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Stories for April 2004

Friday, April 30

Burch 'Jerry' Mesrobian

Platform changes GOP's Yucca policy

And The winners are...

Carson wins exciting 4x400 relay race at Yerington

If You go

Celebrate spring with Ocho de Mayo, golf, Mother's Day roses and Cajun block party

Dayton noodle cook-off a success

IF YOU GO

Fast facts

Judge drops 'cancer fear' lawsuit against Fallon

Event really takes off

History of the Eagle Badge

Kite day is May 15 at Lampe Park

Thursday, April 29

A4 calendar

Carson baseball comes up short

Casinos - not what we need now

Dust Devils, Vaqueros split doubleheader

City to pay $200,000 for Wal-Mart improvements

Candidate filing begins Monday; cash, ID required

Grant will be used to promote history

Calendar of events

Eagle Scout improves Fritsch Elementary

Benefits pool proposed for small business

Hat fancier cherishes the smiles

Carson Briefs

Wednesday, April 28

Off-roaders to protest land closure Sunday

Reno woman named new head of Nevada Republican Party

You can help

Keep public lands open to the public

February taxable sales up double digits again

Marijuana Policy Project wants expense report from drug czar

March of Dimes: WalkAmerica on Saturday

Enchanted dance for seniors and senior seniors

Carson man's death remains mystery

National security vs. individual rights

City seeks easier way to give emergency care to family

Briefs

Planning for Carson City's future

High winds close highways

Tuesday, April 27

IF YOU GO

2004 WNCC Surgical Technology Graduates

Progress at Empire Elementary School

Travel the V&T route on your own

Doris M. Geiger

Carson City selects grant recipients

Wind causes power outages

Dayton woman wins on 'Wheel'

Lennabell Baird Dudley

Nevada counties have 600 new voting machines

Civil War statue to be refurbished

State GOP convention starts Friday

Watch the show

Calendar of events

If you go

Music, llamas spice up Carson High senior projects

Muslims to Puck - all get their day

Fossil finder opposes closing Pine Nuts to ORVs

New Senior Center nearing completion

Monday, April 26

Local girls teams strong in Comstock

Pursuing the bigger issue at Lakeview

Clues sought in suspected homicide

You can help

Alvin Marion Camp

Tobacco funds awarded to local groups

Rodney P. Biddleman

Robert Michael Hebert

William Lewis Sisley

Fire chief: Overtime costs more than money

Calendar of events

Ida Carlotta Waldron

Audra Leota Corrine Spainhower

Silver Springs man dies in car crash

Don't plant tomatoes yet; cold nights coming

FAST FACTS

Carson man pleads guilty to battery

Man guilty in embezzling $1.6 million from casino

Incline district to discuss Ponderosa intent letter

BLM restricts OHVs in Pine Nuts

First surgical technicians pinned at community college

If You go

Nevada air quality helpful to asthmatics

Bush vs. Kerry on front lines

Sunday, April 25

Whatever happened to Whistle-Off?

A symbol of commitment and courage

EDAWN Business Builders

Anne Lazarus

Contractor sues Wal-Mart

Industrial-space vacancy rate falls fast

Washoe Med to build new hospital

High-flying IGT warms up for its encores

Melissa J. Lindell

Bedding manufacturer to open Reno plant

Geothermal boosts Sierra Pacific's quota

Safeway adding gas, convenience stores

Minute-taking firm set to grow

Palomar set to open first pizza store

Awards honor rural tourism volunteers

Vacancy rates rise as Cisco reduces space

Market for residential land remains heated

Sister's Closet clothes help new job seekers

IT service provider eyes new markets

Out-of-work execs get job-hunting help

ProTAP markets tax plan to consumers

Veteran's guesthouse begins construction

Paul Kinne

Chris Kinney

Glamis Gold mine delay request rejected

Every company needs a catchy, concise tag line

Public relations builds powerful brands over time

Many facets to computer security

Joe Meiltoft, Fong Menante, Robert Clements

Glenn Blachford

CB Richard Ellis sells distribution facility

Rose-Glenn building sold, leased back

RSCVA to sponsor adventure races

Qdoba Mexican Grill to open five stores

Saturday, April 24

China reports four new suspected SARS cases

U.S. troops likely to move into parts of Najaf soon

Precip levels sagging, snow water content down in Tahoe

Community calendar

A4 Muzzleloader results pd

Muzzleloaders gather for weekend of competition

Panel discusses balance between Tahoe economy, environment

Friday, April 23

Tigers split doubleheader with Reno

Dayton softball splits with Manogue

Wooster sweeps Carson softball

Carson girls win Kiwanis invite team title

Otis Burdette 'Deke' Shearer

Ryan Mitchell Wynn

You can help

More than $140,000 raised for statue

Bank worker accused of embezzling

New church raises money for outreach with tea party

Mon a3 CCSO youth fair bkout pd

Thursday, April 22

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Carson kicks off clean-up week

Comstock Shootout to be held

Recycled Art(icles) winners are...

Annabelle June Serafine

Joe Dini Library and Student Center opens at community college

School officials select principal

Evelyn Thurlo

Students create videos to discourage smoking

Stores searched for counterfeit merchandise

Conservative finances, healthy city

Memorial for slain children dedicated

Tahoe mystery writer speaks at library

Real estate stats

Wednesday, April 21

Questions and answers on the bypass construction project

A4 crimes

Nevada could have health, scholarships

Yerington third, Dayton fifth in Northern 3A golf

Nevada taxpayers group opposing three tax repeal initiatives

Self-help group to close its door

City finds $1.6 million extra

A3 off the couch

Victim's lawsuit on hold

Tania Kruger

Johnny W. Kreger

FAST FACTS

Farm Days event helps children understand importance of agriculture

S. Lake paper names new managing editor

3,000 likely dead after trains collide in North Korea

Gardnerville father joins son in Uzbekistan

Policies on Mexico key to campaign

Girl hopes to inspire others to help

Event showcases youth programs

See 100 years of fashion at fund-raiser

Tuesday, April 20

It's a good day to hug your bunny

Was it really a simpler time then?

CASA volunteers honored tonight

Monday, April 19

Alberta Delia Howard Jordan

Amber Gwinn still playing, still happy

Wage law prevails in hospital project

Adalio G. Pardini

Catherine F. Kallo

Jack D. Moran

Clara Elizabeth Miller

Scott E. Workman

Calendar of events

Leland C. Peterson

Kenneth Cecil Crowley

Proposed Lakeview elder-care home for sale

Minden doctor says Marines motivated to fight

Memorial service set for teen killed in ATV accident

Topaz teen admits setting friend on fire

Police link men arrested in car theft to others

YOU CAN HELP

Without buses, EMS students walk to class

Computer glitch stymies DMV

Susan Tedeschi sings the blues with a smile

Home prices continue to climb

Sunday, April 18

Saying goes 'break a leg,' not a wrist

Amendment requiring common sense

Labor Commission next stop for CTH wage debate

Luther 'Jerry' Martin

Ralph L. Crandall

Nevada gets $36 million from Homeland Security

Sting nets two suspected car thieves

Incline author confesses to tax evasion for business

Calendar of events

Students attend first day of classes in Bordewich-Bray addition

Dump truck rolls into ditch; spills fuel

V&T timeline

Fire renews faith

CHS principal candidates breakout

Woman coptered out after SUV rolls on Highway 50

V&T considers buying turntable

A labor full of love, and a bit of faith

Nevadans running all over the place, but not on Musser Street sidewalk

Every boy's dream

Octane redesigns NCOT website

MAG bags Wildlife Safari account

Lambert opens life coaching practice

Wastewater facility contractor honored

David DeMello

Worries grow over steel supply

Local gaming industry remains upbeat

Carson City to become wireless test track

Barrick, Sierra Pacific mull $5 million exit fee

New law eliminates check float

Purdy paint sundries granted training dollars

Center work started

Tanamera wins loan approval

Tiny chips track runners' time at finish line

Advising employers on active-duty workers

On-Call Graphic changes name, broadens services

Sales Woman of the Year award nominations due by month's end

Colliers International brokers

Paul Perkins

Cheryl Hinman, Donna Kuckhoff, Teri Yeoman

Doris Blandino-Kelly

DRI trustees

Susan Gulas

Sylvia Samano

Itronics' audit doubts company's viability

Latest technology worth investment

Saturday, April 17

A history of Rock Point Mill

Two badly hurt in Hwy. 88 head-on

Ponderosa's closure will have impact

Teachers, students enjoy trial film class

Old mill site comes alive during tour

Democrats' platform debate runs out of time

Friday, April 16

If You go

Clean up week bkout-pd

84 boys teams kickoff Comstock Shootout

Beemer riding to nationals

Reid: Nevada is a battle ground

Railway bridge arrives in Carson

Children celebrate Earth Day at museum

NRA comes to the Democratic convention

Iraqi gunmen free two hostages

Columbine massacre survivor looks to the future with hope

Inmates give warden first humanitarian award

Iraq-Developments

Calendar of events

Thursday, April 15

Carson public TV will elect new board

Cheese whiz - start or finish your meal in style

Tyler Firestone places 6th at the Reno World of Wrestling Tournament

Spring break lost to finishing projects

Janet E. Nieve

Oscar-nominated films on screen at college

Carson City joins Nevada counties pressing to stop unfunded mandates

Many new faces as Democrats convene

Calendar of events

Nevada Democratic committee calls for Bush impeachment

U.S. military might alone won't win Iraq

Rail could be in Tahoe area's future

Film students learn from Emmy Award winner

Alcohol sting nets fewer than ever

Get rid of junk free during cleanup week

Club fund-raisers, donations aid student athletes, promgoers

Past pages

Student art contest returns to Dayton

Wednesday, April 14

Nila Lorene Dahna

Opal Pauline Hammerstaedt

New official has long history with museums

Dayton-area calendar

State warns not to eat Carson River's fish

Irene C. Smith

YOU CAN HELP

Fallon lowers property taxes by 3 cents

Off the couch

Fire destroys Carson home

Fallon goes from pariah to pioneer

Teller's robbery testimony disputed

Principal candidates to interview this week

Washoes' Indian Hills Casino project moving forward

Tuesday, April 13

Fast facts on runn ing for mayor

John Joseph Dutra

James Gardner Miller

Calendar of events

Teen charged in rape to remain in custody

Truckee-Carson Irrigation District may sell water to Stillwater

Mary. 'Betty' Butler

Mayor throws in hat for third term

Lawsuit against lawyer, firm on hold until judge appointed

Kaplan announces for Las Vegas Assembly

Ensign: Kennedy remark aiding, abetting enemy

A cautious start to Carson charter schools

Robert C. 'Bob' Cislini

Carson City's most colorful of characters

Fluke moving its manufacturing to Washington

Lyon County senior menus

Guinn talks with contractors about rising steel prices

Another Tax Freedom Day passes

William Oakley Worth

New public safety director wants department to show results

History of fire

Monday, April 12

Most common TAX errors

Upgraded state mainframe computer goes online

Denny has good day at Carson-Douglas Rodeo

Jerome B. White

Mary J. Posnien

Lisa Jean Miller LaVallee

Calendar of events

Post office times for last-second filers

Rural clinics' budget short because of errors

Opening briefs filed in Douglas growth case

License plates go digital - and flat

Filing for an extension of time

Carson man may change plea in casino case

If you are going

Fallon's arsenic problem gone with crank of a valve

Time to end private prison experiment

Technology no substitute for etiquette

Champion Kicks Off 2004 Season This Weekend

Carson High student gets diploma 30 years later

Child victims of abuse, neglect recognized at vigil

Nugget hosts V&T fund-raiser

Spring fever: What to plant and when?

The right - and wrong - trees to plant in our desert environment

Sunday, April 11

Charter school re-application BKOUT

Charter review bkout

Bill Owen Smith

Calendar of events

Supervisors ponder: Who's in control?

James W. Huntington

Motorcyclist killed on Highway 88

Charter school decision expected tonight

Margaret Love Massey

Earl Edward Main

Crosswalk being improved at time of fatal accident

Get serious about renewable energy

They said to keep talking, so we did

Services for gunfighter, investigator set for Wednesday

Serve light, sweet-and-sour daffodil cake for a special luncheon

Motocross seeks more track time

Northridge area to get wetlands park

Church helps others find life's purpose

What is affordable to you?

Mark Garratt

Tess Zinio

Robyn Nichols

Tony Marini

100 California sold to Sacramento investor

CB broker purchases Carson City complex

Meadowood Mall for sale

Residential development pulls retailers

Fluke Biomedical moves manufacturing

Renovated home joins southwest office park

Sam Shad expands political show's reach

Businesses sponsor poster contest

IRS to move Moana office to downtown

Store uses golden rule of pricing

John Frankovich

Laura Sutton, Lesley Means, Dan Fields

Documentaries to spotlight state tech industry

RSCVA hires Seventh Wave for river fest

TMCC seminar offers time-management tips

Work starts on big Galena bridge

Cathy Jean's fills collectible void

Physicians, hospital cooperate on center

Diet plans don't flinch despite carb counting

Kirby Lampley

Helen Eddy Rutherford

Stacy Martinkus

Trammell Crow closes new retail leases

Specialty Lighting changing hands

Court limits Sierra Pacific collateral

Quincy completes privacy statement

Reno firm researches branch effectiveness

All businesses face same challenge

Don't allow fear to rule your actions

Saturday, April 10

Detective's life has taken many paths

Calendar of Events

Obituary

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE

4,000 participate in Jaycees' Easter egg hunt

Friday, April 9

Fallon eyed for arsenic removal success

Wanda A. Davis

Getting people prepared for emergencies

Gardeners enjoy music as they shop

Key developments in Fallon's arsenic problem

Research project looks at leukemia cluster

What are the symptoms of arsenic poisoning?

Tribe to build own arsenic treatment plant

Thursday, April 8

Bordewich-Bray students help make transition to new addition

Bordewich addition time line

Planning commission to lose its chairman

Second boy charged in alleged rape

Easter egg hunts

Calendar of events

Look forward in terrorism war

Diet mania: We all have plenty to lose

Celebrate spring with golf benefits, soccer signups and comedy

Preparing for sports activity

Mystery Week sneaks into library next week

Wednesday, April 7

Bellarmine Bells ring at Carson golf title

Carson softball wins in last inning

Interview tips

Sheriff's Explorers seek donations for trip to Las Vegas competition

Gloria J. Raymond

Kmart facility could have new tenant

Marylou Slack

Pedestrian killed

Singer pleads no contest to brothel assault

Clarence Williams

Meeting in Dayton on Highway 50 alternative draws large crowd

Marilyn Jean Larsen-Hill

Overton W. Toombs

February win third-best ever for casinos

Lyon animal shelter hours

Eighth-graders practice their interview skills

Patrick Jess Stark

Robin's Ropers treat Carson kids to Easter fun

Carson City pilot honored for helping refugees

Historic preservation officer on national board

DMV electronic kiosks coming to town

B&G Club info bites

Power outage strikes northwest Carson City

Tuesday, April 6

If you go

Carson golf teams competitive

Nevada Comets third in first tournament

Candidate Bios

Masayko to announce next week if he will run again

Election FAQs

Longtime planning commissioner will resign

Albert Willard Munson

Carson City supervisors announce candidacy

Carson man held in kidnap, torture

Brief history of the Jefferson Award

Vicie I. Busse

Calendar of events

Victim describes her life after rape

Man arrested for allegedly fondling self

Rapist to serve 45 years to life

Cool threads, deserving kids

'Drama Mama' wins national service award

Locked locker leads cops into Fourth Amendment twilight zone

Remember where we live: Freeze protection may still be needed

Off the couch

Dayton-area senior menus

After 25 years, Eagle Valley Frames closing

Accident changes Carson doctor's life

Monday, April 5

Setting it straight on C-TH

Paper trail is importantto voters

State benefits plan rates to decrease

Mustang Brothel owner reveals plans

Initiative would bar lawmakers from imposing costly programs on locals

BIA time line

Associate dean arrested after Internet sting

Dirt points to mines for clues in missing- mom case

Calendar of Events

Bureau of Indian Affairs celebrates move

Life cycle of the Tasmanian rainbow trout:

Legislative Counsel Bureau to decide state worker-legislator issue

Students release fish into Carson River

Splitting 9th Circuit for the right reasons

Parental religious rights must give way to child's welfare

Easter menu for the adventurous

Carson Performing Arts presents fairy tale about a man with a funny name

Boys & Girls Club to open in Schurz

Sunday, April 4

Girl identified in fatal ATV accident

Summer extreme-stunt show planned for Carson fairgrounds

Teacher investigated for assaulting student, 12

Calendar of events

Fallon toddler recovering after rod impaled his brain

Rose Marie Moline

William 'Bill' Harrol Brown

Lloyd R. Dickerson

Loneliest road could be next Carson Street

Garvey hits a homer for the college

Gardnerville's birthday bash begins

A welcome settlement for the schools

Ink, flesh, needles and a work of art

TATTOO FAQs

New Silver Springs animal shelter director enters the fray

DIY refinishing project goes awry - but professionals save the day

The battle for your bulge: traditional weight-loss industry giants struggling

Local studio powered by talent, technology

Businesses can help keep parents involved

Nonprofit build assets to help fund programs

Peter Padilla

Denise Smith

Breaking language barriers

Landscape firms grow like...well, like a weed

Marshall plan for water importation

Award winners work at success

KeyBank finances Fleur de Lis construction

Gold in scrap? Sparks lab finds it

Neill Dimmick

Hale Lane's Reno office heads south

State calls direct-mail campaign misleading

Train-tour outfit follows challenging tracks

Michael Schnabel, Aiman Noursoultanova

Local diamond firm finds financing partner

Xoc Doc maker files for bankruptcy protection

Tracy Dickens

Julia Gold, Alexis Michaud

Ty Windfeldt

Brian Krolicki

Sands Regent sells stock

Local architects' work wins three awards

Events consultant moves to Lake Tahoe

Grubb & Ellis closes several leasing deals

Three ways to grow a business

Saturday, April 3

Sheriff's blottter

Swallows aid Tahoe mosquito problem

Surplus bulletproof vests, police gear headed for Iraq

Friday, April 2

Carson baseball splits with North Valleys

Volunteers offer free tax assistance

Terrorist suspects die in explosion

Patient care issues at Evergreen

If You Go

Community calendar

Attempted kidnapping

Iraqi police chief killed in drive-by shooting

Nevada farm preservation tax law might be outdated

Carson softball rallies to salvage split

Small school athletes shine at Reed meet

Calendar of events

Lowe's, Red Cross team up for safety fair

Carson City native to be on TV series

Thursday, April 1

Carson softball beats Spanish Springs

Big day for Carson Tigersharks

Sherwin Herman Kettenburg

Man charged with murder in 5 deaths

Police discredit student's kidnapping tale

Students learn to practice kindness always

Saturday calendar

Teen charged in alleged rape to appear in court

Issue of state worker legislators in high court

Climbers sue to open up Cave Rock

Philip V. Carter Jr.

William John Wright

Dick Clarke's American grandstand

First voting machines on their way

School spaghetti dinner helps African orphans; CHS senior collects gold clubs

Pioneer pistol shooter enjoys retirement in Carson City

Carson High School student arrested in sexual assault