Community news briefs for February 8, 2001

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001 | 9:04 a.m.

Education program is scheduled

Health education sessions and services will be held at the West Flamingo Center, 6255 W. Flamingo Road, an adult recreation center for those age 50 and above.

Here are some upcoming programs:

"Regaining Control of Incontinence through Physical Therapy," 5 p.m. Tuesday, explores nonsurgical options and methods for bladder control. Cost is $3 per person.

"Understanding Cholesterol," is a two-hour seminar that will begin 1 p.m. Feb. 24. Participants are welcome to bring their lab results for blood cholesterol profiles, and the instructor will help them understand their meaning. Cost is $5.

For more information, call 455-7742.

EOB plans event Saturday

The Economic Opportunity Board will host its third annual health fair, "Giving the Gift of Love," 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at 5 Tonopah Ave.

The health fair is designed to expand awareness about community services available to low-income women in Clark County.

For more information, call Theresa King at 647-2900 or Christy Brady at 647-1472.

Seminar will help consumers

"Fresh Start Checking," a seminar by Consumer Credit Counseling Service, a nonprofit United Way Agency, and Nevada State Bank, will be offered 2 p.m. Monday and 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Community College of Southern Nevada Education Classroom, 3650 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 32.

The program will teach those who have been denied banking privileges how to re-establish and maintain a satisfactory banking relationship.

Contact any branch of Nevada State Bank to pick up registration material. For further information, call 364-0344.

In addition, the counseling service will offer free home buyers' seminars at 5:30 p.m. Monday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 26 by the Consumer Credit Counseling Service, 3650 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 32. Call 364-034 to register.

The Las Vegas Songwriters

will hold a seminar 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday in the recreation room of the Cabana Mobile Home Park, 5303 E. Twain Ave. Cost is $25 for members and $40 for nonmembers. For more information, call 223-7255.

Kurt Wedberg,

one of the fewer than 100 mountaineers in this country to have climbed Mount Everest, will be the featured speaker during a University Forum lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lied Athletic Complex at UNLV. For more information, call 895-3401.

Residents can learn

about the healthful benefits of tempeh in a vegetarian cooking workshop being offered 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Whitney Ranch Recreation Center, 1575 Galleria Drive, Henderson. For more information, call 450-5885.

Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services

is offering a free lecture, "Accessing Services for Children with Emotional or Behavioral Problems," 6 p.m. Tuesday at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd. For more information, call 486-6223.