Failed government promise? Who could have guessed?

To the editor: I am shocked the state is having problems funding the Millennium Scholarship. Kenny Guinn promised us a decade ago that it would all be paid by the tobacco companies, and no taxpayer money would be needed. Could it be the political class lied to us?

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

World Cup semis: One classic matchup, one with the Dutch

An absolute mismatch and a potential classic. That’s what the World Cup has delivered us as Netherlands takes on Uruguay on Tuesday and Germany squares off with Spain on Wednesday in the tournament semifinals.

IN BRIEF

A person familiar with the decision said Damon Evans is out as Georgia’s athletic director.

RANKING THE REBELS: 43 – Odis Allison

Odis Allison: Years: 1969 to 1971, Career highlights: Scored 857 points in 48 games, and his career average of 17.8 ranks 10th in UNLV history.

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BASEBALL

Fundraiser turned wild at prison, reports suggest

CARSON CITY –– State prison officials are investigating reports that a fund­raiser at the Nevada State Prison featured scantily clad female band members and a motorcycle that was brought into the yard for inmate pictures.

Boat hits, kills inner tube rider

Police are seeking the operator of a boat that struck and killed a man on an inner tube Saturday afternoon on the California side of Lake Havasu.

Patient wins battle with H1N1

Dallas Carothers is back working as a salesman at Artistic Iron Works after a life-threatening three-month battle with the H1N1 flu virus. But he is pushing hardest for people to get vaccinated for H1N1. “I’d hate to see anyone go through what I’ve been through,” he said.

Boat hits, kills man at Lake Havasu

KINGMAN, Ariz.– Police are seeking the operator of a boat that struck and killed a man on an inner tube Saturday afternoon on the California side of Lake Havasu.