I’ve been watching my lemon cucumber leaves turn speckled, yellow, and then brown. Initially, I thought squash bugs were sucking the juices out. However, when I tapped a damaged leaf over a white sheet of paper, and looked through my trusty magnifying glass, I saw moving dust particles on the paper. Those “particles” are actually tiny spider mites.

Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players, is a program of the Carson City Symphony Association for adults who recently began to play—or returned to playing — string instruments. Weekly sessions are on Thursday mornings beginning August 31, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive, east entrance.

The Foundation for Carson City Parks and Recreation will be having an open house on Saturday, August 26 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. It will be at the historic Wungnema House, located on the east side of Mills Park across from Carson High School off Saliman Road.

Thank you Carson Aquatics Center and Artistic Fence Company for helping CASI host another fantastic Pooch Plunge! The CASI team works year around to raise funds to help alleviate animal suffering through programs like Critter Fixer, our low cost spay/neuter voucher program for pets of low-income families.