Clean up

Diamond Peak will continue the tradition of the Dummy Downhill on April 1, 2012. This will be the 12th year for the community’s favorite event of the season.

Participants build a dummy on skis or a snowboard that gets launched off a big jump on Showoff run. Categories include Best Crash, Longest Jump, Most Creative, Shortest Distance and whatever else the judges decide to make up.

On March 14, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens partnered with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Marijuana Eradication Team (MET), the California Air National Guard’s Pavehawk helicopter team, San Francisco Water Company, Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department, and Mid Peninsula Open Space District to clean up the environmental damage and mitigate wildlife habitat destruction at several sensitive watersheds throughout Santa Clara County.

Students speak out in support of professor Tom Kubistant, whose human sexuality class has come under fire after a complaint by a student. They contradict Karen Royce's claim that they were required to masturbate. An independent investigator ruled that Royce's complaint was unfounded. For her part, Royce says she feels vilified for speaking out, and may appeal. Ron Knecht, member of the state Board of Regents and former Republican Assemblyman, says he's investigating this class, too, and feels it might cross the line between education and therapy.

That gives us an excuse to include the video again with the giant house cat or mountain lion walking in the background:

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Here we go again. The headline of this story says it's a Meet Your Merchant story about Hap-E-Dog Grooming, but the text of the story is about the efforts of the Carson City Chamber of Commerce to clean up trash and graffiti around the city.

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Here's a story about the city's biggest crafts fair that took place this weekend at Carson High School. The 17th annual fair attracted 120 vendors, filling the school with some early Christmas spirit.

Paul Schat's Bakery is closed today after the popular eatery suffered a small electrical fire in a back room last night. Workers are on site cleaning up the establishment, and were handing out free baked items from yesterday to customers coming in the door. The fire did no visible damage to the public areas of the restaurant. They hope to be open tomorrow, depending on how fast they can clean up.

What appears to be a rash of graffiti in the city can be attributed to a move from the traditional areas and an inability by the city to clean up private property, said Sheriff Ken Furlong."Ther...

By the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
A bear enters the cab of a truck on Boulder Mountain.

Two young bears peak through cabin windows near Hobble Creek.

And, just a few days ago, a mother bear and her yearling cub are seen wandering in Ogden Canyon.
Black bear sightings are being reported across Utah.

From northern Utah to points down south, people are seeing bears across Utah right now. And in places they've never seen them before.

Floating down the Carson River in a raft on a semi-warm spring day, the beauty of blooming wildflowers dotting the canyon walls, it's easy to forget the sometimes-bad reputation this area has attained over the years.

Except for the gunfire.

State tourism and Carson City officials are anxious to show off the new Carson River Canyon, a place being transformed into a destination for whitewater adventure and sightseeing, rather than a dumping ground for homeless people and appliances.

By the Bureau of Land Management
Come Join Us on Saturday, May 7 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the BLM project location in Golden Valley (north of Reno/Sparks).

By the Bureau of Land Management
This is a reminder of the Come Join Us on Saturday, May 7 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the BLM project location in Golden Valley (north of Reno/Sparks).

By the Bureau of Land Management
Come Join us on Saturday, May 7 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the BLM project location in Golden Valley (north of Reno/Sparks).

CARSON CITY – Nevada is getting shortchanged from the federal government when it comes to addressing contamination from the underground nuclear weapons testing era, with the Nevada Test Site getting only a small amount of funding for cleanup efforts, a state lawmaker said today.

Courtesy of GrandViewOutdoors.com
Abetted by last summer's record flooding, Asian carp are continuing their advance up the Big Sioux and other Missouri River tributaries, as researchers and wildlife officials gear up to deal with the invasion.
"They're here, so the big question is, how many are we going to get?'' said Brian Graeb, an assistant professor in South Dakota State University's wildlife and fisheries department.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Freshman Republican state Sen. Michael Roberson got a lot of people’s attention last week when he engaged in a brief but spirited line of questioning at a Judiciary Committee hearing with mining industry lobbyists.

After signing a contract to adopt Blackwell's Pond Park in Carson City, Kiwanis of Sierra Nevada Past-President Lee Pisiewski organized seven other members to to trim weeds and rake up at the park on Saturday, July 31. 

" This is a beautiful neighborhood park. Today, our members got their hands dirty improving this park for the neighbors,"  Pisiewski said.

Bucking most Republicans and GOP Senate hopeful Sharron Angle, U.S. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Carson City, voted in favor of the House bill to extend unemployment benefits, despite his history of voting against most Democratic-backed economic measures, reports the Las Vegas Sun.

Update: 5:11 p.m.: A fire truck reportedly had some damage from an accident that happened during the initial call. No injuries reported. Remaining fire units will continue to clean up hot spots around the fires and will probably be there for another 30 minutes. Fire investigators are now trying to determine what caused the fire that ignited two homes this afternoon.
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At the Chamber's Annual Meeting held at Duke’s Steakhouse inside the Casino Fandango on Monday, June 21, outgoing Chairman of the Board Jim Smolenski honored special people who helped the Chamber grow during his tenure.

Honored were:

JOHN HOY – VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

The 3rd annual "Carson City Clean Up" sponsered by the Carson City Chamber of Commerce took place on Saturday April 10th. There was a good turn out of volunteers for the annual event, JC Pennys and the Casino Fandago being were well represeted. Rob Joiner, candidate for City Supervisor in Ward 1, was also on hand with a few of his crew trying to make the highway 50 interchange a little less of an eye sore.
The Chamber's Executive Director, Ronni Hannaman, welcomed everyone who attended and had the Chamber supply coffee, water, safety vests and hats.

The annual Carson City Clean Up will be on Saturday, April 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Volunteers will be cleaning at the Carson City Freeway and US-50 East Interchange.
Volunteers are encouraged and needed. Meet at the Gold Dust West, Lower East Parking lot, 2171 U.S. 50, Carson City.
Contact the Chamber at (775) 882-1565 to be put on the list.

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce be doing some cleaning at the Carson City Freeway and US-50 East Interchange. Meet at the Gold Dust West Lower East Parking lot.

Hopefully if elected, he’ll work to clean up the neighborhood of junk cars, neglected dogs and hazardous materials.

Great work! A pat on the back is in order for the deputies who took this piece of garbage off the streets!

Nugget co-owner Mae Adams, 97, diesBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com