Community briefs for Feb. 21, 2003

Friday, Feb. 21, 2003 | 9:01 a.m.

Forum on tap for judge candidates

A forum of Municipal Court candidates for Department 1 and Department 6 will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at Garside Middle High School, 300 S. Torrey Pines Drive.

Department 1 candidates include: Toy R. Gregory, Matthew Paul Harter and Denise McCurry.

Department 6 candidates include: Lillian Davis, Bill Gonzalez, Bill Henderson, Stefany Miley, Gary A. Pulliam, Abbi Silver and L. Jordan Weinsteen.

For more information, call 877-2438.

Rear Adm. Mary P. O'Donnell,

Coast Guard Reserve, will discuss the Coast Guard's role in the newly created Homeland Defense Department, beginning with no-host cocktails at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Fiesta Rancho. Cost is $20. For reservations, call Norma Schaefer at 360-4028.

Join former Sen. Richard Bryan

and his wife, Bonnie, in celebrating Fat Tuesday, an event at 6 p.m. Saturday at The Orleans, to benefit HELP of Southern Nevada, a nonprofit organization that provides help and support to those in in need. Tickets are $150. For more information, call 369-4357.

Young Israel -- Aish HaTorah --

will present the multimedia program "Discovery" from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday at The Four Seasons, 3960 Las Vegas Blvd. South. The presentation will combine psychology, philosophy, history and computer science to take the audience on a three-hour voyage into the why of being Jewish. Tickets are free for all callers. For more information or to get your free tickets, call (888) 88-Discovery.

Catholic Daughters of the America

will hold a chili fiesta dinner at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church, 1111 Michael Way. Admission is $6; $4 for children 6-12 years old; children 5 and under are free. For more information, call 646-1323.