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| HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! | ||
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| MV Volunteers Plan For The 4th | ||
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| Moapa Valley Progress Final efforts are being made this week in preparation for the Moapa Valley 4th of July Celebration to be held on Saturday at the Logandale Fairgrounds. Members of the volunteer 4th of July committee last week to coordinate their efforts. Committee Chairwoman, Jacqulyn Pray, reported that most of the fundraising had...  |
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| Local Zoo Tour Day Big Hit For Touring Family | ||
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| By Rachel Brandes Moapa Valley Progress It was a busy day for the Roos-n-More Zoo in Moapa on Saturday, June 27. The Zoo hosted a 'Tour Day' in celebration of its newly re-open status. The zoo was opened about a year ago but had been closed to the public for some time due to permit and licensing issues. These issues being recently rectified, zoo owners Valerie and Jay Holt were happy to welcome anxious attendees on Saturday and show them the time of their lives. |
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| Beautification Project In Motion At Last | |
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| By Vernon Robison Moapa Valley Progress A community improvement project that has been in the works now for over two years is finally gaining traction and reaching completion. The project that began as a modest local plan to beautify the intersection of Moapa Valley Blvd. and Cooper St. in downtown Overton has been taken up by Clark County Public Works and is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. It all began with Overton resident and former Moapa Valley Town Advisory Board... |
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| MV Library Kicks Off Summer Reading Program | |
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By Rachel Brandes Moapa Valley Progress The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District is holding their Kids Summer Reading Program through July 31. This year the program is called "Be Creative at Your Library". The Moapa Valley Library held a kick off celebration on July 24 to tell kids more about this year's program. In order to get the word out they brought in expert entertainer, DJ Tony... |
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| Lyon Students Attend History Day Competition | ||
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| Moapa Valley Progress This year's winner of the National History Day (NHD) state-level competition was the duo of eighth graders Kassandrya Goodman and Alexandria Karvonen, both students of Mack Lyon Middle School in Overton. The girls entered in the performance category, portraying two Civil War spies. Their first-place Nevada state win earned them the right to go on... |
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| Youth Go To Washington On National Rural Electric Cooperative Tour | |
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By Shyla Marshall Moapa Valley Progress Overton Power District #5 sponsored Anthony Jacobsmeyer of Overton and Wyatt Robison of Mesquite to travel to Washington, D.C. on June 11-18. This was a part of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association's (NRECA) National Youth Tour. These 2009 graduates toured the Nation's Capital and participated in a National Youth Day with over 1,500 other youth from across the country. The tour, which has been an annual event for over 50 years, gives students the opportunity to... |
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| War Memorial Info Available At 4th Celebration | ||
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| Moapa Valley Progress A representative from the Middle East Conflicts War Memorial will be sharing information during the community 4th of July Celebration at the Clark County Fairgrounds. The Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial is located in Marseilles, Illinois. It was dedicated there in 2004 and is the first war memorial in the U.S. to be built while the conflict is still ongoing. It was built with $2 million... |
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