PAHRUMP COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Events Calendar for March, 2007
The rainbow ends @ the library!
March is YOUTH ART MONTH in the library and we will be displaying works by young local talent. Come to the library for this wonderful chance to see what artistic and talented young people we have in Pahrump! Display available through March.
The PCL POETRY GROUP is here! Saturday, Mar. 3, at 10am, and every 1st Saturday thru June, meet at the library to share, listen, and enjoy poetry. Original poetry encouraged, or just read an old favorite! All ages welcome!
Family Day will be held Saturday, Mar. 10. Bring the kids and enjoy some fun time together! 10-11am @ the library. Make a cute Shamrock Magnet this month! Join Miss Brenda for fun @ the library!
Kids’ Winter Reading Program continues thru April 3! Hop into Reading with Froggy & His Friends! Thru Apr. 3. Ages 2-3, Tuesdays 9:15-9:45am; ages 4-5, Tuesdays 10:00-10:45am; ages 6-10, Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30pm; teens, Wednesdays, 3-4pm. No sign-ups necessary.
A Non-Fiction Book Sale will be held @ the library, Mar. 5 thru 7. Our surplus is your gain and lots of titles and subjects will be available, with nothing priced over $1.00! Who knows what you may find?
YAA-HOOS! We had a great time in February gettin’ a little weepy with a romantic movie for Valentines Day! This month come by on Mar. 14 and learn to play Bunco, the popular game that’s so much fun! No pressure, and prizes awarded, too! Yaa-Hoos is a group for ladies of all ages who would just like a little time to themselves! Come to the library for fun, who knows what we might be doing?! And free, too! 2nd Wednesdays of each month, 11am-1pm.
The Adult Workshop is held the 3rd Thursday of every month, October thru June. This month: GREETING CARDS! Join us on Mar. 15 @ 1:30pm for this fun & easy craft. All materials provide; this will be a FREE class. Please sign up in the library
Mar. 1-13.
The Pahrump Anime Club will hold its regular meeting at the library Saturday, Mar. 17, 12-4pm. Showings this month will be:
12:00- Full Metal Panic Fumoffu # 6-7(English)
1:00- Full Metal Panic Second Raid # 1- 2 (English)
2:00- Ranma 1/2 (English)
3:00- Moon Phase # 3(Sub-Titled)
3:30- Negima! #5 (English)
AND…wear green today and get a free cookie!
Favorite Author Book Club will meet on Mar. 20, 1:30pm. Our choice this month is NICHOLAS SPARKS. Read anything by this author then come and enjoy a lively discussion!
This month’s Movie Day: bring the kids and enjoy FLICKA, a family film about a girl and her horse. Rated PG. Saturday, Mar. 24, 2-4pm.
SPECIAL EVENT!! The library welcomes over 20 local authors for an Author Extravaganza! Come to the library Mar. 31, 10am-4pm, to meet the authors, discuss their works, and get your own personalized copy of their books. So many authors, don’t miss this wonderful chance to find out more! Check our website for a list of authors attending.
Please call the library at 727-5930 for details, or visit www.pahrumplibrary.com.
All dates subject to change. Additions may be made.
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I am so sorry for this long and off-topic comment, but I feel the only way one citizen can be heard loudly enough is to ask my fellow blog commenters for help…so here goes…
It’s time to put Nevada’s kids before our state’s special interest lobby. It really comes down to kids versus casino profits. A proposal for a state lottery has failed 24 times since 1975, and the people have never gotten the chance to decide. Now the time has come!
With the state facing budget shortfalls, tremendous growth, and no desire to increase the tax burden on the working family, I believe a lottery is one of the answers to the question of how we should improve education.
The state constitution must be amended to approve a state lottery, which means the people have the final vote. The first hurdle was cleared again this year when the State Assembly passed a bi-partisan resolution authorizing a lottery. But, why haven’t the people had the final say in the past 32 years? Just follow the money.
It is estimated that a state lottery (which 42 other states have) would be able to generate between 50 to 200 million dollars a year. This money, that the approved Assembly resolution dictates, would be earmarked for public school students in the form of textbooks and other educational materials. Why not approve millions for textbooks and supplies in the past 32 years? Just follow the money.
With 73% of Nevadans favoring a lottery, why would it not pass on this the 25th attempt? Namely, because five State Senators who sat on the Judiciary Committee and voted it down two years ago, remain on the committee this current legislative session. Just follow the money for your reason why they don’t support it.
At the Assembly hearing, in which the resolution passed, Boyd Gaming and Station Casinos argued that 595 jobs would be lost if the state had a lottery. I argue that the casino industry is resilient. They have overcoming a post 9/11 travel slump, and they have overcoming the threat of federal regulations and taxes, and they will over come this. They receive millions in room tax revenue to promote their industry and when they claimed the sky was falling because of the legalization of gaming in Atlantic City, they bounced back and embrace these new markets and thus enhanced their profits.
As we all know, the gaming industry has long controlled the Nevada legislature through political donations and the best lobbyists money can buy. If you would like to know why the lottery would fail, it is because of they fear the lost revenues, and they have invested millions in political donations.
The five state senators on the judiciary committee that voted last year against allowing the people to decide if our state has a lottery are: Mark Amodei (Chair, R-Carson City), Maurice Washington (Vice Chair, R-Washoe), Mike McGinness (R-Central NV), Dennis Nolan (R-Clark,) and Terry Care (D-Clark).
Just this past election cycle, the Senate Judiciary Chairman, Mark Amodei (email: mamodei@sen.state.nv.us) received $5,000 from both Boyd Gaming and Stations Casino, not to mention $5,000 from MGM/Mirage and Harrahs, throw in another $7,500 from IGT, $2,500 from LV Sands, and a thousand each from Herbst Gaming, the Peppermill, and Atlantis, and you get his $33,000 picture.
The Vice Chairman of the committee, Maurice Washington (email: mwashington@sen.state.nv.us), also received $5,000 from Boyd Gaming, Stations Casinos, MGM/Mirage, Michael Gaughn and Harrahs. That $25,000 is just the tip of his iceberg!
Combine this with Senator Dennis Nolan (email: dnolan@sen.state.nv.us) who received $5,000 from Stations in cash and $15,000 from the Stardust and Encore of in-kind donations (plus $13,000+ from other gamers); and with Senator Mike McGinness’ (email: mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us) combined donation of $5,000 from Stations and Boyd and the $20,000 in donations from other gamers….and you know why our kids don’t stand a chance.
The fifth senator that voted against the lottery during the past session is Terry Care (email: tcare@sen.state.nv.us) and his political contribution sheet for this past election is not available from the Sectary of State’s website.
So let’s just review the four senators’ who available information was on-line: From the companies who lobbied against the lottery, Stations Casinos and Boyd Gaming, they gave a combined total of $45,000 in campaign contributions, now add the other gamers and you’ve got at least $120,000 working against our kids with just four senators.
These Senators have got to hear from the people that elected them, not just the special interest that financed their campaign. It is not a North/South or Republican/Democrat issue…it is an issue about our kids, our state’s future, and our need to lesson the tax burden on working families.
Please let these five senators hear from you. You can email or you can leave a message for any member of the Senate Judiciary Committee or ask to be connected to a specific legislator….Reno/Sparks/Carson: 684-6789, Las Vegas (toll free) 486-2626, Toll Free: 1-800-486-2626, 1-800-995-9080. Tell them “We the people” want to decide about a state lottery and that special interests have no place at the table for this discussion. Be angry, be mad, and fight for our kids!
--Just a kid from vegas
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