I took a tour of the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center on Monday in honor of Nevada Day. They're pretty proud of the creepy doll collection greeting patrons at the entrance. But for my money, this actual contraption to electrically curl hair tops the pure existential horror category. Thanks to Director Emeritus Dennis Little for taking me around.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Genoa, Nev. — I’m told a town hall conducted by school board trustees on Monday night at the Douglas County Community & Senior Center was well attended and fairly well behaved. School reporter Sarah Drinkwine was there and said she expects to file her report later this morning.
The Douglas County Public Library’s strategic plan update will be presented to trustees at their 10 a.m. meeting today at the Minden Branch. The board is short a fifth member after the resignation of Kimberly Estee.
Douglas County Stormwater Manager Courtney Walker is speaking at the Good Governance Group meeting noon today at the COD Casino in Minden. They collect $5 for the room, but that includes beverages.
Speaking of stormwater, an open house is 4-6 p.m. today at Turtle Rock Park Community Center, 17300 State Route 89, in Markleeville to discuss the new FEMA flood insurance maps for Alpine’s part of Carson Valley.
The announcement of a possible public safety power outage due to an incoming storm over the 24 hours starting 9 a.m. Wednesday caught me flat footed. We’ve only ever had one of these on the east slope and that only affected a handful of NV Energy customers.
A vehicle wound up in the East Fork between Carson River Resort and the junction with Highway 4 in Alpine County around 7:50 p.m. Monday. The driver received minor injuries but getting the vehicle out of the river required around 250 feet of cable, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Nevada State Police confirmed that neither the trooper nor the wrong-way driver were seriously injured in Friday night’s head-on collision and that the driver was arrested of driving under the influence. That’s all we’ll get from that direction until the investigation is done, according to the department spokeswoman.
East Fork firefighters responded around 2 p.m. Monday to lower Stephanie Way for someone who reportedly had 10 pile burns going. Backyard burning is hardly a right, so if you value it, please stay within regulations.
Today will see the warm before the storm, so it will be a good chance to unhook the hoses and bring in some firewood. The forecast calls for sunny skies and a high near 71 degrees with the wind out of the west at 5 mph.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Contact him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.
