For the past six months or more, I thought there were only two candidates running for each respective office in Nevada. That was until I received my voting ballot in the mail.
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Please vote for Jo Etta Brown for Assembly District 39. She is a leader who listens to people. She will be a strong, fiscally responsible member of the Assembly. She will not yield to special interest groups. She has a sound background of work experience. Talk to her, read her blog.
EDITOR: I am writing this letter to voice my support for Nancy McDermid for Douglas County Commissioner District 4
You still have time to take in tonight's Haunted Gardnerville Ghost Walk, drumming up some of Gardnerville's more famous residents. Saturday, Oct. 23, will highlight the 14th annual Douglas County Historical Society Cemetery Tour at the historic Mottsville Cemetery, the oldest in Nevada and Sunday, Oct. 24, we will present the Haunted Genoa Ghost Walk. This fun event will be over before you can say Ghost Walk. Call 782-2555 for information and tickets.
EDITOR: We are writing this letter in support of Tom Moore, who is running for re-election as a school board trustee. Tom has proven himself to be an excellent trustee.
Sales of fresh noble fir and mixed evergreen wreaths and decorations benefit Austin's House emergency children's shelter of Northern Nevada.
Knights of Columbus bingo at St. Gall Church today benefits the Kids & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., play starts at 7 p.m. Buy-in of $21. The church is at 1343 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville.
The Tuesdays together: Titus 2 women's group of Berean Bible Church meets, 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesdays, at a member's home. Call for location, Susie Almeida, 690-6207.
Spirits from the past can be found on the streets and in the cemeteries of Carson Valley for the Douglas County Historical Society's Haunted Weekend running through Sunday.
The Dakota Organization presents "Talking With ...," Jane Martin's character study of women's loves, loneliness and obsession is performed 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda in Minden.
The Books with Beat @ Your Library Teen Read Week runs through today at the Douglas County Public Library. The program encourages students read for pleasure and to visit libraries to check out free materials on poetry, audio books, and books about music. Teens who check out books receive a raffle ticket for a free book. Information, douglas.lib.nv.us or 782-9841.
The mercury is dropping, the leaves are changing colors and the holiday season is fast approaching. Halloween and the annual Trick or Treat Safety Street alternative to door-to-door trick-or-treating will be held in Minden at the CVIC Hall on Oct. 31.
The Pau-Wa-Lu Players, students from Pau-Wa-Lu and Carson Valley middle schools, present "Murder's in the Heir," opening today at Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School, 701 Long Valley Road in the Gardnerville Ranchos.
Tom Christy's Minstrels at Minden tomorrow night. Funny comedians, sweet singers, phenominal dancers, master musicians, classical and ragtime songs as well as popular. Mirth provoking situations. Big dance after the show. This is not a moving picture show but a high class minstrel show composed of entirely white people, furnishing you an entertainment that is strictly moral and refined, free from vulgarity.