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According to Google, the phrase “how to spell” is most often followed by the word “available” when Nevadans use the search engine. In neighboring Utah, it’s “disease.” In California, it’s “beautiful,” and in Arizona, it’s “tomorrow.”

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on the cover The culture and the enterprise of gangs have changed a lot over two decades.

How young is too young to unload the dishwasher? Take a pet for a walk? Iron clothes? Look after younger siblings when it’s date night for parents? If you’re wondering how to assign age-appropriate chores, we’ve got insights from the Center for Parenting Education. Plus: pros and cons of an allowance and ways to make chores fun.

street gangs transforming

Traditional gangs have family dynamics and clearly defined rivalries. “Hybrid” gangs seem less concerned with turf and colors than money made through criminal operations that have expanded into financial fraud and human trafficking. Law enforcement and former gang members agree it’s an unpredictable new world.

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nevada needs more workers

The coming of summer vacation can be a little daunting for parents. The best antidote is to plan ahead for activities to keep young minds and bodies active. (Hint: turn off the TV and devices.)

In fields such as construction and engineering, there aren’t enough job seekers filling Nevada’s open positions. Big infrastructure projects demand that we invest in attracting and developing skilled labor.

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When mothers become inmates, kids often lose The Foundation for Recovery’s new program helps incarcerated moms earn back custody.

Florian Kohler’s nickname is “Venom.” It fits when you see him with a pool cue, because this French-born Las Vegan is a formidable trick-shot artist.

County’s retooled 20 Clark academic calendar Summer is shorter this year, but winter break could be happier. and stretching toward healing 24 Smoking Las Vegas has options for those looking to ease pain with marijuana and yoga.

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Safety shouldn’t be a pawn in Trump’s political chess The argument that bigger, heavier cars with lower gas mileage save lives is hollow.

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A young volunteer collects flags from graves following the Memorial Day ceremony at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. Large sections of grass at the cemetery are being killed off for upcoming renovation efforts to raise the sinking headstones to ground level. (Yasmina Chavez/staff)

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sanchez not guilty Bishop Gorman High football coach Kenny Sanchez was acquitted of a domestic battery charge after his ex-girlfriend testified that she lied about being assaulted.

june 1

schools on deck CCSD began construction on an elementary school in the Inspirada master-planned community in Henderson, one of four new elementary schools slated to open in 2018.

june 2

airport newbie McCarran International Airport and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority welcomed the first-ever Eurowings flight to Las Vegas — from Cologne, Germany.

june 8

board meeting With the land and lease in order, it’s almost time to build a stadium for the Raiders. Likely on the Las Vegas Stadium Authority agenda: How the NFL team and UNLV will share it.

june 9

voting window Early voting in municipal elections ends. Don’t expect a line on Election Day June 13. Less than 10 percent of registered voters turned out during the primary.

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Nevada’s gaming revenue in April, an increase of 1.19 percent from April 2016. Revenue on the Strip, however, was down 3.25 percent over the same period because of a decrease in the hold for baccarat, a state gaming official said.

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CARD SHARKS ARE COMING (AND SWIMMING) The 48th annual World Series of Poker kicked off 54 days of play on May 30 at the Rio. Buy-ins for the 74-event tournament range from $333 to $111,111. A record 107,833 hopefuls played during last year’s tournament, and cardplayer.com reported that iconic Olympian Michael Phelps was among those vying for cash pots this year (the 2013 WSOP was the decorated swimmer’s introduction to the tournament). He was seen playing in the $10,000 no-limit hold’em tag team championship.

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To bring attention to the environmental impact of packaging pollution, Lush Cosmetics staff have some fun on May 31 while wearing little but their signature black aprons. The idea was to urge consumers to buy ‘naked’ products — 35 percent of Lush products are “totally unpackaged.” (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

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SHUTTING DOWN THE STRIP More than 100 demonstrators blocked traffic on the Strip on May 28 to protest the death of Tashii Brown, who died two weeks ago after a Metro Police officer put him in a choke hold not approved by Metro during an attempt to subdue him. Traffic was stopped for about two minutes as demonstrators held hands in the crosswalk between the Mirage and the Venetian, according to police. A fight broke out, and 15 people were arrested.

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COVFEFE FOREVER President Donald Trump tweeted on May 30: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” The mysterious half-thought was deleted (after five hours), but internet denizens were having too much fun with covfefe to let it go. White House press secretary Sean Spicer told a bewildered press corps: “I think the president and a small group of people knew exactly what he meant.”

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Number of condoms among items reported stolen Memorial Day Weekend from a local sex toy warehouse belonging to Stockholm-based LELO Inc. Police are investigating a pair of burglaries at the site.

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chores for BY THE SUNDAY STAFF

Of 1,001 adults surveyed in 2014, 82 percent reported having regular chores when they were growing up, but only 28 percent said they asked their children to help around the house today. ¶ Over the past generation, chores have fallen out of fashion. Experts say modern parenting philosophies are responsible for the trend. Many adults would rather be friends with their children than disciplinarians, the experts say, and in our fast-paced world, it’s often easier just to feed the dog than harp on a child to do it. ¶ But most child development experts agree: Chores are good for children. Whether little ones are 2 or in their teens, it’s never too early or late to start expecting them to carry some weight at home.

How to encourage kids to participate n Young children are naturally helpful; capitalize on that.

n Use a chore chart to outline assigned tasks and responsibilities, and help children track their accomplishments. Or, to keep tasks from becoming monotonous, list chores on folded pieces of paper and have children pick at random from a hat.

n Be a good teacher. Show the child how to get the job done.

n Stay positive. Be encouraging, and give lots of positive feedback, even if a child’s participation creates more work for you in the short run. Don’t insist on perfection.

n Make chores fun. Do household tasks together as a family, and turn on lively music while you work. Let children choose the cleaning tools they enjoy.

n Establish a routine, whether it is putting away shoes and backpacks before getting an afternoon snack, or designating Sunday afternoons for family cleaning time.

n Don’t micromanage. Set expectations, but give your child space to meet them independently.

n Be specific. Rather than ask a child to clean his or her room, which can be interpreted in different ways, be explicit by saying, “Put your clothes in the closet, your books on the shelf and your toys in the toy box.”

The benefits of chores

Child development experts say there are many good reasons to involve children in household tasks. Research indicates that children who do chores have higher self-esteem, are more responsible, are better able to cope with frustration and are better able to handle delayed gratification, all of which contribute to greater success in school. Chores also can help a child mature, teach socialization, improve accountability and equip youngsters with the skills they’ll need to function independently later in life.

Ages 6-7 n

Ages 4-5

Get dressed Make the bed n Empty wastebaskets n Dust n Set or clear the table n Pull weeds n Water plants n Use a hand-held vacuum to pick up crumbs n Unload utensils from the dishwasher n Prepare a bowl of cereal n n

Ages 2-3

Put away toys Put clothes in a hamper n Wipe up spills n Pile books and magazines n Fill a pet’s food and water dish (with supervision) n n

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Sort and fold laundry n Sweep or mop floors n Help make and pack a lunch n Rake leaves n Be responsible for a pet’s food and water n Answer the phone (with supervision) n Bring garbage cans up from the curb

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Keep chores manageable. The size of the task doesn’t matter; what’s essential is the responsibility associated with it.

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your child What about an allowance? There’s no consensus about whether chores should be tied to an allowance. Experts make good arguments for both perspectives.

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Is there middle ground?

If an allowance isn’t tied to chores, it can create a sense of entitlement in kids. Money is a good incentive for a job well done and can instill in children a good work ethic. Plus, allowances teach children about managing money.

Helping around the home is part of being a contributing member of a family. Chores are an expectation and don’t need to be rewarded.

Some families require certain chores to be completed but offer rewards for going above and beyond. For example, a child may be expected to keep his or her room tidy, clear the table and put away laundry, but the parents offer money or a reward for a larger, more complicated task, such as heavy cleaning or yard work.

Ages 12 and up

Iron clothes Do minor household repairs (painting, replacing light bulbs) n Plan grocery shopping n Prepare more complicated meals n Care for younger siblings n Mow the lawn n n

As your child grows

Re-evaluate your household chore plan annually. Schedule a family review shortly before or after a child’s birthday or to coincide with a new school year, and ask each child for his or her input. Children typically are more cooperative when they have a say.

Ages 8-9

n Load the dishwasher n Put away groceries n Vacuum n Help make dinner n Make his or her own snacks n Put away laundry n Take a pet for a walk

Ages 10-11

n Unload the dishwasher n Clean a bathroom n Wash windows n Wash a car n Cook a simple meal (with supervision) n Do laundry n Baby-sit younger siblings (with an adult in the home) n Change bedsheets

Sources: Braun Research, Center for Parenting Education

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the evolut of gan leadership shake-ups and social media are changing gang culture, making it even more unpredictable

By Ricardo Torres-Cortez Staff Writer

t’s 1:54 a.m. on July 7, 2006. The call to Metro Police dispatch is from the central valley, about a house party loud enough to rattle a neighbor’s windows. “I don’t know what they’re doing, but it’s trouble waiting to happen out here. The dogs are going crazy,” the caller says, guessing there could be 100 kids at the party. “Nobody in this house is sleeping, or on this block.” Officers swarm the residence on Miner Way, sending partygoers scrambling, including 16-year-old Abraham Barragan and a woman he’d danced with earlier. The two are suddenly blocked by a black SUV. One dark-tinted rear window rolls down, and a passenger says “What’s up?” before shooting Barragan in the arm, stomach and chest. No arrests are made in connection to Barragan’s death that Friday. Detectives can’t pinpoint a motive, but they see two possibilities: Barragan’s dance partner (whose statements to police were inconsistent) may have had a jealous boyfriend at the party, and Barragan may have been in a gang. His family and friends deny any affiliation, but the teen’s tattoos suggest he was part of a group that sees itself above the law.

That ruthless, senseless killing was a vision of the coming shift in gang violence in Las Vegas. Younger members are now quicker to pull triggers over simple disputes, police say, and the old codes of conduct and family dynamics have gradually been overshadowed by the drive for wealth and individual standing. Instead of being motivated by honor, turf and colors, so-called hybrid gangs appear more into the profits of criminal enterprise and boasting about their power on social media. Former gang members say this strain is full of punks who are only loyal when it serves them.

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“When these younger people are together at a party and there’s an argument — not even a fight — it goes from an argument to a shooting,” says Lt. Dan McGrath with Metro’s homicide unit. “It’s something that’s difficult to explain, the level of violence ...” According to the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC), members can be as young as 12, and recruitment efforts in some cities now target elementary school students as early as first grade. The youngest homicide suspect Metro arrested last year was a 15-year-old gang affiliate who took part in a bloody incident April 23 at the Hollywood Recreation Center in the east valley. A stabbing and more than 60 gunshots left a teenager dead, four other people wounded and the 15-year-old facing a murder charge. The risk of retaliation was “extremely high,” recalls pastor Troy Martinez, founder of the nonprofit 10,000 Kids Partnership and a leader of the local chapter of antiviolence group Rebuilding Every City Around Peace. So Martinez, a 56-year-old former gang member, joined Metro and community partners in trying to quell tensions at the scene and at a vigil the next day. “Words don’t do it justice, but to hear the deep groan and cry from the very depth of a mother who has just lost her child ... it’s just so moving that you wish you could do something,” Martinez says, eyes squeezed shut, speaking generally about one of the toughest parts of his outreach. “There’s nothing you can do other than try to comfort her.” In the year since that homicide, detectives with Metro and North Las Vegas police continued to see violent cases involving people linked to it. “There’s been some back-and-forth shootings,” McGrath says. “I think we’re lucky that nobody else has been killed in those two groups. You would think if your family member was killed in a gangrelated shooting, that it might change your life or change your way. But no, we haven’t seen that.”

erosion of gang leadership When “Miklo” (a fictional name to protect his identity) was 12, his parents worked long hours. Often unsupervised, he and his friends hung out at a Las Vegas park where an LA-based gang easily recruited them into a local satellite. It was petty crime at first — stealing quarters from coin laundries and clothes from stores, then bikes and cars. Now 23-year-old Miklo recalls that it went from “let’s play ball to let’s go here and smoke a joint” to let’s rob, stab or shoot a rival. Despite the lifestyle’s volatility, there was a hierarchy, a code, even work schedules. The money made an impression, but the teens’ loyalty to their gang was more about belonging. And violence only targeted opponents, not innocents, Miklo says. That was partly motivated by business, as unnecessary acts of brutality could lead to a “hot block,” attracting police attention to operations in a particular neighborhood. gangs, Continued on page 15

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Fundamentals of gang membership

The Violence Prevention Institute lists four primary drivers of gang membership: 1 Desire to cultivate a stronger sense of identity “No ethnic group or geographical location is excluded. Unlike gangs in the past, we are seeing mixed ethnic and socioeconomic groups.” — Violence Prevention Institute

2 Need for protection in communities where gangs operate

Gangs may have as few as three members.

3 Search for fellowship not provided by relationships with family 4 Fear of threats by gang members recruiting through intimidation

gangs in las vegas The Las Vegas area is home to more than 588 gangs, equating to roughly 12,237 identified gang members, according to Metro. Numbers are fluid because not all who are identified stay active, and not all who are active are identified. In about 40 percent of the homicides Metro investigated last year, the suspect, victim or both had gang ties, though killings weren’t necessarily gang-motivated. In fact, such shootings are rare. An exception was the case of Adan Gavilanes, 23, who died May 23 on a sidewalk in the 2700 block of St. Louis Avenue. Lt. Dan McGrath told reporters the shooting likely stemmed from an argument between rival gangs, and detectives found fresh graffiti at a nearby park, a typical calling card.

Top 9 cities for gang-related firearm recoveries n n n n n n n n n

Atlanta Chicago Las Vegas Los Angeles Minneapolis Omaha, Neb. Phoenix Richmond, Calif. Toledo, Ohio

ATF data for 2011-2012; listed alphabetically and not by volume

Major gangs in the West n Aryan Brotherhood n Banditos n Black Guerilla Family n Bloods n Crips n Gangster Disciples n Hells Angels n Mexican Mafia: Mongols n Neighborhood-based gangs: Norteños, Sons of Silence, Sureños (including 18th Street and MS-13), Vagos National Gang Intelligence Center data from 2013

Back in 2008, the Department of Justice reported that meth trafficking and abuse posed “the most significant drug problem” in Nevada. The rising use of meth has been linked to a recent increase in violent crime in Las Vegas, which Sheriff Joe Lombardo said coincided with plummeting street value.

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Up-and-coming “gangbangers” don’t hesitate to shoot their friends, Miklo says, describing them as “crazy” and addled by drugs — a formula for distrust and paranoia. Martinez grew up in a different reality, born into a gang family in California in the 1960s. When he was active in the life, older leaders kept young members in line. Now, seniority doesn’t seem to preclude a deadly strain of adolescent self-centeredness. “They will turn on each other if it’s in their best interest,” says Martinez, who thinks gang activities in today’s Las Vegas would make past leaders of those groups roll over in their graves. “The money and the girls and the guns mean more than if two groups, somewhere down in history, were potential rivals.” Barragan, the local kid shot to death leaving a party in 2006, demonstrated this to Martinez. The pastor says that sometime before the shooting, he tried to counsel the 16-year-old about the dangers of his hardened lifestyle. He remembers asking Barragan why he joined a gang, to which he replied: “For the girls.” Hybrid groups in Las Vegas and other cities, also called “movements,” might be affiliated only in name to traditional gangs in legacy cities such as Chicago, LA or Houston. According to Clark County gang prevention and intervention expert Alex Bernal, members of what should be rival gangs now frequently mingle and go on crime sprees. Bernal points to the weakening of the Rolling 60s gang starting in 2003, when a grand jury in Las Vegas indicted 21 high-ranking members in a racketeering case. Likening the lost structure to the movie “Home Alone,” 48-year-old Bernal says: “The parents are on vacation, and now you gave the kids the neighborhood. It became a free-for-all lovefest of gangs getting together, and they cliqued up.” Martinez said another factor in the demise of traditional gangs in Las Vegas was the gradual breakup of low-income housing areas through federal initiatives, as there were no longer “barrios” to protect. So certain moves to make life better in poor communities may have served to make the criminal element more unpredictable, if not more dangerous. Metro Capt. Robert Plummer says he has seen Hispanic gangs — typically the largest share both locally and nationally — maintain much of the hierarchy, discipline and reliance on family. Black gangs are more prone to hybrid traits, Plummer says, having watched their focus shift from street-level drug sales to prostitution and human trafficking. MOTIVATIONS OF gang life Gang recruitment is a serious social problem. Risk factors tie to other social problems. Poverty strongly correlates with cycles of

addiction and abusive relationships, and children born into unstable homes naturally seek protection and opportunity. In 2013, Psychology Today published a story by Robert Muller on the findings of investigative reporter Joe Killian, who years earlier had interviewed 40 gang members from Greensboro, N.C. They said gangs provided an “intense feeling of family,” and that membership held the promise of Cinderella stories they’d seen in movies. “Coupled with a lack of support and guidance from positive role models, oftentimes a life of relative poverty and few alternate activities to occupy their attention, it becomes easy for these youth to be wooed by the false promise of a glamorous lifestyle and for older gang members to step into the role of mentor,” Muller wrote. As a kid, Miklo looked up to his uncle in Mexico, a gang member who was murdered. And he was obsessed with “Blood In, Blood Out,” a 1993 film about Latino “cholos” in LA based on the memories of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. Miklo craved the approval of gang leadership, so he started using and selling drugs at age 13 to join them on the streets. The only acceptable feeling was anger, he says, because other members frowned on fear and sadness. “I did what I did, you know? I made my choices. I lived through that and I chose to do that. I don’t think (people will) understand me. What can they understand?” Multiple stints in juvenile and adult jails and becoming a father made Miklo think of change. He recently left his gang, and he says that while members have tried to coax him back, they haven’t made any trouble. “It’s hard. There’s a lot of ways to go wrong,” he says of the lingering anger and draw of the easy money. “Fighting myself not to go back. ... I can’t go on and be comfortable with being in jail while (my kids) are out there, for me not to protect them.” For Bernal, the entry point was a common problem in school — bullying. He was picked on for the clothes his mother bought for him, so he started wearing Dickies pants, white T-shirts and Chuck Taylors, the standard gang uniform at his school. “Look like a duck, walk like a duck, well I started quacking,” Bernal says. “I started hanging out with those kids and picking up bad habits.” Like Miklo, Bernal went from smoking weed and tagging walls to home invasions and assault. “When you get in, you don’t realize what you signed up for. You just get in to be cool, but you don’t realize that there’s steps, there’s levels,” Bernal says. Also like Miklo, he was steered straight by fatherhood, at age 17. “Inside, I was a good kid. I was raised right. My mom was church-going. I knew right from wrong, but the problem was I was addicted to gangs, Continued on page 17

“I truly believe a big impact in the gangs today, in Las Vegas and across the world, has been this phone,” Alex Bernal says, pointing to a smart device on a table. Through Clark County’s Back on Track program, the gang intervention expert interacts with young gang members and those at-risk of joining, and they are never without their phones. He believes their addiction to attention from peers on social media is behind the troubling trend of kids recording and sharing violent behavior, ranging from verbal bullying to beatings. It’s their “15 minutes of fame,” Bernal says. They also might boast about their prowess in a way that motivates confrontation. “They get on social media, jibber-jab back and forth about what they’re going to do, and they’re seen with guns,” Metro Capt. Robert Plummer says. “And then what happens is, (rivals) end up in the same location together, and now they have to actually have a fight for real … that’s where you get a lot of violence.” As a graduate student, Columbia University social scientist Desmond Patton came across the case of Gakirah Barnes, a 17-year-old Chicagoan labeled by the media a “gun-toting gang girl” after she was slain by a rival. On her Twitter account, Barnes had claimed to have killed two people, and often posed with guns while throwing gang signs. When Patton dug deeper into her tweets, he found messages that surprised him, such as “the pain is unbearable” and “my pain ain’t never been told.” Patton saw missed opportunities to intervene. He now works for the SAFE Lab initiative at Columbia, helping to develop algorithms to “detect and predict content that may lead to physical offline violence.” Predictions could be trickled down to community-based groups in the hope of preventing tragedy. The phenomenon of social media communications escalating to real conflicts certainly isn’t limited to gang members. “Millions of people end up getting into little tiffs online because of visibility,” Patton says, adding that gangs often use digital platforms in similar ways to the general population. “They’re sharing their everyday life, but again, in a context where you have to defend yourself or promote yourself as being tough — that’s how things actually turn south. ... These are young people who make mistakes. They’re in a critical developmental period.”

The NGIC’s 2015 National Gang Report found that Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat — in that order — have become “ubiquitous” in gang activity, with usage increasing significantly compared with the previous report. Gangs employ such tools to communicate covertly, establish targets, enhance criminal operations and monitor law enforcement, though intimidation and recruitment are the most common usages. The latter might involve videos promoting the gang’s brand and lifestyle.

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a look at gangs across the u.s.

Every two years the National Gang Report examines concentrations of gang crime. Trends carried over from 2013 to 2015, and weâ€™ve shown the earlier breakdown for its more granular categorization of crime incidence and severity.

Street gang involvement by crime (according to 2013 survey respondents in law enforcement)

None

Low

Moderate

Severe

Unknown

Alien smuggling Assault Burglary Child prostitution Counterfeiting Credit card fraud Drug trafficking Extortion Fencing stolen goods Hate crimes Homicide Human trafficking Identity theft Larceny/theft Money laundering Mortgage fraud Motor vehicle theft Prostitution Robbery Threats/intimidation Vandalism Weapons trafficking

2.5%

9.5%

Outlaw motorcycle gangs

Prison gangs

In 2010

92.6% 7.4% of members were male

88%

Street gangs

types of gangs (2013)

of members were female

Currently, all-female gangs and female membership within maledominated gangs are on the rise.

In 2011

46.2% 35.3% 11.5% 7% Hispanic

Black

White

Other

Collaboration is increasing between rival street gangs for the purposes of mutual profit. There are roughly 30,000 gangs in the U.S. representing 850,000 identified members.

More than 80 percent are in larger cities or their suburbs; 16 percent are in smaller cities and 3 percent are in rural areas.

Sources: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Journal of Adolescent Health; National Gang Center; National Institute of Corrections; National Youth Gang Survey Analysis; Nevada Department of Corrections; Nevada Legislative Council Bureau; Statistic Brain; U.S. Department of Justice; youth.gov

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nouncement of the reintegration of a centralized gang unit paired with the vice squad. Centralization puts officers working invesbeing accepted,” he says. “A lot of these kids, intigations and gathering intelligence under one side, they want to stop so bad, but they’re scared command to help connect the dots. Decenof being hurt. They’re scared of people looking tralization spreads those specialized officers at them, like, ‘you punk’ or ‘you coward.’ ” around the area commands to tailor enforceResearch out of England’s University of Kent ment by neighborhood. last year indicated that data on the mental As violent crime ticked up last year, with health of gang members are scarce. The study homicide detectives investigating a 20-year points to anxiety, depression and post-trauhigh 166 slayings (although the valley’s popumatic stress disorder stemming from the violation doubled in that time period), critics of lent lifestyle, and suggests that effects of being Metro argued that decentralizing the gang both victim and perpetrator are “likely to have a unit in 2015 contributed. negative impact on their behavioral, social and Lombardo held that it would have been sucpsychological functioning.” cessful with more funding for the necessary “My body has holes from .38s, stab wounds manpower, still conceding: “If it’s not working, ... (I went through) overdoses, incarceration it’s not working.” and many gang battles,” says MarFew details about the new tinez, whose extended family unit have been released, but had heavy gang involveLombardo said that the ment in California. He Gangs have “marriage” between said access to drugs been diversifying gang and vice investiwas rampant, and their financial crimes. gations would be efthat the failing The spectrum now includes: fective. education system credit card fraud, insurance “I don’t think deepened the fraud, mortgage fraud, tax fraud, there’s anyone who cycle of poverty. counterfeiting, fencing stolen goods, identity theft and money questions that it It’s something the laundering. Efforts are robust was the right deciLas Vegas comto recruit those with skills sion,” McGrath says. munity should be needed to carry off these He predicts that the concerned about, white-collar crimes. public will soon see Martinez warns, as more gang-related arhe sees such symptoms rests and prosecutions. stirring. “That might prevent a homiMentors he calls “mescide if there are more officers out sengers” helped Martinez kick there, stopping them, taking them to jail, takthe lifestyle and dedicate his life to reliing the guns off them, tracking them.” gion and intervention. William Sousa, director of UNLV’s Center Outreach to hybrid gangs is especially tough, for Crime and Justice Policy, says gang activbecause they might be motivated by pop culity varies from city to city and that law enture’s glamorization of the lifestyle. Power and forcement strategies must be locally tailored. wealth are associated with gangsters in music He asserts that centralized units make sense and movies, and Metro’s Plummer says some in areas where the violence crosses jurisdickids want to follow that path. tional boundaries. Hybrid gang activity does. Bernal says youngsters are a product of They are difficult to manage, Sousa says, betheir environment, that they’re also emulatcause their criminal activities aren’t done as ing what they see at home and at school. much to further the group. Martinez says they “These kids have a lack of respect for life. don’t wear the colors and might not even have They’re angry,” Bernal says. “To them, I think inked skin. “If you were to bump into them at it’s cool to have a gun; it’s cool to go to jail.” the local grocery store … you wouldn’t even recPlummer, who has worked in law enforceognize them as being gang members.” ment in Las Vegas for 25 years, backs this up. Nationally, strategies that have proven sucWhile gang shootings took place in the past, cessful in rooting out hybrid gangs include exhe said they were a last resort. amining chronic offenders, tracing seized guns “Now, pulling out a gun and shooting is the and taking better advantage of officer-initiated first resort,” Plummer says. “The young gang stops, though Sousa stresses that officers must members today are much quicker to violence be trained not to alienate or lose the trust of the than the gang members of the past.” community. He adds that gang members might not take any effort by law enforcement seriouslaw enforcement strategy ly, considering arrests a “badge of honor.” Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in late “You really can’t arrest your way out of a February declared violent crime the top priorproblem,” Sousa says. ity of Metro Police. The speech followed the angang s , f r om page 15

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For families and friends of gang members or those vulnerable to recruitment, social programs in the valley can help steer them in the right direction. Clark County’s Back on Track program is focused on violence prevention and early intervention. And the county’s Gang Intervention Team/Department of Juvenile Justice provides services to current and former gang members to help them improve their grades, find jobs and learn social skills while engaging in constructive recreational activities through the Cambridge Recreation Center, Walnut Community Center and Dr. William U. Pearson Center. clarkcountynv.gov/parks/pages/ gang-intervention.aspx The Harbor is another resource established by the county, targeting youths who haven’t yet gotten in trouble with the law. Parents who suspect their kids are experimenting with drugs, misbehaving in and after school and/or struggling with depression have a place to turn. Located inside the Family Court and Services Center (651 N. Pecos Road), Harbor staff assess referred teens to pair them with appropriate mentors and counselors offering drug education, behavioral therapy and other resources. clarkcountynv.gov/jjs/pages/the-harbor.aspx Rebuilding Every City Around Peace is a collaboration between local police and clergy members. When there is a chance of gang retaliation after a violent act, detectives call faith-based partners who then talk with community members — at the scenes of crimes and ensuing vigils or funerals, in hospital rooms and on the streets — and make themselves available 24 hours a day until tensions subside. recapevents.org 10,000 Kids Partnership offers a range of services by connecting law enforcement, faith-based partners and service agencies. Programs range from graffiti removal to training for parents. 10000kids.org Hope for Prisoners offers reintegration services to those who are or have been incarcerated in Nevada (at the end of 2016, Nevada’s prison population included 3,852 validated gang members, according to the Department of Corrections). As recidivism rates are high for those with gang ties, they stand to benefit from the perspective of founder Jon Ponder, a former gang member whose mission is to help other offenders rehabilitate and successfully reenter society. hopeforprisoners.org Other resources: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada (bbbsn.org), Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada (bgcsnv. org), HELP of Southern Nevada (helpsonv. org ), Nevada Youth Alliance (nevadayouthalliance.org), Partnerships for Youth At Risk (partnershipsforyouthatrisk.org), Southern Nevada Police Athletic League (snpal.com), YMCA of Southern Nevada (lasvegasymca.org)

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Women are the fastest-growing population in nevadaâ€™s prison system The Nevada Department of Corrections reports that 1,370 female inmates represent just under 10 percent of the stateâ€™s prison population.

Help from the other side Women whose addiction tore their families apart are helping others stay motivated to recover By Michael Lyle | Special to The Sunday

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helsey Mony describes addiction as a disease that comes with a dose of instant gratification. “It’s about, ‘I want what I want,’ ” said Mony, peer services manager for the Foundation for Recovery. “It’s all about, ‘I want to feel good.’ ” Pleasure in the moment can’t compare to the pain of losing a child over addiction. When custody is taken away from mothers or pregnant women entering the criminal justice system because of substance abuse, they might engage in the recovery process hoping a quick reunion is within reach. But getting their children back can be a laborious, if not daunting, journey. “You sit with a peer and tell her, speaking from experience, it won’t come overnight,” Mony said. Foundation for Recovery launched in 2005 to offer peer-to-peer support services for people struggling with addiction and mental health disorders. Specialists such as Mony have been in long-term recovery without a relapse for at least two years, and they go through a 48-hour training before meeting with anyone. “There is a substantial body of research confirming the role recoveryspecific peer support and social support for all populations, especially women, play in the long-term resolution of substance abuse and other problems,” Mony said. This year, the nonprofit organization received a grant from the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health’s Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency to start a program geared toward pregnant women and mothers dealing with the criminal justice system. Called the Women’s Success Program, it’s available for incarcerated women and those who have been released. “We are going to be working with (incarcerated women) through phone support. We are still working out the kinks of that,” Mony said. While she is glad to be targeting this population, she hopes one day the organization will find these women be-

fore they enter the system. “You don’t have to reach the bottom,” Mony said. For now, Foundation for Recovery is working with specialty courts to offer the new program to interested women. Sabreena Hassim, a social worker at the Clark County Detention Center, says even though jail acts as a de facto detox for inmates, they also need help building skills that serve recovery. “It prevents them from being released, walking over to 7-Eleven and grabbing a bottle of vodka,” she said. Hassim sees inmates from a variety of backgrounds and tries to partner them with the most compatible resources. There are a few options for pregnant women, such as Southern Nevada Children First, which focuses primarily on pregnant youths. The Women’s Success Program is available for all ages, and Hassim sees value in the peer-to-peer approach: “It makes it more relatable,” she said. Women who enter the program can access a variety of services, including individualized coaching and help finding employment, housing and legal resources. All go through life-skills classes to learn fundamentals of such tasks as simple as budgeting and as complex as parenting. “Some of these women are just learning how to be a parent for the first time,” Mony said. She added that about 150 women would go through the first cycle, which started in March. Since participants go through the program at their own pace, there isn’t a set amount of time they have to complete it, though Mony says they are encouraged to participate for six to eight months. She adds that this is just the start toward what the organization hopes becomes long-term recovery. And enrollees should know that while restoring parental rights is a goal, it isn’t the first priority. “You can’t get your children back without taking care of yourself first,” Mony said. “People can reach the bottom once their children are taken away. They might be incarcerated or in a court program, and they begin leaning on the fact that they are a mother. Showing up for someone else can be a

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driving force.” Lavatta Palm remembers the June morning in 2010 when she lost custody of her three children, an 8-year-old and 3-year-old twins. “After my mother died, my doctor prescribed me something,” she recalled. “Then I had back problems, so I got another prescription. That’s when the addiction started.” It persisted for years. But the moment her children were taken by Child Protective Services, Palm began making changes. It took two years of work to regain her children. a continuing Although losing custrend tody was the wake-up The number of women call she needed, she incarcerated in Nevada thinks the process of is rising with nonviolent reuniting with her famcrimes such as drug ily would have been use and theft. Public Information Officer easier and faster with Brooke Keast, who peer support. began working in “That’s why I’m exNevada’s correctional cited about the Womsystem in 2002 as a en’s Success Program,” deputy sheriff, said she said. “If I would even then women were have had this, I probthe fastest-growing ably would have had demographic, and that my kids back in eight trend continued. One months.” program in the works Palm became a peer to help inmates who are mothers is the Parenting support specialist in Nevada Partnership, September, hoping her conducted by volunteers past might make a difwith Chicanos por la ference for someone’s Causa and aimed at future. She is coachstrengthening parenting ing two peers whose skills and empowering predicament she can women to reduce rates empathize with comof recidivism. pletely. All women who complete the program, which is free, will be encouraged (upon sustained sobriety) to stay connected with Foundation for Recovery and cofacilitate life-skills classes. Mony said that women who had been through this challenging emotional process could better help future participants. “They come in so full of doubt because (CPS) took their kids,” Palm said. “I tell them there were times I wanted to give up too. I tell them there is hope.”

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Adjustment time By Chris Kudialis Staff Writer

Students in the Clark County School District will come back from summer two weeks earlier than usual this year, starting classes Aug. 14. ¶ How will the new calendar affect the district?

Midterm exams and the end of first semester will happen before winter break.

Moving midterms before winter break was the primary goal of the adopted schedule change, CCSD spokeswoman Melinda Malone said, because it allows students to recharge on their winter break instead of study, and it matches the schedule of U.S. colleges and universities. “The way it was set up, students were going on winter break and then taking finals after two weeks off school,” Malone said. “It’s beneficial to them that finals be done prior to break, so they can enjoy time with their families and relax during the holidays.” Teachers also will have time during the break to prepare lesson plans for the new year, instead of putting together midterm reviews for students and writing their exams.

Memorial Day Weekend will mark the end of the school year. The annual holiday at the end of May will kick off CCSD’s summer vacation instead of creating a short last week of school. Nearly all of the country’s major universities end their academic years before Memorial Day, with some ending as early as mid-April.

College-bound athletes, performers and scholars will have more time to spend with their new school groups.

With 14 extra days to practice or work with new school teams, labs or jobs — or even catch up on summer school classes — incoming college freshmen from Las Vegas will be better able to maximize their involvement on their new campuses, said UNLV Senior Vice Provost Carl Reiber. “It’s always better when schedules align,” Reiber said. “It just adds time so CCSD students can engage with the university a little bit better.”

All remaining yearround elementary schools will revert to a regular nine-month calendar.

To handle overcrowding in the district, about two dozen elementary schools became year-round for the 2015-16 school year, and that number decreased to 15 this year. With six new elementary schools opening in conjunction with CCSD’s schedule change, all elementary schools will adhere to the standard nine-month calendar starting this upcoming school year.

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Students and teachers at those elementary schools will lose two weeks of vacation time this year.

Year-round students and teachers will continue on their current schedules through July 20, said CCSD spokesman David Roddy. They then will have less than four weeks off before returning to school Aug. 14, compared with a six-week summer during a regular year-round school year. Twelve-month CCSD teachers working at those schools will become nine- or 10-month employees but will not have their salaries cut, as the number of school days will be the same.

So will CCSD employees, from teachers and administrators to school police and janitorial staff. Instead of about 75 days in a row away from class, including weekends, nine-month employees will have about 60 free days before returning, and 10-month employees will have about 30 days instead of 45.

But teachers won’t lose classroom time.

Contractual agreements for CCSD teachers require them to spend at least the three weekdays before the school year starts working in the classroom, Malone said. Some teachers voluntarily work in their classrooms before that. The schedule change won’t affect the mandatory three-day period. And as most CCSD teachers are nine-month employees, they’ll still have “enough” days to recharge their batteries this summer, Malone said. She emphasized that after this year’s adjustment, the lengths of winter, spring and summer breaks will be the same as always. “Nothing changes except the timing of the school year,” Malone said. “We just have a shorter summer break (this year) and have to do everything sooner.”

Returning teachers’ pay will be divided into fewer pay periods.

With the two-week change causing teacher contracts for the 2015-16 school year to overlap with the upcoming school year, returning CCSD teachers will be paid regularly through their contracts for the ending school year, and in fewer but larger installments for the upcoming year. Instead of 24 pay periods, there will be 22, starting Sept. 10. But they’ll still get the same salaries. Returning teachers will move back to 24 pay periods for the 2018-19 school year.

New teachers won’t be affected.

Because their contracts don’t overlap with any previous agreements with the district, new CCSD teachers will be paid in 24 periods like any other teacher during a regular school year, starting Aug. 10.

Teachers don’t appear to have many concerns about the change.

A Facebook poll of more than 80 CCSD teachers showed the majority didn’t feel strongly about moving the school year forward two weeks. Several respondents called the calendar change a “non-issue,” citing teachers’ health care and salary as more pressing. “We’re facing far bigger problems,” commented Jessica Maleskey, an English teacher at Liberty High School. “The calendar change is not the biggest issue we are dealing with,” added Hilary Moskowitz, an English teacher at Valley High School. Elementary school teacher Paula Price said the change favored high school teachers, a claim Tanaka Elementary School teacher Shana Prue echoed. Prue said she didn’t think sending elementary school students out to recess in the early August heat was in their best interest.

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Elevated Yoga is among programs combining weed and yoga in Las Vegas.

Vegas’ latest weed trend

Marijuana and yoga

By Chris Kudialis Staff Writer

Retired Army Ranger Tim Ray sat on a yoga mat with his long legs crossed, inhaling from a doublebarrel wooden mouthpiece with two marijuana joints sticking out. Ray, whose 12 years in the military included stints in Afghanistan and Iraq, exhaled smoke from his mouth and nose — a combination of Stardawg indica and Jack Herer sativa strains — to help relax his mind for an upcoming hour of vinyasa yoga. Only 37 years old, Ray suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, from wartime experiences he doesn’t care to talk about. Instead of taking prescription medications that treat hypertension, depression and other mood disorders, he’s joining a growing number of people in the Las Vegas Valley using weed-enhanced stretching and meditation to deal with the spectrum of pain. “It works,” said the 6-foot-7 Ray, sitting in a circle with a dozen other Tuesday night yoga-goers at the Elevated Yoga studio in downtown Las Vegas. “I feel good, I’m ex-

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Bryan Temchuloh smokes during a CannaYoga class. (photos by STEVE MARCUS/staff)

ercising again and I’m happy.” Mint-flavored chocolate cookies, granola and cereal bars were scattered on the floor in front of the participants, next to a family-size bag of tortilla chips, a tub of guacamole and pot paraphernalia like stickers and lanyards. More than two dozen joints from Las Vegas dispensary Medizin rested in a wooden tray with lighters and ashtrays. Ambient music floated through the 1,000-square-foot studio, and purple drapes blocked the light from the street outside. Next to Ray, Las Vegans Devon Randall and Morgan Wishengrad held “upward dog” and “chair” poses between tokes of the Jack Herer strain. Randall, 23, and Wishengrad, 22, also took a dab of Sour Tangie wax in the studio before the yoga session started. They said they enjoyed the mental relief provided by marijuana’s psychoactive ingredient, THC. Wishengrad added that she had been coming to the class since March because the plant’s combination with yoga helped her manage anxiety and back pain. “It has been relaxing for me, and it’s all positive vibes,” Wishengrad said. “I used to do yoga when I was younger, but this is unique.” Elevated Yoga founder Emily Wagner has hosted twice-weekly classes in Las

Vegas since June 2016. She greets attendees with a hug as they walk in. A survivor of multiple surgeries to repair inverted bones in her sternum that were collapsing on her heart, Wagner, 38, started using marijuana four years ago to ease her post-surgery pain. She swears by the plant’s healing power and says she started the yoga classes to help others experience similar relief. “Yoga heals on its own and cannabis heals on its own, so put the two together and it’s perfect,” she said. For $25, anyone over age 21 can participate in the class on Tuesday or Friday, and that fee includes weed, dabs and munchies. Zia Beltran, a renowned bikram yoga teacher in the valley, is a weekly guest instructor. As many as 25 students will fill the Elevated Yoga studio on these nights, Wagner said, up from one or two right after she launched the program. She saw the biggest spike between November’s election, when Nevada voters passed Ballot Question 2 to legalize the possession and use of recreational marijuana, and Jan. 1, when that law went into effect. Wagner, whose program advertises a start time 45 minutes before the yoga actually begins and whose attendees stay 30 minutes to an hour after to socialize and

“It’s an uplifting experience, and it helps you break down that anxiety. It’s just very calming.” — Angie Edgington, CannaYoga participant

eat munchies, expects another spike July 1, when legislation to make recreational marijuana more available to the public takes effect. “It used to be just medical cardholders; now anyone can come,” Wagner said. “Even now, a lot of people still don’t realize they can do this.” About 10 miles south of Wagner’s downtown studio, Los Angeles residents Janet Osorio and Melina Dominguez held “tadpole” poses, alternating twists of their arms underneath their bodies in the 1,800-square-foot studio of CannaYoga, which specializes in yin yoga paired with weed. A light-rock soundtrack featuring Adele and Carlos Santana played quietly

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as instructor Irena Jacobson softly dictated poses during the hourlong class. Osorio, a 34-year-old massage therapist, and Dominguez, a 30-year-old office worker, both said they used marijuana to ease joint pain in their knees and ankles and sought yoga as added physical therapy. The couple drove more than 270 miles from their hometown to Las Vegas to partake in Friday and Sunday classes, because they couldn’t find any weed-yoga programs closer than San Francisco. “This was the highlight of the weekend; I loved it,” Osorio said. “Really peaceful, light and relaxing. It kept the energy flowing, and it was just pretty.” Angie Edgington, 26, brought her mother to the studio’s Sunday class for Mother’s Day. Starting at 4:20 p.m., the yin routine offered simpler stretches than Elevated Yoga’s vinyasa class and also was lighter on the provided weed. Edgington and her mother — a Reno resident who asked not to be named — took turns puffing on Cheesecake indica and Goji Popcorn sativa strains from nearby Oasis Medical Cannabis dispensary as they stretched. Edgington said her family had a history of bipolar disorder, and she preferred using marijuana as treatment over pills. “It’s an uplifting experience, and it helps you break down that anxiety,” Edgington said. “It’s just very calming.” Jacobson and husband, Dr. Scott Jacobson, got involved with CannaYoga in August after the founders went their separate ways, leaving an opening for the 10-year Las Vegas residents. Their class, also for adults 21 and older for a price of $25, moved to its current location — a massive studio next door to the Jacobsons’ central valley home — in January. Like Wagner, Irena greets attendees with a hug. “It’s about making people feel welcome,” she said. “Whether you have experience with cannabis or not, this is a community.” Since she started teaching CannaYoga, attendance has doubled to about 10 attendees per class, and as many as 40 for partnered sessions with Las Vegas dispensaries and other local companies in the marijuana industry. The Jacobsons said they saw the same spike Wagner did around the legalization milestones. “We don’t know for sure yet, but we’d love it if it spiked again,” Irena said. “It comes down to how interested people are in (recreational) marijuana. If interest is high, it’ll trickle over to us.”

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boost your immune system to fend off shingles

Besides a rash, other symptoms may occur, especially within the first two stages of the disease, including:

Headache or dizziness/lightheadedness

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 1 in 3 people in the United States will get shingles at some point, and 1 million new cases are diagnosed annually. Caused by the chickenpox virus, “shingles represents a reactivation of the virus, typically affecting patients who have a compromised immune system because of age, disease or other factors,” said Alex Akhondi, MD, FACP, associate program director of internal medicine residency at MountainView Hospital. Shingles causes a painful skin rash and can be accompanied by flu-like symptoms.

What is shingles? The virus that causes both shingles and chickenpox is called the varicellazoster virus (VZV). “The primary infection of VZV results in chickenpox, which is characterized by different-looking rashes on the face, trunk and limbs, and usually occurs during childhood,” Akhondi said. Chickenpox affects people during a short period of time while it’s active, but the virus continues to lay dormant in the body throughout the patient’s life. Shingles occurs when the dormant virus suddenly reactivates and causes new symptoms. The exact mechanisms that prompt this are not completely understood, but it occurs in patients with weakened immunity. Shingles is much less contagious than chickenpox, and the virus can be spread only through direct contact with the rash. Someone with shingles cannot pass the rash itself to someone else, but they can pass the virus to someone who has never had chickenpox. For example, a child who has never been exposed to the virus can catch chickenpox from a parent with shingles, but the child can’t catch shingles. Fever and chills

Symptoms and stages “The rash is painful, localized and shaped like a band,” Akhondi said. The location of the rash can appear anywhere, but typically it’s contained to one side of the body or the face. From start to finish, shingles usually lasts between two to four weeks, but the timeline can vary between patients. Some severe cases can last longer than a month. While the length of time differs, shingles tends to develop in three distinct stages: Before the rash appears Patients will begin to feel the rash before it shows up on the skin. “It’s an unusual sensation — it can feel like pain, burning, tingling or itching. A few hours or days later, the rash appears in the same place,” Akhondi said. These symptoms can last for up to five days.

The rash Once the rash appears, it presents as a cluster of painful, red blisters that are filled with fluid and may feel wet/ moist to the touch. This stage typically lasts seven to 10 days, and Akhondi says the first few days tend to be the most painful and uncomfortable. Patients are contagious during this period.

Healing After about a week, the rash begins the healing process and scabs/crust form over the blisters. The scabbing usually heals within one to three weeks, but it can take up to a month for the skin to completely return to normal. Once the rash is entirely scabbed over and no new blisters appear, patients are no longer contagious.

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Treatment

“Shingles is treated with specific antiviral medications that suppress the disease and lessen the duration of symptoms, but the virus cannot be eradicated from the body completely,” Akhondi said. Patients with shingles should seek medical care as soon as possible because antiviral medications are most effective when taken early. Some people may also need medication to manage the pain/itching, but keeping the lesions dry and clean can help limit those symptoms.

risk factors Anyone who has had chickenpox is at risk for developing shingles. However, some people may have had chickenpox unknowingly. “Many people get mild forms of chickenpox as children, with only a cough and cold-like symptoms and/or a mild rash. Therefore, they may have had chickenpox at some point and not known it until shingles developed,” Akhondi said. The biggest risk factor for shingles is a compromised immune system, and the risk increases with age. The CDC reports that approximately half of all shingles cases occur in people 60 or older. It’s recommended that most people above this age get vaccinated.

Complications A complication of shingles is post-herpatic neuralgia (PHN), which causes the patient to continue to feel pain at the rash site even after the rash has healed. This occurs as a result of the virus damaging the nerve cells. PHN usually lasts one to two months but occasionally can continue for over a year. It can be treated with neuropathic pain medication and most commonly occurs in patients older than 60.

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THIS YEAR, SUMMER IS YOURS With planning, you can keep kids engaged during the break BY MOLLY O’DONNELL SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY

To the average kid, summer vacation is as anticipated as Christmas. Some parents spend weeks orchestrating that single day, so as much as they might love having the house full of children again, the coming of that monthslong break in school can be akin to the chilling buildup of the “Jaws” soundtrack. How can they possibly keep the flock entertained and engaged in learning while having a little fun themselves? ¶ Parents, before you panic and turn to chum, remember what Roy Scheider would do: Get a bigger boat. In other words, be prepared for the constant presence of kids so you can make the most of it. We’ve come up with a few ideas to help you maintain mental stimulation while providing classic summer diversions for all.

WATER WORKS AT HOME

If you’re lucky enough to have a pool and kids who can swim, just add sunscreen. Otherwise, there are a million great inflatable pools, water toys and gadgets we never even dreamed of as kids — like an accessory that allows your hose to blow up 100 water balloons in a blink.

AT COMMUNITY FACILITIES

If you’d rather rely on the system of public pools, start by mapping the resources on the Clark County Parks and Recreation website. Under the “Pools & Aquatic” tab, you’ll find listings for year-round and seasonal facilities as well as two pools exclusively for adults. You also can read the general rules or link to registration for swimming lessons (the session that starts June 19 opened for applicants May 19, and another opens July 7).

OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING

Don’t forget that water can be used in educational ways: ■ learning about the refraction of light ■ using different food coloring to watch the effects on cut flowers

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LUNCH CAN BE A LESSON

There’s a reason why make-ahead snack boxes are all the rage. Concoct themed boxes with Mediterranean hummus and cucumber spears, or toss a couple squishy alien toys atop a protein pack for a fun surprise. The best part of summer food preparation is getting the kids to help you by coming up with creative ideas. You can go from the basic — flower-shaped PB&J — to the extraordinary — watermelon and blueberry magic wands, kiwi and celery snails, and toasted animal faces. Setting up stations where kids can participate and keeping a few essentials on hand (like colorful fruit and simple tools like cookie cutters) can make lunch into a project.

■ making glowing ice using tonic water and a black light ■ the old-fashioned cannonball, demonstrating weight through water displacement

Really, most activities can be a teaching moment, but setting up an experiment in advance (or at least thinking it through) will prepare you for the inevitable hows and whys you’ll get after the fact.

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TRY EXPLORING INDOORS

Crafts are the solution to the great indoors, but you also can use crafting as a way to connect kids to nature, science and engineering. A toilet paper roll destined for the recycling bin can be transformed into a bird feeder with a little peanut butter and seed; soundly designed buildings can shoot up overnight with gumdrops and straws.

opportunities for learning For serious wow-factor, try letting your kids make naked eggs. That doesn’t mean scrambling them without seasoning.

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1 egg per person containers with covers

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white vinegar big spoons

Method 1. Place eggs in separate containers (if using one container, make sure it’s big enough for eggs to rest without touching). 2. Cover eggs in vinegar, noting the bubbles forming on the surface. 3. Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. 4. Using spoons, carefully scoop eggs out of vinegar (the shells will be partially dissolved). Then dump old vinegar, refilling the container with fresh vinegar before sliding the eggs back in for another day in the fridge. 5. Scoop eggs out again and rinse carefully. Toss any that broke during the process. The rest should be translucent and without shells, with squishable membranes.

EXPLANATION Explain that vinegar contains acetic acid, which breaks up the crystals of calcium carbonate that make up egg shells. The calcium ions — or atoms now missing their electrons — float free as the carbonate produces carbon dioxide, hence the bubbles.

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Don’t lean on the screen

keep it to 2 hours or less

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that kids watch television no more than two hours per day. It probably won’t surprise you to learn that the national average is closer to four hours. We all probably watch too much TV, and with so many smart devices in our lives offering endless ways to binge, it can be tough to set a good example.

enforce a time limit

The first step to motivating more brain-stimulating activity is to avoid arguing about next episodes that just have to be watched or video games that must be beaten. Most devices and smart TVs come with timers to allow for auto-shutoff and other parental controls. If your TV doesn’t, you can still make those time-limits happen. Try striking an agreement: a certain amount of outdoor play or cultural enrichment earns minutes of screen time.

try a board game instead

For parents who let the TV or tablet “babysit” when they just need a moment of peace, try busting out those board games you kept from your own childhood (Sorry! is always a hit), or make a trip to your local game store and let the kids pick out a few to play as a family — you can quietly slip away once they’re engrossed.

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Osrow’s chicken wings

Recipe provided by exECUTIVE chef David Mangual at Hyde LOUNGE

T-Mobile Arena’s Hyde Lounge is a swank space perched at the top of the venue, but this menu favorite is deliciously down-toearth. ¶ A great Buffalo wing doesn’t need fancy ingredients or embellishments, and this one smartly relies on the battle-tested flavor of Frank’s RedHot mixed with plenty of butter to add richness and soften the heat. ¶ To make the dish the way Hyde does, you’ll need a smoker and a deep fryer, though executive chef David Mangual provided workarounds for those without the heavy equipment. It’s not football season, but don’t wait to wing-ify. You’d be surprised how quickly 5 pounds of chicken this tasty disappears.

for sauce

1 gallon Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Wing Sauce

1 lb unsalted butter

1. Pour hot sauce into large saucepan and bring to a low simmer.

Ingredients + directions for wings 1. Preheat smoker to 250 degrees with any untreated hardwood. If you don’t have a smoker, try a charcoal grill with wood chips. 5 lbs chicken wings

Buffalo sauce to coat (see recipe)

Salt and pepper to taste

2. Cut butter into cubes and slowly add to hot sauce, whisking in. 3. Once ingredients are incorporated fully, remove sauce from heat and set aside.

with butter-spiked buffalo hot sauce

9 stalks celery

1 qt ranch dressing of choice

2. Pat chicken dry with paper towels and place on wire racks. Put racks in smoker and cook for 1 hour, refilling wood when needed. Allow wings to cool completely. 3. Preheat deep fryer to 350 degrees and then cook wings for 7 minutes. If you don’t have a fryer, fill up a pan halfway with oil and fry on a stovetop (oil temperature can be gauged with a basic candy thermometer). 4. Toss wings in a mixing bowl with enough hot sauce to coat the skin, and add salt and pepper to taste. (Excess sauce can be refrigerated for later use.) 5. Slice celery stalks on the bias into 3-inch segments (about 1 stalk per serving). 6. Fill small ramekins with ranch dressing. 7. Plate the wings and garnish with celery sticks and dressing.

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LOOKING FOR A NEW BEST FRIEND?

The Animal Foundation and the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are shelters dedicated to finding homes for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, turtles and more. Each week, we feature a selection of animals available for adoption.

Admiral (A953257)

Azul (A959780)

Ginger and Mary Ann

Beezie

Age: 2-year-old male Breed: Pit bull Description: Admiral is a gentle giant who loves his daily walks and is a goofy ball of energy with a loving personality. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 2-year-old female Breed: Pit bull Description: Azul would do great with a high-energy owner, as she is extremely loving and is looking for a great running partner to give her the active lifestyle she desires. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 4-year-old spayed females Breed: Lionhead mix and lop mix rabbits Description: Ginger and Mary Ann are blessed with quiet charm and serene personalities. They are bonded for life. Adoption fee: $40 for the pair

Age: 2-year-old spayed female Breed: Chihuahua Description: Beezie dreams of someone who will understand her. She likes burrowing under blankets and bonding with soft-spoken people. Adoption fee: $40

Boots (A960838)

Markie (A948404)

Johnny

Mimi

Age: 3-year-old spayed female Breed: Pit bull Description: Boots is made for walking. She loves playing with squeaky toys, sitting for treats and getting in her daily exercise. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 3-year-old neutered male Breed: Terrier Description: Markie is super playful, has a great personality and loves to be carried around by his human friends. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 3-month-old neutered male Breed: Domestic mediumhair Description: Johnny loves being cradled in gentle arms. Please kittenproof your home for his safety. He has been raised and socialized in a foster home since his rescue. Adoption fee: $70

Age: 11-year-old spayed female Breed: Tortie point Balinese Description: Mimi hopes you will share a portion of your pillow with her so she can sleep close and feel safe. She is good with cats and calm dogs. Adoption fee: $20

Niles (A952537)

Serenity (A931611)

Odie

Princess

Age: 8-year-old neutered male Breed: Miniature pinscher Description: Niles is mature and extremely affectionate. He would thrive in almost any home, as he gets along with humans and dogs alike. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 4-year-old spayed female Breed: Pit bull Description: Serenityâ€™s favorite things are treats and tennis balls, but her perfect home would require a female sibling, if any, as she is slow to warm to male dogs. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 11-year-old neutered male Breed: Jack Russell terrier Description: Odie beams with hope that he will soon have someone to love. He is house-trained, cratetrained and compatible with dogs and older children. Adoption fee: $20

Age: 10-year-old spayed female Breed: Medium-size Heinz 57 with kelpie and retriever Description: Princess grins with admiration and gratitude at the people who are kind to her. She gets along well with other sweet dogs. Adoption fee: $25

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las vegas’ artiste de billard BY mike grimala | staff writer

Florian “Venom” Kohler is putting a new spin on the old-school art of billiards trick shots. Here’s how an unknown French novice mastered the game and became an internet star.

Make it your life

Just 10 years after typing “trick shots” into a search engine for the first time, Kohler is the king of his niche. As of today, he’s got more than 360,000 YouTube subscribers and 500,000 Facebook followers, and one of his earliest videos, posted in 2009, has 3.4 million views. Another 2014 clip has surpassed 20 million views. He owns six Guinness world records, is recognized as one of the premier trick-shot players in the industry and wants to keep it going as long as he can. “The next phase is social media,” he says. “I try to get a new video on YouTube every week. It takes quite a bit of work, but this is what I love to do.”

What I like about pool, I take it as a blank paper. I try to create something new on it and try to create new shots. That’s my favorite.” — florian kohler

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Be a self-starter

Kohler didn’t know how to hold a pool cue before receiving a billiards table as a high school graduation gift, so he logged onto YouTube, learned the basics and found himself drawn to the trick-shot tutorials he discovered. Before long, he was knocking in four- and five-ball combos from all angles like a pro.

Change the game

Instead of stationary trick shots, Kohler started putting the table in motion. He experimented with jumping balls, striking balls already in motion and striking balls already in the air. That approach opened new angles and allowed Kohler to experiment with a style that hadn’t been seen before on the billiards circuit — one that was more artistry than geometry.

Recognize opportunity

After learning the encyclopedia of trick shots forward and backward, Kohler was bored. “There was no skill to being a trickshot artist,” Kohler says. “You just had to know how to set up the balls. Everyone can make it if they know the shot. It was everybody doing the same shots over and over. These guys were doing the same thing for the past 60 years, with nothing new.” Kohler wanted to do something different.

Pursue your dreams

Once Kohler graduated from college, he was free to make a living as a trickshot artist. He moved to the United States, smoothed out his English and started touring full time. When he wasn’t traveling, he spent his free time creating more original shots to power his social media pages.

Embrace the grind

Perfect your craft

Kohler may have stumbled into billiards, but he took it seriously once he discovered he had a talent for trick shots. While attending college in France (his parents insisted he get a degree), Kohler spent his time after class polishing his skills, and on weekends he traveled to pool halls, competing in straight-up billiards tournaments. “When I started to travel and win a few tournaments here and there, it was kind of impressive to me. That’s when I realized I could maybe make a career.”

Make a name for yourself

Kohler’s career took off when he embraced the internet. He started a YouTube page with clips of his trick shots, and viewers flocked. “The videos got really popular, with millions of views,” he says. “That’s when I started to get a lot more bookings.” Kohler began traveling to America on weekends to perform, building his brand. Flying back and forth from Europe to the U.S. every week wasn’t ideal, but at that point Kohler was committed to becoming a fulltime trick-shot artist.

Kohler may never need to fall back on his optometry degree, but he still has to work. He spends 4-6 hours per day on the felt, keeping his skills sharp, dreaming up new shots and filming social media videos. And when he’s not practicing, he’s on the road, performing paid appearances at pool halls, corporate functions and private parties. “People think traveling is the best kind of life, but it takes a toll on you,” Kohler says, “especially when you have a family and wife. Last year, I took 100 planes. It’s not always easy.” Florian “Venom” Kohler, a trick-shot artist, shows off his skills at Gorilla Cafe in Las Vegas. (Mikayla Whitmore/staff)

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CASINO PROMOTIONS SUNSET STATION

Birthday Cash Boxes Date: Fridays and Saturdays through June 25 Time: 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Information: Drawing for players of table games. Win up to $2,500.

DOWNTOWN GRAND Grand Deals for Grand Rewards Members 50+ Date: Tuesdays, June 6-Aug. 29 Information: For players 50 and older. Receive point multipliers, dining discounts and more. Slot tournament is 6 a.m.-4 p.m.

Information: Earn one entry for $10 average bet for an hour of play or equivalent. Win up to $2,000. Summer Scratch kiosk game Date: Mondays in June Time: 8 a.m.-midnight Information: Receive one free play; earn 10 points for an additional swipe. Win slot play, cash, points and food. Point multiplier Date: Sundays and Wednesdays in June Information: Earn 4x points on reels and 2x points on video poker.

Sunday Funday Date: Sundays, June 4-Aug. 27 Information: Receive point multipliers and discounts. Earn 500 points to receive a gift.

$25,000 Free Slot Play Hot Seats Date: Thursdays in June Time: 2-8 p.m. Information: One machine player chosen every 15 minutes; a table game player will be chosen hourly. Win up to $200 in play.

Pop Your Way to Winning Date: Fridays and Saturdays through July 29 Time: Hourly 7 p.m.-midnight Information: Receive one drawing ticket for every 100 base points earned. Earn ticket multipliers on Wednesdays. Top prize is $250 in play.

Earn and Redeem: Spa Date: June Information: Earn 1,200 same-day points or redeem 4,000 anytime points to receive a choice of select 25-minute spa services.

Jet Ski giveaway Date: Through June 24 Time: 9 p.m. Information: Receive one drawing ticket for every 100 base points earned. Earn ticket multipliers on Wednesdays. Top prize is a Jet Ski or $5,000. Point multipliers Date: June 4-July 31 Time: Sundays and Mondays Information: Earn 2x points on video poker and 5x on reels and table games. Deep Eddy Vodka giveaway Date: Thursdays through June 29 Information: Earn 500 base points to be eligible to receive a bottle of vodka. Different flavors offered at each weekly giveaway.

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$100,000 Splash of Cash Wheel Drawings Date: Fridays and Saturdays in June Time: 6:15 and 8:15 p.m. Information: Win up to $3,000. Receive entries though play on machines, bingo or table games. Earn 10x entries Mondays-Thursdays. $45,000 Sizzlinâ€™ Summer table drawings Date: Fridays in June Time: 9 p.m.

Earn and Redeem: Buffets Date: June Information: Earn and redeem 500 same-day base points for a lunch buffet. Earn and redeem 800 same-day base points for a dinner buffet. Earn and Redeem: Hawthorn Grill Date: June Information: Earn 1,500 same-day base points or redeem 4,000 anytime points for a meal.

TUSCANY

Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Fridays in June Information: Receive 12x points on reels and 6x points on video poker. Play and Win Date: Wednesdays in June Information: Earn 250 slot points to receive a prize. Thank You Seniors Thursdays Date: Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Members older than 50 receive free entry in the senior slot tournament as well as dining and other discounts. Gift Day Sundays Date: Sundays in June Information: Earn 300 same-day base points to receive a gift. On June 4, the gift is a snack and dip bowl.

Spin to Win slot tournament Date: Saturdays in June Time: Noon-9 p.m. Information: Earn 100 same-day slot points for one tournament entry. Win up to $1,000.

HARD ROCK HOTEL

Travel Like a Rockstar giveaway Date: Sundays-Tuesdays through JulyÂ 25 Information: From June 18 to 20 and June 25 to 27, earn 750 base slot points or $50 table theoretical in the same promotional day to receive a travel kit. From July 16 to 18 and July 23 to 25, earn 1,000 base slot points or $100 table theoretical in the same promotional day to receive a carry-all. Point multipliers Date: Thursdays in 2017 Information: Earn 5x points on video poker and 20x points on reels. 45+ Classic Rockers and bonus points Date: Wednesdays in 2017 Information: For players 45 and older. Earn 5x points on video poker and 15x points on reels. Earn 100 base points for chance to win 5,000 points. Receive point bonuses. Pick Your Poison kiosk game Date: Fridays and Saturdays through June 30 Information: Earn 200 base points to play game. Win slot play, dining credits, points and more.

WESTGATE

$30,000 Ale Yeah! scratch card giveaway Date: June Information: Redeem one scratch card for every 250 points earned. Win slot play.

Cannery

Vintage Vegas Collect-n-Win Date: June Information: Prizes include drawing entries, bonus points, slot play and food credits. Game piece prizes can be combined to win up to $75 in slot play or collect all game pieces to win up to $100. *Valid at both locations. $55K Vintage Vegas cash drawings Date: Saturdays in June Time: 7 p.m. Information: Receive an entry for every 100 same-day base points. Win up to $2,000. *Valid at both locations.

Wine giveaway Date: Fridays in June Information: Earn 300 points on slots or 36 table game points to receive a bottle of wine with up to $500 in play or cash. *Valid at both locations. Eastside Extra Thursdays Date: Thursdays in June Information: Earn 400 points on slots or 48 points playing table games to receive a gift. Gift selections include a folding chair, portable cooler, outdoor table, an 11-piece barbecue tool set and more. *Valid at Boulder Highway location.

COSMOPOLITAN

$100,000 June jackpot giveaway Date: Saturdays through July 1 Time: 6:15 p.m. Information: Ten names will be drawn each week. Top prize is $10,000.

ALIANTE

Sand-Sational table games drawings Date: Fridays through June 30 Time: 7:30 p.m. Information: Table game players will have a chance to win a share of $7,000 in cash and prizes. Friday-Saturday point multipliers Date: June 9, 10, 16 and 17 Information: Receive 12x points on reels and 6x points on video poker.

GOLD COAST

Point multiplier Date: Mondays in June Information: Receive 10x points on reels and 6x points on video poker. Gift giveaway Date: Mondays in June Time: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Gifts include a cell phone holder, combination light, window shade and trunk organizer.

ORLEANS

Gift giveaway Date: Tuesdays in June Time: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Earn 300 base points for a gift. Selections include pajama shorts, a three-piece light set, sunglasses and a tote bag. Point multiplier Date: Mondays in June Information: Receive 10x points on reels and 6x points on video poker. Lucky Monday Table Drawings

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Date: Mondays in June Time: Hourly, 7-10 p.m. Information: Up to 10 table game players can win $500 in chips. Lucky Money Baccarat Tournament Date: Wednesdays in June Time: Hourly, 8-10 p.m. Final round at midnight Information: Enter for a chance to win a $3,000 prize package. $50 entry fee. Hit Me Once, Hit Me Twice Blackjack Tournaments Date: Saturdays and Sundays in June Time: Saturday tournaments at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Sunday tournaments at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. Information: Win up to $1,000. $25 entry fee.

SAM’S TOWN

Big Spin Hot Seats days Date: Sundays-Tuesdays in June Time: Every 30 minutes from 1 to 7 p.m. Information: Win dining comps, slot dollars and up to $1,000.

SUNCOAST

Point multipliers Date: Tuesdays in June Information: Receive 11x points on reels and 6x points on video poker. $20,000 Hot Seat Drawings Date: Fridays and Saturdays in June Time: 7-11 p.m. Information: Table game players will have a chance to win a $100 or $500 Suncoast chip each drawing night. Dining discount Date: June Information: Earn 400 same-day base points on slots and video poker games to receive a $10 food credit voucher at Du-Par’s Restaurant. Gift giveaway Date: June 4 and 11 Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 200 base slot points to receive a gift. Selections include photo frames and multi-use pliers.

Eldorado

Buffalo point multipliers Date: Sundays Information: Earn 15x points on Buffalo machines, 10x points on reels and 5x points on multigame keno and video poker. Prime Generation Tuesdays Date: Tuesdays Information: For players 50 and older. Slot card required. Earn 50 base points to receive $5 in slot play. Earn 500 base points to receive a spin on

the cash wheel. Receive 5x points, dining and bingo discounts. Earn 100 Points, Get $5 Date: Wednesdays Information: Earn 100 points to receive $5 in play. Mystery Mondays Date: Mondays in June Information: Earn 100 base points to receive a mystery prize. Earn 500 points to receive a $10 food credit voucher. Point multiplier Date: Tuesdays in June Information: Receive 5x points on slot machines.

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Sterling Edge 55+ Club Date: Thursdays Information: Players 55 and older can receive 5x points on reels, dining discounts and more.

SOUTH POINT

Pump & Pantry Date: June Information: Earn a $50 Chevron Gas Card or $50 Smith’s Food and Drug Gift Card by redeeming $25 or 8,333 base points on South Point slot machines. To receive a gift card, players must earn points from June 1 to June 30. All points must be redeemed by July 3. Limit of 10 total cards.

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Point multipliers Date: Sundays in June Information: Earn 15x points on Buffalo machines, 10x points on reels and 5x points on multigame keno and video poker. Mystery Mondays Date: Mondays in June Information: Earn 100 points to receive a gift. Point multiplier Date: Tuesdays in June Information: Receive 5x points on slot machines. Free play bonus Date: Wednesdays in June Information: Receive $5 in slot play when you earn 100 points. Saturday Early Rewards Date: Saturdays Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: Win $100 cash or $120 in slot play. Rolling for Dough Date: Fridays Time: Slot players eligible 1-9 p.m. Players at table games eligible 6:30-

11:30 p.m. Information: Players can get a chance to roll the dice and win 10x the roll. Earn 100 Points, Get $5 Date: Wednesdays Information: Earn 100 points to receive $5 in play.

EL CORTEZ

Buffalo point multiplier Date: Sundays and Mondays Information: Earn 10x points on Buffalo machines. Ice cream giveaway Date: Wednesdays Information: Receive an ice cream bar with a jackpot of $25 or more.

STATION CASINOS*

$2 Million Viva Vacations Points & Prizes Giveaway game Date: Fridays-Sundays in June Information: Earn 10 base points to play. Baggage Claim Swipe & Win Date: Tuesdays in June Information: Earn 10 base points to play. Viva Vacations Gift Days Date: Thursdays in June Information: Earn 500 same-day base points. On June 8, receive a bottle of Sutter Home wine. Point multiplier Date: Wednesdays in June Information: Receive 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker and table games. *Valid at Green Valley Ranch, Red Rock, Fiesta, Santa Fe, Texas, Boulder, Palace and Sunset Station properties. Military Mondays Date: Ongoing Information: Veterans and active military members receive discounts. *Valid at Station properties

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Hot Streak Hot Seat Date: Fridays and Saturdays in June Time: Every 30 minutes, 6-8 p.m. Information: Individuals can win up to $100 in chips. Plus, everyone playing at the hot seat table will receive $25 in chips.

WILDFIRE PROPERTIES*

Point multiplier Date: Sundays in June Information: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker. MyGeneration Mondays Date: Ongoing

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Information: For loyalty-card holders 50 and older. Includes discounts and gaming promotions. *Valid at the Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Casino & Lanes, Wildfire Boulder, The Greens and Barley’s. June Gift Giveaway Date: Wednesdays in June Information: Non-invited guests must earn 100 points to receive the first gift. On June 7, receive a bottle of Seagram’s Apple Vodka. On June 14, receive a bottle of Chateau St. Jean Soiree Red. On June 21, receive a 12-pack of Pearl Vodka. On June 28, receive a bottle of Bay Bridge Chardonnay. *Valid at Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Casino & Lanes, Wildfire Boulder and Barley’s. Swipe & Win Summer Break Date: Fridays in June Information: Earn five points to play. *Valid at Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Casino & Lanes, Wildfire Boulder and Barley’s. Mystery Cash Grab Date: Saturdays in June Information: Earn 200 points to play. Win up to $500. *Valid at Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Casino & Lanes, Wildfire Boulder and Barley’s.

SILVERTON

Reel and Win slot tournament Date: Tuesdays Time: Noon Information: First place wins $1,000. Senior Mondays Date: Mondays Time: Drawings at 4 p.m. Information: Names will be drawn for a chance to win cash and free play. Players 50 and older will receive dining discounts.

SILVER SEVENS

Nifty 50 slot tournament Date: Wednesdays Time: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: Tournament with chance to win up to $1,000.

PLAZA

777 Slot Tournament Date: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Time: 10 a.m., noon, and 2 and 4 p.m. Information: Play up to four times. Win up to $350 in play. $50K giveaway Date: Through Dec. 10 Information: Earn one ticket for every 25,000 points earned.

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esperate to dress up the Trump administration’s possible rollback of fuel economy standards for cars as something other than what it is — a fat prize package for the auto and oil industries — some of the president’s supporters have come up with a doozy. They’re calling it a matter of safety. Their argument: Imposing strict miles-per-gallon requirements forces automakers to build smaller cars, which tend to be more fuel-efficient but less safe than bigger ones. So easing the standards would allow manufacturers to fill the roads with larger cars, which will save lives. Sounds nice and noble, but it’s actually one of many examples of how the fossil fuels industry thinks it can tell Americans anything and they’ll believe it. In reality, high MPG requirements increase safety on the roads. That’s the finding of a study released in April by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which said a reduction in the weight of cars could lead to fewer fatalities.

The bureau’s researchers say stringent federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards — which President Donald Trump announced in March that he would review — force auto manufacturers to make their bigger vehicles lighter. And when lighter vehicles crash into other light vehicles, it’s not as much of a problem as when heavy cars and light cars collide. Think of it this way: If a Ford F-350 pickup (5,909 pounds for the lightest model) hits a Mazda Miata (2,232 pounds) head-on with both vehicles traveling at the same speed, the Miata’s occupants are going to be in a lot more danger than if their car were hit by a mid-size Chevrolet Malibu (3,086 pounds). It’s just a matter of physics — the bigger vehicle is going to have more kinetic energy. Reducing mass and velocity lowers kinetic energy, meaning that if manufacturers reduced the overall weight of their fleets, especially the bigger vehicles, there would be less energy in crashes and therefore less chance of someone being injured or killed.

Combined with ongoing technological advances that improve vehicles’ ability to absorb kinetic energy and protect occupants, decreasing weight makes sense. “What CAFE actually does is it doesn’t just lower the weight of one vehicle,” said Kevin Roth, an environmental economist at the University of California at Irvine and a co-author of the study, in a story published by The Washington Post. “It changes the entire composition of the fleet.” Of course, Trump’s supporters would rather you didn’t focus on that. They’re spotlighting another study showing that of the 10 cars involved in the highest rate of fatal collisions from 2012 to 2015, eight were minicars or compacts. That’s something to be alarmed about, no question. But it ignores the issue of how many fewer fatalities may have occurred if the overall weight of the fleet were lower. It also doesn’t address the fact that small cars are in some ways safer than bigger ones, being that they tend to be more maneu-

verable and take less distance to stop, making them better suited to avoid accidents. Really, all the report shows is what we knew already: When big cars hit small cars — as is the case when big football players hit small ones or when bowling balls hit pins — the bigger one generally wins. Plus, if this is really a matter of safety, the only way to truly level the playing field is to build every vehicle the same size with the same safety equipment. If that F-350 hits the Malibu, it’s not going to be pretty, either. Meanwhile, the environmental benefits of CAFE standards speak for themselves. Higher overall fuel economy equals fewer carbon emissions equals a healthier planet. Former President Barack Obama took a responsible step in 2012 by imposing an overall fuel economy standard for cars sold of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. If Trump eases that standard, he’ll be taking a backward step — both on the environment and on vehicle safety.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, JUNE 4 “The Phantom of the Opera”: This production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s play boasts special effects, new scenic design, choreography and staging. 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., $29 and up, Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000 or thesmithcenter.com. *Also: 2 p.m. June 10-11; 7:30 p.m. June 6-11 Alex’s Lemonade Stand: This event will include carnival games, raffles, prizes, bounce houses, face painting, balloon art, music, food and lemonade to raise money for the fight against childhood cancer. 11 a.m.5 p.m., Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, alexslemonade.org. National Barrel Horse Association Professional’s Choice Super Show & Western Gift Show: Witness exhibitions and high-speed races in youth and senior divisions. 8 a.m., free, South Point Arena, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 706-823-3728, nbha.com or southpointarena.com/events. Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender: The event will include legends panel, some showcases, a poker tournament and more. Noon-10:30 p.m., $250$500, the Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., bhofweekend.com or info@ burlesquehall.com. Frank LaSpina — “Happy Days”: Based on the soundtrack of the TV sitcom, enjoy music from the late ’50s and early ’60s and learn the surprising stories behind these “oldies but goldies.” 2 p.m., $25 and up, Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000 or thesmithcenter.com/shows-tickets/cabaret-jazz.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6 Andson Driving Education Golf Tournament: This event will include a four-person scramble, beverages, snacks, lunch, helicopter ball drop and awards reception. 7:30 a.m., $450-$2,000, Southern Highlands Golf Club, 1 Robert Trent Jones Lane, 702-785-0020, mary.thomas@ andson.com or andson.org/golf-2017. 10th Annual Health/Fitness/ Beauty Affair Expo: This event features exhibits, a chef’s corner serving up healthy samples, and guest speakers. First 100 attendees will receive a gift. Get free admission

tickets at the Suncoast and Storage West Self Storage locations. 6-9 p.m., free, Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, 702-639-6964. Hospitality degree information session: Learn about the master’s degrees in hospitality and hotel administration offered by UNLV’s Harrah Hotel College. Sandwiches and drinks will be provided. 5:307 p.m., free, the Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., third floor, 702-895-5430 or bit.ly/2pyS774. Consumer protection series: Learn about the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which protects consumers against improper credit reporting by creditors and credit-reporting agencies. 5:30-7:30 p.m., free, Revel Preleasing Office, 43 S. Stephanie St., Suite 140, 702-564-6000 or slowrey@revelnevada.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 Lunch & Learn — The Benefits of Speech Therapy for Individuals with Aphasia and Neurodegenerative Disease: Learn about speech pathology is and how those affected by aphasia or neurodegenerative disorders can benefit from speech therapy. Noon-1 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-778-6702 or louruvosocialserv@ ccf.org.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 West Las Vegas Arts Center sculpture outreach meeting: The public is invited to hear brief presentations from artists competing for a contract to design and install a sculpture at the West Las Vegas Arts Center. Attendees can submit written or verbal comments about the presentations, which will be shared with the sculpture selection panel. 6:30 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-4800.

FRIDAY, JUNE 9 17th Annual Firefighter Bachelor Auction: Southern Nevada’s most eligible firefighter bachelors, paired with prize packages, will be auctioned off to members of the community. 7–11 p.m., $40 for females/$80 for men and couples, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, 2535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, theburnfoundation.org.

FARMERS MARKETS Connors Farmers Market at The District: Thursdays, 4-8 p.m., 2240 Village Walk Drive, facebook.com/connorsfarmersmarketTD. Downtown3rd: Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 300 E. Stewart Ave., facebook.com/pages/ Downtown-3rd-Farmers-Market/930586090361542. Fresh52: Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Tivoli Village; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Inspirada, Solista Park, 2000 Via Firenze in Henderson; Sundays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 9480 S. Eastern Ave.; fresh52.com. Henderson Farmers Markets: Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 240 S. Water St.; Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 200 S. Green Valley Parkway; facebook.com/Henderson-FarmersMarket-Nevada-591107304365347. Las Vegas Farmers Markets: Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m., Bruce Trent Park, 1600 N. Rampart Blvd.; Thursdays, 2-6 p.m., 10401 Gardens Park Drive; first and third Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 9100 Tule Springs Road, lasvegasfarmersmarket.com.

Health, Healing & Happiness Conference: Speakers and vegan chefs will offer presentations about nutrition, fitness, spirituality and personal development. There also will be a Holistic Health Expo. 2-9 p.m., $79-$189, Tuscany Suites, 255 E. Flamingo Road, health-healinghappiness.com. *Also: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. June 10; 8 a.m.5:30 p.m. June 11 Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association Core Balance Derby – Classic/Challenge Cutting and Western Gift Expo: Witness the strength, elegance and athleticism of horses, and also explore a large selection of Western-themed goods. 8 a.m., free, South Point Arena, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-797-8005, southpointarena.com or pccha.com *Also: Through June 18

vote for their favorite piece. 7-9 p.m., free, Lake Las Vegas Art Galleries, 25 Via Bel Canto, Suite 120, art@ lakelasvegas.com or lakelasvegas. com/events. Opera Las Vegas presents Verdi’s “Rigoletto”: The fates of the hunchbacked jester and a libidinous royal philanderer collide in Giuseppe Verdi’s story of a daughter abducted, a father outraged and a potent curse fulfilled. 7:30 p.m., $75-$95, Judy Bayley Theatre at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787 or pacboxoffice@unlv.edu. *Also: 2 p.m. June 11

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Ward 2 Coffee with the Councilman: Start the morning with Councilman Bob Beers and talk about Ward 2, Las Vegas or anything else of interest to the community. 7:30-9 a.m., free, Rachel’s Kitchen, 9691 Trailwood Drive, 702-229-2144.

Reggae in the Desert: This all-ages music festival features Common Kings, Alborosie, Tanya Stephens, Passafire, Eljai, Inna Vision and more. Various exhibits and Caribbean-inspired vendors also will be on site. Noon-10 p.m., $35 and up (ages 5 and younger are free), Clark County Amphitheatre, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, reggaeinthedesert.com.

Ward 6 Movie in the Park: Enjoy the animated movie “Moana.” Refreshments will be available for sale. Bring blankets and/or low chairs. Dusk, free, Centennial Hills Park Amphitheatre, 7101 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-229-6154.

Downtown Rocks: The concert series continues with the Rock’n Road Trip Tour, featuring Fuel, Tonic, Marcy Playground and Dishwalla. 7 p.m., free, First and Third Street stages at the Fremont Street Experience, vegasexperience.com.

MonteLago Village Summer Art Show and Reception: Listen to music and enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvres from Chef Scott Commings, the Season 12 winner of “Hell’s Kitchen,” as the Lake Las Vegas Art Galleries unveils its summer show, “Casting Shadows.” Attendees will be able to

Be My Neighbor Day: Community partners will lead several kindness activities, including creating placemats for homebound seniors, writing letters to veterans and decorating lunch bags for families receiving services. There also will be informational booths, a meet-and-greet with

LIFE Daniel Tiger, a DJ, face-painting, and tours of a police car and fire truck. Bring a new or lightly used sweater to donate to the “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” sweater drive. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Windmill Library, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, vegaspbs. org. Jean Luc Ponty: The legendary French violinist brings his “Atlantic Years” tour to Las Vegas. 8 p.m., $25 and up, Aliante Casino, 7300 Aliante Parkway, 702-692-7777, aliantegaming.com or ponty.com. Ward 6 Fishing Derby Day: Join the city of Las Vegas, Councilman Steve Ross and the Nevada Department of Wildlife for a free fishing day. Fishing poles, tackle and bait will be provided while supplies last; photo identification required for loan. The Girls Scouts of Southern Nevada will offer a pancake breakfast for $5, and families can enjoy local entertainment. Fishing licenses are not required; fishing limits will apply. 7:30 a.m., free, Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road, 702-229-8100, 702-229-6154 or ndow.org/fish/ free_fishing_day. *Also: At Veterans’ Memorial Park, 1650 Buchanan Blvd. in Boulder City A Century of Chaplin: Celebrate 100 years of Charlie Chaplin films with a few of Chaplin’s classic silent movies. Bring low chairs or blankets for lawn seating. 8 p.m., free, Garehime Heights Park, 3901 N. Campbell Road, 702-229-2787.

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“Build a Better World” kickoff: Enjoy crafts to start off Henderson Libraries’ summer reading program, which lasts through Aug. 5 and will include three two-day youth camps open to ages 8-12 and a Harry Potter-themed lock-in for ages 10-17. Register at hendersonlibraries.com. 9 a.m.-noon, free, Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-492-6581 or hendersonlibraries. com. *Also: 9 a.m.-noon at Gibson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway, and 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway “G’Day Las Vegas” starring Greg Bonham with special guest Ryan Ahern: Before the U.S. came calling, this “boy from the farm” made television appearances in his native Australia, scored his own television special in the UK and sold more than 14 million records in Russia. He will sing, play trumpet and be accompanied by pianist Ahern. 7 p.m., $30 and up, Cabaret Jazz at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000 or thesmithcenter.com/shows-tickets/cabaret-jazz. Understanding Your Soils: Attend a workshop, followed by a chef demonstration about colorful fruits and vegetables presented by the Conservation District of Southern Nevada, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and Create a Change Now. 9 a.m., free, Zion United Methodist Church, 2108 Revere St., cdsnlv@yahoo.com.

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Spotlight Awards NAIOP Southern Nevada announced the 2017 winners of the 20th Annual Spotlight Awards, honoring businesses and individuals connected to the commercial real estate and development industry. They are: Industry Award Category Winners n Trendsetter Firm – The Howard Hughes Corp. Principal Member of the Year – Rod Martin, Majestic Realty Co.

Associate Member of the Year – Leroy Taylor, Logic Commercial Real Estate

Special Recognition: For working on a study of the proposed BLM Resource Management Plan and its potential impact on economic development — John Ramous, Harsch Investment Properties; John Restrepo, RCG Economics; Mike Shohet, Jones Lang LaSalle; Alan Schlottmann, Theodore Roosevelt Institute

Principal Firm of the Year – Prologis

Developing Leader of the Year – Courtney Goffstein, Colliers International

Broker of the Year – Office: Ryan Martin, CCIM, SIOR, Taber Thill, SIOR and Patti Dillon, Colliers International

n Broker of the Year – Industrial: Higgins Toft Team, CBRE

Broker of the Year – Retail: Adam Malan and Deana Marcello, Logic Commercial Real Estate

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Financial Firm of the Year – CommCap Advisors

Ellie Shattuck Spirit of Spotlight – Katrina Bruce, NAIOP Southern Nevada

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Office Building – Ainsworth Gaming Headquarters of the Americas

Industrial Building – Over 2000,000 Square Feet: Black Mountain Distribution Center 3

Industrial Building – Under 200,000 Square Feet: Republic Services Material Recovery Facility

Special Use – T-Mobile Arena

Retail Building Special Award – Ikea-Las Vegas

Redevelopment Project – Southern Nevada Health District New Headquarters Facility Public Use/Government – Recreation: Sean’s Park Phase 1

Public Use/Government – Nevada State College Nursing, Science & Education Building and the James E. and Beverly Rogers Student Center

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Denise Kallow is a project manager Grand Canyon Development Partners. Jason Norgan is a project coordinator.

Tenant Improvements – Retail: TruFusion

Brokerage Firm of the Year – Colliers International

Engineering Firm of the Year – Kimley-Horn and Associates

Alicia Syverson is the 2017 chairwoman of the community outreach committee for CREW-LV, a nonprofit organization for people in commercial real estate.

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Tenant Improvements – Large Office: Pinnacle Entertainment Headquarters

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for Largest Dollar Volume Member to Member Office Transaction for their collaborative efforts in the sale of the 222,268 square foot office property at 6355 South Buffalo Drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, for $66.5 million. Chad Hirschi, president & CEO of Hirschi Masonry, was named to the Governor’s Workforce Development Board for the State of Nevada.

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Alexia Crowley is a senior associate in the Medical Office/Healthcare Properties division of Colliers International – Las Vegas. Patti Dillon of Colliers crowley achieved the SIOR designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. SIOR is a Washington, DC-based international professional organization of more than 3,000 commercial real estate professionals. Dillon becomes the 10th SIOR designee for Colliers International’s Las Vegas office.

Susan Borst, Dan Doherty, Ryan Martin and Taber Thill of Colliers International — Las Vegas, were recognized by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors. They won the award

Phillip Keuch is business development associate with the Larking Group at NAI Vegas. Seven brokers from Las Vegas keuch joined the Colliers Everest Club: Mike DeLew, Dan Doherty, Scott Gragson, Pat Marsh, Mike Mixer, Mike Stuart and Dean Willmore. Their 2016 revenue places them in the top 10 percent of brokers across the Americas and qualifies them as recipients of the award. DeLew is executive vice president of industrial division; Doherty is executive vice president in the industrial division; Gragson is executive vice president of the land division; Marsh is senior vice president of the industrial division; Mixer is executive managing director of the hotel group USA; Stuart is executive vice president of the land division; and Willmore is executive vice president of the industrial division. Ted Baker is the vice president of Logic Commercial Real Estate. Lisa Harris is assistant vice president and manager of Carrington Real Estate Services.

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Las Vegas inspires designer to dream big Lisa Escobar is a decorator, stylist and owner of Lisa Escobar Design, which is designing the master bedroom and master bath for the inaugural Las Vegas Showcase House, which broke ground April 8 near downtown. The Showcase House is a charitable organization that provides educational programs and scholarships to local students interested in architecture, construction, interior design and related fields. When did you know you wanted to be an interior designer? When I was 5 or 6, I played a part in designing my childhood bedroom when I asked for a lavender comforter and matching sheets. Years later, my love for design resurfaced when I decided to launch my own business. I loved the idea of creating an environment to make someone’s life easier, more beautiful and more functional. The way our work affects our clients’ everyday lives has always excited me. What is the best business advice you’ve received? I spent many years working in nightlife management before I launched my own business. Nightlife owners and executives were great guides. Victor Drai taught me, “Whatever it is you do, be the best of all those Lisa Escobar finds inspiration for her designs through travel experiences, as well who do it.” From Cy Waits, I learned as nature. (christopher devargas/Staff) that if you come with a problem, almuch culture is coming into Las Veogy) program at Ed W. Clark High ways bring a solution. gas that wasn’t here when I was a kid. School and got accepted into every college I applied to. How would you say growing up Where do you see yourself and I feel like I got a great education in Las Vegas influenced your your company in 10 years? here along with valuable hands-on creative drive? I will still be based in Las Vegas, experiences. We need more programs I’ve lived in Las Vegas for 32 years but taking on international clients like the Core Academy and magnet and have always admired the city’s and projects. I’ll still have a boutiqueprograms. willingness to take creative risks. We minded model, because I like my are the city of experience; everything touch on everything. I will be doing What has been your most excithere is grand. The Bellagio Founmore brand collaboration, like the ing professional project? tains prove that you can think big and work I recently did with Whyte & I’ve been blessed to work on a broad dream big. We have a wide range of Company as a “colorista” for the comvariety of projects since I started my people who come here from different pany’s sink and surfaces line. I also business five years ago. Right now, cultures and walks of life. You have to will continue my work as a tastemakwe are part of a design team consultlearn how to relate to people in difer and style spotter. ing on an exciting nightclub project ferent ways because there’s such a diin Texas; our project is on the “Las verse demographic here. What inspires you? Vegas Boulevard” of Austin. It’s like I dream of traveling the world for a full-circle moment for me because If you could change one thing inspiration. I’ve always been fasciI worked in nightclubs for a decade. about Southern Nevada, what nated with the history of architecture, With the Austin project, I have been would it be? culture and nature. Traveling to new able to draw on my experience; I knew I wouldn’t change anything — I places and seeing how other people what customers and staff respond to think it’s the perfect melting pot of live gives you perspective, compasand how they use space. people, experiences and opportunision and appreciation. I travel a little ties. You can go to a five-star resort or every day right here in the valley. If I What’s your favorite place to a Michelin-rated restaurant. You can am driving, I will stop and look at the have fun in Las Vegas? go hike, snowboard or gamble. silhouette of the mountain; it’s my The performing arts matter to me, way of stopping to smell the roses. so I love the Smith Center and I love What’s the biggest issue facing Traveling inspired my career path. I that fellow local nightlife graduatesSouthern Nevada? decided to leave my job and start my turned-successful businesspeople are Education. I was part of the first own business when I was floating on creating events like the annual Life graduating class of the AMSAT (Acadthe sea in Ibiza. is Beautiful music and art festival. So emy of Math, Science and Technol-

If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? I’d be on a boat that stopped at different destinations weekly so I could explore the world one little city at a time. Whom do you admire? Sandra Lee, my late aunt and godmother; she died 15 years ago. From early childhood, I admired her. She was one of the top administrators at Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. She had style, she had grace and she was a powerful boss, but she was gentle at the same time. I always knew I wanted to be a woman like her. What is your biggest pet peeve? I notice when things around me are out of place or not symmetrical. At the same time, I actually like perfectly imperfect things ... because everything is created as it was intended to be. While I have high expectations of myself that lean toward perfectionism, I have learned how to incorporate balance and being present. What is your funniest or most embarrassing work story? I recently met a top executive for the Las Vegas Design Center, a place I frequent. During our first in-person interaction, I went to shake his hand and accidently rolled a piece of chewed gum up his shirtsleeve. I was getting ready to use the gum to tape a display board that had come loose, and it went up his sleeve instead. I was mortified but we couldn’t stop laughing. I knew he would never forget me, and now we have an inside joke. His nickname is the Gum Handler. What is something that people might not know about you? I am a diehard basketball fan. I cherish the pictures taken of me when I was a year-and-a-half old and Golden State Warriors players were holding me. These days, I love traveling to games with my sister. I even had an opportunity to work on an interior design project for a player and his family.

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On Adam Candee’s lasvegassun. com story “NFL owners approve lease agreement for Raiders stadium in Las Vegas”: Las Vegas makes over $600 million a year in the hotel tax. This money is used to promote tourism to bring more people here. Ten games a year for the Raiders and more for UNLV, as well as a ton of nonfootball events, results in more hotel stays, more shopping and more gambling. — RaiderFanMikeP On April Corbin’s lasvegassun.com story “With revenue projections looking good, Henderson approves 58 new positions”: A well-managed investment fund would/could double that money in the same time frame. A technology industrial park to replace the old chemical plants would bring in so much money and jobs they wouldn’t know what to do with it all. — Eric On Thomas Moore’s lasvegassun. com story “Why some slot machine themes just don’t work”: The Monkees? Elizabeth Taylor? Frank Sinatra? John Wayne? I thought Vegas was trying to target younger players. Nostalgia works but maybe nostalgia would be better targeted towards millennials. — Emily Black

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guest column: in states such as California, Arizona and he Las Vegas economy is in the jared smith and Utah in providing a centralized technolmidst of a major change. dan stewart ogy park to further innovation. The exisWe have created one of the tence of a technology park in our region most advantageous policy enviwould not only catalyze economic diverronments for entrepreneurs, our economy sification, but also spur an entrepreneuris becoming more diverse and industries ship environment that would support long-term growth of built around innovation are beginning to emerge. Accordthe regional economy. ing to analysis released in May by the Kauffman FoundaSouthern Nevada’s narrative as a place for business is tion, Las Vegas ranks fifth in the nation for business startup growing rapidly. With the groundbreaking of the first highactivity, behind only Miami; Austin, Texas; Los Angeles and tech-oriented building within the technology park set for San Diego. this fall, this effort could further our reputation as a headDespite this momentum, there is a missing link that, when quarters for technological thought leadership in the state. complete, will advance critical research needs, help develop As business owners, executives and managers, and more quality workers and unlock the full potential of our members of the community, it is our mission and responsiregion’s innovation economy. bility to find ways to help promote and improve the state’s The Harry Reid Technology Park at UNLV seeks to imefforts in improving career opportunities that will create the prove the resources available for entrepreneurs and bridge workforce pipeline for today and tomorrow, in addition to the gap between the private sector and Nevada’s largest stabilizing our regional economy. research university, while bolstering research efforts within The launch of the technology park is a step forward and the state. If we are going to accelerate our progress, there has should continue to be supported to accelerate our region’s never been a more important moment to focus on developemerging innovation ecosystem, boost job creation and help ing this centralized location that will provide hands-on unlock the full potential of our economy. learning experiences for students. Jared Smith is chief Home to a vast operating officer and Dan majority of the state’s Stewart is on the board of population, Southern It is our mission and responsibility to find ways to help promote directors for the Las Vegas Nevada still lags behind and improve the state’s efforts in improving career opportunities. Global Economic Alliance. competing markets

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Ownership change may speed plans for long-sought new home for 51s By adam candee Staff Writer

Any child knows it’s best to try to persuade either Mom or Dad , but not both. For the Las Vegas 51s, that childhood concept explains why Howard Hughes Corp.’s recent acquisition of full ownership of the team bodes well for its long-awaited Summerlin stadium project. Plans for a new facility to replace the aging Cashman Field could emerge publicly within the next month, according to multiple sources. Hughes Corp. purchased 50 percent of the team for $16.4 million in March from previous partner Play Ball Owners Group, a Las Vegas-based investor group. The corporation previously owned the other half of the club in a joint venture with Play Ball. “Hughes having 100 percent ownership just makes it easier for them to make decisions and move forward,” 51s President and chief operating officer Don Logan said. Hughes Corp. hopes to move the team to Summerlin. The corporation can donate the land for the stadium, easing the development of a project that could cost more than $80 million. “Every stadium project is exceptionally complex, and as a result, sole ownership is a much more efficient approach,” said Tom Warden, senior vice president of community and government relations with Hughes Corp. The ownership change likely will not result in any organizational changes to the 51s, nor will the corporation plan to significantly upgrade Cashman Field in the interim period before a new stadium can be constructed, Warden said. “We are focused now on getting the new stadium project underway in Summerlin,” Warden said. Logan said he hoped to have plans for how to proceed with the stadium project in place within the next 30 days. “The challenge, I think, is that (Hughes) is a multifaceted group,” Logan said. “They have a lot of things going on. It’s a multibillion-dollar publicly traded development company.” Cashman Field’s problems as a Triple-A baseball facility are well-documented. Logan points to a dearth of restrooms and concession facilities from the fan perspective. Limited locker-room and weight-room space and a lack of indoor batting cages are just a few of the troubles from a baseball standpoint at the 35-year-old facility. “Everything about Vegas both as a tourist and a resident — and we speak more to the resident — is top-notch,” Logan said. “It doesn’t make sense for us not to have a state-of-the-art facility from a fan perspective. That’s most important. Secondarily and nearly as important is getting it from a playerdevelopment perspective.” The 51s are the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets.

An empty 42-acre lot near Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane was at one time considered a suitable spot for a new UNLV football stadium. Now, the university has other plans. (Mikayla whitmore/staff file)

With stadium elsewhere, UNLV has plans for 42 acres near campus By mick akers Staff Writer

Ruled out as the location for a stadium now that the Raiders have purchased their preferred Russell Road site, UNLV’s 42-acre plot near Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane now could be destined for mixed uses. UNLV purchased the site near MGM Grand, just blocks away from the main campus, for $50 million in January 2016, with money provided by the nonprofit UNLV Foundation. The purchase was the largest land deal made by the university since the 1960s. Initial plans included a stadium, but concerns about its proximity to McCarran International Airport squashed that idea, and the Raiders turned elsewhere. Now, the university is looking toward a public-private, mixed-use project, with several options being considered. “When we first looked at that land, we had a stadium option and also a campus village option,” said Gerry Bomotti, senior vice president for finance and business for UNLV. “We have focused for some time on the campus village option, which would be a mix of different possibilities.” Tentative plans call for up to 700,000 square feet for UNLV programs, 500,000 square feet for market residential space (520 units) and 200,000-300,000 square feet for mixed use or flex space. Retail and food and beverage establishments are tentatively planned for the area facing Tropicana, Bomotti said. Behind that would be classrooms for graduate programs,

executive education, business programs, educational outreach and entertainment engineering. Potential clinics for the medical school and possibly housing also are on the master plan. “It wouldn’t be undergraduate housing, but more along the lines of graduate and faculty staff-type housing,” Bomotti said. “It would be kind of market residential in that area.” The plan is set to be introduced to the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents this month in Reno. “I’m hopeful, maybe by the fall, that we can get out a solicitation for the public-private partnership activity along Tropicana,” Bomotti said. “We still have some work to do there, but we’re hopefully bringing on a (developer) who will help us with some of these activities.” The 42-acre complex, the medical school and the 65,000-seat domed stadium for the Rebels to share with the Raiders are helping to propel UNLV’s push to achieve Tier 1 status — the most elite rating in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Learning. “It does a lot for us, especially the medical school,” Bomotti said. “Starting the medical school and (adding) faculty, the opportunity for collaborations, and more research activity — that’s really a major step toward our goal. The stadium is important as well. We can increase the profile and success of our football program and eventually be in a position where we could be desirable for one of the Power 5 Conferences to look at.”

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Is Las Vegas building a new bubble? Analyst gives his take vive a recession. This community will be judged on our ability to sustain our prosperity.” Aguero made a statistical presentation showing that while Las Vegas was experiencing some of the same trends that led to disaster during the recession — a surge in construction jobs, rising housing prices and an increase in homebuilding — the levels were nowhere near their pre-recession highs. He said today’s growth was more controlled and sustainable than during the go-go days before the crash of 2008, when the recession sent home values tumbling and stifled construction, leading to unemployment of nearly 15 percent and an exodus of residents. Cases in point: n Recent strides in reducing unemployment, which has slipped to 4.7 percent, have occurred despite an overall loss in construction jobs. “We have 40,000 more employees in Las Vegas than we did at the peak of the economy,” he said. “And we did that with 40,000 fewer construction employees.”

By ric anderson Staff Writer

Don’t worry, Las Vegas isn’t racing toward another economic cliff. So said analyst Jeremy Aguero to business, community and government leaders at the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance’s recent Perspective event, an annual assessment of the local economy and forecast for the coming year. Aguero, principal analyst for the Las Vegas firm Applied Analysis, said that as the city recovered from the recession and its economy started growing again, he’d heard concerns from local residents that Las Vegas was moving too far too fast and re-creating the bubble that took it down in 2008. “Our community is going through some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder in terms of this ability to conceptualize the fact that we’re out of the recession and the economy is progressing,” he said. “I get that it created a lot of stress. (But) this community will not be judged based on our ability to sur-

In 2007, there were 105,200 construction jobs in the metro area, accounting for 11.2 percent of the workforce. Today, there are 61,900, or 6.3 percent. n In 2003-04, annual appreciation of home values was at 37 percent in Las Vegas, artificially fueled by reckless lending practices that made loans readily available. Today, annual appreciation is 8 percent — among the highest in the nation but nowhere near the out-ofcontrol pre-recession level. n Although construction cranes have returned to the Strip, Aguero said, concerns about overcommitting to development in the tourist corridor were unfounded. In 2007, $45.8 billion worth of projects were on the books for the Strip. Today, that number is $14.1 billion. “Before we freak out that we’re all building too much … I think we should just put it all in a little bit of perspective,” he said. Aguero said Las Vegas appeared to have learned lessons from the recession, as evidenced by efforts to diversify the economy through such initiatives

as the creation of the UNLV medical school. Meanwhile, casinos are countering a decrease in gaming revenue by expanding their retail, dining and nightlife, making them less reliant on a single source of income. Among other highlights of the event, staged at Four Seasons: n Barbara Atkinson, dean of UNLV’s new medical school, said the first class of 60 students would start July 17 with EMT training. Design of the facility is in its second phase, and university officials are hoping to break ground in the fall. The university is still looking for a $100 million mega donor for the project. Once fully operational, Atkinson said, the school would boost the local economy by $3.68 billion a year and bring 22,000 jobs to the valley in the next 15 years. n In the LVGEA’s annual Data Book of statistics and analysis, experts predicted that the valley’s population would grow 2.1 percent this year (or 46,300 residents) and personal income would rise 4 percent.

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Education funding cuts have hurt vocational training and progress,” said Castro, senior director of government affairs, media and marketing for the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. “The extension of fuel revenue indexing, thanks to the passage of Question 5 last November, is expected to infuse up to $3 billion in roadwayinfrastructure projects over the next 10 years, and these projects translate into jobs in the construction, engineering and design fields,” Castro said. “The RTC administers the fuel revenue indexing funds, so we’re committed to attracting a workforce in these kinds of fields.” To that end, the RTC and its public- and private-sector community partners recently hosted a job fair at Texas Station to spotlight infraThe recent Careers in Motion job fair at Texas Station coincided with National structure-industry professions. “Ca- Infrastructure Week. (Nevada Department of Transportation) reers in Motion” allowed attendees regardless of their background.” local plasterers and cement masons to meet with representatives from “The industry is fairly robust union. “We’re always looking for ways government agencies, higher educanow,” Evans said.” But when we had to do outreach, and probably attend tion, apprenticeship programs and the economic downturn, quite a bit 50 to 60 events per year.” workforce organizations to learn of our talent left the state. So in some This includes participating in job about training opportunities and areas, the challenge is to build it back fairs at local high schools and even how to pursue careers in construcup again.” middle schools to encourage students tion, engineering and design in supThe nonprofit Foundation for an Into consider the building and construcport of roadway projects. dependent Tomorrow had a presence tion trades as a profession. The event coincided with National at Careers in Motion, which was a “Schools used to offer woodshop Infrastructure Week, an education good way for the organization to get its classes, but those days are gone beand advocacy effort to address the name out in the community, program cause of lack of funding, so the trades nation’s deteriorating roads, bridges, director Jennifer Casey said. often get left out of the equation,” rail, ports, airports and water and “Our mission statement is to proGebers said. “When those shop prosewer systems. Businesses, workers vide vocational training, job traingrams disappeared, we started noand elected officials used the week ing, education and support, so it was ticing (dwindling numbers) in our to promote investment in projects, a great opportunity to meet some of apprenticeship programs because technologies and policies that imthe other service providers and postudents were not exposed to the prove public safety, stimulate job tential clients,” Casey said. trades in high school. Now, we try to growth and spark development. A number of professional firms attend as many functions as possible “For the Careers in Motion event, also had a presence, including to spread the word that the trades we worked with our community Poggemeyer Design Group, KME are a viable alternative to college or partners to bring all of these reArchitects, E&M Enterprises, Thor the military.” sources together in one pavilion in a Construction, Love Engineering and College of Southern Nevada and hands-on expo, and to really explain Kiewit Corp. UNLV’s College of Engineering had a from beginning to end what’s reKiewit Infrastructure West Co. presence at Careers in Motion, along quired to work in the infrastructure — a subsidiary of Kiewit Corp. — with the Latin Chamber of Comindustry,” Castro said. is the design-build contractor for merce and the Urban Chamber of In many cases, this includes exProject Neon, the largest and most Commerce. tensive training, according to Marexpensive public works project in “I like the fact that Careers in Movin Gebers, secretary-treasurer of Nevada history. The nearly $1 biltion focused not just on the labor side Southern Nevada Union Apprenticelion, 3.7-mile-long widening of Inof the workforce, but also had the ship Programs, a consortium of 17 terstate 15 from the Spaghetti Bowl skilled trades represented plus apprograms related to the local buildto Sahara Avenue will help to meet prenticeship programs and profesing and construction trades. the region’s growing infrastructure sions such as engineering,” said Ken “Apprenticeships range from two needs while generating thousands Evans, president of the Las Vegas to five years and include a classroom of jobs to stimulate the economy. Urban Chamber of Commerce. “The component as well as on-the-job Kiewit also built the original Spapeople who planned it made sure learning requirements,” said Gebers, ghetti Bowl interchange, which was there was something for everybody, who also is director of training for the

completed in 1968. “We felt it was important to participate in the Careers in Motion event to demonstrate our commitment to the community’s long-term welfare and prosperity,” said Jay Proskovec, public information officer for Kiewit Corp. “We try to attend one type of event per month, whether it’s something like Careers in Motion or partnering with Boys Town or the Girl Scouts to talk about engineering careers,” Proskovec said. “Careers in Motion and Infrastructure Week really do help bring awareness of our company and the projects we’re building, and also of projects that are coming down the pipeline.” Tony Illia, public information officer for the Nevada Department of Transportation, said finding skilled, experienced help was a challenge felt across the building industry, particularly in engineering. “Many students are leery of the profession’s math and science requirements as well as incurring college debt, (while) others are shying away from construction boom-bust cycles for greater vocational stability,” said Illia, adding that NDOT had been kept on track by contracting with the private sector. “We also routinely hire UNR and UNLV graduates, and have provided hundreds of college students the opportunity to gain practical work experience with summer internships in construction, surveying, materials testing, roadway and structural design, hydraulics, environmental, planning, traffic, maintenance, and operations and research,” Illia said. NDOT also participates in school and college career fairs and jobshadowing programs, Illia said. He said National Infrastructure Week and its associated events had shone a light on America’s crumbling, inefficient and inadequately designed infrastructure while informing stakeholders and policymakers about infrastructure’s importance to economic competitiveness, security, job creation and quality of life. “National Infrastructure Week is vital for encouraging private- and public-sector projects, policies and technologies that put America back in the fast lane,” he said.

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Calendar of events MONDAY, JUNE 5 Payroll and human resources compliance seminar for restaurants Time: 2-4 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Blue Agave at Fiesta Rancho, 2400 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Information: Email info@backofficeremedies.com Back Office Remedies walks restaurant owners and managers through three of the biggest HR compliance mistakes made by restaurants: tip allocation and reporting; employee-related issues such as I-9s, wages and hours, and payroll deduction; and workplace safety including OSHA violations, young workers and clean-up safety.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6 Downtown Vegas Alliance member mixer Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Oscar’s Steakhouse, 1 S. Main Street, Las Vegas Information: Visit downtownlasvegasalliance.com Join other members of the nonprofit group dedicated to shaping the future of downtown. Casting a net that works Time: 9 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Online Information: Email sszadmin@sumusolutionszone.com Learn how to network effectively during this live Zoom webinar by Sumnu Marketing with Shaundell Newsome. Register online at http:// bit.ly/2rVgdtF. What’s the Law? Business Expenses — What’s Deductible? Time: 4-6 p.m. Cost: Free (registration required at nevadasbdc.com) Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 800-240-7094 Learn what kind of business expenses are deductible and the difference between personal and business expenses. Szu-Ju Chang, an attorney with Nevada Legal Services’ Low Income Taxpayer Clinic will be the presenter.

Federal EEO-1 reporting for small business Time: 9 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Learn about what this reporting requirement means to small businesses, the thresholds that may be holding small businesses responsible for completing this report, what the process is to file an EEO-1 report and what the associated costs are.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7 Water Street Rall-E Time: 6 p.m. Cost: Free Location: 280 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-267-1650 Join the Water Street District Business Association for this event with a lineup of entrepreneurs and venture capital resource experts. Hear about Battle Born and Rebel Venture Funds and enjoy networking, food and beverages.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8 Speed Dating for Small Business Time: 5-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Vegas PBS, 3050 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Contact Akita McCulloch at 702799-1010, ext. 5369, or amcculloch@vegaspbs. org, or visit vegaspbs.org/workforce/goal-events Get introduced to local, state and federal government agencies and organizations to get your business questions answered. Vegas Young Professionals Fusion mixer Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers with preregistration; $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers at the door Location: The Spa at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Information: Contact Danica Torchin at 702586-3834 or dtorchin@lvchamber.com, or visit vegasyp.com Meditate while you mingle. Meet at the private pool at The Spa at Green Valley Ranch for some

drinks, light bites and networking. Bring yoga gear and join in on Silent Savasana, happening at the main pool. Master the art of high-ticket selling Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free with RSVP Location: Eclipse Theaters, 814 S. Third St., Las Vegas Information: Visit eventbrite.com The National Sales Network presents business coach and sales expert Stephanie Chung. Learn the latest neuroscience behind closing more deals and bigger deals. Light appetizers and beverages will be served. Community Summit 2017: Public-Private Partnerships in Support of Children & Families Time: 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free (registration is required at bit.ly/2qUtynA) Location: Nevada Partners, 710 W. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Information: Contact Efren Gomez at 702-8950095 or efren.gomez@unlv.edu, or visit dreamrproject.org This summit is designed for professionals working with children and families. Review current data and trends, examine case studies, collaborate with child welfare and community stakeholders and attend panel discussions .

SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Presidential Installation Dinner & Awards Ceremony Time: 5:30-10 p.m. Cost: $150 per person; $1,500 per table Location: Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit clarkcountymedical.org/rsvp. php or email lupita.abrew@clarkcountymedical. org The Clark County Medical Society invites members, health care stakeholders, the business community and the public to celebrate incoming president Dr. Joseph Adashek, and the new 2017-18 executive board of trustees.

Conventions

expected Show Location Dates attendance

Clean Show

Las Vegas Convention Center

June 5-8

11,000

Las Vegas Antique Jewelry & Watch Show

Las Vegas Convention Center

June 5-8

6,000

Jewellery Box 2017

Las Vegas Convention Center

June 5-8

4,000

American Craft Retailers Expo

Las Vegas Convention Center

June 5-7

2,000

JCK Annual Trade Show

Mandalay Bay

June 5-8

39,000

Western State Roofing Contractors Association Convention and Tradeshow

Paris Las Vegas

June 8-14

4,000

Health Healing Happiness Conference

Tuscany Suites

June 9-11

1,000

World Tea Expo

Las Vegas Convention Center

June 14-16

7,500

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Records and Transactions BID OPPORTUNITIES June 5 2:15 p.m. Mt. Hood, Treeline and various neighborhood streets rehabilitation Clark County, 604397 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov

June 8 2:15 p.m. Government center fire alarm upgrade Clark County, 604458 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov

June 9 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for janitorial services at Family Youth Services detention administration Clark County, 604422 Deon Ford at deonf@clarkcountynv.gov

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Tenant agent: JMS Properties $517,000 for 3,920 square feet, industrial 3405 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, North Las Vegas 89032 Landlord: 5 Star Development 2 Landlord agent: Renae Russo of Sun Commercial Real Estate Tenant: Jesus Juarez and Reyna Isabel Villa Pacheco Tenant agent: Griffis Realty $425,000 for 3,200 square feet, industrial 3415 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 110, North Las Vegas 89032 Landlord: 5 Star Development 2 Landlord agent: Renae Russo of Sun Commercial Real Estate Tenant: Min Yu and Yang Ge Tenant agent: Griffis Realty

Leases $946,000 for 100,000 square feet, industrial 3950 W. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas 89103 Landlord: Core-Mark Landlord agent: Chris Lexis and Joe Leavitt of Avison Young Tenant: Just for Show Tenant agent: Did not disclose

$16,600,000 for 136 units, multifamily 6570 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas 89113 Landlord: Flamingo Garden Villas Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: Flamingo 136 Tenant agent: Al Twainy and Amelia Hyden of Colliers International

$116,693 for 1,208 square feet, retail 3525 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 130, Las Vegas 89147 Landlord: Monterey Village Shopping Center Landlord agent: Liz Clare and Jacqueline Young of Avison Young Tenant: Farmers Insurance Tenant agent: Liz Clare and Jacqueline Young of Avison Young

$7,100,000 for 84,208 square feet, retail 4900-4970 E. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas 89121 Landlord: Tropicana Nellis Shopping Center Landlord agent: Daniel Adamson of ROI Commercial Real Estate Tenant: Agora Realty Tenant agent: Daniel Adamson of ROI Commercial Real Estate

$42,650 for 1,120 square feet, retail 3525 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 105, Las Vegas 89147 Landlord: Monterey Village Shopping Center Landlord agent: Liz Clare and Jacqueline Young of Avison Young Tenant: Vap O Rise Tenant agent: Did not disclose

$1,663,200 for 12,320 square feet, industrial 125 Corporate Park Drive, Henderson 89074 Landlord: Elevon Corporate Park Landlord agent: Greg Pancirov of Colliers International Tenant: ZB Holdings Tenant agent: Mike DeLew of Colliers International $695,000 for 1 acre, land Intersection of East Cactus Avenue and South Maryland Parkway, Henderson 89183 Landlord: Ceco Enterprises Landlord agent: Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Roy Fritz and Jessica Cegavske of Sun Commercial Real Estate Tenant: Josef Hammoudeh

BUSINESS LICENSES Farmer Boys License type: Restaurant Address: 85 N. Stephanie St., Henderson Owner: FBF Ontario Financial Planning Unlimited License type: Insurance agency Address: Did not disclose Owner: Patrick Valenty

Address: 928 Highland Trails Ave., Henderson Owner: First Choice Inspections Fish Cage License type: Restaurant Address: 3940 N. Martin L. King Blvd., Suite 101, North Las Vegas Owner: Vernon Swinson Fluff Ice License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 6825 W. Russell Road, Las Vegas Owner: New Visions Unlimited Holdings Frankly Good Coffee License type: Food specialty store Address: 302 La Plata Place, Las Vegas Owner: Frankly Good Coffee G Spa Lago License type: Barbershop and cosmetology establishment Address: 101 Montelago Blvd., Henderson Owner: G Spa Lago

medical marijuana establishment Address: 3939 Belmont St., North Las Vegas Owner: Green Leaf Farms Holdings Haeng Bok Life License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Haeng Bok Life Healthcare Options for Patients Enterprises License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 4220 E. Craig Road, Suite 5, North Las Vegas Owner: Healthcare Options for Patients Enterprises Healthy Habit Rescue License type: General retail sales Address: 10300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 17, Las Vegas Owner: Healthy Habit Rescue Heather Foods License type: Restaurant Address: Did not disclose Owner: Heather McClendon

General Trading Co. License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite J1, Las Vegas Owner: Maysoun Haddadin

Home Pro License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Rehouse LLC

George Balaban License type: Tavern Address: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 116, Las Vegas Owner: George Balaban

HorizonOne Communications License type: Public utility telephone Address: 250 Pilot Road, Suite 300, Las Vegas Owner: Affinity Network

George Williams License type: Door-to-door solicitor and peddler Address: 1350 N. Town Center Drive, Apt. 1048, Las Vegas Owner: George Williams

Imagewrite License type: Management or consulting service Address: 7730 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 115, Las Vegas Owner: Imagewrite

Good Guys Restoration License type: Contractor Address: 3575 W. Naples Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Apex Restoration

Impact Sand & Gravel License type: Building, plant nursery and hardware supplies Address: 1045 Palms Airport Drive, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Wadley Construction

Good Vibrations Healing Arts Studio LV License type: Management or consulting service Address: 2400 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Norman Prophett Green Harvest License type: General retail sales Address: 4701 Vandenberg Drive, Building 4, North Las Vegas Owner: FSWFL LLC

Fino V License type: Clothing sales Address: 3780 Via Di Girolamo Ave., Henderson Owner: Fino V

Green Harvest License type: Medical marijuana establishment Address: 4701 Vandenberg Drive, Building 4, North Las Vegas Owner: FSWFL LLC

First Choice Inspections License type: Real estate sales

Green Leaf Farms Holdings License types: General retail sales;

Inside Out Body Wellness License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Trivenia Jacobs International Plus License type: Public utility telephone Address: 250 Pilot Road, Las Vegas Owner: NOS Communications Irving Macias License type: Real estate sales Address: 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 390, Las Vegas Owner: Irving Macias Jackie Allen License type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Jackie Allen

James Walter Reitz License type: Real estate sales Address: 8290 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas Owner: James Reitz Jason’s Deli License type: Restaurant Address: 1281 W. Warm Springs Road, Henderson Owner: Deli Management Jessica’s Nail and Spa License type: Barbershop and cosmetology establishment Address: 4401 E. Sunset Road, Suite 10, Henderson Owner: Jessica’s Nail and Spa Jet Air Conditioning & Heating License type: Contractor Address: 6225 Harrison Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Jet Air Conditioning & Heating Jett Gaming License type: Gaming restricted Address: 7560 Oso Blanca Road, Las Vegas Owner: Timothy Herbst, Jerry Herbst and Herbst Gaming Trust JPRO Arms License type: Sporting goods Address: 1700 Western Ave., Suite E, Las Vegas Owner: Joseph Feola Kara Crawley License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 237, Henderson Owner: Kara Crawley Karen Beck License type: Real estate sales Address: 8670 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Karen Beck Kathlaine Marie O’Connor License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Kathlaine Marie O’Connor Kevin Helm License type: Professional services Address: 2330 Paseo Del Prado, Suite 103, Las Vegas Owner: Kevin Helm Korner Kwik Lube License type: Automotive parts/ service Address: 4850 Camino Al Norte, North Las Vegas Owner: Jaha LLC Kris Renae Watier License type: Real estate sales Address: 7432 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Kriswatier Las Vegas Medical Store

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Records and Transactions License type: General retail sales Address: 4527 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Las Vegas Medical Store Las Vegas Quality Water Works License type: Contractor Address: 4345 Wagon Trail Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Las Vegas Quality Water Works Legacy Auto Detailing License type: Automobile detailing Address: 704 W. Sunset Road, Suite A-9, Las Vegas Owner: Legacy Auto Detailing Libra Wellness Center License type: General retail sales Address: 11130 Apex Diamond Ave., Ste 100, North Las Vegas Owner: Libra Wellness Center Life Storage License type: General retail sales Address: 4480 Berg St., North Las Vegas Owner: Life Storage Life Storage Solutions #592 License type: General retail sales Address: 4480 Berg St., North Las Vegas Owner: Life Storage Solutions Life Storage Solutions #602 License type: General retail sales Address: 5714 Ferrell St. 89030, North Las Vegas Owner: Life Storage Solutions Live Events Entertainment License type: General services (counter/office) Address: 341 Powerbilt Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Alexandra Savkin and Pavel Pronne Logan Etherington License type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Logan Etherington Lome Designs License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suites D34-35 and E59-60, Las Vegas Owner: Eduardo Lome Lucid Vision License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Brandon Parham Luna’s Beauty Tec Italy License type: General retail sales Address: 4111 Glass Lantern Drive, North Las Vegas Owner: Luna’s Beauty Tec Italy Luxury Event Center License type: Catering Address: 5001 E. Bonanza Road,

Suite 136, Las Vegas Owner: Luxury Event Center

5550 Donovan Way, North Las Vegas Robco Electric

LV Auto Collision Repair License type: Automotive garage (major) Address: 1910 Western Ave., Las Vegas Owner: ZDR Corporation

$212,710, single-family dwelling 5560 Moore Cove Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

Lyudmyla (Mila) Shomakhova License type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Record Realty

BUILDING PERMITS $20,011,998, commercial — new 5675 E. Ann Road, North Las Vegas TWC Construction $7,265,465, commercial — new 3627 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Kalb Industries of Nevada $1,540,002, commercial — alteration 1807 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas Engineered Structures $1,028,854, commercial — addition 281 W. Centennial Parkway, North Las Vegas Kalb Industries of Nevada $900,015, commercial — alteration 2900 E. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas Nigro Construction $704,000, disaster 3100 Skipworth Drive, Las Vegas Deaken Builders $425,000, fireproof 5835 E. Ann Road, North Las Vegas Vegas Valley Fire Protection $329,902, commercial — addition 4335 Arcata Way, North Las Vegas Ace Fire Systems $300,000, tenant improvement 8725 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Burke Construction Group $251,695, single-family dwelling 6331 Baker Creek St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $250,073, single-family dwelling 6351 Baker Creek St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $250,073, single-family dwelling 10124 Cambridge Brook Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $248,342, single-family dwelling x2 9721 and 9724 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $222,250, fire alarm

$211,918, single-family dwelling 9725 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $200,682, single-family dwelling 11952 Girasole Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV $197,822, tenant improvement 7020 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas L.F. Harris and Co.

$158,479, residential — new 2408 Gala Haven Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $157,277, single-family dwelling 9720 Ramon Valley Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $154,866, single-family dwelling 7323 Ellington Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV $151,404, residential — new 5928 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$193,568, single-family dwelling 6371 Baker Creek St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada

$151,404, residential — new 4104 Free Bird Crest Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$186,518, single-family dwelling 10823 Dreiser Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV

$147,700, commercial — alteration 2680 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Western Trades Construction

$186,518, single-family dwelling 7331 Ellington Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV

$146,634, single-family dwelling 10410 Irish Cliffs Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$180,000, tenant improvement 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas R.L. Reed $178,510, residential — new 1817 Slate Ridge Court, North Las Vegas Beazer Homes Holdings $178,060, residential — new 2516 Splendid Manor Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $178,060, residential — new 4004 Celebration Cove St., North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $174,675, residential — new 5916 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$144,671, single-family dwelling 398 Capistrano Vistas St., Las Vegas CalAtlantic Homes $143,568, residential — new 5920 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $143,568, residential — new 4108 Free Bird Crest Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $143,336, residential — new x2 809 and 817 Lower Lake Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $141,657, single-family dwelling 9926 Coyote Echo Court, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $140,924, single-family dwelling 34 Brigola St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$135,000, OTC 6701 Chehalis Circle, Las Vegas Home Masters $134,883, residential — new 6311 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $134,760, single-family dwelling 28 Brigola St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $130,743, single-family dwelling 38 Brigola St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $130,743, single-family dwelling 127 Colantonio Court, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $130,305, residential — new 5924 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $130,305, residential — new 4056 Free Bird Crest Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $126,403, residential — new 5841 Country Lake Lane, North Las Vegas Beazer Homes Holdings $126,197, residential — new x3 4120, 4121 and 4129 Fairywren Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $125,535, residential — new 2106 Saybrook Ave., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes $125,428, residential — new 4221 Gallinule Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $119,872, residential — new x3 5625, 5632 and 5633 Alitak Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $118,525, single-family dwelling 9649 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada

$174,675, residential — new 4060 Free Bird Crest Ave., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$140,000, single-family dwelling 2331 Pinto Lane, Las Vegas KFLT Financial Trust

$170,509, residential — new 5932 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$139,586, residential — new 6310 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada

$116,922, residential — new 4128 Fairywren Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$168,673, residential — new x2 813 and 816 Lower Lake Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$138,306, single-family dwelling 5550 Honey Creek Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$116,659, single-family dwelling 9764 Canyon Landing Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada

$161,809, residential — new 820 Lower Lake Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$138,306, single-family dwelling 5570 Moore Cove Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

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Professional staff

Architects

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Steelman Partners 3330 W. Desert Inn Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-873-0221 • steelmanpartners.com

1987

110

Resorts World Las Vegas, Starbucks at the Silverton and WuHu Noodle at the Silverton

Paul Steelman, CEO

Friedmutter Group 4022 Dean Martin Drive Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-736-7477 • fglv.com

1992

Palace Station renovation, Palms renovation and Orleans renovation

Brad Friedmutter, founder/ CEO

Klai Juba Wald Architects 4444 W. Russell Road, Suite J Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-221-2254 • klaijuba.com

1995

John Wald, UNLV Fertitta Football Complex; principal miscellaneous remodel projects for Boyd Gaming at the California, Orleans and Gold Coast; and Palms Fantasy Tower Remodel

Gensler 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 650 Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-893-2800 • gensler.com

2004

McCarran International Airport gate expansion, The W Las Vegas and Credit One Bank headquarters

Stephen Ranck, principal/managing director

TSK Architects 314 S. Water St. Henderson, NV 89015 702-456-3000 • tska.com

1960

UNLV School of Medicine, Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles — Sahara, Clark County School District elementary schools

Windom Kimsey, president/ lead designer

SH Architecture 7250 Peak Drive, Suite 216 Las Vegas, NV 89128 702-363-2222 • sh-architecture.com

1985

Lake Mead Christian Academy School, Inspirada Animal Hospital and Clark County School District Facility Services Center

John Anderson, president

KGA Architecture 9075 W. Diablo Drive, Suite 300 Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-367-6900 • kgaarchitecture.com

1975

UFC corporate headquarters, Ainsworth Game Technologies and Turano Bakery

Richard Romito, partner

Cuningham Group Architecture 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 230 Las Vegas, NV 89135 702-932-3705 • cuningham.com

2006

Morimoto Las Vegas, The Westin Hotel Las Vegas and All Net Arena

Brett Ewing, principal

YWS Design & Architecture 5005 W. Patrick Lane Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-243-5670 • ywsinternational.com

2001

Topgolf at MGM Grand, Bardot Brasserie at Aria and Esports Arena Las Vegas at Luxor (currently in design)

Tom Wucherer, CEO

EV&A Architects 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite 180 Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-946-8195 • edvanceassociates.com

2006

Lucky Dragon, Southern Nevada Recycling Center and ENT Surgery Center

Edward Vance, CEO

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