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Firewood permits available for northern Nevada

LOVELOCK - Wood-cutting permits for open cutting areas in Humboldt and Pershing counties are available at the Bureau of Land Management office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd. in Winnemucca, and at the Pershing County Farm Service Agency, 110 American Blvd in Lovelock,

Agronomy/pesticide training meeting offered

LOVELOCK - The University of Nevada Cooperative Extension in Pershing County will be offering an Agronomy/Pesticide CEU meeting at the Pershing County Community Center on Dec. 6 from 8 a.m. - 12 noon.

New supervisor selected for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

OGDEN, Utah - Intermountain Regional Forester Harv Forsgren announced that William "Bill" Dunkelberger will serve as the supervisor for the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Dunkelberger will have the responsibility for managing 6.3 million acres in Nevada and eastern California.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time to recall the many blessing that we are thankful for. Here is why a few local residents are thankful.

Thanksgiving, Cont'd.

Thanksgiving is a time to recall the many blessing that we are thankful for. Here is why a few local residents are thankful.

Pershing County 4-H youth win awards for 2012

LOVELOCK - The annual 4-H awards and recognition program and potluck dinner were held Nov. 14 at the Pershing County Community Center. Anna Vidales Gallagher and Mikayla Renfroe served as Mistresses of Ceremony. The program recognizes the achievements of the youth and shows appreciation to the leaders and all the people in the community who made the 4-H program the success that it is.

34th Annual Friends Community Christmas Fair Dec. 1

LOVELOCK - The Community Christmas Fair sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Community Center, 820 6th St., Lovelock. The Fair will be open from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. A wide variety of items can be found at the fair for gift-giving and the home. For the weary shopper massages are available.

Lovelock Correctional Center holds quarterly blood drive

Event held in honor of Louie Gutierrez

LOVELOCK - The Lovelock Correctional Center held its quarterly blood drive in honor of Louie Gutierrez, a 2-year-old Lovelock resident diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in August.

Two vaccine clinics in December at animal shelter

LOVELOCK - Veterinarian services could again be available locally if there's enough demand, according to the city's animal control officer, Sheri Crim.

Annual Christmas Craft Fair offers variety of home and handmade items

Christmas shopping under one roof

LOVELOCK - The Friends of the Library Christmas Craft Fair is a seasonal Lovelock tradition. Many local crafters plan and create all year long for this one event.

Christmas dinner - Oh No

Consider a new cookbook

LOVELOCK - Making Christmas dinner is hard for most people, much less if this is your first Christmas with your new family. You want that dinner to be extra special. You want an innovative menu to reflect you; to make it an original dinner for your loved one or ones.

Senior Center Cookie Contest

LOVELOCK - The Pershing County Senior Center had 19 entries in the Cookie Bake- Off. The contest was held Dec. 1 in the foyer of Valley Plaza, which houses A Little Something variety shop and Temptations ice cream and coffee shop.

Mrs. Claus Letters to the Paper

Dear Readers,Today I received a letter from two teachers who spent their growing up years on the nice list. It warmed our hearts when they became teachers, as there is so much love for children in their hearts! I am enclosing several questions from the students of Mrs. Norcutt's and Mr. Gilboy's 1st grade class at Grass Valley Elementary School in Winnemucca, Nevada:

Family Life in Zambia

One of my favorite quotes comes from a Disney movie, Lilo and Stitch. In the movie, Stitch says, "Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten." Well, in Kii-Kaonde, a tribal language of the North Western province in Zambia, Kisemi means family, but the same reigns true.