Community Briefly June 16

Community Dance planned for Saturday

The Douglas County Senior Center will host a Summer Fun Community Dance from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Douglas County Senior Center, 2300 Meadow Lane in Gardnerville.

The event features an evening of music with Don & Nadine and dancing in a smoke free atmosphere. This event is open to the public. Singles and couples are welcome.

Cost is just $5 per person. There will be a 50/50 raffle, with the winner announced at 8:30 p.m. Refreshments will be available for a donation.

For more information, please call Amanda Reid at (775)783-6455.

Oregon motorcyclist to visit all 162 Dutch Bros. in 162 hours

Salem motorcycle rider Paul Peloquin will ride to all 162 Dutch Bros. Coffee locations in 162 hours to raise money for Shelly's House in Salem, Ore., a transitional house for women recently released from prison.

Peloquin is calling his adventure "Dutch Treat."

"I have been one of Dutch Bros.'s biggest fans for years, ever since I had my first mocha in Medford in 1998," Peloquin said.

Those interested may follow his itinerary and progress as he makes his way from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Grants Pass, Ore., the company's headquarters at www.twowheelsfortransition.org/Images/162%20Itinerary.pdf.

Have a Paul spotting? Take a picture with him and post it on Dutch Bros. Facebook at www.facebook.com/dutchbros#!/dutchbros.

Peloquin's journey starts today and ends June 22. He is expected to ride through the Carson City area on Friday and stop at Dutch Bros. at 10:50 a.m., 1449 S. Carson St.

For more information, call Megan McMorris at (503)546-7854.

Clinical Excellence award given

Carson Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, owned by Covenant Care, has received the Covernant Care Clinical Excellence Achievement Award for 2011.

To qualify for the award, a facility must meet several standards of excellence including exceeding all clinical indicators in chemical restraints, physical restraints, weight loss and in-house acquired pressure ulcers.

The facility is at 2898 Highway 50 East. For more information, call 882-3301.

Author to be guest speaker at annual meeting, dinner

Noted author Dale Brown will be the featured speaker at the Friends of the Carson City Library annual meeting and dinner July 14 at the Plaza Hotel Convention Center.

A social hour with a no-host bar begins at 5 p.m., followed by a delicious tri-tip or vegetarian dinner at a cost of $10 each. A business meeting after dinner will be followed by the guest speaker.

Former U.S. Air Force Capt. Brown is the author of 23 action-adventure techno-thriller novels from the 1987 "Flight of the Old Dog" to the 2011 "A Time for Patriots."

Brown was a navigator-bombardier in the B-52G Stratofortress heavy bomber and the FB-111A supersonic medium bomber. He is the recipient of several military decorations and awards including the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Crew Award, and the Marksmanship ribbon.

He serves as a command pilot in Angel Flight West, a group that volunteers their time, skills, and aircraft to fly needy patients free of charge to receive medical treatment. He supports a number of organizations to promote law enforcement, education, literacy and support for military veterans and their families.

The meeting and dinner is for members only, but all are invited to become members of the Friends of the Carson City Library and participate. Call 885-9917 or 883-3219 for details on how to join or to make reservations.

Jenny Craig celebrates with month-long promotion

Jenny Craig was just named the No. 1 diet program in America, according to a spokesperson for Jenny Craig.

Carson City residents are invited to join them for a month of celebration with a free 30-day membership.

Jenny Craig has been in Carson City across from Smith's for more than 15 years.

For more information, stop in or call 884-0400.

Register online for kids' Summer Kamp 2011

Online registration is available for Carson City Recreation Division's new Summer Kamp 2011.

Summer Kamp offers parents supervised activities for their children throughout the summer, said Meagan Soracco, recreation program manager for youth.

Kamp is held weekdays for nine weeks - plus an extra three days so parents only have to find child care for two days before school starts. It runs from June 13 through Aug. 17. Hours are from 6:30 a.m.-6 p.m. to make dropoff and pickup convenient for parents.

Cost for residents is $85 per week per child, and scholarships are available to those who qualify.

There are programs for children entering kindergarten through ninth grade. Carson City Recreation Division also offers a leader in training program for students entering ninth grade, or older.

Soracco said about 200 kids participate in the annual kamp. Activities include a lot of outdoor games, swimming, in-town and out-of-town field trips, arts and crafts, bowling, archery and, for an additional cost, swim lessons.

To register, go to www.carson.org/ccpr. Those who don't have computers may register in person at 851 E. William St. For more information, call Soracco at 887-2290, Ext. 7428 or email to mssoracco@carson.org.

Camp Intervention teaches STEM skills

Bethlehem Lutheran School will host the nationally recognized Camp Invention June 20-24.

Local children will construct life-sized clubhouses, investigate polymer science to understand balls technology, and explore innovative survival traits of the planet's wildest animals at Camp Invention's SPARK program this summer.

Created for children entering grades one through six, the Camp Invention program is a weeklong adventure in creativity that immerses its participants in engaging, hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as history and the arts.

Every program participant receives a Camp Invention T-shirt that features clever, new artwork each year. Discounts are available. To register a child for the program or to learn more, visit www.campinvention.org or call 800-968-4332, or contact local Program Director Tracey Taylor at monkeygirlnv@gmail.com.

Bethlehem Lutheran School is located at 1837 Mountain St in Carson City.

Library to support youth in national competition

The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Ill., has launched a Summer App Challenge, a national contest for teens to design a mobile app that gets other teens to be physically active in whatever way that they like. Five finalist ideas will be built into working app prototypes, and one winning concept will be professionally produced and published as an iPhone and Android app by MSI.

The Carson City Library is supporting local youth who are interested in entering the contest. The Summer App Challenge is meant as a creative exercise for teens who may not think of themselves as programmers to experiment in a new medium. It is also an opportunity to gain the real-world project skill of developing, refining and communicating a creative concept effectively enough to be executed.

To enter, teens will develop a proposal that communicates their idea in the same way real designers do - including a conceptual overview, clear goals, user research, storyboards, and a pitch on how and why teens would use it.

The Challenge is open to all teens entering grades eight through 12 in the 2011-12 school year. The library is hosting an entry clinic from 6-8 p.m. June 20.

"What we love about this competition is that kids get a chance to unleash their own power of imagination in this real world way. We are happy to help them ... so those good ideas are taken seriously," said Carson City Library Deputy Director Tammy Westergard.

Full contest details and entry forms are available at www.msichicago.org/appchallenge. For more information, call the library at 887-2244.

Fundraiser to benefit Girls State delegates

The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 4, Carson City, will host a Girls State Tea at the Governor's Mansion from 5-7 p.m. June 17.

Proceeds from the Tea will benefit Girls State delegate scholarships from Carson, Dayton and Douglas high schools. These delegates have been interviewed and selected based on leadership qualities both in school and in their communities.

There will be a silent auction and raffle, and admission tickets are $5. Tickets must be purchased prior to the event. For information, contact Louise Seidel 885-0269 or Chris Ritger at 782-9791.

Roadrunners plan June campout

The Carson City Roadrunner RV group will go to Walker Lake on June 21-24 for a campout/meeting.

Nonmembers wishing to attend may call Paul Bachman at 267-3021 for further information prior to June 17.

Nevada State Museum presents "Long Beard: Warren Wasson"

Author and historian, Robert W. Ellison, presents a lecture, "Long Beard: Warren Wasson, Indian Agent & U.S. Marshall," from 7-8 p.m. June 23 at the Nevada State Museum.

The lecture is based on Ellison's book, "Long Beard: Warren Wasson, Nevada Pioneer, Indian Agent, U.S. Marshall, Inventor and Enigma," published by Hot Springs Mountain Press in Minden. A limited number of books are available through the Museum Store.

Ellison is a resident of Carson Valley, an area rich in history. A lover of heritage and a good story, Ellison spent more than four decades traveling the Nevada and California ground that Warren Wasson and his contemporaries traveled.

He received his bachelor's degree from Cal State at Fullerton, his master's from UNR, and did doctoral work at Claremont Graduate School. Ellison previously published two other works about Nevada's past: The Territorial Lawmen of Nevada, Vol. 1 and First Impressions, a history of the Emigrant Trail through Carson Valley.

Warren Wasson was a frontiersman, a 49er, a scout, an Indian Agent, a deputy U.S. Marshall, then U.S. Marshall, a U.S. tax assessor, a delegate to two constitutional conventions, and a military advisor to three of Nevada's Governors. In his spare time, he was a father, farmer, miner and inventor. In the end, with his disappearance, he became an enigma.

Doors open at 6 p.m. for exhibit viewing in the main building. Museum members and children 17 and under are free; nonmember adult admission is $8. For more information, contact Deborah Stevenson, curator of education: dstevenson@nevadaculture.org or 687-4810, Ext. 237.

Carson City Rifle & Pistol Range to be closed for cleaning

The Carson City Rifle and Pistol Range in Carson City will be closed to the public on June 22, from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The range will reopen for normal operations after 3:30 p.m. the same day.

The Carson City Parks and Recreation Department will be cleaning the facility and hauling trash and debris from the site.

The range is located at 4000 Flint Drive, Highway 50 East to Rifle Range Road.

For information contact Scott Fahrenbruch, Director of Operations, at 283-7340.