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Local authors, Sandie La Nae and Mary Randall will be book signing and selling their books at Comma Coffee, at the Carson City Wine Walk on Saturday, Dec. 6. Mary Randall writes children's adventure books, and Sandie is an author of Historic-Paranormal writings. (Sandie's books are supported by the Nevada Historical Society).

These made great holiday gifts for family and friends!

Local Author David Antonucci brings his book about Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe to the Friends of the Library Browsers Corner Book Store Thursday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. “Fairest Picture: Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe" examines and debunks the many myths and tall tales about Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe.

Mr. Antonucci will be discussing his book, and copies will be available to buy. This event is free and is open to the public. The book store is located at 711 East Washington Street in Carson City.

Santa brought a rainbow with him, when he visited the Evergreen Gene's "Christmas Kickoff" event on Saturday, November 29. Thank you Santa for the magnificent colors...it is the best gift ever!

Carson High School seniors recently volunteered for the 2014 General elections in Carson City. Emely Lopez, Claudia Vazquez, Kimberly Torres, Karina Munoz, Maria Pacheco, Deanna Earwicker, and Amber Seifert spent the day at the polls welcoming and assisting voters. Each year, CHS government teachers work in conjunction with the Carson City Clerk-Recorder’s office to provide student volunteers for the elections. We’d like to wish out-going Clerk-Recorder Alan Glover the best of luck in his retirement and we look forward to continuing our relationship with that office as Ms.

Bring your pets to Benson's Feed and Tack at 2750 Highway 50 East for pictures with Santa. The event is Saturday Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $10 per picture.

All dogs must be on leash and cats in a carrier. Share the holiday spirit with the staff at Benson's and CASI volunteers while helping to build a new animal shelter. If you need more information call CASI at 671-2413.

Here is your opportunity to help CASI help Carson City's homeless critters.

Dozens of families made up hundreds of runners and walkers of all ages who met under sunny skies at the Governor’s Mansion in Carson City this Thanksgiving Day for the 2014 Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot.

The 8K, 5K and Kids Gobble Wobble Fun Run, hosted by St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School, was designed for those who wanted to get some exercise ahead of the parades, pies, football games and big Thanksgiving Day meals. See the video below.

Carson City's ice skating rink has returned to Arlington Square at the corner of W. Robinson St. and N. Carson St. Opening day will be Friday, Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving, with three session times to choose from: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Skate rental is $3 and a skate session is $7 for those over 13 years old and $5 for youth 3-12 years old.

Afterschool Skate Special for Elementary and Middle School Students:
Monday - Thursday 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.: $5 skating includes skates and one hot beverage of choice.

Turkey and stuffing and pie, oh my! The Carson Nugget will again be hosting its free Thanksgiving dinner in the Banquet Room from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 27 with a helping hand from Friends In Service Helping (FISH) and a some local dignitaries like Mayor Bob Crowell and his wife, Susan.

This is the 60th year the local casino at 507 N. Carson St. has opened its doors to anyone and everyone who would like to partake in turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, yams, green bean casserole, rolls and a variety of pies without the kitchen mess.

NJA Cares, the community outreach and charitable arm of the Nevada Justice Association, a statewide non-profit organization of independent lawyers, has partnered with Toys for Tots to ensure families in need have a warm and happy holiday with their children. New, unwrapped toys are being collected through Dec. 12, 2014, and the public is encouraged to participate.

Toys may be dropped off at the following locations:

- Nevada Justice Association, 406 N. Nevada St., Carson City
— Law Firm of Herb Santos, Jr., 225 S. Arlington Ave., Reno

In Plain Sight Marketing founder Renee Taylor Plain and Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell each made $100 donations Monday to Holiday with a Hero. They are asking small business owners, those in local government and community members to give what they can.

Dudley Chiropractic will be hosting All I Want For Christmas, a coat and toy drive for local families in need during the entire month of December.

This initiative will be benefiting families and individuals in need during this holiday season by collecting used coats and new toys (still in boxes) for less fortunate children. This is an incredible effort that the members of Dudley Chiropractic have taken to heart, and Dr. Thomas Dudley expects to have a large donation to send by the end of December.

Family Fun Saturday at the Nevada State Museum on Dec. 13 features a special holiday program, Pines are Fine. All ages welcome to the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Make a pine needle angel to decorate your holiday tree and craft a holiday wreath out of cones; choose easy crafts for younger audiences. Learn how to tell a pine from a fir or spruce by looking at their cones and needles. Discover one of our state trees, the Pinyon Pine, a plant collected during John C. Frémont’s 2nd expedition.

Western Nevada College has scheduled a free workshop on the Carson City campus to help veterans apply for college scholarships.

The two-hour workshop is being presented by the Veterans Resource Center on Thursday, Dec. 11, 1 p.m. It will assist veterans in applying for WNC scholarships through the WNC Foundation Scholarship program, as well as two $500 scholarships provided by the Vietnam Veterans of America.

After months of anticipation, the Douglas County Community and Senior Center will host its grand opening with an open house on Dec. 6, 2014 at 1 p.m. The center is at 1329 Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. The celebration will allow the public to finally step inside the 83,000-square-foot building that features a wide variety of new state-of-the-art amenities.

Here's your last chance to order a pie for Thanksgiving and help those in the community. The deadline for "Pies to the Rescue" has been extended through Tuesday, Nov. 25, organizers say. Support families in need this holiday season as dozens of Northern Nevada’s best chefs, from local restaurants, donate their time and talent to bake fabulous Thanksgiving pies for the 4th annual event.

Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. numerous delegates from corresponding high schools attended the annual Western Regionals Leadership Conference. Within the conference comes plenty of dance parties, key note speakers and very positive messages for each and every attendee to bring back to their student bodies at their high schools.

As the holiday shopping season gets underway, Carson City's Salvation Army has set up several Angel Trees and Toy Barrels throughout Carson City. Please consider grabbing a tag from a tree, or dropping off an un-wrapped toy for a child in the area.

Toy Barrel Locations:
Bounce Party at 3267 Research Way #210
Sierra Adrenaline Training Center at 4630 HWY 50 E. Suite #1
Cal Ranch at 2035 N. Carson St.
Data Graphics at 625 Fairview Drive #105

With rain moving into the area Wednesday afternoon, a rainbow appeared over Washoe Valley.

Quail Ridge Animal Hospital in Carson City “where we do pet repair” invites everyone to celebrate the holiday season with us at our 9th annual open house, Friday, Nov. 21, from 5 to 8 p.m. Come share fine food, spirits and great conversation. You are welcome to bring a favorite holiday dish to share.

Quail Ridge Animal Hospital is located at 937 Mica Drive, Suite 18, in Carson City. Follow us on Facebook here.

Clean Out That Attic or Basement: Carson City 4-H Leaders Council is collecting usable, clean rummage and fabric, craft and sewing notions for the Annual Fabulous Fabric and Rummage Sale.

Items can be dropped off at the Carson City Cooperative Extension, 2621 Northgate Lane, Suite 15 anytime during the week, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. from now until the sale date.

Drop off dates in 2015 are January 17 and 24 and February 13 at Fuji Exhibit Hall from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Friends of the Library Holiday Craft Sale will be held in the Browsers Corner Book Store from Monday, Nov. 24 through Saturday, Dec. 20. Crafts which are handmade and donated by Friends of the Library will be displayed all throughout the store.

The public is invited to attend the Nevada State Museum's Frances Humphrey Lecture Series featuring The Mysterious Snow Plant, by Pat King, PhD, botanist, naturalist, and dedicated museum volunteer. November also marks the 22nd anniversary of the museum’s Frances Humphrey Lecture Series which began in 1992. The lecture runs from 6:30 - 7:30 pm; doors open at 6 pm.

Black Friday at the Browsers Corner Book Store! Friday, Nov. 28 - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. buy one hard cover fiction book and get two of equal or lesser value FREE! From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. fill a bag with books in the Bargain Room for $1, and all records will be 5 for $1 at this time also. The Browsers Corner Book Store is at 711 East Washington Street in Carson City.

“Tis the Season” again already! For the 16th Year Friends To All volunteers will dress up in Santa Suits and Helper costumes to bring joy and cheer to senior citizens throughout Carson City.

On Saturday, Dec. 13 these festive groups will log between 150 and 200 stops as they make their rounds visiting and delivering gifts. This year we give special appreciation and honor to the man who inspired our program, Raymond Smith, who passed away in September. Ray’s enthusiasm in bringing the joy of a visit from Santa Claus to so many in our community will live on in our hearts forever.

All proceeds go to local 501(C)3, Friends in Service Helping (F.I.S.H.) to feed the hungry. It will be in conjunction with the Carson City Chamber event, Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights. $12/person includes one artisan bowl and admission to enjoy locally made soup donated by Carson restaurants and organizations.

Feed Nevada Day is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19 at Mike’s Pharmacy in Carson City. Mike’s Pharmacy and News Talk 780 KOH will be collecting frozen turkeys to fill Salvation Army holiday food baskets for families in need in the Carson City, Douglas County, Tahoe area. News Talk KOH will be live at Mike's located at 1007 North Curry Street from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Food for Thought would like to thank the Carson High School Football Program for hosting an outstanding food drive. In effort to return some support to the community the football program wanted to do something that would have a great, positive impact during their bye week. A few ideas were tossed around before settling on Food For Thought as the organization they would like to help out.

Food For Thought is a local organization that provides weekend food for school aged children in the community that are chronically hungry.

Throughout the year Classy Seconds saves all donated Holiday decorations. During the day of the 21st they will close the shop and deck the halls with the largest selection of gently used holiday items in town. Last year’s event sold out, with guests securing great deals on beautiful artificial Christmas trees, vintage ornaments and trendy decorations.

This week's It's Your City features Mike Hautekeet, owner of Mike's Pharmacy, and Mike's daughter, Monique. They discuss the 16th Annual Turkey Round-Up that will be held this Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Carson City.

Turkeys collected will go to help food banks in Carson City, Douglas and Lyon counties. Bring turkeys and non-perishabe food to Mike's Pharmacy, 1007 North Curry Street. The turkeys and other food collected will be distributed by the Carson City Salvation Army. Last year the roundup helped more than 3,000 families. Watch the video for details.