President to Gardnerville native 'nice hat'

Our assemblyman, James Settelmeyer met President Bush during the American Legislative Exchange Council's 34th annual meeting, which was held July 25-29 in downtown Philadelphia.

On July 26, James was in the fifth row when the president spoke at the meeting. According to Sherese, James was ushered into the receiving line and President Bush commented on the white Stetson, which has become James' trademark hat.

"That is a fine lookin' hat!" Bush said. "I like that hat!"

Sherese says James' camera was dead, but that he did get the President's autograph.

"He couldn't wait to call me and tell me about meeting Bush," she wrote. "He got on his cell as soon as he was out of there."

James got to meet presidential possible and Law & Order star Fred Thompson on Friday. Sherese said that meeting went "without incident."

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Suzy Stockdale is safe at home after being released from the hospital on July 27. Her daughter is staying with her and Stockdale Creative's Irene Gurley said it will be a few weeks before Suzy is strong enough to come into the office. Irene said the staff is encouraging folks to let Suzy rest as much as possible while she's recuperating.

"Once again, she sends her appreciation for the cards and flowers that everyone has been so kind to send her," Irene said in an e-mail.

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Nancee Goldwater is having a busy last couple of days leading up to her retirement from Douglas County Animal Control. On Wednesday she called me as she was responding to the second injured pelican call she's had in the past two weeks. It seems we're getting a lot more pelicans in the Valley this summer. Nancee speculated that it might be due to the drought. The first pelican she rescued appeared on the front page of Monday's Nevada Appeal.

At about 9 p.m. Saturday, Nancee plans to release three owls at Mormon Station State Historic Park, including a great horned owl that was injured near the town.

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Former R-C Publisher Tim Huether visited the Valley on Tuesday.

Tim ran The R-C for more than four years between 1993 and 1997. He was a driving force behind Trick or Treat Safety Street and the annual Parade of Lights. The R-C moved to its present location while Tim was in charge and he founded The Corner Post.

Danny and Kelly Nalder played host to a tri-tip barbecue Tuesday night where several R-C and Corner Post staffers from the '90s gathered to reminisce.

Tim owns three newspapers in South Dakota, where he said he's even taken up running the press on occasion. He was here with his wife Marie and one of his sons.

-- Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 782-5121, ext. 215.