Today being the first Saturday of the month, it was time for the Downtown Wine Walk. In photo 1, Al Canary of Bella Fiore Wines talk with some of the wine walkers. In photo 2, the "Senator" waves at those driving by the Senator Club. And in photo 3, Rob Joiner (second from right), candidate for Carson City Board of Supervisors Ward 1, and some of his supporters were enjoying the wine walk at Downtown Coin Shop. 

Just having a little fun with the video today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZzuY_qNka8

Starts at noon.

In an act of defiance against the advice given him by Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto, Governor Gibbons appears to be arranging to have private counsel, acting on his behalf as Governor, file suit against enactment of the recently passed National Health Care Reform Act.

While nothing can be taken for granted, there's no away around it. These are four wins the Western Nevada College baseball team is expected to pick up.
So when snow threatened to postpone one or both games on Friday at Colorado Northwestern Community College, the Wildcats had to be worried. These are wins that WNC needs in the Scenic West Athletic Conference and any games that are lost and not made up could obviously be costly in the SWAC race.

The Carson High-Galena baseball game scheduled for Friday was postponed due to poor weather.

RENO -- On a day when the wind was gusting up to 40 mph, coupled with occasional rain and snow flurries, Carson High softball coach Scott Vickrey knew better than to expect an ordinary game against Galena.
"I told the kids nothing would be routine today, and the team that puts the ball in play the most would walk out of here with a win," Vickrey said.

CARSON CITY – Microsoft and the state of Nevada are joining in a free computer training program to help employed or displaced workers improve their skills.
www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/apr/02/state-partners-microsoft-help-workers-improve-skil/

The Buddy Holly Sock Hop upcoming at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson Ceity will bring out the Big Bopper or Peggy Sue in you The fundraising event is set for Saturday evening, April 10, featuring the music of 1950s legend Buddy Holly and contemporaries of his rock ‘n roll era.

Bob Reid and the Rave-Ons will provide live music in the Buddy Holly tradition, including such mega-hits as Rave On, That’ll Be the Day and Peggy Sue. The 7-to-10 p.m. dance will offer not only live music and era recordings, but also has on tap food and beverages from malt shop favorites down to today.

CARSON CITY – Nevada is one of 35 states getting a D grade or lower for failing to protect the public from aggressive asset forfeiture efforts by law enforcement, a process called “policing for profit,” according to a study released this week by the Washington, DC-based Institute for Justice.

The errors are continuing, but there now seems to be a silver lining for this young Carson High baseball team. It's about as optimistic as a team could be after making six errors.
Even the Senators' former coach, Ron McNutt, who now coaches Galena sees the potential of the young CHS team after his Grizzlies beat Carson 8-2 on Thursday at the field named after him at Carson High.
"Nothing's going to happen but good things for them," McNutt said. "They're going to get better. They're going to be a good ball club."
 

The Friends of Rob Joiner for Supervisor (Ward One)will be hosting a "Meet and Greet" campaign party and fundraiser.
Location: Z Bistro, 725 Basque Way, Carson City
When: Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 3;30 to 6:00 p.m.

Wine and Beer Tasting, with Food Pairings will be served.

All Donations will be gratefully accepted ($35.00 suggested)

RSVP by April 7, 2010 appreciated. (775) 883-4540 or rjoiner4supe@gmail.com

CARSON CITY – State Treasurer Kate Marshall said today she sees some evidence to suggest that Nevada’s economy has stabilized, although that stability remains “tenuous” and “fragile.”
Marshall, in an interview on the Nevada NewsMakers television program, cited a rebound in state general fund cash on hand as evidence of that stabilization.

Downtown Coin Club Coin Show Raffle tickets now available at Downtown Coin 111 W. Telegraph at Curry. Drawing held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday May 16th and need not be present to win. 1st Prize $5 Gold Liberty, 2nd 10 oz. silver bar, 3rd Carson City GSA Morgan dollar, 4th and 5th 10th oz Gold eagles !!! $1 each ticket or 6 for $5, 12 for $10. For further info call
775-883-GOLD

To further demonstrate the dire budget situation Carson City City Hall is in, City Supervisors Thursday agreed to set up a program to pay "less important" city workers to quit. Payments include money, on their behalf, to the Public Employees Retirement System to help departing workers with their retirement situation. If PERS isn't an issue, the city can pay them cash or some sort of deferred compensation, or a combination of all of the above.

Facing a budget shortfall about half of what Carson City faces over the next two years, Sparks City Council members say they will cut their own pay just like they've asked city workers, including police, fire fighters and their engineers that their pay be cut 7.5% each year for the next two years. Meanwhile, Carson City Supervisors have laid down the law that there will be layoffs in both the Sheriff and Fire Departments although the deputies labor association says it would prefer furloughs or pay cuts instead. There's been no mention by the Superivsors that their own pay should be cut.

You may have heard that there are some big financial incentives for slapping energy-generating solar panels on the roofs of your home and/or business. There are. But time to apply to get those incentives was running out. So NV Energy extended the deadline to apply. So, you now have until April 21st to get those applications in to NV Energy in Reno. Call them for an application or e-mail NV Energy at RenewableGenerations@NVEnergy.com.

A dozen community and labor groups from Nevada have signed onto a letter to Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto urging her to support, not file suit, over federal health care reform.
Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons this week demanded the Attorney General join a lawsuit filed by 14 other Attorneys General to block implementation of federal health care reform, a package of changes that critics of the lawsuits claim are needed in Nevada, where an estimated 400,000 men, women and children lack health insurance coverage.

Sales tax collections in Carson City plunged again in January, falling 16.2% from January of 2009. Sales tax collections statewide were down 8.1% in January. They were off 4.8% in Washoe County, down 2.2% in Douglas, minus 22% in Lyon and down 12.7% in the Fallon area.

Wild Horse Children's Theater is getting ready to transport audiences on a magical journey to “A Whole New World” as our spring production of Disney's Aladdin, Jr. takes to the stage at the Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City May 7-22.

by Sadge Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/03/31/scotts_photos_in_cc_in_focus_magazine Nice to see Scott Schrantz get credit for his historic photo collection, used in the In Focus insert in today's Nevada Appeal.

In the Scenic West Athletic Conference, where three of the seven softball teams are ranked in the top 20 nationally, wins have been hard to come by for the second-year Western Nevada College squad.

Nevada is preparing to compete in round two of the federal Race to the Top grant program. Only two states that applied, Tennessee and Delaware, received funding from the first phase of the competition.