Broken shopping carts packed full of odds and ends litter highway underpasses valleywide. Their homeless owners are desperately seeking shade from the sun’s blistering rays. Some lay blankets and tarps across two or more carts, creating a makeshift shelter in an attempt to stay cool while triple-digit temperatures broil the area.
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In chess, each move brings with it consequences that may help or hurt you. Shawn Smith, assistant principal at the 100 Academy of Excellence, is trying to get kids to apply that to life. Smith runs the mentor program for the 100 Black Men of Las Vegas, a nonprofit group that supports young people, male and female, of all ethnicities.
n Celebrate cyclists at the Bicycle Prom, an event set to begin with a group ride departing at 9 p.m. Saturday from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Student Union and conclude with a party at 10 p.m. at the Artifice lounge, 1025 First St., Suite A. The party is expected to feature a bicycle valet, naming of a Bicycle Prom king and queen and a photo booth. Participants are encouraged to get creative mixing cyclist gear with high school prom attire. Non-cyclists are welcome to join the group at Artifice. For more information, search for Bicycle Prom on Facebook or visit artificebar.com.
Gifted and Talented Education students at Hoggard Elementary School spent the past two years creating a museum in an unused classroom. It is home to nine exhibits featuring rocks, fossils, the Las Vegas Wash, Mark Twain, antiques, Native Americans, Hoover Dam, mining and the Nevada Test Site.
Although the Las Vegas Valley is relatively young, some history already has been lost. Such is the case with Owens Avenue.
“Go the F**k to Sleep” certainly looks like a children’s book with lush illustrations. The soft cadence of the poem brings to mind the most beloved of bedtime storybooks. But look again, check your eyes, and you’ll see why you want to keep this book on the highest shelf in your home. Yep, it’s really about as far from a children’s book as any book can be.
There are some unique dishes served at El Chamizal that you don’t find at many Mexican restaurants, including conejo (rabbit), codorniz (quail), barbecue veal and dry deer meat.
A lack of squash development may be due to poor pollination, which is most likely because of cool weather and poor bee activity.
Opened in 1999, the Anthem Country Club offers challenges to every level of player. Played from the championship tees, Anthem achieves a ranking of 72.9 and a slope of 133 and plays to 7,373 yards.
The 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival is planned for July 15-17 at the Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road. It’s the fourth year for the festival and second as one of the only events to screen independent works and honor masters of their craft on a Las Vegas stage.
