Stories for September 2005 | Serving Northern Nevada

Stories for September 2005

Thursday, September 29

Advocates to End Domestic Violence programs and services

State denies poor children being turned away for vaccinations

Southbound traffic reduced to one lane near Lakeview this weekend

Assessor investigates disappearing tax bills

Jean Carol Earle

Maxine Marie Daquioag Stevenson

Couple nears end of 4,900-mile hike from coast to coast

Four hurt, two serious, in H-50 crash near high school

Crime log

Judge allows Court TV at trial

Rebuilding a city - and a lot of political careers

Blame. It's America's favorite pastime

On Monday, start Jumping Around Carson

Pollen levels high, but not unusual

Tips for allergy sufferers

Community backs meth meetings

City planners will review maps for Schulz Ranch development

Seeing the light in Virginia

Virginia City outhouse racers flush with excitement

Car-free in Carson City

Fund-raising dinner planned for teen with leukemia

Working for a paycheck

Simply D'Vine in Carson City

Giving poor a free ride on taxes labels them as less than citizens

Silver City's volunteer fire department holds community together

Wednesday, September 28

Woman wants to live in peace; two men hope to help

Community briefs

Last-minute donations save Nevada Day fireworks

Robert Acosta

Evidence of meth is hiding in plain sight in stores

As long as fingerpointing is still in style ...

Margaret Helen Moosberg

John Robert Marshall

Husband wasn't breaking in when killed, says family

George Manuel Cotton

Crimes

Checks not in the mail ...yet

Carson accountant admits tax evasion

No escape from rising natural gas prices

Co-defendant to enter plea in fatal fight in Gardnerville Ranchos

Pleasant Valley traffic claims another life

Churchill County resident wants to clean off infamous Shoe Tree

Road construction

Dayton Briefs

Fundraiser to help Dayton grad with chronic myeloid leukemia

Exercise's relationship to diets

Many Americas come to library's youth section

Tuesday, September 27

'He's always been a hero in my eyes'

Ruth Marie Hames

Bordewich-Bray students jog in support of school

Miguel Angel Cruz

Community briefs

Anti-meth coalition will make a difference

Daniel B. Elder

Reid names American Indian to national civil-rights post

Carson City

Head of transportation services enforcement named

Mortgage division fines Las Vegas company over mortgage loans

Sandoval up for judicial confirmation vote today

Program helps disabled adults reach for their goals

Yin Wong

Tribe's suit to block Schulz Ranch project dismissed

Arrests made in check-cashing ring

Nevada to get $100 million in federal military funding

Beauford C. 'Red' Siess

City planners OK Fuji Park as venue for Campagni's car show

Judge says he didn't violate conduct rules

Rural businesses get cut of the pie in last legislative session, lobbyist says

Fire station to come down Monday

Breaking bread together

Symphony concert kicks off Nevada Day celebrations

TEST

Monday, September 26

Right on the numbers

Red Cross warns of bogus rep

Why must casinos float in Mississippi?

Bush squandered U.S.'s finances, world reputation

Soldiers killed in Afghanistan called 'patriots' by fellow Guardsman

School mercury investigation expected to be complete Friday

Michelle (Pisciotta) Wallace

Raymond Johnson

Community briefs

Traffic light advocates plan rally at Capitol

Drug dealer gets 90 days in jail, suspended prison term

Motorcyclist killed on Spooner identified

Woman claiming to be teacher arrested

$150K theft brings jail term

Crime Report

Meth meeting offers information, support

Ride Carson City's first bus system free in October

Hearing planned on program that would allow Dayton residents to abandon wells

Finding a home for the microwave

Going for a ride: Fremont students rewarded with limo outing

Low- and nonfat dairy recipes sought for contest

Bordewich-Bray's Delphinius Eloquentia hits the street

Student honored for rebuilding cemetery

Sunday, September 25

Valley Chevrolet event raises $10,000 for hurricane relief

We need to raise funds to pay for her fund-raiser

Golf course employees trained to use defibrillators

No beads will fly through the air Nevada Day

Theater and music abound in Carson City

James P. Roach

Aid sought for friend in need

Paul B. Eskew

Parents to learn about the dangers of meth abuse

Calendar

Community briefs

Crime log

Think Pink - it's not about the hue, it's for breast cancer awareness

Still work to be done on evacuation plans

Margaret Elizabeth Lynde Brower

Janice Anne Holman

Mercury spill to cost school district about $20,000

Julia O. Bakos

Deputy investigated in road rage

Kenneth Wayne 'Ken' Hanner

New publisher named for Tahoe Tribune

Carson City chiropractor disciplined by board

On the front lines in Iraq, frustration over war reaches a boil

Saturday, September 24

Crime report

Fund-raiser planned to benefit stroke victim

Friday, September 23

Vegetables even the guys will eat

Tahoe bank robber still loose

Crime log

Alden W. Davidson

Born too early, Carson infant celebrates one-year milestone

Students compete in punt, pass and kick challenge

Golf tournament planned to benefit those suffering from breast cancer

BLM to double fees at Sand Mountain

Just crazy for 'Crazy for you'

Thursday, September 22

North Natchitoches will receive $750 from Empire Elementary

Nevada responders aid Katrina's forgotten victims

Letters to the editor

Vegas lawyer to get state attorney general's job

Carson officers back from Gulf Coast recall weeklong recovery efforts

Jennifer Ann Straits

Jane Estell Mitzel Davis

Evacuees turn around

Taxpayers whose checks may have taken a swim near San Francisco have options

Crime log

Roberts shows himself to be worthy of court

Candy Dance vendors shocked by wind surge

Two killed in separate motorcycle accidents

E-mail scam hits postal mailboxes

Favio the fish will fly in the Nevada Day Parade

Wednesday, September 21

Help sought to locate plane that disappeared in Northern Nevada

Calendar

Douglas teachers ratify new contract

Day-care owner pleads not guilty to child neglect charges

Briefly

Nevada gets $3.7 million for land and water projects

Engines ready for Street Vibrations

Crawford's prison legacy is tainted but intact

Briefs

Residents prefer traditional look for downtown

Calendar

Acquiring land, building new taxiway, reconstructing runway part of airport's plan

Top regional stories

Crimes

Pennies from Dayton go to Katrina victims

River cleanup set for October

Briefs

Calendar

New laws take effect Saturday

New laws fill Nevada's gaps

'Between Fences'

Q&A Tuesday: Guard info officer promotes education for fellow soldiers

Feds need to rearrange budget priorities

Construction on Carson City streets the week of Sept. 26-30

Dogtown: a mining camp hardly fit for dogs

Community briefs

McKeen car added to National Register of Historic Places

Nevada Assembly speaker out of governor's race

Tuesday, September 20

Lola Lee Gesselman

Community briefs

A man blessed by his church family

Small fines but important message on ethics

Carl Dewain Turtle

Expect delays on Highway 395 North today, next week

Whittemore, Ruvo win battle to build pier near homes in Glenbrook

EPA presents arsenic results to Fallon

Crime Report

Carson City brothers to compete in Nevada Day rock drilling

Carol J. Dorfmeyer

Today

School enrollment numbers for state not yet calculated

Two killed in I-80 wreck

Education briefs

American Citizen essay contest announced

Clicking around

Lyon County school enrollment up by nearly 500

The great escape

Monday, September 19

Crime Report

David Winn Johnson

Artists to display work at city gallery

Helen Grace Giovacchini

Eleanor I. Lagerstrom

Alfred Goodman

Fred Durboraw

Rene Langdon Cardinal

Gerda Elizabeth Canova

Commission hears request for higher natural gas prices

South Lake Tahoe man admits taping boys in casino bathroom

Police identify man in Lake Tahoe drowning

Parks and recreation master plan reviewed

Today

Community briefs

Spooner Summit crash victim identified as Zephyr Cove man

Sunday, September 18

When it comes to building integrity, forewarned is forearmed

Letters to the editor

Carson City

20 people cited in separate Carson City alcohol stings

Storey County school enrollment drops by 6 percent

Public comments sought on dream downtown

Janet Leslie Fisher

Iraqi troop support rally set for Sunday

Today

Community briefs

Prosecute mercury-spill perpetrator

Man killed in wreck on Spooner

Bias should not direct how we talk about others

Getting your garden ready for cool weather

Woman nominated for Points of Light for service to seniors

Saturday, September 17

Man believed drowned in Tahoe; body not found

Crime log

Everyone was Basque at Fuji Park

Friday, September 16

State high court says counties can appeal property tax reductions

Bat found in Fuji Park tests positive for rabies

Dayton Valley Days Today's schedule of events:

Events for kids packs today's Dayton Valley Days schedule

Salsa y Salsas draws large crowd

4.2 quake shakes Carson area

Thursday, September 15

Carson High to reopen Friday

Disposing of mercury

Spiderman visits Virginia City schools

Kenneth W. Hembrough

School enrollment drops

Quake rattles Kinkead Building, workers

Crime log

CHS classes back in session; nurse without office

Deputy and cadet explorer injured in accident

United Nations 'reform,' is an oxymoron

Just once can it not be my family's (real estate) bubble that bursts?

Erwin George Schnauhuber

Local lessons to be learned following Katrina

Mound House family loses all in fire

After Katrina: You can help

Other winners of camel races not to be overlooked

Nevada officials consider new disaster scenarios post-Katrina

After 18 years, JJ's Ear Candy to close its doors for good

Out & About: Helping local victims of hurricane

Land-use expert sent back to the drawing board by Lyon commissioners

New Nevada elections deputy plans to be proactive

One of the brides was a real dog

NHP goal to improve communications

Zephyr Cove Elementary School student wins Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award

Hunter questionnaires vital to big game management

Brats and beer featured at Minden's Oktoberfest Sunday

No answer yet on school at CHS for Friday

Wednesday, September 14

Donald Peter Mattes

Calendar

Chaplain ministers in Louisiana's capital

Soul food of the South may help healing

Guinn names new press secretary

School is back in session at Carson High

Parole hearings scheduled for October

Crawford out as prison director

Girl Scout says group is running low on members in Dayton

Crimes

Dennis Claude Mayberry

Lawmakers support worker objections to Kinkead Building

Fourth arrested in armed robbery

Tin Cup Tea event to help preserve state's heritage

Little protest to proposed bonds for improvement, V&T project

Veteran state prison official named director

Dayton engine returns to Virginia City

A lesson in bulbs

Hats on to benefit Katrina victims

Do, don't say: Budgets speak louder than apologies

Construction on Carson City streets the week of Sept. 19-23

Youth & Family Calendar

I want to ride

Three Lyon County advisory councils have openings

Dove hunting season to close on Sept. 30

Where in the world is Rick Gunn?

Swallowing Kentucky

No school Thursday

Part I: 'I'm totally scared straight'

Tuesday, September 13

G.W. 'Bill' Barger

Today

Sample a taste of Hispanic culture at Salsa y Salsas Festival

Lois 'Sandy' Edwards

High Court won't reinstate Vegas lawyer

Crime Report

Teachers reflect on finer points of their job in school district's first professional-development day

Community briefs

Boys & Girls Club auction raises a record $257,567

Six Nevada lawyers disbarred or disciplined

Mall idea in north Douglas hits dead end

Senior non-drivers who still have license will share in rebate

Fernley tanker fire forces evacuations

No school today at Carson High following mercury spill

Three arrested in armed robbery

Media seemed slow to respond to hurricane, too

Just believing something doesn't make it right

Briefly

Carson City soldier to celebrate 21st birthday at home

Calendar

Briefs

All those green tomatoes

Downtown is Reno's hippest place to go

Parole board actions for July

Max Baer reaches out to relief community

Recent fish plants in this general area

Free Fishing Day in Calif. will be held on Saturday

Capitol City Gun Club to host Hunters Day

Pyramid Lake will open for Lahontan cutthroat trout fishing on Oct. 1

Angler with three 7.5 pounders from W. Carson River, Calif.

Bill of Rights as seen through eyes of atheist

'Don't forget the bread,' and other lessons of winter

Monday, September 12

Ethel Louise Scherbarth

Betty L. Johnston

State spends for fire costs but saves money on Katrina efforts

Eugene 'Gino' Boylan

Vivian H. Pence

Crime Report

Parks commission to rule on grant applications

Connie 'Pop' Havier

State settles harassment lawsuit

Perkins cleared in federal challenge

Panel to consider options for Kinkead Building complaints

Today

Community briefs

Carson-Tahoe Hospital, unions argue wage laws before state high court

Carson teachers to receive salary increases over next two years

A false sense of security can be deadly

Silver Springs sewer rates to rise as of October 1

Trademark for the V&T: a locomotive-size problem

Homecoming with small cast of 'The Foreigner'

Reward offered in statue thefts

Mammoth Lakes, Calif. S1,000,000 derby results

Appeal writers take top reporting spot in Nevada Press Association contest

Lost voice brings new life for Dayton artist

Traffic worries on Linehan

Sunday, September 11

Joan M. Le Sage

Jason Paul Royer

Q&A On the News

Katrina: Full health consequences not known

Lois L. Dwyer

Alfred V. Panfilio

Crimes

Basque Festival, steeped in tradition, has become more than just a Sunday picnic

Janice Adeline Peterson

Today

Community briefs

Shelters empty, but evacuees trickle in on their own

Man back in jail after extending furlough

Nevada officers coming home from Gulf Coast

Tom Discher

Reno, Fernley men die from separate accidents

Donations piling up in old Wal-Mart, despite lack of people to give them to

V&T commission favors two sites: Hettrick development and land off Detroit Lane

EPA to unveil Fallon arsenic study results in meeting

Local Katrina relief efforts

Homeless, destitute, but they're not refugees

Not responsible for side splitting or gut busting

Poor assumptions by nuclear commission

Oldies on stage and video are good choices for a diversion this weekend

Chinese made big contributions to Dayton

Saturday, September 10

Music, jambalaya and more music at Katrina fund-raisers

Pet Network set to get Katrina animals

Crimes

City of Fallon ceremony to 'never forget' 9/11

Suicide suspected in South Lake inmate's death

Tamara Diane Andersen

Friday, September 9

Crimes

Groundbreaking set for Oct. 14 on new facility

Supervisors set hearing on V&T, substation bonds

Thursday, September 8

Squirrel trips electric wires at Tahoe; power knocked out for more than an hour

Two more Northern Nevada residents suffering West Nile

No more grudges against the camel races

Award goes to shelter for Fallon girl's safe return

July is twelfth straight record month for gaming

Crime Log

Cyclist identified in fatal fall from bike

Bears enjoy snacks in Topaz trash

Bulb Basics

Developer proposes historical center/resort for Carson City depot

Nevada's bear expert catches mother and cubs in Kingsbury

Wednesday, September 7

Carson water on its way to New Orleans

Using small change to bring about bigger changes

'Cool collar' helps troops in Iraq

Calendar

Dayton man dies in bicycle accident

Troubles seem lighter inside a balloon above city

Evacuee plan contains details down to the ID card

Bureau of Land Management auctioning 206 acres in north Douglas County

Carson City chaplain to help with relief effort in Houston

Viola C. Kenny

Calendar

Calendar

Briefly

Mother Nature a force beyond reckoning

Sportsmen's club last summer picnic

History, frivolity join forces for Dayton Valley Days

The 411

Education briefs

Next step is to inspect Canadian pharmacies

Incline Village business owners reacts to life without the Ponderosa Ranch

Vivian Lebeck

Edmonds crosswalk relocated to right place

Cell tower slated for Mark Twain area

Dayton panel OKs 3rd, 4th phases of Riverpark development

Charles Anthony Peters

James L. Shinn

Charles 'Chuck' Palmer

Crimes

Prison guard caught sleeping fired

Tahoe teen appears in Redford film

Carson City man sentenced to 4 years in prison for sixth drunk driving arrest

Area photographer shares his thoughts, images on the aftermath of Katrina's devastation

Sorting out your priorities is a priority we all must take time to do

Today

Community briefs

Fire chief reminds residents to be prepared

Published teaching tip comes from Pioneer High School teacher

Give math a chance; encourage students to learn

Today

Energy-awareness contest starts in schools

Letters to the editor

Outdoor calendar

Topaz Lake season to close Sept. 30

Saturday, Sept. 24 is the second Free Fishing Day in California

Sending help to Katrina victims

Tuesday, September 6

Tahoe World photographer follows Guard to New Orleans

Crimes

Juanita Taylor Reveley

Sheriff: Near-miss shooting 'justified'

Plans to house hurricane evacuees in Nevada on hold

Rise in gas prices isn't exactly an emergency

Reports of wild-horse harassment leads to round up in Mound House

Robert D. Watrous

Hunt Construction awarded cancer center building project

Duane 'Luke' Williams

Students adjust to new crosswalk on Edmonds

Alleged impostor arrested near middle school

Doctor finds unique way to raise funds for victims

Everett James 'Ed' LaPierre

Today

Community briefs

Fire departments receive $1M in grants

Sandoval unveils Identity Theft Passport

Amodei leads benefits program attack

Despite rumors, American Ready Mix in Mound House within rights to use water

So many people who need just about everything

Legislative commission names leaders and members of ongoing and study committees

Concert raised $4,800 for Red Cross Hurricane Katrina relief efforts

Rights group: New state law may rein in fed land managers

Memory Walk benefits Alzheimer's research, programs

Monday, September 5

BunnyRanch women to help relief effort

Lawmaker volunteering for Katrina

Bruce Blackburn-Elliot

Crocus winner

Sen. Beers calls for suspension of gas taxes to help residents

Teaching at one of Carson City's 'good schools'

Keep government out of gas-price business

Local Katrina relief efforts

Seven more birds found with West Nile in Carson City

NDOT plans workshops to discuss traffic in Douglas

Elsa Riesen

Crimes

Wal-Mart filled with goods again - this time for hurricane victims

Wendy Elaine Ruhland

Parnell asks review of teacher hiring practices

Escaped inmate may have been involved in Las Vegas police chase

Five arrested on drug charges in Storey County

Community briefs

Owen Haveman

Today

Northern Nevada will house 300 Katrina victims

Missing plane passengers have Tahoe ties

Locals aid in recovery

Katrina relief effort

Stagecoach couple offers haven for Katrina victims

Greg Brown wows 'em at Adele's

Finding the beauty in the camel

Black Rock not a bad area for hiking

Salvation Army is helping relief effort too

Senior menus

Gardnerville teen builds dog run at museum

Assigning blame, mayor and president can point only to themselves

Quilt to the hilt

Sunday, September 4

Crimes

Famed Egyptologist slated to speak at Incline college

Don't look to place blame, just help the victims of the 'cane

Hurricane victims remembered in VC parade

Grand finale of Burning man returns

Saturday, September 3

Carson City-area Guard members assist victims

Deputy fires shot at battery suspect; no one hurt

Crime log

Young hurricane victims to get stuffed bears

Nevada police convoy to Gulf region on hold

Friday, September 2

Carson City deputies head to Katrina relief

City of Refuge to expand

Jake Palazzolo

Carson City woman awarded $1 million in Nugget lawsuit

Crime Log

Supporting Katrina victims: Carson City residents volunteer with Red Cross

Fallon Hearts O' Gold Cantaloupe Festival has storied history

New route established for students walking along Edmonds

Community briefs

The Devil went down to Silver City

Faces in Focus: Looking Californian, feeling Carson City

Thursday, September 1

Margie A. Kurtz

Leaving Carson City: Relief effort continues

Dayton couple stranded in New Orleans

Nevada inmate sues prison system over religious freedom

Clarence W. 'Bud' Hubbell

Governor says rebates one step closer to mailing

Take the JAC

Commission on Educational Excellence named

Hunters can check online for fire damage maps

The voyage of Rick Gunn: Cycling among the people of the south wind

Play talks about getting along instead of acting like a troll

City files motion to dismiss tribe's lawsuit opposing development

Katrina: You can help

Try Kinney Reservoir for some late summer/early fall trout fishing

Crime log

Working for a living - except for today

Camels return to compete on the Comstock

Auction and barbecue to benefit Boys & Girls Club

Today

Relive the Old West in your SUV or 4X4

A limit at Upper Blue Lake before finishing first beer

Swan application deadline will be 5 p.m. on Sept. 16