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.
“Readin’, writin’ and ‘rithmatic” used to be a mantra when it came to educating veterans and others. But today when it comes to educating veterans, and veterans educating others, the challenges regarding funding and adequate personnel are much more complicated.
Boulder City is facing difficult decisions concerning our utility system. Unlike most Nevada cities, we own and operate our own utilities. That’s one of the main reasons why our utility rates have traditionally been so much lower than those in neighboring communities.
One of the things I have lamented about missing the most since moving from Southern California to Nevada is the diversity of activities and environments within an hour or so’s drive.
From the very beginning, before there was even a city for the workers on the dam and their families, many of those in their makeshift camps took care of each other.
When I moved to Boulder City in 2002, there were marked crosswalks everywhere. For example, there were marked crosswalks at the junction of Arizona Street and Nevada Way, in front of the Boulder Dam Hotel, Central Market, the police station and at the Recreation Center.
The heart is one of our body’s most vital organs. Without it pumping blood to sustain the other organs, we cease to be.
You have to tip your cap to Thomas W. Brooks. He was a man who took his beauty where he found it.
Oh, yeah! Political fur is flying, but, as my mother used to say: “Hold your horses.” Maybe there’s some thinking to do before we get too wild and crazy about issues, candidates and political affiliations. Maybe thought needs to be given to who is and isn’t registered to vote.
LISTEN TO THE TOP FIVE HERE
Currently sitting in fourth place in the 3A standings, Boulder City High School girls basketball dropped a pair of games this past week to Coral Academy and rival Virgin Valley.
Splitting a pair of league games this past week, Boulder City High School boys basketball sits in third place in the 3A league standings.
Boulder City High School flag football advanced to 7-7 on the season after splitting a pair of games this past week.
It’s been around for 95 years and to ensure it does not fall into disrepair, the city is deciding what to do with it.
