Worship through the arts

The Faith Fellowship is hosting the first annual Worship Through the Arts program 6-8 p.m. every Monday beginning June 30 in the main sanctuary, 921 S. Highway 160, Suite 401.

The classes will last for nine weeks and are designed to teach different types of art.

There will be four different classes for each session which include guitar, sign language, puppets and painting.

No child care will be provided and children under age 10 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Call 727-9183 for more information.

Republican central committee

The NCRCC will hold a quarterly meeting at 1 p.m. June 28, 1330 S. Highway 160, Building 1-B.

Model Railroad Club meets

The model train enthusiasts will meet 9 a.m. June 28 at the Pahrump Valley United Methodist Church, 1300 E. Highway 372.

Train interests of all gauges are welcome.

There will be demonstrations on building layouts and a modular table demo. Bring ideas to share.

Call 751-0311 or 751-2230 for more information.

P.O.S.S. Schedule

The Pahrump Open Schooling Show dates are:

June 28, 6 p.m.; Sept. 13, 6 p.m. and Oct. 25, 9 a.m.

Shows are held Saturdays at McCullough Arena.

Awards will go to first place, ribbons will go to first through fifth.

High point for the day will be awarded and youth high point at year-end. PAC and OCAP approved.

Call Alice Rossington, 751-0911 or e-mail ajgr@air-internet.com for more information.

Farmer's market

The UNR Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners are sponsoring a farmer's market each Saturday, 8 a.m.-noon at Petrack Park, corner of Highway 160 and Basin Road.

All sale items must be homemade or homegrown.

Call 727-5532 for more information.

Pahrump Gunfighters

The Pahrump Gunfighters will be at Dusty Flats for the next performance at 1 p.m. June 29, Blagg and Stagecoach roads at the rear of the StageStop Casino, between Irene and Mesquite.

We are always looking for new faces and talent.

Call 751-2667 or 537-1424 for more information.

Progressive Choices yard sale

Progressive Choices Workshop will have a yard sale 8:30-3:30 June 26-27 at the workshop, 4760 Pahrump Valley Blvd., Suites 9 and 10. The workshop is located between Gamebird Road and Manse Street.

Progressive Choices is for the developmentally and mentally challenged and all proceeds will go to an account for a new transport van.

For more information, call Laura, 751-5221.

PAC beer booth

The Pahrump Arts Council will host a first-time-ever beer booth at the Freedom Festival July 4-5.

Volunteer PAC members are needed to man the booth for short stints.

To volunteer, call Janet, 751-1330.

Democratic central committee

The Democratic central committee will meet at 7 p.m. June 30 in the Bob Ruud Community Center Room B.

Retired/senior program

The Nevada Rural Counties Retired and Senior Volunteers need help.

This program enables the elderly to stay in their homes by assisting with daily maintenance such as shopping, medical appointments, etc.

RSVP reimburses volunteers 24 cents per mile up to $20 per month and carries worker's compensation and excess auto liability on all volunteers.

Additionally, volunteers receive training, annual seminar education and appreciation award dinners.

To volunteer or get more information, call Jan Lindsay at 751-5282.

Teen night

The Nye Communities Coalition and St. Martin's in the Desert Episcopal Church will host a teen night 5-8 p.m. July 3 at the Pahrump Town Pool.

Middle school through high school aged students are invited to participate in an evening of free swimming, food and fun.

Call 537-1115 for more information.

Vacation Bible School

The Way Baptist Fellowship will hold vacation Bible school 9-11 a.m. July 7-11, 3561 E. Kellogg Rd.

Registration has already started for grades 1-5.

Call Melissa, 727-5242, for more information.

Country music meeting

The Nye County chapter of the Nevada Country Music Association has been revived and will hold its first general meeting starting with a meet and greet 5-5:30 p.m. July 2 at the StageStop Casino, 100 Stagecoach Road.

The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 6:45 p.m.

Call Teri, 764-0006, Mrian, 702-722-1898 or Dorothy, 537-0760 for more information.

Church service

Covenant Lighthouse Church is now having services, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. in the chapel at 720 Buol Lane.

For more information, call 751-6906.

Open your home to the world

Teach your family more about the world -- and each other -- by welcoming a foreign exchange student into your home.

The EF Foundation for Foreign Study is looking for families to share their America with a talented teen from another country.

Our students speak English, are fully insured and bring their own spending money.

Host families provide a bed, meals and a loving home.

New to hosting and afraid to commit for too long? Some students simply need a welcome to America home for a few weeks while they wait for placement in a permanent home.

Call Pahrump Valley EF coordinators Lisa or Bob Holleman at 209-3282 for more information.

ARES fundraiser

The Amateur Radio Emergency Services is holding a fundraiser by selling raffle tickets for several nice prizes, the top prize being $100 worth of groceries from Smith's.

Winners will be announced at the annual field day 2 p.m., June 28 in the Pahrump Nugget parking lot.

Raffle tickets are $1 each or six for $5, and may be purchased in front of Smith's or Wal-Mart until June 27.

For more information or to make a donation, call 727-9167 or 727-9524.

RCMS registration

Rosemary Clarke Middle School will hold registration as follows:

Aug. 6 -- 6th Grade;

Aug. 7 -- 7th Grade;

Aug. 8 -- 8th Grade;

Aug. 11-22 -- All Grades.

All times are 9-1 p.m.

Bring a copy of a birth certificate, immunization records, parent or guardian photo ID, student Social Security card and last report card or transcript if possible.

Nevada law requires incoming 7th and 8th grade students to have Tdap vaccine this year.

Call 727-5546, ext. 2123 for more information.

Class of '88 plans reunion

The Pahrump Valley High School class of '88 plans to celebrate a 20-year reunion 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at the Flamingo in Las Vegas.

There will also be a family day 11 a.m. Aug. 10 at Petrack Park.

The reunion Web site is www.pvhsclassof88.com.

Shoes and socks donations

For the Love of Kids and Bikes is taking shoes and socks donations at the Short Branch Saloon in Crystal.

The donation of a pair of shoes will get the donor a steak dinner and a pair of socks will get the donor a meatloaf dinner.

The drive ends Aug. 17.

The Short Branch opens at 10 a.m. and is closed on Wednesday and Thursday.

Call 775-372-1717 for more information.

Community choir meeting

The Pahrump Community Choir meets from 7-9 p.m. each Wednesday at the Rosemary Clarke Middle School music room.

Anyone who likes to sing is welcome.

Call 751-6957 for more information.

SCORE

SCORE, counselors to America's small businesses, is ready to help start individual businesses and help businesses with problems.

Call SCORE, 727-9471 or Sally, 727-5800 for an appointment. The service is free.

Family to Family Calendar

The schedule for Family to Family Connection for May is as follows:

June 27 -- Family and friends CPR class, 11 a.m.

June 30 -- Housecleaning 101, 11 a.m.

Mondays -- Scrapbooking class, 1-2 p.m.

Wednesdays -- Understanding the concepts of parenting, 3 p.m., for parents with children birth to 5 years-old.

Thursdays -- Mommy and me play group, 1 p.m.

The resource lending library is open 9-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Call 751-5898 for more information and to set appointments or register for classes.

Alzheimer's support group

The Alzheimer's support group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of the month, UNLV Cooperative Extension Office, 1651 E. Calvada Blvd.

Call 702-248-2770 for more information.

Occupational illness seminar

If you or someone you know, have or have had an illness that may have resulted from exposure to radiation, beryllium, silica or other toxic substances in the course of work for NTS, Tonopah Test Range, Yucca Mountain or another department of the Department of Energy, you may be eligible for federal compensation and related medical expenses.

Representatives from the Department of Labor Energy Employees Compensation Resource Center will be in Pahrump 11-1 p.m. June 26 at the Pahrump Senior Center to discuss recent changes to the program.

Qualified survivors of deceased workers who died from those illnesses may be eligible for compensation.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Debbie McCune, 866-697-0841.

Donations for Quilts for Cancer

Quilts for Cancer volunteers have worked all year to make Christmas stockings for homebound seniors in Pahrump. Two hundred plus stockings need to be filled with nutritious snacks.

Volunteers are also working to have a hand-made gift to accompany the stocking which will be distributed in December.

A $10 donation will fill one stocking and donations can be sent to: P.O. Box 4702, Pahrump, NV 89041.

The volunteers will have some of the finished items for public exhibit 10-2 p.m. July 26 at Seemoore's Too, on Highway 160.

Call 751-5356 or e-mail barbquilts@yahoo.com for more information.

Salvation Army summer reading

The Salvation Army will have a summer reading program for struggling and/or reluctant readers for kindergarten through middle school students 1-2:30 p.m. July 23, 24, 25 at the Salvation Army, 721 S. Buol Road.

Volunteer tutors will assist students.

Space is limited. Call Pat, 751-9225 no later than July 15 to register.

Cub Scouts rummage sale

The Cub Scouts Pack 808 will have a fundraiser yard sale June 26-29, 1320 W. Mesquite Ave.

There will be clothing, toys, tools, electronics, etc. available for sale.

Call 775-291-5517 for more information.

Team forming for Relay for Life

The High Desert Linedancers are sponsoring a team for the Relay for Life in August.

If you have not already signed up for a team, we would love to have you.

The event takes place 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Aug. 16, at Petrack Park.

There will be food, entertainment and camaraderie as participants walk to honor cancer survivors and pay tribute to loved ones who lost the cancer battle.

Call 764-0006 or 537-0329 for more information.

Host families needed

NWS Peace program is seeking families to host students from Ecuador, Turkey, Brazil, Vietnam, Belgium Finland and various other countries for the 2008 school year.

The students are 15-18 years old and will begin arriving in August to spend five to 10 months with a family while attending the local high school.

Students are pre-screened and speak English. They are looking forward to learning about our culture and teaching us about theirs.

They have medical insurance and spending money for clothes, school supplies and entertainment.

Host families are not compensated but may claim a $50 per month charitable contribution on their income tax.

Students require a bed, meals and a caring family.

Early placement is crucial to the success of the program and the goal is to have students matched with families by July 1.

Call 866-846-3977 or visit www.nw-services.com for more information.

ARRL Field Day

The Amateur Radio Emergency Services will hold an annual Field Day June 28-29 in the parking lot of the Pahrump Nugget.

Part of the festivities will be the announcement of the raffle winners at 2 p.m. June 28.

Call 727-9167 or 727-9524 for more information.

VFW update

Remember, there is a swap meet the second Sunday of every month 7-3 p.m. in the VFW parking lot. Space rental is $7 if you bring your own table and $10 if you rent a table from the VFW. Call Hilda, 727-6072 for reservations and more information.

There is karaoke 3 p.m. until whenever on Saturdays.

Gourmet dinners are available at the post every Friday starting at 6 p.m. A donation is requested.

The VFW State Department convention will be June 25-28 at both the VFW Post 10054 and at the Nugget. There will be no dinner on that Friday.

Computer users meet

The Pahrump Computer Users group will meet at 1 p.m. July 7 in the large meeting room at the Pahrump Community Library.

The program this month will be presented by Mike but no presentation topic is available at this time.

Don is on vacation.

The meeting is free and open to the public.

Beatty summer reading program

The Beatty Library summer reading program will begin at 2 p.m. July 2 with sign up.

Classes will be 2 p.m., Wednesdays until July 30

The theme this year is "Catch the Reading Bug" and is open to children between the ages of 5 and 10.

Come for story time, activities and prizes.

The program will end with a party on the final day.

Call 775-553-2257 for more information.

4-H dancing

The 4-H is looking for youth 5-19 who want to learn clogging and square dancing.

Cost of enrollment is $1 and there may be a slight cost for clogging shoes.

Clogging classes are Mondays, 4-6 p.m. and square dancing is Tuesday, 6:15-7:30 p.m.

All classes are being held in the 4-H Building, 1651 E. Calvada Blvd.

Call Lucille, 727-1858 or Debby, 727-5532, for more information.

Jerusalem marketplace

The United Methodist Church will hold vacation Bible school 9-12 noon July 14-18, 1300 Highway 372, across from Big O Tires.

The theme is the Jerusalem marketplace with the sights, tastes, smells and sounds of the place where Jesus walked.

Bible school is open to ages 5-12.

Call 727-6767 for more information.

Food drive

The food pantry at No to Abuse is empty.

Frazier Furniture is holding a food drive offering up to 10 percent discounts on any stock purchase.

For each item donated, you will receive a 1 percent discount up to a maximum of 10 percent.

All items must be non-perishable. A complete list of acceptable items is available at the store, 1241 E. Calvada Blvd., across from Mountain View Casino.

If you are not making a purchase, you can still contribute.

Call 727-3600 for more information.

Library needs volunteers

The Pahrump Community Library is looking for additional security personnel. There are several shifts available, three to four hours a week.

Call 537-0310 for more information.

Mosquito season

It's mosquito season and mosquitoes can carry diseases such as West Nile Virus.

Nye County Emergency Services would appreciate assistance with the prevention of breeding mosquitoes.

Please report problem insects, green swimming pools and stagnant water.

Be a part of the solution and call 775-751-4279 for more information or to report a problem.

Shakespeare made simple

The Pahrump Community Library and the Tumbleweed Tales Society are sponsoring two workshops for Shakespeare fans.

"Shakespeare Readers Theater" will be 4:30-6 p.m. every Tuesday at the library, where the group reads and discusses Shakespeare's work.

"Shakespeare Made Simple" is 10 a.m.-noon every third Saturday of the month.

Sessions are free and are offered to help everyone unlock Shakespeare's language.

Call Vivian, 727-5930 or e-mail Judy at ezshakespeare@yahoo.com for more information.

Goldfield Days

The historic Goldfield Days Celebration and Land Auction will be Aug. 15-17.

There will be a parade, live music and street dancing, staged shoot-outs, crafts, antiques, bus tours of Goldfield, a western barbecue and much more.

For more information, call the Goldfield Chamber of Commerce, 775-485-3560.

Summer reading program

The Pahrump Community Library will hold a summer reading program on the following schedule:

Flutter Buzzers -- age 4-5, Tuesday, 9-10 a.m.;

Creepy Crawly Critters -- age 6-11, Tuesday, 10:30-11:45 a.m. or Wednesday, 1-2:15 p.m.;

Good and Ugly Bugs -- grades 5 and up, Wednesday, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

This year's theme is "Catch the Reading Bug."

The program is free and includes stories, songs, crafts and fun.

Special guest storyteller Jim Cogan, will present "Reading Bug Stories," 10 a.m. June 24.

Visit the library to sign up before June 10.

Call 727-5930, ext. 21 for more information.

Nye needs volunteers

The Nye County Emergency Services is accepting applications for an Animal Control Dispatch volunteer, HAZMAT Technicians and firefighter volunteers.

For more information, contact 775-751-4279 or pick up an application at 1510 Siri Lane.

Quilts 4 Cancer meets

The Quilts 4 Cancer volunteers will meet for a "Christmas in July" at 10 a.m. July 26.

Volunteers will gather to make homemade stockings for Christmas and will need help filling them. The goal is 250 stockings. With each filled stocking a gift will be given.

There will be no host food and beverages. Please show group discount for the meeting room.

Finished items will be given to the Senior Center for Meals on Wheels recipients, Nathan Adelson Hospice, Evergreen Nursing Home and the VFW for home-bound veterans.

R.S.V.P. to 751-5356 or e-mail barbquilts@yahoo.com.

Art in the Park 2008

The event dates for Art in the Park are 9-5 p.m. Oct. 4 and 5.

For more information go to artinthepark.org.

Women motorcyclists

The women's motorcyclists will meet at 6 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of the month, at Subway on Highway 372.

All women motorcyclists are welcome.

For more information e-mail womenoncycles@hotmail.com.

Freecycle to recycle

The Internet group, www.groups.yahoo.com/group/pahrumpfreecycle is part of a national organization of message boards where members offer those things that might be used by someone else rather than throw them away.

The group is locally owned and new members are always welcome.

For more information, call Veronica at 751-9324.

SNAPS

SNAPS needs donations of pet food for our Food Share Program.

Donations can be dropped off at D ... is for Dogs pet grooming on Calvada Boulevard at the duck pond, or 4141 W. Charleston Park Ave.

Call 751-8513 for more information.

Nevada JobConnect

Do you need clothing for interviews? Nevada JobConnect has clothing for job seekers. Please call 537-2323 for more information.

The Nevada JobConnect workshop schedule is listed below:

Monday and Thursday -- Orientation, 9 a.m.;

Tuesday -- Readiness Workshop I, 9-11 a.m.; includes applications, resumes, cover letters, jobs and careers.

Wednesday -- Readiness Workshop II, 9-11 a.m.; includes first impressions, who employers are looking for and how to be the chosen one.

Call 537-2323 to sign-up.

Wal-Mart Wall of Heros

If you have a picture of someone who has served or is serving in the military, and would like a picture displayed on the south wall, bring an 8x10 photo with the first and last name, branch of service, dates of service, and phone number. Add $2 for the frame and drop all the information at the customer service desk.

This is a stand alone project not affiliated with any other project or organization. All photos taken to Wal-Mart will stay at Wal-Mart.

If you have any questions, call Denise Choyce at 727-1939.

Men's golf club

The Pahrump Valley Men's Golf Club meets at 8 a.m. each Wednesday at Willow Creek Golf Course.

To join, just show up at the meeting.

Call 751-5735 for more information.

Toastmasters

The Pahrump Valley Toastmasters meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month.

The meetings are held at Laduke Team Realty, 1271 S. Highway 160, Suite C.

Toastmasters International is a nonprofit organization for learning how to speak comfortably in public.

Call 727-9994 for more information.