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Wendy Hanson Mazet, whose expertise is in horticulture, arboriculture, noxious weeds, vegetable gardening, and low water use gardening offers her expertise if you have any questions about your garden or landscaping. Swing on by if you have questions about any insects, bugs or plants.

Wendy Hanson Mazet, whose expertise is in horticulture, arboriculture, noxious weeds, vegetable gardening, and low water use gardening offers her expertise if you have any questions about your garden or landscaping. Swing on by if you have questions about any insects, bugs or plants.

If you would like to visit with Wendy or drop off samples she will be in the Carson City Office this Friday January 6th and Friday January 20th.

Wendy Hanson Mazet, whose expertise is in horticulture, arboriculture, noxious weeds, vegetable gardening, and low water use gardening offers her expertise if you have any questions about your garden or landscaping. Swing on by if you have questions about any insects, bugs or plants.

If you would like to visit with Wendy or drop off samples she will be in the Carson City Office this Friday December 30th.

I Pledge Allegiance

“If you never settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your life.”
-Vince Lombardi

JOIN, Inc., Northern Nevada’s career training agency, wants every Nevadan to have the opportunity to make not just minimum wage, but a living wage.

“We are breaking the cycle of poverty through education,” Denise Castle, executive director for JOIN, Inc. said. “We offer paid tuition, funding for supportive services like pre-employment physicals and OSHA cards, as well as help with safety gear and tools for eligible clients.”

Wendy Hanson Mazet, whose expertise is in horticulture, arboriculture, noxious weeds, vegetable gardening, and low water use gardening offers her expertise if you have any questions about your garden or landscaping.

If you would like to visit with Wendy or drop off samples she will be in the Carson City Office two days per month. In October it will be today and Friday October 14th.

There is a lot of help in Carson City for those struggling with poverty — including military veterans — but the Capital City C.I.R.C.L.E.S. Initiative stands out as an organization that empowers people to change their lives.

Nevada has moved from being among the worst states for shared parenting laws to being in the top third. Shared parenting is a flexible arrangement where children spend as close to equal time with each parent as possible after divorce or separation if both parents are fit. It has been shown to be highly beneficial to most children. The changes in the Nevada custody law were brought about by Nevada’s Parental Rights Protection Act of 2015.

The Children’s Cabinet has reason to celebrate its longstanding work of keeping children safe and families together. The 18th annual Art of Childhood fundraising gala took place Friday, September 16t at the Nevada Governor’s Mansion in Carson City.

Wendy Hanson Mazet, whose expertise is in horticulture, arboriculture, noxious weeds, vegetable gardening, and low water use gardening offers her expertise if you have any questions about your garden or landscaping. Some of the recent popular questions have been related to bugs and infestations.

If you would like to visit with Wendy or drop off samples she will be in the Carson City Office two days per month. In August it will be this Friday the 5th and August 19th.

Susan Crowell, wife of Mayor Bob Crowell of Carson City, is a mixture of strength, forthrightness, and intrigue. Susan is an attractive, well-spoken, well educated, and independent thinking female — both as a wife, mother, and citizen of Carson City. The definition of who she really is lies in her upbringing, her education, her marriage, her children, and in her personal interests. All these components interact to make for a thoughtful woman with a definite mind of her own, yet one who wants the best for others involved in all of these relationships.

Wendy Hanson Mazet, whose expertise is in horticulture, arboriculture, noxious weeds, vegetable gardening, and low water use gardening offers her expertise if you have any questions about your garden or landscaping.

If you would like to visit with Wendy or drop off samples she will be in the Carson City Office two days per month. In July it will be July 1 and July 15.

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 is hosting a “Child Abuse and Neglect Symposium” on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, from 4 to 7 p.m. to help shed light on the signs of child abuse or neglect, and what can be done to help in our community.

I recently wrote an article about child welfare needs in Carson City. This included the shortage of foster homes here in the Nevada state capital.

My wife, Lisa, and I were foster-to-adopt parents through the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) for a few years. I can tell you from first-hand experience that the need for people to step up and open their hearts and homes to foster children is critical.

But making a commitment as heavy as this requires preparation on multiple levels.

Imagine being awakened in the middle of the night by a stranger, escorted out into the chill of dark Nevada twilight, placed in a strange car, and driven to a strange house with more strangers who tell you everything is going to be all right.

To top it off, you are expected to go back to sleep in a strange bed.

Welcome to the world of a foster child, whose story is much the same whether it's told in Las Vegas or Battle Mountain, in Caliente or Carson City.

The school superintendents of Carson City, Douglas County and Lyon County districts will be discussing Title IX implementation in their districts on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM at the Marlette Hall in the Cedar Building on the WNC campus.

The Kings Beach Parents’ Co-op hosts a series of parenting classes and meetings on the SNC Tahoe campus on the first Wednesday of every month. Classes are from 6-7 pm, followed by meetings from 7-8 pm, and are free and open to the public. Upcoming topics include:

Feb. 3:
Handling Difficult Behaviors
Mar. 2:
Love, Logic, and Personal Electronic Devices
Apr. 6:
Open Forum

UPDATE: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said Monday the murder investigation of Grant Watkins continues and there could be additional arrests.

"The investigation has well determined that a group of young men set out to rob Watkins of approximately 3 ounces of marijuana, and in the course of the event, Watkins was killed by gunfire along-side a neighborhood park," said Furlong. "In addition to the arrests, Detectives have executed search warrants at four residences and one rural environment, as well as the crime scene area. While the Sheriff’s Office believes that the core of the offenders has already been arrested, other arrests could come later as details of lateral involvement are made clear."
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A 20-year-old Dayton man was arrested in connection with the Jan. 11 murder of a Carson City man during a late night drug deal that erupted in gunfire near a subdivision park, a Carson City sheriff’s lieutenant said.

I recently responded to some questions from Brett Fisher, an editor and writer for Carson Now about New Year’s resolutions for an article he was writing. It was a good article about the challenges we all face whenever we want to make changes in our lives.

I think the irony of the Ashley Madison hacking story is probably what prompted me to write this article about personal privacy. While a large number of people desire to keep their personal activities secret, it is amazing to compare the “small number of Ashley Madison users” to the enormous number of us who appear to be conducting much of our lives openly on the web through Facebook and many other sites.

The sigh of relief by parents is almost palpable as the children head off to school last week and a return to routine and structure. As the little ones head off to kindergarten for their first day of school, parents watch with mixed feelings of pride, and the bittersweet recognition that he or she is no longer “little” but now more grown up than ever.

For many years I have known that I wanted to operate my own practice as a psychotherapist. I knew it would be a big change, but I have an undergraduate degree in business and years of experience in the field. I felt confident that I could manage the business side of the practice.

Please join us for our 2015 Community Leader of the Year Ceremony and Benefit honoring our First Lady Kathleen Sandoval for her service and dedication to youth and families in Carson City.

First Lady Sandoval has worked as an advocate of foster youth, children and families in-need in Carson City and Northern Nevada. Ron Wood Family Resource Center will honor the First Lady on May 16 from 2pm – 6pm at the Governor’s Mansion.

I have written previously that my parents were divorced when I was 14. Following the announcement, Dad moved into the only hotel in our town which was above the bowling alley. I visited him there frequently in the evenings and on weekends although my mother had a cow, because the bowling alley was also a bar. His room was so small and cramped; you could barely turn around in it.

HotSpot Yoga Studio and Fitness Defined will celebrate their grand opening Saturday, Sept. 6 with ample, healthy activities planned, and a food drive for the Ron Wood Family Resource Center.

Festivities will run from 4 p.m to 8 p.m., with raffle drawings at 6 p.m. Free yoga classes will be held at 8 and 9:30 a.m., 4:30 and 6:30 p.m., to introduce this fantastic new health opportunity right here in Carson City. HotSpot Yoga is located inside Fitness Defined Personal Training, 195 E Winnie Lane, Carson City.

Carson City District Attorney Neil Rombardo and Assistant District Attorney Mark Krueger recognized moms and their children at the Boys and Girls Club of Western Nevada.

The awards were in recognition of the first graduating pre-school class of the District Attorney’s Moms Program and recognition to the moms for learning new parenting and job skills to help them into the future, according to a news release.

It isn’t that I was consciously aware of not liking myself during a period of my adolescence. I was simply angry, really angry. And I didn’t know what to do about it. “It” was several things actually. I turned into a tall skinny kid as I entered adolescence and got teased about being so skinny by peers, parents and others which made me terribly self-conscious. Then, my parents divorced when I was 14 which shook me to the core.

The Carson City Library presents a lecture by Susan M. Schneider author of the book “The Science of Consequences: How They Affect Genes, Change the Brain, and Impact Our World” on Monday, Sept. 9, 6:30 p.m. The Business Resource Innovation Center (BRIC) 108 East Proctor Street.

Ten years in the making, Schneider’s book describes the science, its role in the larger realm of nature and nurture, and its many applications-including favorites like parenting language development, and self-control.

In my opinion, a parent’s consistent and regular positive attention to and engagement with their child is the single most important aspect of the parent – child relationship. Nothing says “I love you” or “you are important to me” more than that one on one time. It is the cornerstone of attachment and bonding between the child and parent. That positive attention says to the child “you are safe and secure”, “I am here for you”, “I value you”.