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A Jeep full of soldiers headed down C Street in Sparks on its way to the staging area for last Saturday’s Christmas parade. The parade had more than a hundred entries, including one bearing Reno Mayor Bob Cashell, identified on the side of the car as the mayor of West Sparks.

Holiday Travel

by Staff December 9, 2009

Beverly Harry of Corn Mush Girl Jewelry works on a piece of jewelry while tending her display at an arts festival at the Reno Sparks Indian Colony. The event was held the weekend after Thanksgiving and featured products made by Native American artists and crafters.

Native arts

by Staff December 2, 2009

At Zephyr Books during a reception marking publication of the first issue of a new journal called Nevada Review, William and Dale Raggio leafed through copies. The new publication contains an article by Sen. Raggio’s biographer, Mike Archer (standing behind the Raggios), about Raggio’s years as Washoe County district attorney. The new publication is for sale at Zephyr Books.

Magazine launch

by Staff November 24, 2009

Nevada First Lady Dawn Gibbons, left, and actress Dawn Wells chatted at the 20th anniversary celebration of the Nevada Women’s Lobby in Reno last weekend. The event honored women state legislators of the last 10 years, including Gibbons herself.

Double Dawn

by Staff November 18, 2009

At the Nevada Day chili feed in Carson City last Saturday, a trio of tap dancers were performing. Three-and-a-half year old Sophia Dickey decided to join in.

Tiny Dancer

by Staff November 4, 2009

You never know where indomitability (or agriculture) will show itself. This hardy and unplanned cornstalk is pushing its way unnoticed up out of a rock garden at the Reno airport.

A stalk grows in Reno

by Staff October 21, 2009

“I’m 4,” young Jack Putman told Nevada first lady Dawn Gibbons at an event where Gibbons read to children. The Reno event was held to promote Read for the Record, a program encouraging children and teens to read.

Speaking truth to power

by Staff October 14, 2009

Residents of the 700 block of Humboldt Street last weekend held that old fashioned ritual in community, a block party. High winds forced the group from the middle of the street into a fenced back yard where a lunch of fried green tomatoes and chili was consumed.

Neighbors

by Staff October 7, 2009

At UNR, two friends enjoyed the mild fall weather to share lunch at a fountain near Morrill Hall. The weather, that is, was mild on that day—summer heat soon returned.

Autumnal friends

by Staff September 16, 2009

Several thousand Nevadans who traveled 1993 miles to see UNR play Notre Dame watched as the Wolf Pack fought a losing battle against the Fighting Irish. While many Nevadans didn’t necessarily expect a win, they—and some sportswriters—expected a close game and possibly an upset. Instead, it was what the Los Angeles Times’ Chris Dufresne ungrammatically called “a thoroughly, almost shocking, 35-0 win over Nevada.”

The Nevada section

by Staff September 9, 2009

The familiar but fast disappearing remains of the Ophir Mill are located on the east side of U.S. 395 through Washoe Valley. In the Comstock era, ore was brought down the Ophir Grade and then across a causeway over Washoe Valley to the steam mill, which was capable of processing a hundred tons daily. The structure, probably built in 1861, survived in relatively good shape with the walls still standing until the 1970s when 395 was moved from the west side of the valley to just yards from the mill. The increased vibration accelerated the deterioration of the structure and the walls that had mostly survived for a century are now mostly fallen.

History by the side of the road

by Staff September 2, 2009

Although U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy lost the Nevada presidential primary election on May 27, 1980, he was still running strong the previous December when he spoke to a Democratic Party luncheon in what was then the MGM Grand Hotel in Reno. That luncheon followed a Senate hearing he conducted in the same hotel with Nevada’s Sen. Howard Cannon. Seated next to Kennedy at the luncheon was Reno Mayor Barbara Bennett. Kennedy’s family spent time at Lake Tahoe when he was growing up and he made several appearances in the state over the years, including a stop at the University of Nevada campus in Reno during the 1960 campaign and a visit to the Pyramid Lake tribal reservation as part of an inquiry into Native American issues.

Kennedy and Nevada

by Staff August 26, 2009