From 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, individuals of every age can try out the new 36,000-square-foot SkyView YMCA, 3050 E. Centennial Parkway, for free. There will be family activities, bounce houses, classes and the debut of Les Mills BODYPUMP. Grand opening prizes are set to include Y memberships, swim lessons, sports items and an iPad2. Anyone who joins the Y on Saturday can enroll with no joining fee and receive a free program, a $150 value.
Child’s Play, a family activity center, recently opened its second location at 7060 N. Durango Drive, Suite 130, in Centennial Hills.
Along with humans, animals seem to be feeling the pains of a struggling economy as pet owners have to give up or turn loose the family friend they can no longer afford. But Susan Lepiarz Musko is trying to care for as many animals as possible with her organization, Companion Animal Rescue Education Spa Coalition. “We are a nonprofit animal rescue group that puts animals into foster homes,” Musko said. “We family-train them to get to know their needs and personalities really well so we can best match them with the proper family. We focus on making a forever family match.”
ArtBeat’s fall lineup includes a production of “Sweeney Todd” and a performance by Ambrosia, a popular ’70s band.
n Prestige Assisted Living at Henderson, 1050 E. Lake Mead Parkway, plans to host a jazz concert and fundraiser to benefit Wreaths Across America from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. Wreaths Across America honors our nation’s heroes by laying wreaths at cemeteries across the nation. Ernie Cross and NOLA are scheduled to perform. Food, wine and raffle prizes also planned. Admission is $10. Information: 564-1771.
To everybody else, the sky is blue.
The Henderson Space and Science Center board has hired a consultant to help develop a capital campaign to raise money for a building. Board members are expected to discuss the plan at the Sept. 20 Henderson City Council meeting.
My other half and I moved to Vegas Valley 10 years ago. He was diagnosed with AIDS and is taking meds and doing great on them — undetectable and his numbers are awesome. Here’s my thing: His attitude slowly but surely is going through the roof even though he should be happy about his T-cell numbers and great checkups. I know that taking all those meds is affecting his thinking and attitude. There is no talking to this man about anything without him saying and causing arguments, then saying the other person is starting it.
Victoria Young, 11, who has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City, won a $10,000 award to help with music needs.
Desert Spring United Methodist Church will get its latest NV Energy bill any day now. But there will be no cringing because the church has gone solar, and an estimated 40 percent of its energy costs will be powered by the sun. Best of all, the solar panels and their installation didn’t cost the church a dime.
Cathy Carrabis of The Lakes has never been in the Army or fought in a war, but she does battle every day, and she has the pink camouflage outfit to prove it. Carrabis, 57, is facing down breast cancer and plans to take part in next month’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer 5K fun walk, sponsored by the American Cancer Society at the JW Marriott.
Don Tortaco is open 24 hours, and that’s good news when the cry goes out at 4 p.m. or 4 a.m. for a crispy taco, a tasty burrito or a satisfying enchilada.
Sixteen years in and Don Macauley’s hobby is still a pain in the neck. The Centennial Hills resident rolls pigeons, a competitive hobby involving training a domesticated breed of the birds to do rapid backward somersaults in flight.
n King Ibu from Podor, Senegal. plans to perform original music inspired by the culture and folk music of Senegal during a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Marjorie Barrick Museum at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.
Dwight Jones is entering his ninth month as superintendent and faces a $150 million budget deficit. Of the school district’s more than 20,000 seniors, half are not on track to graduate this year. More rigorous curriculum and tougher standardized tests are likely going to lower proficiency scores and the graduation rate in coming years. These problems weigh heavy on Jones’ mind and keep him working late hours.
Northwest Las Vegas plays host to a variety of car shows, from weekly Cruise Night events to the West End Boys Sunday Morning Car Show in the parking lot of Santa Fe Mining Company.
The Las Vegas chapter of the Brandeis University National Committee plans to kick off its 17th year with a luncheon at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Madrid Room at the Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive. Highlights will include a performance by the Hawaii Dance Company of Las Vegas and a preview of the more than 40 study groups being produced this year from fine arts to groups for food lovers. Admission is $40. Contact Carol Sperber at 341-7226.
The revamped Sun City Community Theatre Club is set to perform “Walking Down Memory Lane,” a variety revue, at the Starbright Theatre this weekend.
Michelle Jones rides the bus to school every morning — the city bus. She goes to The Delta Academy, 4075 N. Rancho Drive, a public charter school with about 150 students in the northwest valley. It serves mostly students who, for various reasons, dropped out of traditional middle and high schools.
Learn more about Julie Austin’s Fandagumbo Family Sing Along Concert, town advisory board meetings, and the NV Energy’s Solar Energy Rebate Program in this week’s Sunrise/Whitney Neighborhood News.
A proposed Clark County Off-Highway Recreation Park came one step closer to becoming a reality Aug. 2 with a bill introduced by Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev. As written, the bill would carve 1,000 acres out of the 10,000-acre Nellis Dunes Recreation Area, currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and hand it over to Clark County to create an off-road park. The newly created recreation area would become the largest park in the county.
When Joe Zanelli took over Rocky’s last year, he brought 30 years of hotel and gaming experience. What that means is great service and great food at a great price.
The Bermuda grass quad at the center of Griffith Elementary School has been replaced with desert landscaping and elevated garden beds for student interaction. The $20,000 project was sponsored by the Water Conservation Coalition.
Retirement is no time to rest the mind for this group. After a morning of reading Shakespeare or painting, they might spend the afternoon learning a new language or discussing current events.
Thai food continues to grow in popularity, and it’s no surprise Thai Style Noodle House has become one of the best in town.
