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Nevada will receive up to $2 million to design health care payment and service delivery models that will improve health care quality and lower costs, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell announced Tuesday.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Carson City Library will be hosting the local Volunteer Income Tax Assistance site and are looking for volunteers to help prepare tax returns next year. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome.

All volunteers receive training in cooperation with the IRS and the United Way of Northern Nevada. Individuals with good computer skills are especially needed to assist in preparing and transmitting returns electronically through the IRS E-file program.

'Tis the Season, Carson City! Holiday cheer is in the wind, and we have plenty of wind right now. This weekend is jam-packed with food and toy drives, concerts, and Santa-sightings, so bundle up and have a fun time enjoying our great city.

Carson City Library’s Youth Department will host a very special holiday-themed craft and storytime on Monday, December 22, in the library’s Digitorium. Storytime will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by a wreath-making craft.
“Holiday Craft & Storytime” is free and all ages are welcome.

Call the Youth Desk at 775 887-2244 x1006 or stop by the youth department desk to sign-up for the event.

Hello, Carson City! The holiday season is in full swing with tree lightings, craft fairs, Santa sightings all around the area. Every week, I create a list of the fun stuff and events going on around the Carson City area for my Facebook page, I love Carson City. I follow the pages of local businesses and organizations, search website calendars, keep my ear to the ground, and compile a list of anything and everything going on in this community.

reAlign, LLC, a Movement-based Pilates Studio, officially opened their doors at 623 W. Washington Street by holding a ribbon cutting at their new Carson City location.

Owner Bonnie Lafave was assisted in the ribbon cutting by Assemblyman-elect “PK O’Neill” who congratulated her on choosing Carson City to open her business.

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.

Local Author David Antonucci brings his book about Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe to the Friends of the Library Browsers Corner Book Store Thursday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. “Fairest Picture: Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe" examines and debunks the many myths and tall tales about Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe.

Mr. Antonucci will be discussing his book, and copies will be available to buy. This event is free and is open to the public. The book store is located at 711 East Washington Street in Carson City.

Ring in the New Year early during a fun-filled New York New Year’s Eve Celebration at the Carson Plaza Event Center on Wednesday, Dec. 31 from 6 to 10 p.m.

Join the Friends of the Carson City Library and the Library Foundation for a delicious buffet dinner, dancing, no host cocktails, live and silent auctions, raffle, and a balloon drop with a champagne toast to bring in the new year on New York time.

Happy Black Friday, Carson City! I hope you have all survived the gluttony and gratitude that is Thanksgiving and are ready for the weekend. I am once again pleased to bring you the event list that is featured on my Facebook page, I love Carson City. I follow the pages of local businesses and organizations, search website calendars, and compile a list of anything and everything going on in this community weekly.

It didn't look good earlier this year for a 39 pound bear cub after being caught in a 400 square-mile forest fire this summer in Washington State. But thanks to the efforts of wildlife rehabilitation caregivers at Lake Tahoe, the bear has since made a sweeping recovery and will return to the wild this spring.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Nov. 24-30, 2014. Beginning Monday through Wednesday there will be lane closures on Calaveras Drive just east of Bulette Drive due to utility work. Flagger-controlled traffic will be in effect.

There will be work primarily in the shoulder E. Fifth Street from Roop Street to Saliman Road from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. from Monday through Wednesday. Elaine Street will remain closed to through traffic from Monday through Sunday. Please follow marked detour.

As the holiday shopping season gets underway, Carson City's Salvation Army has set up several Angel Trees and Toy Barrels throughout Carson City. Please consider grabbing a tag from a tree, or dropping off an un-wrapped toy for a child in the area.

Toy Barrel Locations:
Bounce Party at 3267 Research Way #210
Sierra Adrenaline Training Center at 4630 HWY 50 E. Suite #1
Cal Ranch at 2035 N. Carson St.
Data Graphics at 625 Fairview Drive #105

As the keynote speaker at last month’s National Workshop on Large Landscape Conservation in Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Sally Jewell emphasized the central role collaboration must play for America to protect its natural resources, balance economic needs, and address emerging environmental challenges such as climate change.

“We are moving into an era of epic collaboration,” Jewell said, explaining that regional partnerships across jurisdictional boundaries are more important than ever for the federal department that manages 20 percent of our nation’s land.

Hello Carson City! Time again for the weekend event update brought to you by I love Carson City. I Love Carson City is a Facebook page dedicated to all there is to get involved with and do in the Carson City area. Not everyone is on Facebook, or wants to be, but you do NOT need to sign up to see the information.

Despite its location away from major population centers, a swarm of earthquakes in the far northwest corner of Nevada is attracting attention as it continues to rumble residents this week with several magnitude 3.0 earthquakes, a 4.0-magnitude earthquake on Nov. 21 and a magnitude 4.3 on Nov. 17.

The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District and the U.S. Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations in the Van Sickle Park, McKinney Rubicon and Heavenly urban lot areas. Operations will last through the next several weeks as conditions allow.

Ira Hansen (born October 5, 1960) is a member of the Nevada State Assembly. He is a Republican, representing district 32 in Northern Nevada.

Biography
Hansen was born in Reno, Nevada. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is married to Alexis with 8 children. He works as a plumbing contractor. He was a talk radio host on station KKOH in Reno for five years as well. He was fired due to outrage over comments he made to the effect that the United States should not have such a strong relationship with Israel.[1]

It’s the time of year when new digital devices are given as gifts, but what exactly happens to the old ones? Oftentimes they’re put in a box and left behind. The Carson City Library has launched a plan to save gently used and in good working order older models of a number of digital tools.

Between Nov. 24 and Jan. 31, patrons can make a tax-deductible donation of working devices to the Carson City Library at its “Information Desk” inside the main branch at 900 N. Roop Street.

Capital Crossfire with Shelly Aldean and Karl Neathammer welcomes Dr. Patrick Ghezzi. They subject is The ABCs of autism. Dr. Ghezzi’s past and present research and scholarship is diverse, ranging from laboratory, quasi-laboratory and naturalistic studies in operant and respondent conditioning to improving services and learning outcomes for young children with developmental disabilities.

The Friends of the Library Holiday Craft Sale will be held in the Browsers Corner Book Store from Monday, Nov. 24 through Saturday, Dec. 20. Crafts which are handmade and donated by Friends of the Library will be displayed all throughout the store.

Black Friday at the Browsers Corner Book Store! Friday, Nov. 28 - 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. buy one hard cover fiction book and get two of equal or lesser value FREE! From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. fill a bag with books in the Bargain Room for $1, and all records will be 5 for $1 at this time also. The Browsers Corner Book Store is at 711 East Washington Street in Carson City.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Nov. 17-23, 2014, according to the public works department. Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 19, through Saturday, Nov. 22, the outside eastbound lane on Highway 50 will be closed between the freeway interchange and Airport Road.

Two 4.7 magnitude earthquakes and more than 50 3.0 or greater magnitude earthquakes mark an uptick in seismic activity one week after a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck far northwest Nevada on Nov. 4, 2014. The activity in the past week is more than in previous months combined.

Matt Williams of the Washington Nationals has won the 2014 National League Manager of the Year award, as voted upon by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Williams, 48, a Carson City native and graduate of Carson High School, was a first-year manager in 2014, taking over what had been a disappointing Nationals team in 2013. They'd win 96 games this past season, a 10-game improvement, taking the NL East by a whopping 17 games.

The Friends of the Library announce the Grand Prize winner of the “Name the Beast” contest at the Browsers Corner Book Store.

Pictured here is the winner, Kyra Fields, a fifth grader at Fritsch Elementary School. Her winning entry is “The Beast of Knowledge…Keeper of the Words.”

Kyra is holding her prize, a stack of books, a certificate for one free book of her choice each month for a year at the book store and a coupon donated by Round Table Pizza. Other second and third place winners will also receive books and more for their imaginative entries.

National Champion Steel String Fingerstyle Guitarist, Chris Proctor will appear in concert and offer a Guitar Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 16 at the Brewery Arts Center's Maizie Harris Jesse Black Box Theater, 449 W. King St. in Carson City.

Proctor will be teaching a Steel String Guitar Workshop on Sunday, Nov. 16, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Fee is $40 and the only prerequisite is to know basic guitar chords and bring a steel string guitar.

They say there's no such thing as a free lunch. But this Nov. 11, on Veterans Day, the Pizza Factory restaurants in Carson City, Dayton and across the west will treat veterans to lunch on the pizza chain's dime.

"We appreciate everything our veterans have done for our country and want to honor their service," says Mary Jane Riva, chief executive officer of Pizza Factory, which has 110 restaurants throughout Nevada, California Idaho, Washington, and Arizona.

The Carson City restaurant is located at 3120 Hwy 50 East. The Dayton restaurant is located at Pizza Factory 185 U.S. 50.

In a remarkable interfaith gesture, Hindu statesman Rajan Zed was honored with a siropa (robe of honor) at Sikh Temple of Reno (USA). Temple President Gurmail Singh Uppal presented the siropa to Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism.

Talking on the occasion, Rajan Zed stressed that all religions should work together for a just and peaceful world. Dialogue would bring us mutual enrichment, he added.

Carson City fire and ambulance were busy late Sunday morning and afternoon attending to three incidents, including a house fire, all happening within an hour of each other.

Firefighters responded late Sunday morning to a house fire in the 4000 block of August Drive. The fire started in the kitchen and may have went into the attic, said Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi. No one was home at the time and a fire investigator has been called to the scene.