NorthGate Christian Church recently marked its 70th anniversary with a weekend celebration, or “family reunion” as it was dubbed, in which friends reunited, voices lifted, visitors from 15 states attended and former pastors were represented. The decades were filled with name and location changes when leadership swapped and the congregation swelled. It had a humble following in 1941, and now its roughly 250 members await a new building planned for Washburn Road and Donna Street.
From Breakfast with Doctors and Thanksgiving luncheons to safe driving courses, find out about events happening throughout November in this month’s Prime View Briefs.
Senior Moments Creations video records people 55 or older as they talk about their lives, their loves and the times they’ll never forget. The result is a Legacy Video, a professionally shot and edited CD or DVD to leave one’s family.
The shortest stop of a recent two-day Seniors on the Go bus trip to Arizona fulfilled a lifelong goal for one valley resident. This June, Joan Crooks had about 30 minutes and 30 extra pairs of eyes in Tombstone, Ariz.’s Boothill Graveyard helping her locate her grandfather, Glenn Efrom Will, a turn-of-the-century rodeo star and gun-slinging cowboy known as Bronco Bill.
It’s been 42 years since the first moon walk on July 20, 1969, and yet there are a few people who argue the whole thing was faked. The folks at the Las Vegas company Flying by Foy don’t fall into that category for an important reason. They know portions were faked, and they were the part of the company that did it.
A woman was killed Tuesday night after being struck by a vehicle while in a crosswalk in the northeast valley, Las Vegas police said.
A 27-year-old man was booked on Halloween for impersonating a police officer — for the second time. A stolen car investigation that began Sunday led police to arrest Daniel Howard Weiss. He faces multiple charges, including impersonating an officer, possession of methamphetamine and a probation violation.
Three people from Westboro Baptist Church protested at UNLV on Tuesday, and later at Clark High School. The group’s de facto spokeswoman said UNLV offers “courses in Rebellion Against God” and “advanced degrees in Proud Sin and Perversion.” She said the high school is “where children are taught that God is a liar.”
Cantor Gaming on Tuesday debuted its latest race and sports book at The Venetian. The sports book features a 100-foot-long, high-definition 4-millimeter black video screen, one of the world’s largest. The 10,000-square-foot space includes surround sound, marble flooring, and 118 carrels, the most of any Cantor sports book.
With retail concessions starting to rebound, managers at McCarran International Airport have accelerated plans to install a small mall in the Concourse D rotunda.
