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Tending golf turf takes attention to detail

It’s 4:30 in the morning, and I’m at Angel Park Golf Club, 100 S. Rampart Blvd. It’s dark outside, but there’s a hubbub of activity. There’s an associate mowing the practice green, a kitchen worker heading toward the restaurant, a staff member using a blower to clear the main concourse to the clubhouse and equipment is buzzing everywhere. There are sprinklers watering the course.

STEVEN KALAS: Mother needs to rethink relationship with daughter

There’s a situation in my family that is almost making me sick to my stomach. I have a younger sister, 45, who is STILL living with my mother. She had a child at 15 and then two additional kids years later. None of the fathers are in the picture. I cannot remember a time when she DIDN’T live at my mother’s house.

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

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