Letters to the Editor
Food for Thought
April 15 2008
Since Roger Naylor [who wrote “Patties Aplenty” for the March/April 2008 issue] is a resident of Arizona, he must be aware of Black Bear Diner. They are in many places, such as Phoenix, Goodyear, and Glendale, and Las Vegas has one on Tropicana Avenue.
Case in point: If we are “grading the paper” on burgers, Black Bear’s must be ranked near the top. The original Bob’s Big Bear Burger is a huge three-quarter-pound single patty with buns to match. With all the fix’ns, it’s $8.49. If you’re not super hungry, bring a friend, because it will take the two of you to finish it. Oh, it’s grilled, too!!!
Thought you needed to know.
D.A.
Boulder City
Dear D.A.,
Thank you for enlightening us about your favorite item on the Black Bear Diner menu. However, we want our readers to know that Naylor’s story was not “grading” Las Vegas burger joints as much as it was meant to spotlight the more quirky places that put a different spin on the classic American fare.
Visit the Black Bear Diner Web site to find Nevada restaurant locations in Reno, Sparks, and Las Vegas.
EDITOR
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Correction
April 15 2008
I just received my copy of the May/June issue, and it looks great! The only problem is a couple of errors on the golf tournament mentions in Up Front. The phone number for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open is not listed on page 6, and the dates in the tournament’s mention on pages 6 and 48 are shortened (the tournament is actually October 13-19).
Any chance of getting the corrected info printed in the next issue? Thanks again for the coverage and congratulations on a great-looking issue.
MICHELE MADOLE
Las Vegas
Dear Michele,
We apologize about the date error. We listed the dates of the competition, as shown here. Click here or call 702-873-1010 for more information on the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. We don’t print corrections in the magazine.
Thanks for the compliment on the magazine, Michele.
EDITOR
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Request For More Gaming
April 15 2008
One of the things I most liked about your magazine was the information about which casinos had like five times slot club points on certain days. This is very valuable information to know. By knowing this you can stretch your gambling dollar much farther. Even a casino offering double slot club points on certain days is really lowering the vig. I was told this information would be at the Nevada Magazine Web site when it stopped appearing in the magazine, but I’ve never been able to find it on the Web site or in the magazine since it was gone.
FREDERICK LEISERSON
Dear Frederick,
We agree that gaming is an important part of Nevada. We’re working on ways to make the topic a permanent part of the magazine, such as the gaming column that has appeared the last few years. You can find some gaming-related tournaments and such in our Events listings.
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Subscribers Weigh In
April 15 2008
I have subscribed to Nevada Magazine for more than 20 years. I have not been happy with the new format and content. But the story “Into the Wild,” in the March/April 2008 issue, was a vast improvement. It was very interesting and well presented. I also enjoyed the article on historical markers in “Travel Through Time.” I am very interested in articles relating history of Nevada.
When you did some photo shoots on ghost towns in a recent issue, it would have been much more interesting to write something about the history of that town rather than concentrating on the homes and people who live there now.
One of your earliest newly formatted issues really upset me. On the “Up Front” page, you had an approximately one-inch square picture of a photo contest winner. Who could see that small of a picture? Beside it you had about a four-to-five-inch picture of Chris Rock. We all know what he looks like, but we didn’t get to see the photo contest winner in a decent size. If you continue to present interesting articles rather than photos of fancy homes and people, I might continue my subscription.
LINDA RAWLINGS
Champaign, IL
I am not happy with the recently changed format of your magazine. It seems too commercial now and no longer has that unique down-home local style. There’s very little on history anymore and no cartoon drawings to accompany articles like there used to be. On top of that I have to go on the Internet to see Letters to the Editor. The wonderful photos that you used to print are postage stamps now. I also agree with others that the font size is too small.
Nevada Magazine has lost its way, and its charm.
JOHN R. YELLS
Overton
I have been a subscriber to Nevada Magazine for many years. The “recent” change in format is horrible. Fortunately I saved a half-dozen copies from previous years to read and reread. Your new magazine takes about 10 minutes to read. A recent issue had 37 full pages of advertising and 16 pages of your useless calendar. That is well over half the magazine! Where are the show reviews? The corny stories about getting stranded in the mountains? Those have been replaced with articles about multi-million dollar homes, and many other articles are basically advertisements.
Return to the magazine that served the middle class so well. We are the ones who look for reviews, bargains in Las Vegas, off-the-path places to visit—stories about common, hard-working Nevadans. How about a survey for the all readers to comment on some of the specific changes?
JOHN WILDA
Swanton, VT
Nevada is a rugged land with a rich history, having been settled by people with a unique brand of strength and rugged individualism.
For many years I enjoyed Nevada Magazine. It was an accurate reflection of our state in so many ways. That all changed last year. The magazine became soft, no longer an accurate reflection of what Nevada means to me. At first I couldn’t put a finger on the reason for my change of attitude to one of my favorite magazines.
Then it hit me. I looked at the masthead, then at the various bylines. Nevada Magazine has become female. Even the paper on which it is printed has a soft and satiny texture. The print is smaller (petite?), with the articles and stories less reflective of our rugged heritage.
Please don’t take the foregoing the wrong way. Females by nature have a softening, smoothing influence on their surroundings. A good quality. The overabundance of this quality in your magazine, however, seems to have a diminishing effect on the once accurate reflection of what our state is, and what it means, to many of us.
Perhaps, in your wisdom, you will choose to abate the feminization of what was once an accurate portrayal of our state. Where Nevada Magazine was once wonderful, it is now merely adequate.
JIM TIGHT
Las Vegas
Dear Linda, John, John, and Jim,
We’re never happy to hear that some of our loyal readers are upset with our product. As with any change, we’re open to readers’ comments and willing to adapt as time goes on. I think many of you will find that we are making subtle changes that will agree with our longtime fans—as Linda alluded to. Linda, please visit our “Your Photo Rocks” story online for more information on Lincoln County’s Name the Rock Photo Contest.
For you history buffs, I think you will be happy with our May/June 2008 issue, which features a story on the 1908 Great Automobile Race and its route across Nevada. We also are consciously running bigger photos and captions. As for advertising, we try to maintain a 35-to-65 ad-to-edit ratio, which is pretty reasonable for a travel publication.
We sincerely hope you will continue your support of Nevada Magazine. We appreciate your loyalty and insight.
EDITOR
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Russell, Not Remington
December 20 2007
As a former Nevadan, now living in Washington, I enjoy immensely receiving Nevada Magazine to keep me in touch with my former residence.
In the November/December 2007 edition an article that starts on page 42 profiles Mike Elliott. The caption refers to the painting in the photo as a Frederic Remington. Look closely, and you can tell it’s a C.M. Russell. As a kid I lived in Great Falls, Montana, and spent many a day in the C.M. Russell Museum. In fact, it was his grandson from whom I took clarinet lessons, but that’s another story from another time.
I retire in two years, and I’ll be back in Nevada to finish out my years. Nevada Magazine will be there with me all the way!
STEVE FLESHER
Sumner, Washington
Just an FYI, the picture above the table on page 42 of the November/December 2007 issue is a Charles M. Russell painting, not a Frederic Remington.
JERRY D. REYNOLDS
Elko
As we say in the journalism business, “Good catch, Steve and Jerry.” We apologize for the misprint. Specifically, the painting is Russell’s “The Wagon Boss.” For more information on the C.M. Russell Museum, visit cmrussell.org.
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A Case of Two Charlestons
December 20 2007
On pages 23 and 33 in your September/October 2007 issue you describe Mount Charleston as an 11,915-foot peak, the highest in southern Nevada. Actually, Mount Charleston is a “populated place” (in this case a small settlement of cabins, etc.) in Kyle Canyon about three miles south of Charleston Peak, which is the peak you have misidentified as Mount Charleston. The highest peak in the Spring Mountains has officially been known as Charleston Peak since 1891, and is shown as such on all published government maps of the area. If you would like to check these names, refer to Geographic Names Information System, the official source of all geographic names in the United States.
I feel that it is important to use correct place names in a publication with such wide circulation as Nevada, as the many new residents of our state look to you for correct information.
JOSEPH V. TINGLEY
Reno
Thanks, Joseph, for enlightening us on Mount Charleston and Charleston Peak. Stay tuned for a future Nevada Magazine story on the Mount Charleston area, northwest of Las Vegas via U.S. 95 and State Route 157.
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