Sierra Selinger helps Lady Eagles’ track team earn second at home meet

Boulder City High’s girls and boys track and field programs were in action this past week, with the Lady Eagles taking second place in their Division I-A meet April 6, while the Eagles placed third overall.

Weekend’s Best Bets

1ART FOR ALL: Boulder City Art Guild will present its 31st annual Spring Art Festival in Bicentennial Park, 999 Colorado St., Saturday and Sunday. More than 130 artists from the Southwestern United States will display their fine arts. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.bouldercityartguild.com or call 702-293-2138.

Athlete of the Week

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Daylight may be saved, but at what cost

In a children’s tale there was a city of fools. The people had a town hall with a roof covered of grass. They wanted to cut it. The roof was too high. The ladder was too short. They thought a lot and decided to cut a piece of the low end of the ladder and lengthen it to its top end.

Police Blotter

April 5, 1:13 p.m.

Community Briefs

Retired public workers to hear genealogist

Heller outlines more priorities for aviation bill

U.S. Sen. Dean Heller has outlined additional priorities in a Senate aviation bill, his office announced last week.

Goldfield’s bust was Las Vegas’ boom

They came to Goldfield for the gold, of course. And Goldfield was a grand boom town in its day.

Learning ABCs can prevent pool-related injuries, deaths

Although it may still be a little chilly outside, every poolgoer knows that summer is creeping around the corner. As the weather starts to warm up you start to get the itch to dive into that crystal cool water in your swimming pool, and what a fantastic way to keep cool and beat the summer heat.

Letters to the Editor

Resident grateful for help after accident

Dispatchers assess calls to determine type of help needed

Did you know that April 10-16 is National Public Safety Telecommunicator Week? We at the Boulder City Police Department think our dispatchers are great and we appreciate everything they do. Thank you to our dispatchers.

News Brief

Artists sought to work on murals

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.

Volunteers to clean up 3 miles of Colorado River Saturday

Around 80 volunteers will pick up trash along 3 miles of the lower Colorado River along the Black Canyon National Water Trail by canoe, kayak, foot and diving between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday.

Bank of America to close local branch

After a decline in regular business, Boulder City’s Bank of America branch is closing this summer, the company announced to customers in a letter sent out last week.

Purple ribbons aim to inspire

If everything you see lately seems to have a purplish hue, you don’t need to have your eyes examined. That’s because local residents have been busy Painting the Town Purple to help raise awareness for the annual Relay For Life.

Teacher’s assault charge dismissed

A Boulder City teacher who was accused of firing a gun at her husband after he came home from a night out in January appeared in court for about three minutes Tuesday afternoon.

Hard-fought win boosts baseball team’s confidence

Upcoming games Friday, at Chaparral, 3:30 p.m. varsity; 3:30 p.m. at home, junior varsity Saturday, vs. Pahrump, 10 a.m. varsity Monday, vs. Moapa Valley, 3:30 p.m., varsity; 3:30 at Moapa, junior varsity Wednesday, at Desert Pines, 3:30 p.m., varsity; 3:30 p.m. at home, junior varsity

Guild’s 31st annual spring festival showcases fine arts

Spring has sprung, and that means more than 130 artists from the Southwest will flock to Boulder City’s Bicentennial Park next weekend to show their work off to an anticipated 15,000-plus visitors.

Stanton earns third in college fishing tourney

Boulder City High School graduate Gunnar Stanton and his teammate Gunner Campbell brought home third place out of 16 teams in the 2016 Carhartt Bassmaster College Western Regional angling tournament held recently on Lake Mead.

Girls track team handily defeats opponents

Boulder City High School’s boys and girls track and field programs performed well on March 30 at home against Laughlin, Pahrump Valley, Western and Word of Life, with the girls finishing in first place, while the boys finished in second place.

Softball team continues to dominate league play

The Lady Eagles softball team from Boulder City High School put together a pair of dominant conference victories this past week against Del Sol and Virgin Valley, before eventually falling to nonconference opponent Sierra Vista in a potential Division I-A state tournament matchup later down the road in May.

Police Blotter

March 30, 11:47 a.m.

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