Teens can earn babysitter certification during a three-day course from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through March 26 at the Parkdale Community Center, 3200 Ferndale St. The course is $2.
The Babysitter Certification Class will be taught by Zory Caldera, who will instruct youth ages 12 and older on the responsibilities of babysitting, crisis and emergency response training and abuse recognition.
Students must attend all three classes to receive their certification. Register online at www.accessclarkcounty.com or call the Parkdale Community Center at 455-7517.
ART OF THE HOPI to be displayed
An exhibit of Hopi wicker, coiled baskets, hand-formed pottery, katsina dolls and overlay jewelry will be celebrated with a First Friday reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on April 4, inside the Clark County Government Center Rotunda, 500 Grand Central Parkway.
The event is free and open to the public, and the exhibit will be up until April 11. For more information, call 455-7030 or visit www.accessclarkcounty.com/parks.
DIVE INTO A CLARK COUNTY SUMMER POOL JOB
The Clark County Parks and Recreation Department's aquatics program is recruiting individuals ages 15 years and older to work as lifeguards, water safety instructors, cashiers and pool management staff for the summer season.
The county has 12 pools throughout the valley. Facilities will open to the public beginning on Memorial Day weekend and will remain open through weekends in September.
Lifeguard training classes are available during March, April, May and June.
Early enrollment is recommended because training classes fill up quickly as summer approaches. Information on class dates and locations is available by contacting the Seasonal Aquatics Office at 455-8508, the Desert Breeze Aquatic Office at 455-7798, option 2, or on the department's Web site.
Applications can be picked up at the Aquatics Office, 5800 E. Flamingo Road, 455-8508; and at the Desert Breeze Aquatic Office, 8275 Spring Mountain Road, 455-7798.
Application packets can also be uploaded to the department's Web site at www.accessclarkcounty.com/parks.
ENJOY AN EGGSTRAVAGANZA
Grace Baptist Church plans to host its first Eggstravaganza for the Sunrise community from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 22 at Hickey Elementary School, 2450 N. Hollywood Blvd. The free event will feature food, music, games, prizes, candy and an Easter egg hunt. For information, call associate pastor Scott Newman at 682-1611 or visit experiencegrace@gracebaptistlv.org
donate gently used prom dresses
The Jessica McClintock store at the Fashion Show mall is accepting gently used dresses for the Las Vegas Prom Closet, a nonprofit organization based at the Andre Agassi Boys & Girls Club, 800 N. Martin L. King Blvd. The group provides complimentary dresses and accessories for local teens who would otherwise be unable to purchase new clothing for their proms.
The store will be collecting dresses for the Las Vegas Prom Closet at the mall through March 29 and is offering a 15 percent discount on any new dress purchase.
Prom fashions also will be shown from noon to 6 p.m. on the Fashion Show runway in hourly shows from March 28-30. For more information, call the Fashion Show mall at 369-0704 or Las Vegas Prom Closet at 237-0363.
EXHIBIT LOOKS AT LANDSCAPES
The Las Vegas Springs Preserve presents an exhibit by fine art photographer Nicholas A. Price.
The Springs Preserve will display Playground of the Gods from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through April 30.
For more information, call 822-7700.
HELLDORADO DAYS HISTORY SEMINAR PLANNED
Participants can learn about the history of Helldorado at a seminar from 7 to 8:30 p.m. May 2 at the Springs Preserve's ORIGEN Experience theater.
Reservations are required. The cost is $12 for nonmembers, $10 members and $6.50 children ages 5 to 17. Students with ID pay $10. The Springs Preserve is located at 333 S. Valley View Blvd. For more information, call 822-7786.
LODGE TO MAKE DONATION
The Clark County Lodge No. 96 of the Knights of Pythias plan to make a donation to the Child Life program at UMC.
Lodge members are working with Child Life specialist Cathy Coleman to purchase toys, movies, games and crafts to occupy children during hospital stays.
The group also gives out two scholarships to local high school seniors invovled in the Boy Scouts of America.
The lodge is seeking new members. For information about joining, call Don Feldman at 876-3505.
MORMON FORT TO PAY TRIBUTE TO NEVADA STATEHOOD
Historian Michael Green will present the prologue to a re-enactment of President Lincoln's and Secretary of War Charles A. Dana's conversation regarding Nevada's statehood and the end of the Civil War.
The event is scheduled for 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 18, and noon to 1 p.m. April 19 at the Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort State Historical Park, 500 E. Washington Ave.
Live choir music will be performed during the event, sponsored by Friends of the Fort to benefit the hungry. Lincoln and his wife will exit the Old Fort in a 1860s carriage.
A $1 entrance fee to the park includes all featured programs for adults. Children under 12 are free. For more information, call 486-3511.
SAKSHI ARATHI SCHOOL OF INDIA DANCE TO PERFORM
The Arathi School will perform the contemporary dance and dramatic production "Sakshi."
The performance takes place at 3 p.m. April 5 at the Reed Whipple Cultural Center, 821 Las Vegas Blvd. North.
The folkloric love story is a celebration of nature's harmony and need for balance, touching on Indian philosophy and tradition.
Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for teens and senior citizens and for $3 children ages 12 and younger. For more information, call 229-6211.
COMMUNITY/SENIOR CENTER OFFERS ARTS CLASSES
Classes for adults and children are offered in a variety of arts disciplines at the East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave. Classes include drawing, ceramics, dance, Spanish cultural arts and weaving. For more informatio
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