Coming Friday

- Assistant Douglas County Manager spoke about the proposed business license tax before the Gardnerville Town Board on Tuesday. Page A1

- Gardnerville rancher Sallie Springmeyer will turn 104 on Aug. 22. She spent some time with friends and her great-granddaughter this week. Page A1

- Fallen California Highway Patrol Officer Douglas Scott Russell was laid to rest in the family plot at Antelope Valley Cemetery. Russell served as resident officer in Coleville. Page A1

- The 2007 Sustainable Living and Renewable Energy Roundup kicks off 6 p.m. Friday at Minden Elementary School. Page A1 & Page A10

- Two couples volunteering for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Citizens Patrol have something else in common. Two separate sets of siblings are married to one another. Page A2

- A 32-year-old Minden woman was injured when her vehicle went off the side of Kingsbury Grade just above Foothill Road on Wednesday afternoon. Monica Morgan Holcomb was helicoptered to Renown Medical Center for medical treatment. Page A3

- Two couples volunteering for the Douglas County Sheriff's Office Citizens Patrol have something else in common. One set of siblings is married to the other set. Page A2

- A 32-year-old Minden woman was injured when her vehicle went off the side of Kingsbury Grade just above Foothill Road on Wednesday afternoon. Monica Morgan Holcomb was helicoptered to Renown Medical Center for medical treatment. Page A3

- A man convicted of murdering former Gardnerville resident Sheila Harris in 1982 will spend the rest of his life in prison. Onlookers cheered when the sentence for David Winfield Mitchell was announced. Page A3

- New Alpine County Health and Human Services Director Hugh Margesson said he is ready to listen and to solve problems. Page A9

- The winners of Douglas County 4-H Qualifiers appear in today's People section. Page B1

- Not all this weekend's events will occur on Planet Earth. The Perseid meteor shower will be bringing the fireworks with one or two meteors a minute visible. Page B1

- The Douglas High football team opened practice for its 2007 season Thursday morning. The rest of the fall sports at the school will follow suit Monday. Page C1

- Skydive Tahoe began operating out of the Minden-Tahoe Airport in June, becoming the first and only full-service drop zone in Northern Nevada. Page C1