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on the cover Exotic birds are just a few of the species at Roos-n-More Zoo. (Mikayla Whitmore/Staff)
Casinos have several layers of security to try to prevent accepting counterfeit notes, but even still, small amounts are accepted every day in slot machines and at tables. In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on the path each bill takes through the casino after it’s inserted into a slot machine or passed to a dealer.
our own little wild kingdom
Southern Nevada doesn’t have a traditional zoo, but there are many places here people can go to see exotic animals. From several locations on the Strip to a lion habitat in Henderson and an aquarium at the Silverton, we’ve put together a guide for where to go, what to see and some animals you can interact with.
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A Las Vegas man who served three tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan and his family were surprised with a new home. more life n Recipe: Oysters Rockefeller, P30 n Pets available for adoption, P33 n Calendar of events, P40 n Puzzles, P66
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Despite a weak start and a limited pool of players, online gambling has potential that is intriguing to Lawrence Vaughan, co-founder of Real Gaming. Vaughan discussed with us the benefits of working with only one casino, Congress’ efforts to ban betting online and what it will take to get the industry humming.
more news debate over energy 20 Heated The solar industry is growing too fast for the power company and state law to keep up.
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Serial killer may still have a victim out there Missing woman’s family holds out hope that she wasn’t one of Neal Falls’ escorts.
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Angels in the Valley: Melissa Plakio When a friend was diagnosed with leukemia, Plakio was off and running, raising money to fund cancer research. Five years later, she’s still got her foot on the gas.
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Out to make a difference, any way he can Former Rep. Steven Horsford didn’t expect to be out of the public sector, but it has given him the chance to focus on the people who matter most to him.
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Get City Hall’s attention North Las Vegas is the latest local municipality to make it easy to report problems such as vandalism and pot holes with a smartphone app.
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A National Hockey League expansion team seems destined for Southern Nevada, and Las Vegas is fertile ground for team mascots. We’ve got some ideas of what might work here, and readers can vote for their favorite online.
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Referee Kenny Bayless gives a count to Nadjib Mohammedi after he was knocked down by WBA/IBF/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev of Russia during their title fight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center. Kovalev won with a third-round knockout. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
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fire at cosmo Fake palm trees fueled a fire at the Cosmopolitan’s Bamboo Pool. The fire was extinguished within about 30 minutes, and the pool reopened the next morning.
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waiting for pot A medical marijuana dispensary filed a public records request seeking county documents it hoped would reveal what’s caused delays preventing the business from opening.
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rules of the street A proposed rule would require performers on Fremont Street to stay in designated areas from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. and to move after two consecutive hours.
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expect delays Road crews will begin work on the Airport Connector and 215 Beltway interchange. Lane and shoulder restrictions are expected to last up to 12 months.
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stay away Clark County will crack down on door-to-door salespeople with an ordinance that prohibits solicitors and canvassers from visiting private residences between dusk and 9 a.m.
72% Drop in Wynn Resorts profits during the second quarter of this year compared with a year ago. CEO Steve Wynn attributed to the decrease to struggles in Macau.
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the hopefuls and hopeless on the presidential scene The purplest of purple states, Nevada is a key battleground for Oval Office aspirants. Each week, we rank how the presidential candidates fared in the state and on issues important to its residents. Here’s who had a good week and a bad one.
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Unfavorably comparing Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to former Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid may not have endeared Cruz to McConnell or Reid, but it’s sure to fire up the Texas senator’s conservative supporters.
Campaign officials for the Vermont senator hosted house parties in the valley, including one titled “Henderson nonbillionaires for Bernie.” The events coincided with 3,500 similar rallies conducted throughout the country, drawing more than 100,000 volunteers, according to the campaign.
Clinton’s plan to generate enough renewable energy to power every house in America by 2027 — a topic well received in Nevada — seems to have been overshadowed by continued controversy over emails she kept on a private server during her time as U.S. secretary of state.
The Wisconsin governor made his first campaign stop in Nevada at a Harley-Davidson dealership and has made the brand a centerpiece of his campaign. But Harleys bear stickers that read “Union made in the USA.” Union-busting is central to Walker’s White House bid.
Just in time for Nevada’s first legal medical marijuana dispensary to open in Sparks and as the push to bring dispensaries and production facilities to Southern Nevada continues, the New Jersey governor said that if he were elected, he would crack down on marijuana.
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not much expected of UNLV The UNLV football team was picked to finish last in the sixteam West Division of the Mountain West Conference during the league’s media day at the Cosmopolitan. The Rebels received only 38 points, about half of fifth-place Hawaii’s 70 and the lowest of any team, regardless of division. However, sophomore UNLV wide receiver Devonte Boyd was selected to the preseason AllMountain West team.
Las Vegas’ ranking for housing market health among 25 large U.S. metropolitan areas. The valley is bogged down by underwater homeowners and a low equity level.
Fifteen percent of used car purchases in Las Vegas are luxury brands, far above the national average of 11 percent, according to Edmunds. MercedesBenz and BMW rank locally in the top 10 selling brands overall.
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Thomas Willis photographs Camille Dantin at Retrofit Painting of Las Vegas, currently showing at P3 Studios inside the Cosmopolitan. The exhibit will run until Aug. 9. (mikayla whitmore/staff)
High-speed core processors in UNLV’s supercomputer. The machine, which faculty, staff and students can use for free, received a substantial upgrade this year.
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At any given moment, casino staff can use a computer to check how much money is in each slot machine.
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HOW EVERY DOLLAR IS ACCOUNTED FOR BY MEGAN MESSERLY | STAFF WRITER
Despite the proliferation of credit cards, Apple Pay and Square readers, Las Vegas’ gaming business has remained largely cash-based. ¶ Though the days of players carting around buckets of quarters are, for the most part, long gone, “the gaming business will remain a cash-heavy business,” said Douglas Florence Sr., vice president of strategic operations at eConnect, a security software company, and former head of surveillance at the Mirage. ¶ So what happens to the money gamblers lay down on tables or feed into slot machines? ¶ The Nevada Gaming Control Board sets standards for casinos about how money must be watched and secured. Some casinos set their own stricter standards as well.
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A player puts a $100 bill into a slot machine. Using optical and magnetic sensors, the bill acceptor reads the bill to verify its authenticity and record its dollar amount. Once the bill is verified, the player is given a corresponding number of credits. When the player is done betting, he can cash out any remaining credits on a barcoded voucher. Like cash, the vouchers, when fed into another slot machine, are stored in a drop box to be counted later.
HOW MUCH COUNTERFEIT MONEY IS CAUGHT IN LAS VEGAS? Las Vegas casinos turn over to the U.S. Secret Service $15,000 to $20,000 a day in counterfeit money, according to Brian Spellacy, a supervisory special agent. “That’s a relatively low number in terms of the amount of money that goes through Vegas,” Spellacy said. “We’re not too concerned with it.”
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DROP TIME The $100 bill, along with other cash and vouchers, stays inside the drop box in the slot machine until the money is collected, called “a drop.” Some casinos do drops every day, while others spread them out, focusing on one section of the casino one day and another the next. The method depends on the amount of play the machines see, said Derk Boss, a gaming consultant and former senior casino executive at Bally’s, Tropicana Entertainment and the Palms.
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Regardless of how often they do drops and counts, casinos have to report drop and count times to the Nevada Gaming Control Board, so agency staff can conduct surprise audits.
DROP PERSONNEL At least three people are needed to do a drop, according to Gaming Control Board standards. Large properties often have a team of employees, sometimes 8 to 12 people, carry out a drop. A couple of members unlock machines, while others pick up the boxes. Meanwhile, security officers or slot personnel stand by to ensure the cash remains secure during the drop. One person is required to stand by the cart on which the boxes are loaded at all times.
Drops and counts for TABLE GAMES are fairly similar to those for slot machines. The big difference is there are no bill acceptors for table games, which means no first-level electronic counterfeit detection. So dealers try to catch false notes the old fashioned way, checking them with a counterfeit detection pen and holding them under a blacklight. Table games also are dropped more frequently, typically at least once a day, which means that a person who passes a counterfeit note at a table usually is found more quickly than someone who passes a phony note at the slots.
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Once the box arrives in the count room, it is monitored closely. Count rooms are equipped with multiple video cameras and audio surveillance. Employees typically aren’t even allowed to bring coffee cups into the room unless the cups are clear, Boss said. Security cameras, which monitor almost every square inch of the casino floor, provide an extra layer of security. Still, there are at least a few blind spots in any casino. So surveillance agents monitor the drops — some in real time, others on video every couple of days, Boss said.
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In the count room, the $100 bill and other money is run through a currency counter that counts and sorts it. If the counter finds a damaged or counterfeit note, it rejects it. Depending on the needs of the casino, the currency counter in the count room can be small and sit on top of a desk or be large and free-standing. The more advanced the machine, the more complicated counterfeit detection techniques it typically includes. If any currency slips by the bill acceptor on the slot machine, it’ll be caught in the count room.
COUNTERFEIT DETECTION If a counterfeit note makes its way to the count room, it usually is spotted fairly quickly, Boss said. Members of the count team often spot false notes without having to rely on the currency counter. When a counterfeit note is found, the casino’s surveillance team can look through video footage to try to identify the person who passed it. Finding counterfeit notes from slot machines in the count room is rare, Boss said, because false notes usually are rejected by the bill acceptor on the slot machine.
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COMMON COUNTERFEIT DETECTION TECHNIQUES
■ MAGNETIC SENSING Detects the level of iron in a bill’s ink ■ ULTRAVIOLET SENSING Detects how threads embedded in bills glow under ultraviolet light. Different denominations have threads that fluoresce differently ■ INFRARED SENSING Looks for patterns not observable in visible light
FINAL COUNT Vouchers also are typically run through the currency counter to ensure the amount read by the slot machine and the amount counted in the count room match. At the end of the count, the currency counter produces a report that shows how much money was in each slot machine. Those totals are sent to the casino’s accounting department, which includes it in the totals for the day.
SENT OUT Once the money is counted, it is loaded onto a Brink’s truck and sent out. “People ask, ‘Where are your large vaults?’ MGM Resorts International spokeswoman Yvette Monet said. “That’s a total myth. Just about everything is electronic.”
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Our desert teems with life — maybe more than you think. ¶ Of course, there are the bighorn sheep that roam Boulder City and the jackrabbits that pop out of suburban bushes. But there also are hundreds of species of exotic mammals, reptiles, fish and birds that also have found homes in Southern Nevada. Within an hour’s drive of Las Vegas, you can see lions, tigers and bearcats (oh my!), dolphins, sharks, monkeys, tigers, zebras, otters and more — even though the valley has no zoo. ¶ How did such exotic animals end up here? Who cares for them? And how do they survive in the desert?
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LION HABITAT RANCH
382 Bruner Ave., Henderson 702-595-6666, thecathouse.us, opened in 2012 Summer hours: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday through Monday Winter hours: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday through Monday Cost: Locals, seniors and military, fire and police with ID, $20 (includes one child 4-14 years old per adult); extra child, $8; local family, $50; children 3 and under, free A dozen or so people gather near one side of the plexiglass. Owner Keith Evans and his wife Beverly have their backs pressed up against the other side, inside the enclosure. Between them lies a pile of meat. Laying on the Evans’ legs are five baby lion cubs. Their mom, Pebbels, sits patiently to Keith’s left, gnawing on a rawhide bone that Keith holds. “You have to have a bond with the mother to do that,” said Evans, who has raised most of the 49 lions at Lion Habitat Ranch, including Pebbels, from birth. Evans and his wife know their animals well, but they still pay attention to Pebbels’ every move when they’re inside the enclosure. In fact, they videotape feedings so in case anything goes wrong, they can examine what happened. “I’m convinced my animals are content,” said Keith Evans, who has worked with big cats for 45 years. “Otherwise, they’d kill you.”
ESCAPING THE HEAT The lions can escape Nevada’s extreme temperatures by entering den boxes outfitted with swamp coolers for summer and heaters for winter. The animals also have toys to play with and platforms to jump onto to keep them entertained.
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Amount of meat eaten by all the lions daily 12-15 POUNDS Amount each male lion eats daily Cost: $27.75 10-12 POUNDS Amount each female lion eats daily Cost: $22.20 $770.00 Monthly cost of shank bones
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DISCOURAGING LION KILLINGS The ranch received nonprofit status a little over a year ago but only a few people have made donations, Evans said. In March and April, ticket sales were higher than normal, and the ranch came close to breaking even. Business has increased every year, said Evans, 68, who covers expenses with his retirement account. “We want people to fall in love with animals,” Evans said. “Then people can say maybe this isn’t a predator we need to kill. We raise ours to help the species survive.” Just this month, a 13-year-old lion named
Cecil, who had been studied by the University of Oxford since 2008, was lured from a sanctuary in a national park in Zimbabwe, only to be shot and killed by an American dentist from Minneapolis. Evans hopes that by teaching the public about his lions, he can discourage such killings. “Sadly, being in the wild is more dangerous for lions’ survival, even if they are in a reserve as Cecil was,” Evans said. “We offer guests the chance to see our interactions with our lions to demonstrate that lions are not killers that are OK to shoot. We want you to make the connection to lions so you will protect them everywhere.”
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The komodo dragon, an endangered species from Indonesia, is the world’s largest lizard and can grow to be 10 feet long and 300 pounds. Staff take him outside a couple times a week to bask in the sunlight.
The animals eat a combined 500 pounds of food, mostly assorted fish, each day.
The giant Pacific octopus on display is the largest species of octopus in the world.
The sand tiger shark, found in shallow bays, sandy coastal waters and along tropical reefs, have so many teeth, they can’t close their mouths.
The golden crocodile, a cross between a saltwater and a Siamese crocodile, hails from an alligator farm in Thailand. It has more than 60 teeth, which will fall out and grow back thousands of times throughout its life, according to Shark Reef.
Three green sea turtles, all rescues, live in the aquarium, including O.D., who was struck by a boat and likely suffered a collapsed lung. Because of the injury, O.D. swims crookedly and must be outfitted with weights to restore his buoyancy and allow him to dive. Green turtles, which can live to be more than 70 years old, get their name from the green layer of fat that insulates them, not from their green shells.
Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas 702-632-4555, sharkreef.com, opened in 2000 Summer hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily (May 24-Sept. 1) Regular hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday (last admission one hour prior to close) Cost: For locals — adults, $15; children 5-12, $10; children 4 and under, free The Shark Reef Aquarium is home to more than 2,000 animals and 100 species, including sharks, green sea turtles, komodo dragons, golden crocodiles, stingrays, pufferfish and an octopus.
The aquarium contains 1.6 million gallons of water in multiple tanks.
How the sharks are fed Shark Reef is home to about 45 sharks, which staffers feed individually three times a week. “Sharks are actually quite finicky,” Aquarium Director Adrienne Rowland said. “Some animals are more aggressive than others, so we have to make sure each shark gets to eat.” Staffers stand above the tank and feed the sharks by throwing fish to them. Divers never enter the water during mealtime because they don’t want the sharks to associate humans with eating.
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The Secret Garden has 21 cats, although only a few are on display in the garden’s six enclosures at any given time.
The Secret Garden staff is hands-on with every animal. “We interact with our cats every day, so as they’re growing up, we see their personalities,” said John Molnar, an animal supervisor who has worked with Siegfried & Roy for more than 20 years. “We’ll play tug-of-war with palm fronds or games we’ve played with them as they’re little.” The young lions, for instance, are going through “lion puberty” right now, losing their baby teeth and growing theirmanes, and probably will start jockeying for positions soon, Molnar said. The staff works with them every day to get them used to trusting humans. “We want to give people a chance to see us interact with them and see them in a calmer state,” Molnar said. “The hope is they’ll have that bond with them and then want to go out and help protect their natural habitats.” Some of the animals — including 19-year-old Pride and 18-year-old Quest, both male white lions — used to perform in the Siegfried & Roy show, which ended in 2003. Other animals came to the garden more recently, including three 15-monthold white lions from Johannesburg, and Shadow, a 7-year-old black leopard from Oregon.
The resort also has a 20,000 GALLON saltwater tank behind the front desk featuring about 450 FISH from about 65 SPECIES, including puffer fish and angelfish.
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When the cats are not on display, they live in enclosures behind the scenes, with air conditioning and doors leading outside.
16 TO 23 POUNDS The dolphins eat herring, capelin, smelt and squid, and are fed every hour or hour and a half during the day.
The amount dolphins eat daily, depending on their age and gender
THE MIRAGE’S SECRET GARDEN AND DOLPHIN HABITAT
3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas 702-791-7188, opened in 1990 Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily Cost: Adults, $19.95; children 4-12, $14.95; children 3 and under, free
DOLPHIN HABITAT The Dolphin Habitat’s 10 dolphins live in three main pools. The public can walk around the edges of the pools to see the dolphins or watch them from an underwater viewing area. Dolphin One of the habitat’s main missions pools hold is education. Steve Wynn opened a combined the attraction because he thought 2.2 MILLION most children in the valley would gallons of never otherwise have a chance to water. see dolphins, said David Blasko, director of the Mirage’s animal care department. The dolphins also participate in studies aimed at helping dolphins in the wild. For instance, the habitat helped the U.S. Navy gather data on dolphins’ breathing capacity.
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Some of the birds live in smaller, outdoor aviaries with birds of the same species. Others, like the macaws, live together in a larger room. “Parrots need to be around other parrots,” interim director Christina Salamone said. “They need to groom each other and care for each other. When they come in, adjusting is a slow process. Some are scared to death.”
WHAT DO THEY EAT?
The birds eat a mixture of foods including pellets, gorp made from ground dark grains, beans, rice, seeds and vegetables, and fruits — strawberries, melon or citrus, depending on the species. The other animals eat special pellets and vegetables.
GILCREASE NATURE SANCTUARY
8103 Racel St, Las Vegas 702-645-4224, gnslasvegas.org Opened in 1970 Hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday through Monday; Tuesday and Wednesday by appointment only Cost: Adults, $4; children 2-12, $2; children 2 and under, free; active military with ID, free To combat the desert temperatures, the outside birds’ cages are equipped with misters for the summer and heaters for the winter. Other birds, like the cockatoos, remain indoors in an air-conditioned room. The larger animals have shaded areas they can retreat to, misters or both.
$10,000 Amount spent to care for the large animals each quarter
$4,200 Amount spent to care for the birds each quarter
The sanctuary provides a home for about 900 birds that have no other place to go. Some of the birds arrive after their owners die; certain birds can live as long as humans, well into their 70s or 80s. Others come because their owners decide keeping birds is too difficult. “People don’t understand how much work they are,” interim director Christina Salamone said. “Birds are very destructive, and they can be escape artists.” The sanctuary is building a flight aviary, and owners want to expand the barnyard habitats and create a pasture for the grazing animals. The grounds also include an amphitheater, where owners hope to hold more festivaltype events.
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BONNIE SPRINGS RANCH PETTING ZOO 16395 Bonnie Springs Road, Las Vegas, 702-875-4191, bonniesprings.com Opened in 1952
Summer hours: 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. daily Winter hours: 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily Cost: Monday and Tuesday — adults and children, $7; Wednesday through Sunday — adults, $10; children, $7
ROOS-N-MORE
746 Snowden Ranch Road, Moapa 702-467-3585, roosnmore.org, opened in 2006 Hours: Currently open only for private tours; owners hope to reopen to the public in fall Cost: $300 for up to 25 people; $10 for each additional person
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Roos-n-More, spread across 3 acres, houses more than 300 animals and about 100 species. Its animals hail from almost every continent, which means each enclosure must have several climate-control measures, depending on the animal. Misters, shaded areas, fans and air-conditioned rooms keep the animals cool in summer, while heaters warm them in winter. Some of the animals are well-suited to desert life, including Jellybean the fennec fox. Fennec foxes, which normally live in the Sahara desert, have fur on the bottom of their feet to protect them from hot sand, and large ears that help keep their bodies cool. Sayyid — a Bactrian camel, which hails from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia — can withstand temperatures anywhere from freezing to 120 degrees.
SURVIVAL BY DONATIONS The zoo has been closed to the public since the county shut it down in January 2014, after inspectors found several violations, although none had to do with animal care. The zoo is in the process of fixing what the county asked for, including installing a new septic system and making sure the attraction is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The zoo is allowed to host private tours and bring its animals to private events, but that doesn’t pay the bills, Holt said. If all goes well, the zoo will reopen to the public this fall. “We’re broke, beyond broke,” she said. “Employees have had to not take paychecks some months. We’re going day to day. But if it wasn’t for a few of our donors, we’d have closed a long time ago. We were between a rock and a hard place, but our donors have helped us incredibly.” If you would like to help, visit roosnmore.org/donations.php
Visitors to Bonnie Springs Zoo must mind their step. There’s an open petting zoo at the heart of the property, which means animals almost always are underfoot. Vader, a sulcata tortoise, wanders freely and often crawls up to visitors. Children and their parents can buy handfuls of compressed hay pellets to feed to goats, deer, sheep, chickens, miniature horses and mules. “If you teach these kids about animals at a young age, my hope is that you’ll teach them to live greener and to make the world a better place for wild animals,” said Richard Macauley, who was the zoo’s manager for over a year. “I want to make it so the snow leopards can actually live in the wild.” Exotic animals — Canadian lynxes, wallabies, white-nosed coatimundi and Patagonian cavies — live in enclosures around the petting zoo. Other enclosures near the outskirts of the property hold miniature horses, donkeys, goats, pigs and emus. Sunday is animal enrichment day, which means staffers deliver toys to stimulate the animals mentally. The wolf and wolf hybrid, for instance, receive cardboard boxes filled with newspaper and chicken. Tearing open the boxes is supposed to simulate ripping into a carcass. Some of the animals are well-suited to living in a desert and naturally can withstand Nevada’s extreme temperatures. Others, however, have covered enclosures equipped with misters and water to play in. The animals also are routinely given ice packs to ensure they stay cool. The staff includes four full-time zookeepers, one part-time zookeeper and a few volunteers. “If you’ve seen the movie ‘We Bought a Zoo,’ it’s like that,” Macauley said. “The staff genuinely care. It can be 20 degrees or 112 degrees, and we’re all out here.”
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SILVERTON AQUARIUM Birds The 5-acre Wildlife Habitat includes about 400 fish, 80 birds and 30 turtles, including Chilean flamingos, sacred ibises, California brown pelicans, hooded mergansers, water turtles, Japanese koi and albino catfish.
Some of the aquarium’s more notable species include the honeycomb ray, porcupine pufferfish, leopard shark and Moorish idol. If you’ve seen “Finding Nemo,” Gill was a Moorish idol.
3333 Blue Diamond Road, Las Vegas 702-263-7777, silvertoncasino.com, Opened in 2004 Hours: Open 24/7 Cost: Free The 117,000-gallon saltwater tank houses about 1,000 fish, including three species of stingrays, four species of sharks and more than 100 species of fish. The hardest thing about running an aquarium, curator Ryan Ross said, is making sure all the animals get along, since the fish come from different parts of the world. It’s usually the fish — not the sharks or other species — that get sent to the back of the house for a timeout in the “troublemaker” tank, Ross said. “People look at the stingrays and think they’re the dangerous ones,” Ross said. “In the wild, they’re on top of the food chain. But at the aquarium, the fish pick on them.” While most of the fish live in the main tank, the aquarium keeps tanks in the back for fish that have shown signs of aggression, new fish going through quarantine or fish too small to be in the main tank. The tank features live, synchronized swimming performances by “mermaids” Thursday through Sunday.
WILDLIFE HABITAT AT THE FLAMINGO 3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, 702-733-3349 Opened in 1995
Hours: Open 24/7; pelican feedings twice a day at 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Cost: Free Flamingo Island is home to 11 Chilean flamingos and two African sacred ibises, 22-year-old Isis and 11-year-old Pinocchio, who Lead Wildlife Specialist Jackie Liptak says has a “short man complex.” The ibises are carnivores that eat mainly insects and fish, while the flamingos feast on krill. The island has misters for summer and heaters for winter to ensure the birds are comfortable year round. Many species of fish and turtles populate the water, including grass carp, albino channel catfish and paddlefish. In winter, the turtles dive under the water to hibernate; many of the fish slow down and hang out at the bottom of the pond. The turtles mainly eat fish, lettuce and mealworms, while the fish dine on kibble or algae, depending on the species.
Some of the birds have been known to make friends across species lines. One of the habitat’s cinnamon teals, a kind of duck found in North and South America, chooses a different Mallard duck “girlfriend” every so often, Liptak said. “The birds are all one big happy family,” she said. “We have a lot of gay and lesbian couples and a lot of interspecies pairs. Love is love.”
The aquarium’s jellyfish live in two 500-gallon tanks next door to the main tank in the adultsonly Mermaid Lounge.
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Manta rays can have wingspans of up to 23 feet and are too large for the aquarium, but their smaller cousins, the cownose ray, have wingspans of only 2 to 3 feet and live at the Silverton.
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The animals eat about 20 pounds a day, including mahi mahi, ahi, shrimp, squid, brine shrimp, bloodworms and fish pellets. In addition to feeding from the top of the tank, staff also dive in with a food-filled squirt bottle to make sure food is distributed to the more shy fish at the bottom.
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Heated debate over energy Solar industry growing too fast for power company, state law to keep up By Kyle Roerink
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The battle between residential rooftop solar companies and NV Energy has pervaded the Las Vegas Valley this summer. Like a family bickering over whether the temperature is too hot or too cold, NV Energy and the solar companies have been arguing about Public Utilities Commission policies neither thinks are right. The rooftop solar market exploded in Nevada last year, growing by more than 1,000 percent to 6,000 jobs. About 3,000 Nevadans have installed solar panels to power their homes and receive credits on their energy bills for sending power back to the electric grid. The utility argues the credits are a subsidy that costs the company — and ratepayers — millions of dollars each year. Every new megawatt of solar energy costs NV Energy more than $8 million, company officials said — and 20 megawatts come online each month. Over the past decade, the state limited how many customers could receive the solar credit and set a cap on residential solar installation. The solar industry, led by rooftop leasing companies SolarCity and Sunrun, spent the recent legislative session battling NV Energy over an increase on the cap. After months of behind-closed-door meetings and intense lobbying, both sides reached a compromise. The solar industry received a temporary bump on the cap and assurances it one day would be lifted. NV Energy was promised it could add a new fee to solar bills to recover lost revenue. Lawmakers also ordered the Public Utilities Commission to handle the solar issue going forward, asking regulators to issue new regulations in December. During the legislative session, NV Energy told lawmakers consumers wouldn’t hit the cap until March 2016. But the power company’s projections turned out to underestimate drastically the growth of solar. In July, NV Energy announced the cap would be hit by the end of August — seven months ahead of schedule. If that happens before the Public Utilities Commission approves NV Energy’s new fee, it remains unclear whether the residential solar industry will stall and whether customers who acquire solar panels after the cap was hit but before the new rules were enacted would pay the new fee. “That’s the $64,000 question,” commission Chairwoman Alaina Burtenshaw said. A solar trade group filed a petition asking the commission to clarify. It’s scheduled for review Aug. 12, but a final decision could take months. August is the most expensive month for power customers. And with the solar debate raging on, temperatures aren’t all that’s heating up the valley.
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Serial killer may still have a victim out there
Suspected serial killer Neal Falls is being investigated in at least nine states in connection with the deaths and disappearances of women.
Police found what they described as a “kill kit” in the trunk of Neal Falls’ car, including handcuffs, several long knives, a box cutter, two axes, a machete, a sledgehammer, a bulletproof vest, a gun, shovels, a rubber tub large enough to hold an adult, and bleach and other cleaning supplies that could be used to dispose of a body.
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Missing woman’s family holds out hope she wasn’t one of Neal Falls’ escorts
The last time Glendene Grant saw her daughter Jessica Foster, Foster was leaving Kamloops, British Columbia, for Las Vegas. It was Christmas Day 2005. Grant hoped Foster, then 21, would stay longer, but Foster had a 2 p.m. flight to Las Vegas, back to her boyfriend and her new life. “I can still see in my mind her face,” Grant said recently. Foster grew up in Kamloops and was an honor roll student. She attended Bible camp in summer. When she turned 20, Foster began traveling with a friend. She visited New Jersey and New Foster York before heading to Las Vegas in May 2005, two weeks before her 21st birthday. Foster kept in touch and visited her family that Christmas. Then, she disappeared from her North Las Vegas home. Her family hasn’t heard from her since March 28, 2006. “It’s horrific,” Grant said. “We could not have gone through a worse thing as a family.” Foster is one of four women in the Las Vegas area whose disappearances police have connected to Neal Falls, an Oregon man killed last month in Charleston, W.Va., after he tried to choke an falls escort he met online, police say. Falls now is being investigated in connection with the deaths and disappearances of sex workers in at least nine states. Authorities say he was a serial killer. All four women missing in the Las Vegas Valley, including Foster, worked as prostitutes, according to police.
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Lindsay Harris, 21, disappeared in May 2005. The Mercedes she was driving was found in a parking lot near the Excalibur, and a PT Cruiser rented in her name was found in the desert near her Henderson home, police said. Leg parts identified as Harris’ eventually were found along an interstate near Springfield, Ill. Parts of 25-year-old Misty Saens’ body were found in 2003, wrapped in plastic and cloth near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Metro Police continue to investigate Saens’ death, as well as the death of 19-year-old Jodi Brewer, who disappeared in August 2003. Parts of Brewer’s body were found along Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, Calif. Foster is the only of the four women who has not been located. All went missing while Falls was believed to be living in the Las Vegas area. Little information about Falls has been confirmed. Among what is known: The 45-year-old had contact with or had been investigated by police in at least 20 states. Falls worked as an unarmed guard for a third-party security company at the Hoover Dam, according to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation spokeswoman Rose Davis. Falls worked at an inspection point on the Arizona side of the dam and is believed to have been employed there from about 2004 to 2008 before he was fired for behavioral issues, Davis said. State records show Falls lived in a Henderson house near Equestrian Drive and South Boulder Highway for at least part of his time in the valley. The escort in Charleston shot Falls with his own
handgun. In Falls’ car, police found handcuffs, axes, a shovel and bleach, as well as a list of names of other escorts. Grant, Foster’s mother, called the woman who killed Falls a hero. “He was so narcissistic that it did not even cross his mind that he was not going to leave that building,” Grant said. Grant doesn’t want to believe Falls killed her daughter. She is suspicious of the circumstances of Foster’s disappearance and believes the crowd Foster hung out with in Las Vegas may have killed her or forced her into human trafficking. “Jessica is beautiful, an all-Canadian girl, who just became friends with the wrong person,” Grant said. Grant said she resents the associations people have made between her daughter and the other victims. Grant wants people to know instead about her daughter’s fun personality, what a wonderful big sister she was and how close she was to her family. “A lot of people are throwing her name out there like she’s the dismembered prostitute who hasn’t been found,” Grant said. Whether Falls is connected to the case or not, Grant said she wants someone with accurate information to come forward and help solve the case. She believes her daughter still could be alive, but if she isn’t, Grant at least wants her daughter’s body found. “If Jessie is dead and in the Mojave, or if Jessie is dead and in a box along the highway, she’s not resting in peace,” Grant said. “We need to bring her home so she can.”
If Jessie is dead and in the Mojave, or if Jessie is dead and in a box along the highway, she’s not resting in peace. We need to bring her home so she can.” — glendene grant, jessica foster’s mother
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Donnie and Deirdre Strunk with Melissa Plakio, right, have raised almost $200,000 for leukemia and lymphoma research since Donnie was diagnosed in 2010 with a rare form of leukemia. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
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Plakio soon expanded her efforts, setting up silent auctions and organizing charity motorcycle rides. She convinced local In Angels in the Valley, an restaurants, big-box stores and community groups to donate. Twelve months to live. T-cell large granular lymphocytic occasional series, we She kept her team motivated with mantras: “You will never be leukemia. No cure. profile people who have poor by giving” and “Ordinary people do extraordinary things.” When Donnie Strunk was diagnosed in 2010 at age 38 with a made a difference in “She doesn’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” said Donnie Strunk, now rare form of leukemia, his friends and family were stricken. the lives of others and 43. “She calls it ‘volun-telling,’ not volunteering.” Fortunately for the Strunks, they didn’t have to look far for deserve to be recognized “It’s people like Melissa who never cease to amaze me,” said support. Their champion had come to them 14 years earlier for their willingness to Kris Crawford, managing director of the Leukemia and Lymphowhen Strunk’s wife, Deirdre, met Melissa Plakio at a spa where help. If you know ma Society’s Southern Nevada office. “She is a true advocate and both women worked. an Angel, email one of our community’s best. She has been relentless in her fundA wife and mother herself, Plakio knew she needed to help. news@thesunday.com raising efforts to advance our mission and help us find a cure for With Deirdre Strunk, Plakio formed a group to start raising with details. blood cancer.” money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s research efSo far this year, Plakio, the Strunks and their team have raised forts. more than $63,500 to study Donnie’s type of cancer. To date, the “It’s not like colon or breast cancer, where you get annual group has raised almost $200,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. screenings or learn how to do self-exams,” said Plakio, 39. “There are no prevenOne hundred percent of every dollar goes toward research and finding a cure — tive measures. You just wake up one day and suddenly have it.” not marketing or administration, Plakio said. Plakio and Strunk started recruiting friends, family and co-workers to raise Donnie Strunk is helping to celebrate the achievement. On May 17, he marked funds. In its first year, the group raised more than $24,000 by asking local busihis fifth year as a leukemia survivor. nesses to sponsor them in charity events such as the Rock ‘n’ Roll and Summer“We’re just normal people just trying to make a difference,” Plakio said. lin marathons, and the Light the Night Walk. By Ashley Oñoz-Wright Special to The Sunday
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Former U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford was upset by Republican Cresent Hardy in Horsford’s bid to retain his seat in Congressional District 4 but landed on his feet with a job at R&R Resources+ in Washington, D.C. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF File)
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teven Horsford has built a career of service without using a blueprint. His path has resulted from what he calls a “culmination of experiences” beginning 25 years ago as an intern for Las Vegas advertising agency R&R Partners. “When I started, I did not know what direction I would take or where this experience would lead me,” the former congressman and Nevada Senate majority leader said from his office in Washington, D.C. “It was not a master plan. I didn’t say I was going to do this for X number of years.” But there was a single thread stitching his life experiences. “For me, it always has been a journey of, ‘Where can I serve best, and where can I serve most effectively?’ ” Horsford said. The famous R&R slogan, “What happens here, stays here,” has not applied to Horsford, whose journey has taken him across the country to D.C., where he has partnered with two major Las Vegas companies: MGM Resorts International and R&R. His firm, R&R Resources+, in which R&R Partners is a minority investor
values,” Horsford said. “It’s with a 49 percent stake, about people for me, and announced it has been it always will be. The one retained as the agency of thing I’ve realized in my life record for MGM National is I have to make a differHarbor in Maryland. The ence and impact the lives of resort rivals any in Las others, whether it’s in the Vegas, costing $1.3 billion public sector or the private to build and scheduled to sector.” open in the second half of John Horsford was forced to 2016. R&R Resources+ also Katsilometes do some unanticipated represents MGM Springsoul-searching in Novemfield in Massachusetts, ber, after he was defeated by another lavish resort, set to Republican Assemblyman open in late 2018. Cresent Hardy in the race to represent Horsford’s charge is to lead the Nevada’s 4th Congressional District. resorts’ marketing strategies as they try Horsford mulled another campaign to build customer bases. Though R&R but opted instead to head the fledgling Partners is a financial backer, R&R ReResources+ operation. He and his longsources+ is an independently operated time friend and adviser, Billy Vassiliadis Minority Business Enterprise, a desigof R&R Partners, talked about expanding nation for businesses that are at least the scope and vision of Resources+, with 51 percent minority owned. Horsford’s Horsford particularly interested in R&R’s operation aims to develop and promote expansion into Mexico City, a move to try “diversity marketing, corporate social to grow its relationship with Hispanics. responsibility and workforce strategy” In March, Horsford and Vassiliadis and handles brand management, public agreed Horsford would become managrelations, social media and media placeing director of the R&R Resources+ ment for the resorts. office in the D.C.-Maryland-Virginia “It was important for me to be conregion. nected with partners who share my core
Asked to reflect on the recent, pivotal moment in his life when he lost an election he was roundly expected to win, the 42-year-old Las Vegas native pauses, then says, “Well, I didn’t win, in the end, because I didn’t get enough votes.” He laughs and elaborates a bit, talking about a midterm climate filled with people who had “tuned out” of the process, especially in Nevada, because of legislative acrimony and gridlock at the national level. (Voter turnout in Democratic-leaning Clark County was lackluster, a significant reason for Horsford’s defeat). Once held up as a rising figure in the Democratic Party, Horsford now is serving in an unexpected but, he says, fulfilling capacity in the resort industry. Will he run for office again? Not today, but … “I will never say never to future opportunities to serve, but I’m focused on what’s in front of me, and that’s this new partnership and my family,” Horsford said. “I am spending a little more time going to my son’s basketball games and seeing my daughter play soccer.” For a man with no master plan, that sounds like a great one.
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It’s back-to-school time. which vaccines should your children get? Vaccines are a hot-button issue. Some parents speak aggressively against vaccinating their children for fear of side effects. Others argue all children should be vaccinated to keep sicknesses from spreading. ¶ “I inform my families that the risk of the potential diseases is far greater than the potential of some of the side effects associated with vaccines,” says Dr. Atousa Ghaneian, M.D., F.A.A.P., of Healthy Kids Pediatrics and Sunrise Children’s Hospital.
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How do vaccines work? Vaccines build the body’s immunity to certain infections by mimicking the symptoms of that infection. Vaccines do not cause infection but allow the body to produce protective antibodies, antitoxin or neutralizing components within the immune system. The antibodies then fight against microorganisms that cause disease. Upon receiving a vaccine, some patients may experience minor symptoms associated with the imitation infection such as a mild fever. Those symptoms are perfectly normal and build the body’s immunity.
Some guidelines vary state to state The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers guidelines for parents about which vaccines are recommended for children throughout different stages of their development. Whether a vaccine is required is up to the state in which you live. Your pediatrician can guide you in a proper vaccination schedule.
Why is it important to vaccinate children? Vaccinating a child not only will protect him or her from disease but will help ensure the health of others in the community. “Many vaccinepreventable diseases can cause serious health concerns,” Ghaneian said. “Some require hospitalization and can be fatal.” Vaccines allow a child’s immune system to use its natural defenses and antibodies to fight disease, reducing the risk of infection and ideally developing immunity.
Do vaccinations have any side effects? Side effects of vaccines are minimal, but they do exist, as with any injection or medication. For instance, swelling and redness can occur around the injection site. To relieve any discomfort, Ghaneian suggests using a cold compress and taking anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen or Tylenol.
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What if I’m apprehensive about vaccinating my child? Concerns about vaccines are common. But Ghaneian said extensive scientific data demonstrate there is no relationship between the rise of autism and vaccines. With that in mind, she asked: “If you have the choice to possibly prevent life-threatening disease, why wouldn’t you?”
Antigen The main component of a vaccine is a modified version of the virus the vaccine protects for ‘ is alagainst. The antigen tered from its original form to produce an immune response rather than cause the disease.
Suspending fluids Sterile water or saline is used to house components of the vaccine. Stabilizers are added to protect vaccines from adverse conditions.
What’s in vaccines? How are they made? Vaccines typically all work the same way, regardless of what disease they target or how they are made. “A component of the virus or the bacteria is used in a way that will allow the recipient of the vaccine to develop an immune response without developing the actual symptoms of the disease or developing the disease itself,” Ghaneian said.
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Even as Las Vegan turns 100, city has more to see By Brianna Santiago staff writer
Joe Gutierrez cuts into a celebratory cake after he and his family got a look inside their new home, built for them by Chase Bank and the nonprofit group Building Homes for Heroes. (brianna santiago/Staff)
Bank, nonprofit show gratitude to LV veteran By Brianna Santiago staff writer
On a quiet block in the southwest valley, a crowd of people eagerly wait for Army veteran Joe Gutierrez and his family to pull up to the driveway and see for the first time their new, mortgage-free home. Deployed three times to Iraq and once to Afghanistan, Gutierrez has gone above and beyond to serve his country. Now it’s time for his country to serve him. nnn
Gutierrez enlisted as a private in the Army when he was 22. Over the next 13 years, he earned 26 commendations, including the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. “I believe in freedom,” said Gutierrez, now 37. “I know what it costs.” Some of those costs were personal. In 2013, Gutierrez, then a staff sergeant, was forced into medical retirement. His tours of duty had taken their toll physically. Gutierrez suffered from a host of injuries and medical issues, including a cervical spine strain, lumbar degenerative disease and PTSD. Gutierrez and his family moved from their hometown of Killeen, Texas, to Las Vegas because of financial problems and to be closer to his parents. Civilian life was an adjustment. The military had instilled in Gutierrez a strong set of values and an
appreciation for simple pleasures. Unable to serve and living in pain, Gutierrez felt like he lost a part of himself. In late 2013, Gutierrez heard about Building Homes for Heroes, a nonprofit group that partners with Chase Bank to give honorably discharged, injured veterans free homes. Gutierrez applied. Months passed without any news, so he applied again. And a third time. Then in December of last year, Gutierrez was picking up his two daughters from elementary school when he received a phone call. Tears rolled down his eyes. From the back seat, one of his daughters began shouting: “We got the house!” “It was unbelievable,” Gutierrez said.
Las Vegas was founded in 1905. Ten years later, longtime resident Gertrude Silvia Rudiak was born. On Aug. 2, Rudiak turns 100. Her family — including five children, eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren — will celebrate with a centennial birthday party at Nevada State Museum. “I am becoming a little old lady,” Rudiak said. Rudiak has witnessed firsthand Las Vegas’ evolution from a dusty settlement to a global tourist destination. Born in North Dakota, she moved here in 1943. Her husband was an attorney, and Rudiak was active in the community. She played organ at her synagogue, volunteered as a driver for seniors and served as president of the Las Vegas B’nai B’rith, a Jewish service organization. At her party, Rudiak plans to donate to the museum a 1952 Las Vegas phone directory, a vintage adding machine and photos from the 1950s of the Silver Slipper Saloon, Frontier Village, Fremont Street and Twin Lakes fishing pond, now known as Lorenzi Park. In the 1940s, Rudiak and her husband, now deceased, often frequented the city’s casinos. These days, she prefers to stay away from crowds. Now, for fun, her son drives her around the expanding city to sightsee. “I like to see what I haven’t seen before,” Rudiak said.
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In early July, Gutierrez, his wife, April, and their two daughters pulled up to the driveway of their new home. They got out of the car and stood beneath a star-spangled banner hung from the stucco exterior of their newly renovated two-story. Gutierrez received the paperwork and keys, and the crowd that had assembled applauded. A redwhite-and-blue cake was served. The family walked through the 1,502-squarefoot, 3-bedroom home. Gutierrez’s daughters each picked out a bedroom, one lavender and one tangerine. “Life is good,” Gutierrez said.
Gertrude Rudiak has watched the expansion and evolution of Las Vegas for 72 years. (courtesy of the rudniak family)
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Oysters Rockefeller recipe provided by MRKT Sea + Land at Aliante resort
National Oyster Day is Aug. 5, and the rich flavors of oysters Rockefeller (named for John D. Rockefeller, the richest American at the time the dish was created in 1899) arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t out of reach for the home cook. MRKT Sea + Landâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version incorporates fresh ingredients from a vertical herb garden inside the restaurant.
directions 1. Shuck oysters. Break off and discard the top shell. Arrange the oysters on a baking sheet. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
ingredients
12 fresh, unopened oysters
8 oz fontina cheese, shredded
1 /2 cup butter
8 oz mozzarella cheese, shredded
1 onion, chopped
/2 cup milk
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10 oz fresh spinach, chopped
2 tsp salt and pepper or to taste
8 oz Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
2 tbsp seasoned bread crumbs
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2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic in butter until soft. Reduce heat to low, and stir in spinach, Monterey Jack, fontina and mozzarella. Cook until cheese melts, stirring frequently. Stir in the milk and season with salt and pepper. Stir until sauce thickens. 3. Spoon sauce over each oyster, just filling the shell. Sprinkle with toasted bread crumbs. 4. Bake until golden and bubbly, approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
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The Animal Foundation and the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are shelters dedicated to finding homes for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, turtles and more. Each week, we feature a selection of animals available for adoption.
Chico (A853122)
Puff (A852569)
Lucille
Hermione
Age: 6-year-old male Breed: German shepherd Description: Chico is shy at first but warms up with attention. He is curious and would do best in a home with space for him to explore. Adoption fee: $105
Age: 10-week-old male Breed: Domestic longhair Description: Puff may be a little shy at first, but with a little love and gentle handling, he’ll be giving you kitten kisses in no time. Adoption fee: $50
Age: 14-year-old spayed female Breed: Jack Russell terrier Description: Lucille, admirably young at heart, adores hugs, kisses and children. Please help us find a wonderful home for her. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 4-month-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Hermione is fascinated by the world — every person, toy, window and sound. She likes to chat and try to help with activities around the house. Adoption fee: $40
Mitsie (A848341)
Dale (A852138)
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Norma
Age: 3-year-old female Breed: Pit bull Description: Mitsie is a sweet girl with lots of love to give. Adopt her and receive a free collar, leash and custom ID tag; free vaccines for life; discounted training; and more. Adoption fee: $55
Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Chihuahua Description: Dale is a friendly, easygoing pup. Take him for a walk or give him a treat, and he’ll be your loyal companion. Adoption fee: $155
Age: 3-year-old spayed female Breed: Blue and cream mediumhair Description: Cher is a lovebug who
Age: 1-year-old spayed female Breed: Silver and cream shorthair Description: Norma’s extra toes help her cuddle and hug. She delights in resting near windows, either watching the birds or soaking up sun rays during naps. Adoption fee: $40
Tut (A852299)
Tigress (A851831)
Windsor
Baloo
Age: 1-year-old neutered male Breed: Chihuahua Description: Tut is energetic and playful. He will woo you with a song and lots of kisses. Adoption fee: $155
Age: 2-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic longhair Description: Tigress is a feisty feline waiting for a new friend who wants to play. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 8-month-old neutered male Breed: Yorkshire Terrier mix Description: Praise and reassurance are important to Windsor. He wants to know he is loved and appreciated. Please puppy-proof your home and yard for his safety. Adoption fee: $90
Age: 6-year-old neutered male Breed: Mastiff mix Description: Baloo is a 120-pound sweetheart who likes playing with tennis balls and large, friendly dogs. He is house-trained and cratetrained. Adoption fee: $60
likes being brushed and following you around for companionship. Adoption fee: $40
Animal foundation 702-384-3333 x131 | animalfoundation.com/adopt Animals are assigned a color next to their names indicating location: 655 N. Mojave Road, Las Vegas 286 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson
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A National Hockey League expansion team seems destined for southern nevada, and las vegas is fertile ground for mascots By Ray Brewer and Brian Deka staff writers
vote here Would you che er for the Las Veg Black K as nights? What about t he Scor pions o Miners? r Vote fo r your favorite mascot at lasvega ssun.co m/ sports.
How about the Black Knights? When Bill Foley, the billionaire businessman leading the charge to bring professional hockey to Las Vegas, submitted paperwork to the NHL last month to apply for the area’s first major league franchise, he did so under the name Black Knight Sports and Entertainment LLC. Immediately, some assumed that’s what the expansion team, which is expected to be approved by the NHL in the fall, would be called. After all, Foley is a proud graduate of
the U.S. Military Academy, whose athletic teams are called the Black Knights. But it’s not a done deal. Black Knights might just be a placeholder. “The name of the team will be determined by our season ticket depositors, so get ready with your suggestions and keep the faith,” Foley wrote to fans two weeks ago. “The door has been opened, and we’ve stepped through. Thanks to all of you for your input and support.” The depositors, who claimed more than 13,000 season tickets during a drive that started in February, showed
NHL officials there’s an appetite for hockey in Las Vegas. Getting their say in the team’s name seems like a logical decision, because if it wasn’t for their support, there would be no team to name. Then again, maybe Foley deserves to name the team. If he wasn’t ponying up most of the expected $500 million in expansion fees, Las Vegas would remain without professional sports. Assuming the name does go to a vote, here are some suggestions for Foley and the depositors to consider:
The Scorpions
The Mustangs
The Aces
The Monsoon
The Miners
Looking for an animal mascot that would strike fear in opponents? This arachnid with potentially deadly venom is commonly found in Las Vegas and would lend itself to creative logos.
Another option for an animal mascot is the mustang, a freeroaming horse with a long history in the American West. Mustangs, common throughout Nevada, are known for their surefootedness and endurance. Those are positive traits in hockey players, as well.
A Las Vegas expansion team likely would play in the same division as the Los Angeles Kings. In a deck of playing cards, only an ace trumps a king. The logo could even be an airplane, in a nod to the flying aces of Nellis and Creech Air Force bases. One negative: The Triple-A baseball team in Reno is called the Aces.
In the 1990s, Las Vegas’ minorleague hockey team was called the Thunder. Why not go a step further and incorporate wind, heat and heavy rain to overwhelm opponents? The Monsoon wouldn’t be out of place in a league with teams called the Lightning, Avalanche and Wild.
If you don’t want a mascot that references gaming, how about a homage to another major industry? Silver mining in Nevada dates to 1859 with the discovery of the Comstock Lode. The state also is one of the world’s largest sources of gold.
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CASINO PROMOTIONS WESTGATE
Fourth annual Supercontest Date: Through Sept. 12 Information: Entry fee is $1,500. Pick five pro football games against the spread each week; the top 50 players win. Giving Away the Bank Date: Aug. 3, 24 and 31 Information: Earn points playing slot and video reel machines to win gift cards up to $100.
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Pro Pick ’em Football Contest Date: Weekly contest starts Sept. 13 Information: Pick winning teams to collect a share of $13,000 in prizes each week of football season.
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Swipe and Win Saturdays Date: Saturdays in August Information: Win up to $1,000 in play, point multipliers and bonus entries in Boyd’s $400,000 giveaway.
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Camaro slot tournament Date: Aug. 13-15 Information: The top 20 point earners can play for a share of $25,000 in prizes. The grand prize is a Camaro signed by NASCAR’s Earnhardt family. $1,000 new-member bonus Date: Through Sept. 30 Information: Sign up for a loyalty card for chance to win up to $1,000 in play. Earn 75 points on your first day for an extra chance. Play Your Way to Race Tickets Date: Through Oct. 2 Information: Earn 100 points and receive one NASCAR Truck Race ticket; win up to four tickets per day. The race is at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
TUSCANY
Cards to Cash Date: Fridays Time: 7 p.m. Information: Earn tickets with play. Three players at each drawing will have a chance to win up to $3,000. Gift giveaway Date: Aug. 15 and 29 Information: Earn 300 same-day points to receive a gift. School supply drive
Date: Sundays Information: School supplies will be accepted all month. Receive $10 in play with a $10 donation on Sundays. Military Appreciation Day Date: Sundays Information: Veterans receive discounts at Caffé Bottega, the Café, the Cantina and the gift shop. Point multipliers Date: Mondays and Wednesdays Information: Earn 10x points on reels and 7x points on video poker. Senior day Date: Thursdays Information: Seniors receive discounts at the Cantina and Caffé Bottega. Seniors who earn 200 points will receive a gift.
Club Fortune
Top of the Hill slot tournament Date: Wednesdays and Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Win cash and slot play. All-American Giveaway Date: Aug. 8 Time: 9:30 p.m. Information: Five names will be chosen in a drawing. Top prize is a Chevrolet Cruze or $12,500. Match ’Em Up Date: Fridays in August Time: 5-10 p.m. Information: Two winners every hour will be drawn to play. Match prize tiles to receive a prize, up to $500. Earn one electronic drawing ticket for every base point earned on the Thursday and Friday leading up to the promotion.
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. $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.
GOLD COAST
Flashback Fridays Date: Fridays Information: Earn 100 points, then swipe your loyalty card at a kiosk to win up to 4 million points. 40th anniversary cash drawings Date: Saturdays Time: 8:15 p.m. Information: Earn entries through play. Win up to $10,000. All entrants will be eligible for Boyd’s $400,000 drawing Sept. 5. Send Me Back Sundays Date: Sundays Time: 4 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Earn up to 40x points for your first 400 points.
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Gift giveaway Date: Aug. 9 and 23 Information: Earn 200 points to get a gift.
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Boyd’s 40th anniversary cash drawings Date: Saturdays in August Information: Win a share of $40,000. One winner will be chosen every hour from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 6 to 10 p.m.; another winner will be chosen at 4 p.m.
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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.
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 free 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
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EL CORTEZ
$25,000 Cash is King drawing Date: Aug. 15 Information: Receive an entry for every 5,000 points earned.
ALIANTE
Bunco tournament Date: Aug. 15 Time: Doors open at 6 p.m.; tournament begins 7 p.m. Information: Tournament will raise money for the Goodie Two Shoes Foundation. Early bird registration costs $35; registration at the door costs $50 if seats are available. 50+ Play Day kiosk game Date: Mondays Information: Earn 50 points to spin the wheel to win up to $500 in slot play. $12,500 mobile hot seat Date: Sundays in August Information: Players must accept the hot seat offer from the mobile app to qualify. From noon to 5 p.m., five people will win $50 in slot play. At 6 p.m., 10 people will win $100 in slot play. Winners will be announced over the intercom and must swipe at a kiosk to redeem their prize. Point multipliers Date: Wednesdays Information: Earn 5x points on video poker and 10x points on all reels. $1,200,000 Keys to Aliante Treasures drawings Date: Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 7-29 Information: Earn entries starting Aug. 2. The first person to unlock all the boxes will win a 2015 Cadillac Escalade. Anyone else who unlocks all the boxes will win $25,000. The top point earner each week will receive a guaranteed entry into the drawing on Saturday and a bonus $500 in slot play. Earn 20 free entries Fridays through Mondays and on Wednesdays. Earn 10X entries every Tuesday and Thursday. 50+ $2,500 senior slot tournament Date: Aug. 10 Time: Noon-4 p.m. Information: The top 25 places will share $2,500 in slot play. $100,000 Airin’ It Out football contest sign-up Date: Aug. 10 Information: Win weekly, quarterly
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and year-end cash prizes. No point spreads, just pick the winner. $25 per entry; buy three, get one free. Table Games Staycation giveaway Date: Fridays in August Time: 7:45 p.m. Information: Earn entries starting Aug. 1 by playing table games. Ten winners will be selected at each drawing. The top prize is $500 in chips, an Aliante staycation for two nights and a $50 food-and-beverage credit. Gift giveaway Date: Aug. 20 Information: Earn 250 points and receive a set of bowls.
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Senior Mondays Time: Drawings at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Information: Random names will be drawn for a chance to win cash and free play. Players 50 and older also will receive dining discounts. $10,000 Reel & Win slot tournaments Date: Tuesday Time: 11 a.m. Information: The top 30 players will qualify for cash and slot play. The first-place player will win $1,000.
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40th anniversary cash drawings Date: Saturdays in August Time: 7:15 p.m. Information: Earn entries through play. Win up to $10,000. All entrants will be eligible for Boyd’s $400,000 drawing Sept. 5. Throwback Thursdays Date: Thursdays in August Time: 4 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Earn up to 40x points for your first 400 points. Flashback Fridays Date: Fridays in August Information: Earn 100 points, then swipe your loyalty card at a kiosk to win up to 4 million points.
SUNCOAST
40th anniversary cash drawings Date: Saturdays in August Time: 8:15 p.m. Information: Earn entries through play. Win up to $10,000. All entrants eligible for Boyd’s $400,000 drawing Sept. 5.
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Nifty 50 slot tournament Date: Wednesdays Time: 10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Information: Earn entries with play. First prize is $1,000.
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.
Eldorado
Boyd’s 40th anniversary cash drawings Date: Saturdays Time: 5:15-9:45 p.m Information: Win a share of $40,000. One player will be chosen every 30 minutes.
Time: 6 a.m.-midnight Information: Win up to 1 million points. Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, guests can play a poker kiosk game to collect chips. Chips collected are based on the poker hand won. Players can cash in the chips to win points each Thursday.
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Get a Grand from the Grand Date: Through Dec. 31 Information: For new loyalty card members. Earn up to $1,000 back on all reel and video reel games. Requires a minimum loss of $50. The rebate will be split over three redemption periods to total 100 per-
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Win Derek’s Hellcat Date: Through Aug. 29 Information: Earn tickets for monthly drawings that culminate with a chance to win a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat.
cent of the player’s loss.
BINION’S Mother Lode swipe and win Date: Ongoing Information: Club members can win up to $2,500 daily. Earn points for
Hit & Spin for cash and slot dollars Date: Thursdays Information: Players who hit the designated four of a kind of the day with no wild cards or win $50 or more on reels or keno will receive one spin on the prize wheel. Cash Blower Wednesday Date: Wednesdays Time: 12:30-7:30 p.m. Information: One player will be selected every hour to win cash in the blower.
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Swipe and Win Saturdays Date: Saturdays Information: Win up to $1,000 in play, point multipliers and bonus entries in Boyd’s $400,000 giveaway.
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50+ weekly slot tournament Date: Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Open to Club Card members 50 and older. First entry is free with a swipe at a club kiosk; collect a second by earning 250 points and a third by earning 500 points. Top prize is $1,500; total prize pool is $5,200.
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chances to swipe the prize machine, with a maximum of three swipes daily. Earn five points for a chance to win $50, 40 points for a chance to win $100 and 300 points for a chance to win $2,500.
JERRY’S NUGGET Up to 5x points Date: Fridays and Saturdays Time: 4 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Rewards members who
Rockin’ 777 slot tournament Date: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Time: 4-8 p.m. Information: Free for loyalty club members. The top five winners will receive $100 in free slot play.
swipe their cards at a kiosk receive
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3x points, 4x points or 5x points on slot and video poker games.
GOLDEN NUGGET New player rewards Information: Sign up for a players
Email Yourself a Million Date: Through Aug. 31 Information: Swipe your loyalty card at a kiosk for a chance to win $1 million, free play, comp dollars, food and more. A valid email address is required.
Swipe and Win Saturdays Date: Saturdays in August Information: Win up to $1,000 in play, point multipliers and bonus entries in Boyd’s $400,000 giveaway.
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MyGeneration Mondays Date: Ongoing Information: Players 50 and older earn 6x points on slot machines and video poker, and receive discounts on bowling and dining.
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Thanks a Billion! point giveaway Date: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays Information: Swipe your loyalty card at a kiosk to win up to 1 million points. $250,000 Spin & Win cash drawing Date: Fridays Time: 8:15 p.m. Information: Win up to $5,000. Earn entries by swiping your loyalty card at a kiosk. Earn 5x entries on Wednesdays. The top two base point earners from slot and video poker each week will automatically be among the 10 winners in that week’s drawing. Top Dog Poker kiosk game Date: Through Aug. 27
WILDFIRE
card and spin to win up to $1,000 in free play.
SAM’S TOWN Poker High Hands bonus Date: Through August flush, straight flush or four of a kind while playing seven-card stud and hold ’em will receive a bonus payout. Video Poker Showdown
50+ slot tournament Date: Wednesdays Time: 10 a.m. Information: The best combined score from two sessions wins $1,000.
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Grand Thursdays Date: Thursdays Information: Loyalty card members 50 and older receive point multipliers, dining and gaming discounts, and entry into slot tournaments.
Time: 4-8 p.m. Information: Earn 10 points to receive your first entry and 50 points for each additional entry in a video poker tournament at 8:15 p.m. Top prize is $1,000 in play. 40th anniversary cash drawings Date: Saturdays in August Time: 6:15 p.m. Information: Earn entries with play. Win up to $10,000. All entrants are eligible for Boyd’s $400,000 drawing Sept. 5.
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How to get City Hall’s attention: Download an app
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ow often do you drive down the street and see something that needs attention — a burned-out street light, graffiti along a subdivision wall, a pothole, trash strewn about what appears to be an abandoned home? You might mutter to yourself that someone at City Hall or at the county should do something about it, but they may not know about it. Would you call City Hall — and brace for getting transferred from one person to another? North Las Vegas is trying to make it easier to notify City Hall when something needs attention. Henderson and Las Vegas figured out a few years ago how to help residents conquer bureaucracy and get action. The solution: a smartphone app that’s easy to download and use, and allows you to take a photo of the problem, type a note if you want to elaborate, and press the “submit” button on your screen. Your photo and note will be sent immediately to the right person at City Hall and forwarded to the people who can act on the issue. You don’t even
Your photo and note will be sent immediately to the right person at City Hall and forwarded to the people who can act on the issue. You don’t even need to say where the problem is, because your phone’s data will include the location, if you allow it.
need to say where the problem is, because your phone’s data will include the location, if you configure your settings to allow it. It has never been easier to get City Hall’s attention. North Las Vegas even will reward you with $250 if your photograph of a tagger or other lawbreaker leads to the person’s arrest and conviction. (No, we’re not suggesting you become a digital-age vigilante. North Las Vegas already has a voluntary service patrol that cruises the city and whose members are trained in how to photograph possibly illicit activity from a safe distance.) The app for North Las Vegas — “Contact North Las Vegas” — has been downloaded about 50 times since its May introduction. Greg Blackburn, the city’s community development and
compliance director, said the city had received about 100 complaints via the app, most of them dealing with graffiti, litter and notices of doors ajar in vacant structures. “We’re trying to make it easier for people to report things of concern, and they can do it while remaining anonymous if they choose,” Blackburn said. Some submissions, however, have been off-target; the problems took place either outside the city limits or dealt with homeowner association regulations versus city code violations. The “Contact Henderson” app has been around since 2011 and has been used about 1,400 times. It is delightfully pushy in its own way: If someone from City Hall doesn’t respond to the submitter within three days, the issue automatically is forwarded to an admin-
istrator. Las Vegas’ app, “City of Las Vegas Mobile,” may not have the most fetching name, but it is effective nonetheless. Joe Marcella, the city’s technology boss, said more than 2,500 people have downloaded the app, and he was expecting about 2,600 “customer requests” this year. It’s not uncommon for a person to submit a photo of fresh graffiti and for a city worker to remove it the same day. City Council members use the app’s messages to monitor developments in their wards, while city workers use them to identify trends, such as graffiti encroaching in new areas. Lest residents of unincorporated Clark County feel left out, an app for them is being developed and may be available by year’s end. Thank you, local government, for embracing this efficient and effective technology and making it easier for us to get your attention. More residents should download these free apps on their smartphones. It’s the next best thing to living next door to a mayor or county commissioner seeking re-election.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, august 2
Jazz Night: The American Jazz Initiative will present latin music from Pascale Elia and a Night in Brazil. 7:30 p.m., $15, Artifice, 1025 S. First St., 702-489-6339.
Las Vegas Gay Softball League skills assessments: Sign up to play slowpitch softball for the fall season and demonstrate your ability to throw, field, run and hit so you can be assigned to the appropriate division. Wear cleats without metal spikes and bring a glove. 10 a.m., $25 for fall season, Lorenzi Park, 3343 W. Washington Ave., lvgsl.com. *Also: 10 a.m. Aug. 9 Out of the Gutters celebrity bowling tournament: Animal lovers can knock down pins with local celebrities while raising money for the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Guests can take part in family-friendly activities, meet adoptable pets, mingle with celebrities and vie for raffle prizes. Online registration encouraged. 1 p.m., $20 preregistration, $30 at the door, $7 for children under 12, $80 for teams of five, Sam’s Town Bowling Center, 5111 Boulder Highway, nevadaspca.org. Reading Buddies: Children ages 6 to 11 can improve their reading skills with the help of a teen volunteer. Registration required. 3 p.m., free, Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010. Harry Potter birthday party: Create owls, make “howlers” and celebrate the book characters. For children ages 6 to 11. 3 p.m., free, Windmill Library, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, 702-507-6030. Overcoming Anxiety clinic: A four-part yoga clinic designed for people who suffer from anxiety, panic disorders or PTSD, with presentations and handouts. 3 p.m., $150 for four weeks, Tru Yoga, 7310 Smoke Ranch Road, Suite D, downdogdiagnostics.com. *Also: Aug. 16, Aug. 30, Sept. 20 Teen Makershop: Learn sewing, screen-printing and more. 3-5 p.m., free, Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas Blvd., 702-507-3500. Las Vegas 51s: The valley’s minor league baseball team plays the Tacoma Rainiers. 7:05 p.m., $10-$25, Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, milb.com.
Monday, August 3 Yoga flexibility and balance
Wednesday, August 5 Teddy bear clinic: Bring your children and their favorite stuffed animal to explore what happens during a visit to the hospital. Registration required. 10 a.m.noon, free, Centennial Hills Hospital, 6900 N. Durango Drive, 702-388-4888.
Children gather at a previous National Night Out festival. There will be parties Aug. 4 at Knickerbocker Park, Hartke Park and Town Square. (staff file)
class: Increase your flexibility and strength while improving circulation and alignment. 4:30-5:30 p.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. “The Human Experience”: A night of local open-mic talent, including spoken word, original poetry and music. Sign-ups at 6:30 p.m., show begins 7 p.m., free, Hop Nuts Brewing, 1120 S. Main St., Suite 150, 702-816-5371.
Tuesday, August 4 Performing and Visual Arts Summer Camp for Kids musical productions: Enjoy dance, music and theater by the Performing and Visual Arts Summer Camp for Kids. 1 p.m., free, Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 702-229-4800. National Night Out block party: An interactive and educational evening to raise crime prevention awareness, strengthen neighborhood spirit and unity, and foster community-law enforcement partnerships. Participate in kid-friendly activities, enjoy refreshments and more. 6-8 p.m., free, Knickerbocker Park, 10695 Dorrell Lane, 702-216-2020. *Also: National Night Out North, 6-9 p.m., free, Hartke Park, 1900 E. Tonopah Ave., 702-455-8200 *Also: National Night Out South, 5-9 p.m., free, the Green at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com.
Savvy Senior Scam Prevention Series: Door to Door Scams: Learn how to protect yourself from fraud targeting senior citizens and retirees. Hosted by the Better Business Bureau. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3458. Ethnic Express International Folk Dancing: Learn international dance styles, including Arabic, Armenian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Greek, Israeli, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian and Turkish. No need to bring a partner. For ages 8+. 6:30-8:45 p.m., $4, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383
thursday, August 6 Coffee with the Councilman: Join Councilman Ricki Barlow for coffee and conversation about how to improve Ward 5 and the city of Las Vegas. 9 a.m., free, Starbucks, 751 N. Rancho Drive, 702-636-4194. Movies in the Square: Enjoy a G- or PG-rated movie. Live entertainment and activities for children will take place before the movie. Movies start at sundown, free, the Green at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Las Vegas Stories: Las Vegas in Pop Culture: Journalist F. Andrew Taylor will discuss fictional Las Vegas. 7 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.
friday, August 7 Spectral Gallery one-year anniversary: A party with art, a
LIFE print sale, live painting and giveaways. 6-10 p.m., free, Spectral Gallery, Downtown Spaces, 1800 Industrial Road, 702-429-1295. Back-to-school fair: Free school supplies will be distributed while supplies last. Schoolchildren must be present to receive supplies. 6:30-9:30 p.m., free, Centennial Hills Park, 7101 N. Buffalo Drive, 702229-6718. Sunset Yoga: Practice Hatha and Vinyasa yoga outdoors. 7 p.m., $5, Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, 702-331-2030. The Get: A live one-hour sketch, stand-up and improv comedy show featuring original material from local artists. 10 p.m., $10, Onyx Theatre, 953 16B E. Sahara Ave., 702-732-7225. Kumukahi Ukulele and Hula Festival: The third annual hula festival brings together musicians and dancers to honor Hawaiian culture and history. 3 p.m., $22, Sam’s Town, 5111 Boulder Highway, 702-456-7777. *Also: 10 a.m. Aug. 8
saturday, August 8 Hubb Classic Car and Parts Swap Meet: Buy vintage, classic or high-end cars and parts at bargain prices. 8 a.m., free, the Hubb, 3720 W. Bell Vista Ave., Pahrump, thehubbnevada.com.
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Fresh52 Farmers and Artisan Market: Browse seasonal produce, freshly baked goods, gourmet olive oils, salsas, spices, handmade crafts and more. 9 a.m., free, Tivoli Village, 302 S. Rampart Blvd., fresh52.com. Garden Workshop: Beginning Desert Gardening: Turn your frustration into success with tips for successful desert gardening. 8:30-10:30 a.m. $10 for Springs Preserve members, $15 for nonmembers, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700. Southern Pauite Cultural Sharing: Local tribe members will share stories, traditional arts and crafts, food customs, drumming and dancing. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free for Springs Preserve members or with general admission, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-8227700. *Also: Aug. 15 and 22 “Funky Love”: A spoken word show featuring music from Mizz Absurd and Philena Carter, plus poetry by Lee Mallory. 7-8 p.m., free, Double Down Saloon, 4640 Paradise Road, 702-791-5775. Vino & Vinyasa: A one-hour yoga session followed by tapas and wine provided by Crave American Kitchen and Sushi Bar. RSVP required. 7:30-10 p.m., $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers, Life Time Athletic Summerlin, 10721 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-228-2611.
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Nevadans who want to play legal, regulated, online poker have just two options: Caesars Entertainment-backed WSOP.com or Real Gaming, supported by the South Point. ¶ WSOP — which is affiliated with the World Series of Poker, also run by Caesars — is the big fish. But the South Point site is trying steadily to grow its position in the market. vaughan, Continue d on page 53
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The Silver Bird Hotel and Casino, previously known as the Thunderbird, was one of the first hotels on Las Vegas Boulevard. It opened on the north end of the Strip on Labor Day 1948 and had a good run for two decades before encountering financial problems. In 1977, Major Riddle, a founder of the Dunes Hotel and owner of the Silver Nugget and Silver City casinos, bought the Thunderbird and changed its name to the Silver Bird. Pictured here June 2, 1977, Riddle and Luba Perkins, of Riddle Enterprises, point to the bird on top of the marquee as the property undergoes a multimillion-dollar renovation. The resort was bought in 1981 by veteran gaming operator Ed Torres, who gave it a Spanishstyle facelift before naming it El Rancho. The El Rancho was imploded Oct. 3, 2000, and a portion of the land was used for the mothballed Fontainebleau. Long gone are the 25 cent draft beers and $2.95 steak dinners advertised in the image.
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Resorts and the company’s employees, the city of Henderson and contributions from Habitat’s homeownership program. The Langstons are the 100th partner family in Clark County. The 101st home in Southern Nevada went to Bob and Dawn McKinney, with support from Bank of America and Henderson.
Performances of “Véronic Voices” benefited the Human Rights Campaign Foundation as part of the “Lend Your Voice” campaign. The initiative was launched by Véronic in 2014 to benefit selected nonprofit organizations. Four franchises comprising 57 Jack in the Box locations in Southern Nevada teamed with customers to raise $29,516 during the 33rd annual MDA Shamrock program to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. HELP of Southern Nevada is partnering with “Jersey Boys” and Whole Foods Market for the annual “HELP2O” campaign to protect homeless people from the dangers associated with summer heat. The organizations are collecting donations of bottled water at Las Vegas and Henderson Whole Foods Market locations through Aug. 31. Associates from Keller Williams Las Vegas Realty repaired, painted and decorated seven aging housing units used for the Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth’s Independent Living Program. Keller Williams staff previously repaired major plumbing and structural issues. The Independent Living Program provides homeless youths with housing, utilities, transportation, food and clothing. Insomniac’s EDC Week Charity Auction raised approximately $70,000 for Culture Shock Las Vegas, which provides a safe and fun after-school environment for local children. Culture Shock hopes to steer young people away from substance abuse, violence and hatred through performance art and dance. Raising Cane’s raised $22,000 for the Juvenile Research Diabetes Fund. Bank of America awarded $200,000 to 16 nonprofit groups that focus on workforce development in Southern Nevada. Recipients were Discovery Children’s Museum, Accion Nevada, Community Services of Nevada, Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow, Service Corps of Retired Executives, Communities in Schools of Nevada, Boys and Girls Club, Teach for America, The Shade Tree, International Association for Working Mothers, Special Olympics Nevada, Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada, Opportunity Village, Clark County Summer Business Institute, Legal Aid Center and Fulfillment Fund. The Vegas Valley Mustang Club donated $2,700 to Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. United Blood Services of Las Vegas awarded 16 college scholarships worth $15,250 to local high schools. The amount each school received was based on the amount of blood collected at each. Approximately 6,100 units of blood were donated
Three Square Food Bank received $30,000 and 3,066 pounds of food from the Check City Checks Hunger food drive. Additionally, 85 Check City employees volunteered at Three Square. (COURTESY PHOTO) during the 2014-15 school year by students in Clark County and neighboring school districts. Jamillah AliRahman, executive director of Friends of Parkinson’s, was named Ambassador for Peace by the Universal Peace ali-rahman Federation, an international, interreligious network of representatives from religious, government and civil society organizations, as well as the private sector, who are dedicated to world peace. Nevada Women’s Philanthropy donated $350,000 to WestCare Nevada to renovate an aging 33,000-square-foot building at the Women and Children’s Campus in North Las Vegas. Future Smiles received $30,000. Cowabunga Bay donated $6,500 to the Nevada PTA, which named General Manager Shane Huish Outstanding Vendor of the Year. City National Bank employees and families volunteered at Three Square to fill 2,400 bags of food for the BackPack for Kids program. CenturyLink Las Vegas partnered with Three Square for Backpack Buddies, the company’s food drive program. More than 40 volunteers from the Allegiant Travel IT department and members of S1 Solutions and Wish for Wheels assembled bikes at Allegiant’s headquarters and delivered them to the Agassi Clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Nevada. Clark County School District employees donated $2,005 to AfterSchool All-Stars.
Favil West, president of the Foundation Assisting Seniors, was named Nevada Senior of the Year by the Nevada Delegation of the National Silver Haired Congress and the Aging Services Directors Organization. CBRE Las Vegas donated $26,500 to Family and Child Treatment of Southern Nevada and the Public Education Foundation’s family literacy program. The money was raised during the inaugural CBRE Cares Catch the Leprechaun Run. Local McDonald’s locations collected 1,000 books for Spread the Word Nevada’s literacy programs and students in the Clark County School District. The chain also donated more than $300,000 in scholarship money to Southern Nevada students and was the sole sponsor of the Hispanic Baccalaureate. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas awarded $321,125 in scholarships to 124 high school seniors and 49 college students. The Taco Bell Foundation donated $56,660 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada for a party celebrating graduates in the Class of 2015. Colliers International – Las Vegas raised more than $75,000 for children’s charities during the company’s 21st annual Links for Life charity golf tournament. Since 1995, Links for Life has contributed more than $2.4 million to charities including Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada, St. Baldrick’s Foundation, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Three Square Food Bank and Create a Change Now. Habitat for Humanity homeowner Joanne Langston and her family received the keys to a three-bedroom home in Henderson thanks to MGM
Caesars Foundation donated a vehicle to Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, a local member of Meals on Wheels America. The vehicle will allow Catholic Charities to deliver an additional 8,990 meals each month to people valleywide who are homebound due to illness or geographical isolation. Caesars Foundation has donated 56 delivery vehicles to Meals on Wheels America programs in 13 years. Additionally, the foundation committed $200,000 to Keep Memory Alive to develop the Healthy Brains Initiative, a website (healthybrains.org), a mobile app and an online community where anyone can complete a free brain checkup, receive personalized reports and keep up-to-date on brain health news and scientific breakthroughs. Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada, which provides uninsured people with access to preventive and comprehensive medical care, honored Donald Snyder at the seventh annual Volunteers in Medicine Ball. Snyder is presidential adviser for strategic initiatives at UNLV, former chairman of the board and CEO of First Interstate Bank of Nevada, co-founder of Bank of Nevada and founding board chairman of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts. He also has served as acting president of UNLV The Penta Building Group raised $125,000 during its 11th annual Charity Golf Classic for the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, the Women’s Development Center and the Nevada Military Support Alliance. Southwest Career and Technical Academy students Jake Tolbert, Jaden Bailey and Ariel Rojas received $1,000 for “Fight,” a video created for the iChoose to Drive Safe Driving Campaign, which involves local teens in a behind-thewheel education safety program. The school also will receive $1,000 from Cox and Findlay Automotive group. “Fight” can be viewed at ichoosetodrive.com. Adam Kutner & Associates donated $500 to the Desert Gray Matters 5k Walk & Run, part of the “National Walk to End Brain Tumors” movement. Tronox employees donated 20 units of blood during a recent United Blood Services blood drive.
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The Community Tool Chest is a community woodshop. We have 6,500 square feet of warehouse and classroom space filled with professional woodworking tools and equipment, available for use by the general public. We function similar to a gym, except we provide access to woodworking equipment instead of weightlifting equipment. We have a similar membership model, with different options including day, week, month and fiveor 10-punch passes. Also like a gym, we offer classes to teach and motivate our members, from cutting boards to elegant end tables. Will Dameron, owner of the Community Tool Chest, offers a local workshop where Most of all, we offer a place for our customers can get help building furniture, making crafts and more. community to meet and mingle with (L.E. Baskow/staff) other like-minded people. We even have a member lounge with couches others to be successful through inCommunity Tool Chest Address: 3655 E. Patrick Lane, Suite and woodworking books and magastruction and guidance. Staff mem200, Las Vegas zines, so people can relax, learn and bers will always be on hand to help Phone: 702-538-2614 be inspired. members through projects, whether Email: will@communitytoolchest.com in a class or building something on Website: communitytoolchest.com their own. Who are your customers? Hours and days of operation: And finally, marketing. While we Our members are male and female, Noon-10 p.m. Monday through Friday; wish we could just play in the shop young and old, rich and poor, retired 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Owned/operated by: Will all day long, this is still a business, and working, locals and implants. and Sarah Dameron and it’s up to us to get the word out. We welcome all, encourage diverIn business since: April We try to spend several hours every sity and love sharing woodworking day trying to get the word out that with everybody. It’s human nature to we’re here. We have a long way to go. want to make, build, explore, grow, I was introduced to woodworklearn and be productive. In a world ing as a freshman in high school and where most productivity, communiinstantly fell in love with it. I took as What is the hardest part about docation and expression is online, our many shop classes as possible and coning business in Las Vegas? customers enjoy creating items that sidered becoming a shop teacher. But I Las Vegas is the Entertainment are hands-on and tangible. read the writing on the wall and could Capital of the World, so there are tell that high school shops were, unmany entertainment options. From fortunately, being phased out. Instead movies and hiking to strip clubs and What are some of the most popuI got a history degree but wound up the Smith Center for the Performing lar projects people come in for? working traveling construction gigs. Arts, nobody is sitting around all day The most common has been the After graduating from college, I wondering what to do. From a marcutting board because it is simple, rediscovered a community woodshop keting perspective, there is so much warding and a traditional new woodin Pittsburgh, joined and eventually noise, it is hard to be heard. worker’s first project. The most unworked there for a while. It was while Also, Las Vegas is a tourist destinausual project probably was an iguana working in the shop that I thought tion, with bargains on every corner. cage, complete with plexiglass and maybe one day I could set something Locals and visitors have grown accusremovable droppings tray. Other up similarly. Over the years, I’ve entomed to getting a great deal, so findprojects have included chessboards, joyed woodworking every chance I ing the right price that draws people repurposing an antique bed frame could but was always limited by not in but manages to make the business into candleholders and bookends, gihaving an entire shop full of tools. The profitable has been a challenge. ant Jenga, ladder golf, business card community access model solves that boxes, end tables, vertical gardens, problem for an entire city. butcher-block counter treatments, What is the best part about doing picture frames, phone cradles, joiner business in Las Vegas? mallets, magazine racks, doorstops What’s the most important part of Like a lot of locals, we think of Las and “rebuilding” a 1920s-era chest Vegas as a big “small town.” It’s great your job? of drawers that a member’s grandfagetting to meet so many of the locals, We take great pride in the safety of ther pulled out of a burning building. finding out the people we know in our members, which is a product of Wood is a very versatile medium. The common, the things we all like to do. purchasing the safest tools available, possibilities are limitless. with the safest accessories, and then teaching safe practice. What obstacles has your business Almost as important is the part of What was your inspiration for openovercome? the job we love most: empowering Getting the Community Tool Chest ing the Community Tool Chest?
open has been a long and involved process. We originally applied with the Downtown Project, but it didn’t work out with them. Next we tried applying for bank loans but discovered it is still hard for new businesses to get startup capital. So, we buckled down and did it the old-fashioned way: worked hard and saved up. It took quite a while, but we eventually built up enough cash and purchased enough tools that we felt ready to pull the trigger. We thought finding a building would be easy but discovered that was not so. Commercial real estate wasn’t hit as hard in the valley as residential, and it bounced back sooner. Occupancy rates are up all across the valley, and rent is increasing. Landlords can afford to be choosy, and startup businesses are considered a risk. Plus, we needed a building with enough power, parking, and square footage, with a good location and price. It turned into quite the process. Finally we found a place we liked, pulled the trigger, and the Community Tool Chest was born. Hopefully we’ll be around for years to come, and all sorts of projects, big and small, will keep pouring out of the shop. How can Nevada improve its business climate?
We think it would be great to see more startups get their chance. Nevada seems to be bouncing back from the recession fairly well, but startup businesses are still having trouble. Rising rent, onerous lease agreements, lack of lending for startups; things like that hurt the most for new businesses, and there’s not much potential entrepreneurs can do about it. As such, many potential new and possibly great businesses get nipped in the bud before anyone even gets them off the ground. In particular, we would love to see a program similar to the Small Business Administration jump in and start helping with leases. The SBA guarantees banks 50 percent of their money back if a new business defaults on its loan, making it more likely for banks to take the risk. Landlords have no such insurance, so instead they resort to onerous, inescapable leases, which terrify new businesses. A program making it less of a risk for landlords to rent to a startup, and making it less terrifying for new business owners to literally sign their life away to landlords, could do wonders to stimulate entrepreneurs into taking the plunge.
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13,810
Square footage of the space the Las Vegas Club has asked the city of Las Vegas for permission to convert into a drugstore that would sell packaged liquor.
$701 Million
Second-quarter revenue of Penn National Gaming, the casino company buying the Tropicana. That is up 7.5 percent from last year’s second quarter.
$16.9 Million
Penn National Gaming’s earnings during the second quarter of this year, compared with last year’s $4.2 million.
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Units homebuilder Wayne Laska plans to build in a rental complex at the northwest corner of Tropicana Avenue and Grand Canyon Drive in Las Vegas.
$1.25 Million
Amount Laska paid in 2012 for the 5-acre site on which he plans to build the fourstory rental complex.
$160,000
Monthly rent law firm Gordon Silver paid for headquarters at the Hughes Center. The 54,000-squarefoot office included a private stairwell and cigar lounge.
2,883
Square footage of Gordon Silver’s new office. A number of staff members, including its namesake leaders, left the firm this year. Gordon Silver has dwindled from 39 lawyers last year to two lawyers last month.
$58.4 Million Boyd Gaming’s secondquarter revenue from its downtown Las Vegas casinos — the California, Fremont and Main Street. That’s a $2.9 million increase from a year ago.
Mark Haley helps convention venues stay ahead of the technological curve. (steve marcus/staff)
Focus on the ultimate objective Mark Haley is president of Smart City Networks, which provides telecommunications technology for events such as San Diego Comic-Con and companies such as Microsoft, McDonald’s and IBM. What is your role as Smart City Networks president?
My role is to ensure I have the right people in the right places to deliver the best services and technology to our customers and clients on a daily basis. Smart City provides services to more than 3,000 conventions and meetings annually. Our company currently serves 35 convention centers, stadiums and public-assembly facilities across the country. Smart City’s services address a wide range of needs, including providing wired and wireless Internet services, phone services and digital signage solutions. We design, install and maintain data, voice, electrical and utility platforms, coupled with voice, video and data network engineering, security and monitoring. What is the most challenging part of your job?
The most challenging aspect of my position is setting priorities. There are 30 to 50 very cool technology initiatives that we could undertake at any given time, but there is a question of resources and focus. We don’t want to overextend our team’s resources and deliver projects half baked. We are working to refine our focus to the most crucial two or three projects and do them well.
to finish last. Describe your management style.
Evangelical. I have to “preach” to my staff and team members so they know about my passion for the meetings industry and how everyone can assist in our mission to deliver peace of mind to our customers that their technology is going to work right every day. What is your dream job, outside of your current field?
I would like to be Guy Fieri of “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” and search the country for great local restaurants. My wife and I love visiting new cities and finding local cafés or pubs that are doing incredibly creative things with local ingredients. Here in Las Vegas, restaurants like Carson Kitchen and Glutton downtown are great examples of this. Whom do you admire and why?
Abraham Lincoln. How can you not admire a man who dealt with such adversity yet was able to keep his wits about him at all times? His ability to always keep his eye on the ultimate objective of keeping the union together was his greatest attribute.
What are you reading right now?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
“A Higher Call” by Adam Makos. It’s the story of an act of chivalry by German fighter pilot Franz Stigler in assisting a severely damaged B-17 flown by American pilot Charlie Brown. Stigler helps Brown get his damaged plane and injured crew back to England.
People with negative attitudes. You get a chance every day to choose your attitude and approach to life. Why not choose a positive outlook?
What do you do after work?
I have been striving to add steps to my Fitbit total. We have a family challenge going on, and I certainly don’t want
What is something people might not know about you?
I have become a big fan of the arts, especially Broadway musicals. We are season-ticket holders for the Broadway series at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts and have loved just about every show we have seen.
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guest column: of becoming a franchise owner, especially hile there are numerous Kellie Vander Veur if you already have a connection to the ways to become a business company. For instance, McDonald’s offers owner, entrepreneurs can training programs for crew members to enjoy unique opportunities work their way up to owner-operator posiby purchasing a franchise. tions. It also offers a Next Generation program for the chilOperating local franchises of a larger company has many dren or spouses of McDonald’s franchise owners to become advantages, including attracting customers with brand owner-operators. recognition, benefiting from the company’s marketing efforts, and utilizing the company’s proven, streamlined n Research the application process and financial operating processes. Depending on the company, running a requirements. Some companies have highly competitive franchise also can include receiving in-depth training that application processes for people outside of the company, can be useful for any kind of business enterprise. which can include strict financial requirements. McDonBecoming a franchise owner, however, often is not a ald’s application requirements typically include proving simple task, and there are many factors to consider when liquid assets of at least $750,000. pursuing this path. n Complete corporate training. It is difficult to run a franchise without a comprehensive understanding of the n Choose a brand that interests you. Running a busibrand’s operations. Most companies require future franness can be life-consuming, so it is important you enjoy chise owners to undergo training. your business so you don’t become miserable or burned out. At McDonald’s, training includes working for free at a n Evaluate the risk of different franchises. Some restaurant and serving in every position to thoroughly smaller companies might be less costly to invest in, but they understand every aspect of the company. I worked 39 hours might not offer as many benefits as a larger corporation a week for 15 months. with national or international resources. Factors that can influence risk include your liability for the franchise propn Join a relevant association. The McDonald’s Greater erty, how well known the company’s brand is in your area Las Vegas Operator Association includes 25 franchisees and how much training and additional support the brand who own nearly 80 percent of McDonald’s 100-plus Southwill offer once you become an owner. ern Nevada restaurants. Kellie Vander Veur is an owner-operator of a McDonald’s n Identify programs to expedite the process. Some franchise. companies offer programs that can accelerate the process
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With planned luxury complex, homebuilder makes leap to Las Vegas apartment market By eli segall Staff Writer
Homebuilder Wayne Laska, who sells smaller, lower-priced houses than other builders, is getting in on Las Vegas’ apartment craze — and infusing his project with a touch of luxury. Laska, owner of StoryBook Homes, says he is gearing up to start construction of a stylish, four-story, 175-unit rental complex at the northwest corner of Tropicana Avenue and Grand Canyon Drive. It would be his first apartment development. The partially built site — it already has an underground parking garage — was supposed to have pricey condos years ago, but previous owners lost the project, dubbed the Mercer, to foreclosure during the recession. Laska bought the roughly 5-acre site for $1.25 million in 2012, county records show, far below the $5.45 million that the failed developers paid in 2006. He said he hopes to start construction this fall and is he’s getting close to finalizing a $22 million development loan. Project plans call for a rooftop deck; a courtyard with a swimming pool and movie nights; a yoga room; outdoor fire pits and fountains; and ground-floor retail space. Rental rates are expected to be $1,000 to $2,500 per month. Laska aims to open the Mercer — he kept the name — in the first quarter of 2017. “It was dead at one point,” he said. “We’re going to resuscitate it.” The Mercer was among the many real estate projects in Las Vegas that were abandoned, often midconstruction, during the Great Recession. And Laska is one of many investors who bought these zombie properties, typically at a steep discount, to complete them. Condo projects alone included Man-
The StoryBook Homes apartments are planned for construction in the southwest valley. (yasmina chavez/special to the sunday)
hattanWest, now called the Gramercy; Vantage Lofts; and Milano Residences, now called the Lennox. Like the Mercer, those developments were designed as for-sale condo complexes but now are rentals offering higher-end amenities. The Mercer initially was designed to have 113 units. It was more than 50 percent presold by time the developers broke ground in 2007, and asking prices reached $790,000, reports said. Construction apparently stopped in 2009, the same year the project’s lender foreclosed on it. Failed condo projects were “all over” the valley during the recession, and given their low prices, they were “hard to pass up,” said Dennis Smith, founder of Las Vegas-based Home Builders Research. “It was a good deal,” he said of Laska’s purchase. The apartment industry is one of the most active areas of real estate locally
and nationally, especially for development. In Las Vegas, investors have been buying and building multifamily properties as younger residents shy away from homeownership and because many locals — their personal finances wrecked by the recession — haven’t been able to land a mortgage or afford a down payment. Apartment-complex sales volume is far higher than it was at the depths of the downturn but has fallen the past few years. The drop-off comes amid rising prices and, perhaps, a shrinking availability of lower-priced buildings. Investors picked up almost 2,800 units in the first half of 2015, a pace of about 5,600 for the year, at an average price of about $84,700 per unit. In 2012, landlords bought 21,840 units for an average of $65,425 apiece, according to Colliers International. Meanwhile, after opening 367 rental units valleywide in 2013, developers completed about 1,700 units last year.
As of December, they were projected to open roughly 5,750 units this year and almost 2,000 in 2016, according to CBRE Group. Not everyone’s cheering the workload. Some people have said developers are piling in too quickly and overbuilding, especially in the southwest valley. “Apartments have probably gotten a little ahead of themselves right now,” RCG Economics founder John Restrepo said recently. Laska, who runs StoryBook’s day-today operations, launched the company with his wife, Catherine, around 2003. They sell 100 to 120 homes annually, mostly in the southwest valley. Through June, StoryBook had closed 68 sales, 15th-most in the valley this year, according to Home Builders Research. (Miami-based powerhouse Lennar Corp. was No. 1 with 667.) StoryBook, like the rest of its industry, was battered by the economic meltdown last decade. The company, and the Laskas, were on the brink financially as Southern Nevada’s homebuilding sector, which had been white hot during the real estate bubble, all but collapsed. “We almost filed bankruptcy three times,” Wayne Laska said. Today, his sales volume has doubled from the depths of the downturn — his company sold 69 homes in all of 2009, according to VEGAS INC research — and he’s getting into the apartment business in a big way. Not only is he developing his first project, but he and his wife are planning to move to a 4,000-square-foot, fourthfloor corner unit at the Mercer. Also, concerned that he might not find tenants for all of the retail space, Laska said he might move his company’s headquarters from Town Center Drive at the 215 Beltway to the ground floor of the apartment complex.
Investors’ home purchases in valley scaled back to national average By eli segall Staff Writer
Investors are buying the same percentage of homes in Las Vegas as they are nationally, a new report shows, a stark change from recent years when local deals far outpaced the national average. Institutional investors — those
who purchase at least 10 homes annually — bought 1.9 percent of homes sold in the Las Vegas area in the first half of the year. That’s down from 8.6 percent of sales in the same period in 2014 and 14 percent in the first half of 2013, according to RealtyTrac. Nationally, investors bought 1.9 percent of homes sold in the first half of
2015. That’s down from 4.1 percent in the same period in 2014 and 5.7 percent in the first half of 2013, the company found. Investors hunting for bargains swarmed Las Vegas after the real estate bubble burst to buy cheap homes to turn into rentals. They revived the market and drove up prices, raising fears of another housing bubble.
But faced with rising prices they helped create, investors have been steadily pulling back. Some 28 percent of homes sold in June in Southern Nevada were purchased with cash. That’s down from 35 percent a year earlier and far below the peak of almost 60 percent in February 2013.
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Tech startups go head to head in Las Vegas contest By daniel rothberg Staff Writer
Joe DeSimone recently was approved for a gaming license to run Railroad Pass, which bills itself as the nation’s longest-running casino. (l.e. baskow/staff)
New Railroad Pass owner gets approval to run historic casino By J.D. Morris Staff Writer
The new owner of the historic Railroad Pass casino is finally in complete control of the property he acquired from MGM Resorts International this spring. The Nevada Gaming Commission approved local real estate professional Joe DeSimone for a gaming license to run the 84-year-old casino. Gaming industry veteran Marcus Suan, who was in control of operations while DeSimone went through the regulatory process, will stay on as chief operating officer. “The property is iconic,” DeSimone said. “As a landlord and observer over the past few
months, I have learned much about the details of the gaming and hospitality business. The process has been constructive and rewarding.” The property, just off U.S. 95 outside of Boulder City, already has started to feel the effects of DeSimone’s ownership. The building was painted and DeSimone said work on fixing the casino roof is almost finished. DeSimone also plans to build an entrance on the south side of the property. Railroad Pass opened in 1931 — the year casino gambling became legal in Nevada — and bills itself as the nation’s longestrunning casino. It fell under the control of MGM Resorts when that company acquired Mandalay Resort Group in 2005.
Percentage of Nevada children living in poverty higher than during recession By Jackie valley Staff Writer
Nearly 1 in 4 of Nevada’s youngest residents was living in poverty in 2013, according to the most recent data in a new report. The 2015 KIDS Count, an annual report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, found that Nevada’s child poverty rate jumped from 15 percent in 2008 to 23 percent in 2013. A greater percentage of the state’s children lived in poverty in 2013 than did during the recession, which lasted from 2007 to 2009. Nevada’s numbers reflect a national trend: About 1.7 million more children live in lowincome families today than during the Great
Recession, the study found. “While we’ve seen an increase in employment in recent years, many of these jobs are low-wage and cannot support even basic family expenses,” Patrick McCarthy, president and CEO of the Casey Foundation, said in a statement. Nevada ranks 47th among states in overall child well-being, up one spot from last year. According to the study, children fared best in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, which ranked those states as the top three. At the bottom of the list, Nevada was followed by Louisiana, New Mexico and Mississippi.
Two teens are sitting in a car. They are smiling, laughing and the driver is looking down at her smartphone when a truck slams into the side of the car. The windows shatter. An airbag deploys. A pink sandal flies into the back seat. The dramatization is posted on the website for DriveSafe Mode, an app that notifies parents when teens use their smartphones while driving. Text Safe Teens, the Las Vegas-based startup that built the app, doesn’t shy away from making an emotional plea. And it seems to work. The company placed first in a startup contest recently hosted by local blog Tech.Co at the Gold Spike in downtown Las Vegas. IndiCard, a Denver-based mobile app that targets discounts to service industry employees, won a readers’ poll. The two apps will compete at a regional competition at Tech.Co’s Celebrate 2015, a three-day conference in downtown Las Vegas in October. Startups that presented at the July contest: n IndiCard (Denver): The app lets service industry employees register to receive discounts from participating businesses. The company is in the process of expanding into Las Vegas. n LegalQ (Henderson): “Referral Sites Suck.” “Yellow Pages Suck.” “Forms Suck.” That’s the basic pitch from LegalQ, which sets up a marketplace to compare reviews and prices for attorneys. n PrayerSpark (Las Vegas): Targeting millions of Americans who identify as spiritual but not religious, the website lets users send interfaith prayers online. It donates 82 percent of its revenue from greeting cards and products to support charities operated by spiritual leaders. n Reaction (Las Vegas): The app helps remote customer-service agents visualize issues by allowing users to illustrate their problem. Instead of explaining a problem to a customer service agent on the phone, Reaction lets users send pictures, short videos and small files. n SMTP-IO (Las Vegas): This startup offers tools to streamline office communication with an email platform, archiving on the cloud and smart message processing. Promises to offer “simple yet superior” mail solutions with an eye toward large companies that manage many accounts. n TelePING (Las Vegas): The app includes 15 activity options — such as getting coffee — and promises to bring users together to socialize only when they have made the same requests. TelePING’s pitch promised to ease self-doubt and fear of rejection in getting to know someone. n Text Safe Teens (Las Vegas): With much of its technology patented, Text Safe Teens aims to give parents a way to discourage their teens from texting and driving. The app also can be used by managers charged with overseeing fleets and commercial drivers.
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Marijuana businesses may face delays in opening due to unfilled jobs By Conor Shine Staff Writer
Dozens of medical marijuana businesses in Las Vegas face delays in their opening dates. The state isn’t rethinking the law that legalized the growth and sale of cannabis for patients’ use. Rather, it’s having trouble filling bureaucratic posts responsible for signing off on the dispensaries’ compliance with that law. After two recent employee departures, there are currently no inspectors based in Southern Nevada. Meantime, one based in Northern Nevada has been traveling south when needed. Members of the medical marijuana industry are raising concerns about the turnover. “Any new inspectors the state hires will need some time to come up to speed and learn about these facilities and regulations,” said Amanda Connor, an attorney with several medical marijuana clients. “It might create a backlog or delay in the licensing, and the facilities would have to wait to open.” With the industry blooming after months of delays, more than a dozen dispensaries and growing and production facilities are expected to open in Las Vegas before the end of the year. Steve Gilbert, a state medical marijuana program manager, couldn’t discuss why the previous inspectors quit, citing state privacy laws, but said he was confident the turnover wouldn’t affect the industry’s rollout. The job requires inspectors to check compliance with the 20,000-word statute legalizing medical marijuana that lays out health, production and operational standards. In other words, the marijuana inspector won’t be a marijuana reviewer. “The ( job) is to look at the health aspects, like cleanliness and the use of pesticides,” Gilbert said. In addition, the state Division of Public and Behavioral Health, which oversees the industry, has hired three auditors to monitor the financials of the businesses from seed to sale and to ensure industry members are paying state fees. “Right now we’re in startup mode,” division spokeswoman Pam Graber said. “When everybody’s up and running, we’ll have a better idea what kinds of needs (the industry has) and how to staff accordingly.”
Traffic passes in front of the Riviera on May 3, the day before it ended its 60-year run on the Strip. (STEVE MARCUS/staff file)
Tourism authority committee votes for $42 million Riviera demolition plan By j.d. morris Staff Writer
The shuttered Riviera inched closer to destruction last week when a subgroup of the Las Vegas tourism authority voted in favor of plans to demolish it at a cost of $42 million. A Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority committee considered two options for the Riviera — demolish it in the near future or maintain it as a nonoccupied facility for up to 30 months. The committee chose the faster timeline, which still needs final approval from the authority’s board of directors. The authority purchased the 60-year-old resort in February for $182.5 million, intending to eventually turn it into more convention space. The existing Las Vegas Convention Center is across from the Riviera on Paradise Road. If the board also approves the quicker demolition timeline, the authority can rent out the empty lot while officials work through construction plans
for the new convention space, authority staff said. Committee member Steve Ross expressed hope that bringing the Riviera down sooner could spur action at the neighboring Fontainebleau structure, which has sat unfinished for years. It remains unclear exactly when the Riviera will be demolished, but authority spokespeople said it won’t happen for at least six months. Once the demolition plan is final, the authority will begin a time-intensive process of selecting contractors for demolition, construction and more. Plans for the future of the Riviera site also could be aided by the work of a new tourism committee created by Gov. Brian Sandoval. One of the goals of that committee is to examine Southern Nevada convention facilities and make recommendations about new ones. The tourism committee has a year to send a report to the governor. The Riviera demolition plan likely will come before the authority’s board of directors for approval next month.
Commercial printer Digital Lizard expanding By vegas inc staff
Digital Lizard, a division of Creel Printing, is doubling its printing capacity and adding a 40,000-square-foot building at its Las Vegas facility as part of a multimillion-dollar expansion project. The new building will transform the company’s Las Vegas operations into a high-tech fulfillment center that customers can access online 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Digital Lizard said. New services include inventory management and “intelligent” mailing. The company also is bringing foil stamping capabilities in-house to offer customers unique finishing to catalogs, book-
lets, manuals, direct mail and other projects. Digital Lizard is purchasing three new digital presses, one for its Las Vegas facility and two for its plant in Hayden, Idaho. Both facilities operate around the clock, seven days a week. The $2 million to $3 million in upgrades are scheduled to be completed by the end of August. “Digital Lizard’s new capacity and fulfillment services are intended to streamline customers’ promotional and marketing activities, while giving them new cost-efficiencies and functionality,” said Bill Wieners, president of Digital Lizard. Digital Lizard’s Las Vegas plant is at 2650 Westwood Drive.
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‘Probably in five years, I would venture to say there will be over $100 million a year in interactive gaming revenue in this state’ The market hasn’t been explosive since regulated online poker began in Nevada a few years ago. Ultimate Poker, backed by Station Casinos, shut down in November, citing weak revenue and a limited pool of players. Those factors haven’t changed much for the remaining operators. But Real Gaming co-founder Lawrence Vaughan sees online gaming becoming a much bigger deal in the future. In the meantime, his site is focused on doing the best it can in the limited market. Vaughan recently sat down with VEGAS INC to discuss Real Gaming and the state of the online gambling industry. What are some of the benefits and challenges that come with being tied to just one casino? With the big companies, there’s the bureaucracy and the political nature of getting anything done. Imagine working in that environment and trying to accomplish something — think of the layers and the meetings you’d have to go through to get anything to market. It’s just insanity. I don’t think that would be very interesting to me, and I think it would be very frustrating. What’s great about working with South Point owner Michael Gaughan is Michael’s organizations are very friendly and open in nature internally. There are not many levels of hierarchy, so there’s not a lot of midlevel management for no reason. So for us, when we want to get something done, Michael and I talk about it, the team talks about it, and then we just do it. We do not have to go through a lot of red tape to deliver products to the customer. We have this new, we-want-toturn-a-product-a round-quick ly, high-tech world with this sort of legacy, what-made-Vegas-Vegas culture. And that is good in terms of the customer service. We get how Vegas is supposed to work — Michael has impressed that into the company. I think that comes through to the customer. Did Ultimate Poker’s shutdown
affect you? It affected us in a positive way. People were like, “Where do we go?” and there are two options. The bad thing is, when it’s the beginning of an industry and a company drops out, it looks bad. So the first thing people always say is: “Hey, how’s that industry going?” Well, not spectacular initially, but that’s sort of the getting started. Also, the player pool is really small in Nevada. It would be good for Nevada to open more games sooner. Or we need more state compacts, which also would solve that problem if we’re sticking with just poker. Were you expecting the industry to perform better when it launched? I was expecting it to move faster. I didn’t expect Nevada to do tremendously well; I don’t think anyone did. Everyone was putting money into it expecting things like state compacts or a federal law to come much sooner. These other states are opening up, it’s just — as bureaucracy tends to go — slower than expected. What’s the outlook for your company and the industry? For us, it’s OK because there are only two sites, and we’re still in this interesting phase where we can assess the market and define what it’s going to be. What we launched with and what will be on the market at the end of the year and what will be on the market a year from then are completely different products. How do you get a local gamer to play online games? That’s a conversion no one has done really well yet. But that’s changing. The outlook is good, but I think people have to understand this isn’t the type of business you just turn on and it’s there. You’re building; you’re at the beginning of an industry. How long has any industry taken in the past century to become a stable industry, to become an understood one, especially a new one? The definition of what online poker means in a regulated market is half-
done. It’s not there. What poker is going develop into to be successful in this market is changing. Once they start opening up more games, once skill-based games transition to the Internet side, that’s going to be huge. How big can Nevada’s market become in terms of operators? Is two really all the state can handle right now? In this form, two or three is the most. Probably in five years from now, I would venture to say there will be more than $100 million a year in interactive gaming revenue in this state. So the market’s big. Most people would think that’s nuts, but it’s not. It’s true. What do you have to do to get there? Product. Product within the regulations, and product for new regulations that don’t exist yet but will. Like more interstate sites and more games? More games is critical. Poker is for one market. You need to make games for more markets. The reason everyone started with poker is because it was not a threat; poker doesn’t hurt. Look at poker revenue in any casino: It’s nothing. So now that people see, “Oh my god, my poker rooms still work,” they might say, “You know what, maybe my slots will still work if we do slot machines online, too, and maybe I can make even more money for people that will play.” Skill is really awesome when you look at interactive because the skillbased products are going to be the best of both worlds. You have interactive, which is for millennials. You have skill, which is for millennials. And now, you can give skills to millennials at home. People right now are looking at skill as a way to get millennials playing more out here on the floor. It will work that way, too, and I think that’s great. But if you bring it to interactive, the sky’s the limit in terms of Nevada. It could be a whole new revenue stream, and it won’t cannibalize anything.
Do you have strong feelings about the congressional effort to ban online gaming? I think it’s counterproductive for the industry. There are a lot of people working really hard in this new space; there’s demand for it. It’s like music piracy in the late ’90s: It needed to be regulated, it needed to brought out of the dark, and it was solved. You saw that evolve. The demand is there; no one with any amount of money can shut that up. They can hurt the industry, but they can’t stop what customers want. How big do you want Real Gaming to become? Our goal is just to make sure we deliver the best product to the customers — a better product than what you can get somewhere else. Inevitably, the rest will work itself out. The No. 1 thing for us right now is product and being on the cutting edge of product. Is Gaughan’s main goal to make a lot of money? Yeah. He’s a businessman, and he’s a damn good one. The goal of this is to make a lot of money. But also, he knows this is going to be where a lot of gaming revenue comes from in the future. Poker was the first domino to fall. We just expected — and I think everyone did — that more states would open up sooner. We all still know where this is going, which is that a lot of the games that are commonplace today outside of poker are going to be playable from other places at home or anywhere. And I think that’s where he sees it. He wants to be part of it. What type of player do you think is attracted to your site? They’ve done an excellent job with WSOP. That brand is saturated, and it puts itself out there as the place where you can win huge cash prizes. The brand affiliation with the actual WSOP, not the online one, is big. I think most of our customers are overlap customers, though. They’re on both sites. So that being said, I think anyone who’s looking for a better promotion that week is going try us out.
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Calendar of events Tuesday, August 4 Las Vegas Medical Marijuana Association: “Valuation of MMEs, Vapes and Oils” Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $40 for members, $45 for nonmembers, $50 for walk-ins with no RSVP Location: Lawry’s the Prime Rib, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Email john.k.laub@gmail.com Noel Nishi, CEO of Vuber Technologies, a vaporizer company in Seattle, will talk about advancements in vaporizers and how technology has helped preserve flavors.
Wednesday, August 5 Stirling Club luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $26 Location: Gordon Biersch, 3987 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Email merrinpr@lvcoxmail.com Stirling Club VIP member Judy Hale, sales manager at Freedom Mortgage Corp., will discuss her experiences in the real estate market. “Can the American Manufacturing Sector Compete Globally?” Time: 5-7 p.m. Cost: $50 Location: Caesars Palace Emperor’s Ballroom, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-558-9202 Economist William Strauss will talk about industries that have excelled over the past decade in the United States, as well as trade patterns. UAS Nevada Business Forum Time: 7 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Blvd., Las Vegas Information: RSVP to stevencurtis@centurylink.net
or call 702-219-6463 Angelos Stavrou of George Mason University and J.P. Auffret of GMU’s School of Business will discuss technology and policy approaches for addressing threats to cybersecurity and unmanned aircraft system operational control.
Thursday, August 6 American Marketing Association luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers Location: Fleming’s Steakhouse at Town Square, 6515 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Email contact@amalasvegas.com Attorneys Karl Rutledge and Kade Miller will discuss potential hazards associated with online promotional activities and contests. Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys luncheon Time: 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $27 for members or $32 for nonmembers with RSVP by Aug. 3, $32 for members or $37 for nonmembers with RSVP after Aug. 3 Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit snawa.org Attorneys from Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, Provident Trust Group, Ahern Rentals and Hatfield & Associates will discuss work-life integration. Medical industry mixer Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $30 for Las Vegas HEALS members, free for first 40 physicians who register Location: Dignity Health, 3001 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson Information: Visit lasvegasheals.org Meet and mingle with professionals from the
local health care industry.
Thursday, August 13 Southern Nevada Home Builders Association breakfast membership networking meeting Time: 7:30-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers Location: Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas Information: Visit snhba.com Steve Cervino of Beazer Homes, Joe Whatley of Liberty Homes and Nathan White of Summit Homes will discuss their careers and upcoming projects. Las Vegas Metro Chamber luncheon Time: Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Cost: $50 for members, $65 for nonmembers Location: Four Seasons Hotel, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Contact dtorchin@lvchamber.com Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid will discuss federal legislation and economic development topics that affect businesses in Nevada.
Friday, August 14 BYU Las Vegas chapter luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30 for members with RSVP, $35 for members without RSVP, $15 for students, $30 for guests with RSVP Location: Brady Industries, rice 7055 Lindell Road, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-878-9788 Dave Rice, UNLV head basketball coach and former BYU assistant coach, will be guest speaker.
Conventions
expected Show
Location Dates attendance
ASD Las Vegas — Consumer Goods Trade Show
Las Vegas Convention Center
Aug. 2-5
44,000
Las Vegas Market
World Market Center
Aug. 2-6
50,000
BCA Expo - International Billiard and Home Recreation Expo
South Point
Aug. 5-7
2,100
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Gala
Caesars Palace
Aug. 7-8
1,000
Toastmasters International Inc. 2015 International Convention
Caesars Palace
Aug. 7-16
2,000
Photoshop World Conference and Expo
Mandalay Bay
Aug. 11-13
3,000
World Beauty Fitness and Fashion Inc. Annual Show
Cosmopolitan
Aug. 14-16
2,000
Off-Price Specialist Show
Sands Expo and Convention Center
Aug. 15-18
10,500
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Records and Transactions Bid Opportunities Monday, August 3 3 p.m. ARC for video surveillance system Clark County, 603593 Chetan Champaneri at chetanc@ clarkcountynv.gov
Thursday, August 6 2:15 p.m. Las Vegas Wash, Nellis Boulevard to Stewart Avenue Clark County, 603740 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov 2:15 p.m. Agassi Center for Education: Building envelope restoration project Clark County, 603750 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions SALES $30,300,000 for 168,247 square feet, investment 840, 880 and 950 Grier Drive, Las Vegas 89119 Seller: Hughes Airport 57 Seller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBRE Buyer: Griffin Capital Buyer agent: Did not disclose $14,044,382 for 166,911 square feet, industrial 2700-2710 Patrick Lane, 6035 and 6045 Harrison Drive, 6038 Topaz Street, and 6255 and 6285 Mojave Road, Las Vegas 89120 Seller: Patrick Land Industrial Center LLC Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Core & Value Advisors LLC Buyer agent: Dean Willmore of Colliers International $8,700,000 for 34,492 square feet, school 11500 Southern Highlands Parkway, Las Vegas 89141 Seller: Did not disclose Seller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBRE Buyer: Empire Square Group Buyer agent: Did not disclose $7,000,000 for 3.85 acres, retail 3650 S. Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas 89103 Seller: Watumull Enterprises, Ltd. Seller agent: Scot Marker Buyer: Mez Desert Properties, LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $6,768,000 for 144 units, residential 3650 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Las
Vegas 89115 Seller: Regency Heights Las Vegas LLC Seller agent: Art Carll, Devin Lee and Patrick Sauter of NAI Vegas Buyer: Westland Regency Heights LLC Buyer agent: Art Carll, Devin Lee and Patrick Sauter of NAI Vegas $2,400,000 for 3.51 acres, land Near North Durango Drive and West Centennial Parkway, Las Vegas 89149 Seller: El Capitan Interchange Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Legacy House of Centennial Hills LLC Buyer agent: Frank Marretti and Robert Henn of Colliers International $1,550,000 for 3,612 square feet, industrial 3890 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89030 Seller: JW Flooring Covering Inc. Seller agent: Dean Willmore of Colliers International Buyer: Timothy A. Rivard Buyer agent: Greg Pancirov and Mike DeLew of Colliers International $1,068,000 for 0.49 acres, industrial 6565 Arville St., Las Vegas 89118 Seller: O’Show Expo USA LLC Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: HB Nevada Properties LLC Buyer agent: Greg Pancirov and Mike DeLew of Colliers International $800,000 for 5,790 square feet, industrial 6980 O’Bannon Drive, Las Vegas 89117 Seller: Bank of America Seller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBRE Buyer: Kirk Kaplan Buyer agent: Lance Alderette of Rossum Realty $720,000 for 2,900 square feet, industrial 4460 Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas 89115 Seller: BMR Global Corporation Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: The Veneman Group Buyer agent: Dean Willmore of Colliers International $150,000 for 2.35 acres, land Near Martin Luther King Boulevard and Alexander Road, North Las Vegas 89032 Seller: Luning Associates LP Seller agent: Dean Willmore of Colliers International Buyer: Mosaic Five LLC Buyer agent: Vince Schettler of Colliers International
LEASES $1,125,552 for 9,268 square feet,
industrial for 60 months 4530 S. Polaris Ave., Las Vegas 89103 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Gabe Telles and Sean Simon of Gatski Commercial Tenant: Ryder Truck Rental Inc. Tenant agent: Did not disclose
BUSINESS LICENSES Da’Fit Inc. License type: Clothing Address: 3880 W. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Da’Fit Inc. DC Auto And Body License type: Automotive garage Address: 4561 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 130 , Las Vegas Owner: Juan C. Vides Quintana DDP Construction Services Inc. License type: Contractor Address: 1234 Tech Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Charles Sunderland Diadem Trading LLC License type: Sales Address: 5135 Camino Al Norte, North Las Vegas Owner: Jump Velvet Holdings LLC Diana Barnes License type: Real estate sales Address: 8290 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Diana A. Barnes Digital City License type: General retail Address: 7530 Westcliff Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Digital City LLC Digital Matrix International Inc. License type: General retail Address: 5041 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Anne Hunsaker El Pueblo De Los Arboles License type: Apartment house Address: 5400 W. Cheyenne Ave., Las Vegas Owner: 5400 West Cheyenne Avenue LLC EOM Inc. License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 19745 E. Colima Road, Suite 856, Las Vegas Owner: Sylvia Jimenez ERP Leasing LLC License type: Medical marijuana support business Address: 7151 Cascade Valley Court, Suite 210 , Las Vegas Owner: Kris A. Madsen Extra Space Storage License type: General retail Address: 5900 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas
Owner: Extra Space Management Inc. Fancy Feet License type: General retail Address: 707 Fremont St., Suite 2070 , Las Vegas Owner: Anjanelle Yancy Fancy Nails License type: Cosmetology Address: 4760 W. Sahara Ave., Suites 6-7, Las Vegas Owner: Fancy Nails LLC Full Moon Harvest License type: Medical marijuana support business Address: Did not disclose Owner: Lakshmi’s Green LLC Gilbane Building Company License type: Contractor Address: 8010 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Michael M. Costello Gislaine Martell License type: Real estate sales Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Gislaine Martell
License type: Nonfarm product vendor Address: 9200 Tule Springs Road, Las Vegas Owner: Michael L. Ross Jesus Herrera Leon License type: Bail/enforcement agent Address: 626 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Jesus Herrera Leon Jose L. Garcia Romero License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 113, Las Vegas Owner: Jose L. Garcia Romero Joseph D. Levine License type: Real estate sales Address: 1731 Village Center Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Joseph D. Levine Josh Ouzer License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Josh Ouzer
Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino License type: General retail Address: 129 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: GNLV Corp.
Juan Jose Lujano License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Juan Jose Lujano
Gotcha Lookin Mobile Auto Detailing LLC License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Jose Olivas
Karma & Luck License type: General retail Address: 425 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: Poker Face LLC
Gregg Occupational Compliance License type: Business consultant Address: 2232 S. Nellis Blvd., Suite G3 #108, Las Vegas Owner: Gregg Vilkaitis
Keri Webb License type: General services counter/office Address: Did not disclose Owner: Keri Webb
Guaranteed Rate Inc. License type: Professional services Address: 1333 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 170, Las Vegas Owner: Victor F. Ciardelli
Koznfx License type: Advertising space Address: Did not disclose Owner: Koznfx LLC
J. Timothy Katzen License type: Professional services - medical Address: 8751 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, and 950 S. Durango Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: J. Timothy Katzen Jane Popple License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 2801 Pinto Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Today House LLC Javier Jimenez-Pereira License type: Real estate sales Address: 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Javier Jimenez-Pereira Jessie Rae’s BBQ LLC
La Casa Cigars & Lounge License type: Tobacco sales/ lounge Address: 430 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 170, Las Vegas Owner: La Casa De La Habana Las Vegas LLC Lee’s Discount Liquor License type: General retail Address: 6690 N. Durango Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Lee & Durango Inc. Lido’s Beauty Salon LLC License type: General retail Address: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suite 108, Las Vegas Owner: Emily Sandoval LM Enterprises License type: General retail Address: 718 S. Eighth St., Las Vegas
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Records and Transactions Owner: LM Enterprises LLC
Owner: Michael Goffinet
Love Hikes LLC License type: Travel and ticket agency Address: Did not disclose Owner: Avades Wideen
Mundo A Culinary Haute Spot License type: Alcohol beverage caterer Address: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Third floor, Las Vegas Owner: Mundo LLC
M Purchasing Inc. License type: General retail Address: 708 S. Main St., Las Vegas Owner: Frank Mamone Makd Entertainment LLC License type: Professional promoter Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael Notaro Make It Ez Tax Services LLC License type: Business support service Address: 4937 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas Owner: Maria Ortiz Rodelo Massage Envy Shadow Mountain License type: Cosmetology Address: 6475 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Shadow Mountain Massage NV LLC Master Tow License type: Automobile towing Address: 5033 Saluda Circle, Las Vegas Owner: Las Vegas Master Tow LLC
Nicole Zurschmiede License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Nicole Zurschmiede No Drama Bail Bonds License type: Bail bond agency Address: 546 N. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Maria R. Romero Sosa O.G. License type: Tavern Address: 1531 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Owner: CJOG Operating Company LLC Oaktree Apartments License type: Apartment house Address: 110 S. Bruce St., Las Vegas Owner: TSK Capital LLC Onelive Inc. License type: General services counter/office Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael Jabara
Maureen Cotton License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Maureen Cotton
Outer Coast Seafood License type: Food specialty store Address: Did not disclose Owner: Outer Coast Seafood LLC
McDonald’s License type: Restaurant Address: 900 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Oli-K LLC
Oviedo’s Mobile Car Wash License type: Automobile detailing Address: 1124 Coral Crystal Court, Las Vegas Owner: Jesus Oviedo-Gutierrez
McLetchie Shell License type: Professional services Address: 616 S. Eighth St., Las Vegas Owner: McLetchie Shell LLC
Papas Foods Inc. License type: Food specialty store Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kathy Korney
MDB Hospitality License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 1708 S. Ninth St., Las Vegas Owner: MDB Hospitality LLC
Paw Pals Pet Accessories License type: General retail Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite C8, Las Vegas Owner: David L Yen
Merito Entertainment LLC License type: Employment agency Address: Did not disclose Owner: Peter F. Dunlap
Phoenix Auto Services License type: Automotive garage/ service station Address: 1415 S. Commerce St., Suite C , Las Vegas Owner: Pedro Perez
Mi Amor Hair Salon License type: Cosmetology Address: 1111 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Olivia Flores
Prand Co. LLC License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Paul Prandecki
Michael Goffinet License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose
Quintaraza Art Wear License type: General retail Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd.,
Suite I30 , Las Vegas Owner: Elia Margarita Garcia Radio Shack License type: General retail Address: 8800 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 29, Las Vegas Owner: General Wireless Operations Inc. Ramirez Locksmith License type: Locksmith and safe mechanic Address: Did not disclose Owner: Edher R. Ramirez Yanez Reclaimed Secrets License type: General retail Address: Did not disclose Owner: Nicole Moore Redic Home Repair and Handyman Services LLC License type: Trucking Address: 10301 William Fortye Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Redic Home Repair And Handyman Services LLC Richard Fox License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Richard Fox Robert Drysdale Brazilian Jiu Jitsu License type: General retail Address: 2000 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 108, Las Vegas Owner: Brasa Jiu Jitsu LLC Robert Steim License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Robert Steim Ryan Store License type: Tobacco sales/ lounge Address: 314 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Ryan Store Inc. Salon Broadway & Broadway Beauty Academy License type: Cosmetology Address: 1750 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 103, Las Vegas Owner: Salon Broadway LLC Sanchez Lawn Maintenance License type: Lawn maintenance Address: 4525 Ranch Foreman Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Victor Sanchez Santuario De La Santa Muerte License type: General retail Address: 820 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Elva E. Morales Savannah Ward License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas
Owner: Savannah Ward Selina Melancon License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Selina Melancon Senergy Petroleum LLC License type: Gasoline distributor Address: 4606 Andrews St., North Las Vegas Owner: Senergy Petroleum LLC Sharon M. Friedman License type: Real estate sales Address: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas Owner: Sharon M. Friedman LLC Shixing Ni License type: Reflexology practitioner Address: 6340 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Shixing Ni Sin City Munitions LLC License type: Sporting goods sales Address: 5135 Camino Al Norte, North Las Vegas Owner: Jump Velvet Holdings LLC
6160 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas Chris D. Storm $439,330, residential - custom 647 Cityview Ridge Drive, Henderson Sun West Custom Homes LLC $327,869, commercial - remodel 375 N. Stephanie St., Suite 211, Henderson MW Nevada LLC $275,192, commercial - alteration 6180 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas Titanium Building Group LLC $246,350, commercial - alteration 330 W. Centennial Parkway, North Las Vegas Milestone Construction Inc. $236,823, single-family residential - production 12030 Girasole Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $236,823, single-family residential - production 374 Granitico St., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC
Snobites Shaved Ice License type: Food services or cafe Address: 48 Montagna Mirage St., Las Vegas Owner: RJ Holmes Concessions LLC
$226,487, single-family residential - production 347 Calgrove St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC
Soothing Effects Massage License type: Massage therapists Address: 3009 Battle Point Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Merwin Ruesch
$220,000, tenant improvement - retail 615 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 170, Henderson J&F Construction LLC
Sprint PCS License type: General retail Address: 6211 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: PCS Leasing Co. LP
$219,223, electrical 4209 El Camino Ave., Las Vegas Top Choice Electric
St. Judes Women’s Auxiliary License type: Community services Address: 1510 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Owner: Sandra Vescio Strategic Consulting License type: Management or consulting service Address: 5650 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 11, Las Vegas Owner: Strategic Enterprise LLC
$213,443, single-family residential - production 12003 Vento Forte Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $209,300, solar 5448 Lilly Rose Court, North Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $207,166, single-family residential - production 7441 Zonal Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada
Subway License type: Restaurant Address: 7500 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 8, Las Vegas Owner: Sub America LLC
$185,647, single-family residential - production 327 Evante St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
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$185,647, single-family residential - production 12217 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada
$1,454,618, commercial - new 3950 N. Bruce St., North Las Vegas Windest Nevada Properties Inc. $684,283, commercial - new
$185,647, single-family residential - production 301 Rezzo St., Las Vegas
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Records and Transactions Pulte Homes of Nevada $185,647, single-family residential - production 347 Rezzo St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $180,604, residential - new 1508 Blues Lane, North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $180,604, residential - new 5140 Poem Court, North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $180,000, single-family residential - custom 1520 Winwood St., Las Vegas Jose Esparza $178,993, residential - production 2171 Tortona St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $178,993, residential - production 2162 Tortona St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $170,342, residential - production 848 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada $169,954, residential - production 2167 Tortona St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $169,732, residential - production 852 Via Serenelia, Henderson Greystone Nevada $169,622, residential - production 2135 Emyvale Court, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $167,685, single-family residential - production 12237 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $167,685, single-family residential - production 12221 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $158,349, residential - new 1504 Blues Lane, North Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc. $157,019, single-family residential - production 12229 Olivetta Blvd., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $157,019, single-family residential - production 12242 Nasino Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $156,580, commercial - addition 2105 E. Alexander Road, North Las Vegas Palmetio Construction Inc. $155,870, residential - production 1061 Tropical Sage St., Henderson Ryland Homes $155,537, residential - production
2166 Tortona St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $150,741, single-family residential - production 266 Evante St., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $147,442, residential - production 43 Nettle Leaf Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $146,035, residential - new 1013 Vegas Palm Ave., North Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada $145,723, residential - production 2163 Tortona St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $145,723, residential - production 2170 Tortona St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $144,161, single-family residential - production 356 Castellari Drive, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC $143,616, residential - production 1121 Copper Grass St., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp $141,198, single-family residential - production 10737 Irving Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC $140,498, single-family residential - production 6972 Lakota Summit Blvd., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $138,815, single-family residential - production 7440 Zonal Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $136,906, residential - production 961 Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $136,699, single-family residential - production 262 Evante St., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $135,177, single-family residential - production 6912 Hopi Summit Blvd., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $135,177, single-family residential - production 6922 Hopi Summit Blvd., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $135,177, single-family residential - production 6962 Lakota Summit Blvd., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $135,177, single-family residential - production
6982 Lakota Summit Blvd., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc.
$115,336, residential - production 944 Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc.
$134,910, residential - production 2540 Sable Ridge St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada
$115,298, single-family residential - production 7848 Blue Lake Peak St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes
$134,434, single-family residential - production 10430 Prairie Mountain Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $132,996, single-family residential - production 6988 Comiskey Park St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $132,996, single-family residential - production 10754 Fenway Park Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $132,055, residential - new 5622 Pleasant Palms St., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc. $131,749, residential - production 1065 Tropical Sage St., Henderson Ryland Homes $130,585, residential - production 1126 N. Water St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $126,204, residential - production 389 Gracious Way, Henderson Ryland Homes $126,204, residential - production 387 Gracious Way, Henderson Ryland Homes $125,705, residential - production 2536 Sable Ridge St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $125,705, residential - production 2544 Sable Ridge St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $125,705, residential - production 2552 Sable Ridge St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $121,269, residential - production 2548 Sable Ridge St., Henderson Pardee Homes of Nevada $120,548, residential - production 39 Nettle Leaf Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $120,000, single-family residential 1601 Bayonne Drive, Las Vegas Blackhawk Developers LLC $117,332, residential - production 3080 Beaux Art Ave., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $117,055, residential - new 5626 Pleasant Palms St., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc.
$107,296, residential - production 1121 Buckhorn Cove St., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $107,240, residential - production 2629 Ornate Regiment St., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $106,108, residential - new 4332 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc. $105,632, residential - production 2618 Marvel Astoria St., Henderson Beazer Homes Holdings Corp. $102,934, commercial - new 330 W. Centennial Parkway, North Las Vegas Milestone Construction Inc. $102,860, residential - production 940 Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $100,475, residential - production 3157 Teaderman Walk, Henderson KB Home Nevada Inc. $95,587, single-family residential - production 9120 Mystic Mauve Blvd., Las Vegas TNP Construction Company
Helix Electric Inc. $73,008, fence 5852 Radiance Park St., North Las Vegas Desert Plastering LLC $66,540, rehabilitation 1612 Logan Valley Lane, North Las Vegas Majestic General Contractors LLC $63,008, electrical 1916 Highland Ave., Las Vegas Sting Alarm Inc. $62,005, solar 6440 Gentle Falles Lane, North Las Vegas Renewable Energy Electric $60,890, electrical 10190 Covington Cross Drive, Las Vegas Murphy Electric $60,000, tenant improvement restaurant 1500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas FT Construction $59,350, windows deployment services 10111 Skye Canyon Park Drive, Las Vegas Western States Contracting Inc. $59,350, windows deployment services 10111 Skye Canyon Park Drive, Las Vegas Western States Contracting Inc.
$95,587, single-family residential - production 9124 Mystic Mauve Blvd., Las Vegas TNP Construction Company
$58,331, rehabilitation 4103 Annendale Ave., North Las Vegas Graeagle Construction and Development
$93,848, residential - new 5621 Pleasant Palms St., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc.
$56,810, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 1401 Casa Del Rey Blvd., Las Vegas Vision Solar Contractor Inc.
$91,466, single-family residential - production 9116 Mystic Mauve Blvd., Las Vegas TNP Construction Company
$52,425, electrical 1630 Brock Blvd., Las Vegas Premier Solar Solutions LLC
$91,466, single-family residential - production 9128 Mystic Mauve Blvd., Las Vegas TNP Construction Company $90,495, residential - new 5936 Montina Vines St., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc. $90,495, residential - new 5940 Montina Vines St., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc. $89,900, electrical 1821 N. Las Vegas Blvd., North Las Vegas
$52,000, tenant improvement restaurant 725 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 120, Las Vegas Kalb Industries of Nevada Ltd. $50,000, pool and/or spa 277 Lindura Blvd., Las Vegas Watters Aquatech Pools & Spas $50,000, commercial - alteration 6025 Range Road, North Las Vegas SBA Network Services LLC
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Category: technology companies (Ranked by number of employees as of June 30)
Year est. locally
Company
Employees
Products or services
Scientific Games 6650 S. El Camino Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-897-7150 • scientificgames.com
9,000
Slot machines, casino and slot management and accounting systems, card shufflers, chip sorters, proprietary table games, electronic table games, social casino games, mobile applications
1989
Gavin Isaacs, CEO, president
2
Cox Communications 1700 Vegas Drive Las Vegas, NV 89106 702-384-8084 • cox.com
1,320
Telephone, cable TV, high-speed Internet, home security, commercial telephone, PRI/ digital trunking, SIP trunking, cable TV, wired/wireless Internet, data transport
1998
Michael Bolognini, market vice president
3
International Game Technology 6355 S. Buffalo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-669-7777 • igt.com
800
Gaming equipment sales, networking services
1981
Renato Ascoli, CEO
4
CenturyLink 6700 Via Austi Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-222-4444 • centurylink.com
700
Business/residential high-speed Internet, TV, cloud, hosting, security and phone lines
Did not disclose
Jeremy Ferkin, vice president of operations
5
Aristocrat 7230 Amigo St. Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-270-1000 • aristocrat-us.com
600
Slot machines, casino management systems, virtual casinos, mobile game apps
1963
Maureen Sweeny, chief commercial officer
6
Konami Gaming 585 Konami Circle Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-616-1400 • konamigaming.com
450
Casino slot machines, management systems and technology
2004
Steve Sutherland, COO, executive vice president
7
Global Cash Access 7250 S. Tenaya Way, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-855-3000 • gcainc.com
357
Integrated gaming payment solutions, video and mechanical reel spinning gaming content and technology solutions
1998
Ram Chary, president, CEO
8
Verizon Wireless 5555 Redwood St. Las Vegas, NV 89118 800-256-4646 • verizonwireless.com
230
Wireless communications services
2000
Eric Reed, Southwest region president
9
Link Technologies 9500 Hillwood Drive, Suite 112 Las Vegas, NV 89134 702-233-8703 • linktechconsulting.com
145
IT solutions, cybersecurity, audit/compliance, 2000 project management
Debbie Banko, CEO
10a
Freeman Audio Visual Inc. 3325 W. Sunset Road, Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-263-1484 • freemanco.com
100
Audio-visual equipment rentals
1993
Richard Pabst, regional vice president, general manager
10b
JCM Global 925 E. Pilot Road Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-651-0000 • jcmglobal.com
100
Bill validators, peripheral currency transaction equipment, digital display equipment
1988
Hikaru “Terry” Izawa, president
12
Sting Surveillance LLC 7120 Rafael Ridge Way Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-737-8464 • stingalarm.com
50
Business and residential telephone, wireless, cabling, networking services, equipment sales
2003
Jon Perry, president
13
LMG LLC 7060 Windy St. Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-407-7200 • lmg.net
48
LED, video, audio and lighting
2001
Corey Olson, director of show services
14a
InView Labs 9225 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 130 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-527-6460 • inviewlabs.com
30
Digital-asset management, cloud computing, business applications, professional software consulting and building information modeling
2010
Gary Siroky, president
14b
eConnect 7710 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 126 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-523-8786 • econnectglobal.com
30
Loss-prevention services and software delivered via video-driven analytics
2009
Henry Valentino III, founder, CEO, president
1
Top executive
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Wine, well or domestic beer *expires 8/31/15. 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 8/31/15. 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.
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FREE Appetizer at Sean Patrick’s Buy one appetizer and get the second FREE *Expires 8/31/15. 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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$40 All You Can Drive Tuesdays from 6p - 10p
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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 9/5/15. Settle to: 535.
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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 10/31/15.
$10 FREE Slot Play for New Members
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 #5371. Good 8/02/15 — 8/08/15.
HOUSE OF BLUES INSIDE MANDALAY BAY RESORT 3950 LAS VEGAS BLVD. S, LAS VEGAS, NV 89119
725 S RaCEtRaCk Rd. HENdERSON, Nv 89015
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+ $10 Off AYCD Beer Tasting Upgrade at Local Brews Local Grooves The Ultimate Craft Beer & Music Festival at House of Blues Las Vegas — Sat., Aug. 8 *To redeem, present coupon at House of Blues Box Offififfiice by 6 pm day of show. Must be 21+ to attend. Offifer expires 8/8/15 at 6 pm. No cash value. Available while supplies last and subject to venue capacity. Management reserves all rights..
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$5 for any Medium Beverage, any Sandwich and Hash Browns
Use PLU#3033 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: 8/22/2015
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$5 OFF per Carton* 99¢ Bagel and Cream Cheese
Use PLU#2749 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: 8/22/2015
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 8/31/2015.
(Cigarettes Only) *Must be 18 years of age or older. NO LIMIT on any brand of carton purchased. Excludes ltered fi cigars. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Limit one discount given per customer per day. Must present this coupon for redemption. Cannot be redeemed for cash. No photocopies accepted. EXPIRES 9/30/2015
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One Free Order of Fried Pickles with purchase of regular priced entrée. *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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