LOVELOCK - The Community Christmas Fair sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, 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 - The 4-H Christmas play is becoming a Lovelock Christmas tradition, with this being the third year the drama club has treated the community to a holiday performance.
LOVELOCK - The Friends of the Library's Christmas Craft Fair was held Dec. 3. The annual fundraiser is in its 33rd year. Funds raised from the event go to needs at the Pershing County Library.
LOVELOCK - It is that time of year when many families bring the beauty and fragrance of a real Christmas tree into their homes as part of their holiday celebration. In so doing, they are following a tradition that dates to before Christianity and one that is not exclusive to any single religion. During Winter Solstice, early humans used evergreen boughs or entire trees in magical rites intended to secure protection of their homes and the return of vegetation in the spring. Romans decorated their homes with evergreens to celebrate Saturnalia, a winter festival honoring Saturnus, their god of agriculture. During the Middle Ages, Christians in Germany used an evergreen hung with red apples in their Christmas Eve "Adam and Eve's Day play," depicting the events in the Garden of Eden.
RENO - A 56-year-old Lovelock woman was killed in a crash on Interstate 80 in Churchill County on Tuesday night, Dec. 6.
LOVELOCK - Renner Equipment Company recently purchased Carpenter's Equipment Company of Lovelock.
Stores in the downtown area of Lovelock were busy on Saturday, Dec. 3, with the Small Town Christmas celebration.
The Lovelock Sign Club braved the cold weather Dec. 3 to present a Christmas concert in sign language after the Parade of Lights.
Winds blew hard in the Rye Patch area and throughout Pershing County last week. In Rye Patch a shed was reportedly blown down and Judy Mosby's motorcycle was blown over.
LOVELOCK - January is National Radon Action Month, and the Nevada Radon Education Program of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) will offer a radon program on Monday, Jan. 30, at 6 p.m., at the Pershing County Community Center, 820 Sixth St., in Lovelock. Attendees can learn about the health risks of radon, how to test for it and how to fix radon problems. Free radon test kits will be offered to attendees.
LOVELOCK - Christmas is the time of year when bakers bring out their signature cookies. This year a cookie bake off was sponsored by the Pershing County Senior Center and Eagle Picher Industries. Entries were taken to the Christmas Fair to be admired before they were judged. Winners were announced after the Parade of Light Dec. 3.
LOVELOCK - Now is the time most farmers finally have time to do some much-needed machinery repairs and maintenance. Machinery maintenance not only helps extended the service live of equipment, but can also affect the fuel efficiency and power output of those machines; therefore, maintenance is crucial for energy and financial savings. This is nothing new to equipment operators, but the following article helps put some numbers and measurable benefits to proper maintenance.
SAN FRANCISCO - Black Rock City, LLC, the organization that hosts the annual Burning Man event, is pleased to announce that it is donating $65,750 in proceeds from ice sales at the 2011 event to local community service and art organizations in Pershing County.
LOVELOCK - How do I know what my cattle are worth? Every rancher asks this question before selling their calves, bred heifers, cull cows and bulls. The problem is that most of the time the question is not answered until after taking them to market. However, there are some tools available to everyone who will go to the effort to find them.
