Thank You

“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service… You only need a heart full of grace and a soul generated by love.” Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke those words, and they still ring true today. A community is what a community does, and ours is filled with people that do amazing things for others. As we stand at the beginning of a new year, consider getting involved with a local non-profit: FISH, Advocates to End Domestic Violence, and the Nevada Humane Society are just a few of the great organizations in our valley.

Saw this beautiful Bald Eagle while walking the dogs on Conte Drive in Carson City.

Carson City Symphony Association announces the Joyful Noise Carson Children’s Choir will begin Spring semester rehearsals on Monday, Jan. 22. The weekly sessions will be held onstage at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall through May.

A 30-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Saturday in the area of Highway 50 East for misdemeanor suspicion of DUI after being stopped for going the wrong way, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Sunshine and calm skies brought out hot air balloons for another morning over Carson City.

I was recently reading a magazine called “Garden Design” that featured award-winning eco-friendly gardens. In it was a story by Louisa Jones about ecologist and landscape architect, Gilles Clément. He is renowned for his concept of the “Moving Garden.” It is a concept of biological gardening, the idea of working with, not against nature.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Jan. 15-21, 2018. Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road or utility work.

A 33-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Friday for suspicion of gross misdemeanor battery on a protected person and misdemeanor charges of resisting an officer, domestic battery second offense and violation of a suspended sentence.

Twenty graduates from the Nevada Highway Patrol Advanced Academy 78 received the title of Trooper at their graduation ceremony held Jan. 5 at the Nevada State Capitol in Carson City.

Playing in the snow probably isn’t an option for this weekend, but Singing in the Rain sure is. The kids of Youth Theater Carson City present a junior adaptation of the musical favorite this weekend and next. The Experimental Aircraft Association hosts ‘Young Eagle’ flights every few months at the Carson Airport to give kids 8 – 17 a plane ride to remember. Help out the Dayton Food Bank during their ‘Stuff-a-Cop-Car’ food drive at the Smith’s in Dayton; unexpired non-perishables of all kinds are appreciated. Read on and see what else the weekend brings.

SATURDAY:

The Carson City District Attorney’s Office won convictions of two defendants charged with felony offenses this week.

The University of Nevada, Reno’s Seismological Laboratory reports an ongoing swarm of earthquakes near south Reno, in the area of the Mt. Rose highway and I-580.

CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Friday the appointment of Becky Harris as chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Harris will serve as the first female chair of the regulatory board which serves the state’s largest economic industry, gaming.