It’s been North Las Vegas’ western neighbor for quite some time, but like many today, what do we know of our neighbors? It’s had the reputation of being the fastest-growing part of the city of Las Vegas, but at one time, the northwest had a bit of an identity issue. In January 2001, residents and city officials voted to adopt a new name for the area. Long story short — Centennial Hills was born. Short story long — the decision took a village.
Without the fitness facility at Silver Mesa Recreation Center, Virginia Mullins would be in a wheelchair. Plagued by health conditions including advanced osteoporosis, asthma, blood disease and recent knee surgery, the 75-year-old said she cannot survive without exercise. The North Las Vegas City Council is expected to decide the fate of the city’s recreational centers at its 6 p.m. meeting Wednesday at City Hall, 2200 Civic Center Drive.
They call themselves “the most informed people you’ll find in the city.” They attend every North Las Vegas City Council meeting demanding to know the plan for closing a $30 million budget shortfall while keeping state officials from assuming the city’s finances. Most are respectful. Others are more passionate.
The Lied Discovery Children’s Museum, 833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, is offering weekly camp programs for children 6 to 12. Sessions are available from 9 a.m. to noon or 1 to 4 p.m. through Aug. 15. Camp prices are $155 per week for museum members and $180 per week for nonmembers. For camp schedules, details and registration, visit ldcm.org or call 382-5437.
Rainbow Company Youth Theatre plans auditions, Animal Foundation offers a discount spay and neuter clinic and the Cashman Center prepares for a Senior Energy Assistance Expo in this week’s Downtown news.
Pat Ginn has been cooking Chinese food in Las Vegas since 1960, though he moved to his current restaurant location at Pat’s Chinese Food & Mini-Mart in 1985. The 77-year-old jokes about this being “the new location.”
Whirlygig Inc., the nonprofit responsible for launching First Friday, announced in mid-July that it would be taking a two-month hiatus from the event. From portable toilets and shuttle service to security and road barricades, a lot will be missing, but gallery owners plan to open anyway.
The Cora Coleman Senior Center at 2100 N. Bonnie Lane is named for a mom. “I’m sure the whole thing would have embarrassed her,” said Coleman’s daughter, former Clark County Commissioner Mary Kincaid-Chauncey. “She wasn’t one for the limelight. I think she’d be pleased, but she’d always blush when people would compliment her.”
The College of Southern Nevada’s Division of Workforce and Economic Development will offer a free course for those preparing for the U.S. naturalization exam, with an orientation class scheduled for Thursday at CSN’s Sahara West Center, 2409 Las Verdes St. The time of the orientation will be made available after registration.
Count Guido Roberto Deiro and his wife, Joan, call their home Villa Kismet. They have seen to each detail of its destiny — the literal translation of kismet — from their 7,300-square-foot home and guest house to the 136 trees, 50-foot swimming pool, fountains, bird baths and lush greenery, all seated on 1.5 acres in Centennial Hills.
The 19 children enrolled at Lundy Elementary School probably know each other well but maybe not the namesake of their place of learning. Earl B. Lundy spent 18 years in the halls of the school, 4405 Yellow Pine Ave. near Highway 157 on Mount Charleston, when it went by Mt. Charleston Elementary School .
Roland Wiley Road is named for the former Clark County district attorney who built a cathedral in a desert canyon near Pahrump.
Summerlin resident Evan Savar has been coming up with inventions since he was a kid. His digital photo trophy, marketed as the World’s Greatest Trophy, won the Best New Product award at the annual Awards and Recognition Association convention in Las Vegas.
Summerlin resident Dylan Levitt is only 12, but he’s already aced the 14-year-old boys’ division title at the Intermountain Tennis Association Junior Sectional Championship in Denver in June. This month he sets his sights on the United States Tennis Association Championships in Arkansas.
At Merrill Gardens Retirement Communities in Henderson, many seniors have a story to tell. Edythe Katz was no different detailing her life through the 1900s, except her story included how Edythe and Lloyd Katz Elementary School in Summerlin was named for her and her husband.
With her hands itching to draw and paint and her video camera eager to capture her in action, Lauren Nash creates two pieces of art — one on canvas and one on her YouTube channel, Transient Art. Nash, 21, decided to create her YouTube channel in 2008 after moving to Henderson to show herself in action and explain the emotions that go behind each stroke and color.
Learn more about an insect infestation discovered along the Sloan Channel, the National Guard seeking input on developments proposed at the Floyd Edsall Training Center and area events for seniors, teens and families in this week’s Sunrise- and Whitney-area neighborhood news.
Hung with thumbtacks and forming a rough circle on a bulletin board in his office, renderings of Irwin Molasky’s ongoing — often high-profile — development projects are kept within his view.
Who says Las Vegas isn’t for kids? Certainly not the creators behind “A Kids’ Guide To Las Vegas: The Original Las Vegas Coloring Book.” Rich Newman came up with the concept for a coloring book guide to the city, and artist Mike Miller wrote and illustrated it. Miller is better known for his Tomas the desert tortoise series and his View political cartoons. For more information on the author/artist, visit tomasthetortoise.com.
The scene is all too familiar — a large cement wall a little off the beaten path, teens and paint. In this case, however, the teens aren’t tagging the wall. They’re creating murals to discourage graffiti as part of the Summer Business Institute.
If anybody asks, you’re the kid who knows the score. You can rattle off your favorite teams’ standing. You know who leads in career touchdowns and career goals. You can describe the butterfly, the crawl, the trudgen and you know who does them best. Is there anything better than watching a game?
The U.S. government should be helping the people, not helping rich organizations like the stock markets, mortgage companies, car companies and banking industries.
