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Canyonlands pictographs take one to another world

The Great Gallery in Horseshoe Canyon is one of the most significant rock art sites in North America. It is in a remote area of Canyonlands National Park, Utah. A trip there requires plenty of preparation, plus the equipment and willingness to drive a 30-mile gravel road to the trailhead. Once there, you’ll need to hike down through the slick rock, which contains a few high drop-offs into the canyon. It is a moderately strenuous hike of about 6.5 miles roundtrip with an elevation loss/gain of about 800 feet at the beginning and that much to climb back up at hike’s end.

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Ri Ra Irish Pub in The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, plans to beat the world record for longest concert, with 16 days of live music.

Carl Hiaasen makes leap to youth lit with ‘Skink — No Surrender’

You learned the truth about the Jolly Old Elf years ago. Same with the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. So if, in the new book “Skink – No Surrender” by Carl Hiaasen, 14-year-old Richard Sloan said he met a one-eyed, bearded, beak-wearing man-bear on a Florida beach, who’d believe him?

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Las Vegas Book Briefs for Oct. 2-8, 2014

Literary events this week include a reading by Sasha Steensen, who is set to be the first guest speaker in the UNLV Creative Writing Program Alumni Reading Series.

Home fire extinguishers should be checked and replenished often

Although a fire extinguisher is the last line of defense in a home before calling firefighting professionals, many homeowners don’t have one or know how to use and maintain it.

Mammos & Mimosas event to spotlight early detection for breast cancer

Advancements in medicine can make it seem as though early detection of breast cancer is no longer so vital. But it is, and to help remind women to get an annual diagnostic exam, a Mammos & Mimosas event is planned for Oct. 11 at Summerlin Hospital Medical Center.

Reader-submitted photos and adoptable pets, Oct. 2-8, 2014

View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everyday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to View, C/O Anne King, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.

Newsmakers,Oct. 2-8, 2014

First Lt. Michelle Ching-Rosales of North Las Vegas graduated from Commissioned Officer Training Sept. 19 in Montgomery, Ala. She is the wife of Air Force veteran Michael I. Rosales. Ching-Rosales is set to graduate from UNLV in December with a Ph.D. in public health.