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‘Seussical The Musical’ is coming
to Summerlin performing arts center

Hawaiian group aims to preserve island heritage

Las Vegas has been dubbed the “ninth island” of Hawaii, and a number of residents are spreading the aloha to an ever-growing number of transplants in a variety of ways.

Favorite Sons and Daughters

Aaron Jacobson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

Literary Las Vegas

Summerlin writer Lacey Miller follows the plight of a family of elephants on a desperate quest to find safety in South Africa in the novel “I, Elephant.”

Book briefs

Learn more about book signings, author visits and literary events in Las Vegas.

THE LATEST
Have fun with biology in ‘Totally Human’

The other day, you were outside playing and you hit your head.
Ouch! It hurt so much that you started to cry, both eyes watering. Your ears rang and you cried so hard, you started to hiccup. But you were fine, you felt better later and you even managed a laugh when your dad tickled you a little.

Letter to the editor

Few will notice that the half-mile stretch of waterway running east-west from Lamb Boulevard to Boulder Highway, part of the ambitious system of interconnected washes and trails leading to the Las Vegas Wash area, is gone. Like other areas, the Regional Flood Control District has determined that this small ecosystem — alive with small fish, frogs, crawdads, visiting egrets, ducks and more for decades — must be cement-encased.

Passive tolerance is wrong way to address abuse

My interest was piqued by the question from D.G., Las Vegas, the last part regarding “managing psycho-emotional wounds from the past by drinking and verbally abusing you.” I was looking forward to an answer on this problem, since I also share it. The only difference is that I am married, so the red flag response does not apply. If I were single, I would run like crazy, but I am stuck in this cycle because I don’t believe in divorce.

Education Notebook

Las Vegas belly dance center offers more than just classes

The beat thumps, and an exotic, melodic voice fills the room. The jingle of coins being struck together in time with the music crescendos, and it is a sound Golden Nugget retail assistant manager Carol Deberardinis finds very soothing.
Ten women stand in the next room, each eager to learn the art of belly dance.

Area briefing

Robert Sean Bennett, a longtime federal law enforcement official, has been selected as the new court security director to oversee security for Clark County courts.

Rave expected to keep medics busy

Las Vegas police won’t change their plans to patrol a three-day Electric Daisy Carnival despite the death of a teenager at the rave last weekend in Texas.

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