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Wayne Newton owns a home in the Las Vegas area, and it was a real location for the film "Vegas Vacation."



This Week's Featured Columns:

 

The Liberace Foundation & Museum Offers Discounted Admission For Summer

Liberace Foundation & Museum

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Misfits Flats off Highway 50 near Stagecoach takes its name from the John Huston film. Huston used the privately owned area to film a complicated wild horse round up with Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach.


Nevada Government 

Gov. Gibbons - Picture Governor Jim Gibbons
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Governor Announces “Tax Amnesty” Program
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Harry Reid - Picture U.S. Senator Harry Reid
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Reid Office Hosts Health Care Forum With Top Administration Official
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John Ensign - Picture U.S. Senator John Ensign
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Democrats Vote Against Unemployment Extension Again
>> Ensign Statement On Petraeus Confirmation
>> Extending Unemployment Benefits Important To Nevadans
>> Ensign Statement On Passing Of Senator Robert C. Byrd
>> Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Second Amendment As Individual Right
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Shelley Berkley - Picture U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Berkley Fights To Extend Helping Hand To Unemployed Nevadans
>> Nevadans With Pre-Existing Conditions Can Now Obtain Guaranteed Health Coverage
>> Berkley Votes For Wall Street Reforms To Protect Nevada Consumers, Small Businesses
>> First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension Passes With Berkley Backing
>> Berkley Backs Renewed Effort To Extend Unemployment Help For Jobless Nevadans
>> Yucca Fight Will Not Stop
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Dina Titus - Picture U.S. Congresswoman Dina Titus
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> HealthCare.gov to Give Nevadans More Control Over Health Care Choices
>> Titus Again Supports Extending Unemployment Benefits for Nevadans
>> Expedia’s Adding of 130 Jobs in Las Vegas a Welcome Sign
>> Sweeping Wall Street Reform Will End Taxpayer Bailouts, Protect Nevadans from Predatory Lending
>> Titus Congratulates Chef Moonen and Thanks Him for His Efforts to Fight Hunger
>> With Nevada Families Hurting, Republicans Again Block Extension of Unemployment Benefits
>> Titus Cosponsors Extension of Deadline to Qualify for First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit
>> Titus Statement NRC Decision on Yucca Mountain
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City of Henderson, NV - Picture City of Henderson, NV
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> City Of Henderson Installs Flashing Yellow Arrow Traffic Signal
>> City Of Henderson Mayor And Council To Vote On City Union Contracts
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Hoover Dam, the largest single public works project in the history of the United States, contains 3.25 million cubic yards of concrete, which is enough to pave a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York.


Monthly Astrology / Horoscope

Michelle Avanti - Picture Michele Avanti, CAP EFT-3
July ’10 Astrology / Horoscope
Cancer, you’re the emotional, intuitive, nurturing, family-oriented sign of the zodiac. You’re very protective of your family, property and homeland. Your most positive qualities include: being helpful, imaginative, receptive, nurturing, motherly... [read more]

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Frank Sinatra once owned the Cal-Neva at Lake Tahoe's Crystal Bay. It is possible to stand in both Nevada and California inside Cal-Neva's building.


Entertainment

Victoria Alexander - Picture Victoria Alexander ¦ Viewpoint on Vegas
July 2 2010
This Week: Cheap Trick’s Sgt. Pepper Live! at Paris Hotel & Casino, Charity Event at RM Seafood at Mandalay Bay, Warren Beatty’s Daughter Wants a Sex Change!, Socializing at the IRVA Conference, The Black Swan Theory, Reptilians Shopping at Walmart, and more... [read more]

Nikki Artale - Picture Nikki Artale ¦ Vegas Stars Interviews
Vegas Show Biz Party
LAX Nightclub at the Luxor opened their doors for the very first Vegas Show Biz Party for the event of the night on June 21, 2010. It was a private event and anyone associated with the entertainment business was invited. Entertainers, casts, public relation people, celebrities... [read more]

Jackie Brett - Picture Jackie Brett ¦ Vegas View
July 2, 2010
>> "Tournament Of Kings" Celebrates 20th Anniversary
>> Venetian Headliner Wayne Brady Is Seeing Double
>> Ante Up For Africa Charity Poker Tournament Attracts Celebs
AND MUCH MORE... [read more]

Debbie Hall - Picture Debbie Hall ¦ Dining with Debbie
Only in Vegas: A Wedding Chapel in a Gentlemen’s Club
Badda Bing owner Rick Belcastro has made his Las Vegas gentlemen’s club different from the rest. Since Las Vegas is the wedding capital of the world, why not offer weddings and receptions in the club? Sin City Fantasy Weddings was created with the Reverend Monti Rock... [read more]

Chick Hughes - Picture Chick Hughes ¦ Chick’s Chicks
This Week, Chick Takes You To The Playboy Club’s 50th Anniversary Party In The Playboy Club At Palms Casino!

See what beauties Chick has in store for you this week... [read more]


Liberace Foundation & Museum - Picture Liberace Foundation & Museum ¦ Liberace Foundation & Museum
The Liberace Foundation & Museum Offers Discounted Admission For Summer
Kicking off during the scorching summer months, the Liberace Foundation & Museum is offering a discounted admission rate to beat the heat. Beginning Monday, June 21 and running to Labor Day... [read more]

Little Anthony - Picture Little Anthony ¦ Little Anthony's This and That
Moving Day Is “Move For Less (Turns Out To Be More)”
I think two of the hardest things to do in life is to give birth to a baby and to move. Of course, I don’t mean that a man is having a baby either. We all know that women have babies plain and simple. But moving, that is something that disregards sex and gender combined... [read more]

Chuck Rounds - Picture Chuck Rounds ¦ Las Vegas Entertainment News
July 2010
July is the hottest month of the year according to all of the records kept in Las Vegas, but oddly enough, we have escaped the blistering heat of June and are just now getting into the hot weather... [read more]


Valley News Team - Picture Lucille Thaler & Tony Zanoff ¦ Valley News Team
Thai Cuisine Comes To The Las Vegas Valley At The Mekong Golden River Restaurant And Lounge
A new moderately priced Thai cuisine restaurant has opened its doors in Henderson. It is moderately priced and the food is scrumptious! A true Thai taste can be discovered as you eat some of their house... [read more]

Dr. Adele ''Z.Z.'' Zorn - Picture Dr. Adele “Z.Z.” Zorn ¦ Society News & Entertainment Tidbits
The Las Vegas 2010 Heart Ball
From the very beautiful invitations to the very attractive booklet at the event, The Las Vegas Heart Ball outdid itself at their annual Ball. The delightful evening event started in the lovely Tuscan inspired Florentine Gardens at the RITZ CARLTON HOTEL at Lake Las Vegas... [read more]

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The only Nevada lake with an outlet to the sea is man made Lake Mead.


Community

Mitzi Reed - Picture Mitzi Reed ¦ Holisitc Chamber of Commerce
Founder Of Nevada Holistic Chamber Resumes President’s Role As The Chamber Is Going Through A Rebirth
The founder of the Nevada Holistic Chamber of Commerce, Mitzi Reed, has resumed role of President after two years... [read more]

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Reno, Nevada is west of Los Angeles, California.


Home & Family

Susie Isaacs - Picture Susie Isaacs ¦ Ms. Poker
A Story About My Father
I loved my Daddy. We were never exceptionally close, but I loved him and he loved me. If you still have your Daddy, give him a hug. Let him know that you love him. I’m going to share an “I love my Daddy and he loves me” story with you for Father’s Day... [read more]

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Camels were used as pack animals in Nevada as late as 1870.


VCO Artist of the Month—July 2010

 

             MATT GOSS

Artist of the Month           Matt Goss



Matt Goss enjoyed more than a decade of success as lead singer for Bros. Their debut album, "Push" sold 400,000 copies within its first week of release and in excess of 5 million, worldwide. Over their career, Bros recorded three successful albums, including thirteen Top 5 singles and selling 16 million records, worldwide. Over the course of two global tours, Matt headlined the world's most prestigious venues including the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Tokyo's Buddha Khan, The Royal Albert Hall and 15 consecutive nights at London's Wembley Arena, and his farewell performance was at London's Wembley Stadium.

Bros played a live summer concert to 70,000 fans... [read more]

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