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The average American household throws away almost 125 pounds of trash every week, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Association. Roughly 80 percent of that waste could be recycled or reused.

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noteworthy stories

how to pick a christmas tree

on the cover Every generation seems to be more sophisticated than the last. Learn how to talk to your kids.

Whether you prefer a live tree or an artificial one, there are ways to ensure you get the right one for your home. Among the factors to consider are size, maintenance, safety and freshness. In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on what to look for, where to look for it and how to dispose of your tree after the holidays.

raising kids in sin city

Parenting is difficult enough anywhere, but in Southern Nevada, the job can be even more challenging. We consulted family counselors, social workers and other experts to provide guidance on issues such as cellphone use, giving an allowance, talking about drugs, alcohol, sexuality and nudity, and cutting the cord.

las vegas bowl is a must-watch

What used to be considered a secondary postseason game featuring teams only regional fan bases seemed to care about has, over the past several years, evolved into one of the most exciting bowls with national appeal. And this month’s matchup might be the most intriguing in the bowl’s history.

real estate resurrection

After years of relative inactivity amid the economic downturn, action is picking up in the Las Vegas Valley. We take a look at what happened this year in the office, retail, multifamily, industrial and Strip sectors of the real estate market, and get insiders’ opinions on what to expect in 2016.

tough nut to crack

Picking pine nuts at Great Basin National Park can be labor-intensive, but the bounty and the chance to connect with nature is worth the work for some Nevadans.

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casino takes family business 20 Mesquite to the next step

n Pets available for adoption, P33 n Calendar of events, P40 n Puzzles, P66

Every employee at the Eureka is becoming a part owner of the company.

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Exotic animals in Nevada homes Some in Nevada are allowed to care for unusual pets, such as monkeys and big cats.

Wynn: New resort not behind schedule; just not early The casino mogul tells John Katsilometes that the timeline for his Macau palace was moved back a few months.

opinion

Regents should revisit refusal to modify CSN campus names For the sake of cultivating relationships with the community, regional names make more sense than street names.

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Bishop Gorman High School football coach Kenny Sanchez is soaked with water on the sidelines as time winds down against Liberty High at Sam Boyd Stadium. The 62-21 win was the seventh consecutive state championship for the Gaels, who finished the season 14-0. (L.E. Baskow/staff)

Dec. 8

uber at airport Uber began operating at McCarran International Airport after executives reached an agreement that ended a long disagreement about providing driver lists.

Dec. 9

suing sandoval Solar company Sunrun sued Gov. Brian Sandoval, seeking text messages between his office and lobbyists for NV Energy as the Legislature considered raising the net-metering cap.

Dec. 9

house of cards House lawmakers had another hearing on a bill to ban online gaming nationwide, including in Nevada, where it is legal.

Dec. 15

get insured If you plan to buy governmentsubsidized health insurance and want coverage by Jan. 1, the enrollment deadline is today. Visit nevadahealthlink. com to enroll.

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stage is set All eyes will be on Las Vegas as the Republican presidential candidates take part in a debate at the Venetian televised on CNN.

9,079 Kriss Kringle lookalikes who took part Dec. 5 in the 11th annual Las Vegas Great Santa Run. The run is Opportunity Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest annual fundraiser.

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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 week.

Carly Fiorina

Marco Rubio

John Kasich

Bernie Sanders

Donald Trump

Four former Nevada Republican Party chairwomen have endorsed the former tech CEO. Amy Tarkanian, Earlene Forsythe, Lia Roberts and Valerie Weber joined Fiorina’s leadership team.

A bill in Congress that would ban online gaming gives the Florida senator, who supports the proposal, another chance to curry favor with GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who has said he would spend whatever it takes to prohibit online gaming.

Kasich’s star is rising based on his appeal to moderate GOP voters as an anti-Trump on foreign policy. It appears Kasich may make the polling cutoff to join the main stage of the Republican debate, ahead of Rand Paul or Mike Huckabee.

Despite his opposition to campaign help from independent super PACs, Sanders has been the beneficiary of more than $50,000 of spending here by a group tied to a nurses union. Maybe you’ve seen the National Nurses United for Patient Protection billboard near the airport?

The businessman faced nationwide criticism for his proposal to bar all Muslims from entering the United States, while locally, workers at the Trump International Hotel voted to unionize.

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take a closer look; they won’t bite The Las Vegas Natural History Museum obtained a prestigious collection of mounted animals from Nevada casino developer and wildlife enthusiast Gary Primm. The collection features 99 exotic and domestic species, including lions, buffaloes, bears, a giraffe, a hyena, a crocodile, a baboon and more. The animals, worth $650,000, are on display in the Africa exhibit.

Capacity for the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, which sold out within hours of the Holy War matchup between BYU and Utah being announced. For more on the annual game at Sam Boyd Stadium, see Page 34.

Almost 2,000 students from 38 states and 54 countries will take part in UNLV’s winter commencement Tuesday at the Thomas & Mack Center. The students range in age from 16 to 72.

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bring on the wildcats The UNLV basketball team will look to defeat the nationally ranked Arizona Wildcats for the second consecutive season. Last December, the Rebels beat Arizona at home, 71-67, and fans stormed the court in celebration. The 6:30 p.m. game will be televised by ESPN2, Cox Cable 31.

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A pedestrian passes by the former Ukulele Lounge, 620 Las Vegas Blvd. North. The building has been decorated with a mural by artist Eric Vozzola, the first in a series of projects by the Cultural Corridor Coalition. (STEVE MARCUs/staff)

Maximum cost of a transit plan released by the Regional Transportation Commisison. That figure does not include construction and operation costs for one of the plan’s biggest proposals: a light rail connecting the airport, Strip and downtown.

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consider Tree delivery Downtown Summerlin is offering a free concierge service for your Christmas tree. Order a tree from the Rudolph Tree Farm, and workers will deliver it to your home. The tree farm is open through Dec. 24 and features Douglas, noble, Fraser and grand firs. Pick-up service also is available after Christmas Day for a fee.

real or fake, pick the perfect tree for you STEP 1: before you go

By MJ Stevens | special to the sunday

For many of us, the time has come to choose a Christmas tree. ¶ But where to begin? Live or artificial? Douglas fir or pinyon pine? Cut or potted? ¶ There are dozens of options, but armed with a little knowledge, your decision can be easy. And once you get your tree home, you’ll know what to do.

Measure your space Know what size tree you need before you shop. Measure the ceiling height of the room and the width of the area where the tree will be displayed. Don’t overbuy.

consider the decorations you will use Some trees, artificial or live, have more open foliage, stiffer branches or longer needles. A more robust tree will help round out garlands, while a less fluffy one will allow more space for ornaments.

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STEP 2: live or artificial? Benefits of live trees vs. Benefits of artificial trees n

Smell

Many species give off a wonderful, fresh scent. n

Authenticity

No matter how high the quality, a fake tree will never look as real as a live tree.

Although an artificial tree can be pricey on the front end, if you keep the tree for several years, it likely will be cheaper in the long run than buying a fresh tree every year.

If you want to get an artificial tree, n

Tradition

Choosing a live Christmas tree is a beloved pastime for many families.

Recyclability

Most artificial trees contain metals, PVC and other plastics, and can’t be recycled. Many are made overseas.

Tidiness

You won’t have as many annoying needles to sweep. n

Cost over time

Ease of use

No watering is needed, and many artificial trees come prefabricated with lights. n

Air quality

There’s no sap or mold to irritate allergies. n

Artificial trees have essentially the same carbon footprint as live trees once water needs, transportation and recycling are taken into account.

keep in mind the following: n To score a good-quality, realistic tree, pay attention to the details, particularly the needle tips. High-quality trees typically have hand-painted molded tips and a brown stem. Lower-quality trees have shredded tips and are completely green. Also, examine the density of the branches; you don’t want to see the pole when the tree has been fluffed. n To keep your tree in good condition season after season, store it in a plastic tree bag in a cool, dry spot.

Environment

Given that most Christmas trees are commercially farmed, forests aren’t destroyed when live trees are harvested. Tree farms provide a significant amount of oxygen, animal and bird habitats, and green spaces, often in urban environments.

Safety

Artificial trees pose less of a fire risk than driedout, live trees that have been underwatered for a long period of time.

If you want a live tree, read on to learn more on how to pick one, how to keep it fresh and how to recycle it when the season is over.

It takes seven to 10 years before a Christmas tree is ready to be harvested. About 400 million trees currently are maturing in the United States.

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STEP 3a: choose a live tree from a lot Questions to ask at the tree lot: n Where do the trees come from?

n What species is the tree?

n Are the trees delivered once at the beginning of the season or in several shipments throughout the season?

GRAND FIR + Good fragrance, holds needles well, maintains thick foliage when sheared - Requires a lot of water

firmness/fullness of tree

2-3 weeks

KEY FIr

SPECIES

+ Advantages

pine

spruce

- Disadvantages Amount of time tree will stay fresh in water

SCOTCH PINE + Holds needles, firm branches - Stiff needles 5-6 weeks

DOUGLAS FIR + Good fragrance, full tree, soft needles that hold well - Branches may droop, not as sturdy as noble or Fraser firs

WHITE SPRUCE + Stiff branches - Strong odor, quick needle loss

FRASER FIR + Stiff branches, good form, high needle retention - Low fragrance, not as full as the Douglas fir

3-4 weeks

BALSAM FIR + Pleasant fragrance - Quick needle drop 4-5 weeks

The noble fir and Douglas fir are the most common trees found at nurseries and tree lots in the Las Vegas Valley. Grand firs and Fraser firs also are popular. Most of the valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trees are grown in Oregon, although some come from Washington or North Carolina.

5-6 weeks

BLUE SPRUCE + Firm branches, mild fragrance - Sharp needles can poke and hurt, quick needle loss

NOBLE FIR + Hearty, holds needles well, nice fragrance - Branches may droop, not as full as the Douglas fir 5-6 weeks

WHITE PINE + Soft long needles that hold well - Branches may droop 5-6 weeks

5-6 weeks

Pinyon PINE + Durable, interesting shape - Not as full as other trees, by comparison sappy 6+ weeks

life span (time tree will stay fresh in water) Before you buy: n Test for freshness Run a branch through your hand; the needles should not come off easily. Bend the outer branches; they should be pliable. If they are brittle and snap easily, the tree is too dry.

n Look for indicators of dryness or deterioration Signs may include excessive needle loss, discolored foliage, a musty odor, needle pliability or wrinkled bark. When in doubt, select a different tree. If none of the trees on the lot look fresh, visit another lot.

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STEP 4: maintain your tree Proper care can prolong the lifespan of a live Christmas tree.

A tree is tagged in a national forest. The U.S. Forest Service will let people cut their own tree for typically $5-$10. (associated press)

STEP 3b: or cut your own tree By Kyle Roerink Staff Writer

Nothing says Christmas like going to a big-box store parking lot and buying a tree that traveled hundreds of miles to the desert. Or going to a big-box store to buy a tree with pine needles made of plastic and a trunk made of metal. Of course, not all of us have the time to take a saw to the great outdoors for a sap-filled afternoon of hunting for the perfect family Christmas tree. But for those looking for a little holiday adventure, there are ways to add a bit of wilderness to your living room. To find a Through Dec. 24, forest where Nevadans can venChristmas tree ture into the forharvesting is est to chop down allowed, visit a Christmas tree. fs.fed.us. The closest permitted location is just three hours away in the Austin-Tonopah ranger district of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. At least 5,100 people signed up for DIY chopping in 2014, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Permits typically cost $5 to $10. Once visitors cross into Forest Service land, most trees are fair game. “Just don’t cut down marked trees,” said Erica Hupp, a spokeswoman for the Forest Service. In southern forests, pinyon pines and junipers are common. Northern forests offer white firs and Jeffrey pines. Forest Service officials recommend speaking with a ranger before foraying in the woods. Ask for the best cutting areas. Bring maps, winter clothes and snowshoes. “It’s something the whole family can enjoy,” Hupp said.

n Displaying trees in water in a reservoir-type stand is the most effective way to maintain freshness and minimize needle loss. In general, stands should provide 1 quart of water per inch of stem diameter. n Use a stand that fits your tree. Avoid whittling the sides of the trunk to fit a stand, as the outer layers of wood are the most efficient at taking up water. n Make a fresh cut to remove about a 1/2-inch-thick disk of wood from the base of the trunk before putting the tree in the stand. Don’t cut the trunk at an angle or into a V-shape. Both make it more difficult to hold the tree in the stand and reduce the amount of water FYI available to the tree. Consider buying a Drilling a hole in the potted Christmas tree. base of the trunk They can be more expensive does not improve than cut ones, but once the water uptake. holidays are over, you can n Place the tree plant it in your yard or in water as soon donate it to a church or as possible. The park. temperature of the water is not important and does not affect water uptake. n Check the stand daily to make sure the water level doesn’t fall below the base of the tree. n Keep the tree away from major sources of heat, such as fireplaces, heaters, heat vents or direct sunlight. Lowering the room temperature also will slow the drying process and result in less water consumption each day. n Use decorative lights that produce low heat, such as miniature or LED lights. n Turn off the tree lights when leaving the house or going to bed.

When a Christmas tree is cut, more than half of its weight is water.

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CHRISTMAS TREES, BY THE NUMBERS Types of trees More than 26 million evergreens are sold annually, but increasingly, consumers are choosing to purchase artificial trees. Americans buy about 14 million artificial Christmas trees every year.

35%

artificial

65% LIVE

Despite the difference in number of sales, both types of trees are billion-dollar industries.

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$1.04B 26.3M trees

13.9M trees

2014 sales of artificial trees

Where people buy their live trees

15%

Choose-and-harvest farm: 26% Nursery or garden center: 13% Chain store: 28% Retail tree lot: 19% Nonprofit organization (church, Boy Scouts, etc.): 9% Other: 5%

cut-your-own

Based on curbside counts done last winter by Republic Services, the Las Vegas Valley recycled approximately

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2014 sales of live trees

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Source: National Christmas Tree Association

63 percent of the trees from singlefamily residences.

STEP 5: recycle your tree Instead of throwing away your Christmas tree after the holidays, why not recycle it? Clark County’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program operates Dec. 26 to Jan. 15 and includes 33 drop-off sites throughout the community. Recycling your tree saves valuable space in the county landfill. The trees are made into mulch, which is used in public parks and gardens to help conserve soil moisture and keep plants healthy. A committee of local government agencies, nonprofits and businesses started the recycling program in 2001 to keep Christmas trees out of the landfill. Since then, valley residents have recycled 175,879 trees, creating more than 1,529 tons of mulch. Last winter, 15,812 trees were recycled, FYI chipped, and turned into 137.5 tons of Before dropping off nutrient-rich mulch used for landscaping your tree, remove all nonand dust control. Local landfill volume was organic objects such as lights, spared 2,108 cubic yards, the equivalent wire, tinsel, ornaments and nails. size of eight school buses. Foreign objects contaminate the mulch and can damage the chipper. Flocked trees covered with artificial snow cannot be recycled.

Drop your tree off Drop-off locations include several Lowe’s stores as well as these sites: n Sunset Park

n Springs Preserve

2601 E. Sunset Road, Las Vegas

333 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas

n Desert Breeze Park

n UNLV

8275 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas (behind the community center)

Southeast corner of East Flamingo Road and Swenson Street (behind the solar dishes)

n Mountain Crest Park 4701 N. Durango Drive, Las Vegas

To find the closest to you, visit springspreserve.org

Tree pick-up 1-800-GOT-JUNK will pick up trees from homes for $30. The fee includes removal of the tree and the cleanup of needles. The tree will be dropped off at one of the county’s designated recycling drop-off locations.

Free mulch Pick up free mulch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 28 through Jan. 14 at the following locations: n Pecos Legacy Park 150 N. Pecos Road, Henderson

n Acacia Demonstration Gardens 50 Casa Del Fuego St., Henderson

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KIDS IN LAS VEGAS ANSWERS TO THE SPECIAL CHALLENGES PARENTS FACE HERE

BY SEAMUS KIRST | SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY

I BELIEVE MY CHILD

IS EXPERIMENTING WITH arenting is the most demanding job in the world. DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. HOW DO I What other role requires you to be on call 24/7? ADDRESS THE SITUATION? What other job has higher stakes? ¶ Living Jim Jobin: If you suspect experimentation, sit the in Las Vegas — with our casinos, strip clubs child down immediately and have an open conversation. Do not come at him or her critically or judgmentally, and and rowdy tourists — presents an entirely separate set don’t make threats or it will encourage the child to hide. of concerns and questions when raising a family. How Invite him or her to be honest. do I explain escort ads to my young child? Will my Susan Dow: If you suspect abuse, arrange for a professional intervention by a marriage and family therapist who is a licensed son or daughter develop a gambling problem? ¶ No alcohol and drug counselor and can use family-based intervention parent has all the answers, so we consulted licensed strategies to help. Engaging the entire family in the process is more effective than sending a child to a counselor or treatment social workers, family therapists, addiction counselors program. In most cases, the whole family heals in ways that and educational specialists to compile tips for raispromote growth, and your child learns coping strategies to handle life without drug or alcohol abuse. If you cannot ing children in Las Vegas. ¶ Of course, all children are afford the services of a licensed marriage and family different and every parent has his or her own parenting therapist, UNLV has the Center for Individual, Couple and Family Counseling, a training facility for the style and approach. Not all parents will find every piece of UNLV Marriage and Family Therapy Program that provides quality, low-cost therapy advice helpful, but these general guidelines are intended to to local residents. help in sticky situations.

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How do I explain escort ads and billboards of half-naked women to my young child? What about my teen? Jobin: Parents don’t have to volunteer an explanation to small children. Wait until they ask a targeted question, then supply them with only necessary information. For example, if a young child asks, ‘Why is that woman wearing a swimsuit?’ you can say she is going swimming. Teenagers likely will ask more specific questions. Parents should have an open conversation in which they explain what escorts do and then reinforce their family values.

SPECIFIC TO NEVADA Q

My 21-year-old gambles a lot. I’m worried.

Dow: Young people are particularly at risk for problem gambling, so you are right to worry. Early intervention is the key to preventing the development of pathological problem gambling. Call a clinician who specializes in the treatment of gambling disorders. A licensed professional can guide you in setting healthy boundaries that are

helpful in assisting your child to stop the destructive behavior. The Problem Gambling Center, a local nonprofit that provides counseling to people with gambling problems and their family and friends, is a great resource if you cannot find or afford a private therapist.

Q ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHRIS MORRIS

My tween wants to hang out alone with friends and go to the movies, bowling, out to eat. But I worry because so many of the activities are in casinos. How can I let my tween feel independent while still keeping him safe? McCarthy: Kids think they are Teflon and nothing bad ever will happen to them. Tweenagers, in particular, strive for independence, yet at the same time, are hungry for limits. In terms of kids going to casinos before they are teenagers, that is a big risk. A compromise might be to have a parent drive and stay in the background while they go to the movies or bowl.

Your children likely will tell you that you are the only parent in the world who will not allow them to run free. They don’t realize they are lucky to have parents who care. It also is important that your children understand that if they are ever in a situation where they feel nervous or unsafe, they always can call you to come get them, no questions asked.

THE EXPERTS WHO SHARED THEIR ADVICE Susan Dow Licensed alcohol and drug counselor Odelia Duhel National certified counselor Jeffrey Gelfer Professor and coordinator of early childhood programs at the UNLV College of Education Jim Jobin Licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor Jared Lau Assistant professor of educational and clinical studies at the UNLV College of Education Jane McCarthy Professor and interim chair of the educational and clinical studies department at the UNLV College of Education James Monaghan Licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor Caasi O’Day Licensed clinical social worker Annah-Lizah Vaquilar Licensed marriage and family therapist

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My child wants a cellphone. What’s the appropriate age for that?

McCarthy: Today, many parents want to allow their kids to carry cellphones for safety reasons. Parents must determine if their child is mature enough to handle the privilege. By middle school, many children have their own cellphones. Parents must be clear about appropriate use and the consequences for misuse. Set time limits for personal use such as calling friends. Such rules as one hour per day and only after homework is done are reasonable. Your children should know that class time is not an appropriate time to use phones. Also, parents must insist on their right to monitor use and have access to all activity on the phone.

My child wants to attend an expensive college. I want him to go to a cheaper state school. Help! Lau: It’s pretty common for teenagers to have their own ideas and goals that are different from those of their parents. One thing to look at from a counseling perspective is what’s best for the development of the child as they enter an adult stage where they’ll have to make decisions of their own. Expenses are a realistic challenge. Of course, it’s helpful if parents have experience with applying to colleges, searching for scholarships and filing for financial aid. But for families that don’t, I strongly encourage them with to work with a college counselor at their child’s high school. Don’t be turned off by financial numbers; your child should apply and see what aid package he or she receives. I have known students who worked with the prospective university and received need-based financial aid and merit scholarships that actually made it cheaper for the student to attend a private university than a state school.

How much in student loans should my child and I take out?

Lau: Everyone’s situation is going to vary. I know students who have done work-study and received stipends and tuition waivers. Some students choose to go to school part time instead of full time. For families that pay for college with loans, always opt for federal loans over private loans, as they can be consolidated with lower interest rates.

My child is having trouble making friends. How can I help? Or shouldn’t I? Gelfer: Socializing has to come naturally. To force socializing would be intimidating and humiliating for your child. Instead, be an inviting parent and ask your child to do something fun with you if they aren’t ready to be social with children their own age.

What age is appropriate for a sleepover? What steps should I take if I don’t know the family? McCarthy: It’s normal for elementary schoolaged children to have sleepovers with one or two other children and for older elementary schoolchildren to have sleepover birthday parties. As kids get older, they may receive invitations to sleepovers at homes where you don’t know the parents or the children. As a responsible parent, you must check with the other parents to be sure an adult will be present. Explain to your children it isn’t because you don’t trust them but is a necessary safety precaution to make sure they aren’t put into situations they can’t handle. If they don’t want you to contact the other parents, then you have to tell them they will not be attending. Gelfer: Parents always reserve the right to say no.

My adult child still lives at home. She doesn’t go to school and has no job. I don’t want to kick her out onto the street, but I also can’t support her forever. What should I do?

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With everything that has been going on in Lau: Parents can start by asking their the world lately, how should I answer my child’s adult children to pay for utilities or questions about terrorism and mass violence? pay a couple of hundred of dollars a month in rent. If the adult child McCarthy: How parents deal with these anxieties is critical to can’t afford that, encourage him the mental health of their children. Some children will vocalize their or her to line up some sort of questions; others may not but will exhibit behaviors indicative of feelincome, even if it’s just a parting insecure or unsafe, such as fearing to be separated from parents or time job. That way, the adult teachers. One of the best things parents can do for young children is to limit child will be held accountable their viewing of media coverage of the events. Very young children should be and will be encouraged to totally prevented from viewing such sights. It is important to find out just what establish an independent life. children have heard or think they know about the situations and try to clarify the facts for them, at a level appropriate for their ages. Some people suggest allowing children to draw pictures about what they are feeling. Older children deal well with facts. Be sure to leave the door open for future conversations, My teen wants a driver’s as anxiety may persist over the course of months until children once again license, but I worry he feel secure. Children must feel free to ask questions about what they have isn’t mature enough to handle seen or heard, and parents need to respond calmly and rationally to their the responsibility. How can I questions. Children may ask questions that are difficult for parents to ensure he and others on the road answer, including “Why did those people do that?” Parental responses are safe? should be calm and reassure children that the odds of these things happening are rare and that you are doing everything you can O’Day: When parents express to be sure they are safe, as are schools, the police, etc. You concern about their child not being may want to try to explain that some people have very responsible enough to drive, I ask them wrong thinking and try to solve problems by doing “What’s the hurry?” Trust is earned in hurtful things. Remind your children that many ways, and I encourage parents to most people are good and kind.

look at the big picture before even letting kids get their license. Teens who are impulsive and aggressive might require additional emotional preparation before they get behind the wheel.

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My child talks back. How can I teach him to be more respectful?

Vaquilar: Explore why your child is violating your verbal boundaries. Typically, the child is trying to gain an object, trying to escape an undesired activity or trying to gain attention. The next step is to be honest with yourself and determine whether what your child is doing is enabling him to get what he wants. Children must be able to find a solution or make a compromise, or they have to accept a consequence.

My child shows violent tendencies — yelling, hitting, pushing. What does that mean?

Vaquilar: Physical aggression is similar to having a tantrum. It’s the inability to effectively communicate what the child really wants or needs. Teach your child how to use her words. Generally, you want the child to learn how to identify her feelings, tell you what she wants and accept the limit. Learning these social skills depends on the age of the child.

My toddler refuses to be potty trained. Is that normal?

Gelfer: Potty training should come naturally. Most kids just need time and modeling, so have a little miniature plastic potty in the bathroom and bring them in when you’re going.

When should I start giving my child an allowance? What should I expect in return? Gelfer: I don’t think parents need to give an allowance to children until they reach adolescence, when they actually need money. When they’re young, the best reward for doing chores and behaving well is spending time with your child. That’s a healthy allowance.

I think my child is gay. Should I ask him about it? Or wait until he brings it up to me? O’Day: Teens are exposed to sexuality and sexual/gender identity at a much younger age, so it’s imperative that parents openly speak about these topics at home. Our school system is not being allowed to educate our youths on these topics, which means they seek information from their peers or the media. The problem is that many adults are uncomfortable with homosexuality and gender fluidity. If you speak respectfully about these topics at home and you have a secure attachment with your children, they eventually will feel comfortable bringing up this topic with you.

My teen regularly misses curfews and sneaks out when I ground her. What do I do? Jobin: Sounds like the punishment system isn’t working. I like to have teens and adults work together to create a contract that explains, “If you do X, consequence Y will happen.” Let the teenager be a part of developing a fair consequence system and have the teen sign it. Hold the teen accountable. Also, parents must inspect what they expect. If you expect the teen to be in bed, but you don’t ever inspect whether he or she is, the child will notice and will misbehave. Monaghan: Communication is the key in all of this. Many teens struggle with wanting to be heard and recognized as they grow in their independence. Counseling is a great tool that allows for kids and parents to be able to reach co-created shared language, shared solutions and shared consequences.

My adult children have become distant, and I rarely see my grandchildren. We’ve always had a good relationship. How can I get that back? Lau: One of the hardest parts of parenting is letting go. It’s kind of like dropping our kids off at the first day of kindergarten; we as parents have to let our adult children break away and start their own lives. Adult children striving for independence is part of a normal developmental pattern. If you feel like the emotional distance is too extreme, use nonconfrontational communication to try to resolve the issue.

My child doesn’t share the same religious beliefs as I do. What can I do?

Lau: Teenagers are searching for an identity, and as parents, we must recognize that we didn’t decide on our beliefs overnight, either; it was a process. At the end of the day, your child may or may not have the same religious beliefs as you. As parents, you can try only to guide them as much as you can and provide them with the best environment to make the best decisions for themselves, an environment where it is safe to make mistakes and always safe to come back home.

My kid eats only three foods. How can I expand his palette?

Gelfer: Some kids are just picky eaters. You can’t force them to try new foods, but you can model by eating diverse foods yourself. Try fun methods to encourage your children to try new foods. Ask them, “What do you think green tastes like?” Then eat a green vegetable and discuss the flavors.

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My child is struggling with her teacher. We’ve already had parent-teacher conferences, and it seems to be a personality mismatch. I don’t want to be a helicopter parent. How involved should I become?

My child has a poor body image, and I’m worried. What should I do?

Duhel: In general, parents should promote positive self-image and a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their children. The core of the issue is low self-esteem. Children believe and trust the words of the people who are important to them, starting with their caregivers, parents and, later on, their peers. Children who grew up around criticism, bullying, absence of love and warmth, and feelings of failure in meeting parental standards are more prone to develop a low self-esteem that will continue into adulthood. As a parent, practice and preach positive self-talk and promote love and caring. If needed, consult with a school counselor and/or send your child to counseling sessions where he or she can learn coping skill and tools to develop positive selfesteem and self-love.

My kids fight constantly with each other. How can I keep the peace?

Duhel: Siblings need to learn on their own to negotiate, compromise and settle, unless the situation is getting out of hand and the children are getting hurt, mentally or physically. Parents should reward their children when they do good for each other, care for each other or play nicely with each other.

I think my daughter is addicted to her phone and social media. What should I do? Monaghan: Set limits; the phone is a privilege. You also can create screen-free times, but you will have to abide by the rule too.

McCarthy: This is a sticky issue. On the one hand, you want to teach your child resilient behavior and ways to cope with people who are not always sympathetic to their issues, learning challenges or personality. However, if the situation is impacting your child so seriously that she gets physically ill at the thought of school or she receives overly harsh treatment, it is time to intervene. The goal of the conference with the teacher should be to avoid confrontation and calmly lay out the challenges your child is experiencing so you can reach a positive solution collaboratively.

Duhel: The older a child is, the less parents should insert themselves into conflict resolution. Parents should prepare their children to confront issues and challenges on their own and become responsible adults. Being a helicopter parent throughout children’s development will Jobin: Parents must be careful not disable them from learning from their mistakes, to weaponize the term “addiction.” learning coping skills, having a sense of It’s easy to criticize behaviors that accomplishment and owning their seem different to us. Question what failures and wins in life. “addicted” actually means and whether the behavior actually is out of control. If it’s clear there is a real addiction, start treating the technology like drugs and alcohol and try to remove it while introducing different coping I love both of my children, but I relate better mechanisms. with one because we have more in common. Does that make me a bad parent? How can I make sure my other child doesn’t feel less loved? I suspect my teen is sexting. How do I

address the situation?

Jobin: Flirting and sexuality are part of human development and a part of healthy teenagehood. Though we need to accept that technology and media of communication have changed, parents should have open conversations about how once naked pictures are sent, a person can never get them back. Parents must ensure their teens are aware of the dangers, as teens often have invincibility complexes.

Lau: Relating based on commonalities is different than loving one more. It’s normal; parents are humans, and humans gravitate toward people we feel more similar to. Children often feel more comfortable talking about certain subjects with one parent than another. Whom you gravitate toward, just like with friends, always can change. But recognizing that you have a bias is important so you can be aware. You don’t want to cause unintentional harm.

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the importance of addressing self-image From handbiller cards hawking nearly naked women on the Strip to billboards plastered with people in various states of undress, Las Vegas is full of questionable images. ¶ To visitors, they’re just another part of the city’s excess. But for local parents, they can pose a significant challenge. ¶ “Women buy into the mainstream ideals of appearance that we promote in Las Vegas certainly more strongly than in any other city in this country,” said Cortney Warren, a former UNLV psychology professor and body image specialist. “We have this culture and climate where there’s this extreme pressure to attain the ideal appearance.” ¶ How can adults help girls and boys navigate such a dicey landscape? Warren offered some suggestions.

Be aware of what your child sees You have to have an awareness as a parent that the messages kids get in Las Vegas are more extreme than they would get anywhere else. Whether they’re conscious of it, they’re seeing sexualized, provocative images of people everywhere. We have billboards, we have servers at casinos who are recruited for their looks. Generally speaking, when you age in those jobs, you’re not going to last long. You have a short lifespan in the Vegas world. We all are living in this environment, and kids see it.

2 engage your children in conversation about their self-image and beliefs

3 Break the illusion of their surroundings As you get them to question, be sure to integrate media literacy. Most kids have no idea that what they see in mainstream media doesn’t reflect reality. The models they see, even the teenagers they want to emulate, don’t actually look like they do in pictures. The more you can have conversations that explain photo editing and manipulation, the better. The more aspects of a person’s self-esteem you develop, the better they’ll be in the long run. One of the things we see in teens, particularly in those who have eating disorders, is that their self-worth is so fundamentally tied to the way they look; when they have a “good” day, in terms of how they see themselves, they feel amazing. And when they have a “bad” day — for example, they stepped on the scale and they gained a pound — it ruins their self-worth for that day. Reinforce not only how someone looks but their athleticism or niceness or intelligence — whatever it is that you value about the child. Try to reinforce attributes that aren’t focused on physical appearance.

A lot of kids — especially girls — start making negative body image comments and question the way they look from an early age. For example, by fourth grade, about 80 percent of girls in this country will tell you they’ve been on a diet. They hear their moms and other women in their lives say that they’re on a diet, so they think they need to be on one, too. When you hear a child talk about food, body or physical appearance, one of the first things parents want to do is appease them by saying, “Oh honey, you’re beautiful. You’re handsome. You’re perfect.” That’s probably the worst thing you can do. Your child isn’t going to believe you. They know you’re biased. It also cuts off the conversation. It cuts off the opportunity for you to help a child explore herself and her internalization of culture. Instead, engage your child. Ask questions: “Why would you say that? Have you heard somebody say you look fat? What do you think you should look like? How important do you think your appearance is to who you are? Are there other things you love about yourself?” And you start to get them to question what they hear.

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Mesquite casino is ‘a family business’ Every employee is becoming a part-owner of the company By J.D. Morris Staff Writer

It’s not often the retirement benefits of a small-town casino attract the attention of Nevada gaming regulators. But recent moves made by the Eureka in Mesquite are anything but normal for the gaming industry. The Eureka received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission in November to adopt an employee stock ownership plan, or an ESOP, which will act as a retirement plan for the casino’s 550 employees. Employee ownership has not changed the way the casino is managed: Gregory Lee Lee still is chairman and CEO, and Andre Carrier remains president and chief operating officer. The Lee family will retain a major fiCarrier nancial interest in the company as well as its real estate. But the family is giving a big financial stake in the casino to employees, who will use their part-ownership to earn retirement benefits. It’s a complicated change and one that remains a relatively fresh concept to the gaming industry, particularly in Nevada. The Sunday recently spoke with Lee and Carrier to get a better sense of the ESOP and its potential implications. The ESOP gives employees more of a financial stake in the casino than they would have had otherwise, correct? Carrier: Employees in an ESOP don’t

The Eureka casino in Mesquite recently received approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt an employee stock ownership plan. (courtesy)

contribute their own money to receive the retirement benefit. So, unlike a 401(k) — where you’re taking some of your paycheck every week or every pay period and setting it aside for your retirement, and then you invest it and that investment inherently has risk — with an ESOP, there is no employee contribution. The company makes a contribution to a retirement trust in your name and, yes, it does increase or decrease based on the value of the company, but you never put your own money at risk. Lee: Becoming an employee-owned company through an ESOP does not mean the company becomes a direct democracy. The company still is run by a board; how it was run before usually is how it is run afterward. And the employees, while they own stock, they really own it as beneficiaries of a trust. Why did you go this route? Lee: We saw an opportunity to strengthen the company, strengthen the employees and strengthen the community. Mesquite went through a period of boom, and then our industry went through a period where most casino companies weren’t really growing anymore. Casino companies are investing in new areas where there was no gaming before, but the same store is not making more money than it did in 2007. When you’re growing, you invest a lot in your company, and you depreciate all that investment. As that depreciation burns off, you pay more taxes; your taxable income increases. From 2007, when we

really expanded, to where we found ourselves, the industry had gotten a little bit mature. Our tax bill was taking off. And it was really starting to deprive the company of growth capital to invest. An ESOP creates the potential for revitalization because all that money that a private company paid out in taxes by the owners now can stay in the company. When it’s owned by an ESOP, in a sense, it’s a retirement fund, not a business owned by the Lees. So what happens is, that money that was all leaving to go into the federal coffers can stay inside the company entity and be reinvested for the benefit of the fund. We’re not unlike a lot of businesses, where 401(k)s are the primary way employees save. But it’s difficult to save your own money instead of making ends meet. An ESOP is different in that the company makes those payments for the employee, and those retirement funds have the potential to be worth more than what employees can do on their own in a 401(k). Our hope is that with the reinvestment in the company and people having a more meaningful retirement opportunity, they’ll choose to stay in Mesquite after they retire, and the community can be strengthened by having people stay, people who have better retirements, whose company is stronger. How have Mesquite’s economy and business market fared? Has the city been more challenged than Las Vegas coming out of the recession?

Lee: I think it was more challenged because the economy was smaller and less diversified. And the industry changed. In 2008, one of the biggest hotelcasinos in Mesquite closed, so we lost about 25 percent of our total visitation. We lost employees, we had people moving out, and that all happened at the same time as the real estate market was flatlining. It took us a lot of work just to stabilize our hotel-casinos, and now I think we’re coming out of it. Visitation is up. Gaming is actually flat, but it tells us that Mesquite needs new reasons to visit, new drivers.

Where do you see your business headed over the next couple of years? Carrier: We want the company to continue to strengthen financially. That means having growth in revenue and improved operating profits. But the way — the how — is, aspirationally, we want to provide the guest-service and guestinteraction portions of our business, the product, as good or better than anyone in our industry. In the end, this is a personal business. People spend entertainment dollars with us because they feel as though they’re getting something of value in return. We had long since started the culture of employee ownership before we created the ESOP. We are — and have always been — a family business. Interestingly for us then, having employee ownership in the form of an ESOP changes nothing. We were a family business before, we’re a family business after.

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Patchwork rules leave door open to exotic pets By Megan Messerly staff writer

n most states, you can’t keep a tiger, a monkey or even a hedgehog at home. ¶ In Nevada, depending on where you live and whether you’re willing to navigate a little red tape, you can. ¶ The state regulates only the possession of indigenous wildlife, not exotic animals, or species found elsewhere. Although Nevada lawmakers in the 2013 and 2015 legislative sessions introduced bills to regulate the possession of exotic animals, neither bill made it to a vote. ¶ That means, at least for now, exotic animal regulation is left up to cities and counties, a patchwork approach that leaves many owners confused and some species in a gray area.

Zuzana Kukol & Scott Shoemaker, large cat caretakers

Red- and brown-streaked mountains tower above a sprawling 10-acre property at the end of a long dirt road on the outskirts of Pahrump. There’s not much there. It’s intentionally out of the way, surrounded mostly by federal land. If Zuzana Kukol and Scott Shoemaker didn’t invite you onto their property — and if not for the 8-foot electric fence that surrounds it — you might not know 12 big cats call it home, too. Kukol and Shoemaker are practiced feline owners. They know their cats. They know when something’s wrong. Kukol grew up in a small apartment in eastern Europe but spent much of her childhood riding horses. “I always wanted to be a veterinarian, but when I came to this country, I didn’t speak any Eng-

Zuzana Kukol greets Pebbles, an orange tiger, at her home. Big cats make breathy snorts and noises, called “chuffing,” to express pleasure or say hello. (mikayla whitmore/Staff)

The regulations Much of the valley has banned the possession of exotic animals outside of zoos. But there still are many places in the state where it is possible to keep exotic animals as pets.

WHo makes the rules: n USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture regulates businesses that breed, sell and exhibit warmblooded animals. USDA staff members perform unannounced compliance inspections at least once a year. n Nevada Department of Wildlife The department regulates primarily wildlife indigenous to Nevada. Officials offer two kinds of licenses — commercial and noncommercial — for people seeking to keep state-regulated animals, including certain species of fish, alligators, crocodiles, bats, deer, coyotes, foxes and a few species of birds.

where rules differ: n Clark County Clark County commissioners and animal control officers are responsible for exotic animal regulation in unincorporated parts of the county. The commission decides whether to issue special-use permits to keep exotic animals on a property. There is no list of prohibited species, but the commission has discretion to approve or deny any application. Approved properties are subject to annual inspections. In November, the commission passed stricter measures for exotic animal owners, requiring them to obtain permits from animal control as well. n Henderson Henderson does not allow private possession of wild animals. City code names 37 prohibited species, but the list is not exhaustive. Some animals are considered “nondomesticated companion animals” and can be kept with a permit. Ownership of such animals is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. For instance, the city has researched sugar gliders — small marsupials related to the possum — and considers them allowable, while hedgehogs are not because they have never been evaluated. Zoos can apply for a permit to keep any prohibited species. n North Las Vegas North Las Vegas does not allow anyone to keep wild animals privately or exhibit them publicly. The code lists 11 types of prohibited animals, but the list is not exhaustive. Unlike Henderson, North Las Vegas does not have a special permit for zoos. If a zoo wanted to exhibit prohibited animals, officials would have to go before the city council. That also applies to traveling circuses with camels or elephants. Small pets, such as sugar gliders and hedgehogs, fall into a gray area. City officials rarely make people get rid of the small animals, but animal control investigates complaints on a case-by-case basis. n Las Vegas In Las Vegas, you can possess monkeys and primates, nondomesticated cats, snakes more than 8 feet long, coyotes, wolves, ferrets, lions, foxes, tigers, skunks, raccoons and venomous reptiles, as long as you apply for a permit and prove that the site where the animals will be kept has the proper zoning. The city has a separate application for people who want to exhibit wild animals, since the city requires at least $1 million of liability insurance.

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lish,” said Kukol, who came to the United States as a political refugee. After living in California and Washington, Kukol bought the land near the outskirts of Pahrump in 2000. Shoemaker, a retired defense contractor, joined her in 2004. Although they’re now retired, taking care of their cats and 21 canines — many of which are full or part wolf — is a full-time job. “I’m probably working harder than I was in the military,” Shoemaker said. Kukol and Shoemaker build everything by hand. They save money that way, because they pay for everything out of pocket. The animals’ enclosures are roomy, filled with plants, toys, platforms for jumping and pools for swimming. The couple’s days begin early, checking on all the animals’ water and deciding what needs to be cleaned. The lions and tigers eat about 10 pounds per day, while the bobcat eats about 4 pounds. The animals are rotated between enclosures every few days to keep them entertained. “One misconception is that we do it for ego,” Shoemaker said. “Many people get into it for ego, but you don’t stay in it for ego.” The bond between Kukol and Shoemaker and the animals is clear. Their interactions are warm and familiar. Pebbles, an orange tiger, greets Kukol by rubbing up against the fence and making a chuffing sound — a breathy noise that’s big-cat speak for “hello,” like a house cat’s purr. Kukol returns the noise as she strokes Pebbles’ cheek. There’s also Hope the liger; Elvis the white tiger; Frosty the snow white tiger; Princess the golden tabby tiger; Isis the ocelot; Tiny the serval; Luna the bobcat; two cougars, Coogie and Katz; and two lions, Bam Bam and Libby. Many of the animals lived elsewhere in Nevada but were unable to be kept by their owners. Kukol and Shoemaker also recently adopted a wallaroo, a wallaby, a lemur and four coatimundi. “The majority of people are misinformed and think these animals are from the wild,” Kukol said. “Our cats are captive bred. They’re more American than me. If you left them in the wild, they would die.” The couple runs Rexano, a nonprofit organization that supports the rights of people to keep wild and exotic animals privately. But Kukol and Shoemaker also support a reasonable amount of regulation, such as by the USDA, to ensure animals are cared for safely and humanely. “People think that we’re keeping them in small cages in our backyard, but we don’t,” Kukol said. “Cats are noisy. You can’t hide them. People actually get concerned when Bam Bam doesn’t roar.” The cats are held under a permit from Nye County. Officials inspect the property once a year and enforce regulations about how the animals must be kept. Though they aren’t USDA-regulated, Kukol and Shoemaker may apply for a license to exhibit animals in the future so they can accept occasional requests to take commercial photos of their pets, Kukol said. Even if they did receive a USDA license, the couple has no immediate plans to open to the public. “That’s why I came out here,” Kukol said. “I wanted total privacy near the mountains.”

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Jon says his pet marmoset Gemma “is like our daughter.” (Mikayla Whitmore/staff)

Jon, the monkey guru Gemma blinks with wide eyes as she sits on the shoulder of her owner, Jon, studying her surroundings. Jon, who asked to be identified only by his first name, is a marmoset owner in Clark County. Although he operates his marmoset-breeding business legally with a USDA license, local ordinances are unclear about whether marmosets can be kept privately. He said requests for clarification from local government officials have gone unanswered. Jon and his wife bought Gemma after meeting a marmoset breeder in December 2013 in Florida. Gemma arrived in January 2014 when she was a baby. Raising Gemma, now 2 and fully grown, has required a significant emotional and financial commitment. With any marmoset, the three most important needs are love, attention and discipline, Jon said. “Gemma is like our daughter,” he said. “We take her a lot of places — to the park, to PetSmart. We take her out a lot to try to educate people about marmosets.” After Gemma settled in, Jon and his wife decided to try marmoset breeding and bought an older pair named Luke and Leia. Jon now runs “The Monkey Guru,” breeding marmosets out of his house. Luke and Leia have to be cared for slightly differently than Gemma, because marmoset breeding is regulated by the USDA and their enclosure is subject to routine inspections by the agency. While Gemma lives downstairs in her own enclosure filled with toys, the breeders live together upstairs and are fed a special diet. Their enclosure also has UV lighting and a breeding box. Though Gemma is tame — Jon calls her “spoiled” — the breeders are not. They can’t be handled; it could stress the female or anger the male. Jon hopes the breeders procreate soon. “These are awesome creatures,” Jon said. “They’re different than dogs, but they’re beautiful in their own way.”

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Wynn pushes resort opening back to original date

t was at the launch of his daughter’s slipper line that Steve Wynn performed some deft footwork to explain the timeline for opening Wynn Palace in Macau. The $4.1 billion resort on the Cotai Strip was supposed to open March 25. That date recently was pushed to June 25. “What has happened is, for the past six months, the builder, Leighton, had a 90-day completion bonus of $38 million,” Wynn said. “March 25 was the date. They had been telling us up until two or three weeks ago, ‘We’ll make it,’ and they had to tell us in advance so we could start hiring people for the whole run-up to the opening.” “As it happened, 10 days ago, they told us, ‘We’re not going to make the 25th,’ because they have hit some complications in installation. We had been using March 25 as the date, so I had to make another announcement (of the June 25 opening).” Wynn said his builders often get “heartburn” during his review of properties.

good shape — but they’re “It’s all the little not going to make the early stuff, you know, with bonus.” me asking, ‘Is this up to Wynn said this sort of standard? No,’” Wynn adjustment is common. said. “The chrome is “We weren’t delayed, scratched on the window. but I got misled by my This gap in the molding builder and not in a mean hasn’t been filled and way,” Wynn said. “They stained and sanded yet. just bumped into some We’ll take a moment to John problems. But the furniput on the wall a list of Katsilometes ture has been ordered and corrections, a punch list. the fountains have been They have a week to do tested.” it, and then we give them Wynn also explained his frustrations a second punch list, and that’s always with Chinese government officials, where the rubber hits the road in the who have not yet specified how many last seven or eight hotels I’ve done.” gaming tables Wynn will be allowed at Leighton has financial motives to Wynn Palace. hit the June 25 deadline and to meet “None of us are really clear on what construction benchmarks in December our environment is going to be like goand January. ing forward, and it makes planning and “If they don’t make June 25, it’s a adjusting almost a mystical process,” $1.5 million-a-day penalty,” Wynn said. he said during an October conference “If they don’t have the first five floors call. “The notion that a person who done by Dec. 24 and we have accepted spent $2.5 billion — I’m talking about them, it’s $200,000 a day. Then, on Jan. Melco now — would not know how 24, if they don’t have the next 10 floors, many tables they’re going to have three it’s $200,000 a day. They say they are in

weeks before they open is so preposterous that it’s worthy of comment. We are hopeful that we’ll be able to press the issue and get more clarity from the leadership of the local government.” Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd.’s Studio City resort was awarded 250 gaming tables seven days before its Oct. 27 opening. “I think, in the long run, the government will do the right thing and be more understanding,” Wynn said. “They have their way of looking at it, which is not the same way a businessman has of looking at it. That’s true in this country, as well. I was probably a little tougher on them than I should have been on the conference call. But look, I have made promises to the people over there, and it’s only fair that they help me keep those promises. But it wasn’t as serious as everyone made it out to be: ‘Wynn blasts government.’ “I didn’t blast anybody. I’ve been their fair-haired boy in Macau since Day One. But it’s OK to complain a little. It’s OK to have a different point of view.”

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how to hold it together when the holidays stress you out Changing seasons can affect people’s daily habits, schedules, behaviors and general sense of well-being. And perhaps no season brings more significant changes than winter. ¶ Even in sunny Nevada, we’re not immune to experiencing the winter blues. “Seasonal affective disorder is more serious than many people realize,” said Dr. Jacob Manjooran, M.D., a boardcertified psychiatrist at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center. “It’s not simply a feeling of sadness; it causes chemical changes in the brain that lead to depression.” ¶ Add stress brought on by the holidays, and it can be a recipe for disaster. ¶ While there’s no way to prevent the seasons from changing, we can modify how we respond to the changes. What is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? SAD is a clinical depressive disorder that recurs during a specific season every year. “Most people who have seasonal affective disorder have it during the dark winter months, though some people experience it in the spring or summer,” Manjooran said. While the exact physiological mechanism that causes SAD is unknown, it is thought to be triggered by changes in daylight hours during different seasons, more so than by weather or temperature changes. Light can influence the production of serotonin, a chemical within the brain that affects mood and behavior.

Even in Nevada? Symptoms The telltale symptom of SAD is experiencing its effects during the same season annually. Symptoms generally coincide with the major symptoms of depression but may include others. The major symptoms of depression are: Feelings of sadness, guilt or worthlessness Severe and sudden social withdrawal Suicidal thoughts Insomnia or constant fatigue and low energy Lack of appetite or other sudden changes in eating habits

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Instances of SAD are higher in locations with longer, darker winters such as Alaska, the Midwest and the Northeast. However, Manjooran speculates that SAD may be under-diagnosed in Nevada. “Because it’s generally less common here, it is also not screened for as regularly,” he said.

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Tips for Managing holiday stress “For patients with SAD and patients experiencing holiday stress, the single most important thing they can do to help fight it is maintain a very consistent daily routine,” Manjooran said. While the holidays tend to disrupt routines with an influx of parties, shopping and traditions, there are many activities people can do to help maintain inner peace. Manjooran recommends the following:

Wake up and go to sleep at the same time every day

Do a minimum of 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise every day

Practice 15 minutes of Transcendental Meditation daily

Reach out for professional help when needed

Maintain a wellrounded diet and avoid overindulging in alcohol and high-carbohydrate foods

Make an effort to socialize daily; avoid isolating yourself because of stress

Higher stress levels also tend to be reported during the winter holidays regardless of geographical location. “Holiday stress is a different kind of depression that many people experience,” Manjooran said. Though causes vary from person to person, financial burdens, over commercialization, unrealistic expectations and social anxiety (because of either too many or too few social commitments) are the most common offenders.

Treatment for Seasonal Affective Disorder Because the symptoms of SAD appear suddenly and are resolved suddenly when the seasons change, treatment options include typical methods of depression treatment as well as SAD-specific options. “Treatment for depression usually follows a three-pronged approach that includes addressing the biological factor, the psychological factor and the social factor. This usually means medication, therapy and social efforts, respectively,” Manjooran said. Antidepressants such SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) can work for some patients with SAD by helping to increase serotonin levels in their brain. Regular therapy for patients leading up to the troublesome months and during those months also is important. Keeping a consistent routine and making time for friends and family are critical social components as well.

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There are other treatment options that are effective for SAD and may fall beyond typical depression treatment methods. “Light-box therapy tends to work very well for patients,” Manjooran said. “Light boxes imitate sunlight but filter out most the harmful UV rays, allowing patients to receive all the positive benefits of sunlight from an artificial source.” Light boxes are considered a first-line treatment method. They can be purchased for a relatively low cost and can be used at home daily during the darker months. Another at-home treatment option is a negatively ionized air purifier. “We don’t know exactly why this works, but it has up to a 50 percent efficacy for people with seasonal affective disorder,” Manjooran said. “It’s especially beneficial when used in tandem with light box therapy.” Other treatment options can include regular, daily cardiovascular exercise and cognitive behavioral therapy.

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The average holiday meal clocks in at

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■ Set healthy goals before the holiday rush. Make a pact with yourself: If you put on 5 pounds, stop binging and increase your activity level.

according to Wendy Ronovech, director of UnitedHealthcare’s heath, education and wellness program.

■ Load up on proteins and vegetables. Skip, or just taste, carbohydrate-heavy side dishes.

■ Substitute ingredients to make side dishes healthier and lower-calorie.

A person gains one pound of fat by consuming

3,500 CALORIES

■ Don’t starve yourself before a party. Eat fruit, yogurt or another light snack so you don’t overindulge at the gathering.

For a clean green bean casserole, use parsnips instead of creamy soup. Add caramelized onions and nutritional yeast, which has a cheesy-nutty taste and binds foods together.

■ Peruse the culinary offerings before grabbing a plate. Think about how often you eat each item. If it’s a food you eat throughout the year, leave it. Save your calories for specialty dishes.

To make mashed potatoes, use half potatoes and half mashed cauliflower. Mix in one teaspoon of extra-virgin olive oil in place of butter or margarine, sea salt, ground pepper and nutritional yeast instead of cheese.

HOLIDAY HEALTH TIPS Dinner bells ring, are you listening? On the table, a feast is glistening. A beautiful sight, we’re eating tonight. Gorging in a party wonderland. BY BOBBIE KATZ | SPECIAL TO THE SUNDAY

The holidays are upon us again, and with them comes some food for thought: The average American gains more than a pound from Halloween to New Year’s Eve, and 10 percent of the population packs on 5-plus pounds during the holiday stretch. There are ways, however, to tip the scale in your favor. Here’s the skinny on how to have a delightful holiday while leaving the big thighs where they belong — attached to the large bird on the table.

■ Watch portion size. If you must have stuffing, take a portion no bigger than your fist. If you must have fudge, take a portion the size of your thumb.

A healthy plate comprises one-half fruits and vegetables, one-quarter protein and one-quarter carbohydrates.

■ Avoid the “clean plate club.” Eat until you’re full, not until your plate is clean.

■ Use a small plate. Instead of indulging in food, focus on conversation.

■ Use the fork trick. After taking a bite, place your fork down on your plate and let go of it while you chew and swallow. This will help you slow down, enjoy your food and be more in touch with your body’s satiety signals.

■ Share dessert. Instead of having a full slice of pumpkin pie, split a piece with a loved one so you can still enjoy but in smaller portions.

■ Create active holiday traditions. Plan a family-friendly football game, go crosscountry skiing, participate in a Santa run or walk to the mall.

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Dave Fitzjarrell picks pinyon pine cones every fall. After discarding the outer shell and another casing, he soaks the nuts in water. The good ones sink. The bad ones float. (kyle roerink/staff)

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Every Christmas, Dave Fitzjarrell hosts a prime rib and goose dinner for his family. The expensive meats are part of the tradition, but what his family craves most is the pine nut stuffing. “I can’t put my finger on the taste,” Fitzjarrell said. “It’s unlike anything else I know.” The side dish is a product of Fitzjarrell’s industriousness. Every fall, he travels to Great Basin National Park to pick pinyon pine cones from the Nevada wilderness. With the mighty Mount Wheeler at his back, he shakes trees, places fallen cones into bags and heads back to his campsite for extensive manual labor. The park allows families to collect up to 25 pounds of nuts each year for personal use. Hundreds of visitors every year pull their cars to the sides of dirt roads and wander off-trail to find caches of cones. Truck beds filled with gunny sacks are a common sight. It’s a labor of love. Harvesting pinyon pine nuts is not for the faint-hearted. Fitzjarrell and most of the other Great Basin pickers have their own methods for collecting and shelling the pine nuts.

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Fitzjarrell scours the forest holding a homemade cone grabber, gloves and a bucket. His contraption is a pool cleaner that extends 10 feet. He uses it to fill the buckets, which he takes back to a picnic bench at his camp site. Picker Steve Frederikson crouched as his son prodded trees with a 10-foot rake. Frederikson came to Great Basin as part of a four-truck, 12-person convoy from Salt Lake City. “My wife has a fondness for them,” he said. “I don’t know what it is.” Others use ladders and pick with their hands. The less energetic simply grab the cones that have fallen to the ground. Then comes shucking. On a warm September afternoon, Fitzjarrell sat with a beer, a pile of cones and a pair of blue dishwashing gloves. To keep pine gum from mucking up his hands, he doused

his gloves with cooking oil spray and started cracking. The pine cones are a greenish brown and look like hand grenades. Fitzjarrell tossed them over his shoulder into a pile. To collect one pound of pine nuts, a harvester must spend about three hours ripping apart conical pine cones, then popping nuts out of a thinner, almond-like casing. Pine nuts have two shells. Fitzjarrell threw the pine nuts into a pot of water, a trick he learned during his four years of nut collecting, to separate the bad from the good. Tasty nuts sink to the bottom; bad nuts float to the top. At a retail cost of more than $10 per bag, the free nuts are a bargain for those who don’t mind the labor. Many brands of packaged pinyon pine nuts come from Asian countries, and customers have reported a bitter, unpleasant taste to the nuts in recent years. Fitzjarrell has never had that problem. Aside from stuffing, he likes to bake his pine nuts for 15 minutes at 350 degrees without salt. Others like them chopped for pesto or mixed with salad. Squirrels and birds love them raw. “What you get here isn’t like the stuff from China,” Fitzjarrell said. “You can’t beat the quality.”

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Age: 9-month-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Lyra is nearsighted and blind to anything outside of her immediate presence. With comforting and reassurance, she will purr her heart out in your arms. Adoption fee: $40

Age: 12-year-old neutered male Breed: “Chug” (Chihuahua and pug) Description: Loverboy is ready for a fresh start. He is compatible with cats, dogs and children, and he is house-trained and crate-trained. Adoption fee: $30

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Age: 11-year-old spayed female Breed: Orange tabby Description: Nona, brokenhearted from her owner’s death, is emerging from depression. She favors the company of gentle, older people, and she is fine with cats and dogs. Adoption fee: $20

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Age: 2-year-old spayed female Breed: Leonine silver tabby, declawed by previous owner (front paws) Description: Sophie thrives with peace and routine. She loves catnip. A calm home environment is ideal for Sophie. Adoption fee: $40

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When the UNLV football team played in the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl, In 1995, the payout for each team participating in the Las Vegas Bowl was $175,000. former Rebels coach John Robinson called the game the Rose Now, 20 years later, BYU and Utah Bowl for the UNLV program. ¶ Robinson previously coached each will receive $1 million for the ABC-televised game. This isn’t at USC, where the goal each season was to win the Pac-10 Conference Royal Purple the same bowl as two decades to earn an automatic bid to the Rose Bowl. He may have been Las Vegas Bowl ago. It has gone from barely When: 12:30 p.m. Dec. 19 registering nationally because it foreshadowing. ¶ While the Las Vegas Bowl doesn’t have the history Where: Sam Boyd Stadium featured mid-major conference and national championship significance of games such as the Rose TV: ABC, Cox Channel 13 schools such as Toledo, Central Tickets: Sold out Michigan and UNR, to a respected Bowl or Orange Bowl, it has developed into one of the can’t-miss games event with big-time opponents. on the college bowl docket — a network-televised event that draws Having a participant from the Pac-12 Conference gave the game national packed crowds. Las Vegas has seen great players, hosted historic programs appeal. And thanks to regional opponents and had sellout after sellout each December at Sam Boyd Stadium. ¶ This such as BYU, Boise State, Utah and USC that have packed Sam Boyd Stadium each season, season, with the Holy War of BYU-Utah arguably the most intriguing matchup in the Las Vegas Bowl has the potential to grow. the game’s more than 20-year history, we look back at other memorable moments: Overtime starts in Las Vegas Humble beginnings The Las Vegas Bowl was created in 1992 by community leaders hoping to bring revenue to the valley during a traditionally slow month. It now ranks as the 16th-oldest bowl game of the 40 recognized by the NCAA. In its first 20 years, the Las Vegas Bowl brought more than 380,000 visitors to Las Vegas and pumped nearly $206 million into the local economy in nongaming revenue alone, bowl officials said.

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Toledo’s 40-37 victory against UNR in 1995 was the first time a Division I-A game was decided in overtime. Overtime rules, still used today, were adopted in the 1995 bowl season. The rule change gave Toledo a rare distinction: It finished 100-1 on the season, winning one game in overtime and having another end in regulation as a tie.

Rebels down Arkansas UNLV has a 2-0 record in Las Vegas Bowl games, including the best bowl victory in school history when the Rebels beat Arkansas 31-14 in the 2000 game. (We know, the Rebels have played in just four bowls all-time). Jason Thomas was so good, completing 12 of 17 passes for 217 yards and three touchdowns, NFL draft expert Mel Kiper Jr. projected the UNLV quarterback as a first-round pick. A then-record crowd of 25,868 attended, mostly hometown fans who showed that Robinson was right — this is UNLV’s version of the Rose Bowl. The Rebels also won the 1994 Las Vegas Bowl, downing Central Michigan 52-24 on Henry Bailey’s four touchdowns.

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Carson Palmer won the Heisman Trophy in 2002 and helped turn Pete Carroll’s Trojans into one of college football’s most successful programs. But in 2001, Palmer found little success at the Las Vegas Bowl, passing for 150 yards with no touchdowns as USC fell to Utah, 10-6. In the 2002 season, Palmer was the MVP of the Orange Bowl, passing for more than 300 yards. The following two seasons, with Palmer in the NFL, USC won national championships.

Eldorado High product steven Jackson tied a bowl record with five touchdowns in 2003 for Oregon State in its 5514 victory against New Mexico. After the game, a few miles from where he grew up, Jackson announced at Sam Boyd he was turning professional. “No matter what I do, I know I’m going to be successful,” he said. “As a running back, everybody is gunning for you and you’ve only got so many carries left in your body.” Jackson was a first-round draft pick, rushing for 11,388 yards in nine NFL seasons.

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rivalry is back on Tickets to the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl sold out within hours of the announcement that Utah would take on BYU, and prices on the secondary market more than tripled. It’s a matchup neither fan base wants to miss after a two-year break in the heated rivalry dubbed the “Holy War.” Utah had won four in a row before the schools decided to discontinue the series for the first time since the 1940s, when BYU didn’t field a team during World War II. Beyond snapping the streak, the Cougars will be motivated by the chance to send coach Bronco Mendenhall out a winner. Mendenhall has led BYU for the past 11 years, including to three Las Vegas Bowl wins in five appearances. He recently accepted an offer at Virginia. Utah-BYU games are typically closely contested, with four of the past five meetings and a remarkable 14 of the past 17 decided by less than a touchdown. The gaming industry expects another close one, with Station Casinos listing Utah as a narrow 2.5-point favorite.

Blocked kick at buzzer BYU is 3-2 in Las Vegas Bowl games, including a 17-16 victory against UCLA in 2007 when Eathyn Manumaleuna blocked a 28-yard Kai Forbath field goal at the end of the game.

BYU and Utah first played each other in 1896. Utah holds a 57-34-4 series advantage. (associated press File)

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Earn and Win oval casserole dish Date: Dec. 18-19 Time: 2 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Information: Earn 2,500 points Friday through Saturday to receive a ticket for an oval casserole dish. Limit one per week and three dishes total. Earn and Win wrapping paper Date: Dec. 14-15 Time: 2:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Information: Earn 1,000 points Monday and Tuesday to receive a holiday gift wrapping set. Limit one per week and four per month. Mystery multiplier Date: Dec. 18 Information: Swipe your loyalty card at a kiosk to receive up to 12x points. Earn and Win buffet Date: Dec. 16 and 23 Information: Earn 100 points to receive a free lunch or dinner buffet. Crock Pot of Cash Date: Dec. 27-28 Information: Earn 5,000 points over both days to receive a slow cooker. One person also will receive $1,000. 16x point multiplier Date: Dec. 31 Time: 9 p.m.-midnight Information: Receive 16x points on video reels and slots. Loyalty card must be swiped at a kiosk to activate the promotion. $16,000 Neon New Year slot tournament Date: Jan. 1-2 Information: Entry costs $25. Top prize is $5,000.

EL CORTEZ

Gift card giveaway Date: December Information: Players using their loyalty card and winning a jackpot of $200 or more on a slot machine, a jackpot of $200 or more on five-cent video poker or lower, a jackpot of $300 or more on a ten-cent video poker high denomination machine, or a jackpot of $200 or more on live keno will receive their choice of a gift card from El Cortez, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Shell, Chevron, Smith’s or Zappos.com.

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Second chance drawings Date: Mondays through Dec. 28 Information: Receive a drawing ticket for every $10 losing NFL bet. Draw-

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ings will be conducted after halftime of Monday Night Football. Four winners will be chosen each week. The top prize is $500. Fourth annual Feed a Family Date: Through Dec. 15 Information: Loyalty card members can donate as many points as they choose; for every 12,000 points contributed, Arizona Charlie’s will donate a food basket to a local family. Picture Perfect giveaway Date: Dec. 16-20 Information: Receive a digital picture frame when you earn 2,500 base points. New Year’s Countdown of Cash Date: Dec. 21-Jan. 1 Information: Receive one drawing entry for every 500 base points earned. At 8:15 p.m. Dec. 28, 29 and 30, five drawing winners will be chosen, with a top prize of $1,000. If the winners are not present, the prize will roll over to the Jan. 1 drawing. At 6:30, 8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 31, one winner will be drawn for a $2,500 prize. At 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1, one drawing winner will be selected for a prize of $2,500, plus all unclaimed prizes.

Jokers Wild Point multipliers Date: Wednesdays Information: Receive 11x points on reels and 7x points on video poker and multigame machines.

Westgate Rockin’ 777 slot tournament Date: Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays Time: 4-8 p.m. Information: Free for loyalty club members. The top five winners will receive $100 in slot play.

Golden gate and the d Reelin’ Your Way to Mexico Date: Through April 30 Information: Loyalty card members can earn drawing entries playing blackjack, keno, slots or video poker. Drawings at the D will be at 8 p.m. Jan. 31 and March 31. Drawings at the Golden Gate will be at 8 p.m. Dec. 30, Feb. 29 and April 30. The grand prize is a cruise July 17-21 to Mexico.

SUNCOAST $16,000 poker football squares Date: Through Jan. 3 Information: Earn squares for each ace-high flush or better. Win up to $1,000 per week.

$20,000 Table Games hot seat Date: Fridays and Saturdays Time: 7-11 p.m. Information: Players with loyalty cards are eligible.

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Two Ticket Touchdown drawing Date: Earn tickets through Jan. 3; drawing is Jan. 23 Information: Earn one entry for every natural four of a kind with a maximum bet on any 25-cent or higher bar-top video poker machine at the M Bar, casino bar or 32 Degrees Draft Bar. The grand prize is two tickets to the Super Bowl and a $2,500 Visa gift card.

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Pro Pick ’em football contest Date: Weekly Information: Pick winning teams to collect a share of $13,000 in prizes each week of the football season. Each entry costs $25.

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$20,000 Pro Football challenge Date: Tuesdays through Sundays Information: Swipe your card at a kiosk to win up to $500 in slot play. $3,000 Roaring Riches Date: The 15th of every month Time: 7 and 8 p.m. Information: Twenty people are guaranteed to win cash or play; top prize is $1,000. Held inside the Corona Cantina.

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Football Widows Date: Sundays through Jan. 3 Information: Receive discounts on cabana rentals, spa treatments and more. $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.

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Pick the Pros Date: Through NFL season Information: There will be a $30,000 prize pool every week of the NFL season in this free contest. Players select the winners of each week’s slate of games, straight up, and winners are selected by the number of correct picks. If there is only one top performer during a given week, that

player wins the entire $30,000 prize pool. If there is a tie among multiple players, one player will be selected randomly to receive $10,000, while the remaining winners will split a $20,000 pool.

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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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Top of the Hill daily slot tournament Date: Wednesdays and Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: First place is $500.

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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. The 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. The top prize is $1,500; the total prize pool is $5,200. Pro football game of the week cash giveaway Date and time: 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and 1:15 p.m. Sundays Information: Poker players will be selected randomly every time there is a score for a chance to win $50 for a field goal, $100 for a touchdown or $200 for a safety. Payle$$ with your points Date: Dec. 14-30 Information: Receive a 50 percent discount when paying for services using card points. Promotion is valid at bars, restaurants, gift shops, liquor stores, bingo games, Costa del Sur Spa and Salon, South Point Showroom, movie theater, bowling arena and while purchasing tickets to New Year’s Eve events.

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$25,000 Pro Day Parlay football contest Date: Through Dec. 30 Information: This 17-week contest will award 10 winners each week. Select the most winning teams to win a share of $1,475 in free play.

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added to their account. Point multipliers Date: Wednesdays and Thursdays Information: Receive 25x points for the first 500 base points earned on Wednesdays. Receive 30x points for the first 500 base points earned on Thursdays.

ORLEANS Ho Ho Ho Holiday cash drawing Date: Saturdays Time: Hourly, 1-6 p.m. Information: Earn drawing entries during the week. Ten players will win slot play, cash and more. Point multiplier Date: Sundays Information: Earn 30x points on penny reels. Cash grab Date: Mondays Information: Earn 300 points and receive a voucher from a kiosk. Top prize is $500.

SLS $500,000 Our House is Your House giveaway Date: Sundays Time: 7 p.m. Information: Ten people will choose one of 10 prizes; the grand prize pays your mortgage. Additionally, winners will be eligible for a grand finale house drawing in December. To participate, players must earn 25 slot or video points or have an average bet of $15 for one hour on a table game. Double entries can be earned Monday through Thursday. Gift giveaway Date: Dec. 18, 19, 26 and 30 Information: Mail recipients and guests who earn 250 slot points or 500 video poker points can receive a gift.

GOLDEN NUGGET Versace 16•69 Handbag giveaway Date: Dec. 14-16 Information: Earn 2,000 base points and receive a handbag.

GOLD COAST Ho Ho Ho Holiday cash drawing Date: Fridays Time: Hourly, 1-6 p.m. Information: Earn drawing entries during the week. Ten players will win slot play, cash and more. Point multiplier Date: Sundays and Mondays Information: Earn 30x points on penny reels.

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Regents should revisit refusal to modify CSN campus names

t’s possible you missed the news, but UNLV is being renamed the University of Nevada, Maryland Parkway. And UNR is being renamed University of Nevada, Virginia Street. The decisions were reached after the Board of Regents concluded that identifying campuses by the street they are on is more important for branding than the community they are in and serve. So UNLV students can start saying they attend UNMP. Of course, we’re joking. But not about the frustration that community leaders have with a committee of regents for blowing off a simple request that signs and other promotional material for three College of Southern Nevada campuses bear the name of the city where the college is located. Identifying the CSN Cheyenne Campus, for example, doesn’t help locate it, given that Cheyenne Avenue stretches from near Nellis Air Force Base through North Las Vegas and Las Vegas, all the way to the base of Lone

Mountain. Why not nurture the town-and-gown relationship that North Las Vegas has with CSN? Oh, promoting a partnership like that would be too obvious. So while North Las Vegas civic leaders had hoped the CSN campus on Cheyenne could be identified as the “North Las Vegas campus” — a nice perk when selling the city to businesses and residents, and conversely for the community to rally more around “their” campus — regents said it wasn’t important, leave us alone, go away. It was almost insulting, as if the regents didn’t want the community college to dare be associated with North Las Vegas. And the CSN Charleston campus? Charleston Boulevard runs from the far east side of the valley to the Red Rock National Recreation Area. So let’s call the campus what it is: CSN Las Vegas, for its location close to the center of the valley. But no, said the regents. We must mark it by a street name.

It’s not like the folks making the decisions are trying to be consistent. CSN’s other campus is identified, rightly, as CSN Henderson. How did Henderson work that deal? It just makes too much sense. What were they thinking? It must have been a mistake. If regents wonder how they can get more respect from the community, they might ask themselves how much respect they show their communities. More about names — such as the Rebels Speaking of colleges and names, we applaud the decision by UNLV President Len Jessup to keep the nickname Rebels, which the community overwhelmingly supports, after his staff conducted an in-depth review of the history and meaning of the name in context to the university. The country — as it should — turned its attention to lingering racism after the massacre in June of nine churchgoers at Emanuel African Methodist

Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Displays of the Confederate flag and other confederate trappings from the Civil War have been removed throughout the South, raising the question of the use of the name “Rebels” in our community. Rainier Spencer, the university’s chief diversity officer, dug deep into history to show that the name Rebels was taken to reflect not only the campus’ independence and spirit but also its disdain for Northern Nevada politicians, who in the 1950s controlled the state’s purse strings and decidedly were stingy with what was then Nevada Southern, a satellite campus of UNR before UNLV was created. An outgrowth of that rebel attitude was the adoption of the confederate wolf, Beauregard, as the campus mascot. But to the university’s credit, Beauregard was dispatched in the 1970s because of its Confederate symbolism, decades before the latest national cleansing of racist icons and images.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Sunday, december 13 “Sustainability Gulch”: This 25-minute show, presented by the Las Vegas Family Puppet Theater Company, focuses on sustainability in the desert. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., free with admission, Big Springs Theater inside the Origen Museum, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org. *Also: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on weekends through February, as well as Jan. 1, Jan. 18 and Feb. 15

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Ingredients 1 oz El Silencio Mezcal Espadín /2 oz Grand Marnier

1 oz Om Organic Mixology Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Liqueur /2 oz Blandy’s Madeira 5 Years Old

Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout Orange peel for garnish Cinnamon stick for garnish Star anise for garnish Method

Combine the first four ingredients with ice, then top with beer and stir. Strain into a stemmed glass with ice. Garnish with orange peel, cinnamon stick and star anise. While this cocktail looks festive with faux snow and a ribbon, don’t let the decorations fool you. Beneath the adornment, this cocktail is rich, dark and smoky. It’s certainly not your grandmother’s eggnog, but what better way to spice up a holiday party than to buck tradition? Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Wine & Spirits.

Art Explorations: An art-therapy program designed to improve quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, dementia, multiple sclerosis and multiple system atrophy. Registration required. 4-5:30 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-483-6055. Snow in the Square: Watch a flurry of snowflakes fall as classic holiday music plays. 7 p.m., free, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com. *Also: 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 7 and 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday

Tuesday, December 15 Southern Nevada Forum: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: Share your thoughts and concerns about Southern Nevada’s transportation systems and infrastructure. 8-9:30 a.m., free, Las Vegas City Hall, 495 S. Main St., bmcanallen@lasvegasnevada.gov. Season of Light: Explore the origins of and rituals connected with Christmas, Hanukkah and Diwali (a festival of light celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs). View and discuss manuscripts, sculptures, menorahs and other objects from the Cleveland Museum of Art and Temple Tifereth Israel. 11 a.m.-noon, free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-778-6702. Shade Tree benefit and auction: Bid on items during live and silent auctions to raise money for the Shade Tree shelter. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free, Realty One Group Green

An infant smiles during a visit to Santa’s cottage at Tivoli Village. (mona shield payne/file)

PICTURES WITH SANTA There still are many opportunities to pose with Santa before Christmas. Here are a few options: Downtown Summerlin: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 13; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Dec. 14-18; 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Dec. 19; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Dec. 20; 9 a.m.10 p.m. Dec. 21-23; 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 24. Photo packages cost $22-$48. 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, downtownsummerlin.com. Tivoli Village: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 13; noon-4 p.m. Dec. 18; 9 a.m.4 p.m. Dec. 19; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 20; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 21-24. Photo packages cost $10-$20. 440 S. Rampart Blvd., tivolivillagelv.com. Town Square: 11:25 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 13; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 14-19; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Dec. 20-23. Photo packages cost $20-$45. Reservations must be made online. 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, townsquaresanta.com. Galleria Mall: 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 13; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Dec. 14-Dec. 23; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 24. Photo packages cost $22-$48. 1300 W. Sunset Road, 702-434-0202. Meadows Mall: 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Dec. 13; noon-7:30 p.m. Dec. 1419; 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Dec. 20; noon-7:30 p.m. Dec. 21-23; 8 a.m.5:30 p.m. Dec. 24. Photo packages cost $20-$30. Reservations must be made online. 4300 Meadows Lane, meadowsmall.com.

Valley office, 2831 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 100, 702-454-5304. Sierra Nevada beer dinner: Featuring dishes by Executive Chef Ben Halley and ales, pilsners and IPAs by Sierra Nevada. 6:30 p.m., $49, Made L.V., Tivoli Village, 450 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-722-2000.

Wednesday, December 16 Holiday party for patients, caregivers and friends in the clinic and the community: Celebrate the winter holidays with musical entertainment and festive treats.

The clinic will collect packaged foods for Meals on Wheels to deliver to homebound seniors. Reservations requested. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-778-6702. Las Vegas job diversity fair: Bring resumes and dress for success. The job fair will showcase diversity-minded companies. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, jobertising.com.

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Medical Center physicians for a nature walk and health talk on the Springs Preserve trails. 9:3010:30 a.m., free, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org. Holiday Nights and Lights: Watch students entertain with holiday performances. 7 p.m., free, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com. *Also: Thursdays through Dec. 17

Friday, December 18 Winter festival: Enjoy a visit from Santa Claus, holiday caroling and horse-drawn carriage rides. 5:308:30 p.m., free, Walnut Recreation Center, 3075 N. Walnut Road, 702-455-8402. Passionately Pink Pong: Part of the USA Table Tennis national championships, this event will benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure and will feature a DJ, pink pingpong tables, pink paddles and prize drawings. 8-11 p.m., $25-$100, The Linq, 3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, thelinq.com. “James and the Giant Peach”: The Winchester Headliners Theater Program will end its fall session with a production based on the classic Roald Dahl book. 7-9 p.m, $5-$7, Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340.

Jingle Bell Run: Ring in the holiday season with a 3.1-mile fun run along the Pittman Wash Trail. 9 a.m., $25, Pecos Legacy Park, 150 Pecos Road, cityofhenderson.com.

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Car seat check: Certified child passenger safety technicians will be available to check and install car seats. Hosted by Safe Kids Clark County and Sunrise Children’s Hospital. 10 a.m., free, the District at Green Valley Ranch, 100 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-731-8666. Morelli House public tours: Listed on the national and state registers of historic places, the Morelli House features classic Las Vegas mid-century architecture and was home to Antonio Morelli, longtime orchestra conductor in the Sands Hotel Copa Showroom. 10:30 a.m., free, Morelli House, 861 E. Bridger Ave., jllv.org. Women Empowering Women: A vendor event featuring women vendors, a raffle and more. 11 a.m., free, Heritage Park Senior Facility, 300 S. Racetrack Road, 702-267-2950. Santa Baby holiday show: Inspired by the Andrews Sisters and other 1940s, ’50s and ’60s female groups, the Belles will celebrate the holidays in retro style with vocal renditions of classics. 7 p.m., $10-$15, Charleston Heights Art Center, 800 S. Brush St., thebeverlybelles.com.

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Real estate resurrection After years of relative inactivity amid the economic downturn, action is picking up in the valley By Eli Segall | Staff Writer

Las Vegas’ commercial real estate industry soared with the boom, collapsed with the bust, then was quiet for a few years. ¶ Today, business is picking up. ¶ Investors are building projects, signing leases and, to tenants’ dismay, raising rents. Buyers also are scooping up properties but not as often as they did a few years ago, when prices were lower. comm ercial r e al estat e, Continued on page 53

$126.5M 7.5% The exit fee Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International and Las Vegas Sands would have to pay, on top of additional fees, to end their contracts with NV Energy.

Anticipated increase in passengers at McCarran International Airport in the second quarter of 2016, according to aviation marketing officials.

$63.8M 6.8% Amount Steve Wynn spent to buy 1 million shares of his company’s stock on the open market. Wynn, who already was Wynn Resorts’ largest stockholder, now controls 11.07 million shares.

Las Vegas’ unemployment rate in September, down from more than 14 percent in 2010 but still the highest rate among the country’s 51 largest metro areas.

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

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VINTAGE VEGAS: NEVADA TOWN WAS LARGER THAN LAS VEGAS A booming mining town in the early 1900s, Searchlight today primarily is know as the birthplace and former home of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid. During its heyday, the Lincoln County town housed 1,500 people — more than Las Vegas at the time. But the majority of the area’s mining operations dried up by 1920.

Since then, Searchlight, 55 miles south of Las Vegas, has seen a consistent decline in population. The 2010 U.S. Census counted just 539 residents. Pictured here is a photograph of Searchlight Town Hall on Jan. 27, 1980. — REBECCA CLIFFORD-CRUZ

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Tina D. Taylor, vice president investment specialist at Marcus & Millichap, had the exclusive listing to market Taco Bell Store No. 35, a 2,478-square-foot net-leased property. It sold for $2.88 million.

MDL Group joined CORFAC International as a domestic affiliate and will cover Southern Nevada. CORFAC Internagermain tional is made up of privately held entrepreneurial firms with expertise in office, industrial, retail, tenant and landlord representation, investment sales, multifamily, self-storage, acquisitions and dispositions, property management and corporate services. Hayim Mizrachi, president and principal of MDL Group/CORFAC International, is the principal point of contact to CORFAC International and manages MDL Group’s brokerage services practice. MDL Group was co-founded in 1989 by Carol Cline-Ong and Curt Anderson. In 2014, the firm closed more than $70 million in transactions.

Sandy Olson, vice president and general counsel of Roche Constructors, is a management member of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for Nevada. She was appointed by Gov. Brian Sandoval and previously served as the alternate member on the board.

Brian Fike is vice president of investment services at Colliers International-Las Vegas. He represents buyers, sellers, tenants and developers of netleased investments. Brenda Olson is an associate with Gatski Commercial’s retail properties division of brokerage fike services. Olson specializes in retail assets including ground-up development, acquisitions, and landlord and tenant representation. John Sanders is assistant vice president of commercial real estate sales at Chicago Title Insurance Co. of Nevada. Greg Jubinville is a project manager at DC Building Group. DC Building Group and QAF sanders Investments broke ground on the Rainbow-Santoli Commercial Center at Rainbow Boulevard and Santoli Avenue. DC Building Group moved into a 6,000-square-foot corporate office at 101 E. Warm Springs Road, which replaces its former 4,000-square-foot space at 6110 Elton Ave. In addition, DC Building Group is the construction manager at risk (CMAR) for an expansion of the Englestad Campus Thomas & Mack Building at Opportunity Village. The nearly 38,000-squarefoot expansion and 10,000-square-foot interior renovation has an estimated project value of $5 million.

Kim Kurtz-Ferraro is a project manage at Roche Constructors. She has 16 years of experience as an estimator, project manager and project engineer. The Nevada Department of Transportation awarded Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. a $559.4 million contract for Project Neon, a 3.7-mile widening of Interstate 15 between Sahara Avenue and the Spaghetti Bowl. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2016, with completion in 2019. Members of the 2016 Commercial Alliance Las Vegas board of directors include president Soozi Jones Walker, Commercial Executives Real Estate Services; immediate past president Bobbi Miracle, Commercial Executives Real Estate Services; president-elect Jennifer Ott, ROI Commercial Real Estate; treasurer Paul Bell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties; director Robin Civish, ROI Commercial Real Estate; director Cathy Jones, Sun Commercial Real Estate; director Tom Lisiewski, Your Real Estate Co., Commercial Marketing Group; and director Tedd Rosenstein, Nevada Development and Realty Company. Commercial Alliance Las Vegas is the commercial real estate division of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors. The D Las Vegas opened an 11,000-square-foot meeting and convention space on the 12th floor of the hotel. Owners also renovated the ballroom, breakout rooms, an outdoor terrace, “Man Cave” party rooms and a fitness and business center. Majestic Realty Co. was named NAIOP 2015 Developer of the Year. Majestic is the largest privately held industrial developer in the country. During the past year, it completed nine buildings, adding more than 6 million square feet and increasing its ownership portfolio to 78 million square feet. Caesars Palace Las Vegas is transforming the Roman Tower into the Julius Tower. The $75 million renovation is designed by Michael Medeiros of KNA Design and is expected to by complete by January.

USI, a construction services provider of installed insulation, acquired Silver State Specialties, a North Las Vegas full-line insulation and specialty services contractor. Bill Ickes, founder of Silver State Specialities, will helm the new USI Silver State. DRA Advisors LLC acquired Village Square, a 250,000-square-foot, open-air retail, dining, entertainment and professional office center at 9400 W. Sahara Ave. Sentinel will continue to manage the property. Southern Nevada CCIM Chapter honored six members who earned the Certified Commercial Investment Member designation: Antone Brazill, principal at Brazill Team Real Estate; C. Roger Jeffries, investment sales associate at Sun Commercial Real Estate; Paula Lea, associate at Cushman & Wakefield Commerce; Eric Molfetta, senior associate at Colliers International; Jennifer Ott, executive vice president of retail at ROI Commercial Real Estate; and Salina Ramirez, commercial agent at Commercial Executive Real Estate Services. Dapper Companies, headed by real estate broker and developer J Dapper, purchased three properties in the Huntridge area of downtown Las Vegas: the Huntridge Shopping Center, 1120 E. Charleston Blvd., about 62,000 square feet, purchased for $5.2 million; 602 S. Maryland Parkway, including 12,000 square feet of retail space and a fourplex, purchased for $775,000; and 630 S. 11th St., about 5,000 square feet of retail space, purchased for $415,000. Dapper and his companies are remodeling the properties. Benjamin Tarsi is a real estate analyst at CommCap Advisors. Cushman & Wakefield/Commerce hired 10 brokers: Jennifer Levine and Elizabeth Moore are directors of industrial properties. Jayne Cayton, senior director, and Matt Kreft, senior associate, focus on tenant prospecting, landlord representation and lease negotiation of office properties. Carl Sims, executive director and multifamily specialist, and Taylor Sims, director, are a multifamily investment team. Nicholas Barber and Jeremy Foley, directors, specialize in the leasing and sale of office and retail properties. Lauren Tabeek, director, represents retail clients, specializing in leasing, sales, valuation and financial analysis. And Jason Park, associate, joined the retail team of Dan Hubbard and Todd Manning. In addition, Brittany Kemer joined the company as branch operations coordinator, and Dan Palmeri was promoted to senior director.

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For restaurateur, it’s best to be fresh Nikki Ferraro grew up around the restaurant industry. And her husband’s parents own Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar, a 30-year staple of the Las Vegas food scene. This year, Ferraro opened two locations of Pizza Forte (at Sunset Station and Hard Rock Hotel). And for the past year, she has served as president of the board of directors for Aid for AIDS of Nevada, which raised nearly $130,000 at this year’s Black & White Party and $440,000 at its annual AIDS Walk. got us ready for school, went to work, picked us up, made dinner, put us to bed and sometimes went back to work. No nanny, babysitters, neighbors or family to help out. We just went to work with them and figured it out. My Saturday and Sunday mornings consisted of pumping gas at my grandma’s gas station in New York, or when we moved to Wisconsin, sitting in the office while she did the books. I honestly don’t know how they did it and got everything done. I bring food home from the restaurant on some nights because I can’t find the time to make dinner. Thank God my kids love pasta! I hope to pass down what these two amazing women taught me.

What is the best business advice you’ve received, and whom did it come from? The advice was to love what I do every day or stop doing it. This comes from my 96-year-old great-grandmother. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? My husband, Mimmo, and I recently traveled to Minnesota for my best friend’s wedding. We opted out of renting a car because everything is so close to downtown and was right outside of our hotel. Bikes were available to rent for up to 24 hours. There were docking stations all over the city. We had the best time. I love traveling to cities like that because they are so full of outdoor activities. I wish we had more of that. What did you learn from your experience at your family’s business, Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar? I have learned in my career to never underestimate the people walking in the door. From T-shirts to suits, they are all people and deserve to be treated the same. I’m glad I understand the power of kindness; it has gotten me very far. What makes Pizza Forte unique? I know there are so many pizza shops around, and everyone has the same objective: to make a good pizza. I, however, think we really freaking do! Our dough and sauces are made fresh every day. Our produce is delivered every other day. We don’t even have a freezer. Plus, how many restaurants are there where you actually see the owners, chef and family members? You do at Pizza Forte. All of our pizzas are made in the front of the house so you can watch your pizza being made. We encourage our staff to really engage the customers and to know something about them before they leave. What are you reading?

Nikki Ferraro, co-owner of Pizza Forte, says the shop doesn’t have a freezer. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

“The 5 Love Languages” by Gary Chapman, and “How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale,” by Jenna Jameson and Neil Strauss. What do you do after work? Pick up the kids from school, run errands, put the kids to bed, then drink wine with friends. Our home is my favorite place to be. We have so many barbecues and nights in the backyard with the fire pit. Describe your management style. According to my husband, I am the loud one. I think I am relatable, and I am not afraid to roll up my sleeves and get dirty. I’m not going to tell you how I want things done; I’m going to show you. Where do you see yourself and your company in 10 years? By 2025, hopefully juggling many more properties for Pizza Forte, yet still coming up with new and fun projects. We can’t afford for me to be bored; I’ll knock a wall down and figure out how to put it back up.

What is your dream job, outside of your current field? Farm owner. We have two turtles, two dogs, five chickens, five fruit trees and a huge garden. My favorite time of the day is 6 a.m., when I wake up, make coffee, go in my backyard and water all of the trees and feed all of the animals. I let the kids pick the eggs. I would try to bring more animals home, but at this point, I think we are maxed. If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? The world is a very large place. I would have to travel a lot more to find that place. But for now, I would have to say Napa. I get the best of all worlds — wine, land for my farm, adorable homes, amazing restaurants. I said wine, right? Whom do you admire and why? I have so much admiration for the women in my life. When my grandmother was raising me, and my mother-in-law was raising three kids, they did everything on their own. They

What is your biggest pet peeve? So, so many. Personally, it’s how long it takes my husband to answer questions. “Babe, want to go to a movie?” Ten minutes later, he answers. How long does it really take to answer that question? Clearly that one still gets me; it’s fresh. At work, it’s when people eat more than half of their food, then complain about it. It was so bad, I ate almost all of it. Go home! Also, I am understanding of dietary restrictions and complications — my son and husband are lactose-intolerant — but when people come into the pizza shop and want us to make them a gluten-free, no-cheese, veggie-only-but-no-peppers-because-it-gives-them-gasand-no-onions-because-they-don’tlike-them whole pizza, then only want to buy a single slice. Where do you like to go for business lunches? I’ll dine anywhere with a patio. What is something people might not know about you? I’m double-jointed and can walk on my toes. I also have an obsession with tree houses, and I am capable of eating an entire pack of double-stuffed Oreos by myself in one sitting. I eat them after the kids go to bed so I don’t have to share.

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500 Hotel rooms in the California scheduled to be upgraded. The renovation will incorporate a modern Hawaiian colonial design.

$1.6 Million Funding the Nevada Center of Excellence is expected to receive over the next two years from the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The center is a nonprofit incubator at the Desert Research Institute for water technology startups. It aims to improve conservation efforts in Nevada.

5 Months the federal ExportImport Bank was denied a charter. However, Congress revived the bank Dec. 4, extending its charter to 2019. Opponents say the bank represents company welfare and is marred by corruption. Supporters call it an imperative resource for small businesses to help them participate in the global trading market.

$2.9 Million Amount the Cosmopolitan received to cover the cost of destroyed assets after a fire July 25 at Bamboo Pool. Clark County said the resort’s artificial palm trees would not have passed muster for indoor use, but it has not made a push on legal changes.

13,000 Square footage of a new SolarCity training center that opened Nov. 30. The facility will train up to 80 rooftop solar panel installers from Nevada, Colorado, Texas and Arizona.

3 Percent Drop in Nevada’s gaming revenue in October. Strip gaming revenue for the month was $493.6 million, down about 5 percent from October 2014.

Brian Doleshal is general manager of The Range 702, which recently moved into a new building that includes 16 lanes, including a four-lane VIP range. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

Gun range aims to please tourists, locals The Range 702

We’ve learned that being part of the Las Vegas community is not only an honor but a privilege. We have been extremely blessed to maintain our flow of business, and we realize that we wouldn’t have hit this milestone without the support of our community.

Staying relevant. Living in such an exciting town full of world-class shows, tours, hotels and restaurants, you must wake up every day with the mindset, “What can I do better today, and how can I deliver the most memorial experience possible to each of our guests?” Without fail, I question every move we make in business, knowing that if I don’t, a competitor will. Doing business in Las Vegas isn’t a job, it’s a responsibility to the Range 702 team and shareholders as well as the greater Las Vegas community.

You recently moved into a new, custom building. What changes did you make in your new space?

What is the best part about doing business in Las Vegas?

The new store is an ultra-modern facility with no expense spared. We value our customer and did our best to build a location that feels welcoming the second you hit the showroom floor.

Getting to wake up every day and do something very few other people get to do. We are privileged to be a destination town with thousands of people coming daily to have a once-in-a-lifetime trip. You can’t say that about every city. Without a doubt, we are some of the luckiest business operators in the nation. One of my favorite things to do is stand back and watch the reactions of people when they enter our store. No matter what age they are, the excitement and wonderment in each of their eyes is a definite recharge.

Describe your business.

The Range 702 is an indoor shooting facility that offers services to tourists and locals who wish to come in and use their own firearms. You just celebrated your third anniversary. What have you learned since you opened?

Address: 5999 Dean Martin Drive, Las Vegas Phone: 702-485-3232 Website: therange702.com Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. seven days a week Owned/operated by: Brian Lake In business since: 2012

What’s the most important part of your job?

Safety is always going to be the most important, but service is an immediate second. I tell my team daily, “If we are not the safest range in Las Vegas, then we will have no guests to service.” Every day the team steps on the floor, they follow a series of standards and checklists to ensure every guest enjoys a quality experience they will remember for a lifetime. What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?

What have you learned from the recession?

The recession taught us to run lean and be creative. You cannot sit back and wait for guests to come in and experience what you are all about. You must take it to the public and educate them on your product. You must be the very best at what you do, no matter what.

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guest column: Many of our members already have strong uring my last couple of months charles van geel working relationships with the municias president of NAIOP Southpalities in which we do business. And if a ern Nevada, I’ve been thinking member doesn’t have a working relationship about what the organization with an agency or a contact, other members means to me. Really, I’ve been thinking do or have access to those who do and can facilitate meetings about the concept as a whole: What does being part of any and introductions. Membership organizations encourage good, strong, professional organization mean to its members and enhance connections and relationships, often through and board? monthly meetings and special events, to build camaraderie Overwhelmingly, the words camaraderie, relationships and among members of different sectors of an industry. resources stand out. I’ve been an NAIOP member since 1999 Professional organizations can act like an open door and for the past year have been honored to helm the orgato policymakers, industry people and others with whom nization. I’ve had the opportunity to have a front seat to all members need or want to meet. Conversely, policymakers see the benefits NAIOP provides, and the experience opened my membership organizations as a resource to better undereyes. Professional organizations are all about strong relationstand an industry and help them connect with those they ships. need to meet. Recently, NAIOP Southern Nevada held a speed-datingMy hope moving into 2016 is that the relationships NAIOP esque workshop between our members and several local Southern Nevada and other local professional organizations elected officials, including Henderson Mayor Andy Hafen, work so hard to foster continue to grow and flourish. I also North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee, Clark County Commishope our events, such as the recent meet-and-greet, continue sioners Steve Sisolak and Larry Brown, Henderson Councilto connect our community and that our members’ relationwoman Gerri Schroder and Las Vegas Councilman Steve ships continue to strengthen and develop as the commercial Ross. That event, to me, was the essence of what our orgareal estate industry’s job market grows and develops new nization and similar organizations are all about. Members opportunities. sat at tables while our invited policymakers moved around Charles Van Geel is president of NAIOP Southern Nevada the room, meeting and speaking with members in a cordial, and vice president of commercial leasing and sales at American informal atmosphere. It was a great event that connected a Nevada Company. lot of great people in our community.

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Tourism officials discuss details of convention center project By j.d. morris Staff Writer

Tourism executives offered more insight into their plans to expand and renovate the Las Vegas Convention Center recently as they continued to make their case to a committee that will be influential in funding the project. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which bought the Riviera in February, is preparing to demolish the shuttered casino and clean up the site for use as outdoor exhibit space. But the authority needs help from the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee to fund the next steps: building a new convention facility, then revamping the existing convention center on Paradise Road. The committee, which includes elected officials and casino executives, is expected to submit a report next year that will include recommendations about funding for improvements to tourismrelated facilities in the Las Vegas area. At the committee’s recent meeting, Terry Miller of Cordell Corp., which is

helping the authority manage the convention center project, outlined the budget and construction plan. His presentation indicated that the hard costs of constructing the facility, which include the actual labor and construction materials, should be $365 per square foot. Adding in other costs such as the general overhead for contractors, management fees, permitting and inspections, the cost of the construction phase is expected to increase to $600 per square foot. The new convention building will feature 1.4 million square feet of convention-related space, including a 600,000-square-foot exhibit hall, bringing the total budget for that part of the project to $860 million. The renovation of the current convention center is expected to cost $540 million, or $143 per square foot. Part of the Riviera site closest to Las Vegas Boulevard initially will be used for outdoor exhibit space even while the facility is constructed and after it opens. The work is expected to take many

years to complete; the authority doesn’t expect to wrap up the renovation until 2022. An additional phase — which, according to the presentation, would be “based upon market conditions” — could increase the project’s timeline. The committee has not taken any action on the convention center plans, which have previously received pushback from Las Vegas Sands Corp. Earlier in the meeting, the committee focused on pedestrian movement within the resort corridor. The first takeaway: Although the Strip has made strides toward becoming more pedestrian-friendly in recent years, it can do more. Officials told the committee the Strip has made improvements such as widening the sidewalk in certain areas but that congestion and other issues remain. Clark County Manager Don Burnette said the Strip made moves to reduce the amount of densely trafficked space but that an increase in the number of street performers, for example, would pose a challenge.

Another issue is the need for more law enforcement resources. Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Metro Police assigned less than one officer per 1,000 tourists on the Strip. The department recorded a 6.6 percent increase in calls for service there last year, representing 22 percent of its total calls, he said. He also said he was concerned that the department had recovered or impounded 76 guns on the Strip this year. The city of Las Vegas highlighted to the committee steps taken to ease the pedestrian experience downtown, such as improvements to streetscapes, lighting, signs and taxi stands. Las Vegas has invested $47 million in the past seven years on pedestrian and streetscape improvements and plans on an additional $177 million over the next five years. Additionally, City Manager Betsy Fretwell said performance zones implemented on the Fremont Street Experience produced an “immediate impact” by creating a more organized environment for pedestrians.

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Gaming association asks presidential candidates to fill out questionnaire By daniel rothberg Staff Writer

Which presidential candidates would be willing to meet with casino employees? Which would take a stand against illegal gambling? And what would be their approach to the daily fantasy sports industry? The American Gaming Association is trying to find answers to these and other inquiries by getting presidential candidates to fill out a questionnaire. The Washington, D.C.-based casino industry trade group said responses to the questionnaire would influence a voter guide it plans to distribute to some 1 million casino employees in 40 states. As part of the association’s Gaming Votes initiative, the questionnaire marks another attempt to ensure casino-related issues are accounted for during the 2016 campaign. Two weeks before the GOP debate in Boulder, Colo., for example, the association staged a casino-focused event that included Republican Sen.

“Before casting their vote, gaming employees need to know where candidates stand on their industry and the most important issues we face.” — Geoff Freeman, president of the American Gaming Association

Cory Gardner of Colorado. And after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told a Nevada political journalist, “I don’t like gambling,” the association publicly called on the candidate to move past his opposition. The association’s president, Geoff Freeman, also sent a letter to presidential candidates this summer encouraging them to support gaming. The questionnaire was released about two weeks before Republican candidates’ scheduled debate Dec. 15 at the Venetian. Democratic candidates debated Oct. 3 at Wynn Las Vegas. “Before casting their vote, gaming employees need to know where candidates stand on their industry and

the most important issues we face,” Freeman said in a statement. “While candidates have no shortage of issues to consider and debate, we encourage candidates to take the time to demonstrate their support — through this questionnaire, a back-of-the-house tour and in other ways — for an industry that is creating a path to the middle class for workers of all backgrounds and experiences.” The questionnaire covers a range of issues affecting the casino industry. The first question notes that casinos are highly regulated and asks, “How do you balance the often conflicting needs for regulation and innovation?” Elsewhere in the questionnaire, candidates are asked if they would be

willing to meet with the workers at a casino and about the steps they would take to fight illegal gambling, for example. Candidates are asked about the actions they would take “to support the many immigrants who work in our industry” and are told that “the gaming industry, as part of a broad coalition of business groups, supported the bipartisan immigration legislation that passed the U.S. Senate in 2013.” The questionnaire also addresses one of the industry’s most controversial topics: daily fantasy sports, which have faced increased legal and regulatory pressure amid criticism that it amounts to gambling. The questionnaire calls daily fantasy sports an “exciting new product” but says “state-by-state legal clarity and consumer protections” are necessary to keep the industry successful. Then it asks candidates how they would encourage “the growth of innovative new companies” such as those that offer daily fantasy sports.

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Fewer underwater mortgage holders, but Las Vegas still at top of the list

UNLV gets green light on $50 million land purchase By ian whitaker

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The share of Las Vegas homeowners who are underwater continues to slide, but it remains highest among large U.S. cities, a recent report showed. Among Southern Nevada homeowners with mortgages, 22.1 percent were underwater — meaning their debt outweighs their home’s value — in the third quarter. That’s down from 27.8 percent a year earlier and far below its peak of 71 percent in early 2012, according to Seattle-based Zillow. Despite the improvement, Las Vegas’ current share of upside-down borrowers was highest among the 35 metro areas listed in the report. The rate nationally is 13.4 percent, and in California’s tech-rich Silicon Valley, metro San Jose has the lowest underwater rate, at 3 percent. To sell their home, upside-down borrowers typically have to do a short sale, an often time-consuming, paperwork-heavy

process in which their lender agrees to sell a house for less than what’s owed on the mortgage. Such deals are not guaranteed to be approved, though. Underwater rates typically hover around 2 to 5 percent. But today, several years after the housing market crashed, negative equity is “one of the most persistent reminders” of the real estate collapse and remains “a major barrier to a full recovery in certain markets,” Zillow said. That includes Southern Nevada, a poster child for the boom and bust. According to Zillow, the Las Vegas area has had the highest underwater rate in the country for 4 1/2 years. Meanwhile, the valley’s housing woes are similar to its unemployment problems: The situation has improved, but Las Vegas still lags at the bottom of the pack nationally. The area’s unemployment rate in September was 6.8 percent, down from more than 14 percent in 2010, but according to federal data, it’s highest among the country’s 51 largest metro areas.

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State higher education regents gave UNLV a unanimous go-ahead to purchase a $50 million, 42-acre plot of empty land near campus. The vote put the university one step closer to breaking out of its urban confines, but questions remain as to what the land will be used for. UNLV presented an updated vision for the property to regents that narrowed the choices to either a stadium complex or a campus village. Popular opinion seems firmly on the side of building a replacement for Sam Boyd Stadium, but both options capitalize on the economic benefits of the location’s proximity to the Strip and McCarran International Airport. Both options also include space for retail, which could lead the way to valuable partnerships with local businesses. Early plans also include space for academic programs and even a possible UNLV-themed bar and restaurant. Don’t expect anything to be built anytime soon, though. UNLV doesn’t expect much action on the site, which sits about a half-mile west of the Thomas & Mack Center along Tropicana Avenue, for at least the next few years. In the short term, the university will seek to use the empty space to generate funds from billboard advertisements and events staging for Thomas & Mack Center.

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‘The band is back together, and that will have to do’ cording to Colliers. The projects mainly are concentrated in North Las Vegas and the southwest valley. Most don’t have tenants. Demand for space, however, appears strong. Southern Nevada had a 5.8 percent third-quarter vacancy rate, down from 8.7 percent a year ago and almost 15 percent in 2010. Business boosters and others have said Las Vegas has a shortage of large industrial buildings. Time will tell, however, if investors are building too quickly and outpacing demand.

On the Strip, two new resorts are in the works but moving slowly, and the mothballed Fontainebleau — a towering reminder of the real estate bust — is up for sale. Meanwhile, the apartment and industrial sectors are heating up as developers flood the valley with new projects. “Southern Nevada’s blood is pumping once again,” John Stater, Las Vegas research manager at brokerage firm Colliers International, wrote in a recent report. “The economy may not have diversified, but the band is back together, and that will have to do for now.” Here’s an overview of what happened this year and what to expect in 2016. The SkyVue project on the south Strip was to include a 500-foot observation wheel,

Office but work stopped and the site is now up for sale. (STEVE MARCUS/staff) Southern Nevada’s office sector is rebounding slowly after getting pumbut carpenters, architects and other Retail meled during the downturn, but it lags workers are back on the job, thanks in In the suburbs, perhaps the most behind other types of real estate. part to the apartment business. anticipated retail project is Ikea’s The third-quarter vacancy rate was Developers are building rental comnew store at Durango Drive and the 18 percent, compared with 19 percent plexes across the valley, mostly in 215 Beltway. The discount-furniture a year earlier, and landlords sought southwest Las Vegas and Henderson. dealer broke ground in April on a an average $1.95 per square foot in About 1,700 units were completed in 351,000-square-foot store scheduled monthly rent, up from $1.88, accord2014, with roughly 5,750 units projectto open in summer 2016. ing to Colliers. ed to open this year and almost 2,000 Near Summerlin, though, Tivoli Construction is limited, although in 2016, CBRE officials have said. Village’s long-planned expansion has proposals are floating around. ForSome industry insiders, however, moved slowly. Management has said est City Enterprises, for instance, has say developers might be overbuildthat upscale home-furnishings store drawn up plans to develop three office ing. Market-wide rental prices have Restoration Hardware plans to open buildings near Las Vegas City Hall. It’s climbed and vacancy rates have there in 2016 but otherwise, it has far from certain, however, that Forest dropped over the past few years, but stayed mum in recent months. City will build anything, and some a glut of new properties could push Discount-clothing chain H&M rereal estate pros questioned why the down prices. That could empty out oldportedly signed a lease for the expancompany was considering such a big er buildings as tenants jump to newer sion site, and a local broker said hotel project — more than 500,000 square properties with more amenities. group Kimpton had been in talks to feet — in a badly bruised market. Investors are buying fewer apartopen there between fall 2016 and Landlords also are trying to sell big ment buildings amid rising prices, spring 2017. chunks of property. Hines Interests though one recent deal stands out. Meanwhile, in the past year or so, and Oaktree Capital Management The 110-unit Vantage Lofts, a stylish, grocery chains Food 4 Less, Hagwant to unload more than 895,000 formerly abandoned project in Hengen and Fresh & Easy closed stores square feet of offices, spread across 18 derson, sold for roughly $38.2 milor unveiled plans to shutter outlets buildings in Summerlin, and Amerilion in September. That amounted in Southern Nevada. Grocery stores can Nevada Company recently listed to $347,000 per unit, more than four often are anchor tenants in shopping 1.3 million square feet of property, times the valley’s current average centers, and if one shuts down, foot mostly in Henderson. The bulk of that sales price of $80,401 per unit. traffic to the plaza drops, potentially portfolio is office space. crimping sales for other retailers. The Hines-Oaktree portfolio is But not every grocer in town is Industrial 92 percent occupied, according to its shrinking. Save-A-Lot debuted a store The other big source of commercial listing broker at CBRE Group. Ameriin August on Charleston Boulevard at construction is industrial property. can Nevada’s portfolio is 84 percent Maryland Parkway, with plans for two But many developers are breaking leased, according to a marketing bromore in Las Vegas by early next year. ground and drawing up plans without chure. (Brian Greenspun, owner of Also, Haggen recently struck deals tenants lined up, a risky approach. VEGAS INC parent company Greensto sell four of its seven local stores as More than 1.7 million square feet of pun Media Group, holds an ownership part of a company-wide purge. warehouse, distribution and other instake in American Nevada.) dustrial space was under construction “The office market may not be pretin Southern Nevada by third quarter’s Multifamily ty, but slowly and surely, it is getting end. Additionally, more than 5.4 milThe construction industry remains things done,” Stater wrote. lion square feet is being planned, aca shadow of what it was last decade,

The Strip The resort corridor, the foundation of Southern Nevada’s economy, isn’t sprouting casinos everywhere, but it had a fair amount of activity this year. In a rewind to the 1990s and 2000s, a hotel was imploded to clear space for a new one. Investor Lorenzo Doumani in February toppled the 12-story Clarion near the Las Vegas Convention Center. He said he plans to replace it with a 60-story hotel. Construction also is underway on Resorts World Las Vegas, a $4 billion Chinese-themed megaresort being built around the skeleton of the onceabandoned Echelon. The resort is slated to open in 2018, but work appears to be slow going. Next door, the two-tower, 1,100room Alon Las Vegas is scheduled to open in 2018, though construction hasn’t begun. Meanwhile, two abandoned construction projects blighting the resort corridor are up for sale. On the north Strip, billionaire Carl Icahn recently listed the 68-story Fontainebleau, which he bought out of bankruptcy in 2010 for $150 million. The tower has sat untouched for years. On the south Strip, investor Howard Bulloch is trying to sell 38.5 acres, including the site of his stalled SkyVue observation wheel. Project plans called for a 500-foot wheel with 32 gondolas, but Bulloch stopped construction a few years ago. The project now consists of two towering, concrete columns sticking out of the ground and little else. If Icahn and Bulloch sell their properties, it could bring life to eyesore parcels. But they’re seeking hefty paydays: Icahn hopes to land about $650 million, and sources say Bulloch wants more than $10 million an acre, or more than $385 million total.

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Associated General Contractors and Nevada Contractors Association: The Finance Park Program Time: 7:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Library/Junior Achievement Finance Park, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-493-1066 Volunteer to help eighth-graders and highschoolers learn money-management skills.

Vegas Investors: Increasing Communication Between Peers, Investors and Customers Time: 6-8:15 p.m. Cost: $5 Location: The InNEVation Center, 6795 Edmond St., Las Vegas Information: Visit meetup.com/vegasinvestors Learn how to improve your communication skills to enhance the success of your business.

CBER 2016 Economic Outlook Time: 8-10:30 a.m. Cost: $100 Location: The M Resort, 12300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit cber.unlv.edu Economic researchers and experts will speak about issues pertaining to Southern Nevada. Vegas Young Professionals Toastmasters meeting Time: 6:30-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-586-3834 Learn how to improve your communication skills to further your career. UNLV’s Executive Vice President and Provost Search Candidate Forum: Arthur Ellis Time: 10:45-11:45 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Stan Fulton Building, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-895-3362 Arthur Ellis will discuss his qualifications for the position.

Tuesday, Dec. 15 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce breakfast Time: 7:30-9 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Office Depot, 10950 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvchamber.com Network with professionals and learn about a program that allows business owners to earn

Wednesday, Dec. 16 InterNations.org annual holiday party Time: 5-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse, 3925 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-326-9235 Expand your network while celebrating the holidays. Happy hour will last until 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 17 Henderson Chamber of Commerce: Top 5 Tax Planning Strategies for Small Businesses Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for members, $25 for nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center seminar room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 Jeffrey Edwards of Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern will talk about what can be done at the end of the year to pay less in taxes, the top tax changes in 2016 and how the Affordable Care Act may affect taxpayers.

Friday, Dec. 18 Medical marijuana industry educational tour Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $45 for paid members of the Nevada Biotechnology and Science Consortium, $50 for non-paid members, $55 for walk-ins Location: The Apothecary Shoppe, 4240 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 1W, Las Vegas Information: Call 623-256-0503 Visit four dispensaries and a lab while discussing Southern Nevada’s medical marijuana industry.

Monday, Dec. 21 Southern Nevada Forum: Healthcare Committee Time: 8-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Information: Email jawadhams@fclaw.com Join a discussion with Southern Nevada legislators, local government officials and business leaders about health care priorities for the 2017 legislative session.

Tuesday, Jan. 5 MBA information session Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: UNLV, John S. Wright Hall, Building C, Room 302, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-895-1367 Learn about UNLV’s MBA program, including curriculum, admission requirements and how to prepare for the Graduate Management Admission Test .

Thursday, Jan. 7 Urban Chamber of Commerce Toastmasters lunchtime Time: 12-1 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951 Stella Lake St., Suite 30, Las Vegas Information: Visit business.urbanchamber.org Learn how to communicate more effectively with staff and customers, and improve your networking skills.

Thursday, Jan. 14 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce: Cocktails and Conversations Time: 5-7 p.m. Cost: $100 Location: MGM, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-586-3846 Local leaders will speak about issues affecting Nevada and its business community. The event also is a fundraiser for BizPAC, the chamber’s political action committee.

Conventions

expected Show Location Dates attendance

23rd annual World Congress on Anti-Aging

Venetian

Dec. 10-13

1,000

Las Vegas Numismatic Society — The Vegas Coin and Jewelry Show

Westgate

Dec. 11-13

3,000

National Groundwater Expo and Annual Meeting

Las Vegas Convention Center

Dec. 16-18

4,500

Dec. 18-20

1,000

Bick International — Coin, Currency, Jewelry and Stamp Expo Orleans

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Records and Transactions Bankruptcies Chapter 7 RLP-Teal Ridge Hills DR LLC 316 Lingering Lane Henderson, NV 8901

CHAPTER 11 Greensboro LLC 6830 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 200-F Las Vegas, NV 89118 Attorney: David Mincin at dmincin@lawlasvegas.com

Bid Opportunities MOnDAY, DEC. 14 2:15 p.m. Desert Inn Park and Duck Creek Park: Playground safety surface replacement Clark County, 603898 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov

THURSDAY, DEC. 17 3 p.m. Continuity of operations/continuity of government planning Clark County, 603901 Jim Haining at jhaining@clarkcountynv.gov

FRIDAY, DEC. 18 2:15 p.m. Rainbow Boulevard, Cactus Avenue to Blue Diamond Road Clark County, 603846 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov

Brokered transactions SALES $32,500,000 for 184 units and 230 units, residential Address: 2750 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas 89117 and 2120 Ramrod Ave., Henderson 89014 Seller: Optimus Dolce LLC and Optimus Solevita LLC Seller agent: Patrick Sauter and Art Carll of NAI Vegas Sauter Multifamily Team Buyer: Pacifica Cos. LLC and Pacifica Solevita Buyer agent: Patrick Sauter and Art Carll of NAI Vegas Sauter Multifamily Team $28,250,000 for 670 units, residential Address: 5421 E. Harmon Ave., Las Vegas 89122 Seller: Blue Valley Apartments Inc. Seller agent: Patrick Sauter, Art Carll and Jerad Roberts of NAI Vegas Buyer: 670 Vegas Apartments Buyer agent: Patrick Sauter, Art Carll and Jerad Roberts of NAI

Vegas $4,500,000 for 3.34 acres, land Address: 3612-3660 Valley View, Las Vegas 89103 Seller: Valley View Merchant Irrevocable Business Trust Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Buyer: 3439 W. Cahuegna LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $4,500,000 for 4,000 square feet, industrial Address: South Valley View Boulevard and West Train Avenue, Las Vegas 89103 Seller: Valley View Merchant Irrevocable Business Trust Seller agent: Soozi Jones Walker of Commercial Executive Real Estate Buyer: Several buyers Buyer agent: Troy Tobler of Virtus Commercial $1,275,000 for 6,958 square feet, retail Address: 830 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas 89101 Seller: Yamanaka Enterprises Inc. Seller agent: David Grant and Phillip Dunning of Colliers International Buyer: RR Properties LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose

Landlord agent: Benjamin Santoli of Santoli Realty Tenant: Super Care Tenant agent: Brian Bolanowski of Virtus Commercial

BUSINESS LICENSES Daniela’s Cleaning Service License type: Property maintenance and residential property maintenance Address: 401 Frederick Ave., Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Daniela’s Cleaning Services LLC Darwin Myers License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Darwin Myers Diana Henry License type: Designer draftsman Address: 1349 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 1328, Las Vegas 89012 Owner: Diana Henry Dianna R. Brown License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Dianna R. Brown

$550,000 for 2,600 square feet, retail Address: 22-26 W. Pacific Ave., Henderson 89015 Seller: Ranpat Alliance Limited Seller agent: Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane, Jerry Doty and David Grant of Colliers International Buyer: 22 W. Pacific LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose

Dickinson Wright PLLC License type: Professional services Address: 8363 W. Sunset Road, Las Vegas 89113 Owner: Michael N. Feder

$530,000 for 1.93 acres, land Address: 9575 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89139 Seller: Donald Adam Deemer Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Mosaic Land Fund LLC and Investor Equity Homes LLC Buyer agent: Vince Schettler

Distinctive Exteriors Pools LLC License type: Contractor Address: 6625 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Distinctive Exteriors Inc.

LEASES $91,134 for 996 square feet for 63 months, retail Address: 4750 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 16, Las Vegas 89102 Landlord: Sahara 3D LLC Landlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Tenant: Marketing Gurus Inc. dba Eyebrows R Us Tenant agent: Dave Neuenkirch of the Commercial Group $41,412 for 2,100 square feet for 25 months, industrial Address: 3625 W. Teco Ave., Suite 8, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Consilum Magnum LLC

Direct Rent A Car License type: Rental car agency Address: 3720 W. Desert Inn Road, Suite 201, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Direct Rent A Cars

Division 7 Construction Inc. License type: Contractor Address: 2773 Montgomery St., Las Vegas 35209 Owner: Thomas Champagne Dog Sport Supply Co. License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Dog Sport Supply Co. LLC Dr. Von Houligan’s Carnival of Calamities License type: Professional promoter Address: 27 Highwood Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Allister Denton Eastern Check Cashing License type: General retail sales Address: 1560 N. Eastern Ave., Suite W1b, Las Vegas 89101

Owner: Young Hee Han Economy Self Storage License type: Storage center Address: 3400 Meade Ave., Las Vegas 89102 Owner: JDBC Enterprises LLC Ed’s Decatur AM PM License type: Gas station Address: 850 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Ed’s Stations Inc. Eduardo Land Services License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 4795 E. Twain Ave., Las Vegas 89121 Owner: Eduardo Garcia-Rodriguez Elegante Banquet Hall License type: Banquet hall Address: 3020 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 110, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Bonanza Mojave LLC Elysian at The District License type: Apartment house Address: 2151 Village Walk Drive, Henderson 89012 Owner: District Apartment Land LLC Emerald Medical Supplies License type: General retail sales Address: 5243 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 9, Las Vegas 89146 Owner: Emerald Lake Inc. Emmily P. Kearney License type: Real estate sales Address: 7181 N. Hualapai Way, Suite 135, Las Vegas 89166 Owner: Emmily Kearney ES Design License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Soebbing Flooring Inc. ESV License type: Valet parking Address: 2100 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Bryant Azcorra Eurest Dining Services License type: Event planning Address: 400 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Compass LV LLC Events With a Twist LLC License type: Event planning Address: 401 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Jennifer K. Colacion

Address: 1102 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Family Food Mart Partnership Famous Pioneer License type: Club Address: 25 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: G&G Fremont LLC Fast & EZ Self Storage Inc. License type: Storage facility Address: 4623 N. Lamb Blvd., North Las Vegas 89115 Owner: Fast & EZ Self Storage Inc. Fiao Productions LLC License type: General services counter/office Address: Did not disclose Owner: Thomas Rubin Filler Up Financial Services License type: Automated teller operator Address: 6118 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Filler-Up ATM Services LLC Fitwize 4 Everyone License type: Group exercise Address: 930 Wembly Hills Place, Henderson 89011 Owner: Angelie L. Robin Bell Flogal Landscaping and Maintenance License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Julio Flores Food Express License type: Restaurant Address: 2003 S. Decatur Blvd., Suites B and C, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Brother Food Express LLC Forever Young Intellectual Property LLC License type: Manufacturing business Address: 111 Corporate Park Drive, Henderson 89074 Owner: Forever Young Intellectual Property LLC Fun Zone License type: Children’s fun center Address: 5929 Big Horn View St., North Las Vegas 89031 Owner: Jonatan U. Aguilar Gevork (George) Toumaian License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Gevork (George) Toumaian

Eyebrows R Us License type: General services counter/office Address: 7591 W. Washington Ave., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Marketing Gurus Inc.

Glitterati Weddings & Events LLC License type: Wedding planning Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89144 Owner: Neda Pazuki

Family Food Mart License type: Grocery store

GM National Tax Services License type: Business support

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Records and Transactions service Address: 4375 Stewart Ave., Suite 117, Las Vegas 89110 Owner: GM National Tax Services LLC GNC License type: Health food store Address: 25 E. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson 89012 Owner: Coronet Aria Corp. Got Paint LLC License type: Contractor Address: 3999 Ponderosa Way, Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Got Paint LLC Grind Mode Arco License type: Gas station Address: 2901 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Grind Mode 2 LLC H&R Block License type: Business support service Address: 2810 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite E49, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: HRB Tax Group Inc. Holiday Sales Inc. License type: Temporary merchant Address: 510 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Realty Holdings Ltd. Housekeeping Montes License type: Property maintenance Address: 3823 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite M12, Las Vegas 89119 Owner: Jenny Montes Hub Las License type: Management or consulting service Address: 2307 Thayer Ave., Las Vegas 89074 Owner: Akwyre Inc. Icon Integrated LLC License type: Contractor Address: 1570 Foothill Drive, Boulder City 89005 Owner: Javanna Conover Ignacioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Car Wash License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Elizabeth Castillo Illusion Projects Inc. License type: General retail sales Address: 4670 W. Post Road, Suite 120; 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 111; 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 114; 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 119, Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Holly Clothier Integrated Financial and Tax Services License type: Tax service Address: 1481 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 130, Henderson 89014 Owner: JFR Consulting Group Inc.

Island Girls Cleaning Service License type: Property maintenance Address: 2617 N. Lake Martin Court, North Las Vegas 89031 Owner: Island Girls Cleaning Service LLC Ivory Salon & Extension License type: Cosmetics Address: 7760 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Patkvegas LLC Jacqueline Reynolds License type: Real estate sales Address: 1215 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 210, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Jacqueline Reynolds Jakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar License type: Restaurant Address: 2301 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Doc G & G Inc. James V. Alamillo License type: Real estate sales Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas 89134 Owner: James V. Alamillo Jesse Bullock License type: Solicitor Address: 2804 Brown Circle, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Did not disclose

Vegas 89145 Owner: Las Vegas Mold Test LLC Las Vegas Retreats LLC License type: Marketing/consulting service Address: 120 Quail Run Road, Henderson 89014 Owner: Las Vegas Retreats LLC Las Vegas Valet LLC License type: Valet parking Address: 6767 W. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Janna Minassian Lash Spa Studio License type: Spa studio Address: 10545 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, Henderson 89052 Owner: Rozanc Lash Spa Studio LLC Laugh Often Photography License type: Photography studio Address: 3024 Country Dancer Ave., North Las Vegas 89081 Owner: Nichole R. Schwirian Legal Resource Group, LLC License type: Professional services Address: 229 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suites 205 and 206, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Thomas A. Claus

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Jessy House Cleaning License type: Janitorial service Address: 2714 N. Bruce St., North Las Vegas 89030 Owner: Jessica Tamayo Orozco

$900,000, tenant improvement restaurant 750 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 3, Las Vegas Gillett Construction LLC

Jinga Marketing LLC License type: Consulting service Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 253, Henderson 89074 Owner: Jinga Marketing LLC

$735,000, tenant improvement offices 6029 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Momeni & Associates Inc.

John Floyd Painting LLC License type: Property maintenance Address: 4602 Cannon Beach St., Las Vegas 89122 Owner: John Floyd Painting

$525,000, tenant improvement - store 1112 S. Commerce St., Las Vegas Anderson Group

Jones Media LLC License type: Contractor Address: 4145 W. Teco Ave., Las Vegas 89118 Owner: Jones Media LLC Joshua Pinnau License type: Solicitor Address: 2804 Brown Circle, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Did not disclose Kris Williams License type: Real estate sales Address: 1925 Village Center Circle, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89134 Owner: Kris Williams Las Vegas Mold Testing License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose, Las

$499,995, commercial - remodel 58 N. Pecos Road, Henderson Pecos Health LLC $436,814, roof-mounted photovoltaic system 6345 Formula Way, Las Vegas SolarCity Corp. $378,000, tenant improvement educational building 701 N. Pecos Road, Las Vegas B&H Construction Inc. $350,000, tenant improvement offices 250 Spectrum Blvd., Las Vegas Gilbane Building Co. $258,098, single-family residential - production 1628 Quartz Ledge Court, Las Vegas

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Category: nonprofit organizations (Ranked by revenue for most recently completed tax period)

Name

Revenue

Assets

Income

Top executive

Roseman University of Health Sciences 11 Sunset Way Henderson, NV 89014

$109,525,635

$156,259,391

$111,800,963

Renee Coffman, president and co-founder

Three Square 4190 N. Pecos Road Las Vegas, NV 89115

$61,184,127

$30,694,093

$61,653,434

Brian Burton, president and CEO

Home Means Nevada Inc 2250 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Suite 600 North Las Vegas, NV 89030

$49,003,261

$99,639,784

$49,003,261

CJ Manthe, president

University of Nevada School of Medicine 1701 W. Charleston Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89102

$32,851,388

$13,512,896

$32,851,388

Thomas Schwenk, dean

Goodwill Industries of Southern Nevada Inc. 1280 W. Cheyenne Ave. North Las Vegas, NV 89030

$32,185,513

$9,911,147

$32,506,316

Steve Chartrand, president and CEO

The Smith Center for the Performing Arts 361 Symphony Park Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89106

$30,728,610

$445,404,620

$81,437,046

Myron Martin, president and CEO

Nathan Adelson Hospice Inc. 4141 Swenson St. Las Vegas, NV 89119

$28,653,204

$21,389,674

$28,653,204

Carole Fisher, president and CEO

Opportunity Village 6050 S. Buffalo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89113

$27,210,961

$37,592,844

$29,099,803

Robert Brown, president

University of Nevada School of Medicine Multi-Speciality Group Practice 2040 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 400 Las Vegas, NV 89102

$24,916,807

Thomas Schwenk, dean

Boulder City Hospital Inc. 901 Adams Blvd. Boulder City, NV 89005

$21,912,196

$26,005,451

$21,942,598

Tom Maher, CEO

United Way of Southern Nevada Inc. 5830 W. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89103

$21,103,607

$9,001,110

$21,118,930

Bob Morgan, president and CEO

Nevada Family Practice Residency 4000 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 230 Las Vegas, NV 89104

$20,741,443

$15,249,000

$20,741,443

Did not disclose

Alliance for Childhood Diseases 3121 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 601 Las Vegas, NV 89109

$20,530,835

$17,536,078

$20,530,835

Annette Logan, executive director

Meadows School 8601 Scholar Lane Las Vegas, NV 89128

$20,443,433

$61,741,273

$31,254,751

Jeremy Gregersen, head of school

Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada 1501 Las Vegas Blvd. North Las Vegas, NV 89101

$20,082,720

$21,379,477

$22,276,400

Joseph Pepe, chairman

Nevada Donor Network Inc. 2061 E. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89104

$19,415,064

$12,818,213

$19,415,064

Joseph Ferreira, CEO

Las Vegas-Clark County Urban League 3575 W. Cheyenne Ave. North Las Vegas, NV 89032

$16,706,041

$2,988,305

$16,752,873

Kevin Hooks, CEO

Western Veterinary Conference 2425 E. Oquendo Road Las Vegas, NV 89120

$14,426,071

$18,736,863

$14,426,071

Dr. Randall Ezell, president

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2014 loans

Wells Fargo Bank 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Second Floor Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-791-6370 • WellsFargo.com

$35,152,600

136

$25,636,100

Meadows Bank 8912 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-471-2265 • MeadowsBank.com

$26,315,100

$15,480,700

JPMorgan Chase Bank 9911 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 1 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-938-0050 • Chase.com

$13,409,600

$5,117,700

Seacoast Commerce Bank 7436 Oak Grove Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-538-7841 • SCCombank.com

$12,948,698

$16,535,400

Live Oak Banking Co. 1741 Tiburon Drive Wilmington, NC 28403 877-890-5867 • LiveOakBank.com

$8,087,000

$770,000

East West Bank 4711 Spring Mountain Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-475-6111 • eastwestbank.com

$8,071,000

$6,095,000

U.S. Bank 2300 W. Sahara Ave., First Floor Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-251-1600 • USBank.com

$6,781,200

119

$6,341,300

Royal Business Bank 3919 Spring Mountain Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-405-2543 • rbbusa.com

$6,257,000

Celtic Bank Corp. 268 S. State St., Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 801-363-6500 • CelticBank.com

$6,219,700

$3,140,000

Newtek Small Business Finance Inc. 212 W. 35th St., Second Floor New York, NY 10123 Did not disclose • thesba.com

$5,364,300

United Community Bank 177 Highway 515E Blairsville, GA 30512 Did not disclose • ucbi.com

$5,000,000

First Bank Financial Centre 155 W. Wisconsin Ave. Oconomowoc, WI 53066 Did not disclose • fbfcwi.com

$4,542,300

Pacific City Bank 3701 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 401 Los Angeles, CA 90010 Did not disclose • paccity.net

$4,540,000

Nevada State Bank 6505 N. Buffalo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89131 702-515-2312 • NSBank.com

$4,250,100

$6,112,073

Redding Bank of Commerce 1177 Placer St. Redding, CA 96001 Did not disclose • reddingbankofcommerce.com

$2,993,200

$485,000

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Free $10 gift card to Bravo! Larsen’s or GEN* *Must present this coupon to guest services located on the upper level near Macy’s. One gift card per person while supplies last. Not to be combined with any other offer. Other exclusions may apply. Expires 12/24/15.

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*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 1/31/2016.

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