Archive for September, 2008
 
Pumpkin Patch Opens at Gilcrease Orchard
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

If you don't already know this, there is a place you can buy fresh produce in the valley and also go shopping for a Halloween pumpkin, right out of a real pumpkin patch.

Gilcrease Orchard kicks off its fall season on Wednesday, Oct. 1st. The orchard is expecting 1,000-plus pumpkins of all different sizes to be available.

Gilcrease Orchard is a working farm that sells its fruits and vegetables. All you have to do is be willing to pick it. They have apples, pears, zucchini, eggplant, peppers and cucumbers. The orchard also sells fresh homemade apple juice.

The orchard is open Tuesday through Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. The admission is $2 for an adult and $1 a child.

Gilcrease is located in northwest Las Vegas. Take US95 north to Ann Road exit. Turn right at Ann Road, and immediately get into the left lane. Take the first left at Tenaya, then follow Tenaya to the right to 7810 N. Tenaya Way.  Gilcrease Orchard is located at the corner of N. Tenaya Way and Whispering Sands.


 
CSN to Close Desert Garden
Monday, September 29th, 2008


The College of Southern Nevada's Desert Garden will close its doors to the public in October citing declining sales.

The desert garden has been around for 12 years and employed CSN students and made money through the sale of plants to the public.

A massive inventory clearance sale will take place at the Desert Garden Center from now until Oct. 30, 2008. The center is open on Tuesday to Friday from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The center is located at 6221 W. Charleston Blvd.

CSN will continue its education events associated with the garden so Southern Nevadans can learn about desert horticulture.


 
Grand Opening for New Summerlin Private School
Thursday, September 25th, 2008

Governor Jim gibbons and Mayor Oscar Goodman were on hand for the grand opening of the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson Educational Campus in Summerlin.

The Adelson school is the first and only Jewish pre-K through 12th grade school in the entire state.

Classes started in August with about 400 students. The complex is complete with state-of-the-art classrooms and a fitness facility. The school is located at 9700 West Hillpoint Road.


 
School Bus Windows Shattered by Rocks, not Gunfire
Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Metro police investigating reports that possible gunfire may have shattered some school bus windows say the windows were actually broken by kids throwing rocks.

The bus was in the northwest near Craig and Pueblo and the incident happened. No students were injured.


 
Neighborhood News: Sun City Patrol Honored
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008


Las Vegas City Council honored hundreds of members of the Sun City Summerlin Security Patrol as September's citizens of the month.

David Steinman used to be the chief of the 230 member patrol and said that for a community of 13-thousand residents, they have a surprisingly low crime rate.

“I believe we have at or near the lowest crime rate in this county for a community of this size,” Steinman said.

The patrol began in 1991 with less than 20 members, all of whom were, and still are volunteers.

The patrol is active in the community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to keep the neighborhood safe by checking on residents and their homes.

The patrol says there is no doubt that their efforts have paid off in the community.


 
Student Arrested After Rifle Found in Car
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

A Spring Valley High School student is under arrest for having a gun on school property.

Clark County School Police say they were doing a routine inspection in the parking lot around 10:30 a.m. when they noticed a car with a broken window. Police say they observed what appeared to be a gun inside the car.

The student was removed from class and questioned. School police say the student admitted to having a rifle in the car. As it turned out, what police observed was a BB gun, but the unloaded rifle was in the car's trunk.