Archive | December, 2010

Obituaries from Dec. 30

MARY MADALENE AMSTUTZ, 1915 – Dec. 18, 2010 Mary Madalene Amstutz passed away peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 18, at age 95. Mary was born in Kewanee, Ill., in 1915, to Albert and Anna May Cromien. When Mary was 8, the family relocated to California where she attended Colton High School and Chaffey College. [...]

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Team rebounds with two winsLady Eagles split four games in holiday play

Team rebounds with two winsLady Eagles split four games in holiday play

By Jim Konst Boulder City Review The Boulder City girls basketball team split its four games during a holiday tournament at Henderson Downtown Recreation Center last week. … The rest of this article is available to premium members only.Login or Become a member

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One of BC’s finest completes FBI training

One of BC’s finest completes FBI training

By Thomas Finn, BC Police Chief On Friday, Dec. 10, Boulder City Police Lt. Vincent Albowicz graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., after completing an intensive and highly-demanding 10-week training course. Located at the U. S. Marine Corps Basic Officer Training Base, the FBI National Academy is a highly coveted training program [...]

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Opinion: Let’s be health smart for the new year and beyond

Opinion: Let’s be health smart for the new year and beyond

By Carolyn Schneider, Senior Class Staying healthy is very important to senior class members. The goal is to maintain our lifestyle and a reasonable level of activity. Those of us who choose to give up on being healthy just because we reach “that certain age” are really missing out. Sixty-five to 75 is a speed [...]

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Opinion: Train museum not to be derailed just yet

By Arnold M. Knightly, The Editior’s Desk When Union Pacific engine car 844 pulled out of the State Railroad Museum in Boulder City at 2:39 p.m. on Sunday, it pulled with it four passenger cars filled with nearly 250 smiling faces. The cars run near that capacity eight times during 48 weekends a year. … [...]

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Eating disorders: Not just for women

Eating disorders: Not just for women

By Kristi Eaton, Special to Boulder City Review Brandon Hunter sat painfully in the bathtub of his Kansas City, Mo., hotel room to call his sister. His body was wasting away, and with little body fat or muscle for cushion, the tub was rough against his bones. After nine years of suffering from an eating [...]

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Free-tree program promotes benefits of trees

Free-tree program promotes benefits of trees

By Bob Morris, Gardening Free trees are available from the Nevada Division of Forestry, but you must be qualified. The tree program aims to help communities in Clark County increase public awareness about the benefits of trees and the number of trees planted in communities. This state project provides free trees to local governmental units, [...]

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Opinion: Oath taking raises questions

Opinion: Oath taking raises questions

By Dennis Myers, Commentary Oaths are funny things. They can arouse strong reactions from those expected to take them. Nevada teachers must sign loyalty oaths, an obnoxious requirement not demanded of most other public employees, and some have passed up the job rather than sign them. This is the oath Nevada’s foundering fathers wrote: … [...]

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Opinion: Some holiday observations to close out the year

Opinion: Some holiday observations to close out the year

By Chuck Muth, Muth’s Truths Read the following and identify the referenced gubernatorial transition team: Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott or Nevada Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval: “Governor-elect (name deleted) should arrive in the state capital with a wrecking ball to tear down a dozen state agencies and merge them together to save money and streamline services, advisors [...]

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Police Blotter

Dec. 21, 3:22 a.m. A female Staying at the Sands Motel, 809 Nevada Way, called police to report that she was suffering from food poisoning from fish. Dec. 21, 4:05 p.m. Police received a report of a suspicious Dodge Caravan circling neighborhoods near Avenue F. Dec. 21, 6:45 p.m. Police received a report of 4-5 [...]

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