Root, soil connection essential for transplant’s success

: My neighbor is getting rid of his two Italian cypress trees and my husband offered to dig them up and transplant them into our yard. They are about 8-9 feet tall and do show a bit of browning. Is it worth the effort of transplanting them or will they not take the stress? If we do dig them up, how far out to we dig?

Optimism abounds

From the brightly colored home furnishings to the crowded showrooms and parking garage and on down to the smiles on people’s faces, a sense of optimism permeated the recently completed Las Vegas Market at World Market Center.

Harness sun’s energy for home’s power needs

There was a time when a solar eclipse struck fear into the hearts and minds of those who did not understand what caused the sun to briefly disappear during the middle of the day. Now when the moon casts its shadow while passing between the Earth and sun we enjoy the relatively rare experience.

LOCAL EVENTS

Feb. 11

White paint isn’t always white

DEAR DESIGNER: I asked my painter to paint my walls off-white and then I left for work. The color he used has a dirty yellow look. He tells me this paint is the standard “off-white” used by many of his clients. I thought off-white was more of a light beige. What went wrong? — Beverly

Indigo walls keep you from becoming blue

The color blue has a power all its own. It is the most familiar and most favored color in the spectrum, not surprising, as we are surrounded by the many blue hues seen in the sky and oceans.

Ceremonial rattles created to tell stories

A recent auction sold a 19th-century carved and painted wooden “raven rattle” made by Northwest Coast Indians. Its shape is very unusual.

Briefs

Gail Mayhugh of GMJ Interiors and a columnist for the Home section of the Las Vegas Review-Journal will present a free color clinic Feb. 20 at Sherwin-Williams in Henderson.

CBSC broadcast misses first half

Viewers tuning in to the CBS College Sports Network to see a battle for first place in the Mountain West Conference on Wednesday night were treated to an amazing basketball game.

Grizzlies football makes Teal head coach

Marcus Teal joined the Spring Valley football coaching staff when the school opened in 2004, and he’s felt at home since.

FISHING REPORT

LAKE MEAD — Anglers have been catching stripers and catfish in the Vegas Wash area with cut baits such as anchovies. Trout fishing has been good immediately after the trout plants at Boulder Harbor and Crawdad Cove.

HEAD OF THE CLASS

ARBOR VIEW — Girls bowler Janelle Boren rolled a 519 series, including a 196 game, against Centennial. Boys bowler Charles Roberts had a 599 series, including a 212, against Cimarron-Memorial.

Freshman Leonard sparks Aztecs

SAN DIEGO — Freshman Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points and led a second-half surge as San Diego State routed Wyoming 88-57 on Wednesday.

Sierra Vista overcomes slow start, wins in OT

Sierra Vista girls basketball coach Lindsay Whalen didn’t enjoy watching a “horrendous” first half in which her team mustered nine points.

HORSE RACING

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BASKETBALL

Bold Wildcats look far beyond Sunrise

Excuse Las Vegas High’s wrestling team for feeling confident. It’s merely a reflection of high expectations.
The Wildcats are on a decade-long streak of Sunrise Region championships, but insist they want something more out of this year’s squad. They haven’t won a state title since earning back-to-back championships in 2001 and 2002, when current coach Greg Gifford won the individual title at 189 pounds.

Beretta’s Xplor shotgun a work of art

Last week I shared with you my prediction for the future of firearms, a future in which synthetic stocks and military looks will most certainly dominate the landscape. Even so, I don’t think those traits will completely displace beautiful firearms with clean lines, such as Beretta’s new A400 Xplor Unico.

Lobos wanted it more

F or those who missed the entire first half of UNLV-New Mexico basketball on television Wednesday evening, those who sat clutching their remotes tighter and tighter as two Top 25 teams went at it but were nowhere to be found on the ol’ tube, you can be certain one theme defined the matchup from its outset.

Lady Rebels rally past New Mexico

The UNLV women’s basketball team knocked off New Mexico 65-59 Wednesday night in a Mountain West Conference game in Albuquerque, N.M.

Vivacious Vonn gets lots of SI exposure

Some puritanical critics believed Lindsey Vonn’s appearance on the Sports Illustrated cover last week was sexualized because they regarded her pose in a ski suit as risque.

IN BRIEF

FREE ON BAIL

GOP targets state Senate

The Nevada Republican Party is undertaking a major drive to retake control of the state Senate and pick up more than half a dozen Assembly seats, helped by 17 term-limit retirements in both houses and a recession-sparked feeling of voter disappointment with the Democratic Party in power.

Swimsuit models stop Strip traffic

The 2010 Sports Illustrated swimsuit models literally stopped traffic Wednesday on the Strip for a re-creation of The Beatles’ iconic Abbey Road pose.

Judiciary members to query LV lawyer

Las Vegas attorney Gloria Navarro is one of six nominees scheduled to appear today before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
President Barack Obama nominated Navarro, 42, in December to replace U.S. District Judge Brian Sandoval, who gave up the lifetime appointment to run for governor.

Foster home permit request to be delayed

A Canyon Springs High School teacher who wants a special-use permit to operate a group foster home in North Las Vegas is going to have to wait.

Spending habits about to catch up with library district

Louie Overstreet and Jamie Costello resigned as board members of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District in 2008, uneasy about some of the board’s spending decisions — decisions advocated by the district’s top administrator, Daniel Walters. Turns out, they had good cause to worry. The recession had started in December 2007.

Del Toro, Hopkins star in ‘The Wolfman’

The story: In Victorian-era Britain, an American returns to his ancestral estate to reunite with his estranged father, search for his mysteriously missing brother — and experience an eerie transformation after he’s attacked by a rampaging werewolf.

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