Unique Horsemobile had Moxie

Moxie, the soft drink that was introduced as a medicine in a Massachusetts drugstore in 1876, used some very early automobiles in advertising campaigns.

Right combination of colors makes a happy — happy looking — home

Men and women differ in many ways, as we know all too well. Viva la difference? Absolutely. One of the ways we differ is in our preference of color. For example, a study by Guilford and Smith in 1959 revealed that men were more tolerant toward achromatic (colorless) atmospheres than women. With that in mind, Guilford and Smith deduced that women might be more color-conscious.

Natural materials have timeless style

DEAR DEBBIE: We are renovating our main-floor powder room, and would like it to have the same modern character as the rest of the house. What do you think about vessel sinks? Will they go out of style quickly? — Danielle

Purely Paula

With her bright blue eyes, ever-present smile, Georgia drawl and recipes that make you drool just by the list of the ingredients, Paula Deen has charmed the nation.

Use overhead lighting sparingly

Lighting often gets treated as an afterthought, even though it’s usually the most important component of a room’s design. Choosing the right kind of lighting for a specific space can be both challenging and costly. The possibilities are even more open-ended in all those new condos and apartments that come equipped with no permanent lighting, except in the kitchen and bathrooms. And when a builder does outfit a home with a few lighting fixtures, they may turn out to be poorly situated or ill suited to users’ needs and preferences.

Harmony continues promotional event

This weekend, Harmony Homes continues its Summer Sales Blowout event at its Harmony Springs collection in the northwestern valley. During the promotional event, eight homes will be available, with prices starting at $139,990. A free event featuring refreshments, games in the park, prizes, bounce houses and model tours will be held today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Repair big defects before selling

Three years ago, when the home-sale market peaked, buyers frequently bought “as is” regarding deferred maintenance, like wood-destroying pest or termite damage.

Rhodes offers buyers incentives at Tuscany

Tuscany Residential Village’s Zanetti neighborhood in Henderson is offering single-story floor plans starting at $179,990.

Owners say they hit ‘jackpot’

Beth and Kyle Neal said they felt they had “hit the jackpot” with the purchase of their first home, an upgraded former Pardee Homes model in the Autumn Ridge neighborhood within Aliante, a master-planned community in North Las Vegas.

Rolladen Rolling Shutters joins Nevada Energy Star Partners

Rolladen Rolling Shutters is one of Nevada Energy Star Partners’ newest members and a platinum sponsor of the 2009 Nevada Energy Star campaign. The 25-year-old Las Vegas company was first marketed as a way to enhance home security, but the shutters also lower power bills by reducing and blocking heat in the summer, and enhancing heat retention in the winter, according to the company’s founder, Fran Minnozzi.

Who is responsible for fees on foreclosed home?

Q: If I lose my townhouse to foreclosure in a gated community, where I pay my homeowners association fees on a monthly basis, can they legally sue me once a sign is put up at the property that is “bank-owned?”

Jersey couple relocates to Sun City Mesquite house

Former New Jersey residents John and Dorothy Dewan searched nationwide throughout various age-qualified developments before finding what they wanted at Del Webb’s Sun City Mesquite community in Mesquite.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Top arm wrestler quashes myths

It’s true. A few of them look like Popeye. They have arms meant for T-shirt sizes not available to the general population. They all could be named Roy, and you wouldn’t blink. If there are necks attached to some, it would take the boys from CSI Miami to find them.

Dellucci hopes to regain stroke

Getting released can be a humbling experience for a professional baseball player, but not for 51s outfielder David Dellucci, who said he was “relieved” when the Cleveland Indians discarded him June 1.

Sanchez has mind, body in tune for UFC combat

While preparing to compete in one of the world’s most violent sports, Diego Sanchez was looking like anything but a ferocious professional fighter.

IN BRIEF

BOXING

UFL not promoting itself well

That was a pretty big deal, the Las Vegas franchise in the upstart United Football League landing former Buffalo Bill J.P. Losman as its quarterback.

Law requires issuance of bonds for lake

CARSON CITY — The 2009 Nevada Legislature and Gov. Jim Gibbons approved a new law that requires issuance of up to $100 million in general-obligation bonds to pay for environmental improvement projects at Lake Tahoe over the next 10 years.

Live ammunition found in soldier’s bags

Police at Indianapolis International Airport detained a Nevada Army National Guard soldier for about three hours Thursday after baggage inspectors found dozens of machine gun bullets and other live ammunition in his check-through luggage, an airport spokeswoman said.

Retelling Their Riveting Tales

Happy Sargol doesn’t care if people remember her — as long as they remember Rosie.

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