NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

View File photoNani Kitashima, one of the Junior Girl dancers from Tevakanui Dance School, prepares to go on stage at the annual Pacific Island festival last year in Henderson. This year?s Prince Jonah Kuhio Ho?olaule?a Pacific Islands Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Henderson Events Plaza, 200 S. Water St. Admission and parking are free. For information, call 267-2171 or visit www.HendersonLive.com. Advertisement

REMEDY'S TAVERN TO HOST FUNDRAISING EVENT

Remedy's tavern will sponsor and host the second annual Kennedy Kares fundraising event from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at 3265 St. Rose Parkway

The event, which raised $12,000 last year for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is the brainchild of Henderson residents Anthony and Nikki Aukofer in honor of their daughter, Kennedy. The couple said they were blessed with a healthy child and wanted to give back to the community.

Attendees can participate in a silent auction, with items that include lunch for 10 at Remedy's, rounds of golf, U2 concert tickets and a mini poker machine, among others.

Complimentary food will be available for those who donate. One hundred percent of donations will go directly to St. Jude.

ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST TO BENEFIT BOY SCOUTS

The Henderson/Green Valley Elks Lodge No. 2802, with the assistance of boys and girls from Boy Scout Troop 95, Boy Scout Crew 95, Cub Scout Pack 517, Cub Scout Pack 304 and Girl Scout Troop 320, will retire American flags that have served in and around the Las Vegas Valley at noon on Saturday at The Elks Lodge, 631 E. Lake Mead Parkway.

The ceremony is in honor of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001. This annual event has retired hundreds of our nation's flags in a proper and solemn manner.

An all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast and yard sale will kick off the day from 6 to 11 a.m. The proceeds from the pancake breakfast, which costs $5 and includes sausage, juice, milk and coffee, and yard sale will go to Boy Scout Troop 95 and Boy Scout Crew 95.

For information, call Steve Bazar at 595-8442.

ST. ROSE HOSPITALS HONORED FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR

For the fourth time in four years, the home health program at St. Rose Dominican Hospitals has earned a HealthInsight Quality Award. This award recognizes home health agencies for demonstrating high-quality health care and excellence in performance on publicly reported quality-of-care measures and the implementation of other specific quality markers that come from clinical and administrative data.

For information, visit www.strosehospitals.org.