‘Charlie Joe Jackson’s Guide to NOT Reading’ is a fun read

All summer long, you’ve managed to avoid anything that even remotely resembles school. You get enough of it from now until spring, so why add to the misery, right? And yeah, you’ve been reading all summer long, but that doesn’t count because reading is fun.

Bluesman David ‘Honey Boy’ Edwards dead at 96

CHICAGO — Grammy-winning Blues musician David “Honey Boy” Edwards, believed to be the oldest surviving Delta bluesman and whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson, died early Monday in his Chicago home, his manager said. He was 96.

Favorite sons & daughters

Gianna LoPresti was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters at Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah.

In adaptive sports, wheels aren’t relegated to just race cars

Born with spina bifida, a developmental disorder affecting the spinal cord, Steve Morales never imagined a life playing sports. Now 28, he aggressively races down the court as he dribbles the basketball just out of his opponent’s reach.

Book Briefs

Pre-festival events for this year’s Vegas Valley Book Festival begin Saturday with a children’s bookmaking celebration in the downtown Cultural Corridor. Events are free with regular museum admission. Children can craft Harry Potter-inspired laboratory notebooks at 11 a.m. and take in Tony Daniel’s Harry Potter Magic Show at 12:30 p.m. at the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North, 384-3466.

Letter to the Editor

Residents should take back their neighborhood

Literary Las Vegas: Alexia Vernon

As owner of Catalyst for Action, a business coaching and training company, Las Vegas author Alexia Vernon draws on her background as an actor and dancer to empower audiences all over the country. Part self-help instruction, part hands-on workbook, her book “Awaken Your CAREERpreneur” encourages readers to move beyond being employees to turn callings into careers. For more information, visit awakenyourcareerpreneur.com.

Southwest Las Vegas area mobile beauty salon struggling to stay rolling

The owners imagined a flashy ceiling covered in CDs featuring their clients’ signatures for the topside of their mobile beauty salon. Instead, only about a dozen discs speckle the 34-foot long ceiling of their Girls Night Out bus that carts partygoers to their destination after styling them for the event. The mobile salon isn’t taking off in the direction married couple Markham and Stacie Gordon had hoped.

Dining pick of the week: China Ginger Gourmet

China Ginger Gourmet is beloved for entrees that amplify the joys of Chinese dining, including ginger fish, Hong Kong-style noodles and orange peel beef.

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CICI’S PIZZA SET TO HELP
LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

Education Notebook

CITY OF LAS VEGAS TO OFFER SAFEKEY REGISTRATION, PAYMENT ONLINE

STEVEN KALAS: Taking responsibility of our actions is a matter of being human

Maybe I awakened some long-slumbering convenience store curse the day I selected a Coca-Cola from the refrigerator case, changed my mind in favor of a Mountain Dew, and arrogantly replaced the unwanted Coca-Cola bottle in the bin containing Monster Energy drink. All I know is that, since then, I have been involved in not one but two fender benders in this very parking lot. What are the odds?

Cheyenne Little League working to pay off hefty debt

North Las Vegas city officials said they’re unclear how one Little League managed to amass roughly $40,000 in debt for unpaid field usage and lighting costs.

Henderson woman writes book about immigration

Henderson resident shares her experience coming to the U.S. undocumented, gaining citizenship and working for Immigration Services.

Mother, daughter open nail bar in Henderson

Mother-daughter duo Elaine and Jenni Miller have shared a lot of experiences from having the same driver’s education teacher at Basic High School to working at the same sign company. The number of shared experiences grew when they decided to attend cosmetology school and open a business called Paris to New York Nail Bar, 10890 S. Eastern Ave.

Mobile businesses help fuel local economy

Mobile businesses are growing in popularity across the Las Vegas Valley, and those frequenting the Summerlin area range from a pet groomer who comes to you and doctors who make house calls.

Council approves process to speed up abatements for eyesore homes

Ward 2 Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Wolfson hopes his idea for a faster abatement process to address eyesore issues with abandoned and foreclosed homes will result in empty homes being cleaned up faster.

Vandals strike church labyrinth twice in one month

Grace in the Desert Episcopal Church wants its labyrinth to be open for the community to enjoy, but vandals delayed the project by stealing glass rocks, painted stones and tools in two separate incidents in June.

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