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Affordable. High student success rates. Supplemental Instruction. Students mature. Now in its third year, Western Nevada College’s Jump Start College has evolved into a highly successful, dynamic program that is providing a variety of higher education benefits to Nevada high school students.

Here is the Lyon County Emergency Management situation status report for late Monday morning: The Emergency Coordination Center is open. There have been no injuries or fatalities in the flooding events. There have been 25 confirmed structures damaged, with 200 to 400 structures threatened. Road closures and stats:

Western Nevada College has named 297 students to the Fall 2016 Dean’s List. For consideration to WNC’s Dean’s List, students must complete at least 12 units during the semester and accumulate a grade point average of 3.50 or higher. Honorees include:

Every employee in Western Title's six offices, including Reno, Carson City, Gardnerville, Winnemucca, and Fernley participates in the program.

A mighty Ho! Ho! brought bright eyes and wide smiles by the dozens Saturday as Santa Claus made his way though the capital city after sunset, carried not by sleigh but patrol vehicles in a caravan led by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Reserve Organization.

Members of the Carson City Civil Air Patrol participated Saturday in Wreaths Across America by placing a wreath at the new permanent memorial that was established Aug. 15, 2016 at the base of the Carson City Sheriff’s Office administration building flag pole.

A 36-year-old Sparks man was arrested Saturday, 2:20 a.m. in the area of South Carson and South Stewart streets for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI and basic speeding, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

The Sierra Nevada Association of Realtors recently named Karen Marsa as their Chief Executive Officer. She previously was Executive Vice President for the Incline Village Board of Realtors for more than 12 years.

Marsa brings to the position several years of experience in real estate association management, member and public outreach, and law firm management; and also served as Chief Administrative Officer for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.

Top Notch Distributors, Inc., a national supplier of architectural locksets and hardware for residential and commercial buildings with offices in Carson City, Missouri and Massachusetts, has completed the addition of 33,000 square feet of warehouse space in its Northern Nevada operation.

Healthy Communities Coalition’s Stand Tall member Cimberlin Andrus will speak about tobacco use awareness at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act at the Nevada Governor’s Mansion in Carson City on Dec. 8. Nine additional Stand Tall team members from Yerington, Fernley, Dayton and Silver Springs, and two of HCC’s certified community health workers, Kathy McIntosh and Tammy Sutton, will also attend.

Cold air that will push its way into the Carson City area tonight through Tuesday is ahead of a potentially wet atmospheric river system that looks like it may impact northeast California, the eastern Sierra, and western Nevada with rain and snow Thursday and Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

Lyon County officials met Friday with city leaders from Fernley and Yerington to discuss implementing requirements under Nevada's recently passed Question 2, the initiative to regulate and tax marijuana, said County Manager Jeff Page.

Fernley native, Will Wagner accepted an associate position with Allison MacKenzie Law Firm in Carson City, Nevada, effective September 12, 2016. Committed to providing exceptional service to clients and particularly interested in civil law, Will Wagner will focus his practice in the areas of business, real estate, employment, appellate practice, commercial litigation, governmental affairs and administrative law.

Don’t miss the opportunity to join Western Nevada College’s final driver education and baby-sitting certification classes of 2016.

All three WNC campuses are offering Driver Education through Continuing Education from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 27-30 to people 15 and older.

Silver Springs, Nevada – The public November breakfast meeting of the Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties (HCC) at the Silver Springs Community Center takes place on Thursday November 10th at 9am.

Lyon County, Nevada – Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties recently welcomed ten AmeriCorps members who will serve communities throughout the Lyon County region during the 2016-2017 fiscal year. Christy McGill, director for Healthy Communities, explained that “all are Lyon County residents with a stellar history of volunteerism, selected due to their passion for helping others.”

Silver Springs, Nevada – A news feature on Remote Area Medical’s recent visit to Northern Nevada by Peter Krogh Andersen of Denmark was published this week. The article is written in Danish, but even if you don’t read that language, the videos and pictures convey the life-changing things that happen when RAM brings its free, mobile clinic to a town.

The beard was boss on the Bob McFadden Plaza Saturday afternoon following the Nevada Day Parade.

Saturday begins the first day of early voting in Nevada. In Carson City, early voting is available for two weeks prior to Election Day at the County Courthouse, 885 East Musser Street (first floor). For Early Voting schedule please refer to your Sample Ballot or to the schedule below:

A retired United States Marine gunnery sergeant has been named Nevada Veteran of the Month by the Nevada Office of Veterans Services (NOVS).

Frank Reynolds of Carson City was selected by nomination for his work serving fellow veterans both in the community and statewide.

Thanks to Remote Area Medical, Inc., Healthy Communities Coalition and a cadre of volunteers, 323 people received an array of free health care services at a clinic conducted over the weekend at Silver Stage High School in Silver Springs. In doing this, and at just this clinic alone, more than $110,000 in services were provided, costs that otherwise would have to be picked up by either a state or county agency.

Western Nevada College is proud to announce that 86 students have qualified for the 2016 Summer Dean’s List.
To earn this recognition during the summer term, students must accumulate a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and complete six units of classes or more. Students achieving the academic honor are:

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) will hold its next meeting on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at the Fernley High School Library, 1300 Highway 95A, Fernley. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00 A.M. The public is invited to attend and learn more about grassroots politics and meet with Republican officials.

For more information, please call Dave at 775-772-2364 or check our website at
http://ww.lyoncountynvrepublicans.com

There was a lot of laughter and many hugs at a luncheon in Silver Springs as Bruce Barlow of Walmart presented a check for $70,000 to benefit the Dayton and Silver Stage Food Pantries.

Each summer, pantry volunteers, staff and participants host a lunchtime tour with key Walmart representatives to show their appreciation.

Fernley, Nevada – At a free workshop in Fernley, participants will discover five family strengths that really matter and learn out how to build on their own families’ assets.

The free workshop is for parents, grandparents, and foster parents, as well as for professionals or community members seeking to support families. It takes place on September 17th from 1pm-3pm at the Fernley Intermediate School’s multipurpose room. Free childcare for children ages 0 to 5 years will be provided by Nevada Families First.

Fernley, Nevada – Participants in the “Everyone is an Asset Builder” workshop will learn about the things that are essential for young people’s success in school, work, and life and will discover opportunities in their everyday lives for making a positive difference.

Who: The upbeat and interactive workshop on building assets in young people is designed to appeal to community leaders, coaches, teachers, teens, parents, faith leaders, etc.

After a collision on Toll Road in south Reno, Nevada Department of Agriculture officials urge motorists to use extreme caution when driving in the Virginia Range area. The collision took place late on Tuesday night and involved two vehicles and three feral horses. The motorists sustained no injuries, but the accident resulted in two dead horses.

A 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday, 10:04 p.m. in the 4200 block of Mulligan Drive on suspicion of domestic battery, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

AT&T has granted Western Nevada College $14,000 to help fund Jump Start College, an innovative, dual-enrollment program developed by Western Nevada College to encourage postsecondary education among high school students. The grant was awarded through AT&T Aspire.

LYON COUNTY — This year the Comstock Youth Works program expanded to serve four of five Lyon County high schools and 80 teens from communities across Lyon County, with funding from a Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant through Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey.