Mesquite LocaL NewsThe Week of JUly 12, 2018 Vol. 14, No. 39

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By Barbara EllestadMLN

While it may seem like a bad omen, there just may be a future for the area that held the recently closed Nevada Welcome Center at the junction of I-15 Exit 122 and Sandhill Boulevard in Mes-quite.

The Nevada Department of Trans-portation owns the 2.5 acre lot. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Author-ity operated the Mesquite Visitors Infor-mation Center at a cost of $40,000 a year with two employees and a host of volun-teers.

The LVCVA recently made an opera-tional decision to close the center because

By Barbara EllestadMLN

The first sentence of the Virgin Valley Water District’s response to a lawsuit filed against it by Paradise Canyon, LLC, summed up and set the tone for the next 25 pages of legalese. “This is a case of a golf course that doesn’t want to pay the going-rate for irrigation shares.”

Paradise Canyon, which owns the Wolf Creek golf course, filed a lawsuit against the district on May 16 in civil court over a 2011 lease agreement that provides the golf course with irrigation water. Because the lease can’t be changed until it comes up for renewal in 2019, the lawsuit appears to be a pre-emptory and specious move on the part of Wolf Creek.

The district’s response, filed with the Clark County District Court on July 9, requests an immediate dismissal of the lawsuit, saying “The complaint repre-sents the latest in a series of efforts by Wolf Creek to force the District into charging the rate Wolf Creek wants to pay. Unfortunately for Wolf Creek, the Lease gives the District discretion to determine the Lease rate beginning in 2020.”

In its lawsuit, Paradise Canyon alleged it has the right to lease the irrigation shares in perpetuity, that the district is not acting in good faith and fair dealing, and that Wolf Creek had no restraint on subleasing shares it doesn’t use to South-ern Nevada Water Authority. The Mes-quite golf course also asked for declara-tory relief from proving beneficial use of the water and from the requirement to use city effluent water before using the district’s irrigation water.

Perhaps the most striking portion of the response was the district’s charge of political, legislative and judicial manipu-lation of the whole issue on the part of Wolf Creek’s owners. In addition to the lack of jurisdiction by a public utility commission, the Nevada legislature gave the district “complete control over the rates it charges for its water resources” due in large part because the board of directors “are elected by the Virgin Val-ley residents and are answerable to those voters for the decision they make regard-ing rates and everything else.”

The response goes on to ask the judge, “Is there really any way for a court to decide the policy question of whether a

By Teri NehrenzMLN

Law enforcement officers are sworn to serve and protect the public but every once in a while those tables get turned and, by some strange twist of fate, the opposite happens.

On Monday July 2, Mohave County Sheriff Doug Schuster presented a Life-saving Award to Sherry King, a 70 year old Littlefield, Arizona, resident. King is being credited with saving the life of a Mohave County Sheriff’s Office Deputy

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By Teri NehrenzMLN

You may have driven by the “Old Gym” on the corner of West First North and Yuc-ca Street in the past several months and witnessed some construction going on. The construction was all a part of a brand new, state-of-the-art playground complete with jungle gyms and swing sets with soft ground material beneath, a splash pad, picnic tables and plenty of shade.

The Town Square playground proj-ect was several years in the works from approval to fruition but well worth the wait, according to city council member Brian Wursten. “It’s exactly what our city needed,” Wursten said. “Although the approval for the project was before my time on council, I fully support a place that is more centrally located, pro-vides a safe, outdoor play environment for our children and most especially, I

support and appreciate the shade.”The project was funded by the Re-

development Agency Funds, designed by City Engineer Travis Anderson and will be maintained by the Department of Athletics and Leisure Services.

Anderson said, “City of Mesquite Li-aison Officer Aaron Baker showed me what he wanted and we started small; from there it just grew into what it is to-day.”

What it was when it officially opened on Tuesday, July 10 was a dream come true for many children and their parents. Not only did community members get to enjoy a covered play area, they were treated to a free lunch of hot dogs, ham-burgers (with all the fixings), chips and drinks. Ice cream cones, snow cones and popsicles were also provided to the kids. The Mesquite Fire and Rescue workers cooked up the feast in the parking lot, fed everyone who attended and were aw-

fully good sports about it; it was hot and they didn’t have any shade.

While the City of Mesquite does pro-vide some fine facilities for residents and guests, Town Square offers the shaded protection from the scorching sun that other facilities do not.

Parents can now sit under the cano-pies, in close proximity to their children while at play in any area of the play-ground or splash pad. There’s no longer a need to drive to the out skirts of town to enjoy the parks or splash pads and the ground below the jungle gym and swings is a ‘poured in place’ rubber sur-face; their play area is cushy and soft so the players stay safe.

Town Square Park will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., splash pad hours are the same. For more information on Town Square Park contact the City of Mesquite Department of Athletics and Leisure Services at 702-346-8732.

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Teri NehrenzTown Square Park officially opened on Tuesday, July 10. It is a state-of-the-art playground complete with jungle gyms and swing sets with soft ground material beneath, a splash pad, picnic tables and plenty of shade.

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Nevada Welcome Center closes

> See KING, Page 6A

Teri NehrenzSherry KIng was honored for help-ing save the life of a Mohave County sheriff.

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By Barbara EllestadMLN

When you had a banner month like the Mesquite Building Department had in June 2017 when it issued $13.123 mil-lion in building permits, it seems odd to say that the sky is falling this year when it issued only $8.245 million in permits in June.

The department issued 34 permits for new homes in June with a total valua-tion of $7.639 million. That compares to 42 permits worth $9.371 issued in June 2016. Going back two years, the city is-sued 19 permits worth $4.089 million in June 2016.

Overall, the city issued 132 permits in all categories valued at a total of $8.245 million in June.

Pulte Homes of Nevada took out 21 permits for its construction of homes in Sun City Mesquite. That brings the total number of permits for the builder to 86 in the first six months of the year.

Nevada Residential Construction (NRC) took out three permits while LHSC Inc. received five permits for new homes.

Maves Construction and Jackson Con-tracting LLC each received two permits and Construction West received one permit.

Most of the new home construction was valued in the $200,000 range with

the highest value at $442,338 and the lowest value at $149,292.

Four permits were issued for residen-tial modifications in June with a valua-tion of $39,658. Last year, three permits were issued in this category worth $11,043.

Last year the city issued two permits for commercial buildings worth a total of $2.615 million. One permit was issued for the new library and one permit was for the second phase of Beehive Homes Assisted Living facility on Second South Street. Five permits for commercial modifications were issued with a valua-tion of $851,228.

This year, only one permit was issued for commercial buildings worth $40,000 and one permit was issued in the com-mercial modifications category.

Four permits were taken out for new businesses compared to three issued in June 2017.

Eleven permits for block walls, usual-ly an indicator of future home construc-tion, were issued this year compared to eight issued in this category last year.

The city issued 13 permits for swim-ming pools more than doubling last June’s number of six.

One grading permit was issued for work valued at $2,773 on Haley Way. One demolition permit was issued for work in the Brickyard Plaza on Mes-quite Boulevard.

By Teri NehrenzMLN

In March, Mesquite Police rolled out a new emergency notification system (Nixle) that enables recipients to receive real-time emergency information, as it’s happening, via your phone’s text mes-saging.

The notifications do work, as evi-denced by Overton Power’s Public Af-fairs Specialist Keith Buchhalter during a demonstration that was held at Virgin Valley High School on April 25.

During the 10:30 a.m. demonstration the school was put on Hard Lockdown and the students ushered back inside.

Buchhalter, the Overton Power crew and the MLN weren’t quite sure what was going on. The confusion lasted for

about two minutes until Buchhalter received a text from the new Mesquite Police Emergency Notification System about the pursuit of a suspect and the mystery was solved.

Any citizen can receive those same alerts; the system works but you have to sign up to receive the messages.

To sign up, simply text 888777 and in the message thread, put in your zip code (89027).

Mesquite Police want the commu-nity to stay safe and informed; you can also receive non-emergency texts. Text COMROADS to 888777 for traffic alerts including I-15, Virgin Valley and Gorge information; Text COMNEWS to 888777 for events and news and text COMMEETINGS to 888777 for public meeting notifications.

By Teri NehrenzMLN

Eureka Casino’s Rockets over the Red Mesa Fourth of July celebration was once again the summer event of the season as thousands of residents and visitors enjoyed taking part in the fes-tivities, browsing the vendor booths to learn more about the various non-profit organizations in the city, listening to the Nevada Pops and singer Clint Holmes saluting our nation’s heroes and last but not least watching an amazing fireworks display.

Visitors to the event met first with the city’s non-profit organizations who took advantage of the Lees’ generous offer of the free space to allow them to raise awareness of their cause as well as solicit volunteers and donations.

According to representatives of the various groups, non-profits such as We Care for Animals, Peaceful Valley Don-key Rescue and the Exchange Club of Mesquite, Nevada are grateful to the Lees for their support of the community as well and are extremely happy with the amount of people they spoke to at this year’s event.

Greg Lee expressed his thanks to the crowd for showing up to help them cel-

ebrate the nation’s birthday. Andre Car-rier said, “For those of you who don’t know, my name is Andre, this is Greg and we are twins. We are the proud ma-triarchs of this 100 percent employee owned, family business.

“This is our most favorite night of the year for us because we get to share with our community a tradition that we all love so much on a perfect evening with the thermostat set at a comfortable 84 degrees. We thought we’d start tonight with a new tradition and we are joined by the Cadets of the Civil Air Patrol. Many people do not know that if you are a pilot in this country and you are in trouble, the people who come for you, to rescue you are volunteers and who you see here tonight are the next generation of those men and women.”

The Civil Air Patrol Cadets are com-pleting their encampment at the Rising Star Sports Ranch.

Despite the comfortable 84 degrees, audience members left the celebration with smiles and laughter on their faces. Many guests expressed how grateful they were for the experience the Lees provided to them, their family and friends so that, as a community, Mes-quite residents and visitors were able to celebrate the nation’s birthday together.

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CSN Mesquite will be offering a Nurs-ing Assistant program during fall 2018 semester. This program prepares gradu-ates to perform basic nursing and re-storative care for patients involving safe-ty, personal hygiene, nutrition, mobility, basic mental health, protection of the pa-tient and the patient’s rights, observing the patient and reporting to the nurse.

Students will be required to enroll in the following: NURS 130 Lecture-On-line Course, NURS 130 Lab Thursdays 6:00pm-9:05pm and NURS 130 Clini-cal (Highland Manor) Fridays 2-8:50 p.m.

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Teri NehrenzNevada Pops and singer Clint Holmes honored our nation’s heroes during the Eureka’s Fourth of July community celebration.

Community helps celebrate heroes

it wasn’t receiving that much traffic. According to a LVCVA spokesper-

son through Mesquite City Council-man George Rapson, “In today’s digital world, travelers are researching and ac-quiring their travel information in differ-ent ways. They are using digital devices more often to research their travel itin-eraries. The LVCVA wants to make sure we are best utilizing our resources while still providing appropriate information and services to the traveling public.”

Rapson is the Mesquite council repre-sentative on the LVCVA Board of Direc-tors.

The LVCVA spokesperson said the

organization “is actively exploring ap-propriate programs and options for the two employees currently assigned to the Mesquite Visitors Informa-tion Center, including the potential to transfer to the Las Vegas Convention Center and continue to be members of the LVCVA family.”

Visitor information about Mesquite and the state will continue to be made available in the lobby of the Rising Star Sports Ranch. That transition became effective July 1.

Rapson said that while NDOT owns the land and building, he has asked city staff to “see what options we have in ac-quiring or leasing it. If we can get it, it would be great for a hotel or even sports fields with its location near our three ball fields, the recreation center and Ris-ing Star.

The Week of July 12, 2018 3AMESQUITE LOCAL NEWS

Editor’s note: The following was tak-en from the pages of the Mesquite Police Department blotter from July 1-7.

July 1Recovered stolen vehicle: Officers

were contacted reference a possible stolen vehicle on the freeway. Trespass-ing: Officers were dispatched to a West Mesquite Boulevard casino, in reference to a trespass. One adult male was taken into custody for a misdemeanor warrant and trespassing: another adult male was cited and released for trespassing.

Fraud: Officer responded to a West Pioneer Boulevard business on a fraud and theft incident. One adult male and one adult female were arrested for mul-tiple counts of petit larceny.

Theft from vehicle: Report was com-pleted for a stolen license plate. The vic-tim was provided a business card with the incident number.

Theft: Officer was called to a West Pioneer Boulevard department store for a shoplifting theft. The suspect was caught by an employee and admitted to the action. The suspect was cited and re-leased with a court date.

Traffic Stop: Officer Observed a traf-fic violation while parked on West Pio-neer Boulevard. A traffic stop was con-ducted which resulted in a DUI arrest.

July 2DUI: Officers responded to a business

in reference to a trespass, one male adult was arrested for DUI, obstructing a pub-lic officer, and disturbing the peace.

Miscellaneous CAD call record: Officer spoke with a resident regarding custody issues involving a grandchild. Incident created and advised they con-tact Family Courts/Attorney.

Traffic stop: An officer conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle for a traf-fic violation. Officer observed indicators the driver may be impaired. A DUI in-vestigation was conducted and the driv-er was arrested for DUI alcohol.

Welfare check: Responded to a re-quest of a welfare check. Officer and

EMT discovered a deceased elderly fe-male.

Citizen assist: An officer responded to the lobby in reference to a citizen as-siStreet

Theft from vehicle: An officer re-sponded to a theft of property from a motor vehicle.

July 3Trespassing: Female adult was cited

and released for trespassing. She was is-sued the citation with a court date to ap-pear.

Theft from vehicle: Officer respond-ed to a report of a theft from vehicle.

Welfare check: Responded to a re-quest of a welfare check. Officer and EMT discovered a deceased elderly fe-male.

Domestic trouble: Spoke with party reporting a past domestic battery. Sub-ject appeared confused and would go off subject several times. No suspect info at this time.

July 4Trespassing: Adult male was cited

for trespassing and arrested on an active Justice Court warrant. He was trans-ported to Mesquite Detention Center and later transported to the Clark Coun-ty Detention Center and booked on the warrant.

DUI: Officer conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation. The driver admit-ted to smoking weed and drinking prior to driving. The driver agreed to attempt the standardized field sobriety teStreet The driver was arrested for driving un-der the influence and transported to the Mesquite Detention Center.

Fireworks: Officers responded to a vehicle fire on Tex Street, caused by dan-gerous fireworks, One female was cited for igniting dangerous fireworks.

Controlled substance problem: One adult passenger was smoking mari-juana in moving vehicle. Adult was cited and released.

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Department. Disclaimer: These names were reported in the Mesquite Police Department’s arrest report released July 9. Persons should be presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.

Female juvenile offenderMesquite7/6/18City Parks violationCurfewResponsibilities of parents

Beadles, Heather LHurricane, UT7/6/18Trespassing

Betony, TryoneEnterprise, UT7/1/18DUIProof of insurance requiredBasic speed

Carline, Dallas RMesquite7/4/18Basic SpeedDUI

Crow, Timothy CHurricane, UT7/6/18Trespassing

Derango, Jordan BIvins, UT7/7/18Proof of insurance requiredPossession of drug paraphernaliaDriving w/o a valid DL

Drye, Darrell C Jr.Cedar City, UT7/5/18

Contempt of court

Enright, Suzette AMesquite7/1/18Petit Larceny

Everett, Kaylea MMesquite7/5/18PCS Dangerous Fireworks

Gallegos-Trujillo, EricMesquite7/6/18Contributory neglect or delinquencyCity parks violationCurfew

Gould, Keith BMilaca, MN7/6/18Petit larceny

Male juvenile offenderMesquite7/6/18City parks violation

Holbert, Christian RDammeron Valley, UT7/2/18DUIFalse information/ObstructingInterference w/peace officer

Hoover, Beth AScenic, AZ7/3/18Trespassing

Joshson, Braydon CKanab, UT7/6/18Failure to appear

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Some calls that Mesquite Fire and Rescue receives are not always included in the re-port, as a synopsis is not received. To show the amount of work our Fire and Rescue workers do, we are including a weekly ros-ter of stats. There were 64 calls this week:

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July 5Breathing: Rescue 32 responded to a

person who fell in parking lot. Person refused treatment and transport. Rescue 32 cleared.

July 6 Headache: Rescue 31 responded to

reports of a patient who was having a severe headache. The patient was trans-port to a local hospital.

July 7Cardiac Arrest: Rescue 11, Rescue

31, and Battalion 3 responded to report of a cardiac arrest. Resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful and individual was pronounced dead.

July 8Stroke (CVA): Rescue 31 and Rescue

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July 9Breathing: Rescue 11 and Rescue 32

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The usual suspects are at it again, filing a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia demand-

ing the court halt a plan by the Bureau of Land Management to remove all the feral horses in a 40-mile radius around Caliente.

The American Wild Horse Cam-paign, Western Watershed Project, The Cloud Foundation and a Beatty outdoor enthusiast are suing the BLM, saying it failed to adequately document and support its roundup decision, though what would ever be adequate for them is difficult to say.

Some of the same plaintiffs brought a similar lawsuit in 2011 over a planned removal of wild horses from Jakes Wash west of Ely, but the suit was mooted when the BLM backed down rather fight the matter.

In 2009 there were only 270 wild horses in the 900,000-acre Caliente area, but a year ago there were more than 1,700, a number the BLM deems unsustainable.

Plaintiffs consider their desire to be

able to see “iconic” feral horses as more important than the livelihoods of ranch-ers who graze 4,500 head of cattle and sheep in the area.

One of the plaintiffs explained in the lawsuit, “The members of The Cloud Foundation enjoy viewing, study-ing, photographing, and filming wild horses in their natural habitats, free from human interference. The Cloud Foundation’s members travel to various areas, including public lands in Nevada, specifically for the purpose of viewing wild horses.”

The suit says of the Beatty resident that she “enjoys camping, hiking, bird-watching, and observing the flora and fauna. She also engages in photography and field sketching as hobbies, and par-ticularly enjoys viewing, photograph-ing, and sketching the wild horses that roam in the basins and on the ranges of Nevada.”

Isn’t that special?Suzanne Roy, executive director of the

American Wild Horse Campaign, told the Las Vegas newspaper, “It’s time for the BLM to stop prioritizing ranching

special interests and start honoring the wishes of Americans to ensure that our iconic mustangs are protected and hu-manely managed on our public lands.”

BLM officials say they can’t comment on pending litigation.

The BLM plan is to gather the horses for up to 10 years in the Caliente Herd Area Complex, which consists of nine Herd Areas — Applewhite, Blue Nose Peak, Clover Creek, Clover Mountains, Delamar Mountains, Little Mountain, Meadow Valley Mountains, Miller Flat and Mormon Mountains.

The public notice of the plan said the removal is “needed to improve watershed health and make signifi-cant progress towards achieving range health standards recommended by the BLM’s Mojave / Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council. The pro-posed gather plan would allow for an initial gather with follow-up gathers for up to 10 years from the date of the initial gather. The plan calls for transporting gathered horses to holding facilities where they would be offered for adop-tion.”

The agency said the Caliente Herd Area Complex is not designated for wild horses due to insufficient forage and water resources.

The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land in the West. Economic activity on that land gener-ated $75 billion in 2016 and supported more than 372,000 jobs.

But the lawsuit ignores that aspect of land use and instead claims the BLM permits grazing on the same public lands by thousands of cattle and sheep that, unlike wild horses, are not an “in-tegral part of the natural system of the public lands,” though feral horses are not native and have few natural preda-tors to keep the herds from overbreed-ing and depleting limited water and grazing resources that leads to starva-tion of the very animals they claim to want to protect.

The BLM should not cave in this time and fight to preserve a balanced mul-tiple use of the land and seek to have the court assess the plaintiffs for all costs involved. —TM

BLM should fight wild horse suit this timeOPINION

> See DONNELLY, Page 5A

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Democratic Rep. Jacky Rosen, who is seeking Republican Sen. Dean Heller’s seat in the November election, has come

out strongly in support of a bill that would require disclosure of donors to groups seeking to influence political is-sues and campaigns.

Rosen announced that she is a co-sponsor of the Democracy Is Strength-ened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2018. She touted the bill using the latest Democrat-ic hot button — the alleged use of foreign money to influence elections.

“Foreign money and influence have no place in American democracy,” Rosen proclaimed in a press release. “This legislation will help restore people’s trust in our democracy by shining light on dark money spending influencing our federal elections. Congress needs to step up and reform our broken campaign finance system, and I will keep fighting for measures that protect the integrity of our elections.”

The DISCLOSE Act has been backed by both Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and her predecessor Harry Reid. In 2010, Heller voted against the DIS-CLOSE Act and in 2012 he missed the vote while campaigning.

One of the chief sponsors of the bill, Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, recently declared, “The American people should control our democracy, not special interests. Since the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citi-zens United decision, corporations and a small group of wealthy donors have smothered our democracy with sophis-ticated influence campaigns. Attack ads from their dark money groups flash on our screens with no way to know who’s behind them. And the same loopholes Citizens United opened for those spe-cial interests are available to the likes of Vladimir Putin or other foreign actors looking to undermine American democ-racy.”

But the bill, which has been stalled in Congress for years, would do far more than require disclosure of foreign cash.

It would mandate that any group spending more than $10,000 on political ads to file a report within 24 hours with the Federal Election Commission and reveal the names of those who donate more than $10,000.

The Citizens United ruling in 2010 overturned a part of the McCain-Fein-gold campaign finance law that pro-hibited corporations and unions from spending money on “electioneering com-munication” 30 days before a primary or 60 days prior to a general election. Spe-cifically, the law prevented the private

group Citizens United from showing a video called “Hillary: The Movie.”

Though the ruling barred the censor-ship of electioneering communication, it did not go so far as to allow anonymous spending, thus leaving the door open for Congress to require spending reporting.

But in a dissent to this aspect of Citi-zens United, Justice Clarence Thomas took issue, saying the disclosure, dis-claimer, and reporting requirements in McCain-Feingold were also unconstitu-tional.

“Congress may not abridge the ‘right to anonymous speech’ based on the ‘simple interest in providing voters with additional relevant information’ … In continuing to hold otherwise, the Court misapprehends the import of ‘recent events’ that some amici describe ‘in which donors to certain causes were blacklisted, threatened, or otherwise targeted for retaliation.’”

Thomas was referring to the 2008 California ballot initiative that attempted to prohibit same-sex marriage, noting that many supporters suffered property damage, and threats of physical violence or death. He wrote that requiring disclo-sure would chill protected speech.

“I cannot endorse a view of the First Amendment that subjects citizens of this Nation to death threats, ruined careers, damaged or defaced property, or pre-emptive and threatening warning letters as the price for engaging in ‘core political speech, the “primary object of First Amendment protection,’” Thomas concluded.

Then there is the 1959 case in which the Supreme Court held that Alabama could not require the discloser of the names of donors or members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People because such disclosure had resulted in “economic reprisal, loss of employment, threat of physical coer-cion, and other manifestations of public hostility.”

There was a reason Paine and Locke and Montesquieu wrote anonymously — lest they be hanged. There was a reason the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers were penned anonymously. There was

The Declaration of Indepen-dence celebrated its 242nd birthday last week. The Fourth of July is always a fun day don-

ning flag colors to fete our government and ourselves as a nation unique in the world.

The party on the National Mall is prominent on my bucket list of events to see.

Even though the Constitution was signed 11 years later and celebrates its birthday on September 17, the two are inextricably linked whenever our experiment in self-government is dis-cussed. They are sacred public docu-ments from which our laws and ethos as a country find their roots.

The ideas of self-government, checks and balances on officials, and specified powers to government and powers to the people were developed and found worthy of the effort to put into effect.

What is also clear is that they are documents created by human effort, not divine edict. They are flawed and often in need of revision. Times change, so do situations, and humans develop as a species.

We’ve amended the Constitution 27 times over the years. The first ten com-ing just two years after ratification as a condition of some states for making the whole document acceptable.

Even then there were still egregious flaws in the Constitution, both in fact and omission. The biggest was the idea that black people were worth three-fifths of a person.

It took nearly 80 years (1865) to get a remedy with the 13th Amendment. We won’t even go into “allowing” women to vote 133 years (1920) after we thought it was a good idea for white, land-owning men to do so.

And, it took a full 184 years (1971) before it occurred to us to cede suffrage to 18-year-olds as they were going off to war, but not able to vote for the people sending them.

This should have been apparent from the beginning. James Monroe was a few years shy of being able to vote when he was working on the document that excluded him.

But, I’m not second guessing those men. We don’t have to because we have the right and duty to change the Consti-tution and any of our laws as a majority of voices see fit.

Politics shouldn’t play a part in changing or making new laws. Republi-can and Democratic ideology isn’t good enough for passing a law–making the country better is the only valid reason.

The same holds true for appoint-ments to the Supreme Court by the President and confirmation by the Sen-ate, however, politics does rear its head.

To abide by the reasoning behind checks and balances in the Constitu-tion, the highest court in the land should be neutral while the presidency and Congress are partisan.

The president’s selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh didn’t even attempt a show of neutrality. So, the rhetoric is turned up and the circus has come to D.C.

The bellwether topic on confirming Judge Kavanaugh is Roe v. Wade, the 45-year-old court decision that found the right to privacy in this nation in-cludes the right to seek an abortion.

There has been a firestorm ever since. The point today is that this fight has become less about privacy and more about politics.

With the configuration of the Senate today, it will take only one Republican to defect to the side of the unified Demo-crats (hardly a done deal) to keep Judge Kavanaugh off the bench–theoretically safeguarding Roe.

The politics of the day is that that one Republican may be Maine Senator Susan Collins with the possibility of Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski join-

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Marasigan, Adan RLas Vegas7/1/18Petit larceny

Medina, David Mesquite7/2/18DUIOpen container of alcohol in vehicleBasic speed

Miramontes-Aldaz, IselaHurricane, UT7/7/18DUIFailure to appearDriving w/o valid DLOpen container of alcohol in vehicleUnsafe turn

Morris, Christopher ALogandale7/5/18Failure to appear

Nguyen, Danh BMesquite7/5/18Failure to appear

Preus, Claire LLas Vegas7/6/18Failure to maintain travel laneDUI

Riding, Tara AMesquite7/2/18Petit larceny

Robinson, Koby SSt. George, UT

7/7/18Possession of controlled substance x2Possession of drug paraphernalia

Romero, Alexis SBeaver Dam, AZ7/6/18Failure to appear

Shepherd, Shaun LSpanish Fork, UT7/4/18Contempt of courtTrespassing

Sidwell, Michael PSalt Lake City, UT7/6/18Failure to appear

Vianelli, Joseph CMesquite7/5/16Disturbing the peace

Walker, Zachary DCedar City, UT7/5/18Failure to appear

Female juvenile offenderMesquite7/6/18City parks violationCurfewResponsibilities of parents

Wharton, Jake JScenic, AZ7/1/18Fugitive from justiceGeneral probation violation

White Bear, Deanna FLake Havasu City, AZ7/4/18Jail housing agreement

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Disorderly conduct: Officers re-sponded to a Mesa Boulevard hotel ref-erence a fight that occurred. One adult male was cited and released for breach of peace.

Wanted person: Detective made con-tact with a male with an active felony warrant. The male was arrested without incident.

Wanted person: Officers responded to a Mesa Boulevard business in refer-ence to a keep the peace call, one adult male was arrested on a warrant.

Controlled substance problem: Officers responded to an East Pioneer Boulevard casino reference drugs that were found on the floor. The suspected drugs were booked into evidence to be destroyed.

July 6Wanted person: An officer was dis-

patched to an East Pioneer Boulevard address, in reference to a subject with a

misdemeanor warrant. An adult female subject and an adult male subject were taken into custody for local misdemean-or warrants.

Reckless driver: An officer respond-ed to reports of a reckless driver, the ve-hicle was located and after an investiga-tion the driver was arrested for DUI.

Theft: Officers responded to a theft at a Mesa Boulevard business, one male adult was cited for Petit Larceny.

July 7DUI: Officers made traffic stop, the fe-

male adult driver was arrested for DUI, open container, and a warrant.

Controlled substance problem: Of-ficers conducted a traffic stop on a ve-hicle which resulted in two adult males being arrested for possession of Meth-amphetamine, Heroin and drug para-phernalia.

Traffic accident w/o injury: Re-sponded to a two vehicle collision w/o injury. Report was taken and informa-tion was exchanged.

Agency assistance: Responded to an agency assist at Mesa Boulevard complex. MFR were on scene with a de-ceased male adult; CCCO notified.

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ing her. Their reasoning isn’t that they think abortion should or shouldn’t be legal. Their point is that Roe is estab-lished law and that makes it much more difficult to erase from the books. Estab-lished law is the key for them–Supreme Court Justices should vote to uphold established law.

Not so for Democrats. Democrats think Roe is simply good law–families should have a choice in matters of grow-ing and raising a family–the privacy thing. But, they certainly don’t care, at this point, why. They just want the votes–politics.

You won’t hear one Dem today chal-lenge voting for “established law” as a reason to vote against Judge Kavana-ugh. But, don’t blink, because Demo-crats may soon be singing a different tune, not if but when the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case comes up for review.

Democrats overwhelmingly want to eliminate unlimited money from any source into elections. The Court said that money equals speech and corpora-

tions equal people; and those people/corporations with the most money are free to talk the loudest. Changing this established law–eight years old–would require a vote opposite from keeping Roe v. Wade. You can bet the “estab-lished law” reasoning Democrats are mum about today, will be cast in a different light. Roe is 45 years old and Citizens United is eight. At the risk of plagiarizing Bob Dylan: How many years must one law exist before it is allowed to be established? That may be the theme when it comes to overturning Citizens United–not that it is plain ol’ crappy law.

In fact, a law is “established” the min-ute it is enacted, so Sen Collins’ argu-ment is that any law should be allowed to stand. Judge Kavanaugh’s hearings could get, at the risk of plagiarizing “Laugh-In’s” Arte Johnson: “Verrry interesting.”

Terry Donnelly is a retired teacher now liv-ing in Mesquite. He taught in public schools in Kentucky, Michigan, and Colorado. He was an adjunct faculty member instructing teachers and teacher trainees at Michigan State University, University of Colorado, and Adams State College in Colorado.

a reason why Thomas Jefferson was an anonymous backer of Philip Freneau’s National Gazette, which savaged Presi-dent Washington while Jefferson was in his cabinet.

Perhaps, instead of calling it the DISCLOSE Act, they should call it the CHILL Act — Citizen Harassment Initia-tive to Limit Locution.

Thomas Mitchell is a longtime Nevada newspaper colum-nist. You may email him at thomasmnv@yahoo.com. He also blogs at http://4thst8.wordpress.com/.

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ImmIgratION cOlumN Full OF halF-truths

To the editor,I have to protest the current column from

Mike Young and a response from Cindy Toutant. Mike’s current column is full of distortions, half-truths and outright lies. Undocumented aliens are not eligible nor do they receive free housing, free health care, free money or anything else Mike claims. They come to this country for the same reasons Mike’s ancestors did. They want a better life for their children.

This gets me to what really upset me. Cindy Toutant in her comment to Mike’s col-umn made outright lies about Hamtramck, Michigan. Evidently she watches too much Hannity. She thinks that Muslims took over the town and have passed Sharia laws. Yes, Muslims moved there but they did not storm the city. Hamtramck has always been a town of immigrants. I lived near Ham-tramck for most of my life and it has always been a great city. In the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s the town was primarily Polish. The first genera-tion Poles read Polish language newspapers and spoke Polish at home. I went to school with their children who went on to become excellent citizens. Over the years, the second generation Poles moved out to the suburbs and newer immigrants moved in. The first generation Poles were hard workers but they never fully assimilated due to the lan-guage barrier. They were no different from the current immigrants.

Now the newest immigrants living in

Hamtramck are primarily Muslims from Iraq, Syria, and other war torn countries. They are terrific neighbors and are doing a great job in running the city. Contrary to what Cindy claimed, they are not biased and are not passing Sharia laws. Their chil-dren are learning how to be terrific citizens and are going on the college to be teachers, doctors, and every other professions.

I am afraid that the Mesquite Local News has become the home of outright bigots. I do not want Mesquite to have a negative vibe based on these columns. You should ensure that what is written is based on real facts and not outright lies.

Dave Petrillo

Next NON-smOKINg PetItION Needs tO be tIghter

To the editor,Not exactly sure of Mr. Greer’s qualifica-

tions as they relate to medical science or eco-nomics but his letter of 7/5/18 appears to be de facto proof that the original non-smoking petition was, in fact, flawed or illegal. The ob-tuse facts and figures regarding the cost and benefits of banning smoking in nearly all fa-cilities would be fruitless to debate as I doubt there is any proven facts to support these numbers. Needless to say, if the next petition is “tighter,” I would expect the petition to be complete, published in full and list the spon-sors and contributors so everyone can make an intelligent decision as to whether or not to sign the new petition.

Michael Stilley

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commercial golf course should continue to be subsidized by the residents of the Virgin Valley?”

“Wolf Creek seeks to effectively ‘un-seat’ the officials who were duly elected by the Virgin Valley residents,” the re-sponse continues. The district also al-leges that in the past Wolf Creek was influential in stacking the board of di-rectors with members sympathetic to its cause. “However, when Wolf Creek no longer enjoyed the support of a major-ity of the District’s board members, Wolf Creek went to the [2017] Nevada legis-lature in an unsuccessful attempt to get legislation passed at the state level which would have prevented the District from adjusting its lease rates.”

Continuing that, the district alleges in its response that residents “have borne the brunt of the previous policy decision and have felt the financial effects of such subsidy over the past several years.” The document describes the significant rate increases imposed on all other ratepay-ers in the district’s service area, approxi-mately 40 percent in 2010, 38 percent in 2015, and a $10 per month surcharge in 2015, while the golf course kept the same $250 lease rate for nine years.

“The District’s current directors un-derstand how unfair and unjust it is for every resident, including the large retiree population in the valley living on fixed incomes, many of whom could never afford the [$180] greens fees for a single round at Wolf Creek, to shoulder the necessary rate increases while Wolf Creek, a world-renowned golf course with revenues in the millions of dol-lars gets a huge discount on [irrigation] shares into the indefinite future,” the document says.

In asking for the lawsuit to be dis-missed, the district said “the answers to such questions lie squarely in the politi-cal arena, not the court room. These de-cisions rest exclusively with the officials who were duly elected to make such im-portant judgment calls.”

In the district’s response, it addressed the lack of good faith and fair dealing al-legation by saying “as Wolf Creek admits in its complaint, the Lease contains ex-plicit, unambiguous language granting the District sole and absolute discretion to set the lease rate for its [water] shares commencing in 2020.”

The district also pointed out to the court that “Wolf Creek was -unsur-prisingly-not able to negotiate a perma-nently low rate back in 2011 and it cannot now, seven years later, force the District to abide by terms the District never agreed to. The implied covenant is not a loophole allowing a ‘re-do’ of a contract on terms you were unable to negotiate in the beginning.”

The 2011 lease agreement gave Wolf Creek the right to lease 155 shares of ir-

rigation water from the district at $250 a share until the lease renewal date of Jan. 1, 2020. Actual meter readings over the years have shown that the golf course only uses approximately 110 shares for irrigation. The remaining water flows downstream to Lake Mead without compensation to anyone.

Wolf Creek offered to return the un-used 55 shares “but only if the District agreed to a 20-year lease of the remain-ing shares at $450 per share,” said the motion to dismiss document. The dis-trict also refutes Wolf Creek’s allega-tion that it’s free to sublease its unused water by pointing to the lease restriction against such idea.

“Wolf Creek claims the District shouldn’t be able to lease shares to SNWA for the going rate of $1,246 but that Wolf Creek should be allowed to sublease those same shares to SNWA for $1,246,” claims the district’s re-sponse. “The District never agreed to such terms. But, Wolf Creek did agree both to the District’s discretion to set the rate in 2020 and that Wolf Creek would have no right to sublease the shares.”

The district leases some irrigation wa-ter shares to SNWA for $1,246 apiece. It recently signed a lease amendment with Conestoga golf course that raised its ir-rigation share price from $250 to $650 beginning in 2020 and incrementally raises the price 10 percent every year until it reaches 90 percent of the market rate. The Conestoga agreement also re-turns 50 shares to the district of water it wasn’t using. Subsequently the district leased those shares to SNWA for the go-ing rate of $1,246.

In addressing the perpetuity issue, the district responded that “Wolf Creek holds a right of first refusal to continue leasing [irrigation] shares after 2020 if Wolf Creek pays the rate set by the Dis-trict at that time.” Further, it says that if the board of directors decides that the lease rate should be $1,246, “the District need only give Wolf Creek notice and an opportunity to match that rate. Wolf Creek can either pay that rate or find an-other source of water.”

The district summed up the “Factual Background” portion of its response by saying “Wolf Creek’s complaint makes clear that Wolf Creek is doing just fine, financially and otherwise. Wolf Creek is regularly featured as one of the premier golf courses in the country on television, in video games, and elsewhere. Manag-ing member Cory Clemetson has stated that ‘We are a bucket list golf course…People come from all over the world. They plan their vacation a year in ad-vance, sometimes years in advance.’

“Regarding the course’s financial per-formance, Wolf Creek admits in its com-plaint it hosts 30,000 rounds of golf ev-ery year. At the rate of $180 per round, this means greens fees alone amount to at least $5,400,000, not counting cart rental fees, restaurant and pro shop rev-enues, and the other income producing activities of the course.”

on April 27.King was outside of her “Little Dam

Car Lot” watering the bushes when a car pulled up behind the SUV that was parked in front of the building, followed by a Sheriff’s vehicle.

King hasn’t lived as long as she has by not knowing when to keep her nose out of business that wasn’t hers or her eyes wide open, and they were. King kept watering her bushes and stayed out the way but her attention was on what was happening with the sheriff.

She observed the sheriff trying to ar-rest the man and the man throwing his hands in the air while stating, “I’m not going to jail” repeatedly.

At that point, King moved closer to the

scene, still keeping a safe distance, and her attention was completely focused on what was happening.

While the suspect was being re-strained, a struggle ensued with the dep-uty. During the struggle, the suspect was able to take possession of the deputy’s taser, but was not able to deploy it.

It was when the suspect then began reaching for the deputy’s weapon that King jumped in and attempted to assist the deputy. King jumped on the suspect’s back but was shoved away. King fired a warning shot from her own weapon; the suspect took heed of that shot and fled the scene on foot.

After the award was presented, King received a standing ovation from all in attendance. The Mohave County Sher-iff’s Office expressed their gratitude to King for her quick thinking and coura-geous actions, which ultimately saved the life of a young deputy.

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Complete with skinny ties, brill creamed hair and horn-rimmed glasses, the Spazmatics gave the audience the best of the top 40 pop rock of the 80’s. The nostalgic music combined with cre-ative flair and style made for an evening

of pure energy and entertainment.The poolside concerts are a huge hit

each month and Krissy Ayon is the one who makes them happen. She knows what the Mesquite, Vegas and Utah crowds like to hear and she brings in the bands that are tried and true favorites.

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By Barbara EllestadMLN

Emphasizing that it was only the be-ginning of a very long discussion and process, City Development Services Director Richard Secrist laid out to the Mesquite city council some of the obsta-cles the councilors will have to overcome in order to see more affordable housing built in the area.

At the council meeting, Tuesday, July 10, Secrist said his staff and the Mes-quite Housing Task Force have been ex-amining ways to fill the gap between the supply and demand for affordable units that includes senior housing, workforce housing, low- and moderate-income housing.

Secrist said that “members of the com-mittee and city staff have reached out to area developers and property owners to see what it would take to interest them in developing some moderately priced housing in Mesquite. What most of the developers/builders are telling us is that it will take significant assistance from the city to lower their costs and give them greater densities to get them inter-ested in doing something.”

A St. George developer told the staff and committee that he would only be in-terested in doing multi-family housing if he could get densities of 35 to 50 units per acre with significantly reduced land costs and lower impact fees.

“Mesquite’s highest density zone only allows 18 units per acre with a 35-foot height limit,” Secrist said. “I’m not sure Mesquite would want that high of a density, but it may be appropriate giv-en the right location. But the task force and staff are persuaded that there are going to have to be changes in what we are willing to allow in order to meet our housing needs without continuing to fall behind.”

After saying that most Mesquite rent-al units don’t have any vacancies in the lower dollar ranges, Secrist remarked that many families move to Bunkerville,

Scenic or Beaver Dam. He added that while single family home construction is going strong, no multi-family housing has been built in the last 10 years.

“What is stopping these kinds of housing units from being built? Are there areas zoned for them? Are the zones too one-dimensional,” Secrist asked. “Can multi-family housing be mixed in with commercial zones since we have a lot of commercial land that isn’t going to be developed commercial-ly any time soon?”

After presenting different zoning change options, Secrist said, “I think we come back to the council with some ideas for multi-family housing and gen-eral commercial to make some changes in zoning. There are property owners waiting in the wings who look like they want to do something.”

“The zoning change recommendations make sense to me,” Councilman George Rapson said as the council weighed in. “Rentals are the critical need right now. We need to figure out how to incent builders to build rentals and build them cheap. I would like to see the committee put together a hierarchy and say what’s most needed. I would like to see the fo-cus on reality.”

Councilman Dave Ballweg questioned Secrist about potential problems com-bining commercial and residential zon-ing. “No, as long as we approve the zon-ing,” Secrist answered.

“We have a whole section in Canyon Crest that isn’t being built out because the homes would be too small,” Ballweg said. “I agree that high-density apart-ment rentals would help us out a lot. One of the problems with high-density housing is the need for parking. Then the neighborhood becomes challenged by appearance.”

The council voted unanimously to have city staff and the Mesquite Hous-ing Task Force develop alternatives and possible solutions that will be brought back to council for consider-ation.

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David Vogel is a senior at Virgin Valley High Schoolstarted learning to play musical instruments in 7th grade.He first learned the bassoon in which he had been his primary instrument to this day. With the bassoon he hasperformed in middle and high school concert bands,Southern Nevada Symphony Orchestra for several years.He added percussion to his music skills in 9th grade toparticipate in VVHS pep and marching bands. In 10th gradehe learned the baritone saxophone and performed with itin pep and marching band as well. He then learned the trom-bone in 11th grade where he performed in the VVHS march-ing band, pep band, and jazz band, and plans to continue thisduring his senior year. He currently is a section leader oftrombones and baritones in the VVHS Marching Band.

“Performing in high school groups like pep and march-ing band force you to not worry about what other peoplethink and focus on your music,” said Vogel. “You have toconcentrate on so many other things that you can’t letanyone who is the audience distract you. Also, I really likeperforming in the symphony orchestra because I am ableto play more challenging music and it encourages me topractice more and push myself.”

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By Linda FaasMLN

The beautiful Mesquite golf courses aren’t just playgrounds for retired duf-fers. Thanks to the Virgin Valley Junior Golf Association, a new batch of young golf enthusiasts tee off each summer. This season 85 girls and boys have par-ticipated in a series of nine lessons and are now playing weekly tournaments at the Palms, CasaBlanca, Falcon Ridge, Canyons, and Palmer golf courses through the end of July.

Tom Winchester, head golf pro for Mesquite Gaming, runs the junior program that flourishes as one of the top summer sports activities for local kids. Brian Wursten, director of golf for Mesquite Gaming, was instrumen-tal in launching the program a number of years ago. VVJGA, administered by Winchester, Marsha Sherwood, and City Recreation Director Nick Montoya, is a well-run activity that welcomes school-age kids of all skill level.

A yearly membership in VVJGA costs $50. Winchester is quick to note that fi-nances never keep kids from participat-ing in the program because help can be found for those who need it.

The fee pays for nine one-hour clin-ics, a series of tournaments, free put-ting practice and discounted rounds of golf throughout the year. A highlight of this year’s activities included a Glow in the Dark Challenge in which the junior golfer could bring a parent to play night-time golf at the Palms Course, using glow-in-the-dark balls. The tournament season winds up Aug. 10 with an awards banquet.

It is not unusual to see high school stu-dents signing in for the classes. Some of them, like Jeron Dalton, have chalked up 10 years of membership in the VVJGA. Dalton and fellow golfer Aiden Hall de-velop their skills in summer VVJGA clinics to improve their game for the Vir-gin Valley High School golf team.

While the young golfers range in age from five to 18, they compete with their own age level to play from four to 18 holes of golf in tournaments. The teens play a full round of 18. Winchester proudly says several VVJGA kids have gone on to earn college golf scholarships.

The Mesquite courses actively support this “incubator” clinic that teaches game rules, skills, and game etiquette to boys and girls. Everyone at the courses sup-port the kids and help teach them how to play and enjoy the game.

As kids pile onto their carts, the course workers remind them to drink lots of water. Pro shop workers greet them with smiles and encouragement. Golf Instructors from the local courses give their time gratis to coach the kids.

Their donated hours count toward the service hours they must complete to maintain their own Professional Golf Association membership. The golf courses clear their schedules to accom-modate

VVJGA tournaments, hoping that someday they will see the same golfers teeing up for a game with their friends. VVJGA is a win for everybody.

Parents and grandparents bring their young golfers to sign in for the Tuesday tournament.

Many of them stay on to drive the golf

carts for the younger players. Art Perie-da, wearing a Vietnam Veteran hat, was as excited as his grandson, Uriah, to head out to the course where Uriah would be playing six holes of golf with other com-petitors in the eight to ten year old divi-sion. Both are happy to have a sport they will enjoy together for many years.

Winchester’s own life experience evolved from coming to Mesquite with his parents to eventually staying on be-cause he loved the sunshine and life style that golf has afforded him. He is an ar-dent promoter of the sport, not only for the love of the game, but for the lifelong lessons it can teach to all. This is an indi-vidual sport in which each player must take responsibility for his or her own performance.

Mastering the game—if one ever mas-ters golf—requires self-reliance, com-posure, focus, training, and physical skills. It demands personal honesty. It promotes mature sportsmanship. It fos-ters socially aware behavior, which was very evident when nine-year-old Uriah

extended his hand to greet this reporter who had approached him for a photo.

Winchester and the entire staff of the Mesquite Gaming golf courses hope to expand the number of participants in next summer’s VVJGA program. Mar-sha Sherwood, the CasaBlanca pro shop merchandiser, recounted how the reces-sion caused a terrible slump in the pro-gram. She is excited that they have been able to bring back the numbers to near pre-recession

highs. Winchester is hoping to gain more business sponsorship in future years. Mesquite Flooring and Tile spon-sored the Glow in the Dark game this year, and with more sponsors the pro-gram can expand.

Winchester also hopes to provide a scholarship to a high school senior next year to help with the cost of higher edu-cation. He knows there are so many de-serving kids out there who have learned to keep their eye on the ball with the help of VVJGA.

Junior golfers play tournament series

Linda Faas photosChase Livingston, 14, practices putting, surrounded by the Casa Blanca Golf course’s Incredible scenery.

The prestigious 2018 Junior and Youth Nationals boxing tournament has been scheduled for July 18-21 in the CasaBlanca Resort Event Center. Hosted by Barry’s Boxing, a Las Vegas staple in youth box-ing for the past 30-plus years, the Golden Gloves attracts about 350-400 boxers from states all over the United States each year.

For the first time in the Golden Gloves history in this city northeast of Las Vegas, the Ranking Tournament for the Juniors will include youth males and females box-ers ages 17-18. Among the top performers this year is 12 year-old Curmel Moton, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, who has lived in Las Vegas for five years. He com-petes in the Intermediate 80-Pound cat-egory.

Moton has a long list of wins that in-clude a triumph at the USA Junior Olym-pics in West Virginia in June where he took home the Outstanding Boxer Award. He is also a past Junior National Golden Gloves champion returning to Mesquite to defend his title.

With a 79-5 record, the student at Kenny Guinn Jr. High School is looking forward to the next event in Mesquite. Moton has 15 knockouts.

Moton stays in shape running every day.

“My dad (Curtis) got me interested in boxing,” he said. “He had me hit the bag and also had me watch videos. I plan to

Prestigious National Golden Gloves set July 18-21Curmel Moton, seen with his dad, Curtis, will be competing in the prestigious 2018 Junior and Youth Nationals boxing tournament in the Casablanca Resort Event Center July 18-21, He is the returning champion from the 2017 Junior National Golden Gloves in Mesquite.

go to the Olympics and become a profes-sional champion.”

The Youth Nationals will attract the best youth boxers in the country.

“People are more serious in tourna-ments like this,” Moton said, whose stron-gest punch is a right hand. “They come to Mesquite in search of the big win.”

Doors will open at 5 p.m. each evening with boxing set to start at 6 p.m.

“This is a very prestigious tourna-ment,” said Dawn Sanchez, the tourna-ment director and executive director of Barry’s Boxing Center.

For tickets, call 1-800-585-3737 or visit www.startickets.com. Further informa-tion can be found by visiting the Casa-

Blanca front desk. Barry’s Boxing is located at 2664 S.

Highland Ave., just south of Sahara Av-enue. The gym was founded by the hus-band and wife team of Dawn and Pat Barry, who have operated the facility for the past 35 years.

Barry’s Boxing is a 501C3 non-profit or-ganization whose mission is to keep kids off the street and in the boxing gym.

Further information can be found by visiting www.barry’boxing.com; or by calling 702-368-2696(BOXN).

Additional information can be found by visiting jrgoldengloves.com; or by visiting either the Barry’s Boxing or Junior Gold-en Gloves Facebook pages.

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KaTY aNd SISSY Mother and Daughter Katy and Sissy.Their owners had to give up these two

cats. They can be adopted together or separately. Katy is 2-3 years old . She is shy until she gets to know you. Beautiful facial markings. She loves to be held and petted.

Katy is a quiet cat and would make someone a wonderful companion. Sissy is a bright colored calico. she comes when called and loves to play and be petted. Loves everyone and is a calm quiet kitty.

Other AdOptABle petsCats/kittens: Mr. Whiskers—Black/white. Super friendly Great catParis—Orange/white tabby. Special diet 2 female kitten sisters Laurel and Lilly—Can be adopted but not leave shelter until

spayed.Nubbins—Dilute calico. Was injured and had to have her tail amputated. Likes

people unsure of other cats.Dogs: Magic—Small long hair Chihuahua blend. Looks like a little fox.

All animals adopted from the shelter will be spayed or neutered prior to leaving shelter and receive 1-year rabies vaccination and city license. Ages are approximate. The City of Mesquite Animal Shelter located at 795 Hardy Way is open for adoptions from 11am until 1 pm, Monday through Saturday, Sunday 1-3 p.m. Please call 702-346-7415 during these hours to speak to the front desk. Animal Control officers may be reached by phone or voicemail at 702-346-5268.

The animals submitted to the media may have changed so please visit our Petfind-er website for a current listing and more detailed information on the animals. www.mesquiteanimalshelter.petfinder.com

cade aNdeRSON Elder Hakan Cade Anderson has been called to serve a

mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. He will serve 24 months in the Argentina, Cordoba Mission, Spanish speaking. Elder Anderson leaves July 17. His par-ents are Travis and Natalie Anderson of the Mesquite 4th Ward. Elder Hakan Cade Anderson will be speaking on July 15th at 10 am in the Stake Center, located 100 N. Arrowhead.

Camron John Noel received his Eagle Scout Award at a Court of Honor. He is a member of Troop 2493 sponsored by the Mesquite 4th Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter day Saints. His project was installing new privacy nets at the Mesquite City tennis courts.

Noel earned not only the 21 required to receive his eagle award but an addi-tion 11 which qualifies him to receive the bronze and gold palms. His favorite merit badge was wilderness survival. He will be a sophomore at Virgin Valley High School where he is a member of the football, basketball and track teams; he qualified to go to the track regionals this past year. He is the son of Janeece and John Noel.

Brian Haviland, district chairman of Virgin River Valley BSA, opened the Na-tional Court of Honor and formed the Eagle’s nest. Haviland said, “I watched Camron at track practice and he worked hard, he didn’t just put in his time and run, but had dedication. This dedication shows what it takes to accomplish anything you desire, Camron. ... I appreciated his exam-ple to others on the track team.”

John, his father, told about Camron’s project, “Camron organized a crew to help him during the summer mornings and evenings, but Camron was not so

much concerned about finishing the project as he was making sure everyone had plenty of water and rest time during the hard-hot work. I trust Cameron and if he says he will do it, it will get done! Camron lives the scout oath and law and if he continues to live these principles he will be extra good at whatever he choos-es to do.”

Garry Noel, his grandfather, gave Noel the eagle Charge saying, “This is not a reward but a qualification to serve your fellow men. Keep the trust that is placed in you and do not fail in your responsibilities. I charge you to be true, to be loyal and of good courage; to be a good citizen of your community and na-tion. Continue to do a good turn daily, remember the outdoor code and teach other scouts by helping them along the trail. Be prepared to hep others and be an effective instrument for good in your family, church and community. Remem-ber to live the 12 points of the scout law.”

Brent Hughes, his scoutmaster, said, “Camron would always follow through on everything I asked him to do wheth-er at camp outs or working or merit badges. If I asked him to do something, I knew it would get done and done right.” Brent presented Camron with a survival knife and case that can be used as a knife or used to start a fire. Hughes presented the Eagle award to his mother to pin on Camron’s scout shirt and then Camron presented pins to his parents in recogni-tion of their help in achieving the rank of Eagle.

Noel presented his mentor pin to his grandfather for pushing him to finish his project and paperwork.

Noel earns Eagle Scout after installing privacy nets at courts

Boy Scouts and leaders from Troop 2640 spent 7-days and 6-nights on a high adventure trip through Wyoming and Utah. They traveled over 1,700 highway miles and hiked and crossed rivers and went rafting on the Green River near Ver-nal.

The scouts were Kameron and Spencer Cox, Mark Larsen, Jaron Hafen, Nathan Reber, Kelton Humphries and leaders Spencer Lewis and David Everett.

At Rock Creek Hollow, a small stretch of grass land with willows on a craggy trail, they hiked along the Mormon Pioneer Trail in a cold rain visiting the monument with a one-word sermon, “Remember.”.

From 6th Crossing on the Sweetwater River, the scouts hiked 10 miles and made 4 river crossings following the handcart and wagon trail. They stopped at split rock then hiked another mile in view of the same snowcapped peaks seen on the journey by the pioneers.

At Martin’s Cove, Wyoming, they trekked 6 miles crossing the Sweetwater River pulling and pushing their hand-cart.

The scouts visited the museum and

memorial marker where are engraved the names of 1,000 plus members of the Martin and Willie handcart companies and the Hunt-Hodgetts wagon compa-nies that traveled the trail and suffered hardships.

The scouts then hiked to Devils’ Gate, a chasm in the rocks through which the Sweetwater river flows, enjoyed a swim in the river am camped at cherry creek for the night.

On Thursday they hiked to the top of Independence Rock, a 136-foot-high mammoth outcrop and geologic oddity to get a great view of the vast western plains where pioneers traveled in the 1840-60’s..

They stopped at Flaming Gorge Dam on their way to Steinaker Res-ervoir to go rafting. Rafting down the Green River through split rock can-yon, they traveled about 8 miles and were able to get a good view of wild-life including deer, mountain goats with babies.

To view pictures and history of these sites https://history.lds.org/subsec-tion/historic-sites/wyoming/sixth-crossing?lang=eng

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“Jeanne, I don’t think you should be liv-ing alone any more.”

At 91 years old, the time had come.Mom had lived alone in a nice apart-

ment in Mesquite for 8 years, her fat black cat, Onyx, her only companion. She loved Mesquite, she hated snow, and we were happy she lived near us. We were close enough to be there whenever she needed us, and both she and we enjoyed our pri-vacy.

Her arthritis forced her to use a cane and her vision was deteriorating, but her mind was sharp enough to recognize that she was aging. We were so proud of her when, a few years ago, she asked us to sell her car because she didn’t think she should be driving any longer. We began to shop for her groceries and write her checks for her, and the nice folks from the Mesquite Senior Nutrition program de-livered a hot lunch for her every day.

Over the next couple years, the cane gave way to a walker, her eyesight wors-ened, and she began to show signs of ag-ing much more rapidly than she should have. A few dizzy falls and ambulance rides convinced her that the cardiologist was right – her heart wasn’t working right – she would soon need a pacemaker.

Besides that, though, she needed help bathing, she needed exercise, and she needed someone to watch over her more closely, so her doctor arranged for the kind professionals from Mesa View Home Care to help her. This worked well, but she was still weak; her poor vision wouldn’t allow her to cook any more, so the delivered lunches became her only real daily meal; and now more than ever, she was lonely. Onyx was a silent com-panion, except when the moon was full – that’s when Onyx saw to it that Mom got little sleep at night.

Her pacemaker surgery early this May went well, but Mom now really needed someone to be around all the time. She needed someone trained, someone who could respond to an emergency within seconds, rather than long minutes after a phone call to me.

She didn’t need a nursing home with its skilled care, but she did need assis-tance, so her doctor’s instruction that she shouldn’t live alone any more brought her to Bee Hive Homes.

A couple years ago, the Exchange Club was invited to have lunch with the resi-dents of Bee Hive Homes Assisted Liv-ing, and Barb and I joined our fellow club members on an in-depth tour of the facil-ity. It wasn’t a nursing home, it was sim-ply a nice home with trained staff to help the 16 residents whenever needed. The

dietician-prepared lunch was delicious, the staff were attentive, and the residents were happy. We were truly impressed, and felt that when the time came, Mom would like living there. She could bring her own furniture if she wanted to, a pri-vate phone with her old number, and her own TV. And she could bring Onyx.

When the day came, Mom was ner-vous, but she trusted our love for her and our concern for her well-being and hap-piness. She was greeted warmly by the staff, was introduced to some of the resi-dents, and immediately began to make friends, something she has never had a problem doing. Her nervousness quickly disappeared, and she decided that she would like to stay.

Jeanne has lived at Bee Hive for nearly 2 months now, and is happier than she has been in years. She has a comfortable pri-vate room and a large private bath, with housekeeping and laundry taken care of. She smiles more, she looks healthier, and she looks forward to meals with her new friends, all the while knowing that if she needs help, all she has to do is push the button on her pendant and assistance is right there. Bee Hive Homes has turned out to be all the brochure says.

No, that’s not quite true. There’s more.I stopped by to see Mom last week, and

even from outside I heard a Scott Joplin Rag being played remarkably well on the piano in the community room. Residents and staff were enjoying a brief musical in-terlude performed by one of the kitchen staff. The brochure didn’t mention that might happen. Nor did it say anything about the smiles I saw all around the room.

Mom’s arthritis makes using a table knife nearly impossible. The staff noticed, and now her meals are served to her pre-cut and ready to eat. Nothing about that in the brochure either.

And when a funny movie was being shown on the big screen TV in the com-munity room, she got a personal invita-tion to join the audience rather than just watching Andy Griffith on the TV in her room. The staff knew that she was used to being alone, and made it easier for her to transition into the family environment. Nope, not in the brochure.

Every day Mom lives at Bee Hive seems to add quality to her life and probably days to her life as well. We’re so happy they had a room for her, and we want to thank Bee Hive Homes for all they are doing for Mom, as well as for the peace of mind they have given us.

Onyx is apparently a big fan of Bee Hive too. He and Jeanne are living the good life, and both are sleeping well every night, even when the moon is full.

Decision to get older parents help doesn’t have to be painful BaRBaRa cRaGUN

Barbara Cragun age 73 passed away peacefully on June 12th 2018 due to complications from a stroke. She was born May 31, 1945 to Margaret and Bernard Cragun of Pleasant View, Utah.

She married Rob-ert Sherwood on May 12, 1964 and they later divorced. She was raised in Pleasant View and graduated from We-ber High in 1963. She then worked for the IRS for a short time before starting her carrier at HAFB where she was pretty proud of being a woman in a prominently men’s world building F16 ejection seats. She eventually moved up to Production/Planner where she retired at the young age of 54 so that she could move to Mesquite and enjoy her later years.

She loved to golf, quilt, scrap book and was an amazing seamstress. She enjoyed going to lunches with her girl-friends and attending the Red Hat So-ciety. Unfortunatly she had lost most of her sight due to macular degeneration in the last few years and struggled not be-ing the independent woman she always was. However she made the best of it and still loved to cook, shop and clean. She traveled to Sacramento recently and enjoyed a wonderful time with all of her grandkids and greats, it was an amazing trip that no one will ever forget.

Barbara is survived by her younger brother Keith {Deanne} Cragun and Christine Harris. Her daughters Tammy Bowman and dear friend Sasha, Teri Sherwood, Grandchildren Heather Bow-man, Jennifer (Pedro) Tirado, Dallas Bow-man, Elizabeth Sherwood and many great grandchildren. Barbara was preceded in death by both Parents, Margaret and Ber-nard Cragun, Brother Bernard [Nancy} Cragun and Sister LeAnn Cragun.

Barbara was the most amazing moth-er and grandmother. She used to say when I pass please do not be sad I want you to celebrate and enjoy the memories because I know I have and I have lived a wonderful life. Well mom here we are today getting ready to celebrate the most wonderful, independent, strong and loving woman we knew and we call her Sister, Mom, Aunt and the best of all Grandma.

In her honor the family held a Celebra-tion of Life on July 10, 2018 at her daugh-ters house 5326 Vista Dr. Roy, Utah. We are grateful to those who came to join us in celebration of her life and memories and experience the true meaning of love.

In lieu of flowers the family would like to donate to the Jubilee Home. You can

find it on the Intermountain Foundation at Dixie Regional Medical Center web-site under Giving options/Make a Dona-tion/Gift designation/Jubilee Home.

SHINSHO GImaShinsho Gima was born in Naha, Oki-

nawa on November 6th, 1947, to Shinjo and Hatsuko Gima. He entered the world not long after Okinawa had been devastated by some of the worst fight-ing of World War II and the people were still attempting to recover.

The family moved to Koza, Okinawa but when he was just a small boy, he returned to Naha to live with his grandmother.

Shinsho attended school in Naha and as a young man, moved to Osaka, Japan to play baseball. His career ended with a slide into second and a badly shattered ankle.

He returned to Okinawa, and worked in the construction industry and later as a chef on tuna boats. In his mid-twen-ties, he discovered golf and a passion that lasted all his life was born.

While he always loved cooking, rais-ing flowers, playing slot machines, and spending time with his family and friends, it was always golf that was at the top of his list. He was a very nurturing man and loved to cook for his friends and family. He had grown up studying karate, was expert at traditional folk dancing, and he loved his cat!

Gima, as he was called in accordance with Okinawan culture, and his wife Sharon, were married in Okinawa in 1995. Upon her retirement in 2001, they moved back to the States to their new home in Overton, Nevada.

Gima left his country, family and ev-erything he had ever known to move to a country where he didn’t speak, read, or write the language and knew no one but his wife, so that they could continue to be together.

Gima is survived by: his wife Sha-ron, his aunt Shigeko and his uncle Ray Brandenburg in Maryland, sister, Ki-yoko and niece and nephew Meigumi Maehara and Daiske Gima Martinez, all in Okinawa.

He was preceded in death by his par-ents, his sister, Sachiko, and nephew Ta-dashi and many other family members. Gima will be cremated and his ashes re-turned to his birthplace, Okinawa.

He was the bravest man ever and he is missed. Family and friends are invited to share condolences online at www.Se-renityStG.com. Arrangements and me-morial tree planting by Serenity Funeral Home, 986-2085.

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Mesquite LutheranPRESCHOOL & CHILDCARE

All Children are Welcome702-346-3954

Licensed by the State of Nevada. Voucher Assistance Available.

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

Bible Study 8:30 a.m.

Ages 6 weeks to 5-years-oldMonday through Friday

Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. director@mesquitelutheranchildcare.org

An LCMS Congregation. Learn more at www.lcms.org/belief-and-practice

Pastor David Constien

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Where God's Healing Waters Flow

Service TimesSunday Morning 10 a.m.Sunday Evening 6 p.m.

Wednesday Night Bible Study 6 p.m.

Children and Youth Ministry Available

Beat the HeatBeat the Heat

Prince of Peace Lutheran ChurchPastor Travis E. Lauterbach

350 Falcon Ridge Pkwy, Bldg 600(Behind Stage Store in Falcon Mesa Business Park)

702-345-2160 | PrinceOfPeaceLutheranChurchMesquite.com

The mission of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is to preach, teach, and witness the Gospel of Jesus Christ, administer the Sacraments, and give glory and honor to the Triune God.

Worship ServiceSunday 10:30 a.m.

The Lord’s Supper is celebrated the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday

of each month

Bible StudyTuesday 4:00 p.m.

The Old Testament is a historical record of creation, the fall, and God’s choice of Abraham and his family as the people through whom the Savior of the world would come, and everything that follows thereafter.

In this way, the Old Testament is the story of all people. And this story cen-ters on salvation.

Direct prophecy is one of the ways the Old Testament story centers on salva-tion.

For example, “He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)

Another prophetic way the Old Testa-ment story centers on salvation is typol-ogy. Biblical typology uses real historical events as a picture that foreshadowed what was to take place in the future. It’s all over the Old Testament, yet it is fre-quently missed today.

One of the most famous typological stories often goes unnoticed as far as its typology.

The story of David and Goliath.During a time when the Israelites and

Philistines were at war with one another, an enormous man named Goliath went out to the battle line and challenged any Israelite to defeat him. But the soldiers

feared Goli-ath.

David wit-nessed these events, and filled with courage, de-clared that he would defeat the giant. Us-ing his sling as his weap-

on of choice, he gathered five

smooth stones. Then he went out to Go-liath.

Goliath tried to intimidate David. However, David replied, “I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts… This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand… For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.” (1 Sam-uel 17:45-47)

The two ran toward each other, David grabbed a stone, slung it, and nailed the giant’s forehead, dropping him to the ground. Then he took Goliath’s sword and finished the battle.

Now, many would contend that the point of the story is to encourage people to grab their metaphorical slings and kill their metaphorical Goliaths.

I don’t believe that’s the point at all. The story points to Jesus.

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Pastor Bill J. Stevenson

SUNDAY SERVICESWorship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Bible Study for All Ages 9:30 a.m.Special Programs for Children 10:45 a.m.

Sweet Hour of Prayer Wed. 6:00 p.m.

Mesquite United Methodist Church Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.

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Walk-ins Welcome!SHARING, CARING

CONNECTING.

Sunday Worship 10:00 AM

Lord’s SupperFirst Sunday of the Month

Lectionary Bible Study WEDNESDAY 9:15 AM

Rev. Dr James Lubach Senior PastorRev. Jimmy Nelson Associate Pastor

Enjoy popular movies poolside! Come out to the CasaBlanca pool and relax in front of the big screen outside by the pool. Watch one of Marvel’s latest hero movies, Black Panther.

Admission is free for all ages. Bever-age and food concessions will be avail-able.

Albumpalooza Concert Series presents a tribute to AC/DC. Vegas Limit will perform AC/DC’s top hits including “Back in Black,” “You Shook Me All Night Long,” “Hells Bells” plus other fan favorites from the entire AC/DC set list.

Tickets on sale now and can be pur-chased through Star Tickets or through CasaBlanca Resort.

Join the good times at The Comedy Machine when three top comedians, Gali Kroup, Jeff Charlebois and Paul Scally as they come together for a fun night of laughter.. Tickets on sale now and can be purchased through Star Tickets or through CasaBlanca Resort.

Kids ages 10-14 can join the fun at the Mesquite Library’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Day Camp Mon-day through Friday July 16-27; registra-tion is required.

Is boxing your sport of choice? You can see all the up and coming boxers at the CasaBlanca when they host the Golden Gloves Jr. Nationals tourna-ments July 18-21.

For ticket information, contact 1-800-585-3737 or visit www.startickets.com.

Don’t forget to send all your event in-formation to terin.bbm@gmail.com so we can let the whole town know what’s going on this summer.

THURSdaY, JULY 12Sunrise RotaryWhere: Scotty’s, 1024 Normandy Ln.When: 8 a.m.Info: debparsley@kw.comCell Phone BasicsWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 10:30 a.m.-noonInfo: 702-346-5224DIY No Sew PillowsWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 1p.m.Info: 702-346-5224Kids Steam Water Balloon DropWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 4 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224

Movies at the Pool “Black Pan-ther”

Where: CasaBlanca Resort Pool, 950 W. Mesquite Blvd.

When: 8:30 p.m.Info: https://casablancaresort.com/

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fRIdaY, JULY 13Ages 05 Story TimeWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 11 a.m.Info: 702-346-5224Teen SceneWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 3:30Info: 702-346-5224Comedy MachineWhere: CasaBlanca Showroom, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 8:30 p.m.Info: https://casablancaresort.com/

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SaTURdaY, JULY 14Family Craft DayWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 11 a.m.Info: 702-346-5224AlbumPalooza Vegas Limit tribute

to AC/DCWhere: CasaBlanca Showroom, 950

W. Mesquite Blvd.When: 8:30 p.m.Info: https://casablancaresort.com/

entertainment/entertainment-calendar/

TUeSdaY, JULY 17Rotary Club MeetingWhere: Holiday Inn Express, 1030 W.

Pioneer Blvd.When: noon- 1 p.m.Info: 702-346-7025Technical Review MeetingWhere: City Hall, 10 E. Mesquite Blvd.When: 1:30-2:30 p.m.Info: www.mesquitenv.govHam Radio Club of MesquiteWhere: Airport Fire Station, 1200 Kit-

ty Hawk Dr.When: 6 p.m.Info: 702-345-3006

wedNeSdaY, JULY 18Blood DriveWhere: Mesquite Library, 160 W. First

North St.When: 10:45 a.m.-3:45 p.m.Info: 702-346-5224

Typology in the Old Testament

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2018 MESSAGE FOCUS: ‘DARING TO LOVE’

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Bill J. Stevenson

SUNDAY SERVICESWorship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m.

Bible Study for All Ages 9:30 a.m.Special Programs for Children 10:45 a.m.

Sweet Hour of Prayer Wed. 6:00 p.m.

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AUCTIONAuction for

July 20 at 9 a.m.1998 Ford EscortVIN# 1FAFP13P5WW137340

Registered Owner: Alexis Marie Thompson

2003 Volkswagen Passat

VIN# WVWPD63B83P339295Registered Owner:

Jorge A. Gonzalez Garcia

1994 Honda AccordVIN# JHMCD5637RC078205

Registered Owner: Teran Javid

546 Commerce CircleMesquite, NV 89027

Come and See Us About Our Sign-on Bonus We are looking for some friendly, outgoing people willing

to assist the elderly and disabled with their daily (non-medical) needs in the clients home. Must have

reliable transportation and willing to work weekends. Hours vary. No experience necessary, training will be provided.

For More information or to pick up an application you can stop by the office at:

550 W. Pioneer Blvd. Ste. 204 | Above the DMV

NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that the following units at

Mayan Storage, 30 Riverside Road, Mesquite, NV 89027

Unit #C007 – Ana P Gomes-Peinado:Dryer, twin bed frame with headboard and footboard,

couch & chair.

and the following units at Mayan Storage, 675 Mayan Circle, Mesquite, NV 89027

Unit #D039 – Samantha Carr: Household items

Unit #E037 Darrell Dwayne Bruce: Shoes and household items.

Will be sold at public auction for nonpayment of rent, at www.StorageTreasures.com auction ending on

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 around 5:30 pm PT

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