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1 WEATHER A3 OBITUARIES A4 OPINION A7 HEALTH A8 SPORTS B1 COMICS B7 $1.50 Volume 134, Issue 197 A Lee Enterprises Newspaper Copyright 2017 Follow us online: facebook.com/elkodaily twitter.com@ElkoDaily Keep on top of the local news by checking out the list of our ve most widely read stories AT ELKODAILY.COM DISCOVER DIGITAL PARTLY CLOUDY 51 29 ForECasT, a3 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2017 elkodaily.com PINK FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS KEN RITTER AND MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press LAS VEGAS The Las Vegas gunman planned his massacre so meticulously that he even set up cameras inside his high-rise hotel room and on a service cart outside his door, apparently to spot anyone coming for him, the sheri said Tuesday. Meanwhile, Sheri Joseph Lombardo named the girlfriend as a of inter- and said the FBI is bringing her back to the U.S. for ques- tioning as investigators try to determine why Stephen Paddock killed 59 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Investigators have been speak- ing with Marilou Danley, who is traveling in the Philippines, and anticipate some informa- tion from her Lombardo said.

Lombardo said he is dent authorities will nd out what set Pad- dock, a 64-year-old high-stakes gambler and retired accountant who killed himself before police stormed his oor room. The cameras Paddock set up at the Mandalay Bay hotel casino were part of the extensive prepa- rations that included stockpiling nearly two dozen guns before opening re from his perch on the closing night of a three-day country music festival below. anticipate he was looking for anybody coming to take him into Lombardo said. During the Sunday night ram- page, a hotel security guard who approached the room was shot through the door and wounded TONI R. MILANO ELKO Some elementary school children are getting in- troduced to geology this fall in a unique way.

Instead of using workbooks and pop quizzes as learning ma- terials, students are learning basic geology through acting exercises and fun skits as part of Get in the Act, a hands-on, dra- matization workshop created by Gary and Diane Handzel. Since 2013, the Handzels have visited elementary schools in Elko, Spring Creek, Battle Moun- tain and Winnemucca, teaching second- and fourth-graders ba- sic geology. Diane Handzel, the lead teacher, warms up the students by practicing accents and ex- ercises before directing small groups in stories that were les- sons in rocks, minerals or soil. Tuesday morning, children in Mary second-grade class participated in skits that acted out mountain climbing and walking on hot sand to a lake. After each skit, the students were asked by Diane to identify the various rocks mentioned in the story.

Using a fairy tale theme, the second-graders ed di er- ent textures of rock. After a pre- historic skit, Diane taught about minerals found in everyday items such as salt and copper. The lessons are coordinated with Nevada Department of Education standards and Next Generation science standards, program manager Gary Handzel said. Get in the Act started their workshops at Grammar No. 2 last week, and are visiting Southside Elementary School this week.

In the next two weeks, they will visit Mountain View and Sage Elementary schools. Because schools typically spend as much time with Science Theater puts everyone into the act Vegas gunman set up cameras ELKO DAILY ELKO The Elko Daily Free Press was honored Saturday with more than two dozen awards from the Nevada Press Association, including rst place in General Excellence. paper serves the com- munity well with local news and good choices of wire said the judges in a statement. loved the Pigskin Picks for high school The awards were presented at the annual banquet at the Carson Nugget. The Elko Daily won rst, second and third places for its breaking news coverage in the intermediate division.

Former sta er Marianne Kobak McK- own won rst for her article on the February 2017 ood; editor Je ry Mullins and for- mer reporter Cynthia Delaney took second for their article on the fatal crash of a medical transport plane; and former reporter Fallon Godwin-But- ler won third for her coverage of the hit-and-run death of a bank executive. writing in all said the judges. First-place awards went to sports editor Anthony Mori for sports feature writing, Mullins for editorial writing and Mc- Kown for best entertainment writing. Nancy Streets, Kas- sidy Arbillaga, Betti Magney and Lizz Todd won rst place for best advertising innova- tion. Todd also won rst place for best print ad, and columnist Larry Hys- lop won rst place for best lo- cal nonsta column.

The newspaper also won rst place for Best Website. The Elko Daily took second place in the First Amendment category for its coverage and editorial on a controversy over Elko process of hir- ing a public defender, and third place in Community Service for its Elko 100 series of cen- tennial biographies. Other awards included Mc- Kown, third place in feature writing; Adella Harding, third Elko Daily honored for excellence ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS advertising director nancy streets and correspondent cynthia delaney hold some of the awards that were presented to the newspaper saturday night during the annual nevada Press association banquet. Planned massacre with surveillance inside and outside of room GREGORY BULL, ASSOCIATED PRESS Kris delarosby, right, and colleen anderson, left, hold charleen Jochim, center, as they walk toward a hospital tuesday in search of information about a missing friend in Las Vegas. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS Investigators walk through debris on festival grounds across the street from the Mandalay bay resort and casino on tuesday in Las Vegas.

authorities said stephen craig Paddock broke windows on the casino and began ring with a cache of weapons, killing dozens and injuring hundreds at the festival. Please see AWARDS, Page A2 Please see VEGAS, Page A2 Please see SCIENCE, Page A2.