The transfer of the mochilla on Wednesday afternoon along Jacks Valley Road during the Pony Express Re-ride.
Genoa, Nev. — There were 66 Gardnerville Ranchos NV Energy customers without power at 6:40 a.m. today after a 2:32 a.m. outage. That’s fewer than the more than 2,000 on Wednesday. The R-C has contacted NV Energy to find out more.
Paving is continuing on southbound Highway 395 through Gardnerville. I’ve got a note into NDOT to find out when construction will be wrapped up for the Fourth of July holiday when they hope to have four lanes open.
The Pony Express Re-Rider was about 13 minutes early getting into Genoa on Wednesday. Riders chewed up that time getting over Old Kingsbury and arrived in Stateline 11 minutes behind. The rider is due in Old Sacramento around 4:30 p.m. today.
A funeral Mass for retired Douglas County Sheriff's Sgt. Stan Lamb is 11 a.m. today at St. Gall Catholic Church. The family asks that supporters donate to Douglas Animal Welfare Group (www.dawgrescue.com) in Stan’s name.
The Old West Trio is performing 6:30 p.m. today at the Dangberg Home Ranch. Visit Dangberg.org for more information.
The Nature Conservancy is hosting water expert Laurel Saito at the River Fork Ranch in Genoa 6 p.m. today, who will be talking about groundwater ecosystems in Nevada.
Rockers Rick Springfield and Richard Marx are performing at the Shakespeare Ranch in Glenbrook for the annual Summer Festival & Rodeo. The web site at keepmemoryalive.org/rodeo shows it’s sold out, but I’m told you can call 702-701-7894 if you’re interested.
It appears we made it through the third red flag warning without any major conflagrations. It’s forecast to be a smidge cooler today with a high of 87 in Minden. The west wind will be 10-15 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Contact him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.
