Reporters’ Notebook

JOHN 3:16 COOK, WHO IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR of North Las Vegas, is making some unconventional campaign promises. Under "other information of interest to voters" on his candidate fact sheet, Cook, a colorful street preacher, advocate for the homeless and frequent political candidate, also known for his marriage to local witch Magickal Marissa, wrote: "I will marry, bury & baptize all!"

LYNNETTE CURTIS

OVERHEARD ON THE SCANNER: "He can stop, drop and roll all he wants. It ain't gonna work."

HENDERSON MAYOR JIM GIBSON, who is prevented from running again because of term limits, delivered his final State of the City address on Thursday.

Afterward, he was presented with a plaque featuring photos of him during his 11 previous State of the City speeches.

As he looked at the display, Gibson said he was glad to see he didn't wear the same tie every time.

"The other thing about it," he said, "it does document the aging process."

HENRY BREAN

DURING THE RECENT TRIAL OF THE MAN ACCUSED of shooting police officers during a 2007 stand-off, an attorney listed the drugs defendant Terry Dixon was under the influence of at the time: crack, cocaine, marijuana and possibly heroin.

To calm him down, Dixon's mother went to the store and bought him a bottle of vodka.

"Probably not the best idea," said Nadine Morton, Dixon's attorney.

Dixon injured three police officers.

DAVID KIHARA

HIGHER EDUCATION REGENT JACK SCHOFIELD asked for a little me time during Thursday's Board of Regents meeting to deliver an important message -- in person.

"Someone hacked my e-mail," he reported. The hacker sent out an e-mail in Schofield's name asking for $3,500 so he could buy airfare back to the United States from Malaysia.

"I'm telling you this," said Schofield, a World War II pilot, longtime educator and local businessman, "because I don't want you to send me $3,500. I don't need it."

RICHARD LAKE

HE'S CALLED "THE GREAT ABSTAINER." David Steinman, the interim Las Vegas Ward 4 councilman, has had to abstain from many votes since stepping into the seat because he came to the council from the Las Vegas Planning Commission, where he voted on items that subsequently came before the City Council. Most of that backlog has been cleared, but there were still some items Wednesday that he couldn't vote on, and he caught grief for each one.

"There are some people who've been on the council for 15 years and they haven't abstained as much as you have today," Mayor Oscar Goodman said.

"The lawyers are tying my hands," Steinman said.

"Is he getting paid?" asked Goodman.

When Steinman said, "No paycheck yet," Goodman responded, "And properly so!"

ALAN CHOATE