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This Week's Flyer Contains:

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

Featured Artist of the April

Featured Announcement

"Vegas Insider" Columns

This Week's Announcements

Last Chance for Poem & Feedback submissions

Weekly Prize Giveaway

 

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month

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Featured Artist

for the Month: April

Cher

 

Featured Announcement:

The 3rd Time wasn't a Charm!

What a GREAT community we live in!!!!

 

VCO is wondering if we should just announce who wins the monthly giveaways and then ask them who they would like to "Pay it Forward" to. What do YOU think? Seems like our GREAT community is very giving.

 

     
  The Greens won for Best Feedback for the Month of March & wrote:  
     
 

Thank You - From Lois & Ben - We are proud that our submission on preventing global warming has been chosen as the winning Feedback for March.  It would please us to have our prize offered to David Hassenzah, the Chair of the Environment Studies Department at UNLV for him to present to a student of his choosing who is a member of Sierra Student Coalition (S.S.C.), a student organization at UNLV that focuses on environmental issues facing Southern Nevada and the world.            The saga continues!      More next week.

 
 
 
 
Columns
 

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Column of the Week:

Protecting Your Pet In The Summer

 

 
  Nevada Government         
  Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons
Governor Outlines New Revenue Projections
  “These are difficult economic times, for not just state government, but for the people of Nevada,” Gov. Jim Gibbons said. “Nevadans are paying more for milk, gasoline, healthcare, heating fuels and just about everything else, so I cannot see asking them to pay more for government, as well........
 
 

 
  Nevada Government       
  Nevada Film Office
Shot in Nevada
Hold on, don’t get the wrong idea. I don’t mean shot, as in the gunslingin’ cowboys of ol’ Nevada. Nor am I referring to the mean streets of new Nevada. The “shot” I’m talking about was done with a camera. Yup, that’s what we want, anything that was shot in Nevada......
 
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  Nevada Government         
  Senator Harry Reid
Improving Transportation in Nevada
In addition to funding important transportation projects nationwide, the passage of this bill will help create tens of thousands of jobs across the country and reduce transportation costs of consumer goods, both of which will help improve.......
 
         

 
  Nevada Government       
  Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
  Weekly Update
 

As Nevada Unemployment Rate Tops 5.8% Berkley Seeks Extension of Jobless Benefits, Berkley Package Seeks To Extend Unemployment Help For Nevadans, House Approves Legislation to Ensure Continued Access to Federal Student Loans

 
         

 
  Nevada Government          
  Senator John Ensign
Ensign Urges Action To Ensure Troops’ Right To Vote
Senator John Ensign joined a bipartisan group in sending a letter to the President today (April 21, 2008) calling for immediate action toward improving military absentee voting.  In 2006, 20 percent of the votes cast by our active-duty men and women were not even counted.....
   
         

 
  Nevada Government       
  Department of Business and Industry
Treasury Department’s Financial Regulatory Reform Plan
George E. Burns, Commissioner of the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, expressed his concerns regarding the recommendations in the Treasury Department’s Blueprint for Financial Regulatory Reform.......
 
         

 
  Las Vegas Government       
 

Mayor Oscar B. Goodman

 
Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain is located 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas in Nye County, NV. The city of Las Vegas is opposed to the location of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.......
 
         

 
  Clark County                   
 

Clark County Parks & Recreation
Events to know about!
College Prep Conference - Free for teenagers and their families and Free Jazz in the Park Series, April 26th featuring Spyro Gyra. Picnics, blankets and low back chairs are welcome. Food and drink are available for purchase on site....

 

         

 
  Clark County                   
 

Clark County Animal Control
Protecting Your Pet In The Summer
Most people think nothing of putting their dogs in the back of their pickup truck or car and hitting the road to the lake or just shopping. What many people don't realize is that the summer heat can be devastating to a pet.....

 

         

 
  Presidential Candidates        
  Senator Hillary R. Clinton       
Thank you Pennsylvania!
 

Senator Clinton after Pennsylvania Victory....

 
 

 
  Presidential Candidates          
  Barack Obama      
  Pennsylvania Primary Night Speech
 

Barack rallied a crowd of almost 8,000 on the night of the Pennsylvania primary in Evansville, IN......

 
 

 
  Presidential Candidates         
  John McCain
McCain Speech in Youngstown, OH - 4/22/08
Senator John McCain's speech to begin a Town Hall Meeting in Youngstown, Ohio, April 22, 2008. He appeared in Youngstown on Day 2 of his "Time for Action Tour" of economically challenged areas of America........
 

 

 
  Politically Speaking                      
  John Daly
New Book: Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
I’ve read Phillips other books. The best is American Theocracy. It’s a warning of a failing American civilization. Phillips compares the U.S. Empire to the fall of the Roman, Dutch, and British Empires.......
 

 

 
  Monthly Horoscope                
  Michele Avanti, CAP              
April '08 Horoscope
                 2008 Astrological Outlook
 

How to Use This Column: As you read your sun and moon sign, you will note each section is broken into Focus, Test, Key & Action. Focus defines what you will find yourself focused on during this time....

  May '08 Horoscope
 

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  Notes from Norm                 
  Norm Clarke
Weekly Wrap-Up 4-19-08 - 4-25-08
 
Larry Edwards, a longtime Tina Turner impersonator, is over the moon, and his feet won't be touching earth any time soon.....
 
 
 

 
  Vegas Wishes & Desert Dreams    
  Robin Leach
Weekly Wishes and Dreams
 

Brilliantly eccentric, world-famous designer Philippe Starck vows his wild-makeover of the 2,500-room Sahara resort on the Strip will open in 2010—and some of the furniture maybe “sex-intended”!....
 

  First HD Television Facility on the Las Vegas Strip
  Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman helps launch VegasHD, the first HD television facility on the Las Vegas Strip.....
 
Cheap Flights at westjet.com 
         

 
  Frederick's Facts & More   
  John Fredericks
Meet L.J.
 

LJ came into my life at a time when I was suffering from severe depression following the loss of my sweet old boy, Jordan......

  L.J. Update                            
  LJ Gets Attached! Thank God, he’s fine!  We were at a dog event this past Saturday morning.  There were some adoption dogs there....
 
 

 
  Publisher's Favorite E-mails              
  Marleen Marino
The Price of Gas vs. Printer Ink
All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are.......
 
 
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  Poems, Odes and More   
 

Ode To Las Vegas                       

  Poem submitted
 

 

 
  Entertainment            
  Michaelina Bellamy
  Back stage at the EnormousNorm-A-Thon
 

Probably the best charity event I have been to in years! I have done many and have never seen one run so smoothly and joyfully........

 
Customizable Award Trophies
 

 
  Entertainment      
  Kid Cary and Marleen Marino
EnormousNorm-A-Thon - A Huge Success
It was wonderful seeing Norman in grand spirits! One thing that has not changed since I’ve known him, is his warm and giving spirit. He is loved by many, which was apparent by the huge showing of both star performers and attendees.....
 

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  Entertainment                   
  Jackie Brett
  Brett's Vegas View 4-25-08
 

CRISS ANGEL Believe™ has been unveiled as the name of the new Cirque du Soleil production set to open at the Luxor.  The show will star magician Criss Angel and be presented in a custom-built theater........

 
Your key to Philadelphia
 

 
  Entertainment                    
 

Victoria Alexander
Viewpoint on Vegas: April 25, 2008
In 1495 the Roman Catholic Church allowed those who pay a fee to consume butter during fast days. It is believed that monies collected from this “butter tax” paid for the construction of a part of the Cathedral of Rouen that came to be known as the “Butter Tower.”.......

 
 

 
  Entertainment        
 

Pete Allman
Be a Star: Take Care of Your Prostate Health
Whether or not you are a celebrity, every man is a star and can take charge of his health. Every woman can act like a best supporting actress by encouraging her grandfather, father, brother, son, boyfriend, husband and male friends to pay attention to prostate health....