Las Vegas Chinatown >> Las Vegas City Council Celebrates Chinese New Year
2/19/2007-- During the
ceremonial portion of tomorrow’s Las Vegas City Council meeting at 9 a.m., in
council chambers located at 400 Stewart Ave., the City Council will celebrate
Chinese New Year. A proclamation will be presented to the Summerlin Lions Club
to mark the holiday and recognize the group’s commitment to blindness prevention
and services to the blind.
The City Council will also recognize Municipal Court Judge Cedric A. Kerns for
recently being named Judge of the Year by the Nevada Judges Association. Kerns,
who has served on the Las Vegas Municipal Court since June 1997, presides over
the successful HOPE court, which works with habitual offenders in an effort to
reform chronic criminals to enable them to become productive members of society.
Kerns also serves as the Municipal Court liaison for domestic violence
offenders.
More than 30 Youth Council officers will also be recognized at the meeting. The
Youth Councils are part of the Batteries Included program. Sponsored by the city
of Las Vegas, Nevada Partners and the Clark County School District, the program
offers a series of programs to improve high school and college graduation rates
and to cultivate professional young leaders in our community. The Youth Councils
were established in various community centers throughout the city.
Councilman Steve Wolfson will recognize Brandon Abajelo, a player at the city’s
Veterans Memorial Leisure Center, who has been selected to the National Jr.
National Basketball Association (NBA) Team. Abajelo, who is a sixth grade
student at Molasky Middle School, was one of five players chosen from a pool of
750,000 applicants.
Also, members of the Las Vegas Black Historical Society will be on hand to
present Councilman Lawrence Weekly and Senator Steven Horsford with a special
gift. President Alice Key and Treasurer Sarann Knight Preddy will thank the two
elected officials for their assistance with organizing functions and acquiring
local African-American historic items.
Finally, the City Council will recognize the February Employee of the Month
David Bratcher. Bratcher, who is a redevelopment officer with the Office of
Business Development, has worked with the city since April 2005.