Area Briefing

GROUPS THAT OPPOSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SPEAK OUT AGAINST VISITING BAND'S AD

Area nonprofit groups that cater to domestic violence victims recently spoke out jointly against an advertisement that critics said promoted violence against women.

Representatives from The Rape Crisis Center and Safe Nest and Clark County Commissioner Mary Beth Scow said their Nov. 2 public statement was in response to a recent Guns N' Roses ad that depicted a sexually assaulted woman. The hard rock band is performing on select dates through November in The Joint Las Vegas at the Hard Rock Hotel, 4455 Paradise Road.

Images depicting violent rape or attack on women can serve as a mechanism to normalize violence against women, said Hannah Brook, executive director of The Rape Crisis Center.

For more information on The Rape Crisis Center, visit therapecrisiscenter.org or call 702-385-2153. For more information on Safe Nest, visit safenest.org or call 702-877-0133.

FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD

The Southern Nevada Agency Partnership's law enforcement team recently received a 2012 U.S. Department of Interior Partners in Conservation Award.

The team includes field rangers, investigators, special agents, a prosecutor and a dispatch staff for the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Justice.

For more information, visit snap.gov.

PROGRAM OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP FOR RADON MITIGATION STUDIES

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Nevada Radon Education Program is offering a scholarship to help residents train and become certified to be a radon mitigation professional in Southern Nevada.

The grant-funded scholarship program of the Nevada State Health Division is offering the funds toward online mitigation entry level training through the Center for Environmental Research & Technology Inc. and the national certification exam through the National Radon Proficiency Program. The regular price for the course, including study materials, is $750, and the cost of the exam is $100. Nevada residents living in Lincoln or Clark counties are eligible.

The application deadline is Nov. 30. For more information, call Laura Au-Yeung at 702-257-5550 or the radon hot line at 888-723-6610.

Experienced building and remodeling contractors or plumbers licensed with the Nevada State Contractors Board who wish to expand their business are encouraged to apply.

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas present in many homes, schools and buildings and is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers, according to the Cooperative Extension.

CPR TRAINING SESSION SET FOR NOV. 17

Las Vegas Fire & Rescue plans a compression-only CPR and automated external defibrillator training session from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Centennial Hills Community Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive. The session is open to residents 13 or older. Registration and center membership are not required.

To view a Las Vegas Fire & Rescue video on CPR and automated external defibrillator training, download it at premiere.lasvegasnevada.gov/filmvault/cpraed.asx.

For more information, call Michelle Thackston at 702-229-6154 or visit lasvegasnevada.com/ward6.

BUFFALO DRIVE TO CLOSE TEMPORARILY BETWEEN RUSSELL ROAD AND PATRICK LANE

Buffalo Drive between Russell Road and Patrick Lane is set to be closed through Dec. 24 due to the construction of an enclosed flood-control channel, according to Clark County.

Traffic is being detoured around the project area, the county said.

The construction, which began Oct. 28, is part of a $6.9 million flood control project that stretches from Sunset Road to Hacienda Avenue.

TAB Contractors Inc. is conducting the project, which is expected to be finished by late summer 2013.