LOVELOCK - The Lovelock Relay for Life season opened with a bang of popping balloons during the Relay for Life Kick-Off Carnival held Jan. 22 at Sturgeons. The event generated $220 toward the Lovelock Relay for Life donation to be made to the American Cancer Society later this year.
LOVELOCK - Numerous festivities marked the culmination of Winter Spirit Week last Friday night at Pershing County High School. Obeying a theme of "Protect This House," all four basketball teams defeated their respective opponents from Fernley.
LOVELOCK - The Flying Saucer Trap Club will be holding a "Wobbles Shoot" on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the trapshooting range located at 1550 Airport Road Lovelock.
LOVELOCK - This weekend will be a busy one for Lovelock residents. Hundreds of visitors will converge onto the small town for a weekend of activities.
LOVELOCK - The cold desert of western North America faces multiple challenges with regard to fire and invasive species management. Recent participants at the "Wildfire and Invasive Plants in American Deserts Conference" identified several critical management and research issues in cold deserts. There was general agreement among workshop participants that the most critical issues to be addressed are invasion by annual grasses (notably cheatgrass) and the grass-fire cycle that can result. A related but less frequently mentioned issue was the ongoing expansion of pinyon pine and juniper species into sagebrush ecosystems, and the increasing potential for larger and more severe fires within the woodland zone. Importantly, the need to increase education regarding the threats to rangeland as a way to obtain public support was the second most frequently mentioned issue, and the lack of funding for addressing critical issues was not far behind. A related concern was the need to increase science-based information applicable to the management of rangeland. Many participants identified improving restoration and increasing our understanding of ecological condition and site recovery potential as important challenges in the cold desert. The need to clearly determine situations where grazing causes a non-desirable vegetation change versus those where grazing can be used as a potential tool in fire and invasive species management was mentioned by several participants.
LOVELOCK - Lovelock will hold its annual Valentine's Day wedding and vow renewals ceremony at the Lover's Lock Plaza this Valentine's Day. The multiple wedding and vow renewal event is sponsored each year by the Lovelock/Pershing County Chamber of Commerce.
WASHINGTON - Deborah Pontius, a National Association of School Nurses (NASN) board director from Nevada, was among nursing leaders from across the nation who attended the NASN Board of Directors meeting earlier this month, and learned advocacy strategies to advance the goals of school nursing to improve children's health.
LOVELOCK - One sure sign that spring is near, is seeing newborn calves on the ground. People not familiar with ranching or beef cattle production may ask, "Why do ranchers have their cows calve in the winter time?" Calving season affects beef cattle production and associated costs and returns. It is important for an operation to choose an appropriate calving season for that particular ranch. The following are calving season decisions each rancher needs to consider:
LOVELOCK - Job hunters were recently interviewed for management jobs at the new Family Dollar variety store set to open March 29 in Lovelock. Those who missed the session can still be considered for the next round of interviews by completing an online application on the company's website. The website lists openings in Lovelock for temporary customer service representatives.
LOVELOCK - Just the other day, I heard an advertisement for bed bug control in your home. Most people of this generation have never seen a bed bug. Bed bug infestations were common in the United States before World War II. But with improvements in hygiene, and especially the widespread use of DDT during the 1940s and '50s, the bugs all but vanished.
LOVELOCK - Is the diesel fuel you use today the same as your grandfather used 50 years ago? Is all diesel fuel created equal? Why does diesel fuel cost more than gasoline?
LOVELOCK - In Lovelock people are accustomed to seeing some peculiar things, but not every day does one see a house driving down the road. So if you thought you saw a house driving down Kruse Road or Pitt Road on Feb. 27, don't rush out to change your eyeglass prescription, you really saw it.
LOVELOCK - Nevada's rural counties stand to gain under the U.S. Interior Department's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year, but they also stand to lose a growing source of revenue from geothermal royalties on public lands.
LOVELOCK - The Lovelock Lions Club held its annual Lions Speech contest at the Center Club in Sturgeons Casino last month. The focus of the speeches was to be on nuclear energy, and all three contestants did excellent presentations.
LOVELOCK - Nine Pershing County High School students took part in the Poetry Out Loud contest in the high school auditorium on Feb. 22. Students were judged on physical presence, voice and articulation, dramatic appropriateness, level of difficulty, evidence of understanding, overall performance and accuracy.