Timothy Pratt

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Lost in America: A writer recalls a Las Vegas family ripped apart by the immigration system - and, ultimately, violence; Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010; The first time I saw her, I was ordering a pizza. Mariam Sarkisian was a teenager helping her father, who owned the place, a typical pizzeria in a mall in the suburbs of Henderson five or six years ago.
Squabbles hold up help for Las Vegas' homeless: Part of a grant was to go to improve coordination among agencies. But which would be in charge of the money?; Monday, Nov. 30, 2009; Six months ago, officials trumpeted a $4.1 million plan built on federal stimulus money that would allow local nonprofit organizations to offer more of a much-needed service, help with rent and utility bills, and in a completely new way.
Happy to speak for Latinos when they need a voice: Monday, Nov. 30, 2009; Rene Cantu Jr. is in demand lately. The Nevada State College vice president of multicultural affairs and vice chairman of the Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce served on a panel for CNN’s Sept. 24 screening of “Latinos in America” at Springs Preserve.
When you build custom cars, ‘fast and good don’t go together’: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009; Steve Pinto can spot gaps the width of a toothpick from across the garage. By feel, he can tell the difference between metal rubbed with sandpaper of differing grits. He speaks of colors with such names as “magnetic red.”
$60 million to stabilize neighborhoods buys five homes: Friday, Nov. 20, 2009; The Sun recently found that the three local governments receiving most of the money sent to the valley to buy, fix and resell foreclosed houses had been able to close deals on only five houses to date even though the program is nearly halfway into its 18-month time frame.
Librarian’s collection highlights people, events ‘history has left out’: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009; When Barbara Coleman started the African-American special collection at the West Las Vegas Library in 1999, she wanted to hold on to local history.
Changes in public housing bring fresh start for families: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009; Shea Hampton-Earl’s living room is empty, but her head is full of ideas.
This spring, she will plant a garden with tomatoes and collard greens in the back yard of the house she just moved into. And in a few years, the 36-year-old mother of seven wants to buy the house with its path that leads to a park in the back and a tree-lined street in the front.
Cities, county find buying valley homes isn’t easy: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009; Eve Barrozo’s street is one of only five in the valley where the county has purchased houses under an 8-month-old program aimed at “stabilizing” neighborhoods.
Day of the Dead festivities bring cultures together: Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009; In the biggest single-day event in the Springs Preserve’s two-year history, thousands of Las Vegas Valley Hispanics and others rubbed shoulders, stood in lines together and otherwise swarmed the site’s 180 acres Nov. 1, drawn by a Mexican tradition known as the Day of the Dead.
The new faces of day labor: U.S. citizens are joining immigrants in store parking lots; Monday, Nov. 2, 2009; In the latest sign of the Las Vegas Valley’s economic free fall, U.S. citizens are starting to show up in the early mornings outside home improvement stores and plant nurseries across the Las Vegas Valley, jostling with illegal immigrants for a shot at a few hours of work.