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Dear Friend,
I want to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I hope you all have a wonderful and safe holiday with your families and that all your holiday wishes come true.
Here is information about some wonderful Christmas events for the whole family:
https://vegasfamilyevents.com/christmas_lights_las_vegas/.
Nothing better than loading up the kids in the car to see the Christmas lights. Here is a map of all the best ones:
https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/holiday-lights-map-makes-it-easy-to-find-decorated-homes-across-las-vegas-valley/.
Victoria Seaman
Councilwoman, Ward 2
Small Business Saturdays
It's Small Business Saturday and you'll meet the owner of Dunbar Group in Ward 2!
Note: All Small Business Saturdays are filmed well in advance of posting.
To watch, please click the image above.
Councilwoman Victoria Seaman's Updates
 Christmas is the season of giving. So happy I could arrange the donation of these wonderful care packages of warm winter hats and scarves knitted by the fabulous ladies of Oakmont of the West Las Vegas, masks donated by the City of Ansan South Korea and essentials from my office to the ladies of Safe Nest. Happy holidays to you all.
 Continued dropping off treats to the wonderful employees of city of Las Vegas. We are truly blessed to have so many dedicated employees. I wish them all a safe and wonderful holiday.
 It was great to have a chance to join Councilwoman Olivia Diaz and Nicole Mastrangelo at The Bonanza Pines Senior Apartments, a Nevada Hand property, to distribute the masks so generously donated by The City of Ansan South Korea to my office to distribute where needed in the city of Las Vegas.
  Dropped off treats to the amazing police and firefighters that work so hard to keep us safe here in Ward 2. I hope they all have a safe and wonderful holiday with their families.
 Off to spread holiday cheer to the amazing employees of the city of Las Vegas. They work hard every day to make the city of Las Vegas the greatest city on earth. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to them.
 Congratulations to Louis Molina as Director of the Department of Public Safety and Jeffrey Buchanan as Director of Fire and Rescue on their new positions with the city. I look forward to working with them in the years to come.
 Thank you to Master Chief Petty Officer Norton and Recruiting Officer Lin for coming in to share all the amazing opportunities for kids in the Navy Sea Cadet Program. Please visit www.seacadets.org.
  We were so excited to light the Menorah at the Badlands Clubhouse in Ward 2 with The Israeli American Council - IAC Las Vegas. A miracle to celebrate this festive historic event of Hanukkah 2020.
To watch the video, please click below.
Merry Christmas to all and thank you to everyone who joined me at The Lakes for another spectacular Festival of Lights Holiday Boat Parade. Every year they put on a great show.
It was a tough choice but my pick for the 2020 Councilwoman’s Choice Trophy was Mike & Kristen Scanlin for their boat Santa’s Sleigh.
  Thank you to everyone who turned out for the Ward 2 Holiday Celebration! It was so great to see so many wonderful people and spread a little holiday cheer. Thank you to Edwards LVPOA for their support. To watch, click the bottom-right photo.
 It is always great to have a chance to support Arnold Stalk and SHARE Village Las Vegas. We dropped off nice holiday breakfast packages for 100 people. This is the season of giving, any help you can give Share Village will do a lot of good.
Keep Indoor Trees Watered Every Day
Safety tips provided by Las Vegas Fire and Rescue Department
It’s that time of year when people are starting to put up Christmas trees. Did you know that live Christmas trees can be a fire hazard if not properly cared for. Las Vegas Fire & Rescue has tips for getting a tree, caring for it and keeping it hydrated. If a tree should catch fire, leave the building immediately. It can consume an entire room in less than one minute.
Getting A Tree
- When selecting a tree, its appearance should be dark green and there should be some fragrance to it; this indicates there is still some moisture in the tree.
- The trees in the lot should be sitting in a bucket or bowl that is full of water, which indicates the tree was maintained.
- Perform a freshness test. Gently pull on a branch with a closed hand to see if needles will fall off into your hand. If needles fall off in excess, this means the tree is dead or dying and is not a good choice.
- When transporting the tree, try to cover it with a light plastic sheet, this way the wind will not pull out moisture from the tree. Exposed to wind, the tree acts like a radiator and will lose its moisture.
- Once the tree arrives at its destination, cut approximately one-half inch off the bottom of the treetrunk and then immediately put the tree in a bucket of water. This will allow water to re-enter the tree.
- Prepare a place inside the building to set up the tree. The location should be away from heating or electric devices, so the tree will not dry out more quickly.
In Your Home
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Water the tree twice a day every day. Never let it run dry. (It works well to water the tree before going to bed, and again just before leaving for work.)
- Perform a freshness test every day. Gently pull on a branch with a closed hand to see if needles will fall off. If needles fall off in excess, this means the tree is dead and is a hazard. It should be removed.
- Inspect all electric lighting for frayed or broken wiring before putting lights on the tree.
- Shut off electric lighting on the tree when you go to bed or leave the home.
- Keep the tree away from heat sources, which would accelerate drying out the tree.
- Keep smoking materials and candles away from trees.
The Importance of Hydration
Incidents involving live Christmas trees inside buildings increase during the week just before the holiday until the end of the holiday period. The major reason is the tree was not kept hydrated enough. People who have real trees inside buildings will need to take extra precautions during the holiday season.
Because of the dryness of the desert air and the unusually warm weather this year, it is extremely important that the trees be watered every day. It is not uncommon for the tree to need no less than two gallons of plain water every day. It should be watered once in the morning and again in the evening.
The water reservoir should never be permitted to run dry. If the water runs out, the tree will form a sap seal on the bottom of the trunk within 10 minutes to hold what water it has left inside. Once the sap seal is formed, no water will be able to get into the tree. The sap seal would have to be cut off the bottom of the tree trunk to let water get back into the tree. This is why it is so important to ensure the bottom of the trunk is always in water, so the sap seal can never form.
Extensive tests have shown that trees thrive best on plain water with no additives.
In a demonstration performed by Las Vegas Fire & Rescue, two trees that were in Las Vegas homes after a holiday period were used to prove the importance of keeping trees watered. One tree was in a home for only two weeks and not well maintained. It burned in less than one minute. The other tree was inside a home from Nov. 15 until Jan. 5 and kept watered. Even with direct flame on the tree, the tree would not ignite.
One of the most common ignition sources of tree fires is electric lighting. If the tree is not properly watered, even small lights can provide enough heat to cause a fire. Another is static electricity. Just touching the tree with a static charge is all that was needed to start the tree on fire.
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PUA Call Center: 1-800-603-9681, 775-298-6007, or 702-998-3081
Latest Information on COVID-19
For the latest information on how to protect yourself from the virus, please see the latest COVID-19 FAQ below and visit the CDC or Nevada Health Response.
Veteran and Military
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Foreclosure
For homeowner foreclosure help, please visit HUD.
Utility
NV Energy, Southwest Gas and the Las Vegas Valley Water District are willing to work with customers right now. All three have suspended shutoffs for delinquent accounts and/or nonpayment. View their websites for more information about assistance programs and other resources they are offering during the pandemic:
Stay Connected
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