The other day I saw something on how few movie drive-ins there are these days and it got me thinking about my memories of drive-ins.
Opinion
If you are a homeless veteran, would you care to sleep in an abandoned automobile, in an old vehicle with no heat or A/C?
So the other day, Ron and I were talking about death.
Over the last 200 years, life expectancy worldwide has nearly doubled. Today, many live well into their 80s or 90s and beyond.
Ever since I can remember, parking in our business district has been a topic for conversation in Boulder City.
In 1934, Columbia Pictures put a short film out titled “Three Little Pigskins.” The film, which was 20 minutes long, was one of the 190 films that Columbia Pictures backed starring The Three Stooges. “The Little Pigskins” was shot in Boulder City. Local resident Shirl Naegle was able to provide me with a publicity still from the film taken outside of what is now Milo’s Cellar.
The June 28 shooting in the newsroom at The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland, hit too close to home.
Last week, the City Council approved an interlocal funding agreement with the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada where RTC committed to provide $10.9 million to fund construction of our Boulder City Parkway complete streets project. RTC previously pledged $1.5 million for design work, bringing its total funding for this project to $12.4 million.
For a couple of years, the bypassing of Boulder City by the Interstate 11 freeway has been the subject of endless speculation, and with good reason. To hear the pessimists, some of our valued businesses out along Nevada Highway/Boulder City Parkway will be hurt, maybe even put out of business when all those weekenders stop driving through.
Regardless of how old I am, the little kid in me always seems to rise to the top when there’s a parade.
“Meet the People” is a 1944 movie with ties to Boulder City. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the movie stars actors Dick Powell and Lucille Ball. The plot is clever, and this movie is personally one of my favorites from its era.
Throughout the year various patriotic services are open to the public at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. Recently, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held an American flag retirement ceremony there.
Have you heard the one about the bighorn sheep with pneumonia?
The development of the area near Boulder Creek Golf Course known as Tract 350 (the sale of which is slated to pay for the majority of the planned replacement for the aging municipal pool) may have hit a snag last week as the planning commission voted 5-1 to deny the developers’ request to build houses closer to the street than is allowed under current law.
There is at least one part of Boulder City that is set to see growth in the coming years. A lot of growth.
The other day I saw something on how few movie drive-ins there are these days and it got me thinking about my memories of drive-ins.
