Community briefs for August 5, 2004

Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004 | 8:22 a.m.

Outdoor aquatic center to open

The YMCA of Southern Nevada announced the grand opening of the new outdoor aquatic center at at the Bill and Lillie Heinrich YMCA. Officials from the YMCA will join Mayor Oscar B. Goodman, City Councilwoman Janet Moncrief and City Manager Doug Selby to at 11 a.m. Friday at the YMCA, 4141 Meadows Lane, to celebrate the grand opening of the new center. Entrance from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be free. Free food will be served beginning at 12:30 p.m.

Synchronized swimmers, free food, disc jockey, games and prizes will all be a part of the afternoon festivities along with the grand opening balloon release.

The outdoor pool offers a wide variety of aquatic programming including: youth and adult swim lessons, synchronized swimming, private swim lessons, lifeguard training, water aerobics classes, adult/child CPR, Water Safety Instructor certification, parent/child swim classes and more.

For more information, call 877-9622.

Fashion show fund-raiser set

Nevada Fashions and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas will host their third annual "A Touch of Fashion," fund-raiser at 6 p.m. Monday in the Tabu Ultralounge at the MGM Grand.

Admission: Child's new book.

For more information, call 314-9589, or log on to www.nevadafashions.net.

Free classes in Spanish offered

Family to Family Connection Las Vegas ISD 13 is now offering free classes in Spanish to families with infants and toddlers.

Classes being offered in Spanish include toddler and infant playgrounds, Spanish literacy, and behavior topics during the month of August.

To get more information or to register for classes, call 870-9583 or visit the Family to Family Connection website at www.newbabycenter.com.

Public can comment on lake fire plan

The National Park Service is asking the public to comment on a fire management plan for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area and part of the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument.

The ultimate goal of fire management in the area is to restore fire to the park through wildland fire use and prescribed fires.

The environmental assessment considers management and protection objectives of both wildland fires and other treatments during a 10-year period.

The 30-day public review ends Sept. 3.

The document is available on the Lake Mean National Recreation Area Web site at http://www.nps.gov/lame/docs.html.

All review comments should be addressed to: Superintendent, Attention: Fire Management Plan EA, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, 601 Nevada Way, Boulder City, NV 89005.

Local Eagle Scouts named

The following young men recently earned the distinction of Eagle Scout from the Boulder Dam Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America:

Erik Nathan Bartlett, 17, of Bunkerville; Gregory Nils Bayles Jr., 14, of Las Vegas; Gordon Luke Burns, 18, of Henderson; Shane Neilsen Carson, 14, of Las Vegas; Kevin James Culberg, 15, of Las Vegas; Gregory James Deaver, 15, of Las Vegas; Enzio Richard Guzman, 14, of Las Vegas; Vance Austin Hardinger, 15, of Las Vegas; Daryn Patrick Hayden, 18, of Las Vegas;

Joshua David Huth, 15, of Las Vegas; Ryan Thomas Isaac, 17, of Las Vegas; Noah Wolf Jensen, 17, of Las Vegas; Spencer Mark Judd Jr., 16, of Las Vegas; Robert Daniel Kearney, 18, of Las Vegas; John Christian Leach, 18, of Las Vegas; Karl Alexander Nielson, 15, of Las Vegas; Ryan Edward Peeples, 18, of Las Vegas;

Thomas Woodland Polley, 18, of Las Vegas; Alec Chase Runyon, 17, of Las Vegas; Russell Nelson Seastrand, 18, of Las Vegas; Jordan Willough Tait, 16, of Mesquite; Travis Evan Tichenor, 17, of Mesquite; Jared Andrew Ward, 16, of Las Vegas; Conrad Edwards Wilks, 18, of Las Vegas; and Daniel Robert Wray, 16, of Las Vegas.