Community briefs for March 24, 2005

Thursday, March 24, 2005 | 8:45 a.m.

EASTER

Egg hunt and fair set Sunday

The Junior League of Las Vegas will join forces with local Realtors to help the children of Shade Tree celebrate Easter at the fifth annual Easter Egg Hunt and Fair at 9:45 a.m. Sunday.

The fair will include egg decorating, face-painting, coloring, assorted games, baseball, a bounce house and more. Easter baskets, food, beverages, prizes and assorted Easter trinkets for all children, will also be provided.

For more information, call 822-6536.

Bike helmets free at event

Free bicycle helmets will be given away during an Easter party 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at Scandia Family Fun Center, 2900 Sirius Ave. Serveral local businesses are sharing a special safety message: Wearing a bicycle helmet correctly can greatly reduce the risk of a serious brain injury.

The free event is sponsored by Findlay Toyota and Coldstone Creamery. Call 596-8660.

Aliante planning fun on Saturday

The Aliante master-planned community will hold its Dinosaur Egg Hunt 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Aliante Nature Discovery Park, 2600 Nature Park Drive, North Las Vegas.

The event will include eggs filled with candy and prizes, pictures with the Easter Bunny, face painters, bounce houses, contests, games, train rides information booths, and refreshments for sale, including Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream.

The event is free and open to the public. Call (866) 874-6394.

Coming Up

ADD education meeting planned

The organization Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit Disorder will present "To Medicate or Not to Medicate," a free educational meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Conference Room at the Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road.

Guest speakers include Dr. Julie Beasley and Dr. Jane Fricke.

CHADD is a nonprofit organization, devoted to providing educational programs to persons with Attention-Deficit, Hyperactivity Disorder, their families and medical and educational professionals. Call 507-3400.

Glass Craft Expo on tap at Cashman

The 11th annual Glass Craft and Bead Expo is scheduled for March 30 through April 3 at Cashman Center, 850 Las Vegas Blvd. North. The event is open to the public.

More than 145 exhibitors will be displaying crafts and craft-related materials at the three-day show, which runs April 1-3 and is open to the public. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door. One ticket is good for admission to all days of the Expo.

The Expo features more than 230 classes spread over March 30-April 3. The classes present skillful instruction on a wide range of topics such as glass painting, glass jewelry making, drilling glass and semi-precious stones and glass manipulation. Classes are a separate charge from the Expo and require pre-registration. For registration information, visit www.glasscraftexpo.com.

The North Las Vegas Library,

2300 Civic Center Drive, is offering a bilingual storytime in English and Spanish. The programs include stories, crafts and other fun activities for the entire family. All of the storytimes are free and no registration is required. A program is scheduled 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. Call 6331070.

Students

Liberty High to host 'Every 15 Minutes'

The "Every 15 Minutes Program," a simulation to illustrate the consequences bad decisions can have on the lives of the students and their families, will be presented 10 a.m. March 31 and 8:30 a.m. April 1 at Liberty High School, 3700 Liberty Heights Ave., Henderson.

Liberty High School will be the site of the ninth Every 15 Minutes program put on by Henderson Police Department with the cooperation of the Clark County School District, Henderson Fire Department and other agencies.

A fatal traffic collision will be simulated adjacent to the school. Law enforcement and emergency medical service will respond. One student is killed in the accident. One student is airlifted to a hospital with major injuries while another student is taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The police give the teenage driver a field sobriety test and then arrest the driver for DUI with death.

In addition to the crash scene, a pre-selected student will "die" every 15 minutes throughout the day. These "dead" students represent the nation's loss of teenage lives everyday. These students will be removed from class and will not return to classes until after the two-day program is completed.

On April 1, the students gather for an assembly to talk about the experience.

For more information, call Officer Todd Rasmussen at 267-4509 or Keith Paul at 267-4510.