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One of the side effects of chemotherapy often is tooth decay, which prompted Summerlin dentist Olya Banchik to establish the nonprofit organization Smiles for Survivors, which helps provide dental care for those diagnosed with breast cancer.
If you have a few days and dollars this summer to invest, you can get much for your money and time at Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks in California. In these adjacent and jointly managed parks about six hours from Las Vegas, you can wander among the largest trees on earth, hike some of the 850 miles of maintained trail, swim in cool snow-fed mountain streams, and maybe see a black bear or three.
Question: Last fall, we planted an olive tree that was certified to be nonfruit blooming. Now, it is full of olives! I just want it to grow. So, should we pluck the little olives off the tree so it can put its energy into growth?
Question: I have a pear tree which is about 10 years old. Up until this year, it has been pretty healthy. This spring, it got a disease. I am hoping you can identify it for me and tell me what I can do to treat it so that it won’t be a problem in the future.
Player Fatima “TNT” Maddox plans to host two area skills clinics this summer for children ages 6 to 14 interested in learning the fundamentals and tricks of Harlem Globetrotters basketball.
The American Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery program matches cancer patients with volunteer drivers who take them to and from their treatments. Debra Armstrong, ACS quality of life manager, said the program is in desperate need of more drivers.
Even after the doctors told Janine Kinard to enjoy the last few months with her son because he would die, she was determined that he could beat his cancer.
With school finally out for summer and a long stretch of hot weather looming, Southern Nevada families have both the time and good reason to seek more distant and cooler climates for hiking or sightseeing
Question: I often enjoy your pieces, and your suggestion of replacing rock mulch with wood chips caught my attention. I have an 18-year-old velvet ash in a small (20 feet by 20 feet), rock-covered front yard. Does this tree do better with rock or wood chips around its trunk?
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