Fall officially arrived last month. That means its time for a long-time tradition for Boulder City residents: Art in the Park.
Opinion
I thought about the content of this column at around 2 a.m. I had woken up and for about an hour I wrote it in my head.
At some point last week (probably on Tuesday, which is typically our longest day here at the Review), as has happened many times before, I heard Ron say, “How about some music?”
Briefs headline
It’s been four months since former City Manager Taylour Tedder left Boulder City to take a job in Delaware. Since his departure, I’ve been serving as acting city manager.
There are days when I wish the newspaper was more than just a flat piece of paper printed primarily in black and white. Though colorful pictures do help, today is one of those days when it would be great to offer news in a way that affected all of your senses.
November is the month Veterans Day is celebrated, and this year Veterans Day marked the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. But there is another historic reason for looking back at November. On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, president of the United States and the commander in chief of our armed forces, was assassinated in Dallas.
There is a lot to be thankful for on today’s Thanksgiving Day holiday. For many local business owners, it is the thought of customers walking through their doors tomorrow, spending cash on Black Friday in exchange for holiday presents.
In anticipation of Veterans Day, my thoughts turned to our city employees who have valiantly served us in the Armed Forces. I discovered several from each branch — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard — seven of whom were gracious enough to share their experiences with me.
At the time I submitted this commentary, Election Day was almost a week away.
Candy Santana-Moncayo is the owner of Ooh La La in Boulder City. She just celebrated being a local business owner for two years when I found myself standing in her beautifully decorated pink and white striped shop, staring at framed images of Hollywood’s most elite posing with their fur-baby friends.
In this day and age, children are learning how to use, run and build computers at a much younger age than did their parents, who may have had one computer class offered while in high school.
The contentious issue of changing the municipal code in Boulder City to set up a system under which residents interested in breeding cats and dogs would be able to get a license for doing that is not exactly back before the city council for consideration. But it has taken the first step in getting to that point.
BCHS has a new program it’s offering and students have the opportunity to get the life skills they need. The head wrestling coach, Clinton Garvin, a Boulder City alumni, is making his Boulder City teaching debut with the JAG program at the high school.
Fall officially arrived last month. That means its time for a long-time tradition for Boulder City residents: Art in the Park.
