Things to do

Golden Rainbow selling tickets
for annual fundraiser

Neighborhood News

Donations allow Adopt a Rescue Pet animal sanctuary to remain open

Education Notebook

Paradise Elementary school teacher
receives Presidential Award

Correction

Royal Crest Ranchero’s covenants, conditions and restrictions document was formed in 1974, and the dues were $25 per year. The date and information about the dues were incorrect in an April 26 Paradise View story titled “Taking on HOAs.”

Area briefing

Float Like A Duck to promote
water safety at Saturday event

Freed’s Bakery shutters two locations to consolidate shops

Freed’s Bakery recently consolidated its two locations, 4780 S. Eastern Ave. (formerly Freed’s Bakery Tropicana) and 9555 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 145 (also known as Freed’s Bakery Richmar) to centralize operations at 9815 S. Eastern Ave.

Things to do

Veteran comedian and author Sammy Shore is set to perform at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Marilyn’s Lounge at the Eastside Cannery, 5255 N. Boulder Highway. The show is free and open to adults 21 or older.

a La carte

Get free buffets at Sam’s Town

Wetlands rise out of the ashes

Clark County Wetlands Park, the largest park in the valley, was scarred by a wildfire weeks ago but is bouncing back already.

Garden slugs self-destruct in stale beer

Stale beer works great as a slug bait. Put out a bowl of day-old beer in the garden, sinking it slightly so they can gain entry and then die a happy death.

Soak up stream’s beauty at Hackerry Canyon

Hackberry Canyon is a hidden gem in the southwestern section of the 1.9 million-acre Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Utah. It is a bit off the beaten path, but those who make the effort will be rewarded with a colorful narrow canyon complete with a perennial stream, flanked by lush vegetation.

Las Vegas tattoo artist says work changed his life for the better

For Spring Valley resident Marcus Wooten, 34, the day doesn’t really begin until around 10 a.m. when he rolls out of bed, stumbles to his kitchen to make a cup of coffee and starts to plan it out as a tattoo artist at Umbrella Tattoo Studios, 5191 W. Charleston Ave.

Las Vegas’ entrepreneurial Danny Koker still going strong

They call him Count Cool Rider, and many locals know him as the host of the long-running local television program, “Saturday Fright at the Movies.”
It’s been years since Las Vegas resident and businessman Danny Coker has portrayed the vampire count he created for the show, but the nickname Count has stuck.

Literary Las Vegas

Ingrid I. Holm-Garibay was locked up for seven months in 1999 in the North Las Vegas Detention Center for working without the permission of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. While waiting for her political asylum request to be granted, she met Frank Darwin Alexander, an inmate sentenced to double life without parole for a litany of crimes including sending a bomb to the White House with the intent to kill then-President Bill Clinton.

Book briefs

Neighborhood news

A la Carte

Barbecue championships coming
to The Orleans this weekend

Clark County’s New Teachers of the Year among first to be laid off

The Clark County School District’s proposed budget reduction of $407 million will eliminate about 1,800 positions in the Las Vegas Valley, more than a thousand of which are teachers. In every case, it’s the new teachers who are the first to go. Principals districtwide expressed the same concern with the system, saying it’s not in the best interest of the kids.

Las Vegas Science Festival debuts in venues around the valley

The inaugural Las Vegas Science Festival was held this month and culminated with an expo day where kids participated in hands-on activities. The festival is expected to return next year because of the community’s great response.

Things to do

COMEDY AND MAGIC FUNDRAISER
planned FOR LOCAL CHARITIES

Red Rock Resort rolls out Friday concert series for summer

Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., is gearing up for its Friday night Red Rock ‘n’ Roll concerts. The resort is bringing top names to the Las Vegas Valley but with tickets prices that are more in tune with today’s economy: $30.

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