Grapes need patience when it comes to pruning

Question: When should I cut my grape vines back? They’re on a trellis and are 1 year old. During the summer, they spread out very well and produced several large groups of table grapes.

Book Briefs

Area Briefing

AARP PLANS DRIVER SAFETY CLASS

Booker Elementary principal traveled up the ladder from custodian to administrator

At Booker Elementary School, Marcus Mason is settling into the position of principal. It is his first time in the head position after 20 years in the Clark County School District. What is different about his career path is Mason started out “cleaning toilets.”

Things to do in Southwest/Spring Valley

The 2012 Circus Spectacular is among event highlights this week in the Southwest/Spring Valley area.

Mob Month to feature Mafia stories

Stories and secrets of former mobsters are set to come to life in January during the third consecutive Mob Month at the Clark County Library , 1401 E. Flamingo Road.

Bendorf Elementary namesake passionate about education

Bendorf Elementary School is named after, first and foremost, a mother. Patricia Bendorf stopped at nothing to ensure her daughters, and all children, received a proper education.

Newsmakers

Dining pick of the week: The Shake & Dog

There are hot dogs and then there is Helmbold’s, a German snap dog with a natural casing imported to Southern Nevada from Troy, N.Y., by Ken Durivage.

Dining pick of the week: Jerusalem Grill

There’s a little of everything in Las Vegas including this glatt kosher Mediterranean and Israeli-style restaurant, which is supervised by Chabad of Southern Nevada.

A la carte

Suspects sought in Nevada shooting, Utah deaths

Federal authorities joined a manhunt Monday for two fugitives described as “very dangerous” who are suspected of killing an older couple in their Utah home and shooting a woman in the head outside a Nevada casino.

Rebels move up to 17th in AP vote, coaches rankings

The UNLV basketball team, at 15-2 off to its best start since the 1992-93 season, continued its climb in the national rankings Monday, moving up to No. 17 in both The Associated Press and the USA Today/ESPN coaches polls.

In Brief

FOOTBALL

Giants clear final hurdle, oust Cowboys from playoff picture

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Eli Manning and Victor Cruz made sure that the all-or-nothing game for the Giants was all New York and nothing but frustration for the Dallas Cowboys.

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