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Shadow Ridge, Centennial win region track team titles — RESULTS, PHOTOS

Centennial’s Synai Davis (5865) takes the lead in the girls 4×200 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Runners blur by during the boys 3200 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Centennial’s Calvin Rivera (5904), Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) and Faith Lutheran’s Brady Anderson (5982) jockey for position during the boys 3200 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) leads Faith Lutheran’s Brady Anderson (5982) during the boys 3200 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) wins beside Shadow Ridge’s Landon Larsen (6215) and Faith Lutheran’s Brady Anderson (5982) during the boys 3200 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Palo Verde’s Selma Eros clears 11’6″ in the girl’s pole vault earning a spot at state during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Palo Verde’s Selma Eros is overwhelmed after clearing 11’6″ in the girl’s pole vault earning a spot at state during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Liberty’s Isabella Clark attempts to clear 11’6″ in the girl’s pole vault already earning a spot at state during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Liberty’s Isabella Clark clears 11’6″ in the girl’s pole vault earning a spot at state during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Centennial’s Claris Monarrez clears 11’6″ in the girl’s pole vault already earning a spot at state during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Palo Verde’s Berklie Ahlander (6124) leads Centennial’s Kennedy Hunter (5872) in the girls 100 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Palo Verde’s Berklie Ahlander (6124) leads Centennial’s Kennedy Hunter (5872) in the girls 100 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Liberty’s Sean Craig (6104) leads the boys 110 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Liberty’s Sean Craig (6104) leads Legacy’s Samuel Johnson (6062) and teammate Markus Hensley (6060) in the boys 110 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Coronado’s Brooke-Lynne Miller (5923) leads the girls 1600 meter run during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Arbor View’s Timmia Rucks (5053) cries in pain from an injury after the 4A girls 100 meter dash during the Class 5A/4A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Canyon Springs’ De’Andre Jenkins (5852) leads the pack in the boys 100 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (LtoR) They are Liberty’s Braylon Howard (6109), Bishop Gorman’s Cecil CJ Rabb III (5830), Canyon Springs’ Chance Trotter (5860), Canyon Springs’ De’Andre Jenkins (5852), Bishop Gorman’s Siddhant Kumar (5817), Shadow Ridge’s Kamari Mingo (6218) and Shadow Ridge’s Ray Carmel (6202). (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Green Valley’s Taliyah Carter leaps into the air in the 4A girls triple jump during the Class 4A/5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Green Valley’s Taliyah Carter leaps lands in the sand in the 4A girls triple jump during the Class 4A/5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Canyon Springs’ De’Andre Jenkins (5852) takes the baton from his teammate on the way to winning the boys 4×200 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Canyon Springs’ De’Andre Jenkins (5852) runs with the baton received from his teammate on the way to winning the boys 4×200 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Coronado’s Brooke-Lynne Miller (5923) leads the girls 1600 meter run during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Coronado’s Brooke-Lynne Miller (5923) leads the girls 1600 meter run during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Centennial’s Randin Patty (5901) leads leads Faith Lutheran’s Brady Anderson (5982) and Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) early during the boys 1600 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Faith Lutheran’s Brady Anderson (5982) leads Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) during the boys 1600 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Foothill’s Sydney Gibson (6012) leads Palo Verde’s Berklie Ahlander (6124) in the girls 300 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Centennial’s Synai Davis (5865) takes the baton from a teammate in the girls 4×200 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Liberty runners exchange the baton in the boys 4×200 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Canyon Springs’ runners are dejected after a failed baton exchange in the boys 4×200 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Sierra Vista’s Mya Wiley hits the sand in the 4A girls triple jump during the Class 4A/5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Western runners are down from the heat and cooled off by a coach after a race during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Durango’s Amarie Riley (5399) leaps to a state qualifier in the 4A girls triple jump during the Class 4A/5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Durango’s Amarie Riley (5399) leaps to a state qualifier in the 4A girls triple jump during the Class 4A/5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Sylus West-Gaither (6049) leaves the block in the boys 400 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Sylus West-Gaither (6049) leads the pack to win in the boys 400 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Samuel Johnson (6062) clears the last hurdle to take the boys 300 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Samuel Johnson (6062) wins the boys 300 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Liberty’s Sean Craig (6104) finishes the boys 300 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Jayden Bridgewater (6052) finishes the boys 300 meter hurdles during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Faith Lutheran’s Julia Vancura (5978) runs side by side with Canyon Springs’ Trey Mills (5848) with Shadow Ridge’s Elynn Okuda (6180) near in the girls 800 meter run during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow Ridge’s Elynn Okuda (6180) is just ahead of Coronado’s Brooke-Lynne Miller (5923) in the girls 800 meter run during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Palo Verde’s Katelyn Johnson (6131) edges out Faith Lutheran’s Julia Vancura (5978) in the girls 800 meter run during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) leads the boys 800 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow Ridge’s Justin Rawe (6222) is pleased with teammate Carson Wetzel (6227) as they finish the boys 800 meter run in the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Canyon Spring’s Azyiah Marshall (5847) competes with Legacy’s Samiyal Washington (6069) in the girls 200 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Amaya Stepp cruises to a win in the girls 200 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Amaya Stepp cruises to a win in the girls 200 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow ridge’s Kamari Mingo (6218), Legacy’s Sylus West-Gaither (6049) and Canyon Springs’ Chance trotter (5860) battle it out in the boys 200 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Shadow ridge’s Kamari Mingo (6218) and Legacy’s Sylus West-Gaither (6049) battle it out in the boys 200 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Canyon Springs’ Josiah Moon hydrates after competing in the boys 200 meter dash during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Coronado wins the girls 4×400 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Legacy’s Sylus West-Gaither (6049) and team win the boys 4×400 meter relay during the Class 5A Southern Region Championships at Durango High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Las Vegas. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Left_Eye_Images

Nevada
ACLU of Nevada launches ‘No Kings’ protest rights hotline

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – With large scale protests planned in Southern Nevada, the ACLU is reminding people that the right to demonstrate comes with responsibilities. Executive director Athar Hasibullah explained there are several things to keep in mind to have a safe and lawful protest.
“Specifically, here in Southern Nevada, where the majority of protests that occur are downtown and they’re on sidewalks,” Hasibullah said. “Now, oftentimes what we’ve seen is people find themselves subject to detention when they exit off the sidewalk and onto the street.”
To help avoid problems, the ACLU of Nevada has been circulating guides with safety information.
“I would probably say maybe the most important tip I can give for tonight is stay hydrated, it’s expected to be hot out still and it’s not always easy for people to access things there.”
The group encourages protesters to stay calm and share their location with someone they trust. They’ve also set up a hotline where people can call throughout the night to report any concerns.
“If there’s a detention that ends up occurring, if there is, there’s a specific incident that folks end up wanting to report or they see an officer engaging in misconduct or they see a protester engaging in misconduct, they’re able to use that line to report it,” Hasibullah said.
If you witness a protest-related rights violation or need help, the ACLU of Nevada’s dedicated hotline number is 702-659-7535.
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Nevada
Dinosaurs in the driveway: the Nevada man delighting kids with his free prehistoric theme park

Amid the endless winding streets of Henderson, Nevada, one house breaks the mold. Its front yard – no grass, just desert rock – is home to 62 rainbow-painted dinosaurs, dragons, turtles and spiders. A sign on the garage reads: “Shan-gri-la Prehistoric Park”, complete with visiting hours.
On a recent spring Friday at noon, the garage door hums open, letting in the harsh sun. Steve Springer, or “Dinoman” as he’s lovingly known by regulars of the park, ties a short black apron printed with cartoon dinosaurs around his waist. At 72, he likes to wear flip-flops with black socks and round glasses that make his eyes look tiny.
We are at Steve’s Dinosaur House, a makeshift project aiming to provide education in an entertaining way for the general public. Steve spends about half of his retirement income keeping the park running – about $2,000 a month.
Parked inside the garage is his pride and joy: the Dinomobile, a mid-1990s sedan wrapped in digitized dinosaur graphics and electric green rims. Playful dinosaur stuffed plushies peer out from every window, and the rear license plate shouts in all caps: “DINOMAN”. In the corner hangs an LED TV screen playing a six-hour loop of dinosaur videos Steve has pulled and edited from YouTube. Along each wall, candy, chips and cookies are lined up neatly on folding tables.
It’s a funhouse, an arcade, a makeshift carnival where the mood is always joyful. “No talk of politics or religion is allowed. You come here to get away from the world,” Steve insists.
Inside the house, Steve quickly prepares for the day, placing sour pops in the empty freezer. “It’s just me here, so I eat out about six times a week,” he says. His bookshelves are neatly lined with thousands of horror and science fiction films. Awards for outstanding teacher are hung on the wall.
With summer around the corner, Steve packs up the inflatable Easter decorations, stores the pastel LED lights and eggs, and switches themes again: “Summer Dragon Days”. His back porch holds aisle after aisle of clear plastic bins stacked 10 ft high, labeled: July 4, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, summer. Inside: disco balls, pool floats, water guns, bunny inflatables, Valentine hearts, fabric donuts.
Out front, people start to trickle in. “How we doin’ today? We got new stuff,” Steve calls out, grinning.
Janam Riffle and his mom, Jenny, are regulars. “He’s now 10, and we’ve been coming since he was five,” she says. “While I was waiting on my disability to go through, I was very poor, and this was somewhere I could take him and it didn’t cost anything. You know when you go to Disneyland as an adult and it still makes you happy? That’s the feeling I get when I come here.
“We really needed to come today. The school held a fire drill and Janam is disabled, making it hard for him to do the stairs, so I said: ‘Let’s go to Dinoman to cheer up.’”
As the day wears on, the line stretches down the driveway and into the street. Scooters and bikes pile up while kids wait. Everyone gets a turn – and everyone plays for free. At the entrance, they sanitize their hands and grab a plastic grocery bag. Each person chooses three items from bins filled with Cow Tales and Starbursts, Takis and Lays, bouncy balls, rubber ducks, squishy creatures. “Hooray, we got a winner!” Steve cheers, pulling a ticket from his apron. Lucky guests get bonus toys or coveted “Dinobucks”, good for things like cooking sets, Barbie dolls and skateboards.
“Dine-do-man,” a tiny girl calls. “Help me reach this toy!” Her parents wait in the car – she’s got the routine down cold. Several high schoolers walk straight to the snack section, grab their food and gun it home – a free munchies oasis in the walled suburban villages outside of Las Vegas.
Dinoman knows the regulars. And he knows the kids that need an extra snack or two as well.
“Santa has one day and I have the other 364,” he says.
Tiffany and Ken Koo and their two kids, Aiden and Kaiden, eight and nine, have been coming since they were born. They make the 30-minute drive every Friday and often give back by volunteering their time polishing the neon green rims of the Dinomobile or cleaning the back patio with their dad. “We love to help Dino Steve because he helps us so much,” Ken said. The couple also run a free clinic for their local Buddhist temple.
For them, going to a movie for a family of four and buying popcorn costs more than $70. “Even the gumball machine is a dollar. Here, all of us can play. It’s entertainment for the whole family,” Tiffany said. They exit to the front yard to play a series of games.
Steve spends thousands on his project every month, but he also receives donations, and he can rely on his credit card.
After three decades of teaching middle school and running a classroom candy shop, Steve missed the kids. “My dad was a workaholic,” he says. “I knew early I didn’t want that.”
He shrugs. “I’ve got everything I want. What else should I do with the money?”
When he dies, he plans to sell off the dinosaurs, the Dinomobile and the house to fund scholarships.
Inflation means fewer toys, but Steve does his best to keep the magic alive. At 4pm, he shuts the garage and moves the perishables and chocolate inside. His feet ache, but he climbs into the Dinomobile and drives 12 minutes to The Pit, a crowded local restaurant.
At his table, he unpacks a few plastic dinosaurs and a sign advertising the park. He brings his own croutons, parmesan and cracked pepper – items not supplied by the restaurant – then orders his usual: salad, a rare Pit burger, fries cooked exactly 60 seconds and a Dr Pepper slushie.
After dinner, he heads across the lot to Dollar Tree, weaving through aisles he knows by heart. Twenty years of running the park has taught him what works. He tops off the night at the Sinclair dinosaur-themed gas station, then swings back to The Pit for one last Dr Pepper slushie.
It’s Friday night. Dinoman has done enough for one day.
Nevada
‘This mandate is fiscally impossible’: Nevada governor vetoes IVF protections bill

Gov. Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill aimed to protect such infertility treatments as in vitro fertilization.
Senate Bill 217, sponsored by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Nicole Cannizzaro, would have established a statutory right to IVF treatment under Nevada law. It also would have increased protections for providers of fertility treatments and expanded coverage requirements for diagnosis and treatment of infertility.
Cannizzaro announced her intent to bring the bill last fall following the Alabama Supreme Court ruling on infertility treatments.
The legislation passed the Assembly on a party-line vote and passed the Senate 15-5, with Republican state Sens. Lori Rogich and John Steinbeck joining Democrats in support.
In response to the veto, Cannizzaro accused Lombardo of bowing to pressure from anti-abortion activists who want to outlaw IVF nationwide.
“Even Donald Trump has backed efforts to expand IVF, but Lombardo is picking out-of-state extremists over protecting Nevada doctors and patients,” she said in a statement. “By vetoing this bipartisan bill, Lombardo has turned his back on ordinary Nevada families who need a little help to overcome the hardships of infertility in order to experience the joy of parenthood.”
In his veto message, the governor said he supports efforts to make IVF more accessible, but he said the legislation is not feasible because of the mandate requiring coverage for IVF.
“Without dedicated and sustainable funding this mandate is fiscally impossible considering the current posture of the state’s budget, specifically in terms of Medicaid resources,” he wrote in his message.
He encouraged agencies to collaborate with interested parties to find alternative and financially sustainable ways to expand access to IVF.
Contact Jessica Hill at jehill@reviewjournal.com. Follow @jess_hillyeah on X.
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