Red Mountain Music Company is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get. And this season, they’re making more unexpected music you can’t refuse, as they present “Pure Imagination: The Music of Hollywood.”

Here’s what you’ll be looking at kid: the Red Mountain Choir, the Red Mountain Youth Choir, acclaimed directors Jeffrey and David Skouson, a sensational band, memorable film clips and an array of celebrated movie music. If the force was with you when you saw Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Casablanca, or Breakfast at Tiffany’s, frankly my dear, you won’t want to miss this live performance of music from these and other favorite flicks.

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by Danielle Ellis

Although there was no smoke, the U.S. Forest Service was fighting a fire. With the dry season rapidly approaching, they got help from more than 250 boy scouts and leaders from the Las Vegas Area Council to reduce the fire danger in the hills and valleys of Mount Charleston.

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William H. Stoddard, former regional church spokesman from Southern Nevada and former president of the Las Vegas Stake, has been called to serve as mission president for the Illinois Chicago North Mission. President Stoddard and his wife will serve for three years, beginning in July 2006.

The Main Street Billboard Committee made waves and headlines a few years ago when they successfully lobbied to get sexually explicit billboards removed from around Las Vegas.

They are working now on a new problem. A Nye County brothel wants to begin advertising in other counties and cities, even though prostitution is illegal there. The ACLU has filed suit in their behalf. Main Street’s goal is to prevent the brothel (and any future followers) from this sort of advertising.

If you are interested in joining in this effort, call Heidi Wixom at 437-1737 or email Shari Peterson at mainstreetgroupnv@yahoo.com.

The Coalition successfully rallied Nevadans to help pass a state constitutional amendment stating that marriage is between one man and one woman. The coalition is now focused on the Domestic Partnership issue and the Federal Marriage amendment. These two topics are discussed on the NCC website, www.nevadaconcernedcitizens.org.

If you are interested in joining this effort, please contact Richard Ziser at 702-221-1613 or e-mail nccmail@earthlink.net.