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Community Meeting in Support of Wild Horse Children's Theater
Saturday, July 7, 2012 - 8:39pm

On July 4, 2012, after 6 years as resident theater company at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada, Wild Horse Children's Theater was evicted from the museum via an email letter with no discussions or negotiations of the eviction. WHCT was asked to remove all theater items out in 30 days without an exploration of how the museum and WHCT might work together to unwind from this 6 year relationship by offering storage space until something else was secured and/or letting WHCT continue at least until the end of the year with the programming that was scheduled at the museum.

Carson City Library Summer Reading Program
Saturday, July 7, 2012 - 6:34pm

Cassandra Root-Gerguson, 3, checks out the bats during the NorCal Bats presentation at the Carson City Library on Saturday afternoon. The program is part of the Summer Reading Program "Dream Big, Read!" Bat-rescuer Corky Quirk will also be speaking July 20 at 1:30 p.m. at the Zephyr Cove Library.
Photo by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Photo Source

Fire restrictions begin Monday in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Saturday, July 7, 2012 - 10:55am

Fire restrictions will go into effect in the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday July 9. A Forest Order has been issued to provide for public safety through the end of the official 2012 fire season.
Campfires, including charcoal barbecues, are prohibited except in exempted recreation sites. Smoking on National Forest land is prohibited, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, or within an exempted recreation site. Fire restrictions are intended to reduce the possibility of human-caused wildfires over the summer season. (see PDF below.)

Attorney General Urges Nevadans To Apply For Free Foreclosure Review By New Sept. 30 Deadline
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 11:01am

CARSON CITY – The deadline for a free, federal independent foreclosure review for Nevadans whose homes were in foreclosure in 2009 or 2010 has been extended to Sept. 30, 2012, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said today.

The previous deadline was July 31.

Pablo Cruise headlines A Concert Under the Stars Wednesday
Friday, July 6, 2012 - 5:57am

Dave Jenkins returns for his second performance at A Concert Under the Stars, a fundraiser for The Greenhouse Project, July 11 with his band, Pablo Cruise.
Jenkins performed four years ago for the inaugural event, which takes place at Café at Adele’s, but his love of music began at a tender age.
“My folks had an old pump organ and I couldn’t reach the pedals,” Jenkins said. “I’d play and my sister would pump the pedals for me; I always had an ear and a love for music.”

Nevada Attorney General Announces Sentencing Of Medical Equipment Provider For Medicaid Fraud
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 11:26am

CARSON CITY – Marcia Giller, 76, of Reno, has been sentenced to prison for two felony offenses of submitting false Medicaid claims, the Attorney General’s office announced this week.

Washoe County District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Giller on Tuesday to 18 to 48 months imprisonment for each count, to be served consecutively, and additionally ordered Giller to pay $226,000 in restitution, penalties and costs.

Crime Log: Carson City officers arrest several over July 4 holiday
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 10:33am

Carson City Sheriff's deputies have arrested the following individuals for felony allegations:

  • Heidi Ann Brouhard, 22, a Carson City woman, just prior to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday Brouhard was arrested for a felony larceny warrant in her name as well as a misdemeanor larceny warrant in her name. Bail is set at $20,000.
  • Devyn Lawrence Smith-Thompson, 18, a Reno man, at about 7 p.m. Wednesday. Smith-Thompson was arrested for grand larceny. Bail is set at $25,000.

Carson Station to host Carson City's first Rib Cook off July 6 - 8
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 8:47am

Get ready to rumble Carson City.
Best Western Carson Station Hotel/Casino, partnering with Carson City Harley-
Davidson, announces its first annual Ribmaster Rumble, Carson City’s new
signature rib cook-off event, on Friday July 6 through Sunday, July 8.
Carson Station’s Ribmaster Rumble will be held in the parking lot of Carson
Station, at 900 S. Carson Street.
The concept is easy: the region’s best catering groups will compete side-by-side
to see whose ribs are the best on the tracks and who will earn the coveted title of
“Ribmaster”.

Live: Carson City Board of Supervisors
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 8:38am

Check out the live video here. The agenda is here.

Don Q's Fishing Report through July 10
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 6:20am

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for July 5 through July 10.

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