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Senior-facility staffer spurs kind acts among residents

She said she shifts residents’ focus from advancing age to looking forward to each day by encouraging them to do something for others. Howard started a program, Random Acts of Kindness Every day, or RAKE, in January 2017.

Honor Flight Experience will simulate D.C. tour for veterans

The Experience will feature a luncheon, a video tour of the memorials and presentations to acknowledge the veterans’ service. The event is free for veterans, and they can sign up at honorflightsouthernnevada.org or by calling 702-749-5912.

Lola’s recreates look, feel, flavors of New Orleans

The restaurant’s owner and chef, Lola Pokorny, grew up in Louisiana. When she was 12, she said, she knew she wanted to own a restaurant to let people experience the flavors of the Big Easy.

Rat Pack-era music, food kept alive at My Mother’s House

“I wanted this to be like what Vegas was,” said Leonetti, who owns the restaurant with his wife, Laura Rispoli. “Unfortunately, although there are wonderful restaurants in Las Vegas, they’re just restaurants. I wanted to do something a little different, bring back the way Vegas was, where people can come in and dine and hear phenomenal music.”

Sun City Security Patrol treats flags with reverence

There’s a somber ceremony that’s performed twice a year by the Sun City Summerlin Security Patrol. It’s called flag retirement day, and it’s a highly respectful occasion, as you might expect. Equally important, it must be done in a proper manner when any flag of the United States becomes weather-beaten or otherwise tattered.

Ex-personal chef puts passion into pot pies in Las Vegas

Yes, it tucked away in a tiny commercial slot. Yes, it has a limited menu. Yes, it’s food you take home to cook yourself. And yup, you can take all the credit for the chef-quality tastiness it provides.

Peccole Ranch benches preserve memory of fallen

Apple Way is also known as the Avenue of Honor, and the homeowners’ board of Peccole Ranch wants anyone who uses it to reflect on the locals killed in the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting.