Tri-State Swimming Championships

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Tri-State Swimming League Championships will be held Friday and Saturday (July 30-31), at the Mesquite Recreation Center Outdoor pool. According to Nicholas Montoya, Recreation & Parks Supervisor, the outdoor pool will be closed to the general public on Friday all day and Saturday until 2 p.m.

“We will have around 50-60 of our own kids from the Mesquite Manta Ray swim team participating in the championships, we are expecting around 350 - 400 swimmers in this years event,” said Montoya. “Some of the kids have been training and working hard this summer to get to this event as you have to qualify on Friday to even compete on Saturday.”

Montoya said, “We apologize for the inconvenience that this may cause any one; but our indoor pool will be open at the regular times during the event.”

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.