Community briefs for July 22, 2004

Thursday, July 22, 2004 | 8:34 a.m.

School District seeks bus service applications

The Clark County School District's Transportation Department is encouraging parents of students eligible for bus service to submit an application regarding bus service for the 2004-05 school year by July 30.

Those who are eligible for bus service and submit an application prior to or on July 30 will receive bus service information through the mail. Bus service information includes pick up location and time, bus route number and more. Bus service information letters will be mailed during the week of Aug. 16.

Individuals submitting an application after July 30 will not receive bus service information through the mail and will need to call the Transportation Department at 799-8111 or visit a back-to-school fair to receive his or her specific bus service information.

Back-to-school fairs for the 2004-05 school year will be held during all mall hours on the following dates and locations: Aug. 14 and 15, Boulevard Mall, 3528 Maryland Parkway; Aug. 21 and 22, Meadows Mall, 4300 Meadows Lane; and Aug. 28 and 29, Galleria at Sunset Mall, 1300 Sunset Road, Henderson.

Bus service applications and additional information can be obtained by logging on to www.ccsd.net/transportation or calling 799-8111.

Transportation Department representatives will be available at all back-to-school fairs.

For more information, call 799-5304.

Train show set for Cashman Center

The Great American Train Show will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North.

The show will feature thousands of square feet of operating model railroads. More than 10,000 trains will be on display and for sale. There will be workshops for the novice or advanced model railroader and attractions for the kids including their own railroad to operate. The show will also feature hundreds of tables of toy trains and huge operating model railroad layouts.

Admission is $7; children 10 and under are admitted free.

Call 252-0334.