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Author to discuss book at library

LOVELOCK - Ann Ronald, author of "Friendly Fallout, 1953" will be at the Pershing County Library on Tuesday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m.

Take care of your wild game meat

LOVELOCK - Big game hunting season is right around the corner, but the weather does not seem to be cooperating. If high temperatures remain for the next few weeks, it may present a problem for those of us that have drawn early season tags. It is important for hunters to understand how to care for their meat after the hunt is over, to insure all of their time and money does not go to waste with improper meat care.

GPP changes name, reorganizes Lovelock-Pershing County Chamber of Commerce

LOVELOCK - The Lovelock-Pershing County Chamber of Commerce is well on its way to resituating itself as a business organization focused on supporting area businesses and promoting Lovelock and Pershing County as great places in which to live and work. The reorganization facilitation is being funded by Coeur Rochester, Inc.

Photography exhibit at library

LOVELOCK - The Pershing County Library is hosting an exhibit for local photographers from now until Nov. 2.

World War II 464th Bombardment Group Veterans make the Nugget their reunion headquarters in 2011

LOVELOCK - Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 28, 16 World War II veterans from the 464th Bombardment Group and their families made John Ascuaga's Nugget in Sparks their 31st reunion headquarters. Attendees will be coming from all over the U.S. to attend the five-day reunion. The 464th Bomb Group members will visit historic Virginia City, Lake Tahoe and the Harrah's Automobile Museum during their stay in the Reno-Sparks area.

Fall management of alfalfa

LOVELOCK - Cool spring temperature this year put most alfalfa producers behind two to three weeks for their first, and correspondingly their second and third cuttings. Now in late September and early October, producers are taking advantage of favorable weeks of drying weather to make what is their last summer cutting.

Bill would reauthorize funding for rural counties

BATTLE MOUNTAIN - Lander County would continue to receive federal funding for its public schools, law enforcement programs and other essential services, under a bipartisan congressional agreement unveiled last week.

Animals blessed in honor of St. Francis Many turn out to have pets blessed

LOVELOCK - Many Lovelock residents and parishioners of the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church showed up for the Festival of St. Francis of Assisi held Oct. 4, to have their pets blessed.

End-of-summer work

The City of Lovelock repainted many parking lot handicapped emblems around town during late September. Photo above, in addition, city employees Mark Pilon (left) and Don Zyski work with Sturgeons employee Jaimie Rosas (middle) to restripe the parking lot in front of Sturgeons.

Prussic acid toxicity in forage caused by frost

LOVELOCK - The cold weather this past week has raised concerns and questions of feeding certain forage species to livestock. These are very legitimate concerns with the sorghum species. Prussic acid poisoning can occur when feeding frost-damaged sudangrass, sorghum-sudangrass hybrids, forage sorghum, or grain sorghum. These species contain varying concentrations of cyanogenic glucosides, which are converted to prussic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide (HCN). As ruminants consume forage containing high levels of cyanide-producing compounds, prussic acid is released in the rumen, absorbed into the bloodstream where it binds hemoglobin and interferes with oxygen transfer. The animal soon dies of asphyxiation.

Angel Tree program coming again to Imlay, Mill City, Unionville and Buena Vista Valley

To the communities of Imlay, Mill City, Unionville, and Buena Vista Valley;

Authorities investigating suspicious death

Nevada Department of Public Safety Division of Investigations (NDI) is investigating the suspicious death of Lovelock resident Emigdio Herrera.

Students, seniors tour orchard

LOVELOCK - Oct. 4 was apple picking day for kids of all ages at Luke's Orchard. First on the scene were the first-grade classes of Jennifer Fecht, Donna Beck and Emilee Houston of Lovelock, and students of Tashia Spradley and Robert Meldrum from Imlay school. Around 60 students arrived shortly before noon, and enjoyed their sack lunches in the lovely yard of Lesley Luke.

New Deputy in town Golla likes small town atmosphere

LOVELOCK - There's a new sheriff's deputy in town. Pershing County Sheriff Deputy Bodie Golla started working for the PCSO in July.

Hospital is still viable, Taxation Department says

LOVELOCK - The Nevada Department of Taxation wants the community to think of Pershing General Hospital as a patient with a broken leg.