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The 2012 line-up of entertainment is guaranteed to Blue ‘em away at Lake Tahoe South’s MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa. The New Year’s festivities and beyond continue the trend of popular contemporary artists including: The Cataracs, NOFX, Lucinda Williams, The Expendables, Whitney Cummings, 311 and Wayne Brady. The combo of entertainment, amenities and nightlife has established MontBleu on the virtual map among revelers.

2011 Ends on a High Note…

RENO, Nev. – Half-mile long thermometers have been dropped through the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica that will give the world relevant data on sea and ice temperatures for tracking climate change and its effect on the glacial ice surrounding the continent. The study based at the University of Nevada, Reno is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs and other NSF grants.

To a packed house of observers, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board voted to approve Phase 1 of the Homewood Mountain Resort Ski Area Master Plan at their monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 14.

Founded in 1989, the Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation has dedicated itself to supporting excellence in education in South Lake Tahoe, California.

We are proud to offer our first
Lake Tahoe Digital Photo Institute
in the Summer of 2012
June 29, 2012 - July 1, 2012

Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation, in collaboration with the extraordinary facilities of South Tahoe High School, would like to welcome you to beautiful South Lake Tahoe and the home of the Digital Photography Institute (DPI).

Everyday innocent children in Northern Nevada go to bed hungry. Food For Thought provides food for hungry school children over the weekends and during the summer months. Many of these children live right here in Carson City, our friends and neighbors.

You can help - One person can make a difference. One hungry child is one too many.

Thanks for watching and Merry Christmas!

As I look forward to the year of 2012 with high expectations, hopes and dreams, this is a good time to reflect back on some selected personal memories from the rapidly ending year of 2011. Here are my top memories:

With Wednesday being Nov. 30, and with all of the crazy “Black Friday” shopping madness now safely behind us, we can begin, once again, to think rationally about ideas for Christmas gifts for that special person(s) in our lives.
So, if you were not part of that frenzied mob scene on the day after Thanksgiving, or if you are still scratching your head about what to get for that person, here are some “Don Q” suggestions for Christmas gifts:
Any one or more of these could create a very enjoyable Christmas.

Here is this week's fishing report from Nov. 30 through Dec. 6, 2011. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.

November 18 is a very significant date in the lives of several thousand hardy Alaskans. Those folks live in a unique location known as Barrow, Alaska, which is the northernmost community in the United States.
It is located in the Far North, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, about 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
On November 18, the sun sets below the horizon at Barrow and it will not peek back up over the horizon until January 24 (weather permitting).
That’s more than two months without sunshine. Wow!

Here is this week's fishing report, through Nov. 23, for Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon:

By John Heil
California is expected to see a boost in its local mountain economies as a result of a new legislation that now permits year-long recreation opportunities on U.S. Forest Service ski areas. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Nov. 7, is estimated to create and annually sustain up to 600 extra jobs nationwide.

Nevada's oldest settlement is set to get a facelift next summer.Douglas County community leaders are working through a plan to make Genoa's downtown more pedestrian friendly with improvements desig...

Christmas 2011 -- Birth of a New Tradition

As the holidays approach, the giant Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide North Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods -- merchandise that has been produced at the expense of North American labor. This
year will be different. This year we can give the gift of genuine concern for our countrymen. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by North American hands. Yes there is!

The nice weather brought out the crowds for Nevada Day, but few caused any problems for local law enforcement.

"We had a pretty quiet Nevada Day," said Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong. "We had a couple of spot incidents, most related to alcohol, but nothing serious."

Chuck was born May 25, 1951, to Charles W. "Bill" Ruff II and Georgie Ruff, in Reno, NV. and passed on, on October 14, 2011 in San Francisco, CA, where his passion for music, during the "Summer...

Here is the fishing report for the week of Oct. 26 to Nov. 2. This report covers rivers, streams and lakes in Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and Southern Oregon.

RENO – Businessman Raymond Pezonella said today he knew the burden of complying with government regulations had hit a new level of absurdity after an all-day audit resulted in an $8.99 gas tax charge to his company because of a trip to California that his workers had failed to record.
“This took two of my people all day long,” he said. “That guy tied up my conference room all day to do this document.”

As part of Granlibakken’s commitment to health & wellness, the annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Wellness Weekend – a long standing community event previously coordinated by the Tahoe Forest Hospital - will now be hosted by Granlibakken, Nov. 12-13, 2011. The event fuses Eastern tradition with Western practices to offer a balanced weekend interactive clinics on skin screenings, body/muscle testing; inspirational and informative seminars on health, nutrition, aging; recreational activities along with food and wine.

Here is this week's fishing report through Oct. 19 for Nevada, the Sierra, Northern California and southern Oregon.

CARSON CITY – Nevada’s gaming win declined 6.1 percent statewide in August over August 2010, but the downturn is not as significant as it might appear, a Gaming Control Board analyst said today.
Nevada’s casinos won $886.9 million in August, nearly $58 million less than the same month last year, said state gaming analyst Michael Lawton.

The film "Real Steel" now playing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City is an action film starring Hugh Jackman as a down-and-out boxer past his prime as robots took over the boxing world.

In this case it's an attempt by films to muscle into the video game profits. Not that the movie is bad, that is, if the sight of giant robots flaying away at each other doesn't turn you off. It's actually technology not gone amok but just crass.

"The Ides of March," currently showing at the Fandango Galaxy cineplex in Carson City, is a welcome change from the summer fare of bare-chested shoot 'em ups. It's a serious film about American politics with a fine cast headed by Ryan Gosling as Stephen Myers, a sleazy press secretary to George Clooney's Mike Morris, seeking the Democratic nomination for president at a hotly contested Ohio vote.

Clooney is almost just a supporting actor but even in his shorter screen time manages to impress. He also directs, produces and co-writes the script, which is tight and intelligent.

It was a busy spring and summer for Dayton High football player Sean deRubertis.The Dayton senior was returning for his third year of varsity football, and he faced the task of being asked to start...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California, the Sierra and Southern Oregon. This report is through Oct. 12.

There were wings everywhere, of all types and flavors; the garlic parmesan seemed to be getting the best reviews from the crowd. There were four types of beer on tap (at a dollar apiece it was easily the best deal in town) and all of them were ice cold. For another dollar, one could buy a "walking taco": a small bag of Doritos, crushed and covered with meat, cheese, onions, tomatoes, lettuce and salsa, eaten right out of the bag.

CARSON CITY – Speakers at the fifth and final public hearing to comment on a draft environmental statement that seeks to map the future of the former Nevada Test Site expressed a variety of concerns Wednesday, including a failure to adequately address contamination of groundwater at the site.
Another concern focused on an indication in the document for what is now called the Nevada National Security Site that a previous agreement with the state of Nevada to avoid metropolitan areas in the transportation of low-level radioactive waste to the site for burial will be abandoned.

Here is this week's fishing report through Oct. 4, 2011. This report is for rivers, lakes and streams in the Sierra, Northern Nevada, Northern California and Southern Oregon. Go here for Outdoor Editor Don Quilici's latest column on fall fishing and winding down for the season. Go here for Don's column on some of Nevada's fishing waters closing for the season beginning Sept. 30.

Fall is here and summer is gone along with most of the farmers markets. It was a good year for the 3rd & Curry St. Farmers Market and I want to thank everyone who helped make it a success, espec...

--Forget summer: Anticipation for snow starts to surfaceSeptember, 24 2011 7:54 pm MST...

KARSON KRUZERS END OF SUMMER STREET DANCE
 
It’s September and fall weather is coming – hard to believe after the beautiful weather this week but the cold IS coming and soon it will be too cold for outdoor evening events!
 
Take advantage of the end of summer and come out for the KARSON KRUZERS STREET DANCE this Saturday, 24th!  In the Nugget parking lot located at the corner of Robinson and Carson Street from 6p – 10p.