Health food store attendant leads writer to lower blood pressure
By Mike Henle Like so many people nowadays, I recently discovered an issue I was having with blood pressure that started to hound me about a year ago. In order to keep the issue controlled, I started having various tests done before being prescribed a medication. Like every other medication that I have taken over […]
Long before big-time drag racing at The Strip, the sport was highlighted on the old I-15 highway headed for St. George, Utah
By Mike Henle Big-time drag racing is about to descend on Southern Nevada, but it wasn’t long ago when many of us made good with what we had at the time. Las Vegas Motor Speedway has emerged to become one of the most respected facilities of its kind in the nation, but back in the […]
Is the Bureau of Land Management trying to recapture funds lost during the Great Recession?
The Bureau of Land Management kind of reminds me of the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield. You see, the loveable Dangerfield played the role of an individual who received no respect and could not get a break. He had audiences all over the country laughing at his delivery which spoke of how he was the victim. […]
It’s time for LVMS to be awarded a second NASCAR Sprint Cup event during the Race for the Chase
I will never forget the time in late 1994 when I was watching a KLAS TV-8 sports report touting the fact that Las Vegas was about to see the creation of a super speedway. I was lying in bed recovering from brain surgery that I had undergone at Scripps Green Hospital north of San […]
Once again, an open letter to the Clark County Commission and Las Vegas City Council
Once again, Fourth of July celebrations in Las Vegas were dominated by illegal fireworks purchased from Pahrump to the west and the Indian Reservation to the north. And once again, homes caught fire, people were hurt and the overall purpose of the celebration was dominated by illegal fireworks that turned just about every neighborhood into […]
Bibliodrama steps into Bible characters to increase understanding
BY MIKE HENLE SPECIAL TO THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Rabbi Benjamin Katz used a bibliodrama as an additional method of improving understanding of the Bible during a recent gathering of the Active Adults 55 Plus group at Temple Beth Sholom. A bibliodrama is a form of role-playing in which the roles are taken from biblical […]
Addition of a downpour makes SNORE’s Driven Experiences 250 off-road race even more challenging
CALIENTE, Nev. — The renowned band Credence Clearwater Revival recorded “Who’ll Stop the Rain” back in 1970 and the song could have been the perfect theme for the June 10-11 running of the Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts Driven Experiences 250 off-road race. There is no question about the fact that this tiny town about 160 […]
A rough ride with Russell Job started my career covering off-road racing
Back in the mid-1970s, I was a young sportswriter in my 20s having the time of my life at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. I had been named motorsports editor of the paper long before auto racing had hit the big-time in Southern Nevada. Pretty much a novice at anything related to auto racing, I was […]
For Pam and Louie Barlow, SNORE and Caliente have been a way of life for many years
CALIENTE – Pam Barlow’s late father Bert Vaughan was an electrical contractor in Las Vegas for many years starting in 1962. He moved to Caliente full-time in about 1996 before passing away in 2001. An old railroad town about 180 miles north of Las Vegas, Caliente has a special charm away from the hubbub of […]