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Above: The monument to Nevada’s most famous newspaper, the Territorial Enterprise, in Genoa. KURT HILDEBRAND

On the cover: The former Minden Flour Mill is home to the Bently Heritage Estate Distillery and Tasting Room. The distillery opened in February. KURT HILDEBRAND

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Bently Heritage Distillery owner Christopher Bently jokes with Master Distiller Johnny Jeffery during a tour of the Bently Ranch.

Whisky’s for drinking Bently opens Heritage Distillery in old Minden Flour Mill

bout 112 years after the construction of the Minden Flour Mill and more than 50 years after it ceased operation, it is once more a center of manufacturing, only this time instead of food, it’s producing spirits. Plans for the Bently Heritage site were first unveiled in 2013 by Christopher Bently, but the work converting the old mill and the Minden creamery building wouldn’t start until closer to 2015.

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Before demolition began on the creamery building, whose facade had been designed by famed Reno architect Frederic DeLongchamp in 1916, work had to be done to make sure the renovation met historic standards. Both the façade and the Minden mill were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. In 2015, plans for the buildings included reducing the size of the creamery building from its sprawling 94,000 square feet to something less than a quarter of that size to house the distillery’s main workplace. The site was purchased by Minden industrialist Don Bently in 1969, and housed the offices of Bently Nevada Corp. until the end of the 20th Century. One of the keys to developing the mill into a distillery was to unite the four silos into a single cloverleaf. According to an estimate from the Nevada Office of Economic Development, the project cost $100 million. On Feb. 9, 2019, the distillery opened to the public for the first time. Left: Detail of one of the columns used to distill spirits at Bently Distillery. Opposite: Work installing piping throughout the distillery is a point of pride for Bently Heritage.

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Tours are offered by reservation at bentlyheritage.com. The cost of a tour is $20; tastings are $10. The tasting room hours of operation will be 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays. Tours will generally run 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Three days prior to opening, owners Christopher and Camille Bently conducted a media tour of the site. Master Distiller Johnny Jeffery said that as an estate distillery, every step from planting to final product is controlled by the estate. “We’re able to control the entire process from the time we’re putting seeds in the ground and pulling water out of the ground,” Jeffery said. “We’re able to see every step of the way, and really customize things to the quality we’d like.” Jeffery credited Bently’s passion for single-malt whisky for inspiring the entire project. “He really wanted to bring something to America that expresses the land in the same way that Scotch does,” he said. Winter rye, oats, wheat corn and barley are milled at the site and malted. The whisky that Bently favors will take a while to age in climate-controlled rickhouses. Otherwise, the dry Nevada climate would cause it to evaporate.

Right: Master Distiller Johnny Jeffery at the entrance to the former Butter manufacturing building. Opposite: Camille Bently reflects on some animal tracks left in the snow at the Bently Ranch during a tour of the property.

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Bently Ranch Manager Matt McKinney said that of the 6,000 acres of irrigated farmland owned by Bently, 2,500 acres were dedicated just to the distillery process. On the day the distillery opened to the public, 80 percent of the 10,000 tons of grain storage was filled. While the Heritage Site controls all steps in the process, McKinney said that there’s a roughly 18-month turnaround time from the planting of crops to delivery of grain. Bently Ranch grows several kinds of non-genetically modified grains for use in the distillery. Oats and corn are among the largest crops. “We’re growing a multi-colored, older variety of corn that has an awesome taste,” McKinney said. He said grinders include a rolling and hammer mill depending on the grist ordered by the distillers. Jeffery said the stills were hand-hammered in Germany by Christian Wagner. Using oats, distillers make a neutral spirit that will be used for the Bently gins and vodka. Stainless vessels are used for initial distillation and then the copper pots are used to wrap the process. “Then we had botanicals to make gin,” he said, pointing at one of the stills. “This still — by the end of the day —we’ll have made about 1,000 cases of vodka.”

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Jeffery said one of the keys to the success of the Heritage Distillery is fostering staff creativity using the 400-liter research and development still. “I tell my staff they get one silly idea a year, and they can fill a barrel with that silly idea,” he said. “Some of our silliest ideas have become some of our cooler products.” The Heritage site is large for a craft distillery, though still much smaller than big industrial sized distillers. “We have a lot of resources, including a gas chromatograph with mass spectrometry,” Jeffery said. “That’s basically a fancy way of saying that we have chemical analysis you would find in a university laboratory. We are looking at the compounds that are adding flavor and aroma to our spirits.” He said one of the experiments that came out wonderfully was an American dry gin, that when it was scaled up didn’t work as well.

Below: Bottles and labels for the Bently Heritage Estate Distillery. Opposite: Bently Ranch Manager Matt McKinney describes grain processing for the Bently Ranch.

“It was clearly off spec, so we put it through the nosing port and could compare them,” he said. “We can smell what’s being contributed one aromatic molecule at a time, which is super nerdy and awesome. It’s an unbelievable thing to be able to do even at this scale.” Recognizing the Heritage site’s potential for tours, all the pipe work inside the distillery was carefully designed, thanks to a full preview model. “All of our installers have taken tremendous pride in the way the pipes were routed,” Jeffery said. “Even the welds are beautiful.” The same sort of attention to detail was applied to the design of labels and bottles Bently produced. “This equipment has to handle a lot of bottle shapes and types,” Jeffery said. “These are custom bottles, and are highly faceted. We worked for two and a half years on bottle design and labeling. Christopher and Camille took extreme care in packaging these beautiful products.” Bently is pursuing LEED Gold certification for the project. Tours are offered by reservation at bentlyheritage.com. The cost of a tour is $20; tastings are $10. The tasting room hours of operation will be 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays. Tours will generally run 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. ■

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ander into the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center and there you’ll find an added benefit. On the main floor, take some time to check out the Carson Valley Visitors Authority’s visitor center. It’s a wealth of great information on local activities, events, dining, shopping and more. Better yet, you’ll be happily served by the depth of knowledge and concierge style service offered by their team. While visitors bureaus spend the dominant percentage of their efforts promoting a destination to travelers from outside the area, this team sees great value in locals and their passion for experiences. The Executive Director, Jan Vandermade, asks us to, “search the word tourist. It describes a person traveling to a place for pleasure. Synonyms include visitor, sightseer, backpacker or globetrotter, yet nowhere is there any mention of how far one travels. Guess what? Look closer and you find we’re all tourists seeking new experiences, locals and visitors alike. No measure of miles defines us. Traveling one mile or 3,000, when we seek out

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a new discovery, we’re tourists. And when we don’t know our way, we crave a friendly face willing to lend advice or a helping hand. Turns out we’re all explorers looking for opportunities to see and do things that expand our desire for great memories.” Carson Valley Visitors Authority is their business to business name. Most travelers or customers find them online or on social media as Visit Carson Valley. Also referred to as a Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), their goal is to introduce visitors to the truly unique experiences offered in our valley. Vandermade tells us, “overnight visitors alone now bring a positive impact to our community of over $70m per year. Day visitors add even more spending locally”. The Marketing Manager, Heidi Saucedo, adds, “we concentrate on our greatest physical attributes combined with a warm and welcoming local community who are more than willing to offer help or suggestions as to what to do and where to go. Bently Heritage Estate Distillery is already drawing

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Wellington wine maker bottles what he sows South County man finds fertile ground for vineyard

hile it may be a while before Carson Valley is ready to start making wine from grapes to bottle, a south county resident is already in production. Wellington resident Greg Ross has an acre of grape vines and has been producing wine for private consumption as a result. Ross and his wife purchased the property on a hill above the Walker River in 2011. He said she suggested planting vines, but Ross had his doubts in the beginning.

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“No way,” he said. “There are too many varmints, deer and bunnies. It’s not going to work. The growing season is too short.” She didn’t listen and planted seeds. Ross said he purchased 25 vines “just for fun.” “They reached full ripeness and the correct acidity and sugar levels,” he said. “And then I planted some more, and a few more, and now I have 722 mistresses out there. My retirement turned into my work.” The 64-year-old said the vines require all of his attention. “I really got the bug in the early part of this year when I won all these awards. I entered four competitions.” The growing season was one of Ross’ initial concerns Five vintages later, he said he’s getting perhaps 1 percent frost KUBOTA STANDARD L SERIES damage. “I occasionally lose a vineTRACTOR to frost,” he said. “We had a SELLING COMPACT BRAND 22-degree day OVER on May 23Aand lost a few vines in the lower part FOR DECADE.* of the property.”

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But the cold air sits in the river bottom, and the grapes and blackberry bushes are the only fruit he’s had not affected by frost. Like most places in the county, apple, cherry and peach trees have all lost crops to the cold. “You can commercially grow fine-wine grapes, at least where I am, so the frost hasn’t been an issue.” Ross isn’t a stranger to the wine business. He started when he taught a wine class in 1975. It didn’t pay anything, but he did get work on the business side. “You can’t be in the sales side without absorbing by osmosis some of the wine knowledge,” he said. “I started out doing home-made wine, a cabernet just for fun with a couple of friends. I received a gold medal for a wine I made in 1985.” But Ross said buying grapes and making wine didn’t quite fulfill him. “Something was missing until I tried growing it myself,” he said. “I stated with a small vineyard in southern California, but I did everything wrong.” And after he started winning awards he began to pay more attention to the details. “I really got the bug when I got all these awards,” he said. “I took a more concerted effort. ‘Hey man,’ I said, ‘don’t leave that bottle uncleaned. Clean everything. Make sure you have CO2.’”

He said he grows mostly white wine, but he does produce a red and a rosé. “The growing area demands white wine,” he said. “You can’t put a square peg in a round hole. It has to be white.” He said one of the things he has to watch out for is oxidation. “When you cut open an apple, it starts to go brown,” he said. “If you rack the wine from one jug to another, and don’t take care of oxidation, it will go brown.” He said he took a more professional approach when he started growing his own grapes. “With all the work I did in the vineyard, I’m not going to blow it,” he said. “I want to prove to myself I can do it.” Don’t expect to see Ross’ Bulldog Walker River Estate label on store shelves, though. “I’m not going to sell it,” he said. “Douglas, and the state, and the feds would all want their piece of the pie. I’d have to deal with the board of health and all of those things.” The bulldog on the wine label refers to Ross’ dog, Stella. “I own bulldogs,” he said. “They’re a lifestyle, almost as bad as the grapes. They chase me out into the vineyard. They’re a lot of fun.” Ross said he wanted to prove to himself he could grow grapes and turn them into wine here. “Now I want to let people know you can grow something other than alfalfa here,” he said. ■ L E B R AT I NG CE

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Hundreds of people fill the streets of Genoa during the opening day of the 2017 Genoa Candy Dance. BRAD COMAN

Candy Dance Centennial Annual Genoa event celebrates a century

illie Rightmire has many wonderful memories associated with the annual Genoa Candy Dance – she first got involved with the event in the 1940s when she helped her mother go door-to-door and ask local housewives to donate pies, cakes and other foods for the dance’s midnight supper. But no memory trumps that of a special evening in 1952. That’s when a man named Donald attended his first Genoa Candy Dance. Rightmire says he immediately caught her eye.

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“(Donald) was from Carson City, and he was home on leave,” says Rightmire. “He came to the dance with a couple of his buddies. He asked me to dance, and that’s all it took – he really could dance.” The Rightmires married in 1954 and had three children. It’s safe to say that the Genoa Candy Dance truly molded the direction of their lives. The Genoa Candy Dance has shaped the course of Genoa’s past and future as well. This year marks the centennial of the annual event that draws tens of thousands of visitors to Nevada’s oldest settlement at the base of the Sierra Nevada. Its impact on the town is immeasurable. LIGHTING THE WAY

The first Genoa Candy Dance was held in 1919 to raise money to purchase streetlights for the town. Lillian Virgin Finnegan proposed hosting a dance and handing out candy as an incentive to encourage regional residents to attend. Subsequent candy dances were held to raise funds to maintain the streetlights and pay for the electricity they used. Since those humble beginnings, the Genoa Candy Dance has grown to become the largest fundraiser for the town, says new Town Manager JT Chevallier. “The real reason it was started was to provide the town with services it didn’t already have,” Chevallier says. “Over the last 100 years it has grown significantly, and we receive a large part of our funding as a town government from the Genoa Candy Dance.” Left: Candymaker Sherry Eriksen stirs the fudge pot at the Genoa Town Hall in 2018, while helping to make more than a ton of candy sold during the annual event. KURT HILDEBRAND Opposite: Tom Ward of Visalia, Calif., shops at Our Desert Studio’s booth at the Genoa Candy Dance. SHANNON LITZ - FILE PHOTO

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“We are able to provide services such as maintenance on buildings and streets almost as a direct result from the Candy Dance. It is the single-largest fundraising mechanism for the level of services we provide for the community.” The two-day event generates revenue from a wide stream of sources, including: • Rentals of booth space for crafters, food and activity vendors • Candy sales • The traditional dinner dance • Business contributions and sponsorships • Priority parking More than 300 crafters sell their wares at the event. They are joined by between 25 and 30 food vendors and a handful of activity vendors. More than 4,000 pounds worth of candy is sold as well. All of those channels join to form the overall revenue picture for the Genoa Candy Dance, Chevallier says.

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The Genoa Candy Dance is an incredible marketing vehicle for town. For many regional residents living outside the Carson Valley, the Genoa Candy Dance is their first exposure to the picturesque town that was established in 1851 as Mormon Station and functioned for years as a trading post and stopover for wagon trains traveling along the Emigrant Trail. The town was renamed Genoa in 1855. Chevallier became town manager in January. Like many, his first exposure to Genoa was a trip to attend the Candy Dance. “The Candy Dance provides an opportunity for people around and outside of the area to experience Genoa,” Chevallier says. “Many people may not have come here if it weren’t for the Candy Dance. It provides an awareness of Genoa and what we have to offer.” The town’s population swells over the two-day weekend in late September – this year’s event will be held on the 28th and 29th. Once the event ends, though, Genoa returns to its quaint

Opposite: Shoppers look at the Bartlett Art Works booth from Twin Falls, Idaho, at the 2012 Candy Dance. SHANNON LITZ

and sleepy roots. Yet the allure the town’s rich history, diverse cultural activities and warmth of its residents draws people back for a day of exploring or to consume adult beverages at the Genoa Bar and Saloon. Built in 1853, it’s the oldest drinking establishment in the state of Nevada. “We are a very small town with a very dedicated community,” he adds. “People come back here once they experience it and see the historic buildings, the beautiful downtown corridor, and the spirit of Genoa. The Candy Dance is people dipping their feet into the shallow end, but yearafter-year they come back at different times. That provides a pretty big ripple effect and allows folks to experience this region who may never had known it existed prior to going to the Candy Dance. “Every time you come back you can find something you didn’t see or expect to find before, and you can have a truly fun and unique experience right here in the Carson Valley.” town historian fourth generation

A fourth-generation Genoan, Rightmire’s family came to Nevada’s oldest town in 1858. As the town’s official historian, she writes about Genoa’s history for the local Genoa Connection newsletter. Rightmire was born in Carson City in 1933, and outside of a few years living in other parts of Northern Nevada

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and Desert Hot Springs, Calif., she’s lived the majority of her 86 years in Genoa. “Genoa has always been home,” Rightmire says. Although she’s stepped away from participating in Genoa Candy Dance preparations the past few years, one of her favorite parts of preparing for the annual event was making candy – it was always a time when old friends gathered and new friendships were forged. “Everyone always comes in to help make candy, and I get to see a lot of friends and people I haven’t seen for a while,” she says. “I liked to make divinity; that was my specialty. I learned from very nice lady who had a foolproof recipe. “I made divinity because I don’t particularly like it,” Rightmire adds. “Fudge is the most well-known candy from Genoa, and I was afraid that if I made fudge it would be one piece for the town and two pieces for me. That’s why I always made divinity.” Initially, Rightmire didn’t agree with the idea of adding a craft faire to the event. However, its deep financial impact quickly became apparent. The craft faire was added to the slate of events in the early 1970s, and that aspect of the Genoa Candy Dance now overshadows key traditions of the event’s long history such as candy sales or the dinner dance. “The truth of it is that the (craft faire) has helped the town progress and look the way it does today, which is nice and clean,” Rightmire says. “Genoa is a beautiful little town, and that is why it is my home. But the craft faire does take over because everyone comes to see what’s new and what goods the vendors have to offer.” Historically, the midnight supper was always a pretty big deal as well. The dance has been held in various locations, include the Raycraft Dance Hall, which was built in 1886 and hosted the inaugural Genoa Candy Dance in 1919. It’s also been held at the old drugstore building and the Genoa Masonic Hall. This year’s dinner and dance will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29 at Genoa Town Park on Nixon Street.

Rightmire says that when she was a young girl her uncles taught her all the fashionable moves at the annual dance. “Most of the dances were a two-step or something like that, and my uncles used to dance with me,” she says. “My grandmother always told me to dance with anyone that asked unless they were drinking liquor.” Obviously, Donald Rightmire was sober that auspicious night back in ’52 when he asked his eventual wife to dance. Like many kids in Genoa and the Carson Valley, Rightmire picked and bagged potatoes at the neighboring Trimmer Ranch to earn money so she could buy a new outfit or skirt to wear at the dance. Although she doesn’t participate as much as she used to, the Candy Dance will forever remain an important part of her life. “I have gone to the Candy Dance for as long as I can remember,” she says. Honoring Founder Lillian Virgin Finnegan

In honor of the Genoa Candy Dance’s long and storied run, a seven-foot-tall bronze statue of event founder Lillian Virgin Finnegan will be erected at the corners of Nixon and Main streets prior to the event. A dedication ceremony will be held in the early evening on Aug. 16. Genoa resident and artist Debrine Smedley first proposed the idea and also created a clay model and the real bronze statue that will be cast at Bronzesmith Fine Art Foundry & Gallery of Prescott Valley, Ariz. Genoa general contractor Roger Falcke and statue project site coordinator Lee Hanson are responsible for the statue’s site preparations. Opposite: Artist Debrine Smedley unveils a frieze celebrating Candy Dance’s volunteers at the Genoa Town Board meeting. KURT HILDEBRAND

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Gail Teig, chairman of Genoa Candy Dance centennial statue project, says the town has been very receptive to the addition of the bronze statue. The centennial statue group made its first presentation to the town board back in the fall of 2016 and got the green light. Subsequent fundraisers for the project have been extremely successful as well. “It is going to be a terrific addition to the town and a wonderful way to celebrate the 100th year of the Candy Dance,” Teig says. “Sometimes I felt like we were on a threelegged stool. We want to appeal to the town to approve it but we also had to appeal to the county because we are in county right-of-way. We had to get a special use permit approved by the (Douglas County) Planning Commission, which was a big step. Every step was somewhat of a challenge, but we have marched right along.” Additionally, the historic Carson City Mint at the Nevada State Museum will create 100 limited-edition silver coins stamped with Finnegan’s image on April 11. Teig is eager to watch the press run. “People have signed up to come, and many have given the number they want to have,” she says. “I asked for No. 100 since I’ll stay until they print the last one. It will be a celebration that evening as we watch the museum staff press these silver planchettes we purchased.”

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The Genoa Candy Dance brings the majority this tight-knit community together in a selfless effort to pull off one of the region’s largest special events. Chevallier says that putting on the Genoa Candy Dance wouldn’t even be possible without such strong community support. “We are a small staff here in Genoa – there are only two of us – and it would be impossible for us to execute this event,” he says. “The community truly makes our job easier and really drives home the fact that Genoa is a community. They work tirelessly to ensure that we provide a good experience for the visitors. It comes from the people who live here and love it and want others to experience it.” Anyone interested in volunteering for the event can contact the Genoa Town Office to find a spot. Vendors are also encouraged to call the town office soon, since vendor space fills up fast. The Genoa Candy Dance is always held the last full weekend of September. Weather can either be blisteringly hot or cold and wet – typical for northern Nevada. Regardless, the event offers something for everyone. “It is truly a family event. If you are age 2 to 102, you will find something to enjoy at the Candy Dance,” Chevallier says. ■

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hen Allen Peake and Chef Joel Gruneich took over Philadelphia’s cheesesteak restaurant, they had a vision to elevate the experience without changing the things people loved about the place. That’s why you’ll still find the most authentic Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwiches around on the menu, but now they’re made with hand-sliced, grass-fed Bently Ranch beef. (Don’t worry, in true Philly fashion, he didn’t remove the option to top off the sandwich with classic cheese whiz, provolone or white American cheese.) “I love the cheesesteaks,” Peake said. “But our idea was to elevate the cuisine by adding more Italian dishes and providing the community with an option for fresh seafood. I’m happy that we were able to keep something going that the town had lost.” Customers are calling Philadelphia Seafood & Italian a “hidden gem” in Gardnerville. About a year after reopening and renovating the space, Peake

is proud of how far the restaurant has come in terms of atmosphere, food and reputation. Peake also loves that the restaurant gives him another platform to support youth community events and other causes. As the father of young kids who coaches youth sports all year, he’s motivated to help kids in the community. “Businesses that support youth community events make it all possible,” he said. “We have to reinvest in the future.” A new approach Chef Joel Gruneich brought his culinary experience from the Bay Area, where seafood was something he worked with a lot. “I wanted to do fresh clams, mussels, oysters — just bring in some fresh seafood down here,” he said. “We expanded the vegetarian menu a bit, too.” With a personal love for Italian food, especially because it often centers around big portions and family-oriented dining, Gruneich worked to

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is leg had been shot off in a hunting accident when he was just 12 years old. In keeping with the family ethic, he did not bemoan his fate, but took the bull by the horns and carved out a new path for himself. Being the oldest son, Chris Neddenriep was set to inherit the home ranch. Instead he moved into town, bought a building and opened the Carson Valley Mercantile. It was the early 1900s, and this began the history of retail business in this branch of the Neddenriep family. Chris was the son of Anna and Claus Neddenriep. Their ancestral home was in Nordkampen, Germany, but they had friends and family that had settled in Carson Valley. They followed one of their sons here, fearing they would never see him again. Packing up everyone, they arrived in Reno on June 7, 1872. Family friend Augustus Dressler picked them up in his hay wagon, bringing them home to Carson Valley. Chris was a passenger on that bumpy ride. The family purchased a cabin on 80 acres just south of Fredericksburg Road. The wind whipped cold through the knotholes and Anna was said to have â&#x20AC;&#x153;wept enough to salt the potatoes.â&#x20AC;? There was nothing familiar in this new land, but Anna was a faith-filled woman and kept her family close. She had trained to be a midwife in Germany and over the years she delivered hundreds of babies, 25 of which were her own grandchildren. Chris had a little bit of everything at the Carson Valley Mercantile. Today the building houses the popular Cheshire Antiques. The Mercantile was the main business in Gardnerville, and everyone bought their essentials there. Chris and his wife Kate had four children. Son Jerry opened a Case Tractor section next to the store at the site of the present day DST Coffee. The repair component was located in the building that is presently the office of podiatrist Marc Young.

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Jerry was in the Navy from 1945 and went to the University of Nevada, Reno after he returned, majoring in business. He was working at the counter in the Mercantile when Joyce Gilbert, home on a break from college, came up. There was a box of fresh dates next to the register and she asked if she could have one. “Sure!” Jerry replied “What time do you want me to pick you up?” Their courtship began there, and they were married in Joyce’s home state of Michigan. Krissie (Thornhill) Haliwell was one of 13 brides in the family to wear the heirloom Neddenriep orange blossom crown at her ceremony. The piece was first worn by Norie’s great great grandmother Anna in her marriage to Fritz Neddenriep in 1888 in Fredericksburg. The beauty of this tradition has honored many weddings in the family’s rich history. Joyce’s parents had moved out and built a hunting lodge on Foothill Road, and she had attended Douglas High School. Joyce went straight to college, graduating with a degree in fashion design and merchandising from Stephens in Missouri. Her first job was at the legendary I Magnin store. Once married, Joyce worked in the household department at the Mercantile. In the 1950s Jerry and Joyce ran both a Ford Dealership and the Case Tractor Dealership. They had a daughter Norie and a son Chris (named after his grandfather).

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another partnership was formed by Norie with Linda Stratton to keep the tradition of an annual Christmas Card alive. They have a yearly “meet the artist” event which is a highlight of the holiday season. They are also known for their gorgeous selection of Christmas ornaments. When Norie had her daughter, she always took her to the store. Krissie grew up “playing business.” She would often write in ledgers and create diplays. Norie says she “doesn’t know a life without Joyce’s.” Norie taught junior high school and worked in the store, then took it over full time 22 years ago. It has given her the time to be with her family, and to create lasting relationships with her customers. Married to Bill Jenkins, they have a son Chris and a daughter Krissie. Both Norie and daughter Krissie graduated from UNR (another family tradition). Married to Brent Haliwell, Krissie has two stepsons, Travis and Curtis. They all ride horses and have two well-trained German shepherds. Her business, Designing Images, LLC runs under the wings of Joyce’s with her office inside. After receiving her degree in Interior Design,

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she worked for another firm until realizing she “could do this on her own.” Following the strong example set by her grandmother and mother, she jumped right in. As a woman she became the third-generation to run her own business in Carson Valley. All generations of the Neddenriep clan have been very active in their church and live by their family motto: I and my house will serve the Lord (Joshua 24:15). It is central in their lives. Just as Norie’s best friend Linda Stratton did, Martha Ellers has become “chosen family,” working at Joyce’s for 32 years. Both Martha and Linda also have family members who work there. The beauty of a small business like this is that they are continuously learning and reinventing themselves while remaining true to their core values. They are willing to adjust, change, and work hard. Joyce’s Fine Jewelry, 1503 US 395A, always has something new. They offer jewelry and watch repair, GIA insurance appraisals, and an exclusive selection of one of a kind home accessories. They have wedding rings, gifts, and registries. They can design and create any jewelry piece you can imagine. Joyce’s will purchase gold, silver, platinum, bullion, coins, estate jewelry pieces, flatware, hollow ware, and do estate evaluations. Adapting to changing times, the inventory has reflected what people have wanted over the years, and this has never remained constant. Joyce’s forward thinking business sense has created a successful store with loyal customers. This year celebrates 42 years of honoring family and tradition in Carson Valley. ■

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n a brisk January morning, bundled up and fitted with snowshoes, a group of Washoe Tribe youth trekked on the outskirts of Hope Valley, following in the footsteps of their ancestors. Every winter for thousands of years, members of the Washoe Tribe would trek in their distinctively round snowshoes for several days through Hope Valley and across the Sierra Nevada to the American River along a trail called , Peweceli Yeweš (peh-weh-tseh-lee yeh-wesh). They went to collect salmon from the American River to smoke for preservation and bring back to the rest of the tribe. STORY AND PHOTOS BY CLAIRE CUDAHY

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“Snowshoeing is something that was a traditional activity for us during the wintertime and really a big part of our ability to survive and cross the Sierra and trade,” explained Herman Fillmore, culture/language resources director for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. “Today what we try to do a lot of is get our youth out on the land identifying different places and place names using the language, learning about the philosophy and the lay of the land, how Washiw people used to interact with this place, and see it from a Washiw perspective, our perspective.” Summers for the Washoe were spent at Da’aw (Lake Tahoe) — the center of the tribe’s world, both spiritually and geographically — while the rest of the year was spent moving around the basin and surrounding valleys to collect or hunt food like pine nuts, acorns, rabbits and other game. The California gold rush and the subsequent Nevada silver rush, however, would eventually change this way of life for the Washoe people forever. Right: A frozen Red Lake was one of the sights taken in on the trek. Opposite: Ashlin Smokey enjoys her first time out on snowshoes.

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The snowshoe outing was part of a winter break program put on by the tribe’s culture department to engage youth in activities rooted in the Washoe’s history. Prior to heading out, the students learned about and crafted their own snowshoes as their ancestors would have. “When we do things like this, it just touches my heart because I know that we are still doing the things that our ancestors intended us to do — the things that helped us survive for all those thousands of years,” said Lisa Enos, an after-school language teacher, while snowshoeing with her three children and nephew. “I get emotional, but it feels good. It gives me a sense of empowerment.” The tribe’s language immersion school, Washiw Wagayay Mangal — the first of its kind in the nation — closed in 2002 due to a lack of funding, making it even more important to find other ways to pass on tradition and language to the younger generations, tribe members say. The school was located in the Washoe Tribe’s Dresslerville Colony in Gardnerville. Left: Snowshoes were used by the Washoe Tribe in the winter to travel to the American River to collect salmon. Opposite: to the Washoe youth snowshoe outing, DR. JAMES THEPrior DENTIST the students crafted their own pairs.

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“I think getting back out to the land starts to prevent suicide, starts to overcome a lot of the health issues that plague even our children,” said Elizabeth Elliot, administrative assistant for the cultural department. “The programs and the work that the tribe as a whole does is keeping it going but we need more. We lose more kids to the criminal justice system, and we need to have more prevention.” While many of the children choose to partake in the activities, some are mandated through the juvenile probation program. Paula Smith, juvenile probation officer for the Washoe Tribe, said the outdoor programming put on by her department in collaboration with other parts of the tribe has made a huge difference in the lives of the youth she works with. And early intervention is key. “We are one of the only tribes in the state that has it. We are also an exemplary program for other tribes throughout the nation to learn from what we do, the activities we do and the collaboration for activities among recreation, education, truancy and probation departments,” said Smith. “When I started four years ago I had 24 kids now I have three because we’re doing stuff like this and learning about culture, tradition, and staying busy with positive activities.”

The snowshoe trek through Hope Valley was guided by another partner — this one outside of the tribe — that also sees the importance of empowering the original inhabitants of the region: Hope Valley Outdoors. John Dayberry, co-owner of the rental and guiding company, has aspirations to train Washoe youth to work as guides so they can share the history and native place names for the peaks and valleys of the region with visitors from around the world. “What I want to do here is build a model for Indian tourism across the country so the framework that we have starts out with maps and reclaiming place names. So we talk to elders, we examine history books and archaeological records,” explained Dayberry, who operates the outdoor outfitter from a yurt by Picketts Junction. “We bring people together like this and try to find these old place names that have been neglected and forgotten and replaced with other names like Red Lake Peak and Steven’s Peak and Red Lake and Carson Pass. “We need to let the Washoe people tell their story through their language.” ■ Opposite: Herman Fillmore, Culture/Language Resources Director for the Washoe Tribe, demonstrates how Washoe ancestors would shield their eyes from bright snow.

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his year marks the opening of Douglas County’s greatest newspaper war, when George Smith moved the Courier from Genoa to Gardnerville. George I. Lamy established the Gardnerville Record in 1898 in the wake of the lynching of Adam Uber the previous year. Lamy opened the doors of the Record on July 2, 1898, calling himself Professor, though in the Courier he was often referred to as the Fiddler. That nickname came from the fact Lamy, who was reportedly a graduate of the Paris Conservatory of Music, offered violin lessons before trying his hand in newspapering. The following year, on May 26, 1899, the Courier left Genoa and moved into its new building on Eddy Street, where it would remain until 1996. The controversy over Uber’s shooting of a Gardnerville man the previous year and the Danish contingent’s response was a statewide scandal.

Bert Selkirk worked for Lamy as a compositor, kicking off his 36-year association with Gardnerville newspapers. In 1941, he said the battle between Lamy and Smith was the last of the Douglas newspaper battles. “Smith openly charged in big bold type that Lamy was a wife-beater, a skunk and a shyster and in rebuttal, Lamy charged Smith with being a thief, a card sharp and a no-good son of a gun.” Selkirk said one of Lamy’s editorials prompted him to set a bottle of water on the type case “just in case the copy catches on fire.” Selkirk said Lamy grabbed an iron bar and threatened to hit him with it, prompting him to quit and look for work “in a more tranquil environment.” The key battleground between the two publications was the county printing contract. In December 1898, The Courier accused Lamy of printing the registry for the East Fork precinct and then handing the county a bill.

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“He also tried this game on the Republican state and county central committees and it didn’t work,” Smith said. “In fact he seems to have tried it on almost everybody and the people are getting very sick of it.” In December 1899, Lamy wrote a poem calling out Smith that came to the notice of other state papers. “The Courier and Record of Gardnerville are quarreling, and in the last issue of the Record the editor ‘does up’ Smith in something we presume was meant for poetry. If Smith recovers from the shock to his nervous system after he reads it, it will prove that he is a man with an iron constitution,” the Reno Ledger reported. The Courier lost the county printing contract in 1900, claiming that commissioners refused to advertise for bids and gave the $240 contract to the Record, despite a petition representing 94 taxpayers. “It is more than twice the sum the Courier received for doing all the county printing during the year we had the contract from April 1, 1899, to April 1, 1900, and more than twice the sum we are willing to do it for this year.” The water bottle might have been prophetic, since the Record burned down in a March 9, 1904, fire but by that time Lamy had moved on. He’d sold the newspaper to dentist Stoddard Southworth and his son Charlie on March 13, 1902. After the fire, Southworth purchased The Courier and united the two banners officially on April 8, 1904. ■

It has been 160 years since Nevada’s most famous

newspaper left Genoa for Carson City on it’s way to fame as the chronicler of the Comstock.

The Territorial Enterprise was founded in Nevada’s

oldest town by W.L. Jernegan and Alfred James on Dec. 18, 1858. The Washington hand press and other equipment arrived from Sacramento by team in the late fall, Publisher Bert Selkirk reported in 1930.

“Before the first issue was printed the roads were

blocked with snow,” he said. “It was then discovered that a number of packages of type were missing, having been overlooked at the wharf in Sacramento. The paper could not be published until the missing type was procured and it was here that Snowshoe Thompson saved the day.”

Thompson skied to Placerville and hauled 70

pounds of type on his back over the Sierra.

According to Dan De Quille, Thompson carried

much of the paper that the Enterprise, which was a weekly then, used.

“He not only packed newspapers across the

mountains, but also the types on which newspapers were printed,” he wrote.

The monument to Nevada’s most famous newspaper, The Territorial Enterprise, stands in Genoa.

Publisher Don Woodward pointed out that Genoa

was becoming a backwater by the next year.

“It became obvious that the focus of political

and commercial activity in the territory had shifted to Carson City and the paper’s proprietors loaded their press on a wagon and moved north to get in on the action,” Woodward wrote in 1987.

The Enterprise was purchased by Jonathan

Williams and J.B. Wollard, who took the paper to Carson City Nov. 5, 1859.

“A year later, with the discovery of silver and

gold on the Comstock, the paper moved again — to Virginia City this time.”

Comstock newspaperman Joseph T. Goodman

and Dennis McCarthy purchased the Carson City paper in 1860 and moved it to the Comstock where it published until 1916.

A monument to the first printed publication in

Nevada was established in 1939 by the University Press Club. At the time it was estimated the town’s population was fewer than 200 people. ■

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Teenagers participating in a trek join a circle in the Sierra during the weekend of July 13-14, 2018.

Teens walk path of Mormon pioneers Teenagers learn on their feet what it took to cross the mountains

early 200 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 18 participated in a weekend-long trek across 18 miles of the rugged Sierra in an effort to learn what it was like to walk in the footsteps of the Mormon pioneers. The teens were divided into families of 10, each of which towed a handcart with all of their supplies and belongings. STORY BY KURT HILDEBRAND I PHOTOS SPECIAL TO THE R-C

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Public Affairs Officer for Carson Valley Stephanie Christensen said one of the activities was a women’s pull, in which the men were called away and the girls were left to pull the handcarts alone on one of the steepest portions of the trail. Minden resident Sydney Hastings, 14, said that was her favorite part of the trek. “Just the four girls in our group pulled our handcart up the huge hill with no help,” she said. “It required a lot of stamina and perseverance, and I learned a lot about how hard it was for the pioneers.” Sydney said her least favorite part of the trek was the dust and the potholes on the trail, something the pioneers would recognize. “I learned many lessons on trek,” she said. “One is that the savior can walk beside us always, and its OK to ask for help. If I had had to pull the handcart by myself the whole way, I never would’ve made it. But with my trek family by my side, we walked quickly, and had a lot of fun, too.” Right: Towing handmade carts was part of the August trek through the mountains. Opposite: One of the teenagers involved in the trek takes a moment to collect his thoughts.

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She said that making the trek gave her an appreciation for what the Mormon pioneers achieved when they crossed the country. “As I followed in just a few of their footsteps, I could feel their strength and courage in my heart, and I hope I can be strong like them in my everyday life,” Sydney said. “They were brave to risk everything and leave their homes to face the wilderness. They were faithful, trusting in God and his prophet to lead them safely to their destination.” In addition to the teenagers, there were 90 adult leaders involved in the trek. In addition to towing the handcarts, the teenagers had a hoedown with a live bluegrass band, milked faux cows, had a pig catching contest, shot, sawed wood, threw axes and gathered around the campfire at the end of the day’s efforts. Christensen said she attended the July 15 recap meeting and the teenagers were still glowing from the experience.

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“I was amazed that they would even do something like this,” she said. “They could have been home in the air conditioning playing on their phones. But instead they were doing something to honor their ancestry and learn something for themselves. Second, the parallels they were making between the pioneers’ experiences and their own lives and struggles were impressively mature.” ■

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rowing up in a small Illinois town, Tim Christy was the youngest of three boys, the fifth of five siblings, and the last of his family to work as the hired help for a nearby farmer who didn’t have

kids. “I spent hours working around barns and painting barns,” he remembers. “I grew up around barns. I just liked them.” So it seems natural enough that when he moved to Carson Valley in 2002, he bought himself a historic Genoa barn — even though it wobbled in the wind and he could see the sky through parts of the roof where the asbestos shingles had blown off.

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Left: A circular staircase leads to the upper story. Opposite: Tim Christy shows Gim Hollister the 120-year-old frame work inside the former Haines Barn.

A pilot who worked during the summer fire season, Christy came to Nevada to fly for a local company fighting wildfires in 2001. “I liked the area, and there was the barn sitting there and it was swinging in the breeze,” he said. He was looking for a place he could spend the winter and fly on fires in the summer. And the barn was for sale. But, Christy said, “It was falling down.” It needed to be jacked up and its rock foundation replaced. “It’s kind of funny,” Christy said. “It sat on these rocks for 110 years, and I had to go underneath to put a real foundation on it.” Christy did as much of the work he could by himself or with help from townspeople. But when it came to major construction or technical work, he had it engineered and done by professionals. He bought a man lift so he wouldn’t have to climb 40-foot ladders, like he did as a youth, to take the roof and exterior apart. He removed the wood shingles that covered one area of the roof and asbestos shingles on another, one shingle at a time. A new composition roof keeps the rain and snow out. Various structures in the Valley may boast some of the old wood that Christy removed from the barn’s exterior walls, which are now cloaked in cedar boards. The old pine boards, mostly likely milled in Genoa, had to finally come down.

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“My goal was really to keep the nature of the barn,” he said. “I had different layout ideas. Some may have been better.” When Christy wasn’t fighting fires, he’d doodle out floor plans for his barn and then take the drawings to engineers for finals. He is thinking of having the drawings framed to decorate the walls. Christy kept the barn’s original timber frame and put structural panels around it, which give it strength. “It’s like two buildings inside of a building,” Christy explained. “With the structural panels on the roof and sides, it’s insulated really good.” Two dormers provide light to the second story, one facing north and the other facing south. Cost was a factor in the length of time it took to get the barn ready for occupancy. As for design, the biggest challenge was the barn’s size. On the ground floor there are two living areas, one with a complete kitchen and bath. The other area has a bath but not a cooking space, since Christy lives upstairs in a huge loft replete with a bar, game tables and a model train set, and a stepped up living room furnished with comfy sofas and chairs. The kitchen in the south dormer is flooded with sunlight. He has a bedroom, plenty of storage areas, and a deck with glass doors looking east to the Pine Nuts. Additional windows on all sides bring light into the space. The solarium on the southeast corner of the first floor connects to the top floor via a spiral staircase and showcases tomato and other plants. Christy rejected the idea of a noisy, dusty forced-air heating system. “One of the things I’m glad about, I went with hydronic heating,” he said. A boiler on the first floor heats water that circulates beneath the floors in a tubing layout that was designed and installed by a professional heating contractor. “When your feet are hot, your whole body feels warm,” Christy said. “It cost more to put in, but in the long run it’s the way to go.” With the exception of a couple of antiques Christy picked up in England, most of the furniture was given to him: slouchy couches with cat scratches — which don’t bother him, he has a cat — deep chairs, pool and Ping Pong tables. He picked up the old bar that had sat outside in the weather for about a year at the former Inn Cognito.

“I’m not above taking something that’s free,” he said, although he did have to buy a fridge. His carpenter father collected vintage tools, many made by hand about the time the barn was built in 1898 and before. Over the years Christy brought back beautifully crafted hand drills, planes, and long-handled screwdrivers, among other tools, when he visited his family in Illinois. He laughs as he tells the time his mother carried a crowbar in her carryon luggage on one of her trips to Nevada. Some of the tools are displayed on beams, and others sit on shelves in the kitchen. “Partly I got them because I like them,” Christy said. “They look really good. I didn’t realize how many I brought.” And in the beginning, as he took the barn apart, Christy could not throw anything away. “I kept everything. I was raised that way,” he said. “We didn’t throw anything away. I have some old railings that were up … and another barn door that was on the north side.” He might use another door in his garden, his project for next summer. The barn was the second barn a leading citizen, J.W. Haines, had on his Genoa property. The first one was built in the 1880s, and when it burned in October 1898, Haines lost 200 tons of hay, five tons of wheat, five horses, a mowing machine, two wagons and harnesses. When the barn caught fire, the Genoa school bell was rung and everyone in town turned out, reported the Genoa Weekly Courier, but there was no chance of subduing the flames. The fire lit up the countryside for miles, the paper reported. According to an article in the July 28, 1939, issue of the Record-Courier, Haines came West as captain of the “Ohio Train” in 1848 and established himself as a merchant in Sacramento in the 1850s. He drove a band of sheep to Nevada

in 1859, and in 1863 made his home Genoa. Haines came to prominence in the Nevada Territory and served as a member of the state constitutional convention. He was elected State Senator in 1865, and as noted in the Jan. 10, 2019, R-C’s Remember When column, he won re-election by two votes. Haines was involved with logging, and most of the timber cut in the Lake Tahoe area was hauled to Virginia City to use in the mines. Haines invented the “V” flume, which allowed him to furnish lumber to the mines at a cost of $8 to $10 a cord instead of the going rate of between $14 to $16. Haines, who was married three times and made a widower twice, was in his early 70s when he died in Genoa in 1900. A plaque describing the barn’s historical significance was given to Christy in 2007 by the Douglas County Historical Society and the Western Nevada Resource Conservation and Development Council. Former State Historic Preservation Officer, Ron James, said the barn anchors the northern border of the Genoa Historic Landmark District, as noted in the Oct. 8, 1992, issue of the R-C. Christy installed the plaque on a boulder that sits on the west side of his property along Jacks Valley Road where motorists can stop and to read it. There’s plenty of rock surrounding the place, and he’s thinking of arranging more boulders for the garden and maybe using some of the old beams in the landscape. “I’m kinda retired right now. It gives me something to work on,” Christy said, looking back at the years he’s spent on his barn. “I don’t think I’ll run out of things to do.” ■

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Calendar Sweep the Town

April Business Showcase 3-6 p.m. April 11 at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center on Waterloo. Admission free. Information, www.carsonvalleynv.org

Blue Jean Ball 5:30-9:30 p.m. April 13 at Jacobs Family Berry Farm to benefit Carson Valley Medical Center Hospital Foundation. Tickets, information, www.cvmchospital.org/bluejeanball

Kiwanis Ham Bingo 2:30-8:30 p.m. April 13 at the CVIC Hall in Minden to benefit childrens’ programs in Carson Valley. Information, Sally Grant 775-339-8882.

Easter Egg Hunt 1 p.m. April 21 at Lampe Park in Gardnerville sponsored by the Carson Valley Active 20-30 Club

Genoa Heritage Days

8:30-11:30 a.m. April 27 in Gardnerville sponsored by Main Street Gardnerville.

May Arts Council Concert

Third Thursday Wine Walk

Annual Kids Fishing Derby

4:30-7:30 p.m. May 16 Downtown Gardnerville. Sponsored by Main Street Gardnerville

June 1-2 Lampe Park various times available. Ages 3-12. Registration forms available at the Douglas County Parks and Recreation Department.

Fore the Kids Golf Tournament

Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands perform 7-9 p.m. May 3 at the CVIC Hall in Minden. Tickets, information, cvartscouncil.com

7:30 a.m. May 18 at the Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes Golf Club. Information, renealouie@gmail.com

Spring Art & Wine on the Green

Sarah Winnemucca exhibit

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4-5 at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center.

Molly Awards

opens May 18 at the Genoa Courthouse Museum

Genoa Farmer’s Market

6-9 p.m. May 6 at the Carson Valley Inn. Tickets, information www.mefiyi.org

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 18 through Sept. 14 at the Orchard House, 188 Carson St. Sponsored by Sierra Chef

Lampe Park Farmers Market

June

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Every Wednesday, May 15-Sept. 11 at Lampe Park. 1324 Waterloo Lane. Sponsored by Sierra Chef

April 26-28 in Genoa.

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Minden Farmer’s Market 4-8 p.m. every Tuesday on Esmeralda Avenue through October. Information, www.townofminden.com or 775-782-5976.

Carson Valley Days June 6-10. Sponsored by the Carson Valley Active 20-30 No. 85. Carnival begins 5 p.m. Thursday. Carson Valley Day parade, 9 a.m. Saturday. Crafts, vendors, food and more. Live music 5-9 p.m. Friday, noon-9 p.m. Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday. Information, www.carsonvalley2030.com

Genoa Community Garage Sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 15 in Genoa. Information, genoanevada.org

Third Thursday Wine Walk 4:30-7:30 p.m. June 20 Downtown Gardnerville. Sponsored by Main Street Gardnerville

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4:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 16 in downtown Gardnerville. Information, 775-782-8027 or www.mainstreetgardnerville.com

Hot August Nights Aug. 2-12 in Reno. Information, www.hotaugustnights.net

Country Music Festival 3-11 p.m. June 21-22 at the Douglas County Fairgrounds. Sponsored by Carson Valley Shriners.

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all day June 23 featuring classic cars at Lampe Park.

September

Pony Express re-ride

Sept. 6-8, Ranchos San Rafel Park in Reno. Information, www.renoballoon.com

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July

National Championship Air Races Sept. 11-15 in Stead. Information, www.airrace.org

Third Thursday Wine Walk:

Freedom 5K run Gardnerville’s Freedom 5K fun run/ walk 7-9 a.m. July 4 at Heritage Park, 1447 Courthouse Alley, Gardnerville. Information, mainstreetgardnerville.org

Movies in the Park dusk July 12 and July 26 at Heritage Park, 1447 Courthouse Alley, Gardnerville. ‘Incredibles 2’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.’ Sponsored by Town of Gardnerville, www.gardnerville.com

Death Ride Endurance Cycling July 13 in Alpine County, starting in Markleeville. Information, www.deathride.com

Third Thursday Wine Walk 4:30-7:30 p.m. July 18 Downtown Gardnerville. Sponsored by Main Street Gardnerville

August

4:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in downtown Gardnerville. Information, 775-782-8027 or www.mainstreetgardnerville.com

Candy Dance 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 28-29 featuring more than 300 craft and food vendors drawing thousands of people to Genoa during the two-day event. The faire is the last full weekend of September with a dinner and dance 4-10 p.m. Sept. 29. Information and dinner tickets, Genoa Town Office 775-782-8696.

Aug. 2 and 3 at St. Gall Catholic Church in Gardnerville.

Movies in the Park dusk Aug. 9 at Heritage Park, 1447 Courthouse Alley, Gardnerville. ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Sponsored by Town of Gardnerville, www.gardnerville.com

Christmas in Genoa

Community Recognition Awards 5:30-9 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Carson Valley Inn. Information, Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce, www.carsonvalleynv.org

Small Business Saturday

October Fallfest

December

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 at Heritage Park in Gardnerville, includes scarecrow festival coffin races and craft fair. Family activities. Information, Main Street Gardnerville, 782-8027.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville. Information, https://plus.google.com/ hangouts/_/historicnv.org/haunted-history

Nevada Day & Parade Oct. 25 and Oct. 26 are observed for Nevada Day. The Nevada Day parade is in Carson City 9 a.m. Saturday.

Runners take off during the annual Gardnerville Freedom 5K. KURT HILDEBRAND

November

Nov. 30 is dedicated to encouraging consumers to support smaller, local businesses. Information, mainstreetgadrnerville.org

History Comes Alive

St. Gall Rummage Sale

Trick or Treat Safety Street 3:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Drive, Minden. Information, 775-782-9941.

5 p.m. Dec. 6, caroling 6:15 p.m. Christmas tree lighting, Santa visit and refreshments. Information, 775-782-8696.

Holiday Gala Gallery of Trees & Cookie Walk The Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center’s annual Gala featuring gingerbread houses 4 p.m. Dec. 7. Information, 775-782-2555.

21st Annual Parade of Lights Dec. 7 Highway 395 from Gardnerville to Minden. Sponsored by the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Carson Valley Visitors Authority. Information, 775-782-8144.

Carson Valley Christmas Kick-off 4:30-7 p.m. Dec. 5 at Heritage Park, sponsored by the Town of Gardnerville. Information, 775-782-7134.

New Year’s Eve Candlelight Labyrinth Walk

Lighting of the Minden Gazebo and Tree 4 p.m. Dec. 6 Live music and a very special visitor. Information, 775-782-2444.

Elks Spaghetti Feed and Christmas Tree Bingo Dec. 6 in the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Drive, Minden NV 89423.

6-9 p.m. Dec. 31 at Heritage Park, Gardnerville. Walk off 2019 and walk in 2020 by candlelight. Information, Main Street Gardnerville, 775-782-8027.

January Eagles & Agriculture Jan. 23-27 featuring tours of Carson Valley ranches. Information, www.carsonvalleynv.org.

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Douglas County is governed by the Board of County Commissioners, which regularly meets on the first and third Thursday afternoons of each month. Specific meeting dates and times may be obtained by calling 782-9821 (County Commissioners and Manager’s office) or 782-9012 (County Clerk), or visit the county’s Web site, www.co.douglas.nv.us and look under county agenda calendars. The mailing address for all county offices is (Department Name), P.O. Box 218, Minden, NV 89423. The area code for Douglas County (and all of Northern Nevada) is 775.

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Administrative Services/Comptroller Douglas County Administration Building 1616 Eighth Street Minden 89423 782-9030 The comptroller’s department is responsible for posting all financial entries of the county, unincorporated towns, and East Fork Fire & Paramedic Districts. It posts and transmits all taxes collected in Douglas County to the school district, general improvement districts and the State of Nevada. Human Resources Division Douglas County Minden Inn 1594 Esmeralda Ave. P.O. Box 218 Minden 89423 782-9860 782-9083, fax

Call this office for information about employment with the county. Applications can be submitted by fax or e-mail with hard copy to follow. Animal Services 921 Dump Road Gardnerville 89410 782-9061 782-9059, fax www.douglascountynv.gov/sites/ Animal Control The Animal Control Shelter is located at 921 Pinenut Road, across from the Douglas County Fairgrounds off Highway 395 south of Gardnerville. Current rabies vaccination certificates are necessary to process the license. Dog licenses are available at all of the sheriff’s substations. One-year licenses are $25 for unaltered dogs and $8 for altered dogs. Two and three-year licenses are available (be sure to provide rabies and sterilization certificates). Shelter hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. Closed on major holidays. Aluminum cans are collected all year as a fundraiser. Assessor Douglas County Administration Building 1616 Eighth Street P.O. Box 218 Minden 89423 782-9830 782-9884, fax http://assessor.co.douglas.nv.us/ Assessor: Trent Tholen

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The yellow fellow is the grandfather, literally a big fish in Sue Roaldson’s 4,000-gallon pond in Minden. Roaldson’s pond was part of the Northern Nevada Pond Club’s annual tour, which is July 20 this year. KURT HILDEBRAND

Contact the assessor’s office to register airplanes and mobile homes, to report business assets, to file exemptions for senior citizens, agriculture, open space, veterans’ widows, orphans and the blind, and to obtain information about assessor’s parcel numbers, assessor’s maps, legal descriptions and property appraisals on real property. The assessor is an elected official. County Commissioners County Office 782-9821 782-6255, fax Dave Nelson, District 1, 690-2979 or dnelson@douglasnv.us John Engels, District 2, 546-3171 or jengels@douglasnv.us Larry Walsh, District 3, vice chairman, 450-9414 or lwalsh@douglasnv.us Wesley Rice, District 4, 546-3170 or wrice@douglasnv.us Barry Penzel, District 5, chairman, 781-6075 or wpenzel@douglasnv.us Commissioners are elected at large to a four-year term. Each commissioner represents one of five voting districts. To take an issue before the Douglas County commission, contact the county manager’s office at 782-9821.

County Manager 1594 Esmeralda Ave. (Minden Inn) P.O. Box 218 Minden 89423 782-9821 782-6255, fax County Manager: Patrick Cates This department assists the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. The county manager is responsible for the county’s overall budget as well as the values, growth and development of the organization and is an informational resource for the community, addressing citizens’ concerns and issues. Carson Valley Swim Center 1600 Highway 88 Minden 89423 782-8840 Director: Shannon Harris http://cvswim.com The East Fork Swimming Pool District operates the Carson Valley Swim Center. The facility has four indoor pools with a waterslide and activity toys (slide pool kept at 86 degrees), which are open year-round, and two outdoor pools, which are open May-October.

Clerk-Treasurer 1616 Eighth St., 2nd floor Minden 89423 782-9014 clerk 782-9017 treasurer cltr.co.douglas.nv.us Clerk-Treasurer: Kathy Lewis This is an elected position. Clerk-Treasurer’s office is divided as follows: Civil Clerk’s office 1616 Eighth St. 782-9020 782-9016, fax This office provides the following services and documents: notary bonds, passports, marriage licenses, voter registration, dog licenses, filing for fictitious firm names, elections department and the county commissioner’s clerk. Treasurer’s Office Douglas County Administration Building 1616 Eighth St., Minden 782-9017 782-9888, fax This office collects property taxes and water fees, invests county monies and maintains county utility billings. Court Clerks Ninth Judicial District Court Judicial & Law Enforcement Building 1038 Buckeye Road Minden 89423 782-9820 782-9954, fax Court clerks are responsible for district court functions, such as filing and collecting fees for estates, civil and criminal matters, jury trials and jury duty summons. Tahoe General Services Douglas County Administration Building (Lake Tahoe) 175 Highway 50 (Kingsbury) Stateline 89449 586-7290, marriage license information 586-7226, general information 566-7227, fax This office performs general county functions such as issuing dog licenses, notary bonds, passports, marriage licenses, voter registration, fictitious firm names, motor vehicle registration, fingerprinting, taxes and special assessments collected, water district fees collected, juvenile probation restitution and fines collected. Voter Registration 1616 Eighth St., Second Floor Minden 89423 782-9023 Contact this office if you would like to register to vote, if you need to change your physical or mailing address or if you need to change your name on your voter registration.

Community Development 1594 Esmeralda Ave. (Minden Inn) Minden 89423 Administration: 782-6230 Planning: 782-6217 Engineering: 782-6421 Building: 782-6224 Code enforcement: 782-6214 Roads: 782-9035 This department includes planning, building, engineering, regional streets and highways, road maintenance, water monitoring, zoning, code enforcement. The staff provides information about building and land development codes and other land and property information, as well as background information about the county. The office issues building permits, reviews building plans for health and safety requirements, schedules inspections for buildings in progress and provides zoning and subdivision information. All development-related applications and processing go through this office.

paramedic service. The paramedics offer cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses and emergency medical technician classes once a year.

District Attorney District Attorney: Mark Jackson Judicial and Law Enforcement Center 1038 Buckeye Road Minden 89423 782-9800, Criminal 782-9803, Civil 782-9807, fax Douglas County Administration Building 175 Highway 50 (Kingsbury Grade) Stateline 89449 586-7215 586-7217, fax 782-9881, Child support 782-9880, fax The district attorney is a licensed attorney and an elected official. This officer serves as the county’s public prosecutor for criminal and juvenile matters. The office represents county commissioners and other county or township officials in civil matters. By state law, the district attorney is also responsible for collection of child support payments. The district attorney cannot represent private citizens in civil matters.

Johnson Lane Station 6 1450 Stephanie Way 267-2675

Fire Protection: East Fork Fire District Emergencies: 911 1694 County Road P.O. Box 218 Minden 89423 Business: 782-9040 782-9043, fax www.eastforkfire.org Fire Chief: Tod Carlini, 782-9040 Deputy Chief - Operations: Dave Fogerson, 782-9096 Deputy Chief - Fire Marshal: Steve Eisele, 782-9041 Ambulance billing office: 782-9044 This fire district oversees the fire departments, which provide 24hour, seven-days-a-week, complete fire protection. Call the main office for information on burning permits. The paramedic district administers the 24-hour advanced life-support

Volunteer departments: Minden Station 1 1606 Highway 395 783-6448 Gardnerville Station 2 1255 Douglas Ave. 782-2003 Genoa Station 3 2289 Main St. 782-4575 Topaz Ranch Estates Station 4 1476 Albite Dr. 266-3780 Topaz Station 5 1990 Austin St. 266-3377

Ranchos Fire/Rescue Station 7 940 Mitch Drive 783-6470 Sheridan Station 8 980 Sheridan Lane 265-4590 Fish Springs Station 9 2249 Fish Springs Road 782-4344 Ruhenstroth Station 10 2008 Pinto Circle Gardnerville 89410 265-4828 Sunridge Station 12 3620 N. Sunridge Drive 267-4914 267-3004 Paramedic Station 14 1699 County Road Minden 89423 783-6440 Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District 193 Elk Point Road and Highway 50 P.O. Box 919 Zephyr Cove 89448 Emergencies: 911 Business: 588-3591 www.tahoefire.com Fire Chief: Scott Baker This district covers the Lake Tahoe area of Douglas County, from Daggett Summit to Stateline and Glenbrook areas. Fire suppression, paramedic ambulance. Call for information about CPR training, children’s fire prevention programs, burning permits.

Gardnerville Ranchos General Improvement District 931 Mitch Drive Gardnerville 89460 265-2048 265-9688, fax www.grgid.com Meetings held first Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the district office. Indian Hills General Improvement District 3394 James Lee Park Road, No. A Carson City 89705 267-2805 267-3510, fax www.indianhillsnevada.com Meets third Wednesday at 7 p.m. Topaz Ranch Estates General Improvement District 3924 Carter Way Wellington 89444 266-3000 or 266-3212 266-1036, fax Meets second Wednesday at 7 p.m., at the Topaz Ranch Estates Park building. Justice Courts: East Fork Township Carson Valley Judicial and Law Enforcement Center 1625 Eighth Street Minden 89423 782-9955 Justice of the Peace: Cassandra Jones Small claims and civil actions are instituted through this court and appointments for marriage are scheduled with the J.P.’s clerk. Tahoe Township Douglas County Administration Building 175 Highway 50 (Kingsbury Grade) Stateline 89449 586-7200 Justice of the Peace: Richard Glasson Small claims and civil actions are instituted through this court and appointments for marriage are scheduled with the J.P.’s clerk. The two justices of the peace are elected.

Juvenile Probation Department Carson Valley Judicial and Law Enforcement Center 1625 Eighth Street Minden 89423 782-9811 Lake Tahoe Douglas County Administration Building 175 Highway 50 (Kingsbury Grade) Stateline 89449 586-7210

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Juvenile Detention Center 175 Highway 50 Stateline 89449 586-7220 Chief Probation Officer: Scott Schick The department, under jurisdiction of the Ninth Judicial District Court, handles juveniles on probation. This office can be contacted about problem children in the neighborhood or those who commit criminal acts. Parents with children having problems at school, home or in the community can contact this office for help and information. Minden-Tahoe Airport 1146 Airport Road Minden 89423 782-9871 782-9872, fax www.mindentahoeairport.com Operational Services Director Airport Manager: Bobbi Thompson The Minden-Tahoe Airport is located east of Highway 395 on Airport Road. Residents may call for information about tie-downs and hangar rentals. For fuel, call Hutt Aviation at 782-8277. Ninth Judicial District Court Judicial and Law Enforcement Center P.O. Box 218 1625 Eighth Street Minden 89423 Department 1 Judge Tod Young 782-9961 Department 2 Judge: Tom Gregory 782-9951 Call for information regarding jury duty summons or for general information about the court system. The judges are elected to their positions. Douglas County Public Library Library Director: Amy Dodson Main Library 1625 Library Lane, Minden 89423 782-9841 782-5754, fax Web site: http://douglas.lib.nv.us/ 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday. Storytime: Toddler Storytime*, ages 18 mos. to 3 yrs, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. in the Minden Library. Preschool Storytime*, Ages 3 to 5 years, Tuesdays at 11:15 a.m. in the Minden Library. Family Storytime* for ages 3 years and up at 10 a.m. in Lampe Park near the Farmers’ Market from June through August. *All storytime programs are seasonal; please contact the library for detailed information. Lake Tahoe Branch Library 233 Warrior Way Zephyr Cove Phone: 588-6411 Fax: 588-6464 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; closed Sunday, Monday, & Tuesday.

Storytime: Stories at Kahle Park; please call the library for details. Both libraries offer reading and reference services to the residents of Douglas County. They have computers for word processing and Internet access in addition to copy machines and typewriters for public use. Wireless Internet is available at both branches during regular library hours. Meeting rooms are available to the public; arrangements may be made by calling the library. The Minden library has a self-service machine for sending faxes; a credit card is required. Book return locations South County 1550 S. Hwy 395 (directly west of Holbrook Junction intersection). The library book return is located just outside the entrance to the building. North County 3620 N. Sunridge Drive (south end of Fire Station #12) The library kiosk is located inside the lobby at the south end of the building. A computer terminal is available for searching the library catalog and online reference tools. A magazine and paperback exchange rack is also located inside the lobby. A library book return is located at the south end of the building, just outside the entrance to the lobby. Parks & Recreation Department Lampe Park 1329 Waterloo Lane Gardnerville 89410 Director: Scott Morgan 782-5500 782-9844, fax Recreation Division Recreation Superintendent: Brian Fitzgerald The department serves the community’s recreational needs for the residents of the county. Offered are over 300 classes for all age groups. Call 7829828 for information about activities and the recreation division’s brochure. Adult Volleyball League Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department Sheryl Christian – 782-5500 www.dcprsports.com Adult Softball League Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department www.dcprsports.com Adult Flag Football League Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department www.dcprsports.com

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Kahle Park Community Center (775) 586-7271 236 Kingsbury Grade Stateline 89449 The Kahle Park Community Center offers a 1,500-square-foot weight room with hours of operation. The community center has a preschool and a Kids Club Program; a large variety of tot, youth and adult classes; and room rentals. Parks Division 782-9835 Parks Manager: Ryan Stanton This department oversees the county park facilities. The Douglas County Fairgrounds is managed by the parks division and includes an 81-acre complex with rodeo arenas, an indoor pavilion, 1,500-seat grandstand with announcer’s booth. For information regarding reservations of any park facility, contact the recreation division at 782-9828. Recorder Douglas County Administration Building 1616 Eighth Street Minden 89423 782-9025 Recorder: Karen Ellison The recorder’s office is separated into two offices, with the recorder as an elected official. The recorder’s office is responsible for recording all documents relating to land, such as deeds, deeds of trust, liens, maps, etc. Call the recorder’s office for more information. Open Monday- Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sheriff’s Offices: Carson Valley Judicial and Law Enforcement Building 1038 Buckeye Road Minden 89423 Sheriff: Dan Coverley Emergencies: 911 Administrative: 782-9900 Nonemergency: 782-5126 Records: 782-9933 Public/media information: 782-9931 Lake Tahoe Douglas County Administrative Building 175 Highway 50 Stateline 89449 Emergencies: 911 Administrative: 586-7250 Undersheriff: Ron Elges Road conditions: (877) 687-6237 For licensing, liquor, gaming and to request a property check on a residence while owners are out of town, call 7829933. For information on DARE, call 783-6441; for the Neighborhood Watch program and information, 782-9931. Substations: North Valley Substation 3587 North Sunridge Drive 267-3692 Gardnerville Ranchos 1281-9 Kimmerling Road 265-7091

South County Substation 1476 Albite Drive 266-1028 Social Services Douglas County 1133 Spruce St., Gardnerville 89410 782-9825 This department handles the county’s welfare assistance programs and emergency assistance for Douglas County indigents. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Town Offices: Gardnerville 1407 Highway 395 Gardnerville 89410 782-7134 782-7135, fax Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Genoa 2289 Main St., P.O. Box 14 Genoa 89411 Town office: 782-8696 782-2779, fax E-mail: genoa@co.douglas.nv.us Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Minden 1604 Esmeralda Ave. (CVIC Hall) 782-5976 782-5287, fax Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. State Legislators: James Settelmeyer, Senator Home, 2388 Hwy 395, Minden 89423 265-7739 jsettelmeyer@sen.state.nv.us Jim Wheeler, Assemblyman 775-684-8843 jim.wheeler@asm.state.nv.us National Legislators: Senators: Jacky Rosen G12 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6244, office http://www.rosen.senate.gov Catherine Cortez Masto 516 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-3542 (775) 686-5750 (775) 686-5757, fax www.cortezmasto.senate.gov House of Representatives: Mark Amodei 332 Cannon HOB Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-6155 (202) 225-5679, fax https://amodei.house.gov (775) 686-5760 (775) 686-5711, fax

Post offices: Douglas County: Gardnerville Meadowdale Shopping Center 1267 Highway 395 89410 Gardnerville Ranchos 1271 Kimmerling Road, Gardnerville, 89460 Genoa 2244 Main Street (Foothill Road) 89411 Minden 1640 Highway 395, 89423 Lyon County: Wellington 2818 Highway 208, 89444 California Post Offices: Alpine County Markleeville 14845 State Route 88, 96120 Mono County-Coleville 111747 Highway 395, 96107

Douglas County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue Judicial and Law Enforcement Center 1038 Buckeye Road, first floor P.O. Box 1306, Minden 89423 Information: 782-9930 www.douglassar.org/ DCSSAR is a nonprofit volunteer organization responsible for locating and rescuing people lost, stranded or injured in the county’s back country. The group operates under the auspices of the sheriff’s office. Members, who are graduates of the DCSAR Academy, train monthly in areas such as mountaineering, tracking, swiftwater, technical ropes, search operations, emergency ropes and emergency medical treatment. The team is always looking for new members who have a desire to help the community and who enjoy learning new skills. General meetings are held the fourth Thursday.

Northern Mono County Offices, Bridgeport, Calif. Board of Supervisors Shannon Kendall, Clerk-Recorder (760) 932-5537 Administrative Officer (760) 932-5410 John Peters, Mono County Supervisor, District 4 (760) 671-7126 Ingrid Braun, Mono County Sheriff, Bridgeport (760) 932-5279 www.monocounty.ca.gov

Douglas Mental Health Clinic 1538 Highway 395 Gardnerville 89410 782-3671 (Emergencies also) 782-6639, fax Mental health services are provided for children, adolescents and their families. Also served are persons with severe emotional problems who need psychotherapy, case management or psychiatric consultation. Counseling is also available for adults and couples. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call for appointments.

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Minden Emergency-Urgent Care 925 Ironwood Drive, Suite 110 Minden 89423 783-7800 The facility, a service of Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, is located in the Minden Medical Center. The hours of the urgent care center are 8 a.m.- 8 p.m., seven days a week. The center provides walk-in emergency and urgent care services, as well as physicals — including sports, general health, pre-employment and occupational.

Carson Valley Medical Center Emergency Department/Urgent Care/Family Medicine 1107 Highway 395 Gardnerville 89410 782-1500 782-1600 for emergencies www.carsonvalleymedicalcenter.com The center houses primary care and infusion center for chemotherapy, a diabetes center, specialty physicians, and an emergency department. Community Health Service 1538 Highway 395 Gardnerville 89410 782-9038 175 Highway 50 (near Kingsbury Grade) Stateline 89449 586-7235 Community health nurses in Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe. The nurses provide well-baby clinics, immunization for infants, school children and adults against preventable communicable diseases, health counseling and family planning, HIV/AIDS testing and counseling, education and counseling for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. The office also provides cervical cancer screening which includes pap smear, pelvic examination and breast examination.

Public Utilities Commission of Nevada Division of Consumer Complaint Resolution Capitol Complex 1150 E. William St. Carson City 89701 684-6100

COMMUNITY RESOURCES Carson Tahoe Support Groups

775-445-7500 (877) 284-2627, toll free Cancer support groups for members to gain strength from sharing similar experiences. Meetings are at the Cancer Resource Center, 1535 Medical Parkway, Carson City. Sponsored by the Carson Douglas Medical Alliance.

Al Anon Family Groups 1375 Centerville Lane Gardnerville 89410 Contact: Laurie 790-4394 (Wed) Asha 781-6645 (Fri) Meets: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 7:30 a.m. Fridays, Carson Valley United Methodist Church office, 1375 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville. Alcoholics Anonymous Minden/Gardnerville group 1276 Pit Road, No. 4 Gardnerville 89410 775-335-1151 Hotline and for information on meeting times and place. Alcoholics Anonymous Topaz area Meets: Sunday, 7 p.m.; Monday and Thursday, 8 p.m., at the park building at the end of Carter Way in Topaz Ranch Estates. Alpine County Tobacco Education Alpine County Health and Human Services Agency 75 B Diamond Valley Road Markleeville, Calif. 96120 (530) 694-2146 (530) 694-2544, fax Alpine County Tobacco Education Program is dedicated to educating Alpine County residents of all ages to the dangers of tobacco use and the benefits of living a healthy, tobacco-free lifestyle. For information, contact the Alpine Health and Human Services at (530) 694-2146. Alzheimer’s Support Group

(775)786-8061 Contact: Jacob Harmon Meets: Second Thursday, 2 p.m. Coventry Cross Episcopal Church, 1631 Esmeralda Place. American Red Cross Northern Nevada Chapter Emergency Services Serving Carson Valley, Carson City and nine northwestern Nevada counties. (775) 856-1000 (775) 856-3030, fax www.nevada.redcross.org Emergency services; health and safety classes offered in Carson Valley. Volunteers welcome.

Carson Valley Community Food Closet P.O. Box 2911 1255 Waterloo Lane Gardnerville 89410 782-3711 Director: Sarah Sanchez The food closet, a nonprofit organization, provides emergency food supplies to families who qualify through Douglas County social services. This service is provided year-round to families as needed. Contributions of food or financial support are welcome. Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 12:30-4 p.m. Call for information. Codependents Anonymous 230-1507 Meets noon every Friday, at Carson Valley United Methodist Church, 1375 Centerville, Lane, in Gardnerville. For men, women and teens who desire healthy relationships.

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Breast Cancer Support Group 267-4308 Meets: First Tuesday, noon Carson Valley Medical Center, 1107 Highway 395

775.783.7606 1667 Lucerne Dr., Suite B, Minden 775.267.3396 931 Mica Dr., Suite 1, Carson City 775.783.7606 2299 Hwy 208, Smith, NV www.bodywisetherapyfitness.com

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Douglas Animal Welfare Group P.O. Box 1850 Gardnerville 89410 www.dawgrescue.com 267-7325 The purpose of DAWG is to better the lives of the Douglas County animals by improving their adoptability and thereby increasing the adoption rate while at the Douglas County Animal Shelter, educating the community about responsible pet ownership and engaging in other projects and activities that will yield positive benefits to the animals, owners and citizens. Douglas County Community Access Television 1572 Highway 395 P.O. Box 218, Minden 89423 782-7685 DCCATV operates Channel 216 in Carson Valley and Channel 19 at Lake Tahoe. It offers a wide range of programming that reflects the interests of residents and visitors. Family Support Council of Douglas County A Family Resource Center 1255 Waterloo Lane, Suite A Gardnerville 89410 782-8692 782-1942, fax www.family-support.org The Family Support Council is a family resource center that serves the needs of Douglas County residents. The mission of the Family Support Council is to provide Education, Prevention, and Intervention services to support the growth and development of healthy families. Domestic Violence Program A 24-hour crisis telephone line, crisis intervention services for victims, therapy services, advocacy (including court) and Temporary Protection Order (TPO) applications. Therapy services include a weekly Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support Group and individual sessions. Family Support Council also offers an emergency shelter program. Educational Program A family-enhancement program which provides office and home based parenting skills for parents with children ages 0-18. Supervised Visitation/Exchange An office based program that provides an impartial 3rd party to safely monitor visits between children and their non-custodial parent. Friends in Service Helping Thrift Store 1231 Service Drive, Gardnerville 89410 783-1455 Clothing, shoes, furniture, linens, appliances, books and collectibles. Offering a hand up, not a hand out. Donations to the store are accepted 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Saturday, in the back arrangements.

Kids & Horses Inc. 2869 Esaw St., Minden 89423 267-1775 267-1775, fax A Premier Accredited Center of North American Riding for the Handicapped Association. Therapeutic riding, interactive faulting and hypotherapy (by a licensed physical therapist) for physically and mentally challenged persons aged two years and older are provided. Partnership of Community Resources 1517 Church Street Gardnerville 89410 782-8611 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays 782-4216, fax www.partnership-resource.org The Partnership of Community Resources is a nonprofit corporation founded in 1992 by a group of social service providers to facilitate networking and the exchange of information between existing agencies and reduce duplication of services in the community. The partnership focuses on prevention advocacy and encourages youth to join prevention clubs sponsored by the partnership and other agencies: Students Taking On Prevention: Prevention of underage drinking with clubs active at middle and high schools. Teen Pregnancy Prevention Control: Douglas High School In addition, the partnership collaborates with the school district and juvenile probation to offer Insight Douglas as a student assistance program group at middle schools and a community-based project called Community and Parents Against Substance Abuse for high school-aged students. Project Santa Claus P.O. Box 3031 Gardnerville 89410 775-339-8882 Contact: Gary Dove A nonprofit group under the Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley, which provides Christmas gifts for children of families who qualify in Douglas County. Angel trees with gift requests appear in late November in locations in Carson Valley. Contributions of either gifts or financial support are welcome. Project School Days P.O. Box 3052 Gardnerville 89410 782-4931 The purpose and goal of Project School Days, a nonprofit, ongoing program, is to make sure all Douglas County children have all the school supplies they need at home and for special projects. The program provides materials to the teachers so they can confidentially give these materials to children in need.

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Survivors of Suicide Support Group 1702 Highway 88, Suite B Minden 89423 782-1510 Meets first Thursday 6-7 p.m. All family, friends or coworkers are invited. Sponsored by the Suicide Prevention Network of Douglas County. For crisis lines, call 775-784-8090 or toll-free 800992- 5757. University of Nevada, Reno Cooperative Extension 1325 Waterloo Lane Gardnerville 89410 782-9960 Hours: 8 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Extension Educator: Lindsay Chichester The Douglas County office of the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is an off-campus teaching arm of the university. USDA Offices 1702 County Road Suite 1A Minden 89423 782-3661 782-3547, fax Farm Service Agency The Farm Service Agency administers many of the farm subsidy programs available under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The office serves the counties of Douglas, Carson City, Alpine, Inyo and Mono. Natural Resources Conservation Service The Natural Resources Conservation Service is a federal agency working with private landowners to help them protect their natural resources. NRCS provides engineering, grazing management, water uses, soils information, erosion control and wildlife conservation assistance. Carson Valley/Alpine/Mono County Conservation District The Carson Valley Conservation District has seven appointed/elected directors from the Douglas County/ Carson City areas. The board of directors sets water and soil conservation goals for private land management in the Carson Valley area.

SENIOR SERVICES Douglas County Community and Senior Center Services Senior Center 1329 Waterloo Lane Gardnerville 89410 782-5500 Services open to those 60 years of age or older. The senior services center provides meals Monday through Friday at noon. Services for seniors include homebound meals for Carson Valley residents, homemaker services and transportation to the center for meals. Health services include medical, dental, audiology testing and blood pressure checks. Professional services available to seniors include Medicaid assistance, monthly legal assistance and income tax services.

Young at Heart Senior Citizens Club Inc. P.O. Box 1042 Gardnerville 89410 783-6455 Board meets: Second Monday, 9:30 a.m., at the Douglas County Senior Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville. A variety of programs and activities are available to seniors through Young at Heart. These include bingo, potluck social and game days, bus trips, ceramics, craft fairs, gift shop, special occasion fun events and fundraisers. Washoe Tribe Senior Citizens 801 Wa She Shu Street, Dresslerville 265-6426 This program, directed by the Washoe Tribe, welcomes elders of Native American descent 55 years and older and non-Native Americans over 60 to participate in the lunch program. In addition to beading and basket-making classes, the seniors take part in programs that promote cultural and traditional heritage. Open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and lunch reservations are required for two or more people. Contact the tribe or senior citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s center for information.

CULTURAL GROUPS Carson Valley Art Association P.O. Box 2048 Gardnerville 89410 782-8035 Contact: Beth Bosmans Meets: 1:30 p.m. fourth Friday of the month at the Minden Library, 1625 Library Lane, Minden. The association encourages participation in and appreciation of the visual fine arts. It sponsors two major art shows each year at the CVIC Hall in Minden, one during Carson Valley Days and the other later in the year to raise funds for scholarships for deserving Douglas High School senior art students. Both shows are open to artists of Nevada and adjacent California counties. In addition, the group sponsors demonstrations and occasional field trips. Carson Valley Arts Council 1572 Highway 395 Minden 89423 782-8207 Contact: Sharon Schlegel www.cvartscouncil.com Meets: The second Thursday of each month at the Copeland Cultural Arts Center. The CVAC is a nonprofit organization working to develop, support and encourage the performing and visual arts. Their purpose is to present and promote cultural events and provide educational and experiential opportunities in the visual, literary, music, dance and performance disciplines. An online calendar is at www.cvartscouncil.com. Submit events at info@cvartscouncil.com.

Carson Valley Pops Orchestra P.O. Box 512 Minden 89423 cvpops@hotmail.com Meets: Meets and rehearses most Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at the CVIC Hall in Minden. The Pops welcomes new members. Douglas County Historical Society 1477 Highway 395 Gardnerville 89410 782-2555 Meets: The third Thursday at 4 p.m. at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center. The society, formed to preserve the history of Douglas County, operates the Genoa Courthouse Museum and the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center in Gardnerville. The museums contain artifacts that illustrate the history of the county. The society hosts programs yearround. East Fork Gallery 1503 Highway 395 Gardnerville 89410 782-7629, gallery The gallery, an artists’ cooperative, is located in The Record-Courier Center. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Call for more information. The artists’ works, including paintings, graphics, photographs and pottery, porcelain and seasonal gifts, are for sale. Friends of the Carson Valley Youth Orchestra 267-3495 Contact: John or Nelle O’Neill This nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation was formed to support the Carson Valley Sinfonia, an ensemble of advanced student and adult string players and the Intermediate String Orchestra for younger students. These two groups are open to qualified members of the community without charge and give several performances throughout the year. A featured event for the past two years has been participation with the Reno Philharmonic Youth Symphony Orchestra at Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School in the fall.

CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Carson Valley Active 20-30 Club P.O. Box 2030 Gardnerville 89410 Meets: Every Wednesday, 7 p.m. in the old jail building behind the French Hotel in Gardnerville. The club organizes the annual Carson Valley Days the second weekend in June, sponsors youth activities and raises money for other community projects. The club holds an annual Easter Egg Hunt and a Pedro tournament in February. Members are men aged 21 to 45. Aglow International of Gardnerville-Minden P.O. Box 2927 Gardnerville 89410 Meets: Thursday 6:30 p.m., 824 Pb’aul, Dresslerville. Call for directions. Aglow is a dynamic global organization made up of women and men with a single purpose; to see God’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven through prayer, local groups, events and outreaches. Antique Automobile Club of America https://aacacarsontahoeregion. shutterfly.com/ The AACA is the largest and oldest automotive historical society in the U.S. Meetings are held monthly on the second Wednesday of the month. The meetings are held at 5 p.m. Active Volunteers in Douglas www.douglasvolunteers.org This is an umbrella organization for 30 nonprofits and county departments. It promotes, maintains and supports volunteerism in all county communities and provides avenues for recognition and encouragement. Back Country Horsemen of Nevada Carson Valley Chapter www.bchnv.com, bchncv@gbis.com Group works with the park service, Bureau of Land Management and Division of Forestry to help maintain trails and educate the public on safe horse and back country usage and Leave No Trace. Group meets the first Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. at the Grandma Hattie’s.

Battle Born Mounted Posse 775-790-3311 Meets the first Tuesday of each month at the COD Casino in Minden. Posse activities include emergency livestock evacuation, parade riding, security at special events, support of community service entities in Douglas County and support of the sheriff’s department with mounted personnel whenever needed. Beta Sigma Phi Nevada Mu Master 782-3330 Meets: First and third Monday of the month at 7 p.m. Beta Sigma Phi is a noncollege sorority. Cultural programs are conducted at meetings. The group also sponsors some service projects. The following chapters are active in Carson Valley. Alpha Epsilon Preceptor 782-5356 Meets: First and third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Laureate Omega 883-1741 Meets: Second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at various locations. Call for information. North Mono County Beta Sigma Phi, Xi Phi Sigma Walker, Coleville and Topaz (530) 495-2149 Meets: Second and fourth Wednesday of the month in members’ homes. Members host an annual children’s Halloween carnival and a corned beef and cabbage dinner in March. The group sponsors one DHS scholarship. Carson Valley Desert Brushes 883-9340 Meets: Second Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Johnson Lane VFD on Stephanie Way. New painters and beginners are invited.

Carson Valley Men’s Golf Club 265-3181 This organization assists and encourages its members to hone skills through regular competitive play, thereby achieving the ability to play a better game of golf. Adult memberships, 18 and over. The group plays Sundays at Carson Valley Golf Course March through November. Members are also entered into the Northern Nevada Golfing Association where they play in various tournaments and establish handicaps. Call the Carson Valley Pro Shop for more information, 265-3181. Carson Valley Photo Club 775-901-2502 Meets: Second Tuesday 6:30 p.m. at Carson Valley United Methodist Church, 1375 Centerville Lane. Vice president Pam Brekas. Carson Valley Quilt Guild P.O. Box 2541 Minden 89423 530-693-0500 www.cvqg.com Meets: Fourth Monday, Douglas County Senior and Community Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville, 6:30 p.m., social hour, 7 p.m., meeting. Open to all quilters. The group also holds workshops from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the third Monday of the month at the Minden library conference room, 1625 Library Lane; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The guild gives high school scholarships, quilts to families during disasters and money to Meals on Wheels. Carson Valley Sertoma Club P.O. Box 1546 Minden 89423 265-5332 www.carsonvalleysertoma.org Meets: Every Friday at 7 a.m., C.O.D Casino, Minden. The motto of this international organization is “Service to Mankind.” The local chapter, one of the largest service clubs in the Valley, raises money through community events to help support youth scholarships and programs, civic and charitable causes and especially to provide speech and hearing services to those needing aid.

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Carson Valley Toastmasters 781-5491 www.toastmasters.org Meets: 6:30-7:30 a.m. Wednesdays. Please call for location or more information. Want to make more money? Improve your skills to become a convincing speaker, a perceptive listener, an effective leader. Carson Valley Trails Association P.O. Box 222 Minden, NV 89423 www.carsonvalleytrails.org The Carson Valley Trails Association is a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization working to provide access to public lands through a recreational trail system. Civil Air Patrol, Douglas County Composition Squadron Minden-Tahoe Airport Squadron building Minden-Tahoe Airport 1144 Airport Road Minden 89423 358-3700 www.nvwg.cap.gov/units/dccs.htm Meets: Second and fourth Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. Cadets meet at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday. The Civil Air Patrol performs three missions: aerospace education, emergency services and cadet programs, which are open to youths aged 12-21. Interested people are welcome to join or attend meetings. Daughters of the American Revolution John C. Fremont Chapter 267-9911 Meets: Third Saturday of the month at 10 a.m at Coventry Cross Church, Minden. Call for more information. On a national level, DAR owns and operates two schools for underprivileged children, one in South Carolina and one in Alabama. Membership is limited to descendants of those who contributed in any way to the success of the American Revolution. Douglas County Education Foundation P.O. Box 91 Minden 89423 The Douglas County Education Foundation was founded in 1984 as a private, nonprofit organization. Its purpose is to promote quality education by funding unique, exciting and enriching projects and providing other resources that the district can’t fund and to recognize outstanding educators in Douglas County with the “Golden Apple” award. Donations are tax deductible. Douglas County Genealogy Group 790-9253 The Douglas County Genealogy Group meets 1 p.m. the first and third Thursday September through May at Carson Valley United Methodist Church, 1375 Centerville Lane.

Fleet Reserve Association Sierra Tahoe Branch 137 P.O. Box 1342 Minden 89423 901-2684 Ladies Auxiliary 265-4784 Meets: Second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Veteran’s Memorial Hall, Second and Curry streets, Carson City. The Fleet Reserve Association is a congressionally chartered organization whose mission is to preserve and enhance quality of life programs for members of the Sea Services and their families. U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard enlisted personnel, active duty, retired or former service members are eligible to join. Friends of the Douglas County Library P.O. Box 337, Minden 89423 782-9841 (main library) 782-5754, fax douglascounty.nv.gov Contact: Librarian Amy Dodson The friends promote use of the library, encourage and support library services and bring together those who are interested in library programs and services. GreenACTnv PO Box 824, Minden 89423 www.greenactnv.org jkw@gbis.com or 267-0539 Contact: Katherine Winans A volunteer-run, educational nonprofit promoting sustainable practices, renewable energy, and environmental responsibility in the way we work, play and live by hosting the GreenBIG business award program and community events, such as locavore dinners, field trips, programs, and movie nights. (Formerly known as Sustainable Living & Renewable Energy Roundup.) Sierra Nevada Chapter of Good Sam Club 267-0335 Meets: First Wednesday of the month during winter at 1 p.m. Call for more information. The club promotes RV camping Tuesday through Friday from May through October. High Sierra Fly Casters P.O. Box 3121 Gardnerville 89410 265-3121 Contact: Jim Norton www.hsfc.us Meets: 7 p.m. third Wednesday of the month at Warren Reed Insurance, 1521 Main St. Gardnerville. Inliners International Club Northern Nevada Chapter Contact: 782-7074, Dennis Bargman 246-3870 or 220-8021, Dan South www.inlinersinternational.org dncbarg@charter.com Meets: Second Saturday at Q’s BBQ in Carson City

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The Northern Nevada Chapter of the Inliners International Club was formed in October 2004. The Inliners International Club was started in 1981 by a few hot rod inline engine enthusiasts. Membership is open to any owner of a 4-, 6-, or 8-cylinder engine vehicle, or devotee of same. International Footprint Association, Carson Valley Chapter No. 72 P.O. Box 2242 Minden 89423 267-4355 www.cvfootprint.org The International Footprint Association holds a dinner meeting, followed with a guest speaker, on the third Thursday of each month except for July and December. In July the group has a family picnic and in December a holiday party. The dinner meetings are held at various locations throughout Carson Valley. The goal of International Footprint Association chapters is to promote cooperation between all law enforcement agencies, business people and private citizens. Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley P.O. Box 892 Gardnerville 89410 339-8882 Contact: Dan Hamer Meets: Thursday at 6:30 am C.O.D Casino, Minden. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. The Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley is a snapshot of the community, with members from all walks of life and at every step of the career ladder. They are unified in their belief that children and their communities benefit from the efforts of a proficient group of caring and involved individuals who give a little of their time and talents to make Carson Valley a better place in which to live and work. Our Mission “Service to Community While Enjoying Fun and Fellowship.” Follow us on Facebook Kiwanis Club of Carson Valley Knights of Columbus Immaculate Heart of Mary Council No. 12845 782-2852 Contact: Mike Howell Meets: Second Wednesday. Formed by the St. Gall Catholic Community in Gardnerville. The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men’s organization, is dedicated to serving both the church and the community. Membership is open to male practicing Catholics 18 years and older. Call for membership or information.

Lions Club P.O. Box 314 Minden 89423 315-2354 Contact: Ron Santi Meets: First and third Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at Jethro’s, 1281 Kimmerling, Gardnerville. The Lions Club fundraises for sight and hearing projects. The club is involved in the national eyeglass donation project and provides exams and glasses for young and old; club also raises money for scholarships and community projects. Masonic Lodges Carson Valley Lodge 33, F&AM P.O. Box 2 Gardnerville 89410 782-1292 Contact: Larry Darling Meets: Third Tuesday, 7 p.m., Masonic Hall on Highway 395 in Gardnerville (over Cheshire Antiques). Douglas Lodge No. 12, F&AM Lodge: Main St., Genoa 782-1292 Contact: Larry Darling Meets: Second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. Dinner at 6 p.m. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry P.O. Box 2068 Reno, NV 89505 322-1933, lodge office The group sponsors clinics in Carson City and Reno for patients of aphasia and dyslexia at no charge to the patients. Minden Fortnightly P.O. Box 543 Minden 89423 790-3297 Contact: Dana Reed Reedx6@charter.net Meets: October through April, first and third Tuesday, 7 p.m., CVIC Hall, Minden. The oldest, continuous women’s club established in 1910, raises money to contribute toward the upkeep of the CVIC Hall, for community activities and scholarships. The organization also sponsors girls for Girls’ State, as well as contributing to various community projects. Minden Rotary Club P.O. Box 284 Minden 89423 Facebook: Rotary Club of Minden Meets: Every Tuesday 11:30 at Carson Valley Inn. Rotary offers numerous community affairs and supports many area youth groups. Rotary sponsors the Rotarian International Student Exchange program and awards scholarships to Douglas High School seniors each year.

Miss Douglas County & Miss Carson City Scholarship Organization missdouglasnv@yahoo.com, Tiffany Kenison An officially licensed franchise of the Miss America Organization, the group’s purpose is to promote educational and career achievement through scholarships to young women between the ages of 17 and 24 who also meet other eligibility criteria. The national organization is the largest single source of scholarships for young women in the world. National Active and Retired Federal Employees MIN-GARD Chapter 2167 P.O. Box 2928, Minden 89423 265-5549 Contact: Don Babb Meets: Fourth Tuesday (except July and August; November and December meetings vary due to Thanksgiving and Christmas), 2-4 p.m. at the Carson Valley United Methodist Church, 1375 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville. National Pony Express Association State Headquarters www.xphomestation.com This organization is a nonprofit educational association organized for the perpetuation and recognition of the authentic and historical running of the Pony Express. Its aim is to preserve the marking and honoring of the route and its historical events now that the U.S. Congress has designated it a National Historic Trail. New members welcome. Nevada Wandering Wheels Motorcycle Club 1698 Bob White Lane Gardnerville, 89410 782-5802 Contact: Norbert Monohan Meets: Second Thursday at Jethro’s, 6 p.m. and 9 a.m. fourth Saturday. Motorcycle owners are welcome. Northern Nevada Pond Club 267-0336 Contact: Sharon Dunk Meets: Third Tuesday, 6 p.m. New members welcome to learn about home pond management. Call for meeting locations.

Senior Men’s Club of Empire Ranch Empire Ranch Road, Carson City 885-2100 Contact: The Pro Shop Senior men ages 55 and over meet every Wednesday morning, March through October, at Empire Ranch Golf Course. All levels of play. Call the golf club for details. Sheridan Volunteer Fire Dept. P.O. Box 1901 Gardnerville 89410 265-4590 Contact: Gale Maynor Meets: Every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the firehouse on Centerville and Sheridan Way. Sierra Intermountain Emergency Radio Association P.O. Box 2348 Minden 89423 Meets: First Saturday 1 p.m. At Carson Valley United Methodist Church. A social breakfast is fourth Saturday 8 a.m. At Tail Dragger Café in Minden. Silver State Pygmy Goat Association 530-253-3007 Contact: Sandy Caldwell www.sspga.org Meets: Periodically at various locations. The association has as its purpose the promotion of the pygmy goat breed, the education of the public about the pygmy goat and providing pygmy goat owners information on health care, nutrition, breeding, kidding and housing requirements. Call for information. Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670 Mailing: P.O. Box 143, Minden 89423 Physical: 1227 Kimmerling Road, Gardnerville Ranchos Office: 265-4523 The Elks is a fraternal organization that works together on national and local levels to provide scholarships and other activities for youth, senior citizens, community services, veterans and the military, patriotic and drug awareness programs.

Topaz Sagehens 266-4013 Contact: Janet Bryant Meets: Third Wednesday September through May, 1 p.m., at the Topaz Ranch Estates Park building. The goal and purpose of the group is to promote an educational program that improves home, community and rural life. TOPS Nv. No.141 783-7620 Contact: Marsha Kaster 267-9471 Contact: Juanita Coyle Meets: Thursdays, 9:00 a.m., at Douglas County Community and Senior Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville. Take Off Pounds Sensibly is a nonprofit weight loss support group. Weekly weigh-ins and incentives for reaching weight-loss goals.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8583 P.O. Box 1606 Minden 89423 720-9962 Contact: John Stevens Meets: Second Thursday, 7 p.m., at the Elks Lodge, 1276 Pit Road in Gardnerville. American veterans of all armed conflicts are welcome.

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8583 Ladies Auxiliary 450-2387 Meets: 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month at Carson Valley United Methodist Church. Blue Star and Gold Star Moms welcome. Welcome All Veterans Everywherre WAVE meets the second Monday of the month at the Douglas County Community and Senior Center, 1329 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville. Lunch is at noon. Meeting begins at 1 p.m. Information, 781-4849.

CHURCHES Berean Bible Church 1516 Highway 395 Gardnerville, 89410 P.O. Box 1267 Minden 89423 782-3931 Pastor: Eddie Almeida 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Calvary Chapel of Carson Valley 1004 Dresslerville Road Gardnerville 89460 265-3259 (Office open 9 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.) Pastor: Dan Steen cvcalvarychapel.org Sunday School and Sunday worship service 9 a.m. Evening worship 6 p.m.; Men’s Bible Study, Sat. 8 a.m.; Bible Study, Tues. 7 p.m.; Ladies’ Bible Study Wed. 7 p.m.; Youth activities, Wed. 7 p.m.; Kid’s Club, Fri. 6:30 p.m. Child care available Sunday morning services Corpus Christi Catholic Church 3597 N. Sunridge Drive Carson City 267-3200 www.ccchurchcc.org Pastor: Rev. Father James J. Setelik Jr. Mass times: 4 p.m. Saturday; English 9 a.m. Sunday; Spanish 11:30 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 12:10 p.m. Friday. Confession 3 p.m. Saturday. Carson Valley United Methodist Church 1375 Centerville Lane Gardnerville 89410 782-4600 Pastor: Tony Hoefner www.carsonvalleyumc.com, Facebook Early worship, Sunday, 8:30 a.m.; Traditional worship, 10:30 a.m. ‘The Journey’ Service 6 p.m. Call for information on choir and youth groups. Carson Valley House of Praise 1270 Bolivia Gardnerville 89460 265-3866 Pastor: George Whorley Services, Sunday, 10 a.m. Bible study Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

Christ Presbyterian Church 1528 Highway 395, Suite 130 Gardnerville 89410 782-3781 Pastor: Carl Dahlen www.cvcpc.org Sunday worship (including Children’s Church and child care) 9:30 a.m.; Communion Worship Service first Sunday of each month. Wednesday evening is choir practice. Call for information and times of monthly fellowship activities. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Minden Meetinghouse 891 Mahogany Drive Carson Valley Ward Spruce and Deseret streets Minden 89423 First Ward 782-5872 Bishop: David Haws Second Ward 782-7890 Bishop: Robert Hook Third Ward 782-3885 Bishop: Bo Jackson Call for information, service times. Coventry Cross Episcopal Church 1631 Esmeralda Ave. P.O. Box 518 Minden 89423 www.coventrycross.org 782-4161 Church Office Priest: Rev. Elizabeth Tattersall Worship service 10 a.m. Sunday Services. Crossroads Nazarene 1788 Pinenut Road Gardnerville www.cvcrossroads.com 782-4498 Traditional service 8 a.m.; contemporary service 10:15 a.m. Sunday school, youth and small groups. First Baptist Church of Topaz Ranch Estates 1441 Agate Road Wellington 89444 266-3309 or 266-4154 Pastor: Don Chambers Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday evening worship, 5 p.m. Prayer Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Call for additional information. The Fountainhead Foursquare Church 3690 Highway 395 P.O. Box 2775 Carson City 89702 www.ffccarson.org 267-4488 office Pastor: Louie Locke Sunday morning services at 9:30 a.m.; youth group gatherings: middle and high school students, Thursday 6:30 to 8:10 p.m. Call for more information.

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Genoa Community Church 182 Nixon St. Genoa 89411 www.genoacommunitychurch.com Contact: Brian Foster 75-901-1544 Sunday service 10 a.m. Rev. Patrick Jolly. Nondenominational, speakers and musicians. Grace Community Church 2320 Heybourne Road Minden 89423 782-6516 Pastor: Dr. Brian Borgman www.gracenevada.com Services, Sunday School, 9 a.m.; morning worship, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday afternoon worship, 1:15 p.m. Nursery available for all services. Adult Bible study, youth discipleship and Kids Desiring God, Wednesday. Call for information on other activities. High Sierra Fellowship 1701 Lucerne St. P.O. Box 279 Minden 89423 782-7486 Pastor: Rich Lammay www.hsfellowship.org Worship services, 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:05 a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m. Hilltop Community Church 3588 Romans Road Carson City 89705 267-3020 church www.hilltopchurch.net Teaching Pastors: Joel Berger and P.J. Lewis Sunday traditional service, 8 and 10 a.m., 4:15 p.m. Call for information. Johnson Lane Baptist Church 1581 Johnson Lane Minden 89423 267-9590 Pastor: Rick South www.jlbchurch.org Sunday service, 11 a.m., 5 p.m. Sunday school 9:45 a.m. Call for more information. LifePoint Church 1095 Stephanie Way Minden 89423 267-0151 www.lifepointnv.com Sunday service, 9 and 11 a.m. Home groups, special services. Call for information. Living Word Fellowship 824 Pba’ul (Dark Brush, near Long Valley and Dresslerville roads) Gardnerville 89460 Pastor: Gene Holman 265-3235, church Sunday service, 10 a.m. and children’s church; child care during service.

St. Gall Catholic Church 1343 Centerville Lane Gardnerville 89410 782-2852 782-2622 fax www.saintgall.org Parish administrator: Father Paul McCollum Mass services, Saturday at 4 p.m. in English and 6 p.m. in Spanish; Sunday at 8 and 10:30 a.m., 5 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursdays at 12:10 p.m.; Wednesday and Friday 8 a.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Saturday 2:30-3:30 p.m. and any time upon request. Confessions are 2:30-3:30 p.m. Call for information about preschool through high school religious education, 782-3784. Shadow Mountain 1311 Centerville Lane Gardnerville, 89410 782-5513 www.smchurch.net Pastor: Larry Webb Sunday School, 9:15 a.m., traditional worship services, 10:30 a.m. Call for further information. Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church 3680 Highway 395 North of Jacks Valley Road (near Target) 267-3680 Pastor: Norman Milz www.shepherdofthesierralutheran.org Church service and Sunday School, 9:30 a.m., Bible study, 8:30 a.m. Children’s program during service. Smith Valley Baptist Church 888 Hudson Way, Smith (775) 465-9399 church Pastor: Travis Walker www.smithvalleybaptist.com Sunday school, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday services, 11 a.m.; Sunday youth services, 5 p.m. Bible study, Wednesday 6 p.m. Smith Valley Community United Methodist Church 44 Rivers Road Smith 89430 (775) 465-2452 Pastor: Bart Welsh Sunday services 10 a.m.; adult Bible study 9 a.m. Friday. Women’s Bible study 10 a.m. Monday and 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Topaz Community Open Bible Church 3777 Granite Way Wellington 89444 266-0020 Pastor: Ron and Nanci Carter Sunday services; Prayers, 9 a.m., morning worship, 10 a.m. Meets at the Topaz Ranch Estates Community Building at the end of Carter Way.

Trinity Lutheran Church 1480 Douglas Ave. Gardnerville 89410 782-8153 782-8154 fax Pastor: Jim Beilstein Director of Child Care Center: Laura Edmonds www.trinitylutherangv.com Sunday services, 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.; Sunday School and adult Bible classes, 9:30 a.m. (Child care available). Thursday Bible study, 7 a.m. and 9a.m., preschool and childcare center, call 782KIDS (782-5437) for more information. Valley Christian Fellowship Office 1681 Lucerne St. Minden 265-4100 Pastor: Leo Kruger www.valleycf.org Worship services, Sunday 10 a.m. and Wednesday 6:45 p.m.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS Douglas County School District Office P.O. Box 1888 751 Mono Ave. Minden, 89423 782-5134 782-3162 fax High Schools: Aspire Academy 1680 Bently Parkway, Minden 392-1475 Principal: Marty Swisher www.dcsd.k12.nv.us Grades 9-12 Douglas High School 1670 Highway 88, P.O. Box 1888 Minden 89423 782-5136 Principal: Joe Girdner Vice Principals: Dave Pyle, Tom Morgan, Laura Parks www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/dhs Grades 10-12, Music, sports and after-school occupational and alternative educational programs are offered. Whittell High School 240 Warrior Way, P.O. Box 677 Zephyr Cove 89448 588-2446 Principal: Crespin Esquivel www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/gwhs Middle Schools: Carson Valley Middle School 1477 Highway 395, P.O. Box 157 Gardnerville 89410 782-2265 Principal: Robert Been www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/cvms

Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School 701 Long Valley Road, P.O.Box 157 Gardnerville 89460 265-6100 Principal: Guy Olguin Vice Principal: Adam Dedmon www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/pwl

Sierra Lutheran High School 3601 Romans Road Carson City, 89705 www.sierralhs.com 782-0060 Grades 9-12

Elementary Schools: Meneley Elementary 1446 Muir Drive, P.O. Box 1150 Gardnerville 89460 265-3154 Principal: Becky Rugger Vice Principal: Cade Baligad www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/ccmes

Adventure Camp Ages 5 – 12 Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department 782-5500 www.douglascountynv.gov

Douglas County 4-H Youth Development Program P.O. Box 338, Minden 89423 1329 Waterloo Lane,, Gardnerville 782-9960 Contact: Shannon Montana 4-H, one of America’s oldest youth organizations, helps prepare kids for the future. Friendships, self-esteem and personal development make 4-H an experience all youths can benefit from. The program is open to young people aged 5-19 with no dues or initial fees (although there may be costs associated with individual projects).

American Youth Soccer Organization P.O. Box 2409 Minden 89423 www.cvayso.org Season starts in August and ends in October. Registration, April, May and June.

Douglas Dolfins Swim Team 782-8840 www.ddst.org Boys and girls compete separately in age groups. Team is open to children age 5-18. Program accommodates all levels from novice to champion.

Carson Valley Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts 884-0838 There are various active Boy Scout Troops, Cub Scouts, Explorer Posts and Venturing Crews in Douglas County. Scouts are boys in the first grade through 21 years old.

Douglas Ski Clubs 265-4236 Contact: Robert Pumphrey Valley Saturday Club 782-3543 Valley Sunday Club Contact: Tom Hickey,782-2164 Sandy Cooke,841-3339 Ski clubs in the Valley operate Saturdays as well as Sundays. Signups are in early winter. All Douglas County students welcome. Children must provide their own equipment and be at least 8.

Jacks Valley Elementary 701 Jacks Valley Road P.O. Box 1888 Minden 89423 267-3267 Principal: Pam Gilmartin www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/jves Minden Elementary 1170 Baler St., P.O. Box 1888 Minden 89423 782-5510 Principal: Ken Stoll www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/mes Gardnerville Elementary 1290 Toler Ave., P.O. Box 1090 Gardnerville 89410 265-3154 Principal: Shannon Brown www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/ges Piñon Hills Elementary 1479 Stephanie Way, P.O. Box 1888 Minden 89423 267-3622 Principal: Jason Reid www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/phes Scarselli Elementary 699 Long Valley Road, P.O. Box 1120 Gardnerville 89460 265-2222 Principal: Susan McNeall www.dcsd.k12.nv.us/ses Zephyr Cove Elementary 226 Warrior Way, P.O. Box 7 Zephyr Cove 89448 (775) 588-4574 Principal: Nancy Cauley https://zces-dcsd1-nv.schoolloop.com Western Nevada College, Douglas Campus 1680 Bently Parkway Minden 89423 782-2413; 782-2415, fax

PRIVATE SCHOOLS Faith Christian Academy Calvary Chapel of Carson Valley 1101 Dresslerville Road Gardnerville 89460 265-0688 Grades K-8 www.cvcalvarychapel.org

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Carson Valley Girl Scouts Sierra Nevada Council (800) 222-5406 (Council office) The Carson Valley Girl Scouts are part of the Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada Council. They sell calendars and cookies to raise funds for these activities. Carson Valley Girls Softball P.O. Box 2142 Minden 89423 265-6447 Contact: Patti Snyder Ages 5 to 18. Season is April 1 to July 1 with signups in February and March. All girls are welcome. Everyone plays. Carson Valley Soccer Club 267-4545 Contact: Tim Dry http://carsonvalleysoccer.org/ Spring season; plays competitively in the area as well as out of state. Co-ed Youth Basketball Douglas County Recreation Department 782-5500 The basketball season for third through eighth graders is December through March, with signups in the month of November.

Explorers Post 2105 Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Youth Services Office 782-6441 Contact: Deputy Chris Griffith The Douglas County Sheriff’s Post is open to boys and girls, 14-21 years old, who wish to receive training in law enforcement. Meetings held 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Law Enforcement Center in Minden. MeFiYi Foundation Amateur athletic programs 783-9598 or 782-9828 The MeFiYi Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports amateur athletics and recreation programs in Northern Nevada and organizes youth sports camps throughout the year to help youths improve their skills in several sports. Silver State Pony Club 781-9644 Contact: Denise Beronio The group is an affiliate of the U.S. Pony Club and follows all of its rules and regulations; this is an English riding club for youths ages 8-21 years. Ride locations vary. Club offers instruction, competition, friendship.

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Business Council of Douglas County P.O. Box 2886 Minden 89423 1513 Highway 395, Suite 2 Gardnerville 89410 E-mail: BizcouncilDC@aol.com 782-6715 782-6716, fax Executive Director: Renea Louie The Business Council of Douglas County is a nonprofit corporation committed to economic diversification and prudent fiscal policies for Douglas County.

Young Chautauquans Douglas County Historical Society 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville 89410 392-1772 Contact: Iris Blaisdell The Douglas County Young Chautauquans season is January through June. Members research historic personages and give public presentations in character. Youth Basketball League Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department Anthony Davis – 782-5500 www.dcprsports.com Youth Volleyball League Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department Anthony Davis – 782-5500 www.dcprsports.com Youth Flag Football League Douglas County Parks & Recreation Department Anthony Davis – 782-5500 www.dcprsports.com

PARKS Dangberg Home Ranch Historic Park The park is located at 1450 Highway 88, a quarter mile north of the Carson Valley Veterinary Hospital. Operated by the nonproift Friends of Dangberg Home Ranch in cooperation with Douglas County. Visit www.dangberghomeranch. org for programs and contact information. Genoa Town Park, 782-8696 Nixon Street in historic Genoa across from the Community Church. Public rest rooms. Heritage Park, 782-7134 Gilman Avenue just north of downtown Gardnerville. Public restrooms. Minden Park, 782-5976 Esmeralda Avenue in central Minden. Public restrooms. Mormon Station State Historic Park 782-2590 or 687-4379 Programs planned for summer season; call for schedule. Open May to October, the Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa offers picnic tables, museum and large grassy area for dayuse visitors.

Aviation Roundup was a big draw to Minden-Tahoe Airport in 2018. The next installment is expected in 2020. SPECIAL TO THE R-C

Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce 1477 Highway 395 North, Suite A Gardnerville 89410 782-8144 782-1025, fax (800) 727-7677 Executive director: Bill Chernock www.carsonvalleynv.org Info@carsonvalleynv.org Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Information for tourism, relocation, business and industry. Carson Valley Visitor’s Authority 1477 Highway 395 North Gardnerville 89410 www.visitcarsonvalley.org Executive director: Jan Vandermade

Grover Hot Springs California State Park (530) 694-2249 (800) 444-PARK for reservations Four miles west of Markleeville, Calif.; open year-round except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day. Call for schedules and fees.

BUSINESS GROUPS Alpine County Chamber of Commerce Markleeville P.O. Box 265, No. 3 Webster St. Markleeville, Calif. 96120 (530) 694-2475 (530) 694-2478, fax Executive director: Teresa Burkhauser, CMP www.alpinecounty.com info@alpinecounty.com

Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce 169 Highway 50 Stateline, NV 89449 Mailing address: P.O. Box 7139 Stateline 89449 588-1728 www.tahoechamber.org E-mail: info@tahoechamber.org Office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m, Monday through Friday, year round. Visitors’ center, open seven days, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., during winter; 9 a.m.-6 p.m., during summer. Entrance foyer open seven days a week with brochures and displays.

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High Sierra Fellowship

Sunday Services 8:00am • 9:30am 11:05am

1701 Lucerne St. - Minden Pastor Rich Lammay (775) 782-7486

Bible Study, Youth Group, AWANA Wednesdays 7:00pm www.hsfellowship.org

“Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” Psalm 119:105

Building on over 150 years of service in the valley. Early Worship • 8:30 am Traditional Worship & Sunday School • 10:30 am Child Care provided from 8:20 am until 11:30 am All are welcome! • Pastor Tony Hoefner • 782-4600 •

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THREE LOCAL PARKS, THREE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES. Bodie State Historic Park Hwy 270, Bridgeport, CA

Over 200 structures from the 1870s Daily Public Tours – May through September Private Group Tours Available Annual Friends of Bodie Day – August 9th & 10th, 2019 www.BodieFoundation.org

Grover Hot Springs State Park

3415 Hot Springs Rd, Markleeville, CA

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Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve Lee Vining, CA

Ancient Majestic Lake - Over 2 Million Migratory Birds Day Hikes – Kayaking – Picnicking Annual Bird Chautauqua - June 14th–16th, 2019 Birding by Ear tours www.VisitMonoLake.org

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