Saturday, March 15, 1997 To read a story, HIGHLIGHT headline and click READ. Veto bill gets cool reception Chasers take weather by storm IN BRIEF Deaths Plea bargain reached in man's death Former congressman wants ambassadorship District sets boundaries for West Middle School Community college head accepts new duties Proposed Ward Valley study sham, Wilson says Pena selects ex-Nye County consultant for chief o... Assembly bill targets abuse of seniors Police release sketch of witness Student arrested on weapons charge in Minden Woman found slain is identified Dead woman found in room Police shooting ruled justifiable Group aids rare minnow RELIGION: Religion notes ----------END----------
	Backed by a stand of palm trees with charred, blackened trunks, Trisha Hastings prepares Friday to dig up a thistle that's not native to Moapa Valley, an area ravaged by fire in 1994. Related photo: Nature Conservancy refuge manager Bruce Lund explains to volunteers Friday the importance of protecting springs like the one behind him in Moapa Valley, where a rare population of dace live. "If these weren't flowing, the Muddy River would dry up," Lund told them. (35k) Photos by Jim Laurie.	Group aids rare minnow Thirty years ago Friday, the federal government listed the Moapa dace as an endangered species because the warm springs at the headwaters of the Muddy River, 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas, was the only place on the planet the rare minnow lives.       Friday was also the 94th anniversary of the first National Wildlife Refuge -- Pelican Island, Fla., -- established by Theodore Roosevelt to protect herons, egrets and other colonial nesting birds from slaughter by market hunters. FULL TEXT Police shooting ruled justifiable Three Las Vegas police officers were justified in the shooting death of a Las Vegas man in February, an inquest jury ruled Friday.       Police shot Ryan Henderson, 20, inside his parents' home in southeast Las Vegas on Feb. 18. A Clark County coroner's inquest jury deliberated about an hour late Friday afternoon before returning its verdict of justifiable homicide. FULL TEXT
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