Question: I planted an orchard about 4 years ago here in Pahrump. I planted many different fruit varieties and have come to find some of them do not work here. Their blossoms and foliage, in most cases, are very beautiful, but the fruit does not ripen. I was wondering about some other fruit trees that may work in our area.
While watching the rough cut of her upcoming motivational documentary “The Keeper of the Keys,” Robin Jay still fights back tears. “I’ve seen this scene a hundred times,” Jay said as she watched a self-help speaker share her story about finally accepting and loving herself. “It is just one of those scenes every woman can relate to.”
The Dream Networking Event has been scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St. The event is expected to benefit the Salvation Army and Toys for Tots. Guests are encouraged to bring new, unwrapped toys and gently used or new coats.
Selma Bartlett has maintained a lifelong mindset that inspired her to help others. “If you work with people, they will pay you back,” Bartlett said.
There is no place in sports for dirty play. Celebration, ecstasy, joy — yes! Taunting, hot-dogging — no! I just have this thing for class, especially class under fire. Which brings me to Thanksgiving Day, the Detroit Lions and defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, whose mother was apparently attacked by a gang of consonants while pregnant with him.
Dashing down the trail, in a horse-drawn wagon sleigh, Sagebrush-Ranch hopes to have visitors laughing all the way. The Centennial Hills horse ranch turns winter wonderland with Christmas Caroling on Horseback.
“Take this job and shove it. I ain’t working here no more.” Those words from my favorite country song occurred to me last week in my day job, following a particularly busy week. Running a golf course could be fun. Running two would probably double the excitement.
WinterFest returns to the Water Street District this weekend with new events and a different lineup. Henderson plans to celebrate “An Old-Fashioned Christmas Delight” Friday and Saturday at the Henderson Events Plaza, 200 S. Water St.
Richard Moyer left Vietnam more than 40 years ago with three Purple Hearts and a desire to put the conflict behind him. The 64-year-old U.S. Army veteran plans to return to the tropical country this spring with a serving heart and hopes for closure.
As Kristen Hertzenberg, who plays Christine Daae, the lead female role in “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular,” was working on her first album, she knew she would be having surgery on her throat and that one of the possible side effects was paralysis of the vocal chords.
The namesake of the Howard Lieburn Senior Center, 6230 Garwood Ave., was not a local celebrity or well-known politician. Lieburn, who was a Las Vegas resident for nine years, spent his time in the valley transforming his community in numerous ways.
The namesake for John F. Mendoza Elementary School was a force for national legislation to protect children.
Downtown Las Vegas has numerous activities available to the community, especially in the 18b Arts District. There is one group of people, however, that some believe has been overlooked.
Martians will take over Christmas — or at least the Onyx Theatre, 953 E. Sahara Ave. — Friday for its latest string of midnight productions, “Santa Claus vs. The Martians,” a parody based on the 1964 movie “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.”
At this eatery, hot and cold deli-style sandwiches are made with sourdough or, if you prefer, wheat or rye.
Dozens of kindergarten and first-grade children from Williams Elementary School, 1030 J St ., walked through Opportunity Village’s Magical Forest, eyes wide with fascination at the various trees adorned with elaborate decorations and light displays on the morning of Nov. 23.
It takes a village to raise a child. At Booker Elementary School, the Gents and Lads dinner is a great example, bringing together male role models from surrounding churches and community organizations to spend an evening with the school’s male students and talk to them about life.
As the number of homeless youths in Las Vegas increases, so does their need for food. Kathleen Vermillion, founder of the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, hopes to tackle this issue with the organization’s fifth annual Plastic Food Drive.
Kids sometimes need reminding of the parental adage about strangers. Gary Alu, an information technology security expert, reminds them over and over again.
Douglas Baker, theater professor at the College of Southern Nevada, adapted Charles Dickens’ book “A Christmas Carol” into the one man, three-unmatched-chair production “One Christmas Carol.” For 13 years, Douglas portrayed 32 voices on a simple set and found success and returning audiences in Las Vegas.
Downtown Las Vegas resident Joyce Vought-Klopp Gilbert, who writes under the pen name C.J. Comstock, was inspired to write during the decades she spent in prison. The author wasn’t an inmate; she was a corrections officer in Pennsylvania, first at a women’s prison and then at Graterford Prison, the fourth-largest men’s prison in the country, where she worked as a training sergeant. One inmate inspired her to take up poetry, and a second encouraged her efforts in fiction.
