Cowboys herd cows south on Ranch No. 1, the oldest ranch in Nevada, below Foothill Road in Genoa on Thursday morning.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Genoa, Nev. — When Trick or Treat Safety Street was first founded in 1994 by Record-Courier Publisher Tim Huether, Douglas County still shifted Halloween to the day before the Nevada Day Parade, which was Sunday that year. The dates will be reversed this year, with Nevada Day Parade being shifted to Saturday and Trick or Treat Safety Street noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Douglas County Fairgrounds.
While The R-C still shows up on the poster as a sponsor, the Sheriff’s Office folks essentially do all that work on their own along with their fantastic Fright at the Fairgrounds. Our deepest thanks go out to them for keeping the event “Alive!” all these years. Trick or Treat Street and just trick or treating in general are Sunday.
This fifth Fright at the Fairgrounds shambles into history this weekend. The maze is open 3-5:30 p.m. for the fainter of heart and 6-9 p.m. tonight and Saturday for those able to handle the worst frighteners can concoct. The final jump scare is 6-9 p.m. Halloween. Tickets are $10 and proceeds go to support sheriff’s programs and local causes.
We observe the Nevada Day holiday today. Local and state offices are closed but The R-C will be open along with most businesses, banks and the post office. The parade kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday. I’ll post the line-up as soon as I can, but both the Douglas High band and the Jr. ROTC students will be participating.
Layer up if you’re going to the parade because it will be a tad chilly in downtown Carson City on Saturday morning. It’s colder on the shady side of Carson Street, which means more room for those dressed for the weather.
The fog bank is back along the river this morning. It’s a little cooler, so be careful on the bridges, because they might have a little ice on them.
It was gorgeous on Thursday and the forecast gives me hope that will be the case both today and Saturday. Expect mostly sunny skies and a high near 68 degrees. The wind will be light and variable, picking up to 5-10 mph out of the southwest this afternoon.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier and has been writing about Nevada Day since he first covered the parade on Oct. 31, 1989. Reach him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com
