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Hester Addison wipes a tear as she talks about the death of her son and husband by a drunken driver. Her daughter, Deshay Addison, also grieves for the family members lost in 1996.

Grieving family demands justice

Family members of the late James Addison and Rodrick McClure will be looking for justice today, when District Judge Michael Douglas sentences Michael Allen Thompson on a single felony count of drunken driving.
      Thompson faces between two and 20 years in prison, and if Hester Addison had it her way, he would spend all 20 years behind bars for killing her husband and son a day after Christmas in 1996.
      The accident led to the deaths of 58-year-old James Addison and the 21-year-old McClure. Thompson, originally charged with two counts of reckless driving and two counts of drunken driving, entered into a plea bargain last October.
      Nevada Highway Patrol officers said Thompson had a blood-alcohol content of 0.15, .05 more than Nevada's blood-alcohol limit, and was driving between 85 and 100 mph when he ran a red light at Paradise Road and Tropicana Avenue. Thompson's vehicle smashed into Addison's Cadillac, which slid about 90 feet into a light pole, according to officers.
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Palo Verde High finally nearing completion

When Palo Verde High School opened its doors on Aug. 25, about 1,158 students crammed its halls anxious to christen Summerlin's first public high school.
      The freshman and sophomore students arrived at a school that was little more than half-finished, marking the first time in Clark County School District history that a high school was built in phases.
      Now, more than four months after Palo Verde opened its doors, the school is nearing completion and has become a proud landmark in the master-planned Northwest community.
      "We have had our ups and downs as far as construction goes," said Terry Smith, school principal. "But the kids have been fantastic and the support we have received from the Summerlin community is overwhelming."
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