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NEWS

• The promise of a Boys & Girls Club in Carson Valley was kept on Monday. The new club is located inside Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School. Page A1

• A Torrance, Calif., family of four was killed in a traffic accident on Highway 395 on Saturday. The Calevro family may have been on their vacation when a car swerved into their path near Leviathan Mine Road. Page A1

• Valley advertising agency owner Suzy Stockdale was injured on Saturday near the intersection of Highway 88 and Foothill Road in a bicycle accident. Stockdale was bicycling home from the Death Ride when she was injured. Page A1

• Not one case of West Nile virus has been diagnosed in Douglas County this year and the dry weather may have something to do with that, according to local officials. Page A1

• The Topaz Ranch Estates and Topaz Lake volunteer fire departments will merge, though both firehouses will remain open. Page A2

• A 30-year-old Reno man was sentenced Tuesday to one year in Douglas County Jail for leaving the scene of a traffic accident in which two people were injured. Page A2

• A convicted child molester is to appear in East Fork Justice Court today to advise Judge Jim EnEarl if he has an attorney to answer similar charges in Douglas County. Page A3

• A 24-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was sentenced Monday to a year in Douglas County Jail for his part in events which resulted in the murder of a 22-year-old housekeeper by her jealous ex-husband. Page A3

• Sentencing is set Aug. 20 for a 29-year-old Minden man who pleaded guilty Monday to unlawfully obtaining 186 prescriptions for thousands of painkillers from 81 doctors in two years. Page A3

BUSINESS

• A new hotel and casino is being proposed for property near Sunridge on the east side of Highway 395. First approved in 1987, a Las Vegas firm is proposing a 300-room hotel near Sunridge Drive in northern Carson Valley. Page A8

• A new antique store has opened in downtown Gardnerville next door to the old Ritchford. Candy Stewart hopes to take advantage of Gardnerville's reputation as an antique mecca. Page A8

PEOPLE

• Antique treasures and family heirlooms may be appraised for $5 per item at the Genoa Antique Show and Sale Saturday and Sunday at Genoa Town Hall. Proceeds for the event benefit the Carson Valley Pops Orchestra. Page B1

• In an article from January, former People editor Jo Rafferty describes having an item from her childhood appraised at the Antique Show and Sale in Genoa. Page B1

SPORTS

• Douglas High graduate Andrea Lindsey qualified for the world triathlon championships after a good showing at the national championships in Portland. Lindsey ran cross country and swam while at Douglas. Page C1

• The Douglas County Fairgrounds hosted the opening two rounds of the Big Valley Honda Triple Crown of Night Motocross over the weekend. Twenty-seven athletes from the area placed in the top three in their events. Page C1