Brenda Stukey's fruit trees are in full bloom with no freeze in sight.
Genoa, Nev. — Douglas County’s first Autism Resource Fair is 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center in Gardnerville. You can find out more by emailing the Family Support Council’s Karen Lowry at klowry@family-support.org
The annual re-ride of The Pony Express is scheduled for June 16-26, with the rider expected in Woodfords on June 17. People have until May 15 to send a letter with the mochila. For more info, visit nationalponyexpress.org.
While it may be a while before anyone feels the need to run the wood stove, the Carson and Bridgeport ranger districts have started selling dead and downed firewood cutting permits. At $10 a cord, it will give the wood a little time to season before next fall. Permits are on sale and the Walker General Store and the Alpine County Chamber in Markleeville.
I assume the Genoa Lane bridge passed inspection on Thursday morning, since it was still open when I came back that way last night. Highway 88 will close just south of the Swim Center 6 p.m. April 16 through 6 a.m. April 19 and again the following weekend to install two big box culverts.
I left my hoses hooked up this week without any freeze damage, and it doesn’t appear like we’re going to see a hard freeze over the next week. Fruit trees are blossoming, which may mean a bumper crop next fall.
Today expect sunny skies and a high near 71 degrees, with the Zephyr picking up out of the west at 10-15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust to up to 25 mph.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com
