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SCHOOL BOARD VOTES FOR ONLINEONLY START TO SCHOOL YEAR The Clark County School Board on July 21 voted unanimously that the 2020-21 school year will begin with full-time distance education. The board will require updates from health officials every 30 days on how Nevada is faring with the coronavirus pandemic to determine any changes to the distance-learning model as the year unfolds. Board members also voted to give district staff the option to work from home or in-person. District officials had recommended that students attend school for two days of in-person instruction and three days of online instruction each week. Superintendent Jesus Jara said the decision to recommend full-time distance education was based on health and safety. The School District also presented the results of a survey asking families whether they planned to return to CCSD and if they had access to the internet. Just over 115,500 of the more than 300,000 students in the district answered the survey, with 5% saying they would home-school and 34% wanting full-time online education. Trustee Linda Young criticized the fact that the survey was only offered online. “We’ve been talking about broadband access and equity, and then you give out a survey that many people in my community can’t even do because they don’t have access,” she said. –Sara MacNeil

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A child holds a sign during a Strike for Black Lives rally against police brutality at the Grant Sawyer Building in Downtown Las Vegas on July 20. The rally was a joint effort by the Service Employees International Union Local 1107, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Las Vegas NAACP and New Era Las Vegas in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Cover Story: These local activists are striving for change Binge This Week: Our staff’s latest suggestions Noise: Stu Brundy invites you into his SpiritWorld Food & Drink: New José Andrés menus. Plus, cheese! Sports: The Aces look prepped for a playoff run

STORIES FROM LAST WEEK BIG CAT ON THE LOOSE Authorities tranquilized and removed a 70-pound mountain lion found in a foothills area on the western edge of Las Vegas after it was spotted July 19 near a park and an elementary school. The Department of Wildlife transported the animal to the Spring Mountains to be released. HIGH-SPEED RAIL APPROVED A plan for a high-speed passenger train from Las Vegas to Southern California moved closer to reality July 21 following a unanimous vote by Clark County commissioners, who approved findings related to financing for the proposed $5 billion rail line to Victorville, Calif. Virgin Trains officials have said a trip to Victorville by rail would take about 75 minutes. Assuming no traffic delays, the regular drive takes about three hours. FAUCI TO THROW FIRST PITCH Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease expert, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game of Major League Baseball’s pandemic-delayed regular season July 23. The Washington Nationals host the New York Yankees nearly four months after the season was originally scheduled to begin.

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“I don’t even know if it’s safe to play. ‘Uncertainty’ is the word. Everything is up in the air with the virus and how it will affect our league and season.” –Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis, during an interview with ESPN.com in which he reportedly outlined three scenarios under consideration: 1. Proceed with the NFL schedule as planned; 2. Delay the start of the season until November and play a 12-game season; 3. Cancel the season.

BACK TO THE BRIEFINGS President Donald Trump on July 21 took to the White House briefing room podium again for daily coronavirus briefings. His turns there had ended in late April after he suggested that injecting toxic disinfectant might treat the virus. VACCINE TESTING IN VEGAS An experimental COVID-19 vaccine that has reportedly shown the ability to spur an immune response will be tested in Las Vegas starting this month. Wake Research-Clinical Research Center of Nevada will test a vaccine on 300-500 people in Las Vegas. The federal government has invested in several companies as part of Operation Warp Speed, its effort to make coronavirus vaccines and treatments available to the American public as quickly as possible.

Jada Season, 6, looks over a model train set and diorama by Woodland Scenics being installed in the patient waiting room of Cure 4 the Kids Foundation on July 18. Magician Criss Angel, in collaboration with Criss Angel Studios, the Johnny Crisstopher Children’s Charitable Foundation and Woodland Scenics, donated the display. (Steve Marcus/Staff)

NO WINNERS IN SPECIAL SESSION As state agencies begin working with far less money than originally expected for the coming fiscal year, the reality of this month’s special session of the Nevada Legislature will set in: There were no winners. Lawmakers wrapped up the 12-day special session July 19, cutting more than $500 million from the state budget to help fill a gaping hole in the state’s coffers caused by months of businesses shutdowns. Almost every state agency or service was put on the chopping block. Among them:  Health and Human Services: The state Department of Health and Human Services was staring down a $233 million budget cut at the start of the special session. Lawmakers intervened, but the cuts were still substantial, at almost $152 million.  Mining industry: Democrats put forward a bill that would have capped mining tax deductions at 60%, raising $54.7 million in new revenue. It fell one vote short when state Sen. Keith Pickard, R-Henderson, backtracked on his support for it. Lawmakers have hinted at looking at mining taxes again in the next regular session. They did pass one bill accelerating the collection rates of some mining taxes until 2024.  UNLV: A bill targeting capital improvement project funding erased $20 million for the construction of a new engineering building. And in the last few days of the session, lawmakers identified another $25 million that was pulled from the Nevada System of Higher Education’s budget. The cut will result in more limited course offerings, increased class sizes and reduced student services at UNLV.  K-12 education: The cuts to education came out to more than $150 million after lawmakers sent $50 million in federal relief funds to underperforming schools and students in a block grant form.  State workers: In Gov. Steve Sisolak’s original proposal, he called for a mandatory furlough day per month and a freeze on merit pay increases. Lawmakers rolled back the furloughs to one day month for six months starting in January. They also reinstated merit pay increases. –John Sadler

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kin. It’s our body’s biggest organ. Our protective envelope exists to keep the outside world out and the inside in. And yet it’s easy to ignore, up until the moment something goes wrong. What’s that weird rash? Who knows? Sure, you can use a phone filter to make your skin look great, but it’s better to address the problem and enjoy clear skin. ¶ We’ve rounded up info on some of the most common skin conditions that affect mankind, but this shouldn’t replace professional medical advice. If you think something looks wrong, please consult a doctor.

BASIC SKIN CARE 101 Prevention is the best cure, so follow these simple steps to keep your skin healthy and happy.

It’s the bane of pubescence. But pimples can linger beyond the teenage years. ● Who: Everybody. It’s the most common skin issue in the United States. ● Cause: Pores clogged by dead skin cells get infected by a common skin bacteria, P. acnes. Risk factors include genetics, hormones, being female. ● Symptoms: From cysts to blackheads to pustules and whiteheads, these blemishes can plague the face, chest, back, arms and buttocks—and lead to scarring and dark spots. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Start with over-the-counter topical treatments and see a dermatologist for prescription treatment if your acne is severe or not responding to other efforts. Do not pop pimples; it can make them worse and cause scarring.

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A general term for the type of rash one gets when skin comes into contact with an irritant. ● Who: Anybody, but allergies are a risk factor. ● Cause: Seasonal allergies; allergies to cheap jewelry (generally with nickel), cosmetics, detergents, medications, tattoo pigments, etc. ● Symptoms: Itching, redness, swelling. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Remove the irritant, and avoid future contact.

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A type of dermatitis (seborrheic) that mainly affects the scalp. ● Who: Mostly people with genetic predispositions, immune or nutrition issues. ● Cause: Genetics, environmental factors, dry skin, stress. ● Symptoms: Itching, flaking, discoloration of the skin. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Medicated dandruff shampoo; shampoo daily; eat a healthy diet; get some sun; apply tea tree oil. Seek prescription treatments if the above doesn’t help.

ECZEMA

Think of this chronic skin condition like asthma of the skin. Skin can be normal, and then suffer from outbreaks, like an allergic reaction. ● Who: Anybody, but those with asthma or allergies are at higher risk. ● Cause: Genetics, skin irritation or damage, immune issues. ● Symptoms: Dryness, redness, itching, cracking, bleeding, infection. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Hydrocortisone, antihistamines, steroid creams, laser therapy, immunosuppressants.

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An inherited skin condition that can make the upper arms, thighs, buttocks and/or cheeks appear to have goosebumps or whiteheads. ● Cause: Genetics, worsened by dry environments. ● Who: More common in children and young adults and generally resolves itself with age. ● Symptoms: Painless, but can cause bumps and coarse skin. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Exfoliate and moisturize; salicylic acid, topical retinoids.

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Wash your hands. Practice good hygiene. Manage stress. Eat a healthy diet. Sleep enough. Moisturize to prevent dry, cracked skin.

■ Don’t share personal items like towels, razors and nail clippers. ■ Avoid touching your face. ■ Don’t pick at, shave over, pop or scratch irritated skin, no matter how tempting.

■ Don’t touch other people’s skin lesions. ■ Cover skin wounds, warts, etc. to speed healing and prevent cross-contamination. ■ Wear flip-flops around swimming pools and public showers. ■ Protect yourself from sun damage.

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MOLES

Mostly everybody has a mole somewhere or other. Generally, these pigmented skin growths are harmless, but some can be risk factors for melanoma (skin cancer). ● Who: Almost everybody. ● Cause: Irregular or clumpy growth of pigmented skin cells. ● Symptoms: Beware of moles that are asymmetrical, oddly shaped, multicolored, larger than a pencil eraser and/or quickly changing, as these can be signs of melanoma. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: If your moles seem irregular, see a doctor immediately. Most moles don’t require treatment, but if needed, they can be surgically removed by a dermatologist. In general, it’s a good idea to monitor your moles over time, just to make sure they don’t turn against you.

MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM

This skin disease is caused by a poxvirus that lives in the upper layer of the skin. ● Who: Anybody, but people with compromised immune systems are at higher risk. ● Cause: Viral infection spread via physical contact (either skin-to-skin or via shared objects, such as towels or toys). ● Symptoms: Itching, redness, small bumps with a pearly appearance. ● Contagious? Yes, but your body can completely clear the infection. ● Treatment: The disease typically clears on its own in six months to four years. A medical professional can help remove the lesions; do not attempt on your own.

PSORIASIS

Skin generally takes weeks to grow, but with this skin condition, it grows at hyperspeed, causing significant irritation. ● Who: Genetics combined with triggering events such as stress, weather and/or medication. ● Cause: An overactive immune system, generally. ● Symptoms: Most people develop plaque psoriasis, which consists of scaly, raised patches that can look silver. They are very itchy, but scratching makes it worse. Other types of psoriasis include rashes and irritation on different parts of the body. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Prescription medication, including lotions, pills and injections.

ROSACEA

Santa Claus is famous for his rosy cheeks. But what you took for Christmas cheer is most likely the skin condition rosacea. ● Who: Older people, mostly women, with fair skin. ● Cause: Genetics, acne is a risk factor, spicy foods, stress, sunlight. ● Symptoms: Redness on the cheeks and nose, enlarged blood vessels, hot skin, irritated eyes, swollen nose. ● Contagious? No. ● Treatment: Antibiotics, laser therapy, surgery.

WARTS

A skin growth caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). ● Who: Anybody, but nail biting, hangnails, broken skin, shaving and weakened immune systems are risk factors. ● Cause: Physical contact (skin-to-skin or with a contaminated object). ● Symptoms: Depending on the type of wart, the growth can appear on the hands, fingers, feet, face, genitals and, really, anywhere. ● Contagious? Yes. ● Treatment: Can eventually resolve on its own; over-thecounter treatments available; dermatologist can treat with excision, electrosurgery, cryotherapy and more. Sources: American Academy of Dermatology; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Mayo Clinic; Summerlin Dermatology

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Craving companionship Eric Jeng and Kylo, his adopted 4-year-old mastiff mix (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

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Local animal adoptions are soaring during the pandemic

By Sara MacNeil essica Suarez intended to adopt a small, young dog to keep her company while she worked from home during the coronavirus pandemic. But when she got to the pet adoption center, Charlie, an 8-year-old German shepherd with arthritis, was the last dog left. She remembers the attendant saying, “I don’t know if you want to see her. She’s kind of old.” “When I saw her, her face was so kind, and she just looked so happy to be greeted, or to even have any attention,” Suarez says. “I was like, ‘I can’t leave this dog. She’s the sweetest dog on the planet.’ ” Suarez, 24, is one of many Las Vegans who have adopted a pet for companionship amid months of isolation and social distancing. At least two Southern Nevada shelters say they’ve had an overload of adoption applications since people began staying inside to prevent contact with the virus. More people applied to adopt or foster a pet at the Animal Foundation in a twoweek period in March than during all of 2019, says Kelsey Pizzi, the foundation’s communications director. Pizzi says there were hundreds more applications than there were animals available for adoption. Danielle Harney, the administrator at Henderson Animal Control, says 550 pets have been adopted since the coronavirus spread—not bad considering most adoption events have been canceled because of the pandemic. “That’s a huge number considering everything is shut down. Our doors have been locked since March,” Harney says. Adding to the shortage of animals, many residents who fostered pets didn’t want to part ways when it came time to return their animals, so they adopted their new companion. “A lot of the people who were fostering fell in love with the animal,” Pizzi says. Eric Jeng, 31, a foster parent-turnedpermanent dog dad, adopted Kylo at the end of March. Kylo was a stray before he came to the shelter. He had kennel cough, was fighting scars and weighed 10 pounds less than he does now when

Jeng first got him. “After three weeks, I was attached,” Jeng says. “I don’t want to get too sentimental. He’s very loyal. He’s very protective.” Shelters aren’t allowing walk-in appointments because of the pandemic. Rather, it’s appointment-only and one customer at a time. Under new protocols, people can search for a pet on the Animal Foundation website and adopt by appointment. Pizzi says the new system has worked well because people already have a pet in mind when they come in, instead of browsing the animals in person. About 30 animals are adopted per day from the Animal Foundation. Small dogs are the most popular. Puppies cost $200. Adult large dogs cost $50. Adult small dogs cost $100. People can get two kittens for $100 or one for $75. Adult cats cost $25. Prices for rabbits, ferrets, chickens, ducks, snakes, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats and gerbils can be found on the Animal Foundation’s website

Kittens Tanya, left, and Bridget at the Animal Foundation (Steve Marcus/Staff)

(animalfoundation.com). The foundation doesn’t specify dog breeds because of stereotypes, Pizzi says. “We would prefer that people get to know individual dogs, so we can help them find the right fit for their family.” People wanting to adopt a pet from the Animal Foundation need proof that they’re at least 18 years old, and a picture ID with a current address or picture ID with a utility bill with a current address. They would also need to meet with a pet adoption counselor. Roughly 100 to 200 animals are adopted from the Henderson Animal Control shelter per month. The shelter isn’t taking reservations or appointments, but would-be owners can call ahead to verify that the animal they want is still there. Humans have to call the front desk for health screenings before they enter the building. Henderson Animal Control charges $80 for cats, $90 for dogs, $70 for ferrets, $35 for rabbits and $10 for guinea

pigs. Fees include routine vaccines, spay or neuter surgery, microchip ID/registration and a rabies tag. Adoption applicants who rent residences need to provide their landlord’s information so Henderson Animal Control can verify the pet is allowed at the residence. The organization might conduct a yard check before finalizing an adoption. “We will still reserve the right to conduct yard checks, and also reserve the right to deny any adoption if we feel it is not in the best interest of the pet,” reads the Animal Control website (cityofhenderson.com/animal-control). Harney says there are still people surrendering their pets for financial reasons, but not more than usual. She says she’s grateful for the people who adopt pets with special needs. “It’s a blessing to have those people in our community who are willing to take on that extra work, time and money to be able to care for those kinds of pets,” Harney says.

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Laura Martin Progressive Leadership & Leslie Turner Alliance of Nevada

By C. Moon Reed ne of the challenges of advocacy is bringing everybody together. At any given time, a variety of groups are working separately toward similar goals. These overlapping efforts can double the work and halve the results. In 1994, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) was founded to turn competition into collaboration. Today, more than 30 Nevada groups are PLAN members, including the ACLU of Nevada, Culinary Workers Union Local 226, Gender Justice Nevada, the Great Basin Water Network, the Nevada Justice Association, Planned Parenthood and the Sierra Club. As PLAN’s executive director, Laura Martin helps oversee it all. “We’re advocating for bold ideas and policies that actually improve people’s lives,” Martin says. “We don’t do this in service to one

political party. It really is in service to the community.” Martin works to secure Black liberation, to ensure tribal sovereignty and to promote immigrants’ rights. “This is a place where people from all over the world have settled to call home, and it isn’t always as welcoming,” Martin says. “It’s our job to make this a place where everybody can thrive.” PLAN’s big goals require unglamorous work behind the scenes. Martin stays busy with administrative tasks and fundraising. One of the highlights of her role, she says, is getting to collaborate and strategize with “some of the best organizers in the state. There’s so many different ways that we can just connect and build off our mission for PLAN.” Martin credits her life path to growing up in a household that was always aware of current events. The catalyst in going from an observer to a participant was 9/11 and the Iraq War, which

took place while Martin was attending college. “It gave me this pathway to join something bigger and to understand the importance of organizing and coalitions, because that was a scary time.” As PLAN’s Justice Director, Leslie Turner spearheads the group’s Mass Liberation Project and is one of the founders of the Vegas Freedom Fund. Turner is also a fellow with Law for Black Lives. Mass Liberation Project Nevada has worked to end cash bail and reinstate voting rights for formerly incarcerated people. Vegas Freedom Fund raises money to bail people out, helps with their cases, offers participatory defense, pays their bills and helps them find jobs. In addition to offering needed social services, Turner calls bailing people “a tactic to highlight the injustices of the bail system and of the pretrial justice system in general.” Vegas Freedom Fund recently garnered attention for bailing out Black Lives Matter protest-

For information on PLAN and the Freedom Fund, visit planevada.org or facebook.com/vegasfreedomfund.

ers, but the group has actually been around since 2018. “The core of the work we do with the Mass Liberation Project is Black liberation,” Turner says. “Because this country is rooted in white supremacy and anti-blackness, undoing that and creating agency and liberation for Black people will bring liberation for all.” Decarceration is personal for Turner, a single mother who has been in jail for an inability to pay traffic tickets. Turner also grew up in a Black Panther household where, she says, “Everything was centered around political education.” Turner says too many people don’t understand how policy affects their daily lives, so she spends much of her time talking to them, giving them a political education, listening to their needs and helping them get involved. Mass Liberation is also running a program called #CareNotCages. Turner says, “We’re basically setting the groundwork to show that if we care for our people, eventually we won’t need the carceral system.”

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By Leslie Ventura n 2009, Nissa D. Tzun cofounded the Forced Trajectory Project in Brooklyn, New York. A special needs teacher at the time, Tzun says “systemic racism was very blatant” within New York schools. “As an educator and an artist, I felt like I had to do more.” Tzun jumped into anti-racism and anti-war organizing and worked as a photographer for the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition. When Tzun was asked to photograph a Long Island family whose loved one had been killed by police, the seed for FTP—a multimedia project documenting the effects of police violence—was planted. “In meeting this family, I was really surprised by their narrative,” Tzun recalls. “It was completely different from the newspaper narrative.” Tzun asked herself, “Is this a pattern,

or is this just a fluke?” After studying different cases, Tzun discerned that there were all-too-common similarities in police brutality reports and the stories being shared with the public. “The whole point of FTP is to shine a light on [families’] paths after their loved ones are killed,” Tzun says. “We hear the nationally known cases, but we don’t often know about the cases that happen in our ZIP code, and that has to do with the disconnect of mainstream journalism and the community.” A master’s degree student in social work and journalism, Tzun launched an internship program in 2018 through UNLV’s department of Journalism and Media Studies. Though it’s currently on pause due to the pandemic, FTP has trained more than 10 interns to date.

As a whole, FTP advocates for roughly 20 different families that have been affected by police homicide or brutality, Tzun says. Last year, FTP organized in protest of SB242, a bill designed to strengthen the rights of police officers under investigation. “It keeps their misconduct files away from the public eye,” Tzun says. “They’re sealed records, so that’s created a veil of secrecy around police violence.” Though the amendment to Nevada’s Peace Officers Bill of Rights passed, Tzun and the affected families strategized a response and testified against two sections of the bill—including one that would have allowed police to redact officers’ faces in body camera footage—ultimately getting them removed.

A two-time Davis-Putter scholar, Mass Liberation Project consultant, a Center for Community Change communications fellow and a 2019-2020 Jesse Lloyd O’Connor scholar, Tzun says keeping the public informed is more important now than ever before. “Getting people to deeply listen to this information is challenging,” she says, adding that there’s little advocacy out there for families affected by police homicide or brutality. “Families don’t have access to funds to bury their loved ones. They don’t have access to mental health care if they need it.” It’s for these reasons that Tzun calls community engagement “crucial.” “We believe that our work provides a unique portal to these narratives, and that those narratives need to be considered if we want to see an end to police violence,” Tzun says. “What’s missing is that connecting piece.”

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By Leslie Ventura is name is Vance Sanders, but in Las Vegas, he’s known as Minister Stretch. Born and raised in Chicago by a single mom, the 25-yearold minister, organizer and activist fled to Las Vegas in 2010, because, he says, the violence in his hometown was “getting out of hand.” After a short stint playing college basketball in Washington, Sanders moved back to Las Vegas and began organizing full time. “I knew that my purpose was activism,” Sanders tells the Weekly. In 2014, the then-19-year old minister started his first organization, All Shades United, a community outreach initiative focused on bringing people of all walks of life together. In 2015, Sanders organized his first protest, following the death of Sandra Bland

inside a Texas prison; he has organized numerous protests and rallies since. With All Shades United shelved for now, Sanders hopes to uplift the community through another project, New Era Las Vegas, which launched last year. Originating in Detroit, New Era has a nationwide goal of helping to create a Black-owned community through grassroots resources and collective buying power. “We’re aiming to create Blackowned and operated schools, banks, grocery stores, hospitals, law offices, recreation centers and more,” the New Era Detroit website reads. As the founding president of New Era’s Las Vegas chapter, Sanders has organized protests, hosted barbecues and fed community members in need. “New Era is living proof that if you just get out and do it, it can be done,” Sanders says. To fight all-too-common activist

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Minister Stretch Sanders fatigue, Sanders says he doesn’t think of his social justice work as a job. It’s his way of life. “Find ways to enjoy it,” he says. “When it becomes a job, you get burned out.” With his busy schedule and tenacious work ethic, the newly married Sanders says he has to “be creative” when figuring out ways to take care of his family. When he isn’t organizing or giving sermons as a youth minister at Greater Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church, Sanders drives for Uber and Lyft, sells life insurance and is currently pursuing a real estate license. But his dedication to greater causes never falters. “We have to vote. We have to organize. We have to be engaged in the community,” Sanders says. “I don’t want Black people—or people in general—in jail,” he says. As a result, the young minister’s activism starts at a local level. Through the weekly Hood to Hood initiative,

For information on New Era or the Hood to Hood program, follow @neweralasvegas on Instagram.

New Era Las Vegas members bring food, toiletries, COVID-19 supplies and more to different neighborhoods, alleviating basic needs. His goal, he says, is to create healthier, more connected communities. “A protest means nothing when folks don’t come to the protest because they don’t have food to eat,” Sanders says. “Poverty, capitalism, homelessness— these were issues that most of us did not really protest, so I wanted to change my perspective. I wanted to make sure our mission was not just about fighting for individual races to be free, but fighting for people in general. We can’t defeat the race struggle [first]. We have to defeat the class struggle.” While some people are just waking up to the realities of systemic racism, Sanders says Black liberation has always been his goal: “To liberate Black people, oppressed people, and all people who want to be part of a great beloved community, as Dr. King described,” he says. “Everything we do is about the future.”

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AACP President Roxann McCoy never set out to become a social justice organizer. She had a regular job in the mortgage business. But it was there McCoy found a reason to go into advocacy. “I realized that there were not a lot of African American homeowners,” McCoy says. Digging further, she discovered educational disparities and systemic injustices. “My heart just lit up to say, ‘What can I do to help make a difference there,’” McCoy says. “That’s what brought me to the NAACP. They were being changemakers in this community, and I wanted to be part of the change.” Fast-forward, and McCoy has spent 12 years with the Las Vegas NAACP, the past seven as president. She oversees the local branch of the organization, which fights for social, political, educational, health and environmental justice. The group works to achieve equity for all people of color. “It really is a huge job,” McCoy says. “I don’t think that you could really get the total gravity of it unless you’re in it, because I didn’t until I was in it.” Even as she helps the organization navigate such big-picture issues as today’s historic social justice movement, McCoy is helping locals

with the small-scale challenges of daily life in Southern Nevada: employment issues, discrimination, harassment, the way students of color are disproportionately suspended. She recently worked to get Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore to step down from her position as mayor pro tem. Though Black Lives Matter has recently exploded into the national zeitgeist, McCoy and her organization have been toiling “in the trenches” for years, especially in terms of advocating for police reform. McCoy says that through their conversations, Metro police have restricted neck restraints to the last level of force. “We really wanted them to ban it all together, but they at least moved the needle,” McCoy says, adding that the NAACP was instrumental in demanding police body cameras. The current moment has given McCoy a chance to zoom out and take stock of all that the NAACP has accomplished here. “In Las Vegas, our NAACP is light years ahead of what the other agencies across the country are doing in terms of what we are demanding of our police departments,” McCoy says. McCoy says she has found that the best way to achieve success is through building relationships across the community. “We don’t have to agree … but we have to sit at the table and have the tough conversations in order to move the needle,” McCoy says. “We’ve been willing to have the tough conversations.”

For information about the Las Vegas NAACP, visit naacplasvegas.com. (Christopher DeVargas/Staff)

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Young Las Vegas activists are helping the movement maintain momentum

By Leslie Ventura • photographs by Christopher Devargas “When people ask me how I got this far, I say, ‘I don’t know,’” 24-year-old Jameelah Lewis says. “Statistically, the world was against me.” A second-generation Trinidadian who grew up in Reno, Lewis says her mother pushed her to beat the odds. After moving to Las Vegas to attend UNLV in 2016, Lewis joined the UNLV NAACP, and eventually, the university’s newly formed Black Lives Matter chapter. “I joined a group run by Black

women,” she recalls. “I’d never been a part of anything like that. I gained friendships and experiences. I learned what it is to truly love other people and how to cultivate a community.” Nineteen-year-old Desiree Smith wanted to get involved in the Black Lives Matter movement in high school, but the Legacy High grad says her mother didn’t feel comfortable permitting her to attend protests at such a young age. After the May killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, how-

ever, Smith wanted to help in whatever way she could. Despite their five-year age gap, Lewis and Smith represent the many young Las Vegans helping to maintain Black Lives Matter momentum on a local level. In 2018, Lewis joined the Mass Liberation Project, where activist Leslie Turner (see Page 14), became her mentor. Lewis and her co-organizers have seen activist Angela Davis talk in person; they’ve lobbied for the demilitar-

ization of police in Washington, D.C.; they’ve protested for immigration reform and gun violence prevention legislation; and now, they’re working on bringing a Black Lives Matter chapter to Nevada. “We all met as part of BLM at UNLV and are currently part of a collective working to start [a chapter here],” Lewis says. “We’re in that networking stage, getting people from different organizations and spectrums to come together and organize on behalf of

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Black Lives Matter.” A former intern for Congresswoman Dina Titus, Lewis was propelled into the city’s social justice efforts, which eventually led to her employment at the Rape Crisis Center as a Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) advocate. Despite her advocacy work, Lewis was arrested during one of the first BLM protests on the Strip in May. Smith describes the reaction to those early protests as “violent. They were tear-gassing us and started arresting

people for no reason,” Smith says of the police. Smith organized her first protest, with roughly 50 people, on June 6 outside the Venetian. The protest ended peacefully, Smith says, and since then, she has been pouring her energy into her newly founded group #MoreThanAHashtag, which has a small but growing social media presence. That group recently released a run of logo-emblazoned T-shirts, with the

names of people who have been killed by police, on the back. “We’ve been selling them for $20 a shirt, and giving 100% of the profit to victims’ families,” Smith says. While Lewis says her arrest was traumatizing, it also forced the activist to reflect on something bigger: the power of community healing. “It’s only pushed me to fight more,” says Lewis, who organized a peaceful public rally on July 11. Smith says her goal is to get govern-

ment officials to “start taking accountability—[and] that’s not just police brutality,” she says. “It’s so much deeper than that. It goes into unemployment, housing and education.” Ultimately, #MoreThanAHashtag strives to push activism beyond social media. “You can tweet about it all you want, but you actually have to put in the work,” Smith says. “You can hashtag, but donate, sign petitions and protest, too. Go to city hall meetings. Call your local representatives.”

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■ Battle Born Progress is a progressive, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that “empowers, engages and mobilizes Nevada voters to build a state where everyone has a fair opportunity to succeed,” according to its website. Through political advocacy, annual in-person trainings and raising community awareness about political issues, Battle Born Progress attempts to make Nevada a welcome home for all. battlebornprogress.org

■ Make It Work Nevada works to center the voices of Black women on economic, racial and reproductive justice issues, along with affordable child care, paid family leave, paid sick days, pay equity and more. Led by executive director Erika Washington and born out of the national Make It Work Campaign, the policy-driven organization provides advocacy and education supporting “the long-term health and vitality” of Black families. makeitworknevada.org

■ Make the Road Nevada is focused on social justice, immigrant justice and economic justice, along with building “the power of Latinx and workingclass communities of color to achieve dignity and justice” through organizing and education. By elevating the voices of working-class immigrant communities in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, Make the Road Nevada encourages all Nevadans to work together for a better future. maketheroadnv.org

Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition ■ Nevada Minority Health and Equity Coalition works to ensure that all Nevada residents lead a healthy, productive life by eliminating health disparities through research, education and advocacy and by promoting access to health care services for minority populations. The coalition envisions a future where preventable and unjust frameworks within the health care industry no longer exist, and “underserved individuals and communities” have access to “sustainable and equitable” treatment and care. nmhec.org

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Perhaps it’s because we’re living through a pandemic, and every day feels pretty much like the same, exact 24 hours as the one before, but there’s something about watching Andy Samberg’s latest film that feels a little … relatable. Every time they fall asleep, strangers Nyles (Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti) wake up to experience the same day over, but together, the two find a way to make the monotonous slog a little more bearable. There’s never been a better time to watch a movie about being in an infinite time loop. Hulu. –Leslie Ventura

The Space has emerged as a leading venue in pandemic-era Vegas entertainment thanks to its livestream capabilities. Tony Award-winning singer John Lloyd Young of Jersey Boys fame performs via pay-per-view on July 25, but one night earlier it’s Maxine Jones, an original member of En Vogue and a key contributor to the R&B quartet’s megahits “My Love (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” and “Free Your Mind.” She teams with soul singer Tony Terry for a livestream with proceeds benefiting Jones’ Maxstar Urban Arts Foundation. thespacelv.com/livestream, 7 p.m., $10. –Brock Radke

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The Strip Chatting with Kenny Davidsen, one of the few Vegas performers with a regular gig right now

By Brock Radke ecause of his regular gigs at the Tuscany’s Piazza Lounge and Neonopolis piano bar Don’t Tell Mama—popular places for nonticketed live entertainment—Kenny Davidsen was one of the first Las Vegas entertainers to get back to work when some restrictions were lifted and the state moved into Phase 2. Now that bars have been forced to close again, his schedule has been reduced from three weekly shows to one, Friday nights at the Tuscany. Don’t Tell Mama is shuttered after doing sparse business for about six weeks. “They did a really good job of taking care of us and making sure we felt safe,” Davidsen says of the Downtown bar, which relocated from Fremont East to Neonopolis last year. “There was tons of plexiglass on the piano, and I was at least six feet away from any [open mic] singers. Anyone making a request would write it down and put it under the partition, then I’d use hand sanitizer and grab it. And all the staff was wearing masks all the time.” He said one busy Saturday night at Don’t Tell Mama saw up to 40 people, but typically there were between 15 and 20 patrons on the Wednesday and Saturday nights he performed there. A Brooklyn native, Davidsen came to Las Vegas in 2011 and has been hosting his Bow Tie Cabaret show with multiple guest stars at the Tuscany’s bustling lounge for more than seven years. Since the Piazza Lounge is an extension of the off-Strip resort’s Tuscany Gardens restaurant, it has been able to maintain operations even while bar venues have shuttered for the second time. Plexiglass has been added to the small stage at the lounge, and even though the circumstances are much different for the four-piece band, Davidsen sounds happy to be singing and playing piano again. “The first night was weird, but after

that it was fine, once we got used to it,” he says. “The Tuscany stage is small, so having us spread out like that is actually very comfortable. When my bass player came back for the first time, he said, ‘Welcome to the Kenny Davidsen Bow Tie Cabaret and penalty box.’” Davidsen’s months-long break from live performance was his lengthiest span away from the stage in 19 years. Returning to work has been a different struggle for the many different types of casino workers that power Southern Nevada’s economy, but for entertainers who have built their lifestyle around live performance, it has been harrowing. “For me, I feed off an audience. Even trying to do something virtual like Facebook Live at home, I just couldn’t get into it,” Davidsen says. “I can’t see my audience or feel their energy, so that didn’t compute to me. A lot of my colleagues have done that online stuff, and I applaud them and I’m glad they could do it.” Davidsen has an extra layer of anxiety attached to his work life right now because his parents, ages 79 and 80, live with him. He needs to work, and he needs to stay safe. Above all, Davidsen says he’s grateful to have caring employers providing him the opportunity to return to work as soon as possible. But he’s worried about the many other Vegas performers who have no idea when they’ll return to work and to the lifestyle they love. “It’s not easy,” he says about getting back onstage with the constant flood of anxiety. “When I get to the gig and see my bandmates and those familiar faces, all of a sudden that feeling of being down in the dumps changes. It’s like, you’re one of my closest friends and I get to play music with you now, so that is a great feeling and a positive energy. But … the uncertainty of not knowing when things might get back to normal is taking a toll on people.”

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Stu Brundy leads SpiritWorld through a pre-pandemic set at American Legion Post 8. (Jennifer Tenorio/Courtesy)

BY CASE KEEFER sense of self-preservation was a prerequisite for those attending a show by Stu Brundy’s seminal band knew if I could expand on a concept record Folsom, which waved the Vegas that’s not some political hardcore record hardcore flag around the world during the that kind of sticks you in a box, I could go early 2000s. insane with it. It was liberating, because I The ability to dodge spinkicks and just didn’t care. I’m not tied to any sort of backfists in venue-encompassing mosh success about what this does.” pits will continue to be vital when Brundy’s Don’t underestimate the release’s new project, SpiritWorld, begins playing prospects for success, however, given its live more regularly, but that’s only the start sonic warmth. Pagan Rhythms is more of the checklist. Revelers will also require inviting than many albums in a similar loose neck muscles to headbang freely to vein, thanks to crisp production job from the black-metal blast beats and death-metal Sam Pura, more known for work with riffs, air guitars for the cocksure claspop-punk acts like The Story So sic-rock swagger and, perhaps Far and Basement. most importantly, Stetson Brundy wrote everyhats and boots to match thing on the record but the lyrical content. brought a small army That accounts for of collaborators into part of the territory the studio. Spiritexplored on SpiritWorld has played World’s debut fullthree just shows, but length album, Pagan Brundy has a new live Rhythms, recently lineup ready, featurreleased on Bandcamp ing local scene veterans fi e nn and streaming services, (J e Matt Schrum (guitar), with physical copies expected Justin Fornof (bass) and later in the year. Stu Brundy Jeremy Johnson (drums). The “I wrote a series of short only spot left to fill: someone horror Westerns, so this whole record is to play samples, of which there are many a bunch of stories that exist in that same on Pagan Rhythms. The album employs evworld, with cowboys fighting at the gates of erything from field recordings of thunderhell,” Brundy explains. storms to lines from a variety of films. SpiritWorld takes its name from a line “If I get a cease-and-desist and get sued, of dialogue in 1988 Billy the Kid-based it’s whatever,” Brundy says. “You make blockbuster film Young Guns, and the something, and the odds of it penetrating Western influence pervades the material. the noise and people picking it up is so rare Early demos and singles were more steeped anyway. I figured I’d just make exactly what in country-punk, but Brundy reined in I think is cool as sh*t and figure out the rest that sound and steered towards his love of later.” extreme metal on Pagan Rhythms. The songs might be bleak, but Brundy The likes of Waylon Jennings and George is buoyant. He recalls a time when local Jones also remained major influences, but hardcore shows would draw “a group of more for their songwriting brevity and 10 kids who knew each other by name on storytelling style. The back half of Pagan a weekend,” and contrasts that with how, Rhythms is particularly country indebted pre-coronavirus, 200 could show up on a (see: the murder balladry of “Armageddon weeknight. Honkytonk & Saloon” and revenge fantasy He’s looking forward to getting Spiritof “Comancheria”). There’s a theatricality World on more bills and bringing his repupresent throughout the 32-minute total tation for live intensity to a new generation. run time that feels several night-rides away “I hope some kid in high school gets into from the bare-bones beatdown of Folsom. death metal and hardcore through this, and “This is my wheelhouse,” Brundy says. “I it’s a gateway to the abyss,” Brundy says. rO

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Universal appeal Local artist Eric Vozzola’s Meow Wolf mural looks to worlds beyond By C. Moon Reed rtist Eric Vozzola might have only ever lived in Las Vegas, but his imagination allows him to see into the great beyond. That interdimensional vision helped lead art collective Meow Wolf to Vozzola for a 16,000-square-foot mural on the west exterior wall of Area15. Vozzola completed “Window Into the Multiverse” this spring. The funky, whimsical creation mimics a tear in the fabric of the universe. Beyond the black wall of our dimension lies a desert moonscape, colorful geometric shapes, Joshua trees, foreign suns and the night sky. It’s a little bit M.C. Escher, a little bit Lisa Frank and a little bit National Geographic. “I basically reached into my entire repertoire and bag of techniques and created another world based on my fusion of geometry, patterns, desert landscape and flora, and overall psychedelia,” Vozzola says in an artist’s statement on his website, ericvozzola.com. According to Vozzola, the mural represents Meow Wolf’s interaction with Las Vegas. Taking that idea one step further, the native Las Vegan represents the link between Southern Nevada and the Santa Fe-based arts organization, which has built its first satellite location in the not-yet-open “experiential retail and entertainment complex” just west of Interstate 15. “I’m just really honored that I can represent Las Vegas in a sense,” Vozzola says. “Meow Wolf could’ve gone with any other artist—they work with artists internationally. … It makes me super proud each time I can put up a piece that reminds me of the Vegas landscape or that’s inspired by the city.” To tackle so much square foot-

age, Vozzola used the building’s natural grid structure as a guide. “All the planning kind of went out the window when I got to the wall, because it’s just so big,” Vozzola says. “I used the design as a general road map and then just [went] in and allowed it to be a little more free-form.” If Vozzola’s distinctive style looks familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen his murals around town. His work has been featured at Life Is Beautiful festival, inside Downtown’s VegeNation restaurant, outside Chinatown’s Cultivate Dispensary and as part of Clark County’s ZAP9 Project. For the first part of his career, Vozzola earned his living through graphic design while painting in his free time. He loved both fields and wasn’t sure how to reconcile the different worlds. “I was always doing design and art—two ends of the creative spectrum for visual artists,” Vozzola says. “I was always attracted to the design world—very geometric, flat, rigid, almost a digital motif— but I couldn’t get my hands off of painting and drawing, you know, traditional art.” “Window Into the Multiverse’’ is Vozzola’s largest, most comprehensive work yet. It’s a triumphant balance of his competing tendencies: planning versus improvisation; graphic design versus painting; organic versus digital; and black-and-white versus a prism of candy colors. “That term ‘multiverse’ really stuck out to me,” Vozzola says. “It was a blanket term for bringing all of this imagery together. … I just embraced my two passions within the art that I do and made them both work.”

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Peace of mind José Andrés’ shares his restaurants’ new protocols and tasting menus

Bazaar Meat’s summer prix-fixe menu is a parade of plated, portioned dishes. The Green Apple “Banh Mi” Sandwich and Bagel & Lox Cone are little hits of flavor that lead you straight to the salted cod and heirloom tomato salad, and the Cecina de León with tomatoes and burrata. The suckling lamb shawarma is the perfect prelude to the meat course prepared over a wood-fired grill, a choice between a grilled wagyu flank steak or Chateaubriand Brandt beef tenderloin, served with Josper-roasted asparagus and the incredibly addictive Patatas Bravas. Save room for dessert—a quaint assortment of cream puffs, tarts and little cakes. $99-$125, Sahara, 702-761-7610.

By Genevie Durano hen disaster strikes, chef José Andrés is often on the front lines, dishing out meals to people in need. World Central Kitchen, his relief organization founded in 2010, has been the face of humanitarian effort since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in March. Its army of chefs and volunteers distribute a quarter of a million of fresh meals daily in 34 states, and millions more worldwide. When restaurants on and off the Strip reopened, chefs had to follow the governor’s mandates of reducing capacity and implementing new sanitation protocols. Ever a pioneer in his field, Andrés and his ThinkFoodGroup, the company behind his restaurants, immediately deployed a playbook, which serves as a best practices manual, says Eric Martino, COO of ThinkFoodGroup. “We’ve got a commitment and promise to our guests, as well our team members, to let them know, ‘Here’s what you can expect to experience when you come in,’” he says. The playbook specifies body temperature checks for team members and the disinfecting of tables, ledges and any customer touch points, Martino says. When guests arrive, they are shown to their table, placed six feet apart from other tables. The table, which has already been disinfected from the previous guest, is wiped down again, along with the chair ledge, chair backs and armrests. Guests are given a QR code so they can look up a digital menu on their smartphone. In addition, they are given disinfecting wipes for their hands before service begins. “It adds to the extra layer protection that [says], ‘Listen, I care about you, [and] we want you to care about us,” Martino says. “Because it’s obviously a two-way relationship that we have to make sure that we keep everybody safe.” Las Vegas is, of course, fortunate to be home to three restaurants bearing Andrés’ name. Though each has a different concept, they all share the chef’s flair for culinary innovation. Now that you know what to expect when dining out at these restaurants, check out their new and expanded menus, which debuted during the reopening.

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20-Vegetable Fried Rice at China Poblano

CHINA POBLANO Upon reopening, the menu options were expanded at the Chinese-Mexican mashup, but if you go for the tasting menu, it begins with a table pleaser of chips and chipotle salsa. Do pace yourself because it is followed by siu mai— dumplings filled with shrimp, pork, jicama, mushrooms and peanuts— and cold cucumbers, with pickled wood ear mushrooms and peppers dressed in vinegar and spicy oil. Taco De Carnitas and Shrimp Mojo come next, along with the 20-vegetable fried rice, a showstopper of seasonality. The meal ends with mango sticky rice, a nontraditional presentation with mango granita, rice espuma and a hint of lime. $35, Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7900.

(Courtesy China Poblano by José Andrés)

JALEO The tasting menu begins with the addictive crunch of Pan di Cristal brushed with fresh tomato and served with Manchego cheese and ends with the creamy softness of flan with Catalan cream espuma and oranges. In between come tapas that showcase Andrés’ deftness with Spanish cuisine, including traditional chicken fritters and a refreshing apple and fennel salad with Manchego cheese and sherry dressing. Mains include a choice of shrimp sauteed with garlic or a grilled hanger steak with confit piquillo peppers. And you can’t go to Jaleo without ordering the paella, because it really wouldn’t be a Spanish meal without it. For a quick hit, check out the new sangria hour Tuesday-Saturday from 5:306:30 p.m., featuring specially priced sips and snacks. $55 (+$15 with paella), Cosmopolitan, 702-698-7950.

Pan di Cristal at Jaleo

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A cheese board by Valley Cheese & Wineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Diana Brier (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

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Food & Drink Diana Brier brings a wealth of knowledge to Valley Cheese & Wine By Genevie Durano o hear Diana Brier tell it, her life working with cheese is nothing short of destiny. Take her last name, for example. The first four letters spell “brie,” which, incidentally, is her favorite cheese, the first one she learned to make in its entirety. “That procedure is so romantic and so delicate and so gentle,” Brier says. “When you’re making a bloomy rind cheese, you get this sweet, floral smell of the curd in the room. You have to take care of that cheese every single day. Every wheel you flip, you evaluate, you adjust the temperature. It becomes what you want it to be. It’s a deeply personal, intimate process to make and age a brie.” The cheesemonger, affectionately called the Wonder Woman of Cheese in her industry, is in a rarefied world: She’s one of only 45 people in the U.S. to hold a Cheese Sensory Evaluator certificate from the American Cheese Society. And as the new owner of Valley Cheese & Wine in Henderson (1570 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway #140), she’ll be bringing her expertise—along with new tastes— to Las Vegas’ cheese scene, where she will introduce new epicurean experiences centering around cheese, pairing it with the shop’s beloved wine offerings. (Previous owner Solenne Peyronnin will stay on as the shop’s director of wine.) Brier’s own journey to cheese began six and a half years ago, when she underwent emergency open-heart surgery and flatlined while in recovery in the ICU. At the time, she was doing financial analytics in Salt Lake City, but that frightening event proved to be a turning point. “When I woke up, it was like, wow, I really don’t want to do anything that I don’t enjoy ever again,” she says. She wasn’t sure what that meant for her, but while recovering, she took a

job at Whole Foods. “I took my first Cheese 101 class, and the left side of my brain and the right side of my brain finally were just firing on all cylinders. And it was like, this is art, this is science. This is human ingenuity that makes people happy,” Brier says. “I just fell in love with it. We have chosen each other, cheese and I. I always say that cheese found me, not that I found it, because I didn’t know what I wanted.” The gig at Whole Foods drove Brier to learn everything she could about cheese, and she eventually found herself training under a Belgian cheese maker at a ski resort in Park City. She had such proficiency in cheese making—“I was doing everything from receiving the milk to pasteurizing it to completing the entire make procedure for four different classifications of cheeses [and] performing affinage, which is the process of aging cheese by adjusting its temperature, humidity, airflow and time in the cave,” Brier says—that she was approached by the president of Oregon’s Rogue Creamery, the most famous blue cheese creamery in the country, who offered her a Cheese Make Supervisor position. She was the first woman to hold the title in the creamery’s 85-year history. After her time in Oregon, Las Vegas—its climate, its proximity to her parents in St. George, its culinary excitement—called to Brier, and she knew this was the place where she could make her mark. “I always call [Las Vegas] human fondue, because you just take a little bit from every country and add some alcohol and no one hates it,” she says with a laugh. She was offered a job at MGP’s Cured & Whey and gained an appreciation for the local culinary industry. “The food scene in Vegas has gotten a

little bit more organic, local-focused, farm-to-table. The emphasis is being placed on the quality of the ingredients and not just the ingredient cost,” she says. This shift has made Las Vegas ripe for the artisanal food experience, and cheese wedges perfectly into that equation. The educational component is the centerpiece of Brier’s plan for Valley Cheese & Wine—she’s updating the existing tasting room with a Swedish air filtration and purification

Diana Brier (Wade Vandervort/Staff)

system to allow for a more accurate tasting and learning experience, and plans include various programming in the form of cheese tastings and wine pairings. Eventually, she’d like to make cheese there, too. “If you can’t make cheese approachable, then you can’t sell cheese,” Brier says. “So I think it’s important to talk to people about it and get it in their mouth and explain what they’re tasting. When you explain the why, you tell the story.”

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ACES UP THEIR LAS VEGAS SHOULD CONTEND FOR THE WNBA TITLE AS THE ALTERED SEASON STARTS IN FLORIDA BY MIKE GRIMALA ver since they arrived in Las Vegas two years ago, the Aces have been set up to contend for a WNBA title. Every level of the organization, from ownership to coaching to on-court talent, is championship caliber, yet a deep postseason run has eluded the team. That was supposed to change in 2020, but then the pandemic happened, throwing the upcoming season into the kind of tumult that renders offseason prognostications meaningless. The league pushed its starting date back two months to July 25 and will play its season in a bubble environment at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, without fans. In addition to those abnormal circumstances, medical concerns prompted Aces star center Liz Cambage to announce she will sit out the campaign. All that uncertainty is far from ideal for Las Vegas, with the franchise in the middle of its contention window. But that doesn’t mean 2020 has to be a lost year for the Aces. It’s probably going to be a bumpy, disjointed, anomalous season, but someone has to raise the trophy at the end. And Las Vegas is as good a bet as any team to do it. Here’s why …

THE TALENT LEVEL REMAINS HIGH Despite losing Cambage (15.9 points, 8.2 rebounds in 2019) to coronavirus concerns and Kelsey Plum (8.6 points, 36.5% from 3-point range) to injury, the Aces are still right up near the top of the league when it comes to overall talent. When championship odds were posted back in March, pre-COVID-19, the Aces were 3-to-1 favorites to win it all. Even with the personnel losses, Las Vegas remains a 3-to-1 favorite. That’s how stacked this team is.

A’JA’S JUST ENTERING HER PRIME Not many teams could replace a player like Cambage with another elite post option, but the Aces have A’ja Wilson ready to slide into the No. 1 role and carry the team. Wilson deferred to Cambage a bit last season and took a step back from her rookie year, statistically speaking (16.1 points, 6.4 rebounds per game), but the lefty is quite capable of dominating down low. Heading into her third season, Wilson should be ready to lead a championship push.

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DILUTED COMPETITION The Aces aren’t the only team that has had to deal with losing top players. The defending champion Washington Mystics will be without Tina Charles and Elena Delle Donne due to coronavirus concerns, while the Los Angeles Sparks will be without Chiney Ogwumike and Kristi Toliver for similar reasons. The Connecticut Sun, which lost in the Finals last year, will have to play without star center Jonquel Jones. And the list goes on. It’s not necessarily the way you want to win a title, but if every team is losing key contributors to coronavirus, then at least the playing field is somewhat leveled.

HAMBY CAN HANDLE IT Dearica Hamby made the play of the WNBA season in 2019, when her last-second steal and subsequent 3-point heave eliminated the Chicago Sky from the postseason, but her impact went way beyond that five-second sequence. Hamby was one of the league’s top breakthrough players, and though she came off the bench most of the time—eventually earning Sixth Woman of the Year honors—she ended up being part of the Aces’ six most efficient lineup groups. The 6-foot-3 Hamby’s versatility in the frontcourt will be important in covering for the absent Cambage. It should work out for the Aces; last year, lineups that included Hamby, Wilson and guard Kayla McBride outscored opponents by 15.3 points per 40 minutes. That should remain a killer trio for Las Vegas.

MAC ATTACK Speaking of McBride, she’s no longer the only “Mc” in the backcourt; the Aces signed star guard Angel McCoughtry in the offseason. McCoughtry has played a decade in the WNBA and averaged more than 19 points per game, so there are few perimeter scorers more proven than her. She’s also been lights out in the postseason, averaging 22.8 points per game—making her exactly the kind of clutch performer the Aces need to break through in the playoffs.

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‘When it comes to security, everything is fine until it isn’t’

BY REBECCA CLIFFORD-CRUZ ames Kerr’s wife confided in him that she felt unsafe when he was away on business, even though they lived in a gated community within a safe neighborhood. He asked if she wanted a gun, but she didn’t want to shoot anyone. A big dog? She wouldn’t want it hurt while protecting her or their children. Still, the sound—even just occasionally—of police helicopters hovering around the neighborhood was unnerving. So Kerr came up with a different solution to their security needs. “I decided that there’s got to be a better way to make the home safe, and eventually realized we can replace standard solar screens with a very tough stainless steel mesh that makes it very difficult for anyone or anything to break into the home,” said Kerr, founder and CEO of Boss Security Screens. “Our ground-floor windows, doors and patio slider are now secured with these security screens. We have never felt safer.”

life and not have to worry about anything. Chances are you won’t get mugged or murdered … but then something does happen, and everything changes. My mission is to help people make sensible decisions about security. There’s no need to overdo it. But at the same time, we don’t want to be complacent about it. Describe your management style. Have you re-

fined your management approach? I am a terrible manager. For some reason, I believe everyone is like me—working all the time—and everyone can read my mind and know what needs to get done. This results in very poor communication about expectations and is ultimately unfair to employees. So I just hire great managers and try to stay out of their way. My real job is to lead, to set our core values, to chart the course as a company, and to stand by our product and our team every step of the way. I also sign the checks. Has “normal” forever changed, or will you aim to get back to what normalcy was pre-COVID? Remember that scene in Cannonball Run when the Italian driver rips the rearview mirror from his Ferrari and says, “What’s behind us does not matter”? Good or bad, the past is behind us. We must look forward and move forward. Adapt and overcome. And hopefully, along the way, we become smarter and wiser. Is there some business decision you’d like to have back and do differently? Yes, plenty. The first impulse as a business owner is to cut costs. Because without cash, a business—no matter how promising the product or service may be—cannot live. But at the same time, one cannot undervalue real talent, true quality, etc., because at the end of the day, there are no shortcuts. You can never discount your way to success, whether it’s developing human resources or just procuring materials. You always get what you pay for.

What is your background? My background is mechanical engineering. I worked for Sony in Tokyo and then moved to Hawaii to start an IT company. I am also a martial arts instructor. So between fighting hackers online and teaching self-defense skills, I was already giving a lot of thought to security in general. How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your business? The pandemic and the rioting have made people even more focused on security. We’re experiencing an exponential rise in demand, as well as strain on our supply chains as nationwide demand for security surged. When it comes to security, everything is fine until it isn’t. That means you can go about your

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VegasInc Notes For the second consecutive year, Caesars Entertainment Corporation was named to 3BL Media’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking. Evaluated against the companies of the Russell 1000 Index, Caesars ranked No. 17 overall, as well as No. 1 in the consumer services industry for its standout environmental, social and governance transparency, and performance among public companies. Additionally, Caesars was recently named a 2020 honoree of The Civic 50 by Points of Light, the world’s largest organization dedicated to volunteer service. The award acknowledges Caesars as one of the 50 most community-minded companies in the country based on four dimensions of its U.S. community engagement program including investment, integration, institutionalization and impact. Two restaurants at South Point won Awards of Excellence from Wine Spectator for the eighth consecutive year. Don Vito’s and Silverado Steak House won for their expansive wine collection and program. The awards recognize wine lists that feature a high-quality and well thought-out wine assortment. Eleven attorneys with Howard & Howard were named to Mountain States Super Lawyers and Mountain States Rising Stars 2020. The attorneys listed as Super Lawyers are: W. West Allen, intellectual property litigation; Robert W. Hernquist, business litigation; Matthew J. Kreutzer,

franchise/dealership; Brian J. Pezzillo, construction litigation; L. Christopher Rose, business litigation; Robert L. Rosenthal, employment litigation: defense; and Jay Young, alternative dispute resolution. The Rising Stars include: Stephanie Buntin, intellectual property; Kirill Mikhaylov, business litigation; Cami M. Perkins, business/corporate; and Jason P. Weiland, business litigation. Two attorneys from Black & LoBello Attorneys at Law formed a new boutique law firm focused on family law/ domestic LoBello relations and estate planning legal services. Michele T. LoBello, practicing exclusively in the area of family law, and John Jones D. Jones, practicing primarily in domestic relations and family law, partnered to structure Jones & LoBello Attorneys at Law. Black & LoBello will continue to serve current and future clients as a separate firm by the name of Black & Wadhams. SCE Credit Union opened its fourth branch in the Las Vegas Valley at 2215 E. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas. Offering a range of banking services to its members, including savings and checking accounts, home

and auto loans, credit cards and investment planning, the credit union concentrates on a member-owned approach by reinvesting profits back to its members. St. Jude’s Ranch for Children hired Olympia Lazar to serve as human resources director.

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The Sunrise Health Graduate Medical Education Consortium, based at MountainView Hospital, welcomed its 2020 residents and new fellows to the Sunrise Health System. The class of 2020 includes residents in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, OB-GYN, physical medicine and rehabilitation and transitional year based at MountainView Hospital, and family medicine, psychiatry

and transitional year based at Southern Hills Hospital. Additionally, the inaugural classes of diagnostic radiology and neurology residents joined the MountainView and Southern Hills hospital campuses, respectively. This is MountainView’s fifth and Southern Hill’s fourth incoming class of residents. Sunrise Health GME also welcomed its second class of fellows into two fellowship programs: endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism fellowship and gastroenterology fellowship. Adam S. Kutner, Injury Attorneys, opened an office at 11201 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 210, Henderson. Kutner and his personal injury team, paralegals and support staff specialize in car accidents and slip and falls, and also have experience in nursing home abuse and neglect, dog bites, pedestrian accidents, product defect liability, workers’ compensation, and business interruption insurance claims.

All In Aviation hired six new team members, including Broderick Orr, a full-time flight instructor, Fletcher Moulton, line technician, and Ryan Celestino, line tech intern, as well as three part-time team members to handle retail service for the pilot shop. The company also announced the upcoming expansion of its fleet with four new aircraft this fall, which will allow it to expand its training services and increased enrollment of new student pilots. (Courtesy image)

NAIOP Southern Nevada, an organization representing commercial real estate developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial, retail and mixed-use real estate, held its 23rd annual Spotlight Awards in a June 25 virtual awards ceremony. The following are Southern Nevada’s 2020 Spotlight Award recipients for Industry Awards: Financial Firm of the Year, CommCap Advisors; Engineering Firm of the Year, KimleyHorn; Brokerage Firm of the Year, Colliers International; Property Management Firm of the Year, Sun Property Management; Architecture Firm of the Year, Lee & Sakahara Architects Inc.; General Contracting Firm of the Year, DC Building Group; Broker Team of the Year — Industrial, Doherty Industrial Group, Colliers International; Broker Team of the Year – Office, Thill Dillon Team, Colliers International; Broker Team of the Year – Retail, Adam Malan & Deana Marcello and Malan Marcello Retail & Investment Advisors, Logic Commercial Real Estate; Developing Leader of the Year, Samantha Flaherty; Development Firm of the Year, Panattoni Development Company; Special Recognition, 2019 Community Service Committee and St. Jude’s Ranch for Children Project; Associate Member of the Year, Chris Teachman; and Principal Member of the Year, Jay Heller. Project Award winners included: Retail Tenant Improvement, Shake Shack at LAS; Hospitality Tenant Improvement, Palazzo Casino Remodel; Health Care Tenant Improvement, UMC Emergency Room Renovation; Health Care Building, UHS Spring Valley Constant Care; Redevelopment Project, Planet 13 Las Vegas-Phase II Tenant BuildOuts; Multi-family Project, UNLV The Degree; Mixed-use Development, University Gateway; Special Use, East Las Vegas Library; Office Tenant Improvement, The Howard Hughes Corporation at Two Summerlin; Office Building, UNLV Harry Reid Research & Technology Park One; Industrial Tenant Improvement, WIN Distribution; Industrial Building Build to Suit, Amazon LAS 7 Robotic Sort Facility; Industrial Building Spec, I-15 Speedway Logistics Center 4; and Industrial Park, Warm Springs Business Center 1-4.

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ACROSS 1 Compositions of a classical tradition 9 Financial: Abbr. 13 Toddler girl, to Scots 20 16th-century Spanish explorer 21 Wind quintet instrument 22 Ancient French region 23 Low-value red card 25 Dangerous current 26 20-ounce Starbucks drink 27 Body design, for short 28 Transmission repair chain 30 Adult fellows 31 Witches in Macbeth 37 Apple choice 41 Sculling item 42 Suffix with Midwest 43 Rose petal oil 44 1992 Tony nominee for Best Musical 48 Seniors’ org. 52 Tricky pitch 53 Big fad 54 Pet allergy source 56 From days of yore 57 Luggage screeners’ org. 59 Univ. dorm overseers 62 Listerine competitor 63 Oedipus-themed Aeschylus play 69 A-E linkup 72 Docs’ gp. 73 Herr’s “one” 74 Hanks of Big 75 Raised trains 76 Instrument players gifted in a Christmas song 83 Log house

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Thatcher 70 Writer — Boothe Luce 71 Red-ink entry 77 Brand for sore eyes 78 Doc using an otoscope 79 Look intently 80 Menial worker 81 Detective Wolfe 82 Thyroid, e.g. 87 Sports shoe brand 88 Overbrim 89 Otherwise 91 “Someone’s already claimed that seat” 93 Proton holder 94 Prefix with byte 95 Tennis, volleyball and badminton 96 Narrow valley 99 Dogs closely following their owners 100 15th of the month, maybe 101 Most snug 102 “... — quit!” (threat ender) 104 Blazing 108 Roomy auto 109 Novelist Zola 110 Lookout view 111 Kathmandu’s nation 112 Heady drink 113 “Tickle Me” dolls 118 — facto 119 K thru 12 120 Earth science subj. 121 Guesses on costs: Abbr. 123 Allow to 125 Grande opening? 126 Age-verifying docs. 127 Failing tic-tac-toe row 128 Lofty peak

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your word of power for the coming weeks is ubuntu, a Zulu term. Archbishop Desmond Tutu writes, “A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished.” Put ubuntu at the center of everything you do. Make it an intensely practical practice. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them,” says Liberian politician Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” Expand and supercharge your dreams so they surpass your current ability to accomplish them. Then move on to the next step: making plans to acquire the resources to achieve your new dreams. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The soul should always stand ajar,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson. “That if the heaven inquire,/He will not be obliged to wait,/Or shy of troubling her.” By “heaven,” she meant marvelous interventions, sacred revelations and lucky accidents—and maybe soulful invitations, out-of-the-blue opportunities and supernatural breakthroughs. What can you do to make your soul ajar for these phenomena? CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Everything is complicated,” poet Wallace Stevens wrote. “If that were not so, life and poetry and everything else would be a bore.” Shed any resentment you might feel that our world is a crazy tangle of mystifying and interesting stories. Drop any wish that life will stop being so messy. Instead, celebrate the deep riddles. Revel in the intriguing complexity. Give thanks for the paradoxical beauty. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be extra sensitive to stimuli in the coming weeks. Every little event will touch you more intensely than usual. Be vigilantly self-protective. Make sure your boundaries are firm and clear. Affirm your commitment to deflecting vibes that aren’t of use to you and welcoming vibes that will enhance your well-being. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Gwyneth Paltrow claims that far-infrared gemstone therapy and crystal-based soundhealing baths will dissolve your negativity. Taking strong actions to improve your well-being in the coming weeks, but try cheaper, more reliable modalities such as ample sleep and good food, fun exercise, time in nature, enjoyable meditation sessions and tender expressions of love.

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No Appointments | Open Evenings & Weekends | No Insurance Needed *Restrictions apply, see clinic for details. Initial visit includes consultation, exam and adjustment. NC: IF YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL TREATMENT, YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO CHANGE YOUR MIND WITHIN THREE DAYS AND RECEIVE A REFUND. (N.C. Gen. Stat. 90-154.1). FL: THE PATIENT AND ANY OTHER PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT HAS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE TO PAY, CANCEL PAYMENT OR BE REIMBURSED FOR ANY OTHER SERVICE, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT WHICH IS PERFORMED AS A RESULT OF AND WITHIN 72 HOURS OF RESPONDING TO THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE FREE, DISCOUNTED OR REDUCED FEE SERVICES, EXAMINATION OR TREATMENT. (FLA. STAT. 456.02). Subject to additional state statutes and regulations. See clinic for chiropractor(s)’ name and license info. Clinics managed and/or owned by franchisee or Prof. Corps. Restrictions may apply to Medicare eligible patients. Individual results may vary. © 2020 The Joint Corp. All Rights Reserved.

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2020-07-23 - Las Vegas Weekly

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