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.
RENO - Pershing County High School students will participate in the Nevada State Science Olympiad this weekend in Reno. The University of Nevada, Reno will host the event for the first time this Saturday in the Davidson Mathematics and Science Center and Scrugham Engineering and Mines buildings on campus.
Pershing General Hospital Nursing Home residents, including Donnie Keller, 79, said emotional goodbyes to their beloved friend and social worker Mavis Lawrence during last week's farewell party. Some residents cried as they hugged Lawrence who, after serving residents for three years, had to leave the job for personal reasons. The nursing home is part of Pershing General Hospital in Lovelock.
JUDY MOSBY • "Wind" was the weather word last week, according to Pershing County resident Judy Mosby. Or more specifically, "Haboob." "Yes, I believe we can call our dust storms haboobs," Mosby said. The storm approaches Lovelock on Feb. 29, while a damaged shed is pictured the day after on March 1. "But for two motorcycles on a wood floor, it would have been long gone, into the wild blue yonder," Mosby said of the shed.
LOVELOCK - Caffeine junkies can satisfy their cravings in an upscale environment without leaving town thanks to the determination of two trendsetting entrepreneurs taking a chance on Lovelock and challenging others to do the same.
LOVELOCK - Should the food industry give more attention to educating consumers on the safe handling of their products? Kristal Guier, Meat & Seafood Merchandising Magazine, has collected the following statistics about this food safety issue.