Members of the Southern Nevada N-Trakers are not just interested in model engines and rail cars that often sell for hundreds of dollars. It’s a lot more complex, such as the guage of the tracks, the voltage and the height and types of couplers that are used to connect rail cars and engines into a fully operating model train.
Herb Jaffe
Herb Jaffe was an op-ed columnist and investigative reporter for most of his 39 years at the Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey. His most recent novel, “Double Play,” is available.
hjaffe@cox.net
Who said the city doesn’t respond to a wake-up call? It may take a while to figure out how to shut off the alarm clock, but eventually it all comes together, in this case thanks to the traffic engineers in the city of Las Vegas’ Public Works Department.
Michael Phelps would be in awe to see the more than 400 medals won by Sun City Summerlin resident Freddy Leipziger over the years. And Leipziger, 85, earned them swimming competitively in six countries.
Maybe you’re among the many homeowners in Summerlin who recently received mail from a company called HomeServe, urging you to buy insurance against a rupture in the waterline that extends from the street to the foundation of your home.
It seems like not a day goes by that we’re not warned to beware of schemes from telephone callers, mail that invites you to a free lunch, or even guys in suits who ring your front door bell.
What does Dan Hays, a rugged-looking Sun City Summerlin resident who has been an active athlete all his life, do to avoid noshing on cookies, potato chips and pretzels while watching television in the evening? He knits hats for babies.
Try this on for size: You can now leave Summerlin in the morning and arrive in Los Angeles later the same day aboard streamlined, comfortable buses for only $4. And if you’re a senior citizen, a disabled person or 17 or younger, the same trip could be discounted for $3.
The four hours you spend in the classroom during the AARP Driver Safety Course could save your life.
There’s a no-brainer sitting on the table down at City Hall that could benefit the city’s coffers, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue and, of most importance, residents of Las Vegas who require emergency medical service.
If you think listeners from Summerlin and its immediate environs aren’t tuned into what the guy on the radio is saying, in between his playing those smooth, golden oldies, then you’re in for quite a shock.
How do you curtail, much less prevent, road recklessness and the accompanying mind-set, especially when there’s a limited number of traffic officers? That was the question put to a relatively new homeowners association in northwest Las Vegas, and the result was the creation of a community accommodation campaign built around Prevent Any Roadway Tragedy, or PART.
With construction on the 106-acre Shops at Summerlin retail center set to resume next year, many are wondering what the 200-acre tract adjoining the site will become. The Howard Hughes Corp. is saving the site for “something special” could that include a new home for the Las Vegas 51s?
Could it be that Summerlin is leading the way toward an economic recovery for Las Vegas? After almost five years of inactivity, what will ultimately become the very heart of Summerlin has begun to make its long-awaited resurgence.
Think about this for a moment: their motto is “Life without a limb is limitless.” Then you watch them display that motto on a softball field, and you become an instant believer.
Columnist shares story of his chance to reconnect with Jack Kemp 1996 vice presidential candidate and AFL championship quarterback of the 1964 Buffalo Bills in Sun City Summerlin.
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