May 2

May 2, 1924 - July 11, 2015Betty Bensinger, a 51 year resident of Carson City, passed away ...

May 2, 1940 - June 11, 2015LouDawn Neeley Newnham, passed away peacefully in her home on Ju...

Reno-based Sierra Meat and Seafood has purchased The Sausage Factory in Carson City. In May the Flocchini Family, through the holding company, Armand Agra, bought the Sausage Factory from Joe Tonino.

June 10, 1940 - May 2, 2015Our beloved mother, Gwen passed away peacefully on May 2, 2015. In keeping ...

July 23, 1918 - May 2, 2015Lilian C. Gandolfo, age 96, passed away on May 2, 2015 in Carson City, Neva...

Nevada Area Council of Boy Scouts of America held its Cub Scouts Home Depot Trailblazer Adventure Day and Cub Mobile Derby at the South Reno Home Depot on Steamboat Parkway on Saturday, May 2, and it was a day devoted to Scouting and just plain fun.

Here are the results for Carson v McQueen and Carson v Reno duel meets which were their last regular season meets. They were held Saturday, May 2 at Idlewild Park Pool in Reno.

Blaine Shrader, 14, from the Mother Lode Gun Club of Sonora, Calif. lines up a shot during the California Youth Shotgun Shooting Association’s championship shootout at the Capitol City Gun Club in Carson City, Nev. on Saturday, May 2, 2015. Photo by Kevin Clifford/Nevada Photo Source

Time to wine walk, Carson City, thanks to the Downtown Business Association. Saturday, May 2, the festivities begin at 1 p.m. Grab a wine glass, map, and hand stamp at the Carson Nugget, Cactus Jack’s, Carson Jewelry and Loan, Touched by an Angel, or Bella Fiore. You have until 5 p.m. to hit as many stops as possible before the raffle begins.

Celebrate Summer-Athletic Foundation of Western Nevada Fundraiser. Join us Friday, May 1, from 4-8pm and on Saturday, May 2, from 3-6 at Yogurt-Beach Carson City 3228 North Carson St. Carson City.

20 percent of all purchases go to help save Western Nevada College Wildcat Athletics.

For the fourth year, the Capitol City Gun Club in Carson City will be among a handful of sites to host the California Youth Shotgun Shooting Association’s championship shootout. The 1,200 participants will compete at five venues in Northern California and Carson City from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 2.

Carson Victory Rollers battle the Auburn Outlaws Roller Derby team this Saturday, May 2. Doors open at 4 p.m. and you can watch the Carson Junior Victory Rollers scrimmage at 4:30 p.m. April Slams Bring May Jams bout begins at 6:30 p.m. Come out to the Marv Teixeira Pavilion at Mills Park and watch the action.

Tickets: $7 Presale; $10 at the door; kids 10 and under are free.

With a fourth year of drought and spring temperatures climbing, Carson City residents are urged to be fire safe. May is Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month and as conditions continue to dry, and the number of windy days begin to increase, the potential threat of wildfire grows.

Protecting your home starts with you. The wildfire season is here. This Saturday and Sunday, the Carson City Fire Department will hold two events designed for homeowners to prepare for the season.

There will be a Community Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The smell of hot chili will permeate the region as Virginia City, Nev.’s 32nd annual Chili on the Comstock heats up this weekend, May 2 – 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The historic mining town plays host to more than 30 professional and amateur chili cooks as well as hundreds of hungry festival-goers.

The Lyon County Republican Central Committee (LCRCC) will hold its next meeting Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the Senior Center, 2945 Ft. Churchill, Silver Springs. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:00a.m. The LCRCC will be electing a chairman for the 2015-2016 term. The public is invited to attend and learn more about grassroots politics and meet with Republican officials.

For more information about the LCRCC, call Peggy at 775-575-4058 or check their website www.lyoncountynvrepublicans.org.

The Brewery Arts Center, Carson City’s premiere epicenter for the arts since 1975, will present Autoharp Master, Singer and Storyteller Bryan Bowers on Saturday night, May 2 in the Maize Harris Jesse Black Box Theater.

From his rather unglamorous beginning as a street singer, Bryan Bowers has become a major artist on the traditional music circuit. He has redefined the autoharp and is also well known as a singer-songwriter. Bryan has a dynamic outgoing personality and an uncanny ability to enchant a crowd in practically any situation.

The women’s fitness program, Kaia FIT, is opening its doors to the community for a free week of classes.
“Spring is a good time to start getting healthy for summer,” said owner Nikki Warren. “It’s spring cleaning for your body.”

Beginning Monday, women in Carson City and Minden/Gardnerville can drop in on any class that may interest them. Classes include cross training, TRX, running, cardio dance and a yoga and Pilates mix.

22 is 22 Too Many-Veteran Suicide Awareness March, May 2, 2015 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Walk 1.5 miles up College Parkway to Western Nevada College
• Promote Veteran suicide awareness
• Learn the signs
• Discover resources to help
START: Corner of College Parkway and HWY 395(parking lot near Bully’s) @ 10 a.m.
FINISH: WNC @ 1:00 p.m.

TO DONATE, SUPPORT OR LEARN MORE CONTACT: Sarah or Tim
Western Nevada College-Carson City Campus, Cedar Building., Rm. 327. (775)445-3301
wncveterans@gmail.com

A veteran dies of suicide every 80 minutes. That’s 22 a day or 8,030 each year.

Western Nevada College Student Veterans invite the Carson City community and college faculty and staff to take part in a Veterans Suicide Walk to honor and remember the many veterans who have suffered and/or taken their own lives.

On Friday, May 1, 10 a.m. Volunteers and student veterans will plant flags in the lawn of the Western Nevada College campus. Each flag represents a veteran who has ended their life by suicide. More than 8000 veterans lose their lives in this manner annually.

As the 2015 Western Nevada College baseball and softball seasons near completion, it’s time to come out and cheer on the Wildcats at their last weekend home stands. “Stack the Stands” days will offer outstanding college softball and baseball, along with multiple opportunities to win great prizes while supporting the athletics programs.

Are you preparing for this year’s wildfire fire season? Protecting your home starts with you. The wildfire season is here. The month of May is Nevada Wildfire Awareness Month and as conditions continue to dry, temperatures start to rise and the number of windy days begin to increase across our area, the potential threat of wildfire increases.

The Best Answer for Cancer Foundation’s 13th Annual Integrative Oncology Conference opens its doors to the public Saturday, May 2. Physicians from around the world will be in Reno, Nev. for this very special opportunity to share successes publicly and network with their colleagues.

Meet the experts up close and personal. Ask questions. Listen and learn. This is an entire day of cutting edge information at a cost of $12 per person – and that includes lunch. Time: 9 am – 5 pm.

Since the early 1980s, May has been a month for celebrating historic preservation and archaeology in Nevada. Agencies and organizations have teamed to spread awareness of archaeological and historic preservation efforts throughout the state and encourage both residents and visitors to explore and learn about Nevada’s significant archaeological and historical treasures.

Carson City Events:

May 2, 1923 - Mar. 17, 2015Andy passed away at home in Fallon. He was born in Ephraim, Utah...

The sixth annual Genoa Cowboy Festival will be held April 30 to May 2 in the Town of Genoa, Nev. Previous Cowboy Festivals have attracted thousands of visitors to the picturesque community located in the eastern foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

Genoa, widely recognized as Nevada’s oldest town, is a short 45-minute drive south from Reno and in close proximity to South Lake Tahoe.

A 56-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of felony domestic battery after an incident Monday that sent a woman to the hospital with a broken rib, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Edwin Stanley Scrivner was being held in Carson City Jail on $15,000 bail after he was arrested at 2:30 p.m. in the 3500 block of South Carson Street. According to the arrest report, officers were called Monday afternoon to an Adams Street home after a woman reported Scrivner had “crushed” her chest during a domestic dispute.

May 2, 1962 - Aug 24, 2014 Our dear husband, father, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew and friend Paul M. Laxalt, has left us...

Nevada Power has amended its general rate increase request in a filing Friday with the state Public Utilities Commission, raising the revenue requirement to $37.8 million from the $20.8 million sought originally May 2.

April 22, 1941 - May 13, 2014 Age 73, of Minden, Nevada passed away on May 13, 2014. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 2...

The Carson City Board of Supervisors meet today beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center. Go here for the agenda and here to watch it live.
Among the items for discussion and possible action: