Happening This Week... 

National Puzzle Day, January 29

Today is National Puzzle Day. Where, when and how it began is anyone’s guess. Pick up your newspaper and do the crossword puzzle, find a word search puzzle or whatever you like, just pick up a puzzle and stimulate your brain! Research has shown doing puzzles can minimize the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease.

Ground Hog Day, February 2

Groundhog Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 2. It is held in the United States and Canada. According to folklore,if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end.
If on the other hand, the groundhog sees its shadow, the groundhog will supposedly retreat into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks... [read more]

Back To Top

Community Service Announcement 

Please Donate to the American Red Cross for Haiti Relief

More than a week after a catastrophic earthquake shattered the Port-au-Prince region and surrounding areas in Haiti, the Red Cross, with the help of the generosity of the American public, is delivering relief—through first aid posts, hospitals, relief distribution sites, water trucking programs and family linking stations—and helping to make life better for those affected.

In just the first week of the relief operation in Haiti, the American Red Cross has committed and spent funds in three basic areas: food and water; relief supplies; and logistical and support services. So far, more than 100 tons of Red Cross aid has arrived in Haiti, and planes and trucks carrying additional assistance are arriving in the region every day... [read more]

Back To Top

This Week's Featured Column:

 

Know the Facts: When
Comprehensive Health Insurance Is Out of Reach

Nevada Department of Business & Industry: Division of Insurance

Back To Top

Nevada Government 

Governor Jim Gibbons
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Governor Gibbons Outraged Nevada Left Out Of High Speed Rail Funding
>> Nevada Medicaid Spending Unsustainable
>> Governor Will Deliver State Of The State Message
>> Governor Orders Nevada Guard To Assist Arizona
>> Governor Gibbons Has Made The Following Appointments To Boards And Commissions
[read more]


U.S. Senator Harry Reid
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Nevada’s High-Speed Railroad
>> Reid Meets With Best Buddies And Nevada Special Olympics
>> The Reid Report January 27, 2010
>> Reid Hosts Roundtable With Clean Energy Leaders From Nevada
>> The Reid Report January 22, 2010
[read more]


U.S. Senator John Ensign
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Stop Spending And Start Creating Jobs
>> Ensign Commission Would Decrease Out-Of-Control Government Spending
>> Good Start But More Is Needed
>> Ensign, Reid Honor Stanley Cooper, Nevada Law Enforcement Involved In Courthouse Shooting
>> I Have Lost Faith In Fed Chairman
[read more]


U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> End Of Yucca Mountain Will Eliminate Threat To Nevada’s Future
>> New USO Lounge At McCarran Airport Will Welcome America’s Troops To Las Vegas
>> UNLV Tapped To Receive $460,000 For Transportation Research
[read more]


U.S. Congresswoman Dina Titus
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Titus Statement on USO Lounge at McCarran Airport
>> Titus Named to Aviation Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
>> Titus Applauds Efforts of President’s Middle Class Task Force
>> Supreme Court Decision Puts Special Interests Ahead of American People
>> Titus Statement on Unemployment Numbers
[read more]


Nevada Department of Business & Industry
Weekly Update
This Week’s Update Contains:
>> Know the Facts: When Comprehensive Health Insurance Is Out of Reach
[read more]

Back To Top

Monthly Astrology / Horoscope

Michele Avanti, CAP EFT-3
January ’10 Astrology / Horoscope
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. Action is the outcome of what you do at this time... [read more]

Back To Top

Entertainment

Victoria Alexander ¦ Viewpoint on Vegas
January 29, 2010
This Week: Back from Central America, The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, Hash House A Go Go at Imperial Palace, Chef Tina at The M Resort Spa Casino, Vulture Brains for Good Luck, Whistling Vessels, and more...
[read more]


Nikki Artale ¦ Vegas Stars Interviews
Chef Tina Martini
On January 21, 2010 the M Resort in Las Vegas unveiled a new cooking show, Martini Time with Chef Tina Martini, inside the Studio B Buffet. It is a one of a kind show with Naturopathic Chef Tina demonstrating many techniques and tips on how to eat well and live healthy... [read more]


Jackie Brett ¦ Vegas View
January 29, 2010
>> Mariah Carey To Wrap Up Tour At Caesars Palace
>> Palms Will Make ‘Playboy Comedy’ Its New Resident Show
>> M Resort Unveils New Show—‘Martini Time With Chef Tina Martini’
And much more... [read more]


Chick Hughes ¦ Chick’s Chicks
This Week, Chick Goes To The Grand Opening Of “Hussong’s Cantina” At The Shoppes In Mandalay Place.
I was greeted at the door of “Hussong’s Cantina” with these two lovely Senoritas!... [read more]

Back To Top

Home & Family 

Susie Isaacs ¦ Ms. Poker
Sitting on Top
I admit it, I absolutely love poker. I am passionate about the game. I also am a winning player. It is only Jan. and I already am excited about the 2010 World Series of Poker which doesn’t start until June... [read more]

Back To Top

VCO Artist of the Month—January 2010

 

                ANTHONY COOLS

          

Anthony tours the country bringing sold-out rooms to tears from fits of laughter. Anthony’s high energy performances have left more than one person coming back to finish off the whole dinette set.

Anthony Cools has taken the art form of comedic hypnosis and soared into an entertainment dimension untouched by his peers. As others cautiously test the outer limits of adult comedy, Calgary-born Cools has already taken the plunge into an outrageous vat of raw, boiling humor... [read more]

Back To Top