Community news briefs for July 19, 2000

Wednesday, July 19, 2000 | 9:52 a.m.

Ceremony planned at Desert Breeze Park

A grand opening celebration of the new Desert Breeze Park pool will be held 5-8 p.m. Thursday at 8425 Spring Mountain Road.

The celebration highlights the completion of the first of two pools at the Desert Breeze Community Center. The first features a walk-in entry, a play set with water toys, and two 23-foot-high, 100-foot-long slides. Also included is a sand volleyball court.

The opening celebration will include a free barbecue dinner and entertainment by John Earl and the Boogieman Band until 8 p.m.

Swimming will be free, but proper swim attire is required. For more information, call 455-8200.

Credit class

The Consumer Credit Counseling Service is offering a free class, "Making Ends Meet and Dreams Come True," 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at 3650 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 32. To register, call 364-0344.

Services offered to bereaved parents

Resolve Through Sharing Bereavement Services offers support to parents who lose a baby during pregnancy or soon after birth by providing certified grief counselors who offer emotional and spiritual support, answer questions and provide guidance.

Its free support group meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday each month in the Rendezvous Room at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, 3186 S. Maryland Parkway.

For more information, call 731-8222.

Hospital donates $4,000 to rural group

Lake Mead Hospital Medical Center and Tenet Healthcare Foundation donated $4,000 to Nevada Rural Health Centers Inc. to help fund the North Las Vegas Family Health Center.

The hospital selected Nevada Rural Health Centers because of its outstanding work in providing health care services to underserved Nevada residents.

Nevada Rural Health Centers is a federally funded, community health center program that operates primary care medical clinics in rural Nevada.

Complaint over grazing fees raised

Locked in heated debate with the federal government over grazing rights, a delegation from the Western Shoshone Nation will voice their grievances Tuesday at the United Nations in Geneva.

The Ely and Yomba Shoshone, both federally recognized tribal governments, have filed complaints before the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The complaints charge the U.S. government with discrimination by failing to uphold property rights as specified by the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley.

"Basically the issue here is our right to graze cattle on our own Shoshone lands ... We should not be forced to pay new grazing fees." said Lois Whitney, Western Shoshone Defense Project Member.

$24 million headed to Nevada cities

About $24 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is headed to the state of Nevada, Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, Reno and Sparks.

Just over $9.5 million will go to Clark County, with $5.9 million to subsidize housing for low and moderate income people, $3.5 million for technical assistance to communities for low-income family housing, and $161,000 to be spent on homeless shelters.

More than $4 million of the $4.9 million going to Las Vegas will be used to subsidize housing for low and moderate income people.

Grants available for health programs

Advocates for better health care for children and the disabled and organizations with plans to reduce or treat the use of tobacco have a chance at $12 million in grants derived from the state's share of the settlement with the tobacco industry.

The Task Force for the Fund for a Healthy Nevada started Tuesday to seek bids from groups interested in using part of this money. The deadline for applications is Aug. 22, and the task force will meet Sept. 27-28 to award the grants.

Grant applications may be obtained by calling a healthy-fund representative at the state Department of Human Resources at (775) 684-4000 or by writing Healthy Fund Representative, Department of Human Resources, 505 E. King St., Room 600, Carson City, Nv, 89701. The applications may also be obtained on the Internet (www.state.nv.us/purchasing).