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Heading into the weekend, there’s a bevy of activities around the Carson City region. Western Nevada College will host a memorial exhibit and informational presentation on the 9-11 attacks on Friday. Partnership Carson City will team up for a statewide suicide prevention virtual walk this Saturday. Along with live music and a 5K run/walk at Bob McFadden Plaza, there is plenty of excitement buzzing around the state capitol! Read on for more information.

Heading into Labor Day weekend, there’s a bevy of activities around the Carson City region. Steam train rides in Carson City and Virginia City will be available Saturday through Sunday. The Carson Canyon Railbike Tours will run four times over the next three days, bringing excitement unlike any other. Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe will open two hours early beginning at 6 a.m. to ease capacity and congestion. Combined with plenty of live music, Labor Day weekend will be a thrill! Read on for more information.

What do you get when you combine 134 golfers, 70 runners, and 24 weight lifters on a beautiful Saturday in September? The results are over $9,000 raised toward pancreatic cancer funding and over $3,000 raised for local scholarships. Pretty amazing, right?

The Christmas season can be difficult for children in foster care. For some, it may be the first Christmas not spent with their families. For others, it is just one more Christmas in the child welfare system.

Here is an updated parade list for all the entries in the Nevada Day Parade on Saturday. Note, there was a last-minute change in streets where the entries are supposed to line up that is different than the printed program. The change was made to accommodate some larger floats. Above is the line-up map, and the list is below:

It’s a roller derby kind of day. Catch the Carson Victory Rollers at the Carson City Community Center as they scrimmage to raise funds for Moms on the Run. You’ve still got plenty of pumpkin opportunities with the Nevada Railroad Museum’s Harvest Train or the Corley Ranch Harvest Festival in Gardnerville. It’s a classic whodunnit on the big screen. Clue can be found at Galaxy Theaters twice today and on Wednesday. Read on for more Sunday fun.

SUNDAY:

Leaves turning, wind blowing, and all things pumpkin sprouting up everywhere. It is absolutely autumn in Northern Nevada. Get ready for Halloween with your choice of pumpkin patches. Seeliger Elementary School is hosting theirs for the twenty-fifth year in a row. Take a trip on the V and T Steam Train at the Nevada Railroad Museum, actually take several trips. The annual Harvest Train event offers an all-day wristband that allows for as many rides as you’d like, in addition to museum admission. So many more fun activities are available to you, you’ll have to read on to see them all.

On September 13, Carson High School will open its doors a little wider and longer for a back to school night like no other. Open House, Open Hearts is a community event focused on building bridges to local services for teens and their families, increasing parent and guardian engagement at CHS, and celebrating the community, creativity and diverse talents of Carson City.

I’m going to suggest that you keep this weekend’s plans flexible. There’s only a chance of rain, but the chance of it showing up at the wrong time is always high. The very early morning is best spent watching the hot air balloons against the Reno skyline, but you’ll probably want a sweater for the pre-dawn chill. Head up the hill to Virginia City this weekend. If you’ve never been to the annual International Camel Races, you’ve been missing out. Keep reading, there’s something for everyone on this list. Find your fun.

SATURDAY:

The Silver Saddle Ranch is always beautiful, but an afternoon filled with live bluegrass and western music, food, and family fun, makes today’s ‘A Day at the Ranch’ your best bet. Beat the heat up at Lake Tahoe as the Annual Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddle Festival wraps up its competition at Kings Beach. Learn some Dutch Oven cooking tips at Mormon Station State Park, just get their before all of their breakfast casserole and bacon bomb samples are gone. Read on for even more things to do.

SUNDAY: Jazz and Beyond Music Festival

The valley is alive with the sound of music: the Jazz and Beyond Music Festival, to be specific. Just about everywhere you go, you’ll be treated to something to soothe the soul or get the toes tapping. Get the kids up early for the Young Eagle Flights at the Carson City Airport – they’re free, but you need to be on time for registration. Keep reading and you’ll find a number of ways to enjoy this sunny summer weekend.

SATURDAY: Jazz and Beyond Music Festival

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The third annual Rock Tahoe Half Marathon, presented by Epic Tahoe Adventures, will return to Stateline, Nev., on Saturday, June 17, 2017.

Today, I’m going to put on my career coaching hat for this column. Lately, I have run into a lot of educated professionals who are having difficulty finding gainful employment.

The sun is out more and the weather is warming up. With that, comes the need to protect against sunburn. Although the first sunburn of the season feels kind of nostalgic on my skin. I also realize that it’s a bad habit to develop.

I love taking clients on Monday mornings just before I write this column. I particularly enjoy the complementary consultations. Because, then I get to share with all of you! This morning, I was speaking with a lovely new client in Seattle.

This morning, I was getting my morning coffee and gearing up for Motivation Monday at Adams Hub for Innovation. In the process, I overheard a conversation. Someone was looking for a solution. I had the answer.

This morning, I had the pleasure of speaking with a career coaching client who is late in his career. Within a few minutes of speaking to him, I knew I had to share his lesson with Carson City too. See, experience is a double-edged sword.

Start the Season of Love with a whole month of Share the Love workouts. Bring your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers to these awesome, high-energy, Saturday workouts. Children 10 and up are welcome to workout with us. We will provide open gym/childcare for children under 10 for $5 per child, if they are preregistered at least 48 hours ahead of time.

Come join Kaia FIT for a FREE Super Bowl Community workout. Bring your friends and family, kids and spouses welcome too. Childcare will be available for children under six. Kids older than six will be able to participate in our workout. A $5 suggested donation for non-members will be donated to the Tumbleweeds Gymnastics Team.

The workout starts at 8:30am, at our Minden AND Carson locations. RSVP at our Facebook Events
Carson Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2179697465588588/
Minden Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1905835152980306/

The Nevada Health Centers Mammovan is going to be making stops in the coming days to Gardnerville, Carson City, Reno, Smith Valley and Hawthorne.

What do you need to get in the holiday spirit? Carson City probably has it covered. Watch ‘A Christmas Wish’ with Jimmy Durante at the monthly meeting of the Carson City Classic Cinema Club. Let the talented kids of ‘Strings in the Schools’ entertain you with their annual ‘This is Not a Christmas Concert’ Concert at the Community Center. If you need some bowl-full-of-jelly belly laughs, then the Super Santa Extravaganza, featuring some of the area’s funniest stand-up comics, is for you. You’ll find that in the Brewery Arts Center Black Box Theater. For a good dose of Christmas lights, head to the Johnson Lane area. Off Stephanie Lane, on Chaparral Court, is a spectacular display known as Nevada Christmas.

TUESDAY:

Community fundraising efforts continue throughout town to meet the $25,000 goal for the 12th annual Holiday with a Hero campaign to benefit Carson City school children who may not otherwise have a nice Christmas this year.

Kaia F.I.T, a women’s fitness program, is inviting all women to work off the Thanksgiving Feast in a heroic way to help the community’s children in need.

Let Kaia FIT help you get ready for the holidays and the new year. Our monthly VIP program offers unlimited classes six days a week. We will help you make positive daily rituals, move your body everyday, and lean in to our amazing community of women. We will keep you sweating and finish off the new year with fun, energy and FORWARD MOTION. Come join us at Kaia FIT for free Share the Love workouts Saturdays at 8am.

Classes meet weekdays at 5am, 6am, 8:30am, noon, and 5:30pm in Carson and 5am, 6am, 9am, and 4:30pm in Minden. Check out our schedule and sign up for classes online at:

Kaia FIT Carson and Minden are joining all Nevada Kaia FIT locations to Flow for the Cure. We are partnering with Susan G Komen during the week of October 3rd to support breast cancer prevention.

Join us for any of our wonderful flow classes and your gift will support Komen Nevada in providing local community grants to help people in our community access education, screening and treatment. Your funds also support life-saving research initiatives that will enable scientists to discover the cures for breast cancer.

Suggested donation of $5-10 per class is encouraged.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 3rd Annual Kiwanis Pancreatic Cancer Run. Our event would not have been successful without you.

The third annual Carson City Kiwanis Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day is like Carson City’s mini Olympics, said founder Robey Willis.

“There’s so much going on with the golf tournament, the run and the weight-lifting competition,” he said. “I think that’s what makes it such a festive atmosphere. People are having so much fun.”

On Friday, August 19th, Kaia FIT, the South Reno facility offering a holistic group fitness and nutrition program for women, will host a grand re-opening of the space with a special “Runway Reveal” fashion show, highlighting the incredible success stories of local women who have achieved tremendous weight-loss and now live healthier and happier lives.

It's here. Come join us for this super fun 10K, 5K, or Kids Fun Run. It's the 3rd Annual - ONE DAY - Kiwanis Pancreatic Cancer Awarness 10k/5k Run/Walk and 1 Mile Fun Run to be held Saturday, Sept. 17 at Empire Ranch Golf Course in Carson City.

Spring is almost here and it's time to build a strong foundation. Are you ready to feel fantastic for summer? Start building your summer body now. Let KaiaFIT help you feel your best, boost your confidence and take your fitness to the next level. Earth, Wind, and Kaia CORE is a 5 week long session designed to build strength and endurance. It's getting warmer - it's time to get outside, improve our fitness level, and continue forming healthy eating habits.