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Yerington, Nevada October 19, 2006 Book AZ Yerington, Nevada 88
Yerington, Nevada October 19, 2006 The Honorable Board of Lyon County Commissioners met this day in regular session with the following present: Chairman Bob Milz, Vice-Chair Phyllis Hunewill, Commissioners Don Tibbals and LeRoy Goodman. Commissioner Chet Hillyard arrived after the start of the meeting. Also present: County Manager Donna Kristaponis, District Attorney Leon Aberasturi, Clerk/Treasurer Nikki Bryan and Deputy Clerk Joanne Sarkisian. 1. Review and adoption of agenda County Manager Donna Kristaponis requested that item #35 be moved to the beginning of the agenda. There was a consensus to approve the agenda as amended. ITEM # 35 WAS HEARD AT THIS TIME. 2. Appointed Official’s reports Comptroller Josh Foli distributed the quarterly financial report showing the revenues and expenditures of the County funds through September 30, 2006. The figures for the consolidated tax do not include the current amounts. This is due to the process being approximately three months in arrears. Utilities Director Mike Workman gave a report on the new infiltration well. He also stated that his department has finished addressing the items in the Moss Adams Management Audit report. Mr. Workman also feels that the Rolling A wastewater treatment plant is ahead of schedule and should have a 750,000 gallon capacity on line by the beginning of 2007. He also mentioned that the Utilities Department will be ready to go to bid on approximately 12 to 15 monitoring wells in the next four to six weeks. Mr. Workman then mentioned the water and sewer ordinances that will be presented to the Board in the very near future. -
Josie Pearl, Prospector on Nevada's Black Rock Desert
JUNE, 1962 40c • • • • . Author's car crossing the playa of Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada. On Black Rock Desert Trails When Dora Tucker and Nell Murbarger first began exploring the Black Rock country in northwestern Nevada they did not realize what a high, wide and wild country it was. On the Black Rock a hundred miles doesn't mean a thing. In the 10,000 square miles of this desert wasteland there isn't a foot of pavement nor a mile of railroad— neither gasoline station nor postoffice. Antelopes out-number human beings fifty to one. There's plenty of room here for exploring. By NELL MURBARGER Photographs by the author Map by Norton Allen S AN illustration of what the want to! Ain't nothin' there!" is known as "the Black Rock country," Black Rock country affords Thanking him, we accepted his re- the desert from which it derives its in the way of variety and con- port as a favorable omen and headed name actually is a stark white alkali trast, we made a J 50-mile loop trip out into the desert. Almost invariably playa, averaging a dozen miles in out of Gerlach last June. Our previous we find our best prowling in places width and stretching for 100 miles exploring of the region had been mostly where folks have told us there "ain't from Gerlach to Kings River. Merging in the northern and eastern sections, nothin'." imperceptibly with the Black Rock on so we hadn't the slightest idea of what Rising precipitously from the dead the southwest is the section known as we might find in the southern part. -
1914 , April 24, Reno Earthquake
The November 21, 1910 Tonopah Junction Earthquake, and the February 18, 1914 and April 24, 1914 Reno Earthquakes in Nevada Craig M. dePolo and Terri M. Garside Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557 [email protected] March 2006 U.S.G.S. NEHRP Award No. 04HQGR0114 Research supported by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, under USGS award number 04HQGR0114. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government “It began with a mumble and a rumble and a grumble, then a vibration, followed by an oscillation, a tango, a turkey trot, Castle glide, Century Club wiggle, Belle Isle joggle and a Verdi rag.” Reno Evening Gazette April 24, 1914 “We like these earthquakes in Nevada. They are indicative that the earth is settling and settlement is what Nevada wants.” Reno Evening Gazette April 24, 1914 Table of Contents ABSTRACT 1 1910, November 21, Tonopah Junction Earthquake EARTHQUAKE SUMMARY 4 EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE 4 EARTHQUAKE CATALOG ACCOUNTS 5 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS 6 1914, February 18, Reno Earthquake EARTHQUAKE SUMMARY 8 EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE 10 EARTHQUAKE CATALOG ACCOUNTS 10 NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS 12 Nevada Newspapers 12 California Newspapers 38 OTHER ACCOUNTS 41 MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY ASSIGNMENTS 43 Isoseismal Map 43 1914 , April 24, Reno Earthquake EARTHQUAKE SUMMARY 46 EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCE 48 EARTHQUAKE CATALOG ACCOUNTS 48 NEWSPAPER -
Douglas County 2019-20 Tentative Budget Message
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 1594 Esmeralda Avenue, Minden, Nevada 89423 COMMISSIONERS: Barry Penzel, CHAIRMAN Patrick Cates Larry Walsh, VICE-CHAIRMAN COUNTY MANAGER Dave Nelson 775-782-9821 Wesley Rice John Engels DOUGLAS COUNTY 2019-20 TENTATIVE BUDGET MESSAGE The County’s tentative FY 2019-20 Operating and Capital Budget totals $128,410,503. The financial resources for the agencies that comprise the County’s budget are accounted (budgeted) for in 36 separate funds. The tentative General Fund budget totals $61,113,960 and includes 2.0% Contingency and the Ending Fund Balance is at 8.3%. Special Revenue Funds with contingency budgets have budgeted between 1.5% and 3.0% Contingency and 8.3% Ending Fund Balance. The highest overlapping tax rates in Douglas County for FY 19-20 are in the Town of Minden, Town of Gardnerville, Indian Hills GID and Topaz GID at 3.66. The County’s current tax rates for FY 2018-19 and those proposed for the tentative FY 2019-20 Budget are as follows: Fund FY 2018‐19 FY 2019‐20 Rate Rate General 0.8761 0.8761 Cooperative Extension 0.0100 0.0100 State Motor Vehicle Accident Indigent 0.0150 0.0150 State Medical Assistance to Indigents 0.0600 0.0600 Social Services 0.0337 0.0337 China Spring Youth Camp 0.0039 0.0039 911 0.0475 0.0475 Self‐Insurance Reserve 0.0075 0.0075 Ad Valorem Capital Projects 0.0500 0.0500 Western Nevada Regional Youth Center (WNRYC) 0.0080 0.0080 Preventative Road Maintenance 0.0563 0.0563 Total 1.1680 1.1680 Because of the abatement process, the County is no longer able to simply determine a rate, apply it to the assessed value and have a final revenue number. -
Nevada County Welcomes You!
Nevada County Welcomes You! From rolling western slopes to thick forests and towering peaks of the Sierra Nevada, this is Nevada County, a land of blue skies, sparkling rivers and lakes, green forests and golden opportunity. Discover this special place on earth where friendly locals preserve rich historical traditions, retain a deep sense of community and enjoy a bounteous outdoor environment. Explore the colorful streets and shops of Nevada City and Grass Valley, two of California’s most interesting Gold Rush towns. See tiny villages, such as Rough & Ready, Penn Valley and Washington, that dot the Nevada County landscape. Experience the heritage of California’s most successful gold mining region. Discover the historic mountain hamlet of Truckee, a cradle of California winter sports and world‐class center of outdoor recreation. Browse through the shops of Historic Downtown Truckee’s Commercial Row and tour Donner Memorial State Park to learn about the Donner Party’s ordeal beneath the snows of 1846. Visit museums, galleries, concerts and stage plays, climb aboard a horse drawn carriage, and sip award‐winning local wines. Attend unique community celebrations such as the Nevada County Fair, Nevada City Bicycle Classic, the Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair, Music in the Mountains , and Truckee Thursdays. All across Nevada County, visitors will find unique specialty shops, first‐class restaurants, award‐winning wineries and a range of lodging from historic hotels to Victorian bed and breakfast inns and mountain hideaways, all with a special brand of local friendliness and hospitality. Visit www.gonevadacounty.com for complete information on all the sites and activities of Nevada County, California! We hope you enjoy Nevada County as much as we do! Photo by Brian Lowenthal Life is good in the Northern Gold Country For a romantic country weekend, a vacation or even a lifetime, Grass Valley and Nevada City in the Northern Sierra Gold Country are colorful, vibrant communities with diversions aplenty. -
Ground-Water Resources-Reconnaissance Series Report 20
- STATE OF NEVADA ~~~..._.....,.,.~.:RVA=rl~ AND NA.I...U~ a:~~::~...... _ __,_ Carson City_ GROUND-WATER RESOURCES-RECONNAISSANCE SERIES REPORT 20 GROUND- WATER APPRAISAL OF THE BLACK ROCK DESERT AREA NORTHWESTERN NEVADA By WILLIAM C. SINCLAIR Geologist Price $1.00 PLEASE DO NOT REMO V~ f ROM T. ':'I S OFFICE ;:: '· '. ~- GROUND-WATER RESOURCES--RECONNAISSANCE SERIES .... Report 20 =· ... GROUND-WATER APPRAISAL OF THE BLACK ROCK OESER T AREA NORTHWESTERN NEVADA by William C. Sinclair Geologist ~··· ··. Prepared cooperatively by the Geological SUrvey, U. S. Department of Interior October, 1963 FOREWORD This reconnaissance apprais;;l of the ground~water resources of the Black Rock Desert area in northwestern Nevada is the ZOth in this series of reports. Under this program, which was initiated following legislative action • in 1960, reports on the ground-water resources of some 23 Nevada valleys have been made. The present report, entitled, "Ground-Water Appraisal of the Black Rock Desert Area, Northwe$tern Nevada", was prepared by William C. Sinclair, Geologist, U. s. Geological Survey. The Black Rock Desert area, as defined in this report, differs some~ what from the valleys discussed in previous reports. The area is very large with some 9 tributary basins adjoining the extensive playa of Black Rock Desert. The estimated combined annual recharge of all the tributary basins amounts to nearly 44,000 acre-feet, but recovery of much of this total may be difficult. Water which enters into the ground water under the central playa probably will be of poor quality for irrigation. The development of good produci1>g wells in the old lake sediments underlying the central playa appears doubtful. -
The Letters of Mark Twain, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The Letters Of Mark Twain, Complete By Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) 1 VOLUME I By Mark Twain MARK TWAIN'S LETTERS I. EARLY LETTERS, 1853. NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA We have no record of Mark Twain's earliest letters. Very likely they were soiled pencil notes, written to some school sweetheart --to "Becky Thatcher," perhaps--and tossed across at lucky moments, or otherwise, with happy or disastrous results. One of those smudgy, much-folded school notes of the Tom Sawyer period would be priceless to-day, and somewhere among forgotten keepsakes it may exist, but we shall not be likely to find it. No letter of his boyhood, no scrap of his earlier writing, has come to light except his penciled name, SAM CLEMENS, laboriously inscribed on the inside of a small worn purse that once held his meager, almost non-existent wealth. He became a printer's apprentice at twelve, but as he received no salary, the need of a purse could not have been urgent. He must have carried it pretty steadily, however, from its 2 appearance--as a kind of symbol of hope, maybe--a token of that Sellers-optimism which dominated his early life, and was never entirely subdued. No other writing of any kind has been preserved from Sam Clemens's boyhood, none from that period of his youth when he had served his apprenticeship and was a capable printer on his brother's paper, a contributor to it when occasion served. Letters and manuscripts of those days have vanished--even his contributions in printed form are unobtainable. -
Western Nevada Transportation Study Is to Inventory Existing Transportation and Socio-Economic Trends, and to Forecast These Trends Over 20 Years
Introduction Introduction Purpose/Introduction A goal of the Western Nevada Transportation Study is to inventory existing transportation and socio-economic trends, and to forecast these trends over 20 years. It is the intent of the Western Nevada Transportation Study to address future transportation and demographic trends for the study area, which encompasses Storey, Lyon, Churchill, Carson City, and Douglas counties. Washoe County will be reviewed for the purpose of showing the social-economic and transportation impacts of the county. The Western Nevada Region is in a state of change in terms of population, congestion and economics. The once vast rural area is being transformed into an area akin to suburbia. Communities are becoming increasingly dependent on one another, with urban areas encroaching upon rural areas at a tremendous rate. Based on the counties’ inter-dependence it is apparent that a regional approach must be taken when planning for future transportation needs in the six-county western Nevada region. Randall Arendt stated: “Effective regional planning will be especially important in those parts of the country where municipal planning is strong and county planning is weak or absent altogether.” Once growth occurs in one area there is usually a spillover effect, which causes other areas linked by transportation to become interconnected. Arendt continues, “Even formally isolated rural regions now face metropolitan development pressures, and the lines between metropolitan and rural places is becoming increasingly blurred.” Western Nevada Transportation Study Page 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The western Nevada area is distinctively localized; each city, town and county relies upon the other. The only full-service airport in the region is the Reno-Tahoe International airport. -
University of Nevada, Nevada Digital Newspaper Project
Narrative Section of a Successful Application The attached document contains the grant narrative of a previously funded grant application. It is not intended to serve as a model, but to give you a sense of how a successful application may be crafted. Every successful application is different, and each applicant is urged to prepare a proposal that reflects its unique project and aspirations. Prospective applicants should consult the NEH Division of Preservation and Access application guidelines at http://www.neh.gov/divisions/preservation for instructions. Applicants are also strongly encouraged to consult with the NEH Division of Preservation and Access staff well before a grant deadline. Note: The attachment only contains the grant narrative, not the entire funded application. In addition, certain portions may have been redacted to protect the privacy interests of an individual and/or to protect confidential commercial and financial information and/or to protect copyrighted materials. Project Title: Nevada Digital Newspaper Project Institution: University of Nevada Project Director: Jason Vaughn Grant Program: National Digital Newspaper Program 400 7th Street, SW, Floor 4, Washington, D.C. 20506 P 202.606.8570 F 202.606.8639 E [email protected] www.neh.gov History and Scope of Project Notable Historic Events in Nevada (1836‐1922) Nevada’s history from its earliest settlements, territorial establishment and statehood, until 1922, encompasses in that relatively brief period a microcosm of the history of the modern American west. Nevada found itself at a crossroads of national and regional developments. While awash with gold, silver, and other minerals, it took the emergence of a national system of transportation and national markets to capitalize those ore deposits, and by so doing vitalize what was an arid and sparsely populated region. -
1 Using Thermal Gradients Between the Sierra and Western Nevada to Forecast the Strength of the Washoe Zephyr Brian Brong, NWS R
Using Thermal Gradients between the Sierra and Western Nevada to Forecast the Strength of the Washoe Zephyr Brian Brong, NWS Reno Introduction The Washoe Zephyr is a thermally induced downslope wind frequently observed in the summer during the late afternoon and early evening across the Sierra Front in western Nevada and northeast California (Kingsmill 2000, Zhong et al. 2008). The zephyr wind develops along the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada and moves to the east across the Reno-Carson City area before weakening as it reaches the Carson and Humboldt sinks near the cities of Fallon and Lovelock (see Fig. 1 for locations). Maximum wind speeds are typically measured prior to sunset near U.S. Highway 395/Interstate 580. The term Washoe Zephyr first appeared in literature in Mark Twain’s book “Roughing It” (1871). Twain wrote about the Washoe Zephyr during his time in Carson City around 1870, “It is a pretty regular wind, in the summer-time.” He further describes how the wind impacted the residents, “now and then blows a stage-coach over and spills the passengers; and tradition says the reason there are so many bald people there is, that the wind blows the hair off their heads while they are looking skyward after their hats.” The Washoe Zephyr plays a large role in defining the summer time weather across western Nevada. It affects fire weather, travel along north-south routes and can serve as a surface boundary to enhance convection (Brong 2004). The diurnal cycle of the Washoe Zephyr is apparent in the Reno Airport (RNO) wind rose (Fig. -
Lyon County, NV Community Profile
LYON COUNTY, NV JANUARY 2011 Lyon County, NV Community Profile Rural Veteran Outreach Program Veterans Rural Health Resource Center-Western Region Office of Rural Health 1 LYON COUNTY, NV FEBURARY 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS PEOPLE AND PLACE 3 Geographic Location 3 Demographics 4 History 5 INFRASTRUCTURE 6 Economy 6 Business and Industry 6 Governance 6 COMMUNITY SERVICES AND RESOURCES 7 Human Services 7 Workforces Services 8 Healthcare and Mental Health 7 Education/Training 8 Transportation 8 Public Safety 8 Civic Groups and Associations 9 Community Centers 9 Faith Community 9 Media 10 Veteran Services 10 VA RESOURCES 13 Local Resources 13 OTHER FEDERAL RESOURCES 15 STATE AND REGIONAL RESOURCES 11 COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR 16 2 PEOPLE AND PLACE Geographic Location The Lyon County, Nevada area targeted in this outreach project. It is located in VA’s VISN 21. Lyon county is located in the Western/Central portion of Nevada and includes the towns of: Dayton, Fernley, Mark Twain, Mound House, Silver City, Silver Springs, Stagecoach, Smith Valley, Yerington (County Seat). Zip codes in Lyon County include: 89403, 89408, 89428 89429, 89430, 89444, 89447 The county has a total area of 2,016 square miles (5,222 km²), of which 1,994 square miles (5,164 km²) is land and 23 square miles (59 km²) (1.13%) is water. County website: http://www.lyon-county.org/ Nearest large city and neighboring Counties Lyon County (VA Market: 21-e-9C) Reno, in Washoe County- 85 Miles away. 3 Nearby highways/interstates State Highway 395 State Highway 95 State Highway 339 U.S. -
Political History of Nevada: Chapter 3
Political History of Nevada Chapter 3 Historical and Political Data 91 CHAPTER 3: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL DATA Historical and Political Data: Territorial Governments Through Statehood Reviewed and Updated by ART PALMER Former Research Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau (LCB) and Former Director of the LCB GUY ROCHA Former Nevada State Archivist ROBERT E. ERICKSON Former Research Director of the LCB In the beginning, the region now occupied by the State of Nevada was held by Data Historical the Goshute, Mojave, Paiute, Shoshone and Washoe Indians and claimed by the Spanish Empire until the early 1800s. Th e northern extent of the Spanish claim was defi ned as the 42nd parallel in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 between the United States and Spain. Th is north latitude line serves currently as Nevada’s northern boundary with Oregon and Idaho. Spanish explorations into this region have never been documented clearly enough to establish any European party constituting the earliest expedition into Nevada. If in fact there was some penetration, it must have been by the Spanish in the southernmost portion of our state, possibly as early as 1776. In 1821 Mexico won its war of independence from Spain and gained control over all the former Spanish territory in the area of what is now our “South-West.” Spain had done nothing to occupy or control what is now Nevada, a vast region virtually “terra incognita,” having no permanent non-Indian population and considered barren, arid and inhospitable. Quite understandably, the Spanish concentrated on settlements and nominal control in the more accessible and better-known coastal regions of the Californias and New Mexico.