AROUND THE VALLEY
April 29, 2008 - 9:00 pm
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).
LIONS CLUB
The Summerlin Lions Club meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at IHOP, 9651 Trailwood Drive. The group is open to men and women (254-5245).
OASIS REBEKAH LODGE
The Oasis Rebekah Lodge meets at 8 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at 109 Ninth St. (458-5552).
NEVADA TAVERN OWNERS ASSOCIATION
The Nevada Tavern Owners Association meets at 4 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at Blue Ox Tavern, 5825 W. Sahara Ave. (839-9006).
NEWCOMERS CLUBS
Westside Newcomers Club, a social club for women who have lived in the valley five years or less, offers a variety of activities, including a New Member Coffee for new and prospective members the first Wednesday of the month and a luncheon with a program the second Wednesday of the month (645-3426).
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. The women also have a luncheon on the third Wednesday of every month (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 Chamber Voices Toastmasters Club meets at 11:30 a.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, 3720 Howard Hughes Parkway (312-2048).
The Schoolhouse Toasters Toastmasters Club meets at 4:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at Roundtable Pizza, 7460 W. Lake Mead Blvd. (656-7888).
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).
LECTURE
Jerome Silbergeld and Kinmay W. Tang of Princeton University will present Jiang Wen's "In the Heat of the Sun and the Exquisite Art of Self-Deception" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Barrick Museum auditorium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, as part of its University Forum series. The lecture is sponsored by the UNLV College of Liberal Arts and the Dean's Associates. Admission is free (895-3401).
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 can 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).
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.