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National Night Out celebration set
for today at Cashman Middle School
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.
Outdoor workers take their “hot jobs” seriously when temperatures hit triple digits in Las Vegas. If their employers don’t share their concern, the Nevada Occupational Health & Safety Section, or OSHA, of the Division of Industrial Relations is available to step in.
Big Dog’s to host summer beer dinner
Collin Bosley, 18, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.
The 2011 Miss Nevada and Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Pageant took place July 1-2 at the CasaBlanca Resort in Mesquite.
Mayra Politis has less than 90 days to come up with enough money to save her downtown business The Attic Vintage Clothing Company, 1025 S. Main St., which has been a staple on the Main Street business corridor for 22 years. The NV Energy substation explosion last year delivered the shop a crippling financial blow.
The Swingers Club is scheduled to open Aug. 24 at the Plaza, 1 Main St. The Las Vegas City Council swore in new elected officials and NV Energy plans a Senior Energy Assistance Expo at the Cashman Center in this week’s Downtown Neighborhood News
Lucy Keaton helped transform what was one of the lowest performing elementary schools in Las Vegas into an exemplary turn around school, the state’s highest academic designation. During the six years Keaton has been at the school, Hewetson has met adequate yearly progress standards four years running and had gains of at least 10 percent in student achievement on standardized tests every year.
There are days when slamming your bedroom door, though it might get you in trouble, is really satisfying. Those are the days when everybody bugs you, nothing goes right, and you just want to scream, stomp, storm and slam.
Sometimes, you just want to be left alone. But what if everybody left you — for good?
Emanuel Zamir grew up in Jerusalem, where he earned a degree in electronics. After a 14-year stint in New York and 16 years in Maryland, he moved to Las Vegas and took up writing.