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Troublesome ground squirrel can dig up, eat tulips

Question: Yesterday, I found three deep, very round holes dug about 6 inches apart at the edge of my raised garden where I have had tulips planted for years. Dirt was kicked out, and baby tulip bulbs were scattered.

Shooting of all kinds offered in north valley

The Clark County Shooting Complex offers rifle, pistol, shotgun and archery target shooting for all ages. The 2,800-acre facility, 11357 N. Decatur Blvd., is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Literary Las Vegas: Christene Houston

When Jenna Tucker’s Marine father is killed in an explosion, the teen plunges herself into a destructive spiral broken only when her drunken boyfriend plows into the side of a minivan. In response, Jenna’s mother ships her off for a summer of exile where Jenna is expected to leave Las Vegas and help out in her aunt’s rural grocery store. Las Vegas author Christene Houston follows Jenna’s journey through anger, pain and love in the young adult romance novel “A Heart So Broken.”

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