Las Vegas Councilman Stavros Anthony will join first- and second-grade classes from Eileen Conners Elementary School to plant a shoestring acacia tree at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 9, in Majestic Park in honor of Arbor Day.

The children also will bury a time capsule with the tree. Majestic Park is located at 3997 Hualapai Way. The tree will be planted near the Hualapai/Alexander Road entrance. 

Laura Eisenberg, a community forester with the Nevada Division of Forestry, will present the city with a Tree City USA flag, marking the 20th year Las Vegas has earned this recognition from the National Arbor Day Foundation because of its program to care for community trees.

A group of Las Vegas seniors delivered hundreds of handmade gifts to several organizations Friday morning.

The seniors from Las Vegas CareMore Care Center used their knitting and sewing skills to make quilts, shawls, hats, blankets and baby booties. The items were then donated to nursing homes, cancer centers and pediatric units.

CareMore Care Center provides health care for seniors, but it also offers free classes to help senior stay creative and physically active. 

Groundhog Day arrives Thursday and in southern Nevada, the “Mojave Max Watch” will begin. 

Although the live Mojave Max is still sleeping, people are invited to visit the desert tortoise at the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Visitor’s Center and join the Mojave Max Watch between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily.  A special display has been set up where everyone can participate in predicting and watching for his emergence.

While Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog, is pulled from his burrow and asked if he sees his shadow, Mojave Max simply waits for the moment when the daylight and weather are just right before coming out from his burrow and proclaiming spring.