: I am replacing an interior door that needs to be cut down. Either I bought the wrong size door or the opening for it is not a standard size. The door is hollow and I need to cut it down by about an inch in height and one-quarter inch in width. What is the best way to do this, and does it severely weaken the door?
Dear Readers: As we approach the holiday season and time for decorating our spaces, I would like to offer, what I hope to be, a helpful hint. Holiday decorations tend to hold special places in our hearts for specific reasons.
Just as a bear emerges from his cold winter home to a world renewed with nature’s bounty, today’s home furnishings and accessories are renewing souls along with our relationship with Mother Nature.
As soon as the leaves drop from your fruit trees, you can begin to prune them. On Saturdays, Dec. 12 and 19, I will be conducting peach and nectarine pruning classes at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. The class will be held from 10 a.m. to noon both days.
If you see Billy Etbauer today, just call him “Timex.”
Legacy boys basketball coach Charles Janette expects returning Longhorns starters Sian Laine, Samuel Johnson and Ira Haywood to lead a run toward the postseason.
The fish-stocking truck had just left when I arrived at Boulder Harbor on Friday morning, but the fishing pier already was packed with anglers who were casting assorted hardware and other trout baits. Many were stacked up at the end of the pier, while others were spread out between there and the shoreline.
No one ever asked Spring Valley sophomore Raymond Waters if he wanted to wrestle.
I am trying to determine how UNLV will inform the two finalists who won’t be offered the school’s athletic director job, given the ridiculous manner (e-mail from a search committee chairman) in which others were told Tuesday.
• LAKE MEAD — Striper fishing is good using live shad or lures in the Vegas Wash area. Trout fishing has been good because of plants. Anglers have been catching trout off the docks at Hemenway, Boulder Harbor and Crawdad Cove with PowerBait as well as catching a few stripers with shad. Stripers are coming in to chase the trout. Trout plants are set for Friday.