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Celebrate the food, sounds and culture of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands during the annual Prince Kuhio Ho’Olaule’A Pacific Island Festival on Saturday and Sunday in Henderson.
Summerlin resident Sharon Grant enjoys creating intricate designs on real eggs, and she’s using her talent as a launching point for the Eggsquisite Las Vegas International Egg Show and Sale, set for Saturday and Sunday at Harrah’s Las Vegas.
Dr. Aslam Abdullah, the imam of Jamia Masjid mosque, can’t forget the morning of 9/11. Just after he finished his morning prayers, he turned on the TV and, to his surprise, saw the events of that day unfold not knowing the price the Islamic community would later pay.
It had rained the previous night, so the morning air was clear and the sky was cloudless. The humidity was very low, and it was one of those exceptionally beautiful late-summer days. On my way to the train, we came over the rise of the Marine Park Bridge and we could see across Brooklyn at the glorious skyline of Manhattan. What a stunning sight before us.
Question: We have an all-in-one almond tree with the shells just now starting to break through the skins. I was told that September is when the nuts are harvested. I’m wondering if you have a rule of thumb on harvesting these trees.
It’s been how many years since you started doing this?
As a retired newspaper typesetter now living in Henderson, I’d like to comment on your Sunday (Aug. 21) article. I enjoy reading your topics on the various subjects you write. Your theme about cynicism and skepticism really caught my interest and made me wonder, as an agnostic, if by your definition that means I am also a full-blown cynic.
The Dispensary Lounge has been around since 1976, and it’s the perfect place for friendly conversation and for discovering one of the best hamburgers in town.
Wing and Lilly Fong Elementary School is named for Wing and Lilly Fong, who were also instrumental in the development of UNLV as a full-fledged institution.
The writing on Letha Rounds’ shirt could say it all: “Grandma is my name, spoiling is my game.” But the 78-year-old Paradise resident, who aims to start a local grandparents’ support group, is more than prepared to elaborate on her favorite role.
Troy Gillett, a University of Nevada, Las Vegas, alumnus, has created two winding columns of about 5,000 T-shirts for display at Lied Library as part of UNLV’s events commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11. The T-shirts were given to UNLV by New York-New York, which collected them from a shrine that was created outside the hotel following the terrorist attacks.
Steve Capizzo combed through the World Trade Center rubble in hopes of finding survivors.
But death’s sour smell was everywhere. There were just bits and pieces of people wedged in among the twisted, burning steel.