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Nature calls

By Sonya Padgett
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      More than 1,300 American Express executives, in town for their annual March convention, took a day off from seminars and lectures to roll up their sleeves and plant 1,000 trees, assemble 11 picnic tables and benches and build a fence and an informational kiosk as part of an ongoing refurbishing of the Las Vegas Wetlands Park.
      The project covered about 50 acres of the 2,400-acre park at a cost of $150,000. American Express donated the funds in addition to the man-hours, said project spokeswoman Dale Rowe of the Clark County Parks and Recreation department.
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Conference offers students guidance

By Sonya Padgett
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      Hundreds of students from the Clark County School District set their alarm clocks to get up before 7 a.m. on a recent Saturday to attend the fourth annual African-American Student Achievement Conference at UNLV.
      The approximately 600 high school students were treated to several high-profile speakers, including the creator of Kwanzaa, educational workshops on college and careers, lunch and entertainment from the musical group IMX.
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