Briefs

Giannella named finalist in kitchen design contest

Refinishing wood floor takes true grit

: We recently moved into a resale house that has some wood floors. The floors desperately need to be refinished, but I don’t want to pay someone to do it. How do I go about refinishing the floor?

Local events

What: Carnation Garden Club. Vicki Yuen will present the program, “What you need to know about palm trees.”
Where: Nevada Garden Club Center, 3333 W. Washington Ave.

Flat surfaces come to life with tablescapes

Webster doesn’t seem to know what a tablescape is, so aren’t you lucky — I do! For those of you who have read my tips, you will know that I have two entries about tablescapes: one, vary the heights on your tablescape; and two, learn what a tablescape is. The second one is from the sarcastic muse.

Stick your chest out

The concept for a chest of drawers is simple enough. Add drawers to a box-like structure and you can store a multitude of items inside.

Vegetable transplants available at orchard

This Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. I will have vegetable transplants available at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener’s Orchard in North Las Vegas for planting in home gardens. These transplants are duplicates of what we are planting at the orchard and are ready to be planted right away. They are very reasonably priced so you can try what we are evaluating. These include tomatoes, eggplants and herbs.

New Product

Rug artist devoted to work

Judge releases fire captain in federal sex case

A suspended Clark County Fire Department captain was released from custody Thursday over the objection of a federal prosecutor. Martin Vohwinkel, 55, is accused of using the Internet to arrange a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be an undercover detective.

Woman gets probation in school kidnap case

Elaine Clermont’s defiance had as much to do with why she went to jail instead of home today after District Judge Doug Herndon sentenced her in connection with the kidnapping of a child near a school.

63 die, dozens injured in stampede for free food

KUNDA, India (AP) — A stampede among thousands of poor villagers scrambling for free food and clothes at a commemorative event killed 63 people Thursday at a Hindu temple in northern India and injured dozens of others.

Woods’ caddie says he’s mad at Tiger

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tiger Woods’ caddie said he knew nothing about the golfer’s extramarital affairs and was angry with him over the scandal. Steve Williams said he also is bitter at the reaction toward him from the media and members of the public. “It’s been the most difficult time of my life, no two ways about it, because every single person believed that I should know or did know or had something to do with it,” Williams said.

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