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BrandSource to demo quick-cooking oven

BrandSource Las Vegas Valley, which specializes in appliances and electronics, will demonstrate TurboChef’s new 30-inch double wall Speedcook oven.

The demonstration is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the store, which is located at 1335 E. Sunset Road.

According to the manufacturer, the gourmet oven was designed to allow cooks to prepare meals as much as 15 times faster than traditional ovens. The secret to the oven’s speed is TurboChef’s Airspeed Technology, where heated air is blown through the oven cavity at speeds up to 60 mph; foods retain more moisture than when cooked in conventional ovens resulting in enhanced quality and flavor.

The oven has a retro look and an easy-to-use CookWheel and Cook Navigator control system. The upper door is available in stainless steel as well as in orange hearth, thermal red, evening blue, charcoal, white and ivory.

The suggested retail price of the oven is $7,895. More information, including recipes and meal plans, is available at www.turbochef.com or by calling 866-54ENJOY.

Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling the store at 269-1515.

Garden Clubs offering university scholarships

A Nevada resident could receive as much as $5,000 toward agricultural, horticultural or environmental studies for the 2008-’09 academic year thanks to National Garden Clubs and its regional and state affiliates.

National Garden Clubs is offering 34 scholarships of $3,500 each to university junior, senior and graduate students in the agricultural/horticultural field and related subjects. The scholarships aim to promote a broad range of study in fields from botany and biology to landscape design, forestry, environmental studies and land-use planning.

Applicants must be legal residents of the United States, attend an accredited college or university (in-state or out-of-state), have at least a 3.25 GPA (on a 4.0 scale), and must be full-time students (12 credits for undergraduate; nine credits for post-graduate work). Doctoral students are not eligible for the scholarships.

Applications, along with all required attachments, must be received by March 1, 2008. Applications and additional information are available at the garden clubs’ Web site, www.gardenclub.org. The financial aid and scholarships departments at University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Reno also have this information.

A separate $1,000 scholarship also is available for the 2008-’09 academic year from the Pacific Region of National Garden Clubs. Criteria are similar to the national scholarship. Applications must be received by the Nevada scholarship chairman by Jan. 31, 2008. The winning application will automatically be forwarded to the national organization for consideration. Application forms are available on Pacific Region’s Web site: www. pacificregiongardenclubs.org/Scholarship.htm.

Additionally, Nevada Garden Clubs offers a $500 scholarship annually. The criteria are the same as the application for the National Garden Clubs’ scholarship except that the student must be a resident of Nevada and studying at an accredited college or university in Nevada. This scholarship may be applied only to tuition or books. The deadline is Jan. 10, 2008.

It is possible for a Nevada resident studying at an accredited Nevada institution to receive all three scholarships.

For more information, contact the Nevada scholarship chairman at olahenry@ttlv.net.