Whether it is to stroll down the street on Rollerblades or bicycles, walk the pavement or even roll around in a giant hamster ball, the city of Henderson is opening up the path for all residents to experience a car-free Henderson for a day Nov. 9. Its inaugural Stroll ’n Roll — a spin on the Ciclovia event, which originated in Bogota, Colombia — invites residents to take to the streets. “We were looking at what type of events could get people out to participate in fun and healthy activities,” said Mary Ellen Donner, the director of the city of Henderson’s parks and recreation department who is helping to organize Stroll ’n Roll.
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The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada has been given the green light, or the green lane rather, to create a network of green bicycle lanes and related signs on various downtown roadways. These include First, Third and Sixth streets; and Hoover, Gass, Garces, Bonneville, Clark, Bridger and Ogden avenues.
Las Vegas may be a town that never sleeps but it certainly knows how to relax.
Having opened its first location last year in Henderson, Tennis WerX, an indoor tennis teaching facility, has opened a second site at 2651 Crimson Canyon Drive. The high-energy instruction includes social skills for kids.
Question: I have a small fescue lawn that is being taken over by what appears to be Bermudagrass or some type of large-blade thick, dense grass that is much greener and thicker than the fescue grass.
In the spirit of famous fliers such as Icarus, the Wright brothers or Amelia Earhart, the Henderson-based team, We “CAN” Do It, is preparing to take flight at the Red Bull Flugtag Challenge Sept. 21 in Long Beach, Calif.
Even though Master Daniel Jackson claimed another gold medal from the USA Taekwondo National Tournament in July, his real reason for training and teaching martial arts isn’t awards. It is to see the impact in people’s lives.
A knitting a crocheting group at the West Flamingo Senior Center hosted a “Yarn-a-Thon” event this month, creating yarn flower murals. The group plans more meetings throughout the year.
Question: We planted a pluot this past spring along with four peach trees of different varieties. The pluot just started oozing sap or gumming on the lower truck.
I recently spoke with Eric Yaillen, the executive director of the Southern Nevada Golf Association. The topics of our conversation have been the USGA handicap system, how to establish a course rating and what the heck a slope measures.
Great Basin National Park lies less than five hours north of the teeming cities of Southern Nevada, and one wonders why it remains one of the least-visited in the park system.
Question: We have nine pine trees, and they are dropping lots of needles. We have a large berm under the trees and water inside the berm twice weekly. Should the needles be removed or left inside the berm?
Question: I have been growing grapes for seven years. Can you please tell me what is wrong with my vines? They are still producing grapes.
She can parry. She can lunge. And now, she’ll be doing it on the world stage. Northwest Las Vegas resident Amy Montoya, 51, has qualified to represent the U.S. and Nevada at the 2013 Veterans World Fencing Championships in Bulgaria in October. Her fellow fencer at the Fencing Academy of Nevada, Summerlin resident Sean Ameli, is going for the third year in a row.
Capitol Reef National Park, in south-central Utah’s red rock country, is a special jewel in our national park system.