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Laub Joins Board, Loose Ends Wrapped Up SPECIAL SECTION Graduation 2018 congratulations MESQUITE SpECIAL Class SECTION of 2018 MESQUITE LOCAL NEWS LOCAL NEWSVol. 14, No. 32 MESQUITE, NEVADA THE WEEK OF MAY 24, 2018 VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DISTRICT Laub joins board, loose ends wrapped up By Linda Faas irrigation water shares. MLN The board voted unanimously 5-0 to accept a settlement agreement entered into with Las Vegas In one of its shorter meetings of the year, the Metro Police Department and Jordan Coache. The Virgin Valley Water District installed a new board settlement concerned property that was part of a member, approved its final budget for FY2019, and forfeiture assessed when Jordan’s father, Robert authorized two agreements on issues that have been Coache, was convicted of wrongdoing in a fraud pending before the board for several years. scheme involving VVWD water shares. Jordan, Randy Laub took his oath of office as newly ap- who was not part of the criminal activities, sought pointed board member, filling the seat vacated to settle the forfeiture of a Las Vegas house by pay- when Barbara Ellestad resigned April 3. Her res- ing $291,000 to Metro, which would then pay off ignation left a board vacancy for the remainder of VVWD’s claim against the property. her elected term that runs through Dec. 31. The re- Finalizing a proposed amendment to the lease of maining board members selected Laub from among irrigation water shares between VVWD and Cones- four individuals who applied for the opening. He toga Golf Course, the board voted unanimously 5-0 can serve only through the end of Ellestad’s va- to allow a minor language adjustment requested by cated term because the opening occurred after the Conestoga, while setting a deadline of Friday, May close of the candidate filing period for the upcoming 25, for receipt of their signature to the agreement. 2018 election. A board member will be elected from The deal returns 50 unused water shares to among the candidates who filed by March, and will VVWD for immediate re-lease to Southern Ne- assume office in 2019. vada Water Authority at the “fair market value” of The tentative final budget for fiscal year 2019, pre- $1,246 per share per year. Conestoga had leased 150 sented by district financial officer Wes Smith, was water shares from VVWD in 2011 at a rate of $250 unanimously accepted by the board. The $12 mil- per share, but never uses the entire allotment for the lion budget was previously considered in early May maintenance of its golf course. for submission to the State of Nevada. The budget The amended lease returns 50 water shares to includes $10 million in capital projects, to provide VVWD and holds Conestoga’s current lease rate a new water tank in the northwest area of the city, through the original 2019 term. VVWD then charges complete of the wellhouse for well 1A In Bunker- a stepped rate of increase for Conestoga future lease ville, begin work on new Well 34 located north of pricing, capping out at 90 percent of the SNWA fair the Lincoln County line, and other upgrades to the market value and running through 2036. district’s water system. District expenses will be VVWD also guarantees that, if needed for course Linda Faas balanced against income from fees paid by approxi- maintenance, it will provide up to 150 total water Randy Laub takes his oath of office, joining the Virgin Valley mate 9,000 water users in the district Water District Board. He will finish out the vacancy created as well as developer fees and revenues from leased > See VVWD, Page 2A when elected member Barb Ellestad resigned her term early. VIRGIN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WHCC Female veterans, Leishman new organization takes home wants you! By Teri Nehrenz Bruce King MLN Mesquite’s new Women’s History and Cultural Center is beginning its days by scholarship calling out to women veterans for their information. By Teri Nehrenz The main mission of the WHCC, for MLN starters, is to build a list of female veter- ans for several reasons. As high school graduates around the coun- The first reason comes from necessity, try are winding down their high school years there is currently no resource list of fe- and gearing up for college/trade school adven- male veterans and not many that are ac- tures, Virgin Valley High School students are tively involved any of the veteran’s group off to a roaring start thanks to the Mesquite activities. It’s a mystery, to most, exactly community who generously greased a lot of how many women veterans call Mes- seniors’ pockets with a serious amount of quite their home. scholarship money. Jean Watkins, WHCC founder, is ask- On Friday, May 25, Virgin Valley High ing female veterans to come forward so School Students will graduate in a ceremony she can build a list and celebrate those to be held at the high school at 7 p.m.; the final women who have sacrificed their time leg of their initial journey and finally the year for the protection of our country. all their academic and extracurricular prima- Watkins also wants to find women ry educational work paid off in both personal who would qualify to serve as Grand and financial success. Marshall for this year’s, and future, Mes- During a banquet held on Tuesday, May quite Veterans Day Parades. 15, graduating seniors received a whopping If you’re an honorably or medically $100,468 in scholarships just from local orga- discharged female veteran of the Army, nizations, businesses and individuals. That Teri Nehrenz Navy, Air Force or Marines, Watkins amount is certainly a generous gift for the During a banquet held on Tuesday, May 15, Christian Adderson, Mesquite wants to hear from you. graduates’ outstanding achievements and Gaming and Mesquite Amateur Representative, unofficially presented Mesquite Veterans Day Parades have extraordinary efforts but also testament to an Makenzie Leishman the single largest local scholarship award given to a been a part of Mesquite since 1997, but entire community that truly cares about their 2018 graduate of Virgin Valley High School. The Bruce King Memorial Schol- only one time in the 21 years of the pa- arship, in the amount of $6500 will be officially awarded to Leishman at the > See AWARDS, Page 6A closing banquet on May 30 for the Mesquite Amateur Golf Tournament. > See VETERANS, Page 2A RED HOT BUYS! Prices Valid May 16 - May 28, 2018. U.S. Flag Set SALE 8"x12" flag to the first 240 customers. Ace is donating 1 million flags Sleeved dyed nylon, ** one-piece oak pole. $ 99 102 W. Mesquite Blvd. Limit 1 per customer. In store only. No purchase necessary. #8009847 to customers and VFWs nationwide! Includes mounting 14 Mon. - Sat. 7AM-8PM | Sun. 9AM-4PM Saturday, May 26 while quantities last! Limit 1 per customer. In store only. No purchase necessary. ** Ace is donating 1 million flags to customers and VFWs nationwide! hardware. #8268419 In-Store only. 2A MESQUITE LOCAL NEWS The Week of May 17, 2018 H eller holds news conference organizers, about the idea of having a Veterans female Grand Marshall in this year’s continued from Page 1A Veterans Day Parade and he is open to addressing rural issues the idea but also lacks any sort of sub- By Dave Maxwell Heller said act would allow rade has there been a woman Grand stantial list of women veterans. He and Lincoln County Record veterans the ability to make Marshall; Watkins and her WHCC team Watkins put their heads together and, want to see that change, as many of you sadly, could only identify a handful Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) said in a choices as to what VA facility might also. which surprised them both because the telephone conference with rural Nevada to go to. The proposed The only woman to serve as the Grand Mayor is heavily involved in Veteran af- newspaper reporters May 22, he was legislation also includes Marshall in any of the Mesquite Vet- fairs in Mesquite. confident the VA Mission Act would pass erans Day Parades was Anna Murphy Watkins wants to hand him the list of soon. provisions to consolidate way back in 2004. possible woman candidates for the 2018 The sweeping legislation includes three community care programs Murphy was sworn into the Women’s parade and time is of the essence; the or- bills, authored by Heller, who is a senior into a single, streamlined Army Air corps in 1942 and after basic ganization is already somewhat under- member of the U.S. Senate Committee on training was assigned to The First Allied way. Veterans Affairs, to help Nevada’s veter- service; provides sufficient Airborne Army; the only unit to have The most important future parade an and military communities. funding to fund the program WACs in the combat zone. Her career year for Watkins and the WHCC is He said act would allow veterans the through the next year; in the Army Air Corps took her to Eu- 2020; the 100 anniversary of the first bat- ability to make choices as to what VA fa- rope’s many countries until her return to tle won; the year women fought for and cility to go to. expands comprehensive the state in 1945 on the Queen Mary. won the right to vote in America. The proposed legislation also includes assistance; strengthens Murphy spent 30 years as a dental hy- Watkins and others in the WHCC are provisions to consolidate community ability to recruit, hire and gienist until she retired in 1978 and even- planning some big things for the an- care programs into a single, streamlined tually moved to Mesquite in 1989.
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