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August 2011

August 2011

  • Hydeia Broadbent found that being the face of AIDS awareness is inspiring — and intense. Then there’s her life behind the scenes.
  • ELL funding gets lost in translation State Sen. Moises Denis is nearing 50, but he remembers what it was like to sit in an elementary school classroom, years behind his fellow students in reading.
  • ‘Schools offer a great opportunity to educate our children about nutrition.’ Meet Doctor Nose: Last year Dr.
  • Art and fashion: tied at the hip bone-corset Concept store BluNoir, opening early September at Tivoli Village in Summerlin, promises to be more European salon than West Coast boutique — although you’ll find plenty of celebrity favorite brands such as Autumn Cashmere, Rory Beca, Adriano Goldschmied and Hollywood-made Gypsy05. Stocking a roster of international brands that might prove intimidating to other retailers should come naturally for Sarbonne-educated and Paris-raised founder Anais Leigh, who plans to import what in many cases are the first State-side offerings of well-loved European (mostly French) brands.
  • The code-breaker Colleen Morris hopes to improve the lives of children by studying their genes It’s obvious that Dr. Colleen Morris is Nevada’s first and only pediatric geneticist: The mountains of files that line her offices attest to the amount of information she and her team must sift through in her quest to identify and treat children with genetic disorders.
  • The puzzle-solver Cracking open medical mysteries requires a broad perspective like Dr. Wierman’s “I like the mystery cases,” Dr.
  • The invisible man behind the legendary, eight-pound torta — and other wonders — at Las Famosas de Jose If you want to find the famous Jose from Las Famosas de Jose, you’re going to have a hard time. For one, the famous Jose is actually a restaurateur named Fernando Rojas.
  • Correction: The Nevada SPCA operates a no-kill animal shelter, and would have accepted a rooster at its sanctuary. This fact was incorrect in an article ("Gives you wings," August).
  • Bill Harrah changed the face of gaming — very quietly. Why aren’t we celebrating this unassuming innovator? Even in his day, Bill Harrah was an enigma.
  • The achiever How Dr. Spirtos became among the best in his field: Slowly, steadily and thoroughly Drive, ethics,teamwork, striving for excellence … if it sounds like training for the Olympics, there’s a good reason why.