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KEEP WASHOE VALLEY RURAL
PLEASE ATTEND!
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING
TUESDAY February 9, 10AM-6PM*
Washoe County Offices, Wells and 9th Street, Bldg. A
*The exact time Agenda Item 17 will be heard is unknown.
Washoe Valley has had an updated area plan for almost a year now.  The process took five years because valley residents defended their right to a [...]

What:      Free H1N1 Vaccination Clinic
Where:    Washoe Valley Christian Church, 145 Esmeralda Drive, Washoe Valley, NV
When:     Saturday, February 13, 2010  1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.\
Who:       Open to the public, no restrictions
Why:       It is not too late.  Flu season lasts until May in Nevada
For More information, call:  775 887 2190

We were treated to a rare lightning show last night as a cell moved over the Carson Range to the west moving from south to north. For more lightning photos go to my flickr.com site.

We got this “heads up” from a neighbor:
“Early this morning while leaving for work there was a vehicle that appeared to be casing the neighborhood and paid particular interest to the mailboxes on the street. The sherrif’s department was notified and stated that they would send out an officer to check on the situation.
Having said [...]

Received this email March 5, 2009:
Hi all,
Ginger called me a few minutes ago to let me know that she was the victim of a home invasion last Sunday night at 10:15. Thanks to her having a large dog in the house the invaders were discouraged and left. Later Ginger found out from neigbors that a [...]

Here’s some photos of the semis pushed over in our big winds last month in this article from KTVN

This article from the Las Vegas Sun discusses the effect of budget cuts on our local state park: “…
Recent cuts in personnel by the state has forced the seasonal closure of six of our 25 state parks, including Kershaw-Ryan.
Also closed is Beaver Dam, Dayton, Echo Canyon and Washoe Lake state parks and Ward Charcoal Ovens [...]

On February 14th we received this update from Mr. Gourley:
“The Board of Adjustment just met regarding the Special Use Permit for the extension and dam to Joy Lake and heard opposition to the permit.  They also heard from the engineers who designed and supervised the construction as well as from fire officials and the Nevada [...]

In an apparent lesson on how to get things done in Washoe County, the dam allegedly built without permits above Washoe Valley on Joy Lake has be subsequently approved by the state, after the fact. Ted Gourley, property owner of the dam sent us this note on January 31st:
“Gentlemen:
I own 80 acres including Joy Lake [...]

Two-Day Burn Project in Little Valley

Originally uploaded by nevadadcnr

This is from the Nevada Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources photo site and shows close up the defensible space work being done on the west side of the valley in cooperation of several other agencies and property owners. They plan to create a fire break between [...]