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Gym members step up against cancer, AIDS: Friday, Oct. 10, 2008; The Silverado Curves fitness center is doing more than helping women drop the pounds. The center is helping its members help the community as they participate this month in fundraising for the American Cancer Society and in an underwear collection drive for St. Therese Center.
Represent and recycle: Meeting emphasizes importance of establishing programs at schools; Friday, Oct. 10, 2008; Students played a Dumpster Dive game during the Clark County School District's Southeast regional recycling meeting Oct. 6. The meeting was one of five held between Sept. 29 and Oct. 9 that aimed to promote communication about recycling between schools in each region and to give students a forum to share ideas.
Kids join walk to raise money for cancer group: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008; With his homemade JAWS for Grandma team T-shirt ready for wear, 8-year-old Evan Alejandro is all set to lead his friends and family in the Light the Night Walk Oct. 18.
Silverado students celebrate spooky homecoming: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008; Silverado High School students spent the first week of October partaking in early Halloween-type activities.
Liberty homecomming honors world culture: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008; Students at Liberty High school didn't have to venture past the school walls to get a taste of other cultures during the first week in October.
RTC sets up group to address pedestrian safety: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008; The Regional Transportation Commission recently laid the framework for a project that aims to keep pedestrians safe on Nevada's roads: the Pedestrian Safety Action Plan.
Knights, kings, queens and wenches gather for festival: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008; The 15th annual Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival returns to Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road, Oct. 10-12.
Upgrades slated for many libraries: Friday, Oct. 3, 2008; A number of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District's facilities are receiving facelifts this fall.
Residents air concerns about Sunset Park renovations: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; Sunset Park users expressed concern during a public meeting Wednesday night about changes to the park's disc golf course, as well as the effect planned park renovations will have on other park amenities.
The 40-year-old park is set to receive a facelift funded by the Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act, which allows the revenue from the sale of public land to go toward the improvement of parks and trails.
Disabled people recognized for work to help others: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; For varying contributions, community members were honored by representatives from Gov. Jim Gibbons' and Congressman John Porter's offices at an event held during National Rehabilitation Week at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital Sept. 24.
Residents asked for input on Enterprise development: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; Residents this month will have the opportunity to influence plans for the future development of land in the Enterprise area.
Fitness center collects underwear, money for charities: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; The Silverado Curves fitness center is doing more than helping women drop the pounds. The center is helping its members help the community as they participate this month in an underwear collection drive for St. Therese Center; and also raise money for the American Cancer Society.
Silverado couple going head to head in chili cookoff: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; The World's Championship Chili Cookoff will run 11 a.m. to 6 p.m daily Oct. 10-12 at the Tropicana Hotel Casino, 3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South.
Report: Dropouts more likely to become criminals: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; Students who drop out of school are more likely to end up as criminals. Sheriff Douglas Gillespie and Clark County School District Superintendent Walt Rulffes discussed this finding from a recently released report at a news conference Sept. 25.
Jewish school celebrates new home: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008; The upper school students in Nevada's first Jewish school to serve students in preschool through high school, The Milton I. Schwartz Hebrew Academy and Adelson School, are proud to say they finally have classrooms that can't be relocated.
Magazine lauds company's growth: Friday, Sept. 26, 2008; Just Like Sugar Inc. has made tremendous strides since its founding in 2003, and company officials look to an even sweeter future as its product line grows.
Library to get facelift: Friday, Sept. 26, 2008; A number of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District’s facilities are receiving facelifts this fall.
Students collect school supplies, toiletries for others in need: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008; For their first community service project of the year, National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) Members at Jack Lund Schofield Middle School chose to help out their less fortunate peers.
Adding dimensions to art: Eduardo de la Cruz utilizes multiple art techniques to achieve 3-D appearance; Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008; In a room bare except for the drawings that graced the walls, Eduardo de la Cruz lies on the carpet imagining the day when his work will hang in galleries rather than in his bedroom.
Boy Scouts pitch in to clean up Sunset Park: Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008; Armed with large, yellow trash bags, dressed in troop shirts or uniforms, hats and work gloves, Boy Scouts from Las Vegas and Henderson converged at the desert areas of Sunset Park Saturday morning to collect trash and keep an eye out for wildlife as part of the semi-annual Conservation Good Turn project.
Students take to the stage to combat bullies: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008; As the kick-off assembly to this year's bully free campaign, fifth-grade students at John C. Bass Elementary School put on skits to demonstrate to their peers and all the lower grades how to properly handle situations involving bullying.
Faith Lutheran expands with new building: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008; The school's long-awaited chapel/performing arts center is scheduled to open during the first week of October with an official dedication ceremony to follow on Nov. 9.
Program offers actvities for parents and kids: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008; The Family to Family Connection program will host the Make & Take Mondays series 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Sept. 22, Oct. 20 and Nov. 17 at the Enterprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne Ave.
Budget cuts force hiring freeze for university extension: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008; Facing recent funding reductions and a proposal to cut even more in the near future, officials from the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension have placed a hold on filling all but the most necessary vacant positions.
County open to suggestions for budget: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008; Clark County is seeking public input for its budgets for the 2009 fiscal year.
School board trustee asks parents to take action: Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008; Parents were encouraged to convey to state legislators the importance of funding education at the most recent F-Troop meeting held by Clark County School District School Board Trustee Carolyn Edwards.
The Meadows School celebrates 25 years: Friday, Sept. 12, 2008; Looking at its multi-building, tree-lined Summerlin campus, it’s hard to imagine The Meadows School’s humble inception.
Local elementary kicks off expanded recycling program: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008; Parents of students at Roger D. Gehring Elementary School will soon get the chance to rid their closets and garages of old electronics, phone books and plastic bags as the school kicks off its new recycling program.
Police zero in on pedestrian safety: Friday, Sept. 5, 2008; Throughout the month of September, residents can expect to see an increased police presence at crosswalks all over Southern Nevada.
Cash for cars: Silverado High partners with Community Auto Display for fundraising; Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008; Forget bake sales and magazine subscription drives.
4-H camp teaches communication skills: Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008; Blindfolded, the young campers instructed their counselors on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
MDA telethon brings in record $65 million: Monday, Sept. 1, 2008; With increasing home foreclosures, a hurricane making landfall in the Gulf and the weak economy, Jerry Lewis knew there was a chance he might come up short this year.
Pedestrian death sparks protest on Las Vegas Blvd.: Group jams traffic to highlight need for crosswalk improvements; Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008; The hoods of vehicles were slapped, obscenities were shouted and the blasting of horns filled the air Saturday evening as tense moments passed between motorists and a group of protestors at the intersection of Wigwam Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South.
Serene neighbors fighting commercial zoning request on land: Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008; An owner of vacant land near the busy commercial corridor at Eastern and Serene avenues would like to see even more retail there — something neighbors adamantly oppose.
Equipping educators: Teacher Exchange allows teachers to fill classrooms with donated supplies; Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008; The first-time teachers shopped around, loading up bags with supplies such as markers, folders and books with which to fill their new classrooms.
Local student chosen to illustrate Sri Lankan author's book: Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008; Suneeta Chakmian has trouble drawing guys — she said they end up looking like mice — so when she had to illustrate a story about a king sick in bed, she drew a nice big canopy bed and bypassed her dilemma altogether.
Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon begins at South Point: Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008; On entering the temporary on-site offices of the production staff of "Jerry Lewis' Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon," you can't help but notice the huge red board that depicts the game plan for every minute of every hour of the upcoming Labor Day weekend production.
Clark County students return to the classroom: Monday, Aug. 25, 2008; Today was a big day for children and families in the Las Vegas area -- students on the regular nine-month schedule returned to classes for the start of the 2008-09 school year.
Planners deny zoning changes for hotel, shopping center: Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008; Planners today denied a request for a zone change that would allow construction of a hotel and shopping center west of Interstate 15, between Silverado Ranch Boulevard and Blue Diamond Road.