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ON THE COVER Advancements in technology give reason to think water conservation can save the West.
More than 300 gangs stalk the streets of Las Vegas, with many members loyal to more than one. Some wear red, some wear blue, and some have identifying tattoos. Keeping them straight can be challenging, even for police officers. In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on the city’s street gangs.
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DEALING WITH THE DROUGHT
For 15 years, a drought has taken its toll on the Western United States. The prosperity that once was rampant could slow to a trickle as water levels drop in the lakes and rivers needed to sustain life for humans and habitats for wildlife. What’s being done, and what more can be done?
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Case Keefer, a staff writer for The Sunday, has enjoyed his share of success playing online poker and local cash games, and placed in the top 1 percent among more than 22,000 entrants in the World Series of Poker’s inaugural Colossus event. But he’s not going to quit his day job.
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Roseman University announced the purchase of 3.5 acres of land in Summerlin to be used to expand the campus of a future medical school.
High-profile bills passed in the Legislature, including ones to break up the Clark County School District, convert failing schools into charters and give money to parents for private school.
The Las Vegas City Council put a 90-day moratorium on new package liquor licenses while it studies whether parts of the city are oversaturated with alcohol retailers.
Former Bishop Gorman High star Joey Gallo hit a home run, a double and drove in four runs in his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas Rangers.
The Interior Department announced that Nevada’s Historic Railroad Trail between Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam has been named a national trail.
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Average weekly wage in Nevada in 2014, a gain of 1.3 percent from 2013.
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Weight, in pounds, of a plug at the mouth of a 3-mile tunnel under Lake Mead that connects nearby pumping stations to a new intake straw. A crane will pull out the plug this summer and the tunnel will be flooded to provide a new level of protection against plummeting lake levels.
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LAS VEGAS’ STREET GANGS
DONNA STREET CRIPS
Several local Crips gangs are named for the neighborhoods in which they began, although they now spread throughout the city.
BLACK GANGS
BY ANA LEY
STAFF WRITER
The Las Vegas Valley is home to more than 300 street gangs, a number law enforcement officials say is growing as members ditch loyalties and create new groups. Roughly 20,000 gang members – or six for every 1,000 Nevada residents – live in the valley, according to the FBI’s 2011 National Gang CRIMINAL Threat Assessment. STREET GANG Only five other A group of three or states have as high more people who a rate: California, have a common Idaho, New Mexico identifying sign and Illinois. or symbol with Local gang memidentifiable bers average from leadership that associates with 14 to 21 years old, criminal activities. with recruitment typically starting in middle school, Metro Police said. Many of the city’s more established gangs are subsets of larger, Californiabased organizations. But there also are “hybrid gangs,” more loosely organized groups that are harder for police to contain. Hybrid gangs typically are younger, more scattered and more violent. Members can belong to several gangs at once. They don’t answer to a clear leader, and they don’t adhere to explicit rules of conduct. Identifying their rivals can be a struggle for police.
ROLLING 60S
Loosely tied to the Crips, the Rolling 60s used to dominate Berkley Square near Doolittle Park, running drug houses and terrorizing residents with drive-by shootings. But in May 2004, more than 20 alleged members of the gang were hit with federal charges, significantly diminishing criminal activity in the area.
CRIPS
BLOODS Among the most infamous criminal groups in America, the Crips and Bloods are rival gangs founded in Los Angeles. They are widely known for their violent feuding that’s so intense it often permeates every aspect of members’ lives. A Blood, for example, might describe something as “brazy,” swapping out the letter “c” in “crazy,” to snub the Crips. Crips traditionally wear blue, while Bloods wear red.
WOODS
GERSON PARK KINGSMEN
The Woods are a hybrid of the Gerson Park Kingsmen and is named for the acronym for “We on our dollas,” reflecting members’ goal of making money. In 2009, six Woods were linked to the killing of Metro Officer Trevor Nettleton, who died in a gun battle at his North Las Vegas home during a robbery.
INSANE NAZI LOWRIDERS
White supremacist gangs are relatively uncommon in the valley and are difficult to detect because many don’t identify themselves as gangs. Neo-Nazi gangs tend to use the symbol “SWP,” an acronym for “supreme white power,” and the number 311, which represents “KKK,” the 11th letter of the alphabet repeated three times.
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The Gerson Park (HUSTLERS Kingsmen is a hybrid SQUADUP TAKING gang named for the OVER) now-defunct Gerson Park public housing complex near Martin Luther King and Lake Mead boulevards. Members typically identify both with the Crips and Bloods. The gang favors the numbers 369 to honor Gerson Park’s three blocks of apartments, six apartments per block and nine units per building. The gang originally was named the Ace of Spades but members changed the name after Gerson Park was built. They have also sparked several hybrid gangs.
WHITE GANGS ARYAN WARRIORS
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PLAYBOY BLOODS
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The Playboy Bloods are one of the older Blood subsets in the valley. Their insignia is an adapted version of a Playboy bunny with one ear up and the other folded down. In 2008, 10 alleged members were indicted on drug and violence charges stemming from accusations they trafficked crack cocaine. Prosecutors said members operated in the Sherman Gardens Annex housing complex, also known as the “Jets complex,” at H and Doolittle streets.
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LIL LOCOS
WEST SIDE PIRU BLOODS
The West Side Piru Bloods originated in Compton, Calif., but trickled into Southern Nevada. The gang’s reach is far; there are dozens of Piru subsets across the West Coast.
The Lil Locos are a fickle group with few defining characteristics and loose ties to both the Mexican Mafia and Nevada 13.
The Sureños, Spanish for “southerners,” are a Southern California street gang with many loosely affiliated subgroups in Las Vegas. Members pay tribute to the Mexican Mafia prison gang and use the number 13 to represent the letter “M,” the 13th letter of the alphabet, to pay allegiance to their mentors. Sureños typically wear blue, including clothing featuring the logo of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
SAN CHUCOS
The San Chucos are one of the most prominent Sureños subgroups in Nevada. The gang is large and unpredictable. Members identify themselves with tattoos that read “SC” or “Chuco,” but it isn’t always clear whether their loyalties lie with the Mexican Mafia or Nevada 13.
KEY Rivals
One of the most wide-reaching Asian gangs in Las Vegas is the Pinoy Boyz, although the gang’s presence is relatively sparse and unorganized. Pinoy is an informal term for Filipino, formed by taking the last four letters of “Filipino” and adding the suffix “y,” common in the Tagalog language. Police typically identify Pinoy Boyz and other Asian gang members through foreign language tattoos.
NORTEÑOS
NUESTRA FAMILIA PRISON GANG
MEXICAN MAFIA PRISON GANG
The Norteños, Spanish for “northerners,” are a Northern California street gang and the Sureños’ rivals. Members ally with the Nuestra Familia prison gang, the rival of the Mexican Mafia. There are far fewer Norteños in Las Vegas than Sureños. Norteños wear the number 14 to represent the letter “N,” the 14th letter of the alphabet, and favor red clothing from sports teams such as the San Francisco 49ers and UNLV. Some gang members say UNLV’s acronym stands for “Us Norteños Love Violence.”
LATINO GANGS SUREÑOS NEVADA 13 PRISON GANG
28TH STREETS
The 28th Streets gang originated downtown, though its members now are spread throughout Las Vegas. The gang originally was a faction of the Sureños, but many of its younger members have ditched ties to the Mexican Mafia. They now pledge loyalty to the recently formed prison gang Nevada 13.
BARRIO NAKED CITY
A tattoo of the Stratosphere or pair of dice usually tips police off to members of the Sureñosderived Barrio Naked City gang. The symbols are “a dead giveaway,” said Miguel Chavez, a Las Vegas detention officer and gang specialist. The gang’s roots lie in Meadows Village, also known as Naked City, in the shadow of the Stratosphere. “Their tattoos are very Vegasoriented — the outline of the Strip, definitely the Stratosphere,” Chavez said. “They’re very proud of the Stratosphere. It’s their own landmark visible to everyone.”
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BY CONOR SHINE | STAFF WRITER
he history of the western United States during the 20th century was written with an abundance of water, as torrential flows poured down the Colorado River from the Rocky Mountains down to the Gulf of Mexico, giving rise along the way to sprawling metropolises and millions of acres of farmland. Today, the river feeds a seven-state basin that is home to 40 million people, 5.5 million acres of farmland, 22 Native American tribes and 11 national parks. But as a historically severe drought enters its 15th year, the growth and prosperity of the West are in jeopardy. With the drought showing no signs of relenting, it’s becoming increasingly likely the future of the western United States in the 21st century will be defined not by excess but by a lack of water and the great lengths governments, residents, businesses and farmers will go to survive.
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Already, pieces of the blueprint for adapting to this new reality are beginning to emerge. Spurred by a lack of snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains that has compounded the already difficult situation on the Colorado River, California ramped up conservation efforts to unprecedented levels over the past two months. Gov. Jerry Brown called for a 25 percent cut in municipal water use over the next year, while the agricultural industry pledged to cut water use by 25 percent to try to avoid steeper cuts in the future. Las Vegas also has done its part for now, investing more than $1 billion in new intake and pumping facilities at Lake Mead while undertaking conservation measures that cut water consumption by 23 percent, even as the valley’s population grew by half a million people. Still, there’s a real chance the measures alone won’t be enough. New solutions — both technical and political — will need to be found. There’s no silver bullet to solving the West’s water woes, but experts say a combination of aggressive conservation, especially in agriculture, plus tapping new and recycled water sources, offers a realistic path forward.
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Lake Mead at “full” in 1998
Lake Mead’s water level in 2000
Growth, once rampant in the West, could slow to a trickle as water levels drop in the lakes and rivers needed to sustain life for humans and habitats for wildlife. What’s being done, and what more can be done?
1,076 ft. 1,025 ft. Water rations among states will need to be renegotiated when Lake Mead’s water level falls to this point
Lake Mead’s current elevation, as of May 30
THE POLITICS OF A SHORTAGE For all the damage it has done, the drought has at least one upside: It forced the seven states that share the Colorado River’s water to put aside their differences in order to survive. The pinnacle of the new era of cooperation came in a 2007 agreement that called for water distributions to be cut when Lake Mead’s elevation hits 1,075 feet. That point is fast approaching, and the Bureau of Reclamation predicts the first round of cuts could take place in January 2017. Further reductions could kick in when the lake hits 1,050 feet and 1,025 feet. Arizona plans to weather the cuts by curtailing groundwater recharge efforts and cutting deliveries to farmers with low-priority rights. Cities would be unaffected, at least initially. Southern Nevada has prepared with conservation, saving enough water that residents and businesses won’t be affected if a portion no longer is available. Potential trouble lies beyond 1,025 feet, the point at which a new round of water rationing would have to be negotiated. Water officials already are discussing what’s next, and the recent intensification of the drought has upped the urgency. Already, upper-basin states are looking into building more dams to make sure they capture every drop of Colorado River water they’re allowed. But that could cause problems if Colorado River supplies drop and there’s not enough water to meet what’s been promised downstream to lower-basin states. “It increases the likelihood that lower-basin states would have to do a ‘call on the river,’ where the lower basin will have to legally demand that the water is sent down river,” said Gary Wockner, executive director of the nonprofit Save the Colorado River. “It’s likely going to create a political crisis.” There is some cause for optimism, Wockner said, as states so far have expressed a “we’re in this together” mentality. But if the drought continues and the river supply shrinks, there’s no telling how states will react. “We’re headed to a new normal,” Wockner said. “It remains to be seen what will happen, but political tensions are very likely.”
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WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND Already, seven states and Mexico draw more water from the Colorado River system than nature provides on average. ¶ That has led to steep declines at Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the system. Both are now less than 50 percent full. Last month, Lake Mead hit a record low of 1,076 feet, a point that hadn’t been seen since Hoover Dam opened 79 years ago. ¶ Without action, the deficit is expected to get worse. ¶ Narrowing and eventually closing that gap will be critical to the West’s long-term survival and will require balancing approaches that reduce use and increase available supplies. ¶ The Bureau of Reclamation has studied more than two dozen options. While some were disregarded for being too costly or difficult, the bureau found that the remaining options, if instituted, could yield 3.7 million acre feet per year in savings and new supplies, increasing to 7 million acre feet per year by 2060. LOWEST
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One of the best ways to maximize a city’s water supply is to get more than one use out of each drop of water. Las Vegas already has a system in place in which water that goes down the drain is captured, cleaned and sent back to Lake Mead where it can be reused. The recycling system allows Southern Nevada to use about 200,000 additional acre feet each year without counting against its Colorado River allotment, a savings that has caught the attention of other Western cities that are starting to use similar technologies. Many already use “gray water,” nonpotable water that is reused to irrigate parks, golf courses and other outdoor areas. There are some hurdles to water recycling, however, including the public “ick” factor in drinking water that’s sometimes referred to as “toilet to tap.” Also, building facilities to support reuse in cities will take more than a decade and cost several billion dollars. Still, there’s plenty of opportunity to be had, as California currently dumps about a billion gallons of treated wastewater into the Pacific Ocean each year.
There are plenty of ways big and small that residents and businesses can decrease water use. It starts with simple actions like using highefficiency plumbing, showerheads and faucets, low-flow toilets and efficient washing machines. The biggest gains, however, will come by switching out thirsty grass for efficient xeriscaping, something Californians have been reluctant to do but are increasingly embracing as the drought worsens. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California recently infused $350 million into a turf replacement rebate program similar to one used to great effect in Southern Nevada over the past decade. Tiered rate structures that charge a higher pergallon rate for heavy water users also have been instituted in some cities in the West and could become more common as a way to curb use.
While conservation efforts and adoption of reuse and desalination technologies should be enough to avert a water crisis for the foreseeable future, there’s still a chance that if the drought persists, more drastic action may be needed. That could mean looking to other states or countries to secure new supplies of water in the West. One of the most discussed options has been a pipeline to the Colorado Front Range from the Missouri or Mississippi rivers, which often bulge with so much water they cause widespread flooding. But building a multistate pipeline would take decades, presents a number of engineering challenges and requires such huges amounts of energy, the cost would be at least $9 billion to $14 billion. Even more expensive would be importing water to Southern California using a sub-ocean pipeline or tanker ships carrying water from rivers in Alaska or the Pacific Northwest. Officials even have considered towing icebergs from the Arctic as a potential new water supply, but due to high costs and numerous logistical issues, none of those options are considered realistic.
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A seemingly bottomless source of water — the Pacific Ocean — laps away at California’s beaches, but in a cruel twist of biology, the water is too salty to be much use to humans or plants. That’s where desalination comes in, a technology already used in arid regions around the world and is starting to catch on in the United States. The massive plants use high pressure and high-tech membranes to filter and purify ocean water into clean drinking water. But there are several drawbacks that have kept desalination plants from wider adoption: They’re wildly expensive — a $1 billion plant being built in San Diego will provide about 7 percent of the county’s water supply — and they require huge amounts of energy to operate. There also are concerns about the environmental impacts of the brine left over from the desalination process being discharged back into the ocean.
The distribution and use of Colorado River water is governed by complex rules known as “The Law of the River.” Built up over the past century, the rules have been effective protecting water rights for individual claim holders, but they’ve also encouraged a “use-it-or-lose-it” system that runs counter to conservation efforts. One way to address the problem would be to shift water rights onto the open market, allowing users to transfer or sell their rights to another party for a certain period of time. For instance, an alfalfa farmer, low on the crop value chain, could sell his water rights at a premium one year to a needy nut grower who can’t allow his orchards to go fallow. The market system even could incentivize farmers to sell water used on low value crops to industries making high-value products, such as computer chips. Another proposed market-based system would work similar to insurance, paying farmers an annual fee with the caveat that in dry years, they could be forced to give up some of their water allocation for higher-value uses.
While cities and businesses have to adapt to the drought, little will be accomplished without cooperation from agriculture, which uses 4 of every 5 gallons of Colorado River water. “The truth is, agriculture is the big user and has to be a part of the solution,” said Peter Gleick, executive director of the Pacific Institute, a nonprofit environmental research organization. Even small savings of a couple of percent from farms could translate into huge gains for cities, without needing to shut down large swaths of agricultural acreage. In the near term, the agriculture industry could reduce its use by 10 to 15 percent without changing the types of crops it grows by using new technology, such as using drip irrigation instead of flood irrigation and monitoring soil moisture to prevent overwatering, the Pacific Institute found. In Arizona, some farmers use laser levels and grading equipment to keep their fields as flat as possible to minimize runoff. Farmers in California plan to slash water use by 25 percent by fallowing fields and increasing efficiency.
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umans aren’t the only ones affected by the drought. The lack of rain is changing habitats around the West and forcing animals to go farther in search of water. “Animals are having to forage longer distances to find food and shelter, which leads them into residential communities because that’s where the water is,” said David Catalano, a supervisory biologist at the Nevada Department of Wildlife. That means snakes, rabbits, deer, mountain lions and even bears could become more common in urban areas as the drought continues. In other parts of the West, fish are dying off in hot, low-oxygen waters, while their eggs are disappearing amid dropping water levels. If the drought worsens, there’s a
chance some species could go extinct. Already in California, grassy habitats for the endangered giant kangaroo rat are turning into deserts, sending populations to dangerously low levels. Further habitat disruption could come from wildfires, which are predicted to grow in frequency and intensity as the increasingly dry West provides an abundance of tinder. And changes to habitats from fires and the lack of water could have long-term impacts, even if the drought eventually breaks. “Whenever you start altering a system, it’s pretty unlikely the original system is going to return,” Catalano said. “It can be bad. There are times that nothing can really occupy what returns and you’ve lost acres of usable wildlife habitat that are now Mars.”
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Who gets a new school? Neighborhoods with greatest need often lack available land to build facilities BY IAN WHITAKER STAFF WRITER
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he students at Long Elementary School all enter through the same front door. ¶ But when the bell rings, half of the kids file into spacious rooms inside the school’s brick-and-mortar building, while the other half walk across the playground to 22 drab, sand brown double-wide portables. ¶ Built in 1977 to accommodate about 500 students, the school now must fit more than 800.
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Crowding in elementary schools is not a new problem for the Clark County School District. But thanks to funding authorized by the Legislature this year, the district has its first opportunity since 2008 to build new schools. The problem is that in the most crowded areas — mostly the older neighborhoods in downtown Las Vegas and in the east valley — there simply isn’t enough land available. Combine that with explosive population growth on the outer edges of the valley, and district officials are faced with a tough decision: Bring some relief to crowded schools in the city’s urban core or stave off future overcrowding in Summerlin and Enterprise. LANDLOCKED New schools are needed almost everywhere in the valley, but the district plans to build 11 of 12 in the rapidly expanding communities on the fringes of the valley, particularly in the southwest, according to planning documents. That’s not fair, some community members say.
While schools on the edges of the city are crowded, the problem arguably is worse in the city’s urban core, where a large number of minority and low-income students live. Ronzone Elementary, near the North Las Vegas Airport, is the most crowded school in the district at 95 percent over capacity. At Sahara Avenue and Jones Boulevard, Wynn Elementary is 89 percent over capacity. East of downtown, Long Elemen tary is 85 percent above capacity. Cortez and Beckley elementary schools are 74 percent above capacity. The number of portables at the schools reaches into the double digits, yet none of those neighborhoods will get a new school. “Equity is the No. 1 issue,” said Al Davis, a member of a community board overseeing construction funds. “Low-income families should not be treated differently than anyone else.” District officials say they have no choice. According to them, it’s not as easy as plopping new schools in whatever neighborhood needs them. “Basically, there’s no room to build new
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schools in the central valley because there’s no land to build them on,” said Blake Cumbers, the district’s facilities chief. “It’s fully developed, so it leaves us with very few options.” The district already reduced the size of its elementary school blueprint, to roughly 10 acres, to save space, but even 10 acres is hard to find. Sandy Miller, an education advocate and wife of former Nevada Gov. Bob Miller, pleaded with the committee last month to pay more attention to older schools in the city’s urban core, many of which were built during the 1950s and ’60s and now are woefully underequipped to handle modern technology. That includes schools such as Rex Bell Elementary, next to Palace Station, which is so old, there aren’t enough power outlets in some classrooms to plug in computers. “There’s a huge disparity between what our oldest schools look like and what our new schools look like,” Miller said. “We should, in this next bond cycle, bring some balance.” The district is responding by tearing down and rebuilding Bell, built in 1963, as well as Lincoln Elementary, built in 1955. But neither project will enlarge the schools. Both will remain crowded after construction.
Wright Elementary, near Mountain’s Edge, is the most crowded school on the periphery of the city at 66 percent overcapacity. That may not seem as drastic as Ronzone or Long, until you realize Wright was built less than 10 years ago. Now, it has more portable classrooms than any other school, according to the district. “We just have this Indiana Jones boulder rolling at us called growth,” Miller said. That has left officials with the task of figuring out which communities need relief the most. In Las Vegas schools, growth tends to win. From 1998 to 2008, the last time the district had money to build new schools, all but 10 of the 50 new elementary schools were built to support growth in communities such as Henderson, North Las Vegas and Enterprise. Now, as the region recovers from the depths of the recession, growth is on the rise again. Urban schools may be just as crowded, district zoning administrator Rick Baldwin said, but the communities receiving money are crowded and growing. “(Money) has to be prioritized to where the children are,” Cumbers said. “If you have zero schools in an area with 1,000 students, you can’t really do without a school. It’s not an option.”
BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE As for crowding on the edges of the valley, raw numbers don’t tell the whole story.
SOLUTIONS Stuck between two pressing concerns, the district has had to get creative.
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One idea for easing crowding in the heart of the city has been to repurpose existing properties, such as shopping centers and strip malls, into schools. Another is to expand schools upward with multiple floors, but that idea runs counter to research showing elementary students perform better in smaller schools. Plus, both ideas are expensive, and expensive is something the district can’t afford. Officials estimate the district will receive about $4 billion in bond money for school construction and renovation over the next 10 years, but estimates show the district will need about $8 billion to eliminate crowding and modernize schools. To reduce crowding in neighborhoods where land is at a premium, the district plans to build more than $100 million in new classroom wings at existing schools. “These building additions give them the same amount of classrooms as the prototypes we are building on the periphery of the valley,’” Baldwin said. Long will receive a $5 million wing of new classrooms to replace portables. Principal Katie Decker, who has spent the majority of her 25 years with the district at schools in the city’s urban core, said the additions would be a huge help but only be a Band-Aid for a problem that likely wouldn’t go away soon. “We really do need more schools,” Decker said.
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How lawmakers fared on target issues BY KYLE ROERINK AND RIC ANDERSON STAFF WRITERS
The 2015 Nevada legislative session will be remembered for producing the largest tax increase in state history — an initiative that both Democrat and Republican lawmakers said long had been needed to help the state’s education system. ¶ But no session is without its failings, and this one was no exception. ¶ Here’s a rundown of some of the Legislature’s hits and misses from 2015.
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TRANSPARENCY ISSUES One of the rare issues on which liberals and conservatives tend to agree is the need for more openness in government — looser restrictions on what types of records can be obtained by the public, lower costs for the public to pay for copying and clerical services on records requests, and other similar transparency measures. But the GOP, despite being the party demanding greater accountability in government, failed to use its majorities to promote the best means of making government more open in Nevada and allowing the public to force officials to be more accountable.
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FUNDING FOR EDUCATION When Republicans gained control of the Legislature during the 2014 elections, the prospect of a tax increase for education coming out of the 2015 session might have seemed iffy at best. The party markets itself to voters as being allergic to taxes, and many GOP lawmakers signed pledges not to increase taxes. But while some hard-liners remained opposed throughout, a combination of compromises from Gov. Brian Sandoval on his tax proposal and softening by some conservatives led to a victory for public school students in Nevada. The $1.5 billion tax increase raises state funding for education by more than $600 million, for a total of $2.85 billion — a huge boost for one of the most poorly performing systems in the nation. So what was the key? Helping businesses, not necessarily students, was a big one. Conservatives such as Assemblyman Erven Nelson, R-Las Vegas, said they listened when state economic development and commerce officials said the shameful condition of Nevada’s education system was making it difficult for local businesses to attract qualified workers and made outside businesses leery of coming here. “It’s easy to sit at home and spout the party line, and I did it,” Nelson said. “I gradually changed my mind.” The tax package includes an increase in the business license fee from $200 to $500 for corporations, a hike in the payroll tax, a $1-per-pack increase in cigarette taxes, a boost in the sales tax rate and a new gross receipts levy that will hit local businesses and expand the base to out-of-state companies that earn revenue from sales in the state.
HIT MEDICAL SCHOOL By approving $27 million for development of the UNLV medical school, the Legislature helped improve Southern Nevada’s health in more ways than one. The medical school not only will boost the quality of the region’s health care system by producing highly qualified doctors, it will improve the economy through related research and by making the area more attractive to businesses. Better health care means healthier, happier and more productive workers.
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MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE FAILS TO LAUNCH Raising the minimum wage helps the economy. Just ask the 600 economists who signed a letter for the Economic Policy Institute in support of raising the national minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016. But Nevada lawmakers failed to pass a measure to increase the state minimum wage from $8.25 to $9 for employees working without health insurance benefits. The Senate’s version of the bill was tied to a poison provision calling for overtime to kick in after 10 hours instead of eight.
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SOLAR CAP The Legislature could have made a bold statement on the future of solar power. But lawmakers treated the issue like a hot potato, approving a bill that left key decisions to the Public Utilities Commission, including determining whether to increase the number of rooftop solar customers who could benefit from net metering, which allows people to offset utility expenses by selling surplus power back to NV Energy. Lawmakers, however, did pass a stopgap that temporarily increases by 10 megawatts the solar cap, set at 3 percent of the utility’s peak capacity, or 225 megawatts. The PUC will make a final ruling in December. More than 2,500 customers participate in net metering, but solar power advocates say the cap will be hit as early as summer. Also kicked to the PUC was the issue of whether to charge rooftop solar customers a fee for net metering. On the positive end for potential solar customers, the door remains open for an increase in the cap.
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DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES FUNDING Going to a Nevada DMV office has been described as a hazing ritual for new state residents — the lines are that long. It’s no picnic for locals either, and a new online check-in system hasn’t helped ease congestion. Sandoval and legislators approved funding for technological upgrades and other initiatives designed to shorten the wait.
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At Exotics Racing Las Vegas, customers can rev the engines of high-performance sports cars and take a turn around the track. (CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS/STAFF FILE)
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otes of note from across VegasVille, from nightclubs to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway: n A place to be seen on the Strip is the “reserved” table at MGM Grand’s Crush, operated by Michael and Jenna Morton. The table seats anywhere from six to a dozen people, depending on how many folks are waved over by bartender, manager and self-dubbed “funologist” Johnny O’Donnell, better known as “JOD,” who also spins his magic downtown at La Comida. Casino execs, entertainers, businesspeople and athletes can regularly be found at that table at the restaurant’s entrance. Last month, O’Donnell welcomed 50 Cent to the bar and invited the rap star to mix a martini. That went well enough, and 50 Cent was so proud of his concoction he tried to sell it for $10,000. No takers but a great story. n Exotics Racing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway recently unveiled a $4.5 million, 14,000-square-foot welcome center. The high-end racing attraction is operated by David Perisset and Romain Thievin and is home to more than 30
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preponderance of massive exotic cars, including a nightclubs on the Strip, Ferrari 458 Italia, Lamcan’t be ignored. I was borghini Superleggera in the club recently for LP570, Porsche Turbo S, the launch of Imagine at Aston Martin Vantage S Omnia at Caesars Palace, a and McLaren MP4-12C. weekly themed production But Perisset, an investat the refurbished club. On ment banker by trade, a Sunday night, the venue hasn’t always piloted such JOHN was nearly at capacity. No refined machines. His first KATSILOMETES official numbers were recar was a 1997 Volkswagen ported, but it was a strong Golf, a vehicle that was finight, with easily a couple nally “partied out” in 2013 thousand partyers up until after the odometer passed at least 2 a.m. The place made a finan250,000 miles. cial killing. n Interested in the mash-up of Las Vegas resorts’ profitability and n More details on the Hooters reselectronic dance music? Then take note taurant planned for the Palms, which of the EDMBiz Conference and Expo was announced in April and has been set for June 16-18 at the Cosmopolitan. under concealed construction ever Speakers include Insomniac founder since. At 15,200 square feet, it will be Pasquale Rotella (who has staged the the largest Hooters in the country, seat Electric Daisy Carnival at the Las Vegas 500 guests and take up two stories. Motor Speedway since 2011), Zappos The opening will be staggered, with CEO Tony Hsieh, Live Nation Presithe poolside bar to be in operation this dent of Electronic Music James Barton month and the main dining room ready and EDM artists Krewella, 3Lau and by the end of July. Nearly 50 TVs will Hook n Sling. hang around the restaurant. The financial muscle of electronic Hooters is on the side of the hotel dance music, reflected in the anbetween N9ne steakhouse and the 24/ nual Electric Daisy Carnival and the Seven café, and will take over the space
where Little Buddha once stood. n Tropicana has made a muchdebated move regarding its lounge outside Tropicana Theater. The space that has been home to an assortment of live entertainment, including Skye Dee Miles and Jonathan & Music Magic, has opted for a dueling pianos show in the middle of the seating area. Some entertainment fans feel dueling pianos is a fallback idea for people whose creative minds are stuck in idle. Others say it is a suitable, easy-access form of entertainment. Two local piano aces who played at Times Square Bar at New York-New York both rose to prominence from Vegas dueling piano acts. Michael Cavanaugh went on to play Billy Joel hits in the Broadway musical “Movin’ Out,” while Brody Dolyniuk founded Yellow Brick Road. It might not be high art but it works, and some of those shows are terrific fun if you’re in the right frame of mind. n On the topic of interesting lounge info: You know who is a good crooner? Boxing analyst Al Bernstein. He sang “That’s Life” at Bootlegger Bistro during Kelly Clinton-Holmes’ open-mic night.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING BELOW THE SURFACE OF YOUR SUNBURN Skin is the largest organ in the body and the most often abused. While many of us know the important keynotes of sun safety — don’t use tanning beds, get burned or forget to wear sunscreen — the mechanics of sun damage are overlooked. ¶ On the surface, our skin turns red, blisters and burns, but we often fail to think about what’s happening beneath the surface and how it can increase cancer risks. ¶ “Sun damage spans a large spectrum of possibility, and prolonged, unprotected sun exposure is never safe,” said Dr. Paul Michael, Oncologist at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center.
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HOW SUN DAMAGE WORKS Ultraviolet light is a type of damaging radiation. “We know that too much radiation from x-rays or nuclear plants, for instance, harms the body. Ultraviolet radiation causes lasting and severe cellular damage,” Dr. Michael said.
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When skin is exposed to excessive sunlight, radiation damages DNA in the skin cells. As a response, the body produces melanin, a pigment that’s meant to prevent further damage to the skin’s DNA and makes skin look tan. UV rays fire millions of little arrows into the skin. When the DNA in each cell gets hit, the skin uses melanin as a shield to try to defend against more incoming arrows. Melanin shields the skin with its dark pigment. Because light is absorbed better by darker colors, the melanin tries to absorb the UV rays so the DNA in the skin cells doesn’t have to.
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WHAT ABOUT SUNSCREEN? Sunscreen is a great insurance policy, but it’s not supposed to be your only line of defense against UV rays. Everyone should wear sunscreen if they’re out in the sun at all, but they also need to cover up and seek shade. “Many people don’t use sunscreen correctly,” Dr. Michael said. “They don’t reapply often enough, they miss spots, stuff like that. Sunscreen always needs to be paired with safe sun practices.”
NO TAN IS A SAFE TAN
Because melanin production is triggered by the first UV “arrow” to the cell’s DNA, there is no such thing as a safe tan. “People need to understand that any tan, no matter how dark or light, is the product of skin damage,” Dr. Michael said. Once DNA is damaged, it leaves the cell susceptible to cancerous mutations.
A sunburn is an acute response to sun damage over a 24-hour period. A tan is the damage caused by burning.
WHEN YOU SHOULD SEE A DOCTOR “Any change of the skin, be it a new mole or a change in an existing mole, needs to be checked by a doctor,” Dr. Michael said. There also are “the ABCD’s” of changes to look for in existing moles:
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Asymmetry: One half of the mole does not match the other half Border: A change in the edges of the mole (i.e. it once was smooth and round; now it is ragged) Color: A change in the color of the mole (i.e. it becomes darker or changes color in any way) Diameter: An increase or change in the size of the mole
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TYPES OF RAYS There are two types of ultraviolet rays, UVA and UVB. UVA rays contribute to the premature aging of skin, while UVB rays burn skin. “It was once thought that only the UVB rays caused cancer, but that’s been disproven — both UVA and UVB rays cause cancer. Isolating UVA rays, like many tanning beds do, isn’t safer,” Dr. Michael said.
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TYPES OF SKIN CANCER Melanoma
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Melanoma is the most aggressive and deadly type of skin cancer. Melanoma develops when unrepaired DNA damage in skin cells triggers mutations that create tumors. Melanoma most often is caused by infrequent, but intense, UV exposure. “We usually see melanoma in people who aren’t spending every day in the sun but are subject to multiple sunburns throughout their lives,” Dr. Michael said. Melanoma is not the most common type of skin cancer but it is far and away the most deadly.
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Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common type of skin cancer. It can be fatal if it isn’t caught early. Unlike melanoma, SCC most often occurs in people who have daily, prolonged exposure to the sun.
Basal Cell Carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common type of skin cancer. It typically is localized and rarely spreads beyond the tumor site. It does not grow back once it’s removed.
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Fat On average, it takes 15 to 30 years from initial skin damage to develop a melanoma. That means a couple bad sunburns from childhood can lead to melanoma as an adult.
Actinic keratosis is a precancerous change, often a precursor to squamous cell carcinoma.
Lentigo Maligna Lentigo maligna is a precancerous mole, often a precursor to melanoma. It sometimes is referred to as pre-melanoma.
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MAKE THE GUEST ROOM FEEL LIKE HOME BY EMILY KULKUS | SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY
You’re fortunate enough to have a room in your house set aside for guests (or customers, if you’re listing your home on a rental service such as Airbnb). But have you given much thought to what it’s like to live in that space for a few days? ¶ Here are some suggestions for how to make your guest room — and more importantly, your guest’s experience — as fabulous as can be. n MIRROR THE RESORT EXPERIENCE Your home likely won’t compare with a suite at the Bellagio or Wynn, but consider adding a few hotel basics when stocking your guest room. Clean and cozy sheets are a must. Extra comforters and blankets also are considerate as people enjoy sleeping at different temperatures. And don’t forget a few pillows of varying firmness. A pillow that’s as flat as a pancake may work for some but not all.
TOILETRIES Preparing a small basket of toiletries is a courteous way to provide for guests. It also spares them the embarrassment of having to ask for something or pick through your medicine cabinet. Consider including shampoo, conditioner, soap, a comb or brush, pain reliever, antacids, tampons, face wash, nail clippers, Q-tips, toothpaste, floss and a new toothbrush.
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It might sound weird, but sleeping in your guest room for a night is the best way to anticipate your guests’ needs. Do you have a box of tissues? How about a garbage can? Is there room for a suitcase? Is the bedside lamp too dim or far away? Does the TV remote work?
It’s hard enough to get out of your own bed in the middle of the night to shuffle off to the kitchen for a drink of water or a snack. It’s even harder to do that in someone else’s house. Leave your guests a couple bottles of water or a pitcher of water with glasses so they can quench their thirst at any hour or take medicine if needed. Another nice touch is to leave hard candies, chocolates, chips or fresh fruit in the room, as you never know when a snack attack may strike. Also, be sure guests know the basics: what’s available in the fridge, where the coffee is and where you store spare toilet paper and the plunger — just in case.
TOWELS OR A ROBE There’s nothing worse than scurrying out of the bathroom in a strange house, hoping none of your parts pop out of your towel. It’s even worse when the towels you are given come closer in size to a washcloth than a body cover. Don’t scrimp on the towels you leave out for guests. Make sure they are large; bath sheets are best. Even better? A bathrobe. Splurging on a basic robe for guests adds a touch of luxury — and ensures a trauma-free visit.
EXTRAS Most likely, the main draw at your house is you. Your guests should know your house is not a five-star hotel. But if you’re feeling ambitious — or looking for a good rating on a rental website — here are some added amenities that can bring your guest room to the next level:
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n Light-canceling shades or curtains
n A personal note welcoming your guest
n Alarm clock
n Your WiFi password
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NINE DECADES OF WISDOM BY ADWOA FOSU STAFF WRITER
Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde once said, “I’m not young enough to know everything.” ¶ A group of nonagenarians honored recently during a banquet hosted by the Las Vegas Senior Center may not have all the answers either, but they certainly have had a long time to search for them. ¶ Here’s some of what they have learned during their nine-plus decades.
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ike many people, one of Holloway’s greatest challenges has been learning how to be happy. But one thing that never fails to keep a smile on his face, he said, is the act of giving, whether it be time, love or gifts. “When you give, it comes back to you,” Holloway said. SIMEON Being a part of history HOLLOWAY, 94 doesn’t hurt, either. Holloway was a member of the B-1 band out of Chapel Hill, N.C. — the first historically black band to be integrated into the U.S. Navy, in 1942. “It’s my pride and joy to be a part of that band,” said Holloway, the oldest remaining member. Asked how younger generations can achieve happiness, Holloway said the first step is to stop being cocky, a personality trait he said was rare in his generation. “We just took our time, and we did what our parents told us to do,” Holloway said. “Now, we have kids raising kids.”
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uyrkendall believes patience is a virtue that will never go out of style. “It’s important to be patient in speaking and not saying words that might come back and bite you,” she said. It’s a lesson that served Kuyrkendall well in the years she spent as a foster mother SUSAN to more than 200 children. KUYRKENDALL, Kuyrkendall said mothers and women should not 92 be afraid to step up and take on nontraditional roles. When her first husband became partially paralyzed after suffering a stroke, she found herself fulfilling the duties of both mom and dad for a houseful of six kids. “I realized how important men were,” she said.
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owell refuses to act her age. She’d rather do yoga and dance. It is important for people to be true to themselves, she said. “Speak your mind no matter what the results are,” Howell said. The outspoken noMARTHA nagenarian lives by her HOWELL, 91 word but infuses her observations with respect and kindness — both essential traits, in her opinion. “I don’t want to be a prude, but this generation doesn’t put too much into manners and respecting the elders,” she said. “The dress code is not respectful, either.”
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earning how to slow down has been one of the most rewarding experiences of this former daredevil’s life. “I used to ride my motorcycle to excess and broke up some bones,” Mitchell said. After he got married and started raising a famCARL ily, he realized life wasn’t MITCHELL, 91 about only him anymore. It changed everything. “I had to think of the other person and try to bring a smile to their face,” Mitchell said. Mitchell said he has learned a lot being open to people of different backgrounds. Growing up, he had friends of different races at a time when integration was looked down upon. One thing he feels is missing from this generation is an emphasis on education. “In the early days, teachers and the schools were paid to make sure children came to school,” he said.
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he most important lesson Morgan has learned, she said, is how to be kind — a value she believes is learned at home. “I was brought up to treat people nice — try to, anyway,” she said. Morgan, who isn’t quite 90 but was honored FRANCELL nonetheless, remembers MORGAN, 85 walking home from school and passing quietly by her mother and a neighbor. “My mother, when she came in the house, said, ‘Listen, you don’t ever pass by Miss Katie and me and not speak,’ ” Morgan recalled. Morgan admits to having become more of a chatter box since then, rarely hesitating to speak to anybody and everybody.
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dams believes everyone has the ability to be happy. “You have to control your frame of mind,” she said. “People stop themselves from being happy.” When it comes to generational differences, Adams joked that she has DEDE ADAMS, noticed “too many to list.” 90 But the most important one, she said, is a breakdown in parenting. “(Kids) learn a lot from television when they shouldn’t. They grow up too fast,” said Adams, who as a mother always made it a point to have family dinners.
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Case Keefer, staff writer for The Sunday, competes in the Colossus during the World Series of Poker at the Rio. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)
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BUY-IN TOO HIGH FOR MOST TO MAKE A CAREER OUT OF POKER BY CASE KEEFER STAFF WRITER
The most common question I was asked after I began having a modicum of success playing poker always surprised me: “Have you ever thought about turning pro?” My answer is a firm no, and not because I don’t think it’s possible to eke out a modest living playing cards as a full-time job. Not entirely, at least. The biggest reason I could never envision making a seat at the poker table my office were the inexorable swings. The possibility of being “on the job” one day, doing everything exactly right and still losing hundreds or thousands of dollars because of the workplace hazard known as variance wasn’t something I could imagine stomaching. The mental anguish and stress level of poker is too much. Nothing could have reinforced my position better than a successful run last week through the biggest tournament in the history of poker. There were 22,373 entries in the Colossus, the World Series of Poker’s first-ever $565 buy-in event, which was my debut on poker’s largest stage. Round up, and I finished in the top 1 percent at 300th place for $6,331 — the second-largest cash winning of my career and my biggest in a live setting. The experience was fun in a way that a cycling hobbyist might find riding through a stage of the Tour de France — equal parts rewarding and exhausting. I advanced to the third day of action, and after each of the first two, it felt as if someone had implanted an electronic shuffling machine into my head to rearrange the insides. I was so poker-absorbed and absent-minded, I was the final player inside the hallowed Amazon Room after Day 1 — only because I realized upon reaching the parking lot that I had left my backpack underneath my chair. After the second night, I somehow misplaced the pink slip with the next day’s seat assignment that’s required at the start of play. Thus, a floor man had to verify my identity before I was allowed to sit down. While trying to sleep during the 12 hours between sessions, I flopped around more than a deck of cards being washed by a dealer. Relaxation was unattainable, with replays of hands for which I made questionable decisions from the previous day and potential strategies for the next round splashing through my mind. Let’s just say I uncovered a new respect for the throngs of players who arrive in Las Vegas for two
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It felt as if someone had implanted an electronic shuffling machine into my head to rearrange the insides ... Relaxation was unattainable.
months annually for the World Series of Poker. I’ve covered the top players in the world for years and decided my best bet in the Colossus would be to emulate some of their practices. Instead of supplementing my intermediate knowledge with concepts such as implied odds and game theory in the lead-up to the tournament, I reflected on some of the subtler aspects. I remembered how two of the biggest winners I ever wrote about — Martin Jacobson in last year’s Main Event and Antonio Esfandiari in 2012’s inaugural $1 million buy-in Big One For One Drop — espoused healthy living as the key to success. From the moment I registered two days before the tournament, I maintained quite possibly the cleanest diet of my life and fit in some type of physical activity every day before sitting at the table for 10 hours. I remembered how a few years ago, life coaches were as much a staple as sponsor patches at major final tables, with players praising the positivity they instilled. Every day before I took my seat, I scoured my iPod for hardcore songs championing a positive attitude while leaving time to calm myself with visualizations of my short-term tournament goals. Memories of lessons from the pros hit me during play, too. When my chip stack dwindled to less than the price of 10 big blinds minutes before the money bubble, I practically was obligated to go all-in with my next decent starting hand.
I found ace-jack and pushed my chips forward but knew I was in trouble when an opponent snap-called without going through the typical poker-player act of agonizing over the decision. He revealed ace-king, making me more than a 3-to-1 underdog. But right then, I oddly recollected a passage from one of 1995 Main Event champion Dan Harrington’s essential poker books. Harrington deduced that ev ery deep tournament run must feature a player coming back from the dead at least once. I paired my jack on the flop to win the pot. The double-up precipitated a heater (a winning streak, for you novices) that peaked when I picked up pocket aces to oust a shrewd pro who was so thoroughly in my head, I resorted to wearing sunglasses at the table for the first time ever. He gave me a congratulatory nod as he departed, which was much preferable to the reaction of the loser in the aforementioned hand. The guy with ace-king, presumably as an intimidation tactic, stared me down for several minutes after surrendering his chips and derisively referred to me as “Ace Jack” for the rest of our time playing together. I figured he was a cinch for worst sport I’d encounter, but the next day a middle-aged man in a neongreen tank top provided stiff competition. He went into a tirade about sending me home upset in a cab after I forced him into a decision for all of his chips. I survived long enough to witness his demise but joined him outside the tournament area less than an hour later. With my chip stack dwindling, I called an opening minimum-raise with pocket 8s. The flop fell a relatively safe 9-7-2. The raiser put out another small wager and began softly trembling as I mulled my options. I interpreted his bet sizing and demeanor as weakness, particularly since he had folded at the first sign of resistance in a previous hand after acting identically. Not having enough chips to justify a smaller reraise, I opted to shove all-in. He went into deep thought for several minutes before announcing a call, showing pocket 10s that held up to win. The hand effectively eliminated me, which brought me to face another common question: How are you going to spend your payout? As much as I’d love to repeat three-time Main Event champion Stu Ungar’s famous “gamble it” reply, that would be insincere. Professional poker isn’t in the cards for me.
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CASINO PROMOTIONS PALMS $40,000 Jammin’ June Drawings Date: Fridays through June 26 Time: 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 to win up to $3,000 in cash. Activate at least 10 drawing tickets and receive $10 in slot play the following Saturday. Play For Prizes – Free Play Date: June 1-12, June 29-July 3 Information: Points earned Monday through Friday may be combined and redeemed for up to $190 in free play per day. Play For Prizes – High Tech Date: June 15-26 Information: Points earned Monday through Friday may be combined and redeemed for gift cards to Fry’s and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. Gift days Date: June 7, 13, 28 Time: 12:01 a.m.-6:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker and receive a gift: a paint brush set June 7, a roadside triangle set June 13 and a hair clipper set June 28.
ALIANTE $46,000 Mustang giveaway Date: June 7 Time: 7:15 p.m. Information: The top 10 drawing entry earners from the Route 66 Road Trip game will receive an automatic spot in the Mustang drawing and $250 in slot play. Fifteen additional names will be drawn. You must activate drawing entries from 3 to 7 p.m. on the day of the drawing. The winner will receive a 2015 Mustang GT. Summertime Grillin’ giveaway Date: Fridays through June 19 Time: 7:45 p.m. Information: Earn entries by playing table games. Ten winners will be chosen; the top prize is $500 in chips. On June 19, the top prize will include a barbecue and a $150 gift card to Smith’s. Hot Summer Fun Pull Tabs Date: Fridays and Saturdays in June Information: Earn 250 points to receive a card. Come in both days and earn a pull tab to come back Sunday for a bonus offer. Win up to $10,000. Receive pull tab vouchers at kiosks, then turn them in at the Players Club to receive a pull tab.
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RAMPART CASINO 50-plus party Date: Tuesdays Information: Loyalty card players 50 and older can earn $100 in free slot play on all video reel machine jackpots more than $1,200, a complimentary kiosk swipe for earning 50 points, a second kiosk swipe for earning 500 points, a bingo coupon for a free small electronic unit rainbow pack (minimum buy-in required), a $5 lunch buffet and a free round in a slot tournament from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Summerlin and Elite players may receive an additional round. The best score will be used in the tournament, with 12 winners selected each week. The top prize is $1,000. A $15 free slot play bonus will be given to everyone who wins a round. Pirate’s Treasure progressive drawings Date: Last Wednesday of the month Time: 6:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. Information: Ten winners will be chosen at each drawing. The progressive jackpot increases every month it doesn’t hit. $6,500 Galleons of Gold mid-month drawing Date: Second Wednesday of the month Information: Players who earn 2,000 base points during the previous calendar month can participate in the following month’s drawing. Ten winners will be chosen.
CLUB FORTUNE Top of the Hill slot tournament Date: Tuesdays and Wednesdays Time: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Win cash prizes.
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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.
VENETIAN AND PALAZZO Progressive poker variant Date: Ongoing Information: Caribbean stud, Ultimate Texas Hold’em and three-card poker players can make optional $5 side bets for a chance to win a progressive jackpot.
TREASURE ISLAND EL CORTEZ Free shirt giveaway Date: Ongoing Information: Players with loyalty cards who win a jackpot of $200 or more on a slot machine, a jackpot of $200 or more on a 5-cent or lower denomination video poker machine, a jackpot of $300 or more on a 10-cent or higher denomination video poker machine or a jackpot of $200 or more on live keno receive a Hawaiian shirt. $25,000 Cash is King drawing Date: Aug. 15 Information: Earn one entry for every 5,000 points. 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 a day and receive your choice of a free pack of cigarettes, a free Jackie Burger Special or a $5 Subway voucher.
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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. Earn entries with play. Point multipliers Date: Thursdays and Saturdays Information: On Thursdays, earn 3x points on video poker and 7x points on reels. On Saturdays, earn 4x points on video poker and 10x points on reels.
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Addressing needs of the South, lawmakers did us proud children who struggle to read will be identified before third grade and receive intensified instruction; increased funding to expand “zoom schools” that specialize in teaching English; more funding to fortify underperforming schools in the 20 poorest ZIP codes in Nevada; and funds to further enrich programs for gifted and talented students and for students pursuing career and technical education. n Expanded full-day kindergarten to all elementary schools statewide by 2016-17. n Promised rewards for highperforming teachers — and less job security for underperforming school principals and teachers. The Legislature was hardly working in a vacuum making these tough decisions; lawmakers were lobbied by many interests, including the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, which applauded the governor’s $1.1 billion tax package. Sure, there were decisions during the session on various issues that frustrate one side or the other. And of course, there were the absurdities of political
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theater and childish behavior that gave us cause to chortle. Still, as the dust settled, Joyce Haldeman, lobbyist for the Clark County School District, said the Legislature was unprecedented for its accomplishments, all the more remarkable given the number of emerging leaders who lacked political experience. “I’ve been lobbying since the 1990s, and I’ve never seen a session like this,” she said. “There was an overarching sense that education has come into its time, that it was the top priority and the motivation for the tax increase. It was the heartbeat of every conversation in the building. “We’ve turned the corner.” Finally, it was a turn in the right direction. Over the next two years, we will watch how these education reforms and funding levels play out. We’ve still got an uphill journey ahead of us, but at least there’s a sense that we know where we’re going and we’re not having to hobble along on the shoulder with our emergency flashers blinking.
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formed the K-12 educational structure in meaningful ways,” said Robert Lang, director of the think tank Brookings Mountain West. “The signal to businesses that may consider locating here is that Nevada is serious about improving education and lifting the skill level of its workforce.” Among its accomplishments, the Legislature: n Allocated $27 million to the fledgling UNLV School of Medicine so it can hire the right people, get accredited and welcome its first class of 60 in 2017. The investment will go far in raising the quality of health care research and delivery in Southern Nevada. And now with the state’s commitment evident, significant donors are queuing up. n Earmarked $24.4 million for the construction of Hospitality Hall, a $56 million teaching and research facility at the Harrah Hotel College at UNLV. Remaining funding will come from UNLV, gaming industry partners and other supporters. n Paid for a host of education initiatives, including “Read by 3,” in which
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Las Vegas Brass Band summertime concert: Directed by Dick McGee, the ensemble will celebrate 21 years of concerts in Las Vegas. 2 p.m, free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-5073459.
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Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid”: Chaplin’s first feature-length film will be screened for audiences while the Henderson Symphony Orchestra provides live accompaniment. 8:30 p.m., $12, Henderson Pavilion, 200 S. Green Valley Parkway, cityofhenderson.com.
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This cocktail was created in honor of Keep Memory Alive’s 19th annual Power of Love Gala, coming June 13. The gala — which has become one of Las Vegas’ signature events and is a who’s who of celebrity chefs, master sommeliers and first-rate entertainers — raises money for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. A highball drink meets a highbrow event, and it’s for a great cause. Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, executive director of mixology and spirits education at Southern Wine & Spirits.
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Senior nutritional workshop: Representatives from Nevada Senior Services will offer nutrition guidelines for seniors ages 60 and older, discuss ways to stay fit without a gym membership, outline good choices to make when dining out and provide a recipe for a simple, nutritious meal that’s easy to make at home on a budget. 10:30 a.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3458. Money Smart Middle Schoolers: Middle schoolers, grades 6 through 8, can learn about money and budgeting. Registration required. 11:30 a.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3631.
Cultural Center’s World Vibration concert series. 6-8 p.m., $8-$10, Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. Early summer dinner: Chef Kim Canteenwalla and restaurateur Elizabeth Blau welcome Chef Megan Romano, of Chocolate & Spice Bakery, and Joseph Romano, of PT’s Entertainment Group, for an intimate dinner featuring shake ‘n’ bake shrimp, oven-roasted pork belly, charcoal-grilled quail, petite seasonal pies and more. 6:30 p.m., $39 (does not include tax and gratuity), Made L.V., Tivoli Village, 450 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-722-2000.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 TUESDAY, JUNE 9 The Big Used Book Blow Out Sale: Browse through an inventory of more than 10,000 items including youth, fiction and nonfiction books; DVDs and CDs; coffee table books, and encyclopedia sets. 10 a.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. Medicare information session: Representatives from the Nevada State Health Insurance Assistance Program, Senior Medicare Patrol and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act will provide information and answers questions. 2 p.m., free, Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-3716. International Exchange Show: Seven music and dance groups will come together to perform. The showcase is a part of Winchester
Super Summer Theatre: Enjoy a production of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” 8 p.m., $12, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, Highway 159, 702-594-7529, supersummertheatre.org. *Also: Through June 27. Chocolate & Spice Summer Series Cooking Class: Children can learn how to make fresh pasta and and seasonal garden vegetables. A parent must be present. 3 p.m., $25, Chocolate & Spice Bakery, 7293 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 8, 702-527-7772.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Father’s Day social and brunch: Enjoy an afternoon of food and fun, and show appreciation for fathers. For ages 50-plus. Noon-2 p.m., $5, Doolittle Senior Center, 1930 N. J St., 702-229-6125.
12th annual Las Vegas Senior Idol Showcase: A two-hour variety show of vocal, dance, musical theater and comedy acts performed by seniors. 3 p.m., $5, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6454. Movies in the Square: This week’s screening will be Disney’s animated film “Frozen.” Movie starts at sundown, free, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Las Vegas Wine and Music Festival: The inaugural season features 23 critically acclaimed musicians and wines. 7:30 p.m., $79-$109, Nevada State Museum at Springs Preserve, 333. S. Valley View Blvd., lasvegaswineandmusic. com. *Also: Friday and Saturday.
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Blood drive: Donors 21 and older will receive one Garden Buffet coupon and a voucher for two admissions to a Las Vegas 51s home game. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., free, Brunswick Room at South Point, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, unitedbloodservices.org. Editing and proofreading workshop: Richard R. Becker, president of Copywrite Ink Writing Services, will teach a half-day editing and proofreading class that will focus on content, structure, clarity, style, mechanics, spelling, punctuation and more. Noon-3 p.m., $69, UNLV Paradise Campus, 851 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-341-7135.
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Summer Date Night movie series: This week’s screening will be “Sixteen Candles.” Live entertainment, appetizers and cocktails will be provided before the show. Film begins at sundown, free, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com.
Reggae in the Desert: Las Vegas’ largest reggae festival returns with music and food from the Caribbean. Noon-11 p.m., $30-$35, Clark County Amphitheatre, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, reggaeinthedesert.com.
Taiko Ten: A community concert featuring several taiko artists and ensembles. 7:30-10 p.m., free, UNLV courtyard, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlv.edu.
Zentangles workshop: Learn about the art of doodling. For ages 13-plus, 12:15-2:15 p.m., $15, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383.
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Movie matinee: An afternoon screening of the 2014 film “Selma.” 2 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3459.
Organic gardening workshop: Angela O’Callaghan will teach the principles of organic gardening and how they apply to the home gardener. Pre-registration required. 8 a.m.-noon, $25, UNLV Cooperative Extension’s Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, 702-257-5573. Gardens workshop: Learn how to add cacti and succulents to your landscape. 8:30-10:30 a.m., $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org. Super Summer Safety Fair: Learn about infant and child safety in, on and around the water. Participants will receive information about safeguarding homes, preventing accidents and how to respond to an emergency. Event is followed by an open swim. Noon-3 p.m., free, Whitney Ranch Activity Pool, 1575
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Blues, Brews & BBQ Festival: Enjoy barbeque from Seven Seas Seafood, H&H BBQ, Road Kill Grill and Chow Time BBQ, plus microbrews, craft beer, cider and blues music. 4 p.m., $5, Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road, cannerycasino.com. Taiko Jam: The event brings together ensembles that represent the dynamic range of North American taiko. 8 p.m., $30, UNLV, Artemus Ham Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlv.edu.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 14 Las Vegas Jazz Society: Enjoy the music of Charles McNeal and his quartet. 2-4 p.m., $12-$15, Bootlegger Bistro, 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-313-6778.
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Resorts World Las Vegas isn’t necessarily trying to one-up other properties on the Strip. It just wants to be distinct. ¶ K.T. Lim, chairman and CEO of developer Genting Group, is interested in growing the entire local tourism market, not vying for someone else’s share of the pie, said Las Vegas architect Paul Steelman, who is behind Resorts World’s design. STEELM AN, CONTINUED ON PAGE 53
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National median price of new homes sold in April, up 8.3 percent from a year ago.
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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: Architecture firms, P60
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coverage of the Oso mudslide. Birch was working on the homepage of the newspaper’s website that day and covered the breaking news. Ramon Icasiano is chief operating officer at Zirtual, which matches virtual assistants with entrepreneurs, professionals and businesses. Patrick Moore is Gaming Laboratories International’s senior director of client services. Moore has been with GLI since 2002. Ike Mayberry is general manager of Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas. Mayberry has 30 years of experience in dining and attracMOORE tions. He oversees operations and manages nearly 250 employees. Aeriel Halstead is a communications specialist for Professionals in Philanthropy. Halstead will manage internal and external communications, social media operations, marketing efforts and the firm’s new storytelling division. Gretchen Inouye was named HALSTEAD Payroll Woman of the Year by the American Payroll Association. Inouye was chosen from more than 20,000 members nationwide for outstanding volunteerism and dedication to the payroll industry. Kelsey Hand is Trosper Communications’ executive director of media and client relations. She will lead all media relations and be the direct liaison between the firm’s clients and the media. Hand previously was public information coordinator for the Clark County Regional Flood Control District.
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Chance Casas and Manual Martinez are systems engineers at the Applied Group, a technology company. Commercial services and gaming attorney Vernon Nelson is a partner at Wilson Elser. Formerly with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, Nelson handles casino regulatory compliance and gaming/hotel operations, licensing and other matters before the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission. He also represents self-insurers in claims involving multimillion-dollar prizes and giveaways and has represented commercial creditors in collection and bankruptcy matters. In addition, Nelson represents commercial clients in commercial transactions, real property sales and leases, buy/sell transactions and management contracts. The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance board of directors appointed Jonas Peterson, currently the LVGEA’s president and chief economic development officer, as the organization’s new CEO. Peterson will replace Tom Skancke, whose last day with the LVGEA will be June 30. Synergy Sotheby’s International Realty is the exclusive seller of lots and custom homesites at MacDonald Highlands Country Club Community. The partnership coincides with the release of the first large, flat custom-estate lots at MaDonald Highlands Country Club Community in more than 10 years. Ken Miller is editor, Nina King is managing editor and Kiko Miyasato is associate editor of Las Vegas Magazine, a sister publication of VEGAS INC. PublicUs, a restaurant and coffee bar, opened at 1126
E. Fremont St., Las Vegas. Former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley will receive the 2015 Emilie Wanderer Civil Libertarian of the Year award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. “In Shelley’s work in Congress and throughout her public service career, she has always been a voice for the voiceless, tirelessly defending democracy and promoting equality for all,” said Robert Chester, ACLU of Nevada board president. Ten Metro Police officers won the national Top Cops Award from the National Association of Police Organizations. Sergeants Kurt McKenzie and Christopher O’Brien, and Officers Zachery Beal, John Bethard, Brett Brosnahan, David Corbin, Ryan Fryman, Timothy Gross, Troy Nicol and Gregory Stinnett were honored in Washington, D.C. The group played a key role in stopping Jerad and Amanda Miller from continuing their rampage after killing two Metro officers last year in a pizza restaurant. University Medical Center’s laboratory was named one of the best in the nation by a medical industry publication. Medical Laboratory Observer designated UMC’s lab as the “2015 Lab of the Year First Runner Up” based on customer service, teamwork, organization, patient care, education and efficiency. The Southern Nevada Health District, with Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, UNLV School of Nursing, UNLV School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nevada School of Medicine and United Way of Southern Nevada, launched a Healthy Southern Nevada website at HealthySouthernNevada.org. This website is a source of community health information and population data. ArrowData, which specializes in high-definition video, data collection, transmission, analytics and distribution services, received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate drones for electronic news gathering. ArrowData is the first company in the country to receive such approval and the first Nevada company to receive an exemption by the FAA to fly unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes. Gaudin Jaguar was among 16 Jaguar retailers awarded the 2014/15 Pride of Jaguar Retailer Excellence award. Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican, Siena Campus is hiring an estimated 300 employees for its new patient tower, which will increase the hospital’s capacity to 326 private rooms. The tower is being built by Kitchell and was designed by Orcutt | Winslow Partnership. The tower is expected to be completed this fall. The 220,000-square-foot project includes 56 emergency bays, six operating suites, separate entrances for cardiology and cardiovascular services, and expanded space for admitting, nutrition services, radiology, lab, pharmacy, endoscopy suites and other services. The Las Vegas Pain Relief Center is partnering with Skin Fitness. Located in the pain relief center at 58 N. Pecos Road, Henderson, Skin Fitness offers skin care treatments, facials, waxing and spa treatments. CraftHaus Brewery now offers its craft beer in cans. Four-packs of the company’s flagship beers, Evocation, a Saison-style ale, and Resinate, an India Pale Ale, are available at local retailers. Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican and UNLV received $14,885 from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute in Washington, D.C. for the Engaging Terminally Ill Patients with Palliative Care project. It is one of 47 new community-building projects to receive funding from the institute.
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Beard-grooming business is growing Describe your business.
We create 100 percent handcrafted goods for men — specifically, items for men’s grooming. First, we offer everything you need to grow and maintain a stellar beard and/or mustache — beard oil, beard balm and whisker wax to start. If facial hair isn’t for you, we also make everything you need to stay clean shaven — preshave oil, shaving soap, razors (real razors … the kind your grandpa used), aftershave and everything in between. Our artisan products are heirloom quality, the kind of stuff your grandkids will fight over when you’re dead. What are some of your most popular products?
People are going bonkers for our beard balm. A lot of bearded folks are getting used to the idea of beard oil, but the balm is new and exciting to them. Our hand-turned shaving brushes are really exciting people, too. We use the world’s highest quality badger hair and combine it with the most exotic woods on the planet. The really cool part for me is that we are doing the harvesting of these ingredients responsibly. For inDane Mentzer, left, founder and CEO of Tusk & Hide Trading Co., talks with a customer at his booth at the Punk stance, our Brazilian Rosewood shave brush is gor- Rock Bowling & Music Festival on May 25. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF) geous, but the wood is protected. We spend extra time, energy and money to get this wood through What’s the most important part of your job? TUSK & HIDE TRADING CO. reclaimed sources. Maintaining the big picture. Sure, we’re just makAddress: 2261 Montferrat Lane, Henderson ing beard oil, but we’re on a path to do so much more. Phone: 815-603-3263 Email: hello@tuskandhide.com It is my job to dream big. People have told me my What trends are you noticing for facial hair? Website: tuskandhide.com entire life to be realistic, but being realistic doesn’t Facial hair is becoming more widely accepted. Owned/operated by: Dane Mentzer, change the world. There was a time when regal men sported facial hair, Joe Eck, Jerzy Horst but that time faded in the mid-1900s with the introIn business since: 2015 duction of major razor companies. What is the hardest part about doing business My goal is to change the way people think of men’s in Las Vegas? grooming. It can be extremely manly to pamper The mental toll suffered by armed service memEstablishing a solid foundation of customers is yourself with a nice shave or products for your facial bers, and humans in general, has led to an epidemic of difficult in a transient environment. Constantly hair. Likewise, you can be a successful professional depression and suicide. I am a survivor of the suicide having to re-educate potential customers takes time while still rocking a full beard. Beards aren’t just for of an immediate relative, and it is a very deep wound and effort. But at the same time, those people who beatniks and lumberjacks. that never goes away. Tusk & Hide has vowed to fight pass through are like pollen blowing in the wind, suicide — part of which includes supporting memand they plant seeds wherever they land. bers of the Nevada Coalition for Suicide Prevention. How did you get the idea for Tusk & Hide? Lastly, we just love NPR, so we support it, too. When I was in the Air Force, I needed to shave What obstacles has your business overcome? Without quality, unbiased news, we can never be every day. Well, my skin was very sensitive, and it There is an overwhelming idea that there is one truly informed. wasn’t holding up to the daily abuse from five-bladed way to shave, one type of razor, on and on. Our main razors and chemical-filled shaving cream. So, I made job is education. my own. I developed an all-natural alternative to Also, the idea of starting a company as just a few Who are your customers? the expensive products on the market. As this proyoung guys during a recession is scary. We received Our intended demographic is men, but we have cess evolved, I made the best decision of my life and a lot of doubtful glances and unsupportive smirks. found a much wider audience. As it turns out, womswitched to a single-blade safety razor. I noticed inIt was very important to us to not only build great en are just as likely to buy our products, either as credible relief, and my skin was healthier than ever. products but also build a great brand. A huge chalgifts or even for themselves. When I exited life in the Air Force, I began to grow lenge was creating a brand that looks like a million my “freedom beard.” With this new beard came new dollars but costs nowhere near that. What makes your business unique? challenges, like the infamous itchy/scratchy beard Our hands create every single item that leaves our and “beardruff.” I vowed to solve these problems, too. shop. From the logo, design, website, branding and What have you learned from the recession? packaging to the creation of fragrances, the mixing Certain luxuries are just that: luxuries. People of ingredients and the shipping of products, we do it. can’t buy expensive products when they are strugHaving served in the military, how do you give We also make every effort to be intimately ingling to put food on the table. But everybody needs back to the community now? volved in the world around us. I want to personally to treat themselves now and then, and little treats I will always be deeply tied to my brothers and sisknow my customers, to hear their voice. I am making like the ones we produce are a great way to feel pamters in arms. That bond and my professional history products for people who expect a lot, and I intend to pered on a budget. as a trauma RN have created a huge love and need to deliver more than they anticipated. We offer a 100 The other thing I’ve learned is that the economic help the men and women who come home less than percent satisfaction guarantee, and that extends to climate of the country is defined by us — small-busicomplete. My partners and I have vowed to support every email we send and every hand we shake. Peoness owners and consumers. We can’t get scared when the Wounded Warrior Project. A percentage of every ple are good, and we want to be good to people. things get tough; we need to be strong and fight back. sale we make is donated to the organization.
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BY THE NUMBERS
20,000
Number of seats planned for the Las Vegas Arena, under construction between New York-New York and the Monte Carlo.
$8.1 MILLION
Amount Nevada operators earned from Internet poker between February and November 2014.
5,100
Square footage of a building that Chik-fil-A is buying near the Galleria at Sunset mall.
$2.3 MILLION
Amount Las Vegas stakeholders, including the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, are paying a North Carolina consulting firm to lead the process of drafting a Transportation Investment Business Plan, which will outline ways to modernize the city’s transportation system. The improvements are expected to cost billions of dollars.
60,000
Square footage of an area at the south end of Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile Shops that will be transformed this fall into a restaurant and entertainment hub known as Harmon Avenue.
$1.5 MILLION
Cost of a recent upgrade to U.S. 93 by the Nevada Department of Transportation.
3.54 MILLION
The number of people who visited Las Vegas in April, an increase of 2.4 percent compared with a year earlier. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority also reported convention attendance grew by 26.8 percent to 501,392 people.
$260,000
The minimum fine Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air faces for an alleged offense related to drug and alcohol testing.
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Q&A WITH MIKE MIXER
‘Surround yourself with smart people who can challenge and inspire you’ Mike Mixer, executive managing director of Colliers International — Las Vegas, dreamed of finding a little island in the South Pacific, building a resort near a great surf spot and running it while enjoying his favorite pastime. But after coming to the desert from his native California to learn about the hospitality industry at UNLV, he never looked back. Do you have any news about your company that you’d like to share? Colliers International – Las Vegas recently received an unprecedented 10th consecutive award for Brokerage Firm of the Year for Las Vegas. It was awarded by the NAIOP organization, North America’s largest and most prestigious commercial real estate organization. What is the best business advice you’ve received, and whom did it come from? A professor of mine at UNLV told me to surround yourself with smart people who can challenge and inspire you. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? Reduce the heat by 20 degrees in July and August. What’s the biggest issue facing Southern Nevada and its residents? Water. If Lake Mead turns into a pond, we will face a significant challenge. What are you reading right now? “As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride,” and “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.” What do you do after work? Hot yoga and spend time with my family. Blackberry, iPhone or Android? iPhone. Describe your management style. I strive to be open-minded, fair and trusting. I also have high expectations for my team. In addition, I enjoy challenging my co-workers while also keeping the work environment calm and humorous. Where do you see yourself and/or your company in 10 years? Semi-retired. I love commercial real estate too much to ever stop. And in 10 years, Colliers will receive its 20th award for Brokerage Firm of the Year. What is your dream job, outside of your current field? My dream is to become owner of a hotel resort on an island in the South Pacific with perfect waves for surfing — my favorite sport. Whom do you admire and why?
Mike Mixer began his commercial real estate career in 1988, then broke away in 1993 to form Stuart Mixer Commercial, now known as Colliers Inernational — Las Vegas. (CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS/STAFF)
My dad. He taught me the importance of always doing the right thing and working hard. What is your biggest pet peeve? Waiting in line. What is something that people might not know about you? I was on my high school’s varsity surf team.
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On Conor Shine’s lasvegassun.com story “Another duel for Dotty: Slot parlor chain facing scrutiny in city of Las Vegas”: Why do our neighborhoods have to accept slots and liquor and adult uses on every corner of our community? — TTTNow Politics getting in the way of business. Dotty’s is not for everyone but then neither is Station Casinos. Let Dotty’s do its business and Station Casinos do its. — White Knight On Brian Deka’s vegasinc.com story “Chik-fil-A files for permit, is one step closer to coming to Henderson”: Glad to see another fast food choice coming to the valley. I couldn’t care less about their politics. — MAR100A
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GUEST COLUMN: us with Republican voters by a substantial have worked on more than 100 TOM LETIZIA margin, but we were winning Democrats by campaigns in my career since I an equally large margin. We could see our started my advertising agency in 1974. pathway to victory was to turn Republicans However, the more I do campaigns, the to our side, discourage them from our opponent and get our more sophisticated they become. Democrats to vote. Television has always garnered the largest share of a We were able to accomplish both by spending $100,000 campaign budget. TV data help determine the proper media on television ads during the final week of the campaign — mix to reach the desired demographics. Nielsen tools were $50,000 during the final three days alone, which accounted used in my first campaign, and such data still play a role. for a large win on Election Day. Additionally, a series of The mistake most media planners make when handling issues-tested mailers helped assure our success. political campaigns is not having enough gross rating points Two weeks before Election Day, internal polling numbers for their message to penetrate the audience. Our rule of showed the race dead even. As I later found out from thumb is we want the voter to see a message at least 12 times consultants on the other side, they saw the same numbers. before moving on to another message. Most buyers dump a Having this information gave us the insight to make crucial message before the public has fully comprehended it. moves. During the recent re-election campaign for Las Vegas It was my job, along with co-campaign manager Bradley Mayor Carolyn Goodman, my media buyer, my son Russell Meyer, to monitor the campaign’s cash flow daily to make Letizia, studied Nielsen research every day. Having worked sure we could do everything we originally budgeted. Had on multiple campaigns, he was able to match our polling we spent foolishly early in the campaign, it would have data with viewer profiles. We knew our target voter was prevented us from doing the things we needed to do to win. a woman over 50. So we looked for shows that gave us the At the end of the day, a good campaign hinges on having a largest audience at the lowest cost per rating point. good business plan and using science and data, along with In addition, we learned early that our opponent was good, sound business judgment. But, most importantly, you heavily targeting Republican voters. We knew to neutralize must have a good candidate. those voters and relied on shows like Fox News. Tom Letizia is an advertising and public relations executive One of the strategic decisions we made using several and recently worked as campaign manager for Mayor Carolyn sources of data came during the final weeks of the Goodman. campaign, after we saw that our opponent was beating
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That’s the great thing about our country: choices. People can choose not to eat there, just like Chikfil-A’s leadership can choose to have their own religious beliefs. — VegasDemon On Kyle Roerink’s lasvegassun.com story “Solar compromise moves to Assembly floor”: This is just a BandAid measure for another old technology behemoth ... goodbye coal, goodbye oil, goodbye traditional power companies. — VegasTearoom
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Taxis on Strip go idle in protest of Uber BY CONOR SHINE
TOURISTS REACT TO TAXI DRIVERS’ PROTEST
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Dozens of taxi drivers parked their cabs and instead took to the Las Vegas Strip sidewalk May 29 to protest the arrival of Uber and the disastrous effect drivers said it would have on their livelihoods. The demonstration started at 2 p.m. on a day when the temperature peaked at 99 degrees, but tourists looking to catch a ride to avoid the heat weren’t affected, as the work stoppage did little to disrupt the supply of available cabs. Taxi lines at casinos were short for patrons, and there were even cabs from Yellow Checker Star, whose employees were participating in the protest, queued to pick up passengers. The protest was organized by drivers from the Industrial, Technical and Professional Employees Union Local 4873 and took place on a sidewalk in front of Caesars Palace for about two hours. Most drivers parked their vehicles at a nearby union office and then bused to the site. The protest was called off an hour early due to the heat. Although many drivers who participated were on the clock and supposed to be on the roads, they weren’t subject to discipline from Yellow Checker Star because the protest was protected as a union-related activity. “We don’t condone the demonstration ... but they’re allowed to do it,” Yellow Checker Star Chief Operating Officer Bill Shranko said. “I think it’s an issue where drivers are fed up.” Whether to allow Uber in Nevada and how to regulate the popular ridesharing company was one of the most
Taxi cab drivers gather on the Strip in front of Caesars Palace to protest Uber, the ride-sharing program trying to break into the Las Vegas market. (L.E. BASKOW)
heavily lobbied issue at the Legislature this year. Late last month, the Legislature approved a pair of bills allowing transportation network companies such as Uber, which connect drivers and riders through a smartphone app, to operate in Nevada. The bills, which Gov. Brian Sandoval signed into law, create regulations for the ride-hailing companies, including background checks and insurance requirements that would be enforced by the Nevada Transportation Authority. With Uber’s arrival imminent, taxicab drivers said they were speaking out to let the community know about the damage they think Uber will do. “I believe it’s going to directly impact the safety of Las Vegas streets,”
said Mike Kilgo, a Las Vegas cab driver for 15 years. Kilgo said adding potentially thousands of new Uber drivers onto Las Vegas streets would cut into earnings for cab drivers and could lead to a competitive environment for fares that encourages reckless driving. It’s also unclear where Uber drivers would pick up riders on the Strip, whether in a casino taxi line, a parking garage or on the street. “Our income is going to drop. The pie isn’t getting any bigger,” said Kilgo, who said he earns about $32,000 a year working five 12-hour shifts per week. “It’s going to cause confusion and chaos.” Others at the protest also criticized the laws for not subjecting Uber to the more-extensive background checking, drug testing and training
At Paris and Bally’s, a steady flow of taxis streamed in and out of the front entrances. Tourists had no trouble getting rides despite the anti-Uber protest across the street. Michael Dixon, visiting Las Vegas to celebrate his sister’s 21st birthday, said many of his friends use Uber. He said he wouldn’t hesitate to use the app. Seth Holehouse, a business owner in town for the Las Vegas Antique Jewelry and Watch Show, said he’s a big fan of Uber, mostly because it is more modernized than taxi services. “The taxi industry hasn’t changed,” Holehouse said. “With the Uber app, you can see the photo of the driver and rate them.” He added that not only does he like the diversity of the employee pool, he also enjoys the app’s accessibility. “I can use it in Miami and also in Hong Kong,” Holehouse said. “It has a big global aspect to it.” — Julie Ann Formoso
programs cab drivers must adhere to. “Uber drives people from point A to point B for hire,” said Yellow Checker Star driver and union shop steward Dustin Qualls. “If they want to come out here and work, they should follow the same rules.” Uber and other ridesharing competitors could begin operating in Las Vegas this summer, once they go through a licensing process with the Nevada Transportation Authority.
IRS urged not to lower threshold for reporting slot winnings BY J.D. MORRIS STAFF WRITER
The national casino industry and its allies in Congress are trying to send a message to the IRS: Lowering the threshold for reporting slot winnings is a bad idea. Geoff Freeman, president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Gaming Association, said about 13,000 people from across the country had spoken out against the potential threshold change. The IRS has been seeking public input on the
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possibility of someday lowering the amount at which casinos must report slot winnings from $1,200 to $600. The idea comes as the IRS considers changes that would “update and simplify” gaming-related regulations. The agency plans to keep the current slot winnings threshold in place for now, but it’s accepting comments on the feasibility of a lower reporting requirement. Casinos and gamblers don’t like the lower threshold because when winnings from a slot machine hit that
$1,200 mark, the machine locks up until paperwork is filled out. Changing the level to $600 would mean more frequent lock-ups and therefore less revenue as more machines are inactive. It also would place a bigger burden on customers and casino employees, opponents of the idea say. “The IRS could soon force casino guests to more frequently fill out paperwork, which would severely undermine the customer experience,” notes a petition from the gaming association. The gaming association says the pe-
tition has received about 10,000 signatures, and about 3,000 comments have been filed with the IRS. Seventeen members of Congress also took aim at the idea of lowering the threshold in a letter to the IRS. Nevada Reps. Joe Heck, Mark Amodei, Dina Titus and Cresent Hardy were among those who signed it. “Any reduction in this threshold would dramatically raise costs to comply, decrease gaming revenue ... and would greatly increase the burden workload for IRS,” the letter said.
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Greenspun Media Group names Prouty as group publisher BY VEGAS INC STAFF
Greenspun Media Group has named Gordon Prouty as group publisher overseeing GMG’s industry-leading print and digital publications, including Las Vegas Magazine, The Sunday, VEGAS INC, Las Vegas Weekly, Vegas2Go and their sister websites. “We’re thrilled to have someone of Gordy’s experience and creativity joining our team,” said Brian Greenspun, GMG’s owner and CEO. “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Gordy for a number of years,” said Robert Cauthorn, GMG’s chief operating officer. “Everywhere he goes, positive things happen both in publishing and in the community. We’re thrilled to have him join us, and Las Vegas will be richer for it.” Prouty has been president and publisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal since July 2011. His career with American City Business Journals began in 2008, when he became the head of the advertising department at the San Francisco Business Times. Prouty began his career at his hometown paper, The Post-Standard, in Syracuse, N.Y., starting as a classified salesperson and moving up the ranks to hold a number of sales management positions. While in Syracuse, he was also an adjunct professor at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. From Syracuse, he moved on to senior advertising and business development positions with Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., the San Francisco Chronicle, Newspapers First and Allied Integrated Marketing, prior to
joining ACBJ. Prouty also is very active in the community. He serves on the community leadership board of the American DiabePROUTY tes Association, chairs the executive committee of the American Diabetes Tour de Cure and is chair of the board of governors at the Columbia Tower Club. He’s also involved in the The 5th Avenue Theatre, Junior Achievement of Washington, Seattle World Trade Center Board, the Economic Development Council of Seattle-King County and CEOs against Cancer. Travis Keys, GMG’s former group publisher, will assume a new role within the company as vice president for business development and will turn his focus to new projects under Prouty’s leadership. “Travis has had a meaningful impact on this company and has always loved working on new initiatives,” Cauthorn said. “We’re delighted he is going to remain with the company.” “I can’t wait to start working with the team there,” Prouty said. “GMG defines quality in Las Vegas, and clearly it has the best team and the best audience in the city. It was a hard decision to leave ACBJ, because it’s a great organization. However, in the end, seeing where GMG is heading, its exceptional products and culture was too exciting to resist.” Prouty is expected to assume his new duties late this month.
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Average wage in Nevada grows but lags behind price increases BY CY RYAN STAFF WRITER
The average weekly wage in Nevada in 2014 was $860, a gain of 1.3 percent from the prior year, but it didn’t keep pace with increases in prices. The state Department of Employment Security, Training and Rehabilitation reported prices rose 1.6 percent during the past year. The highest weekly average wage in Nevada was $1,560 in the mining industry, up 0.8 percent from the previ-
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ous year, according to the department. During the fourth quarter of 2014, the agency said the average salary statewide was $899, an increase of 1.6 percent from the same period of 2013. The state experiences the highest growth in the fourth quarter due to bonuses. Clark County posted a wage gain of 1.3 percent to $848 per week in the last three months of the year. The largest average salary in the state was in Esmeralda County at $1,039, a gain of 4.8 percent for the three-month period.
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Dotty’s slot parlors face scrutiny in Las Vegas BY CONOR SHINE STAFF WRITER
Less than six months after Clark County commissioners passed sweeping new rules targeting so-called slot parlors, tavern chain Dotty’s is under scrutiny again over its business model — this time in the city of Las Vegas. Questions raised by City Councilman Bob Beers have led to two delays in Dotty’s being granted a permanent restricted gaming license for a new location near Sahara Avenue and Hualapai Way. That location, which opened in March, is operating under a temporary license. An attorney for Dotty’s said the application, which has received Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board approval, was being subjected to “a new level of scrutiny” that hasn’t been applied to other tavern gaming applications the City Council routinely approves or the dozens of other Dotty’s in the city. The attorney, Susan Johnson, also raised the specter of Station Casinos, a giant of the locals gaming market and Dotty’s chief antagonist. “What this boils down to is this particular location is unfortunately about a mile from Red Rock Station, so suddenly an additional level of scrutiny is being asked of you,” Johnson contended. Beers said he didn’t have any communication with Station Casinos or any other groups before pulling Dotty’s application for review. “This is the first time I’ve had a Dotty’s come up (in my ward) and they’re pretty clearly not the same as other applicants,” Beers said. “The singling-out argument draws attention from the underlying situation, which is that gaming regulators made the decision about Dotty’s based on several incorrect facts.” The issue in Las Vegas, as it was in Clark County, is over how much revenue a typical Dotty’s location brings in from slot machine gaming compared with the sale of food and drinks. State and local gaming laws require revenue from noncasino slot machines be incidental to a primary business such as running a bar, restaurant, convenience or grocery store. Dotty’s, which offers a limited menu and full bar, has spread to more than 100 locations statewide since arriving in 1996 and has spawned a wave of knockoff competitors. But critics say Dotty’s patrons are drawn less for the food and drink and more for the opportunity at gaming, allowing the company to reap
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big profits without the investment and taxes required from casinos that receive more expansive, unrestricted gaming licenses. Dotty’s representatives insist the company complies with all gaming laws. But complaints about its business model have persisted, fueling a fierce political battle over bar gaming involving Dotty’s, Station Casinos and local governments. Clark County spent much of last year debating revisions to its tavern gaming rules before passing an ordinance in December requiring bars to either operate a full kitchen or take in less than 50 percent of revenue from gaming. Beers said as far as he could tell, the Dotty’s on Charleston Boulevard did not have a primary business other than gaming. “The question is ... whether there is a primary purpose besides gaming,” Beers said. In a review of Dotty’s application with the state, Beers said he found several errors in Dotty’s calculations that underrepresented how much time, space and money would be put toward the slot machines of its new tavern, a key factor in determining its primary business. Dotty’s initially predicted it would make 67 percent of its revenue from gaming, but that number has actually been 91 percent through its first several weeks of operation, with another 8 percent of revenue coming from cigarette sales, according to Las Vegas’ business licensing department. Johnson, Dotty’s attorney, said gaming revenues would fluctuate over short periods depending on player wins and losses, making it inaccurate to base judgments on only a few months of figures. Beers sent a letter to the Gaming Commission and Gaming Control Board asking the agencies to revisit the application considering the new information he put forward and to clarify what the tavern’s primary business is found to be. The Dotty’s location will be allowed to remain open and offer slot machine gaming until August under a temporary license approved by the council last month. Beers hasn’t indicated any interest in revisiting the city’s broader tavern gaming rules like Clark County did. “I’m trying to just stick to the law,” Beers said. “I hope (state gaming regulators) look at it with new facts and either validate their earlier decision or change their earlier decision.”
Workers connect pipes June 1 in the third intake tunnel under Lake Mead. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)
Third intake straw at plunging Lake Mead nearly complete BY CONOR SHINE STAFF WRITER
Six hundred feet down an elevator shaft near the shore of Lake Mead, the weight of Las Vegas’ future rests on a 19,000-pound plug at the mouth of a 3-mile tunnel. The plug sits atop a domed cavern beneath the lake, holding back the pressure of millions of acre-feet of water. This summer, the tunnel will be flooded and a crane will pull out the plug, connecting the lake’s third intake straw to nearby pumping stations and providing a new level of protection against a blistering drought that has sent Lake Mead’s elevation to record low levels. The new intake — basically a steel-and-concrete tube that uses gravity to feed water into the valley’s pumping facilities — will keep working even if the lake’s elevation drops below 1,000 feet, a point at which two existing intakes would stop functioning. With Lake Mead’s elevation at 1,076 feet and dropping, the third intake provides insurance that the drought doesn’t cut off the source of 90 percent of Las Vegas’ drinking water. Pulling the plug at the end of the tunnel will be the final step of a seven-year, $817 million project that started with a 600-foot access shaft excavated and blasted straight down near the shore of Lake Mead. From there, 14-person crews traded off guiding a 620-foot, 1,700-ton tunnel boring machine along a 3-mile route under the lake. Floods, cave-ins and other setbacks led to delays and forced engineers to rejigger the tunnel’s path. There also was tragedy in 2012, with the death of a construction worker who was struck in the head by a pressurized jet of grouting material that was ejected when one of the concrete rings lining the tunnel slipped. In December, the boring machine reached the end of its route and pierced the intake structure that had been sunk to the bottom of the lake, ending up only millimeters off its intended target. Mother Nature has left little time to celebrate the feat of engineering. Already, planning and design are underway on the next major project at Lake Mead, a $650 million pumping station that, like the intake straw, is meant to replace older facilities that eventually will be rendered useless by falling lake levels. “When you couple intake No. 3 with the low lake level pumping station, we’ll be able to draw water from below the deadpool elevation of 875 feet,” said Bronson Mack, spokesman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. “That allows us to continue accessing our water supply even if no water is able to pass through Hoover Dam for downstream users in Arizona, California and Mexico.”
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Resort’s success depends on ‘wow’ factor “He wants to expand the Las Vegas market rather than doing something better than someone else,” Steelman said. Steelman’s architectural vision will be key to making that happen. Construction on Genting’s $4 billion, Chinese-themed resort began May 5 on the site formerly home to the Stardust, then Boyd Gaming’s scrapped Echelon project. Work is expected to be completed in multiple phases, with the first opening to the public in 2018. Steelman has played an integral role in the project since its inception. He sat down with VEGAS INC to discuss plans for Resorts World, its panda habitat, its place in Las Vegas architectural history and more. What made the former Echelon site so appealing? I’m speaking a little bit for Lim; obviously, he made the ultimate choice. But I think there were a couple of things. No. 1, we thought we could work within the existing Echelon master plan design of the towers and garages and so on. Buildings take some time to construct, and of course, time is money in our gaming business. A building that takes a year less to construct is a more financially secure building than one that is strung out through the construction. No. 2, the site was big: 83 or 84 acres. If you look at Genting’s properties now, the most successful properties the company runs in Malaysia and Singapore, both of those have very large footprints. So when it came right down to it, it was a good price, it was a good asset, it was a large piece of property, and of course, it was on Las Vegas Boulevard. So it had all the makings of what Genting would like to see in a resort. What are some of the challenges incorporating the existing Echelon frame into the design of Resorts World? Times have changed a little bit from when Echelon was originally designed and started construction. We have to say, “Is what was on the Echelon plan suitable for today?” And how has gaming or how has the Las Vegas market or how has the overall approach, the integrated resort, changed what we should do?
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Paul Steelman is the architect behind Resorts World Las Vegas’ Chinese-themed design. (COURTESY)
“Our goal in anything we design is actually very simple: We want to make you smile. If we get somebody with a simple smile, they’re going to come back.” — Paul Steelman
The major elements stay the same, the tower footprint stays the same. Of course, there are new elevators being added, new entrances, new portecocheres, new division of hotels, new ways to operate the hotel, different service elevator configurations — all sorts of things to make the hotel run more like a Genting hotel. We have all the master-plan elements there to build the building as we see fit, and then we have to redesign the building to accomplish these goals. Architecturally, have the plans changed substantively since the rough sketch was revealed in 2013? All plans do. The basic idea is still the same, the basic master plan is still the same, but the actual offerings are somewhat different. Our designs work on a series of emotions. There’s basically three. We work on a “wow” in the lobby. We want that to be one of your memories of your life, so it gets posted on Facebook and Twittered around. It becomes a social media phenomenon. Then, when we get in the casino: You can win. You’re James Bond! Power is the emotion to win in the casino. And then we want to give you someplace
to relax. And where do we do that? In the restaurants. What are some of the “wow” amenities? Everyone talks about the Great Wall of China replica and the panda habitat. The panda habitat is going to be moved to phase two, as will the water park. There are, of course, many other attractions, starting with our ball that drops on the outside of the building, the Chinese village, the Great Wall and all the integration of that with the Strip. Our goal in anything we design is actually very simple: We want to make you smile. If we get somebody with a simple smile, they’re going to come back. What will set Resorts World apart from everything else on the Strip, particularly the newest wave of resorts? Las Vegas is a fantasy type of place — a little bit like Disney. We went off the rails a little bit when we started to say, “Well, we could do something citylike, some modern architecture,” and the modern architecture would in fact resonate with the casino cus-
tomers. Now, modern architecture does resonate with a lot of people. But Las Vegas is a fun-in-the-sun vacation spot. And tall, high-rise glassand steel-laden buildings that are similar to many cities in the United States, face it: They do not give you the impression of a vacation spot. They might give you the impression of a great building, don’t get me wrong. I’m a modern architect; I love modern architecture. But if you ask the normal person walking down the street do they know what that modern architecture is, do they know what it’s about, in most cases, they don’t. These super modern buildings that had a statement were good-looking buildings, were dynamic, but they didn’t feel like they were attacking the three emotions we want to design with. At the end of the day, it’s a fine combination of modern architecture and getting the feeling across, but the feeling can’t come across so themed that it starts to look like some of the old themed-type places here that we used to have. Even when we did the Mirage in 1989, you could see that we didn’t put any of that Hawaiian stuff into the tower. We said, “Ah, the tower’s got to resonate as its own independent building.” Is this the beginning of a new phase of architecture and development on the Strip or a resurgence of that themed era? I definitely feel it is an expansion of the market, and I definitely feel it’s a new phase. No doubt. What is that new phase, then? That new phase is going to be more attraction-based. I think attractionbased tourism is going be greater, and I think the attractions will be diversified. Who is your target audience? Who is Resorts World Las Vegas designed to appeal to? I don’t think it’s any different than all of Genting’s projects. All of their projects have a larger appeal base than most. They appeal, in Malaysia and Singapore, to a diverse range of families, young couples, middle-income visitors. Yet at those integrated resorts, they also appeal to a large group of VIPs who love the attractions.
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Calendar of events MONDAY, JUNE 8 Aviation symposium Time: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Cost: $150 Location: National Atomic Testing Museum, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit titus.house.gov/aviation Rep. Dina Titus will host a symposium that will include presentations by national aviation and aerospace leaders as well as federal officials. They will discuss aviation tourism and unmanned systems. Meeting of the Mountain West CTR-In Time: All day through June 10 Cost: Free Location: UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Visit ctrin.unlv.edu Learn about health issues unique to our region and about the Clinical Translational Research Infrastructure Network’s research at UNLV and 13 partner universities.
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 Henderson Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members, $45 for nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins Location: Fiesta Henderson, 777 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com Dr. Tony Chin, chief medical officer at Dignity Health — St. Rose Dominican Rose de Lima, will discuss the campus’ advancements in neurological rehabilitation.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 Business Expo 2015 Time: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $10 Location: Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvchamber.com Explore more than 100 business exhibit booths to network, learn about new products and services, and sample food from Las Vegas eateries. Business by the Book workshop: “Get Your Business Online” Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: UNLV Lied Library, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: library.unlv.edu/bbtb2015-june Learn how to expand your business on the Internet through social media marketing tactics and by optimizing your Web presence in search engines.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 Coffee with the Mayor Time: 8 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Dougie J’s Cafe, 603 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas
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Mayor Carolyn Goodman, right, and City Councilman Bob Coffin will be available for coffee talk at 8 a.m. June 11. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF FILE)
Information: Email jradke@lasvegasnevada.gov Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and Councilman Bob Coffin will be available to discuss issues that matter to you. Metered parking is available on Bonneville Avenue. Business workshop with County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free but limited to 65 attendees Location: County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Email bloutreach@clarkcountynv. gov Commissioner Lawrence Weekly will host a workshop for people interested in opening a business, especially those who want to start a regulated business such as a store with gaming. X’s & O’s of Success Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $99 Location: Inspire Theatre, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-826-9433 A professional and personal development event for executives, rising business leaders and sales professionals.
Roast of Henderson Chamber of Commerce’s outgoing chairman, DJ Allen Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $50 Location: Henderson Convention Center, 200 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com The outgoing chairman of the board of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce will be roasted by notable local figures, including UNLV basketball coach Dave Rice and former Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson. KLUC’s Chet Buchanan will serve as roast master.
MONDAY, JUNE 15 PLuS Center Course: Casino Auditing I Time: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (same time June 16) Cost: $895; $945 for late registration Location: UNLV Stan Fulton Building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Visit cvent.com/d/1rq2f0 Auditing personnel and gaming industry regulators can participate in discussions about internal control and fraud, among other gaming topics, online or in person.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 FRIDAY, JUNE 12 Brigham Young University Management Society luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $15 for students, $30 for guests and members with RSVP, $35 for members without RSVP Location: Brady Industries Inc., 7055 Lindell Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit lasvegas.byums.org Ken Alber, principal of the Penta Building Group, will be the guest speaker.
PLuS Center Course: Casino Auditing II Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. through June 19 Cost: $1,245, $1,295 for late registration Location: UNLV Stan Fulton Building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Visit cvent.com/d/crqw1m/4W Auditing personnel and gaming industry regulators who participated in “PLuS Center Course: Casino Auditing I” can join in discussions about auditing credit, comps and slot clubs and other auditing topics.
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Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES CHAPTER 7 Foamtech Inc. P.O. Box 95215 Las Vegas, NV 89193 Attorney: H. Stan Johnson at sjohnson@cohenjohnson.com
repair services countywide Clark County, 603703 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ ClarkCountyNV.gov
BROKERED TRANSACTIONS SALES
BID OPPORTUNITIES MONDAY, JUNE 8 2:15 p.m. Intersection improvements at Tenaya Way and Warm Springs Road Clark County, 603676 Ashley Blanco at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov
TUESDAY, JUNE 9 2 p.m. Oracle Sparc T5-2 Servers State of Nevada, 8339 Marti Marsh at mmarsh@admin. nv.gov
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10 2 p.m. Class 13 dump bodies and attachments State of Nevada, 8337 Marti Marsh at mmarsh@admin. nv.gov 3 p.m. Current production model 12-passenger van Clark County, 603710 Sandra Mendoza at sda@ClarkCountyNV.gov 3 p.m. Civil defense legal services for Clark County Clark County, 603696 Ashley Blanco at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 2 p.m. Epoke S4900 Sirius Combi AST truck-mounted spreader State of Nevada, 8342 Marti Marsh at mmarsh@admin. nv.gov 2:15 p.m. Epoke S4902 Sirius Combi AST truck-mounted spreader State of Nevada, 8343 Marti Marsh at mmarsh@admin. nv.gov 2:30 p.m. 30,000 GVW Cab and chassis State of Nevada, 8332 Heather Moon at hmoon@admin. nv.gov
FRIDAY, JUNE 12 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for intruder alarm monitoring and
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$4,000,000 for 5,567 square feet, NNN investment 6515 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas 89156 Seller: Piianaia LP Seller agent: David Grant and Phillip Dunning of Colliers International Buyer: Manchester LAX LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $1,620,000 for 2 acres, office/ industrial 740 N. Valle Verde Drive, Henderson 89014 Seller: First Financial Bank, National Association Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: TFFH Holdings LLC Buyer agent: Greg Pancirov and Mike DeLew of Colliers International $1,600,000 for 11,021 square feet, retail 5697 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89118 Seller: Criterion Group Inc. Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: Vittorio Holding LLC Buyer agent: Neil Dela Cruz of MDL Group $500,000 for 5 acres, commercial Northwest corner of East Gowan Road and Berg Street, North Las Vegas 89030 Seller: Red Rock Leasing Inc. Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Prudent Ventures LLC and VVP Olsen LLC Buyer agent: Ben Millis and Chris Beets of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank $61,449 for 2,548 square feet, industrial 1170 Center Point Drive, Henderson 89074 Seller: Desert Breeze Development LLC Seller agent: Renae Russo of Colliers International Buyer: Williams General Consulting LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose
LEASES $2,033,200 for 17,000 square feet, retail for 121 months 225 N. Stephanie St., Henderson 89074 Seller: Roxbury Advisors LLC Seller agent: Nelson Tressler and
Mike Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Buyer: Bouncy World LLC Buyer agent: Maria Herman of Active Commercial $594,081 for 4,642 square feet, office for 60 months 5820 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 190, Las Vegas 89119 Seller: Did not disclose Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: AARP Buyer agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate Services $426,027 for 2,665 square feet, retail for 62 months 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 108, Las Vegas 89117 Seller: 9440 West Sahara Holdings Seller agent: Jackie Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young Buyer: Quest Diagnostics Buyer agent: Shalonda Hughes of CBRE $281,700 for 2,000 square feet, retail for 69 months 1090 W. Sunset Road, Henderson 89014 Seller: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Seller agent: Nelson Tressler and Mike Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Buyer: One Nevada Credit Union Buyer agent: Did not disclose $270,943 for 3,600 square feet, retail for 60 months 7380 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 110, Las Vegas 89123 Seller: Warm Springs Plaza LLC Seller agent: Eric Berggren of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Buyer: Rosati’s of Green Valley Inc. dba Rosati’s Pizza Buyer agent: Did not disclose $216,330 for 3,996 square feet, office for 36 months 5575 S. Durango Road, Suite 103, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: T&J Fallon Family Trust Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: JSA Healthcare Nevada Buyer agent: Did not disclose $156,240 for 3,255 square feet, office for 60 months 1700 Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 203, Henderson 89012 Seller: Corley LLC Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate Services Buyer: Design Vision Inc. Buyer agent: Did not disclose $116,640 for 1,000 square feet, retail for 63 months 8530 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 105, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: DSP 1 LLC, DSP 2 LLC, DSP 3
Re LLC and DSP 4 LLC Seller agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial Buyer: LV Nail Lounge Buyer agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial $116,952 for 2,947 square feet, office for 36 months 5575 S. Durango Road, Suite 102, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: T&J Fallon Family Trust Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate Services Buyer: Minus5 Management LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $84,252 for 1,170 square feet, office for 60 months 7885 W. Sunset Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: Allen-Milan LLC Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executive Real Estate Services Buyer: Black Mountain Wealth Management Buyer agent: Did not disclose $59,327 for 1,161 square feet, office for 36 months 1700 Horizon Ridge Parkway, Henderson 89012 Seller: Corley LLC Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: Infinity Capital Management Corp. Buyer agent: Did not disclose
BUSINESS LICENSES Ugg Australia Business type: General retail sales Address: 795 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 2205, Las Vegas Owner: Deckers Retail LLC Vape and Smoke Business type: Tobacco dealer Address: 4533 W. Sahara Ave., Suite F3, Las Vegas Owner: Romina Bossi Vec2 Business type: Management or consulting service Address: 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 390, Las Vegas Owner: Eduardo Ramirez, Jr. Vegas Smoke Shop Business type: Tobacco dealer Address: 3155 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Owner: SJ Tyler Goup Inc. Vegas Vape Business type: Electronic cigarettes Address: 1114 S. Main St., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Vegas Vape LLC Veronica Inez Gonzalez
Business type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Veronica Inez Gonzalez Vibe Lash And Wax Studio Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 1750 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 15, Las Vegas Owner: Purple Tie Enterprises LLC
Owner: B
Affinity Business services Address Suite 190 Owner: C fessiona
Wan Yin Geung Business type: Real estate sales Address: 4604 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Wan Yin Geung
Alex Pre Boutiqu Business moter Address Blvd., La Owner: L
Western Petroleum Business type: Automotive garage Address: 2051 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Chehade Holdings LLC
All In C& Business Address Las Veg Owner: B
Wild Truffles Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 401 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas Owner: Wild Truffles LLC
All State Business consultin Address Vegas Owner: E
Xl Air Service LLC Business type: Sales/services Address: 2634 Airport Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Xl Air Service LLC
Allstate Business Address Suite 130 Owner: T
2 Guys Home and Auto Handyman Service Business type: Property maintenance Address: 276 Yuma Lane, Henderson Owner: William Martin Anderson
Allure M Business Address Las Veg Owner: A
24-7Datecheck.Com Business type: Online background check service Address: 155 S. Water St., Suite 220, Henderson Owner: 24-7Datecheck.Com LLC 702 Massage Business type: Independent massage therapist Address: 918 High Plains Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Eileen Charles AA Joseph Business type: Express or delivery service Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Lee Cervoni AA Joseph Business type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Lee Cervoni Acclaim Electronics LLC Business type: Wholesale electronic distribution Address: 7705 Commercial Way, Suite 155, Henderson
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Alta Mar Business Address Suite 102 Owner: E
AMPM Business Address Henders Owner: H
America Business Address Las Veg Owner: D
AMR Au Business services Address Las Veg Owner: A
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Records and Transactions Owner: BCKTC LLC
Owner: Anna Marie Del Pizzo
Affinity Tax & Consulting LLC Business type: Professional services Address: 8330 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 190, Las Vegas Owner: Cory Roberts CPA A Professional Corp.
Anthony’s Drapery & Blinds Business type: General retail sales Address: 9795 Pioneer Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Alex Stella
Alex Presley’s Events and Unique Boutique Business type: Professional promoter Address: 916 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Leroy Lopez All In C&H Services Business type: Sales/services Address: 1901 Bassler St., North Las Vegas Owner: Bruno Antonio Gonzalez All States Shipping LLC Business type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Ecaterina Avina Allstate Insurance Business type: Insurance sales Address: 8053 N. Durango Drive, Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Transcend Enterprises LLC Allure Medispa Business type: General retail sales Address: 8413 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Allure Cosmetic Laser LLC Alpine Trading Shack Business type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Shane Gammon Alta Market Business type: Tobacco sales Address: 450 S. Buffalo Drive, Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: Ejaz Raja AMPM Business type: Liquor off-sale Address: 5739 E. Russell Road, Henderson Owner: HPRW Inc. America’s Security Business type: Contractor Address: 6625 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose AMR Auto Group Inc. Business type: Maintenance services Address: 500 Miller Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: AMR Auto Group Inc. Anna Marie Del Pizzo Business type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 130, Las Vegas
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Barrick Gold North America Business type: Office Address: 2270 Corporate Circle, Suite 100, Henderson Owner: Barrick Gold Of North America Inc. Best of Both Worlds Business type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite I30, Las Vegas Owner: Linda G. Burgess Bin 702 Business type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas Owner: BIN 702 LLC Borunda Construction Business type: Maintenance services Address: 5020 Blue Rose St., North Las Vegas Owner: Ines Borunda Bryson Christensen Business type: Solicitors and peddlers Address: 2765 Craigmillar St., Henderson Owner: Bryson Christensen Cambio Total Business type: Food specialty store Address: 4620 Meadows Lane, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Antonio Zuniga Cannon Management Company Business type: Management or consulting service Address: 7473 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: DFT Inc. Chapel of the Flowers Business type: Package Address: 1717 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Owner: Maurice J. Gallagher, Jr. Cheaper Store Business type: General retail sales Address: 1829 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas Owner: Uciel Almeida Ruiz Cigarbox Com Business type: Tobacco sales/ lounge Address: 1860 Western Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Malecon Tobacco LLC Clarissa Salcido Business type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite
101, Las Vegas Owner: Clarissa Salcido LLC Collins Engineers Business type: Professional services Address: 3130 S. Durango Drive , Las Vegas Owner: Collins Engineers Inc. Competitive Pool Service Business type: Pool and spa cleaning service Address: 717 Antique Silver Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Gustavo Minero Complete Escrow Services Corp. Business type: Mobile notary service Address: 117 S. Water St., Suite A, Henderson Owner: Complete Escrow Services Corp. Crystal Waters Custom Pools LLC Business type: Swimming pool contracting service Address: 9221 Sunnyfield Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Monteray Von Gesner Cyrilla Pet Spas LLC Business type: General services Address: 1591 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 150, Las Vegas Owner: Dean Decristoforo
Business type: Property management Address: 833 Nevada Way, Suite 2, Boulder City Owner: Loudin Group LLC Divine Gourmet Gelatines Business type: Sales/services Address: 4515 Checker Way, North Las Vegas Owner: Rosa E. Ostler Doggie Stylz Business type: General retail sales Address: 8400 Farm Road, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Hairy Barkers LLC Dos Brothers Business type: Mobile food vendor Address: 439 Rock Quarry Way, Las Vegas Owner: Efelix Inc. Edgar Theisen Business type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Edgar Theisen Elisa Shrout Business type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas Owner: Elisa Shrout
D&C Coin Laundromat #1 Business type: General retail sales Address: 4450 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 4, Las Vegas Owner: Cheryl Caprini
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Business type: Automobile rental Address: 100 Corporate Park Drive, Henderson Owner: Enterprise Leasing Company-West LLC
Daisy’s Boutique Business type: General retail sales Address: 235 N. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Daisy G. Nava Aguilar
Eric Gonzalez Business type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140 , Las Vegas Owner: Eric Gonzalez
Dara Jones Business type: Real estate sales Address: 8683 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Dara Jones
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David Correa Photography Business type: Photography business Address: 6715 Sugarbird Court, Las Vegas Owner: David Correa Photography LLC Diana Nichols Business type: Nonfarm product vendor Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Diana Nichols Diane Tuttle Business type: Real estate sales Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Diane Tuttle Dick Blair Realty
$1,432,229, commercial-addition 104 W. Mayflower Ave., North Las Vegas Bentar Development Inc. $800,000, single-family residential 305 Rosemary Lane, Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $327,518, appliance replacement 2442 Tour Edition Drive, Henderson An Ideal Services $240,000, appliance replacement 1610 Lefty Garcia Way, Henderson Donald H. Austin and Barbara J. Austin $202,503, residential - building production 293 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada
$202,281, residential - building production 294 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $202,281, residential - building production 290 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $200,000, pool and/or spa 6050 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas T White North LLC $194,616, single-family residential 9705 Summer Bliss Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $183,373, residential - building production 298 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $175,399, residential-new 4337 Shady River Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc. $170,342, residential - building production 323 Via Della Greca, Henderson Greystone Nevada $169,732, residential - building production 831 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada $169,732, residential - building production 327 Via Della Greca, Henderson Greystone Nevada $168,721, single-family residential 386 Calabria Ridge St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $168,721, single-family residential 379 Messina Strait St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $162,191, residential - building production 840 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada $157,019, single-family residential 12209 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $156,323, single-family residential 370 Calabria Ridge St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $148,661, residential - building production 3156 Del Dotto Walk, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $148,661, residential - building
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Records and Transactions production 297 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $145,450, single-family residential 3201 Skipworth Drive, Las Vegas LV Service Solutions LLC $145,279, residential - building production 396 Ambitious St., Ryland Homes 117, Henderson Ryland Homes $143,005, residential - building production 279 Via San Gabriella, Henderson Century Communities of Nevada LLC $142,483, single-family residential 6701 Conquistador St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes
Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $118,103, residential-new 39 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $117,368, residential-new 109 Chino Ave., North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $117,368, residential-new 113 Chino Ave., North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $117,368, residential-new 104 Chino Ave., North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $115,303, residential-new 43 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC
$142,050, residential-new 108 Chino Ave., North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc.
$115,303, residential-new 47 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC
$138,550, single-family residential 7324 Durand Park St., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC
$113,727, residential - building production 835 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada
$138,550, single-family residential 10711 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $134,434, single-family residential 6733 Bristle Falls St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $125,446, office 1160 N. Town Center Drive, Suite 390, Las Vegas Nevada General Construction $122,187, single-family residential 6725 Bristle Falls St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $120,231, single-family residential 10758 Fenway Park Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $118,963, residential-new 6209 Irene Porter St., North Las Vegas Ryland Homes $118,963, residential-new 6205 Irene Porter St., North Las Vegas Ryland Homes $118,103, residential-new 27 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $118,103, residential-new 35 Heathrow Lake Ave., North Las
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$113,227, single-family residential 7889 Saber Tooth St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $113,173, residential - building production 702 Bollons Island St., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $112,397, townhouse - production 1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $111,399, residential - building production 398 Ambitious St., Ryland Homes 116, Henderson Ryland Homes $110,678, residential - building production 3158 Del Dotto Walk, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $108,865, single-family residential 10818 Faulkner Run Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $107,887, single-family residential 7877 Saber Tooth St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $107,887, single-family residential 7895 Saber Tooth St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $107,731, residential-new 105 Chino Ave., North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc.
$107,731, residential-new 112 Chino Ave., North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $106,649, single-family residential 8915 Hull Bay Ave., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $106,649, single-family residential 6752 Byron Bay Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $105,868, commercial-addition 3420 Losee Road, North Las Vegas Starco Construction Co. Inc. $104,911, townhouse - production 1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $103,549, single-family residential 7883 Saber Tooth St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $103,549, single-family residential 7901 Saber Tooth St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $102,527, residential - building production 939 Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $102,000, commercial 7083 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas Stoffer & Stoffer Inc. $101,609, single-family residential 3702 Gilmore Creek St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $101,609, single-family residential 3712 Gilmore Creek St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $100,444, residential-new 5840 Brown Tree Lane, North Las Vegas Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $100,419, residential - building production 289 Mandarin Hill Lane, Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $99,122, single-family residential 6756 Byron Bay Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $97,813, townhouse - production 1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $96,868, single-family residential 3708 Gilmore Creek St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $96,868, single-family residential 6744 Byron Bay Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.
$96,868, single-family residential 6748 Byron Bay Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $86,391, residential - building production 41 Arista Port St., Henderson Ryland Homes $82,748, mounted photovoltaic system 6141 Racel St., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp.
PPAS LV LLC $43,680, building - solar 1019 Hollowbluff Ave., North Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $43,402, service change 8221 Wooden Windmill Court, Las Vegas Sunrun Installation Services
$76,680, photovoltaic 942 Trinity Pond Circle, Henderson Jersey Electric
$42,800, mounted photovoltaic system 6709 Pyracantha Glen Court, Las Vegas Robco Electric Inc.
$59,150, building - solar 6237 Double Oak St., North Las Vegas SolarCity Corp.
$42,600, mounted photovoltaic system 7417 Via Sistina St., Las Vegas Robco Electric Inc.
$56,133, building - electric 3901 Donna St., North Las Vegas T&M Controls Inc.
$42,573, photovoltaic 3624 Via De Leoni Ave., Henderson SolarCity Corp.
$55,749, mounted photovoltaic system 8916 Glenistar Gate Ave., Las Vegas SolarCity Corporation $54,729, residential - electrical 338 Kansas Ave., Henderson Nicole and Russell Chandler $52,000, pool and/or spa 11544 White Cliffs Ave.., Las Vegas Poolscapes LLC $51,978, mounted photovoltaic system 9317 Verlaine Court, Las Vegas Renewable Energy Electric $50,253, mounted photovoltaic system 8821 Saint Cloud Court, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $50,000, building -electric 2333 Las Vegas Blvd. North, North Las Vegas KSK Electric Inc. $48,230, building - solar 6443 Gentle Falls Lane, North Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $48,000, pool and/or spa 309 Violetta Ave., North Las Vegas Blue Haven Pools $47,500, pool and/or spa 4640 Del Laguna Court, North Las Vegas Greencare Designs $46,327, mounted photovoltaic system 9416 Leadbrick St., Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $43,800, pool and/or spa 11321 Altura Vista Drive, Las Vegas
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CATEGORY: ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS (RANKED BY NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF AS OF APRIL 30) Year Est.
Professional staff
Licensed architects
Recent projects
Top executive(s)
Steelman Partners 3330 W. Desert Inn Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-873-0221 • steelmanpartners.com
1987
110
9
Resorts World Las Vegas
Paul Steelman, CEO
Bergman Walls & Associates 2965 S. Jones Blvd., Suite C Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-940-0000 • bwaltd.com
1994
70
12
Hard Rock Biloxi, Omnia Las Vegas, Linq hotel
Leonard Bergman, president
Friedmutter Group 4022 Dean Martin Drive Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-736-7477 • fglv.com
1992
57
7
Hard Rock casino bar renovation and meeting space expansion, Red Rock new restaurants and renovation of guest suites
Brad Friedmutter, founder, CEO
YWS Design and Architecture 5005 W. Patrick Lane Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-243-5670 • ywsinternational.com
2001
50
5
Bardot at Aria, Alibi Cocktail Lounge at Aria, Hakkasan VIP drop off
Tom Wucherer, principal, CEO
Gensler 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 650 Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-893-2800 • gensler.com
2004
34
10
SLS Las Vegas, NJOY Retail
Beth Campbell, principal, managing director
Klai Juba Wald Architects 4444 W. Russell Road, Suite J Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-221-2254 • klaijuba.com
1995
34
13
UNLV Thomas & Mack modernization, Restoration Hardware at Tivoli Village, collection of select spaces at Linq
John B. Wald, principal
KGA Architecture 9075 W. Diablo Drive, Third floor Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-367-6900 • kgaarchitecture.com
1975
30
9
Ainsworth Game Technologies, Bishop Gorman High School, MountainView Hospital
Ed Kittrell Jr., founding partner
Tate Snyder Kimsey 709 Valle Verde Court Henderson, NV 89014 702-456-3000 • tska.com
1960
30
10
Sahara Department of Motor Vehicles service center, Southend on Water mixed-use development, College of Southern Nevada northwest campus master plan
Windom Kimsey, president, CEO
SH Architecture 7250 Peak Drive, Suite 216 Las Vegas, NV 89128 702-363-2222 • sh-architecture.com
1985
20
6
Harmon Corner retail center, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada Bonneville Transit Center, Desert National Wildlife Refuge - Corn Creek Visitor’s Center
John Anderson, president, CEO
Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto Architects 8882 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-251-8896 • csdarchitecture.com
1986
19
4
Zappos.com headquarters, UNLV Hotel College academic building, Clark County Family Services office building and parking garage
Rick Sellers, principal, president
EV&A Architects 900 S. Pavilion Center Drive, Suite 180 Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-946-8195 • edvanceassociates.com
2006
15
1
Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino, Montevista Hospital, ENT Ambulatory Surgery Center
Edward A. Vance, founder, CEO
SSA Architecture, Small Studio Associates 4630 S. Arville St., Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-873-1718 • smallstudioassociates.com
1996
13
3
Nelore Restaurant at Palazzo, Nevada Title office tenant improvement, UHC Healthcare at Galleria Henderson
Kenneth Small, principal manager
APTUS 1200 S. Fourth St., Suite 206 Las Vegas, NV 89104 702-839-1200 • aptusgroup.com
2003
12
4
Downtown Market, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Jamba Juice
R. Brandon Sprague, president
DesignCell Architecture 1725 Village Center Circle, Suite 110 Las Vegas, NV 89134 702-403-1575 • design-cell.com
2007
11
3
Robert T. Eglet Advocacy Center, Vantage Luxury Apartments, JS Products
Scott L. Brown and Kastysis Cechavicius, principals
LGA 241 W. Charleston Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-263-7111 • lgainc.com
1986
11
3
CCNW multi-use facility, Opportunity Village campus masterplan, St. Anthony of Padua
Craig Galati, principal
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Get 15% off Parts and Service at Subaru of Las Vegas Plus tax. Coupon valid through 6/30/15. Must present coupon at time of service. Doesn’t apply to prior service. One coupon per guest, per visit. Not valid with any other offer. See dealer for full details.
Buy One Get One FREE Buffet or 50% OFF One Buffet at S7 Buffet
Must be at least 21 with valid photo ID and A-Play Card. Membership into the A-Play Club is free. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Complimentary buffet value up to $12.99, additional fees apply on specialty, brunch and holiday buffets. Tax and Gratuity not included. One coupon per person, per table, per week. Dine in only. No cash value. Void if copied. Management reserves all rights. Expires 7/4/15. Settle to: 535.
5385 W. SAHARA AVE. LAS VEGAS, NV. 89146
4100 PARADISE ROAD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89169
1 (888) 862-1880 www.SubaruOfLasVegas.com
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Buy One Get One FREE Drink at Sean Patrick’s
FREE Appetizer at Sean Patrick’s Buy one appetizer and get the second FREE
Wine, well or domestic beer *Expires 6/30/15. Please present coupon at time of order. No cash value. Management reserves all rights. May not be combined with any other offer. See bar host for details. VALID AT 3290 W. ANN ROAD and 6788 NORTH 5TH STREET. Settle to 1581.
*Expires 6/30/15. Please present coupon at time of order. No cash value. Maximum value at $9.99 on free appetizer. Management reserves all rights. See bar host for details. VALID AT 3290 W. ANN ROAD and 6788 NORTH 5TH STREET ONLY. Settle to 1580.
3290 W. ANN ROAD NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89031
6788 NORTH 5TH STREET NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89084
3290 W. ANN ROAD NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89031
6788 NORTH 5TH STREET NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89084
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Buy One Get One FREE Drink at Sean Patrick’s Wine, well or domestic beer *Expires 6/30/15. Please present coupon at time of order. No cash value. Management reserves all rights. May not be combined with any other offer. See bar host for details. VALID AT 11930 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PKWY. and 8255 W. FLAMINGO ROAD ONLY. Settle to 1581.
FREE Appetizer at Sean Patrick’s Buy one appetizer and get the second FREE *Expires 6/30/15. Please present coupon at time of order. No cash value. Maximum value at $9.99 on free appetizer. Management reserves all rights. See bar host for details. VALID AT 11930 SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PKWY and 8255 W. FLAMINGO ROAD. Settle to 1580.
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Buy 1 Get 1 Free Draft Beer
*Must be at least 21 with valid photo ID. Cannot be combined with any other offer. No cash value. Management reserves all rights. Not valid on holidays or during special events. Expires 6/30/2015.
FREE Bloody Mary or Mimosa and $5 OFF adult ticket to Gospel Brunch at House of Blues. *Subject to availability. Must present coupon when booking Gospel Brunch ticket; to get a drink ticket for free Bloody Mary or Mimosa. Limit one coupon per customer. Not valid with any other offers. Offer is non-transferable and has no cash value. Not valid on holidays. Management reserves all rights. Expires 6/30/15.
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HOUSE OF BLUES INSIDE MANDALAY BAY RESORT 3950 LAS VEGAS BLVD. S, LAS VEGAS, NV 89119
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FREE Drink On Us at House of Blues Crossroads Bar
Get 10% OFF Any Purchase Over $30
Buy one drink and get the second FREE. *Good for one domestic beer, well drink or house wine, valid at the bar only. Must present this coupon when ordering drink. Limit one coupon per customer. Not valid with any other offers. Offifer is non-transferable and has no cash value. Must be 21+ with valid ID. Management reserves all rights. Expires 6/30/15.
Bring this coupon and get 10% off your purchase of $30 or more in the HOB Company Store *Offer not valid on sundry items, CD’s, Santana Musical Instruments or Artwork. May not be used in conjunction with any other offers. Expires 6/30/15.
HOUSE OF BLUES INSIDE MANDALAY BAY RESORT 3950 LAS VEGAS BLVD. S, LAS VEGAS, NV 89119
HOUSE OF BLUES INSIDE MANDALAY BAY RESORT 3950 LAS VEGAS BLVD. S. LAS VEGAS, NV 89119
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$5 OFF Any Purchase of $30 or More
$15 OFF Custom Airbrush Spray Tan *Expires 6/15/15. Please present coupon at time of appointment. Management reserves all rights. No cash value. Cannot be combined with any other offer.
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1450 W. HORIZON RIDGE PKWY SUITE A-501 | HENDERSON, NV 89012 169 E. TROPICANA, LAS VEGAS, NV 89109
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$5 FREE Slot Play
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725 S RACETRACK RD. HENDERSON, NV 89015 (702) 566-5555 www.clubfortunecasino.com
Must become a Player Rewards Card member to redeem. Existing Player Rewards Card Members do not qualify. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other free slot play offer. Management reserves all rights. Limit of one (1) New Member free slot play offer per person and Player Rewards card. Group #5353. Valid 6/07/15 - 6/13/15.
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6825 REDWOOD ST., LAS VEGAS, NV 89118 | I-215 & S. RAINBOW
(702) 475-3015 www.ABCHyundai.com
Use PLU#2601 if barcode fails to scan.
*(Plus appl. tax). Limit one coupon per customer per visit. Coupon and barcode must be presented at time of purchase. Shop must retain coupon. No substitutions allowed. No cash refunds. Void if copied or transferred and where prohibited or restricted by law. Consumer must pay applicable tax. May not be combined with any other coupon, discount, promotion combo or value meal. Coupon may not be reproduced, copied, purchased, traded or sold. Internet distribution strictly prohibited. Cash redemption value: 1/20 of 1 cent. © 2014 DD IP Holder LLC. All rights reserved. Expires: 6/27/2015
99¢ Small Iced Coffee (16 ounce)
3850 LAS VEGAS BLVD. SO., LAS VEGAS, NV 89109 Start of Summer Specials (702) 597-7991 VALID SATURDAY 7AM–6PM www.dickslastresort.com
Use PLU#2605 if barcode fails to scan.
*(Plus appl. tax). Limit one coupon per customer per visit. Coupon and barcode must be presented at time of purchase. Shop must retain coupon. No substitutions allowed. No cash refunds. Void if copied or transferred and where prohibited or restricted by law. Consumer must pay applicable tax. May not be combined with any other coupon, discount, promotion combo or value meal. Coupon may not be reproduced, copied, purchased, traded or sold. Internet distribution strictly prohibited. Cash redemption value: 1/20 of 1 cent. © 2015 DD IP Holder LLC. All rights reserved. Expires: 6/27/2015
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*Valid for Hyundai owners through 6/30/15. See dealer for complete details. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Must present at time of service.
6825 REDWOOD ST., LAS VEGAS, NV 89118 | I-215 & S. RAINBOW
(702) 475-3015 www.ABCHyundai.com
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3850 LAS VEGAS BLVD. SO., LAS VEGAS, NV 89109 (702) 597-7991 www.dickslastresort.com
*Dine in only. Must present coupon to redeem offer. Not valid with any other offer. Excludes holidays and special events. Management reserves all rights. Not including tax or gratuity. One voucher per guest per visit.
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ACROSS 1 Glacier Bay phenomenon 5 Bullets, in Vegas 9 Cake often laced with rum 14 Short space-saver 18 Wet ’n’ Wild Hawaii locale 19 Winter runner 20 To no __ 21 Muslim mystics 23 HOT SPOT 25 CACHE 27 Outer area? 28 Two-time Masters champ Watson 30 “Gotcha!” 31 Christmas delivery 32 Time-tested 34 24-part epic 36 Eur. landmark under which Zeus trapped Typhon 38 SPAM 43 “All Is Lost” star 46 Oodles 47 “’__ Death”: 2000s Fox sitcom 48 Kapalua Airport site 49 In the box 53 Kosher food brand 55 Has coming 59 VIRUS 61 __ message 62 Like lambs 63 Follower 64 Little devils 65 Butch Cassidy or the Sundance Kid 67 Altercation 70 Preacher’s perch 72 “Just __ suspected!” 74 HACKER 77 Winning threesome? 78 View from Alaska’s Wonder Lake 80 Its prime minister historically visited Cyprus in 2012 81 High dudgeon 83 Start 84 Stand-up standard 86 Fishing basket 88 Run the show 91 TWEET 93 182 Skylane maker 94 Regrettable 95 Unchallenging course 96 Tiny amount
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98 Disney doe 100 Apple, for one 101 Exasperated query 103 TABLET 106 LP Field team 109 “Gotcha!” 111 One of football’s Mannings 112 Google Groups regular 113 Uno y dos y tres 116 “Take __!” 119 Unapproachable 123 STREAM 126 MOUSE 128 Hawk’s weapon 129 Float 130 Savings choices, briefly 131 Major road 132 Game division 133 Fires off, say 134 States 135 Locale in Dante’s fifth circle of Hell
__ bag Reebok competitor Farm abundance Defense secretary after Cheney 52 Battery components 54 Sans serif typeface 56 Heads for the top 57 Provoke 58 Barbecue spot 60 Let out, as hogs 66 Guadalajara gal pal 68 Teen follower? 69 Flag bearers 71 They’re hard to ignore 72 Sun-dried brick 73 Cuttlefish pigment 75 Jungle hybrid 76 Lola of “The Liberation of L.B. Jones” 79 Interview magazine co-founder 82 Falsetto-voiced comedian DOWN 85 Came down 1 Web crawlers, e.g. 87 Dept. whose initials spell an 2 Tombstone legend animal name 3 Bird hunted by gauchos 89 Humorous Bombeck 4 Controversial public safety 90 Checked out issue 92 “Oh, the weather outside is 5 “__ news?” frightful” lyricist 6 1936 Cooperstown inductee 93 Sounds heard by the ears? 7 Isaac’s older son 97 English in tennis 8 Hungary neighbor 99 Downed 9 Faith with a 19-month 102 NRA member?: Abbr. calendar 103 NYU or MIT 10 Prefix with fauna 104 “I want my baby back” 11 “I wouldn’t advise it!” chain 12 Rides 105 Tartan-clad group 13 Downwind 106 Hair clump 14 Fla. setting 107 NBA great Thomas 15 Beat a hasty retreat 108 Car at Supercharger 16 In progress stations 17 Spice (up) 110 David who directed the last 22 Ward of “The Fugitive” four Harry Potter films 24 Take out 114 Fried rice ingredients 26 Captain who said, “I have done with society entirely” 115 Emerald __ 117 Former “Idol” judge 29 Crunchy sandwich DioGuardi 33 “Silent Spring” subj. 118 StubHub owner 35 Pitchers, to a manager 120 Hold, as the mayo 37 __ II razor 121 Like some cabs 38 Legal work 122 Show off, Mr. Universe-style 39 Banned orchard spray 124 Like Beethoven’s Sixth 40 Obvious choices 125 Unexpected 41 Mid-morning drink 127 Long-eared carrier 42 K2’s 28,251 ft. 44 45 50 51
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without repeating. Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging)
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