The Bliss Mansion, which still stands today directly across from the Governor’s mansion, was built by millionaire Duane L. Bliss in 1879 and was the most lavish and elaborate home built in Carson City at the time. Some say its dutiful owner still walks the grounds, keeping an eye on his beloved masterpiece.

Bliss came into money from selling lumber to the Comstock mines of Virginia City and surrounding areas, and also played his hand on the railroads. He spent much of his life building fancy homes in Lake Tahoe and San Francisco.

This led to his desire to construct the grandest home in Carson City at the time, the Bliss Mansion.

The Mansion, found on the corner of West Robinson and North Mountain Street, is an 8,500 square foot three-story home with 15 rooms. It was constructed entirely of clear lumber and square nails, and was the first home in Nevada completely piped for gas lighting.

Bliss knew exactly where he wanted his elaborate mansion to be built; unfortunately, others were residing there at the time. Not quite living, mind you, as the land was actually the site of a cemetery.

During the era of the Comstock, Carson City was a hot-bed for a specific industry: burials. Many of the well-beloved businesses downtown were once morgues and mortuaries.

Oftentimes during the winter, if someone passed away, the ground was too hard to be able to bury them; and so the bodies needed to be stored somewhere until Spring came.

When the Spring did come, they’d be given proper burials, and one of these sites was the cemetery, which was to later become site of the Bliss Mansion.

The bodies were exhumed and relocated, but people say they still see the confused spirits wandering around the grounds, trying to locate their not-so-final resting places.

The major specter of the Bliss Mansion is Duane Bliss himself, who is said to have loved his home so much that he never wanted to leave, and still hasn’t.

People say they spot Bliss often around his home, looking pensively out the window from the top floors, or standing in the yard before disappearing.

If you walk past and inspect the windows, you might see curtains moving when no one is inside.

Though you’d expect a man who moved an entire graveyard to build his mansion might fall to some misfortune at the hands of irritated spirits, Bliss and his wife, Elizabeth, lived happily in their home for their entire lives. They handed it down through family members until it became a bed-and-breakfast in the 1990s and restored to its previous grandeur.

The Bed and Breakfast was sold and later closed down; but the building still stands today, and often hosts art and music shows during the summer.

Nine out of the 10 Carson City School District schools earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star certification, which signifies their buildings perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA.

“This is further evidence supporting our commitment to environment stewardship and education,” Richard Stokes, superintendent for the Carson City School District. “The more money we can save on operational costs improves direct funding for our students. Clearly, this has been a team effort, and everyone continues to do their part in maximizing our finite resources.”

The Carson City School District also touts the lowest energy expenditures, on a per pupil basis, of all Nevada school districts, he continued. Energy and utility costs generally account for 20 to 40 percent of a school’s maintenance and operations budget, and can be much higher if equipment is beyond its useful life.

According to a recent U.S. Green Building Council report, factors like thermal comfort and classroom lighting “affect the stress levels, health and well-being of occupants in schools,” and can influence student achievement.

Commercial buildings that earn EPA’s Energy Star certification use an average of 35 percent less energy than typical buildings and also release 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The Carson City School District improved its energy performance by managing energy strategically across the entire district and by making cost-effective improvements to its buildings.

Schools in Carson City averaged 94 percent to qualify for the Energy Star Certifications including four schools earning 97 percent or higher. The base percentage to qualify is 75 percent.

Energy Star Certifications by site and Energy Star score:
Bordewich Bray Elementary School, 90 percent
Carson High School, 91 percent
Carson Middle School, 93 percent
Eagle Valley Middle School, 98 percent
Empire Elementary School, 98 percent
Fremont Elementary School, 97 percent
Fritsch Elementary School, 97 percent
Mark Twain Elementary School, 91 percent
Seeliger Elementary School, 93 percent

According to a U.S. Department of Energy report, money spent on fueling a school exceeds the money spent on salaries, supplies and books. Annually, schools spend in excess of $6 billion on energy alone, a cost that could be cut by 25 percent with better energy-saving initiatives.

In May of 2016, the district hired McKinstry, an energy service company, to audit all the district’s facilities in search of additional energy savings. This audit, paid for by the Nevada Governor’s Office of Energy (GOE) Performance Contract Audit Assistance Program, identified dozens of potential improvements that would save utility and operational costs.

“We use more than a third less energy than an average school,” said Mark Korinek, director of Operations and Services for the Carson City School District. “As a district, we are down from 46 to 41 on the Energy Usage Index (EUI). The 46 EUI number last year, down from 49 in 2014, was really remarkable to begin with, but to see a decrease even from there is truly a testament to our retrofit project and McKinstry’s energy-awareness and behavioral change program called powerED.”

The powerED program engages students, staff and faculty across the district in energy, water and waste conservation efforts. The program promotes energy efficiency and how to eliminate waste within facilities, ultimately helping the district save money. Much of this effort is focused on demonstrating to students and faculty how small changes — such as turning off lights, biking to school, recycling and composting, shutting off unused electronics and buying locally produced items — can make a difference in their lives every day.

Commercial buildings that can earn the ENERGY STAR include offices, bank branches, data centers, financial centers, retail stores, courthouses, hospitals, hotels, K-12 schools, medical offices, supermarkets, dormitories, houses of worship, and warehouses.

Energy Star was introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency. Today, the label can be found on more than 65 different kinds of products, 1.4 million new homes, and 20,000 commercial buildings and industrial plants that meet strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the EPA. Over the past twenty years, American families and businesses have saved more than $230 billion on utility bills and prevented more than 1.8 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions with help from ENERGY STAR.

See energystar.gov/labeledbuildings for more information about certification for commercial buildings.

CARSON CITY — Many Nevada schoolchildren will take part in organized events to walk or bicycle to school on Wednesday Oct. 10 in recognition of International Walk to School Day. Children not taking part in an organized school event are encouraged to involve their family in safely walking or bicycling to school on Wednesday, Oct. 10 and other days.

Walking and bicycling to school events are planned for Washoe, Carson City, Clark, Douglas, Lyon and other counties. Approximately 50 Nevada schools in 13 different communities participated in last year’s Walk to School Day as part of ongoing activities to promote walking and bicycling throughout the year.

“Whether as part of an organized event or not, this is an opportunity to help children learn more about pedestrian and bicycling safety,” NDOT Assistant Chief of Multi-Modal Planning and Program Development Bill Story explained. “And, whether it’s for International Walk to School Day or part of a daily routine, physical activity at an early age, such as walking or bicycling, helps reduce heart disease, diabetes and other obesity-related illnesses. Plus, walking or biking to school can lessen up to 25 percent of morning rush hour traffic that results from children being driven to school.”

During International Walk to School Day and every day, drivers should watch for children walking and bicycling to school and be mindful of school zone speed reductions, as well as varying school start times. Motorists should also only pass bicyclists when it is safe with at least three feet of space between the bicycle and vehicle and never overtake a vehicle that has stopped at a crosswalk.

Pedestrians and bicyclists should only cross streets when safe, and always look for vehicles before and while crossing. Per state law, no u-turns or passing are allowed in active school zones or school crossing zones.

Here is the Carson City schedule:
Principals and, or staff will meet at the following locations and walk to the school with the students. All students who walk to or at school will be recognized.

Bordewich Bray Elementary School, 110 Thompson St. (7:45-8:25 a.m.)
Start: Governor’s Mansion, 606 Mountain St., to the school
Start: Carson City Fire Department, 777 S Stewart St., to the school

Eagle Valley Middle School, 4151 E. 5th St. (7:00 – 7:40 a.m.)
Meeting place at the basketball courts above the school. Students who walk to school will be recognized with goodies and hot chocolate.

Fremont Elementary School, 1511 Firebox Road (7:50 – 8:15 a.m.)
Start: U.S. Post Office, 1111 S. Roop St., to the school
Start: Gas Station, 1615 E. 5th St., to the school

Mark Twain Elementary School, 2111 Carriage Crest Dr.
No meeting place. Students who walk to school will be recognized.

To learn about specific International Walk to School Day events, contact Nevada Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Coordinator Cathy Balcon at (775) 888-7357, cbalcon@dot.nv.gov or find walking information at bicyclenevada.com. Further event information and registration is also available at walkbiketoschool.org.

Carson City Fire Department was called late Wednesday afternoon to a gas line break in the 1300 block of Heather Way.

The call came into dispatch shortly after 4 p.m. of a broken gas line caused by the removal of a trailer. Southwest Gas has been notified.

The gas line was shut off at 4:09 p.m.

On Wednesday, Oct. 17, the Capital City Arts Initiative will present a talk by curator John Spiak. His illustrated talk, "Listening, Assisting, Connecting: Institutions as Support," is part of CCAI’s ongoing Nevada Neighbors series and will take place at 6 p.m. at Union, 302 W Proctor St, Carson City. There will be an informal reception for Spiak preceding the event at 5:30pm. No tickets needed; the public is cordially invited.

John Spiak, Grand Central Art Center (GCAC) Chief Curator, will share highlights of projects and talk about process of being a curator working in community-engaged practices in Santa Ana, CA. The Center’s projects provide support to artists-in-residence for the creation of new and innovative works. In a recent residency performance, Carmen Papalia exchanged his white cane, one he started using when he began to lose his vision over ten years ago, for a marching band to lead a walking tour through Downtown Santa Ana. In his talk, Spiak will elaborate on artists’ projects that extended the reach of the arts into the community.
 

While at ASU, Spiak gave a Nevada Neighbor talk in 2005 — he inspired us; we invited him back. As part of his Nevada Neighbors activities, Spiak will speak to art students and faculty at Douglas High School, Sierra Nevada College, and University of Nevada, Reno.

The Capital City Arts Initiative is an artist-centered organization committed to the encouragement and support of artists and the arts and culture of Carson City and the surrounding region. The Initiative is committed to community planning and building for the area's diverse adult and youth populations through art projects and exhibitions, live events, arts education programs, artist residencies, and online projects.

The Capital City Arts Initiative is funded in part the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, John and Grace Nauman Foundation, Carson City Cultural Commission, Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, U.S. Bank Foundation, and Southwest Gas Corporation Foundation.

For additional information, please visit CCAI’s website at arts-initiative.org.

Seventeen current and future leaders assembled at the Chamber on Thursday to begin their leadership journey.

Over the next 8 months, the class will be hosted by the Sheriff, Parks & Recreation, Public Works, Carson High School, Western Nevada College and more as they take the behind the scenes tours of Carson City.

Shown in the photo are:

Stephen “Steve” Buffo - AT&T Communications

Deborah “Deb” Conrad - Western Nevada College

Breana Coons - 3rd & Curry St. Farmer's Market

Savannah Drew - CORE Construction

Charline Duque-Jones - Carson City Treasurer’s Office

Christopher "Chris" Gray - Carson City Consolidated Municipality

Enrique Hagerbaumer-Tadeo - Shelter Insurance

Angela Holt - Western Nevada College

Stephen “Steve” Jones - Southwest Gas

James “J.R.” Kinzel - Meek's Lumber

Emily Nunez - Carson City District Attorney

Edmund “Eddy” Quaglieri - Carson City Public Works

John Tatro - Carson City Justice Court

Jerome Tushbant - Carson City Sheriff’s Office

James Underwood - Carson City Consolidated Municipality

Karen Watson - Nevada State Bank

Juliann “Juli” Yim - Greater Nevada Mortgage Services

A 33 year-old man reported missing on Aug. 14, 2018 has been located and found safe in South Lake Tahoe, CA, Carson City Sheriff's Detective Steven Olson said.

Rigoberto Campos Dominguez, believed to be homeless, was spotted on Oct. 10 at a gas station in South Lake Tahoe and his whereabouts were reported to authorities.

Working from that tip, the Carson City Sheriff's Investigation Division began a search of the area for Dominguez.

"After talking with several people and searching South Lake Tahoe, I was able to locate Rigoberto and confirmed that he was safe," Detective Olson said.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office Investigation Division would like to thank the public and the media for their assistance in helping to find Dominguez.

A 33-year-old Carson City woman was arrested by SET officers Thursday evening in the 400 block of Corbett Street on multiple felony drug charges.

Mary Rachel Nicole Reasoner was arrested after she refused to comply with a routine compliance check with parole and probation.

A SET K9 deputy went to a local restaurant to conduct a probation compliance check on Reasoner along with a Nevada Parole and Probation Officer.

While the SET deputy waited for parole and probation to arrive, he observed Reasoner exit the restaurant, sit on the curb, and make a phone call for approximately three minutes while smoking a cigarette before returning inside.

When P&P arrived, they approached Reasoner and asked her to unlock her phone, which is a condition of probation. Reasoner told them she didn’t know the passcode, despite the fact that she had just been seen making a phone call.

She was then asked to take a urinalysis test, and she attempted to tamper with the test by dipping it in toilet water.

She was arrested for the violation, and deputies went to her home for a search and seizure.

Deputies made contact with Reasoner’s mother, who allowed them into the home to search Reasoner’s bedroom.

In the bedroom, they located multiple drug-related items, including, a tooter straw, picks, a lighter, and a lip balm container which contained methamphetamine. They also found a second lip balm container which contained heroin, and burned foil with drug residue in the trash can.

She is being held without bail on the probation violation charge.

In other arrests:

— A 59-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday morning in the 100 block of E. Long Street on a misdemeanor trespassing charge.

Deputies were called to a local thrift store on a threats report, and a request to have a trespasser removed.

When deputies arrived, the manager explained that the man was inside making shoppers feel uncomfortable and harassing the employees. According to the manager, the man was telling employees that they were drug dealers and accusing them of stealing from the business.

The man is a volunteer. The thrift store used to provide shelter for the man, the manager explained, but they no longer provide the shelter so he no longer has to volunteer.

The manager also said a few days prior the man was involved in an altercation with another employee, which was handled internally, but the man had been demanding to know the outcome of the altercation.

The manager said the man is constantly angry and causing problems with employees and customers and wanted him to be formally trespassed.

The deputy made contact with the man, who became verbally aggressive. According to the police report, he demanded to know why the deputy spoke with the manager first before him. He asked the deputy why he was “treating him like a criminal.”

The man then told the deputy a few days prior another employee had threatened him. He said the other employee “pointed their finger at him in an aggressive manner and told [the man] not to say their name.” He also told the deputy the other employees are drug dealers and criminals.

The deputy told the man that the manager wants him to leave the property. He became verbally aggressive again and stated he had done nothing wrong and refused to leave. He told the deputy that he owes the business money and he needs to pay them.

Deputies told the man to call the business to make arrangements prior to going onto the property to pay them back. He said he “is not going to call them and that he is going to pay them back by coming onto the property and giving them their money.”

The man was told again he needed to leave, at which point the man flipped off deputies and walked away, stating he is not going to leave. He stood on the street and continued to yell that he wasn’t leaving.

Deputies told the man he cannot stand on the street and he has to leave the area. The man said he wasn’t going to leave, and walked to the sidewalk next to the business. He said he is going to stand there all day and not leave.

Deputies told him again he had to leave, and according to the police report, the man was speaking in a “high agitated voice” throughout the entire encounter.

Since he refused to leave, he was charged with trespassing and taken into custody without incident.

Bail: $242

— A 38-year-old Carson City man was arrested early Friday morning at 2:30 a.m. in the 700 block of N. Carson Street on two outside agency warrants.

Deputies were patrolling in the area of N. Carson and E. Washington Streets, when a deputy noticed a black sedan that had been parked at the fuel pumps of a gas station for an extended period of time, which the deputy found odd.

According to the police report, the deputy approached and observed someone slumped over the driver’s seat of the vehicle, and there was a young girl in the front passenger seat.

The deputy knocked on the window to wake up the occupants. The driver identified himself and told the deputy his vehicle had died at the fuel pump and he and his daughter were waiting for the gas station to open so he could have the vehicle jump started.

Dispatch advised the man had a confirmed warrant for his arrest issued by the Sparks Township Justice Court and another for the Reno Township Justice Court.

He was taken into custody. Unfortunately the man had no one who could take his daughter into their care, and she was taken into temporary custody by the department of child and family services until the man’s warrants were addressed.

Bail: $2,040 cash only.

— A 66-year-old Carson City man currently incarcerated was given an additional charge of battery by a prisoner with a deadly weapon, a felony.

Mitchell Blanco was transported from the Nevada Department of Corrections to be booked on the warrant of felony battery by a prisoner with a deadly weapon.

— A 45-year-old Carson City man was arrested late Wednesday evening in the area of E. Nye Lane and Poole Way on a failure to appear traffic warrant.

The man was pulled over due to a broken head light, and dispatch advised he had a warrant for his arrest after he identified himself.

He was taken into custody without incident.

Bail: $295 cash

All information for the crime log (unless otherwise noted) comes from the arrest reports supplied by the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and is considered by law to be public information. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The policy of Carson Now is to name anyone who is arrested for a felony offense.

On Aug. 26, 1980 inside Harvey’s Resort at Stateline, graveyard supervisor Bob Vinson was making his rounds, and on his way to the gift shop to buy a pack of cigarettes, he noticed the door to the telephone exchange room was ajar.

Curious, he poked his head inside and noticed something that wasn’t meant to be there: a huge meal box, with a smaller box on top, balanced on pieces of plywood and metal wheels.

The security supervisor, Simon Caban, was called down to investigate, and calls were made to the sheriff’s office. They noticed an envelope on the carpet beside the box, and as Caban had just taken a letter bomb training course, he told everyone to leave the room immediately.

Together with a sheriff’s deputy and a pair of broomsticks, they poked the envelope. It didn’t explode, and so they removed the letter from within.

Caban leaned against the box, reading one page of the letter while the deputy read the other.

The deputy pointed at the box and told Caban it was a bomb.

Hotel guests, employees and casino visitors were evacuated. The FBI rolled in. Security guards emptied the cage of millions of dollars for safe keeping.

According to the letter, any attempt to disarm the bomb, move it or take it apart would result in its detonation. It contained 1,000 pounds of dynamite and more triggers than anyone could imagine. The FBI had never seen anything like it before, and were slightly impressed with its complexity.

The bomber explained there was no way to disarm the bomb, even by the bomb-maker himself. However, if the casino agreed to pay $3 million ($8.9 million today) in used, unmarked $100 bills, a series of combinations of switches would be revealed to allow the bomb to be removed and detonated remotely somewhere else.

The bomber gave “instructions for delivery” in his ransom letter, but the instructions were vague and confusing. The FBI showed up to the spot they thought would be the drop off location, but the bomber was nowhere to be found, and the drop was never made.

The not-so-practical bomber was a then-millionaire by the name of John Birges, who claimed he had lost $750,000 ($2.2 million today) gambling at Harvey’s and wanted reparations.

John Birges, Sr. was a Hungarian immigrant who had flown for the German Luftwaffe during World War II. During the war, he was captured by Soviets and sentenced to 25 years of hard labor in a gulag.

However, eight years later, he was released and returned to Hungary.

In 1957, he came to America and by 1971 he had built a highly successful landscaping business in California; however, he also developed a serious gambling addiction.

So, instead of simply getting help with his addiction, he decided instead to extort the casino with an elaborate, massive bomb — at the time, the largest the FBI had ever encountered.

On inspecting the bomb, the FBI took x-rays of the bomb and determined it would take multiple men to move it, and there was no way to know if the bomb had truly been disarmed. So, they decided they would have to disarm the bomb in the hotel.

Guests and staff were evacuated from the hotel, and the gas was shut off, just to be safe.

The FBI bomb technicians decided that separating the detonators from the dynamite would be the best plan of action, using a shaped charge of C-4.

However, unbeknownst to the technicians, dynamite had also been placed in the top box containing the detonation circuit.

The C-4 was detonated, leading to a disastrous domino affect. The detonation caused the dynamite in the top box to explode, which caused the rest of the bomb to detonate.

Crowds of employees, reporters, tourists and locals crowded around behind barricades to see what would happen. Some were wearing “I Was Bombed at Harvey’s” t-shirts. Bookies were taking bets through the crowd on what the result would be.

A deputy called out through the PA of his car that they were going to detonate.

At 3:46 p.m., a firing lead was touched against a car battery by bomb squad leader Danny Danihel, and the explosion rang out across South Lake Tahoe amidst cheers from the spectators.

The majority of Harvey’s was destroyed, along with Harrah’s suffering damages next door, but there were no injuries. A massive five-story hole was blasted through the middle of the hotel, causing walls and ceilings and floors to mesh into one catastrophic debris pile.

The Harvey’s bomb remains the most complex improvised explosive device the FBI has examined, and a replica of the bomb is still used in FBI bomb training.

Birges was a potential suspect, as his van had been seen in South Lake Tahoe at the time of the bombing, along with the fact that he had access to dynamite as a landscaper, and a serious gambling problem.

One of Birges’s sons let slip to a girlfriend that his father had planted the bomb in Harvey’s. The two broke up, and on a date with another man, they heard that the FBI was offering a reward for information. She told her date what Birges’s son had confided in her, and the man called the FBI.

When he was arrested, along with five others in connection to the plot, he was busy constructing a new bomb either to hit Harvey’s a second time, or a San Fransisco bank.

His two sons, James and John, Jr., became chief witnesses in Birges’s trial, who agreed to testify against their father and other suspects in exchange for receiving probation.

Birges’s girlfriend, Ella Joan Williams, was convicted along with Birges for the plot, and was sentenced to seven years in prison. However, during her appeal, the conviction was overturned and her state charges trial ended in a mistrial.

A retrial was scheduled, but in May 1985 she pled guilty to being an accessory and was recommended for parole from prosecutors.

Birges was sentenced to life in prison without parole, and in 1996 at the age of 74, he died of liver cancer at the Southern Nevada Correctional Center, sixteen years and a day after the bombing.

— The Nevada Lore Series focuses on the legends of Nevada and the surrounding areas that help build our culture, from ancient Washoe stories, to Old West ghostly visions, to modern day urban legends.

Nevada Lore Series: The Missing Treasure of Prison Hill

Nevada Lore Series: The Ormsby House

Nevada Lore Series: The Curse of Bodie

Nevada Lore Series: The murder of Julia Bulette, Virginia City’s beloved Madam and Firefighter

Nevada Lore Series: 'Captain' and the bizarre history of the Thunderbird Lodge at Lake Tahoe

Nevada Lore Series: The Birth and Death of the American Flats

Nevada Lore Series: Genoa's Hanging Tree, and Adam Uber's Dying Curse

The 2018-2019 Celtic Music Series at the Brewery Arts Center opens with the traditional Irish and Scottish music of Cooking With Turf, an acoustic trio from California’s Central Valley. This season opener happens at the Brewery Arts Center’s Performance Hall Theater this Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 7:00 PM.

Cooking With Turf formed in the late 1990's. They started as the house band for the Palo Alto Ceilí Dance where they played for Irish social dancing similar to New England Contra Dance. When that dance ended in 2000, they became the house band for Irish Set Dancing at Scruffy Murphy's in Sunnyvale, CA, playing for the Irish equivalent to American Square dancing. In 2007, Cooking With Turf reformed in the Santa Cruz. Now they are based in Modesto, CA, and, as fiddler, Steve Kenworthy points out, “all of us are products of the wonderful music programs our public schools used to promote.”

“Turf” is blocks of peat once widely used in Ireland for heating and cooking. The name of the band, “Cooking With Turf,” derives from an incident while flute player, Richard Ferry, was playing at a ceilí dance. After having finished a tight set of tunes, someone piped up with, “Now you’re cooking with gas!” to which another replied, “No—that's cooking with turf!”

It is in an inspired way they present the traditional music of Ireland and Scotland, from rollicking jigs and reels to touching airs, and songs, both comic and sad. Cooking With Turf features a variety of instruments: flute, whistle, fiddle, various mandolins, dulcimers and guitar.

The Celtic Music Series presents local, regional, and internationally-recognized traditional, acoustic Celtic music artists every third Saturday of the month from October through May, except December. Shows start at 7:00 PM, Tickets are available through breweryarts.org. Prices at $15 for BAC members, seniors, and students, $18 in advance, and $20 at the door. Season tickets are still available.

For further information on the Cooking With Turf performance or the Celtic Music Series, please contact Gina Hill at Brewery Arts Center. (775) 883-1976 or email at gina@breweryarts.org

UPDATE: The Carson City Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery that happened Monday afternoon at Frutilandia yogurt and ice cream shop on Highway 50 East.

The robbery happened at around 3:45 p.m. with a suspect seen leaving in a white older model vehicle, which turned out to be a 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlas.

The suspect is described as a white male, thin, in his 20s. The suspect's vehicle believed to be involved in the getaway of the robbery at 3217 US Highway 50 East has been located and identified positive, according to Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

The Oldsmobile Cutlas was located in the 1300 block of Green Court. The suspect was seen walking away from the vehicle, possibly a white or Hispanic male with a shaved head.

He was wearing a Raiders jersey and was pulling a red suitcase. He was last seen walking on Green Drive toward Menlo. When he did the robbery, he used a handgun, which has not been recovered.

Deputies continue to look for the suspect. We will update this story as more information becomes available.

The death toll continues to climb and the number of homes and structures destroyed grows from the Camp Fire wildfire in Paradise, Calif. Fires are also raging in Southern California. Here are a few ways you can help.

The fire began last week and has already burned 125,000 acres and has destroyed 7,600 structures, most of them homes. As of late Tuesday, 48 people have died and 200 are still missing.

It is the most destructive, and deadliest, fire in California to date, and is at 30 percent containment as of Tuesday afternoon.

The previous deadliest fire record was held by the Griffith Park Fire of 1933 in which 29 people were killed.

In the Woolsey Fire, currently burning west of Los Angeles and parts of Malibu, two people have died and 96,000 acres of burned. It is 35 percent contained as of Tuesday afternoon.

Precautionary shut downs of electricity in San Diego due to a red flag warning and high winds has left 25,000 customers without power as an attempt to prevent another fire from breaking out.

There are multiple ways you can help donate to the victims of the fire.

In an article published by the Sacramento Bee, it’s being said that the best way to help is through cash or gift card donations.

An excerpt of their article said:

“Cash donations and gift cards offer more flexibility. Gift cards to places like Target or Walmart can help someone buy clothes or other items they might have left out of their go-bags. Gift cards for gas stations, supermarkets and pharmacies also can be useful for evacuees.”

You can read more of their article with information on how to donate by clicking this link: https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article221539745.html

The Pokemon GO community of Carson City is taking physical donations this week. You can read more about it here.

Pet supplies for furry fire victims are being collected through November 18 by Realty Executives Nevada’s Choice in Carson City. You can read more about it here.

Dutch Brothers in Carson City is accepting donations this week, and will match them up to $150,000. You can find out more information on their facebook post here.

Also, grocers have launched a Salvation Army Fundraiser. Save Mart and FoodMaxx grocery stores are collecting monetary donations for The Salvation Army and its relief efforts in Butte County, Calif., affected by Camp Fire. Shoppers can donate any amount at checkout and 100 percent of the proceeds will aid local victims. The donation will be printed on the receipt, so shoppers have a record of their tax deductible donation. All Save Mart and FoodMaxx grocery stores in California and Northern Nevada are participating in this fundraiser, including those locations around Carson City.

Walmart gift cards needed in Camp Fire donor drive organized by Carson City's Coldwell Banker. Go here for more information and how to donate.

Also collecting: Carson City Estate Sales & Liquidations. Donations for Paradise fire victims can be dropped off at 3735 North Carson Street in the back everyday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

As always, the American Red Cross is doing their part to help, and you can either donate to help fire victims here, or alternatively from your mobile phone you can text CAWILDFIRES to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross.

An 18-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday afternoon on the felony charges of possession a controlled substance and furnishing dangerous drugs to a minor, and a misdemeanor of violating pre-sentencing conditions, after being found with aerosol cans in a parking lot on Market Street.

Brett Michael Seslar was arrested after deputies were dispatched to the area in regards to a report of two subjects possibly using illegal drugs.

Deputies approached two subjects who were attempting to conceal items in their clothing. The deputy told them to reveal their hands, but both continued to put items in their clothing, according to the police report.

After they refused to show their hands, deputies detained both into handcuffs.

With Seslar was a 17-year-old girl, who was found with three cans of aerosol duster on her person and a fourth fell from her clothing when she was being detained.

Seslar told deputies that the girl was “going through a very rough time” and that he was trying to help her. He told deputies he and the girl had met up at a gas station and they were walking to his father’s house. On the way, they stopped behind the Market Street store and the girl took two hits off of the aerosol duster.

Deputies asked Seslar if he was trying to help the girl why was he letting her huff aerosol duster, and he said he was trying to stop her and he hadn’t used any of the duster himself.

The girl said she hadn’t huffed any of the duster and that it “would have made her sick.” When asked why then she had four cans of aerosol duster on her person, she said she was “holding it for a friend.”

The employee of the store who initially called in the report said he saw Seslar using some type of item that was in his hand. They said Seslar then started “acting like a zombie” and was hanging his head down.

The employee said they saw Seslar acted like he was injecting something into his arm, and it appeared the girl was wrapping his arm with a bandage.

Both were taken into custody. The girl was taken to the Carson City Juvenile Detention Facility and Seslar was taken to the Carson City Jail.

Bail: No bail hold from DAS; $22,500 after.

In other arrests:

— A 46-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the area of College Parkway and N. Carson Street early Friday morning on a failure to appear warrant.

The woman was stopped for not having operational brake lights and turn signal, and it was found she had a failure to appear warrant from October 2017, and was taken into custody.

Bail: $704 cash only.

All information for the crime log (unless otherwise noted) comes from the arrest reports supplied by the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and is considered by law to be public information. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The policy of Carson Now is to name anyone who is arrested for a felony offense.

For the first time since the recession, the Ski Program offered by Carson City is back. The program ended around 2012, due to a low enrollment brought on by the recession. But now, Carson City Parks, Recreation & Open Space has partnered with Boreal Ski Resort to bring the program back.

The program is being offered for 6-12 graders (from any school district), and the cost is $185 per student.

Included in the price is Transportation by Amador Stage Lines, lift tickets, equipment rentals, four 1 hour lessons, and an unlimited season pass to Boreal upon completing the program.

The program dates are Jan. 11, 18, 25, and Feb. 1.

While Boreal might be further from Carson than some of the other resorts, Carson City Parks and Rec Recreation Superintendent Dan Earp says the choice to include Boreal was deliberate.

“The main reason we reached out to work with Boreal is because of the night skiing,” said Earp. “I have been trying to bring back some sort of ski program for the past couple winters but wasn’t successful on getting much momentum with the closer resorts. The economy is better, the ski industry seems to be improving, and as a result the local resorts are busy on Saturdays and Sundays. This means they didn’t spare instructors to offer if we brought up a large group and we weren’t getting as good as a deal to pass on to our community as I would have liked.”

Earp did research on ski programs across the country, and found that a popular trend being offered is after school trips. However, skiing generally occurs during the winter, which means it gets darker early.
 
“When I explored this option, Boreal was the only option since they’re the only resort that offers lighted skiing,” said Earp. “In addition, Boreal has been great to work with and very accommodating to allow us to customize the program to our needs and they’re offering us a great deal.”
  
According to Earp, the schedule will be as follows:

-Bus leaves Carson City Community Center (851 E William St) at 3pm

-Arrive at Boreal around 4:15pm. We’ll get the participants their rental equipment etc.

-Ski or snowboard lessons on the mountain from 5pm-6pm.

-An additional indoor lesson is available inside Woodward. Participants will be able to practice their skills with foam pits. This is from 6pm-7pm.

-There will be another hour for participants to practice their skills on the mountain.

-8pm, we’ll round everyone up and head back to Carson in order to arrive by about 9:30pm.
 
The Ski Program is being sponsored by Carson Tahoe Health and Southwest Gas. Due to their sponsorship, the costs of transportation is being covered so the kids don’t get stuck with those costs.

“Skiing/snowboarding can be an expensive hobby and we wanted to make it as affordable for the community as possible,” said Earp.

If you would like to register for the ski program, you can do so here: www.carson.org/ccpr.

Additionally, this program is open to anyone in middle school and high school as long as they can make it to the Community Center by 3pm for the bus, they do not need to attend Carson City School District schools.

The Historic Gold Hill Hotel — the oldest Hotel in Nevada, first known as the Riesen House — can be found on the road to Virginia City from Highway 50, and is a popular location for weddings and events.

However, the Gold Hill Hotel is also a popular location for a different sort of activity: the paranormal kind.

The town of Gold Hill was swept up in the Comstock gold rush craze, with several mines that were carved beneath the city.

One particular mine was the Yellow Jacket Mine, whose tunnels claim the unfortunate title of the worst mining accident in all of Nevada’s history.

On the morning of April 7, 1869, the mining day crew began their descent when a fire broke out around 800 feet. The fire quickly ate through the wooden framing, causing tunnels to collapse.

As we know, Nevada is a prime location for natural gas, and on this day, poisonous air from the belly of the earth began flooding into the tunnels, reaching as far as the Kentucky and Crown Point Mines nearby.

Few escaped, and firefighters were unable to get very deep due to the collapse and the flames. The gas fed the flames like a barbecue.

Somewhere between 35-40 miners lost their lives that day in the Yellow Jacket Mine, and many of the bodies could not be retrieved. Because the gas continued to feed the fires, they simply sealed off the offending tunnels, and miners for years after said they could feel the heat coming through the walls from where the fire was still burning in the sealed off tunnels.

Now the lost souls of the miners haunt the mine, and the Gold Hill Hotel, as the mine runs beneath the hotel.

The Hotel is a popular location for ghost hunting, and for good reason. One of the spookiest areas on the property is the Miner’s Lodge, which can be found in the back of the hotel, right next to the mine shaft from where the lost miner’s bodies were never removed.

The two other rooms in the Hotel that are said to be the most haunted are “Rosie’s Room” and “William’s Room”, where items will be moved around, doors will creak and slam, and sometimes, apparitions will appear to guests.

Rosie is said to live in Room 4. Some believe she was a lady of the evening, who took up residence in the room after it was renovated.

People say upon walking into the room, they sometimes smell a strong smell of roses around them. They also say Rosie likes to turn the lights on and off in the room, move guests’ belongings around, and generally just cause a bit of mischief.

William is said to live in Room 5, and people believe he is one of the lost miners from the Yellow Jacket Fire.

They say upon entering the room, you can smell a strong odor of tobacco, as if someone had just been smoking a cigar or pipe tobacco moments before.

Revelers are also said to run into a ghost or two in the Great Room, where guests and spirits alike come to quench their thirst, and even child spirits have been reportedly heard running around at all hours of the night.

The Gold Hill Hotel now offers Historical Ghost Tours once a month during the winter.

December 21 is the next tour, which benefits the Comstock Foundation for History and Culture, and it’s hosted by the Northern Nevada Ghost Hunters. The event includes a gourmet meal at the Crown Point restaurant, a guided tour complete with spooky and historical tales, and ghost hunting tools.

For more information on the event, click here.

— The Nevada Lore Series focuses on the legends of Nevada and the surrounding areas that help build our culture, from ancient Washoe stories, to Old West ghostly visions, to modern day urban legends.

Nevada Lore Series: The Missing Treasure of Prison Hill

Nevada Lore Series: The Ormsby House

Nevada Lore Series: The Curse of Bodie

Nevada Lore Series: The murder of Julia Bulette, Virginia City’s beloved Madam and Firefighter

Nevada Lore Series: 'Captain' and the bizarre history of the Thunderbird Lodge at Lake Tahoe

Nevada Lore Series: The Birth and Death of the American Flats

Nevada Lore Series: Genoa's Hanging Tree, and Adam Uber's Dying Curse

Nevada Lore Series: The Extortion Bombing of Harvey's Lake Tahoe Resort

Nevada Lore Series: the Making of a State, Part 1

Nevada Lore Series: the Making of a State, Part 2

Nevada Lore Series: the Infamous Hauntings of the Goldfield Hotel

Nevada Lore Series: 50 year old Tahoe mystery includes an assassination, a secret safe, and Oprah Winfrey

Nevada Lore Series: the invention of the famous blue jean and the Reno, Levi connection

A 21-year-old transient man was charged with 19 counts of violating conditions of bail release after calling a victim he was ordered to have no contact with a total of 19 times while in custody at the Carson City Jail.

Deputies listened to two phone calls to the number of the victim’s grandmother. The man was ordered to have no contact with the victim of the cases he was in detention for.

Deputies went back through the man’s call log and noted he had called the victim a total of 19 times between Dec. 5 and Dec. 20.

Deputies later interviewed the victim, who said she had been in contact with the man every day. She explained her grandmother helped the phone calls go through by using three-way calling.

Bail: $19,000 cash only.

— A 39-year-old Carson City woman was arrested at the Pick-and-Pull car lot on the felony charges of burglary 1st, possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Heidi Coquette Lanyon was arrested after deputies were dispatched to Pick-and-Pull on the report of a possible commercial burglary in progress Thursday at 10:45 p.m.

The caller said they could see a person inside the perimeter fence walking around the inventory lot.

Deputies arrived and conducted a search of the yard. The reporting party said they could see the person enter a small shed by a large pile of tires inside the perimeter of the lot. The reporting party guided officers to a small shed where he saw the individual enter.

Deputies made contact with the woman and detained her. She identified herself as Heidi Lanyon. She said she had intended to commit petit larceny by taking items from the bins, and she had a red backpack with her which she claimed as her property.

She was placed under arrest and transported to the Carson City Detention Center for booking and transfer of custody.

At the detention center, a small black pouch was found inside her backpack commonly identified as a drug kit. Inside the pouch were three hypodermic needles with small amounts of dark liquid inside them. There were also two small clear plastic baggies with small white residue inside, according to the police report.

Bail: $23,637.

— A 54-year-old Carson City woman and a 56-year-old man were arrested in the area of Koontz and Carson Street Thursday night on the felony charge of possessing a controlled substance, and the misdemeanor charge of possession of drug paraphernalia; the woman was also charged with misdemeanor charges of no proof of insurance, and disobeying traffic laws.

Johanna Thomas and Jeffery McManus were arrested after deputies from the Special Enforcement Team were surveilling a known drug house. A car arrived to the residence and was at the residence for ten to fifteen minutes, according to the police report.

Two people, later identified as Thomas and McManus, left the residence and got into the vehicle. The vehicle left and was followed by SET deputies to the south Carson City area.

Deputies observed the vehicle approach the red traffic signal and stopped 1/3 of the way into the crosswalk beyond the white limit.

The vehicle was stopped and deputies spoke to the occupants. McManus was in the passenger seat and Thomas was driving, according to the police report.

While a citation was being issued to Thomas for failing to stop at the stop light before the white line, K-9 Deputy Ivo was dispatched to conduct an exterior free air sniff of the vehicle.

Ivo alerted to the presence of drug odor at the right rear door of the vehicle.

A spoon with a white residue was located on the passenger seat floorboard. The spoon was doused in water from a nearby spilled water bottle. The floor mat was covered in water as well. It appeared that McManus attempted to wash with the spoon or possibly discard or destroy other drugs by dousing them in water prior to being stopped, according to the deputies.

Deputies also located another spoon with a trace amount of methamphetamine on the surface in the pocket behind the driver’s seat.

Deputies tested the water at McManus’s feet which resulted in inconclusive results. Both spoons tested positive for methamphetamine.

Thomas said she was going to a child’s birthday party (at nearly 11 o’clock at night). She said McManus borrowed to the car to go to the casino. She said she was not using drugs other than marijuana and gave consent to search her phone.

Deputies found at least “three strings of text messages” where Thomas was trying to buy small amounts of drugs from various drug dealers in Carson City, according to the report. She said none of the items in the vehicle belonged to her, though they were in her reach and she was driving the vehicle.

McManus was adamant that none of the items belonged to him. He said he did not spill any water or try to destroy drugs. He said he did not use any drugs whatsoever, although deputies saw messages on Thomas’s phone stating he was using Suboxone.

They were transported to the jail without incident, and the vehicle was impounded.

Bail for Johanna Thomas: $4,474.

Bail for Jeffery McManus: $3,637.

— A 49-year-old Carson City woman was arrested in the 400 block of E. William Street on the charges of DUI 1st and failing to maintain a lane.

In the same incident, a 49-year-old man was arrested for a TPO violation and open container.

The two were arrested after deputies noted the vehicle failing to maintain its lane. The vehicle crossed the white skip line multiple times, according to the report. A traffic stop was conducted.

Deputies told the woman, who was driving, was told why she was being stopped and asked if she had been drinking. She said yes. The man in the passenger seat had an open beer between his legs.

The woman was directed to a nearby parking lot for safety.

The woman was up to date on registration, insurance, and her driver’s license. The man provided identification, but during a warrants and wants check, dispatch advised the man had an active Temporary Restraining Order out against him with the woman listed as the protected party. He was detained on the charge of an open container and the charge of violating a temporary protective order.

The woman provided a preliminary breath test and registered at a .15 percent breath alcohol content.

The two were transferred to the jail without incident.

Bail for the woman: $1,224.

Bail for the man: $3,192.

— A 26-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of Clearview and S. Carson Street Thursday evening on the charges of DUI Drugs/Alcohol, driving without a valid license, and reckless driving.

The man was arrested after deputies observed a vehicle driving in the parking lot of Olive Garden. The deputy slowed their vehicle to a stop to observe the vehicle’s driving pattern. The vehicle was driving at a high rate of speed, estimated between 45 and 50 mph, according to the arrest report.

The vehicle was cutting the parking spaces in a diagonal manner. At the stop sign, the car came to an abrupt stop, but the deputy noted they were unsure if the car was even going to stop.

The car turned onto Clearview, and the deputy got behind it immediately. The car accelerated very quickly to 45 mph in a 35 mph zone, the report states.

The deputy initiated a traffic stop at a gas station, and the vehicle again accelerated through the gas station quickly to a parking spot and abruptly stopped.

The deputy noted the driver appeared apprehension in the driver and called for a second unit due to his behavior.

The deputy made contact with the occupant from the rear of the car. The driver did not roll down his window immediately and was speaking to the deputy with the window up. The deputy asked the man to roll down the window which he ultimately did. A strong odor of marijuana exited the car, and when the man spoke, an odor of alcohol was on his breath.

The deputy noted his eyes were red and watery and he “appeared to be frazzled.” He admitted to smoking marijuana an hour before and that he had 1-2 beers.

He consented to a Standard Field Sobriety Test, and showed multiple signs of impairment. A preliminary breath test returned with a result of .081 percent.

He was arrested and transferred to the jail without incident.

Bail: $2,216.

— A 40-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of E. William and N. Saliman Road on the misdemeanor charges of issuing a check without sufficient funds and driving with suspended registration.

The man was arrested after deputies ran a registration check on a vehicle they saw driving, which came back as suspended as of May.

The man was stopped and identified himself. Dispatch also returned with a warrant for his arrest issued out of the Carson City Justice Court for the charge of issuance of a check without sufficient funds.

He was transported to the Carson City Jail without incident.

Bail: $2,612.

— A 39-year-old Carson City man was arrested in the area of 10th and Carson Streets on the misdemeanor charges of driving without a valid driver’s license, no proof of insurance, fictitious registration, and driving without lights.

Just before midnight on Thursday, deputies were patrolling when they observed a car turn northbound onto Carson Street from 10th Street. The license plate lights were not functioning and the vehicle drove 25 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone.

Deputies stopped the vehicle and spoke to the occupants. The man was with his wife and three children in the car, and it turned out the license plates were fictitious and did not belong to the vehicle. The man said they did not have insurance documents for the vehicle and he did not have a driver’s license.

He had previously been cited for driving without a license in Sparks, dispatch advised, and had failed to appear on the charge and it went to warrant. He was also on supervision with the Department of Alternative Sentencing with an “obey all laws” clause.

He was taken into custody without incident, and the car was towed. The wife and children were allowed to collect their property and call for a ride.

Bail: $1,178.

— A 24-year-old Carson City man was arrested Thursday morning in the 3300 block of Highway 50 E. on the charges of improperly displaying plates, no proof of insurance, and fictitious plates. He was also later charged with violation of a suspended sentence after being found with a marijuana pipe.

Deputies conducted a traffic stop after noticing the vehicle did not have a front plate.

The driver could not provide any registration nor insurance on the vehicle, but stated he had “just purchased the vehicle from a guy in Reno,” and that the plate on the vehicle belonged to his other vehicle he had recently sold.

Deputies asked if there was anything illegal inside the vehicle including marijuana, and the man said “no you can search it.”

Deputy K-9 Tico was dispatched and performed a sniff. According to the report, Tico’s demeanor changed near the glove box.

Inside the glove box was a glass pipe with burnt marijuana residue, according to the report.

He was transferred on the probation violation without incident.

Bail: $1,249 cash only ($1,000).

Warrants:

— A 24-year-old Carson City man was transferred to the Carson City Jail from Lyon County on a contempt of court warrant and failure to appear on a traffic warrant.

Bail: $1,555 cash only.

— A 33-year-old man was transferred to the Carson City Jail from the Washoe County Jail on the charge of violating conditions of a suspended sentence. The man has been waiting in custody since Dec. 4 to be transferred on the warrant.

Bail: $1,000 cash only.

— A 57-year-old Idaho man was transferred from Elko County to Carson City on a charge of violation of a suspended sentence. Deputy met the inmate at the Reno airport. The man had been waiting in custody since Dec. 15 to be transferred.

Bail: $3,000 cash only.

All information for the crime log (unless otherwise noted) comes from the arrest reports supplied by the Carson City Sheriff's Office, and is considered by law to be public information. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The policy of Carson Now is to name anyone who is arrested for a felony offense.

CARSON CITY — January is National Radon Action Month, and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Radon Education Program is offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans from Jan. 2 through Feb. 28. Radon test kits are available at Cooperative Extension offices and partnering locations, as well as at presentations, statewide.

Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates 21,000 Americans die each year from radon-caused lung cancer, killing more people than secondhand smoke, drunk driving and house fires.

In Nevada, one in four homes tested show radon concentrations at or above the EPA action level. According to experts, living in a home with radon concentrations at the action level poses a risk of developing lung cancer similar to the risk posed by smoking about half a pack of cigarettes a day.

The risk of radon-caused lung cancer can be reduced. A simple three-day test can determine if a house has a radon problem, and winter is an ideal time to test a home for radon. If radon problems are found, they can be fixed.

Scheduled presentations for northern Nevada are:
• Jan. 9 at Genoa Town Hall, Main Street, Minden, at 6:30 p.m.
• Jan. 12, Smart Strategies Workshop for Homeownership, Repairs & Radon, at Adams Hub Studio, 111 W. Proctor St., Carson City, from 9 a.m. to noon.
• Jan. 12 at Sierra View Library, 4001 S. Virginia St., Reno, at 2 p.m.
• Jan. 15 at Spanish Springs Library, 7100‐A Pyramid Highway, Sparks, at 5:30 p.m.
• Jan. 17 at CVIC, 1604 Esmeralda Ave., Minden, at 6 p.m. (Radon Poster Contest Awards Ceremony will follow the educational presentation)
• Jan. 22 at Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 128 Market St., Stateline, at 6 p.m. (Nevada and California collaborative program)
• Feb. 2 at Northwest Reno Library, 2325 Robb Drive, Reno, at 3:30 p.m.
• Feb. 6 at North Valleys Library, 1075 North Hills Blvd., Reno, at 5:30 p.m.
• Feb. 7 at Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, at 6 p.m.
• Feb. 8 at South Valleys Library, 15650 Wedge Parkway, Reno, at 3 p.m.

For those who cannot attend a presentation, free test kits are available through Feb. 28 at the following northern Nevada locations:
• Carson City County Cooperative Extension, 2621 Northgate Lane, Suite 15, Carson City.
• Churchill County Cooperative Extension, 111 Sheckler Road, Fallon.
• Douglas County Cooperative Extension, 1325 Waterloo Lane, Gardnerville.
• Gardnerville Ranchos GID, 931 Mitch Drive, Gardnerville
• Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 128 Market St., Stateline.
• Genoa Town Office, 2289 Main St., Genoa.
• Elko County Cooperative Extension, 701 Walnut St., Elko.
• City of West Wendover City Hall, 1111 N. Gene L. Jones Way, West Wendover.
• Humboldt County Cooperative Extension, 1085 Fairgrounds Road, Winnemucca.
• Lander County Cooperative Extension, 815 N. Second St., Battle Mountain.
• Lyon County Cooperative Extension, 504 S. Main St., Yerington.
• Fernley City Hall, 595 Silver Lace Blvd., Fernley.
• Central Lyon County Fire District, 246 Dayton Valley Road, Dayton.
• Mineral County Cooperative Extension, 205 S. A St., Hawthorne.
• Pershing County Cooperative Extension, 810 Sixth St., Lovelock.
• Storey County Senior Center, 100 Mill St., Virginia City.
• Lockwood Senior/Community Center, 800 Peri Ranch Road, Lockwood.
• Washoe County Cooperative Extension, 4955 Energy Way, Reno.
• Sun Valley General Improvement District, 5000 Sun Valley Blvd., Sun Valley.
• Incline Village Recreation Center, 980 Incline Way, Incline Village.

In southern Nevada, free test kits are available through Feb. 28 at the following locations:
• Clark County Cooperative Extension, 8050 Paradise Road, Suite 100, Las Vegas.
• Southern Clark County Cooperative Extension, 55 Civic Way, Laughlin.
• Northeast Clark County Cooperative Extension, 1897 N. Moapa Valley Blvd., Logandale.
• Henderson City Hall City Clerk Information Desk, 240 S. Water St., Henderson.
• Eureka County Cooperative Extension, 701 S. Main St., Eureka.
• Lincoln County Cooperative Extension, 360 Lincoln St., Caliente.
• White Pine County Cooperative Extension, 995 Campton St., Ely.

A list of presentations can also be found at http://bit.ly/NRAM19presentations and a list of locations to get test kits can be found at http://bit.ly/NRAM19kitlocations.

Nevadans can also order free test kits online at https://2019freekit.eventbrite.com, or by mailing in the Radon Test Kit Order form, also available online for printing at http://bit.ly/NRAM19cpn. Ordered test kits will require $4 for shipping.

For more information, call the Radon Hotline at 1-888-RADON10 (1-888-723-6610) or visit the Nevada Radon Education Program website at www.RadonNV.com. Cooperative Extension, the EPA and the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health urge all Nevadans to test their homes for radon.

The Nevada Radon Education Program is a program of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and is funded by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health through Grant Number K1-96963519-0 from the EPA. Since the program began in 2007, more than 28,000 homes have been tested in Nevada.

If you're reading this, you've officially survived the holiday season. Good day Carson City, it is Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. We're in for a warming trend for the next couple days, with highs in the low 40s today, and low 50s by Thursday into Friday. And then another weather system may blow in time for the weekend. Stay tuned.

Do you have an event or happening you'd like people to know about? Tell us about it by clicking here, filling out the details and we'll tell Carson City area readers about your event or happening. You can also submit the relevant information, also known as the "5Ws and How” to editor@carsonow.org.

Here's what's happening around town today:

— Open Studio Painting at the Brewery Arts Center. 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Work on your own paintings from subject mater you chose for yourself. The instructor will provide one on one instruction throughout the class. Students may use oil, acrylic, or watercolor paint. Dry media is also welcome. Bring your own supplies and source materials (such as photographs or drawings you wish to paint). This in an open enrollment drop in class so there is no need to enroll in advance. Classes: 9:00-12:00 or 12:30-3:30. $25 per session or $40 for the day, payment made to instructor. For more details contact the Brewery Arts Center or by calling 883-1976. 449 West King Street.

— Basic Pottery Skills, 1 to 4 p.m. at Ogres-Holm Pottery. Studio manager, Lucas Lamont, introduces you to clay, in this 6-week open start class, designed to get you started with clay. The syllabus includes pinch pots, coil pots, sculpture, and an introduction to wheel throwing. $175 for 6 week class including open studio times or $45 for drop in classes. 1215 South Carson Street.

— Early registration for Carson City Off-Road Epic Rides bike race. 5 p.m. Coming into its fourth year in 2019 with an expanded off-road series of community-oriented, family-friendly mountain bike events, Epic Rides will hold its community discount night in Carson City on Wednesday, Jan. 2. Community Discount Registration Night will be at The Fox Brewpub from 5 to 8 p.m. Those who register early for the fourth annual Carson City Off-Road and riders can save up to $50 in registration fees. As a show of appreciation toward Carson City's mountain bike community, Epic Rides is extending a discount opportunity to all who live in or near Carson City to register for any of our 2019 Epic Rides Off-Road Series events. The Fox Brewpub is located 310 S. Carson St. No. 100.

— Salsa Social Dance Lessons at Yaple’s Ballroom. 6 p.m. Come learn, have fun and get some exercise by taking an hour long dance lesson! After your lesson head across the street to the Battle Born Social. For more information call or text Tiffany: 775-400-2952.

— Empty Bowls/Open Studio 6 to 8:30 p.m. Create an empty bowl to donate to charity, instruction will be offered to create and paint a bowl or create something on our own during open studio session. Open studio time is free of charge and open to the public. Ogres-Holm Pottery, 1215 S. Carson St., Carson City.

— Pajama Storytime for children at Carson City Library. 6:30 p.m. Wear your PJs for a bedtime-themed storytime! Participants 9 and under must be accompanied by a caregiver of at least 13 years of age at all times. The Carson City Library is at 900 North Roop Street.

ONGOING:

— Statewide presentations on radon safety. January is National Radon Action Month, and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Radon Education Program is offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans from Jan. 2 through Feb. 28. Radon test kits are available at Cooperative Extension offices and partnering locations, as well as at presentations, statewide. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates 21,000 Americans die each year from radon-caused lung cancer, killing more people than secondhand smoke, drunk driving and house fires.For more information, call the Radon Hotline at 1-888-RADON10 (1-888-723-6610) or visit the Nevada Radon Education Program website at www.RadonNV.com. Cooperative Extension, the EPA and the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health urge all Nevadans to test their homes for radon.

— Pets of the Homeless fundraiser in downtown Carson City. This time of year, the Nevada state capital is filled with traditions. One that has grown especially endearing to the Carson City community is the annual Pets of the Homeless fundraiser presented by Carpa Nevada, LLC and Downtown Coin.
Chef Don Pepe Paz, "The Paella King" and owner of Carpa Nevada, is once again donating the profits made from sales of his fine Portuguese olive oils and balsamic vinegar to Pets of the Homeless, a Carson City-based 501(c)3 registered non-profit with a nationwide outreach. The fundraising sale began Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2019. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar products can be purchased individually or by the case at Downtown Coin, 111 W. Telegraph in downtown Carson City. Funds for Pets of the Homeless go directly to pay for the veterinary, nutritional and other care of pets of homeless individuals across the country.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Americana with Cadmium Orange, by artist Gig Depio at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Depio is an artist and an advocate for public art in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was awarded the 2016 Fellowship Grant in Painting by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has worked on various exhibitions and projects with the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, among others. Depio graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He lives in Las Vegas with his family. Carson City Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

— Meals on Wheels Carson City will be participating in the 2018 Subaru Share the Love Event as a member of Meals on Wheels America, one of four national Share the Love charitable partners supported through the promotion. From Nov. 15 through Jan. 2, 2019, Subaru of America will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased to the customer's choice of participating charities.
For more information on Meals on Wheels Carson City, email Courtney Warner at CWarner@carson.org, or call the Center at (775) 883-0703. The Carson City Senior Center is located at 911 Beverly Drive in Carson City. Visit www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/sharethelove for more information on Subaru Share the Love event.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.

Hello Carson City, and welcome to Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Enjoy mostly sunny skies and warming temperatures today as the weather will begin to change Friday into the weekend with chances for rain and snow in Western Nevada and the Sierra.

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Here's what's happening around town today:

— Carson Tahoe Health offers weekly tobacco and smoking cessation classes. 9 a.m. Quitting tobacco is not easy. Tobacco is a physical, psychological and social addiction, so to successfully quit, you'll need to address all three levels. Join us in this program, where you'll receive education, addiction support, and motivation to quit using tobacco for good. This seven-week course starts Thursday, Jan. 3 from 4 to 5 p.m. and held every Thursday, with the exception for Monday, Jan. 28. Cost: $20 for the seven-week course and $10 is refunded upon successful completion of the class. Registration required. For questions, details and to register call (775) 445-7651 or email smokefreeNV@gmail.com.

— Family Storytime at the Carson City Library. 10:30 a.m. Weekly themed singing, stories, finger-plays, or art centered around a book. Participants 9 and under must be accompanied by a caregiver of at least 13 years of age at all times. The library is located at 900 North Roop Street.

— Thursday Hike at Carson River Canyon hosted by Muscle Powered. 3 p.m. Join us for free hikes each week to enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City! Meet at Brunswick canyon Road and Deer Run Road, one miles south of Highway 50 East. Bring a friend and/or friendly dogs. All hikes are 2-4 miles with duration of about 90 minutes, sometimes with elevation gains of 500’ or more. Water and sturdy or athletic shoes are required. Hiking poles recommended.

— Lego Club at the Carson City Library. 4 to 6 p.m. Build self-led creations through hands-on learning with LEGO Education materials. Participants 9 and under must be accompanied by a caregiver of at least 13 years of age at all times. The library is located at 900 North Roop Street.

ONGOING:

— Nevada Artists Association presents New Year's Show at BAC. 10 a.m. The Nevada Artists Association presents The New Year's Show. The featured artists wall at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City will also be presenting the works of Dick Carr and Reta Hanks. These shows are free and open to the public. The NAA Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located on the campus of the Brewery Arts Center at 449 W. King Street in Carson City. Be sure to visit us on Facebook and visit our website at www.NevadaArtists.org

— Statewide presentations on radon safety. January is National Radon Action Month, and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Radon Education Program is offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans from Jan. 2 through Feb. 28. Radon test kits are available at Cooperative Extension offices and partnering locations, as well as at presentations, statewide. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates 21,000 Americans die each year from radon-caused lung cancer, killing more people than secondhand smoke, drunk driving and house fires.For more information, call the Radon Hotline at 1-888-RADON10 (1-888-723-6610) or visit the Nevada Radon Education Program website at www.RadonNV.com. Cooperative Extension, the EPA and the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health urge all Nevadans to test their homes for radon.

— Pets of the Homeless fundraiser in downtown Carson City. This time of year, the Nevada state capital is filled with traditions. One that has grown especially endearing to the Carson City community is the annual Pets of the Homeless fundraiser presented by Carpa Nevada, LLC and Downtown Coin.
Chef Don Pepe Paz, "The Paella King" and owner of Carpa Nevada, is once again donating the profits made from sales of his fine Portuguese olive oils and balsamic vinegar to Pets of the Homeless, a Carson City-based 501(c)3 registered non-profit with a nationwide outreach. The fundraising sale began Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2019. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar products can be purchased individually or by the case at Downtown Coin, 111 W. Telegraph in downtown Carson City. Funds for Pets of the Homeless go directly to pay for the veterinary, nutritional and other care of pets of homeless individuals across the country.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Americana with Cadmium Orange, by artist Gig Depio at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Depio is an artist and an advocate for public art in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was awarded the 2016 Fellowship Grant in Painting by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has worked on various exhibitions and projects with the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, among others. Depio graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He lives in Las Vegas with his family. Carson City Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.

Welcome to the first Friday of 2019 Carson City. We'll see mostly cloudy skies and a high near 50 ahead of a storm system moving into the area by Saturday. Rain and snow showers are possible on the valley floors.

Do you have an event or happening you'd like people to know about? Tell us about it by clicking here, filling out the details and we'll tell Carson City area readers about your event or happening. You can also submit the relevant information, also known as the "5Ws and How” to editor@carsonow.org.

Here's what's happening around town today:

— Friday Morning Walk to Linear Ditch Trail Central hosted by Muscle Powered. 9 a.m. Join Muscle Powered on its first one hour walk of the new year and enjoy Nevada outdoors around Carson City. Meet on Cardinal Way off of Saliman Road. We will walk along the Linear Ditch trail next to the Fremont Elementary School. Water and closed-toe shoes required. All walks are 1 to 2 miles with duration of 1 hour with usually negligible elevation gain, and frequently on paved or smooth paths. If it rains or snows, meet at the Multi-Purpose Athletic Center (MAC) at 1860 Russell Way. Contact Alyce Cloutier, klute89706@gmail.com or call 775-250-0282, if you have any questions. Muscle Powered is a local non-profit organization that promotes walking, hiking, biking and trail building.

— Experience Virtual Reality at the Carson City Library. 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Join the Carson City Library to experience Virtual Reality! Using the latest technology, Virtual Reality allows you to experience new places and situations in a computer simulated world. Discover what it’s like to see dinosaurs up close, view art from around the world in a single museum, or blast alien ships in a virtual world. Must be at least 13 years or old to participate. A Premiere library card is required to attend. Reserve your spot online. For questions about the Virtual Reality room call 775-283-7595 or email ereinhart@carson.org. 900 North Roop Street.

— Weekly Open Mic Night at the Zen Den in A to Zen Gift Shop. 6 p.m. Open Mic Night is held at A to Zen Gift Shop on the Zen Den Stage. All talents, creative projects welcome. Come practice being on stage. There will be music, comedy, poetry, magic, and more. All ages and skill levels welcome.
Open Mic Night happens every Friday from 6-9 pm. A to Zen is located at 1803 N Carson St., Carson City. Call 775.691.3945.

— Evening of Improv Comedy. 7 to 9 p.m. Join us for an evening of improv comedy where you never know what to expect, except a good time! Suggested donation of $5 at the door. Brewery Arts Center, 449 West King Street, Carson City.

— Carson Comedy Club at the Carson Nugget, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Live Comedy every Friday and Saturday night at the Carson Nugget. Doors open at 7:15 p.m. Purchase tickets at the Winner’s Club or online.

ONGOING:

— Nevada Artists Association presents New Year's Show at BAC. 10 a.m. The Nevada Artists Association presents The New Year's Show. The featured artists wall at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City will also be presenting the works of Dick Carr and Reta Hanks. These shows are free and open to the public. The NAA Gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is located on the campus of the Brewery Arts Center at 449 W. King Street in Carson City. Be sure to visit us on Facebook and visit our website at www.NevadaArtists.org

— Statewide presentations on radon safety. January is National Radon Action Month, and University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Radon Education Program is offering free short-term radon test kits to Nevadans from Jan. 2 through Feb. 28. Radon test kits are available at Cooperative Extension offices and partnering locations, as well as at presentations, statewide. Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that is colorless, odorless and tasteless. It comes from the ground and can accumulate in homes, raising the risk of lung cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates 21,000 Americans die each year from radon-caused lung cancer, killing more people than secondhand smoke, drunk driving and house fires.For more information, call the Radon Hotline at 1-888-RADON10 (1-888-723-6610) or visit the Nevada Radon Education Program website at www.RadonNV.com. Cooperative Extension, the EPA and the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health urge all Nevadans to test their homes for radon.

— Pets of the Homeless fundraiser in downtown Carson City. This time of year, the Nevada state capital is filled with traditions. One that has grown especially endearing to the Carson City community is the annual Pets of the Homeless fundraiser presented by Carpa Nevada, LLC and Downtown Coin.
Chef Don Pepe Paz, "The Paella King" and owner of Carpa Nevada, is once again donating the profits made from sales of his fine Portuguese olive oils and balsamic vinegar to Pets of the Homeless, a Carson City-based 501(c)3 registered non-profit with a nationwide outreach. The fundraising sale began Nov. 1 and runs through Jan. 31, 2019. Olive oil and balsamic vinegar products can be purchased individually or by the case at Downtown Coin, 111 W. Telegraph in downtown Carson City. Funds for Pets of the Homeless go directly to pay for the veterinary, nutritional and other care of pets of homeless individuals across the country.

— Carson City Parks, Recreation and Open Space is currently seeking individuals and pairs interested in leading interpretive programs in one of our many parks and open spaces. Interested individuals and pairs are encouraged to apply. If interested, go here.

— The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its exhibition, Americana with Cadmium Orange, by artist Gig Depio at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Depio is an artist and an advocate for public art in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was awarded the 2016 Fellowship Grant in Painting by the Nevada Arts Council (NAC). He has worked on various exhibitions and projects with the Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada Arts Council’s OXS Gallery, and UNLV Marjorie Barrick Museum, among others. Depio graduated from Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. He lives in Las Vegas with his family. Carson City Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser Street in Carson City.

This calendar is updated throughout the day as information becomes available.