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NO FOOTBALL FEVER:
Super Bore It only seems like everyone, everywhere, will be glued to today's Super Bowl. Even in a sports-obsessed town like ours, there are plenty who consider this just another Sunday to shop, work out or play bingo. Perhaps even better.
TAKE A SPIN EDITOR'S NOTE: Strip Tips is a new Sunday series beginning today that highlights attractions and activities on the Las Vegas Strip.
LIVING DIGEST
NO FOOTBALL FEVER:
Super Bore It only seems like everyone, everywhere, will be glued to today's Super Bowl. Even in a sports-obsessed town like ours, there are plenty who consider this just another Sunday to shop, work out or play bingo. Perhaps even better.
Construction for tram at Jackson Hole resort gets OK JACKSON, Wyo. -- Bridger-Teton National Forest has approved construction of a new tram at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, according to the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
Down Syndrome organization works to build awareness More than 700 families receive support and therapy from the Down Syndrome Organization of Southern Nevada. The problem is that nearly 15,000 locals have the condition.
MIKE WEATHERFORD:
Numbers game tricky business For some movie fans, learning "Epic Movie" was last weekend's top-grosser, with a take of $18.6 million, was of more interest than seeing the dumb thing.
MAMMOTH:
Going Upscale It's amazing how quickly things can change in Mammoth Lakes. My husband and I were at the central California mountain resort in March 2006 for some spring skiing and had lovely sunny weather one day and cold, windy, white-out conditions the next.
TRIP OF THE WEEK:
Beatty area provides lots to see for history buffs Ghost town buffs find fascinating remains of mining towns and camps that thrived a century ago around Beatty, located 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas on US 95. The sole survivor of the mining frenzy in the early 1900s that drew thousands of hopefuls seeking fortune on the desert, Beatty grew up as a supply center to area mines and ranches.
SUPPORT GROUPS The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill has weekly support groups at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at its clinic, 1590 W. Sunset Road, and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, 6161 W. Charleston Blvd., Building 1 (310-5764).
TAKE A SPIN EDITOR'S NOTE: Strip Tips is a new Sunday series beginning today that highlights attractions and activities on the Las Vegas Strip.
