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By Dave MaxwellLincoln County Record

Holly Gatzke, UNR Cooperative Extension Educa-tor in Lincoln County, presented a proposal to coun-ty commissioners July 25 for permission to apply for grant money of $180,000 each for the adult and youth Workforce Connections.The funding would expand the program’s operation to service the Mesquite/Overton/Moapa area.

This would be in collaboration with local groups and the Cooperative Extension in that area.

Commissioner Varlin Higbee gave his support and explained that local elected officials have reorganized their program in the last year and now have what is called a One Stop Program. He said, “This allows a person who is out of work and needs training for a new career to get all that’s needed at just one location, instead of having to go here for one thing, over there for another, and still a third place for something else. One group will submit a bid for all and then the group that wins the bid will gather the subcontractors from across town and have them all in one place.”

He said Workforce Connections has asked the Lin-coln County Extension to do this because of the suc-cess this program has had. “It will be able to work successfully in the Mesquite area as well.”

“Mesquite Works, which is a community based workforce assistance non-profit, looks forward to working with Lincoln County and their workforce training program. One of the things they can offer is tuition funding for community college training, and we plan on referring eligible workers to them,” said Burton Weast, chair, Mesquite Works workforce de-velopment Board of Directors.

Gatzke said, for the Lincoln County program, “This is an opportunity to expand down there for a couple of reasons. One, my counterpart, Carol Bish-op, is down in that area and she says they are in dire need down there for this type of program, and I have even had feedback from the community of Mesquite itself asking for assistance. We contacted the exten-sion office that covers the Mesquite and Moapa area and worked with them. I even asked them straight up if they saw a need for workforce. And their im-mediate answer was yes. Then we talked with others and determined there was a strong support for such a program in the area.”

By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor

At first glance, it appears that the 142 building permits issued in July by the city of Mesquite’s building department took a sizeable leap from last year’s num-ber of 93. However, when subtracting out 48 residential modification permits for one project, this year’s number, 94, is just about the same as July 2015.

A remodeling project at the Sandstone condos on West Mesquite Boulevard ac-counts for the increase. According to city officials, fire walls are being brought up to city code along with other smaller im-provements in 94 units.

The total valuation of all permits is-sued rose slightly to $5.783 million this year compared to last year’s $5.218 mil-lion.

Permits for single family residenc-es increase in value about half a mil-lion dollars from $5,023,660 last year to $5,519,280 this year even though the number of permits for new homes issued fell by three to 25.

Pulte Homes of Nevada took out 14 permits in July with values rang-ing from a high of $287,742 to a low of $144,456. LHSC home builders, Ne-vada Residential Construction (NRC) and Jackson Contracting each took out three permits for new homes in the Canyon Crest area. Catamount Devel-opment and Construction West each took one permit for new single family residences.

Other than the Sandstone condo proj-ect, 12 residential modifications were is-sued in July compared to 11 issued in July 2015.

While four permits for commercial modifications were issued last year none were sought this year. The number of new business permits fell from 12 last July to only three this year.

The number of permits for block walls rose from three last year to 14 this year. Three permits for swimming pools were issued in July compared to only one a year ago.

No grading or demolition permits were issued in July by the city.

By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor

Reported crimes throughout Mesquite for the peri-od January through June 2016 compared to the previ-ous six-month period of June through December 2015 shows a marked increase in almost all categories.

Overall, Mesquite Police Department arrests are up 41 percent from 344 to 486 in that six-month com-parison. Criminal charges filed by the department in-creased 32 percent from 593 to 784. The total number of calls received by MPD officers increased 4.1 percent from 7,995 to 8,323.

“We aren’t trying to scare people,” said MPD Pub-lic Information Officer Quinn Averett about a star-tling rise in crime numbers reported for the last six months. “The data shows the trending heartbeat of the city as it stands right now. We have it under con-trol and we work hard to keep it under control. We are

very aware of the upward trends and we’re working to stop them.”

MPD Police Chief Troy Tanner is using the six-month comparison report to request the city council approve an emergency hire of one new police officer for the department.

“While these numbers may be alarming we want the public to know we are taking a proactive approach to policing and stopping crime before it gets too em-bedded in the community,” Averett said. “All of these numbers are the crimes that are reported. There’s no way for us to track the numbers that aren’t reported. The best thing the public can do for us is to report crimes as soon as they happen. Please don’t wait for an hour or a day before you report crimes to us. Then it may be too late for us to do anything about it.”

Averett said “Chief Tanner is really big on intelli-

MPD criminal charges up 32 percent

July building permits skewed by one project

EMPLOyMEnt city cOUnciL

Workforce program seeking extension to Mesquite, Moapa

By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor

A request to remove distance restrictions for building near medical marijuana facilities was continued by the Mesquite City Council at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 9, after the three councilors in attendance decid-ed they needed more time to study the issue.

Councilmen Geno Withelder and Rich Green were absent from the meeting.

The vacant land at the corner of Falcon Ridge Parkway and Pioneer Boulevard has been in bankruptcy for several years and now the courts have ordered it to be sold to pay creditors. However, restrictions placed on adjacent property that houses medical marijuana facilities prohibits building certain types of establishments within 1,000 feet. That could se-verely limit property sales and future development of the parcels.

By Barbara EllestadMLN Editor

After a significant absence from the Gold Butte area, Bureau of Land Management personnel officials announced to the Mesquite City Coun-cil at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 9, they are resuming activities in the re-gion.

Citing safety concerns stemming from an interrupted round-up of lo-cal rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle and subsequent stand-off between ac-tivists and BLM enforcement officers in 2014, Gayle Marrs-Smith said “it was a long two years” that her staff could not engage in its activities in the area.

Marrs-Smith, BLM Las Vegas field office manager, told the council

Barbara Ellestad Gayle Marrs-Smith, BLM Las Vegas field office manager, updates the Mesquite City Council on her staff’s resumption of activities in the Gold Butte area after a two year absence.

BlM returns to gold Butte

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Editor’s note: The following was taken from the pages of the Mesquite Police Department blotter from July 31- Aug. 6.

JULy 31:Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-

sponded to a residence on Riverside Drive on a report of possible domestic violence. Upon contacting the involved parties, officers determined there was no violence or threats between the two.

Graffiti: Officer noticed graffiti on a picnic table while patrolling through a local park on West Hafen Lane. Officer took photos of the graffiti and notified Mesquite Parks and Recreation of the incident so it could be removed.

Theft: An officer was notified of the theft of construction tools from a home under construction on Chaparral Drive. A report was taken and the theft is un-der investigation.

Domestic Violence IP: Officers were dispatched to an East Hafen Lane ad-dress for a domestic battery between hus-band and wife. Upon investigation the husband was identified as the primary aggressor and was taken into custody.

AUg. 1:Suspicious Vehicle: Officer was con-

ducting checks in the public park on Sec-ond South Street when two individuals were observed loitering during curfew hours. After identifying the individuals it was discovered one of the two had an active warrant out of Mesquite munici-pal court and was taken into custody.

Burglary: An officer responded to a landscaping business for a report of the theft of equipment. A report was taken and the theft is under investigation.

Theft: An officer responded to a new home under construction on Cliffrose Avenue and took a report of the theft of electrical wire taken from the home. The crime is being investigated.

Civil Matter: Officer responded to a Palos Verdes Drive residence on a ver-bal dispute. Officer spoke with both par-ties who agreed to separate and contact family court.

Lost Property: An officer took a re-port of lost property. Information was received and report was completed.

Graffiti: Officer responded to a report of graffiti on West Mesquite Boulevard A written statement was gathered along with pictures of the graffiti.

Wanted person: A female was taken

into custody for an active warrant.

AUg. 2: Suspicious Person/Circumstance:

An officer responded to a traffic dispute.Civil Matter: Officers responded to a

civil matter at a local residence.Citizen Dispute: An officer respond-

ed to a golf course on Normandy Lane in reference to a verbal dispute between a golfer and a home owner. Spoke with both parties and issue was resolved.

Battery on Person: Officers re-sponded to the Virgin River reference a reported domestic dispute. The male subject had already left the scene prior to officers’ arrival.

Wanted person: A male subject was taken into custody for an active warrant.

Wanted person: Officer observed a vehicle committing traffic infractions on Mesa Boulevard and Mountain Ridge Drive and conducted a traffic stop. Dur-ing the traffic stop it was discovered the driver had an outstanding warrant out of Mesquite Municipal Court.

AUg. 3:Fraud: Officer responded to the police

department lobby for a report of fraud. Officer took the report and investigation is ongoing.

Burglary: Officer responded to a Des-ert Willow Lane residence reference a burglary. Information and evidence was gathered for further investigation.

Wanted person: Officer encountered a subject on West Mesquite Boulevard with an active warrant out of another jurisdiction. After the warrant was con-firmed subject was taken into custody without incident.

Reckless Driver: Officer responded to a Poppy Lane neighborhood refer-ence a report of a reckless driver.

Domestic Violence IP: Officer re-sponded to a report of domestic violence on West Mesquite Boulevard. After in-vestigation one female subject was taken into custody for domestic battery.

Fraud: Officer responded to the po-lice department regarding a report of fraud. Officer spoke with the victim and obtained all information available. Case is ongoing and will be forward to the de-tective bureau.

Theft: Officer responded to a West Pioneer Boulevard store for a theft. A re-port was taken.

POLicE bLOttEr

Police cAllsMany calls that the Police Department

receives are not always included in the blotter, as they are under investigation or a synopsis is not received. To show the amount of work our PD does do, we are including a weekly roster of stats. This week, there were 164 total incidents in the blotter:

Abandoned Vehicle 2Agency Assistance 1Alarm 10Animal Bite 2Animal Complaint 4Animal Pickup 1Assault/Battery 1Attempt to Locate 1Battery on Person 1Burglary 3Citizen Assist 9Citizen Dispute 1Civil Dispute 1Civil Matter 2Controlled Substance Problem 1Domestic Violence 5Driving Under the Influence 2Fireworks 1Found Property 2Fraud 3Graffiti 2Identification Check 1

Intoxicated Person 1Keep the Peace 1Lost Property 1Minor Possessing/Consuming 1Miscellaneous CAD Call Report 7Noise Disturbance 5Parking Problem 3Person on Foot 9Property Damage, Non Vandalism 2Reckless Driver 3Robbery 1Robbery Alarm 2Sex Offender Verification 3Sexual Assault 1Suicidal Person 1Suspicious Person 15Suspicious Vehicle 5Theft 6Theft from Vehicle 1Threatening 1TPO Restraining Order 3Traffic Accident w/Damage 1Traffic Accident w/o Injury 1Traffic Problem 11Transient Assistance 1Transport 2Unknown Problem 2Unsecure Premise 1Verbal Dispute 2Wanted Person 6Weapon Offense IP 1Welfare Check 8

fire cAlls Mesquite Fire & Rescue submits the following call statistics for the week of Aug. 1-7.Total Calls For Service: 46*911 Transports: 23Non Transports: 10Inter-facility Transports: 8Fire Related Incidents: 5

Aug. 3e-11 Responded to an apartment complex on Riverside Road for a tree down on

some electrical boxes. Determined boxes were intact and not structurally damaged with no service outage in the area. Scene left to property management to clean up.

e-11, T-31, r-11 Responded to a condo complex on Pulsipher Lane for a general fire alarm. No visible smoke or fire upon arrival. Found smoke detector full of water from apparent roof leak. Property management advised of findings to handle repair.

Non Transports include: Patient refusals, lift assists, patient deceased at scene, no patient found, no incident found, Incidents handled by other agencies.

* Call totals do not always add up to the Total Calls For Service due to multiple pa-tients/incident types at a single incident.

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Anderson, Derrick JMesquite8/4/16Failure to Appear

Female Juvenile OffenderMesquite8/4/16Curfew

Boone, Eric SSt. George, UTDUIFailure to signalFailure to maintain travel laneNo Proof of insuranceDriving suspended/revoked

Brackett, Lori DMesquite8/1/16Contempt of court

Casuse, Roger LSt. George, UT8/4/16DUINo Proof InsuranceDriving w/o valid DL

Cedillo, Carmela GMesquite8/1/16Failure to appear

Crane, Kyle RMesquite8/4/16City parks violation/alcoholCity parks violation/curfew

Ehn, William W

Hobson, MT8/4/16Enter property with intend to damage

English, Sawyer DRogersville, TN8/2/16DUI Open container

Francolini, Lydia MMesquite8/3/16Domestic Battery

Galavin, Robert WLittlefield, AZ8/5/16Open and Gross Lewdness under 14

Garcia-Estrada, VeronicaMesquite8/4/16Intoxicated pedestrian in roadwayPossession of drug paraphernalia

Hudson, Jessica NDenver, CO8/6/16Failure to appear

Madson, Tiffney MSt. George, UT8/2/16Failure to appearFalse informationBasic speedDriving w/o valid license

Malcom, Christopher MMesquite7/31/16Contempt of court

Mangum, Jeremy SCedar City, UT8/6/16Trespassing

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Like many kids raised in rural Nevada, as soon as my brother and I were old enough my father taught us how to handle

firearms. We got our junior member-ships to the NRA and passed the NRA Hunter Safety Program as soon as we were old enough, a rite of passage as common as getting a driver’s license. Growing up in Hawthorne, everybody I knew owned guns and I could hardly wait to go plinking with a .22 when the time came. Guns represented a common thread among us, we marked the begin-ning and end of duck season and deer season just as we waited for the start of football or basketball, and respect for the Second Amendment was woven into the fabric of my childhood.

Following in my father’s footsteps, I enlisted in the Navy at 18 and served as a Hospital Corpsman. Eventually, I became the commander of the Naval Medical Center San Diego where we treated Marines and Sailors suffering from combat wounds from Iraq and Af-

ghanistan. Young warriors with severe gunshot wounds was something you dealt with daily in a military hospital.

After the military, I continued my health care career in trauma centers here at home. It is one thing to see brave young men and women, fresh off the battlefield, with devastating wounds – it is awful but it is also to be expected. To see people, including children, with the same type of gunshot injuries coming through the ER doors in my community is unacceptable. What we see most days in the trauma center looks too much like what I saw in places like Fallujah or TQ. This senseless killing happens every day in part, because it is far too easy for dangerous people to get guns.

In Nevada, we hold sacred our Second Amendment rights. It is part of who we are. But with rights come responsibili-ties to do what we can to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Background checks are a reasonable approach to helping address gun violence without impacting the ability of law-abiding Nevadans to obtain and use firearms.

Unfortunately, felons, domestic abus-ers, and even individuals deemed by Federal authorities as too much as of a risk to fly on an airliner, are exploit-ing a loophole in the law to buy guns online and at gun shows without a background check. This November Nevadans have the opportunity to close the loophole by voting yes on Question 1, The Background Check Initiative, which requires criminal background checks on all gun sales with reasonable exceptions for family, hunting and self-defense. This common-sense approach respects our traditions of passing guns from father to son and defending our families and homes while at the same time, doing more to keep guns out of the hands of criminals.

Research shows background checks work. In Nevada during a three-year period, background checks blocked nearly 5,400 felons, criminals and domestic abusers from buying guns from licensed gun dealers. No one law will prevent every crime or stop every tragedy but requiring background checks for private sales online and at gun shows is a sensible approach to a

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Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt has filed what he is calling his final brief in the lawsuit challenging the

Interior Department’s economically crippling land use restrictions under the guise of protecting greater sage grouse, perhaps signaling that the case is nearing culmination.

As with previous filings Laxalt ac-cuses the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management, divisions of the Interior Department, of violating the law and ignoring scientific evidence when it concocted a 341-page pronouncement in September that 10 million acres of public land in 16 West-ern states — nearly a third of that in Nevada — would be taken out of consid-eration for future mining claims, as well as oil and gas drilling near breeding grounds and that there would be addi-tional reviews on grazing permits. The plan envisions restrictions on grazing, resource development, solar and wind energy, and public access on more than 16 million acres of public land in Ne-

vada altogether. This is being done even though the government declined to list the sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act.

The legal challenge in federal court is being pressed by the state, nine rural coun-ties, two mining companies and a ranch.

“Along with a majority of Nevada counties, my Office has been pushing back against the federal government’s overreaching sage grouse land plan for almost a year,” Laxalt is quoted as saying in a press release accompany-ing the court filing. “As our latest brief again demonstrates, the Bureau of Land Management’s rushed, one-size-fits-all sage grouse plan not only violates mul-tiple federal laws, but also the agency’s own regulations. The BLM blatantly disregarded the many Nevada experts and stakeholders, and failed to con-sider how its plan would impact Neva-dans. This approach to regulation is as dismissive to our State as it is illegal, and I remain dedicated to protecting the interests of Nevada and ensuring that agencies follow the law and take

the State’s concerns and interests into account.”

In the brief, the state argues that the plaintiffs have standing to bring the suit, a matter disputed by the govern-ment, because of the harm that will befall the state and county govern-ments, as well the private businesses. The BLM’s own Economic Impact Sum-mary, prepared by BLM economist Josh Sidon in 2015, “estimates a loss of $31 million and 493 jobs annually for live-stock, oil and gas, geothermal and wind in Nevada, stating that Nevada bore the largest impact from reduced wind en-ergy development, with Elko and White Pine Counties hit the hardest.”

But that low balls the impact because it does not take into account the loss of revenues due to minerals being left in the ground. Laxalt argues that the BLM ignored or misrepresented in its analy-sis the impact of lost mining claims on 2.8 million acres in Nevada, including the loss of $32 million in investments by one mining company.

A previous brief pointed out that the

land use plan jeopardizes development of a mine that could be worth $3 bil-lion — 1.4 million ounces of gold and 21 million ounces of silver.

The current brief notes, “Defendants ignore the importance of discussing how mining claims in the SFA (sagebrush focal areas) will be impacted by the pro-posed withdrawal. Defendants mischar-acterize the emails discussing this very issue,which criticize the agencies’ failure to disclose that half of all U.S. mining claims are located in Nevada: ‘… it is a serious omission not to include mining claim data. How can impacts to locatable minerals be adequately addressed if this data is not known?’” That last quote is from an internal BLM email discussing the failings of their own analysis.

The court should grant the relief sought by the plaintiffs to force the Interior Department to start over with a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, one that accurately reflects the economic and scientific facts instead of being crafted to fit a predetermined political agenda. — TM

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Court should force feds to start over on sage grouse assessment

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NEVER ENOUGh ThANKSLast weekend we were able to appreci-

ate the complete generosity that the resi-dents and businesses of Mesquite show on a daily basis. We usually cover these sort of things, but this time, we were on the receiving end.

When planning our wedding, which was scheduled for Aug. 6, we knew we wanted to incorporate and give as much business as we could locally. With the summer turning stagnant and many shops seeing a decline in business, we felt that this would be a perfect time to see something positive happen. In all of my planning, however, we couldn’t have expected much better or have done it without a few key players.

We want to personally thank the staff and owners of the MLN for allowing me to have a couple of days off, ha-ha… The Eureka and Virgin River Casinos assisted with housing our many family members who drove many hours to be here. The Eureka was also exceptional in assisting with our day-after brunch at Town Square, allowing us to use a spe-cial area for our party. It made the wrap-up that much more special to us.

Chris Hennig and the staff at Wedgie’s Sports Bar for their outstanding service and quality of food for the rehearsal din-ner. Absolutely delicious as always!

The Hafen Family was a blessing, as they allowed us to use their ranch. The view was breathtaking and the accom-modations were perfect!

Stateline Casino was also a major

player, as we held our reception there after the ceremony. There was a special area just for the kids while the rest of us adults had our fun. It was nice to know that we were all together, even if it was a room away.

The Mesquite Women’s Defensive Weaponry Club played a crucial role as well, as several of the members and the owners, Peggy Pope and Becky Hoff, set up chairs and decorations prior to the morning event. We can’t imagine what we would have done without their help.

Finally, but certainly not least, we want to thank a few individuals who constantly play an important role in our community, but rarely get thanked for it. Pastor Patrick O’Neal from the Mes-quite Lutheran Church for his counsel-ling and services; Cindi Delaney and her son Joe Delaney for their photography expertise; Teri Nehrenz for her artistic genius and constant ideas; DJ # Juan for his musical talents that inspire most people to let loose and dance; and finally all of our friends and family who pitched in to make this day one of the best days of our lives. We love all of you and can’t wait to thank you personally!

There may never be enough thanks that we could give to these businesses and people, but without them, this event would have been a lot different… And if we happened to miss someone, please know that we have appreciated every-thing you have done for us!

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that she and others recently held meet-ings to re-connect with communities as-sociated with Gold Butte.

“Our goal is to enter the Gold Butte area through the front door,” she said. “We want to be straight forward and transparent in what we’re doing and we want to work closely with the commu-nity to make sure they know what we’re doing as well.”

She explained her staff had met with local law enforcement agencies, town advisory boards, the Paiute Indians, Partners in Conservation, Friends of Gold Butte, and Congressman Cresent Hardy in their outreach efforts.

Citing three goals BLM has going for-ward, Marrs-Smith said her office will concentrate on land management in-cluding recreation, use authorizations, and cultural resource management; public safety; and public outreach.

Land use authorizations include working with rural utilities, specifically

Rio Virgin telephone company and the Virgin Valley Water District. Fire reha-bilitation from the 2005 and 2006 fires will begin in October, Marrs-Smith said. Route designation monitoring will also begin this fall she said “to make sure signs are where they need to be and perform maintenance on the Gold Butte Backcountry Byway.”

“We have proposed a project through the Southern Nevada Lands Manage-ment Act called “protecting Gold Butte’s cultural heritage. It hasn’t been approved but is still working its way through the review and approval process,” Marrs-Smith said.

The project will restore disturbances, interpret cultural resources, analyze ar-eas for future facilities and provide bet-ter management in the Whitney Pockets area of Gold Butte. “We plan to have a cultural liaison from the Band of Paiute Indians who will work with us to do out-reach,” she said.

Marrs-Smith announced an open house, panel discussion set for Sep. 7 in the Mesquite City Council chambers promising more details about it in the future.

Richard Secrist, Development Servic-es director, presented the council with an ordinance amendment that would re-move the distance requirements and al-low schools, churches, pools and parks to build near marijuana facilities if they so desire.

A 10 acre parcel that’s part of the larg-er vacant land is zoned for multi-family, high density construction. A 52 acre par-cel is zoned as hotel/tourist with the re-maining 25 acres zoned as commercial/general.

Secrist asked a rhetorical question that if marijuana facilities have distance restrictions from certain facilities is the reverse true if those entities choose to build near marijuana businesses? The ordinance change would “create an ex-emption whereby community facilities could be within the 1,000 foot buffer if they knowingly choose to. They would have to sign disclosures,” Secrist said.

A second part of the ordinance amend-ment would change the method of mea-surement for the buffer areas for medi-cal marijuana establishments and bring them in line with similar facilities like liquor stores or bars. Now, the measure-ment for MMEs is from property line to property line while others are measured from front door to front door.

Council members George Rapson, Kraig Hafen and Cindi Delaney readily agreed the measurement methods for MMEs should be in line with other es-tablishments.

However, all three expressed concerns

about changing distance requirements and creating problems in the future. Hafen said he wanted to “slow down and look at this some more. I don’t want this coming back on the city because we didn’t take our time.”

Rapson said “this could potentially open a can of worms. How do you trans-mit the information about the proximity of marijuana facilities to families who might bring their kids to a childcare fa-cility? That gets into disclosure issues. There’s also an issue with property rights of potential buyers of the land. This is not anything that Deep Roots Medical marijuana facility asked for. They don’t have a dog in this fight.”

Delaney agreed and asked for a con-tinuance of the proposal until the first meeting in October. The vote on that mo-tion passed 3-0.

The council also continued until their next meeting a proposal by City Attor-ney Bob Sweetin to begin exploration of adopting a city charter. It’s an idea that has been presented several times in past years, most recently in 2008 when it went nowhere.

Councilors unanimously passed an ordinance that amends city codes gov-erning primary elections for council and mayor. The action stems from confusion and controversy created from the June 14 primary election for three council seats. The change requires that a majori-ty of “voters” rather than “votes” be used to determine whether a candidate wins outright in a primary election.

A request by Mesquite Police Depart-ment Chief Troy Tanner for an emergen-cy hire for a full time police officer was also approved unanimously.

Elder Lorin Reber has been called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will serve in the Saltillo Mexico Mission for 24 months. Reber is the son of Larry and Jennifer Reber of the Mesquite 6th Ward. Elder Reber will speak at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, in the Whipple Chapel, 100 N. Arrowhead Lane.

Nevada has generations of veterans who struggle to keep up with the latest technol-ogy trends the VA is trying to implement and the information received by the VA can be confusing. This is why Congress-man Hardy is hosting a Veterans Benefits Seminar where he is bringing together representatives from MyHealthevet, Choice, Veterans Benefits Administration and eBenefits to help train veterans in the

community on how to access and utilize the services provided through the VA.

The seminar is scheduled for Thurs-day, Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the College of Southern Nevada, Mesquite Campus, 140 N. Yucca St., rooms 8 and 10.

For more information or to RSVP contact Monica Phillips 702-912-1634 or email monica.phillips@mail.house.gov

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Domestic Violence IP: Officers re-sponded to a Riverside Road residence reference a possible domestic disturbance.

Miscellaneous CAD Call Record: Officers responded to an East Pioneer Boulevard business for a report of a custody dispute. The reporting party re-quested a report be taken for documen-tation for what they believed was a viola-tion of the custody agreement.

Property Damage, Non Vandalism: Officers responded to the parking lot of a Moss Drive subdivision reference a damaged vehicle caused by high winds. An information report was completed.

AUg. 4:Minor Possessing/Consuming: An

officer contacted two male subjects in an East Mesquite Boulevard park after hours. Both subjects were found in pos-session of alcohol. Both males were is-sued citations for alcohol in the park and park hours. One of the males received an additional citation for minor in posses-sion of alcohol.

Property Damage, Non Vandal-ism: Officers responded to a West Mes-quite Boulevard convenience store for a property damage report. One individual was issued a citation and released with a court date.

Wanted person: An officer respond-ed to Mesquite Justice Facility reference an adult male with a Mesquite Munici-pal Court bench warrant.

Found Property: An officer re-sponded to a West Mesquite Boule-vard business for a report of found il-legal drugs. The drugs were located in a bathroom. It was unknown who the drugs belonged or how long they were in the bathroom.

Person on foot: An officer contacted a

female who had jaywalked in his presence on North Sandhill Boulevard. The female was found to be intoxicated in the road-way and in possession of drug parapher-nalia. She was arrested for both charges.

Driving Under the influence: An of-ficer stopped a vehicle for traffic offenses on West Mesquite Boulevard. The driv-er was taken into custody and charged for DUI-Alcohol (2nd offense), driving without a driver license, and no proof of insurance. The driver also had a warrant out of New Mexico for a probation viola-tion on a previous DUI conviction.

AUg. 5:Welfare Check: Officer responded to

a request for a welfare check on Palmer Lane. Officer found the subject was de-ceased. Clark County Coroner respond-ed and took custody of the scene.

Robbery: Officer responded to a West Pi-oneer Boulevard store for a report that a rob-bery that had just occurred. During investi-gation suspect was located and arrested.

Theft: An officer was dispatched to an East Old Mill Road address, in refer-ence to a theft.

Suspicious Person/Circumstance: An officer was dispatched to a West First South Street. address in reference to a suspicious phone call.

AUg. 6:Theft: An officer responded to a

Mesa Boulevard hotel for a report of a theft. The victim left the item unattend-ed and it was stolen from a machine in the casino. Surveillance footage was inconclusive and did not show the in-cident occurring. The investigation is ongoing.

Theft from vehicle: Officers re-sponded to a West Pioneer storage facil-ity for a report of a motor home being broken into. Several other RV’s were also found to have been broken into. The scene was processed and the crime is under investigation.

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problem that left unchecked, will have grave consequences. I urge you to learn

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Brian Brannman grew up in Hawthorne and served 30 years in the United States Navy, retir-ing as a Rear Admiral. He is currently a health care executive.

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She added, “It’s an opportunity to provide something for Mesquite they really need. They have a higher unem-ployment rate than does Lincoln Coun-ty, and we could work with new busi-nesses wanting to come there to find them the employees they need. It would also be a great way to create great rela-tions with the City of Mesquite.”

In addition, the City of Caliente has been working with the water and sewer agencies in Mesquite, “and we are look-ing at doing a collaborative training program with them,” Gatzke said.

If the program does go forward, she said “Carol (Bishop) would be on the ground working at that end, making sure it is running right, and we hire people down there like we have peo-ple hired here to run it. However, she said, “We would have to run the money through Lincoln County because we need somebody, an agency that is well established in handling the bookkeep-ing to do that.”

The targeted start date is October 1, 2016, Gatzke said.

The Workforce Connections office in Las Vegas office covers Nye, Lincoln, Clark and Esmeralda Counties,

“It’s a stretching of our office to go there,” she said, “but I think there is a benefit that is really needed because they don’t have a workforce office and haven’t had a stable contract or one up

and running like this for years, like we have been able to do here in Lincoln County.”

Higbee said if it proved successful, when the contracts are renewed in a few years, it could expand upwards of $400,000 to $600,000.

After listening to Gatzke’s presenta-tion, commissioners unanimously ap-proved the proposal for the grant ap-plication with the understanding they have a chance to review the final pro-posal when developed.

Gatzke said Workforce Connections has tightened up the rules, “that you have to have 10 to 15 years of a good fi-nancial system in place before you can apply for a contract, and I think the lo-cal business development agencies in Mesquite were denied because of that, but we would be willing to collaborate with them.”

Weast said, “Gatzke is correct in not-ing that the grant rules of Workforce Connections in Las Vegas eliminate any new community group such as ours. Even though our board consists of the leading employers, community groups, schools and local government, we were not eligible for a grant. I doubt that is what Congress had in mind when they created the workforce program.”

Paul Mathews asked what would be the benefit to Lincoln County. Gatzke said she thought the major benefit would be good will relations between the county and the Mesquite/Moapa areas. “It’s something we can give back. Often we don’t have that opportunity.”

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gence-led policing that puts patrol offi-cers where statistical data says the po-tential for certain crimes is the highest.” Without giving undue information to perpetrators, Averett said every crime is added to a database that department of-ficials study to show where it geographi-cally occurred and the time and date of its occurrence.

“By using the data, we know to put police officers in a certain neighbor-hood on a certain night between certain hours. That allows us to take a proactive approach to policing and not a reactive approach,” Averett said. “The data gives us an accurate trending of crimes so we know where to put our limited resourc-es to the best use.”

The comparison of six-month data shows that graffiti investigations are up 240 percent from five to 17. Juvenile problem investigations are up 88 per-cent from 72 last fall to 135 this spring. Most of the juvenile problems stem from school truancy and curfew violations.

Averett said most of the drug-related offenses are attributable to three illegal drugs: heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine. Aside from the direct offenses in drug investigations (+51 percent) and drug arrests (+55 percent) categories, he says drugs are also directly related to fraud (+212 percent), thefts from mo-tor vehicles (+107 percent), assault and battery (+36 percent), domestic calls (+18 percent), and the obvious, driving under the influence (+11 percent).

“Drug habits are expensive and they have to get the money from some place. That’s why we see an increase in these other crimes when we see an increase in drug-related crimes,” he said. “If we combat drugs and lower those crimes, we lower the other crimes.”

He said loosening marijuana usage laws is related to increased drug arrests. “Everyone we arrest for methamphet-amine is also arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia that includes mar-ijuana-related items. We don’t look for marijuana or its use, it just happens to always be a partner to the other three

that we do actively pursue.”Traffic accidents are up 18 percent

from 141 to 167, alcohol-related offenses increased 17 percent from 99 to 116, and noise disturbance investigations up 20 percent from 82 to 98.

“The majority of crimes are handled by the same officer from the time it’s re-ported until its conclusion with either a dismissal or an arrest,” Averett said. “That really stretches our officers thin because some of these cases take a really long time to work through.”

MPD’s officer ratio per population stands at 1.7 per 1,000 inhabitants. Na-tionwide, that rate averages 2.4 sworn officers per 1,000 inhabitants. However, in Mesquite’s situation, the ratios may be problematically skewed simply because of the city’s location and characteristics.

While Mesquite’s official population stands at just over 19,000, that doesn’t account for the visitors and travelers that boost the number much higher.

For the first six months of 2016, the city had more than 100,000 visitors each month. Only one month last fall, Octo-ber, topped that high-water mark.

And, the number of vehicles crossing the Nevada Arizona border has steadily risen each month hitting an average high of 28,000 every day. That’s an increase of about 4,000 each day from last fall.

“Being a border city, we understand that some of our crime comes from not just within the state but the surrounding ones as well,” Averett said. “Understandably, that complicates things for us. We work closely with Arizona and Utah police departments to exchange data and intel-ligence. All of us deal with the same sus-pects who cross the borders all the time.”

For all the bad news, Averett reports that Mesquite has one of the lowest crime rates in Nevada at approximately 18 per-cent versus 37 percent for all of Clark County. The MPD crime clearance ratio for 2015 was 36.10 percent with Clark County averaging 15.91 percent and the state averaging 18.26 percent. “Our re-sponse times have increased but that’s due to the rise in reported crime and the lack of enough officers. Chief Tan-ner wants to reverse that while keeping our crime rate one of the lowest and our solvability rate one of the highest,” Av-erett said.

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Mrs. Susan LivingstonVirgin Valley Elementary School is excited to recognizeanother outstanding member of its teaching staff,Mrs. Susan Livingston. Mrs. Livingston just finishedher seventeenth year in the Clark County School District and her fourteenth year at this school. Sheis currently a second grade teacher. Mrs. Livingstonserved on multiple school committees, helping withschool banking and attending monthly safety anddiscipline meetings. She participated in weeklygrade level meetings and shared her lesson plansand activities with her grade level to help supportdifferentiated grade level reading groups. A highlightfor her this past year was presenting at the school’sFamily Science, Technology, Engineering, and MathNight back in January. Mrs. Livingston is looking forward to another great year and is excited to see allof her incoming students on Friday, August 26, 2016,at 5:00 PM for Open House.

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Senior women from across Nevada will celebrate their “Age of Elegance” on Wednesday, Aug. 24, when they take the stage at the South Pointe Casino in Las Vegas for the 30th anniver-sary of the Ms. Senior Nevada Competition. Tickets are avail-able now. Representing Mesquite in the competition this year is Jean Hardman, Ms. Senior Mesquite 2016.

Hardman was crowned on April 2 at the Mesquite Commu-nity Theatre and has been busy with community activities such as the Mesquite Days Parade, presenting money to community non-profit organizations and entertaining the residents at the recent Colonial Property Management’s Christmas in July cel-ebration at Highland Manor.

Outside the community, Hardman has visited Nevada’s state capital, Carson City, with Ms. Senior Nevada title holders and has entertained at the Ms. Senior Nye County competition. Hardman also has a busy personal life, which includes her hus-band and her music.

Hardman performs as first violin with the Southern Nevada Symphony Orchestra, in a Celtic music group in Idaho where she lives in the summer and hosts a weekly jam session at Des-

ert Skies RV park in Scenic, AZ. She is also involved with the group Strings-n-Things and performs regularly for functions and groups in Mesquite.

Since July 16 Hardman has steadily been preparing herself to compete for the title of Ms. Senior Nevada. With a hard-work-ing group of board members, Queen Mothers, and family and friends to support her, Hardman will compete in several cat-egories.

Talent is 30 percent of their score, evening gown (stage presence and poise) 20 percent, philosophy of life 20 percent and judge’s individual interview 30 percent of their overall score.

All the performing along with her Ms. Senior Mesquite du-ties and competition is exciting and challenging for Hardman but she says her biggest battle to date is her fight with cancer. She calls herself “almost” a survivor. She has fought hard for the past two years and continues that fight. She’s certainly showing no signs of slowing down.

You can find more information on the Ms. Senior Nevada competition and the pageant history by visiting their website: http://msseniornevada.com/Ms_Senior_Nevada/History.html.

Ticket information for the Ms. Senior Nevada competition can obtained by calling 702-458-9899.

File photoJean Hardman, Ms. Senior Mesquite 2016, center, is preparing for the Ms. Senior Nevada competition set for Aug. 24 at the South Pointe Casino in Las Vegas. With her are Mesquite Showgirls Jean Watkins, left, Geni Barton, Linda Gault, and Merri Erickson.

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The CasaBlanca resort will host its fi-nal Casapoolooza on Saturday, Sept. 3. Performing for the Casapoolooza is the well-known country/classic rock band from Las Vegas “Wolf Creek.”

Wolf Creek members perform the mu-sic of super groups such as Led Zeppe-lin, Journey, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, ZZ Top, The Eagles, and solo artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Carrie Under-

wood, Miranda Lambert, Toby Keith and others. Since 1998, Wolf Creek has performed in and around the Las Vegas and Laughlin areas.

The band, originated by lead vocalist and bassist JR Davenport, indicates the base of Wolf Creek’s music is country, yet they have developed into one of the hottest southern rock n’ roll acts in Las Vegas, playing a variety of classic rock material in their sets.

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Mesa View Regional Hospital an-nounced its four-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servic-es (CMS) placing Mesa View within the top 25 percent of hospitals nationwide and the only hospital in Southern Ne-vada to receive four out of five stars.

CMS released overall hospital quality “star ratings” on its Hospital Compare web-site to provide consumers with more trans-parency regarding the quality, safety and service of hospitals throughout the U. S.

Hospitals received ratings of one to five stars — with five stars being the highest score — based on their performance on selected measures from the hospital inpa-tient quality reporting (IQR) and outpa-tient quality reporting (OQR) programs.

The ratings were based on perfor-mance data dated from 2011 to 2015.

“Mesa View Regional Hospital’s team works tirelessly to pursue the highest standards for clinical excellence, and we are extremely proud of this achievement. Even with these high marks, we remain mission-focused, striving for continued patient-centered excellence in all aspects of hospital quality, safety and service,” noted Patty Holden, Mesa View Region-al Hospital CEO.

The scoring consisted of seven do-mains in the areas of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience, time-liness of care, effectiveness of care and imaging efficiency.

For more information on CMS’ star rat-ings, visit: https://www.medicare.gov/HospitalCompare/Data/Patient-Experi-ence-Domain.html , or search on “Hospi-tal Compare” and look for ‘Star Ratings.

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For many in our western culture, “Pre-nup” is a dirty word. Who in their right mind would go into a marriage planning for divorce from day one?

Only a TV celebrity couple would do such a silly thing, right? Not neces-sarily. In our community, where many marriages are second unions (whether because of death or divorce) between couples who have each previously ac-cumulated substantial savings, retire-ment, or real property assets and who each want to protect these accumulated assets for their children and grandchil-dren from the prior marriage, a pre-nup-tial agreement can actually make a lot of sense from both an asset protection and estate planning prospective.

In order to understand why a prenup-tial agreement might make sense, it is important to know how Nevada law de-fines property in marriage.

Nevada is a community property state, meaning that all property or income ac-quired during the course of a marriage is presumptively the equal property of both spouses.

On the other hand, all assets and property acquired prior to the marriage or exclusively from assets acquired prior to the marriage is separate property.

For a senior couple embarking on a second marriage, this means that the assets they each bring into the marriage are separate property and the other spouse does not have any property inter-est in them.

So, why the need for a pre-nup if Ne-vada law is already pretty clear on the separate property/community property distinction? Because divorce is messy and expensive.

Literally barrels of ink have been

spilled by attorneys and judges in Ne-vada trying to characterize property as community or separate property. With-out a pre-nup there is a substantial risk that significant attorney’s fees will have to be expended to protect your property in a divorce.

With a pre-nup, the couple can short-circuit the entire divorce process, agree that certain assets are separate or com-munity assets, and that if either party challenges the pre-nup agreement and loses, they have to pay the other side’s at-torney’s fees.

Another important reason to have a pre-nup in a “golden years” marriage is when one of the spouses comes into the marriage with debt.

A pre-nuptial agreement can assist the parties in protecting the non-debtor spouse’s separate property from col-lection efforts initiated by the debtor spouse’s creditors.

Finally, a good pre-nup can be an important estate planning tool (along with a trust, will or other estate plan-ning tools) to ensure that when a spouse dies, the appropriate amount of the deceased spouse’s estate passes to his or her children and/or the sur-viving spouse.

Although not necessary in every mar-riage, a pre-nup agreement is definitely not just for “flash in the pan” celebrity marriages.

If you are contemplating marriage, especially a “golden years” marriage, a conversation with a competent attorney can help you decide whether a pre-nup agreement makes sense for you.

Clifford Gravett is a local attorney with the Virgin Valley law firm of Bingham Snow & Caldwell and serving clients in Nevada, Arizona, and Utah (702-346-7300 / www.binghamsnow.com).

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During the registration at Hughes Middle School, schedules and locker as-signments will be handed out. School fees will be collected, PE clothes may be purchased and school spirit t-shirts will be available. A few required district forms need to be signed.

Parents of 7th grade students are re-minded to bring updated immuniza-tion records with them to registration. The T-dap booster is required for all 7th grade students. Schedules will not be handed out until this has been given as mandated by the Nevada State Board of Health.

BAnk collecting School SupplieS for At-riSk StudentS

Bank of Nevada is inviting the public to join its employees and customers in helping provide necessary school sup-plies to at-risk students who attend schools in Las Vegas, Henderson and Mesquite.

For four weeks —Aug. 1-26 — the Bank

of Nevada Back-to-School Drive, will collect school supplies on behalf of stu-dents whose families may not have the ability to purchase all the items needed by their children.

The donated supplies will be split among five schools, including Virgin Valley High in Mesquite, that are desig-nated Title 1 schools, meaning a majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, based on their family’s in-come.

The public can drop off new school supplies such as notebooks, paper, pens and pencils, rulers, backpacks, erasers, scissors and glue sticks at any Bank of Nevada Branch. The Mesquite Branch, located at 11 Pioneer Boulevard, is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

nde Accepting ApplicAtionS for ScholArShipS

CARSON CITY – The Nevada De-partment of Education has sent high school counselors application forms for the 2017 U.S. Senate Youth Scholarship Program (USSYP) sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. NDE will be selecting two delegates to represent Nevada in this annual all-ex-pense paid trip for a week in Washing-ton D.C. in the spring of 2017. Each stu-dent will be awarded a $10,000 college scholarship, to be presented by Nevada Senators Harry Reid and Dean Heller.

For more information go to http://www.doe.nv.gov/Topic/U_S__Sen-ate_Youth_Program/ or contact Sylvia Verdugo at NDE, (775) 687-8224 or sver-dugo@doe.nv.gov

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Music played a vital part of early set-tlers’ lives. From dances and choirs to parades and family gatherings, music was an integral part of these activities.

On Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the classroom between the fine arts gallery and the museum the Harmonics Strings Chamber Group will explain how stringed instruments make music and demonstrate their instru-

ments. Activity-goers will have a chance to make their own stringed instruments.

This is a free family-oriented activ-ity and everyone is invited to come for a noisy, fun-filled morning.

For more information about this event and the Museum, call 702-346-5705, find us on Facebook at MesquiteNVMuseum or stop by the museum at 35 W. Mesquite Blvd.

The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Making music with strings

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August 20th & 21stFeature Races Each Day

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County Fair • August 20 & 21Fair Exhibits — Livestock Sale

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Visit our website at www.wphorseraces.com775-293-0106 or 775-289-8589

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Ninety-two golfers competed for a chance to win over $43,000 in on-course events during the 11th Annual Golf Tour-nament held Saturday, July 30 at Wolf Creek Golf Club. Under mostly overcast skies with lower than average tempera-tures the golfers, sponsors and support-ers enjoyed a fun day of play, networking and comradery.

Wolf Creek Golf Course and the Mes-quite Chamber of Commerce received numerous compliments on a great event that was well organized with many fun events that Mesquite golfers had not experienced. The scramble format was played in five hours or less making for an enjoyable day.

The Bill Mitchell team took first place, Sun City Mesquite team came in second place and Major Sponsor Rising Star Sports Ranch Resort team took third place. All winning team members re-ceived a free round of golf at Wolf Creek Golf Club.

Long Drive winner for the Ladies was Polly Hendricks with City Wide Mort-gage and for the Men was Scott Bailif with Conestoga Golf Course.

There were three Par 3 Hole in One opportunities. Sponsored by Ready Golf and Gear, an “EZ GO” golf cart; sponsored by Intermountain Golf Car, a “Club Car” golf cart; and a Ford Fusion sponsored by Ken Garff Mesquite Ford. While many of the golfers tried their best, there were no winners for the Hole-in-One prizes. A special thank you goes to all these sponsors.

Bill Mitchell/Farmers Insurance sponsored a $5,000 Putting contest. There were no winners as the three fi-nalists could not sink a 50 foot putt.

The Chamber would also like to thank Dixon Golf for sponsoring a Par 3 and

Par 5 Challenge.This year the Chamber offered a new

“On-Course Hole Sponsorship” allow-ing Chamber members to place a booth or stand on the course. The Rising Star Sports Ranch Resort, America First, Xtreme Stitch, TDS, Michelle Burkett and Cindy Biskup with Keller Williams, the Elks Lodge 2811, and Dennis Lee rep-resenting the 2017 Chamber Business and Visitor Guide all participated with tents, booths and giveaways. Golfers enjoyed meeting the various Chamber members commenting that the interac-tion with the members helped add to the excitement and enjoyable format!

A special thank you goes out to The Rising Star Sports Ranch, a $2,500 Eagle Sponsor; America First a $1,000 Birdie Sponsor; Dave Ballweg/LOADTEC a $1,500 Lunch Sponsor and $750 Par Sponsors Baird Painting, Colonial Prop-erty Management, Dixie Ophthalmic Specialists and Fidelity National Title.

The Mesquite Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Wolf Creek Golf Course for partnering with the Chamber to host this premier event.

Over $5,000 in raffle prizes were do-nated by local and regional businesses and golf courses. Thank you to all of them for their donation and support.

The Chamber also thanks the volun-teers and golfers who made the tourna-ment a huge success. Without their in-volvement and support they would not have had such a successful event. The golf tournament is the Chamber’s largest fundraiser of the year and the tourna-ment assists the Chamber in providing programs and support to the Chamber membership.

The Mesquite Chamber of Commerce looks forward to seeing you at next year’s 12th Annual Chamber of Com-merce Golf Tournament.

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The City of Mesquite Department of Athletics and Leisure Services is pleased to announce they have received a dona-tion of water coolers from the Do it Best organization in Mesquite. The Do It Best organization has requested that their donation be used for youth sports and programs of the valley.

“The Do It Best organization is com-

mended,” said Nicholas Montoya, De-partment Director. “We cannot thank them enough for their amazing efforts and kindness for the community.”

If you, your business, or organization is interested in contributing time, money or product, or you have additional ques-tions please contact Griseyda (gbelalca-zar@mesquitenv.gov) 346-5290 or Nich-olas Montoya (nmontoya@mesquitenv.gov) 346-8732.

yEH uSES SEvEn BiRdiES foR HiS 69

Andrew Yeh’s best round ever was at Falcon Ridge when he had eight birdies in his round of 65. On Tuesday, Aug. 2, he recorded his third 69 at Falcon Ridge. This time he used seven birdies, four of them on the back side for his three un-der score of 34.

His first birdie on hole 17 was also the shot of the day. He pulled his drive to the left side of the par three green. Wedg-ing it from some 50 yards back on to the green where his ball rolled some 50 feet up hill to the back corner cup and dropped in for his birdie two. When you start your first hole that way it’s prob-ably a good sign you are going to have a good round.

Joe Smith (79) had a great front side with nine straight pars to record his even par 35. He parred 11 straight holes until the wheels kind of fell off on the back but all in all had a nice round of 79. For the gold tees Ray Halicki (92) had a nice front nine score of 39 and Bubba Petrick carded a one over par 36.

SmitH winS fiRSt Low nEtJoe Smith has been playing some

pretty steady golf the past few months.

But every time he searched the payout envelopes from the previous day’s play there was none there with his name on it. “What do I have to do? All I want is to just once see that white envelope with my name on it,” Smith had been saying for months. Well his patience was final-ly rewarded Thursday, Aug 4 at Cones-toga golf course. Yes, Andrew Yeh was medalist with a mediocre 76 but Smith turned in the second best round with 83.

That score was a net 72 that was one shot good enough for first place low net over Gene Scaveta (85) and 73 and Ed Hoepfner (86) and net 73. Smith had the shot of the day on the par five 16th as his wedge shot from 75 yards out hit two feet from the cup and bounced an inch from the cup for a “sweet” birdie four. His net 72 was good enough for second low net for the day and propelled him up eight places in the summer net tournament. The “birdie” man for the day was Kim Tomsic with birdies on hole 7 and 14.

The next scheduled play is Thursday, Aug. 11 at 7 a.m. at Canyons. Always check your sign-up sheets for any cor-rected times or places. Anyone inter-ested in joining the MMGA can call 702-346-5636. Also check out our website at www.mesquitemensgolf .com.

Successful 11th Chamber Golf Tournament is in the books

Submitted photoThe Mesquite Chamber of Commerce held its 11th annual golf tournament on July 30 at Wolf Creek Golf Club.

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Aug. 15, 1908 — Dudley Leavitt Sr. died at Bunkerville. He was 78 years old.

Aug/ 15, 1877 — Hugh Bunker was born to Edward Jr and Arminto Zerada

McClellan. He was the first baby born in Bunkerville.

August 1911 — Bunkerville High School established

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Thursday, Aug. 11: Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes w/ Brown Gravy, Green Bean Salad, Peanut Butter Cookie

Friday, Aug. 12: Turkey, Stuffing w/ Gravy, Italian Vegetables, Yams, Carrot Cake

Monday, Aug. 15: Chicken Parme-san w/Spinach Noodles, California Veg-

etables, Orange, Spinach Salad, Toasted Bread Stick, Fruit Cocktail, Juice

Tuesday, Aug. 16: Tuna Salad on Wheat berry Bread, Macaroni Salad, Cucumber w/ Sour Cream, Beets, Or-anges

Wednesday, Aug. 17: Turkey Wrap, Broccoli Salad, Cottage Cheese, Peaches

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Veterans Benefits Seminar is sched-uled for this morning, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the College of Southern Nevada, Mesquite located at 140 N. Yuc-ca St.,n rooms 8 & 10.

The purpose of the seminar is to help educate and train veterans and their families on how to use the online por-tals to access benefits and other services the VA offers. 702-912-1634 monica.phil-lips@mail.house.gov

We Care for Animals is holding a pet adoption event at the old library locat-ed at 150 N. Yucca St., No. 1 on Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon.

All pets adopted through WCFA are vet checked, up to date on all vaccines, spayed/neutered (or will be when old enough) and ready for their new home.

Register now for Muttigans – WC-FA’s Charity Golf Tournament Oct 21. Go to Muttigans.com to register or sponsor.

WCFA is also looking for donations of Christmas ball ornaments that they will use to create Christmas ball wreaths to sell and raise money to sup-port the homeless cats and dogs in their foster care program. They need large and small ornaments.

Ornaments can be dropped off during the adoption event on Saturday or call 702-346-3326, they will gladly arrange to come pick them up.

Don’t breed or buy, adopt and give a wonderful fur friend a forever home. You can contact WCFA at www.wecare-foranimals.org for an online application.

Mayhem in Mesquite begins this weekend with the Mayhem Pool par-ty hosted by DJ Juan. Join the fun with the pizza eating contest and the ring girl meet and greet then check into the tent at 6 p.m. when they’ll be weighing in the fighters.

Don’t wear yourself out with all pre-fight fun. Hold onto your energy because the fights begin on Saturday at 7 p.m. with all the future stars of MMA and you won’t want to miss the after party with the Saints of Las Vegas; the con-cert is free.

For ticket information to Mayhem in Mesquite IX contact the Casablanca at www.casablancaresort.com or call Star Tickets at 800-585-3737.

There are a ton of weekly events we just can’t fit them all into the paper but our web site will direct you to a wide va-riety of activities that happen every day all around Mesquite. For those of you who stick around all year, you will find a ton of indoor activities and even a few outdoor ones for the brave that will keep you fit and active all summer long. Visit www.mesquitelocalnews.com/calendar for all your summer activities.

Send all your activities to terin.bbm@gmail.com and please remember to put “community calendar” in the subject line so your event notice doesn’t get lost in cyber space.

tHuRSdAy, AuG. 11Congressman Cresent HardyWhere: College of Southern Nevada,

140 N. Yucca St.When: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.Info: 702-912-1634Mesquite Cancer Help Society

Support Group MeetingWhere: 150 N. Yucca St., No. 35When: 2:30 p.m.Info: 702-553-6523Math Ninja SuperheroesWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First

North St. When: 4 p.m. Info: 702-346-5224Hands on Computer Lab

Where: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First North St.

When: 5-6 p.m. Info: 702-346-5224

fRidAy, AuG. 12Mayhem in Mesquite Weigh InWhere: Casablanca Event Tent, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 6 p.m.Info: www.casablancaresort.com,

Free AdmissionMayhem Pool PartyWhere: Casablanca Event Tent, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 1-4 p.m.Info: www.casablancaresort.com,

Free AdmissionSpazmatics and Ring Girl ContestWhere: Casablanca Event Tent, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 7:30 p.m.Info: www.casablancaresort.com

SAtuRdAy, AuG. 13We Care for Animals Pet AdoptionWhere: 150 N. Yucca St. When: 9 a.m. – noonInfo: www.wecareforanimals.orgVietnam Veterans MeetingWhere: Veteran’s Center, 840 Hafen

Lane When: 9 a.m.Info: 702-346-2735Family Craft DayWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First

North St. When: 11 a.m. Info: 702-346-5224Mayhem in Mesquite IXWhere: Casablanca Event Tent, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: Doors open @ 6 p.m., event be-

gins @7 p.m., After Party 10 p.m.Info: www.casablancaresort.com

mondAy, AuG. 15Adult Coloring ClubWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First

North St. When: 1 p.m. Info: 702-346-5224Bereavement GroupWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First

North St. When: 3:30-5 p.m. Info: 702-346-5224

tuESdAy, AuG. 16VVAA General MeetingWhere: Mesquite Fine Arts Gallery

Classroom, 15 W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 11 a.m.Info: 702-346-1338Technical Review MeetingWhere: City Hall, 10 E. Mesquite Blvd.When: 1:30-2:30 p.m.Info: www.mesquitenv.govVirgin Valley Water District Board

of Directors MeetingWhere: 500 Riverside RoadWhen: 5 p.m.Info: www.vvh20.comThe American Legion Post 24Where: Veteran’s Center, 840 Hafen

LaneWhen: 6 p.m.Info: 702-346-2735

wEdnESdAy, AuG. 17Teen SceneWhere: Mesquite Library, 121 W. First

North St. When: 3:30 p.m. Info: 702-346-5224Ham Radio Club of MesquiteWhere: Airport Fire Station, 1200 Kit-

ty Hawk DriveWhen: 6-7 p.m.Info: Roy Miller 702-345-3006

Wolf Creek has performed in such places as MGM Resorts, The Hard Rock Hotel, The Stratosphere, Station Casinos and South Point Casino. In 2012, Wolf Creek was added to regular rotation at the Las Vegas’ Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Club.

It’s not uncommon to have seen Wolf Creek open for Grammy Award-win-ning artists such as Brooks and Dunn, Reba McEntire, Brad Paisley, Mark Chesnutt, Alan Jackson and Toby Keith. Individual members have jammed with groups and artists such as Heart, AC/DC, George Thorogood, Charlie Pride and many more.

Davenport said in a recent inter-view, “My dad had a small coun-try band, something he did for fun. When I was 12 or 13 he put a guitar in my hand and we would go out on Saturday nights and perform in lo-cal clubs.” Eventually, his whole family became part of the band. His parents sang and played guitar. His sister played steel guitar. His brother played drums and violin.

“We became the Davenport Family Band and played all over the coun-try. When I turned 21 we started recording and putting out a few re-cords.”

Eventually Davenport ended up in Las Vegas, working as the entertain-ment director for Caesar’s Palace. When the casino business became less attractive, Davenport turned to clean-ing pools and after a year was so suc-cessful in that business that he quit Caesar’s Palace and stayed with pool cleaning for 15 years. He works mostly in real estate now but his first love has always been music.

Davenport played at the Alladin Ho-tel in the show Country Tonight for six years; his brother was the musical direc-tor for the show. When they imploded the Alladin, Davenport and his brother

formed the band Wolf Creek, which has developed into one of the hottest and well-known country bands in Las Ve-gas.

Davenport’s brother is no longer with the band. Members have changed over the years and now consist of six individuals including the dynamic vo-cal duo of Gayla Dawn and Tammy Grahm along with “Tall Tom Denk.” You’ll know why they call him “Tall Tom” when you see this impressive 6 foot 8 inch bass player towering over the others. Denk joined Wolf Creek in 2008 after moving to Las Vegas from Cleveland. Denk has an extensive mu-sical history having played with sev-eral tribute bands, hosted open mic nights in local venues in and around the Cleveland area and jammed with various well-known artists. Denk also happens to be a close cousin to local Mesa View hospital worker Phil Neh-renz.

It;s a fitting end for a hot summer, hav-ing one of the hottest country/southern rock bands from Las Vegas; now that’s entertainment.

You won’t want to miss out on the last Casapoolooza of the season. For more information on the CasaBlanca Resort and what they’ve got going on visit their website www.casablancaresort.com and click on entertainment.

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it’s not uncommon to have seen wolf creek open for Grammy Award-winning artists such as Brooks and dunn, Reba mcEntire, Brad Paisley, mark chesnutt, Alan Jackson and toby Keith. individual members have jammed with groups and artists such as Heart, Ac/dc, George thorogood, charlie Pride and many more.

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Golden West Restaurant & Casino is excepting applications for line cooks. Apply at 91 E. Mesquite Blvd.

Ad sales manager Battle Born Media seeks full-time ad sales manager for its Mesquite news-paper. Weekly salary plus commis-sion. Must have own transportation and computer. Send resume to barb@bjellestad.com or drop off at 12 W. Mesquite Blvd, Ste 109, Mesquite, NV.

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350 Falcon Ridge Pkwy ▪ Bldg. 100, Ste. 102 ▪ Mesquite

Ace Hardware • 102 W. Mesquite Blvd. • 702-346-5277

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Lovin’ Arms Pet Center opened No-vember 15 2011. We specialize in quality food and treats for dogs and cats. Our selection ranges from Frozen Raw to affordable yet healthy dry kibble, while making sure that none of our products contain soy, corn, by-products, or arti-ficial colors or flavors. We also have de-hydrated, freeze dried, refrigerated, and canned foods.

At Lovin’ Arms we love toys, and our selection is vast and ever changing. Leashes, harnesses, crates, comfy beds, cat towers and more! If there is some-thing you want or need for your Cat or Dog, we have it! We carry only high-quality products but strive to keep our prices below that of the big chain stores.

While you’re in our store, make sure to check out our Self-Serve Dog Wash! We have everything you’d need from sham-poo, conditioner, nail clippers, to blow dryers. Mention this ad to receive your first wash free, and 15% off your first purchase! Like us on Facebook, (Face-book.com/lovinarmspetcenter) AND FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM @LOVINARMSPETS. Please contact us about weekly deliveries to the Mesquite area.

Directions: I-15 to the Bluff St exit. Go north on Bluff St, past the St George Blvd. stoplight. Turn right into the Ace Hardware shopping center and find us next to the Desert Rat!

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