he deadline for the Review-Journal’s annual listing of holiday bazaars has been extended to Monday.
It’s a new day at World Market Center Las Vegas. A new date, new products, a new campaign to engage consumers and renewed enthusiasm highlighted the inaugural fall market held last week at the downtown facility.
Twentieth-century iron toys and tin toys have been collected for generations, and many books and articles have been written about the toys and their makers. But celluloid toys, which date from the late 1800s into the 1950s (when plastic became popular), were made in many European countries, Japan and the United States. Although celluloid is flammable and dents, cracks and splits easily, it was used to make dolls and other toys because it was inexpensive but could be decorated with bright colors and molded into complicated shapes.
October is National Energy Awareness month and this year’s theme is “A Sustainable Energy Future; Putting All the Pieces Together.” The idea is to encourage everyone to see how they fit into the big picture.
Uniquely artful, durable, eco-friendly, allergy free and easy to maintain. What is it? Decorative concrete floors for your home.
DEAR HELOISE: The following are a couple of uses for fragrant dryer sheets:
In her lifetime, Kathy Ireland has filled many roles. Supermodel, actress, author, CEO of a billion-dollar empire, wife and mother of three. Now she can add dancer.
DEAR DEBBIE: Our son and daughter (11 and 9 years old) have both asked to have a wall in their bedrooms that they can write on. We have heard of blackboard paint and wonder if you can cover it up when they change their minds and want paint or wallpaper again. Thanks for your kid-friendly ideas. — Melissa
Ricky Carmichael has won more times at Las Vegas Motor Speedway than any other driver entered in Saturday night’s truck race at the speed complex.
“I don’t carry binoculars. They’re too heavy. If I need to look at something, I look through my scope. That’s why I carry a 3-to-9.”
When recruiting a quarterback for the spread offense, it usually makes sense to look for someone with experience in that system.
Cory Joseph and Godwin Okonji could be weeks or even months from picking their college basketball programs.
Three years ago, Liberty scrambled just to have enough players to field a full girls tennis team.
It’s a good thing Chip Kelly doesn’t manage the Chicago Cubs. Or coach the Detroit Lions. Or produce movies starring Rob Schneider.
Nine local high school volleyball teams will have the chance to measure themselves against top competition this weekend in the Durango Fall Classic tournament.
• LAKE MEAD — Anglers continue to find stripers in the Vegas Arm area. Successful techniques have been top-water lures and jigging off the bottom. Anglers also have reported success using live shad.
• ARBOR VIEW — Girls golfer Cassie Bolt shot a season-best 89 in a Northwest League match at Silverstone.
When boxer Rocky Balboa is warned by trainer Mickey that ”women weaken legs” in the original ”Rocky,” he heeds the advice and tells Adrian there will be ”no fooling around” before his fight with Apollo Creed.
Bob Stupak, Las Vegas gaming entrepreneur and developer of the Stratosphere, is gravely ill at Desert Springs Hospital, his former wife said.
Gov. Jim Gibbons’ camp backpedaled last week after sending a news release announcing that the state’s magnetic levitation train received $45 million in federal funding and said that in reality, the money was expected to arrive this week.
Savvy Nevadans know to slow down outside Alamo because of the notorious speed trap awaiting the unsavvy.
CARSON CITY — At a time when Nevada has the highest uninsured rate for children in the nation, enrollment is down in a state program in which some poor children could secure free medical care.