4 Thursday, March 27, 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
Staying in
touch...
Senator Harry Reid
REDUCING FEDERAL REGULATIONS
The Reid-Nickles Regulatory Reform Act
I count on input from my fellow
Nevadans to help me do my job. Your
calls and letters keep me and my staff
up to date as to what certain agencies
in the federal government are doing.
One of the agencies I keep a close eye
on is the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment, because they control so much
of Nevada's public lands.
I have long felt that Congress
needed to reduce the amount of regu-
lations that are issued by Washington
bureaucrats. As a result, last session
of Congress, I wrote the Reid-Nickles
Regulatory Reform Act, with Don
Nickles, head of the Republican
Policy Committee. Our landmark law
gives Congress the power to strike
down any needless regulations.
Recent actions by the Depart-
ment of Interior's BLM indicate that
my law is well-timed. I have been
concerned about two sets of regula-
tions proposed by the Clinton Ad-
ministration which could have a dev-
astating impact on life in rural Ne-
vada. Using the threat of my Regula-
tory Reform Act, I rounded up sup-
port from other western Senators.
We recently managed to kill one set
dealing with BLM law enforcement
powers. We still have more work to
do.
Late last year, the BLM pro-
posed a set of law enforcement regu-
lations which would have signifi-
cantly broadened the agency' s power
to determine and punish criminal of-
fenses. With close to 90 percent of
Nevada lands under federal control,
we must be vigilant in how much
power the federal government has
over Nevadans. I urged top officials
in the Interior Department to scrap
these regulations before the Senate
did it for them. They listened and
pulled the regulations on March 1 l,
1997.
The BLM law enforcement regu-
lations infringed on our freedom and
liberties. The proposed 3809 regula-
tions that Interior Secretary Babbitt
is proposing for the mining industry
will hit us right in our pocketbooks.
With the price of gold falling and
some claims being shut down, the
last thing Nevada miners need is new
federal regulations.
Any "modernization" of the rules
should be done with input from people
who understand and work in the in-
dustry. We all agree there is a need
for mining law reform in this coun-
try, but the Administration needs to
work with western Congressmen, in-
stead of trying to go around us,
In the coming days, I will con-
tinue discussions with the Depart-
ment of Interior about the mining
regulations. Thanks to our Regula-
tory Reform Act, Nevada's bargain-
ing position has gotten a lot stronger,
and I am hopeful we can persuade
Interior to withdraw these controver-
sial regulations, just as we did the
BLM law enforcement regulations.
Jerusha Caliguire of Sarcobattus Flats
Wins Nevada State Spelling Bee
BEATTY-Jerusha
Caligiuri, 13, from
Saccabatus Flats took top
honors in the recent Nevada
state spelling bee at UNLV in
Las Vegas when she correctly
spelled the word "circumlo-
cution "- the use of an un-
necessarily large number of
words to express an idea and
then spelled the word "taunt"
correctly when Scott Allison,
a Henderson eight-grader
missed it.
The shy seventh-grader
survived a grueling 23
rounds of word competition
to emerge Nevada's top
speller. Her two-tiered trophy
is nearly as tall as she.
All sixth, seventh and eight
graders plus several home-
schooled students, won their
individual County contests.
The contestants had only a
few weeks to study the 500
words in the Sponsor Bee
Guide.
Clint Karlsen/Review-Joumal
Seventh-grader Jerusha Caligiuri of Beatty ac-
cepts the first-place trophy in the Nevada State
Spelling Bee from Pronouncer Matthew Cun-
ningham Saturday at UNLV.
She said the guide was her constant companion on the 20 plus mile daily ride on the llye
County School bus from home to the mid-Nye County Community.
When only 15 spellers were left, it was nail-biting time for parents. Mothers, who had
spent hours reading the words for their children clasped their hands tightly and breathed
sighs of relief after the correct spelling of each word. Some parents videotaped the competi-
tion, while one mother knitted a sweater during the morning long session.
Other finalists who received trophies Saturday were C. J. Bridges of Churchill County;
Matt Austin and Leah Burton of Douglas County; Charles Culverwell of Lincoln County;
and Eva LaValley of Washoe County,
The state bee was sponsored by the Donrey Media Group of Nevada, publishers of the
Review Journal, which graciously provided the accompanying photograph.
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