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A New York Magazine writer put a name to the fact that some in the millennial generation (born between 1982 and 2000) don’t identify with being “technology-addled narcissists.” If you were born in the first six years of the stretch, you’re an “Old Millennial.”

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on the cover Las Vegas is a town known for prize fights and big stars of both boxing and MMA. (Photo illustration/Photos by Associated Press)

Making a difference isn’t always as easy as finding a worthy cause and handing over some cash. There are many upstanding charitable organizations, but it’s wise to do some research before you commit to a donation. In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on how to balance your head and your heart in choosing a charity.

popsicles that wow and amaze

Frozen Gatorade has its place, but gourmet ice pops are easy to make, gorgeous and delicious. Ever tried kiwi coconut chia?

big Business in fight central

It was only natural that mixed martial arts’ marquee promotion would make noise in the home of boxing. As the UFC has developed in Las Vegas and across the world, with star power and purses reflecting its growing popularity, the boxing community has kept on swinging. Audiences flock for both, so how do the industries compare?

luck on the horse track

Tony Vega heads the Boulder Station race and sports book, and customers know to tap his experience betting on horses. He grew up in L.A. near Santa Anita and became an accomplished handicapper. After moving to Las Vegas, he broke into the sports book world. Curious about his picks for this year’s Kentucky Derby?

mobile health is on the rise

From hospital systems and group practices to educational institutions, medical outlets are rolling out clinics that can meet underserved patients where they are.

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Still standing in the legislative session The 2017 session is winding down as lawmakers consider a narrowed field of bills.

happens after an officer fires his gun 20 What Metro invited the media to witness a staged shooting and learn how investigations run.

Harry Reid speaks to his next chapter Just don’t expect Nevada’s political heavyweight to write another book ...

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Why does Trump’s tax plan look familiar? Because the president’s model already has been tried in Kansas — and failed miserably.

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ELTON BREAK It was announced that headliner Elton John was canceling shows through May 5 at Caesars Palace. The break was necessitated by treatment of a serious infection.

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Basketball coach Marvin Menzies landed the most decorated recruit in his brief tenure at UNLV when McDonald’s AllAmerican Brandon McCoy signed a letter of intent.

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still feeling the bern Sen. Bernie Sanders returned to Las Vegas on April 26, urging his supporters to fight back against the policies of President Donald Trump through grassroots campaigning, phone calls and knocking on doors. “Trump and the billionaire class have a lot of money and power,” Sanders said to a crowd of about 1,000 cheering fans at UNLV’s Cox Pavilion. “But what we have that they don’t is the people.”

Brandon Flowers, frontman of Las Vegas band The Killers, put his 8,300-squarefoot mansion in the Rancho Circle historic district on the market for $4.95 million. In the past, Andre Agassi and Howard Hughes also owned the 1961 estate.

First Friday will present El Grito de Dolores in the Arts District from 7 to 11 p.m. Organizers named the event to “spread awareness of the true Mexican Independence Day,” which is in September but often confused with Cinco de Mayo. Among those featured will be artist collective Cult 33 and blues/ jazz/rock trio Clouded Leopards.

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your guide to choosing the right charity By Sunday Staff

You don’t have to wait for the holidays to give to a charitable cause — the need exists year-round. But with so many charitable organizations from which to choose, how do you decide where to give? And how can you ensure that your contribution will be put to the best use? Here are some pointers to help you pick a charity, using both your heart and your head. Ask about a donor privacy policy You may not want your information traded with or sold to others. Reputable charities typically allow donors to request that their name and address not be shared.

Sources: GuideStar, CharityWatch, Charity Navigator, National Philanthropic Trust

STEP 1 Pick a focus

n Whom do you want to help? What causes are important to you? Children? Veterans? Animals? Pick a mission that matters to you.

n what are your objectives? Donating to subsidize mammograms for low-income women, for example, may feel more fulfilling than donating to an umbrella cancer charity.

step 1.5 Decide on size Smaller organizations often face more difficulty raising money than big organizations with significant name recognition and substantial marketing budgets. However, smaller organizations also may need more scrutiny, as they are less likely to be in the public eye. n Do you want your donation to serve only people in your community? A smaller, local or regional charity might be your best bet. (Think PTAs, rec centers, local homeless shelters or animal rescue organizations.) n Do you prefer that your money remain in the United States or be used internationally? Reputable charities will be transparent and specific about the populations they serve.

PRO TIP CharityWatch recommends that at least 60 percent of donations go to charitable services rather than administration or fundraising. However, 7 of 10 nonprofits nationally spend at least 75 percent of revenue directly on programs.

STEP 2 confirm the organization’s legitimacy

Research the group’s reputation with trusted organizations that compile information about charities. Options include: n Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance (give.org)

If you’re considering giving to a faith-based organization, search:

n Charity Navigator (charitynavigator.org)

n Ministry Watch (ministrywatch.org)

n GuideStar (guidestar.org)

n Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ecfa.org)

n CharityWatch (charitywatch.org)

If a charity is not listed, ask to see its letter of determination, which is an official legal document that proves that the organization is tax exempt. It’s also smart to do an internet search of each organization.

STEP 3 Scour the organization’s financials

n Read the charity’s tax-filing documents, or Form 990. The documents will show how much of a charity’s income goes toward programs and what percentage is spent on administration and fundraising.

Form 990 filings are available for free online from a variety of websites, including GuideStar, Foundation Center (foundationcenter.org/find-funding/990-finder) and ProPublica (projects.propublica.org/nonprofits)

Read the organization’s annual report, which should be posted on the group’s website, to review financial information and client outcomes. Keep in mind: Does the annual report inspire you? It should.

Trust your instincts. If an organization gives you pause for any reason, it might be smart to keep looking for another nonprofit that does similar work.

Charitable giving continued its upward trend in 2015, with an estimated

Religion

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$119.3 billion

Education 16 percent $57.9 billion

Individuals gave $264.6 billion of the total, or

Questions to ask a charitable organization n

What is your organization’s mission?

What are your organization’s goals?

n What progress is your organization making toward its goals? n

Is the mission supported by academic research?

How does your organization evaluate itself?

n What sources are available to increase my confidence in your work?

A reputable charity will … n

$373 billion donated by Americans. human services 12 percent $45.2 billion

gifts to foundations 11 percent $42.3 billion

health 8 percent $29.8 billion

71 percent.

PRO TIP A charity’s unrestricted net assets should be no more than three times the previous year’s expenses or three times the current year’s budget, whichever is higher, according to Wise Giving Alliance. Charities should be putting the money they collect to good use, not sitting on it.

n Send you literature about its work and/or direct you to a website.

Discuss its finances.

Have measurable goals.

Use concrete criteria to describe its achievements.

Take no for an answer.

arts, culture and humanities 5 percent $17.1 billion

publicsociety benefit 7 percent $7 billion

Clearly define its mission and outline its programs.

n Have a working phone number and a legitimate street address.

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environment/ animals 3 percent $10.7 billion

international other affairs 1 percent $6.6 billion 4 percent $15.8 billion

STEP 4 Pick up the phone and call

Administrators at any charity should be happy to spend a few minutes on the phone with you answering questions about the organization’s programs, goals and finances.

n Be wary of cold calls that solicit charitable donations. If you receive a call from a group you’d like to support, don’t donate right away. Instead, hang up, find a website or phone number for the group, and donate that way. (The same is true for unsolicited emails.) That will protect you from scams and could prevent a portion of your donation being siphoned off to thirdparty telemarketers.

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BOXING MMA which sport reigns?

By Jesse Granger | Staff Writer

overed in each other’s blood after five rounds and more than 300 significant strikes, Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz stood waiting for the decision under the lights of T-Mobile Arena. McGregor won the Aug. 20 match and earned an officially reported $3 million. It was the largest payout in the history of mixed martial arts’ flagship promotion, the Ultimate Fighting Championship. But if you add up all the extras for bonuses, sponsorships, shares of the pay-per-view take and fees for afterparty appearances, he and Diaz also likely made one of the highest combined payouts in UFC history: an estimated $28 million. While that’s an incredible amount of money, it doesn’t compare with the biggest purses in boxing. Floyd Mayweather Jr. made $220 million for his 2015 win against Manny Pacquiao. And in losing, Pacquiao took home more than $150 million. Even going back as far as 1997, Evander Holyfield made $33 million in his fight with Mike Tyson, who made $30 million (though Tyson had to give 10 percent of that to the Nevada State Athletic Commission for biting off part of Holyfield’s ear). The days of boxing’s heavyweight champion being the most popular athlete in the country are gone, and most of the sport’s biggest stars are on their way out the door to retirement. But even though boxing has lost some of its luster while MMA has exploded in popularity, the latter is much younger and has catching up to do as far as pay for its athletes. “In boxing, there is so much more money to be paid because bigtime promoters like Golden Boy and Top Rank have to compete for fighters, so you’re able to make them compete against each other for you,” said Gil Martinez, who has coached both MMA and boxing locally for years. “In boxing, if one promoter doesn’t pay you what you want, then another will. In MMA, there is no competition for the UFC. If the UFC tells you they won’t pay you what you want, then you have nowhere else to go.”

The UFC is not a monopoly, but its grip on the sport, Martinez says, allows it to take a much higher percentage of an event’s earnings, leaving less for the fighters. The cuts aren’t known, and neither are undisclosed discretionary bonuses, but industry analysts say there is little consistency. UFC officials have always countered by saying its lower-level and young fighters are better compensated than those in boxing. While major boxing promoters will pay as little as a few hundred dollars for fighters at the bottom of the card, only smaller MMA companies have purses that low. The UFC currently pays at least $16,000 per bout to fighters on its roster. UFC President Dana White has repeatedly said disclosed payouts aren’t a fair barometer. “If you look at where the UFC came from and where we are today, the one number that’s (gone up) is fighter purses,” White told FoxSports.com in November. That’s not the case with boxing, as pay largely depends on star power, where the sport currently is experiencing a shortage. But most say it shouldn’t be a competition anyway, given the sports’ differences in age and, more importantly, their shared interests. Roy Jones Jr.’s Fight Academy trains fighters in both sports, with a full-size octagon right next to its boxing ring. Iconic downtown gym Johnny Tocco’s is more boxing-focused but still has fighters who train for MMA. “It’s a small percentage — like 5 percent,” said longtime Johnny Tocco’s trainer Luis Monda. “I have like four or five MMA fighters that I train in boxing with the intention of them using what I teach them in MMA. Some of them fall in love with boxing, and they don’t want to leave it.” The sports often are painted as rivals, but inside gyms, the two work hand-in-hand, or fist-in-fist. “Combat sports should work together,” Monda said. “It’s us versus the guys that play with balls.”

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is a much-hyped crossover fight in the cards? Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a legend of both boxing and Las Vegas. Known for carrying a duffel bag stuffed with cash, he was undefeated (49-0) as a professional during a 19-year career in the ring, which ended in the fall of 2015. Given that Mayweather is considered one of the greatest of all time, it’s no surprise that outspoken UFC brawler Conor McGregor wants a piece of the retired champ. But it was Mayweather who last spring admitted to starting the rumor of a crossover fight. Now the tables appear turned, with UFC President Dana White saying recently that he was locking in the deal on McGregor’s side and waiting to hear from Mayweather. When asked about projected purse amounts by Fox Sports radio host Colin Cowherd, White said it depended how well the fight sold, but he guessed the men could make $100 million and $75 million. “(Mayweather) feels like he’s the A-side and he should get more of it. We haven’t really gotten into that negotiation yet. I wanted to get McGregor locked in first, because McGregor is under contract with me. And at the end of the day, does this fight make a ton of sense for me? It really doesn’t. But Conor wants this thing really bad and I’ve said it many times, the kid’s stepped up and saved some big fights for me, man, so I’m in. I’ll figure it out.” The Irishman has been posting on social media about his ramped-up boxing training for the potential match (which most in the world of sports and sports betting say is a long shot). Reported by U.K. news outlet The Sun, McGregor said: “Floyd may crap his jocks after all, and if so, I will go back to true fighting or just pick another boxer like Manny or something” — as in Manny Pacquiao, the three-time World Boxing Organization welterweight champion. In February, Las Vegas’ Westgate Superbook opened betting on Mayweather as a minus-2500 favorite over McGregor, a plus-1100 underdog.

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BOXING

TOP 5 PAY-PER-VIEW BUYS #5

1.97M

LENNOX LEWIS VS. MIKE TYSON June 8, 2002

1.99M EVANDER

HOLYFIELD VS. MIKE TYSON June 28, 1997

2.2M

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. VS. SAUL “CANELO” ALVAREZ Sept. 14, 2013

2.4M

OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. May 5, 2007

4.6M

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. VS. MANNY PACQUIAO May 2, 2015

ONE ESTIMATION OF TOP BOXERS’ NET WORTH

HIGHEST GROSSING BOXING MATCHES

#1 Floyd Mayweather Jr. $400 million

$400 million Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas May 2, 2015

#2 $150 million Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Saul “Canelo” Alvarez MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas Sept. 14, 2013

#2 George Foreman $300 million

#3 $136 million Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Oscar De La Hoya MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas May 5, 2007

#3 Oscar De La Hoya $200 million

#4 $100 million Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson Pyramid Arena, Memphis, Tenn. June 8, 2002

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#4 Manny Pacquiao $190 million

#5 $96 million Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas Aug. 19, 1995 #5 Lennox Lewis $140 million

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CONOR MCGREGOR VS. NATE DIAZ UFC 202 Aug. 20, 2016

1.6M

BROCK LESNAR VS. FRANK MIR UFC 100 July 11, 2009

1.3M

1.1M

CONOR MCGREGOR CONOR MCGREGOR RONDA ROUSEY VS. NATE DIAZ VS. EDDIE ALVAREZ VS. AMANDA NUNES UFC 196 UFC 205 UFC 207 March 5, 2016 Nov. 12, 2016 Dec. 30, 2016

ONE ESTIMATION OF TOP FIGHTERS’ NET WORTH

HIGHEST GROSSING TICKET SALES Because MMA’s marquee promotion, UFC, is a privately owned company, it isn’t required to reveal gross revenue for events. While some dollars are hidden from the public eye, one figure made visible is the live gate, or total ticket sales for an event. Here are the top five gates in UFC history.

#1 Royce Gracie $50 million

#1 $17.7 million

#2 Conor McGregor $35 million

Conor McGregor vs. Eddie Alvarez UFC 205 Madison Square Garden, New York Nov. 12, 2016

#2 $12.2 million Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields UFC 129 Rogers Centre, Toronto April 30, 2011 #3 Georges St-Pierre $25 million

Miesha Tate vs. Amanda Nunes UFC 200 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas July 9, 2016

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#3 $10.7 million

$10 million #4 BJ Penn $22 million

Conor McGregor vs. José Aldo UFC 194 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas Dec. 12, 2015

#5 $7.7 million

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#5 Brock Lesnar $22 million

Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz UFC 202 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas Aug. 20, 2016

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JOHNNY TOCCO’S RINGSIDE GYM While fighting and training as boxers did in the 1950s and ’60s is considered outdated today, Tocco’s is about as close as it gets. Once a month, the gym hosts sparring sessions in coordination with Downtown Las Vegas’ First Friday. Fans come in and watch up-and-coming amateurs brawl. 9 W. Charleston Blvd. jtboxing.com

Undefeated welterweight boxer Jeremy “Jflash” Nichols shadowboxes at Johnny Tocco’s Boxing Gym. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

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Las Vegas still rules the ring In a 2014 story speculating about Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s retirement, sports news site Bleacher Report asserted that even such a monster talent could be replaced. “From Muhammad Ali to Sugar Ray Leonard to Mike Tyson to Oscar De La Hoya and beyond, a new star has always filled the void, continuing Sin City’s reign as the home of big-league combat sports. ... A product of economics and tradition, in boxing there’s Las Vegas, and then there’s every place else,” the article read. New York City once was its home, but the theory is that televised bouts killed the thrill of the in-person experience there. So in 1955, light heavyweight champ Archie Moore was scheduled to fight veteran heavyweight Niño Valdés for a chance at Rocky Marciano’s title, in what then was a sleepy little version of today’s Las Vegas. Hank Greenspun, publisher of the Las Vegas Sun (and father of current owner Brian Greenspun) called it “the greatest event for the town since the government started using the area for atom bomb tests.” The fight took place at Cashman Field, with about 6,000 souls watching from the stands. It wasn’t until five years later that the sport returned, and for good. This time, the fight was inside the Las Vegas Convention Center. Then it moved to the casinos, thanks to trailblazer Kirk Kerkorian, whose International Hotel hosted Sonny Liston’s terrible loss to Leotis Martin in 1969. Caesars Palace became the fight mecca, with an outdoor arena that got built before each event. And boxing remains one of the city’s major attractions today.

sin city’s bastion of old-school boxing The 60-year-old brick walls of Johnny Tocco’s Ringside Gym still stand tall. Faded murals of the greatest fighters in the sport’s history cover the bricks along Charleston Boulevard, and inside, the boxers learn to fight — unencumbered by treadmills, stair-steppers or air conditioning. In the center of the main room is an old boxing ring. The ropes are tattered and the mat is a hand-me-down from Mandalay Bay. The stage for Joel Casamayor versus Diego Corrales in 2006, it’s now held onto the ring at Tocco’s with duct tape. The walls are decorated with old boxing posters and an occasional bloodstain. “When you walk through the doors and look around, you get the impression that you might get your ass kicked,” said Luis Monda, a trainer at Tocco’s for the past five years. “The ones who don’t take boxing serious tend to get weeded out pretty quickly.” Boxing is a staple of the city, here long before professional hockey or football started making noise. But the bedrock of the Las Vegas boxing scene sits just a halfmile off the Strip.

Tocco’s opened in 1953 and was made famous as the gym of then-heavyweight world champion Sonny Liston. His old truck tire still sits in the corner of the room, complete with puncture holes from Liston’s sledgehammer. The story goes like this: Liston and his trainer, Gary Bates, would drive up to Mount Charleston and chop down trees to improve upper-body strength and lowerbody stability. One weekend, a park ranger caught them and arrested Bates — sparing the heavyweight champion. Once Bates was released, the two went and bought the tire to hammer on as an alternative workout. Liston isn’t the only legend this gym has housed. Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Mike Tyson and even Floyd Mayweather Jr. trained here. “The building has so much history,” said Rodrigo Aranda, who trained for 21 of his 28 pro fights at Tocco’s, and now works as a trainer. “It reminds you of the good old days and takes you back to that time. You live in that time while you’re in here.” No longer a destination for championship fighters,

Tocco’s is loved for its embrace of dirt, sweat and grit. “When I first pulled up, I laughed. It looks absurd from the outside ... But when I realized the level that people function at in here with minimal equipment, I realized how special the place was,” Monda said. “If a guy wants to learn how to fight, he can do all the drills, hit the bags, jump over cones and ropes and do all of that crazy crap — which is good — but the only way he’s going to learn how to fight is to get in there and fight,” said John Maynard Roberts, a trainer at Tocco’s since 2001. “You need your bell rung, a black eye and a bloody nose.” Roberts isn’t impressed with most modern fighters. “Old-school fighters are where it’s at,” he said. “Those guys were monsters compared to today’s fighters. People were tougher in those days. Life was harder. They were tougher and they fought more often.” A mentor to Roberts, “Ancient” Archie Moore finished his boxing career with 219 professional fights. Julio César Chávez Sr. fought 115 times. For the sake of comparison, this weekend’s boxers, Canelo Álvarez and Julio César Chávez Jr., have fought 50 and 54 pro fights. “Back in the day, it was just about fighting between the best,” Chávez Sr. said. “Nowadays, it’s more marketing and business.”

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What’s still percolating in the Legislature BY YVONNE GONZALEZ STAFF WRITER

Nevada’s legislative session is entering its final days as lawmakers consider a narrowed field of bills and take on more definitive budget talks. ¶ Two key deadlines have killed bills dealing with fish pedicures, primaries and a slew of other issues. Bills exempted from deadlines range in subject matter from alternative energy to education savings accounts. Gov. Brian Sandoval has proposed funding for ESAs, but the bill creating an account for the program has yet to have a hearing. ¶ Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford said bills are moving at a good pace, despite only eight making it to the governor so far, compared with 24 at the same time last session. “We said on Day One that this would be a deliberative, thoughtful legislative session,” the Democratic leader said. “We’re living up to that.” ¶ Assembly Minority Leader Paul Anderson said there are a number of Republican bills making headway. ¶ “They’re not big industry bills,” Anderson said, “but we’ve got some good Republican policies — part of our priorities — that are moving forward.” ¶ Anderson is signed onto Assembly Bill 469, a bipartisan measure that deals with reorganizing large school districts with more than 100,000 students, such as the Clark County School District. The Legislature OK’d the bill and sent it to Sandoval’s desk for his signature. ¶ Lawmakers have had a few late nights as they’ve considered lengthier agendas and taken steps to keep bills alive. They can call special sessions to get through any lingering priorities, but the 120th and final day of the session is June 5. Here is a sampling of what they’re still mulling in Carson City.

■ BUDGET Discussions on the budget will head into a sprint toward the end of the session, spurred by the release of a revenue forecast prepared by the state’s Economic Forum. Lawmakers use this official final revenue estimate, due May 1, to make plans to balance two years of spending with estimated revenues for the state. Gov. Sandoval’s budget recommendations were based on the forum’s December estimates. Republican Assemblymen Paul Anderson said in early April that the budget process would go really quickly from there, with talks starting before the session began. He said bills could be eliminated based on whether the state could afford them. Bills that would cost the state include ESA funding and a measure enabling voters to decide whether feminine hygiene products should be exempted from sales tax.

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We said on Day One that this would be a deliberative, thoughtful legislative session. We’re living up to that.” — senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford

Senate Majority Leader Aaron Ford, D-Las Vegas, looks down on the State Assembly chambers prior to the legislative session Feb. 6 in Carson City. (associated press file)

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Lawmakers have been moving through bills against the backdrop of Republican Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske’s recent announcement that three people illegally registered and voted in Clark County in the last election. Cegavske launched an investigation a week prior, saying the Department of Motor Vehicles was responsible for the suspected fraud because of overbroad interpretation of state law. Ford and Assembly Speaker Jason Frierson said they wanted more information from the Secretary of State’s office before they would consider taking action. “I think it’s unclear, and we’re dependent on our colleagues and certainly our constitutional officers to provide that information. We want to address it if it is a problem,” Frierson said, adding that this is a topic that rises to the level of calling a hearing. Assembly Republican leaders say they hope the investigation’s final results will help with improvements to the voting system. Two bills backed by Republicans would have required identification at the polls but died without getting any hearings this session. “We will be carefully watching this unfolding investigation to look for ways we can work with the Secretary of State’s office to streamline their communications with any state agencies responsible, in any way, for voter registration,” said Republican Assemblymen Anderson, James Oscarson and Jim Wheeler in a joint statement.

From funding for education savings accounts to planning for possible transportation projects, lawmakers have taken deadline pressure off of certain measures. Anderson said some of these measures weren’t quite “soup” yet, and needed more work before they could go forward. Senate Bill 506 would create an account in the State General Fund to carry out the ESA program, among other provisions. It has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee, and Anderson said this keeps it alive until the last day of the session. “I think the ESA discussion’s obviously going to go on until the very last moments of the session,” Anderson said of the contentious issue known as school choice, which Democrats have fiercely opposed. The bill’s deadline exemption became

effective April 12, and as of April 24, the measure hadn’t come up before lawmakers again. Senate Bill 149 provides a framework for communities to pursue large-scale transportation projects, such as a light rail system designed for Las Vegas. The bill has moved beyond committee and floor deadlines with bipartisan support, and its sponsor, Sen. Mark Manendo, D-Las Vegas, says he’s confident it will come up for a hearing in the Assembly’s Committee on Transportation. Manendo previously said the legislation would give communities and regional transportation groups more options in planning, funding and constructing these projects. “We know that there is definitely a need for it,” Manendo said. “People are asking for this — to me it’s just a win-win.”

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Metro demonstrates revamped policies on use of force By Ricardo Torres-Cortez Staff Writer

A gray Chevrolet Impala pulls into the parking lot of a Metro Police training facility, followed by a black-andwhite with lights flashing. The Metro officer quickly got out of his SUV, and so does the distraught suspect. “Hey, Metro Police — get back in that car!” the officer yells. “You’re always harassing me. Everywhere I go!” the driver shouts back, throwing his hands up in frustration. His car is unregistered. Its taillight is broken. And the officer notices something sticking out from the suspect’s waist. Two loud bangs shock the reporters

gathered for Metro’s eighth annual Media Day. April 20. Police showcased what happens “behind the yellow tape” after an officer-involved shooting, from the time gunfire erupts through the ensuing investigation and the psychological effects on officers who’ve been put in the position to use deadly force. Although staged, the shooting felt unnerving, from the sirens and bullet casings to the blood-stained gauze on the suspect being loaded into an ambulance. The point of shaking up the spectators is to impart some sense of what officers experience after a shooting. SWAT officer Brett Brosnahan was shot at in 2014, by one half of a vigilante couple

who’d gunned down two other officers and a civilian. Brosnahan came face-to-face with Amanda Miller inside the Wal-Mart where she and her husband, Jerad, had holed up. Brosnahan fired back, hitting her in the shoulder, and left the building to inform his team. Jerad was later fatally shot in the chest, and Amanda died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Brosnahan says he thinks of the shooting every day. “Usually it’s dreams,” he said. “Sometimes they’re nightmares — the what ifs, what else could have happened to me that day. ... I feel a lot of grief, because I miss my friends who were murdered.” During mandatory leave and three to

four months of therapy, officers who’ve been involved in shootings go through medical evaluations, Metro Capt. Kelly McMahill says. Once cleared, an officer is placed in a training scenario re-creating the traumatic incident. That’s followed by secondary evaluations and a process of slowly re-acclimating to the job. Or not. “We weren’t always as good at this as we are today, and we’ve learned a lot,” McMahill says. “Quite frankly, we’ve lost some of our officers because they went through a shooting and we hadn’t given them what they needed.” Metro’s use-of-force policies were revamped after a 2012 review by the U.S. Department of Justice and have since been praised by the federal agency. Departments across the country have consulted Metro to try to emulate its approach. Although violent crime was up last year in Metro’s jurisdiction, a 20-year low of 10 people were shot by police in 2016 (three fatally). The agency credits its modified training and de-escalation practices for the low number of officerinvolved shootings. “We had a history of this agency having too many officer-involved shootings, and they were just not tactically sound,” McMahill says.

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From left, Officer Carlos Luna, Officer Abudhabi Lewis and SWAT Officer Brett Brosnahan speak to media about officer-involved shooting experiences.

What happens after an officer-involved shooting? Shootings take a matter of seconds, but use-of-force investigations can take six months if there’s a fatality. Metro’s staged incident during Media Day was condensed, but it painted a detailed picture of protocol after the discharge of an officer’s weapon. Here’s how that specific scenario unfolded: *The following list is incomplete and does not reflect exact chronology. For details on the full process in PDF form, search online for “Metro Police use of deadly force flow chart.”

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After the wounded suspect was transported, a police supervisor approached the officer involved for a debriefing. Detectives rounded up witnesses and interviewed them about what they saw.

Crime-scene analysis began, with the Critical Incident Review Team (an administrative arm of Metro) working alongside the Force Investigation Team.

A detailed account surfaced: The suspect’s name and criminal history, and a summary of what investigators knew so far. Officers took notes and asked questions.

The officer involved led Detective Joe Patton on a walkthrough. A crime-scene analyst followed, placing a cone where the officer believed he was when he fired.

Robert Daskas, Clark County’s assistant district attorney for the Criminal Division, watched body-worn camera footage and took a walk-through. He could call an independent investigation or file charges if he perceived the officer acted criminally. (Two civilian members of Metro’s Use of Force Review Board also would read reports and take walk-throughs before voting on whether the shooting was justifiable.)

The officer’s rights were explained to him before he would be summoned for an interview at headquarters. Investigators would press him on every detail. “Why did you go right instead of left? Why did you make this decision when instead you had this available over here?” Kelly McMahill said, illustrating the intensity of the questioning. “We learned many years ago when our (officer-involved shooting) numbers were very high that we had to start getting comfortable being very uncomfortable. It’s the only way to get better. If we ever get comfortable pulling the trigger, we’re doing something wrong.”

Investigators photographed the officer and his tool belt. They took his firearm, counted the bullets and photographed both.

McMahill would tape a statement for Metro’s public information office, while officers made suggestions: “If it takes 30 takes, it takes 30 takes,” Sgt. Jeff Clark said. She would then go in front of reporters and recite the statement, taking some questions. “The suspect is in stable condition; investigators found a gun on the scene.” Within 72 hours, the Clark County undersheriff would give a detailed briefing with comprehensive information Metro has collected.

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A chat with Harry Nevada’s decorated former senator talks retirement and partnering with an old rival, but not about the president By Chris Kudialis Staff Writer

After bidding farewell to the U.S. Senate in December, Harry Reid has — perhaps surprisingly — had no trouble moving on from life in elected office. Reid, whose 34-year legacy on Capitol Hill was highlighted by eight years as Senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015, was introduced this month as the first Distinguished Fellow in Law and Policy at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law during a star-studded, invite-only ceremony that included the likes of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, U.S. Rep. Ruben Kihuen and Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson. Reid also will head the university’s MGM Resorts Public Policy Institute with former Speaker of the House John Boehner, a rival in Congress whom Reid calls a friend. The think tank will aim to find bipartisan solutions to economic, social, political and workplace challenges. During an exclusive interview with The Sunday last week, the retired senator spoke, candidly as ever, about his latest endeavors and lingering involvement in politics.

Being away from the job you held for so long, is it difficult? Do you miss it at all ? I thought it would be extremely difficult, but it really hasn’t been. I had a month before the Senate adjourned on Jan. 5. So during that month I was able to acclimate myself to not running the Senate. Sen. (Chuck) Schumer held his first caucus ... and I didn’t want to be second-guessing him or (have him) thinking I was looking over his shoulder, so I just checked out. I didn’t want to try to run the Senate from afar. I wanted to live in the future instead of the past. We have some new faces in D.C. representing our state, with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Ruben Kihuen and Jacky Rosen. Are you involved at all? If they call me, I answer the questions. Do those calls happen frequently? Often enough. They don’t bother me at all. Are you impressed so far? Well, I was with Catherine earlier today. And I marvel at her, because she knew what she wanted. She wanted to be a senator. She tried over the years to run for governor, lieutenant governor, all that kind of stuff. She didn’t want to. She always said to me, “I want to go to Washington.” So when I was injured and knew I couldn’t run again, I called her and just like that she was ready to go. That’s good. Ruben has worked with me since he was a teenager. I like him for a lot of reasons, not the least of which he was an outstanding soccer

player in high school. He hurt his knee, so that ruined his career, but he has done extremely well. Jacky is such a fiend, for lack of a better description. When Jacky decided to run, everybody made fun of me. ‘How could you pick somebody like that; she has never done anything in her life. She can’t win.’ And that’s what the Republicans thought also. But she was a giant killer. After years of going against each other in Congress, how are you and John Boehner coming together for this new project at UNLV? John Boehner and I are friends. He had his caucus he had to deal

with, I had mine. ... And some of the biggest problems we faced in Washington during our tenure, Speaker Boehner and Leader Reid were able to work things out. We didn’t deal with a lot of fanfare; we dealt with it behind the scenes. So you guys collaborated quite a bit? Yeah, but it wasn’t something we broadcast. Looking at the executive branch today ... I’m happy to talk to you about a lot of things, but I don’t want to talk to you about (President Donald) Trump. I’ve said all I’m going

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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, center, laughs during a ceremony at UNLV on April 20. With Reid are Daniel Hamilton, left, dean of the law school, and Reid’s wife, Landra. Reid was officially named the first Distinguished Fellow in Law and Policy at UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

to say about Trump because I can’t say anything good.

Yeah, one thing in particular. They asked me to do it.

Nothing good? No.

You mentioned being keen on looking forward, but have you reflected on your time in Washington ... No, others can do that. ... I’ve written three books. People want me to write another one about — nah, I’m not going to do it.

What will your work with UNLV’s law school look like? This is new for the law school, this is new for me, and we’re going to kind of play it by ear. I’ve got a lot of interesting people who I’ve helped along the way, who would be good to come and talk to the law students and the faculty. Anything in particular that called you to volunteer your time?

No more books? No. It’s hard to write a book, and I don’t want to take the time (laughs). Three is enough. What about grandfather responsibilities? That will

take up some time. No, she (pointing to wife, Landra) knows all the birthdays. We have 19 of them, so she takes care of that. I, of course, am very mean to all of the grandchildren. Most of your grandchildren are in town? Landra Reid: Yeah, and he can’t really avoid them (laughs). They’re in every neighborhood. Were the grandchildren part of why you moved from your hometown of Searchlight to Anthem in Henderson? Yes, we loved our home. But

Landra had her neck broken a couple of times in an accident. She had breast cancer. It was pretty difficult. For us to fly home and drive out there 60, 65 miles and have to come back for things here, as we did for a long time, it was just no good. And I got where, because of the security I had around, people wanting to do us harm — me especially — I couldn’t go out walking like I used to do. We always had security people with me, 24 hours a day, and so it wasn’t fun like it used to be. So we have no regret. ... We have lots of land in Searchlight. Would you like to buy some (laughs)?

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the do’s and don’ts of storing medication From prescription drugs to daily vitamins, nearly everyone keeps medicine in their home. While it’s important to have your medications on hand when you need them, it’s also necessary to be responsible for their proper use and safekeeping. Follow this guide to learn how to best care for and keep your medications. Storing medication “It’s good practice to keep medications in a dry, cool place that is safe from children and pets,” said Francisca Akoh, pharmacy manager at MountainView Hospital. “Some medications require protection from light or need refrigeration, so always read the label for special instructions.” Storing medicine properly can help ensure it stays fresh and effective for as long as possible, while also limiting the chances for misuse.

DO ... Read the label, follow the directions and note the expiration date. Go through your all medications every six to 12 months and discard any that are no longer needed and/or are expired. DO ... Keep it in its original bottle. Prescription and manufacturer bottles are created to protect the medication from light and moisture, and are childproofed. It’s also handy to have the original bottle in case you need information from the label — including refill directions.

Expiration dates

DO ... Throw away the cotton in a new bottle immediately after opening. Cotton is used to prevent the pills from shaking around, but it needs to be discarded as soon as the seal is broken. Cotton can draw and absorb moisture, which can negatively affect the medication.

DO ... Keep all medication (even vitamins) out of reach and out of sight if you have children in the home. Make sure all the lids are tightly secured. You might also consider using a small locked box or cabinet to store medication.

All prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications are required to have an expiration date to guarantee freshness when kept appropriately. “It is not recommended to take medicine once it’s expired,” Akoh said. Pills, capsules and tablets usually have a longer shelf life than liquids, ointments and creams (including eye drops). Most expiration dates for pills range from one to five years, while some liquids can destabilize within months.

DO ... Call your doctor or pharmacy if any of your medication has been exposed to liquid, heat or has begun to deteriorate prematurely.

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Disposing of medication Remove all medication from the bottle and “mix it with an undesirable substance such as used coffee grounds or cat Another option for dislitter, and throw it in the posal is bringing the medication trash,” Akoh said.

Dispose of the bottle separately, after you’ve removed or scratched out any personal information on the label, including your name, your doctor’s name, the name of the medication and the prescription number.

to a secure drop-off site. “You can dispose of unused or expired medications at any Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department substation. It’s anonymous and drop-off boxes are located inside,” Akoh said. Generally, you should never flush any medication down the toilet or drain. However, the Food and Drug Administration has endorsed doing so for a short list of potentially dangerous prescription drugs — including some pain-relieving narcotics. For a complete list of locations, visit paininthedrain.com/disposal/location. Search for specific drugs and their disposal guidelines at dailymed.nlm.nih.gov.

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DON’T ... Store medicine in the medicine cabinet — despite what its name suggests. Moisture tends to linger After a mediin bathrooms, even well-ventilatcation has passed its ed ones, which can compromise expiration date, it begins to medication. Bedrooms, closets lose its efficacy and, in some and storage areas are better cases, it may be dangerous to use. options. DON’T ... Leave medicine in the car, near the oven/ stove or anywhere else it may be subjected to heat. Akoh notes that exposure to excessive heat is one of the most common reasons that medications go bad before their expiration date.

Medication can go bad before the expiration date if it’s been stored improperly. Signs that medication is no longer good include discoloration, a change in texture (crumbling pills, cream that has liquefied, etc.) and/ or odor. Medicine in liquid form may also grow bacteria or mold.

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DID YOU KNOW? Freezing requires 4-6 hours, and the best taste window is within four days.

FR U IT Y

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baby Cool treats loaded with flavor and light on guilt By Erin Ryan |

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No offense to the lovers of frozen Gatorade. It has its place. But seven years into the gourmet popsicle trend, it’s time to get creative. ¶ Cherry is tasty, but cherry rose tea is fantastic — and almost too beautiful to eat, what with the petals and fruit suspended in ice. Maybe fig cheesecake is more your speed. Avocado? Chai? Chocolatedipped strawberry red wine? ¶ There’s a recipe for that. Sources: bakersroyale.com, lezoemusings.com, Real Simple, thelittleepicurean.com, Woman’s Day

break the mold Look for molds made of BPAfree plastic or food-grade silicone. While brands such as Zoku and Tovolo make every kind of cuteness you can attach to a stick — or a pair of cartoony legs — classic shapes optimally display your popsicle’s ingredients.

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WAT E R M E L O N +

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lim e +

green a pple +

g in g e r

k al e

The juiciest of all melons screams summer. This pop pairs its simple sweetness with a spicy backbone of ginger and plenty of tongue-zinging citrus.

You like that smoothie packed with green goodness? This is the popsicle version. Refreshing and pleasingly grassy, it’s the medicine that helps the kale go down.

I N G RED I E N T S I N G RED I E N T S

1 seedless watermelon, chopped (about 5 cups)

2 cups white grape juice

1/3 cup sugar

2 cups seedless green grapes

1/3 cup lime juice

2 cups kale, stemmed and torn

2 tsp grated ginger pinch fine salt

2 ripe bananas 1 green apple, chopped

D I RE C T I O N S

pinch fine salt

1. Purée all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

D I RE C T I O N S

2. Pour into molds.

1. Purée all ingredients in a blender until smooth.

3. Insert popsicle sticks.

4. Freeze.

2. Pour into molds.

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If you crave the richness of ice cream but are trying to be good, or if you have kids who need to be tricked into eating something deliciously healthy, this pop works for a portable breakfast or a late-night indulgence that won’t ruin your diet. INGREDIENTS 5 cups vanilla Greek yogurt Fruits of choice, chopped (depending on the size) Granola with nuts Honey

DIRECTIONS

1. Layer ingredients into mold, starting with yogurt and continuing with fruit, honey and granola. 2. Insert popsicle sticks. 3. Freeze.

P O P S

kiwi + co co n u t + ch i a

Chia is a star in the health-food world. The relative of mint is bursting with nutrition, and the texture has a lovely, squishy pop that lends itself to puddings. This recipe can be made with lower-fat soy or almond milk, but the creator recommends going with syrupy-sweet coconut milk.

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ch a m pag n e + berries If any ice pop could be Las Vegas’ official flavor, it’s this one. Especially during pool season. It’ll work with any Champagne you love, as the translucence is a perfect foil for jewels of fruit. To please all palates, split the molds between dry and sweet bubbly.

POPS

va n i l l a + a p r i cot + bourbon

Believe it or not, this is a 100-calorie treat with just 14 grams of sugar. And it licks like ripe apricot cobbler with melted ice cream chased by bourbon. It might just be the best thing on a stick.

INGREDIENTS INGREDIENTS

3/4 cup sweet Champagne

INGREDIENTS

1 3/4 cups canned coconut milk

3/4 cup dry Champagne

1 vanilla bean

3/4 cup soy milk

10 oz mixed berries, pomegranate arils and apples (sliced thin)

3 1/2 cups apricot nectar

1/4 cup + 1 tbsp chia seeds 1/2 tbsp agave syrup 3 kiwis, peeled and sliced

DIRECTIONS

1. Soak seeds in mixture of milks and agave syrup for at least 20 minutes to allow plumping. 2. Place kiwi slices in molds, using a utensil to press fruit snugly against each side. 3. Pour liquid mix on top, being careful not to upset the kiwis (as they provide the visual punch).

DIRECTIONS

1. Fill half the molds halfway up with sweet Champagne. 2. Do the same in the other molds with dry Champagne. 3. Layer in fruit. 4. Insert popsicle sticks. 5. Freeze.

2 tbsp sugar 1/2 cup bourbon pinch fine salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Split vanilla bean lengthwise and run dull side of knife down each half, scraping up seeds. 2. Combine seeds and sugar in a large bowl and add apricot nectar, bourbon and salt, and whisk until smooth. 3. Pour into molds.

4. Insert popsicle sticks.

5. Freeze.

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Cutting an onion already comes with tears; don’t let them be tears of frustration. Chef Rick Moonen of Rx Boiler Room and RM Seafood gives his trick to dicing onions quickly and evenly each time. As for the teary eyes, he’s got no sympathy for criers in the kitchen. Fresh produce and a sharp knife are what create less tears, Moonen says.

What you need

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Sharp chef’s knife

Cutting board

Chef Rick Moonen is a renowned Las Vegas chef, champion of sustainable fishing practices and finalist in the second season of Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters.”

Set your onion on the cutting board with the root and tip facing outward. Cut the tip off and cut the onion in half. Do not cut off the root, which keeps the onion together.

Tip

Root

Peel the skin of the onion.

Next, place the root end of the onion away from yourself and cut vertically with the tip of the knife toward the root, being careful to not cut through the root.

Start with the end of the blade close to the handle, and slice horizontally, keeping your hand on top of the onion. Moonen says to create a claw with your hand to control the knife to avoid getting cut.

Begin dicing the onion, going from right to left and cutting off the end of the root when you reach it. Create clean cuts by sliding the knife along instead of pushing it down.

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

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Age: 2-year-old female Breed: Pit bull Description: Star is a bit shy at first, but give her a moment and she will quickly show how much affection she loves to give and how eager she is to learn obedience skills. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 2-year-old spayed female Breed: Pit bull Description: Gashta loves to go for walks and smiles the entire time she is out exploring. She is a little fussy with her dog friends but loves all humans. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 13-year-old neutered male Breed: Collie mix Description: Angelo pleads for a hero for his twilight years. He is amiable and eager to please. Adoption fee: $20

Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Classic tabby Description: Ramsey politely sits at your feet and asks you to pick him up and scratch gently behind his ears. He likes other cats once he gets to know them. Adoption fee: $40

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Age: 4-year-old spayed female Breed: Pit bull Description: Though picky when it comes to dogs, Belle loves to give all of her human friends kisses, snuggles and hugs whenever she is presented with the opportunity. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Lionhead bunny Description: Tipperary is an inquisitive, handsome youngster who enjoys bonding with gentle people. Please plan for plenty of quality time with him daily. Adoption fee: $20

Age: 1-year-old neutered male Breed: Retriever and bully mix Description: Aztec dances in ecstasy when you scratch his back. We admire and love his uplifting spirit. Adoption fee: $60

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Age: 6-year-old female Breed: German shepherd mix Description: Mona is curious and enjoys walking on and off of a leash. She is eager to respond to commands, but her perfect home requires her to be the only pet. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 12-year-old spayed female Breed: Miniature pinscher Description: Maya is sweet and humble. She is a courteous, petite lady who just wants to love and be loved. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 4-year-old neutered male Breed: Lynx point Siamese Description: Timothy is quiet and likes to sit peacefully at your side. Feeling safe, he purrs heartily while you pet his shoulders. Adoption fee: $40

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Gamblers would often bypass Shannon Vega when she worked as a ticket writer at the Boulder Station race and sports book and head straight to her supervisor when they approached the betting counter. She became curious enough as to why bettors always flocked to Tony Vega that she decided to investigate. “Why do people always come over Tony vega here and ask you questions?” Shannon asked him. Tony chuckled and responded, “Well, that’s just the way I am around town. A lot of people know me through horse racing.” Shannon would come to know Tony for much more. They struck up a friendship, and kept in touch after she Shannon vega was transferred to Red Rock Resort. About five years after they worked together at Boulder Station, they started dating and eventually got married, becoming the unofficial first family of the local sports betting industry. Tony currently works

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as a casino host at Boulder Station, serving the casino’s horse players specifically, while Shannon is a supervisor at the Fiesta Henderson sports book. “As we got together, I pushed her more toward horses,” Tony said. It was no small feat, considering Shannon had no previous interest in the sport and was only familiar with it through a now-shuttered harness track that operated in her hometown of Jackson, Mich., growing up. Tony, on the other hand, found a lifelong love in horse racing at Hollywood Park and Santa Anita in his native Los Angeles when he was in his early 20s. He became an accomplished tournament handicapper, and moved to Las Vegas to get closer to the gaming industry. He bet on horses professionally for a few years before accepting a job at Binion’s Horseshoe. Shannon tired of the Michigan winters and decided to move to Las Vegas years later. Partially inspired by her

learn from vega Tony Vega will participate in a free Kentucky Derby seminar at 6 p.m. Friday at the Railhead inside Boulder Station, along with fellow race experts Gordon Jones and Joanne Jones. But he’s not keeping it a secret on the horses he’s looking to build his tickets around on the big race. “I’ve got three horses I’ve been watching for a while — Irish War Cry, Hence and Always Dreaming,” he said. Which one of those stands out to his wife, Shannon Vega? “Irish War Cry,” she said. “I’m Irish, so I’ll go with him.”

passion for football, she caught on at the Rio sports book before moving to Station Casinos. She never really understood horse racing, let alone expected it to play a big role in her life. But there’s no separating Tony from the sport, meaning the ponies have accompanied every stage of their relationship. They realized how deeply they felt for each other after Tony went on his annual trip to Del Mar Thoroughbred Club near San Diego following their first two dates. Usually a week devoted entirely to spending time with his buddies, Tony found himself texting Shannon constantly. One morning, he went for a walk on the beach and didn’t realize how much time had passed during their conversation. “The poor guy walked miles and miles because he didn’t realize he was talking to me so much,” Shannon said. “You can’t miss someone that much after two dates, and not be like, ‘OK, he’s the guy.’ ” Tony looks back on the trip with similar fondness. “We made some money, had a really good week,” Tony said. “Of course, I got a little ribbing from the fellas but that’s how it goes.” Less than a year later, Tony and Shannon wed in Michigan. They carved out some time in Chicago for a Cubs game at Wrigley Field beforehand and, naturally, a matinee at Arlington Park afterwards.

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Tony also took her on dates to see his old stomping grounds at Hollywood and Santa Anita. “I like going to the track a lot,” Shannon said. “There’s something about being there live, seeing the horses, going down to the barn and petting them. ... I know what I’m talking about when I talk horses now, but I’m more into sports.” Shannon has built up impressive betting credentials of her own. Last season, she placed second in Gaming Today’s annual Bookie Battle, where a representative from every property in town picks every NFL game against the spread. She puts more energy into picking football games than horse races. “I’m still like, ‘I like the way this horse looks, or I like this name,’ ” Shannon said. “It takes a little more attention span than I have to sit there and handicap.” Tony has plenty of people in the casino with whom he can talk about a horse’s past performances or how to stack a superfecta. When it comes to Shannon, having a spouse to share in his passion is more than enough. He doesn’t try to change her methodology. “I never try to convince her otherwise,” Tony said. “She picks winners that way. You’re either into handicapping or you’re not. It’s very time consuming, but just happens to be something I love.”

Horses leave the starting gate during the 2016 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. Nyquist, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, won the race. (associated press file)

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One state has already tried the Trump tax plan; it failed

Republican leader with majorities in both the House and Senate proposes deep cuts to business and personal income taxes, saying his aggressive version of trickle-down economics will stimulate a lagging economy. But we’re not talking about President Donald Trump, at least not yet. The Republican leader in this instance is Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, who was elected in a landslide in 2010 after promising that his tax plan would attract new businesses to the state, diversify an economy that was overly reliant on agriculture and aircraft manufacturing, create wealth among upper- and middle-income Kansans and send the economy soaring. Seven years later, here’s how things have turned out: As noted by the Wichita Eagle in November, Kansas ranked No. 50 in the nation in employment growth, manufacturing hours worked, unemployment rate and wage growth in a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

The state government is facing a budget gap of nearly $350 million in the current fiscal year. That’s nothing new. Ongoing deficits have resulted in cuts to state government agencies as well as state funding for universities. It got so bad that the state had to raid its highway construction fund, forcing it to put off road repairs. Funding for public schools has suffered. Performance on standardized tests has declined in the state’s K-12 system. Brownback’s approval ratings sank to the lowest of any governor last year — 23 percent. This is in a state so red that only two of its 105 counties voted for Barack Obama during his re-election cruise in 2012. Brownback had to sweat out a re-election bid over a little-known opponent in 2014 and was loudly booed a year later when he was shown at a March Madness tournament game between the University of Kansas and Wichita State University. So the plan doesn’t seem to be turning out so well. Which brings us to Trump’s trickle-

down plan, which is enough like Brownback’s that it has raised concern among those who have been paying attention to what’s happening in Kansas. Kansans have been sounding alarms on it since last year, growing louder when it was reported that one of the co-architects of the Brownback plan had become a top adviser for Trump. Trump supporters may say the Kansas economy faces unique challenges in recruiting and retaining businesses, and that its lack of economic diversification makes it more vulnerable than the federal government to ups and downs in certain sectors. For the record, Brownback says the plan is working, and the state’s economy is being held back in no small part because of low prices in commodities, oil and gas. But those who try to explain away the Kansas situation are missing the point. Brownback’s plan was engineered to be a triumph of trickle-down economics. The pieces were all there: a popular governor (he won by a 30 percent margin in 2010), an enthusiastic Legislature, a heavily Republican electorate.

The plan’s architects believed Kansas would become a model for other states, where voters would see the gains and send waves of Republicans into state offices. They envisioned Brownback, a two-term U.S. senator before running for governor, being elevated to a national stage and seeking the presidency. But it hasn’t happened, and now it may never. So it’s alarming that Trump, who should be aware of how the Kansas experiment turned out, went down the same path. People in the heartland know that all too well. “Congress should not follow Trump and his team into the abyss that Kansans find themselves in today, mostly because of the reckless tax reductions Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law in 2012,” wrote Yael Abouhalkah, a highly respected former columnist for the Kansas City Star, in a recent blog post. He added that “Kansas has become the bright red, warning light example of how cutting taxes does not lead to economic growth, no matter how much Republican politicians claim it will.”

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, APRIL 30 Cadillac Through the Years: Vintage, classic and new Cadillac models will be on display. Live music, art exhibits and raffles also will be featured. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., free, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, cadillacthroughtheyears.com. Wine, Women & Shoes: Enjoy wine tasting, shopping, a fashion show, live and silent auctions, raffles and luxury cars on display. 1-5 p.m., $95-$150, Celebrity Cars, 7770 Dean Martin Drive, winewomenandshoes.com/ lasvegas. “Peter Pan”: This musical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s enduring fantasy about a boy who never grows up is fit for families with children of all ages. 2 p.m., $29.75-$33, UNLV Judy Bayley Theatre, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787 (ARTS). *Also: 7:30 p.m. May 4-6 and May 1113; 2 p.m. May 6-7, May 12 and May 14 Yoga at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: Instructors lead classes for all ability levels on green, grassy fields in the shade of Red Rock Canyon. 5 p.m., $9 park entry per vehicle, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 6375 Nevada Highway 159, 702-875-4141. American Cornhole League National 6 Tournament: Players compete for $5,000 in prizes. Watch, enjoy refreshments and music, or compete. 11 a.m., cost varies, Linq, 3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 219-7894321 or iplaycornhole.com/nationaleventslist. Girls on the Run Las Vegas 5K Run/ Walk: Girls in grades 3-8 can participate There will be a pre-event dance party with DJ music, a glam zone, appearances by mascots and more. 9 a.m., $40 for adults/$20 for children (includes T-shirt), UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, girlsontherunlv.org. Ranger Program — junior scientist explorer: Discover the wonders of animals and plants of the Mojave Desert and their adaptations. 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., $10 per individual or $20 per vehicle admission to park, Lake Mead Visitor Center, 601 Nevada Way, 702-293-8990.

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life. 6.30-7.30 p.m., free, multipurpose room at Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Buffalo Drive, scifest.vegas/ parentinginthedigitalage. Hamlet Festival: Enjoy lectures and recitals, starting with Evelyn Gajowski’s “Frailty, thy name is woman!” 5:30-6:30 p.m., free, Alta Ham Fine Arts Room 111 at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, linda.lister@unlv.edu or unlv.edu/event/unlv-opera-theaterhamlet-festival. *Also: 6 p.m. May 2; 5:30 p.m. May 3 and 7:30 p.m. May 5-6 Hospitality degree information session: Learn about the master’s degrees in hospitality and hotel administration at UNLV. Registration requested. 5:30-7 p.m., free, Redflint Experience Center, 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 180, 702-895-5430 or http://bit. ly/2pvgSRo. 11th Annual May Day Unity March and Rally: Participants gathering to commemorate labor workers and immigrants will walk about 2 1/2 miles and hear from community speakers. 5 p.m., free, Historic Commercial Center District, 953 E. Sahara Ave., Suite E11A, 702-785-2654 or meganmarieortiz@gmail.com. UNLV Music Spring Jazz Festival: Members of UNLV’s jazz ensembles and jazz staff perform. 7:30 p.m., $10 general admission, free for UNLV students, Black Box Theatre at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-8952787 or pacboxoffice@unlv.edu. *Also: May 2-3 Law Day celebration: Learn about the 14th Amendment’s application to our criminal justice system and receive a copy of the U.S. Constitution, while supplies last. 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. free, Clark County Law Library, 309 S. Third St., Suite 400, 702-4554696, askinfo@clarkcountynv.gov or clarkcountynv.gov/lawlibrary. Ask-A-Lawyer: Staff from the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada and pro bono attorneys will consult on a range of topics. Registration is required. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., free, East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave., 702-386-1070, ext. 1421 (English) or ext. 1436 (Spanish), or lacsn.org/aalevent.

TUESDAY, MAY 2 “Are We Alone? In Search of Intelligent Life in the Cosmos”: Join Jill Tarter of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute for an

FARMERS MARKETS Connors Farmers Market at The District: Thursdays, 4-8 p.m., 2240 Village Walk Drive, facebook.com/connorsfarmersmarketTD. Downtown3rd: Fridays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., 300 E. Stewart Ave., facebook.com/pages/ Downtown-3rd-Farmers-Market/930586090361542. Fresh52: Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Tivoli Village; Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Inspirada, Solista Park, 2000 Via Firenze in Henderson; Sundays, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., 9480 S. Eastern Ave.; fresh52.com. Henderson Farmers Markets: Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 240 S. Water St.; Fridays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 200 S. Green Valley Parkway; facebook.com/Henderson-FarmersMarket-Nevada-591107304365347. Las Vegas Farmers Markets: Wednesdays, 2-6 p.m., Bruce Trent Park, 1600 N. Rampart Blvd.; Thursdays, 2-6 p.m., 10401 Gardens Park Drive; first and third Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 9100 Tule Springs Road, lasvegasfarmersmarket.com.

open discussion about one of the biggest unknowns of mankind: the cosmos and intelligent life. Registration required. 6:30 p.m., free, West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., http://scifest.vegas.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 “Global Warming — Hoax, doomsday or what?”: Watch a climatechange debate. Registration required. 6:30 p.m., free, Windmill Library Performing Arts Center, 7060 W. Windmill Lane, scifest.vegas/ climatechangedebate.

THURSDAY, MAY 4 Community Town Hall: Author Sam Quinones will talk about and sign his book, “Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic.” 67:30 p.m., free, West Charleston Library Lecture Hall, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., jlnguyenlee@gmail.com. May Science Be With You: Watch science presentations, participate in hands-on activities, visit labs and meet scientists, enjoy the Las Vegas Star Wars Celebration, meet the creator of the Death Star, eat at food trucks, get discounted admission to the National Atomic Testing Museum and more. 4-8 p.m., free, Desert Research Institute, 755 E. Flamingo, 702-862-5332, craig. rosen@dri.edu or scifest.vegas/ may-science-be-with-you. Las Vegas Philharmonic’s Spotlight Series: The orchestra performs some of its most cherished pieces composed for small ensembles. 7:30 p.m., $70, Troesh Studio Theater at the Smith Center, 361 Symphony

Park Ave., 702-749-2000 or thesmithcenter.com/event/spotlight-series. “ ’Round Midnight” reading and signing: Author Laura McBride talks about her second novel, which follows the lives of four women whose stories are connected in unexpected and unlikely ways through a tiny Las Vegas nightclub. 7 p.m., free, the Writer’s Block, 1020 Fremont St., Suite 100, thewritersblock.org/events/ roundmidnight. The Science of Money — Getting financially fit: Students in grades 3-12 can learn about saving, establishing a budget and credit. Registration at 5 p.m., instruction 5:30-6:45 p.m., Las Vegas Library, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, scifest.vegas/the-science-ofmoney-getting-financially-fit-withjunior-achievement. Safe Summer Nights: Enjoy music, student performances, family games, face painting, arts and crafts, and free refreshments. 4:30-6:30 p.m., free, J.T. McWilliams Elementary School, 1315 Hiawatha Road, 702-229-5406. Ableton Live master class workshop: Musicians and aspiring musicians can explore composition, sound design, production techniques and performance. Register at https://goo. gl/vlKz0N. 6-8 p.m., free, Historic Fifth Street School Auditorium, 401 S. Fourth St., 702-229-3515. Troops to Education informational meeting: Veterans, service members and their spouses can get information about jobs available for people who have degrees in fields other than education but are interested in becoming teachers or other positions in educat4ion. 2:30-4 p.m., free, Community

LIFE Commons at Nellis Air Force Base, 4700 Las Vegas Blvd. North, teachvegas.ccsd.net.

FRIDAY, MAY 5 National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association West Coast Regional Finals Rodeo & Western Gift Expo: Watch the UNLV rodeo team compete in nine events. 7 p.m., $5-$10, South Point Equestrian Center, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, unlvrodeo.com. Amsoil Arenacross Finals: Athletes compete in high-speed races. Gates/track party at 6 p.m., racing starts at 8 p.m., $29 and up, Orleans Arena, 500 W. Tropicana Ave., arenacross.com.

SATURDAY, MAY 6 Boulder City’s 40th Annual Spring Jamboree: Live entertainment and family-friendly activities include arts, crafts and collectibles, a children’s carnival, dog show, gem and mineral show, classic car show, and food and drink vendors. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., free entry, Bicentennial Park, Wilbur Square and North and South Escalante Parks, 401 California Ave., springjamboree.com. *Also: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 7 Outdoor Picture Show: Enjoy “The Secret Life of Pets.” Bring lawn

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chairs and blankets; no alcohol or glass allowed. 7:30 p.m., free, District at Green Valley Ranch, 2240 Village Walk Drive, shopthedistrictgvr.com. Giant Science & Technology Expo: Watch robotics demonstrations, cheer on your favorite Rubik’s Cube team, play with bugs, check out dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, touch fossils, experience technology exhibits and enjoy science-themed entertainment. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free admission, Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, scifest.vegas. Ohana Festival: This family-friendly event will feature food, music, performances by local hula schools, cultural workshops, a luau, children’s games and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m., free-$20, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700.

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2017 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Finals: Riders launch 225-pound motorcycles upward of 30 feet in the air at heart-pounding speeds. Gates/pit party open at noon, opening ceremonies at 6:30 p.m., $46 and up, Sam Boyd Stadium, 7000 E. Russell Road, 702739-FANS or supercrosslive.com. Jewelry-making workshop: Learn how to make a gift for Mother’s Day. 2:30-4 p.m., free, Gibson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway, 702-5658402 or hendersonlibraries.com.

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Jeffrey Williams is vice president and senior private banking officer for the Private williams anderson Bank by Nevada State Bank. Steven Anderson is the vice president and corporate banking relationship manager for Nevada State Bank. Orlando De Castroverde, partner at De Castroverde Law Group, was appointed to the Friends of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation board of directors. The Las Vegas Hospitality Association’s 2017 board of directors include: chairman of de castroverde the board Jamie Gagon, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore national sales manager; president Michelle Sharples, Base Entertainment director of sales; president-elect Shannon Trujillo, PSAV regional vice president of hotel sales; vice president of memberships Kathy Dyke, By Dzign event designer; vice president of meetings Kristina Ghiloni, Hello Las Vegas! account executive; secretary Jennifer Landaz-Chapman, Hosts Las Vegas associate director of business development; treasurer Erin Ward, Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas director of sales and events; and parliamentarian Mary Thomas, MKT Consultants owner. Directors include Mallory Maciuszek, Cort Event Furnishings; Donald Contursi, Lip Smacking Foodie Tours; Aaron Hinterleitner, Cirque du Soleil; Scott Beane, Exotics Racing; Cheryl Smith, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Heather Murray, Caesars Entertainment. 2017 assistants to the board include Alexis McNamara, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore; Jessica Juadines, Blue Man Group Las Vegas; Mindi Cherry, ConvExx; Alyson Lyden, Freeman; Kristina Villardi, High Roller Group Sales; Tom Kostoff, Mandarin Oriental; Steven Doctors, Penn & Teller; Nathen Waldschmidt, ODS Chauffeured Transportation. Dr. Brock Wentz, Dr. Erik Kubiak. Dr. Sukanta Maitra and Dr. Michael Daubs are practicing medicine at University Orthopaedics and Spine, 4750 W. Oakey Blvd.

Breana Goodall-Fleming is Sumnu Marketing’s solutions specialist. Her duties include developing a marketing tool for small businesses.

Sharon Meads-Philpot is the owner/operator of the Allstate Insurance Co. office at 8053 N. Durango Drive, Suite 130.

Dr. Edgar Faylona, Dr. Gilbert Nyamuswa, Dr. Russell Gollard, Dr. John Ellerton faylona nyamuswa and nurse practitioner Charina Toste are practicing medicine at Nevada Cancer Specialists, 4750 gollard toste W. Oakey Blvd. and 6190 S. Fort Apache Road.

Cheryl Blomstrom is the interim president of the Nevada Taxpayers Association.

The National Association of Women MBAs formed a Las Vegas chapter. Dianna Klein is the chapter founder.

The Gaming maitra daubs Standards Association’s 2017 board of directors and officers are chairman Adrian Marcu of IGT; vice chairman Roman Czubak of Novomatic Gaming Industries; treasurer Keith Wood of Aristocrat Technologies; and secretary Bryon Bridger of the Atlantic Lottery Corp. Also elected to the board were Randy Hedrick, Scientific Games; Syed Hussain, Oregon State Lottery; Mike Langedock, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corp.; and Francesco Rodano, Playtech.

CycleBar Henderson opened at 2280 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 160.

A-P Medical Group is open at 2110 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 213, Las Vegas.

The National Association of johnson Secondary School Principals selected Derek Fialkiewicz of Brian and Teri Cram Middle School as the Nevada Assistant Principal of the Year.

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Gian Brown is a partner at Holland & Hart. He is based in Las Vegas and works in the firm’s corporate practice group.

Serenity Spa by Westgate is open at Westgate Las Vegas.

Larry Goldstein is a sales director with Five Star Economy, a digital marketing agency.

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Sandra Douglass Morgan, director of external affairs for Las Vegas and Southern Nevada for AT&T, joined the board of directors of Nevada Jobs for Nevada’s Graduates (JAG Nevada), a statewide high school-dropout prevention and work-preparation program.

Cricket Wireless opened a store at 2736 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite C10, Henderson.

Cory Johnson, vice president of food and beverage for Caesars Entertainment; and Josh Towbin, co-owner of Towbin Automotive, joined the Las Vegas Business Academy board of directors.

Aristocrat appointed Matt Wilson to managing director of the Americas, based in Las Vegas. Wilson has been with Aristocrat since 2004 and has held several significant positions. Most recently, he was senior vice president of global gaming operations.

Sean McGuinness, a partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, is regional vice president of the Irish Network USA, an umbrella business and economic development organization with chapters across the United States. McGuinness is a founding member of the Nevada chapter, and will now also be involved with chapters in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego and Portland.

The Nevada Business Brokers Association named its officers and directors for 2017. The new president is Ken Hopkins with Pegasus Properties. The vice mayfield president is Richard Lybbert of Coldwell Banker Premier Realty. Both also serve as directors. The board of directors also includes Jack Novak, Las Vegas Commercial and Business Sales; Tony Amato, Avison Young; Bob Burley, Financial Marketing; and Fred Marik, Las Vegas Commercial and Business Sales.

The Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City is among the Southern Nevada facilities that earned the Pinnacle Quality Insight Customer Experience Award. Also, the 180-bed home that serves veterans, spouses and Gold Star parents received a five-star rating — the highest possible — from Medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare. Other agenices receiving Pinnacle awards were Always Better Care of Las Vegas, Always Better Care of Laughlin, Family Care Home Health Agency, Healthline of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Home Health Care, Recovery Home Health Agency and Sahara Home Health. Chief Insurance Solutions launched a new website at chiefins.com. Fortune Magazine’s 2017 World’s Most Admired Companies List recognized the following in the hotel, casino and resort category: Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International, Hyatt Hotels and Las Vegas Sands. Buckley Wealth Management is partnering with Dynasty Financial Partners to launch as an independent advisory firm. Vision Home Mortgage recently closed on $466,020 in financing for the purchase with improvements of the company’s headquarters at 223 N. Pecos Road, Unit 120, Henderson. Nevada State Development Corp. helped facilitate the financing package, which included a $193,000 SBA loan. Plaza Bank assisted with the financing package as well.

Jennifer Levine, director of industrial real estate with Cushman & Wakefield Commerce in Las Vegas, was named the 2017 NAIOP National Volunteer of the Year.

Digital Lizard added a new HP Indigo 12000 to its lineup. In addition to true seven-color matching, the 29-inch press enables larger formats and direct printing onto photo canvas, plastics, paperboard, synthetics, and metalized substrates.

Karin-Joyce “KJ” Tjon is chief operating officer and president of Scientific Games Corp.

Mann Mortgage Las Vegas opened a branch at 8880 W. Sunset Road, Suite 275.

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Q&A with Dr. Nisarg Changawala

No patient is the same, even if symptoms are Dr. Nisarg Changawala is a pulmonary physician with Lung Cancer of Nevada, a division of Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, which participates in more than 170 clinical trials each year and has played a role in developing more than 60 cancer therapies approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Changawala addresses diseases of the lung, both acute and chronic. Describe your medical specialty and why it’s vital in Las Vegas.

On a given day, I can see a patient with bronchitis, pneumonia, lung cancer and anything in between. What makes this specialty important is that we are seeing more smokers than ever; numbers are especially going up with the female population. Smoking is closely associated with lung cancer, the top cancer killer. And in our community, there are a lot of casinos, which subjects a lot of folks not only to venues that accept smoking but also to secondhand smoke. When did you know you wanted to be a doctor?

There was not a definite day or “aha!” moment … but generally, I knew right after high school. I wanted to be in a field where every day could Dr. Nisarg Changawala recently started performing endobronchial ultrasounds, be different. And in the pulmonary which are minimally invasive and typically take less than an hour. (courtesy of world, each patient presents a differ- Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada) ent challenge. No patient is the same, even if they come in with the same I’m originally from India and came What is the latest innovation in symptoms. For example, two patients to the United States in 2007. I went to treating patients who suffer from may come in with shortness of breath. school in West Chester, Pa., where I lung disease and similar illnesses? After we dig into their additional got my master of public health. In terms of new innovations, last symptoms and respective family hisAfter training in internal mediyear I started doing a procedure called tories, they can have completely difcine and pulmonary/critical care endobronchial ultrasound, or EBUS. ferent diagnoses. medicine in New York, I came to Las It is a minimally invasive bronchoVegas for an interview with Lung scopic technique in which I use ultraCenter of Nevada, which is now a sound to locate enlarged lymph nodes What is the most important part division of Comprehensive Cancer and masses/nodules in the chest. of your job? Centers of Nevada. I really liked These lesions can be caused by a numThe most important aspect of pulthe people in Las Vegas, accepted a ber of diseases, including cancer. It is monary care — and so many other job and moved here in 2015. Coman easy, routine outpatient procedure specialties and components of health pared with New York, I just love the and typically lasts less than one hour. care — is communicating with paweather here — though June to AuPatients experience little discomfort. tients. You have to be able to clearly gust can be tough. To date, I have done more than 100 of explain to them what’s going on. Addithese procedures. tionally, they need to be treated as individuals, as there are a lot of unique What challenges come with the emotions attached to one’s health, esWhat’s the best professional adhealth care industry, on both sides pecially in my field. vice you’ve received? of the stethoscope? In the pulmonary world, patients Getting tests and medications apMy mentor, Dr. Michael Niederonly come see me when they are reproved through insurance can be man, gave this advice to me during my ally not feeling well — they have a a challenge, which is certainly not fellowship in New York. He said two shortness of breath and chest pains. unique to our city. things: First, “Always finish the job Naturally, a lot of concern and emoAdditionally, we live in the world of and then move on. Do not leave it for tion can come with not being able to the internet. Some patients come in later.” The second piece of advice he breathe properly. Amid the emotions, adamant about a certain treatment or gave me was, “If you want things done you have to be able to communicate diet that they should be on. right the first time, just do it yourself.” clearly with them so they understand You must coach a patient through the issue at hand and can get better. what they should believe and what Do you think the role of a doctor they should not believe based on has changed over the years? their research and what they are acWhere are you from, and what Yes, the need for a quality physician tually facing. is that much more important. People brought you here?

have more access to health care information; they are more educated and when they walk into a clinic, they have some notion of the symptoms for specific illnesses. With that said, it is so important to have a physician that can help you navigate through the clutter and tell you exactly what is going on. Not only does a physician need to make an accurate prognosis, but lay out a plan and follow up properly on that plan. Today’s doctor is that much more of a trusted source of information and, ultimately, action. How might an overhaul of health care at the federal level affect what you do?

My primary job is to take care of my patients, no matter what happens at the federal level. What happens politically may affect the insurability of specific patients and how much access they have to get the medication or testing they need. Political measures can also affect the affordability of medications and tests as well. Do you have any ideas about how to fix a system many say is broken?

Some may strongly agree and some may disagree that the system is broken based on their individual experiences. Locally, I do know that there are many great specialists and physicians who provide world-class care and, in many cases, there is no need to leave our community for great care. The best way to contribute to your profession or a broader system is to make the best contributions possible on an individual level. That’s what I, and many of my colleagues, try to do each day. What is your dream job outside of your field?

I love food and traveling. I envy Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel — he gets to travel to different countries and experience different cultures, all while eating amazing food. If someone would pay me to travel the world and eat a bunch of great food, that would be awesome. Who wouldn’t love that?

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Dr. Constantine George launched Southern Nevada Internal Medicine and Pediatrics 12 years ago and last year founded Hygeia Health and Wellness, which spun off Kosta MD Concierge. Joining forces with Resortcierge MD, George’s practice integrates hospitality into health care. What is the best business advice you’ve received? Two things: Be patient. Nothing happens overnight. Ideas come and quickly go bust. A sound business model needs a lot of attention, nurturing, insight, teamwork and time. Above and beyond this, the most important aspect is remembering that the patient is the center of the health care world, not doctors, nurses, clinics or hospitals. Without them, there is not a health care system.

If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? Greece. My mother and father are from there and it’s an awesome place, with so much history and culture. Whom do you admire? My parents. Coming to the United States at a young age without speaking English and no formal education, they successfully raised five children and gave me and my siblings the opportunities of a lifetime to grow and prosper. They taught us that family is what life is all about and to never forget your roots. What is your biggest pet peeve? People who have no ambition to do better for themselves and others around them. Dr. Constantine George is a member of the UNLV School of Medicine community advisory board and founder of Hygeia Health and Wellness. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? We need more physicians from all disciplines and specialties. Statistically, we are near the bottom of the barrel when it comes to doctors per capita.

cal environment, one where I wanted to bring myself and my own family. We have several product lines from house calls, medical seminars, executive physicals and a concierge primary care office.

What sets Hygeia apart from other medical wellness clinics in the valley? We are Las Vegas’ first combined internal medicine and pediatrics concierge practice. For too long, adults had access to concierge medical services but children did not. Imagine the peace of mind having access 24/7 to a physician for your entire family. I wanted to create the ideal medi-

What’s been the most rewarding aspect of growing up in Las Vegas? Being spoiled and having everything available 24/7/365. My father has been with Caesars Palace for 50 years and I remember the Circus Maximus Showroom and all of the stars and shows I saw growing up. Nowhere else in the world would a young kid have such opportunities and memories.

What is your funniest or most embarrassing work story? I’ll just say doing house calls on Hygeia Health and Wellness Address: 8859 W. Flamingo Road, the Strip. There is a reason for the Las Vegas “What happens here, stays here” ad Phone: 702-419-3482 campaign. Email: drconstantinegeorge@ hygeiahealthandwellness.com Website: hygeiahealthandwellness.com Hours of operation: 24/7/365 Owned/operated by: Dr. Constantine George In business since: June 2016

How would you describe your current management style? Treat others as you would want to be treated. Have respect for your coworkers, no matter their position with the company. Being easily accessible and having an open-door policy makes

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would that be? Learn to relax and take more time for myself. What is something that people might not know about you? I have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and I was part of a Greek folk dance group growing up. Yes, I had to wear a skirt.

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guest column: risk of breast and pancreatic cancer, which very time I tell this story, I have amanda klein along with my family history puts me in a to pause to catch my breath. high-risk category. When I was in second grade, My immediate reaction was “Just take ’em” my mother was diagnosed with — undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy. breast cancer. She was 37. I did not fully My genetic counselor, though, explained that my mutation grasp the severity of our situation until a few weeks later is a variant of unknown significance, or VUS. Most VUS gene when I heard my mom crying behind a closed bathroom mutations are reclassified as benign over time, meaning that door. My mom was the strongest person I had ever met, so I may not be in such a high-risk category. Today, I am monifor her to break down was a serious wake-up call. tored by a breast surgeon and have both mammograms and After a mastectomy and chemotherapy, my mom celebrated breast MRIs every year. remission for nearly 15 years. In that time, she helped other For the first time in my life, I feel like I have some conpatients. She would listen to what they were going through trol over my health and my body. It’s empowering to have a and offer understanding and support. She raised money for care plan and a team of experts with me. And I didn’t need cancer research. She walked, she ran and she wore pink ribto leave town for great care. I tell this story because I know bons. But in 2005, the cancer came back. In 2009, after more what it feels like to fear what the test results might reveal. radiation and chemotherapy, my mom lost her battle with But information is our greatest ally, and genetic testing emthis terrible disease. But I continue her fight by advocating for powered me to make the right decisions for my health. cancer research, particularly in the area of genetics. As a board member for the American Cancer Society of Because my mom was so young when she was diagnosed, Southern Nevada, I support research and help patients naviI always assumed her condition was a combination of both gate the health care system. As Mrs. Las Vegas United States, environmental and genetic factors and that I might be at risk I have a platform to tell my story. I hope that by sharing the too. I had a cancer panel genetics test, which tested 32 genes tragic loss of my mother and the steps I took to prevent a simifor a mutation that might put me at an increased risk. lar fate, I am empowering women to look at their family mediMy greatest fear was ruled out through testing — I did not cal history and consider genetic counseling. To find a genetic carry a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, also known as the counselor in your area, go to findageneticcounselor.com. “breast cancer genes” made famous by celebrities such as Amanda Klein is marketing director of Anthem Blue Cross Angelina Jolie and Christina Applegate. However, I do have Blue Shield Nevada. an ATM gene mutation. ATM is associated with an increased

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Local survey: Optimism driven by strong housing market, shrinking jobless rate By adam candee Staff Writer

A surging housing market defying its typical seasonal slump and an unemployment rate steadying after the recession provide optimism for Southern Nevada’s economy in 2017. UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research recently released its quarterly business survey, which indicates local business owners and leaders expect continued recovery in the local economy to mirror that of the national picture. The Southern Nevada Business Confidence Index bumped slightly upward in the second quarter, increasing 1.3 percent to 137.2 from the first quarter of the year. The base measurement for the index is 100, the point at which respondents generally feel more positively than negatively about economic conditions. “The local economy should see another favorable year in 2017, as the Southern Nevada economy benefits from the strengthening of the U.S. economy,” the report said. The survey predicted continued growth in local housing prices following a rare winter upswing that saw the median resale price climb to $242,000 — nearly double the $123,000 price of just five years earlier. That out-ofseason growth appears driven by a continued short supply of available houses running about 50 percent below what is considered healthy for the market. Housing starts grew in 2016 as well, with single-family permits jumping 12.1 percent and multifamily/apartment permits leaping 70 percent from a year earlier. That led to 13,546 units added, the most yearly growth since 2008. “The housing market is anticipated to continue its strong pick-up in 2017, but the expected upward movement in interest rates can be a headwind,” the report said. Interest rates could move upward at least two more times this year. Shrinking unemployment also inspired confidence among respondents. The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent at the end of 2016, marking its lowest level since November 2007, before ticking up to 5.1 percent in February. Personal income also advanced in 2016, posting 5.9 percent growth — also the strongest since 2007. “The optimistic outlook on hiring also implies that employment should continue to expand,” the report concluded. “Higher expectations on sales, profits and capital expenditures suggest that the Southern Nevada economy will continue to move in a positive direction.”

The lights of cars and resorts illuminate the Strip in February 2016. A panel of experts convened recently at UNLV to discuss the design changes coming to Las Vegas hotels years from now. (staff file)

Like desert sands, Las Vegas resorts continue to shift By thomas moore Staff Writer

Strip resorts of the future will probably look quite different. The casino floor, for one, most likely will be smaller. But Las Vegas and its huge integrated resorts should continue to succeed, if only because they are so good at listening to their customers. Those were among the observations of a handful of casino design experts who gathered recently to discuss the role architecture and design have played in transforming Las Vegas from a gambling-based, desert curiosity into an iconic tourist destination. Almost nobody doubts significant changes are coming to Las Vegas, which is seeing a trend toward younger visitors and, as panelists noted, a continued shift away from a sole focus on gambling. “The implications of the changes in gaming on casino layout are huge,” said Ethan Nelson, president of Steelman Partners. “First of all, we’re right in middle of it, and I don’t think we know the answer just yet with existing properties. But the change we’ll see in any new properties will be profound. It’s going to have huge implications for how we lay out spaces.” Nelson was one of five on the panel at UNLV’s Lied Library. Also on hand were John Acres, founder of Acres 4; Leonard Bergman, CEO of Bergman Walls & Associates; Don Brinkerhoff, founder and CEO of Lifescapes International; and Alex Woogmaster, creative director at Wynn Design and Development.

The panelists said Las Vegas had an amazing track record of creating desires that people didn’t know they had and delivering on tourist expectations. Strip resorts allow visitors to forget their day-to-day lives and imagine themselves as highrollers, if only for a weekend. Jay Sarno started it with Caesars Palace, and the concept was fully realized when Steve Wynn revitalized the Strip by building the Mirage and Bellagio, the panelists said. “Most people work hard their whole lives without being recognized for it,” Acres said. “They want to escape to someplace where they can be recognized. When Sarno built Caesars, he designed it to be the most decadent place ... But Steve brought scale to the thing.” The Strip also delivers on the more mundane needs of its visitors. Drugstores now have some of the largest storefronts and are among the most successful businesses on Las Vegas Boulevard, the panelists noted. “Even the Walgreens is the highest-grossing Walgreens,” Bergman said. “We are good at targeting different markets. We like talking about the grand and glorious, but there’s a lot more to Las Vegas than that.” The addition of nightclubs, dayclubs, sports stadiums and places like the MGM Grand’s Level Up — an adult arcade lounge — is evidence of Las Vegas’ ability to shift gears, the panelists said. “There is something special about Las Vegas, and what we’re seeing is a morphing away from pure gambling to other experiences,” Acres said. “As someone who built a career in gambling, I’m sad about it. But it’s also exciting.”

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New fire station a healthy sign for Henderson By april corbin Staff Writer

Henderson’s first new fire station in 15 years tops the list of highlights of the city’s $541 million tentative 2018 budget, which officials recently released. Other highlights include 56 new positions and revenue projections that suggest Nevada’s second-largest city is continuing to recover from the Great Recession, though it has yet to get back to pre-recession peaks in many areas. Of the new positions proposed in the tentative budget, 30 are police officers. The majority — 25 — will be funded through the 2016 Crime Prevention Act, which the Nevada Legislature and Clark County Commission passed last fall to raise the county sales tax by one-tenth of a percent to hire police officers across all municipalities. The remaining five would be paid for through the general fund.

Nine new positions would staff the new fire station in the growing master-planned community Inspirada, which when fully developed will have approximately 8,000 homes. According to Henderson Finance Director Jim McIntosh, dedicating nine positions was a compromise reached between the city and the fire department, which originally requested a dozen. Upon hearing this during a presentation of the budget, Mayor Andy Hafen and several city council members urged McIntosh to revisit the budget and find funding for those additional three positions, stressing the importance of putting public safety first. The fire station is under construction and scheduled for completion in October. It will be the first station Henderson has built since 2002. Approximately 58 percent of the $252 million in general fund expenditures are related to public safety.

Henderson’s population has grown 15 percent since 2010, yet city spending levels for 2018 are still below 2010 levels. In 2010, expenditures reached $547.9 million for 264,683 residents. The projected expenditures for 2018 are $541.5 million for 304,862 residents. “We’ve been great at doing more with less,” McIntosh said. Henderson has 6.5 full-time employees for every thousand residents — a lower ratio than almost any other city in Southern Nevada. Only North Las Vegas is lower — at 4.2 full-time employees for every thousand residents. Las Vegas and Boulder City are higher at 9 and 9.5 full-time employees per thousand residents, respectively. McIntosh said the city was proud of that, as well as Henderson having the lowest property tax rate of any major city in Nevada. Henderson expects to bring in $67.3 million in property taxes for

fiscal year 2018, which spans from July 1 to June 30, 2018. That’s a 4.9 percent increase over the current fiscal year and matches the amount brought in for 2011. Still, it is noticeably below the 2009 peak of $83.4 million. Meanwhile, consolidated tax is projected to bring in $107.8 million — a 5 percent increase over the current fiscal year. That amount already is above pre-recession levels. McIntosh said Henderson was recovering well, but “not out of the woods.” More specifically, the city still needed to play catchup on certain infrastructure and capital projects. The City Council will present a finalized budget at its May 16 meeting. The public is encouraged to weigh in during public comment at that meeting or beforehand by contacting their councilperson. The entire budget, as well as an overview presentation, are available on Henderson’s website.

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Mobile clinics can reach underserved patients devote to even the most basic health concerns. The majority of its patients have insurance, though roughly 1 percent of all those served in the past year were uninsured (no one is turned away). While it’s hard to pinpoint the rise of mobile clinics in the country, Wiggins said in recent years she has seen an increase in innovative ways to distribute medical care, whether through clinics on wheels or even telemedicine kiosks. She added that Southwest Medical has looked at and implemented various approaches to reach more patients. Today, its 45-foot-long Medicine on the Move unit (launched in April 2016) is parked outside the East Las Vegas Community Center, equipped to see up to 24 patients in a day before it rolls on. Wiggins says it rotates back and forth between Southern and Northern Nevada, parking at elementary schools, churches, community centers and nonprofit offices. It contains two exam rooms mimicking a typical bricks-and-mortar doctor’s office (windowless view included), a radiology lab for mammograms and ultrasounds, and everything needed for immunizations, physicals and general checkups. It’s a model various providers in Nevada have adopted in the hope of reaching the underserved. “A perfect example is a father of three we had who needed to get his children vaccinated but didn’t have a car,” Wiggins says. “He relies on public transportation and would have had to take three buses to get to his doctor’s office. Can you imagine getting three kids on the bus after giving them shots?” Medicine on the Move also goes into rural towns, and administrators envision expanding into tribal areas and other isolated communities. “That’s priceless for those patients,” Wiggins says. nnn Around 9 a.m. on a weekday, Touro University’s 34-foot mobile clinic enters the parking lot at Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada. It is staffed by seven physician assistants, including professor Joshua Owens. His students set up a row of chairs for the people waiting nearby. One by one, they will be checked for pulse, blood pressure and temperature before being asked a slew of questions

The Mammovan travels throughout Nevada providing breast cancer screenings. (steve marcus/staff)

to determine what they need. Some are homeless. Others are refugees still getting their bearings. And the clinic staff is prepared to address everything from upper-respiratory infections to complications from diabetes. Owens said that without Touro’s site visits, these health problems would go untreated. “Many of these people wouldn’t go to the doctor until the crap is about to hit the fan,” Owens says. “Once it gets to that point, it’s usually too late.” Phil Tobin, director of the School of Physician Assistant Studies at Henderson-based Touro, said this mobile clinic started about four years ago with this population in mind. “These are the people who are slipping through the cracks,” he said. “Without health care, their only option is to use an emergency room.” Once students have checked vitals and gathered medical histories, they escort patients inside the clinic’s two exam areas — the unit’s main space and a smaller, private room. In the main section, labeled cabinets are stocked with such essentials as ibuprofen, multivitamins, cough suppressants, splints, and even nebulizers for patients who are having trouble breathing. One of the first patients of the morning is 57-year-old, Freddy Cavitt, who has been staying at Catholic Charities this week. Taking off his leather jacket, Cavitt plops down on the examination table. Along with problems associated with his diabetes, he has been having breathing issues. “I’m going to listen to your lungs,” Owens says. “Take a deep breath.” Owens hears some wheezing, but nothing too concerning. He is more

worried about Cavitt’s low blood sugar and instructs him to take advantage of the free daily meal offered by Catholic Charities. At the end of the exam, the patient walks out with the standard care package of hygiene supplies, protein bars, aspirin and other basics. Touro secured a grant to help pay for supplies, fuel and insurance for the clinic. If the PAs discover issues that require another level of care, they refer patients with nonemergent conditions to Volunteers in Medicine (which helps the uninsured) and send life-threatening cases to the emergency room. In both cases, Touro will arrange for transportation — by calling an ambulance or partnering with the agency the clinic is visiting to get the patient where he or she needs to go. Beyond Catholic Charities, Touro regularly parks at Veterans Village and the Shade Tree, and a second unit run by its osteopathic medicine department works exclusively with special needs patients on the campuses of Opportunity Village. Touro tries to be consistent on the days it returns to each place so clients can expect to see them. Tobin said there are plans to expand the coverage area, and talk of creating a third clinic to target rural populations. He also said Touro is conducting an impact study to better track the number of repeat patients and further understand those patients’ needs. nnn Given the wildness of Las Vegas, it might seem perfectly normal to glimpse a giant electric-pink trailer cruising the streets. But this one belongs to Nevada Health Centers, and it

specializes in mobile mammography. “We have the same accreditation and licensing as a free-standing, bricks-and-mortar location,” program manager Colleen Petrosky says of the Mammovan, which travels throughout the state to provide the scans that protect against unchecked breast cancer. “We just happen to be on 18 wheels.” The van’s first room is a waiting area. Pink pillows that read “I’m a survivor” line the bench across from a flat-screen television, which plays stories from women whose lives have been impacted by the Mammovan. The imaging equipment is in the back. “We take digital images and transmit them to a radiologist, who can see them within 10 or 15 minutes depending on connectivity,” Petrosky says of how quickly results can be shared with patients. If anything abnormal is present, staff can connect women with caseworkers to help with follow-ups. The Mammovan launched in 2000, after former Nevada first lady Dema Guinn watched a relative die from breast cancer after having trouble getting screened. Recognizing the obstacles women might face, especially in rural areas, Nevada Health Centers created the clinic. More than 42,000 women have been screened since, with 3,677 in 2015 alone. (Even before this, in 1998, Nevada Health Centers had rolled out its Ronald McDonald Care mobile clinic to provide children with preventive and restorative dental care.) “In some of the smaller towns like Hawthorne or Tonopah, they might have medical facilities or a small hospital,” Petrosky says, “but there is no imaging available.” If it’s an issue of insurance rather than physical access, the Mammovan doesn’t turn anyone away. “We had a lady from Pahrump screened in October 2015. She had no health insurance at that time but was able to get screened. She was diagnosed because of it,” Petrosky recalls, adding that the woman had stage II breast cancer and survived because of the screening. The goal of medicine, wheeled or otherwise, is to provide such interventions when they really count. By bringing the care to the people and removing some of the barriers, mobile clinics tip the odds. “This saves lives,” Petrosky says.

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The Power of Women & Business mixer expo Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit pjproductionlive.com/LVBNM. html Visit business exhibits, enjoy live entertainment, taste samples from chefs and learn from speakers in the Business Builder Presentation Series.

Demystifying global finance — Small Business Administration training for Nevada lenders Time: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost: Free (registration required) Location: SBA Nevada District Office, 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 400, Las Vegas Information: Contact Tom Martin at 702-3886611 or tom.martin@sba.gov This training will be helpful for new lenders interested in learning more about export lending as well as existing lenders active in export lending.

Leadership Las Vegas recruitment mixer Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free (RSVP requested; call 702-641-5822) Location: Troesh Studio Theater at the Smith Center, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Las Vegas Information: Contact Lisa Gough at 702-5863841 or lisa@leadership.vegas Learn to become a more effective community leader. Godfathers of A/E/C Part II Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members of the Society for Marketing Professional Services Las Vegas; $50 for nonmembers Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Commercial Alliance Las Vegas annual spring networking mixer Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: $20 for members of CALV, the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors and members of other commercial real estate organizations supporting the event; $35 for nonmembers (registration required) Location: Cili Restaurant at the Bali Hai Golf Club, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call CALV at 702-784-5050 or visit calv.org Network with some of the top commercial real estate professionals in Southern Nevada.

Military & Veteran Professionals Employment Group networking mixer Time: 5-7 p.m. Cost: Free (registration required) Location: Veterans Transition Resource Center, 2550 Nature Park Drive, Suite 200, North Las Vegas Information: Email jason@transitioncareers.com or annie@veteranready.com Learn about veteran employment resources and meet veteran-friendly employers.

THURSDAY, MAY 4 SBA Nevada Small Business Awards luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $60 per person; $550 per table of 10 Location: Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit vegaspbs.org or contact Summer Collins at 702-799-1010, ext. 5363, or scollins@vegaspbs.org This ceremony highlights the achievements and accomplishments of small-business owners. Roadmap to Success — “Productive Meetings: Explore Creative Brainstorming” Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free for Henderson Chamber of Commerce members; $25 for nonmembers; additional $10 for walk-ins (register by May 2) Location: Henderson Business Resource Center Seminar Room, 112 S. Water St., Henderson Information: Contact Bill Bokelmann at 702-5658951 or bbokelmann@hendersonchamber.com Alex Raffi, partner at Imagine Communications, will discuss how to create a good environment for creative brainstorming.

SATURDAY, MAY 6 St. Jude’s An Affair of the Art gala Time: 6-10 p.m. Cost: $200 per person, $1,750 for a table of 10 Location: Red Rock Resort Red Rock Ballroom, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Information: Visit stjude.org/lvgala This black-tie fundraising event includes cocktails, entertainment and an auction featuring the work of local artists.

Conventions

expected Show Location Dates attendance

Tortilla Industry Association annual convention

Paris Las Vegas

May 1-2

265

Manufactured Housing Institute annual congress and expo

Caesars Palace

May 2-4

375

Community Associations Institute annual conference

Caesars Palace

May 3-6

1,084

Indoor Ag-Con

Las Vegas Convention Center

May 3-4

1,000

Hospitality Design expo and conference

Mandalay Bay

May 3-5

17,500

American Academy of Professional Coders Healthcon

Rio

May 7-10

2,000

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Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES CHAPTER 7 Youshock Enterprises 5313 Nadia Court Las Vegas, NV 89101 Attorney: Kurt Bonds at file@ alversontaylor.com Discovery Academy 2010 Goldring Ave., Suite 308 Las Vegas, NV 89106 Attorney: Stefanie Clement at clementlawoffices@gmail.com

Chapter 11 Bishop Gorman Development P.O. Box 18316 Las Vegas, NV 89114 Attorney: Brett Axelrod at baxelrod@foxrothschild.com

Bid Opportunities May 1 3 a.m. Annual requirements contract for street lighting and traffic signal poles Clark County, 604296 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov 3 p.m. LED luminaires and LED street name sign tube lamps Clark County, 604427 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov

May 9 3 p.m. Current production model 2 — wheel drive refrigeration truck Clark County, 604441 Ashley Peterson at ashley.blanco@ clarkcountynv.gov

Brokered transactions Sales $10,000,000 for 96,500 square feet, industrial 5180 Cameron St., Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: CAM 96.5 LLC Landlord agent: Mike DeLew and Greg Pancirov of Colliers International Buyer: Sunproa LLC Buyer agent: Did not disclose $2,375,000 for 5 acres, land Grand Canyon Drive and Sunset Road, Las Vegas 89148 Landlord: Palmer Nine Investments Landlord agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Legacy House of Summerlin Buyer agent: Frank Marretti of Colliers International $1,950,000 for 8,675 square feet, retail

2291 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89117 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Dustin Alvino of Marcus & Millichap Buyer: Did not disclose Buyer agent: N/A

Leases $310,840 for 26,165 square feet, industrial 2925 Lincoln Road, Las Vegas 89115 Landlord: 2925 Lincoln LLC Landlord agent: Larkin Industrial Group Tenant: College of Southern Nevada Tenant agent: Did not disclose $165,642 for 7,203 square feet, warehouse 1045 American Pacific Drive, Henderson 89074 Landlord: Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Landlord agent: Jake Higgins and Garrett Toft of CBRE Tenant: Pumps International Tenant agent: Eric Larkin of NAI Vegas

BUSINESS LICENSES B.I. Inc. License type: Business support Address: 2960 Meade Ave., Las Vegas Owner: John Bulfin Ballard Building Group License type: Contractor Address: 1401 S. Warren St., Las Vegas Owner: Did not disclose BaronHR License type: Business support Address: 235 N. Eastern Ave., Suite 108, Las Vegas Owner: Luis Perez Barraza’s Handyman License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 4453 Mount Penteli Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Carlos Barraza

Brand Energy Services License type: Contractor Address: 9778 Old Virginia Road, Las Vegas Owner: Blair Schultz

Conrado Espenilla License type: Residential home care provider Address: Did not disclose Owner: Conrado Espenilla

Breathe and Balance License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kimberley and Dee Fujii

Coraline Mattice License type: Photography Address: Did not disclose Owner: Coraline Mattice

Brighton Hospice Nevada License type: Residential home care provider Address: 8945 W. Russell Road, Las Vegas Owner: Thomas Godfrey and Erin Bennett

Crunch Donut Factory License type: Restaurant/food court service Address: 6320 Simmons St., Suite 135, North Las Vegas Owner: Michael Weyneth

Budget Fence Co. License type: Contractor Address: 4295 Arville St., Las Vegas Owner: Budget Fence Co.

CSA Engineering License type: Professional services Address: 3168 El Cedro Circle, Las Vegas Owner: James Smith

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill License type: Restaurant Address: 2600 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 122, Las Vegas Owner: Cafe Rio

Da-Vi Nails License type: Beauty parlor Address: 3950 W. Lake Mead Blvd., North Las Vegas Owner: Nguyen Thi To

Capline Mortgage License type: Professional services Address: 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas Owner: Doris Hontz

DAD Investments License type: Short-term residential rental/property management Address: 1633 Palmae Way, Las Vegas Owner: DAD Investments

Car Doctor of Las Vegas License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 321 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Greter Inc.

Diamond Catering License type: Catering Address: 320 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Maurice Jung

Celmatrix Corp. License type: Office only Address: 921 American Pacific Drive, Henderson Owner: Celmatrix Corp.

Discovery Dental License type: Professional services Address: 7581 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Endalkchew Mersha, DMD

Chess House Cafe License type: Restaurant Address: 6430 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 160, Las Vegas Owner: Chess House Café

Divine Cafe License type: Catering Address: 317 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: YNIE LLC

Cindy Johnson, CCR License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Cindy Johnson

Done Right Property Cleanup License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael Parratore

Black Box Network Services License type: General retail sales Address: 255 Enterprise Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Teldata Corp.

CK’s BBQ & Catering License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 1084 Sweetgrass Court, Henderson Owner: CK’S BBQ & Catering

Bogarts Bone Appetit License type: General retail sales Address: 5770 Centennial Center Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: RPV Enterprises

Coastal Amusements License type: Coin machine manufacturer Address: 5135 Camino Al Norte, Suite 258, North Las Vegas Owner: Coastal Amusements

Branch Benefits Consultants License type: Professional services— insurance Address: 2480 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: Branch Benefits Consultants

Computer Help License type: General services (counter/office) Address: Did not disclose Owner: Marlon Garnett

Dr. Dabber License type: Vapes and electronic cigarette sales Address: 3230 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Anirudh Seth and Jamie Rosen Dream Vacations License type: Travel or ticket agency Address: 520 Arrowhead Trail, Henderson Owner: Amazing Cruise Co. Dreams Clothing License type: General retail sales Address: 1350 Kelso Dunes Ave.,

Henderson Owner: Marqus Mcginley EMC Shoe Boutique License type: General retail sales Address: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suite G105, Las Vegas Owner: Emilia Carbajal Encore Motorsports License type: Automotive garage/ service station (minor) Address: 3231 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Encore Motorsports Envision Construction License type: Contractor Address: 5655 Reference St., Las Vegas Owner: Jessica Del Toro Events to Remember License type: General services (counter/office) Address: Did not disclose Owner: Tina Weghorst Express Employment Professionals License type: Professional services Address: 4116 W. Craig Road, Suite 101, North Las Vegas Owner: Polo Group Faithfully Yours Weddings & Events License type: General services (counter/office) Address: Did not disclose Owner: Faith Chapin Fat Daddy’s Ice Cream License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 6460 Oquendo Road, Las Vegas Owner: James Davis Filler-Up Financial Services License type: Automated teller operator Address: 512 Fremont St., Las Vegas Owner: Filler-Up ATM Services First Wave Services License type: Burglar alarm service Address: 10 Vintage Court, Las Vegas Owner: Colligo Security Services Fischers Auto Body License type: Automotive garage (major) Address: 2900 Highland Drive, Suites 17C and 17D, Las Vegas Owner: Dusrat Mangru Gear and Clothing in Las Vegas License type: General retail sales Address: 913 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas Owner: Let’s Get Legit Glass House Counseling Agency License type: Professional services Address: 1800 E. Sahara Ave., Suites 104 and 105, Las Vegas Owner: Glass House Counseling Agency

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Records and Transactions Golf Carts Expert License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Luis Ulloa Gonzalez-Laroya Cleaning License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Antonino Laroya Green Orchid Cleaning License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Evan Briere, Samantha Halpern, Christine Izumi and Marc Halpern Green Republic License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Paradise Innovations LLC Greenscape Productions License type: Cultivation facility — medical marijuana Address: 228 W. Owens Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Greenscape Productions Greenscape Productions License type: Production facility — medical marijuana Address: 229 W. Owens Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Greenscape Productions Gregory & Waldo License type: Professional services Address: 324 S. Third St., Suite 1, Las Vegas Owner: Amanda Gregory and Jennifer Waldo Hard Workers Property Maintenance License type: Property maintenance Address: 75 N. Valle Verde Drive, Henderson Owner: Robert Camargo

BUILDING PERMITS $7,000,000, tenant improvement 3100 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Layton Construction Co. $2,000,000, commercial 7709 N. El Capitan Way, Las Vegas Hadfield Building $1,900,000, tenant improvement 1281 N. Town Center Drive, Las Vegas Martin Harris Construction $1,200,000, tenant improvement 425 Fremont St., Las Vegas Tré Builders $500,000, tenant improvement 7550 Oso Blanca Road, Las Vegas Bentar Development $500,000, tenant improvement x7

$160,000, tenant improvement 2000 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas Trademaster Construction

$134,002, single-family dwelling 11819 Mino Rio Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$500,000, commercial 1051 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas DC Building Group

$153,031, single-family dwelling 9966 Shadow Landing Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$134,002, single-family dwelling 476 Astillero St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$500,000, commercial 7709 N. El Capitan Way, Las Vegas Hadfield Building

$151,541, residential - new 4133 Fire Fox Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada

$500,000, commercial - alteration 4410 Nexus Way, North Las Vegas Tradewinds Construction

$151,541, residential - new 3987 Topaz Hills Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada

$420,000, commercial 8577 W. Centennial Parkway, Las Vegas LND Construction

$151,404, residential - new 5948 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton

$250,000, tenant improvement 1028 Fremont St., Las Vegas Trinity Haven Development

$148,699, single-family dwelling 498 Port Reggio St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada

$220,000, commercial 10060 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Level CM

$144,845, single-family dwelling 9737 Canyon Landing Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada

1049, 1051, 1053, 1059, 1063, 1065 and 1069 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas DC Building Group

$215,184, single-family dwelling 6115 Pebble Glen Court, Las Vegas D.R. Horton $200,000, OTC 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Hotspur Resorts Nevada $184,161, rehabilitation 3340 Brazil St., North Las Vegas Did not disclose $172,326, single-family dwelling 9724 Ponderosa Skye Court, Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada $170,509, residential - new 5944 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $170,000, commercial 1028 Fremont St., Las Vegas Trinity Haven Development $167,685, single-family dwelling 12278 Lorenzo Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $167,669, onsite 13415 Apex Harbor Lane, North Las Vegas Bravo Underground $166,274, single-family dwelling 9976 Celestial Cliffs Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$143,568, residential - new x2 5940 and 5956 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $142,315, single-family dwelling 12345 Middle Creek St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $141,094, residential - new 6338 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $141,017, single-family dwelling 453 Vigo Port St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $140,718, single-family dwelling x2 7330 and 7350 Southern Magnolia St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton $140,170, single-family dwelling 9963 Peaceful Peaks Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $140,000, trailer 5785 N. Hollywood Blvd., North Las Vegas 360 Contracting $139,172, residential - new 7156 Ashcroft St., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada

$165,376, single-family dwelling 12311 Middle Creek St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada

$134,440, single-family dwelling 10520 Laurel Mountain Lane, Las Vegas Adaven Homes

$164,388, single-family dwelling 5745 Yellow Ridge Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada

$134,002, single-family dwelling 11837 Barona Mesa Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$133,118, single-family dwelling x2 11833 and 11853 Barona Mesa Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $133,118, single-family dwelling 11815 Mino Rio Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes $132,796, single-family dwelling 11822 Corenzio Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada $132,412, residential - new 6334 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $131,991, single-family dwelling 940 Glenhaven Place, Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $131,991, single-family dwelling 12341 Middle Creek St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $130,700, residential - new 2099 Fort Morgan Ave., North Las Vegas Harmony Homes $130,699, single-family dwelling x2 7340 and 7360 Southern Magnolia St., Las Vegas D.R. Horton $130,305, residential - new x2 5936 and 5952 Dakota Bay St., North Las Vegas D.R. Horton $125,193, single-family dwelling 478 Astillero St., Las Vegas Calatlantic Homes $125,193, single-family dwelling 11823 Mino Rio Ave., Las Vegas Calatlantic Homes $125,193, single-family dwelling 464 Vigo Port St., Las Vegas Calatlantic Homes $122,779, residential - new 3969 Fire Fox Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $122,779, residential - new 4009 Topaz Hills Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $118,103, residential - new x2 7160 and 7164 Ashcroft St., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $116,702, residential - new

4121 Fairywren Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $116,659, single-family dwelling 9732 Canyon Landing Ave., Las Vegas Century Communities of Nevada $115,373, residential - new x3 7152, 7168 and 7172 Ashcroft St., North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $111,777, single-family dwelling 8300 Nebula Cloud Ave., Las Vegas Calatlantic Homes $111,098, tenant improvement 2400 S. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas Affordable Concepts $110,000, tenant improvement 1310 S. Third St., Las Vegas ABG Builders $109,900, single-family dwelling 12321 Valley Chase Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $109,900, single-family dwelling 12325 Middle Creek St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $108,486, residential - new x3 7041, 7045 and 7049 Whispering Falls Drive, North Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada $107,542, single-family dwelling 12337 Middle Creek St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $107,542, single-family dwelling 937 Glenhaven Place, Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $105,217, single-family dwelling 925 Riverlawn Place, Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $102,920, single-family dwelling x4 8248, 8252, 8271 and 8283 Nebula Cloud Ave., Las Vegas Calatlantic Homes $102,376, residential - new 3965 Fire Fox Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $100,000, commercial 10060 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Level CM $100,000, disaster 1500 Champion Hills Lane, Las Vegas Kalb Industries of Nevada

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Category: convention services (Ranked by employees as of March 31)

Company

Number of employees

Services provided

Sample Clients

Top local executive

GES 7000 Lindell Road Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-515-5500 • ges.com

600

Official show services, audio visual, creative and design, marketing and measurement services, event accommodations, registration and visitor engagement technology

ICSC, Magic and Warner Bros. Consumer Products

Jeff Quade, chief sales officer

Cashman Photo Enterprises 3660 Morgan Cashman’s Way Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-871-8300 • cashmanphoto.com

500

Photography, videography and photo booths

Dell Computers, Choice Hotels and Mercedes Benz

Karen Cashman, president

Freeman Audio Visual 3325 W. Sunset Road, Suite A Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-263-1484 • freeman.com

140

Audio visual services

CES, National Association of Broadcasters and National Association of Home Builders

Richard A. Pabst Sr., regional vice president/ general manager

Las Vegas Talent 8275 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89123 702-733-8540 • lvtalent.com

100

Trade show staffing and enter- JCB, BMW and Microtainment services soft

PSAV 6630 Arroyo Springs St., Suite 800 Las Vegas, NV 89113 702-739-5541 • psav.com/psavbranchlasvegas

Audio visual rental, event design, staging, rigging and power

Pfizer, Apple, Oracle

Shannon Trujillo, regional vice president

Activity Planners 6135 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 120 Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-362-8002 • activityplanners.com

Destination management services: special events, teambuilding, activities, transportation, staffing and creative program development

Wells Fargo, Smith & Wesson, Ellie Mae

Stephanie Arone, president

Color Reflections Las Vegas 3560 S. Valley View Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89103 702-262-9300 • crvegas.com

Large format graphics

Gaming, retail, corporate and sports clients

Joseph Castellano, president/CEO

Guardian Elite Medical Services 2830 Ferne Drive Las Vegas, NV 89104 702-262-2262 • gemslv.com

Event medical services

CES, Shot Show and ConExpo-Con/AGG

Samuel Scheller, CEO

LMG LLC 7060 Windy St. Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-407-7200 • lmg.net

Video, audio, lighting, LED, and audio visual and labor support

Did not disclose

Corey Olson, director of show services

10a

In-House Production 6620 W. Arby Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-631-4748 • www.ihplabor.com

50-250

Stagehand labor, payroll, rigging and staging rental and custom rigging fab

Penn & Teller, Freeman and NTA

Patrick Bash, president and founder

10b

Las Vegas Trade Show Services 8276 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89123 702-286-4872 • lasvegastradeshowservices.com

Full-service trade show and convention services

More than 1,000 clients

Paul Sanders, senior account executive

10c

Exhibit Fair International 555 E. Pamalyn Ave., Suite C Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-269-6919 • efiinc.com

Full-service exhibition company specializing in custom booth building for trade shows and marketing events

Coldwell Banker, Simon G Jewelry and Jack in the Box

Norman Davies, president/owner

Creative Technology 6171 S. McLeod Drive, Suite E Las Vegas, NV 89120 702-450-3600 • ctus.com

Audio visual staging

Ford, Intel and Disney

Herb Brandt, general manager

Steve Kaplan, owner and president

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HEADLINERS 2017 PRESENTED BY

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702.952.3350

reimagine T H E

F U T U R E

Imagine a community that provides every citizen with the doctors, nurses and healthcare providers they need when they are well, and when they are sick. Imagine shorter wait times to see both a family doctor as well as a specialist, with patient-centered care focused on improving health outcomes. Our state needs more qualified healthcare providers to bridge the gaps that exist. With your help, we can all reimagine a better future for our families, friends and communities. Roseman University, a not-for-profit, private University, has been working to build a healthier Nevada by providing the next generation of exceptional, compassionate healthcare providers. Reimagine the next chapter of healthcare for Nevada. Challenge. Reimagine. Roseman.

COLLEGE OF DENTAL MEDICINE COLLEGE OF NURSING

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

roseman.edu | @rosemanuhs

—FROM THE PRESENTING SPONSOR—

omprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada (CCCN) would like to congratulate the 2017 Vegas Inc Health Care Headliners. We are proud to sponsor this program which spotlights some of the best and brightest practitioners in our community. At CCCN, we embrace the opportunity to join forces with professionals across the health care spectrum, like these honorees, to strengthen our local medical community. We are proud to witness and collaborate with other medical professionals, organizations and research institutions during such an invigorating time for health care in Southern Nevada. Many of our community’s headlines are focused on the positive initiatives and innovations stemming from our confines, from growing research programs to establishing new medical schools and expanding graduate medical education. For more than 35 years, CCCN has been a leader for quality cancer care. Today, we offer a number of treatment centers and offices throughout Southern Nevada focused on medical oncology, hematology, radiation oncology, breast surgery, pulmonology and clinical research. For the most groundbreaking cancer treatments and therapies available, patients across the country turn to CCCN for access to research. Over the years, we’ve built a robust clinical research program participating in more than 170 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical research studies each year and contributing to the development of more than 60 FDA-approved cancer therapies. We take so much pride in our community and the care we provide to our patients. It’s such an honor to work alongside practitioners who share in our commitment to patient care. Let’s keep the positive momentum going and positive headlines coming. To all of the Headliners, congratulations and thank you for your selfless and compassionate efforts in our community. Sincerely, Jon Bilstein Executive Director

—FROM THE SPONSOR—

reetings. Roseman University of Health Sciences is proud to once again sponsor VEGAS INC’s Health Care Headliners. We join our community in recognizing the outstanding professionals who have dedicated their careers and their resources to improving the health of Southern Nevadans. Not only does world-class health care improve the quality of life of our citizens, it plays an important role in attracting new businesses and bolstering the economic vitality of our region. At Roseman University, we value collaboration. Today’s most qualified health care practitioners work across and between disciplines so that patients receive the very best treatment and can expect the best outcomes. Collaboration among health care providers, and with businesses, community leaders and elected officials is helping our region secure better, healthier lives for future generations. The 2017 honorees reflect the optimistic and ambitious spirit of our health care community. We congratulate each and every one of them for their outstanding contributions to informing our community about important health care issues and improving patient care. We are proud to be part of transforming our region’s health care landscape, educating competent health care professionals through our six-point Mastery Learning Model. It’s what we’ve been doing since our founding in Henderson in 1999. Today, the faculty, staff, students and alumni of our Colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing, Dental Medicine and our MBA program, along with our biomedical researchers, are leaders who are playing important roles in rethinking the future of health care delivery, born from the pioneering spirit of the founders of Roseman University. The future of health care in Southern Nevada looks bright. Today, we celebrate just a handful of Health Care Headliners who are helping make it brighter. Renee Coffman, PhD President and Co-Founder

A HISTORY OF HEALTHY FUTURES. UMC has been at the forefront of a healthier Southern Nevada since 1931. Year by year, our commitment deepens with forward-thinking services like the state’s only burn care facility, advanced orthopedics and neurological units, a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center, and Southern Nevada’s only Level I Trauma Center. Look to us for care, because we’re always looking ahead.

THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE IN NEVADA

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—THE HONOREES—

Lifetime Achievement Dr. William Evans

10A

Research / Science Dr. Sarah Banks

10A

Physician Dr. Samer Nakhle

13A

Volunteer Dr. Paul Lanfranchi

13A

Community Outreach Favil West

14A

Innovation Lois Tarkanian

14A

Education Dr. Krystal Riccio

16A

Dentistry Dr. Susan Schmutz Smith

16A

Nursing Dionne Bolderoff

18A

Manager/Administrator Shelley Berkley

18A

Emergency Services Rob Richardson Brian Rogers

—FROM THE EDITOR—

elcome to our 11th edition of Health Care Headliners. It’s our chance to introduce you to a few people who are making a big difference in local health care. The names came from nominations that we accepted on vegasinc.com and resulted in bringing to us some truly outstanding people who have helped hundreds, if not thousands, of our friends and neighbors. Some of our honorees this year are quite accustomed to seeing their names in headlines. VEGAS INC is happy to give a tip of the hat to Shelley Berkley, CEO and senior provost of Touro University Western Division. Her efforts with the medical school have helped it become one of the fastest-growing medical schools in the Western United States. Meanwhile, Ward 1 Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian has been instrumental in helping the Las Vegas Medical District evolve. A lot of fascinating research is being done at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Dr. Sarah Banks has tapped into some very “Vegas” resources — studying the ways that a sommelier’s brain reacts to sense and memory and striving to understand head trauma in athletes who practice combat sports. It’s her hope that the Professional Fighters Brain Health Study will have global reach. Stories about the challenges Southern Nevada faces regarding health care abound — many of our honorees have felt the same frustrations. It’s an incredible bright spot on our medical landscape to have the Children’s Heart Center Nevada in the region. Founded by Dr. William Evans, the center has grown into one of the largest pediatric congenital cardiology practices in the United States. Please don’t take my word for it, though; there are more people being honored in these pages. I hope you’ll enjoy learning about them as much as we did. A special thanks goes to our sponsors: Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Roseman University, UMC and Desert Radiology. We appreciate their support and important role in the health care industry. Craig Peterson Special Publications Editor craig.peterson@gmgvegas.com

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Dr. William Evans Founder and co-director

Children’s Heart Center Nevada

s founder of Nevada’s first pediatric cardi- ization or other invasive procedures. We used to perology practice, Dr. William Evans has been form complex surgery and it was high risk because helping to care for the state’s littlest hearts the equipment and expertise had not been developed. Now we’re doing complex surgery and it’s low risk, for 37 years. The health care visionary — who established Chil- and 98 percent of children who undergo cardiac prodren’s Heart Center Nevada in 1980 as a solo operation cedures have a positive outcome.” Heart valves can now be placed with catheters, — is an outspoken champion for children with congenital heart conditions, having grown his practice to now rather than surgery, Evans said, and electronic devicinclude 20 physicians with 150 employees at three lo- es such as pacemakers work better than ever before. cations in Southern Nevada as well as offices in Reno Moreover, a great deal of scientific research is being and Carson City. One of the largest pediatric congeni- conducted in the genetics of congenital heart disease. Evans said that soon it will be possible to grow tal cardiology practices in the United States, CHCN encompasses fetal cardiology, interventional cardiology, parts of the heart — or even the entire heart — from electrophysiology, congenital cardiac surgery, pediat- the patient’s own cells. “These days, if a child is born with a heart defect, we ric obesity and basic scientific research programs. “Oftentimes, children who are born with heart prob- have to replace the defective parts with foreign matelems can lead full healthy lives after they receive treat- rial (which can be rejected),” he said. “But if you grow ment, whether they require surgery or some other sort their own replacements parts with their own stem of procedure such as heart catheterization, so we feel cells they will last a lifetime. Advancements in science like we can really make a difference,” said Evans, who and technology will help us achieve better and better earned his medical degree from the University of Cali- outcomes.” Evans was also instrumental in the 2001 creation of fornia, Irvine, and completed his internship, residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship at Children’s Hos- the Children’s Heart Foundation, which was founded pital Los Angeles, prior to relocating to Southern Ne- by Nevada pediatric cardiologists and parents of chilvada. “At the time, there was no full-time cardiologist dren with heart conditions. The foundation has four primary objectives — providing a carefree camp exin the entire state of Nevada.” Inspired to pursue a career in medicine in part be- perience for children with heart conditions; educating cause he visited a state hospital and was appalled by health care professionals and the general public on the deplorable conditions — particularly for children pediatric cardiology issues; advocating for research — Evans said CHCN has some 50,000 patient contacts in the area of pediatric cardiology; and lending support to families as they deal with the emotional and per year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and financial toll exacted by a child’s heart condition. The Prevention, congenital heart defects are the most Children’s Heart Foundation now serves prenatal heart common types of birth defects, affecting nearly 1 per- babies at birth up to adulthood and is committed to cent — or about 40,000 births per year — in the coun- inspiring a better quality of life. “For parents with a child who has a heart condition try. But survival rates and medical care for children with critical congenital heart defects are improving, — whether the child needs major surgery or a minor proaccording to the CDC. Between 1979 and 1993, about cedure — it can be the most traumatic thing they have 67 percent of infants with critical congenital heart de- ever experienced,” said Evans, who said the rewards he fects survived to one year, whereas between 1994 and reaps cannot be put into words. “When you tell a family that their child has a potentially lethal problem, but we 2005, that figure jumped to 83 percent. Indeed, “In the late 1980s, we really began to ex- can fix it, and with every likelihood that child will be fine pand our services,” Evans said. “Prior to the early for the rest of their life — yes, it’s pretty rewarding. It’s 1990s, we did not perform heart surgery on children hard to describe the feeling when parents hug you and anywhere in Nevada. Now we treat about 1,000 pa- thank you for saving their child’s life.” — Danielle Birkin tients per year with heart surgery or heart catheter-

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When you tell a family that their child has a potentially lethal problem, but we can fix it, and with every likelihood that child will be fine for the rest of their life — yes, it’s pretty rewarding. It’s hard to describe the feeling when parents hug you and thank you for saving their child’s life.

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RESEARCH / SCIENCE

Dr. Sarah Banks Head of Neurospsychology Program

Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

S “(The Professional Fighters Brain Health Study) is the largest study on contact sports in the world, and could only be done in Las Vegas, which is the fight capital of the world.”

ince being recruited in 2011 to lead the neuropsychology program for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Dr. Sarah Banks has not only grown the size and scope of the institution’s research into neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, but has also contributed to several high-profile studies in an effort to increase understanding of brain diseases with the goal of prevention and potential cures. “As an undergraduate, I became interested in the brain and how different behaviors and abilities are dictated by how the brain has developed and how healthy it is,” said the London native, who holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with an emphasis in neuropsychology, from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Chicago; and participated in a post-doctoral fellowship at Montreal Neurological Institute. “There’s so much we don’t know about the brain, so it’s a frontier in science with so much to discover.”

Among other endeavors, Banks contin- be done in Las Vegas, which is the fight ues to serve as one of three project lead- capital of the world,” said Banks, adding ers for Cleveland Clinic and UNLV’s $11.1 that sub-studies have revealed that the million Center of Biomedical Research part of the brain known as the thalamus Excellence grant, awarded in 2015. The — “the transportation hub of the brain” — five-year grant — from the National Insti- tends to be smaller in fighters. In the past year, Banks has also genertutes of Health and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences — is the first ated national attention for the “Your Brain of its kind in Southern Nevada, with Banks on Fine Wine” research study, which comleading the initiative to use neuropsychol- pared the brains of 13 master sommeliers ogy and advanced imaging techniques to to 13 non-wine experts, revealing that the understand commonalities between Al- parts of the brain used for memory and smell — also the region commonly affectzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Banks is also continuing to make ad- ed by Alzheimer’s — were bigger in masvances with research on the correlation ter sommeliers. Banks is also working on studies to between repetitive head trauma and the alteration of brain structure and function- determine the differences in AD between ality in combat athletes such as boxers men and women. “There hasn’t been as much money and mixed martial artists as measured by the clinic’s Professional Fighters Brain put into finding cures for neurologiHealth Study. The study will help bet- cal diseases as for, say, cancer, but I ter protect current and former athletes think there will be advancements in treatment of symptoms in the next five around the globe. “This is the largest study on contact years,” she said. — Danielle Birkin sports in the world, and could only

Dr. Samer Nakhle PHYSICIAN

Endocrinologist

Palm Medical Group

“The recent research in treating Type 1 diabetes is making a significant impact on the lives of these patients, and advances in newer insulins and the improvement in technology are making a huge improvement for patients with this disease.”

ith 20 years of experience in the founded Palm Medical Group in 2007. He health care industry, Dr. Samer also launched the Palm Research Center. “I started Palm Medical Group alone and Nakhle is among the leading endocrinologists in the valley, advancing have recruited a physician every year, and the research, prevention, management now have nine providers in two locations,” and treatment of glandular diseases such said Nakhle, adding that he was successas diabetes and thyroid conditions includ- ful in recruiting from the national pool of fellowship graduates to further expand ing cancer, and cholesterol disorders. A native of Syria, he received his medi- endocrine availability in Southern Nevada. cal degree at Damascus University Medical “On the research side, I started with one School. Nakhle completed his residency research coordinator and we now have at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York and 32 employees. We’re one of the top three completed a fellowship in endocrinology research organizations in town right now, participating in about 25 different drugat University of Nebraska Medical Center. He chose endocrinology because of company protocols per year.” This includes participation in a National the various opportunities afforded in the field — he has the ability to do in-office Institutes of Health-funded study (Trialprocedures like ultrasounds and FNA (fine Net) to prevent Type 1 diabetes and stop needle aspiration) biopsies as well as the progression by preventing insulin proconduct research and explore the latest duction before and after diagnosis. “I find managing Type 1 diabetes meltechnologies such as CGMs (continuous litus to be significant since the patients glucose monitors) and insulin pumps. Nakhle moved to Southern Nevada in are usually young people that have this 2000 to join the endocrinology staff at autoimmune disease,” Nakhle said. “The VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, recent research in treating Type 1 diabetes eventually serving as chief of research, and is making a significant impact on the lives

of these patients, and advances in newer insulins and the improvement in technology are making a huge improvement for patients with this disease.” Nakhle is also focusing on thyroid cancer treatment and development of a comprehensive program to care for patients from initial diagnosis through surgery preparation and post-operative management, and has managed more than 500 thyroid cancer cases since 2007, with the goal of making Las Vegas a renowned location for thyroid cancer management. He is also developing an alternative treatment for parathyroid adenomas when the patient is not a surgical candidate. With a passion for education, Nakhle is also a core faculty member and section chief of endocrinology of the new MountainView Hospital GME program. “Residents spend a month shadowing me, so we’ve adding a teaching component to the medical practice as we continue to teach future physicians in the field,” he said. — Danielle Birkin

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Dr. Paul Lanfranchi VOLUNTEER

Founder and CEO

The Lanfranchi Center

“We are honored to be able to continue to work with the American Cancer Society and give back to the Las Vegas community in such a life-giving way.”

The Lanfranchi Center has also supportation services for cancer patients to ports the American Cancer Society by get to their treatments.” A bit of a play on words — the TLC Lift accepting new wigs, scarves and hats on is the center’s most popular procedure — behalf of the society’s Cancer Resource TLC Lift For Life complements the Ameri- Center. TLC also participates in the Look can Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery Good Feel Good program where voluntransportation program. When volunteers teer beauty professionals share beauty with Road to Recovery are unable to fulfill tips with female cancer patients who are a ride request, TLC Lift For Life provides undergoing chemotherapy and radiafree taxi transportation for patients to and tion treatments. “Setting up your own practice is a ton from cancer care appointments. The new program is expected to provide service of work, but in retrospect, being able to for about 35 percent of the current local set up this charity is the thing I’m most unmet patient ride requests. The center proud of,” said Lanfranchi, who also donated $50,000 to get the program up hopes to be able to donate his services. “My goal by year’s end is to be able to and running. “We are honored to be able to continue offer free cosmetic procedures to cancer to work with the American Cancer Society survivors. Cancer treatment is physically and give back to the Las Vegas communi- and mentally draining, and can also take ty in such a life-giving way,” said Lanfran- a toll on a patient’s appearance. Coschi, who founded the center in 2015. “On a metic rejuvenation is like icing on the continual basis, for every TLC Lift we per- cake after beating cancer — when what form here at TLC, we will be donating $100 they see in the mirror matches how they to this amazing program. That amounts to feel inside.” — Danielle Birkin thousands of dollars per month.”

s founder and CEO of the Lanfranchi Center — a private medical practice dedicated to plastic surgery and rejuvenation of the face and neck — Paul Lanfranchi is in the business of making people look better on the outside. And with his commitment to philanthropy and giving back, Lanfranchi is helping people feel better on the inside as well. “Everything we do at the center is 100-percent elective on a cash-for-services basis, so it was a priority for me to find a way to directly give back to the community,” said Lanfranchi, who graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine; completed a general surgery internship at Temple University; then returned to UMDNJ for four years of specialization in facial plastic surgery, otolaryngology and head and neck surgery. “So we partnered with the American Cancer Society in March of this year to create the TLC Lift For Life program, which provides trans-

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Favil West Co-founder and president

The Foundation Assisting Seniors

“In order to educate seniors with respect to the various scams that could impact them, the Foundation Assisting Seniors will introduce education seminars that provide information on how to avoid fraud, elder abuse, identity theft, and multiple other issues.

n the 15 years since he co-founded the Foundation Assisting Seniors with Chuck Davis, Favil West has made a significant difference in the lives of many people. The nonprofit organization assists the senior community in times of illness, recovery, confinement at home, coping with loss of a loved one and other senior challenges, as well providing assistance with everyday tasks such as household maintenance and transportation. One facet that stands out is the Foundation’s HowRU program, a free service that provides a daily call to subscribers to ensure that they are well, bringing peace of mind to seniors and their families. Recently, HowRU received endorsements from fire and police chiefs in Henderson and North Las Vegas. West continues to direct several committees to ensure all aspects of the lives that he serves are taken care of. These include: • The Equipment Committee, which maintains and delivers an inventory of durable medical equipment for short-term loan.

The Home Maintenance Committee, standpoint, has improved dramatically. which provides minor home mainte- “We believe that providing our neighbors nance services for those unable to safe- with durable medical equipment, transportation and other services often allows ly perform them. • The Transportation Committee, which them the ability to spend more time in drives seniors to health service appoint- their home and less time in a form of assisted living,” West said. “We still find that ments or the grocery store. • The Home Assistance Committee, in many cases seniors are not given proper which maintains a resource directory respect, and are required to wait long periwith information on fee-based services. ods of time before seeing their health care “Our accomplishments in 2016 were provider. Having said that, today we are many,” said West, “however we are most seeing more doctors, nurses, and facilities proud of being able to provide services become available for the care for seniors.” During the months to come, West’s prito over 30,000 seniors in Southern Nevada. In addition, we launched the Medi- mary focus will be on education. “Seniors cation Reminder program, a service that are considered the gullible portion of our calls seniors to remind them to take their society, and as such scammers prey upon them,” he said. medication.” “In order to educate seniors with reThe increase in people older than 65 caused a growth in assistance requests by spect to the various scams that could more than 10 percent last year, West said. impact them, the Foundation Assisting “This presents a challenge for the founda- Seniors will introduce education seminars tion, in terms of both service and funds, to that provide information on how to avoid fraud, elder abuse, identity theft, and mulmeet these requests in a timely manner.” Over the past few years, health care, tiple other issues.” — Howard Riell both from a medical and non-medical •

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Lois Tarkanian I N N O VAT I O N

Councilwoman, Ward 1

City of Las Vegas

“It’s not just a pipe dream, it’s a reality. Very soon, medical tourism will increase its impact on our economy thanks to significantly improved medical care in our valley.”

stablished by the Las Vegas City Council in 1997, the Las Vegas Medical District saw limited development for years. Today, under Councilwoman Lois Tarkanian’s leadership and persistence, it is evolving as one of the most important economic development projects in Southern Nevada, while lifting the quality and access of health care in our community. Indeed, by 2030 the LVMD is expected to have an economic impact of $2.42 billion, generate more than 16,000 jobs, and create state general fund revenues of more than $121 million, according to Tripp Umbach, a national economic consulting firm. The year just passed was one of “significant progress that began with a branding and master-planning initiative to create and start building an identity for the Las Vegas Medical District,” said Tarkanian. “This involved convening the marketing and planning professionals of all the major entities in the district — including the UNLV School of Medicine, the hospitals

and other major medical providers — to develop and enact a plan to start putting the district on the map and strategically planning the area for growth. This group worked very collaboratively, and has successfully started to build awareness, excitement and support for the Las Vegas Medical District.” Tarkanian recalls that in the 1980s she was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease. It was, she said, “a long and arduous journey to diagnosis, as no doctor in Las Vegas could figure out what was ailing me. With the help of Dr. Elias Ghanem, a well-known local doctor, I visited UCLA Medical Center, where I was immediately diagnosed and treated.” Unfortunately, she said, “this storyline has been all too common for many in our community. It’s not a reflection of the quality of our local doctors; it’s a reflection of the lack of doctors here, particularly those with specialty practices.” Thanks to the UNLV School of Medicine and the establishment of an academic

health center with an emphasis on research, Tarkanian said, “Those who are ailing in our community will soon enjoy access to a wider range of specialty doctors and care. That, coupled with the fact that this is Las Vegas, will soon transform the storyline altogether.” Tarkanian said she envisions a day when others from out-of-market come here to receive top medical care. “It’s not just a pipe dream, it’s a reality. Very soon, medical tourism will increase its impact on our economy thanks to significantly improved medical care in our valley.” Tarkanian’s primary goal for the LVMD this year is to help it grow by ensuring its infrastructure is in place. She is working closely with the public works department to beautify the area, improve medians and landscaping, and ensure it is properly entitled and zoned to accommodate future growth to meet the needs of the community. — Howard Riell

Dr. Krystal Riccio

E D U C AT I O N

Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Roseman University of Health Sciences

P “We are working to expand (the biannual program) into quarterly drug-disposal events with the Henderson Police Department and other agencies and organizations.”

reviously, as a student co-founder of Roseman University’s Drug Abuse Awareness Team (DAAT), and now the faculty advisor, Dr. Krystal Riccio has played a crucial role in more than a decade of drug abuse prevention in Southern Nevada. Under Riccio’s leadership, DAAT engages students in youth substance abuse prevention programming in Clark County School District middle and high schools. According to Riccio, 2016 marked a decade of drug abuse prevention at Roseman University. “It also marked a year of remarkable progress in helping our state come up with solutions to reduce drug misuse and abuse, especially among youth,” she said. Information regarding drug abuse trends among Nevada’s adolescents is limited but suggests a worsening problem, she said. Current data are extrapolated from a small sampling of Nevada students performed every two years. “Though limited, these data suggest higher abuse rates among Nevada adolescents compared to national averages.”

Last year saw the launch of the Secondary Student Life Survey: Nevada (SSLS:NV), a survey that Riccio, along with a team at Roseman, developed specifically for Nevada with the input of national leaders in drug abuse and behavior research. Riccio called expansion of SSLS:NV her top priority this year. Her team has been an advocate of legislation that would accomplish that. “Passage of SB166 (which implements a survey to evaluate public school students’ attitudes and behaviors surrounding alcohol and drugs) will allow SSLS:NV to be expanded to all school districts. This will provide the baseline evidence within each urban, suburban, rural, and frontier community throughout Nevada that can be used to promote specific prevention messaging, through family, school, and community efforts. Further, recurrent administration of SSLS:NV will allow us to evaluate these efforts to develop evidence-based prevention strategies.”

A major emphasis is being placed on raising awareness in Southern Nevada about the dangers of storing unnecessary medications in the home, and the safe disposal strategies available. “Aggressive distribution of educational materials and drug-disposal pouches at health fairs and community events will help raise awareness. We are working to expand (the biannual program) into quarterly drug-disposal events with the Henderson Police Department and other agencies and organizations,” she said. “While we continue to push for the passage of SB166, there has been some pushback from individuals that are concerned about ‘one more survey,’” Riccio said. “Our goal is to provide a more usable dataset that allows for directed prevention strategies. Schools are hesitant to add the survey until they see the potential benefits. Many have expressed heightened interest, but need to work to coordinate where it may fit into the student’s instructional year.” — Howard Riell

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Dr. Susan Schmutz Smith DENTISTRY

Dentist / Practice Owner

Susan Schmutz Smith, D.D.S.

“I want to make sure all are taken care of and happy.”

r. Susan Schmutz Smith is a second-generation Nevadan who grew up in the Las Vegas valley and attended Chaparral High School. As a teenager, she worked with her father, a local pediatric dentist, which gave her valuable experience and a love for dentistry. “My father was my mentor,” Smith said. “He was a pediatric dentist — Dr. Joe. I grew up working in his office. He was amazing. I learned every job in the office. I learned to work hard and to be great at what you do. However, the trait I learned from him — that makes all the difference — is focusing on your patients; see what is fantastic and special about each one, and let them know it.” Smith graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in

psychology and received her doctorate degree in dentistry at Creighton University. She is accredited by the American Academy of Facial Esthetics and a member of the International Congress of Oral Implantology. She has appeared on the topDentists list every year since 2007. Since opening her practice in 2002, Smith has built strong relationships with her patients. Smith is known as conservative and caring with treatment, and concerned about her patients’ well-being. Indeed, she said she prides herself on creating a warm and welcoming environment in her office. Balancing high-quality care — her state-of-the-art office offers Cerac and cone beam CT technology — and affordable dentistry “is one great challenge,”

Smith said. “Another is balancing running an office and taking care of my family and work family. I want to make sure all are taken care of and happy.” She also understands the importance of educating the community on oral health as well as offering the best dental treatment possible. She is a member of both the American Dental Association and the Southern Nevada Dental Association, and lectures on infection control for dental professionals. On top of that, she teaches oral hygiene to elementary and preschool students across the valley. Smith’s plan for the months to come is a simple one. “My goal is to continue to grow and improve myself and my practice daily.” — Howard Riell

Dionne Bolderoff

NURSING

Team Lead, Siena Urgent Care

Southwest Medical Associates

“For health care in the valley to improve, we need to find ways to retain our medical professionals.”

hile patients of Southwest Medical Associates benefit from Dionne Bolderoff’s personal attention and professional expertise at the company’s Siena Health Care Center, she recently put her medical skills to work far outside the care center walls. Bolderoff and her husband Bill enjoy off-road races across the Southwest. The pair operate a “chase truck” to help broken-down vehicles. Typical tasks involve providing treatment for injuries during a race, helping vehicles that crash and towing them off the track so that others don’t hit them. Many of these races are far from population centers and available medical services, so participants have to be prepared for anything — like saving a life. A Montana man suffered a cardiac event at a race in Parker, Arizona. The Bolderoffs provided mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions as well as using an automated external defibrillator to help stabilize the man. Today the man is doing well after having three stents placed when he was flown to Lake Havasu Hospital. Dionne Bolderoff summed up the experience by saying “I’m so grateful we

were in the right place at the right time.” Health care in the Las Vegas Valley, Bolderoff said, is always evolving. “It needs to be,” she said. “We have to think of innovative ways to get people the care they need with the resources we currently have. Las Vegas has again been named the third-fastest growing city in the U.S. We do not have an adequate number of doctors and medical professionals in the valley to care for this influx in population.” Bolderoff added that she is excited to see developments like the new medical plaza being built in Henderson, and the opening of the new school of medicine at UNLV. “We need to attract more medical professionals to the valley that want to call Vegas home,” she said. “We need people who are invested in our community. So many practitioners come to the setting I work in; they move here from out of state to practice, practice for a couple of years, and then choose to move back. We are constantly hiring new primary care providers, and losing them just as quickly. Patients get upset that there is no continuity of care because their primary care physician just doesn’t stay for long.

“For health care in the valley to improve,” Bolderoff said, “we need to find ways to retain our medical professionals.” According to Bolderoff, a 20-year veteran of the health care industry, 2016 was “a year of innovation. I currently work in an outpatient urgent care setting. I came from a hospital in San Diego where we converted to all computerized charting in 1999. When I moved back to Las Vegas in 2002, the hospitals here were still doing paper charting. It was like going back to the stone ages for me.” Over the years, she said, in the outpatient setting “we began using the electronic medical record more and more for things like sending prescriptions electronically to the pharmacy. Finally, 2016 brought us the electronic patient tracking board. With this tracking board, we did away with all paper charting. We can now track the entire patient visit with this board, from arrival to discharge. I know what rooms my staff are in, as well as where the providers are, just by looking at the board. “It has simplified our process tremendously.” — Howard Riell

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M A N A G E R / A D M I N I S T R AT O R

Shelley Berkley CEO and Senior Provost

Touro University Western Division

P “When I got here, Touro was one of the best-kept secrets in the valley, but I don’t think it’s a secret to anybody anymore.”

rior to joining Touro University Western United States — the local Henderas CEO and senior provost of the son campus and the location in Vallejo, Calif. Western division, Shelley Berkley — as well as allied health science and educawas an advocate for affordable health tion programs with a current total enrollcare and education, pushing these plat- ment of more than 3,000 students. “As CEO, I’m tasked with making sure forms in her role as U.S. Representative for Nevada’s 1st congressional district, a post that this private, nonprofit, Jewish-sponsored institution is fiscally sound, profitshe held for 14 years. “When I was first elected to Congress (in able and successful, while as senior pro1999), I became very aware of the dispar- vost I’m tasked with ensuring that we ity in access to health care for citizens in provide the best possible education for Nevada and in Clark County in particular,” the future health care providers for two said Berkley, adding that she also became states,” Berkley said. “In Nevada, in addia champion for children in the Clark County tion to our very successful medical school School District. “It became very obvious to — for which last year we had 135 slots and me that unless a child has access to a good 3,700 applicants — we have an equally education, good nutrition and good health successful physician assistant program, a care, their prospect of being a successful nursing program, and physical and occupational therapy doctorate programs.” adult diminishes dramatically.” Under Berkley’s direction, Touro reFast-forward to 2013, and Berkley combined her passion for health care and edu- cently received approval to expand its cation when she was tapped to join Touro’s physician assistant program, is seeking approval to expand its medical school executive team. In her current role, she oversees two of program and recently launched a nurse the fastest-growing medical schools in the practitioner program.

“When I got here, Touro was one of the best-kept secrets in the valley, but I don’t think it’s a secret to anybody anymore,” she said. “We’ve really raised the profile of the school and also provide significant outside resources to enable us to deliver medical services to the community, which is part of our mission.” Berkley spearheaded the initiative to fund the start-up of a Touro Mobile Healthcare Clinic, which provides free medical care to Southern Nevada’s homeless population and homeless veterans at facilities including Veterans Village, Catholic Charities and Jewish Federation of Las Vegas. Last year, she secured donations from the Englestad Foundation and MGM Resorts International to establish a second mobile clinic that serves clients and employees of Opportunity Village. “We’d also like to expand our community outreach into the senior population so our students have the opportunity to provide geriatric care,” she said. — Danielle Birkin

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Rob Richardson and Brian Rogers Partners

Community Ambulance

Rob Richardson

Brian Rogers

“We have risen to a position of success by standing on the shoulders of our mentors. We hope to do the same for others so that the art of providing quality ambulance transportation is not lost.”

ommunity Ambulance was envisioned and conceived by two local emergency medical service experts who wanted to create a compassionate medical transport company that would be driven by patient care rather than profits. Rob Richardson and Brian Rogers formed Community Ambulance in 2009 after decades of EMS experience in Southern Nevada. CEO and partner Richardson was a former Henderson Fire Department division chief over special operations. COO Brian Rogers was a Henderson Fire Department EMS officer and one of the most knowledgeable and experienced EMS administrators in Southern Nevada, having written many EMS regulations still used today. Community Ambulance has earned CAAS (Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services) accreditation, which is the highest industry standard for EMS excellence. The company is currently licensed to transport in Clark County, Henderson and Boulder City, as well as to and from all federal facilities and installations.

“After the amazing growth that Community Ambulance enjoyed in 2016, we will continue to ensure that we are running as efficiently as possible, and continue to deliver the best product to those in need of our services,” said Rogers. “Working with other community and health care leaders, we aim to ensure we are matching patients with the correct resource and not simply taking everyone to the ER. This will take several years to plan and implement but we’re starting right now.” “We want to continue our growth goals by negotiating and finalizing mutually beneficial ambulance franchise agreements with other municipalities, while working closely with our community partners like the local fire departments, Public Education Foundation, Honor Flight and other wonderful and worthy community causes,” said Richardson. “In order to accomplish this, we will continue to support our employees with quality equipment, compensation and an environment of mutual respect. We have risen to a position of success by standing on the shoulders of

our mentors. We hope to do the same for others so that the art of providing quality ambulance transportation is not lost. We are a community ambulance company.” Rogers is convinced that health care is evolving in Southern Nevada at a very fast pace. ”With the potential repeal and replacement of Obamacare, access to affordable health care is an issue that will be at the forefront for years to come,” he said. “I believe we will see an increase in utilization of physician extenders throughout our community. We will see more communitystyle resources (in the form of) community hospitals.” Richardson called health care a moving target. “What we know is that it is unsustainable in the condition it was in before ACA, and it is questionable if it is sustainable now. However, this allows care givers to be creative. As an ambulance provider, we are seeking new ways to provide care that will allow people to receive the best care in the least invasive manner.” — Howard Riell

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