5-minute RC

NEWS

• A 23-year-old ex-felon admitted Monday that he shot up windows at Lake Tahoe, Carson City and Carson Valley last February, pleading guilty to one count of willful injury to property. Page A1

• A shorter derrick and less expansive readerboard are in the design phase as the final hearing on a zone change for Jethro Bodine's "Beverly Hillbillies" Mansion & Casino goes before Douglas County commissioners on Thursday. Page A1

• A memorial Mass is 10 a.m. today for Gardnerville resident Nadine Thornburg, 40, who was killed after she ran out in front of an 18-wheeler on Highway 395 at Pine Valley Road. Page A1

• Piñon Hills students learned how to battle bullying by changing social norms with compliments. Page A1

• A local author shared her traveling experience through children's literature. Carolyn Ahern reads her new book, Tino Travels to Paris, France to students at Minden Elementary. Page A2

• A 22-year-old California woman was sentenced Monday to four years in Nevada state Prison for selling 56 grams of methamphetamine in an undercover operation. Page A3

• District Judge Michael Gibbons told a convicted child molester on Monday that he cannot get a new lawyer to represent him in criminal proceedings from a 2004 crime. Page A3

• Douglas Fabrication moves from historic building in downtown Minden. Owner Bruce Wise searches for a new shop. Page A10

• Legends Hair Salon in the Historian Inn has a new owner, stylist, and manicurist. Page A10

PEOPLE

• Even after 150 years, the controversy about the hanging of Genoa resident Lucky Bill Thorington continues - was it murder? Author Michael Makley speaks about his book, 'The Hanging of Lucky Bill,' in the Douglas County Historical Society's free lecture series, 7 p.m. Thursday at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville. Information, 782-2555. B1

• Two theater production companies have made the CVIC Hall in Minden their homes. Carson Valley Community Theatre performs 'Steel Magnolias' beginning Oct. 19 and The Dakota Organization presents 'The Nerd' on Nov. 8-11. B1

SPORTS

• The Douglas boys' and girls' soccer teams each picked up key league wins over Wooster Saturday. Page C1

• R-C fishing columnist Doug Busey recounts the tale of his recent snake bite on a fishing trip to Lake Havasu, Ariz. Page C1

• Douglas freshman Amelia Ritger will enter this week's Northern 4A Regional Tennis championships as the No. 1 seed out of the Sierra League. She and the doubles team of Keagan Chipp and Robert Shawhan earned the highest seeds for the Tiger tennis teams. Page C1