Prevention

The Nevada state capital has seen its share of natural disasters and citywide emergencies.

From wildfires to flooding and all-too-common high wind events, Carson City Manager Nick Marano says local government is ready to respond at a moment's notice.

"The city has an emergency operations plan," Marano said. "We've gone through several rounds of modifications to it."

There is an emergency operations center, he said, that enhances communication between public safety and public works departments during local emergencies.

(Reno, Nev.) – On May 11th and 12th, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) held its third National Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking: Improving Outcomes for Vulnerable Children Through Judicial Action in Reno, Nev.

Addiction does not discriminate. It grabs ahold and tightens, oftentimes prompting even the most reasonable-seeming people to do unreasonable things to feed it.

Angels' tears fell from heaven Saturday morning as dozens braved cool, wet conditions to participate in the second annual Veterans Suicide Awareness March, an event organized by the Western Nevada College Veterans Resource Center.

The march, a solemn one for those participating as well as anyone who has been affected by suicide, followed a 1.5-mile course from the Bully's parking lot at the corner of North Carson Street and West College Parkway up the hill to the Western Nevada College (WNC) campus.

Department of Child and Family Services is a great group of people providing services that are needed in Nevada. It's Your City host Cortney Bloomer speaks with two members of the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services team, Karla Navarro and Lori Nichols about Child Abuse prevention and foster care.

Participants walk along College Parkway from the north Carson City shopping center to Western Nevada College during the Sexual Assault Awareness Walk event hosted by the Associated Students of Western Nevada on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Photo by Shannon Litz/Nevada Photo Source.

Justine Hernandez, University of Nevada, Reno violence prevention education and outreach specialist speaks during the Western Nevada College Sexual Assault Awareness Walk event hosted by the Associated Students of Western Nevada on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Photo by Shannon Litz/Nevada Photo Source.

Five Carson City Sheriff’s Office deputies received recognition for their outstanding efforts in saving lives on Nevada roads by removing under the influence drivers who were operating motor vehicles on our streets and highways.

Imagine being awakened in the middle of the night by a stranger, escorted out into the chill of dark Nevada twilight, placed in a strange car, and driven to a strange house with more strangers who tell you everything is going to be all right.

To top it off, you are expected to go back to sleep in a strange bed.

Welcome to the world of a foster child, whose story is much the same whether it's told in Las Vegas or Battle Mountain, in Caliente or Carson City.

Roadside stations for inspections and decontaminations of motorized boats and watercraft are officially opening for the 2016 boating season. Locations, hours of operation and opening dates are as follows:

The San Francisco Giants have come to Carson City. A new youth community baseball program with the backing of a Major League Baseball club opened for sign-ups earlier this month in the Nevada state capital.

The Junior Giants community league, run by the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department, is sponsored by the San Francisco Giants Community Fund, a charitable outreach of the professional sports franchise.

Hundreds of tiny pinwheels were planted Friday morning on the lawn in front of the Nevada Legislature building, facing Carson Street, to raise awareness of child abuse around the state and in the community.

The month of April is designated as Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Several pinwheels, made of paper with hand-drawn and colored designs, were created by area children.

Dozens gathered throughout the day Friday to see creativity and innovation in action at the TEDx debut in Carson City, held inside the Brewery Arts Center's Black Box Theater.

Sixteen speakers were selected for the 2016 program, ranging in age from 16 to 70 years old. Of those, eleven speakers are local in Carson City, the Carson Valley, Lake Tahoe and Susanville. Five others have local ties to Nevada.

A 19-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Wednesday, 7:17 p.m. at the Walmart store in the 3200 block of Market Street on misdemeanor suspicion of petit larceny, contributing to the delinquency of minors and a contempt of court warrant, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Please join our year-long Diabetes Prevention Program beginning on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at the Carson Tahoe Health & Wellness Institute located at 1470 Medical Parkway, Suite 250; Carson City, NV from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. This program consists of 16 weekly sessions plus 6 monthly sessions. Enrollment fee is $40, each session is $10 and payment plans are available. Learn about healthy eating, increasing physical activity, and setting and achieving goals. Groups are led by a Lifestyle Coach who facilitates the discussion and helps you find personal solutions.

The annual Pinwheel Planting Ceremony on the Legislative Lawn in Carson City will be on Friday, April 8, 11 a.m. for Child Abuse Prevention Month. Help plant pinwheels on the lawn at the legislature with community members. Wear blue for 'Go Blue Day.'

A Dayton couple arrested Friday on suspicion of assaulting a Walmart security officer face additional charges after a stolen credit card was used earlier at the store, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A Dayton man and woman were arrested Friday on multiple charges following a shoplifting incident at Walmart in which a loss prevention officer was physically assaulted, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A 39-year-old Carson City woman and a 49-year-old Gardnerville woman were arrested Monday on suspicion of misdemeanor petit larceny after the two allegedly attempted to steal more than $300 in merchandise from Walmart, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A California man was booked Monday into Carson City Jail on a felony embezzlement warrant issued in 2010, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Stand Tall, Healthy Communities Coalition of Silver Springs will host an anti-smoking event Wednesday that will educate seventh through 12th graders about the dangers of tobacco use and the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — a nonprofit of 12,000 doctors — has placed two billboards warning Carson City residents that cancer-causing processed meats such as hot dogs don’t belong in school meals.

From a visit by Ellen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of adult and young adult fiction, to Carson High’s own bestselling author, senior Alec Belle, CHS teachers bring national and local professionals together to share their knowledge with tomorrow’s professionals in order to equip them for the road ahead.

Sierra Lutheran High School educator J.P. Albert wears many hats - Spanish teacher, P.E. teacher, and assistant football coach. But this Spring, J.P. is also lacing up his dancing shoes. Partnered with Tracey Muetzenberg, J.P. is competing in Suicide Prevention Network of Douglas County’s Gotta Dance Competition.

Carson Tahoe Health would like to recognize David A. Johnson, MD, Medical Director of the Carson Tahoe Center for Wound Healing in Carson City, for receiving the honorary Physician of the Year award from Healogics, Inc.

The fifth annual Nevada's Big Give charity drive will be held statewide on Thursday, March 10.

The Big Give is an online donation drive designed to raise as much money as possible in a 24-hour period for various statewide and local charities.

“When everyone is looking for gold, it’s good to be in the pick and shovel business.” — Mark Twain

The entrepreneur-turned-humorist ought to know. Even though Samuel Clemens failed miserably at both mining and logging ventures in Nevada, he gave getting rich his best shot. Twain well understood the appetite Americans have for money — and how far those who want a slice of the supply chain pie are willing to go in order to get it.
It’s the same ambitious impulse a recent Seattle Business article identified when it said, “Marijuana entrepreneurs are lining up to cash in.”

State of Nevada
Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health Prevention and Treatment
Request for Qualifications: 0001
For
Behavioral Health Treatment and Supportive Services
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Deadline for Submission and Opening Date and Time: April 4, 2016 @ 2:00 PM
A Kick-off Meeting will be held March 4, 2016 from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon in Room 303,
4150 Technology Way, Carson City, video conferenced to the following sites:
Elko: DHCFP, 1010 Ruby Vista Drive, Suite 103
Las Vegas: HCQC South, 4220 Maryland Pkwy, Building D, Suite 810

I don't understand why Congress puts new tax rules in various other tax laws. Important tax laws seem to be in the other (unrelated) tax acts such as:

The Fleet Reserve Association, Sierra-Tahoe Branch and Unit 137 held its annual essay contest on Patriotism for Eighth to 12th grade.
A luncheon was held Saturday at the Veterans Hall in Carson City honoring the eight winners. Pictured clockwise from upper left are Grade 12:

Partnership Carson City is seeking applications for primary prevention services within Carson City.

The purpose of this funding is to implement direct service primary prevention programs and strategies at the community level. PCC receives funding from the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency.