David Lindsey ‘s military career was over before it started. The 26-year-old U.S. Army veteran and Centennial Hills resident said he would have been a military lifer had a blood clot in his knee not sidelined him in 2010 .
Every fourth Tuesday of the month, kids and parents pack the cafeteria at Craig Elementary School for story time. That’s when Spread the World Nevada’s Breakfast with Books program visits the school.
Sheila Keast, certified etiquette trainer, is offering her services free of charge for veterans transitioning from active duty to civilian life. Keast assists with dining, interview, dress and basic composition skills necessary to mind one’s Ps and Qs in important social situations.
Matthew Lawrence, a North Las Vegas resident, spent 11 years traveling around the world on assignments, including a stint in Iraq fixing F-16 jet fighter planes. When his contract with the Air Force expired, Lawrence entered a new phase of life he says he wasn’t prepared for.
A sense of service never left the about 160 former service men and women who comprise Veterans of Sun City Aliante. The 2-year-old club unites Sun City Aliante veterans of all branches and hosts guest speakers, field trips and ongoing projects alongside its monthly meetings.
Question: My Texas mountain laurel has yellow leaves, and they continue to get more yellow as time goes by. It faces southwest, has two adjustable emitters turned down low, watering once a week for one hour in the winter.
When Las Vegas writer Natalie Aday’s partner Tomi lay dying in hospice, Aday worked through a mix of grief and approaching relief. The couple’s early days of affection had long since decayed into a cycle of abuse and manipulation.
View Neighborhood Newspapers interviewed three southwest-area military veterans who recently returned from deployment. From Iraq to Afghanistan, they share their stories of returning home and reassimilating into civilian life.
As luck may have it, St. Patrick’s Day falls on Saturday this year, with celebrations planned throughout the valley.
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The hearing over what to do with the unfinished Harmon Hotel began Monday with a legal nod toward Las Vegas’ penchant for spectacular implosions.
An attorney for UFC standout Nick Diaz said the fighter shouldn’t face disciplinary action from the Nevada Athletic Commission. The NAC put in motion a complaint when a postfight urine test — submitted after Diaz lost a UFC interim welterweight title bout to Carlos Condit at Mandalay Bay in February — indicated the presence of marijuana metabolites.
