Career

Are you having difficulty securing a job? How about getting into a career? JOIN, Inc. has funding available for Career Training.
From Manufacturing Certifications to Medical Certifications. An orientation is held EVERY Monday at 9:00am, see if you qualify.

JOIN, Inc. is located in the Frontier Plaza, 1925 N. Carson Street, Carson City, NV 89701. Call the office or stop by to set up an appointment. (775) 283-0125

COUNTRY Financial Representative Sean Marler of Carson City has earned the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ designation from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.

The CFP® program provides professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to assess a client’s current financial status, identify problem areas and recommend solutions.

Attention string players! The Carson City Symphony will begin rehearsals for the third concert of the 2014-15 season on Wednesday, Jan. 7, from 7 to 9:15 p.m., at the Carson High School band room.

Billy Don Wainscott is the racetrack outrider at the nearest racetrack to Carson City — Cal Expo in Sacramento. It's a very tough and sometimes dangerous job. Billy Don has to work under many types of weather conditions...His job is vital to the safety of harness drivers their racehorses, and everyone trackside. A panicky horse pulling a empty sulky at 35 mph is very, very dangerous.

Whether measuring the Earth, watching the Sierra Nevada mountain range creep slowly upward or inventing GPS-based tsunami warning systems that track sudden movements of the earth’s surface, Geoff Blewitt, director of the Nevada Geodetic Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno conducts imaginative and interesting research in the field of geodesy. His fellow scientists around the world have taken notice.

The National Math and Science Initiative announced Tuesday that five research institutions, including the University of Nevada, Reno, have been selected to join a national network of universities in the expansion of the UTeach science, technology, engineering and math teacher preparation program.

Lake Tahoe Community College has submitted a proposal to the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to be considered for a four-year degree pilot program, allowing up to 15 community colleges the opportunity to offer one 4-year degree each for starters. After considering multiple options, LTCC's Baccalaureate Degree Steering Committee ultimately chose to propose offering a Public Safety Administration degree.

Duncan Golf Management has named Joe Kelly to the position of director of golf operations. Kelly comes to the job with 40 years of experience as a PGA golf professional in southern Nevada along with an impressive list of credentials including being a 2015 inductee into the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame.

Kelly has been with Walters Golf, a division of the Walters Group, in Las Vegas for the past 16 years. He was responsible for golf operations at all Walters owned and operated courses including Bali Hai Golf Club, Desert Pines Golf Course and Royal Links Golf Club.

Deonne Contine will be the executive director of the Nevada Department of Taxation effective Friday, Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Thursday.

“Deonne has served as a smart and steady deputy within the Department of Taxation. Her wide breadth of experience within state government will enable a smooth transition and ensure continuity and stability within the Department. I am pleased she has agreed to serve the state in this manner and look forward to having her in my Cabinet,” said Sandoval.

For a student athlete who has routinely associated with winners during his amateur baseball career, it’s no surprise that Western Nevada College pitcher Max Karnos has decided to make Sacramento State his next destination after the 2015 season with WNC.

Karnos, a 6-foot-4 right-hander from Anchorage, Alaska, signed a letter of intent with the Hornets this week.

“I just felt like it was the right school,” Karnos said. “I really like the coaches, I like the team, and they have a good winning tradition.”

Western Nevada College students are participating in a fall workshop series to foster their interest in launching a business.

Adams Hub for innovation of Carson City and Entrepreneurs Assembly, a Nevada nonprofit corporation, launched IdeaSpark! in October in a collaborative effort to bolster the entrepreneurial sector of the economy for Carson City and the surrounding area.

Sgt. Daniel Leverne Ackerman was from Carson City, Nev. He served in Vietnam, where he made the ultimate sacrifice in combat service to the United States of America a few weeks after his 21st birthday.

Sgt. Ackerman was born on March 13, 1947, and was killed in action on April 10, 1968. On the Vietnam Memorial Wall his name is located at Panel 49E, Line 7. Sgt. Ackerman was buried at Empire Cemetery, which is just east of Carson City.

One of our own, Carson City Deputy Sheriff Thomas McDonald, has suffered a severe family tragedy involving his wife Linda McDonald.

On Nov. 3, 2014 Linda was taken to Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center and then flown to Renown Medical Center due to a brain aneurism. Linda has been in the ICU, suffering two stroke type events and was placed in a medically induced coma. She was removed from the ventilator on Nov. 8, 2014 and is semi responsive. Her short term and long term prognosis are not yet known.

Here's is a roundup of Carson High volleyball and soccer, plus news about Mackena Bell from Carson City who will race in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in Phoenix on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. You can follow Bell on her Facebook page here and her website here.

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection presented its annual Wendell McCurry Excellence in Water Quality Award to Peggy Roefer Oct. 8, 2014, in recognition of her leadership role in protecting and improving water resources in Southern Nevada.

Campaign follies? campaign ethics? WHAT campaign ethics?

We just shrug our shoulders, "that's politics; politicians lie." We chortle at the more outrageous excesses. The bigger the whopper, the more we are entertained. But alas, they keep doing it because it works.

Caden Lehman, a senior at Carson High School, an officer for the Capitol FFA program, and an officer in the Douglas-Carson High School Rodeo Club, recently had his biggest win doing what he loves. He is involved in Team Roping and Calf Roping and is a member of the American Cowboys Team Roping Association. 

Recently at the ACTRA National Finals in Reno at the Livestock Events Center, Caden won the Super 7 National Championship, landing him and his partner, Jack Curry of Gardnerville, each new Royal T 3-horse trailers, buckles, and $10,000 cash. 

Silver Stage High School students received an inside view of the construction trade industry on Friday morning during a Western Nevada College presentation for Careers in Construction Month.

TACH (Traditional Association for Cultural Harmony) International, Inc. a nonprofit organization celebrated “150th Birthday of Nevada and Festival of Diwali” on Oct 18th, 2014 @ Laxalt Auditorium, (UNR), Reno with the collaboration of Indo-American artists & Community. The concert present an Indian Dance, Indian Classical Kachappi Veena, Violin and Sarod.

Pete Livermore, a longtime Carson City elected leader and business owner, died Monday at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center. He was 73.

Livermore was a Nevada Assemblyman who decided this year that he would not seek re-election. He began in the Assembly District 40 on Feb. 7 2011. Before that, Livermore was a member of the Carson City Board of Supervisors, 1998-2010; was Mayor pro Tem, Carson City, 2004-2006.

CARSON CITY – Jason Woodbury, candidate for Carson City District Attorney, today announced he has received the endorsement of the Carson City Sheriff’s Supervisory Association.

“I sincerely appreciate the support of the Sheriff’s Supervisory Association,” said Woodbury. “And I look forward to working with these fine individuals to strengthen the relationship between our two offices and improve the quality of law enforcement delivered to Carson City.”

TACH (Traditional Association for Cultural Harmony) a nonprofit organization presents "Nevada 150th Birthday & Festival of Diwali with Music and Dance" on Oct’18th , 2014 at Laxalt Auditorium (UNR), 401 West 2nd St, Reno at 7.00pm. This concert will present a collaboration of Indo-American artist, an Indian Dance, Indian Classical Kachappi Veena, and Sarod. There will be a jam session of music among Veena, Violin,Sarod and Tabla in this event.

Top artists presenting the events on Oct 18th are:

Obituary: Lawrence William Paul

Larry W. Paul, Sept. 21, 2014, born Jan. 9, 1954, in Havre, Montana, to Levi and Elizabeth Paul.
Larry is preceded in death by his father Levi, brothers Doug and Steve, and sister Teresa. He leaves behind his wife of 31 years, Clare; son, Ian; daughter, Marie; Mother ,Elizabeth and sister, Deborah Privett.

Larry grew up in Carson City, Nevada. His career started as a cadet with the Carson City Sheriff's Department. He received his degree in criminal justice from the University of Nevada, Reno. He

After valiantly fighting a long-time battle with Alzheimer’s, James Hammel (Jim) Bean, age 80, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2014 in Carson City, NV supported by his loving family. Autumn Funerals and Cremations is in charge of the final arrangements. Inturnment will be at No NV Veterans Mem Cem, Fernley NV with full military honors on October 02, 2014 at 11:am.

More than $4.4 million in federal funding will enable Western Nevada College to offer students more services to meet the skilled labor demands of today’s businesses. WNC in Carson City was selected as Nevada’s lead community college in the nation-wide $450 million job-driven training grants, as part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training program.

Administered by the Department of Labor, Nevada’s four community colleges will receive a total of $9,921,831 from October 1 through September 30, 2018.

In 1945, Johnny Mercer wrote “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” which became a hit. Subsequently, throughout the years, the song was covered by The Andrew Sisters and Bing Crosby, Bette Midler and Bing Crosby (Bing really loved the song), Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, and even the late, great, Ella Fitzgerald.

TACH (Traditional Association for Cultural Harmony) a nonprofit organization presents "Nevada 150th Birthday & Festival of Diwali with Music and Dance" on Oct’18th , 2014 at Laxalt Auditorium (UNR), 401 West 2nd St, Reno @ 7.00pm. This concert will present a collaboration of Indo-American artist, an Indian Dance, Indian Classical Kachappi Veena, and Sarod. There will be a jam session of music among Veena, Violin,Sarod and Tabla in this event
Top artists presenting the events on Oct 18th are:

Entrepreneurs Assembly and Adams Hub for Innovation are pleased to announce a collaborative partnership to create, educate and encourage entrepreneurs via a comprehensive business start-up training program and mentoring initiative to launch this October in Carson City.

Both organizations are united in their missions to help develop, nurture and strengthen the entrepreneurial community in the greater Carson City area.

Passed away Sept. 15, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 52. LaVonne was born to a career Navy man in Independence, C...

And so we begin week five of this year at Carson High School. The time passes so quickly. All sports teams are on a roll, and activities and clubs are full speed ahead as well.

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