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December 2012
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November 2012
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School's solar panels cut power bill in half →
lvrj.com
Faith Lutheran Jr/Sr High School in Las Vegas installed a system of more than 4,500 solar panels to cut its power bill in half. The best part, school officials said, was that it didn’t cost them a dime.
Read the story here:
http://www.lvrj.com/view/faith-lutheran-gains-new-power-loses-chunk-off-its-bill-179058531.html
October 2012
7 posts
Teacher surprised with $10,000 award during class →
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Summerlin KinderCare preschool teacher Nicole Lowery received an unexpected check for $10,000 while reading aloud to students in her class.
Confucius say:
Man who rise at 5 a.m. to golf… He putts!
September 2012
6 posts
“Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.”
—My fortune cookie at lunch.
Teachers union draws line in the sand →
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The teachers union plans to reject the Clark County School District’s proposal of pay freezes in order to hire more teachers and lower class sizes. The union says the Nevada Legislature should increase funding to alleviate the problem and proposes a tax increase to increase revenue. One lawmaker says that money is not the answer and a tax increase would hurt the fragile economy even more.
August 2012
9 posts
“We slit our own throats on that one.”
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An editor at the Las Vegas Review-Journal, referring to the newspaper industry’s mistake of offering its content for free online starting about 10 years ago.
The Review-Journal launched a mobile app this week, available only to paid subscribers. Newspapers such as The New York Times have begun to charge non-subscribers to read much of the online content they produce. If newspapers had not been in such a hurry to give everything away for free in the first place, they would be in less trouble.
Google, on the other hand, made billions by acting as a conduit between readers and news sites.
Newspapers and other print media still produce the most compelling news stories. And, there always will be an audience for those. The audience needs to understand the value of that content.
A daily newspaper may cost 75 cents. A cup of Starbucks coffee may cost $5. A newspaper’s value in a person’s daily life certainly must be worth more than 75 cents.
College student runs nonprofit that grants hospice patients' dreams →
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University of Notre Dame sophomore Caitlin Crommett started a nonprofit organization, DreamCatchers, as a sophomore in high school. She and other students grant wishes, or dreams, of seniors in hospice care.
Olympian, mother and mermaid. →
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Southwest area resident Heather Carrasco won Olympic gold as a synchronized swimmer, raised two children and now spends her days as a mermaid in a local casino’s 117,000-gallon fish tank.
July 2012
7 posts
New principals, second chances →
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Four consistently low-performing schools receive new principals and extra help to reverse their trends.
Antiquated schools hope for tax increase, modernization →
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More than 40 schools in the Clark County School District have been identified as being in need of major repairs to heating, cooling and electrical systems. Nearly half of those are in line for “major modernization.” That is, if voters approve in November a tax increase.
Graduation rate increases by estimated 6 percent →
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The Clark County School District’s graduation rate increased to 65 percent from 59 percent. District officials expect it to rise more once summer school graduates are tallied.
June 2012
2 posts
Good news for UNLV's student paper →
lvrj.com
The UNLV student newspaper’s advisory board agreed, in principal, to a proposal that will restore its authority to appoint an editor-in-chief.
Future of UNLV's student newspaper in jeopardy →
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The advisory board that oversees UNLV’s student newspaper will vote on whether to suspend publication for the fall semester. The Rebel Yell Advisory Board is at odds with the student government over which body should select the next editor-in-chief of the Rebel Yell.
Read the full story here:
http://www.lvrj.com/news/squabble-could-stifle-rebel-yell-in-fall-157736125.html
