Quad County, Carson City COVID-19 Thursday briefing: 1 death, 20 new cases and 19 recoveries

I recently helped a person figure out how to copy text from a web page onto a Microsoft Office document without all of the Internet hitch hikers along for the ride.

With less than a month until the doors open, Jukebox International Film Festival (JIFF), the only festival to feature films with music as a central driving theme, has announced that two bands appearing in two films screening at the festival will be appearing live in Carson City that week.

I’m not even going to speculate on the air quality, but please use your best judgement when choosing your activities and there may be some cancellations that I am not aware of. Downtown has a full day of options, but the back roads may be a little more difficult to navigate due to construction projects. The great music that awaits will be worth the hassle. Read on and you’ll find indoors and outdoors activities that will help alleviate the cabin fever.

SATURDAY:

Grammy Award winning entertainer Janet Jackson brought her 2018 State of the World Tour to the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys on Friday, Aug. 10.

UPDATE 5:40PM: Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called early Friday evening to a three-vehicle accident in the 2700 block eastbound lane of Highway 50 East. At least one person was reportedly injured. Motorists can expect delays.
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Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called late Friday afternoon to two vehicle crashes that happened within minutes of each other at Stewart and William streets and at Roop and Mallory streets.

DAYTON, Nev. — Join park staff for a program about wildlife living along the Carson River. Participants will take a short walk next to the river to look for signs of wildlife. A limited number of binoculars and wildlife guides will be available. Please bring water, sun protection, insect repellant, and wear comfortable walking shoes.

“This is the first night of the ‘High As Hope Tour.’ If you’re sitting down, you’re going to want to stand up so you can dance with us.” So began Florence Welch addressing the audience at the Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys on a warm, wildfire-smoky night.

Nevada Outdoorsmen in Wheelchairs has announced its 2018 hunt participants. The upcoming hunt commences in Elko, Nev., on August 22, 2018 and will celebrate the organization’s 10th Anniversary. Selected from this year’s pool of applicants are: Tony Sosby from Paris, Kentucky and Elko resident, Lizzy Pritchett.

A 21-year-old woman was arrested early Thursday morning for felony suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and other charges, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A small group of the wild Nevada Mustangs at one of their favorite watering holes; the Little Washoe Lake. Behind us were another dozen or so. Such beautiful and majestic creatures, they migrate here regularly in herds of 50 or more. If you see them beside the road (East Lake Blvd) stop and let them cross so they can reach their water and grasses.

During the winter, the homeless population of Carson City can find warm beds to sleep at our rotating local churches nightly, but during the summer, no such places exist.

This is why Carson City Sheriff’s Office Chaplain Craig LaGier, who is also a deacon for St. Teresa of Avila’s Catholic Church, as well as the St. Vincent Advisor and Homeless Ministry, said sleeping bags and Y Athletic socks are the most important item he gives to the homeless.

Despite smoke-filled skies from regional wildfires, the 2018 Carson City National Night Out held Tuesday night at Mills Park generated a crowd of several thousand and likely matched last year's record crowd, organizers said.

Returning for its third year, more than 250 dirt bikes will roar and race in south Carson City with riders chasing their share of a $10,000 purse at the Fuji Park Flat Track dirt bike races on Saturday, August 25 at Fuji Park.

In 1997, President Bill Clinton traveled to Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada, to inaugurate what would become an annual bi-state forum focusing on environmental challenges at the lake. More than two decades later, the conversation has shifted, implicitly and at other times explicitly, for a new century and a Lake Tahoe watershed that must contend with changing weather dynamics, from warmer water to increasing wildfires.