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While playing in the Rio Olympics, USA soccer goalie Hope Solo endured the crowd’s taunts of “Zika!” It was in response to her tweeted photo wearing a mosquito net on her head, labeled #zikaproof.

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Tame that Pomegranate!

on the cover Bryce Canyon’s otherworldly “hoodoos” beckon from Utah’s highlands.

Admit it. You’ve been schooled by a piece of fruit that defied your best efforts to gracefully peel and eat its goodness. Isn’t it time you learned that chopsticks are the key to pitting cherries, and that branding and boiling peaches will skin them flawlessly? And don’t forget: Tall drinking glasses have a way with mangos.

home safety, cheap and easy From packing the car without the conspicuous luggage caravan to making sure you have baking soda near the stove, these tips will make your home safer in a hurry. more life n Pets up for adoption, P31 n Calendar of events, P40 n Puzzles, P66

happy 100th, crown jewels

We’ve reached the century mark for the National Park Service, often called America’s “best idea.” Here in the West, we have an embarrassment of riches, from Nevada’s Great Basin to California’s Redwood and Joshua Tree to Utah’s Bryce Canyon and Zion. To celebrate, go give your favorite park a hug.

grandson of the greatest

Descended from legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, Biaggio Ali-Walsh is doing “Poppy” proud with his stats as a running back at Bishop Gorman High. But the 17-year-old Gatorade state player of the year isn’t just impressing on the field. He’s also a model with top agency Wilhelmina. And he’s not sweating haters or expectations.

the sky’s the limit (AGAIN)

When the recession hit, the era of excess fell hard. Private jets were symbolic of that time, and fleets and demand diminished. But today in Las Vegas, orders are up, and private terminals are buzzing with dignitaries, celebrities and executives alike. Because, as it turns out, hiring a jet is a productivity-boosting way to get from A to B.

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An indoor farm out to save the world Urban Seed vows to make food a hyperlocal, environmentally friendly affair.

Powerful words without the podium After a reporter’s crazy weeks covering the conventions, two quiet moments linger.

WHY Ranch reaches struggling youths At White Horse Youth Ranch, animals have a strong effect on socially challenged kids.

Trump backers: Careful what you wish for ... Ultimate political outsider or dictator with a personality defect?

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Gregory Popovich, founder of the Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, performs at Mandalay Bay with his trained cats during a first-day-of-issue ceremony for Pets Forever stamps. Popovichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show is featured at the V Theater at the Miracle Mile Shops. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

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Kelly McCrimmon was hired as the assistant general manager of the Las Vegas NHL franchise. He spent nearly 30 years with a junior hockey team in the Canadian Hockey League.

The under-construction Lucky Dragon launched a naming contest for a restaurant devoted to Chinese street food. Submissions in English or Chinese will be accepted through Aug. 15 on its website.

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vegas to beijing Chinese carrier Hainan Airlines filed for U.S. approval to launch flights between Las Vegas and Beijing. If approved, the route would begin in December.

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Nevada Treasurer Dan Schwartz will oversee a public meeting in Carson City to gather perspective on potential changes to regulation of payday lenders.

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prepping for fall High school football teams across Southern Nevada will practice in pads for the first time this summer. Season openers are set for Aug.Â 26.

600 Birds rescued from an east valley house related to a roosterfighting investigation.

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RUNNIN’ FOR MENZIES On Aug. 1, the UNLV basketball team had its first official practice under coach Marvin Menzies. The Rebels, who have three carryover players from last year’s team, are allotted 10 practices before leaving for an international showcase in the Bahamas. “It’s about us learning our guys,” Menzies said. “The combinations, I don’t think, are as important as actually being on the floor and playing.”

UNLV basketball player Dwayne Morgan, center, and his teammates practice at the Mendenhall Center. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

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Facebook announced that its programming wizards have created an algorithm to detect clickbait based on headline analysis. (Until they invent an algorithm to detect cat videos, they will never prevail in their war on clickbait.)

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid spoke at Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s rally Aug. 4 in Las Vegas, calling her “the most intelligent person ever to run for president.” Reid didn’t mention Clinton’s opponent Donald Trump’s name, calling him simply “the egomaniac.”

billion Value of Steve Wynn’s planned casino fronting Boston’s Mystic River on the site of a former chemical plant.

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Nevada and the Australian state of Queensland signed a threeyear trade agreement involving the development of mining products as well as “sharing experiences in higher education, water management and technology.”

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A crew sweeps up debris after a fatal, hazardous material accident involving two tractor-trailers on northbound Interstate 15 near Baker, Calif., about 20 miles south of the Nevada-California border. A 7-year-old boy was killed in the accident, officials said. (STEVE MARCUs/staff)

Russian athletes approved to compete in the Summer Olympics in the wake of a doping scandal, down from 389.

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MANGO

STRAWBERRY

You’ll need:

tall drinking glass

Directions:

1. Slice off each half lengthwise just past the center to avoid the pit of the fruit.

1. Use a plastic drinking straw. Push the straw through the middle of the bottom of the strawberry.

2. Take one half, and using a clean, tall drinking glass, press the top lip of the glass between the mango peel and flesh.

Time to show that apple who’s boss by sunday staff

It sounds so easy: Peel a piece of fruit. But chances are you’ve been doing it wrong, or at least with the efficiency of a kid wearing old ski gloves. ¶ Don’t let the fruit win! Peel it right and you’ll find that in addition to feeling pretty pumped, you’re left with more deliciousness to enjoy. KEY

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2. On its way through, it will poke out the strawberry’s green stem.

3. Holding the glass tightly, slide the mango down it, pushing in and down against the peel. The edge of the glass will separate the mango flesh.

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kiwi

peach

You’ll need:

You’ll need: pot with boiling water

teaspoon

Directions:

1. Cut off one end of the kiwi.

1. Make two small cuts to form an “X” on the bottom of the peach.

2. Slide a teaspoon into the cut side at the edge against the skin. 3. Push the spoon around the inner circumference of the kiwi, then push down and pull out. The edible center will come out on the spoon.

2. Then, blanch the peach for two minutes in boiling water. 3. Remove the peach and place it in ice water for one minute. 4. The skin will be loose enough to peel, starting with the “X.” Cut the peach in half to remove the pit.

You can use this same method for tomatoes.

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PINEAPPLE

ORANGE

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APPLE YOU’LL NEED:

DIRECTIONS: 1. Score the orange around its center at its widest part. Cut on the circumference that does not include the stem.

SERRATED KNIFE

DIRECTIONS:

2. Use your thumb to separate the peel from the pulp, then pull up from the center. Each half of the orange will peel in one large piece.

1. Using a large serrated knife, cut off the top and bottom so a large circle of yellow flesh is visible on each end.

2. Then, cut the pineapple in half lengthwise.

CHERRY YOU’LL NEED:

POTATO PEELER CHOPSTICKS

DIRECTIONS: DIRECTIONS: 1. Use a potato peeler to peel a ring around the top and bottom of a whole apple.

1. Pit cherries using a chopstick. Push the chopstick through the stem end of the cherry, and the pit will pop out the other side.

2. Then, peel the sides by swiping the peeler downward in long strokes.

3. From the center of one half, cut a V-shaped wedge to remove the tough core.

3. To core the apple, cut off one side of the fruit, just past the center to avoid the seeds. Angle your knife inward to cut more fruit from the bottom.

4. With the flesh side up, run your knife around the inner edge of the fruit to remove the skin. Make your cut about a half-inch in to remove the pineapple’s “eyes” with the skin. Repeat with the other half, slice and enjoy.

4. Turn the apple, and repeat on each of the remaining sides. You will be left with a core, and four thick apple chunks.

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WATERMELON

POMEGRANATE

YOU’LL NEED:

SERRATED KNIFE BOWL

WOODEN SPOON

DIRECTIONS:

1. Using a large serrated knife, cut a thin slice off each end of the melon.

1. Cut the pomegranate in half, in whatever direction ensures the cut does not pass through the crown.

2. Cut the melon in half, then flip over each side.

2. Don’t worry if your knife doesn’t cut all the way through. Simply score the pomegranate deeply, then pull each side in opposite directions to split it.

3. In small lengthwise sections, cut the rind off the sides of the melon without cutting off too much flesh. 4. To chop the watermelon, place your hand flat on the top of the peeled melon half, then slice the melon horizontally in thick circles. 5. Cut the slices vertically to make chunky cubes.

3. Take one half and pull the edges outward to loosen the seeds. 4. Turn the pomegranate half face down in a bowl, and hit the peel with a wooden spoon. The edible seeds will fall into the bowl.

BANANA

AVOCADO YOU’LL NEED:

DIRECTIONS: 1. Rather than wrestle with the stem and risk damaging your fruit, pinch the bottom of the banana peel, and pull the peel This is outward. how apes 2. The banana will come unpeeled easily and without bruising.

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SPOON

DIRECTIONS: 1. Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit by pulling it out with your fingers or prying it out with a spoon. 2. Cut each half in half again to make quarters. 3. Starting at the thinnest point, peel back the skin. It should come away easily, without bruising the avocado’s creamy flesh.

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100 years of

national parks As the National Park Service hits the century mark, rediscover the beauty of the West

major shift thundered through the country in the 19th century, when westward expansion led to the discovery of America’s breathtaking landscapes. Seeing the potential for harm done by those living out newsman Horace Greeley’s famous advice — “Go West” — President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law a plan to preserve Yellowstone as a national park in 1872. Other designations followed. And followed. By the time President Woodrow Wilson signed off on the creation of the National Park Service in 1916, there were 35 national parks and monuments. Today, 59 national parks cover 52 million acres spanning 27 states, drawing visitors to America’s bounty of canyons, forests, mountains, glaciers, geologic formations, meadows, dunes and, more important, the chance to escape the urban grind for wideopen wilderness. Last year’s record visitation to national parks — more than 300 million people — is expected to swell with the excitement around the 100th anniversary on Aug. 25, a centennial commemorated with U.S. Mint limited-edition National Park Service coins, a U.S. postage stamp, hundreds of celebrations and just as many tributes in the media. But the old assertion that the parks are “America’s greatest idea” stands in contrast to displaced natives and critics who oppose federal ownership of land, decrying human impact, ineffective operations, poor maintenance, over-regulation and land grabbing to protect against encroachment. Some say the parks are “being loved to death.” Others insist that without their designation, these areas would be covered with condos and chain stores. America’s “crown jewels” would be no more, the wildlife,

waterways, islands, deserts, ancient volcanoes, badlands, archeological sites, petrified forests and geothermal springs succumbing to progress. Preservation of wild places in Alaska’s vastness, in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and the floral-sloped hills, glacial lakes and mossy walks in between is often traced to artist George Catlin, who proposed a rough concept of national parks in the 1830s when he saw the impact of westward expansion on native peoples and wildlife. Naturalist writer John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt continued the fight. The West is loaded with the jewels they found so precious. Nevada claims the Great Basin and a piece of Death Valley, as well as national recreation areas such as Lake Mead and the national monument at Tule Springs Fossil Beds. California has nine national parks. Arizona has three, including the Grand Canyon, plus more than a dozen national monuments and historic sites that highlight the state’s compelling ruins, geology, native history, canyons and saguaro cactus. Utah has five national parks and many monuments, trails and landmarks. Combined, the West’s protected parks and monuments take up far more land than those on America’s East Coast. As we celebrate their first century, it’s worth going back to the first year, and the words of then NPS Director Stephen T. Mather: “Who will gainsay that the parks contain the highest potentialities of national pride, national contentment and national health? A visit inspires love of country; begets contentment; engenders pride of possession; contains the antidote for national restlessness. ... He is a better citizen with a keener appreciation of the privilege of living here who has toured the national parks.” — Kristen Peterson

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ZION

State: Utah Distance from Las Vegas: 2.5 hours Details: nps.gov/zion Heaven. Bliss. Above. That’s Zion in the dictionary, and the southwest Utah preserve earns those synonyms. Zion National Park was established in 1919, a few months after the Grand Canyon. From the pinnacle of Angels Landing, a 5-mile hike to a fin of rock slicing through sky, the whole world is an avenue of 2,000-foot sandstone cliffs. Flecked with pine and juniper, these formations are the butterflies hatched from ancient dunes, as the land was cut by colossal rivers that dried into desert long ago. Water still dances through the rocks, from the Virgin River to snowmelt and rain feeding stunning falls and cold, clear springs. The signature experience is trekking upstream through the Narrows, the river canyon’s vast walls defying the sun and creating pockets of cool, silent beauty. Taking the first morning shuttle means you’ll have moments where nothing distracts. And as close as we are in Las Vegas, we can easily drive up in the slower seasons to indulge in one of the NPS’ best-loved parks. Biking the Pa’rus Trail or climbing big walls or canyoneering in slots that feel like Disneyland sets, Zion owns the expression, “Nature’s playground.” While camping is a must, sudden storms can drive side adventures in Springdale, the park’s gateway. Roadside motels are run by locals full of stories and tips on good eats, from pizza in an old Mormon church to M&M pancakes on a pueblo-style patio. But nothing beats roasting your own dessert on a retractable fork by starlight. Well, maybe one thing does: sunrise painting those red, red rocks. — Erin Ryan

Doodlebugs are real! The winged insects often are mistaken for dragonflies inside Zion. That is, when they’ve grown past the larval stage, when they’re known to dig pits to trap and mercilessly devour ants. Hence the nickname “ant lion.”

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REDWOOD State: California Distance from Las Vegas: 14 hours Details: nps.gov/redw

John Steinbeck and his poodle, Charley, took a road trip in search of America in the ’60s. They went about 10,000 miles, following the nation’s outline. On the West Coast, they found themselves in a forest where average trees shot 250 feet in the air, growing tight as blades of grass in a lawn you could see from space. It was Redwood, an old-growth sanctuary of endangered giants. Some have stood for 2,000 years. Laying a hand on the bark of such a tree, you feel what Steinbeck did, the “cathedral hush.” Because you can’t help thinking about everything these creatures have lived through, all the milestones of history and footsteps over their powerful roots. The power doesn’t come from growing deep into the ground. It’s about saplings shooting up side by side and weaving together in a way no one can see. Unless we’re talking about Corkscrew Tree, which is multiple trunks twisting into a single spectacle off the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway. It’s among redwood enthusiast Richard Stenger’s 10 must-see trees in the park for “hikes, hugs or holy encounters.” The list includes the downed Star Wars Tree, used in “Return of the Jedi” during the famous speeder scene, and Tall Tree, the tallest ever measured at nearly 368 feet — until the top broke off in the 1980s. Marveling at the collective organism on a bike or on horseback, from a kayak or the comfort of your own boots, it hits hard how close we came to logging into oblivion the cathedral that once covered this part of California. — Erin Ryan

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THE TALLEST OF ALL LIVING THINGS Trees inside Redwood National Park can reach 30 stories high.

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DEATH VALLEY States: Nevada and California Distance from Las Vegas: 2 hours Details: nps.gov/deva

Crushed beneath the sea with its tectonic plates colliding and pulling apart, Death Valley’s violent geological past carved an intensely sculptural landscape — a story written in the strata of the rocky terrain. The 3.4 million acres of Death Valley National Park offer a front-row seat to rock formations dating back more than 2 billion years. This is the land of superlatives. Famously one of the hottest places on Earth and the hottest in North America, temperatures in excess of 120 degrees draw tourists to explore its ghost towns, mining history and natural attractions, dining in nearby Shoshone or Tecopa or staying at the Furnace Creek Inn. At Badwater Basin, otherworldly salt flats cover the lowest point in North America — 282 feet below sea level. The alluvial fans, craggy steeples of Zabriskie Point badlands, sled-worthy dunes and volcanic crater

become a poem of evolving climates, a trip through time defined by lava flow and ash fall. Spring rains and melting snowcaps deliver wildflower blooms that incite regional pilgrimages to witness the life in Death Valley. Its Mars-like landscape is home to the Devil’s Golf Course and the Devil’s Cornfield. It baffles with the sliding rocks of Racetrack Playa that leave wakes of chunky berms as they mysteriously move across dried mud. President Herbert Hoover proclaimed the area, home to the Shoshone people for centuries, as Death Valley National Monument on Feb. 11, 1933. In 1994, it was expanded and renamed Death Valley National Park, a vast desert with scenic byways taking visitors into the beauty created by erosion and the Earth’s tumultuous crust. — Kristen Peterson

Valley of ghost towns Among Death Valley’s many ghost towns is Panamint City, “the toughest, rawest, most hard-boiled little hellhole that ever passed for a civilized town.” Founded by outlaws mining for silver, the town that once housed 2,000 is now little more than a ruined smelter chimney.

Death valley by foot The Hike Death Valley Challenge, which involves hiking designated trails in the intense environment for points, wins you a decal that is, comically, water-resistant.

Noteworthy spots Artist’s Palette is a collection of volcanic hills colored red, pink, yellow, green and purple by mineral pigments, and Devil’s Golf Course is so named because the jagged shards of eroded rock salt are so treacherous they say only the devil could play golf on the surface. And the dunes stretch to forever.

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GREAT BASIN State: Nevada Distance from Las Vegas: 4.5 hours Details: nps.gov/grba

Nevada’s other national park puts ecosystems in a blender, offering the charged emptiness of dry lakebeds and the grandness of rock clusters, the intrigue of caves and the music of creeks. It even has a glacier. Biodiversity is so rich in Great Basin and its neighboring valleys that the NPS tallies more than 800 plant species and 238 bird species, with mammals, reptiles and fish that range from mountain lions to hissing gopher snakes to cutthroat trout. The variety stems from elevation that climbs from 5,000 feet to 13,000, but spectacles are not limited to the peaks. In the Lehman Caves, minerals come to life in the spires of stalactites and stalagmites, twig-like helictites, flowstone like frozen waterfalls, corral-mimicking popcorn and over 300 rare shield formations. Grow-

GOLD MINING Three miles west of the park, mining operations have been stumbling along since the late 1800s in the Osceola Ditch, where a 24-pound nugget of gold was found. Scarce water hampers extraction efforts to this day.

ing from the fractured limestone like a giant petrified jellyfish, the Parachute might be the most famous cave shield. President Warren Harding made the Lehman Caves a national monument in 1922, but the greater park didn’t happen until 1986. It boasts more than 60 miles of hiking trails, rich bird-watching and wildflower spotting, and unique artifacts and activities such as arborglyphs carved into aspens by Basque sheepherders and fall pine-nut picking. And this spring, Great Basin was designated an International Dark Sky Park. With high elevation and low humidity and light pollution, it allows for naked-eye viewing of countless stars, meteors, five planets, the Andromeda Galaxy and the Milky Way, prompting the slogan: “Half the park is after dark.” — Erin Ryan

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JOSHUA TREE State: California Distance from Las Vegas: 3.5 hours Details: nps.gov/jotr

Like God dropped a handful of molten pebbles on Earth. That’s how one Las Vegas climber sees the random, almost globular rock deposits of Joshua Tree National Park, where he says some sites in the Hidden Valley and Jumbo Rocks campgrounds back right up to granite walls. While one person climbs a perfect crack, another can belay from a camp chair right next to the tent. Other places have been called climbing’s “mecca,” but JTree has over 8,000 routes — about four times that of our own Red Rock Canyon. Within the sprawling desert vistas are groves of the plant for which the park is named. The Joshua Tree looks like a sea anemone that crawled onto dry land, with cactus-like bursts of evergreen leaves on spindly branches. They contribute to the Dr. Seuss vibe and can grow so thick it’s like hiking through a full auditorium. They’re incredibly photogenic against a pink and purple dusk. For those into geology, there’s an 18-mile, self-guided tour of 16 stops along a dirt road, from natural rock sculptures to debris flows and the Blue Cut earthquake fault. But there are better photo spots, like Skull Rock on the main east-west road, eroded by rain to the point of having hollowed-out eye sockets (and a suspiciously alien forehead). Or hike the half-mile from White Tank Campground to Arch Rock. Right next to the rock arch on the desertlover’s bucket list is the oasis. And Joshua Tree has five, the fan palms towering up to 75 feet, waving back at God. — Erin Ryan

Oct. 28-30 is the Night Sky Festival, part of the celebration of the NPS’ 100th birthday. Astronomers, scientists, artists and enthusiasts will gather in the dark to take in the celestial fireworks.

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Grilling the candidates on education policy Editor’s note: In advance of the Oct. 19 presidential debate at UNLV, The Sunday and the Brookings Institution, in partnership with UNLV and Brookings Mountain West, are presenting a series of guest columns on state and national election issues. The columns will appear weekly.

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hose working in the education policy industry, as I do, always find reasons to complain during presidential election cycles, and the bellyaching seems amplified this year. What is our complaint? That our darling area of public policy receives so little attention in the limelight of civic debate that comes with the general election. I acknowledge these hurts are mostly irrational. Any American civics teacher could tell you that in our federalist republic, the provision of public education is under the jurisdiction of states and commonly administered by local districts, not the federal government led by the president. Thus, our complaints have just as much power in campaigns for the office as bemoaning the lack of debate on state tax policy or land-use zoning decisions. Ironically, it is because of this distinction of powers that you’ll often hear heckles from education’s peanut gallery when presidential candidates do weigh in on policy issues, as they commonly overpromise. As examples, see Donald Trump’s promise to dump the Common Core State Standards, or Hillary Clinton’s vows to intervene in the most decrepit, lowest-performing schools. Both of these are widely known as state and local issues, and after the federal Every Student Succeeds Act passed in December, the federal government’s degree of influence over them is further from the president’s reach than during the era of No Child Left Behind. Yet the perennial hurts of education policy experts aren’t entirely imagined. After all, we do have a U.S. Department of Education, with a Cabinet-level secretary. Judging by these criteria alone, education policy is just as legitimate a role for the federal government as defense, foreign affairs and the treasury. Yes, that federal role is more narrowly defined in education than other policy areas, given the states’ pre-eminent authority; however, there is still a federal role and, therefore, a space for fruitful debate. In the spirit of provoking a constructive civic debate — one that actually honors the separation between state and federal powers — I present my wish list of presidential debate topics on education policy. Regardless of the positions the respective candidates might take, coverage of these five questions would inform voters about differences they could actually make in our public education system if elected. 1. What kind of experiences and attitudes would you look for in appointing a secretary of education? The secretary is the president’s agent to carry out federal functions supporting public schools, to articulate policy positions and even to occasionally use the bully pulpit to promote change in states and districts. I see the secretary question as a useful signal for determining whether the candidate wants an insider who can work with states and districts, or an outsider coming in specifically to shake things up; whether he or she wants a technical policy wonk or more of a visionary leader in carrying out these functions. 2. Are Title I funds achieving their intended goals, and

if not, what changes would you promote to improve funding formulas? Title I funds are federal dollars going to high-poverty schools, intended to reduce inequalities in school spending that once were commonplace across schools and districts. Yet there is widespread concern that Title I funding formulas actually reinforce inequalities across states, promote ineffective spending, and add layers of compliance-focused bureaucracy to state and local education agencies. This question is important because these funds were the primary purpose behind the original 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act that involved the federal government in public schools in the first place. And it isn’t the only area where federal intervention has produced unintended consequences for schools (e.g., standardized testing). Responses here would reveal how the candidates view prior interventions, and how the federal role could evolve. 3. Has the sharper focus on transparency in higher education regarding student employment and loan payoff during the Obama administration helped improve students’ chances of upward social and economic mobility? Embedded in this question are assumptions about the role of college as a gateway to the middle class, the costs of higher education and the power of information to bring about desired social change. Because the Higher Education Act is the next major federal education law due for reauthorization, and the Department of Education’s recent changes here have shifted the balance of power from historical norms with institutions of higher education, responses to this question would indicate how the candidates intend to leverage the government’s power to create more or less change. 4. Which federal education programs would you expand and which would you shrink? There are dozens of programs, and they’re not all administered by the Department of Education. Generally, they are not well-coordinated and occasionally work at cross-purposes. So this question would illuminate each candidate’s prioritization process. For example, does the candidate think we are better off advancing innovation in education through a top-down program in the Department of Education, or through a program like the State Longitudinal Data Systems or charter schools, both of which theoretically could help bottom-up innovation? The next president will have significant influence over which programs flourish and which will flounder over the next four years, and knowing his or her preferences is valuable information for all voters. 5. Because this is my own wish list, I would be remiss without throwing in this final query: How much would you increase funding for federal research in education? Michael Hansen is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the director of the Brown Center on Education Policy. A labor economist by training, he has conducted research on the teacher quality, value-added measurement, teacher evaluation and teacher responses to incentives and accountability using state longitudinal data systems. Other areas of research include school turnaround and STEM learning.

“See Donald Trump’s promise to dump the Common Core State Standards, or Hillary Clinton’s vows to intervene in the most decrepit, lowestperforming schools. Both of these are widely known as state and local issues, and after the federal Every Student Succeeds Act passed in December, the federal government’s degree of influence over them is further from the president’s reach than during the era of No Child Left Behind.”

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Unifying food Urban Seed reinvents farming in the desert By Molly O’Donnell Special to the Sunday

It’s 101 degrees, but you wouldn’t know it to look at the cool scene: white dresses and pressed button-downs, Champagne and the Las Vegas skyline shimmering like a mirage. The crowd’s chill demeanor in this heat has a lot to do with the reason we’re here: Urban Seed broke ground on its indoor farming facility, and politicians and celebrity chefs alike are toasting the future. But there’s more to congratulate the organization for than its roster of friends. As Chef Mary Sue Milliken of Border Grill reminds the gathering, Las Vegas is the world’s playground, and our model water practices position us to be the world’s example for environmentally friendly farming. Blending tried-and-true and proprietary methods, Urban Seed plans to save 50 percent more food from the trash bin than traditional farms and use 95 percent

less water, while taking up a fraction of the space. “Our goal,” Urban Seed President Cynthia Thompson says, “is to do the next 93 greenhouses we build with a zero carbon footprint, and we’re almost there.” At 4770 Wynn Road, Urban Seed’s first phase will be a 3-acre, eight-greenhouse operation with a production facility and event space, and demand will guide expansion. “Because we use boutique greenhouses, we have the ability to grow a lot of food in a small footprint,” Urban Seed Vice President Rachel Wenman says. “Our plan is to remain 1 to 10 miles away from the consumer.” The first harvest, slated for winter 2016, will include rare pineapple crush strawberries, tomatoes, beets, radishes, chives, microgreens and multiple lettuce and spinach varietals. Thompson and Wenman credit their crack team with how far they’ve come — partnerships with Strip chefs, recognition and support from politicians and the

community, patents on a growing process they firmly believe might save the world. Keith Bell, a former aerospace engineer, is name-checked more than most during our pre-groundbreaking chat. Bell, Urban Seed’s COO, spent years developing the practices that could make the future of food sourcing in the valley a local affair. Thompson explains, “Keith was looking at the hydroponics industry and realized there was a massive need for tech to be taken to the next level, so he spent six years developing our system.” The system consists of old practices such as growing on A-frames and new ones including using modular structures for scalability, constantly filtering water and collecting data on the whole operation to monitor and improve things like nutrient absorption and bacteria elimination. And it’s done without the controversial interventions used by factory farms, which can result in contaminated soil and depleted water resources, diminished biodiversity, and devastation to plants and animals caused by harsh chemicals. “It’s not one thing that makes our practice new, it’s 15,” Thompson says. UNLV scientists will test the nutritiousness of Urban Seed’s harvest, and it’s working with academic departments (including

robotics) to continue innovating. Although the organic lifestyle might seem out of reach, Thompson assures that Urban Seed is for the whole community, with plans to supply local farmers markets and grocers, to partner with nonprofits such as Three Square and Green Chips, and to launch an onsite demo kitchen and educational programming. Las Vegas native Wenman emphasizes community whenever she describes how she came to the company. “When I first heard about Urban Seed, I said, ‘Locals are going to freak out’ … and there’s so many different groups: chefs, foodies, students, parents … locals from all walks of life coming together because of a desire to find a sustainable and healthy food source,” Wenman says. “It’s been really unifying.” People unifying over food. That’s saying something, given that critiques of the city often deal with issues of community and sustainability. As Thompson says, “Las Vegas is the perfect place to do this disruptive project, because if you can grow here, you can do it anywhere.” The groundbreaking has less to do with Las Vegas’ challenges, though, and more to do with Urban Seed’s unique “chance to change the way the world is fed.”

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In political whirlwind, sentiments of regular people resonated most Reporter reflects on poignant moments from conventions By Megan Messerly Staff Writer

It was fitting that the two electric weeks of the Republican and Democratic conventions ended in Philadelphia, the city of our nation’s birth. And it was only natural that questions of what our country is, what it’s been through and where it’s going tumbled from everywhere. It’s a difficult time for America. Shocking, horrifying things happen seemingly every day: terrorist attacks, police shootings of unarmed men, ambushes of officers. People are hurtful to each other and afraid of each other. Many assume they understand the experience of others without even having a conversation. Of all the talks I had with members of Nevada’s delegation in Cleveland and Philadelphia, of all the protests and demonstrations of free speech (including when Bernie Sanders supporters walked out of the DNC), and out of everything that happened during the conventions themselves, two moments stick out. They were quiet, otherwise unremarkable moments, just talking with Lyft and Uber drivers. Mohamed, a Muslim immigrant from Egypt living outside of Philadelphia, told me how he’d won a green card lottery and come to the United States in search of opportunity. He used to work at 7-Eleven. Now he’s driving for Lyft. He said he was conflicted over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. He’s not a citizen, but Mohamed said if he could, he would probably register as a Republican, describing himself as fiscally conservative and in favor of limited government. But he was torn over Trump, who has said he would bar all Muslim immigrants — like Mohamed and his family — from entering the country. He thought it was something of a blessing he couldn’t vote: He wouldn’t have to make that choice. And then there was Chanel, an Uber driver in Cleveland who (apologetically) went on a 25-minute rant about everything that was wrong with the country. Chanel, who is black, said she was frustrated with people assuming she was poor just because of her ethnicity. She wanted to tell them she had white friends who

Above, Black Lives Matter demonstrators gather at a police vehicle stuck during a protest march in Philadelphia on the second day of the Democratic National Convention. A demonstrator cries as protesters gather beside police officers during a protest at Franklin Delano Roosevelt park in Philadelphia. (associated press)

were struggling. Some of her customers, she said, tried to explain what Trump was going to do for “minorities.” Didn’t they know that white people were soon going to be minorities, too? Chanel was fed up with welfare programs, how they encouraged people to work below a certain income level because they were scared of getting cut off from aid. And she was exasperated that she had to work so much to pay the bills when she wanted to devote time and en-

ergy to her kids. She asked how parents working 60 to 80 hours a week just trying to survive could be there in the ways their children needed and deserved. Is it any wonder so many end up in gangs, she mused. As I got out of the car, she apologized again for talking so much. But she hoped her story inspired me to write something. It did. She did. In the past two weeks, I’ve seen misunderstanding and fear. People are scared

about their safety, their jobs, their families. They’re scared about this election. They’re scared about the nation’s future. But being in Philadelphia, I was reminded how resilient we are — whether your ancestors are rooted here or landed on Plymouth Rock nearly 400 years ago, or whether you arrived yesterday. It has never come easy, the practice of liberty — and justice — for all. We’ve often missed the mark, but that has always been the aim. The Liberty Bell no longer hangs in Independence Hall. It has worn with age, just as our country has — steeped in conflict, atrocities and discord met with calls for hope and unity. However it wears, that great symbol’s inscription will read, “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all inhabitants thereof.”

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Title: President/founder Agency address: 8930 W. Warm Springs Road, Las Vegas, NV 89113 Agency phone number: 702-644-9177 Agency website: whyranch.org Hours of operation: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., by appointment only To volunteer: Call or contact us online at your website or email info@whyranch.org what is Good Works? In Good Works, an occasional series, we highlight nonprofit groups that are making a difference in our community. If you’d like to nominate an organization, email news@thesunday. com with details.

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Horses help children reach their potential Editor’s note: Through mid-October, Good Works is going on hiatus to make room for special content tied to the presidential election. But keep sending ideas for great organizations to highlight. White Horse Youth Ranch serves socially challenged children ages 5 to 18. Why did you think it was important to reach those kids? I was

socially challenged. I was the youngest of four in a single-parent home. ... I was picked on in school because we were impoverished and I had red hair, which was different than everyone else. I was shunned by other kids because I was shy, sweet and smart. When God gave me the vision for WHY Ranch in 2005, I was reminded of challenges I faced relating to others and how my aunt and grandparents gave me the chance to build my self-esteem and confidence by sending me to college and also creating our Family Foundation, the Paul E. & Helen S. Meyer Foundation, in 1994. I have great compassion for any child with low self-esteem and know that one person can make a difference in their life. How does building a relationship with horses assist them? Hands-on

groundwork with one of our horses teaches a child to be a confident leader for a horse, which leads to greater selfesteem and confidence in addressing social adversity with proactive and positive communication. How did you come up with the program name, Diamonds in the Rough? My Aunt Pauline once called me

a diamond in the rough. She saw inner strength, character and integrity within a shy and withdrawn little girl. She helped me develop into the woman I am today. I see all children as diamonds in the rough — rough around the edges just waiting to be shaped and polished into a beautifully priceless gem. Does each child get a horse to train

Amy Meyer-Terry is president and founder of White Horse Youth Ranch, which conducts programs for socially challenged children. (MikaylA whitmore/Staff)

with? We make each interaction between

a child and one of our rescued horses a training moment. There are various forms of groundwork training, each one equally important ... whether it is learning to approach a horse properly, haltering a horse or walking a horse. We have a group of experienced teenage volunteers who are allowed to train the horses with supervision to lunge and ride, preparing them for our program. How did your experience at Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch in Oregon help with the development of WHY Ranch?

Crystal Peaks has been our mentor since the beginning. The founders and staff are here to support and encourage us every step of the way. We attend their leadership conferences every two years, gaining extra knowledge and relationships with other organizations such as ours under the Crystal Peaks family. You can say that we sharpen each other and offer fresh ideas. How can someone get involved with volunteer opportunities at the ranch?

White Horse Youth Ranch appreciates the heart of a volunteer! Someone interested in volunteering can contact us at whyranch.org, info@whyranch.org or 702-644-9177. Is it open to the public? WHY Ranch is

a private property and hosts one public event during the year. Our purpose is to effectively serve our community one child/one family at a time. We are

committed to keeping the children and families who benefit from the Diamonds in the Rough program safe. Since you’ve expanded your property to four acres, how do you plan to expand community activities? We are

developing a summer camp program where kids can join us on property working with arts and crafts, horse education, small animal education and fun games while learning team-building and leadership skills. We are developing a program for servicemen and women and their families that will bridge the gap in relationships when they are separated by deployment. Our Heart is also to help those returning home with PTSD. We’ll be working with them directly and other military organizations in Las Vegas and surrounding communities. We also are in development with the Southern Nevada Counseling Center, which offers Equestrian Assisted Growth and Learning for youth with disabilities. You moved to Las Vegas to take care of your grandparents and ultimately found a passion for community service here. What do you think you’d be doing if you didn’t have that experience? I would be making movies.

I graduated with a B.S. in broadcast production, radio/TV/film, ready to take on the film industry. I would be one of the leading graphic producers in the industry, traveling the world creating anything my heart desired.

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Rest your eyes! Staring at phone/computer screens is known to cause strain on the eyes that can damage eyesight. Saunders recommends limiting the time a child looks at a screen to an hour a day, and for adults to limit their screen time as much as possible, as well.

Pokemon Go is the hottest game around right now, and its popularity is giving health care and public-safety professionals pause. While there have been multiple warnings about the game released across dozens of countries, there also seems to be growing agreement that the game is ultimately health-positive. “Overall, the game is a healthy and fun phenomenon,” said Yvonne Saunders, MD at Family Friendly Medical Care based at MountainView Hospital. As video games have long held a reputation for encouraging couch-potato behaviors, games like Pokemon Go are changing that narrative for the better. Take precautions to protect yourself or your child from sun exposure and heat stroke. This means staying hydrated, wearing light, loose-fitting clothing and slathering on sunblock.

Safety tips While there are health benefits of playing Pokemon Go, there also have been many publicized incidents of dangerous behaviors that accompany the game. “It’s important that players have strategies to avoid injury and mitigate potential risk,” Saunders said. Here are tips for staying safe while playing the game and potentially preventing a trip to the emergency room:

Be aware of your surrounding and don’t wander into areas where you wouldn’t normally feel comfortable going. Remember to take stock of where you are, who’s around and if the area is welllighted at night.

Do not trespass on private property, including businesses and construction sites. Be sure you’re welcome in the area before entering. Also, avoid playing in areas such as hospitals or police stations to ensure that you, or your child, are not interfering with important duties taking place there.

Be sure to look up from the game often. This will help you stay aware of your surroundings, avoid tripping and falling, and limit strain on the head and neck. “Players should avoid prolonged headdown movements. The head-down movement associated with texting or game playing has been shown to cause musculoskeletal injury. Pause the game periodically to rest your head and neck,” Saunders said.

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Health benefits There are multiple ways that Pokemon Go can promote healthy behaviors, both physically and mentally. The game encourages players to get outside and walk around while hunting Pokemon characters. These walks can span multiple miles, allowing players to get their daily steps in while doing something they enjoy. Walking makes for a complete, low-intensity workout. “Walking in and of itself is healthy,” Saunders said. “There’s no need to speed-walk or incorporate any other gimmick to optimize the exercise component.” There has also been a recent stir about the mental health benefits of playing Pokemon Go. Researchers at Texas A&M University published a study crediting the game for creating a community of players and for encouraging social interactions among them. They also note the positive effects of outdoor exercise on emotional and mental wellness.

Understand that your movements are being tracked, so take precautions against hackers. “Hackers and thieves can take advantage of the location-finder technology, and players should not lose sight of that,” Saunders said.

Do not play while you’re driving or riding any other vehicle, including bikes, skateboards, scooters or skates.

Do not go into the street while trying to catch a Pokemon and always be sure to put the game down when crossing at crosswalks. “Players should not be looking at the screen while crossing roads or when walking through congested walkways,” Saunders said.

If your children play the game, remind them about “stranger danger” and always go with them and/or make sure they’re playing with a group of other children.

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n Deliveries Stop your mail through the U.S. Postal Service website. USPS can deliver everything on a date of your choosing so your catalog addiction doesn’t give you away. Ask a neighbor to pick up deliveries you might be expecting, because those smiley-faced Amazon boxes are a thief’s dream, and a pile of them just screams “Nobody’s home!”

n Social media It can be hard not to post constant vacation updates on social media, especially if you’re somewhere fabulous, but think twice before telling the world you’re far from home. Consider skipping posting to public accounts, or just post everything once you get home. Your friends will still be jealous.

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It’s summer — season of cookouts, poolside afternoons and road trips. And while you might be vigilant about sunscreen, have you given any thought to who’s keeping tabs on your home while you’re away? Every time you leave your belongings, you’re leaving them vulnerable to burglars. And when you’re in the house, your own carelessness can be a threat. ¶ Sure, buying a security system or an auto-shutoff stove might make you feel safer, but there are low-cost, creative ways to immediately make your home safer.

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n deterrents Burglars are more likely to skip your place if they think someone’s home. Pull curtains and shades; put lights or a television on a timer; leave exterior lights on and a car in the driveway. Consider some false advertising, too: a “Beware of Dog” sign (even if your pet is a goldfish) or professionallooking home security labels (even if your security system is that same goldfish) can turn a burglar on his heels if he thinks it’s legit.

n packing You don’t have to pack in the dead of night, but don’t strike up a family parade out to the open minivan, either. You never know who might be scoping out the neighborhood for seasonal vacationers.

n nosy neighborS Have a neighbor who loves to know everyone’s business? When you’re out of town, put that nosiness to good use. Don’t be afraid to spread the word among neighbors and friends that you’re leaving. Ask a friend or a neighborhood teen to stop in a few times to check on the place in exchange for a few bucks — especially if you plan to be gone for some time.

n Stove safety Assess your stove, especially if it’s gas, to scope anything flammable nearby. Consider moving dish towels, paper towels, hanging oven mitts, plastic utensils or cardboard containers if they are within a foot of the stovetop. An errant breeze or an elbow bump during busy dinnerprep could spell disaster if anything flammable is too close. Keep an open box of baking soda within arm’s reach of the stove in case of a grease fire — or a fire extinguisher under the sink. n Stair tread You don’t need a banana peel to take a tumble. Pair clean socks with a smooth surface and you might as well be ice skating. Add a heavy load of laundry, a child’s toy or a rambunctious pet and you’re in prime position to take a header down the stairs. Carpet the stairs or add tread strips for stability. n the essentials Check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors twice a year. Be sure outside lighting is adequate. Keep doors and windows locked when possible. Keep children and their beds away from open windows. Place bright stickers on sliding glass doors to prevent people from walking into them. Secure throw rugs to floors with Velcro adhesive strips. And don’t leave valuables in the open (except maybe the goldfish).

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Red Quinoa Salad Recipe provided by Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza

Summer heat means cravings for fresh summer greens, so sweet and peppery it would be a shame to overwhelm the clean flavor and cool, crisp texture with a pile of grilled steak. So how do you get your protein without wilting the salad? Quinoa, the tasty superseed that chews more like rice and packs complete protein — 8 grams per cup. ¶ Sammy’s has mastered the balance of arugula and tender beets with red quinoa kicked with fragrant mint and vinaigrette that’s all about chili and citrus. It’s the kind of craveable salad you forget is healthy.

FOR CITRUS CHILI VINAIGRETTE

/2 cup lime juice

/2 cup lemon juice

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1 cup dry red quinoa

1 1/2 cups water

/2 tsp chili flakes

/4 cup chopped garlic 1

/2 cup mint, chopped

4 cups red quinoa mix (see recipe at left)

1 cup red onion, sliced

1 cup tomatoes, diced

2 cups golden beets, 1 /2-inch dice

1 avocado, diced

15 cups arugula

/2 tsp Kosher salt

1 1/2 cups citrus chili vinaigrette

slivered almonds for garnish

1 tbsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 2. Combine first four ingredients in an ovenproof pot; cover and cook for 45 minutes. 2 tbsp Dijon mustard

1. Mix first five ingredients in a large bowl, then slowly whisk in oil until well combined.

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

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Bishop Gorman High running back Biaggio AliWalsh logs onto Twitter and sees a high number of notifications. Many are from fans — and not just football fans. The reigning Gatorade state player of the year, who last fall rushed for 2,451 yards and 33 touchdowns to help the Gaels win a second national championship, signed a modeling contract this summer. Ali-Walsh has quickly become more than a can’t-miss college recruit. He’s also a teenage heartthrob. “I didn’t know someone can be this beautiful,” one notification reads. “Oh my goodness he’s perfect,” reads another. “Love the modeling work you have done,” another tweets at the 17-year-old. The attention from becoming a model with Wilhelmina Vancouver, a top firm with notable clients such as Nick Jonas and Demi Lovato, and the pressure of playing for a team everyone is trying to dethrone, could be considered too much for a high school senior. But living up to expectations is nothing new for Ali-Walsh. His grandfather is the late boxing icon Muhammad Ali, simply called “The Greatest” by his legion of fans. So, naturally, his grandson must also be great, right? “There will always be haters out there,” said AliWalsh, a preseason All-American by MaxPreps. “So far, I have done a pretty good job of not worrying about them.” ‘THAT’S MY POPPY’ Ali-Walsh was a grade-schooler when his family attended the Orange Bowl in Miami, where Louisville played Wake Forest. Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native affectionately called ‘Poppy’ by his grandchildren, represented the university for the coin toss. Until then, Ali’s grandson had no idea about his grandfather’s fame. “The whole stadium is chanting, ‘Ali, Ali,’ ” he remembered. “I turned to my dad and said, ‘That’s my

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Biaggio Ali-Walsh, a running back at Bishop Gorman High School and grandson of Muhammad Ali, is also a working model. (Doug Inglish/courtesy)

middle name.’ Then, it hit me; that’s my Poppy.” Poppy, in declining health as he battled Parkinson’s disease, braved the Northern Nevada cold to be in the stands for the 2014 state championship game. Though he lived in Arizona, Ali attended many of his grandchildren’s sporting events. Ali-Walsh’s younger brother, Nicco, is the boxer in the family. Ali-Walsh scored a pair of touchdowns that afternoon to help Gorman win its sixth consecutive state championship. Fans lined up to take pictures with Ali after news of his appearance quickly spread through the stadium. The scene was nothing out of the ordinary. “For me, he was just my grandfather,” Ali-Walsh said. “But then we’d go to the movies and everyone would stop what they were doing and drop their popcorn to come say hi or take a picture.”

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and will be televised by ESPN. “This is a huge season we have coming up. Right now, that’s my focus. We want to go out with a bang,” he said.

He’s the fastest Bishop Gorman was trying to run out the clock in the 2014 state championship game against Reed High School of Reno. Both teams had their reserves in the game, which meant the sophomore Ali-Walsh was going to get the ball. So much for running out the clock. Ali-Walsh, who had spent most of his first varsity season as the Gaels’ third-string running back, was eager to make his mark in the season’s final game. Poppy was in the stands. The rookie raced 92 yards untouched for his second long touchdown run of the day. Biaggio the model In the spring before Those teenage girls his sophomore seaweren’t the only ones who son, Ali-Walsh ran a liked Ali-Walsh’s social 4.38-second 40-yard media photos. Wilhelmina dash during testing at President Tricia Romani Gorman. It’s the fastsays Ali-Walsh was discovest time in the Sanered online in the spring. chez-brothers coach“We scouted him based ing era. Tony Sanchez on his Instagram. We didn’t coached from 2008 to know who he was,” Ro2014 before leaving mani said. “He was a goodfor UNLV, and brother looking kid with great bone Kenny has run the prostructure.” gram since. Ali-Walsh has done com“With the elite mercial photo shoots in speed, you knew right Chicago, New York and Los away he would be reAngeles. His work will apally good,” Kenny Sanpear this month. Most footchez said. “But what ball players are too bulky for you don’t know is how modeling, but Romani says a kid’s work ethic will the 5-foot-11, 185-pound Alibe. But that has never Walsh is an exception. been a question with “He has a real natural afhim. He has gotten finity for the camera,” she — Kenny Sanchez, football coach better and better. We said. “It’s not something you make them put in the would expect with new taltime, and he has made ent. I didn’t expect him to Biaggio Ali-Walsh breaks away and scores on the most of it.” come out of the gate and do a 55-yard touchdown run during a game against Ali-Walsh has scholso well. He was delivering on Chandler (Ariz.) High School on Aug. 29, 2015. arship offers from macamera and bringing energy (Steve marcus/staff file) jor-conference schools to the shoot. He was showsuch as Arizona, Cal, ing a good range of emotion Colorado, Louisville and others. He’ll be able to continand body movement.” ue modeling in college, where scholarship athletes are While his modeling career is blossoming, Ali-Walsh forbidden from using their likeness to earn money, beconsiders it secondary to football. The photo shoots cause he agreed to the contract while still in high school. have been scheduled around his football commitments. “If someone wouldn’t have told me he signed a modPlus, if he misses a practice at Gorman — All-American eling contract, I would not have known,” Sanchez said. or not — Ali-Walsh would find himself at the bottom of “He’s all football first. He has a passion for the game.” the depth chart. The season opener is Aug. 26 in Texas

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Liquor giveaway Date: Thursdays in August Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 150 points to receive a bottle of liquor. Earn 300 more points to receive another. On Aug. 11, receive Hornitos Plaza or Repo.

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75th anniversary $75,000 drawing Date: Thursdays through October Time: Drawing at 7 p.m. Information: One winner will receive 500,000 points; two winners will receive 250,000 points; five winners will receive 100,000 points; and 10 winners will receive 50,000 points. Players will earn one virtual drawing ticket for every 100 slot-based points earned every day of the week; earn 3x entries on Thursdays. Saturday Point Fever Date: Saturdays in August Information: Earn one ticket for every 200 points during the week. Ten Club Cortez members will be selected for the opportunity to win 100,000 points. Wednesday Point Madness Date: Wednesdays Time: 6:15 p.m. Information: From midnight Mondays to 6 p.m. Wednesdays, players can earn one entry ticket for each slotbase point earned, and be one of 10 winners to receive 50,000 points. Ice cream giveaway Date: Wednesdays Information: Receive a free ice cream bar with a jackpot of $25 or more.

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60th anniversary kiosk game When: Throughout the summer Information: Win point multipliers and drawing entries.

$30,000 Table Games hot seat Date: Friday and Saturday nights in August Information: Random players will be selected to pick an envelope containing up to $1,000 in cash or chips. When your table has the hot seat, the whole table can win a free bet of up to $100.

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Hot August cash giveaway Date: Sundays through Thursdays in August Time: Drawings at 4 and 8 p.m. Information: Earn entries by completing a stamp card and qualify for daily drawings. There is $6,000 up for grabs throughout the month. Complete a stamp card for chance to win $125 during each drawing. If a drawing prize goes unclaimed, it rolls over to the following drawing. Point multipliers Date: Sundays in August Information: Earn 15x points on Buffalo slots, 11x points on slots and 7x points on video poker.

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Gift giveaway Date: Wednesdays in August Information: On Aug. 10, chairman members can pick up a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Other card holders are eligible after they earn 100 points. Earn 250 additional points to receive a second gift.

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Christmas in August Date: Through Aug. 15 Information: New slot club members who earn 50 points can choose a gift. You’re in the Money slot tournament Date: Aug. 13 Time: 12:30-5:30 p.m. Information: Earn 300 points Monday through Friday to receive one entry and earn 100 points the day of the tournament to receive a second entry. The 25 highest-scoring participants from each tournament will win cash, with the first-place winner from each tournament taking home $2,200. The 25 highest scores from each tournament will also advance to the final tournament on Aug. 20 for the chance to win an entry into the Tournament of Champions in

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$50,000 Beat the Heat drawing Date: Saturdays through Aug. 27 Time: 7:15 p.m. Information: Earn drawing tickets from slot play. Swipe Monday-Friday for 20 free entries. Twenty winners selected each week with a max prize of $3,000. Play for Prizes Date: Through Aug. 12 Information: Redeem points for gift cards to Best Buy, Earl of Sandwich and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. August gifts Date: Saturdays and Sundays in August Time: 12:01 a.m.-6:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 base points on video slots or 500 base points on video poker on gift day. Get an LED light with remote on Aug. 7, a tea kettle on Aug. 13 and microfiber cleaning cloths on Aug. 14. Point multipliers Date: Fridays and Sundays in August Information: Earn 10x points on select reels and video reels, and 2x points on select video poker on Sundays in August. Valid 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Additionally, earn 10x points on select reels and video reels on Fridays. Valid 5-9 p.m. Wednesday point multipliers Date: Aug. 17 and 31 Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Earn 10x points on reels and video reels on those days. Movie ticket giveaway Date: Tuesdays in August Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker to receive a Brenden Theatres movie ticket. Car wash Date: Thursdays in August Time: 12:01 a.m.-11:59 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points on slots or 500 points on video poker to receive a Terrible Herbst car wash. $15,000 High Stakes swipe and win Date: Aug. 17 and 31 Time: 12:01 a.m.-9:59 p.m.

Information: Earn 25 points on slots or 100 points on video poker to earn a swipe. Win up to $100 in play, dining credits, gifts and more.

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Summer Daze gift giveaway Date: Thursdays in August Time: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Information: Earn 300 points to receive a bottle of liquor. Earn 300 more points to receive another. On Aug. 11, guests can receive Stoli Chocolat Razberi.

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ALIANTE

$300,000 car and slot-play giveaway Date: Through Aug. 28 Information: New cars will be awarded every other weekend. Guests must actively play on a slot machine to participate. Cars will be randomly given away between noon Saturday and 11:59 p.m. Sunday. A Camaro giveaway is Aug. 13-14. A Mustang giveaway is Aug. 27-28. Bingo kiosk game Date: Through Aug. 27 Information: Earn 20 points daily for one swipe and 40 points daily for a second swipe. Each complete bingo card unlocks a new pattern. A pattern match is a guaranteed prize, including slot play, resort dollars, point grants and more. Players without a pattern match earn drawing entries into $15,000 slot play drawing weekends. Guest with a completed pattern will win up to $2,500 in slot play. Each complete bingo card earns five entries into the bingo finale. $15,000 slot play weekends Date: Through Aug. 20 Information: Drawings are 5:15, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. Visit player’s club for details. Table Games Staycation drawing Date: Through Aug. 26 Information: Win a staycation at Aliante by playing table games. Every Friday, a winner will be announced at

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Date: Wednesdays Information: Earn 10x points on select machines.

Always Fresh Containers giveaway Date: Aug. 11 Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 200 points for each gift.

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Point multiplier Date: Wednesdays in August Information: Earn 5x points on video poker and 10x on reels. $2,500 senior slot tournament Date: Aug. 9 Time: Noon-4 p.m. Information: For players 50 and older. Play in one three-minute slot session. Must have loyalty card. $10,000 Mobile Hot Seat Date: Sundays in August Time: Hourly, noon-5 p.m. Information: Active mobile users who accept the Hot Seat offer from the Aliante mobile app will qualify. Five winners will win $50 in free slot play each hour; at 6 p.m., the winners and prizes will double.

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Rip ’n’ Win pull tabs Date: Fridays and Saturdays in August Information: Rewards club members may earn one pull tab per day with a chance to win up to $10,000. Five gold pull tab winners will be drawn to win $1,000 in slot play on Aug. 31. $5,000 Buffalo Point challenge Date: Aug. 14-27 Information: Play Buffalo machines to rack up points. First places wins $2,500. Earn & Win ice cream maker Date: Wednesdays in August Information: Earn 1,500 points to receive an ice cream maker. Earn & Win buffet Date: Thursdays in August Information: Earn 50 points for a lunch buffet or 100 points for a dinner buffet. Reel and Win slot tournament Date: Tuesdays Time: Noon Information: First place wins $1,000.

Progressive multiplier Date: Mondays in August Time: Get 100 base points to qualify. Earn up to 12x points; amount of multiplier increases each week. Collect & Win Date: Tuesdays in August Information: Collect icons through play. Earn up to $750 in slot play. Nifty 50 slot tournament Date: Wednesdays in August Time: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Information: For players 50 and older. Win up to $1,000 in slot play. Money Booth Date: Thursdays in August Information: Earn one ticket for every 100 base points. Players will enter booth and have 20 seconds to grab as much money as possible. 100x Multiplier drawing Date: Fridays in August Time: 8:30 p.m. Information: Earn one entry for every 100 base points. Fifty players will win from 10x to 100x points.

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Grand Seniors Date: Tuesdays Information: For players 50 and older. Receive 5x points all day. Monthly 50,000-point drawing. 2017 Cadillac XT5 giveaway Date: Through Oct. 1 Time: 10 p.m. Information: Receive one virtual drawing ticket for every 25 base points earned on slots, video poker or live table games. Three players will be drawn for a chance to win a car in their choice of red, white or blue. Multiplier Mondays Date: Mondays Information: Receive point multipliers and bonus entries for drawings based on tier status. Valid only for current monthly promotions.

Senior Mondays Date: Mondays Time: Drawings at 4 p.m. Information: Names will be drawn for a chance to win cash and free play. Players 50 and older will receive dining discounts.

Look. Listen. Play. Date: Fridays and Saturdays in August Time: Drawings hourly, 7 p.m.-midnight Information: Receive one virtual entry for every 25 base points earned. Five players will receive a mini electronics gift or $100 in play. At midnight, one grand prize winner will choose a gift box.

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50-plus party Date: Tuesdays Information: Loyalty-card players 50 and older can earn $100 in free slot play on all video-reel machine jackpots over $1,200, a free kiosk swipe for earning 50 points, a second kiosk swipe for earning 500 points, a bingo coupon for a free small electronic-unit rainbow pack (minimum buyin required), a $5 lunch buffet and a free round in a slot tournament from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Summerlin and Elite players may receive an additional round. Best score will be used in the tournament, with 12 winners selected each week. Top prize is $1,000. A $15 free slot play bonus will be given to everyone who wins a round.

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$10,000 weekly baccarat drawing Date: Fridays in August Time: Hourly from 8 p.m. to midnight Information: Two people will be drawn to spin a wheel for a chance to win up to $1,000 in play. To participate, players must be dealt a winning natural 8 or 9 in order to gain one drawing entry. Entries reset weekly.

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$500 On Us Date: Daily Time: 8 a.m.-midnight Information: Sign up for a loyalty card and receive up to $500.

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Rolling For Dough Date: Fridays Time: Slot players eligible 1-9 p.m. Players at table games eligible 6:3011:30 p.m. Information: Players can get a chance to roll the dice and win 10x the roll. Take It or Trade It Date: Saturdays Time: 6-10 p.m. Information: Win up to $1,000. Point multipliers Date: Wednesdays Information: Receive 7x points on video poker and 11x points on reels.

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100 Days of Summer $100,000 giveaway Date: Through Sept. 27 Information: Each day, players have the opportunity to win their share of $1,000 in prizes.

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Point multiplier Date: Sundays in August Information: Receive 10x points playing slot machines.

Point multipliers Date: Thursdays through Dec. 29 Information: Receive 20x points on reels and 5x points on video poker.

$3.5 million Reels of Riches Date: Aug. 13 and 20 Time: 8 p.m. Information: Ten winners will be selected for a chance to win up to $250,000. Bonus drawings will take place at 6 and 7 p.m. Aug. 20, with the final drawing at 9 p.m., where 10 finalists will have a chance to win up to $1 million. To participate, players must earn 100 slot points to gain five drawing entries or 100 video poker points to gain one drawing entry. Additionally, guests who have an average bet of $15 for one hour on table games will receive one drawing entry. Double entries can be earned Monday through Wednesday until Aug. 17. Entries reset weekly.

45+ Classic Rockers Date: Wednesdays through Dec. 28 Information: For players 45 and older. Receive 15x points on reels and 5x points on video poker along with bonus slot points.

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Win Derek’s Shelby GT Date: Sept. 17 Time: 6 p.m. Information: Loyalty-card players can earn drawing entries by playing blackjack, keno, slots or video poker. Contest began March 1, and 10 p.m. monthly qualifier drawings began March 26. Grand prize is a four-passenger 2016 Shelby GT sports car.

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his campaign season is revealing a lot about Donald Trump, who tapped, fed and then rode a wave of anger among many Republican voters to become his party’s nominee for the presidency. This is when candidates put their best foot forward, showing their skills in executive governance, their command of thoughtful policies and their nuanced knowledge of world affairs. But Trump is unfailingly demonstrating why he is unfit to lead the United States, in terms of both intelligence and integrity. The egomaniac’s reliance on bombastic rhetoric and incomplete thoughts compels a close examination of what he stands for and how it imperils our country’s future. He claims wealth as evidence of his business acumen, but refuses to abide by tradition and release his tax returns for public review. His pretensions of being a successful developer are belied by the number of subcontractors and tradesmen he has stiffed and the bankruptcies that left his investors betrayed.

His claimed expertise in construction is undermined by his ongoing promise to build a towering wall along the U.S.Mexico border that experts say would be impossible to construct. His plan to deport 11 million people is absurd given the logistical inability of law enforcement and the judicial system to identify, gather and process them. And his promise to bring tax relief to the middle class? That’s also a deception; his plan would reward the richest — and cost the budget-stressed nation trillions more in liability. All of this is nothing compared with Trump’s ignorance of international affairs, an arena in which a thin-skinned, temperamental president who easily rises to anger possesses the power to destroy entire nations, and risk taking the U.S. down with it. Just the fact that he recently insisted on ABC that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is not going to go into Ukraine, all right?” — forgetting that he told Fox in 2014 that the invasion was “so smart” and “you have to give (Putin) a lot of credit” — should trig-

ger all sorts of warning signs. That, coupled with his financial connections to Russia, his bizarre bromance with Putin, his sympathy toward Putin in annexing Crimea, and his threat to not come to the aid of a NATO country if that country is in arrears, paints a form of appeasement and obedience to Russian power that generations of Republicans once fought uncompromisingly. Add to that the fact that Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was a consultant to Putin ally and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and maintains close ties with Russians, and that another of Trump’s advisers — who wants to invest in Russian energy — has gone to Russia to criticize U.S. foreign policy, and that the party’s platform has gone soft on Russian aggressions. The conclusion is stark: Under Trump, the party of Reagan has lost its compass. In a commentary in The Washington Post, Robert Kagan of the Brookings Institution makes the case that Trump has a personality defect that should

disqualify him for the White House because it would put the nation in harm’s way. “It would determine how he dealt with other nations. It would determine how he dealt with critics at home,” Kagan wrote. “It would determine how he governed, how he executed the laws, how he instructed the law-enforcement and intelligence agencies under his command, how he dealt with the press, how he dealt with the opposition party and how he handled dissent within his own party. His personality defect would be the dominating factor in his presidency, just as it has been the dominating factor in his campaign. His ultimately self-destructive tendencies would play out on the biggest stage in the world, with consequences at home and abroad that one can barely begin to imagine. It would make him the closest thing the United States has ever had to a dictator, but a dictator with a dangerously unstable temperament that neither he nor anyone else can control.” Voters can be angry, but they can’t afford to be reckless.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 8 Longevitology — Energy Healing: Experience hands-on energy adjustments that can reduce stress, relieve pain, promote deeper sleep and faster healing of injuries, and improve quality of life. 2-5 p.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3631.

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Method Place the strawberries, limes and sugar in a shaker tin and muddle briskly. Add a scoop of ice and the Cachaça. Shake vigorously and pour — do not strain — into a 12-ounce rocks glass. Top up with more ice and garnish with sliced strawberries, if desired.

Just in time for the Rio Olympics, meet the Caipirinha, the beloved national cocktail of Brazil. Leblon Cachaça is a popular Brazilian spirit made from sugarcane and the star ingredient of this traditional drink. The strawberries, which are not used in typical Caipirinhas, pack a sweet little punch and complement the lime perfectly. While most of us won’t be in Rio de Janeiro watching the 2016 Games, sipping this cocktail might be the next best thing.

Vans Warped Tour: The Warped Tour welcomes back several fan favorites ranging from Less Than Jake to Reel Big Fish. 2 p.m., $29-$45, Hard Rock Hotel, 702693-5000. Medicare Information Session: A representative from the Nevada State Health Insurance Assistance Program will provide information and answer questions. 2 p.m., free, Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-3710. Meet the artists of “Mystère”: Attendees can interact with and take photos with their favorite “Mystère” characters before the show. 5 p.m., free, Mystère Theater, Treasure Island, 3300 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 800-392-1999. Just Sew Circle: Create and share hand- and machine-sewn projects, quilting, embroidery and stitching techniques with likeminded people. Open to all ages. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., free, Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3867.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 “Bring It On: The Musical”: The Tony-nominated play is the next installment in the outdoor Super Summer Theater series. 8 p.m., free-$20, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 8000 Blue Diamond Road, supersummertheatre.org. *Also: Aug. 11-13, 17-20, 24-27

“Tomorrowland”: Bring your lunch and enjoy this film about a girl able to transport to a futuristic world filled with robots and massive buildings. 11 a.m., free, Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860. Summer Movie Series: This week’s complimentary family movie is “Big Hero 6.” 11:30 a.m., free, Fashion Show Las Vegas, the Great Hall, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, thefashionshow.com. *Also: Wednesdays through Aug. 24 Under the Microscope: Children ages 6 to 11 will learn how to use a microscope while identifying plants, bugs and more. 4:305:30 p.m., free, Clark County Library, Storyroom, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Prospective Homebuyer Orientation: Learn about downpayment assistance program requirements. There will be two sessions, conducted in English and in Spanish. 10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-924-2174. Yoga for Kids: Children ages 6-11 can learn yoga through stories, songs and games. Attendees should bring a mat. Registration is required. 10:30-11:15 a.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 Member Appreciation Days: Members of the Mob Museum will receive free admission for a friend (one guest per member), free parking and discounts at partnering businesses. Nonmembers can join at any time to take advantage of these promotions. 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave., themobmusuem.org. *Also: Aug. 12-14 American Poolplayers Association World Pool Championships: There will be Open 8- and 9-Ball, Ladies 8-Ball, the Jack and Jill Championship and the Masters Championship. Times vary, free for spectators, Westgate Resort, 3000 Paradise Road, poolplayers.com. *Also: Aug. 12-20 Left-Handers Lunch: Everything in this event will be done backwards, including a dessert-first meal. Attendees will learn about historically famous left-handers.

RSVP required. 11:30 a.m., $5, Las Vegas Senior Center, 451 E. Bonanza Road, 702-229-6454. All-City Synchronized Swimming Show: Living the Dream: Watch local swimmers perform before Team USA competes in the Olympics. 6-8 p.m., free, Baker Pool, 1100 E. St. Louis Ave., 702-229-1532.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 Healthier Living Workshop: This program helps those suffering from diabetes, arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease or cancer. For ages 50 and older. Registration required. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., free, Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-229-1702. *Also: Fridays through Sept. 9 Opa at Divine: Learn how to cook Greek and Mediterranean recipes alongside professional cooks in a commercial kitchen. 21+, 6:30-9:30 p.m., $80-$89, Divine Café at Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., springspreserve.org. Las Vegas 51s: A fireworks show will follow the game against the New Orleans Zephyrs. 7 p.m., $11-$30, Cashman Field, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, milb.com. “Be”: The performance is the artistic vision of Tori Lubecki, founder of Philanthropy Entertainment and resident artist in Cirque Du Soleil’s “KA.” 6:30 p.m., $30, CSN’s Nicholas J. Horn Theatre, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., be2016.brownpapertickets.com. Movie Night at the Museum: Watch the 1996 film “Independence Day” on a big screen. Popcorn, candy, bottled water and raffle tickets for a two-night stay at the Las Vegas Renaissance Hotel will be available for purchase. 6 p.m., free, National Atomic Testing Museum, 755 E. Flamingo Road, 702-794-5151. Performing & Visual Arts Summer Camp for Kids: 20th Anniversary Gala: Share in camper successes displayed through their study of dance, music and theatre and their participation in leadership workshops. 7 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-507-3989. Vegas Symphony Art Exhibition: Chinese painter Yajie Cheng exhibits in Las Vegas. 7 p.m., free,

LIFE Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3631. Back-to-school drive luncheon: Enjoy lunch and dessert while helping the community. Attendees 50 and older are asked to bring school supplies to donate. RSVP required. 11:30 a.m., $5, Derfelt Senior Center, 3343 W. Washington Ave., 702-229-6601. “Batteries Included” back-toschool skate night: Teenagers can enjoy socializing and in-line skating before school starts. 6-10 p.m., free, Crystal Palace Skating Center, 3901 N. Rancho Drive, 702-229-4075. Ward 4 Back-to-School Event: Get ready to start the new school year with free school supplies. Stay for a family-friendly movie on the grass after the fair, with free popcorn and water. 6:30 p.m., free, Durango Hills Park, 3521 N. Durango Drive, 702-229-7529.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 Music and mimosas: Enjoy music, brunch fare and a mimosa during Tivoli Village’s dining series. Noon3 p.m., free, Brio Tuscan Grille, 440 S. Rampart Blvd., tivolivillagelv.com. *Also: Aug. 14 Downloading eBooks: Attendees will learn how to download eBooks. 10:30 a.m., free, Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3866.

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“Pride, Prejudice and Zombies”: Enjoy a showing of the 2016 film adapted from Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel, which put a dark spin on Jane Austen’s classic “Pride and Prejudice.” 2-4 p.m., free, Clark County Library, Jewel Box Theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

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Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada raised nearly $200,000 at the sixth annual Heart of Hope luncheon. The money raised will support programs that help roughly 100,000 residents a year. This year’s recipients of the Heart of Hope Award were Dignity Health – St. Rose Dominican and former CCSN Executive Director Ed Skonicki. United Way of Southern Nevada exceeded its campaign goal for the first time in six years. The community raised $7,760,734, which was $188,288 over the goal and $157,371 over last year. The funding supports programs that help prepare children for school, teach financial literacy skills and help students reach high school graduation. In collaboration with the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas raised the walls on its 107th home. The threebedroom home is the 13th Habitat Las Vegas house that GLVAR has supported over the years. In addition to donating $100,000, GLVAR’s members are helping with construction. Las Vegas Municipal Court judges Cedric A. Kerns and Heidi Almase were recognized by the Foundation for Recovery for combating addiction. Kerns was presented the Brick Award, the highest honor bestowed by the foundation. Almase was given the Community Partner Award, which honors an individual who is supportive of addiction recovery and for serving the greater good of the community. Ernest J. May Elementary School hosted a dinner to honor the legacy of namesake Ernest J. May, the first Las Vegas police officer to lose his life in the line of duty, on June 8, 1933. Las Vegas City Councilman Stavros Anthony presented May’s daughter, 97-year-old Anita Lewis, with a proclamation that marks May 1 as “Ernest May Day,” and U.S. Marshal Christopher Hoye unveiled the school’s new mascot — the May Marshals. Cox Communications and area orga-

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Employees of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck participated in a clean-up day at Halle Hewetson Elementary School, the school they’ve adopted for the academic year. The group built backpack hooks for the students and painted murals to brighten the school grounds. (COURTESY PHOTO) nizations awarded $35,000 in diversity scholarships to 10 college-bound high school seniors. The recipients were Maya Rawls (from Cox and 100 Black Men of Las Vegas), Mira Dani (from Cox and the Asian Community Development Council), Paloma Tapia (from Cox and Chicanos Por La Causa), Leslie Machabee (from Cox and the Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce), Sarah Nicholl (from Cox and Girl Scouts of Southern Nevada), Brooke Yannis (from Cox and Junior League of Las Vegas), Ciera Wiltz (from Cox and Urban Chamber of Commerce), Grace Kang (from Cox and the Gay and Lesbian Center of Southern Nevada), Linda Ly (from Cox and OCA Las Vegas) and Hannah Schneidman (from Cox and the Puerto Rican Association of Las Vegas). Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada celebrated National Rebuilding Day with approximately 1,000 volunteers revitalizing 13 homes. California Pizza Kitchen at Downtown Summerlin and the Make-A-Wish Foundation gave a 12-year-old boy with Dravet syndrome a Disney cruise. Dravet syndrome is a seizure disorder and the child, Matthew, suffered his

first seizure at 9 months old. Ben Etter, 10, was the Honored Hero at the annual Take Steps for Crohn’s and Colitis Walk benefiting the nonprofit Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America. Del E. Webb Middle School teacher Lori Henrickson was invited to the White House to join President Barack Obama during his 2016 National Teacher of the Year event. Henrickson is a science and leadership teacher, as well as the student council adviser. Dignity Health – St. Rose Dominican received $36,654 from the National Breast Cancer Foundation for mammograms and ultrasounds. The Regional Transportation Commission, Clark County School District, Southern Nevada Bicycle Coalition and BikingLasVegas.com hosted Ride for Reading, promoting literacy and healthy living through the distribution of books via bicycle. Better World Books donated 2,000 books to students at Frank Kim Elementary School in Las Vegas. Four health advocates from Las Vegas were honored at the sixth annual St.

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Jude: An Affair of the Art gala for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. They are Dr. Paul Wilkes and Dr. Joseph Adashek of Desert Perinatal Associates, Dr. Wesley Robertson of Sunshine Valley Pediatrics and Robyn Williams, founder and president of ChoiceCenter Leadership University. Communities In Schools of Nevada honored volunteers and partners at the 2016 Power Within honors ceremony. Honorees were CarMax West Sahara – Community Volunteer of the Year (group); Natalie Manning – Community Volunteer of the Year (individual); Positively Kids – Community Partner of the Year; Goodie Two Shoes Foundation – Community Partner of the Year; Wynn Resorts – Corporate Partner of the Year; Nevada State Bank – Sustaining Partner of the Year; and Dr. Lisa Morris Hibbler – Civic and Public Partner of the Year. Noy Thongkham, a CIS of Nevada site coordinator at Rancho High School, was given the Unsung Hero Award. Rancho Principal James Kuzma was given special recognition because that school made the U.S. News & World Report list of best high schools in Nevada.

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Going green just as vital indoors as outdoors The Calida Group’s Douglas Eisner and Eric Cohen aim to bring luxury living to the next level, and they say Southern Nevadans don’t need to own property on the Strip to live that life. Describe your business.

Eisner: Our business begins with the end in mind. The Calida Group is a developer and operator of multifamily real estate properties with more than 11,000 units. Much of our success comes from our talented team of professionals, who help us bring our vision to life. Every project we work on together is thoughtfully executed. Cohen: In 2008, we launched our first flagship community under the Elysian name and saw that we were Eric Cohen, left, and Douglas Eisner, are managing directors of the Calida Group, doing something right. At the time, a developer and operator of multifamily real estate properties. (STEVE MARCUS/staff) luxury communities only existed on terconnectedness is a huge part of the Strip. With Elysian, we decided to the calida group mental health and happiness, and change that. Address: 10777 W. Twain Ave., Suite 115, Las Vegas our communities bring everyone toPhone: 702-947-2000 gether by putting on special events Who are your customers? Email: deisner@thecalidagroup.com and opportunities for people to meet, Eisner: Elysian residents are smart, Website: thecalidagroup.com interact and build relationships. active, engaged, social, upscale, expeHours of operation: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. riential and discerning. We say our Monday-Friday for corporate office; communities offer “irreverent luxuWhy did you think it was impor6 a.m.-7 p.m. daily for properties ry,” so there is a little humor built in tant to create an environmentally Owned/operated by: Douglas Eisner and Eric Cohen to a lot of the locations of the propfriendly design? In business since: 2007 erty. Our residents love that. Eisner: Most people don’t realize Cohen: We get asked about the demohow much time we spend indoors. graphics of our residents all the time, treatment area, and brought in masThrough this process we learned but we like to think in terms of psychosage therapists and aestheticians. We that, on average, we spend 90 percent graphics: our residents’ attitudes and still weren’t satisfied. So we sat down, of our time indoors. In the scheme of lifestyles. What are the demographics wiped the slate clean and created an things, that’s a huge part of our lives of someone who drives a Mercedes? entire health-focused program. The and even more so in Las Vegas, where Are they 25? Are they 65? Are they feresult is Elysian Well, which touches we face elements of high heat and live male? Are they male? They are all of every major aspect of our residents’ in air conditioning most of the year. that. The more important fact is what health. There is an air-filtration systhey like and what they think. tem to remove dust and pollen, and What’s the most important part of specialized lighting designed to boost your job? energy levels. We use water-filtration What was the inspiration behind Cohen: It’s great to work with peosystems for cleaner, purer water. We ple who love what they do. We strive Elysian Well? offer aromatherapy to help enhance to create an environment where that Eisner: We already incorporate dozrelaxation; we’ve infused showerheads can flourish and continue for years ens of green initiatives into the conwith Vitamin C to help combat water’s to come and the end result is happy struction and operations of our comharshness on the hair and skin, and people, working hard to achieve our munities, and we’ve done so for years. we’ve designed mood lighting to work collective goals. We work with our One day, the thought occurred to us with our natural circadian rhythms to new team members to help cultivate that green initiatives are for everyone support sleep quality. and sharpen their skill sets and, in outside the unit, but what about the Cohen: We also want to give our turn, we have some of the best in the people living in our units? Shouldn’t residents everything they would business. Investing in your team is we have health-focused initiatives for need to be healthy within our comdefinitely the most important part of them? And that’s where it started. munities rather than making them our jobs. join gyms or fitness studios. We reHow do residential living and ally splurged to get the best equipWhat is the hardest part about dowellness come together at Elyment and offer personal trainers and ing business in Las Vegas? sian Well? even group classes such as spin, yoga, Eisner: After that initial “aha” moEisner: When we launched Elysian, pilates and kettlebell. ment, we designed a gym at the next we were met with this preconceived Eisner: We even take socialness community, big enough to replace notion of what a Las Vegas apartment into account as part of offering a the need to join a fitness club. But we looked like. Everything was stanhealth and wellness program. Inweren’t satisfied. Next, we added a spadard, formulaic even. All the floor

plans looked the same. All the buildings were alike. Creating change in a relatively unchanged market was difficult, and we had to fight for what we believed to be better design. Cohen: I’ll give you an example. When we were meeting with architects, designers, appraisers and lenders to develop Elysian at the District, we went through 49 iterations of the floor plans in detail until we were satisfied. The extra time it took was well worth it. We utilize every inch of space to create a comfortable, livable environment, and sometimes that’s simply a matter of moving one wall an inch or two and breaking that mold. What is the best part about doing business in Las Vegas?

Eisner: Las Vegas is one of the few cities where you can take a business plan from concept to deep market penetration within a matter of a few years. The economic engine here is phenomenal, and the population growth, albeit not as meteoric as it was 10 years ago, is still top five in the nation, so the demand for our product just keeps growing. What obstacles has your business overcome?

Eisner: We could create a five-part miniseries to answer this question. We went into development right as the recession hit. That was a difficult time, but everything fell into place because we were relentless in our vision. How can Nevada improve its business climate?

Eisner: We are diversifying the workforce but still have a long way to go. The seeds have been sown, but we need to let those new industries and firms take root and grow, which will be a huge long-term improvement. Cohen: We’ve made a lot of improvements in higher education, but this is definitely an area of focus if we want our business climate to improve. It’s imperative we continue to foster an environment of learning and innovation that will attract talent to the local workforce. What have you learned from the recession?

Eisner: Execution matters. Residents and clients will remain loyal to great operators. As a result, only the best operators will withstand the tough times and be positioned to thrive after things settle down.

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Share of electricity from clean sources in the U.K. in 2015, out-producing coal power there for the first time. This surge in renewable energy came from increased investment in nuclear, solar, wind and hydro power.

4,700

Employees Microsoft will lay off this fiscal year, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That’s 2,850 more positions than the company said it would cut in May.

Consecutive quarters in which Amazon has recorded a profit. Despite the online retail giant’s aggressive spending strategy, it has recently been making more money than it can spend.

29,600

Full-time jobs Kickstarter projects have created, according to a University of Pennsylvania study, which also found the platform produced 283,000 parttime jobs.

$6.4 billion

Amount Nintendo’s stock fell in one day after the company announced it does not own “Pokemon Go.” The game was developed and distributed by Niantic, with investments from Nintendo and the Pokemon Company.

302

Length, in feet, of the Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft. The hybrid blimp/plane produces the majority of its lift through 1.3 million cubic feet of helium.

Cesar Malaga opened Müller Construction the day after receiving his green card. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

‘I believe in the growing potential of everyone’ Cesar Malaga is president of Müller Construction, a general contractor that started in the concrete business but now offers new construction for commercial and industrial buildings, as well as civil projects. What inspired you to launch this business? This is what I know; this is what I love. My education, experience, trials, errors, accomplishments and the love of what I do inspired me. I felt I could offer Southern Nevada a different perspective and specialized knowledge to fulfill expectations. I had to wait about seven years to get my green card. It was the day after I got it that I started Müller Construction. From that day on, I just materialized the concept I had been working on for years. What’s the construction industry like in your native Peru compared with Las Vegas? Peruvian construction differs from Las Vegas mostly on the management side. Construction managers here are normally registered civil engineers or architects. This scenario makes it a little easier to understand complexity or make modifications on the fly. What has been your most exciting project? Being part of the construction of CityCenter was probably one of the most exciting professional experiences. It’s not every day you will see thousands of workers, managers and equipment in one job site. Why did you move here? One of my brothers gave me a loan to continue my education, so I applied at Washington University in St. Louis to pursue my master’s in construction management. After I graduated, I decided Las Vegas was a great choice. Not only do I have some relatives in this town, but I could also chase the casino construction experience. What do you do after work? The business has consumed most of my life. However, I did find the time to fall in love with my wife and

have a beautiful son. Although Müller is a huge and important part of my life, I do believe family comes first. This is why I have worked so persistently on this company. Describe your management style. I believe management is a team effort. Every member fits in their place. A weakness in one person might be a strength for another. Someone joining Müller might be hired for one position, but in time will know multiple jobs and tasks. I believe in the growing potential of everyone. Where do you see yourself and your company in 10 years? Our goal is for Müller Construction to be one of the 50 largest construction companies in the country. What is your dream job, outside of construction? I would like to restore American classic cars. I enjoy fixing and driving them. What’s the biggest issue facing Southern Nevada? Gambling is not the only industry Southern Nevada should rely on. Nevada needs to diversify industry trends and opportunities. If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? Somewhere close to the Pacific Ocean. I grew up in Lima, close to the beaches of the Pacific Ocean; I really enjoy Southern California. What is something that people might not know about you? I am a Big Brother.

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Sierra Brook Court: Living near a home that neighbors call a squatter magnet By eli segall Staff Writer

Editor’s Note: This is the last of a two-part series. In the Las Vegas suburbs, near stretches of open desert and the mountain range on the city’s western fringe, Sierra Brook Court is lined with high-end homes, some with clear views of the Strip from their backyards. Brenda Flank has lived on the culde-sac since 2000. And lately, she’s had a close-up view of the recession’s dark, lingering after-effects. The abandoned house next door has been a squatters’ magnet the past few years, according to Flank. Groups have come and gone, including a man and woman who, records indicate, were arrested on prostitution counts before they moved in. The group that moved there in March, however, was more brazen than others. Neighbors said the group filled the house with mattresses and people, threw a Cinco de Mayo party and one day, 20 or 25 people walked around the cul-de-sac, laughing and talking loudly. “These people wanted to own the block,” Flank said. Some of the people staying there also went to court to claim the house. Before they were arrested on squatting-related counts a few months ago, Miguel and Dinora Barraza filed a rambling lawsuit in federal court against the home’s owner. They claimed they were the real owners, sought more than $20 million in damages and said they took possession of the northwest valley home in 1900 — 105 years before it was built. They filed the case with a mysterious figure known as Nana I Am, and it wasn’t the first time they had teamed up. They sued for the Barrazas’ old house in North Las Vegas after lenders foreclosed on the property, and the Barrazas even filed papers with the county saying they had given the house to Nana as a gift years earlier, records show. The bank-owned home looked occupied during a recent visit. Three cars were parked behind the gates, a children’s bicycle with training wheels was in the driveway and a person could be seen through a window. A “No Trespassing” sign also car-

Brenda Flank has seen several groups of squatters come and go from a house near hers and is glad to see them vacated. (L.E. Baskow/staff)

ried a phone number and message: In case of emergency, contact Nana. nnn Despite its improved housing market, Las Vegas is grappling with a squatter problem. The valley has thousands of empty houses, many of which were abandoned by people with heavy financial problems when the economy crashed, and people have been breaking in, changing the locks, drawing up bogus leases and “renting” properties out, often through Craigslist. Metro Police received at least 4,458 squatter-related service calls in Las Vegas and unincorporated Clark County last year, more than double the tally in 2012. This year, the department had received 2,672 squatter calls through mid-July, up 23 percent from the same period in 2015, said Officer Jesse Roybal, a spokesman. Squatter homes can become dens of drug use, weapons, fraud labs, child neglect or other criminal activity, police say. The Legislature last year passed a law to crack down on squatters, and local governments have taken steps to target them, as well. But, as Nana and the Barrazas show, squatter homes can draw people who file suspect court cases and suspicious property transactions and — in at least one case — have links to someone with suspected “sovereign citizens” ideology, a movement the FBI has said was “a growing domestic threat to law enforcement.”

Attorneys and others have accused Nana of posing as a lawyer and of filing court cases, for a fee, to help people delay foreclosures and evictions. He has filed dozens of lawsuits in recent years, often with people who lost their home to foreclosure, and sought hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars. He typically files cases without an attorney and can pack them with nonsensical claims, but the suits often seem to fizzle, court records show. In one of his most recent cases, VEGAS INC learned that Nana and the Barrazas sued Metro, several police officers, a TV station and others for $150 million. They alleged civil rights violations, false arrest, illegal eviction and kidnapping, and claimed that one of the Barrazas arrested on squatting charges witnessed a jail guard fatally body-slam a female inmate. Nana is tied to possibly dozens of properties in Southern California, where he apparently lives, and at least five in the Las Vegas area, four of which are bank-owned, VEGAS INC found. nnn Nana did not respond to requests for comment, and his identity remains, for the most part, a mystery. He writes his name numerous ways in his own court papers, and attorneys involved in cases against him told VEGAS INC they never met him. VEGAS INC also could not determine how Nana finds homeowners

or how they find him, as several coplaintiffs could not be reached for comment. Nana’s name and phone number, however, are listed on cancelamortgage.com — “Stop paying mortgage payments on fraudulent loans!” the site declares — and a LinkedIn profile says he owns a business called America’s Outcry. “I can help you save your home!” the profile says. Still, a court filing in one case shows how difficult it can be to track him down. Las Vegas process-server Richard Etienne said in a 2012 filing that he tried to serve Nana court papers in Los Angeles and ran a “skip trace” — a person search — but “was not able to narrow down the searches due to limited information” on Nana. Etienne found no telephone listings for Nana in Las Vegas, could not find anything about him from voter registration data and ran a national search through Accurint, a publicrecords-search program, but “could not find any alternate residential or employment information.” He also checked with the U.S. Postal Service, which did not have a forwarding address on file. nnn Since 2009, records indicate, Nana has filed at least 38 lawsuits in federal and California state courts, VEGAS INC found. Most seemingly involved properties in Southern California, though locally he appears to be most active with the Barrazas. The couple owned a house in North Las Vegas for years, but U.S. Bank seized the property at 3532 Orvis St. through foreclosure on May 1, 2014, property records show. Four weeks later, however, a document was filed with Clark County saying the Barrazas had given the house to Nana — in 2009. “This is a bonifide (sic) gift,” the deed says, adding the Barrazas “did not received (sic) any money.” According to a court filing by U.S. Bank, Miguel Barraza had been “fighting surrender and eviction” since the bank recorded its first default notice in 2009. He “abused” the court system ever since by filing multiple bankruptcies and transferring interests in the house to other people who filed banknana i am, Continued on page 51

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ruptcy, the bank alleged. Meanwhile, Nana teamed with Dinora Barraza last year to sue U.S. Bank and its lawyers for $15.25 million. The suit, which came a month after Dinora filed for bankruptcy, alleged fraud, illegal eviction, racketeering and “dishonesty, trickery, deceit, and a predatory practices (sic) and illegal tactics designed to steal property.” A judge last year dismissed the bankruptcy and the lawsuit. Nana also appeared in North Las Vegas Justice Court with the Barrazas in November. During the hearing, he told Justice of the Peace Natalie Tyrrell that U.S. Bank had to “establish a claim” that it owned the house. “We are not refusing to pay, your honor, because nobody can live anywhere for free. We are willing to pay. But we want them to … establish their claim that, hey, we are the owner of this property,” Nana said, according to a transcript. “OK,” Tyrrell later said. “I just want to say that I disagree with the arguments that you’re making. … I mean, you’re not the owners anymore, unfortunately.” U.S. Bank’s lawyer told Tyrrell that a court had ruled in his client’s favor, that people had re-entered the home after a lockout and that Nana’s group was making the wrong legal arguments in the wrong forum. “Your honor,” Nana said, “who is this counsel? Can this counsel prove that he actually works for (indiscernible). … So does he have a card? Can you provide a card?” nnn Nana teamed with the Barrazas again in March when they sued for the abandoned, custom-built house at 5464 Sierra Brook Court. The twostory, 4,600-square-foot home boasts a dual staircase in the foyer, granite countertops and, rare for Las Vegas, a basement. They unleashed a barrage of allegations, including fraud, racketeering, abusive debt collections, real estate scams, repeated civil rights violations and illegal eviction — all for a house they never owned. They claimed their “1st, 4th, 9th, and Fourth Amendment” rights were violated; that one fraud was committed against them “between July 22, 2014 and January 00, 1900”; and that brokerage firm Keller Williams Realty, which has tried to sell the home, was a “scammer” that helps “in the stealing of property, money laundering activities, and activities which affect interstate commerce.” They also wrote they took posses-

sion of the home on “January 02, 1900,” though on the page before they wrote it was “March 01, 2016,” or three days before they filed the m c minn suit. Attorneys for Keller Williams said in court papers that Nana and the Barrazas could “only be characterized as squatters,” and their “unintelligible” lawsuit was “comprised exclusively of bald assertions, naked allegations, and legal conclusions, not to mention the highly inflammable, offensive, and unfounded personal attacks and characterizations littered throughout” the suit. Miguel Barraza told police he moved to the house March 5 this year, according to Metro’s arrest report. But in court papers, Nana and the Barrazas claimed they qualified for adverse possession, a state law that lets people take ownership of a property if they’ve lived there for five years and paid the taxes on it. The trio didn’t cite those factors, but instead outlined their supposed housework. They also wrote they would “provide more detailed facts” about their claims as the case progressed. But for the time being, they added, they didn’t “have to prove anything.” nnn The original owners of 5464 Sierra Brook Court tried to sell the house for $1.65 million in 2007, listing records show, but steadily dropped the price when the economy crashed: $1.2 million in 2009, $900,000 in 2010, $625,000 in 2011. Squatters have come and gone the past few years. Metro officers, for instance, cleared out a man and woman who showed them a two-year lease as proof they could stay there, but the supposed contract was with a company that didn’t own the house. It also stated the “tenants” — who apparently were arrested on prostitution counts in 2013 — paid a $60,000 security deposit, a police document shows. The group that moved there in March, however, crammed the place. A resident of Sierra Brook saw people hauling in about 15 mattresses from a truck, and one neighbor walked in and saw people “all over the place,” Flank said. Neighbors said the squatters even threw a Cinco de Mayo party, with perhaps eight cars parked out front that day. These squatters were scarier than

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the others, Flank said, and Sierra Brook residents called the police numerous times. At least a few residents purchased guns, a neighbor said. “We were all peeking out the windows, up late at night, pacing the floors,” Flank said. Metro officers raided the house May 11, arresting Miguel and Dinora Barraza; Judith Barraza, who, according to court records from another case, is Miguel’s daughter; and a man named Robert McMinn Jr. McMinn could not be reached for comment, and when VEGAS INC called Dinora Barraza’s phone number, a woman said, “We don’t want interviews.” She hung up when VEGAS INC tried to get her name. According to Metro’s arrest report, police recovered evidence at the home that indicated McMinn was “involved in mortgage fraud” and illegally obtaining homes through “sovereign citizen practices.” Sovereign citizens generally do not recognize any form of government. They have been known to write only in certain colors, such as red crayon, put a copyright symbol after their signature and spell their names in capital letters and with colons, according to the FBI. Some adherents also have sold fraudulent documents such as drivers’ licenses and passports; harassed and intimidated public officials; filed “a voluminous” amount of documents “that clog the courts and other government agencies”; and killed at least six law-enforcement officers since 2000, the FBI says. Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow with the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, told VEGAS INC that the lawsuit filed in March by Nana and the Barrazas did not look like a sovereign document. The trio acknowledged the government’s legitimacy and did not appear to use typical sovereign language, he said. nnn Nana and the Barrazas aren’t giving up the fight for the home on Sierra Brook. They and McMinn filed a 55page lawsuit July 12 against Sheriff Joe Lombardo, whose name is misspelled “Lombardi” in the suit; police officers who raided the house in May; nextdoor neighbor Flank; Fox 5 KVVU-TV,

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which aired segments on the house; and several others. According to the suit, Miguel and Dinora and their three children moved to the house March 5, and Nana “gave them a key along with a lawsuit and a lease” to the property. They claimed that officer “J. Martinez” — apparently Jose Martinez, who worked on the case and helps lead Metro’s squatter enforcement in its Northwest Area Command — “orchestrated all the outrageous crimes” against the plaintiffs “and violated their civil rights just to prove his power.” They also claimed that Flank, who was interviewed by Fox, “made up false allegations” to the police and media “and led to the beautiful, loving and peaceful family being illegally arrested, humiliated with their pictures blasted all over the news and the internet as squatters.” The plaintiffs also complained about banks, saying lenders issue fraudulent mortgages, illegally foreclose on borrowers, “throw them out of their homes” and “take the property back and sell it again.” They even recommended watching “The Big Short,” the 2015 movie about America’s mortgage meltdown. “Hopefully, you will see the LIGHT as to what is being done to our great nation.” They also claimed that on May 12, the day after Metro’s raid, Judith Barraza was in Clark County Detention Center and witnessed “a jail officer kill a female inmate for absolutely no reason. The officer picked the small framed female inmate and slammed her on the concrete floor. Bursted her head open, blood all over the place with her lying there in a pool of blood wiggling. … Where is Fox News? Did that make the news?” VEGAS INC could not find any reports of an inmate death at the jail that day, and Officer Larry Hadfield, a Metro spokesman, could not confirm whether an inmate died. After writing about the alleged death, Nana, the Barrazas and McMinn issued a religious-sounding message for the country, a “decree and command in the name of God” and “great cosmic fiat for America.” “So long as the stars remain and the heveans (sic) send down dew upon this Earth, so long shall America remain free. And her people shall have invincible divine justice, protection and perfection by the light of God that never fails.” “And so have I spoken,” they added. “The powers of light; the light of God that never fails; to compel the fulfilment (sic) of this my decree forever, forever and forever. Amen!”

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Sales of private jets are on the rise to the Grand Canyon, showcased its sofa and swiveling leather seats that turn into beds, an in-flight entertainment system controlled by a mobile app and an ultramodern flyby-wire system. Total price: Upward of $18 million. But don’t be fooled by the hardwood paneling and built-in wine cooler; aircraft like the Legacy 500 are more than just toys for jet-setting celebrities and multimillionaires. They are “executive jets,” falling under what the aerospace industry calls “business aviation.” They allow companies to avoid the headaches commonly associated with air travel: long lines, security hassles and lost baggage. Most important, they save time. Where making your way through an airport usually takes hours of driving, parking, walking, sitting and waiting, private jets are ready to go almost the moment passengers arrive. You could be landing at your destination on a private jet by the time you’d still be taking off on a commercial airliner. The bonuses to efficiency and productivity are considered worth the investment. “They are business tools,” said Cameron Gowans, Embraer’s vice president of sales in the western U.S. “It gives companies a direct A to B.” Sales of such aircraft reached an all-time high from in 2008, the height of the housing bubble and what many viewed as the zenith of corporate excess. A total of 1,317 business jets were delivered worldwide in 2008, and while that number fell to 672 by 2012, it’s on the rise. Last year, Embraer reported it had doubled aircraft deliveries in Las Vegas. “Las Vegas is a key market for business aviation, and we have noticed an upward trend in business jet deliveries there over the last couple of years,” David Armstrong, Embraer’s senior vice president for North America sales, said in a statement. Many of those jets find their way

Above, Embraer staff members give a tour of the Legacy 500. Among the luxuries offered on the aircraft are fine glassware and china, left. Below, private jets line the tarmac at Atlantic Aviation, on the western edge of McCarran Airport. (l.e. baskow/staff)

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Golf bags are wheeled to a private jet at McCarran International Airport. Above right, Embraer communications manager Daniel Bachmann shows off the features of the Legacy 500. (l.e. baskow/staff)

to Las Vegas, a fact famously illustrated in May 2015 by a photo tweeted by sports anchor Liz Habib, showing dozens of gleaming white jets parked wing to wing at McCarran on the eve of a boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. Last year marked the busiest year for McCarran since the recession, and private aircraft traffic is higher than ever. Arrivals and departures at McCarran’s private terminals are up across the board. A combined 418,984 passengers passed through the airport’s private terminals last year. In 2007, the busiest year in McCarran’s 68-year history, that number was 268,284. But in terms of the number of private planes taking off and landing each year, present levels have yet to climb back to the 2007 peak. nnn McCarran has two terminals serving private aircraft. Atlantic Aviation and Signature Flight Support operate facilities on the airport’s western edge, where they offer refueling services, hangar space, lounges, food and other goodies mostly for private and corporate pilots. They also provide privacy for highprofile guests who want to avoid

crowded terminals. Walk into Atlantic Aviation’s facility on Tropicana Avenue with a press badge or camera, and you’ll quickly be approached by a staff member demanding to know what you’re doing. A major pull for private air traffic in Las Vegas has been the city’s ability to attract major conventions. The loaded convention calendar makes for a constant flow of corporate jets that Michael Wheeler, director of Atlantic Aviation’s McCarran terminal, wouldn’t have seen in his recent post at the company’s Chicago facility at Midway International Airport. “Casinos seem really to be the big driver,” he said. “The business here continues to be a little more diversified than what it was in the past. That’s helped it to be a bit more stable.” The days leading up to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight at MGM Grand were the busiest for the private terminals in recent memory. The city also plays host every other year to the National Business Aviation Association’s trade show, which in 2015 brought hundreds of private jets to McCarran and Henderson Executive Airport, along with an estimated $22 million in revenue. Henderson Executive, which acts as a relief airport for McCarran, serves private and corporate pilots

almost exclusively. PrivateFly — think Expedia for private flights — operates in Las Vegas and airports around the world. Founder Adam Twidell, a former pilot for the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, says business in the United States is expanding more than 75 percent each year, compared with 50 percent in Europe. “When the recession hit, the industry took a battering,” he said. “Vegas is bouncing back a lot more than other cities.” Popular flights to and from Las Vegas include San Francisco, New York and Miami, but the most trafficked one by far is to and from Los Angeles. “It’s not like an airline; if you are running late to your jet, it’s not going to leave without you,” Twidell said. nnn Las Vegas also is the base of operations for globe-spanning resort companies such as MGM Resorts and Las Vegas Sands Corp., where private jets serve the dual purpose of bringing in high rollers and allowing executives quick and easy access to company properties around the world. Sands, owned by Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson, declined to speak publicly about its fleet, but some accounts claim the company has operated as many as 17 private

jets, including a short-body variant of the Boeing 747, multiple 737s and an assortment of Gulfstream jets. The planes are often spotted on the taxiways of Singapore and Macau, where Sands operates a number of opulent resorts. Unsurprisingly, resort companies also maintain some of the largest private jet fleets in the state. Late last year, MGM ordered six new executive jets from Embraer, including three Legacy 500s, according to trade publications. MGM officials also declined to speak about its fleet, but MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren said in a statement at the time that the purchase was meant to replace some of the company’s older aircraft. “A vitally important element of our overall guest service is delivering a comfortable travel experience to some of our more important guests,” Murren said. Private jets might be an invaluable tool for resorts, but you won’t find companies saying a lot about them publicly. Celebrating the opening of a 570,000-square-foot hangar in 2013, Las Vegas Sands threw what was described in news reports as a “soiree” for a select group of high rollers and executives. Reporters, however, weren’t invited.

“Casinos seem really to be the big driver. The business here continues to be a little more diversified than what it was in the past. That’s helped it to be a bit more stable.” — Michael Wheeler, director of Atlantic Aviation’s terminal at McCarran International Airport

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ifty years ago this month, a game-changing vision came to life on the corner of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard. The project: Caesars Palace, which redefined the Las Vegas casino. The visionary: Jay Sarno, inventor of the themed resort. Before Caesars, a Las Vegas hotelcasino was generally a motor lodge or a roadside motel attached to a gambling area, dressed up with a dazzling neon sign. Sarno broke that mold and started over, offering a top-flight hotel integrated with an opulent casino, lush grounds, a prevailing mood of over-the-top excess and an atmosphere that allowed visitors to immerse themselves in a world like no other. Sarno designed his resort to be an experience, a concept that remains Las Vegas’ strongest marketing hook five decades later. Today, Las Vegas is a city of big visions and constant change, where projects like the Linq and the Park have again altered the model, where we’ve drawn

an NHL team and are working to build a stadium that would become the home of the Oakland Raiders, and where progressive leaders are striving to modernize our transportation system with a light-rail project that would link the airport with the Strip and beyond. But what’s next? What challenges do we still need to overcome? How can Las Vegas maintain its status as one of the top tourism attractions in the world while continuing to diversify our economy and attract new businesses? Over the next several weeks, VEGAS INC will offer answers to those and other questions through a special feature — View From the Top, a series of guest columns from both established and upand-coming business leaders in Southern Nevada. Sponsored by the luxury homes community Ascaya, the series will feature columnists from an array of industries — gaming, technology, real estate and more — offering their vision of Las Vegas’ economic future and their perspective on how to get there.

Key issues include how to improve our struggling public education system, take advantage of opportunities in renewable energy, conserve and protect our water supply, provide funding for social services and upgrade our transportation infrastructure to ease congestion amid continually rising tourism traffic. The series is designed to introduce new ideas, spark dialogue and spotlight a group of individuals who are committed to helping Las Vegas move forward. Our community’s history is rich with business leaders who dared to be audacious — Steve Wynn, Kirk Kerkorian, the Gaughan family, Sam Boyd and, yes, Jay Sarno, among them. Now, contemporary visionaries are ready to keep building on the foundation. We hope you’ll enjoy meeting them and will tell us what you think of their suggestions. Mostly, we hope you’ll engage with them and their ideas for making Las Vegas even more vibrant. View From the Top begins Aug. 21 and will appear every other week. We can’t wait to see what unfolds.

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Calendar of events SUNDAY, AUGUST 7 How I Got to 4,000 Followers in 6 Months Time: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Avatar Unlimited, 881 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Information: Visit eventbrite.com “Thatfailgirl” will discuss how she has gained nearly 4,000 followers on Twitch and almost 10,000 on Twitter, and procured paid sponsorships.

MONDAY, AUGUST 8 Women’s Leadership Conference Time: 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m. and 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Aug. 9 Cost: $450 Location: MGM Grand Conference Center, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit mgmresortsfoundation.org This annual event, a signature program of the nonprofit MGM Resorts Foundation, provides a forum for the promotion of women’s personal and professional development and advancement. Vegas Young Professionals Toastmasters Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas Information: Visit vyp.toastmastersclubs.org These monthly meetings provide a comfortable, supportive environment for attendees to work on their speaking skills and network with other young professionals. Criminal Record Sealing and Civil Rights Restoration Classes Time: 3 p.m., also Aug. 15 Cost: Free Location: Clark County Law Library, 309 S. Third St., Las Vegas Information: Call 702-455-4696 Learn about where to go to seal criminal records, the right to run for office and more.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 Mega Mixer Consumers Expo Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Suncoast Hotel and Casino, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas Information: Email vbnmlasvegas@aol.com Network with business owners showcasing their goods and services. Free-admission tickets can be picked up at 13 Storage West Self Storage locations. Allscripts Client Experience (ACE) Time: 10:45 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 10; 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Aug. 11 Cost: $199 for Aug. 9; $299 for Aug. 10 or 11; $499 for Aug. 9-10 or Aug. 10-11 only; $999 for full conference Location: Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Visit cvent.com This conference is attended by thousands of Allscripts clients and industry leaders. It gives attendees access to educational sessions, networking, experience sharing and the opportunity to hear from expert keynote speakers. Networking breakfast Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $28 for Henderson Chamber of Commerce members; $48 for nonmembers; $10 additional for walk-ins Location: Sunset Station, 1301 W. Sunset Road, Henderson Information: Call Donna at 702-565-8951 The topic will be “Nevada State College: Higher Education + Business Community = Economic Development in Nevada.” NSC President Bart Patterson will cover how higher education and the business community can work together. Biz 2 Biz Networking Event Time: 7-10 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Davidoff of Geneva Cigar Bar, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Email andrew@davidoffbar.com Expand your professional network at this monthly event designed for business professionals. Davidoff Cigar Bar and Las Vegas Distilleries will also be pairing for this event to provide tastings.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 Condos — Everything Realtors & Loan Officers Deserve to Know Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $95 Location: Total Wine & More, Event Room, 730 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Information: Visit eventbrite.com This workshop is designed to help real estate and mortgage professionals better understand the nuances of condominium financing. There will be a wine tasting for VIP registrants. Small Business Workshop Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Bear’s Best Las Vegas, 11111 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit bit.ly/1suXvZ6 Learn how to build a successful company while networking with local business executives.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 Dealing with Difficult People Workshop Time: 8:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: United Way of Southern Nevada, 5830 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Call Baily at 702-492-5314 Join Simmons Group for a six-part leadership training series.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 The Philantrepreneur Foundation Time: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., also Aug. 13 Cost: $497 advance for nonprofits; $997 general admission Location: Santa Fe Station, 4949 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Information: Email Victoria at vboyd@thephilantrepreneur.com Aspiring or current nonprofit board members can learn how to be effective board members. Each attendee will receive a toolkit, resources and a certificate of completion.

Conventions

expected Show Location Dates attendance

International Association of Firefighters Convention

MGM Grand

Aug. 7-21

1,500

Hip Hop International

Westin Lake Las Vegas

Aug. 5-13

3,000

The Prepaid Press Expo

Planet Hollywood

Aug. 9-10

1,800

Women’s Wear in Nevada Semiannual Tradeshow

Rio

Aug. 9-11

5,350

Offprice Show

Sands Expo and Convention Center

Aug. 13-16

11,500

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Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES CHAPTER 7 That Dude Inc. 10870 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 105 Henderson, NV 89052 Attorney: Thomas E. Crowe at tcrowe@thomascrowelaw.com

Chapter 11 C&S Co. 2915 Coleman St. North Las Vegas, NV 89032 Attorney: David J. Winterton at david@davidwinterton.com

Brokered transactions SALES $3,900,000 for 28,432 square feet, industrial 3550 W. Teco Ave., Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: DKB LLC Landlord agent: Dean Willmore, SIOR and Chelsy Cardin of Colliers International Tenant: Teco Highway LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $3,441,000 for 91.76 acres, land Apex Industrial Park, northwest corner of Apex Power Parkway and U.S. 93, North Las Vegas 89165 Landlord: Meldrum Family Trust Landlord agent: Spencer Pinter Tenant: GKT 4 LLC Tenant agent: Pat Marsh, SIOR, Scott Gragson and Robert Torres of Colliers International $778,888 for 1,895 square feet, retail 7790 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89139 Landlord: Book Jones LLC Landlord agent: Jason Otter, Chris Richardson & Lesllie Vasquez of Logic Commercial Tenant: Thousand Grains Investment LLC Tenant agent: Ansheng Liu of Landmark Realty $750,000 for 2.5 acres, land Gomer and Fort Apache roads, Las Vegas 89178 Landlord: The Bentualan 1994 Trust Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: Mosaic Seven LLC Tenant agent: Vince Schettler

LEASES $442,000 for 2,500 square feet, retail for 64 months 7680 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 209, Las Vegas 89123 Landlord: LB-UBS 2007-C6 Annex REO LLC Landlord agent: Liz Clare, CCIM, and Jackie Young of Avison Young Tenant: Blaze-N-Bling Tenant agent: Shawn Preston of

Signature Real Estate Group $288,450 for 1,923 square feet, retail for 60 months 7620 Las Vegas Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89123 Landlord: Anderson Las Vegas LLC Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker, CCIM, SIOR, and Bobbi Miracle, CCIM, SIOR of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: General Nutrition Tenant agent: Did not disclose

BID OPPORTUNITIES AUG. 15 3 a.m. Annual requirements contract for document scanning and imaging at Clark County Detention Center Clark County, 604170 Susan Tighi at slt@clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. LED lighting qualified product list Clark County, 604067 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov

AUG. 18 2:15 p.m. Harmon Avenue/Valley View Boulevard/UPRR grade separation 84-inch waterline relocation Clark County, 604184 Ashley Blanco at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov

AUG. 19 2:15 p.m. Cabana and McLeod medians landscapes Clark County, 604168 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov

Business Licenses 1 Sun Solar Electric License type: Contractor Address: 2708 Highland Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Louise Helton and Richard Gurrola 12 Ventures License type: Gross revenue Address: 543 N. Stephanie St., Suite 120, Henderson Owner: 12 Ventures A. Collins 3D Brows License type: Gross revenue Address: 2490 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson Owner: Audrey Collins Aaron C. Bates License type: Real estate sales Address: 800 S. Seventh St., Las Vegas Owner: Aaron C. Bates

Academy Mortgage Corp. License type: Professional services Address: 1137 S. Rancho Drive, Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Michael Huber, Greg Brown, John D. Shaw and Adam Kessler Ada Torres & Eva Galindo License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Eva Galindo and Ada Torres Alma Adamson License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 80 N. Pecos Road, Suite A, Henderson Owner: Alma Adamson Advanced Physique Nutrition License type: Gross revenue Address: 950 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 107, Henderson Owner: Advanced Physique Nutrition AE & VW Associates License type: Management or consulting service Address: 5274 Villa Dante Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Allan Elmore Affiliated Monitoring License type: Burglar alarm service Address: 2 Stahuber Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Stanley Oppenheim, Daniel Oppenheim, Harvey Andcohen Air City Heating & Cooling License type: Contractor Address: 5612 Avenida Tampico, Las Vegas Owner: Bradley W. Harrison Alliance Fire Protection License type: Contractor Address: 2114 E. Cedar St., Las Vegas Owner: Lyle Amdahl and Daryl Olerud Al Qarrous Professional Services License type: Business support Address: 7359 Parnell Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Mohammed Al Qarrous

North Las Vegas Owner: Arrietas Landscaping & Maintenance

Address: 1427 S. Commerce St., Las Vegas Owner: Juan G. Navarro-Zaragoza

Ascent Audiology & Hearing License type: Professional services â&#x20AC;&#x201D; medical Address: 10470 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Beau Taggart England

BNY Mellon Wealth Management License type: Management or consulting service Address: 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Suite 800, Las Vegas Owner: BNY Mellon

Aviation Amusements License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Richard Canzona and Jay M. Kinney

Body Mind & Soul Center License type: Instruction services Address: 7045 W. Ann Road, Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Body Mind & Soul Center

Aztek Maintenance License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 6360 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Jose Marinelarena

Body Spa West License type: Food services or cafe Address: 8751 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 190, Las Vegas Owner: Body Spa

Babbs License type: Gross revenue Address: 3024 Camino Rico Ave., Henderson Owner: Katia Contu Back2Basiks License type: Mail order/internet sales Address: 5159 Vista Del Norte Way, North Las Vegas Owner: Abraham Flores Barry Sullivan License type: Professional services Address: 8360 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 210, Las Vegas Owner: Barry Sullivan James Baylis License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 975 Seven Hills Drive, Henderson Owner: James Baylis Bella Tease License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Chanel Daniels

American Blinds and Flooring License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Frank Herz

Beyond Boundaries: Neurorehabilitation License type: Medical office Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 320, Las Vegas Owner: Beyond Boundaries: Neurorehabilitation Specialists

Anchor CPA Firm License type: Professional services Address: 8020 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas Owner: Julia Shaw

Bitveda.net License type: Gross revenue Address: 231 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Henderson Owner: Peter Thompson

Angel Mobile Carwash License type: Gross revenue Address: 2338 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson Owner: Jesus Narciso-Perez

Blitz Boba License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 439 Rock Quarry Way, North Las Vegas Owner: Blitz Boba

Arrietas Landscaping & Maintenance License type: Contractor Address: 4112 Dove Creek Road,

Blue Sky Landscape Maintenance License type: Residential property maintenance

Branching Out License type: Gross revenue Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 253, Henderson Owner: Coldbrook Breath and Relax License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite B19, Las Vegas Owner: Eufemia Dollar Cars For Less License type: Secondhand dealer Address: 1613 N. Boulder Highway, Henderson Owner: Cars For Less CBD Sales License type: Gross revenue Address: 3123 Via Da Vinci, Henderson Owner: CBD Sales Central Valley Systems Consultants License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 3131 Meade Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Central Valley Systems Consultants Chabad License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 1236 Vista Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Chabad of Southern Nevada Ciciâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza License type: Restaurant/food court-service Address: 2235 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: D&M Pizza #725 Clean A Lot License type: Property maintenance Address: 4308 Las Lomas Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Clean A Lot Clickit License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Christy Bates

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Records and Transactions Cobalt Blue Massage License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 4920 Saguaro Way, Las Vegas Owner: Michael MacDougall Cowgirl Crunch.com License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite D53, Las Vegas Owner: Green Cowgirls Creative Concepts License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite F38, Las Vegas Owner: Maureen Kopecky and Edward Kopecky David Shapiro License type: Real estate sales Address: 1215 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 210, Las Vegas Owner: David Shapiro David Valles License type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 320, Las Vegas Owner: David Valles Decatur Children’s Dental License type: Professional services — medical Address: 1111 N. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Christelle Y. Alhwayek DMD Desert Upholstery Supplies & Fabric License type: General retail sales Address: 3101 Meade Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Guadalupe Gallegos Desert Wave Leather License type: Gross revenue Address: 2776 Audra Faye Ave., Henderson Owner: Willam R. Jones Diamond 20 Auto Sales License type: Auto sales-limited Address: 1920 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas Owner: Top Prize Donley Social Media Solutions License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Shawn Donley Down Range on Target License type: Misc. flat fee Address: 1206 Cedar Dove Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Aaron D. Munn Elite Pools Cleaning and Service License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kevin W. Delano Empire-Tech License type: Gross revenue Address: 3123 Via Da Vinci, Henderson

Owner: Empire-Tech Enviro Tech 1 License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 3576 E. Russell Road, Las Vegas Owner: Sandra Schmidt Erica Vega Merlos License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Erica Vega Merlos Essence License type: Medical marijuana cultivation facility Address: 5425 Polaris Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Integral Associates

License type: Convenience store Address: 1404 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: Rafman Friendly It Services License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Friendly It Services Giovanni’s Cleaning Services License type: Janitorial Service Address: 3804 Mellon Court, North Las Vegas Owner: Leslie Ruiz Global Stage Technicians License type: Type 6 Address: 1012 Roaring River Ave., Henderson Owner: Noe Ybarra

Evelyn Craven License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 4817 Shea Stadium Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Evelyn Y. Craven

Gold Spike Hotel License type: Alcoholic beverage caterer Address: 707 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: LFDTP

Events With a Twist License type: Alcoholic beverage caterer Address: 495 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas Owner: Jennifer K. Colacion

Good Times Barbershop License type: Cosmetology Address: 3803 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Good Times Barbershop & Shave Parlor

EZ Home Staging License type: Designer-draftsman Address: Did not disclose Owner: Holding PS Gam

Great Clips #6225 License type: Beauty supplies Address: 3030 W. Ann Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Nugent

Family Fun Tennis License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 10115 Jeffreys St., Las Vegas Owner: Family Fun Tennis Fidelis Cleaning Pros License type: Property maintenance Address: 805 Mesa Pine Court, Henderson Owner: Fidelis Cleaning Pros

Great Clips #6227 License type: Beauty supplies Address: 6935 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas Owner: Nugent Great Solutions West License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Great Solutions West

Fierce Vixen License type: General retail sales Address: 4111 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Magdalena Bolger

Greenlockett Realty License type: Real estate firm Address: 2008 Hamilton Lane, Suite 9, Las Vegas Owner: Lockett Green, Tracie J. and Sonya D. Ealy

Filler Up Financial Services License type: Automated teller operator Address: 124 S. 11th St., Las Vegas Owner: Filler-Up ATM Services

Greg Fellows License type: Real estate sales Address: 9525 Hillwood Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Greg Fellows

Firefly Tapas Kitchen & Bar License type: Liquor catering Address: 3824 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Owner: Firefly Partners

Gregory St. Martin License type: Real estate sales Address: 2525 Box Canyon Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Gregory St. Martin

Firm Construction License type: Contractor Address: 3824 S. Jones Blvd., Suite H, Las Vegas Owner: Did Not Disclose

Gulten Dye License type: General retail sales Address: 8751 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Gulten Dye

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Gurrola Tile

License type: Contractor Address: 2708 Highland Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Louise Helton and Richard Gurrola Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show License type: Multivendor Address: 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas Owner: Nancy Glenn HealthHelp License type: Business support Address: 16945 N. Chase Drive, Suite 1300, Las Vegas Owner: Cherrill Farnsworth Henderson Fresh Bakery License type: Gross revenue Address: 10604 S. Eastern Ave. C, Henderson Owner: Oneplus HNL Enterprises License type: Contractor Address: 5600 Spring Mountain Road, Suite 105, Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose Home By Greenlockett Realty License type: General retail sales Address: 2008 Hamilton Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Greenlockett Realty Homemade Temptations License type: Gross revenue Address: 1217 Brockley Cross St., Henderson Owner: Ana M. Tervo House of Liquor License type: Package Address: 8053 N. Durango Drive, Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Brutes Investment IHHC Rentals License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 1640 Curtis Drive, Las Vegas Owner: International Hunger and Homeless Charity Israel’s Handyman License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 1416 Dogwood Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Israel Gutierrez Cuevas Jacqueline De Villa License type: Real estate sales Address: 1120 N. Town Center Drive, Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Jacqueline De Villa Jason Wu License type: Real estate sales Address: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas Owner: Jason Wu JDJ Interiors License type: Type 6

Address: 2852 Blythswood Square, Henderson Owner: Danna Hagenburger John Ottone License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: John Ottone Johnny I. Bernal-Gonzalez License type: Real estate sales Address: 8919 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 170, Las Vegas Owner: Johnny I. Bernal-Gonzalez Jon L. Siems, M.D., Prof. License type: Professional services — medical Address: 8230 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 111, Las Vegas Owner: Jon Siems Junior Police Academy of America License type: Nonprofit community services Address: 6132 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Tom Starnes Karla Ferrufino License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Karla Ferrufino Kathy Paterniti License type: Real estate sales Address: 8689 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Kathy Paterniti Klondike Sunset Casino License type: Nonrestricted/limited gaming liquor Address: 444 W. Sunset Road, Henderson Owner: Nevada Gaming Partners Kona Ice of S. Summerlin License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 4181 Pioneer Ave., Las Vegas Owner: F&F Creations Lacrosse Force License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Lacrosse Force Las Vegas Cardiology License type: Professional services — medical Address: 401 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Kittusamy Las Vegas Radiology License type: Clinic or laboratory Address: 401 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Kittusamy The Leather Charmer License type: Gross revenue Address: 2865 Anaheim Ave., Henderson Owner: Stephen and Gloria Kleinrock

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Records and Transactions Live At Your Own Pace Clothing License type: General retail sales Address: 707 Fremont St., Suite 2320, Las Vegas Owner: Live At Your Own Pace Clothing

120, Henderson Lyle & Julia Wilcox

Lootique License type: Nonprofit registration Address: 72 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 125, Henderson Owner: The Giving Store

$350,000, commercial 1811 Pueblo Vista Drive, Las Vegas Bentar Development

Louis Francis L. Gosioco License type: Real estate sales Address: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Louis Francis L. Gosioco Lucy’s Cleaning Service License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Luz A. Martinez

Building Permits $2,300,000, tenant improvement 4949 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Whiting Turner Contracting $650,000, commercial 1811 Pueblo Vista Drive, Las Vegas Bentar Development

$374,850, commercial - remodel 2 Cactus Garden Drive, Henderson Mars Chocolate

$333,000, commercial 1811 Pueblo Vista Drive, Las Vegas Bentar Development $305,265, tenant improvement 301 E. Clark Ave., Las Vegas Commercial Roofers $300,005, restaurant 146 N. Stephanie St., Henderson Khairat $292,936, single-family dwelling 6832 Velvet Snow St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $250,000, tenant improvement 1114 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las Vegas Trinity Haven Development $250,000, tenant improvement 855 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1580, Las Vegas Hayward Builders

$198,944, residential - new 6425 Old Farm St., North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$169,622, residential - production 680 Bollons Island St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek

$197,790, residential - production x2 709 and 713 Sea Star St., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek

$168,721, single-family dwelling x2 366 and 371 Pollino Peaks St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$195,659, single-family dwelling 8420 Skye Walk Court, Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$168,721, single-family dwelling 12248 Valentia Hills Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$189,101, single-family dwelling 9712 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada

$168,673, residential - new 824 Great Sky Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$185,203, residential - production 1176 Calle De Luz, Henderson KB Home Inspirada $181,821, residential - production 3210 San Cilino Ave., Henderson Toll Henderson $180,562, single-family dwelling 9998 Shadow Landing Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $178,580, single-family dwelling 9717 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada

$159,000, tenant improvement 2451 S. Buffalo Drive, Suite 120, Las Vegas Beacon Southwest $158,864, residential - production 1092 E. Sunset Road, Henderson Woodside Homes of Nevada $158,034, single-family dwelling 10524 Sparks Summit Lane, Las Vegas Adaven Homes $156,488, single-family dwelling x2 8410 and 8435 Skye Walk Court, Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$168,673, residential - new 6608 and 6616 Towerstone St., North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$156,036, plumbing 8225 Dream Star Court, Las Vegas Sin City Plumbing and Maintenance

$168,303, single-family dwelling 9806 Yellow Shadow Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$155,618, residential - new 320 Butler Creek Court, North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada

$161,809, residential - new x2 821 and 828 Great Sky Court, North Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$153,031, single-family dwelling 9997 Celestial Cliffs Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$160,969, single-family dwelling 6526 Havasupai Falls St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$152,931, residential - production 25 Porto Malaga St., Henderson Century Communities of Nevada

$490,000, OTC 875 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 1690, Las Vegas Commercial Consulting Services

$240,819, residential - production 2421 Cingoli St., Henderson KB Home Inspirada

$173,935, residential - new 2508 Gala Haven Court, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$477,335, OTC 301 E. Clark Ave., Las Vegas Commercial Roofers

$222,289, single-family dwelling 12033 Vento Forte Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV

$173,702, single-family dwelling 67 Basque Coast St., Las Vegas Toll South LV

$160,266, single-family dwelling 270 Besame Court, Las Vegas Toll South LV

$475,000, tenant improvement 2250 S. Rancho Drive, Suite 205, Las Vegas Lewis K. Construction & Development

$209,164, single-family dwelling 8415 Skye Walk Court, Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$173,281, single-family dwelling 10529 Sparks Summit Lane, Las Vegas Adaven Homes

$160,000, rehab 2540 Carroll St., North Las Vegas Advantage Builders of Nevada

$146,944, single-family dwelling 12278 Terrace Verde Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada

$160,000, single-family dwelling 9455 W. Centennial Parkway, Las Vegas Gareve Family Trust

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$402,001, medical office tenant improvement 2865 Siena Heights Drive, Suite

$208,432, single-family dwelling 10081 Cambridge Brook Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada

$160,306, residential - custom 1039 Calico Ridge Drive, Henderson Carolyn and Joyce Pinter

$169,622, residential - production 923 Spiracle Ave., Henderson Owner

$150,013, commercial - remodel 617 Mall Ring Circle, Suite 130, Henderson Galleria Pavilion $150,000, tenant improvement 888 W. Bonneville Ave., Las Vegas Whiting Turner Contracting

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Category: subcontractors (Ranked by number of permanent full- and part-time employees as of June 27)

Year established

Employees

Specialty

Recent projects

Top executive

WestCor Cos. 5620 Stephanie St. Las Vegas, NV 89122 702-433-4040 • westcorcompanies.com

1989

422

Carpentry, concrete, masonry

Rhodes Ranch and Tuscany for Century Communities, Inspirada for KB Home, St. Rose Apartments for Pier Construction and Development

Michael Coronado, president/ CEO

Helix Electric 3078 E. Sunset Road, Suite 9 Las Vegas, NV 89120 702-732-1188 • helixelectric.com

2001

300

Electrical

Ikea, Department of Transportation’s Tropicana pedestrian bridge/escalator replacement, East Pecos Solar

Victor Fuchs, president

Tradewinds Construction 1714 W. Bonanza Road Las Vegas, NV 89106 702-310-6088 • tradewindsconstruction.com

1988

218

Carpentry, painting/ decorating, drywall, acoustical ceilings

Ikea, Tivoli Village, Restoration Hardware

Jeffrey Vilkin, president

Commercial Roofers 3865 W. Naples Drive Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-876-1777 • commroof.com

1996

150

Roofing/siding

T-Mobile Arena, Downtown Summerlin, Smith Center for the Performing Arts, SLS Las Vegas, Topgolf

Scott Howard, president

KHS&S Contractors 6680 Amelia Earhart Court Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-597-3200 • khss.com

1996

Carpentry

Galleria at Sunset mall expansion

Shawn Martin, senior vice president

Cal Pac Painting of Nevada 900 S. Commerce St. Las Vegas, NV 89106 702-383-5144 • calpac.us

1996

Painting/decorating Ainsworth, UNLV Tonopah Hall, Sherrie Zappos corporate office Hermann, president

Federal Heath 3900 W. Dewey Drive Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-739-9466 • federalheath.com

1980s

Electrical, painting/ decorating, signs, lighting maintenance, digital signs

Maverick Helicopters, Gold & Silver Pawn Plaza, Topgolf

Ron Lyster, general manager

Sting Alarm, Inc. 7120 Rafael Ridge Way Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-737-8464 • stingalarm.com

2003

Electrical, low voltage electrical

Topgolf, Omnia Las Vegas nightclub, Spearmint Rhino

Jon Perry, president

Heritage Surveying 1895 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, NV 89134 702-474-6277 • heritage-surveying.com

2006

Professional land surveyor

Downtown Summerlin, Ikea, Henderson Hospital

Dennis Layton, resident

BEC Environmental 7660 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 150 Las Vegas, NV 89144 702-304-9830 • becnv.com

2002

Environmental compliance, asbestos, stormwater pollution prevention plan, desert tortoise

Interstate 11 Boulder City Bypass, Project Neon, Bureau of Reclamation fiber optic trail

B. Eileen Christensen, president/ principal

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