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Hualapai Mountains provide recreation opportunities

The Hualapai Mountains near Kingman, Ariz., offer year-round recreational opportunities in a high forested setting. Campers, picnickers, hikers, mountain bikers, ATV riders and horsemen pursue their favorite activities in this pine-scented getaway surrounded by desert. They find cooler temperatures in summer, colorful foliage in autumn, snowy landscapes in winter and wildflowers in spring.

Time to start thinking about fall gardening

Fall gardening is an excellent way to garden, especially those who have failed in the past in Las Vegas. It’s also a wonderful way to keeping your fertile garden soil at its peak. At the same time, you can expect delicious vegetables into winter at a fraction of cost of those purchased in stores.

Some parts of life should not be embraced as ‘normal’

It’s my senior year of high school. Like always, I’m the last one off the basketball court after practice, heading for the showers. Coach Arney, these last four years my mentor in this game I love, is leaning against the wall by the door, eyeing my approach. He says out loud, almost as an afterthought, like giving voice to a daydream, “Kalas, you run like your feet always hurt you.”

In search of the valley’s best places to work

The Las Vegas Review-Journal and Business Press are accepting nominations online at www.lvrj.com/promotions/best-places-to-work-2010.html from local workers for stories that will appear in the daily Business section and Business Press.

Coming in this week’s Business Press

SHOWING INITIATIVE: From smoking bans to immigration reform, voter petitions and initiatives all have one thing in common: Attorneys are playing behind-the-scenes roles in crafting bills and influencing outcome.

IN BRIEF

HORSE RACING

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

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