Monday, March 24, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
* TROOPER INJURED -- A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper was injured this morning when a suspected drunken driver ran his car into the trooper's patrol vehicle. Trooper Bruce Roper, 29, was driving into the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Pecos Road just before 6 a.m. when a 1988 Acura struck the trooper's car, said Trooper Steve Harney. "Trooper Roper had the green light," Harney said. "The other vehicle failed to stop for the red light and struck the trooper's driver's side." Roper, an eight-year NHP veteran, was taken to University Medical Center where he was in stable condition this morning with back and neck injuries. The driver of the Acura, 20-year-old David Holmes of Las Vegas, was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center on felony DUI charges.
* APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED -- Applications will be accepted through Friday from high school sophomores and juniors interested in enrolling in Community College High School. Students enrolled in the school are eligible to earn high school and college credit while attending classes at the Henderson, Cheyenne or Charleston campuses of the Community College of Southern Nevada. For more information, students may call their high school counselor or call 651-4565.
* GANGS ON AGENDA -- Gangs and bilingual education will be the topics of two parent advisory committee meetings in April for the area served by Clark County School Board member Larry Mason. The meeting on gangs is set for 7:30 p.m. April 1 at the Area Service Center, 4546 E. Charleston Blvd. The meeting focusing on bilingual education is set for 7 p.m. April 2 at Gragson Elementary School, 555 N. Honolulu St. Mason represents District D, which encompasses the central portion of Las Vegas.
* REID MAKES MOVE -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has a new address in the nation's capital. Reid's new digs are at 528 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510. His Washington telephone number remains the same: (202) 224-3542. The new office is larger. Senators are given the opportunity to move into larger offices every two years based on seniority. Reid urges Nevadans visiting Washington, D.C., to stop by his weekly "Welcome to Washington" events, which he hosts at 8:30 a.m. Thursdays. For more information, call Erin Sornberger in Reid's Washington office.
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