AROUND THE VALLEY
EXECUTIVE LEADS CLUB
The Executive Leads Club meets at 7 a.m. Wednesdays at Becker's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave. (255-8891).
AUTO CLUB
The Vegas Vairs (Corvair) Auto Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Denny's, 2545 Fremont St. (645-6666).
GOLF CLUB
The North Las Vegas Ladies Golf Club plays every Wednesday morning at the North Las Vegas Golf Course, 324 E. Brooks Ave. (646-7180).
BONSAI SOCIETY
The Las Vegas Bonsai Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Nevada Garden Club Center, 3333 W. Washington Ave. (360-3646).
ROTARY CLUB
The Las Vegas Central Rotary Club meets for lunch at noon Wednesdays at the Las Vegas Country Club, 3000 Joe W. Brown Drive (734-1122).
KIWANIS CLUB
The Las Vegas Kiwanis Club meets at 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays at Marie Callender's, 4875 W. Flamingo Road (839-9509).
SIERRA CLUB
The Sierra Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Wengert Room at Nevada Power Co., 6226 W. Sahara Ave. Brandon Rufkahr will present "Hidden Hiking Gems Around Southern Nevada" (732-7750).
LECTURES
Professor Richard Jenkyns of Oxford University will speak on "Is Jane Austen Modern?" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Barrick Museum auditorium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. The lecture, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the UNLV Great Works Academic Certificate program (895-4187).
Robert Morris, horticulture specialist Nevada Cooperative Extension, will present "The Slow Food Movement in Las Vegas" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Barrick Museum Auditorium at UNLV. The lecture, sponsored by UNLV's College of Liberal Arts and the Dean's Associates, is free and open to the public (895-3401).
ROWC MEETING
The Retired Officers' Wives Club will have its monthly luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Officers Club at Nellis Air Force Base. Reservations are required (657-1196).
NEVADA SENIOR COALITION
The Nevada Senior Coalition will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at Boulder Station, 4111 Boulder Highway. Nevada attorney general's representative JoAnne Embry will speak (737-1377).
VOLUNTEER EVENT
The city of Las Vegas will sponsor its second annual Project: Volunteer event at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Veterans Memorial Leisure Services Center, 101 N. Pavilion Center Drive. Various nonprofit organizations that are looking for volunteers, especially high school students, will be on hand (229-4645).
BEAD SOCIETY
The Las Vegas Bead Society meets at 6:45 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave. (203-4697).
TOASTMASTERS
The To Your Health! Toastmasters Club meets at 12:05 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Southern Nevada Health District, 625 Shadow Lane (759-1105).
The Speak Easy Toastmasters Club meets at noon the second and fourth Thursday of each month at Gibson Library, 280 S. Water St., Henderson (267-1518).
The Lion's Roar Toastmasters Club meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month in the human resources conference room at the MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South (256-1699).
The Carpe Momentum Toastmasters Club meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Centex Training Room, 3606 N. Rancho Drive (515-3266).
DFC MEETING
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society will meet Thursday at Claim Jumper, 1100 S. Fort Apache Road. Reservations are required (452-9522).
PERFORMANCE
A benefit performance will take place Thursday at the Nicholas J. Horn Theatre at the College of Southern Nevada, 3200 E. Cheyenne Ave., North Las Vegas, to raise funds for the school's performing arts students. A VIP cocktail reception will begin at 6 p.m. followed by an awards presentation at 7:30 and the play "Fences" at 8. Tickets are $100 (651-5483).
SOCIAL CLUB
The Jewish Singles 55 Plus Social Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. Artist Sharon Shaffer will speak (243-9482 or 451-1735).
DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS
The Nogcus Council No. 305 Degree of Pocahontas meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of the month in the Jaycee Mobile Home Clubhouse, 5805 W. Harmon Ave. (889-3929).
Compiled by Jean Bard. Around the Valley is produced by the Review-Journal as a public service for readers interested in the meetings, events and other activities presented by local nonprofit organizations and clubs. Qualified organizations are asked to submit complete written information at least 10 days before the desired publication date. For more information, contact Jean Bard at 383-0245 or write c/o Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125.
