Indecipherable gibberish

The details of health care legislation hardly matter anymore; it’s the vast expansion of federal bureaucratic control over medicine that counts to proponents.

Tax plans this soon? Not a chance

Brian Sandoval says the specifics on his spending priorities are coming. Rory Reid, who’s almost ready to formalize his run for Nevada’s top office, promises to present his vision for state government soon.

New nonprofit sponsors its first charity ball

Congresswoman Shelley Berkley and Drs. Theodore Jacobs and Sheikh Saghir were honored Oct. 2 during the Volunteers in Medicine Ball at Encore.

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Grasses add interest, motion to your landscape

We now have grasses bigger than lawns! There are many types of ornamental grasses adding interest and personality to our landscapes. Use them the same way you use accents in your landscape.

THE WATER COOLER

Here are a few things in news, entertainment and popular culture that we’ve been talking about lately.

Greek Orthodox congregation celebrates 50 years

You won’t see it, not even if you look really hard, but St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church is a church built on a foundation of souvlaki, moussaka and baklava.

BOOKMARK

Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.

Auction to benefit charities, university

In life, Claudine Williams was known for her generosity, particularly toward education. A dormitory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is named for her.

What we’d like to see in the mob museum

Mayor Oscar Goodman hopes to bring bodies — the living kind — into his mob museum, set to open in early 2011 in the old downtown courthouse and U.S. post office building. (Its official name is the Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, but no one will call it that.)

Zion’s fall colors at their best during coming weeks

Zion National Park’s colorful autumn foliage delights visitors through a long, beautiful season. Early color among the stands of aspens in the park’s high back country peaks in mid-October and rapidly disappears. Just now beginning to show, the color in the park’s canyons lingers well into November along the Virgin River and other watercourses and in the Kolob portion of the park. Cottonwoods, box elder, maple and others do their best for visitors during coming weeks.

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More machines slotted for California

A federal judge told California’s gaming regulators in August that the state shortchanged Indian tribes on the number of slot machines they could operate when casinos were legalized 10 years ago.

Business plan competition announced

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Entrepreneurship in association with the Business Press is launching a business plan competition that will be open to entrepreneurs of any experience level.

Any-age matchmaking as close as your mouse

Online matchmaking isn’t only for the 20-, 30- or 40-somethings. Plenty of older Web users are finding friends and mates in cyberspace, too.

LAS VEGAS CONVENTIONS

Some of the largest conventions scheduled for the Las Vegas area this week:

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