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At any given moment in time you can pull up youth fighting and assaults on you tube. Even more disturbing, one can now see it on our local news. It seems like it's happening daily anymore. It is not uncommon to see a cell phone video, or security camera showing teens fighting in a high school.

For the second year, the Ron Wood Family Resource Center in Carson City has received a generous donation of more than 2,700 pair of Bombas socks to give to those in need around the community.

Ron Wood Family Resource Center in Carson City is open daily to assist the community during the pandemic and to assist with emergent needs. Walk-in clients can receive assistance with:

Even with the stay-at-home order in place, businesses, families and youth can engage in a number of educational activities online to enhance their daily lives and help themselves, and others, through these challenging days. Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, University of Nevada, Reno Extension faculty, staff and volunteers have been hard at work to bring educational workshops, programs and resources useful during this time, into Nevadans’ homes.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Though we are not able to raise awareness as we normally would, we will be posting daily on our SARA Facebook page, and we hope you will follow us and share our posts to help us reach as many people as possible.

The Carson City School District will host two showings of a 60-minute documentary titled "Screenagers Next Chapter — Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience" Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Bob Boldrick Theatre in the Carson City Community Center. The two showings, beginning at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m., will be free and open to the public. Parents are encouraged to bring their children.

For those returning from the three-day holiday weekend, Tuesday is shaping up to be a great day around the capital city. Muscle Powered will host morning and evening walks; it is the final day of early voting for the Nevada caucus, plus there's the Nevada Artists Association Judged Winter Show at its gallery in the Brewery Arts Center, classes at Yaple's Ballroom, meetings and more.

Writer, humorist and environmentalist Michael Branch will discuss his works this Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Nevada State Library and Archives in Carson City as part of its Brown Bag luncheon series. Branch is the author of several published books, one of which is the Pulitzer-Prize nominated John Muir’s Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa.

I See Hawks in L.A., “The house band for the hippy diaspora," to play exclusive Northern Nevada show January 11, 2020 at the Historic Silver City Schoolhouse Saturday, Jan. 11.

Heading into Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, events around the capital city include a Polka Dot Powerhouse lunch connect at Red's Old 395 Grill, "Get Fit with Fight Camp" at Yaple's Ballroom, the Navy League capital city chapter will celebrate veterans at its monthly meeting held at Gold Dust West, the Carson City School District seeks public input on its Strategic Plan at a community meeting, plus art showings, classes and more.

Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 11:30 to 1:30 for the Polka Dot Lunch Connect at Red's 395 Grill. We are excited to have Jenn Taylor speak at our meeting. Her talk is titled: "Compounding Ways to Have More Joy!"

Local actor Cooper Jack Mills will appear as a series regular on the the new Pureflix series "Mood Swings."

In last week’s column, I showed things really are much better now than in the past and said this week I’d provide some reasons for hope in the future.

CARSON CITY – More than 46,000 Nevadans on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would be affected by a proposed rule change announced by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services program.

The Ron Wood Family Resource Center in Carson City received a donation of 1,000 pair of Bombas socks. The donation, valued at $12,000, comes from Bombas' thoughtfulness of "Giving Back" to the community.

With the sponsored support of Carson Tahoe Health, the Carson City School District will host two evening showings of the 60-minute documentary titled "Screenagers" Thursday, Feb. 28, at the recently remodeled Bob Boldrick Theatre in the Carson City Community Center.

NOTE: Thursday, Feb. 7 is parents only night. The Friday assemblies are for students only.
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Cell phones and social media are connecting us and impacting our lives in so many ways. Among all the positives, studies are now showing some damaging affects these social media and screen-time may have on the mental and physical health of children.

“Families Talking Together” offers parents insights about how to talk to their children about sex.

Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties is hosting a free event where parents can learn more.

Free food and childcare are available during the event on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 6-8 p.m. at the Dayton Community Center, 170 Pike Street in Dayton. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

Please reserve your spot by emailing Healthy Communities Program Coordinator Lisa Godenick, MPH, at lgodenick@healthycomm.org.

This weekend appears to have gone to the dogs — and cats — as Maddie's Pet Adoption Days continue Saturday at venues throughout the Carson City area.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada is hosting a series of free parenting workshops beginning Saturday, Nov. 17, at its Carson City campus, 1870 Russell Way, in Carson City. The classes are free, and lunch and childcare are provided on site.

We can do better, we should do better, and we must do better. You see, it’s our responsibility to do better, and we need to realize that no amount of money is going to help more than the investment we choose to give it.

I’m talking about the stewardship of our future. You know them, the oft-maligned young people in our midst. The ones we criticize for being cell phone dependent and social media addled, even as older adults are the fastest growing group of social media users.

So, technology is to blame? Not specifically, but it can be thrown into the stew.

Carson City Soroptimist will feature Norma Ruelas from the Family Support Council of Douglas County at its Program Meeting, Wednesday, August 22, from noon to 1 p.m. at Glen Eagles. The meeting is open to the public, with prior reservation required.

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services will hold a series of foster and adoptive parent training classes in August, Nevada DCFS Foster Care Recruiter Lori Nichols said.

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services will be holding a series of foster and adoptive parent training classes in April, Nevada DCFS Foster Care Recruiter Lori Nichols said.

Freshman health students at Carson High School took courses Tuesday morning from Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

Throughout October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month the Mary Kay Foundation is awarding 150, $20,000 grants to domestic violence shelters nationwide including Carson City-based Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

In a way, Hannah McDonald is claiming her legacy when she takes over at the end of this month as director of Partnership Carson City.

“As a kid, I grew up in prevention work,” she said. “I naturally kind of fell into the effort.”

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Nevada is hosting a free, 6-week parenting workshop beginning Wednesday, Aug. 30 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Carson City clubhouse located at 1870 Russell Way. Free dinner is provided for participating families.

Did you feel that? It wasn’t just the temperature drop or the way everything looked muted outside. Something happened today. It happened without a national disaster or a major annual sporting event. It was a time of national unity. It was a time where we dropped the politics, the fear, and even the concerns of our daily lives. We stood together in the present moment.

During the fall of 1983, my friend - a journalist, columnist, editor, hurmorist, speechwriter and political strategist - Chris Schaller introduced me to a man, he cited, as the smartest politician ever. Tom Fettic. And Christy, as you know, had previously worked with some of Nevada's very best.

Upon Christy's untimely death, in Februrary 1984, Tom was "politically bequeathed" to me for his '84 election to the Carson City Board of Supervisors, his '88 re-election, as well as his '94 election to the Nevada Legislature as our State Assemblyman.