: I am selling my house and need to repair a small hole in my hallway carpet. The hole is about 2 inches square. Can it be repaired or do I need to recarpet the entire hallway?
DEAR HELOISE: This is a hint for those couples whose sleeping needs and styles are so incompatible that they either sleep poorly every night in the same bed or have to resort to separate beds or even separate bedrooms. I sleep like a rock and prefer the covers tightly tucked around me. My husband, due to insomnia and restless leg syndrome, tosses, turns, kicks, steals the covers in his sleep and is generally impossible to sleep in the same bed with.
“The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.” Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English biologist
As you clean up the remnants of the Memorial Day weekend and prepare for a full schedule of summer activities, you might be considering making a few improvements to your yard. A covered patio, perhaps. Maybe a swimming pool. An outdoor kitchen would be nice.
It’s easy to look just at Lorena Villamar’s hitting and pitching statistics and see some of her contributions to the success of Valley’s softball team.
Tom Humm grew up in Las Vegas listening with his father to legendary announcer Vin Scully call Los Angeles Dodgers games on the radio.
With the Cleveland Cavaliers on the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs, it’s about time for LeBron James to ponder his summer plans. Maybe he’ll want to give NFL training camp a try.
Longtime Nevada boxing judge Paul Smith is about to go before a judge himself.
The boys volleyball season probably will be remembered for Palo Verde’s run from third place in the Northwest League to the Class 4A state championship.
Tony George is still in charge of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, despite a report he had been voted out.
Vince Lombardi: “If it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, why do they keep score?”
• LAKE MEAD — Anglers are finding success with live bait in the Vegas Wash arm because of an influx of shad. Action along the beach area has been slow.
It’s the last week of May, and Nevada hunters soon will grow anxious awaiting the results of the big game tag draw. Those results should be available before long, but knowing whether you received a tag won’t do you any good if you don’t have ammo for your favorite hunting rifle.
As retired NFL players aggressively pushed their cases for better benefits from the union, their efforts came from disparate voices rather than a unified front.
Spend 40 years in professional baseball and you’ll see everything sooner or later.
Gov. Jim Gibbons plans to veto the Legislature’s tax bill today at 5 p.m., putting the ball back in the lawmakers’ court as they try to pass the $781 million package over his objections.