DO SOMETHING!

Each of our lives is run by a clock. Our days are governed by time.

Most of us never seem to have enough of it in a day to do with what we want, much more everything we need done, either.

Celebrating its first full year in operation, Richards Crossing in Carson City held an appreciation barbecue lunch Friday afternoon for its tenants and the volunteers who bring services to residents of the facility.

Film lovers are invited to walk the red carpet for a night of glitz and glamour — while also raising money for arts programs in the community — as part of the Carson City Classic Cinema Club’s fourth annual Hollywood Gala.

Another Memorial Day has come. Today we observe the sacrifices of men and women who gave the last full measure of devotion in defense of the United States of America.

I was going to write about how this year marks the sesquicentennial of Decoration Day, predecessor to the modern Memorial Day holiday.

CARSON CITY — One couple is taking the meaning of "sharing a life together" to another level. Jessie and Katia Perez’s career choices line up perfectly.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend. Now it’s time to start Bike to Work Week. Set out on your commute a little earlier and do something healthy. Take some time to check out the multiple art exhibits that we have around town; Writing from Mars in the Carson City Courthouse will be gone by the end of the month. If you’d like to be more involved in our community theater activities, attend the monthly board meeting of the Proscenium Players. They always welcome an extra pair of helping hands.

MONDAY, May 14: Things to do in Carson City

Teacher Appreciation week across the United States was May 7-11, and many teachers in the Carson City School District experienced appreciation unequaled in memory.

What started as another day at the ballpark turned into a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Reno resident Marvin Dockter, the recipient of an Ageless Dream from Summit Estates Senior Living and Memory Care in Reno, where he lives.

The number of available foster homes in Carson City is so low right now that siblings cannot reside together in emergency foster care, a local panel of child welfare advocates said.

Spiridon Spireas is a pharmaceutical scientist who invented some drug delivery techniques. He signed a licensing agreement with Mutual Pharmaceutical Company in 1998 so he did not have to develop the technology alone.

In his second year as director of the Escape From Prison Hill 5K, 10K and Half Marathon, EJ Maldonado has learned one thing in particular. “You have to be OK with the fact that things aren’t going to be perfect,” he said.

The projects are piling high like the snow on the summit of the Sierra Mountains. You are suffocated. You can’t breathe. The air is thin. There’s too much to do and no time to do it. You’ve hit overwhelm and you shut down. You Netflix and chill or find some way to forget about it, just making the matter worse. The pile gets bigger the more time you don’t tend to it, which just makes the overwhelm worse.

The Carson High Senators varsity baseball team and fans in attendance paid tribute to Timothy Jones in a commemorative ceremony Saturday at Ron McNutt field.

The other day, I was watching Katy Perry’s music video for the song “Rise.” The video shows Perry looking strong, strapped to a large red parachute that is pulling her upright, up into the air. She smiles. But then life happens. She’s grounded. She’s crawling through the dirt, hanging off the edge of a cliff. She’s drowning in water. It seems things get worse and worse. The one thing she doesn’t do is leave the chute behind. That parachute we all have has a name. It’s TRUST.

Carson City isn't particularly known for its night or dance clubs. But one local non-profit group caters to the needs of some residents who like to cut a rug or bust a groove for a good time.

Few restaurants in Carson City, or Northern Nevada for that matter, have been as successful for as long as Cafe at Adele's has.

Due to the cold and ugly weather the past couple of days, Court Appointed Special Advocates, also known as CASA, is again offering an information hour. Currently, there are over 100 children in the Carson City child welfare system. Less than 20 of those children are headed towards reunification with their parents.

We promise ourselves each year that this is THE year we are going to get in shape, redo our overall look, read the classics, find a new job, travel the world, run for political office, or do something different to keep ourselves current and relevant.

Bright eyes and wide smiles by the dozens shined Sunday night as Santa Claus made his way though the capital city after sunset Christmas Eve, carried by patrol vehicles in a caravan led by the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Reserve Organization.

When Carlos Iribarren — a longtime Carson Valley resident and former co-owner of the Carson Valley Country Club — passed away at the age of 71 last spring, his family made a special request of friends and loved ones.

Instead of flowers, the family asked that memorial donations be made to the Infusion Center at Carson Valley Medical Center, where Carlos had been a longtime patient.

The family expressed thanks to the entire staff of the Infusion Center in Iribarren’s published obituary, noting the care of registered nurse Lori Salvador in particular.

The Nevada State Controller’s Office Information Technology Division, under the direction of Linnette Ollson, has been holding monthly team building exercises. In the past, they participated in a scavenger hunt, race car/track building and racing, painting, etc. Team members look forward to the events, which are fun, competitive and educational.

A new Basic Life Services program is taking to the streets, Carson City Fire Chief Sean Slamon said, improving emergency medical services in the community and easing the stress currently placed on existing ambulance units.

Have you ever felt pulled to do something and you didn’t know why? You couldn’t state reasons for it. It just felt right? That, my friend, is your calling. And, I want to tell you today, you are worthy of it.

Prison can leave a person with nothing but time. Scott Tyzbir chose to spend his drawing.

Once Tyzbir started, in fact, he never stopped. The 52 year-old Carson City artist drew exclusively with pencil clear up until his death on Aug. 30 of this year.

A local charity is doing its part to help displaced victims of hurricanes Harvey and Irma in storm-ravaged parts of the southeast.

Democrats, statist liberals, other leftists and their media echo chamber were in full-throated “sky is falling” mode over the Labor Day weekend about the supposed imminent repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by President Trump.

First, note this. When you govern with a “pen and a phone”, as former President Obama so famously did when he could not get what he wanted from Congress, a DACA repeal by order of the next president is a potential result. Governing by executive order works only when the next president is going to follow your lead.

You can convert your regular IRA to a ROTH IRA. The value converted is taxable income. If the value goes down after conversion, you can change your mind and cancel the conversion if you do it by Oct. 15th of the year following the conversion.

Once upon a time, I was someone who wouldn’t ask for help. I considered it a badge of courage to be independent. Not asking for help meant I could handle things on my own. I was self-sufficient. I considered it radical self-reliance. Really, what I was doing was being radically unreliable.

Carson City’s art and culture director is looking to the youth for insight and suggestions into the community’s mural program.

A reader sent me photos and questions recently stating: “I’ve seen this 'growth' on various garden plants at just a couple homes in my neighborhood. They struggled to get rid of it.

"Just recently, I found this growing out in the desert on BLM land about a mile or two past our neighborhood," the reader wrote, "and would like to know what it is, if it's going to spread, does it kill its host, and if I should do something about it.”