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State calls on CCSD to pay for budget deficit

Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert said the district needs to cover costs before putting the pressure on principals.

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Dining pick of the week: Chinatown Cuisine

From the moment this restaurant opens until the moment it closes, an all-day buffet is served that includes a variety of soups, seafood, poultry, beef, noodle, pork and rice dishes.

Sportsmen’s Exposition to go all out(doors) at local event

Hunting, fishing, camping, even the World Elk Calling Championship, are scheduled to be included for one of the nation’s largest outdoor sports shows this weekend at the Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road.

Area briefing

CYBERSECURITY TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY
DURING LECTURE AT GREENSPUN HALL

Magical Forest thefts spur efforts to tighten security

Opportunity Village is beefing up its security after two thefts occurred in January at Magical Forest. Two generators and a video projector were stolen on separate occasions just days before Magical Forest was to close for the season.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ coming to CSN as part of SchoolFest

The Utah Shakespeare Festival has performances of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the Nicholas J. Horn Theatre on the College of Southern Nevada’s Cheyenne campus. Las Vegas Academy graduate Kristen Henley will play the role of Puck.

Book briefs

Book events this week include a signing by “Vintage Vegas” columnist Betty Bunch and an African American Author’s Symposium.

Literary Las Vegas: Elizabeth Parker

Buddy was a mischievous golden retriever no one wanted. He’d made his way from owner to owner and was at an animal shelter with numbered days when Elizabeth and Michael Parker took him in. His quirky antics inspired Elizabeth Parker’s first book, “Finally Home: Lessons on Life From a Free-Spirited Dog.”

Microclimates, manual control affect planting

Question: What do you say is our planting zone? I got a Plant Smart Sensor for Christmas, and it says we are a 7B, which is way lower than I’ve read. Just because a website says a tree or plant will be OK for a certain zone doesn’t mean it is necessarily, right?