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If you can't see the parade in person, head on over to the ACCTV website to watch all the fun.

By the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
As the Lake Tahoe Regional Planning Agency prepares to reorganize and reformat its code of ordinances to make it more user-friendly, an equally user-friendly summary of the proposed edits and procedural changes has been prepared and is available to offer greater clarity to the public, according to the Agency.

“The sun will come out tomorrow!” Wild Horse Children’s Theater presents the musical Annie, Jr.! Based on the Broadway favorite and well-known comic strip, Annie, Jr. recounts the adventures of a spunky Depression era orphan (Annie) determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage, run by the sinister Miss Hannigan.

Performances of Annie, Jr. will be held December 2 & 9 at 7 pm, December 3 & 10 at 4 pm and 7 pm and December 4 & 11 at 4 pm at the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada, 813 N. Carson Street. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and students and $5 for ages 12 and under and can be purchased through our website at www.wildhorsetheater.com or by calling 887-0438.

By the Nevada Department of Wildlife
It’s not very often that people are presented with a win-win scenario, but the new “Conserve Wildlife” license plate now available at any Nevada Department of Motor Vehicle office may just fit that description.
Money from the sale of the new license plate, which features a mule deer, sage-grouse and a rainbow trout against a classic Nevada landscape, will go directly to the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s (NDOW) wildlife education and volunteer programs.

Technology in the newspaper business has progressed tremendously for the past 10 years - especially since 2006, when readers began to view their news online.The Internet reached additional audience...

"Sandie's Psychic Stones" Intuitive Readings are part of the Sunday Tour at the Pink House, in conjunction with the "Haunted Genoa Ghost Walk" presented by the Carson Valley Museum in Gardnerville.

For Information on Sandie's Psychic Readings, please visit my website at:
www.sandiespsychicstones.com

For further information about the Halloween Weekend Tours, contact the Museum at:782-2555

A research project at the University of Nevada, Reno has received a $410,220 grant to explore how video exercise games can be played without using visual feedback so the visually impaired, especially adolescents, can improve their health through increased activity. The funding comes from the human-centered computing program of the National Science Foundation.

CARSON CITY – Nevada State Controller Kim Wallin announced today that a Fraud Hotline has been posted on her agency’s website in order to assist both the public and state employees in reporting questionable practices.

NEWS RELEASE — As part of its Lake Tahoe Regional Plan Update, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency released last week the public draft of an overhauled Code of Ordinances that is already more than one pound lighter in print than the current code. Most of the changes in the draft document will not need to wait for the TRPA's scheduled adoption of the Regional Plan Update in 2012 to take effect.

It’s that time of the year, once again, to visit a special place known as Apple Hill in the State of California.
If you are a newcomer to this area or if you have never been there, fall is a great time of the year to visit Apple Hill.
And, if you are a newcomer, about now you are probably wondering, “What and where in the heck is Apple Hill?”
Well, the correct answer is: “Apple Hill is not a specific hill or a specific location; on the contrary, it is a large geographic area.”

Steve Jobs, the visionary who created products from the Macintosh computer to the iPhone, died today. Without his genius, I'm not sure you would be reading this website today. I've used Apple computers for the last 25 years. I'm writing this on an Apple MacBook Pro, after hearing the news from an alert on my iPhone. The following is a video of his commencement address at Stanford University in 2005:

CARSON CITY – Nevada iPhone users now have DMV information at their fingertips with a new iPhone and iPad app called “DMV Mobile”.
Motorists planning a trip to the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles can look up wait times at six metropolitan offices, get maps to all of the offices and kiosks, look up personalized plates and even schedule a drive test.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) this month formally approved the Nevada Firearms Coalition (NFC) as its new, officially sanctioned state association in Nevada.
The group is a registered nonprofit Nevada corporation and according to its website is dedicated “to the ownership and safe use of firearms for self-defense, competition, recreation and hunting.”

The Nevada Day Treasure Hunt website generated more than 100,000 unique hits last year, so Northern Nevada treasure hunters likely will be eager to get started when the 10th annual hunt kicks of...

All Nevada residents, businesses, schools and organizations are urged to register now to be part of the world’s largest public earthquake drill - “The Great ShakeOut.” The University of Nevada, Reno’s Seismology Laboratory is again teaming Nevada up with California and new partners Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Guam to build awareness and get residents to practice how to respond in an earthquake.

Carson Lanes will be hosting a very special bowling event on October 8th! Please help support all women who have won the battle, are still fighting and those who are no longer with us and remain in our hearts.

Please donate through this website, you are also welcome to make checks payable to BreastCancer.Org and send them to or drop them off at Carson Lanes and as always cash donations are excepted too!

Our efforts will help make a big difference to all of those who need the resources Breastcancer.org provides everyday!

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BOWLING FOR BOOBS 2011
October 8th, 2011

CARSON CITY – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced Affordable Care Act grant awards of $3.96 million to Nevada to help fight what she calls unreasonable premium increases.

By the California Department of Fish and Game
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) invites nonprofit organizations to help wildlife by auctioning big game hunting license tags for the 2012-13 season. These tags will allow the highest bidder to hunt bighorn sheep, deer, elk and pronghorn antelope in California. There are only 13 of these special fund-raising tags reserved for 501(c)(3) nonprofit groups to sell and they’re sure to draw many participants to any fund-raising event.

By Brian Underwood
Welcome to “Jeopardy,” the College Planning Edition for junior high and high school parents!

Our panel of contestants is comprised of junior high and high school parents who are interested in working with their students to help them navigate the shifting sands of college and career planning.

Today, we're pleased to have with us Kathy, a mother of two from Carson City, Bob, a father of two from Genoa, and Lisa, a mother of three from Minden-Gardnerville.

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Jeopardy. Here are your topics:

• Troubling Trends

I was just finishing up a column about how far the Nugget Project has come, from a vague, unrealistic plan that left the city on the hook for the whole bill, to an exciting, well-designed public-private partnership that deserves our qualified support.

But I was forwarded an email this morning that almost makes me want to change my mind.

Carson City Library will sponsor a resume building workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. This workshop is open to anyone looking for a new job, anyone seeking to change jobs, and especially to those having a difficult time finding a job. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to Andrea at 775 887-2244 x1019 or email awmoore@clan.lib.nv.us.

CARSON CITY, Nev. — If you are a sportsman or a sportswoman who hunts, fishes, camps, owns dogs, reloads ammo, cooks wild game, photographs, etc., you might want to take the time to visit www.modernsportsman.proboards.com.
About now, you're probably asking yourself, “What in the heck is this?

CARSON CITY – Fourth Estaters and members of the public interested in the esoteric world of political campaign contribution and expense reports should be salivating with the knowledge that as of Jan. 1, this information will finally be available in a usable format.
Secretary of State Ross Miller said that as a result of campaign finance reporting reforms he sought and the Legislature approved this past session, the contributions candidates receive and the expenditures they make on their campaigns will soon be much more transparent.

The Carson City Board of Supervisors is seeking applications from persons interested in serving approximately ten to sixteen hours per month on the Carson City Airport Authority. The Airport Authority is a 7 member board that oversees all matters pertaining to the Carson City airport.

There is a position open for a four year term that will expire 10/2015. The Board of Supervisors will interview and appoint qualified persons to the board. There is one opening:

Pilot: Must own and operate an aircraft based at the Carson City airport

CARSON CITY – Nevada legislative leaders have selected Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, and Assemblyman William Horne, D-Las Vegas, to serve as nonvoting members of the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security.
Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, last week selected Lee to serve on the panel, which meets quarterly to hear updates on Nevada’s efforts to deal with homeland security issues.

Nevada consumers and small businesses can now review and comment on rate hikes in their health insurance policies online.

Starting Sept. 1, Nevada consumers will have a greater say in the cost of their health insurance rates with the online launch of Nevada Health Rate Review by the Nevada Division of Insurance.

Nevada Health Rate Review is a new section of the Division’s website where consumers can view and comment on health insurance rate change applications from individual and small employer group health insurers including HMOs. It will launch on Sept. 1 at: http://rates.doi.nv.gov.

By Bob Conrad / Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources
CARSON CITY, Nev. — When shoppers use any reusable grocery bag — paper, plastic or canvas — at any Raley’s and Food Source store in Nevada, they will be helping more than the environment, they will also be raising money to preserve and enhance Nevada State Parks.

Join the Children's Cabinet, NV Volunteers and the Nevada National Guard as we celebrate service and stewardship in our community!
Help us create the 9-11 Memory Quilt. Sign our remembrance mural. There will be food, music, games, face painting, and special guest speakers.
In honor of the spirit of service that followed the events on 9-11-01, visit our website or come to the event to make a pledge to volunteer in the next year.

One of my Muth's Truths blog readers recently wrote the following to Gov. Brian Sandoval via the administration's spiffy new website: "Sir: I am concerned regarding the civil unrest in England. As ...