The Genoa Cowboy Poetry & Music Festival kicks off in Genoa today with the VIP Champagne Reception, the cowboy mercantile tent and cowboy art gallery. Heritage Club members will get an evening with Waddie Mitchell, Ken Gardner and Cindy White while the Carson Valley Inn hosts Dave Stamey, Juni Fisher and Jim King in Minden. Tickets are $25.The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today. Forecasters are predicting 20-30 mph winds, gusting to 50 mph, with the strongest winds will be between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Expect to see travel restrictions through …