95 years ago Oct. 15, 1915 Henry and Fred Bruns, Walter and Will Thornburg and Will Neddenriep all of Alpine county, returned from a hunting trip to the Dardenelles and report the best of luck, having bagged four large buck.
The sixth annual Carson Valley Harvest Festival is 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. every weekend in October at the Corley Ranch, 859 Highway 395, a mile south of Pinenut Road in Gardnerville.
The 10th annual A Touch of Class craft show is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, at 1467 Glenwood Drive, Gardnerville.
Saturday, Oct. 23, a Ride for the Wounded Warriors will leave Mountainview Barbecue at 10 a.m. All motorcycles, cars, trucks, as well as any other street legal vehicles are welcome to participate.
Booth spaces available for the October Starving Artist Fair, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, in the parking lot of the Copeland Cultural Arts Center, 1572 Highway 395, Minden.
Nevada author Stan Paher speaks on ghost towns at the Douglas County Historical Society's lecture of the month, 7 p.m. Thursday, at the Carson Valley Museum & Cultural Center, 1477 Highway 395, Gardnerville.
A total of almost $30,000 was paid in the most successful saddle-trained horse adoption event hosted by Bureau of Land Management, the Nevada Department of Agriculture & the Nevada Department of Corrections on Saturday at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
High Sierra Flycasters present a free family film night with a showing of the fly-fishing documentary, "Rivers of a Lost Coast," Oct. 20, at Carson Valley United Methodist Church, 1375 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville.
"Saturday Night Live" meets the Sierra when the Dakota Organization and the Brewery Arts Center Performing Arts Collaborative present "I Say Nevada, " Oct. 15-17, at the CVIC Hall in Minden.
The Christian Church began with two powerful sermons delivered by the Apostle Peter after the Jewish feast of Pentecost.
The 10th annual A Touch of Class craft show is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 15 and 16, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 17, at 1467 Glenwood Drive, Gardnerville.
Female heads of household (single or married, with the primary responsibility of supporting yourself and your dependents), those attending undergraduate degree programs or vocational/skills training programs and have financial need, are eligible to apply for a Women's Opportunity Award offered by Soroptimist International of Smith Valley.
Do you have a favorite song by the Eagles? "Hotel California" has always been my favorite. There's something eerie about the traveler trapped in a hotel by a strange hostess with the "Mercedes bends." And at the end, the night man confirms that the traveler is indeed one of many "prisoners of our own device(s)" by saying, "you can check out any time you like but you can never leave."
Autumn brings crisp nights, brilliant leaves, pumpkins, football and Thanksgiving. It is also the season when spirits from the past can be found in the shadows, on the streets and in the cemeteries of Carson Valley for the Douglas County Historical Society's Haunted Weekend on Oct. 21-24.
"Saturday Night Live" meets the Sierra when the Dakota Organization and the Brewery Arts Center Performing Arts Collaborative present "I Say Nevada, " Oct. 15-17, at the CVIC Hall in Minden.