The Notes: Aug. 5, 2013

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    • The Wynn received five Telly Awards for film and video production, including three top awards for its videos, “Le Rêve — The Dream: Poetry,” “Wynn Nightlife 2013” and “Lake of Dreams: Behind the Scenes.” Two other videos won bronze awards.

    • Allegiant Airlines entered a three-year contract extension with Peppermill Casinos. Allegiant will continue to provide air transportation for the company’s three Wendover properties: Montego Bay, the Rainbow and the Peppermill.

    • RMI Management and Excellence Community Management have been renamed FirstService Residential. FirstService is the largest residential community manager in North America, overseeing more than 6,000 properties and 1.5 million units.

    • Thirty interns and four fellows began graduate medical education programs at Valley Hospital. They will spend one to five years training in various specialities. To date, 99 doctors have graduated from the GME program.

    • Gaming supplier Aristocrat Technologies installed its Oasis 360 system at Boomtown in Reno. The system monitors the casino-hotel’s 600 gaming devices.

    • The Wal-Mart Supercenter at 6005 Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, re-opened. The store, which is open 24 hours a day and includes a pharmacy, is in the McCarran Airport Shopping Center.

    • Winder Farms, a home-delivery grocery company, expanded to Orange County, Calif.

    • The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors launched HomeLasVegas.com, which lists information about the Southern Nevada housing market, including a schedule of open houses, news, photos, videos and statistics.

    • Pueblo Medical Imaging bought Insight Imaging Centers at 100 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 130, Henderson, and 800 Shadow Lane, Las Vegas.

    • CBRE is the exclusive leasing agent and property management company for the 1.18-million-square-foot Boulevard mall.

    • SK+G Advertising formed SK+G Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, and partnered with The Tank, a Hong Kong advertising firm.

    • UIC Technical Services and its Bowhead family of companies opened a western regional office in Las Vegas.

    • Manpower relocated its events staffing office to 2535 W. Cheyenne Ave., Suite 100, North Las Vegas.

    • The Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will open at the end of this year. A Hard Rock hotel-casino will open in Sioux City, Iowa, in summer 2014.

    • The National Shooting Sports Foundation selected ConvExx as manager of the SHOT Show. ConvExx replaces Reed Exhibitions.

    • Tipsy Totes, which designs high-end wine and spirits carriers, relocated downtown to 1549 W. Oakey Blvd.

    • The Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Henderson will merge next month to form the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada. The organization will serve 30,000 young people throughout Clark County and have administrative offices in both Henderson and Las Vegas. Headquarters will be at the Lied Clubhouse, 2850 Lindell Road, Las Vegas.

    • Opportunity Village opened its first campus in North Las Vegas. It will offer an Employment Resource Center and programs to city residents.

    • El Pollo Loco opened its 17th restaurant in the Las Vegas area at 5260 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas. About 50 people were hired.

    • Prudential Real Estate and the Prudential Americana Group were ranked the highest affiliate network for customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates. The group received top scores in the repeat home buyer, first-time home buyer and first-time home seller categories and ranked third in the repeat home seller category.

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