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The greatest Mother’s Day gift for Roberta Rosario is the continued recovery of her 16-year-old son Elijah, who was struck by a car nearly two years ago, suffering critical back and facial injuries and outer brain trauma.

A 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested Sunday, 8:59 a.m. in the 1000 block of Latigo Drive on felony suspicion of dissuading a victim from calling 911 for help and domestic battery second offense, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A 54-year-old man was arrested Monday, 12:29 a.m. in the 500 block of North Carson Street on a felony fugitive from justice warrant out of Oregon, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Randall Lee Willis, a 56-year-old barber from Arkansas, had been wanted since April 30, 2002 on the criminal warrant. He is in the Carson City Jail on $50,000 bail awaiting extradition to Oregon.
In other arrests:

A Carson City woman was arrested on felony charges of child neglect and possession of a controlled substance after officers learned the woman’s 4-year-old daughter had been stuck with a hypodermic needle, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Christine Rael, 19, is being held on $41,387 bail. A 26-year-old Dayton man, Joseph Kendall, was also arrested at the woman’s residence, in the 900 block of Woodside Drive, on suspicion of drug trafficking after a backpack with heroin was discovered. His bail has been set at $20,000.

Yesterday, I found myself in Walmart doing last minute “Band-Aid shopping” for a party I was throwing. Band-Aid shopping is a special kind of shopping. No, I’m not talking about shopping for Band-Aids. I’m talking about shopping for items that will be a temporary fix to a problem.

As they say, the show must go on. And when faced with a gas grill with no propane, no punch bowl, and birthday cake without ice cream, I went into go fix-it mode. T-minus one hour until the DJ arrived to set up for the party and I hit the road for a solution.

A 44-year-old man, Robert Lawson White, was arrested Friday, 1:08 a.m. in the 1900 block of North Carson Street on suspicion of administering a controlled substance, methamphetamine, against the victim’s will and misdemeanor domestic battery.

The Spring Equinox arrives this afternoon. But what happened to winter? If you're a Nevadan, you know you can never bet on Nevada weather. Who knows, we may get snow in April and May. It has happened before. If not snow down here, at least in the Sierra where it is needed the most. A few April and May showers to freshen things up would be nice.

Carson City Fire Department responded to an accident involving a pedestrian at the intersection of South Carson Street and Eagle Station. The accident was reported at 8:51 a.m. The victim was to be taken by ground ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno.

UPDATE From Organizer Trina Voigt: We are still looking for donations, please and thank you for those who have said they would contribute! I will be taking donations of baked items on Friday, March 6, from 5:45pm-6:15pm in front of Del Taco off of Collage Parkway and Roop, across from Walmart.
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Two people, a 39-year-old woman and 35-year-old man were arrested Saturday in the 700 block of Hot Springs Road in Carson City on suspicion of felony burglary. Arrested were Deeanna Sue Byars and James Thomas Rebelez. Each are being held on $20,000 bond, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

According to the arrest report, at approximately 2 p.m. an officer was dispatched to 3200 Market Street, Walmart, for a petit larceny report. The officer learned the suspects were walking down Hot Springs Road.

A 27-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday after a domestic dispute in which the victim said she was hit by the man and then to get away from him, jumped out of the moving vehicle he was driving, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

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.

When federal employees get together for training and meetings, fancy lunches aren’t on the menu anymore. In fact, food of any kind — tuna fish sandwiches, green salad, oatmeal cookies — can no longer be served by the government. Even coffee ......

A Carson City man was arrested Friday, 10:30 a.m. on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle after a brief vehicle pursuit with officers, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Arrested was Adrian Garcia Montez, 21, of Carson City. Bail has been set at $25,000. According to the booking report, deputies were dispatched to a call of an occupied stolen vehicle that was being followed by the victim.

What happened at the Common Core Forum in Carson City on 1/13/15

The ground rules agreed to by both sides for the two forums: two people would participate on each side of the issue. The pro side would contain two policy makers from either the Nevada Department of Education (NDE) or the Nevada State Board of Education; the con side would contain Drs. Stotsky and Milgram. Drs. Stotsky and Milgram were the only two members of Common Core’s Validation Committee who are content area specialists and who have also written high K-12 standards.

UPDATE: The juvenile driver of a vehicle that struck and injured a teenager on a bicycle going across William Street was cited for causing the accident, said Carson City Sheriff’s Sgt. Darrin Sloan.

The accident isn’t related to the traffic diversions coming off of Saliman onto William Street. The driver appeared to not be paying attention as the teen bicyclist was going across the street with a right-of-way and the teen motorist striking him when making a left hand turn at the flashing yellow arrow light, said Sloan. The bicyclist was struck in the No. 1 lane and there wasn’t a blind spot.

“It was driver inattention causing the accident,” he said.

The condition of the injured teen is unknown. He was flown to Renown Medical Center in Reno with a laceration to the head. The collision caused the teen on the bicycle to go into the windshield of the vehicle, said Sloan.

Peter Hennessey, Ann Bedarski, Sandra Stotsky, James Milgram and the other anti-Common Core activists in attendance at PK O'Neill's symposium Tuesday night were there to stage a demonstration against the K-12 standards, which, it should be remembered, were adopted unanimously by the state board of education four years ago and enthusiastically signed off on by the Governor Gibbons.

This is a reply to my old friend Rich Dunn and to his posting, "All we got out of the Common Core 'symposium' was a one-sided presentation."

Wow, what a great spin. Once again we see a typically objective piece of reporting from a typically objective source. We can agree on one thing; it was a fiasco -- for the NDE.

Fortunately, there are others who have reported on this event, and their reports are on-line.

http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/nevada-more-misinformation-mayhem-f...

The principal owners of the building that once housed Sassafras restaurant in downtown Carson City have asked a commercial real estate company to help them find a new restaurant to lease the space at 318 North Carson Street.

The realtor, Jack Brower, said Wednesday that he didn’t know anything about what happened to the tenant that was supposed to go in. He said he was recently asked by the building’s owners to find a new tenant.

Molly Seals knows, but she's not telling. The Carson City singer knows if she made it through the early auditions for the 2015 season of the "American Idol" television singing competition, but the rest of us have to tune in to the upcoming audition episodes of the program to find out what happened.

So far, Seals, 22, can tell people that she made it through the Reno tryouts in July and moved onto the Kansas City auditions in August.

The new year, 2015, started off with a bang, for me. Well, more like a slip, fall, and crash to the pavement. Not paying attention to my footing as I was walking out my front door, I slipped on ice and fell. My foot went under itself and resulted in a nasty sprain. What happened thereafter taught me lessons that will last a lifetime.

A Mill Valley, Calif., man was arrested at 3:03 a.m. Sunday at East Musser at Carson Street on suspicion of DUI, speeding and driving with a suspended or revoked license, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

The vehicle was stopped after being clocked going 50 mph in a 35 and 48 mph in a 25 mph zone, according to the arrest report. The driver was contacted where he identified himself with a California driver’s license that came back suspended.

A 27-year-old Carson City woman, wanted on a felony warrant, was arrested early Sunday after giving officers the name of her roommate and then running from them early Sunday morning in the area of William and Rand streets, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Kayla Lynn Olson was caught near Long Street and Wendy Lane at 1:12 a.m. after having jumped over fences in a foot pursuit with deputies, according to the arrest report. The woman was contacted after having crossed William Street with two others.

An 18-year-old Carson City man faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly threatening another man with a knife Sunday at Mills Park, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Samuel Mercado also faces misdemeanor charges, suspicion of making threats and possession of drug paraphernalia. He’s being held on $21,774 bond.

A Carson City man who had a felony warrant for possession of stolen property was arrested Monday at a Brick Road resident on suspicion of felony domestic battery with strangulation, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Stephen Mendes, 42, is being held on $35,000 bail. According to the arrest report, officers were called to the 5000 block of Brick Road for a report of domestic battery. Officers arrived and met with Mendes and asked what happened.

The 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.

No matter how you do it, either by asking, wishing or praying, we need snow. Lots of snow. Feet of deep snow this winter. Elaine and I took a ride last Sunday to take some photos in Alpine County, and we also took our fishing equipment if we decided to fish somewhere.

We were undecided as to where to fish, but thought that we would check out some of the waters along State Route 88 and at other spots. As it turned out, we did not fish and for a darn good reason.

A woman who spotted a man attempting to sell coins that were stolen from her home in an Oct. 28 burglary, chased him out of a store and into the streets shortly after the Nevada Day Parade ended on Saturday where Carson City sheriff’s officers then found and arrested him.

Drake Vancleave, 50, was arrested on suspicion of six felony counts including receiving stolen property, obtaining money under false pretenses and burglary, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said. He is being held on $125,737 bail.

UPDATE: Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong said witnesses to the accident on the Carson City Freeway this afternoon were interviewed to determine if it was a hit and run that caused the rollover accident at the ramp.
A portion of the freeway was closed earlier this afternoon to southbound traffic due to cleanup and a subsequent investigation.
Photos provided by Nevada Highway Patrol and Carson Now reader Lidia Barrios.
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As most column writers will tell you, reader reaction to columns you’re particularly proud of can range from crickets to complaints to an occasional “good column” e-mail, phone call or comment.

And every so often, you catch lightning in a bottle.

That is what happened to me in October 2001 when I wrote a column for Nevada Day with the headline, “Signs you might be a Nevadan.”