Paradise/Downtown briefs

CITY OFFICIALS TO WELCOME DOWNTOWN FEED FARMERS MARKET

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and City Councilman Ricki Y. Barlow are set to welcome the Downtown FEED Farmers Market to the Fremont East Entertainment District.

Remarks and a fruit-chopping ceremony are planned for 10 a.m. Thursday at the market, 115 N. Seventh St., inside Azul, a freestanding building behind the El Cortez.

The first 500 shoppers will receive custom seed packets, and participating vendors will donate 17 percent of all product sales that day to Studio 8 Ten, a downtown nonprofit organization that operates a community garden and serves adults with mental disabilities.

The farmers market features more than 20 growers and live music. Its hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays.

For more information, call 529-0454.

WORKSHOP TO OFFER TIPS ON WARDING OFF BARK BEETLES

Learn how to protect your home from the invasive bark beetle with help from University of Nevada Cooperative Extension volunteers.

Through the Citizens Monitoring for Invasive Bark Beetles program, Master Gardeners are equipped to provide information on recognizing problems as they first arise, before extensive bug damage occurs.

The information is offered free. Homeowners, landscapers and community groups can arrange to have an on-site bark beetle workshop or a session at the Cooperative Extension office in Las Vegas.

The extension is at 8050 Paradise Road. For more inform ation, call Angela O'Callaghan at 257-5581 or email ocallaghana@unce.unr.edu.

SPRINGS PRESERVE TO HOST autumn PLANT SALE SATURDAY

The Springs Preserve's Autumn Plant Sale is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at 333 S. Valley View Blvd.

The sale will feature limited quantities of about 3,000 native and drought-tolerant plans, which will be sold in sizes ranging from 2 inches to 5 gallons.

Prices range from $3 each for 2-inch wildflowers, $7 to $10 each for 1-gallon plants, $17 to $25 for 5-gallon plants, and container gardens in various sizes range from $25 to $50 each. Specimen plants 15 gallons or larger are priced based on size.

Admission to the plant sale in the Gardens Amphitheater is free. Regular admission prices will apply for access to museums and galleries at the Springs Preserve.

More information is available at springspreserve.org or by calling Russ Harrison at 258-2462.

SEPT. 28 DOWNTOWN WALK TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL ACTIVE AGING WEEK

Las Vegas residents 50 or older are invited to celebrate National Active Aging week Sept. 25 through Oct. 1 by participating in the Expand Your Experience Downtown Walk.

The event is scheduled at 9 a.m. Sept. 28 at the Neon Museum Boneyard, 810 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Free parking will be available at 749 Veterans Memorial Drive.

Participants will check in and walk up to two miles before ending at the Dula Gymnasium, 441 E. Bonanza Road. The first 50 registered participants will receive a T-shirt. Register online at clvbeyondtheneon.com or call 229-6459.

For more information about Active Aging Week, visit icaa.cc/aaw.htm.

SENIOR COMMUNITY EVENTS SCHEDULED

Food for Health and Soul is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. every Thursday through Sept. 29 at the Doolittle Senior Center, 1930 N. J St. The event, slated for those 50 or older, is free with a $2 annual membership. Registration at least one week in advance is required. This five-class series is designed to help participants prepare family recipes for better health. Enrollees must commit to attending all five classes. The event is sponsored by the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension.

Free bingo is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave. Advance registration is required. Call 229-1515 for more information.

A Health & Wellness Awareness Fair & Luncheon for those 50 or older is scheduled from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center. A 1 p.m. luncheon is set to follow. The cost is $5. Participate in a blood pressure check, a balance test, a heart rate check and Zumba gold and tai chi demonstrations, among other activities. For more information, call 229-1515.

Chicken 'N' Waffles is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 20 at the Doolittle Senior Center, 1930 N. J St. The event is slated for those 50 or older, and the cost is $5. Register at least one week in advance. For more information, call 229-6125.

NV ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY REBATE PROGRAM TO RUN THROUGH SEPT. 28

NV Energy's Solar Energy Rebate Program is open for applications Friday through Sept. 28. Customers who submit their application in the two-week period will be part of the application process Sept. 30 for the rebates. More rebates will be available in the first half of 2012.

Customers also can take advantage of other rebate programs, including solar hot water heating, and wind and hydro rebates. Customers can visit nvenergy.com for more information about how to apply.

LAS VEGAS CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE VETERANS MEMORIAL TO HERITAGE PARK

The Las Vegas City Council decided to move the $1.2 million to $1.4 million veterans memorial to Heritage Park, not Huntridge Circle Park as originally planned, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The council voted 7-0 Aug. 17 to move the proposed memorial from the smaller Huntridge in large part because Heritage Park has more parking and infrastructure to support visitors.

There was some resistance to moving the park, with critics saying the neighborhood along Las Vegas Boulevard just south of Washington Avenue has too much crime and blight to be home to the somber memorial.

Although city staff members and the nonprofit Las Vegas Veterans Memorial Foundation said Heritage Park was their first choice, there's still a chance it could land elsewhere.