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Born in the Netherlands, Stan Rubens picked up the guitar at 14. Later he changed to keyboard and started his music career in Australia. His claim to fame was developing a system of singing three-part harmony on his own with no prerecording or backup singers. Now in Las Vegas, Rubens continues to perform and has taken up writing.
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About four years ago, Valerie Poteete, who goes by the name Penelope Pendragon, was unhappy with her life. Her son left for the U.S. Air Force. Her house was in foreclosure. A nine-year relationship with her boyfriend had ended. At 235 pounds, Pendragon was miserable and ready to make a change. “So I pretty much excavated my life,” Pendragon said.
“Second City” is the nickname for Chicago, but when it comes to hot dogs, it is “First City.”
People come to my office with anguish and despair about their addicted loved one. Mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings and friends – flailing, cruelly impaled by helplessness like an insect on a pin. Bit by bit, piece by piece, they watch their loved one deteriorate, come apart and sink ever deeper into the madness of addiction. And there’s next to nothing they can do.
The Vegas Fringe Festival, the valley’s own two weekend live theater festival, is returning to Las Vegas Little Theatre for its third year.
The men and women who comprise the local chapter of the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees, or NARVRE, gather monthly to exchange stories and rally for their rights.
Question: What can be done to keep birds from eating all the fruit in an orchard? My brother has an orchard in southern Utah. There are about 100 trees, mostly dwarf and semi dwarf. Last year, birds got 90 percent of the fruit. He has tried scarecrows, but that didn’t work. He has also tried aluminum foil pie tins, but that only worked temporarily. Is there any solution for him other than buying netting to cover the trees?
For high school students, the senior prom is one of the last opportunities to spend time with friends before parting ways. But for the May 18 senior prom at the Historic Fifth Street School, attendees experienced one of their first and only opportunities to socialize with friends.
