Community briefs for February 3, 2005

Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005 | 8:36 a.m.

Fee increases for Scotty's Castle

A tour of Scotty's Castle, located in the northern end of Death Valley National Park, will cost an extra $2 beginning Monday.

The price for an underground mysteries tour of the castle's basement and passages will also increase $2, Superintendent James T. Reynolds of the National Park Service said.

The entire fee collected for such tours goes to support interpretive and educational programs at the historic house turned museum.

New fees are $11 for adults, $9 for seniors age 62 and older, $6 for children between 6 years and 15 years, $6 for Golden Access card holders and free for children 5 years old and younger.

Tours at Scotty's Castle are led by park rangers dressed in period costumes who take visitors back in time to the year 1939, when the castle was built by Albert and Bessie Johnson and Death Valley Scotty.

For more information about tours, operating hours, group or bus reservations, call (760) 786-9392 or visit the park's Web site at www.nps.gov/deva and click the "In Depth" link.

The Growers Study Guild,

open to gardening and African violet enthusiasts, will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Nevada Garden Club center, 3333 W. Washington Ave. Call 878-4797.

The North Las Vegas Library District

is hosting an open forum, "What Can We Do For You?," to invite community input at 7 p.m. Wednesday at its main branch, 2300 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas. Call 633-1070.

In observance of National American Heart Month,

nationwide chiropractors will be providing free health services, spinal screenings and consultations during February. Locally, Dr. Joshua Purcell of Active Life Family Chiropractic, 3315 W. Craig Road, Suite 104, North Las Vegas, will host an open house from 9 a.m.-noon and 3-6 p.m. Wednesday. Call 636-2843.