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For most of the world, New Year’s Day is Jan. 1. But in Persian culture, Nowruz marks the end of the old year and the beginning of a new one. It’s the day of the vernal equinox, and it typically occurs from March 19-21.

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fossils in nevada

make 2018 awesome

a conference for every cause

tons and tons of shrimp

Hundreds of millions of years ago, a 55-foot-long dinosaur died in what is now known as Nevada. Its bones were unearthed after spending millennia undisturbed. In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on the ichthyosaur, other fossils that have been found in the state and the difference between archaeology and paleontology.

Eat grapes. Ring bells. Take a leap. Clear out your home and your email folders. Burn your bad juju. Smash a pomegranate. Crack an egg in water. Or just make a good, old-fashioned resolution. We explore these and other traditions intended to start the new year off right.

Las Vegas’ convention calendar is loaded with events covering topics you might not have considered.

A statistic often repeated but difficult to verify is that Las Vegas consumes 30 tons of shrimp every day. Some in the restaurant business find it hard to believe, while others think the estimate is low.

more life n Recipe: Fried deviled eggs, P30 n Recipe: Pets available for adoption, P32 n Calendar of events, P40 n Horoscopes, P65 n Puzzles, P66

more business n 40 Under 40: Catch up with Alexandra Lourdes and Jennifer Bradley, P54

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Did you miss the ACA deadline? Don’t panic Obamacare enrollment has ended, but agents can still help you get health insurance.

out its spot on the map 20 Carving Mayor Allan Litman talks about growing Mesquite and making it known for the right reasons.

Center is there for addicts’ every setback The needle exchange program is recognized as a public health safeguard.

Transgender policy gets people talking The school district recently gathered public commentary on a proposal to protect students.

sports predictions Who will Conor McGregor fight next? Who will be the top contenders for the NASCAR Cup? Who will win the Super Bowl? We predict those answers and more.

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Voters need a vision to follow Democrats need to stand for something, not merely oppose President Donald Trump.

Martin Truex Jr. celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 12. (Steve Marcus/staff file)

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Burros eat alfalfa in a holding corral near U.S. Highway 95 and Highway 160 during a Bureau of Land Management burro gather. The BLM gathered dozens of feral burros, prompted by an increasing number of accidents involving the animals and vehicles near Pahrump, as well as burros causing private property damage, officials said. The captured burros will be transported to California, checked by a veterinarian and put up for adoption. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

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valley shooting Four people were wounded — two fatally and two critically — after a shooting at an east valley apartment complex. A California couple was charged in the shooting.

dec. 27

$700,000 raised Officials announced that the Vegas Strong Benefit Concert at T-Mobile Arena raised more than $700,000. About 12,000 people attended the Dec. 1 concert.

jan. 2

predators or prey? The Nashville Predators, last year’s runners-up for the Stanley Cup, will try to avenge a defeat earlier this season to the Vegas Golden Knights when they visit T-Mobile Arena.

jan. 4

stadium meeting University regents will review a draft of the joint-use agreement between UNLV and the Raiders. UNLV will have significant control of revenue when it uses the stadium.

jan. 6

rebound year UNLV, off to its best start in basketball since 2012, hosts Utah State at 7 p.m. at the Thomas & Mack Center. A win against the Aggies was the lone bright spot in a 1-11 finish to last season.

330K Number of visitors anticipated in Las Vegas for New Year’s, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, a drop of 1.2 percent from last year.

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the week in trump tweets

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Number of homicides investigated in Clark County in a seven-day period ending Dec. 28.

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fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border and an END to the horrible Chain Migration & ridiculous Lottery System of Immigration etc. We must protect our Country at all cost! (Dec. 29) n Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little to deliver their packages, making Amazon richer and the Post Office dumber and poorer? Should be charging MUCH MORE! (Dec. 29) n In the East, it could be the COLDEST New Year’s Eve on record. Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming that our Country, but not other countries, was going to pay TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS to protect against. Bundle up! (Dec. 28) n People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again. I am proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! (Dec. 24)

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blazing hot start on the ice The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Los Angeles Kings for the second time this season and improved to 25-9-2. Almost halfway into the franchise’s inaugural season, the Knights were in first place in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference and had the second-best record in the NHL. In the preseason, Vegas was listed at 500-to-1 to win the Stanley Cup at the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook. Now, the Knights are 8-to-1 — the thirdbest odds among all teams.

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Clark County Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak looks over alcohol in glass bottles before a news conference on New Year’s Eve security at Metro Police headquarters. Glass bottles, backpacks and coolers are not permitted on the Strip on New Year’s Eve, police said. (STEVE MARCUS/staff)

bad month for sports books Nevada sports books lost $11.4 million on baseball in November — the largest baseball loss in a month for the state’s regulated books, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Bettors cleaned up with the Houston Astros’ World Series victory.

house doesn’t always win Nevada’s November gaming revenue dropped 2.3 percent from November 2016. If you factor out the Strip, the state would have been up, a gaming official said. Strip revenue dropped, the official said, because gamblers did well at the tables.

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UNLV forward Brandon McCoy is congratulated by fans after an 89-82 victory against Illinois at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. McCoy scored 22 points and had 10 rebounds in the game. (L.E. Baskow/staff)

Age of Rose Marie, a former Strip headliner, when she died Dec. 28. Best known as Sally Rogers of “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” she was a child star in vaudeville and worked for nearly a century in theater, radio, TV and movies.

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IDEAL CONDITIONS FOR FOSSIL FORMATION Not everything becomes a fossil. Of the fossils that do form, few are of complete skeletons. Rowland says there are two characteristics needed for the ideal fossil find:

HARD PARTS. If something lacks some sort of mineralized skeletal parts — think teeth, bones or a shell — it is unlikely to fossilize. “That’s why we don’t have many fossilized butterflies,” Rowland said. “They don’t have that hard, bony skeleton.”

QUICK BURIAL. When a living creature dies, its body typically becomes fare for other animals. Predators and scavengers often move bones or other hard parts. That’s great for the circle of life, but bad for future generations who’d like to dig up complete skeletons of things past.

What ichthyosaurs might have looked like in life.

Scientists liken the prehistoric ichthyosaur to modern-day dolphins, only much larger.

NEVADA STATE FOSSIL Nevada is the only state in the country to have a complete skeleton of an ichthyosaur (genus shonisaurus), an extinct predatory marine reptile that lived 225 million years ago. Ichthyosaur became the official Nevada state fossil in 1977.

HISTORY IN THE GROUND

The complete skeleton is approximately 55 feet long. It was discovered 350 miles north of Las Vegas near the abandoned mining town of Berlin. That site (now the Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park) is home to the most abundant concentration of ichthyosaur remains in the world. The reason for the heavy concentration has eluded scientists since the site was discovered in the 1920s.

Archaeology is the study of human artifacts and remains.

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More than 80 percent of land in Nevada is publicly owned. This wealth of open space is a treasure trove for paleontologists. Their digs into the dirt can teach us about what our world was and hint at issues we might have to confront tomorrow. ¶ We caught up with Stephen Rowland, a geology professor at UNLV, to learn about what the Silver State was like 300 million years ago and what you can find when you look away from the neon lights and toward the dusty earth below our feet.

WHERE TO GO FOR MORE FOSSIL FACTS

■ THE NEVADA STATE MUSEUM AT SPRINGS PRESERVE 333 S. Valley View Blvd. 702-822-7700, springspreserve.org

■ THE LAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 900 Las Vegas Blvd. North 702-384–3466, lvnhm.org

Curated exhibits with fossils and information on prehistoric life.

Curated exhibits and also hosts the Nevada Friends of Paleontology, a nonprofit organization open to the public that meets monthly.

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In Gold Butte National Monument, there is a series of fossilized footprints from a small crocodile-sized reptile that lived 290 million years ago. Rowland says studying footprints helps reconstruct animals’ environment. “It gives you behavior information,” he said. “That’s especially interesting.”

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FINDING FOSSILS Rowland may be the expert on fossils, but he is rarely the one who first finds them. That honor typically goes to hikers, climbers or other outdoor enthusiasts who stumble across something that seems unusual, take a photo and send it to Rowland with questions. “Usually, I can give them an idea,” he says. “Often it’s something that’s not really a fossil, or a very common fossil of no great scientific importance.” But occasionally it’s something of tremendous value — like the Armargosa mammoth.

Paleontology is the study of fossils (all kinds, not just dinosaurs).

A MAMMOTH FIND

Both archaeologists and paleontologists unearth interesting information about the past, and their work can overlap, but they are distinct scientific fields.

Rowland is working on unearthing a mammoth believed to be 13,000 to 20,000 years old. Found this year in Amargosa Valley, northwest of Pahrump, the mammoth is noteworthy because it appears to have died standing up. Its tusks are straight up and down, whereas an animal typically dies having fallen sideways. This could indicate that this animal died in quicksand. Rowland and his team are hopeful the site will yield a complete skeleton, which could be possible if their theory is proven correct and other animals did not scavenge or move its bones.

■ TULE SPRINGS FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT 16001 Corn Creek Road nps.gov/tusk One thing Nevada isn’t known for: dinosaur fossils. For those, you should head to Utah, Colorado or Wyoming. Those states were once on the shoreline of a seaway, making them ideal spots for dino preserving. Nevada was more mountainous and its sand dunes weren’t great for preservation.

Visitors can explore badlands and trenches where an abundance of large animal fossils have been excavated by scientists through the years.

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NEW YEAR’S RITUALS WAYS

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I crumpled that dollar into my small palm with conviction. Hold it tight as the clock hand turns one year into the next, and the riches will fill my Coke-bottle coin bank by Jan. 2. ¶ At least, it felt that simple to me when my mother and I sustained the family tradition of clutching money at midnight on New Year’s Eve. Hands grasping cash as the calendar turns, the thinking goes, will fill with great wealth in the coming year. ¶ Our little Italian family from the Bronx dreamed big, in money and in food. Great Aunt Mary made everyone eat 12 grapes at midnight, one for every month of a sweet new year. My great-grandmother unearthed a recipe from her youth in Brazil: empanadas of ground beef and green olives made strictly to celebrate New Year’s. My grandmother — keeper of all superstitions — said everyone needed to eat an anchovy for good luck. ¶ My mom’s parents advanced from immigrants to the edge of the middle class, allowing her and my uncle to become the first generation to attend college. They grabbed the opportunity, earning two bachelor’s degrees and three graduate degrees. ¶ That’s more about hard work than magic money. But if they all held cash as the ball dropped in Times Square, then I’m grabbing a 20 from my wallet at 11:59 p.m. and hoping 2018 moves us forward again. ¶ Whether you wish to be healthier or more prosperous, to clear out negative energy and emails or invite exceptional luck, here is a collection of rituals for resetting your life for another 365 days of opportunity. — Adam Candee

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TA K E T H E ‘ P O TAT O DROP’ TO HEART

LET AN EGG TELL YOUR FORTUNE Champagne flutes are ubiquitous on NYE, but you might be surprised to see one with a raw egg floating in it. Unless you’re from El Salvador, where it’s typical to crack an egg into water at midnight and leave it on the windowsill. Come morning, the yolk’s transformation is a reading on the coming year.

“I don’t just want to kiss 2013 goodbye. I want to hit it with a big fat meteor. (There really is a T-shirt for everything.) Happy NYE!” My Facebook post that New Year’s Eve referenced my shirt, with its worldending fireball sailing over the words “Nice knowing you.” Suffice to say my heart had been broken. Hard. And the 1. Choose your vessel, whether it’s a only way to exorcise the sadness was Champagne flute or a Mason jar, as long to watch my hometown launch a giant as it’s clear so you can see the whole potato from its tallest building. egg. Boise, Idaho, has since perfected the potato drop (see: internally lit GlowTato 2. Pour enough water in the glass to with fireworks display), but on that allow for full submersion of the egg. night, it was underwhelming in the best way. 3. When midnight hits, crack the Standing near a man holding a egg carefully into the water sign that promised the party and seal the glass with would end in hell, I watched plastic wrap. Cover it with Lighting the barely recogniza kitchen towel and don’t fireworks or able mega-potato glide peek until morning. clanging pots and pans to make noise may through the freezing air not be your speed. Try just before midnight. It 4. Wake up Jan. 1 and taping BUBBLE WRAP to was pure magic. As it hit whip off the towel. Look the floor and having the bottom, I closed my eyes for particular shapes whole family jump on and vowed to be the poin the floating egg, just it at midnight. tato. A new plant can grow as you would a cloud from a battered fragment of floating overhead. A boat is what once was whole. said to symbolize travel or a — Erin Ryan move. Tiny bubbles or striations resembling tree branches are OR, TRY THIS: In Colombia, NYE sees interpreted as pregnancy. And if you see some revelers looking for financial pora tall column, that symbolizes marriage. tents in potatoes. Three are tossed under the bed: one peeled, one half-peeled and 5. Dispose of the egg, unless you fancy one whole. Without looking, they reach making food poisoning part of the in and grab the first one they touch. The tradition. naked tuber signifies being broke, while the one still bearing its full skin is a sign of a profitable year.

BURN THE BAD JUJU No year goes off without a hitch. The good experiences always come with contrast. So on the last day, grab a blank sheet of paper and partake in this Latin American method of emotional purification. 1. Pen a list of the crummiest times. Writing this out is akin to therapeutic journaling, like confronting a ghost before releasing it so it no longer haunts you. Include things big and small that are impeding your positive outlook. 2. Find a fireplace. This is vital, as you don’t want to kick off the New Year by accidentally burning the house down as well. Make sure the chimney flue is open to release any smoke, and place your list well inside the fireplace. 3. Grab matches or a lighter. Depending on your personality, you might want to take a breath and think good thoughts before igniting the paper. Otherwise, just light it up and watch the ashes transform to catharsis. OR, TRY THIS: Russians perform an opposite ritual, writing down everything they hope for, burning the list and stirring the cinders into whatever will be drunk during the New Year’s toast. OR, TRY THIS: Shamans burn sage inside homes by waving the smoldering herb in spaces with the heaviest traffic. The idea is that expelled energy accumulates and must be flushed for “spiritual hygiene.” But it isn’t just the visual that has an effect. Sage smoke has been shown to kill airborne bacteria and release negative ions, the latter linked to positive moods. Just remember to blow out the bundle about 20 seconds after lighting it, and open a door or window to let out stale energy.

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The Spanish eat one grape for each clang of the clock at midnight and months of the year. Sour ones are an indication of potential trouble during that month.

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ROCK YELLOW UNDIES Credited to Venezuela, the custom of wearing yellow underwear for a lucky New Year is practiced in many places. Some take a pants-free run through the street, while others fully embrace the silliness by wearing the eyecatching undies outside of their clothes. OR, TRY THIS: Brazilians wear red underwear to signal the gods of romance to bring love or keep the sparks ignited in a longtime relationship.

TA K E A L E A P Many credit the Danes with ceremonial plate-smashing at midnight, imbuing the front doors of friends and neighbors with good luck as they might christen a ship. But their less messy way of welcoming a lucky New Year is climbing on chairs and leaping off when the first second ticks. The idea is you spend that first moment in the air, disconnected from any residual negativity back on Earth.

RING BELLS ( A N D P L AY H O O K Y ) Making noise as the clock strikes the first minute of the New Year is a cross-cultural tradition, but the Japanese take it to another level. Buddhist temples ring their bells at midnight — not just for each hour, but 108 times. The significance is that Buddhists believe humans have that many shortcomings to dispel as they look ahead to a fresh year. The bell’s warm sounds and vibrations are said to create a state of deep meditation and introspection, aimed at flushing out “evil passions” such as jealousy, greed and anger. After this spiritual cleansing, Japanese people take Jan. 1 off, considering it bad luck to work.

SMASH A P O M E G R A N AT E You know how frustrating it is to get at the sweet little jewels inside a pomegranate? This is your chance to channel the rage into something good. Greeks chuck the fruit on the ground at midnight, and the bigger the splatter field, the more prosperity foreseen.

MAKE RESOLUTIONS (EVEN IF YOU KNOW THEY WON’T STICK) Skepticism comes naturally to me, but I make a notable exception for new year’s resolutions. I unapologetically adore them. It does not matter that one study from the University of Scranton in 2015 suggested only 8 percent of people actually achieve their new year’s goal. It does not matter that I haven’t kept any of U.S. News & World Report my own and have usually forgotten finds that by the second week about them by summer. of February, about 80 percent The collective feeling of aspiraof the people who made New tion that washes over the masses as Year’s Resolutions have broken the calendar switches over is what them. One root cause is the really matters. It represents hope, emotional friction inherent to which might be the most underratchange. To set yourself up in a ed and important of all our human good way: Think small. Build emotions. It’s a grand reminder that up trust in yourself; that you with great exception, most people will do what you say you will. in this world are trying the best Invent challenges in the service they can and would like to be betof trust building. Focus on ter. That’s worth celebrating, so I am the positive, even if you don’t always friendly to all the newcomquite meet daily goals. And ers who inevitably flood my gym develop your sense of selfin January, and I hope they extend awareness, which is different that same warmth to me when they than brutal self-critique. see me in the produce aisle of the grocery store attempting to buy unprocessed food instead of microwave meals. And who knows? Next year could be different! 2018 could be the year we all get stronger, find love, save more money, topple evil giants, and floss every day! If we fail at our goals, however big or small they may be, then we at least will have tried, which means more than hollow words of cynics and skeptics. Plus, there will always be 2019 and a chance to try all over again. — April Corbin

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PRACTICAL THINGS you can do to prepare for 2018 CLEAN HOUSE Some cultures look to the humble broom as a way to literally sweep the old energy out of the house. In the Philippines, it involves a bit more aerobics. Every light switch should be flipped on to ward off evil spirits, and every cabinet, window and door opened to let 2017 seep out. When the clock strikes 12, run around gleefully shutting everything.

PAY D E B T In an opinion piece for Forbes, best-selling author Neale Godfrey compared carrying debt to an extra 30 pounds. Spending less to save is great, but you’re not doing yourself any favors sitting on money that was never yours and letting the interest compound. Set a goal for paying down debt each month that is uncomfortable enough to really make a dent in what you owe. Once you’ve paid off your credit cards, you’ll be amazed how rapidly your balance — and happiness — increase.

UNCLUTTER YOUR LIFE This applies to the closet, garage, pantry and every tiny kitchen drawer, but also messes in your communication-crammed digital life. Email and social media accounts get bogged down with unwanted newsletters, promotions and “friends.” To escape the clutter, Unroll.me is a tackle your friend list on Facebook, free website and app feeling no guilt. Then figure out who that makes it easy to see and manage where you’re has your email address, and who’s subscribed. And for anyone with been abusing it. many thousands of unread emails For physical spaces in need of a — including all those YouTube purge, kill three birds with one stone. videos from Mom — Mailstrom This is the season when giving is can identify bundles of related mail so you can click once most underlined, and it’s also your and trash en masse. last chance to donate and take the tax write-off. The IRS says fair market value for donations to Goodwill can be deducted on your federal tax return, so you can unclutter, make a buck and someone’s day with gently used treasures.

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Nevadans who missed ACA deadline still have options Obamacare enrollment has ended, but agents can still help you get covered By Chris Kudialis staff writer

Nevadans whose health care isn’t covered by their employers and who missed the Dec. 15 deadline for government-provided insurance still have options for the coming year, according to local experts. Apart from the extended deadline (see page 19) for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, several other options exist for both short- and longterm health care plans. “There are in fact options off-exchange,” said Heather Korbulic, CEO of Silver State Health Insurance Exchange. “But now it’s up to people to find federally qualified health centers across the state that can help them find an opportunity.” UNLV professor Christopher Cochran echoed that thought, adding that unless a person qualifies for an extended deadline for Obamacare, a local health care company like Blue Cross Blue Shield or UnitedHealthcare would be the next best option for insurance next year. “If a person doesn’t qualify for the subsidies and it’s past open enrollment, they may have a problem unless a broker can negotiate something for them,” Cochran

said. “Income is going to have a lot to do with what the insurance companies are looking for.” As many as 2.5 million of Nevada’s more than 3 million residents were eligible for financial assistance on government-provided health care insurance — between Obamacare subsidies, Medicaid and Medicare — though many were covered by employer-based plans. Both Korbulic, who leads Nevada’s organization connecting to federal health care, and Cochran, who chairs UNLV’s department of health care administration and policy, emphasized the importance of finding a plan not only to avoid tax penalties of at least $695, but to avoid the risk of not being covered in the event of sickness or injury. With uninsured patients paying “multiple times” the cost of care to hospitals as those with insurance plans, purchasing health insurance “just makes sense,” Korbulic said. “It’s about the financial risk you put yourself or your family in if you don’t have insurance and you end up having an illness or any kind of medical event,” she said. The experts added that while a sweeping tax overhaul passed by Congress will affect the future of Obamacare, most health care provisions — including the elimination of the individual mandate, which charges uninsured Americans the tax penalty — won’t kick in until 2019.

individual mandate fees are still in place this tax season While the recently approved Republican tax overhaul will eliminate Obamacare’s individual mandate for health insurance by 2019, fees for not having health insurance will remain for 2017 and 2018. Uninsured Nevadans will owe either 2.5 percent of their household income, $695 per adult or $347.50 per child — whichever is higher — on their federal income tax returns. This fee is called the “Shared Responsibility Payment” by the IRS. It rises with inflation, according to Heather Korbulic of Silver State Health Insurance Exchange, and amounts in 2018 could be higher. Those who were uncovered for just some months of the year owe $57.92 for each month they did not have health insurance.

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DO YOU QUALIFY FOR BOTH MEDICARE AND MEDICAID?

have you had a recent major life change?

Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans:

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Thanks to a provision of the ACA, Nevadans entitled to both Medicare and Medicaid can combine their benefits using the two as a pseudo insurance package by a single managed care organization. Korbulic recommended taking that route for those who missed the Dec. 15 ACA deadline and don’t qualify for a special exemption. Unlike Obamacare insurance, Medicaid has open enrollment year-round, meaning qualified Nevadans who enroll in the program can obtain a Dual Eligible Special Needs plan through the end of January without facing retribution on next year’s taxes. Korbulic said Nevadans can check whether they qualify for the Special Enrollment Period and potential Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans on the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange’s website: nevadahealthlink.com.

Nevadans with extenuating circumstances, known officially as Qualifying Life Events, will be eligible for a special enrollment period, which for some QLEs extends through as late as March 1. Circumstances and life changes that would still qualify Silver State residents for government-provided health care in 2018 past the Dec. 15 deadline include: n Recent marriage or divorce n Birth or adopting a child; also placing a child up for adoption n Change in income n Change in residence n Change in disability status n Addition or loss of a dependent person n Pregnancy n Other changes in income or household size n Change of citizenship or immigration status n Incarceration or release from incarceration n Change in status as an American Indian/ Alaska Native or tribal status

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Carving out its spot on the map Mayor talks about growing Mesquite and making it known for all the right reasons By Mick Akers staff writer

Finding ways to grow a rural town not far from one of the most famous cities in the world is a tough gig. Mesquite Mayor Allan Litman has been doing that since being appointed to the role in May 2014. ¶ The town of about 20,000 people is anchored by two resorts and a high population of retirees, so a lack of entrylevel workers can be a deterrent to many companies. ¶ Litman sat down with The Sunday to discuss the state of his city, Mesquite’s response to being linked to mass shooter Stephen Paddock, and recreational marijuana sales since legalization this summer. Stephen Paddock was linked to Mesquite after the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting. How has the community responded to the national attention? The media are going to go where the stories are. I received calls from all over. From Canada, Los Angeles, CNN, TMZ, all over. The coverage was good and, overall, fair with Mesquite and the role of this individual here. He lived here, sort of. He wasn’t a resident. He didn’t vote here. He paid his water bill and electric bill and went in and gambled at the casinos

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here, but nobody really knew him. So his impact on Mesquite was very brief. He didn’t make any impression on Mesquite. We don’t have much violence here. Since 2004, we’ve had two murders that involved drug deals gone bad, and we had a murder-suicide with a councilwoman and her husband. We’re not a violent community. We’re exceptionally peaceful, and we don’t make headlines.

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Why is it a struggle to bring new businesses to Mesquite? We have a couple of projects on the books, and we’re waiting for them to break ground. They’ve paid their fees and finished their plans. We have water, we have lower electric rates. When natural gas is up and running — which should be within two years — it will help turn the commercial areas around. These are fees Have residents near Paddock’s home comthat impede companies from coming. Other than that, plained about the garage, which is still we’re set. We’re never going to be Las Vegas. Comfortboarded up, or the presence of media? ably, we can hold 35,000-45,000 Sure, there have been grumbles people. At our rate of growth, that’s from people who live in that area. quite a few years into the future. But mostly, they say they didn’t The other issue is that our know him, and it’s a shame he workforce is small. We have 20,000 picked Mesquite. I think people — disregard everybody over age 62, under age 18 and everybody Mesquite started recreational we’ve been holding jobs with no intention of marijuana sales this past rediscovered. switching, and there’s not a whole summer. How is it going so lot left. far? It isn’t moving as It’s been terrific. It’s increased What else is going on in Mestax revenue, which is great. There fast as Las Vegas, quite? were always naysayers who said but if you speak Housing permits and commercial it was going to destroy the compermits are up. I think we’ve been munity, but I just spoke with the to the people of rediscovered. It isn’t moving as fast dispensary owner and the police, as Las Vegas, but if you speak to the and it’s had zero negative impact. If Mesquite, we don’t people of Mesquite, we don’t want you ask the average person, “What want it to move like it to move like that. We like slow, do you know about our marijuana steady growth, so we can manage dispensary?” they’ll say, “What that. We like slow, it well. We are a quiet, peaceful marijuana dispensary?” We have a community — and that’s why people grow facility here as well, so a lot of steady growth, so move here, other than the weather. dispensaries in Las Vegas are buywe can manage ing their supplies from us. Why do you think you’re a it well. We are a draw for retirees? You have the closest dispenIt’s stress-free. There’s a large sary to Utah. Has that made it quiet, peaceful number of seniors. We don’t have a tourist destination? community and traffic issues— you’re battling orOh, sure. People are coming here ange cones everywhere you turn (in to buy marijuana, and there are that’s why people Las Vegas). And the cost of living is signs that say you’re not allowed lower here than in Las Vegas. to take it across state lines, but of move here.” course, people do. We’ve made it allan litman, mayor Does being sandwiched bevery clear you don’t break the law of mesquite tween Las Vegas and national in Mesquite. parks like Zion and Bryce Canyon play a role in your Why do you think your prodraw? fessional basketball team, the Yes, I do. We are centrally Nevada Desert Dogs of the located. You can have breakfast in Sedona, Ariz., and North American Premier Basketball league, then lunch in Mesquite. It’s a great gateway. Interstate will work here? 15 makes things here very convenient. Obviously, it’s not going to have an audience of 20,000 people, but its venue, the Rising Star Sports Many view Mesquite as a stop en route to a Ranch, holds 3,000, and I think it will be sold out every destination. What do you think about that? game. It will be affordable, and there is not an issue We had 1.3 million visitors last year who weren’t with parking. So I think it will be successful. just passing through. For a town of 20,000, that’s very good. They come here for gaming, golf and relaxation. Do you wish they would’ve used Mesquite in It’s not a place to just stop for gasoline anymore. It’s their name rather than just Nevada? now a destination. It would have been nice. It would help keep us on

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Center is there for addicts’ every setback Needle exchange program, once considered controversial, helps safeguard public health By April Corbin STAFF WRITER

Not a week goes by without somebody telling staff at the Harm Reduction Center Las Vegas that instead of just dropping off used needles in exchange for clean ones, instead of grabbing a few snacks to chow down before returning to life on the streets, they want off drugs. Sometimes it comes after a scare — an overdose on heroin that could have killed them. Sometimes it doesn’t seem prompted by any one thing in particular — maybe they just needed to see the option in front of them the right number of times. Regardless of the catalyst, when these moments happen, staff members are ready. They help people, who they stress are not just drug users, find a rehab facility or treatment center where they can begin to fight their demons. And before they leave on that day, Program Director Rick Reich tells them: “Whatever happens next, don’t be afraid or too proud to come back here.” Statistically, most people relapse at least once after drug or alcohol treatment. Reich likes how musician Gregg Allman put it: “I went to rehab 11 times, but not 12.” And Reich is ready to be there for however many tries it takes before it sobriety sticks. It’s arduous work, and one rehab referral out of the hundreds of people who visit each week isn’t statically impressive, but it’s what Reich sees as necessary for stopping the public health crisis of drug addiction in Southern Nevada. It’s why the Harm Reduction Center opened this past spring: to be a steady point of contact for people on drugs. The center provides addicts with resources to keep them as healthy as they can be — clean needles to avoid reusing dirty ones that could spread hepatitis, and naloxone kits that combat opioid overdoses. That way, when people are ready to get off drugs, their road to recovery is less fraught with challenges. The center’s staff sees users of many substances, but the most common situation is opioid use. That includes synthetic opioids such as prescription pain killers and street drugs like heroin. In November, the Harm Reduction Center and its Trac-B Needle Exchange program collected more than 3,100 used syringes. It estimates about half of clean needles distributed get returned directly to the center. Of those that don’t return, some are confiscated by Metro Police, and some wind up in sharps disposal containers

Medical supplies fill the shelves at the Harm Reduction Center in Las Vegas.

Sabra Stanford, program coordinator of Trac-B Exchange, a Southern Nevada Health District-funded needle-exchange program, works in the front office at the Harm Reduction Center.

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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE NEEDLES? In Nevada, if you place used needles into a sealed, labeled, puncture-resistant container, you can legally just throw that entire container out with your everyday garbage. However, because part of its mission is keeping used needles off the streets, the Harm Reduction Center takes no chances when disposing of the thousands of dirty needles that come through its doors. Staff know a desperate enough person might rummage through garbage looking for any needle to use. Its solution is a Sterilis Machine, a washing machine-sized piece of equipment that pulverizes and sanitizes sharps disposal containers and the needles within them. Dozens of red or black containers filled with used needles inside can be loaded up — and after an hour or so, they are nothing more than thick confetti. To the unassuming eye, what gets thrown out looks more like the aftermath of an office paper-shredding party. “By doing this, we know it cannot be reused,” Reich said.

Rick Reich, left, and Chelsi Cheatom, program director and program manager, respectively, of Trac-B Exchange, load sharps containers into Sterelis, a machine that discards used needles at the Harm Reduction Center in Las Vegas. (photos by Miranda Alam/special to the Sunday)

and are thrown out directly. Others have been stolen by people with no relationship to the center. “Anyone, when given the choice to protect their health, will choose to,” Program Manager Chelsi Cheatom said. “In talking to them, we see they try to protect themselves and their veins. They ask us about wound care. Our clients do care about themselves. Most are nice and respectful.” According to Cheatom, people have visited the center from as far as St. George and Cedar City (both in Southern Utah) and Moapa Valley. Within the valley, all ZIP codes are represented, though a high percentage of visitors are homeless. One of the biggest requests from visitors is the need for a similar center in Henderson. While once controversial, providing clean needles to drug users is now seen by public health professionals as a way to keep infectious diseases like hepatitis and HIV from growing and causing a community-wide crisis. It also is seen as a cost-saving measure. The upfront cost of clean needles and disposing of dirty needles pales in comparison to the backend costs of emergency room visits, law enforcement calls and treatment. One national study found it costs an average city $160,000 annually to run a needle-exchange program, while one AIDS patient infected through a dirty needle runs up $120,000 in public health costs. Similarly, a 12-week hepatitis C treatment can cost $70,000 per person. “We really want to spread the message that drug use

OTHER EFFORTS IN NEVADA While the Harm Reduction Center works on the ground with drug users, other efforts are taking shape at the local and state level. n Clark County has filed a lawsuit against major pharmaceutical companies, alleging they intentionally misled doctors about the addictive nature of prescription pain killers such as OxyContin and fentanyl. The county wants the companies to be held financially liable for costs incurred in combatting medical treatment and drug-related activity. n Meanwhile, the state attorney general’s office is part of a multistate investigation into major pharmaceutical companies. n Also, the Legislature passed several bills in 2017 related to prescription drug use and abuse. They included strengthening mandatory tracking of prescriptions, requiring health care professionals to report overdoses or suspected overdoses, and requiring prescribers to take continuing education on drug abuse.

is a medical condition,” says Kathryn Barker, an epidemiologist at the Southern Nevada Health District. “We need to view it as that and not just a criminal activity.

That keeps the focus on getting people the help they need.” In Clark County, opioid use and misuse were associated with more than 1,500 emergency room visits and more than 1,700 inpatient hospitalizations in 2013. The estimated costs of this medical treatment was $9.3 million in emergency room costs and $92.5 million in inpatient health care costs. “Our rate of opioid overdoses is higher than the national rate,” Barker added. “It is a problem all across the country, but it’s a problem here in Clark County.” Most of the efforts of the Harm Reduction Center are face-to-face interactions, but the center also operates three vending machines that dispense clean needles and other supplies for drug users. One is at Aid for AIDS of Nevada, 1120 Almond Tree Lane in Las Vegas. Another is down the street at Huntridge Family Clinic, 1830 E. Sahara Ave. The third is is expected to be placed in a new position soon. The pilot program launched in April and endured some skepticism as well-intentioned but not what homeless drug users — the most vulnerable among the group — need most. Cheatom, though, said one of the vending machines had to be restocked three times in November. When it launched, it could go more than a month before needing to be restocked. “We think the word has spread about them,” she said. “People realize it is OK. They can trust it.”

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Members of the community attend public comment sessions on gender diversity policy at the Clark County School District. (photos by L.E. Baskow/staff)

Transgender policy gets people talking School district hears from members of the community about whether to craft a proposal to protect gender-diverse students By Michael Lyle special to the sunday

Noa Ortega, 15, changed in a bathroom because he couldn’t use the locker room. Sans Ammons, 17, once had to show his student identification to a school security guard before entering the boys’ bathroom. Transgender students from schools across the valley have described their treatment as a game of roulette. “It can be rough trying to figure out what teacher or school might be more accepting,” said a 17-year-old student known as Shack. “(If there was a policy

for gender-diverse students) I think I’d be more comfortable being out.” The Clark County School District recently staged five days of public comment, gathering people from across the city to meet at various schools. The goal was to hear from the community and collect input on a proposed policy that deals with gender-diverse students. In an angst-filled auditorium packed to capacity on most days, the public engaged in a contentious fight. And amid the public comment and difference of opinions are the stories of trans students and their outcry for pro-

tection. “I definitely think people have the wrong idea about what this is all about,” Shack said. “In their worry and fear for themselves and their children, they don’t consider how gender-diverse students are heavily affected by this every day.” During the last legislative session, the state passed Senate Bill 225, an antibullying law that would require policy and training for school personnel to help them better understand genderdiverse students. On the heels of the bill’s approval, CCSD Trustee Carolyn Edwards formed a group to discuss developing a written policy for the district to better serve students. The group consisted of 45

community members from groups such as Gender Justice Nevada, the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, which advocated for trans-inclusive policies, as well as Power 2 Parent, which opposed instituting such policies. The group reviewed guidelines from Washoe County, Los Angeles, New York City and Minnesota. It read material from various standpoints, including one from the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. After six meetings and 13 hours, the group decided on a policy that could include: a cohesive process allowing students to change names on unofficial documents such as name badges and yearbook photos, how to protect the privacy of gender-diverse students, allowing students to use public accommodations or join extracurricular activities matching the gender with which they identify, and changing the dress code standards to be sure it is inclusive. “In the end, all the people in our group, regardless of their beliefs, agree that every child in Clark County deserves a safe and respectful learning environment,” said Kirsten Searer, chief

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Some attendees opposed to a gender-diversity policy said that the language is difficult to decipher.

In the end, all the people in our group, regardless of their beliefs, agree that every child in Clark County deserves a safe and respectful learning environment.” Kirsten Searer, CCSD chief communications officer

communications officer with the district. The public comment period was the next step before presenting trustees recommendations in January (people also could submit input online). The meetings gathered parents, students, teachers, religious figures and community interest groups. Karen England, a lobbyist with Capitol Resource Institute, said such a policy would be unnecessary because there already are anti-bullying guidelines. “Someone mentioned you guys don’t have guidelines, but that’s totally untrue,” England said. “It says you can’t harass based on gender and gender

I definitely think people have the wrong idea about what this is all about. ... In their worry and fear for themselves and their children, they don’t consider how gender-diverse students are heavily affected by this every day.” Shack, 17, student

identity. If you’re not enforcing the policy, you need to do a better job, not create another policy.” Others said the policy would pull focus from improving education. Many who opposed the policy agreed that no person should be bullied or experience harassment. Their statements typically came with a “but.” “But this opens the door to sexual predators,” one parent said. “But this infringes on my freedom of speech and religion,” said another. Tod Story, the executive director of the ACLU of Nevada, said disagreed with the free speech argument. “It isn’t a credible argument,” he said.

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“You don’t get to run around misgendering someone and saying the wrong pronoun. That’s harassment.” Some felt that statements such as “you go against biological truth,” “trans people go against moral values” or “you are an ideology” were examples of why policies expanding protections for gender-diverse students were needed. “Yes, I know it won’t end bullying,” Ortega said. “It will build a better safety net for students.” Jane Heenan, executive director of Gender Justice Nevada, wanted the meetings to give more face time for community members to hear from transgender students.

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We are 49th in education. We should be focusing on that instead of getting distracted by this policy.” student respondent

“So we can figure out why they feel we are so scary and why they hate us,” Heenan said. This isn’t the first school district to undergo policy changes. Brooke Maylath, executive director of the Renobased Transgender Alliance Group, heard similar arguments in 2015 from Washoe County parents before the school district implemented its genderdiverse guidelines. In the end, Maylath said policies should protect students’ needs first and foremost. “These are the customers of the school,” Maylath said. “That is who the school should be serving.”

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a fresh start to mental health in the new year The holidays can be stressful for anyone, but for the estimated 1 in 5 Americans who are living with mental illness, this time of year can be especially difficult. Many seasonal factors can aggravate symptoms: the weather is colder, the days are shorter, there are heightened social expectations and more opportunities for overconsumption, to name just a few. Unfortunately, many people suffer in silence. ¶ “Most behavioral health issues go undiagnosed Meet the medical because of inadequate resources and lack of awareprofessional in this story Suresh Bhushan, MD, practicing ness. Less than half of all patients with in-patient, emergency and consultation mental illness receive liaison psychiatry at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center treatment,” said Dr. Suresh Bhushan. The body and ¶ As the holidays wind down and you’re preparing to mind connection An important part of the diagmake changes in the new year, it’s important to evaluate nostic process is ruling out other potential causes that could be contributing your overall sense of well-being and seek help if you to the problem. Many symptoms of mental need it. illness are manifested in the body and, Common mental health problems “The most common behavioral health problems, based on prevalence, are anxiety spectrum disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorders and schizophrenia spectrum disorders,” Bhushan said. Anxiety is particularly pervasive — the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) reports that about 18 percent of adults in the U.S. live with an anxiety disorder.

alternately, some physical diseases can cause symptoms that are typical in mental illness. “The most common approach to treating behavioral health issues would be to first identify and treat any underlying medical conditions that may be mimicking psychiatric disorders,” Bhushan said. “For instance, severe anemia can cause anxiety, thyroid problems can cause depression, COPD and asthma can cause, or exacerbate, anxiety.”

Diagnosing mental health issues “Patients are usually referred by their primary care physician or by a counselor,” Bhushan said. The diagnostic process involves obtaining a thorough history from the patient, as well as from collateral sources such as the referring physician/therapist, and a mental status examination performed by the psychiatrist to assess the patient’s condition.

how to get help Simply opening a dialogue about what you’re going through can be enough to begin the process. Reach out to a trusted family member or friend and explore other resources that may be available to you. “Many employers offer employeeassistance programs that are confidential resources for staff,” Bhushan said. “And students should consider talking to a school counselor. These are good first steps, because they can provide informal supportive therapy and help the patient maintain stability and safety until they can receive professional assessment.”

A few Las Vegas resources

n Southern Hills Hospital RISE Behavioral Health Program treats people 50 and older for depression, anxiety, dementia, substance abuse and other behavioral health issues. Assessment is available by calling 702-916-6590.

n Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services, a state agency that provides care for indigent and uninsured patients. dpbh.nv.gov

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treating mental health issues Just as the symptoms of mental illness are distinct to the individual, a successful treatment plan should also be customized for the specific patient. Addressing behavioral health problems is not a one-size-fitsall equation, but oftentimes people see the best results with a combination of medication and psychotherapy. “The choice of treatment is based on a variety of factors ranging from age, sex, ethnicity ... medication history, insight into the illness and support systems in the community,” Bhushan said. Many treatment techniques used in psychotherapy aim to teach patients new ways of processing and reacting to particular stressors/ triggers, with the goal of giving patients tools they can continue to use throughout their lives.

symptoms Symptoms are experienced differently and can be a moving target for many. Some patients have consistent symptoms on a daily basis, whereas others may differ day-to-day. For example, anxiety disorders can vary greatly, and often coincide with other disorder classifications, such as depression. Common symptoms of anxiety include, but are not limited to: n Excessive thoughts of fear and worry n General/sudden sense of panic n Chest pain, tightness and/or pressure

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n VA health system, which serves military veterans. lasvegas.va.gov

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10/26 — 10/29

SOCIETY FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION ANNUAL MEETING Tropicana Las Vegas |

450 attendees | sssrweb.org

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion stimulates, promotes and communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences.

2/2 — 2/4

SIN IN THE CITY LEATHER 2018 Alexis Park All Suites Resort | 300 attendees sin-in-the-city.com A sex-positive convention to discuss leather, fetish and BDSM issues and topics.

1/22 — 1/25

HEAVY DUTY AFTERMARKET WEEK (HDAW) The Mirage Hotel & Casino | 1,800 attendees | hdaw.org It’s like SEMA but for trucks and other large vehicles. It’s dedicated to aftermarket business for 18-wheelers.

2/6 — 2/8

AMERICAN PYROTECHNICS ASSOCIATION WINTER EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE 2018 MGM Grand | 150 attendees | americanpyro.com/ A convention for the fireworks industry.

2/20 — 2/23

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF WEIGHING AND MEASUREMENT (ISWM) CONFERENCE & EXPO Tuscany Suites & Casino | 175 attendees | iswm.org A convention for the weighing and measurement industry.

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A CONFERENCE FOR EVERY CAUSE BY THOMAS MOORE | STAFF WRITER

1/23 — 1/26

WORLD OF CONCRETE 2018 Las Vegas Convention Center, Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino | 60,000 attendees | worldofconcrete.com It bills itself as the largest annual international event for concrete and masonry professionals.

Live in Las Vegas for a while and you become familiar with the bigger conventions that come to town, such as CES, underway Jan. 9. However, there are hundreds of conventions for every kind of group and industry imaginable. Here are a few conventions scheduled for 2018 that you may not have heard of.

10/22 — 10/25

NATIONAL PARKING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE Caesars Palace | 500 attendees weareparking.org A gathering to promote and discuss parking industry research, education and programs. 6/12/ — 6/14

WORLD TEA EXPO 2018 Las Vegas Convention Center, Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino | 7,500 attendees worldteaexpo.com The leading trade show focused on advancing the business of tea.

12/13 — 12/15

26TH ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS ON ANTI-AGING The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino | 1,000 attendees | a4m.com A convention for physicians and other medical pros to learn about advancements in preventive and anti-aging medicine, including integrative medicine, preventive medicine, functional medicine, nutritional medicine and regenerative medicine.

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Fried Deviled Eggs Recipe provided by 595 Craft & Kitchen

New Year’s Day means next-level snacks for your annual college football marathon. Go beyond standard bar food with this dish from a new, popular bar that does just that — 595 Craft & Kitchen on South Rainbow Boulevard. This neighborhood gem has been impressing diners with its top-flight beer list and creative cuisine, and its fried deviled eggs with herb aioli has quickly become a mustorder appetizer. Crispy and creamy, this innovative take on a snacking staple packs plenty of flavor into each tiny bite, with just the right amount of spice. No matter who comes out on top on the gridiron, you will have won the big game day with these tasty, dippable treasures.

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INGREDIENTS & directions

10 hardboiled eggs, peeled

4 tbsp mayonnaise

2 uncooked eggs

2 tbsp pickles, chopped

2 cups breadcrumbs

2 tbsp Dijon mustard

1. Cut hard-boiled eggs in half lengthwise and separate yolks from whites. Place yolks in a medium-sized bowl and add mayo, pickles, mustard and 2 teaspoons hot sauce, and mix until smooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. 2. In a separate bowl, combine buttermilk, uncooked eggs and 1 teaspoon hot sauce, and mix well. 3. Set up three bowls for battering the eggs: one with seasoned flour, one with buttermilk mix, one with breadcrumbs. Gently roll the cooked egg whites in seasoned flower, shaking eggs to remove excess, then submerge in buttermilk mix, again shaking off excess. Roll them in the breadcrumbs last, making sure to coat the inside of the egg.

for the herbal aioli

1 scallion stalk, chopped

1 cup buttermilk

3 cups vegetable oil

4. Heat oil to 350 degrees in a large skillet and fry the eggs for about three minutes, until golden brown and crispy. Transfer eggs to paper towel-lined tray or platter to soak up excess oil.

1 /4 cup chives, chopped

/4 cup basil, chopped

1 /4 cup cilantro, chopped

1 jalapeño, minced

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 bulb garlic

1 tsp olive oil

(serves 4 or more)

1 cup seasoned flour

1 cup mayonnaise

3 tsp Tabasco or hot sauce

paprika to taste

salt and pepper to taste

5. Use a pastry bag or plastic bag with a corner cut out to pipe a small bead of the yolk mix onto a serving tray to hold the fried eggs in place, one bead for each egg. Place the fried eggs on the yolk beads to secure them, then pipe the yolk mix into the eggs. Top with paprika and scallions to serve.

1. Heat oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Cut a quarter-inch off the top of the garlic bulb and drizzle with olive oil, then wrap the bulb tightly in foil. Bake it until the outside is lightly browned, about 35 minutes. 3. When garlic is cool, remove from foil and squeeze cloves to extract the garlic. 4. Add four medium cloves into a food processor with the remaining ingredients and blend until smooth. 5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.

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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.

Eggo (A0991778)

Honky-Tonk (A0995737)

Acorn

Tilda

Age: 12-year-old neutered male Description: Eggo is a sweet love bug. He loves to cuddle and often demands to be picked up and hugged. He’s a little bit clingy, but super friendly and loves everybody. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 1-year-old male Breed: Snake Description: Honky-Tonk enjoys relaxing under a heat lamp, and is mellow when handled. He would do best with an experienced snake handler. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 3-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic longhair Description: Acorn would love to find a forever home. He loves to be brushed and, if you scratch his ears, he turns into a little purr machine. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 9-year-old spayed female Breed: Chihuahua Description: If given time to shed her shyness, Tilda’s sweetness shines through. If you want to sit back and enjoy a good book, she is happy to snuggle up and keep you warm. Adoption fee: $75

Marcus (A0995488)

Charlie (A0993537)

Joux Joux

Ethel

Age: 1-year-old male Breed: Rabbit Description: Marcus is a pleasure to hold. He allows handling in a variety of ways as long as he feels supported and safe. He would do best in a quiet environment. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 4-year-old neutered male Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Our staff cannot say enough nice things about Charlie. He is super affectionate and charmingly vocal when he wants attention. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 6-year-old spayed female Breed: Dwarf rabbit Description: Joux Joux looks forward to her daily salad of fresh greens with great anticipation. She is a bit shy and would prefer to be the only bunny for you to love. Adoption fee: $25

Age: 14-year-old spayed female Breed: Domestic shorthair Description: Ethel is looking for a caring and kind person to welcome her with open arms. She still finds comfort in having other feline friends, and she loves affection. Adoption fee: $20

Shelly (A0992839)

Pickles (A0979970)

Titus

Marishka and Aleera

Age: 4-year-old female Description: Shelly stays busy climbing on rocks and swimming back and forth. She stops only to bask in the heat of a lamp. Adoption fee: $10

Age: 2-year-old male Description: Pickles enjoys walks and long petting sessions. He is sweet and would do best in a loving, patient home. Adoption fee: $50

Age: 10-year-old neutered male Breed: Maltese/poodle mix Description: Titus is friendly but won’t give his heart to just anyone. With the right, patient person, he can let his guard down. Adoption fee: $75

Age: 8-month-old spayed females Breed: Dutch/American mix Description: Marishka and Aleera are sisters looking to stick together. They are playful have and a sense of adventure. They are friendly and love being handled. Adoption fee: $40

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

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In their previous incarnation as the San Antonio Stars, the Aces finished last in the Western Conference each of the past three years. But this isn’t going to be a BY CASE KEEFER, RAY BREWER, long rebuilding project — new coach Bill MIKE GRIMALA, JESSE GRANGER Laimbeer has a track record of turnAND MIKE SMITH ing around bad teams in record STAFF WRITERS time, and he’ll do it again in Las Vegas. With the collection of young talent on the roster — KELSEY PLUM, the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer, is entering her second year, while Las Vegas also has the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft — Laimbeer should be able to win 20 games with this team and make the WNBA playoffs. The United Soccer League The money would have to be on Jimexpansion franchise is poised for mie Johnson and Brad Keselowski to be immediate success in connecting in the thick of the race, with a chance to with the community. It begins play in build on their advantage at the speedMarch and will give local sports way. Johnson is a seven-time champion fans another option during who has won three races at Las Vethe spring and summer gas, though his last win here was in months. The majority 2010. Keselowski has dominated of the season fills a the track more recently, winning void when the Golden the local races in 2014 and Knights — along with 2016. Also look out for Martin UNLV football and Truex Jr., who is both the basketball — are in defending Cup champion the offseason, leavand the last driver to win ing the Las Vegas 51s at the speedway, where he as the only competition. prevailed last March. The Lights are taking over The more pressing question the 51s’ home at Cashseems to be, “Will Conor Mcman Field as the baseball Gregor fight again?” He appears team prepares to move to to be in a negotiating standstill Summerlin, which should with the UFC after locking in a help the new team forge $100 million payday for his loss to a bond with the downFloyd Mayweather Jr. in the boxing town sector. ring. But there’s too much money The New England Patriots started their to be made, and McGregor loves dynasty by upsetting the RAMS 16 years the sport too much to not anticipate ago in Super Bowl 36. The Rams will return a deal getting done at some point. the favor in Minneapolis at Super Bowl 52. New He’ll return to the octagon in the secEngland is the easy pick to win a sixth championond half of the year for another fight ship under coach Bill Belichick and quarterback that will be one of the biggest in hisTom Brady, and has been the favorite at sports books tory — a mixed martial arts megamatch all season. But the NFC has been the stronger conferwith GEORGES ST-PIERRE, one of only ence, and Los Angeles has the best point differential in three fighters other than McGregor to ever the league. The Rams just may complete one of the best win a title in two different weight classes. turnarounds in NFL history by hoisting the Lombardi Trophy a year after going 4-12.

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WHO WILL THE OAKLAND (SOON TO BE LAS VEGAS) RAIDERS TARGET IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE 2018 NFL DRAFT?

As difficult as it was to watch the Raiders slog through the season with a middling offense, there are enough core pieces in place to expect internal improvement on that side of the ball. The defense is in more need of immediate help, and picking in the 10-14 range should be high enough for the Raiders to add a difference-maker through the draft. After finishing in the bottom 10 in sack percentage, it’s clear that the team needs another playmaker to complement defensive end Khalil Mack. Georgia linebacker ROQUAN SMITH will be that guy on draft day, while Boston College pass rusher Harold Landry could be an intriguing option as well.

WILL THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS MAKE THE PLAYOFFS?

Forget just making the playoffs; the Golden Knights will win a playoff series. They’re off to far and away the best start for an expansion franchise in NHL history, and led the Pacific Division for a large part of December. Since the NHL expanded from the Original Six in 1967, a team leading its conference at Christmas has never missed the playoffs. So expect the Golden Knights to not only make the playoffs, but have home-ice advantage for at least the first round. And that should be scary for other teams, based on the Golden Knights having the best home record in the NHL.

WHICH LOCAL FORMER MVP WILL HIT MORE HOME RUNS IN 2018: BRYCE HARPER OR KRIS BRYANT?

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HOW DOES THE SERIES OF THREE GAMES BETWEEN THE NATIONALLY RESPECTED BISHOP GORMAN AND CLARK HIGH BASKETBALL TEAMS PLAY OUT?

Each of their three contests in late January through mid-February should mirror last year’s back-and-forth affair in the championship game. Clark led by eight points with two minutes to go before blowing the lead in one of the most exciting games imaginable, but it will make amends this season. The Chargers return all of their major contributors — UNLV signee Trey Woodbury, four-year player James Bridges and top 2019 prospect Jalen Hill — while sophomores and freshmen comprise Gorman’s core. Gorman will beat Clark on its home court in the regular season, but the Chargers will prevail in the playoffs. The two teams will meet in the Sunset Regional championship game, with Clark moving on to the state tournament in Reno and Gorman seeing its season end.

The Washington Nationals’ Harper is playing for $400 million in a contract year this season. So, not only will he slug more home runs than the Chicago Cubs’ Bryant, his childhood pal, but he’ll lead the league in blasts and receive a record contract in free agency. Both players hit 29 home runs last season, but Harper was hampered by injury and Bryant struggled in a World Series championship hangover. Bryant will be much improved in 2018, but Texas not as dominant as Rangers Harper. slugger JOEY GALLO, a Bishop Gorman Through the first half of the season, UNLV High School product, has looked like one of the two best teams in batted just .209 last season with the Mountain West Conference, with enough 196 strikeouts. But when he made talent on the roster to project the Rebels into contact, the ball traveled. Of his the league championship game March 10. So, can 96 hits, 41 went for home runs UNLV beat conference favorite UNR in a win-or-go— best of all Las Vegas big home game? The Wolf Pack make a lot of 3-pointers, leaguers. but defending the arc happens to be UNLV’s specialty. The Rebels will play tough defense, win a surprise MWC title in COACH MARVIN MENZIES’ second year and lose as an 11-seed in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

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As voters stray from Trump, they need a vision to follow

emocrats who think their party can glide through 2018 on a wave of opposition to President Donald Trump didn’t learn anything from 2016. Sure, the Democrats enter the new year on a bit of a roll, largely due to blowback against Trump. They’ve won key elections over Trump-backed candidates in Alabama and other areas, and fundraising numbers in those races were generally healthy. They have a prime opportunity to benefit from Trump’s historic unpopularity, evidenced by first-year approval ratings that are lower than those of any occupant of the White House since the end of World War II. But anti-Trump sentiment was high in 2016, too, and he still won the presidency. Why? Partly because Democrats lacked a cohesive, galvanizing vision to generate jobs, boost wages and help the type of lower- and middle-income workers who wound up turning to Trump. That’s still the case today. And until Democrats come up with a solid vision, neither they nor the nation will thrive.

Sure, the party offered a jobs strategy last year, but don’t feel bad if you don’t remember it. The Democrats’ “A Better Deal” was a weak-beer package that included more federal funding for apprenticeship programs, new tax incentives for companies to retrain workers, a strategy to lower the cost of prescription drugs and new standards designed to reduce corporate mergers that result in job losses. Compared with what was being promised by Trump and the GOP — a big cut in the business tax rate, vows to renegotiate trade deals and such — “A Better Deal” was as bland as its name and was several cylinders shy of being the engine to drive an economic turnaround. Energizing the economy is going to take a lot more than reducing drug prices, retraining workers who lose their jobs and building in some protections against job losses. So in what could be a pivotal year, the Democrats need to go back to the drawing board and come up with a bolder, more comprehensive blueprint.

The new version should include major infrastructure spending, investment in education and training for jobs in new technology, incentives to turbocharge development of renewable energy and programs tailored to help workers and employers in areas that have been hit hardest by loss of jobs in manufacturing, coal, steel production and the like. To make it a moonshot, Democrats also could include improvements on the Affordable Care Act and sprinkle in elements like the prescription drug strategy to lower health care costs for working Americans. The bottom line is that Democrats need to offer solutions, not just bash Trump. They need to show voters what they’re for, not just what they’re against. And they need to get people excited about their mission, not just rail against the president. True, Trump and the GOP are worthy of criticism. They betrayed the bluecollar voters Trump promised to help, via their trickle-down tax overhaul that disproportionately benefits the wealthy and corporations. Although low- and

middle-class workers will get some tax relief, it’s not permanent. Therefore, the overhaul will only benefit them to a significant degree over the long term if employers invest their tax savings into growing their workforces and paying higher wages. And as any respectable economist will tell you, history shows that the odds of that happening are slim and none. That being the case, there’s an opportunity for the Democrat Party to reestablish itself as the champion of the American worker — not an imposter like Trump. With its support of labor unions, immigrant workers and others, the party’s tie to the workforce has always been one of its core strengths. For too many years, working-class Americans have remained stuck in place economically or have backslid while the economy improved and the 1 percent grabbed an increasingly large share of the nation’s wealth. For Democrats to make meaningful gains this year, it’s imperative for them to craft a plan that re-establishes upward mobility for those voters.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SUNDAY, DEC. 31 America’s Party Downtown: Ring in 2018 at downtown Las Vegas’ official New Year’s Eve party. Enjoy 12 bands on four stages, see the premiere of a new Viva Vision light show featuring the Killers; and watch the Times Square ball drop. Must be 21 or older to attend. 6 p.m., $40$45, Fremont Street Experience, Fremont Street between Las Vegas Boulevard South and South Main Street, 702-678-5780 or vegasexperience.com. America’s Party fireworks: The pyrotechnic display by Fireworks by Grucci will be launched from seven rooftop locations. Midnight, free, various locations, lasvegasevents.com. New Year’s Eve Dinner & Bonkerz Comedy Show: Enjoy a prix fixe menu and open bar, plus the comedy of Warren Durso and Allan Stephan. Must be at least 21 to attend. 6-8 p.m., $120, Hard Rock Live, 3771 Las Vegas Blvd. South, hardrock.com/ live/locations/lasvegas. Noon Year’s Eve at Town Square: Celebrate the new year with your little ones. Festivities will include an inflatable slide and rock wall, bounce houses, face painting and balloon artists. Enjoy a dance party as attendees count down to noon. 10 a.m., Town Square Park, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-269-5001 or mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Escape Masquerade New Year’s Eve Ball: Ring in the new year at two downtown Las Vegas venues. Come as you are or come as you aren’t, disguised by your swankiest celebratory mask. 8 p.m., $10-$500, Gold Spike, 217 Las Vegas Blvd. North, and Inspire, 107 Las Vegas Blvd. North, 702-476-1082, 702-910-2388 or goldspike.com/nye. Sunday Night Fever: Iron your bell bottoms, shine your platform shoes and come dressed in your disco best. The festivities will begin with a cocktail hour and three-course dinner. Must be 21 or older. 6 p.m., $150, International Theater at the Westgate, 3000 Paradise Road, 702-732-5111 or westgatelasvegas.com. Noon Year’s Eve at Discovery Children’s Museum: Families can make their own New Year’s noisemakers and wishing wands, enjoy snacks and toast with sparkling cider during the noon balloon drop. 10:30 a.m.-noon, $10-$30, Discovery

Children’s Museum, 360 Promenade Place, 702-382-3445 or discoverykidslv.org. Countdown by the Lake: Hyde Bellagio will highlight the its indooroutdoor space, floor-to-ceiling windows and terrace that looks out over the fountains. Following the New Year’s Eve countdown, partygoers will toast to the year and enjoy music into the early morning hours, plus fireworks. Must be at least 21 to attend. 9 p.m., $50-$75, Hyde Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-693-8700 or hydebellagio.com. Generations of Rock and Roll with Michael Cavanaugh: Cavanaugh will perform rock ’n’ roll hits from every generation. Tickets include a fourcourse dinner, open bar, party favors and a Champagne toast. Must be at least 21. Kick off the evening with the doo wop sounds of the Alley Cats. Alley Cats start at 8 p.m., dinner at 9 p.m., Cavanaugh at 10:40 p.m., $150, South Point Grand Ballroom, 9777 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-796-7111 or southpointcasino.com. Pennywise New Year’s Eve party: The band that made a name for itself as a politically minded, melodic hardcore act will be joined by Good Riddance, Strung Out and Mercy Music. Must be at least 18 to attend. 8 p.m., $29.50 and up, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-632-7600 or houseofblues.com/lasvegas. Glittering Lights: The dazzling array features more than 3 million LED lights that intertwine a 2.5-mile course through the speedway. Ride in your own car or take the Santa Tram, an open-air tram ride with festive decor, fun games, a train for children and plenty of family selfie opportunities. 5-9 p.m., $20-$30, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North, 702-222-9777 or glitteringlightslasvegas.com. *Also: 5-9 p.m. Sundays to Thursdays and 5-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Jan. 7 Magical Forest: Celebrate the holidays at a winter wonderland with millions of sparkling lights, nightly entertainment, food and holiday cheer. There also is miniature golf, a carousel, the Forest Express Passenger Train, Boris the Elf’s Experience and photos with Santa in his workshop. 5:30 p.m., $10-$22, Opportunity Village, 6300 W. Oakey Blvd., 702225-9627 or opportunityvillage.org.

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Las Vegas Christmas Town: The nighttime winter wonderland features a skating rink, 40-foot Christmas tree, 100-foot sledding hill, 40-passenger Polar Express train ride, paintball zone, free photos with Santa Claus, nightly snowfalls, more than 3 million glistening lights and more. 5:30-9 p.m., $20, Wet ’n’ Wild, 7055 S. Fort Apache Road, 702-8991678 or lasvegaschristmastown.com. Fireworks Over Pahrump: Light up the sky with your own fireworks in a safe and supervised environment. Those interested in doing so must obtain a special permit from one of the fireworks stores in town. Launch site is first come, first serve. Visitors have a 30-minute limit. 6 p.m.-midnight, free, Fireworks Over Pahrump launch site, 1 mile west on Gamebird Road, right off Highway 160, visitpahrump.com.

MONDAY, JAN. 1 First Day Hike at Ice Age Fossils State Park: Explore Nevada’s newest state park. This hike will introduce visitors to the fossil beds at Ice Age Fossils State Park, tell the story of the Ice Age animals that roamed the area and showcase the historic excavation trenches from the famous “Big Dig” of the 1960s. Wear closedtoed shoes, be dressed for the weather and bring water. 10 a.m., free, Ice Age Fossils State Park, across from Shadow Ridge High School, 5050 Brent Lane, 702-4865126 or grfehner@parks.nv.gov. Ranger-Guided First Day Hike at Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: Join park staff on New Year’s Day for

a ranger-guided hike to a surprise location. Wear warm clothing and closed-toed shoes. Recommended for children 7 and older. 10 a.m., free with park entry ($9 per vehicle), Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, 6375 Nevada Highway 159, 702-8754141 or smr-interp@parks.nv.gov. Life Time Athletic Commitment Day 5k Fun Run and Walk: Enjoy a weekend of events and activities as a fun, healthy way to celebrate the new year. Registration includes a T-shirt, race bib and brunch social with giveaways after the run. Walk, jog, stroll or run and commit to something more than a resolution this year. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., free-$35 general admission, Life Time Athletic Green Valley, 121 Carnegie St., 702-802-7300 or commitmentday.com.

TUESDAY, JAN. 2 Organize Your 2018: Start your year off right with goal-oriented planning and creative habit tracking. 6:30-7:30 p.m., free, Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway, 702-207-4260 or hendersonlibraries.com.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3 2018 Henderson Libraries International Festival: Explore various cultures from around the world. This event will feature the ebru art of paper marbling. See live demonstrations of this traditional Turkish art form. 6-8 p.m., Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway, 702-207-4260 or hendersonlibraries. com/website/around-the-world.

LIFE *Also: 1-2:30 p.m. Jan. 6 at Gibson Library, 100 W. Lake Mead Parkway, 702-565-8402, for a lesson on the proper way to brew tea using the Gongfu method, an ancient Chinese tea ceremony used as a way to maximize the taste of the tea Film Movement Series: Watch the Japanese film “Harmonium,” which captures the collapse of a seemingly ordinary Japanese family. The film is unrated and not recommended for children under 17. It is in Japanese with English subtitles. 6-8 p.m., Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, 702-4927252 or hendersonlibraries.com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 5 “Aires de Flamenco”: Mexican singer and songwriter Alejandra Moreno will perform solo with her guitar and drum machine. 7 p.m., $10, Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, 702-4557340 or clarkcountynv.gov/parks.

SATURDAY, JAN. 6 Family Night at the Museum: Enjoy dinner and watch “Jumanji.” The evening will include junglethemed fun and games. 5-9 p.m. free-$15, Springs Preserve, 333 S. Valley View Blvd., 702-822-7700 or springspreserve.org. All Clear Law Enforcement

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Annual Recruiting Expo: Meet recruiters from local, state and federal agencies seeking to hire qualified first responders. Participating agencies include: Metro Police, the city of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas Police Department, UNLV Police Services, Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Land Management Law Enforcement Division and more. Noon-3 p.m., free, courtyard in front of AMC theater at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-269-5001 or mytownsquarelasvegas.com. Holiday Hangover: This ’90sthemed soiree is the perfect “hair of the dog” for partygoers and features music, all-you-can-drink packages, specialty cocktails and more. Guests are encouraged to rock costumes or their favorite ugly sweater. 7 p.m, prices vary, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, 702-632-7600 or houseofblues.com. Gardening in Small Places — pruning: Learn the what, when, where, why and how of pruning your landscape plants. Bring pruners, gloves and eye protection. (Do not purchase pruners for this class; one of the topics is tools, and the staff wants attendees to know what to purchase before you do. Tools will be available to try out, but please bring gloves.) Space is limited and registration is required. 8 a.m.-noon, $10, Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, 702-257-5573 or fagine@unce.unr.edu.

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30 tons a day? Exploring the myth and reality of Southern Nevada’s shrimp consumption By Rob Miech | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC

Ferraro’s executive chef Francesco DiCaudo nods casually when informed that Las Vegas supposedly devours 30 tons of shrimp a day. An arm’s length away, at his bar during a recent lunch hour, Gino Ferraro says, “Thirty tons!” The restaurateur’s eyes bulge. “That’s 60,000 pounds! Every day!” ¶ DiCaudo, though, requires no abacus. He sh ri mp, Continued on page 53

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Amount that creditors of American media entrepreneur Robert Sillerman are trying to collect by forcing the onetime billionaire into bankruptcy. Sillerman is the founder of SFX Entertainment Inc.

Estimated spending by U.S. consumers this holiday season, according to a report by Mastercard Advisors. The report said sales in stores and online between Nov. 1 and Dec. 24 rose 4.9 percent.

Price billionaire Warren Buffett paid for his relatively modest 6,570-square-foot, five-bedroom home in Omaha, Neb., in 1958. Today, the home is worth an estimated $652,619.

Number of companies listed on the original Dow Jones Industrial that remain listed on it. General Electric is the only one left among the original 12.

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The president of Escape Reality USA talks about the increasing popularity of escape rooms in the United States and abroad, explains why he chose Las Vegas as his company headquarters, and shares his self-described nerdy qualities. THE NOTES People on the Move, P46

MEET XCYCLE AND XENXEN

For Jen Barnet, there’s no point in going into business unless you are passionate about the product or service you are offering, as well as the community in which you’re offering it. TALKING POINTS Planned giving tips for the business community, P49

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Jeffrey Williams is vice president and senior private banking officer for the Private Bank by Nevada State Bank. Steven Anderson is vice president and corporate banking relationship manager for Nevada State Bank. Wes Duncan is a partner in the administrative law and litigation practice of Hutchison & Steffen. Orlando De Castroverde, partner at De Castroverde Law Group, was appointed to the Friends of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation board of directors.

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Officers of the American Bar Association Business Law Section appointed Karl Rutledge of rutledge light Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie to a three-year term as chairman of the Section’s Gaming Law Committee. Rutledge and Glenn Light, also of Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, joined the adjunct faculty in UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, serving as instructors for the college’s undergraduate course in gaming industry regulation. Snell & Wilmer attorney Adam Tully serves on the Nevada Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission as a State Bar of Nevada Young Lawyers Section representative. Dianna Klein founded a Las Vegas chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs.

Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas director of sales and events; and parliamentarian Mary Thomas, MKT Consultants owner. Directors include Mallory Maciuszek, Cort Event Furnishings; Donald Contursi, Lip Smacking Foodie Tours; Aaron Hinterleitner, Cirque du Soleil; Scott Beane, Exotics Racing; Cheryl Smith, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and Heather Murray, Caesars Entertainment. Assistants to the board in 2017 included Alexis McNamara, Wynn Las Vegas and Encore; Jessica Juadines, Blue Man Group Las Vegas; Mindi Cherry, ConvExx; Alyson Lyden, Freeman; Kristina Villardi, High Roller Group Sales; Tom Kostoff, Mandarin Oriental; Steven Doctors, Penn & Teller; Nathen Waldschmidt, ODS Chauffeured Transportation. Helene Adams is marketing manager, Steve Clauson is senior estimator and Kris adams Jordan is estimating coordinator at SR Construction.

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The Gaming Standards Association’s board of directors and officers are chairman Adrian Marcu of IGT; vice chairman Roman Czubak of Novomatic Gaming Industries; treasurer jordan Keith Wood of Aristocrat Technologies; and secretary Bryon Bridger of the Atlantic Lottery Corp. Also elected to the board were Randy Hedrick, Scientific Games; Syed Hussain, Oregon State Lottery; Mike Langedock, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corp.; and Francesco Rodano, Playtech. Breana Goodall-Fleming is Sumnu Marketing’s solutions specialist. Her duties include developing a marketing tool for small businesses. Dr. Edgar Faylona, Dr. Gilbert Nyamuswa, Dr. Russell Gollard, Dr. John Ellerton and nurse practitioner Charina Toste are practicing medicine at Nevada Cancer Specialists, 4750 W. Oakey Blvd. and 6190 S. Fort Apache Road.

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Larry Goldstein is a sales director with Five Star Economy, a digital marketing agency. Jim Lambright is executive director of the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame. He replaced Dan Dolby. The Las Vegas Hospitality Association’s 2017 board of directors include: chairman Jamie Gagon, Wynn Las Vegas and lambright Encore national sales manager; president Michelle Sharples, Base Entertainment director of sales; presidentelect Shannon Trujillo, PSAV regional vice president of hotel sales; vice president of memberships Kathy Dyke, By Dzign event designer; vice president of meetings Kristina Ghiloni, Hello Las Vegas account executive; secretary Jennifer LandazChapman, Hosts Las Vegas associate director of business development; treasurer Erin Ward,

Cory Johnson, vice president of food and beverage for Caesars Entertainment; and Josh Towbin, coowner of Towbin Automotive, joined the Las Vegas Business Academy board of directors. The National Association of Secondary School Principals selected Derek Fialkiewicz of Brian and Teri Cram Middle School as Nevada Assistant Principal of the Year. Aristocrat appointed Matt Wilson to managing director of the Americas, based in Las Vegas. Wilson has been with Aristocrat since 2004 and has had several positions. Most recently, he was senior vice president of global gaming operations. Sonya Mayfield is director of human resources at Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern. The Nevada Business Brokers Association announced its officers and directors. The new president is Ken Hopkins with Pegasus Properties. The vice president is Richard Lybbert of Coldwell Banker Premier Realty. The board also includes Jack Novak, Las Vegas Commercial and Business Sales; Tony Amato, Avison Young; Bob Burley, Financial Marketing; and Fred Marik, Las Vegas Commercial and Business Sales.

Jody Niemann is general manager of Royal Links Golf Club. Jennifer Levine, director of industrial real estate with Cushman & Wakefield Commerce in Las Vegas, was named the 2017 NAIOP National Volunteer of the Year. Karin-Joyce “KJ” Tjon is chief operating officer and president of Scientific Games Corp. Sharon Meads-Philpot is owner/operator of the Allstate Insurance Co. office at 8053 N. Durango Drive, Suite 130. Cheryl Blomstrom is interim president of the Nevada Taxpayers Association. Sean McGuinness, a partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie, is regional vice president of the Irish Network USA, an umbrella business and economic development organization with chapters across the United States. McGuinness is a founding member of the Nevada chapter, and will also be involved with chapters in Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego and Portland. Sandra Douglass Morgan, director of external affairs for Las Vegas and Southern Nevada for AT&T, joined the board of directors of Nevada Jobs for Nevada’s Graduates, a statewide high school dropout prevention and work-preparation program. Gian Brown is a partner at Holland & Hart. He is based in Las Vegas and works in the firm’s corporate practice group. CycleBar Henderson opened at 2280 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 160. Cricket Wireless opened a store at 2736 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite C10, Henderson. Serenity Spa by Westgate is open at Westgate Las Vegas. A-P Medical Group is open at 2110 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 213, Las Vegas. The Nevada State Veterans Home in Boulder City is among the Southern Nevada facilities that earned the Pinnacle Quality Insight Customer Experience Award. Also, the 180-bed home that serves veterans, spouses and Gold Star parents received a five-star rating — the highest possible — from medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare. Other agenices receiving Pinnacle awards were Always Better Care of Las Vegas, Always Better Care of Laughlin, Family Care Home Health Agency, Healthline of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Home Health Care, Recovery Home Health Agency and Sahara Home Health. Chief Insurance Solutions launched chiefins.com. Fortune Magazine’s 2017 World’s Most Admired Companies list recognized the following in the hotel, casino and resort category: Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Wynn Resorts, MGM Resorts International, Hyatt Hotels and Las Vegas Sands. Buckley Wealth Management is partnering with Dynasty Financial Partners to launch as an independent advisory firm. Vision Home Mortgage recently closed on $466,020 in financing for the purchase with improvements of the company’s headquarters at 223 N. Pecos Road, Unit 120, Henderson. Nevada State Development Corp. helped facilitate the financing package, which included a $193,000 SBA loan. Plaza Bank also assisted with the financing package. The Legends Room, 3750 Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, now accepts bitcoin, in addition to traditional currencies, for all club services.

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There’s no escaping it: Businesses need raving fans By Rebecca Clifford-Cruz | Staff Writer

Escape rooms have become increasingly popular in the United States. Guests have an hour to solve puzzles that lead to their freedom from themed rooms — adventure, horror or even prison. Jim Niehoff, president of Escape Reality USA, says 2017 was a great year for his company and expects 2018 to be even better. Do you have any recent news you’d like to share? Our escape room experiences have been well received, with a lot of guests coming back to play multiple times. We’ve donated more than $5,000 to 14 charities in Las Vegas and Chicago, and supported many others with donations for auctions. In 2018, we will continue to expand in the U.S. and abroad. We are working on some great new room designs and expect to have virtual reality additions in the summer. What prompted you to make Las Vegas your corporate headquarters? Las Vegas is synonymous with fun. What better place to call home for Jim Niehoff is president of Escape Reality USA, which has seven escape rooms in our U.S. headquarters and flagship Las Vegas and is capable of accommodating small groups as well as large, teamfacility? There are great residents building corporate events. (courtesy) plus lots of tourists and corporate vice you’ve received? building or corporate events. teams coming in all the time. It’s not so much advice as a quote that inspires me and resonates with How many people are on your How was your business conwhat we do at Escape Reality: staff and what is your managecept conceived? Tony Robbins said: “If we’re going ment style? Escape rooms have been popular to build a business, we not only need At our Las Vegas headquarters, we in Europe and Asia for more than raving fan clients, we need a raving have five full-time and eight part-time 10 years. In the U.S., we have seen fan culture — culture meaning everyteam members. This includes our corgrowth over the past few years. We body on your team works to create porate team and the team that runs saw an opportunity to provide friends raving fan experiences. You’ve got to our escape room facility. Along with and family with a fun and immersive create raving fans if you want to be our rooms, our customer service sets experience that promotes teamwork, successful.” us apart and the majority of that is collaboration and communication. driven by our general manager, MagYou’ve said you are considgie Swearingen, and assistant manHow does the escape experiered a nerd. What sort of nerdy ager, Casey Keene. I let them do what ence here compare with other things are you passionate they do best, and I just give general venues around the world? about? guidance and set goals and strategy Our seven rooms are inspired by Of course there is the entertainwith them. I don’t micromanage, but popular movies, TV shows and video ment side: “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” instead let my team learn and grow. game culture, and are designed by an the Marvel Universe. But I’m also amazing team in the UK who come still an IT guy, so all things tech. I’m What is your favorite room? up with all of the stories, puzzles and spending a lot of my off hours playing I like all of our rooms, as each has props. We then spend a significant with virtual reality and augmented a unique story and puzzles. But my amount of time and money theming reality, and reading about artificial favorite room is Alcatraz. The players the rooms so you really feel immersed intelligence. are split into two teams (one in each in the environment. We use electroncell) to start and have to communiic props that offer “wow” moments as What is your biggest pet cate without being able to see each you work your way through our espeeve? other to escape their cells and move cape room experiences. We also take People who don’t use their turn sigon in the experience. This creates a the extra step of ensuring our lobbynals when driving. It’s not difficult fun dimension to the immersion of ies are large and well-decorated to and makes driving much safer. being in prison and trying to escape. give you space to hang out before or after your experience, and allow us to What’s your favorite place to What is the best business adaccommodate large groups for team-

have fun in Las Vegas? My wife and I enjoy trying new restaurants, and we hit the casinos once a while. I do seem to find myself at Axe Monkeys often with friends and my staff. Throwing axes is surprisingly therapeutic. What is your dream job outside of your current field? I worked for more than 20 years in corporate America as an employee and consultant. I enjoyed the experiences, but those were jobs. As an entrepreneur, I don’t really see what I do as a job but rather working to improve and expand ventures I’m passionate about. So being an entrepreneur really is my dream job. If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be? My family and I go to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, almost every year. It’s one of the few places I really relax and unwind, with a steady supply of drinks and a beach cabana. I would live there, or really anywhere that could deliver the same relaxation level and the Caribbean ocean. If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be? Mandatory driving tests every eight years. I’m originally from the Los Angeles area and I thought the drivers were bad there … Where do you see yourself in 10 years? For Escape Reality, we hope to be a vibrant and successful company with many locations around the world that our guests think of first when they want fun and unique experiences with their friends and family. What is something that people might not know about you? I’m a certified bartender. I had always wanted to go to bartending school and I had a few months between projects when I was a consultant a few years ago, so I signed up and had a blast.

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1,180

Number of flights canceled because of a blackout at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. At one point, 92 planes were stuck on the tarmac and some passengers were stuck on grounded planes for up to seven hours.

2,120%

Increase in Domino’s Pizza stock since 2010. The growth began with a marketing campaign in which executives admitted their product was lacking and committed to changing it.

8,053

Number of U.S. store closures that were announced this year. The chain with the most closures was RadioShack, with 1,430. Others included Payless Shoesource (808), Rue21 (400) and Kmart (283).

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Amount of concrete China used in construction between 2011 and 2013. Fromi 1901 to 2000, the U.S. used 4.5 gigatons.

$12.8 billion

Global sales of veganlabeled foods in 2017, an 8 percent increase from 2016. McDonald’s recently announced its first vegan product, the McVegan, which has been tested at a few locations in Finland.

$306 billion

Total cost of all disasters in the world in 2017. The U.S. was hit hard by hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as California’s wildfires that continue to blaze.

$284 billion

Amount that erroneously appeared on a Pennsylvania woman’s November electric bill. Her minimum payment was $28,156.

1,400

Number of AT&T employees who were laid off just before Christmas. The company said it was adjusting its workforce and that many of the employees would be able to transfer to new locations.

Jen Barnet, owner of XCycle Las Vegas, says it’s important to her that people of all fitness levels feel welcome at her studio. (Christopher DeVargas/staff)

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XCYCLE / XENXEN Address: 750 S. Rampart Blvd., Suites 5 and 6, Las Vegas Phone: 702-489-6099 Email: info@xcyclelv.com Website: xcyclelv.com and xenxenlv.com Hours of operation: 6 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 6 a.m.5:30 p.m. Friday; 8-10:30 a.m. Saturday; 8-11 a.m. Sunday Owned/operated by: Jen Barnet, owner of XCycle and co-owner of XenXen In business since: 2016/2017

I started cycling at age 18 as a hobby following years of formal dance training. Initially, I went to several cycle classes per week, but I quickly transitioned to a daily practice, sometimes with daily doubles. Cycling became a lifestyle change and a real passion; I loved the sense of accomplishment and pride that I felt following each class, and I wanted to be able to instill that into others’ lives. After moving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, I was convinced by my fiancé (now husband) to open my own studio. I was introduced by a mutual friend to local yogi Dray Gardner, and we instantly connected. Dray was running Silent Savasana and asked me to participate in a session. I was completely moved by the experience, and wanted to incorporate yoga into my business. Dray and I knew we could create an even bigger power if we came together – which is why we opened XenXen, our yoga sanctuary. Describe your businesses.

XCycle Las Vegas is my baby. My ultimate vision has always been to create an environment where people don’t feel judged or uncomfortable, which is a frequent complaint with larger studios and gyms. I wanted XCycle to be a family — and that’s what it has become. Classes are like a big party, with a club feel. They are 45 minutes of high-intensity cardio. The music is loud and the lights flash to the rhythm and beats of the music. You can’t hear how hard you’re huffing and puffing in class, but you can definitely feel the sweat dripping. The instructors ride with the class and focus on motivating participants. At XenXen, we offer a variety of fitness and yoga class-

es. Sessions are 60-90 minutes, depending on what type of practice people are looking for. Our classes focused on mental wellness and strength. Who are your customers?

We welcome people of all ages. Because our locations are near Summerlin, a lot of our riders and yogis are from that area. However, our Henderson family has been calling to us, so you might see an expansion in the future. What is your business philosophy?

You need to be passionate about your work to find success. For example, I’m passionate about community service, and I knew this needed to be incorporated into my business. Once a month, we host a “Ride for a Reason” that benefits a local charity. Running a business is more than just opening and closing the doors each day, and XCycle and XenXen wouldn’t be the studios they are without the heart that is put into each decision. What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?

There are endless gyms and fitness boutiques throughout the valley, which can make it hard to prove that we’re different than other facilities. What’s the best business advice you’ve received?

Take your time with your business and get it right. Don’t just think about the brand — be the brand. With the excitement of opening a new business, you think of all kinds of ideas that you want your business to become. It’s better to take your time and think about the details, so your business is consistent with your ideals.

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guest column: ing to the donor’s heirs. or many local business leaders, tim hanlon investing in institutions such as hospitals, universities and perDefer gifts after your lifetime forming arts centers is a priority Some professionals want to make a comfor promoting quality of life. Many of these munity impact but may not have enough institutions rely on planned giving to sustain their operations. assets or resources to make charitable gifts immediately. A flexible form of donation that involves some form of Various options, such as designating donations in a will or financial planning, planned giving can include gifts in the trust, or listing a nonprofit as a beneficiary for a life insurance form of stocks and real estate, as well as donations left in a policy, allow individuals to pledge a gift for a future date. This will, estate plan or life insurance policy. way, they can name an organization as the beneficiary of a gift These planned gifts not only help fund nonprofits’ operaupon their death, or at the termination of a trust. Some donors tions but also often benefit the donors’ financial interests. consider this an opportunity to leave a legacy. Here are some tips to help plan gifts: Tax breaks Planned gifts that make you income It is now possible every year for people age 70 1/2 or older Some forms of planned giving can provide revenue to a deto make tax-free, charitable gifts up to $100,000 directly from serving nonprofit while making income for the donor. This their Individual Retirement Accounts to eligible charities. can be helpful for retirement and estate planning. This allowance, once dependent on an annual extension by A few of these options include: the federal government, was recently made permanent. The benefit for donors is that they can reduce the gift amount from n A charitable gift annuity. By making a cash or securities their gross yearly income, earning a tax deduction. donation through a contract, the donor receives fixed payments for life. The charity uses the interest and part of the Learn more principal to make these payments. Planned giving can be tailored to age and financial needs. n A charitable remainder trust. This establishes the donor or The Smith Center for the Performing Arts offers a Financial another individual to receive an income stream for a fixed peAdvisors Network to provide guidance at no cost. riod, with the balance passed on to the recipient organization. Tim Hanlon is vice president of development for the Smith n A charitable lead trust. This pays income to a recipient Center for the Performing Arts. organization for a set number of years, with the balance go-

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Raiders agree to pay for pedestrian bridges, underpasses By adam candee Staff Writer

The largest piece of the Raiders stadium development puzzle remains in question, but the proposed development agreement between the team and the county illuminates needed upgrades and who will pay for them. The Raiders will pay nearly $1.4 million for fire safety, first responder radio communications, and traffic control system improvements both on and around the Russell Road stadium site. The team also An artist’s rendering depicts the Raiders stadium will bear the cost to construct bridges or underpass- planned for construction on Russell Road just west of es to move pedestrians from the Strip to the stadium the Strip. (courtesy) without interrupting traffic flow. terms, PGSS means constructing either pedestrian What those pedestrian changes will look like rebridges or underpasses allowing people to walk from mains unclear because the agreement does not annearby parking lots or Strip hotels to the stadium swer questions about the stadium’s dearth of on-site without impeding vehicles on adjacent streets. parking. Initial project approval by the county in Until the parking plan exists, though, planners September gave the team a year to produce a plan cannot know where the flyovers or tunnels need to for the 13,875 of 16,250 parking spaces required by be constructed. The parking plan is due to the county county code that cannot be accommodated within next September and the team must then submit a pethe 62-acre footprint. destrian study based on that document by November The agreement calls for the Raiders — referred to 2018. The stadium is scheduled to open by July 2020. in the document as LV Stadium Events Co. — to work The team also will be responsible for operating with the county to identify needed pedestrian grade and maintaining the pedestrian systems until it and separation systems (PGSS) for moving the bulk of the county agree on transferring responsibility to the 65,000 people expected on game day. In simpler

the government. Included in the agreement are previously discussed pedestrian improvements such as widening of sidewalks on Las Vegas Boulevard South and Hacienda Avenue, and addition of new sidewalks on Russell Road, Dean Martin Drive and Polaris Avenue. In the agreement, the team agrees to fund fire upgrades including two mini pumpers, two Gatortype utility vehicles, two enclosed trailers and two tow vehicles at a cost of $846,000. The costs also include $280,000 for 25 portable radios and associated equipment, and $250,000 to upgrade the preempting system of nearby traffic intersections from infrared to GPS. The document explicitly states that providing this equipment for use by the county fire department does not entitle the team or stadium to higher-priority response than other emergencies. For Las Vegas Metro Police, the Raiders will build an interview room for suspects and victims, a transport area to accommodate detention center buses, and two emergency command centers — one in the upper levels of the stadium and a backup on the ground level. Acting as the county zoning commission, the Clark County Commission will consider the development agreement at a 9 a.m. meeting Jan. 3.

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Majority of Las Vegas homeowners considering a move By thomas moore Staff Writer

More Las Vegas homeowners are thinking of moving in the next five years than homeowners in Dallas or Phoenix, according to a survey conducted in the three Southwest cities. Tech-based real estate company Opendoor, which recently began buying and selling homes in Southern Nevada, asked homeowners in all three cities if they were considering moving soon. The survey, conducted in October, found that Las Vegas had the highest percentage — 72 percent — of homeowners thinking about moving. In Dallas, 70 percent of homeowners said moving was a possibility; in Phoenix, 69 percent. More specifically: n In Las Vegas, 31 percent of those surveyed said they are “completely likely” to move in five years, 41 percent said “slightly likely,” and 28 percent said “not at all likely.” n In Dallas, 26 percent said they are “completely likely,” 44 percent said

“With the economy trending up, people are doing well. So they tend to move up and are more likely to make that (housing) change.” — Dave Tina, president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors

“slightly likely,” and 30 percent said “not at all likely.” n In Phoenix, 27 percent answered “completely likely” to move in the next five years, 42 percent said “slightly likely” and 32 percent said they’re not considering a move. Dale Everett, general manager for Opendoor in Las Vegas, said the study reflected a common perception about Las Vegas’ transience. “We’re seeing the highest percentage in Las Vegas across all three cities,” Everett said. “People here are moving sooner and moving more frequently. And this matches what we feel living here. It is a bit of a transient town.” Realtor Dave Tina, president of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Re-

altors, said that given research he’s done, the results of the survey seem accurate. “In general, recent studies have shown that people on average live in a house about five years, which is down from seven,” Tina said. Both Everett and Tina said Las Vegans might be more willing to move because the city’s economy — hit so hard by the recession — had improved in the past several years. “The city has a strong macroeconomic foundation,” Everett said. “Housing supply is low, but the builders are keeping up. And we have a sports team (the Raiders) coming in, and there is generally a strong Las Vegas economy.”

“With the economy trending up, people are doing well,” Tina said. “So they tend to move up and are more likely to make that (housing) change, whether it’s into a smaller or a bigger home.” Homeowners (as opposed to renters) have a distinct tax advantage when it comes to moving, Tina said. According to federal law, homeowners who have lived in their home two of the past five years can sell their house and not pay capital gains taxes on the proceeds. This rule gives them more money, Tina said, to buy their next home. “People don’t have any reason not to move because the money they make is tax-free,” Tina said. “And they can use it to move into something bigger or different.” The study also asked people what the best time of the year was to move. Not surprisingly, few people chose the holidays. The consensus was, across all three cities, that spring was the best time of the year to make the change.

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City eats as much as 7 percent of nation’s shrimp nonchalantly invites the man who signs his checks to visit, on any evening, the Bacchanal (Caesars Palace) or Studio B (M Resort) or Carnival World (Rio) buffets, or any other trough of gluttony on the Strip or its outskirts. You will view mountains of shrimp, DiCaudo says. Every day. “Mountains.” Thirty tons would nearly fill the semitrailer of an 18-wheeler, complemented by a swimming pool of cocktail sauce. Although Ferraro eventually accepts DiCaudo’s presumption, his initial incredulity about the city’s daily shrimp appetite is shared by other industry veterans. Todd White, vice president of sales for Santa Monica Seafood, among the city’s main suppliers, has spent nearly half of his 54 years in the food business in Las Vegas. He couldn’t peg his comPalettes are stacked with boxes of shrimp destined for Southern Nevada restaurants pany’s average daily or weekly output, and buffets. (rob miech/special to vegas inc) but he’s skeptical about that 30-ton esDu-par’s began operations and serving a competitor, but it was expensive. It timate. the shrimp cocktail in Golden Gate in closed in 2013. “I’m not saying it isn’t possible, it just 2010, but it was shuttered in February. A shrimp’s lifespan is about 18 seems gigantic,” he said. “That’s a huge The cocktail recipe, however, is promonths. Bauer is not so troubled about number. Seems a little out there, but I prietary to the property, and Golden the sustainability of the species — or wouldn’t doubt it’s a big number.” Gate owner Derek Stevens has vowed how a single city like Las Vegas can A colossal tale? An essay in the Januto revive it in a future dining iteration. affect its population — because a feary issue of The New Yorker attributed The shrimp cocktail endures on the male can produce a million eggs in a a 30-ton factoid to a “PBS NewsHour” fringes, in the Skyline Casino on Boulsingle spawn. Survival rates are low, he episode. By press time, a “NewsHour” der Highway. For $1.50, a sizable poradded, but enough survive to ensure a editor had not responded to a monthstion arrives in classic glass tulip stemregular supply of the crustaceans. old inquiry. Further digging unware. Downtown, at the Lanai Express If Las Vegas does gorge annually on earthed, at a 2008 sustainability panel in the Fremont, it is served in a small about 11,000 tons, that represents alin Monterey, Calif., a 60,000-poundsplastic cup — the top third cocktail most 7 percent of the country’s total per-day comment by Las Vegas chef sauce, the bottom third a horseradishconsumption rate of 165,000 tons in a Rick Moonen. lettuce foundation — for 99 cents. year — the 12-month span that ended Some in the business discount that Shrimp cocktails, grocery stores, in September 2016, a trade newsletter consumption rate, others confirm it seafood markets and restaurants, reported. without pause, and a faction believes though, are feathers on the city’s it’s higher, much higher. Las Vegas, to nnn shrimp scales. The Island Pacific Seabe certain, has a voracious appetite for food Market sells about 120 pounds a At the Global Seafood Market Conshrimp. day, a Whole Foods about 30. King’s ference in January in San Francisco, “Yes, pretty amazing,” says R.T. Fish Market in the District goes 2017 was declared “the year of happy Bauer, professor emeritus of biology at through 25 pounds daily, and Il Mushrimp.” Not if they’re destined for the University of Louisiana-Lafayette lino New York in the Forum Shops at Las Vegas. Like crab cakes to Maryand a foremost expert on the little critCaesars about 200 a week. At Herringland and clam chowder to New Engters, in an email. “But people love their bone in Aria, executive chef Geno Berland, shrimp, in cocktail form, is shrimp, and the supplies are good.” nardo needs 125 pounds every other hailed as the signature dish of the city. The Food and Agriculture Organiday. Golden Gate owner Italo Ghelfi bezation of the United Nations says the Ferraro calls his U8s — six or seven gan serving the shrimp cocktail in fishing of shrimp, or wild caught, has colossal prawns a pound — mini lob1959, four years after he and partners plateaued. Production via aquaculture, sters. They are fished from the Pacific took over the property. The appetizor farming, began exceeding fishing in waters off Mexico just a few weeks er’s popularity grew, and at least one 2010. About 4 million tons of the anevery autumn, and an appetizer trio website called it the food item most nual global supply of 7 million tons hail costs $26. associated with Las Vegas. Another from farms, the FAO said. “No flaws,” he says. “Oh, my God, so said it had become a cliché. In 1991, in One such operation, run by Blue sweet. The best in town. Nothing like what is still commemorated on a wall Oasis, started in North Las Vegas in those tiny, tasteless, rubbery things” of plaques in the Golden Gate foyer, it mid-2011 and hoped to supply an anserved elsewhere in such mass quantipeddled its 25 millionth cocktail. nual harvest of 250 tons. It produced ties. The California dining institution a delectable Pacific white shrimp, says

nnn Thirty tons inflicts no shock on Justin Cooper. The room chef at the Green Valley Ranch Resort’s Feast Buffet has worked all over town and has a keen gauge on its crustacean craving. He helped procure a Strip hotel’s 12-month contract with a distributor for 500,000 pounds — 250 tons a year, or about 5 tons a week. It’s different at GVR, where Cooper estimates a daily requirement of 250 pounds. DiCaudo suggests that more than 80 percent of the city’s shrimp damage is done in buffet lines. Coarse pleasure, wrote Fyodor Dostoyevsky of gluttonous behavior. An athletic feat, penned John Updike, a stretching exercise. In a city that offers a Buffet of Buffets, allowing customers to feast at five different Harrah’s buffets three (or four, played right) times within 24 hours, its chefs know gluttony. Cooper talked about ravenous appetites on a recent episode of “Inside Edition.” “But we also discussed getting the biggest bang for your buck, and seafood — primarily shrimp — is the No. 1 item,” he said. Bernardo, at Herringbone, agreed. Thirty daily tons doesn’t make him flinch. Consider all the buffets, the round-the-clock chowing, the conventions, the troughs around the ice sculptures, the varieties in which they can be served. “People come from a lot of places,” he said. “The Midwest … the farther you go (inland), shrimp is harder to find. It isn’t on every menu. And they come here. (People are) gluttons for punishment: ‘Let me eat all the shrimp I can.’ ” Still, 30 tons is a vague notion until it comes into clear and frigid focus. Southwest of the Strip, in a mammoth warehouse kept at 8 degrees, Andrew Goodman, executive vice president of Supreme Lobster, guides a tour behind the cold curtain. Sales representative Lawrence Manheim rushes to provide thick winter coats. A dozen palettes, each holding 1,800 pounds of shrimp, are in one aisle. Goodman says this represents the company’s average daily delivery. All of this, he adds, is headed for Caesars properties. Approximately 20,000 pounds. Ten tons, from one of the city’s five main distributors to one corporation’s outlets, in a single coarse, athletic day.

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Where were you when you received your 40 Under 40 award? I was just leaving my full-time job at UNLV to start my own marketing and social media agency, the Refined Agency.

Where were you when you received your 40 Under 40 award? I was executive director for the Lili Claire Foundation, a nonprofit that provided resources and medical diagnosis services for children living with autism and special needs. One of our first parents, Lynda Tache, now runs the Grant a Gift for Autism

Owner of JB Public Relations

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Where are you now? We have owned the Refined Agency for two years and have expanded to three states. We are now in Houston, California and Las Vegas. We also are working on opening a coffee shop called Café Lola to bring high tea to the Summerlin area, as well as gluten-free, dairy-free and healthy menu options. We are planning to open in February.

What has been your biggest accomplishment since you were awarded? Having the courage to leave a stable weekly

paycheck at a full-service agency to open a successful public relations business on my own. I am proud to have received my own PRSA awards for my clients, Save Red Rock and Lion Habitat Ranch, this year. On a personal note, my daughter is in college studying PR, and that is the biggest compliment.

What has been your biggest accomplishment since you were awarded? Signing the lease on Café Lola. It’s been a dream of

mine to open a coffee shop and I feel blessed to be able to do that now, due to the success of the Refined Agency. What’s your favorite spot for a lunch meeting? Currently, Pinches Tacos at the Gramercy. It’s a fun environment where the staff always treats you like family, and who doesn’t like tacos? What have you had to learn the hard way? You can’t please

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everyone, so instead of wasting time trying to prove yourself, sometimes it’s better to part ways and make room for better things to come into your life. I can honestly say that every time a door closed, something bigger and better was right around the corner. What’s the best advice you have to offer? Always write down your

goals and never stop learning new things about your field. If you ran Las Vegas, what’s the first thing you would do? Create a better public transportation system that allows locals and tourists to easily move around and see all that Las Vegas has to offer. How amazing would it be to be able to jump on a train to go from Summerlin to the Strip?

What’s your favorite spot for a lunch meeting? When I want to impress clients, I always take them to Echo & Rig at Tivoli Village. If I am going to network, I love downtown’s Triple George, as you always run into fellow businesspeople. What’s the best advice you have to offer? Stay positive,

network, read, stay relevant on social media, and never burn bridges. I have lived in Las Vegas for more than 18 years and have worked with many of the same people, who all have moved around in different positions and industries, providing new opportunities.

If you ran Las Vegas, what’s the first thing you would do? Get frontrow, 50-yard-line Raiders season tickets. Seriously, begin an aggressive educational campaign to generate dollars to to decrease classroom sizes, fund learning materials, and recruit and reward amazing teachers. Who is your business hero? I admire and respect former Nevada Assem-

blywoman and First Lady Dawn Gibbons. She has truly been a mentor to me over the years in the Nevada nonprofit community.

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Calendar of events MONDAY, JAN. 8 CES Time: 9 a.m.-midnight (times and locations vary through Jan. 12) Cost: $100-$1,400 Location: Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall (and other locations), Las Vegas Information: Contact the Consumer Technology Association at 866-233-7968 or cesinfo@cta. tech, or visit ces.tech CES is the world’s gathering place for those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. The convention showcases more than 3,900 exhibiting companies, including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more; a conference program with more than 300 conference sessions and more than 170,000 attendees from 150 countries. Startup Night Downtown Vegas Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Gold Spike, 217 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas Information: Email contact@tech.co Mingle with CES tech startups from around the world. There will be a startup pitch competition, as well as food and cocktails. Business Basics Academy — Startup Essentials Time: 11 a.m.-noon (also 2-3 p.m. Jan. 9 for business plan development) Cost: Free Location: Online Information: Call the Nevada Women’s Business Center at 702-734-3555 or visit nevadawbc.com Learn the basic essentials of starting a business.

TUESDAY, JAN. 9 2018 Large Vision Business Network Baby Boomers Expo Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free with ticket Location: Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas Information: Call 702-639-6964 This expo will showcase exhibits that highlight baby boomer business owners and services. Admission tickets are being distributed at Storage West Self Storage locations. Tech4Good Las Vegas Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free Location: RedFlint Vegas, 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 180, Las Vegas

Information: Contact RedFlint at 702-408-3200 or redflint@phoenix.edu Topics at this meeting will include software solutions for donor management and volunteer engagement, as well as printing, phones, internet and office programs. Those within a nonprofit or educational organization, as well as people in the business community, are welcome to help. Networking Breakfast Time: 7-9 a.m. (register by Jan. 5) Cost: $35 for Henderson Chamber of Commerce members; $55 for nonmembers; additional $10 for walk-ins Location: Wildhorse Country Club, 2100 W. Warm Springs Road, Henderson Information: Contact Donna Israelson of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce at 702-5658951 or disraelson@hendersonchamber.com Brett Lashbrook, founder of Las Vegas Soccer, will present “The World’s Game is Coming: Introducing the Las Vegas Lights.”

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 10 Henderson State of the City 2018 Time: Noon-1:30 p.m. Cost: $50 Location: Grand Events Center at Green Valley Ranch, 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Information: Contact Donna Israelson at 702565-8951 or disraelson@hendersonchamber.com Henderson Mayor Debra March will deliver the annual State of the City address to an audience of leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, local businesses, students and others. Site 1001 Showcase Launch Party and Mixer Time: 6-10 p.m. Cost: Free Location: RedFlint Vegas, 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 180, Las Vegas Information: Visit site1001.com/ces-party Watch new technology in action and experience what happens when structures transform into living structures with which we can communicate. Real Estate Trends 2018 Time: 8-10 a.m. Cost: Free Location: Worldview on 16 at World Market Center, 475 S. Grand Central Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Contact the Urban Land Institute of Nevada at 702-952-2480 or nevada@uli.org This event will feature a presentation on the “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” 2018 report, as well as a session on the outlook for Nevada and

Las Vegas area real estate. Technology is the New Asphalt Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free for C-Level Group members; $49.99 for nonmembers Location: Panevino, 246 Via Antonio Ave, Las Vegas Information: Contact the C-Level Group at 702815-0725 or info@theclevelgroup.com David Swallow, senior director of engineering and technology with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, will speak.

THURSDAY, JAN. 11 Preview 2018 Exhibitor Workshop Time: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Information: Contact Rachel Payne at 702-5863843 or rpayne@lvchamber.com Learn more about Preview Las Vegas show day and setup logistics, exhibiting and marketing tips, social media suggestions, best practices and venue information. This is also an opportunity to network with fellow exhibitors. RSVP is required. What Nevada employers need to know about California employment law Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $75 per line Location: By phone Information: Call Sutton Hague Law Corp. at 702-270-3065 or email events@suttonhague.com Attorneys Brett Sutton and Jared Hague offer information about developments in California employment law that may affect Nevada employers. Participate from any touchtone phone and submit questions during the program.

SATURDAY, JAN. 13 How to start and operate a home-based business Time: 9-11:30 a.m. Cost: $30 for one registrant; $45 for two Location: Henderson Business Resource Center, 112 Water St., Henderson Information: Call 702-388-6104 or visit scorelv.org This seminar will cover topics such as succeeding in an at-home business; how to set up a home office; business license requirements; business and home office tax deductions; and establishing a social media strategy.

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Rio

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Promotional Products Association International Expo

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American Glass Expo Winter Trade Show

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Brokered transactions Sales $17,500,000 for 140 units, commercial 6560 Surrey St., Las Vegas 89119 Seller: Did not disclose Seller agent: Marcus Threats of Marcus & Millichap Buyer: Did not disclose Buyer agent: Marcus Threats of Marcus & Millichap $13,000,000 for 98,334 square feet, industrial 5720 and 5740 S. Arville St., Las Vegas 89118 Seller: BPP Pacific Industrial NV Non-Reit Owner LLC Seller agent: Did not disclose Buyer: Russell Commerce Center Buyer agent: Mike DeLew and Greg Pancirov of Colliers International $1,275,000 for 9,312 square feet, office 6465 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89146 Seller: Did not disclose Seller agent: Ryan McCullough and Tina Taylor of Marcus & Millichap Buyer: Did not disclose Buyer agent: Did not disclose $1,050,000 for 10,400 square feet, office 1050 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89145 Seller: Did not disclose Seller agent: Ryan McCullough and Tina Taylor of Marcus & Millichap Buyer: Did not disclose Buyer agent: Did not disclose $293,475 for 1,505 square feet, office 7336 W. Post Road, Suite 6, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: Professional Warehouse Office Condos Seller agent: Brian Riffel, Grant Traub, Chris Connell and Tyler Jones of Colliers International Buyer: Demetrio Tuason and Maria Concepcion Buyer agent: Did not disclose

$269,490 for 1,382 square feet, office 7336 W. Post Road, Suite 5, Las Vegas 89113 Seller: Professional Warehouse Office Condos Seller agent: Brian Riffel, Chris Connell, Grant Traub and Tyler Jones of Colliers International Buyer: AE Paule CPA Buyer agent: Did not disclose $17,000,000 for 74,010 square feet, office 6140 and 6180 Brent Thurman Way, Las Vegas 89148 Seller: RCS – Red Rocks Seller agent: Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Roy Fritz, Jessica Cegavske and Jennifer Lehr of Sun Commercial Real Estate Buyer: Noval Limited Partnership Buyer agent: Nevada Development & Realty

Leases $1,192,920 for 9,941 square feet, office 7881 W. Charleston Blvd., Suites 210 and 240, Las Vegas 89117 Landlord: Howe Family LP Landlord agent: Paul Chaffee and Wil Chaffee of Sun Commercial Real Estate Tenant: S&C Claims Services Tenant agent: Specialists Real Estate $161,280 for 2,800 square feet, industrial 4275 W. Bell Drive, Suite 12, Las Vegas 89118 Landlord: The Prince Group Landlord agent: Lisa Hauger and Timothy Erickson of Sun Commercial Real Estate Tenant: Grandadventure.com Tenant agent: N/A $151,882 for 2,118 square feet, office 7881 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 220, Las Vegas 89117 Landlord: Howe Family L.P. Landlord agent: Paul Chaffee and Wil Chaffee of Sun Commercial Real Estate Tenant: David J. Winterton & Associates Tenant agent: Cushman & Wakefield $75,042 for 2,098 square feet, industrial 3855 S. Valley View Blvd., Suites 1 and 48-49, Las Vegas 89103 Landlord: Did not disclose Landlord agent: Did not disclose Tenant: La Bodega Tenant agent: Paul Chaffee, Wil Chaffee and Debbie German of Sun Commercial Real Estate

Suite 150, Las Vegas Owner: David Feda Keller Williams VIP License type: Real estate sales Address: 7570 Norman Rockwell Lane, Suite 140, Las Vegas Owner: VIP Real Estate King’s Liquor License types: General retail sales; tobacco dealer; package Address: 2187 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Lucasboys Klean Scoop License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Curtis Murphy Lakewood Cove Apartments License type: Apartment house Address: 1100 Center St., Henderson Owner: Somerset JD Las Vegas Healing Arts & Energy License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Kelli Krieger Las Vegas Oral Surgery License type: Professional services — medical Address: 7670 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Tender Dental Mead Llantera El Chihuas License type: Automotive garage/ service station (minor) Address: 1021 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Ramiro Garcia-Armendariz Lloyd’s Mixed Plate License type: Restaurant Address: 8609 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Lloyd’s Mixed Plate Loli Loved License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite G43, Las Vegas Owner: Teresita Quintero Low Cost Paralegal Services License type: Business support Address: 719 S. 6th St., Las Vegas Owner: Magdalena Strickland Lowry’s Catering License type: Catering with alcohol Address: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 111, Las Vegas Owner: Robert Lowry

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Luxury Event Center License type: Catering with alcohol Address: 5001 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 138, Las Vegas Owner: Luxury Event Center

Kabob Kitchen License type: Restaurant Address: 10040 W. Cheyenne Ave.,

Mambo’s Cantina License type: Coin amusement

machine Address: 1815 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: JD Hard Work Maria’s Cleaning Services License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 1611 Gamebird Road, Las Vegas Owner: Maria Velazquez Mark A. Kirkorsky, P.C. License type: Professional services Address: 8020 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 225, Las Vegas Owner: Lance Pershing Maryland Villas License type: Apartment house Address: 701 N. 13th St., Las Vegas Owner: Veneto Capital Partners Medical Solutions License type: Employment agency Address: 400 S. Fourth St., Suite 500, Las Vegas Owner: Craig Meier Meiling Liu License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: Meiling Liu Meineke #2772 License type: Auto/truck garage service Address: 3255 W. Ann Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Rai El Capitan MFT Retail License type: General retail sales Address: 4300 Meadows Lane, Suite 5526, Las Vegas Owner: Mehmet Tulun Mike Whitford SF Agency License type: Insurance agency Address: 6475 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 155, Las Vegas Owner: Mike Whitford Insurance Agency Muller Construction License type: Contractor Address: 2133 Industrial Road, Las Vegas Owner: CMMCM LLC Nairin Gomez Colon License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Nairin Gomez Colon Neongothic Counseling License type: Professional services Address: 9418 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Shawn Hansen Nevada Medical Center License type: Nonprofit community services Address: 325 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

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Records and Transactions Owner: John O’Reilly and John Miller

Suites 200-247, Henderson Owner: Joseph Stevenson

Northern American Flooring License type: Contractor Address: 2373 Moorpark Way, Henderson Owner: Gerald Clark

Ria Financial Services License type: Wire Service Addresses: 4505 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas; 201 N. Nellis Blvd., Las Vegas; 5850 W. Craig Road, Las Vegas; 6310 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Continental Exchange Solutions

Notary Now License type: General services (counter/office) Address: Did not disclose Owner: Alphabeta Nyonair License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 1430 Jet Stream Drive, Suite 140, Henderson Owner: Nyonair Oscar-Mike Home Repairs License type: Trucking Address: 1525 Spiced Wine Ave., Suite 26103, Henderson Owner: Oscar-Mike Home Repairs Pacific Pool Supply & Service License type: General retail sales Address: 55 E. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 120, Henderson Owner: BC Pool Supply & Service Panacea License type: Beer/wine cooler on-sale Address: 750 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 15, Las Vegas Owner: Panacea Polar Blue Pools License type: Pool and spa cleaning service Address: 4435 Scarlet Sea Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Polar Blue Pools Primary Residential Mortgage License type: Mortgage lending Address: 11201 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 200, Henderson Owner: Primary Residential Mortgage

Rockstar Printing License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Fourthwright Media Rodeo Raggz License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 27, Las Vegas Owner: Anthony Ferguson and Cynthia Sherman Rodney Eric Gong, M.D. License type: Professional services — medical Address: 1629 Sun Canyon Court, Las Vegas Owner: Rodney Gong Roger Car Wash License type: Automobile detailing Address: Did not disclose Owner: Roger Cruz Ronald Joseph von Felden License type: Law firm or law office Address: 701 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson Owner: Ronald Joseph von Felden Rosendo Acevedo License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Rosendo Acevedo Sartini Gaming License type: Gaming restricted Address: 3805 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Golden Route Operations

Pro-Green Services License type: Lawn maintenance Address: 3849 Bella Legato Ave., North Las Vegas Owner: Pro-Green Services

Scentual Scents License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suites J15-J16, Las Vegas Owner: Scentual Scents

Project 4 Humanity License type: Nonprofit community services Address: 5000 W. Oakey Blvd., Suite D5, Las Vegas Owner: Shawna Gonzalez

Secret Shape License type: General retail sales Address: 4300 Meadows Lane, Suite 5512, Las Vegas Owner: W&J Factory

Rapsa! Fil-Mex Fusion Food License type: Restaurant Address: 439 Rock Quarry Way, Las Vegas Owner: Rapsa! LLC Raptor Websites License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 10120 S. Eastern Ave.,

SGC LLC License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: Gary Coward Silver State Slot Cars License type: General retail sales Address: 115 S. Water St., Henderson Owner: Hendertucky Enterprizes Skyler Brown

License type: Real estate sales Address: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas Owner: Skyler Brown SM Silver Maintenance License type: Repair and maintenance Address: 4660 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 103, Las Vegas Owner: Adriano Cipili

Ave., Suite 300, Las Vegas Owner: Sunshine Valley Health Care And Wesley Robertson Sushiro License type: Beer/wine cooler on-sale Address: 556 N. Eastern Ave., Suite H, Las Vegas Owner: Brandspedia

Southern Seafood and BBQ License type: Restaurant Address: 439 Rock Quarry Way, Las Vegas Owner: James Noles

Swagger Men’s Grooming License type: Barbershop and cosmetology Address: 790 Coronado Center Drive, Suite 135, Henderson Owner: Zat Ur Sister

Sparkflight Studios License type: Architectural firm Address: 112 S. Water St., Suite 103, Henderson Owner: Sparkflight Studios

T4 Construction License type: Contractor Address: 8940 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Owner: T4 Construction

Standard Steel Limited License type: Contractor Address: 3520 W. Oquendo Road, Las Vegas Owner: Standard Steel Limited

Tacos el Korita License type: Open-air vending Address: 1021 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: IG Corp.

Starlite Records License type: General retail sales Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite I41, Las Vegas Owner: Michael Young

Tender Dental License type: Administrative office space Address: 5001 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 162, Las Vegas Owner: Tender Dental Bonanza

Sticks and Shakes License type: Restaurant Address: 6475 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 135, Las Vegas Owner: MG Holding Group Stuck911.com License type: Locksmith and safe mechanic Address: Did not disclose Owner: Israel and Ronit Aharoni Studiobronze License type: General retail sales Address: 8751 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 290, Las Vegas Owner: Alex Westmoreland Sugarloaf Creations License type: Coin amusement machine Address: 7460 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 8, Las Vegas Owner: National Entertainment Network Sunflower Vietnamese Restaurant License type: Restaurant Address: 4210 W. Craig Road, Suite 100, North Las Vegas Owner: VY & VI Corp. Sunset Cleaning Service License type: Repair and maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Did not disclose Sunshine Valley Pediatrics License type: Professional services — medical Address: 7455 W. Washington

Thai Express License type: Restaurant Address: 1381 W. Sunset Road, Suite 160, Henderson Owner: Key LLC The Angry Italian License type: Restaurant Address: 2025 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas Owner: Heather Larsen The Coffee Press License type: Restaurant Address: 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson Owner: Jams Family The Little Neon Chapel License type: General retail sales; wedding chapel Address: 450 Fremont St., Suite 283, Las Vegas Owner: Elle LLC The Pooch Mobile Henderson License type: Interjurisdictional business Address: 9622 Bel Sole Court, Las Vegas Owner: The Pooch Mobile Henderson The Spice is Right License type: Mobile food vendor Address: 827 N. Main St., Las Vegas Owner: Cody Thakhin Tiffany Adams License type: Property maintenance Address: 2827 Marathon Drive,

Henderson Owner: Tiffany Adams TJW Discount Products License type: General retail sales Address: Did not disclose Owner: William Curry Tyrus Cobb License type: Professional services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Tyrus Cobb Uehara Motowerks License type: Automotive garage (major) Address: 2901 Highland Drive, Suite 13D, Las Vegas Owner: Maemori Walker Usonian Equipment Systems License type: General retail sales Address: 3300 Sunrise Ave., Suite 102, Las Vegas Owner: IronCrane Enterprises Valley Pediatric and Specialty Center License type: Professional services — medical Address: 2810 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite E46, Las Vegas Owner: Teresita Lu Melocoton Vegas Golf License type: Sporting goods Address: 4760 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 3, Las Vegas Owner: Two Golfers LLC Veldlaw License type: Professional services Address: 550 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite A, Las Vegas Owner: Law Offices of Kristina Wildve Victor Pisauro License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Victor Pisauro Villas at Green Valley License type: Apartment house Address: 2362 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson Owner: Green Valley TT WFM Restoration License type: Property maintenance Address: 254 Via Malorca St., Henderson Owner: WFM Restoration White Light Astrology License type: Psychic arts — science Address: 2280 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Cameron White William Henderson License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas Owner: William Henderson Wolfgate

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Records and Transactions License type: Miscellaneous sales/ service Address: 1158 Paradise River Road, Henderson Owner: S&L Enterprises Limited Woods Strategies License type: Management or consulting service Address: 817 S. Main St., Suite 100, Las Vegas Owner: Andrew Woods Yihong Liu & Associates License type: Architectural firm Address: 1669 W. Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 120, Henderson Owner: Yihong Liu & Associates 24/7 Locksmith License type: Locksmith Address: 3180 S. Durango Drive, Suite A4, Las Vegas Owner: Shalmiyev Investments 5 Star Fence Co. License type: Contractor Address: 641 Bay Bridge Drive, North Las Vegas Owner: Zachary Betker 911 Restoration of Las Vegas License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: S&A Bingham A&Y Tax Services License type: Business support Address: 4800 E. Bonanza Road, Suite 7, Las Vegas Owner: A&Y Business Abby Peddieson, M.S., LMFT License type: Social work/behavioral therapy business Address: 311 S. Water St., Henderson Owner: Abbigail Peddieson ACFN of Las Vegas License type: Automated teller operator Address: 10509 Sparks Summit Lane, Las Vegas Owner: Travis Mizer Affairs to Remember Catering License type: Catering with alcohol Address: 1134 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: G. Michael Whitesides Aftercare Massage License type: Independent massage therapist Address: Did not disclose Owner: Tina Anzalone Ageless Ascension Day Spa License type: Professional services Address: 6006 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas Owner: Charity Franklin and William Gentry AH Providers License type: Management or

consulting service Address: 4147 Glass Lantern Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Adrian Haywood Ajie African Hair Braiding License type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 5000 W. Oakey Blvd., Suite B5, Las Vegas Owner: Sirandou Jallow Albina Osokina License type: Short-term residential rental (owner) Address: 1111 Ralston Drive, Las Vegas Owner: Albina Osokina Alcohol Catering by Rebar License type: Catering with alcohol Address: 1216 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las Vegas Owner: Vlastone Aliante Golf Club License type: Full liquor on-sale Address: 3100 Elkhorn Road, North Las Vegas Owner: Elite At Aliante Golf Club

BUiLDING PERMITS $619,376, single-family dwelling 1195 MacDonald Ranch Drive, Henderson Did not disclose $414,842, wall and/or fence 343 Sand Sage Ave., North Las Vegas Cedco $279,634, single-family dwelling 109 Del Coseo St., Henderson Did not disclose $229,201, rehabilitation 2324 Cockatiel Drive, North Las Vegas Copper Creek Construction $215,811, single-family dwelling 2465 Cingoli St., Henderson Did not disclose $208,159, single-family dwelling 1129 Jessie Road, Henderson Did not disclose $199,398, single-family dwelling 2489 Amatrice St., Henderson Did not disclose $171,451, single-family dwelling 972 Soaring Moon Drive, Henderson Did not disclose

$168,235, single-family dwelling 1165 Hillside Peak St., Henderson Pulte Homes

$139,955, single-family dwelling 2088 Alto Vista Drive, Henderson Pulte Homes

$166,793, single-family dwelling 1060 E. Sunset Road, Henderson Did not disclose

$139,234, single-family dwelling x2 244 and 248 Kindly Way, Henderson Did not disclose

$165,684, single-family dwelling x5 2341, 2345, 2352, 2357 and 2361 Mundare Drive, Henderson D.R. Horton $165,684, single-family dwelling 2895 Caxton Grove Drive, Henderson D.R. Horton $165,684, single-family dwelling x2 908 and 912 Brayfield Court, Henderson D.R. Horton $165,684, single-family dwelling 21 Via Levanzo, Henderson Did not disclose $157,755, single-family dwelling 1350 Bear Brook Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $156,701, single-family dwelling 2361 Trevisani St., Henderson Did not disclose $156,258, single-family dwelling 2336 Mundare Drive, Henderson D.R. Horton $156,258, single-family dwelling x2 2891 and 2903 Caxton Grove Drive, Henderson D.R. Horton $156,258, single-family dwelling 916 Brayfield Court, Henderson D.R. Horton $155,900, tenant improvement 2550 St. Rose Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson SCA Design $154,095, single-family dwelling 1185 Cold Breeze Drive, Henderson Pulte Homes $149,493, single-family dwelling x3 272, 276 and 288 Kindly Way, Henderson Woodside Homes

$139,234, single-family dwelling 265 Homeward Way, Henderson Did not disclose $138,514, single-family dwelling 1354 Bear Brook Ave., Henderson Ryland Homes $136,906, single-family dwelling 2992 Tranquil Brook Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $136,906, single-family dwelling 2813 Falling Mist St., Henderson KB Home Nevada $134,909, single-family dwelling x6 2337, 2344, 2349, 2353, 2360 and 2365 Mundare Drive, Henderson D.R. Horton $134,909, single-family dwelling 2899 Caxton Grove Drive, Henderson D.R. Horton $134,909, single-family dwelling 920 Brayfield Court, Henderson D.R. Horton $128,699, single-family dwelling 825 N. Water St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $127,202, single-family dwelling 2084 Alto Vista Drive, Henderson Pulte Homes $125,871, single-family dwelling 2983 Moulton Crest Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $125,428, residential — new 3956 Lorikeet Drive, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $124,984, single-family dwelling 460 Cadence View Way, Henderson Did not disclose

$148,550, single-family dwelling 912 Soaring Moon Drive, Henderson Did not disclose

$169,621, single-family dwelling 2895 Aragon Terrace Way, Henderson KB Home Nevada

$124,318, single-family dwelling 2760 Alta Vista St., Henderson Did not disclose

$141,342, single-family dwelling 13 Costa Tropical Drive, Henderson Did not disclose

$120,714, single-family dwelling 408 Gracious Way, Henderson Woodside Homes

$169,621, single-family dwelling 2493 Amatrice St., Henderson KB Home Nevada

$140,177, single-family dwelling 477 Intonation St., Henderson Did not disclose

$119,123, residential — new 1925 Soto Lane, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of

Nevada $118,552, residential — new 54 Via Di Vita, Henderson Toll Bros. $118,552, residential — new 37 Via Verso Lago, Henderson Toll Bros. $114,448, residential — addition 731 Orange Plume Walk, Henderson Did not disclose $113,202, residential — new 6221 Cotinga St., North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $112,840, single-family dwelling 2748 Flowing Breeze St., Henderson Did not disclose $111,177, residential — new 41 Via Verso Lago, Henderson Toll Bros. $111,177, residential — new 50 Via Di Vita, Henderson Toll Bros. $110,152, residential — new 540 Desert Senna Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada $106,969, residential — new 4244 Seclusion Bay Ave., North Las Vegas Beazer Homes Holdings $103,192, single-family dwelling 386 Espressivo St., Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $102,859, single-family dwelling 2990 Tranquil Brook Ave., Henderson KB Home Nevada $102,305, single-family dwelling 375 Mano Destra Lane, Henderson Richmond American Homes of Nevada $100,899, residential — new 1909 Pinsky Lane, North Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada $93,932, residential — new x2 39 and 52 Via Di Vita, Henderson Toll Bros. $91,880, single-family dwelling 2814 Falling Mist St., Henderson KB Home Nevada

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Category: available commercial space (List ranked by available square feet as of nov. 1) Available square feet

Available units

Sale or lease

Type of property

South 15 Airport Center 1775 Executive Airport Drive Henderson, NV 89052

482,300

Lease

Industrial

Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

Sunrise Industrial Park #6 2821 Marion Drive Las Vegas, NV 89115

271,616

Lease

Industrial

Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

Las Vegas Corporate Center #17 3717 Bay Lake Drive North Las Vegas, NV 89030

266,160

Lease

Industrial

Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

Golden Triangle Industrial Park 3115 E. Lone Mountain Road North Las Vegas, NV 89081

165,380

Lease

Industrial

Donna Alderson of CBRE

Stephanie Beltway 140-170 N. Stephanie St. Henderson, NV 89074

164,964

Sale

Office

Patti Dillon, Teddie Hickey, Taber Thill and Ryan Martin of Colliers International

Henderson Interchange Center 820 Wigwam Parkway Henderson, NV 89014

143,360

Sale/ Lease

Industrial

Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

Cheyenne Commons 3001 N. Rainbow Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89108

140,385

Lease

Retail

Deana Marcello, Adam Malan and Brendan Keating of Logic Commercial Real Estate

Prologis North 15 Freeway Distribution Center 4060 Frehner Road North Las Vegas, NV 89030

132,178

Lease

Industrial

Donna Alderson of CBRE

Racetrack Plaza 732 S. Racetrack Drive Henderson, NV 89015

126,660

Lease

Retail

Michael Zobrist and Nelson Tressler of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

Pilot Road 730 Pilot Road Las Vegas, NV 89119

122,472

Sale/ Lease

Industrial

Dan Doherty, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

Jones Corporate Park 6425 Jones Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89118

117,000

Lease

Industrial

Greg Tassi of CBRE

Renaissance III 3300 E. Flamingo Road Las Vegas, NV 89121

106,617

Lease

Retail

Deana Marcello, Adam Malan and Brendan Keating of Logic Commercial Real Estate

Former Harley-Davidson/24 Hour Fitness building 2605 S. Eastern Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89169

104,397

Lease

Retail

Kit Graski and George Okinaka of ROI Commercial Real Estate

City Center West 7205 and 7251 W. Lake Mead Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89128

94,670

Lease

Office

Patti Dillon, Teddie Hickey, Taber Thill and Ryan Martin of Colliers International

Parkway Springs 2241 N. Green Valley Parkway Henderson, NV 89014

94,553

Lease

Retail

Jennifer Ott, Angelica Lopez and Brian Sorrentino of ROI Commercial Real Estate

Nellis Industrial Park #5 4501 Mitchell St. North Las Vegas, NV 89081

89,485

Lease

Industrial

Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International

Las Vegas Corporate Center, Buildings 2 and 8 4151 N. Pecos Road North Las Vegas, NV 89115

85,583

Lease

Industrial

Donna Alderson of CBRE

953 E. Sahara Ave. 953 E. Sahara Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89104

84,320

Sale

Retail

Paul Chaffee and Wil Chaffee of Sun Commercial Real Estate

Windmill Durango Office 8360 S. Durango Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89113

74,149

Lease

Office

Daniel Loera Jr. of Real Estate Asset Management

Rainbow Plaza 861 S. Rainbow Blvd. Las Vegas, NV 89145

73,896

Lease

Retail

Jennifer Ott, Angelica Lopez and Brian Sorrentino of ROI Commercial Real Estate

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ARIES

March 21-April 19 “I need more smart allies, compassionate supporters, ethical role models and loyal friends,” writes Joanna K., an Aries from Albuquerque. Then there’s Jacques T. from Montreal: “What I need more of are constructive critics, fair-minded competitors with integrity, colleagues and loved ones who don’t assume that every little thing I do is perfect, and adversaries who galvanize me to get better.” In 2018, you will benefit more than usual from the influences that both Joanna and Jacques seek.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22 Mise en place is a French term whose literal translation is “putting in place.” When used by chefs, it refers to the task of gathering and organizing all the ingredients and tools before beginning to cook. This is an excellent metaphor for you to emphasize throughout 2018. In every area of your life, thorough preparation will be the key to your success and fulfillment. Be sure you have everything you need before launching any new enterprise or creative effort.

SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 The coming months won’t bring you the kinds of opportunities you were imagining and expecting, but will bring you opportunities you haven’t imagined and didn’t expect. Will you be alert and receptive to these sly divergences from your master plan? If so, by September, you will have become as smart a gambler as you have ever been. You will be more flexible and adaptable too, which means you’ll be better able to get what you want without breaking stuff and wreaking whirlwinds.

TAURUS

GEMINI

April 20-May 20 In the language spoken in Lowland Scotland, a watergaw is a fragmented rainbow that appears between clouds. A skafer is a faint rainbow that arises behind a mist, presaging its imminent dissipation. A silk napkin is a splintered rainbow that heralds the arrival of brisk wind and rain. These phenomena are symbols of power for you in 2018. The good fortune that comes your way will sometimes be partially veiled and seemingly incomplete. It’ll be more interesting and inspiring than any perfect ideal.

May 21-June 20 In 2018, half-buried residues from the past will be resurfacing as influences in your life. Old dreams that you abandoned prematurely are ripe to be re-evaluated in light of what has happened since you last took them seriously. Are these good or bad developments? It will probably depend on your ability to be charitable and expansive as you deal with them. One thing is certain: To move forward into the future, you will have to update your relationships with these residues and dreams.

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CANCER

June 21-July 22 Poet Diane Ackerman says human tongues, lips and genitals possess neural receptors that are ultraresponsive. Anatomists have given unsexy names to these bliss-generating parts of our bodies: Krause end bulbs, also known as bulboid corpuscles. These sweet spots enable us to experience surpassing pleasure. Your personal complement of bulboid corpuscles will be even more sensitive than usual. Also, your soul will have a heightened capacity to receive and register delight.

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LIBRA

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Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Experimental composer Harry Partch played oneof-a-kind musical instruments that he made from objects such as car hubcaps, gourds, aluminum ketchup bottles and nose cones from airplanes. Collage artist Jason Mecier fashions portraits of celebrities using materials like noodles, pills, licorice, bacon and lipstick tubes. You could flourish by adopting a similar strategy. Your most interesting successes could come from using things as they’re not “supposed” to be used.

It won’t be nice and easy for you. The opening months of 2018 won’t bring you a showdown between wrong and right, ugliness and beauty. It just ain’t that simple. It’s more like the forces of plaid will be arrayed against the forces of paisley. The showdown will feature two equally flawed and appealing sources of intrigue. So, what is the most honorable role you can play in these matters? Should you lend your support to one side or the other? Create a third side.

CAPRICORN

AQUARIUS

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

Hungarian psychiatrist Thomas Szasz dismissed the idea that a person should be on a quest to find himself or herself. “The self is not something that one finds,” he said. Rather, “it is something one creates.” That’s great advice for you in 2018, Capricorn. There will be little value in wandering around in search of fantastic clues about who you were born to be. Instead, you should simply be gung-ho as you shape and craft yourself into the person you want to be.

What’s on your

Jan. 20-Feb. 18 Is there anything about your attitude or your approach that is a bit immature or unripe? Have you in some way remained an amateur or apprentice when you should or could have become fully professional by now? Are you still a dabbler in a field where you could be a connoisseur or master? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, the coming months will be an excellent time to grow up, climb higher and try harder. Regard 2018 as the Year of Kicking Your Own Ass.

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In 2018, your tribe will be extra skilled at opening things that have been shut or sealed for a long time: heavy doors, treasure boxes, buried secrets, shy eyes, mum mouths, guarded hearts and insular minds. You’ll have a knack for initiating new markets, clearing blocked passageways and staging grand openings. You’ll be inclined to speak candidly. Getting stuck things unstuck will come naturally. Making yourself available for big-hearted fun and games will be your specialty.

PISCES

Feb. 19-March 20 In 2018, one of your themes will be secret freedom. Here are possible interpretations of that: 1. You may have to dig deep and be strategic to access resources that have the power to emancipate you. 2. You may be able to discover a rewarding escape and provocative deliverance that have been hidden from you. 3. You shouldn’t brag about the liberations you intend to accomplish until you have accomplished them. 4. The nature of the freedom that will be valuable to you might be irrelevant to other people.

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