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Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010 | 6:37 a.m.
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As temperatures hit 108 degrees today, Clark County officials have opened more public places to get water and air conditioning.
The cooling stations are in addition to the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition’s Inclement Weather Shelter Program, which provides seasonal shelter on an as-needed basis. The program also provides funding for long-term day shelters during the summer. The National Weather Service determines what constitutes hazardous weather conditions.
To find a cooling station, call 2-1-1 from any pay phone or visit www.HelpHopeHome.org.
Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army and Shade Tree serve as the county's summer day-shelters and are open during the hours listed below, seven days a week throughout the summer.
• Catholic Charities, 1501 N. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Salvation Army, 31 W. Owens Ave., North Las Vegas, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Shade Tree, 1 W. Owens Ave., North Las Vegas, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The following extra locations are open today:
• Cambridge Recreation Center, 3930 Cambridge St., Las Vegas, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Dula Gymnasium, 441 E. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Hollywood Recreation Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd., Las Vegas, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Dr. William U. Pearson Community Center, 1625 W. Carey Ave., Las Vegas, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Valley View Recreation Center, 500 Harris St., Henderson, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, Las Vegas, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Walnut Recreation Center, 3075 N. Walnut Ave., Las Vegas, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Yeah,when is LasVagas going to wake up? Vagas is not going back to what it was, when every body thought money grew by jobs and that suckers flew in by plain to leave there morgage payments in LasVagas and go back home to become homeless and a burden to there state.Vagas needs to quit wishing on suckers to keep there town afloat, they need these cooling stations,for those that gambeled there last unemploymet check trying to make some extra cash to pay rent and now are homeless, every body knows what go,s around comes around so please have some respect for those that don,t have a place to keep cool LasVagaenss don,t even know if there kids are going to have a job in the future and you know how parent,s are they will kick them out into the streets and they will become the new homeless of Fameous LasVagas, Thank God LasVagas does have some mercy on the poor.