TELEPHONE TRENDS:
Cutting the Cord You can't reach Jessica Hirshon via her land line. Like a growing number of Las Vegans, she disconnected it last year.
Habitat gets an NBA assist Someday, not very long from now, Geisell Ayala might answer a knock on her door and find NBA legend Bob Lanier or WNBA great Sheryl Swoopes on the other side, stopping by just to say hello.
LIVING DIGEST
TELEPHONE TRENDS:
Cutting the Cord You can't reach Jessica Hirshon via her land line. Like a growing number of Las Vegans, she disconnected it last year.
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).
TRIP OF THE WEEK:
Calico Ghost Town lets visitors step back into the past Yesteryear comes alive in Calico Ghost Town, a 480-acre San Bernardino County regional park near Barstow, Calif. Young and old alike feel the pull of bygone days as they explore the restored 1880s silver mining boom town. Nestled against the Calico Hills, the old town lies in the Mojave Desert about 150 miles from Las Vegas off Interstate 15.
HUMAN MATTERS:
'American Idol' turns humiliation into entertainment It's 1977. I'm in the student recreation center at Northern Arizona University. I'm in heaven, which means I'm absorbed in a ferocious pick-up basketball game with the NAU varsity men's team. The NCAA won't allow official practice to begin until Oct. 15, so the team is just unofficially trying to kill one another until then. Gawd, I love this game.
More than Meets the Eye SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Known for being the state's capital and for not much else, "River City" (occasionally referred to as "Sack o' Tomatoes" or "Sacred Tomato") often is passed through by tourists on the go between the Bay Area and Lake Tahoe. Why stop here unless the tank's getting low?
Arts center hosts women's conference Women are invited to attend the fifth annual Find Your Sacred Space Expo 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 3 at the West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
Bluegrass group sets concert Hit and Run Bluegrass will perform 7 p.m. Saturday in the ballroom of the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave.
Habitat gets an NBA assist Someday, not very long from now, Geisell Ayala might answer a knock on her door and find NBA legend Bob Lanier or WNBA great Sheryl Swoopes on the other side, stopping by just to say hello.
