Nevada
Plane ride home after Honor Flight trip brings tears to Southern Nevada veterans
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Veterans call it a trip of a lifetime.
Honor Flight Southern Nevada recently toured war memorials built for them in the Washington D.C. area. FOX5 went along and has been telling the stories of victory, sacrifice and loss of life during war.
Some veterans could not hold back tears when they returned home from the trip. They were surprised by “mail call” on the plane back to Las Vegas.
“When many of these men and woman served, one of the things they looked forward to was an opportunity to get mail from home,” said Honor Flight Southern Nevada President Belinda Morse.
Morse made that announcement to a packed plane at about 30,000 feet over Colorado. Honor Flight staff then handed out stacks of cards and letters, written to veterans by friends and family before the trip. A child drew a picture of a person on a boat for Vietnam Veteran Alan Zach, who was in the Coast Guard. Zach was touched by part of what the letter said.
“When I grow up, I want to be in the Coast Guard,” said the letter to Zach.
Kim Duclos accompanied her dad, Michal Morgan, on the Honor Flight trip. Morgan is a Vietnam War veteran. She read a letter to him from his great-grandson, great-granddaughter and his granddaughter.
“It says, ‘Happy birthday. I love you, Papa. Thank you.’ I never said thank you enough for not only being the best Papa but for being my American hero,” said the letter.
Vietnam War veteran Chuck Mooney read a letter from his son.
“Thank you, because you have not just been a father, you have been a constant source of love, support and guidance. You have been and will always be my role model,” read the letter, which brought Mooney to tears.
He added, “He never even mentioned none of this before. This the first time. I know he loved me and still cared about me. But he never said it in these words, man. I’m so grateful. I’m so thankful. I’m so blessed.”
Vietnam War veteran John Allie was consoled by the Honor Flight photographer when Allie received his stack of cards and letters. Allie was too emotional to read the cards and letters and teared up. FOX5 asked what he thought about the stack of mail.
“I didn’t know that, that many people cared,” said Allie.
Honor Flight Southern Nevada is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Its mission is to honor U.S. veterans of World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War by flying them to Washington D.C. free of charge.
More information can be found at honorflightsouthernnevada.org
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Nevada
Nevada (NIAA) high school football playoffs: 2024 brackets, state championship matchups, game times
Playoff season wraps up in Nevada high school football.
The postseason concludes early next week, as the Nevada playoffs reach the state championship round.
>>Nevada high school football playoff brackets
Stick with High School on SI for all of the matchups, game times and scores throughout the 2024 NIAA football playoffs.
Nevada high school football playoffs 2024 brackets
Here are the Nevada high school football playoff brackets, with state championship matchups and game times from NIAA Classes 1A-5A:
Championship matchup
(1) Bishop Gorman vs. (2) Arbor View
7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
2024 NIAA Division 5 DI State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Faith Lutheran vs. (1) Bishop Manogue
1:30 p.m. Saturday
2024 NIAA Division 5 DII State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Galena vs. (1) Centennial
12 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25
Class 5A Division III state bracket
Championship matchup
Mojave vs. Canyon Springs
3:40 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
Class 4A State
Championship matchup
(1) Sports Leadership and Management vs. (1) Truckee
12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
Class 3A State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Pershing County vs. (2) Incline
10 a.m. Saturday
Class 2A State bracket
Championship matchup
(1) Tonopah vs. (3) Pahranagat Valley
9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26
Class 1A State bracket
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Which Nevada legislative leader travelled to Rio and Dublin, Norway and Normandy?
Rio and Dublin, Norway and Normandy, are popular tourist destinations. They are also locations of “legislative leaders study tours” taken by a leader of Nevada’s Assembly last year.
The trips, paid for by outside groups, were among those reported by Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager in a financial disclosure statement required under Nevada law.
Yeager, a Las Vegas Democrat, disclosed about $15,500 in expenses for sponsored travel outside the U.S. in 2023, as well as $11,000 in sponsored travel within the country.
“These working trips are never funded by taxpayer dollars, obviously,” Yeager wrote in an email to the Review-Journal.
The National Conference of State Legislatures sponsored legislative leaders study tours to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Bayeux in Normandy, France; Dublin, Ireland; and Mexico City, Mexico. The State Legislative Leaders Foundation sponsored a study tour to Oslo, Norway, according to Yeager’s disclosure statement.
“National nonprofit, non-partisan groups such as NCSL and SLLF support state legislators with leadership development seminars as well as information sessions and legislative updates from around the country,” Yeager wrote.
NCSL’s mission includes advancing the effectiveness of legislatures and fostering interstate cooperation, according to its website. SLLF is dedicated to professional development for current and future state legislative leaders, it states.
The speaker reported trips in the United States for training, meetings and summits sponsored by the aforementioned groups as well as by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. The locations included Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Newport, Rhode Island.
Yeager also disclosed $12,100 in expenses for tickets, food and beverage related to a Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee fundraiser in Las Vegas. The DLCC works to elect Democrats to state legislatures.
Asked for specifics on the fundraiser, he said it was in connection with the 2023 Formula 1 race.
“As an unpaid member of its national board, I attended a DLCC fundraiser in Las Vegas around last year’s F1 race,” he wrote. “F1 tickets have a high retail face value, no question about it, and I disclosed that value to maintain transparency. The race was, and remains, an event important to Las Vegas’ local economy.”
He also disclosed $1,500 in expenses for a leaders in technology program sponsored by the Consumer Technology Association. The trade group owns and produces the CES trade show.
Yeager and his counterpart in the Nevada Senate – Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas – were both re-elected earlier this month.
Cannizzaro disclosed $9,100 in expenses for tickets, food and beverage for the DLCC fundraiser. She also reported $2,200 in expenses for a summit in Vail, Colorado, sponsored by the DLCC
She reported accepting gifts of $2,900 in tickets to events and non-profit dinners, including $1,600 in tickets from Allegiant Stadium to two unspecified events.
In October, the ethics commission required training for the executive director and staff of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District in connection with accepting free Super Bowl tickets. An ethics commissioner also urged government officials not to accept tickets to sporting events offered in Las Vegas.
Among the leaders across the aisle in the Nevada Legislature, Sen. Robin Titus, R-Wellington reported $500 in sponsored travel to attend the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education annual meeting in Phoenix. She was named the Senate minority leader in January when state Sen. Heidi Seevers Gansert, R-Reno, stepped down from the post.
Gansert and Assembly Minority Leader P.K. O’Neill, R-Carson City, reported no sponsored meetings, events, travel or gifts.
The Review-Journal has reported on the disclosed gifts and sponsored travel of Nevada’s constitutional officers, Clark County commissioners, Las Vegas City Council members, and Henderson City Council members.
Contact Mary Hynes at mhynes@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0336. Follow @MaryHynes1 on X. Hynes is a member of the Review-Journal’s investigative team, focusing on reporting that holds leaders and agencies accountable and exposes wrongdoing.
Nevada
Nevada National Guard are back to support first responders during F1
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — During the Formula 1 race, the Nevada National Guard will be activated throughout Clark County to help boost security and emergency responses.
From Nov. 20-24, up to 80 soldiers and airmen will be deployed in various locations in Clark County, such as the Las Vegas Strip and two area hospitals.
“The activation underlines our ongoing partnership between the Nevada National Guard and local emergency response agencies, showcasing their commitment to public safety and effective collaboration to ensure a safe, largescale sporting event such as the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix,” said Col. Kyle Cerfoglio, Nevada National Guard Joint Staff Director.
This is the second year the Guard has been called upon to support our first responders in Clark County.
This year’s race is expected to bring close to 300,000 people to the valley.
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