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CARSON CITY – Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, today criticized a fund-raising “pay to play� letter sent out recently by Majority Leader Steven Horsford, saying it borders on an ethics violation.
“I have always avoided that kind of a fundraiser,� he said. “I think it is inappropriate. The perception is that to have access to a leader or chairman you have to pay. I think that sends a terrible message.�

We've now confirmed through multiple sources inside and out that the Nevada Appeal will once again publish on Tuesdays starting Sept. 28.

Our sources say this is related to the elections, which makes a lot of sense. It would be quite a hardship to not have a paper on Election Day, which in years past has be chock full of political ads.

The Jazz! Carson City concert series continues with a performance by Rick Metz & First Take at Firkin & Fox on the deck, 310 S. Carson Street in Carson City from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. It's an Open Jam Session where musicians sit in. They are Rick Metz, saxes; Latisha Lewis, vocals; Dave Kubin, keyboard; Neil Strocchio, drums.

The Jazz! Carson City concert series continues today, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Adele's Restaurant and Lounge on the veranda, 1112 N. Carson Street in Carson City. Tonight the featured performer is Barbara Baxter. She will perform jazz, standards and blues. Her backup includes Peter Supersano on keyboard and Phil Jerome on bass.

Join Cowboy Bob every Wednesday Nite @ 7pm for FREE Country Line Dancing at the fabulous new Eleventh Frame Lounge @ Carson Lanes. Must be 21. No Cover.

The Lounge features a lighted stage, large dance floor, plush seating, and is completely Smoke-Free. Happy Hour Daily from 4-6pm (Buy One, Get One FREE).

Around 30 representatives from law enforcement, emergency management and the Carson City Health and Human Services Office conducted a test run today of its portable emergency facility designed for health emergencies such as mass casualty disasters.

The 20 foot by 40 foot inflatable facility, which would serve as a temporary morgue, underwent the test to activate an HVAC cooling system, said Pam Graber, public information officer for the Carson City Health and Human Services Office.

In a new twist on the sign spinner marketing technique, Barry Jones was zooming up and down the sidewalk on Stewart Street promoting his Little Caesar's Pizza franchise in the Carson Mall.

Have you seen any other unique business marketing tips? Share them with us.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – Money may not buy happiness but a sizable five-figure donation to Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford’s political action committee will get you some serious face time with Democratic leadership.

A truck driver who was seen gambling on Monday at a Carson City supermarket, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of falsely reporting a crime after he told police he was robbed of $1,300 at gunpoint by two black men.

The Phoenix, Ariz., man was arrested early this morning. His bail was set at $632. According to a Carson City Sheriff's Office deputy arrest report, officers were dispatched Monday night to the 3000 block of North Carson street for a reported armed robbery at JM Furniture.

LAKE TAHOE — Unbearable loneliness, crises of confidence, bereavement, loss of hope and struggles with faith are just some of the universal topics being talked about on the stage of the historic Boathouse Theatre at Tahoe’s annual Valhalla Arts, Music and Theatre Festival. "Talking With" is a unique collection of 10 monologues by 10 marvelous characters who are sure to make the audience laugh and think.

A Red Flag warning issued by the National Weather Service in Reno is in effect through 11 tonight for the Carson City region.
A Red Flag warning means critical fire conditions, such as gusty winds and low humidity, will occur. According to www.carsonweather.com, low pressure over the eastern Pacific will move into the region today. This will bring with it winds and very dry air to the Sierra and northwest Nevada.
The combination of gusty winds and low humidity could create the potentil for critical fire weather conditions, the weather service said.

By Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – The Nevada state Board of Finance today voted to make it easier for those who owe money to the state to pay their debts.

Live Band, "3N1" plays in the all new Eleventh Frame Winner's Lounge @ Carson Lanes. Playing your favorite 80's, Country, and Southern Rock hits from 7-11pm, they are sure to keep the large dance floor hopping. Must be 21. NO COVER. Smoke Free. The Eleventh Frame Lounge features a Lighted Stage, plush & comfortable seating, and daily Happy Hour from 4-6pm (Buy One Get One FREE)!

Lake Tahoe clarity held steady in 2009 for the ninth year in a row, but remains significantly poorer than in previous decades, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake for more than 40 years.

As a followup to a June mass fatality exercise, the Carson City Health and Human Services Office will conduct a test on Tuesday of its inflatable temporary holding facility that may be deployed in the event of a health emergency or disaster.

A Carson City man faces felony domestic battery and battery with a deadly weapon charges after he allegedly hit his girlfriend, splitting the top of her head open with an unknown object, possibly a weight, which caused a five-inch gash.

Raymond Eugene Carter, 54, is being held on $35,000 bail. According to a deputy report narrative, officers were dispatched to the 2000 block of California Street on Friday at about 8:30 p.m.

A Battle Mountain man died on Sunday morning after he crashed his motorcycle in Eastern Churchill County, the Nevada High Patrol reports.
Michael A. Jurad, 66, died of his injuries. Jurad's wife, Mary L. Jurad, who was a passenger, was flown to Reno and is listed in serious condition this morning at Renown Regional Medical Center, NHP reports.
The accident was reported at 9:46 a.m. Sunday on State Route 722 near mile marker 15 in eastern Churchill County, a mile west of Carroll Summit.

Nevada Business Connections' Monthly Networking Breakfast will feature Republican Gubernatorial candidate Brian Sandoval on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Atlantis Casino Resort & Spa in Reno. Doors open at 7:30 a.m.

Join the Carson City Chamber of Commerce for a Wednesday mixer "Bowling, Burgers and Beer" at the recently remodeled Carson Lanes, 4600 Snyder Avenue.
This will be a fun event, highlighting owner Gene Burger and the massive renovation to the facility.

AUSTIN, Nev. — It’s not often you’ll find a classic historic mining town full of options for the more active traveler. Austin, Nevada is not only a living ghost town and a cultural heritage get-away but it has a multitude of adventurous options including hiking, mountain bike trails and more. Founded in 1862 during the silver rush, the town is located exactly in the center of the state along the Pony Express route on Highway 50 on the western slopes of the Toiyabe Range at elevation 6,605 feet.

Jonathan discusses the best ways to start selling products or services online. What are the choices for people who are just starting to think about the possibility of selling on the internet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdayvtT5j_4

Chris Bayer entertains with a song about Carson City, and talks about taking risks:

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

Fridays on 3rd Street presents Horn, Harmonica and Blue on Friday, Aug. 20, from 7 to 11:30 p.m. This is part of the Jazz! Carson City series.

Join in the fun, fright and local lore in the spine-chilling Ghost Walking Tour of Carson City historic homes on Saturday, Aug. 21. Learn about spirits of the past that still linger. Madame Curry will be your tour guide with many haunting surprises to occur.
 The tour begins at 7 p.m. with departure from the Firkin & Fox, (The old St. Charles Hotel) on 3rd and Curry. Adults $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Call (775) 687-7410 for advance tickets and information. Be Brave.

The Jazz! Carson City series continues with the Ake-Roth-Laurain Trio at the Brewery Arts Center. This unique, original, highly creative, and distinctive internationally known trio of jazz musicians will play at at the Brewery Arts Center, 511 W. King St. Information: The concert begins at 7:30 p.m.. Go to www.jazzcarsoncity.com or call (775) 883-4154.

Fresh fruits and vegetables from local farmers at the Farmer's Market in Carson City. Crafts and flowers. The market runs from 3 to 7 p.m. and is located at the Pony Express Pavilion on Highway 50 at Mills Park. For vendor information call Shirley at (775) 746-5024.

Come hear the incomparable vocal stylings of Latisha Lewis and her quartet, 11 from a.m. to 2 p.m., at B'Sghetti's & Plan: b, located at 318 N. Carson Street in Carson City.

Celebrate the V&T Railroad with train rides, V&T Spirits Train, a special Naturalization ceremony and much more. Call 800 718 SLVR(7587) for Virginia City and 800 NEVADA-1(638-2321) for Carson City events and train tickets for the Long line ride from Carson City to Virginia City. or go to www.visitvirginiacitynv.com or www.visitcarsoncity.com

The summer sizzles and Sunday is no exception with Jazz! Carson City. The Mile High Jazz Band Association, Carson City, local businesses, and jazz lovers proudly continue the annual August jazz festival that began in 2004. Admission is free, and parking at the garage on Stewart and Fifth streets is also free. Bring a picnic and blanket and enjoy the music.
There are three free Concerts in the Park, at the Legislative Plaza/Capitol Amphitheater in Carson City lined up for Sunday:

Nine-year-old Sonia Byington, left, and her mother, Kendall, of Santa Cruz, Calif., stopped by the Carson Mall in Carson City on Saturday afternoon for the Friends of the Carson City Library Bargain Book Sale. The daughter-school teacher team were in Carson City this weekend visiting family member Cindy Byington, a Friends of the Library volunteer. The next Friends of the Library book sale will be in September.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong issued a press statement today regarding the early morning gang-related gun fight in the Carson City neighborhood apartment complexes on North Lompa Lane near Menlo Drive.

Summer road construction projects continue this week in Carson City as the Nevada Department of Transportation, contractors and city crews continue work throughout the region.

Here is the Carson City road construction report through Aug. 22. As always, expect some delays in the project areas, be courteous and give crews "a brake" in the designated road construction zones.

With the continuing Nevada Department of Transportation project at the Carson City freeway, the following closures are planned:
— Valley View Drive has been permanently closed between Edmonds Drive and Line Drive.

Six people have been arrested and more are being sought after 30 gun shots were fired in what appears to be a gang-related shooting between rivals this morning at a Carson City apartment complex off of Menlo Drive near Lompa Lane.

The Nevada Appeal has a story about the residents of Clear Creek Road putting up a gate to shut out public access.

This has been a long-simmering issue. You can't really blame the residents, who are trying to protect themselves from liability if someone gets hurt on this private road, which provides access to popular hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing and picnic areas.

The city's new Business Resource and Innovation Center is now open for business.

Located across Proctor Street from City Hall, the center brings together the building, planning, business license and business development departments under one roof for the first time. The center also makes resources from the Carson City Library available for those who need to do research for starting or expanding their businesses.

A small brush fire near the Comstock RV Park in south Carson City has reportedly been extinguished as of about 6:10 this evening.
Carson City fire crews responded to the brush fire north of the RV park near Highway 395 and in the vicinity of Spooner Junction.
The call came into dispatch at about 5:55. Responding engines from Douglas County were called back as Carson City fire crews doused the small fire.
Fire engines that responded to the fire are now returning to their command posts, according to dispatch.

An unemployed Carson City woman faces a felony grand larceny charge after admitting to stealing a woman's purse from a local casino, splitting the cash inside of it with a friend, and then buying alcohol and cigarettes.

Roseann Owens, 48, is being held on $10,000 bond at Carson City Jail. According to the arrest report, at about 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, the woman was seen leaning on the glass doors at the Carson City Sheriff's Office on Musser Street. The woman appeared to be distressed and an officer asked her what was wrong.

The Northern Nevada Film Factory "Youth Film Making Workshop" starts Monday August 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnHF9fm7vsg

CARSON CITY – Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce President Matt Crosson said Thursday the Nevada business community will not accept tax increases in the upcoming 2011 legislative session without “meaningful� reforms in a number of areas including taxes, education and public employee benefits.

There's lots of music and entertainment lined up for the weekend, not all in Carson City but certainly nearby. And, of course, the Jazz! Carson City festival continues.
Here's what you'll find this weekend:

— Genoa hosts The Old Time Music Festival in the Town Park Saturday. This is labeled as a celebration of American Roots Music and includes the Quake City Jug Band and banjo star Georgette Hall with her daughter Cecilia Yale. Breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 11. Tickets are $5.

Reno artist Erik Holland, who has created 22 paintings of Austin, Nev., historic buildings, is being honored at the Nevada Historical Society with a show and opening reception on Friday, Aug. 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Changing Gallery at the Nevada Historical Society Building across from the Fleishman Planetarium at the back of UNR Campus in Reno.

Join the Friends of the Carson City Library when they hold their annual Bargain Book Sale at the Carson Mall. There's always great books at bargain prices, with nothing more than $1.
The Bargain Book Sale will begin Friday, Aug.t 13, and run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday Aug. 14, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Carson Valley region, which includes Carson City, and the Stateline casino corridor at South Shore Lake Tahoe were the only two regions in Nevada that saw an increase rather than a decrease in gaming revenue for the month of June, the state's gaming control board reported today.
The casinos in the Carson City and Carson Valley area climbed by 5.1 percent over the fiscal year for June, followed by the Tahoe casinos, which jumped to 13.5 percent.

A Carson City woman who was concerned about car burglaries in her neighborhood used a baby monitor device to track down the thief, only to learn that it was her own son who was allegedly stealing from a vehicle.

According to Capt. Clay Wall of the Carson City Sheriff's Office, there had been a spike in vehicle burglaries during the month of July and investigators learned there were similar patterns being used in the thefts.

A Carson City man faces a gross misdemeanor domestic battery charge after he allegedly urinated and spit on his living room floor and then punched his girlfriend in the chest.

The 31-year-old unemployed man was booked on suspicion of second offense domestic battery and was jailed on $5,000 bail.

According to the arrest narrative, deputies were dispatched to the 2000 block of Hawaii Circle in reference to a report of a domestic battery.

Fridays on 3rd Street presents Flipside (Top 40) at Third Street in downtown Carson City. Rock into the night with live music, food, drinks and fun.

Great Carson City jazz music continues with Sample of Soul at Canyon Creek Grill on the patio. The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. This instrumental and vocal musical group is based in the Tahoe-Reno area and performs jazz, blues, R&B, and Motown compositions. Canyon Creek Grill and Bar is located at 939 Mica Drive in Carson City.

Young violinists join concertmaster and instructor Sue Kitts of the Carson City Symphony on Thursday to present “Strings in the Schools” at Sierra Place, 1111 W. College Parkway in Carson City. The concert begins at 10 a.m. and features students in the Carson City School District who will perform violin music. Call (775) 841-4111.

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