Community briefs

Tuesday, April 27, 1999 | 11:42 a.m.

The third annual Southern Nevada Youth Job Fair will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.

The job fair is open to ages 16 to 24. Participants should be dressed and ready to interview. For more information, call 486-5300 or Phyllis Duran of Nevada Partners at 399-5627.

The job fair is co-sponsored by Nevada Partners; the parks and recreation departments of Las Vegas, Henderson and North Las Vegas; the Clark County School District's School-to-Work program; Las Vegas Valley Water District; McDonald's Corporation; Macy's West; Metro Police Department; Nevada Business Services; Sprint; Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation; Western High School and YMCA of Southern Nevada.

Senior fitness and blood pressure screenings are offered 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. by Sunrise Senior Friends Resource Center, 2809 N. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson. Call 434-6500.

A Wellness is Ageless program is being offered from 9-10 a.m. by Senior Advantage Resource Center, 9310 Sun City Blvd., Suite 101. The class promotes strength, endurance and flexibility. Cost is $2 and reservations are required. Call 434-6500.

An informational meeting about UNLV's gerontology certificate program will be held at noon Wednesday in the Great Hall of the Thomas Beam Engineering Complex at UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. For reservationS, call 895-1079.

Congregation Ner Tamid will hold a three-part seminar entitled "A Taste of Judaism" 7-9 p.m. Thursday, May 6 and May 13. This seminar is designed to provide basic information on Judaism and is geared to Jewish and non-Jewish people interested in learning about one of the world's oldest religions. The sessions are free, however space is limited. To reserve space, call 598-2632.

SCHOLARSHIPS

High school and college students may compete for scholarship awards through Project: Learn MS '99, a national essay competition sponsored by the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America. The contest is open to high school juniors and seniors and college freshmen and sophomores.

A 500- to 1000-word typed essay, letter, poem or feature story on how multiple sclerosis affects a person and his or her family on a daily basis must be submitted by June 5. For more information, call 1-800-LEARN MS.

VOLUNTEERS

The Community Action Against Rape needs volunteers for the hot line, speakers bureau and court monitor programs. The next training session will be June 1-24. Interviews will be conducted May 10-21. For more information, call 385-2153.

Nominations are being accepted through May 7 for the Bureau of Land Management's Resource Advisory Councils in Nevada. The councils advise BLM field managers on a variety of resource issues.

The three councils are Mojave-Southern Great Basin, Northeastern Great Basin and Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin.

The position open for the Mojave-Southern Great basin area includes interests in transportation and rights of way and recreation. Nominees must be residents of Nevada.

Nominations may be sent to Mojave-Southern Great Basin RAC, Mike Dwyer, 4765 West Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89108, or faxed to 647-5023. For more information, call 647-5000.

HONORS

Las Vegas residents were part of investigation teams winning a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's science achievement award.

Andrew Grange, William Brumley and Wayne Sovocool received the awards for research into environmental chemistry at the National Exposure Research Laboratory in Las Vegas. The nominations are reviewed by the American Chemical Society.

Laboratory manager Ken Brown was recognized for technical expertise and support.

The awards are presented to one scientist or team in each of eight categories.

Las Vegans Bruce Jones, Deborah Chaloud, Anne Neale and Brian Spavin won the EPA's bronze medal as part of the landscape ecology team studying the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.