O’Berto heads new Rotaract club at college
Melissa O’Berto, the daughter of Sheri and John O’Berto of Boulder City, was recently installed president of the newly formed Rotaract club at the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho.
O’Berto graduated from Boulder City High School in 2015 and received a scholarship from Rotary. She is in her first season as a member of the college’s women’s tennis team.
This past Saturday, Martha P. King Elementary School joined Andrew J. Mitchell Elementary, Garrett Junior High School, and Boulder City High School at the CCSD Recruitment Fair hosted at Rancho High School. This event marked another important step in our community’s ongoing effort to showcase the exceptional educational opportunities available in Boulder City.
Phone and text scams cost people across the country millions of dollars a year. Phone fraudsters use the threat of arrest warrants, the promise of romance and even disasters to con unsuspecting people aout of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars. These thieves often target senior citizens, because the scam artists know that most seniors will be polite and trusting. Many of these crimes are perpetrated outside the jurisdiction where the crime occurred, making them tough to investigate.
It has been a busy beginning to fall at Garrett Junior High School.
Nothing signals autumn more than when bulk-bins of pumpkins pop up in the grocery store.
The local chapter of the American Association of University Women, better known as AAUW, have become experts in showing off homes in the greater Boulder City area.
With call signs like Potato, Via, Mr. Sponge and Deli, fifth-graders at Martha King Elementary got a taste of military life with a strong emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering and Art/Design, and Mathematics curriculum, better known as STEAM.
This past Friday, Boulder City Company Store teamed with the Las Vegas-based Manea Events to bring an authentic luau to town. The event featured music, food and entertainment from the islands. The highlight was the fire-dance performance to end the evening.
Let’s go from Halloween and pumpkin-spiced everything to a four-week stint of non-stop holidaymaking with a late Thanksgiving this year on Nov. 27, Hanukkah from the evening of Dec. 14-22 and Christmas on Dec. 25, and then we’ll ring in 2026! Whoa! Let’s catch a breath!
