special to viewHelen Joy?s Young Entertainers recently performed for tourists inside the White House. Initially scheduled to entertain for one hour during the Dec. 8 gig, the group was asked to do an extra 15 minutes. The age range of the 16 members was 5 to 16 years old. Advertisement

DIVIDE THE RIDE PROVIDES A SERVICE FOR PARENTS

Divide the Ride is a newly launched carpooling tool designed to help busy parents. It creates carpool calendars based on each person's schedule and driving availability.

Divide The Ride provides parents with a free, secure and easy method of creating carpools with families they know and trust.

The service is free and is the only carpool scheduling system offered nationwide. It is projected to save nearly 36 million gallons of gas in its first year of operation. Divide The Ride has no fees and all information is safe and secure.

For more information, visit at www.dividetheride.com.

LIBRARY TO HOST SPANISH HOME BUYER CONFERENCE

Action Solutions Inc. will hold a home buyer seminar in Spanish at 7 p.m. today at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, call 507-3940.

HOST FAMILIES NEEDED

The ASSE International Student Exchange Program is seeking host families for international high school students, ages 15-18, who will attend high school in the valley for the upcoming semester.

These young men and women are exclusively selected for the program and are conversant in English, personable, bright and curious to learn about this country through living as part of an American family and sharing their own culture and language with their newly adopted family.

Students will arrive from their home country shortly before the beginning of the semester and return at the end of the semester. Each student is fully insured, brings his or her own money and expects to help with household chores.

Families may select the student of their choice from a long list of applications, family photos and biographical essays.

For more information, call (800) 733-2773.

RON PAUL SUPPORT GROUP TO MEET WEDNESDAY

The Ron Paul Meetup Group will hold a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the West Charleston Library, 6301 W. Charleston Blvd.

The meeting is free and open to the public.

For more information, call Joseph Panico at 248-6048.

RTC ASKS FOR PUBLIC OPINION

The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) is conducting a study of Desert Inn Road and Rainbow Boulevard in an effort to identify concepts for improving mobility and decreasing congestion.

Comments will be taken until Friday. Feedback will be used to refine recommendations for corridor improvements, should funding become available.

To find out more, visit www.rtcsouthernnevada.com/mpo/rainbow/index.htm or call 676-1606.

TEEN ADVISORY GROUP TO HOLD MEETING SATURDAY

The Teen Advisory Group will hold its monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Spring Valley Library, 4280 S. Jones Blvd.

The group provides local kids with an atmosphere to create friendships outside of school.

For more information, call 507-3820.