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Dan Phillips, principal of Palo Verde High School, is waking up to start off his day. With a cup of coffee and a bowl of cereal, 45 minutes go by as he thinks about what the day will bring. He arrives at school at 6:15 and the day starts off with quad duty, monitoring what all the students are doing before school.
They gather at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church to hear the Mass celebrated in Polish, the language they knew first, know best or find the most comfort in, and to eat the consecrated bread that is their spiritual sustenance.
Then they head to the church hall for the weekly after-Mass social gathering to eat the home-baked pastries that help to sustain their community identity.
IZZY BELLINGHAUSEN INTERVIEWED STUDENTS AT GREEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
CRAVING A COMEBACK: Construction in gaming and in commercial and residential markets was key to Las Vegas’ economic boom. But the boom and the building are over, and the casino market is struggling to recover. Observers believe that once the Strip begins to rebound, the rest of the valley casino market will follow.
Gasoline prices are soaring toward $4 a gallon, a threshold that some analysts say will damage the fragile economic recovery, maybe even in Las Vegas.
On the way to his office in the Bellagio’s basement, Christopher Peisert stopped to pick up a small piece of trash on the casino floor.
Aaron’s 499: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala., 9 a.m. PDT today, Fox (5)