Centennial Neighborhood News

CENTENNIAL HILLS RESIDENT'S FRESH & EASY ARTWORK AVAILABLE ON REUSABLE BAGS

The hand-painted, award-winning design for a new reusable Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market bag by Centennial Hills resident Tonya Jacobsen is now available for purchase in stores.

Jacobsen beat out about 800 other entrees for the second annual Design-A-Bag contest last spring with her painting of fresh fruits and vegetables. She received a year's worth of free groceries, a $5,000 value, for winning the contest.

The limited-edition bag retails for 99 cents.

For more information about Fresh & Easy and the Design-A-Bag contest, visit freshandeasy.com.

RECYCLING PROGRAM TO COLLECT CHRISTMAS TREES FOR MULCH

Residents can recycle their Christmas trees and help create mulch used to beautify and sustain local public gardens and parks.

There are 20 drop sites around the valley accepting trees free of charge from Monday through Jan. 15.

Centennial Hills donation sites include the NV Division of Forestry Nursery in Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs, 9200 Tule Springs Road, and Sunny Springs Park, 7620 Golden Talon Ave.

Donations are to be free of nonorganic objects such as lights, wire, tinsel, ornaments and nails. Flocked trees cannot be recycled.

The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension works with other community organizations to host the recycling event.

The trees' organic material is chipped into mulch, which helps conserve soil moisture and keeps plants healthy.

Last year, Southern Nevada residents recycled more than 15,000 trees, which created 130 tons of mulch for landscaping projects at local parks.

For a complete list of donation sites, visit cdsn.org.

CITY TO REDUCE administrative OPERATIONS FOR HOLIDAYS

As a general cost-cutting measure and in recognition of the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the city of Las Vegas' administrative functions are slated to be closed today through Monday and are set to reopen Jan. 3.

Essential public safety functions, such for fire, city marshal services, animal control, parking enforcement, the jail and sewage plant operations will continue as normal. Municipal court also will remain open.

There will be certain work groups that will have a presence during this closure, including small teams in public works, information technologies and others. City parks will remain open as normal.

The Centennial Hills Active Adult Center, 6601 N. Buffalo Drive, will be closed.

Residents are encouraged to visit lasvegasnevada.gov for a list of the many online services that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

In addition, a phone bank staffed with city employees will be available from today through Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. by calling 229-2426.

Most calls to city departments will be routed to this phone bank, where callers will be assisted.

US FOREST SERVICE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
TO ASSIST DURING SNOW SEASON

The U.S. Forest Service is looking for volunteers this winter at Mount Charleston to keep the thousands of visitors safe in the snow.

Snow Play Hosts are to provide roadside information about snow play opportunities and take part in the fun while engaging visitors at snow play sites.

The hosts are also to help visitors have a fun experience while reducing impacts to the forest.

Experience in volunteering in a similar setting is a plus but not required.

Volunteers should be at least 18 years old and able to work outdoors in cold conditions.

Hosts will work on weekends and holidays. Average shifts will range between three and six hours.

Minimum commitment desired is two shifts per month.

Volunteers are needed through the end of March.

For more information, visit
discoverspringmountains.org/volunteer.html or contact Suzanne Hicks at smhicks@fs.fed.us or 839-5566.

WARD 6 VIDEO CONTEST DEADLINE LOOMS

Saturday is the deadline to show some love for your neighborhood.

Las Vegas City Councilman Steve Ross invites Ward 6 residents to express -- in three minutes or less -- why they love Centennial Hills.

The video contest is open to all area residents, but city of Las Vegas employees and their family are ineligible.

The videos must include family-oriented content and be uploaded to youtube.com. Participants must email the embedded YouTube link to video
contest@lasvegasnevada.gov.

Winners are to receive dinner for four at Leticia's Mexican Cocina, 7585 Norman Rockwell Lane, and a movie at Santa Fe Station, 4949 N. Rancho Drive.

The winner is scheduled to be announced in January.

The videos are slated to be judged by Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Ross, City Manager Elizabeth Fretwell and Communications Director David Riggleman.

The winning video is to be featured on the city's website, lasvegasnevada.gov.

For more information, visit lasvegasnevada.gov/videocontest or call 229-6154.

WORKSHOP TO EXPLAIN FINER POINTS
OF COUPONING

Extreme Couponing 101, a free workshop on how to match store deals with coupons, is planned for 2 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N. Buffalo Drive.

No RSVP is required.

The event is co-sponsored by the library district and myvegasmommy.com.

For more information, call 507-6100 or visit lvccld.org.