The Feb. 11, 2021, R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — The Genoa Cemetery Association will be doing some work on the Virgin plot after a crabapple’s roots started knocking the markers askew. From what I hear they’ll be clearing out the offending plant and reset the stones, including that of Candy Dance co-founder Lillian Virgin Finnegan.

Main Street Gardnerville is hosting a Discover Downtown mingle 5:30 p.m. today at Circle S Western Market in Gardnerville.

We had a little excitement at The R-C Building on Wednesday afternoon when deputies caught up with someone who’d made off with a reported $178 in merchandise from the Gardnerville Walmart and was pulled over near Joyce’s. Both occupants of the black Chevrolet sedan and the sedan were taken into custody.

Firefighters responded to a fire call near Drayton and Centerville around 4 p.m. Wednesday that wound up being a barbecue smoker. There was some black smoke above Carson in Voltaire Canyon that resulted from a controlled burn.

I finally dumped out my rain gauge on Wednesday night after all the snow and ice had melted and had 4 inches over the last week of January.

A red dawn this morn indicates that sailors and just plain folks should be warned, at least a little. Rain is likely tonight though the snow level is forecast to stay well above the Valley floor. Snow is still in the forecast for Saturday.

Today expect a slight chance of rain after 10 a.m. with a high temperature of 53 degrees and the wind out of the southeast at 5-15 mph shifting southwest with gusts of 25 mph. The low tonight will tickle freezing, so there might be some ice on Friday morning over the mountains.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com