4-Year Old Drives Down Busy Streets In Go-Kart
What was this Mom thinking? On Monday afternoon, April 14th, Maya Rowe lost track of her 4-year old son for over an hour while he navigated busy streets in his go-kart….
What was this Mom thinking? On Monday afternoon, April 14th, Maya Rowe lost track of her 4-year old son for over an hour while he navigated busy streets in his go-kart. Not only that, he was found over a mile from his home, wearing no shoes and no shirt.
According to an article written by Selwyn Harris on PVTimes.com, the child was found at a busy intersection in Pahrump by Nye County Sherriff's Deputy Breanna Nelson. He hand wandered off a little ways from where his go-kart was found. Nelson and the boy had to drive around nearby neighborhoods for quite a while to try and find his home, which he eventually pointed out.
Harris's article quotes from the deputy's report that the child's "hands and feet were covered in dirt and he had bruises covering both legs,” when he was first discovered at the intersection of Barney and Retread Roads in Pahrump. The Division of Child and Family Services was notified. An official met the deputy and child at the Rowe residence, where the mother also had a 3-year boy with her.
She allowed officials to conduct a walk-through inspection of her home, where they found that the two boys slept on a very thin mattress on the floor. The floors were also covered with trash, moldy food, and extension cords. It was determined that the home was unsafe for children, and Maya Rowe was booked on charges involving neglect of her children.
When Deputy Nelson asked Rowe how she could appear unconcerned about the fact that her son was missing for over an hour, she told them she had been relaxing with another individual and enjoying the sunny afternoon. The PVTimes.com article states that she realized her son was missing about twenty minutes before officials arrived at her home.
Now, no one wants a "helicopter mom" who doesn't let a child do anything for fear of the child getting hurt. But, allowing your young child to roam around busy streets in his go-kart just doesn't seem like good, common sense. Add in the unsanitary state of the children's home and you can understand why Rowe ended up spending time in the Nye County Detention Center this week.
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Weird Las Vegas Street Names And Where They Came From
Las Vegas street names - where did they come from, and why?
Las Vegas is a place of extremes. We probably have the brightest artificial light in the known universe shining from the Luxor pyramid every night - to the extent that pilots can't fly directly over it for fear of piercing a retina. We have the tallest building between Chicago and the west coast., with the Stratosphere Tower. We have more hotel rooms per capita than - well, probably anywhere. More shows, more casinos, more restaurants in a three mile stretch of road on the strip, than most cities have in a lifetime.
We have to eventually run out of street names, right? Which is not good, because street names help you get you where you're going.
Weird Street Names In Las Vegas
Naming streets in Las Vegas was easy - at first. Early downtown Las Vegas named streets going one direction after Nevada pioneers like Clark, Fremont and Carson. The cross streets got numbers, starting with First Street, which was just one block east of Main Street. Main Street was next to the railroad on the spot where the city began. In the original North Las Vegas the streets were mostly named after people, - simple enough.
Henderson was founded as a company town as a part of the war effort during World War Two.
The street names include Basic, which is the name of the company where the water for Basic Industries flows (now underground,) and a whole lot of mineral names: Lead, Silver, and Perlite. State names, ocean names (Atlantic and Pacific) and to top it off, Army, Navy, Major and Minor.
During an early optimistic period what is now the industrial development west of the Strip used names of stars, like Polaris, Procyon, Regulus, Capella, Sirius, Rigel, Pollux, and Aldebaran. Not bad.
Then there are the celebrity streets. You know, Joe W. Brown Drive, Frank Sinatra Drive, Dean Martin Drive, Wynn Road, Elvis Presley Street, and many that are actually minor streets but still are named after famous Las Vegas people.
There's still a lot of building going on in Las Vegas - what are YOUR suggestions for road names?
And here are some weird street names from other cities in the state of Nevada
-Carla Rea
GOA Way – Gardnerville, NV
Goa Way. Get it - Go A-way. Gardnerville is an unincorporated town in Douglas County, (Northern) Nevada, adjacent to the county seat of Minden. The population was 6,211 at the time of the 2020 Census. U.S. Route 395 runs through the center of Gardnerville. State Route 207, known as Kingsbury Grade, connects Gardnerville to Stateline and U.S. Route 50.
Hells Bells Road – Carson City, NV
Hell's Bells Road. Carson City is the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the sixth largest city in Nevada.
Wegotta Way – Carson City
Wegotta Way - perhaps to go along with the street in Gardnerville.
Memory Lane – Las Vegas
I know a lot of cities have this street, but still - you gotta love it! Some of us even stole that street sign in the city we grew up in. (I plead the fifth)
Break-A-Heart Road – Silver Springs, NV
Break-A-Heart Road. Just in time for Valentine's Day. Silver Springs is a census-designated place in Lyon County, Nevada, at the intersection of US 50 and US 95A. The population was 5,296 at the 2010 census. Lahontan Reservoir, Lahontan State Recreation Area and historic Fort Churchill State Historic Park are all located nearby. If you ever get a chance to go to Lahontan, do it - it's a lot of fun!
Windy Butte Way – Las Vegas
Windy Butte Way. It's childish - but you know you laughed, Beavis.
My Way – Pahrump, NV
Over the hump, in Pahrump, is an ode to Frank Sinatra!
