LINCOLN COUNTY SINCE 1870 THE WEEK OF APRIL 8, 2016 Vol. 146, No. 32 75¢ NEWS Bella Voce sings the ‘Sounds of America’ | Page 2 SPORTS Tracksters finish strong at Boulder City meet | Page 5 LINCOLN COUNTY No action yet on Teamsters understanding By Dave Maxwell Still no action has been taken on the question of a Memorandum of Under- standing with the three units of Team- sters Local 14 in Lincoln County (clerical, road workers and dispatchers) regard- ing changes to the existing pay scale. Lincoln County Commission Chair Kevin Phillips noted, “It is very com- plicated to explain because it involves money.” He described the apparent problems in the differing charts used by District Attorney Daniel Hooge to make his rec- ommendations to the commission on the issue and how it all creates a deeper problem of how to move the local union members to a new pay chart since there really is not a “cross the aisle,” as he put it, comparison. “There is no such thing as up or down a half-a-step on the charts,” he said. “But that is what the new recommendations will require. It’s either down a full step or up a full step.” To complicate matters further, Phil- lips said, “The bargaining unit members don’t want to go down a full step, which is understandable, but going up a full step would be four percent, and there isn’t four percent to do this. The money revenue from the state tax department this year is going to be very flat. The pre- dictions we have received already show that property taxes are going to be flat- lined, and that the consolidated tax (from alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, etc.) is also going to be very low this year, making everything, in essence, flatlined.” He stated going up a full step in the pay scale requires a four percent increase, “and we have to ask where does the four percent come from on such a miniscule revenue stream?” Phillips concluded, “Since the final revenue figure is not available yet, and the commissioners are in the final pro- cess of budget meeting preparations, we have not made a decision on the agenda item because of the expected fiscal im- pact.” Rose Lanigan Caliente played host to the Nevada “200” Trailride April 1-3. OFF ROAD RACING 32nd Annual Nevada ‘200’ Trailride held in Caliente By Rose Lanigan Caliente’s 32nd Annual Ne- vada “200” Trailride was held last weekend April 1-3. Hosted by Best in the Desert and Harden Offroad, this in- vitation only, non-competitive event, is the only 200-mile trail- ride in the United States. More than 150 die-hard off-roaders gathered from as far as Hawaii and Canada for this epic ride. The event was also sponsored by Motion Pro. There are two rides, A, for more advanced riders, and C, for beginners and intermedi- ate. The first day was approx- imately 50 miles. The second day averages around 100 miles and the third day another 50. The event started in 1985 by Scot Harden, Harden Offroad, and Casey Folks , Best in the Desert, created the Nevada “200” Trailride. Harden is a member of AMA Hall of Fame, and Folks is a member of the Off-Road Rac- ing Hall of Fame. From 1985 through this year, Harden and Folks have donated over $40,000 dollars to the City of Caliente, Caliente Fire Depart- ment, Caliente Elementary School, VFW etc., and other community organizations. The event is also gives a boost to lo- cal businesses The “World Famous Eas- ter Egg Hunt” and Awards Dinner and Roast was held at the Caliente VFW Saturday night. COUNTY COMMISSION Questions arise regarding Solar Energy Zone By Dave Maxwell The question of what to do with the U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed develop- ment of the Dry Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone was on the agenda again at the April 4 county commission meeting. One of the reasons was because there is a new property owner in the area. Shane Mathews recently property from previous owner Vidler Water Company of Car- son City. Vidler had wanted and promoted solar develop- ment in that area, said Com- mission Chair Kevin Phillips, but Mathews “only wants to use it for cattle grazing and nothing else that will inhibit his operation. The question in his mind, is this going to be a big intrusion by the federal govern- ment, etc?” Some 77,707 acres in Dry Lake Valley North had been desig- nated in 2009 by the BLM Ely District for a solar study area. However it was later reduced to about 25,000 acres in western half of the Ely Springs Cattle Allotment. Phillips noted commission- ers have drafted two letters to send to the BLM taking two dif- ferent positions. “One,” he said, “was basically saying, no, we do not want to see solar developed there.” But after Vidler owned the property and wanted solar development, commissioners were willing to draft a letter in favor of the idea. But now, since Mathews does not want solar development on the al- lotment, the consensus on the board is to wait and see what ideas Mathews might have, and, as Phillips said, “put some cautionary language in there that the current owner may not want to do this, and also a requirement, if possible, that the DOE must contact Mathews to work out any mit- igation measures.” Commissioners are pro- viding Mathews with copies of the draft letters and ask- ing him to draft one of his own to the board stating his position as to what he wants, knowing the background on all of this. Phillips expressed addi- tional concern of the board, and of Mathews, that Sen- ator Harry Reid, before he leaves office, might ramrod the DOE’s plans through anyway. He said, “We had a long dis- cussion about how none of us want to have this just shoved at us, and maybe we ought to be cautionary, and take the mid- dle ground, where we can be in the conversation rather than just shut out.” Another question that still has to be answered, Phillips noted, is that if solar energy is developed in Dry Lake Valley North, how will it be transmit- ted, since there are no plans to have power lines or a tie-in sta- tion placed there? Mathews accepted the as- signment to review all the let- ters and draft his own letter to present to the board as to what position as the owner he would like to see taken and bring it back to them as soon as he is able. Some 77,707 acres in Dry Lake Valley North had been designated in 2009 by the BLM Ely District for a solar study area. However it was later reduced to about 25,000 acres in western half of the Ely Springs Cattle Allotment. CONGRESSMAN VISIT Hardy addresses closure of Little Ash Springs LCR Congressman Cresent Hardy (NV-4) was in Lincoln County on Monday to address the clo- sure of Little Ash Springs and meet with area high school stu- dents. Nevada families have vis- ited the natural warm springs of Little Ash for decades, but have not had access to them af- ter federal officials closed them more than two years ago. “Nevadans should not have to wait years to be able to enjoy our wonderful public lands be- cause of disagreements among federal bureaucrats on how to best move forward,” Hardy said in a statement. “We must be able to work together to find a common sense solution to solve these issues in a timely manner.” The lack of visitors to Ash Springs has had a negative im- pact on the local economy during this time. A meeting organized by Hardy brought together com- munity leaders, locally elected > See Hardy, Page 3
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lincoln county since 1870
the week of april 8, 2016
Vol. 146, No. 32
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News
Bella Voce sings the ‘Sounds of America’ | Page 2
sports
Tracksters finish strong at Boulder City meet | Page 5
liNcolN couNty
No action yet on Teamsters understanding By Dave Maxwell
Still no action has been taken on the question of a Memorandum of Under-standing with the three units of Team-sters Local 14 in Lincoln County (clerical, road workers and dispatchers) regard-ing changes to the existing pay scale.
Lincoln County Commission Chair Kevin Phillips noted, “It is very com-plicated to explain because it involves money.”
He described the apparent problems
in the differing charts used by District Attorney Daniel Hooge to make his rec-ommendations to the commission on the issue and how it all creates a deeper problem of how to move the local union members to a new pay chart since there really is not a “cross the aisle,” as he put it, comparison.
“There is no such thing as up or down a half-a-step on the charts,” he said. “But that is what the new recommendations will require. It’s either down a full step or up a full step.”
To complicate matters further, Phil-lips said, “The bargaining unit members don’t want to go down a full step, which is understandable, but going up a full step would be four percent, and there isn’t four percent to do this. The money revenue from the state tax department this year is going to be very flat. The pre-dictions we have received already show that property taxes are going to be flat-lined, and that the consolidated tax (from alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, etc.) is also going to be very low this year, making
everything, in essence, flatlined.”He stated going up a full step in the pay
scale requires a four percent increase, “and we have to ask where does the four percent come from on such a miniscule revenue stream?”
Phillips concluded, “Since the final revenue figure is not available yet, and the commissioners are in the final pro-cess of budget meeting preparations, we have not made a decision on the agenda item because of the expected fiscal im-pact.”
Rose LaniganCaliente played host to the Nevada “200” Trailride April 1-3.
off road raciNg
32nd Annual Nevada ‘200’ Trailride held in CalienteBy Rose Lanigan
Caliente’s 32nd Annual Ne-vada “200” Trailride was held last weekend April 1-3.
Hosted by Best in the Desert and Harden Offroad, this in-vitation only, non-competitive event, is the only 200-mile trail-ride in the United States. More than 150 die-hard off-roaders gathered from as far as Hawaii and Canada for this epic ride. The event was also sponsored by Motion Pro.
There are two rides, A, for more advanced riders, and C, for beginners and intermedi-ate. The first day was approx-imately 50 miles. The second day averages around 100 miles and the third day another 50.
The event started in 1985 by Scot Harden, Harden Offroad, and Casey Folks , Best in the Desert, created the Nevada “200” Trailride.
Harden is a member of AMA Hall of Fame, and Folks is a member of the Off-Road Rac-
ing Hall of Fame. From 1985 through this year, Harden and Folks have donated over $40,000 dollars to the City of Caliente, Caliente Fire Depart-ment, Caliente Elementary School, VFW etc., and other community organizations. The event is also gives a boost to lo-cal businesses
The “World Famous Eas-ter Egg Hunt” and Awards Dinner and Roast was held at the Caliente VFW Saturday night.
couNty commissioN
Questions arise regarding Solar Energy ZoneBy Dave Maxwell
The question of what to do with the U.S. Department of Energy’s proposed develop-ment of the Dry Lake Valley North Solar Energy Zone was on the agenda again at the April 4 county commission meeting. One of the reasons was because there is a new property owner in the area.
Shane Mathews recently property from previous owner Vidler Water Company of Car-son City. Vidler had wanted and promoted solar develop-ment in that area, said Com-mission Chair Kevin Phillips, but Mathews “only wants to use it for cattle grazing and nothing else that will inhibit his operation. The question in his mind, is this going to be a big intrusion by the federal govern-ment, etc?”
Some 77,707 acres in Dry Lake Valley North had been desig-nated in 2009 by the BLM Ely District for a solar study area. However it was later reduced to about 25,000 acres in western half of the Ely Springs Cattle Allotment.
Phillips noted commission-ers have drafted two letters to send to the BLM taking two dif-ferent positions. “One,” he said, “was basically saying, no, we do not want to see solar developed there.”
But after Vidler owned the property and wanted solar development, commissioners were willing to draft a letter in favor of the idea. But now, since Mathews does not want solar development on the al-lotment, the consensus on the board is to wait and see what ideas Mathews might have, and, as Phillips said, “put some cautionary language in there that the current owner may not want to do this, and also a requirement, if possible, that the DOE must contact
Mathews to work out any mit-igation measures.”
Commissioners are pro-viding Mathews with copies of the draft letters and ask-ing him to draft one of his own to the board stating his position as to what he wants, knowing the background on all of this.
Phillips expressed addi-tional concern of the board, and of Mathews, that Sen-ator Harry Reid, before he leaves office, might ramrod the DOE’s plans through anyway. He said, “We had a long dis-cussion about how none of us want to have this just shoved at us, and maybe we ought to be cautionary, and take the mid-dle ground, where we can be in the conversation rather than just shut out.”
Another question that still has to be answered, Phillips noted, is that if solar energy is developed in Dry Lake Valley North, how will it be transmit-ted, since there are no plans to have power lines or a tie-in sta-tion placed there?
Mathews accepted the as-signment to review all the let-ters and draft his own letter to present to the board as to what position as the owner he would like to see taken and bring it back to them as soon as he is able.
some 77,707 acres in dry lake Valley North had been designated in 2009 by the Blm ely district for a solar study area. However it was later reduced to about 25,000 acres in western half of the ely springs cattle allotment.
coNgressmaN Visit
hardy addresses closure of little Ash springsLCR
Congressman Cresent Hardy (NV-4) was in Lincoln County on Monday to address the clo-sure of Little Ash Springs and meet with area high school stu-dents.
Nevada families have vis-ited the natural warm springs of Little Ash for decades, but
have not had access to them af-ter federal officials closed them more than two years ago.
“Nevadans should not have to wait years to be able to enjoy our wonderful public lands be-cause of disagreements among federal bureaucrats on how to best move forward,” Hardy said in a statement. “We must be able to work together to find
a common sense solution to solve these issues in a timely manner.”
The lack of visitors to Ash Springs has had a negative im-pact on the local economy during this time. A meeting organized by Hardy brought together com-munity leaders, locally elected
> See Hardy, Page 3
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Bella Voce sings the ‘Sounds of America’By Tracy Loew
The Bella Voce of Lincoln County per-formed the evenings of March 31 and April 1 at the Neldon C. Mathews Center in Panaca.
The theme was “Sounds of Amer-ica.” The all-volunteer choir, made up of members throughout the county, has been rehearsing for approximately three months on a once-a-week basis. Those attending called the performances both fresh and inspiring.
Choir director Klark Black made it a point to honor all active and former military service personnel. He had the choir sing each military branch song as a tribute to them and had each branch member stand to be recognized for their service.
The pianists were Karen Culverwell and ShaRee Mathews.There were sev-eral vocal soloists and Jake Lester per-formed a solo on the trumpet. Vocal so-
loists included Dylan Frehner who sang “God Bless the USA.” “Let There Be Peace On Earth” was performed by Ka-rina Katschke and Derek Mathews. One number was performed by Don Ficken, which he dedicated to his late wife, Chris Ficken, and his choice was a sweet rendition of “Once Upon a Dream.” Next was “Hold On To The Rock” performed by Nikki Carter and Lester. After a short intermission the Caliente ladies per-formed a spunky number called “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.”
Well-utilized was the new piano, which was purchased with funds do-nated by an anonymous donor last year in the amount of $35,000. The Piano Gal-lery in St. George gave the choir an excel-lent deal on the piano.
A special thanks went out to Andy Robinson, Pete Peterson and the Lin-coln County School District for their hard work and dedication working the lights and sound for the performances.
Courtesy photoThe Bella Voce of Lincoln County performed the evenings of March 31 and April 1 at the Neldon C. Mathews Center in Panaca.
county facing tax refund order By Dave Maxwell
An error by the Nevada Department of Taxation is likely to cost Lincoln County a large amount of money it doesn’t have.
That is the thought of county commis-sioners regarding a Tax Strike Refund for Level 3 Communications, an Amer-ican multinational telecommunications and Internet service provider company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, near Denver.
At the commission meeting April 4, County Assessor Mark Holt presented the matter, which amounts to $63,466.49.
Commission Chair Kevin Phillips ex-plained the tax was originally assessed in Carson City. “Some taxes, when they come in from these big companies like Level 3 Communications, the state tax commission assesses the tax, not the county assessor.”
He cited commercial airlines that fly over Nevada airspace have to pay a tax for each county they cross. That amount is then paid to the particular county. “However, it is centrally assessed in Carson City because of the number of
counties crossed, as is Level 3 Commu-nications which runs underground fi-ber optic cable through Lincoln County, as well as other counties.
Holt explained in 2013-2014, the state turned the assessment duties for such matters over to the individual counties. Level 3 paid the bill, but complained to the state board of equalization they had been overcharged. In taking the issue to the courts, Holt said a judge eventu-ally ruled in the case in favor of Level 3, saying Level 3 overpaid, and order-ing that Lincoln County had to refund $63,466.49.
“Now,” Phillips said, “Lincoln County has to send Level 3 a refund from money we don’t have.”
After discussion at the meeting, and a vote, commissioners were deadlocked 2-2, with Commissioner Donohue being absent, as whether to pay the refund or not.
It was finally decided that as the bud-get process is just around the corner for commissioners, they would wait and see what might become available in gen-eral funds as they go through creating a budget for 2016-2017.
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Lincoln County School District 3rd Quarter Honor RollYoung5th Grade 3.5 or HigherNathan Hafen, Cody Howard, Emerson Lew-is, Lainey Lloyd, Jakob Long, Colby Risher, Tegan Somers, Heidi Young6th Grade 3.5 or HigherWylee Mitchell, Christian VaughanPahranagat Valley Middle School8th Grade 4.0Kami Stirling6th Grade 4.0Logan Hansen8th Grade 3.5 or HigherJohn Hansen, Preston Higbee, Cody Hatch, Jessica Ann Brede7th Grade 3.5 or HigherKate Hatch, James Ingram Jr., Jamison Mill-er, Dallin Mathews, Rebecca Back, Jakob Frehner, Nicole Gutierrez, Jerett Stewart, Cole Cannon, Jaquelyn Mancinas, Jonathon Dillingham, Cassidee Zanoth6th Grade 3.5 or HigherKelly Miller, Sunny Rasmussen, Benjamin Burcham, Jaren Leavitt, Gage Davis, Jay-Leigh Foremaster, Cole Higbee, Bransen Huntsman, Kobi FiatoaMeadow Valley Middle School 8th Grade 4.0Chance Christensen, Hailey Hooge, Bailey Dougan, Nicole Finlinson, Richard Katschke, McGarren Segler7th Grade 4.0McKenzie Cluff, Virginia Culverwell, Hayden Hooge, Gabriella Katschke, Kobe Kelley, Alexis Long8th Grade 3.5 or BetterJoanna Ahlstrom, Nelson Bleak, Sara Deck-er, Jaydon Heaton, Macie Howard, Christo-pher Leon, Altanta Mastin, Ashton Miller, Dean Ottley, Trevin Perkins, Carissa Ren-nie, Alex Robinson, Sadie Soderborg, Karlie Stein, Mason Thornock, Kylie Truman, Wy-att Woodwort, Troy Young7th Grade 3.5 or BetterEthan Barfield, Hagen Boyce, Landen Bu-dreau, Seth Carter, Abigail Frehner, Ellie Frehner, Mathew Hafen, Gwendolyn Lamb, Auston Mashall, Sheyna Miller, Sierra Phil-lips, Bridger Poulsen, Aria ReichLincoln County High School12th Grade 4.0Sarah Butler, William Culverwell, Asia Frehner, Chesnee Harding, Savannah Harr, Jesse Mathews, Jade Walker11th Grade 4.0Jason Neighbor, Haylee Zierow10th Grade 4.0Carlin Christensen, Benjamin Culverwell, Casey Frehner, Shayla Mathews, Jessica Truman9th Grade 4.0Baylee Cameron, Jordan Cameron, Kylee Cameron, Kendra Mathews, Thomas Rowe, Noah Smith, Braxton Tingey12th Grade 3.5 or BetterSamuel Anderson, Josie Burgess, Elizabeth Gloeckner, Hannah Hafen, Jamie Jacquot, Thalia Katschke, Bridon Lewis, Shantel Lister, Mcclain O’Connor, Emma Pearson, Jordan Phillips, Abby Schimbeck, Raymond Thompson , Brianna Tibbetts, Easton Ting-ey, Allyssa Wadsworth, Estella Joy Wadw-sorth, Michael Winters11th Grade 3.5 or BetterAndrea Barton, Drew Dahle, Nathanael Frehner, Tyler Frehner, Nicholas Lajoie, Sarah Lee, Derek Mathews, Kevin Mathews, Jordan Povis, Emily Rowe, Alexandre Sam-son, Amy Thomas, Cody Thornock, Kenzie Wright10th Grade 3.5 or BetterDerrek Anderson, Brittan Bleak, Hannah Bleak, Jake Burton, Derek Cox, Joanna Cue-vas, Ashlee Decker, Cody Dirks, Matthew Finlinson , Thomas Gloeckner, Brooklyn Hafen, Elijah Harr, Mattison Harr, Joshua Jacquot, Jessica Settles, Andrew Severns, Landen Smith, Sadie Teel, Brynlee Wad-sworth, Maycie Woodworth9th Grade 3.5 or BetterMax Bowen, Brianna Brobst, Lincoln Frehner, Amy Gloeckner, Guy Heaton, Keely Jackson, Marinda Lamb, Kamdon Lewis, Laura Pearson, Karina Sinay, Kyle ZierowPahranagat Valley High School12th Grade 4.0Bracken Haworth, Brooke Higbee, Janel Meldrum, Shawn Wadsworth11th Grade 4.0Zachary Hansen, Margaret Rasmussen, La-etitia Ray9th Grade 4.0Sarah Back12th Grade 3.5 or BetterGeoffrey Mortensen, Alejandra Linares, Ja-cob Roemer, Mateo Linares, Benjamin Za-noth, Cody Stirling, Caylah Ebneter, Jona-than Poyson, Oscar Heredia11th Grade 3.5 or BetterChristian Higbee, Benjamin Williams, Sidney Harris, Daved Wilson, Madison Mathews, Shayla Leavit, Allyse Frehner, Ana Aguilera, Madison Harris, Rheann Smith, Sean Maxwell, James Taylor, Eliza-beth Hansen, Matthew Prince, Tyson Jor-gensen, Channer Hollingshead, Alyson Eg-bert, Jessica Harrington, Gerardo Heredia, Maragaret Schofield10th Grade 3.5 or BetterHunter Hollinshead, Peter Vande Sluis, Madalyn Taylor, Brent Thatcher, Haigen Huntsman, Jamie Canfield, Lacey Steele, Duston Stewart, Culen Highbe, Keely Davis, Gracie Carter, Ashlee Hulet, Rachel Bunker, Ashlyn Wadsworth, Mekenzi Zanoth, Asher Haworth, Zoe Jewett, Christopher Thornton9th Grade 3.5 or BetterMorgan Harris, Austin Mathews, Jade Mortensen, Isbiel Riera, Abby Egbert, Em-ily Hansen, Hannah Castleton, Brendan Stewart, Kaitlin Higbee, Madison Twitchell, Stockton Maxwell
Congratulations, Honor Roll Students! Keep up the good work!Tell us what your students are doing! Call 775-725-3232 to give student updates.
dear editor,In April, the Nevada Tax Commission
is hearing final testimony on the taxabil-ity of home oxygen systems and other home medical equipment. The Com-mission must also decide if they agree with a 1990 Nevada Supreme Court de-cision that exempted all oxygen admin-istration equipment. These systems are used to treat conditions such as asthma, sleep apnea, emphysema, lung cancer, and cardiac disease. Other infant and adult medical equipment must also be ruled taxable or non-taxable for pa-tients who are sick, injured or dying at
home.Most patients suffering from these dis-
eases cannot work and have suffered ir-reparable financial harm. Their serious medical expenses are made worse by the sales and use tax on life saving equip-ment; all this for an estimated .0004 cents per dollar of revenue for the state. The Nevada Department of Taxation’s persistence in finding ways to tax the most vulnerable of our citizens on equip-ment they cannot live without is both cruel and inhumane.Doug BeNNeTTReNo, NV
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4-H offering summer activities for county kidsLCR
The 4-H summer project clubs are right around the corner. The program invites every youth to be involved. A new flyer lists the project clubs in each town and says, “If your child is pas-sionate about participating in a club, please sign them up. For assistants to remove any barriers, please call Hay-ley Gloeckner at (775) 962-1087 or 726-3109.”
Panaca is offering Quilting for ages 10 to 16 (must have sewing knowledge), Livestock for ages 9 (as of Jan. 1) to 19 , Shooting Sports for ages 9 (as of Jan. 1) to 19 , Photography for ages 8 to 19, Wood-carving for ages 8 to 12, Cooking for ages 8 thru 18, Beginning Sewing for ages 9 and up, Cloverbuds for Ages 5 thru 8 and Arts & Crafts String Art for 5th and 6th graders.
Caliente will have Cooking for ages 9 to 19, Quilting for ages 10 to 18 (must have sewing knowledge), Sewing for ages 9 to 12, Cross Stitch for ages 9 to 13, Knitting for 5th grade and up, Arts
& Crafts #1 Rustic Painting on Wood for ages 8 thru 12, Arts & Crafts #2 De-coupage/Paint Birdhouse for ages 9 thru 19, Arts & Crafts #3 Pastels & Salt Art for ages 9 thru 19, Arts & Crafts #4 Paper Crafting Cards for 9 thru 19, Drawing for Ages 9 to 12, Model Rock-etry for ages 9 to 19, Wood Working for ages 8 thru 16, Shooting Sports for ages 9 (as of Jan. 1) to 19, Explorers Club for ages 10 to 19 and Cloverbuds for ages 5 to 8.
Pioche is offering Arts & Crafts Mo-saic Tile for 4th thru 12th graders, Cook-ing for 4th thru 7th grade, Horseman-ship (you do not need your own horse) for ages 9 (as of Jan. 1) to 19, Shooting Sports for ages 9 (as of Jan. 1) to 19, and Cloverbuds for ages 5 thru 8 .
Alamo will have Shooting Sports for ages 9 (as of Jan. 1) to 19, Cooking for 5th thru 7th graders, Sewing for 5th & 6th graders, and Arts & Crafts Decoupage/Paint Birdhouse for ages 9 thru 19.
For further information, contact the University of Nevada Cooperative Ex-tension at 775-726-3109.
officials and representatives from state and federal agencies involved to open up lines of communication in an effort to find a solution that will reopen Little Ash.
At Monday’s meeting, the Friends of Pahranagat Valley, a local non-profit, shared its plan that would allow the public to enjoy Little Ash, while also protecting the endangered species that currently inhabit this area. This plan recently received approval from the Lin-coln County Planning Commission and
the Lincoln County Board of Commis-sioners.
Hardy also visited with students at Pahranagat Valley and Lincoln County High Schools to discuss the value of hard work and public service.
“Spending time with the bright and talented students of our communities is one of the best parts of my service,” Hardy said. “They are the future leaders of our great state and I’m glad I could an-swer their questions on what I’ve been working on in their behalf.”
Hardy plans to host a follow up meet-ing in Lincoln County this summer to address the progress made on the re-opening of Little Ash.
Hardycontinued from Page 1
Basin and Range envisioning questionnaire available
Members of the public are invited to share with the Bureau of Land Manage-ment (BLM) their thoughts on how the Basin and Range National Monument should be managed by completing and submitting an “envisioning” question-naire, available online at http://on.doi.gov/1RI5Ygk.
“We’re asking people to share with us those areas they find special and what needs to be done to keep them intact. We’d also like to know if there are areas that need improvement,” Monument Manager Alicia Styles said.
Envisioning is a preliminary step in the planning process that helps to as-certain resource values for the planning area. The proclamation designating the Monument, signed July 10, 2015, directs BLM to complete the land-use planning process within three years of the desig-nation.
The 704,000-acre planning area is cur-rently managed in accordance with the Ely Resource Management Plan (RMP), as amended by the Greater Sage-Grouse Approved RMP Amendment. A new, stand-alone RMP will provide compre-hensive, long-range land-use decisions
for the Monument. As the proclamation indicates, the
President established the Monument to “preserve its cultural, prehistoric, and historic legacy and maintain its diverse array of natural and scientific resources, ensuring that the prehistoric, historic and scientific values of this area remain for the benefit of all Americans.” The proclamation identifies objects and val-ues of substantial cultural and ecolog-ical importance, describing them as an “unbroken expanse [that] is an invalu-able treasure for our Nation and will continue to serve as an irreplaceable resource for archaeologists, historians and ecologists for generations to come.”
Respondents may submit completed questionnaires to the BLM Ely District Office, 702 North Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301 or the BLM Caliente Field Office, PO Box 237, Caliente, NV 89008. The questionnaire may be submitted electronically at [email protected].
For more information about the Ba-sin and Range National Monument go to http://on.doi.gov/1LT79wP or call the Caliente Field Office at (775) 726-8100.
obama has the nerve to lecture journalists on how to do their jobs
President Obama lecturing jour-nalists on how to do their jobs is like Goldfinger lecturing James Bond.
This past week Obama presented a journalism award along with a 30-minute speech at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. In it he bemoaned the vulgar rhetoric and circus atmo-sphere of the current political campaign and talked about how important it is for professional journalists to do their jobs.
“Part of the independence of the Fourth Estate is that it is not govern-ment-controlled, and media companies thereby have an obligation to pursue profits on behalf of their shareholders, their owners, and also has an obligation to invest a good chunk of that profit back into news and back into public affairs, and to maintain certain stan-dards and to not dumb down the news, and to have higher aspirations for what effective news can do,” Obama said. “Because a well-informed electorate depends on you. And our democracy depends on a well-informed electorate.”
This is from a man, who as a candi-date promised the most transparent ad-ministration in the history of the world, but, according to a recent Associated Press analysis, has delivered the most secretive and stonewalling administra-tion on record.
The AP reports the Obama admin-istration has set a record for rejecting Freedom of Information Act requests.
The story recounts that in more than one in six requests, or 129,825 times, FOIA requests resulted in federal searchers finding not a single page of records. “People who asked for records under the law received censored files or nothing in 77 percent of requests, also a record,” the AP report states.
The FBI couldn’t find any records in 39 percent of requests. U.S. Customs and Border Protection couldn’t find any records 34 percent of the time.
The administration rarely provides any detailed description of just how diligent their search efforts are.
Obama seldom holds press confer-ences and frequently refuses to answer questions or equivocates.
But in his admonition to reporters at the Syracuse award ceremony, Obama declared, “Good reporters like the ones in this room all too frequently find yourselves caught between competing
forces, I’m aware of that. You believe in the importance of a well-informed electorate. You’ve staked your careers on it. Our democracy needs you more than ever.”
But his administration has blocked access to the information that would keep the electorate informed.
Not only has the Obama adminis-tration blocked access, it has blatantly gone after journalists’ sources and prosecuted people for daring to talk to reporters.
In 2013 it was revealed that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months’ worth of cellular, office and home telephone records of AP reporters and editors in Washington, New York and Connecticut, as well as the number for AP reporters covering Congress.
“The aggressive investigation into the possible disclosure of classified infor-mation to the AP is part of a pattern in which the Obama administration has pursued current and former government officials suspected of releasing secret material,” the Washington Post reported at the time. “Six officials have been prosecuted, more than under all previ-ous administrations combined.” Charges against leaker Edward Snowden brought that to seven. Prior to that there had been only three indictments for leaks under the World War I Espionage Act.
AP’s president and chief executive, Gary Pruitt, wrote in a letter to Attor-ney General Eric Holder, “There can be no possible justification for such an overbroad collection of the telephone communications of The Associated Press and its reporters.These records potentially reveal communications with confidential sources across all of the newsgathering activities undertaken by the AP during a two-month period, provide a road map to AP’s newsgather-ing operations, and disclose information about AP’s activities and operations that the government has no conceivable right to know.”
Before relenting in 2014, the adminis-tration for years threatened to jail New York Times reporter James Risen for refusing to reveal a confidential news source.
“As I believe that that for all the side-shows of the political season, Americans are still hungry for truth, it’s just hard to find,” Obama lectured.
Why is it hard to find, Mr. President? — TM
editorial
Have you ever contemplated the prospects of living a simpler, more self-sufficient, unencumbered life? Perhaps
on a few acres of land with the nearest neighbor over the horizon, down a dirt road?
You could graze a few milk cows and make your own butter in a wooden churn, gather eggs from the chicken coop and wring the neck of a hen on Saturday for Sunday dinner. You get used to the stench of boiling feathers and the remnant pinfeathers on your drumstick.
A stream would irrigate your truck garden out back, as well as the fruit tree orchard and the hay field. The shelves of the root cellar would be stocked with Mason jars of canned fruits and vegeta-bles.
Your leftovers and spoilage would slop the hogs so you can hang a couple of hams in the smokehouse.
You could graze a few beeves for market and slaughter. You’d compost the soil with the sweat of your brow. The hours would be long, the profits meager.
You’d merely have to worry about diverting more water than the gov-ernment agents deem appropriate or letting a backfire burn onto public land or whether the government inspector catches you bartering an uninspected ham for a neighbor’s pure-bred rooster or letting your cattle wander onto pub-lic land without a permit.
Then you might find your lifestyle considerably altered.
In the 1840s transcendentalist philos-opher and writer Henry David Thoreau tried living such a nearly monastic life — as recounted in the book “Walden.” And he followed his conscience in refusing to pay the government agent’s poll tax, resulting in a night in jail — as recounted in the essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience.”
“Unjust laws exist: shall we be con-tent to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we trans-gress them at once?” Thoreau asks in that essay. “Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the govern-ment itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on the alert to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them? …
“As for adopting the ways which the State has provided for remedying the
evil, I know not of such ways. They take too much time, and a man’s life will be gone. I have other affairs to attend to. I came into this world, not chiefly to make this a good place to live in, but to live in it, be it good or bad.”
Thoreau’s commentaries are taught in public schools as enlightened examples of the value of individual conscience over the inexorable power of govern-ment.
When father and son Oregon ranch-ers were ordered to serve mandatory five-year prison sentences under an anti-terrorism law for the crime of letting fires set on their own private property accidentally spread and burn 140 acres of public land, it was clearly a violation of the Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment — but they went quietly back to prison.
Sympathizers, however, occupied vacant buildings on a wildlife refuge for 41 days to call attention to the ranchers’ plight and are now also in jail for doing so. Ironically, because of the occupation, the feds had to call off a planned 4,000-acre controlled burn.
So far 19 people — several already charged in the Oregon occupation — have been indicted on various charges growing out of the standoff in Bunker-ville when federal agents tried to con-fiscate Bundy ranch cattle two years ago. The press invariably mentions that Cliven Bundy owes $1 million in grazing fees, but never mentions that, if he had complied with the restric-tions that came with such permits, he would have gone out of business 20 years ago.
The ranchers have been labeled scoff-laws and welfare cowboys.
Those who practice civil disobedi-ence — especially while heavily armed — do and should pay the consequences for endangering public safety, but real grievances should also be addressed and not eclipsed by the utter foolish-ness of a brash few.
Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper columnist. You may email him at [email protected]. He also blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.
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Higbee leads PVHS to 17-2 win, Panthers split Cali tripBy Dave Maxwell
Christian Higbee did it both at the plate and on the mound for Pahranagat Valley on Tuesday in the first game of a non-league doubleheader game with visiting Virgin Valley.
The junior was 3-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs plus tossing a five-inning two-hitter to lead the Panthers past the Bulldogs 17-2.
Ike Taylor was 1-for-2 with a triple, three runs and two RBIs for Pahranagat as well.
Higbee was in control on the mound, as he allowed just two earned runs, walked three and struck out four during his five innings of work.
Eleven runs in the first three innings helped the Panthers blow out the Bull-dogs early. Back- to-back triples by Ta-bor Maxwell and Higbee, then a sac-rifice fly by Garett Higbee in the first inning followed, and a two-run triple by Ike Taylor, a groundout by Shawn Wadsworth and an RBI single by Hig-bee in the second inning supplied the early offense for the Panthers .
Easton Jensen was the starting pitcher for Virgin Valley, but the Panther on-slaught bounced him after just one-third of an inning. He walked one, struck out none and allowed three runs.
The Bulldogs (3-11) got two runs in the top of the third after Cade Anderson was safe on a fielder’s choice and Higbee walked Jensen. Two singles by Jayden Perkins and Jairo Vallejos brought home the team’s only two runs of the game.
It didn’t take long for the Panthers to respond as they scored four runs of their own in the third. The Panthers scored on an RBI single by Wadsworth
and a wild pitch.PVHS added six more runs in the
fourth inning to extend the lead even further and the game was over on the 10-run rule on Wadsworth’s fine full-out diving catch of a foul ball behind the plate.
The second game, a JV affair in es-sence, Duston Stewart had a double, five RBIs, including a dramatic game ending grand slam to give PVHS a thrilling 11-7 win.
The lead had changed six times going into the bottom of the fifth.
Trailing 7-5 at that point, the Panthers (9-3) managed to score two runs and have the bases loaded with two outs.
On a 3-2 count, Stewart connected for a deep shot toward the left field score-board and over the fence for the game winning grand slam.
Last weekend, In their first baseball games in school history on the Califor-nia coast, Pahranagat Valley jumped out to an early lead on Ojai Valley and cap-tured a 16-7 victory on April 1.
With 13 runs in the first three innings, the Panthers left no doubt about the eventual outcome.
An error and an RBI triple by Gar-rett Higbee during the first inning and a wild pitch, an RBI single by Ike Taylor, an error, and a two-run single by Dus-ton Stewart in the second inning fueled the Panthers’ offense early.
The teams traded runs for most of the contest, leading to five lead changes in the game.
Tabor Maxwell racked up three RBIs on four hits for the Panthers.
Pitcher Christian Higbee allowed
track & field
Tracksters finish strong at Boulder City meetLCR
Both county track teams com-peted at the Ron Ressler Invita-tional in Boulder City last Friday.
The Lincoln County High School boys team placed an im-pressive fourth out of 25 teams, which included 21 larger Divi-sion 1 or 1-A schools.
“I was super happy with how well our boys did at the Boulder City meet,” coach Lacie Pearson said. “I am very proud of them, because I see how hard they work at practice, and I see their strong desire to do well. It gives us great unity as a team.”
The LCHS girls team has fewer members, but also had a strong showing at the meet.
“Our girls would place higher overall if we had the numbers, because they work very hard as
well,” Pearson said. For both the boys and girls,
new career personal records were achieved in the 100 me-ters by Shantel Lister, Amy Thomas, Noah Smith and Ben-son Wadsworth; in the 200 me-ters by Noah Smith; in the 3200 meters by Carlin Christensen; in the 110 meter hurdles by Noah Smith, in the shot put by Dani Lister; and in the discus by Jacques Wadsworth.
Pearson said Tyler Frehner (110 meter hurdles), Landen Smith (300 meter hurdles), Dy-lan Frehner (discus), and Sam Anderson (long jump) are lead-ing the Division III South.
In their division, the Lynx were joined by Andre Agassi and Cal-vary Chapel Schools, and the ath-letes had many top-three finishes against their division rivals.
The third-year coach added things are really getting fun as she works with the athletes. “I have these great kids to thank for that. They are truly making the job very rewarding.”
For Pahranagat Valley High School, the only other Division IV school competing was Spring Mountain, and that was just on the boys side.
Danny Heredia finished sec-ond in the 3200 meters with a time of 14 minutes 40.77 seconds. Jon-Michael Stewart was second in the shot put with a distance of 36 feet 5 inches. Austin Mathews was third in the 800 meters, fin-ishing in 2:37.80.
Complete results can be found at Athletic.net.
Next up for both teams is the Richard Lewis Invitational in Moapa on April 15.
Courtesy photoHaylee Zierow, junior, hands off the baton to Asia Frehner, senior, in the 4x800 meter relay in Boulder City last Friday.
Dave MaxwellPahranagat Valley baseball at ojai Valley, Calif. last week. The Panthers won the game 16-7. Their next home game is April 14 against Sandy Valley.
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lcHs softBall
Lady Lynx softball team blasts Agassi, twiceLCR
The Lincoln County High School soft-ball team took care of business during a doubleheader last Friday in Las Vegas against Agassi Prep.
Lincoln defeated Agassi 21-1 and 22-3.Kia Phillips had a home run in the first
game, with three RBIs and three stolen bases. Hannah Lytle was the winning pitcher and had five strikeouts.
Alisha Rowe was 2 for 3, with two singles. Chesnee Harding was 2 for 3, with one RBI, a double and three sto-len bases. Easton Tingey went 2 for 3 with one RBI and two singles. Cameron Lloyd wend 2 for 3 with a single, a dou-ble, one RBI and one stolen base. Drew Cardinal went 2 for 3 with one RBI and two singles. Josie Burgess had 2 RBIs and a double. Abby Schimbeck had two RBIs and Sarah Butler went 2 for 2 with two RBIs.
In the second game, Burgess was at the mound and recorded eight strike-outs.
Alisha Rowe had a double and two
stolen bases. Aya Rowe went 2 for 2 and had two RBIs. Lloyd had a double. Burgess had one RBI and a double and Schimbeck had three RBIs and a dou-ble.
The Lady Lynx are 8-7 overall and 4-0 in the Division III Southern League. They are facing Needles (10-3, 7-0) today in Panaca for a doubleheader starting at 10 a.m.
Boys face Needles today iN paNaca
The Lincoln County High School baseball team won by forfeit against Agassi Prep for a doubleheader that was scheduled last Friday in Las Vegas.
The Lynx are now 7-5 overall and 6-0 in the Division III Southern League and is hosting Needles (9-4, 7-0) today for a doubleheader start-ing at 10 a.m.
pVHs softBall
PVhs girls struggle in caliBy Dave Maxwell
Even though the Pahranagat Valley girls did not win any of the three games they played over on the California coast last weekend, coach Mike Sparrow said it was still a profitable trip.
“It’s really good to get out and watch how kids operate away from the con-fines of their own area, even their home state, away from school, away from home, a little tired, and seeing new places, people and experiences.”
At the same time, Sparrow did not think the team played as good a brand of softball as they could have. The team is still struggling with giving up several runs in a given inning, usually because of not playing sharp defensively in sev-eral different situations, he noted.
“This was not our best softball,” he said. And for the three-time defending Division IV state champions, Sparrow is aware of the necessary changes. “We have some work to do,” he explained.
In their first game at Carpenteria on Friday, the Dragons (8-6) spotted the Panthers one run in the first inning, but came back with five in the third and seven in the fourth, and took a 15-2 win. Amanda Blair allowed just three hits
and two runs in her five innings of work, striking out nine and walking two.
Two games followed on Saturday with Foothill Tech and Channel Islands High. Again it was the big inning that led to victory by the home team, and de-fensive errors played a large part of that. PVHS committed an uncharacteristic eight errors in the game. Foothill took advantage with a five-run third inning. They added two more the next inning for an 8-2 win. The Panther girls had only four hits to eight for Foothill (4-7).
The second game of the day was with Channel Islands. Pahranagat was lead-ing 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth inning when the defensive letdowns hit again and Channel Island scored three runs, then held PVHS scoreless in the seventh for a 3-1 win. Both teams only had three hits each and Jazlyn Waldron struck out 14 batters for the Raiders (7-7).
In evaluating the Panthers (5-5) play on the field, Sparrow said they need to do more work as league is about to begin. “The thing we have to work on the most is that when a team starts to get a little momentum, how to shut that down and get the outs. The defense
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LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADAA.I.P. PROJECT NO. 3-32-0034-009-2016
Sealed bids for improvements to the Alamo Landing Field, A.I.P. Project No. 3-32-0034-009-2016, will be received by Lincoln County at the Lincoln County Commissioner’s meeting room in the Lin-coln County Commissioner’s Courthouse at 181 N. Main Street, Pioche, Nevada 89043 until April 26, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. PDT and then opened and read aloud.The work involved includes the following:
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Extra-curricular Vacancy NoticeThe following position is available at Pah-ranagat Valley High School
Assistant Track CoachQUALIFICATIONS: Previous coaching ex-perience preferred; ability to teach con-cepts; ability to motivate students. Must be or become NIAA certified in coaching. Background check required.RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist the Head Coach with the administrative duties of the job, build a team, build skills, create an en-vironment in which the team can use its skills and abilities to their maximum po-tential. Effective supervision of students at practices and competitions.Application Deadline: April 19, 2016 by 2 p.m.Start Date: As soon as possible, pending Board approvalSalary: Based on the Lincoln County School District extra-curricular salary schedule.Questions should be directed to Mike Strong, Principal, Pahranagat Valley High School, Box 298, Alamo, NV 89001. Qualified applicants will be notified for in-terviews.Employment applications may be ob-tained from the Lincoln County School District website: www.lcsdnv.com. Sub-mit all completed applications to Lincoln County School District Office, PO Box 118, Panaca, NV 89042. Qualified applicants will be notified for interviews.Any employee hired by the Lincoln County School District after January 1, 1998, must reside within the Lincoln County School District or agree, as a condition of em-ployment, to establish residency within the district within ninety days of employ-ment. Employees who live in the district must continue to reside therein as long as they are so employed. Lincoln County School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
for Friday, the 13th day of May, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in the Seventh Judicial District Court at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Pioche, Nevada. All persons interested in the estate are notified to appear and show cause, why the petition should not be granted. Notice is hereby given that any person having objection to the Petition, as aforesaid, shall file written objection with the above-entitled Court within ten (10) days after the date of last publication of this Notice. Issued on behalf of: SHAIN G. MANUELE, ESQ., Attorney for Petitioner, P.O. Box 517, Pioche, Nevada, 89043; LISA LLOYD, CLERK OF THE COURT, 181 Main Street, Pioche, Nevada, 89043. Publish: April 8, 15, 22, 2016.
The Lincoln County Planning Commission will consider the following Special Use Per-mit requests on April 14th, 2016:Enerparc Solar Development, LLC/Lincoln
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IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA
PROCYON I & II, LLC, a domestic limited, Plaintiff vs. NEVADA MINERALS, INC., a do-mestic Corporation; NEW CONCEPT MIN-ING, INC. a domestic corporation; EMCO, CORPORA-TION, a Foreign Corporation; DOES 1-10; and ROE BUSINESS aENTITIES I-C, Defen-dants.CASE NO.: CV-0204013, DEPT NO.: INOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER EXECUTIONBy virtue of a Writ of Execution issued out of the District Court, Lincoln County, Nevada, upon a Judgment entered in the
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above-captioned case on January 22, 2016 and a Writ of Execution issued by the Clerk of the Court, in the above and entitled action, the Sheriff of Lincoln Coun-ty, Nevada will be on 15th day of April, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. located on the front steps of the Lincoln County Courthouse, 181 North Main Street, Pioche, NV 89043. to conduct a public auction for sale to the highest bidder for cash, all the right, title, claim and interest of said Defendants The estate or authorized representative of NE-VADA MINERALS, INC and NEW CONCEPT MINING, INC.’s subject property, of, in and to the following described property to wit:OWNERS OF RECORD: NEVADA MINERALS, INC and NEW CONCEPT MINING, INCDESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: EMERSON MINE, RACHEL, NEVADALEGAL DESCRIPTION:Patented Lode Mining Claims contained in Mineral Entry Patent 1118478 dated May 12, 1944, designated by the Surveyor General as Survey No. 4760, covering portions of Sections 25 and 26, Township 3 South, Range 56 East, Mount Diablo Meridian, and of Section 31, Township 3 South, Range 57 East, Mount Diablo Me-ridian, also known as THE DOME, TOWN-
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SITE, TOWNSITE NO. 1, TOWNSITE NO. 2, TOWNSITE NO. 5, GRUBSTAKE NO.2, SCHEELITE, SCHEELITE NO. 1, SCHEELITE NO.2, and LIME CAP lode mining claims, in Lincoln County Nevada, and bounded and described in that certain Patent re-corded in Book D-1 of Mining Deeds, page 19 as File No. 19243, Lincoln County, Ne-vada Records.EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion of land conveyed to the Lincoln County Tele-phone System, Inc., a Nevada Corporation by a Quitclaim Deed recorded December 17, 1993 in Book 108 of Official Records, page 151 as File No. 101249, Lincoln County, Nevada records, also known as Assessors’ Parcel No 009-012-47This property is being sold subject to all prior liens and encumbrances pending against the property and subject to all easements, restrictions of record, taxes, and special assessments pending against the property. Only U.S. currency will be ac-cepted and payment must be made in full immediately upon conclusion of sale. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the pur-chaser at such sale shall take title to the above described real property subject to a one (1) year right of redemption pursuant to NRS 21.210.Only Cash or Certified Funds will be ac-cepted and payment must be made in full immediately upon conclusion of the sale. PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS, READ THIS SEC-TION CAREFULLY. Before bidding at the sale, a prospective bidder should indepen-dently investigate the priority of the lien or interest of the judgment creditor; land use laws and regulations applicable to the property; approved uses for the prop-erty; limits on farming or forest practices on the property; rights of the neighboring property owners; environmental laws and regulations that affect the property; make their own examination of the title and the condition of the property; and to consult their own attorney before bidding. SHERIFF OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADAPublish: March 25, April 1, 8, 2016
APPLICATION FOR WATER NO. 86000NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 10th day of March 2016 3J Cattle, LLC of Caliente, Nevada made application to the State Engineer of Nevada for permis-sion to change the point of diversion and place of use of 1.5141 c.f.s., 403.77 a.f.a., a portion of water heretofore appropriated under Permit 22477, Certificate 7554. Wa-ter will be diverted from an underground source at a point located within the SW1/4 SE1/4 of Section 15, T3S, R67E, MDM, or at a point from which the S1/4 corner of said Section 15 bears S 22 degrees 16 minutes 32 seconds W, a distance of 1,316.33 feet (approx. 5 miles NE of Cali-ente, NV). Water will be used for irrigation purposes from January 1st to December 31st of each year. The existing point of diversion was located within the NW1/4 NE1/4 of Section 22, T3S, R67E, MDB&M, or at a point from which the NW corner of said Section 22 bears N 89 degrees 18 minutes W, a distance of 2,876.6 feet. Jason King, P.E., State Engineer JK/jsPublish: April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016
APPLICATION FOR WATER NO. 86001NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 10th day of March 2016 3J Cattle, LLC of Caliente, Nevada made application to the State Engineer of Nevada for permis-sion to change the point of diversion and place of use of 0.4683 c.f.s., 124.87 a.f.a., a portion of water heretofore appropriated under Permit 22477, Certificate 7554. Wa-ter will be diverted from an underground source at a point located within the SE1/4 SE1/4 of Section 22, T3S, R67E, MDM, or at a point from which the SE corner of said Section 22 bears S 24 degrees 49 min-utes 08 seconds E, a distance of 1,447.46 feet (approx. 4 miles NE of Caliente, NV). Water will be used for irrigation purpos-es from January 1st to December 31st of each year. The existing point of diver-sion was located within the NW1/4 NE1/4 of Section 22, T3S, R67E, MDB&M, or at a point from which the NW corner of said Section 22 bears N 89 degrees 18 minutes W, a distance of 2,876.6 feet. Jason King, P.E., State Engineer JK/jsPublish: April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016
APPLICATION FOR WATER NO. 86002NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 10th day of March 2016 3J Cattle, LLC. of Caliente, Nevada made application to the State Engineer of Nevada for permis-sion to change the point of diversion of 0.5830 c.f.s., 292.375 a.f.a., a portion of water heretofore appropriated under Per-mit 25873, Certificate 9286. Water will be diverted from an underground source at a point located within the SE1/4 SE1/4 of Section 22, T3S, R67E, MDM, or at a point from which the SE corner of said Section 22 bears S 24 degrees 49 minutes 08 sec-onds E., a distance of 1,447.46 feet (ap-prox. 4 miles NE of Caliente, NV). Water
APPLICATION FOR WATER NO. 86012NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 14th day of March 2016 Virgin Valley Wa-ter District of Mesquite, Nevada made ap-plication to the State Engineer of Nevada for permission to change the point of di-version and place of use of 723.984199 acre-feet, heretofore appropriated under Permit 52333. Water will be diverted from an underground source at a point locat-ed within the NE1/4 SW1/4 of Section 9, T13S, R71E, MDB&M, or at a point from which the W1/4 corner of said Section 9 bears N 86 degrees 30 minutes 06 sec-onds W, a distance of 1,603.36 feet (near the intersection of Pioneer Blvd. and Oa-sis Blvd., Mesquite, Nevada). Water will be used for municipal and domestic pur-poses from January 1st to December 31st of each year. The existing point of diver-sion was located within the NE1/4 SE1/4 of Section 21, T13S, R17E, MDM, or at a point from which the SW corner of said Section 21 bears S 74 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds W, a distance of 4,795.00 feet. Jason King, P.E., State Engineer JK/jsPublish: April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016
APPLICATION FOR WATER NO. 86013NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 14th day of March 2016 Virgin Valley Water Dis-trict of Mesquite, Nevada made applica-tion to the State Engineer of Nevada for permission to change the point of diver-sion of 491.11 acre-feet, a portion of wa-ter heretofore appropriated under Permit 73298. Water will be diverted from an un-derground source at a point located with-in the SW1/4 NW1/4 of Section 8, T13S, R71E, MDB&M, or at a point from which the W1/4 corner of said Section 8 bears S 42 degrees 46 minutes 09 seconds W, a distance of 1,122.87 feet (approx. 2 miles NW of Mesquite, Nevada). Water will be used for municipal purposes from Janu-ary 1st to December 31st of each year. The existing point of diversion is located within the NW1/4 NE1/4 of Section 23, T14S, R69E, MDB&M, or at a point from which the NE corner of Section 23, bears N 75 degrees 03 minutes E, a distance of 1,500.5 feet. Jason King, P.E., State Engineer JK/jsPublish: April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016
Estates Investment Group, LLC has re-quested a reconsideration of a previously approved Special Use Permit to have a utility scale solar plant (Enerparc) on ap-proximately 50 acres, located west of Ra-chel, in the vicinity of Gunderson Road.Current zoning on parcels are M1 – Light Manufacturing. If you should have any questions regard-ing these requests, please call (775) 962-8071. Submitted by Melissa J. Free, Plan-ning Administrative Assistant.Publish: April 1, 8, 2016
The Lincoln County Planning Commission will consider the following Special Use Per-mit requests on April 14th, 2016:Enerparc Solar Development, LLC/Lincoln Estates Investment Group, LLC has re-quested a reconsideration of a previously approved Special Use Permit to have a utility scale solar plant (Enerparc) on ap-proximately 50 acres, located west of Ra-chel, in the vicinity of Gunderson Road.Current zoning on parcels are M1 – Light Manufacturing. If you should have any questions regard-ing these requests, please call (775) 962-8071. Submitted by Melissa J. Free, Plan-ning Administrative Assistant.Publish: April 1, 8, 2016
will be used for irrigation purposes from January 1st to December 31st of each year. The existing point of diversion is lo-cated within the NW1/4 NE1/4 of Section 22, T3S, R67E, MDB&M, or at a point from which the NW corner of said Section 22 bears N 89 degrees 18 minutes W, a dis-tance of 2,876.60 feet.Jason King, P.E., State Engineer JK/jsPublish: April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2016
Lincoln County Transportation, a public body providing transportation services in Lincoln County is applying for federal financial assistance under the Nevada Dept. of Transportation (NDOT) Rural Pub-lic Transportation Program authorized un-der 49 U.S.C. Section 5311. This program provides capital, administrative and oper-ating assistance for public transportation programs in rural and small urban areas. Lincoln County Transportation proposes to provide the following services Monday - Pioche, Panaca, and Caliente shopping in Panaca 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Tuesday to Las Vegas 6:00am - 6:00pm. Wednes-day - Reserved. Thursday - Pioche, Panaca and Caliente shopping and medical ap-pointments in Caliente 9:30am - 3:30 pm. First Friday of every month, Utah either St. George or Cedar City 7:00am - 3:00pm. Private non-profit agencies located within the service area who are interested in pro-viding services or have objections to the current public system are advised that they may request a public hearing to be conducted to provide a means for them to request their views relative to the pro-posed project on the probable social, eco-nomic and environmental effects on the proposed project. In lieu of requesting a public hearing, interested parties may submit their comments on the proposed services by sending a written response to:Lincoln County Human Services, P.O. Box 508, Panaca, NV 89042Publish: April 8, 15, 2016
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seven runs over five innings, but still recorded the victory. He struck out eight, walked six and surrendered four hits.
Satoshi Suzuki was the game’s losing pitcher. He allowed 13 runs in three in-nings, walked three and struck out none.
The top of the first saw the Panthers take an early lead, 2-0. Taylor kicked things off for the Panthers with a single. More runs came home for the Panthers when.
It didn’t take long for Ojai Valley (0-4) to respond as it scored three runs of its own in the first. They scored on an RBI double by Warren Whitsitt, a groundout by Nolan Colborn, and an RBI single by Nick Dorrepal.
But the Panthers added six more runs in the top of the third. A clutch error scored Tyson Jorgensen to open the scor-ing in the frame. That was followed up by Maxwell’s two-run single, bringing home both Brandon Burris and Taylor.
The Panthers tacked on another two runs in the fifth. Brendan Stewart started things off with a single which scored Asher Haworth.
Coach Brad Loveday said it was “one of those games where you get to play every-body on the roster.”
On Saturday, the Panthers fell to The
Cate School 5-0 at Santa Barbara.Loveday said Cate is a private school,
larger than Pahranagat (7-3), similar to Di-vision III in Nevada, like Lincoln, Virgin Valley, The Meadows and Mountain View.
The game saw good pitching too, Love-day said, between Maxwell for Alamo and Jake for the Rams. Jake pitched seven shutout innings, striking out eight, walking one and surrendered four hits. Meanwhile, Maxwell walked three, struck out six, and allowed five runs. And both teams committed two errors.
The Rams (3-3) took the lead for good in the second, scoring one run on an RBI double by Strong. Plus they also benefited from a pair of two-run rallies, one in the fourth inning and the sixth. In the fourth,
Pahranagat got men in scoring posi-tion several times, but Loveday said Cate “pitched really well and played good de-fense. They’re a solid team. They played well and beat us. But overall, it was a good trip. A chance to go see teams you have not played before.”
The team took time to go to the beach one day, and to a nearby wildlife pre-serve, “and saw the seals,” he said.
Even though both Pahranagat baseball and softball teams were in the same gen-eral area for the weekend, Loveday said the two groups did not see one another.
Pahranagat is playing at Western (1-7) in Las Vegas today, and begin league play on Tuesday hosting winless Sandy Valley.
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needs to get sharper. We are not taking advantage of the plays we should be making. It’s not really any one position, it’s a collective thing. Like outfielders hitting the cutoff person, trying to get the trailing runner, if necessary, for an out rather than the lead runner. Or be-ing in the right place when you are sup-
posed to be there.” On Tuesday, PVHS had an early 4-3
lead over visiting Virgin Valley, but Ty-lee Robison went 2-for-3 with two RBIs helping the Bulldogs rally for a 9-8 win.
Janella Fiso was 3-for-5 for Virgin Val-ley, which scored three runs in the top of the seventh after trailing 7-6. Madalyn Taylor and Madison Harris each hit a tri-ple for Pahranagat Valley.
League play begins for the Lady Pan-thers (4-6) April 14 with a double-header in Alamo against 2-5 Sandy Valley.
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Existence of cannibal giants in Lovelock still debatedBy Brendan RileyExclusive to Battle Born Media newspapers
LOVELOCK — Colorful tales of the American West don’t fade away easily, even when they seem to have been dis-counted. Take, for example, the story of legendary red-haired cannibal giants whose alleged existence in the Lovelock area centuries ago has been debated for more than 100 years.
Scientists have said there’s no proof the “giants,” first described in old Indian tales, were cannibals. Chemical staining by earth after burial was advanced as a likely reason why mummified remains have red hair instead of black like most Indians in the area.
A University of Nevada study in the mid-1970s indicated the “giants” were about six feet tall, and not up to 10 feet tall as had been claimed. What was left after that was evidence of a tribe sepa-rate from principal tribes whose Paiute descendants live here — perhaps a wan-dering, more aggressive but outnum-bered band finally hunted down and killed or chased off.
Anthropologists say the story, while somewhat tamer, is still fascinating. But they concede the old myth has more ap-peal and, no matter what they say, will probably persist.
The mid-1970s study was conducted after a bundle of bones, marked “giant bones,” was found in a long-overlooked cabinet at the Nevada Historical Society building in Reno.
The late Sheilagh Brooks, who chaired the anthropology department at UN-Las Vegas, analyzed the bones which appar-ently came from the Lovelock Cave, a treasure trove for scientists trying to re-construct Nevada’s early history.
Brooks said her investigation showed that some of the bones were from cows, not giants. The human bones appeared to be remains of Indi-ans “maybe six feet tall — big, but not that big,” she said.
The myth was written down in 1883 by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, daughter of a Paiute Indian chief. She told of a strange, red-haired tribe of cannibals her ancestors drove into a cave and suffocated by lighting a fire at its entrance.
She said the “people eaters” were so fierce they would leap into the air, snatch arrows whizzing over their heads, and shoot them back at their en-emies. The Paiutes named the giants Si-Te-Cah, which translates to tule-eaters. The giants wove tules, a fibrous water plant, into rafts to navigate across what remained of Lake Lahontan, so the story goes.
The Paiutes, a Native-American tribe indigenous to parts of Nevada, Utah and Arizona, described the Si-Te-Cah as a vicious, unapproachable people that killed and ate their captives, and told early settlers that after years of warfare all the tribes in the area joined together
to rid themselves of the giants.The fleeing giants took refuge in
Lovelock Cave and refused to leave despite demands that they come out and fight. So their pursuers filled the entrance to the cave with brush that was set on fire in a bid to force the giants to come out. The few that did emerge were promptly killed. The giants that re-mained inside the cavern were asphyxi-ated.
John T. Reid, a Lovelock mining engi-neer, said Indians took him to the cave in 1886 and told him the tale of the red-haired cannibal giants. But when he en-tered the cave he found nothing but tons of bat guano.
Reid was unsuccessful in getting an archaeological dig started immedi-ately. But miners, realizing the value of guano as fertilizer, started hauling it out in 1911. They promptly turned up bones, baskets, weapons, tools, duck decoys, various other artifacts and what they described as a 6-foot-6 mummy. James H. Hart, one of the miners, wrote that the mummy, found in the north-central part of the cave about four feet down, had hair that was “distinctly red.”
The discovery spurred an archaeo-logical dig in 1912, followed by a second dig in 1924. Thousands of artifacts and about 60 average-height mummies were recovered. Not all the mummies were preserved. One of the best specimens re-portedly was boiled and destroyed by a local fraternal lodge that wanted a skele-ton for initiation purposes. More studies followed, including radio-carbon dating that showed the cave was occupied from about 2,000 BC to about 900 AD.
Adrienne Mayor wrote about the Si-Te-Cah in her book, “Legends of the First Americans.” She suggested that the “giant” interpretation of the skel-etons from Lovelock Cave and other caves in Nevada was started by entre-preneurs setting up tourist displays. She also noted that hair pigment is not stable after death and that various fac-tors such as temperature and soil con-ditions can turn very dark hair rusty red or orange.
All that may be so. But try convincing readers who love a good tall tale.
NeVada History
the paiutes, a Native-american tribe indigenous to parts of Nevada, utah and arizona, described the si-te-cah as a vicious, unapproachable people that killed and ate their captives, and told early settlers that after years of warfare all the tribes in the area joined together to rid themselves of the giants.
Two MoTorcycle races scheduled
Commissioners have given approval for two motorcycle races in the County this month. The Southern Nevada Desert Rac-ers event scheduled for this Saturday in the area east of Panaca, and the Ground-shakers Hare and Hound race to be held April 30 in the area west of Caliente.
wesTern eliTe youTh Fund scholarship Money
An amount of $3,000 from the West-ern Elite Youth Fund was given to Lin-coln County High for scholarship grants. Commissioners approved the request at their April 4 meeting.
