Reporters’ Notebook

BOB BEERS, THE BOMBASTIC REPUBLICAN who lost his state Senate seat to a marketing expert, is looking for something to do. He's been bored. He doesn't want his political career to end. He's trying to get appointed to the Board of Regents, which governs the state's universities, but that prospect remains uncertain.

So, what's he been up to for the last week or so?

"Reading," he said.

He recommended a novel by Ken Follett, the best-selling author of thrillers and historical fiction. It's called "World Without End."

It's a sequel.

RICHARD LAKE

SOME LOCAL NEWSCASTERS AREN'T AFRAID to use air time to plug other shows on their networks.

KVVU-TV, Channel 5, staffer Bob DeNinnis managed to slip a promo into a recent report about two bodies that were found in a burned-out vehicle in the southwest valley.

"The scene discovered Tuesday is very similar to one featured on the show 'Bones,' seen on Fox 5," DeNinnis said.

HENRY BREAN

AFTER A CEREMONY HONORING HIM before Thursday's Regional Transportation Commission meeting, Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury offered his humble thanks. Still, he seemed unconvinced that he deserved the praise, since he isn't an engineer.

"I never learned how to do anything useful, so I became a lawyer and a politician," Woodbury said.

The commissioner then bowed slightly to attorney and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, who was seated next to him.

FRANCIS McCABE

MAYOR GOODMAN PASSED OUT HIS CUSTOM "good luck" mayor chips last week to a group of soldiers visiting from San Diego who were the city's special guests for the Veterans Day parade. Then he issued a "deny all knowledge" order.

"If you get arrested trying to play these at the tables," he said, "please tell them that Steve Wynn gave them to you."

ALAN CHOATE

NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO and Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno Manjarrez have yet to reschedule a signing ceremony for a new information-sharing agreement meant to help combat organized crime on both sides of the border.

It now looks like the ceremony might take place in December.

According to a statement from Masto's office, the original event, set for Nov. 7 in Las Vegas, was called off "due to the unfortunate rash of killings that occurred in Baja this week."

HENRY BREAN