Community news briefs for June 8, 2004

Tuesday, June 8, 2004 | 9:53 a.m.

Apartment industry to host job fair

In an effort to support employment growth in the Las Vegas Valley, the Southern Nevada Multi-Housing Association will host the Apartment Industry Career Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Community College of Southern Nevada campus, 6375 W. Charleston Blvd., Building D.

The event is free and open to the public. Candidates will have the opportunity to complete job applications and instant interviews with participating companies.

The fair will provide information on the apartment industry's history in the valley and the various career opportunities available at the community level, regional level, and within vendor companies who provide products and services to the multi-housing industry.

Beginning at 12:30, and on every half-hour through 2:30 p.m., mini educational sessions will also be provided.

For more information, call 735-5838.

Ceramics exhibit to open Monday

A new exhibit of ceramics, "Going Broke" by Gary Marx, opens at the County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, on Monday.

The exhibit runs through July 30. The opening reception will be held from noon to 2 p.m. June 18 in the rotunda.

Gary Marx works as an art instructor at Community College of Southern Nevada, teaching beginning and advanced ceramics, 2-D and 3-D design, sculpture and correlation of the arts.

The reception is free and open to the public.

Call 455-8239.

Chabad of Green Valley

will present Women in Jewish History at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Chabad of Green Valley, 10870 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 104. The discussion is the latest of a series of topics of interest to women at the last "Nosh and Nourish" of the year. For more information and to RSVP, call Chaya Harlig at 897-0770.

The Las Vegas Astronomical Society

will present slide presentations and members will share their telescopes to view objects in the night sky starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Red Rock Canyon Visitor Center. Call 515-5350.

Eagle Scout honors received

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

Craig McArthur Cuff, 18; Japheth Emmanuel Merino Deaux, 18; Daniel John DeLucchi, 16; Louis Edward DeVito, 16; Manuel Jacinto Gonzalez, 15; Brandon Edward Harding, 15; Andrew C. Hybarger, 16; Christopher Charles Martin, 16; Adam Douglas Musgrove, 15; Kevin Andrew Ousley, 18; Scott Christopher Pierson, 16; Marlon Alofamoni Purcell, 16; Kyle Hunter Ralston, 14; Joseph Donald Satava, 17; Braden Gregory Simmons, 16; Miguel Luis Villalba, 16, and Blake Robert Wise, 16, all of Las Vegas.

Bryan Carlton Blake, 18; Anthony Spencer Carter, 16; Benjamin Laurence Green, 14; Bryan Raymond Martin, 17; Christopher Andrew Odgers, 16; Patrick C. O'Meara, 17, and Nicholas B. Willden, 18, all of Henderson.

Trevor Joseph Mecham, 18, and Christopher Jesse Bennett, 16, both of Logandale; Nicholas Edward Hiller, 18, of North Las Vegas; and Asa Saul Kulkin, 17, and Michael Cole Trumble, 15, both of Pahrump.

Teen third in Holocaust contest

A Henderson teenager has been chosen one of 13 winners nationwide in the Holocaust Memorial Museum's May Family Art and Writing Contest.

Sheila Toy Brown, a senior at Coronado High School, was selected for third place in the high school and art division of the contest.

Five written entries, seven art entries and one media entry were awarded prizes by the judging committee, which consisted of historians, educators, artists, writers and Holocaust survivors. More than 2,800 students from 48 states and two military bases competed in this year's contest.

Students were asked to identify the challenges hidden children, parents or rescuers faced during the Holocaust and how they would respond to those challenges.

Brown received a $125 cash gift and a $50 gift certificate to the Holocaust Museum. Brown also received a selection of Holocaust-related books to contribute to her classroom.

For more information about the contest, visit the U.S. Holocaust Museum Web site at www.ushmm.org.