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Stories for September 2005

Thursday, September 29

Virginia City outhouse racers flush with excitement

Car-free in Carson City

Advocates to End Domestic Violence programs and services

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

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

Silver City's volunteer fire department holds community together

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

Simply D'Vine in Carson City

Working for a paycheck

Fund-raising dinner planned for teen with leukemia

City planners will review maps for Schulz Ranch development

Seeing the light in Virginia

Wednesday, September 28

Robert Acosta

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

Community briefs

Last-minute donations save Nevada Day fireworks

Many Americas come to library's youth section

Exercise's relationship to diets

Fundraiser to help Dayton grad with chronic myeloid leukemia

Dayton Briefs

Road construction

Churchill County resident wants to clean off infamous Shoe Tree

Pleasant Valley traffic claims another life

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

No escape from rising natural gas prices

Carson accountant admits tax evasion

Checks not in the mail ...yet

Crimes

George Manuel Cotton

Husband wasn't breaking in when killed, says family

John Robert Marshall

Margaret Helen Moosberg

As long as fingerpointing is still in style ...

Evidence of meth is hiding in plain sight in stores

Tuesday, September 27

Nevada to get $100 million in federal military funding

Judge says he didn't violate conduct rules

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

Beauford C. 'Red' Siess

Symphony concert kicks off Nevada Day celebrations

Reid names American Indian to national civil-rights post

Daniel B. Elder

Anti-meth coalition will make a difference

Community briefs

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

Breaking bread together

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

Fire station to come down Monday

Arrests made in check-cashing ring

Miguel Angel Cruz

Bordewich-Bray students jog in support of school

Ruth Marie Hames

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

TEST

Monday, September 26

Raymond Johnson

Right on the numbers

Student honored for rebuilding cemetery

Bordewich-Bray's Delphinius Eloquentia hits the street

Low- and nonfat dairy recipes sought for contest

Going for a ride: Fremont students rewarded with limo outing

Finding a home for the microwave

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

Ride Carson City's first bus system free in October

Meth meeting offers information, support

Crime Report

$150K theft brings jail term

Woman claiming to be teacher arrested

Motorcyclist killed on Spooner identified

Drug dealer gets 90 days in jail, suspended prison term

Traffic light advocates plan rally at Capitol

Community briefs

Michelle (Pisciotta) Wallace

School mercury investigation expected to be complete Friday

Soldiers killed in Afghanistan called 'patriots' by fellow Guardsman

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

Why must casinos float in Mississippi?

Red Cross warns of bogus rep

Sunday, September 25

Janice Anne Holman

Still work to be done on evacuation plans

Mercury spill to cost school district about $20,000

Margaret Elizabeth Lynde Brower

No beads will fly through the air Nevada Day

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

Valley Chevrolet event raises $10,000 for hurricane relief

Calendar

Community briefs

Parents to learn about the dangers of meth abuse

Crime log

Theater and music abound in Carson City

Aid sought for friend in need

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

Paul B. Eskew

James P. Roach

Golf course employees trained to use defibrillators

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

Carson City chiropractor disciplined by board

New publisher named for Tahoe Tribune

Kenneth Wayne 'Ken' Hanner

Deputy investigated in road rage

Julia O. Bakos

Saturday, September 24

Fund-raiser planned to benefit stroke victim

Crime report

Friday, September 23

Born too early, Carson infant celebrates one-year milestone

Crime log

Vegetables even the guys will eat

Tahoe bank robber still loose

Just crazy for 'Crazy for you'

BLM to double fees at Sand Mountain

Golf tournament planned to benefit those suffering from breast cancer

Students compete in punt, pass and kick challenge

Alden W. Davidson

Thursday, September 22

Jane Estell Mitzel Davis

Letters to the editor

Favio the fish will fly in the Nevada Day Parade

E-mail scam hits postal mailboxes

Two killed in separate motorcycle accidents

Candy Dance vendors shocked by wind surge

Roberts shows himself to be worthy of court

Crime log

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

Evacuees turn around

Jennifer Ann Straits

Carson officers back from Gulf Coast recall weeklong recovery efforts

Vegas lawyer to get state attorney general's job

Nevada responders aid Katrina's forgotten victims

North Natchitoches will receive $750 from Empire Elementary

Wednesday, September 21

Briefly

Calendar

McKeen car added to National Register of Historic Places

Community briefs

Dogtown: a mining camp hardly fit for dogs

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

Feds need to rearrange budget priorities

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

'Between Fences'

New laws fill Nevada's gaps

New laws take effect Saturday

Calendar

Briefs

River cleanup set for October

Pennies from Dayton go to Katrina victims

Engines ready for Street Vibrations

Crimes

Top regional stories

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

Douglas teachers ratify new contract

Help sought to locate plane that disappeared in Northern Nevada

Calendar

Residents prefer traditional look for downtown

Day-care owner pleads not guilty to child neglect charges

Nevada gets $3.7 million for land and water projects

Briefs

Crawford's prison legacy is tainted but intact

Nevada Assembly speaker out of governor's race

Tuesday, September 20

Small fines but important message on ethics

Clicking around

American Citizen essay contest announced

Education briefs

Two killed in I-80 wreck

School enrollment numbers for state not yet calculated

Today

Carol J. Dorfmeyer

Carson City brothers to compete in Nevada Day rock drilling

Community briefs

Lola Lee Gesselman

A man blessed by his church family

Crime Report

EPA presents arsenic results to Fallon

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

Expect delays on Highway 395 North today, next week

Carl Dewain Turtle

The great escape

Lyon County school enrollment up by nearly 500

Monday, September 19

Crime Report

Artists to display work at city gallery

Alfred Goodman

Community briefs

Fred Durboraw

Rene Langdon Cardinal

Gerda Elizabeth Canova

Helen Grace Giovacchini

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

Eleanor I. Lagerstrom

David Winn Johnson

Spooner Summit crash victim identified as Zephyr Cove man

Today

Sunday, September 18

Prosecute mercury-spill perpetrator

When it comes to building integrity, forewarned is forearmed

Letters to the editor

Woman nominated for Points of Light for service to seniors

Getting your garden ready for cool weather

Bias should not direct how we talk about others

Man killed in wreck on Spooner

Community briefs

Today

Iraqi troop support rally set for Sunday

Janet Leslie Fisher

Public comments sought on dream downtown

Storey County school enrollment drops by 6 percent

20 people cited in separate Carson City alcohol stings

Carson City

Saturday, September 17

Crime log

Everyone was Basque at Fuji Park

Man believed drowned in Tahoe; body not found

Friday, September 16

Dayton Valley Days Today's schedule of events:

Salsa y Salsas draws large crowd

State high court says counties can appeal property tax reductions

Bat found in Fuji Park tests positive for rabies

Events for kids packs today's Dayton Valley Days schedule

4.2 quake shakes Carson area

Thursday, September 15

Carson High to reopen Friday

Hunter questionnaires vital to big game management

Brats and beer featured at Minden's Oktoberfest Sunday

Spiderman visits Virginia City schools

Disposing of mercury

Zephyr Cove Elementary School student wins Nicholas Green Distinguished Student Award

NHP goal to improve communications

One of the brides was a real dog

New Nevada elections deputy plans to be proactive

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

Out & About: Helping local victims of hurricane

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

Nevada officials consider new disaster scenarios post-Katrina

Other winners of camel races not to be overlooked

After Katrina: You can help

Mound House family loses all in fire

Local lessons to be learned following Katrina

Erwin George Schnauhuber

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

United Nations 'reform,' is an oxymoron

Deputy and cadet explorer injured in accident

CHS classes back in session; nurse without office

Crime log

Quake rattles Kinkead Building, workers

School enrollment drops

Kenneth W. Hembrough

No answer yet on school at CHS for Friday

Wednesday, September 14

Lawmakers support worker objections to Kinkead Building

Tin Cup Tea event to help preserve state's heritage

Fourth arrested in armed robbery

Chaplain ministers in Louisiana's capital

Donald Peter Mattes

Guinn names new press secretary

Dennis Claude Mayberry

Crimes

Veteran state prison official named director

Dayton engine returns to Virginia City

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

Calendar

School is back in session at Carson High

Swallowing Kentucky

Girl Scout says group is running low on members in Dayton

Where in the world is Rick Gunn?

Dove hunting season to close on Sept. 30

Three Lyon County advisory councils have openings

I want to ride

Youth & Family Calendar

Parole hearings scheduled for October

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

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

Hats on to benefit Katrina victims

Soul food of the South may help healing

Crawford out as prison director

A lesson in bulbs

No school Thursday

Part I: 'I'm totally scared straight'

Tuesday, September 13

Carson City soldier to celebrate 21st birthday at home

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

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

Today

Panel to consider options for Kinkead Building complaints

Perkins cleared in federal challenge

State settles harassment lawsuit

Connie 'Pop' Havier

Parks commission to rule on grant applications

Crime Report

State spends for fire costs but saves money on Katrina efforts

Vivian H. Pence

Eugene 'Gino' Boylan

Betty L. Johnston

Traffic worries on Linehan

Ethel Louise Scherbarth

Lost voice brings new life for Dayton artist

Appeal writers take top reporting spot in Nevada Press Association contest

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

Reward offered in statue thefts

Homecoming with small cast of 'The Foreigner'

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

Silver Springs sewer rates to rise as of October 1

A false sense of security can be deadly

Carson teachers to receive salary increases over next two years

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

Community briefs

Sunday, September 11

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

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

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

Reno, Fernley men die from separate accidents

Tom Discher

Nevada officers coming home from Gulf Coast

Man back in jail after extending furlough

Shelters empty, but evacuees trickle in on their own

Community briefs

Today

Janice Adeline Peterson

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

Crimes

Alfred V. Panfilio

Lois L. Dwyer

Katrina: Full health consequences not known

Q&A On the News

Jason Paul Royer

Joan M. Le Sage

Homeless, destitute, but they're not refugees

Local Katrina relief efforts

EPA to unveil Fallon arsenic study results in meeting

Saturday, September 10

Pet Network set to get Katrina animals

Tamara Diane Andersen

Suicide suspected in South Lake inmate's death

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

Crimes

Music, jambalaya and more music at Katrina fund-raisers

Friday, September 9

Supervisors set hearing on V&T, substation bonds

Crimes

Groundbreaking set for Oct. 14 on new facility

Thursday, September 8

Two more Northern Nevada residents suffering West Nile

Crime Log

Nevada's bear expert catches mother and cubs in Kingsbury

July is twelfth straight record month for gaming

Award goes to shelter for Fallon girl's safe return

No more grudges against the camel races

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

Bears enjoy snacks in Topaz trash

Bulb Basics

Developer proposes historical center/resort for Carson City depot

Cyclist identified in fatal fall from bike

Wednesday, September 7

Cell tower slated for Mark Twain area

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

Topaz Lake season to close Sept. 30

Outdoor calendar

Letters to the editor

Energy-awareness contest starts in schools

Today

Give math a chance; encourage students to learn

Published teaching tip comes from Pioneer High School teacher

Fire chief reminds residents to be prepared

Community briefs

Today

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

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

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

Tahoe teen appears in Redford film

Prison guard caught sleeping fired

Crimes

Charles 'Chuck' Palmer

James L. Shinn

Charles Anthony Peters

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

Edmonds crosswalk relocated to right place

Vivian Lebeck

Incline Village business owners reacts to life without the Ponderosa Ranch

Next step is to inspect Canadian pharmacies

Education briefs

The 411

History, frivolity join forces for Dayton Valley Days

Sportsmen's club last summer picnic

Mother Nature a force beyond reckoning

Briefly

Calendar

Calendar

Viola C. Kenny

Carson City chaplain to help with relief effort in Houston

Bureau of Land Management auctioning 206 acres in north Douglas County

Evacuee plan contains details down to the ID card

Troubles seem lighter inside a balloon above city

Dayton man dies in bicycle accident

Calendar

'Cool collar' helps troops in Iraq

Using small change to bring about bigger changes

Carson water on its way to New Orleans

Sending help to Katrina victims

Tuesday, September 6

Robert D. Watrous

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

Hunt Construction awarded cancer center building project

Duane 'Luke' Williams

Students adjust to new crosswalk on Edmonds

Alleged impostor arrested near middle school

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

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

Plans to house hurricane evacuees in Nevada on hold

Sheriff: Near-miss shooting 'justified'

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

Tahoe World photographer follows Guard to New Orleans

Legislative commission names leaders and members of ongoing and study committees

Memory Walk benefits Alzheimer's research, programs

Crimes

Rise in gas prices isn't exactly an emergency

Juanita Taylor Reveley

Monday, September 5

Keep government out of gas-price business

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

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

Elsa Riesen

Quilt to the hilt

Assigning blame, mayor and president can point only to themselves

Gardnerville teen builds dog run at museum

Senior menus

Salvation Army is helping relief effort too

Black Rock not a bad area for hiking

Finding the beauty in the camel

Greg Brown wows 'em at Adele's

Stagecoach couple offers haven for Katrina victims

Katrina relief effort

Locals aid in recovery

Missing plane passengers have Tahoe ties

Northern Nevada will house 300 Katrina victims

Today

Owen Haveman

Community briefs

Five arrested on drug charges in Storey County

Escaped inmate may have been involved in Las Vegas police chase

Parnell asks review of teacher hiring practices

Wendy Elaine Ruhland

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

Crimes

NDOT plans workshops to discuss traffic in Douglas

Seven more birds found with West Nile in Carson City

Local Katrina relief efforts

Crocus winner

Bruce Blackburn-Elliot

Lawmaker volunteering for Katrina

BunnyRanch women to help relief effort

Sunday, September 4

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

Famed Egyptologist slated to speak at Incline college

Crimes

Grand finale of Burning man returns

Hurricane victims remembered in VC parade

Saturday, September 3

Carson City-area Guard members assist victims

Crime log

Deputy fires shot at battery suspect; no one hurt

Nevada police convoy to Gulf region on hold

Young hurricane victims to get stuffed bears

Friday, September 2

Carson City woman awarded $1 million in Nugget lawsuit

Jake Palazzolo

City of Refuge to expand

Carson City deputies head to Katrina relief

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

Today

Margie A. Kurtz

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

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

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

Camels return to compete on the Comstock

Working for a living - except for today

Crime log

Katrina: You can help

Auction and barbecue to benefit Boys & Girls Club

Dayton couple stranded in New Orleans

Leaving Carson City: Relief effort continues

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