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Who says Las Vegas isn’t for kids? Certainly not the creators behind “A Kids’ Guide To Las Vegas: The Original Las Vegas Coloring Book.” Rich Newman came up with the concept for a coloring book guide to the city, and artist Mike Miller wrote and illustrated it. Miller is better known for his Tomas the desert tortoise series and his View political cartoons. For more information on the author/artist, visit tomasthetortoise.com.
If anybody asks, you’re the kid who knows the score. You can rattle off your favorite teams’ standing. You know who leads in career touchdowns and career goals. You can describe the butterfly, the crawl, the trudgen and you know who does them best. Is there anything better than watching a game?
The U.S. government should be helping the people, not helping rich organizations like the stock markets, mortgage companies, car companies and banking industries.
View is seeking the best area bloggers to spotlight on our redesigned website at viewnews.com. If you have a blog focused on activities and issues in Southern Nevada and you’re interested in sharing your work with a wider audience, please send your link to letters@viewnews.com. Readers are invited to submit information about their favorite blogs, too. Find a wealth of staff and community blogs at lvrj.com/#blogs-columns.
Memories of 9/11
When a kindergarten student at her tae kwon do studio suffered a slight concussion after he was pushed down the stairs and then picked up and rammed against a pole at school, Maria Pino wished she would have taught her youngest students about bullies sooner.
For pancakes, pies and hamburgers, family-style diner Du-par’s inside the Golden Gate has become popular among locals and tourists.
It’s 4:30 in the morning, and I’m at Angel Park Golf Club, 100 S. Rampart Blvd. It’s dark outside, but there’s a hubbub of activity. There’s an associate mowing the practice green, a kitchen worker heading toward the restaurant, a staff member using a blower to clear the main concourse to the clubhouse and equipment is buzzing everywhere. There are sprinklers watering the course.
There’s a situation in my family that is almost making me sick to my stomach. I have a younger sister, 45, who is STILL living with my mother. She had a child at 15 and then two additional kids years later. None of the fathers are in the picture. I cannot remember a time when she DIDN’T live at my mother’s house.
Elementary, middle and high schools in the same neighborhoods are going to get a lot cozier with each other as they are organized into cooperative teams beginning this month. The Clark County School District will be creating 14 “performance zones” based on location and achievement.
Twice a month at Green Valley Ranch Resort, singer/songwriters Brian McComas and Aaron Benward host “Nashville Unplugged,” a music show that features the songwriters and stories behind some country music’s most popular song.
Nearly all figs are self-fertile, and all the figs I have tested in our climate do well. It is just a matter of your preference in taste.
