1.   Ranch officials have said Contreraz received a medical check shortly before his death.

2.   Ranch officials contend only one abuse claim was valid, and DES inspectors were biased and incompetent in their probe.

3.   Ranch officials did not return repeated telephone calls.

4.   Since then, ranch officials acknowledged the terrible treatment of Contreraz, dismissed personnel and closed the Oracle campus where Nick died.

5.   The show featured statements from a ranch official, and supporters and opponents of the operation.

6.   By Thursday, obscenities and lewd cartoons covered the white paint, a ranch official said Monday.