Community briefs for January 30, 2002

Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2002 | 9:21 a.m.

Seniors Friends to host program

Senior Friends will host the program "High Blood Pressure -- What Could It Mean For You" 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday at the Sunrise Office, 3101 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 314.

Dr. Wendell Burris will discuss the causes of high blood pressure, what symptoms to watch for and what damage high blood pressure can cause if left untreated.

Call 735-5510 to make a reservation.

Fifth graders can enter contest

"Trees are terrific, inside and out."

That's the theme of this year's Arbor Day poster contest open to fifth grade classrooms and home-schooled children in Nevada. The contest offered by the Nevada Division of Forestry and the National Arbor Day Foundation, is sponsored by Toyota.

The state winner and three regional winners will receive savings bonds and T-shirts. The state winner will represent Nevada in the national poster contest with the national award winner announced on April 26, Arbor Day.

Requests for entry information can be faxed to (775) 687-4244 or mailed to Susan Stead, urban forester for the Nevada Division of Forestry and poster contest coordinator, at 1201 Johnson St., Suite D, Carson City, NV 89706.

District Judge Joseph Bonaventure

will be honored by Club Italia with its Merit Achievement Award at 5 p.m. Saturday in the ballroom at Texas Station.

"Making Ends Meet and Dreams Come True"

will be offered 4-5:30 p.m. Monday at the Consumer Credit Counseling Service, 3650 S. Decatur Blvd. Call 364-0344 to register.

Dolores Huerta will be the keynote speaker

noon-1:30 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Guardian Angel Cathedral Anderson Hall to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Dolores Huerta Center for Worker Rights. Cost is $50. RSVP by Monday at 866-6008.

UNLV student builds clubhouse

Kip Katich, a third-year architecture student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been named recipient of the UNLV School of Architecture Commercial Roofers Scholarship from Commercial Roofers, Inc.

Katich, a Dean's Honor List student, earned the scholarship for building a clubhouse of an upscale single family planned development. There were 51 submissions in the construction technologies course, and instructor Jay Barry picked six finalists. A faculty committee of four professors picked the winner.

Barry said Katich's "unique design in roof configuration and combination of materials made his work stand out above the rest."