A.A.U.W. meeting

The first meeting of the A.A.U.W. (Silver Valley Chapter) will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 19.

Come join the chapter, be a positive force and help make improvements to the community.

Call Maureen Sherwood at 751-6765 for location and more information.

Crystal Valley Fire Department benefit

An open house benefit for the Crystal Valley Fire Department will be held Oct. 20, 21, 22 and Nov. 11.

Oct. 20 -- Wine tasting, 5-9 p.m.; music, drinks, 6-9 p.m.; and cook your own steak.

Oct. 21 -- breakfast, 10-11 a.m.; cook your own steak.

Oct. 22 -- Breakfast, 10-11 a.m., $6.

Nov. 11 -- Breakfast, 9 a.m.

Let SCORE help you start business

Don't place your business plans on vacation! The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), sponsored by the Small Business Administration, is available now to help put your plans to work.

Located at the Pahrump Valley Chamber of Commerce offices in the Nevada State Bank building at 1301 S. Highway 160, SCORE provides confidential free one-on-one counseling and assists in finding money or funding sources including business plan, marketing, break-even point, management guidance and all other features -- all at no charge.

Call Sally at the 727-5800 or SCORE at 727-9471 to schedule an appointment to discuss your business ideas and start on the road to a possible profitable venture.

Genealogical society meeting Thursday

The Pahrump Nevada Genealogical Society will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the multi-purpose room of the LDS church on Wilson and West.

The program will be "A Pahrump perspective," by Roy Mankins.

Call Bob Alvis at 751-9032 for more information.

Art show at courthouse

The Pahrump Arts Council installed a mixed media, open show at the Nye County Courthouse. The show will run through Friday.

Call Bernie Toy at 727-9112 for more information.

Home buyer's seminar

A free home buyer's seminar will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Pahrump Valley Library, 701 East St.

Representatives from One Stop Realty and Directors Mortgage will answer questions.

Call 751-2007 or 751-5948 for reservations.

VFW October calendar

The October calendar of events for the VFW Post 10054 on Homestead Road is as follows: domestic beer $1.25, bottle beer $1.50, draft $1.25 every Thursday; breakfast served from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. every Sunday, $4 donation; and full menu lunches served by Dennis from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Dinners:

Friday -- American Legion sweet and sour pork.

Oct. 13 -- Dinner with Dennis.

Oct. 20 -- VFW Ladies Auxiliary meat loaf, 5-7 p.m.

Oct. 27 -- Early bird dinner (life membership drawing), 5-7 p.m.

All dinners are $6 and served from 4-7 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Kiwanis yard sale

The Kiwanis Club will hold a yard sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the far end of the parking lot at the Bob Ruud Community Center.

The sale is being held to assist two citizens in need of handicap ramps and to help the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army needs can goods and non-perishable items.

Please donate food items and clean, workable items to the sale. Donated items may be brought at 7 a.m. the day of the sale.

The Kiwanis Club is a 501(c)3 organization.

Call 751-3879 for more information.

Loan clinic for businesses

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), along with a number of its partners, will host a loan clinic for start-up and established businesses from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Great Basin College, Room 107, 551 E. Calvada Blvd.

Free technical assistance on loan applications will be provided. Attendees can apply for a Community Express Loan or obtain information on the 7(a) Loan Guaranty of SBA 504 loan programs.

Call Al Parker at 751-1947 to make reservations, which will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cinderella Girls model workshops

Cinderella Girls will hold free model workshops from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Oct. 17 at the Bob Ruud Community Center for the upcoming pageant on Oct. 20.

Call Ashley at 209-4820 or 951-2932 for more information.

Financial needs workshop

Nathan Adelson Hospice, in conjunction with Nevada Federal Credit Union and Pahrump Valley Apartments, will hold a no-cost basic financial needs workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 17 in the recreation room at Pahrump Valley Apartments, 2151 Pahrump Valley Blvd., corner of Pahrump Valley and Calvada boulevards.

The workshop is for those who want help with budgeting and avoiding fraud and identity theft. Reservations must be made by Oct. 13 as space is limited.

To make reservations or for more information, call Tonya Brum at 751-5601.

Poetry at the library

Pahrump Arts Council's "Poetry at the Library" group will meet for the first time from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at 701 East St.

The group will meet the first Saturday of the month thereafter.

Call George or Judith Strickland at 727-8545 for more information.

Church homecoming

The South Valley Baptist Church invites everyone to its homecoming at 3 p.m. Sunday at 7050 Homestead Road.

Teacher mini-grants

The Pahrump Valley Rotary awards mini-grants, ranging from $50 to $250 to teachers of grades K-12, for special classroom projects at schools within Pahrump.

Mini-grants provide funds to innovative teachers who want to develop ideas and implement them to enrich students' classroom experience.

Applications are available at the counselor's office of each school or call 513-2536 to have one faxed.

The application deadline is Friday.

Like to sing?

The Pahrump Community Choir is holding weekly rehearsals at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at Rosemary Clarke Middle School, 4201 N. Blagg.

If you like to sing, call Andrew Barnum at 751-6957 for more information.

Barbecue benefit

An "I Kissed a PT Cruiser" barbecue benefit for Scott "Animal" Johnson will be held from 3 to 10 p.m. Oct. 14 at 2971 W. Sunset (Barney and Sunset).

Help a "brudder" out with a $20 donation and enjoy a lot of food and soft drinks (BYO alcoholic drinks) and music.

Call 513-1742 for more information.

Pahrump Museum needs volunteers

The Pahrump Valley Museum supports the arts in many ways and is seeking volunteers.

Call John at 751-1970 if you can help out.

New PAC committee

A new PAC committee is forming a kind of "show and tell" group of artists willing to share their art, ideas and camaraderie.

The first meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Oct. 18 at the library, 701 East St.

Call Katreen at 751-9909 for more information.

Candidates night

The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans will hold a candidates night at 6 p.m. Oct. 14 at the VFW Post, 4651 S. Homestead Road.

RSVP to Bernie Cusimano, DAV commander, at 209-5055 or Tom Vick, VFW commander, at 209-4736 or 727-6072.

Adoption training

A pre-service training schedule for foster/adoptive parents will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 20-22 at the Saddle West Hotel and Casino.

Foster/adoptive applicants (all adult caretakers in the home) must complete the entire training.

Call Amy McBride at 727-8497, ext. 237 to RSVP or for more information.

Artists for 2007

The Pahrump Arts Council is calling all artists to participate in art shows to be held in 2007.

Artists may call Doris at 537-6136, beginning in November, for one-person shows at the Senior Center; Bernie at 727-9112 for one or two-person shows at the library and mixed media, open shows at the County Courthouse; and Duane at 727-6035 for mixed-media, open shows at Charleston Peak RV Park.

Help for veterans

There is an office in Pahrump and in Tonopah where veterans can receive help in using their earned military benefits.

The Pahrump office is in the Nevada Job Connect facility in the Calvada Eye building and the Tonopah office is in the Nye Regional Medical Center on Main Street.

Ken Shockley and his staff are there fulltime to assist veterans in obtaining the benefits they earned.

Call 537-2323 for more information.