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The National Retail Federation surveyed Americans and found that 59 percent (about 137.4 million people) were likely to shop over Thanksgiving weekend. The biggest chunk planned to shop Black Friday, an estimated 74 percent, with millennials leading the pack.
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on the cover Promoters of the National Finals Rodeo expect record crowds this year, the 32nd in Las Vegas.
Around the world, flavors and customs abound around holiday drinking. From Jamaican rum punch to the corn-and-chocolate richness of Mexican champurrado, why not branch out from your classic eggnog? Or at least do it the English way, with plenty of fresh nutmeg. And don’t forget to toast America’s Eggnog Riot of 1826!
The rodeo loves vegas
The Entertainment Capital of the World is about to become Cowboy Town for 10 action-packed days and nights. The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo takes over Las Vegas Dec. 1-10, with many thousands of Western-clad visitors expected to pull for their favorites battling for titles in the dirt arena.
an athlete takes a shot
Martrel Johnson has been fighting kidney disease since high school, when he was a star basketballer at Durango. Today, he needs a new kidney and a new heart, and he’s reaching out for help. more sports n In town for the “Super Bowl of rodeo,” Dusty Tuckness will protect the bull riders, P34
health care up in the air
As America waits to see if President-elect Donald Trump makes good on promises to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, policy wonks are musing on what’s likely to unfold. For local unions, there may be less to worry about, as they could negotiate better terms for health benefits than are available in Trump’s “new normal.”
more news California’s porn industry move north? 20 Will Despite the rejection of a condom mandate in L.A. County, producers and actors are restless.
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You might think pet yoga and massage are silly, but certified therapies are designed to mentally stimulate animals and address some of their physical ailments and trust issues. more life n Adoptable animals, P31 n Calendar of events, P40 n Puzzles, P66
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Ice skaters spin during The Park’s first tree-lighting ceremony at Toshiba Plaza. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
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open road The 215 Beltway at McCarran International Airport reopened after being closed all weekend to install flyover ramps as part of the airport connector project.
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sign time
This was the deadline for politicians to remove their signs from roadways in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. Henderson’s deadline was five days earlier.
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HONORING VETERANS A wreath-laying ceremony will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Gulf War and the liberation of Kuwait at the Grant Sawyer Building, 555 E. Washington Ave.
Nov. 30
the foe you know The UNLV men’s basketball team plays its first road game of the season at Southern Utah, which is coached by Todd Simon, who last season was UNLV’s interim coach.
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GORMAN STRONG Can anyone dethrone Bishop Gorman’s football team? The class 4A state championship game is set for 12:10 p.m. at Sam Boyd Stadium. Gorman has won the past seven titles.
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Stan Lee proves himself worthy of picking up Thor’s hammer as he explores Marvel Avengers STATION at Treasure Island. In a ceremony Nov. 18, the legendary Marvel Comics creator received the key to the Strip from Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown.
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Lauren York, 22, of North Las Vegas, was crowned Miss Nevada USA 2017, and Alexis Smith, 17, of Las Vegas, was crowned Miss Nevada Teen USA 2017 at the pageants hosted by UNLV. The two new beauty queens were crowned by the previous titleholders, Miss Nevada USA 2016 Emelina Adams and Miss Nevada Teen USA 2016 Carissa Morrow. York hopes to raise awareness about the danger of driving under the influence, and Smith hopes to empower other teenagers.
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the vegas golden knights Las Vegas’ NHL expansion team announced its name: the Golden Knights. “Silver Knights was an option because this is the Silver State, but Nevada is the largest gold producer in the country,” owner Bill Foley said. “Gold is a precious metal, the No. 1 metal versus silver.” The Golden Knights’ primary color will be steel gray, meant to signify strength and durability. One wrinkle is that the team will use “Vegas” instead of “Las Vegas” for the city name.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum kicked off its annual Santa Train with the man in red and his jolly wife. The ride costs $6 and starts down the tracks from Boulder City’s Nevada Southern Railway station.
888 Turkeys collected by HELP of Southern Nevada, 8 News Now and 97.1 The Point at HELP’s annual Turkey-Thon. The birds were distributed to needy families for the holiday.
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get’em while they’re hot Tickets for electronic music festival Electric Daisy Carnival — June 16-18 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway — go on sale at noon, ranging from $335 to $699 plus taxes and fees. And it’s National French Toast Day, which local breakfast joint Rise & Shine is celebrating with a special version called Bacon & Egg-in-the-Hole.
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Judy Razon competes for Veterans Village during the “Battle Cry for Pumpkin Pie,” a charity pie-eating contest sponsored by the Grand Bazaar Shops. Her team lost to Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, for prizes of $1,000 and $3,000, respectively. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)
Consecutive hours of Black Friday shopping when Toys R Us stores planned to be open, starting at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving.
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Champurrado Origin: Mexico Spirit: none Rooted in the cultures of the ancient Aztecs and Mayas, this hot drink mixes corn flour with milk, cinnamon and Mexican chocolate, though the sipping dessert also can be finessed with the brightness of lime juice or the heat of chilies.
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We’ve entered the domain of pumpkin and peppermint. It’s holiday flavor time, and not just in your coffee. ¶ With family dinners, work parties and friend reunions stacked from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, that’s a lot of occasions to raise a glass, and a lot of recipes that surface only during this season. You might know eggnog and hot buttered rum, but what about glögg and coquito, and the customs that come with toasting in the Czech Republic? ¶ Across the board, two things are certain: Cinnamon is everywhere, and so is the desire to sip something with those we love.
Salep Origin: Turkey Spirit: none
Wassail Origin: England Spirit: optional Harvest happens at just the right time for virgin cider to be exclusive to the holiday season. It’s the base for many beverages, but the granddaddy is Wassail, which adds citrus and spices. In Medieval times, the fruit tonic was poured over crops in a ritual meant to ensure a fertile spring.
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It takes more than 1,000 orchid tubers to make 2 pounds of the flour used to mix Turkey’s favorite winter beverage, so you won’t find the genuine article stateside. But in Istanbul, it’s simmered in milk, sugar and rosewater, topped with cinnamon and served from copper pots.
Baked crab apples floating in foamy ale might not sound like a treat, but the drink was big during Twelfth Night, the holiday on the 12th day after Christmas, which declared a Lord of Misrule to officiate all merrymaking. And the name? The drink’s surface was said to look like a lamb’s.
When toasting, Turks clink the bottoms of their glasses, as clinking the top of another person’s glass means you think yourself superior. If you knock your glass on the table after the toast, it’s a tribute to someone you wish could be there.
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South Koreans have a saying about a night of hard drinking:
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“Il bul, sam so, o ui, chil gwa.” It means, “Don’t stop with one glass; three are not enough; five is a proper amount and seven is too much.”
Lambswool Origin: England Spirit: ale
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Sujeonggwa Origin: Korea Spirit: none Forget hair of the dog on New Year’s Day. Try persimmon punch garnished with pine nuts. Generations of Koreans have believed in the hangover-busting properties of steeping the dried fruit in boiling water with cinnamon sticks and ginger before adding sugar to taste. It can be served warm but is best on ice.
Also called the Grog Mutiny, the riot stemmed from a drunken Christmas party in the barracks at the West Point military academy. Whiskey had been smuggled in to make eggnog for the cadets, 70 of whom were involved in the mayhem — 20 were court-martialed.
Origin: England Spirit: rum, whiskey, brandy or ale In Old English, nog means “strong beer,” so it was a casual name for the ale-curdled milk known as posset. As that drink evolved, eggs were added. When it hit the Colonies, rum was added. Today, eggnog can be poured straight from a carton or made from scratch with ice cream. The booze is optional. The fresh nutmeg is not.
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Skål, Punschglühbowle Origin: Germany Spirits: red wine and brandy
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You can’t roast chestnuts on this open fire, but it’s a great spectacle for any holiday party: 1. Fill a glass punch bowl with a light-bodied red wine. 2. Lace it with brandy. 3. Set the surface on fire and let it burn down before serving.
Origin: U.S.A. Spirit: rum The molasses flavor of aged rum with the richness of butter sounds like genius anyway, but this cocktail became popular in the 1650s because drinking water wasn’t always sanitary. Boiled and added to rum, butter and brown sugar, though, it tasted like the holidays.
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Scandinavian cheers, actually means “bowl,” though the root word “skal” ties to Viking lore about warriors drinking from their enemies’ skulls.
Glögg Origin: Sweden Spirits: red wine, port wine and liquor of choice A centuries-old tool to take the edge way off the cold, this is mulled wine at its stoutest. In the old days, vintages about to turn were poured on top of caramelizing sugar and spiked with raisins, orange wheels and heavy spices to mask the acidity. In Sweden, cardamom and caraway-flavored Aquavit is added for extra-rosy cheeks.
Becherovka Origin: Czech Republic The common reaction to a straight shot is: “It tastes like Christmas!” More than 30 secret spices give this amaro its incomparable Strong eye herbal kick, heavy on the contact must be pine and cinnamon. On made when clinking, ice with tonic or stirred arms are never to into coffee or a glass of cross, and glasses are hot water with sweet always to be tapped lemon, it may just steal on the table before your heart from Fernet. drinking.
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Hot Toddy Origin: Unknown Spirit: anything dark Boiling water, sugar, spices and booze. The Scots smartly make theirs with whiskey, honey, lemon, cloves and cinnamon. That combined warmth dissolves winter’s deepest chill, and the sweetness appeals even to those who don’t love the taste of alcohol.
Posset Origin: England Spirit: ale or wine It started as hot milk curdled with booze, served in a leather sheath. Then it moved on up to a pewter mug, then the ornate silver posset pot. Pretty, but it hid the distinct layers of “grace” (froth), custard and alcohol at the bottom.
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Coquito
Sorrel
Origin: Puerto Rico Spirit: rum
Origin: Jamaica Spirit: rum
While the concoction has many variations, it’s generally spiced or white rum with condensed milk, cream of coconut, vanilla and the usual suspects on the holiday spice rack — cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add crushed nuts for a bit of texture, or whip in eggs to create Venezuelan nog.
Children are sent to gather hibiscus sabdariffa flowers during the holidays, so the petals can be boiled with water, sugar, cinnamon sticks and spices such as ginger and cloves. The punch is served over ice, and its floral backbone is said to boost immunity.
Aquavit Origin: Scandinavia (Sweden is the largest producer)
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It translates in Latin to “water of life,” though Scandinavians lovingly refer to this herbal liquor as kerosene, because drinking it definitely warms the blood. Flavored with licorice-y caraway seeds, it’s also thought to aid in digestion of rich holiday foods.
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For the 32nd consecutive year, the Entertainment Capital of the World is about to become Cowboy Town. The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) takes over Las Vegas Dec. 1-10, with many thousands of Western-clad visitors expected to pull for their favorite athletes at the world’s richest rodeo. ¶ Cowboys and cowgirls will kick up dust as they do battle under the bright lights at the Thomas & Mack Center in a quest for gold buckles and glory. PHOTO BY TOM DONOGHUE/COURTESY OF LAS VEGAS EVENTS
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$10M Prize money this year
Bareback rider J.R. Vezain loses his hat but hangs on during the 56th Wrangler National Finals Rodeo at the Thomas & Mack Center in 2014. (L.E. Baskow/staff)
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Fifteen contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding, along with 15 roping teams, will put their talents on display for nearly 18,000 fans a day in the newly renovated sports arena and thousands of others at casino properties all over town as they chase world championships. “You would think that, after 32 years, it would get old doing the same event, but it’s never the same event,” said Pat Christenson, president of Las Vegas Events, which co-sanctions the rodeo along with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. “There is always something new and fresh, so I’m looking forward to it again. It’s my favorite time of year. “It’s ironic, because it’s the hardest we work all year. A year’s worth of work and planning comes down to these 10 days for our fans.” And those fans come out in droves. Last year, 170,966 people attended the rodeo over 10 days at the Thomas & Mack, and a record crowd of 216,292 made its way to the Cowboy Christmas Gift Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s South Halls. That’s a far cry from more than three decades ago, when the event arrived in Las Vegas surrounded by plenty of question marks. Moving the massive rodeo from Oklahoma City to Las Vegas in 1985 was a controversial decision, but it is one that has paid off in record-setting ways. It revived a previously anemic month of December here and has evolved into a force. Try to go anywhere in town the first two weeks of December without seeing someone wearing a Resistol hat, a pair of Justin Boots or Wrangler jeans. It’s simply impossible. From country concerts and live satellite feeds showing the rodeo at casino properties, to gift shows, daytime events and related nighttime parties, it’s a stacked experience for rodeo fans. Virtually every casino on the Strip has bought into NFR, and the city has embraced the rodeo, especially in the past decade. “The hotels get better every year at customizing the experiences they’re offering for fans, and some new ones come on board,” Christenson said. NFR General Manager Shawn Davis — a Pro Rodeo Hall of Famer who cast the deciding vote to bring the rodeo to Las Vegas in 1985 — has watched the event and its backdrop grow together. “From Day One, we’ve always had great support from Las Vegas. We’ve always worked together, and the event has been very beneficial for PRCA and Las Vegas Events,” said Davis, a three-time world champion saddle bronc rider, adding, “You can never sit still, no matter what you’re doing. If you sit still, you’re going backwards. I hope the future continues to be as bright as the past.” But in December 2013, that relationship was strained. PRCA leadership voted to pursue a lucrative deal and move the rodeo to central Florida. The offer included administrative costs and $16 million in annual purses, reportedly $4 million more than the offer from Las Vegas Events. The shakeup had Christenson envisioning an independent rodeo event to hold down the same two weeks in December, and the PRCA entertaining another offer to move to Dallas, though after considerable debate and drama, the longtime partners reached an agreement in January 2014 that will keep the rodeo in Las Vegas through 2024. “We knew all along that the PRCA wanted to be in Las Vegas,” Christenson told the Las Vegas Sun at the time. Part of that deal was a huge raise for NFR contestants, with the total purse ballooning from $6.5 million to $10 million last year. That opened the door for contestants to come from outside the top 10 and challenge for world titles like never before, and bareback rider Steven Peebles made headlines by catapulting from No. 15 to No. 1 and earning his first career world championship gold buckle. Unlike the Professional Bull Riders, which moved its PBR World Finals from the Thomas & Mack Center to the new T-
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Mobile Arena on the Strip, the PRCA decided to keep NFR at the T&M, signing a separate 10-year agreement to stay put through the contract period. Thomas & Mack executives promised $72.5 million in renovations to the facility, making the call to keep the rodeo there much less stressful for the PRCA and LVE. “As much as we looked at T-Mobile — and I don’t know that we gave it an in-depth look — once they committed to those renovations, it was a pretty easy decision to make,” Christenson said. “We could handle the stock at the other place, but not nearly as well as we do on campus at UNLV. I think the unique sightlines at the Thomas & Mack and the staff there that we’ve worked with for 32 years are two other big pluses. “Once they did the renovations and addressed all of the weaknesses the building may have had, there really was no reason to leave.” The big addition to the 35-year-old venue is the ’Shoe, a themed Western hospitality and interactive experience that includes a new entry and escalators at the northwest end of the arena. The 36,000-square-foot add-on also offers fans an unobstructed view of the Las Vegas Strip and will be the site of CBS Sports Network’s rodeo pre-show. “It’s a tremendous job to adjust to an event like this, and the people at the Thomas & Mack are outstanding to work with. Everything is convenient there, we’ve got enough room for all of the livestock to be taken care of and to be moved in and out. We’ve rehearsed it for 30 years,” Davis said, “so we’ve all grown together.” New seats, a wider concourse, upgraded restrooms and more concession stands were just part of the renovations. Throw in the addition of large video boards outside the arena, extra televisions and more displays, and the upgrades should make even veteran NFR attendees feel like they’re seeing an entirely new event. Fans can avoid the stress of fighting traffic by riding free shuttle buses from a host of casinos to the Thomas & Mack each night, then hang out in the ProRodeo Zone and NFR Fan Zone areas outside the building or have a drink and enjoy some music at the Cowboy Corral in the Cox Pavilion adjacent to the T&M before the rodeo begins. And it’s not just a rodeo. Great shopping at Cowboy Christmas and other gift shows at Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, ancillary rodeo events like the inaugural Junior NFR for top youth competitors at Cowboy Christmas and the Boyd Gaming Chute-Out at The Orleans can help give rodeo fans their Western fixes during the day. Cowboy Christmas is a cornucopia of sights, sounds and interactive experiences, with more than 400 vendor booths, live entertainment, stage shows and a Wild West-themed town. The rodeo — which is poised to hit 300 consecutive sellouts with the final round on Dec. 10 — ends at roughly 9 each night, but the crowd keeps Las Vegas rocking well into the wee hours. Whether it’s the nightly go-round buckle presentations at the South Point; afterparties at the Mirage, MGM Grand or the Orleans, just to name a few; country concerts featuring the likes of George Strait, Charlie Daniels, Reba McEntire and Brooks & Dunn; or even the Miss Rodeo America pageant, fans have their own athletic feat to contend with just trying to take advantage. No two days are the same, and the action never stops. That’s part of the allure of the city and the rodeo. Considering the length of the event and everything else it brings along, no other city could pull off the spectacle quite like Las Vegas. “It’s not like the Super Bowl or a one-day event,” Davis said. “You’ve got a 10-day event with 170,000 people coming, and to do it well, they have to be entertained. They have to have a way to be entertained and to participate, and Las Vegas, with all the outside activities, has been great about creating that. ... It just really is a cowboy town.”
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The Wrights dominate saddle bronc riding ranks Cody Wright
As long as the National Finals Rodeo is around, the Wrights of Utah don’t need to have family reunions. They’ll all be in Las Vegas, anyway, as six members of the saddle bronc riding royal family have qualified for this year’s 10-day, $10 million event. Led by two-time world champion Cody Wright, the family boasts more than a third of the 15-cowboy field. Cody, who qualified 11th, is the oldest boy in a 13-sibling family based in Milford, Utah. Cody is making his 13th NFR appearance this year and will be joined in Las Vegas by twin brothers, Jake (fifth in the standings) and Jesse (10th), as well as two of his own sons, Rusty (third) and Ryder (14th), and brother-in-law CoBurn Bradshaw (second). If that wasn’t enough, the patriarch of the Wright family, Bill, will be in the arena working one of the gates by the chutes as his family members compete for big dollars. Anyone betting on the saddle bronc riding in Las Vegas would be safe to pick a Wright. “We’ve put a lot of hard work into it and have been really focused,” said Jake Wright, who is making his fifth consecutive appearance in Las Vegas. “It doesn’t surprise me. Cody pushes his boys to be the best, and he pushes us all to be the best. Between my dad and Cody, I think they’re the heart of all of it that keeps us going.” Jesse won a world title in 2012, and another brother, Spencer, went from 14th to
the world champions’ stage in 2014, but failed to qualify for the finals this year. Counting another brother, Alex — who finished 38th in the 2016 world standings — and Cody’s high school junior son, Stetson, the Wright family could potentially field nine of the 15 spots in a few years. “I think it’s great,” Jake said. “We push each other to be better, and it just gets better the longer we go on. There’s nothing better than having family doing exactly what you’re doing, and you can put your heads together and talk about things.” There is no petty rivalry among the men of the family, even though they know they may have to go through each other to realize the dream of becoming a world champion. “It’s the best man wins,” Jake said. “It depends on the day and who’s got the better horse. As soon as I get off my horse, I’m going to go help Jesse or Cody and all of them. That’s why we all made it — because we’re supporting each other.” The Wrights’ story is a popular one in the sport, and most agree it is a positive thing for rodeo. “It’s good for everything, and the good thing about it is they’re people who can be looked up to,” said NFR General Manager Shawn Davis, who coached Cody at the College of Southern Idaho. “They’re role models, and they’re very humble even though they’re very successful. “That’s what you call a rodeo family.”
le adi ng ba r r el rac ing sta nd ings at 68 y e ars o ld There will be plenty of grandmothers filing into the Thomas & Mack Center for NFR, but only one is the odds-on favorite to win a world title. Pauls Valley, Okla., barrel racer Mary Burger will begin the $10 million rodeo atop the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association barrel racing world standings, and she has a great chance to add a second gold buckle to her trophy case. Burger, who set a ProRodeo record by becoming the sport’s oldest world champion at the age of 58 in 2006, leads the standings by a formidable $74,590 over Jackie Ganter heading into the 10-day extravaganza. The 68-year-old Burger, who is competing in her first NFR since 2009, simply planned to compete here and there during the 2016 season aboard her still-green 7-year-old buckskin gelding, Mo, but things changed in March. That’s when Burger and Mo struck gold by winning RodeoHouston, an event with a massive $54,750 payday. That shot in the arm served notice that Mo was for real and made Burger think more about making a run for NFR. “When Houston turned out real good, it just made it doable to make
it this year,” said Burger, who won her 2006 gold buckle aboard twotime AQHA/WPRA Horse of the Year Fred. “It’s basically a dream come true.” Burger and Mo ran at 64 rodeos this season, 36 fewer than secondplace Ganter, and set a barrel racing regular-season record with $190,977 in earnings. They paired the RodeoHouston victory with a win at the Calgary Stampede in July worth $122,000 ($72,000 counted for the world standings) on the way to rewriting the record books. That’s not to say adversity hasn’t paid a visit to Burger’s barn. She said in mid-November that Mo was in physical therapy for a sore deep flexor tendon, and that she may have to use a backup horse for part or all of the national finals. Regardless, Burger is going to try her best to protect her lead against 14 other talented barrel racers by focusing on the average (aggregate) payout, which awards roughly between $6,300-$67,000 for the top eight finishers. “I’m not sure he’ll be able to do 10 rounds if he does go, but we’re hoping for the best,” Burger said of Mo. “He’ll tell me if he gets a little sore, and if he does, I’m not going to run him.”
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Where porn lives Even with defeat of Prop 60, Las Vegas may profit from L.A.’s industry restrictions By Chris Kudialis
of his foundation’s funds to support it, California DemoLas Vegas has an interest, at least crats and Republicans economically, in more porn pro— and all but one major duction companies following media source in the state, Lee Roy Myers’ lead. The Bakersfield Californian — Myers moved film operations for woodrockopposed it. The measure lost by et.com, his parody porn site mocking series more than 981,000 votes. like “Game of Thrones” and “Teenage Mutant Most of the porn industry breathed a collecNinja Turtles,” from Los Angeles to Las Vegas tive sigh of relief when Prop 60 was rejected. five years ago because costs in Southern CaliBut Las Vegas, a likely winner in a restricted fornia studios became too high. Not only was California porn market, may have lost out on it cheaper to operate here, but Las Vegas also some serious new business. had friendlier regulations for shooting (for “I think we would definitely have seen instance, no mandate for condom use). “If more filmmakers moving to Las Vegas had health laws keep coming to the table, you’ll it passed,” said Clark County Commissioner see people move,” Myers said at January’s Chris Giunchigliani of AVN Adult Entertainment Prop 60. “With that being Expo in Las Vegas, “or at The industry has turned down, nothing releast threaten to move.” diversified; there ally changes.” One such threat to CaliforFour years ago, Las Venia’s porn industry, Proposiare just hundreds gas was rumored to be tion 60, would have required and hundreds of smallon the radar of many Los condom use in adult films Angeles-based companies statewide — even those shot size companies and largeafter voters passed Meainside private residences. size companies alike sure B, a 2012 regulation Violators would have been that mandated condom vulnerable to lawsuits from looking to relocate.” use within Los Angeles viewers. — Eric leue, free County. Giunchigliani, a The controversial balspeech coalition supporter of adult filmlot initiative, pushed by makers setting up shop nonprofit AIDS Healthcare in the Las Vegas Valley as Foundation president Milong as they “follow the rules and don’t bring chael Weinstein, was a response to scattered minors into their films,” said the growth of the disease outbreaks in the adult film industry. industry was difficult to track because most While infected performers ordinarily keep adult films are shot on private property, where their infections secret, at least five cases of HIV no permit is needed. infections in performers have been brought to For production companies that request a light by media outlets since 2013. permit, Clark County film administrator Tia Though Weinstein outraised Prop 60 opO’Brien said film permits are classified into ponents 5-to-1, contributing nearly $5 million Staff Writer
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seven major categories: commercial, corporate industrial, documentary, feature film, music video, reality show and still photo. Permits are needed only if traffic or pedestrian safety is affected, and porn films can fall under any of those categories. Ditto for Las Vegas, said city spokesman Jace Radke, whose jurisdiction issues film permits for TV episodes, TV movies, motion pictures, commercials, music videos, reality shows, documentaries, still photos and a category framed as “other.” “They just fill out the form and say, ‘We want a permit to shoot Charleston Boulevard at 3 p.m.’ There’s not a huge vetting process,” Radke said. “Unless it was some well-known adult film company, we wouldn’t really know it was for porn.” In Los Angeles County, where the Measure B ordinance became the first in the Golden State to require performers to use condoms, the effects have been devastating for the industry. Applications for adult film permits have dropped 95 percent since Measure B became law in 2012, said Adrian McDonald, a research analyst with Film L.A., which issues permits to filmmakers countywide. Twenty-six permits were issued for adult films in Los Angeles County in 2015, compared with 480 in 2012, McDonald said. “Had (Prop 60) passed, I don’t think it would have been a stretch to speculate that Las
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Vegas would have seen a potential increase,” McDonald said. Christian Sten, manager of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Investigations, has seen a similar decline. While as many as eight major adult film producers completed their applications and had active permits in 2012, Sten’s department has issued only four such permits since 2013, he said. Among those affected by the regulation is
adult performer Rachel Swimmer, who goes by the stage name Tasha Reign. Swimmer, 27, who was born and raised in Los Angeles County, said recording more homemade movies has helped her dodge Measure B restrictions. Passing Prop 60 would have made the laws in her county more strongly enforced, including for people filming at home. But even with Prop 60’s rejection, Swimmer said she didn’t feel comfortable in California.
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“There are lots of laws that aren’t enforced; (certain actions are) technically illegal, but there’s nobody that has the budget to go through adult content and chase down each producer,” Swimmer said. “We’re already tested every 14 days, and we just feel like we continue to be marginalized.” Swimmer called Las Vegas “more sexually accepting” than Los Angeles, adding that the valley remained a draw for porn performers because there were no specific condom laws and few opposition groups working to suppress the industry. Las Vegas also hosts the AVN Expo, the porn industry’s largThere’s nobody est annual convention and awards show, which feathat has the tured more than 30,000 participants from more budget to than 30 countries in 2016. go through adult The expo is held in January at the Hard Rock Hotel. content and chase Swimmer cited Weindown each producer. stein, whose team did not respond to multiple reWe’re already tested quests for interviews, as the major player in bringing every 14 days, and more regulation to Califorwe just feel like nia’s porn industry. Eric Leue, of the Free we continue to be Speech Coalition, cammarginalized.” paigned to stop Prop 60. He said the failure of the mea— Rachel Swimmer, sure wouldn’t block Southadult performer ern Nevada from becoming a player in the porn industry. A connection to the international entertainment industry and a large tourism base demanding such services “will always make Las Vegas a draw,” while rising costs of living in major California porn cities can drive performers away. “California, especially San Francisco and Los Angeles, have continually become more expensive,” Leue said. “But the industry has diversified; there are just hundreds and hundreds of small-size companies and large-size companies alike looking to relocate.”
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As we head into the holidays, Americans will be inundated with ads proclaiming “no interest for 90 days!” or “no payments until 2018.” Maybe those dates stretch out further, and maybe you’ll even see ads claiming no interest/no payments at all. The array of marketing offers during the holidays seems endless. ¶ At the end of the day, “cheap,” “low” or “no” interest offers aren’t going to save the average person a single penny. And of course, the stores, banks and marketing companies know this. Introductory rates expire, and offers promising no payments for a given amount of time usually tack on high interest rates quietly. They’re counting on you to buy more than you can afford. ¶ “Never buy anything on credit that you can’t afford to pay cash for.” We’ve all Xenophon heard it. But there are smart ways to use credit cards. Peters, esq.
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A lot of people think you can use credit to save money and, to a certain extent, that’s true. Zero percent interest on a car, low interest on a house, even a 30 percent discount at department stores — all of these things are credit products people use to save their pennies. But anyone who’s debt-free can use credit to earn money, too. The simplest version of earning money from using credit is a cash-back card. Cash-back cards usually give 1-2 percent cash-back on every purchase, so if you have one of these cards, simply shifting your spending from cash to credit will earn you money back. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the average grocery bill for a family of four is about $833 per month. Using a 2 percent cash-back credit card means you’ll get back $200 per year just on groceries. Paying utilities, insurance and other essential bills on a cash-back card can net a famliy hundreds of dollars a year, as long as the bill is being paid in full each month and interest is never accrued.
While cash-back cards give one or two cents on the dollar, they probably won’t earn you as many returns as other credit cards can. For real returns, the “points” cards are king. Believe it or not, points cards can be so useful, an entire industry has popped up to guide people on how best to earn and redeem points. Check out sites like The Points Guy, Mommy Points or Frugal Travel Guy, among others, to start learning how to maximize your returns on credit points. There are iPhone/Android apps dedicated to this as well. Comparing cash-back cards and points cards $800 per month equals $9,600 per year in spending and will give you ... About $200 cash back
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On most cards, 20,000 points is worth $200 in gift cards. But you also can spend them directly on flights and earn 25 percent more, or $250 in our example. Better, but still not the best. Your same 20,000 points might be transferable to one or more airlines* where 20,000 points can be worth $300, $500, $1,000 or more (depending on the airline and how you use them).
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The third way to earn money using credit is through wise investment. The theory is you should only buy with credit what you can afford to buy with cash. But that advice doesn’t apply to all circumstances. Let’s say you have $20,000 cash and you want to buy a car. Your credit qualifies you for a 0 percent teaser rate for five years. This puts your payment at $333 per month and eventually costs you $20,000. But instead of paying cash for the car five years ago, you invested the $20,000 into an S&P tracking fund (SPY), which could make your $20,000 worth more than $38,000 in that same time period. Granted, if you do it that way, you’ll use $333 each month to pay your car payment, so your profit margin won’t be quite as massive as it might seem. Even if your interest rate is 2, 3 or 4 percent, you may be better off investing your money than shelling out the cash (the annualized rate of return on the S&P is 13.75 percent for the past five years). It’s a math problem, but it’s not that hard: When the bank wants to charge you less to use their money than you’re earning by investing it, you win by borrowing theirs.
The Warning None of this fancy math will ever earn you money if you’re paying credit card interest rates. It can also cost you a ton of heartache and headache if you’re overspending on your budget or making purchases on credit cards that you don’t have the cash to cover. Earning cash using credit is not about putting off payments because you can’t make them or buying things you can’t afford right now. Even in our car example, if you lost your job, the money is there to pay cash for the car, so you don’t have to worry about that payment.
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FBI head: ‘I want to take down the barriers’ New agent in charge stresses role of community partnerships in taking on drugs, violence By Ricardo Torres-Cortez Staff Writer
With an American flag pin on his lapel and an assertive smile on his face, the new special agent in charge of the FBI’s Las Vegas Division introduced himself. Appointed by FBI Director James Comey, Aaron Rouse compared his first days on the job back in September to drinking from a firehose, adding that it was a “good hectic.” Rouse started his career in law enforcement 25 years ago as a New York state trooper, and he’s been with the FBI for two decades, working violent crime and then forming part of a fugitive task force in the agency’s Washington Field Office. He has held leadership positions in Florida and Texas, and before moving to Las Vegas was section chief in the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters. Las Vegas presents unique challenges for law enforcement because it’s a magnet for transient threats that can be hard to predict, Rouse said. There are “crimi-
nal elements that would like to take advantage of that,” but “very little comes through that we’re not working on with our partners to address. ... It’s important to get things right every day.” He spoke about several issues keeping the bureau busy in the city, and about the future of the FBI. OPIOIDS Rouse said the black market for opioids is big on the FBI’s radar, locally and nationally. Heroin and fentanyl, along with other prescription drugs, have incrementally become a threat to public safety. “Fortunately for our citizens,” Rouse said, local law enforcement partnerships are countering these trends. The agency and the government agree on attacking the issue from multiple fronts, not just through arrests and prosecution but also through civil suits. He said details would soon be released about the strides made by a task force of local and federal officers in combatting drug trafficking. HOMICIDES The FBI also has been attuned to the recent spike in homicides in Las Vegas. As of Nov. 15, Metro Police had been called
careers at the FBI Rouse says the FBI is looking for job candidates from all backgrounds and with diverse talents. The local branch employs about 300 people. Those interested can visit fbijobs.gov.
out to 150 cases this year, compared with 136 in all of 2015 and 109 during the same time period that year — about a 38 percent increase. Asked about the public’s perception of mayhem, despite slayings being sharply down compared with a couple of decades ago, Rouse said opinions were influenced by the 24-hour news cycle: “It’s easy to focus on the negative,” he said. He again touted the partnership between local, state and federal authorities and the crucial nature of information sharing to solving and preventing violent crime. “Nobody is in this alone,” he said. FBI IN NEVADA The federal agency, which also has satellite offices in Reno, Elko and South Lake Tahoe, participates in several local law enforcement task forces, including targeting
drugs, crime and counterterrorism. It also was an essential component of the Nevada Election Day Integrity Task Force, undertaking investigations into election fraud complaints or voting abuses. Rouse said a career with the FBI was an opportunity for a life of service to the nation, but prospective agents shouldn’t expect the job to be as it’s portrayed in movies, TV shows or books. The FBI isn’t a rogue organization; it operates by the rule of law. “It’s a cadre of hard-working men and women who believe in protecting this country from people who can hurt it,” Rouse said. The agency guards its methodologies, but for those who want to understand how it works in more depth, Rouse recommends locals apply to the FBI’s citizen’s academy. Those accepted — requirements are being a U.S. citizen and passing a screening — spend eight weeks learning more about its operations. Rouse said he wanted to build a mutually beneficial “bond of trust” between the agency and the community. “I want to take down the barriers that keep people from cooperating with the FBI,” he said.
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What is life like after a stroke? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year more than 795,000 people in the United States suffer strokes, and nearly 130,000 of them die. Strokes also are a leading cause of serious, long-term disability with an array of short-term and longterm effects. These include speech problems, difficulty swallowing and mobility issues. ¶ However, it’s important to remember that prevention efforts and rehabilitation can help lessen the impact of strokes. ¶ “An important aspect to remember about strokes is that there often is improvement. In general, 50 percent of whatever deficits are present at the time of the initial stroke are resolved within one year,” said Phaniraj Iyengar, MD, Vascular Neurologist and Stroke Medical Director at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center’s Nevada Neurosciences Institute. ¶ While the aftereffects of a stroke can present many challenges for both patients and their families, recovery is possible for hundreds of thousands of stroke victims.
Common aftereffects of a stroke “In general, the deficits from a stroke could be described similarly as a real estate transaction. Location and square footage determine the price of the property. For a stroke, it is the location in the brain and the size of the brain damage that determine the aftereffects,” Iyengar said. The American Stoke Association breaks down the possible aftereffects based on the location of the stroke. The brain For some people, the physical damage suffered after a stem stroke can be reversed over time. For others, the damDepending on the severage may be permanent. “Strokes can be devastating. ity of the injury caused by The patient may not be able to function independenta stroke located in the brain ly and may need to live in an assisted-living residence stem, it can affect both sides of for the rest of his or her life,” Iyengar said. He also the body and leave the patient noted that the patient, regardless of the severity of in a “locked-in” state, which is his or her stroke, may experience an ongoing sense of when a patient is unable to emotional discomfort even after physical symptoms speak or move anywhere have ceased. below the neck. “There are two ways to look at the effects of a stroke: One is what is obvious to others, such as paralysis, and the other is felt only by the patient suffering from it. Sometimes, outwardly a person may seem completely normal, but they can have a sense that something is different or missing,” Iyengar said. Because our brains control our behavior and emotion, the patient may feel unexpectedly different afterward. The emotional and behavioral effects of a stroke can include forgetfulness, carelessness, irritability, confusion, anger, anxiety and depression.
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Recovering from a stroke Because the effects of a stroke vary greatly between individuals, there are multiple avenues of recovery. “All patients need to be monitored in a specialized stroke center that can evaluate and treat complications. This is especially important because the patient may continue to deteriorate in the first three days before he or she stabilizes,” Iyengar said. Once the patient stabilizes, an aftercare treatment plan can be made. “Aftercare treatment comes under the broad umbrella of rehabilitation services, including speech, physical and occupational therapies,” Iyengar said. The goal of any rehabilitation service is to get the patient back to leading a normal and independent life, which can mean getting the patient comfortable with a new normal. Rehab therapies can help reteach patients how to perform tasks and/or teach them different ways of doing things considering their new limitations. Ongoing medication, counseling and support groups also may be necessary to help the patient cope emotionally.
a stroke on the brain’s left side can cause ... Paralysis on the right side of the body
Prevention and recognition Strokes can be prevented by leading a healthy lifestyle. “A significant number of strokes are caused by modifiable risk factors, so addressing those risk factors can go a long way toward preventing a stroke,” Iyengar said. Modifiable risk factors include management of treatable diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, smoking and substance abuse.
Speech/language problems Slow, cautious behavior changes Memory loss
Furthermore, recognizing a stroke and acting quickly to receive medical treatment can help save the life of the patient and lessen the extent of the brain damage. Because the majority of strokes that occur are first-time strokes, it’s especially important to be able to identify the symptoms for yourself or loved ones, even if you don’t think there’s a risk.
Learn to identify stroke symptoms BE FAST is an acronym to help identify a stroke as it occurs. B: Balance — Does the person have a sudden loss of balance or dizziness? E: Eyes — Has the person suddenly lost vision in one or both eyes? F: Face — Does one side of the face suddenly droop? A: Arms — Does one arm suddenly drift downward when both arms are raised? S: Speech — Is the person suddenly slurring his or her words, or seem confused? Can he or she repeat a sentence correctly? T: Time — Call 911 immediately if you observe anyone with these symptoms.
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Kristen Corral’s flexibility was once on display in the Strip production “Peepshow.” Nowadays, you’ll find the dancer stretching out with her 9-year-old Chihuahua, Delilah, possibly in front of a roomful of people sharing yoga mats with their pets. In her class — Yoga with Rover — Corral works to enrich the lifestyles of domesticated animals, mentally stimulate them and fix some of their behavioral or physical ailments. ¶ Corral is certified in IPTouch animal massage therapy, Pet Aid animal first-aid and Anima Yoga Fusion, as well as being a member of the Southern Nevada Association of Professional Pet Services and Pet Sitters International. All of this informs her business, Little White Dog Co., which offers pet sitting and animal bodywork. ¶ She was trained in IPTouch therapy at UNLV, where the program has been taught for nearly a decade by former Cirque Du Soleil physical therapist Amy Herzlich. After 16 weeks, Corral had obtained her certification and started her business. “Over the last couple of years, I realized that I was spending most of my free time taking care of all my friends’ animals in addition to my own two dogs and two cats,” she writes on her website. “It dawned on me I should make a career out of it.”
Why do ANIMA yoga? It may seem silly to imagine your dog holding a cobra pose, but Corral says yoga exercises stimulate the pet’s mind more than chasing a tennis ball at a park. The practice also creates or strengthens bonds between pets and owners. Corral says it is completely normal for pets to be excited or anxious during the first few sessions. Barking or making noise is normal. If you know your pet has a tendency to be aggressive toward other animals, it’s best to do private sessions initially.
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Five must-have apps for pet owners Pet First Aid by American Red Cross Free; iOs/Android Choose either the dog or cat tab, and scroll through a long list of first-aid situations, such as bleeding, choking and seizures. Click and you’ll be taken to a screen with a short description of the problem and a step-by-step guide to addressing it. The app also has an emergency section with a vet hospital locator and quizzes to test your knowledge of pet health conditions.
Bring Fido Free; iOs, also available online Enter the name of a city and choose categories such as outdoor restaurants and dog-friendly hotels. Click on a search result, and the app will provide reviews, a brief description and the address. You also can use it to find dog-friendly parks and beaches. This app is great for planning vacations or for mapping out fun days here in the valley.
Want a pet? Corral says: Adopt, don’t shop. As vice president of Nevada Political Action for Animals, she helped urge the Las Vegas City Council to pass an ordinance in January banning the sale of pets from puppy mills. She says mill animals are bred in mass quantities, spending their early lives in unsafe, disease-prone conditions with little care and attention. If you do plan to adopt, she says, just make sure you’re serious. “It’s a lifetime commitment.”
DogVacay Free; iOs/Android, also available online Peruse dogsitters and make reservations for boarding, in-home sitting or day care. On each sitter’s profile, you can view credentials and see if he or she has undergone a background check. The company offers 24/7 customer support, covers your pet with insurance and offers daily photo updates. Sitters set their own prices, but typically are $20-$30 per day range in the Las Vegas area.
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MapMyDogWalk Free; iOs/Android You can connect the app to some human fitness tracking devices or just use the manual function to track your workout with your pup. The app will suggest nearby walks and map water stations, public parking, trailheads and dog-friendly restaurants.
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What is IPTouch? IPTouch therapy is nonmedical, hands-on and based on the pet’s needs — including what is communicated during the session. While it’s especially good for older pets and helps with joint lubrication and movement, this form of massage also is a must for rescue pets and those coming into a new home. Corral says the practice bonds pet and owner and promotes self-stretching in animals, which alleviates tension patterns. Owners will notice improvements in pets’ movement, balance and overall ease. Approaches include: n Permission: A must for rescued pets that are hesitant around strangers and have physical and emotional tension patterns. The aim is decreasing tension by activating the parasympathetic relaxation response through gentle strokes and close communication.
n Blocking: For pets that are having postural tension patterns and need help with active body motion. By helping an animal to stretch, called passive positional elongation, comfortable body motion can be achieved.
n Gentling: Helps improve soft tissue for active motion and is important for walks, play time, car tolerance, grooming needs, behavior at sporting events, potty training and sleep comfort. It involves a massaging motion that begins in a small area and is repeated and expanded over time, conditioning the animal, and easing emotional distress and resulting physical ailments.
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LOOKING FOR A NEW BEST FRIEND?
The Animal Foundation and the Nevada Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are shelters dedicated to finding homes for dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, turtles and more. Each week, we feature a selection of animals available for adoption.
Blue Byers (A927651)
Legend (A823057)
Nigel
Glitter
Age: 7-year-old spayed female Breed: Chihuahua Description: Blue Byers is a bit timid and needs time and patience to come out of her shell. Once she does, she will give you plenty of kisses and cuddles. Adoption fee: $155
Age: 4-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Legend is friendly, social and playful. Give him a toy and he’s a happy boy. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 4-year-old male Breed: Hedgehog Description: Nigel appreciates people being kind to him. He is missing some teeth and needs your help softening and moistening his food. Adoption fee: $30
Age: 3-month-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Glitter loves chasing after ping pong balls. She adores cats and people. Since her rescue from the streets, she has been lovingly raised and socialized in a foster home. Adoption fee: $70
Peace (A926540)
Carol (A925730)
Darla and Sasha
Isaac
Age: 3-year-old neutered male Breed: Pit bull terrier Description: Peace enjoys getting his ears scratched, being petted all over, and going on long strolls during cooler months. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 9-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Carol will happily warm up your lap with her body and cuddle all day long. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 2-year-old females Breed: Guinea pigs Description: These gentle girls were rescued from a trash bin. Sasha is blind. She relies on the companionship of her soulmate, Darla, for her physical and emotional well-being. Adoption fee: $20 for the pair
Age: 4-year-old neutered male Breed: Terrier mix Description: Isaac wants to know what a loving home feels like. He is building self-esteem and confidence, and learning that he is worthy of love. Adoption fee: $50
Willow (A922378)
Luna (A924576)
June
Martin
Age: 5-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic longhair Description: Willow is sweet and social, and is eager to meet her new best friend. Adoption fee: $25
Age: 7-year-old spayed female Breed: Bull terrier Description: Luna is friendly, energetic and playful. She needs to be the only dog in the house. Adoption fee: $200
Age: 5-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: June is a social butterfly. She delights in meeting and bonding with children, adults, kittens and older cats. Adoption fee: $40
Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Small terrier mix Description: Martin dares to hope he will experience only the best of human nature from now on. He is recovering from cruelty and worries that people will hurt him again. Adoption fee: $40
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‘I fight every day’ A former Las Vegas basketball star is hanging onto life, and asking for help By Kailyn Brown Special to The Sunday
Athletes have their off days. But Martrel Johnson was suddenly having a hard time getting up and down the basketball court he’d dominated. Before his senior year at Durango High School, he started feeling the effects of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a kidney disease that scars and hinders the parts of the organ that filter waste. Plagued by low energy and breathing problems, Johnson was sent by his coach for a physical. That’s when he discovered not only that he had the disease, but also that he was in kidney failure. “My kidneys were so far gone they couldn’t even do a biopsy,” Johnson said. His father, Martin, donated a kidney in 2002. While Johnson rebounded after the transplant and became a standout forward at Montana State University, his
health wouldn’t last. His breathing issues flared back up, and in 2007, his body rejected the donated kidney. Then in 2009, during a related workup at the nonprofit Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., doctors discovered he was born with an anomalous coronary artery and ended up doing a double bypass surgery to fix it. On top of losing the kidney, Johnson developed antibodies to its foreign tissue, making it harder to find another match. He also has been dealing with antiphospholipid syndrome, a clotting disorder that has threatened his lung function and sent him to the hospital multiple times. And Johnson said his doctor believes the hemodialysis that kept him alive for years without functioning kidneys also strained his heart. Despite switching to daily peritoneal dialysis this year, he was recently told that his heart is failing. “I just ended up winning the lottery with this stuff,” Johnson said. The 32-year-old is living in Bozeman, Mont., with his in-laws and wife, Brandi. He’s waiting for another appointment
WANT TO HELP MARTREL? n Search “Martrel’s Medical Fund” on GoFundMe to view the campaign page, or visit teespring.com/get-formartrel-johnson50 to shop his custom shirts, hoodies and stickers. n If you’re interested in being tested to see if you’re a potential match to donate a kidney, contact Johnson directly through facebook.com/ martrel.johnson.
at the Mayo Clinic, where he’ll be tested for eligibility to be put on lists for a new kidney and heart. “He wants to work, but he can’t. ... If I work full-time, they’ll take away his benefits, which are very minimal,” Brandi said of her husband’s Medicaid status. Supporters have raised nearly $10,000 since Johnson’s mother created a GoFundMe page two years ago, but he needs another $20,000 to reach his goal. It would cover living costs, medicine and transportation once he was cleared for surgery and had to move near the
hospital, but under out-of-state Medicaid, he said the evaluations alone could cost up to $30,000 for the heart and $10,000 for the kidney. In addition to the GoFundMe campaign, Johnson launched an indie fundraiser offering custom-designed shirts and hoodies that say, “Got Kidneys?” One of his high school classmates, Rob Martinez, put together a fitness boot camp this year at Durango, and “Workout for Martrel” raised about $3,000. “Martrel was a big part of my memories from high school and had an impact on my personality with his work ethic and amazing attitude,” Martinez said. On Facebook, Johnson’s mother said, “We don’t need likes; we need someone to step up and get tested (for a match). Please, someone help save a life.” But without a heart, kidneys don’t matter. Johnson said he’d often thought about how different his life would have been if doctors had discovered his heart condition sooner. “It’s almost like, if something was done differently, it could have changed where I am at now,” he said. Growing up, Johnson envisioned playing basketball overseas and traveling to places like Egypt, Tokyo and New Zealand. But he faces a different reality. “Now, it’s just fighting. I fight every day to figure out what I need to do to survive and to beat this,” he said. “My legacy is that I was a fighter and never gave up, and live life like I always have.”
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DUSTY TUCKNESS’ SPORT IS KEEPING COWBOYS
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BY CASE KEEFER | STAFF WRITER
Dusty Tuckness, the world’s top bullfighter, estimates he will have worked 180 rodeos by the end of the year. ¶ The 30-year-old is thankful that the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from Dec. 1 to 10 at the Thomas & Mack Center is one of the last. Not because he’s worn out, but because he views it as a reward for getting through the season. ¶ Unlike the old days, when bullfighters’ duties included entertaining the crowd as clowns, they’re now solely responsible for keeping the bull riders safe. Tuckness and his counterparts are tasked with distracting the 2,000-pound animals when they buck off riders. ¶ Riders vote on which bullfighters they want to work NFR. Tuckness, who’s won the Professional Rodeo Association’s For more Bullfighter of the Year award five times, has made the on the rodeo, see the cover cut eight consecutive years. ¶ We caught up with him story on for more insight on bullfighting ahead of NFR. Page 12. Does the grueling schedule take a mental toll on you? There are some times where you’re rodeo-ing and then making a long overnight drive where it’s rough and tough on your body, and you find out fast if you love what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. When it comes down to it for me, it’s a passion, and I love what I do. What are the worst injuries you’ve been forced to overcome to stay so active? I’ve had my shoulder fixed. I’ve had my ear put back on. I fractured my eye socket a couple weeks ago. A broken kneecap might have been the worst of my deals. The injuries are just part of it. None of them are good, but I’m blessed that I’ve been able to do this for as long as I have.
ALIVE Dusty Tuckness dodges a bull during a competition in Cheyenne, Wyo. (ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE)
Will the eye-socket injury affect your capabilities at NFR? No. I had a performance the next night after I fractured my eye socket, and we stepped out there and took care of it. You’ve got to be mentally and physically tough to be competitive and participate in rodeo, whether you ride, fight or rope. You’ve got to fight through injuries. How many events have you missed due to injury throughout your career? I’ve never had to sit out anything. I thank God and the sports medicine teams. They’re going to tell us what the best route is and what’s not the best route, but they’re rodeo-oriented and understand our business and the concept that if we don’t play, we don’t get paid. So going out there is better than putting your foot up and sitting at home.
How do you train and keep in shape outside of bullfighting? My workout regimen goes all year long; it doesn’t matter if I’m working an event or have an off night. I focus on a lot of core balance, and a lot of quick movement stuff. I work with college trainers and NFL trainers, and have had the privilege of them developing my skills in every aspect that could benefit me in my arena. What do you do to prepare strategically? It’s a true art once you understand what you’re watching. Similar to a lot of other sports, you’re watching film and analyzing it. A lot of places we go, they film it, and if not, we’ll bring our own camcorders so we can study what we did right, what we did wrong. It helps on your reaction time. Livestock are just like people. You learn the way they move and act. You learn their tendencies, and don’t set any game plan but read the situation as it unfolds like a linebacker or a forward. Why were you more drawn to bullfighting than being a rodeo clown? I just like the athleticism of it, and the living-on-the-edge factor. I love the unpredictableness of stepping out there with an animal that outmatches you 10-to-1. Going out there and trying to conquer the beast in a sense is pretty fun and very rewarding. How long do you see your bullfighting career lasting? I’ll do it as long as the good Lord allows me. I know it’s a sport where anything can happen, so I take it day by day, rodeo by rodeo. But I still feel like I have a handful of years left, and I’m going to make the best of them.
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Reel and Win slot tournament Date: Tuesdays Time: Noon Information: First place wins $1,000. Senior Mondays Date: Mondays Time: Drawings at 4 p.m. Information: Names will be drawn for a chance to win cash and free play. Players 50 and older will receive dining discounts.
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2016 Holiday Cash Back Date: Through Dec. 11 Information: Redeem every 15,000 slot points earned for $25 cash back. Earn points through Dec. 11 and
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New player rewards Date: Ongoing Information: Sign up for a players card and earn 20 points to spin. Win up to $1,000 in play.
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50+ weekly slot tournament Date: Thursdays Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Open to loyalty-card members 50 and older. First entry is free with a swipe at a club kiosk; collect a second by earning 250 points and a third by earning 500 points. Top prize is $1,500; total prize pool is $5,200. Bounty Bonus Bucks Date: November Information: Redeem $25 in points to receive a $50 Smith’s gift card.
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Mother Lode swipe and win Date: Ongoing Information: Club members can win up to $2,500 daily. Earn points for chances to swipe the prize machine, with a maximum of three swipes daily. Earn five points for a chance to win $50, 40 points for a chance to win $100 and 300 points for a chance to win $2,500.
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Happy-hour specials Date: Daily Time: 6-8 p.m. Information: Select tables will offer $3 craps and 25-cent roulette.
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In age of social media, fake news is becoming a real problem
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wo weeks before the election, listeners of the National Public Radio program “This American Life” got a chilling look at the perverse power of alt-right misinformation campaigns. The program that week focused on immigration tensions in St. Cloud, Minn., where 90 percent of the 190,000 residents are white and about 5 percent are Somalis who emigrated to the community over the past 15 years. In a key moment from the program, the producers played a recording of a town-hall meeting in 2015 in which some participants complained that the Somali residents weren’t assimilating into American culture and pressed the community’s Republican congressman, Tom Emmer, to push for a nationwide ban on Muslim immigrants. Emmer was taken aback. He tried to explain that by standard metrics — finding employment, sending kids to public schools, paying taxes — Somalis were among the fastest-assimilating groups in the population. He reminded the crowd that other immigrant
populations had faced anti-immigrant pushback, including predominantly white Germans and Poles. “I’m going to say it out loud: When you move to a community, as long as you are here legally, I am very sorry but you don’t get to slam the gate behind you and tell nobody else that they’re unwelcome,” Emmer told the town hall. “That’s not the way this country works.” The message didn’t take. Audience members told Emmer that he wasn’t listening; that they didn’t “feel in control of what is happening in our city,” even though there was nothing to suggest that the white population had lost its political power, and no evidence that the Somalis had gained control by criminal means. So what was happening? Over the past several years, there had been a number of presentations in the St. Cloud area about the dangers of Islamic immigrants by people like Ron Branstner, a former volunteer Minuteman along the U.S.-Mexico border who helped spot people crossing illegally. Among Branstner’s talking points was a warning that Muslim immigrants
were taking part in an organized campaign to take over U.S. communities and establish Sharia law. “I know the Quran. I know Islam,” he said during a presentation recorded by the program. “Sharia law does not believe in man-made laws. It’s against the religion. All laws come from their god. If you go outside of their laws in Sharia, you will be considered apostate and you will die.” Branstner isn’t the only person who believes this. There’s even a widespread alt-right fable that Sharia law has actually been established in an American city — Dearborn, Mich. According to “This American Life,” fear of Muslims has grown to hysteria in places like St. Cloud, to the extent that mothers are worried that their granddaughters will become secondclass citizens and be forced into polygamous marriages. This is heartbreaking and alarming. How does it happen to otherwise rational people? At the heart of the problem is fake news, misinformation and a social media environment that allows people to live in
their own information bubble, where lies become accepted as truth through repetition and “confirmation” by sources the individuals considers trustworthy. In psychology, the inability to differentiate between what’s real and what’s unreal defines insanity. By that definition, the American people at large could be considered insane because so many can’t differentiate between the depiction of the real world versus the one being described through fake news and misinformation. This isn’t a question of bias, which involves expressing an opinion about the interpretation of facts. It’s about people being misled into believing in events that simply never happened, then becoming afraid of things that don’t exist. That’s clinical paranoia. The nation desperately needs to step back from this brink. It won’t be easy, but it raises the stakes on internet leaders to come up with ways to flag misinformation and fake news more quickly and more urgently. As shown vividly in St. Cloud, the sanity of society itself is at stake.
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Ingredients 1 1/2 oz. Avión Reserva 44 Extra Añejo Tequila / oz. Blandy’s Madeira 5 Year Old Blended
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/ oz. Marolo Milla Grappa and Chamomile Liqueur
1 4
Dress the Drink gold-coated pineapple hibiscus for garnish Method Build over hand-chopped ice in a brandy. Garnish and serve.
There are very few cocktails that can compare to The Grand — this libation is truly in a league of its own. Avión Reserva 44 is a very limited, small-batch tequila that is complex, luscious and amazingly smooth. Far from your typical tequila mixed drink, the addition of Blandy’s Madeira and Marolo Milla liqueur help highlight the flavors of the spirit without overpowering it. Be sure to stop by the High Marks Tequila Bar in the Thomas & Mack Center during the National Finals Rodeo to try a sample of Avión Reserva 44; you won’t regret it.
Cocktail created by Francesco Lafranconi, Executive Director of Mixology and Spirits Education at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits.
New moon ranger-guided hike: Enjoy a Ranger-led hike outdoors, with breathtaking views of the moon and the city. Arrive 30 minutes early and bring water and a flashlight. 4 p.m., $7-$9 (entrance fee to the park; hike is free), Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 6375 Nevada 159, smrstatepark@ gmail.com. Motor Trend International Auto Show: This year’s show will feature more than 350 vehicles from more than 20 manufacturers, with select models available for test drives. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., free-$10, Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, autoshowlv.com. “The Bad Seed”: A well-off American housewife suspects that her 8-year-old daughter is actually a cold-blooded killer. 5 p.m., $20-$25, Majestic Repertory Theatre, 1217 S. Main St., majesticrepertory.com. *Also: 8 p.m. Dec. 1-3, 8-10 and 15-17; 5 p.m. Dec. 4 and 11
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Reading Buddies: Children in grades K-5 will pair with a volunteer age 16 or older to work on reading skills. 4-6 p.m., free, Aliante Library, 2400 W. Deer Springs Way, cityofnorthlasvegas.com. Laugh A War Comedy Competition: This competition challenges comedians to create an improvised, two-minute stand-up set on a mystery topic. Ages 21 and older. 9-11 p.m., free, Inspire Bar, Lounge & Theatre, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-750-0017. *Also: Every Wednesday Wellness Wednesdays: Learn about concentrated cannabis oil and best practices when imple-
menting it for medicinal uses. 6:30 p.m., free, Essence Henderson, 4300 E. Sunset Road, essencevegas.com. Holiday Extravaganza: More than 300 student musicians will perform alongside teachers and professionals. 6:30 p.m., $12, Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-799-1042. Holiday Hoedown: Celebrate the return of the annual Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to Las Vegas with this kick-off party, featuring free concerts from top country music talent. 4:30 p.m., free, Fremont Street Experience, vegasexperience.com. Writers Workshop Series: This workshop will focus on passive versus active voice. 6 p.m., free, Clark County Library, Jewel Box Theater, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3459. Holiday Decorating, Craft and Cookie Exchange: Attendees 50 and older can help decorate the senior center for the holidays. Create a craft and bring two dozen homemade cookies for the craft and cookie exchange. Registration required. 10 a.m., free, Las Vegas Senior Center, 451 E. Bonanza Road, 702-229-6454. Senior Law Series: This seminar will inform participants how to pursue a small-claims action. Noon, free, West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3964.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 Holiday Nights & Lights Community Concerts: Enjoy performances from elementary to high schoolaged students. 6 p.m., free, Town Square Park at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mytownsquarelasvegas.com. *Also: Every Thursday through Dec. 22 “Babes in Toyland”: The Winchester Headliners will re-create this holiday classic. 6 p.m., $5-$7, Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340. *Also: 6 p.m. Dec. 2-3; 2 p.m. Dec. 4 98.5 KLUC Chet Buchanan & The Morning Zoo Toy Drive and Toy Distribution: Donate toys for local children in need. Free, NV Energy, 6226 W. Sahara Ave., 702-836-2114. *Also: Through Dec. 12
UNLV Visiting Artist Lecture Series: This event will feature multidisciplinary absurdist, performance artist and fresco painter Daniel Bozhkov. 7-9 p.m., free, UNLV, Marjorie Barrick Museum, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381. Russell Frank Astronomy Lecture: Fiona A. Harrison from the division of physics, mathematics, and astronomy at Caltech will discuss spinning black holes and exploding stars. 7:30 p.m., free, UNLV, Robert L. Bigelow Physics Building (Room 102), 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2079.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 “Seussical”: This musical delves into the world of Dr. Seuss. 7 p.m., $6, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-6383. *Also: 7 p.m. Dec. 3 and 9-10; 2 p.m. Dec. 4 and 10-11 Sharon Olds Poetry Events: Nationally renowned poet Sharon Olds will lead a Writers’ Workshop and read from her work. 6 p.m., free, College of Southern Nevada, Building D Theater, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., leewmallory3@gmail.com. *Also: 7 p.m. Dec. 3, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400. Holiday Giving Gala Winter Carnival: Enjoy rides and entertainment, hot chocolate and more. 6-9 p.m., free, 8954 Spanish Ridge Ave., Suite 100, flsf.org. “Sense and Sensibility”: The play follows the fortunes and misfortunes of the Dashwood sisters after their father’s sudden death. 7:30 p.m., $28-$33, UNLV, Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787. *Also: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 8-10 and 15-17; 2 p.m. Dec. 4, 10-11 and 17 “TSTMRKT”: The show incorporates theater, sound collage, film and humor. Forge Social House in Boulder City, 553 California Ave. 8 p.m., $10, 705 Las Vegas Blvd. North, tstmrkt.com. *Also: Dec. 7 Library Tree Lane Gala Reception and Silent Auction: Proceeds from the event will benefit the Youth Services departments at Henderson Libraries. 7 p.m., $40-$45, Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, hdplfriends.org.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus: Join Santa and Mrs. Claus at Container Park for a festive holiday breakfast. 9 a.m.-noon, $15-$45, Downtown Container Park, 707 Fremont Street, downtowncontainerpark.com. Mayhem in Mesquite X: Tuff-N-Uff brings top MMA prospects from gyms in surrounding states for the 10th installement of Mayhem. 7 p.m., $10-$50, CasaBlanca Resort, 950 W. Mesquite Blvd., 800-585-3737. Great American Comic Convention Las Vegas: Meet legendary comic creators, hear panel discussions, enjoy cosplay and contests, vendors and more. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., $20-$350, Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, gacclv.com. *Also: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 4 Las Vegas Great Santa Run: Dress as Santa for the annual race, run and walk, which benefits Opportunity Village. 8 a.m., $15-$45, Downtown Las Vegas, lvsantarun.com. Dance and Movement: Children of all ages can enjoy the festivities, such as designing a pair of dance shoes and watching how the dancers glide and spring across the stage. 10 a.m.5 p.m., $15, Discovery Children’s Museum, 360 Promenade Place, discoverykidslv.org. *Also: Noon-5 p.m. Dec. 4; 9 a.m.-
BBQ Buffet Fundraiser: All local Remedy’s, Elixir and Distill locations are collecting donated toys for the Casa Foundation, and the Remedy’s on St. Rose Parkway will host a barbecue for the foundation. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., $10, Remedy’s, 3265 St. Rose Parkway, remedystavern.com. Home for the Holidays: A Seasonal Tradition: The Las Vegas Philharmonic presents its annual holiday concerts, this year featuring Rita Moreno. 2 and 7:30 p.m., $30-$109, Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-749-2000. *Also: 2 p.m. Dec. 4 Christmas Festivities in Boulder City: Take pictures with Santa, attend Santa’s Electric Night Parade, see the Lake Mead Parade of Lights and take a holiday train. Times vary, free-$6, multiple locations in Boulder City, visitbouldercity.com. *Also: Train rides Dec. 4, 10-11, 19 and 20 at various times UNLV Opera Theatre: “Law & Order” will detail scenes about crime and punishment. 7:30 p.m., $8-$10, UNLV, Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787. Sirocco Flutes: Musical group Sirocco Flutes will perform its holiday concert and collect donations to Goodwill. 2 p.m., free, Four Seasons Church, 2980 S. Durango Drive, Suite 103, siroccoflutes.com. VEGAS LAS presented by
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President-elect Donald Trump meets with President Barack Obama on Nov. 10. Trump campaigned on a promise to overturn Obama’s signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act, but since winning the election has said there were parts of the law he would like to keep. (associated press)
Health care limbo Postelection, Teamsters’ take on insurance is a window on greater issue By Adam Candee | STAFF WRITER
Promises on the campaign trail often amount to little more than the spent air that comes out of a candidate’s mouth as he or she utters them. ¶ No one knows with any degree of certainty whether President-elect Donald Trump will gain the cooperation of the Republican-controlled Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (more commonly he a lth ca re, Continued on page 53
$923 Amount Tesla owners earn on average by renting their vehicles out for seven days a month on Turo, a carsharing platform.
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Number of McDonald’s restaurants that have made the transition to self-order, touchscreen kiosks. In 2017, the fastfood giant plans to update more locations featuring these kiosks, as well as mobile ordering/pay and table service.
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Years until France shuts down all of its coal-fired power plants, French President Francois Hollande said. France already generates 95 percent of its power through lowcarbon sources.
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Decrease in checking account openings at Wells Fargo in October. It’s unclear whether the drop was due to scandals from September, or the company’s pledge to stop cross-selling.
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The managing partners of De Castroverde Law Group talk about the importance of being able to speak with clients in their native language, recreational marijuana and immigration reform. THE NOTES People on the Move, P46
MEET DRYBAR
Alli Webb says that for years, her clients have asked when her business — a salon with a little bit of saloon — would expand to Las Vegas. This year, she found a suitable space to do so at Miracle Mile Shops. TALKING POINTS Top legal mistakes small businesses make, P49
DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.
MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P55 The List: SBA lenders, P60
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featuring “60 stars! Exciting Acts! Gorgeous Girls! Direct from Europe in all its glory.” The circular sign was replaced with a modern and lighted sign in 1967. The Stardust was imploded March 13, 2007, to make way for Boyd Gaming’s Echelon resort project, which was abandoned during the recession. — REBECCA CLIFFORD-CRUZ
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Bailey Farrell is an assistant account executive at Trosper Communications. Jerry Nadal is Nevada Ballet Theatre board co-chairman, a position he shares with NBT cofounder and current board cochairwoman Nancy Houssels.
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Eric Simmons is the Klein Tools Electrician of the Year. He was selected from more than 350 applicants. Dr. Robert K. Pretzlaff has been promoted to Dignity HealthSt. Rose Dominican’s chief pretzlaff mono physician executive and president of Dignity Health Medical Group Nevada, and Dr. Gary S. Mono will assume the role of chief medical officer. Pretzlaff was formerly St. Rose’s chief medical officer, and Mono was vice president of medical staff affairs.
40 UNDER 40 awards Global Gaming Business Magazine published its 40 Under 40 list for 2016. Honorees were:
Cynthia L. Alexander, member partner at Dickinson Wright, has been named the inaugural chairwoman of the Public Interest Law Community Advisory Board of the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. The board comprises local and state leaders from government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private law firms that have the common goal to enhance the Boyd Law School’s Public Interest Law Program. Forty-nine Southern Nevadans are participants in the 2017 class of Leadership Las Vegas, a 10-month program created by the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. They are Tom Andrulis, Intelligent Technical Solutions; Shan Bates-Bundick, R&R Partners; Mark Bennett, Mandalay Bay; Michael BenShimon, Wells Fargo Private Bank; Vandana Bhalla, Signature Real Estate Group; Ronald Bilodeau, NV Energy; Colleen Birch, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas; Gina Bishop, city of Las Vegas; Jacob Bodine, God Behind Bars; Gian Brown, Holland & Hart; Clay Buck, Smith Center for the Performing Arts; Derek Carder, Geotab; Greg Chase, MGM Resorts International; Lori Chittenden, Morgan Stanley; Ulyanna Chung, Chung Insurance Agency; Lisa Coker, Immunize Nevada; William Crozer, the Glenn Group; Nicole Curfman, Nevada State Bank; Jason Demuth, Pulte Group; James
Dzurenda, Nevada Department of Corrections; Jennifer Grant, Elite Media, Inc.; Pranav Jampani, Las Vegas Sands Corp.; Shellie Keller, College of Southern Nevada; Lance Kirk, LG Architects, Inc.; James Larsen, Caesars Entertainment; Rae Lathrop, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada; Chad Leavitt, Findlay Automotive Group; Shauna Lemieux, Vegas PBS; Eva Littman, Red Rock Fertility Center; Alan Livengood, Cox Communications; Mary Madden, Las Vegas Valley Water District; Andrew Magness, Valley High School; Paul Mangual, First American Title; Leslie Maple, Barrick Gold; Maria Marinch, College of Southern Nevada; Nikkole McCartin, UNLV Lee Business School; Melissa McKinley-Cook, International Market Centers; Matt McNally, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District; Rebecca Miltenberger, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck; Elaina Mule, United Way of Southern Nevada; Nicole Neal, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce; Laura Overton, Allegiant Travel Co.; Bill Paredes, Bank of Nevada; Karl Riley, Snell & Wilmer; Mary Beth Sewald, Nevada Broadcasters Association; Daniel Shapiro, William Hill US; Victoria Stamm, SLS Las Vegas; Lori Wilkinson, Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada; Jill Zimbelman, UNLV.
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John Hemberger, senior vice president of table products, AGS
n James Siva, tribal council member, Morongo Band of Mission Indians
n Patrick Harris, senior associate, TRM Public Affairs
n Melani Evans, director of corporate marketing, Affinity Gaming
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Michael Armenta, senior marketing manager, Chumash Hotel & Casino
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Erika Okerberg, associate, Greenberg Traurig
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Vlad Dunaevsky, casino product manager, Pala Interactive
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Matthew B. Levinson, chairman and CEO, New Jersey Casino Control Commission
n Neil Erlick, executive vice president business development, Paysafe
n Ashlee Garnett, hospitality consultant, Cintas
n Walter Fales, chief development officer, Warner Hospitality
n Joanne Israel, general manager, Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino
n Cheryl Hanlan, executive assistant general manager, Sky Dancer Casino & Resort
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Sara Gonso Tait, executive director, Indiana Gaming Commission
n Darion Lowenstein, CMO, Gamblit Gaming
n Mike McKiski, vice president of sales, Interblock Gaming
n Stephen Maldonado, ITR manager, Forest County Potawatomi Gaming Commission
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Patrick Nichols, senior vice president of strategy and business development, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
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Jeff Morris, vice president-public affairs, Penn National Gaming
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Jada Yee, food and beverage manager, SaskGaming Corp.
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n Jordan Seager, vice president-marketing, Lucky Dragon
Jonathan Deutsch, professor, Drexel University Center for Hospitality and Sport Management
Wendy Carter, marketing director, Choctaw Casino & Resort Durant
n Justin Quigno, director of slot services, Four Winds Casinos n Miki Yeo, assistant casino manager, Marina Bay Sands n Tyler Johnson, director of slot operations, Osage Casinos
Cathryn Lai, vice president of product management, gaming division, Scientific Games
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Dan Whelan, art director, Incredible Technologies
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Adam Berger, associate, Duane Morris
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BJ Bouschor, vice president of IT, Firekeepers Casino Hotel
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Mike Trask, director of marketing, Ainsworth Game Technology
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Angela Bae, slot marketing manager, Aria
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Q&A with alex de castroverde and orlando de castroverde
No matter how big it gets, it’s a family law firm Alex and Orlando De Castroverde are managing partners of De Castroverde Law Group, which was founded by their father, Waldo. The firm started with one lawyer and one secretary — Waldo’s daughter — and has grown to more than 40 employees. Having outgrown its downtown Las Vegas office, the firm expanded to Tivoli Village in the western valley, and the brothers aim next to open an office in Reno. De Castroverde Law Group recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary. To what do you owe your success? Alex: We have been fortunate to surround ourselves with exceptional staff and attorneys who expect more out of themselves than we expect of them. We all try to come to work in the morning with the goal of being better today than we were yesterday and better tomorrow than we are today. That mindset, and an office culture where we strive to treat each other and each of our clients like family, has allowed us to grow into what we have become. De Castroverde Law Group was one of the first firms in Nevada to have Spanishspeaking lawyers. Why was this important for you? Orlando: Alex and I would work at our father’s office during the summers while we were in college. I saw Lawyers Alex De Castroverde, left, and Orlando De Castroverde recently how the clients really were comforted opened an office at Tivoli Village. (mikayla whitmore/staff) by the fact that their attorney could are injured as a result of someone experience I could’ve had as a young talk to them in their native language. else’s negligence. attorney. After finishing my clerkship These experiences at a young age rewith the judge, I went to work with inforced the importance of attorneys What sets your law firm apart my father and knew right away that communicating with clients in Spanfrom other firms in Las Vegas? this is what I want to do. ish. There is no substitute. Alex: When we started practicing Most all of our attorneys speak law, we were fortunate to be able to What is the best part about Spanish and can communicate directwork with family. My dad, brother working with your brother? ly with our clients just as our dad did. and I were all lawyers at the same ofOrlando: My brother and I are two fice working to help people. It was inyears apart in age and have always What inspired you to follow grained in us to also treat clients like been very close. We can talk freely. your father’s path? family, and we have a family environEven if we disagree with each other Alex: As kids, we saw our father ment at our law office. While we will or make each other upset, at the end work tremendously hard to achieve his aggressively fight to help each of our of the day we are brothers and we will dream of becoming an attorney. Once clients, we have never lost sight of our get over it. he became an attorney and opened his family work environment and the way Alex: I feel extremely lucky to be law office, we saw the pride and joy he we treat our clients. able to work with my brother and best had in being able to help people. For Orlando: We also pride ourselves on friend each day. Just as when we were me, there was nothing else I wanted to providing great customer service. We kids, we spend a considerable amount be when I grew up. understand that the attorney market is of time together. Instead of hanging Orlando: Although I always thought highly competitive and that our clients out and playing sports, now it’s doing I might follow in my dad’s footsteps, I have several other options to choose what we love, practicing law. wasn’t 100 percent certain, and didn’t from, so we focus on seizing the oppordecide to go to law school until my last tunity to enhance that client experiWhat is the most common type year of college. ence so we can have a client for life. of case your law firm deals After being accepted to Ole Miss with? Law School, I returned to Las Vegas Do you foresee any legal Alex: Our biggest area of practice and clerked for Judge Lee Gates for issues arising with recreational is personal injury. We help those who a little over a year. That was the best
marijuana soon to be legal in Nevada? Alex: Carlos Blumberg, an attorney at our office, was one of the first in Nevada to help a client obtain a dispensary and cultivation license. All of us are in agreement that marijuana-related DUIs will increase. Unlike alcohol that passes through your system, you can test positive for marijuana days later. With your firm specializing in immigration and your father being from Cuba, what are your thoughts about immigration in Nevada? Orlando: Immigration reform is certainly a must for Nevada. At DLG, we were able to help hundreds of teenage Nevadans get an immigration status through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — high school kids who have lived in Nevada basically all their lives, but who were not citizens and had no status because they were born outside of the U.S. and brought here at an early age by their parents. DACA gave these kids hope and a path to continue to be positive members of the community. Helping these kids seize this great opportunity was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had at DLG. What is something that people might not know about you? Alex: I have three young daughters who I would love to become attorneys someday. If they are able to follow in the footsteps of their father, grandfather and great-grandfather, I would be ecstatic. Orlando: I’m married and have six kids. My wife, Marca, is the former coach of the UNLV Rebel Girls, the two-time NCAA Hip Hop champions. I was a competitive wrestler in high school and college, a state champion in high school and a junior college AllAmerican, among other honors. I’m also proud to have scored the highest MBE score in Nevada for the 2000 Bar exam.
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$1.6 billion
Cost of the concrete and steel shield that will be used to cover the blast site of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. The arch is 900 feet wide and 345 feet high, nearly as tall as the Luxor pyramid. The shield was designed to prevent radiation leakage for the next 100 years.
$900 billion
Amount an oil deposit, recently found in West Texas, could be worth. The U.S. Geological Survey said it was possibly the largest deposit of untapped oil ever discovered in America.
$220
Cost of the Adidas UltraBoost Uncaged Parley, a shoe made from 95 percent ocean plastic. Adidas plans to eventually produce up to a million pairs of recycled plastic sneakers.
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Cost per month for Panasonic’s “Megahonyaku,” a megaphone that can actively translate Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean. The device is loaded with 300 phrases it can translate and can be connected to the internet to download more.
Alli Webb is CEO of Drybar, which opened this year at Miracle Mile Shops. (christopher devargas/staff)
‘Focus on one thing and be the best at it’ Drybar
Describe your business.
Address: 3663 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 180, Las Vegas (Miracle Mile Shops) Phone: 702-560-5243 Website: thedrybar.com Hours of operation: 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 8 a.m.-midnight Friday and Saturday Owned/operated by: Alli Webb In business since: 2010
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Drybar is based on a simple philosophy: Focus on one thing and be the best at it. For us, that’s blowouts. We wanted to create a place to get a great blowout in a fun, beautiful environment, at an affordable price. It is so important to us to ensure Drybar is an enjoyable experience where clients can sit back and relax at the bar, enjoy chick flicks, sip on a beverage and leave with an amazing blowout. Staying in the bar theme, the menu offers seven signature blowouts, all named after cocktails: the Straight Up, Manhattan, Cosmo, Mai Tai, Cosmo-Tai, Southern Comfort and Dirty Martini. We also have a Shirley Temple for those 10 and under.
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There are Drybar locations in several states and Canada. Why did you expand to Las Vegas?
Number of satellites SpaceX would like to launch into orbit to provide worldwide high-speed internet. About 4,000 satellites currently orbit earth, and more than half of them are no longer working.
Cost to fix an Apple iPhone 6+ that has “Touch Disease,” a problem that makes the screen of the phone unusable. Three class-action lawsuits allege Apple knew about the problem but hadn’t attempted to fix the issue.
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Amount shareholders approved for Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity. This comes after Elon Musk unveiled solar roofing tiles.
Our clients have been asking for a Drybar in Las Vegas since we first opened. We are so excited we finally found the perfect location at the Miracle Mile Shops, which is accessible to so many great hotels and restaurants. What makes the Drybar experience unique?
We are actually quite different from a traditional salon, as we don’t offer cuts or color. Drybar is also set up like a bar, where women can sit back, relax and enjoy the romantic comedy being played on our TVs. The mirrors are set up behind each client so when their blowout is complete, they are whirled around for the big reveal to see the finished result, which is a pretty fun moment. How important is social media to your business?
It’s one of the most organic ways to connect with clients. We have a whole division at our company devoted to just social media, and it’s something that is truly near and dear to our heart. What products do you sell?
We sell our entire product and tool line in every shop. When we started Drybar, there wasn’t a line out there, or even a mixture of two or three that fulfilled everything we needed to create the perfect and long-lasting blowout. After we opened our first few shops, I started down the path of creating our own line, which officially launched March 2013. We’ve been so humbled by how well-received the products have been. None of us ever expected Drybar to turn into what it has. What’s the most important part of your job?
That depends on the day. We now have a team of over 80 people who really keep the trains going every day. My main areas of focus range from product development, overseeing the training curriculum of Drybar stylists and customer service in the shops. What have you learned from the recession?
Trust in your clients. Opening the first Drybar during a recession was a big risk, but it paid off. Through our up-front research, we knew we were filling a need and a major void in the beauty marketplace at the time. We figured if we treated every client with the best customer service possible, we could trust in them to become return customers who also spread the word.
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guest column: unemployment benefits. Many file retaliaunning a business is like playing gina bongiovi tory wage claims with the state, insisting whack-a-mole: Every time you the employer failed to pay them for hours solve one problem, another worked. Even when the wage claim is basepops up. For some, a more apt less, the burden falls on the employer to comparison might be strolling through a disprove the claims. Business owners who have endured this dog park without watching your step. There are plenty of process learn quickly that documentation is crucial. troublesome areas to step in, and cleanup is messy. The trick Do you have a partner? While many friends and family is to watch where you’re going and enlist help. Though I ofmembers who go into business together shrug off the need ten hear business owners say, with relief, “I’ve never needed for an owners’ agreement “because we’re friends,” no relaan attorney,” it’s wise to involve an attorney who can take tionship is impervious to troubles. proactive steps to protect the company. A reactive approach Do you have insurance? Be sure you (or your attorney) to trouble is always more time-consuming and expensive. have read and understand your entire policy, especially the Do you rent commercial space? Have you read every exclusions. word of your lease agreement? Do you know whether you’re Are you operating as a sole proprietor? Do you prefer responsible for replacing the HVAC unit if it goes kaput? Tums or Maalox for your ulcers? Most of the time, the landlord will provide the draft of the The same rules and regulations that apply to a company lease for the tenant to sign. Naturally, the lease language with 500 employees apply to one whose owner is chief cook will heavily favor the landlord. Often, the property manageand bottle washer. The primary difference is the large comment company representing the landlord will hastily send a pany has the resources to dedicate employees to compliance template lease agreement that may or may not even describe efforts. A small-business owner, especially a sole owner, has the specific space you’re looking to lease. That’s why it’s imonly a small fraction of one person to dedicate to these conportant to have an attorney review your lease and help you cerns, which is why many business owners make a bad step negotiate terms. One client signed a lease agreement for a in the dog park, because of issues they didn’t foresee, either different, much larger space next door to the one it occupied, because they weren’t aware of the risk or because they saw it resulting in thousands of dollars in extra rent. and still stepped in it. Do you have employees or independent contractors? Gina Bongiovi is managing partner and corporate Employee issues are among the most infuriating for business consigliere at Bongiovi Law Firm. owners. Employees who are terminated for cause are denied
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Tax hikes enacted for police, stadium, convention center By jackie valley Staff Writer
The Clark County Commission did as it was told. The local governing body amended county ordinances to enact room tax increases that will fund two resort corridor projects — the expansion and renovation of the Las Vegas Convention Center and the construction of a 65,000-seat stadium that could house a professional football team. During October’s special legislative session in Carson City, state lawmakers approved a bill that required the county’s elected officials to impose the tax increases for the projects. But that didn’t stop Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, a vocal critic of using $750 million of public money to finance the stadium, from casting a lone “no” vote. Giunchigliani, who has called the bundling of the two projects a “political strategy,” spent more than 16 minutes of a recent commission meeting describing her opposition to the stadium portion. “No one tells me how to vote,” she said. Among her lengthy list of concerns: the lack of public benefit she said the stadium would yield and whether local taxpayers would be left on the hook for bond payments if visitor volume were to drop. She also said the room tax increases would unfairly affect low-income residents who live in weekly motels. Those residents, she said, “will be paying for a billionaire’s stadium” — referring to Las Vegas Sands Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson, who is to sink $650 million of his own money into the project. The casino mogul early this year unveiled his plans to build a stadium that could lure the Oakland Raiders to
An artist’s rendering depicts a stadium equipped for the NFL on Russell Road and Las Vegas Boulevard. (courtesy)
Las Vegas, setting in motion a series of public meetings and, ultimately, the special legislative session. Commissioner Mary Beth Scow commended Giunchigliani for what she termed a “very good” list of concerns, but Scow said she felt obligated by the language of the state legislation to enact the room tax increases, as it said the commission “shall” impose them. “We don’t want taxpayers on the hook for anything for this stadium,” she said. The commission’s 6-1 vote approving the ordinance change enacts the following tax increases: n A 0.5 percentage-point increase to the room tax to fund the expansion and renovation of the convention center. n A 0.88 percentage-point increase to the room tax within the gaming corridor and a 0.5 percentage-point increase in outlying areas of the county to pay for the public’s portion of the stadium project. That brings the county hotel room tax up to 13.38 percent from 12 percent within the resort corridor. The tax increases are expected to generate an extra $1.7 billion in revenue. Here’s a look at other actions the
seven-member commission took: Stadium Authority Board appointments The commission appointed three members to the Stadium Authority board of directors: Thomas White, the business manager and secretarytreasurer of the Laborers International Union of North American Local 872; Kenneth Evans, president of the Urban Chamber of Commerce; and Jan Jones Blackhurst, executive vice president of government relations and corporate responsibility for Caesars Entertainment. Jones Blackhurst was one of six nominees put forward by Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, the two companies that generate the most room taxes in Clark County. Commissioners nominated and approved Evans and White from a list of dozens of applicants who applied to serve on the board. The commission was responsible for appointing three of the nine members who will make up with Stadium Authority Board, which will oversee the facility and contracts with development partners as well as manage waterfall revenue distribution.
Previously, Gov. Brian Sandoval appointed three other people to serve on the board: Steve Hill, director of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, who will act as chairman; Dallas Haun, CEO of Nevada State Bank and executive vice president of Zions Bancorporation; and Bill Hornbuckle, president of MGM Resorts International. The commission voted unanimously to make its three appointments. Commissioner Susan Brager, however, said the commission should have been allotted more time to make the decision. The president of UNLV will appoint one member, and the other two members will be elected by the seven appointed members. Sales tax for police funding The commission voted unanimously to enact a 0.1 percentage-point sales tax increase to pay for more than 300 additional police officers. The tax increase will generate an estimated $39.2 million in new revenue each year, police officials said. Of that amount, about $7.9 million will go toward hiring 66 officers to patrol areas in and around the Las Vegas Strip and downtown. The remaining $31.3 million will be distributed to local police agencies to hire a combined 245 officers to serve in the community. The Nevada Legislature passed the bill, known as the Crime Prevention Act of 2016, during the special session. It included enabling language, meaning it needed a simple majority of commissioners to approve it before being enacted. The additional officers will help boost Metro Police’s staffing ratio closer to two officers per every 1,000 residents, department leaders said.
$14 million Enclave meeting venue takes shape near McCarran By adam candee Staff Writer
When Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett and their 21-piece orchestra need a place to rehearse, the place must be just right. So the partners of 3G Productions faced a transformative dilemma: continue adjusting to the specifications of others’ venues or simply build their own. That choice led to the development of Enclave, a new 75,000-square-foot
meeting and event venue near Russell Road and Eastern Avenue. Eli Stearns and his 3G partners handle event production for some of the biggest names in entertainment and the largest properties in Las Vegas. They consistently faced the challenge of accommodating the needs of their clients in ballrooms and venues designed by others. When it came time for 3G to decide on a new office location, Stearns and his partners de-
cided to go a step further, and build a rehearsal space and commercial event facility. Their target market consists of conventions and meetings up to about 250 people. “Let’s go after the bread-and-butter of what comes into the city and the county,” Stearns said. 3G will spend a little more than $14 million to build Enclave. Stearns said the location adjacent to McCarran
International Airport would allow entertainers and performers to get in and out of town quickly without the hassle of the Strip. Enclave features a 9,000-squarefoot event space, 6,250-square-foot ballroom, 4,600-square-foot reception space, 4,200-square-foot rooftop deck and outdoor plaza. Despite its location tucked into office buildings, Enclave will have 350 dedicated parking spaces.
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Marijuana entrepreneurs celebrate ballot results By chris kudialis Staff Writer
Legalized recreational marijuana in an increasing number of states will reduce unnecessary arrests of people in possession the plant, exhibitors and speakers at the recent Marijuana Business Conference and Expo said. “It’s time to roll back the war on marijuana and work toward fulfilling its potential,” Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, said during a keynote panel in front of about 500 marijuana business owners from across the country. Founded in 2012, the annual Marijuana Business Conference and Expo returned to Las Vegas for its fifth year with more than 300 exhibitors and 7,500 Mollie Twining of CDB for Life, right, touts her participants. The four-day, industry-only confer- company’s hemp-infused beauty and health products ence targeted owners of marijuana dispensaries, at the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo at the cultivation facilities, production facilities and test- Rio. (stephen sylvanie/special to vegas inc) ing labs. Already, the demand for Mammoth’s product has Industry professionals on the showroom floor been on the rise to meet the demand of more mariwere all smiles a week after Nevada, California, juana cultivation facilities serving more legal disMassachusetts and Maine passed ballot measures pensaries, said owner Colin Bell, who founded the allowing the recreational use of marijuana. Arkancompany in 2015. sas, Florida, North Dakota and Montana voted in “There has been a very, very high interest,” Bell favor of legalizing medical marijuana. said. “There’s so much more to talk about, so much Eight states have now approved both recreational more potential. Everybody wins.” and medical marijuana, and 20 others have OK’d Denver-based Juju Royal’s also is seeing a spike in medical marijuana. sales of its THC vapor pens, tinctures and marijuana Fort Collins, Colo.-based Mammoth Microbes, paraphernalia. which produces a soil-enhancing inoculant to enCompany sales representative Kaipo Sabas eshance marijuana plant growth, expects this year’s timated up to 75 percent of the company’s clients ballot results to double its business by the time the were recreational buyers, and the number continnew laws go into effect next year.
Chick-fil-A restaurants will open early next year By chris kudialis Staff Writer
Chicken aficionados eagerly awaiting the opening of the valley’s first Chick-fil-A restaurants will have to wait a little longer before they down their first sandwiches, nuggets and waffle fries. Even though at least one of the restaurants appears nearly ready to go — at least from the outside — the company hasn’t announced opening dates. Those will be released in the coming weeks, company spokeswoman Hannah Wagner said. Wagner said the company “isn’t offering interviews” about what’s hapConstruction on a Chick-fil-A restaurant is nearly complete at pening with the restaurants, saying 9925 S. Eastern Ave. in Henderson. (steve marcus/staff) only Chick-fil-A will make its valley landscaping. debut in “early 2017.” The Henderson locations will feature indoor seatThe three valley locations will be 460 N. Stephaing for more than 100 guests, an indoor playground nie St. and 9925 S. Eastern Ave., both in Henderson, and more than a dozen outdoor seats, according to a and 2300 S. Rancho Drive, near Sahara Avenue. news release. Each restaurant is expected to hire 100 The restaurant on Eastern appears nearly finished, full- and part-time employees. complete with signs, a freshly paved parking lot and
ues to grow as the recreational program develops in Colorado and Oregon, the two states where Juju Royal is licensed. “Recreational is huge, especially with all the tourists going into shops,” Sabas said. “It’s the focus because it’s the moneymaker.” A bag of microwavable, THC-infused popcorn in hand, MariMed Advisors spokesman Tyler Burke said with four new states in the medical marijuana market and four new recreational marijuana states, his Rhode Island-based firm was looking to expand its selection of edibles — which includes juices, honey sticks and chewable mints — into new territory. The firm, which owns production facilities in six states, could be in six more states within a year, Burke said. “It just makes the snowball bigger,” Burke said of the ballot results. “It’s a train that’s not going to be stopped.” While exhibitors expressed pleasure with the results of the 2016 elections, keynote panelists said the industry’s work was not done. Nadelmann and Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, identified Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Maryland, Vermont and Michigan as states they’d like to see legalize some form of marijuana in the 2018 midterm elections. The panel, which also included Nevada state Sen. Tick Segerblom, also warned marijuana business professionals to follow the rules, especially in states that legalized marijuana this election cycle. “Enjoy it, but just realize you could be in jail tomorrow,” Segerblom said as the crowd laughed.
Unemployment rate in Nevada drops to lowest point in 8 years By cy ryan Staff Writer
Nevada’s unemployment rate in October fell to 5.8 percent, the lowest since February 2008, and is down for the 68th consecutive month. The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported that there were 79,000 people jobless that month, compared to 83,000 in September. The agency predicted 10,000 people would be hired during the holiday shopping season. Nevada’s unemployment rate was still higher than the 4.9 percent national figure. Department Economist Bill Anderson said the state had shown job gains every month since September 2011.
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Tarkanian files defamation suit against Rosen over campaign ads By jackie valley Staff Writer
Defeated Republican congressional candidate Danny Tarkanian has filed a defamation lawsuit against his opponent, Democrat Jacky Rosen, concerning ads that aired toward the end of the campaign. The lawsuit, which also names Rosen’s campaign as a defendant, was filed recently in Clark County District Court. Tarkanian, who was running in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, is seeking damages worth more than $8 million as well as reimbursement for attorney’s fees. The lawsuit alleges that Rosen and her camDemocrat Jacky Rosen beat Republican Danny paign produced and disseminated an ad to tele- Tarkanian to become the U.S. representative from vision outlets, YouTube and Facebook that con- Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District. (staff file) tained false and defamatory statements that ponent,” he said. “We wanted to stay focused on accused Tarkanian of setting up “13 fake charities the positive message I was making about how we that preyed on vulnerable seniors” as part of a could better our country.” telemarketing scheme. Tarkanian said Rosen’s campaign never reTarkanian has said he was not aware of any illesponded to his cease-and-desist letter and congal activity when he helped set up the companies tinued distributing the ads. and wasn’t involved in their day-to-day activi“I certainly have to think that those ads had a ties. In 2009, he received a $150,000 defamation significant impact with the voters — negative for settlement from then-state Sen. Mike Schneider, me,” he said. a Democrat, who tried to tie him to the schemes. Stewart Boss, communications director for the Tarkanian sent the defendants a “cease and deNevada State Democratic Party, responded via sist” letter on Oct. 26 regarding the ad and includTwitter: “This is pathetic. @DannyTarkanian is ed the July 2009 verdict, according to the lawsuit. broke & trying to blame his loss on someone else The lawsuit lays out seven claims for relief — so he has an excuse to run for office *again*” three for libel, three for slander and one for inRosen, a relative political newcomer, captentional infliction of emotional distress against tured 47.23 percent of the votes to Tarkanian’s Tarkanian. Aside from damaging Tarkanian’s rep45.97 percent, winning the seat in Nevada’s 3rd utation, the lawsuit alleges that it contributed to Congressional District, which includes Henderhim “losing the election.” son and Summerlin in the southern part of Clark When reached by phone, Tarkanian said he County. Tarkanian’s defeat marked the fifth elecdidn’t pursue the lawsuit before the election betion he has lost. cause he didn’t want it to divert attention in the The attorney representing him in the lawsuit final days of his campaign. is Samira Knight, his partner at the Tarkanian & “We didn’t want the focus of the voters on Knight Law Group in Las Vegas. this dishonest, defamatory statement of my op-
Pay your Las Vegas parking ticket with toys By jackie valley Staff Writer
The holiday spirit has blossomed in Las Vegas’ Parking Services department, which is letting people pay parking fines with toys for children. The charitable event, approved by the Las Vegas City Council, represents a partnership between Parking Services and Safe Nest, which helps victims of domestic violence and their children. Here’s how it works: Drivers issued nonpublic safety parking tickets from Nov. 15 through Nov. 30 may resolve the fine by giving a nonviolent toy of equal or greater value. The unwrapped toy, the receipt for it and the parking ticket will be accepted at the Parking Services office, 500 S. Main St. The office is in the City Hall parking
garage next to MTO Café. Toys will be accepted in lieu of paying parking fines until Dec. 15. The Parking Services office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The toys collected will be given to children living at the shelter during the holidays, said Hannah Brook, director of community and donor relations at Safe Nest. Any leftover toys will serve as birthday gifts for the children. “When kids come into the shelter, we want to make their lives as normal as possible,” she said. Parking violators eligible to participate in the program will receive a note attached to their parking ticket.
PUC hearings on solar could restore net metering rates By daniel rothberg Staff Writer
Nearly a year after state regulators decided to increase bills for rooftop solar customers, lawyers for NV Energy and the solar industry remain locked in a technical argument about the quality of that new rate structure. In several daylong hearings recently, both sides came back to utility regulators with detailed analyses, dozens of witnesses and hundreds of pages of testimony. Neither side drew attention at the hearings. There were no “Bring Back Solar” signs, no rallies in front of the utilities commission and no zealous pro-solar media releases. This new front in Nevada’s ongoing solar controversy is a slow, methodical regulatory process. Each side presented arguments to the Public Utilities Commission as it nears the end of a triennial process to determine electricity rates for NV Energy’s Northern Nevada customers, including rates for 28 solar customers. Yes, despite all of the resources being poured into the deliberations, the outcome of the hearing will directly affect only 28 Nevadans. But it matters, because the decision could signal rooftop solar companies looking to re-enter the market. In this case, regulators could adjust last year’s contentious ruling, which increased fees and slashed the value of credit customers earned for generating excess electricity under a program known as net metering. The PUC could now reconsider the value of excess energy, which solar installers SolarCity and Sunrun cited as reasons for halting sales in the state. In prepared testimony, SolarCity asked the commission to set the value for excess energy above what customers pay for electricity, while NV Energy asked for a rate below that benchmark. Though technical and seemingly narrow — the ruling on this would apply only to Northern Nevada customers — it could set a course for the debate over rooftop solar in the state. Two members of the three-member regulatory body are new to the board, and were not involved in crafting the controversial solar decision last year. With a clean slate, energy experts are looking to see where they fall on the solar issue. It could also set a model, some believe, when the PUC reconsiders rates for Southern Nevada next year. The decision, expected to be made in December, also is being closely watched prior to the 2017 legislative session, where the rooftop solar issue is likely to emerge.
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‘Insurance terms lock in for a one-year period, leaving the carriers with limited wiggle room’ known as Obamacare), as he repeatedly said he would leading up to the election. The ripple effect of that uncertainty is starting to be felt in Southern Nevada, at least for one of the area’s largest organized-labor groups. Teamsters Local 14, which covers 9,500 people, shelved its intent to require employee spouses with coverage available through their workplaces to take those plans instead of remaining with that of the union. Fred Horvath, chairman of the Security Fund of Southern Nevada Local 14, sees major changes coming to Obamacare. “The reason we suspended it was There is uncertainty about the fate of the Affordable Care Act, broadly known because of the election and our belief as Obamacare, since the election of Donald Trump. (associated press file) that there will be structural changes chased health coverage through the would be presumptuous. to the Affordable Care Act,” Horvath exchange. “For 2017, the likelihood of any said. “We decided we would just wait “It’s going to be rather hard for major changes is remote,” said David for Congress to do what Congress them to repeal it after people are Lewis, president and CEO of Operawas going to do. signed up,” White said. tionsInc, a human resources consult“We are a real-life example of a If the ACA ultimately is repealed ing firm based in Connecticut. “In group that decided to pause.” or significantly weakened, the dishort, insurance terms lock in for a Horvath said the Teamsters’ rect effect on Horvath and the one-year period, leaving the carriers change intended for “everyone to Teamsters might not be severe with limited wiggle room for changpay their fair share.” With the pobecause of collectively bargained es. 2018 could show the impact of a tential for a major shift in what agreements between unions and Trump presidency.” employers are required by law to employers. Open enrollment continues for do with regard to providing health “In the case of unions, it is imboth state and federal health care excare benefits, the union’s plan goes portant to note that changes in changes, with a reported 20 million on hold. the terms of plans are not just dicpeople covered by ACA insurance. “We’re expecting the employer tated by the carrier, the exchange, “(Trump) said that he wanted to mandate to go away,” Horvath said. the ACA, etc.,” Lewis said. “The get rid of the Affordable Care Act, Once delayed and now set to take union and the Collective Bargainbut there are practical problems ineffect this year, the ACA’s employer ing Agreements (CBAs) dictate the volved that I’m not sure he knows mandate stipulates that all busiterms. As such, plans may not be the answer to,” said Dr. Joe White, nesses with 50 or more full-time affected at all if the union can sucLuxenberg Family Professor of Pubequivalent employees provide cessfully negotiate terms for their lic Policy at Case Western University health insurance to at least 95 permembers; terms that may be better in Ohio. cent of their full-time workers and than otherwise is being offered by White said the best possible guide dependents up to age 26, or pay a fee, the ‘new normal’ of the ACA, postwould be to look at what Ryan proaccording to obamacarefacts.com. Trump intervention.” poses to do. He added, however, that A January bill vetoed by President For example, the Culinary Health political and budget realities could be Barack Obama would have killed Trust covers workers and families difficult to navigate, especially given the mandate and also attempted to with Culinary 226 — Nevada’s largthat Trump performed well in the end ACA subsidies for purchasing est labor union — and represents election among older Americans who coverage. about 130,000 insured people. Mawould be significantly affected by cuts To get a fuller picture, these realijor unions typically negotiate health to current health programs. ties can be combined with statements benefits as one part of their CBA with In Nevada, almost 600,000 people made by Trump and by House Speakemployers, locking in terms for a dereceive Medicaid funding — a numer Paul Ryan, who reportedly seeks fined period of time. ber that increased by more than to convert the guaranteed entitleThese agreements, in which mul280,000 in the four years since Gov. ments of Medicare and Medicaid to tiple employers negotiate benefits Brian Sandoval chose to expand the tax credits and state-managed block with a union or unions, are known as state’s program as part of the ACA in grants, respectively. To say these acTaft-Hartley plans, which grew out 2012 — and nearly 80,000 have purtions are likely to be taken, however,
of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. Employers contribute a negotiated amount of money to a fund based upon the amount of hours worked by employees. Bobbette Bond, senior director of Health Policy for UNITE Here Health, which includes health care for Culinary 226, expresses concern over the lack of clarity in future health care policy. “The most important thing we think needs to happen is not to let our employer-sponsored health plans be taxed,” Bond said. Her biggest worry pertains to an aspect passed in the ACA known as the “Cadillac tax,” which imposes an excise tax of 40 percent starting in 2018 on health plans whose value is more than $10,200 for individual coverage and $27,500 for a family, with the tax applying only to amounts that exceed the threshold. The negotiating ability of local labor unions to acquire stronger coverage could eventually trigger the Cadillac tax on lower- and middle-income workers, Bond said. She also noted that almost 60 percent of people who have employer-sponsored health plans in Nevada have them through self-funded setups like Culinary’s. Lawmakers originally intended to push employers to redirect funds from health care to taxable wages, but the Senate voted overwhelmingly last year to repeal the Cadillac tax and its future is murky. Whether the cost issue relates to taxing employer plans, rising premiums or hospital billing, solutions are needed that go beyond what the ACA has provided, White said. “The Affordable Care Act did not, in fact, solve the major problem of the people who have insurance,” White said. “For the people who do have insurance, it didn’t really do anything to help them fight the erosion of their insurance’s value against rising costs from insurers.” For the Teamsters, Culinary and the rest of Las Vegas’ labor groups, they can only wait for more clarity before figuring out how to proceed. “It’s a pretty complex animal, and we’re all just anxious to see what’s going to happen,” Horvath said.
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Father Max’s Business Mass Time: 12:10 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Guardian Angel Cathedral, 302 Cathedral Way, Las Vegas Information: Visit ethicsinthemarketplace.com The Rev. Max Oliva is a speaker, consultant and author on the topic of ethical decision-making in the workplace.
“Networking: Without follow-up, it’s just a party” Time: 4:30-7 p.m. Cost: Free Location: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Classrooms B and C, 8050 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit nsbdc.org Kathy Carrico, statewide training director for the Nevada Small Business Development Center, will teach attendees how to establish and keep new relationships and grow their customer base.
Networking Power Lunch Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $20 for Metro Chamber members; registration required Location: Downtown Summerlin, 1980 Festival Plaza Drive, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-586-3851 Connect with fellow Metro Chamber members. “Who Are You Selling To?” Part III: Who are your customers and what are their buying habits? Time: 4:30-7 p.m. Cost: Free Location: University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, Classrooms B and C, 8050 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit nsbdc.org Patrick Griffis, business librarian at UNLV Libraries, will teach attendees how to use research tools from the UNLV Business Library to identify their customers and find information to better promote their businesses. Ahern Rentals special meeting Time: 6 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Ahern Rentals Headquarters, 1401 Mineral Ave., Las Vegas Information: Visit meetup.com Ahern Rentals CEO Don Ahern and speakers from ahern.com will give attendees advice on how to market ideas and build upon them.
Free Elite Business Star Webinar Time: 8:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Online Information: Visit eventbrite.com Entrepreneur Kevin Harrington will discuss the power of personal branding and more.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1
National Association of Minority Contractors Nevada holiday mixer and toy drive Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $15 with a toy or donation; $30 without a toy or donation Location: Hard Rock Hotel, Altered States Suite (16th floor), 4455 Paradise Road, Las Vegas Information: Email admin@namcnevada.org Celebrate of the success of NAMC members and all other minority and otherwise disadvantaged businesses in 2016. NAMC Nevada’s new president also will be introduced. American Leadership Academy community information meeting Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Aliante Library, 2400 Deer Springs Way, North Las Vegas Information: Visit eventbrite.com This meeting will outline ALA’s mission, vision, academic programs and more. Seating is limited to the first 75 registrants.
Installation and Awards luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Cost: $55 Location: Four Seasons Resort, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas Information: Visit snhba.com The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association will honor the efforts of its 2016 officers, members and supporters, and install 2017 officers.
Regional Career and Entrepreneurial Expo and Events Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: Free for career seekers Location: Las Vegas Marriott, 325 Convention Center Drive, Las Vegas Information: Call 843-224-4653 This career fair provides opportunities for employers to find job candidates.
Roadmap to Success Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson Chamber members; $25 for nonmembers; $10 additional for walk-ins Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-565-8951 This session will discuss “17 Key Ways to Grow Exponentially in 2017,” presented by Richelle Shaw of MDE the Agency.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 Small Business Startup Steps Time: 9-11:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-876-0003 This workshop is designed for anyone looking for assistance to start and grow a successful Nevada business.
Conventions
expected Show Location Dates attendance
Royal Court Coronation
Gold Coast
Dec. 1-5
300
Go Pro Recruiting Mastery
Las Vegas Convention Center
Dec. 1-4
14,000
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo
Thomas & Mack Center
Dec. 1-10
175,000
Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational
Las Vegas Convention Center
Dec. 2-3
3,000
Bick International - Coin, Currency, Jewelry and Stamp Expo
Orleans
Dec. 2-4
1,000
Great American Comic Con
Cashman Center
Dec. 3-4
5,000
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition
Mandalay Bay
Dec. 4-8
20,000
National Center for State Courts – E-Courts Conference
Cosmopolitan
Dec. 4-10
600
World Series of Team Roping
South Point
Dec. 5-11
80,000
Dec. 5-8
500
National American Indian Housing Council Legal Symposium Mirage
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Records and Transactions BID OPPORTUNITIES November 29 2:15 p.m. Southwest Regional Sports Park Clark County, 604257 Sandy Moody-Upton at scm@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Current production model 1-ton cab and chassis, crew cab, 4x4, with flat bed and lift gate Clark County, 604280 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov
November 30 2:15 p.m. Moapa Town Roads II - Henrie Road Clark County, 604263 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. Annual requirements contract for NFPA medical gloves Clark County, 604248 Sandra Mendoza at sda@clarkcountynv.gov
December 1 3 p.m. HCP consultant for multiple species habitat conservation plan Clark County, 604268 Susan Tighi at slt@clarkcountynv.gov
Brokered transactions Sales $6,300,000 for 42,332 square feet, industrial 3475 and 3515 W. Post Road, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Diamond Post LLC Landlord agent: Greg Pancirov, SIOR, and Mike DeLew, SIOR, of Colliers International Tenant: Diamond Southwest Industrial Park LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $3,900,000 for 57 multifamily units, retail 5425 E. Tropicana Ave., Las Vegas 89122 Landlord: 5425 E. Tropicana Property LLC Landlord agent: Devin Lee, CCIM, Robin Willett and Jerad Roberts of Northcap Multifamily Tenant: Did not disclose Tenant agent: Did not disclose $2,765,000 for 20,368 square feet, industrial 3615 Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas 89102 Landlord: 3615 Spring Mountain Partners Ltd. Landlord agent: Greg Pancirov, SIOR, and Mike DeLew, SIOR, of
Colliers International Tenant: MBSC LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $1,900,000 for 2.5 acres, land Northwest corner of Rafael Rivera Way and Lindell Road, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Beltway 4.77 LLC Landlord agent: Robert Torres and Scott Gragson of Colliers International Tenant: Serdoz@Rafael Rivera LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $1,850,000 for 0.9 acres, land 5000 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89146 Landlord: JRJ Properties Landlord agent: Robert Torres and Scott Gragson of Colliers International Tenant: Nevada Auto Real Estate Investments Tenant agent: Did not disclose $800,000 for 6,012 square feet, retail/medical office 3111 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas 89109 Landlord: LVPS LLC Landlord agent: Chris Clifford, Steve Neiger and Brett Rather of Colliers International Tenant: Barbiere Family Limited Partnership Tenant agent: Did not disclose $675,000 for 7,500 square feet, industrial 2780 Bledsoe Lane, Las Vegas 89156 Landlord: 2780 Bledsoe LLC Landlord agent: Chris Connell and Grant Traub of Colliers International Tenant: Tri State Steel, a Nevada Corp. Tenant agent: Did not disclose $625,000 for 2.5 acres, land Rainbow Boulevard and Richmar Avenue, Las Vegas 89139 Landlord: GKT Acquisition and Alan J. Arnold Trust Landlord agent: Robert Torres and Scott Gragson of Colliers International Tenant: Trajan Holdings LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $550,000 for 1.25 acres, land Sobb Avenue and Hinson Street, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: CW LV Real Estate LLC Landlord agent: Spencer Pinter, Dan Doherty, SIOR, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International Tenant: Mach 1 Industries LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $260,000 for 2,800 square feet, industrial 4300 N. Pecos Road, Units 22 and 23, North Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Chriselle McMahon Landlord agent: Eric Molfetta, CCIM and Chris Zunis of Colliers International Tenant: Victor Trujello dba Trujello
Properties LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $130,000 for 1,400 square feet, industrial 4300 N. Pecos Road, Unit 30 and 65, North Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Chriselle McMahon Landlord agent: Eric Molfetta, CCIM and Chris Zunis of Colliers International Tenant: Benigno Zamora Tenant agent: Eric Molfetta, CCIM and Chris Zunis of Colliers International
Leases $435,773 for 12,000 square feet, industrial 1051 Mary Crest Road, Suite N, Las Vegas 89074 Landlord: 1051 Mary Crest LLC Landlord agent: Wholesale International, LLC and Danielle Steffen of Cushman & Wakefield Commerce Tenant: Rambridge Wholesale International Tenant agent: Michael Brazill and Jon Willis of Sun Commercial Real Estate $238,296 for 2,000 square feet, retail 3945 S. Durango Drive, Suite A1, Las Vegas 89147 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: Norm’s LLC Tenant agent: Michael Brazill of Sun Commercial Real Estate $216,000 for 6,250 square feet, office 8076 W. Sahara Ave., Suite C, Las Vegas 89117 Landlord: Sahara Plaza Landlord agent: Cassie CataniaHsu, Jodi Gilbert and Dylan Weber of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc. Tenant: Textbroker International Tenant agent: Logic Commercial Real Estate $130,473 for 2,800 square feet, retail 6275 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: Rainbow Post Landlord agent: Primera and Lisa Chasteen of LaPour Tenant: RCC Holdings LLC Tenant agent: Paul Chaffee, Wil Chaffee, Jodi Gilbert and Dylan Weber of Sun Commercial Real Estate Inc.
BUSINESS LICENSES T Shirts & Stuff License type: General retail sales Address: 3130 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suites F1-F5, Las Vegas Owner: Soon D. Moore Tae Zumba License type: Instruction services
Address: 235 N. Eastern Ave., Suite 116, Las Vegas Owner: Alma Gurrola
License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose Owner: Welner Villatoro
Taqueria La Herradura License type: Restaurant Address: 1436 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Lucero Castaneda
Umami License type: Restaurant Address: 6640 N. Durango Drive, Suite 180, Las Vegas Owner: Umami
Teresa Stout License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Teresa Stout
Vacation Inspirations by Christine License type: Travel and ticket agency Address: Did not display Owner: Vacation Inspirations by Christine
Teriyaki Brother License type: Food services or cafe Address: 6679 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas Owner: Xing Ben Liu Thai Day Spa License type: Cosmetology Address: 7871 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas Owner: Thai Spa and Massage The Detail Shop of Las Vegas License type: Car wash Address: 8560 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Paul J. Johnson The Reading Place License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Katrina Letourneaut Thrift Outlet License type: General retail sales Address: 3003 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite 190, Las Vegas Owner: 3rd Coast Edutainment Media Productions Tim Morgan License type: Real estate sales Address: 8010 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Timothy Morgan Tolouli Lila Malele License type: Bail agent/enforcement agent Address: 626 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: Tolouli Malele Trac-B Exchange License type: Instruction services Address: 6114 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Rickey Reich Travel Desk License type: Travel agency Address: 89 Day Trade St., Suite 3, Henderson Owner: A Travel Desk Tsp. Baking Co. License type: Bakery Address: 6120 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Tsp. Baking Co. LLC Tundra Mechanical Services
Vegas Discount Nutrition License type: Food specialty store Address: 7501 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 107, Las Vegas Owner: Vegas Discount Nutrition Westlund 1 License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 2100 Westlund Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Pauline P. Bahat Wheelie Vegas License type: General services Address: 5453 S. Durango Drive, Building 3, Unit 2009, Las Vegas Owner: Phillip R. Scherer White Coat 2 You License type: Nurse Address: 7866 W. Sahara Ave, Henderson Owner: Kazakk Joshua Wright License type: Door-to-door solicitor and peddler Address: 1212 Tranquil Rain Ave., Henderson Owner: Joshua Wright Zapata Mobile Carwash License type: Trucking Address: 1528 N. 22nd St., Unit 2, Las Vegas Owner: Carlos Zapata Zone 1 Firearms and Training License type: Misc. flat fee Address: 1022 Cove Palisades Drive, North Las Vegas Owner: Zone 1 Firearms and Training 7-Eleven License type: Convenience store Address: 301 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Gulati Emporium ABL Land License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 3360 N. Bronco St., Las Vegas Owner: Abel Guevara Advocare License type: Home health services Address: 2881 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite 9, Las Vegas
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Records and Transactions Owner: Advocare Home Health Affordable Motors License type: Secondhand dealer Address: 1708 N. Boulder Highway, Suite C, Henderson Owner: Affordable Motors Ale O. Stevens License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite I30, Las Vegas Owner: Ale O. Stevens Alkalline License type: General retail sales Address: 1810 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Alkalline Studio Altereco Painting License type: Contractor Address: 4705 Gonzales Drive, Las Vegas Owner: David J. Darienzo Alterra Group License type: Professional services Address: 350 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 310, Las Vegas Owner: Jason Madiedo and Felix Deherrera Angie’s Apparel License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite C25, Las Vegas Owner: Maria Zaragoza Animal Stylez License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite C7, Las Vegas Owner: Jennifer Brown Antojitos DC License type: Food services or cafe Address: 3851 Pennwood Ave., Suite 195, Las Vegas Owner: Carmen Najarro Apex Home Health License type: Home health services Address: 2375 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 10, Las Vegas Owner: Zion Management Holdings Apothecarium Las Vegas License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 3175 Westwood Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Gravitas Nevada APPS License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Advertising & Promotional Product Solutions Aqua-Tech Service License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 5858 Bow Island Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Sung K. Yi Art De Flambe’
License type: Personal services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael Titone Arturo Moreno License type: Bail agent/enforcement agent Address: 325 S. 3rd St., Suite 20, Las Vegas Owner: Arturo Moreno As You Wish Catering License type: Food services or cafe Address: 5950 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas Owner: KH Productions Ask Plumbing License type: Contractor Address: 7750 Leon Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Askitson Services Bauman Advisory Group License type: Management or consulting service Address: 3425 Cliff Shadows Parkway, Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Bauman Advisory Group Beef Jerkyneonopolis License type: Handbill and oral solicitation Address: 450 Fremont St., Suite 167, Las Vegas Owner: Nitura Group Begin 2 Organize License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Maritza E. Banuelos Best Xpress Delivery License type: Express or delivery service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Best Xpress Delivery Borg Law Group License type: Professional services Address: 8988 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 150, Las Vegas Owner: Brooke M. Borg Caballo Lawn Care License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 2617 Flower Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Abel Marin Campbells Estate Gallery License type: Secondhand dealer Address: 6250 Mountain Vista St., Suite A, Henderson Owner: Kirk Campbell Cardtronics USA License type: Automated teller operator Address: Multiple locations, Las Vegas Owner: Michael Keller and J. Chris Brewster Carrier Mausoleums Construction USA License type: Contractor Address: 1730 SW Skyline Blvd.,
Suite 206, Las Vegas Owner: Thomas Woodworth Century 21 Americana License type: Real estate Address: 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 390, Las Vegas Owner: Juan Martinez Chris Muentes License type: Real estate sales Address: 7465 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Chris Muentes Citywide Home Loans License type: Mortgage lending Address: 2200 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 300; and 2470 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 304; Henderson Owner: Citywide Home Loans, a Utah Corp. Cocos Frios Y Mariscos El Cora License type: Open air vending Address: 2219 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: Suri Y. Castaneda and Fernando Hernandez Comfort Care Clinic License type: Business support Address: Did not disclose Owner: Edwin Perez and Dyan Webb Comfort Mattress License type: Wholesale/retail sales Address: 3853 E. Craig Road, Suite 5, North Las Vegas Owner: Comfort Mattress Company of Experts License type: Management or consulting service Address: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: Company of Experts Cook On Wok #3 License type: Gross revenue Address: 390 N. Stephanie St., Suite 101, Henderson Owner: Jun He Cristine Lefkowitz Jensen License type: Real estate sales Address: 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Cristine Lefkowitz Jensen Crossroads Apartments License type: Rental property Address: 3825 Craig Crossing Drive, North Las Vegas Owner: Craig Crossing Apartments Cyril Chocolates License type: General retail sales Address: 200 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: Cassandra Cyril Dandelion Catering Co. License type: Food services or cafe Address: 8609 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Dandelion Catering Co.
Dean Isaacs License type: Designer-draftsman Address: Did not disclose Owner: Dean Isaacs Deerbrooke Farm License type: Temporary merchant Address: 6651 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Steve Phillips Desert Rose Auto Broker License type: Secondhand dealer Address: 6250 Mountain Vista St., Suite I2, Henderson Owner: Desert Rose Auto Broker Desert Sporting Goods License type: Manufacturing Address: 55 W. Mayflower Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Vegas Metal Finishing Disability Help Center License type: Management or consulting service Address: 927 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Don Jorgensen and Jacquelynn Wigley
License type: Automated teller operator Address: Multiple locations in Las Vegas Owner: Juliet A Lim, Everi Holdings and Randy Taylor File Services, Etc. License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 3924 Celebration Cove St., North Las Vegas Owner: File Services, Etc. Firstservice Residential, Nevada License type: Real estate Address: 8290 Arville St., Las Vegas Owner: Firstservice Residential FN Handyman License type: Property maintenance Address: 204 Via Santa Croce Ave., Henderson Owner: FN Services GCM Tax Pros License type: Tax preparation Address: 8460 S. Eastern Ave., Suite A, Henderson Owner: GCM Tax Pros
DLK Brand Consulting License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose Owner: Mark C. Kalbfleisch, Donna L. Kalbfleisch and Wendy Merrill
Gentile Cristalli Miller Armeni Savarese License type: Professional services Address: 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 420, Las Vegas Owner: Michael Cristalli
Don C. Kuhl License type: Real estate sales Address: 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: TKG Vegas
George Durkin License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: George Durkin
Douglas Wall Carpentry & Home Repairs License type: Property maintenance Address: 1838 Cypress Mesa Drive, Henderson Owner: Douglas Wall
Geovany’s Beauty Salon License type: Beauty parlor Address: 2017 Ellis St., North Las Vegas Owner: Geovany’s
Leilani Ann Dow License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 760 Coronado Center Drive, Henderson Owner: Leilani Ann Dow Environmental Assurance License type: Contractor Address: 4570 W. Post Road, Suite 600, Las Vegas Owner: Environmental Assurance Espiga De Oro Bakery License type: Bakery Address: 2510 E. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Espiga De Oro Essential Restoration License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 5251 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Amarfran Everi Payments
Hawkeye Appliance Repair License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Hawkeye Appliance Repair Holm Electric License type: Contractor Address: 5045 Rogers St., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Holm Electric In the Kitchens License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Amanda Schrag and Julia Games IndustryFTH License type: Online clothing and accessories store Address: 1228 San Gabriel Ave., Henderson Owner: IndustryFTH Innov8tive Solutions License type: Management or consulting service Address: Did not disclose
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Records and Transactions Owner: Joseph Turner and Melissa Turner
120, Henderson Harsch Investment Properties
2794 Delano Drive, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada
Vegas DC Building Group
Jacob Dirkson License type: Real estate sales Address: 7465 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Jacob Dirkson
$2,098,899, commercial 5550 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Boyd Martin Construction
$230,700, rehab 1055 Trade Drive, North Las Vegas Eaglelift
$150,000, WDS 7395 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas Western States Contracting
$1,000,000, commercial 700 S. Third St., Las Vegas OS Construction Services
$223,800, commercial 5540 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Boyd Martin Construction
$148,699, single-family dwelling 12280 Los Mares Lane, Las Vegas KB Home Nevada
$582,379, commercial - alteration 2215 E. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas Air & Lube Systems
$220,002, commercial - remodel 2865 Siena Heights Drive, Suite 231, Henderson CHP Henderson NV Pavilion
$148,470, tenant improvement 2010 Goldring Ave., Suite 306, Las Vegas Yack Construction
$500,000, commercial 7650 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas LM Construction
$203,113, residential - production 560 Patti Ann Woods Drive, Henderson DR Horton
$146,554, residential - production 1153 Strada Cristallo, Henderson Century Communities Nevada
Jade Yap Agency License type: Pro services - insurrance Address: 5465 Simmons St., North Las Vegas Owner: Jade Yap Agency Jasco Technology License type: General services Address: 6142 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Corey A. Buckley Jenbrows License type: Permanent makeup Address: 2490 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson Owner: Jenbrows JMT Hospitality License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 706 Bonita Ave., Las Vegas Owner: James Vanas and Future Restaurant Group Joanne Lee Chung License type: Real estate sales Address: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Joanne Chung Jody Satallante License type: Real estate sales Address: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Jody J. Satallante JP AMC Enterprises License type: Rental and leasing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Todd Shoji and John P. Penaflor Kevin Keeley License type: Door-to-door solicitor and peddler Address: 1212 Tranquil Rain Ave., Henderson Owner: Did not disclose Kristen Black License type: Real estate sales Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Kristen Black Kristine Volk License type: Real estate sales Address: 10100 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Kristine Volk
BUILDING PERMITS $2,150,000, industrial - tenant improvement 751 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite
$496,000, tenant improvement 525 E. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $385,877, residential - custom 13 Boulderback Drive, Henderson Ascaya $350,000, commercial 657 N. Town Center Drive, Las Vegas SR Construction $350,000, tenant improvement 777 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 225, Las Vegas TWC Construction $340,000, tenant improvement 1201 S. Main St., Las Vegas ABG Builders $299,998, retail sales shell 106 N. Stephanie St., Henderson Khairat $280,000, assembly group tenant improvement 2280 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 160, Henderson Vestar Green Valley $274,000, tenant improvement 657 N. Town Center Drive, Las Vegas SR Construction $265,384, residential - custom 9 Grand Miramar Drive, Henderson Smith Family Trust
$189,085, residential - production 276 Crimson Edge St., Henderson DR Horton $186,273, single-family dwelling 5532 Bruin Lakes Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $185,476, commercial - alteration 2914 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas RD Builders $183,789, single-family dwelling 6910 Stonestep St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $171,000, fireproof 3730 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas XL Fire Protection $169,622, residential - production 944 Lynne Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek $169,622, residential - production 948 Lynne Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek $167,459, residential - production 272 Crimson Edge St., Henderson DR Horton $166,794, residential - production 1124 E. Sunset Road, Henderson Woodside Homes of Nevada
$252,852, residential - production 550 Patti Ann Woods Drive, Henderson DR Horton
$165,993, single-family dwelling 10731 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV
$252,852, residential - production 2736 Candelaria Drive, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada
$160,200, commercial - alteration 6648 N. Fifth St., North Las Vegas All American Repair Services
$244,091, residential - production 2805 Belmont Drive, Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada
$157,755, residential - production 1331 Reef Point Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes Nevada
$239,760, commercial - remodel 2220 Village Walk Drive, Suite 144, Henderson Vestar Green Valley
$150,000, commercial 700 S. Third St., Las Vegas OS Construction Services
$235,995, residential - production
$150,000, tenant improvement 770 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las
$145,834, residential - production 385 Calabria Beach St., Henderson DR Horton $141,198, single-family dwelling 10730 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV $141,198, single-family dwelling 10843 Irving Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV $140,289, residential - production 388 Calabria Beach St., Henderson DR Horton $136,130, residential - production 1125 Strada Pecei, Henderson Century Communities Nevada $134,744, residential - production 389 Calabria Beach St., Henderson DR Horton $132,764, residential - new 3644 Starlight Ranch Ave., North Las Vegas SHALC GC $131,832, residential - new x3 6450, 6462 and 6466 Cinnamon Hazelnut St., North Las Vegas KD Development $130,990, residential - new x3 6454, 6470 and 6458 Cinnamon Hazelnut St., North Las Vegas KD Development $130,700, residential - new 2107 Johnstown Ave., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes $129,476, residential - production 142 Fulgora St., Henderson KB Home Nevada $125,000, commercial - alteration 1025 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas E&M Enterprises $120,493, residential - production 296 Via San Gabriella, Henderson Century Communities Nevada
$120,000, pool and/or spa 499 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Mission West Pools & Spas $118,109, residential - production 384 Calabria Beach St., Henderson DR Horton $117,055, residential - new 3645 Starlight Ranch Ave., North Las Vegas SHALC GC $112,841, residential - production x2 1141 and 1147 Bradley Bay Ave., Henderson DR Horton $110,955, residential - production 1157 Strada Cristallo, Henderson Century Communities Nevada $108,411, residential - new 5706 Colbert St., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes $107,961, residential - production 141 Fulgora St., Henderson KB Home Nevada $107,296, residential - production 1143 Bradley Bay Ave., Henderson DR Horton $106,399, commercial - alteration 6464 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas Preferred Construction $102,527, residential - production x2 924 and 970 Spiracle Ave., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek $101,751, residential - production x4 1139, 1144, 1145 and 1148 Bradley Bay Ave., Henderson DR Horton $100,000, electrical 301 Fremont St., Las Vegas Tre Builders $96,206, residential - production x2 1142 and 1146 Bradley Bay Ave., Henderson DR Horton $95,429, residential - production 436 Al Coda Place, Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $95,000, pool and/or spa 11815 Spadari Court, Las Vegas California Pools & Spas $91,160, residential - production 989 Harbor Ave., Henderson KB Home LV Pearl Creek
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Category: sba 7(a) lenders (Ranked by October 2015-September 2016 Loan Volume)
2016 loans
2016 loan volume
2015 loans
2015 loan volume
Wells Fargo Bank N.A. 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89109 702-791-6353 • wellsfargo.com
179
$23,860,700
136
$35,152,600
2
Seacoast Commerce Bank 11939 Rancho Bernardo Road, Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92128 858-432-7000 • sccombank.com
16
$14,141,900
24
$14,250,098
3
Meadows Bank 8912 Spanish Ridge Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89148 702-471-2265 • meadowsbank.bank
24
$13,965,900
29
$26,501,100
4
U.S. Bank N.A. 2300 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-251-1600 • usbank.com
107
$12,564,100
119
$7,503,700
5
JP Morgan Chase 9911 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 1 Las Vegas, NV 89117 702-938-0050 • jpmorganchase.com
21
$12,112,200
37
$13,409,600
6
Greater Nevada Credit Union 451 Eagle Station Lane Carson City, NV 89701 775-882-2060 • gncu.org
13
$10,704,366
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7
Bank of Hope 3731 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1000 Los Angeles, CA 90010 213-639-1700 • bankofhope.com
3
$10,357,000
0
$-
8
Royal Business Bank 3919 Spring Mountain Road Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-889-9822 • royalbusinessbankusa.com
7
$9,362,000
5
$6,257,000
9
First Bank 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-990-3987 • localfirstbank.com
2
$7,986,700
3
$4,542,300
ZB,NA dba Nevada State Bank 1 S. Main St. Salt Lake City, UT 84133 702-633-6480 • nsbank.com or zionsbank.com
34
$7,295,600
29
$4,260,500
Lender
1
10
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Working TOGETHER to achieve success We’re a financially strong community bank who cares about you and your financial future. Organized by local businessmen to provide a good banking alternative to the communities we serve, our decisions are made by the bank’s Nevada-based board of directors. We offer a full suite of banking products and services in a highly personalized banking environment. All deposits FDIC insured to the maximum limits
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City National. Meeting the lending needs of businesses and individuals in Nevada. Distributor Foodservice
Healthcare Surgery Center
Business Owner
$12,100,000
$2,800,000
$5,000,000
Real Estate Loan 168,000 Sq. Ft. Industrial Warehouse
Construction to Mini-Perm Loan 13,500 Sq. Ft. Office
Jumbo Mortgage The Ridges Single Family Residence
Education School
Entertainment Venue
Entertainment Business
$9,000,000
$20,000,000
$7,500,000
Leasing Technology and Medical Equipment
Term Loan Participation
Working Capital Line of Credit Equipment Term Loan Commercial Real Estate
Law Firm
Financial Services Real Estate Investor
Roofing & Solar Company
$1,200,000
$5,000,000
$4,050,000
Working Capital Line of Credit
Real Estate Loan 38,250 Sq. Ft. Office Building
Real Estate Loan 86,000 Sq. Ft. Industrial Warehouse
Above credit facilities originated in 2015/2016. All credit facilities are subject to credit approval. Terms, conditions and eligibility vary depending on the type of credit facility. Financing is not available for all commercial or residential properties.
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Buy 1 Get 1 Free Draft Beer
*Must be at least 21 with valid photo ID. Cannot be combined with any other offer. Limited to one per customer per day. No cash value. Management reserves all rights. Not valid on holidays or during special events. Expires 12/30/2016.
HOUSE OF BLUES INSIDE MANDALAY BAY RESORT 3950 LAS VEGAS BLVD. S, LAS VEGAS, NV 89119
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30 % OFF on All Custom Treatments New Showroom Now Open 6040 BADURA AVE, #100(S. OF I-215, EAST OF JONES BLVD.)
‘The King’ Tickets Starring Trent Carlini Sunday through Thursday 7:00 PM *Discount only available at the Hooters Box Office – Management reserves all rights. Offer good through December 25, 2016, Coupon Code: SUN1116.
BUDGET BLINDS 6625 S. VALLEY VIEW BLVD, #122 LAS VEGAS, NV 89118
115 EAST TROPICANA AVE.
(702) 902-5605 www.budgetblinds.com
(702) 597-6024 www.hooterscasinohotel.com
$1.99 for a Medium Hot (16 oz.) or Iced Latte (24 oz.) *(Plus appl. tax). Limit one coupon per customer per visit. Coupon and barcode must be presented at time of purchase. Shop must retain coupon. No substitutions allowed. No cash refunds. Void if copied or transferred and where prohibited or restricted by law. Consumer must pay applicable tax. May not be combined with any other coupon, discount, promotion combo or value meal. Coupon may not be reproduced, copied, purchased, traded or sold. Internet distribution strictly prohibited. Cash redemption value: 1/20 of 1 cent. © 2015 DD IP Holder LLC. All rights reserved. Expires: 12/17/2016
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*Must be 18 years of age or older. NO LIMIT on any brand of carton purchased. Excludes fifiltered cigars. Cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Limit one discount given per customer per day. Must present this coupon for redemption. Cannot be redeemed for cash. No photocopies accepted. EXPIRES 12/31/2016. TS
Las Vegas Smoke Shop 1225 N. MAIN STREET, LV, NV 89101
Snow Mountain Smoke Shop 11525 NU-WAV KAIV BLVD, LV, NV 89124
(702) 366-1101 (702) 645-2957 www.LVPaiuteSmokeShop.com
Buy One Get One FREE Buffet or 50% OFF One Buffet
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725 S RACETRACK RD. HENDERSON, NV 89015
4100 PARADISE ROAD, LAS VEGAS, NV 89169
(702) 566-5555 www.clubfortunecasino.com
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