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The Mountain West and Pac-12 conferences have met 13 times in the Las Vegas Bowl, with the Mountain West having a 7-6 advantage. Boise State, which plays Oregon on Dec. 16 at Sam Boyd Stadium, is responsible for two of those wins.

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what was the point in paris?

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Donald Trump made no bones about it during campaign season: If elected president, he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement. So what would that mean for the country and the planet? In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on the pact and the impact of Trump’s decision.

big eats in the valley

It’s one thing to shovel 36 hot dogs down your gullet without even really tasting them. But what sets apart some of Southern Nevada’s famous food challenges is that they are dishes that, if you were eating them untimed, you’d probably want to relax and relish. (Well, maybe not the inferno curry.)

not just a guy thing

You might be surprised to know how many seats at college football bowl games are occupied by women. Their passion for the game is real, and female business leaders in Southern Nevada underscored that point by creating The Huddle, a group that works with the Las Vegas Bowl to showcase the area to visitors.

a successful failure

Faraday Future, the Chinese electric car maker, was touted as a savior for North Las Vegas. It was supposed to get the economic engine revving at Apex Industrial Park. This summer, though, Faraday scrapped plans to build its assembly plant there. Still, city officials say Faraday made it possible for others to succeed.

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Step by step to sobriety Addicts in Southern Nevada find freedom and family through a housing program.

kids before they fall 20 Catching Jack Martin, director of Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services, talks about the Harbor, a center that provides troubled youths with tutoring, mentoring, drug education and job skills development.

this year’s hottest toys

Seemingly every year, some product becomes the ‘it’ toy to have. Reminisce on past years’ must-haves and browse through the contenders for 2017.

6 takeaways from UNLV’s growth plan The university is clearing a path for more structures, students and programs.

How to enroll for Obamacare Because President Donald Trump slashed funding for advertising enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, many people don’t realize the program still exists. But it does, and the deadline to sign up is Dec. 15. We’ll walk you through the process.

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Missouri should not write Nevada’s gun laws Shamefully, the first piece of legislation passed since the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Strip would make people less safe.

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UNLV forward Anthony Smith (2) fouls Arizona guard Allonzo Trier (35) during their game at the Thomas & Mack Center In Las Vegas. Arizona won, 91-88, in overtime. (LAS VEGAS NEWS BUREAU/STAFF)

DEC. 4

NATIONAL BRAND The Bishop Gorman High football team rose to No. 11 in the USA Today Super Expert rankings after beating Reed High 48-7 for its ninth straight state title.

DEC. 4

BETTING SPREADING U.S. Supreme Court justices implied a willingness to side with New Jersey’s effort to permit sports gambling. The state is challenging federal law, and a decision is expected by June.

DEC. 5

CAN IT BE BANNED? The Justice Department said it and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would clarify whether bump stocks fall under restrictions on machine guns.

DEC. 7

THE FUTURE IS NOW Travelmate unveiled robotic luggage at Planet Hollywood. The models start at $1,099 and run off a person’s GPS on their phone, following them around without the user touching the suitcase.

DEC. 12

LIGHT OF THE NIGHT Fremont Street Experience will mark the first night of Hanukkah with the 20-foot Grand Menorah lighting. Rabbi Shea Harlig will lead the ceremony.

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PUBLIC LANDS SHRINKING Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recommended shrinking the 300,000-acre Gold Butte National Monument in Southern Nevada, a move that drew criticism from congressional Democrats and conservationists. President Donald Trump signed a pair of proclamations shrinking the Bears Ears and Grand StaircaseEscalante national monuments in Utah.

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A goat dressed as a reindeer takes part in the 13th annual Las Vegas Great Santa Run in downtown Las Vegas. More than 9,000 runners registered for the event, according to organizers. The run is a fundraiser for Opportunity Village.

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14TH Rank of the Vegas Golden Knights among the most valuable among 31 NHL teams, at $500 million. The New York Rangers are the most valuable at $1.5 billion.

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Calvin’s Rock, at Gold Butte National Monument, is named in memory of Paiute environmental activist Calvin Meyers.

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WAIT FOR EPISODE VIII IS ALMOST OVER DEC. 5

GOING AFTER BIG PHARMA The Clark County Commission voted unanimously to sue major pharmaceutical companies for their role in creating the opioid epidemic. The suit seeks to recover costs the county has incurred related to opioid addiction, including medical treatment, investigating and prosecuting crimes committed by addicts, and educational and rehabilitation efforts. More than 100 jurisdictions across the country have filed similar lawsuits.

Will Rey resist the Dark Side? Just how old does Luke look? How heartbreaking will it be to see Leia? Propelling a global cultural phenomenon that began 40 years ago, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” opens Dec. 14.

Two Nevada Supreme Court justices said they would retire at the end of their terms in January 2019, setting up an election in November that will put two new members on the seven-member bench for the first time in 14 years. Justice Michael Douglas, 69, became the first black justice on the court in 2004 and Michael Cherry, 72, is the current chief justice.

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A ribbon is cut as Safe Nest unveils a new office and treatment center to better serve those in Las Vegas. The event commemorated the 40th anniversary of the organization committed to helping those affected by domestic violence in Nevada. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

Number of passenger trips provided annually by the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, which on Dec. 5 marked its 25th anniversary as the area’s transit agency.

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Global sea levels rose .07 inches per year from 1901 to 2010. But from 1993 to 2010, that rise was .13 inches per year, almost twice the typical rate.

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The Paris Climate Agreement

According to The New York Times, with just over 4 percent of the world’s population, the United States is history’s biggest carbon polluter. (China currently emits more carbon, but the U.S. had a century’s head start.) As a global leader, U.S. participation in the agreement is crucial. However, Trump announced in May that he would withdraw the country from the agreement, citing disputed economic implications.

agreement goals The more greenhouse emissions enter the atmosphere, the warmer Earth gets. The Paris agreement’s goal breaks down into two parts, according to the UNFCCC:

Keep the average global temperature rise well below 2 degrees C and as close as possible to 1.5 degrees C above pre-industrial levels. This recognizes a cap on how far Earth’s temperature can rise before the world is locked into a more devastating future.

How soon can that happen? Under its terms, the U.S. can’t exit the agreement until Nov. 4, 2020 (the day after the next presidential election). Syria and Nicaragua, the only two nations that didn’t initially sign, have since committed. The U.S. is now the only country not committed past 2020.

Actively reduce emissions to stay below the cap. Current and future governments must agree to create and follow certain protocols (like drastically reducing use of fossil fuels) to keep the planet from warming any further.

California wildfires Dry conditions and 70 mph winds (some of the worst recorded in the region) fueled new fires in Southern California last week, devastating homes and air quality. In 2017, more than 1.2 million acres in California burned, costing $500 million-plus in fire fighting, according to The New York Times.

Understanding the plan to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions around the world By Meredith Jensen

Special to the Sunday

On Dec. 12, 2015, representatives from nations around the world came together in France and agreed to “strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change.” The accord was designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and keep global temperatures from rising up to 2 degrees C above where they were before the Industrial Revolution. ¶ The agreement, shared initially by 195 nations, was officially enacted Nov. 4, 2016 and requires each participating country be transparent about its processes, and actively attempt to reach the goals outlined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC.) All countries are currently part of the agreement, but President Donald Trump announced in May that he would withdraw the U.S., and scientists fear that will have dire consequences.

2016 broke the record for the planet’s hottest year since the 19th century

Why the agreement is important Every country, regardless of its participation in the Paris agreement, is affected by climate change. Some impacts already are apparent: n

Critical ice, including glaciers and ice sheets, is melting worldwide

Many native plant and animal species are on the decline, risking extinction

Rainfall, wildfire, flood and drought events are on the rise across the globe

2005 levels When the Industrial Revolution swept the globe in the 18th and 19th centuries, humanity’s impact on the natural world began in earnest.

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4.8°C Extreme Worst-Case Scenario If the goals outlined in the Paris agreement are not adhered to at all, emissions will continue to rise through 2100 and Earth will warm 4.8°C. In fact, many of the following effects will occur even before the 4.8°C threshold.

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emission levels will be 108 percent above the levels they were in 2010

n Flood, fire, severe storm and drought risk will continue to increase around the world

Habitable ranges for plant and animal species will decrease by 50 percent, and critical ecosystem function will be severely impaired, leading to the extinction of innumerable organisms n

Agriculture production will suffer inadaptable negative consequences, leading to a severe global food security crisis n

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38 percent more of the projected global population will face a water shortage

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In the 2080s, seven times as many people will experience 100-year flooding compared with the 1980s

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Outdoor workers (construction, agriculture, etc.) will suffer, decreasing global productivity more than 20 percent n

4°C Impacts if the U.S. does not participate Aside from the ongoing environmental impacts, the U.S. will face economic and diplomatic ramifications if it does not participate in the agreement. According to The Hill:

A Heritage Foundation report predicted the nation’s 400,000 nonrenewable energy jobs would be saved, but some of the 3 million clean-energy jobs counted by the Department of Energy last year could be put at risk. n

Economists noted that the private sector and several states would continue to grow clean-energy efforts, shifting away from oil and coal. n Climate leaders such as Europe and China could withhold cooperation in other diplomatic situations. n

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Drought rates would increase, leaving the Mississippi, Amazon, Danube (Europe) and Murray Darling (Australia) river basins with a 20-40 percent decrease in runoff

If all goes to plan, emission levels will have dropped 66 percent from 2010 levels

The rate of temperature increase almost doubled in the past 50 years, putting the world on track to hit a 2°C increase in just two years.

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24 percent more of the projected global population would face a water shortage

global sea levels are expected to have risen half a meter

In the 2080s, six times as many people would experience 100year flooding compared with the 1980s

Starting in 2020, all parties must reassess and update their NDC or NDC framework and be transparent about progress.

Exxon Mobile and other large U.S.-based businesses warned that the U.S. could lose key energy policy negotiating powers. n Countries could threaten the U.S. with carbon tariffs. n

Global mission In addition to the 1.5°C threshold, the Paris climate agreement has a few other requirements for participating countries.

Some scientists think the 2°C cap is too generous. A 1.5°C rise is dangerous, but a 2°C degree rise is edging close to the point of no return.

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The European Geosciences Union noted that the half-degree difference correlates to a major variance in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather, water availability, agriculture yields, rising sea levels and other natural disasters.

1°C Starting in 2023, every five years, all parties must meet to assess the collective progress toward moderating the effects of climate change.

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By Thomas Moore and Brock Radke Staff Writers

Las Vegas is easily one of the most indulgent restaurant cities in the world. If you can foot the big bill, there’s no style of cuisine unavailable and no limits to the epicurean adventures that await. ¶ But what if you’re the type of eater who prefers a challenge to an adventure? And what if you don’t want to pay for your meal? The city has more than its share of extreme eating challenges and decadent dishes ready to test your gastronomic mettle, many of which are yours for free — if you can eat 15 sliders, for example, as is the case at neighborhood favorite Born and Raised and its popular “Bar Gamble.” Take it or leave it, that’s one tasty test. ¶ Not all of these designer dishes are based on downing massive quantities of food in a few minutes. Chef Rick Moonen’s whimsical “Tasting Game” at RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay allows you to sample 16 types of house-made ice cream and guess the flavor, a much less perilous feast (unless you hate garlic ice cream). And not all of these challenges offer a discount or a prize; some are just delicious meal mountains you need to see, and attack, to believe. Las Vegas truly has something for every appetite, even the most intense.

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24-LAYER CHOCOLATE CAKE The hands-down best-seller at the Strip House at Planet Hollywood is a dessert, and that’s saying something considering this is a popular steakhouse on the Strip. The famed 24-layer cake is made of 12 rich slabs of coffee and cocoa-powder batter baked to moist perfection, 11 layers of creamy chocolate custard, and one final coat of shiny chocolate ganache. The finished cake weighs more than 20 pounds, but the skyscraping slice you’ll attack with your tablemates is only a couple of pounds and said to feed four to six. Once you get that first bite, you may be less likely to share. This treat has inspired its own food challenge, a little game we like to call: How many chocolate layers can you fit on one forkful? $15; Strip House at Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, striphouse.com

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Likely the smartest and most delightful food challenge in Las Vegas, chef Rick Moonen’s spin offers a dessert platter of 16 small scoops of ice cream and sorbet that you don’t have to devour, just identify. Name each flavor and your Tasting Game is on the house, but that hasn’t happened often because the flavors stray from Prize if you standards like chocolate and vanilla. Think Irish prevail coffee, honeydew, bananas foster, garlic, and You get to eat 16 flavors of just about anything this creative kitchen can ice cream and sorbet for free! dream up. It’s frustrating in the most deliPrice if you fail: $18 cious way. The sweet and savory flavors are Try it constantly changing, adding to the mystery. RM Seafood at Mandalay Over its 12 years in Las Vegas, RM Seafood Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. has built a strong following of tourists and South, rmseafood.com locals, and there are quite a few regulars who return to the restaurant as often as possible in search of a victory over the sweet little scoops. How talented is your palate?

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Clocking in at 9 pounds, Phozilla boasts a gallon of broth, 2 pounds of noodles and more than 2 pounds of beef or chicken. You must consume it within 33 minutes and 12 seconds, the initial record set when the challenge started in 1987. Phozilla resembles regular pho the same way Godzilla resembles an iguana. The components are the same, just much, much bigger. Still, Mia Ha, who along with her husband owns Pho 87, said the monster dish began as a cheap and easy way for Ha’s parents to feed a large family. “My family has 10 brothers and sisters, and we ate a lot of pho,” Ha said. “And we wondered if other people could eat it, because all my brothers can eat Phozilla already.” Aside from the time limit, there’s only one rule: You can’t be a competitive eater.

Prize if you prevail The meal is free. Price if you fail $50 Try it Pho 87, 3620 S. Jones Blvd., pho87.net/phozilla

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THE BAR GAMBLE Ever wish you could eat all 15 sliders at Born and Raised? The Bar Gamble dares you, and raises you a healthy bowl of “anchor” fries covered in cheddar and jack cheeses, Buffalo hot sauce and bleu cheese dressing. Executive chef Aaron Raeder said it costs about $50 for the restaurant to build the Gamble, but customers who lose are out $75. “The owner said, ‘If you’re going to call it a gamble, let’s make it a real gamble.’ ” The challenge attracts all types, including tourists, local bros trying to outdo each other, and even some pros. “We’ve had some competitive eaters come in, and they’ve all completed it,” Raeder said. “One was actually a woman who took first place in Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. It’s not too big a challenge for them. For the regular customer, there’s a 90 percent failure rate.” If you succeed, the food is free, and you get a T-shirt. $75, Born and Raised, 7260 S. Cimarron Road (Las Vegas), 10050 S. Eastern Ave. (Henderson), bornandraisedlv.com

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15-INCH SLICES

“We thought it would have a street-food appeal that worked for the Las Vegas ‘go big’ mentality,” Eric Vaughn, director of culinary operations for Planet Hollywood, said of Pin-Up Pizza’s 15-inch slice. The flavor is up to you: cheese, pepperoni, sausage, margherita, chicken and spinach, mushroom and pancetta or “meat” pizza. Pin-Up sells on average 1,000 15-inchers each day, a task requiring extra effort. “Each pizza starts with a dough ball that is over 8 pounds,” Vaughn said. “We use about 25 tons of mozzarella cheese a year.” The large pizzas also require special peels, the oversized spatulas used to pull pies in and out of ovens. The wood warps when exposed to heat, Vaughn said, so the restaurant literally burned through them when it first opened. “Eventually,” he said, “we found someone who could make one that would last that wasn’t so heavy that no one could lift it.” $7 ($6 for plain cheese), Pin-Up Pizza, Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Blvd. South, caesars.com/planet-hollywood/restaurants/ pin-up-pizza

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42-ounce Porterhouse Contadina Eating at Carmine’s kinda feels like a food challenge since the family-style portions are so huge and satisfying. The king of the menu is this juicy megasteak served with roasted potatoes, onions, peppers and sausage. The price adjusts depending on the number in your army. Carmine’s at the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd. South, carminesnyc.com

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18-Inch Monster Burrito Challenge You have 20 minutes to eat Rockhouse’s 4-pound burrito filled with carne asada, pico de gallo, sautéed onions, green chilies, cheddar cheese, fries and lettuce and topped with sour cream and guacamole. Win and you get it for free with a tee. Lose, and you’re out $45. Rockhouse at the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian and Palazzo, 3377 Las Vegas Blvd. South

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PORK TENDERLOIN BENEDICT Hammered pork tenderloin with tomato, spinach, roasted red pepper cream and a topping of two basted eggs. Hash House A Go Go’s Pork Tenderloin Benedict may not be the star of the menu, but it is a crowd favorite. “It’s one of those dishes that doesn’t get all the attention like the chicken and waffles does, but we sell a ton of them,” said marketing director Brannon Rees. That’s because, Rees said, the dish is a Midwest staple. “Lots of Midwesterners have grown up eating hand-hammered pork tenderloin. ... The customer comes in and they all have their preferences: with or without pickles, without ketchup and mustard, whatever. And they tell us the story of how or why they like it, and how it reminds them of what they ate when they were growing up.” $16.99, Multiple locations: Rio, 3700 W. Flamingo Road; Linq, 3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South; Plaza, 1 S. Main St.; 6800 W. Sahara Ave. and 555 N. Stephanie St., hashhouseagogo.com

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10-egg omelet One of Las Vegas’ restaurant icons, the Peppermill, serves these plate-sized breakfasts ($13.95-$15.95) around the clock with hash browns and toast, a muffin or bagel. Consider the Maserati, loaded with cheese and covered in Italian meat sauce, or the Marco Pollo with chicken, spinach and sun-dried tomatoes. Peppermill, 2985 Las Vegas Blvd. South, peppermilllasvegas.com

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Godzilla Sushi Platter Sake Rok’s outstanding sushi selection is both Godzilla-sized (five specialty rolls or 40 pieces of sashimi) and Godzillaserved — it comes to your table with everyone’s favorite city-destroying, smoke-breathing lizard as a caddy. Talk about presentation. Sake Rok at the Park, 3786 Las Vegas Blvd. South, sakeroklv.com

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Woody Allen Sandwich Now that the original Carnegie Deli in NYC has closed, you’ll have to stick to the Vegas version to get this pastrami and corned beef goliath, around 3 pounds of meat stacked between outmatched-yet-delicious rye bread. Pass the mustard, please. Carnegie Deli at the Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. South, mirage.com

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Chicago is a big city filled with big food, like deep-dish pizza and hot dogs piled high with vegetables and condiments. If there’s a signature sandwich of the Second City — the Philly cheesesteak of Chicago, if you will — it’s the Italian beef. Las Vegas’ Chicago-style café, Windy City BeefsN-Dogs, has created the ultimate Italian beef, adding plump, spicy pork sausage to the mix with plenty of Prize if savory jus and vinegary hot giaryou prevail dinera, all tucked into a crusty The meal is free, plus you roll. And, oh yeah, it weighs get a T-shirt and your photo 7.5 pounds. If you can eat it on the Wall. all by yourself in 30 minutes, Price if you fail you will have conquered $50 the meat mountain formerly Try it (and appropriately) known Windy City Beefs-N-Dogs, 7500 as the Sears Tower Challenge. W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 10, Of course, you could order a windycitybeefsregular No. 13 and get the same ndogs.com sandwich in a much more reasonable size, but that won’t get you on the Windy City Wall of Fame.

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INFERNO CURRY CHALLENGE

Now that it has a second location in Spring Valley, Mint Indian Bistro’s reputation as a local favorite continues to grow. But the old joint just east of the Strip may still be best known for this ridiculously spicy dish. The fire is fueled by the ghost pepper, one of the hottest chilies in the world, but the Mint kitchen turned up the heat recently by adding Carolina Reaper and Trinidad Moruga Scorpion chilies. There’s no time limit and it’s not an unusually large portion, but the dish is so intense that challengers must sign a waiver before attempting to consume it. This one is for extreme eaters only.

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Nevada ranked sixth nationally for the number of milligrams of opioids distributed per adult, according to a 2016 study by the Drug Enforcement Agency.

WHAT IS ADDICTION? The American Society of Addiction Medicine defines addiction as a primary and chronic disease of dysfunctional neurology impacting reward, motivation and memory circuitry. These dysfunctional circuits manifest in the pursuit of rewards or relief through substance abuse pathologically. “The biggest problem with people understanding addiction is that they think the problem is the drugs. The drugs are actually the solution for most addicts,” said recovering addict Andrew Keeler. “The problem is the addict himself; it’s our minds. We can’t cope with life in a normal fashion.”

Andrew Keeler kisses his 1-year-old son, Valen, as his partner, Marie Chitwood, sits nearby. (L.E. Baskow/staff)

Step by step to sobriety Addicts find freedom and family through sober-living program By Camalot Todd Staff Writer

An EMT found Andrew Keeler next to a North Las Vegas dumpster in mid-November 2015, his body turning blue, his mind gone. He was dying from his addiction. Keeler had inched closer to joining the 619 people who died in Nevada from drug overdoses that year. Nevada ranks 15th in the nation in drug over-

dose death rate, according to the most recent information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two years later, on Nov. 29, Keeler spoke to the Las Vegas community about how Freedom House, a soberliving housing program, helped him beat his addiction and find a family. The organization brought the community together to discuss addiction in Nevada and celebrate the eighth anniversary of its transitional living program, and first anniversary of its residential program. Both programs collaborate with drug courts in local municipalities to prevent addicts from serving prison time, while also offering

affordable access to addiction recovery services. Keeler, 34, had attempted to become sober many times at many different transitional living housings, but his time at Freedom House, one of Southern Nevada’s few nonprofit rehabilitation centers, was different. Keeler’s addictions varied; he started drinking and smoking marijuana at a young age. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., he moved to Las Vegas to live with his mother and get sober 15 years ago. “And I did — it just took a lot longer than I expected,” Keeler said. His addictions progressed as he aged, switching booze and pot for pills

and, eventually, heroine. The transition started innocently enough. After he caught the flu, his girlfriend at the time gave him one of her prescription pills to ease his symptoms. “I liked it, and decided to chase that feeling a little bit more,” he said. “I didn’t even realize what synthetic opioids were. I didn’t realize they were basically a smaller dose of heroin. I continued to take them, more and more, not realizing I was addicted. And by the time I realized what was going on, I was OK with it.” After that EMT saved him, a judge from one of Nevada’s drug courts gave Keeler a choice: seek treatment or go

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HOW MANY PEOPLE MISUSE DRUGS? According to the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH):

11.8 million 11.5 million An estimated

The Treatment Gap

Addressing the problem

The treatment gap refers to the number of people who need substance abuse treatment but don’t have access to it. According to the 2016 NSDUH study:

Nationwide The United States has one of the world’s harshest drug policies, according to a 2012 Stanford University report. It also has the highest prison population in the world, according to the International Centre for Prison Studies. Nearly half of the federal prison population is serving time for drug offenses, and 15.7 percent of state prison populations are serving time for drug offenses. Zero-tolerance policies for drugs have increased the prison population, but there is growing momentum to transition from criminalization to rehabilitation.

Americans who had used illicit drugs in the past 30 days:

Americans misused opioids in 2016

people misused pain relievers

948,000

In 2016, nearly 1 in 10 Americans 12 and older had used illicit drugs in the past 30 days.

That number jumped to almost 1 in 4 for young adults between the ages of 18 to 25.

Americans who need treatment for addiction:

Americans were heroin users

Locally From 2013 to 2015, opioid misuse and abuse accounted for more than 1,700 emergency visits and inpatient hospitalization in Clark County, according to the Southern Nevada Health Improvement plan.

About 1 in 13 Americans 12 and older needed treatment for addiction.

About 1 in 7 Americans among young adults 18 to 25 needed treatment for addiction.

Only 10.6 percent of those 12 years or older who needed treatment actually received it in the past year.

In Nevada Nevada began its transition in 1992 when it launched its drug court, an alternative program to incarceration for some individuals facing narcotics charges. Addicts in the program do not have criminal records, as a record could lead to rejection from job applications. The program also prevents the justice system from being overburdened by low-level offenses. This year, the state’s Interim Finance Committee budgeted $1 million for a fivepoint plan to address opioid addiction in Nevada. The plan includes preventive and educational programs, and sets aside funds to allow first responders access to Naloxone/Narcan, the reversal drug used for opioid overdoses.

“That’s lost time I can’t replace”

ABOUT Freedom House What: A sober-living housing program that fills the gap between rehab centers and normal life; the housing incorporates three main programs: 12 steps, case management, and job readiness. Where: 3852 Palos Verdes St. Contact: 702-485-1300 DonatE: Through monetary donations, you can help provide scholarships to those who can’t afford to attend the center. Call to find out other ways to donate.

to prison. Keeler chose treatment at Freedom House, where he attended the transitional living program through a scholarship the first month. Freedom House helped Keeler find work setting up its new residential program to help pay for his second month. Shortly after, Keeler learned his longtime girlfriend was pregnant.

“When I found out I was going to be a dad at three months sober, yeah, that’s kind of a scary thing to go through, and they were all there for me. To this day, I talk to every one of them on at least a weekly basis,” Keeler said of Freedom House staff. “I was terrified, and I had a lot of talks with Jeff (Iverson, the president and CEO of Freedom House). He just kept telling me, ‘This is the

greatest experience of your life. It’s terrifying and it’s hard, but it’s incredibly rewarding.’ ” Keeler helped prepare the facility for Freedom House’s anniversary celebration, which included Las Vegas City Councilman Stavros Anthony, state Sen. Scott Hammond, Assemblyman Nelson Araujo and state Treasurer Dan Schwartz. “My son is 1 year old now. He has never had to see me high or using,” Keeler said to the crowd. After sharing his story, Keeler maneuvered through the crowd and hoisted his son, Valen, onto his hip. “Truthfully, there’s never any moment where you know you’re going to be sober,” Keeler said. “It’s a dayby-day thing. “You wake up every morning and pray that you’re going to stay sober. You do the work that’s necessary to keep yourself on the right path, but I don’t know what’s going to happen 10 years from now.”

Former U.S. Marine Keith Hinchen spent seven years homeless on the Las Vegas streets, as his addiction to crack cocaine consumed everything in his life — his success, his children and his pride. On Nov. 29, Hinchen stood in front of a small crowd as a different man, gaining back everything his addiction stole from him. He was the first graduate of Freedom House’s residential living program. “I couldn’t face (my children),” Hinchen said. “When you’re an addict, you think it’s OK because you’re only hurting yourself, but you’re not just hurting yourself. I didn’t know who I was hurting. I dropped out of their lives, and that’s lost time I can’t replace.” Now, Hinchen works as a cook at Paris Las Vegas, and reached out to his children, who are now adults, and his estranged brother. He is slowly rebuilding his life. “Change is scary,” Hinchen said. “I hope the people who hear this story can find the courage to take the first step.”

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Catching kids before they fall By Michael Lyle | Staff writer

As Nevada and the federal government look at reforming aspects of the criminal justice system, some attention is being paid to juvenile justice. ¶ About 14,000 youths are cited or arrested each year in Southern Nevada. Their encounters with law enforcement include lesser property crimes such as graffiti, or more serious offenses such as possession of drug paraphernalia. ¶ But what happens after their initial interaction with the law has the potential to affect the rest of their lives. ¶ “A lot of research nationwide suggests that kids who land in systems tend to stay in those systems for an extended period of time,” said Jack Martin, director of Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services. ¶ Trying to divert youths from entering the juvenile justice system, Clark County has looked at alternative solutions, such as the newly developed juvenile assessment center known as the Harbor. ¶ In the past year, youths coming into the program have been able to access tutoring, mentoring, drug education, conflict resolution, anger management, job skills development, counseling sessions and behavioral therapy. ¶ Martin recently sat down with The Sunday to talk about the Harbor. What exactly is the Harbor? In October 2016, we opened up the Harbor, which is a juvenile assessment center that serves children before they become trapped in the system. (The Harbor) diverts kids from the system by offering wrap-around services and addressing the root cause of the issue at hand. You see a kid changing. He is 9, 10, 11 or 12, and his mom and dad get a divorce, so he starts acting differently and going down the wrong path. Instead of waiting for him to become justice-involved, there is now a resource for parents. Once they come to the Harbor, we do two assessments and try to wrap that child into meaningful services. We understand in our system that children are often the symptom bearers of dysfunctional families. So when the kid arrives, we are hopefully going to see what’s going on with the mom and dad, or whoever is raising them, so we can offer them some services to stabilize the family unit and stop the spiral.

Jack Martin is director of the Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services. (photos by STEVE MARCUS/staff)

This is the right thing to do and also the best use of taxpayer dollars. In its first year, the Harbor served 2,200 families, with less than 5 percent failing their time or program. We set our first-year goal at 50 percent success, so we were pleasantly surprised. It’s only one year’s worth of data, but we are collecting all the data to make sure we are providing meaningful services. What were the alternatives before the Harbor? There was peer court or trial by peers, and the coroner’s programs. There are a lot of smaller programs that address part of what the child needed, but there wasn’t a holistic approach, and there wasn’t a lot of assessment being done. We weren’t targeting what was going on with the kid. We were saying, ‘This is why you’re here, and this seems like a match,’ as opposed to the approach of assessing and drilling down to what was going on. You

might have been painting the side of the building, but the reality is, you’re mad that Mom and Dad are separating or Mom is doing drugs. There are other drivers. If we can get our work wrapped around those drivers, we can stop those behaviors. Are there other models like this throughout the country? Yes. We aren’t reinventing the wheel. We went to Portland, Ore., and saw its program. We went to Colorado, which actually made programs like this law, and it’s had a dramatic effect on their juvenile justice system, education system and child welfare system. We then had a local group do a gap analysis for us so we could have an academic study to get stakeholders in our community on board. How do you foresee the program growing over the next few years? We were fortunate enough to have Gov. (Brian) San-

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One of the major reasons we started the Harbor was because of our teachers. Oftentimes, we think cops are the first responders in preventing these situations but it’s actually the teachers. ... They are seeing their students five days a week. They are going to be the first ones to recognize if a student has been wearing the same clothes for three days. —Jack Martin, director of Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice Services

The Harbor is located within Clark County Juvenile Detention Center.

doval grant us $1.9 million, which was part of Assemblyman (Jason) Frierson’s bill last legislative session to expand the program. It’s going to allow us to expand the program to 24 hours and also expand to another location so we are closer to other communities in need. We’re hoping to be somewhere near Charleston and Jones boulevards. We’re also hoping it will be less of a public-run program and more of a public-private partnership. What role does community play in addressing this issue? In my three decades of working in this field, I’ve never seen so many collaborative parts come together and create a true safety net for children. It’s not 100 percent perfect, and we will never be, but the effort to make this program as seamless as possible has been great. That being said, community is a huge partner. We can, as a community, wrap our arms around

these kids. We always downplay the role of mentors and the impact they can have. Mentorship is a game changer. I can’t speak for the school district but it has made strides, such as getting rid of zero-tolerance policies, because research shows they don’t work. One of the major reasons we started the Harbor was because of our teachers. Oftentimes, we think cops are the first responders in preventing these situations but it’s actually the teachers who see these problems. They are seeing their students five days a week. They are the first ones to recognize if a student has been wearing the same clothes for three days. We are hoping we can convince teachers and principals that the Harbor is a valuable tool. What about kids who already are in the system? How do you work with them? We are in the second-chance business. Just because they came to us, doesn’t mean it’s all over.

Of the 14,000 kids who came in last year, only about 250 escalated to state. We had a couple who had repeat offenses. (For those repeat offenses), we use repetitive sanctions, and sometimes it’s the second or third time that we use this repetitive ideology that you take a different approach or assignment. I tell people all the time that I have my own children. I’ve taken away my son’s cellphone multiple times. I don’t take it away the first time, then take it away a second time and then put him in the electric chair. We have lots of programs and options to expose these kids to different things and get them to come around. This can be in-home therapy or counseling sessions. One of the evidence-based programs is meaningful community service — not just picking up cigarette butts, but actually doing service projects to help their community become better. These connect our kids to our community.

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I was expecting a bonus from work that didn’t come, and now I’m strapped for cash during the holidays. I’m thinking about taking out a payday loan. I know the interest rates are high, but I’m desperate and it would only be this one time. What should I do? Question:

75 percent

of payday loans belong to people who take out 11 or more payday loans a year.

Answer: Payday loans are rarely a good solution. When people need a few hundred bucks to tide them over until their next check, payday loans might seem like a good idea, but don’t be fooled — it is a trap. In 2016, the Pew Charitable Trust reported that 12 million Americans take out payday loans each year, and pay $9 billion on the loan fees. Payday loans come with high interest rates, typically around 400 percent. judah zakalik, esq. Because the lending limits are low — most payday loans range from $100 to $500 — some rationalize that the fees are worth the cash. Unfortunately, that’s rarely the case.

How payday loans work Payday loans are short-term cash loans, usually due within two weeks of taking out the loan. The process of securing a payday loan is simple: You give the lender a postdated check (or authorize access to your bank account) for the dollar amount of the loan plus the interest. Then the lender gives you the cash. When the loan is due, the lender can take the payment directly out of your bank account, or you can extend the loan for another two weeks for another fee. Oftentimes, the payment is about $15 for every $100 you borrow.

EXAMPLE:

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$300 dollar amount of the loan

$45 projected interest

$45 additional payment if you don’t repay the loan after two weeks

Within one month, you will have paid $90 for a $300 loan. In two months, it would cost $180 for a $300 loan In six months, it would cost $1,080 for a $300 loan In one year, it would cost $2,160 for a $300 loan

$15 is a rounded estimate, and a bit lower than many payday loan companies offer. Pew reports that the average annual percentage rate for payday loans is 391 percent. Depending on the specific lender, it might be slightly more or slightly less. For the Pew-reported average of 391 percent, it would cost borrowers about $16.29 in fees for every $100 borrowed.

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skip payday loans and solve the root of the problem Pew reports that 58 percent of average payday loan borrowers struggle to meet their monthly expenses and the average payday loan requires a payment of $430 by the end of the lending period. While banks and other mainstream lenders typically don’t offer small-sum loans, taking out a payday loan until your next paycheck is never financially advisable. Alternative options may be limited in most of these cases, but considering a payday loan or falling into the payday loan cycle is almost always indicative of a larger financial issue. Unsteady finances can carry a heavy burden of shame, but those feelings should never prevent one from seeking help. The large majority of Americans carry some form of debt — 12 million people take out payday loans each year, and the total credit card debt owed by U.S. consumers is more than $1 trillion, which is the highest ever. Accountants, attorneys and financial advisers, among others, can be of great assistance to people who are trapped underneath any type of debt. If you’re considering a payday loan, or already stuck in a payday loan cycle, it’s time to take a hard look at your financial situation and figure out what’s causing the problem. If you have other debts or garnishments causing your struggles, consider seeking help from a reputable debt relief attorney. If you don’t have debt but you’re living paycheck to paycheck, it may be time to try and cut expenses, sell some assets, pick up a second shift or maybe even get a roommate. Regardless of your financial situation, payday loans should be avoided at all costs, especially around the holidays.

If you have a question you’d like to see answered by an attorney in a future issue, please write to questions@PandALawFirm.com. Please note: The information in this column is intended for general purposes only and is not to be considered legal or professional advice of any kind. You should seek advice that is specific to your problem before taking or refraining from any action and should not rely on the information in this column.

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6 takeaways from UNLV’s growth plan The university is clearing a path for more structures, students and programs By Sunday staff

In its first 60 years, UNLV grew from a 13,000-square-foot building — a little more than a 10th of an average modern Walmart store — to hundreds of classrooms on about 2,500 acres of property at sites across the valley. ¶ So what changes will happen next? ¶ Celebrating its 60th anniversary throughout the 2017-18 school year, UNLV President Len Jessup took time to discuss what’s ahead during a recent interview with The Sunday. ¶ Although it’s a little early to predict what the university will look like in 2077, Jessup offered a vision of the next five to 10 years of growth and change at UNLV. Here are some of the more significant changes on the horizon.

the Innovation center in North Las Vegas One of UNLV’s most ambitious long-range initiatives is to develop 2,000 recently acquired acres in North Las Vegas into a major research and innovation center. “It would be a home for big science that needs a lot of room for testing and development,” Jessup said. “We’ve talked about creating a simulated cityscape where we’d be testing autonomous vehicles, for instance.”

Indoor research Construction is set to begin soon on a third building at the Harry Reid Research & Technology Park. Jessup said that in contrast to the North Las Vegas site, the 122-acre master-planned park provides space for indoor research. Catamaran, an Illinoisbased pharmaceutical company, and charter school American Preparatory Academy occupy the two buildings currently on the site.

Site for graduate programs

Increased enrollment

In the next four or five years, look for UNLV to begin developing the 42-acre site it purchased last year near Tropicana Avenue and Koval Lane. Jessup said the university would concentrate its graduate programs on the site, with the main campus being used for undergraduate education. Tentative plans also call for residential space, shopping and dining areas, a conference center and classrooms for various uses, including educational outreach and business courses.

UNLV’s enrollment, which recently hit 30,000, is on a steadily upward trajectory and will continue to grow, Jessup said. He is forecasting the number to hit 40,000 in 10 years. “I think that people in the community and around the country are seeing that we’re working hard to become a better university and school of choice for students applying,” Jessup said. “We’re not just a backup university. We continue to be an incredible value as well.” A key initiative is to continue forming public-private partnerships to drive development, which would spare UNLV from relying on increases in tuition and student fees to grow. At less than $8,000 for in-state attendees, UNLV’s tuition is below average. The university wants to keep it there to help attract students. Examples of successful public-private partnerships include a seven-year deal with Cox Communications that included expansion of the campus Wi-Fi network and an agreement with data company Switch that allowed UNLV to access Intel’s Cherry Creek supercomputer.

Maryland Parkway growth In the near term, there will be ongoing development along the Maryland Parkway corridor— University Park apartments on the north end of campus and a new office and parking garage complex on the east side of the parkway. Recently, the university obtained a building near the Nevada System of Higher Education’s Las Vegas office at 4300 S. Maryland Parkway, where online education operations have been moved.

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Medical school Less visible changes include the ongoing establishment of the medical school, whose first class of students began their studies this year. “The most immediate benefit to the region is that if you’re a really good undergraduate student, you no longer have to go out of state for medical school,” Jessup said. “You can finish and then stay here, and we can begin addressing the acute shortage of doctors in our state. “As we build out specialities in cancer, cardiology and other key areas, people in the region can stay here for those needs.” Once the medical school is up and running with a full complement of classes, Jessup said, “you’ll see this university with a $2 billion to $3 billion economic impact.”

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THE ACA ( ObamaCare ) Still Exists

Here’s how to enroll

Did President Donald Trump kill Obamacare? ¶ The answer is a very loud and emphatic no. ¶ Although Trump’s recent actions might end some government subsidies to insurers and could lead to destabilization in some markets, the ACA is a long way from being repealed. It remains the law of the land, and several states that have seen the benefits of it — including Nevada, where some 89,000 people have received Obamacare coverage — are working hard to maintain it. ¶ With open enrollment for the ACA being offered from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, Nevada residents should know that they can still sign up for insurance under the law. ¶ In response to the Trump administration’s decision to cut the enrollment period in half and drastically reduce funding for advertising and outreach, The Sunday is publishing this special page through the end of the enrollment period to help Nevada residents sign up for ACA coverage through the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange.

Choose a Method you feel most comfortable with Nevada Health Link, the staterun marketplace to purchase Obamacare insurance can be reached in the following ways:

make sure you have the required documents n Valid Nevada driver’s license or Nevada photo ID; student ID for dependent children; Permanent Resident/Alien Registration card, if applicable.

ONLINE nevadahealthlink.com

n Social Security cards and birthdays for household members

PHONE 855-768-5465

n Estimate of your household income for the current year.

EMAIL CustomerServiceNVHL@ exchange.nv.gov IN-PERSON One-on-one help is available. See below for how you can meet with insurance navigators and assisters for help.

n Copy of any current health insurance information. (If insurance is provided by an employer, include employer contact information.)

Enrollment deadline

DECEMBER 15

consider your specific health needs and choose a plan from the following options The two insurance providers that will offer ACA policies in Nevada in 2018 — Health Plan of Nevada and Centene Corp., which is operating in Nevada as SilverSummit — both offer three levels of coverage. Sample plans may look like this: n Gold Highest monthly premiums, but also the lowest co-pays for policyholders — 20 percent or less of medical bills after meeting the deductible. n Silver Lower premiums, higher co-pays — 30 percent after meeting deductible.

Q. Is there anyone who can work with me directly

n Bronze Lower premiums still, but co-pays edge up to 40 percent.

to help me receive coverage?

Yes. Through Nevada Health Link, you can find insurance advisers in your area who have received special training and are certified by the Nevada Division of Insurance, known as Navigators and Assisters. To find someone near you: Go to nevadahealthlink.com, click on the box at the bottom of the homepage that reads “Get In-Person Assistance” and enter your ZIP code.

DO YOU CURRENTLY RECEIVE ACA COVERAGE FROM ANTHEM?

Individuals on Anthem health plans will be automatically enrolled in the next-closest plan for next year if they do not act during the open enrollment period. The exchange recommends individuals shop the exchange to pick a plan that best meets their needs.

Health Plan of Nevada also offers a lower-tier option: n Catastrophic Lowest premiums and least coverage, with policyholder paying more than 40 percent of costs after meeting deductible.

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HOW THERAPY PETS CAN COMFORT YOU

Therapy pets are used to bring comfort to individuals during some of their most challenging moments in hospitals, nursing homes, hospice facilities, mental health centers, shelters and schools. Following the Oct. 1 mass shootMEET THE MEDICAL ing on the Strip, they also supPROFESSIONAL IN THIS STORY ported the community during Sue Grundfest, Lead Animal Therapist at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical a time of overwhelming grief. Center, instructor at Pet Partners and Love Dog Adventures ¶ The primary job of therapy Laura Lockwood, pet therapy pets is to improve the emotional volunteer at MountainView Hospital condition of the people they Tracy Szymanski, Director of Guest encounter, and the benefits of Services at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center this animal camaraderie are farreaching and vast.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD THERAPY PET? Therapy pets are primarily dogs, but cats, horses/ponies and bunnies also are used in some settings. Dogs and miniature ponies are the only animals approved for use in hospitals. “The most common dogs used are Labradors and golden retrievers, however any breed can become a therapy pet,” said Laura Lockwood, a pet therapy volunteer. The dog must pass an American Kennel Club Canine Good Citizen test and other temperament assessments before becoming a therapy pet. Lockwood says all dogs must be clean, groomed and in good health, as well as possess certain important personality traits. “The dog’s personality is a key factor,” she said. “They must have good manners, not shy away from new/different settings and want to interact positively with all people. They should be loving and have a willingness to express that love to everyone.” Therapy pets often are found at hospitals and other medical facilities to comfort patients of all kinds — including trauma, extended-stay, pediatric, and those suffering from mental illness. “Patients in medical facilities are under much stress and often spend the majority of the day alone. When a dog visits, the patient’s attitude changes,” Lockwood said. And it’s not only the patients who benefit. Lockwood says therapy animals can improve the lives of hospital workers as well.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THERAPY PET AND SERVICE ANIMAL

While both therapy pets and service animals help people, they have different roles and are distinctly different from each other. “Service dogs work for their owners, providing assistance for specific disabilities they have been trained to address,” Grundfest said. “Therapy animals work with their owners who volunteer to bring them out into the public for a particular goal.”

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support for mental health patients There are many ways therapy pets are used to help mental health patients. In some cases, they’re used for companionship and emotional soothing, and in other instances, they can play a more complicated role. “Someone who had been nonverbal or agitated might relate to the animal more readily than a person,” said animal therapist Sue Grundfest. “For other patients, our goal may be to induce or reduce emotion. When working with people who are clinically depressed, the goal is to show emotion. Alternately, if someone is hyper, our goal is to modulate emotion through petting and other modalities. In the mental health arena, no two assignments or visits are ever the same.” Grundfest says animals can help bring about “breakthroughs” for patients struggling with mental illness. “Animals are nonjudgmental and can tap into feelings at different levels than other humans,” she said.

comfort for trauma patients For many trauma patients, the healing process is both physical and emotional. As such, therapy pets can be instrumental for keeping a patient’s spirits up during recovery. Therapy dogs and other animals are brought to a hospital rooms where patients can pet, hug and cuddle the animals. Multiple studies indicate that friendly interactions with animals can help raise oxytocin levels and decrease stress response in humans. A 2015 study published in Science found that even just maintaining eye contact with a dog raises oxytocin levels in both the human and the pet. “Animal-assisted therapy dogs have a calming effect and can provide individuals with unquestioning affection after experiencing trauma,” said Tracy Szymanski of Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. “Patients report that therapy pets help them forget about the pain or discomfort of being in a hospital.” Therapy animals can be trained for dealing with different kinds of medical areas, including trauma or physical/occupational therapy — and they don’t only offer emotional support. “Therapy dogs can work with a patient to improve his or her ability to complete certain functions,” Szymanski said. “For example, petting a dog can help a stroke patient improve their small muscle functions.”

How to get involved Whether or not you have a therapy animal, you can get involved. Szymanski recommends volunteering at a local hospital. “You don’t need to have a dog to make a person smile or forget their troubles. All you need is a commitment to contribute a minimum of four hours a day, once a week, to become a hospital volunteer,” she said. You also can get involved with the Pet Partners volunteer “Ambassador” program, where you can assist in various areas alongside registered therapy teams. Love Dog Adventures is a community partner affiliate of Pet Partners, for more information, visit lovedogadventures.org.

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Forty percent of adults say they plan to buy toys this holiday season, according to Deloitte.

2017’s hottest holiday toys By Sunday staff

In years past, yo-yos, Game Boys and Furbies have emerged as Christmas musthaves for kids. ¶ This year, these toys are likely to sell out well before Christmas — if they haven’t already.

Must-have toys through the years 2016: Hatchimals, NES Classic Mini 2015: Star Wars Remote Control BB-8 Droid 2014: Disney Frozen Snow Glow Elsa Doll 2013: Big Hugs Elmo 2012: Wii U 2011: LeapPad Explorer kids tablet computer 2010: Apple iPad 2009: ZhuZhu Pets 2008: Nintendo Wii 2007: Nintendo DS 2006: PlayStation 3 2005: Xbox 360 2004: Robosapien 2003: FurReal Cat 2002: Beyblade spinning tops 2001: Bratz dolls 2000: Razor scooter 1999: Pokémon 1998: Furby 1997: Tamagotchi virtual pet 1996: Tickle Me Elmo 1995: Beanie Babies 1994: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers action figures, Pogs 1993: Talkboy cassette player and recorder 1992: Talking Barney 1991: Super Nintendo 1990: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle action figures 1989: Game Boy 1988: Nintendo Entertainment System 1987: Koosh ball, Jenga 1986: Teddy Ruxpin 1985: My Little Pony, Care Bears 1984: Transformers 1983: Cabbage Patch Kids, Trivial Pursuit 1982: Gloworm Glow Worm Plush Doll 1981: Masters of the Universe, The Smurfs 1980: Rubik’s Cube 1979: Atari VCS 1978: Simon, Hungry Hungry Hippos 1977: Slime, Star Wars figurines 1976: Connect Four 1975: The Pet Rock 1974: Tonka Toy Trucks 1973: Walkie Talkies 1972: Uno 1971: Space Hopper bouncing ball

Fingerlings

$14.99 These interactive pets hang on your finger, blink, turn their head, blow kisses, burp, laugh, sleep, swing their tail and coo. The original baby monkey version comes in a variety of colors and has been widely distributed among retailers. New this year and even harder to acquire is Kingsley the sloth, sold only at Walmart. Gigi the unicorn is exclusive to Toys R Us and also has proven difficult to find.

PRO TIP: Shop early Walmart, Target and Toys R Us were all sold out of Fingerlings in late November.

1970: Lite-Brite

$495 per child What the average American parents spent on gifts last Christmas, according to the Rubicon Project Holiday Consumer Pulse survey.

Consider waiting until January. Toys are much more likely to be back in stock shortly after the holidays.

Tickle Me Elmo was conceived by its inventor as Tickles the Chimp. The idea and technology was bought by Tyco Preschool in 1992 with the intention of branding the toy as Tickle Me Tasmanian Devil, until Tyco lost its licensing deal with Looney Tunes. Tyco then contracted with Sesame Street to create Tickle Me Elmo. The toy hit stores in July 1996 and by Christmas had become a full-blown craze.

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Soggy Doggy $19.99 This messy game is a hit with little ones. Race around the game board and take turns giving Soggy Doggy a bath. But watch out: he loves to shake himself dry. Get soaked, and you have to head back to start. Make it around the bathtub, and you win.

PRO TIP: Use product trackers RetailMeNot, for example, posts alerts on Facebook when highly-sought toys are back in stock.

The Cabbage Patch Kids launch was the most successful doll introduction in toy history. Sales grew from $60 million in the first year to more than $600 million by 1985. The dolls traveled aboard a NASA space shuttle, became the mascot for a U.S. Olympic team, were featured on a U.S. postage stamp and graced the cover of Newsweek.

Astronomer and educator Nancy Grace Roman

PRO TIP: Shop early Knockoffs abound online during the Christmas rush.

Lego Ideas Women of NASA $24.99 Kids can explore, in block form, the professions of four groundbreaking women in science, technology, engineering and math. The series also features astronaut, physicist and entrepreneur Sally Ride; and astronaut, physician and engineer Mae Jemison.

Computer scientist and entrepreneur Margaret Hamilton

LOL Big Surprise

$69.99 Capitalizing on the success of last yearâ€™s Hatchimals, LOL Big Surprise features 50 individually wrapped dolls, accessories and pets hidden in a glittery egg. The plaything is the latest offering in the unboxing trend thatâ€™s taken the toy market (and YouTube) by storm. While kids love that LOL Big Surprise takes hours to unwrap, the toy has gone over less favorably with parents, many of whom have complained online about the low quality of the goodies hidden inside.

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GOLDEN KNIGHTS NACHOS INGREDIENTS

RECIPE PROVIDED BY NACHO DADDY

Many Las Vegans are in the midst of a crash course on hockey, learning about the sport while cheering for our new hometown team. Here’s one important lesson: The game moves fast, so it’s best to snack on something you can make just before the puck drops and devour while focusing on the action. Nachos and hockey go together like popcorn and movies, which is why Nacho Daddy partnered with the Golden Knights to create this Philly cheesesteak-themed dish. You don’t have to eat and watch at one of Nacho Daddy’s three local stores; you can make ’em at home.

5 oz tortilla chips

/2 oz canola oil

2 oz shredded Monterey Jack

8 oz carne asada steak

DIRECTIONS

2 oz shredded cheddar

2 oz red bell pepper, diced

4 oz queso cheese sauce

2 oz green bell pepper, diced

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Heat a skillet to medium-high and add canola oil. When the skillet is hot, cook the carne asada until wellcharred. Set the meat aside. 2. Add the bell peppers, mushrooms and onions to skillet and cook until soft. Remove vegetables from heat. 3. Stack half the chips in an ovenproof skillet and top with half the shredded cheeses. Repeat with remaining chips and shredded cheese. Put the skillet in the oven until top cheese is melted. 4. Remove from oven and add carne asada and grilled vegetables on top. Pour queso all over chips, making sure to cover. Put the skillet back in the oven for a few minutes.

2 oz white onion, diced

1 oz mushroom, diced

2 oz pickled cherry peppers, diced

1 /2 oz green onion, thinly sliced

5. Garnish nachos with pickled peppers and green onions, then serve immediately.

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LOOKING FOR A NEW BEST FRIEND?

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

Brunhilde (A991814)

Plymouth (A992093)

Sher

Vincent

Age: 1-year-old spayed female Breed: Rabbit Description: Brunhilde’s idea of a perfect day is to be snuggled up on a blanket with a fresh bowl of hay. She will be in tune with her family after some time and patience. Adoption fee:$25

Age: 2-year-old male Description: Plymouth is slightly timid and needs a little time to get used to new people. Once he does, you will see a much more energetic partner Adoption fee: $50

Age: 2-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Sher is friendly, so feel free to scratch her ears and rub under her chin. Adoption fee: $40

Age: 2-year-old neutered male Breed: Bull terrier Description: Vincent is a wiggle worm who is just bursting with activity. He love long walks and playing in the yard. Adoption fee: $75

Kitty (A992581)

Subi (A992312)

Harry and Ron

Butterscotch

Age: 12-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Sweet Kitty actively seeks attention from patrons and staff. She is vocal, and speaks to anyone who speaks to her. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 3-year-old neutered male Description: Subi is sweet, playful, and eager to learn. Ideally, he would find an active family that is committed to continuing his training. He loves to sit and give high fives for treats. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 7-month-old neutered males Breed: Agouti Dutch rabbits Description: Harry and Ron are curious explorers who want nothing more than to find a home to call their own. Adoption fee: $40

Age: 10-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic longhair Description: Butterscotch is an in-the-moment, Zen-like cat that embraces each day with wide eyes and an open heart. Adoption fee: $30

Panda (A992453)

Cheeto (A992604)

Winny

Ian

Age: 4-month-old neutered male Breed: Rabbit Description: Panda is a ball of energy and is highly entertaining to watch. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 12-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic shorthaired Description: Big Cheeto is sweet and loves scratches under his chin and along his neck. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 6-year-old spayed female Breed: Terrier mix Description: Winny is sweet, but her shyness gets the best of her at times. Once she lets her guard down, she is ready to lay the lovin’ on thick. Adoption fee: $75

Age: 1-year-old neutered male Breed: Lop-eared rabbit Description: Ian would love to find a human to give him a chance and the time to feel comfortable, because he can be a bit shy at first. Adoption fee: $25

Editor’s note: The Animal Foundation does not label dogs by breed.

Animal foundation 702-384-3333 x131 | animalfoundation.com/adopt Animals are assigned a color next to their names indicating location: 655 N. Mojave Road, Las Vegas 286 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson

Nevada SPCA 4800 W. Dewey Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-873-SPCA | www.nevadaspca.org

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it’s not just a guy thing women leaders play a huge role in growth of las vegas bowl By Adam Candee STAFF WRITER

Courtney Smith’s earliest memories of being a football fan date back to one of the sport’s most iconic and memorable teams. “I grew up with my dad watching the Chicago Bears every Sunday,” said Smith, an audiologist who creates custom ear protection for Strip performers and staff. “I was doing the ‘Super Bowl Shuffle’ in 1985.” With football roots stretching back more than three decades, Smith proved an eager audience for local public relations ace Melissa Warren’s pitch to grow the presence of women in Southern Nevada’s longtime college football bowl game. Warren brought to Smith the idea of joining The Huddle, a newly formed committee of businesswomen charged with promoting the football game as well as the local community, and the bowl’s selected nonprofit organizations. Melissa Meacham-Grossman oversees marketing, operations and entertainment for the Las Vegas Bowl, and envisioned the group as a way to expand the efforts of the bowl’s main 40-mem-

Members gather for the Las Vegas Bowl’s newly formed group, The Huddle, which includes 15 local businesswomen. (L.E. Baskow/staff)

ber committee. “Their focus over past years has been very sponsorship-driven and very ticket sales-driven. That’s what supports our game,” Meacham-Grossman said. “We haven’t really been able to engage the committee as much as we wanted to in our community, or outreach as much as we wanted to.” With 15 members and plans to double that size next year, The Huddle arranges activities for bowl week that stretch beyond the field and into the Southern Nevada community it seeks to showcase. Recognizing that coaches, players and staff members at Boise State and Oregon will

The Rossi Ralenkotter Trophy will be awarded to the winner of the Las Vegas Bowl XXVI game Dec. 16. (Las Vegas News Bureau)

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to connect with other women who share the love of bring wives and girlfriends to Las Vegas for Saturfootball, who really enjoy the whole atmosphere of day’s game, Meacham-Grossman and Warren plotted the college football games and the bowl season.” a course to bring the families to places throughout Women have had prominent roles in the history of the local community to show them what local life bethe Las Vegas Bowl. Former UNLV Athletic Director yond the gridiron looks like. Tina Kunzer-Murphy served as the bowl’s executive It’s an opportunity Smith would have enjoyed bedirector for 12 years and, in fore she and her husband 2010, became the first chairmoved here from Iowa in woman of the Football Bowl 2005. The Huddle’s Association. Warren and “All we knew was Caesars bowl week Jennifer Logan, the wife of Palace and the pool and all schedule of events Las Vegas 51s President Don that stuff,” Smith said. “Isn’t Logan, serve on the central that kind of how everybody DEC 13 bowl committee. lands here?” 9 a.m. “When this committee Each member of The Players from participating teams visit started 26 years ago, the Huddle must make a $1,000 the Opportunity Village campus. world was a little different,” commitment of financial said Warren, whose nephew support to the Las Vegas DEC 14 played in the game in 2015. Bowl, as well as a pledge to 9 a.m. “It was a different time, and help sell and secure sponGoodie Two Shoes: Players deliver football naturally is going to sorships for the game. shoes to students at CP Squires Elementary School. draw and attract primarily Members of the primary men. Women are just as pasbowl committee must com11:30 am. to 3:30 p.m. sionate about football, our mit to selling at least $5,000 Ladies’ and Kids’ Day at Downtown community and our city.” of sponsorships, tickets or Summerlin: This is a particularly imJohn Saccenti, the bowl’s services for the game, and portant event for The Huddle, as it is current executive direcalso sign up for a significant the group’s opportunity to showcase tor, said research from the investment of time. Las Vegas as a livable and thriving community (apart from the Strip) to Las Vegas Convention and Meacham-Grossman apthe wives, partners and children of Visitors Authority shows 48 proached Megan Keith late the teams. percent of bowl attendees this summer with an offer are women. to join the group. Keith runs DEC 15 “Not many people realmarketing for a local franNoon: ized that or knew that,” chisee of Burger King and Kickoff Luncheon: Members of The Saccenti said. “Our fan base some PizzaRev locations, Huddle will be present to demonhas had plenty of women but her life away from work strate community support and welinvolved and engaged as revolves around the flag come the visiting teams to our city. fans. Where we missed out football games of her 11- and was having more women in12-year-old boys. The boys DEC 16 volved in the game and helpplay fantasy football and 12:30 PM DEc. 16 ing the game grow within carry on the family tradition Game Day: Members of The Huddle will attend the game as vested memthe community.” of their dad, who played colbers of this event. That focus drew in Smith. lege football at Oklahoma She recently traveled back State. to Iowa City, where she and Keith said the required her husband attended the financial commitment demUniversity of Iowa, for her first football game in 10 onstrates the excitement within The Huddle about years. She experienced the new Hawkeye tradition of the future of the bowl game, which will move to the 70,000-person crowd waving to the kids in the adthe new Raiders stadium near the Strip in 2020. jacent university children’s hospital at the end of the “This group really can take the time to first quarter. highlight what it’s like to live in Las Vegas as The power of college football beyond the field women and wives and moms,” Keith said. makes her want to be a part of growing the bowl game “We can highlight what it’s like to be a in Las Vegas. business owner here in Las Vegas.” “This group being women-centric, we can show She also was attracted by the them different unique parts of Las Vegas that we see chance to experience football in more of that maybe men don’t see as much,” Smith a different way. said. “Football is not just for the good ol’ boys. It’s for “Sometimes it gets to be the ladies too. We love the competitive atmosphere in such a guy thing,” Keith sports and in business.” said. “It’s really nice

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CASINO PROMOTIONS LUCKY DRAGON

Naturally 8 Lucky Saturdays Date: Saturdays in December Time: 9 and 11 p.m. Information: For baccarat players with a loyalty card. Receive a natural 8 hand to be entered in a drawing. Win $10,000 in prizes. Holiday Point Race Date: December Information: Earn points to redeem for gas cards (keep the points). Earn 500 points for a $10 gas card; earn more than 5,000 points to get a $100 gas card. Gift giveaway Date: Saturdays in December Information: Earn 50 points to receive a gift. On Dec. 16, the gift is a cheese knife.

KLONDIKE SUNSET CASINO

Gift giveaway Date: Wednesdays in December Information: Earn 100 points to receive a gift. On Dec. 13, receive a gift card grab bag (value varies). Player’s choice giveaway Date: Fridays in December Time: 10 a.m.-noon Information: Earn points to receive up to $110 in gift cards.

SOUTH POINT

Prime Time Mondays Date: Mondays Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Information: Slot tournament, discounts and more for loyalty-card members 50 and older. Top prize in tournament is $1,000.

TUSCANY

Point multiplier Date: Mondays and Fridays in December Information: Receive 12x points on reels and 6x points on video poker. Spin & Win Slot Tournament Date: Saturdays in December Time: Noon-9 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points to participate. Holiday gift grab Date: Tuesdays in December Information: Earn 200 points to receive a prize, including slot play, gifts and more. Gift giveaway Date: Sundays in December Information: Earn 300 same-day base points. On Dec. 10, it’s a bottle

of wine. Table games wine giveaway Date: December Information: Earn tickets for wine by playing table games.

SLS las vegas

$250,000 Candy House cash drawings Date: Saturdays through Dec. 23 Time: 7 and 9 p.m. Information: Fifteen names will be selected at each drawing. Players will play a game in which the objective is to pick 10 Santa symbols from a game board with 20 envelopes before picking three Grinch symbols. Successful contestants win $250,000. Pick an Elf kiosk game Date: December Information: Players who earn 20 points, or a $10 average rated bet for one hour, are eligible. Win up to $5,000 in slot play. 20x Mystery Multiplier and Bonus New Year’s Day Multiplier Date: Mondays in December and Jan. 1 Information: Earn up to 20x points on slots every Monday in December and a bonus 10x slot multiplier on Jan. 1. Players are allowed up to 75,000 points. Excludes video poker. Ceramic cookware giveaway Date: Thursdays in December Time: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 250 slot points, 500 video poker points or have a $25 average-rated bet for one hour to receive a piece of ceramic cookware. Limited-edition Budweiser giveaway Date: Dec. 12 Time: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: One beer per player. Limited to the first 850 players. $60,000 Spin and Win Hot Seat Date: Sundays in December Time: Hourly, noon-5 p.m. Information: Four players will be chosen each hour to spin wheel and win up to $500 in play.

COSMOPOLITAN

in the slot section adjacent to Bond Bar. Earn a wheel spin for every 1,000 points earned. Win up to $500 in play with each spin. Player can participate up to 50 times.

Information: Redeem slot play up to five times for every 500 base points earned. See kiosk for details.

EL CORTEZ

Go Long! Weekly Football Challenge Date: Through Dec. 31 Information: Swipe card at kiosk to participate.

Free Play Inferno drawing Date: Thursdays in December Time: 7 p.m. Information: Receive one entry for every 100 base slot points earned. Receive 3x entries on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Win up to $1,100 in play. Double Diamond drawing Date: Saturdays in December Time: 8 p.m. Information: Receive one entry for every 100 base slot points earned. Receive 3x entries on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Win up to $1,000. Buffalo point multiplier Date: Sundays and Mondays in December Information: Earn 10x points on Buffalo machines. Pasta for players Date: Mondays and/or Tuesdays in December Information: Earn 1,000 slot base points to receive an order of the Siegel’s 1941 daily pasta special.

PLAZA

Royal Rewards $50K giveaway Date: Dec. 10 Information: Earn one ticket for every 25,000 points earned. Top prize is $20,000.

DOWNTOWN GRAND Touchdown at Downtown Date: Sundays through Dec. 31 Time: 9 p.m. Information: Earn drawing tickets through play and dining. Top prize is signed memorabilia or $200 slot play. Connect 4 Battle Date: Through Dec. 30 Information: Two players will be randomly selected to participate in a battle of Connect 4. The top prize is $100 in slot play.

2017 Holiday Cash Back Date: Dec. 10 Information: Earn $25 for every 15,000 slot points earned. Receive 2x holiday points on Thursdays.

Champagne giveaway Date: Thursdays through Dec. 28 Information: Receive one bottle of Champagne for every 500 same-day base points earned.

Instant Riches Bonus Wheel Game Date: Through Dec. 31 Information: For players on machines

Santa’s Workshop Date: Mondays-Wednesdays in December

SILVERTON

WESTGATE

Gift giveaway Date: Dec. 14 Time: 4-7 p.m. Information: From Dec. 10-14, earn 150 points to receive a red mini cooker.

BOYD PROPERTIES*

Young at Heart Date: Wednesdays Time: 7 a.m.-midnight Information: For players 50 and older. Includes drawings, point multipliers and dining discounts. See kiosk for details. *Valid at California, Fremont and Main Street Station. Go on a Point Shopping Spree Date: December, while supplies last Information: Use their points to receive a panini maker for 20,000 points, hand/stand mixer for 28,000 points, an eight-cup food processor for 25,000 points and a stay or go six-quart portable slow cooker for 20,000 points. *Valid at Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast and Sam’s Town.

SUNCOAST

Buffet promotion Date: Select Mondays-Fridays in December Information: Earn 400 same-day base points on slots or video poker to receive a breakfast of lunch buffet. Gift giveaway Date: Dec. 17 Time: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: Earn 300 base points to participate. Gift items include a bottle of flavored Pinnacle Vodka and a set of drink glasses. Lose & Win Date: Through Dec. 28 Information: Poker players can win up to $100. Players must lose with a specific pair on each day. Kiosk Swipe and Win Date: Thursdays in December Time: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Information: Earn 10 base points to

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play game. Win cash, slot play, points and more. Stocking Stuffer kiosk game Date: Dec. 10 and 24 Information: Earn 10 base points to play. Electrified for the Holidays table game drawings Date: Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 23 Time: 9 p.m. Information: Earn entries by playing table games. Win up to $750.

GOLD COAST

Slot Tournaments Date: Sundays in December Time: 2-8 p.m. Information: Earn 100 points for the first entry to the tournament, earn an additional 150 points for a second entry. Lucky Tuesday Table Drawings Date: Tuesdays in December Time: 7, 8, 9 and 10 p.m. Information: Players at table games have a chance to win $500 in chips. Gift giveaway Date: Saturdays in December Time: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Earn 300 points to receive a gift. Selections include a Mirassou bottle with the choice of chardonnay or pinot noir, four-piece stemless wine glasses, two-piece flute glasses and Barefoot Bubbly with the choice of brut or red moscato.

Sam’s Town

12 Days of Christmas Date: Fridays-Sundays through Dec. 24 Time: 4:15 p.m. Information: Earn a minimum of 300 points to participate. Prizes include gift cards from various merchants. Point multipliers Date: Mondays and Tuesdays in December Information: Earn 11x points on reels and 6x points on video poker.

ORLEANS

ments Date: Wednesdays in December Time: Hourly, 8-10 p.m. and midnight Information: Entry fee is $25. Win a prize package worth $3,000. Hit Me Once, Hit Me Twice blackjack tournaments Date: Saturdays and Sundays in December Time: Hourly, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays; 2-4 p.m. Sundays Information: Entry fee is $25. Win up to $1,000.

Eldorado and jokers wild*

Mystery point multipliers Date: Sundays in December Information: Earn up to 50x points. Mystery giveaway Date: Mondays in December Information: Earn 100 points to win a mystery prize of up to $100; earn an additional 500 points to receive food voucher worth up to $15. Earn 100 Points, Get $5 Date: Wednesdays in December Information: Earn 100 points to receive $5 in play. Rolling for Slot Dollars Date: Fridays in December Time: 3:30-10:30 p.m. at Eldorado; 3-10 p.m. at Jokers Wild Information: Players can get a chance to roll the dice and win 10x the roll. Lucky Play giveaway Date: Thursdays in December Time: 3-9 p.m. Information: Ten players will be randomly drawn to win $50. *Jokers Wild only

STATION CASINOS

Point multipliers Date: Fridays and Saturdays in December Information: Receive 10x points on slots. *Valid at Green Valley Ranch Resort, Red Rock Resort, Fiesta Henderson, Fiesta Rancho, Santa Fe, Texas, Boulder, Palace and Sunset.

Gift giveaway Date: Dec. 10 and 17 Time: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Information: Earn 300 points to take home a bottle of pinot grigio or cabernet, four-piece wine glasses, or a bottle of Barefoot Bubbly pinot grigio or moscato.

December’s Bubbly Giveaways Date: Dec. 10 and 17 Information: The gift is free for invited guests. Noninvited guests must earn 300 points. On Dec. 10, it’s a bottle of Andre Spumante. On Dec. 17, it’s a bottle of Andre Brut. *Valid at Station properties

Lucky Tuesday Table Drawings Date: Tuesdays in December Time: 7, 8, 9 and 10 p.m. Information: Players at table games have a chance to win $500 in chips.

TEXAS STATION

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Point multiplier Date: Mondays or Tuesdays in December Information: Earn 10x points on slots, 6x points on video poker and 6x

points on table games. Stocking stuffer gift giveaway Date: Dec. 14 and 21 Time: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Information: The first gift is free for invited card holders. Earn a second for 200 points. Noninvited guests must earn 100 points to receive the first gift. Gifts include Stoli Chocolate Raspberry, Malibu Rum and mystery gifts.

WILDFIRE PROPERTIES*

Point multiplier Date: Sundays in December Information: Receive 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker. *Valid at the Wildfire Gaming properties. 12 Days of Spinning and Winning Date: Dec. 11-22 Time: 7:15 p.m. Information: Earn 12x entries from Dec. 1-10. Enter drawing to spin for up to $2,000 cash and prizes. *Valid at the Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Casino & Lanes, Wildfire Boulder and Barley’s. Gift giveaway Date: Wednesdays in December Time: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Information: The first gift is free for invited guests. Earn a second gift for 250 points. Noninvited guests must earn 100 points to receive the first gift. On Dec. 13, it’s a bottle of Bacardi Superior Rum. *Valid at the Wildfire Rancho, Wildfire Sunset, Wildfire Casino & Lanes, Wildfire Boulder and Barley’s.

HARD ROCK HOTEL

Win a Maverick Horse Trailer Date: Through Dec. 16 Information: Swipe card at kiosk to enter. Win a 2018 two-horse trailer. Stocking Rocking Gifts Date: Through Dec. 12 Information: Earn 150 base slot points or $15 table theoretical to receive a copper meatloaf pan. Also, earn 400 base slot points or $40 table theoretical to receive a barbecue set. Holiday Gift Card Extravaganza Date: Through Dec. 12 Information: Earn 700 base slot points or $70 table theoretical to receive a $25 Macy’s Gift Card. Point multipliers Date: Thursdays in 2017 Information: Earn 5x points on video poker and 20x points on reels. 45+ Classic Rockers and bonus points Date: Wednesdays in 2017 Information: For players 45 and older. Earn 5x points on video poker and 15x points on reels. Earn 100

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ere’s a quick quiz that relates to gun safety in Nevada, as will be explained later. Q. In Missouri, a gun owner must meet which of the following requirements to legally carry a concealed weapon? A. Complete a safety course conducted by a licensed instructor B. Score at least 90 percent on a written exam on firearm safety C. Be at least 21 years old D. Register with the state E. None of the above The answer is E. Under a state law that went into effect this year, anyone 18 or older who can legally obtain a handgun in Missouri can carry it concealed. Buy it, hide it, no questions asked. Sound safe? Of course not. Thank goodness it’s not the law in Nevada, where we at least subject permit applicants to such requirements as submitting to a background check and completing a firearms competency course. Our age requirement: 21. But if a House bill that was passed last week clears the Senate and becomes

law, Nevada will have to recognize the Missouri law and allow residents of that state to carry concealed handguns while in Nevada. That’s right, a Missourian as young as 18 with no training and no permit would be free to tote a gun in his or her jacket, pants pocket or purse while visiting Nevada. And Missouri’s not the only state without requirements for permits, either. There are 11 others. Requiring states with relatively strong requirements to follow the recipe-fordisaster laws of other states is National Rifle Association-inspired lunacy, and Nevada Sens. Dean Heller and Catherine Cortez Masto should vote against it. It’s nauseating that the House bill is the first gun legislation passed since the mass shootings in Las Vegas and Texas, while proposals to ban bump stocks and high-capacity magazines have been ignored. At a time when lawmakers should be focused on improving gun safety, they instead passed a measure that could result in more people getting hurt or killed. Despite the NRA crowd’s worn-out

assertion that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun, there’s an abundance of evidence showing that concealed carry does not improve public safety. When law enforcement officers respond to a violent situation, encountering multiple people with guns can create confusion about who is the aggressor versus who are the protectors. Worse yet for officers, the House bill would open them up to litigation for questioning someone who is legally carrying a concealed weapon. Then there are the inherent dangers of putting more concealed guns in the hands of people with little or no training. In a chaotic situation, even highly trained people can target the wrong person or accidentally shoot an innocent bystander. Proponents of the bill contend their goal is to protect the rights of lawabiding gun owners and allow them to carry their weapons without risk of legal problems across state lines. But the gun industry is the real beneficiary of the bill. Removing barriers to

concealed carry is bound to boost gun sales, and a business that has already glutted the market with more than 300 million guns needs every advantage it can get to sell more. Sacrificing the health and well-being of Americans for the good of the NRA and gun manufacturers must end. In Nevada, we have the right to determine who can and can’t carry concealed weapons in our state. And we’ll remember any lawmaker who sells us out. We also won’t forget how NRA lobbyist Adam Laxalt — oops, he’s actually Nevada’s attorney general, although the line is pretty blurry — signed onto a letter with 22 other state attorneys general in support of the bill. Missouri’s A.G. was among the cosigners. It’s hard for us to conceal our disappointment in the only man in Nevada who can’t seem to remember all the way back to Oct. 1, 2017. For the rest of Nevada, that date is burned into our collective memory. We also should never forget who does the NRA’s work in the Silver State.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, DEC. 10 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo: Contestants in bareback riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, tie-down roping, barrel racing and bull riding will put their talents on display. 6:45 p.m.-9 p.m., $268-$402, Thomas & Mack Center, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3761 or nfrexperience.com. *Also: Through Dec. 16 2017 Season of Lights Soiree: Touro University Nevada hosts this event that honors supporters of the Sharon Sigesmund-Pierce and Stephen Pierce Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities. 5-8 p.m., $136, 19 Hawk Ridge Drive, 702-7778687 or give.tun.touro.edu/ pages/2017season. “The Wizard of Oz”: Travel to Oz with Dorothy, her dog Toto and the memorable friends they meet along the way. 2 p.m., $5.50, Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St., 702-229-2787 or artslasvegas.org. Nevada Ballet Theater’s “The Nutcracker”: Before settling into your seat, wander through scenes of holiday joy and hear the story of “The Nutcracker.” 2 p.m., $29-$179, Reynolds Hall at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts, 361 Symphony Park Ave., 702-243-2623, 702-749-2000, nevadaballet.org/shows/the_nutcracker or thesmithcenter.com. *Also: 2 p.m. Dec. 16-17 and 23-24; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 15-16 and 20-23 Cowboy Christmas, Cowboy Marketplace Gift Show, South Point Western Gift Show and Country Christmas: Shop for Western-themed Christmas gifts. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., free admission, Las Vegas Convention Center South Halls (Cowboy Christmas), 3150 Paradise Road; Mandalay Bay (Cowboy Marketplace), 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South; South Point Arena (Western Gift Show), 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South; and Sands Expo Center, 201 Sands Ave., nfrexperience.com. *Also: Through Dec. 16 All In Barrel Race: Watch as contestants compete in two three-day races for a chance to win part of the $300,000 prize money. 9 a.m., free for spectators/$1,250 entry, Orleans Arena, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., lvbarrelrace.com. *Also: Race 1 through Dec. 12 and Race 2 Dec. 15-17 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Charity Bowling Tournament: Meet

Bob Tallman, the voice of professional rodeo, and bowl with rodeo champions, local celebrities and rodeo industry leaders. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., free for spectators, $50 to enter, $160 for four-man team, Gold Coast Bowling Center, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, 702-632-8242. Miss Rodeo America Pageant Coronation Performance: Watch as Miss Rodeo America 2018 is crowned after the weeklong competition. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $97.43-$159.18, MGM Grand Conference Center, 4701 Koval Lane, missrodeoamerica.com or nfrexperience.com. “A Christmas Carol”: Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four apparitions that show him what the meaning of good will, cheer and joy to all mankind truly means. 2 p.m., $27.50-$33, Judy Bayley Theatre at UNLV, 4505 S Maryland Parkway, 702-895-2787 or pacboxoffice@unlv.edu. *Also: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 14-17 Santa’s North Pole Gift and Craft Show: Shop for crafts, arts and more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, Bicentennial Park Recreation Center, 999 Colorado St., 847-414-8030.

MONDAY, DEC. 11 Mondays with Michele: Meet with Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore. No appointment needed. Noon-6 p.m., free, Ward 6 Satellite Office in the Centennial Hills Community Center/YMCA, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-229-5463. X107.5’s Holiday Havoc — Night Two: The Killers perform with guests Bleachers and Joywave. 7:30 p.m., $35 and up, Pearl at the Palms, 4321 W. Flamingo Road, 866-942-7770, stationcasinoslive.com/palms or x1075lasvegas.com.

see santa claus Operation North Pole: Enter through Candy Cottage and meet Sugar Plum Marcy, experience the toy workshop while making a homemade craft with an elf, have cocoa and cookies with Mrs. Claus, tour the reindeer stables and spend one-on-one time with Santa. Ticketed children receive a teddy bear. Times vary through Dec. 24, $28-$36, Tivoli Village, 400 S. Rampart Blvd., 702-534-0000 or tivolivillagelv.com. Las Vegas Christmas Town: Entertainment and attractions include a skating rink, 40-foot Christmas tree, 100-foot sledding hill, 40-passenger Polar Express train ride, paintball zone, free photos with Santa Claus and nightly snowfalls. 5:30-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 5:30-10:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday through Dec. 31 (closed Dec. 24-25), $20, Wet ’n’ Wild, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, 702-899-1678 or lasvegaschristmastown.com. Snow in the Square and photos with Santa: Get your picture taken with Santa and watch snow flurries set to holiday music. Pet photos with Santa are available Wednesdays. Reservations are required for photos with Santa. Snow falls at 7 p.m. nightly with a second show at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday (times vary for photos); free to watch snow/$20 deposit for photos, Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-269-5001, mytownsquarelasvegas.com or tslvsanta.com. Winter Wonderland Chalet: A forest of mountain pines and playful deer create a modern take on traditional holiday detail and pattern, offering a festive environment to whisper holiday wishes to Santa Claus through Dec. 24. Photos with pets are taken 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays through Dec. 19. Times vary, photo packages start at $24.99, Macy’s Promenade at Downtown Summerlin, 2075 Festival Plaza Drive, downtownsummerlin.com. Santa at the Galleria: See Santa with same-day reservations (notifying you via text when it is time to see Santa) or by making an appointment and purchasing a photo package in advance online. Pet photos are available on Tuesdays through Dec. 19. Times vary, photo packages start at $24.99, Galleria at Sunset, 1300 W. Sunset Road, 702-434-0087. Santa at the Boulevard: Santa will be available 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 1 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday through Dec. 15; daily from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Dec. 16-23; and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 24. Boulevard mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-735-7430 or boulevardmall.com.

during this senior talent show. 2 p.m., $5, Winchester Cultural Center Theater, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-455-7340 or clarkcountynv.gov/parks.

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“Stop the Bleed” trainings: Get trained to help quickly stop a heavy bleed. 3-4 p.m., free, McDonald Conference Room A&B at Dignity Health Siena Campus, 3001 St. Rose Parkway, 702-616-4902 or dhs.gov/ stopthebleed.

Sierra Black: A Las Vegas native who has shared the stage Keith Urban and Garth Brooks will perform her hits. Must be 21 or older to attend. Midnight, free, South Point Showroom, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-796-7111 or southpointcasino. com/entertainment/showroom.

Lunch & Learn — “Acid Reflux & You”: Dr. Francis Teng will discuss treatment of acid reflux. Registration required. Noon-1:30 p.m., free, Health to You office in MountainView Hospital medical office building, Suite 114, 3150 N. Tenaya Way, 702-962-5021 or mountainviewhospital.com.

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Holiday luncheon: Those 50 and older can enjoy lunch, caroling and games. Registration is required. 11:30 a.m., $8, Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive,

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702-229-1702. College of Fine Arts Symposium — “Played Out on the Strip: The Rise and Fall of Las Vegas Casino Bands”: This talk by Jani McKay will draw from numerous oral history interviews and personal perspectives from the era. 2-3 p.m., free (suggested donation of $2-$5), Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art/Harry Reid Center Auditorium at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, 702-895-3381 or barrick.museum@ unlv.edu.

THURSDAY, DEC. 14 Doolittle holiday dinner and light tour: Those 50 and older can enjoy dinner and a van tour of the glittering lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Ethel M Chocolate Factory and Cactus Gardens. Register by Dec. 12. 4-8 p.m., $10 ($6 for dinner only), Doolittle Senior Center, 1930 N. J St., 702-229-6125.

LIFE FRIDAY, DEC. 15 Lieburn holiday luncheon: Those 50 and older can wear holiday fashions and sing along to holiday songs. Register by Dec. 12. 11:30 a.m., $7, Lieburn Senior Center; 6230 Garwood Ave., 702-229-1600. Downtown Cultural Series — Las Vegas Academy of the Arts Christmas Carolers: Enjoy Christmas and other holiday classics from the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts Choir. Noon to 1 p.m., free, Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse Jury Assembly Room, 333 Las Vegas Blvd. South. 702-229-2787 or artslasvegas.org. Sock snowman making: Bring children ages 5-15 to make a snowman from a sock and other items. 4:30-6 p.m., $5, East Las Vegas Community Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave., 702-229-1515. Ward 4/YMCA cookie decorating and holiday movie: Watch “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” and decorate cookies. 6-8 p.m., free, Durango Hills Community Center/ YMCA, 3521 N. Durango Drive, 702-229-2524. Dave Koz’s 20th Anniversary Christmas Tour: The saxophonist performs a seasonal collection of jazz music. 8 p.m., $59, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, 2535 Las Vegas Blvd. South, slslasvegas.com. Close-out enrollment event and holiday health fair: Licensed

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The World Famous Ink Spots Christmas concert: Standing on the musical tradition of the Ink Spots founders, the group presents a concert experience for audiences of all ages. 2-4 p.m., free, West Las Vegas Library Theater, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd., 702-229-2787, 702-5073989 or artslasvegas.org.

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The principal and citizen architect at BrazenArchitecture shares her passion for using her career as a medium for giving back to the community and explains why learning about clients’ work is the first step to successful architecture.

Paolo Tiramani wants to revolutionize housing. His company turns construction on its head by applying economies of scale to the industry in an attempt to modernize the process and create efficiencies.

THE NOTES People on the Move, P46

TALKING POINTS North Strip is a neighborhood on the rise, P49

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits. MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P55 The List: Commercial real estate developers, P60

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OUR TAKE: RODEO CONTINUES TO BE A PRIZED EVENT FOR LAS VEGAS If a cowboy tips his hat to you this week, be sure to respond in kind with a nod or a smile. Just four years ago, Las Vegas nearly lost the business of the good folks who fill up Las Vegas hotels for two weeks in early December. Naturally, the National Finals Rodeo was taking a better deal from … Orlando? Mickey Mouse, back in the saddle again! The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, which governs the sport, put down the pen before signing a deal on the table from Osceola County, Fla. An offer from Dallas was rebuffed as well, but not before a nervous month following an announcement by Las Vegas Events that the rodeo would hit the road in 2015. The bright minds at LVE and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority devise

ways to put heads in beds, as they like to say, throughout the year. Few succeed as NFR does, with an estimated $90 million in nongaming revenue generated by the sport’s premier event. NFR started its run at the Thomas & Mack Center in 1985. The 10-year deal signed in 2014 guarantees the PRCA $16.5 million annually. Give the association credit for negotiating a much better contract than originally offered — reportedly an additional $4 million to $5 million more than LVE’s opening proposal. This cowboy town needs the rodeo. The rodeo needs a cowboy town that can host its parties and pageantry. Somehow, they both rode to the brink of goodbye, but smartly decided not to quit each other. — ADAM CANDEE

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Penta hired Ed Dancel as senior project engineer.

Paul Dudzinski is vice president-project executive at McCarthy Building Cos.

Bloom, Las Vegas’ first co-working space for women, is open at 520 S. Seventh St., Las Vegas. The company was founded by Ginger Melien and Chelli Wolford.

Timothy Erickson and Anders Graciano are senior associates at Sun Commercial Real Estate. Debbie German is an associate. Soozi Jones Walker is the Commercial Alliance Las Vegas Member of the Year.

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Henderson Ward II Councilman Dan Shaw was awarded the Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association’s DeBoer Award for Distinguished Leadership as a Citizen Planner. The Citizen Planner Award is given to a person who has advanced or promoted the cause of planning in the public arena. The Commercial Alliance Las Vegas officers and directors for 2018 include president Christopher McGarey, who specializes in property management and leads the McGarey Group at Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Nevada Properties. CALV’s immediate past m c garey president will be Jennifer Ott. The president-elect is Cathy Jones, owner of Sun Commercial Real Estate. The treasurer is Paul Bell, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Nevada Properties. Directors are Hayim Mizrachi, a principal of MDL Group and a former president of CALV; Natalie Wainwright of Cushman & Wakefield Commerce; Melissa Campanella of Logic Commercial Real Estate; and Tom Lisiewski of Your Real Estate Co. Omar Lopez of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Nevada Properties represented Srinivasa in a $6.9 million commercial property sale to Veterans Village Las Vegas. The property, at 100 S. 14th St., is a 28,000-square-foot building with 44 units and 88 beds. It will be developed into an assisted-living facility for Southern Nevada veterans. Leigh Ann Monk is assistant project manager at Grand Canyon Development Partners. Helene Adams is the marketing manager at SR Construction; Steve Clauson is senior estimator and Kris Jordan is an estimating coordinator. Penta Building Group promoted Jeff Mills to project executive, John Colman to senior preconstruction manager, Zac Rostomiliy to senior project engineer and Lori Mathisen to project manager.

Resorts World hired W.A. Richardson to be its construction manager. The resort is being built by the Genting Group, a Malaysian conglomerate. More than 600 volunteers revitalized 12 homes in honor of Rebuilding Together Southern Nevada’s 23rd annual National Rebuilding Day. Work included exterior painting, xeriscaping, property cleanup, small exterior repairs and debris removal. Repairs were made by volunteer teams from Aqua Plumbing, Leadership Henderson 2017; Dignity Health St. Rose Dominican Hospital; NV Energy; Capital One; Chase Bank; Wells Fargo; National Title Co.; UNLV; Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals; U.S. Air Force; Las Vegas Firefighters; Gensler; Southwest Gas; the Raymond Group; and Sherwin-Williams. Faith Lutheran Middle and High School opened a $3 million, 13,181-square-foot classroom addition that includes 10 classrooms — two specially designed for specialized academies. The Wealth Consulting Group Business and Entrepreneurship Academy and the Film & Broadcast Academy. FirstService Residential is the community manager for Sierra Madre at Mountain’s Edge Homeowners Association. Sierra Madre is a 137-unit single-family community in the master-planned development. The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace unveiled a new marquee. Conceived and designed by Simon Property Group and built by Yesco, the double-faced sign stands 85 feet tall and is covered with Yaham LED panels. The Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican-West Flamingo Campus, is open at 9880 W. Flamingo Road. Remington Nevada, a commercial land development company, has embarked on a joint venture with Terrible Herbst Inc., one of the largest Chevron franchisees in the United States, to build Terrible Herbst gas stations and convenience stores throughout Southern Nevada. The Cosmopolitan is refreshing guest rooms in its Boulevard and Chelsea towers. The project will be fully complete in 2018, with 2,895 of the resort’s 3,027 rooms remodeled with influence from designers including Virserius Studio. JLL Income Property Trust acquired Montecito

Marketplace, a 190,000-square-foot, high-volume, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center near the I-95/I-215 interchange. The purchase price was approximately $63 million. Cushman & Wakefield Commerce’s operations in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas and Seattle, as well as its sister company, Cushman & Wakefield NorthMarq, based in Minnesota, have been acquired by partner firm Cushman & Wakefield. The Golden Gate completed an expansion featuring interior design from Dez Motif and architecture by Moser Architecture Studio. The expansion nearly doubled the casino in size; added a dramatic entry way on Fremont Street Experience; and extended its outdoor bar, OneBar at One Fremont Street. The Siegel Group Nevada purchased the former Budget Lodge Extended Stay Hotel in San Antonio for $3.30 million. Las Vegas Ballpark, to be located in Downtown Summerlin, is being designed by HOK. Renovations and upgrades to eight Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth Independent Living Program residences and two NPHY Emergency Shelters were made through the generosity of associates and business partners of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas. More than 200 agents assisted in the service project. Participating partners included European Bath Kitchen Tile and Stone, Bridge Home Inspections, New Gen Painting, Mr. Tile, Cabinet Medics, Castle and Cooke Mortgage, Richmond American Homes, Cross Country Mortgage, Raysco, Best Mattress, Movement Mortgage, Atlas Marble & Granite, National Home Warranty, MC Plumbing, Accent Cabinetry & Flooring, Home Service Inc, Chicago Title, Access Services Group, Women’s Council of Realtors, ACH Heating & Cooling, and Asian Real Estate Association of America. The Global Business Committee of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors was honored by the National Association of Realtors with a Platinum Global Achievement Program Award and a Gold Global Achievement Program Award. Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center, part of the Sunrise Health System, broke ground on the Behavioral Health Center at Southern Hills Hospital, an 80-bed psychiatric facility. 43,000-squarefoot structure will feature patient tracking and safety systems, and is being built at a cost of about $26 million. CarMax opened its third store in Las Vegas at 4900 N. Rancho Drive.

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Architecture starts with clients’ how and why By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz | STAFF WRITER

Monica Gresser, principal and citizen architect at BrazenArchitecture, is passionate about helping the homeless population. “As a citizen and human being, I am in a position to help them in some way,” she says. Gresser is exploring how, through architecture, she can help direct service providers who do work for those in need of housing, food, jobs, veterans’ services, and health and mental wellness. When did you discover your passion for architecture? I thought I might want to be an architect as a junior in high school, when my drafting instructor suggested I consider it. I remember being the only girl in those classes. In college, I somehow persuaded my adviser to create a class focusing on design-build and energy efficiency for Houston Habitat for Humanity projects. We had support from Habitat for Humanity and local architects and engineers. We also had a Habitat family willing to endure having a bunch of college kids design and build their house. Working through the project was exciting and inspirational. That passion re-emerged when a volunteer coordinator for Aid for AIDS of NeArchitect Monica Gresser’s business maintains an informal office culture, vada asked me to help design garden including a no-shoes policy. (l.E. baskow/staff) spaces and social areas for its newly Building integration software has Center, Clark County Building Departacquired residential complex. come a long way in the past decade; ment, UNLV colleges, Nevada Partnerthe number of women in architecship for Homeless Youth, Veterans VilWhat brought you to Southern ture and construction has increased; lage, a penthouse at Veer Towers, Oasis Nevada? and design-build process is becoming Cannabis, Hard Hat Lounge, Hampton We were living in Baltimore, and my more valued. For the most part, men Inn, a senior living conversion and Vitahusband was an opera stage manager and women in our field have become a cost. We are working on a master-planin Washington, D.C. He was looking for lot more interested in a person’s abilning project with Las Vegas and several a different theatrical scene. Being from ity to do the job versus whether or not service providers called the Corridor the Texas Gulf Coast, the New York opthat person is a man or woman. And, of Hope, which is a downtown area fotion was too cold for me and Las Vegas the design-build industry has become cused on providing services to homeseemed the perfect choice. We’ve now more accepted and seen for the benefit less and near-homeless people. been here for more than 16 years. it is for owners, designers and builders. What research do you do before Describe your approach to What is the best business advice beginning a new project? building design. you’ve received? Considering our projects have priHow the spaces will be used is key to Don’t compare yourself to other armarily been tenant improvement proja successful design. If you’re the ownchitects and follow your own path. ects — renovating buildings’ interior er and you think you need an archiand exterior areas — I like to know the tect just to complete your drawings, What’s your dream project? location, what the previous architect I’m going to pull you into the design Redeveloping a neglected neighdid, what the owner’s intentions are, work. It is to the owner’s advantage to borhood without gentrification would what the client’s budget is, who will use share how they work or will work in be incredible. Locally, a neglected it and what they want from us. When we the space. Typically, we want to know neighborhood is loosely defined as a are pursuing specific work, we’ll talk to the “why” and “how” about our clipoverty-stricken neighborhood compeople working in that area, visit sites ents’ work. I won’t be the one working posed of people with and without jobs or buildings that were constructed for in that building five years from now — or income. They may or may not have that task, and study. For instance, in the client or their staff will be. That’s access to groceries, jobs, schools or working on a mental health services why gathering and developing that medical facilities close to their homes. office, it was helpful to consult therainformation is so important. There’s a lot of debate over how this pists and social workers on how color can or cannot be done. and lighting affect patients and how paWhat are some of the projects tients react to visiting their offices. and buildings you’ve worked on What’s your favorite place to in the city? have fun in Las Vegas? How has your profession evolved Our work includes the Las Vegas I love being outdoors, hiking or bikin the past decade? Valley Water District, Desert Regional

ing, or being near the water. I enjoy the occasional, yet brief, isolation and being disconnected from the modern world. I can’t live that way, but sometimes, I need to get my brain and body into the mountains or Lake Mead for a mental reset. If you could take a group of visitors around Las Vegas on an architectural tour, where would the first three stops be? The Springs Preserve is an amazing example of sustainable desert architecture. I am fascinated by the indigenous qualities of the buildings — using mass and wind. I love the entry for the old La Concha Motel, which is now the entry point for the Neon Museum. It has origins in Space Age whimsy Googie architecture style, with its seemingly weightless concrete-bending forms. Also, although it’s not strict architecture, I usually point out that the Luxor and Stratosphere have an interesting relationship as physical landmarks that define the north-south central line of the Las Vegas Valley. If you’re lost in the valley at night and can see the Strip, look for the Stratosphere and the Luxor, and use them to orient yourself. Once you learn that the Strat is on the north end and the Luxor is on the south end, you can find your way to or from Henderson or North Las Vegas … or to the Strip. Whom do you admire? I am in awe of Meredith Spriggs and her work as leader (Chief Kindness Officer) of Caridad, an organization she created to humanize the homeless. I met her after reading an article about her in 2015. I told her I had a graduated-housing idea for transitioning people out of homelessness. We talked for more than an hour about ideas before I asked to shadow her on her downtown route. That day — July 3, 2015 — opened my eyes about how homeless people function downtown. We spoke to a newly homeless woman who said she was “OK and didn’t need help” (at least on that day) and a man who’d been homeless here for 10 years and wanted to go back home.

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by the numbers

26.5%

Increase in traffic accidents, according to a Purdue University study, at intersections within 100 meters of a Pokestop, a location marked in the “Pokémon Go” mobile game. Professors examined accident reports in Tippecanoe County, Ind., in the 148-day period after the app was released.

$2.4 billion

Amount Roark Capital Group will pay to acquire the restaurant chain Buffalo Wild Wings. Roark is best known for owning Arby’s. Once the deal is finalized, Buffalo Wild Wings will become a privately held unit of Arby’s but will operate as an independent brand.

$21.5 billion

Estimated value of Space X after the company raised an additional $100 million in its latest round of funding. According to an SEC filing, Space X has sold $449.9 million worth of shares.

$7.9 billion

Amount made by U.S. retailers through online sales on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, up 17.9 percent from last year. Cyber Monday also had record numbers, with sales reaching $6.59 billion.

$600

Cost per month of Volvo’s new SUV subscription plan. The 24-month contract includes a new Volvo SUV to drive and premium personal insurance. Like many smartphone agreements, Volvo allows subscribers to get a new model after 12 months, with a renewed contract.

14,355

Number of Coinbase users who will have their data given to the IRS. A California federal court ordered Coinbase to provide names, birthdays, addresses, and taxpayer IDs for all users who have bought, sold, sent or received more than $20,000 of cryptocurrency from 2013 to 2015.

Among the homes offered by Boxabl is this Southwest style. (artist’s rendering Courtesy of boxabl)

Housing built ‘like everything else’ By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz STAFF WRITER

Describe your business.

Boxabl is a patented building manufacturing technology that aims to revolutionize housing markets worldwide. We plan to slash housing costs by 50 percent and build time by 90 percent.

boxabl Address: 400 S. Fourth St., Las Vegas Phone: 530-500-0005 Email: hello@boxabl.com Website: boxabl.com Hours of operation: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday Owned/operated by: Paolo Tiramani, CEO and founder In business since: 2015

How was the concept conceived?

After dealing with the problems of stick-built and modular homes, the headaches of finding contractors, dealing with weather, site theft and labor shortages, we realized there had to be a better way. We wondered why housing was not built like everything else in the modern world, in a factory, taking advantage of economies of scale, specialization of labor and assembly-line factory production efficiencies.

cost savings comes increased accessibility, better living conditions for all, and immediate relief for those affected by natural disasters. Why did you choose to do business in Nevada?

Nevada feels like the home of entrepreneurship. If someone says you can’t do something. you can just point to the sphinx on Las Vegas Boulevard and say, “Yes, you can.” More practically, Nevada has the wisdom not to impose either an income tax or a company inventory tax. Finally, municipal officials in Las Vegas are pro-business. We’ve been personally welcomed with open arms. What is your business philosophy?

We are in business to provide value to people, that’s it.

Describe the process.

What’s the best business advice you’ve received?

Customers visit our online configurator, customize their home and click order. They select a certified assembly specialist, and rooms can arrive on site as quickly as the next day. The rooms are unpacked and dropped into place by a crane. An assembly specialist completes finishing touches, and it’s home sweet home.

Be honest and realistic with yourself and others. Set big goals and slice them up one bite at a time. Work 24/7. Hit back hard if you’ve been treated unfairly. Build your brand. Understand what you’re great at and understand what you’re poor at. Never give up but know when something is not working. Surround yourself with ultrasmart, loyal people committed to the cause.

Who are your clients?

Boxabl caters to large developers who can help us build up our factories and supply lines. As the company develops, we plan to take on the homeowner and end user. What sets you apart from a traditional home build?

Speed, quality, customizability, price and customer experience. Boxabl is not only about building cheaper houses, it is a humanitarian mission. With this massive

What is the best part about doing business in Las Vegas?

Government feels less intrusive, so the people feel freer. Everyone seems to be from somewhere else, so they made a choice to come here — and I believe that makes for a better cross-section of talent. And of course the desert, the mountains and the endless activities available, no matter your interests.

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On Case Keefer’s story “UFC finishing off ‘best year ever’ with focus on female fighters”: Credit to UFC President Dana White for recognizing the potential and popularity of females in combat sport. It’s enlightening to watch — notice that many of the top-tier fighters rely on sound technique instead of trying to maul the opponent. Plus it gives young women around the world a sense of equality, something to strive for, and a bit of prestige. — 360dunk On Ricardo Torres-Cortez’s story “More than 160 Pomeranian dogs rescued from truck”: Those people who did these horrible things to these dogs should be placed in cages the size of those dogs for the rest of their lives. — Harold King On Sun Staff’s story “Photos: A look inside the new Park MGM and NoMad Hotel in Las Vegas”: I booked one of these rooms for this weekend on a comp. Canceled it because I still have to pay the resort fee. — Van Lieu On April Corbin’s story “ ‘It’s not fair’: Some victims worry they’ll be excluded from Oct. 1 shooting payouts”: The fighting over the money is precisely why I did not donate any. — Dave Taylor

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North Strip is a neighborhood on the rise

guest column: ing 3.2 million square feet, including 144 t the north end of the Strip, a randy char meeting rooms and 2 million square feet square-mile stretch is turning of exhibit space, event organizers from heads. This part of the resort around the world have been renting out the corridor is being renovated, center for almost 60 years. A $1.4 billion upgraded and turned into a world-class expansion will see the addition of 600,000 square feet of destination. Some of the city’s most exciting construction meeting space, 150,000 square feet of meeting rooms and projects are going up on long-vacant lots. It may soon be the new technology. hottest ticket in the scorching desert. Here are some of the current and future destinations driving the makeover. n Fontainebleau has been brought back to life. Construction began on it more than 10 years ago before it fell victim n Lucky Dragon’s centerpiece is a 1.25-ton glass dragon to the recession. For years, the unfinished, 68-story shell that hangs in a chandelier above the casino. It opened in of a building sat untouched, with its future uncertain. But late 2016, breathing life into what had long been a vacant no longer. The project has been revived thanks to a $600 lot. Small by Las Vegas standards but still impressive, Lucky million purchase this year. Details remain scarce, but the Dragon blends traditional Chinese culture, style and food resurrection has the neighborhood buzzing. with modern Las Vegas flair. You can sample dim sum in the lobby before heading up to your accommodations in a sleek, n Circus Circus, home to the largest permanent big-top in modern room. the world and the indoor Adventuredome, this year added Splash Zone, which includes numerous water slides. n Resorts World will be a landmark site and add thousands of hotel rooms and an extensive gaming floor aimed at n Wynn Las Vegas is adding an upscale retail complex. appealing to a younger generation of gamblers. With a price The North Strip blends old and new in all the right ways. tag of as much as $7 billion, Resorts World is slated to open Investors and developers have been attracted to the neighin 2020. The site it will call home has sat as a partially built borhood’s promising future, while neighborhood favorites shell of a past project that never came to fruition. Plans are just getting better. include a selfie-inspired “celestial sphere” that will flash Between the brand-new hotel suites, spacious condos and images of guests. It also expects to offer an ice skating rink, new attractions, this neighborhood may soon reach its full bowling alley, aquarium and indoor water park. potential. Randy Char is senior vice president of operations and bron Las Vegas Convention Center, already one of the largest ker of One Queensridge Place. convention centers in the world , is getting bigger. Cover-

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Some victims worry they’ll be excluded from Oct. 1 payouts By april corbin Staff Writer

Gia Iantuono believes her life was spared the night of the Route 91 Harvest Festival because her boyfriend, 30-year-old Brennan Stewart, died shielding her from the bullets that rained down on the crowd of 22,000 concertgoers and festival workers. Although protected from the gunfire, Iantuono suffered a serious leg injury during the tragedy, including a torn meniscus and hamstring that required outpatient surgery. Iantuono hasn’t been able to stand or walk unaided since. Returning to work at the country bar where she was employed before the shooting, or attending her surgical technician classes at the College of Southern Nevada, have been out of the question. Her doctors estimate it will be seven more months before she can walk again, said Karen Iantuono, her mother. That is just the physical trauma. The mental anguish of losing her

boyfriend in the nation’s worst mass shooting is unquantifiable. Yet the 25-year-old student may not receive a penny of the approximately $16 million donated to the Las Vegas Victims Fund and other accounts set up after the shooting. The first draft of the distribution plan lays out a protocol for giving money to families or estates of the 58 people who died in the shooting, as well as to any of the hundreds of living survivors who spent at least one night in the hospital getting treated for injuries related to the shooting. “It’s not fair,” Karen said. “You’re saying she’s less of a victim? Less deserving? Because she lived? She was holding her boyfriend as he died.” Karen attended one of two town hall meetings that the victim fund committee conducted to gather public input regarding the first draft of the fund distribution plan. She asked the committee to broaden the eligibility pool to include people like her daughter, who did not stay overnight

at a hospital but still suffered serious injuries that have required ongoing medical attention. Hospitals across the valley received more than 600 patients after the Oct. 1 mass shooting. It is unclear how many of those patients stayed at least overnight as a result of their injuries. The last patient was released Nov. 11. Karen Iantuono noted she did not set up an independent GoFundMe account for her daughter, as many others did in the days after the shooting. When people asked how they could assist her daughter, she directed them to the official fund being promoted by Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo and Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak. “Now they are asking me, ‘Why did we give to that? We would have just given directly to you,’ ” she said. The Iantuonos aren’t alone in feeling that the victim fund committee has overlooked people in need. Several others spoke during the town

hall about the physical and mental injuries they have endured without needing overnight care at a hospital. One woman went to the hospital after being shot in the cheek, but because it was overloaded, she did not undergo surgery that night. She had it five days later as an outpatient. “That night, it was more important for me to go home to my family,” she said. Another victim, Michelle Leonard, spoke of being trampled by the panicked crowd and the ongoing medical treatment she is receiving since for blood clots, soft tissue damage and worsening orthopedic issues. Like Iantuono, she never stayed overnight at a hospital but is expected to be off her feet for the next four to six months. “My life is forever changed,” said Leonard, a vendor at the music festival. “I feel like a bullet has been put in my head, my heart and my soul.” The 17-person committee includes representatives from Metro Police,

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major donors to the fund, victim advocates, mental health professionals, lawyers, the resort industry and charitable organizations. The committee is expected to release a final draft of the distribution plan on Dec. 15. “I hope they listen, that this wasn’t just for show,” says Laura Puglia, who was working as a bartender at the festival when the shooting began. Puglia told the committee she didn’t envy the difficult decision before them, but implored them to take psychological damage like post-traumatic stress disorder seriously and to consider that many have undergone a financial burden that nobody is compensating. “Some people lost jobs,” she said, adding that she missed several weeks of work, in part because when she ran from the festival, she left behind her purse containing the identification cards she needs to get hired for independent gigs as a bartender. “Not every employer practices empathy. … I’m here to suggest everyone be included. That would show a true sense of community and a genuine way of healing.” Kenneth Feinberg, a national expert

on victim compensation who assisted county officials in setting up the structure of distributing funds, has previously described using overnight stays as a proxy for severity of injuries as a form of “rough justice” that allows fund distributors to get the money out as quickly and efficiently as possible. Feinberg, the committee members and the National Compassion Fund, which is assisting the victims fund, are all working pro bono. After the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Fla., shooting and the Boston Marathon bombings, the distribution plan for victim compensation funds included payouts for victims who received outpatient medical treatment. In the former tragedy, people who were present but did not receive physical injuries were also compensated. However, both of those victim funds had significantly more money to distribute — approximately $29.5 million in Orlando and $61 million in Boston. There is about $16 million in the Las Vegas fund, which includes the GoFundMe account and others, officials say. Donations are still being accepted.

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LVCVA: Oct. 1 slowed tourism By thomas moore Staff Writer

Visitor volume to Las Vegas dropped by 4.2 percent after the Oct. 1 mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, while convention business remained strong, according to numbers released recently by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Kevin Bagger, executive director of research for the LVCVA, said the decline can be directly attributed to the shooting. “Yes, I believe the shooting did have some effect on the leisure side (of the market), specifically the leisure drive side, because at the same time we had strong convention business,” Bagger said. The October passenger count at McCarran International Airport was up 1.5 percent, and convention attendance grew by 35.9 percent. Daily auto traffic, though, was down by 1.6 percent and hotel occupancy dropped by 2.7 percent.

“The decline ... was on the drive side, and that’s because it is easier to cancel a drive trip as opposed to an air trip,” Bagger said. Bagger said he based his conclusions on conversations with casino operators and out-of-market research the LVCVA conducted to understand the reaction of potential tourists to the shooting. The LVCVA numbers, along with others released recently, show the impact of the shooting on the Las Vegas economy have been mixed. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported October gaming revenue on the Strip was down by 6.05 percent compared with October 2016. Revenue was up, however, in every other area the board tracks in Southern Nevada. McCarran set an all-time monthly record of 4.34 million passengers in October, beating the previous record count of 4.33 million set in July.

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Electric carmaker did important infrastructure work, paving the way for a future Apex tenant Park in North Las Vegas, but it ran into financial troubles and pulled out of the project earlier this year. In September, the company paid back about $16,000 in abatements it had received from the state. Now, all that is left for the company to do is sell off its North Las Vegas property, and officials with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development say there are several prospective buyers. The Faraday story might seem like a setback to a city still recovering from a brutal hit during the recession, but North Las Vegas Assistant City Manager Ryann Juden says he remains optimistic because Faraday’s footprint leaves the city in better shape than it was pre-Faraday. “One of the most important things they did is pay ($10 million) for the engineering and design work on the infrastructure to Apex,” Juden said. “Before Faraday, people were unwilling or unable to invest the money to identify what the costs would be for that. Faraday did that. It’s not reimbursable.” The city now has a better understanding of the approximately $200 million worth of infrastructure needs related to the industrial complex, Juden said. It also has what he

calls “a bigger toolbox” for addressing those needs, thanks to Faradayinspired changes at the state and municipal level that allow special improvement districts, tax increment financing and streamlined processes for securing funding to attract and develop major projects. Faraday was a catalyst and in many ways became synonymous with economic development in North Las Vegas. But looking forward to the postFaraday future, Juden does not think any one company necessarily has to fill the exact hole left behind. “At one time, Faraday was a large piece of the pie — but it has become smaller and smaller and smaller,” he said. Apex and Faraday may have the highest profiles, but they are far from the only areas of development or companies making a splash in North Las Vegas. Amazon this summer opened an 800,000-square-foot fulfilment center — its second within the city. Other notable national companies with warehousing space include Fanatics, Bed Bath & Beyond and the Honest Co. Also flying under the radar is the

development of the so-called “North Beltway Industrial Park” near the 215 Beltway-Interstate 15 interchange. There, the city is connecting Tropical Parkway to the beltway and adding sewer and infrastructure to previously undeveloped land. Easy access to the freeway and large parcels of land make it ideal for additional warehousing or logistics-focused companies. “There’s a lot of things going on in that area,” Juden said. “It will seriously move the city — it’s future tax base.” In some ways, the North Beltway Industrial Park can be viewed as a mini Apex project because it involves a large swath of previously undeveloped land that needs infrastructure improvements to attract new business, he said. Bonds and capital improvement dollars are paying for those improvements. “It is, in a way, proof of concept,” Juden said. “We can take this area and bring utilities to it — that basically touches on (what is needed at) Apex. The next logical move is for Apex to start getting those services too.” Businesses are taking note of the improvements on the north end of the valley. “It is hard to ignore North Las Vegas

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Calendar of events tuesDAY, DEC. 12 2018 Global Economic Outlook Time: 5-7 p.m. Cost: $50 Location: Milano 7 Room at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Email info@econclublv.org or visit econclublv.org A panel of chief economists provide a 2017 real estate, domestic and international economic review with a global outlook to 2018. Southern Nevada chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management Year-end Legal Update Time: 7:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: $15 for students; $25 for general admission Location: Spanish Trail Country Club East Gate, 5050 Spanish Trail Lane, Las Vegas Information: Contact the SNVSHRM at 702-3620388 or snv.shrm.org@gmail.com, or visit snv. shrm.org Get an update on human resources issues based on changes under the new presidential administration. Power of Engagement Time: Noon-2 p.m. Cost: $10 Location: Angel Park Golf Club, 100 S. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Information: Contact the Metro Chamber of Commerce at 702-641-5822 Join the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce for lunch and two presentations about the power of engagement.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13 Metro Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees 2018 Installation Luncheon Time: 11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Cost: $75 for Metro Chamber of Commerce members in advance; $85 for general admission and walk-ins (register by Dec. 11) Location: MGM Grand Premiere Ballroom, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call the chamber at 702-641-5822 or visit lvchamber.com Michael Bolognini, market vice president of Cox Communications, details his vision for the business community. Society of Physician Entrepreneurs Las Vegas chapter launching ceremony Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: The Venetian and Palazzo resorts, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Contact Tariku Mekonnen at 702505-2807 or tariku@t-medicus.com, or visit sopenet.org Arlen Meyers, president and CEO of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs, will speak about the journey of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs and 10 things you should know about physician entrepreneurship. Air & Waste Management Association Nevada section luncheon Time: 11:45 a.m. Cost: $15 for students; $30 for Air & Waste Management Association members; $35 for nonmembers; $40 for walk-ins Location: Cili at the Bali Hai Golf Club, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Contact Ted Lendis at 702-4551653 or lendis@ClarkCountyNV.gov The Nevada section of the Air & Waste Management Association’s monthly luncheon includes a guest speaker giving a presentation on an environmental issue or a local Nevada topic. This month’s keynote speaker will be Henderson Mayor Debra March. Finding the Hidden Drivers of Player Behavior Time: 10 a.m. Cost: $179 per computer (register by Dec. 11) Location: Online Information: Contact Dave Newton at 702-2559891 or dave.newton@cdcgamingseminars.com Learn about recent advancements in neuroscience that offer gaming operators and marketers ways to gain a competitive advantage over casinos still using traditional marketing techniques. Coffee & Commerce Time: 9-10:30 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951 Stella Lake St., Suite 30, Las Vegas Information: Call the Urban Chamber of Commerce at 702-648-6222 Jerrie Merritt of Bank of Nevada will talk about new funding for small, minority-owned and women-owned businesses. Nicole Hudson Roper of the Society for Human Resource Management will talk about human resources best practices regarding sexual harassment. Eadington Fellowship Colloquium: The Determinants of Gaming Policy Diffusion and Expansion Time: 2-3 p.m. Cost: Free (reservation requested

at cal.library.unlv.edu/event/3765468) Location: Amargosa Room in Lied Library at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Contact Lonnie Marshall of University Libraries at 702-895-4517 or lonnie.marshall@unlv.edu The UNLV Center for Gaming Research’s latest Eadington Fellow, Kim Manh, a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Houston, will present this colloquium that will include an analysis of gaming policy diffusion and gaming rights expansion in commercial and tribal arenas.

THURSDAY, DEC. 14 Healthcare Happy Hour Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cost: Free for physicians; $30 for others Location: Slice of Vegas at Mandalay Place, 3930 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-952-2477, email membership@lasvegasheals.org or visit lasvegasheals.org Connect and socialize with decision makers and celebrate the holiday season.

FRIDAY, DEC. 15 Henderson Chamber of Commerce Campaign School Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $45 for Henderson Chamber members; $55 for nonmembers Location: Wildhorse Country Club, 2100 W. Warm Springs Road, Henderson Information: Contact Amber Stidham of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce at 702-5658951 or astidham@hendersonchamber.com, or visit hendersonchamber.com Those considering serving on local boards and commissions, a city council, the Clark County Board of Supervisors or the Nevada Legislature, or who want to be an educated campaign volunteer, can hear from campaign strategists, a political news commentator and elected officials at the state and local levels. Chamber University: Holiday Social Media Strategies Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Information: Contact Danica Torchin at 702586-3834 or dtorchin@lvchamber.com Learn about social media strategies so your business can stay engaged with customers throughout the holiday season.

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Records and Transactions BANKRUPTCIES Chapter 11 The Medical Spa LLC 10885 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 100 Henderson, NV 89052 Attorney: Matthew J. Pierce at courthouseman@gmail.com Furniture Boutique LLC 8020 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 100464 Las Vegas, NV 89139 Attorney: David Mincin at dmincin@mincinlaw.com

Bid Opportunities December 15 2:15 p.m. Northern Clark County 215 Bruce Woodbury Beltway North Fifth Street to UPRR Clark County, 604560 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov 2:15 p.m. Seachlight - Encinitas storm drain Clark County, 604656 Tom Boldt at tboldt@clarkcountynv.gov

December 21 3 p.m. Current production model air resource apparatus Clark County, 604664 Sandra Mendoza at sda@clarkcountynv.gov

Brokered transactions Sales $900,000 for 12,000 square feet, industrial 2111 Western Ave., Las Vegas 89102 Landlord: Jerry and James Karr Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: CCC LLC Tenant agent: Chris Lexis and Joe Leavitt of Avison Young $605,000 for 7,146 square feet, office 3555 Pecos-McLeod Interconnect, Las Vegas 89121 Landlord: Cambeiro Trust Landlord agent: Logic Commerical Real Estate: Marc Magliarditi, CCIM Tenant: Alex Gold Holdings LLC Tenant agent: Mark Musser: NAI Las Vegas

Leases $311,991 for 2,336 square feet, office 9127 W. Russell Road, Suite 150, Las Vegas 89148 Landlord: Beltway One Development Group LLC

Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. Tenant agent: Did not disclose $182,130 for 1,200 square feet, retail 3525 Fort Apache, Suite 2, Las Vegas 89147 Landlord: Monterey Vista Village Landlord agent: Jacqueline Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young Tenant: Bruges Waffles and Fries Tenant agent: JW Michaels Realty Services $154,464 for 1,200 square feet, retail 9400 Sahara, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89117 Landlord: G&I VIII Village Square LLC Landlord agent: Jacqueline Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young Tenant: Hair Queens Tenant agent: Jacqueline Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young $140,860 for 3,592 square feet, office 5575 S. Durango Dr., Suite 111, Las Vegas 89113 Landlord: T&J Fallon Family Trust Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: FGKG LLC Tenant agent: Did not disclose $108,768 for 1,250 square feet, office 9445 W. Russell Road, Suite 130, Las Vegas 89148 Landlord: JEF Investment Properties LLC Landlord agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services Tenant: Saul and Brianna Diaz Tenant agent: Did not disclose $43,600 for 2,906 square feet, retail 4343 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89130 Landlord: 4343 N. Rancho Drive LLC Landlord agent: Jacqueline Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young Tenant: Bath and Body Works Tenant agent: Jacqueline Young and Liz Clare of Avison Young

BUSINESS LICENSES Ubreakifx License type: Computer and Smart Phone Repairs Address: 695 N. Stephanie St., Henderson Owner: Requiescence Enterprises LLC

Unique Accounting License type: Accounting firm Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 272, Henderson Owner: Unique Accounting

Vegas Cat Lady License type: Personal services Address: 458 Beardsley Circle, Henderson Owner: Cathy Vandivort

Unique Janitorial Service License type: Property maintenance Address: 6575 Aztec Rose Way, Las Vegas Owner: Diane L. Melgoza

Vegas Discount Nutrition License type: Nutrition store Address: 9680 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Henderson Owner: LV Discount Nutrition

Unit Chemical Corp. License type: Cleaning compoud sales Address: 7360 Commercial Way, Henderson Owner: Unit Chemical Corp.

Vegas Events & More License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 3025 Blue Monaco, Las Vegas Owner: Vegas Events & More

United Machine & Tool License type: Tool sales Address: 630 Middlegate Road, Henderson Owner: Darlene Schuette

Vegas Valley Commercial License type: Real estate Address: 1013 Whitney Ranch Drive, Suite 110, Henderson Owner: Vegas Valley Commercial

United Studios of Self-Defense License type: Martial arts training Address: 10720 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, Henderson Owner: United Studios of SelfDefense/Anthem

Ventana Canyon Apartments License type: Apartment house Address: 1250 American Pacific Drive, Henderson Owner: Ventana Canyon Apartments

Unmanned Systems Inc. License type: Consulting Address: 2709 Cyrano St., Henderson Owner: Unmanned Systems Inc. U.S. Bank National Association License type: Bank, savings and loan, thrift, trust company Addresses: 10565 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson; 1440 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Owner: U.S. Bank National Association USCB America License type: Medical billing Address: 450 N. Stephanie St., Suite 200, Henderson Owner: USCB America Valentin Diego Landscaping License type: Property maintenance Address: 600 Marlberry Place, Henderson Owner: Valentin Diego-Marcelo Valle Family Trust License type: Short-term residential rental Address: 150 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Suite 2105, Las Vegas Owner: Stephanie and Jose Valle Valley Ranch Animal Hospital License type: Veterinary services Address: 20 N. Valle Verde Drive, Henderson Owner: Beltway Animal Hospital Julia Van Weydevelt License type: Massage and reflexology Address: 633 Ryan Peak Lane, Henderson Owner: Julia Van Weydevelt

Very Elly License type: Online beauty blogging and ecommerce Address: 2260 Village Walk Drive, Suite 1304, Henderson Owner: Very Elly Vet-Sec Protection Agency License type: Private investigators/related occupations Address: 4045 Spencer St., Suite 306, Las Vegas Owner: Aarrowhead Security Veterans Reporter News License type: Publishing and newspapers Address: 1810 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 200, Las Vegas Owner: Su Phelps Vianet Realty License type: Real estate Address: 8704 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas Owner: P.C. Meneses Victoria’s Secret Store License type: Women’s lingerie, beauty and specialty products Address: 1300 W. Sunset Road, Suite 2661, Henderson Owner: Victoria’s Secret Stores Village Barber License type: Barbershop Address: 10608 S. Eastern Ave., Suite F, Henderson Owner: The Village Enterprises Village Capital & Investment License type: Mortgage lending Address: 2863 St. Rose Parkway, Henderson Owner: Village Capital & Investment

Village Pub License type: Restaurant/food service Address: 10900 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson Owner: Village Pub Horizon VIP Blue License type: Background checks Address: 170 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 300, Henderson Owner: VIP Blue Vista Landscape Centers License type: Landscaping Address: 20 N. Gibson Road, Henderson Owner: Vista Landscape Centers Viva Las Vegas Themed Weddings License type: Handbill and oral solicitation Address: 1205 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas Owner: Viva Las Vegas Themed Weddings Vons License type: Grocery store Address: 2511 Anthem Village Drive, Henderson Owner: The Vons Cos. Walgreens License type: Drug/department/ variety store Address: 401 N. Arroyo Grande Blvd., Henderson Owner: Walgreen Co. The Walking Co. License type: Clothing Address: 2235 Village Walk Drive, Suite 161, Henderson Owner: The Walking Co. Wallace Morris Kline Surveying License type: Surveying Address: 5740 S. Arville St., Suite 206, Las Vegas Owner: Wallace Morris Kline Surveying Walters Wholesale Electric Co. License type: Electrical supply and lighting Address: 118 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 125, Henderson Owner: Walters Wholesale Electric Co. Warwick Management License type: Accounting firm Address: 2534 Anthem Village Drive, Suite 100, Henderson Owner: Warwick Management Waterlilyzen License type: Online home decoration sales Address: 2757 Marnay Lane, Henderson Owner: Subi Watermelon Mountain License type: Financial investments and holdings Address: 9550 S. Eastern Ave.,

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Records and Transactions Suite 253, Henderson Owner: Watermelon Mountain Watermill Express License type: Water and ice vending Address: 9985 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 120, Henderson Owner: Watermill Express WB Pest Control License type: Property maintenance Address: 9705 Red Horse St., Las Vegas Owner: Waldron Bros. Pest Control Wealthcare Connect License type: Management/Marketing/Consulting Address: 3535 Executive Terminal Drive, Suite 300, Henderson Owner: The Wealthcare Center

License type: Rental property Address: 1001 E. Carey Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Westland Hacienda Hills White Owl Properties License type: Office only Address: 2850 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson Owner: White Owl Properties Wildfun Xtreme License type: Outdoor tours and concierge Address: 2760 Strathblane Ave., Henderson Owner: Wildfun Xtreme

Owner: Woodbury Law Woods Family Sandwiches License type: Restaurant/food service Address: 931 American Pacific Drive, Suite 106, Henderson Owner: Daelyn G. Woods Words by a Pro License type: Writing sales material and online copy Address: 2528 New Salem Ave., Henderson Owner: Edited By A Pro

William C. Rucker License type: General services Address: Did not disclose Owner: William C. Rucker

World Class Facility Services License type: Property maintenance Address: 6230 Greyhound Lane, Suite F, Las Vegas Owner: World Class Facility Services

Website Tigers License type: Web design and marketing services Address: 1851 Hillpointe Road, Suite 1521, Henderson Owner: Tiger Consulting

Wilt’s Hauling and Recycling License type: Hauling metal to recyclers Address: 101 Elm St., Henderson Owner: Wilt’s Hauling and Recycling

www.Bling-Store.com License type: Online jewelry sales Address: 2268 Trafalgar Court, Henderson Owner: Bling Store

Wedbush Securities License type: Management/marketing/consulting Address: 2850 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson Owner: 3 Sigma Financial

Winchell’s Pub and Grill License type: Restaurant/food service Address: 10620 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson Owner: R. Win Management Corp.

Hong Yang License type: Massage and reflexology Address: 256 E. Lake Mead Parkway, Suite A, Henderson Owner: Hong Yang

Welcyon, Fitness After 50 License type: Fitness center Address: 2550 Anthem Village Drive, Suite 140, Henderson Owner: One More Rep

Windermere Proudfit Realty License type: Real Estate Business Address: 2880 Bicentennial Parkway, Suite 130, Henderson Owner: Wolfenstein

Yi Yang License type: Massage and reflexology Address: 6870 Hinson St., Las Vegas Owner: Yi Yang

Well Care Living License type: Apartment house Address: 223 N. Ninth St., Las Vegas Owner: New Hope Placement

Winters & Toop Law Group License type: Professional services Address: 1100 E. Bridger Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Matthew Winters and Kenneth C. Toop

Younger Reflections License type: Professional services - medical Address: 1928 Rock Springs Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Gerber Chiropractic

Wipe’N Shine Janitorial Service License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Ana M. Ramirez Puga

Your Handi Guyz License type: Residential property maintenance Address: 450 Fremont St., Suite 167, Las Vegas Owner: Nitura Group

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association License type: Bank, savings and loan, thrift, trust Addresses: 101 N. Pecos Road, 1411 W. Sunset Road, 2196 Olympic Ave., Henderson Owner: Wells Fargo Corp. Wells Fargo Clearing Services License type: Commodities, securities or mutual funds Address: 2461 Hampton Road, Henderson Owner: Wells Fargo Clearing Services Wells Fargo Home Mortgage License type: Bank, savings and loan, thrift, trust Address: 2445 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 220, Henderson Owner: Wells Fargo Bank Western Technologies License type: Engineering Address: 6633 W. Post Road, Las Vegas Owner: Western Technologies Westland Hacienda Hills

Wired Designs License type: Automotive Address: 1051 Olsen St., Suite 3511, Henderson Owner: Wired Designs Wireless Experts License type: Cellphone sales Address: 183 N. Gibson Road, Suite 170, Henderson Owner: Wireless Experts Wise Guys Home Improvement Corp. License type: Contractor Address: 8430 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Sonita D. and Daniel C. Harris Woodbury Law License type: Law firm or law office Address: 50 S. Stephanie St., Suite 201, Henderson

Yume Designs License type: Art publishing Address: 1945 Buckeye Hill Court, Henderson Owner: John Vianney & Peggy M. Arakaki-Graff Yumkax License type: Rental property Address: 2116 Carroll St., North Las Vegas Owner: Yumkax Z Cages License type: Indoor batting facility Address: 930 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson Owner: A2Z Promotions Zen Cleaners License type: Dry cleaning Address: 16 W. Horizon Ridge,

Suite 150, Henderson Owner: Gios Zotec Partners License type: Medical billing and management services Address: 2470 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson Owner: Zotec Partners 1st Defense Home Inspections License type: Real estate Address: 2812 Maryland Hills Drive, Henderson Owner: 1st Defense Home Inspections 2 Amigos Bail Bonds License type: Bail bond broker Address: 232 N. Hollywood Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: 2 Amigos Bail Bonds 21st Century Oncology License type: Medical office Address: 52 N. Pecos Road, Henderson Owner: Michael J. Katin, M.D., Prof. Corp. 24 Seven Pro License type: Rental and leasing Address: 4065 W. Mesa Vista Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Trisha A. Mendelson and Jarrid E. Medelson 24/7 Supply License type: Drywall and paint sundries Address: 1192 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson Owner: Got Metal? 3D Car Toyz License type: Automotive Address: 714 W. Sunset Road, Henderson Owner: Vorathep Bounsamone 42 Consulting NV License type: Bookkeeping Address: 2920 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 114, Henderson Owner: 42 Consulting NV 420 Bail Bonds License type: Bail bond broker Address: 726 S. Casino Center Blvd., Suite 210, Las Vegas Owner: 420 Bail Bonds 7-Eleven License type: Convenience store Addresses: 84 W. Pacific Ave.; 1453 N. Boulder Highway, Henderson Owner: A.Z.Y. Mander III and Ashwin C. Shah 99 Cents Only Stores License type: Drug/department/ variety store Addresses: 520 E. Marks St., Suite 120; 716 S. Boulder Highway, Suite 120, Henderson Owner: 99 Cents Only Stores A & A Painting

License type: Property maintenance Address: 4522 E. Colorado Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Abraham Leon and Adriana Maciel A 2 Z Promotions License type: Custom apparel Address: 930 Wigwam Parkway, Henderson Owner: A2Z Promotions A and J’s Handyman Services License type: Property maintenance Address: 1030 Caballo Blvd., Henderson Owner: John Johnson & Avie Havelka-Johnson A Bail Bonds License type: Bail Bond Broker Address: 735 Las Vegas Blvd., Suite S, Las Vegas Owner: A Bail Bonds A Central Janitorial License type: Property maintenance Address: 3170 Polaris Ave., Suite 6, Las Vegas Owner: A Central Janitorial A Compassionate Health Care License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 3900 S. Hualapai Way, Las Vegas Owner: A Compassionate Health Care A J Knight Rehabilitation License type: Personal services Address: 2776 Mingary Ave., Henderson Owner: AJ Knight Rehabilitation A Plus Appraisals License type: Real estate Address: 1362 Cumulus Court, Henderson Owner: A Plus Appraisals A Q Denture Service License type: Dental office Address: 349 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson Owner: Maricondia Dental A Wireless License type: Cellphone store Address: 1300 W. Sunset Road (kiosk), Henderson Owner: ABC Phones of North Carolina A Yelas’s Cleaning Service License type: Property maintenance Address: 4879 Newton Drive, Las Vegas Owner: A Yelas’s Cleaning Service A1 Mobile Catering License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 5560 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: A1 Mobile Catering A/Easy Way Out Bail Bonds License type: Bail bond broker

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BUILDING PERMITS $3,300,000, commercial tenant improvement 2411 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas NP Palace $1,810,000, commercial 1901 Western Ave., Las Vegas Refrigeration Supplies $1,452,235; $1,322,593; $1,016,620; $970,153; $887,865; $805,577; $676,822; $654,975; $646,768; $323,384 apartment 915 Alper Center Drive, Henderson Did not disclose $1,000,000, commercial tenant improvement 2650 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Bank Wells Fargo NA TRS $723,312, new 4465 Violet Flowers St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $723,312, new 4466 Vigny St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $500,000, commercial 633 N. Mojave Road, Las Vegas Las Vegas $366,500, fireproof 4610 Donovan Way, North Las Vegas Vegas Valley Fire Protection $350,000, commercial tenant improvement 8431 Farm Road, Las Vegas Farm & Durango Investors $300,000, commercial 3150 N. Tenaya Way, Las Vegas Sunrise Mountainview Hospital $300,000, residential x2 3012 Lantern Lane, Las Vegas Stephanie Anne Jones $240,505, commercial-alteration 13985 Grand Valley Parkway, North Las Vegas New Image Contracting $240,000, commercial tenant improvement 9851 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Hualapai Commons $212,250, fireproof 4050 Corporate Center Drive, North Las Vegas Vegas Valley Fire Protection $208,600, commercial tenant improvement 3000 W. Charleston Blvd., Las

Vegas Three Thousand Professional $200,000, commercial 1901 Western Ave., Las Vegas Refrigeration Supplies $185,750, pool and/or spa 125 E. Regena Ave., North Las Vegas SWF Construction $185,646, single-family residential 1073 Langston Ranch Ave., Henderson Did not disclose $180,767, single-family residential 2258 Brandwood Way, Henderson Did not disclose $179,768, single-family residential 257 Via Morelli, Henderson Did not disclose $173,447, single-family residential 601 Cultures St., Henderson Woodside Homes $171,732, commercial tenant improvement 221 N. Rampart Blvd., Las Vegas Hotspur Resorts $170,342, single-family residential 860 Via Del Castello, Henderson Did not disclose $165,684, single-family residential x2 2332 and 2324 Mundare Drive, Henderson DR Horton $165,074, single-family residential 53 Vista Outlook St., Henderson Did not disclose $161,914, single-family residential 1401 Overseer Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $158,822, residential-new 7141 Piute Mesa St., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $153,319, single-family residential x2 2246 and 2254 Brandwood Way, Henderson Pardee Homes $151,541, residential-new 3722 Asia Road, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $149,493, single-family residential 256 Kindly Way, Henderson Did not disclose

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$139,586, residential-new 6255 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $139,234, single-family residential 260 Kindly Way, Henderson Did not disclose $138,680, single-family residential 1078 N. Water St., Henderson Did not disclose $138,236, single-family residential 2250 Brandwood Way, Henderson Did not disclose $137,576, residential-new 1240 Carved Terrace Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $136,906, single-family residential x2 2962 and 2964 Duverney Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $134,909, single-family residential x2 2320 and 2328 Mundare Drive, Henderson DR Horton $134,883, residential-new 6258 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $133,135, single-family residential 2987 Moulton Crest Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $130,000, commercial tenant improvement 5701 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Red Rock Square $129,143, single-family residential 256 Via Morelli, Henderson Did not disclose $128,921, single-family residential 406 Gracious Way, Henderson Did not disclose $126,925, single-family residential x2 1070 and 1077 Langston Ranch Ave., Henderson Did not disclose

$124,318, single-family residential 977 Soaring Moon Drive, Henderson KB Home Nevada $123,154, single-family residential 581 Cultures St., Henderson Woodside Homes $122,779, residential-new 3718 Asia Road, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $122,779, residential-new 3825 Blake Canyon Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $119,162, single-family residential 2478 Sylvan Hymn St., Henderson Century Communities $119,162, single-family residential 3030 Lyric Canto Court, Henderson Century Communities $118,274, single-family residential 3032 Young Bouvier Ave., Henderson Did not disclose $117,544, residential-new 1236 Carved Terrace Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $113,727, single-family residential 298 Via Del Salvatore, Henderson Did not disclose $113,617, single-family residential 485 Intonation St., Henderson Did not disclose $112,840, single-family residential 973 Soaring Moon Drive, Henderson Did not disclose $112,840, single-family residential 2967 Moulton Crest Ave., Henderson Did not disclose $112,840, single-family residential 2767 Alta Vista St., Henderson Did not disclose $109,236, single-family residential 3961 Penton Ave., Henderson

D.R. Horton $107,961, single-family residential 1421 Overseer Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $106,659, residential-new 7140 Piute Mesa St., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $106,408, single-family residential 2450 Sylvan Hymn St., Henderson Did not disclose $106,185, residential-new 1244 Carved Terrace Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $102,527, single-family residential 2944 Capobella Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $102,194, townhouse 2877 Tanager Hill St., Henderson KB Home Nevada $101,806, single-family residential 1313 Olivia Parkway, Henderson Century Communities $100,585, residential-new x2 6262 and 6266 Orions Belt Peak St., North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $100,000, residential 2832 Vista Butte Drive, Las Vegas Mathieson John and Laura Cannestra $98,977, residential-new 7136 Piute Mesa St., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $98,306, residential-new x2 3821 and 3829 Blake Canyon Drive, North Las Vegas Greystone Nevada $98,146, single-family residential x2 3965 and 3957 Penton Ave., Henderson D.R. Horton $97,294, residential-new 1232 Carved Terrace Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $96,261, townhouse 2879 Tanager Hill St., Henderson KB Home Nevada

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Year est.

Total square footage of local completed properties

Percentage: Office

Percentage: Industrial

Percentage: Retail

Square footage of local properties under construction

Prologis 3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 1250 Las Vegas, NV 89169 702-891-9292 • prologis.com

1998

10,000,000

100

1,100,000

Fritz Wyler, managing director/ development officer

Harsch Investment Properties 3111 S. Valley View Blvd., Suite K101 Las Vegas, NV 89102 702-362-1400 • harsch.com

1995

9,300,000

390,000

John Ramous, senior vice president/ regional manager for Las Vegas

Majestic Realty 4050 W. Sunset Road, Suite H Las Vegas, NV 89118 702-896-5564 • majesticrealty.com

1994

5,500,000

100

295,500

Rod Martin, senior vice president

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1994

3,300,000

Susan Wincn, vice president of Nevada properties

Juliet Cos. 8375 W. Flamingo Road, Suite 200 Las Vegas, NV 89147 702-368-5800 • julietcompanies.com

1986

2,573,803

112,000

John Stewart, principal

Impact Development 3275 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 105 Las Vegas, NV 89146 702-363-4788 • impactlv.com

2003

2,343,000

Jeff Susa, owner/ developer

Grand Canyon Development Partners 6841 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 103 Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-492-5306 • grandcanyoninc.com

2009

282,000

150,000

Sam Nicholson, owner

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2014

80,000

100

195,000

Tim Castello, Mike Chernine, Jason Kuckler and Larry Monkarsh, partners

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March 21-April 19 You may get richer quicker in 2018, especially if you refuse to sell out. You may accumulate more clout, especially if you treat everyone as your equal and wield your power responsibly. You will experience deeper, richer emotions, especially if you avoid people who have low levels of emotional intelligence. Finally, you will get the best sex of your life in the next 12 months, especially if you cultivate the kind of peace of mind in which you’ll feel fine about yourself if you don’t get any sex at all.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22 The coming months will be a ripe time to revise and rework your past — to reconfigure the consequences that emerged from what happened once upon a time. Here are some suggestions about the best ways to do that: 1. Revisit a memory that has haunted you, and do a ritual that resolves it and brings you peace. 2. Go back and finally do a crucial duty you left unfinished. 3. Return to a dream you wandered away from prematurely, and either recommit yourself to it, or else put it to rest for good.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 As far back as ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece, people staged ceremonies to mark the embarkation of a new ship. The intention was to bestow a blessing for the maiden voyage and ever thereafter. Beginning in 18thcentury Britain and America, such rituals often featured the smashing of a wine bottle on the ship’s bow. Later, a glass container of Champagne became standard. You should come up with your own version of this celebratory gesture. It will soon be time for your launch.

TAURUS

GEMINI

April 20-May 20 The members of the fungus family, like mushrooms and molds, lack chlorophyll, so they can’t make food from sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. To get energy, they “eat” plants. That’s lucky for us. The fungi keep the earth fresh. Without them, piles of compost would accumulate forever. Some forests would be so choked with dead matter that they couldn’t thrive. Take your inspiration from the heroic fungi. Expedite the decay and dissolution of the wornout and obsolete parts of your life.

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May 21-June 20 You have been hungrier than usual. At times, you may have felt voracious. This yearning isn’t simply about food, although your body may be trying to compensate for a nutritional deficiency. You’re experiencing a heightened desire to be understood and appreciated. You may be aching for a particular quality of love that you haven’t been able to give or get. Your soul is famished for experiences that your ego doesn’t sufficiently value or seek out. Meditate on what your soul craves but isn’t getting enough of.

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June 21-July 22 How do the brightly colored birds known as beeeaters avoid getting stung? They snatch their prey in mid-air and knock them repeatedly against a tree branch until the stinger falls off and the venom is flushed out. In the coming weeks, you could draw inspiration from beeeaters’ determination to get what they want. How might you be able to draw nourishment from sources that aren’t entirely benign? How could you extract value from influences that you have be careful with?

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Sept. 23-Oct. 22

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

The astrological omens suggest that now is a favorable time to deepen your roots, bolster your foundations and revitalize traditions that have nourished you. Oddly enough, the current planetary rhythms also are conducive to playing soccer in the living room with a ball made from rolled-up socks, pretending to be a fortune-telling psychic and giving past-life readings, and gathering around the kitchen table to formulate a conspiracy to achieve world domination.

Make these longterm promises to yourself. They were formulated by the teacher Shannen Davis. 1. “I will make myself eminently teachable through the cultivation of openness and humility.” 2. “I won’t wait around hoping that people will give me what I can give myself.” 3. “I’ll be a good sport about the consequences of my actions, whether they’re good, bad or misunderstood.” 4. “As I walk out of a room where there are many people who know me, I won’t worry about what anyone will say about me.”

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Dec. 22-Jan. 19

If you were ever going to add another half-inch or more to your height, the near future would be the time for it. You are in the midst of what those in the consciousness industry call a “growth spurt.” The blooming and ripening could occur in other ways, as well. New brain cells will propagate at a higher rate, and so will the white blood cells that guard your physical health. Four weeks from now, you’ll be noticeably smarter, wiser and more robust.

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Jan. 20-Feb. 18 You go to a deli, take a numbered ticket and wait to be seen. You draw 37 and the counter clerk has just called out number 17. Damn! But two minutes later, the clerk calls out 37. Maybe it was a mistake, but who cares? All that matters is that your opportunity came earlier than you thought it would. Now, apply this vignette as a metaphor for your life in the coming days.

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Many people devote a great deal of energy to describing and analyzing their difficulties, and may even imagine possible solutions, but don’t follow through. The sad or bad situation persists. Of all the signs in the zodiac, Scorpios are among the least prone to this disability. You specialize in taking action to fulfill your proposed fixes. Just this once, however, engage in more inquiry and conversation than usual. Just talking about the problem could cure it.

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Feb. 19-March 20 It’s one of those bizarre times when what feels really good is in close alignment with what’s really good for you, and when taking the course of action that benefits you personally is probably what’s best for everyone else too. The onslaught of this strange grace may be difficult to believe, but don’t waste time questioning it. Relish and indulge in the freedom it offers you. Use it to shush the voice in your head that informs you about what you should be doing instead of what you are doing.

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