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Lebanese American Festival keeps culture, food at forefront

“We want to continue our tradition,” said Sami Alhwayek, president of the St. Sharbel council. “We need to remind people, ‘Yeah, you live here, but don’t forget where you came from. Don’t forget the food, don’t forget the language, don’t forget the culture, don’t forget the music, the songs.’”

Friends in the Desert feeds Henderson’s homeless

This is the Friends in the Desert program at St. Timothy’s, 43 Pacific Ave., which began serving food for the needy 21 years ago. Dufendach took over the program soon after it had begun, when she joined the church.

Las Cazuelas recipes drawn from Mexico’s Puebla region

“In the beginning it was a little rough because everybody wants the regular chimichangas,” said Manuel Avendano, manager of the restaurant near Eastern Avenue at Silverado Ranch Boulevard. “Which is good, but we try to do a different menu.”

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Coaches, Basic High School basketball players, close friends, and family came together at a Henderson hillside site to paint a “Q” in Route 91 Harvest festival shooting victim Quinton Robbins’ honor near the familiar “B” for Basic.

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