If you were planning to do any business with the state or county, forget it. They're closed for Nevada Day. Some banks and offices will also be closed today. There will still be early voting 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Minden Inn and you can always find a marriage license somewhere. On Saturday, there will be early voting at Lake Tahoe and Topaz Ranch Estates as well as Minden.
The offices of The Record-Courier will be open as will the U.S. Post Office.
The Nevada Day Parade will be 10 a.m. Saturday. That means Carson Street will be closed between Stewart and Winnie. Best route around now is to take Edmonds around to Airport and then get onto the new freeway. Best way to enjoy the parade. Park a car somewhere close to the parade route tonight and then you don't have to walk so far when you are least going to want to trudge back to your vehicle.
Nevada weather ended up being the key factor for the company putting in the new all-weather track. With a low in Minden on Wednesday of 15 degrees, according to R-C weather watcher Stan Kapler and a very changeable weather pattern, Atlas Tennis & Track decided discretion was the better part of valor and will be back next spring.
Today and Saturday, temperatures should hit 69 with lows in the 20s. The predicted 70-degree weather has been set back to Sunday and then a new weak system comes through and will decrease the temperatures back into the 60s, according to the National Weather Service. For a brief moment on Thursday, it looked like there might be some precipitation the middle of next week, but that is now gone from the forecast.
At sunrise in Genoa, the temperature is 20 degrees.
