BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain Arts Presenters (BMAP) will present a writing workshop and public reading performance by Gretchen Skivington at the Battle Mountain Cookhouse Museum on Nov. 30.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Sober Seniors, a group of students and parents dedicated to holding a sober Battle Mountain High School graduation party, is selling holiday wreaths and Pete's chorizos to raise funds.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Red Ribbon Week, a national program, was held in Battle Mountain from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 at Battle Mountain Elementary Schools, Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School and Battle Mountain Junior High School.
DEBRA REID - The Lovelock Review-MinerLast week, Carol Shank and her fellow county commissioners presented achievement awards to volleyball coach Shauna Bake and Pershing High principal Russell Fecht. The school's volleyball and football teams won the state tournaments in their divisions.
Pershing County workers install a 21-foot-tall Christmas tree outside the courthouse in Lovelock on Monday. The tree is being decorated for Saturday evening's tree-lighting ceremony following the Parade of Lights. Christmas trees are available from the Lion's Club at the corner of Cornell Avenue and 8th Street. Proceeds from the tree sales support local student scholarships and activities sponsored by the club.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - NV Energy donated a Snowcat and a trailer for hauling the vehicle to Lander County Search and Rescue.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - People from Austin, Kingston and the surrounding areas are invited to enjoy a night of fun and holiday spirit on Dec. 11 at Austin's 17th Annual Live Nativity, hosted by the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the citizens of Austin.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Battle Mountain Arts Presenters (BMAP) writing workshop and public reading performance by Gretchen Skivington at the Battle Mountain Cookhouse Museum has been rescheduled to Dec. 14.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - On Nov. 14, the Lander County School Board recognized five deserving people in the community.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Bureau of Land Management released its tentative fall-winter schedule for gathering wild horses and burros from overpopulated herds on drought-stricken western public rangelands.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - On Wednesday, Nov. 28, Sondra Torgerson and 51 students from Battle Mountain High School attended a documentary film directed by Lee Hirsch entitled "Bully."
ELKO - Great Basin College faculty and staff will host an Open House for prospective students and their parents on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 from 6 to 8 P.M. PREPARE for GBC offers insights into the opportunities and challenges at Great Basin College.
RENO - High school students can take center stage in the Nevada Poetry Out Loud program that offers students a chance to recite poetry for a chance to win cash prizes and a trip to Washington D.C. Registration for the competition is open to students and teachers through Dec. 31, according to Mary Jane Dorofachuk, arts learning program coordinator for the Nevada Arts Council.
COURTESY PHOTOStudent Council Adviser Sondra Torgerson and Battle Mountain High School students would like to thank the Battle Mountain Community for its generosity to the annual BMHS Canned Food Drive. There were 44 students who participated Dec. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. going door to door. They were able to collect 2,508 items of canned or boxed food items that were given to the Family Resource Center. Shown above, Kelsey Kroll, Samantha Samuelson, Kimberly Abrajan, Rueben Rivera, McKenzie Gilbert, Jonathan Morrison, Dylan Walter and Kalin Nelson.
COURTESY PHOTOSome Battle Mountain High School quilting students have been working on projects to donate to the Family Resource Center just in time for Christmas. The quilts range in size from baby quilts to full size quilts. BMHS quilting teacher, Jill Paull, said she is very proud of their hard work and giving spirit, and hopes to have more quilts to donate this spring. Pictured with some of the quilts are Tesia Campbell, junior, Indigo DeAllah, junior, Abbie Mikelson, senior, and Hannah Hale, junior.