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AROUND THE VALLEY

SENIORS GROUP

The Society of Single Seniors and Widowed Persons will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Skyline Casino, 1741 S. Boulder Highway. Reservations are needed (362-0296).

EXECUTIVE LEADS CLUB

The Executive Leads Club meets at 7 a.m. Wednesdays at Becker's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave. (255-8891).

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).

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).

LECTURES

Brian P. Hedlund of the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will present "Some Like it Hot: The Microbiology of Boiling Springs in Nevada and Beyond" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Barrick Museum Auditorium at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. The lecture, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the UNLV College of Liberal Arts and the Dean's Association (895-3401).

Margaret Crawford of the Harvard Graduate School of Design will present "Everyday Urbanism Update" at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Architectural Studies Library of the Paul Sogg Architecture Building at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. The lecture is sponsored by the UNLV School of Architecture Klai Juba Lecture Series (895-3031).

NEWCOMERS CLUBS

Desert Newcomers, a social organization for women new to Las Vegas and Henderson, meets at 10 a.m. the last Thursday of the month at the Green Valley Library, 2797 N. Green Valley Parkway (818-5641).

TOASTMASTERS

The Yucca Mountaineers Toastmasters Club meets at 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays at 1160 Town Center Drive, Suite 320 (821-8785).

The Burnt Toast II Toastmasters Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Desert Pines Golf Club, 3415 E. Bonanza Road (455-2179).

The Bachelors/Bachelorettes Toastmasters Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant at Boca Park, 750 S. Rampart Blvd. (217-8199).

The Early Risers Toastmasters Club meets at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Century 21 Money-World, Suite 100, 8020 W. Sahara Ave. (699-4131).

The Windjammers Toastmasters Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Denny's, 3081 S. Maryland Parkway (876-6842).

The To Your Health! Toastmasters Club meets at 12:05 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the Southern Nevada Health District, 625 Shadow Lane (759-1105).

The Voice Links Toastmasters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Embarq, 330 S. Valley View Blvd. (493-0695).

The Vocal Vegans Toastmasters Club meets at noon Thursdays at the Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway (455-1606).

The I'll Drink To That Toastmasters Club meets at 6 p.m. Thursdays at StakeOut, 4800 S. Maryland Parkway (823-8306).

The Starmasters Toastmasters Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Thursdays at Abundant Life Seventh-day Adventist Center, 1720 N. J St. (395-8728).

The Speak Easy Toastmasters Club meets at noon on 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. on 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. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Centex Training Room, 3606 N. Rancho Drive (515-3266).

GARDEN CLUB

The South Valley Rose Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Nevada Cooperative Extension Building, 8050 S. Maryland Parkway (260-0122).

THE TALL CLUB OF LAS VEGAS

The Tall Club of Las Vegas meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Blue Ox Tavern, 5825 W. Sahara Ave. Those who meet the height requirements of 5 feet 10 inches for women, and 6 feet 2 inches for men may attend (390-8255).

SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION

The Las Vegas Songwriters Association meets at 6:45 p.m. Thursdays at the Cabana Mobile Home Park clubhouse, 5303 E. Twain Ave. (223-7255).

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).

TEN-13 CLUB

The Las Vegas Ten-13 Club, an organization of retired New York City police officers and others, meets at 7 p.m. the last Thursday of the month at the Italian American Club, 2333 E. Sahara Ave. (436-4862).

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.

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