Winning streak sends young Eagles to state tournament

The Boulder City 14-under baseball team won six of its final seven games to climb into fifth place and qualify for the Connie Mack Summer League 14-under State Tournament that began Tuesday.

Right, left manipulate science for political gain

Earlier this month a book by former Republican U.S. Senate nominee Todd Akin of Missouri was released. Akin is the candidate who lost his 2012 Senate race after making the claim that the bodies of women have a chemical function that prevents rape victims from becoming pregnant.

Museums take new approach to education

If your childhood memories consist of spending time in the newly coined “family room,” donning your Western gear everywhere but the bathtub, or dancing in front of the TV (your home’s only TV) during “American Bandstand,” then you may have been in a generation that experienced the very beginnings of a redefined method of learning that serves to guide museums into the 21st century: nonformal education.

Too much sun poses threat of cancer

With pool season upon us, it’s important to remind ourselves of the dangers of sun exposure. You’re never too young or too old to be harmed by the sun.

Letters to the editor

Dogs endear themselves to local children

Stupidity on verge of pandemic proportions

I have an exceptionally low level of tolerance for stupidity. Which I guess helps explain why I fight so hard to shrink the size of government. Let’s face it, government is Stupidity Central.

Senior Center

Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday at 813 Arizona St., 702-293-3320. Visit the center’s website at www.seniorcenterbouldercity.org.

Oh, say can you see? We certainly can

Pinball anyone? Or how about pingpong? Follow the ball. I hope it gives you a rolling view of a police officer’s eyes. We will try to see and scan as much as possible, we never stop looking for criminal activity.

Local golf tourney results

July 3, Four person scramble tournament for Plus 55 Boulder City Mens’/Women’s Golf Association:

Police Blotter

July 15, 11:56 a.m.

Community Briefs

Free class about kidney health set for Tuesday

Hacienda unveils taste of Northwest

The word “lodge” is generally associated with snow and greenery, two things the desert isn’t exactly known for.

Don’t let complaints spoil special events

Let me borrow a little wisdom from Abraham Lincoln. He once said “You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.” The same thing applies when it comes to pleasing people.

Summer season comes to unexpected end

One of the most successful summer baseball seasons in Boulder City history came to an unexpected end this past Saturday when the Eagles 16-under team was eliminated in the championship game of the Connie Mack Summer League state tournament.

Young Eagles ride four-game winning streak

The Boulder City 14-under baseball team is riding a four-game winning streak and has climbed into the playoff picture in the Connie Mack Summer Baseball League

Cooking gets Runion’s creative juices flowing

One might assume that living in a small town such as Boulder City that everyone knows everyone. We run into each other at festivals in the park, senior center activities, the golf course, the corrals, fundraisers, community classes, church, the lake, the tracks, the trails and the grocery stores.

Community Briefs

Veterans services focus

Lake Mead dips to lowest level in decades

Lake Mead’s water level continues to drop to a record low, with staggering numbers that have rarely been seen since it began filling up nearly 80 years ago.

Police Blotter

JULY 8, 5:40 A.M.

Home, where those guards stand waiting silently for me

Welcome to our humble abode. While many folks come to visit only once, many more find this end as a means of life. The most interesting and intriguing aspect is the casualness and comfort criminal clan cliques have in our family’s home.

Bighorn sheep flock to park

Bighorn sheep are no strangers to Hemenway Park as they casually leap down the mountain and nibble the morning grass while spectators stand in awe and snap their pictures.

Small changes to diet, exercise rewarding

One of the nation’s top growing problems with health and wellness is the increasing population of unhealthy Americans. The nation has seen an increase in the number of doctors visits, hospitalizations, prescribed medications and deaths because of an overwhelming increase of overweight Americans. Many of the nation’s leading causes of illness and death are all rooted and associated with being overweight and out of shape.

News coverage of gas, picnic prices inaccurate

For as long as I can remember, we’ve been doing stories in journalism about gas prices. They are nearly always the same, based on figures from a local or regional arm of the American Automobile Association, either viewing-­with-­alarm about high prices or viewing-­with-­pleasure about low prices.

Getting angry not enough, do something about it

You know how we go through the day, and then someone does something really stupid, and we get angry? Let’s talk about some of those things.

Letters to the editor

Take extra steps to protect pets from coyotes

News Briefs

Transformer fix will result in several street closures

Senior Center

Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday at 813 Arizona St., 702-293-3320. Visit the center’s website at www.seniorcenterbouldercity.org.

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