78 Years of D-Day

June 6, 1944: Allied forces launched a combined naval, air, and land assault on Nazi-occupied France that would signal the beginning of the end of World War II. In a little over a year, the Axis powers surrendered to the Allied forces. Many men died in Normandy that day; they will always be remembered as the brave souls and soldiers that they were. They will always get our respect.

D-Day History

National WWII Museum

Heckethorn Elementary  Neighborhood Meeting Monday, June 6, 6 p.m. Heckethorn Elementary School, 5150 Whispering Sands Drive The Clark County School District would like to invite you to an informal neighborhood meeting at Howard E. Heckethorn Elementary School to discuss and receive input on the proposed master sign plan.  This meeting intends to inform the community of the master sign plan application submitted to the city of Las Vegas for a new school marquee sign. You can view the proposed sign here. To learn more, please contact Lucia Gonzalez via email or by calling 702-799-5214 ext. 5419.

City of Las Vegas Summer Season Pool Schedule Lifeguards Still Needed The city is still looking to hire qualified lifeguards through mid-summer. Those interested in working as a lifeguard may apply online. Registration for lifeguard certification training is available here. The availability of lifeguards will impact pool hours. Daily pool fees for individuals at city pools are:  Ages 3 and younger – free Ages 4-17 - $2 Adults ages 18-49 - $3 Seniors ages 50+ - $2 “Learn to Swim” lessons are offered at most pools; discounted $5 group session swim lessons are offered at both Doolittle and Carlos L. Martinez & Darrio J. Hall Family Pool at Gary Reese Freedom Park. Splash Swim Programs aquatics teams for ages 7-17 will be offered beginning June 6 at four pools, including water polo, synchronized swimming, springboard diving and competitive swimming. Registration for these teams, as well as swimming lessons for all ages, is available online now; click on “Aquatics.” Baker Pool, 1020 E. St. Louis Ave., 702-229-1532. The pool will be open June 7-Aug. 7, with open swim hours Tuesday/Thursday 6-9 p.m. and Sunday 12-4 p.m. Swim lessons and aquatics teams will not be held at this pool. Carlos L. Martinez & Darrio J. Hall Family Pool at Gary Reese Freedom Park, 899 N. Pecos Road, 702-229-1755. Open swim hours June 6-Aug. 6 will be Monday/Wednesday/Friday 6-9 p.m., Tuesday/Thursday 12-4 p.m. and Saturday 12-6 p.m. A competitive swim team will be available Tuesday/Thursday, 4:30-6 p.m. Doolittle Pool, 1950 N. J St., 702-229-6398. The pool is currently closed for repairs, but will be open July 4-Aug. 6 with open swim hours Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday 1-5 p.m. Team sports will not be held at this pool.  Garside Pool, 250 S. Torrey Pines Drive, 702-229-6393. Starting June 6, open swim hours will be 12-4 p.m. daily and 6-9 p.m. Monday-Friday.  Municipal Pool, 431 E. Bonanza Road, 702-229-6309. Summer hours are effective through Sept. 5. Hours are Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Tuesday/Thursday 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday 12-5 p.m.; closed Sunday. Pavilion Center Pool, 101 S. Pavilion Center Drive, 702-229-1488. Summer hours are effective June 6-Aug. 7. Open swim hours are 12-4 p.m. daily, 7-9 p.m. Monday/Wednesday/Friday. Lap swim and long course swim also are available. Please note hours of availability are subject to change.

DjangoVegas! Returns To Downtown Las Vegas June 18

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DjangoVegas! returns to the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth St., Saturday, June 18, from 7 to 10 p.m. The annual musical celebration pays tribute to the roots, origins and established figures of hot club-style jazz. This year, the lineup includes legendary French guitarist Biréli Lagrène and his trio, She Sings She Swings and The Hot Club of Las Vegas. Tickets for all ages are $25 plus fees.

Click here for tickets; for more information for this and other events, visit www.ArtsLasVegas.org or call 702-229-ARTS (2787).

Get Tickets

City of Las Vegas Offers “School Supplies for Tickets” Program Pay Eligible Las Vegas Parking Tickets With School Supplies The city of Las Vegas is offering a program allowing the payment of parking fines with donations of school supplies. Any supplies taken in by the city through the program will be donated to the Public Education Foundation’s Teacher Superstore.  Any driver issued a non-public safety parking ticket in the city of Las Vegas from May 23 to June 23, 2022, may choose to resolve the ticket by providing school supplies of equal or greater value than the ticket fine. Public safety and handicap-related parking tickets are EXCLUDED from this program.  For more information, call 702-229-4700.

“Particle Ink: Speed of Dark” Extends Engagements Due to High Demand Mixed-Reality Immersive Experience Extended Through Labor Day in Downtown Las Vegas Arts District Due to enthusiastic demand, “Particle Ink: Speed of Dark,” the original, immersive experience bringing visitors through a portal into the 2.5th dimension, announced it will extend its limited run in the Las Vegas Arts District. After captivating thousands of visitors since it first opened in April, the limited-run, mixed-reality experience has added seven additional weeks of performances that will continue through Labor Day. Each “Speed of Dark'' experience lasts approximately one hour and takes place Wednesdays through Sundays at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. inside The LightHouse, located at 918 S. Main St. in the Las Vegas Arts District. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ParticleInk.com.

Senior Centers

Centennial Hills Active Adult Center

Doolittle Senior Center

East Las Vegas Community Center

Howard Lieburn Senior Center

The East Las Vegas Community Center is closed for renovation until this fall. Classes are being held at alternate locations. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time. We will do our best to keep you informed of our progress, upcoming programs/events and when we will re-open. Please call 702-229-1515 with any questions or concerns. 

Distracted Drivers Focus of Law Enforcement Through June 20th

Use of any Handheld Electronic Device While Driving is Illegal in Nevada

June 3-20, Nevada’s law enforcement agencies throughout the state will be joining forces and citing distracted drivers. Nevada law clearly states that any use of a handheld electronic device—cell phone, mp3 player, GPS device, etc.—while driving is illegal and offenders will be pulled over and cited. Nevada’s ban on handheld devices while driving went into effect Jan. 1, 2012, and still, law enforcement continues to spot and cite offenders every day.

The Governors Highway Safety Association provides the following tips to help limit driving distractions and increase safety:

• Turn it off. Turn your phone off or switch to silent mode before you get in the car.
• X the Text. Don’t ever text and drive, surf the web or read your email while driving. It is
  dangerous and against the law in most states.
• Spread the word. Set up a special message to tell callers that you are driving and you’ll
  get back to them as soon as possible, or sign up for a service that offers this.
• If you need to make a call, find a legal and safe place to pull over and park first.
• Use your passengers. Ask a passenger to make the call for you.
• Prepare. Review maps and directions before you start to drive. If you need help when
  you are on the road, ask a passenger to help or pull over to a safe location to review the
  map/directions again.
• Secure your pets. Pets can be a big distraction in the car. Always secure your pets
  properly before you start to drive.
• Keep the kids safe. Pull over to a safe location to address situations with your children in
  the car.
• Focus on the task at hand. Refrain from smoking, eating, drinking, reading and any
  other activity that takes your mind and eyes off the road.
• Red lights still count. Even though you are stopped at a red traffic signal, you still
  cannot use a handheld electronic device.

For more information about Nevada’s distracted driving laws, visit the state’s Zero Fatalities website at:
http://www.zerofatalitiesnv.com/focus-on-the-road.

Planned Road Closures - June 2022

First Friday in the Arts District Friday, June  3

First Friday is a monthly art, music and food festival in the Arts District. Road closures start at 10 a.m. June 3. Roads will reopen at 11:30 p.m. Major closures: First Street from Boulder to Hoover avenues, Art Way, Boulder Avenue from First to Art Way, Coolidge Avenue from Main Street to Casino Center Boulevard. See the map below.

First Friday

Rally North America Day Awards Thursday, June  16

Road closures start at 6 p.m. June 16. Roads will reopen at 9 p.m. Major closures: Clark Avenue between First and Main streets. See the map below.

Las Vegas Carnavale Parade Saturday, June  18

Annual parade and festival in downtown Las Vegas. Road closures start at 4 p.m. June 18. Roads will reopen at 9 p.m. Major closures: Fremont Street from 13th to 7th streets. See the map below.

Arts District Wednesday Invasion at 18bin Wednesday, June 22

Monthly car show in the the Arts District. Road closures start at 4 p.m. June 22. Roads will reopen at 11 p.m. Major closures: Boulder Avenue from Arts Way to 1st Street; 1st Street from Boulder to Coolidge avenues. See the map below.

Southern Nevada Fire Restrictions Announced

The Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, Clark County Fire Department, Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District, National Park Service, Nevada Division of Forestry, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and USDA Forest Service have all implemented fire restrictions in Southern Nevada. 

Interagency fire restrictions prohibit:

• building and/or using a campfire or charcoal stove (portable stove using gas, jellied petroleum or pressurized liquid fuel approved, providing it has an on/off switch).
• welding or operating an acetylene torch with open flames (except by permit).
• using any explosive (except by permit).
• using fireworks or firing a tracer.
• using any combustion engine without a spark-arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order. Spark arresters must meet U.S Department of Agriculture-Forest Service Standard 5100-1a.

Agency specific exceptions and additional restrictions also are in place:

• Bureau of Land Management – Steel core ammunition and explosive targets are prohibited, as they are known fire starters. Smoking is allowed in an enclosed vehicle only.
• Lake Mead National Recreation Area - Wood or charcoal fires are allowed in grills of developed picnic areas and campgrounds where a host is present; wood or charcoal burning devices allowed on the shoreline where natural vegetation is at least 100 feet from the shoreline; barbecue grills allowed on private boats outside the harbors of Lake Mead and Lake Mohave; rental boats are authorized to use barbecues attached to vessel if allowed under rental boat agreement; all vessel barbecue fires must be at least 100 feet away from shoreline vegetation. Smoking is allowed outside of an enclosed vehicle in areas that are cleared of all flammable material for at least three feet. Cigarettes must be discarded in a car ashtray or an ashtray in a developed area.
• Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument - Fires are never permitted within the monument.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - On the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, use of the fire rings at the Desert Pass campground is required while restrictions are in force. No rock rings or ground fires are allowed. On the Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, visitors are required to use grills or the provided fire rings. No rock rings or ground fires are allowed. 
• U.S.D.A. Forest Service - Campfires are only allowed within the approved fire pits or grills provided in developed recreation sites. A developed recreation site has Forest Service signage that designates it as an agency-owned campground or day-use area and is identified on a Forest Service map as a site developed for that purpose. Operating a chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. is prohibited during fire restrictions. Outdoor smoking is only authorized while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is clear of all flammable materials. To find out what fire restrictions are in place on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, visit https://bit.ly/HTNFFireRestrictions or  www.nevadafireinfo.org. For answers to frequently asked questions about fire restrictions, visit https://bit.ly/FireRestrictionsFAQs.

For more information on agency-specific fire restrictions, visit https://www.nevadafireinfo.org/restrictions-and-closures.