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The family of Carson High School sophomore Jocelynn Gill, diagnosed last month with brain cancer, remains by her side as she undergoes chemotherapy.

The 16-year-old has been at University of California San Francisco Benioff Children's Hospital since Oct. 19, beginning chemotherapy on Oct. 28, said Amy Schreck, Jocelynn's aunt, in an email.

Patricia is survived by husband, John Choat; children, Glenn Thomas, Barbara Sue; step children, Daniel Choat and Amy Holly; brother, Tom Kenny of Maryland; numerous nieces a...

Sena Loyd, who is the current technology trainer at Carson City Library, was selected Thursday as the new director.

The Carson City Library Board of Trustees held the interviews from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the new library director in Carson City. Loyd replaces former Carson City Library Director Sara Jones, who took a job earlier this year as Marin County Director of Library Services in California.

In the main photo, from left, director candidates Amy Geddes, Sena Loyd, Mary Scott Wallace and Diane Duquette answer questions from the board.

The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by several poets and readers in Carson City for an evening of big-band music and poetry on the theme "About Face."

Each poem will be followed by a related big-band tune. The event will be on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. The event will be held outdoors in the adjacent courtyard, weather permitting. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under. Go to milehighjazz.com.

It has been 17 years since President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore stood on the shores of Lake Tahoe and issued a challenge. They urged the frequently fractious perspectives in the region to come together in support of the restoration of Lake Tahoe.

A 38-year-old Carson City man faces a felony sexual assault charge, admitting to investigators that he committed the crime against a 16-year-old girl.

Joaquin Canales-Montes is being held on $100,000 bail. He was arrested Tuesday after agreeing to a voluntary interview by Carson City Sheriff's Office investigators. The crime happened in the 3000 block of Airport Road around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, he told officers after he was read his Miranda rights and agreed to speak.

Carson Now is withholding information to protect the victim.

In other arrests:

An open house to welcome the new Carson City District Manager, Bernadette Lovato, will be held Tuesday, June 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Carson City District Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road in Carson City, Nev. The district has approximately 110 full time employees and manages about 4.8 million acres of federal public lands in 11 counties throughout western Nevada and eastern California through the Sierra Front and the Still Water field offices.

The Mile High Jazz Band with guest vocalists Jakki Ford and Cindee LeVal will be joined by five poets and readers for "Farewell, Goodnight," a lively evening of big-band jazz music and poetry in Carson City.

The event will be on Tuesday, June 11, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

The program will feature award-winning poets and readers Krista Lukas, Terri Breeden, Rita Geil, Susan Sara Priest, and Amy Roby.

CARSON CITY — For the fourth consecutive year, Western Nevada College will graduate its largest class in history. The class of 2013 is 505 students strong, with 530 degrees and certificates being issued.

Four students will receive Bachelor of Technology degrees in construction management, and three students will graduate with bachelor’s degrees as part of WNC’s teacher preparation partnership with Nevada State College. The graduates span 60 years, from the youngest at age 17 and the eldest at 77.

“Always Lost: A Meditation on War” has returned home to Carson City and was given full honors Wednesday at the Nevada Legislature.

Western Nevada College’s acclaimed creative writing/photographic exhibition about the costs of war will be on display in the Nevada Legislative Building’s second-floor atrium weekdays through May 3.

At least three Carson City residents and a Genoa resident were entered to run in the Boston Marathon, according to the official website. Listed as participants are: Brett Long, 35, and Kari Long, 34, of Carson City; Kirsten Sherve, 43, of Carson City; and Colleen Powers, 29, of Genoa. Les Wright of South Lake Tahoe, organizer of the Lake Tahoe Marathon, reports that he and and his wife and daughter are fine.

“Always Lost: A Meditation on War” is returning to its roots. Western Nevada College’s acclaimed creative writing/photographic exhibition about the costs of war will be on display in the Nevada Legislative Building’s second-floor atrium on weekdays, April 17 to May 3.

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (US Forest Service/LTBMU) and the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA) have been working together for a couple of years to improve mountain bike trails all while protecting the natural resources of our local forests. Lake Tahoe is a special place, loved and used by millions of visitors each year from around the world. The local forest service has been at the forefront of working collaboratively with user groups and the public to ensure that protecting the environment of this special place, still allows for uses that are compatible and fun.

The Mile High Jazz Band with guest vocalists Jakki Ford and June Joplin will be joined by eight poets and readers for Breaking the Ice, a lively evening of big-band jazz music and poetry. The event will be on Tuesday, March 12, 7:30-9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

The region's premiere women’s event, The 11th Annual Nevada Women's Expo, will take place on March 23-24 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Local ownership and production by Kristy Hawke and Destinations West, LLC has created an event people can count on year after year. For less than the price of a movie ticket, women throughout our region and beyond make this event an annual tradition to get together with their girlfriends, moms, daughters, aunts, grandmas and grandchildren.

In the first installment of the new series designed to bring the work of artists live to the Nevada Legislature, Reno’s Amy Hunter will appear in Carson City Feb. 15, 3:30 p.m. in Room 3100 to speak of her work and demonstrate her craft.

Growing up in a small town in Nevada, Hunter said, she was always engaged in the arts. She started with drawing, progressed to painting and was drawn to photography as it allowed her to express what she sees in its perfect simplicity.

With the official start to the Tahoe ski season just around the corner, the Tahoe Fund is launching the popular “Plates for Powder” promotion to drive sales of Lake Tahoe license plates.

The environmental non-profit Tahoe Fund presented a $27,500 check to the California Tahoe Conservancy yesterday to allow completion of the Lower Blackwood Creek and Eagle Rock Restoration Project, a critical creek restoration and trailhead project on Lake Tahoe’s west shore. In a shining example of public-private partnership, the money was donated by the Tahoe Fund’s private donors at its annual Founders Circle Summer Dinner in August to help aid the state’s leading Tahoe conservation agency in its efforts to improve lake clarity and recreational opportunities in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Tried and True: An Evening of Big Band Jazz and Poetry will be on Sept. 11 at Comma Coffee in Carson City.
The Mile High Jazz Band with vocalist Sheryl Adams will be joined by several poets and readers for an evening of big-band music and poetry on the theme "Tried and True." Each poem read will be followed by a related big-band tune. Comma Coffee, is located at 312 S. Carson Street, across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This fishing report is for Aug. 1-7.

Great fishing is being reported throughout Nevada, Northern California, Lake Tahoe and Sierra this summer. Here is this week's fishing report, through July 17, for rivers, lakes and streams in the region.

With songwriting credits that include “Wild One,” recorded by Faith Hill and “Stranded,” made famous by Heart, Jaime Kyle made a mark in the music world a long time ago.
Throughout her career, her songs have been recorded by numerous artists, featured on CD’s with combined sales of more than 19 million worldwide and has recorded and performed with such legendary artists as Leon Russell, Patty Griffin, Richard Marx, Amy Grant and Ozzy Osbourne. Today, she continues to perform her original music for audiences throughout Northern California.

Final results are in for two Carson City Supervisor election seats that will result in November runoffs.
In the Carson City Supervisor Ward 2 race Brad Bonkowski and Dennis Johnson will face off and in Ward 4, incumbent Molly Walt will take on Jim Shirk for the seat.

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Early voting and absentee votes for Carson City are in:
In the Supervisor Ward 2 Race, Brad Bonkowski is ahead 33.14 percent, followed by Dennis E. Johnson at 27.21 percent, followed by Stacie Wilkie McCullough, 23.41 percent, and Maurice White, 16.24 percent.

Carson City Supervisors Ward 4 Race has incumbent Molly Walt garnering 39.07 percent of the vote; Jim Shirk, 37.02; Amy Clemens, 23.91 percent.

The other races for Justice of the Peace (John Tatro); Mayor (Bob Crowell); School Trustee District 5 (Steven Reynolds) were uncontested.

The Mile High Jazz Band and guest vocalist Pat Esters will be joined by several poets and readers for a lively evening of big-band music and poetry with an animal theme. Poets names will be drawn from a hat for each reading, followed by a big band tune. The event will be on Tuesday, June 12, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., at Comma Coffee, outdoors in the courtyard, weather permitting. Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson Street, is across the street from the state legislature building in Carson City. Admission is $5 general and free for age 18 and under.

In a milestone for the organization, Amy R. Berry was appointed to the new position of CEO of the Tahoe Fund on Wednesday. The official announcement is a major shift forward for the organization and its mission to raise private and public funding for environmental projects in Lake Tahoe.

It’s now official: Systems Consultants, the private computer firm in Fallon that conducts the annual computerized drawings for Nevada’s big game hunting tags, has posted the results of the 2012 drawings at Internet website www.huntnevada.com for the whole world to see.
There were a whole bunch of winners and a heck of a lot more losers in this year’s drawings for tags for Pronghorn Antelope, Mule Deer, Rocky Mt. Elk, California Bighorn Sheep, Desert Bighorn Sheep, Rocky Mt. Bighorn Sheep and Rocky Mt. Goat.

The candidates' forum put on Tuesday night by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce allowed the seven people running for Carson City Supervisor to define where they each stand on local issues.

The candidates included current Ward 4 Supervisor Molly Walt, and the two other people running for that seat, Jim Shirk and Amy Clemens. Vying for the open Ward 2 seat were Brad Bonkowski, Dennis Johnson, Stacie Wilke-McCulloch and Maurice White.

Liane Anderson, of Carson City, was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 to 102 months in prison following her conviction for felony Obtaining Money by False Pretenses and Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card.

14th ANNUAL WESTERN NEVADA COLLEGE GOLF CLASSIC
Monday, June 25, 2012 • 9 a.m. • Thunder Canyon

The WNC Golf Classic attracts more than 150 golfers and volunteers from our
community in support of Western Nevada College. Tournament proceeds benefit
Western Nevada College students and programs. This is your chance to help WNC
students – as well as our community – as WNC scholars meet their academic goals and give back to our community and workforce. Your participation matters, not only on behalf of the individual student, but from an economic and social perspective.

There were a few surprise candidates who threw their hats into the ring for this year's elections on the last day of filing.

(Update: Change in the candidates for school board, below)

Stacie Wilke-McCulloch, who currently serves on the Carson City School Board, filed to run for Carson City Board of Supervisors Ward 2. She joins three other candidates looking to succeed current Supervisor Shelly Aldean, who decided not to run again. Brad Bonkowski, Dennis Johnson and Maurice White are the other candidates.