You’ve been singing songs about it. You’ve been extra nice around the house because of it, doing your chores without complaint. Maybe you’ve even helped get ready for it by decorating your classroom.
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Let’s get the essentials out of the way. The day of golf started at 8 a.m.
You’re going to love what’s beneath your tree this year … mostly. In the new book “My Puppy Gave to Me” by Cheryl Dannenbring, illustrated by Cynthia Kremsner, there are some presents you can probably live without.
Robert Ripley was one of those people with “true star quality.” Everybody, it seemed, knew who he was, and they all loved him — maybe because he had a “multitude of dazzling achievements” that he enjoyed sharing with the world. Readers can see some of the items he might have gathered in the book “Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Reality Shock!”
Editor’s note: Be sure to check road conditions before traveling.
Yep, taking things apart is fun, even though it might make your parents or teachers a little crazy. So maybe you need to read “Ask a Science Teacher” by Larry Scheckel instead. That might be somewhat safer.
It’s pretty hard to go wrong with an excursion to Valley of Fire State Park this time of year.
Question: Should I give my ash trees the same iron treatment as fruit trees?
If you’re looking for a Kwanzaa-Christmas-Hanukkah book that will dazzle your 2- to 6-year-old, this one’s it. Read it, and “Dusk” could become one of her favorite things.
Question: I have several bay leaf bushes, but one appears to be dying. What can I do – if anything – to nurse it back to health?
Any time of year is fine for driving the 13-mile scenic loop of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, but by late September, it becomes fun to get out of the car and touch the landscape with your boots. A good place to start is Ice Box Canyon.
I surveyed some of my cohorts, colleagues and cronies to see what their resolution concerning golf for 2012 might be.
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The forecast high for central Las Vegas is 108 on Tuesday and 109 on Wednesday, both just below record highs for the dates.
The Percent For The Arts Fund — which receives 1 percent of the city’s capital budget — budgeted $74,500 for the project.
Las Vegas homebuilding industry leaders are backing an effort to make more land available to improve the balance between housing supply and demand.
The study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that Nevada ranks low in a number of child well-being indicators.