Carson City student to play "Annie"

This afternoon, Carson City's own Anne Marie White will take center stage as the lead in the Tahoe Players production of "Annie."

The 11-year-old Carson Middle School fifth-grader sports a longer resume than I do, having appeared in 20 plays, television shows and commercials.

Her mother, Deborah, said she doesn't know where Anne caught the acting bug. Neither she nor husband, Ray, has a show business background.

"It's all new to us," Deborah said on Wednesday. "She wants to be a Broadway star. She has agents in both San Francisco and Reno."

About 300 schoolchildren have already had a chance to watch Anne strut her stuff as the pupil-less moppet.

Deborah said nearly 12,000 students from Reno and Carson City have been watching the show during four weekday performances.

Anne was one of 150 children to audition for the role as Annie. She will be performing with a cast of more than 100 other children.

The Whites have lived in Carson City since 1993, when they moved here from Lake Tahoe. Anne performed for the first time at age 6. She appeared in the Western Nevada Community College performance of "Annie." Other college productions include "My Fair Lady," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Babes in Toyland," and "Sound of Music."

Bucky the Cockapoo has found a home, reports Carson resident Bootsie Hodges.

The man who took Bucky passed muster with Bootsie's German Shepherd.

"If he was no good, that dog would have known," she said.

Bucky belonged to a family who lived next to Bootsie's home, who left him, she said.

"He is a good dog," she said.

Bootsie's father gave her the nickname she goes by.

"His friends called him Boots, and he said I'm going to call my kid Bootsie."

Cub Scout Pack 143 turned in two big bags of eyeglasses to the Carson City Lions Club on Tuesday, according to Scoutmaster Mike Reese.

The scouts are sponsored by St. Paul Lutheran Family and have been gathering used eyeglasses for some time.

Lyon County resident Kevin Piper was one of 31 people or organizations honored by the Environmental Protection Agency at the third annual Environmental Awards Ceremony on Nov. 28 in San Francisco.

Kevin is watershed coordinator for the Dayton Valley Conservation District. He received a plaque from the EPA for working with farmers for the benefit of water quality, habitats and stabilizing land.

Carson City Soroptimists turned $50,000 in cash over to the Volunteer Attorneys of Rural Nevada on Wednesday.

Actually, what they had was a really big check signed by Sarah Zola. Attorney Odessa Ramirez took possession of the big check.

The organization provides attorneys to people who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford civil proceedings, such as divorces, adoptions, bankruptcy, guardianship, name changes, wills, probates and other noncriminal matters.

There is no good that can come when a small-town editor talks to a big-city reporter. That's the lesson implied by the experience of Lorrie Baumann, who stopped being editor of the Battle Mountain Bugle on Thursday.

Being quoted in a story is one of the most dangerous things that can happen to an editor, particularly one as close to the ground as Lorrie, who nearly finished her second year with the Bugle.

Being quoted in a story about how your town of 4,000 people is the armpit of America, no matter how well-written can be a career ender.

I've been quoted in larger newspapers a couple of times and my experience is mixed.

When I was in working at The Record-Courier, Troy Anderson, who was then covering cops for the Appeal, called me up and asked about our coverage of the Gregory Minton trial.

I gave my standard answer for things that happened in Carson City as they related to readers of the R-C in Gardnerville:

"If it didn't happen in Douglas County, it didn't happen."

One business owner in Carson, who happened to live in Douglas, was not amused and pulled her advertising.

Sometimes, when you're talking to another reporter, the hardest thing to remember is that you're on the record, unless you say otherwise.

Kurt Hildebrand is assistant managing editor at the Nevada Appeal. Call him at 881-1215 or e-mail him at kurt@tahoe.com