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Harmony at home

On the outside it would appear that Kathy Ireland has it all. As a top model, she graced the cover of Sports Illustrated many times. As a businesswoman, she heads a multibillion dollar home-furnishings and fashion empire. She also has a picture-perfect family with a successful, loving and supportive husband and three children.

Cherry, pear tomatoes best types for valley

: You had an article in your column that mentions the type of tomato plants that thrive in the heat of Southern Nevada. Please furnish me with this information, if possible.

CORRECTION

Due to inaccurate information provided to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the date of this month’s Las Vegas Valley Rose Society’s meeting was incorrect. The group will meet at 7:30 p.m. today at Nevada Garden Club, 3333 W. Washington Ave., in Lorenzi Park.

Solution to energy woes may be blowin’ in wind

Back in the ’60s, Bob Dylan sang “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind.” At the time, I don’t think he had renewable energy on his mind, but wind energy is certainly a large part of the answer to today’s energy puzzle.

Yard sale: April 18, Rebel Park

Jerry Tarkanian‘s old teeth-marked white towels aren’t for sale, and neither is the football helmet that former UNLV safety Quincy Sanders threw at UNR coach Chris Ault.

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Gaels TE to attend Sooners’ scrimmage

Bishop Gorman tight end Xavier Grimble doesn’t expect to make his college choice until the summer, but the senior-to-be will take the recruiting process up a notch Saturday when he attends Oklahoma’s spring game.

Wrestlers start Olympic quest

The next Olympic Games aren’t until 2012, but the long road to London begins today for many American amateur wrestlers competing in the U.S. National Wrestling Championships at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

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TENNIS

Always pack the extra box, just in case

After stowing the last of my gear in the pickup, I pulled down on the garage door. While doing so, the corner of a large black box stored just inside caught my eye. It was my just-in-case box, and for a split second common sense told me I should raise the door and grab the box. But since we were just taking the Boy Scouts to Callville Bay, I didn’t think we’d need to be that prepared and let the door roll closed.

FISHING REPORT

LAKE MEAD — Windy conditions have made fishing difficult, yet boating anglers continue to catch fair-sized stripers in the Vegas Wash area. Baits such as cut anchovies, sardines and squid have been catching fish.

Athletes honored for brains

Teen movies often portray high school as a place where the jocks perform athletic feats and are cheered by the masses while the brains study for tests wearing pocket protectors and get tormented by the jocks.

Augusta hopes to recapture magic

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The azaleas are brighter than ever. As usual, not a blade of grass is out of place. Anticipation is higher than it has been in years at the Masters, with Tiger Woods a winner again after knee surgery and Padraig Harrington going for a third consecutive major.

51s brim with big league experience

Armed with 11 players who played in the big leagues last year, the 51s appear poised to end a string of eight consecutive losing seasons by the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate.

First baseman powers Bonanza

Emily Osborn might want to play all her softball games at Majestic Park.

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