Find out how to vote for Main Street Station in the 2011 America’s Best Restroom Contest, learn how to audition for Rainbow Company’s upcoming season, and take advantage of the Animal Foundation’s pet sterilization discounts with information in this week’s Downtown Neighborhood News.
A new housing complex caters to the needs of those battling HIV and AIDS by providing affordable cottages and a group home stocked with living essentials. The Aid for AIDS of Nevada project aims to ease the load for clients struggling to pay their living expenses and mounting health care costs. Some clients have upwards of $60,000 in medical debt.
Organizers for the Hoops Las Vegas 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament plan to give an Armen Gilliam Memorial Award to the top elite team at a tournament, scheduled from 9:45 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road
A slice of a Las Vegas woman’s art will be with Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market shoppers around the Southwest by the end of the year. Centennial Hills resident Tonya Jacobsen was named winner of the company’s Design-a-Bag contest, and her artwork will be featured on a reusable bag available in stores by the end of the year.
Everyone has issues and obstacles, but how to handle them is what sets Nannette DiMascio apart. The Centennial Hills resident is a certified master coach, practitioner and trainer of neuro-linguistic programming , an approach to psychotherapy and organizational change. Simply put, new habits and self-awareness are ushered in and old behaviors and the emotions attached to them are out.
Despite the dramatic lead-up to First Friday, the Arts District celebration chugged along without a hitch Aug. 5. Sure, the crowd wasn’t as large, but people still ventured around 18b to look at art and listen to music.
When disaster strikes, Nevada Task Force One can be called upon to respond in fewer than six hours. On July 22, the task force and Nellis Air Force Base conducted a deployment drill to see if they could trim that response time.
Construction dust is cleared, for now, at the new Truth Christian Ministries International worship center, but some spiritual building is planned this weekend. The church is planning the Impact Youth Conference for Thursday through Saturday at 5101 N. Rainbow Blvd. The conference will be one of the first major events hosted in the center’s new building, also dubbed the TCMI Christian Event Center, a 62,000-square-foot space originally home to the Rancho Santa Fe Movie Theater.
Winners of the 13th annual Southern Nevada Water Authority Landscape Awards competition have torn out thirsty grass and plants in favor of desert-loving yards. The water authority recognized 12 winners in five categories. Karen Luksich’s Centennial Hills front yard won first place for a design by a homeowner.
The Las Vegas Heat Youth Track Club sent the most athletes in its history to the largest Junior Olympics event on record. Here are their results.
Acting on complaints from Sunrise Manor Township residents and firefighters at the newly opened Fire Station No. 20 at 5865 Judson Ave., Clark County pest control specialists examined clouds of chironomid midges that were originally mistaken for mosquitoes. The insects, also referred to as non-biting midges, were traced to their breeding ground, the Sloan Channel, just downstream from the newly operational North Las Vegas Water Treatment Facility.
It began with a Jackie Chan cartoon and snowballed into an Olympic dream. At 9 years old, Faith Dillon is a national tae kwon do champion, having kicked and punched her way through tournaments in Nevada and California.
The Southern Nevada Health District is offering low-cost vaccinations for local students to safeguard from mumps, hepatitis A and B, chicken pox, whooping cough and more.
Summerlin-area resident Michael Berk, co-creator of “Baywatch,” is enjoying Hollywood success as the lead writer for “Soul Surfer,” which was nominated for a 2011 ESPY Award for Best Sports Picture.
Summer camp includes the fun stuff for children — games such as pingpong and activities such as yoga — and it’s no different at this camp, except changing rooms for the next activity means white canes coming out and hands reaching for assistance from sighted helpers.
Two sets of Summerlin-area homeowners were among those picking up accolades in the 13th annual Southern Nevada Water Authority Landscape Awards competition.
Despite the pains of the economy, the Henderson Chamber of Commerce decided to look toward the positives at the State of the Chamber address Aug. 5.
Looking to the future, Rick Smith, c hairman of the board of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce, gave his address with hopeful insight of things to come.
For 63 years, people from India have been celebrating independence from British rule. Now as its 64th year approaches, the Indian community in Las Vegas is preparing to celebrate by offering its first India Day Parade at 7 p.m. Saturday on Water Street. The parade route runs from Ocean Avenue to Atlantic Avenue.
Final campaign contribution reports for the 2011 Henderson municipal elections showed the high cost of winning a seat on the City Council.
In the 105 degree heat, Henderson city officials and members of Project Green Valley Ecology, Environment and Nature treaded along Pittman Wash Trail, discussing the current problems and potential solutions. The Aug. 4 walk was the third time in a week that the entities had connected to try to find common ground about how to treat the erosion problem at the bottom of the wash.
Follow students in The Fern Adair Conservancy for the Arts though rehearsal for Concert Fantasy and Fantasy Petite and learn more about upcoming events and government meetings in this week’s Whitney and Sunrise Neighborhood News.
Sun City Summerlin volunteers spent National Night Out, Aug. 2, creating 1,200 emergency information kits for residents.
At one southwest Las Vegas plastic surgery office, VIP treatment isn’t just reserved for world champion fighters or notable socialites — although Dr. Jeffrey Roth has worked on them, too. Despite Roth’s experience in freshening up the pretty faces in the city’s spotlight, he also specializes in treating the average locals who stand behind the tables.