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Stories for November 2003

Sunday, November 30

State Museum revamping exhibits

Marguerite Ann Collins

Marie Dover

The day still lives in infamy

Carson can do more for pedestrians

Cash shortage at Sierra Safari Zoo; animals may be sold

Local real estate firm merges with Coldwell Banker

Arts council names award winners

Bradley Dean Petker

Margaret Louise Utt

Jack L. Farris

Special ed students skew test results

Analysis of truck nearly complete

Sandy "Bud" Harlan

Carson's grants coordinator ready for the challenge

Sale to benefit Schmerber children

Sierra Pacific asks for rate hike

Supreme Court sidesteps politically charged gun rights case

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Buckley says Medicare drug plan doesn't reduce need to help Nevadans

Toys for Tots in full swing

Filipino cuisine: Many cultures make it richly unique

Dickens' 'Christmas Carol' comes to BAC

Christmas 1996, the last gift

Christmasmemories to be made

Office space leased at Magnolia Village

Sandra Fuentes, Jeff Hollingsworth, Tania Maffett

Steve Huybers

Christina Lupton

Shelly Purdy

Jobless figures brings worries

Little space left for industry in Meadows

Granite helps restore part of Truckee River

Employers group readies wage survey

Baker, Krumps to be inducted

Video game retailer moves into market

Council says expedite Mapes work

Hometown Health pledges to pay quickly

Tax rules done, but arguments lie ahead

Valleys become Tahoe alternative

Bikram Yoga opens location in Sparks

Two firms lease administrative space

Coaching needed for business-savvey kids

UNR research wins contracts, awards

PR society honors stars, projects

Unified ad program promotes Tahoe skiing

Recycled carpet pads make plush business

Medical property purchased by trust

Gwen Sommer, David Taylor, Mark Denning, Brad Stewart

Scott Wait

Cindy Ainsworth

Larma Volk

Itronics reports a smaller loss

Lineup of speakers set for Directions 2004

Laying the groundwork for succession

No easy formula for appraising your business

Dealership to benefit everyone

Saturday, November 29

What to do before the ski season?

Carson seniors unhappy with drug benefit plan

Friday, November 28

William A. Wilson

Richard Timothy 'Tim' Schmerber

Tamara Renee 'Tammy' Schmerber

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Thursday, November 27

Democrats ganging up to lose election

Public lands fee is preposterous idea

Kids can get creative in holiday gift-making class

Wednesday, November 26

Domestic battery leads to standoff

Forest Service ready to clean out Tahoe's dead trees

Fatter, urban bears at high risk of death

Thankful crowd enjoys Nugget's annual free meal

Missing woman's husband leaves for SoCal

U.S. troops savor Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 25

City forming agreement with auto dealers

Police: Mound House mom killed husband, herself

Go ahead and cheer up someone for Thanksgiving

Signs closing Wilson Canyon to be posted

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Investigators close to completing truck examination

Lucile Marion Aldrich

Students honor American Indian culture

Clerks: Need to buy voting systems now

Students prepare care packages for troops in Iraq

Northern Nevada troops return for the holidays

Joel Franklin 'Andy' Anderson

Warning: Labels may be useless

How the president pronounces Nevada

Federal court to consider petition law

Carson poet publishes 'lo-cal' poem diet book

Legislative panel begins review of wilderness study

Lawmakers: Incline won't be own county

Carson City to discuss raising fees

Real reform, like reading, isn't so easy

Local 'Nutcracker,' Nugget's Snack Bar both magical

Incline Village bear cub finds home with Animal Ark

Incline Village cub finds home with Animal Ark

Gold Hill theater, bank art and thanks to Gerald

Mound House husband and wife dead, son shot twice

Monday, November 24

Fees cripple local crash victim

Nuke decision should cost Bush a state

NCAA Championships no Waterloo to Shanna Sparks

Numbers for reduced class sizes submitted

Officials affirm Alpine County hantavirus case

JFK's death stunned the whole world

Volunteers hand out 300 free gun locks

Comstock wild-horse museum honored

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Guard members home from Iraq today

Florence R. Crawford

September taxable sales up 12 percent

Search of GMC truck to continue today

Nevada Tax Commission approves new rules

Parents killed, boy shot in back

Charles C. Montgomery

Carl E. Wilson Sr.

Jerome A. Bragg

Ex-lawmaker to try to take seat back

Property tax group sues to reduce Tahoe assessments

All-Carson Country football named

Sunday, November 23

Krolicki opens the New York Stock Exchange today

Initiative petitions due for change

Naomi Arleen Hansen

State school superintendent announces plans to retire

Settelmeyer

Tax study to tackle property depreciation

Man gets prison for molestation of teenager

Gun locks given away

Bush visits Nevada as Democrats pledge a battle

Bordewich-Bray builders hit delay

Recall effort against Guinn fails

Investigators to begin examining truck today

Balloons big business in Carson

Saturday, November 22

Grease causes So. Lake sewer jams

Thanksgiving dinner cooking at Nugget coffee shop

Calendar of events

Lucile Marion Aldrich

Low Lake Tahoe level worries water officials

Firms must pay for MTBEcleanup

Survey: South Lake visitors booking large-motel rooms

Home-raised turkeys and wild-game mincemeat

Friday, November 21

Guinn declares guard week

Four tons lost in local weight-loss competition

Hawai'i too much for Wolf Pack

Storytellers have message at library's Tellebration

New animal shelter in Dayton in works

Heavenly offers tasty treats, trails

Families get early holiday treat

Rival gangs duke it out

Truck backs over woman in parking lot

Truck may hold clues to missing mom

Appeal to publish wish lists

Manogue wins 3A title

Big-animal reflectors endorsed

Meet the governor's new point man

Suspect in missing mother case captured in Salt Lake City

Thursday, November 20

Shirley J. Paul

Turkey Trot is today

Heberger strong again in rodeo

Douglas commission must move on

Lots of turkeys collecting for Carson City's needy families

WNCC to start student newspaper

Charles B. Wolcott

Development services reorganized

Wednesday, November 19

Off the Couch

Students help the homeless

Commissioner discusses resignation with governor

Detective: Missing person's cases resolve themselves

Carson schools worthy of recognition

Self-government effort on hold in Dayton

Temperatures expected to fall

Storm water utility fee imposed in Carson

Hilma Blalock

Driver shot during car chase

Free meals for area's needy today

Vandalism threatens rock art

Tuesday, November 18

Regina Louise (Conway) Ruiz

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Platform to give Old West feel to museum

Douglas commissioner expected to resign

Court should uphold residency rules

The death of an old pioneer

Man robs liquor store with knife

Seffer 'Roy' Pacheco

Flu hits early - and hard

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Committee's goals: Help minorities succeed

Revamp of pier regulations vexes TRPA board

Blood analysis results in missing-mom won't be released

Rex Vincent Anthony Fuller

Guns, hot food at Carson Armory

Referendum filed on business taxes

Visions of Sugar Plum fairies: 'Nutcracker' returns

Not enough streets, too many names

Carson Golf to change managers

Monday, November 17

Health inspections

Harry B. Olson

I know now how those firemen felt

Silver City RV Park fire hits four trailers

Man discovered dead off Jacks Valley Road to be given military burial with full honors

24-year Marine vet Educator of Year

Survival of fittest for Democrats

City health board can make difference

Paul Edward Hawk Jr.

Prisons settle lawsuit over guards' rights

James Eugene Taylor

Law to cost schools $3.8 million

Plan to switch funds for mental health center rejected

Keith McGill

Son of Carson's Kimes to testify against her

Leads grow cold in missing-mom case

Calendar of events

Comments sought on changing street name

Last fire drop memorializes fallen firefighters

William John Derkowitz

My father, the living Christmas tree

Discovering the true meaning of Christmas

Sunday, November 16

City considers renaming series of Carson streets

No water for nuclear-waste storage

Recalling a friend by the Wong name

Lawmakers looking for long-term fix to state benefits plan

Secretary of state warns tax repeal organizers petition may be illegal

Clerk: No sign of missing mom at Fallon inn

Obituary-Esta Wickstrom

Obituary -Harry Hughes

CHS Principal Adair will retire at end of school year

Obituary- Martha Ann Knutson

Obituary: Dorothy Hoffmaster

Obituary- Atilio Cotichelli

Obituary: Janet Rodrick

Man sues city, sheriff citing abuse in jail

Calendar of events

Be grateful you weren't this turkey

Teacher and student, parent and child

Saturday, November 15

Dayton couple's 'big air' dog a winner

Continued searching yields few leads on missing Carson mom

Schwarzenegger debuts today

Friday, November 14

Rumsfeld: self-rule does not mean quick troop withdrawal

Crash overshadows U.S. plan to cede power to Iraq

Officers explore Fallon leads in search for missing mother

Fun, food and crafts at high school fair

Obituary: George Eastland

Thursday, November 13

Though her cross will be gone, her memory lives on

Comstock Gingerbread Contest

Join the Neighborhood Council to help teens

Lyon County PRIDE bus service halted

Court asked to define residency

Students preparing care packages for soldiers

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Obituary-Frank Bondietti

Sheriff says mom's welfare main concern

Legalizing the illegals not answer

The foundation of a good Thanksgiving begins with a good turkey and fixin's

Christmas tree permits available soon

City to decide rates for storm drainage plan

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State to discuss No Child Left Behind

Officials say Carson's health needs shot in arm

Virginia City's

Carson River may be key to valley's development

Arsenic could cost Carson Valley millions

Wednesday, November 12

Money isn't answer to No Child act

Yerington denies dumping sewage in wildlife area

Number of animals killed reduced at CarsonCity's animal control facility

Shops stocked to sell newest Carson collector ornament

A3 Off the couch

Yucca permit rejected again

Sheriff promotes opponent in last race

Man sought for questioning in disappearance of Carson mom

Forge ahead in downtown Carson

Mitten tree out to give cold needy Carsonites a hand

Student talent show coming fast

Classified employees earn less in Carson

Preservation grants awarded to Nevada projects

Salvation Army seeking a few good turkeys

Tuesday, November 11

Students plant tulips in park

Musser crash sends three to hospital

Friendly fares in the friendly skies

Husband talks of missing wife

Carson OKs PRIDE extension to Wal-Mart

Ideas, concerns shared for downtown plans

High court looks at Nevada Power overcharge allegations

Monday, November 10

James steps down as volleyball coach

Edithe Ann Smead

Buses must go where people will ride

Virginia City parade draws a crowd

Man says dog died after being near fouled pond

Luceal Buckles

Thomas William Jones

Robert Christman

Missing mom search continues

Orphan bear trapped in Incline Village yard

Sunday, November 9

November a month for memories

During war, it's always Veterans Day

Harley-Davidson's building plans approved

WNCC rodeo coach wins world title

Gustavo Pena

Keeping a healthy routine on the road

Donations no longer a luxury at hospitals

Discount plan helps to cure schools' ills

Grant boosts careers of UNR researchers

Grubb & Ellis reports record 3Q sales

Granite, Q&D win largest RTC project

I. Silver Management wins state honor

Hytek names Case to board

Flex space in firm demand

Call centers branch out in northern Nevada

Casting call: Local investors needed

Steve Richard

Entertainment focus of center renovation

Web site helps docs explain procedures

Senate debates fate of COOL program

Workers' comp rate decrease scaled back

Pounds of paper expand Puliz

IGT reports record annual results

Glamis net rises despite troubles

Tennille captains arts promotion for state

Nick Bingham, Milton Sharp

Ken Beaton

Melissa Bugica

Andrew Hill

Janet Jones

EDAWN kicks off food bank drive

Ski champion invests in BioEssentials

Nevadaworks report to survey occupations

Business center gets martial arts school

Fast Signs expands space to fit new gear

Bill Anderson tells sotry in new book

Business Bank begins holiday food drive

Workshop set on government contracts

Hayes joins Sands board

Learning to ask is part of success

Domestic violence is a work issue

Saturday, November 8

Sheriff's blottter

Harvesting Hope - in style; C-tH fashn show benefits new cancer center

Winter settles in at Tahoe

Teachers' absences at Whittell High eyed

Drivers register in Nevada to avoid fee

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Friday, November 7

'De-mystifying' yoga goal of free classes

Musing about museums

Iraqi resentment mounts in Tikrit

Masked man wanted in armed robbery

Cinnamon Pond closed for possible health risk

Help a needy vet at benefit

Comstock group dedicates first plaque

Thursday, November 6

Students honor veterans at annual ceremony

Bus service may include Wal-Mart

Legislators shouldn't get a double dip

Free yard debris pickup starts Monday

City Hall overcomes fiscal challenge

Presentation details Boy Scout's 1950 train voyage cross-country

Carson man may be Nevada's last World War I veteran

More comments sought on economic growth

Crossing a line from innocence to adulthood

Suicide victim sent out pleas for help

Wednesday, November 5

Odie Pearl Henson

Off the Couch

Malpractice reform has long way to go

Culinary arts are the way to our hearts

Extra funds may aid city's '03 budget

Jethro's Casino fate expected soon

Disgraced Weissinger votes then immediately leaves

Incline woman wins on TV reality show

Betty Casey

Corruption probe meets parameters of act's foes

Several events planned to honor veterans

City to pay $58,000 settlement

David LeRoy Castleberry

Man denies baby-sitter rape

State gets traffic safety grant

Emergency, crime briefs

Court rejects one, grants another review in murder cases

Group wants Carson to get dressed up for Christmas

Gibbons to hold closed-door meeting

Mustache garners accolades

Tuesday, November 4

Obituary-Freaddy Chaney

Obit-Blanche Neubauer

Obituary-Sidney Clark

Less information, less open government

Nevada's long legacy on the seas

Carson officials eye impact of freeway

Parks official to retire

Obituary-Cecil Townsend

Obituary-Linda Allmett

Obituary-Paul Michel

Students count steps of route to avoid construction

Obit-James Matthews

Obituary-Carl Richards

Some claim Asian trade hurts small manufacturers

Douglas to discuss Clear Creek development

New state office building advances

Look for snow at night Ð especially on Sunday

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Carson man sentenced to six months jail time in girlfriend's choking assault

Panel to boost minority success in school

Carl Richards

Fly the flags for all those who served

Carson lawsuit against BLM pushed back

Monday, November 3

Silver Springs man accused in fatal DUI accident, charged in gun assault

Hospital, Trades Council debate wage issue

Jill A. (Warnecke) Kowalick

Downtown redevelopment officials open discussion for new uses

Carson City

Guinn's chief of staff will serve Arnold

Neoma Evon Pecenka

Doris May Barrett

Bruce E. Williams

Santa's Village offers holiday fun

Calendar of events

Sheriff's volunteer dies, found by hunters

Hearing set in death of firefighter's wife

Lawsuit filed in boulder death

Men deny Harveys theft

Obit-Doris Barrett

Nervous Nevada town wants missing uranium mystery solved Ð soon

Ponderosa Ranch owner chronicles life

Sunday, November 2

Three Carson businesses to open

Blue Thunder Band takes competition

Governor kicks off I-580 project

Kudos to Nevada Day's organizers

High court reverses murder conviction

Vandals hit Carson cemetery repeatedly

Obituary-John Sanderson

Malpractice insurance woes hit MDs

Obituary-Frank Ames

Obituary-Constance Johnson

Obituary-George Warner

Carson grad's film debuts in Reno

Calendar of events

George B. Warner III

Fandango Phase II nears completion; casino proves big hit

New branch houses training, office space

Plan carefully to sell a business

Water utilities mull merger

More view dance steps as key skill for business

Bolstering Nevada's workforce key

Large order greets IGT's new president

Airport exec courts China's cargo carriers

Firm makes sense from legalese

Number crunchers in demand in Reno

Hale Lane and shareholders honored

Architectural firm leases office space

Ruling boosts industry

Tahoe readies tourism campaign

Valley Realty expands into new digs

Energy consulting firm opens office in Reno

Grubb & Ellis Reno office to move

Quantum Loyalty makes Inc. 500 again

Saturday, November 1

2 ways to help the less fortunate at Thanksgiving

Emma Nevada comes back to life in show

Eagle symbolizes center's need to expand

More work needed for Incline countyhood

Tahoe shivers under wintry weather