LAS VEGAS CONVENTIONS

Some of the largest conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area:

Family buys home in Trail Ridge by Pardee

According to Marlon and Nichole Young, they found their perfect home at Pardee Homes’ Trail Ridge in southwestern Las Vegas.

Pulte Homes to celebrate opening

Paseo at Madeira Canyon by Pulte Homes is now offering brand-new designs starting from the $180,000s, with a variety of floor plans.

Summerlin promotes active lifestyle

According to Kevin Orrock, top division executive for The Howard Hughes Corp., developer of Summerlin, the community was created to promote an active lifestyle through amenities including parks, trails, golf courses, swimming pools and a variety of sport facilities. “The result is award-winning — literally,” Orrock said.

New law impacts HOAs on how to select bids for jobs

Q: I sit on a self-governed homeowners association board. During a meeting, we opened three sealed bids for a capital expenditure for more than $50,000. According to how the new rules were interpreted, we were told the options were to vote immediately to choose one bid, or reject the bids. If the board rejected all of the bids, new bids would have to be submitted for consideration. I cannot believe that this rule was enacted to have boards make quick decisions. I believe the law changed so bids would be opened in a public forum to stop boards from doing anything unethical (such as a bribe), not to force quick decisions on major expenses.

Las Vegas builder completes green home to high standards

Las Vegas builder Brian Plaster’s new home is a verifiable, certified green home, built to the highest green building standards available at this time. The 4,400-square-foot, two-story home is located near Alta Drive and Rancho Road, where his family moved in October. Plaster is the vice president of Signature Custom Homes and founder of Sustainable Energy Services, which performs energy audits and develops energy efficiency solutions for clients’ buildings.

Findlay Prep product Bradley flourishes early on with ‘Horns

Avery Bradley didn’t expect college basketball to be this easy, especially at a high-powered program such as Texas. But the former Findlay Prep standout, who led the Pilots to the high school national championship in April, has excelled in his first season with the sixth-ranked Longhorns, who a week ago sat atop the Top 25.

Tebow stays true to beliefs

The annoying thing is not that Tim Tebow has chosen now to restate his Christian values before the world but rather that anyone would question the timing.

IN BRIEF

BASEBALL

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

Payback win earns title for Shumenov

Sequels usually turn out to be flops. But that wasn’t the case in the second meeting between Gabriel Campillo and Beibut Shumenov. Campillo, the WBA light heavyweight champion, had won a majority decision the first time the two fought in August. On Friday, it was every bit as close and every bit as controversial in the rematch at the Hard Rock Hotel. In just his 10th professional fight, Shumenov wrested the belt from Campillo, earning a 12-round split decision that left the former champion and his camp crying foul.

Loyd’s points, passes push Gorman past Western

Johnathan Loyd relishes his role as a distributor for Bishop Gorman’s boys basketball team.
The senior point guard doesn’t mind being the finisher on a fast break, either. Then there are days like Friday, when he does all of the above.

Harper shows flair in CSN debut

Washington Nationals scout Jeff Zona was happy to talk baseball during College of Southern Nevada’s season opener against Arizona Western on Friday — so long as the discussion wasn’t about Bryce Harper.
Harper, a 17-year-old CSN freshman who is the top-rated baseball prospect in the country, started at third base and went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk in his college debut, a 11-4 CSN victory at Morse Stadium in Henderson.

Titus opponent exits race

Rob Lauer, a political outsider who emerged as a credible candidate in the Republican primary to challenge Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., announced Friday he would drop his campaign.

‘Girls Gone Wild’ trial ends with acquittal

RENO — A jury acquitted a former Nevada sheriff’s deputy of bribery charges Friday after she was accused of accepting nearly $10,000 in gifts in exchange for giving special treatment to the jailed founder of the “Girls Gone Wild” video empire.

Sources disagree over strategist’s role in Lowden camp

Sue Lowden’s camp on Friday clarified the role of political strategist Dick Wadhams in her U.S. Senate campaign.
Vegas Confidential reported Friday that Paul Lowden indicated Wadhams, sometimes referred to as the next Karl Rove, was “on board,” my words, not Paul Lowden’s.

CORRECTIONS

• A Page 1A article in Friday’s Review-Journal about MGM Mirage rejoining the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce misstated Nevada’s revenue shortfall. The amount is at least $580 million. The revenue shortfall in 2003 was $833 million.

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