Homemade Tomato Sauce
Carson quarterback Jace Keema dives for an extra few yards during Friday's game against Galena.
Colorful autumn still life with a yellow bowl overflowing with pumpkin seeds
Don’t look now, but the Carson High boys tennis team is just one win away from advancing to the state tournament.
Historically, two wins in the five-team Sierra League is enough to make the post-season.
Dayton High School inducted five new members into its athletic Hall of Fame last weekend.
Carson Tahoe Health became an affiliate of University of Utah Health Care in 2013. University of Utah Health Care was named first overall in prestigious Quality and Accountability Study by Vizient.
Senior doubles player Kayla Bekiares prepares to serve in Monday's practice.
John Johnson, formerly the Churchill County Middle School vice principal, is the new principal at Northside Early Learning Center.
Faith Cornmesser stretches to retur nthe ball to Dayton in Thursday's 3A volleyball match.
Mayla Dahl passes the ball in front of an Incline defender in Saturday's 3A match.
Fallon's Jordyn Dahl (17) watches the kick sail past her in Saturday's match against Incline.
allon senior Brock Uptain gets around Elko senior Luis Salazar in the backfield during the first quarter Friday at Warrior Field.
Fallon senior TJ Mauga blocks a PAT by Elko senior Eric Klekas with 2:27 remaining in the fourth quarter, preserving a 12-12 ballgame and essentially forcing overtime.
160929-N-OT964-120 NORFOLK (Sept. 29, 2016) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson discusses the Navy's rating modernization during an all hands call with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Steven Giordano. Effective immediately, Sailors will no longer refer to each other by rate IE YN1, but rather by rank IE PO1. Other personnel policy and program changes are being reviewed to ensure Sailors are afforded more billet opportunity can career flexibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Martin L. Carey/Released)
Myles Getto, Fallon's No. 1 singles player, follows through on a backhand in Monday's practice.
Fallon soccer player Nick Kulick (5) and an Incline player fight for ball control in Saturday's match.
Fallon swept Dayton Thursday night in a Northern 3A match at the Greenwave’s Elmo Dericco Gym to improve to 10-4 overall, 7-1 in Northern 3A play.
The Lady Wave showed more grit and intensity during Saturday’s Northern 3A soccer match against Incline.
ELKO – Inconsistency on both sides of the ball — some in part because of injuries — plagued the Greenwave football team in a thrilling triple-overtime league clash against Elko.
After being shut out for three-straight games, the Greenwave boys soccer team got on the board against Incline.
More talent doesn’t necessarily mean a better team.
Invites all friends and family to his Memorial on October 8th, 11am at the Tolas Chapel, 125 W. Tolas Pl., Fallon, NV
Anna L. Monegan, 87, died October 3, 2016 in Carson City, Nevada. Arrangements are in the care of Capitol City Cremation & Burial 775-882-1766
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2016 file photo, Ben Stiller poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film "Zoolander No.2," in London. In an essay posted Tuesday, Oct. 4, on the website Medium, Stiller revealed that he battled prostate cancer in 2014, and he credits the test that diagnosed the cancer with saving his life. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
French police officers exit the residence of Kim Kardashian West in Paris Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Kim Kardashian West was unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint of more than $10 million worth of jewelry inside a private Paris residence Sunday night, police officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Media wait outside of a building where Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West are staying Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, in New York. Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence early Monday where Kardashian West was staying, tied her up and robbed her of more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
A woman looks out of a window of the residence of Kim Kardashian West in Paris Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Kim Kardashian West was unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint of more than $10 million worth of jewelry inside a private Paris residence Sunday night, police officials said. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016 file photo, Kanye West, left, and Kim Kardashian West arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence early Monday, Oct. 3, where Kim Kardashian West was staying and tied her up, police officials said. They said five assailants, who are still at large, stole a jewelry box containing valuables worth 6 million euros ($6.7 million) as well as a ring worth 4 million euros ($4.5 million.) (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - This undated file photo shows Devils Tower near Moorcraft, in northeastern Wyoming. As the nation's first national monument approaches its 110th anniversary in 2016, some American Indian tribes are seeking to change the name of the geologic feature to Bear Lodge and the name of the monument to Bear Lodge National Monument, because they view the name as unbefitting for a monument they consider to be a sacred site. Opponents of the idea say changing the name would cause confusion and hurt tourism. (Stephen Berend/Gillette News Record via AP, File)
FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, American TV personality Kim Kardashian attends the Cannes Lions 2015, International Advertising Festival in Cannes, southern France. Armed robbers forced their way into a private Paris residence where Kardashian West was staying, and stole more than $10 million worth of jewelry, police officials said Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. They said five assailants, who are still at large, stole a jewelry box containing valuables worth 6 million euros ($6.7 million) as well as a ring worth 4 million euros ($4.5 million). (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
FILE - This Thursday, July 9, 2015 file photo shows Chief Arvol Looking Horse, spiritual leader of the Great Sioux Nation, posing for a portrait in front of Devils Tower National Monument in Devils Tower, Wyo. As the nation's first national monument approaches its 110th anniversary in 2016, Arvol Looking Horse has petitioned to change the name of the geologic feature to Bear Lodge and the name of the monument to Bear Lodge National Monument. Opponents of the idea say changing the name would cause confusion and hurt tourism. (Dan Cepeda/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)
Submitted Photo Ian Hartman, from left, and Jack Chestnut, both from Ponderosa Plumbing, and Terry Sanders, construction superindendent at Syncon Homes, look over plans. Syncon Homes of Douglas County broke ground Dec. 15 on the newest addition to their family of communities, La Costa. Reservations are now being taken on phase one of these one- and two-story Mediterranean-influenced, family-style homes. Visit the temporary sales office at 976 Bella Rosa in Minden or call 783-0999.
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Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal News Service Walley's Hot Springs Resort flooded near the gazebo Saturday. In the Carson Valley, Genoa and the Foothill area were hit hardest by the storm.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Ruben Correa, of Carson City, leaps over a car to get to his vehicle near Curry Street in Carson City on Saturday. A state of emergency was declared because of the flooding.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal File Photo Larry McPherson talks to his horse, Sundown, at his Stagecoach ranch. McPherson is president of the Nevada Division of the National Pony Express Association.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Pauline and George Bauman, of Gardnerville, sit in their home on Sunday and look through prescription receipts from the past month. The Baumans are having to wait to fill prescriptions because of problems with the federal Medicare prescription plan.
Undersheriff Bob Rudnick talks about Dec. 31, 1975, his first day of work at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal News Service
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's detective Kate Summers talks in her office Friday about her experience serving with the National Guard in Louisiana.
Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal A woman walks north on Roop Street in Carson City during a wind and rain storm on Friday. Carson City is expected to get up to 3 inches of rain by this morning.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal George Brott, a Carson Cialso ty resident since 1993, serves on the Carson City Senior Citizens Center's Advisory Council. The former rocket scientist is the new director of the Singing Seniors.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Above, Charlayna Knaak, a nurse's assistant at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center, gets ready to return to work after helping a patient to her car on the first night the hospital opened.
Emma Gerrard/North Lake Tahoe Bonanza A sign at the base of the Mt. Rose Highway in Incline Village warns motorists of avalanche danger.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal The sun sets behind the new Casino Fandango parking garage, which opened Thursday.
Brad Horn/File Photo Ana Ramirez, 41, of Carson City prays for Pope John Paul II at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Community.
Mary Jean Kelso/Nevada Appeal News Service Pam Doerr, Fernley resident and service officer for American Legion Post 37, made the Naval Reserves her lifetime career before retiring and becoming active in the community. Doerr presides at many funeral services and ceremonies for veterans and civilians.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Pat, left, and Dave Wyble, sit in their home on Wednesday and talk about this year's Toys for Tots drive.
Photo by Ryan Salm/Sierra Sun Investigators examine remnants of the wreckage after a private jet crashed and burst into flames Wednesday. Both occupants were killed when the jet crashed as it tried to land at Truckee Tahoe Airport north of Lake Tahoe.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Mark Nadreau mixes a vodka martini at the Adele's Restaurant Bar in Carson City on Wednesday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Some of the 10 horses available for adoption at the Lucky Horse Rescue corral in Dayton take a short run around their pen on Wednesday.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal The new kitchen manager for Carson City Senor Citizen's Center, Robert S. Baca, poses in the center's kitchen Tuesday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Quest Lakes, of the Silver City Volunteer Library, points to some of the books at the library in the firehouse Tuesday. The library will be open to Silver City residents from 2-4 p.m. Sundays, starting Jan. 8.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Production worker Marco Galvan from Dayton, Nevada concentrates while starting to assemble a speaker unit at Bohlender Graebener Corporation Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005 in Carson City.
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Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Carson City firefighter John Arneson, left, and Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Nick Nordyke look over a single-vehicle accident that occurred in the eastbound lanes of Highway 50 on Spooner Summit on Monday. The accident was the third on the highway that day, as icy conditions made driving hazardous at higher elevations.
Ashlynn Durbin,10 months, plays with her 4-year-old brother Justin Schmidt's, right, foam darts at their home Christmas morning. Chad Lundquist/ Nevada Appeal
Kelli Du Fresne/Nevada Appeal A Carson City firefighter exits a home on Brown Street that caught fire Saturday night. The home was completely destroyed but resulted in no injuries.
Candice Mondragon gathered Christmas gifts for teenagers as part of her senior project at Carson High School.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's reserve deputy Homer Dagdagen and Santa Claus get ready to bring gifts and Christmas cheer to a Carson City family on Christmas Eve.
photos by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Robin Rittenhouse lays tile last Thursday afternoon.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal State Budget Director Perry Comeaux retired Friday, after serving under three Nevada governors.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Carson City Mayor Marv Teixeira stands outside City Hall recently. He said the city will be dealing with many of the same issues in 2006 as in 2005, such as deciding a master plan and curbing methamphetamine use.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Rosa Garza has been named Hispanic Businesswoman of the Year by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Garza is a housing and credit counselor for Citizens for Affordable Housing, Inc.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, talks to reporters after filing papers Dec. 19 at the Secretary of State's Office for a plan to limit government spending and give voters the final say on tax increases.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Construction begins on the site where the Merriner Cottages will be built at the Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center campus on Friday morning. The cottages will house patients undergoing heart surgery or cancer treatment.
49ers photo Harvey Dahl
Inmates in the Senior Structured Living Program play wheelchair basketball once a week.
Rick Gunn/Nevada Appeal Jack Maloney drives one home during a game of Nerf baseball in the Carson Rehabilitation Center in March. During the spring 2005 baseball season, Maloney was diagnosed with the potentially deadly disease called Guillain-Barré Syndrome that left him paralyzed.
On the day after Christmas, many head out to the stores to return gifts, exchange sizes or get good deals.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Phil Herrington, buried in building plans at his office, will retire from the Carson City Building Department Friday. Herrington helped make the permit center what it is today.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Keaira, 4, and Keith Jr., 7, Robinson show off some of their Christmas presents Thursday in their Carson City home. The Robinson family is spending Christmas in Nevada, but they are making plans to move to Baton Rouge, La., in February.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Carson Senators Foward Steve Manoki fights with Spanish Springs Cougars Guard Giovanni Beltran for a re-bound at the Carson Classic Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005. The Carson Senators advanced to the final round with the defeat of the Cougars.
Susan Rizk kisses her daughter after returning home following a nearly two-month stay at Washoe Medical Center. Rizk was attacked at her South Lake Tahoe home by a man wielding a sword. Jim Grant/Appeal News Service
photos by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Mail carrier Curtis Hastings delivers mail in Carson City on Wednesday. Monday was the year's busiest mailing day, with local carriers delivering about 1,500 large packages.
Third-graders Nathanial Bolle, 8, and Ariana Arias, 8, from Fritsh Elementary School, enjoy their last day at school before winter break by singing "Feliz Navidad" while on a field trip to Bliss Mansion on Wednesday.
Rich Johnson/Special to the Nevada Appeal Capitol Police officers and Wal-Mart combined efforts to donate 14 bicycles to the Eagle Valley Children's Home. From left, Capitol Police Cpl. Randy Smith, Donna Clarke of the Eagle Valley Children's Home, Cpl. Sam Logan, Officer Robert Gagen and Chief Brad Valladon.
photo illustration by Phillip Wooley
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Granite Construction Materials Manager Chuck Davies stands near his Reno office. He is the newest member of Lyon County's Regional Transportation Commission and already serves on the Lyon County Planning Commission.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Dan Gonzales helps James Jarrard, 13, calculate his gifts while shopping at Wal-Mart Monday morning. Volunteers helped area middle school students spend $50 gift cards.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Maximilliano Cisneros listens as the verdict is read in his murder trial Monday morning. The jury found Cisneros guilty of second-degree murder in a May 2004 shooting.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Christy Lin, 16, puts tags on some of the gifts Carson High School Advanced Placement English students donated for a family they adopted for Christmas. Students raised money or donated gifts for the Carson City family of five.
Maximiliano Cisneros listens to the prosecution present closing arguments at the Carson City courthouse on Friday. Cisneros was found guilty today of second-degree murder.
photos by BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Tessa Stevens models a helmet and goggles at a ski- and bike-helmet fitting and sale at the old Carson-Tahoe Hospital on Saturday.
Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal Ron Kaher, an employee of Cactus Jack's Casino in Carson City. plows a side street in front of the casino during a snowstorm on Sunday. A fast-moving front brought more than 8 inches of snow in less than 12 hours.
Travis Swoger, 17, from left, Paul Kanow, and Al Rodriguez wait in line at Best Buy in Douglas Country for a limited release of 24 of the new Xbox 360 on Saturday evening. The entertainment game systems will be released at 8 a.m. today. BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal E. Cort Larson, 17, rehearses his part of the Russian Prince for "The Peanutcracker - The Story in a Nutshell" at the Western Nevada Performing Arts Center on Saturday. The performance will be Monday evening at the Carson City Community Center.
BRAD HORN/Nevada AppealNevada Highway Patrol troopers, a Carson City coroner, and Department of Transportation employees work the scene of a fatal accident that claimed the life of two men this morning on Highway 50.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Sixth-grader Bianca Carrasco, 11, of Eagle Valley Middle School makes a Christmas card for Staff Sgt. Joseph Pastorek in Afghanistan. The class is participating in the Army's "Operation Giving Thanks."
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Dan and Michelle Buonamici from Carson City, brought a trunk full of food to donate to the "Advocates to End Domestic Violence" Friday night at Albertson's in North Carson. The Buonamici's estimated the donation to be about 300-400 pounds of food.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Maximiliano Cisneros listens to the prosecution present closing arguments at the Carson City courthouse on Friday. Cisneros is charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder.
Former Carson City Sheriff Robert Humphrey was found dead Wednesday afternoon at his home in Paradise Valley, about 15 miles outside Winnemucca. He was 80 years old
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson's Adam Houghton drives to the basket during the Senator's game at Reed on Friday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal A crew from Gene Koffler Masonry of Reno, including, from left, George Lupori, Jack Munger and Elesio Rodriquez, works on the Autumn Village Senior Housing project.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Mark Della, customer service technician for Southwest Gas Corp., checks the thermostat for efficiency Friday morning in Carson City.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Tyler Roberts, 10, and Brianna Stark, 7, sits on Santa's lap during their party at Seeliger Elementary School.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Niels Odegard, head programmer at Metal Solutions in Carson City, cuts out a metal design at the business on Thursday.
Cathleen Allison/nevada appeal Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn relaxes in his den at the Governor's Mansion in Carson City on Dec. 9 with his dog "Mimi." Guinn is in his final year as governor after serving two terms and is looking forward to touring the state with his wife Dema.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Maximilliano Cisneros describes how he was afraid he was going to be shot when he opened fire and then ran, leaving one man dead and another injured. Cisneros took the stand to answer charges of second-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the May 24, 2004, shooting.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Dee Dee Foremaster, director of Do Drop In, makes calls to help Catarino Vasquez and his family. Vasquez is pictured with his 15-day-old son, Edgar.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal From left, Allie Otto, Ali Pyne, Tianna Golliglee, Samantha Carter and Courtney Lenhart signed letters of commitment Thursday to play soccer for the 2006 Western Nevada Community College women's soccer team.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Washoe County Sheriff's Office firearms expert Edward Lattyak shows the jury cartridges found in the magazine of the gun believed to have been used in the 2004 killing of Juan Carlos Alegria. Lattyak was testifying for the state Wednesday in the murder trial of Maximilliano Cisneros.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Vicki Hathaway reacts while watching a documentary about her son during a presentation of the Carson High School Project Ignition Driver Awareness program at the high school on Wednesday morning.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson wrestler Martin Azzam, 152-weight class, competes against Damonte Ranch in Carson on Wednesday. Azzam won his match.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Forrest Huett has opened Earthly Creations in North Carson City.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Heather Canfield, center, along with the rest of the BAC Stage Kids rehearse their parts in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" on Monday night at the Brewery Arts Center. Left to right, back row, Emily Meeks, Melissa Marsh, Ashlee Negrete, Roy Rodriguez, Abigail Pittman, David Feltner and William Feltner.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Disabled American Veteran van driver George Egbert, right, watches as Stan Kessler disembarks at his home Thursday afternoon. Veterans, who ride the van to and from medical appointments in Reno, face new restrictions.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal John Bristow sits next to the chess set he donated to the Silver Stage Library.
The cottonwood trees line the East Fifth Street between Saliman Road and Edmonds Drive are scheduled to be cut down this weekend. The trees, which are estimated to be around 100 years old, were determined to be a safety hazzard. Chad Lundquist/ Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Maximilliano Cisneros listens to proceedings in his murder trial Tuesday at the Carson City District Court.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Mo Charlo #2 Wolf Pack forward sets up for a dunk during the first half of game 3 against the Seattle Pacific Falcons at Lawlor Events Center on Tuesday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson High School National Honor Society members Lianne Aglietti, 17, and Loren Wooldridge, 18, pack up the hundreds of toys collected by the N.H.S. for the Toys for Tots program.
Red Cross Social Worker Jan Bachman (now retired from the Carson City Library) is shown after returning from a festive trip to Mexico in 1965.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Sen. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, talks to reporters after filing papers Monday at the Secretary of State's office for a plan to limit government spending and give voters the final say on tax increases.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Water erupts from a pipe off of the Duck Hill Road area of North Carson on Monday.
La-Tea-Da Tea Shoppe owner Rosemary Nebesky, 71, pours a cup of Christmas tea during the Victorian Home Tour on Dec. 11. Chad Lundquist/ Nevada Appeal
Angel Dey/Nevada Appeal The Grand Canyon provides an array of colors and formations that will leave you in awe of the natural world.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Santa Claus prepares to dismount the train Sunday during the 18th annual Santa Train at the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
BRAD HORN/NEVADA APPEAL Linsey Wegener, playing the part of Clara, rehearses for "The Nutcracker Ballet - All Jazz'd Up" at danceSpirit in Carson CIty Saturday.
Court Leve/Nevada appeal news service This Katrina refugee at Agate Bay Animal Hospital needs a new home.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Cowboy poet Rob Holley, far left, celebrates Christmas by reciting poetry at Washoe Lake State Park during the Western Cowboy Christmas on Saturday evening.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson's Adam Houghton scores during the Senator's game agaisnt the Douglas Tigers in Minden on Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Elizabeth Bracamontes, 9, crawls through a mock subway at Fremont Elementary School on Friday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Avonne Hardaway reads a Bible at the Silver Springs Conservation Camp Friday morning. She is among the growing population of women inmates in Nevada and across the country.
Rick Gunn/For the Appeal A Viennese man's shadow precedes him.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Danny Shaw-White, from left, Tyler Cruz, Juan Cervantes, and Fred Bechtold watch video tape during their preliminary murder trail at the Carson City Courthouse on Friday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Sharon Fujioka enjoys a snack during the grand opening of the Comstock History Center in Virginia City on Friday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson's Brandi Vega saves the ball during the second half in Carson on Friday.
Dan Thrift/Nevada Appeal News Service An X-ray reveals the four-inch nail that went into Blake Shamas' left knee during a sledding accident near his South Shore home. Injuries such as his are not unusual for this area this time of year.
Carson High School forward Rob Valerius, left, battles for a loose ball with Dayton High School forward Jordan Stokes during the first half of their first-round game at the Carson Valley Classic at Douglas High School in MInden, Nev., on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005. AP Photo Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal
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J. Pat Carter/Associated Press Roberto Salazar, administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announces Wednesday in Miami that his department has launched the Spanish-language version of the MyPyramid.gov., an online guide designed to help Americans live healthier.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal One of the entries in the Virginia City Gingerbread Contest, sponsored by the Virginia City Convention and Tourism Authority.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Bob Fitzgerald of Reno listens Wednesday during introductions at the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association. Inc. meeting at Grandma Hattie's commemorating the anniversary of the bombing. Fitzgerald is a transfer from Chapter 23 in Santa Rosa, Calif.
Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal News Service Friends and family members of Michael Ward react to the verdict Wednesday night. Ward was found guilty on three counts in the June 23 death of Jeffrey John during a fight in Gardnerville Ranchos.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Nevada National Guard members Staff Sgt. Charles Fillman, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Richard Martinez measure a physical fitness course at the Riverview Park Tuesday afternoon. Carson City officials are considering a master plan update that includes more natural park areas and multi-use recreation facilities.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal #24 Hannah Works goes up for a rebound in the 3rd quarter on Tuesday nights game against Reed High School.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Ray Soloninka, 79, helps his wife, Barbara, 64, step off of a JAC bus at the Plaza Street transfer station on Nov. 28. Officials say bad weather and no bus shelters are keeping ridership numbers down during the system's first paid month of operation.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Pearl Harbor veterans Howard Spreeman, 84, and wife, Rosalyn, 80, stand in "the war room" at their home on Monday. The room is filled with photos and medals dedicated to the memory of those who died at Pearl Harbor. Howard was in the U.S. Navy 20 years; Rosalyn was in the U.S. Navy from 1943-45, and in the reserves from 1945-62.
Larry Osborne sits in his office on Monday, talking about his 17 1Ã2 years of service as CEO of the Carson City Area Chamber of Commerce. Chad Lundquist/ Nevada Appeal
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Linda Marrone moves a freshly baked batch of cookies onto a plate at her home on Sunday. The Marrone home on Minnesota Street was built in 1883. The house is new to this year's Victorian Home Christmas Tour.
Photos by Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Six-pound, 12-ounce Kiley McGrew rests peacefully in her father's arms on Sunday morning. Kiley was born to Will and Brooke McGrew of Carson City at 4:13 p.m. Saturday, a little more than eight hours after Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center opened its doors, making her the first baby to be born in the new building. Below, Brooke McGrew holds Kiley while dad, Will, and grandmother Christy McGrew watch on Sunday morning.
Curt Barnes, 77, of Stagecoach owns the House of Ski on Kingsbury Grade. Here, he explains the finer points of a pair of flexible boots, equipment he says is increasingly favored by older skiers. Dan Thrift/ Appeal News Service
Dan Thrift/Nevada Appeal News Service A CalStar helicopter lifts off from Highway 50 outside Harrah's Lake Tahoe in Stateline with Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Dan Nelson, an officer involved in a shooting Saturday inside the casino's VIP Lounge.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Volunteers greet patrons of Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center as they enter the front entrance and into the lobby.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Amber, 5, of Carson CIty, waits in line after spending her $100 with volunteer Ed Conner, of Reno, at the south Wal-Mart on Saturday morning. It was the eighth annual shopping spree for needy children sponsored by Western Nevada Supply Co.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson's Brian Halverson wrestles his opponent on Saturday.
Burt Bedeau, district administrator for the Department of Cultural Affairs Comstock Historic District Commission, leads a media tour of the Comstock History Center on Wednesday. Pictured is the Virginia & Truckee Railroad's Dayton No. 18. BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's Records Clerks Milani McKinley, left, and Rebecca Neep pack up old records Friday for the move across town. They estimate they'll fill between 800-1,000 boxes with old records dating back to the late 1960s.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Tom Dodson and Pat Cattell talk Friday about the ornate antique drum Cattell owns at Dodson's home. After reading about Dodson's old banjo in a Nevada Appeal story, Cattell contacted him because her drum had also been used by the historic Carson City Firehouse Band.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal An elderly woman crosses Carson Street in the downtown area on Friday afternoon. The city's master plan will address downtown and traffic issues, as well as the growing elderly population.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Rueben and Cathlena Lara hold 6-pound, 10-ounce baby Kimberly on Friday after she was born in their car on the way to the hospital Thursday night.
Photo courtesy of the Desert Princess The Desert Princess paddlewheeler offers leisurely, scenic cruises of Lake Mead.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Miranda Callahan, 10, of Bordewich Bray Elementary School, sings with the Carson City Fifth-Grade Students Singing Musical Ensemble during the Silver & Snowflakes 2005 Traditional Christmas Tree Lighting at the Nevada State Capitol on Thursday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Jean Weese, a linen room worker at the Carson Nugget, crosses Carson Street during a rainstorm on Thursday afternoon.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson-Tahoe Hospital employees sort through empty boxes as Frank Martin of Graebel Companies moves equipment to a truck to be taken to the new Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center on Thursday afternoon. Patients will be moved to the medical center Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal The same bear has broken into Mary Alice Murdock's Penny Lane home in the Lakeview area of Carson City several times since Memorial Day.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Phyllis Sargent, left, and Jan Leuvano look at the Festival of Trees display at the Nevada State Library and Archives Wednesday. Twenty-five holiday craft items are being auctioned off to support the museum's gallery program.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Stewart Cemetery overall.
photos by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson-Tahoe Hospital board member Jo Saulisberry is proud of the 352,000-square-foot medical center that opened Saturday. She is now turning her focus on helping get the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center built.
photos by Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Becca Kitchen (as Amy), practices her part along with Kristin Charles (Jo) and Kaitlynn Cooper (Marmee) in the dress rehearsal Monday.
Rick Gunn/Nevada Appeal file photo Art Bernard who served as a Nevada State Prison Warden from 1951-59 spoke with the Nevada Appeal about his time as a warden from his home in Carson City in this photo from 2002.
Belinda Grant/Nevada Appeal News Service Douglas County Jail trusty Rosalie Benvin, left, and Douglas County Jail cook Andrea Lombard put finishing touches on the jail's gingerbread house entry for a contest sponsored by the Carson Valley Arts Council.
Rick Gunn/Nevada Appeal file photo Autumn Martin, 5, hands out candy canes from a truck carrying Santa last year during the annual tree lighting ceremony at the Capitol. The 2005 holiday tree will light up for the season Thursday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Carson High School students Alejandra Melgarejo, left, and Lydia Peri erect a Project Ignition sign asking drivers to slow down Monday afternoon at the corner of Division and Fleischmann. Twenty signs will be erected along highly traveled roads in Carson City.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Paul Morris finishes his putt on the snow-covered 16th green of the Silver Oak Golf Course on Monday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Shelly Hardy, 15, rehearses Pas de Deus in "The Nutcracker" ballet that will be held at Piper's Opera House in Virginia City on Saturday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Marilynn Clarke of Reno, spins wool into yarn on a spinning wheel at Brewery Arts Center during The Artisans' Store annual holiday open house on Sunday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Gabriel Bonicatto, 2, of Reno, enjoys his first train ride at the Nevada State Railroad Museum on Saturday. Pictured center to back are Camdyn, 3, and his father Scott Meikrantz, of Carson, and Shirley Costarella, of San Jose, Calif. Free train rides were given in exchange a donation to the Toys for Tots program.
CW4 Daniel Walters, 39, from Genoa, sits down to a turkey dinner Thursday in Kandahar, Afghanistan where he is stationed with the Nevada National Guard Delta Company, 113 Aviation unit. provided to the Nevada Appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal John and Betty Wiltse, of the Bread of Life Christian Fellowship, along with other members of the Northern Nevada Prison Delivery Team are collecting donations to put together care packages for the women at the Silver Springs Conservation Camp.
Belinda Grant/Nevada Appeal News Service Wild horses were spotted earlier this week at the corner of Bitterbrush Court and East Valley Road in the Carson Valley. Many find them beautiful, but the people providing the feed and water that draws these horses into residential areas could be killing them.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Rafael Infante talks on his phone while Karina Garcia, back left, and Eva Estrada, who were involved in a rollover accident at the base of Spooner Summit, try to stay dry in the rain Friday morning.
Photos by Jim Grant /Nevada Appeal News Service Susan Rizk, center, shares a laugh with her sisters, from left, Diane Watson, Lisa Watson and Donna Logalbo, on her birthday Thursday. It was only the second day Rizk has been able to speak since she was attacked with a sword a month ago allegedly by Steve Wasserman.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal A rainbow is cast over the Carson Mall on Friday morning while shoppers hunt for sales.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Joycelyn Salmon, a volunteer with the Stewart Community Baptist Church, dishes up a meal Thursday for some of the dozens of people who came to the church for a free holiday meal.
Richard Moreno/Nevada Appeal You can dress up as a bride and pretend to marry actor George Clooney in one of the interactive exhibits at the Madame Tussauds Las Vegas wax museum.
Crystal Blakeman and her mother, Elaine Blakeman, moved from Carson City to New Orleans where they lost their home and most of their possessions to Hurricane Katrina less than a month later. They are now trying to find a place to call home.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Bob Hutton, customer service supervisor at Micromanipulator Co. Inc., performs final tests at the plant on Wednesday morning.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal The Arrowhead Drive onramp for the Carson City Freeway remains closed on Friday afternoon. Phase one of the project from Highway 395 to Highway 50 East cost $120 million.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Doris Rice hugs her 11-year-old dog, Taz, Wednesday after being reunited with him.
Mary Jean Kelso/Nevada Appeal News Service Fernley's new and now only barber, Charles Porter, gives Don Thomas of Fernley a trim. Charlie's Country Barbershop opened Sept. 2 at 25 W. Main St. Fernley residents fill the shop daily, waiting in line for the door to open at 9 a.m., keeping Porter busy until quittin' time at 6 p.m.
Douglas County Sheriff's Sgt. Joe Duffy with his dog, Kilo, who is credited with tracking down a suspect in a Minden bank robbery. Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal News Service
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Abraham, a 7-year-old Royal Bourbon turkey, is safe for another Thanksgiving as owners Steve and Johnye Saylor of Dayton will keep the sassy 25-pounder around as a pet.
Stacee Cress' sixth-grade homeroom class wrote letters to a staff sergeant stationed in Iraq, thanking him for protecting the United States. BRAD HORN Nevada Appeal
Rick Gunn/Nevada Appeal The Bliss Mansion is for sale.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Senior Citizens Center's volunteers of the week are Ken and Rose Stiehas.
Vivid color is seen in this detail from the Pilad fresco from the "In Stabiano" exhibit.
Dee Dee Foremaster, director of the Do Drop In, is looking for a new location for the homeless support organization after being served with an eviction notice last week. Cathleen Allison/ Nevada Appeal
A man was arrested in connection with a robbery at the Bank of America in Minden at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. He was taken into custody in the 1600 block of Belarra Drive in the Mackland subdivision south of the bank. Belinda Grant/Nevada Appeal News Service
BRAD HORN/NEVADA APPEAL A 400-pound male black bear looks into Shirley Wallace's back yard on Colorado Street after it climbed one of her pine trees on Tuesday morning. The same bear was found in a tree on the Capitol grounds last month.
BRAD HORN/LVN News Service Salaia Salave'a, center, leads the celebration after the Nevada Wolf Pack volleyball team beat the 13th-ranked UCLA Bruins in game four to tie the match taking it into game five at the Virginia Street Gym Sept. 3. With Salave'a, from left, are Tristin Johnson, Teal Ericson (1), Christine Harms (12) and Allison Hernandez (2).
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Mike Workman, director of Lyon County's Utilities Division Public Works Department, said the county is collecting data and drawing up plans to ensure the utility continues to meet the needs for the rapidly growing communities of Dayton and Mound House.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Glenn Phillips rings the Salvation Army Bell for his second year in front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter at Topsy Lane on Tuesday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Charlie Evans Jr. peers through smoked turkeys in the kitchen at the Carson Nugget on Tuesday. Evans, the banquet sous chef, said the kitchen staff is about 65 percent finished with preparations for Thursday's free Thanksgiving dinner, preparations for which, he said, are ahead of schedule compared to last year.
Photo courtesy of Trooper Scott Simon Trooper Chuck Allen, public relations coordinator for Northern Command of the Nevada Highway Patrol and a 15-year veteran of the patrol, offers advice on traveling state roadways.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Radio personality for KPTL/KCMY radio Monty Wolf stands in the studio Monday talking about the Toys for Tots drive-through toy drive to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the Carson Valley Wal-Mart on Topsy Lane. The live remote is from 9 a.m. to noon and includes free concert/show tickets to lucky donors.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Marvin Smith, left, 65, helps his family move about 50 head of cattle down Old Highway 395 on Sunday. Fifteen riders moved the cattle from their summer pasture above Washoe Valley to their home pasture at the Smith Ranch for the winter.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Emily Sermak talks about her recent work in Baton Rouge, La., with the American Red Cross.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Tom Dotson talks about his recent purchase of this historic banjo, while standing next to a Studebaker water wagon from 1882 at his Carson City home on Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Todd McPhail installs thicker insulation material into the attic of a north Carson City home. The insulation will help keep the home warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
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This is one of several roosters, with their combs cropped, found at a home in Mark Twain where Animal Control officials believe cockfights had been held. The birds were taken into custody and charges are still being considered. cathleen allison nevada appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Zach Smith, 10, finishes first in the fourth-grade boys' division of the Turkey Run at Fremont Elementary School on Friday. Below, Savannah Dennis, 10, in back, collides with Sophie Holmes, 11, at the finish line during the fifth-grade girls' division of the Turkey Run. Dennis won the race.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Gracie Dickenson, 6, displays her turkey's gumdrop hat during an activity at the latchkey program at Sutro Elementary last week.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Popovers prepared by Michelle Palmer.
The Melara family, from left, Alexander, 3, Alicia, 8, Enrique and Laura, have been in their new home in North Carson City for three months. BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Mike Reeder, director of the Capital City Volleyball Club, talks Wednesday about the new 12,000-square-foot facility set to open in East Carson City this weekend.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Jarrod Adams takes Oscar Mitchell into custody at the Senator Apartments after Mitchell was identified as the man who left a bag in a trash can at the Carson Mall on Thursday morning. About 150 employees and customers were evacuated. Mitchell was arrested on suspicion of robbing a Reno bank.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City Library Circulation Supervisor Gerry Pearson sorts through some of the items donated to the library in lieu of fines.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Hugh Gallagher Elementary fourth-grader Jennifer Burns, 9, reads through books available through the school's Reading is Fundamental program. Students in every grade receive one free book when the school sponsors the event.
An industrial area twice the size of the town of Linz billows smoke from smokestacks. The industry began as a tank and bomb manufacturing area, then was privatized after WWII and is now the biggest supplier of sheet metal to BMW and Mercedes Benz.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Artist Megan Asire, 16, who goes by La Mer, sits next to her artwork on Wednesday. Some of the images have been deemed offensive and someone pulled down 65 of her 75 pieces being exhibited at the Brewery Arts Center.
Adele's owner, Charlie Abowd, perfects the placement of the garnish on the purée of butternut squash during a meal prepared for the James Beard House Nov. 10 in New York. Photo Contributed by Mitzi Morris
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's Department DARE coordinator Lisa Davis helps Mark Twain Elementary School fifth-graders, Shannon Brazil, Morgan Fine and Nathally Resendiz, all 10, practice scenarios Tuesday that help them say no to drugs and alcohol. DARE volunteer Ellen Peters, rear, watches as Fine practices saying no and walking away.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Clark Russell, owner of the Piñon Plaza, Tuesday announced the sale of the hotel/casino to Jacobs Entertainment Inc., a national gaming corporation with properties in Reno and Colorado.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Kelly Ibarra is the Alzheimer's Association of Northern Nevada's new Alzheimer's disease outreach coordinator.
The catalog showing many items that are "Made in Nevada" is coming out today.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Catherine Howatt, 76, of Mound House, looks over the new Medicare Rx program while waiting with others to talk to a campaign worker at the Carson City Senior Center on Monday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Amy Alotta, 25, an enlisted Navy Personnel sits at her parents home on Sunday and talks about experiences during her six years of service in the U.S. Navy. Alotta, who has seen the persian gulf and Guantanamo Bay and was in New York on Sept. 11, is ready to return to the slow speed of Civilian life early next year.
The graves of Eilley, Sandy, and Persia Bowers overlook Washoe Valley from a hillside above the family home. (Photo by Richard Moreno)
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Tim Mayes attempts to deliver the newspaper into the Silver Saddle Ranch mailbox during the horse trials on Saturday. Mayes failed the portion of the test because the newspaper fell onto the ground.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Hana Ikehara and her twin brother, Kai, play in a waiting area at Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center during an open house Saturday. The 4-year-olds' grandmother Mary Stuchell worked at Carson-Tahoe Hospital for 25 years as a nurse and administrative coordinator.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Marcelus Kemp gets fouled by a Humboldt State player during their exhibition game at Lawlor Events Center Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson's Samantha Valerius controls the ball during the second half of their 4A Northern Nevada girls soccer state championship game at Mackay Stadiu.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Director of Facilities Chris O'Higgins stands on a balcony overlooking the south lobby of the new Carson Tahoe Region Medical Center on Monday. O'Higgins was the construction superintendent before swapping jobs to join the hospital team.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Robert Ward, a Vietnam Veteran, listens to Veteran's Day ceremonies at SIlver Stage High School on Thursday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Zoe Tetz, 3, of Carson City, helps hand out gifts to the veterans at Evergreen Health Care during a Veterans Day celebration Friday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal William Swenson, 3, of Carson City, waits for the Veterans Day parade to begin in Virginia City on Friday.
BRAD HORN Elko's Spencer Garvin celebrates after the Elko Indians beat the Chapparal Cowboys 1-0 in Carson City on Friday.
Chad lundquist/Nevada Appeal Kathryn Douglass is the director of the Storey County Senior Center. The history buff fell in love with Virginia City on her first visit.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Turkey Tetrazzini by Linda Marrone
Landmark Communities Artist's rendering of part of the proposed Traditions development in Dayton.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Galena's Jordan Arnold defends against McQueen's C.J. RIley during the first half of their Northern 4A Playoff game at McQueen on Friday. Riley made the catch and the Lancers beat the Grizzlies 28-21.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal State employees Layne Wilhelm, left, and Susan Mears serve up some lunch at a State of Nevada Employees Association hosted barbecue at the Kinkead Building on Thursday. State officials are applauding a decision from the Interim Finance Committee to move workers out of the building by next spring.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Victoria Pradere, who was born in Dayton, has lived there all her 82 years. She is believed to be the oldest native Dayton woman.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson Middle School eighth-graders, clockwise from front, Robyn Gowan, Alyssa Brown and Shayna Ruybalidi, all 13, practice folding an American flag in preparation for Thursday's Veterans Day Commemoration program honoring former area military personnel.
Jim Grant/Nevada Appeal News Service The M.S. Dixie II paddleboat chugs toward a snowy, cloud-shrouded Emerald Bay on Monday afternoon.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Dressed as Santa Claus, Ed Rhyne, 51, of Reno, stands on the side of a fire engine provided by the Warren Engine Company for the 20th annual toy run through Carson City on Sunday.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal Sandi Smith and her uncle Jack Smith tango to the music of David John and the Comstock Cowboys during the eighth annual Boot Scootin' BBQ at Fuji Park on Saturday night.
Kevin Clifford/Nevada Appeal (from left) Carson Senators Brandi Vega, Kayla Sanchez, and Ann Sinnott fall on McQueen Lancer's goal keeper Lisa Bishop after Sanchez scored during the 4a Northern Nevada Girls Soccer State Championship. The Senators won the match 2-1.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Ed James talks about the idea of creating a regional water system during the 2005 River Symposium at the Plaza Conference Center on Friday afternoon.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Defendants in the murder of Adam Wells, from front, Danny Shaw, Tyler Cruz and Fred Carl Bechtold listen during a preliminary hearing Friday morning. Juan Cervantes, Jr., not shown, is also on trial in the murder.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Former associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church Dave Camp with his wife, Mary Lou, pose at their home on Wednesday. The two are leaving Carson City to be closer to their daughter in Colorado.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Emily Edmundson jumps double-dutch as Kyle Sharp and Alison Barrette twirl the ropes during the Bordewich-Bray jump rope club.
Rick Gunn/For the Appeal Walter from Wiesendangen takes a break near the top of Grimsel Pass.
Johnny Mask, 62, may have information regarding a sexual assault that occurred about a year ago in Carson City.
Mitchel Marlin Burns is being held on six charges.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson's Royal Good makes a shot on goal in the first half of Thursday's game against Elko.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Lyon County Sheriff Deputy Rick Neathamer prepares inmates for transport to court Wednesday morning at the county jail in Yerington. The inmates faces have been intentionally blurred.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Jim DeZerga, left, as Tevya, confers with John Vettel, as Lazar Wolf, in a tense scene from "Fiddler on the Roof" during rehearsals Wednesday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Gabe Gonzalez is excited about the new indoor skate park he is building for the Connected church on Mallory Way. The skate is park is part of an expanded youth program, including a video area, crafts area and refreshments, in order to get the Word of God out to younger kids.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Ellen Fallon, a sixth- and eighth-grade math teacher at Carson Middle School, walks to the podium after she was named the winner of a Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award during a ceremony at the school on Wednesday. Fallon received a check for $25,000.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Traffic on Highway 50 near Stagecoach had to deal with dust storms and high wind that shut down part the highway between Boyer Lane and the Ramsey Weeks Cutoff on Tuesday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Mark Anthony, of West Coast Sacking, does concrete finish work Wednesday on the commercial building being constructed at Goni Road and College Parkway. The principal contractor is Metcalf Builders. In the past year, commercial real estate costs have increased by 30 percent.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Andy Delany, of Reno, glues sprinkler pipes together Wednesday for a landscaped area in front of the Jack In The Box, located in the Smith's shopping center, just off Highway 50 in Dayton.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Kathy Richardson, office manager of the Dayton Parkview Adult Residence, hugs Carl Carbajal, 93, Wednesday afternoon. The final two residents, out of 54, will be gone by Friday after the facility was forced to close.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Melody Lawrence, right, describes to Joy Evans the supernatural feeling she experienced while in the Esser House during the annual Kit Carson Trail Ghost Walk.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Toys for Tots coordinator Pat Wyble talks with Rod Dimmitt about the display being set up at area UPS stores.
Photo Illustration by Phil Wooley Sam Bauman tells how to have a great party by doing something different.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Valarie Trahey applies an eyelash extension to model Brittany Padilla, 15, of Reno, at the Hair Studio.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Lynn Cushman works on angel ribbons in her Douglas County studio Wednesday. The tiny angels, made of wire, ribbon and a small hand-painted wooden head, will be among the crafts sold at the 11th annual Carson High School Craft Fair.
The crowd began forming at 4 p.m. Monday for a treat and a picture with Gov. Kenny Guinn and the first lady at the couple's mansion. Chad Lundquist/ Nevada Appeal
Rick Gunn/Nevada Appeal Roxanna Cano, 7 months, sits with her sister Alejandra (not shown) during last year's Hispanic Community Information Night at Bordewich-Bray Elementary School.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Tiana Rae Snow, 6, of Mound House, sees her reflection after getting her face painted Sunday night at the Trick-or-Treat Time event at the Northern Nevada Children's Museum.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Robert Gonzalez, of Virginia City, celebrates his win for Best Salt-and-Pepper Beard in the Nevada Day Beard Contest, held on the steps of the Capitol on Saturday afternoon. Gurdeep Singh, left of Gonzalez, of Carson City, won for Longest Beard.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Tobin Rupert finished in sixth place during Saturday's National Rock-drilling Championship.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Tamara Holmes does a flip during the Nevada Day Parade on Saturday. Holmes works with Positive Energy gymnastics in Carson City.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Jose "Chuy" Elizondo fights Brandon Smith at the Stewart Gym on Saturday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal 245 people participated in the Carson Nugget Nevada Day Classic Saturday. The run is a fundraiser for the Carson City Special Olympics.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Molly Gingell's Chicken Curry Pot Pie is best eaten about 15 minutes after it is taken from the oven. Substituting turkey is a great way to use up Thanksgiving leftovers.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Lucas Wright, 9, left, and Jacob Sullivan, 5, check out a black bear skull during the Beastly Encounters program at the Nevada State Museum Friday. The program educates children about Nevada wildlife.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Gary Graeber, 64, sits atop his 1939 John Deere Model L tractor, at his home in Carson City. Graeber will be at the Nevada Railroad Museum all day today with his son, Jason, and other members of the Northern Nevada Antique Power Club.
Photos by BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Ken Hopple, the chief coiner for Coin Press No. 1 Carson City Mint, explains coin minting to the crowd at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City on Friday morning. Hopple, a volunteer, minted 350 coins for the Third Commemorative Medallion V&T Locomotive No. 11 series on Friday. Hopple can mint up to six coins a minute.
The Presswood family, clockwise from left, Robert, Will, Kris and Katie worked together to solve the Nevada Day Treasure Hunt by finding the medallion at the Nevada State Museum. Cathleen Allison Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Micah Hand, 15, shoots over Shawn Easton, 16, during the new after-school program offered at the Carson City Community Center gym by the Parks and Recreation Department. The program is open daily for high school teenagers for a drop-in charge of $2.
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Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Rafael Adrien will open his haunted house this weekend to neighborhood kids. A canned-food donation for the American Red Cross will let you in.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Mike Mitchell, director of operations for the Carson City School District, talks about new signs that will be posted at Carson High School and other area schools. The district is expanding its traffic enforcement policy to increase officers' ability to cite drivers.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Plates of food are prepared and ready to be served to customers by Chef Jose Rivera on Wednesday at Reds Old 395 Grill. For the month of November, Reds is donating 10 percent of every guest check to the charity designated by the patrons.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Carson City Firefighter Chris Mason tries to get Maxine, an Australian shepherd mix, to drink some water after her owner flipped the car on South Center Street on Wednesday.
Emma Musser, 13, works on the Willie Wonka Chocolate Factory in preparation for the Virginia City Middle School Halloween Carnival. The carnival, which is tonight from 5:30-9 p.m., will benefit student activities. Cathleen Allison Nevada Appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Joshua Bronson, center, 5, of Dayton watches the grand-opening ceremonies of the new WalMart Supercenter Wednesday morning.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal A rat lies in wait on the Governor's Mansion lawn as part of the annual Halloween decorating. Gov. Kenny Guinn and First Lady Dema Guinn will hand out candy to trick-or-treaters Monday.
Carnival workers set up a Ferris wheel for a previous RSVP Nevada Day carnival at Mills Park The annual carnival runs todayThursday through Sunday.
Sam Bauman/Nevada Appeal Demonstratons have increased at home and garden shows, in this case with a standup comic, Ivan Whitworth, in charge.
Shannon Litz/Appeal News Service Yoga instructor Jill Mustacchio does a yoga position with her son Jaden, 10, at O2 Wellness Studio. Mustacchio will be teaching a yoga for cancer patients class as well as a yoga for kids class.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Robert Egelston, bags up piles of leaves in attempt to keep up with the fall season, at his home on the west side of Carson City on Tuesday.
One of the Erik Holland's landscapes of rural Nevada that will be on display in his show, "From Tahoe to Tonopah II," to benefit the Nevada Wilderness Project.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Michelle Palmer made German chocolate cake for Penny Reynolds' Carson High culinary students.
Cathleen Allison/Associated Press Dozens of sage grouse feed in a meadow at the Smith Creek Ranch, east of Fallon, on July 25. Ranch manager Duane Coombs is working to rehabilitate grouse habitat.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Katie Carlevato, 14, drives a golf cart through an obstacle course wearing drunk goggles, while her friend Amanda Wong, 13, enjoys the ride during the Community Awareness Fair at Carson High School on Saturday. The vehicle in back shows what happens when people drive while impaired by alcohol.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City's newest deputy district attorney, Laurie Trotter, sits in her office.
St. Teresa students, from left, Kelly Johnson, Kristin Stanford, Dominic Cavilia and Shaun Fitzgerald, all 14, vote for their favorite in a pumpkin-decorating contest Oct. 14 at the school. Approximately 70 students participated in the contest.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Anne Macquarie walks home from the grocery store Friday morning. Macquarie vowed to walk, carpool, use public transportation and ride her bike in October to see how pedestrian-friendly Carson City is.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Bryan Maffei runs for a touchdown against the Wooster Colts defense during the first half in Carson on Friday. The Senators led the Colts 21-7 at the half.
NEVADA Appeal file photo Carson City Senior Citizens Center director Janice McIntosh is asking the public for funds to continue the Meals on Wheels program, which delivers food to homebound seniors.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Jim Phelps of Carson City stands with the 1958 MG ZB Magnette that took him more than three years to rebuild. Phelps' car will be on display at the National Automobile Museum beginning Nov. 3 as part of an orphan cars exhibit.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Karina Stevens clips a piece of marble for her latest mosaic in her studio on Monday. Many of Nevada's working artists aren't starving. They're working full-time jobs and supplementing their income with state art grants.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Gov. Kenny Guinn talks with resident Patricia Buckler, left, and Nick Tolotti with Citizens for Affordable Housing Inc. Thursday morning. Buckler's home was weatherized through a grant from the state housing department. Officials said the upgrade should save Buckler between $25 and $50 a month on her utility bills.
Photo by Mike Moore/For the Nevada Appeal Lyon County rescue crews work to free a 17-year-old girl trapped in her vehicle following a collision Thursday morning at Occidental Drive and Highway 50. This was the second time in a week when a 17-year-old was injured trying to pull out from the River Park subdivision, a new development of more than 500 homes in Dayton.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Sue Jones, co-owner of the Purple Avocado, displays the Carson City Christmas Ornament in front of the Bliss Mansion on Thursday. The piece is the fourth installment in a collection of 12 ornaments and will go on sale Saturday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Heidi Flansberg, 15, and Tyler Bourns, 16, talk about the signs for the obstacle course for the Community Awareness Fair being held Saturday at Carson High School. The fair will offer activities about driver awareness and methamphetamine-prevention education.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Justin Snelling reacts after missing a putt on the 18th green at Dayton Valley Country Club on Thursday.
Cathleen Allison/Associated Press Dozens of sage grouse feed in a meadow at the Smith Creek Ranch, east of Fallon, on July 25. Ranch manager Duane Coombs is working to rehabilitate grouse habitat.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Owner Rob McFadden, left, talks with restoration expert Jerry Allec about his historic home in Carson City, October 4. McFadden's father, Bob McFadden, collected and displayed more than 500 pieces of art in the home, which was the scene of John Wayne's last movie "The Shootist."
Photo by Alex Grobet Rick Gunn, left, and Alex Grobet pose for a photo on a bridge over the Rhone River in Eastern France.
Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal News Service J.C. Leonard of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, Douglas County Sheriff Ron Pierini, Carson City Deputy Richard Batien and Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong with the bumper sticker "Drug Use is Life Abuse."
Photo demonstration by Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Jose Quiroz, 9, Victor Quispe, 9, and Estevan Arce, 9, fourth-graders at Empire Elementary School, exit portables Wednesday afternoon. The school district's master plan committee is discussing whether to replace the 15,000 square feet of portable buildings at the school with brick-and-mortar buildings which cost less to maintain.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Lindsay Ford Carson Vball
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Chris Kamin, of Phoenix, Arizona, reacts after missing a putt on the 9th green at Dayton Valley Country Club on Wednesday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Gary and Sharon Wood bowl a warm-up game at the Carson Lanes on Wednesday. Gary and his wife will be running the 21st annual American Indian Bowling Tournament during the Nevada Day weekend.
Noah Lyle, 3, paints a fish that will be sold on eBay. Noah has received offers to appear on local and national talk shows. Julie Sullivan/ Appeal News Service
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Nevada Department of Transportation is beginning a major study of the Highway 50 corridor east of Carson City. The first public hearings are set for today in Silver Springs and Dayton.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson's John Chirila tees off No. 2 Dayton Valley Country Club during a PGA qualifier Tuesday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Once the frames had been joined together with screws in the 2x1 stock, gussets of plywood were screwed in at the joints for more rigidity.
photos by Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Re-enactors portray the Confederate artillery at the 16th Annual Civil War Revisited in Fresno, Calif., on Oct. 8-9. The replica cannon blasts 1Ã2 pound of gunpowder.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Eric Latham talks about his experiences walking across the country to raise funds for the American Cancer Society on Monday at Carson-Tahoe Hospital's Cancer Resource Center.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Server Kristan Dhu, moves swiftly to serve patrons at Adele's restaurant on Sunday night, while executive chef and owner Charlie Abowd, right, keeps a watchful eye over the kitchen.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada appeal file photo Ken and Marcia Powers hike on the American Discovery Trail near Carson City Sept. 28. The Powers are the first backpackers to complete the official route of the transcontinental American Discovery Trail in one continuous hike.
World Classic Rockers - composed of members from Toto, Lynard Skynard, Journey, Santana and Steppenwolf- will hold an autograph session at NV50 Ultralounge tonight, in advance of their concert Friday at the Reno Hilton Theater. Proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross and Piper's Opera House.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Nathaniel Darden, 7, right, and Fritz Filson, 7, crash near the finish line during their heat in the soapbox derby on Saturday. The derby is one of the many events Cub Scout pack 143 does annually to teach the boys responsibility and sharing.
Nevada Wolf Pack quarterback Jeff Rowe reacts after scoring a touchdown against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Mackay Stadium in Reno, Nev., on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005. The junior quarterback ran for two touchdowns in Nevada's 37-27 victory. AP Photo Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal
Jim Grant/Appeal News Service Actor Ray Liotta enters a vehicle used in a scene for the movie "Smokin' Aces," which is being filmed this month in Stateline and South Lake Tahoe.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Adele's Restaurant executive chef and owner Charlie Abowd checks to make sure Sunday's appetizers are perfect for presentation.
Richard Moreno/For the Nevada Appeal The Monterey Bay Aquarium offers opportunities to get close and personal with fish.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson's Travis Lamborn runs for a 49-yard touchdown after losing his shoe near the beginning of the run during the first half on Friday night.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson High School physics teacher Mark Johnson celebrates after defeating English Teacher Joe Thornberg in a Jell-O wrestling match in the homecoming assembly at the school Friday afternoon.
Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal Bob McCulloch, a retired firefighter with the Warren Engine Co., walks away after watching the building he worked in for 28 years being torn down Friday.
Serenity Amador, 9, eats lunch with her friends at Empire Elementary School Thursday afternoon.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Local dignitaries and kids turned out for a groundbreaking ceremony Friday morning for the new Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada off of Northridge Drive. From left, Casley Matthews, 10, Cory Wilson, Jesse Knight and Oscar Chavez, all 9, participate in the ceremony.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Rev. Dr. Taylor Neely and his wife Catherine stand in the front yard of their Carson City home on Thursday. The Neely's have moved 27 times.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Western Nevada Community College Cougar Sabrina Cantrell waits to head a ball during their game at the college on Thursday.
Kelli Du Fresne/Nevada Appeal Christy Chamberlain crosses an old automobile bridge, now part of The Bizz Johnson Trail. The bridge, once part of the old highway, is used in place of the former railroad trestle that burned.
JTF Pelican/New Orleans Unified Command/New Orleans Emergency Operations Center The devastation from Hurricane Katrina in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans was complete, tearing apart houses and leaving cars strewn about everywhere. It is expected Mayor C. Ray Nagin will call for the bulldozing of the entire neighborhood.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City firefighter Brad Mihelic helps Garrett Watkins, 5, spray a fire hose Wednesday at Station No. 1 as part of the Firehouse Experience. Students from Fritsch Elementary School were part of some 700 Carson City children who will visit the fire station during October, which is Fire Prevention Month.
Steve Ranson/Nevada Appeal News Service Brig. Gen. Randall Sayre presents Roberta Stewart with the flag that was draped on her husband's coffin.
An artist's rendition of Washoe Medical Center's Fernley Family Care facility.
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Adam Wells' family described him as a charismatic bodybuilder who was charming, funny and amazing. Wells was killed Oct. 5. Danny Shaw, Tyler Cruz and Juan Cervantes Jr. have been arrested in connection with his murder.
Kids have a little fun on Monday at the weeklong improv workshop at the Brewery Arts Center. Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Former Nevada Appeal editor Peter T. Kelley, 86, died Tuesday at his home in Washoe Valley.
Three-year-old Noah Lyle has been selling his paintings on eBay. BELOW: Noah's work "Purple Goldfish" Julie Sullivan/ Nevada appeal News Service
Cathleen allison/Nevada appeal Nevada Department of Wildlife wildlife biologist Carl Lackey examines the teeth of a bear after it was found and tranquilized on the Capitol grounds Friday morning.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Linda Marrone's chocolate pumpkin cupcakes with cram cheese frosting will please a Halloween party crowd.
Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal The Ole Tyme Classic, left, and the Urinator race down C Street in Virginia City during the first heat of the 10th annual World Championship Outhouse Races on Saturday. Riding the Classic is Pammers Biddle of the Ole Tyme Saloon.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City resident Al Bertone is trying to get a postage stamp issued to honor fallen law enforcement officers.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Alyson Andreasen, a wildlife biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, right, and Jake Willers attach a radio-tracking collar to a 5-year old, 320-pound male black bear captured on the Capitol grounds Friday morning.
Danny Ray Shaw, 21, is being held on suspicion of felony open murder, battery with intent to commit mayhem, first-degree kidnapping and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
Shannon Litz/Appeal News Service Fourteen-year-old Tim Bowers Jr. helped save his friend when the other boy was thrown from a dirt bike.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Dennis Beeghly hands a pumpkin to one of his fifth-grade students at Seeliger Elementary School last year.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson High's Morgan Nuckolls passes the ball against Douglas on Thursday night in Minden.
Rick Gunn pedals across the Brooklyn Bridge to finish the American leg of his bicycle journey around the world.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Darrin Berger says that his grandfather worked at the Warren Engine Co. and a picture of him can be seen at the Applebee's in Carson CIty. He contends the fire station has historic significance and should not be torn down as scheduled early next week.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Melissa Bailey takes her son Donivan, 6, to talk to the bus drivers at Fritsch Elementary School to figure out how he got lost trying to get home Tuesday.
Photo by Ryan Salm/Appeal News Service Alder Creek Middle School counselor Rachel Falk, left, speaks with students Ruby Xochihua, 13, Autumn Winston, 12, Lizzy Johnson, 12, and Reiney Samuels, 14, during Mix It Up Day in the school's cafetorium last week. Students were assigned to sit with people they normally wouldn't as part of a lesson in tolerance.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Nancy Smith, a licenced veterinary technician at Sierra Veterinary Hospital cleans the teeth of Qupid, a male Sphinx, on Wednesday morning.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson's Edgar Gomez fights for the ball against Douglas defender Kenny Jones in Wednesday's 2-2 tie at Douglas.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Chandra Butcher stands in the doorway of La Jolla Newport Financial in Virginia City on Friday. Butcher and her husband, Terry, own the lending company.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Sam Bauman checks the size of a storm window at his home Thursday afternoon.
Nevada Historical Society/Photo California, Nevada, Railroad Historical Excursion train to Virginia City on June 5, 1938, at the Gold Hill Depot.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Tim Verdugo works with Shred on Tuesday afternoon at the horse arena of the Warm Springs Correctional Facility. Fifteen horses will be auctioned off Saturday as part of the prison's wild-horse adoption program.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Carson High, goalie Alli Otto, #0 blocks a shot against Douglas with the help of teammate Anna Macquarie #18 on Tuesday at Douglas.
Rhonda Costa-Landers/Nevada Appeal Members of the Dayton Advisory Council, from left, Joyce Whinery, Mary Cross, Chuck Stone, Joanne Fabian and Vivian Smith, were sworn in to their respective positions Friday at the center. Not pictured are Ed Johnson and Tom Hass.
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal photo illustration A telephone at the Carson City Sheriff's Department displays the message "Call Ringing for Meth Line" on Monday.
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal Edna Hernandez, 54, steps off of a JAC bus at the Federal Building on N. Plaza St. on JAC's inaugural day, Monday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Inmates at Northern Nevada Correctional Center participate in the sixth annual walkathon for cancer on Sunday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Hussman Ranch cattle in Gardnerville feed on hay and grain.
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal Gene Donner swirls a glass of fine cabernet sauvignon at his home in Carson City.
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal Sophomore Adam Wungnema, 15, makes a transaction with Student Teller Jenny Lau, 17, at the Nevada Credit Union's Educational Branch in Carson High School on Friday.
Rusty Nesbitt sits in his turn-of-the century Appalachian cabin.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Anne Macquarie rides her bike from Albertsons on North Carson Street to her office on College Parkway on Friday. Instead of driving her car, Macquarie will ride her bike and take public transportation this month.
Shannon Litz/Nevada Appeal News Service Defense attorney Kevin Walsh, standing, makes a point during a hearing on whether Court TV should be allowed in the Michael Ward trial. Ward sits at left, as prosecutor Dina Salvucci listens on Thursday in Judge Michael Gibbons court.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Ken and Marcia Powers hike on the American Discovery Trail near Carson City, Wednesday. The Pleasanton, Calif., couple plan to cross the Sierra Nevada crest this weekend as they near the end of their 4,900-mile trek from coast to coast. The Powers are trying to become the first backpackers to complete the official route of the transcontinental American Discovery Trail in one continuous hike.
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Nevada Appeal News Service The Shoe Tree displays cowboy boots, tennis shoes, golf spikes, sandals, high heels, flip flops and even a deer leg east of Middlegate on Highway 50. Andrée Gill, a desert cleanup activist who has led numerous trash removal groups in Churchill County, says the tree is an example of human activity damaging one of the few sources of greenery and shade to spring up from the desert landscape.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson Senators Michelle Raponi, left, and Morgan Nuckolls reach for a ball during their game against the Wooster Colts in Carson CIty on Thursday. The Senators beat the Colts 3-0.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Jeanne Breland sits outside her pink trailer in Silver Springs contemplating her recent eviction with Army National Guard Reservist Sgt. Michael Cartwright on Thursday.
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal Marcela Fierro holds a photograph of her husband, Miguel Cruz, who was shot and killed in Spanish Springs on Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Rolls, bagels, french rolls, and garlic bread are some of the varieties of bread donated by Smith's and Albertsons to the Dayton Bread Bank.
Submitted photo The Stewart family stands by a Chinook helicopter prior to Sgt. Patrick Stewart's deployment to Afghanistan. Pictured, from left, are Steve, Sandy, Patrick and Roberta Stewart.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Jenessa Krodel, 19, practices her typing on Wednesday at Reach REM Nevada, a day program for developmentally disabled adults.
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Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Lisa Brooks, 38, center, reacts to a video about methamphetamine abuse on Tuesday night during the first of a three seminars entitled "Get the Facts about Methamphetamine." About 25 people attended the seminar at Bordewich/Bray Elementary School, including Brook's daughter Susan, 13, left, and her mother Lucy Garman, right.
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Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Linda Bendle contemplates her options in Timbers Saloon, where the patrons and owner rallied to support her and husband Billy on Sunday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Fall Vegetable Hash and Horseradish Cream Sauce prepared by Michelle Palmer.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Robin Kato performs in the "Crazy for You" dress rehearsal on Sept. 19.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Dax Jones, 12, of Carson City, throws during competition at the Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada's Punt, Pass and Kick competition Saturday.
Brad Horn/Nevada Appeal Friends comfort the girlfriend of a California man who died Friday evening after he lost control of his Harley Davidson motorcycle when it cartwheeled into the side of the mountain on Spooner Summit. The man was traveling with friends to Reno for the annual Street Vibrations motorcycle event.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Diane Cobasky, of Prescott, Ariz., sorts through her wooden crafts after the wind destroyed her booth at the Candy Dance on Friday afternoon. Cobasky, who has been a vendor at the Genoa show for 14 years, had almost finished more than 12 hours of work to set up her booth when the wind tore 30 feet of canopy away and scattered her crafts. A number of other vendors in the area also battled the wind and suffered minor damage as they prepared for this weekend's event.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Undersheriff Steve Albertsen poses for the Nevada Appeal at the sheriffs office on Friday afternoon. Albertsen and four Carson City sheriff's deputies returned Wednesday after assisting law enforcement officers in the Gulf Coast.
Belinda Grant/Nevada Appeal News Service Irene Marshall, Laurie Hickey and Betty Cordes of the Carson Valley Historic Society with a part of the "Between Fences" exhibit at the Cultural Center on display until Oct. 23.
Nevada State Museum photo The Virginia & Truckee No. 22, McKeen Motor Car No. 70 on its first run at Minden on June 2, 1910.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Ron Bowman, co-chairman of the Carson City Kiwanis Club, stands in the remains of a trailer that was torched near the Carson River on Thursday. The Kiwanis will hold its 20th annual river cleanup Oct. 8.
Michael Peterson, 12, a student council representative at Dayton Intermediate School, collects coins Thursday afternoon as part of a Hurricane Katrina penny drive. The students hope to raise $2,000 in the drive which ends today. Cathleen Allison Nevada Appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Wes and Margueritte Canby leave the Carson City Harley-Davidson dealership and head for Reno to check out the Street Vibrations events on Thursday afternoon.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Bryt Lewis returns a serve during his doubles match with partner Josh Caron at Centennial Park on Thursday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal The Fur Seal Pup, by artist Kitty Cantrell, is part of the 45th annual Art and the Animal exhibit at the Nevada State Museum. Exhibit staff worked Tuesday to set up the show which will run until Nov. 28.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Wendy Soriano works during Gayle Magee and Dawn Willie's classroom at Empire Elementary School on Friday.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal The Rev. Jerry Hanley was 32 when he was called to the priesthood.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Ted Rupert practices rock drilling Wednesday afternoon in preparation for the Nevada Day 31st annual World Championship Single-Jack Hard Rock Drilling Contest. Competitors use a 41Ã2-pound hammer to drive steel bits into a granite rock for 10 minutes.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Artist Erik Burke's mural "Homemaidlandescape" was painted on the back of the Highway 50 Business Center in Carson City last weekend. The 26-year-old man will be displaying images from the two-day process at the Courthouse Gallery starting Sept. 29. Work from five other artists will be on exhibit as part of the 'What Up?' show.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Ezra Butler, 56, teams with Craig Bailey, 90, for a first-half sack in the 55-21 loss to Washington State in the Pack's home opener.
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BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Dave Ruff, owner of Greenhouse Garden Center in Carson City, leads a seminar on pond breakdown on Sept. 17.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Judy Harris, RSVP field representative, holds one of the LifeLine buttons at her home in Dayton on Wednesday afternoon. Lifelines are communications devices for the elderly to use when they can't get to a telephone
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal Members of the Zenbat Gara traditional Basque dance troupe provide a cultural performance for a crowd of eager spectators at the St. Teresa's Basque Festival, Sunday afternoon at Fuji Park. The Zenbat Gara Dance Troupe was formed in 1989 by UNR professor Lisa M. Corcostegui (second from left) in order to educate the community, "so that we may grow in our appreciation of the Basque culture which manifests itself visibly in the form of dance."
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Manuel Silva, of the group Mariachi Plata, plays trumpet at the Salsa Y Salsas festival at the Legislative Plaza on Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Maureen Griffith, of Dayton, holds her Dapple Dachshund at the Dayton Valley Days celebration on Pike Street in Dayton on Saturday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Monte Shaw, a transfer truck driver for Cinderlite, fuels his truck at the business on Wednesday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal John Macdonald and Dan Berger display photos at the Nevada Department Of Transportation office of their radio system equipment at Snow Valley Peak.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Ellick Hsu, the state's new elections officer stands in a stairway at the Capitol. He said he plans to anticipate problems and fix issues at the front end.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Pat Conroy, owner of JJ's Ear Candy, stands in his Carson CIty store on Thursday afternoon. After 18 years in business, the city's only independent music store will close at the end of the month.
Gary Thompson/AP PHOTO/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Members of the Army Reserves' 355th Chemical Company and officials with the Clark County coroner's office participate in a simulated chemical attack, called "Rotunda Thunda," in Las Vegas on July 11. The simulation, which used mannequins as victims, was part of the three-day anti-terrorist exercise.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Chuck Ritter, fire protection officer with Central Lyon County Fire District, talks about a home destroyed by fire Thursday night. A family of six lost everything.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Virginia City Middle School seventh-grader Ilse Saldana answers trivia questions for Spiderman as part of an educational program about bullies Friday morning.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Fremont Elementary School fifth-graders Arlette Mariscal, left, and Saania Ahmad ride the bike-safety course at the school Thursday. P.E. teacher Denis Coyne teaches students how to use hand signals and navigate obstacles.
Brian Sokol/Nevada Appeal Bella Kordonowy, 4, takes a bite of an organic Gala apple, at Agape Organics, her grandparents' orchard in Washoe Valley, on Wednesday. Agape Organics is the only functioning apple orchard in Northern Nevada.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Greenhouse Garden Center owner Dave Ruff speaks about tulips during a seminar at his Carson City store last week.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Chris DeWitt, supervisor of restorations for the Nevada State Railroad Museum, cinches down the V&T railroad engine No. 18, the Dayton, at the Comstock History Center in Virginia City.
Nevada State Museum photo This print of Doc Holliday, left, serving as a dentist will be auctioned off during the Tin Cup Tea Saturday at the Governor's Mansion.
Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's Office Chaplain Bill Colonna sits with his wife, Shelly, at the Nevada Appeal in February.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal This photo of Mary Reasoner, then 29, was taken in August 2005, shortly after she called the Appeal wanting to share her story of methamphetamine addiction. She vowed never to use the drug again.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Darien Kight, left, and Tammi Geraci bring donations inside during the grand opening of the Katrina's Hope donation center on Monday.
Derek Best, an E4 Specialist with the 403rd Cargo Transfer Company, plays with his cat Max at his parent's Carson City home on Wednesday. BRAD HORN Nevada Appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Kyle Whipple, 14, ducks under hazard tape after leaving the locker room at Carson High School. The school was closed Wednesday afternoon after it was reported that a nurse found a blood pressure unit that had been tampered with and leaked mercury.
Howard Salmon/Appeal News Service Firefighters attempt to control a fire on a liquified natural gas truck near Fernley on Wednesday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Chad Shroy finished the cross country course at Western Nevada Community College in 18:15.
JoAnne Wood stands in front of her collection of watercolor and pastel paintings at the Brewery Arts Center on Friday. Wood is the featured artist at the Carson City art center gallery. BRAD HORN/ Nevada Appeal
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal A dump truck travels down Linehan Road on Tuesday where residents fear a proposed residential development will add traffic problems in the primarily rural and industrial area.
Players rehearse a controversial Ku Klux Klan scene in "The Foreigner" Monday at the Brewery Arts Center. Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson's Samantha Wang putts on the seventh hole at Eagle Valley Golf Course Tuesday afternoon.
Enrike Corcostegui of the Zenbat Gara group dances with Andrea Gmuender, 4, of San Jose, Calif., at the 2004 Basque Festival. This year's festival will be Sunday at Fuji Park. BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Charlie Palecki, of Silver Springs, a volunteer, sorts through bags of clothing on Monday for the Katrinas Hope a grassroots relief group that is collecting donations at the old Wal-Mart in Carson City.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Nevada National Guard, spokeswoman, April Conway, left, and Lt. Col. Warren Andersen, stand in one of the empty barracks that was going to be used to house about 200 Hurricane Katrina, evacuees on Monday morning.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Jackie Maye performs as Mozart in Saturday's performance hall of the Brewery Arts Center for Hurricane Katrina relief.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Conrad Buedel, of Minden, plays a pinball machine at the 12th annual Kids Auction and Worlds Greatest BBQ at the Pony Express Pavilion at Mills Park on Saturday. The proceeds raised benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Western Nevada.
Nevada defender Roderick Stallings breaks up a pass play against Washington State's Michael Bumpus Friday night, Sept. 9, 2005 in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Nevada Appeal, Cathleen Allison)
Jo Rafferty/Nevada Appeal News Service Nevada Department of Wildlife biologist Carl Lackey prepares a mother bear to be moved underneath a tree that two of her cubs were hiding in.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Michelle Clarke, 18, of South Lake Tahoe, rides an ostrich during an exhibition race following the media grudge match of the Virginia City International Camel Races on Friday. Clarke's ostrich ran about half the length of the course, stopped and spun continuously until Clarke was thrown off.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal file Hannah Lewis, 4, front, and her sister Hailey, 3, of Dayton, entertain parade-goers with the Dayton Dukettes during the 2004 Dayton Valley Days parade.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson City Fire Department Community Education Coordinator Tom Tarulli, left, and Fire Chief Stacey Giomi talk about how Carson City residents can be prepared to survive in a disaster.
Court Leve/Appeal News Service Hurricane Katrina victims are directed toward buses on Tuesday so they can be evacuated from the New Orleans Convention Center. Many evacuees are expected to start arriving in Nevada on Monday.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal From left, Tony Hernandez, Edith Cervantes, Andrea Merlin, Fernanda Solorio, Ramon Rojas, Maricela Orozco, Miriam Torres and Jordyn Pinochi, all 6, fill a water bottle with change and dollar bills during lunch on Thursday at Empire Elementary School.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Irwin Union Bank vice president Bill Fergus, center, carries two cases of water to the Federal Express truck while Janette Jones helps Gregg Berggren, operations manager, and Dave Waldrip, a courier, load the donated water Thursday. Berggren said that Federal Express has delivered more than 200 tons of supplies including one DC-10 airliner filled with cots that were sent to the Houston Astrodome.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Sheriff's department chaplain Bill Colonna says that he expects to spend 12-14 hours a day counseling and ministering at the Houston Astrodome after his arrival.
Becky Bosshart/Nevada Appeal Balloon pilot Dave Lynch and his wife, Kim, set up their balloon Thursday morning at Rancho San Rafael Park.
Emma Garrard/Nevada Appeal News Service The Ponderosa Ranch has been closed since it was bought by private owner David Duffield a year ago.
Stuart Ramson/Associated Press Co-stars Morgan Freeman, Camryn Manheim and 15-year-old Whittell High student Becca Gardner pose Wednesday at the New York premiere of their film, "An Unfinished Life."
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Carson High School freshman Spencer Brinson plays at Centennial Park Thursday afternoon.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Alzheimer's supervisor Pam Benner, left, talks with Rita Oviatt about Oviatt's 80th birthday Friday at Merrill Gardens in Gardnerville. The 2004 Memory Walk honored the octogenarian.
Shannon Litz/Appeal News Service Dee Perino has lots of books about antiques for her appraisal business in Cheshire Antiques in Gardnerville. Perino's latest venture is teaching Saturday classes. The class, on how to be an antique detective, is designed to keep people from getting ripped off.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Misti Lopiccolo has opened Lo Piccolo Beauty Fountain & Day Spa in North Carson City.
Court Leve/Nevada appeal News Service A young boy waits to be evacuated Tuesday at the New Orleans Convention Center. His mother refused several rides on earlier buses out of the city because she has claustrophobia. As many as 300 hurricane evacuees were expected to start arriving by commercial aircraft at Reno/Tahoe International Airport on Wednesday, but their arrival was postponed.
Donna Mireles, a crossing guard, stops traffic at the new crosswalk at Desatoya and Edmonds drives for Eagle Valley Middle School students on Wednesday afternoon. BRAD HORN Nevada Appeal
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson Senator soccer captain Royal Good slips by a Manogue defender in the first half in Carson City on Wednesday.
Life Scout Robert Parks stands on the fresh sod he and his volunteers used to create a small dog park at the Nevada State Railroad Museum as part of his Eagle Scout project. Parks, 13, will complete the requirements to earn the rank of Eagle Scout before his 14th birthday.
Crocus vernus sativus is the source of the spice saffron.
Rick Gunn/Nevada Appeal file Nevada Appeal features editor Teri Vance won the first heat of the camel races media grudge match last year but lost in the final round.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Jacqui and Gene LaVoie sit on the porch of their Stagecoach home with their dogs Trucker, left, and Sadie on Wednesday morning. The LaVoies have offered their trailer and five-acre lot to Hurricane Katrina evacuees. The LaVoies said, besides having plenty of room and a functioning trailer, victims of the Gulf Coast crisis can bring their animals. Their property also features a swimming pool.
Jeff Scheid, Las Vegas Review Journal First Sgt. Catherine Summers of the Nevada Army Guard's Medical Detachment holds newborn puppy Noah at the Louis Armstrong International Airport Tuesday. Summers, a Carson City resident, has been assisting with veterinarian services at the airport.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Nevada Division of Emergency Management head Frank Siracusa, right, listens as Gov. Kenny Guinn talks at a press conference at the Nevada Air National Guard facility at the Reno-Tahoe International Airport Tuesday afternoon. Northern Nevada is expected to received about 300 evacuees from the Gulf Coast. State officials say they'll be ready today, but are not sure when the evacuees will arrive.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Max Baer Jr. talks in front of the empty former Wal-Mart building that he owns in South Carson City Thursday. Baer has offered the building as a place to store supplies for Katrina evacuees.
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Sam Bauman/Nevada Appeal Burning Man guests view and photograph two towering statues on the Black Rock playa that were typical of the more than 200 original works of art scattered about the playa, outside Black Rock City. The distant Calico Mountains are obscured by blowing clay dust.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Former star of the television sit-com "Beverly Hillbillies," Max Baer Jr., waves to parade-goers during Monday's Labor Day Parade in Virginia City. Baer served as grand marshal.
Erick Studenicka/Nevada National Guard Public Affairs Staff Sgt. Jesse Filsinger of Dayton, a member of the Nevada Army Guard's Medical Detachment in Reno, assists an elderly refugee get off a helicopter at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Sunday.
Richard Moreno/For the Nevada Appeal Silver City's Hardwick House, now a private residence, was built in 1862. It originally served as an icehouse.
Shannon Litz/Appeal News Service Melissa Renae Argetsinger holds her 6-day-old baby, Caden Charles Lee Hillman. Argetsinger prepared for Caden's birth at City of Refuge.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson City Undersheriff Steve Albertson, from left clockwise, deputies Cody Della Bitta, Jose, Gomez, Don Gibson and Dan Ochsenschlager, sit in the trailer they will be living in before their departure to the Gulf Coast.
BRAD HORN/NEVADA APPEAL Tina Baldassare, from left clockwise, Ginger Elsner, Gary Blake and Liz Wingfield talk to the media during a break in the Red Cross training in Reno on Saturday. Baldassare and Wingfield are sisters. The four volunteers live in the Carson City area.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Melissa Foldfin fights for the ball against a Northern Idaho Cardinal during the first half at Edmonds Sports Complex on Saturday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Cody Reno, 11, performs as Elvis in a Bordewich-Bray Elementary School play Friday afternoon. Fifth-graders performed a modified "Billy Goats Gruff" to help teach kids about getting along better with each other.
Photo by Rick Gunn A sign signals the beast. In his two-year trek across the world, Rick Gunn was confronted with the beastly winds of Kansas.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson quarterback Chris McBroom takes the ball down the sideline for a (60 yard) gain while the Carson sideline erupts in the 4th quarter in Carson on Friday.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal The Douglas County Senior of the week is Iris Hettrick.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Nicole Halabuk, 16, from left, Kylie Antti, 16, Rachel Kennedy, 16, and teacher David Papke laugh after reading an introduction written by Kennedy for an English class at Silver State Charter School on Thursday. One of the features of the school is small cubicles where students can work without distractions. Kennedy and Halabuk said this has enhanced their ability to study at school.
Photos by Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Sam Bauman checks on the Appeal plot at the community garden Thursday afternoon.
Detective Steve von Rumpf, from left clockwise, ex-sheriff Pat Whitten, Bill Beeson, artistic director at Piper's Opera House, and Henry Kilmer, treasurer at Piper's Opera House, display a bottle at Cafe Del Rio in Virginia City on Thursday. The bottle was stolen during an archaeological dig back in 1999 at the opera house. BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Nevada Assemblywoman Sharron Angle, R-Reno, left, filed a petition with Kristi Geiser, right, of the Secretary of State's Office on Thursday. Angle and Cliff Nellis, center, are starting a signature-gathering campaign for a Nevada version of California's Proposition 13.
Jody Thompson, 25, escaped from Northern Nevada Correctional Center.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Steven Chambers, 17, and a group of friends and family gathered at the Capitol Thursday to protest a decision by NDOT to not install a traffic light at Stephanie Way and Highway 395. Chambers' twin sister, Bridget, was killed when her car was hit by a driver making a left-hand turn at the intersection July 15.
BRAD HORN/Nevada Appeal Carson Senator Nicole Carlevato, reacts afte getting to the ball late after a spike by a Whittell Warrior in Carson on Thursday. The Warriors beat the Senators in three games.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Wildcat Phalon Mauntel shoots against Feather River College goalie Ashley Bennett Thursday afternoon as Western Nevada Community College played their first home game at Edmonds Sports Complex.
Cathleen Allison/Nevada Appeal Crews worked in August to open the west side of a historic V&T tunnel near Silver City to determine whether it was possible to restore it for use in the V&T railway connecting Carson City and Virginia City.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Jerry and Terri Wagoner, left to right, stand in front of there home at 135 Silver St, in Dayton on Wednesday. The home has been in Jerry Wagoner's family for three generations.
photos by Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Paul Dancer plays Thomas Wilson, a funeral director and furnituremaker during the Comstock era. "The Living Tour: Voices From the Past" historical presentation will be held at the Virginia City Silver Terrace Cemetery, starting Saturday at 10 a.m. and noon.
Chad Lundquist/Nevada Appeal Dee Dee Foremaster, top middle left, sits with volunteers and clients she has successfully helped at Tuesday's grand opening of the Do Drop In.
