Community briefs for October 13, 2004

Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004 | 8:39 a.m.

Teen Read Week to be celebrated

The Las Vegas Clark County Library District is asking teens to read for the fun of it to celebrate Teen Read Week Sunday through Oct. 23.

Teens will be eligible to earn a chance to win a pair of free tickets to the Fright Dome II at the Adventuredome Theme Park.

Teens can read a horror book or watch a horror movie and submit a review online at www.lvccld.org/teens.

For more information, call 734-7323.

NLV rental program to be discussed

Spanish speaking residential rental property owners and managers, along with the general public, are encouraged to attend a community meeting to discuss the proposed rental housing inspection program in North Las Vegas.

The meeting will be 6 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall Council Chambers, 2200 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas.

The meeting will include a presentation in Spanish about the program and a question and answer session.

Call Sheldon Klain at 633-1677 for more information.

HIV testing scheduled Friday

The Clark County Health District Office of AIDS will promote confidential HIV testing for Latino AIDS Awareness Day 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday at these locations:

Ravenholt Public Health Center, 625 Shadow Lane; 1820 E. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite F; 560 N. Nellis Blvd., Suite E12; 129 W. Lake Mead Parkway, Henderson; ; 6330 W. Spring Mountain Road, Suite F, and Laughlin Community Center, 55 Civic Way.

Call 759-0726.

Lied Discovery Children's Museum,

833 Las Vegas Blvd. North, will present an intergalactic educational program 1-3 p.m. Saturday. A former astronaut will be on hand to teach the science of space, with entertaining stories and videos from his experience. Children will be able to participate in special take-home activities relating to space exploration. Call 382-3445.

Tom Axtell, general manager of KLVX

Channel 10, and Lamar Marchese, general manager of KNPR 89.5-FM, will speak at the Working in Communications luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Palace Station. Call 991-9991 or log on to www.lvwic.org to RSVP.

A free basic computer class

will be taught in Spanish by Hector Morales 2 p.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the North Las Vegas Library, 2300 Civic Center Drive. To register, call 633-1070.

A Town Hall meeting

will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 960 W. Owens Ave., discussing how do the policies of Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Alexander Hamilton apply to today's problems. For more information, call Ann Reynolds, call 431-9423.

Sun City Summerlin Community Association's

15th annual Fall Garage Sale will be 7 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Suncoast. Food will be offered for sale and parking is free. Call 966-1424.

The Southern Nevada Domestic Violence Task Force's

seventh annual Bowl-A-Thon will be noon-3 p.m. Saturday at the Suncoast. For more information or to receive entry forms, visit www.sndvtf.org or call Elynne Green at 229-3266.

Siegfried and Roy's

ongoing efforts to recognize the vital role of police K-9 units continue with their sponsorship of the 14th annual K-9 Trials Saturday and Sunday at the Orleans Arena. The two-day event is a fundraiser for the Friends for Las Vegas Police K-9's. Call 229-3441.

A Haunted Halloween Carnival

will be 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Becker Community School in Hills Park, 9110 Hillpointe Road. The event will feature games, spooktacular raffles, haunted house, and costume contest. Call 229-2482.

The American Academy of Dermatology

is conducting free skin cancer screenings 1-5 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Sands Expo Convention Center, 201 Sands Ave., during the AARP Life at 50 Plus Expo. For more information, call (888) 462-3376 or log on to www.aad.org.

During October, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month,

MountainView Hospital will be a collection site for old cell phones. The phones will be donated to organizations that help victims of domestic abuse. Call 255-5056.