8 Thursday, September 18, 1997 Pahrump Valley Gazette
Organizing town the key for Parks and Recreation Board
by Andy Holtmann
Gazette Staff
Arriving to find the Chamber of Commerce Building
locked, members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory
Board opted to hold their Wednesday meeting in a place
they were all familiar with, the outdoors.
Chairwoman Lisa Mendel said the board's mission was
to research and recommend to the Town Board, ways that a
working parks and recreation system could be developed in
Pahrump. The catch she said, was getting everyone in-
volved.
"The idea we want to seehappen is to build and finance
Valley EIectric
Association
Monthly Board
of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, Sept 24, 1997
9 a.m.
At the VEA Main Office Building,
Highway 372, one mile
West of Highway 160
All VEA members are invited to attend
our parks and activities through community spirit and sup-
port," she said.
There has been support in the town for various projects
in the past. What Mendel and other board members want to
do is unite these divided efforts. A working system would
encompass all aspects of the community. Whereas Bob
Tamaro has been adamant about creating a youth center in
Pahrump, the Parks and Recreation Board would rather see
a community center that has a wide variety of activities for
everyone.
While everyone agrees this community center should be
built, board members were still trying to figure out whether
a central location or a site in the south near the proposed
arena and fairgrounds would be best suited.
The growing community is something that both interests
and concerns board members. There are benefits tobe seen
from more people and money coming to the town. What has
them worried is that they have a lot of work ahead and will
have to act fast to handle the growth. New schools and a
community college system add more opportunity for activ-
ity centers and event sites.
"If this town keeps growing like it has been, I can see 15
or 20 acres being set aside for a nice (community college)
campus here in town," board member Charlie Gronda said.
"This is one good benefit growth can create."
Discussion of a proposed new park in the north end of
town was also brought up. At the previous Town Board
Meeting, this was an agenda item where Ted Blosser had
offered the town 31 acre feet of water rights for $24,800.
The only stipulation being that 15 of those 31 acre feet had
to be used for a new park near the intersection of David
Street and Greta Boulevard. The remaining 16 acre feet
could be used at the town's discretion.
Gronda, who at the town board meeting asked that the
item be tabled until further review of the proposal was
conducted, asked Mendel if she thought the deal was a good
idea. Mendel said that the price of the water and what it
would be used for was good and recommended the deal's
approval.
The board stated that they would like to see the commu-
nity center and a working parks and recreation department
completed in a couple of years. There is interest in creating
more sports leagues and activities for town residents.
Resident Audrey Gourley asked if the centers would be
accessible to the handicapped and whether programs like
Special Olympics would be implemented.
Board member Stacy Smith said that she had been in-
volved with similar programs in the past and would b'li
willing to help organize efforts in Pahrump. Fellow member
Andy Schneider admitted that the town is behind in offering
services to the disabled and challenged but said a valiant
effort is being waged to change that status.
Mendel said that Pahrump is no "Palm Springs in the
desert where money flows freely." It will take the
community's involvement and help to improve the town's
appeal. She noted that so far, this has not been a problem as
they are receiving great support. Mendel asks that the town
give any and all input they may have. For interested parties,
the next meeting is October 9 at the Chamber of Commerce,
7p.m.
"I see more and more involvement in the community,"
she said. "If we don't grab a hold of this now with the town
growing at this rate, then we may have a hard time realizing
the potential."
DOE scheduled subcritical experiments
The Department of Energy has scheduled the second of
two planned subcritical experiments- physics experiments to
learn the properties of nuclear materials on September 18.
The experiment, named Holog, will be conducted by the
Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Labo-
ratory at the Ula Complex at the Nevada Test Site.
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These experiments are es-
sential to the department's
Stockpile Stewardship and
Management Program, the
plan to maintain the safety
and reliability of the nuclear
weapons stockpile in the ab-
sence of underground nuclear
testing. This confidence is
safety and reliability is re-
quired by the President in
order for the United States to
support the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty.
The name Holog is taken
from the lab-developed la-
ser-holography technology
that allows scientists to cap-
ture three-dimensional im-
ages of the particles ejected
from the surface of materials shocked by high explosives.
The object of the experiment is to characterize this "par-
ticle cloud." Information about the mass, particle-size distri-
bution and mass-velocity distribution will allow scientists to
understand more clearly the properties of plutonium.
The Holog experiment will consist of two simultaneous
non-nuclear explosions in a chamber sealed with a two-foot
concrete and steel plug from the rest of the tunnel complex.
Both the shape and the small amount of plutohium used in
the experiments are designed to prevent a self-sustaining
nuclear reaction. Thus, these experiments are designed to
prevent a self-sustaining nuclear reaction. Thus, these experi-
ments are consistent with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
They are called "subcritical" experiments because no self-
sustaining nuclear fission chain reaction will occur.
Scientific data obtained from the experiment will allow
scientists to answer basic questions about the way plutonium
reacts when it's shocked which cannot be determined with the
required precision by experimenting with substitute materi-
als. The data will help to benchmark complex computer
simulations of nuclear weapons performance that will be used
to certify the safety and reliability of the nation's nuclear
weapons stockpile, without nuclear testing.
Subcritical experiments are essential to the United States'
commitment to a reliable nuclear deterrent in a world free of
nuclear testing.
Briefly Noted
II II
Lecture on
Holistic
Healthcare
There will be a lecture
on Holistic Healthcare on
Friday, September 26 at 7
p.m. in the Community Cen-
ter on Highway 160 and
Basin Road, Pahrump.
Jaime Narvaez, M.D.
will discuss safe and effec-
tive ways to treat various
conditions such as: cancer,
heart disease, multiple scle-
rosis, chronic fatigue syn-
drome, diabetes, lupus and
arthritis. Using natural
therapies such as: hyper-
baric oxygen therapy, meta-
bolic treatment, chelation
therapy, colon therapy, rife
machine live cell therapy,
detoxification, prevention
programs, laser treatment
and interro (computerized
diagnosis).
For more information
phone Dorotha Harder at
(702) 727-7249. For further
information about the above
diseases call Nadine Rogers
at 1-800-862-5551.
PaaatJMP V00ZEV
TEMPORARY
LABOR SERVICE
Call Joy Morrissey
727-4144
Flaggers needed
Volunteers are needed to
work as flaggers and at
checkpoints for the "Best in
the Desert" second annual
Las Vegas to Reno off road
race. The race will be run on
September 19.
To volunteer call Stormy
Weathers at 727-0757.
