It’s truly amazing how a community like Pahrump can get organized, form committees, assign responsibilities and have everything come together for the annual Thanksgiving dinner. It is always successful and the number of attendees increase every year.
The Pahrump Arts Council’s (PAC) Keeper of Wheeler Well project, phase two, closed with the publication of two books and a teacher’s guide. Two grants from the Mt. Charleston License Plate program funded the project over a five-year period, with the focus on promoting children’s understanding of the natural world around them.
The Festival of Trees is taking place on Dec. 5.
Pahrump Senior Center
No one matched all five numbers and the mega number in Saturday’s drawing of the California Super Lotto. The next jackpot will be at least $15 million.
British tourists Gerry and Rose Williams were part of a crowd watching the annual parade of colorful western characters marching through the date palm grove for the annual 49ers Encampment at Furnace Creek last weekend.
Modern-day motorists can make the trip from Pahrump to Death Valley in an hour, in air-conditioned vehicles, listening to music on the compact disc or perhaps guided by GPS systems on their iPhones.
Another busy weekend is in store for residents wanting to get out and about. It includes a new place to see Tom Saitta, an all-weekend music jam in Tecopa and a VFW Ladies Auxiliary fundraiser at Saddle West.
The Pahrump Inter-Tribal Social Pow Wow takes place next weekend in a gathering at Petrack Park that brings Native Americans from tribes all over the southwest.
