March 2014
Carson City Board of Supervisors give final OK on 1/8 cent sales tax plan for city improvements
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 03/06/2014 - 10:48amUPDATE: Carson City Supervisors reaffirmed its Feb. 20 meeting decision on an 1/8th cent sales tax question with a second 4 to 1 vote favoring plans.
Tax money will go to build a new animal services facility, a new multi-purposes athletic center, street and pedestrian improvements in the downtown area and Carson Street and William Street/Highway 50 East commercial corridors, and Community Center improvements.
Carson City GATE students get schooled in sheriff's office K9 patrol
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 03/06/2014 - 9:43am
The Carson City Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit hosted a group of students from the Gifted and Academically Talented Education program from the Carson City School District Wednesday at the Fuji Park Pavilion.
Twenty-seven 6th and 7th grade students from Eagle Valley and Carson Middle Schools spent the day with the K9 Unit learning how the dogs work in drug detection, patrol work, and tracking. Demonstrations were done with the dogs and their handlers giving the students first hand experience at just what the teams are capable of.
Empire Ranch Golf Course
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 1:59pmView the Board of Supervisors meeting from December 5, 2013 at: www.accesscarsoncity.org or below. You will want to view Part 1 of the December 5th meeting starting at 2:35:00.
In this video recording, staff will first present the history of contractual obligation between the golf course and the City.
Staff will proceed to discuss other alternatives how the City may discharge the waste water from our sewer treatment plant, followed by how the City could possibly purchase the property.
Nevada Arts Council brings arts visioning to Carson community
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:38pm
Event Date:
March 13, 2014 - 5:30pm Because art builds communities, the Nevada Arts Council is examining the efforts, wants and needs of towns across the state as it builds a three-year plan to support local efforts.
The Arts Council is launching a series of local arts town meetings to engage in conversations with Nevadans. Staff plans to explore the cultural needs of large and small communities, the role of the arts in the Silver State and to evaluate NAC’s role as a state agency.
Family of Carson City man killed by hit-and-run driver asks for help locating the suspect
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:35pm
The family of a 31-year-old Carson CIty pedestrian who was struck on Highway 50 near Stateline at Lake Tahoe in the early morning hours of Aug. 10, 2013 seeks help in locating the driver who fled the scene, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
Cody J. Dobson was walking on the highway, or may have stumbled from the adjacent sidewalk, just east of the MontBleu Resort Casino and Spa at approximately 3:13 am prior to being struck by a motor vehicle, said NHP Trooper Chuck Allen.
Youth Football and Cheerleading Registration
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:31pm
Event Date:
March 15, 2014 (All day) FOOTBALL & CHEERLEADING- Open Registration
In SYFL you play with kids your own age (6-14 pre-high school)
No weight limits in SYFL, “Heavy” players play on the line “X-MEN”
SYFL uses high school rules
SYFL uses 100-yard fields in various high school locations
March 15, March 22, March 29 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Talents Athletic Ctr. 2749 N Carson St
April 5, May 3,May 31 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Pizza Factory on Hwy 50
June 28 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Talents Athletic Ctr.
More than 500 solar panels going up at two Carson City area schools
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:21pm
Black Rock Solar began construction in late February on two new Carson City area photovoltaic arrays: 324 ground-mounted panels at Sierra Lutheran High School and 193 rooftop panels at Silver State Charter Schools.
That means 135 kW of clean energy from the sun powering the 91-student Christian school and the 7th to 12th-grade charter school. It also means an annual utility-bill savings of more than $19,000 for the two schools – that’s $19,000 that can go toward expanded educational opportunities within the Carson City and Douglas County communities.
Birds on view in family program at Nevada State Museum March 8
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 12:05pm
Event Date:
March 8, 2014 - 10:00am Jenni Jeffers will present “Owls in Nevada” from 1-2 pm, Saturday, March 8 at the Nevada State Museum’s Family Fun Saturday program. A biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife, Jeffers will bring some of the live owl species native to Nevada and explain their life history.
Tickets are available at 9 a.m. The museum will offer a science activity from 10 a.m. to noon in the Discovery Lab, that includes examples of bird’s nests, feathers and eggs, and an opportunity to dissect an owl pellet.
Volunteers are in the mix of Nevada’s 150th Birthday Cake
Submitted by editor on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 11:12am
Misti Gower is known by co-workers at Nevada’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as a cake baker extraordinaire. So, no one was surprised when she and Heidi Englund of the Nevada Historical Society agreed to create a 13 foot wide by 21 foot long cake in the shape of Nevada to commemorate the great cake caper of 1964.
The monumental undertaking has started to come together as DCNR colleagues and others have jumped in to help bake, build and serve the 1,300 pound confection.
Fiance, passenger with Desiree Bragg arrested after avoiding witness testimony in murder trial
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 10:22amCarson City Sheriff's Office detectives arrested the fiance who was a passenger with Desiree Bragg the night Leonardo Cardoza, who is on trial for murder, allegedly rammed his minivan into the side of Bragg's mother's home, pinning and killing her.
Steven Gilbert Castro Jr., 20, was arrested in Yuba City, Calif., Tuesday where he is facing a felony charge of being a material witness avoiding testimony. Castro also faces a misdemeanor charge of being in violation of a suspended sentence out of Carson City Justice Court. That was filed Dec. 31, 2013.
