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Headline text here Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

Anybody who knows a thing about me knows I may have planned months ago to write my last column in the April Fools’ Issue. After basically 23 years at this job, it just feels really appropriate to leave you guys wondering whether I’m kidding about taking off.

For the last four years, I’ve worked two full-time jobs and did two master’s degrees.

Plainly, I made those choices, but for most of that time, it felt like I was swimming with the current.

Both the master’s enabled me move the Fatal Encounters project forward, and FE moved the newspaper forward. The RN&R was mentioned in news media from Australia to Spain to Russia to Canada, San Diego to New York City—sea to shining sea, baby. The Fatal Encounters series basically swept the state’s journalism awards that year, including Story of the Year.

We even won some national awards.

I know that all sounds like some kind of humble brag, but it’s not humble at all. For three of those four years, I felt like I could bend spoons with my mind. I’ve never burned hotter.

But I’ll tell you what. All that heat melted the wax in my wings, and I’m burned out. So I’m going to take a break.

You’ll laugh to know when I say I’m taking a break, I’m cutting back to one job and finishing my second master’s.

I’ve got to complete the Fatal Encounters database—records of people killed during interactions with law enforcement since 2000—before I can move on to anything else, and that’s 60 hours a week for the next seven months, easy.

What will happen here? These guys have got it handled. Who cares, anyway? This column is about me, me, me. It always has been. I sure hope whoever does it next has enough sense to change the mug shot and the “Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.” They’re going to have a hard enough time getting compared to the bald guy.

Have a great April Fools’ Day, and I’ll see you around. And yes, the headline thing at the top is a joke. It’s supposed to make me look like a lousy editor.

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Letting go is not an option It’s been a long 12 years since our son’s murder and we’ve had plenty of time to reflect on how it’s impacted our lives. We keep him close in our hearts. We feel that we owe it to him, his memory, and to our little family.

Our son Chris, along with his sister Tanya and her three beautiful kids, are what we lived for—watching them grow and being an active part of their young maturing lives has been so fulfilling for us.

Having Chris ripped from our lives in a preventable crime, which has been described in California court documents as road rage by a person who used a modified fully automatic TEC 9 with a 50-round magazine, has been unbelievably agonizing. It just didn’t need to happen. Conventional wisdom says to let him go and move on with our lives, but maybe it’s because we spent a lot of time and energy raising him, or maybe it’s because we just loved him, but for us letting go is not an option. His memory has made us better parents, grandparents and hopefully better human beings. We honor his memory by trying to help prevent future tragedies like ours from happening to others.

We have an opportunity to be part of Nevadans for Background Checks, an organization that stands for gun safety and closing the loopholes in our current background check system. We give them our full unconditional support, and we very much hope that the voting age youngsters, the young at heart, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers, all concerned parents and grandparents will join us and get out the vote in November 2016 to pass this initiative.

Eliminating the loopholes in the current background check system will make Nevada the 19th state to pass similar laws.

It’s probable that current background checks would not have kept our son from being murdered, as his murderer traveled from California to an Arizona gun show to buy his

weapon. It’s impossible to eliminate all acts of violence from our society, but let’s not stand by and do nothing.

We have an opportunity to make our streets a little safer, to legally keep guns out of the hands of felons, domestic abusers, those that have been adjudicated mentally unstable and others already prohibited from buying guns. My family and I ask everyone to help us pass the initiative petition to eliminate the loopholes in our current Nevada background check system. With all of our Heart, Jenny and Bert Heyman Carson City

The fascist and the furious Re “Bernie Sanders, fascist” (Let Freedom Ring, March 10): In the March 10 edition, Brendan Trainor came right out and called Democratic candidate for President Bernie Sanders a fascist (and even went so far as to characterize him as a communist as well). While Bernie continues in second place in the race and Nevada has already caucused, it continues to irk me that a so-called journalist would play so fast and loose with facts.

Bernie has openly emphasized a movement toward socialism in the western European model, where the government provides many of the services of direct benefit to citizens. Note that the commercial and industrial activities of those countries remain capitalistic. Here in America, it also helps to remember that many of our most trusted and respected institutions are already “socialist”—our military, police, fire departments, public schools, libraries, national parks, post office, Social Security, etc. Bernie is talking about adding health care for all and some aspects of post-secondary education to this list, and placing some controls on policies that favor the mega-wealthy over the rest of us.

Now, how does that compare to fascism? As originally defined, fascism is the merging of business

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and government interests, often accompanied by an aggressive foreign policy. Under fascism, the relationship between government and industry is a symbiotic one, not one of direct control by government (and not the ownership of industry as under communism). That symbiotic relationship results in industry having as much or more say over government policy as the other way around. Under fascism, policies favor industry over the interests of people, and, that is exactly what Bernie is fighting against! Thus Mr. Trainor’s piece is a complete mischaracterization of Bernie Sanders’ position, intended only to smear him with emotionally charged accusations without a basis in fact!

I can only conclude that Mr. Trainor cannot be trusted to rely on fact in his opinion pieces, and that “factual” assertions used to support his arguments should be examined very carefully before accepting his opinions.

Bruce Schmidt Sparks

Sale tax redux Re “Cut the county sales tax,” (editorial, Feb. 11): The RN&R editorial on the proposed school building sales tax is spot on. For those on the fence, the school board has ignored public input on the alleged $718 million tax.

They now propose it be forever—no sunset, so not $714 million but billions!

Higher sales tax than Las Vegas and much of California.

Meanwhile, our property taxes are going up and other proposals out there also wanting their hands in our pockets. The proposal is filled with pork not related to actual building. I have yet to see a tax that, before the ink is dry, special interests don’t get their fingers into. I have an opinion from the Nevada Department of Taxation that the wording of such a measure isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. We saw the same with our Reno measure for more firefighters in 1998. It passed, and we have fewer firefighters than at the time of enactment, and they have closed Somersett and Skyline fire stations. Be warned, Reno.

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What do you hate about spring?

Asked at the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N. Virginia St. Laura Salazar Psychology student

I hate the pollen because I get ridiculous allergies. It’s too dry.

Orion Vick Public health student

Oh, man. Spring? Probably the weather because it ends up being like this. It’s the swing, the constant change. It can be nice and warm one day, and then freezing the next day.

Nicole Grimsley Sociology student

Birdie Sanders The visit of a tiny bird to Portland last week has brought a tone of merriment to what has otherwise been a pretty horrific presidential campaign so far.

Birdie Sanders has bewitched people around the world (“Här stjäl fågeln showen—från ‘Birdie’ Sanders”) and thrilled those lucky enough to be in attendance.

Even cynical reporters have been charmed by the incident. Shaun King/New York Daily News: “I’m deeply moved by the tenderness of this sweet little bird that flew to Bernie’s podium tonight in Portland. They are calling it #BirdieSanders. In an age of ugly and destructive politics, it was beautiful to see the bird, see Bernie’s beautiful reaction to the bird, see the crowd explode with joy, then see Bernie Sanders say the bird was a sign for world peace and no more war!” (For those who haven’t seen the footage, it can be viewed at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=vhezYYiTUm0.)

Indian Country Today reported, “Some, identifying the bird as a sparrow, shared memes on the ancient symbolism of the tiny bird as a Christian ‘symbol of triumph after long suffering,’ and as a symbol for peasants and lower classes of Europe who felt helpless under an oppressive feudal system. However, the Portland Audubon Twitter account identified it as a house finch—a bird indigenous to the United States.”

Sanders supporters naturally believe that the bird’s comfort level with their candidate says something about the kind of person he is, that he was getting a blessing from nature.

But if Birdie was offering a message, we think it was this one: What have you people done to politics?

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Well, for one, the winter-like weather we’re having, and I get bored easily so I guess the extended break, I can’t handle the longer break.

It took a little bird to show how politics can be fun, which raises the question of why it isn’t anymore.

Even the supposedly lighthearted occasions like the White House Correspondents Dinner are full of hardedged, bitter humor—just one more way people attack each other in D.C. It’s not the kind of fun that accompanied Franklin Roosevelt talking about Fala or John Kennedy at the Al Smith Dinner.

Republicans have become rigid and intransigent, and Democrats have lost their ability to spin and compete. Both sides are humorless.

Here’s an example of the fun that once was in politics. In 1936, FDR spoke at the New York Democratic Convention in Syracuse and poked fun at the way Republicans said they would not disrupt Democratic programs if they were returned to power: “Of course we believe these things. We believe in Social Security. We believe in work for the unemployed. We believe in saving homes. Cross our hearts and hope to die, we believe in all these things.

But, we do not like the way the present administration is doing them. Just turn them over to us. We will do all of them. We will do more of them. We will do them better. And, most important of all, the doing of them will not cost anybody anything.”

(This one can be viewed at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=S3RHnKYNvx8.)

The Republican Party of the United States today has a very different problem. It is drawing very close to destroying our political system. That’s bad enough.

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The snow because it’s basically everything in Nevada during spring. And as you can see today, it is a blizzard. And when you do get spring, you get allergies. It’s like a “no win” situation. It’s like the apocalypse, every year.

Parker Hinze International business student

It’s the end of ski season. All the snow’s melting. But, not today. Now, I’ll go over to wake boarding or water skiing or something.

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The shape of things to come Primary season is in full swing, building up to June 14, the day Republicans and Democrats pick candidates to represent them in the general election this November. It’s a three-month race to the finish line trying to attract the attention of voters more interested in enjoying the novelty of a green spring by than they are in deciphering primary Sheila Leslie politics. (Well, it was green, until this week.)

While there are a few Democrats with primary opponents, the real battle this season is on the Republican side, where our national disgrace, Donald Trump, seems ever more likely to be the party’s standard bearer. Intra-party primary feuding always has the potential to get nasty, but the sniping this year has reached new levels of vitriol.

In Las Vegas, there are several Republican primaries ready to explode into Trump-like truth-defying verbosity, including Congressional District 3 featuring multiple candidates on the Republican side. Senate Majority Leader Michael Roberson, the chameleon who was anti-every-tax one session and leading the Governor’s

Commerce Tax brigade the next, is the establishment candidate. He is challenged by perennial candidates Danny Tarkanian and Annette Teijeiro, air force veteran Kerry Bowers, the former president of a right-wing think tank, Andy Matthews, and the Bundyloving, anti-government extremist Michele Fiore. Although Roberson is the anointed candidate, in a six-way primary full of bombastic rhetoric, anything could happen.

Even more entertaining is the battle between two first-term Assemblymembers, Erven Nelson and Victoria Seaman, over an open Senate seat. Seaman is using social media to brutally attack her colleague for his votes to raise payroll taxes and create the new Commerce Tax. She criticizes him daily on Twitter, claiming he’s distributing an “insanely false” campaign flyer.

This race has dueling parody Twitter accounts to exploit perceived primary weaknesses. Volatile Vicky (@VickyVolatile) has a tag line, “brb, have to go have another meltdown,” while Swerving Erven’s (@

SwervinErven) tag line is “They call me Swerving Ervin (sic) cause I try to be all things to all people! My voters can’t handle the truth.”

Closer to home, a slightly more decorous primary fight is brewing in Senate District 15 between establishment candidate Heidi Gansert and anti-tax businessman Eugene Hoover.

Gansert, who previously served as Gov. Sandoval’s chief of staff, has refused to take a position on the 2015 tax hike, saying she wasn’t there and doesn’t have all the information. If Hoover copies Seaman’s public shaming tactics, this race could get ugly very quickly.

The state Democrats won’t leave the tax controversy alone, sponsoring an #AskHeidi social media campaign leading to Gansert’s campaign website with a prepared question asking why she won’t “give voters an honest answer” about whether she would have voted for the governor’s 2015 tax package. The Democrats’ prompt states, “This is not a complicated question. Either you would have voted to improve your schools, or you

would have voted against improving your schools. Washoe County voters deserve to know—which is it?”

The Democrats hope Hoover topples Gansert in the primary, creating an opening for Democrat Devon Reese to win the seat left open after Greg Brower abandoned it for a government job in Washington, D.C. Assistant Majority Leader Ben Kieckhefer foolishly reacted to the Democrats with a childish news release of his own, effectively drawing more attention to the #AskHeidi campaign. He blamed Democrats for not producing more money for schools when they held the majority in the Legislature, conveniently forgetting to mention it was the Republicans who prevented tax increases to support education by blocking a two-thirds supermajority vote countless times. As for Gansert’s position? Crickets.

Candidate Gansert maintains her silence on the tax issue, hoping to run out the primary clock.

But something tells me the #AskHeidi campaign has only just begun. Ω

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A Republican or libertarian platform?

The debate is warming up in Nevada among Republican social conservatives about the planks that were left out of the 2014 Nevada Republican platform.

There will be platform and candidate debates about abortion, religious liberty, legalized marijuana by Brendan Trainor and prostitution. In 2014, Nevada’s constitutional conservatives and libertarians eliminated the right to life and other social planks from the Nevada Republican platform. This year there will be a concerted push to reinstate them.

The abortion and gay marriage questions have been settled by the Supreme Court and no matter how many conservative Supreme Court judges manage to get confirmed

by Republican administrations, a woman’s basic legal right to abortion on demand and gay marriage are not going to end. Social conservatives will push for more regulatory restrictions on abortions in the platforms, but it remains to be seen how far the conventions will accommodate them.

A libertarian expression that government should get out of marriage licensing altogether may work best now to address gay marriage.

What is more positive is the movement to affirm religious liberty.

The left is widely perceived as going too far by demanding compliance with every LGBTQA demand. The intimidation of free speech and thought in universities and corporate offices by “social justice warriors” (SJW) as well as the organized disruptions of Trump events for the express purpose of shutting down his basic right to speak are revealing something else besides Bernie Sanders’s smile may lurk behind the facade of socialism.

Conservatives, however, are known to shoot themselves in the foot on these issues. The transgender bathroom panic in Elko revealed Republican legislators as more ignorant than correct.

Religious liberty means religious institutions should not be forced to provide insurance benefits that

contradict core beliefs. Religious schools should not be forced to teach what is not in their catechism. Let free speech be answered by more free speech, not by intimidation and adverse regulations.

Republican women’s groups are already saying there will be a bill in the next Nevada legislative session to criminalize prostitution. What Nevada Republican men think of the idea is hopefully another matter.

They are acting under the banner of sex trafficking. The Nevada law specifically defines sex trafficking as involuntary and coercive prostitution. Some Republican women want to change the law to include all prostitution, outlawing the legal brothels.

Even the most ardent sex trafficking activists admit that only a minority of prostitutes are “trafficked.”

The estimates based on academic studies shows probably 5-10 percent of prostitutes, mostly underage street walkers, are coerced into the life. These children do not need to be arrested—they need help.

Toughening trafficking laws will only make their lives worse and will make it harder for them to get the help they need. There are already laws against pandering on the books. There are already laws against kidnapping and exploitations. Our legal brothels have an excellent record of cleanliness and safety. They are important revenue sources for local government. These Republican women risk looking like 21 Century Carrie Nations—unless there is a similar large scale movement from Nevada Democrats.

Hillary Clinton makes human trafficking a campaign issue. Since some liberals, like some social conservatives, benefit from portraying women as weak and submissive to “pimps and traffickers,” they organize to roll back legalized prostitution world wide as well as in Nevada. One side sees the devil and the other the pimp, but both want to use the force of the state to stop people from voluntarily paying for sex upfront in cash rather than after small talk and dinner. Ω

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The Nevada solar industry, once the coming thing, is stagnating under a utility regulation ruling.

‘Private’ records issue Two more legislators have been heard from on the issue of whether legislative records are public, and whether the recently enacted Assembly Bill 496 overreaches.

Republican Assm. Glenn Trowbridge: “There are few bills that are perfect. Perhaps this is in need of adjustments.”

Republican Sen. James Settelmeyer: “It was an Assembly bill that came with no controversy, no negative votes, no opposition. So all in all it seemed OK.” The issue arose this month when, in response to a request for copies of emails and schedules of several legislative leaders, the legislative legal staff released a lengthy explanation of why such information is off limits (“Private records,” RN&R, March 24). The explanation cited A.B. 496, a measure that was not introduced until the closing hours of last year’s legislature.

The public was not given notice of two cursory hearings on the measure, which as a result waved it on through to passage.

Legislators have said they relied on legislative legal staff for information on the bill, which was given a committee introduction instead of being introduced by a legislator.

A legislator who sat on one of those committees and went along with sending it through now says that was a mistake.

“I think that if I knew it would be used to shield lawmakers from legislative inquiry, I never would have entrusted them with it,” Republican Assm. Victoria Seaman told the Associated Press.

Some legislators said the staffers were likely trying to protect the lawmakers from uncomfortable or awkward disclosures.

Organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada and the League of Women Voters have been drawn into the dispute.

Brian Burghart departs RN&R editor/publisher Brian Burghart has resigned.

Burghart is the longest-tenured member of the newspaper staff. He began as calendar editor with the Nevada Weekly, the 1993-1995 forerunner of the Reno News & Review, evolving through several other titles before taking the top spot.

Under his editorship, the RN&R has regularly received the award from the Nevada Press Association for general excellence in its category.

Burghart’s investigation of Reno City Councilmember Sherrie Doyle’s BURGHART ON CNN campaign finances led to her prosecution and departure from the council.

Often noted for long-form pieces that were methodically assembled with thoroughness and depth, his cover stories on the Reno Convention and Visitors Authority, Reno Gazette Journal publisher Sue Clark, and the management practices that preceded the 1996-1997 flood were distinguished by that trademark style.

In 2014, he brought that technique to a new project—Fatal Encounters, a database of documentation and statistics about people killed by police that Burghart began as a graduate degree student and evolved into a permanent institution. When unrest followed the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014, Fatal Encounters came to widespread national attention. Burghart said he is now departing the RN&R to devote full time to Fatal Encounters.

Max Weber: “Not everyone realizes that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar.”

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Solar dims Passage of time becomes enemy In the Massachusetts Legislature, two measures raising the net-metering cap and allowing utilities to by compensate rooftop users at wholeDennis Myers sale instead of retail rates have been creeping toward enactment.

Alarmed mayors from 32 towns and cities across the state wrote to members of a legislative conference committee: “This will slow local economic development and cost jobs statewide. When Nevada passed similar rate changes, solar development slowed and solar developers left the state, taking an estimated 1,200 clean energy jobs along with them.”

“Buffett’s energy team has been busy driving out independent generators.”

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On Dec. 23, acting on a new law approved by the Republican legislature, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission reduced the amount rooftop solar users receive for selling power to the grid and imposed monthly fees. Officials said the change was designed to avoid rooftop customers being subsidized by other customers. However, a PUC

staff study said there was no such subsidy happening. Only a study by the monopoly NV Energy utility showed one.

Around the United States, an effort to stamp out local generation of electricity is underway, and Nevada finds itself on the cutting edge of that battle. So far, NV Energy and its owner Warren Buffett seem to have succeeded in slowing their critics down to a crawl, apparently hoping to delay any successful challenges until they can get into the safer precincts of the 2017 Nevada Legislature where legislators can be pressured.

Nevada District Judge James Russell this week ruled that a ballot measure proposed by the No Solar Tax political action committee employs the wrong device—a referendum instead of an initiative.

A referendum puts an existing law up for a public vote of approval or disapproval. An initiative proposes new law. The No Solar Tax petition sought to use a referendum petition to reinstate the old rates by removing some language from the law.

Russell gave the petitioners time to take their case to the Nevada Supreme Court, but if his ruling prevails they will be forced to use an initiative, which has a different timeline than a referendum. They can switch to an initiative petition, but they can’t get it on the ballot this year. Initiatives must first go to the next legislative session—in

2017. If the lawmakers fail to act on the petition, that will further delay the petition, until voters can pass on it in the 2018 election.

The petitioners are going to go ahead with both kinds of petitions and hope the referendum prevails in court.

An aide to Gov. Brian Sandoval last week accused solar firms of misrepresenting the impact of state renewable energy policies but called for a legislative solution to the state’s net metering problem.

That, too, would delay any change until 2017.

Sandoval assistant Dale Erquiaga told the state Energy Industry Task Force that Nevada’s renewable energy brand has been damaged by recent events.

Meanwhile, it’s not just Nevada that is nervous about NV Energy owner Warren Buffett. This is from California Current, a publication of the California Energy Circuit: “Buffett Moving to Rule Regionalized Grid … Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy has almost completely surrounded the state to control transmission lines that will carry the electrons, plus the power plants that produce that energy, just as the Golden State pursues regionalizing the western grid to up its renewable energy game to 50 percent by 2030 by importing more out-of-state electricity.

“In different political and legal arenas, Buffett’s energy team also has been busy creating new rules to maximize his profits by driving out independent generators. Aside from his much publicized attack on rooftop solar energy and Elon Musk’s California-based SolarCity in Nevada, there are his less well known efforts to undermine the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, which some say has been a consistent bulwark of the drive toward clean energy by requiring utilities to buy economically priced solar, wind, geothermal and biomass power.”

On another front, a group called Alliance for Solar Choice filed suit against the PUC in an effort to overturn the Dec. 29 decision. The suit came after the utility commissioners declined to reconsider that decision.

“The commission’s action not only puts a stake in the heart of future rooftop solar development, but it also unjustly applies the new rates to a new rate structure to customers who applied for, installed

or contracted with the utility to connect rooftop solar units before Jan. 1, 2016,” the lawsuit filing reads in part.

Still another organization, Great Basin Solar Coalition, said it is pushing Nevada legislators “to call a special session to address this issue before the solar industry is completely eliminated from the state.”

Buffett’s public image for being friendly toward renewables is taking a beating under his demand for legal preference for a large utility model over rooftop generation—plus his recently stopping short of supporting the scientific consensus on climate change.

“It seems highly likely to me that climate change poses a major problem for the planet,” he wrote to stockholders. “I say ‘highly likely’ rather than ‘certain’ because I have no scientific aptitude and remember well the dire predictions of most ‘experts’ about Y2K. It would be foolish, however, for me or anyone to demand 100 percent proof of huge forthcoming damage to the world if that outcome seemed at all possible and if prompt action had even a small chance of thwarting the danger.”

His and other utility executives efforts to stamp out local generation is roiling commerce involving

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Director Beth Leger opens a cabinet of bird eggs at the University of Nevada, Reno’s Natural History Museum.

Nature preserved Past meets present at Natural History Museum On the third floor of the Fleischmann Agriculture Building at the University of Nevada, Reno, there is a nature preserve of an unusual sort. A mountain lion stands guard (body frozen in eternal leap) from a corner near by Kelsey the door, while a bighorn sheep gazes back from a display across the Fitzgerald room. A box of moths, held down by pins, rests on a low table, and display cases hold the preserved bodies of Nevada’s birds, reptiles and small mammals. In a large back room, cabinet after metal cabinet contain folders of pressed plants—more than 90,000 samples in all.

The UNR Natural History Museum, which opened in 2013, houses preserved specimens of Great Basin plants and wildlife that date back to the 1850s. More than a morgue of Nevada’s natural heritage, much of the value of these specimens lies in opportunities for modern-day research, according to museum co-director and plant ecologist Beth Leger.

Each specimen has information from the original collector about when and from where it was taken. “Research that I love to do is going back to these old collections and asking how populations have changed,” Leger said. “Are they still there? How do the plants differ today than they did 100 years ago?”

For example, Leger and her students used museum samples to study seven Great Basin plant species, measuring how plant height and leaf size at a particular site changed over time. “Of the seven, five were shrinking over time, which is the predicted response to the warming and drying of our climate,” Leger said.

UNR’s Natural History Museum specimens can also be used to study things like changes Museum is open to over time in accumulation of heavy metals in plant tissues, or pestithe public during cides in bird eggshells. Mining companies use museum specimens to normal university locate areas with particular soil types, for prospecting purposes. Other hours, and provides possibilities are endless. organized tours and educational programs “The questions you can ask in here are amazing,” Leger said. for K-12 groups “What I love about it is the total chance and happenstance involved by appointment. with some scientist killing something and preserving it for the future.

More information is They don’t know who they’re doing it for, and yet they take these available at www. naturalhistory.unr.edu meticulous records. They write where they are. They write down observations. They take all the time to glue it on a sheet of paper and stick it in here. They don’t know how it’s going to be useful.”

One of the museum’s ongoing projects is currently housed in a warehouse in Stead. Here, more than 22,000 Great Basin fish specimens, many at risk of rotting or dehydrating, are being transferred from old mason jars to better sealed containers with new preserving fluid. This irreplaceable collection includes many species that are threatened or endangered, and four species that are now extinct.

“If we don’t take care of these, they’re literally species that are gone,” Leger said. “What I really want to do is take some of these, 3-D scan them, print them out, and show them to people. Because no one has seen these things since whenever they went extinct. They’re totally lost.” Ω

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ReTuRn of The TeRRifying candidaTe! Sharron angle hatches from pus-filled cocoon After a complex black magic ceremony, which required the ritualized bloodletting of three illegal immigrant virgins, as well as the repeated incantation of the Second Amendment by a chorus of Tea Partiers dressed in black ceremonial robes, the latest incarnation of Sharron Angle has hatched from the oozing chrysalis in which she has slumbered for the last six years.

Angle reverted to pupal form after her crushing defeat by Harry Reid in the 2010 Senate race. Immediately upon hatching earlier this week, the hideous beast known as Herr Rroyal Wrretchedness Sharron spewed out a fume of noxious green gas and said, in a voice that was somehow both a cackle and a roar, “I WILL BE SENATE.” She then eyed her faithful apostles, who bowed before her, quaking with fear and trembling with awe, and she spoke again, slowly and deliberately: “SOME OF YOU LOOK A LITTLE ASIAN TO ME.” She then reached out with one scaly talon and lifted up a nearby worshiper. “YOUR HEAD LOOKS LIKE A LEMON,” she said, before biting the man’s head off. “NOW MAKE LEMONADE.” She then dipped her talon into the gaping wound atop the man’s torso and used his blood to scrawl two messages: “SECOND AMENDMENT SOLUTIONS” and “TRRUMP/ANGLE 2016.”

And with each new victim, the monster’s ambition continues to grow.

—Dan Brumby

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Tesla Tesla Tesla What Tesla will Tesla Tesla when Tesla Tesla Tesla? Well, Tesla, for starters.

Tesla City (UPI) - Acting in Nevada’s newly named capitol, Gov. Tesla signed legislation supplementing schools funding to several Nevada counties, including Tesla County, to make up for revenue shortfalls since the state’s corporation subsidy binge began with STAR bonds (Sales Tax Anticipated Revenue) and extending through the 2014 Tesla welfare package for $1.3 billion in sales and use and property tax breaks along with hiring and investment tax credits,

believed to be the largest corporate welfare package in human history.

“We look at this [schools bailout] as a sign of our state’s prosperity,” the governor said in signing the measure.

On hand to watch the signing were the heads of various education organizations, including the Parent Tesla Association (PTA).

Still to be dealt with is the shortfall experienced by the state’s higher education system. The University of Tesla and the community college system are expected to receive substantial supplementary funding, another sign of prosperity.

—Tesla T. Tesla

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Local students develop an app to protect young people from their parents A group of University of Nevada, Reno students has unveiled a new app for Android and IOS users. The group designed and built the MomBlock app to help college kids avoid embarrassing interactions with their mothers on social media.

“According to the Pew Research Center, 75 percent of parents are on social media,” said Heidi Dittrich, a computer science major and one of the app’s creators. “And, according to me, they’re embarrassing 100 percent of the time. Once you’re in college, you just don’t need that kind of stress.”

Dittrich and fellow app creators, Rob Prattle and John Bainsbury, created MomBlock as a part of a senior seminar course at UNR. According to the trio, the app can do everything from flagging and removing embarrassing baby photos that users have been tagged in to detecting the fake accounts mothers often set up to spy on their children.

“We built an algorithm for MomBlock that scans the posts and tweets of all of your social media friends and followers,” said Bainsbury. “It’s designed to detect phrases and keywords that might be used by a mother trying to pass as another young person.”

“It was simple, really,” Prattle explained. “Moms use old people lingo. So, MomBlock will flag posts and tweets that contain phrases like ‘what’s the 411?’ or ‘that’s bitchin’.’”

The app alerts you and, boom, you now know that your new Facebook friend is really your mom in disguise.”

The app’s other features include Twitter and Facebook bots that can be programmed to send out automated direct messages geared toward placating meddlesome mothers. The messages can be customized but also come with a standard list of prepared phrases like “So excited for geography class today” and “With all these college classes, who has time for parties?”

“This is groundbreaking,” said Prattle. “No more will our mothers torment us online. Think about it. Your mom friends you on Facebook—harmless, right? Wrong. Just think of the damage your mom could do when you’ve inadvertently given her the keys to the kingdom. She’ll be checking up on the girls you’re talking to. She’ll be checking to see if you’re posting when you’re supposed to be in class.

MomBlock can put a stop to all that. Sorry, mom.”

MomBlock has only been on the market for a week and has already been downloaded by more than 2.5 million users. It has a 4-star rating in both Google Play and the Apple Store, making it a sure contender for the most popular app of the year. With a price tag of $4.99, it’s among the more expensive apps on the market. But the developers think it’s worth it.

“Just imagine the pain and suffering and humiliation you’ll be saved,” Dittrich said. “MomBlock is going to keep your mother off your back. That, and we really need the money to pay for beer and weed, or, um, I mean sodas and fruit juice and stuff.”

—Zach Murkerberg

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A continuing rash of fires at some of the nation’s historic cemeteries has had authorities scratching their heads for months. But now, a University of Nevada, Reno professor has come up with a theory to explain the mysterious blazes.

“It’s all Donald Trump!” said UNR history professor Michael Shoe. “Every time that guy says something stupid, another cemetery goes up in flames.”

According to Shoe, he began putting the pieces together back in December by comparing the dates of Trump’s inflammatory statements with the dates of major cemetery fires.

“June 16—Trump announced his presidential bid and said that Mexican immigrants are rapists who are bringing drugs and crime across the border with them,” Shoe recalled. “The same day, the Crown Hill Cemetery in Washington Township, Indiana, went up in flames. July 18—Trump called out John McCain and other POWs, saying he likes ‘people who weren’t captured.’ That same day, there was a huge fire in the cemetery at the United First Parish Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.”

During the course of his research, Shoe isolated a total of seven cemetery fires that broke out on dates that corresponded

with Trump having made inflammatory statements.

“When I really became sure, when I was positive, was after the March 3 GOP debate, you know, when Trump decided to assure Americans that he doesn’t have a small penis,” Shoe said. “That night, the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, went up in smoke. Isn’t it obvious? Who’s buried in these cemeteries? It’s Thomas Jefferson and John Adams and James Monroe. It’s our Founding Fathers, and they’re rolling over in their graves. They’re spinning so fast that they’re catching fire!”

Authorities have said that they can neither confirm nor debunk Shoe’s theory, but several Fire Science experts have corroborated the hypothesis.

“It makes sense,” said former UNR Fire Science Academy instructor, William Bosanko. “The friction created by bone spinning against wood—that could spark a fire, most definitely.”

In the meantime, fire crews will be stationed at the burial sites of the nation’s forefathers during all of Trump’s speaking engagements, just in case.

—Wilja Cherdel-Glisney

newspaper-driven scHool life-long renoite board overtHrow lauded tries gambling (by newspaper) Proclaims it "kind of fun, I guess" The Reno Gazette-Journal today gloated over its successful drive to overthrow the Washoe County School Board.

In a story headlined “Troubles inspire 20 to vie for 4 seats,” the newspaper told a carefully sanitized tale of its two-year effort to drive the elected members out of office.

“Both [retiring members Lisa] Ruggerio and [Howard] Rosenberg were among members who twice broke the Nevada Open Meeting Law and were fined by the state,” wrote reporter Trevon Milliard. The board members were advised to act as they did by the school district attorney, and the fines were brought by an attorney general who was unwilling to stand up to the newspaper-driven furor—though her deputies advised her against the fines, which were a breach of state policy against prosecuting officials who follow their lawyers’ advice.

As a consequence of the newspaper’s vendetta, a longstanding state policy has been altered, leaving all public officials uncertain when they may run afoul of the law, and a proposed school funding ballot measure this fall thrown into doubt. Now, that’s an April fool.

Since the RGJ campaign against the board began, two board members have resigned for health reasons, and the rest are declining to seek reelection. One appointed incumbent is running for a full term.

Retiring members of the board declined to return the newspaper’s calls.

Contacted on press deadline, a member of the USA Today Network’s editorial board was aghast that anyone would question the newspaper’s motives: “You guys are mean.”

—Ned Synsimer

Lisa Banner is a life-long Nevadan. She was born in Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in 1974, graduated from Reno High School in 1992, and completed a degree in Nutrition from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1996. She married her husband, William, at Lake Tahoe in 2002. Their two children, Bruce, 12, and David, 10, were also born in Reno. William was born in San Diego in 1976, but moved to Reno with his family when he was 9. The family owns a home in Southwest Reno, which they purchased in 2011.

Banner has held several jobs in several different industries in several locations all around the Truckee Meadows. She and her family dine out at least once a week, and have tried many different restaurants around town, including several restaurants in local casino resorts. At least once a month, she and her husband go out for a concert, also often at a local casino resort.

Despite her life-long residency in Reno, Banner had never gambled. That is, until last Tuesday. While waiting at the airport for her husband and sons, just returning from a trip to visit her husband’s grandmother in San Diego, Banner dropped a quarter into a slot machine. She did not win any money.

“Well, I had never tried it before,” she said. “It was just something to kill time for a minute. I don’t know. It was kind of fun, I guess.”

When asked why, despite growing up in a state worldrenowned for its gambling, she had never tried it before, Banner answered, “Growing up here, we were just never very interested” in her home state’s biggest industry.

—John Sparks

Tahoe Tessie moves sharknado comes To Tahoe!

To Pyramid Lake!

The movie, of course. Sharknados are Long-term resident calls Lake Tahoe "too gentrified "

For now, theories continue to abound and locals are anxiously awaiting a casting call for extras to play alongside the movie’s returning stars like Tara Reid and Ian Ziering, as well as the expected slew of celebrities making cameo appearances in the film.

—Lightning Jones

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Tahoe Tessie, a “half fish/half lizard/half dinosaur” who has lived in Lake Tahoe for over 10,000 years, recently decided to move downriver to Pyramid Lake.

“Honestly, I would have moved a few years ago,” she told reporters recently. “But the water level of the Truckee River was so paltry the last couple of years—it was too low for me to make the swim down to Pyramid.”

When asked why she didn’t just travel through the network of underground caves connecting the two rivers, she responded: “Too many Morlocks.”

She said she decided to move away from Tahoe because of the high cost of living and what she described as “repulsive gentrification. … And if I had to hear one more fucking jam band, I would’ve gone on a killing spree.”

At one point, Tessie lost her temper with a reporter who asked about Tessie’s cousin, Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. Tessie reprimanded the reporter for bringing up her famous cousin, who she referred to as “an attention-grabbing hussy—you know she’s just a cheap knockoff, right?”

However, Tessie seemed genuinely happy about her new place of residence. She said that she and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe had come to a great arrangement that granted her residence in exchange for help policing the ghost children who haunt the lake at dusk every day.

“This is really going to be a great fit for me,” she said. “This lake is just much more conducive to supernatural life.”

—Harry Henderson

Local fans of the Sharknado franchise have cause for celebration.

In a joint press release issued last week, the SyFy channel and the The Asylum film production company announced that the fourth installment in the series will be filmed in Lake Tahoe.

“We’ve done Los Angeles, New York City and Washington, D.C.,” said Thunder Levin, who wrote the screenplay. “I thought that, this time, it’d be nice to break away from the big city, metropolitan feel, you know. Lake Tahoe is a beautiful setting. I think the sharks will really shine there.”

According to director Anthony C. Ferrante, Tahoe was the logical choice for several reasons.

“Well, first off, you need a big body of water,” Ferrante said.

“And I don’t want to give too much away, but I will say that we also had to consider a plot device we could use to get the sharks from the ocean to an inland setting.”

Ferrante’s teaser regarding how the sharks will make it across California to the Sierra has set the social media sphere abuzz with speculation. One popular theory assumes that the movie will reveal a series of underground waterways linking the lake to the Pacific.

We spoke with Phillip Wolkman, a local meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Reno, who has his own theory.

“I think they’ll use a storm,” said Wolkman. “It’ll be something like a Pineapple Express, which is a storm system that starts out as tropical moisture near Hawaii that gets carried in an atmospheric river all the way to the West Coast and sometimes into the Sierra.

That would totally work. And we do occasionally get water spouts, which are essentially very weak tornados over water. We get those on Tahoe. It works.”

FirsT Lady sTarTs TwiTTer Feud wiTh reno Many Nevadans took offense last year when First Lady Michelle Obama used her anti-obesity campaign Let’s Move to advise Americans to “skip the buffet.” With more than 10 dozen buffets spread across the Silver State, it’s little wonder that some residents regarded the advice as a personal affront. Now the first lady is raising hackles again—this time by taking to social media to directly call out a beloved Reno dining tradition.

“AYCE Sushi … Really, #Reno?” Mrs. Obama tweeted. “#ShowSomeRestraint. Fish is supposed to be healthy!”

Not taking the message lightly, Reno residents have begun firing back with tweets of their own—claiming that the first lady is just jealous of Reno’s fishy bounty and using the hashtag #EatYourHeartOutMichelle.

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photo of Bill Chadwell courtesy of the Northfield Historical society.

by Jeri Chadwell-singley J e r i C @ n e w s r e v i e w. C O m

Opening the dOOr tO g r e at stO r i e s frOm the past

learned that the people of Northfield, Minnesota—population 20,500—gather every year to celebrate the day their ancestors shot and killed my great-great-great-uncle and one of his buddies.

Bill Chadwell had it coming. On Sept. 7, 1876, he and the rest of the members of the James-Younger gang tried to rob the First National Bank in Northfield. The citizens foiled the robbery and shot him dead. These days, The Defeat of Jesse James Days celebration draws a crowd of about 20,000 people a day. This year’s celebration kicks off on Sept. 7.

CHoose A ResouRCe I’ve been interested in doing a little genealogical research for several years now, but I was always turned off by the cost of websites like Ancestry.com, where yearly subscriptions run between $200 to $400. But I’d heard about a free alternative—a site run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s called FamilySearch.org, and more than 4 billion names and records can be accessed through it, free of charge.

I was curious if the site would have records relevant to me because, as far as I know, none of my ancestors were Mormon. My husband, Nathan, was a member of the LDS church as a kid, so I decided to take this and 14 | RN&R |

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other questions about FamilySearch to him. Over a bottle of zinfandel on a recent date-night, I interrupted Game of Thrones and asked him to explain the Mormon church’s interest in genealogy.

He explained that the Mormons do exhaustive genealogical research, and much of it is on people who have no association with the church.

FamilySearch—formerly known as the Genealogical Society of Utah—is an entire wing of the LDS Church and employs full-time researchers whose work helps populate the records on FamilySearch.org. The records used to be available only to those who visited one of the church’s family history centers, thousands of which have opened worldwide since the ’60s. In recent years, though, the church has started moving the information online.

But why do the Mormons collect the genealogical records of people who aren’t associated with the church?

Nathan explained that it’s a part of the church’s doctrine that relates to the practice of baptism for the dead.

As the names of deceased peoples—non-Mormons who would not have been baptized in life—are identified, they are added to a list, and young Mormon men of the Aaronic priesthood are baptized in their names.

The idea is that the deceased can posthumously decide on their own behalf whether or not to accept the baptism.

The Mormons have baptized countless people from different periods in history—each of them corresponding to a genealogical record the church has uncovered. And while

the practice has raised the hackles of people belonging to many other faiths, the result is that these genealogical records are now easily available to anyone with access to the internet.

Get stARted The first step in genealogical research is to take stock of what’s already known and see if any blanks can be filled in by talking with surviving family members. After setting up an account on FamilySearch.org, users get access to tools to help preserve stories, photos and documents that are uncovered during this initial phase of research. A cool feature is the ability to upload and save audio files.

When I got started on my own genealogical hunt, I was particularly interested in discovering whether or not I was really related to an outlaw who rode with Jesse James. I remember hearing about Bill Chadwell as a child. My father’s father spoke about us being related to the outlaw.

Unfortunately, my grandfather passed more than 20 years ago. My father also remembers being told about Bill Chadwell, but we don’t have any documentation to prove it. Perhaps other Chadwells do, but Chadwells have never been very good at maintaining contact much outside of their nuclear families—the reasons for which I suppose I could document using FamilySearch’s stories tool.

While I didn’t find any documentation to suggest my relation to Bill Chadwell, I did come up with plenty of other stories, photos and documents to add to the family’s genealogy.

At this point, I was ready to proceed to the next step—exploring FamilySearch’s family tree tool. And that’s when things started getting really interesting.

Upon signing up, FamilySearch users are informed that, “Since researchers and volunteers from around the world are adding to Family Tree daily, some work may have already been done …” FamilySearch only archives deceased individuals, so a user has to manually enter any living relatives. I did this and, afterward, found that all four of my deceased grandparents immediately came up.

After linking them to my family tree, I saw that much of the work had been done for me.

Entries auto-populated on my family tree, and, with just a few mouse clicks, I was able to trace my father’s side of the family back to 1000 A.D. Just a few links back on the chain from myself, I found my fourth great-grandfather, William Chadwell, whose youngest son—born in 1853— was also named William but went by “Bill” until his death in Minnesota in 1876, at the age of 23.

diG deepeR One of the wonderful things about genealogy is that there’s always a new avenue to explore, a new ancestor to track down, new records to read.

And there are a wealth of tools on the internet to facilitate the hunt for information.

In semesters past, my students at the university have joked that I must

be a Google spokesperson for as often as I tout the value of Google’s various tools. What can I say? They’re great.

I’m especially fond of the Google Newspaper Archive, which I used to track down articles containing five or six different versions of the events that transpired on the day Bill Chadwell and the James-Younger gang tried to rob the bank in Northfield.

Many people are probably already familiar with the National Archives and Record Administration website—archives. gov—which is an excellent tool for genealogical research. A lesser known but also excellent tool by a similar name is archive.org, a website that’s essentially a library of the internet. It even contains archived webpages. (You can go there to see what the RN&R website looked like a decade ago.)

A search for Bill Chadwell on archive.org led me to an old Atari game called Sixgun Shootout. Made

by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1985, it featured several scenarios—levels, basically. One level was called “Northfield Nightmare.” Players could choose to play as the good guys or as members of the James-Younger gang, including Bill Chadwell.

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In the end, I find, it’s always refreshing to get off the internet and talk with a real person. So, when I found a newspaper article from 2012 in which the executive director of the Northfield Historical Society, Hayes Scriven, theorized that my ancestor might actually be buried in his buddy and fellow gang member Clell Miller’s grave, I gave the historian a call to learn more.

Scriven explained that the man who shot Clell Miller back in 1876 was a med student named Henry Wheeler. He took both Miller and Chadwell’s bodies for medical research, but Miller’s family requested that their son’s body be returned to them for burial.

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Wheeler may have given the Miller family Bill Chadwell’s remains instead because, in later years, the doctor displayed a skeleton at his medical practice and told people it was the outlaw Clell Miller. The skeleton is now in a private collection somewhere.

Scriven and a forensics expert and university professor named James Bailey are interested in exhuming the remains from the Miller family plot at Muddy Fork Cemetery in Missouri to see who it really is. I hope they get permission because I’d also love to know the truth. Is my ancestor buried in someone else’s grave? Or is he one of those creepy mounted skeletons? Ω

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Changing of the guard City of Reno Arts and Culture The reassignment of former city arts administrator Christine Fey raised by some concerns within the arts Kris Vagner community. City officials responded this week, and the two groups do not see eye to eye on what qualifications make for an ideal public arts administrator.

Fey began working with the city as a planner in 1989 and had been Resource Development and Cultural Affairs Manager since 2000. In late 2015, conversations started about her retirement plans, which have not yet been solidified. On Feb. 25, her title was shortened to Resource Development Manager. She now works with volunteers for parks and community service programs.

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City of Reno arts administrators Christine Fey and Alexis Hill.

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Fey’s former duties—among them shepherding Reno’s public art collection, overseeing grant programs and managing three facilities—were assigned to Alexis Hill, Special Events Program Manager.

Nettie Oliverio, Arts and Culture Commission member and board chair of Reno Little Theater, was among those concerned about the decisionmaking process.

“With the last two arts and culture managers, [Fey] and Mike Hillerby, there were searches,” she said. “They were selected through a batch of regional and national candidates.”

Assistant City Manager Kate Thomas, who made the decision about the reassignment, said, “There is no national search at this time because there is no open position.”

Fey’s position was eliminated in the restructuring.

Another concern Oliverio expressed is that Hill has taken on arts-management duties in addition to an already full-time job.

“If you really do the arts and culture manager’s job the way it should be done, it’s a full-time job and more,” Oliverio said.

“Christine’s job was two-fold,” said Thomas. “And it’s not just Alexis.

She’s got an office assistant, also three art technicians. She’s completely comfortable with taking arts and culture, and elevating it.”

Another question that’s arisen is what exactly should be the qualifications for a city arts and culture manager?

Thomas feels that Hill is an ideal candidate. “Alexis has a proven reputation for taking event planning to the next level,” she said.

“I don’t think we need to reinvent the wheel,” said Geralda Miller, co-owner of Art Spot Reno. “I think we need to have someone in there who has a strong understanding of the arts, and how to integrate them into the city.”

Oliverio described Fey’s particular skill set as an ideal one for the position: “She is a good dot connector and has a phenomenal memory.

She knows how to fit puzzle pieces together to make something flower and surge. The only way you know that kind of thing, really, is by going to art shows, going to the organizations, seeing what they produce, going to theater groups, art openings, just knowing the fabric of what’s being created around you. That’s a hard thing to do if you’re already committed full-time. No flam on Alexis.

She’s a very capable lady. There’s just not enough time in the day.”

While Hill’s resume reads differently than Fey’s, she’s confident about fulfilling her new duties.

“I am a trained government administrator,” said Hill, who has a master’s degree in public administration, a bachelor’s in political science and experience with cultural organizations. “As boring as that sounds it’s really important to have someone in a role like that.”

She added, “I really believe that government makes people’s lives better. I’m thrilled to do the job and excited for the opportunity to do more. I take direction from the Arts and Culture Commission. I’m excited to see what they want done in this community.”

One step Thomas said the City will take in the near future is to consider “whether we need to strategically look at adding more [arts and culture] staff.” Ω

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If you’re anywhere near Incline Village, I guarantee more than one person will tell you T’s Mesquite Rotisserie is where it’s at.

The kitchen is small and open, dominated by the namesake rotisserie with its rotating enticement of mesquite-smoked tri-tip roasts and whole chickens on display. The spartan furnishings provide indoor seating for perhaps 30, with patio seating as weather permits. We felt lucky to get a table as the room filled up, which might partially account for the heavy traffic of take-out orders leaving the kitchen.

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Pork is also an option, prepared in what appeared to be carnitas style.

We chose to focus on the meat with a pair of combo meals ($10.95), each featuring a couple of large slices of tri-tip, a chicken breast with wing attached, and servings of black beans, cole slaw, potato salad and cucumber salad. The latter was my wife’s favorite, with peel-on slices of cucumber and thin-sliced red onion marinated with a tangy, sweet vinegar dressing. The beans were beans—nothing fancy, just your basic stick-to-your-ribs legumes that do just fine on the side or stuffed in a burrito. The coleslaw was a bit better than average, with just enough spice to balance the sweet. I prefer a much more savory potato salad than what was served, but I know there are plenty of folks who like it on the sweet side. This example reminded me of the packaged stuff they sell at supermarkets.

Although we ordered one plate with soy lime chicken and the other with Yucatan-style, both plates were served with the soy lime variety.

Either that, or there’s very little difference in flavor and appearance between the two. I usually skip most of the skin on roasted chicken, but this stuff was crisp and tasty enough to be worthwhile. The meat itself was a bit dry, but the addition of some medium-heat cilantro and lime salsa took care of that. The hot variant was quite a bit hotter. Unless you have my taste for heat, use with caution.

I grill plenty of tri-tip at home, and I’ve spent a fair amount of time developing my own marinades. I tend to be a bit judgy when tasting examples from other kitchens. So believe me when I tell you that T’s tri-tip is completely worth the trip.

It’s tender and juicy, with just enough smoke and a marinade char that melts in your mouth. Absolutely perfect.

Not to leave any meat untasted, we split a giant pork quesadilla cut into four pieces with two wrapped in foil, perhaps both to keep them warm and to be ready for the moment when you realize you can’t eat another bite ($6.95). The pork was tender and tasty, lightly seasoned with a ton of melted cheese. I took most of it home and enjoyed it as a delicious late night snack. Ω

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You can order a plate of slowroasted meat with a choice of sides and either tortillas or garlic bread, or you can choose a meat to be the star ingredient in your choice of sandwich, burrito, tostada, quesadilla or tacos. Burritos, tacos and tostadas can be ordered without meat for the herbivore in your group, doubling up on all the other ingredients including fresh guacamole.

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The dork night reruns Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice The Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice end credits give a thank you shout-out to Frank Miller, author of The Dark Knight Returns. That’s the groundbreaking graphic novel that inspired the late 20th century rebirth of Batman, infusing everything from Tim Burton’s Batman all the way through to major elements in this movie. by Considering what transpires in the twoBob Grimm and-a-half hours before his name appears on screen, Warner Brothers should be offering bgr i mm@ newsr evie w.c om Miller an impassioned apology.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is definitive proof that director Zack Snyder should be banned from the DC universe.

The man who gave us Sucker Punch has effectively knocked the wind out of two great comic book heroes. This film is a crime to every geek who has ever picked up a graphic novel.

Hell, it’s also a crime afflicted upon hardcore Ben Affleck fans.

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Affleck could be a fine Batman. Actually, he could be a great Batman. But, like George Clooney before him, he winds up looking quite ridiculous running around in a messy movie in which his character simply doesn’t fit. A nice effort by Affleck to portray a nuanced, older, somewhat weary Bruce Wayne—not to mention a badass suit—is utterly wasted.

As for Henry Cavill’s Superman, I’m longing for those short-lived days of Brandon Routh as Kal-el. While it isn’t entirely his fault, Cavill’s Supes is officially a dud.

A sequel of sorts to the dreary Man of Steel, also directed by Snyder, Batman v Superman is a soulless step in the wrong direction. Snyder, who made a great graphic novel movie with Watchmen, has just completely lost the ability to put together a cohesive, exciting movie.

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before him, Snyder has become too reliant on useless, unnecessary slo-mo. He follows these slo-mo scenes with noisy CGI action that is often incoherent.

The movie commits many of the same sins as last year’s party-pooping Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s nothing but a setup. A setup for a big battle that everybody knows will have a lame ending (and, boy howdy, is the fight resolution lame). It’s also a setup for future superhero and Justice League movies.

It’s just a big marketing ploy.

The first true Justice League movie is set to begin production this month. Yes, Batman v Superman is making big money, but it would behoove Warner Brothers to step back, take a breather, and consider giving this franchise over to a more capable director, like George Miller. Christ, even Bay would be an improvement.

Snyder wants to get a bunch of characters (Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Flash) up to speed so we can get an official gathering, a Justice League movie that’s the equivalent of Marvel’s Avengers movies. He wants to get it done in one fell swoop, and it all feels forced and manipulative.

His film has no life, no pulse. It drags, drags, drags. By the time Batman and Superman are slugging it out, it’s just one element in a film that has way too many plot threads that aren’t getting proper attention.

It dawned on me while Batman and Superman were fighting that I didn’t really want to see these two incarnations of the characters fighting at all. It’s just kind of dumb. For a good, surreal Batman versus Superman battle, read The Dark Knight Returns, or watch the animated movie adaptation that WB put out just three years ago. The cartoon handles the battle in a much more convincing and logical way.

Subplots involving Lois Lane (Amy Adams, looking bored) and Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg embarrassing himself) are howlers. Luthor’s nefarious plot to make the superheroes fight and ultimately face off against Doomsday is preposterous and pointless.

My geek heart has taken a kryptonite spear to the chest with Batman v Superman.

Yes, Affleck is good, so it’s not a total loss, but no more Zack Snyder in the DC playground, please. He represents the complete absence of fun. Ω

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What’s the significance of the word “Cloverfield” in this movie’s title? Producer J.J. Abrams is calling this movie a blood relative to the original found-footage monster movie.

The new film is not a found-footage film (and thank god for that). After seeing it, I can tell you that the title is not misleading, but don’t go to this thinking you’ll see the Cloverfield monster laying waste to middle America. It’s a much different kind of movie. The film starts with Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) having an urgent phone call with somebody. She grabs her keys, hits the road, and drives for what appears to be many miles out of the big city into the cornfields. After stopping for some gas, her car crashes for mysterious reasons. She wakes up from said crash with an IV drip and her leg cuffed to a bar. Shortly thereafter, she meets Howard (John Goodman). Howard seems a little bit anxious and tells her she needs to hydrate, practice using crutches, and, oh yeah, the end of the world is nigh. No one really knows why, but the air above is now contaminated, and they must reside in his emergency bunker for what could be years. There’s another inhabitant of the bunker, and that’s Howard’s soft-spoken neighbor Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.). The film then becomes an intense “is she a hostage?” drama, and then something altogether different by the time credits roll. Goodman and Winstead are both excellent in what turns out to be a nifty little thriller.

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The horror genre has been getting a nice boost these last couple of years. Well, here’s another one to bolster that argument, but it isn’t for the faint of heart. This one is for those original Hellraiser-loving, Dario Argentofollowing horror fans who want their scares as dismal, dirty and creepy as they can get. Turkish writer-director Can Evrenol goes for the total bloody freak-out and succeeds as a group of cops respond to a call, get in a strange car crash, and wind up going through the doorway to Hell after entering an abandoned building.

While on their way to Hell, they are disemboweled, blinded, forced to do things with masked monsters, and generally not treated well. I can only recommend this movie to the most hardcore of horror fans. It’s as blood-soaked and nightmarish as these things get, and will screw with your mind and your sense of well-being.

It will make you feel just a little scared about watching a horror movie again in that you will now be reminded that some directors out there have the key to what scares people the most. I have nothing but respect for a movie that can scare the crap out of me like this one did, but it’s probably going to be a while until I dare to watch it again. Unless you count the parts of it that I will see after I go to sleep tonight and have nightmares about it. Damn you, Can Evrenol! (Available for rent on iTunes and Amazon. com during a limited theatrical release.)

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Deadpool

Ryan Reynolds scores big in this twisted film from first time director Tim Miller.

The movie establishes its weirdness with scathing opening credits that poke fun at Reynolds’s stint as Green Lantern. It then becomes a consistently funny tragicomedy involving Wade, a mercenary who comes down with terminal cancer, dimming the lights on his future with girlfriend Vanessa (Morena Baccarin). He submits himself to an experiment that leaves him disfigured yet superhuman, bent on revenge against the criminal who made him this way.

Reynolds finally gets a good movie to match his charms, and Deadpool gets the nasty film the character beckons for. The film gets an R-rating for many reasons, and there was no other way to make a Deadpool film. It needed to be depraved, and it is.

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Hello, My Name is Doris

Sally Field plays the title character, a 60-something office worker who gets a crush on John (Max Greenfield), a much younger co-worker. The two become friendly, and then Doris gets a little carried away into a fantasy world regarding him. Yes, she’s a bit of a stalker, but it’s Sally Field doing the stalking, so it winds up being kind of cute. Directed by Michael Showalter (The Baxter, Wet Hot American Summer), the film mixes goofy comedy with some of a darker variety. Field, who hasn’t had a chance to shine in a comedy in a long while, gives us a multi-dimensional character to go with the laughs. Greenfield is excellent as the object of Doris’ desire, and he actually has a

palpable chemistry with Field. You never really know if something might happen between Doris and John, and even though Field is 30 years older, hey, it’s Sally Field. Showalter, who cowrote the film with Laura Terruso, put together a nice supporting cast including Stephen Root and Tyne Daly. Showalter didn’t get his due with his sweet and funny feature directing debut, The Baxter. His movies show he can go beyond the realms of outrageous comedies and deliver material with a dramatic oomph—while still managing to be a bit silly.

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Tina Fey makes a seamless transition to more dramatic fare with this, the story of a female journalist dropped into the middle of the war in Afghanistan. Based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, the film has a MASH vibe to it when it’s at its best.

Fey gets plenty of chances to be funny, but this is her meatiest role yet, allowing her to show off a promising more serious side as an actress.

When her life in New York gets too humdrum, Kim (Fey) winds up in Afghanistan with no major field reporting experience, dodging RPGs and filing stories nobody cares about. She has standard long-distance relationship problems on top of that, along with an on-site romance with a freelance photographer (Martin Freeman).

Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love and Focus) the film pops on occasion, but spends a little too much time in dusty apartments rather than out in the field.

Margot Robbie is great, if a little underused, as another field reporter, while the likes of Billy Bob Thornton and Alfred Molina perform admirably in supporting roles. The film doesn’t always click, but it stands as an interesting turning point in Fey’s career.

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The Witch

Unlike The Blair Witch Project, this Sundance award-winning directorial debut— and total masterpiece—from Robert Eggers, who also wrote the script, actually has a witch in it. She makes her first appearance very early on in the film, and she’s doing a bad thing. A really, really, horribly disturbing, oh-that’show-this-movie-is-really-going-to-start bad thing. Set in 1630s New England with an exceptional attention to detail, there are plenty of ways to interpret the events and themes of The Witch—the mark of a good, heady horror film. The sense of dread kicks in immediately after William (Ralph Ineson) is banished from his New England settlement for getting a little too over-the-top with his religious beliefs.

He, his wife Katherine (Kate Dickie), their little baby, their oldest daughter, Thomasin (Anya Taylor-Joy), son Caleb (Harvey Scrimshaw), and creepy twins Mercy and Jonas (Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson) must head out into the gray forests and fields to make a life away from government and society. What follows are hellish encounters with different incarnations of the witch, talking goats, possessed kids, and a bunch of other stuff that will unsettle you.

Eggers has made a great movie that can be interpreted many different ways. If it doesn’t scare you, you are far braver than me.

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Disney delivers another winner with this cute, uplifting story with a surprising dark side. It’s the sort of movie that’ll have kids asking their parents a few questions about some tough topics, while also being a movie that should entertain just about anyone who sits their butt in a theater seat to watch it. Judy (Ginnifer Goodwin entering the Voice Acting Hall of Fame) is a little bunny determined to be the first bunny cop on the force in Zootopia, a metropolis populated by animals. On the road to joining the force, she faces a lot of opposition for being both a bunny and a girl. Judy beats insurmountable odds, and winds up on the force, much to the chagrin of Chief Bogo (Idris Elba). She soon finds herself on a missing mammals case and enlists the help of a sly fox (Jason Bateman) for investigative work. The film is co-directed by three guys: Byron Howard (Tangled), Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph) and Jared Bush (his feature debut!). The animation is top notch and inventive, with cute little touches throughout. When a cop chase winds up in a rodent community, it becomes a funny Godzilla riff. There are little witty touches throughout, and the movie is just another animated home run for the Disney catalog.

Eat it Taste Buds After a year of playing music together, guitarist Jake Painter and drummer Wayne O’Halligan of the band Taste Buds, by Kent Irwin were finally paid with food. Getting their pick of dinner at the self described “eclectic food joint” and part-time venue Sassafras in Carson City, marked a milestone for Taste Buds, a notch in the bucket list for a band whose music often uses food imagery.

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had been booked at the Holland Project as a solo acoustic act, so he decided to have his set billed as Taste Buds. Unbeknownst to O’Halligan, he had signed the two of them up as a band that had yet to form a repertoire or identity.

“Then I called Wayne and told him ‘I booked us a show,’” said Painter. “‘We’re playing in three weeks.’”

Taste Buds didn’t have any material prepared, so they used that time to develop two of Painter’s solo songs, and write two new ones.

One riff became a chord progression, which gave way to a catchy melody, which, in the absence of lyrics, Painter simply sang the word “no.” It started as a placeholder, but eventually he warmed to the concept of a song that’s hook was the repetition of “no” over an energetic skate-punk riff. They agreed to name the song after the wheel bite, an unfortunate moment in skating where the board lands to a side, causing it to come to a complete stop, often sending the skater tumbling off.

When the time came to perform, both agree that the show was fun, but not their best. Taste Buds was only able to muster the four songs, one of which went so poorly that they decided to cut it off halfway through. The fumbles, however, did little to dissuade the enthusiasm of the newly formed duo.

“For some reason, I was really into taking my shirt off at shows then,” Painter recalled. “So we just sucked, and my shirt was off.”

It didn’t take long for Taste Buds to put together a more cohesive set. By their second show, they were already comfortable playing together, and had landed on certain themes that would eventually become important to the band’s overall feel. “Wheelbite” had become an anthem to rejection, like the way a board can reject its rider into the concrete.

Painter delved into the message of the song onstage through a passionate speech.

“I gave this big spiel saying ‘This is the answer you got, for all the times you needed to hear yes, but what you got was no,’ Painter explained. “One of the other bands came up after the show, and shook my hand. He told me, ‘That was the answer I got.’” Ω

“That was the whole reason we wanted to play there,” said O’Halligan. “We had heard they pay bands in food.”

“We were like, it’s finally paid off,” said Painter.

O’Halligan and Painter have been friends for nearly a decade, their relationship beginning in adolescence. Food, alongside the Misfits, monster movies, and skateboarding, provided a common ground. Eating became a powerful shared experience that wove their creative sensibilities together.

“When we were hanging out, outside of music, we were always just getting snacks and watching movies,” said O’Halligan. “So I saw that as the core of our relationship. I thought, we could make a band around that.”

It was this concept that moved O’Halligan to send a text to Painter, suggesting the name Taste Buds for a two-piece band. He wasn’t necessarily implying that the two should start said band. He just thought the name could be cool.

Painter, however, was more than happy to call his friend’s bluff. He

Hungry friends Jake Painter and Wayne O’Halligan are Taste Buds.

For more information, visit tastebuddies. bandcamp.com.

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THURSDAY 3/31 THURSDAY 3/31 1UP 2141UP W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444 214 W. Commercial Row, (775) 329-9444 YourDay Karaoke w/DJ Manny, 3RD STREET 9pm, no cover 1253RD W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 YourDay Karaoke w/DJ Manny, STREET 9pm, no cover 125 W. Third St., (775) 323-5005 5 STAR SALOON Karaoke, 9pm, no cover 1325West St., SALOON (775) 329-2878 STAR Karaoke, 9pm, no cover 132 West St., (775) 329-2878 BAR OF AMERICA Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover 10042 Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626 BARDonner OF AMERICA Rustler’s Moon, 8:30pm, no cover 10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee; (530) 587-2626 BRASSERIE ST. JAMES 901BRASSERIE S. Center St., (775) ST. 348-8888 JAMES 901 S. Center St., (775) 348-8888 THE BRIDGE RESTAURANT & BAR 425THE S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633 BRIDGE RESTAURANT & BAR 425 S. Virginia St., (775) 432-1633 Pub Quiz Trivia Night, CEOL IRISH PUB 8pm, cover 538CEOL S. Virginia St., (775) Pubno Quiz Trivia Night, IRISH PUB329-5558 8pm, no cover 538 S. Virginia St., (775) 329-5558 COMMA COFFEE 312COMMA S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662 COFFEE 312 S. Carson St., Carson City; (775) 883-2662 COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT & BAR Good Time Travelers, 7pm, no cover 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711& BAR COTTONWOOD RESTAURANT Good Time Travelers, 7pm, no cover 10142 Rue Hilltop, Truckee; (530) 587-5711 DAVIDSON’S DISTILLERY 275DAVIDSON’S E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917 DISTILLERY 275 E. Fourth St., (775) 324-1917 ELBOW ROOM BAR Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover 2002 VictorianROOM Ave., Sparks; ELBOW BAR(775) 356-9799 Jack Di Carlo, 7pm, no cover 2002 Victorian Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-9799 HANGAR BAR 10603 Stead Blvd., HANGAR BARStead; (775) 677-7088 10603 Stead Blvd., Stead; (775) 677-7088 HIMMEL HAUS 3819 Saddle Rd.,HAUS South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665 HIMMEL 3819 Saddle Rd., South Lake Tahoe; (530) 314-7665 Shannon and the Clams, Gazebos, THE HOLLAND PROJECT 8pm, $10-$12 140THE VestaHOLLAND St., (775) 742-1858 Shannon and the Clams, Gazebos, PROJECT 8pm, $10-$12 140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858 JUB JUB’S THIRST PARLOR 2) Last Giant, Vague Choir, 71 JUB S. WellsJUB’S Ave., (775) 384-1652PARLOR THIRST Zachary 8pm, $4 2) LastKibbee, Giant, Vague Choir, 1) 71 Showroom 2) Bar(775) Room S. Wells Ave., 384-1652 1) Showroom 2) Bar Room

Zachary Kibbee, 8pm, $4

THE JUNGLE 246THE W. First St., (775) 329-4484 JUNGLE 246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484 THE LOFT THEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 1021THE Heavenly VillageTHEATRE-LOUNGE-DINING Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024 7:30pm, Magic $35 Fusion w/Tony Clark, LOFT 1021 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe; (530) 523-8024 7:30pm, $35

FRIDAY 4/1 FRIDAY 4/1 Crush, 9pm, no cover Crush, 9pm, no cover DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm DJ Izer, 10pm, $5 after 10pm Live music, 9pm, no cover Live music, 9pm, no cover

Reno’s Daze Crew, 9pm, no cover Reno’s Daze Crew, 9pm, no cover

Songwriters in the Round, 6pm, no cover in the Round, Songwriters 6pm, no cover Jill Cohn, 7pm, no cover Jill Cohn, 7pm, no cover The Jokers Wild Blues Band, 9:30pm, no cover The Jokers Wild Blues Band, 9:30pm, no cover

SATURDAY 4/2 SATURDAY 4/2

Ardalan, Sacha Robotti, 10pm, $5-$10 Ardalan, Sacha Robotti, 10pm, $5-$10 The 44’s, 9pm, no cover The 44’s, 9pm, no cover Erotica Charity Ball & Art Auction, 10pm, $5 Charity Ball & Art Auction, Erotica 10pm, $5 Live music, 9pm, no cover Live music, 9pm, no cover

SUNDAY 4/3 SUNDAY 4/3

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/4-4/6 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/4-4/6 DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover DG Kicks, 9pm, Tu, no cover

Free-Spin Sundays w/DJ Zoiree, 5pm, no cover Free-Spin Sundays w/DJ Zoiree, 5pm, no cover

Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover Karaoke, 9pm, Tu, W, no cover

SundaYze: Brunch and live jazz w/Reno Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Jazz Syndicate, noon,and no live cover SundaYze: Brunch jazz w/Reno Strange on the Range, 7pm, W, no cover Jazz Syndicate, noon, no cover Clemon Charles, 6:30pm, W, no cover Post show s online by Clemon Charles, 6:30pm, W, no cover sttesh rePgois og ws rin Traditional Irish Tune Session, atonline by County Clarke, 9pm, no cover g wre wwis 7pm, Tu, no cover .nte ngevaie ewrisr Traditional Irish Tune Session, t w.com County Clarke, 9pm, no cover wow. .n /rw 7pm, Tu, no cover en ew De ev adsr CW and Mr. Spoons, noon, M, no cover ie lin e iswth .ceom eno Fr/r iday Dave W, noon, no cover b.eD adline is th foere CWLeather, and Mr. noon, Spoons, M, no cover e puFrbidlic Dave Leather, noon, W, no cover ayati befo

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VooDoo Dogz, 9:30pm, no cover VooDoo Dogz, 9:30pm, no cover Big Heart, 8pm, no cover Big Heart, 8pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover Karaoke Kat, 9pm, no cover

Mild High Club, Video World, TheMild FeelHigh Trip,Club, 8pm,Video $5 World, The Feel Trip, 8pm, $5 1) Fallujah, Flub, Crotalus, FTHC, 7:30pm, $10 Flub, Crotalus, FTHC, 1) Fallujah, 7:30pm, $10

2) Amsterdam, Roxxy Collie, 9pm, $3 2) Amsterdam, Roxxy Collie, 9pm, $3

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, Magic $35 Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, $35

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm, 7:30pm,w/Tony $35 Clark, Magic Fusion 4:30pm, 7:30pm, $35

Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover Canyon White Open Mic Night, 8pm, no cover

Audacity, PostWar, DJ Short Shortz, 7pm, $5 PostWar, DJ Short Shortz, Audacity, 7pm, $5 1) Power From Hell, Thunderhead, Total Badass, Infernal Vie, 1) Power From Hell, Damnation, Thunderhead, 6pm, Total$10 Badass, Infernal Damnation, Vie, 6pm, $10

Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 4:30pm, $35 w/Tony Clark, Magic Fusion 4:30pm, $35

Karaoke w/Nitesong Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Linew/Nitesong Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover Karaoke Productions, 9pm, Tu, Border Line Fine, 9:30pm, W, no cover Open Mic Jam Slam w/Adrian Diijon, 9pm, Tu,Mic Karaoke Nite, w/Adrian 9pm, W, no cover Open Jam Slam Diijon, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke Nite, 9pm, W, no cover

Open Mic Night, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, no cover Open Mic 9pm, Night,W, 9pm, M, no cover Trivia Night, 9pm, W, no cover Night Beats, Rigorous Proof, 8pm, M, $5-$7 Foster Tu,8pm, $5 M, $5-$7 NightBody, Beats,Amoeba, Rigorous8pm, Proof, Foster Body, Amoeba, 8pm, Tu, $5 2) Vampirates European tour kick-off show w/Boss’ Daughter, 9pm, $5 2) Vampirates European tourM,kick-off Grave showRobber’s w/Boss’ Jukebox, Daughter,9pm, 9pm,W,M,$TBA $5 Grave Robber’s Jukebox, 9pm, W, $TBA Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover Outspoken: Open Mic Night, 7pm, M, no cover Magic Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, M,Magic Tu, $35 Fusion w/Tony Clark, 7:30pm, M, Tu, $35

The Floozies The Floozies March 31, 9 p.m.

Crystal MarchBay 31, 9Club p.m.

14Crystal Highway 28 Club Bay Crystal Bay 28 14 Highway 833-6333 Crystal Bay 833-6333

Comedy Comedy

3rd Street, 125 W. Third St., 323-5005: Comedy Night125& W. Improv Shillito, 3rd Street, Thirdw/Patrick St., 323-5005: W, Comedy 9pm, noNight cover& Improv w/Patrick Shillito, 9pm, no cover CarsonW, Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., CarsonNugget, City, 882-1626: K-Von, St., Carson 507 N. Carson F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 Carson City, 882-1626: K-Von, F, 7:30pm, $13-$15 Cabaret, Harveys The Improv at Harveys Lake Tahoe,atStateline, (800) 553-1022: The Improv Harveys Cabaret, Harveys Ritch Shydner, Williams, Th-F, 9pm, Lake Tahoe,Nika Stateline, (800)Su, 553-1022: $25; Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Anthony Griffith, Ritch Shydner, Nika Williams, Th-F, Su, 9pm, Suli$25; McCullough, Tu-W, 9pm, $25 Sa, 8pm, 10pm, $30; Anthony Griffith, McCullough, Tu-W, Legacy 9pm, $25Resort LaughSuli Factory at Silver Casino, 407 N.atVirginia 325-7401: Laugh Factory Silver St., Legacy Resort Allan Stephan, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; F-Sa, Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., 325-7401: 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Marc Yaffee, Tu, F-Sa, W, Allan Stephan, Th, Su, 7:30pm, $21.95; 7:30pm, $21.95 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Marc Yaffee, Tu, W, 7:30pm,Comedy $21.95 at Pioneer Reno-Tahoe Underground, 100 S.atVirginia Reno-Tahoe Comedy PioneerSt., 686-6600: K-Von,100 Th, 8pm, $8-$10;St., Underground, S. Virginia F, 9pm, $14-$17;K-Von, Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, 686-6600: Th, 8pm, $8-$10; $14-$17 F, 9pm, $14-$17; Sa, 6:30pm, 9:30pm, $14-$17

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THURSDAY 3/31

MIDTOWN WINE BAR

Crush, Crush, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, no no cover cover

Dane Dane Rinehart,8pm, Rinehart,8pm, no no cover cover

Jake’s Jake’s Garage Garage 2.0, 2.0, 8:30pm, 8:30pm, no no cover cover

MOODY’S BISTRO BAR & BEATS

Darcy Darcy Kathleen, Kathleen, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover

Arran Arran Harris Harris and and the the Farm Farm Band, Band, 8:30pm, 8:30pm, no no cover cover

Arran Arran Harris Harris and and the the Farm Farm Band, Band, 8:30pm, 8:30pm, no no cover cover

Johnny Johnny Lipka’s Lipka’s Gemini, Gemini, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover

Johnny Johnny Lipka’s Lipka’s Gemini, Gemini, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover

1527 1527 S.S. Virginia Virginia St., St., (775) (775) 800-1960 800-1960 10007 10007 Bridge Bridge St., St., Truckee; Truckee; (530) (530) 587-8688 587-8688

PADDY & IRENE’S IRISH PUB

906-A 906-A Victorian Victorian Ave., Ave., Sparks; Sparks; (775) (775) 358-5484 358-5484 1559 1559 S.S. Virginia Virginia St., St., (775) (775) 322-8864 322-8864

PSYCHEDELIC BALLROOM AND JUKE JOINT (PB&J’S)

Thursday Thursday Night Night Out Out w/Wabuska w/Wabuska Yachting Yachting Club Club and and Friends, Friends, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover

555 555 E.E. Fourth Fourth St., St., (775) (775) 322-4348 322-4348

For For Those Those Searching, Searching, Our Our Last Last of of Days, Days, Salythian, Salythian, Man Man the the Tanks, Tanks, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, $10 $10

Tandymonium, Tandymonium, 6:30pm, 6:30pm, Tu, Tu, 7pm, 7pm, W, W, no no cover cover

Jack Jack Devil, Devil, Gomorrah, Gomorrah, Idol Idol Smasher, Smasher, Resistance, Resistance, Murderrock, Murderrock, 7pm, 7pm, W, W, $10 $10 Reggae Reggae Night, Night, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover

1483 1483 E.E. Fourth Fourth St., St., (775) (775) 622-9424 622-9424

SHEA’S TAVERN

Ladies Ladies Night/DJ/dancing, Night/DJ/dancing, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover

715 715 S.S. Virginia Virginia St., St., (775) (775) 786-4774 786-4774

SHELTER

111 111 N. N. Virginia Virginia St., St., (775) (775) 329-2909 329-2909

SINGER SOCIAL CLUB

The The Black Black Dahlias Dahlias movie movie premiere premiere w/Pip w/Pip Squeeks, Squeeks, DJ DJ Snackz, Snackz, 10pm, 10pm, $TBA $TBA

Lady Lady Luck Luck Tattoo Tattoo Convention Convention After-Party After-Party Tavern Tavern Trivia, Trivia, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover w/Hammerlock, w/Hammerlock, The The Sex Sex Devils, Devils, 10pm, 10pm, $TBA $TBA

DJ/dancing, DJ/dancing, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover

Step Step Back Back Saturday, Saturday, 10pm, 10pm, no no cover cover

Punk Punk Rock Rock Karaoke, Karaoke, 10pm, 10pm, Tu, Tu, no no cover cover

DJ DJ Trivia, Trivia, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover

219 219 W. W. Second Second St., St., (775) (775) 657-9466 657-9466

SPARKS LOUNGE

Open Open Mic Mic Rock Rock and and Blues Blues Jam Jam hosted hosted by

by Rich Rich Maloon, Maloon, 8:30pm, 8:30pm, no no cover cover

ST. JAMES INFIRMARY

Bazooka Bazooka Zoo’s Zoo’s Groovy Groovy Good Good Time Time Bash, Bash, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover

1237 1237 Baring Baring Blvd., Blvd., Sparks; Sparks; (775) (775) 409-3340 409-3340

April April 2, 2, 10 10 p.m. p.m.

1up 1up 214 214 W. W. Commercial Commercial Row Row 329-9444 329-9444

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/4-4/6 Western Western Wednesday, Wednesday, 9pm, 9pm, W, W, no no cover cover

RUBEN’S CANTINA

Ardalan

SUNDAY 4/3

Acoustic Acoustic Wonderland Wonderland singer-songwriter singer-songwriter showcase, showcase, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover

POLO LOUNGE

March March 31, 31, 88 p.m. p.m.

The The Holland Holland Project Project 140 Vesta St. 140 Vesta St. 742-1858 742-1858

SATURDAY 4/2

Live Live jazz, jazz, 8pm, 8pm, no no cover cover

188 188 California California Ave., Ave., (775) (775) 322-2480 322-2480

Shannon and the Clams

FRIDAY 4/1

THE LOVING CUP

445 445 California California Ave., Ave., (775) (775) 657-8484 657-8484

STUDIO ON 4TH

Rich Rich InIn Reverse, Reverse, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover Saturday Saturday Night Night Dance Dance Party, Party, 9pm, 9pm, no no cover cover Andrew Andrew Castro, Castro, Ten Ten Dollar Dollar Pony, Pony, Running Running Ritual Ritual (industrial, (industrial, EDM, EDM, ’80s) ’80s) w/DJs, w/DJs, with David with Ravens, Ravens, 8pm, 8pm, $7 $7 David Darkness, Darkness, Rusty, Rusty, 9pm, 9pm, $3-$5 $3-$5

432 432 E.E. Fourth Fourth St., St., (775) (775) 737-9776 737-9776

Trivia Trivia hosted hosted by

by Boba Boba Brett, Brett, 8pm, 8pm, Tu, Tu, Beer Beer & & Record Record Club, Club, 8pm, 8pm, W, W, no no cover cover ings, ings, Team Team Francis, Francis, Elspeth Elspeth Summers, Summers, 8pm, 8pm, Tu, Tu, $5 $5

WEST STREET WINE BAR 148 148 West West St., St., (775) (775) 336-3560 336-3560

WHISKEY DICK’S SALOON

Industry Industry Night Night w/DJ w/DJ Keenan, Keenan, 9pm, 9pm, Tu, Tu, no no cover cover

2660 2660 Lake Lake Tahoe Tahoe Blvd., Blvd., South South Lake Lake Tahoe; Tahoe; (530) (530) 544-3425 544-3425

WILDFLOWER VILLAGE

2) 4275-4395 2) Trivia Trivia Night, Night, 8:30pm, 8:30pm, $3-$5 $3-$5 4275-4395 W. W. Fourth Fourth St., St., (775) (775) 787-3769 787-3769 1)1) Golden Golden Rose Rose Cafe Cafe 2) 2) Green Green Fairy Fairy Pub Pub 3) 3) Cabaret Cabaret

HEART TO HEART DINNER & SILENT AUCTION

April 23rd | 6pm AT THE ATLANTIS CASINO AND RESORT Join Westcare for dinner, a silent auction and guest speakers as we raise awareness and funds to serve individuals in crisis, veterans, as well as those struggling with mental illness and addiction issues within our community.

Elizabeth Pope, LCSW from the VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program

SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKERS: Patrick O'Bryan, Retired Reno Police Department Officer and Founder of Mobile Outreach Safety Team (MOST)

Sandy Lowery, LCSW, LCADC

SILENT AUCTION ITEMS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Atlantis Casino Resort Brien O'Brien Carpet Cleaning Clay Canvas Grassroots Books Juice Box Yoga Matt Nelson Photography Matthew R. Bailey Photography

MJ20 Tattoo Company Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe Nothing To It Culinary Center Peppermill Hotel & Casino Pitts Orthodontics Reno Academy of Combat

Reno Aces Reno Bighorns Salon 7 Studio Phi Vista Dental Care-Dr. Marc A Thomas And Many More

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1)1) Open Open mic, mic, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, no no cover cover

1)1) Live Live comedy comedy taping taping w/Bryant w/Bryant Tarpley, Tarpley, Elgin Elgin Alway, Alway, Sam Sam Corbin, Corbin, Nikolas Nikolas Taro, Taro, Norman Norman Enlow, Enlow, Kevin Kevin Fletcher, Fletcher, 8pm, 8pm, $10 $10

1)1) Comedy Comedy Power Power Hour Hour Open Open Mic, Mic, 8pm, 8pm, Tu, Tu, no no cover cover

ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA 3800 S. Virginia St., (775) 825-4700 ATLANTIS CASINO RESORT SPA 1) 3800 GrandS.Ballroom Stage(775) 2) Cabaret Virginia St., 825-4700 1) Grand Ballroom Stage 2) Cabaret

BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL 2100 Garson Rd., Verdi; (775) 345-6000 BOOMTOWN CASINO HOTEL

1) 2100 EventGarson Center Rd., 2) Guitar Verdi;Bar (775) 345-6000 1) Event Center 2) Guitar Bar

CARSON VALLEY INN 1627 Hwy. 395, VALLEY Minden; (775) CARSON INN782-9711

THURSDAY 3/31 THURSDAY 3/31

FRIDAY 4/1 FRIDAY 4/1

SATURDAY 4/2 SATURDAY 4/2

2) Steppen Stonz, 8pm, no cover 2) Steppen Stonz, 8pm, no cover

2) Steppen Stonz, 4pm, no cover 2) Steppen Stonz, 4pm, no cover

2) Steppen Stonz, 4pm, no cover 2) Steppen Stonz, 4pm, no cover

2) The Robeys, 6pm, no cover 2) The Robeys, 6pm, no cover

2) The Look, 5pm, no cover George 9pm,nonocover cover 2) ThePickard, Look, 5pm, George Pickard, 9pm, no cover

2) The Look, 5pm, no cover George 9pm,nonocover cover 2) ThePickard, Look, 5pm, George Pickard, 9pm, no cover

2) The Night Hawks, 7pm, no cover

2) The Night Hawks, 7pm, no cover 1) Valley Ballroom Cabaret(775) Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral 1627 Hwy. 395,2)Minden; 782-9711 1) Valley Ballroom 2) Cabaret Lounge 3) TJ’s Corral

CRYSTAL BAY CLUB 14 CRYSTAL Hwy. 28, Crystal (775) 833-6333 BAYBay; CLUB

1) 14 Crown 2) Red Bay; Room(775) 833-6333 Hwy.Room 28, Crystal 1) Crown Room 2) Red Room

ELDORADO RESORT CASINO 345ELDORADO N. Virginia St.,RESORT (775) 786-5700 CASINO 1) 345 Theater 2) BrewSt., Brothers 3) NoVi N. Virginia (775) 786-5700 4) 1)CinTheater Cin 5) Stadium Bar 2) Brew Brothers 3) NoVi 4) Cin Cin 5) Stadium Bar

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/4-4/6 MONDAY-WEDNESDAY 4/4-4/6

2) Jason King, 6pm, no cover 2) Jason King, 6pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Jason King, 6pm, Tu,6pm, no cover 2) Tandymonium, M, no cover Jack Di Carlo, 6pm, Tu, W, no cover Jason King, 6pm, Jack Di Carlo, 6pm, W, no cover

2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 2) Patrick Major, 6pm, no cover 2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 2) The Blues Monsters, 8pm, no cover 2) Patrick Major, 6pm, no cover

1) The Floozies, SunSquabi, Sugarbeats, 1) Ardalan, Sacha Robotti, Micah J, 9pm, $15-$35 Rawlinson, DJJD, 9pm no cover 1) The Floozies, SunSquabi, Sugarbeats, Zach 1) Ardalan, Sacha Robotti, Micah J, 9pm, $15-$35 Zach Rawlinson, DJJD, 9pm no cover

1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) 1)Steel Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover Footloose , 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) Steel Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover

SUNDAY 4/3 SUNDAY 4/3

1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) 1)Steel Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover Footloose , 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 3) 2) DJSteel Roni Breeze, Romance, 9pm, nonocover 10:30pm, cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, 9pm, no cover

GRAND SIERRA RESORT 2500 E. Second St., (775)RESORT 789-2000 GRAND SIERRA

1) VibeSquaD, Coop da Loop, Head Soar, MotorHome Music, 9pm, cover 1) VibeSquaD, Coop da no Loop, Head Soar, MotorHome Music, 9pm, no cover 1) Footloose, 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95-$26.95 2) 1)Steel Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover Footloose , 7pm, 9:30pm, $24.95-$26.95 1) Footloose, 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover 3) 2) DJSteel Roni Breeze, Romance, live country bands, 2) 1)Steel Footloose , 7pm, $24.95-$26.95 10:30pm, no cover 9pm, no cover 3) DJ Roni Romance, live country bands, 2) Steel Breeze, 10:30pm, no cover 9pm, no cover

2) Lex Nightclub Thursdays 2) Lex Fridays, 10pm, $15 2) Lex Saturdays, 10pm, $15 w/Jeremy Cornwell,Thursdays 10pm, no cover 2) Lex Nightclub 3) 2) Country Nights10pm, w/DJ $15 Colt Ainsworth, 3) 2) Country Nights w/DJ Colt$15Ainsworth, Lex Fridays, Lex Saturdays, 10pm, Country Nights w/DJ10pm, Colt Ainsworth, Cornwell, no cover 1) 2500 GrandE.Theater Lex(775) Nightclub 3) Sports Book 3) w/Jeremy Second2)St., 789-2000 10pm, no cover no cover 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 10pm, 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, no cover 3) Country Nights w/DJ Colt Ainsworth, 4) 1)Summit State Pavilion Grand Pavilion Theater 5) 2) Silver Lex Nightclub 3) Sports Book 10pm, 10pm, no cover 10pm, no cover 10pm, no cover 4) Summit Pavilion 5) Silver State Pavilion 1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, HARRAH’S RENO $27-$37 $27-$37 1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, 1) Petty 1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 8pm, vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 219HARRAH’S N. Center St., RENO (775) 788-2900 8pm, $27-$37 Terry$27-$37 Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 2) 8pm, Terry$27-$37 Stokes Hypnolarious, 10pm, $30 1) Petty vs. Eagles: A Musical Shootout, 2) 8pm, 1) 219 Sammy’s Showroom 2) The Zone N. Center St., (775) 788-2900 3) Tany Jane, 9pm, no cover 3) Tany Jane, 9pm,Hypnolarious no cover , 10pm, $30 Hypnolarious , 10pm, $30 8pm, $27-$37 2) Terry Stokes 2) Terry Stokes 3) 1)Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza2) 5)TheConvention Sammy’s Showroom Zone Center 3) Tany Jane, 9pm, no cover 3) Tany Jane, 9pm, no cover 3) Sapphire Lounge 4) Plaza 5) Convention Center 1) True Willie: A Tribute To Willie Nelson, NUGGET CASINO RESORT 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 8pm, $15 Willie: A Tribute To Willie Nelson, 1) True 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 NUGGET CASINO RESORT 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Walker WIlliams, 8pm, no cover Walker WIlliams, 8pm, no cover 3) 8pm, DJ/dancing, 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover $15 5pm, no cover 1) 1100 Celebrity Showroom Nugget Ave., Sparks; (775) 356-3300 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover Walker WIlliams, 8pm, no cover Walker WIlliams, 8pm, no cover Walker WIlliams, 8pm, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 5pm, no cover 2) 1)Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s Celebrity Showroom Walker WIlliams, 8pm, no cover 2) Nugget Grand Ballroom 3) Gilley’s

PEPPERMILL RESORT SPA CASINO 2707 S. Virginia St., (775) 826-2121SPA CASINO 2) Soul Scratch, 7pm, no cover PEPPERMILL RESORT 1) 2707 Tuscany BallroomSt.,2)(775) Terrace Lounge S. Virginia 826-2121 3) 1)Edge 4) Capri Ballroom Tuscany Ballroom 2) Terrace Lounge 3) Edge 4) Capri Ballroom

SANDS REGENCY CASINO HOTEL 345SANDS N. Arlington Ave., (775)CASINO 348-2200 HOTEL REGENCY 1) 345 3rd Street LoungeAve., 2) Jester Theater N. Arlington (775) 348-2200 3) 1)Copa & Grill 3rdBar Street Lounge 2) Jester Theater 3) Copa Bar & Grill

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2) Soul Scratch, 7pm, no cover

2) Soul Scratch, 8pm, no cover 2) Soul Scratch, 8pm, no cover

2) Soul Scratch, 8pm, no cover 3) 2) DJSoul OB-one, 10pm, $20no cover Scratch, 8pm, 3) DJ OB-one, 10pm, $20

3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover 3) Tyler Stafford, 6pm, no cover

1) The Novelists, 8pm, no cover 1) The Novelists, 8pm, no cover

1) The Novelists, 8pm, no cover 2) 1)The Players, 8pm, TheUtility Novelists, 8pm, no $15 cover 2) The Utility Players, 8pm, $15

1) Chris Janson, 8pm, $49.50-$59.50 3) 1)Fashion Friday, 9pm, cover Chris Janson, 8pm,no $49.50-$59.50 3) Fashion Friday, 9pm, no cover

3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5 3) Seduction Saturdays, 9pm, $5

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8pm, no cover 2) Banzai Thursdays w/DJ Trivia, 1) Grand Hall (775) 2) Rum325-7401 Bullions Island Bar 407 N.Exposition Virginia St., JamienoRollins, cover 9pm, no cover 3) 1)Aura Ultra LoungeHall 4) 2) Silver Grand Exposition RumBaron BullionsLounge Island Bar 4) 8pm, 4) Jamie Rollins, 9pm, no cover 5) 3) Silver AuraBaron Ultra Ballroom Lounge 4) Silver Baron Lounge 5) Silver Baron Ballroom

2) Recovery Sundays, 10pm, no cover 3) 2) Industry Night, 9pm, no10pm, coverno cover Recovery Sundays, 3) Industry Night, 9pm, no cover

2) Patrick Major, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover 2) Patrick Major, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

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1) Footloose, 7pm, Tu, W, $24.95-$26.95 2) 1)Live Band Karaoke, M, no cover Footloose , 7pm, Tu,10pm, W, $24.95-$26.95 DJ2)Chris 10pm, Tu, no cover Live English, Band Karaoke, 10pm, M, no cover Left of Centre, 10:30pm, W, no DJ Chris English, 10pm, Tu, nocover cover Left of Centre, 10:30pm, W, no cover

Karaoke Karaoke 3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover 3) DJ/dancing, 6pm, W, no cover

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Events BEER FEST: Nevada Young Alumni Chapter’s 23rd annual beer-tasting event and fundraiser features more than 50 breweries and distilleries, as well as live entertainment. F, 4/1, 7-11pm. $15-$45. Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St., (775) 325-7333.

BRETT VAN HOESEN—FORMS OF VISUAL LYING: Art history professor Brett Van Hoesen will discuss how the German popular press played with modes of truth and falsehood in documentary photography and photomontage during the interwar period. These forms of visual lying ranged from popular April Fool’s jokes to more serious examples of misleading photojournalism. W, 4/6, 5:30pm. Free. Wells Fargo Auditorium, University of Nevada, Reno, Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

DR. ROGER A. COATE LECTURE: Coate presents “The United Nations System at 70: Confronting the Crisis of Global Governance when Leadership Wanes.”

Tu, 4/5, 6:30pm. Free. University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 682-6480, www.unr.edu.

EROTICA CHARITY BALL & ART AUCTION: This benefit for the Shakespeare Animal Fund features the Mr. & Ms. Erotica Competition, silent art auction, raffle prizes, drink specials and music spun by DJ Izer. Sa, 4/2, 10pm. $5. 5 Star Saloon, 132 West St., (775) 329-2878.

GOLD HILL GHOST TOUR: Enjoy a meal at the Crown Point restaurant and then join a guided ghost tour through the Gold Hill Hotel sharing stories of ghostly legends. Dining begins at 4pm.

The tour starts at 8pm. M. $40 for dinner and tour, $20 for tour only.

Gold Hill Hotel, 1540 S. Main St., Gold Hill, (775) 847-0111.

LADY LUCK TATTOO ARTS AND HISTORY EXPO: The 14th annual tattoo expo features safety seminars, contests, art seminars and plenty of booths filled with tattoo artists from around the world. The event will take place inside the Circus Circus Reno Mandalay Convention Center.

Anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult and anyone looking to get a tattoo must be 18 or older. F, 4/1, 2-10pm; Sa, 4/2, noon-10pm; Su, 4/3, noon-7pm. $15-$35, free admission for kids age 14 and younger. Circus Circus, 500 N. Sierra St., www.tattoopgh.com.

OPEN HOUSE & TELESCOPE CLINIC: Visitors can explore the observatory at their leisure, ask questions of observatory volunteers, learn how telescopes work and even learn how to image celestial objects. Guests are encouraged to bring their own telescopes and use the observation deck to view the evening sky. First Sa of every month, 7pm. Free. Jack C. Davis Observatory, 2699 Van Patten Drive, Carson City, (775) 445-3240.

Art ARTE ITALIA: Italian-American Cinema: From Capra to the Coppolas. This documentary exhibit curated by the Museo Italo Americano at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco features written and photographic panel displays, videos, memorabilia and graphic art. The themes upon which Italian-American filmmakers have concentrated include family, community, immigration, assimilation. Their films explore the American Dream in all its ramifications and contradic-

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tions. Th-Su, noon-5pm through 9/18.

Free. 442 Flint St., (775) 333-0310.

ARTISTS CO-OP OF RENO GALLERY: Photo Fandango X. The 10th annual accomplished and upstart photographers invitational features the work of more than 20 local photographers.

M-Su, 11am-4pm through 3/31. Free. 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896, www.artistsco-opgalleryreno.com.

CARSON CITY COURTHOUSE GALLERY: For Detail View. Capital City Arts Initiative presents work by artist Jeff Hantman. Hantman creates his wood sculptures using found wood objects and printmaking techniques. M-F, 8am-5pm through 5/25. Free. 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, www.arts-initiative.org.

HOLLAND PROJECT MICRO GALLERY AT BIBO COFFEE CO.: National Monuments Part 2. Artist Thomas Vincent Chapel uses symbolically charged American flags as a way of starting a dialogue about outsourcing, globalism and the rigid dichotomy between pride and protest. M-Su through 4/8. Free. 945 Record St., (775) 348-8087.

HOLMAN ARTS & MEDIA CENTER, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: From the Lens of Eleanor Preger. Preger’s photographs capture the art, people and environment of Burning Man. The VIP reception and artist talk is on April 5, 5-7:30pm. M-Sa, 9am-5pm through 4/8.

1008 Highway 28, Incline Village, (775) 831-1314.

MATHEWSON-IGT KNOWLEDGE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Media Technology: Past & Present. Visitors will enjoy a visual display of media technological leaps through this exhibit on display in the Whittemore Gallery of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center. M-Su through 6/30.

Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4636.

METRO GALLERY AT RENO CITY HALL: Order and Chaos: A Marriage in Reno.

The Reno Arts & Culture Commission presents artwork from Los Angelesbased visual artist Avery Falkner.

M-F, 9am-5pm through 4/15. Free. 1 E. First St., (775) 334-2417.

NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, W-Su through 4/17; Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl, W-Su through 12/31; The Horse, W-Su through 7/3; Daniel Douke: Extraordinary, W-Su through 4/24; Monuments & DeLIMITations: Projects by David Taylor and Marcos Ramírez ERRE, W-Su through 4/17; Don Dondero: A Photographic Legacy, W-Su through 7/10; Cedra Wood: A Residency on Earth, W-Su through 5/15; The E.L. Wiegand Collection: Representing the Work Ethic in American Art , W-Su through 4/17 ; Andy Diaz Hope & Jon Bernson: Beautification Machine, W-Su through 7/24 . $1-$10.

160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333, www.nevadaart.org.

SHEPPARD CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, CHURCH FINE ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Beautiful Soil: Ceramics from Ancient China.

The exhibit features Chinese ceramics from various dynasties and spanning centuries, demonstrating the rich and diverse tradition of objectmaking in ancient China. M-F through 4/8; Brendan Tang: Souvenirs from Earth. Tang’s sculptures integrate references to Ming dynasty ceramic forms, Japanese anime and manga, art-pop, Asian import goods for the aristocratic French high-society and robotic prosthetics. Tu-Sa, 10am-8pm through 4/8. Free. 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-6658.

Gamelan Burat Wangi, directed by I Nyoman Wenten The exotic music and expressive dances of Bali and Java come to Reno this weekend when the University of Nevada, Reno’s School of the Arts and Department of Music present an evening of Balinese gamelan featuring I Nyoman Wenten, Nanik Wenten and the members of gamelan Burat Wangi. Gamelan, the traditional percussive orchestras of Indonesia, typically feature a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums and gong. Bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings and vocalists may also be included. I Nyoman Wenten is one of Bali’s most accomplished and versatile dancers and musicians. Nanik Wenten is one of Java’s most distinguished dancers, choreographers

STREMMEL GALLERY: Tom Judd: Home on the Range. Philadelphia based artist Tom Judd’s current body of work focuses on the American notion of Manifest Destiny, the obsession with the myth surrounding America’s history and his love of the epic American landscape. The work challenges the way that the history of the West, “the invented myth,” is perceived as a result of advertising, film and television, while also embracing the aesthetic of those mediums. Tu-Sa through 4/16. Free. 1400 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-0558.

Film 11TH ANNUAL WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: The film festival combines award-winning environmental and adventure films with the energy of local activism. Th, 3/31, 6pm. $15-$50.

MontBleu Resort, 55 Highway 50, Stateline, (530) 542-4546 ext. 703.

Music BIG BONANZA OPERA: The gala premiere party will feature scenes from the new opera, The Big Bonanza, which is

and dance teachers. Both are well regarded for their work in traditional music and dance, as well as for combining Eastern and Western elements in their performances. The musicians and dancers of the renowned Los Angeles-based gamelan Burat Wangi (Fragrant Offering), founded in 1972 by the Wentens, will be joined by University of Nevada, Reno faculty and students. The free concert begins at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, at Nightingale Concert Hall inside the Church Fine Arts Building, 1335 N. Virginia St., at the University of Nevada, Reno. Call 784-4278 or vist www. unr.edu/arts.

based in part on the life and writings of William Wright, a.k.a. Dan De Quille.

Tickets include a champagne reception following the performance where patrons can meet the director, cast, company and crew. Sa, 4/2, 7:30pm. $20. Piper’s Opera House, 12 N. B St., Virginia City, (775) 847-0433.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE SPRING CONCERT: The University of Nevada, Reno Contemporary Music Ensemble performs repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries with a particular focus on works by living composers. Th, 3/31, 7:30pm. Free. Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1335 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278, www.unr.edu/arts.

WINTERWONDERGRASS TAHOE: The three-day bluegrass/Americana festival features Railroad Earth, Greensky Bluegrass, Leftover Salmon, Elephant Revival, Duo De Twang with Les Claypool, Travelin’ McCourys, Brothers Comatose, Dustbowl Revival, Shook Twins Fruition, Scott Law & Ross James’ Cosmic Twang and Mandolin Orange, among others. F-Su, 2pm through 4/3. Opens 4/1. $59-$348.

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Onstage EVINCE: Downtown Dance Collective presents this collaborative dance performance featuring thoughtprovoking works by local and guest dance artists. Sa, 4/2, 2pm; Su, 4/3, 5pm. $15 general admission, $10 students. Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 843-5217, www.ddcreno.com.

FORTINBRAS: Reno Little Theater presents Lee Blessing’s comedy which picks up where Sheakespeare’s Hamlet left off. Blessing will be in attendance on opening weekend. F,

4/1, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/2, 7:30pm; Th, 4/7, 7:30pm; F, 4/8, 7:30pm; Sa, 4/9, 7:30pm; Su, 4/10, 2pm; Th, 4/14, 7:30pm, $15-$18.

Reno Little Theater, 147 E. Pueblo St., (775) 813-8900.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada presents the stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a tender portrait of a southern town, brimming with powerful lessons of tolerance, justice and quiet heroism. F, 4/1, 7pm; Sa, 4/2, 7pm; Su, 4/3, 2pm. $10-$12. Laxalt Auditorium, Warren Nelson Building, 401 W. Second St., (775) 284-0789,

We’ll always have parasite When I got remarried, I inherited a stepdaughter. At the time, I was happy about this. Though she and my husband had been estranged for many years, I was instrumental in getting them to reconcile. I’ve come to regret this. She is a rageaholic, spendaholic party girl.

She has three DUIs and an extravagant lifestyle that’s financially draining her dad and me. Though I have no problem cutting her off, my husband can’t say no to his little girl—which has us on opposing ends of a bitter battle.

If you had the traditional kind of parasite, you could just put a lit match to its butt.

Welcome to the bottomless hole of wrongheaded empathy—the daddy guilt version of that “bottomless cup of coffee” that, if you ask politely, the Denny’s waitress will keep refilling until you finally die in the booth.

Obviously, your husband means well. Unfortunately, he’s engaging in what’s called “pathological altruism.” The primary researcher on this, Dr. Barbara Oakley, explains it as an intention to help that actually ends up doing harm (sometimes to both the do-gooder and the do-goodee).

Enabling can feel so right in the moment, Oakley explains, in part because we get something out of it: activation of the same regions of the brain that “light up” from drugs and gambling. Say hello to the “helper’s high.”

Refusing to “help,” on the other hand, is uncomfortable and tends to lead to ugly interactions, like screaming matches if Daddy says no to putting his retirement money into retiring last season’s Versace for this season’s Vuitton.

Being judiciously helpful takes asking the feel-bad questions, like “What’s the likely result of consistently attaching a garden hose to our bank account and washing away any consequences from Princess Partyhardy’s actions?” That’s a question that should get answered before she gets her fourth DUI—possibly leading to a need for somebody to pick up not only the cost of the fancy DUI lawyer but the pieces of some cute 5-year-old from along the side of the road.

You can keep telling your husband this until your teeth fall out, but because of his emotional ensnarement—along with the fear and anger that you’ll try to stop him—he’ll probably just fight harder to go along with her little-girl-voiced shakedowns. And though, with your emotional distance, you have a clearer eye on how your step-sponge is playing her dad, there are surely a few rationality-eating emotions bubbling up in you. There’s got to be anger because your money’s getting tossed down the

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drunken-spendy princesshole and some fear that you’ll end up on a street corner, begging people to drop change into your “World’s Greatest Stepmom” mug.

Fear and anger make for the worst argument partners.

They trigger the amygdala, a central player in the brain’s threat-detection circuit. It, in turn, sounds the alarm, triggering the release of fight-or-flight hormones and shutting down functions not needed to battle or bolt, like—whoops—higher reasoning. And more bad news: When you keep repeating a behavior, your brain cells go, “Wait—we do this all the time. Let’s put that on auto.” And this is what has happened here—which is to say, you two could be doing permanent damage to your relationship.

Advice columnists tend to squawk like parrots, “Therapy! Therapy!” (Like that option wouldn’t otherwise occur to anybody.) However, in your situation—because you two can’t seem to dial down the “bitter battle”—here is an intermediary you should consider engaging: a mediator.

(Look for a marital one at Mediate.com.) Mediation is dispute resolution. It’s issue-focused, so it’s worlds faster than therapy. The mediator won’t take a month to figure out how you really felt when you were 6 years old and you didn’t get that cookie.

The mediator’s job is to dial down the emotional temperature and get you two listening to each other—to the point where you understand each other’s feelings. This is how you come to empathize with somebody—which motivates you to act in their interest and not just in your own. The mediator then guides you to come to a decision as a couple and can help you set up a framework for discussing emotionally charged issues so date night doesn’t devolve into hate night.

Still, it’s important to recognize that every problem isn’t perfectly solvable. What’s essential, however, is the “C-word”: compromise—understanding that you ultimately win by being willing to lose a little. This means accepting that you won’t always get the exact outcome you want—which, in this case, would probably involve picking up a time machine at Best Buy so you could go persuade your stepdaughter’s mother to have a purse dog instead of a child. Ω

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., No. 280, Santa Monica,CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Whatever

it is you’re seeking won’t come in the form you’re expecting,” warns Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami. If that’s true, why bother? Why expend all your precious yearning if the net result won’t even satisfy your yearning?! That’s why I advise you to abandon your beloved plans! Save your energy for trivial wishes. That way you won’t be disappointed when they are fulfilled in unanticipated ways. April fool! I was messing with you. It’s true that what you want won’t arrive in the form you’re expecting. But I bet the result will be even better than what you expected.

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a pilgrimage, aren’t you? It might be time to shave your head, sell your possessions and head out on a long trek to a holy place where you can get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet. April fool! I was kidding about the head-shaving and possessions-dumping.

On the other hand, there might be value in embarking on a less melodramatic pilgrimage. I think you’re ready to seek radical bliss of a higher order—and get back in touch with what the hell you’re doing here on this planet.

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to fight the monster? Do you have the courage and strength and stamina and guile to overcome the ugly beast that’s blocking the path to the treasure? If not, turn around and head back to your comfort zone until you’re better prepared. April fool! I lied. There is a monster, but it’s not the literal embodiment of a beastly adversary.

Rather, it’s inside you. It’s an unripe part of yourself that needs to be taught and tamed and cared for. Until you develop a better relationship with it, it will just keep testing you. (P.S. Now would be a good time to develop a better relationship with it.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your advice for the near future comes from poet Stephen Dunn. “If the Devil sits down,” he says, “offer companionship, tell her you’ve always admired her magnificent, false moves.” I think that’s an excellent plan, Libra! Maybe

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you’ll even be lucky enough to make the acquaintance of many different devils with a wide variety of magnificent, false moves.

April fool! I lied. In fact, I think you should avoid contact with all devils, no matter how enticing they might be. Now is a key time to surround yourself with positive influences.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 1841,

a British medical journal prescribed the following remedy for the common cold: “Nail a hat on the wall near the foot of your bed, then retire to that bed and drink spirits until you see two hats.” My expert astrological analysis reveals that this treatment is likely to cure not just the sniffles, but also any other discomforts you’re suffering from, whether physical or emotional or spiritual. So I hope you own a hat, hammer and nails. April fool! I lied.

The method I suggested probably won’t help alleviate what ails you. But here’s a strategy that might: Get rid of anything that’s superfluous, rotten, outdated or burdensome.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To

begin your oracle, I’ll borrow the words of author Ray Bradbury: “May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days, and out of that love, remake a world.” I have reason to believe that this optimistic projection has a good chance of coming true for you.

Imagine it, Sagittarius: daily swoons of delight and rapture from now until the year 2071. April fool! I lied, sort of. It would be foolish to predict that you’ll be giddy with amorous feelings nonstop for the next 54 years and 10 months. On the other hand, I don’t think it’s unrealistic for you to expect a lot of that sweet stuff over the course of the next three weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I am

tired of being brave,” groaned Anne Sexton in one of her poems. “I’m sick of following my dreams,” moaned comedian Mitch Hedberg, adding, “I’m just going to ask my dreams where they’re going and hook up with them later.” In my opinion, Capricorn, you have every right to unleash grumbles similar to Hedberg’s and Sexton’s. April fool! The advice I just gave you is only half-correct. It’s true that you need and deserve a respite from your earnest struggles. Now is indeed a good time to take a break so you can recharge your spiritual batteries. But don’t you dare feel sorry for yourself.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1991,

hikers in the Italian Alps discovered the well-preserved corpse of a Bronze Age hunter. Buried in the frigid terrain, the man who came to be known as Otzi the Iceman had been there for 5,000 years.

Soon the museum that claimed his body began receiving inquiries from women who wanted to be impregnated with Otzi’s sperm. I think this is an apt metaphor for you, Aquarius. Consider the possibility that you might benefit from being fertilized by an influence from long ago. April fool!

I was just messing with you. It’s true you can generate good mojo by engaging with inspirational influences from the past. But I’d never urge you to be guided by a vulgar metaphor related to Otzi’s sperm.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Caligula was

an eccentric Roman emperor who had a physical resemblance to a goat. He was sensitive about it. That’s why he made it illegal for anyone to refer to goats in his company. I mention this, Pisces, because I’d like to propose a list of words you should forbid to be used in your presence during the coming weeks: “money,” “cash,” “finances,” “loot,” “savings” or “investments.” Why? Because I’m afraid it would be distracting, even confusing or embarrassing, for you to think about these sore subjects right now. April fool ! I lied. The truth is, now is a perfect time for you to be focused on getting richer quicker.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s expanded weekly audio horoscopes and daily text message horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at (877) 873-4888 or (900) 950-7700.

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Storyteller Kenneth Dalton started Our Story Inc. to spread the word of accomplishments of Northern Nevadans in history. In its 20 years, it has published calendars and a book, 300+ Facts, and provided displays and programs around the area.

Dalton himself was a part of that history—one of Reno’s first six African-American firefighters.

What made you start Our Story?

I think I started Our Story because of a lack of knowledge of contributions that have been made in this area. I just felt that we needed to know that there were things done in this area that are positive.

When you first envisioned it, what did you have in mind? Did it look like what you ended up with?

I think when I first envisioned it, it was kind of like what we talked about before, more like a storytelling kind of a thing.

You know, I would talk to people and I would say, Did you know? Did you know about Jim Beckwourth? And they’d say, Who? Do you know about Marion Motley? Who? Marion Motley—I mean, you don’t know about Marion Motley?

And it was kind of one of those things, that you would go to a party and tell people and see their reaction, and they just didn’t know. Ben Palmer. They just didn’t know. And they would think you

were making it up. And you would tell them, no, that you can actually go and see, and there’s books on these people and there’s history about them. And I got more excited about just seeing people’s faces when they found out that it was true. It just kind of snowballed into what we’re at now. Did I think that we’d have 300+ Facts? … We need to share all that. It takes a lot of people to do a lot of research, put it all together, but it needs to be done. It needs to be done or it’s going to be buried like it has been.

It was just another morning in Niceville, USA. I awoke after another nice night of sleep, made a nice cup of fresh, and turned on the Tube to see who didn’t have such a nice night. After a half hour of catching up on those for whom life wasn’t so nice, a half hour punctuated with my internal comments such as “So what,” “That’s too bad,” “Serves you right,” “What an asshole,” “That’s a shame,” “Oh, boy,” I took a nice shower and headed off into town.

First stop was the bank. The teller was nice. Everything was right, my numbers were the same as the bank’s (roughly) and that was nice. “Have a nice day,” said the teller as I left. Next stop, the grocery store, and there, the cute babe in produce was working, and she nicely told me about the new avocados and how they were the best from Southern California. I thought that was nice, and then I proceeded to get the rest of the items on my list and went to checkout and the woman there was as OPINION

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We did come up with a coloring book to try to target the young people. Once again, that’s back to the education. If the parents don’t know, how are the children going to know? So now we’re sharing with the parents. … My kids lived it. They lived it so much that my son, who is in the Navy, and he’s stationed at Leavenworth, Kansas, during his travels he was able to get out and he actually went over to the Martin Luther King Memorial in Memphis.

And he called me and said, “Dad, I’m at the museum.” … Excited about that experience, being a part of what his dad is doing here. Ω

You’re at 20 years. What’s next?

It’s one of those things that when I talk to you and share some of the things that I’m talking about, I’ve shared it with you.

So you can’t say, Well, I don’t know. You do know. So what are we going to do with it now? How are we going to share it? And it’s not just for the young people here. It’s for our community to know.

It’s for our community to get behind.

There’s a lot of things going on around

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the world that we’re all looking at. And then we take hold or ownership in some of the things that are not even happening here, but it’s happening someplace else.

And I’m saying, let’s take ownership in what’s going on here. Let’s not take the negative from some other places and then try to say, Well, we’re not going to let that happen here. Well, you don’t even have to think about it. Let’s take some of the positives and say you want that to radiate out to the rest of the world on how positive it is in Reno, Nevada, with all these different things that you have just found out that make Reno positive. Let’s work it from that angle. That’s what I’d like to see.

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∫y Bruce Van Dye In driving around town during the day, all the other drivers were nice and orderly and nobody got pissed off at me or cut me off or flipped me off, and I didn’t encounter one iota of road rage or even minor hostility, and indeed it was basically smooth, functional niceness.

And that’s how it went all day long. Just like all the days in Niceville. Or at least, 99 percent of them.

And when I got home at 5 o’clock, I turned on the Tube to see the latest mistakes, accidents and villainies that had happened to an eentsy teentsy slice of humanity, and I thought to myself, after a densely packed hour of calamities and disagreements, “Wow, the world sure is going down the toilet.” Ω

nice as she could be as she inquired as to the satisfaction of today’s shopping experience, and I assured her that it was the ultimate in niceness and that if some poor slob from Somalia ever wandered into a place like this he would undoubtedly pee in his pants because he would have no idea how to handle all the incredible nicitude, and she laughed nicely, and the debit card worked properly like it usually does, and that was very nice.

Next was the oil change place, and the crew there were totally nice as they explained what all they were going to do to the truck in addition to recycling my old oil, which I thought was a nice thing to do, and I approved of all the nice extra stuff and then I settled in the waiting room to read my nice magazine.

The fellas finished in 45 minutes, and I drove off, and I couldn’t help but notice how nice the truck ran with its new fluids and how nice the windshield was now that it was sparkling clean, and it was all just the essence of OK.

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