Posts from ‘March, 2009’

Washoe County asks for your cooperation in the following matter:
(see posts above for suggestions from residents)

“Additional State CDBG Grant Opportunity–
With the addition of stimulus funding there will be an additional funding round for the state CDBG program this spring. There is approximately $1,000,000 in funds available for this second round of grant funds.  Due to [...]

Or at least their effluent. Mercury was used extensively in the process to extract silver and gold from the native rock mined around the Virginia Range to the east. At the beginning of the development of the Comstock Lode, several mills located in Washoe Valley used the abundant water from the Carson Range to the [...]

RGJ reports that the Back Country Horseman’s group is organizing a cleanup of Washoe Lake State Park this Sunday, March 10th followed by a pot luck lunch at the park’s group picnic area. The lake’s east shore between the boat ramps will be the focus. All those interested are encouraged to participate and “you don’t [...]

Sarah Tone, County Outreach Coordinator for the Citizen’s Advisory Board (CAB) process, sends in these items:
§         A workshop on the draft Administrative Ordinance will be held on April 21. The event will be held at Bartley Ranch in the Ranch House. The meet will begin no earlier that 6 pm.  The date for the draft [...]

Sarah Tone, County Outreach Coordinator for the Citizen’s Advisory Board (CAB) process, sent these clarifications on march’s CAB meeting:
Regarding the South Valley ’s Area Plan, Washoe County is filing a letter of objection with the Regional Planning Commission (RPC). The letter will outline the reasons for conformance to the regional plan. The RPC approved the [...]

Neither the Washoe County Sheriff’s Dpt. nor the Reno Fire Dpt. were there, so no report.
Suzie Rogers, the Public Safety Officer reported her dpt. is the office you get when you call 911.  If it’s a fire or safety issue, they transfer the call to the South Dispatch Office, 832-4110. She informed us that if [...]

This appeared in the Norman Transcript, an Oklahoma newspaper:

There’s a tenet in the cowboy mentality that takes pride in doin’ what needs to be done, even if you have to do it yourself.

The common cowboy answer to “How did you… 1) get that lump? 2) lose your eyebrow? 3) get that scar? or 4) [...]

Mark Twain bragged that Washoe Valley produced the best potatoes in the world when he was a reporter in Virginia City in the 1860’s.
Years later, in 1913, Washoe Valley rancher Gib Douglass reports he operation has produced two hundred tons of potatoes along with 700 tons of alfalfa. He also noted that heavy rains destroyed [...]

There was a great turnout at Postal Cafe’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration Sat. night!  Seven tables were all filled.  Some people came, saw there was no more room, so left. The Meridian group of two entertained us for more than an hour with delightful Irish songs.  The woman played a fiddle and the man a [...]

Contrary to what was quoted in our previous article, it it reported that Washoe Lake State Park has no plans as yet to close or cut back due to the state’s budget woes. The information in our previous post was from a Las Vegas newspaper and double checked by washoevalley.org reader Amy who talked directly [...]