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Decades ago, the local chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs was located in downtown’s booming Glitter Gulch.
At that time, there were more than 300 members ready and willing “to improve and elevate the character of man.” Las Vegan Helen Leonard has watched the local membership at the Oasis Rebekah and Artesia Odd Fellow lodges dwindle down to a few dozen members.
In an effort to improve test scores at underperforming schools in the downtown and North Las Vegas areas, the Clark County School District is recommending a dozen reform initiatives for the coming school year. A public input session regarding the district’s plan is scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Nevada Partners, 710 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
Parents at some preschools have more of a reason to stick around after dropping off their kids. The United Way of Southern Nevada has sponsored seven Success By 6 Family Engagement Resource Centers within Las Vegas Valley preschools to engage parents to interact more with their children and each other.
For Chantall Everett to describe herself through her 43-year life, some unsavory identifiers would pop up with some triumphant ones. The Louisiana native spent about 18 months in a community of about a dozen people who called the mouth of the Flamingo Road-Swenson Street wash home. She met her fiance among them, a fellow addict but no less a comfort and protector.
This summer the superheroes aren’t just in the summer blockbusters and being featured at your friendly neighborhood comic shop. They’re at the Winchester Cultural Center in the original Winchester Players Production “ASAP Superhero Academy.” “ASAP stands for all super, all powerful, and it’s about all these superheroes on a floating island,” said Susan Swanson, who directs the Winchester Players with her brother, Chris Swanson. “It’s a place like ‘Brigadoon.’ All the superheroes wait there until they’re needed.”
Nevadans know unemployment better than anyone else. Youngsters here are getting used to it, too. The unemployment rate of Nevadans ages 16 to 19 is 34.5 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, second behind Georgia. Charles Nguyen, Jaime Estepa and Shane Haddad, 17-year-old valley residents, are finding out firsthand how tough it is.
Signature Productions plans to present “Little Shop of Horrors” July 25 through Aug. 27 at the Summerlin Library Performing Arts Center. The show, which has a cult following, saw plenty of actors lined up for roles.
As a kid, Gerald J. Kubicki dreamed of playing major league baseball, but a shoulder injury ended his sports career, and he found himself in the world of international business.
Have you ever been scared of something? Really scared? Sure you have, and there doesn’t even have to be a reason. You might be scared of the dark because it’s… dark. Maybe you’re scared of dogs, because they make a ferocious noise. Or you’re scared of clowns, because they look funny. You might not be able to put your finger on why you’re scared, but it doesn’t matter.
You never know who you might see in El Sombrero Café. It serves generous portions to a who’s who type of clientele.
The Las Vegas Badminton Club is seeing more and more players since it started in 2000. Played at a few locations across the valley, games are open to the public. The fee is $2 at most sites.
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My daughter has epilepsy. Her father and I divorced when she was 2. At age 5, she found our wedding pictures and (said) she really liked the pictures. That afternoon, she had her first seizure.
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