95 years ago
Aug. 21, 1914
The Carson Valley orchestra will give a shirt waist dance at the CVIC Hall Minden this evening. The orchestra has been rehearsing a lot of new music for the past several weeks and the music for tonight's dance will be an enjoyment to all who attend. The Camp Fire Girls are to serve refreshments and everything that tends to add enjoyment to a dance is programmed for tonight's social affair.
80 years ago
Aug. 23, 1929
Large financial returns annually to Nevada and Arizona from Boulder dam power are insured under the plans of Dr. Elwood Mead, United States Commissioner of Reclamation. Each state will get $500,000 or more of revenue each year, according to Joseph Timmons, Examiner Boulder dam writer.
Dr. Mead will insist upon a price for power that will not only amortize the government's principle investment in 50 years, but will also pay back in the same period the $25,000,000 our of surplus revenues from time to time.
50 years ago
Aug. 20, 1959
Civil and Defense Mobilization Director Leo A. Hoegh says "everyone, even those far from a likely target, would need shelter from fallout" in the event of an enemy attack.
An underground reinforced concrete shelter can be built for about $1,000 to $1,500 by a contractor. The shelter could be built into an embankment or below ground level. For plans write: Box Home Shelter, Battle Creek, Mich.
25 years ago
Aug. 16, 1984
Photo caption. Here bully, bully. A clown at Sunday's Douglas County Fair Rodeo displays why he is in the arena as he distracts a belligerent bull away from the recently launched cowboy. Rodeo fans were treated to go-rounds Saturday and Sunday. Yerington's Shawn Siminoe, recently returned from South Dakota where he rode bulls for the Douglas High School Rodeo Club at the National High School Rodeo, won the bull riding with a score of 79.
10 years ago
Aug. 18, 1999
In 1998, 3,264 people were charged with breaking the law in Douglas County. The prosecutors who filed the charges had good reasons to believe the suspects committed criminal acts.
Defense attorneys Nathan Tod Young, Mark Jackson and Terri Steik Roeser had good reasons to take many of those allegations with a grain of salt. Young, Jackson and Roeser are paid by Douglas County to defend people who can't afford to hire an attorney.
A look at past issues of The R-C by Sharlene Irete.