AROUND THE VALLEY
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 Calico Jack's, 8200 W. Charleston 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 Premier Toastmasters Club meets at 6 p.m. Thursdays at Coldwell Bankers Premier Realty, 8290 W. Sahara Ave., second floor training room (222-1436).
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).
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).
LECTURES
Teela Sanders of the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds, will present "The Complexities of Supply and Demand: Intimacy, Sexual Labor and Commerce" 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 UNLV's College of Liberal Arts and Dean's Associates (895-3401).
"Translating the Bible" a free lecture sponsored by the UNLV Great Works Certificate program, will be presented by Robert Alter, class of 1937 professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Barrick Museum Auditorium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway (895-4187).
EXECUTIVE LEADS CLUB
The Executive Leads Club meets at 7 a.m. Wednesdays at Becker's Lakeside, 8603 W. Sahara Ave. (255-8891).
NEWCOMERS CLUBS
The Desert Newcomers, a social organization for women new to the Las Vegas/Henderson area, 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).
WORKSHOP
The city of Las Vegas Department of Leisure Services will have a free workshop designed to educate adults about the dangers in the use of the Internet by children. The class will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Brinley Community School, 6150 Smoke Ranch Road. Nevada Child Seekers and the Metropolitan Police Department are collaborating on this project. Pre-registration is required (229-2642).
SHEEPDOG CLUB
The Shetland Sheepdog Club of Southern Nevada will have its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road (363-0779).
ROSE SOCIETY
The South Valley Rose Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Cooperative Extension Building, 8050 S. Maryland Parkway (260-0122).
KIWANIS CLUB
The Las Vegas Kiwanis Club meets at 12:15 p.m. Wednesdays at Marie Callender's, 4875 W. Flamingo Road (839-9509).
NOGCUS COUNCIL
The Nogcus Council No. 305 Degree of Pocahontas is the women's division of the fraternal organization Improved Order of Red Men. The group 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).
AMERICANS4AMERICA
The Minuteman chapter of Americans4America will be hosting an open-door summit at 7 p.m. Thursday at 1600 Gragson Ave. The topic will be "How Current Immigration Policies Affect our Community." Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. (405-0526).
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).
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).
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.
