complained that the The algae discovered in recent stead to documents he filed in March ing at Circus Circus in downtown preliminary numbers don’t seem to weeks caused officials to post signs denying allegations against her. Reno for free, plus a $100 per day gift make sense. warning residents to stay away from Goodsprings is a former mining card. State Superintendent of Instruction the water. Tahoe Keys Property town of about 200 residents about Identity Reno was supposed to be Steve Canavero says the department Owners Association’s water quality 40 miles (64 kilometers) southwest of completed by Aug. 24, but that date needs more time to review technical team tested the water and found low Las Vegas. has been pushed back weeks depend- changes to ensure the framework is levels of toxins Anatoxin-A and mi- ing on which floor the student lives accurate. He says the Sept. 15 release crocystins. feds sUe claRk coUNty oveR on. Tenants were informed earlier date has been pushed back to Decem- The Lahontan Water Board ran ad- las vegas stRip golf coURse ReNt this week that move-in was pushed ber. ditional tests that supported the re- back even further than they were ini- School districts have been con- sults. Doug Smith, the board’s super- LAS VEGAS — Federal authori- tially told. cerned about the new rating system vising engineering geologist, says a ties are suing Las Vegas officials over for months. Officials in Clark and combination of warm temperatures, what they claim is underpaid rent for MiNiMUM-wage activists Washoe counties have warned that sunlight and nutrient-rich water can a golf course on the Strip. Rally foR laboR day pRotest many schools would see their ratings cause a rapid growth of the algae. The Las Vegas Review-Journal re- LAS VEGAS — Activists calling decline. The algae’s toxins can cause illness in ports that the federal lawsuit was for a minimum-wage increase have The Nevada Association of School both people and animals. filed Friday against Clark County. gathered for Labor Day protests in Superintendents said in a letter to Smith says he recommends the The Justice Department had ear- Las Vegas. Canavero that the preliminary data Property Owners Association keep lier issued a warning that the county KLAS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2i- confirmed those fears. They said the the warning signs in place as the al- owed them $75.5 million in underpaid Y4ee7) that a Monday rally at a Mc- ratings “thrust star classifications gae is monitored. rent for the Bali Hai Golf Club, which Donald’s restaurant was one of 300 dramatically downward for no evi- sits on land owned by the Bureau of planned across the country support- dence-based reason.” ethics paNel sUspeNds sMall Land Management. ing a minimum-wage hike to $15 an The letter complained that the towN Nevada jUdge withoUt Clark County has for years man- pay hour. ratings should better differentiate aged the property and since 2011 Fast food worker Harold Carnes schools’ performances. LAS VEGAS — A state judicial leased it to the well-connected devel- says people are staying in jobs like “A school should expect to gain rea- oversight panel has increased sanc- oper Bill Waters for $100,000 annu- his longer because the economy has sonable points for reasonable gains,” tions on a small-town Nevada judge ally. changed, but low salaries leave fam- it said. accused of ethical lapses and abuse of Federal officials say that rent is far ilies struggling. Preliminary data had schools — power after 17 years on the bench. below the fair market value, which The last minimum wage hike in Ne- including many in Washoe County The Nevada Commission on Judi- violates the Southern Nevada Public vada was in 2011, when it was raised School District — disproportionately cial Discipline upgraded a suspen- Land Management Act. 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For subscription prices, please call 358-8062, ext. 7. Sept. 6, 2017 3 business Local store has what it takes to survive By Kayla Anderson and compact in your car,” he Sparks Tribune says. Prep And Save carries Six years ago when Keith a large variety of survival Hillen was having a casual foods with a 30-year shelf life conversation with Paul Lis- and is able to build custom- sard he asked him what he ized survival kits for certain did for a living. Lissard re- types of situations. sponded by saying that he “If you want a kit put to- was a “prepper”. Not know- gether then we can do it ing what that meant, Lessard in-house with just the ma- told him that he actively pre- terials you want so that you pared for emergencies and don’t have to worry about natural disasters by building throwing anything away that survival kits for any type of you won’t use,” says Lessard.