A few years ago we were at the Hoover Dam gift store and we were talking to someone who worked there. She told us that a new water pipe was being built at Lake Mead because the water level was going down in Lake Mead and within a few years the old pipe would be above the water level. Is this true and what is the status of the new pipe?

With all of the visitors to Las Vegas each year, is there any idea of how many are "First Timers"?

I’ve always thought that the most likely days for casino patronage to be very low and very high to be one week apart: Namely, Christmas for the low and New Year’s Eve for the high. How close am I to being right?

I flew into Vegas on Mon., Oct. 21, and saw something that appeared to be a little creepy. There was a small black plane flying with a larger plane almost touching the wingtips (went on for many hours). Any idea what this was? Neither plane had any identifying marks or numbers. Could it have been from Area 51 for training?

I was driving east on Fremont and saw about three blocks of "heritage" motels on the north side all boarded up and fenced off. Is this part of some project to restore them or are they all just going to be torn down?

What do you think about all of the new shopping malls that have been announced and/or are under construction on the Strip? I count five new malls (at Treasure Island, the Linq, Bally’s Grand Bazaar, the new "urban park" next to New York-New York, and the remodel of the Tropicana). I come to Las Vegas to gamble, not to shop, but maybe I’m in the minority now. Has shopping replaced night/day clubbing as the latest trend for Strip casinos?

Yesterday I went to the Container Park and across the street was a fenced lot full of Airstream trailers. What's up with that?

My sister and I made our annual trip to your wonderful city in November and we took my daughter with us on this trip. It was her first visit and I had to take her to one of my favorite things to visit: I'm made fun of, but I have to take a bus ride by the Blue Angel motel on every trip to Las Vegas. I just love that angel! Is there any update on her fate?

With all the recent rain, what effect has this had on the homeless population living in the tunnels under the Strip? Are copies of the book published many years ago about the tunnels still available anywhere?

I think it would come as a shock to a huge percentage of readers that the southern boundary of the City of Las Vegas is Sahara Avenue. Has there been any thought to adjusting it to include the 80 to 90 percent of casinos NOT in Las Vegas?