Every family likely celebrates love in a different manner during the holiday season, don’t they? Isn’t it likely that in this 250th year of our nation’s independence from Great Britain, America would celebrate love in a unique manner?
Opinion
Boulder City has always been a place that knows who it is.
If you’re like me, you already have Feb. 6-22 marked on your calendars.
Editor’s Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this column from January 2024 is being re-run.
First off, Merry Christmas to you all. Over the weekend I watched an interesting documentary on Netflix about the New Yorker magazine turning 100.
Listen closely, and you can hear the indifferent desert wind as it chides and whistles around the politics of the Education Initiative margins tax measure.
Bravo to delegates of the 2014 Nevada Republican Party convention for having both the courage and foresight to remove the gay marriage issue from the party’s official platform. I suspect Ronald Reagan would have approved.
You could say it was the best of times born out of the worst of times.
I’ve written about a few motion-picture-based organizations that attempt to help individuals break into the movie business. Although they exist to serve a wider audience, they do, and may still have, veterans sections that work to help that specific segment of the star struck who have served in the military.
Ahh, spend any time in the Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Zion National Park or Monument Valley and the romance of the Old West will tempt you to pull out your cowboy hat and hand-tooled boots.
In October 1973, the Nixon administration was deep in scandals from its various forms of corruption. Vice President Spiro Agnew was under investigation for the bribes he had taken as Maryland governor and vice president. News of the probe had become public and Agnew did a slow burn about the publicity.
Mary and Carrie Dann never received a visit from the camouflage cavalry, and I’m not sure whether they would have welcomed the support of armed militia.
The Nevada Republican Party has officially chosen for the top two ballot slots for the 2014 election cycle a Hispanic and a woman, two demographics Republicans have struggled mightily to woo in recent elections. Yet Nevada Republicans, in the June 10 primary, will still have an opportunity to blow this opportunity.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
Ending the regular season on a high note with a 17-10 record, Boulder City High School boys basketball won their final two regular-season games.
Finishing the regular season on a high note, Boulder City High School girls basketball won their last two regular-season games, earning the right to host a home playoff game.
Putting in work at Virgin Valley on Feb. 7, eight Boulder City High School wrestlers punched their ticket to state, highlighted by regional champions Coen Burrows and Otis Ruth.
Even though the closing date to run for Boulder City Council and mayor is still more than a month away, there will be familiar faces in the race.
