By Joshua Wikler

Communications Director, Liberty High School

The Sound of Liberty Marching Band continued their strong season in the past two weeks.

On Saturday, Oct. 20, the Patriots competed at Palo Verde High School against four other bands in their class. The Patriots came in a strong second place behind the Cheyenne Desert Shield Marching Band.

This past Saturday, the Sound of Liberty Marching Band competed at Clark High School at the annual Tournament on the Turf. Of the five bands that were in Class A, the Patriots again came in second place losing by just one point to Cheyenne. Even though the band placed second, they received first place in music and music performance.

"Saturday was our best run of the show in performance yet," Director Travis Whaley said. "Even though the kids didn't place first, they were still very happy with their performance."

Plans are in the works to bring a water park to Henderson.

Cowabunga Bay would be built near U.S. 95 and Galleria Drive. The company operates water parks in Salt Lake City and in cities in the Midwest. The group says Henderson is a perfect choice because of the families that call the city home.

"There are a lot of families in this area that are underserved by entertainment, but we will be out in Henderson, which is very family oriented. This is for the locals," Shane Huish with Cowbunga Bay Water Parks said.

Details of the park have not been released. The group is planning to announce the groundbreaking and estimated opening date sometime in the future.

This is the second water park announced for southern Nevada this week. Developers of Wet 'n' Wild in the southwest part of the valley gave out details of their water park, which is set to open Memorial Day 2013.