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» Great Nevada Picture Hunt 2008 great nevada picture hunt
September/October 2008
To us, Nevada Magazine’s annual photo hunt never gets old. This is the 31st time our staff fielded hundreds of submissions of photos taken in Nevada’s spectacular places. This year we’ve awarded our yearly Grand Prize, in addition to naming a second- and third-place overall winner. Our five categories remain essentially the same as they were in 2007: City Limits, Wide Open, Living (replaces Lifestyle), People, and Events.
» City Limits how mesquite it is
September/October 2008
“I so need this!” This is what four friends exclaimed in unison as we met at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport one Friday for a much-needed weekend getaway to Mesquite. We were on an adventure—cell phones turned off, emails unanswered, and office deadlines looming…but we didn’t have to worry about that until Monday. This group of girlfriends was long overdue for a short escape.
» Wide Open the rachel files
September/October 2008
If I didn’t know the famous moniker of the highway I was turning onto it would be just another change of direction like any other turn on any other highway on any other road trip. But this is different. This isn’t just Highway 375, this is the Extraterrestrial Highway. A giddy excitement falls over me as I venture down the desolate byway, the obscure promise of “Low Flying Aircraft” on a road sign pulling my attention skyward…No UFOs…Yet.
» Cravings thyme to try rosemary’s
September/October 2008
Virtually every big resort on the Las Vegas Strip can boast of a top-of-the-line gourmet restaurant run by a celebrity chef. The restaurant that has earned more awards than any other fine-dining establishment in the entertainment capital, however, is not on the Strip, but in a strip mall 10 miles from Las Vegas Boulevard. Rosemary’s Restaurant has been chosen Best Gourmet in the Las Vegas Review-Journal readers’ poll numerous times.
» Living sweet dreams
September/October 2008
Bed and breakfasts are about an experience. After you check in, you take a tour and learn about the history of the house. Later, you sit down for tea with the innkeeper and other guests. In the morning you wake to a gourmet, home-cooked meal, followed by hours of lively conversation over coffee in a tranquil garden. Guests that are used to hotel travel find that these “beds” are more than just a place to lay your head.
» Events Spotlight nevadaween
September/October 2008
Nevada’s statehood was proclaimed on October 31, 1864. Thus, Nevadans were left with a dilemma of sorts: two reasons to celebrate the 31st. A solution came when the state legislature stipulated that beginning in 2000, Nevada Day would be the last Friday in October and the capital parade would follow on Saturday.
» Shows Spotlight cher turns back time
September/October 2008
Las Vegas and Cher have both changed over the years, but neither so much that the two old friends aren’t on the same page. Subtlety was never their strong suit, understatement not an option. “Las Vegas is way over the top, and the show that I do is way over the top. I feel that it just has to be,” the ageless (but really 62-year-old) star noted in February, when she first spoke of her three-year deal to play about 200 shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.
» People
Q&A with Barbara F. Vucanovich
Barbara F. Vucanovich, the first Nevada woman to be elected to federal office, was an “Army brat.” Born at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in 1921, she spent her early years at various Army posts where her father, Tom Farrell, was stationed. Her school years were spent in Albany, New York.
Elected in 1982, Vucanovich was the first woman member of Congress from Nevada and the first female to represent the Second Congressional District. Vucanovich served on the defunct Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, important to Nevada because it decided public policy on resource issues, such as mining and grazing. After she acquired more seniority in the House of Representatives, she served on the Appropriations Committee and chaired its Subcommittee on Military Construction. Because of her position, she was particularly interested in the future of the Fallon Naval Air Station and Nellis Air Force Base.
When she was elected Republican Conference Secretary, she became the first Nevadan to serve in a leadership position in the House. Vucanovich served seven terms from 1983 to 1997, the second longest of any Nevada member of the House. Vucanovich will be one of three women honored at the Girl Scout of the Sierra Nevada’s sixth annual Celebrating Women in Leadership awards dinner on October 16 at the Atlantis in Reno.
Her daughter, Patty Cafferata, who helped her mother author a memoir, interviewed Vucanovich in June.
