Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Ormsby House owner Don Lehr, left, and Chief Engineer James Estes talk Tuesday afternoon about the structural problems with the historic Jack's Bar building. Lehr had a steel cable installed to help hold up the south wall.

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Can (or should) Jack's Bar be saved?

Don Lehr stuck a pocket knife into a bare wall inside Jack's Bar on South Carson Street. He drilled the knife tip into the material holding the sandstone wall together - at first it didn't look like he was going to get very far.

• By ncs-import
• May 21, 2006