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To-Do List, July 10-16

[SINATRA & ELVIS]

FRIDAY, JULY 10 - SATURDAY, JULY 11

The Sanders Family Winery welcomes you to a very special Tribute Performers Concert. Gary Anthony as Frank Sinatra and Greg Miller as Elvis Presley. Doors open at 6 p.m. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. on both nights. For tickets call 775-727-1776 to reserve, or get them at the door for $20 for adults and children. Sanders Family Winery is located at 3780 E. Kellogg Road.

[Radio Club]

FRIDAY, JULY 10

Pahrump Amateur Radio Repeater Association, Inc has a club meeting at the Pahrump Valley United Methodist Church at 5:15 p.m. New members are always welcome. The Pahrump Valley United Methodist Church is located at 1300 Nevada Highway 372. For more information please contact Ken Curran, club president at 775-751-8670, ken@kencurran.com.

[FARMERS MARKET]

SATURDAY, JULY 11

There will be a farmers market in the parking lot of Draft Picks from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Draft Picks is located at 1101 South Highway 160 next to Best Western.

[MUSEUM LECTURE]

SATURDAY, JULY 11

Dr. Tom Waters will be speaking about the exhibit that will be on display through July 18 called “Always Lost: A Meditation on War.” The exhibition is at the Pahrump Valley Museum and brings home the personal and collective costs of war through original poetry by Nevada Writers, and the Wall of the Dead, faces and names of U.S. military war casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan since Sept. 11, 2001. The Pahrump Valley Museum is located at 401 East Basin Road, 89048. For more information call 775-751-1970.

[PARK MOVIE]

SATURDAY, JULY 11

This week’s Movie in the Park is “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” an adventurous, animated family film about a boy named Hiccup with his dragon, Toothless, who find themselves on an adventure leading them to Hiccup’s long-lost mother. The pair find themselves in a battle to save their friend from a power-hungry warrior. The movie is from 6 to 9 p.m. Free to get it in, concession stands will be open.

[G.R.E.A.T. PROGRAM]

SUNDAY, JULY 12

Sign-ups for the Nye County Sheriff’s Office G.R.E.A.T. Summer Program are scheduled today from noon to 4 p.m. For more information or a list of sign-up dates for other areas in Nye County call deputies Fernandes or Ferrel at 775-751-7000.

[FREE CLINIC]

TUESDAY, JULY 14

Fifteen minutes of free legal advice on consumer issues, foreclosures, evictions, immigration (domestic violence victims only), food stamps, unemployment, SSI, TANF, Medicaid, Welfare and more will be provided by Nevada attorneys today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register by calling 866-432-0404, extension 140. Walk-ins are also welcome. The free clinic will be held at Ian Deutch Government Complex at 1520 East Basin.

[LIBRARY CLASSES]

TUESDAY, JULY 14

Today at the Pahrump Community Library there will be a Shakespeare Round Table and Play Writers Guild from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and a Genealogy Class from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Pahrump Community Library is located at 701 East St.

[SENIOR CLASS PICTURES]

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 – FRIDAY JULY, 17

Pahrump Valley High School would like to let you know that Senior Class pictures will be on July 15 - 17 by appointment only with Lifetouch on Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment time, please call Lifetouch at 702-251-3040 Extension 9. Pahrump Valley High School is located at 501 East Calvada Boulevard.

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