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Literary Las Vegas: Ben Wood

It’s estimated that approximately 3,500 Jewish men, women and children owe their lives to Italian government officials who refused to surrender Jews fleeing into Italian areas of occupation during World War II. In “Defying Evil: How the Italian Army Saved Croatian Jews During the Holocaust,” high school history teacher Ben Wood outlines the bureaucratic strategies used to thwart the operations of the Nazi-occupied Croatian government.

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Downtown Arts district to host first Friday

The monthly First Friday arts festival is slated from 6 to 11 p.m. in the 18b Arts District downtown. This month’s festival is scheduled to host Las Vegas Science Festival-sponsored activities from 6 to 9 p.m. in the kid’s fun zone at the corner of Casino Center Boulevard and Colorado Avenue. For more information, visit firstfridaylasvegas.com.

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Friendship finds a way: southwest hospice volunteer, patient share life, laughter

Hospice volunteers usually expect to lose patients within six months. Betsy Burnett, a veteran volunteer, was used to this. Her current patient, Elizabeth “Betty” Twohey, who is 104, did not follow the trend. She has been in hospice care for five years.

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