WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters’ notebook

“Hey (redacted), what are you doing here?”

“If all goes well, getting a divorce.”

“Me too!”

“Congratulations! We should get a drink later.”

Mike Blasky

At least one Henderson City Council member has had enough of the dispute between New Song Lutheran Church and its neighbors.

Councilwoman Gerri Schroder took a moment to vent Tuesday before the council put the matter to rest with a final vote. Schroder said she was disappointed by “nasty” emails she had received from congregants and hoped she would never again have to see such messages.

“I can’t imagine that church people would actually write this kind of stuff,” she said.

The church began butting heads with nearby residents 10 months ago over its desire to add first-graders to its school. The council voted 4-1 in April to approve the change. Schroder voted against it, citing concern over the church’s future plans to educate students through the fifth grade.

Hundreds of neighbors opposed expansion of the school, primarily because of fears that it would exacerbate existing traffic problems in the area.

Carri Geer Thevenot

The Dutch make good beer, but don’t trust them to make your plane reservations

There’s a billboard on the freeway near McCarran International Airport touting Heineken as the hip brew for jet setters who frequent the clubs on the Strip. The ad features the distinctive green bottle and the airport designators to show its journey. AMS-LHR-LVS.

That trip would take you from Amsterdam’s Schiphol through London’s Heathrow to Las Vegas Municipal Airport in a town of 15,000 east of Santa Fe, N.M.

Las Vegas, N.M., attracted such colorful characters as Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp in its past. It’s also been featured in numerous films, from “Easy Rider” and “John Carpenter’s Vampires” through “All the Pretty Horses” and “No Country for Old Men.” The A&E series “Longmire” is filmed there.

On second thought, maybe the Dutch are just movie fans.

Mark Whittington