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School district organizes schools into performance zones

Elementary, middle and high schools in the same neighborhoods are going to get a lot cozier with each other as they are organized into cooperative teams beginning this month. The Clark County School District will be creating 14 “performance zones” based on location and achievement.

Safety news

National Night Out celebration set
for today at Cashman Middle School

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Health News

Las Vegas’ outdoor workers protected from heat by certain provisions

Outdoor workers take their “hot jobs” seriously when temperatures hit triple digits in Las Vegas. If their employers don’t share their concern, the Nevada Occupational Health & Safety Section, or OSHA, of the Division of Industrial Relations is available to step in.

A la carte

Big Dog’s to host summer beer dinner

Favorite sons & daughters

Collin Bosley, 18, has achieved Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America.

Newsmakers

The 2011 Miss Nevada and Miss Nevada Outstanding Teen Pageant took place July 1-2 at the CasaBlanca Resort in Mesquite.

Things to do

Super Summer Theatre continues
with ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

The Attic may not survive explosion aftermath

Mayra Politis has less than 90 days to come up with enough money to save her downtown business The Attic Vintage Clothing Company, 1025 S. Main St., which has been a staple on the Main Street business corridor for 22 years. The NV Energy substation explosion last year delivered the shop a crippling financial blow.

Downtown Neighborhood News

The Swingers Club is scheduled to open Aug. 24 at the Plaza, 1 Main St. The Las Vegas City Council swore in new elected officials and NV Energy plans a Senior Energy Assistance Expo at the Cashman Center in this week’s Downtown Neighborhood News

Hewetson principal earns spot in Nevada Public Education Foundation Hall of Fame

Lucy Keaton helped transform what was one of the lowest performing elementary schools in Las Vegas into an exemplary turn around school, the state’s highest academic designation. During the six years Keaton has been at the school, Hewetson has met adequate yearly progress standards four years running and had gains of at least 10 percent in student achievement on standardized tests every year.

Trip turns into an adventure for abandoned boy

There are days when slamming your bedroom door, though it might get you in trouble, is really satisfying. Those are the days when everybody bugs you, nothing goes right, and you just want to scream, stomp, storm and slam.
Sometimes, you just want to be left alone. But what if everybody left you — for good?

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