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mussel problemHoover Dam officials

spend almost $1 million a year trying to control the quagga population,

which UNLV researchers estimate in the trillions.

But what are quagga mus-sels, and why do we care

about their growth? In five minutes, we’ll make you an expert on the tiny mollusks

that threaten our local water supply.

guide to home improvement

Many homeowners have dozens of projects on their

to-do lists. Which need a contractor? How much

should be budgeted? We surveyed local workers

and home improvement companies to find out what

certain jobs should cost, and to provide tips for daring

do-it-yourselfers who want to get the job done right

the first time.

enjoy your group getaway

Exploring new places with friends can enhance the experience. We share

tips on how to make the most of your vacation.

more lifen Recipe: Bacon-wrapped

matzo balls, P28

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not just pretty facesSophomores Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez, twin sisters on the UNLV women’s basketball team,

are social media sweethearts, with thousands of fans and celebrities following them on

Instagram. But they also are talented basketball players expected to give

the Lady Rebels a boost on the court this season.

do we need more trade show space?

The Las Vegas Conven-tion and Visitors Authori-

ty aims to expand South-ern Nevada’s convention

business by building on the site of the shuttered

Riviera and upgrading the Las Vegas Convention

Center. Some, however, object to the plan, saying

such upgrades would can-nibalize the private sector.

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ects can you tackle,

and which should

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Online poker dealt a tough handThe limited pool of players in Nevada has kept revenue down for Internet gaming. What can be done to improve its fortunes?

If we love our dogs and cats, we can do better showing itThe entire community must work together to reduce Southern Nevada’s population of needy animals.

Yellow flag on green energy in the desertEnvironmentalists are urging caution before new solar arrays are built in fragile ecosystems.

Westgate Superbook is going bigJohn Katsilometes gets a look at the renovations being done at one of the most popular race and sports books in town.

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contents There were 352 businesses listed for sale in the Las Vegas area during the third quarter, with a median asking price of $179,500,

according to BizBuySell, an online business marketplace. Sixteen sold in the third quarter, at a median price of $82,000.

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week in reviewweek ahead

news and notes from the

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life

by the grace of godDeacon Thomas Roberts, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, pardons Ruthie the turkey, held by Bonnie Grafton of Gilcrease Nature Sanctuary. Ruthie (and Grafton) were guests of honor at the kickoff of Catholic Charities’ annual turkey drive, in which the agency hopes to collect 1,000 donated frozen birds. (L.E. BaSkow/Staff)

nov. 2

pinup queen

Assemblywoman Michele Fiore released a pinup calendar featuring glamour shots of herself clutching pistols, rifles and semi-automatic weapons to raise campaign funds.

nov. 4

lesson reviewDespite opposition from some parents, the Clark County School Board will consider expanding sex education to include topics such as sexual orienta-tion and gender identity.

nov. 11

heroes honoredLas Vegas’ annual Veterans Day pa-rade, said to be one of the larg-est west of the Mississippi, will roll down Fourth Street starting at 10 a.m.

nov. 13

opening nightThe UNLV bas-ketball team will host Cal Poly in its season opener at the Thomas & Mack Center. The Rebels will try to improve on their 18-15 record from last year.

nov. 2

trade missionTwenty-five Bra-zilian delegates visited Las Vegas and Reno to establish trade partnerships in education, energy, construc-tion, tourism and other industries.

Value of the contract the Clark County teacher’s

union is demading from the school district, which

counteroffered $40 million. Both sides

declared an impasse and announced the matter would go to

arbitration.

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conventions

cars of the futureHoward Andersen, a teacher at South Seattle College, takes a photo of Local Motors’ LM3D Swim, the world’s first road-ready, 3D-printed car. Manufacturers showed off the vehicle during the Specialty Equip-ment Market Association trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. (STEVE MARCUS/STAff)

nov. 3

unlv player benchedDaquan Cook, a junior guard on the UNLV basketball team, was suspended for at least 13 games after be-ing arrested Nov. 1 on a count of driving under the influence. The 6-foot-2 guard from Baltimore was expected to be a backup this season. UNLV will determine in late December whether to con-tinue the suspen-sion. Cook was back at practices a short time later.

nov. 15

first person viewThe Downtown Project will host a drone race in the shuttered Western Ho-tel. Dozens of drones are set to speed through a specially de-signed course in-side the historic hotel. The pilots race by track-ing their drone through special video goggles that see the race from the drone’s perspective.

Anticipated attendance at the four-

day Specialty Equipment

Market Association show and Automotive

Aftermarket Products Expo. Both opened

Nov. 3.

breaking groundWorkers started moving dirt at the Alon Las Vegas site where the New Frontier once stood. Australian casino mogul James Packer and former Wynn Resorts executive Andrew Pascal plan to develop a 1,100-room casino-resort there.

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breaking high temperature Nov. 2. Meteorologists

said it likely was the last

80-degree day of the year.

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the hopefuls and hopeless on the presidential sceneThe purplest of purple states, Nevada is a key battleground for Oval Office aspirants. Each week, we rank how the presidential candidates fared in the state and on issues important to its residents. Here’s who had a good week and a bad week.

Martin o’Malley(d)

Former Las Vegas Mayor Oscar

goodman endorsed O’Malley ahead of the

candidate’s visit to Las Vegas, where he’ll speak at a summit of the Fair immigration Reform Movement.

Perhaps he’ll also have time for a cold Bombay

Sapphire gin martini with his friend?

Marco rubio(r)

Amid rumors circulating that Las Vegas casino

magnate Sheldon Adelson will back Rubio,

Rubio’s campaign landed the endorsement

of major donor Paul Singer. He and Adelson tend to contribute to the same candidates,

amping up speculation that an Adelson coup could be in the offing.

Hillary clinton(d)

Clinton’s campaign brushed back

speculation that financial ties to pro-

Yucca lobbyists signal a softening in her

opposition to a nuclear waste dump in Nevada,

At the same time, Clinton reportedly is pressing hard for an

early endorsement from the Culinary union.

donald truMp(r)

Trump was quick in the gOP primary to rail against the

influence of billionaire mega-donors. But

media reports recently surfaced showing Trump tried — and

failed — to court big-money supporters such

as Adelson.

ben carson(r)

After comments made 17 years

ago in a college commencement speech

came to light, the neurosurgeon doubled

down on his theory that the Egyptian

pyramids were built to store grain, not

entomb dead pharaohs. Wonder what he thinks the Luxor was built for?

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By Jesse GranGer | staff writer

At the bottom of Lake Mead lie trillions of invaders — tiny quagga mussels that clog pipes, damage boats and transform freshwater ecosystems into

toxic bogs. ¶ The invasive mollusks first appeared in the lake in 2007 and since have colonized by the trillions. In 2012, UNLV researchers estimated there were more than 1.5 trillion adult quagga mussels in Lake Mead and 320 trillion microscopic baby mussels. ¶ The dime-sized shellfish form massive clusters and can almost entirely halt water flow through plumbing or intake pipes. They cause millions of dollars of damage to boats and water systems, and disrupt native ecosystems, threatening sport fisheries. Not only that, their excrement poisons the lake’s water and animals.

FAQs: QuAggA mussels

WhAt Are QuAggA mussels?A: Quagga mussels are a freshwater species of bivalve mollusks that grow to be the size of a dime. they are relatives of clams and oysters, with sharp, triangular shells.

in North america, they remain confined to rivers, lakes and reservoirs because they can’t tolerate extremely salty water.

the depth at which quagga mussels live depends on the temperature of the water. in some places, they have been known to live as deep as 450 feet.

living with lake invaders

Dried, dead quagga mussels sit in a pile. The mollusks, which first were found in Lake Mead in 2007, stick to practically anything and are among the most-feared invasive species in America. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Actual size

Q. Where did they come From?A: the first sighting of quagga mussels in the United states was in 1988 in Lake saint Clair, Mich.

the mussels are native to the Caspian, Black and azov seas of eastern europe. scientists believe they were introduced stateside in 1986 through ballast water discharged from ocean-going ships.

the species now is prominent in all of the Great Lakes except Lake superior, which has too little calcium to support their formation. scien-tists estimate there now are about 500 million pounds of quagga mus-sels in Lake Michigan, four times the amount of prey fish in the lake.

Quagga mussels also have invaded the Mississippi river, the Colo-rado river, the California aqueduct and the vast majority of North america’s freshwater sources.

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The quagga mussel has been called the “evil” cousin of the zebra mussel, another freshwater invasive,

because quagga mussels are much more prolifi c and can survive in more varied environments. 5-MINUTE EXPERT NOV. 8 - NOV. 14

Sources: UNLV, National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey

1. CLEANIf your boat was in the lake only for a day or two, a simple hosing down with tap water usually will do the trick. If the boat was in the lake for longer, pressure wash it with water that’s 140 degrees Fahrenheit or hotter. It is not recommended to use chemicals or bleach because they can harm the water.

2. DRAINBoats store water in plenty of unseen places, such as the circulation system, barge or ballast . Be sure to drain each completely .

3. DRYAllow your boat to dry for two or three days before using it in another body of water. This will kill any remaining quagga mussels. Research has shown that microscopic baby mussels can live up to 27 days in wet or moist conditions.

Quagga mussels latch onto anything they fi nd — bungee cords, dive gear, fl ip-fl ops and lobsters, but especially boats , which carry them between bodies of water and enable their spread . To try to curb the invasion, UNLV researchers created a simple three-step process to decontaminate watercraft from mussels.

YOU CAN HELP CURB THE SPREAD OF MUSSELS

Q. WHY ARE THERESO MANY OF THEM? A: Quagga mussels reproduce at an alarming rate. A fully mature female can produce up to 1 million eggs per year.

Once quagga mussels have been established in a water body, there is no economi-cally feasible way to eradi-cate them.

They are spread through human activity. Because they attach to hard surfaces and can survive out of water, infestations occur when adult mussels hitch rides on watercraft or other items. Mi-croscopic larvae also can be transported in bilges, ballast water, live wells, thru-hull fi t-tings or any other equipment that holds water. Larvae have been found on nonwatercraft objects that simply came in contact with mussel-infested water.

Q. WHAT IS BEING DONE?A: Hoover Dam offi cials spend $900,000 a year on equipment and research to prevent quagga mussels from blocking pipes at the dam. Offi cials signed a 10-year, long-term plan to install tailbay pumps that fi lter water fl owing through the dam and UV light solution fi lters that kill quagga mussel larvae.

Leonard Willet, Bureau of Reclamation quagga mussel task manager for the lower Colorado River region, said the equipment should be fully installed by 2018 or 2019 .

“It’s not getting better or worse,” Willet said. “They are just plugging everything. The unfortunate part is there are chemicals that can be added to solve the prob-lem, but that kills everything, including the fi sh, so it’s not practical.”

Although the number of quagga mussels in Lake Mead may decrease, it’s highly unlikely the problem will be solved , Willet said . For now, h is main concern is keeping the pipes unblocked, and with the plan in place, he believes that will happen.

If you stacked them on top of each other lengthwise, they would reach from the

earth to the moon and back

50 TIMES

If you placed all 1.5 trillion adult quagga muscles in Lake Mead in a single fi le line,

they would wrap around the earth

MORE THAN 760 TIMES

Q. ARE QUAGGA MUSSELS EDIBLE?A: Technically, yes. Most clams and mussels are safe for human consumption. But they taste lousy, and offi cials recommend against eating them because of the toxins, pollutants and microorganisms that accumulate in their bodies.

Towns and businesses in the

Great Lakes region have spent more than a $1 billion to control quagga mussels, with

no lasting success.

A: Quagga mussels are prodigious water fi lters and remove massive amounts of phytoplankton and other particulates from water bodies. (1) That signifi cantly increases the water transparency, which starts a major domino effect.

With more light shining (2) through the water, aquatic plants are unable to grow, and the animals that feed on them are left without food. (3) The added sunlight, along with the fact that the mussels trap phosphorus on the lake bottom, makes the water a perfect breeding ground for algae, which is equally harmful to the ecosystem.

Quagga mussels also naturally collect organic pollutants in their tissues. When fi sh feed on them, the poisons are ingested and passed up through the food chain. Finally, the mussels take in pollutants, such as mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) , and excrete them in concentrated pellet s . The pellets get eaten by bottom-feeding fi sh, causing the toxins to be passed on to the fi sh and even birds of prey.

Q. WHY ARE QUAGGA MUSSELS HARMFUL?

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Quagga mussels have few natural predators in North America. Some fi sh and duck species eat them in limited quantities, but scientists say predation is not a good solution to curb the mussels’ spread.

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top projects nationally, in terms of cost recouped1. Entry door rEplacEmEnt Average cost = $1,285 | Cost recouped = 101.8%

2. Siding rEplacEmEnt with manufacturEd StonE vEnEEr Average cost = $7,357 | Cost recouped =92.2%

3. garagE door rEplacEmEnt mid-pricE door Average cost = $1,652 | Cost recouped = 88.5%

4. Siding rEplacEmEnt, uSing fibEr cEmEnt Average cost = $14,975 | Cost recouped = 84.3%

5. garagE door rEplacEmEnt, upScalE door Average cost = $3,008 | Cost recouped = 82.5%

by thE Sunday Staff

Home improvement projects can be fun: Upgrade your space. Redo your look. Fix a nagging problem. ¶ But, as many of us know, they also can be a nightmare, with flaky contractors, repairs gone awry and overblown budgets. ¶ Do you tackle a project yourself or hire a professional? How

do you find the right contractor for the job? And how do you ensure you don’t fall victim to a scam? ¶ Here’s a guide to help you navigate the potentially dicey waters of home repairs. Learn what

projects should cost, the red flags to watch out for and which questions to ask.

The general answer is whichever ones make you happy and improve your living space in a way you’ll enjoy. That said, some projects offer more bang for your buck in terms of resale value. And perhaps surprisingly, simpler, lower-cost projects tend to yield greater returns.

Source: National Association of Realtors

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Pouring concrete Cost = 7

If you’re pouring a large amount of concrete, you’ll need to do a lot of prep

work — digging, erecting forms and leveling the area to be covered.

Tools = 8 Forms, smoothing and finishing tools, a

large tub or mixer and reinforcing material are needed.

Risk = 8 The risks include hitting a utility line, not mixing the concrete properly, not pouring

it properly, not finishing it properly, not laying forms properly and more.

overall difficulty: 8

rePlacing a light fixture, light switch or wall outlet

Cost = 2 Disregarding the price of the fixture,

replacing it generally is quick and cheap.

Tools = 2 Screwdriver, wire cutter/stripper, voltage

tester; wire nuts may be necessary but often are included with the part being replaced.

Risk = 8 However, risk can be eliminated by using a circuit tester. After turning off power to the fixture at the electrical box, use the voltage tester to ensure the electricity is off. If not, go back to the box and try another breaker,

then test again.

overall difficulty = 3( 1 = e asy 1 0 = d i f f i c u lt )

removing a wall or cabinetry Cost = 9

It looks easy on home improvement shows: Grab a sledgehammer and start swinging.

The reality is anything but. Walls may need to be reinforced; plumbing and electrical lines

may need to be rerouted; and finish work will need to be done once the wall is gone. Also,

removing walls requires a permit.

Tools = 9 Saws, hammers, pry bars and a number of finishing carpentry tools will be needed.

Possibly bracing materials, too.

Risk = 10 Tearing down a load-bearing wall could

cause the roof to cave in. Call an engineer to find out if bracing is needed.

overall difficulty: 9

rePlacing a sink Cost = 4

Disregarding the price of the sink, replacing it is fairly simple as long as it doesn’t require

the countertop opening to be altered or pipes to be rerouted. Then, all bets are off.

Tools = 2 Screwdriver, adjustable wrench, pipe

wrench, caulk.

Risk = 5 Remember to turn off the water supply

to the faucet. The valves typically are under the sink. Also, once the sink is out, it’s

smart to place a bag over any open pipes and secure it with tape.

overall difficulty = 4

wallPaPering Cost = 7

You’ll want to make sure to proceed methodically, so the job can be time

consuming. Materials are fairly inexpensive, though.

Tools = 3 Home-improvement stores sell wallpapering tool kits for less than $20. Add a level and

plumb bob, and you’re ready to go.

Risk = 4 There’s no chance of flooding or fire, but start off wrong or mess up midway, and it

could be time to call a professional.


rePairing or adding irrigation lines

Cost = 5 This depends on the extent of the project, but irrigation supplies generally are cheap

compared to interior pipe fittings.

Tools = 3 Most irrigation materials snap or slide

together. A utility knife and an awl can go a long way.

Risk = 8 This is a project in which things can go very wrong. You’ll want to call 811, the

national digging hotline, before you put a shovel in the ground to make sure you

don’t hit a water, gas or electric line.


tiling a floor Cost = 8

This will take time and could require renting or buying special equipment, such as a tile cutter. It also could require removing and

replacing baseboards.

Tools = 6 Tile cutter, tools for grouting.

Risk = 5 Although you’re not likely to get hurt or cause serious damage, messing up tiling

could be expensive and inconvenient to fix.


The answer hinges on an array of factors. Do you have the confidence, will, tools and ability to pull the project off? And if you mess up, what are the consequences?

Source: National Association of Realtors

don’t do thisThere are a host of mistakes you can make when tackling a DIY project, but experts say these are the most common pitfalls they encounter.

buying cheaP materials. Remember, you get what you pay for. If you can’t afford to do a project correctly, wait until you can.

taking inaccurate measurements. As they say, measure twice, cut once. Even a fraction of an inch can throw a project off.

skiPPing the PreP work. This part of the job stinks, but it’s arguably the most important. Doing it right will save you time and money.

not Planning ProPerly. Before you start hammering and hacking, be sure you have a clear plan. If you go too far in gutting, it’s hard to recover.

what to considercost (both in money and time) Some projects are a snap — a few minutes of work, a couple of cheap parts and no sweat. But rerouting plumbing or installing new windows? That’s skilled labor.

tools Sometimes, a screwdriver and a pair of pliers are the only tools needed for a project. Other times, the work involves tools that cost hundreds of dollars and require skill and practice to operate.

risk Unsuccessfully swap out the guts in a toilet, and at worst, you’ll have to call a pro because the toilet won’t work. Fail at properly rerouting the wiring from your electrical box, and you could die. Big difference.

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eXhauSt fan — $250-$400If your bathroom exhaust fan sounds like a small jet taking off, you might

want to consider an upgrade. The noise a fan generates is measured in sones; the higher the number, the

noisier the fan. A standard, builder-grade fan may be in the range of 4 sones, while a whisper-quiet model could be rated as low as 1.2 or 1.5 sones.

Replacing your old fan with a low-sone model will run about $250 and take about two hours to complete. If you’re putting the fan where it requires new electrical and duct work, expect to pay at least $300 or $400.

When it comes to home improvements, estimates for work can be all over the map. You may

think the lowest bid is best, but that’s not always the case. If you consider only dollar signs,

you could end up with shoddy work or repairs too narrow in scope. On the other hand, you

certainly don’t want to overpay for a job. The Sunday surveyed a number of local workers

and home improvement companies to find out what common jobs typically should cost.

Of course, a reasonable quote for your specific project will depend on many factors,

but this is a good guide to make sure a deal isn’t too good to be true and you

aren’t getting royally ripped off.

eXterior PaintinG — $1,500+Prices can vary greatly, so get multiple bids and let painters know you’re

shopping around. But expect to pay about $1,500 to paint a stucco house of about 1,500 square feet.

That price should include painting the body of the house and the trim, as well as pop outs, doors, shutters and the garage door. The job also should include pressure washing the house and minor repairs, such as caulking small stress cracks in the stucco.

Be sure the painter leaves behind extra paint for touch-ups or to refresh doors and shutters. Also, find out what kind of paint was used and record the color code so you can buy more later, if needed.

An exterior painting job should take two to three days to complete. Pro tiP: If you have solar screens, they’ll be coming down, so it’s a good

opportunity to wash them.

Do i neeD a Permit?Contractors typically handle the permit

process, so homeowners don’t have to. Most bill a small surcharge for doing the legwork, and the

homeowner foots the bill for the permit fees.Whether a permit is required depends on the type of work

being done. In general, permits are needed for room conversions, patios and additions; fences and block walls; water heaters and water softeners; pools and spas; playhouses and sheds; or new

electrical outlets and fixtures. Permits typically aren’t required for painting and wallpapering; replacing doors and windows; clearing

stoppages or repairing leaks without altering plumbing; replacing light or plumbing fixtures; or replacing floor coverings, cabinets or molding.

In Clark County, fees range from $54 to hundreds of dollars. A permit for pool construction, for example, averages $400 to $600 (not

including sanitation fees), while permits for patio covers average $150 to $300. Municipalities require permits because faulty installations

can cause fires, flood damage and safety hazards.

Every May, building departments in Southern Nevada offer an amnesty program that waives penalties on

self-disclosed residential construction work done without a permit. Homeowners must pay the

normal fees for permits, inspections and plan reviews but not penalties.

MY ADVICE: ShoulD You buY A hoME

wArrAntY?When my wife and I bought our 1960s fixer-upper in

Paradise Palms, our Realtor all but demanded that we get a home warranty. It was great advice. Home warranties augment

homeowner insurance policies, and we put ours to the test when our water heater, pool pump, refrigerator and HVAC unit all went out in

short order. The savings on the water heater alone more than covered the cost of the warranty for a year. Generally speaking, a basic coverage plan will run you $350 to $500 a year. So this is a full-on endorsement of home

warranties, right? Wrong. If your home systems and appliances are fairly new, you may end up spending money for nothing more than peace of mind. And a cheap warranty may cover only basics. Even enhanced warranties commonly

require homeowners to pay a service fee of $50 to $100 per call, and warranty companies typically select service providers, meaning homeowners might not be able to use their preferred company or handyman. In addition, warranty

companies can be reluctant to replace obsolete equipment if it can be patched back together. For my wife and I, that means our Clinton-era

HVAC system still is limping along, even though the service techs who’ve looked at it say it’s got one foot and four toes in the grave. Still, warranties can be a great option for homeowners who can’t

afford big repair bills, including buyers who sunk a bunch of their savings into a big downpayment. Another plus:

A home warranty can be a wise purchase for someone selling a house, as it can make the

place more attractive to a buyer. — Ric Anderson

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bAthrooM rEMoDEl — $4,500-$8,500 It gets a little dicey trying to put a cost on a project like this, because

there are so many variables. But expect to pay anywhere from $4,500 to $8,500 or more to redo a full bath of 50 square feet or less.

That’s for almost a complete gut job. For that price, you should expect a new tub/shower, toilet, vanity with sink, fixtures, lighting, paint and tile.

Expect your bathroom to be out of commission for about 10 days. Pro tIP: If you’re interested in saving money, talk to your contractor to

see if you can do some of the demo or prep work yourself.

wAtEr hEAtEr — $500-$1,000Keep an eye on your water heater for signs of trouble,

such as corrosion or moisture at the top or bottom of the tank. The average lifespan for a gas water heater is about 10 years.A new 50-gallon gas heater costs about $500 to $600, and you can

expect to pay about another $400 for parts, a permit, installation and haul-away of the old heater. Parts should include the new water and gas supply lines, as well as earthquake straps and a drain pan to help prevent damage in the event of a leak. The job should take about an hour to complete.

GArbAGE DISPoSEr — $85-$510If your in-sink disposer is leaking or has stopped working, or you simply

want to upgrade to a quieter or more powerful model, expect to pay from $165 to $425 for a new garbage disposal with installation.

Popular disposers typically cost $85 to $340, depending on how quiet they are and the size of the motor — a third horsepower to 1 horsepower. Some stores have displays with audio so you can compare for yourself.

If you’re handy, you can save about $85 by installing the disposer yourself. If you’re installing the same brand, you may be able to save time by using the mounting hardware that already is in the sink. When done by a professional, the job should take about an hour.

Pro tIP: Consider placing a water-leak detector under your sink. When the device senses water, it sounds an alarm similar to that of a smoke detector. Most of the devices are battery operated and cost less than $15. They also can be placed behind toilets and near washing machines.

CEIlInG FAnS — $75-$350For those who are handy, hanging a ceiling fan can be a do-it-yourself

project. For the rest of us, leave it to the pros. You can purchase a basic fan at a big-box store or specialty shop for

$75 to $175. Installation by a qualified electrician should cost about $65, assuming the spot you want the fan is pre-wired (typically where an existing ceiling light fixture is located).

The job should take 30 to 40 minutes.If new wiring or ceiling bracing is required, expect the cost to jump to

about $175 for installation and the work to take about 90 minutes.

The home

improvement industry was valued at

more than $330 billion this year and was expected to grow 5 percent next year, according to the Home Improvement Research

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1. If anything regarding the project must change, demand a work order (but try to keep changes to a minimum). Be sure that all change orders are

in writing and signed by both you and your contractor.

2. Make frequent inspections as the work is being done. Do a final walk through once the project is completed.

3. Don’t overpay your contractor. If he or she is paid in full too soon, there’s little incentive to finish the job — in a timely manner or at all. Some experts recommend paying no more than

10 percent or $1,000, whichever is less, to get a project started. When the work is half complete, bring your paid total to 50 percent, then close out the remaining balance once the project is done and has been inspected and signed off on. Also avoid making a final payment

until you receive a lien waiver stating that the contractor has paid subcontractors.

4. Always pay contractors by check or credit card, not in cash, so you have a record of the transaction.

The Nevada State Contractors Board licenses and regulates contractors in Nevada. It can be a great resource for homeowners, as it offers the following services:

1. Check if the contractor you are considering is licensed and in good standing2. Check for disciplinary actions

3. Receive tips on protecting your rights in a contract4. File a complaint against a licensed contractor

5. File a complaint against an unlicensed contractor6. Report unlicensed contracting activity

folloW these tips When choosing a contractor

What to look for in a Written contract

GeT reCommeNdaTIoNS

Use your friends, family and neigh-bors as resources.

If they’ve used a contractor or

handyman in the past and approve of the person or company’s work, pay attention to

the endorsement. On the other hand, avoid contractors who contact you unsolicited, and

don’t hire someone based solely on an

ad or coupon.

See whaT oTherS are SayING

A quick Internet search should yield plenty of reviews

for home improve-ment companies

and even individual workers. If the re-views are negative or lukewarm, find another company.

Also, check with the Better Business Bu-reau for complaints.

CheCk CredeNTIalS

Especially in South-ern Nevada, where

undocumented workers are com-mon, be sure the

workers you hire are licensed, bonded and insured. That will protect you

from unnecessary liability.

aSk for refereNCeS

Call the contractor’s previous customers and ask if they were

satisfied with the work. Go out and

look at the work for yourself.

GeT mulTIple BIdS Before hiring a

contractor, get at least three written estimates for your project. If prices differ by a wide margin, consider

obtaining additional bids. Beware of any bid that is substan-tially lower than the others; it may indi-cate the contractor made a mistake or didn’t include all of the work requested.

aSk for everyThING IN

wrITING Nothing is a done deal until it is put onto paper. Don’t agree orally to a

price or to details about the project, as that could lead to misunderstand-ings later. Demand a written contract.

kNow your rIGhTS Under federal law,

you have three days to cancel

most contracts that are signed in your

home or outside the contractor’s regular place of business.

1. Contractor’s license number and classification

2. Contractor’s monetary limit, which is the highest amount for which he or she can contract

3. Exact amount due from you

4. Date the work will begin and number of days for completion

5. Detailed description of the scope of the work to be performed and the specific materials to be used

6. Approximate percentage of the work to be subcontracted and a list of subcontractors

7. Detailed payment schedule

8. Warranty terms

other tips once the Work begins

resources

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

pro tip Before you sign

a contract, review it carefully and be sure you understand the contents completely. Don’t let a contractor or salesper-

son rush you.

pro tip Be sure the

contract is signed and dated by both

parties.

pro tip Don’t assume or

expect to be pro-vided with anything

not specified in writing.

hiring unlicensed

WorkersContracting without a valid state con-

tractor’s license is a crime in Nevada — a misdemeanor for the first and second of-

fenses, a felony for the third and subsequent offenses. As a homeowner, if you hire an unli-censed contractor, any contract you may sign is void by law, and you could be held liable for any injuries, damages or other problems that

arise during the job. More commonly, with unlicensed contractors, you have little recourse if something goes wrong or

if your project isn’t completed.

To check a con-tractor’s license: Call

702-486-1100 or visit nscb.state.nv.us. The automated

phone system is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

To file a complaint against an unlicensed contractor: Call

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The state Gaming Control Board no longer reports how much revenue Nevada receives from online poker specifi cally, because without Ultimate Poker , there aren’t enough operators in the market to warrant such a study . When the state did report the data, online poker rev-enue crossed the $1 million mark only once, in June 2014. Total state gaming revenue that month was $906.9 million.

Online poker hasn’t been a boon for state cof-fers, because as Ultimate Poker found, there sim-ply aren’t enough players in Nevada to fi ll digital tables.

State offi cials tried to address the issue in March by allowing Nevada gamblers to play on-line poker with people in Delaware. But it is un-likely to move the needle much, given that the population of Delaware is less than half the popu-lation of Clark County .

What would improve the fortunes of online gaming here?

■ More interstate agreements. Right now, the lone place where that’s possible is New Jersey, the only state besides Nevada and Dela-ware to legalize online gaming. Except unlike Ne-vada and Delaware, New Jersey also offers legal online casino games other than poker. Additional states, notably California and Pennsylvania, have considered legalizing some form of online gam-ing, but none have enacted any measures yet. Should one of them overcome the political and logistical hurdles standing in their way, it could be a tremendous boost for Nevada’s market — if the newest online gambling state agrees to let its players gamble with players in Nevada .

■ Legalizing games besides poker. On-

line casino revenue brings in far more money for New Jersey than online poker. If Nevada were to take a similar approach , the state likely would see its online gaming market take off too . But the political will does not appear to be present, ei-ther from lawmakers or from the casino industry.

■ Legalizing online poker at the federal level. A congressman from Texas has introduced legisla-tion multiple times, including this session, but it hasn’t gotten any major traction. That’s unlikely to change as long as Nevada’s top politician in Washington, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, re-mains receptive to a ban on online gaming that has been introduced in Congress. Still, lobbying efforts and shifting political winds could change the tide.

■ Continuing to capitalize on in-per-son events. WSOP.com, owned by Caesars En-tertainment Corp., is the dominant online poker provider in Nevada . The website found success by tying into the live World Series of Poker tour-nament in Las Vegas. The Online Poker Report, which tracks the industry, wrote in July that “if the success of an online poker tournament series is measured by its ability to shatter guarantees, then the WSOP.com Online Championship in Nevada may have been the most prosperous event in U.S. regulated history.”

PROGRESS REPORT: NATIONAL BAN ON ONLINE POKER The biggest threat to online poker in Nevada, of course, is the idea that it eventually might be banned across the United States. Believed to be backed by Las Vegas Sands Corp. CEO Sheldon Adelson, the Restoration of America’s Wire Act would make all forms of online gambling illegal, leaving no room even for existing operations in Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey. The bill has been supported by Republican presidential hopefuls Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. In the House, its main champion is Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah. So far, the bill had a hearing in the House but hasn’t gone much further than that.

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Nevada’s underwhelming online gaming market likely won’t grow into a cash cow anytime soon. ¶ Ultimate Poker, one of the state’s three licensed online poker websites, shut

down last November, citing weak revenues and a limited pool of players . A year after the website’s exit, the factors that motivated its closure show no signs of disappearing .

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By Kyle RoeRinKstaff writer

There are few signs of life at his-toric Six Companies Hospital

in Boulder City. Boards cover the win-dows. Piles of dirt and weeds jut from the ground.

The future of the empty building, once a vibrant place, is in limbo.

Preservationists want to keep the for-mer hospital intact. A developer wants to tear it down to build housing.

The Boulder City Council will decide Nov. 10 whether the developer — a city planning commis-sioner — will receive a permit to demolish the 83-year-old build-ing at 701 Park Place.

“At City Hall, we all have our own opinions about what should and shouldn’t be happening,” City Manager David Fra-ser said. “Unfortu-nately, we don’t have authority to say what people can do with their private prop-erty.”

When it opened in 1931, the hospital treated sick and in-jured workers build-ing what later became Hoover Dam. Six Companies Inc., the dam’s general con-tractor, owned the building but sold it after completing the dam in 1936. From then on, the building served as government offices, a wellness center and a religious retreat.

Randolph Schams, a local developer and the city’s planning commissioner, bought the building in July for $550,000. On Oct. 21, the city planning commission awarded a demolition permit to Schams, who recused himself from the vote.

Not everyone agreed with the move. Shortly after Schams bought the hos-pital, a group of advocates formed the Historic Boulder City Foundation to try

to keep the building standing. Keegan Strouse, a UNLV architecture graduate student and Boulder City native, helped start the charge and wants to turn the hospital into a museum exploring the Great Depression in Boulder City.

The group hired an attorney to appeal the planning commission’s decision to the City Council.

The debate has drummed up interest in Boulder City’s history, said Shirl Naegle,

collections manager at the Boulder City-Hoover Dam Mu-seum. There’s rarely a lot of discussion until a site is threatened, “then there’s con-sciousness about the city’s past,” Naegle said.

Boulder City has lost many of its his-torically significant landmarks over the years. Gone are a World War II-era Army base, Depres-sion-era government housing and former Bureau of Reclama-tion buildings, al-though the Historic Boulder Theater still projects movies and hosts ballets. The Boulder Dam Hotel, which once hosted Shirley Temple and Bette Davis, now serves as the city mu-seum.

Schams, who said he donates to the mu-seum, said advocates

should focus on the assets the town al-ready has. The city helps fund the exist-ing museum and relies heavily on vol-unteers and donations to keep it going. Few grant opportunities are available and turning the hospital into another municipal-funded venture would cost millions, Schams says.

“If you look at the logical side, it doesn’t make a lot of sense,” he said. “When Hoover Dam was built, every building in Boulder City was meant to be torn down.”

a LonG hIStorythe building that housed six Companies Hospital in Boulder City has had many uses over the years.

n after the dam was complet-ed, the hospital sat empty for three years before it became a museum for artifacts the Bureau of Reclamation rescued from the rising waters of Lake Mead.

n the bureau moved out in 1941, and the U.S. Public Health Service reopened the build-ing in 1943 as a hospital for the war wounded. the Bureau of reclamation managed the hospital until Boulder City took ownership of it in 1954. twenty years later, Boulder City built a new hospital, and the former six Companies Hospital building sat vacant for three years.

n in 1976, the Sisters of Char-ity renovated the building and turned it into a wellness center. in 2001, the sisters of Charity sold the site to the western dio-cese of the orthodox Church. the church sold it to schams in July after more than six years of waiting for a buyer.

Boulder City Hospital opened in 1931 to treat sick and injured dam workers. It has

since served as government offices, a wellness center and a religious retreat. Now,

advocates are trying to save it from the wrecking ball.

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By Ric AndeRsonstaff writer

It might seem like environmental groups would be the most enthu-

siastic supporters the solar energy in-dustry could have.

But if you think environmentalists are taking a full-speed-ahead approach to expansion of the industry, think again. Although they’re by no means opposing efforts to generate more solar energy, they’re urging caution as com-panies plan for growth in Southern Ne-vada and elsewhere in the West.

Why? Because although solar en-ergy is more earth-friendly than coal or natural gas plants, environmentalists say arrays can catastrophically damage plants and wildlife if built on sensitive land, including the Mojave Desert.

“All energy sources have environ-mental impacts, so it’s really important to keep in mind when looking at all of these things that nothing is free,” said Barbara Boyle, senior campaign repre-sentative for the National Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign. “The whole is-sue with solar really relates to finding the right places to put solar energy and not putting it in the wrong places.”

Those wrong places include undis-turbed stretches of Mojave landscape, Boyle said. She and other environmen-talists say that although the desert may look indestructible, it’s remarkably fragile ecologically. Damaged plants don’t grow back quickly, if ever. And in a landscape where life and death for wildlife exists on a razor’s edge, even limited environmental damage can lead to a loss of food, water and shelter for animals.

“The main conservation approach in the Mojave is protection,” said John Za-blocki, Mojave Desert program director for the Nature Conservancy. “Once you impact an area, it’s hard to restore it.”

As proof of how long damage can last, Boyle says marks left by tank tracks dur-ing a World War II-era training exercise in the Southern California desert still are plainly visible.

The environmental problems start with the amount of land needed to build or expand large-scale solar arrays. The $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Power Facil-ity just across the California border from Primm, for example, covers about 3,500 acres, making it 25 percent bigger than

McCarran International Airport. Placing solar panels on such large areas can dam-age plant life and eliminate habitat for animals.

In addition, some solar facilities, known as solar thermal plants, require significant amounts of water. The ar-rays operate by directing reflections of the sun’s rays to a massive boiler, creat-ing steam that powers electricity-gen-erating turbines. Water also is used to help keep the mirrors clean.

So how can solar blossom without harming the Mojave?

The Nature Conservancy proposes placing solar arrays on 1.8 million acres of developed land, such as at abandoned mines, ranches or landfills.

But in determining where to build arrays, industry officials face consider-ations beyond environmental impact, such as proximity to power transmis-sion lines and to roads that can carry workers. Building such infrastructure adds costs that can make a project fi-nancially infeasible.

Sean Gallagher, vice president of state affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association, said solar developers were working with environmentalists to find

sites that would be both economically viable and ecologically sound.

Areas where industry execs and envi-ronmentalists agree that development should flourish: residential rooftops, the tops of parking structures and other urban areas that could support arrays in the Las Vegas Valley. Both groups sup-ported eliminating a controversial cap on expanding net metering, which al-lows NV Energy customers to use solar panels to power their homes and pro-vide energy to the grid. The program provides a 6-cent credit per kilowatt hour of solar energy that residential customers send back to the grid.

Officials did away with Nevada’s cap after the legislative session, but now the Public Utilities Commission is sched-uled to decide whether to impose new fees on residential solar power, which could have a chilling effect on the indus-try’s growth.

But Gallagher said urban areas were near the top of the solar industry’s sites for expansion. Increasing rooftop gen-eration and expanding into developed areas makes more business sense than taking a chance on projects in sensitive areas, he said. The reason: There’s less

chance that urban projects would be derailed by environmental regulations.

“Our member companies don’t want to spend time, money and energy on projects that may get blocked,” Galla-gher said.

While industry representatives and environmentalists say they’re trying to find common ground, there remain points of tension between them. One is over land-use variances contained in a solar expansion plan developed by the U.S. Energy and Interior departments. Another is over a land plan being devel-oped by the Bureau of Land Manage-ment, which will establish zones where solar can be expanded.

“We’re really having some concerns over that,” Boyle said of the BLM plan. “There are areas that have high-density tortoise and bighorn sheep population, and some migratory bird routes.”

But Zablocki and Boyle said they were hopeful environmentalists, solar devel-opers and government officials could work together on siting.

“There are ample places to put solar energy to meet all of our needs,” Boyle said. “We just have to dig down and find them.”

The ivanpah solar Power Facility near Primm features 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors that reflect the sun’s rays to

a massive boiler, creating steam that powers electricity-generating turbines. (aSSociated preSS File)

Yellow flag on green energy in desert Environmentalists urge caution in siting new solar arrays in fragile ecosystems

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Big things happening for sports fans at Westgate

John Katsilometes

J ay Kornegay stares at the old chairs. He remembers when they were new chairs.

“We were happy to get new chairs in 2004,” says Kornegay, who has operated the famous Westgate Las Vegas Superbook since it was known as the famous Las Vegas Hilton Super-book. “From 2004 until now, we have had very minor tweaks to this area. We’ve really done nothing.”

Until now.Accelerating like an F-1 car hitting

the green flag, Westgate officials are overhauling the hotel’s sports book. The process began in July, with a reported price tag of $13 million. The first phase is almost complete, and the result is staggering.

“It’s the biggest screen of this type you’ll see inside, anywhere,” Kornegay says, looking across the Superbook at a digital image of a rushing attempt by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. “This is part of the plan to not only have the biggest sports book in Las Vegas but the best.”

Even for veteran sports bettors, the visual qualities of the Westgate up-grades are remarkable. The Superbook is home to a series of connected LED screens that measure 220 feet wide by

18 feet tall and span the entire sports book venue. The screens are 60 feet wider than the video board hanging from the ceiling at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys, and larger than the video screens in New York’s Times Square and at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

The screens’ 2.5-pixel resolution, which measures the dis-tance between each pixel, is tops in the field. Another panel is being added to stretch the video experience to 240 feet.

The screen configuration can run with one event over a single panel or up to nine events spread on a panel. Or, a single event — such as the Super Bowl — can play across the entire Superbook video screen.

“These run 24/7, which is also rare for a sports book,” said Kornegay, who rose to prominence in Las Vegas in the 1990s when he ran the stadium-designed sports book at Imperial Palace. “We still have a difference in how events are broadcast, with all of

the horse racing and har-ness racing broadcast in standard definition. But the big events, the network sporting events, are in HD, and it is really impressive.”

Near the middle of the room, VIP booths are be-ing built. Behind the new seating is a new, marble Su-perbook bar, which opened in late October. All of the work should be done by the end of the year.

The second phase is similarly adven-turous and especially long overdue: The restrooms are being renovated and a food court is planned for what is now the Eighth Pole bar and Sportsbook Deli.

The renovation was among the top priorities for Westgate owner David Siegel and his company’s chief operat-ing officer, Mark Waltrip. Siegel is a big sports fan but had not made a trip to a sports book counter before buying the former Hilton and LVH. He and Waltrip later toured Las Vegas sports books and found that the Superbook was both an impressive and outdated space. They envied such slickly designed sports books as Lagasse’s Stadium at Palazzo.

“This was the owner’s idea, right from the start,” Kornegay said. “During his first walk-through, he realized the book hadn’t been touched in a really long time.”

Kornegay will continue to provide what he calls an appealing menu of sports-betting options. The Westgate opens its theater during NFL weeks and hosts a massive Super Bowl party. And Kornegay long has been at the forefront of exotic prop bets, especially for the Super Bowl, where you can make such bets as the total number of rushing yards for a backup running back against the total points scored that day by LeBron James.

In addition, the Superbook charac-teristically offers the usual major U.S. pro and college sports but also posts regular odds on Formula 1 racing, international soccer and European and Asian golf tours.

“The key to these second- and third-tier sports is to be consistent; offer them every week,” Kornegay said. “We’re known for that. We have always had a great betting product, but now …”

He stopped and looked at all of the construction, then added, “All of this work will be worth it.”

That’s a safe bet.

Remodeling work continues at the Westgate Superbook, where 220 feet of big screens have been added, capable of playing several games or just one for major events, such as the Super Bowl. (john katSilometeS/Staff)

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how to AVoID runnIng InjurIes

Running is one of the simplest and most effective forms of cardiovascular exercise. ¶ “Running is great — it gets your

heart working, it engages the multiple muscle groups. It’s a very complete exercise,” said Dr. Richard Winder, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine physician at Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center. ¶ While the benefits of running are innumerable —cardiovascular health, mental clarity and improved lung capacity, to name a few — there can be a risk for injuries, from mild to severe. For many runners, muscle strains, shin splints and other overuse injuries might be the norm, but they also can be prevented.

how to prevent injuryThere are habits and practices runners can adopt to help avoid injury.

ease into every run Always take time to warm up. Begin with a brisk walk or slow jog, then gradually pick up speed. Once your heart

rate is up and you’ve started to break a sweat, then you can go full force into your run. Also, be sure to cool down and stretch once you’re done.

take your time while training; don’t increase your mileage by more than 10 percent each week

This will help prevent overuse injuries by allowing your body to acclimate slowly to added distance.

Do strength training Increasing your overall strength will help your body support the muscles

used while running, making you less inclined to be injured.

improve your form While running, be sure to keep your core upright and engaged, your posture

aligned and your strides even.

Don’t over-train Rushing to meet a running goal before your body is ready practically guarantees an overuse

injury. Knowing your limits — whether you’re a hardcore marathoner or a beginner — will help keep injuries at bay.

Listen to your body Pain is your body’s way of telling you something isn’t right. Listening to those messages is essential. It is better

to take a break, even for weeks, than to run through pain, as that can prolong your injury.

runner’s knee Runner’s knee refers to

a variety of conditions that cause pain in and around the

kneecap, either due to overuse or injury. This typically is caused by inflammation of or damage to the

knee cartilage. While overuse injuries are common for runners, traumatic injuries can occur, too. “I see a lot

of trips and falls, especially for people who run with their

dogs,” Winder said.

shin spLintsShin splints describes

a throbbing, aching pain in your shinbones caused

by running or walking. Shin splints occur when muscles

and tendons are overworked, which can lead to small tears in the tissue and inflamma-

tion of the muscle.

stress fractures Stress fractures, or hairline fractures, are small cracks in

the bone caused by overuse and repeated stress or trauma. While

these fractures often can be treated with rest, in some cases, a brace, cast or even surgery might be necessary.

“Stress fractures can occur anywhere, but for runners, they’re especially likely in the feet, ankles, tibia and

sometimes the hips, too,” Winder said.

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TendoniTisTendonitis is common

among athletes and oc-curs when a tendon becomes inflamed or irritated because of overuse. Tendons are tissue

that connect muscles to bones. Run-ners are most susceptible to Achilles tendonitis, in the Achilles tendon that

attaches the calf bone to the heel, and patellar tendonitis, in the pa-

tella tendon that attaches the kneecap to the shinbone.

Wear proper shoes“Running shoes are so important,”

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ning shoes every six months to a year or after 300 to 600 miles, depending

on your activity level.

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to help absorb impact. Body type, gait and the terrain on which you

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pulled muscles A pulled muscle occurs when a muscle is over-

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Many overuse injuries can be treated at home using the RICE

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recipe provided by Andiron SteAk & SeA

ingredients

Bacon-wrapped matzo Balls(makes 5-6 servings)

for the matzo balls

for the horseradish cream options for garnish

plating:

directions

Bacon is the last ingredient most people would expect to see paired with matzo, but the chefs at Andiron Steak & Sea, inspired by a dish served at The Gorbals in Brooklyn, are so bold as to try it. “It’s a nontraditional combination, but all comes together,” Andiron’s executive chef said.

1. Mix the matzo meal and eggs together, being careful to not overmix.

2. Lightly mix in the rest of the ingredients, except for the bacon, and season with salt and pepper.

3. Allow the mix to rest for 30 minutes.

4. Scoop and form into small, golf-ball-sized balls, then poach in simmering chicken stock.

5. Cook in the stock for 10-12 minutes, remove pan from heat and cool matzo balls in the poaching liquid.

6. Wrap with bacon and secure them with a toothpick.

7. Pan sear until the bacon is cooked and the matzo ball is warmed through.

1. Spoon the horseradish cream into a bowl, remove the toothpicks and place the matzo balls on top.

2. Garnish with grated fresh horseradish, arugula and chive or olive oil.

3 whole eggs

1 cup matzo meal

1/4 cup chicken stock

1/4 cup chicken

fat

1/4 cup bacon fat

salt and pepper

3 pieces thin-sliced bacon

1/2 cup sour

cream

1/4 cup crème fraiche

1 tbsp horseradish

chive oil fresh horseradish

arugula olive oil

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By Kathy Coffta SimSspecial to the sunday

In addition to hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts, many vacation

destinations offer rentable houses that sleep 10, 20, even 30 people, with large kitchens, lots of bathrooms and plenty of bedrooms. As someone who has vaca-tioned with the same 14 people for close to 20 years, I can tell you that traveling with a large group can be lots of fun.

We have shared houses on the small side and spent the week liv-

ing in million-dollar mansions. At each stop, we learned

about ourselves, about our friendships, and most

important, about how

to make the most of precious time with those you love.

Some tips we learned along the way:n Research: Once you decide where

you are headed and when, have lots of people research places to stay. Be sure everyone works within the same pa-rameters for number of bedrooms and bathrooms. Use group email or social media to share listings, so everyone has the opportunity to weigh in.

n The more bathrooms, the bet-ter: Find houses that have at least one bathroom for each family.

n Elect a point man: Once you agree on a house, nominate one person to handle the rental transaction. Have that person distribute a copy of the rental contract to each family so there are no surprises. You can divide the cost either by person or by number of bedrooms. We tried it both ways and found number of bedrooms worked best. Just be sure everyone is comfortable with the ar-rangement up front. If possible, have your point person pay the security de-posit, rather than divide it up. It makes it easier when the money is returned.

n Delegate: Pick people to supply essentials that won’t be provided at the rental. For example, one family can

bring laundry supplies; another, paper products — toilet paper, paper

towels, napkins, paper plates;

and a third, cleaning and picnic prod-ucts, such as sandwich bags, aluminum foil, plastic wrap and garbage bags.

Rental agreements vary, and you may have to provide your own sheets and towels. If that’s the case, each family should bring their own. Even if linens are provided, it’s often beneficial to bring extra towels. You can never have enough, especially on beach vacations. Other suggested items to bring include a well-stocked first-aid kit, coolers, folding chairs and board games. Many houses have stocked game rooms, but extra activities never hurt.

n Meal planning: Assign each family the responsibility of making dinner one night; that spreads the work around so nobody feels overburdened. Just be sure everyone knows, upfront, what you plan to cook. No one wants to eat ham-burgers and hot dogs four nights in a row. If there are folks in your group who aren’t comfortable in the kitchen, no worries — that family can order in and pay for the meal.

Some people may choose to grocery shop at home and bring food; others may wait until they arrive before buying what they need. We tend to head out to a local restaurant on the first night of our vaca-tions. It makes it easier on everyone and is a great way to kick off the trip.

n Keep track of the keys: Once everyone has arrived, set up a bowl in a central location in which to store the house keys. Owners usually provide at least two sets. Be sure everyone knows where the keys are, because getting locked out of the house is never fun.

Underneath the bowl, keep instructions from the rental company or owner about the property, the rules and whom to con-tact in an emergency. We also like to keep a running grocery list near the bowl, so any family can grab the needed supplies if they make a trip to the grocery store.

n The first night: Spend your first night as a group talking about plans for the week. The idea is to relax and spend time with each other, but don’t expect everyone to do every activity together. It not only is difficult from a logistics standpoint, but it also can make for too much together-ness — which can be bad. Encourage each family to plan an outing separate from the group. Lunches work well, since dinners usually are planned. Also, remember that everyone vacations differently. You may

have a brother-in-law who is always on the move and is eager to explore every nook and cranny of the places you visit. Your spouse may like to hang out by the pool or on the beach with a book.

n The last day: Plan for the morning of your de-parture. Most large rentals have a cleaning service that comes in about an hour after checkout, but that doesn’t mean you can leave the house in disarray. Strip

the beds and put linens and towels in the laundry room. Restock toilet tissue and leave a full roll of paper towels in the kitchen. If anything was damaged during your stay, inform the owner or property manager, then follow up with an email so there are no surprises when the next group checks in.

Once you are back home, discuss what worked and what didn’t, and incorporate that information into your future plans.

enjoy your group vacation Who doesn’t look forward to a week at the beach or in the mountains? With a little planning, exploring new places with friends can enhance the experience

Remember that everyone vacations differently ... group

vacations work when no one takes

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ringoAge: 4-year-old neutered maleBreed: Retriever and shepherd mixDescription: Ringo likes giving dog-gie kisses. He is well-behaved, house-trained and compatible with children and dogs. He is healing well from a leg injury at the time of rescue.Adoption fee: $40

macy (a842568) Age: 6-month-old femaleBreed: Domestic shorthairDescription: Macy is sweet and play-ful. She will bring joy to any home.Adoption fee: $50

tigressAge: 5-month-old spayed femaleBreed: Siamese mixDescription: Tigress delights in snuggling with people. Please care-fully kitten-proof your home for her safety.Adoption fee: $70

Gatsby (a868466) Age: 1-year-old male Breed: Labrador retriever and pit bull mixDescription: Gatsby is as sweet and loving as he is handsome.Adoption fee: $105

ChristianAge: 1-year-old neutered maleBreed: Miniature pinscherDescription: Christian revels in praise and loves hearing reassurances that years of love are ahead. He is recov-ering well from horrific neglect and cruelty.Adoption fee: $25

Speedy (a857313) Age: 7-month-old neutered maleBreed: Domestic mediumhairDescription: Speedy is a friendly and outgoing cat who loves to play with anyone, even dogs.Adoption fee: $25

edinburgh and hamishAge: 3-year-old neutered malesBreed: American and lionhead rabbitsDescription: Edinburgh and Hamish are friendly boys rescued from an abandoned rental home. They are bonded for life.Adoption fee: $40 for the pair

Cirse (a864862) Age: 7-year-old spayed femaleBreed: ChihuahuaDescription: Cirse is a calm and friendly pooch looking for a best friend. Show her some love during Adopt-a-Senior-Pet Month.Adoption fee: $155

melva Age: 3-month-old spayed femaleBreed: Sandy brown tabbyDescription: Melva likes her toys thrown in the air so she can leap and catch them. She has been lovingly raised and socialized in a foster home since her rescue.Adoption fee: $70

muggle (a860263) Age: 4-year-old spayed femaleBreed: Domestic shorthairDescription: Her name may be Muggle, but this sweet girl will bring magic to your home.Adoption fee: $25

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not just pretty facesH ad she planned ahead, Dylan Gonzalez

might have thought better of pretending to be her sister, Dakota, that high school morning.

Instead, Dylan pulled it off — which is funny considering how many people across the country now recognize her and her sister, the UNLV twins with the most crossovers, and crossover appeal, in col-lege basketball.

It was the first day back from a break at Highland High School in Pocatello, Idaho, where the 6-foot UNLV sophomore guards were multisport stars before focusing solely on basketball — and singing.

“Music is something that we probably love almost equiv-alent to basketball,” Dylan said. “But basketball is going to get us our education, which is really important to us.”

See, Dakota, who is younger by 10 minutes, stayed home sick, and Dylan, who admittedly is the more mis-

chievous of the two, didn’t feel like going to English class. So she looked at Dakota’s schedule, opted for the sibling switcheroo and sat in on French.

Everything went fine, until Dylan realized she was scheduled for the same French class the following period, while Dakota was pegged for the English course Dylan had skipped.

Dylan refused to get caught without a fight, so in be-tween classes, she tied up her hair, shed a sweater and walked confidently back into a different seat in the same room. The teacher looked confused but then proceeded with the easiest lesson of Dylan’s academic career.

“I knew all the answers,” she joked.The daughters of Angela, who played basketball at

Kansas and professionally in Germany, and David, a car-diologist, the Gonzalez twins have three years of eligibil-ity at UNLV after sitting out last year per transfer rules. They bring talent to the roster, and if nothing else, could help bring extra people to games.

“There are a lot of things to see when you come watch us,” said Kathy Olivier, coach of the Lady Rebels since 2008. “And if it’s because of the twins that you come watch, then more power to them.”

Dylan and Dakota have five siblings — three older, two younger — and they grew up in Denver until the sixth grade. That’s when they moved to Pocatello, where it’s il-legal to frown. The twins spent their days pranking their younger siblings, including St. Mary’s freshman guard Stefan Gonzalez, and running with friends on the family’s backyard basketball court.

“It would be 1 a.m., and we’re out there playing,” Dylan said. “It just kind of became ... almost like a tradition.”

The girls dabbled in volleyball, gymnastics and track, but basketball was there all along. Dylan and Dakota were visiting Las Vegas before their freshman year when Olivi-er tracked them down for an introduction.

“They had so much love and spirit for the game,” Ol-ivier said.

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2016 UNLV WomeN’s BasketBaLL

Last seasoN: 16-14 overall, 10-8 Mountain West (6th place)

RetURNiNg staRteRs: Senior center Aley Rohde, sophomore guard Nikki Wheatley, sophomore guard Brooke Johnson

LocaL staNdoUts: Sophomore forward Jazmin O’Bannon (Liberty High), freshman forward Paris Strawther (Liberty High)

NoVemBeR games (aLL at home): Nov. 11 vs. Alaska-Anchorage (exhibition)Nov. 14 vs. Southern UtahNov. 17 vs. PepperdineNov. 21 vs. UC IrvineNov. 23 vs. Cal State San MarcosNov. 28 vs. George MasonNov. 29 vs. TBA

not just pretty facesTheir relationship with UNLV’s coaching staff blos-

somed. But when Dylan and Dakota started focusing more on basketball, they got more recruiting attention. Following their mom’s footsteps at Kansas felt like the right choice, and they verbally committed in August 2012.

Eight months later — and they say they’re not sure what started this — Instagram photos and videos of the sisters from Dylan’s account made the rounds on nearly every sports blog in the nation. Dakota created an ac-count soon after; she guessed she had 50,000 followers the first day.

“It instantly took off from there, and we really didn’t even know why,” Dakota said. “It kind of hit us out of no-where.”

Today, Dylan and Dakota have a combined 1.6 million Instagram followers and 43,000 Twitter followers, not counting fan and tribute accounts. A 3-year-old video of them singing in bed has nearly 150,000 views, they’ve ap-peared on Discovery Channel Canada and received a re-

cent visit at practice from one of the biggest entertainers in the world.

“I didn’t even know who Drake was,” Olivier said. Attractive twins who are good at basketball — it’s easy

to understand the appeal. But not all of the attention has been good. Some Twitter accounts seem to cross into the obsessive, and stalkers have been an issue.

“It’s definitely a little creepy,” Dakota said. “We’re very cautious of it, but at the same time, we really appreciate the support and love we get.”

Dylan was hurt for most of their freshman year at Kan-sas, and neither sister felt they were getting what was sold by coach Bonnie Henrickson, who was fired the following season. When the twins decided to transfer, Las Vegas was their only choice, and UNLV got “a shot in the arm that this program needed,” Olivier said.

“They love what they do, and they love flaunting it,” she said. “Hopefully we all can be OK with that and not let it be a distraction.”

Dakota set the Highland scoring record and likes to be a vocal leader. Dylan is prepared for a pull-up jumper when-ever she touches the ball and is ready with physical defense when an opponent tries the same. The sisters expect to help a rebuilding Lady Rebel team land higher than its pre-dicted fifth-place finish in the Mountain West Conference.

Off the basketball court, the sisters expect to continue enjoying their lives, glimpses of which will go out to mil-lions around the world. There’s power, and potential money, in those numbers, and while NCAA rules prohibit profiting from social media sponsorships, Dylan and Da-kota won’t be in college forever.

“It gives us an opportunity to potentially capitalize on it, just because we know there are so many people watching our every move,” Dakota said. “We’re at a place right now where that’s not our focus because we’re so focused on basketball.”

Meanwhile, the basketball world — and Drake — is fo-cused on them.

“There are a lot of things to see when you come watch us,” said Kathy Olivier, coach of the Lady Rebels since 2008. “And if it’s because of the twins that you come watch, then more power to them.”

Dylan and Dakota have five siblings — three older, two younger — and they grew up in Denver until the sixth grade. That’s when they moved to Pocatello, where it’s il-legal to frown. The twins spent their days pranking their younger siblings, including St. Mary’s freshman guard Stefan Gonzalez, and running with friends on the family’s backyard basketball court.

“It would be 1 a.m., and we’re out there playing,” Dylan said. “It just kind of became ... almost like a tradition.”

The girls dabbled in volleyball, gymnastics and track, but basketball was there all along. Dylan and Dakota were visiting Las Vegas before their freshman year when Olivi-er tracked them down for an introduction.

“They had so much love and spirit for the game,” Ol-ivier said.

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Date: Thursdays through SaturdaysTime: 7:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m.Information: Earn 500 points to receive a kiosk swipe for a chance to win a 2015 Jeep Renegade, cash, slot play, dining and more. Players can earn up to four swipes each day. The first player to collect and present all four Swipin’ Safari Animal Tickets will win the grand prize Jeep.

Turkey voucherDate: Nov. 8-9, 15-16Time: 2 a.m.-11:30 p.m.Information: Players who earn 4,000 points Sunday through Monday can print a coupon for a free turkey at a kiosk, then redeem the voucher the following Tuesday at the Silverton Rewards Club. Guests can earn up to three turkey vouchers per month and one $15 turkey voucher per week.

Earn and win: roasting panDate: Nov. 10-11, 17-18Time: 2 a.m.-11:30 p.m.Information: Earn 3,000 points Tues-day through Wednesday, then print a coupon for a free roasting pan at a

kiosk. Redeem the voucher the fol-lowing Thursday.

Veterans Day multiplierDate: Nov. 11Information: Receive a mystery mul-tiplier for 6x points to 12x points on video reels and slot machines. Swipe your card at a kiosk to activate.

EL CORTEZJacket giveaway

Date: NovemberInformation: Players who win a jackpot of $200 or more on any slot machine, a jackpot of $200 or more on a nickel or lower video poker machine, a jackpot of $300 or more on 10-cent or higher video poker ma-chine or a jackpot of $200 or more on live keno will receive a jacket.

Saturday Point FeverDate: SaturdaysInformation: Ten loyalty card mem-bers will be selected to win 100,000 points. Players will receive one virtual drawing ticket for every 200 points earned each day during the week. Club Cortez members also can earn entry multipliers at kiosks.

ARIZONA CHARLIE’STicket to Ride weekly table games

drawingDate: Nov. 13Time: 8:45 p.m.Information: Three winners will be chosen each week, with a top prize of $500. If the top prize is unclaimed, it will roll over to the next week.

Second chance drawingsDate: Mondays through Dec. 28Information: Receive a drawing ticket for every $10 losing NFL bet. Draw-ings will be conducted after halftime of Monday Night Football. Four win-ners will be chosen each week. The top prize is $500.

Holiday gift card giveawayDate: Nov. 10-22Information: Receive a $25 gift card for every 2,500 base points earned. Available gift cards include Wal-Mart, Target and Smith’s.

Ticket to Ride table games drawingDate: Nov. 13Information: Earn tickets playing table games. Three winners will be chosen each week with a top prize of $500.

Gift giveawayDate: Saturdays and SundaysTime: 11 a.m., 1, 7 and 9 p.m.

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Information: All single bingo winners will receive a mystery gift.

fourth annual feed a familyDate: Through Dec. 15Information: Loyalty card members can donate as many points as they choose; for every 12,000 points con-tributed, Arizona Charlie’s will donate a food basket to a local family.

BoYD GAMInGWrite your own check

Date: Fridays, Saturdays and SundaysInformation: Earn up to $100,000 at the Orleans, Gold Coast, Suncoast or Sam’s Town. The Orleans will hold drawings at 7:15 p.m.; Gold Coast, at 8:15 p.m.; Sam’s Town, at 6:15 p.m.; and Suncoast, at 8:15 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 4:15 p.m. on Sundays.

oRLEAnS Point multipliers

Date: MondaysInformation: Receive 15x points on penny reels. Swipe your loyalty card at a kiosk before playing.

Watch giveawayDate: Nov. 15-22Information: Earn 12,000 points and receive a man’s or woman’s Bulova watch. Earn an additional 8,000 points for a second watch.

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Date: Nov. 27-29Information: Earn 5,000 points and receive a gift. An additional 5,000 points can be redeemed for a sec-ond present. Choose from a Bulova watch, Kenneth Cole handbag or three-piece luggage set.

Senior bonus dayDate: MondaysInformation: Guests 50 and older will receive 10x points on reels, 5x points on video poker, a free bingo “blue” pack and free entry into a $2,500 video poker tournament.

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Pro Pick ’em football contestDate: Weekly contestInformation: Pick winning teams to collect a share of $13,000 in prizes each week of football season. Each entry costs $25.

SILvER SEvEnS$50,000 midway multiplier

Date: Fridays and SaturdaysTime: 7 and 9 p.m.Information: Earn one drawing entry for every 100 base points.

$20,000 Pro football challengeDate: Tuesdays through SundaysInformation: Swipe your card at a kiosk to win up to $500 in slot play.

$3,000 roaring richesDate: Nov. 15Time: 7 and 8 p.m.Information: Twenty people are guar-anteed to win cash or play; top prize is $1,000. Held inside the Corona Cantina.

STATIon CASInoS$1.5 million Double or nothing

Game ShowDate: Fridays and SaturdaysInformation: A kiosk game offering free play, dining rewards and points. Must earn five points to play.

holiday gift giveawayDate: SundaysInformation: Earn 300 base points to receive a gift. Nov. 8: holiday serving bowl; Nov. 15: holiday serving platter; Nov. 22: two free holiday serving dishes.

Point multipliersDate: NovemberInformation: Earn 10x points on slots and 6x points on video poker. Boul-der Station will offer point multipliers every Monday; Santa Fe Station ev-ery Tuesday; and Green Valley Ranch Resort and Sunset Station every Thursday. Additionally, all Station Ca-sinos and Fiesta properties will offer a point multiplier on Nov. 26.

JokERS WILDrolling for Dough

Date: FridaysTime: 1-9 p.m.Information: Two players every hour will get a chance to roll the dice and earn 10x the roll.

Cash giveawayDate: SaturdaysInformation: Loyalty card members will be eligible to win a share of $12,000 and free play.

flag giveawayDate: Nov. 11Information: Loyalty card members with military ID or DD214 can get a free flag.

Point multipliersDate: WednesdaysInformation: Loyalty card members can earn 11x points on reels and 7x points on video poker machines.

RAMpART CASIno$6,500 Galleons of

Gold mid-month drawingDate: Second Wednesday of the

month Information: Players who earn 2,000 base points during the previous calendar month can participate in the following month’s drawing. Ten winners will be chosen.

GoLDEn nUGGETJewelry giveaway

Date: Nov. 9-11Information: Earn 1,500 base points and receive a necklace or pair of earrings.

$100,000 Pilgrims and Polyester blackjack tournamentDate: Nov. 13-15Information: The entry fee is $500 and includes a welcome reception, two continental breakfasts and two days of tournament play. The grand prize is $50,000.

$30,000 Cash on the Cob slot tournamentDate: Nov. 16-18Information: The entry fee is $50 and includes access to two rounds of tournament play with options for re-buys each day.

SoUTH poInTPro football game of the week cash

giveawayDate and time: 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and 1:15 p.m. SundaysInformation: Poker players will be selected randomly every time there is a score for a chance to win $50 for a field goal, $100 for a touchdown or $200 for a safety.

ALIAnTE$25,000 Pro Day Parlay football

contestDate: Through Dec. 30Information: The 17-week contest will award 10 winners each week. Select the most winning teams to win a share of $1,475 in free play.

aliante armada kiosk gameDate: NovemberInformation: Guess the location of 12 ships on your personalized kiosk game board to win up to $5,000. Earn 150 reel points, 300 video poker points or a $10 rated average bet for one hour to receive additional tries.

$185,000 aliante armada drawingsDate: SaturdaysTime: 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.Information: At the 7:15 p.m. drawing, two guests will get a chance to win up to $10,000. Prizes double at 9:15 p.m.

three-year anniversary giveawayDate: NovemberInformation: Earn 100 reel points,

300 video poker points or a $10 rated average bet for one hour to receive an anniversary T-shirt.

$4,000 mobile hot SeatsDate: TuesdaysTime: Hourly from 5 to 9 p.m.Information: Four players will win $100 in slot play.

$12,500 mobile hot SeatsDate: SundaysTime: Hourly, noon-5 p.m.Information: Five players will win $50 in slot play; 10 players will win $100 in slot play.

Bingo dauber giveawayDate: Nov. 24Information: Receive a free dauber at bingo sessions.

Point multipliersDate: WednesdaysInformation: Earn 5x points on video poker and 10x points on slot ma-chines.

$2,500 senior slot tournamentDate: Nov. 9Time: Noon-4 p.m.Information: Open to loyalty card-holders 50 and older.

SLSGift giveaway

Date: Nov. 13 and 25Information: Earn 250 slot points or 500 video poker points and receive a free gift.

$40,000 free Play frenzyDate: Saturdays in NovemberTime: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-8 p.m.Information: Loyalty card members can receive free play every 15 minutes by playing their card in a slot machine.

Point multiplierDate: Thursdays in NovemberInformation: Earn 3x points on video poker and 10x points on slot machines.

ELDoRADo25x points

Date: Wednesdays and Nov. 29Information: Earn 25x points on your first 500 base points.

flag giveawayDate: Nov. 11Information: Loyalty card members with military ID or DD214 can get a free flag.

Gobble up your Share of $8,000 giveawayDate: SaturdaysTime: 4-10 p.m.Information: One player will be cho-sen every half-hour to participate.

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If we love our dogs and cats, we can do better showing it

V isitors from another planet would be confused by our contrary attitudes about animals.

We cringe and wince in movie the-aters when animals appear to be hurt or killed and breathe a sigh of relief at the advisory that says no animals were injured in the making of the film. We sit in front of our computers, smiling at videos of adorable and mischie-vous puppies and kittens. And we are warmed by the sight of service dogs guiding the blind and therapy dogs comforting the lonely and hurting.

But confusion enters the picture when we allow animals to run freely outside without licenses and vaccina-tions, when backyard breeders pro-duce more puppies than can be sold, when rabbits are bought at Easter time and then let go when the novelty wears off, and when pets are abandoned by owners who move.

There were so many unwanted dogs and cats in Clark County 10 years ago that the region’s largest animal shelter

— the Lied Animal Shelter, under con-tract with the county, Las Vegas and North Las Vegas — was taking in 150 animals a day, or more than 51,000 a year. It was the largest single-site ani-mal shelter in the country by volume of animals.

The shelter thought it was doing the right thing by keeping as many animals as it could, but the strategy back-fired. In the crowded kennels, viruses quickly spread. Operators had no other option but to euthanize more than 1,000 sickly animals — more than half the shelter population. The commu-nity howled in protest, and a team of experts from the U.S. Humane Society, who were invited by shelter officials to make an assessment, issued a 270-page report, alternately critical and empa-thetic, on the bad shelter conditions.

In the years since, the shelter’s oper-ator, the Animal Foundation, has tried different tactics to reduce the number of animals coming in and to increase the number of animals adopted out. The effort was buoyed by recommen-

dations from experts in the animal shelter medicine program at the Uni-versity of California at Davis and the organization Humane Network.

This year, the foundation’s board of directors made an oath to become a no-kill shelter within five years, mean-ing it hopes to save all healthy and treatable animals that enter its care. Based on animal shelter data nation-wide, that means about 90 percent of all the animals brought into the Lied Shelter would leave to new homes.

The Animal Foundation’s efforts have paid off. The number of animals being brought into the shelter has dropped 25 percent, in part because fewer animals are being abandoned by their owners than during the height of the foreclosure crisis and because feral “community cats” that have adapted to suburban habitats are being brought to the shelter, vaccinated, spayed or neu-tered and returned to their neighbor-hoods, no longer producing litters.

There also has been a 26 percent in-crease in adoptions, thanks to various

promotions, including deeply dis-counted adoption fees. The health and stress levels of felines were improved, too, by creating double-wide cat ken-nels with food placed on one side and a litter box on the other.

Bottom line: Euthanasia of dogs, cats and other animals has dropped 52 percent over the past five years and continues to trend downward. Com-pared with September 2014, the num-ber of the shelter’s animals adopted this September increased from 64 percent to 69 percent and the euthana-sia rate dropped from 35 percent to 30 percent.

Kudos to the Animal Foundation for seeking advice from other organiza-tions and for its renewed commitment to aggressively find more homes for an-imals. But this is a partnership, and the entire community has a role in achiev-ing this goal. The more responsible we are as pet owners, the less hypocritical we’ll appear to visitors from another planet — and to ourselves when we look in the mirror.

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The Paintings of Willy Baumann: The work of Swiss artist Willy Baumann, who specialized in depicting animals, will be featured. . 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $5, children 17 and younger free, Lost City Mu-seum, 721 S. Moapa Valley Blvd., Overton, 702-397-2193. *Also: Through November

National Novel Writing Month: The Summerlin Library will make its conference room available as a welcoming space for people to sit and write for an uninterrupted period of time. 10 a.m.-noon, free, Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3866. *Also: Through November

An Afternoon with the Las Vegas Brass Band: Join in a tribute to America’s veterans with a Veterans Day concert. Selections will include patriotic and historically significant pieces. 2-3:30 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

Whitney Second Sunday movie and discussion club: Watch a movie in the theater, then stay to talk about the film. Attendees can draw for one free movie ticket. 2-5:30 p.m., Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave., 702-507-4010.

Guitar for Amateurs: Local guitar instructor Don Musser will provide a hands-on class for amateurs. Students must bring their own guitar. 4-5 p.m., free, Spring Valley Library, 4280 S. Jones Blvd., 702-507-3820.

Mindfulness and insight medita-tion: A weekly escape to learn mindfulness and insight meditation. 4:15-5:15 p.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.

monday, november 9

Mammogram screenings: The Nevada Health Centers Mammovan will provide screenings to women over the age of 40. By appointment or walk-in. Most insurance providers are accepted, including Medicare, Medicaid, Nevada Check-Up and Women’s Health Connection. There is a sliding fee scale for the unin-sured. Some women may be eligible for a no-cost screening. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, Clark County

Library parking lot, 1401 E. Flamin-go Road, 702-507-3400.

Crochet crew: Join the club and learn to make fun crochet creations. All supplies are provided, and all levels are welcome. 4-5 p.m., free, Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 702-507-3710.

Henderson Strong open house: Learn about the Comprehensive Plan Update that will use residents’ input to try to improve the commu-nity. 6-8 p.m., free, Henderson Convention Center, 200 Water St., hendersonstrong.org.

“Brazil, the United States and the Battle for the Amazon during World War II”: University of Texas history professor Seth W. Garfield’s lecture will explore the wartime history of the Amazon as it relates to the region and the origins of contemporary environmental debates. 7:30-8:30 p.m., free, Marjorie Barrick Museum Audito-rium, UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, unlv.edu.

TueSday, november 10

Medicare information session: Representatives will provide information and answer questions about Medicare benefits, premiums, deductibles and co-pays, how to file a claim, how to detect and report fraud and abuse, caregiver protection and more. 2-3 p.m., free, West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd., 702-507-3964.

Managing New Seasons: A grant-funded senior wellness education session about caregiving. 3-4 p.m., free, Blue Diamond Library, 14 Cottonwood Drive, 702-875-4295.

Tech Art Studio: Learn to DJ: This interactive, hands-on experi-ence will introduce attendees to scratching, mixing and lighting. 3-5 p.m., free, Enterprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne Ave., 702-507-3760.

Armchair Traveler: Fandom conventions: Find out everything you want to know about Blizzcon, WorldCon, San Diego ComicCon, DragonCon and Star Trek conven-tions. 6-7 p.m., free, Summerlin Library, 1771 Inner Circle Drive, 702-507-3860.

An Evening with Joseph Greaves: The author will discuss his novel,

“Tom & Lucky and George & Cokey Flo,” based on the 1936 trial that ended the criminal reign of notori-ous mobster Lucky Luciano. 7-8:30 p.m., free, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

WedneSday, november 11

Behavioral Changes in Alzheim-er’s Disease: Review common behavioral changes seen with Alzheimer’s disease and explore the areas of the brain that may be responsible. Noon-1 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-483-6055.

Memory loss caregiver support group: This weekly group is for adult family members who provide care and/or support for loved ones with memory loss. 1:15-2:45 p.m., free, Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, 888 W. Bonneville Ave., 702-483-6055

Made L.V. Guest Chef Series Dinner: Chef Vincent Pouessel of DB Brasserie at the Venetian will present approachable French cuisine. 6:30 p.m., $39, Made L.V., Tivoli Village, 450 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 120, 702-722-2000.

ThurSday, november 12

Asian Culture Day: Live enter-tainment by local singers, face painting, balloon twists, cotton candy, beauty pageants and more. Artists will display and auction paintings, calligraphy art and sculptures. Noon-8 p.m., free, Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane, ac1112.org.

Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas Marathon Health and Fitness Expo: More than 80 exhibitors will offer free samples, showcasing the latest in running gear, sports apparel, health and nutrition and more. 3-8 p.m., free, Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, runrocknroll.com. *Also: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 13 and 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 14

Friday, november 13

Glittering Lights: The holiday drive-thru light show will celebrate its 15th year with opening night on World Kindness Day. The first 200

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paid vehicles will receive a free ticket to return. 5:30-10 p.m., $20 per vehicle, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 7000 Las Vegas Blvd. North, 702-222-9777. *Also: Through Jan. 3

UNLV MFA Exhibit reception: An exhibition of work created by students in the master of fine arts program. 7-8:30 p.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630. *Also: Through Jan. 10

Wild and Scenic Film Festival: The festival benefits environmentally conscious groups and aims to inspire activism in local communi-ties. 5:30 p.m., $12 presale, $15 at the door, Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

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Las Vegas Readers Festival: Young-adult, new-adult and ro-mance authors will speak and sign books. 10 a.m., free, Desert Oasis High School, 6600 W. Erie Ave., 702-799-6881.

Acting for the Camera: Children and teens who have a passion for acting can join actor John D’Aquino (“The Mentalist,” “Dexter,” “Sein-feld”) for a one-day workshop. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave., 702-507-3630.

Henderson Stoll ‘n’ Roll: Enjoy a

car-free street festival in three parks.

With children’s activities, live

entertainment, fitness classes and

food trucks. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., free,

Inspirada, 2000 Via Firenze, 702-

260-7939.

Couponing 101: Learn how to save

money on groceries, clothing, dining

out and more using simple tips and

techniques. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,

free, Clark County Library, 1401 E.

Flamingo Road, 702-507-3400.

The World Famous Ink Spots: The

original Ink Spots quartet was

formed in the early 1930s, but Lou

Ragland revised the group. 2-4 p.m.,

free, West Las Vegas Library

Theatre, 951 W. Lake Mead Blvd.,

702-507-3989.

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By J.D. Morris | STAFF WRITER

Las Vegas tourism officials have a clear goal: They want to expand and renovate their convention facilities to meet demand for more space from trade shows, capture new business and fend off competition from other cities. ¶ But

accomplishing their objective isn’t so simple. ¶ The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority has yet to secure the riviera, ContinueD on page 53

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undeveloped land on the far end

of the Strip that Station Casinos

is trying to sell. One of the sales

requirements is that the land not

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LVCVA aims to expand valley’s convention business with Riviera lot and upgrades, but some object to plan

47 48 56Q&A WITH DEBBIE LANDRYThe CEO of Redhead Enterprises is fulfi lling a lifelong dream by launching a fashion show in Las Vegas, and making it accessible to the masses. She talks about what kind of label she would like to produce, her biggest pet peeve in fashion and her favorite lunch spots.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P46

MEET: ARCPOINT LABSFor Jimmy Platt, keep-ing up with technological advancements is not just a good business philosophy, it’s a survival strategy. Being able to adapt to the changing needs of his in-dustry keeps his company healthy.

TALKING POINTSHealth news shocker: Don’t overdose on bacon, P49

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bank-ruptcies, bid opportuni-ties, brokered transac-tions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P55

The List: General contrac-tors, P60

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PAINFUL PROCESS PUTS LAS VEGAS REAL ESTATE MARKET ON THE MEND

The signs of an abandoned house are all too familiar in the valley: padlocked doors, broken windows, dying trees and notices stuck with blue tape.

Las Vegas grapples with a larger share of such homes than most U.S. cities.

The valley has 16,752 vacant homes, comprising 2.6 percent of all residential properties. Nationally, 1.8 percent of homes are empty, according to RealtyTrac.

Las Vegas also has a larger share of homes whose debt-laden owners have bolted. More than 9 percent of homes in the foreclosure process but not yet bank-owned are vacant here , compared with 5 percent nationally.

Abandoned homes can poison a neighborhood. Vandals might steal appliances and copper wiring; squatters could move

in and trash the place; property

values could drop. The valley’s

abandoned houses are yet another sign of the recession’s long-lasting effects on ground zero of the housing boom and bust.

But an improvement could be coming.Lenders have been ramping up foreclosures

in Las Vegas this year, repossessing homes that likely have been empty and in disrepair for a long time. It’s unclear whether the banks will put them all up for sale quickly, as a fl ood of listings could push down prices. But the rising repo session s could lead to long-vacant homes fi nally being sold and occupied again — and shedding their padlocks and blue tape.

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Mindy Martinez of West-ern Risk Insurance earned a certified insurance counselor designation through the na-tional Alliance for Insurance education and Research. She is vice president of commercial lines and specializes in commer-cial property with a focus on homeowners associations and apartments. Jill Weiner-DiFabbio is a service rep-resentative and account manager at the company.

erica Benson and Curt Chambers are nevada state Bank branch managers. Benson manages the Twain and Jones branch, 3688 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas. Chambers manages the Centennial Hills branch, 6505 N. Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas.

todd sims is Interblock’s vice president of operations. He previously was vice president of customer service at Bally Technologies.

Ron Grogan is administrator of the taxicab Authority. He suc-ceeds Charles harvey, who left in October. Jennifer DeRose, who served as acting administrator, returned to her job as deputy administrator.

Andrew simmons is director of the hospitality studio at nadel Architects. Simmons’ notable projects include the renovation of the Sahara into the SLS, as well as MGM Park and Arena Plaza.

north Las Vegas Library Di-rector Forrest Lewis is the 2015 Nevada Library Association Librarian of the Year.

Jeff Brigger is economic development manager for nV energy’s Economic Development Department. He manages planning, development, implementation and marketing of statewide growth strategies and economic development programs for NV Energy.

Piercy Bowler taylor & Kern, a public account-ing firm, promoted several employees in its audit and tax de-partments. Reas Allen and Josh hallett are audit man-agers. Kyle Foutz, Ken-don Gal-loway and Andrew Michaelis are audit senior asso-ciates. Tax accountant Aaron Mer-rill is senior associate.

Derek Wedge-worth is assistant general manager and Mo-nique Clements is marketing director at Downtown summerlin.

Reggie smith joined the pre-construction team and is a proj-ect manager at Korte Co. He acts as owner’s representative, contractor’s project manager and mechanical subcontractor project manager.

Kempersports was selected by Clark County to manage the Desert Rose Golf Club. The course was rede-signed by Randy heckenkemper and features a 4,400-square-foot clubhouse.

Lonnie Johnson and norma Lopez are member-services represen-tatives at the Clark County Credit Union.

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Caren Woodson and Lauren Payne, legislative policy ex-perts with a combined 17 years of experience in the cannabis industry, joined licensing con-sulting firm national Licensing services. Woodson and Payne will help clients stay in compliance with medical marijuana laws as required by the state Department of Health and Human Services.

Matt Wilson is Aristocrat’s senior vice president of global gaming operations. He was the company’s senior vice president of sales and marketing.

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What is the best business advice you’ve received, and whom did it come from?

Never treat employees as employ-ees but as respected members of your team. Hire them to do a job, and let them do it.

What inspired you to start the Prêt–à–Porter event?

The event was born out of a desire to attend a real fashion show, like during New York Fashion Week. The only problem is, there are no oppor-tunities for the general public to at-tend these types of events unless you are wealthy, a celebrity, a designer or a buyer. Since I have always been in-terested in fashion and doing a fash-ion show, it was a great opportunity to launch just that here in Southern Nevada for every fashionista out there. They can walk a red carpet, have their photos snapped and watch great retail stores and local designers show their garments, their designs and enlighten a crowd.

If you started a fashion line, what would your brand look like?

It would be a ready-to-wear line of comfortable clothing for women who may want to hide some bumps and lumps but be stylish and look fabu-lous.

How did you get into the advertising industry?

By accident. I’m a creative person, and selling advertising led to other op-portunities: trade shows (I had 10 years of training in that industry), then mar-keting came along, and here we are.

You’re involved in a lot — business, philanthropy, entrepreneurism. How do you keep everything balanced and organized?

It’s tough, but I have great support with my business team and now with the show team — and, I guess, a “red-headed attitude” to get things done and always succeed.

What are you reading? I just finished “The War of Art:

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles.” I read only self-help books.

What do you do after work? Is there life after work? I watch TV

to unwind, play with the new puppy and enjoy time with my husband.

Where do you see yourself and your company in 10 years?

Since our plan is to produce the fashion show twice per year (fall/winter and spring/summer), our fo-cus needs to grow with this event. The marketing and advertising part of the business will continue with the

hiring of a new sales manager, new sales people, a new staff of employees and an office in 2016.

If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be?

Probably Hawaii. We were there last August, and I didn’t want to come back. I just love the people, the cli-mate, the beautiful seas — what’s not to love? — and I’m sure I’d get plenty of visitors.

Whom do you admire and why? So many, but I guess from a busi-

ness standpoint, my former boss, who taught me business ethic, fun and hard work and to always work as a team, not as an employee.

What is your biggest pet peeve? Leggings, if not worn correctly.

If paired right, they’re wonderful. However, they were never meant to replace pants.

Where do you like to go for business lunches?

There are so many great places in this town and so many lunches to at-tend. A few favorites are Cili, Nord-strom Café, BJ’s, Brio and California Pizza Kitchen.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

My impatience and inability to deal with stress; they both sometimes get the better of me. One of my dear friends who is on my team for this show teaches meditation. I believe after this event is over, she will be teaching me this art, but only after my trip to Hawaii to relax.

What is something people might not know about you?

I enjoy country music and once was a member of the Country Music Associa-tion. I was recommended for member-ship by a great friend, Garth Brooks!

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Making high fashion accessible to everyone

Debbie Landry, CEO and owner of Redhead Enterprise, has worked with several retailers to create the Prêt–à–Porter Las

Vegas — Ready to Wear fashion show. Among the show’s retail partners is White House Black Market at Fashion Show Mall.

Tickets can be purchased at readytowearlv.com. (STeVe MARcuS/STAFF)

Redhead Enterprises, a marketing, advertising and trade show business, has branched out into the fashion world. Beginning Nov. 13, it will host the inaugural Prêt–à–Porter Las Vegas — Ready to Wear, a three-day fashion show at the Rio. For Debbie Landry, CEO of Redhead Enterprises, launching a fashion show and designing a brand have been lifelong dreams.

if you goWhat: Prêt–à–Porter Las Vegas — Ready to Wear fashion showWhen: Nov. 13-15Where: RioTickets: readytowearlv.com

by the numbers

$9.4 billionAmount Walgreens will pay

to buy rival Rite Aid. The deal will result in Walgreens

owning almost 18,000 stores worldwide.

$29.4 millionNet profit made in Sep-

tember by Caesars Enter-tainment Operating Co., which filed for Chapter 11

bankruptcy reorganization in January.

35 percentAdditional stake in the

Golden Gate major-ity owner Derek Stevens

plans to acquire from Mark Brandenburg, whose family founded the casino. Stevens and his brother already own 65 percent of the 122-room

Golden Gate.

8Number of large banking

companies, including JPMorgan Chase & Co.,

Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc., that may

have their credit grades cut by Standard & Poor’s based

on the assumption the federal government may

not provide aid in a financial crisis.

14Urgent-care centers that HCA acquired in Nevada.

HCA now owns 65 urgent-care centers nationwide.

10,000Amount of space, in square feet, being added to Zayo Group Holdings’ Las Vegas

data center. Zayo, which will expand to 28,000

square feet when construc-tion is completed, provides

Nevada businesses with colocation and interconnec-

tion services.

18.1 millionAnnualized rate of cars

and trucks sold nationally in September, the highest since 2005, according to

Ward’s Automotive Group.

3.2 percentIncrease in consumer

spending during the third quarter, which lifted GDP

growth to a 1.5 percent rate, according to the U.S. Com-

merce Department.

Describe your business.

We provide confidential drug, DNA and alcohol testing. We also offer telehealth ser-vices.

What is your business

philosophy?

We strive to be the very best, by constantly adapting, modifying, reinventing and im-proving every aspect of the business so it thrives in our fast-paced, continuously evolving world. Drug and DNA testing is plagued by the stigma of poor customer service and is seen as an extension of the medical field as a whole. At ARCpoint Labs, we strive to treat all clients with re-spect, not only when it comes to punctuality but also in terms of treating people like royalty. The client is king and should be treated as such.

How has your industry grown over the past decade?

Technological advancements constantly develop and redefine the industry. One such example is telehealth. Specialists, medical practitioners, pediatricians and der-matologists now can consult and prescribe treatment and medication from the comfort of their own homes in a mat-ter of minutes. I believe the smartphone apps and comput-er accessories being developed, and even those currently offered, to assist teledoctors are the biggest advance in hu-man health since antibiotics.

The increasing use of medical marijuana is becoming prevalent, too.

Because of these progressions, accessibility has caused a reduction in expenses. A wide range of DNA testing is available, and the Pharmacogenomics DNA test, which al-lows doctors to know an individual’s susceptibility to a wide range of drugs, now is available for less than $400. At one time, only the wealthy and well-insured had access to this

incredible advance in science; now, it’s offered to the masses.

What’s the most important

part of your job?

Being accurate and reliable is a fundamental part of the business because our clients have to be able to trust the result. A simple test result could affect the cus-tody of children. An immigration

DNA test could result in a family member being stranded abroad. Every part of the process has to be invulnerable.

What is the hardest part about doing

business in Las Vegas?

Las Vegas is heavily regulated. The core of my business is a franchise, and there were many hoops to jump through that do not exist in any of the other states our franchise is located in. Many of the rules are irrelevant to improving the safety or quality of our lab. Having been involved some years ago as a state contractor, many barriers had to be worked through when it came to opening a business. Once all of the licenses are in place, it seems as if the goal is to stop everyone else from entering the market.

Look at Uber as an example. Every city in every nation regulates cabs for obvious reasons. Uber satisfied every-body else yet took much longer to come to Las Vegas. The taxi companies stopped the monorail going to the airport and almost succeeded in stopping Uber. I think Las Vegas is stuck in the 20th century and needs to acclimate.

What have you learned from the recession?

My entire life, real estate had always maintained or improved in value. But many of my hardworking, careful friends lost homes they had worked hard to obtain. What I’ve learned is that there are no guarantees. Those who adapt will survive.

Businesses depend on ability to adapt

Jimmy Platt is president of ARCpoint Labs, which provides drug, alcohol, and DNA testing, as well as telehealth

services. (STEVE MARCUS/STAff)

ArCpoint LAbsAddress: 3365 E. Flamingo Road,

Suite 4, Las VegasPhone: 702-451-5434

Email: [email protected]: lasvegas-nv-metro.arcpointlabs.comHours of operation: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday

through Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. SaturdayOwned/operated by: Jimmy Platt

In business since: 2009

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murren on prospect

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Health news shocker: Don’t overdose on bacon

T he World Health Organization recently dropped (read: gently placed) a bombshell (read: not a bombshell) that a steady

diet of processed meats can cause health problems. In related news, it turns out that smoking cigarettes can cause lung cancer and sticking your head into a beehive can cause puffiness around the eyes.

Uh, exactly who — or whom — needed WHO to say this?Consider the pig. Pudgy and cute in its own way,

especially when wearing a red unitard and bounding around the woods with Christopher Robin. Or serious and symbolic, flying above the Battersea Power Station on a Pink Floyd album cover.

But it’s not the most hygienic animal you could ever sink your teeth into. Fair or not, that’s what happens when you spend all day rolling around in your own feces: You get stereotyped as, well, a pig.

Remember, you aren’t only what you eat. You’re also what what-you-eat eats. And pigs don’t have the dietary discretion of a koala bear or an Olsen twin. They swallow anything plopped in front of their mouths. They eat like, well, a pig.

The WHO won’t be fooled. Its researchers found such a strong, causative link between ingesting processed meats and contracting cancer, particularly of the colon, they labeled processed meats “carcinogenic to humans.” Unprocessed red meat was called probably carcinogenic.

This isn’t semantics; it’s serious. “C” is the scarlet letter in

the medical community; it’s the same term used to characterize tobacco and asbestos.

So, how much of a bad thing is bad? According to the WHO report, people who eat 50 grams of processed meat per day

are 18 percent more likely than they otherwise would be to contract cancer. Processed meats are those preserved through salting, smoking, curing, corning or jerking. All meat, of course, can be jerked; however, it typically is done to beef and pork products so they taste better and stay fresh longer.

But a little perspective: 50 grams per day is two strips of bacon or two slices of ham. Every. Single. Day. Which is a lot, unless of course you’re Homer Simpson or Dr. Atkins.

And 18 percent more likely, while significant over a large population, doesn’t make a huge difference to the individual. According to the Cancer Research Center in the United Kingdom, 6 percent of people will have colon cancer at some point in their lives. If pigging out on pig increases your probability by 18 percent, it means you now have a risk of 7 percent. (You multiply, not add.)

The message is moderation. Have one sausage, not a chain of links. Have a pull of jerky, not the family feed bag. And yes, have a hamburger, just not the one where if you finish it — and live to tell — you get your picture on the wall.

And if all else fails, listen to the Chick-fil-A cows: Eat Mor Chikin.

Roger Snow is a senior vice president at Scientific Games.

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MGM not ruling out charging for parking at new arena

Nevada gaming revenue up 1.5 percent in September

Southwest Gas might raise rates by nearly $30 million

By j.d. MorrisStaff Writer

MGM Resorts International’s CEO does not yet know whether his company will eventually charge drivers to park near its new arena on the Strip.

But he has apparently not ruled the option out.

The 20,000-seat arena, developed in partnership with Anschutz Entertainment Group, is set to open next year in the area behind New York-New York, which is owned by MGM Resorts. It’s intended to be a venue for entertainment events and potentially the home of a major league hockey team, if Las Vegas secures one.

Yet MGM Resorts is not building a park-ing garage to accommodate the influx of customers, opting instead to rely on existing garages and lots for now.

CEO Jim Murren said MGM did not have all the answers as to how it would address parking once the arena opens. He said the company was still studying the issue.

In fact, Murren said he originally pre-ferred a different spot for the arena — to the south, near Mandalay Bay. The arena is instead being built at its current location in large part because of the surrounding in-frastructure, including “thousands of park-ing spaces that we don’t use today,” Murren said. Nearby casinos include not only New York-New York, but Monte Carlo and MGM Grand, all of which are owned by MGM Re-sorts.

Murren stressed that it was “pretty pre-mature” to discuss with certainty how the parking situation would work. Still, he indi-cated that all options are possible — includ-ing charging for parking spots. Doing so, at least during big events at the arena, could arguably help control the supply of existing

spaces.“Everything’s on the table at this point in

time,” Murren said. “I bet that by the end of this year, we will have a very clear plan.”

Charging may not be necessary, though, from a supply-control standpoint. New York-New York can handle more drivers trying to park there, according to Muren, because it has a parking garage that was designed to handle an additional 1,000-room hotel tower that never was built. MGM Resorts also has underused parking space at Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Aria and elsewhere, he said.

Steve Sisolak, chairman of the Clark County Commission, said he had been “inti-mately involved” with the issue. Considering the options at all the nearby resorts, Sisolak said he was confident the area could offer enough parking spots.

“Is it going to be where you open your door and step out in the arena? No,” Sisolak said. “But … there’s more than enough adequate parking. I really don’t view it as a problem.”

As to whether MGM Resorts should charge for parking to capitalize on big events at the arena, Sisolak said that was a business decision.

Although casinos in downtown Las Vegas charge to park, an abundance of free park-ing at major resorts is a staple of the Strip. As such, any attempt to charge for parking — even only at certain times and in certain places — might not go over well with many locals and regular visitors at first.

Murren also noted that the arena is being built without “one penny of taxpayer dol-lars.”

“So I’m not really sympathetic to some-body that says ‘I want everything free’ when we’re the ones spending the capital to build the amenities that are to the benefit of the tourists and the locals,” he said.

By j.d. MorrisStaff Writer

Led by a strong month in the state’s major casino mar-kets, Nevada gaming revenue rose 1.5 percent in Septem-ber, the state reported.

The Gaming Control Board said casinos won $916.4 mil-lion, compared with $902.6 in September 2014. Statewide, baccarat revenue grew 21.6 percent to $100.7 million, only the third time this year that there’s been an increase in the game’s revenue from 2014.

Revenue from baccarat, a game popular among Chinese high rollers, has for the most part performed poorly over the past year. That appears to have been a spillover from ongoing struggles in Macau, where the Chinese govern-ment’s corruption crackdown and a slowing economy have hit casino revenues hard.

Statewide slot revenue fell 1.8 percent to $572.4 million, though senior research analyst Michael Lawton attributed the drop to an anomaly in the timing of collections from last year.

Most of Clark County had a good month, with county-wide gaming revenue rising 1.3 percent from last year to $780.4 million.

On the Strip, the state’s largest market, gaming revenue grew 2 percent to $504.8 million. Revenue from baccarat there increased 23.3 percent.

Downtown Las Vegas had an even better month com-pared with last year: Gaming revenue there shot up 9.3 percent to $47.5 million.

Lawton said downtown benefitted from the fact that the entire Labor Day weekend occurred in September this year, whereas last year it was partly in August.

The Life is Beautiful music festival also helped down-town, Lawton said. This year’s festival was held on the streets of downtown in September instead of October.

By kyLe roerinkStaff Writer

On Nov. 17, the state Public Utilities Commission will hear testimony on whether Nevadans will see heftier bills from Southwest Gas. The commission will rule on a re-quest made by the company in June to raise rates by an aggregate of $29.4 million, which it said was necessary to compensate for decreased demand stemming from warm-er-than-expected weather.

As a regulated monopoly, the company could ask the PUC to raise rates to collect revenues it planned to earn but didn’t receive. This year’s request followed a $7.4 mil-lion rate hike the PUC approved three years ago after re-viewing the company’s investments, operations costs and expected sales based on historical weather patterns. If approved as requested, the new rates would amount to a 6.3 percent increase in Northern Nevada and a 5.6 percent increase in Southern Nevada.

The 2012 estimates did not account for the unpredict-able back-to-back warm winters that reduced demand for heating homes and buildings. In the past, the company has returned money after predicting colder winters.

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By eli segallStaff Writer

House flippers aren’t giving up on Las Vegas, even though profits are sliding here and rising elsewhere, a new report shows.

Flipping accounted for 8.7 percent of home sales in Southern Nevada in the quarter ending Sept. 30, and sell-ers booked an average gross profit of $39,367 per deal, a 23.7 percent re-turn, according to RealtyTrac.

In the same period last year, flip-ping comprised 8.2 percent of home sales in the Las Vegas area, and sellers earned an average profit of $39,808, a

26.2 percent return.Nationally, flipping made up 5 per-

cent of home sales in the third quar-ter, up from 4.3 percent a year earlier. Sellers made an average profit last quarter of $62,122 per deal, a 33.8 percent return, up from $61,781, a 32.7 percent return, a year earlier, Re-altyTrac reported.

Nationwide, flippers cut back on deals last year because of slowing price growth and a “shrinking inven-tory of flip-worthy homes,” but inves-tors “have started to jump back on the flipping bandwagon in 2015,” Realty-Trac Vice President Daren Blomquist

said in the report.The Irvine, Calif.-based company

counts a flip as a home whose owners sold it within a year of buying it. The reported profits represent the sales price minus the purchase price and do not account for renovations or other costs the flipper may have incurred.

Flipping was a hallmark of the real estate bubble last decade, when inves-tors, often with little or no experience but backed by easy money, bought homes and sold them for profit a short time later. The get-rich-quick tactic helped inflate Las Vegas home prices until the bubble burst and the econo-

my crashed.Few places got as crazed with flip-

ping as Southern Nevada. In late 2004, a peak of roughly 19 percent of single-family home sales in the valley were flips, compared with a national peak of 8 percent in early 2006, ac-cording to RealtyTrac.

Today, despite more lucrative deals elsewhere, Las Vegas remains a popu-lar place to flip houses. Industry pros have attributed this to flipping-fo-cused reality TV shows, as well as Las Vegas’ lower home prices, transient population and long-standing image as an easy place to make a quick buck.

By eli segallStaff Writer

With merchandise that includes shot glasses saying “Hangovers are for amateurs” and T-shirts that list “15 reasons why a beer is better than a woman,” this Walgreens isn’t your usual neighborhood pharmacy.

Then again, it’s not in a typical neighborhood. It’s on the Strip, and investors have again paid big money for the building in America’s gam-bling and party mecca.

The 1.6-acre property, on Las Ve-gas Boulevard at Convention Center Drive, recently sold for $37 million, up 33 percent from what the sellers paid in 2012.

Property records indicate that the buyer, backed by a $20 million loan, was New York home-curtains manu-facturer Elyahu “Ely” Cohen.

The sale is the latest investment in Strip pharmacies, which do a booming business slinging sinus relief, cosmet-ics, booze, food and Vegas-themed memorabilia. Investors pay hefty amounts to own the space, pharma-cies pay a fortune to rent it, and more drugstores have been opening.

It also comes amid a hoped-for turnaround on the north Strip, which in recent years has been blighted by mothballed casino developments and large swaths of empty land where oth-er projects never materialized.

Resorts World Las Vegas, across from the Walgreens, is poised to be a multibillion-dollar megaresort, al-though owner Genting Group, which bought the 87-acre property in 2013, appears to have made little progress transforming the once-abandoned,

partially built site into its Chinese-themed destination.

Meanwhile, the Walgreens deal is another apparent bet by Cohen on a Strip retail building this year. He teamed with other New Yorkers, property records indicate, to buy a 97,500-square-foot section of Show-case Mall, next to MGM Grand, in January for $139.5 million.

The seller, Virginia-based Har-bor Group International, bought the Walgreens property in 2012 for about $28 million. Its payment of around $1,740 per square foot reportedly set a U.S. record for single-tenant drug-store properties.

Since, commercial real estate pric-es throughout the country, especially in pedestrian-packed urban areas, have climbed, the economy has im-proved and business has picked up on

the Strip, Harbor President T. Rich-ard Litton said.

Brokerage firm Marcus & Millic-hap announced in January that the 16,000-square-foot building, at 3025 Las Vegas Blvd. South, was up for sale. There was no asking price, but the listing brokers said they expected to sell in the “mid-$40 million range.”

Litton said his group members ini-tially planned to own the property for five to seven years before selling. He indicated they were surprised to book such a high return after only three years.

Harbor has owned Walgreens and CVS buildings across the country, but the store on the north Strip “has a lot bigger reliance” on nonpharmacy retail sales, offering “all the typical tourist stuff,” Litton said.

It sells prescription and over-the-

counter medicine, as well as soda, food and other items found in most mainstream pharmacy outlets. But it also sells an array of Las Vegas-themed shot glasses, clothing, ash trays, flasks, margarita cups and, near the front entrance, 100-ounce, yard-long cups that casino-hopping tour-ists fill with alcohol.

“You don’t do that in Birmingham at the local Walgreens,” Litton said of the merchandise.

Real estate is far more expensive on the famed Strip than in the valley’s suburbs, and drugstores are no excep-tion.

Walgreens is paying about $120 per square foot in annual rent at the north Strip property, Litton said. That’s more than $1.9 million a year.

Pharmacies pay about $300,000 a year in rent for a typical residential store, Harbor’s listing broker Ray Germain has said.

Litton sold his building for $2,310 per square foot. By compari-son, investors in August bought a 15,000-square-foot Walgreens in east Las Vegas for $7.53 million, or about $500 per square foot.

Walgreens has five locations on the Strip, and it opened a store this year just north of SLS Las Vegas in a new retail plaza at the northeast corner of Sahara Avenue and Las Vegas Boule-vard.

Meanwhile, rival CVS has three locations in the resort corridor, in-cluding in the new three-story mall at Treasure Island. A company spokes-man has said another CVS is being planned for the Strip, and that it could open next year.

The Walgreens at 3025 las Vegas Blvd. south sold recently for $37 million — a

32 percent jump from its sales price in 2012. (steve marcus/staff)


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For 21 years, city has been tops for trade shows $1.4 billion it needs for planned construction and renovation, nor has it designed a new facility. And casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp., which runs its own massive convention center on the Strip, is pushing back against the project.

Nonetheless, the LVCVA made substantial prog-ress this year when it bought the Riviera, across the street from the Las Vegas Convention Center, for $182.5 million. Funds are in place to tear down the

shuttered resort next year and prepare the site for use as outdoor exhibit space by early 2017.

What comes after that — transforming the Riv-iera site from outdoor exhibit space into a conven-tion facility — hinges on the work of a tourism group recently created by Gov. Brian Sandoval. Called the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Commit-tee, the group of public officials and industry lead-ers will examine the region’s existing and proposed

convention centers, arenas, stadiums and transpor-tation options, and submit a report to the governor about the valley’s infrastructure needs. The report also is expected to include recommendations about funding for the convention center.

At stake in the convention project, officials say, is Southern Nevada’s ability to maintain its market-leading trade show business, which is vital to filling hotel rooms and sustaining the economy.

Why the LVCVA WAnts the RiVieRA site to beCome ConVention spACe

For 21 consecutive years, Las Vegas has been ranked the top trade show destination in the coun-try by the Trade Show News Network.

But the convention authority is worried another city might poach that bragging right.

“Other major cities across the country and inter-nationally have identified Las Vegas as the primary competition and the shows held in Las Vegas as pri-mary targets for new business,” officials wrote in the master plan for the convention center project.

Furthermore, some major trade shows say they’re running out of space in Las Vegas.

The International Consumer Electronics Show, for example, is capping attendance for the first time ever for its upcoming show in January. Karen Chupka, senior vice president of International CES and corporate business strategy, said her group worried that if the number of attendees continued to increase, show producers would not be able to move people around efficiently.

Attendance to CES grew 11 percent from 2014 to 2015, with 176,000 people registering this year, Chupka said. CES already uses the Las Vegas Con-vention Center, Sands Expo Center and Mandalay

Bay Convention Center, and the show could take up even more room.

“We do feel like there’s a need for more space,” Chupka said. “As I look out over the next year or two, we don’t have much (room for) growth for raw exhibit space in the future. We’re already trying to figure out how we’re going to accommodate that for 2017 and 2018.”

The Las Vegas Convention Center doesn’t have much more to offer. A study by Cordell Corp., which is helping the LVCVA manage the convention proj-ect, found the center’s exhibit space is maxed out during the main seasons for trade shows.

Erecting a convention facility on the site of the Riviera is just one component of the project. A sub-sequent phase entails renovating the 56-year-old Las Vegas Convention Center, which desperately needs a facelift. The roof of Central Hall hasn’t been replaced since the building opened in 1959, and it leaks during rainstorms. A third of the con-vention center’s 46 restrooms, built before 1970, have never been renovated. Food-service facilities are inadequate.

But the authority is focused first on building new

space, so trade shows can be relocated while the existing facility is redone. That would allow Las Ve-gas to avoid losing business that could go elsewhere during renovation work.

but does LAs VegAs ReALLy need moRe ConVention spACe?

Las Vegas Sands Corp., owner of the Venetian and Palazzo, criticizes the convention center expansion on two fronts.

First, while dwindling room is a problem for the Las Vegas Convention Center, it isn’t for Sands. The Sands Expo Center remains 12 percent away from maxing out its space capacity, according to docu-ments filed with the tourism infrastructure com-mittee. It also is 10 percent away from its maximum group room occupancy and contains “untapped potential for multiple-location opportunities,” of-ficials said.

Secondly, Sands officials disagree philosophi-cally about how the convention center likely will be funded. Sands officials feel tax dollars should be used to improve local infrastructure such as the airport, create mass-transportation options and even fund a major stadium — not, as the com-pany’s presentation put it, to “compete with the

private sector.” The convention and visitors authority is funded

largely by hotel room taxes; it’s likely the expansion will require some form of public funding as well.

Still, there is reason to think Las Vegas can ac-commodate a substantial increase in convention space.

Josh Smith, a commercial real estate consultant for the gaming division of Colliers International, pointed to another of the city’s major casino com-panies, MGM Resorts International, and its re-cently completed expansion of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

“MGM doesn’t just build that thing because they want to just build it,” Smith said. “They build it be-cause they think they can fill it.”

Indeed, MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren said Mandalay Bay’s new space already is fully booked for next year, and his company is evaluating how to

make the best use of convention areas across prop-erties, because “as much space as we have, we don’t have enough space.”

MGM Resorts views the authority’s convention project, which will give the Las Vegas Convention Center an address on the Strip for the first time, in a more positive light than Sands.

Murren said he was taught by MGM Resorts’ founder, the late Kirk Kerkorian, that “what’s good for Las Vegas is good for MGM.” So he doesn’t feel threatened if event planners choose the Las Vegas Convention Center over Mandalay Bay.

“This is not a zero-sum game, and any company that looks at it that way is looking at it in a very self-ish way,” Murren said. “I feel very strongly that the convention center not only needs to be upgraded — because there are parts of it that I am not proud of walking through — it needs to be expanded, be-cause there are (more) shows that we can get.”

hoW LAs VegAs stACks up

Las Vegas has the most convention center

square footage in the country, but it isn't alone

in offering massive facilities. Here's how other

convention cities compare, in terms of conven-

tion center space.

n Atlanta: 3.9 million square feet

n Las Vegas: 3.2 million square feet

n Chicago: 3.2 million square feet

n Orlando: 2.1 million square feet

n New Orleans: 1.1 million square feet

n Phoenix: 900,000 square feet

n San Diego: 819,815 square feet

n Dallas: 724,526 square feet

n Washington, D.C.: 703,000 square feet

n Miami: 644,800 square feet

Source: Cvent

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Calendar of eventsTuesday, Nov. 10

U.S. Green Building Council Nevada

chapter: “What’s best for buildings?”

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $20 for members, $35 for

nonmembers

Location: InNEVation Center, 6795 S. Edmond

St., Las Vegas

Information: Call 702-952-2468

Stakeholders in the solar panel industry will

discuss the past, present and future of battery

technology for buildings.

Henderson Chamber of Commerce

networking breakfast

Time: 7-9 a.m. Cost: $25 for members, $45 for

nonmembers, additional $10 for walk-ins

Location: Wildhorse Golf Club, 2100 W. Warm

Springs Road, Henderson


Karen Kyger of HopeLink of Southern Nevada

and Brian Burton of Three Square Food Bank

will discuss nonprofits in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Metro Chamber

of Commerce: Eggs & Issues

Time: 8-9:30 a.m. Cost: $40 for members and

board of trustee members, $55 for nonmembers

and walk-ins

Location: Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane,

North Las Vegas

Information: Call Maisie Rodolico at 702-586-3846

Rep. Cresent Hardy, R-Nev., will discuss federal

issues that affect the business community and

the health of Nevada’s economy.

WedNesday, Nov. 11 Stirling Club luncheon

Time: 11:11 a.m. Cost: $26

Location: Gordon Biersch, 3987 Paradise Road,

Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Spencer Romano, CEO of Cr8tive Company,

will discuss web design, branding and digital

marketing.

Thursday, Nov. 12 Urban Chamber of Commerce:

Toastmaster Lunchtime Talkers

Time: 12-1 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951

Stella Lake St., Suite 30, Las Vegas

Information: Visit business.urbanchamber.org

Meet local professionals, grow your business

network and compete in a contest to perfect

your elevator pitch.

World Affairs Council: “A

New Front in a New ‘Cold War?’”

Time: 5:30-8 p.m. Cost: $50 for members, $65

for nonmembers

Location: Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W.

Brown Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Email [email protected]

Antanas Zabulis, senior advisor to the prime

minister of Lithuania, will discuss the Baltic

states and the geopolitics of U.S. and NATO rela-

tions with Russia.

UNLV: Fortune 500 Executive Speakers

Series

Time: 7-8:30 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Greenspun Hall, 4505 S. Maryland

Parkway, Las Vegas


Aileen Zerrudo, communications director at the

Clorox Company, will discuss the company’s

sustainability efforts and corporate communica-

tion strategies.

Friday, Nov. 13 BYU Management Society luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $30 for members

with RSVP, $35 for members without RSVP, $30

for guests with RSVP, $15 for students

Location: Brady Industries, 7055 Lindell Road,

Las Vegas


Bryce Earl, a shareholder at Holley, Driggs,

Walch, Fine, Wray, Puzey & Thompson, will

discuss how he helps clients create customized

intellectual property plans to protect their busi-

nesses.

MoNday, Nov. 16 Governor’s Global Tourism Summit

Time: Starts at 8 a.m., ends 5:30 p.m. Tuesday,

Nov. 17 Cost: $250 through Nov. 13

Location: Hilton Lake Las Vegas, 1610 Lake Las

Vegas Parkway, Henderson


Learn how to compete in the global market and

prepare your business for international visitors.

Tuesday, Nov. 17 Nevada Restaurant Association: political

luncheon

Time: 12-1:30 p.m. Cost: $250

Location: Mandalay Bay, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas


A political forum to address critical tax and labor

issues that will affect the restaurant industry

over the next few years.

Conventions ExpECTEd SHoW LoCATIoN dATES ATTENdANCE

Travel, Events and Management in

Sports - Teams Conference and Expo Mandalay Bay Nov. 9-12 2,000

International pool/Spa/patio Expo Mandalay Bay Nov. 10-12 9,500

LRp publications - 24th annual National

Workers’ Compensation and disability Conference Mandalay Bay Nov. 11-13 4,300

International Association of Emergency Managers Paris Nov. 13-19 3,000

American Academy of ophthalmology Annual Meeting Sands Expo and Convention Center Nov. 14-17 25,000

Kronos Inc. Works Customer Conference Aria Nov. 15-18 2,000

National Communication Association - NCA Meeting Rio Nov. 16-23 2,000

National Business Aviation Association Inc. (NBAA)

Annual Meeting and Convention Las Vegas Convention Center Nov. 17-19 25,000


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Records and TransactionsBankruptciesCHAPTER 7Flexkom America Inc.10275 Rainbow Blvd., Suite 311Las Vegas, NV 89145 Attorney: Marjorie A. Guymon at [email protected]

CHAPTER 11Corporate Support Services of Nevada Inc.4535 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 200Las Vegas, NV 89102Attorney: David M. Crosby at [email protected]

Stardust Limousine Inc.10034 Chinook Gale CourtLas Vegas, NV 89183Attorney: Corey B. Beck at [email protected]

Bid opportunitiesMONDAY, NOV. 92:15 p.m.Spring Mountain Youth Camp: Security surveillance system-elec-trical conduitClark County, 603783Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

3 p.m.Medical, core and support services for HIV/AIDS-infected and affected clients in the Las Vegas, Ryan White Transitional Grant areaClark County, 603851Sherry Wimmer at [email protected]

TUESDAY, NOV. 102:15 p.m.Sunset Park: Southwest parking lot rehabilitationClark County, 603876Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Winchester Community Center: roof replacementClark County, 603877Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

2:30 p.m.All-season asphalt cold patchState of Nevada, 8384Marti Marsh at [email protected]

THURSDAY, NOV. 122 p.m.Barracuda Web FiltersState of Nevada, 8386Marti Marsh at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.IT Operations Center: Mechanical upgrades phases II and III

Clark County, 603819Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Walnut Recreation Center: renova-tion and additionClark County, 603874Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

3 p.m.Current production model 1-ton extended utility truckClark County, 603837Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

FRIDAY, NOV. 139 a.m.Clark Place parking garage: struc-tural wall improvementsClark County, 603735Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

2:15 p.m.Circus Circus Drive from Industrial Road to Las Vegas BoulevardClark County, 603795Tom Boldt at [email protected]

3 p.m.ARC for janitorial services at Dr. William “Doc” Pearson Commu-nity CenterClark County, 603852Deon Ford at [email protected]

3 p.m.One-time purchase of fire appara-tus equipmentClark County, 603882Sandra Mendoza at [email protected]

Brokered transactionsSALES$18,400,000 for 53,690 square feet, office and retailAddress: 1215 and 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89117Seller: FAC Parks LLCSeller agent: Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and M. Laura Hart of CBREBuyer: Did not discloseBuyer agent: Sheila Colfer and Fred Miller of Dickson Commercial Group

$4,025,000 for 36,426 square feet, officeAddress: 4425-4465 S. Jones Blvd., Las Vegas 89103Seller: Did not discloseSeller agent: Did not discloseBuyer: Premier Plaza LLCBuyer agent: Salina Ramirez of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services

$4,000,000 for 3.65 acres, landAddress: Blue Diamond Road and Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas Seller: Blue Diamond Place LLSeller agent: Paul Chaffee and Wil Chaffee of NAI VegasBuyer: 318 Blue Diamond Place LLBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$750,000 for 5,741 square feet, officeAddress: 375 N. Stephanie St., Building 16, Henderson 89014Seller: QB Properties LLCSeller agent: Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate ServicesBuyer: International Cultural Ex-change ServicesBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$650,000 for 5,540 square feet, officeAddress: 1380 E. Sahara Ave. and 2408 Pardee Place, Las Vegas 89104Seller: Rusty Croissant LLCSeller agent: Matt Feustel of Virtus CommercialBuyer: Consulting Advisors of Nevada LLCBuyer agent: Amy Kyzykyan of Realty One Group

$350,000 for 6,089 square feet, officeAddress: 5175 Camino Al Norte, Las Vegas 89031Seller: Nevada New Builds LLCSeller agent: Paul Chaffee and Wil Chaffee of NAI VegasBuyer: Coastline RE Holdings NV Corp.Buyer agent: Did not disclose

LEASES$1,246,512 for 28,360 square feet for 48 months, industrialAddress: 6210 E. Tropical Parkway, North Las Vegas 89115Landlord: Venture Point LLCLandlord agent: Mel Koich and Craig Summers of Gatski Com-mercial and Ryan Hinton of Virtus CommercialTenant: Matrix NV LLCTenant agent: Mel Koich and Craig Summers of Gatski Commercial and Ryan Hinton of Virtus Com-mercial

$705,017 for 17,676 square feet for 65 months, industrialAddress: 4301 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas 89103Landlord: BKM Windriver 104Landlord agent: Ali Roesner, Stacy DeBie, Tom Wagener and Craig Summers of Gatski CommercialTenant: Hershey’s Chocolate WorldTenant agent: Gabe Telles of Gatski Commercial

$609,847 for 6,845 square feet for 38 months, industrialAddress: 5070 Arville St., Las Vegas 89118

Landlord: Circle JAT Enterprises LLCLandlord agent: Tom Wagener and Ali Roesener of Gatski CommercialTenant: Okamibrand LLCTenant agent: Did not disclose

$263,358 for 7,482 square feet for 62 months, industrialAddress: 3535 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas 89032Landlord: BKM Cheyenne 104 LLCLandlord agent: Ali Roesener, Gabe Telles, Stacy DeBie and Craig Summers of Gatski CommercialTenant: Serenity Funeral HomeTenant agent: Mike Dalaiamo of Elite Realty

$199,436 for 6,020 square feet for 60 months, industrialAddress: 3395 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas 89032Landlord: BKM Cheyenne 104 LLCLandlord agent: Ali Roesener, Gabe Telles, Stacy DeBie and Craig Summers of Gatski CommercialTenant: MultiChip Display Inc.Tenant agent: Did not disclose

$174,958 for 8,500 square feet for 38 months, industrialAddress: 4620 S. Polaris Ave., Las Vegas 89103Landlord: Did not discloseLandlord agent: Ali Roesener, Gabe Telles, Sean Simon and Craig Summers of Gatski CommercialTenant: Audio Design Studios LLCTenant agent: Rob Lujan of Jones Lang LaSalle

$150,450 for 1,835 square feet for 77 months, officeAddress: 301 Whitney Ranch Drive, Las Vegas 89014Landlord: Quail Bonita C LLCLandlord agent: Laramie Bracken of Gatski CommercialTenant: Shields Family DentistryTenant agent: Jared Bergquist of Bridge Commercial

$150,450 for 18,820 square feet for 38 months, industrialAddress: 3355 W. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas 89032Landlord: BKM Cheyenne 104 LLCLandlord agent: Craig Summers, Gabe Telles, Ali Roesener, Stacy DeBie and Tom Wagener of Gatski CommercialTenant: Pinnacle Community Services LPTenant agent: Did not disclose

$132,720 for 1,835 square feet for 36 months, officeAddress: 701 E. Bridger Ave., Suite 500, Las Vegas 89101Landlord: 701 Bridger LLCLandlord agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial Tenant: Conversion Media LLCTenant agent: Dave Evenhouse of Re/Max Excellence

$96,300 for 2,675 square feet for

39 months, officeAddress: 4545 W. Spring Mountain Road, Suite 104, Las Vegas 89103Landlord: Mountain Point LLCLandlord agent: Robert S. Hatrak II of Virtus Commercial Tenant: Game NestTenant agent: Robert S. Hatrack II of Virtus Commercial

$94,000 for 2,401 square feet for 36 months, retailAddress: 4750 W. Sahara Ave., Suites 11 and 12, Las Vegas 89102Landlord: Sahara 3D LLCLandlord agent: Nelson Tressier and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Xander Enterprises Inc. dba Loguay and Xander CompanyTenant agent: Stacy DiBie of Gatski Commercial

$20,175 for 1,113 square feet for 24.5 months, officeAddress: 5715 W. Alexander Road, Suite 110, Las Vegas 89130Landlord: Southern Hills Pediatrics LLCLandlord agent: Benny Paul of Realty One GroupTenant: Color PrintingTenant agent: Ryan D. Hinton of Virtus Commercial

Business LicensesLa Cocina De Maribel License type: RestaurantAddress: 2312 E. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Ozyris LLC

Leerco License type: Contractor Address: 8685 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Lindsay Energetics And Energy Revision Company Inc.

Liberty Gold Trader License type: Secondhand dealer class IIAddress: 4115 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Romie Hernandez

Lisamarie Pettit License type: Real estate salesAddress: 10000 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89145Owner: Lisamarie Pettit

Look Style Society License type: CosmeticsAddress: 430 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 150 Building 9, Las Vegas 89145Owner: Current Beauty Lounge LLC

Lowry’s Catering Inc. License type: Alcoholic beverage catererAddress: 4125 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Robert W. Lowry

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Records and TransactionsLV Viking LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Bogdan Woroniecki

Mailing & More! License type: General services – counter/officeAddress: 7181 N. Hualapai Way, Suite 130, Las Vegas 89166Owner: Paan Enterprises LLC

Mamerto Gapultos LLC License type: Senior careAddress: 961 Noah Valley St., Henderson 89052Owner: Mamerto Gapultos LLC

Martin Luther King Health Center License type: MedicalAddress: 1799 Mount Mariah Drive, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Nevada Health Centers Inc.

Massage By Ronelle License type: Independent mas-sage therapistAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89108Owner: Ronelle Williams

Mo Hamilton LLC License type: Insurance agencyAddress: 7380 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89117Owner: Milagros Hamilton

Move On Moving License type: Transfer and storage companyAddress: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 102, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Queen Business Solutions LLC

Moving Forward Learning Center LLC License type: School Address: 800 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 208, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Tim Burke

Mundo Del Bebe License type: General retail salesAddress: 4530 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite E2, Las Vegas 89110Owner: Rosa Carrillo

My Art Stars License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Path to the Possible Well-ness Consultants LLC

Nationwide Plumbing LLC License type: ContractorAddress: 3716 Ashling St., Las Vegas 89129Owner: Richard E. Stanton II

Nationwide Plumbing LLC License type: Contractor Address: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89129Owner: David Gerwask

Nevada Carpet & Flooring Techni-cians License type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Emmanuel Flores

Nevada Collision & Auto Repairs LLC License type: Automotive garage – majorAddress: 3010 Contract Ave., Suite B, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Adrianna Cramer

New Image Tailor & Alteration License type: Tailor and/or dress-makerAddress: 6014 Smoke Ranch Road, Las Vegas 89108Owner: James Miller

Novedades Mia License type: General retail salesAddress: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suite 109, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Cesar A. Zamora

Nutrition Rush License type: Health food storeAddress: 6050 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Decatur Nutrition LLC

Oasis Therapy LLC License type: Professional services – medicalAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Isabel J. Nunez

Partying with Ramirez License type: General retail salesAddress: 1655 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Arturo Ramirez

Plamen Genchev Yordanov License type: Real estate salesAddress: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas 89144Owner: Plamen G. Yordanov

Prepango LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: 806 Starboard St., Las Vegas 91914Owner: Marcos Modiano

Pro Expo License type: MultivendorAddress: 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas 89144Owner: Pro Expo Inc.

Prostone Group LLC License type: ContractorAddress: 5940 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas 89118Owner: George Haddad

Quick Clean Maids LLC License type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 7343 Apache Mission Court, Las Vegas 89179Owner: Amanda Parotte

Ramon Lawn Maintenance License type: Property mainte-nanceAddress: 5109 Rancher Ave., Las Vegas 89108Owner: Abraham Ramon

Regal Nails License type: Beauty parlorAddress: 1807 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Ton Beauty Salon LLC

Rhino Marketing LLC License type: Travel and ticket agencyAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite J21, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Gary Gallant

Rita Renee Juarez License type: Massage therapistAddress: 9259 Satin Pond St., Las Vegas 89123Owner: Rita Renee Juarez

Rockin Fitness and Nutrition License type: Personal trainingAddress: 5355 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 229, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Lorelei Sprott

S&M Metal Works License type: Metal storeAddress: 2033 Deer Springs Drive, Henderson 89074Owner: Matthew Ortiz

S&M Tactical License type: Retail – firearmsAddress: 2033 Deer Springs Drive, Henderson 89074Owner: Matthew Ortiz

Santa Kris Kringle License type: General services – counter/officeAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Christopher Groeschke

Scrappyjacks Pupcakes LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89131Owner: Bob Udit

Sew Yeah LLC License type: General retail salesAddress: 3690 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89130Owner: Ivan Tippetts

Shape Up Vegas License type: Sales/serviceAddress: 3248 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Alma L. Perez

Shelby for Life License type: Interjurisdictional businessAddress: 6430 Boatbill St., North Las Vegas 89084Owner: Charlotte Maria Shelby

Silver State Mechanical Inc. License type: Contractor

Address: 2005 Lou Adams Ave., Logandale 89021Owner: Silver State Mechanical Inc.

Soho Pizza Bar-Isabellas License type: Restaurant Address: 2620 Regatta Drive, Suite 118, Las Vegas 89128Owner: Lakeside Trifecta LLC

Solar Envy LLC License type: ContractorAddress: 4113 Narada Falls Ave., North Las Vegas 89085Owner: Solar Envy LLC

South Bay Athletic License type: Temporary merchantAddress: 3997 N. Hualapai Way, Las Vegas 89129Owner: Ben Pasco

Southern Hills Pest Control License type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 3651 Lindell Road, Suite D108, Las Vegas 89103Owner: James Bruce Henrie

Southwest Collectables License type: General retail salesAddress: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite D53, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Gordon Brannon

SSJJ Cleaning Svcs. License type: Property mainte-nanceAddress: 213 Belmont Canyon Place, Henderson 89015Owner: Semana Silver

Tacos Las Tapatias License type: Open-air vending Address: 1401 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89101Owner: E.T. Fresh Jerky LLC

Taqueria El Buen Pastor License type: Food services or cafe Address: 318 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89101Owner: Dimme Investment LLC

Team Property Management License type: Maintenance serviceAddress: 1508 Silent Sunset Ave., North Las Vegas 89031Owner: Archie Cann

Tenaya Creek Brewery License type: BreweryAddress: 831 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Tenaya Point LLC

Test Pcoyne License type: MultivendorAddress: 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las Vegas 89101Owner: Patrick Coyne

The Advantage Group License type: Professional servicesAddress: 131 California Ave., Las Vegas 89509Owner: Taco Prins

The Doctors Center at Red Rock License type: Professional services – medicalAddress: 8413 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Las Vegas 89128Owner: Leo J. Capobianco, DO, Ltd.

The Fix It Guy License type: Repair and mainte-nanceAddress: 6712 Rancho Santa Fe Drive, Las Vegas 89130Owner: David Delong Enterprises LLC

The Pickup Artists License type: Residential property maintenanceAddress: 1975 Village Center Circle, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89134Owner: The Pickup Artist LLC

The Siegel Group LLC License type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 6759 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89146Owner: Jonathan H. Siegel

The Wash License type: Automobile detailingAddress: 3006 Atwater Drive, Las Vegas 89032Owner: Victor Mariscal

Thevinyldude.com License type: General retail salesAddress: 1323 S. Commerce St., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Michael D. Trotta

Top Master Locksmith Inc. License type: LocksmithAddress: 5115 Dean Martin Drive, Suite 405, Las Vegas 89118Owner: Top Master Locksmith Inc.

Tracey L. Fluellyn License type: Real estate salesAddress: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89149Owner: Tracey L. Fluellyn LLC

Traffic Ticket Solutions License type: Professional servicesAddress: 3401 Sirius Ave., Suite 3, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Ticket Solutions Inc.

Trafficbuilders Inc. License type: General retail salesAddress: 4096 Kietzke Lane, Las Vegas 89502Owner: Valerie Rothe

Trends Boutique License type: BoutiqueAddress: 1180 Via Monticano, Henderson 89052Owner: Trends Boutique LLC

Tutoraid LLC License type: Tutoring serviceAddress: 11241 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson 89052Owner: Tutoraid LLC

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Records and TransactionsLicense type: Automotive garage/service stationAddress: 2606 Westwood Drive, Las Vegas 89109Owner: Dale Gaines

U.S. Oil Solutions License type: Recycle waste haulersAddress: 3230 W. Desert Inn Road, Suite 180, Las Vegas 89102Owner: Nevada Oil Solutions LLC

United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce in Nevada License type: Community servicesAddress: 500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 300 Office 344B, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Alfredo Sanchez

Unity Land Construction LLC License type: ContractorAddress: 2870 N. Commerce St., North Las Vegas 89030Owner: Unity Land Construction LLC

Vegas Couture License type: General retail salesAddress: 875 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 19, Las Vegas 89106Owner: Eva Solis

Wi Calendars License type: General retail salesAddress: 4300 Meadows Lane, Suite 6511, Las Vegas 89107Owner: Western Project Services LLC

Xtreme Dent Repair License type: DealershipAddress: 1414 Pathfinder Road, Henderson 89014Owner: Did not disclose

Zakiyyah J. Hobbs License type: Bail agent/enforce-ment agentAddress: 1925 Western Ave., Las Vegas 89102Owner: Cutting Edge Bail Bonds - Las Vegas LLC

1-Uno Road Side Services License type: General services – counter/officeAddress: Did not disclose, Las Vegas 89108Owner: Jose Caravantes

BUILDInG PERMITs$498,232, electrical3901 Donna St., North Las VegasT&M Controls Inc.

$348,926, commercial - alteration2021 Civic Center Drive, North Las VegasGluck Development Company Inc.

$300,000, single-family residen-tial - addition9505 Kings Gate Court, Las Vegas Executive Homes Inc.

$300,000, single-family residen-tial - addition9506 Kings Gate Court, Las Vegas Executive Homes Inc.

$254,404, residential - production2786 Hera Heights Court, Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$252,852, residential - custom1111 Harwood Hills Court, HendersonDR Horton Inc.

$250,000, tenant improvement - nightclub2101 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 101, Las Vegas RA Lyons Inc.

$219,000, commercial - addition3950 N. Bruce St., North Las VegasKittrell Jensen Contractors LLC

$218,097, single-family residential - production474 Rosina Vista St., Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$214,757, residential - production1088 Via Alloro, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$202,503, residential - production326 Mandarin Hill Lane, HendersonPardee Homes Nevada


$194,962, residential - production2782 Hera Heights Court, Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$192,466, residential - production261 Glasgow St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

$190,639, single-family residential - production12066 Vibrato Court, Las Vegas William Lyon Homes Inc.


$190,000, tenant improvement - offices10000 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 105, Las Vegas Boyd Martin Construction LLC



$177,968, single-family residential - production12069 Vibrato Court, Las Vegas

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$171,070, single-family residential - production9156 Mastodon Ave., Las Vegas DR Horton Inc.


$168,721, single-family residential - production374 Capistrano Vistas St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$168,721, single-family residential - production394 Capistrano Vistas St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes





$159,973, residential - production253 Glasgow St., HendersonBeazer Homes Holdings Corp.

$158,531, residential - production904 Everest Peak Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$157,019, single-family residential - production12270 Lorenzo Ave., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$157,019, single-family residential - production342 Rezzo St., Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$154,866, single-family residential - production10849 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC

$154,866, single-family residential - production10855 Hammett Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC

$150,000, tenant improvement - educational building549 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Kalb Industries of Nevada Ltd.

$148,712, single-family residential - production6773 Bristle Falls St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes




$146,665, residential - production2817 Poseidon Shore Ave., Hen-dersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$145,279, residential - production913 Carson Bluff Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$145,000, tenant improvement - storage3718 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas Quantum Services

$141,198, single-family residential - production10818 Irving Park Ave., Las Vegas Toll North LV LLC

$139,734, residential - production2471 Dragon Fire Lane, HendersonHacienda Trails LLC

$138,815, single-family residential - production9626 Ashlynn Peak Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$138,306, single-family residential - production9801 Yellow Shadow Ave., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$138,306, single-family residential - production9618 Ashlynn Peak Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$134,760, single-family residential - production59 Berneri Drive, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$134,760, single-family residential - production56 Berneri Drive, Las Vegas Pulte Homes of Nevada

$132,996, single-family residential - production10814 Wrigley Field Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes

$132,359, residential - production692 Giselle Court, Henderson

Hacienda Trails LLC

$132,055, residential - new3629 Greenbriar Bluff Ave., North Las VegasJ.F. Shea Co. Inc.

$129,475, residential - production908 Everest Peak Ave., HendersonRyland Homes Nevada LLC

$129,143, residential - garage1072 Via Alloro, HendersonGreystone Nevada LLC

$126,259, residential - production690 Giselle Court, HendersonHacienda Trails LLC

$126,259, residential - production687 Narissa Ave., HendersonHacienda Trails LLC

$126,259, residential - production685 Narissa Ave., HendersonHacienda Trails LLC

$125,540, residential - new1316 Gilbert Creek Ave., North Las VegasPardee Homes of Nevada





$110,000, commercial814 S. Third St., Las Vegas AR Mays Construction Inc.

$101,806, residential - production1545 Olivia Parkway, HendersonCentury Communities Nevada LLC

$100,010, pool and/or spa2804 Ashworth Circle, Las Vegas Zakalik Judah Living Trust

$100,000, fence1209 Trade Drive, North Las VegasBurke Construction Group Inc.

$100,000, residential - remodel1 Anthem Pointe Court, HendersonFindlay Nevada Trust

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Category: general ContraCtors(ranked By July 2014-June 2015 Billings)

Company Billings Employees Year established Top executive

1 The Penta Building Group181 E. Warm Springs RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119

$234,993,964 128 2000 John Cannito, chief operating officer

2 Martin-Harris Construction LLC3030 S. Highland DriveLas Vegas, NV 89109

$175,250,914 202 1976 Frank Martin, president

3 R&O Construction6787 Spencer St.Las Vegas, NV 89119

$75,000,000 27 1997 Erik Skogstad, vice president and general manager

4 McCarthy Building Cos.2340 Corporate Circle, Suite 125Henderson, NV 89074

$44,000,000 53 1973 Jeff Wood, vice president of operations

5 Kalb Industries of Nevada5670 Wynn RoadLas Vegas, NV 89118

$27,009,460 27 1972 Justin Kalb, president

6 Boyd Martin Construction LLC5965 McLeod DriveLas Vegas, NV 89120

$25,688,310 27 2003 Boyd Martin, managing member

7 DC Building Group (formerly Danoski Clutts Building Group)101 E. Warm Springs RoadLas Vegas, NV 89119

$18,500,000 26 2001 Shawn Danoski, CEO

8 Kittrell Jensen Contractors1919 S. Jones Blvd., Suite ELas Vegas, NV 89146

$14,169,256 12 2008 Ron Jensen, managing partner

9 Merlin Contracting6408 Arville St.Las Vegas, NV 89118

$13,700,000 22 1989 Steve Jones, CEO

10 LM Construction Co. LLC5075 Cameron St., Suite HLas Vegas, NV 89118

$7,200,000 34 1996 Larry Monkarsh, managing member

11 Burke Construction Group Inc.385 Pilot Road, Suite DLas Vegas, NV 89119

$6,796,043 49 1984 Kevin E. Burke, president and CEO

12 Dakem & Associates LLC6170 W. Viking RoadLas Vegas, NV 89103

$6,700,000 13 1997 Daniel S. Amster, manager

13 Roche Constructors Inc.7680 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 130Las Vegas, NV 89117

$236,121 5 1986 Sandy Olson, vice president

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