BATTLE MOUNTAIN - For the beginning of the new year and the first board meeting of the new year, the Lander County School Board recognized four deserving people.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Oberenak Basque Club in Battle Mountain held its winter dinner and dance on Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Battle Mountain Civic Center.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Lander County Hospice is selling squares for a memory quilt to memorialize those who have passed on. The project is just one in its continued efforts to raise $90,000 to $100,000 to renovate the old Kid's Closet building at 326 W. Front St. for its office and gift and community shop.
COURTESY PHOTOSusan Sandru's fourth grade class at Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School made a kindness chain with each student doing 26 acts of kindness in honor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims. Some examples of acts of kindness are: made my sister's bed, took out the garbage and bought my friend ice cream. Back row, left to right, Kobe Lake, Joey Huhta, Jose Guizar, Michael Adcock, Shaelyn Nunez, Dustin Plants, Eliel Martinez, Kasia Nelson, Anahi Lopez, Owen Dorothy and Isaiah Powell. Middle row, Mandy Lofthouse, Brooke Ripley, Destiny Villanueva, Kylie Ueland, Antony Falles, Karla Valdez, Alayna Miles, Katelyn Williams and Jimmy Cox. Front row, Yaritza Diaz, Adriana Pacheco-Robles and Renata Martinez.
Barbara Smutney won the Colt Casino's "Off to the Races" promotion. She received a NASCAR package for Las Vegas in March that includes hotel room, track transportation, race tickets in the Earnhardt Terrace, a Sunday Neon Garage Pass and $500 spending money. Above photo (left to right) is Naomi Worth (casino host), Richard Jackson (Barb's brother), Barbara Smutney (winner), Rayna Etcheson (casino host), and Jennifer Turner (casino host).
A Nevada Department of Wildlife Hunter Safety Education class will be conducted Saturday, March 9, at the Civic Center in Battle Mountain. The cost of the class is $5 and is due at the door. A self-study workbook must be completed prior to the beginning of class and is available at the Cooperative Extension Office at 815 North 2nd St., (775) 635-5565. Anyone born after Jan. 1, 1960, is required to provide proof of hunter education, in order to purchase a Nevada hunting license. You must pre-register by calling (775) 635-5565 followed by going online to http://ndow.org/ and following the hunter education links to Lander County. If numbers exceed our allowed 30 students, a second class will be offered.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Data Night happened Jan. 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School. Students came dressed in ties and dresses as they were required to wear business attire.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Lander County School Board held its spring board workshop at the Super 8. It was held Feb. 8 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 9 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Thirteen members of the Defenders, an anti-bullying program, were part of a presentation given at the University of Nevada, Reno, on Feb. 9 that was headed by Cindy Clark, DK (developmental kindergarten) through eighth grade counselor.
COURTESY PHOTOStudents in Christ Lutheran Preschool in the afternoon 3-4 year old class are pictured with the retired 1997 Ford Expedition donated by Newmont Mining Corporation. The pickup truck represents the grand prize for the February Family Fun Festival Drawing, the non-profit preschool's primary fundraiser, to be held Feb. 21, 2013. Tickets are $1 each or six for $5. Tickets may be purchased from preschool families, staff, and are available at the office of Christ Lutheran Church and Preschool located at 55 Bastian Road. Proceeds of the ticket sales will go toward the preschool operating costs and the tuition assistance fund for the 2013-2014 school year. The goal of school officials is to reach $11,000 in ticket sales. Above (left to right) is Genesis Gonzalez, Giovanni Eusebio, Angelica Sanchez, Salix Ellsworth, Zane Romeo, Geovanni Ruvalcaba, Miranda Lomeli, Heaven Martinez and Macy Johnson.
CARSON CITY -Beginning the first week of March and continuing into April, staff from the Nevada Division of Water Resources, Office of the State Engineer, will be measuring groundwater levels in wells throughout various hydrographic basins within Washoe, Humboldt, Pershing, Lander, Elko, Eureka and White Pine counties.
CARSON CITY - Both rural and non-rural Nevada businesses use computers at a similar rate, but rural businesses are much more likely to be missing out on the added profits that can come from having a website and allowing employees to telework. That is the finding of a new report released today by Connect Nevada. In fact, the Technology Use Among Rural Nevada Businesses report reveals numerous insights into the rural business landscape across the state.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - The Willow Creek Enhancement Project team of NDOW, Lander County Convention and Tourism, Lander County and Newmont Mining are pleased to announce that construction will begin on the restoration and enhancement of Willow Creek beginning later this week and continue into May 2013.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - There are still free flu vaccines available at the community health nurse office on walk-in basis. There are 20 adult doses and 10 child doses.
BATTLE MOUNTAIN - An "I'm a Survivor" assembly and Valentine's Party were held Feb. 14 at Eleanor Lemaire Elementary School.