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Nevada had 107,200 unemployed residents in 2014 and 84,100 residents involuntarily employed part-time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The state’s labor underutilization rate was 15.3 percent, compared with the U.S. average of 12 percent.

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NOTEWORTHY STORIES

LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX ED

ON THE COVER See how spending stacks up across all platforms — military, health care, infrastructure, you name it.

It’s a controversial topic nationally and in the Clark County School District. What do kids need to know, and at what age should they be taught? In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on what the school district is teaching your children, as well as what students are being taught and what activists want changed.

WHERE DO YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO?

Wednesday is the deadline to file your federal income tax return. We take a look at how much the average Nevadan pays the government, what that money is spent on and how the state’s general fund is collected and allocated.

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Dominoes falling into place for tourism John Katsilometes on the coincidental but symbiotic relationship between the closing of the Riviera and the groundbreaking of Resorts World Las Vegas.

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In the southwest valley, building projects are popping up again after years of delays and defaults, and the number of construction workers employed in Southern Nevada is on the rise. Some question whether the resurgence is setting up for another crash, but developers show confidence in the area.

30 Recipe: Eggplant parmigiana Learn how to make an Italian-American classic just like Carmine’s.

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thickens in story 20 Plot of film tax credit

What happened to all the teachers?

The Clark County School District’s teacher shortage is the product of many factors.

The upcoming megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao brings to mind the golden days of Las Vegas’ boxing scene, when Caesars Palace became the place to stage the biggest events the sport had to offer.

LAS VEGAS’ RECONSTRUCTION

LIFE

Wynn boardroom power struggle Elaine Wynn is fighting a public battle to keep her spot on Wynn Resorts’ board of directors.

The movie industry was lured to Nevada by financial incentives in 2013, but that carrot was chopped last year. Now, the Legislature is weighing what to do next.

BRINGING THE MAGIC BACK

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DECORATING ON A BUDGET

With a little creativity, you can make your home beautiful without investing thousands of dollars on art.

Pets available for adoption We feature a few of the animals at the Animal Foundation and Nevada SPCA looking for homes.

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In search of better protection at bus stops A recent car wreck that killed a 58-yearold woman and her granddaughter again raises the question of what can be done to prevent such tragedies in Las Vegas.

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WEEK IN REVIEW WEEK AHEAD NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE

LAS VEGAS VALLEY, AND BEYOND

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Showgirls Cece Correia, left, and Tala Marie lead a procession of government officials, including Gov. Brian Sandoval, during a groundbreaking ceremony for the $318 million Interstate 11/Boulder City Bypass project. It is expected to be completed in 2018 and create about 4,000 jobs. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

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Clark County third- through eighth-graders began taking the new Smarter Balanced Assessment, which tests students’ knowledge of reading and math.

International Game Technology and Italian lottery operator Gtech completed a $6.4 billion merger. The new company will be headquartered in the UK but have a presence in Nevada.

A congressional delegation eyeing the possibility of storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain took a fact-finding visit to the site.

Kelly and Fitzgerald elementary schools were added to the school district’s Turnaround Zone program, joining five others that will get new principals and additional funding.

Swedish retailer IKEA broke ground on its 351,000-squarefoot furniture store in southwest Las Vegas. It is expected to open in summer 2016.

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22,000 Size, in square feet, of a planned luxury clubhouse at Ascaya, the longdelayed mountainmansion community in Henderson. The $25 million clubhouse will feature a children’s play area, yoga lawn, massage rooms, two tennis courts and other amenities.

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Las Vegans arrested in connection with a national crackdown on gang members and their associates

by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The effort resulted in 976 arrests nationally.

NEWS

WATCHING OUR WATER Gov. Brian Sandoval issued an executive order calling for a panel of water experts to study how the state can better conserve and consume its water supply.

Sandoval made his announcement on a dry lakebed at Washoe Lake State Park. “We should be standing in three feet of water,” he said.

LIFE POLITICS

FOUR MORE YEARS

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman announces her victory and celebrates with her husband, Oscar, on election night during a party at her headquarters. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

GUN VIOLENCE VS. CAR CRASHES APRIL 8

CORTEZ MASTO IN THE RUNNING Former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Harry Reid in 2016. If elected, Cortez Masto, a Democrat who is Reid’s choice for a successor, would be the first Hispanic woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

Nevada was one of 17 states that had more gun deaths than vehicle deaths in 2013, according to the Violence Policy Center. Statewide, 395 people died in shootings, while 281 died in motor vehicle crashes.

East Las Vegas residents likely will have to travel far less to check out books from their local library once a new branch opens at Sunrise Avenue and 26th Street. The Las Vegas City Council is scheduled to vote on a land swap with the library district that will make the project possible.

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A woman prays for Maria Garcia, 58, and Alyssa Aisa, 6, during a vigil near the bus stop at Sahara Avenue and Maryland Parkway where a car recently hit and killed them. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

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Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas residents who cast ballots in the April 7 municipal primary elections. The turnout included a dismal 13.8 percent of registered voters.

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MORE LIKELY to experience sexual violence

Compared with the national average in 2013, Nevada youths were…

MORE LIKELY to have drunk alcohol or used drugs before sex

LESS LIKELY to use contraception

Source: 2013 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey

MORE LIKELY to experience dating violence

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LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX EDUCATION

BY IAN WHITAKER STAFF WRITER

There comes a time when every school district must grapple with outrage about what it does or doesn’t teach students about sexuality and the human reproductive system. ¶ Some parents say schools should be cautious and conservative, telling students only the bare minimum. Others, and many students, on the other hand, say classes should cover the complex issues young people face everyday. ¶ In the Clark County School District, the debate exploded in recent months after parents discovered district officials were meeting in secret to discuss sex education standards. The fervor even attracted the attention of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and national media. ¶ But the issue goes much deeper and back as far as at least 2011.

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WHAT DOES NEVADA LAW SAY?

Sex education in state schools is mandated by Nevada law, which calls for “factual instruction concerning Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome” and “instruction on the human reproductive system, related communicable diseases and sexual responsibility.” The language of the law lends itself to a broad range of interpretations, so at the district level, it’s the school board that really has the final say on what students learn.

Across the country, sex ed programs typically adopt one of three approaches:

ABSTINENCE ONLY Focuses solely on remaining abstinent and avoids discussion of contraception and safe sex. Extensive research, including a study by the Journal of Adolescent Health, has shown abstinence-only sex education is ineffective at discouraging teenagers from having sex.

ABSTINENCE-BASED

COMPREHENSIVE

Lessons are widened to include topics such as contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, but the overwhelming focus still is on remaining abstinent. Courses exclude discussions about gender and homosexuality and do not instruct students on where to obtain contraception.

Students study a wide range of information about human sexuality.

Abstinence still is taught as the best way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy, but students also are taught how to communicate with sexual partners and are provided with resources explaining how to obtain contraception.

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WHAT IS BEING TAUGHT NOW? If parents opt their students into sex education, students learn the following:

FIFTH GRADE (three 45-minute lessons; boys and girls separated) Boys and girls start by learning anatomy. A 45-minute discussion about puberty comes before a 20-minute video produced by Procter & Gamble Co. called, “Always Changing About You,” which has versions for girls, boys and coed groups. The final lesson is a PowerPoint presentation about HIV and AIDS. Teachers follow a tight script, down to the exact moment they should hand out worksheets.

After elementary school, sex ed gets a little more complicated.

Students are taught only by teachers with health certification, and there is no script. As long as students learn the standards set by the district and materials have been approved by the district and school principal, instructors can use whatever materials they choose.

WHAT DO SEX EDUCATION ADVOCATES WANT CHANGED?

OPT-OUT VS OPT-IN State law requires parents to opt students into sex education by signing a permission slip. Some parents argue the opposite should be enacted — students should automatically be included in sex education classes unless their parents sign a slip pulling them out of the course.

It’s a major point of contention in the debate, with a large number of parents fighting tooth-and-nail to keep the district’s opt-in policy.

They say changing it would deny parents the right to decide what values their children learn. Others say it disadvantages students whose parents might forget to sign the permission slip, as well as children from families and cultures that shy away from discussions about sex.

If the comprehensive sex education bill debated in the past were approved today, the bulk of instruction in Clark County would stay the same. However, schools would have to start teaching subjects some parents find controversial:

+ SEXUAL ORIENTATION Curriculum would have to reflect different sexual orientations rather than focus strictly on male-female relationships.

Of parents surveyed...

70 PERCENT

felt sexual orientation should not be taught to elementary students

57 PERCENT

felt sexual orientation should not be taught to middle and high schoolers

+ GENDER IDENTITY AND STEREOTYPES Lessons would have to be inclusive of transgender students and include discussions about gender stereotypes.

Of parents surveyed...

EIGHTH GRADE (lessons last three weeks; coed) Students learn more about puberty and start talking about sex. They discuss the social, emotional and physical consequences of sexual activity and learn how the cycle of pregnancy works. They also discuss healthy relationships and abstinence, with a focus on the benefits of remaining abstinent.

The curriculum includes information about contraception, but it is discussed mostly in comparison with the benefits of abstinence.

68 PERCENT

felt gender identity should not be taught to elementary students

58 PERCENT

felt gender identity should not be taught to middle and high schoolers

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HIGH SCHOOL (lessons last three weeks; coed) For the most part, sex education in high school doesn’t differ much from middle school.

Students review the reproductive system, consequences of sexual activity and benefits of abstinence. They learn about the risks of teenage pregnancy and about parenthood.

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WHO MAKES DECISIONS FOR CLARK COUNTY? In Clark County, a district task force determines curriculum based on state law. The law also requires the school district to appoint an advisory board to review materials teachers want to use. The board is made up mostly of parents but also includes a medical expert, counselor, member of the clergy, teacher and student. The advisory board makes recommendations to the superintendent, who in turn advises the school board, which has the final say.

What do students think?

A group of current and former Clark County students has stepped forward to advocate for more comprehensive sex education. Members of the Nevada Teen Health and Safety Coalition regularly attend school board meetings, arguing that room must be made for discussions about homosexuality and gender identity, as well as practical information about where to obtain contraception.

They also are calling for an internal audit, claiming many teachers don’t follow the existing curriculum and leave important information out of lessons.

+ NEGOTIATION Students would be taught how to communicate with potential sexual partners to reduce their risk of sexual assault, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The majority of parents support this only for secondary students.

+ RESOURCES Older students would be given information about where to obtain contraception and how to get screened for STDs. The majority of parents support this only for secondary students.

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Are these numbers an accurate representation of parents in Clark County?

Although the survey included the opinions of almost 2,000 parents, it has been difficult for the school district to separate the opinions of parents who live in Las Vegas versus parents who live in the county’s rural areas. A contingent of parents from Logandale and Overton has been the most vocal at school board meetings in opposing changes to the curriculum.

Also, of the nearly 5,000 people who took the survey, only 36 filled it out in Spanish. In a district where nearly 50 percent of students come from Latino households and only 27 percent of students are white, that’s low.

SHOULD WE EXPECT ANYTHING TO CHANGE? The recent controversy over sex education in Clark County left the school district terrified to rock the boat. Administrators have kept quiet on the issue, while parents and students duke it out as part of the ongoing curriculum review process.

Without a bill in the Legislature this year, students and activists have little chance of getting the school district to budge and adopt a comprehensive sex education program. That means the status quo likely will remain in place until at least the next legislative session.

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TRANSPORTATION $18.64 • Includes $2.11 for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) • Includes $1.13 for the Federal Aviation Administration

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HOW THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS YOUR MONEY

EDUCATION $25.29

• Includes $13.02 for Pell grants, work study and other student aid • Includes $4.95 for special education

GOVERNMENT $33.91

• Includes $4.70 for U.S. Customs and border protection • Includes $2.65 for the federal prison system

BY THE SUNDAY STAFF

t’s tax time. April 15 is the deadline to square up with the federal government. ¶ In 2013, Nevada residents and businesses paid $13.3 billion in federal taxes. The average Nevadan paid $12,032 in personal taxes, $959 less than the national average. ¶ Nevada itself has no income tax, thanks in large part to the gaming and tourism industries, which carry a large portion of the state’s tax burden. But residents still shell out for property taxes, sales tax and fees galore. ¶ Where does that money go? And how do the federal, state and local governments use our funding? Let’s follow the dollars.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE $49.53 • Includes $29.91 for SNAP (food stamps) • Includes $3.25 for federal crop insurance

VETERANS BENEFITS $58.20 • Includes $25.25 for disability and death payments • Includes $22.73 for the Veterans Health Administration

HISTORY OF TAXES Taxes are as old as civilization itself. Taxes in the form of cattle, sheep, grain or cooking oil were collected in ancient Mesopotamia, even before the invention of money 2,500 years ago. An income tax on Americans was enacted during the Civil War. Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1861 on personal income to help pay for the war. The tax was repealed 10 years later. In 1894, Congress enacted a flat rate federal income tax, but it was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court because it was a direct tax that wasn’t apportioned to each state’s population.

The 16th amendment, passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified in 1913, removed the objection by allowing the federal government to tax income without regard to states’ populations.

SOCIAL SECURITY, UNEMPLOYMENT AND LABOR $84.32

2014 FEDERAL TAX BRACKETS Up to $9,225

$9,226 to $37,450

$37,451 to $90,750

$90,751 to $189,300

$189,301 to $411,500

$411,501 to $413,200

$413,201 or more

$18,451 to $74,900

$74,901 to $151,200

$151,201 to $230,450

$230,451 to $411,500

$411,501 to $464,850

$464,851 or more

• Includes $6.38 for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families • Includes $2.32 for job training and employment programs

SINGLE FILERS Up to $18,450

MARRIED FILING JOINTLY OR QUALIFYING WIDOW/WIDOWER Up to $9,225

$9,226 to $37,450

$37,451 to $75,600

$75,601 to $115,225

$115,226 to $205,750

$205,751 to $232,425

$232,426 or more

$129,601 to $209,850

$209,851 to $411,500

$411,501 to $439,000

$439,001 or more

Taxed at 33%

Taxed at 35%

INTEREST ON FEDERAL DEBT $153.05

MARRIED FILING SEPARATELY Up to $13,150

$13,151 to $50,200

$50,201 to $129,600

HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD Taxed at 10%

Taxed at 15%

Taxed at 25%

Taxed at 28%

Taxed at 39.6%

SOURCES: BANKRATE; NATIONAL PRIORITIES PROJECT, WHITE HOUSE, TAX FOUNDATION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT $15.68

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• Includes $1.12 for the National Park Service • Includes 81 cents for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS $15.04

OUR ANNUAL SPENDING ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS

• Includes $3.28 for diplomatic and consular programs • Includes $3.25 for global health programs

Nevada taxpayers $7.9M

SCIENCE $11.20 • Includes $6.50 for NASA • Includes $2.74 for the National Science Foundation

Clark County taxpayers

$2.5B

$5.1M

$193.4M

Energy conservation programs

Foreign aid $123.5M

HOUSING AND COMMUNITY $0.51 CENTS

$1.2M

$759K

National Endowment for the Arts

Medicaid

$1.6B $4.1B MILITARY $269.79 • Includes $58.43 for military personnel • Includes $6.83 for nuclear weapons

$151.2M $96.5M

Department of Defense

$2.6B

Nuclear weapons

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$1,000 YO U PA I D I N TA X E S I N 2 0 1 4 ,

H E R E ’ S W H AT YO U R M O N E Y FUNDED The federal government returns about $23 billion a year to Nevada to help balance the state budget; fund Social Security, Medicare, unemployment, food stamps and other benefits for residents; hire local vendors to perform contract work; and employ Nevadans as federal workers.

$22.3M 14.2M

Military action against ISIS

$948.3M

$1.8B Interest on federal debt

Food and nutrition assistance $605.4M

$1.2B $592M

Homeland security $377.9M

53.05 MEDICARE & HEALTH $264.84 • Includes $118.28 for Medicaid • Includes $3.65 for the Children’s Health Insurance Program

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FEDERAL

About 80 percent of federal revenue comes from taxes — about half from annual income taxes people pay on salaries, dividends and investments, and about a third from payroll taxes that fund programs such as Social Security and Medicare, and show up on paychecks as “FICA.” Corporate income taxes make up only about 11 percent of federal revenue, down from a high of almost 40 percent in 1943. ¶ The taxes pay for education, national parks, roads, bridges, health care and countless other programs, services and infrastructure, as well as the military, interest on debt and the government itself.

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HENDERSON

Clark County spends the most of any local municipality in the Las Vegas Valley, funding countywide services such as air quality control and child protective services, and providing municipal fire and parks services to 929,000 people.

While Henderson has been successful balancing its budget with cuts in staff, compensation and services, the city still faces a shortfall when it comes to paying for repairs to roads, parks and other city infrastructure. City officials estimated the deficit was $16.5 million last year and discussed raising property taxes to close the gap. But residents balked, and the proposal was shelved. Officials now are optimistic that the continuing economic recovery will bring enough money into city coffers to avoid tax increases.

WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM

WHAT TAXES AND FEES PAY FOR

Commission and administration $4,431,979

WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM

WHAT TAXES AND FEES PAY FOR

Audit $1,014,580 Finance $2,636,597 Property tax $263,968,006

Elections $10,270,803

Property tax $56,681,000

Clerk $3,261,397 Administrative services $14,476,704 Human resources $2,884,872

Franchise fees $31,160,000

Licenses and permits $8,046,000

Comprehensive planning $7,292,093

Intergovernmental $94,694,000

Constable $757,555 District attorney $41,680,003 Intergovernmental $313,400,000

District Court $48,383,723

Charges for services $75,296,034

Fines and forfeits $24,400,000

Miscellaneous $5,000,000

Grand jury $211,460 Justice Court $28,325,217 Public defender $24,826,303 Neighborhood Justice Center $1,420,562 Police $209,627 Fire $121,219,827 Protective services $8,750,561 Juvenile justice services $44,666,479

City Manager’s Office $950,434 Community Development $3,754,809 Finance $5,433,804 Human Resources $2,850,774

Mayor and city council $747,560 Miscellaneous $4,245,331 Public affairs $2,717,780

Charges for services $25,611,000

Special public defender $3,781,550 Court jury services $1,503,400

City Clerk’s Office $2,236,620

Information technology $7,960,510

Business license $6,024,585 Real property management $28,484,223

Building maintenance $8,678,275 City Attorney’s Office $3,087,288

Assessor $14,496,290 Recorder $3,831,027

Licenses and permits $219,580,000

Audit department $243,222

Municipal Court $6,825,275 City attorney — criminal $3,478,173 City manager — court programs $1,891,571

Fines, forfeits and miscellaneous $5,261,000

Fire department $41,208,126 Police $80,168,179 Building and fire safety $1,718,922 Paved streets $983,284 Street lighting $2,669,857 Public works — general $2,614,956 Parks $17,073,011 Recreation $19,921,746 Economic development $859,328 Neighborhood services $780,503

Family services $32,108,536 Other sources $282,541,375

Note: All figures are for approved general fund budgets for fiscal year 2015, which runs from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

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Engineering $11,399,454 Emergency services $98,269,331 Social service $74,004,245

One of the biggest sources of local government revenue is the consolidated tax, made up of sales taxes, cigarette taxes, liquor taxes, real property transfer taxes and fuel taxes. Funds are collected at the local level and sent to the state, which distributes them to local governments based on a formula that weighs population and property values. Above, it is included as “intergovernmental revenue.”

Parks and recreation $9,827,019

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NORTH LAS VEGAS North Las Vegas has the smallest budget of any municipal government in the valley, but it also has the biggest problems. The city averted a potential crisis last year by settling lawsuits and negotiating concessions with its employee unions, staving off a state takeover of its finances.

Continued increases in property tax and consolidated tax revenue streams have put the city on a path to financial stability, but it still faces a long-term deficit of $78 million over the next six years.

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LAS VEGAS Las Vegas started each of the past three budget years facing a deficit, but continued cuts and improving revenue helped balance the budget without dipping into reserves. City officials will submit their first balanced budget since the recession for the upcoming fiscal year that starts July 1.

WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM

WHAT TAXES AND FEES PAY FOR

City council $3,192,698 City manager $2,446,956

WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM

Property tax $7,557,040

WHAT TAXES AND FEES PAY FOR

City manager $654,433

Intergovernmental $48,719,293

City attorney $4,478,850 Human resources $3,345,070

Internal audit $1,078,663 Special events $901,536

Community services department $1,175,836

Planning and development $8,971,313

Human resources $1,204,128

Information technologies $6,921,963 Intergovernmental $256,653,673

Facilities maintenance $957,421

Municipal Court $7,187,521

Operation and maintenance $637,118

Police $31,173,696

Graffiti response $1,954,969 Charges for services $40,926,319

Corrections $12,947,057 Protective services $3,540,608

Miscellaneous $1,171,310

Administrative services $3,560,732

Purchasing and contracts $2,821,655

City attorney $2,174,812

Fire $31,009,241 Fines and forfeits $6,804,500

Licenses and permits $77,524,837

Finance $2,941,994

Administrative services $8,768,465 Charges for services $4,699,143

Communications $3,547,966

City clerk $3,835,687

Mayor and council $904,983

City clerk $948,559 Licenses and permits $31,650,507

Property tax $83,220,000

Fines and forfeits $17,439,000

Public defender $5,000,000 Alternative sentencing and education $2,302,000 Police $137,018,866

Culture and recreation $1,830,612

Community support $1,670,262

Municipal courts $19,148,486 City attorney — criminal $3,936,202

Public works $2,527,647

Parks $6,279,919

Nondepartmental $5,256,295

Fire $116,559,583 Miscellaneous $5,044,850

Corrections $53,644,015 Protective inspection $5,898,194 Traffic engineering $15,203,227 Public works administration $764,550 Engineering and planning $10,389,930 Paved streets $1,441,072 Animal control $4,301,956 Cemetery operation $150,000 Communicable disease control $15,000 Cultural and recreation administration $7,045,021 Participant recreation $14,705,629

Clark County has the highest sales tax in the state — 8.1 percent. County commissioners considered raising the rate by .15 percent in 2013 to hire more police officers but voted down the measure because of concerns it was too costly.

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Parks $21,100,353 Senior citizens $2,875,880 Economic development $1,599,042 Neighborhood services $2,889,722

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TAX-FREE LIVING Mining taxes 0.5%

The state’s general fund is a cornucopia of money levied from taxes, licenses, fees and fines. The majority comes from gaming and sales taxes, but smaller streams such as divorce fees and fines by the state athletic commission help fund the pot. Lawmakers in Carson City are debating what taxes and other state money will fund state services and questioning whether taxes and fees should be added to bring in more revenue.

Other taxes 0.7%

Modified business tax — financial 0.8%

Nontax revenues 7.1%

Sales and use taxes 35.5%

Live entertainment tax 5%

Modified business tax — nonfinancial 8.8%

Insurance premium tax 10.6%

TOTAL GENERAL FUND: $6,330,600,000 NOTE: FIGURES ARE ESTIMATED FOR THE 2015-17 BIENNIUM.

Nevada residents pay no state income tax. But we still have to file federal tax returns every year. Imagine paying no federal income tax. That’s the case in several countries.

Gaming taxes 23.7%

CAYMAN ISLANDS Known as the world’s leading offshore financial services center, the Cayman Islands is a tax-neutral jurisdiction. Residents and businesses pay no income or corporate taxes.

Government and services are funded by fees placed on imports, work permits, banking transactions and tourist activities.

Liquor tax 1.3%

Cigarette tax 2.4%

Business license fee 1.3%

Real property transfer tax 2.3%

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Nevada, Alaska, Florida, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming have no income tax. Tennessee and New Hampshire also have no state income tax but impose a tax of 6 percent and 5 percent, respectively, on interest and dividends.

WHERE REVENUE COMES FROM AND WHERE IT GOES

Forty-six state legislatures meet annually. Only four — Nevada, Montana, North Dakota and Texas — are in session every other year. All of the biennial legislatures meet for regular sessions in odd years.

Because Nevada’s Legislature meets biennally, it must create a two-year budget, so the general fund (above) should show roughly twice as much money as annual expenditures (below).

$1,364,681 0.004%

$47,374,019 1.4%

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1.4%

K-12 education

$1,286,393,103 38.6%

TOTAL: $3,318,446,242 NOTE: FIGURES ARE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015.

$5,225,781 0.2%

Infrastructure

$20,904,254 0.7%

Human services

$491,663,228

$1,046,498,292

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Elected officials 3.1%

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Nevada System of Higher Education

$101,350,272

Public safety

$289,421,829 8.8%

BERMUDA There is no income tax in Bermuda, although many residents do have to pay a small payroll tax. The maximum employee rate is 5.25 percent, with the remainder paid for by employers.

There’s also no sales tax in Bermuda.

Government revenue largely is accumulated through customs duties levied on imported goods. But keep in mind: Because of its isolated location, Bermuda is one of the world’s most expensive countries. A gallon of milk can cost as much as $15.

BAHAMAS Tourism and offshore banking are the prime industries in the Bahamas and companies in these sectors are the largest taxpayers. As a result, residents don’t pay any income taxes, although everyone who works in the country, even nonresidents, must pay a small national insurance fee from their paychecks.

Other education

Commerce and industry

QATAR AND UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Both of these countries have among the highest per-capita incomes in the world, but residents pay no income or capital gains taxes. Instead, oil and gas companies, which dominate the economy, carry the bulk of the tax burden via corporate taxes. This is true through much of the Middle East, including Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

MONACO People living in Monaco pay no personal income taxes — unless they are French nationals, who have to pay French income tax. Businesses also aren’t taxed unless they earn more than 25 percent of their income outside the country. Those companies must pay a whopping 33 percent on profits.

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Boardroom power struggle fought publicly

BY J.D. MORRIS | STAFF WRITER

It has all the trappings of an intense political campaign, with contentious allegations, appeals to voters, a sleek candidate’s website and, of course, a high-stakes election.

But the battle between Elaine Wynn and Wynn Resorts is not political — no one is running for public office. Rather, the company is trying to remove Wynn from its board of directors, while she fights vigorously to keep her seat at the table.

The parties have traded attacks for more than a month, since Wynn Resorts revealed it wouldn’t renominate Wynn, the ex-wife of CEO Steve Wynn. She has been a director since 2002.

At stake is the role of one of the gaming industry’s most powerful women in a company she co-founded and what she says is an invaluable voice — the only woman’s — on the board. But the board says she needs to go because she no longer represents the best interests of shareholders and a legal dispute she initiated threatens to force the company to refinance debt under unfavorable terms.

To complicate matters further, a thirdparty advisory firm recently recommended that Wynn shareholders vote for none of the candidates nominated to the board.

The firm expressed such dissatisfaction with the way the company is run, it said stockholders should send a strong message by rejecting all of the candidates.

The battle is playing out in a way that provides an unusually public glimpse into the corporate drama of a major casino company. Sorting through the allegations on both sides shows how complex the dispute has become.

Elaine Wynn, ex-wife of billionaire Steve Wynn, filed suit to lift divorce-related restrictions on the sale of her stock in Wynn Resorts.

Fellow board members voted against nominating her for another term. (THE NEW YORK TIMES)

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WHY THE BOARD WANTS HER OUT

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uch of the battle deals with a former stockholder’s agreement between Elaine and Steve Wynn.

When the Wynns divorced in 2010, Steve Wynn split his shares with Elaine Wynn.

Though she was permitted to sell a limited amount each year, she became bound by a pre-existing agreement that otherwise limits her ability to sell and requires that her and her former husband’s shares be voted together.

In 2012, Elaine Wynn sued to try to dissolve that agreement. She said its purpose was no longer relevant, because it was drafted between Steve Wynn and businessman Kazuo Okada, who no is longer a major shareholder.

Together, Elaine and Steve Wynn own more than 19 percent of Wynn Resorts. The board fears that if Elaine Wynn is allowed to sell more of her piece of the pie, the two Wynns may no longer have a controlling interest in the company. If that happens, the company says, a provision may be triggered that could require it to refinance a significant portion of its debt, which would be bad news for the financial health of Wynn Resorts.

The issue existed when Elaine Wynn was last up for election to the board in 2012. But Wynn Resorts said in regulatory filings the board renominated her then because it was satisfied by her assurances the suit wouldn’t interfere with her work as a director.

Now, the company says it thinks the lawsuit, which has yet to be resolved, creates a conflict.

Wynn Resorts pointed to an incident last year when the board restructured Steve

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Wynn’s compensation so more of it was awarded in stock than cash, therefore tying it to the performance of the company. When Elaine Wynn was asked to let Steve Wynn sell the stock so he could access his full compensation, she tried to increase the amount of shares she could sell under the old agreement, according to the company. The board says that demonstrated she cares more about her interests than those of stockholders.

“After a lengthy discussion, our final determination was unanimous — that the independent directors had simply lost confidence in her judgment to make the right decisions for the company and shareholders,” said Bob Miller, the former Nevada governor who’s now chairman of the board’s governance committee. “We felt that because her judgment had become impaired, she couldn’t be counted on to put other shareholders’ interests ahead of her own, and we determined that, based on her actions of the last three years, we simply believed that Wynn shareholders deserved better.”

Wynn Resorts has other reasons, too. Former Wynn executive Andrew Pascal, who is Elaine Wynn’s nephew, was part of a group that bought land, the site of the former New Frontier, across from Wynn Las Vegas that Wynn Resorts had looked at acquiring. The company has suggested Elaine Wynn should have disclosed her nephew’s competing bid to the board.

The company also says she doesn’t qualify as an independent director under Nasdaq standards, which means she can’t participate in important committee work.

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ynn maintains the lawsuit doesn’t interfere with her work on the board. She says it’s simply a disagreement between two stockholders and not a board-related issue.

She wants to maintain her level of control over the company, she says, so she has a vested interest in making sure a refinance is not triggered.

As for her nephew, Wynn says she never knew of his involvement while the board was looking at the site.

She also has said she thinks she could qualify as independent under Nasdaq standards.

More than that, though, Wynn points to her long history with the company and the gaming industry in general.

“I have a very proprietary feeling about the company,” she said. “I believe I am part of the DNA of Wynn Resorts, and I invested my time, my effort, my blood, sweat, tears and love in helping to co-found that place.”

Few others can match the decades she has spent watching and taking part in the gaming industry’s growth in Las Vegas and beyond, she said. Wynn made similar points in regulatory filings and on a website she launched, elaineforwynn.com, that outlines her campaign to stockholders.

Wynn says she has played a crucial role in building the Wynn Resorts brand over the years, giving her a unique perspective from which to criticize management if necessary.

Additionally, her interests are in sync with stockholders’, she says, because she’s the third-largest stockholder and doesn’t intend to change that by selling a lot of shares.

Wynn also noted she is the only remaining female member of the board. Removing her would create what she calls an “appalling lack of diversity” at the highest level of the publicly traded company.

Wynn Resorts promised to add “one or more diverse directors” to its ranks by the end of the year.

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he campaign is building to an April 24 stockholders meeting, during which the final result will be determined. There are two open seats on the board. Wynn Resorts renominated two other directors to fill them. Elaine Wynn nominated herself.

It’s possible both Wynn and Wynn Resorts will lose this fight, and stockholders will reject all of the candidates, as advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended.

“There appears to be no daylight between Elaine Wynn and the rest of the board on tolerating weak governance practices, poor pay practices or an overall corporate governance profile that ranks among the worst, not the best, of U.S. companies,” the Institutional Share-

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holder report said.

If she were to lose, Wynn said she would “continue to watch the affairs of the company very carefully.” She has other commitments, including being president of the state board of education, but she’ll never take her eye off Wynn Resorts, she said.

“The name on that building is mine, too,” Wynn said. “And although people may want to identify solely with it as Steve’s, I would hope people would remember that it was a partnership and that Wynn is my last name, as well.”

Even after the Wynns divorced — for the second time — their partnership remained surprisingly intact. Steve Wynn told Las Vegas Weekly in 2010 that “she’s my buddy, she’s my best friend” and “we’re still partners … I respect and value and really

covet her opinion on issues.”

That partnership now seems to have entered its most strained state, with one Bloomberg columnist going so far as to say the dispute is ending “America’s best business marriage.”

But Elaine Wynn doesn’t think her fight to stay on the board will destroy it. In fact, relations remain amicable between the Wynns, she said.

“Steve still has the good habit of reaching out to me and calling me on unrelated items,” she said. “He’ll call me and ask me questions about education, about the margins tax. I still get calls to discuss things other than business. We’ve been roommates since we were 19 years old, and that’s a relationship that’s very difficult to unwind.”

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Kevin James, right, starred in “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” and its sequel, which was the first film to receive a tax break after Nevada’s 2013 legislative session. (SONY PICTURES)

Plot thickens in story of state’s film tax credit

BY ANDREA DOMANICK STAFF WRITER

Launched in January 2014, Nevada’s film tax credit program was designed to diversify the state economy and reduce its dependence on gaming and tourism, a goal state leaders have had for decades.

The four-year pilot program, operated by the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, offers a transferable tax credit to productions with budgets greater than $500,000 that shoot at least 60 percent of their footage in the state. Credits start at 15 percent of qualified expenses but can increase 2 percentage points if at least half the crew is made up of Nevada residents. The credit maxes out at $6 million per production.

The push to launch the program was spearheaded by Democratic Sen. Aaron Ford during the 2013 legislative session and attracted support from actor Nicolas Cage, who testified in favor of the bill.

Though the bill passed, support for it wasn’t universal. Republican Sen. Greg Brower, for example, said it was “not good tax policy” and predicted it would take money away from schools, public safety and other programs.

The first recipient was Sony Pictures’ “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” which picked up $4.3 million in tax credits.

In September, however, the program was gutted when its awards cap was reduced from $80 million ($20 million per fiscal year) to $10 million total. The money taken from the film program was earmarked instead as tax breaks for electric car maker Tesla Motors to lure the company to Nevada.

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WHAT ARE THE RESULTS SO FAR? In its first year, the film program helped attract nine movies and television shows to Nevada, bringing more than $69 million in spending to the state. Productions included “The Trust” starring Cage and a forthcoming Yahoo TV series, “Sin City Saints.” “(It) is a nice chunk of change that we otherwise would not have had,” Ford said. “We’re very proud of the progress we’ve made.”

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development is expected to release a full audit of the film tax credit program in the coming weeks.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE LEGISLATURE Advocates say that without more funding, the tax credit will flounder. Ford hopes to remove the program’s $10 million cap with Senate Bill 94.

“This is about diversifying Nevada’s economy,” he said. “If we’ve learned anything from the Great Recession, it’s that Nevada can’t depend on one sector or industry to stabilize the economy. Considering our proximity to Southern California, we have an opportunity to build a strong film and television production industry.”

Ford’s bill seeks to reinvigorate the program by removing administrative speed bumps and replenishing the funds stripped in September. It also proposes to create more incentives for hiring local cast and crew and would extend the film tax credit indefinitely, rather than have it sunset in four years.

A separate bill sponsored by Democratic Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton handles the financial details of the program and seeks to restore its original budget of $20 million per fiscal year.

THE PROS AND CONS Before conversations about the program’s future can begin in earnest, lawmakers must determine the size of the state budget. Once that’s set, Ford expects a “spirited discussion” in Carson City, he said, as the program has been met with mixed support since its inception.

Opponents argue popular filming locations such as the Strip already are successful in attracting out-of-state productions. Adam Kilbourn, owner of Black Raven Films in Las Vegas, said the large studios and corporations that benefit from the program don’t need the money; they’ll come anyway. He argued the incentives actually hurt local film companies by pricing them out of the market and making it difficult to compete.

Others opposed to the program point to several states whose film tax credit programs underperformed and were nixed, including Connecticut, Idaho and Oklahoma.

But those in favor say the program still is nascent and can’t be judged fairly after its budget was stripped. Nevada’s 15 percent incentive is far less than the 20 percent to 30 percent offered in states such as Louisiana and New Mexico, but advocates say it’s a start. Though the state spending that has resulted is relatively modest, supporters say the earnings remain a boon given the program’s reduced funding.

And contrary to Kilbourn, some local filmmakers, such as Chris Ramirez of Lola Pictures, say the program draws more activity and opportunities to Nevada and has helped keep businesses afloat.

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BACHELOR’S DEGREES IN EDUCATION FROM AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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To add insult to injury, teachers are most effective after five years of teaching, research has shown.

Changing schools isn’t much better, either. Research has found that regular turnover creates a negative school environment and hurts student performance.

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3. NEVADA IS FACING ITS WORST TEACHER SHORTAGE EVER. 600 It doesn’t get any more stark than this. In 2004, when the county was riding high on the 500 valley’s population boom, the Clark County 400 School District had only nine subjects for which it didn’t have enough teachers. A decade 300 later, after the Great Recession stalled growth and slashed salaries, that number soared to 200 more than 50. Many of the empty positions are for special education.

4. MANY CLARK COUNTY TEACHERS 600 ARE RETIRING. Part of what makes filling empty teacher positions dif500 County is that veteran teachers are retirficult in Clark ing almost as fast as the district can hire new teachers.

400 A decade ago, the number of teacher retirements hovered around 300250 per year. Now, it’s almost twice that.

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One of the biggest ways to do that is hiring people who haven’t earned education degrees, and training them to become teachers. This is known as an alternative route to licensure.

Programs have exploded in prevalence since about 1998. The Clark County School District makes extensive use of its ARL program, graduating about 200 new teachers every year.

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YOUR BRAIN IS BUSIEST WHILE DRIVING The process of driving requires your brain to perform many tasks simultaneously: operating the vehicle; judging spatial relationships; deciding when to brake, accelerate or change lanes; paying attention, scanning the roadway and anticipating the actions of other drivers, just to name a few. With practice, most of us get comfortable performing these tasks, often failing to realize that what has come to feel like “second nature” still requires a lot of complex processing within the brain. That’s where the problem arises: We don’t perceive the cognitive demands of driving and start introducing other tasks into the equation. One of the most common, and most dangerous, is cell phone use.

YOUR BRAIN CAN’T REALLY MULTITASK Whether you consider yourself a good multitasker or a bad multitasker, the truth is the brain doesn’t truly multitask at all. When we take on multiple activities at once, the brain slyly switches its focus back and forth between one task and the other. This happens so rapidly, it’s easy to think you’re multitasking, when in reality, your brain is performing the tasks sequentially, one at a time.

As the brain flip-flops its point of focus, details of each task get lost in the shuffle. Often, you don’t even realize what details are lost, because within your consciousness, they never existed at all. Some lost details may not be consequential, but when driving is involved, missing a detail could be the difference between getting home safely or causing a life-altering crash.

Demanding that your brain switch its focus back and forth between the road and your phone can slow reaction time drastically. As your brain is flooded with alternating signals, you’re unable to react quickly to unexpectFRONTAL LOBE ed hazards. Switching your attention may require The frontal lobe analyzes, asonly a fraction of a second, but that’s a fraction sesses and responds to risk, allows you cannot spare while driving. When a driver for decision making and judgment, and doesn’t fully mature until a person is in his needs to react immediately, a fraction of a 20s. That is one of the reasons, in addition second could cause a crash.

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OCCIPITAL LOBE The occipital lobe processes and interprets visual information, which is critical while driving. A Carnegie Mellon University study found that the function of the occipital lobe decreases during conversaINTERPRETS VISUALS tions.

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to inexperience, that teenagers are so prone to crashes. The prefrontal cortex, the specific, slow-maturing section within the frontal lobe, also helps handle impulse control, a key element for safe driving. Compulsive and addictive behaviors that are increasingly common with cell phone use can dull, or even nullify, our ability to control impulses.

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HOW DISTRACTING ARE HANDHELD DEVICES, HANDS-FREE DEVICES AND CONVERSATIONS WITH PASSENGERS? Most states have laws banning handheld phones and texting, while hands-free phone devices are a legal alternative. However, hands-free devices are not safe. While they alleviate manual and visual distraction risks, they still involve a harmful cognitive distraction. There is little evidence to indicate hands-free phones produce quantifiably safer driving outcomes.

Talking on a phone by any method is dangerous.

Some studies have shown that having any kind of conversation while driving, including talking to passengers, is dangerous because the conversation itself prevents a range of cognitive processing to take place.

There are other studies that assert cell phone conversations are more dangerous than conversations with passengers. While on the phone, you may feel more pressure to respond immediately, even when driving in a challenging environment, because the person you’re talking to is unaware of the attentiondemanding conditions. A passenger, however, often will scan and monitor the driving environment and know to suppress conversation when needed.

DISTRACTIONS CAN NARROW YOUR RANGE OF VISION Cognitive distractions such as talking on a cellphone can withdraw our visual attentiveness because it overloads the brain’s attention capacity. Studies show that cell phone use causes “inattention blindness,” meaning people distracted by phone conversations are unable to see and process the same number of visual cues they could without the distraction. In fact, your complete range of vision may narrow while on the phone. The landscape you’re able to see under normal circumstances shrinks to a small window of what’s directly in front of you when you’re talking on a phone. When you fail to see important details and are unable to process what’s happening across the entire road environment, you’re unable to respond quickly to a potentially dangerous situations.

PARIETAL LOBE The parietal lobe helps you perceive spatial relationships and is responsible for integrating information from all the senses together, allowing you to see the car ahead of you, for instance, or telling your foot to hit the brake.

It also is used while a person switches his or her attention back and forth between tasks.

The Carnegie Mellon study found as much as a 37 percent decrease in parietal lobe activity while a person is listening, comprehending and responding to language. This means that having a conversation takes away necessary cognitive processing while driving and worsens steadily as the conversation becomes more complex.

SOURCE: NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

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Pedestrians cross Las Vegas Boulevard near the uncompleted Echelon casino project. The Maylasia-based Genting Group bought the site and announced plans for Resorts World Las Vegas in March 2013. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

Dominoes falling into place for tourism industry

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inco de Mayo doubtless will be a time to celebrate on the Strip, and not just for the obvious reasons.

May 5 is a pivotal point in our city.

The groundbreaking of Resorts World Las Vegas is scheduled for that day, more than two years after plans for the resort development were announced.

That event will come just as the Riviera closes; the hotel-casino’s final day of operations is May 4, and guests will be shooed from the building by noon.

The arrival of workers at the Resorts World site finally will animate the lot on the Strip where the Stardust once stood and where Boyd Gaming was building Echelon until putting the brakes on the project in August 2008.

Owned by Genting Berhad of Malaysia, Resorts World is to cost $4 billion, have an Asian theme and open with 3,000 rooms in the first phase, scheduled for completion by the end of next year. Plans for the finished complex call for more than 6,000 rooms, with a 4,000-seat theater, indoor water park and — of course — a panda habitat.

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birthday April 20. The to creep up the side of the hotel likely will be razed Stratosphere, as grandiose in June as the Las Vegas but impractical ideas that Convention and Visitors sounded great around a Authority builds a convenboardroom table and maytion complex with a Strip be even looked wonderful address. on a rendering. But really?

The two events are Pandas?) unfolding serendipitously, The entire complex has JOHN not planned in concert, been met with a fair and KATSILOMETES but they are symbiotic. understandable measure of Resorts World will add skepticism from experts in several thousand hotel resort development. Last rooms to a city that seems not to need October, in a comment I’ll remember even one more — until you find out the always, Steve Wynn said, “I’m really LVCVA expansion likely will boost anhoping these guys end up with real guts nual visitor numbers from 41 million to across the street, besides PR chatter. I 44 million, while at the same time taking hope (Genting Berhad chief ) KT Lim 2,100 rooms at the Riviera out of play. goes through with his plans to spend The Riviera property purchase is at $3 or $4 billion in Las Vegas, which the center of the Las Vegas Convention requires a high degree of courage … and Visitors Authority’s $2.3 billion They have my extreme support and best Global Business District expansion. wishes, because anything is better than Tourism officials have been anxious that empty lot across the street. I just about the number of trade shows that want to see a groundbreaking and them have been turned away — including to bring crews on the job.” about 30 last year — that now will have As shovels dip to the dirt on the west a home in Las Vegas. Other conventions side of the Strip, the Riviera will be closplan to expand, thanks to the additional ing for good on Las Vegas Boulevard’s space. east side after just celebrating its 60th

The project appears to be the catalyst for Resorts World’s groundbreaking and could lead to more movement and development on the north end of the Strip. Already, plans are being drawn up for a resort fronted by James Packer of Crown Resorts and ex-Wynn Las Vegas exec Andrew Pascal on the former New Frontier property.

“Our anticipation is we’ll see those projects moving forward,” LVCVA CEO and President Rossi Ralenkotter said the day the convention authority voted to authorize the $193 million purchase of the Riv. “I think other investors will want to be in proximity of 2.5 million to 3 million conventioneers and delegates every year coming through. This will be an economic stimulus for the whole area.”

The renderings of Resorts World and the LVCVA complex certainly are beautiful, but we’ve seen stacks of such grand designs through the years.

Though not nearly as splashy and flashy, a sturdy shovel and swinging wrecking ball trump those drawings any day, especially May 5. Now, if Genting Berhad can just hold true to those plans. A lot is riding on what happens that day.

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TRACKING CANCER ONE PERSON AT A TIME The National Cancer Registry is the benchmark database for cancer information in the country. It is used by hospitals to improve treatment methods, by researchers to help guide and shape reporting, and by the government to help build programs and allocate funding. The registry is powered by a network of Certified Tumor Registrars (CTRs), who record the information of every cancer patient in the country. ¶ “They create a storyline for every patient with cancer, and then that information is standardized and streamlined into the database,” said Dr. Brian D. Lawenda, MD, of Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center and clinical director of radiation oncology at 21st Century Oncology. “Cancer registrars are extremely diligent and hardworking people.”

HOW THE REGISTRY WORKS Most major hospitals have a dedicated CTR on staff who records information about every patient with cancer. For smaller institutions, the state helps collect and manage the information.

HISTORY OF A CANCER PATIENT CTRs trace the tumor lineage of the patient by collecting and summarizing relevant information. All of the information collected is confidential and HIPAA compliant.

Collecting medical history and follow-up information can prove challenging. “It’s very difficult to trace all the cancer patients’ stories from start to finish,” Lawenda said. “CTRs might send certified letters or reach out to other medical institutions.”

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n Basic demographics — gender, age, race/ethnicity, birthplace and residence n Medical history n Screening information — occupation, history of other cancers n Diagnostic findings — cancer types and dates, biopsy results n Cancer information — primary site, cell type and extent of disease n Treatment information — surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone, immunotherapy, etc. n Follow-up information — treatment, recurrence, patient status and outcome

AT THE LOCAL LEVEL Once information is compiled, it is put into the hospital’s cancer registry. The hospital maintains its own registry to track screening, treatment and outcome statistics for its patients. This allows doctors and administrators to evaluate their progress compared with other hospitals, the state standard and the national standard. The Commission on Cancer also helps evaluate that data for its accredited hospitals and checks the quality of data being added to the registry by those hospitals. From that information, doctors and administrators will set up quality improvement programs if need be. Sunrise is one of five accredited cancer programs through the Commission on Cancer in Nevada.

How it is used: If one hospital’s colon cancer outcome rates, based on cancer stage, are less successful than the outcome rates of other hospitals in the region, for example, the hospital will identify the reason why and take steps to ensure its treatment is up to standard.

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AT THE STATE LEVEL From the hospital’s registry, information becomes part of the state registry. The state uses the information to track incidence and outcome trends, and decide if it needs to intervene.

How it is used: If the mortality rate of, say, skin cancer in women ages 40 to 55 were to double in a year, the state might decide to allocate resources toward raising awareness about skin cancer screening and orient it specifically toward middle-aged women.

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The National Cancer Registry has paved the way for cancer research, legislation, funding, prevention and quality treatment for patients.

Our state’s registry is the Nevada Central Cancer Registry. NCCR began collecting cancer incidence data in 1979. In 1992, Congress passed the Cancer Registry Amendment Act and established the National Program of Cancer Registries through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which standardized cancer data collection and required states to comply. The NCCR began recording within the national guidelines in 1995.

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WHEN DECORATING WALLS, THINK OUTSIDE THE FRAME

BY EMILY KULKUS | SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY

“Triple Elvis”, a 1963 Andy Warhol silkscreen of Elvis Presley dressed as a cowboy, recently sold at an art auction for $81.9 million. ¶ Out of your price range? Probably. ¶ But can you make your walls look as good or better as Elvis’ proud new owner’s? Definitely. ¶ Here are some tips for how to make your walls pop for not much hunka hunka burnin’ cash.

SELECT A THEME

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Walls can carry much more than picture frames. A few ideas: decorative plates, hats, crosses or religious artifacts, mirrors, concert tickets or vinyl records. Look at your own collections, or start a new one and size up how it might look on your wall.

Consider items that have a theme but variety, too. For headache-free installation, pick items with natural hooks (oldfashioned keys) or those that easily can be mounted with hangers from the hardware store, such as vintage tiles.

Arts-and-crafts stores sell blank white canvases in every size imaginable. Watch for sales or buy in bulk (three-pack!), then use your imagination to create your own art.

You don’t even need paint.

Pinterest is loaded with ideas for creating art with everything from broken crayons to coffee stirrers to beet juice to tea bags. Get your creative juices pumping, then invite your friends over to critique your new “collection.”

Think outside the 4x6 and start blowing up your favorite photos.

A couple of factors to keep in mind: Be sure your photo is a high-enough resolution for a poster-size print. (Most online photo sites or print shops will detect if the digital image is large enough.)

And good photo art does not always mean people. Think of that flower stand you saw in Paris, the spice shop in Istanbul or your favorite spot at the park. Consider a black-and-white or sepia tone for added interest.

Any of your favorite subjects can make a great poster and flood you with great memories.

MAKE AN INTERCHANGEABLE GALLERY USE BOOKS AND CALENDARS Peruse the bargain section of any bookstore, and you’re likely to find vintage or coffee table books and calendars with big beautiful photos of everything from national parks to presidents to pugs. If you’re paying rockbottom prices, you won’t feel bad about tearing out pages.

Paper-ripping can be cathartic, and you’ll enjoy the images more on your walls than tucked inside a book.

Look for large photos, pieces of art, interesting text or anything that inspires you. This works great for kids’ rooms, too; think dinosaurs, outer space, trains or flowers.

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Do you get bored easily? Create your own rotating gallery. Craft stores sell scrapbook paper in hundreds of fun, funky patterns for just pennies. Find a color palette you like and mix and match it with your frames.

Don’t like it? Switch it out and start over. You can do the same with fabric, which also comes in tons of patterns and is inexpensive when you’re buying scraps.

Another option: Use pieces of high-quality wrapping paper from a fancy stationery shop.

Each sheet can run $5 to $10, but the patterns often are luxurious — and it’s still cheaper than a Warhol.

GET CREATIVE Think beyond the traditional.

Do you love gardening or woodworking? Frame pages from a horticulture book or a hobby manual. Do you have 5,000 (worthless) baseball cards in your basement? Use them to wallpaper your guest bathroom.

Do you have copies of your grandmother’s recipes, postcards or sheet music? Find frames that fit, and voila – art!

The best part: This art will have a lot more meaning than something you bought at a store.

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INGREDIENTS (makes about 5 cups)

Three 26- to 28-oz cans Italian plum tomatoes

/4 cup coarsely chopped garlic

12 fresh basil leaves, sliced

1 tsp salt

Freshly ground black pepper

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2 tsp chopped flatleaf parsley

/4 cup olive oil 1

RECIPE PROVIDED BY CARMINE’S AT THE FORUM SHOPS AT CAESARS

This dish is a staple of Italian food in America. The eggplant, which should be fi rm and smooth with a crisp, green cap, is a perfect vehicle for cheese and marinara . Carmine’s version is one of the hallmarks of its success and has distinguished the restaurant on New York’s — and Las Vegas’ — culinary map.

INGREDIENTS

DIRECTIONS

(serves 4 to 5)

1. Cut the ends off the eggplant and discard them. Cut each eggplant into 1/4-inch-round slices.

2. Spread flour out on a large plate.

1 to 2 eggplants

2 to 3 cups vegetable oil

2 to 3 cups allpurpose flour

6 large eggs

1 3/4 cups 1 tbsp chopped grated Romano fresh flat-leaf cheese parsley

4 cups Carmine’s marinara sauce (see recipe at right)

3. Coat each slice of eggplant with flour and shake off any excess.

Stack the eggplant slices on top of each other.

4. Meanwhile, in a deep heavy saucepan or high-sided skillet, heat about 2 cups of the vegetable oil over medium-heat until a deepfrying thermometer registers 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. In a shallow bowl, whisk the eggs together with 1/2 cup of the grated Romano cheese, parsley and salt.

Dip the eggplant, a slice at a time, in the egg mixture and let any excess drip off.

6. Deep-fry the eggplant slices, two to four at a time, for about 3 minutes or until they are golden brown and tender. Remove them with a slotted spoon and place them on paper towels to drain and cool.

7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

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8. Spread 1 cup of marinara sauce

over the bottom of an 8-by-4 inch nonstick loaf pan. Arrange a layer of eggplant slices over the sauce. They can overlap each other slightly, if necessary. Spread 3 to 4 tablespoons of marinara sauce over the eggplant. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the mozzarella and 1 tablespoon of the Romano cheese over the sauce.

Repeat, layering the eggplant, marinara sauce, mozzarella and Romano cheese to the top of the pan or 1/2 inch below the rim. End with a layer of eggplant and about 1 /4 cup of marinara sauce spread over the top of it. Sprinkle 1 heaping tablespoon of the Romano cheese on top of the sauce. Cover the top tightly with aluminum foil and place the pan on a baking sheet.

9. Bake the eggplant for about 1 hour or until it is hot and the sauce is bubbling. Let the pan sit at room temperature about 1 hour or until the eggplant is cool enough to serve.

10. Put a platter on top of the loaf pan and, holding the platter and pan securely, invert the pan to release the eggplant. Serve with warm marinara and grated Romano on the side.

DIRECTIONS 1. Drain tomatoes for 5 minutes in a colander set in a large bowl.

Reserve the tomato liquid.

2. In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the garlic and cook it, stirring, for about 5 minutes or until it is golden brown. If the garlic starts to cook too quickly, reduce the heat.

3. Add the basil, parsley, salt and pepper to taste. Cook the mixture for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes, increase the heat to high, and cook them for about 5 minutes, using a wooden spoon or long-handled fork to break them up, or until the tomatoes boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the sauce for about 10 minutes or until the tomatoes break down.

4. Add the reserved tomato liquid. Increase the heat to high and bring the sauce to a boil.

Boil it for about 12 minutes or until it starts to thicken. Stir it occasionally and scrape the bottom of the pan to prevent the sauce from burning.

5. Transfer the sauce to a bowl and set it aside for about 1 hour or until it cools to room temperature. Transfer it to a tightly covered storage container and refrigerate it for up to 1 week or freeze it for up to 1 month.

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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.

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“Marvelous” Marvin Hagler celebrates his undisputed world middleweight championship as Thomas “Hitman” Hearns is carried from the ring at Caesars Palace on April 15, 1985. Hagler knocked out Hearns in the third round of the fight. Holding Hagler’s arm is Hall of Fame referee Richard Steele.

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BRINGING THE MAGIC BACK

MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO REMINISCENT OF THE GOLDEN ERA OF BOXING

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language barrier as firm as ropes enclosing a boxing ring separated Henry Gluck from his taxi driver in Bologna, Italy, in the late 1980s.

Gluck made out just enough of the broken English to realize the stranger was inquiring about Gluck’s occupation. The then-CEO and chairman of Caesars World responded with one word that hit like a right cross of recognition.

“Caesars,” Gluck told him.

The cabbie immediately turned around and lifted his fists to mimic a fighter.

“That’s how people identified Caesars,” Gluck said. “That was the first time I ever realized the international significance of hundreds of millions of people seeing our fights on closed circuit around the world.”

With boxing’s latest Las Vegas megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao a few weeks away, many are looking back on earlier bouts to contextualize the stature of the event.

The majority of fights being discussed took place from 1980 to 1996 in the outdoor arena at Caesars Palace.

The space on the southwest side of the property became one of boxing’s most revered venues. The more than 150 bouts contested at the arena cemented Las Vegas as the fighting capital of the world.

“There was something great about those events, something tremendously exciting that can never be duplicated,” said Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank and a legendary promoter who has Pacquiao on his roster. “I remember the huge flag being unfurled in the Caesars towers, the firework displays and how wonderful it was to watch all these great events unfold in open air. It was absolutely breathtaking.”

Gluck and Arum collaborated to host many of the major cards at Caesars Palace, but the origins date back further. The CEO and chairman before Gluck, Cliff Perlman, brought boxing to Caesars in the mid-1970s, mostly with makeshift setups.

Perlman knew Caesars needed something bigger for Muhammad Ali’s 1980 comeback fight against Larry Holmes, so he promised promoter Don King the property would erect a temporary 25,000seat stadium. Construction cost $1 million to complete in 30 days, making the move a massive risk for Caesars.

But it was a risk that paid off as Holmes’ 10th-round technical-decision victory attracted a then-record gate of $6 million and created a fight-night atmosphere that would regenerate for years to come.

“You’d go through the hotel, and it was just packed,” recalled Hall of Fame referee Richard Steele, who officiated more fights at Caesars than he can remember. “Then you’d get outside, see the swimming pool and everyone was excited. You’d get into the arena, and you could just feel it in the air. The air was thick. Everyone was there waiting for a great fight, and it felt like it always reached that goal.”

Holmes’ third fight at the arena, a 13th-round knockout of Gerry Cooney in 1982, prompted Caesars to expand the seating. The fight set a still-standing state record with 29,214 spectators.

But by the time Gluck arrived and Arum started staging fights at Caesars, a more permanent structure was needed.

Arum’s first promotion at Caesars, a unanimous-decision victory for Marvin Hagler over Roberto Duran in 1983, came about the time the roughly 15,000-capacity arena became a fixture. It also was the start of an unofficial round robin at Caesars Palace between legendary middleweights Hagler, Duran, Thomas Hearns and Sugar Ray Leonard.

The four dominant fighters captivated audiences around the world.

Steele remembers his nerves ramping up going into a fight featuring any of the four because he recognized almost everyone ringside.

Hollywood celebrities, music superstars and casino executives had prime seating. The most star-studded event was the 1985 “War”

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between Hagler and Hearns, still considered the most actionpacked three rounds in boxing history.

“After the first round, Joan Rivers looked at me with astonishment and said, ‘Are all the fights like this?’ ” Arum recalled. “I said, ‘No, Joan, you’re watching something special.’ ” Hearns opened a cut on Hagler’s forehead that forced Steele to stop the fight for a medical evaluation early in the third round.

Steele remembers Hagler telling him, “I’m not going to let you stop this fight on a cut.” Sure enough, he knocked out Hearns before the end of the round.

“When I saw Thomas Hearns vs. Marvin Hagler, I thought to myself, there would never be a bigger fight, ever,” said Mayweather, who was 8 years old at the time.

Mayweather contends his bout with Pacquiao will be the first to DOES IT GET ANY surpass Hagler vs. Hearns, but BIGGER THAN THIS? others reference Hagler’s 1987 Las Vegas one day matchup with Leonard at Caecould host another sars. It was a battle so close, no superfight outdoors. one was certain who would get Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, the nod until the announcer read Manny Pacquiao’s promotthe scores declaring Leonard a er, briefly considered the split-decision winner.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway Steele was the closest to the acas a possible setting for tion again, giving him the distincMayweather vs. Pacquiao. tion of refereeing the two biggest Bruton Smith, the comfights of the era. plex’s owner, promised a seating capacity of more “That’s what made my career,” than 100,000 to pique his Steele said. “When I got an assigninterest, Arum said. ment at Caesars Palace, I knew it “I proposed it to the Maywas going to be a great fight.” weather people, and they Caesars Palace’s reign in the weren’t particularly interboxing world extended into the ested,” Arum said. “It would 1990s and included the “Fan Man have been tough to get it fight,” when James Miller interup and going in this short a rupted a heavyweight unificatime.” tion between Riddick Bowe and Arum said other possibiliEvander Holyfield by parachuting ties could be explored in the future. into the ring. The final generationMayweather never has al talent to fight at Caesars was Osaddressed the speedway as car De La Hoya, who knocked out a venue; he said the MGM Julio Cesar Chavez in a 1996 light Grand Garden Arena was his welterweight showdown. only choice for the Pacquiao It would go down as the final fight. bout in the outdoor arena — “I’m always proud to fight though Caesars hosted a handful for the great city of Las of smaller events at a different Vegas,” Mayweather said. outdoor venue in the early 2000s “MGM is the best hotel on — as the resort’s new owners, ITT the planet.”

Corporation, wanted the area to build new hotel towers. The Octavius and Augustus towers, as well as part of the pool complex, take up the space of the arena today.

“It’s unfortunate that Caesars, which had the leg-up on these events, let it fritter away and abandoned the facility to put up a few more rooms,” Arum said. “As a result, I think Caesars lost its position around the world as the major casino brand.”

Gluck harbors less resentment over the decision. He stressed that ITT acted in a way it believed was best for the resort. It just differed from his strategy.

“That didn’t happen during my watch,” Gluck said. “I would have never torn it down. It was very, very special. There was some magic to the fights in those days.”

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Month of Honor Date: May Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho Information: Special purchases and gaming promotions will raise money for Las Vegas military personnel and families served by Veterans Village.

Special menu items, Patriotic Pastries and Meals for a Cause, will be available at restaurants. All Stationowned restaurants and some tenant eateries will offer a “round-up”

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your bill option so diners can make donations. Budweiser will donate up to $15,000 through Station bars that sell Budweiser bottles. The spas at Red Rock Resort and Green Valley Ranch Resort will donate 5 percent of all sales of 50-minute hot stone massages. A percentage of the proceeds from themed gift card sales also will go to the initiative. A portion of the proceeds from poker, blackjack, sports book bets, slot machines and bingo will be donated, and guests may donate their winnings at any kiosk.

MyGeneration Wednesdays Date: Ongoing Locations: All Station properties, Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho Information: For loyalty card holders age 50 and older. 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker; discounts on dining, movies and bowling; slot tournaments from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with a top prize of $1,000. First entry is free; receive up to four additional entries by earning 50 additional base points for each. $250,000 Spring scratch card giveaway Date: Fridays through Sundays Locations: Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho Information: Check the mail or earn 300 base points to receive a scratch card. Loyalty card members who receive a scratch card in the mail will not be eligible to earn additional scratch cards. Card must remain unscratched until the designated time and place.

same-day base points on any slot or video poker machine will be eligible to swipe and spin the wheel. Prizes include $50 in free play, a $25 resort gift card, 5,000 bonus points, a free breakfast buffet and more.

SUNCOAST PALMS $40,000 Spring Has Sprung drawings Date: Fridays through April 24 Time: Drawings at 7 p.m.

Information: Earn drawing tickets with slot play. Earn 2x entries from 4 to 6:30 p.m.; earn 5x entries from 8 p.m. to midnight. Ten winners will be selected each week with a maximum prize of $3,000. Activate at least 10 drawing tickets to receive a bonus of $10 in free slot play the following Saturday.

Play For Prizes – Curb Appeal Date: Through April 24 Information: Points earned may be combined and redeemed for gift cards for Lowe’s and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Points are used to determine prizes, but participants keep their points.

PLAZA 50-plus slot tournament Date: Wednesdays Time: 10 a.m.

Information: Best combined score from two sessions wins $1,000.

Spin and Win Date: Sundays through April 26 Locations: Fiesta Henderson and Fiesta Rancho Time: 4:15 p.m.

Information: Ten players will get a chance to spin the wheel to win up to $5,000.

Young at Heart Date: Wednesdays in April Information: For players 50 and older.

Earn up to 50x points, participate in cash drawings, receive dining discounts and more.

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April Showers of Cash Date: Fridays Time: 2-6 p.m.

Information: Hourly drawings to win $200.

Live money Spring Fling handicapping contest Date: Select Fridays through June Information: A $150 buy-in allows players to wager on five races in win, place and exacta formats. The contest features a $100 bankroll and $20 minimum bet per race. Bettors can win cash prizes or one paid seat to the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge qualifier, worth $1,500. $500,000 Swipe, Spin ‘N Win Date: Sundays through Wednesdays in April Time: 3 a.m.-11 p.m.

Information: Players who earn 300

Grand Thursdays Date: Thursdays Information: Loyalty card members 50 and older receive point multipliers, dining and gaming discounts, and entry into slot tournaments.

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$20,000 Table Games Hot Seat Date: Fridays and Saturdays Time: 7-11 p.m.

Information: Play table games for a share of $2,500 in prizes.

SAM’S TOWN Young at Heart Date: Tuesdays and Wednesdays Information: For players 50 and older. Earn up to 50x points, participate in cash drawings, get dining discounts and more.

Hyundai Sundays Date: Sundays Time: 6:15 p.m.

Information: Earn entries Friday through Sunday.

ELDORADO Free rent giveaway Date: Saturdays Information: One person will win $3,000 to pay three months’ rent or mortgage; five people will win $100 each.

Cash blower Date: Wednesdays Time: 12:30-7:30 p.m.

Information: One person each hour will step into a cash blower. Must be a Prime Rewards member playing a slot machine or live keno to participate.

Four-of-kind pays Date: April Information: Players who hit the designated four-of-a-kind of the day with no wild cards receive a 100-coin bonus in the denomination they are playing.

STRATOSPHERE GOLD COAST / ORLEANS April Showers of Cash Date: Saturdays Time: 2-6 p.m.

Information: Hourly drawings to win $200.

Young at Heart Date: Wednesdays Information: For players 50-plus.

Earn up to 50x points, participate in cash drawings, receive dining

Camaro Point Challenge Date: Through July 15 Information: The top three loyalty card users who collect Camaro points will win cash. The top 50 winners will earn entry into a slot tournament.

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Information: Every five minutes, lightning will strike and one guest will win $100 in free slot play. At 6:55 p.m., six guests will win $250 in free slot play.

April multipliers Date: Wednesdays Information: Earn 5x points on video poker and 10x points on all reels. $60,000 Thunder Rolls drawing Date: April 18 and 25 Time: 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.

Information: Earn entries through April 25. Prizes will increase with each drawing, starting at $1,000 and ending at $250,000.

Bowl set giveaway Date: April Information: Earn 600 video poker points, 300 reel points or a $10 average rated bet for two hours of table play and receive a bowl set.

Bingo T-shirt blowout Date: April 14 and 16 Information: A $4 minimum buy-in earns a free T-shirt at all sessions.

WESTGATE Rockin’ 777 slot tournament Date: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Time: 4-8 p.m.

Information: Free for loyalty club members. The top five winners will receive $100 in free slot play.

RAMPART CASINO $100,000 Cars ’n’ Cash giveaway Date: Fridays and Saturdays in April

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Information: Each night, 14 qualifying round winners will receive cash prizes from $250 to $2,500 and an entry into the grand prize drawing. Winners must be present at the drawing to receive cash prize and entries.

Every 100 points in slot play or one hour with a $10 average bet on table games earns one entry. Guests can earn 10x entries Monday through Thursday. Qualifier drawings will be at 6:15 and 8:15 p.m. weekly. At 9:15 p.m. April 24 and 25, Rampart will draw 10 participants to receive a key, and the key that starts the car will win. The winner may choose between $20,000 cash, a 2015 Toyota Avalon Hybrid or Toyota Rav 4. Patrons may qualify only once during the month.

Spring Fling spin to win Date: Sundays in April Information: Win free play, cash, points and food by playing a kiosk game.

Point multiplier Date: Wednesdays in April Information: Receive 4x points on reels and 2x points on video poker. $25,000 free slot play hot seat drawings Date: Thursdays in April Time: 2-8 p.m.

Information: Winners will be drawn every 15 minutes to win up to $200 in free slot play.

Pirate’s Treasure progressive drawings Date: Last Wednesday of the month Time: 6:15 and 8:15 p.m.

Information: Ten winners at each drawing. The progressive jackpot increases every month it doesn’t hit.

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SILVER SEVENS Nifty 50 slot tournament Date: Wednesdays Time: 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m.

Information: First prize is $1,000.

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EL CORTEZ Spin ’n’ Win Date: Ongoing Information: Earn 100 slot points in one day for a chance to spin a virtual prize wheel.

Sizzle, Smoke & Sub Date: Ongoing Information: Earn 1,500 points in one a day and receive your choice of a free pack of cigarettes, a free Jackie Burger Special or a $5 Subway voucher.

Top of the Hill slot tournament Date: Tuesdays and Wednesdays Time: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Information: Win cash prizes.

Free candy for jackpot winners Date: Through April Information: Players who win a jackpot of $200 or more on a slot machine, a $200-or-more jackpot on a video poker 5-cent or lower denomination machine, a $300-or-more jackpot on a video poker 10-cent or higher denomination machine or a $200-or-more jackpot on live keno will receive a complimentary box of Russell Stover’s Candies. Players who earn two tickets will receive a complimentary box of See’s Candies.

One million point giveaway Date: Saturdays in April Information: Ten club members will be selected randomly to win 100,000 points. Players will receive one virtual drawing ticket for every 200 points earned each day during the week.

$2,000 blackjack tournament Date: Fridays Time: 6-8 p.m.

Information: Throughout the week, guests can qualify to play in a Friday blackjack tournament. The top three winners will receive $250, $750 and $1,000.

JOKERS WILD Rollin’ For Dough Date: Fridays Time: Drawings from 1-9 p.m.

Information: Earn drawing tickets for a chance to roll the dice and win 10x the roll. Two players will be chosen every hour.

MAX CASINO AT THE WESTIN Happy Hour specials Date: Daily Time: 6-8 p.m.

Information: $3 craps and 25-cent

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Information: Celebrate Arizona Charlie’s Decatur’s 27th anniversary. Receive a drawing ticket for every 500 base points earned. For every 2,000 base points earned on select days, play a kiosk game to win points, slot play or a gift. Players who win a gift can redeem their gift voucher or forfeit it for a chance at the grand prize cash drawing. First prize is $10,000; second prize is $7,500; third prize is $5,000; fourth prize is $2,500, fifth prize is $2,000.

Tax Relief Hot Seat Date: April 15 Time: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15 and 8:15 p.m.

Information: Four slot players are guaranteed to win cash. Ace|PLAY red and green members will receive $500 cash, and Ace|PLAY orange and blue members will receive $250 cash.

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ARIZONA CHARLIE’S (BOULDER, DECATUR LOCATIONS) Let’s Celebrate!

Date: Through May 1 Time: Drawing at 8:15 p.m. May 1

5x points Date: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Information: Club members earn 5x points on select slot machines.

JERRY’S NUGGET Up to 5x points Date: Fridays and Saturdays Time: 4 a.m.-11:59 p.m.

Information: Rewards members who swipe their cards at a kiosk receive 3x points, 4x points or 5x points on slot and video poker games.

RIVIERA Diamond Jubilee anniversary Date: April Time: 7 p.m.

Information: For every 600 points earned, loyalty card members will receive entries into Classic Cash Giveaway drawings to win up to $10,000. A grand prize of $10,000 will be given away every Sunday through Friday; second- through ninth-place winners will receive $1,000. Sixty winners will be selected April 18. A grand prize of $6,000 will be awarded each week, with secondthrough 21st-place winners receiving $600 cash and 22nd- through 60th-place winners receiving $60.

A Harley-Davidson motorcycle will be awarded April 25, and a secondchance drawing will be May 2.

Weekly slot tournament Date: Saturdays Time: 1-5 p.m.

Information: The first entry is free.

Receive an additional entry for every 500 points earned that day. First place is $1,000 in slot play. The top 20 players will win slot play prizes that must be used within 24 hours.

Winners must pick up prizes between 6 and 11:59 p.m. the day of the tournament.

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There must be a better way to protect people at bus stops

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ur shoulders slump in despair when we hear the news: A motorist has driven his car onto a sidewalk where people were waiting for a bus.

His car slams into a 58-year-old woman and her 6-year-old granddaughter, killing them both. Others are injured.

The March 30 tragedy is the most recent in a 13-year string of similar crashes that have killed or seriously injured 30 people at valley bus stops. This one occurred along one of the valley’s busiest transit routes, the Sahara Express.

Several years ago, the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada began moving bus benches and shelters farther from the street, driven by studies showing 80 percent of all roadway crashes nationwide are contained to within four feet of the road.

RTC officials suggest little more can be done to protect the lives of people who need a bus to get to work or go shopping.

We’re not so sure.

Another bus stop tragedy could happen anytime, at any stop. There’s only one

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factor in common among these frightening events: the motorist was medically impaired or under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

The RTC operates about 3,600 bus stops, half of which don’t have shelters or benches. Among the other 1,800, by June 2016, the RTC will have pushed 900 at least four feet away from curbs. That will leave another 900 to move, but sidewalks are only so wide and the RTC needs the right-of-way from property owners before it can encroach on private property.

Some owners won’t allow it; others don’t respond to the RTC’s inquiries. Besides, some bus riders won’t use a bench or shelter, preferring to stand near the curb — where they are most vulnerable.

The mismatch between vehicles and pedestrians gets in the craw of Michael King, an expert on street design. He worries that while the auto industry and government have focused heavily on protecting passengers of motor vehicles, other people who use streets, including people at bus stops, remain virtually unprotected.

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“People dying while sitting at a bus stop? That may be the responsibility of a transit agency, but it’s a public health problem,” said King, who works for Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, a New York City firm with government and private clients worldwide. “We’ve developed a very mature industry in protecting drivers and occupants of vehicles.

People can drink, drive and fall asleep at the wheel and still survive because of all the air bags and other protection. But we have a very immature industry in how to protect people waiting for the bus.”

He and others who have studied the issue offer these suggestions: n Install bollards, the stump-like concrete pillars frequently seen as “traffic calmers” at intersections with heavy foot traffic and used to protect the perimeter of government buildings, between benches and the curb. (The RTC says there’s not enough space on Las Vegas’ narrow sidewalks to accommodate them and that if a speeding vehicle were to collide with one, there would be so much flying debris, it would cause even more injuries. King

says bollards can be shaped to deflect an oncoming car back onto the road.) n Place “impact attenuators,” such as the sand-filled plastic barrels that protect highway workers, in front of bus shelters, and turn them into colorful planters.

(Those also could take up too much space.) n Erect curbside guardrails (although they could interfere with passengers exiting or entering a bus). n Paint “Stand back!” warning signs in bright red on the sidewalk, similar to a subway or train station, to persuade pedestrians to step back from passing traffic. n Perhaps the most fundamental answer: We pay for more traffic cops and nail these law-breaking motorists before they kill.

The RTC’s bus shelter and bench advisory committee meets April 16. We hope members will give this issue a fresh look and brainstorm imaginative, effective ways to help protect people who should feel safe on our sidewalks.

And to people standing at the bus stop, we suggest you stay ever-alert and keep an eye on the traffic heading your way.

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Summerlin Half Marathon: The fifth annual marathon features a new 13.1-mile course that begins and ends at Downtown Summerlin. The route includes a scenic tour of Summerlin villages on the trail system, as well as parks and natural arroyos. Lululemon will host a Zumba warmup. 7 a.m., $90-$100, Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, summerlin.com.

Craft festival: Two hundred craft workers from across the country will show handmade items, including jewelry, pottery, leather, woodwork, fiber, glass, sculpture, toys, fine art and weaving. All work featured for sale and display was created by the artist in the booth. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Adults, $7; Seniors 65+, $6; Children 12-17, $2; Children under 11, free; Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, stevepowers.com.

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Art at the Café: More than 30 booths will feature art, crafts and more. A silent auction will benefit the Friends for Life Humane Society.

10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, Rachel’s Kitchen Summerlin, 9691 Trailwood Drive, vegasartwalk.com.

Largest drag show: Not restricted to professionals, all of Las Vegas is invited to participate by donning the fashion of the opposite sex in this attempt to break the world record for largest drag show. Participants who arrive in full drag will receive a free mimosa. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Hard Rock Café Las Vegas, 4475 Paradise Road, 702-733-8400.

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high-stakes matches. Proceeds from ticket sales benefit Three Square Food Bank. 7 p.m., $25, Wynn resort, 3131 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-770-2270.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 FEI World Cup Finals: Some of the world’s top riders, including athletes in the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final and the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final, return to Las Vegas. Event times vary, $200+, Thomas & Mack Center, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlvtickets.com.

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Kickflips vs. Kickdrums: This fundraising competition benefits Girls Rock Vegas and Push Forward Skateboarding, programs that empower youths through music, skate culture and the arts. With performances, live music, raffles, crafts and food. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., $10, 1324 S. Sixth St., 702-860-7557.

Audiences and Art workshop: Audience expert Matt Lehrman will present, “Get Smarter, Grow Stronger & Gain Audiences,” to teach people how to achieve financial success in the arts business. 9 a.m.- noon, free, Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., 702- 229-3515.

Yom HaShoah: The annual observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day features keynote speaker Rabbi Abraham Cooper and a performance by the Desert Winds.

4:30 p.m., free, Congregation Ner Tamid, 55. N. Valle Verde Drive, 702-733-6292.

Income tax education classes: UNLV law students, supervised by a Boyd School law professor and Nevada Legal Services attorney, will discuss and answer questions about filing status, the earned income tax credit, child tax credit, premium tax credit and penalties for not having health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. 2-4 p.m., free, West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., unlv.edu.

“The Squeeze”: This is the Las Vegas premiere of the motion picture that follows the story of a young man convinced by a gambler to use his golf talents to compete in

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Dan Corson will discuss his public art projects. 6:30 p.m., free, Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., 702- 229-3515.

“Defiant Requiem”: A film screening, sponsored by Midbar Kodesh Temple and the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, about a composer imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. 7:30 p.m., free, Midbar Kodesh Temple, 1940 Paseo Verde Parkway, midbarkodesh.org, 702-454-4848.

“The Odyssey”: Chicago musician Joe Goodkin will perform a 30-minute, one-man interpretation of Homer’s “Odyssey”, then lead a conversation about themes in the poem. 7:30 p.m., free, Barrick Museum Auditorium, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlv.edu.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Breaking the Silence rally: In honor of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network’s National Day of Silence, college, high school and middle school students will protest the bullying and harassment of LGBTQ students. 5-6 p.m., free, Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, thecenterlv.org.

Vino and Van Gogh painting party: Learn painting techniques while enjoying wine, beer and appetizers. 6-9 p.m., $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers, Life Time Athletic Summerlin, 10721 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-228-2611.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Community blood drive: All donors will receive two vouchers to the Firelight Buffet at Sam’s Town.

Appointments encouraged. 7 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Sam’s Town, 5111 Boulder Highway, unitedbloodservices.org/lv, 702-233-9620.

Tour De Summerlin: Hundreds of cyclists are expected to participate in this noncompetitive event with40-, 60- and 80-mile rides through the master-planned community. 7 a.m., $65, Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, tourdesummerlin.com.

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10 a.m.-3 p.m., free, Winchester Park and Cultural Center, 3130 McLeod Drive, clarkcountynv.gov.

Anthem ArtWalk: Browse art throughout the Anthem community.

10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, 2810-2929 Bicentennial Parkway, vegasartwalk. com. *Also: Sunday.

Pinwheels for Prevention: In recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month, attend a community awareness event featuring performances by local youth groups, a resource fair and a silent auction.

10 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont St., nic. unlv.edu.

Smokin’ Notes: Enjoy a night of barbecue, beer and classic rock. 1-4 p.m., free, Knickerbocker Park, 10695 Dorrell Lane, providencelv.com.

Tree gardening class: Join a master gardener for a discussion about which trees are recommended for our area, when to plant, irrigation, fertilization, pruning and more.

9 a.m., free, Acacia Park, 50 Casa Del Fuego, 702-257-5555.

ARTrageous Vegas Youth: Journey to the Center of Art: A showcase of paintings, sculptures, drawings and performances by young, local artists and entertainers. 4:30-6:30 p.m., $5.

Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada, 401 S. Maryland Parkway, thecenterlv.org.

Clark County Children’s Festival: The park at Winchester Cultural Center will be transformed into a play land for children with dance and music performances, arts and crafts, exotic animals from Roos-N-More,

New Belgium Brewery dinner: Join chef Michael Van Staden for a dinner paired with New Belgium Brewery beers, ales and lagers. 6:30 p.m., $39, Made L.V., Tivoli Village, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., tivolivillagelv.com.

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Las Vegas’ Reconstruction In the southwest valley, building projects are popping up again after years of delays and defaults

BY ELI SEGALL | STAFF WRITER

When Las Vegas’ construction industry was white hot last decade, few places grew as fast as the southwest valley. ¶ Buoyed by new freeway access and Wall Street’s easy money, investors flipped land for profit and built subdivisions, strip malls, office buildings and hospitals, with even more plans for an area that years earlier was largely open desert. ¶ But business plunged with the recession.

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Nevada’s rank nationally for economic competitiveness, according to the American Legislative Exchange Council’s “Rich States, Poor States” study. Nevada ranked No. 8 in 2014.

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Size, in square feet, of a new Hooters scheduled to open next month near the pool of the Palms. It will be the largest Hooters in the world.

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Sales price of Atlantic City’s Revel casino, approved by a bankruptcy court judge. A Florida developer bought the $2.4 billion casino for about 4 cents on the dollar three years after it opened.

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Permanent jobs in Las Vegas created through investments by the Downtown Project, the $350 million urban renewal effort launched by Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, according to a report by Applied Analysis.

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The senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority talks about the city’s rise as a foodie destination, the future of the city’s convention industry and the biggest issue facing Southern Nevada.

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MEET: GOTTA LOVE CHEESECAKE

Heidi Heath and Kathy Bastian started their dessert business with Grandma’s recipes and a simple philosophy: Treat customers like family, because no one is more important than family.

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DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION

A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P55 The List: Women- and minority-owned businesses, P60

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To help them, the Junior League of Las Vegas and Project 150, a local nonprofit that works with homeless youths, will host a career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 18 at the Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway. Hundreds of teens are participating in workshops to prepare for the event, writing resumes, doing mock interviews and choosing business attire donated through a clothing drive.

“To watch the boys in particular put on ties for the first time was unbelievable,” said Kim Boschee of the Junior League.

“They stood just a little taller.”

Companies and organizations taking part, either by offering jobs and internships or sponsoring the event, include the Ve-

netian, MGM Resorts International, Discovery Children’s Museum, the Clark County School District, UNR, Alpha Landscaping and the Public Education Foundation.

Thanks to their generosity, hundreds of students not only will gain valuable jobmarket experience, they could land jobs that will allow them to pursue their diplomas while still supporting their families.

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John Wilcox, City National Bank’s Nevada regional executive, joined the advisory board of Touro University Nevada.

Safety.

Jarin Ratanapeanchai, Marcus Phillips and Gina Marie Fuller joined Meadows Bank Las Vegas. Ratanapeanchai is a credit administration analyst, WILCOX Phillips is the Spanish Ridge branch manager, and Fuller is a loan operations utility clerk.

Brian Veasey is director of business development at SK+G Global. Veasey previously was business development director at Kastner & Partners.

Jack Easdale, vice president of yield management at Venetian and Palazzo, won VEASEY the UNLV Mentor of the Year award after being nominated by UNLV hotel college student Kaiyang Wu.

Sabrina Carrender is an executive assistant to the Marretti investment team and ZUNIS CARRENDER Chris Zunis is an associate at Colliers. Arleen Dodge is an administrative assistant for the Naseef investment services team at Colliers.

Construction of the James E. and Beverly Rogers Student Center at Nevada State College is scheduled to be completed in July. Jim Rogers, who died last year, was the first chairman of the Nevada State College Foundation and the ninth chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education. He donated almost $275 million to higher education institutions.

Andrew Youkana and Ashlee Zindash are financial service representatives YOUKANA ZINDASH at Clark County Credit Union. Both have been with the company for two years.

The Clark County Credit Union’s 2015 board of directors is: chairman Eric Jorgenson, attorney; vice chairman Doug Spring, UMC Hospital; and secretary/treasurer Lee Haney, H&H Enterprises.

Board members are Ted Olivas, city of Las Vegas; Debbie Conway, Clark County recorder; Assemblyman Glenn Trowbridge; and Ed Zagalo, Clark County Finance Department. The 2015 audit committee includes chairman Dr. Spencer Luth; Marc Joseph, retired Metro Police officer; Sabrina Mercadante, Henderson city clerk; Curtis Myles, Las Vegas Monorail CEO; and Michael Shramm, United Healthcare.

Tiffany East opened Tiffany East PR. She is the former vice president of public relations at the Glenn Group.

Pizza Rock, owned by 11-time World Pizza Champion Tony Gemignani, opened at Green Valley Ranch Resort.

John Adams is business development manager and Jeff Torrecampo is an estimator at Paul Johnson Drywall.

Colleen McKenna is vice president of marketing at Interblock, which produces gaming machines.

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Mike Sutton is executive chef at Culinary Dropout in the Hard Rock Hotel. He previously was sous chef.

Sean Corbett is vice president of digital strategy and planning at MassMedia Marketing, Advertising and PR. Fourteen people joined the Las Vegas Hospitality Association. They are: Chris Lee, Masterpiece Cuisine sales manager; Connie Land, Just CORBETT Because Gifts owner; Jerry Dale, Millers Ale House-Town Square general manager; Phil Reynolds, Relevant Entertainment president; Christina Telese, Border Grill Forum Shops sales and special events manager; Jennifer Holley, Border Grill Forum Shops general manager; Dan Thomsen, Enterprise Rent-a-Car hotel and leisure sales executive; Ryan Welch, Enterprise Rent-a-Car truck rental sales executive; Evan Louie, Kona Ice Las Vegas owner; Gregg Carnes, Truh’st founder; Kyle Smith, Elite Direct AV director of sales; Melissa Ooi, Asp Inc. executive vice president; Tammy Porto Bartolomeo, Asp Inc. account manager; and Steve August, August Entertainment owner.

Tifferney White is the Discovery Children’s Museum CEO and president.

Myisha Williams is media and communications manager at the Nevada Department of Public

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Matt Smith Physical Therapy merged with ATI Physical Therapy, a national company. Matt Smith will continue to own the Nevada clinics.

Lou Hillegass is vice president of operations. Matt Smith has 12 locations in Southern Nevada.

North Las Vegas City Attorney Sandra Douglass Morgan was recognized by the Urban Chamber of Commerce for her contributions to women in business.

Kirk Homeyer is an associate and Kandis McClure is a policy analyst at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Homeyer counsels businesses in corporate and commercial matters, including entity formation, general corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing, and corporate restructuring. McClure joined the firm’s government relations department, focusing on state government. Her background includes work in the public policy, political and health care sectors.

State Farm will sponsor the Nevada Department of Transportation’s Freeway Service Patrol vehicles in Las Vegas and Reno through 2017.

A Goodwill Store and Donation Center opened at 1390 American Pacific Drive, Henderson.

Security Partners, which provides safety and emergency monitoring services, acquired Henderson-based 1 Time Inc., which provides fire systems. Security Partners is opening an operation center in Las Vegas.

City National Bank provided Exotics Racing

a loan package totaling $7.5 million to buy new race cars and expand from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to a racetrack near McCarran International Airport.

The Golden Nugget completed a $6.5 million renovation of its convention center and entrance.

DC Building Group has completed more than $1 million in real estate projects in recent months.

The firm completed the Art of Shaving’s new store in Downtown Summerlin and Ethan Allen’s new 8,995-square-foot store. It also expanded the offices of Design Cell.

Fitmoo, a sales app for athletes, trainers and gym owners, retained Forte PR as its public relations agency.

Collicutt Energy Services Inc. signed a deal with MTU Onsite Energy Diesel and Gas to expand its reach to Nevada. Collicutt provides power generators and ancillary services.

Centennial Hills Hospital was one of 37 hospitals nationwide and the only in Nevada to be recognized by Consumer Reports magazine for preventing surgical-site infections, bloodstream infections from central lines and infections from the use of urinary catheters.

Raising Cane’s opened a new restaurant at 1950 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas.

Zirtual, a Las Vegas-based company that provides businesses with remote assistants, added more than 100 jobs on the West Coast.

Preferred Public Relations is the agency of record for the Downtown Grand.

Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar opened in Downtown Summerlin.

Central Valley Insulation’s parent company, Masco Contractor Services, is a new, independent publicly traded company separate from Masco and named TruTeam; it will trade under the name TopBuild (NYSE:BLD). TopBuild installs and distributes residential insulation.

NetEffect will partner with the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce to offer chamber members a discount on Microsoft Office 365 software.

The Nevada Health Care Association Perry Foundation honored three Southern Nevada post-acute care facilities for performance and quality of nursing-home care. Silver Ridge Health Care Center won the Gold Endeavors Award.

Highland Manor of Mesquite won the Silver Endeavors Award. St. Joseph Transitional Rehabilitation Center won the Bronze Endeavors Award.

Solutions Recovery added 20 licensed beds to its facility at 2975 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas.

Rachel’s Kitchen opened in the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health.

Martin & MacArthur, a Hawaiian furniture and accessory store, opened a store at Grand Canal Shoppes in the Venetian.

SuperShuttle expanded its service area to include Anthem, Seven Hills, Silverado Ranch and Green Valley Ranch.

AT&T made 42 wireless network upgrades in the Las Vegas area last year, adding cell sites, network capacity and wireless high-speed Internet connections. The company launched free Wi-Fi on the Strip and deployed Cell on Wheels (COWs) for network support at major local events.

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Q&A WITH CATHY TULL

‘Never underestimate the power of a relationship’ Cathy Tull has been senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority since 2009 and is one of the key organizers of Vegas Uncork’d, the highly anticipated foodie event celebrating its ninth year this month with events at Aria, Bellagio, Caesars Palace and MGM Grand. what would it be?

I would move us from the bottom of the public school education rankings to the top 10.

Do you have any news or updates about yourself, your work or your company you’d like to share?

The LVCVA is embarking on an exciting program with the Las Vegas Global Business District. This project will propel the growth of trade shows in Las Vegas. It will create jobs and serve as an economic driver in Southern Nevada.

What’s the biggest issue facing Southern Nevada and its residents?

One big issue is that the community does not embrace the fact that we are an economy based on tourism, and unless we support that employment base, we will be working against ourselves.

You are one of the key organizers of Vegas Uncork’d.

What impact does the event have on our city?

Vegas Uncork’d with Bon Appetit allows us to spotlight the amazing culinary scene in Las Vegas. It’s an immersive experience that gives visitors an opportunity not only to enjoy some amazing food at our resort properties but also rub elbows with some of the world’s best chefs.

What are you reading right now?

“Gray Mountain” by John Grisham.

What do you do after work?

I shuttle my kids to activities, enjoy family time and do my email.

Blackberry, iPhone or Android? iPhone 6.

How does Las Vegas rank as a foodie destination?

Las Vegas has become a leading foodie destination. The world’s top chefs have opened restaurants in Las Vegas, and along with having the most master sommeliers in any city in the world, Las Vegas offers a variety of experiences that are unparalleled. High-end dining experiences on the Strip to authentic dining opportunities downtown put us on top.

Describe your management style.

Empower my team to determine their path and collaborate so we are all successful.

Where do you see yourself and your company in 10 years?

As a leader in the travel and tourism industry.

Cathy Tull, senior vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and

What’s the most important Visitors Authority, says Southern Nevada should embrace and support its identity as a thing Las Vegas is doing to tourism-based economy. (CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS/STAFF) brand itself?

What Happens Here, Stays Here. ian. My favorite restaurants are Jain more trade shows. We will also As a destination, we embrace adult vier’s and Pasta Shop. see more rooms — everything from freedom — the ability to make the the Genting project to the reincarexperience what the visitor wants, be What is the best business nation of the Fontainbleau. We will it a seven-course meal at Joël Robuadvice you’ve received, see more outdoor festival experichon or a dayclub/nightclub experiand from whom did it come? ences up and down the Las Vegas ence. Our visitors want to experience John Wilson told me when I first Strip. It will be social and participathe destination in their own way, and moved to Las Vegas 19 years ago that tory. The entire experience of Las our level of variety allows them to acrelationships were the most imporVegas will evolve into a social comcomplish that goal. tant part of business. You can never munity. underestimate the power of a relaWhat will Las Vegas be tionship, especially in Las Vegas.

What’s your favorite food? known for in 10 years?

What’s your favorite local We will be known for our meetIf you could change one restaurant? ing facilities, with the Las Vegas thing about Southern Nevada, My favorite food is Mexican or ItalGlobal Business District bringing

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What is your dream job, outside of your current field?

Photographer for National Geographic.

Whom do you admire and why?

My parents. They raised nine kids and worked tirelessly in upstate New York — believing in faith, hard work and family. They are fulfilled with their life and take pride in their family.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

When people dismiss Las Vegas as frivolous and not a serious place to do business.

What is something that people might not know about you?

I love to cook for my family and friends.

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7 Nevada’s rank among U.S. cities with the most overvalued housing markets, after Austin, Texas; Houston; Phoenix; Riverside, Calif.; Miami; and San Antonio, according to Fitch Ratings.

45 PERCENT Rise in home prices in Las Vegas since mid-2011, despite comparatively modest economic growth, according to Fitch Ratings.

$37.5 MILLION Amount of new debt Allegiant Air took on at the end of March for “general corporate purposes.”

$69.4 MILLION The Cosmopolitan’s operating loss in 2014, compared with a $106.2 million operating loss in 2013.

$203.2 MILLION Casino revenue at the Cosmopolitan in 2014, up 30.7 percent from 2013.

$531.3 MILLION Gaming revenue at Strip casinos in February, down 4.4 percent from February 2014.

$60 MILLION Amount the city of Las Vegas plans to spend on capital projects for parks, roads and building repairs during the next fiscal year, which starts July 1.

1,000 People who applied for 16 positions at Euphoria Wellness, which when it opens this month will be Las Vegas’ first medical marijuana dispensary.

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Heidi Heath, left, and her mother, Kathy Bastian, own and operate Gotta Love Cheesecake, which desserts Bastian and her mother created. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

Making customers feel like family GOTTA LOVE CHEESECAKE family. Family is so important to Address: 5081 N. Rainbow Blvd. #100; us and is the center of our lives.

We are a family-run busiLas Vegas 89130 We want our customers to feel ness specializing in homemade Phone: 702-272-0044 that they are part of our lives, as cheesecakes and other baked Email: gottalovecheesecake@yahoo.com they are so important to us. goods. We serve over 50 cheeseWebsite: gottalovecheesecake.com cake flavors, and that continues Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. to grow as customers ask us to What is your business phiTuesday-Saturday Owned/operated by: Heidi Heath and create different ones for them. losophy?

Kathy Bastian Catering services are also Budgets for a lot of people In business since: Dec. 1 available for almost any funcare tight in today’s economy. If tion. they are going to visit our shop, We encourage our customers we need to make sure they get to feel at home in the shop — they are always welcome the best products for their money. Even more important to come in and watch television, surf the Internet or just than that is they get great service and leave with a smile. have a cup of tea or coffee and relax. We have a little reading area and a growing “lending library” if our customers What is the hardest part about doing business in Las want to come in and grab a book.

Vegas?

There isn’t a great network or learning center for small businesses to access. Most of what we learned to get Where are your recipes from? started is from asking questions of friends who have been The original recipe for cheesecakes came from my in business. It can be discouraging and somewhat frusgrandmother, Helen Steel. For over 60 years, she baked trating to find answers to simple questions. cheesecakes in her kitchen and sold them to some of the best restaurants in Michigan. She was an amazing baker, and I was fortunate enough to have her teach me how to How can Nevada improve its business climate? bake the cheesecakes. As I got older, she allowed me the Setting up a resource center for small businesses would opportunity to play around with her original recipes, be a great start. It is already a scary experience to open a and we came up with some of the newer flavors together. business and outside of the government’s SBA website, When my mother and I opened the shop, it was really a there isn’t a lot of information out there. way for us to live out her dream of having her own bakery.

All of the other goodies we offer are from my mom’s What have you learned from the recession? recipes.

The recession is a big part of the reason we both relocated to Las Vegas, albeit at different times. We both had positions that were eliminated in cost-saving measures What makes your business unique? by large corporations. It taught us that you never take I think it is the atmosphere and the level of service we anything for granted — your whole life can change in an provide. It is crucial to us that when a customer comes in, instant. they don’t feel like a customer — we want them to feel like Describe your business.

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On J.D. Morris’ vegasinc.com story “Reid striving to add ban on online gaming to his political legacy”: Adults have the right to decide what to do with their time and money. If I want to play cards on the Internet, I should be able to do so.

— bmacleod18 Online gaming is a Trojan horse and should be banned.

People simply cannot control themselves and lack the common sense to see the shell game for what it is. Harry is against it — but only because brick-and-mortar gaming is against it.

— topangapalooza On Eli Segall’s vegasinc.com story “Report: Nevada among most financially illiterate states”: Affordability means not what you can afford currently but what you can afford should something happen where you could lose your income or have it significantly reduced. ... You may not be able to party like the rock star neighbor, but you sleep better at night knowing that when it rained and the party was over, you could still turn on the lights.

— VegasIndependent

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technologies for power transmission. Other ou may not think economic GUEST COLUMN: grants support studies on the introducdevelopment overseas would MEL JAMESON tion of intelligent transportation system ripple in Las Vegas, but it can. technologies.

International development Once planning is in place, the USTDA’s means revenue for U.S. businesses when International Business Partnership Program can bring key project contracts are awarded to American companies. decision makers to the United States on reverse trade missions.

Since becoming an independent agency in 1988, the U.S. In 2014, for example, the program supported visits by Brazilian Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) and its predegovernment and private-sector representatives seeking inforcessor organizations have connected American businesses mation on U.S. rail technologies, standards and capabilities. to international economic development contracts. Such Visitors learn by observing design, manufacturing and operacontracts often are for infrastructure projects in emerging tions of relevant U.S. products and services. At the same time, economies, most often in transportation, energy, telecomthey establish connections with potential U.S. contractors, munications, water and environment. which often blossom into work orders and ongoing relationExamples include more than $2 billion in contracts awardships. USTDA also directly hires U.S. contractors, predomied to U.S. firms to upgrade the Cartagena Refinery in Colomnantly small businesses, for technical analyses and feasibility bia and more than $10 million in sales of U.S. equipment for studies conducted through its Project Development Program. the modernization of the Mexican transportation system.

On April 22, the USTDA’s regional director for Latin In effect, USTDA generates business for U.S. companies by America and the Caribbean will visit Las Vegas to explain getting involved early in the planning process for projects, these programs, opportunities the agency offers and how providing technical advice to the sponsoring foreign governNevada businesses can take advantage of them. ment agency or organization.

Businesses and companies can register for the presentaThe agency’s Project Development Program does this tion by contacting Anna Drury at anna.drury@unlv.edu or by supporting feasibility studies, technical assistance and 702-895-3608. pilot projects. Examples include grants for feasibility studMel Jameson is director of international initiatives and a ies (Brazil), regulatory framework development (Mexico) professor of finance in the Lee Business School at UNLV. and system design (Colombia) for implementing smart grid

SMITH’S WORLD

Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las Vegas Sun. His work also is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate.

See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

Nevada should be the poster child as to why states should refuse the development of more casinos.

— jaquekeno

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Las Vegas homes among nation’s most overvalued

BY ELI SEGALL STAFF WRITER

Las Vegas’ housing market is one of the most overvalued in the country, as investors pushed up prices amid limited supply and a sluggish economy, a report says.

Fitch Ratings said housing demand in Las Vegas, along with other boomand-bust areas including Miami and Phoenix, has been “bolstered” by outside investors.

The cities also have high rates of underwater homeowners, restricting the number of properties for sale.

In these areas, small changes in demand have had “an outsized impact on price,” and growth is “expected to be more fragile than true demand-based expansion,” Fitch analysts wrote.

The research and bond-ratings company ranked Las Vegas the seventh most overvalued market in the The median sales price of a single-family home in Southern Nevada was $205,000 nation, after Austin, Texas; Houston; in March, up 5 percent from a year ago. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF FILE) Phoenix; Riverside, Calif.; Miami; than try to unload their homes. escaped underwater status the past and San Antonio.

Home prices in Las Vegas, Phoenix, few years, according to housing-data Las Vegas home prices, despite Riverside and Miami — case studies firm Zillow, thanks to the investorslowing in recent months, have been for last decade’s bubble and burst — fueled upswing in values. But 26 perclimbing at one of the fastest rates in all have climbed more than 45 percent of Southern Nevada homeownthe country the past few years. cent since mid-2011, “despite comers still are underwater, third highest The valley also has one of the highparatively modest economic growth,” among large U.S. metro areas. est rates of underwater borrowers Fitch said.

Such homeowners need bank ap— people whose mortgage debt outInvestors swooped in for lowproval to sell their houses, a lengthy, weighs their home value — in the priced homes after the economy coloften hair-pulling process known as nation, reflecting once-widespread, lapsed, often turning them into renta short sale. Banks don’t always sign bloated prices and the easy mortgage als. They helped battered housing off on the deals, and many borrowlending behind them. markets recover, pushing up prices at ers probably choose to stay put rather Nearly 149,000 valley homeowners

eye-popping rates and raising fears of another bubble.

But the investors left markets “dependent on external demand sources,” according to Fitch. These days, investors have been backing out from Las Vegas and other cities, and pricegrowth has cooled substantially.

Fitch said it does not expect “significant declines” in Las Vegas and other overvalued markets, but those areas are “more susceptible” to slumping prices than cities fueled by “strong underlying fundamentals.”

The median sales price of singlefamily homes in March in Southern Nevada was $205,000, up 5 percent from a year ago, according to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, which mostly tracks previously owned homes.

By comparison, single-family home prices jumped 57 percent in two years after the market bottomed out, from a median $118,000 in January 2012 to $185,000 in January 2014.

Some analysts say that, with investors backing out, Las Vegas will have to depend more on traditional buyers. But that could turn the slowdown into a slump, as Nevadans have some of the worst personal finances in the country, and many locals can’t get a mortgage because of tighter lending requirements.

“We’re not in a healthy situation,” John Restrepo, principal of RCG Economics, said last fall.

Report: Nevada among most financially illiterate states

BY ELI SEGALL STAFF WRITER

Nevada is near the bottom of yet another ranking of Americans’ financial health, with dismal findings of consumer spending habits.

The Silver State is second-last among U.S. states and the District of Columbia for its percentage of residents who spend more money than they make; third-last for the share of residents who borrow from nonbank lenders; and fourth-last for people who pay only the minimum balance on their credit card bills, according to a report from personal-finance website WalletHub. The report also ranked Nevada 46th for its share of residents with at least a bachelor’s degree; 40th for its percentage of residents with a rainy

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day fund; 38th for its high school dropout rate; and 32nd for its share of unbanked households.

Overall, WalletHub ranked Nevada second-worst in the country for financial literacy, behind Mississippi.

New Hampshire was No. 1.

The findings reinforce Nevada’s dubious distinction as having some of the worst personal finances in the country.

In January, the nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development said many Nevadans are unable to “build a secure economic future,” as the state is racked by some of the highest rates of lousy consumer credit, bankruptcies, foreclosures, underemployment, mortgage delinquencies and uninsured residents.

The Washington, D.C., advocacy

group for lower-income Americans ranked Nevada’s overall economic health 48th in the nation. Two years ago, it ranked Nevada last, saying a majority of residents were living “on the edge of financial disaster” with almost no savings to fall back on.

Meanwhile, U.S. banking regulators last fall reported that in Las Vegas, more people used check-cashing and payday loan companies than national averages, and a rising number of locals did not have a bank account.

About 15 percent of Las Vegas-area households reported using an “alternative financial service” in the past 30 days when surveyed in 2013, compared to 12 percent nationally, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Also, 6.9 percent of Las Vegas-area

households were “unbanked” in 2013, meaning they did not have an account with an insured institution such as a bank or credit union. That was below the national rate of 7.6 percent but up from 2011, when the rate locally was 6.2 percent, the FDIC found.

Alternative lenders typically charge high interest rates and are used by people who need cash quickly and don’t qualify for a traditional bank loan.

Such customers typically borrow a few hundred dollars at a time, but triple-digit interest rates are often the norm.

In Nevada, payday lenders charge an average annual interest rate of 521 percent, one of the highest rates in the country, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts.

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Abandoned luxury apartment complex ready for sale

BY ELI SEGALL STAFF WRITER

When Paula Lane toured Vantage Lofts a few years ago, the stylish, mothballed Henderson condo complex was a scary sight.

Windows were boarded up, birds were flying inside, upscale appliances had vanished, and air conditioners were caked in dirt. At one point, a homeless person moved into the sales office across the street, where the original developers had set up shop to sell million-dollar homes before they abandoned the project.

Today, Vantage is a rental property that’s almost fully leased, charging prices that dwarf most apartment Vantage Lofts, an upscale apartment complex in Henderson, was mothballed during buildings in the valley. And having the recession and now is nearly fully leased. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF) turned the project around, the landwithout having to deal with maintecomment. lord is looking to cash in. nance, mortgages and other aspects Perched on a hill at Gibson Road Vantage owner John Goodman, of of homeownership. and Paseo Verde Parkway, with clear Seattle, is under contract to sell the Real estate insiders question views of the Strip and downtown, 10-acre, 110-unit project, according whether too many developers are Vantage charges $1,400 to $4,545 per to brokers with knowledge of the deal. chasing a small number of customers, month in rent. That’s far above the Neither the buyer’s identity nor the but Vantage’s lease-up shows “there’s valley’s average rental price of $866 sales price could be confirmed, but some untapped potential out there” per month, according to Colliers Inbrokers said Goodman, who bought for the high-end market, Colliers broternational.

Vantage for $10 million in 2013, was ker Garry Cuff said.

Vantage opened last spring and is seeking at least $44 million.

Max Goncalves, a 71-year-old Braeasily one of the most expensive rentListing broker John Cunningham, zilian native and software executive, al properties in Southern Nevada. But of Jones Lang LaSalle in Phoenix, moved to Vantage last August. He had with such perks as gourmet kitchconfirmed Vantage was being sold an apartment in Turnberry Towers, ens, floor-to-ceiling windows and a and said he expected the deal to close near the Strip, but wanted something sleek pool area, it’s finding renters. in the next 45 to 60 days. He declined quieter, away from the craziness of As of last month, 102 units had been to give other details about the sale. the resort corridor. leased, according to Vantage busiSome investors who eyed the propHe learned about Vantage online, ness manager Jeffery Arterberry. erty discussed paying around $30 and the staff told him the property’s It’s one of several new, high-end million, according to broker Patrick troubled history. apartment complexes in the valley Sauter, managing partner of NAI Ve“That was very nice, because usualbringing big prices and loads of amegas. ly when you go to rent an apartment, nities to a largely no-frills, look-alike “There’s some crazy money out it’s all marvelous, no problems,” he rental market. Investors are targetthere, so maybe (he) got more,” Sausaid. ing well-heeled professionals and ter said of Goodman.

Slade Development pursued the retirees who want a luxury lifestyle Goodman did not return a call for

$160 million project during the boom years, with condos priced from $400,000 to $1.6 million. Vantage was scheduled to open in 2007, but Slade mothballed it, partially built, in spring 2008 and filed bankruptcy for the project that June. The developers claimed about $72 million in liabilities for Vantage and $45 million in assets, namely the property itself.

Slade co-owner Justin Slade filed personal bankruptcy in 2009, reporting in court records to have $70 million in liabilities and $7 million in assets. His assets included a home and lot in Summerlin that he and his wife later lost to foreclosure; a 9 mm handgun valued at $400; an 8-yearold dog named Gracie, valued at $20; and two lizards, Draco and Chico, valued at $10 combined. Slade Development is apparently defunct, and Justin Slade could not be located for comment.

Vantage sat untouched for years, a visible scar of the building bust. In early 2012, Las Vegas-based Rothwell Gornt Companies bought it out of bankruptcy for an undisclosed sum.

Company principal Rich Crighton later said his group planned to spend $15 million to finish Vantage, but instead, he flipped it to current owner Goodman, founder of Goodman Real Estate, in summer 2013.

Lane, regional marketing director for property manager Pinnacle, had visited Vantage a year before, to check the place out for a possible buyer. She walked through the abandoned complex, with birds “divebombing around my head.”

“It was a pretty scary thing,” she said of touring the property, “and I did it during the middle of the day.”

Las Vegas headed into new fiscal year with balanced budget

BY CONOR SHINE STAFF WRITER

For the first time since 2007, Las Vegas’ budget will be in the black heading into the next fiscal year.

“Our outlook has improved greatly,” City Manager Betsy Fretwell said.

“Things are recovering and we’re starting to see that in our numbers.”

The city expects its general fund budget, which pays for government operations, to grow by 6.4 percent to $523 million next fiscal year, which starts July 1.

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Increased costs, meanwhile, are being driven by raises for some union employees, increased funding for Metro Police and the addition of 57 new positions.

Those new jobs will be scattered among various departments, including Parks and Recreation, Public Works and Human Resources. Even with the additional positions, however, the city’s workforce will be about 20 percent smaller than it was prior to the recession.

“We’re still behind. We’re trying to

restore as we can, but we don’t have the revenue to restore all of our services,” Chief Financial Officer Mark Vincent said.

The increased costs will be offset by higher property and sales tax revenues.

The arrival of the city’s new medical marijuana industry also has helped boost the bottom line, growing the fees it receives for business licensing by 5 percent compared with the current fiscal year.

The improving budget picture also

will allow the city to invest $60 million in capital projects for parks, roads and repairs to city buildings.

Although the upcoming fiscal year will be the first the city starts with a balanced budget in nearly a decade, it has managed to balance its budget without drawing on reserves each of the past three years by cutting costs and greater-than-anticipated revenue.

The city’s tentative budget will be submitted to the state for review before a final approval from the council in May.

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‘We know the worst is past us, and that gives people confidence’

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT IN SOUTHERN NEVADA

Today, as the economy improves, few places are getting as much action.

Developers are building or planning to construct apartment complexes, industrial properties, big-box retail and single-family homes around the 215 Beltway between Interstate 15 and Flamingo Road.

The area is far from booming, and there remain huge tracts of raw land throughout the southwest, most of which likely won’t be developed anytime soon. And not everyone is cheering the current workload amid fears that some investors are piling in too quickly and overbuilding again.

But overall, the resurgence highlights the steady comeback of a onceA carpenter works on an apartment complex at Hualapai and Peace ways. At least battered industry that, for many a dozen are under construction in the southwestern valley. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF) people, offers visual evidence that Southern Nevada’s sluggish economy 110K 110,000 is on the mend.

103,600 In June 2006, near the height of 100K 99,500 the real estate bubble, 112,000 peo94,500 ple in the Las Vegas area worked in 90K construction. That number plunged 69 percent to 34,800 workers in early 80K 2012, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.

70K 69,000 Today, 48,500 people work in construction locally, up 39 percent from 60K the depths of the recession.

“We know the worst is past us, and 50K that gives people confidence,” said 46,800 43,900 Scott Gragson, a land broker and in40K 40,300 vestor.

37,800 35,300 Projects underway or on the draw30K ing board in the southwest include: n IKEA’s 351,000-square-foot 20K furniture superstore, which broke ground April 9 and is slated to open 10K in summer 2016 n Panattoni Development Co. 0 APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL APRIL partner Doug Roberts’ two-building 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 warehouse project, Jones Corporate Source: Associated General Contractors of America Park, which is scheduled to break ground this month n Australian slot-machine makthe valley’s most popular residential Catamaran Corp. er Ainsworth Game Technology’s areas.

300,000-square-foot Americas n At least a dozen apartment comRent in several sectors — apartheadquarters, poised to open by midplexes and thousands of single-famiment, office, industrial and retail — 2016 ly homes. typically is higher and vacancy rates Developers are drawn to the area n The Molasky Group of Compaare lower in the southwest than in for several reasons. There is plenty of nies’ two-story, 110,000-square-foot other parts of the valley with lots of land, it’s a quick drive to the Strip and industrial building at the UNLV Harland, including the northwest and to McCarran International Airport, ry Reid Research and Technology North Las Vegas. and it’s roughly equidistant from Park, which the company plans to Moreover, Clark County commisSummerlin and Green Valley, two of lease to prescription-drug manager

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sioners in May 2013 voted unanimously to open roughly 3,600 acres, mostly in the southwest, to potential residential and other development.

Airplanes, thanks to advanced technology, aren’t as loud as they used to be, so the county agreed to shrink McCarran’s noise contour.

IKEA executives had been eyeing the Las Vegas market for almost 10 years, waiting for the population to pass 2 million, and were “very much focused” on sites along the Beltway with good visibility and access, spokesman Joseph Roth said.

The popular Swedish retailer needed a large site for its megastore.

Land ownership in the southwest is fractured heavily, so assembling a big tract can be a headache. The spot IKEA wanted, 26 acres at the southwest corner of South Durango Drive and West Sunset Road, was owned by one investor, and the chain paid a hefty price for it: $21.3 million.

The sale, by M.J. Dean Construction founder Michael Dean, closed in December. IKEA paid $819,328 per acre. Valleywide last year, land investors paid an average $276,422 per acre, according to brokerage firm Colliers International. Roth said the company paid “a fair price” for the property.

Meanwhile, Ainsworth CEO Danny Gladstone decided a few years ago he wanted to build the company’s Americas headquarters near the southeast corner of South Jones Boulevard and West Sunset Road, said Mike Dreitzer, the company’s president of North American operations.

Site work is underway. When finished, the property will have warehouse and manufacturing space, as well as offices for sales, marketing and finance personnel. It’s close to customers and the airport, and just 2 miles east of rival International Game Technology’s campus.

“We think it really is the new center of the gaming equipment manufacturers’ corridor,” Dreitzer said.

For large projects, though, the biggest source of development in the southwest is apartments.

Investors have been buying rental properties throughout Southern Ne-

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A worker walks along the rooftop of an apartment complex under construction at Tropicana Avenue and the 215 Beltway. The valley’s economic collapse created a big pool of potential renters by wreaking havoc on residents’ finances, and developers aim to cash in. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

vada at a fast pace in recent years.

The valley’s economic collapse created a big pool of potential renters by wreaking havoc on residents’ finances. Foreclosures, bankruptcies and short sales swept through the region, making it impossible for many people to obtain a mortgage, let alone afford a down payment.

Apartment construction lagged investment sales, but now it’s picking up speed. After opening just 367 units valleywide in 2013, developers completed about 1,700 units last year. As of December, they were projected to open roughly 5,750 units this year and almost 2,000 more in 2016, according to brokerage firm CBRE Group. Among current or planned projects, roughly 50 percent of the new units are in the southwest valley.

But developers may be getting ahead of themselves. They are building faster than demand calls for, RCG Economics principal John Restrepo said.

“It’s a great location, (but) that’s a little too much at one time,” CBRE

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broker Spencer Ballif added.

Nevada West Partners is the biggest developer in the southwest, with five projects totaling 1,600 units planned or underway. Partner Martin Egbert, whose group has developed apartments in the valley since the late 1980s, said he isn’t concerned investors might be overbuilding and possibly pushing down rental rates.

Properties his group opened in recent years — often higher-end residences with lots of amenities — are almost fully occupied and command big prices, he said.

Homeownership rates nationally are at record lows, he said, partly because more people who can afford to buy are choosing to rent instead.

“They’ve seen the swings in real estate prices ... and they like the flexibility afforded by being a renter,” Egbert said.

The southwest’s fast-paced growth started around the early 2000s when the Beltway expanded, offering freeway driving instead of dusty back roads. Investors flipped land and built properties, but work ground to

a halt when the recession toppled the valley, leaving the southwest a checkerboard of open desert, finished projects and abandoned construction sites.

“Nobody was doing anything,” CBRE broker Greg Tassi said.

Projects got stuck on the drawing board, too, including Station Casinos’ Durango Station resort on Durango Drive just south of the Beltway.

In September 2008, less than two weeks before investment firm Lehman Brothers collapsed, helping to trigger the U.S. financial crisis, Station spokeswoman Lori Nelson said the resort tentatively was scheduled to open in 2011. “The plans are done, they are ready to go, and it will really be contingent on timing based on the economic conditions,” she said at the time.

Today, the land is undeveloped, and a Station sign there advertises plans for a 120,000-square-foot casino with 1,000-room hotel. The sign also warns “No Dumping — No Trespassing.”

Nelson said this month the company has no development timeline

for the site.

At the peak of the bubble, land in the southwest valley frequently sold for $1 million an acre. Today, listing prices are a fraction of that but rising, typically ranging from about $300,000 an acre to $700,000 per acre, Gragson said.

One line of business that boomed with the Beltway was home construction. The southwest has been the top submarket in the valley ranked by homes sold for about 10 years, Home Builders Research President Dennis Smith said.

Builders sold 2,016 homes there last year, a third of all new-home sales in Southern Nevada, he said.

The second-best market, the northwest, had 1,520 sales.

Perhaps the biggest project in the southwest before the freeway expansion was developer Jim Rhodes’ sprawling Rhodes Ranch community on South Durango Drive at West Windmill Lane.

“It was considered to be out in the middle of nowhere,” Smith said. “But the Beltway changed that.”

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Calendar of events TUESDAY, APRIL 14 Henderson Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members, $45 for nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins Location: Cancun Room, Fiesta Henderson, 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com/ events Len Christopher, Republic Services general manager, will discuss the company’s recycling efforts.

Collaboration & Community: USGBC Nevada and Sustainability Partners Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $20 for members of the U.S. Green Building Council and sustainability partners, $35 for nonmembers Location: InNEVation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., Suite 331, Las Vegas Information: Visit usgbcnv.org Representatives of U.S. Green Building Council Nevada Chapter, Green Our Planet, Desert Research Institute, Green Alliance and other sustainability organizations will outline their plans.

Clark County Association of Health Underwriters meeting Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $30 for members with RSVP, $35 for members at the door; $40 for nonmembers with RSVP, $45 for nonmembers at the door Location: Sierra Gold, 6515 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas Information: Visit clarkcountyahu.org Marketing experts Bob and Cheryl Thode will discuss engagement marketing using social media.

Business networking Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free for Social Register members, $20 for nonmembers Location: House of Blues Foundation Room, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call Mary Grace Yniguez at 702256-0123 Expand your network and establish relationships with local business owners and executives.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15 American Institute of Architects meeting: Designing Healthy Communities Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: Free for members, $30 for nonmembers, $50 at the door Location: Historic Fifth Street School auditorium, 401 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas Information: Visit aialasvegas.org Dr. Richard J. Jackson, a pediatrician and chairman of environmental health sciences at the School of Public Health at UCLA, will be the guest speaker.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16 NAIOP Southern Nevada April breakfast meeting Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members, $40 for

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Businesspeople mingle during a networking mixer at Texas Station. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF FILE)

nonmembers Location: The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas Information: Visit naiopnv.org Panelists Doug Roberts of Panattoni Development Company, John Stewart of Juliet Land Company, Fritz Wyler of Prologis and moderator Dan Doherty of Colliers International will discuss development in Southern Nevada.

Building Owners and Managers Association mixer Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $35, RSVP by April 10 Location: Neon Museum, 770 Las Vegas Blvd.

North, Las Vegas Information: Visit bomanevada.org Appetizers and drinks will be served as guests network and tour the museum.

Consul General of India Venkatesan Ashok, Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., and Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., are scheduled to attend the event, which will include dancing, a fashion show and a program on doing business in India.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21 Risk Management Society educational session Time: 11 a.m. Cost: $27 for members, $30 for nonmembers Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Visit nevada.rims.org Jeff Phillips of PricewaterhouseCoopers will discuss how risk managers should approach cyber security.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 FRIDAY, APRIL 17 Latin Chamber of Commerce meeting Time: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $40 for members with RSVP, $45 for nonmembers with RSVP, $50 at the door Location: Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, 710 W. Lake Mead Boulevard, North Las Vegas Information: Visit lvlcc.com Fred Keeton, vice president of external affairs and chief diversity officer at Caesars Entertainment, will be the guest speaker.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18 Las Vegas India Chamber of Commerce installation of officers and reception Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $75 for members, $85 for nonmembers, $100 for VIPs and at the door Location: Nevada Ballroom at Gold Coast, 400 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas

Keystone luncheon Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Cost: $35 Location: Veil Event Pavillion, Silverton Hotel, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit keystonenevada.com Mark Tucker, a fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, will discuss how Nevada’s education system can compete with the world’s best.

“Beyond Our Borders: Export Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean” Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $45 in advance, $55 at the door; RSVP required Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, Fashion Show Mall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Email anna.drury@unlv.edu Nathan Younge, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency’s regional director for Latin America will discuss export opportunities.

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Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES CHAPTER 7 Allstar Paint & Body LLC 7833 Brent Leaf Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89131 Attorney: Seth D. Ballstaedt at seth@ballstaedtlaw.com

BID OPPORTUNITIES TUESDAY, APRIL 14 2:15 p.m.

Government Center sanitary sewer improvements Clark County, 603632 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov 2:30 p.m.

Two-year open-term contract for safety vests State of Nevada, 8315 Annette Morfin at amorfin@admin. nv.gov

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Sunset Road, Jones Boulevard to Decatur Boulevard Clark County, 603602 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov

FRIDAY, APRIL 17 2:15 p.m.

Western Clark County 215 Bruce Woodbury Beltway, Craig Road to Hualapai Way Clark County, 603576 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m.

Annual requirements contract for janitorial services at Desert Breeze Recreation and Aquatics Center Clark County, 603649 Deon Ford at deonf@clarkcountynv.gov

BROKERED TRANSACTIONS SALES $880,000 for 7,639 square feet, industrial 5966 Topaz St., Las Vegas 89120 Seller: Flog LLC Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: Mailmax Mailing Solutions LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $690,000 for 7,500 square feet, office 3620 & 3627 Sunset Road, Las Vegas 89120 Seller: Sunset Pecos II LLC Seller agent: Jason Lesley and Bridget Richards of Colliers Inter-

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national Buyer: Whatcom Investments Inc. Buyer agent: Did not disclose $625,000 for 1 acre, land 4620 Blue Diamond Road, Las Vegas 89139 Seller: RMS Inc. Seller agent: David Grant of Colliers International Buyer: Washworks Express LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose

LEASES $348,973 for 11,500 square feet, industrial for 60 months 3525 and 3555 W. Naples, Las Vegas 89103 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Sean Simon and Gabe Telles of Gatski Commercial Tenant: Avalante LLC Tenant agent: Earl Barbeau of Berkshire Hathaway $180,431 for 2,821 square feet, office for 60 months 9081 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117 Landlord: WDE Lakes LLC Landlord agent: Lauren Tabeek of Voit Real Estate Services Tenant: Budget Van Lines Inc. Tenant agent: Did not disclose $141,237 for 4,232 square feet, industrial for 60 months 4301 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89103 Landlord: BKM Capital Partners Landlord agent: Stacy Debie, Ali Roesener and Gabe Telles of Gatski Commercial Tenant: Advanced Creative Gaming Tenant agent: Gene Proctor of Realty Executives $76,032 for 1,920 square feet, industrial for 38 months 4525 Spring Mountain Road, Suite 109, Las Vegas 89102 Landlord: Mountain Point LLC c/o Virtus Commercial Landlord agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial Tenant: Ben Ashel of Puppy Heaven Tenant agent: Richard Brodkin of Realty One Group

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Records and Transactions Address: 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 800, Las Vegas Owner: Seth Debowy

Address: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Tynara Uba

Vida Realty Business type: Real estate sales Address: 500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas Owner: Jesus M. Corrales W.X.W. Business type: General retail sales Address: 900 N. Lamb Blvd., Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Doraid J. Suleiman WECAN Business type: General retail sales Address: 1771 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Owner: Wellness Education Cannabis Advocates of Nevada Wendy Bowles Business type: Nonfarm product vendor Address: 302 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Wendy Ann Bowles Worth It Business type: Residential property maintenance Address: 2725 Palma Vista Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Billy Neal A-One Inc. Business type: General retail sales Address: 3901 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Woodrow Wiley Jr. Accolade Law Business type: Professional services Address: 3100 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 112, Las Vegas Owner: Robert R. Telles PC Activated Solutions Business type: General retail sales Address: 1212 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: MMI 2 LLC

101, Las Vegas Owner: Cody J. Raynoha

Vegas Owner: Jodi Tiahrt

Ana N. Hewitt-Modest Closet Business type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite E08, Las Vegas Owner: Ana Hewitt

Constellation Catering LLC Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 10695 W. Dorrell Lane, Las Vegas Owner: James Woodrow

Emunique Mercantile Business type: Nonfarm product vendor Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Bonnie Nelson

Atelier by Square Salon Business type: General retail sales Address: 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 135, Las Vegas Owner: R&B Royal Palms 2 Corporation

Craig Discount Mall Business type: Business space rent or lease Address: 4821 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas Owner: Craig Discount Mall Inc.

Envision Electric Business type: Contractor Address: 1026 Astounding Hills Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose

Avilez Law Business type: Professional services Address: 700 S. Third St., Las Vegas Owner: Law Office of Maria Perez Avil

David’s Towing Business type: Automobile towing service Address: 456 E. Sunset Road, Las Vegas Owner: Juan D. Castillo

Avilla Beauty Business type: General retail sales Address: 1038 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Kayan Andreina Hung Big O Tires Business type: Automotive garage/service station (minor) Address: 2061 Rock Springs Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Western Automotive Group LLC Big Time Amusement Business type: Coin amusement machine Address: 5740 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Big Time Amusement Inc. Blow Smoke and Gift Business type: Tobacco sales/ lounge Address: 5860 W. Craig Road, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Blow Smoke and Gift Shop LLC

Aldrinz General Merchandise Business type: Tobacco dealer Address: 1040 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 103, Las Vegas Owner: Robert O. Ejercito

Build a Better Las Vegas Business type: Management or consulting service Address: 124 S. Sixth St., Suite 236, Las Vegas Owner: Build a Better Las Vegas LLC

All American Lawn Maintenance Business type: Residential property maintenance Address: 2101 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 3425, Las Vegas Owner: Phillip Linenschmidt

Cigarettes Plus Business type: Tobacco sales/ lounge Address: 5015 E. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas Owner: Savita Patel

Allstar Event Services Inc. Business type: General services (counter/office) Address: 2901 Highland Drive, Suite 14C, Las Vegas Owner: Jerry Newton

Clint Whiting Business type: Real estate sales Address: 1925 Village Center Circle, Suite 150, Las Vegas Owner: Innovative Consultants LLC

Alter Ego Beauty Depot Business type: General retail sales

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Cody J. Raynoha Business type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite

Eurest Dining Services Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 400 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Compass Group USA

Davit Hakobyan Business type: Real estate sales Address: 3160 W. Sahara Ave., Suite A13, Las Vegas Owner: Davit Hakobyan

Expo Nails Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 3872 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Duc Nguyen

Diamond Wireless Business type: General retail sales Address: 4300 Meadows Lane, Suite 1540, Las Vegas Owner: Diamond Wireless LLC

Four Hands Business type: General retail sales Address: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Four Hands LLC

Divine Cafe Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 770 Las Vegas Blvd.

North, Las Vegas Owner: Ynie LLC

Gregory & Waldo LLC Business type: Professional services Address: 1701 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 600, Las Vegas Owner: Amanda Gregory

Downtown Beauty Co. Business type: General retail sales Address: 707 Fremont St., Suite 1140, Las Vegas Owner: Downtown Beauty Company LLC

Griffin Rehearsal Studios Business type: General services (counter/office) Address: 32 W. Imperial Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Gary Coveney

Downtown Las Vegas Events Center Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 200 S. Third St., Las Vegas Owner: Downtown Las Vegas Events Center LLC

Hacienda Gardens Catering Inc. Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 4250 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 10, Las Vegas Owner: Alicia Janette Perez

DTS Pharmacy & Compounding Business type: Professional services - medical Address: 2208 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite B, Las Vegas Owner: Divine Touch Services, Pharmacy & Compounding LLC Eide Bailly LLP Business type: Professional services Address: 8485 W. Sunset Road, Suite 204, Las Vegas Owner: Megan A. Schimick Empower Nutrition LLC Business type: Express or delivery service Address: 6235 S. Pecos Road, Las

Happy Kids Ice Cream Business type: Ice cream truck Address: 2850 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Aldo R. Mora Headmasters Barbershop Business type: General retail sales Address: 1367 W. Owens Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Headmasters Plaza LLC Hercules Man-Power USA Business type: General retail sales Address: 400 S. Fourth St., Suite 500, Las Vegas Owner: Daniel Lee McGee Hoppe Law Ltd. Business type: Professional services

Address: 601 S. Rancho Drive, Suite A7, Las Vegas Owner: Craig A. Hoppe I15 Auto Sales Business type: Automotive sales with minor repair Address: 2901 Highland Drive, Suite 2B, Las Vegas Owner: Desert Enterprise Group LLC In House Remodeling LLC Business type: Contractor Address: 6136 Sundown Crest St., Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose Intermex Wire Transfer LLC Business type: General retail sales Address: 3031 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite D, Las Vegas Owner: Darrell Ebbert JB’s II Shoes & Clothes Business type: General retail sales Address: 1324 D St., Las Vegas Owner: Marcus A. Brown Janie Wheeler Business type: Real estate sales Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Janie Wheeler Jason Robert Prindl Business type: Real estate sales Address: 1050 Indigo Drive, Suite 115, Las Vegas Owner: Jason R. Prindl Javier Mendez Business type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Javier M. Mendez, a professional corporation Jennifer Valdez Business type: Real estate sales Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 200, Las Vegas Owner: Jennifer Valdez Jewelry Art by Athena Business type: General retail sales Address: 707 Fremont St., Suite 2260, Las Vegas Owner: Athena Manasses JJB Cleaning Solutions LLC Business type: Residential property maintenance Address: 3628 Durant River Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Omar Ortega

BUILDING PERMITS $2,873,850, education building 2840 Via Contessa, Henderson Ethos Three Architecture $2,500,000, commercial-highrise 300 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Penta Building Group Inc.

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Records and Transactions $1,980,000, commercial-mercantile/store 6361 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Hobby Lobby Sstores Inc. $490,766, commercial-remodel 2270 Corporate Circle, Suite 100, Henderson Titanium Building Group LLC $352,950, commercial-new 1300 W. Sunset Road, Suite 1950, Henderson Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. $279,024, residential-new 72 Bella Lago Ave., Henderson William Lyon Homes $279,024, residential-new 100 San Martino Place, Henderson William Lyon Homes

5647 Ethan Hawke Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$63,480, pool and/or spa 2525 Via Firenze, Henderson Pacific Aquascape International

6409 Veranda Falls Court, Las Vegas Desert Springs Pools and Spas Inc.

$136,906, residential-new 930 Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc.

$62,031, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 9313 Harrow Rock St., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp.

$29,716, pool and/or spa 579 Lairmont Place, Henderson Sunworld Pools LLC

$136,130, residential-new 1585 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC $126,870, residential-new 1589 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC $126,054, residential-new 6733 Conquistador St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$258,286, residential-new 70 Bella Lago Ave., Henderson William Lyon Homes

$120,271, residential-new 1597 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC

$258,098, residential-new 1613 Quartz Ledge Court, Las Vegas DR Horton Inc.

$118,700, tenant improvement 2835 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 130, Henderson Hacienda Builders Inc.

$253,851, residential-new 1620 Quartz Ledge Court, Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $237,991, residential-new 102 San Martino Place, Henderson William Lyon Homes $186,518, residential-new 10727 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $169,800, commercial-remodel 2550 Anthem Village Drive, Suite 140, Henderson Design Builders Ltd. $169,622, residential-new 1108 Echo Pass St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $164,845, residential-new 12234 Catanzaro Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $149,881, residential-new 1932 Galleria Spada St., Henderson Toll Henderson LLC $142,483, residential-new 10429 White Princess Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $141,198, residential-new 10749 Beecher Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $141,198, residential-new 7319 Ellison Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $138,306, residential-new

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$117,887, residential-new 1593 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC $113,173, residential-new 3106 Bicentennial Parkway, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $113,173, residential-new 2384 Valissa St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $103,000, disaster 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas Breslin Builders $101,806, residential-new 1601 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC $100,475, residential-new 2386 Valissa St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $96,000, tenant improvement 2510 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson Showcase Contracting LLC $93,045, residential-new 1605 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC $75,001, commercial-remodel 11183 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson Arizado LLC $72,437, pool and/or spa 12270 Sandy Peak Ave., Las Vegas Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corp.

$61,500, pool and/or spa 9709 Summer Bliss Ave., Las Vegas Alpha Landscapes LLC $53,000, commercial-remodel 2295 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson MBH Architects $48,600, pool and/or spa 6233 Chandon Court, Las Vegas Steve Breck Pools LLC $46,965, pool and/or spa 10749 Elk Lake Drive, Las Vegas PPAS LV LLC $45,808, pool and/or spa 3435 Thackwood Drive, Las Vegas Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corp. $45,800, residential-remodel 197 Kachina Drive, Henderson Belfor USA Group Inc. $45,000, pool and/or spa 7760 Cinnamon Bear Ave., Las Vegas Larry Confer $40,045, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6104 Cocktail Drive, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $39,260, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6212 Red Pine Court, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $35,000, commercial-storage racks 555 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas J&K Project Management $35,000, electrical 1771 Inner Circle, Las Vegas Vinco Inc. $35,000, electrical 2303 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Vinco Inc. $35,000, pool and/or spa 7220 Falvo Ave., Las Vegas Greencare Designs $31,000, pool and/or spa 11617 Cameo Ave., Las Vegas Build Your Own Pool by Desert $30,000, mechanical 1351 N. Town Center Drive, Las Vegas RMC Facilities Services Inc. $30,000, pool and/or spa

$29,052, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 5037 Desert Fir Drive, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $29,000, pool and/or spa 8245 Orange Vale Ave., Las Vegas Build Your Own Pool by Desert $26,954, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 10205 Desert Wind Drive, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $25,000, demolition 6690 N. Durango Drive, Suite 110, Las Vegas LC&D Construction Inc. $25,000, pool and/or spa 10419 Hemingway Court, Las Vegas Noel Nelson $25,000, pool and/or spa 3501 Misty Evening St., Las Vegas Desert Springs Pools and Spas Inc. $25,000, pool and/or spa 12057 Alzina Court, Las Vegas Desert Springs Pools and Spas Inc. $25,000, pool and/or spa 4936 Lone Wolf Ave., Las Vegas Blue Haven Pools $24,750, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6308 Fargo Ave., Las Vegas Arcadia Solar NV LLC

$21,277, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 2005 Verdinal Drive, Las Vegas Jersey Electric $21,200, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6272 Bullring Lane, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $20,250, wall and/or fence 484 Sterling Falls Ave., Henderson Hirschi Masonry LLC $20,000, commercial-on-site hardscapes and improvements 6361 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. $20,000, electrical 1351 N. Town Center Drive, Las Vegas RMC Facilities Services Inc. $19,999, commercial-remodel 1987 Whitney Mesa Drive, Henderson Charger Construction LLC $19,800, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 11512 Bohemian Forest Ave., Las Vegas Go Solar $19,630, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 7217 London Bridge Ave., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $18,845, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6956 Winter Ridge St., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $18,720, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 10428 Mount Oxford Ave., Las Vegas Summerlin Energy Las Vegas LLC

$24,000, pool and/or spa 8208 Rennes Court, Las Vegas Build Your Own Pool by Desert

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$22,874, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6909 Rocky Point Drive, Las Vegas Jersey Electric

Quest International Users Group Collaborate15 Location: Mandalay Bay Dates: April 12-16 Expected attendance: 6,000

$22,500, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6220 Dayton Ave., Las Vegas Summerlin Energy Las Vegas LLC $22,500, electrical 2105 Velvet Hill Ave., Las Vegas Arcadia Solar NV LLC

National Association of Broadcasters 2015 Location: Las Vegas Convention Center Dates: April 13-16 Expected attendance: 98,000

$22,000, demolition 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 100, Las Vegas Shrader & Martinez Construction

International Security Conference ISC West 2015 Location: Sands Expo & Convention Center Dates: April 15-17 Expected attendance: 17,000

$21,563, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 1404 Newport St., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp.

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CATEGORY: WOMEN- AND MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES (RANKED BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AS OF JAN. 1)

Company

Year est. Employees locally

Business type

Minority ownership

Female ownership

Top executive(s)

Visiting Angels 1701 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 9A Henderson, NV 89074 702-407-1100 • visitingangels.com/vegas

2000

291

Senior care

50 percent

50 percent

Jacqueline DiAsio, administrator, co-owner

2

Lipscomb Group Inc./ Etan Holdings Inc. 965 White Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-467-0218 • Did not disclose

2010

190

Restaurant

100 percent

100 percent

Sharon D. Lipscomb, president, CEO

3

SO LLC dba Eagle Promotions 4575 W. Post Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-388-7100 • theeagledesigngroup. com

2001

151

Custom printed apparel and promotional products

51 percent

4

Link Technologies 2000 9500 Hillwood Drive, Suite 112 Las Vegas, NV 89134 702-233-8703 • linktechconsulting.com

139

IT consulting and professional services

5

Destinations by Design 901 Grier Drive Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-798-9555 • dbdvegas.com

1991

132

destination management and event company

6

Windermere Anthem Hills 12231 E. Eastern Ave., Suite 150 Henderson, NV 89052 702-212-1900 • windermereanthemhills.com

2005

40

full-service residential and commercial real estate firm and property management

7

Shaggy Chic/CKBCarlo Enterprises/ Hank Inc. 9811 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 2 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-951-0013 • shaggychic.com

34

Luxury, eco-friendly salon products, salon, treat boutique

1

100 percent

100 percent

Sean Ono, president; Mario Stadtlander, vice president 54 percent

Debbie Banko, CEO

100 percent

Joyce ShermanNelson, president

100 percent

Di Redman, owner, corporate broker

100 percent

Kelly Cavanagh, top dog

8a

MassMedia 3333 E. Serene Ave., Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89074 702-433-4331 • massmediacc.com

1997

32

Full-service public relations, advertising and marketing agency

100 percent

Kassi Belz, president

8b

MDL Group 3065 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 201 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-388-1800 • mdlgroup.com

1989

32

Commercial real estate and property management

25 percent

Carol Cline-Ong, CEO, principal

10a

Braintrust Marketing and Communications 8948 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-862-4242 • braintrustlv.com

2006

30

Marketing and public relations agency

50 percent

10b

Rachel’s Kitchen 3330 S. Hualapai Way, Suite 190 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-629-6100 • rachelskitchen.com

2006

30

Restaurant

100 percent

100 percent

Debbie Roxarzade, founder

10c

Red Rock Fertility Center/ Sunset Surgery Center 6410 Medical Center St., Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-262-0079 • lasvegasfertility.com

2008

30

Fertility clinic

100 percent

100 percent

Dr. Eva Littman, practice director

13

Cheyenne Marketing 8550 W. Charleston Blvd., Suites 102-254 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-228-0185 • cheyennemarketing.com

2003

29

Marketing, public relations, events and branding

100 percent

Shawn Lane, founder, CEO

14

Original Diva 2014 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 440 Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-836-9112 • originaldivaextensions.com

23

Hair salon and nail bar

75 percent

Nicole Zerafa, owner

Michael Coldwell and Kurt Ouchida, managing partners

Source: Salestraq and VEGAS INC research. It is not the intent of this list to endorse the participants or to imply that the listing of a company indicates its quality. Although every attempt is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of VEGAS INC lists, omissions sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Pashtana Usufzy, researcher, VEGAS INC, 2360 Corporate Circle, Third Floor, Henderson, NV 89074.

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ACROSS 1 Google __ 7 Propels, as shells 11 Back to school, once?

15 Triangle calculation 19 Clipper’s find 20 Dry and crack 21 City near Santa Barbara 22 “A Few Good Men” co-star Moore 23 *Protectorate, e.g.

25 Drive aimlessly 27 Mythological name meaning “all-gifted” 28 *Pirate lords’ group in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” 30 Post-bath powder 32 Cooper’s tool 33 City, quickly 34 *Rises to the occasion 42 Divulge 45 Set right 46 Matches in a pot 47 Sheeps’ clothing?

49 Far from 100% 50 Unbelievable 51 Fillers of envs.

52 Physicist Tesla 53 Romantic murmur 54 Some univ. staff 55 Relative of -ship 56 Battleship success 57 Super Bowl III winning coach 59 *Trios and quartets, e.g.

63 Italian who was a contemporary of Euler 65 Strategic WWI river 66 Word that precedes the start of each answer to a starred clue to form a 112-Across best-seller 67 Trickier to drive on 68 Traveler’s oasis 71 *Salsa, e.g.

76 Texas oil city 77 Welcome home?

78 “Other people,” to Sartre 79 “__ work is done” 80 Zip 81 Co-Nobelist with Rabin and Peres 84 Lucas princess 85 Clothing prefix meaning “small”

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Proper “Super Bass” singer Nicki Weaving component Neverland creator Increases, with “up” *Some undergrad awards Alley __ Currency honoring Mandela 99 Actress Kunis 100 *They’re hard to sway 106 Soloist in a 1925 Broadway title song 111 Result of sleeping in 112 Author with over 275 million books in print 114 Disney CEO since 2005 115 Coagulate 116 84-Down for Fonda 117 Disentangle after a fumble recovery 118 Sci-fi escape vehicles 119 Touch up 120 Neuter, in a way 121 Transgressor 87 88 89 90 91 93 96 98

DOWN 1 Soyuz insignia 2 Hidalgo greeting 3 Trash 4 Slanted column 5 Speech problem 6 Fee payer, perhaps 7 31-day mo.

8 “... thou damned whale!” speaker 9 Sources of daily pressure 10 Some small suits 11 Good sense 12 Close to closed 13 Earn big time, with “in” 14 Look 15 Accumulate on a surface 16 Lincoln or Bush 17 Arabian commander 18 Informal negative 24 “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria 26 Puncture lead-in 29 Lao-__ 31 One who’s always right?

34 Capital of Cyprus?

35 Dickens’ Heep 36 “__ Solemnis”: Beethoven work 37 Word of indifference

Unseen Mission control go-ahead Ooze Fashion magazine spin-off Word after string or sing British fellow Got steamed Literary Doone Not as inclement Collections of plant specimens 56 Pair of cymbals 58 Vamp Theda 60 Fr. titles 61 Aromatic fir 62 Annual parade celeb 63 Accounting entry 64 Boston-D.C. service 68 Pilot maker 69 Hatred 70 Moved with Scotty’s help 72 Eighth Commandment taboo, per KJV 73 __ Dame 74 Affectionate nickname 75 Ohio natives 77 Parade twirler 82 Q&A part: Abbr.

83 Musical fourths 84 Something for a star 85 “24 Caprices for Solo Violin” composer 86 Fumble, say 89 “Rubiáyát” vessel 90 Minsk’s country 92 Brett who played Oscar Madison’s TV wife 94 LeBron, again, briefly 95 Parking lot mishap 97 __ Kids: “Sesame Street” brand 100 Go wild 101 Conniving Shakespearean soldier 102 Permanently mark 103 “Mission: Impossible” theme composer Schifrin 104 Retired Monopoly token 105 Poet Silverstein 107 “Those Guys Have All the Fun” subject 108 Slender 109 Account 110 Part of FEMA: Abbr.

113 Nancy Drew’s guy 38 39 40 41 43 44 48 51 52 55

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