Briefs

EVENTS

Tonopah Chamber

festival July 27-29

The Tonopah Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual town festival, Jim Butler Days, today through Sunday. Festivities begin July 27, with a street dance. Saturday events will begin with a parade down Main Street and end with evening car races at the Tonopah Speedway.

All three days will feature old-fashioned mining competitions, arts, crafts and food booths, car and bike cruise, plus many townwide events for the entire family.

For further information and parade entry forms, call the Tonopah Chamber of Commerce at 482-3859.

MEETINGS

Public Lands

board meets Aug. 2

The Pahrump Public Lands Board meeting will be held Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. in Room B of the Bob Rudd Community Center.

Democrats set

meeting for Aug. 5

The Nye County Democratic Party Central Committee will meet Aug. 5 at 5 p.m. in the main fire station.

For more information, contact Loyal Watkins, chairman at 727-4650.

Nevada Test Site

committee to meet

The Transportation/Low Level Waste Committee of the Community Advisory Board for Nevada Test Site Programs will be meeting at the Pahrump Community Library from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday.

The committee will hear presentations from a representative of the U.S. Department of Energy regarding the criteria for accepting low level radioactive waste at the test site and by a representative from Envirocare, a commercial company located in Utah that operates a low level radioactive waste facility.

CLUBS

4-H Krazy Kritters

to hold fund-raiser

The 4-H Krazy Kritters Small Animal Club is holding its main fund-raising event for this year by by selling raffle tickets to help earn money for equipment and travel costs for an upcoming trip to San Diego. The raffle tickets are available at the Cooperative Extension office at 1651 E. Calvada Blvd., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon, or by calling 727-5532.

4-H, Extension

has new address

For all local businesses that so generously help support Cooperative Extension and 4-H clubs/functions, please note that our new mailing address is 1651 E. Calvada Blvd., Pahrump, NV 89048. The previous post office box address is no longer in service.

SOCCER

Youth registration

meeting on Saturday

If you have registered your child(ren) for the fall soccer season you must attend one of the mandatory parent meetings on Saturday at J.G. Johnson Elementary. Sign-in begins at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting begins at 10.

Parental cooperation and support with these matters help make Pahrump Soccer fun for the kids, and families. Call 751-3090 for more information.

VOLUNTEERS

Chamber seeks

visitor greeters

The Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce is looking for volunteers to greet visitors from all over the world. Candidates should be cheerful and outgoing. A knowledge of Pahrump and the surrounding area is a plus.

Hours are flexible and can range from three to eight hours a day, and one to five days a week. In addition to Monday through Friday, the Welcome Center will be open on Saturday.

Interested parties should contact the Chamber of Commerce at 727-8500 to schedule an interview.

Medical center

seeks volunteers

Specialty Medical Center needs volunteers to work in areas such as medical records, patient comfort and billing. Please come to the Medical Center and ask to see Mary Ann for more information.

FUND-RAISER

Relay for Life

set for Aug. 18

The Relay for Life Cancer fund-raiser will be held Aug. 18 and 19 at the Pahrump Valley High School track, with registration beginning at 5:30 p.m. A light reception will follow the survivor lap for those participants and a guest. Only cancer survivors walk in the first lap.

Call Barb Johnston at 751-5356 for more details, or to RSVP, or e-mail her at barbq4c@wizard.com.

EDUCATION

Family to Family

classes through July

Family to Family Connection, 160 S. Emery St., is conducting free parent/infant classes through the end of the month. The classes include: storytime/make a book, clothing giveaway, sign with baby, CPR, zip, snap, rip craft, developmental screenings, immunization class and clinic, and clinic on wheels bus (well-baby check-up and shots).

Also, come enjoy the company of other parents and their babies at the Thursday Playgroup.

Call 751-5898 for more information. The classes are open to everyone with a baby up to a year old.

SPORTS

PVHS fall sports

registration begins

Registration packets for fall sports (football, volleyball, soccer, cross country and girl's golf) are available at the Pahrump Valley High School office. Returning athletes who had a physical after August 2000 may not be required to have another.

The registration/health questionnaire must be completed by the athlete and parent then reviewed by the school nurse. The nurse will be available at the mandatory preseason parent/athlete meetings on Aug. 6 at 6 and 7:30 p.m.

Current eighth-graders can pick up registration packets for their freshman year at Rosemary Clarke Middle School and will be required to have a physical by a licensed medical practitioner. Call the PVHS Athletic Office after Aug. 1 at 727-7908 for more information.

PAGEANTS

Contestants needed

for Ms. Senior Nevada Women 60 years of age and older are welcome to participate in the Ms. Senior Nevada Pageant, to be held Sept. 16 at the River Palms Resort in Laughlin.

Contestants are graded 25 percent by their talent, 25 percent from an evening gown competition, 25 percent for their philosophy of life and 25 percent on an interview with judges.

Anyone who wants more information is asked to call Sharon Cahlan at 727-6397. Applications must be received by Sept. 1.

EQUESTRIAN

Open schooling

show Sept. 8

P.O.S.S.'s (Pahrump Open Schooling Shows) next show is Sept. 8 at McCullough Memorial Arena. Registration begins at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 6 p.m. This show is open to all levels of riders and breeds of horses. For entries or more information, call 727-8410 or 751-9786.

INFORMATION

Chamber seeks

calendar events

Have an upcoming event for next year and for the rest of this year? The PV Chamber of Commerce is putting together for print a calendar of events in conjunction with its 2002 magazine.

Call 727-5800 ask for Cristy or fax the information to 727-3909.

FARMERS MARKET

Next date set

for Aug. 4

The next Farmers Market is set for Aug. 4, and promises to have more vendors and visitors. Contact the Cooperative Extension office at 727-5532 with questions, or come by the office, 1651 E. Calvada Blvd., Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon, for an application.

EDUCATION

J.G. Johnson Green

Track honor roll

J.G. Johnson Elementary School Green Track Honor Roll Super Stars (All A's): Third Grade: William Foley, Rachel Hartwick, and Justin King. Fourth Grade: Breanna Andes, James Gang, Victoria Jensen, Courtney Nelson, and Daimon Nelson. Fifth Grade: Alisha Ally, Michelle Porter, Toni Talley and Michael Vigil.

All Stars (All A's and B's): Third Grade: Devin Arcco, Brenna Banegas, Jonathan Bautista, Jacob Boggs, Wesley Booth, Shauni Davis, Connor Dyer, Mitchell Flint, Cody Higginbotham, Kami Jasperson, Christopher Jorgensen, Tiffany Leavitt, Benjamin Porter and Taylor Raymer.

Fourth Grade: Travis Bingham, Sonja Buckalew, Alexandra Cornell, Allen Haines, Daniel Hodge, Chance Knight, Stephanie Ledford, Maria Fernanda Meglar, Brandon Ross and Daniel Spradlin.

Fifth Grade: Kristy Bates, Ian Blanton, Brittney Braithwaite, Brian Cornejo, Samantha Duncan, Samantha Dyer, Joshua Garrett, Sarah Gee, Levi Hancock, Amanda Hargraves, Stevey Hyatt, Ian Linton, Johnny Mann, Ashley Martin, John McHugh, Kandis Miles, Leanna Murphy, Ashley Ramirez, Tyler Raymer, Kolbey Umbertus, Amanda Vasquez, Randy Volpe and Burdett Ward II.

Mount Charleston

Green Track honor roll

Mt. Charleston Elementary School Third Trimester Green Track Honor Roll Super Stars (All A's): Third Grade: Tiffany Allen, Justin Courville, Jamie

Dodge, Jarret Holley and Shane Lindemann.

Fourth Grade: Justin Guerrero, Cassidy Bowman, Sergio Castro, Britney Cross, Kristine Daffer, Karen Daun, Leticia Horn, Jayce MacDonald, Andrea Osmun, Danielle Osmun, Jennifer Sattelberg and Kenneth Winn.

Fifth Grade: Robert Barnhart, Christina Cummins, Lindsay Dodge, Jacob Gustafson and Kori Levins.

All Stars (All A's and B's): Third Grade: Brianne Angione, Regina Aranas, Garrett Darr, Jennifer Gustafson, Matthew Marshall, Cody Meads, William Peers and Alyssa Stenseth.

Fourth Grade: China Castaneda, Keri Conran, Ryan Denue, Wade Greiten, Joshua McKillips and Skye Turpin.

Fifth Grade: Tiffany Harvey, Charise Kruse, Steven Manley III, Chris Merritt, Emily Poertner, Heather Raetz, Alekxandra Sanchez, Sarah Sherer, Chase Shropshire, Joseph Verzani and Nash Zahn.Educational Merit Foundation, a small nonprofit, student exchange organization, still has 40 students to place in sponsoring homes out of 77 students in the program. Host families are needed for high school students from Europe, Japan and Korea.

Students will arrive in August to attend local public schools for one or two semesters and are eager to experience life in America. They speak English, have their own spending money and medical insurance, and expect to share their host family's daily life including household responsibilities. Anyone who wants more information is asked to call the Educational Merit Foundation at (800) 467-8363 or (972) 495-3868. Their Web site address is www.emfusa.org.

BOWLING

Club seeks bowlers

for fund-raiser

The Pahrump branch of Big Brothers/Big Sisters is in need of bowlers for its first Bowl For Kids Sake event on Aug. 18, 19, 25 and 26 at either 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. The only prerequisite is each bowler must be able to raise a minimum of $50.

There is no age limit, and the bowling shoes and a ball are free if bowlers don't have them. There will be food, fun and prizes, with special prizes for the top fund-raisers. It is not a league, but a fund-raising event. Contestants don't have to be good bowlers, they don't even have to know how to bowl.

To be a successful fund-raiser, Big Brothers/Big Sisters would like 192 teams of four bowlers each for a total of 768 bowlers; to date, 13 teams have committed to bowl. Anyone who wants to sign up or needs more information is asked to call Bonnie Wittig at 751-0143 during business hours or 751-2700 on evenings and weekends. The Pahrump Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization also meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 1191 E. Fourth St., Suite B.

SPORTS

Volleyball team

going to camp

Members of the Pahrump High School volleyball team will participate in a camp Aug. 5-9 at Durango High School.