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Question: This picture I sent to you shows my chewed Genovese basil. If you enlarge the picture you will see small insects resembling those who ate the leaves of the plant. What can I do without poisoning my basil?
If you are looking for a great summer destination that affords cool temperatures and more outdoor opportunities than you would expect in any town, consider pointing your wagon toward Big Bear Lake, Calif.
No sleuthing is necessary to see the fingerprints of the Civilian Conservation Corps on Mount Charleston . Many of the amenities, trails and campgrounds were built by the public work relief program.
The “Hope 5: An Afternoon of Classical Ballet” annual charity performance is to mark its fifth show with “Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular” talent and be the last gathering before the Strip show closes in September.
Pete and Geri Kypreos are repeating what they do so well: operating a friendly and bright tavern with a menu to match.
After seeing the headline in the Sunday, June 24, 2012, Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Clap your hands for advocates, who stand by us in our shame,” I became very excited since that is exactly what The Rape Crisis Center provides. However, you can imagine my disappointment when not only did you not mention victim advocates, you stated: “There is one experience of advocacy – offered or received – reigning supreme above all other meanings of the word: advocacy offered or received in the wake of moral failure. We have ‘made a mistake,’ we say. But putting the wrong time on your calendar and missing a meeting is a mistake. A moral failure is when we behave badly.”
Last school year, the Clark County School District launched an unprecedented campaign to intervene with credit-deficient high school seniors, nearly half of whom were on track to not graduate. The district identified more than 7,000 seniors in academic trouble and implemented programs to help them catch-up on credits and prepare for the state proficiency exam.
Rosa Ilinka McGill, founder of Girls in Tech Las Vegas, who hopes to cultivate a core of women in the valley interested in technology.
When Alyssa Dixon, 12, began studying for her Oct. 13 bat mitzvah, her mother suggested she help veterans as her community service project. Alyssa opted to join family friend Martin Dean Dupalo in his grass roots effort to help veterans by collecting about-to-expire food from local stores and donating it.
