Free Swim Lessons Being Offered

Thursday, May 19, 2011

FREE Swim Lessons Being Offered

MESQUITE, NV (Recreation & Parks Dept.) -- The Southern Nevada Chapter of the International Code Council, from the Clark County Building Department, has given the City of Mesquite Recreation and Parks Department a grant to provide free swimming lessons to children 4 years old and under. This grant has been provided in the hopes of reducing the number of toddler drowning accidents in southern Nevada. There have been 26 such incidents in the last 2 years.

Classes will run from 10:15 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. Monday – Friday
June 13 – June 17, 2011
Mom & Me 0 – 18 Months
Level 1 18 – 2 years old
Level 1 3 – 4 years old
Level 2 3 – 4 years old

Classes will run from 11:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. Monday – Friday
June 13 – June 17, 2011
Mom & Me 0 – 18 Months
Level 1 18 – 2 years old
Level 1 3 – 4 years old
Level 2 3 – 4 years old

The City of Mesquite Recreation and Parks Department will be offering free swimming lessons for the first 50 toddlers 4 and under who sign up. The classes will be a combination of Level 1, 2 and/or a “mommy and me” type class. These free classes will be held June 13th through the 17th (Mon – Fri) and will be a 30 minute class for each of the five days. Parents will be required to stay within the swimming area for assistance of their child if needed and parents of the mommy and me class will be required to be in the pool during the lessons with their child.

For more information on this and other programs please contact the Mesquite Recreation & Parks Department at 346-8732. To register for all youth and adult programs online go to: www.mesquitenv.gov and at the Mesquite Recreation & Parks Department Administrative Office, 100 W. Old Mill Road.

The Desert Tortoise

Like many desert creatures, desert tortoises spend most of their lives "holed up." In spring and summer, they roam grazing on grasses and wildflowers, then head for their burrows when it gets too hot. In fall and winter, when it is cold and there is not much to eat, they stay burrowed in for six months or more at a time.

If you see a desert tortoise, you are seeing an endangered species. Please watch out for them on the roads. Tortoises live in washes and valleys where the soil is soft enough for them to burrow into, yet stable enough so they do not collapse. Remember, desert tortoises are protected under the Endangered Species Act and may not be handled or removed.

Golf in the Desert

The city of Mesquite combines calm, small-town flavour with big-city attractions and championship golf. The Palms and the Oasis Golf Clubs are only two of the half-dozen challenging courses in the area.

Golf Highlights in Mesquite

Golf built on the dramatic Virgin Foothills of Nevada makes for a unique landscape and golf setting.
Enjoy a spa treatment at the Spa at Casablanca or the Spa at the Oasis.
Mesquite serves as a gateway to the national parks of Southern Utah and Zion National Park, which is less than two hours away.

View more information about golf courses in Mesquite

The Speedy RoadRunner

Called paisano in Mexico, the roadrunner is a well-known desert resident that only superficially resembles its popular cartoon portrayal. The greater roadrunner has adapted to life on the run. Though it can fly well, it prefers to use its strong legs and X- shaped toes to run rapidly over the desert landscape. Active predators, roadrunners aggressively chase insects, lizards, snakes, small birds and mammals.

Tolerant of humans, they sometimes nest in protected eaves and garages when they are not building large stick nests in desert trees. Their vocalizations include bill clicking noises and a mournful cooing made during breeding seasons. They do not meep-meep.