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| Saturday, November 22, 2008 | ||
| VALLEY LIFE: | ||
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| State Assemblyman Visits MVHS Seniors | ||
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| By Jonathan Oglesby Moapa Valley Progress In a poll taken recently by USA Today, only 30% of people in the United States meet their elected officials. That number went up slightly on Friday when State Assemblyman (R) Joe Hardy visited the Government classes at Moapa Valley High School to teach Seniors a class about how government and political parties work together for the people...  |
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| Bluegrass Festival - A Festival Of Sound | ||
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By Catherine Ellerton Moapa Valley Progress Neither rain, nor snow, nor cold North winds can discourage a true Bluegrass Music fan. The weekend of October 10 -12 was no exception to that rule. Those fans sat in their lawn chairs at the Clark County Fairgrounds through all kinds of weather listening to some exceptional Bluegrass Music. There are the groupies that follow the Festivals throughout the U.S.A. and to Europe, there are the musicians who attend in order to have a chance to play in the Band Scramble, there are... |
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| Painstaking Restoration At Old Overton Gym | ||
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| By Vernon Robison Moapa Valley Progress The Old Overton Gym is in its final weeks of a significant restoration project. In recent weeks, two specialists, Matthew Hansen and Mike Waechter from G.G. Construction Company of Las Vegas, have been repairing and restoring the masonry on the outside of the historic building. This project, funded by a $40,000 grant from the State Historic Preservation Office, is part of the ongoing effort to bring the old building back to its original splendor. Work on the project began on August 19 and is... |
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| Local Man UFC Bound | ||
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By Julie Masters Moapa Valley Progress Mixed martial arts or MMA is fast becoming a mainstream sport of choice for many, the younger generation in particular. Mixed martial arts is exactly what the title implies, a combination of two or more martial arts generally used in ultimate combat experience (UCE), a form of sport fighting. From what I understand, there are three distinct phases involved in such a match; stand-up fighting which usually includes, Muay-Thai and wrestling, clinch fighting which includes, Muai-Thai, wrestling and karate then ground-n-pound, which includes grappling, and Jiu Jitsu. These are just... |
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