The local nonprofit Catholic War Veterans will hold its gala dinner Friday to raise money to help needy veterans and their families with food, rent, utilities, transportation and clothing.
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It was not the showgirls or the bikini-clad dancers or the spray paint artists that stood out Friday night on the Fremont Street Experience. What looked out of place was the sight of Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez walking the length of the attraction followed by a small platoon of attorneys.
Once a month on Sunday, three organizations spend their morning and afternoon trapping feral cats. Volunteers from Heaven Can Wait Animal Society, the Community Cat Coalition of Clark County (C5) and the Las Vegas Valley Humane Society work with cat colony caretakers to reduce the overpopulation of feral cats. Heaven Can Wait plans to host its 11th anniversary feral cat clinic Oct. 20, targeting feral cats throughout the valley.
In 1991, when Shelley Bonner-Carson wanted her boots shined before an important meeting with casino executives, she learned men could get their shoes shined, but not women — all shoeshine concession stands were inside men’s restrooms. Now, her business, Goodfellows Shoeshine & Accessories, is in 10 Las Vegas hotel-casinos and has expanded into four states with 131 employees.
Sliding between the past and the present in India and America, Las Vegas author Chuck Kannan shares the tale of an adolescent girl who escapes a life of horror and takes on a new identity in a new country in his novel “Becoming Cora.” As the girl’s trusted advisor says,” As of today, your past does not exist. Sara does not exist. The child who was abused and raped does not exist. The child who gave birth, the child accused of murder, the child who was incarcerated, none of them will exist any longer.”
The other night at bedtime, there was big trouble. You went to grab your favorite storybook and… it was gone! You looked under the bed. You searched in your toybox. You peeked into the closet, the kitchen, beneath the sofa, in the laundry, and in your brother’s bedroom. Where could it be? You’re not sure, but if you read “The Snatchabook” by Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty, I think you’ll know.
It’s been called “a town within a town,” this century-old Las Vegas Paiute Tribe.
Many hundreds of people drove past a car crash on Interstate 15 during morning rush hour. Ho-hum, just another delay. Tammy Killen didn’t keep going.