The talk among some in town this past week or so has surrounded the Clark County School District’s plan to save money as enrollment numbers decrease.
Opinion
If you’re reading this and have not yet read the page 1 article about the concerns of the Damboree committee and the popular water zone, I will stop typing until you do.
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?
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.
Is California too big for its britches, or at least too big to be governed effectively? Some people think so. Enough people think so that they placed an initiative on the ballot for this fall that calls for its division into three states: Northern California (San Francisco), Southern California (San Diego and Imperial Valley), and California (Los Angeles).
The parade is over. The fireworks are silent. The celebration has ended. What’s left? Patriotism? That’s what the Fourth of July is all about, isn’t it?
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.
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When Richard Bryan was young, most boys his age wanted to be a cowboy, police officer or professional baseball player when they grew up. But for Bryan, he had his sights set on something a bit out of the ordinary for someone that age. He wanted to be governor.
Decades ago, Boulder City was a stop for weary motorists on their way to Las Vegas, starting a new job at Hoover Dam, or venturing on to California.
Finishing preseason play this past week, the Eagles enter upcoming league play with a 10-9 record, with some impressive victories on their resume.
League play couldn’t have started off any better for Boulder City High School softball, routing The Meadows 15-0 in their opener on March 30.
