good Samaritan

Ever ask the question, What is an AED? or How does an AED work? Wonder no more!! Well Being is hosting an information session addressing what an AED is and who can use one. Attendees will learn about the basic operation, purpose,and function of an AED and why it is important to know the location of the nearest AED unit in public places.

Topic: What is an AED and Who Can Use It?
When: April 10, 2019 at 6:00 P.M.
Where: Well Being (Massage & Functional Fitness)
1851South Roop Street #145, Carson City

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services announced an important reminder Friday that the provisions of Assembly Bill 474, the Controlled Substance Abuse Prevention Act, will go into effect January 1, 2018.

Healthy Communities Coalition’s Stand Tall youth leadership teams were one of just 9 groups across the U.S. awarded a Cardinal Health Foundation funded opportunity for training in peer to peer presentations and education about the harmful effects of prescription drug misuse and its tie to heroin abuse.

Here is the 2017 State of the State presented by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval.

As I contemplate the topic of this week’s Animal Files Column, I struggle. The reason is because the story that I am going to share is based off secondhand information. I don’t know whether it’s true or false. The ethical part of me doesn’t want to put misinformation out there. The other part of me knows that this story is spreading like wildfire on social media and that people are already forming their own opinions.

Some nights I just need to unwind and I do so by watching mindless TV. While watching “Supergirl” (yes, I am ashamed), I began to think about who the everyday heroes are in life. Every day there are people who silently, without fanfare, perform acts of heroism. While they do not zap bad guys with laser eyes or lift multi-ton girders from innocent victims, Nevada Humane Society heroes are the thousands of adopters and volunteers who give so much to help homeless pets.

Lorene "Jerri" Koon, 93, of Greeley, Colorado, long time resident of Carson City, passed away at Bonell Good Samaritan Center on July 8, 2015 from complications of dementia. She was born December 25, 1921 in Holton, Kansas to Sid Jones and Parazida (Pippin) Jones. she was predeceased by her husband, Harold Koon. She is survived by sons Earl Isabell (Lee) of Texas, and Bruce (Darlene) Isabell of Oregon, and grandsons John Shober (Belle) of Greeley, Colorado, Ed Shober of Leadville, Colorado, Steve Isabell and Sam Isabell of Portland, Oregon, and James and Allen Isabell also of Oregon.

Sen. Dean Heller on Friday urged fellow senators to support two pieces of public lands legislation including the Douglas County Conservation Act.He said that act is designed to “jump-start economic development through...

Wednesday morning this dog was struck by a car on Hwy 50 in Mound House, just under the V&T overpass, and left for dead. A good Samaritan stopped and picked him up, took him to Lone Mountain Vet in Carson City.

Tensions quickly arose during a discussion on the economic effects of illegal immigration at a town hall forum in Reno yesterday.
The keynote speaker, Dr. Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, said that immigration – both legal and illegal – creates a “fiscal drain� on public services that is significantly larger than the “miniscule� effect that they have on the per capita income of the nation.