The Marty Hennessy Junior Tennis Foundation offers local kids an opportunity to learn the game of tennis. In return, they have to become upstanding young people. Members are expected to volunteer with the foundation, perform community service, be stellar students and act as mentors for younger kids.
Recreation
People come from throughout the world to visit Black Canyon, the 12-mile gorge of the Colorado River running downstream from Hoover Dam to Willow Beach, Ariz. Yet, even though it is practically in our backyards, many Southern Nevadans have not even heard of it, let alone cruised its waters.
An annular solar eclipse, when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, thus obscuring the image of the sun to an Earth viewer, is expected between 3 p.m. and sunset Sunday.
Downsize Fitness recently opened its first Las Vegas location at 321 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 120, to help those with 50 pounds or more to lose meet their weight-loss goals.
Question: Last year, we planted a yellow bells plant. It appears to have died over winter. Do we need to trim it back to bring it back to life or just be patient and wait?
Over the course of time, I receive a mishmash of emails concerning the golf industry, new equipment, gadgets, ideas and theories to improve play. These past few months have been exceedingly interesting with what’s going on in our world of golf.
The Darling Tennis Center has hired a new coach, Henner Nehles, for its high-performance youth program. Nehles was one of the most decorated tennis players at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, earning Mountain West Region Most Valuable Student Athlete of the Year and National Intercollegiate Tennis Association Mountain Region Senior Athlete of the Year.
With the temperatures warming up, it’s almost time to wrap up the spring hiking season in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. With that in mind, you might want to sneak in one more low-elevation trail before it becomes unbearably hot and unsafe to do so.
Question: Inspired by you, I have planted a tree from your recommended tree list and another that I don’t think is in there, a Meyer lemon. I planted a lemon after seeing other people in the valley having success with it. I would like to know what precautions I should take growing a lemon tree here.
Question: We want to plant a pecan tree. Would you please recommend one for Las Vegas? If we plant one, can we cut it way back and keep it small like we did our other fruit trees?
Running for a cure is the idea behind participants for Team Challenge, a program under the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation designed to encourage fitness and awareness for the disease.