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Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:00:35 +0000

Residents able to ‘try the y’ free

In an effort to remove barriers and help everyone in the community get moving, the YMCA of Southern Nevada is to offer its “Try the Y” promotion to prospective members through Feb. 24.

Southern Nevadans can “discover, play and be active” for two weeks free at the organization’s four locations, including its newest in North Las Vegas, SkyView Multi-Generational Center, 3050 E. Centennial Parkway.

The 36,000-square-foot recreation center has an indoor pool, wellness center, kids gym, lounge areas and studios and offers an array of classes and fitness programs for all ages.

To “Try the Y,” visit lasvegasymca.org and download a coupon for two weeks free, plus no joining fee, a savings up to $75. For more information on SkyView Multi-Generational Center, call 522-7500.

City hires new directors

The city of North Las Vegas filled two administrative roles this month with the hiring of Gerald Allan Zochowski as finance director and Alfonso Noyola as administrative services director.

Zochowski brings 30 years of government operations experience to his post. His most recent work was as finance director for the Village of Lake Zurich, Ill. He is a certified public accountant with a master’s degree in business administration. His annual salary is slated to be $135,000.

Noyola has been acting director of administrative services and finance for the city since June. He holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration and a master’s degree in public administration.

His annual salary is to be $141,990.

The city council ratified their positions at its Jan. 6 meeting.

Dozens of employers expected at Texas Station job fair

A job fair is planned for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Dallas Ballroom of Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane.

The fair will be hosted by lasvegasjobs.com and is slated to include employers from up to 50 companies with several openings.

Walk-ins are welcome. Participants are asked to dress for an interview and to bring resumes.

For more information, visit lasvegasjobs.com.

Pet event planned at the Silverton

Senior Spaniel Rescue of Las Vegas is planning Find Your Furry Valentine, a pet adoption event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Bass Pro Shops at the Silverton, 3333 Blue Diamond Road. Rescue groups will attend with a variety of pets available for adoption and to collect donations.

Vendors, sponsorships and volunteers still are needed. For more information, contact seniorspaniels.org.

Master gardeners plan plantin sessions

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the South Valley Rose Society plan to offer two 7 p.m. educational meetings at the Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road.

The Thursday meeting is slated to cover various types of soil amendments, fertilizers and spraying. The Feb. 23 meeting is planned to be on plant problems and will discuss plant diseases and remedies.

The meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, call 257-5555 or email lvmastergardeners@ unce.unr.edu.

The Cooperative Extension also plans to host an information and registration session for Spring 2012 Master Gardener Training at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the same address. Spring semester classes will be offered from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays beginning March 12. There are 20 classes. The fee is $150.

Completed registrations (pay with cash or a check payable to Board of Regents) will secure enrollment and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For reservations, call Mary Bertsch at 257-5501 or email bertschm@unce.unr.edu.

Regular city council meeting planned

The North Las Vegas City Council is set to meet at 6 p.m. Feb. 1 at City Hall, 2250 Las Vegas Blvd. North.

For more information or for a copy of the agenda, visit cityofnorthlasvegas.com or call the city clerk at 633-1030.

Star party planned at Red Rock Canyon

The Las Vegas Astronomical Society plans to return to Red Rock Canyon for Astronomy in the Park at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

The evening is set to begin with the presentation “Getting Started in Astronomy,” followed by telescope viewing of the moon and Jupiter just after sunset and deep-sky viewing of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters as the sky darkens.

A laser-guided “What’s Up Tonight” tour of the night sky is scheduled to begin around 6:30 p.m. Americans with Disabilities Act parking and access to video-assisted viewing of the night sky is available.

The gates close at sunset, so arrive by 4:30 p.m. For more information, call Rob Lambert at 461-1390 or visit lvastronomy.com.

Health district to launch weight loss challenge

The Southern Nevada Health District plans to launch its fourth annual free 10 in 10 Challenge Feb. 6.

The online program helps participants cut calories and increase daily caloric burn. Sign up now. Each week, participants will receive two emails with tips and suggestions about how to swap foods they eat regularly with healthier, less calorie-dense choices, as well as ways to increase their physical activity.

Participants can track their progress online and set short- and long-term goals. In addition, they can post quotes or photos to help them stay motivated and achieve their goals. The 10 in 10 Challenge also is available in Spanish.

For information on any health district online programs, visit gethealthyclark county.org.

Donation made from holiday event

Benchmark Association Services presented Associa Cares with a donation of $6,911, raised at Benchmark’s recent holiday luncheon’s silent auction.

Benchmark provides community association management and developer services to Las Vegas.

Associa is a national nonprofit organization created to assist families and communities in crisis as a result of natural and man-made disasters. Based in Dallas, Associa and its 8,000 employees operate more than 140 branch offices in the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Red Rock Canyon hours change

The Bureau of Land Management advises residents that the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Visitor Center and Scenic Loop Drive have different hours for the remainder of the month.

Scenic Loop Drive will be open from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the Visitor Center from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

For more information, call 515-5350.

Child focus seeks sibling mentors

Child Focus, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reunifying separated brothers and sisters living in foster care, is recruiting sibling mentors to assist with chaperoning events and helping siblings develop the ability to become a healthy family.

Activities are held monthly and vary in topic. For a complete listing of volunteer opportunities, visit childfocusnv.org or call 436-1624.

New video puts faces to AIDS awareness

In recognition of World AIDS Day, the Southern Nevada Health District has created a video series, “Facing AIDS,” available at youtube.com/snhealthdistrict.

Meet Ivan, Lane, Maryanne and Tracy, the “faces” behind the disease. They share their stories to prevent just one infection and encourage others to get tested.

More than 3,000 Southern Nevadans are living with HIV, and there are more than 2,800 AIDS cases locally. According to a study by UNAIDS, a United Nations program, about 33 million people worldwide are living with HIV.

For more information, call the health district at 759-0702.

Pruning series planned

Gardeners looking to sharpen their pruning skills are welcome to the final class of its series this weekend at the University of Nevada’s Cooperative Extension orchard.

A class on pruning almonds and pistachios will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

A $5 donation to the orchard for each class is being solicited to help support educational research, outreach and demonstrations. The orchard lost its monetary support from the university this year.

No reservation is needed.

The UNCE orchard is 100 yards east of the intersection of Decatur Boulevard and Horse Drive.

For more information, contact Bob Morris at extremehort@aol.com or call the orchard at 257-5532 and leave a message for a volunteer.

UPI Sports Calendar for Monday, Jan. 2

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:00:27 +0000

(17) Houston vs. (23) Penn St., 12 p.m.

Ohio St. vs. Florida, 1 p.m.

(13) Michigan St. vs. (18) Georgia, 1 p.m.

Capital one Bowl

(20) Nebraska vs. (9) South Carolina, 1 p.m.

(8) Wisconsin vs. (5) Oregon, 5 p.m.

(4) Stanford vs. (3) Oklahoma St., 8:30 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 3:30 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Indiana at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 9 p.m.

Texas A&M at (7) Baylor, 7 p.m.

(24) Virginia at Louisiana St., 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

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Portlandia spoof video looks at Vancouver's “dream of the suburbs”

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:23 +0000

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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:00:19 +0000

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Chanukah And The Value Of Giving Gifts

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:00:34 +0000

Joe Simon, the co-creator of Captain America and a leading figure during the golden age of comic books, has died at 98.

Simon’s family announced his death Thursday on Facebook, and told The associated Press that Simon had died Wednesday night in New York following a brief illness.

Born Hymie Simon in Rochester, N.Y., in 1913, Simon grew up above his father’s tailor shop. after stints as an editorial cartoonist, he moved to New York City at 23 and eventually was hired as an editor of the now-defunct Fox Comics.

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Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:00:29 +0000

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The member’s database contains blockbuster movies which are being sold at local video store or on sites like Amazon, Netflix, Best Buy and the iTunes movie store.

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Got to be careful out there, Super-Couponers!

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:00:25 +0000

I am a devoted coupon shopper, and I never lose a sense of awe about the savings coupons allow me to enjoy. I can’t imagine going back to shopping for groceries the old way, without my coupon wallet firmly in hand.

I’ve always championed the ethics of couponing, too. I get frustrated when I hear stories of shoppers who try to beat or cheat the system or who intentionally use coupons in incorrect ways. Photocopying coupons is common, but it’s also coupon fraud and shoppers may risk a counterfeiting charge if they engage in this illegal practice. Altering or cutting off the expiration dates of coupons is another form of misuse.

Here are two topical tales from the checkout lane, one from a cashier and one from a shopper:

Q: “I need your help. I use coupons, but I also work grocery retail. Yesterday, a woman came into my store with several coupons for 40 cents off two jars of pasta sauce. They were blatant photocopies of coupons from the Sunday paper. She redeemed five of them, saving a total of $2 on this trip. I highly doubt this was the first or last time she used this maneuver. I am outraged by her audacity! She said she printed the coupon from the Internet. We don’t have Internet access in the store and we couldn’t confirm that, so we ended up allowing her the discount. I donated one of my real pasta sauce coupons to the cause to use as a training aid so cashiers can see the difference.”

A: This shopper committed an act of counterfeiting to save a paltry 20 cents per jar!

If stores continue to accept photocopied coupons to avoid upsetting or losing customers, their business will suffer in the long run. Manufacturers do not reimburse stores for photocopied coupons. And in accepting photocopies even once, store management is encouraging the shopper to try the same thing on her next shopping trip.

Sometimes shoppers write asking for advice after an altercation with a store employee over coupons. And sometimes it’s my duty to let them know they were wrong:

Q: “I visited a local supermarket to buy toilet paper that was on sale, using a coupon. The problem was, I accidentally clipped off the date. I knew it wasn’t expired because I clipped it out the same week I went to the store and the expiration date was two months away. But neither the clerk nor her manager would budge on accepting it. I asked the clerk why she couldn’t scan the coupon to verify that it was current. She said she had already asked the manager to do so and the manager declined the coupon. The next time I visited the store, I used the coupon with no date in the self-checkout aisle. Bottom line: fight for what you know is right.”

A: While the bar code contains a coupon’s expiration date, many stores’ coupon policies stipulate that they will not accept a coupon with the expiration date cut off under any circumstance. (The rule likely originated back in the day when bar codes did not contain expiration information.) The bottom line is, manufacturers do not have to reimburse the store for expired coupons or coupons with the expiration dates cut off. So, resorting to the self-checker in order to push the coupon through after the store turned it down was not the answer here.

Denver about to trade rakes for flakes

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:24 +0000

Snow shovels, ceramic heaters and ice melter were in the front of Denver’s 12th Avenue Ace Hardware on Monday but still were clearly in the back of Denver residents’ minds.

The neatly placed winter wares were collecting dust while Denverites basked in record high temperatures Monday.

Ace employee Scott Barker, 43, observed that “people in Denver tend to be reactive when it comes to weather. When it’s warm outside we won’t sell anything, but once winter hits tomorrow, we’ll sell out of everything.”

Barker’s words might be prophetic.

The National Weather Service in Boulder is predicting that today and Wednesday will bring Old Man Winter’s vengeance to the metro area, swinging the high temperature from a record

80 degrees Monday to 33 on Wednesday.

In addition to the chill, Jim Kalina, a meteorologist for the Weather Service, said a trough of low pressure moving into the state over the next two days will bring the first major snowstorm of the season beginning tonight.

Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman Stacey Stegman said that CDOT already is prepped for the looming storm.

“The first dusting a few weeks ago was just enough to push us to get everything ready,” she said. “We have new blades on our trucks, and extra personnel are on standby. we are ready to go.”

Despite all the preparations for the weather, a presidential arrival today and departure on Wednesday could combine with the weather to create a snarl on metro roads.

President Barack Obama’s route to and from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora and the Auraria campus is confidential at the request of the Secret Service, but some of Denver’s major thoroughfares will be disrupted without warning to make way for the commander in chief.

During Obama’s visit to Lincoln High School last month, Interstate 25 was shut

down for a short time.

Stegman said that any disruption in traffic creates a “residual effect.” she estimated that for every minute traffic is stopped, it takes between four and six minutes for normal traffic flow to resume.

Weston Gentry: 303-954-1054, wgentry@denverpost.com or twitter.com/westongentry

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Mon, 17 Oct 2011 05:00:12 +0000

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Tonight: Joel and Victoria Osteen

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:00:14 +0000

Erin Burnett’s new show “OutFront” launches Monday at 7pmET, and Piers Morgan stopped by this week to take a look (and interrupt her rehearsal).

Two main topics of conversation: the use of fact and opinion and…their not-so-nice interaction on “Celebrity Apprentice.” Check it out above…

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