Sunrise/Whitney Neighborhood News
Town Advisory Boards to meet
The Paradise Town Advisory Board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. today at the Paradise Recreation and Community Services Center, 4775 S. McLeod Drive.
The Winchester Town Advisory Board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. today at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive.
The Whitney Town Advisory Board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Whitney Recreation Center, 5712 E. Missouri Ave.
The Sunrise Manor Town Advisory Board is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Hollywood Recreation and Community Services Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd.
For more information or agendas, visit clarkcountynv.gov.
Vegas Jazz to meet jan. 21
at Winchester Cultural Center
The annual meeting of the Las Vegas Jazz Society is scheduled at 1 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive. For more information, visit vegasjazz.org.
Teens can make recycled robots
Teens are invited to make robots and other fun creatures out of recycled materials from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. Visit lvccld.org or call 507-4010.
Libraries to celebrate Chinese New Year
Children can celebrate the Year of the Dragon with events at area libraries.
Children 6 to 11 are invited to decorate their own Chinese lanterns from 3 to
3:30 p.m. Saturday and celebrate Chinese New Year with stories and crafts from 4 to 5 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Sunrise Library, 5400 Harris Ave. For more information, call 507-3900.
Children 11 or younger are invited to celebrate Chinese New Year with stories and crafts from 11:30 a.m. to noon Jan. 18 at the Whitney Library, 5175 E. Tropicana Ave. For more information, call 507-4010.
CHILD FOCUS SEEKS SIBLING MENTORS
Child Focus, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reunifying separated brothers and sisters living in foster care, is recruiting sibling mentors to assist with chaperoning events and helping siblings develop the ability to become a healthy family.
Activities are held monthly and vary in topic. For a complete listing of volunteer opportunities, visit childfocusnv.org or call 436-1624.
TRAVEL FAIR COMING TO THE ORLEANS
The 25th annual Travel Fair is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at The Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave.
Exhibitors will include cruise lines, tour operators, tourist boards, hotels, resorts and other travel-related services.
Destination presentations and lectures are scheduled throughout the day. The program will include Holland America's "live" Alaska Travel Show. This presentation will give the public a glimpse of the scenery, wildlife and stories that shape the history of the state. Other destination presentations include river cruising in Europe and Asia, adventure travel by Lindblad Expeditions and cruising the Mississippi River by the Great American Steamboat Co. Check out various vacation options that cater to families and reunions and group and senior travel.
Free entry tickets are available at any Prestige Travel office or pay $3 at the door. Entry proceeds will be donated to Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada.
For more information, call 248-1300.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION PLANS PRUNING CLASSES
The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener plans to offer winter pruning classes in January to teach you how to prune your fruit trees correctly for high-quality production. All classes are scheduled for 9 a.m. and repeat each hour until noon at 7700 Horse Drive in North Las Vegas.
Saturday's topic is fertilizing fruit trees and pest control. Jan. 21's class will cover figs, pomegranates and persimmons, and Jan. 28's topic is almonds and pistachios.
Reservations are not required. The orchard is about 100 yards east of the intersection of North Decatur Boulevard and Horse Drive. Take Interstate 15 or U.S. Highway 95 north to the Las Vegas Beltway and exit at Decatur Boulevard going north. Horse Drive is about 3½ miles north of the Beltway exit.
A $5 donation is requested. For more information, contact Jonathan Chodacki at 257-5532 or chodackij@unce.unr.edu.
EXPLORE YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
WITH JEWISH GENEALOGY SOCIETY
The Jewish Genealogy Society of Southern Nevada plans to host its monthly meeting at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Sahara West Library, 9600 W. Sahara Ave.
Speaker Mackey Murdock plans to discuss the do's and don'ts of media preservation, how to copy and manipulate files between different storage mediums, practical applications of your digital media into genealogy and how to share it all with your family and friends.
There is no charge to attend meetings, which are open to the public. The group meets at 1 p.m. the third Sunday of each month.
For more information, call Earle Malkin at 528-4334 or visit jgssn.org.
FRIENDS OF RED ROCK CANYON
PLANS TRAIL MAINTENANCE DAY
Friends of Red Rock Canyon plans to host a trail maintenance day Saturday at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Volunteers will pick up litter and help maintain the trails.
Friends reminds residents that winter snow and inclement weather can make for good pictures, which could result in a $100 first-place prize in its 2012 Red Rock Canyon Photo Contest.
For more information on either event, visit friendsofredrockcanyon.org.
RC flyers plan training day
The Las Vegas Remote Control Club plans to host a training day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 21 at William Bennett Field near Sam Boyd Stadium, 6800 E. Russell Road. People interested in finding out more about the hobby are invited to come and see the action . For more information, visit lvrcc.com.
Nevada Reining Horse Association
show to ride into Horseman's Park
The Nevada Reining Horse Association is scheduled to host an all-day reining show with a full slate of events from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Horseman's Park, 5800 E. Flamingo Road. For more information, visit equineeventlv.com or call 455-8206.
