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Happy Father's Day

Featured Artist of June

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Father’s Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving to fathers and family-oriented activities.

 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 

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for the Month of June
Donny & Marie
 
 
 
 

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June 19th Featured Column:

 
 

Be a Change Agent

 
     
 
         
   

 
  Nevada Government
 

Senator Harry Reid
Weekly Update
Senator Harry Reid made the following statement after the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, 79-17: “This bill will save lives.  This vote was a victory for common sense, public health and our nation’s future.......

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Nevada Government
  Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
  Berkley Announces $17 Million For Nevada Homeland Security Needs
 

 “The bright lights, entertainment and attractions that Las Vegas has to offer draw huge numbers of visitors from around the globe and with these crowds come the need for additional resources to protect against threats, including acts of terrorism.  These funds will help our first responders maintain the ability to act in the case of an emergency or threat to public safety....

 
   
         
 
         
   

 
  Nevada Government
 

Congresswoman Dina Titus
Weekly Updates
Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s Third District and a member of the Homeland Security Committee announced that Nevada and the Las Vegas area will receive nearly $17 million for the current fiscal year through a number of Homeland Security grant programs aimed at improving emergency preparedness......

 
 
You Too
Can Help Our
 
         
 
         
   

 
  Nevada Government
 

Department of Business and Industry
Vegas Insurance Agent Stripped of Licenses, Fined $90,000
The Nevada Division of Insurance has found that a Las Vegas insurance agent collected premiums from unsuspecting victims then failed to remit the funds to insurers, Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper announced.....

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
City of North Las Vegas
  Recreation For Generations

City officials will break ground for the SkyView Multi-Generational Center at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, at 3050 E. Centennial Parkway, at the northeast corner of Centennial Parkway and Statz Street.......

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
City of Henderson
  Maintaining the Value of Your Home

The City of Henderson Neighborhood Services Division, Code Enforcement Division and Parks and Recreation Department are co-hosting free workshops for homeowners concerned about declining property values...........

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Monthly Horoscope
  Michele Avanti, CAP 
June '09 Horoscope
 

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....

  2009 Astrological Outlook
 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Notes from Norm
  Norm Clarke
Weekly Wrap-Up 06-13-09 - 06-19-09

An original Leonardo da Vinci painting of a topless Mona Lisa, locked away in Las Vegas and being tracked down by art collectors?.....

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Vegas Wishes & Desert Dreams
  Robin Leach
Weekly Wishes and Dreams     
 
It was a night of triumph for Motown legend Smokey Robinson and his four-man group Human Nature...
 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  The Mentalist
  Gerry McCambridge
 

The Red Carpet from my Perspective
This is what it looks like just before I stepped on to the red carpet and posed for all the photographers and granted interviews........

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Tony's 2 Cents
  Tony Curtis
 

Jules Verne Legendaire Award event! & Some Press
I was in Los Angeles last weekend for the Jules Verne Event..........

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  An Imperial Life
  Little Anthony
  This & That
 

I don’t know if you caught the notice, but Graceland Enterprises’ managers are looking for people with personal stories to tell about the king of rock ‘n’ roll. .......

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Publisher's Favorite E-mails
  Marleen Marino

Military Humor

 

Thank Goodness they can still maintain their sense of humor over there!!!......

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Entertainment

Victoria Alexander

Week of June 19, 2009                             

CineVegas Begins!, Phil Spector’s Sex Life, David Carradine’s Legacy, An al-Qaida Franchise, and more…

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Entertainment
  Jackie Brett
  Brett's Vegas View 06-19-09
 

In August, legendary Hollywood hotspot, Pink’s Hot Dogs will open a new Las Vegas location in Planet Hollywood at the south end of the property with direct access to Strip foot traffic....

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Entertainment
 

Celebrity Chef Connection
Merlots That Are Worth The Money  Guest Columnist Les Kincaid
There are plenty of Merlots that cost less than any cabernet counterparts, simply because Merlot Cabernet isn't viewed as cool the Merlot was in the 1980s, "It's easy to pronounce, it's not very tannic, and it’s easy to drink. So it went crazy [back then]."....

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Entertainment
 

Tom Jones International
Friars Club Applause Award Gala
Tom received the Friars Foundation Artistic Scholarship Applause Award, one of three given tonight to “artists and industry titans who have shown outstanding merit and achievement, and whose careers have contributed positively to their industry and to the world of entertainment.”...........

 
 

         
         
         
   

 
  Entertainment
 

Liberace Foundation
VS. a Rock Cabaret
On Sunday, June 21, 10:00 pm at Liberace Museum's Cabaret Showroom it's not your mama's cabaret!....

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Entertainment
  Chick Hughes 
  This Week, at the 702 TV & Cinevegas Launch Party!
  See Chick with some gorgeous gals,....
 
 

         
 
   
       

 
  Report on Vegas
 

Michael Politz
This Week's Update

 

International music sensation and “cuchi-cuchi girl” Charo has signed a long-term contract to perform her new show, “Charo in Concert: A Musical Sensation” at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas beginning Friday, July 10......

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Feedback
 

Your Latest Feedback!

 

Letterman vs. Palin

  2007 & 2008 Feedback!
 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Pet of the Week
 

Nevada SPCA 
Pet of the Week - June 19th
This week's Pet of the Week..

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
Shiloh Horse Rescue and Sanctuary
 

Jill Curtis
Some Photos from Last Weekend...
First off, happy news as Rocky Road's adoption is pending to a new CA home..........

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Community Engagement
 

Tom Axtell
Vegas PBS Named Recipient of National PBS TeacherLine Grant
Vegas PBS’ upcoming episode of “Recession Rx” features options available to pet owners who are facing foreclosure.  The new segment also teaches viewers how to reduce energy costs and where to find low cost prescription drug plans.......

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Women's Chamber of Commerce
 

June Beland
Women in Power Network Mixer "Summer Nights"
WHOF Pioneer Award Recipient-Lorraine Hunt-Bono, List of WHOF Inductees, Highlighting WCCNV Top Executive Members, Finance, Grants, job postings..........

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Networking…Las Vegas Style
 

Sherial Bratcher
Be a Change Agent
Everyone knows someone who is struggling with some issue… health, finances; some loved one, friend or colleague going through a rough patch.  At some time in everyone’s life, compassion, and generosity can make the difference between life and death, being homeless or provide help to find a cure for a disease......

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Community
 

From Parker's Pen
Trina Johnson-Finn is Free Today and Home in the USA
Now that singer-impersonator Trina Johnson-Finn is free and back in the USA, reflect on freedom and truth (and the distress when it is denied to us). Thank God, in America there is due process backed by the U.S. Constitution. Read news about her ordeal and a “Personal Message to Trina,” reminded that freedom requires action........

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Our Diverse Community
 

Las Vegas Kabbalah Centre
Weekly Insight
When practicing transformation, don't be afraid of failing. We actually reveal more Light for ourselves and for the world when we fall and then get up again.....

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Our Diverse Community
 

International Church of Las Vegas
Men's Conference 2009 - June 24-27

 

We have an important announcement for men and women (Ladies send your men to this conference). The International Church of Las Vegas' men's ministry is sponsoring a men's conference. We are calling all men, ages 13 to 93 to attend.........

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
  Our Diverse Community
 

Young Israel-Aish
Highlights from the Bar Mitzvah Bash for YIA & Discover the light of the Torah!

 

Young Israel Aish celebrates 13 years in the Las Vegas Jewish community.....

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
  Health
  Nevada Cancer Institute
Breakthrough Could Lead to New Antimicrobial Drugs
 

After many years of painstaking studies – led by Assistant Professor Tarmo Roosild at Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas, Nevada and Professor Ian Booth at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland – scientists have figured out the mechanics of ‘channels’ in bacteria which stay shut if all is normal and are triggered to open if they need to mount a defense.......

 
 

         
 
         
   

 
Ms. Poker
  Susie Isaacs
  The Kid, the Skateboard, and the Deal
 

On Wed., June 10, I went to the Golden Nugget to play the $230 HORSE event. For those of you who are not poker savvy, HORSE stands for Hold'em (limit), Omaha (high-low), Razz, Stud, and Eight or Better........

 
 

 

         
 
         
   

 
The Best of "the Coach's" Poker
  Bob "The Coach" Ciaffone
  From Poker To Politics    Crossover series column Part 4
 

To my amazement, it turned out that I was the most experienced person on platform writing, in view of the small amount of experience I had in 2006 working on the county resolutions.......

 
 

         
 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
     
 
 

 

 
 

Virtual March on Washington for Veterans

 
       
 

 
       
 
 
 
 
     
 
 

 

 
 

Give blood at Luxor, see 'BODIES'

 
 

 
     
 

"BODIES...The Exhibition" is partnering with United Blood Services for a community blood drive on June 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the retail area of Luxor Hotel & Casino. All donors will receive passes to

 

"BODIES...The Exhibition" and "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition."

Reserve a spot at www.bloodhero.com

(sponsor code is BODIES) or 562-2166.

Walk-ins welcome, as space allows.

 
       
 
 
 
 
 
     
 
 

 

 
 

 
       
 
 
 
     
 

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Legends in Concert

at the
Harrah's
 
WINNER    
Joey Edwards

 
Jay White

at the

Riviera
 
WINNER  
John Worley  

 

 
Barbra & Frank
at the  
Riviera
 
WINNER
Gary Abrams 

Gerry McCambridge
at
Planet Hollywood  
 
 
WINNER

Steve Grodkiewicz

 
 
Soprano's Last Supper
at the Riviera 
 
WINNER
Carlo Martini

 

 
Liberace Museum
in the
Liberace Plaza
 
 
WINNER

 Caryn Mcneff

Country Superstars
at
Fitzgerald's
 
 
WINNER
Delores Darby

 
Larry G. Jones
at the
Royal Resort Hotel
 
WINNER
Dan Childs
 
 
Stars of Magic
at the
Royal Resort Hotel
 
WINNER
Erik Weir
 
V-Ultimate Variety
at
Planet Hollywood
 
 
WINNER
Gloria Gonzalez

Marc Savard's Mesmerized Show
at
Planet Hollywood
 
 
WINNER
Geralyn Hopson

Fab Four
at
Planet Hollywood
 
 
WINNER
G Scott Spence

 

 
 
 
     

 

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