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McKeen motor car rides in Carson City featured this weekend to mark National Train Day
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 9:54amNevada’s famous McKeen motor car will roll at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Carson City, Saturday and Sunday.
National Train Day is celebrated Saturday, May 7, in honor of the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, Utah that marked completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. Operating from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., both days, the McKeen offers passengers an authentic glimpse of its rich and important past.
A Rendezvous with Destiny: Why We Do Politics
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 9:24am“I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy … geography … commerce and agriculture in order to give their children the right to study painting, poetry, music and architecture …”
Carson City businesses pour out oil, vinegar and love to homeless
Submitted by Brett Fisher on Sun, 01/31/2016 - 10:23amOn the surface, olive oil and balsamic vinegar have little to do with homelessness. But here in Carson City, they have become a big deal.
Last month, noted area Chef Don Pepe, owner of Carpa Nevada LLC, sold more than $1,000 worth of his fine imported Portuguese olive oil and balsamic vinegars through Downtown Coin in Carson City.
The entire proceeds, totaling $400 in profit, were then donated to “Pets of the Homeless,” a Carson City-based non-profit organization that helps provide food and veterinary care for homeless companions nationwide.
Local cancer patients share journey through art
Submitted by editor on Fri, 12/11/2015 - 7:44amCarson Tahoe Cancer Center, an affiliate of Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, is hosting an art show through Friday, Dec. 18. This touching collection of over 25 pieces, created by patients, survivors, caregivers and loved ones, represents an inspiring journey of hope through paintings, mixed-media, music, photography, and quilt-work.
Friday, October 2: Things to do in Carson City
Submitted by Danielle Cook on Fri, 10/02/2015 - 1:49amIt’s finally Friday with plenty of happenings to choose from. Start out with some coffee on Supervisor Bonokowski at the Cracker Box. Enjoy a free bbq lunch at Meek’s Lumber. Tea and cookies await at Browser’s Corner Book Shop to celebrate the Friends of the Carson Library’s Anniversary. Tickle your funny bone at first Fridays Improv at the Brewery Arts Center. Satisfy your craving for live music at Sassafras, Bella Fiore, or Living the Good Life. Let the theater feed your soul: Carson High School presents the Importance of Being Earnest at the Community Center.
FRIDAY:
- Nevada’s Manufacturing Month breakfast at the Governor’s Annex: 606 Mountain St. (6:30am; $35)
- Monthly ‘Breakfast with Supervisor Brad’ Bonokowski at the Cracker Box (7am; open to Carson City residents, the coffee is on Brad)
Carson City sheriff’s log: Deputies make drug, theft arrests
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 11:15amA 27-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday on felony drug charges after officers found methamphetamine and pills inside the mans’s vehicle, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Author Laura Lea White featured Thursday at Browsers Book Store
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 06/07/2015 - 7:13pmAuthor Laura Lea White will be the featured author at the Friends of the Library Browsers Book Store on Thursday, June 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Her book, “Generational Gifts: The Legacy of Evelyn Marie” spotlights hundreds of unpublished poems written by the author’s grandmother who lived through times of economic depression and world wars.
Carson City sheriff’s log: Woman tells deputies she was going to sell meth at music festival
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Thu, 06/04/2015 - 11:55amA Kentucky woman was jailed Wednesday on burglary and multiple felony drug charges after being caught allegedly stealing merchandise from Walmart, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
The woman, Lacey Min Hehl, 30, told officers she had planned to sell methamphetamine, found among her belongings, in order to go to a music festival in Arkansas.
Local Non-Profit to Award 38 Scholarships to Nevada High Schoolers May 8, 2015
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 05/04/2015 - 1:35pmRonald McDonald House Charities® Northern Nevada (the Reno Ronald McDonald House® or RMHC® Northern Nevada), a home-away-from-home for families living 30 miles outside of Reno that have a child receiving critical treatment at an area hospital, has selected the winning applicants for its RMHC® U.S. Scholarship Program and will recognize them at a ceremony at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa Friday, May 8, 2015. Of the 38 students, 64 percent are the first in their family to attend college and several have overcome challenges such as severe illness, family depression and financial hardships.
Carson City sheriff's detectives asks for public's help in locating missing man
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Wed, 04/29/2015 - 11:28amThe Carson City Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a missing person. Joseph Allen Vineis, 24, was last seen April 20 in Carson City. Joseph has a history of depression, said Carson City Sheriff's Detective Sam Hatley. He may be driving a silver 2005 Toyota Camry with Nevada license plates 881LYY.
If you have seen him, contact Hatley at (775) 283-7852.
Unlimited possibilities: Carson City reaches beyond National Library Week
Submitted by editor on Tue, 04/14/2015 - 11:24pmWhat if: You were an orphan at 15 and living with your 17-year old brother in a run-down motel in old downtown Reno; You have few role models, little education, occasional minimum wage jobs; you drink too much, eat lousy food; and Your brother kills a kid on a bicycle while driving drunk and comes to you for help.
"Why didn't you call the police or an ambulance?" you ask
So begins Willy Vlautin's noir novel "The Motel Life." Nevada scholar Patricia Cooper-Smith will facilitate a book discussion Thursday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the Carson City Library Digitorium.
Capital City Reads: The Motel Life
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Mon, 03/30/2015 - 6:47pmThis event runs in conjunction with National Library Week (April 12-April 18); an annual celebration sponsored by the Friends of the Carson City Library.
Book signing of ' Generational Gifts' an biography-memoir by Laura Lea White
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 03/27/2015 - 6:11amDon't forget my author book signing event will be held during the wine walk in Carson City. It will be at Comma Coffee 312 S. Carson Street, 1 to 5 p.m. during the Downtown Carson City Wine Walk, April 4, 2015
Generational Gifts: The Legacy Of Evelyn Marie: My grandmother left a legacy when she passed from this life. In a folder containing hundreds of her unpublished poems I discovered a treasure. Her poems told of her dreams and disappointments, her love and loss, and her resilience in an era of economic depression and world war.
Column: Take care of the caregiver
Submitted by editor on Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:37amOlder adults now face more caregiving challenges than ever before. The number of adult children assisting aging parents has more than tripled in the past 15 years. At the same time, some are helping their own adult children who are living at home longer and needing more financial help.
Gov. Sandoval State of the State 2015 Full Text
Submitted by editor on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 10:44pmHere is the full text of Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's speech delivered to the Nevada Legislature Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015.
Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Distinguished Members of the Legislature, Honorable Justices of the Supreme Court, Constitutional Officers:
Verl Kately Means
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 7:42pmIn the early morning hours of January 2, 2015 Verl passed away, peacefully of natural causes, while residing at the Mountain View Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carson City, NV. He was 100 years old.
Verl was born on November 8, 1914 in Joplin, Missouri, one of three children born to Howard and Janie May Means.
Youth Theatre Carson City presents Annie, Jr., at Carson City Community Center
Submitted by editor on Sun, 01/04/2015 - 10:00amYouth Theatre Carson City is excited to announce our upcoming production of "Annie, Jr.," Jan. 9-11, 2015 in the Bob Boldrick Theatre at the Carson City Community Center.
With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City.
Women to Women guests discuss their support group for those with depression
Submitted by editor on Fri, 12/05/2014 - 12:45pmThis week's edition of Women to Women features Donna Elliott and Irma Wilson. They operate a support group and clinic for people with depression. The women discuss how the group came about and why they started the program here in the Carson City region.
You can follow Women to Women Nevada on its Facebook page by going here.
Have an idea that would make a good business? Free workshop Wednesday at Adams Hub
Submitted by editor on Mon, 11/17/2014 - 3:13pmIdeaSpark! helps potential entrepreneurs develop their big idea, opportunity, invention or start-up vision and then teaches how to take that idea to the next level of turning it into a successful business.
The workshop is interactive and fast-paced. Attendees will learn how to be scrappy and utilize lean business model principles.
Letter: The impotence of gold and silver
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 11/14/2014 - 1:36amThe following is in answer to Brendan Trainor's RN&R Nov 6th column, The power of gold and silver.
http://www.newsreview.com/reno/power-of-gold-and/content?oid=15407117
Brendan Trainor's "Austrian School" theories won't add to his understanding of the real world of banking and finance.
Is Ron Knecht rewriting history?
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 11/12/2014 - 6:20pmIn a Nevada Appeal op-ed, Controller-elect Ron Knecht laid out the premise for his ultra-conservative world view as follows:
"For 125 years, we’ve seen the rise of the dysfunctional politics of Progressivism. As it
has accelerated in the last five decades, we’ve had slowing economic growth and reductions in individual liberty, prosperity, opportunity and hope."
Carson City Library, scholar host 'Twenty Miles from a Match' book discussion Oct. 14 at BRIC
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sat, 10/04/2014 - 11:42amExploring Other Ways to Treat Fibromaylgia
Submitted by editor on Fri, 06/13/2014 - 12:51pmMore and more, we hear about or meet people suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness in localized areas. It has also been linked to headaches, anxiety, sleep issues, fatigue and depression.
While the cause has not been pinned down, most researchers agree the primary cause is a breakdown in the normal function of the central nervous system, which creates an abnormal perception of pain. This breakdown can be triggered by something as simple as bad posture or by something as traumatic as a car accident.
Nevada Business Group on Health Hosts Benefit Plan Design Seminar on June 12
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 05/27/2014 - 11:26amThe Nevada Business Group on Health announces its Building Common Knowledge presentation on the topic of Value-Based Benefit Design, a health benefit savings strategy that draws on a variety of incentive strategies that address the way health insurance plans are structured and utilized by employees and their dependents.
The seminar, led by benefit design thought-leader and Executive Director of the Mississippi Business Group on Health, Murray Harber will be held at noon at the Atlantis Hotel and Casino on June 12, 2014.
Nevada Agriculture department urges horse owners to vaccinate for West Nile Virus
Submitted by editor on Wed, 05/07/2014 - 9:49amWith mosquito season arriving, the Nevada Department of Agriculture urges horse owners to contact their veterinarians and update their animals’ West Nile Virus vaccinations.
The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes, which are active in warm seasons. Since 2004, there have been 205 confirmed West Nile Virus in Nevada horses, said Bob Conrad of the Nevada Department of Agriculture.
School of Medicine, education center release Nevada 2014-2015 health care career manual
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 12/16/2013 - 2:24pmRENO, Nev. – The University of Nevada School of Medicine and the High Sierra Area Health Education Center announce the release of Health Care Careers in Nevada 2014-2015.
This updated edition of the manual contains a wide range of current information on more than 80 health care occupations in Nevada, including an overview of job requirements, Nevada employment outlook and average salary data in Nevada for each occupation. The guide also provides a detailed inventory of educational certificate and degree programs in Nevada for each type of health care job.
Obituary: Anna Mulvihill
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/06/2013 - 12:03am1917 - 2013 Anna, blessed with an indomitable spirit, was born to Patrick and Mary Reynolds in Passaic, New Jersey 1917. Surviving the Great Depression, Diphtheria...
Mister 880’s Little Press Leaves Lasting Impression; similar one on display at Fourth Ward School
Submitted by editor on Sun, 04/07/2013 - 9:53amThis is a story about history and Hollywood. Art imitating life. Often times when the two met, history took a back seat to hype and drama in order to insure good attendance at the box office. This time however, the story was so good, and so strong, that not even Hollywood could screw this one up. The year was 1950 and the film was titled: “Mister 880.” It was based on ten years in the life of Emerich Juettner, who was also known as Edward Mueller.
Immigration 'Reforms'? Real Reform Is As Simple As 1-2-3-4
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 01/30/2013 - 3:04pmSynopsis
1. Secure the borders.
2. Quit politicizing immigration and illegal immigration.
3. Turn off the magnet to illegal immigration.
4. Put an end to “anchor babies.”
Introduction
As an immigrant and a naturalized U.S. citizen myself, with several generations of U.S. citizens in my extended family tree and none left in Europe, I am writing to express my most vehement protest against the proposed “reforms” in our immigration laws that are being announced at the present time, whether they come from the president or Congress.
Carson City man jailed after breaking down door with ax, swinging it at woman
Submitted by editor on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 12:59pmA Carson City man was arrested Sunday and faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly breaking down a door with an ax and threatening a woman.
Reymundo Antonio Robles, 39, was arrested in the 800 block of Musser Street. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched at 10:03 p.m. in reference to a possible domestic battery. The reporting party stated Robles was breaking down the door with an ax.