saturday

Follow the White Rabbit and don’t be late! Wild Horse Children’s Theater invites you to Disney’s Alice in Wonderland,, Jr. on stage at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson Street, December 3-18, 2010.

Carsonsports.com reports how the Carson High girls soccer team took a step toward locking up the Sierra League championship with a 4-1 victory at Spanish Springs on Saturday. Meanwhile the Carson High boys soccer team battled for a scoreless tie.

Hundreds made their way to the Carson City Courthouse today, the first day for early voting in Nevada.

A record number of people could be voting in this election, said Alan Glover, Carson City Clerk-Recorder.

"I think it's going to be high again, just like 08. I see maybe a 90 percent turnout when this is done," Glover said. "I think the Senate race is cranking them out."

Saturday is National Boss's Day and since it is Friday you may have not seen the memo about this.

Yes there is a day for the Michael Scott's and Bill Lumbergh's of the world, though the "The Office" and "Office Space" characters are more than likely the parodied exception to today's corporate culture rule.

Chances are that today's bosses are as overworked as you, waiting for the hammer to drop on them just as much as you. Yes they're human, unless, of course, they're sociopathic.

C-SPAN fans take note. The C-SPAN Digital Bus will make its way to the Carson City Library on Saturday Oct. 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0t-KSYlatk&feature=channel

By Nevada News Bureau
(Updated at 3:20 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2010)

Those registered voters who don't want to wait until Election Day, Nov. 2, to cast their ballots can do so daily beginning Saturday and ending Oct. 29.
Voters can go to the Carson City Courthouse, 885 E. Musser Street to vote. The hours are as follows:
Saturday, Oct. 16 and Oct. 24, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday, Oct. 18-22, and Oct. 25-29, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Click here for more information.

RENO — What happens when you take some mixed-up lovers, a mischievous sprite, a fairy queen and a fool, then shake them all up with a good dose of Lady Gaga and drop them into an apocalyptic modern-day Athens? You end up with a contemporary production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” that just goes to show how much of a timeless classic this Shakespeare play really is.

Friendly ghosts will lead tours along Carson City’s historic Kit Carson Trail offering tales of the city’s haunted Victorian homes and buildings along two different routes. The “Friends in Low Places” guided cemetery tour is a new addition to the annual festivities, Oct. 22 - 23.

By Nevada News Bureau
Barry Herr, the Republican candidate challenging state Controller Kim Wallin in the November general election, said today he would bring a GOP point of view to the office and use the position to bring conservative influence to the discussion of taxes and other issues.

Carson City Health and Human Services will hold three free vaccination clinics. A walk-in vaccination clinic will be at Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive. Drive-through clinics will be held at Nevada National Guard, 244 Fairview Drive and East Fork Fire and Paramedic Districts, Station 12, 3620 N. Sunridge Drive. A proclamation from Mayor Bob Crowell has proclaimed Oct. 16 is Community Flu Vaccination Day emphasizing the importance of vaccination as the best defense against flu and serves as a reminder that free influenza vaccinations will be offered to the community Saturday, Oct.

Walmart and Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare have teamed up and announced today Carson City’s newest location for basic health care services called "The Clinic at Walmart" which will be run by Carson Tahoe Physician Clinics.

LAKE TAHOE — The 2011 Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycling event in America, will start at Lake Tahoe, officials announced today.

Lake Tahoe’s first-ever involvement in the race will feature more than a lap and a half around the Lake beginning at the California/Nevada border in South Lake Tahoe with the Stage 1 finish at Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort in North Lake Tahoe. North Lake Tahoe also hosts the Stage 2 start at Squaw Valley USA, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics.

A Carson City man faces felony charges after being accused of abusing his estranged wife, breaking into her Airport Road home and stealing a television and jewelry.

Timothy David Harris, 54, was arrested on Saturday for felony elder abuse, misdemeanor violation of a protection order and misdemeanor domestic battery. Bail for those charges was set at $24,264.

Carson Tahoe Regional Healthcare is working with Carson City to turn the region pink for breast cancer awareness. This is the 9th year of ThiNK PiNK. We will be lighting up the capital grounds with pink lights to bring awareness to breast cancer.

Saturday, Oct. 16 is Carson City Community Flu Vaccination Day, with vaccines offered to the community at no cost.
It is the seventh year for the program. Last year, there were 8,000 seasonal flu shots given and 21,000 H1N1 shots administered, health officials said.
Approximately 5,000 of the doses have been ordered and will be ready to administer on Oct. 16, said Susan Pintar, county health officer.
There will be three locations for the free community vaccination day, which will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. They are:
— Walk-through at the Carson City Senior Center, 911 Beverly Drive

With a goal of 300 drivers, Capital Ford's Drive One 4UR School was on par Saturday to raise $6,000 for Carson High School athletic programs.

More than 300 Carson City residents took a test drive of 12 Ford 2010 and 2011 model cars and trucks at the Carson High School parking lot Saturday to support the girls soccer and basketball teams.

"Carson City once again continues to show its true spirit as a community by getting behind fundraising events such as Drive One 4UR School," said Tim Milligan, general manager for Capital Ford in Carson City.

A 5K walk/run will be held in Dayton on Saturday Oct. 23 to raise money for the Dayton Resource Bank. This “bank” is available to all students at our Dayton schools who are in need of resources that cannot be taken care of by their parents or the school.
The “bank” covers anything from class fees to school clothes and shoes. Referrals are accepted from third parties such as coaches, clergy, or school nurses, counselors, and teachers.

Two traffic fatalities and a stabbing kept law enforcement busy during Street Vibrations festivities in Reno, Carson City and Virginia City, the Nevada Highway Patrol and Northern Nevada public safety agencies report.

With tens of thousands motorcyclists in the region, the good news is the numbers appear to be steady over last year, the Nevada Highway Patrol says, after it increased the number of troopers on the road for public safety and traffic measures.

Please help our program raise funds to start new students eager to learn English. We have so far helped over 400 adults:
Saturday, October 9th, from 8am to 6pm, Mike’s Mobile Oil will be hosting an "Oil Change for a Cause" fundraiser and will donate 100% of their profits from this event to the ESL In-Home Program of Northern Nevada to purchase the needed teaching materials for their program to continue. Grandma Hattie’s Restaurant has kindly donated the use of the parking lot behind the restaurant at 2811 South Carson St in Carson City.

Please join us on the first Saturday of every month for a stroll around downtown Carson City. Purchase a wine glass and map for $10 and enjoy the wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, art galleries, gift shops, casinos & restaurants. Call (775) 883-2211.

UPDATE: The case against the woman was dismissed by a Carson City Justice of the Peace Court judge.
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Carson City authorities arrested a Reno woman after she led officers on a chase through the south part of town with her 10-year-old son in the car, crossing into oncoming traffic and forcing motorists off the road.

Carson City Animal Services received a makeover on Saturday thanks to more than two dozen volunteers.

Through the Carson City Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class 2010, this top dog group put up fences, pounded nails and laid down coats of paint, sprucing up the Butti Way animal shelter.

With 17 Leadership Carson City class members present and student volunteers from Western Nevada College, the overhaul is designed to revamp the adoption area by adding new fences, outdoor furniture and dog-friendly shelters.

Carsonsports.com gives a preview of tonight's volleyball match in Reno and how the 3-2 Carson team may fare. Meanwhile, Saturday will be the day Carson runners should be tuned up for going into the prestigious Stanford Invitational.

Author Karel Ancona-Henry will be on hand to sign copies of "Irish Flame's Biker & Travel Guide to Nevada,"as well as limited edition prints, at two locations during Street Vibrations and Thunder on the Comstock.

Appearances and displays will be in Virginia City at Thunder on the Comstock inside the Ponderosa Saloon, beginning Thursday at 2 p.m., Friday at 11 a.m., Saturday and Sunday at 10 a.m. And at the Road Rider of Reno, 2187 Market Street, Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Prescription drug roundups will be held in Carson City, Dayton, Silver Springs and Fernley this Saturday, Sept. 25.

Bring your unused and expired prescription drugs to the drop-offs for proper disposal by the sheriff's office. Disposal protects the community and its water supply. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

Acceptable items include: Unused or expired prescription drugs, over-the-counter pills, prescription liquids, pet medications and syringes. The Lyon County roundup will not be accepting syringes or medical waste.

Jan Mackenzie of Reno was the winner of the Marilyn Monroe Look-a-like contest on Saturday during Dayton Valley Days. The annual street fair's theme this year is the 50th anniversary of the making of the "Misfits" starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, which was filmed in and around Dayton.

Here is the Carson City road construction report for Monday, Sept. 20 through Sunday, Sept. 26. As is our weekly shout-out to our beloved and most-patient motorists, expect delays and give the road crews a brake in the slow zones.

In other words, if your gut knots up because you're running late, relax a bit. As the Robert Earl Keen song refrains, "the road goes on forever and the party never ends."

Besides, you'll make it on time. You always do.

A Carson City father was arrested early Saturday and faces multiple felony and gross misdemeanor charges after authorities found bags of suspected methamphetamine on the floor of his Fifth Street apartment as he was caring for his two small children.

Meanwhile four people, identified by the suspect as friends, face multiple drug charges.

Brett Steven Jones, 31, was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of methamphetamine and prescription drugs for sale, two counts of gross misdemeanor child endangerment and a misdemeanor drug paraphernalia charge. Bail was set at $10,000.

Music, parades, and plenty of fun are in store as the 22nd Dayton Valley Days kicks of Saturday and Sunday.

The two-day event features more than 100 food, music, arts and crafts booths, plus historical demonstrations and many other attractions.

Festivities will be at Old Town Dayton. A pancake breakfast by the Kiwanis Club begins at 7 a.m. both days. Festivities run from 9 a.m. to dusk on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.