Serving Your Community

Benefits

* MOST WANTED FIREFIGHTER -- Twelve local firefighters are competing for Southern Nevada's Most Wanted Firefighter! at a "Three-Alarm Dinner" beginning 5:30 p.m. for cocktails and dinner at 7 p.m. today at the Santa Fe hotel-casino. The event will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Motown Cafe's "Moments" will entertain. The firefighters will serve as celebrity waiters and after dinner will come out and auction packages including two-night getaways, pampering packages and more. The firefighter who raises the most money through sales, tips and auction packages will be named "The Most Wanted Firefighter" and win a trip for two to Hawaii. Tickets are $40. For reservations or more information, call 739-7833. These 12 firefighters will be featured on a 1999 MDA/Firefighter calendar which premieres June 4 at a calendar-signing party at Motown Cafe in New York-New York. The calendars may also be purchased at local Albertson's stores beginning June 8.

* SENIOR FRIENDS -- Mountain View Senior Friends presents "Hello to Summer Ladies Tea" noon-2 p.m. Thursday in the MountainView Chapter Office, 8524 Del Webb Blvd., in Summerlin. Diane Sauter of Weekenders will be presenting the fashion show. Prize drawing chances will be held for five mystery gift packages. Assorted teas, sandwiches, fruit and scones are on the menu. Ticket are $5. Proceeds will benefit its big screen television fund-raising project. Call 255-5404 for more information.

* FASHION SHOW -- Neiman Marcus will present a fashion show to benefit the Nevada Institute for Contemporary Art on Thursday evening. Mark Badgley and James Mischka, hailed by "Vogue" as two of the top 10 American designers, will show their fall collection of evening gowns in a show created and produced by David Cardoza of Neiman Marcus. For tickets or more information, call 434-2666.

Getting results

* $20 MILLION TO HIS ALMA MATER -- James E. Rogers of Las Vegas, an attorney and broadcasting executive, has contributed and pledged a combined total of $20 million to his alma mater, the College of Law at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Rogers' gift will be paid out over a 13-year period and will benefit several projects, among them: significant expansion of existing faculties including new classrooms and seminar facilities; acquisition and renovation of a building which will house four law clinics; improvements to the law library; and the creation of student scholarships.

* ALADDIN'S MAKE-A-WISH -- More than 800 VIPs and well-wishers turned out to bid farewell to the Aladdin hotel-casino and watch the implosion and participate in a charity auction that raised more than $75,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Southern Nevada. The event was the largest-ever fund-raiser for the local chapter.

* HELP BEING HELPED-- Norwest Bank Nevada is sponsoring the St. Vincent HELP project with grants totaling $420,000 for use in the development of 120 units of single-room occupancy supportive housing for homeless adults. The grants were obtained through the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco Affordable Housing Program. As a shareholder, Norwest was eligible to participate in the program and thus, assist in obtaining the grants. The grants will create housing which will be targeted to single adults earning up to 35 percent of the median income for the city of Las |Vegas. All residents will be currently homeless persons living in shelters or on the streets. Eighteen units will be set aside for people with physical disabilities and 20 units will be available for elderly adults over the age of 55.

Good sports

* WALK-A-THON -- To raise money for Parkinson's Disease research and to show that Parkinson's Disease can be managed through proper diet, exercise, medications and a positive mental outlook, the American Parkinson Disease Association and the Parkinson's Disease Support Group of Southern Nevada Inc., will have its fourth annual Walk-A-Thon from 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Boulevard Mall. For more information, call 671-2356.

* NICK HORN TOURNEY -- Local golfers who are also baseball fans will have a chance to test their skills against major league baseball Hall-of-Famer Harmon Killebrew, when he comes to town later this month to appear in the Nicholas J. Horn Memorial Golf Tournament. The four-man scramble begins 1:30 p.m. May 28 at Angel Park Golf Club. It's a fund-raiser for medical and nursing scholarships at UNLV and the University of Nevada Reno. Event organizers are the Clark County Medical Society and VistaCare. The Valley Health System is the official sponsor of the tournament. Other sponsors include Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Aspen/Salls Church Insurance and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance. Participants will receive a team photo with Killebrew and an autographed baseball. Killebrew is the national spokesman for Vista Hospice Care Foundation. More than $3,000 worth of prizes will be given away to the top teams, including $1,000 shopping sprees to Copeland's Sports for the first-place low-gross and low-net teams. A car will also be given to any player who makes a hole-in-pone on the designated hole. Registration fees are $220 which includes green fees, cart, practice balls, lunch, two drinks and a buffet dinner grill. Registration deadline is May 21. For more information or to register, call 739-9989.

Honors

* SIR GEORGE MARTIN HONORED -- Emerging Artists & Talent in Music (EAT'M) is presenting a music festival and conference Thursday through Saturday. Sir George Martin, best known for his work with the Beatles, will be honored that evening. "In My Life," a compilation of Beatles songs, which will be released Tuesday, will be Sir George's last album of his career. Beneficiaries of the various events include the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, Music for Hope, Child Haven, Camp Pacific Heartland Children with AIDS, and Continuing Legal Education. A platinum registration, $255, provides entrance to all of the panel discussions, mentoring sessions, viewing of the golf tournament, opening and closing parties, as well as all of the concert venues for the entire period. Wristbands are $30 until today and $50 thereafter, will provide entrance exclusively to all concerts. Wristbands are on sale at EAT'M office, 2030 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 100, the Artemus Ham Concert Hall box office at UNLV, Virgin Megastore in the Forum Shops and Mahoney's Pro Music & Drum Shop. For more information, call 792-9430.

* ITALIAN AMERICAN GALA -- The National Italian American Foundation will host its first gala Saturday in Las Vegas. The 1998 NIAF West Coast Gala honoree is Anthony Marnell II, chairman and CEO of Rio hotel-casino and Marnell Corrao Associates. Marnell will receive a 1998 NIAF Special Achievement Award in Business. The event will also serve as an unofficial grand opening of the new MGM Grand convention center built by Marnell's construction company. Actors Robert Loggia and Joe Bologna; "Murphy Brown's Joe Regalbuto, "The Nanny's" Renee Taylor and singer Frankie Valli are among the attending celebrities. The evening will include dinner, dancing and entertainment by Danny Gans. Tickets are $150. Dress is option black-tie. Proceeds will benefit the NIAF scholarship fund and education programs. To purchase tickets or for more information, call John Salamone, (800) 989-6423.

* EOB LUNCHEON -- As part of a nationwide celebration honoring the accomplishments of Community Action Agencies during the month of May, the Economic Opportunity Board of Clark County will host an appreciation luncheon to honor those who have supported EOB at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the Golden Nugget hotel-casino. In the past year, EOB served more than 41,000 low-income and disadvantaged individuals through its services involving 25 programs.

Special needs

* DISABILITY AWARENESS DAY -- Southern Nevada Center for Independent Living and the City of Las Vegas Adaptive Recreation Program will present the seventh annual Disability Awareness Day 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday at Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza at Lorenzi Park, 720 Twin Lakes Drive. More than 30 organizations serving the disabled will participate in the event, providing information on a variety of topics including adaptive equipment, transportation, housing, legal services, benefits and the Americans with Disabilities Act. In addition, Sen. Harry Reid will be on hand to discuss issues of interest to the disabled community. Disability Awareness Day will feature complimentary wheelchair washes and minor tuneups, free custom-made lapboards and donated adaptive equipment will be available to disabled individuals on a first-come, first-served basis and CAT will have a bus available for disabled individuals to become familiar with the public transportation system. Refreshments will be available. Individuals of all disabilities, advocates, professionals, friends and families are encouraged to attend this growing annual event. For more information, call Mike Wertz at 649-3822 or Cruz Bonilla, 870-7050.

Volunteers

* GOLF TOURNAMENT VOLUNTEERS -- Opportunity Village Arc, will be hosting the Frank Sinatra Las Vegas Celebrity Classic at Stallion Mountain May 28-30, with a celebrities skins game on May 31. Proceeds from the event will benefit the construction of the new Opportunity Village campus in Henderson and the Barbara Sinatra Children's Center in Palm Springs. Wayne Newton is the honorary chairman and dozens of international celebrities in the fields of entertainment and sports, as well as local celebrities will be on hand for the event. Volunteers are needed to act as caddies, drivers, registration personnel, security guards and more. Food and golf shirts will be provided for volunteers during the tournament. Applications may be picked up at any Southern Nevada Dodge Dealer, who will be providing the courtesy cars used throughout the tournament. For more information, call 259-3741.

* YOUTH EXCHANGE SERVICE -- Host homes for international high school students are needed so that students can be suitably matched with families and schools before their August arrival. Host families benefit from the cultural exchange, and the exchange students carry their memories back to their homelands to share with their countrymen. Students are 15-18 years old, communicate well in English, are screened for good moral ethical behavior and have medical/accident money during their stay. Students act as part of the family, integrating into their lifestyle and sharing as much of each other's culture as possible. Interested families may call Youth Exchange Service, (800) 848-2121, Ext. 10.

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