COMING IN THIS WEEK’S BUSINESS PRESS

MISSING ON THE LINKS: Golf courses nationwide feel today's pain, as a years-long greens-building binge runs smack into a dwindling base of golfers. As operators strive to survive, locals could increasingly find themselves welcome on once-private courses, and they'll also enjoy more value for their golfing dollar, industry watchers predict.

HERE KIDDIES: Marketing consultant Tony Rago hopes Kid Fuel, a vitamin-bolstered and fruit-flavored water, will gain entry to 2,500 stores by year's end. Rago and his friends and family have contributed $3 million toward that goal.

EXECUTIVE SNAPSHOT: SouthwestUSA Bank President Patrick Wisman recalls inspiration from his grandparents and describes his fountain pen collection.

THIS WEEK'S LIST: Financial advisers and planners.

THIS WEEK'S BUSINESS PRESS POLL QUESTION

Log onto the Las Vegas Business Press Web site and let us hear your opinion on this week's question.

LS Power last week joined NV Energy in announcing that it was shelving plans to build a coal-fired power plant in Nevada because of increasing concerns about the cost and feasibility of using coal to power future plants rather than using alternative clean, renewable energy sources. Critics of coal-fired utility plants say increasing concerns about climate change and the growing likelihood of new regulatory rules being imposed to limit carbon emissions makes it almost certain that coal's days are numbered.

Do you think any power plants that are fueled with coal will ever again be built in Nevada?

answer at www.lvbusinesspress.com/poll