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80th Academy Awards

Featured Artist of the Month

Featured Announcement

VCO Welcomes New Columnists

"Vegas Insider" Columns

This Week's Announcements

Grand Prize Giveaway

Monthly Giveaway theme "LOVE"

Weekly Prize Giveaway

 

 

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®. The official name of the Oscar statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. Made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers and Technicians. To see nominees click  HERE.

 
 
 

Featured Artist

for the Month: February

Sammy Davis Jr.

Posthumously

 

Featured Announcement:

Celebrate Nevada Reading Week

February 25-29, 2008

  Ray Willis host of "Inside Education"  
       
 

"School Superintendent Walt Rulffes discussed how Clark County citizens can and do support Nevada Reading Week, by volunteering to read at local schools. In fact, Dr. Rulffes with his companion puppet in tow, read at schools throughout the district during Nevada Reading Week to appropriately lead by example.” Ray Willis host of "Inside Education" airs weekly: Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 10 - Wednesdays at 12:30 a.m. on Channel 10 - Fridays at 4:30 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 111 - Sundays at 6 a.m. on Channel 10

 
 
 
     

 

 

VCO Welcomes Our Newest Columnist

 

Defending Freedom

Nevada Benefits Foundation has offered a way for all of us to show our appreciation and gratitude to our troops. By joining forces with our Foundation you can make a statement of support to the brave, selfless and courageous men and women that defend our freedom every day!  We invite everyone to www.defendingfreedom.net to learn more about how you can "band together" to know that you have made a positive change in the lives of our military and their family.

 

 
     
     

 

 

 

VCO Welcomes Our Newest Columnist

 

Metro - Department Crime Prevention

 

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is committed to crime prevention and provides a Crime Prevention Specialist in each Area Command for this purpose.  some of the services they can provide include Neighborhood Watch, Business Watch, Crime Prevention Presentations on a variety of topics for both neighborhoods and businesses, Home and Business Security Surveys using Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design strategies, and Neighborhood and Business Safety Meetings.  

 
 
 
Columns
 

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Column of the Week:
More Lunch Talk with Alexander
 

 
  Las Vegas Government          
 

Mayor Oscar B. Goodman

 
Martin L. King Boulevard Road Widening Project Starts Soon
A major road improvement project is coming to Martin L. King Boulevard extending from approximately Discovery Drive to Carey Avenue. The project to widen 2.5 miles of Martin L. King Boulevard is starting the week of March 3 and will take nearly two years to complete...... [read more]
 
         

 
  Clark County                       
  Clark County Parks & Recreation
Indoor & Neighborhood Pools, Water Parks Plus Events....
Clark County Parks and Recreation is recruiting individuals 15 1/2 years and older. Training is at a reduced rate ($25 for Lifeguard or $40 for WSI certification) for those who sign an employment contract. Positions available from $7.50 hr. - $14 hr. depending on experience and certifications.... [read more]
 
 

 
  Presidential Candidates           
  Senator Hillary R. Clinton       
The Humorous Side of our Presidential Candidates
 

See the Humorous Side of Senator Hillary Clinton... [see here]        

 
 

 
  Presidential Candidates      
  Barack Obama      
  The Humorous Side of our Presidential Candidates
 

See the Humorous Side of Senator Barack.. [see here]        

 
 

 
  Presidential Candidates         
  John McCain
The Humorous Side of our Presidential Candidates
See the Humorous Side of our Senator John McCain..... [see here]
 
 

 
  Politically Speaking                 
  John Daly
More Lunch Talk with Alexander
First, read non-fiction books. I listen to books on tape in the car. Force yourself to read a book for at least a half-hour a day. A word of warning: avoid the cable-yakkers’ books. Find experts to read. Second, seek and listen to smart people. I’m a smarter and a more interesting person because of my lunch with John Alexander........ [read more]
 
 

 
  Politically Speaking                   
 

Veterans In Politics
A Weekly Radio Show
"Veterans In Politics" is a weekly radio show produced by the Veterans In Politics International. Mr. Sanson was the host of "Face the Tribune" that ended on September 29, 2007... [read more]

 
 
 

 
  Monthly Horoscope          
  Michele Avanti, CAP              
February '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. Test: is the issue or experience which will test your focus. Key: is a little gemstone which can help you pass the test if you will use it....[read more]

 

 

 
  Notes from Norm      
  Norm Clarke
Weekly Wrap-Up 02-16-08 - 02-22-08
 
Another Las Vegas connection is anticipated when the new season's celebrity lineup for ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" is unveiled tonight. Some local support personnel have been hired for rehearsals and there's buzz that Rio headliner Penn Jillette and Gennifer Flowers have been on the show producers' list..... [read more]
 
 
 

 
  Publisher's Favorite E-mails     
  Marleen Marino       
Alaska Ice Festival
Photos taken and shared from the incredible ice sculptures submitted at the Fairbanks Ice Festival, Fairbanks, Alaska!..... [see here] 
 
 

 
 

 
  Poems, Odes and More   
  Marleen Marino, A Kiss, Al Pacino    
 

The Billary Show                               

  Poems submitted [read more]
 

 

 
  Art                                          
  The Art Institute of Las Vegas
Internship Fair
Looking for your new Star?.... [read more]
 
 

 
  Entertainment             
  Jackie Brett
  Brett's Vegas View 02-22-08
 

The Fremont Street Experience will feature free live concerts and NASCAR merchandise booths during the two-day annual Race Jam week end, Feb. 29 and March 1.  The performance schedule on the 3rd Street Stage... [read more]

 
 

 
  Entertainment            
 

Victoria Alexander
Viewpoint on Vegas: February 22, 2008
Gordon Ramsey, Shipibo-Conibo Shamanism, Movie This Week, and more. [read more]

 
 

 
  Entertainment          
 

Kid Cary
Ciao Freddie
Thankfully recognition is not the only reason for our existence.  The quality of friends says a lot about Freddie.  He had many great friends, and last Sunday night they put on a celebration.  If the sum of his life could be expressed in the quality of friends, he had a great life.... [read more]

   
 
 

 
  Entertainment      
 

Pete Allman
CSN - Freddie Bell - A Celebration of Life
Freddie Bell was a gentleman, a kind person and a guy that would make you forget about your troubles. Even The Rat Pack, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dean Martin loved Freddie...

  CSN - Mamma Mia & MORE
 

After 2,500 performances, “Mama Mia,” the musical based on the songs of Abba, celebrates its fifth year running at the Mandalay Bay Theater on the Las Vegas Blvd. Strip....

  Check out Peter's Celebrity Interviews * New Interviews added
  Pete Allman Interviews Celebrities on many subjects...
 
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  Entertainment         
 

Debbie Hall  
Mamma Mia
The plot of Mamma Mia is both contemporary and traditional.  In a small Greek island, 20-year-old Sophie is engaged to be married in three months and discovers through reading her mother’s diary that her mother slept with three men during the time of her conception..... [read more]

 
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Celebrity Chef Connection
Hawaiian Tropic Zone
The restaurant's mission is to revolutionize dining by introducing the concept of Table Concierges, beautiful, friendly women who tend to the dining needs and enjoyment of patrons by facilitating introductions among groups and competing in a nightly interactive beauty pageant voted on by patrons...... [read more]

 
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  Entertainment                  
 

Chick Hughes

  Chick Chick's This Week
  See Chick with some gorgeous gals... [read more]
 
 

 
  Entertainment               
 

Steve Dacri

  The Bill & Hillary Show & MORE
  We were in the front row, so we had a great opportunity to not only watch them and observe the way they all interacted with each other, like any close-knit family would, but we got to speak with them, and most important, I now have another great playing card autograph for my collection... [read more]
 
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  Pet of the Week                       
 

Nevada SPCA 
Pet of the Week - February 22nd  
This week's Pet of the Week.. [read more]

 
Channel 19 - LV1 
 Saturday 1pm

 
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