Recycled Christmas trees are a gift for community

Christmas trees are one of the recognized traditions of the holiday season. They make our homes smell lovely, we can decorate them and they provide a beautiful focal point for gifts. But what happens after the holiday season? Don’t throw your Christmas trees out to the trash this holiday season. Try something new and help reduce what is going into our public landfills.

Athletes in giving spirit

In the sports world, where athletes at virtually every level seem to possess a sense of entitlement and are selfish and spoiled, it’s refreshing to see some of them give back.

In Brief

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Mother Nature’s giving spirit helps hunters

Happy holidays to all. May the season be joyous for you and your family. And if you are one of the many who went fishing or waterfowl hunting this morning, I hope the dog house is dry and warm. You might need it.

McQueen’s York named Player of Year

McQueen football coach Ken Dalton knows what kind of player he’d want to try to build a program around.

THE HOT CORNER

Matt Youmans Review-Journal, 34-31-2 (overall record)

Injured Adams’ status in question

Throughout his career, UNLV senior guard Wink Adams always has bounced back quickly from injuries, and his resiliency is about to get tested again.

MacCall, fixture of local tennis, dies at 90

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and every other professional tennis player competing today owe George MacCall a debt of gratitude.

FISHING REPORT

* LAKE MEAD — Action for striped bass has slowed in recent days, although one angler reportedly caught 11- and 17-pound fish while trolling off of Hemenway.

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Fighters get in spirit of season

Any of them could have the spotlight to themselves. That’s how good they are.

GOP says Yucca site a solution

WASHINGTON — Fresh from their tour of Yucca Mountain earlier this month, Republican Party leaders are turning up the volume on their calls for Nevadans to reconsider the proposed nuclear waste site as a possible salve for the state’s budget woes.

Two police officers injured

Two Las Vegas police officers suffered minor injuries Wednesday during a narcotics arrest when they were struck by the suspects’ vehicle.

Happy Home This Holiday

At a time when so many seem to be losing so much — jobs, homes, even hope — Nonami Perreira feels especially lucky this holiday season to have a real home for the first time in many years.

Fredericks bidding KVBC-TV farewell

KVBC-TV, Channel 3, and weatherman John Fredericks mutually announced the end of a 12-year relationship Wednesday, a day after Fredericks shaved his head.

In Brief

RUNNING CAR

CORRECTION

The first name of Las Vegas public works spokeswoman Debby Ackerman was misspelled in a story about the F Street closure in Wednesday’s Review-Journal.

Work of art, little else

If you’ve driven past the 1400 block of Las Vegas Boulevard South in the last year, you’ve seen Wendell Edwards’ artwork.

Lace up your skates and hit the ice

Bundle up the kids and take a trip out to MonteLago Village at Lake Las Vegas in Henderson for an afternoon of ice skating.

CAROLING, VEGAS-STYLE

You certainly are a talented — not to mention, festive — bunch.

A Damn Good Time

They describe it as “Rage Against The Clashing Peppers,” but that doesn’t even begin to encapsulate the (barely) controlled chaos that is the sound of the Funkyjahpunkys. Their shows are manic outbursts of energy, their tunes are boundless and they always seem to be having the time of their lives. Read on as the band lets us in on the fun.

Palace Station brings back laughs

The laughs return to Palace Station, where the enclosed lounge reverts to stand-up comedy after tabling a big expansion into a country nightclub.

A few musical faves of the year

If Santa didn’t leave the following CDs under your Christmas tree this year, you need to find the dude.

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