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The Carson Valley has some great resale and consignment shops that are willing to buy your gently used items or consign them for you in their shops. These are helpful ideas even if you just want to sell your items at a garage sale or on Facebook or Craigslist.

Even though homecoming has now concluded, Carson High School is by no means finished with its current and upcoming events. Not only is the CHS National Honor Society Blood Drive coming up, Oct. 6 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the small gym, but Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval proclaimed Oct. 3-7 to be the “Week of Respect” throughout the state of Nevada.

Carson City area Boy Scout Luke Bowler is collecting used bicycles and bicycle parts to send to Africa in an effort to help the people there. The drive, which began Sept. 25, is Bowler's Eagle Scout project. Thus far, 65 bikes have been collected. The goal is 100.

The autumn CASA Of CARSON CITY Volunteer training begins Thursday, October 6th - 6-9pm at the CASA of Carson City office, 1539 E. 5th Street.

CASA volunteers are appointed by the court to serve as guardian ad litem for a case of abused or neglected children in a child welfare court case. Being a CASA volunteer requires patience, caring, research, writing, speaking and follow-through. A background check, references, application, interview and 30 hours of training are required. CASA volunteers make a difference for very vulnerable children.

Local Boy Scout Luke Bowler is collecting used bicycles and bicycle parts to send to Africa in an effort to help the people there. The drive is Bowler's Eagle Scout Project.

I was so touched by the response to the Advanced Gratitude Journaling class I taught last Friday. Whenever I can make a difference in someone’s life, I get a deep sense of satisfaction. I feel it takes me one step closer to fulfilling my life’s purpose.I am committed to learning, growing, inspiring others, and making a difference in the world.

You are invited to the CASA of Carson City Information Hour, September 20th at 5:30 pm. We are located in the Family Court complex at 1539 E. 5th Street. Drive straight in to the back of the parking lot and you will see our big CASA sign on the door.

You will be able to ask your questions about who CASA Volunteers are and the important service they provide for our community's children in an easy informal gathering. ALL of your questions will be answered. No pressure or obligation, just information.

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most significant greenhouse gas and it plays a major role in global warming and climate change. Organic carbon in the soil and plant biomass (plants and their debris) originates from atmospheric CO2.

Recently, a senior Chihuahua named Dash was reunited with his family — after eight years — all thanks to a microchip.

He had gone missing as a pup from his own backyard, apparently spent time with another family in between, then once again wound up lost. He did have a microchip, but his person had moved out of state and reaching her took longer than anticipated.

If you’ve followed us at all over the last year, you know we’ve been searching hard for a new CEO. Someone that would help take us to the next level, understand our long-term mission of a no-kill Nevada, and someone with plenty of experience. Well, it’s time to let you know that we’ve adopted a new leader, Kiska Icard!

Recently, one of our directors was travelling and saw a fun billboard (on the east coast, not local) advertising super heroes. It gave her an idea. She came back to me and we began to brainstorm. Super heroes can be from any walk of life, have any personality, and be any age.

Few people really understand the world that David Haynes lives in.

There's his family, his treatment team, and now Francisco Rodriguez, owner of the Tazmanian Boxing Club in Carson City.

Grocery Outlet launched its 6th annual Independence From Hunger Food Drive on Friday, a campaign where customers can donate food throughout July to local community service groups and food banks.

In Carson City, Grocery Outlet has teamed up with Friends In Service Helping, also known as FISH, and will be collecting donations now through the end of July that will go directly to FISH.

Kelly Ranasinghe, JD, senior program attorney for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges will speak on the important issues of domestic child sex trafficking, trauma and victimization at the Soroptimist International Sierra Nevada Region’s Annual Development Retreat to approximately 150 members from Nevada and northern California on July 9th at Atlantis Casino Resort Spa.

When E.D. Crouser smiles, people pay attention.

In spite of the distractions caused by heavy traffic, it's really hard to miss the 34 year-old Carson City resident and mother of three standing at a busy intersection.

It usually happens once a year — a big, community wide, fee-waived pet adoption event. The goal? To get a large number of animals into loving homes all at one time while freeing up much needed space in the shelters.

The Signs of Abuse or Neglect May be Difficult to Recognize. Join us for this free event that helps to shed light on child abuse and neglect, and discusses what you can do to help.

The event is June 29, 2016, 4:00 - 7:00 pm, Valley View Room; Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. Refreshments will be served. This is a FREE event.

Reservations must be made to http://www.carsontahoe.com/wellness

Guest Speakers:
Special Master Kimberly Okezie, Juvenile Court - An update on the state of child abuse and neglect in our community.

Carson Tahoe Health recognizes their Foundation Advisory Committee member, Tami Marano, and her husband, Nick Marano, City Manager of Carson City, for hosting an uplifting evening of “Art, Beauty & CommUNITY” at their home Saturday, May 21.

With help from a wet winter, law enforcement agencies in Northern Nevada are preparing for a busy boating season at Lakes Tahoe, Topaz, Lahontan and others water ways following several years of drought and tough boating conditions.

Residents in Carson City now have an option for spaying and neutering feral cats. A mobile veterinary clinic, specially designed for spay/neuter services, was recently built for Nevada Humane Society thanks to a grant which covered the cost of the vehicle.

The Nevada Appeal had a letter-to-the-editor (dated May 1, 2016) stating:
The Downtown Project is more than aesthetics and declared: “Seventy percent of the total expenditures of the downtown project, currently underway, are for vital infrastructure improvements that are failing and run right down the middle of Carson Street under the medians.”
Here are the most up-to-date facts on funding amounts presently available for this project.

Downtown Streetscape Funding
Description Funding
Water $2,029,000.00
Sewer $637,000.00

Hello fellow anglers, well the big kids have had there opening fishing day. Now it is time to the little kids to shine. On June 3-4, the 27th annual Lampe Park Free Kids Fishing derby will kick off the season for 2016. This event is open to all kids ages 3 through 12.

I was honored to attend and cover Saturday's Vietnam War Remembrance and Welcome Home ceremony near the Nevada Vietnam War Memorial at Mills Park.

While there, a television image suddenly came to mind of a Vietnam War veteran sitting alone at the counter of a cafe while a young boy and his mother paid attention to a uniformed service man who had just come in.

The scene was from a television spot paid for by moments.org, a production of the INSP network, entitled "Thank You For Your Service (A Moment of Truth)."

Whiskey Wednesdays are coming to the Firkin and Fox beginning April 6. The inaugural event will be a benefit for Maya Morrison and her family.

Whiskey Wednesday runs from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
$15 Includes:
A Welcome Cocktail
Raffle Prizes
Drinks Provided by Old Forester Whisky

15% of Total Sales from The Entire Day will go towards Maya and Her Family.
Maya has been diagnosed with B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Here is information from Maya's GoFundMe page:

You are invited to the CASA of Carson City Information Hour, March 23 at 5:30 pm. We are located in the Family Court complex at 1539 E. 5th Street. Drive straight in to the back of the parking lot and you will see our big CASA sign on the door.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Dick Campagni presented a check for $4,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, which provided Club-branded warm long-sleeve shirts and beanies to Club members at both the Carson City and Carson Valley locations.

“The kids are so proud to wear their Club gear,” Katie Leao, chief professional officer at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada, said. “Dick Campagni’s Carson City Toyota and Scion and the Campagni Auto Group are our best community partner. They always are there for our kids.”

Like all students of Carson High School over the past 16 years, Honors Student Tyler Warren, since his freshman year, thought about what he would be doing for his senior project, a graduation requirement for every student who hopes to receive a diploma from CHS.

It’s official. My eyes have been opened to a whole new world — and the things I’ve learned will make a lifelong impact on me. Forgive me because this article will probably be all over the place as I try to find the words to describe one very unique experience.

As a child Gina Hill, then Gina Lopez, danced her way through Carson City. “it was all I ever knew, really,” she said. She was a regular in a floor show in a Mexican restaurant in the former Silver City Mall — where Lowe’s now stands. Earning her Screen Actors Guild card, she also starred in a McDonald’s commercial that ran annually.

Tickets for TEDx Carson City 2016 with the theme, Creating the Community you Want to Live In, will go on sale Monday.

Organizer Gina Hill said the goal for Carson City’s TEDx is to unite listeners in a common vision of creating a community that all would want to live in. She hopes it is transformational.