Las Vegas resident Simone Salen remembered her father, Israel “Sol” Goldhirsch, reading from his diary when she was a child. He had carefully recorded his arrest by the Gestapo and his family’s escape from Vienna to the Netherlands in 1938 and then to England in 1939. Salen’s mother was four months pregnant with Salen when the Nazis began taking over Austria. Her father talked about one day finishing the book, but he died at 39, and soon after, the diary was taken by an intruder along with many personal family treasures. In 2012, the diary resurfaced, and Salen was finally able to read her family’s story. She shares the tale in the book “My Father’s Lost Diary: A Personal Account of the Jewish Holocaust in Europe (1937–1942).” Salen is scheduled to sign copies of the book at 7 p.m. Saturday at the 2191 N. Rainbow Blvd. Barnes & Noble. For more on the book, visit simonesalen.com.
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Several local organizations are offering kids a safe place to be during spring break, March 25-29. The city of Las Vegas, Clark County, the YMCA of Southern Nevada, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas and Henderson and J.R. Pony Parties have options.
A deli, no matter what kind it is, is at the heart of everything we love about food. And when the deli serves pizza, the love is even greater.
Since 2004, Richard Steele has offered after-school programs at his boxing club, 2475 W. Cheyenne Ave., that have kept kids off the streets and out of trouble. The nine programs were funded by the state’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency, but on Aug. 1, the gym lost its funding.
Between magic tricks and jokes, Mac King had some solid advice for McCall Elementary School students. “The more books you read, the happier you’ll be,” King told the crowd of second-graders at a March 1 assembly.
For many bars and an assortment of other venues in the valley, St. Patrick’s Day is one of the busiest days of the year. Most spots that have even the slimmest connection to the Emerald Isle will have drink specials, and many will be selling corned beef and cabbage and green beer.
The Clark County School District recently opened the new John F. Miller School at 3840 Pecos-McLeod Interconnect, replacing the old school at 1905 Atlantic St. Miller serves about 125 of the district’s most severely disabled and medically fragile students from ages 3 to 21.
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The second floor of the Emergency Arts building, 520 E. Fremont St., recently received a shot in the arm. Two businesses have moved into the exam room-sized boutiques upstairs.
The Henderson Police Department is concerned about a long-running Internet rumor that recently resurfaced urging people to dial 112 in an emergency as opposed to the nationally recognized 911.
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