Aaron Jacobson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
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Summerlin writer Lacey Miller follows the plight of a family of elephants on a desperate quest to find safety in South Africa in the novel “I, Elephant.”
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The other day, you were outside playing and you hit your head.
Ouch! It hurt so much that you started to cry, both eyes watering. Your ears rang and you cried so hard, you started to hiccup. But you were fine, you felt better later and you even managed a laugh when your dad tickled you a little.
Few will notice that the half-mile stretch of waterway running east-west from Lamb Boulevard to Boulder Highway, part of the ambitious system of interconnected washes and trails leading to the Las Vegas Wash area, is gone. Like other areas, the Regional Flood Control District has determined that this small ecosystem — alive with small fish, frogs, crawdads, visiting egrets, ducks and more for decades — must be cement-encased.
My interest was piqued by the question from D.G., Las Vegas, the last part regarding “managing psycho-emotional wounds from the past by drinking and verbally abusing you.” I was looking forward to an answer on this problem, since I also share it. The only difference is that I am married, so the red flag response does not apply. If I were single, I would run like crazy, but I am stuck in this cycle because I don’t believe in divorce.
The beat thumps, and an exotic, melodic voice fills the room. The jingle of coins being struck together in time with the music crescendos, and it is a sound Golden Nugget retail assistant manager Carol Deberardinis finds very soothing.
Ten women stand in the next room, each eager to learn the art of belly dance.
Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center hosted a program May 24 that allowed Las Vegas teens to experience the consequences of drinking and driving.
Robert Sean Bennett, a longtime federal law enforcement official, has been selected as the new court security director to oversee security for Clark County courts.
Fare thee well, martini days. After a 12-year reign, the Mob Lawyer has left the building. As Carolyn Goodman prepares to take over Mayor Oscar Goodman’s golden gavel July 6, transforming the face of the City Council, so too will change the image of Las Vegas. This change in leadership, which includes Ward 3’s newly elected Bob Coffin, will hurdle economic challenges along the way — including filling an estimated $4.1 million budget gap.
Local artists are at work on a 20-foot-tall Las Vegas showgirl sculpture dubbed Lucky Lady Lucy at Boulder Plaza in the Arts District. Once completed, the figure will be transported to the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert, 120 miles north of Reno.
Nonprofit food bank Three Square is working with the Clark County School District, the Nevada Department of Education and the Culinary Training Academy to try to provide meals to every kid in need while they’re out of school. With the district’s elimination of year-round schedules, about 65,000 additional kids will be out of school this summer, making it more difficult to get food to kids in every corner of the Las Vegas Valley.
Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park, 4915 Steptoe St., Suite 400, has several weeklong sky camps scheduled this summer for kids 6 to 12. The next camp is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to noon beginning Monday. The cost is $100 per person, and a sibling can sign up for half price. Additional Sky Camps are scheduled July 11-15, July 25-29, Aug. 8-12 and Aug. 15-19. For more information, visit skyzonesports.com or call 436-6887.