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walker river Feds move to recuse judge from water suit By Heidi Bunch rigation on the tribe’s reservation, which the record, both in this case and in other jones’ bias against the U.S.”. MCIN Staff the river runs across” stated Law360. cases, that reflect bias against the United The federal government would point In the motion, the federal government States concerning the United States’ out that the Ninth Circuit had, in a sep- The federal government has moved claims that Judge Jones, who took over land management practices and water arate suit also pertaining to federal land to recuse U.S. District Judge Robert C. the case in 2012 – 88 years after the initial rights,” the motion would go on to state. management and private water rights Jones from the 92-year-long lawsuit to suit was filed – has taken “a number of Jones dismissed the federal Govern- claims, addressed Judge Jones’ “hostile establish water rights which will serve unusual steps against the United States” ment’s water rights claims in May of conduct” against the United States. the Walker River Paiute reservation. both in this and other cases. 2015, which had been pending for two That lawsuit, United States v. Estate The claim was made on that Judge An example that the motion cited was decades, in a decision that was “sweep- of Hage, the Ninth circuit said that the Jones “has a personal bias against the that Judge Jones had interfered with the ing in scope”. judge “harbored animus toward the fed- United States.” federal government’s ability to appear The federal government has filed an eral agencies” and that the judges deci- The U.S. filed suit against the Walker and pursue its interest in the instant suit appeal at the Ninth Circuit concerning sions were “bias and prejudgment”. The River Irrigation District and others in by prohibit its counsel from appearing the decision made by Judge Jones, re- case was reassigned. 1924 to “enjoin them from interfering without any basis, the motion stated. questing “that it be reversed and that with the use of the Walker River for ir- “Further, he has expressed views on the case be reassigned because of Judge > See Water, Page 5

property sale community 911 Memorial Challenge plans weekend of remembrance

Submitted by Kathy Trujillo, 911 Memorial Challenge Secretary

The 6th Annual 911 Memorial Challenge Committee is wit- nessing and coordinating the evolution of a bona fide commu- nity and regional tourism event. The full-day 17-mile hike will still be the focus of the Challenge (to include the newly established Half Challenge) however, activ- ities planned for the weekend will provide opportunities for everyone to be a part of the 911 Remembrance. “It’s amazing to see how this event is growing,” stated this year’s Chairman Rob Mathias. He added, “This year will be the turning point when we remem- Heidi Bunch ber that the community came The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation purchased nearly $20 million worth of property in Mineral and Lyon Counties, including together to make this a really the Flying M Ranch once owned by Barron Hilton. big deal.” Examples of this sup- port include the Friday evening spaghetti feed sponsored by Barley’s Sports Bar and parade banners put up by Mt. Grant National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Electric, the Sunday 911 Remem- brance breakfast sponsored by the Elk’s Lodge and special ad- purchases historic Flying M Ranch vertising and room rates offered by the El Capitan. Also, the Art By Heidi Bunch face water fight produce almost 28 cubic reau of Reclamation. The foundation also Jones Band will play a set on Fri- MCIN Staff feet of flow per second to the Walker River receives grant agreements and administers day night and has agreed to use and the primary rights of the 160 acre-feet the walker Basin program for the Bureau of their Cottonwood Road prop- For the price of $19.4 million, the National of groundwater are included along with the of Reclamation and the Department of the erty for organizers and others Fish and Wildlife Foundation have ac- thousands of acre-feet of storage rights. Interior. to set up a 911 Camp on Friday quired property in both Mineral and Lyon The National Fish and Wildlife Founda- “The Walker Lake Working Group night. Counties that had once been owned by Bar- tion have directed their efforts to get more (WLWG) was very happy to hear of the The community support has ron Hilton. water to the Walker River in hope that it purchase of the Hilton Ranch by the Walker been evident for years as doz- Included in the acquisition of the Flying can reach Walker Lake, an ancient lake into Basin Restoration Program. The Hilton ens of sponsors, local EMTs, M Ranch in Lyon County, Mineral County which the Walker River used to dump into. Ranch compliments the prior purchases of firefighters and volunteers landmarks such as Fletcher and Nine Mile The funds received from the National the Rafter 7 Ranch and the Pitchfork Ranch have made the Challenge pos- Ranch will be included in the purchase Fish and wildlife Foundation is received on the East Walker River,” Glenn Bunch, sible. Kirk Bausman has been along with Rough Creek. through funding from such the Desert Ter- coordinating this year’s volun- The purchase of 7,139 acres of land, sur- minal Lakes Program, managed by the Bu- > See Sale, Page 4 teer efforts and is pleased with the added support of commu- nity organizations that will have representatives providing economy food and water to the partici- pants. The weekend’s events will kick off with the 911 Memorial Parade Strong hospitals big for rural business staging at Wagner’s Hardware. A bagpiper and color guard will By Ben Rowley Silver State it directly provides ism, of course people get hurt,” don’t take a day or two off just lead the way down Main Street 6,000 to 7,000 good paying Harris said. “Many urban peo- for routine doctor visits. Being beginning at 5:30 p.m. Everyone Keeping the local hospital jobs and another 1,500 second- ple come to rural areas and ex- able to go down the street to get is welcome to help carry the big strong is a must for building a ary jobs. In Humboldt county, pect the same type of services.” blood drawn for example, “adds flag to be raised at the Veteran’s rural economy. which has a population of over He added, “If they are injured, to the productivity of a rural Memorial Park. Individual en- It’s possible, but not easy. 17,000, the dollar impact of rural and they receive good health- economy,” Harris said. trants are also encouraged to in- In Nevada, Professors John healthcare numbers in the tens care, then transported to a big The RHW is holding a train- clude sports teams, Boy Scouts, Packham and Thomas Harris of millions. urban area if it’s severe, that’s ing session October 18 in Reno Girl Scouts and other organiza- direct Nevada Rural Health A local hospital touches the very good for their rural tour- on rural health needs assess- tions. Works (RHW), a program fo- economy in many ways. Take ism.” ments and understanding the LTC Scott Bishop, Com- cused on the impact of health- rural tourism, for example. For employers, having a lo- care on rural economies. In the “When people do rural tour- cal hospital means employees > See Hospitals, Page 5 > See Challenge, Page 2 Page 2 Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016 your seven-day forecast

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Challenge participants will meet early Penny For Your Thoughts Saturday morning at the staging area on Challenge Cottonwood Drive. Those completing continued from Page 1 the Half Challenge will be transported to the start and the Full 17-mile hikers mander at Hawthorne Army Ammu- will start beginning at sunrise between Gravesite coins have an nition Plant, will officiate the Remem- 6:30 and 7 a.m. In honor of one of the brance ceremony and flag raising on originators of the 911 Memorial Chal- Friday evening after the parade. Then lenge, Cliff Cichowlaz Awards will be important significance packet pick-up and registration for the offered to the first three men and first Challenge will commence. A spaghetti three women to complete the full chal- By Sheri Samson dinner and entertainment are also part lenge. MCIN Correspondent of the evening’s festivities, and everyone On Sunday, Sept. 11 the BPO Elks will is invited to participate. There will be no sponsor a breakfast beginning at 7 a.m. Driving the backroads of Nevada, charge for the meal with donations wel- for 911 Challenge participants and the one can easily encounter a makeshift come. community. The cost is $8 per person memorial or historic gravesite strewn The 911 Camp Out will be held near and there will be hourly remembrances with unique items that are well beyond the race start and special room rates for to honor those who lost their lives on that the standard flowers one would leave at Challenge participants are being offered day. a headstone. In viewing these sites up by the El Capitan Lodge and Casino. Be Registration for the Challenge is avail- close, one is almost certain to find vari- sure to mention that you are a Challenge able on active.com, and you can visit the ous coins among the articles left behind participant when making your reserva- website at 911mt.grantchallenge.org for by the travelers willing to take the time tion. additional information. to stop and pay their respects. There are various reasons for leaving a coin in a respectful manner, yet it may be surprising to learn that there are distinct symbols used within the American mil- itary world which designate a represen- tation to the coins that are left. According to the traditions set forth at the national cemeteries, leaving a penny at the grave site would signify that you Sheri Samson visited and paid your respects. A nickel Nigel Giddings of Nevada stops to indicates that you served at the same place a penny on a rural memorial boot camp with the deceased and a dime is stating that you served with the indi- ventor Benjamin Franklin, visitors still vidual at some time. If you actually leave leave a penny at the church site in reac- a quarter, you are letting the family know tion to his famous line, “A Penny Saved that you were with the soldier when they is a Penny Earned.” died. This practice became especially rel- An observer was quoted at the Seattle evant during the controversial Vietnam global attraction of the martial arts icons, war. A simplistic coin would communi- Bruce and Brandon Lee’s gravesite as cate to a visiting family member, rather saying that the groundskeeper would than a face to face debate regarding the remove the massive amounts of flowers raging U.S. conflict. and letters hourly, but the coins from This tradition has been argued as hav- around the world would remain all day. ing roots within Greek mythology. Leg- At dusk the facility would remove the end would have it that the ferryman to coins in a reverent fashion, which were hell was named Charon. He required donated appropriately. payment of a coin from your loved ones While other reasons abound for leav- so the soul of the dead could cross the ing a coin at the site of a death or burial river Styx which separated the living place, they ultimately seem to reflect a from the dead. Coins were more often remembrance or good luck to those who placed in the corpse’s mouth or over the have passed on. In commemorating the eyes to show forth penance to Charon, deceased, it has been stated that histor- who would otherwise roam the endless ically it had been used to the mourners river shores for hundreds of years. as others would state, “A Penny for your Superstition of the penny has ventured Thoughts?” This was an act of love to far into other historical venues. In 1849 it comfort the family and used as an en- was the school children of Baltimore that couragement to get them to speak. saved their pennies to buy the famous So next time you have the chance to writer, Edgar Allen Poe a proper grave leave a penny at a memorial spot, one marker, following his mysterious death. might wonder if they truly are “pennies At the Philadelphia burial site of in- from heaven.” Independent-News When You Recycle Electronics You Support A Division of the Community: Disability Resources, Inc. 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HELPING LOCAL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ACHIEVE THEIR HIGHEST POTENTIAL Donna Christoferson GET INVOLVED! (Hawthorne) Oregon just collected within January Disability Job Opportunities, Volunteers & Donations Needed to July, $25 million in revenue. Now Nevada could sure use that kind of Resources, email: [email protected] money for our schools. I say yes, Inc. 50 East Greg Street, Suite 103 • Sparks, NV 89431 Mineral County would benefit. Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016 Page 3 Notices & events ‘Mother of Mina’ to be honored By Heidi Bunch MCIN Staff Depot Hall of Fame ceremony on tap The Mother of Mina – Ferminia Sar- rias, will be honored on Saturday, Sept. The Hawthorne Army Depot will hold 17 when members of Copper Queen 1915 an Ammunition Hall of Fame Induction E. Clampus Vitus (ECV) commemo- Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Sept. 7 on the rates the life and history of Sarrias who front lawn of Building 1. was buried in the Luning Cemetery in The ceremony will honor former em- 1915. ployee, Louis Dellamonica, as he will be Sarrias was born in Nicaragua in July posthumously inducted in the Ammuni- of 1840 and some reports say she was of tion Hall of Fame. “aristocratic” origins. In 1867 she finally The Ammunition Hall of Fame pro- made her way to the United States from gram is managed by the HQs, Joint her home country with the father of her Munitions Command in Rock Island, four daughters, Pablo Flores. Ill. to honor the significant and lasting Shortly afterwards, Flores drops from contributions of former ammunition newspaper and other accounts but Sar- sector employees in the U.S. Army. rias continues to be written about. Dellamonica is remembered for being She was attracted to the booming Com- one of the longest serving civilian in stock. The woman miner was known federal service. He retired from the for her character but didn’t linger in the Photo courtesy of Tammy Sandvik Depot in 2007 with 65 years of federal Comstock long. Instead, she placed two The grave of the “Copper Queen” rests within the Luning Cemetery. Fermina service and provided superior exper- of her daughters into an orphanage and Sarrias was a pioneer woman who mined the ore of Mineral County. On Sept. 17, tise in the field of engineering and op- headed to Belleville, which was then lo- a new headstone will be placed in her honor. erations. His accomplishments and cated in Esmeralda County (now Min- dedication will be honored by his up- eral County). Here she made her first Near her claims in the northwest of Mina, announced her death on Feb. 6, coming induction into the Ammuni- mining claims in the record books at the part of the property, she would build a 1915. tion Hall of Fame. Amant and the Central American Mines smelter. The ores in her claims proved “Mrs. Fermina Sarrias, who sank to The public is invited to attend the cer- in 1888. Many more would follow the valuable. Production in the Santa Fe Dis- her final rest at her late home in Luning emony upon RSVP to Ms. Keri Pleasant ambitious woman. trict from the period of 1906 to 1920 was on Monday, February 1st, 1915. For some at 309-782-0392. Tonopah and Goldfield would soon estimated at roughly $2.5 million (ap- time past she has been growing feeble start boasting of their rich discoveries proximately $55,506,282.26 today). and her death therefore was not unex- and Sarrias’s mining claims attracted at- The lady miner knew her property. pected. Search and Rescue tention. She made her first sale in June of From 1988 to 1996 at claims in the Giroux The paper reports that Sarrias came to meeting tonight 1902. Investors bonded 25 of her copper Canyon (Gabbs Valley), Corona Gold and what is now Mineral County thirty years claims at $8,000 each. Soon she was “Ne- Homestake Mining a combined 299,000 prior to her death, having lived in Belle- Mineral County Search and Rescue vada’s Copper Queen” from the publicity ounces of gold and 644,000 ounces of sil- ville and Candelaria. At the time of her will meet for its September meeting this and an icon for other women in the min- ver were produced on land once owned death, her first home still stood in Belle- Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Mineral County ing field of the late 1800’s. by the Copper Queen. ville. Courthouse. Items for discussion will be A small railroad town would spring When taking payment for her claims, “She amassed quite a fortune in those the 911 Mt. Grant Challenge parade and up in Soda Springs Valley in August 1905 the shrewd business woman insisted camps but later lost it in mining invest- firework parameter control from Sept. when the Tonopah & Goldfield railroad upon payment that was made in gold as ments and stocks,” the Western Nevada 22 to 24. decided to make a terminal north of she mistrusted the banks which often Miner reported. Please call Glenn Bunch at 945-2289 if Belleville. It would be named after Sar- failed. It is rumored that once paid, “she She was seventy seven years of age at you have questions. rias. Soon Mina (the nickname of Sar- would then stash the gold in her chicken the time of her death and left behind son, rias) would soon make its mark on Ne- house because the chickens always make Joe Marshall of Hawthorne and daugh- vada’s maps. a fuss if someone approached.” ter, Mrs. Ed Enright of Luning. Question 2 town hall A month after having a town named The money didn’t last and Sarrias, In honor of this frontier woman, the meeting slated for her, Sarrias would again make news- known for donning men’s overalls would Copper Queen 1915 E. Clampus Vitus or- paper headlines when a sale of the “Fa- return to the desert to find another for- ganization will place a plaque for Copper A town hall meeting regarding Ques- mous Sarrias group of 40 claims” would tune. Queen 1915 at 2 p.m. at the Luning Ceme- tion 2: Nevada Marijuana Legalization fetch $90,000 (worth $2,394,365.38 to- She died in 1915 and left strict instruc- tery on Saturday, Sept. 17. Incentive will be held on Wednesday, day). tions in her will. “If any of her executors All ECV red shirts are invited to at- Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at the El Capitan in The ambitious miner would sell an- failed to work her mining property, they tend. The rub for prepays is $60 and $10 the upstairs room. other group of claims in 1907 for $65,000 forfeited any right to her estate”. The more at the gate. Public is welcome and The Coalition of Mineral County in (worth $1,667,564.02 today). Western Nevada Miner, published out encouraged to attend. coordination with the Mineral County Sheriff’s office and Drug Free -Com munities will host. Jim Hartman, President of Nevadans for Responsi- Mineral County Car ble Drug Policy will present, “Get the ndependent ews Facts on Question 2: What it is and i -n what it isn’t.” (USPS 350-760) + Hom e This educational program is open to Periodical Postage paid at all members of the community. Light re- Hawthorne, Nevada, post office Savings freshments will be served. Published weekly at 420 Third St. Total average savings of Bill Fraser, Agent 986 Sierra Way, PO Box 1537 Hawthorne, Nevada 89415 Hawthorne, NV 89415 CATHOLIC LADIES Bus: 775-945-3666 Toll Free: 888-765-3525 CHRISTMAS BAZAAR NOV. 12 P.O. Box 1270 [email protected] $761* 775-945-2414 Fax: 775-945-1270 Let me show you how combining home and auto This year’s annual Christmas Bazaar, email: [email protected] policies can really add up. sponsored by the Catholic Ladies Guild, Like a good neighbor, A member of ® is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12 at the State Farm is there. Nevada State Press Association CALL FOR A QUOTE 24/7. Hawthorne Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mineral County Chamber of Commerce Crafters who participated last year Publication day is designated as Thursday will receive notices in the mail. Oth- *Average annual per household savings based on a 2015 national survey of new policyholders who reported savings by switching to State Farm. (holidays included) to provide frequency State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Indemnity Company, ers wishing to participate may call of publication designated for legal notices 0907501.1 State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm General Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL Jean Justus at 945-2206 to request a required by federal, state and local table. Table rentals will again be $20 government entities. each. All participants are encouraged to Subscription rates The U.S. Navy INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE make their reservations early, as space is Mineral County: in the Fallon Range Training Complex Modernization limited and tables go fast. 6 months $35 1 Year $40 Environmental Impact Statement Scoping Process Outside County: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, the Navy is preparing 6 months $40 1 Year $55 an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential environmental impacts of Class of 1967 50-year modernizing the Fallon Range Training Complex (located near Fallon, Nevada), which would include reunion meeting Staff land range expansion through additional public land withdrawal and land acquisition, Publisher - Battle Born Media airspace modifications, and public land withdrawal renewal.

On Tuesday, Sept. 6, at 6 p.m. at the Chief Operating Officer Modernization would provide the realistic training capabilities needed to meet changing aviation VFW (meeting room) there will be a Kirk Kern - [email protected] and ground training requirements, while maintaining and enhancing the safety and security of local communities. meeting of members of the Class of General Manager 1967 to discuss plans for a 50-year class Public Scoping Meetings Eric Dahlberg - [email protected] reunion to be held Armed Forces Day, Public Involvement Each of the seven scoping meetings will begin with a brief presentation

Saturday, May 20, 2017. Please come Office Manager The Navy requests public about the project, followed by an open house with information out and help in the planning of this re- Heidi Bunch - [email protected] input in identifying the scope stations staffed by Navy representatives. union. of environmental issues and Monday, Oct. 3, 2016 viable alternatives to be 3 to 7 p.m. For information, call Dee (Dimmick) Errors The liability of the Publisher on accounts of considered in the EIS. Fallon Convention Center Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 Schaar at 775-842-6787. Comments will be accepted 100 Campus Way 5 to 7 p.m. error in, or omissions from, any advertise- Fallon, NV 89406 Eureka Elementary School ment will in no way exceed the amount of during the public scoping meetings, online at the Multi-Purpose Room the charge of space occupied by the items Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 431 McCoy St. website address below, or 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eureka, NV 89316 90th birthday celebration in error, and then only for the first incorrect by mail to: Pershing County set for Sept. 4 insertion. Community Center Naval Facilities Engineering 820 Sixth St. Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 Command Southwest Lovelock, NV 89419 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friends and family invite all to help POSTMASTER: Code EV21.AK Hawthorne Convention celebrate Della Young’s 90th birthday Send address changes to 1220 Pacific Highway Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 Center Independent-News Building 1, 5th Floor 5 to 7 p.m. 950 E St. on Sunday, Sept. 4 at 11:30 a.m. following Evelyn Mount Northeast Community Hawthorne, NV 89415 San Diego, CA 92132 worship service at Community Presby- P.O. Box 1270 Center terian Church, 7th and F Streets, Haw- Hawthorne, NV 89415 Comments must be 1301 Valley Road Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 postmarked or Reno, NV 89512 5 to 7 p.m. thorne. Gabbs School Gymnasium received online by Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 Bring a dish to share for the potluck Nov. 25, 2016, 511 E Ave. 5 to 7 p.m. Gabbs, NV 89409 lunch. Cake and ice cream will be pro- for consideration in Emma Nevada Town Hall vided. the Draft EIS. 135 Court St. Worship starts at 10:30 a.m. and every- Austin, NV 89310 one is invited to join us for worship be- For more information or to submit comments online, visit www.FRTCModernization.com fore the party! Page 4 Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016

remote destination on Sept. 3, 2007. Re- arrest report ports were made that Fossett had crashed Sale in Mineral County. Remains of Fossett The following people were arrested in • Gary S. Mitchell was arrested by Min- continued from Page 1 and the aircraft he was last seen in were Mineral County on or after Aug. 21 and eral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 25 found in October of 2008 near Mammoth were in jail on Monday at or after about for criminal contempt. Bail set at $3,000 president of the Walker Lake Working Lakes, Calif. 10 a.m. All charges against them are bond/cash. Group told the Independent-News. “It’s been a long haul since the WLWG misdemeanors unless otherwise noted. • Francisco L. Munoz was arrested by “We now have thousands and thou- started its’ quest to save this natu- All are innocent until proven guilty in Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. sands of acres of water that is going ral beauty that we call Walker Lake. court. Names and charges appear as 26 for DUI, above legal limit – first and to wind up going in that lake [Walker Through the past 24 years, there have they have been received from the sher- stop lamps required. Bail set at $1,270 Lake],” said Senator Harry Reid, D-Nev., been many endeavors to accomplish iff’s office. bond/cash. when commenting on the purchase of the salvation of a dying ecology. Wild- • Brandi M. Leach was arrested by • Joseph B. Garcia was arrested by Flying M and previous acquisitions. “We life rely on this lake for survival and Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. are going to save Walker Lake.” Mineral County has felt the financial Aug. 22 for burglary (2+) and use/un- 26 for disturbing peace (breach of peace). Reid was instrumental in establish- hit with loss of recreation at the lake. der influence schedule I, II, III, IV con- Bail set at $640 bond/cash. ing the Walker Basin Restoration Pro- The life of which has been choked from trolled substance. Bail set at $55,000 • Luke G. Neal was arrested by Mineral gram. The thought of acquiring property its’ existence by upstream diversions,” bond/cash. County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 26 for- ba and water rights to restore the health of Bunch continued. • Edward J. Pichel was arrested by sic speed – 21+ miles per hour over posted Walker Lake back to the condition it was Such diversions can be read about in Walker River Tribal Police on Aug. 23 limit and failure to possess/surrender around the year 2000, when it supported this week’s edition regarding a federal for basic speed – 21+ miles per hour over certificate of registration. Bail set at $485 fish species such as Lahontan cutthroat lawsuit against the U.S. government and posted limit; possession of schedule I, bond/cash. trout and Tui Chub and was an annual the Walker River Irrigation District. II, III, IV controlled substance (first/ • Johnny Y. Chung was arrested by stopover for migrating birds, such as “This is why we, Walker Lake Work- second); possession to sell schedule I/II, Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. loons. ing Group, have been grateful to the Na- Flntrzpm/GHB (first); possession of less 27 for possession schedule I, II, III, IV The decrease in water has shrunk the tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation for than one ounce of marijuana (first) and controlled substance (first and second); lake which has contributed to higher lev- their establishment of the Walker Basin use/possession drug paraphernalia. Bail use/possession drug paraphernalia; pos- els of saline and other solids, which has Restoration Program. Senator Reid was set at $9,605 bond/cash. session of less than one ounce of mari- reduced water quality. the backbone of Public Law 111-85 in Oc- • Robert M. Wilson was arrested by juana (first) and basic speed – 16-20 miles “The Hilton Ranch purchase has in- tober 2009 that provided the funding to Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. per hour over posted limit. Bail set at creased the Surface Decree water by allow all this to happen. During fiscal 23 for convicted person register and fin- $4,475 bond/cash. 47.47 Cubic Feet per Second (CFS) to a year 2010, the first acquisition of water gerprint required. Bail set at $2,500 bond/ • Clinton A. Brosenne was arrested by total of 98.2 CFS that has been purchased was acquired from the North Mason cash. Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. so far. Reservoir Storage Water Supple- Valley area from a willing seller. Being • Eric J. Briggs was arrested by Mineral 28 for domestic battery – second. Bail set mental was increased by 554 Acre Feet the first, it had to pave the way. We are County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 24 for do- at $3,000 bond/cash. (AF) to a total of 2,645 AF and New Land still in the process of changing Water mestic battery – first. Bail set at $3,000 The following were released from increased by 2,911 AF to a total of 9,118 Decree C125, of 1936 that lays out the bond/cash. the Mineral County Detention Cen- AF. Groundwater Supplemental was in- Walker River System. Until it is updated • Jami A. Chappell was arrested by ter by a judge unless otherwise noted: creased from 2,837 AF to a total of 12,239 to reflect the change of use from agri- Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. Courtney R. Hall (released to bonds- AF and Primary increased by 160 AF to culture to public use for the purchase 25 for DUI, above legal limit (First) and man); Kristin N. Ferrell; David Lopez a total of 1,146 AF. The total land was in- of water for Walker Lake, the water re- failure by convicted person to comply (released other); Bryce A. Rosemore creased by 7,139 Acres for a total of 15,719 mains in the Mason Valley. We are cur- with NRS 179C. Bail set at $3,640 bond/ (released time served); Luke A. Wind Acres from willing seller,” Bunch ex- rently in court to make this change,” cash. (released other); Jason T. Brown; Skye- plained. Bunch explained. • Tiffany M. Gonzalez was arrested by lar L. Hilton (released other); Mark A. He went on to state that the above totals Mineral County District Sean Rowe Mineral County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. McClain (released to probation officer); have taken six years to accomplish. told the Independent-News, “I am 25 for basic speed – 16-20 miles per hour Francisco Montoya; Stephen D. Gray “In short what this means, as reported pleased to see NFWF moving forward over posted limit; operating unregis- (released to bondsman); Amme L. Laz- to the WLWG by Ashley Downing, Man- with the acquisitions program under the tered vehicle/trailer/semi and failure to zarotto (released to correctional facility); ager, Walker Basin Restoration Program, Desert Terminus Lakes program. This appear on traffic citation. Bail set at $772 Michelle T. Riccio (released tim served); this represents approximately 40 percent program represents a significant part of cash. Robert M. Wilson (released to bonds- of the water needed for the lake has been what are regional efforts to return water • Tammy M. Le was arrested by man); Madeleine Calderone (released acquired. The first purchase was in 2010 flows to Walker Lake. Mineral County Walker River Tribal Police on Aug. 26 time served); Tammy M. Le (released and 15 purchases to date with more in the remains fully engaged in advocating for possession schedule I, II, III, IV to bondsman); Francisco L. Munoz (re- works. to restore Walker Lake. We appreciate controlled substance (first and second), leased other); Luke G. Neal (released Besides water and land rights, the Fly- these efforts of the National Fish and possession of less than one ounce of on cash bail); David M. Nolan (released ing M deal included a life-lease provision Wildlife Foundation that bring us closer marijuana and use/possession drug other); Clinton A. Brosenne (released that will allow former owner, Hilton, age to our goal.” paraphernalia. Bail set at $4,380 bond/ other) and Bryce A. Rosemore (released 88, to remain on the property. The Walker Lake Working Group will cash. time served). The ranch, which is located in between meet on Sept. 13 at 2 p.m. at the Mineral the Wassuk Range and the Sweetwater County Library. Mountains, has been a longtime desti- “Every step taken to insure the nation for Hilton and his aviator friends. preservation of this natural beauty is The ranch was once the site of the Barron our daily goal. WLWG is always very district court news Hilton Cut, a glider competition that ran happy to see more water acquired for from 1980 to 2009. The ranch was last in the lake and to make it a viable fishery the news when Steve Fossett, a famous and recreation spot for all to enjoy,” • On Dec. 8, 2015, Charles Conrad was suspended and she was placed un- aviator, went missing after leaving the Bunch concluded. Zunkel was sentenced on his guilty der the supervision of chief parole and plea of attempted battery causing sub- probation officer of the State of Nevada, stantial bodily harm, violation of NRS for a term of three years under special 199.330 and NRS 200.481, a category D terms and conditions in addition to the felony. He was sentenced to imprison- standard rules/terms of her probation. ment in the Nevada Department of Cor- She was ordered to pay $238 in fines and rections, for a maximum term of thirty fees. six months, with a minimum parole • On June 14, Saverio Anthony Scarlata eligibility of twelve months from this was sentenced on his plea for false report date. The execution of this judgment by public officer, a gross misdemeanor, in was suspended and placed him under violation of NRS 197.130. He was found the supervision of chief parole and pro- guilty and sentenced to imprisonment in bation officer of the State of Nevada, for the Mineral County Jail for a term of three a term of three years with special terms hundred sixty four days. He was given and conditions. He was ordered to pay no credit for pre-sentence incarceration $228 in fines and fees. time served and ordered to pay pursuant • On March 10, Donna Marie Burleigh to NRS 176.0913, he submit a biological was sentenced to her guilty plea for specimen to determine genetic markers unlawful use and/or being under the and/or secretor status. The execution influence of a controlled substance, a of said confinement shall be suspended violation of NRS 453.411, a category E and he shall be placed on probation for a felony. She was sentenced to imprison- period not to exceed three years, subject ment in the Nevada Department of Cor- to all the usual terms and conditions of rections, for a maximum term of thirty probation and further subject to the fol- two months, with a minimum parole lowing special terms and conditions of eligibility of twelve months from this probation. He was ordered to pay 42,278 date. The execution of this judgment in fines and fees.

HAWTHORNE CARE AND SHARE MENU SEPTEMBER Friday Monday Tuesday (2) Hot Roast Beef Sand- (5) CLOSED FOR (6) Turkey Bean Burrito, wiches, Mashed Potatoes, LABOR DAY Mexi-Corn, Carrot Salad, Gravy, Green Beans, Jell-O Cherries w/Fruit Wednesday Thursday Regional Area Transit (7) Chef’s Salad, Assorted Available: Mon. - Fri. (8) Spaghetti, Squash, Salad, 9am to 2:30pm Crackers, Peaches 7 Grain Bread, Banana Yo- gurt •Pinochle 12:45pm •Exercise Class 10-11am M-T-TH-F M-W-F Fallon Trip: September 6 •Bingo 12:45pm Reno Trip: September 20 Every Wed. MINA CARE AND SHARE MENU FOR SEPTEMBER Friday Monday Tuesday (2) All You Can Eat (5) CLOSED FOR (6) Grilled Hamburgers, Spaghetti Dinner - 4:30- LABOR DAY Lettuce, Tomatoes, Baked 6:30pm Beans, Deviled Eggs, Grapefruit & Orange Sections Wednesday Thursday (7) Cranberry Glazed (8) Beef & Bean Burritos, Volunteers Chicken Breast, Aztec Spanish Rice, Mexi-Corn, Grain Salad, Spring Dessert Needed Salad, Carrots, Mandarin Oranges LUNCH SERVED AT 11:30 A.M. Fallon Trip: September 9 Hawthorne Trip - Every Thurs. 12:30pm Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016 Page 5 reflections of the past icaid and 6,850 on Medicare, according to recent data. So the hospital deals with the 10 YEARS AGO Hospitals same reimbursement problems as other (From the MCIN files of Aug.31, 2016) continued from Page 1 rural areas. Making ends meet requires • Jonah Huston, whose parents are meticulous and transparent budgeting, former Hawthorne residents and whose economic impact of rural healthcare. according to Reetz. grandparents are Hawthorne resi- More information is available at http:// “It’s really about getting the frontline dents James and Dixie Bess and John med.unr.edu/cme/rhwworkshop. staff and our direct managers account- and JoAnn George, received the MOAA It takes all hands on deck to achieve able for what’s going on in their depart- JROTC Medal and award from the North quality medical care, and we’re not just ments and having complete transpar- Valleys High School ROTC Unit in Reno. talking about administrators and staff, ency,” she said. Huston was the Executive Officer for that but the entire community pitching in to Those practices allowed the hospital to unit. make healthcare happen. cut $3.3 million in spending from its bud- • Jill Derby, candidate for Congress, This is not easy work. Government get. The cuts didn’t come by way of layoffs, visits local businesses in Hawthorne and 30 Years Ago - Bodie Chapter E. regulations keep piling up, while reve- though some positions were not re-filled has lunch at the Care and Share Senior Champus Visits dedicated a historical nue from Medicare and Medicaid, which when an employee retired. They mostly Center. plaque in Aurora. Aurora was the orig- a higher percentage of rural residents are came from cuts in supplies and contracts. • Arnie Bond, owner of Firearms Safety inal county seat of Mono County, Calif., on, often don’t cover the cost of care. The Managers “know exactly where every dol- Center in Hawthorne, hosted a one-day as well as the original county seat of squeeze is real, and dozens of rural hospi- lar is going in their departments, and from Tactical Handgun course for Mr. Klein Mineral (then Esmeralda) County, Nev. tals have shut their doors in recent years. that we’ve established some really good who is a Defense Instructor in Sparks. A survey of state lines showed Aurora When this occurs, rural economies are in budgets,” Reetz said. “They know what Gilbert Sterling; Michael Coen; Cory Riv- to be in Nevada and the Mono County critical condition. their expenses are, and as they hadn’t ero; James Christy; Brian Halloway and seat was then moved to Bridgeport. But many rural hospitals are navigat- previously had that much transparency Arnie Bond Completed this course for ing these rough waters well. In Indiana, around their financial information, when DZHC guard force. Greene County General Hospital, led by they started seeing it, they started seeing • The 21st Annual Hearts of Gold Can- often had something of interest or some- CEO Brenda Reetz, reined in its budget areas they could cut back or contracts that taloupe Festival and County Fair was thing funny to tell his many friends. The and is turning a small profit as it serves needed to be renegotiated - different types held in Fallon. following yarn (or should I say lion’s tale) about 33,000 residents. Headquartered of things that we could do that would just is one he wrote in his column 50 years in Linton, the hospital has a fully-staffed reduce expenses.” 20 YEARS AGO ago: “ A lion broke loose from the circus emergency room, maternity care, surgi- Staying in the black also means aggres- • Ray Abrams of Hawthorne was hon- and chose to stay loose. The sheriff, aller- cal center, physical therapy, 3D mammo- sively going after insurance claims, Reetz ored and presented a Certificate of Ap- gic to hunting lions, formed a posse and grams, much of the latest technology and said, and it’s a battle just to get insur- preciation for his great volunteer work invited all to have a drink before entering a qualified, enthusiastic staff. ance companies, as well as Medicare and on helping to build the new BMX As- upon the dangerous mission. The sheriff Just like in most rural areas, it is diffi- Medicaid, to pay. sociation at the beginning of the “Ray noticed one of his men at the end of the cult for Greene County to find good per- “You fight for every claim you’ve got, Abrams Classic” races that were dedi- bar, featuring a big smile and handling sonnel, but the hospital often starts with you fight for every dollar that you are cated to honor Abrams. well a glass of ginger ale. The sheriff ap- identifying possible candidates locally. supposed to get,” she added. “It’s easy for • The annual Schurz Pinenut Festi- proached the man and asked, “What’s “Some of our most successful recruits claims to get denied and pushed away into val started off in great fashion when the the idea, Max? We all took liquor,” “Not are people that we have developed rela- a pile, but we don’t do that. We actively Schurz Save the Children Committee me, thank you,” replied Max. “Liquor tionships with when they were in high work those sorts of things to make sure hosted the first ever “Lil Guys” Youth gives me too much courage!” school,” Reetz said. “We keep an eye on that we are getting what we’re supposed Rodeo at the beginning of the annual the schools in our area and find out the to be paid for the patients that we care for.” celebration at Schurz. It was truly an ex- 60 YEARS AGO kids that are wanting to go and pursue So there’s a lot of things that must citing and enjoyable way to begin the big • Officers announced that at 10 p.m. becoming a physician, and we establish go right. When they don’t, the outlook celebration that is staged at Schurz each curfew in Mina would be rigidly en- a relationship with them very early on.” grows dim. Tonopah, Nevada (popula- year for everyone to enjoy. forced. The fire siren would sound at 10 That relationship includes internships tion around 2,000) recently lost its hospi- p.m. to start the curfew. during the summer and staying in touch tal. “I think they had difficulty recruiting 30 YEARS AGO • A total of 3,326 voters were registered with the students as they make their way and retaining not only clinical staff, such • Because of heavy cloud bursts in the in Mineral County for the primary elec- through college and medical school. “So as physicians, but probably attracting Cory Canyon area, the roads were se- tion. The Democrats held a 2,238 to 840 whenever they do complete their residency the right type of administrative folks,” he verely damaged. Assemblyman Gaylyn margin over the Republicans. and are ready to begin working, they know said. “Tonopah suffered from some pe- Spriggs, Commissioners Don Anderson • Floyd Smalley, Wallace Smith and that we have a place for them here.” riodic administration mismanagement and Allen Conelly and Public Works Su- Keith Mount of Hawthorne were among Greene County has also attracted pro- that was also kind of connected with the perintendent Jerry Goodyear made an in- a group of state officials that were a part fessionals from outside the area who difficulty of recruiting and keeping tal- spection of the area and after examining of Governor Charles Russell’s party who “truly have a heart for rural healthcare,” ented clinical staff.” the situation the officials said they would visited the Nevada Army National Guard Reetz said. She added it takes a unique To be fair, the city’s low population seek state aid to repair the damage. in action during their summer field train- person to be a rural physician, someone makes it very difficult to sustain a hos- • Bodie Chapter E. Champus Visits ing near Boise, Idaho. who is “very devoted and committed to pital under the best circumstances, es- dedicated a historical plaque in Aurora. • The Hawthorne Marines baseball the people that you live with, you work pecially in a boom-bust mining economy, Aurora was the original county seat of nine won the Armed Forces Tournament with, and you care for.” the professors added. Mono County, Calif., as well as the orig- held in Fallon. While a couple staff members focus on Things are brighter in other parts inal county seat of Mineral (then Esmer- recruitment, it’s a community-wide, team of the state, where there are hospitals alda) County, Nev. A survey of state lines 70 YEARS AGO effort. Not only does the hospital pitch in “that I think are, in very creative ways, showed Aurora to be in Nevada and the • Navy and school authorities agreed to welcome potential colleagues and their trying to deal with that same set of is- Mono County seat was then moved to to a proposal made by U.S. Senator E.P. families, but other government, business sues that Tonopah faced,” Packham Bridgeport. Carville to have the Navy underwrite the and church leaders do the same. said. “Caliente, Ely, Battle Mountain, cost of transporting school students from Having a talented staff also requires Lovelock, these are communities that 40 YEARS AGO Babbitt to Hawthorne. funds to pay them, with salaries compet- have populations under 10,000 people, • Several items of ammunition stolen at • Many local residents were looking itive enough to attract top talent. This is and that’s tough, but each one of those fa- the Hawthorne Naval Base were recov- forward to attending the Nevada State difficult, but achievable. State and federal cilities have been able to not only sustain, ered. Two men faced charges of the theft. Fair that was scheduled to be held in loan forgiveness programs also provide but add services.” • There was a decrease in the number of Fallon for the year 1946. attractive incentives. These give newly- With so much on the line, qualified, registered voters from the 1974 total. The • Walker Lake was the featured sub- minted doctors partial or full loan for- dedicated leadership at a rural hospi- list of registered votes in Mineral County ject of the weekly Harold’s Club adver- giveness in exchange for practicing in a tal and in the community is key. It takes showed 3,309. tisement in the Independent-News, and medically underserved area, which most leaders and staff that budget carefully, re- • Perata Excavation of Tahoe City cap- other papers around the state. “Desert rural areas are. cruit hard for the right people, cooperate tured the Title A Softball championship Fishermen’s Heaven” was the title of the Budgets are another tough challenge. with the community and find innovative the second straight year in a tournament article and it described the great fishing The Greene County community is by no ways to provide care. held in Hawthorne. Bob Tobin and Ken to be found at Walker Lake. Large Mouth means rich, with a median household in- Richardson of Hawthorne were named Bass and lake trout were in great abun- come of around $47,500 and 14.4 percent Ben Rowley is an entrepreneur and journalist. He the All-Tournament team for their fine dance in those days. of the population living below the poverty covers topics important to rural business. Find ball playing. line. The county has 7,285 people on Med- more content at RuralBusinessHQ.com. 80 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO • U.S. Senator and Mrs. Key Pitman • An intensive investigation was being stopped in Hawthorne en route to Judge Jones dismissed all of the federal continued by the Mineral County Sher- Tonopah to vote. Both had recovered government’s claims in May of 2015 as iff’s Office in an effort to apprehend the from injuries sustained when their car Water barred by the doctrine of res judicata and person or persons responsible for the fa- was involved in an accident on their continued from Page 1 in the alternative laches. tal shooting of Clyde Carr of Hawthorne. cross-country drive from Washington, The federal government claimed in He was shot to death in an automobile D.C. Senator Pittman did not freely dis- The federal government’s lawsuit re- their motion, “that no motion to dismiss parked on the Garfield-Pamlico dirt road cuss the international situation, as he sulted in a 1936 decree that recognized a had been based on either res judicata or south of Highway 95 about 8 miles south had on a previous trip to Nevada. federal reserved irrigation right for the laches, so it never had the opportunity to of Hawthorne. • CCC Camp 4740 celebrated its first tribe’s reservation and established irri- address such claims.” • One bid was submitted at a public year in Mineral County with a birthday gation rights in the Walker River for the “Ultimately, Judge Jones simply auction held to sell the old county hos- dinner at the camp headquarters. Guests Walker River Paiute Tribe and other par- ‘granted’ a motion to dismiss against the pital property south of Hawthorne. The from town and the naval depot were in- ties, the motion states. United States that had never been pre- bid was $44,413.50 and was the minimum vited to share the occasion with the men In the 1990’s, both the federal gov- sented,” the motion said. amount that could be accepted. serving at Camp Jumbo. ernment and the tribe – which had in- The case is United States of America • Reports from the Occidental Petro- • Examinations were open for the po- tervened – moved to modify the decree v. Walker River Irrigation, case number leum Corporation of Los Angeles stated sition of welder at the naval depot. Rate to reflect additional water right on the 3:73-cv-00125 and is in the U.S. District that a substantial iron ore deposit was to of pay ranged from 96 cents to $1.08 an Walker River. Court for the District of Nevada. be found on the Schurz Walker River In- hour. dian Reservation. • The Nevada wool crop for 1936 was • Uncle Vane Day always had a smile on listed at 6,240,000 pounds, a slight drop his face and a friendly greeting to all. He from the 1935 total of 6,256,000 pounds SCHOOL LUNCH MENU MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 LABOR DAY NOTICE OF INTENTION TO AUTHORIZE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 A MEDIUM-TERM OBLIGATION Tacos, Refried Beans, Fresh Fruit Notice is hereby given that the School Board of Trustees of Mineral County, State of Nevada, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 will hold a public hearing at a regular meeting to be held on September 15, 2016 at the hour Corn Dog, Tater Tots, Fruit of 5:30 o’clock p.m. in the Arlo Funk District Service Center, 751 A Street, Hawthorne, Nevada THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 89415 to act upon a Resolution Authorizing an Installment Purchase Agreement in the amount Pizza, Salad, Fruit of $252,288.50 to enable Mineral County School District to FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Purchase two (2) 2018 Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2 72 passenger school buses. Schurz Only: Pizza, Salad, Fresh Fruit The proposed obligation is to be repaid by Mineral County School District with (Food items can change without notice. Fruit, Veggies and Whole Grain served daily) General Funds. Installment Purchase financing will be with Daimler Truck Financial, 13650 Heritage Parkway, Fort Worth, Texas 76177. BREAKFAST PRICES LUNCH PRICES All persons are invited to attend and to be heard regarding the proposed action. Prior to the $1.65 Elementary $2.40 Elementary hearing, written comments may be filed with the Donna Glazier, Clerk for the Mineral County $1.90 Junior High $2.90 Junior High School Board and will be considered. $1.95 High School $3.15 High School Publication date: September 1, 2016 30¢ Reduced 40¢ Reduced Page 6 Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016 church news

Bethany Lutheran freshments in the Fellowship Hall down- 8th and “A” Streets. Our Saturday Mass 6:30 p.m. Church stairs. time is 9 a.m. Saturday Brotherhood 1 p.m. Rev Everett Garwood Bethany has moved forward into mak- Our Adult Bible Study Group meets Hebrew 13:1, “Let love of the brethren Lay Leader Ron Dale ing the facility ADA compliant with in the Church at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday continue.” 204 C St. wheelchair lifts going both upstairs to followed by our Bible Study in the Par- Bethany Lutheran welcomes all to the worship hall and downstairs to the ish Hall. Trinity Temple C.O.G.I.C. their house of worship. Each Sunday be- fellowship hall. 10th & A Sts., Hawthorne, NV 89415 gins with children’s Sunday School and As the Bible tells us, “Three things will First Southern Baptist 775-945-5875 Adult Bible Study at 9:30 a.m. Worship last forever – faith, hope and love- and Church of Hawthorne Pastor Anthony Corley and First Lady service begins at 10:30 a.m. the greatest of these is love” 5th & C St. Rose Corley welcome you! Communion Services are held on 945-5512 • Sunday School 9: 30 to 11 a.m. the second and fourth Sunday’s of each OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL Mike Fontaine - Pastor • Morning Worship at 11 a.m. month with Rev. Garwood. Lay services HELP CATHOLIC CHURCH www.fsbchawthorne.com • Sunday Evening Services – 4 p.m. are held on the first and third Sunday’s • Wednesday Night Bible Studies – with Lay Leader Ron Dale. Following Welcome to Our Lady of Perpetual You are invited to the following ser- 5:30 p.m. worship service is a social time with re- Help Catholic Church on the corner of vices at First Southern Baptist Church: • Friday Night Service – 7 p.m. • Sunday 10 a.m. Bible and coffee fel- lowship Hawthorne Seventh-Day • Sunday 11 a.m. Worship (nursery Adventist Church provided) 298 C Street, Hawthorne • Sunday 6:30 p.m. “Experiencing God Life” (nursery provided) You are cordially invited to study and • Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting worship with us on Saturdays; 10 a.m. “I am the vine, you are the branches. study hour; 11 a.m. worship. He that abides in me, and I in him, Matthew 5:5 (NASB) the same brings forth much fruit: for “Blessed are the gentle, for they shall without me you can do nothing.” John inherit the earth.” 15:5 hawthorne Presbyterian Oasis Assembly of God community Church 380 J St. … 945-2775 Sunday services: 10:30 a.m. We welcome you to Oasis Assembly Adult Sunday school: 9:30 a.m. of God on 4th and J Street in Haw- 7th and “F” Street, Hawthorne, Ne- thorne. vada Our service times are Sunday. Sunday Information: Glen Strouse 945-3853 school at 9:30 a.m. classes for all ages, Sunday will be a big day at ‘The House 10:35 a.m. is our main service. At this of Hope’ time, there are no evening services. CRE Linda Young will be giving the Wednesday night at 7 p.m. is our message and serving communion. prayer night. All Christians, of any denomination, are welcome to join us. First Baptist Church Celebration Sunday is going to be spe- 8th & C Sts. cial this month. We are celebrating the Pastor John Murray birthday of a very special lady. Della Sunday Young will celebrate her 90th birthday. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Roman 8: 37- 38, “For I am persuaded Morning Worship 11 a.m. the neither death, nor life, nor angels , Evening Bible Study 6 p.m. nor principalities nor the present nor the Wednesday future shall separate us from the Love of Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Genesis means the beginning of a thing. In the Bible, the book of Genesis walker lake baptist includes the beginning of many things Church including the world; mankind; sin; our 330 Willow Drive mountains; the promise of a savior and Pastor Frank Reynolds 945-4696 many other things. Join us as we explore where we came from and how that af- Please join us as we study God’s word fects us today. in the book of 1 Thessalonians. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Macedonia Baptist Worship Service 11 a.m. Church Junior Class 11 a.m. ages 3-15 10th St. and D St., Hawthorne; 775-945-3313 Nursery provided for all services. Pastor, Richard Jackson Gospel for All Nations The Macedonia Baptist Church in- (local Christian, non-profit organization) vites all believers to join us as we cele- brate our twentieth church anniversary. Saturday: Sabbath School and Wor- The worship service will be held at the ship from 10 a.m. church on Sunday, Sept. 4 at 3 p.m. The Wednesday: Bible Study and Prayer current congregation purchased the from 5 p.m. building in 1986, by an act of faith; tak- Friday: Christian Coffee Circle from 9 ing down the Isom Realty for sale sign a.m. to begin making $500 per month mort- Meeting at 580 E. Street, Hawthorne gage payments. Telephone: 775-316-0590 So, the theme for our worship ser- vice is Proverbs 23:23, “Buy the truth and don’t sell it.” God’s word will be delivered by brother, Steve Queen as he card of thanks speaks to the church for the first time from a pulpit as an evangelist. There will be a fellowship meal served in our dining hall after the service. Come help us celebrate the truth that God still hears and answers prayer. Bethel Baptist Church 994 B St. ; 775-945-3772 Rev. Robert E. Cox - Pastor

Sunday School 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. 2 Timothy 2”15, “Be diligent to pres- ent yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth.” Adult and children classes Worship Service 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. John 4:24, “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” Tuesday Night Women’s Jail Ministry 6:30 p.m. Acts 16:30, “The Philippians jailor asked what must I do to be saved? And They said “Believe” in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.” God bless all from Mother Lois Mitch- Wednesday – Prayer Meeting Night 6 ell. I would like to say a few words to p.m. all my children, sisters and brothers Matthew 19:19-20, “Again, I say to you in the Lord. I am just a voice crying Advertise Your that if two of you agree on earth about in the wilderness making straight anything that they may ask, it shall be the way of the Lord. Let the word of Organization Here done for them by my Father who is in Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, heaven. Where two or three have gath- admonishing one another with grace ered together in My name, there I am in in your hearts to the Lord. Love you, 775-945-2414 their midst.” love you. Thursday Night Men’s Jail Ministry Mother Lois Mitchell. Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016 Page 7

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sunday Monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday 1 2 3 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative 4:30 p.m. — Mina Care & Extension Grow Your Own Share spaghetti dinner (Garlic Selection) 7 p.m. — Mineral County Search & Rescue meeting 7 p.m. — V.F.W Post 2313

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 p.m. — GID Walker Lake 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative 10 a.m. — Ammunition 1-2 p.m. — Friends of the 10 a.m.— Farmers Market 6 a.m. — 911 Memorial Mt. Extension Grow Your Own Hall of Fame Indication at Library 5:30 p.m. — 911 Memorial Grant Challenge (Pressure Canning) HWAD 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative Mt. Grant Challenge Parade 10 a.m. — Fall Festival in 6 p.m. — American Legion 12 p.m. — Soroptomist Extension Grow Your 5:45 p.m. — 911 Com- Park Aux No 19 6 p.m. — Mineral County Own (Freezing, Drying & memoration 10:30 a.m. — Brucite Storing) 7 p.m. — Mineral County Sportsmans Club 6 p.m. — 911 Memorial Lodge 42 TV Board 6 p.m. — V.F.W. Post 2668 6 p.m. — V.F.W. Aux Post Spaghetti Feed and Race 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. — Free 2668 Mina Registration Veterans Outreach Active 7 p.m. — Hawthorne 7 p.m. — Serpent Football or Inactive, Legal Assis- Lodge 1704 B.P.O Elks hosts Wells tance at Library

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 7 a.m. — Elks Breakfast 2 p.m. — WLWG at Library 12 p.m. — Book Club 2-5:30 p.m. — Lahontan 1 p.m. — MCCTA’s 4 and 5 p.m. — Serpent 12 and 1 p.m. — Serpent 7 p.m. — Community 4 and 5 p.m. — Serpent Veterinary Clinic 6 p.m. — Victory Garden Volleyball Hosts Virginia Volleyball at Sage Ridge Prayer night at Bethel Volleyball hosts Sierra 6:30 p.m. — Town Hall Club City Baptist Church Lutheran meeting regarding Mari- 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative 7 p.m. — Serpent Football 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative juana Legalization Extension Grow Your Own Hosts Virginia City Extension Grow Your Own (What the Tribes are doing (Fruit Tea Selection & w/ Hoop Houses) Storage) Quarter School Board 6 p.m. — American Legion meeting Schurz No 19 7 p.m. — V.F.W. Aux 2313

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 5 p.m. — KARRS 4 and 5 p.m. — Serpent 12 p.m. — Soroptomist 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative 4 p.m. — JV Only Serpent 1 p.m. — Serpent Football Volleyball at Whittell 5-7 p.m. — Mineral County Extension Grow Your Own Volleyball hosts Sierra at Smith Valley 6-8 p.m. — Cooperative Horsemans Association (Cover Crops) Sage 8 p.m. — Pyrotechnic Extension Grow Your Own 7 p.m. — Hawthorne 8 p.m. — Pyrotechnic show (Preemptive Pest Control) Lodge 1704 B.P.O Elks show 8 p.m. — Pyrotechnic show

25 26 27 28 29 30 12:30 p.m. — RPEN 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. — Ne- 2-5:30 — Lahontan Veter- 4 and 5 p.m.— Serpent vada Legal Services at the inary Clinic Volleyball at Pyramid District Courthouse 7 p.m. — Serpent Football 4 and 5 p.m. — Serpent at Pyramid Volleyball at Coleville

Donating old hearing aids, eyeglasses and mobility equipment Dear Savvy Senior, Jim Miller distribute them to people in need in de- tribute them to people in need. To find Where are some good places to donate savvy senior veloping countries. what’s available in your area, contact old hearing aids, eyeglasses and mobility To donate, look for a Lion’s Club glasses your state assistive technologies pro- equipment? My uncle passed away a few donation drop-off box in your commu- gram for a referral. See ataporg.org/pro- months ago and left behind a bunch of 8602), which collects around 60,000 nity. You can often find them at libraries, grams for contact information. useful aids that could surely help some- hearing aids a year. Hearing aids and community centers, churches, schools Or, if you’re interested in selling one else. other listening devices should be sent and many local eye doctor offices, or call your uncles old medical equipment, Searching Nephew to: Starkey Hearing Foundation, ATTN: your local Lions Club for drop-off loca- you have options here too, including Hearing Aid Recycling, 6700 Washing- tions. See directory.lionsclubs.org for craigslist.com, recycledmedical.com Dear Searching, ton Avenue South, Eden Prairie, MN contact information. and usedhme.com, which are all free Donating old, unused assistive living 55344. New Eyes (www.new-eyes.org/recy- sites that let you list what you want to aids and/or medical equipment is a great Some other good nonprofits to donate cle) is another not-for-profit organiza- sell online. way to help those in need who can’t af- to are the Lions Club Hearing Aid Recy- tion that collects unused eyeglasses and ford it, and in most cases its tax deduct- cling Program (go to lionsclubs.org and distributes them abroad to people in Tax Deductible ible too. Here are some good places to search for: HARP), and Hearing Char- need. Don’t forget that donations to non- check into. ities of America (hearingaiddonations. profits are tax-deductible, so when you org, 816-333-8300), which is founded by Medical Equipment drop off your donated items, be sure to Hearing Aids Sertoma, a civic service organization If you have old wheelchairs, walker, ask for a receipt for your tax records. Or, There are several national nonprofit dedicated to hearing health. canes, shower chairs or other durable if you’re mailing it in or are using one service organizations that offer hearing Or, if you’re interested in donating lo- medical equipment, there are many of the Lions Club drop-off boxes, you’ll aid recycling programs. Hearing aids cally, contact your Hearing Loss Associa- foundations and organizations that need to include a note requesting a let- that are donated are usually refurbished tion of America state or local chapter (see would love to receive them. For ex- ter of acknowledgement of the donation. and either redistributed to those in need, hearingloss.org for contact information). ample, Goodwill and Salvation Army Your note should include your name and or resold with the proceeds going to buy They can refer you to state agencies or stores are popular donation destina- a brief description of what you donated, new hearing aids for people who can’t af- community service programs that also tions, as are foundations like the ALS along with a self-addressed stamped en- ford them. accept hearing aids. Association (alsa.org) and Muscular velope. One of the most popular places to do- Dystrophy Association (mda.org), nate old hearing aids, as well as hearing Eyeglasses which accept donations at local chap- Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, aid parts or other assistive listening de- One of the best places to donate old ters. P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit vices is the Starkey Hearing Foundation eyeglasses is to the Lions Club Recycle There are also state agencies and lo- SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to “Hear Now” recycling program (star- for Sight program. They collect nearly cal nonprofit organizations that accept the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy keyhearingfoundation.org, 800-328- 30 million pairs of glasses each year and medical equipment donations and redis- Senior” book. Page 8 Mineral County Independent-News || The Week of Sept. 1, 2016

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And 18 percent did well enough arguments in court cases challenging the what we suspected a month ago in science, compared to 36 percent. state law establishing education savings when preliminary data were “Last year, ACT issued a call to action, accounts that would allow parents to opt Treleased, Nevada high school students urging educators and policymakers to out of the failing public school system, are dead last in the nation in college work to improve the education system but has yet to rule. preparedness. as a whole,” ACT Chief Executive Officer Admittedly, the additional 60 percent Nevada students eked out a mere 17.7 Thomas Mitchell Marten Roorda was quoted as saying of graduates who took the ACT test this points out of a possible 36 points, com- Commentary in a press release. “While the drop in year had no real incentive to perform pared to a nationwide average score of scores this year is not indicative of lower well on the test if they had no plans to 20.8. achievement overall, we are still seeing enroll in college, but neither did non-col- Nevada’s score plummeted from the grams,” ACT reported. “Scores went far too many students left behind by the lege-bound graduates in other states. previous year’s 21 points, which matched down significantly in each of those seven nation’s education system. When a third If the ACT is ever going to provide a the national average, largely because states, as expected, helping to drive the of high school graduates are not well baseline or benchmark by which par- only 40 percent of students took the national average down. In contrast, 22 prepared in any of the core subject areas, ents and lawmakers can compare our test then, but the state now requires all other states saw score increases this year, college and career readiness remains a schools to those in other states and hold students to take the ACT. Other states and another eight states saw no change. significant problem that must be ad- our educators accountable, the stakes that made the test mandatory also saw A total of 20 states administered the dressed. It is critical that we continue to for graduates need to be raised. The declines as non-college-bound students ACT to all public school graduates in this work hard to improve.” state currently has no test to prove high were added, but none as drastically as year’s class.” Only 18 states, including The Las Vegas newspaper quoted schoolers have earned a diploma. Nevada. Nevada, reported 100 percent participa- Steve Canavero, state superintendent of We suggest the state use the ACT test Additionally, as reported earlier, 90 tion. public instruction, as saying the test re- results — probably with lower bench- percent of Nevada students failed to Additionally, Nevada was dead last sults are unacceptable. “We can do more, marks than those for the college-bound achieve benchmark scores on all four in percentage of students meeting the and our students can do more, and our — to determine whether a diploma of the test categories — English, math, benchmark scores in each of the four test system can do more,” he said. “Poverty, actually has been earned and means reading and science. ACT now reports categories, save one. In math, Mississippi mobility, diversity cannot be an excuse.” anything other than a certificate of atten- that this compares to 34 percent nation- students scored 1 point less. That the system can do more has yet to dance. That would provide an incentive ally, who failed to pass any of the tests. Only 37 percent of Nevada students be proven. for students taking the test. “This decline in overall readiness achieved the benchmark score in En- The 2015 Legislature raised $1.5 billion can be explained, in large part, by the glish, compared to 61 percent nationally. in new taxes, much of that earmarked for Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper addition this year of seven more states Only 26 percent met the reading bench- public education, but most of that targets columnist. You may email him at thomasmnv@ that funded the ACT for all 11th graders mark, compared to 44 percent nation- the lower grades, meaning results, if any, yahoo.com. He also blogs at http://4thst8.word- as part of their statewide testing pro- ally. Just 21 percent scored adequately will not be evident for years. press.com/.

editorial Lawmakers should reject public funding for football stadium illionaire casino and newspa- went out of their way to emphasize that crative convention business. The Clark Legislature in September to pass the tax per owner Sheldon Adelson is the tax would be paid by tourists and County room tax rate currently tops hike and create a public stadium board threatening to take his football not residents and the room tax would in- out at 12 percent, while top competitor of directors, though some lawmakers and go home if Nevada legis- crease by just less than 1 percent, costing Orlando’s rate is 12.5 percent. There reportedly want to wait until after the Blators don’t raise room taxes in Clark most tourists about a dollar a night. are already plans to increase the Clark November election. County to provide $750 million toward Yes, a dollar a night 750 million times. County rate by half a percent to pay for Not that anyone is trying to sway construction costs of his proposed $1.9 Money is fungible. That $750 million a convention center expansion. Adding them, mind you, unless you find nefar- billion domed football stadium that could be spent on a stadium or something another point to that makes the rate ious motives in a leaked email from an would become home to the Las Vegas else. According to a 2014 economic impact nearly 13.5 percent, and might result in editor to reporters covering legislative Raiders and UNLV football teams. study for the Las Vegas Convention and reduced visitor volume and thus less races for the Adelson owned Las Ve- To which we reply: Don’t forget your Visitors Authority, $140 million of Clark revenue. Visitors have budgets, and gas Review-Journal. The email, posted ball on the way out, Sheldon. County’s room tax went into the statewide money spent on rooms is not spent on online by political blogger Jon Ralston, At a meeting of the Southern Nevada distributive school account, $130 million gambling, dining and merchandise — all reportedly instructs reporters to ask Tourism Infrastructure Committee this for parks, recreation and transportation of which are taxed by the state. candidates whether they support using past week, Las Vegas Sands President and nearly $80 million to Clark County Strangely enough, stadium back- room tax money to build a stadium, but Rob Goldstein, who indicated he was schools. Fully 39 percent of the room tax ers are now making the pitch that the also pointedly states that this informa- speaking on behalf of Sands owner revenues went to fund education. tax money would not be supporting a tion will not be published. Then why Adelson, reportedly said, “Not to be By comparison, $750 million is about privately owned stadium but a publicly ask, pray tell? To determine to whom difficult, but we’re not negotiable. If we half the tax hike approved by the 2015 owned stadium. contribution checks should go? can’t get 750, we respectfully thank you Legislature — the largest in history. “There’s been a lot of conversation Also, football teams are quite fickle. but we’re going to move on.” Some casino executives have warned on why are we giving money to billion- The Raiders moved to Los Angeles in According to press accounts of the that raising the room tax could make aires,” Steve Hill, chair of the infrastruc- 1982 and back to Oakland in 1995. Oak- meeting, various stadium supporters Las Vegas less competitive in the lu- ture committee and head of the Gover- land is still paying for the stadium ren- nor’s Office of Economic Development, ovations completed to lure the Raiders was quoted as saying. “The public is back. Now the team owners are courting not making a contribution to a privately Las Vegas for a new home, at least until 1 IN 3 FIRST GRADERS owned stadium.” the paint on a new stadium begins to Great, the public will be on the hook fade and before the mortgage is paid off. WILL DEVELOP for capitalizing the project and will take “NFL stadiums do not generate sig- the hit if the stadium operations lose nificant local economic growth, and the money. What can possibly go wrong? incremental tax revenue is not sufficient Even Adelson admitted in an inter- to cover any significant financial contri- DIABETES view with his own paper Sunday that bution by the city,” says Roger Noll, an IN THEIR LIFETIME stadiums don’t make a lot of money: economics professor at Stanford Uni- “The amount of money that can be versity. made by this stadium is so small that we Public funding for football stadiums is [Las Vegas Sands], as the largest gaming a notoriously bad economic investment operator in the world, make that same — creating part-time, minimum wage amount of money in one or two days, jobs that are more of a drain on a state maybe three sometimes.” than a boost. The stadium proponents want the Nevada lawmakers should take a pass governor to call a special session of the on this terrible sports bet. — TM

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Courtesy photo The Mineral County Library recently received a grant for childrens books. Beverly Orozco “Save Walker Lake” Mineral County Library receives Libri Foundation Grant Cresent Hardy puts head down Submitted collection. Each book is labeled with a pink sticker at the top of the spine label Mineral County Library is proud to so that they are easy to find once shelved. for tough House re-election bid announce that it has received a BOOKS The first set of books arrived and is now By Michelle Rindels ing a small store in St. George, and their FOR CHILDREN grant from The Libri on the new book display in the children’s Associated Press wedding reception in 1982 included an Foundation. area and Young Adult area. entire cow barbecued in a dug-out pit. Each month, for 12 months, this library This is not the first BOOKS FOR PAHRUMP — It was the perfect cam- Hardy took a year of college classes but will receive Junior Library Guild (JLG) CHILDREN grant that this library has paign setup for a Republican congres- never earned a degree. His wife describes books from each of the following catego- received from The Libri Foundation, sional candidate who showed up in an him as “super talented” in masonry and ries: Primary; Fantasy/Science Fiction a non-profit organization which has F-350 pickup and dusty work boots — a manual labor, pointing to the brick home Elementary; Mystery/Adventure Middle donated new, quality books to small, room full of potential voters settling in he built for them and a handmade fire- School; High-Interest Reading Middle rural public libraries for many years. for a barbecue lunch he brought them on place that stretches up an entire wall. School; Current Trends High School; Mineral County Library has been espe- a recent Friday at the senior center in ru- His edge, he said in an interview out- History High School and Science Non- cially pleased to be recognized several ral Pahrump. side the senior center, is his experience. fiction Elementary. JLG books are ex- times as a recipient. Come to the library But instead of shaking hands inside, cellent quality, high-interest books that to check out these new and interesting Rep. Cresent Hardy spent much of his > See Hardy, Page 12 add exceptional value to the children’s books. time outside, crouched over glowing coals and an industrial-sized Dutch oven as he tended to a bacon-infused potato dish for his constituents. It was emblematic of the spot- light-shirking freshman congressman, who acknowledges the red wave seren- dipity that swept him into office in Neva- da’s solidly Democratic 4th Congressio- nal District in 2014, and the tough road he has to keep the seat in the opposite currents of a presidential year. “Cresent is, first of all, a workhorse and not a show horse,” said Rep. Mark Amodei, a veteran congressman who’s in northern Nevada’s safe Republican district and is much more at ease talking with the media than Hardy, who joked that he “runs from newspapers.” The two were roommates in Washing- ton, D.C., until their lease ran out a few months ago; Hardy now sleeps in his of- fice on an air mattress his wife bought at Wal-Mart. With Congress in a lengthy recess, Hardy and his campaign have knocked on more than 55,000 doors this summer in preparation for a matchup with state Sen. Ruben Kihuen. The winsome Kihuen emigrated from Mexico at age 8 and counts Sen. Harry Reid and Bill Clinton as supporters. Ki- huen notched a wide primary victory over two strong opponents with help from foot soldiers in Vegas’ powerful Cu- linary Union. “It is kind of nerve-wracking, but if anyone can do it, he probably can do it,” said Hardy’s wife of 34 years, Peri, who’s watched him wake up before dawn and stay up late studying bills. “Anything he does, he does it to the max.” Hardy comes from a line of Mormon pioneers who settled the Virgin Valley in the 1870s. His grandfather was the first baby born in Mesquite, and Hardy was the one to break the chain of five ranch- ing generations when he went into con- struction instead. He met his wife while she was manag-

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mchs football Democrats are zealous in linking Hardy Hardy to Donald Trump, who he now supports after initially endorsing Marco continued from Page 11 Serpents suffer 68-22 season Rubio. Hardy walks a fine line in the swing district, avoiding public events opening loss at Tonopah He served as the Mesquite public works with the Republican nominee and pub- director and on the Mesquite City Coun- licly criticizing some Trump comments, MCIN Staff the second quarter, and outscored the cil before his two terms in the Nevada As- like his remarks about a Gold Star family. Serpents 46-8 in the second half. sembly, and he’s served on the boards of a “I’m worried about my race,” Hardy The Mineral County High football Much of the Tonopah scoring came water district, the Las Vegas Convention said. “I think people are smart enough to team hit the road for its season open- on the ground as the home team rushed and Visitors Authority and the Regional separate the two.” ing game last Friday night and fell to for eight touchdowns, including three Transportation Commission of Southern Opponents have also sought to con- Tonopah 68-22. each by Vincent Bagarose and Kade Nevada. flate his public lands policies with those The Serpents raced out to an early Bunker. “I’m not an educated man by any of rancher Cliven Bundy, a fellow Bun- 14-6 lead in the first quarter, but couldn’t Mineral County will enjoy a bye week stretch of the imagination. I’m not stupid kerville resident who refused to pay fed- contain the Muckers offense after that. this week before hosting Wells in their either. I’ve grown up in a world of hard eral grazing fees and whose supporters Tonopah blanked the visitors offense in home opener on Sept. 9. knocks,” he said. “I believe the only man staged an armed standoff with Bureau of that doesn’t make a mistake is one that’s Land Management agents in 2014. not doing anything.” Hardy said he thinks the proper way Those hard knocks include triumphs forward is through legislation; he wants and trials in business. In 1993, he started local and federal governments to work to- Newmont inks deal to help his own construction company, growing gether to transfer about 7.2 million acres it with a partner to about 350 employees of federally managed land to Nevada. who worked on roads, bridges and com- Hardy must also overcome his own ten- sage grouse habitat in Nevada mercial projects. dency toward verbal gaffes, which contrast By Scott Sonner tion in the western United States,” the But the recession pummeled construc- with Kihuen’s polish. Ryan Erwin, the po- Associated Press Republican governor said. tion in Nevada and prompted the com- litical consultant credited with recruiting Assistant Interior Secretary Janice pany to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012 Hardy for a seat most saw as unwinnable RENO — Newmont Mining Corp. offi- Schneider said it’s the first agreement of — a process under which creditors who for Republicans, said Hardy’s strength is cials signed an agreement Tuesday with this size since her boss, Secretary Sally were owed a combined $8.1 million at the his interest in putting his head down and the U.S. government and the state of Ne- Jewell, decided nearly a year ago against time will all be paid, he said. solving problems for constituents. vada to protect some of the most critical listing the greater sage grouse as a threat- He blames government policies for “He’s a genuine person who’s genu- sage grouse habitat in the West in ex- ened species across 10 western states. facilitating unscrupulous lending and inely committed to doing the right thing,” change for assurances it will be allowed “This agreement reinforces the de- clearing the way for the recession, and Erwin said. “He’s not addicted to D.C. He to develop other public lands in the fu- partment’s efforts to partner through- said his work in office is motivated by his could be just as happy sitting out next to ture in the largest gold mining state in out the West with the private sector and concern about the hefty national debt. his campfire.” the nation. other stakeholders to demonstrate the The deal calls for Newmont to seek ap- power of collaborative conservation and proval from state and federal regulators that continued economic growth and for habitat conservation projects across conservation of our important natural 1.5 million acres under Nevada’s Conser- resource heritage need not be at odds,” vation Credit System. said Schneider, assistant for land and Nevada congressman back to Once estimated to total 16 million minerals management. across the West, the greater sage grouse Newmont Executive Vice President work shortly after heart attack population has dwindled to as few as Elaine Dorward-King said the agree- 200,000 due in large part to encroach- ment will “advance sagebrush habitat By Michelle Rindels gressman told reporters after the event. ment on its habitat from development, management in Nevada while support- Associated Press “(The doctor) thinks it’s been setting livestock grazing, mining, energy explo- ing continued sustainable mining prac- there for a long time, waiting to turn ration and wildfires. tices over the long term.” LAS VEGAS — U.S. Rep. Cresent into that thing that can kick you to the The bird is considered an indicator of The north central and northeastern Hardy of Nevada was up on his feet cam- dirt.” the health of the entire sagebrush eco- parts of Nevada owned by Newmont paigning on Tuesday, just a day after his Hardy said he had been drinking a liq- system in the same way the northern contain some of the best remaining sage office announced he had been hospital- uid in preparation for a colonoscopy on spotted owl is considered an indicator grouse habitat in the Great Basin stretch- ized with a minor heart attack. Sunday when he started feeling symp- species for the overall health of old- ing from the Sierra to the Wasatch range Hardy, 59, appeared healthy and ener- toms of a minor heart attack, including growth forests. in Utah. getic at a round-table discussion Tues- pain in his chest and his arm. His wife In exchange for demonstrating a net “Through this planned and coordi- day at a construction equipment rental took him to a hospital in Mesquite, and gain in grouse habitat, Newmont may nated effort to conserve and restore business in Las Vegas, where he accepted he was later referred to a hospital in St. receive credits that can later be used to sagebrush habitat on a landscape level, an endorsement from the U.S. Chamber George, Utah, that has a cardiologist. offset impacts related to future mining we will be able to advance protection for of Commerce. He said doctors found he The doctor put in two stents and or- in Nevada, Gov. Brian Sandoval said. more than 350 different species of ani- had been living with a collapsed artery dered Hardy to take blood thinners for “This good-faith, public-private part- mals and other wildlife and more than on his heart, and they inserted two stents a year. He’s advised not to lift heavy ob- nership represents a significant and 3,500 species of plants that call this eco- to repair it. jects to avoid a potentially deadly rup- meaningful achievement in the cause of system home,” said Ted Koch, U.S. Fish “I actually feel better than I’ve felt in ture in the stents, but otherwise he said sagebrush habitat and species protec- and Wildlife supervisor for Nevada. quite some time,” the freshman con- he’s back to normal.