: I have a house that I rent to a family with small children. In the bathroom (coincidentally where the children take their baths), I have water damage along both sides of the tub down to the floor. I have had the damage repaired, but what can I do to prevent this from happening again?
“The adventure of the sun is the great natural drama by which we live, and not to have joy in it and awe of it, not to share in it, is to close a full door on nature’s sustaining and poetic spirit.” Henry Beston (1888-1968), American writer and naturalist, “Midwinter,” “The Outermost House” (1928)
: I have a mature lemon tree with discolored leaves. The edges of the leaf have yellowed and the rest of the leaf is green. The leaves have been in this condition for years. I have had very good lemon crops every year except when the wind blows the blossoms off. I deep water once a week during the summer. The tree appears to be very healthy except for the yellowed edges of the leaves; can you help me with this problem?
Winter, spring, summer or fall. Regardless of the season or the reason, you’re sure to find something special to decorate your home from Katherine’s Collection at Silver Lake.
The New York Yankees freely exploit the liberty to sign free-agent players but might not be as eager to bestow freedom upon fans.
Patience always has been a significant part of fishing, and despite modern technology, it probably always will be. But there are times when the need for patience extends well beyond waiting for a fish to take your bait. Sometimes you have to be patient with the people who share your local fishing hole
• LAKE MEAD — Due to changing weather patterns, fishing has been slow, though some anglers have landed stripers and catfish in the Vegas Bay Arm around Government Wash. Cut baits such as anchovies, sardines and squid have been catching fish. Boulder Beach has been slow for shore anglers. In the Overton Arm, anglers have found some largemouth bass near Stewart’s Point.
Ken Walker seems like a nice fellow. He speaks with one of those engaging Texas drawls that he says is handed down from his Mama, where syllables are either dropped or overstressed, the kind you never tire of hearing.
Two of Bishop Gorman’s five major college football prospects brought an early end to the recruiting process in the past week.
• BONANZA — Baseball player Kris Bryant hit three home runs in the Blazer Spring Bash.
Christian Augustin insists his Shadow Ridge boys volleyball team isn’t focused on wins and losses.
Every once in a while, the baseball gods intervene and shine good fortune on one lucky team. It was Sierra Vista’s turn Wednesday.
For the second straight game, the Wranglers skated to a 2-0 lead over Bakersfield in the ECHL Pacific Division semifinals. Just like the first time, they wasted the lead and suffered a disheartening loss.
CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers voted Wednesday to accept $35 million in federal stimulus funds for K-12 schools that have a high percentage of students from low-income families.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a message for anyone thinking of taking him on: It’s going to be expensive.
When the Findlay Prep boys basketball team captured the National High School Invitational championship April 5, it brought the third-year program the closest thing in existence to a national title.
Thousands of people, many waving hand-painted signs and American flags, held tax day “tea parties” Wednesday in Las Vegas and Carson City as part of a nationwide movement to protest what they consider excessive government spending.
CARSON CITY — Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., a longtime state legislative leader before winning her U.S. House seat last year, said Wednesday that state lawmakers should take all the federal stimulus funds they can get to ensure that essential services aren’t wiped out.
With White House puparazzi chasing their tails to get photos of first dog Bo, for Bo Diddley, we checked to see what names local celebrities gave their pets.
A nonprofit group got Las Vegas’ blessing Wednesday to start raising private funds for a long-sought veterans memorial at Huntridge Circle Park.
A North Las Vegas foster mother and her 16-year-old son were arrested Wednesday on multiple counts of child abuse.
RENO — Washoe County commissioners have approved giving the Nature Conservancy $2.9 million in state grants for flood control efforts on the Truckee River at the site of the old Mustang Ranch brothel.
The Culinary union’s leadership is “evil,” Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said Wednesday, adding to the already heated rhetoric in the feud between the union and the city of Las Vegas over downtown redevelopment and a proposed new city hall.
O.J. Simpson’s lawyer and a close friend say the former football star imprisoned in Nevada is upset about missing his younger sister’s funeral.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada Senate bill would change the salary structure in the state Agency for Nuclear Projects, which has led the fight against federal plans for a radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain, so that staffers’ pay would be set by lawmakers.
