Archive | October, 2009

Coach aims to build on past successes, win state championship

By Jim Konst Boulder City Review The Boulder City High School boys cross country team won the 2008 Southern Class 3A Division Championship title last year and had the 2008 Class 3A Division and State champion in Matt Lundgren…. The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Login or Become a member

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Veterans compete in four-day ‘Olympics’

By Joan Patterson Boulder City Review It is the last day of the annual Veterans Olympics at the Nevada State Veterans Home and Ron Coulston, dressed in a plaid shirt and straw sun hat, is leaning forward in his wheelchair, his right hand gripped around a bright yellow Frisbee…. The rest of this article is [...]

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Lady Eagles’ soccer team has lofty goals

By Jim Konst Boulder City Review The Boulder City High School varsity girls soccer team has a new head coach and a new attitude. Now, the Lady Eagles are on a quest to capture a division and state championship title in 2009…. The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Login or Become [...]

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Police Briefs

Police say no harm intended in explosive device incident The teenager charged with the making of an explosive device that was placed beneath a pickup truck in the 1500 block of Becky Lane on Oct. 17 apparently did not intend to cause any bodily harm or property damage, Boulder City Police Deputy Chief John Chase [...]

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Outdoors: Hiking trails add to China Ranch charm

If you are looking for a good family destination this fall, I would recommend a day trip to China Ranch Date Farm. Over the next couple of months you will find the ranch at its best, as the dates are ripening and the temperatures ideal to set out on the multitude of hiking trails that [...]

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Rate increase just the beginning

By Jack Bulavsky Boulder City Review A 35 percent power rate increase for Boulder City residents is being considered as a way to address the significant rise in rates from NVEnergy which sells wholesale power to the city during peak usage. … The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Login or Become [...]

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New weekly paper debuts

Staff report So much goes into the making of a big-city newspaper in such a short period that when the end product hits the streets on time, it’s often described as “the daily miracle.”… The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Login or Become a member

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Myers: Yesteryear’s quotes tell a today story

There’s a new book of quotations out. It’s titled “They said WHAT?” and is filled with quotes from our leaders demonstrating their arrogance, deception, sexism, racism, militarism, chauvinism and lack of principle…. The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Login or Become a member

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Morris: Lack of iron may be source of odd-colored bougainvillea leaves

Q: I have had two bougainvilleas in large planter pots for three years now. They are located on my 12-by-15-foot patio, which is surrounded by a 7-foot wall. They are staked and I have trellises in the pots to keep them off the wall because of the heat. They froze last winter; I cut them [...]

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McBride: A short history of Boulder City newspapers

In August 1931 Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal publishers Al Cahlan and Frank Garside received a permit from the U.S. Interior Department to publish a newspaper for Boulder City. The Journal, together with its competition, the Las Vegas Age, had been covering the Boulder Canyon Project for about a year, but Cahlan and Garside wanted to [...]

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