When it comes to lawns, everyone tells us to be water-wise, green and eco-friendly. But some of us are too stubborn to get rid of our real grass in spite of high water bills, in spite of having to mow every week and in spite of the difficulty of trying to remove the green and brown stains that children get on their clothes after a two-hour game of tag.
Maybe you have an apricot tree that produces way more apricots than you can use or your tomatoes come in all at once and you have nowhere to go with them. There are people out there who would love to have them. I am in the process of putting together a list of seasonal foods produced in Southern Nevada. If you are interested in participating in this list, please drop me an e-mail at morrisr@unce.unr.edu or give me a call at 257-5509.
Many of the benefits of green living are in real time. We enjoy them as they happen. Paying less money at the gas pump or for a utility bill can be a rewarding activity these days. Our lives also are enhanced by green buildings or by making healthy dietary choices. In my humble opinion, however, the greatest benefits are those that accrue over time as a result of our collective actions.
“It’s not easy being green.” Kermit the Frog, a Muppet, one of puppeteer Jim Henson’s most famous and beloved creations, first introduced in 1955.
Film legend Tony Curtis is coming out with his memoirs in October. Curtis, 83, let the cat out of the bag during a telephone conversation Wednesday.
In the fishing tackle industry, Las Vegas resident Ken Whiting is known as the “Wizard of Rods.” His rod designs have dominated the competition in recent years, and during the 2007 International Convention of Allied Sportsfishing Trades (ICAST), Whiting won top honors in both the freshwater and saltwater categories, as well as the overall “Best of Show” award with fishing rods made from carrot fibers that were produced by e21 Fishing.
Juan Pierre needed just four games in Triple A, in 2000, to prove he was ready to play in the big leagues.
In these difficult economic times, one Reebok Summer Championships team was not deterred from again paying a high price to make the trek to Las Vegas: Quebec’s Ste-Foy Basketball club.
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is used to being behind center — not behind a knife.
No Child Left Behind has always faced criticism from those who see the federal act as an unfunded mandate that turned schools into test-taking factories.
For an athlete, being on the outside looking in has to be the worst feeling in the world.
Another hepatitis C case has been linked to a shuttered Las Vegas endoscopy center, and it genetically matches strains from a cluster of six cases that prompted the nation’s largest patient notification, Southern Nevada Health District officials said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON — The House Wednesday easily approved legislation that seeks to slow the steepest slide in house prices in a generation, rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure and reassure global markets that mortgage-finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will not be allowed to fail.
Clark County Coroner Michael Murphy prefers to deal in facts, so he couldn’t answer my two questions: How long did it take for Jason Rimer to die, and how much did the disabled 4-year-old suffer?
• LAKE MEAD — Anglers are finding good striper action using a variety of baits and techniques. Jigging and still-fishing with cut bait are taking fish from 33 Hole to the Vegas Wash inlet. Two fish weighing in at 8 and 9 pounds were reeled in from the area over the weekend. Top-water action associated with boils is starting to pick up.
Antonio Margarito knows what it’s like to lose in the boxing ring. And he’d like nothing more than to share that feeling with Miguel Cotto when the two meet Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
RENO — The mayors of Reno and Sparks are calling off a proposal to consider leasing the area’s publicly owned water system to private investors.
CARSON CITY — The ACLU of Nevada says the Nevada Supreme Court should let voters have their say on a pair of initiative petitions seeking to divert Las Vegas convention authority room tax revenue to state needs, including education.
International travelers know the scenario: The hapless foreigner wants to ask locals where he’ll find a bus stop, but thanks to his mangled translation, he inadvertently queries about the nearest whorehouse. Hilarity ensues, unless he’s in Pahrump or Amsterdam.
CARSON CITY — A new study predicts that climate change will create devastating drought in Nevada and throughout the Southwest and continue to drop the levels of Lakes Mead and Powell, threatening the water supply for 2 million Nevadans.
Nevada has a long road to the top when it comes to effectively addressing children’s issues, a panel of child well-being experts agreed Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Chris Paul probably wasn’t the best person to ask about size, because the 6-footer spends most of his time on the court trying to avoid the big guys instead of trying to act like one. Besides, he’s got other things on his mind this week, including impressing Mike Krzyzewski enough to secure the backup spot to Jason Kidd as the U.S. point guard in Beijing.