Health

The region's premiere women’s event, The 11th Annual Nevada Women's Expo, will take place on March 23-24 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Local ownership and production by Kristy Hawke and Destinations West, LLC has created an event people can count on year after year. For less than the price of a movie ticket, women throughout our region and beyond make this event an annual tradition to get together with their girlfriends, moms, daughters, aunts, grandmas and grandchildren.

Darlene Ricco, born March 10, 1943, died February 15, 2013. Beloved friend of "the sisters" and countless others. Darlene was very proud of her work in the mental health field and worked tireles...

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This week's inspection includes several restaurants, a bar and lounge and three elementary school cafeterias. See the full report below.

At the last Board of Supervisor meeting, the public (citizens) were cleared from the room so that City Staff and the Board members could discuss issues relating to the Budget.

The conversation centered on the budgeted items – those completed – vs. – incomplete, the later an unmet challenge. The challenge: fiscal responsibility - vs. - the unmet needs of each department.

Nevada stands to lose $40 million in federal dollars if automatic budget cuts set to kick in at midnight Friday extend through September, with most of the hit being taken by education, public safety and some health and human services programs, Gov. Brian Sandoval said Thursday.

The Nevada State Health Division has awarded three planning grants to Nevada organizations to develop new or enhance existing comprehensive school-based health centers. Approximately 19,000 students from three Nevada counties — Lyon, Washoe and Clark — stand to benefit from the grants. Grant monies will also be used to enhance school emergency preparedness.

Grant recipients — Healthy Communities Coalition, Nevada Board of Regents and Community Health Alliance Foundation — identify main schools for the SBHCs, and arrange for several “feeder schools” to participate.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division.
This week's inspection includes a coffee house, a casino bar and lounge, steak house, Italian restaurant and buffet; a grocery store deli, meat department and sea food department; a submarine sandwich restaurant, a bowling alley bar and lounge and a Chinese restaurant. See the full report below.

Nevada son and United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid addressed a joint session of the Nevada State Legislature today in Carson City. Here is the text of his speech:

Carson City orthodontist Frank Beglin is a perpetual student. From college, dental school, and post-doctoral residency, to annual C.E. and Invisalign classes that board-certified orthodontists must attend, he’s no stranger to education.

The 2012 education PISA* rankings indicate that the USA came in at 25th for math, 14th for reading and 17th for science out of 30 countries with only three of those countries spending slightly more money per pupil than America. Yet the mantra for more money, benefits and taxes for education continue just as it has for the last sixty years. If more money will solve the education problem then why hasn't it ever worked in the last sixty years?

It is time to welcome spring with good friends, good wine, good food and a great Train Ride on the Comstock! The V & T Wine, Cheese and Dessert Train, sponsored by the Carson Tahoe Health Auxiliary, will be held on Saturday, April 6, departing Carson City Eastgate Depot at 10 a.m. for a trip through the Comstock to Virginia City.

The members of the newly formed five-member Sagebrush Ecosystem Team, an interagency multidisciplinary entity, were announced recently.

At least 28 employers will be at a job fair featured at the Carson City Senior Center today, Friday, Feb. 22. The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. in the dining area and is open to the public, said Lynn Ellis, WorkForce Case Manager for Carson City Health and Human Services. The event is sponosored by Carson City Health and Human Services, JOIN and Job Connect.

"If you are looking for employment you don’t want to miss this event. All are welcome. Dress to impress and bring several copies of your resume," said Ellis.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This week's inspection includes a meat department, produce department and deli at a super center; a bar, lounge and restaurant; a bakery, caterer and restaurant; convenience stores; a fast food restaurant, a coffee house. See the full report below.

Carson City attorney Jackie Bryant will join Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval's team as Deputy Chief of Staff beginning Feb. 19. She will replace Ann Wilkinson, who has served as Sandoval's Deputy Chief of Staff since January 2011.
Wilkinson is leaving to return to the practice of law, effective Feb. 20.

Carson City authorities made numerous felony and misdemeanor arrests recently, including arrests for domestic violence, car theft and probation violation court orders.

A 25-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Feb. 7, 7:04 p.m. in the 400 block of Simone Avenue on an outstanding felony warrant out of Douglas County.

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This week's inspection includes a restaurant, bar and grill; a fast food restaurant, an ethnic food restaurant; casino restaurants and meat department and a convenience store. See the full report below.

CARSON CITY — With increased focus on heart health this February, Carson Tahoe Health employees take some time to show their support for heart disease prevention and awareness. Although the health care industry is known for promoting heart health on a daily basis, Carson Tahoe Health employees enjoy seeing regional and nationwide support for such a meaningful cause.

CARSON CITY – Nevada policy holders recovered nearly $4 million in 2012 from insurance companies through the efforts of the Nevada Division of Insurance.
A recovery is the amount of monetary compensation or relief received by a consumer as a result of a filed consumer complaint against an insurance company. The division recovered $3,998,508.

A 44-year-old Carson City man was arrested after officers were led in a foot pursuit that went inside a busy local restaurant. The man, identified as Tony Clarence Wilson, was tasered on the patio of the establishment located in the 1000 block of South Carson Street.

Wilson faces a felony charge of being a felon in possession of ammunition and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, possession of drug paraphernalia, and violation of a suspended sentence. The arrest happened Feb. 1 at 8:30 p.m.

Alfred Doten had one of the longest tenures of any Sagebrusher in the history of the Comstock. His Nevada career began at Como in 1863, and ended 40 years later with his death in Carson City in 1903.  Today Doten is remembered for the journals he wrote spanning 54 years documenting his career and personal experiences. Seventy years after his death, the University of Nevada Press published a massive three volume set, weighing a hefty 14 1/2 pounds, titled: “The Journals of Alfred Doten 1849-1903.”

The following food inspection report is made weekly by the Carson City Health and Human Services Environmental Health Division. This week's inspection includes a bar and lounge, restaurants, fast food restaurants, a grocer, bakery and a convenience store. See the full report below.

Mark your calendars for Feb. 19 in Carson City for Part II of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act and how it is being implemented in Nevada.

The free event will be at the Silver State Charter School Performance Arts Center, 900 Mallory Way in Carson City beginning at 5:30 p.m. Presented by Sierra Nevada Forums, learn how the Affordable Health Care Act is affecting the medical community in Nevada and how care providers are preparing to help their patients.

Health agencies in Carson City and Washoe County have each received a $125,000 two-year grant that will be used to explore ways to partner, otherwise known as "cross-jurisdictional sharing."

The Carson City Health and Human Services and Washoe County Health District are recipients of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grants that will aid in the mission of protecting and promoting health in both counties, according to a news release.

Nevadans could soon see one of the biggest expansions of state government in modern history as Medicaid, a program that provides health care coverage to low-income residents, moves to cover more than 170,000 new enrollees by 2015.

While his colleagues are packing up and heading to Carson City, Assemblyman Steven Brooks of North Las Vegas is in a southern Nevada mental health facility, his immediate political future uncertain.

On Saturday, Dr. Todd Gray, DDS will be presenting a workshop on Dental Health at The Children's Museum of Northern Nevada in Carson City. Come learn how food choices affect your teeth, how to take good care of your mouth and what bacteria does. To make a reservation call the museum, (775) 884-2226.

Coming to Carson City is your chance to learn how to dance. From Country to Waltz to Salsa! Offering 32 different group classes to choose from!! Teens group classes and adult group classes offered. Watch the show, Love’s Stories, a ballroom dance production. Then dance the night away at the Friday Night country dance with yummy refreshments. Or come to or formal Valentine's Ballroom dance and enjoy our chocolate buffet!

A Carson City man was arrested Sunday and faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly breaking down a door with an ax and threatening a woman.

Reymundo Antonio Robles, 39, was arrested in the 800 block of Musser Street. According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched at 10:03 p.m. in reference to a possible domestic battery. The reporting party stated Robles was breaking down the door with an ax.

Saturday's free Carson City Chamber of Commerce Health, Wellness and Beauty Faire brought many to the Carson Nugget ballroom to learn about the many ways to maintain good, healthy habits for the new year.

Below are photos of Saturday's faire. To enlarge click on each photo. For the first full gallery of photos go here.