The Good Friday 2024 R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — Newly named Community Services Director Brook Adie will likely be taking point for the final day of budget hearings starting 10 a.m. today at the Douglas County Courthouse. The Community Services budget covers a lot of ground.

The old ghosts in the CVIC Hall got a full blast of pure love on Thursday night as Trinity Lutheran Church’s preschool students performed their Easter Program before a packed house of proud parents. I was only in there for a short time and I’m still feeling it.

In the late 1990s, Auntie M’s was the hot spot for caffeinated conversation. On Saturday, Marsha Bennett, Auntie M herself, will be having breakfast at Sharkey’s with her son celebrating her 76^th birthday. If you’re in town, stop by and say howdy. Here's Lisa Gavon's story from last June

Speaking of coffee, five baristas from Gardnerville’s DST Coffee closed early on Thursday to compete in a latte art competition at Reno’s Coffeebar. DST is hosting in July, I’m told.

The Tahoe Symphony is performing a concert on this Good Friday. To purchase tickets call the Carson Valley Arts Council at 775-782-8207 or stop by the CVAC office at 1572 Highway 395, Minden, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today.

Easter egg hunting might be a little frosty above 6,000 feet this weekend with a winter weather advisory kicking off 11 a.m. today through 5 p.m. Sunday from Hawthorne to Susanville along the east slope of the Sierra. There’s a winter storm warning in the Sierra if you’re planning a trip to Grandma’s House.

There’s a red dawn this morning and a chance of flurries in the Valley until 2 p.m. and rain showers after that. The high is forecast to hit 46 degrees with a 5 mph breeze of 5 mph this afternoon. Be prepared for slick roads on the evening commute.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Contact him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.