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Brenda Silis and Gary Lyon talk about the Circles Initiative, a group of people helping other people to manage their lives in a more productive manner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w25rLSWClJM

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Calligraphy, Chinese jump rope, Origami, how to use Chop Sticks.

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By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
Until now, tenured faculty at Nevada’s universities have avoided the budget guillotine that has chopped away at the state budget.
They escaped salary cuts during the past session due to rules governing their pay.

A Carson City man faces multiple misdemeanor charges after he reportedly fled from authorities, tossing stolen credit cards and dropping a CO2 gun during a foot chase over several blocks.

The 24-year-old unemployed man with a history of trouble with the law was seen walking with another man and reportedly looking through homes at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday in the 1500 block of Walker Drive in Carson City.

Experts from the Veterans Administration and the University of Nevada School of Medicine will join a discussion on tele-health possibilities for rural counties hosted by Healthy Communities Coalition director Christy McGill.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – They have names like the Landscape Architecture Board, the Nevada Arts Council and the Commission on Mineral Resources, and there are more than 180 of them functioning within Nevada state government.

By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
A Florida judge ruled today that a key provision of President Barack Obama’s health care reform law is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, a Ronald Reagan appointee serving in Pensacola, Fla., ruled in favor of the 26 states that argued the law’s provision that imposes penalties on people who don’t purchase health insurance is unconstitutional.

A Reno truck driver faces weapons and other charges after he was arrested Sunday in Carson City and found to be in illegal possession of a loaded short barrel shotgun and a fully-loaded and ready-to-fire .44 magnum pistol in his waistband.

John Thomas Aston, 67, was arrested in the 2100 block of Highway 50 East at about 9:20 a.m. Sunday after an officer initiated a stop when the plates on his vehicle didn't match those on record.

A team of University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Las Vegas researchers have devised a new model for how Nevada’s gold deposits formed, which may help in exploration efforts for new gold deposits.

Michael Korda's fine new biography, "Hero, the Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia," comes at a critical moment in the Arab world, with the U.S. foreign policy in shambles as Egyptians riot in the streets and Tunisians oust their leaders.

Most Americans probably are only familiar with T. E. Lawrence as portrayed by Peter O'Toole in the David Lean film "Lawrence of Arabia," a fine biopic if not exactly the true, full story of Lawrence.

Carson City authorities are trying to determine how a man died after he was found in the middle of North Plaza and Telegraph streets early this morning. Foul play is not suspected, according to Sheriff Ken Furlong.

Deputies responded to the intersection at about 6:30 this morning after the man was reportedly found in the middle of the street and bleeding from the head. He apparently fell face first into the pavement which is what caused the bleeding, Furlong said.

An autopsy will be conducted on the man who had a Nevada identification card on him when he was found.

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce will hold its Tuesday Breakfast Club at Classy Seconds Thrift Store on Tuesday, Feb. 1 from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. The event is being hosted by the Advocates to End Domestic Violence.

Come join your fellow members for French toast, sausage, yogurt granola parfaits, fruit, scones, juice and coffee. The cost: $5 for members and $15 for non members

Classy Seconds is located at 411 Hot Springs Road in Carson City.

Gaming revenue for the Carson City and Carson Valley areas for fiscal year 2010 were among the state's best considering overall statewide declines, according data released today by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

Gaming Revenue for the Carson City and Carson Valley area was down 4.3 percent for fiscal year 2010 over 2009 figures. The Las Vegas strip reported the best revenue figures, down 3.1 percent, according to the control board.

Bowling is just $1.50 per game, and shoe rental is $1.00. Relax in our beautiful Eleventh Frame Winner's Lounge with 80's Music and Videos. Carson Lanes is 100% Smoke FREE. Bring the whole family!!

A hit and run accident sent a Carson City woman to the hospital by Care Flight Sunday night and authorities are now looking for the driver who hit her.

The 20-year-old Carson City woman was flown by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center in Reno. She is said to be slated for release later after suffering injuries from the accident, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office.

The Meeting will begin with installation of new officers. Members and guests will then discuss a list of ideas for programs and activities and assign tasks to interested attendees. To see the list or for more information please call 884-3037.

The highly touted English film "The King's Speech" has finally made its way to the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City, in time the for the Academy Awards next month where it is a strong favorite to win an Oscar or two. It's nominated for 12 awards.

So it took its time to reach us, but the wait was worthwhile as this is clearly a superior historical drama with a fine cast.


After two years, the L&L Hawaiian Barbecue at the Carson Mall has closed. This was one of the first businesses to open in the grand remodeling plans for the mall, but it’s since been overshadowed by other, better, restaurants moving in next door.
Read more at http://aroundcarson.com

By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
RENO – When Gov. Brian Sandoval’s staff reduced funding for the Sierra Regional Center in the governor’s proposed budget, he may not have known what that would mean to the Stangelands.

A full buffet of chocolate treats, featuring the creations of students of the award winning Carson High Culinary Arts Program will be featured at this year's Feast of Chocolate. This is the 12th annual fundraiser for local scholarships and the AAUW Educational Opportunities Fund. Also, raffle prizes will be awarded. Come enjoy the fun!

Treat your sweetheart to an evening of sweet and hot big-band music at Comma Coffee in Carson City. This Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts features the 19-member Mile High Jazz Band and vocalist Sheryl Adams. Highlights of the evening include Speedy Garfin singing "Through The Years" and guest soloist Gerry Wright. The performanc eis from 8 to 10 p.m. at Comma Coffee, 312 S. Carson St. (775) 883-2662.

Here is the Carson City area construction and maintenance road report for this week provided by the city's Public Works Department:

On Monday, Jan. 31, the outside southbound lane of Stewart Street will be closed between 2nd and 3rd Streets between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. because of work on state property.

On Thursday Feb. 3 the intersection of Musser and Curry streets, as well as Musser Street between Curry and Carson streets, will be closed from 8 p.m. through 6 a.m. Friday morning, Feb. 4 because of utility work.  

A monthly and annual update on Carson City's financial scorecard will be presented to the board of supervisors when they meet this week.

The presentation is a monthly business review related to the performance scorecard for the city and includes data relevant to manufacturing and other sectors. Supervisors will meet beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 3, in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center.

A 52-year-old Lyon County woman who died at the scene of an accident on Highway 50 east of Dayton on Friday night has been identified by the Nevada Highway Patrol.

Carole Marie Ernst of Silver Springs died from injuries in the accident that remains under investigation. Two others remain in stable condition at Renown Medical Center in Reno, a NHP spokesman said.

Ernst was a passenger in the two-vehicle accident, which was reported at 10:51 p.m., about 7 miles east of Dayton, said NHP Trooper Dan Lopez. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the accident, he added.

The drivers of both vehicles were flown by air ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno. They are Cindy Ann Leon, 32, from Silver Springs who is listed in stable condition. The second driver, Jessica Lynn Sanchez, is also listed in stable condition.

RENO — A new streamlined system to enable University of Nevada, Reno and Desert Research Institute (DRI) faculty to begin start-up companies and seek entrepreneurial partnerships is part of a new plan launched this month.

The idea, now a part of the university's Technology Transfer Office, is based primarily on a new standard license agreement, the “NSHE Express,” available to faculty-based start-up companies.

Join us this Friday, February 4th for the "Silk N Steel" in our beautiful new Eleventh Frame Winner's Lounge from 8pm-Midnite. This High Energy Duo plays all your favorite Classic Rock, Oldies, and Disco. Our large dance floor is sure to be hopping! No Cover and Smoke FREE!!

Four days of parties, games, competitions and tournaments are in the works to celebrate Super Bowl XLV at Lake Tahoe's MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa. The resort is pulling out all the stops in preparation for its Big Game Weekend, Feb. 3-6.

After weeks of unseasonably warm weather in Carson City, Carson Valley and the Sierra, snow is back in the forecast, expected to arrive Saturday night and last through Sunday.

A winter weather advisory has been issued for the region, with several inches of snow expected for the Sierra and a dusting down around the valley floors, according to the National Weather Service and CarsonWeather.com.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – The fact that Nevada has the worst unemployment rate in the nation isn’t exactly news, but a report released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics provides an in-depth picture of just how bad it was in 2010.
The report shows that Nevada’s “actual” unemployment rate for the calendar year was 23.6 percent, with California second at 22.1 percent.

I was prepared to write off "The Green Hornet" as just another superhero movie, aimed at comic-book readings kids. Well, I was partly wrong. The film now playing at the Fandango Galaxy multiplex in Carson City is aimed at the lower levels of intelligence, but along the way offers some humor and an incredible chase-crash-shootout scene. So all is not lost when sitting in the Galaxy stadium seats.

By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
A prominent education official has called for tax increases to offset the proposed higher education budget cuts in Gov. Brian Sandoval’s budget.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Nevada fares well among the states in a new report that includes unfunded public pension liabilities as part of overall state debt.

Applications for the position of Carson City Justice of the Peace / Municipal Court Judge are being accepted through Feb. 11 by the Board of Supervisors. The position is to fill the vacancy created by retiring judge Robey Willis whose last day is March 12.

Applications will be available for downloading from the City’s website at www.carson.org or may be obtained in person from the City Manager’s Office, 201 N. Carson Street, Suite 2.

Good news for ice skaters: The Carson City Recreation Department has extended the season through Feb. 27 for the Arlington Square Ice Rink.

The extended season will continue through the end of February at the Arlington ice facility and pavilion, located at the Main Street parking lot across from the Carson Nugget, at the corner of Robinson and Curry streets in downtown Carson City. The new and extended hours of operation are as follows:

A Carson City man faces multiple charges including felony drug possession and misdemeanor suspicion of driving under the influence, after being arrested late Thursday night during a traffic stop.

Isiah Treur, 32, was stopped at Fairview and the bypass at around 11:20 after officers observed him speeding and drifting across the fog line and failing to maintain his lane of traffic, according to the arrest report.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has ordered all state flags to be at half staff through sunset today in remembrance of Fifth Judicial District Court Judge John P. Davis, who died Wednesday.

“Judge Davis spent 20 years serving the people of the state of Nevada as a District Court judge and I believe it is appropriate to honor Judge Davis’s devotion to public service and his contribution to our state in this manner,” Gov. Sandoval said in a statement.

Davis was a district court judge in Nye County since 1991. He died Wednesday in Tonopah at the age of 76.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has named Jim Barbee, an agriculture consultant with the Department of Education, as the state's acting ag director.
Barbee replaces Tony Lesperance who quit after Sandoval said he wouldn't reappoint him, according to the Las Vegas Sun.

By Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
RENO – He looked out into the audience at the University of Nevada, Reno and said: “if lawmakers want to invest in something, we want to make sure they invest in us.”
Behind him, a Powerpoint presentation displayed tactics for talking to lawmakers about higher education budget cuts.

Kym Maehl from the Brewery Arts Center talks about a new class to help spur your creativity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5vO7tCr200

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – While several state lawmakers say they are seeking changes to the popular Millennium Scholarship for Nevada’s academically successful high school graduates, no one yet is pushing for income eligibility restrictions to ensure the program’s continued viability.

A 41-year-old Carson City man was arrested Wednesday afternoon at Mark Twain Elementary School after allegedly having a disagreement with his son's teacher and saying "this is going to be another Columbine."

According to the arrest report, the teacher told deputies that the boy's recess privileges were suspended for the week after he was caught picking on a Hispanic student, taking that student's coat and using it like a bullfighter's cape, yelling "Torro, Torro!"

Natalie Portman has been busy this year, starring in a ballet film, "Black Swan," where she was a neurotic ballet dancer in black face mask, and in the current "No Strings Attached."

"Strings" is about Emma (Portman), a doctor, and Adam, a TV writer, (Ashton Kutcher) who get together after a party and a funeral (there's twist for you) and when I say "get together" I'm being sly — she doesn't want any relationship other than sexual, but sexual she sure wants, and director Ivan Reitman shows a montage of scenes in which Emma is dragging Adam into handy closets or bedrooms.

Leroy Raymond Yeoman, 31, and Shane Robert Donovan, 22, were arrested Wednesday afternoon after an NV Energy employee reported witnessing the men cutting up a passive reflector microwave tower located in the mountains east of Sedge Road.

According to the arrest report, the NV Energy employee was dispatched to the tower location after the company lost the microwave feed from Geiger Grade. When he arrived, he said he observed the subjects cutting up the tower with a power saw and loading the metal in a pickup truck and trailer. The employee said the men admitted tearing it down for scrap.

Ismael Segura-Hernandez, 40, was arrested Wednesday afternoon for making terrorist threats after allegedly disrupting a GED class at Western Nevada College and saying he was "going to come shoot up the place like the guy in Arizona."

CARSON CITY – It’s a rare occurrence that a governor calls a federal law “unconstitutional” one minute and advocates implementing that same law a minute later.

But that’s what happened earlier this week when Gov. Brian Sandoval called for Nevada to move forward with creating the Nevada Health Insurance Exchange, one of the mandates under the Obama administration’s 2010 health care bill.

CARSON CITY – A lawmaker today questioned whether state officials did everything possible to negotiate the lowest cost for a recently approved $177 million Medicaid contract.
Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, asked Medicaid program Administrator Charles Duarte if the contract with HP Enterprise Services reflects a 10 percent reduction in the cost of state contracts sought by lawmakers to help address Nevada’s current fiscal crisis.

Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell talks on camera with Nevada Appeal's Brian Duggan about how he deals with his elected office and his job as a lobbyist at the Nevada Legislature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGL9FayQhTQ

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