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Food for Thought, a program that helps feed homeless children in the Carson City region, will hold a fundraiser, Coconuts for Kids, on May 22 at the Governor's Mansion from 4 to 7 p.m.
The Hawaiian-themed fundraiser will have hula dancers, authentic island food and an auction. All are welcome to the event.

At the Carson Nugget Redevelopment Advisory Committee meeting last night, it was revealed that the developers are negotiating with the Gaming Control Board, Public Utilities Commission and the Department of Health and Human Services about relocating to the planned downtown development.

But the landlord of one of these agencies said it would be highly unlikely that any of them will move anytime soon.

A 49-year-old unemployed Carson City man faces a felony burglary charge after allegedly breaking into St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Saliman Road this morning, drinking a gallon of wine from the church's refrigerator and then passing out in the pew.
An officer was dispatched to the church at around 8:17 a.m. in reference to a commercial burglary where the suspect was still inside, according to an arrest report. Upon arrival, Carson City deputies found the suspect, Kenneth Carlson, asleep in the church between the pews.

A 34-year-old transient with a criminal history involving fraud was arrested by Carson City authorities after giving them a false name.
Helen Holguin, 34, faces felony charges of credit card fraud, breaking probation and a misdemeanor charge of obstructing. She is being held without bail at the Carson City Jail.
On May 10 at about 11:12 p.m. a vehicle was pulled over by a Carson City deputy on West Long and South Carson streets because it didn't have a license plate. According to the arrest report, the passenger in the car had acted suspicious, clutching a large purse.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. – The Supermodified Racing Association will participate in a special exhibition this Saturday at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. The exhibition will be a part of All American’s Open Wheel Challenge, which includes USAC sprint cars headlining a number of other open-wheel divisions.

Top seeds Reno and Galena advanced into the winners bracket during opening round play of the Northern 4A Regional Baseball Tournament on Tuesday afternoon.

Despite coming up just short in their quest to extend the season one more week, Carson High's Colin McCulloch and Garrett Gingell still managed to finish strong at the Northern 4A Regional Boys Golf Tournament on Tuesday afternoon at Empire Ranch Golf Course.
In the process, they gained some valuable experience for the future.

A committee designed to look at outsourcing Carson City School District's food service program has tentatively selected Aramark as a provider, district officials told board members tonight. Under terms of a possible contract, district food workers would not lose their jobs.
A contract between Aramark and the district could be presented to the school board by the end of the month.
Three proposals have been on the table, including food service companies Sodexo and Chartwells. The school district will begin a series of negotiations with Aramark to establish a contract.

A tort reform expert said in a conference call today he was puzzled at how a jury could find two drug manufacturers liable for the transmission of hepatitis C to a patient at a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic.

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CARSON CITY — The state Board of Examiners decided Tuesday that more than 700 state employees whose salaries are paid by the federal government must take an unpaid furlough day each month like all other state workers.
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CARSON CITY – Gov. Jim Gibbons announced yesterday he is pursuing an initiative petition to subject labor negotiations between unions and local government entities to the open meeting law to give taxpayers access to the discussions.
Some Republican lawmakers welcomed the idea, saying the Democrat-controlled Legislature has been unwilling to consider such a proposal.

CARSON CITY — A telephone survey of Carson Middle School parents conducted this weekend shows broad support for the concept of school uniforms, reports Principal Sam Santillo.
A presentation of the survey findings, which shows 66 percent support among CMS parents, will be discussed tonight during the regular meeting of the Carson City School District board. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Sierra Room of the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. We'll have live coverage of the meeting.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City will soon announce a new membership plan. To kick it off the BAC will host a free concert on Friday, May 14 featuring highly acclaimed Travis Brass, the chamber ensemble of the United States Airforce Band of the Golden West.

A Carson City father and two sons are in jail facing multiple felony and misdemeanor charges after allegedly beating a man who was apparently in an argument with a family member in which a cell phone was broken.
The incident was reported on Monday at 9:20 p.m., when a deputy was dispatched to the 300 block of David Street for a report of three men kicking in the door of an apartment.

Executives from P3 Development were introduced to the members of the Carson Nugget Redevelopment Advisory Committee tonight, saying they were looking forward to working as partners with Carson City and the Nugget.

For a play-by-play of the meeting, check out the live blog here.

While the Western Nevada College baseball team, Salt Lake Community College and College of Southern Idaho have all had their moments this year, WNC baseball coach D.J. Whittemore said College of Southern Nevada is still unquestionably the class of the Scenic West Athletic Conference.
"They know they're going to win," said Whittemore about CSN being the favorite in this week's SWAC postseason tournament. "Everyone else thinks they're going to win."

The road to the NIAA 4A State Championships is always difficult, but the Carson High softball team seems to have received as favorable path as possible. Two Northern 4A teams will advance to state and it figures that High Desert League champion Spanish Springs is the heavy favorite to earn one of those berths. And since Carson isn't in the Cougars' bracket, the Senators could be one of the darkhorses to grab that second spot to state.

After watching rain turn to snow through the afternoon, Colin McCulloch couldn't have been happier when opening round play in the Northern 4A Regional Boys Golf Tournament was finally suspended on Monday afternoon at Empire Ranch Golf Course.
"I'm so cold right now," the Carson High sophomore said afterward, glancing out on a course where snow was starting to stick. "It was pretty tough. Starting on 15, I could barely grip the club."

The hills will come to life in Carson City this May as the Western Nevada Musical Theatre Company brings Rodgers and Hammerstein’s most beloved musical, 'The Sound of Music' to the Carson City Community Center.

The second publicity stunt WNMTC did was at Meadowood Mall. Great crowd response.

See it on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJFFY2OxkR0

Sound of Music can be seen this coming weekend at the Carson City Community Center at 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday May 14 & 15 and 2 pm Saturday and Sunday, May 15 & 16. A real crowd pleaser and wonderful for the whole family. Tickets available at 445-4249 or visit the website at:
http://www.wnmtc.com

Cold weather has made for wet snow today in Carson CIty. This photo was taken at around 5 p.m. across from Carson High School.

Rain and snow showers should continue tonight, with rain turning to all-snow after 8 p.m., according to www.carsonweather.com.

The low will be around 30 with winds southwest 10 to 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch is possible.

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/05/10/snow_in_may Nice little snowstorm to go along with the cold weather the last couple of days.

Click on the headline at 6:30 p.m. for live video and discussion. Until then, take a look at some questions that might be asked.

The Chorus of the Comstock lead by director, Jim Crowley, presents songs of tribute for the celebration of 100 years, to the day, that the McKeen motor car arrived in Carson City for the V&T Railway, and, the culmination of a 12 year and nearly one million dollar restoration effort for this unique antique railway transport car. The program included the patriotic theme selections, “This is My Country”, “America the Beautiful”,”Armed Forces Medley” and “ God Bless America”. Barbershop quartets, "Miners" and "Assisted Living" entertained at Wabuska depot and the State Museum building.

A Carson City man faces felony and misdemeanor charges after he allegedly beat his girlfriend, locked her in a room, and then hit her in the head with a rock.

Nyle Silva, 23, is being held on felony robbery and false imprisonment charges as well as gross misdemeanor interference with emergency communication and domestic battery. His bail has been set at $35,632.

Two known Carson City gang members have been arrested after allegedly beating a man who had tried to defend his sister from a rash of annoying phone calls made to her while she was working.

In statements made by the victim and his sister, the problem began on Friday when one of the 18th Street gang members, identified as Jaimi Ponce, 19, kept calling a fast-food restaurant, wanting to speak with the woman. When the victim, who also worked at the restaurant told the man to stop calling, Ponce began yelling at him on the phone, according to the arrest report.

A Dayton man was arrested and faces felony drug charges after law officers discovered eight balloons of suspected heroin in his possession.

The arrest was made after Carson City deputies with the Special Enforcement Team were assigned to look for a separate man who had violated his parole, in the neighborhood of 20 College Parkway, at an apartment known for drug activity. The man — who was left to watch a small child — attempted to jump out of a second floor window, according to the arrest report. He was taken into custody.

The developer chosen for the Carson Nugget Redevelopment Project will be on hand tonight to answer questions about the project.

Rick Oshinski, CEO of Sacramento-based P3 Development, will appear before the Carson Nugget Development Advisory Committee tonight in the Community Center's Sierra Room.

Carson Now plans to show live video of the meeting, as well as hosting a discussion forum.

Many questions are sure to arise, concerning the details on the project and its scope, as well as the developer and how the company was chosen.

As I've been talking to people about this project, I've collected a number of questions, that I put together below.

RENO -- It's the nature of baseball. Former Western Nevada College star Brian Barnett and Carson City's Jesse Rasner played well enough for the University of Nevada baseball team, but in the end it wasn't good enough.
 
For both Barnett and Rasner, each were pondering one at-bat that left them thinking about what could have been. And the end result was a 6-4 win in 12 innings for San Jose State against Nevada on Sunday at Peccole Park. The Spartans avoided the four-game sweep after the Wolf Pack won the first three games of the series.

Carson High is riding a wave of momentum into the NIAA 4A Northern 4A Region Softball Championship tournament, which is scheduled to begin on Thursday and continue through Saturday at Bishop Manogue High School in Reno.

The NIAA 4A Northern 4A Region Baseball Championship tournament is set to begin on Tuesday and continue through Saturday at Carson High School and Douglas High School in Minden.

The NIAA Class 4A Northern Region Boys Golf Championship tournament is scheduled to be played on Monday and Tuesday over the Sierra/Blue and River/White nine-hole sides at Empire Ranch Golf Course in Carson City.

CARSON CITY — It was 'all aboard' the historic McKeen Motor Car V&T No. 22 on Sunday for dozens of railroad enthusiasts as the Nevada State Railroad Museum celebrated a milestone 100th anniversary commemorating the iron horse's arrival to the Carson City railroad.

The celebration was at the platform of the historic Wabuska Depot. Numerous local, state and federal officials and noted railroad historians participated in the event, trading stories and history references, and taking turns riding the car.

The Bernhard family, donors of the car, were the honored guests.

It's all come down to the next three weekends as far as Northern 4A track and field athletes and coaches are concerned. Of course, the state meet is the ultimate goal, but first comes the Northern 4A Regionals, which get under way Saturday with the prelims at Damonte Ranch High in Reno.

The finals will be held at Damonte Ranch next Saturday and the top three finishers ineach event qualify to advance to the NIAA State Championships, also at Damonte Ranch.

ANNOUNCING A PEDDLER'S FAIRE AT SIERRA CREST ACADEMY ON SATURDAY MAY 15TH FROM 10-3PM.
Minden's local charter school is having a Peddler's Faire for their fund raiser this year. There will be a huge rummage sale and a chili cook-off as well as vender's selling their wears! The kid's will be doing fencing and archery demonstrations through out the day and there will be live music by Tuck Williams and Michelle Supelana-Mix.

In previewing the Northern 4A Regional Track and Field Championships, there might not be a more loaded event when it comes to sheer depth than the boys pole vault.

Seven athletes have cleared 13-9 or better -- including the Carson High tandem of Eric Garcia and Cameron Childers -- and on Saturday a jump of 12-6 was needed to advance past the regional prelims at Damonte Ranch High School in Reno. Garcia and Childers both made their attempts at 12-6 to qualify for the field of nine vaulters in the finals.

A pair of Carson High sophomores reigned as champions in their respective events -- Brian Lester in the 1-meter diving and Tim Grunert in the 100-yard breaststroke -- when the High Desert League Swimming and Diving Championships concluded at the Carson City Aquatic Facility on Saturday.

A pair of Carson High sophomores reigned as champions in their respective events -- Brian Lester in the 1-meter diving and Tim Grunert in the 100-yard breaststroke -- when the High Desert League Swimming and Diving Championships concluded at the Carson City Aquatic Facility on Saturday.

We meet on Thursday nights 7:00-9:00pm at the Carson City Senior Citizen Center, 901 Beverly Drive, CC, NV 89706.

The Chorus of the Comstock , Carson City’s chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society ( FWD), is directed by Jim Crowley. Guests are welcome. Come join us on Thursdays for good fellowship and song. Available for performances. see website: www.chorusofthecomstock.com

The cast warms up:

YouTube Video

A pennant race is a pennant race no matter if it's for first or second place.
 
And for the Western Nevada College baseball team, the race for second place in the Scenic West Athletic Conference went down to the wire. College of Southern Nevada was finally helping out the Wildcats after losing the first three games of its series at Salt Lake Community College.

To hear Jordan Lewis talk about it, fellow pitcher David Carroll was the main target of the University of Houston. But Western Nevada College baseball coach D.J. Whittemore said Houston wanted Lewis all along.
 
It all worked out in the end as Carroll signed with Maryland and Lewis recently signed with Houston. "They originally came here scouting Carroll," said Lewis about Houston. "They just started to kind of notice me."

Photo slideshow from Partnership Carson City's prescription drug roundup:

Maria Arrigotti happily is back with the Western Nevada Musical Theater Company in the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music.”

She starred in many productions with the company and her professionalism is evident on the stage as she leads the troupe of seven von Trapp children through the musical. The shows continues tonight and next week.

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