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POLICE RECORDS BUREAU TO REOPEN SATURDAY AFTER ONE-WEEK CLOSURE
The Metropolitan Police Department’s records bureau is set to reopen at 7 a.m. Saturday at the department’s new headquarters in Building C at 400 S. Martin Luther King Blvd.

Club welcomes all downtown for Oktoberfest

May your cup overfloweth with German revelry during the third annual Oktoberfest at Centennial Plaza from 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St.

Stand Down to give back to valley military veterans in need

Stand Down is a national support initiative for needy veterans. In a more local scope, the second annual Veterans Stand Down is planned for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 6 and 7 at the Cambridge Community Center, 3900 Cambridge St .

Dining pick of the week: Island Sushi and Hawaiian Grill

Sushi and Hawaii go together. Hawaiians know fresh fish, and the state has an Asian population of 40 percent. Combine the two and you get Island Sushi and Hawaiian Grill.

Celebrity City Chorus prepares for international competition

Before the Celebrity City Chorus heads to Houston to compete in the International Sweet Adelines Convention and Competition, members plan to put on a free dress rehearsal concert at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Community Lutheran Church, 3720 E. Tropicana Ave.

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Ukrainian judges visit valley to learn about US legal system

A delegation of Ukrainian judges, translators and others visited the valley from Sept. 10 -17, at the Regional Justice Center, 200 Lewis Ave., as part of the Open World, Rule of Law Program.

Swimmers to take on Slam the Dam this weekend

The second annual Slam the Dam event, an open water swim zone championship, is planned for this weekend at Lake Mead’s Boulder Beach.

Land crustaceans can cause damage to veggies

Question: My biggest question is how to rid my raised vegetable beds of the abundance of bugs of all sorts who have made their home there over the past couple years. I love the little “roly poly” bugs but have a thousand of them in my gardens causing problems.

Las Vegas pickleball in play across the valley

With steely eyes, the two, two-person teams stare at each other across the parquet floor. In the moments before the serve, they size each other up and adjust the grip on their paddles. With a distinctive “pa-thwock,” the ball is in play, and the modern-day gladiators move into the challenge, for this is pickleball.

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